Strange adventures of Lewis Gordon

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the Lady Linkwood. Had he granted ane
oblidgement in my name creditors would
[have] arested in his hand. I reffused the
said letters. The D : G : ansor was h.e
wod taike writ from no man ; without
write again.
Then I begyt his advise what I shoud dee
in Irland and a letter of recomendation
to some of the Government, particolarlie
to D : Ormond. As for his advise it was
if my wiffe would pairt with me, he desairt
me to come to London and give him acount
when I came there, and be would wreit to
some quality about the oourt in my favors ;
if she would mot pairt he said it was my
best to go to sume country place and taike
a possession, because of cheap liveing, and
although he haid no aquantance, if I
could maike aquantance with any person
that will aither doe for me or show me
kindness upon his or my own acount,
desairt me to writ to him and he would
send them thanks urn till they should be
requited in thair own terms, for he would
be oblidged to any who did for me. I
recived two lyns to Omingham from him
showing that, if Mr Cunningham should
aither come to Edinburgh or Gordon
Castell, he should have a leass of fish in at
Marie Broch or any pairt of land or wads
in Lochaber, and desairt as I went throu
Glasgow or Air to see if I .could geat sold
two or three thousand bolls of meail or
bear of his fearms in the north of Scotland
and he would be thankfull to mo. Tin:-, is
all, as God leivs, that past betwixt the
D : G : and me at parting- last.
In the midle of Jun I cam from Edin-
burgh to Glasgow, from Glasgow to Port
Patrik, but could not c me near the pryes
the D :G : laid on his victuall ; at Glasgow
from Po[rt] Patifick] I cam over to
Danochie Die in Irland in a boat, they
calt the skiper John Innes in Port Patrick.
From Danachie Die I went all be land to