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NEED not tell you of the great quarrels, that have happened in our neighbourhood since the death of the late lord Strutt ; how the parson, and a cunning attorney , got him to settle his estate upon his cousin Philip Baboon to the great disappointment of his cousin esquire South. Some stick not to say, that the parson and the attorney forged a will, for which they were well paid by the family of the Baboons: let that be as it will, it is matter of fact, that the honour and estate have continued ever since in the person of Philip Baboon. Rh