"write a better hand. I understand

as how to night my fellow-work66 men are come to a refolution to "fend you a petition for to get Shen66 Stone-Green into their own hands. "This I take to be wrong-fo I fit "down to tell you they are all (ex

cept John Sawe) able to get their "bread without begging it; and, as "I am fure you may hit upon folks "more misfortunate than they, who "are hale hearty men, I hopes your "Honour won't go for to difgrace "yourself by harbouring fuch lazy

drones, who may keep out the "honeft bees that would work to "make honey, if they could. I beg "pardon for this trouble I give you; "but I do it, because I would not "fee a gentleman's kindness abused, " and

an inch they

They are not

"worth much now; and if they were "to have good houses, and jump into good fortunes, they would be fit "for nothing. No, no, choose for yourself. There is woe enough lying about here and there, that

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may make your heart ach; and, "in my notion, those who make the "leaft noife, and who are almost "afhamed to fhow their mifery, are "the men and women for your f

money. I know they should be for mine; and fo no more at this pre"fent writing, from your Honour's "loving and grateful friend and

"Humble fervant,

HENRY HEWIT-that's my name."

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"POSTASCRIPT.

"LEST your Honour should not "know me by my name, I am the

man whofe face your Honour wiped. "when I was fledging the marble,. "and about whom fo many lies were They were jealous about wiping the face of fuch a poor "fellow-that's all.

"told.

"HENRY HEWIT."

Upon my reading this epiftle, the effects of its fentiment operated variously upon the various auditors.

Matilda, begged leave to withdraw. She had, it seems, a sudden pain of the head.

Samuel coughed, and faid, he wifhed he had not changed his new

half

half a crown; because when a man chofe to make a prefent, it was his opinion, that half a crown was infinitely fuperior, in point of grace, which I can affure you. he much ftudied two fhillings and fixpence ! it looked, he said, like flitting the favour into three parts. The half crown had, he thought, more dig-nity.

I felt a fomething, for my part, ́ flutter about my heart, as much as to fay, mark down that man for Shenstone-Green.

But, Mr. Edward Elixir-how fhall I defcribe properly the feelings of thee, Mr. Edward Elixir? If, reader, you recollect how heartily this man. laughed in the fifteenth chapter, you will have fome notion of the hearty

manner

manner in which he wept on the prefent occafion. His forrow was as violent as his joy; and as he skipped about in many antick poftures, (for no chair could keep him fitting while he was under the influence of his feelings) he called goats and gods to witnefs that, if that man's cottage fhould be vifited by all the plagues of Egypt, he would drive them all out gratis. Yes, faid he, I am a glass bottle if I would not bleed, bolus, and blifter a dog which belonged to that fellow for nothing; yea, though I loft half my payingcustomers in the mean time. Jefus, how I do love to cry! how I do love to cry!

If reader, this apothecary is not now as dear to thee as he then was,

and