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These, my Lord, two never to be forgotten obligations induced him on May day, being not troubled with the resort of Tenants, receiving or paying rents, Branding of Bullocks, cutting the Colts, Shearing of Sheep or any other affairs of that kind to allow himself sufficient hours to compose the Inclosed Lines which he humbly offers to your Lordship’s view, not as payment, a thing impossible, but as an acknowledgement of being still in debt....