III.
Noble Gentlemen,
THe Gentleman that Spoke last, spoke rather like a Cottager than a Gentleman, or rather like a Miser than a Noble Hospitable Person, for he Spoke as if he would have Gentlemen rather to Follow the Plough than the Race, the Cart rather than the Deer, the Puttuck rather than the Hawk, to Eat Cheese instead of Veni∣son, Sour Curds instead of Patridge, Fried Pease for young Leverets, Rusty Bacon for Chines of Beef, Rye Bread instead of White Manchet: all which is to Live like a Clown, and not like a Gentleman, Burying his Birth in the Dung of his Earth. But, Noble Gentlemen, I have Observed, that a Gentleman, although of Small Fortune, if he Live Wisely, may Live Plentifully, and Honourably, without his own Personal Drudgery; the Wisdome is, to Look into his Own Estate Industriously, to Know and Understand the Value of his Lands Justly, to Indeavour to have his Rents Paid Duely, and not Suffer his Servants to Coosen him either by Flattery or Excess; all which will Cause a Country Gentleman to Live as the first Gentle∣man