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 18 The Letter-Writer. Congratulating a Perſon upon his Marriage.

Sir, THE news I received of the happy change of your condition, did not a little evive me from the melancholy, that is too much accuſtomed to oppreſs my ſpirits, eſpecially upon the knowledge of the happy election you have made of one whoſe diſcre- tion 'parentage, and good education, muſt be ſuit- able to your humour. In which ſatisfaction, as a true friend, I am not wanting to part cipate in ci- vility, being very much pleaſed to it you have now divided this wer which you had obtained over my affections, honouring your ſecond ſelf, with that e- quality of reſpect, that was heretofore entire's your own: for certain it is, that your good and il for- tunes ſtand with me in an equal balance; in which, as a true friend, actually or reciprocally, I must in- tereſt myſelf, being perſuaded you will make no more douht of it, than of the paſſion I have to ſelve you in the quality of,

SIR Yours and your Lady's very hunble Servant, J. R. PART IIT. ON BUSINESS AND THE DEATH OF RELATIVES.

From a Country Chapman beginning Trade, to a City Dealer, offering his Correſpondence.

Sir, THE time of my apprenticeſhip with Mr. Walker of this town being expired I am juſt going to begin for myſelf in Preſton, having taken a ſhop there for that purpoſe. And as I know, the ſatisfa - tion