the perfons might be fuppofed to do, who were favoured with her fmiles or her converfation. To this lady was Clelia admitted, and after the year of probation, affumed the veil. Among many others who had folicited her notice, before she became a member of this convent was Leander, a young phyfician of great learning and ingenuity, His perfonal accomplishments were at leaft equal to thofe of any of his rivals, and his paffion was fuperior. He urged, in his behalf all that wit, infpired by fondnefs, and recommended by perfon, drefs, and equipage, could infinuate, but in vain: the grew angry at folicitations with which The refolved never to comply, and which the found fo difficult to cvide. Clelia had now taken the veil, and Leander was the most miferable of mortals. He had not fo high an opinion of his fair one's fanctity and zeal as fome other of her admirers: but he had a conviction of her beauty, and that altogether irrefiftible. His extravagant paffion had produced in him a jealousy that was not cafily duded. He had obferved his miftrefs go more frequently to her confeffor, a young and blooming ecclefiaftic, than was, perhaps, neceffary for much apparent purity, or, as he thought, confiftent with it. It was enough to put a lover on the rack, and it had this effect upon Leander. His fufpicions were by no means loffened, when he found the convent, to which Clelia had given the preference before all others, was one where this young friar fupplied a confeffional chair. It happened that Leander was brought to the abbefs in the capacity of a phyfician, and he had one more opportunity of fered him of beholding Clelia through the grate. She, quite fhocked at his appearance, burst out into a fudden rage, inveighing bitterly against his prefumption, and calling loudly on the name of the bleffed Virgin, and the holy friar. The convent was, in fhort, alarmed; nor was Clelia capable of being pacified till the good man was called, in order to allay, by fuitable applications, the emotions raised by this unexpected interview. Leander grew daily more convinced, that verbal communications alone did not país between Clelia and the friar. This, however, he did not think himself warranted to difclofe, till an accident, of a fingular nature, gave him an opportunity of receiving more ample tefticiony, informed, at length, that he was killed at a village in the neighbourhood, being evidently mad. The friar was, at firit, not much concerned; but in a little time recollected that the dog had fnapped his fingers the very day before his elopement. A phyfician's advice was thought expedi ent on the occafion, and Leander was the next phyfician. He told him, with great franknefs that no prefeription he could write, had the fanction of fo much experience as immerfion in fea-water. The friar, therefore, the next day, fet forward upon his journey, while Leander, not without a mifchievous kind of fatisfaction, conveyed the following line to Clelia. The Imagine Clelia guilty, and imagine her confufion to rail was infignificant, and to blame her phyfician would have been abfurd, when the found herself under a neceflity of purfuing his advice. whole fociety was made acquainted with the journey the was undertaking, and the caufes of it. It were uncharitable to fuppofe the whole community under the fame constraint with the unhappy Clelia. However, the greater part thought it decent to attend her. Some went as companions for exercife, and the abbefs, herfelf, as guardian of her train, and concerned in her fociety's misfortunes. What ufe Leander made of this difcovery is not known. Perhaps, when he had been fuccesful in punishing the hypocrite, he did not flew himself very folicitous in his endeavours to reform the finner. Ancient and Modern Times confidered; or Ten Precepts, written by Lord Burghley, with Notes and Obfervations, by a mudern Man of Quality. (Continued from our Appendix for 1781, p. 675, and concluded.) The confeffor hard a favourite fpaniel, L' III. IVE not in the country without corn and cattle about thee; for he that which he had lost for fome time, and was putteth his hand to the purfe for every expence 1782 Ancient and Modern Times confidered; or Ten Precepts. expence of houfhold, is like him that keepeth water in a fieve. And what provifion thou shalt want, learn to buy it at the beft hand; for there is one penny faved in four, betwixt buying in thy need, and when the markets and feasons serve fitteft for it. Be not ferved with kinfinen or friends, or men intreated to ftay +; for they expect much, and do little; nor with fuch as are amorous, for their heads are intoxicated and keep rather two too few than one too many. Feed them well, and pay them with the moft; and then thou mayeft boldly require fervice at their bands. : IV. Let thy kindred and allies be welcome to thy house and table; grace them with thy countenance, and father them in all honeft actions: for by this means thou fhalt fo double the band of nature, as thou shalt find them so many advocates to plead an apology for thee behind thy back. But hake off thofe glow-worms, I mean parafites and fycophants, who will feed and fawn upon thee in the fummer of profperity; but, in an adverse storm, they will Shelter thee no more than an arbour in winter §. V. Beware of furetyship for thy best friends. He that payeth another man's debts, feeketh his own decay : but, if thou canft not otherwife chufe, rather lend thy money thyself upon goods, bonds, although thou borrow it; fo fhalt thou fecure thy NOTE S. * Here we agree, my friend, though in part only-I do not put my hand in my purfe, but buy on credit; and as to pay ment let the fteward take care of that: What do I keep him for? I never intreated any fervant to ftay after warning was given but my valet de chambre and my cook; nor would I have fubmitted to them, but they were French, and I did not know where to fut myfelf a-la mode de Paris. My kindred and allies may come if they please, but perhaps they will be difappointed, for I feldom dine at home, as there are two houfes in St. James'sftreet that I think are entitled to my time, and where I can make a polite ufe of my money; his wife fpeech about advocates I don't understand; and as to the fimile at the end, why 'tis foolith, and fo I give it up to the poets. 