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"Why, then, I suppose," said Lowestoffe, "you have been tilting, my lord, and have pinked your man; in which case, and with a purse reasonably furnished, you may lie perdu in Whitefriars for a twelvemonth Marry, but you must be entered and received as a member of their worshipful society, my lord, and a frank burgher of Alsatia so far you must condescend; there will be neither peace nor safety for you else."
He therefore conjured Mr. Lowestoffe to have no delicacy upon this score, but, since his surrender was what he had determined upon as a sacrifice due to his own character, that he would have the frankness to mention in what manner it could be best arranged, so as to extricate him, Lowestoffe, from the restraint to which the writer could not but fear his friend had been subjected, on account of the generous interest which he had taken in his concerns.
"Gentlemen," said the scrivener, "this security now belongs to a mighty lord. I pray you, abate your haste, and let me send for Lord Dalgarno, or rather I will run for him myself." So saying, he took up his hat; but Lowestoffe called out, "Friend Moniplies, keep the door fast, an thou be'st a man! he seeks but to put off the time.
His health improved very much during the homeward voyage, and he was soon able to resume duty again. At nineteen he was made second lieutenant of the Lowestoffe; and at twenty he was commander of the Badger.
"And, in respect of my friend being a Scotsman and alien, as has been observed by the reverend divine and learned lawyer, you are to consider," said Lowestoffe, "for what he is pursued hither why, for giving the bastinado, not to an Englishman, but to one of his own countrymen.
"You may spare your gratitude any great sense of obligation, my lord," said the Templar. "No doubt I am willing to be of use to any gentleman that has cause to sing Fortune my foe, and particularly proud to serve your lordship's turn; but I have also an old grudge, to speak Heaven's truth, at your opposite, Lord Dalgarno." "May I ask on what account, Master Lowestoffe?" said Lord Glenvarloch.
In riding through one of the glades of the forest, they found a man dismounted and sitting under a tree, groaning with such bitterness of spirit, that Lowestoffe could not forbear asking if he was hurt.
The brigadier expressing an earnest desire that the French squadron above the town might be removed, the commodore ordered captain Schomberg of the Diana, and captain Deane of the Lowestoffe, to slip their cables early next morning, and attack the enemy's fleet, consisting of two frigates, two armed ships, and a great number of smaller vessels.
"No threats no threats at all, my little Andrew," said Lowestoffe; "a little friendly advice only forget not, honest Andrew, I have seen you in Alsatia." Without answering a single word, the scrivener sat down, and drew in proper form a full receipt for the money proffered.
In 1773 he served in Captain Phipps's voyage of discovery in the Northern Polar seas. His next station was the East Indies; from which, at the end of eighteen months, he was compelled to return by a very severe and dangerous illness. In April, 1777, he passed his examination, and was immediately commissioned as second lieutenant of the Lowestoffe frigate, then fitting out for Jamaica.
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