Strange adventures of Lewis Gordon

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the letter end of March, but the rest of
that tyme I was taiken up with the Ger-
man kimester. My faither would not ad-
vance me more money at Edinburgh but
oalls me home. When I went home my
faither, to wit Saterhill, having severell
possitions in has hands, within three years
he did] give 1 me Oakenhead, hard upon the
Loch of Spyne within three my Is of Elgin
and a myll from his own house, and said
Loch for fishen and fowling of all sorts is
wuin of the best of the kingdom. I kept
that posseshion, and a poseshion in the
pariss of Elgin, and ane other I keept in
Linksfield within half a myle to Elgin, with
a Malt kill in Elgin, for the speace of
sixten years or therby. I went not out off
that Bibair excep some tyme to Inverness,
Forree, Chandrie, Dingwall, Beulie, Dox-
nack, Taruess and to Aberdain, all within
fourtie mylla of Elgin ; except once I went
to Edinburgh in nyntie nyn in Jun and
stayed unitill the fift off August. And my
bwsinesi goeing from town to town ther in
the north was in buyeing horses, wod,
bark, roch hyds, fox skins or the like.
When I stayed at Elgin I was Captain
Comedant in the town over fourteen Com-
panies of men.
I keept ane hand with a gentlewoman
ther, hir name is Ma: Se. [?] who
distrayed my substance and hir own faime
at a very sad rait. I cannot defeam hir
exoep' I speak good off er and that I most
speak which was the origanell cause of my
leaving that Cuntry — which non in the
world knows the tieu naiter but His Grace
the Duke of Gordon (the Lord blisse him)
and myselff of that woman to witt Ma :
Se. She falling upon my house with
several! others did brak open douvs in the
night and took all my domesels with my
chartert kiist, which I was at a loss abov
fyf hundred pound by them. In Januari
ssveu hundred and two I went to Edin-