some new Faculty or Science that others have not yet discovered; this the Reader will quickly discern by those new terms of art which he shall meet withal throughout this whole volume. Some things I have inserted of Carving and Sewing, that I might demonstrate the whole Art. In the contrivance of these my labours, I have so managed them for the general good, that those whose purses cannot reach to the cost of rich dishes, I have descended to their meaner expences, that they may give, though upon a sudden treetment, to their kindred, friends, allies, and acquaintance, a handsome and relishing entertainment in all seasons of the year, though at some distance from towns or villages.
"As for those who make it their business to hide their candle under a bushel, to do only good to themselves, and not to others, such as will curse me for revealing the secrets of this art, I value the discharge of mine own conscience in
