A fan is both the standard and the flag of England.

I laugh to see men go on our errands, strut in great offices, live in cares, hazards and scandals, to come home and be fools to us in brags of their dispatches, negotiations, and their wisdoms--as my good dear deceas'd use to entertain me; which I, to relieve myself from, would lisp some silly request, pat him on the face.

He shakes his head at my pretty folly, calls me simpleton; gives me a jewel, then goes to bed so wise, so satisfied, and so deceived." * * * * * This pleasant conversation Lord Brumpton overhears, as he does also the inmost secrets of his lawyer, Puzzle.

The latter gentleman, who has studied hard to cheat his good-natured employer, and succeeded, is a daringly drawn satire on the pettifogging attorney of the period.[A] Note the following words of wisdom, _apropos_ to the drawing of wills, which Mr.Puzzle addresses to his nephew.
[Footnote A: Of the attorney of Queen Anne's day Ward wrote: "He's an Amphibious Monster, that partakes of two Natures, and those contrary; He's a great Lover both of Peace and Enmity; and has no sooner set People together by the Ears, but is Soliciting the Law to make an end of the Difference.

His Learning is commonly as little as his Honesty; and his Conscience much larger than his Green Bag.