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 goodneſs of temper, which ſhe took from her mother, who was the beſt creature in the world.

No ſooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over, than the mother-in-law began to ſhow herſelf in her colours She could not bear the good qualities of this prety girl; and the leſs becauſe they made her own daughters appear the more odious. She employed her in the meaneſt work in the houſe; ſhe ſcoured the diſhes, tables, &c. and rubbed madam's chamber, and thoſe of the miſſes her daughters; ſhe lay up in a ſorry garret, upon a wretched ſtraw-bed, while her ſiſters lay in fine rooms, with floors all in-laid, upon beds of the very neweſt faſhions, and where they had looking-glaſſes ſo large, that they might ſee themſelves at their full length, from head to foot. The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not to tell her father, who would have rattled her off, for his wife governed him entirely. When ſhe had done her work, ſhe went into the chimney corner, and ſat down among the cinders and aſhes, which made her commonly be called Cinder-breech, but the youngeſt, who was not ſo rude and uncivil as the eldeſt, called her Cinderilla. However, Cinderilla, notwithſtanding her mean apparel, was an hundred times handſomer than her ſiſters, though they were always dreſſed very richly.

It happened that the king's ſon gave a ball, and invited all perſons of faſhion to it: Our young miſſes were alſo iuvitedinvited [sic]; for they cut a very grand figure among the quality. They were mightily delighted at this invitation, and wonderfully buſy in chuſing out ſuch gowns, petticoats, and head clothes as might beſt become then. This was a new trouble to Cinderilla; for it was ſhe who ironed her ſiſters' linen, aud plaited their ruffles; they talked all day long of nothing but how they ſhould be dreſſed. "For my part, ſaid the eldeſt,