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Boyd to the ſtreet, made an apology that I was jeſting, commending him for his honeſty, and took him ſolemnly engaged, never to repeat what had paſſed. I ſent for my couſin Barnhewrie, your good-brother, who, with no difficulty, for a guinea and a half, undertook and performed all that I wanted, and for a guinea more, made me up a diſcharge for 2001. Scots, that I was owing to your father-inlaw, and his friend Mr. Muirhead; which diſcharge I gave to John Lw. art, when he deſired the money; and he, at-my defire, produced it to you, which you ſuſtained. A great many the like inſtances were told, of which I cannot remember the perſons' names and things: But, ſays he, what vexes me more than all theſe, is the injuſtice I did to Homer Maxwel, tenant to my Lord Nithſdale, for whom I was factor: I borrowed 2000 merks from him, 500 of which he had borrowed from another hand; I gave him my bond, and for reaſons I contrived, obliged him to ſecrecy; he died within the year, and left nine children, and his wife had died before himſelf. I came to ſeal up his papers for my Lord's ſecurity: his eldeſt daughter entreated me to look through them all, and to give her an account what was their ſtock and what was their debt; I very willingly undertook it, and in going thro' the papers, I put my own bond in my pocket: His circumſtances proved bad, and his nine children are now ſtarving. Theſe things I deſire you to repreſent to my wife, and take her brother with you, and let them! be immediately rectified, for ſhe has ſufficient funds to do it upon; and if it were done, I think I would be eaſy and happy; therefore I hope you'll make no delay. After a ſhort pauſe, I anſwered, 'Tis a good errand, Cool, you are ſending me to do juſtice to the oppreſſed and injured, but notwithſtanding that I feel myſelf come in for 2001. Scots; yet I beg a little time to confider on the matter, and ſince I find you are as much maſter of reaſon now as ever, and more than ever, I will firſt reaſon now the matter, in itsgeneral