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72 signed William Ludlam, which was daily, they would cry ‘Voila le Victime,’ then ‘That’s his Ludship, Erskine, Grenville,’ and by brain-saying, refer to Mr. Erskine’s mode of speech, for his Lordship pronouncing nearly Ludship, and say that William Ludlam meant William Lud Grenvile, and touching the fluid in my vitals, would make me quite sorry. When Ludlam, pistol in hand, attempted to tyrant it over the master as well as the waiter of the London Tavern, they said ‘''It’s exact. C’est ainsi,’ and to his jumping through the window also, they would cry ‘C’est ainsi aussi,’ and ‘Leighton, Sir William, we puppeted yho, there to commemorate.''’ Some time after, when Ludlam was taken, Lord Erskine ordered him under the care of Dr. Monro, and prohibited the Lord Mayor’s warrant from being served against him. There they would cry ‘his Ludship,’ and then brain-say the subject as before. Then ‘Ween,