The
History
of a
Foundling.
History
of a
Foundling.
BOOK I.
Containing as much of the Birth of the Foundling as is neceſſary or proper to acquaint the Reader with in the Beginning of this Hiſtory.
CHAP I.
The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feaſt.
An Author ought to conſider himſelf, not as a Gentleman who gives a private or eleemoſynary Treat, but rather as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at which all Perſons are welcome for
