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The footman's friendly advice

To his Brethren of the Livery; And to all Servants in General: ... To which is Prefix'd, An Introduction, humbly Submitted to the Consideration of all Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Ladies, who keep many Servants. Also a postscript, In Answer To Squire Moreton's Pamphlet, Intituled, Every Body's Business is no Body's. By R. D. [i.e. Robert Dodsley]
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

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SERVITUDE: A POEM.
 
SERVITUDE.
 
HONESTY.
 
CAREFULNESS.
 
OBEDIENCE.
 
DILIGENCE.
 
Of SUBMISSION to REBUKES.
 
NEATNESS.
 
Of Receiving and Delivering MESSAGES.
 
DISCRETION.

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SERVITUDE.

Brothers in Servitude attend the Song,
To you its Precepts and its Rules belong.
Wholesome Advice the friendly Muse indites,
And for your Good your Fellow-Servant writes.
Not that I think my self compleat or free
From those Defects which I in others see:
But Priests, you know, 'gainst Drunkenness will cry,
Yet from the Pulpit to the Tavern fly;
So I by Precept, not Example, shew
What 'tis we ought to be, and what we ought to do.
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