1 Rarely faid, old boy, for I never pay other people's debts nor my own neither; and as to bonds for others, my behaviour and character is fuch, that I have no folicitations of that for:. 65 Neither felf, and pleasure thy friend. VI. Undertake no fuit against a poor man without receiving much wrong; for, befides that thou makeft him compeer, it is a bafe conqueft to triumph where there is fmall refiftance f. Neither attempt law against NOTE S. * I obferve thy rule-If I ever borrow money it is of a franger, for my friends and neighbours beg to be excufed. Here he is wrong, quite wrong-If you go to law, let it be with a poor man, for he will not be able to defend himself; the lawyers are in fome fenfe, like monks and friars, for no penny no Paternofter. I'll tell you a ftory, my dear: a man of fortune had bought an eftate in the country, and willing to have the property of the whole parish, he had at a great price, bought all the farms but one, which adjoined to his garden wall, and was tenanted by the farmer himself, who refufed to part with his patrimony, as it had been many centuries in his family. On this a game of cross-purposes began between the nobleman and the farmer: my lord broke down hedges, trod down corn, deftroyed poultry, and did every thing in bis power to make the place difagreeable to the farmer; the farmer determined to keep pace with the the peer, built a brickkiln clofe by his garden-wall, which he never failed to work when my lord came into the country. The nobleman not liking this nofegay, applied himself to a righteous lawyer in London for advice; but neither Coke upon Littleton, Jacob's Dictionary, nor Burn's Juftice, could afford relief; for the farmer, it feems, had a right to manufacture his own land into bricks and tiles, if he thought proper. Stratagem is allowable in law as well as war. When this gentleman found that nothing could be done with equity and juftice, he had recourfe to craft and cunning, and asked the nobleman what money he would spend to be rid of fo troublefome a neighbour, and to get the farmer's eftate into his own hands. My lord was very liberal on this pious occafion, and preliminaries being fettled, the noble man was directed to go with his fervants and pull down the brick-kiln, whenever F. 2 against any man before thou be fully re- Be fure to keep fome great man thy friend, but trouble him not for trifles. Compliment him often with many, yet fmall gifts, and of little charge. And if thou haft caufe to bestow any gratuity, let it be fomething which may be daily in fight; otherwife, in this ambitious age, thou fhalt remain like a hop without a pole, live in obfcurity, and be made a foot ball for every infulting companion to spurn at *. VIII. Towards thy fuperiors be humble, yet generous; with thine equals familiar, yet refpectful; towards thy inferiors fhew humanity, and fome familiarity; as to bow the body, ftretch forth the hand, and to uncover the head, with fuch like popular compliments. The first prepares thy way to advancement; the fecond makes thee known for a man well bred; the third gains a good report, which once got is eafily kept t; for right humanity takes fuch deep root in the minds of the multitude, as they are more eafily gained by unprofitable courtefies than by churlish benefits. S. NOTE the farmer fet it to work. The week following the brick kiln was fimoaking, and levelled with the ground; the farmer brought his action against the men employed, recovered damages, again built his kiln, which was again destroyed. The farmer brought another action, recovered more damages, but in order to rebuild kis kiln, was obliged to mortgage his eftate. This game was carried till the poor farmer was constrained to fell; and all that he got for his eftate was the knowledge of this maxim, that he ought to have a long fpoon who eats with the d-l. I find this old gentleman knew nothing of the world, or at least of polite life -If you would make a great man your friend, I fay game with him, drink with him, pimp for him, or help to get a place or penfion, for that is the road to preferment, and the way to be taken noeice of. +Flatter thofe above you, bully thofe below you, and this end is anfweredBowing, indeed, is fometimes of fervice; by promifes, bows, and bills, that were Bever paid, brother Tom got his election, Be not fcurrilous in converfation, nor fatyrical in thy jefts; the one will make thee unwelcome to all company, the other pulls on quarrels, and gets thee hated of thy best friends: (for cutting jefts, when any of them favour of truth) leave a bitternefs in the minds of thofe which are touched. And albeit I have already pointed at this inclufively; yet I think it neceffary to leave it to thee as a special caution, because I have feen fo many prone to quip and gird, as they would rather lofe their friend than their jeft; and if perchance their boiling brain yield a quaint feoff, they will travail to be delivered of it as a woman with child. Thefe nimble fancies are but the froth of wit†. We infert this piece to shew that we are ever ready to oblige our fair correfpondents, but we think the remarks bear hard upon our nobility; for though fome characters may be found of this caft, there are others among them that do bonour to the British nation, and (I had almoft faid) dignify human nature. An Hiftorical Account of the Origin of Lambeth Palace, in Surry. the palaces of the Archbishops of Canterbury, is fituated on the wettern bank of the Thames, and is a large but irregular pile, built at different times, and without attention to any particular plan. HIS noble edifice, which is one of A |