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his head were in a drum nor neither does lie know 

 bow to draw a hound when they are at a lofs no 

 more than a child of two years old as to his ho- 

 nefty I always found him honelt till about a week 

 ago and have found him dlfhoneft now for about 

 a week ago I fent my fervant that I have now to 

 fetch fome flieep's feet from Mr. Stanjan of 



Higham Ferrers where G ufed to go for feet 



and I always fend my money by my man ihat 

 brings the feet and Stanjan told my man that I 

 have nov/ that I owed him money for feet and 

 when the boy came home he told me and I went 

 to Stanjan and when I found the truth of the mat- 

 ter G- had kept my money in his hands and 



had never paid Stanjan he had been along with 

 me once for a letter in order for his chara6ter to 

 give him one but I told him I could not give 



him a good one fo I would not write at all G 



is a very great drunkard cant keep a penny in his 

 pocket a fad notorious lyar if you fend him upon 

 an errand a mile or two from Uppingham he will 

 get drunk ihiy all day and never come home while 

 the middle of the night or fuch time as he knowsi 

 his mafter is in bed he can nor will not keep any 

 fecret neither hath he fo much v/it as other people 

 for the fellow is half a fool for if you would have 

 buiincfs done wilh expedition if he once gets out 

 of the town or fight of you fhall fee him no more 

 >vhile the next morning he fervcs mc fo and fo 

 you mufl exped the fame if you hn*e him I ufe 



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