Besides a fit and proper personage
To buy and sell and labourers to engage;
He also thought for sake of his dear child,
That George would see nought wasted or e’er spoil’d.)
So with th’ assistance of young Martha Gray
(Old Andrew’s niece), whom George engaged to stay,
He ’gan to feel at home, and soon became
Possessor of a moderate share of fame;
Whilst Martha, who could read and write with ease,
Grew every day more studiously to please,