Part 2

_Betty_ could not help this contemptuous Treatment, as she had nothing she wanted at Home, by reason of her Laziness, though all Materials in abundance were at hand. 'Tis incredible to relate, but, at the Time I am speaking of, certain Fact, on her whole Estate there was not one to be found could make a Buckle for her Shoe, or a Pin to her Sleeve; a Pot, a Spit, or any Utensil to cook her Victuals, might as well be found among the _Tartars_ as with her. She took every thing from her _Sister_ at what Price she pleased, unsight unseen, and bought the _Pig in the Poke_. Necessity roused her from Stupidity and Sloth, she encouraged her Tenants to apply to Trades, assured them of a ready Market, and rewarded those that did their Work the best; and, at present, has every thing within herself. And tho' it must be owned a very unreasonable, and _not to be endured_ Instance of her Impudence, she proposes to dress in her own Manufactures, and does not mean to trouble her _Sister_ any longer for _cast Cloaths_ and _unmerchantable_ commodities. But in every other Respect, she desires to keep up a good Correspondence with her, and is daily doing every thing in her Power, to gain her Favour, and procure her Regards. Whatever she can spare from her ordinary Expences, she, in some Shape or other, makes a Present of to her _Sister_, in Acknowledgement for Services done, and Kindnesses receiv'd in her _Minority_. Has _Blanch_ a Favourite whom she cannot readily provide for, a poor Relation on hand, or Retainer to the Family, a broken Projector, or cast Serving-man; she has no more to do but acquaint _Betty_ with it, who quickly puts him on a _creditable Pension_, and never refuses, though she run herself in Debt by it. Is _Blanch_ engaged in a Brangle with her _Tenants_, (who, by the way, are cursedly litigious) and hard put to it for Hands to do her Business, _Betty_ makes an Offer of sending her People to help her, and maintaining them abroad at her own Charges. Does a Tenant of _Blanch_ come to favour her with a Visit, she receives him with Hospitality and Respect, and would sacrifice her Fortune to make his Entertainment agreeable.

If all this Complaisance should fail of its Effect, and not so succeed as to keep _Blanch_ in good Humour, 'tis easy to say where the Fault must lie, and from what Causes her Discontents arise.

In the first Place, it has ever been the Fate of her _Domesticks_ to be invincibly hated by her _Tenants_ without Difference or Distinction, (for, to say Truth, they have no Head for _Distingo_'s:) There is but one Thing in the World they hate more, and that is _Betty Ireland_. Now, the _Servants_ bear hard on _Betty_, to curry Favour with her Sister's _Tenants_, who would go half Way to the D----l to have _Betty_ d----d, are for ever cursing her, and laying all their Misfortunes at her Door. If the _Clothier_ loses his Business, or has his Goods on Hand, 'tis _all 'long_ of _Betty_: Wheat bears no Price, for _Betty_ has glutted the Market. Whereas, in Fact, they never keep the same Markets. But they forget, they are all so idle and debauched, such gobling and drinking Rascals, and so expensive in _blew Beer_, that they are forced to put a double Price on every thing goes to Market; so that no Body will deal with them. Indeed, if it incenses them, that _Betty_ won't buy, burn her _own Goods_ and take off _theirs_, they must e'en turn the Buckle behind. _Blanch_ will be wiser, for her own sake, than lay Stresses on her _Sister_, from whom she gets more than _by all the World beside_, only to humour a Set of grumbling Churls, who don't know what they would be at; and so extremely senseless, that it's Matter of Wonder, their Oxen don't ride them to the Market, and sell them. 'Tis true, a _Linen-weaver_, one of _Blanch_'s Tenants, prevailed on her lately to withdraw some Encouragement she had given _Betty_, and transfer it to a _Stranger_. But that was owing to bad Advice given her, by a _Clerk_ she has since turned off, and sent a stroling among _Brandy-shops_ and _Ale-houses_, to _backbite_ his _Lady_ for want of other Employment.

Another Cause of _Blanch_'s Dislike to her _Sister_ was, a Fright she took, when she was just _delivered_, at some ill-looking People, who came from _Betty_'s Lands, and appeared under her Window. There's no doubt but _Blanch_ has as much Courage as any genteel Lady ought to have, and must have been in a Fit of low Spirits when she, and all her Tenants from her, took so senseless an alarm, as to run distracted thro' Fear of half a Dozen Fellows cutting all their Throats in one Night, who were ready to run through Fire and Water for Fear of being hang'd themselves; yet certain it is, from this ridiculous Incident, and from nothing else, can be derived, that universal Hatred shewn her by _Blanch's Tenants_, though they have never seen, spoken with, or had any Dealings whatever, either with _Betty_ or her _Tenants_. People must be _generous_, as well as _brave_, to forgive those that frighten them.

