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or may be in. I am reſolved to be content. I publiſh none of my books for ſtatiners or book-ſellers, I only do it for the ſupport of my ſmall family, and not with a view to extort money from the public by other hands.
And ſhew my readers and benefactors, that I am not a deceiver, or an impoſter; which is well known and atteſted by ſeveral Gentlemen, in Glaſgow, and Greenock, where I ſerved, and the ports I ſailed to, and from. And has my Certificate, which I can produce if required. And the names of the Gentlemen, which is full in print in my firſt number.
