Misfortunes which he met with in Buſineſs, and the wicked Perſecution of Sir Timothy Gripe, and an overgrown Farmer called Graſpall, he was effectually ruined.
The Caſe was thus. The Pariſh of Mouldwell where they lived, had for many Ages been let by the Lord of the Manor into twelve different Farms, in which the Tenants lived comfortably, brought up large Families, and carefully ſupported the poor People who laboured for them; until the Eſtate by Marriage and by Death came into the Hands of Sir Timothy.
This Gentleman, who loved himſelf better than all his Neighbours, thought it leſs Trouble to write one Receipt for his Rent than twelve, and Farmer Graſpall offering to take all the Farms as the Leaſes expired, Sir Timothy agreed with him, and in Proceſs of
