of a fine Boy. The Child, was indeed, to all Appearance, perfect; but the Midwife diſcovered, it was born a Month before its full Time.
Tho’ the Birth of an Heir of his beloved Siſter was a Circumſtance of great Joy to Mr. Allworthy, yet it did not alienate his Affections from the little Foundling, to whom he had been Godfather, had given his own Name of Thomas, and whom he had hitherto ſeldom failed of viſiting at leaſt once a Day, in his Nurſery.
He told his Siſter, if ſhe pleaſed, the new-born Infant ſhould be bred up together with little Tommy, to which ſhe conſented, tho’ with ſome little Reluctance: For ſhe had truly a great Complacence for her Brother; and hence ſhe had always behaved towards the Foundling with rather more Kindneſs than Ladies of rigid Virtue can ſometimes bring themſelves to ſhew to theſe Children, who, however innocent, may be truly called the living Monuments of Incontinence.
The Captain could not ſo eaſily bring himſelf to bear what he condemned as a Fault in Mr. Allworthy. He gave him fre-quent
