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| Date | 07 Sep 1747 |
| Time | |
| Occasion | Supper. |
| Person (main) | Robert Forbes |
| Person (main) | Donald MacLeod of Galtrigill |
| Place | Lady Bruce 's house |
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SeptrSeptember 7th, Donald MacLeod, when at Supper,
spoke much in Commendation of Ned Burk,
as being an honest, faithful, trusty Fellow.
He said, in the Event of a R[estorati]on, Ned
would carry a ✝Chair no more; for he was
persuaded, the Prince would settle an hun-
dred Pounds sterling a-year upon Ned
during Life, &and he could affirm it for a
Truth, that not any Man whatsomever
deserved it better. Mean time, Donald
added, that Ned, though true as Steel,
was the rough Man, &and that he used
great Freedoms; for he had seen him
frequently at Deel speed the Leers1 with
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with the Prince, whowould have humour’dhumoured
the Joke so well, that they would have
flitten together like twa Kail-wives2
which made the Company to laugh &and be
merry, when otherwise they would have
been very dull.
spoke much in Commendation of Ned Burk,
as being an honest, faithful, trusty Fellow.
He said, in the Event of a R[estorati]on, Ned
would carry a ✝Chair no more; for he was
persuaded, the Prince would settle an hun-
dred Pounds sterling a-year upon Ned
during Life, &and he could affirm it for a
Truth, that not any Man whatsomever
deserved it better. Mean time, Donald
added, that Ned, though true as Steel,
was the rough Man, &and that he used
great Freedoms; for he had seen him
frequently at Deel speed the Leers1 with
with the Prince, who
the Joke so well, that they would have
flitten together like twa Kail-wives2
which made the Company to laugh &and be
merry, when otherwise they would have
been very dull.
Robert Forbes, A:M:
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “September 7th.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 2,
Adv.MS.32.6.17, fol. 63r–63v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
I.e., quarreling (meaning C(16)). Literally: Devil speed the liars.
I.e., trading barbs like female green-grocers, regarded as "coarse brawling wom[e]n" (meaning 5(34)).