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24 Obadiah Mouſetrap. honeſty. I know that you would think I had ſome illicit buſineſs to tranſact, worthy of giving ſuch a preſent, for an opportunity to do it in but ye are both miſtaken, I never wronged my king nor my country in my life, I look upon you both as perſons that hath infamouſly forfeite the truſt repoſed in you, and are liable of being ſeverely puniſhed for it which, if I was to be as cruel to you (by informing againſt you) as you have been to me, by ſuſpecting that I would wrong the King of his due that muſt unavoidably be the caſe but I ſcorn ſuch an action, though deſpiſe your principies.-However my friends, I would admoniſh you to be more honeſt, and more upon your guard for the future, which will effectually compleat my good intention by this experiment.

FINIS.

GLASGOW,

Printed by J. & M. ROBERTSON

Saltmarket, 1800.