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The projectors a comedy / by John Wilson.
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Wilson, John, 1626-1696.
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my young Master Sir will you please to be known to him Suck A towardly young man save you Sir Fer. Your friend and Ferdinand Pray no Complements Suck An humble young man and sparing of his very words I ll try his temper With your favour Sir I have long desir'd your acquaintance and having a further inclination to continue it I must crave leave to ask you a few questions Fer. The fewer the better as near as I could I would not waste either time or breath Suck Excellent pray Sir what do you take to be the greatest vertue in the world Ferd. Thrift Suck Short but pithy Admirable But might not I be so much beholding to you as to give me your reason for t Fer. It would better become me to learn from you However since you desire it I shall tell you what first mov'd me to it Suck I am beholding to you pray begin Fer. Then truly Sir I find it founded upon Nature The Sun the Moon the Stars are sparing of their light and do not alwaies shine The Earth is barren in some places that it may be fruitful in others And the Sea has its ebbs and neaps as well as flowings and Spring tides And in a Word from the beginning 't was ever so Suck Excellent agen let me not interrupt you Fer. Nor is this all It has been the general practice of all times The golden age to save charges were clad in skinnes drank Water eat Acorns and to shew their innocence wip'd their noses on their sleeves The Philosophers they were sparing The Brachmans went naked Diogenes liv'd in a Tub Pythagoras on Carrets and Cabbage Plato wonder'd a man could eat two meals a day And Epicurus whatever we think of him was as great a Prince with a tost in the dripping Pan as a fat Citizen with his shoulder of mutton and Capon The Stoicks were abstenious to a miracle and if ever they exceeded 't was never at their own charge Nor have they walkt alone The learned tread hard after 'um for either like the ancient Druids they commit nothing to writing or if they do 't is so close and aenigmatical that no body can pick any thing out of 't But I burden you Suck By no means good Sir on Fer. To come nearer home we all cry up Charitie and no doubt do well in it But who makes any use of it at least any more then needs must we bless 't is true but without a Crosse And for good Works we do no more then will just serve if yet that for fear of supererogating Pray tell me was it for nothing think you that we found a late stile of the Keepers of the Libertie or that the Keeper of a Park had his name to no purpose surely no The Age is arriv'd to that height of thrift that they find more 's got by selling their Bucks then by eating them themselves or giving 'um their friends Suck Right I have not found more thrift no not in Spain or Italy Fer. And now you mention Spain give me leave to put off my hat to that Venerable name The Spaniard the frugal Spaniard that shall make you five meals upon one Hen Feast his Familie with three Pilchards and carry a pound of Mutton in triumph on a Skiver But I forget my self I am sure now I weary you yet if you have ever so much time to spare read but Sir Jeffery Drop-nose his discourse upon Save-alls or his new method of skinning of Flints and perhaps you may not think your time ill spent Suck Ha Ha what was that Books Books Fer. Yes Sir a good thrifty Author and well receiv'd Suck Uh Have a care No Books I beseech you They cost mony Read men Read men Hang these liberal Sciences This is no time for 'em Study Thrift Study Thrift 'T is strange you that are so great Master in the Theory should be so much out in the Practick let me read to you Fer. With all my heart and I readilie embrace it Suck 'T was well said And first for your person Have nothing about you that may be spar'd nay though it be not worth a farthing for if you would but seriouslie consider how much one poor farthing Use upon Use in 200 years amounts to you would not lay it out upon waste Next eat little drink less and sleep much to save fire and candle-light And if ever you are sick be your own Doctor and never exceed above a half-pennie worth of Sena Then for your clothes make no new but beg an old suit as for a poor friend of yours but fit it up for your self but short and close lest your wife taking example by you run out as much in train Fer. But suppose Sir I kept her alwaies in mourning would it not do well think ye to save Linnen and washing Suck Verie good and well observ'd And hark you never let her be too forward in making Babie-clouts perhaps the Child may be still-born and then there 's so much sav'd And since you have nam'd mourning let me advise you never give anie upon your will they 'l then mourn indeed and for your wife make her no more new clothes than needs must As long as the Cat 's skin is burnt you shall have her keep home let it be once sleek'd and she 's presentlie a Catterwauling Then for your house-keeping Be ever exact in keeping Fasting-daies and Hollie-day Eves for besides that you complie with the Discipline of the Church you save your own purse And for your provision Be sure to buie the worst of everie thing as rotten Eggs mouldie Wheat stinking Beef and the like for besides that it is much cheaper your familie will eat the less and for that reason also let your meat be either bloud-raw or over-rosted and as near as you can dine late that they may have no stomach to Supper Fer. Then Sir If you 'll give me leave Suck Good leave have you proceed Fer. If your Friend come to dine with you Ask him by way of prevention when he 'l be so kind as to come and dine with you But if he chance to surprize you Treat him not but tell him you 'l make no Stranger of him Either he has an appetite or he has not if he has hungers the best sauce if he has not 't is all lost If he be your friend he 'l be contented with what you have if not 't is too much Suck Or rather take pattern from the Prudent Dutch tell him your house is visited and so carry him to the next Inn and there eat upon his purse Two mens meals well sav'd But one thing more which I had quite forgot If ever you should chance to keep Servants change 'em often they are generally diligent in their new clothes And for their service Let every one perform two Offices at least following herein the example of the same thrifty Dutch with whom generally one and the same person supplies the several