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John Ewart, when he deſired the money; and he, at my deſire, 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 Maxwell, tenant to my Lord Nithſdale, for whom I was factor: I borrowed two thouſand merks from him, five hundred 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 through 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 will 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 ſeemyſelf