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( 6 ) fions thereof; becauſe I was ſo well pleaſed wit the building, that I eagerly deſired to have anothe built exactly after that pattern. The gentlema could do no leſs than to grant me ſo ſmall a civility Coming home, I wen to a carpenter, telling I was about buying an houſe in Hackney, and that would have him accompany me, to give me (i private) the eſtimate Accordingly we went, an found the gentleman at home, who entertained m kindly. In the mean time the carpenter took a exact account of the butts and bounds of the houſ on paper, which was as much as I deſired for tha time Paying the carpenter well I diſmiſſed him and by that paper had a leaſe drawn, with a ver great fine (mentioned to have been paid) at a ſma rent; witneſſes thereto I could not want Short after, I demanded poſſeſſion, the gentleman, thinking me out of my wits only laughed at me: I commenced my ſuit againſt him, and brought my own creatures to ſwear the ſealing and delivery of th Leaſe; the carpenter's evidence with many othe probable circumſtances to ſtrengthen my cauſe whereupon I had a verdict. The gentleman underſtanding what I was, thought it ſafer compound with me, and looſe ſomething, rather than looſe all.

Wanting one time ſome money to ſupply my preſent occafions, I could not think of any means to aſſiſt me in this neceſſity, but to fell my feather bed with furniture thereunto belonging. Packing then up I got a friend to go along with the porter, and fell them to an upholſterer: Which he did, bringing me about half their worth. A week afterwards wanting my bed, I reſolved to have it again; whereupon I went to him that bought it aſking him whether at ſuch a time there were not ſuch article ſold him? He acknowledged there was. I deſired