I need not tell you of the great quarrels that have happened in our 
neighbourhood since the death of the late Lord Strutt; how the 
parson and a cunning attorney got him to settle his estate upon 
his cousin Philip Baboon, to the great disappointment of his cousin 
Esquire South. Some stick not to say that the parson and the 
attorney forged a will; for which they were well paid by the family 
of the Baboons. Let that be as it will, it is matter of fact that 
the honour and estate have continued ever since in the person of 
Philip Baboon. 

 Late King of Spain. 
* Cardinal Portocarero. 

You know that the Lord Strutts have for many years been possessed of 
a very great landed estate, well conditioned, wooded, watered, with 
coal, salt, tin, copper, iron, etc., all within themselves; that it 
has been the misfortune of that family to be the property of their 
stewards, tradesmen, and inferior servants, which has brought great 
incumbrances upon them; at the same time, their not abating of their 
expensive way of living has forced them to mortgage their best 
manors. It is credibly reported that the butcher's and baker's bill 
of a Lord Strutt that lived two hundred years ago are not yet paid. 

When Philip Baboon came first to the possession of the Lord Strutt's 
estate, his tradesmen, as is usual upon such occasions, waited upon 
him to wish him joy and bespeak his custom. The two chief were John 
Bull,* the clothier, and Nic. Frog, * the linendraper. They told 
him that the Bulls and Frogs had served the Lord Strutts with 
draperyware for many years; that they were honest and fair dealers; 
that their bills had never been questioned; that the Lord Strutts 
lived generously, and never used to dirty their fingers with pen, 
ink, and counters; that his lordship might depend upon their honesty 
that they would use him as kindly as they had done his predecessors. 
The young lord seemed to take all in good part, and dismissed them 
with a deal of seeming content, assuring them he did not intend to 
change any of the honourable maxims of his predecessors. 

 The first letters of congratulation from King William and the 
States of Holland upon King Philip's accession to the crown of 
Spain. 
* The English. 
 ** The Dutch.