to Servants, the 7^th to Amusements the 8^th to Cloathes& the 9^th to Silver Buckles. Having thus arrangedour Expences for two Months (for we ^expected were determinedto make the nine Hundred Pounds last as long)we hastened to London & had the good luck to spendit in 7 weeks & a Day which was 6 Dayssooner than we had intended. As soon as we hadthus happily disencumbered ourselves from theweight of so much Money, we began to think ofreturning to our Mothers, but accidentally hearingthat they were both ^{starved to Death,} de^ad^ we gave over the design& determined to engage ourselves to some strolling Company of Players, as we had always a turn forthe Stage. Accordingly we offered our Services toone & were accepted; our Company was indeedrather small, as it consisted only of the Managerhis Wife & ourselves, but there were fewer to payand the only inconvenience attending it was the Scarcity of Plays which for want of People to fillthe Characters, we could perform. –. We did not mindtrifles however –. One of our most admired Per::formances