Then, Sir, I am Guardian to my only Siſter; and tho’ ſhe is ſix Years above Age, I ſtill keep her Fortune carefully in my own hands, for fear ſhe ſhou’d idly throw it away upon ſome beggarly young Fellow: Not but I give her a good Gentlewomanly Education; for I have taught her ſeveral Tunes, my ſelf, upon the Dulcimer; and to ſave the charge of a Singing Maſter, I let her go once a Week, with her Maid, in the Upper Gallery, to learn the Songs out of the Opera.
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