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<p n="237">that for my own part I would have nothing to do in any such affair.</p>
<p n="238">Here the matter rested and I heard nothing farther from him till (as near as I can remember)<lb></lb>
the Middle of January About which Time he told me. he was positive he could bring this<lb></lb>
Matter to a full Perfection, and to convince me yt. he could the<obscured></obscured>
ged that he has taken of the<lb></lb>
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dorsemt. of the Note of £44: first mentioned very clean, and asked me whether I had<lb></lb>
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served any traces of the Pen or any Martis of the Letters remaining: wch: I confess'd I had<lb></lb>
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he went on to tell me that that being the first Tryal he had accidentally spoilt the Note<lb></lb>
over hasty drying of it and as for the Note of £100 whereon there was an Endorsemt of £85<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
at he had attempted to take off a few Letters thereof in order incert others in their stead, wch:<lb></lb>
has<obscured></obscured>
experience could not be nialy performed, and therefore his future purpose was to take<lb></lb>
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wholl endorsemt as at first and take some Method to prevent the discolouring the Paper<lb></lb>
To all this I answer'd that there was some shew of probability in what he had said, but<lb></lb>
that I would not be convinced till I had Ocular Demonstration.</p>
<p n="239">Whereupon in a few Days, he produced to me another Bank Note of £100. whereof he<lb></lb>
had got an Endorsemt: of £90. in another Note. wch: said Notes he shewed me together the<lb></lb>
Endorsemt of the said £100 Note being the same Date of the said £90 Note; And about<lb></lb>
Three Days after, he shewed me the said £100 Note, as fair and as clear as if there had<lb></lb>
never been any Endorsemt. upon it. I then told him I was fully convinced that Money<lb></lb>
might be got by this Method, but that it was a dishonest and scandalous Fact that<lb></lb>
there were great Difficullies and Dangers in the Manage<obscured></obscured>
thereof, and that we were<lb></lb>
liable to Discovery and to incurr the Penalty of the La<obscured></obscured>
To this he answerd that<lb></lb>
my part was Easie, since I was not to concern my self in<obscured></obscured>
Experiment on the Notes<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
only to assist in receiving the Money; go sometimes to the Bank to take out notes; and<lb></lb>
sometimes to receive the first Endorsemt off them; all which it was safe for any Person<lb></lb>
to do. And to prevent being found out, when ever we sent for any second Endorsemt.<obscured></obscured>
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were to send some Porter from any End of the Town, at a good Distance from the Bank<lb></lb>
and one of us was to send him, the other to follow and observe him, and to take Notice wh<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
any Demurr was made there, which if he found, he was immediately to hasten back and<lb></lb>
acquaint the other therewith, who might walks off unobserved before the Porter come back<lb></lb>
We were never to send any Notes but such as we took out our selves; nor to receive the who<lb></lb>
Money of a Note, but only as large an Endorsemt: as conveniently we could whereby the Note<lb></lb>
could not be traced, nor would they ever remain in the hands of the Bank In words to this<lb></lb>
Effect he told me how he designed to proceed; and to enforce all and incline me heartily to<lb></lb>
come in to this Proposal, he added, that he well knew the Necessity I was in for want of</p>
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