and my good mother's prayers, for, honoured Sir, and Madam,
Your very dutiful Son.
—o—o—o—o—
LETTER V.
To a Young Lady, cautioning her againſt
keeping Company with a Gentleman
of a bad Character.
Dear Niece,
The ſincere love and affection, which I now have for your indulgent father, and ever had for your virtuous mother, not long ſince deceaſed, together with the tender regard I have for your future happineſs and welfare, have prevailed on me to inform you, rather by letter than by word of mouth, that the town rings of your unguarded conduct, and the too great freedom that you take with Mr. Tripit. You have been ſeen with him (if ſame lies not in the ſide boxes of both theatres, at the Blue-Coat Hospital on a Sunday night, and afterwards at a certain Tavern, not a mile from thence, which is a house (as I have been credibly informed) of no good repute. You have both, moreover, been seen at Ranelagh Assembly, Vauxhall Gardens; and what is ſtill more flagrant,
