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He, not neglecting so a weighty a business, horsing himself with a seemly troop of his own attendants, and calling to his assistance so many as in discretion was thought meet, having likewise in his company Sir Edward Bromlie, on Monday, Jan. 20 last, by break of day, did engirt and round beat the house of Mayster Thomas Abbingdon, at Hindlip, near Worcester. Mr.
"When I'd run a good way," continued Samuel, "I began to think a bit what I should do with myself. One thing I were resolved on I'd make a fresh start I'd forget as I'd ever had a home I'd change my name, and be my own mayster.
"And what do you suppose has brought him here?" "I can't tell, unless the mayster he works for has sent him over on count of summat. It's more like, however, as he's come to see his sister as lives somewhere in these parts." "And you'd rather he didn't know you are here, I suppose?" "Just so, captain.
I seem out of trim, and out of sorts altogether." "You must please yourself," replied Jacob; "and you must know best, Mayster Frank, what you're bound to do. But, if you'd take my advice, you'd go home at once, afore anything worse happens." "No, Jacob, I cannot yet, and so that's settled.
Jacob ran to him briskly, for there was a charm in his young master's manner which he could not resist. "Jacob," said Frank Oldfield, "you saw me last night as I trust you will never see me again, overcome with drink." "Ay, mayster," said the other, "I see'd you sure enough, and I'd sooner have see'd a yard full of lions and tigers nor such a sight as that."
"Oh, the poor young man's been raving and talking about you scores of times; and Mr Abraham's name's well-known all over the colony." Hubert went to his uncle with the information. "What can we do?" he asked; "I'll gladly go to him, if you can spare me for a few days." Jacob Poole, who was in the office, and had heard the conversation, now interposed, "Oh, Mayster Oliphant, let me go to him.
* At Christmasse there was in the Kinges house, wheresoever hee was lodged, a lorde of misrule or mayster of merie disportes, and the like had ye in the house of every nobleman of honor, or good worshipper were he spirituall or temporall.
"Jacob," said his master earnestly, "I trust, if I'm spared, that I shall really turn over a new leaf, gradely, as you'd say. The drink has been my curse, my ruin, and almost my death. I'll give it up altogether, and sign the pledge, if God raises me up to health and strength again." "Ay, do, mayster," replied the other; "it'll be the best thing you ever did in all your life."
Up in the morning and took coach, and so to Gilford, where we lay at the Red Lyon, the best Inn, and lay in the room the King lately lay in, where we had time to see the Hospital, built by Archbishop Abbott, and the free school, and were civilly treated by the Mayster.
"I've no doubt," said the other, "that this man has brought spirits on board, and that he and Mr Oldfield drink in his cabin together." "Yes," replied Jacob; "and you may be quite sure as he'll hook all the brass out of the young mayster afore the voyage is over." It was just as Jacob and the captain surmised.
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