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<HEAD>An ANSWER To S^r^. Timothy Touch&s;tone At <HI>John</HI> the Brewers Lodging, At the Sign OF THE Naked Truth, AT TYBURN.</HEAD>
<P>_HOne&s;t <HI>Tim,</HI> To tell you in plain Truth, I am in Love with your Stile, for that it takes much in this Age, a|mong&s;t the Commonalty, as in <HI>Bartholomew</HI>-Fair, the Fool is the wi&s;e&s;t Man in the Play, the very &s;hew of him is a Je&s;t; and any thing that's &s;erious put under a Fools Coat mu&s;t take well; for to write damn'd &s;erious, as Mr. <HI>Presbiter,</HI> or Mr. Papi&s;t. In this Age Sence is flung away, but your way I mu&s;t applaud, for that Buffoon fa&s;hion of your Di&s;cour&s;e, certainly is the be&s;t way of abu&s;ing per&s;ons in the World, in any &s;ort of Notions that are to be In&s;inuated.</P>
<P>For look you (&s;aid I Mr. <HI>Tim.</HI>) Can any per&s;on be at <HI>Stampford</HI> in <HI>lincoln</HI> &s;here at 2 a Clock in the Afternoon, and take water with Sir <HI>Edmond Bury Godfry</HI> at <HI>White-hall</HI> Stairs at the &s;ame time? I &s;ay he may, and be as vi&s;ible as <HI>Jo.</HI> the <HI>Brewer,</HI> at the Sign of the naked Divel: (for &s;ay I) to have 25000 <HI>l. per Annum,</HI> to mannage that E&s;tate well, and to mannage the Government, is too much for one Man that hath other matters to con&s;ider, as a Regiment of Players, Pimps, Whores, Fluters, Scriveners, Chymi&s;ts, Presbiterians, Papi&s;ts, Phonaticks, and an uncon&s;tant Temper. But this (&s;ay I) may be man|naged with Di&s;cretion; and how, quoth <HI>Timothy?</HI> I'le tell you, When I am at Court, how ea&s;ie a matter is it for one to follow St. <HI>Pauls</HI> Rule, to be all things to all men, to make fair promi&s;es to the bu&s;ine&s;s in hand, and afterwards to know nothing of it; then to place it on the negligence of my Servant not to mind me of it; and to call him Rogue and Ra&s;cal for his negligence. This is commenda|ble, this is &s;atisfaction without doubt, to any rea&s;onable per&s;on, and does well enough for any publick matters.</P>
<P>But hang it, I hate to be a Courtier, to Hauk and Hunt in the Country: To ki&s;s my wifes waiting Gentlewoman, to ingratiate my &s;elf with the Citi&s;ons wives in Town, is a better Life behalf;
<PB N="3" REF="2">and a Man does it with more popularity, for (&s;ay I) It's more com|mendable in the City to go to Church with ones own Wife, and to have his Servant follow him, with a large Embo&s;&s;ed Bible, and to be &s;erious, and know nothing of the matter at Church. It mu&s;t needs plea&s;e God, and create popularity, and graft a flouri&s;hing Presbiteri|an Head upon the Crabtree Stock of Popery. But let the <HI>Church</HI> of <HI>England</HI> be neglected, becau&s;e it's not inclineable to mutation, as al&s;o tho&s;e per&s;ons that are or &s;hall pretend to be true to the King and Church, but I had almo&s;t forgot <HI>Tim,</HI> that tho&s;e per&s;ons that are true to the King and Government, mu&s;t be run down with noi&s;e and non&s;ence, And why? Becau&s;e they advi&s;e the king not to part with any point that belongs to him of right, and that for the peoples &s;ake and &s;afety, and for the King to pretend to com|mand his own Servants to obey him, and ju&s;tify him when done, it's for certain Trea&s;on, but if it be not &s;o, we'l &s;et &s;uch a Countenance upon it, that none but a Papi&s;t dur&s;t contradict it.</P>
<P>Now <HI>Tim,</HI> I'le tell you how I mannage my private Affairs; in plain truth, I hate any man of bu&s;ine&s;s, except it be &s;uch as brings me mony (for I abhor durty Acres, the Clamour of Tenants or any thing that pretends thereunto.</P>
<P>I had once &s;everal per&s;ons of Honour and Quality for my Tru&s;tees, that keep my droping E&s;tate together, but they went &s;uch formal ways to work, as I abhor'd them, being not per&s;ons of di&s;patch, taking the trouble of looking over Bills, ca&s;ting them up looking over Parchments drawn by impertinent Lawyers, filled with non&s;en&s;ical &s;tuff, Provi&s;oes of Redemption and &s;uch like fopperies. At which time I had a Fel|low, tho <HI>Tim</HI> that I implied in my bu&s;ine&s;s, that you mention, that effectually im|proved my E&s;tate 1900 <HI>l.</HI> per Annum, and tho&s;e Rents which were ineffectual, he made them effectual; &s;o that my E&s;tate was in &s;ome &s;ort of plight. But this formal way of doing Bu&s;ine&s;s, was trouble &s;ome; I therefore turned him out of my Service. (but to &s;ay truth, he was willing to be rid of me) for &s;uch a Ma&s;ter and &s;uch a Servant and &s;uch Tru&s;tees, you may imagine, could not well agree. But how do you think <HI>Tim</HI> I rewarded him. I being a man much in Credit (as any Alderman in the City) got acquainted with the famous Scriveners, and al&s;o with a cunning Rump Solicitor, who I knew to be men of bu&s;ine&s;s, and Rogues that had the command of mony, for when all is done tho&s;e &s;ort of fellows are the be&s;t being men of di&s;patch and if they do lye and cheat, they do it without troubling me and its no matter if I pay in <HI>pro</HI> and <HI>con</HI> 10 and 12 <HI>per cent.</HI> ready mony is the life of all things, and if by their De&s;igns they beat down the value of my Lands and Wood in Order to their or others pur|cha&s;e, for I have found a great many old cunning Ra&s;cals, that will take pains to get 3 or 4000 <HI>l.</HI> by a Purcha&s;e: It's a Credit to be in a Srivenor and Bankers Books. But the fellow that &s;erved me, I think I &s;hall be even with him, for I have imployed the Scrivenor which is a man of Reputation, and po&s;&s;ibly may be a Parliament Man, and my Rump Solicitor, now my Tru&s;tees, to tea&s;e that fellow at Law, upon pretence of cheating me, and that pretence cloak their de&s;igns, but they can make nothing of the matter. But now I think one, the Cheat will be the other way, for I being carele&s;s, did not much mind it, and I have this comfort, that none will con&s;pire my death for my E&s;tate, but there has been abundance of dirt flung and I am &s;ure &s;ome will &s;tick, and I &s;hall bear the Charactor, that I am a per&s;on that minded not things of this world and &s;o not fit for it. As for my Executors I &s;hall give them little trouble, as for my Heirs I have none. Be now &s;ay I a good Plot may repair all &s;orts of negligence.</P>
<P>Now <HI>Tim,</HI> I expect to hear from you, but I reque&s;t that you will leave off your Fools or Knaves Coat, and di&s;gui&s;e not your &s;elf under a Je&s;uittical or Presbiterian way of Lying. Be like the Church of <HI>England</HI> who&s;e Doctrines are plain and intel|able.</P>
<CLOSER>Prai&s;e God, and honour the King.</CLOSER>
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