A Country Lady's JOURNAL, in the Days of Q. Elizabeth, con-
trasted with one of a Modern Fine Lady of the present Year.

LADY, in Q. ELIZABETH'S Time.

Five o'clock.—Get up an hour sooner than usual to
dift il furfeit-water, fay my prayers, and finifh one
of papa's new flirts.—Mem. To fend to London,
by the firft opportunity, for a jar of raifins, and a
new bible.

Six o'clock.—The poor of the parifh came for
medicines; gave out of the flore-room feven vomits,
nine purges, three bottles of grandmama's water, and
a pint of fack.—Mem. To carry two fillings from
mama, to Dick the fluemaker's wife, who is ready to
lie-in.

Seven o'clock.—Breakfaft.—A card from Mr.
Tomkins, to let us know he will do himfelf the plea-
fure of dining with us; the match debated the whole
time of breakfaft : papa fays, if he finds him a man
of good morals, he'll not differ about fettlement.—
Ordered never to be alone with him, or give him
the leaft encouragement, till the match is made up.

Eight o'clock.—Read the pfaflms, and the chapter
of the day; teach brother Tommy his catechifm.—
Mem. Little Jenny has got as far as N. in her
fampler.

Nine o'clock.—Clear ftarch linen for next week.

Ten o'clock.—Go fee the fluemaker's wife—the
family in great diftrefls—give them a flilling out of
my own pocket.

Eight o'clock.—Sit down to work at the fire-
screen in crofs-ftitch.

Twelve o'clock.—Am defired by mama to make
a cuftard-pudding, to fhow Mr. Tomkins what I
can do.

One o'clock.—Too much brandy in the pudding;
Mr. Tomkins praifes fome hare of my potting; I
like him very well, but muft not let him know it by
any means.—Mem. The goofeberry wine almoft
out; miſlaid the key of the corner cupboard.

Four o'clock.—Mifs W—, and her lover, come
to tea; promife her our receipt for pickling cucum-
bers green.—Mem. Mrs. Homely's plaifter in
burns, a good thing to have in the houſe; ſyrup of
garlic a good thing to have in the houſe.

Eight o'clock.—Supper—My brother tells me
that Mr. Tomkins is a great rake; that Betty, the
farmer's daughter is with child by him, and that he
is ſtaring, as he refufes giving her any thing for her
fupport.—Mem. To fend her the money I had laid
up, to buy a new gown, and never to fee him again,

MODERN FINE LADY.

Two o'clock,—Juſt arrived in town; have hardly
time to put off my riding-drefs, huddle on my things,
and get into a condition to go to the mercers, mil-
liners, &c.

Four o'clock.—Go ſhopping with Mifs Trolly;
arrive at Mifs G—n's, the firſt milliner in the world;
gave her a general order for the moſt fashionable
undrefs, and full drefs of the prefent TO N.—Mem.
Shall be miferable until they are ſent home.

Four o'clock.—Return home; fit down to dinner;
no appetite; fend to beſpeak places at Drury-lane;
pick up a new acquaintance in the laſt aſt, a Cap-
tain Hazard, a handſome man, rather too pecked a
chin; faw me to the coach with great attention, and
fqueezed my hand.

Twelve o'clock.—Sat down to ſupper; could not
get the Captain out of my head; went to bed at two;
dreamt I was his Lady; was not diſpleafed; woke
rather chagrined.

Could not get my morning's nap as uſual, think-
ing of the pleafures of the week to come; fat up,
and read Hoyle; interrupted by St. Martin's bells;
why can't people go to devotion without all this clat-
ter? drefs time enough to take a turn in the Mall.

Three o'clock.—Mifs Trapeſt calls on me to take
an airing; met with Captain Hazard in Hyde-park;
he improves upon acquaintance, and he told Mifs
Trapeſt that I was a prodigious fine girl!

Seven' o'clock.—Meet the Captain in the Mall
by appointment; we laugh at Mifs Trapeſt's affec-
tation, and long noſe; the Captain fees me home;
I flatter myſelf I have caught him.—Mem. To meet
him at the Theatre to morrow night.

Nine o'clock.—Joy ! joy ! my new things are
come home, and fit me to a T.—Mem. To wear my
blue and filver to-morrow night; defire ſufan to
wake me at eleven, as the craping my hair will take
up four hours and a half.

Mr. Toupee arrives, and his hair perſectly finſhed
at half paſt three; confult my glaſs; look maſjefic;
Mr. Toupee the greateſt hair-dreſſer in the world,
only 432 black pins in it, when Lady Riot faſid her
French Frifeur always uſed 446.

Five o'clock.—Bell rings for dinner, but can't
eat; how ſhould I? divided between my new
cloaths, and Captain Hazard's affections.

Six o'clock.—Seated in the front boxes, big with
expeſtation; the Captain enters; heavens! what a
palpitation! how genteel he drefſes! we chat all
the play; declares his paffion, and hints a trip to
Scotland; beg time to confider of it.

Eleven o'clock.—Mr. Manly, an old Cambridge
acquaintance of my father's, drops in to ſupper;
aſks me, did I know who I was talking to in the box?
redden like ſcarlet; he fays he is one of the moſt
infamous ſharpers about town; that he was formerly
a footman in Lady Rout's family, where he acquired
a knowledge in play, by being her groom porter;
that he foon after commenced a gentleman at large,
and now lives upon the ſucces of the four aces.—
Papa in a great paffion, and talks of hurrying me
into the country; what an unfortunate diſcovery!
and yet, what has a man's misfortunes to do with
his perſon and converſation? I can never believe
my dear Hazard to be any thing eſſe than a gentle-
man.—Mem. To write to him about it, if Papa
ſhould even ſend me into the country; and if he fa-
tisſes me about it, (which I have no doubt he will)
then hie for Scotland, and happineſs !