Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-02
=. lord BURGKLE7,s, PREEPEs.

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The following are the ten pesep,s which
= Willixm lord Burshley, lord high trea.
i;;ursr of England, gave to his second
SON Robert Cecil, afterwards earl of
Salisbury: s.. -.a.-' p. .. -.
Sow RoBERT, ~. - -
The virtuous ihclinattons Of -thv
na.chless mother, by whose tender and
godly care thy infancy was governed, to.
sether with thy edaeasien under so jealous
and exeellen,s tutor, puts ne in rather as.
suranee than hope, that thou art not isno.
ran. of that samn,um bon@m, which Is only
able to make thee happy, a. well in thv
death a, life, :. mean the sru. knowledge
and worship Of thy creator and rede<mer /;
without which all other things are vain and
miserable. So that, Thy youth being guild.
ed by so sufficient, a teacher, I make. no
doubt but he will furnish thy life with di-
vine and moral documents. Yet, that ]
may not cast of the care beseeming pa.
rent towards his child F; or that thou
shouldst have cause to derive .hy whole
felicity and welfare rather from others than
from whence thou receivedst thy breath x
being Ithink it fit and agreeable to the
affection fbear thee, to help thee with such
rules and advertisements for The .squaring
Of thy life, as are rather gained BY expert
ence, than by much reading. go the end,
that entering into this exorbitant age, thou
nayss be the better prepared to shun those
scandalous courses, wheresinto the world
and the lack ofexperience may easily draw
thee. And because will not contound
thy memoryIhave reduced them into ten
precepts and, next unto Noses tables, If
thou imprint them in thy mind, thou shalt
reap the benefit and l the content. Anti
they are the following:
l. When it shall please God to bring
thee to mans estate use great providence
and circumspection in chusing thy wife. !.
For from thence will spring all thy future
good or evil. And it is an action OF life
like unto a stratagem of wafre !; wherein
man can ere but once. IF thy estate be
good, match near home and at leisure /; it
weak far off and quickly. Inquire dill.
gently of her disposition, and how her pa:
rents have been inclined in their youth
Let her not be poore, how generous soc
yer. Fora man can buy nothing in the
market with grnsilisy. Nor ehuse base
and uhcomsiy creature altogether 1soS
wealth; for it will contempt in others and
lothipg in the. Neither make choice OF
[al dwarfe or III fool /; for by the one thou
shalt beget race of pigmies; the other
will be thy continual disgrace, and it yrke
thee to hear her,talk. For thou shall find
it to thy great grief, that there is nothing
more fulsome than she fool. And touch
ing the guiding Of thy house, let thy hos
pitalitie be moderate and, according to
the meanes Of thy estate, rather plentiful
than sparing, but not costly. For never
knew any man grow poo'e by keeping an
orderly table. But some consume them
selves through secret vices, and their hos.
pitali.ie bears the blame. But badish
swinish druukards on, Of thine house which
is vice impairing health, consuming much
and makes no show. / never heard OF
praise ascribed to the drunkard, but lfor]
the we'll bearing [oi] his drink, which ia
better commentator for brewers horse
or drsyman, than for either a gentleman
VI [a] serving man. Beware thou spend
not above three or four-pars of thy rs,e.
news; nor above third part Of that in thy
house. For the other two parts will do
more than defray thy ex,raordinaries which
always surmoun. the ordinary by much
otherwise thou shall, live like rich bcggar,
in continual want. And the needy man
can never live happily or contentedly. For
every disaster makes him ready to mort
gage or sell. And that gentleman who
sells an acre ofland, sells an ounce of ere.
dit: For sen,ili,y is nothing else but an.
Gent riches. So that, if the foundation
shall at any time shake, the building must
needs follow. So much for the first pre-
cept. .'
III. Bring thy children up in learning and
obedience, yet without outward austerity
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