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 after he will esteem you; his grave Reprimands will often remind you of your School-mistress; and this confinement make you envy the Virginia Drudges, who are freed in seven Years. In short, you equal nothing but a Galley Slave : But if you are of a Spaniel-like Disposition, you may then hug your Shackles, and kiss your Chains.

Lastly, the Hypochondriacal, tho' they are Persons who design not much Harm, yet the unhappy she that promises to obey, has a devilish hard Task of it. With these you will lead such a sort of a Life as those in Bedlam; that is the say quite renounces your Reason, and be obliged to call Black White, or the contrary, according to his Humour; For when Dear is dull, tho’ you're never so gay, you must look pensive and melancholy, or else you’re quite undone. For innocent Mirth will be taken for foolish Talking and Jesting. Again, when the Tide turns, and Deary's Spirits frisk in his Veins, tho’ you may be of an even Temper, and know nothing what Flatus means, he’ll think you disobliging unless you skip and play like a Morrice-Dancer.

So between serious and gay,

You'll divide all your life;

Too cheerful or dull

For such a Man's Wife.

There’s another sort of Wretch call’d a Miser, and Money is the only Idol he adores; If Celia, thro’ the Benefit of a good Education, should have a just Estimate of Things and hate Mammon; yet in this Case she must vere about East South East, as the Wind turns for Advantage, or else be in Danger of a hotter fiery Furnace than Nebuchadnezzar's; there is no help for it, she must fall down and worship the Golden Image he has set up.

In short the Follies of young Men are out of the Reach of Expression; the Moresby of old Men not