There's another Cause of Dislike among such as have Dealings with _Betty_'s Tenants who come on Business, or to visit her _Sister_, that they run in debt with them, and don't pay. So do all their Neighbours, for that matter; but they complain of none but _Betty_, though it is very well known they make ample Reprisals on her; and _one Bite_ of theirs, is worth a hundred of _Betty_'s, who are none but such as are despised at home, and can get neither Credit or Company there; for _Betty_ is not yet arrived to that Degree of Politeness, as to court and caress _Highway-men_ and _Sharpers_, only because _they keep good Company_, and are Gentlemen of _nice Honour_, but sincerely wishes her _Sister_ to hang them all.

The last I shall mention (and, to be sure, a wise Cause of Dislike it is) _Betty_ goes once, at least, every Year to pay her Sister a Visit, carries all her Money, puts on her best Cloaths, lives high as long as she has a Penny left. This vexes her _Sister_, and many a _Slut_ and _Flirt_ she calls _Betty_, at the very time she is throwing away her Money with both Hands for the Tradesmen and Shoeboys to scramble up. They are both Fools; _One_ for shewing this Contempt, and the other for putting herself in the Way of it.

It is wished, but probably in vain, that the two _Sisters_ would come to a better Understanding. They that have considered the true Interest of both, see plainly that the _elder_, and consequently the _younger_, must be shortly undone, if these Bickerings and ill Offices continue. So _unnatural_ a Quarrel between near Relations must make them despised by all the _Neighbours_ around, who are hourly taking the Advantage of it, and _profiting_ themselves by the Hindrance the _Sisters_ give to each other. But their Manners and Disposition are so different, that it's next to impossible they should ever love one another; tho', for mutual Interest, and to make that Figure in the Eye of the World which two _Ladies_ of their Distinction and Fortune ought to assume, their Friends may agree to promote _jointly_ their Interests, and never heed how peevish and untoward _either_ of them may be, or pay any Regard to the _fanciful Aversions_, and ungrounded Jealousies, which are always inseparable from a female Breast.

Tho' in this History I have rather copied the _chaste Brevity_ of _Cornelius Nepos_, than the diffused and _chatty_ Eloquence of _Plutarch_; I shall conclude, in Imitation of the latter, with a Description of the two _Ladies_, their Persons, Manners, and Inclinations; and, in drawing the _Parallel_, with Freedom represent, their Vices as well as _Vertues_, their Faults as well as their Perfections.

_Blanch_ is by much the taller, neat, timbersome, and well made, a lively Look and a sprightly Air. _Betty_'s Face is full out as _handsome_ as her _Sister_'s, tho' not so regular, has more _variety_ and striking Beauties, and, with equal _Dressing_, would appear more lovely than the other; but she's a _Slattern_ in her _Dress_.

As to their _Tempers_, _Pride_ is the prevailing Passion of the _first_, and _Vanity_ of the _second_; from which naturally, and unavoidably arises, every observable Character of their Mind and Manners. _Blanch_'s Pride makes her selfish and reserved, contemptuous, if not rough, in her Behaviour. _Betty_'s Vanity makes her _open_ and communicative, fond of _shewing herself_ on all Occasions, complaisant, and caressing, to a Degree of Flattery. As _Blanch_ does not know what it is to have Love or Affection for any one but herself, so she expects it from no one, but claims a great deal of Respect. _Betty_ doesn't know what Respect for her means, but to gain her Love and Liking would part with all she had. _Blanch_ is frugal in the main, not very hospitable, and seldom lavish but in private Pleasures. _Betty_ is hospitable to Prodigality, lavish to Folly, and thinks nothing a Pleasure that others don't share in. Hence it comes, that the first loves her Money above all things, the _second_ less than any thing she has any value for at all; that one is anxious to _get_, the _other_ in haste to _spend_. _Blanch_ has a good Understanding, but does not _know the World_, and is commonly _choused_ by her Neighbours. _Betty_ has no Opportunity of _knowing the World_, as her _Sister_ won't let her go much abroad or converse with the _Neighbours_; she has but little Experience, and, to be sure, is not very _wise_, but is the quickest in the World at finding out _a Fool_. The _elder_ is _cautious_, and hides carefully every Fault she is conscious of; the _younger_ is not conscious of any Fault of Folly whatever; so they all come out in her _communicative Fits_, which seize her as often as she gets a Stranger to talk to. _Blanch_ is the more censorious, and _Betty_ the greater Liar.

If either of the _Ladies_ think the Picture not like, let them call to mind the Story of a famous Painter, who had drawn the Portrait of a young Man, whostood very well with himself, but didn't please him. "You have drawn me," said he, "exactly the _Reverse_ of every thing I am." _If it be so_, replied the Painter, _that must be your Likeness_, and set the Picture on the Head.

_FINIS._

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