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 To his Clerk for Engrossing the same, and Expedition, 30 Pounds.

So here the Counsel is paid for delay, and the Clerk for Expedition, which puts me in Mind of three Items set down in a Country-Scriveners-Bill, Pro speciali labore, 6 s. 8 d. pro expeditione, 6 s. 8 d. pro dispatch, 6 s. 8 d. the first was for keeping the Business a great while, and the other two for doing it presently.

Tho' the Soil of Lands lyes in in several Counties, yet Concourse of Business to the Metropolis, doth generally occasion the transferring of Titles there, (especially of all that are considerable) scarce a Purchase or Mortgage of 500 l. but is transacted in London; and by Posts and other Correspondencies, it is less trouble to transmit any thing thither, than few Miles in the Country.