He was closeted two whole hours with
his aunt, who enriched him with many pious advices, recapitulated
all the benefits which, through her means, had been conferred upon
him since his infancy, cautioned him against the temptations of
lewd women, who bring many a man to a morsel of bread, laid strict
injunctions upon him to live in the fear of the Lord and the true
Protestant faith, to eschew quarrels and contention, to treat Mr.
Jolter with reverence and regard, and above all things to abstain
from the beastly sin of drunkenness, which exposes a man to the
scorn and contempt of his fellow-creatures, and, by divesting him
of reason and reflection, renders him fit for all manner of vice
and debauchery. She recommended to him economy, and the care of his
health, bade him remember the honour of his family, and in all the
circumstances of his behaviour, assured him that he might always
depend upon the friendship and generosity of the commodore. Finally,
presenting him with her own picture set in gold, and a hundred
guineas from her privy purse, she embraced him affectionately, and
wished him all manner of happiness and prosperity.
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