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CXXII.
MADAM,
I Cannot Blame you, if you cannot Entertain those of your own Sex in Conversation, as to Please them with such Discourse as is accor∣ding to their Humours and Capacities, for if your Discourse be according to your own Capa∣city and Wit, you must Discourse to your self, for such Discourse is beyond their Under∣standing; but if you will Entertain them with Conversation, you must Descend from your own Height, and Discourse with them on Even Ground, wich is, you must Speak as Foolishly as they do: the Question only will be, whether you can do so, or not? Another Help there is, as I have heard from one of our Sex, who had a Good Wit, and Loved not Gossiping, when she had any Female Visitors, she, after a little time, would fall to Brag of her self, and tell what Fine things she would have, or had, whereat they became Inwardly Spiteful or Angry, and then would soon take their Leaves and be Gone; But whether you will use this Remedy or not, I can∣not tell, for I believe it is against your Nature; yet you must either use this Remedy, or else you must learn to Gossip, and to Entertain Gos∣sips, although I believe you will be but a Dull, Untoward Scholar to Learn; But the best Tu∣toress