wards inclined to ſell it, he, in Conſideration of the Aid Lady Margery had lent him during his Diſtreſs, made her the firſt Offer, and ſhe purchaſed the Whole, and threw it into different Farms, that the Poor might be no longer under the Dominion of two over-grown Men.
This was a great Mortification to Sir Timothy as well as to his Friend Graſpall, who from this Time experienced nothing but Misfortunes, and was in a few Years ſo diſpoſſeſſed of his Ill-gotten Wealth, that his Family were reduced to ſeek Subſiſtence from the Pariſh, at which thoſe who had felt the Weight of his Iron Hand rejoiced; but Lady Margery deſired, that his Children might be treated with Care and Tenderneſs; for they, ſays ſhe, are no Ways accountable for the Actions of their Father.
