The incurable envious, are in vast quantities throughout this whole nation. Nor can it reasonably be expected that their numbers should lessen, while fame and honours are heaped upon some particular persons, as the public reward of their superior accomplishments, while others, who are equally excellent, in their own opinions, are constrained to live unnoticed and contemned. And, as it would be impossible to provide for all those who are possessed with this distemper, I should consent to admit only twenty thousand at first, by way of experiment, amounting to 1000 Of the incurable vain, affected, and impertinent, I should at least admit ten thousand; which number I am confident will appear very inconsiderable, if we include all degrees of females, from the duchess to the chambermaid; all poets, who have had a little success, especially in the dramatic way, and all players, who have met with a small degree of approbation. Amounting only to 500 By which plain computation it is evident, that two hundred thousand persons will be daily provided for, and the allowance for maintaining this collection of incurables may be seen in the following account. Per day. _For the Incurable_ Fools, being 20,000 at one shilling each L1000 Knaves 30,000 ditto 1500 Scolds 30,000 1500 Scribblers 40,000 2000 Coxcombs 10,000 500 Infidels 10,000 500 Liars 30,000 1500 _For the Incurably_ Envious 20,000 1000 Vain 10,000 500 _______ ______ Total maintained, 200,000 Total expense, L10,000 M. Th. H. From whence it appears, that the daily expense will amount to such a sum, as in 365 days comes to L3,650,000 And I am fully satisfied that a sum, much greater than this, may easily be raised, with all possible satisfaction to the subject, and without interfering in the least with the revenues of the crown. In the first place, a large proportion of this sum might be raised by the voluntary contribution of the inhabitants.