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at laſt have forbore to moleſt us any more that Way.

They live very ſoberly and in great Continency.As to the Tranſgreſſions of the ſeventh Commandment, we never have found them guilty in that Point, either in Words or Deeds, except what paſſes amongſt the married People in their publick Diverſions, as we ſhall ſee hereafter.

As for what we call Civility and Compliments, they do not much trouble themſelves about them. They go and come, meet and paſs one another, without making Uſe of any Greeting or Salutation. They give Honour and ſhew mutual Civility to one another.Yet they are far from being unmannerly or uncivil in their Converſation; for they make a Difference among Perſons, and give more Honour to one than to another, according to their Merit and Deſerts. They never enter any Houſe, where they are Strangers, unleſs they are invited; and when they come in, the Maſter of the Houſe, to whom they pay the Viſit, ſhews them the Place where they are to take their Seat.

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