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Oct 25</note>
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The <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15004_date126">25th. October 1693</rs>
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between Ten and Eleven a Clock at<lb></lb>
night, Being at the Miter Taverne, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15004_geo480">Stocks Market</rs>
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In Compagnie of Mr. Derval, and of Mr Ravan <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15004_n759-1">George<lb></lb>
Thomson</rs>
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Came into our Company desering us to let him<lb></lb>
drinke With us, Which Conducted to believing was an<lb></lb>
honest Man and one of us dranke to him, and gave him<lb></lb>
a glas of Wine, Said, We most first drinke the King has<lb></lb>
whereupon, I <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15004_n759-2">James Ricotier</rs>
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said to him with all my<lb></lb>
heart, and taking an other Glas of Wine Island him let<lb></lb>
us drinke our good King Williams health, and his happy<lb></lb>
returne in health to his Kingdome, Whereupon the said<lb></lb>
Thomson said, he would only drinke the health of the King<lb></lb>
Without maining Which, Whereupon I bid him Explain<lb></lb>
himself which he Refused, Whereupon I asked him<lb></lb>
Whether it where the french King health, he answered it,<lb></lb>
was the King of England health, and Would drinke it<lb></lb>
and nor otherwise, Whereupon I told him he was an Ill<lb></lb>
Man, and Jacobite and bid him begone out of our Company<lb></lb>
Which he refused and made a great the Whereupon<obscured></obscured>
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people of the Taverne came and Made him begone but<lb></lb>
a like after he returned<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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Saying he would Never Drinke<lb></lb>
the health was dranke to him, he was then put out againe<lb></lb>
by the same Servants of the house, But a litle after he<lb></lb>
returned with the master of the Taverne, and an other man<lb></lb>
of her Acquaintance, the host willing to being him back<lb></lb>
to his duty Came and Speake to me, and prayd me to<lb></lb>
forget what was past, and forgive him, and drinke With him<lb></lb>
I Answered the Master, I was free Do drinke, with him<lb></lb>
upon Condition he Would drinke King Williams health<lb></lb>
And that I would Pardon the Insult he had done us,<lb></lb>
The host thanked me and told me it was reasonable, and<lb></lb>
that he would Drinke the said health, and went and<lb></lb>
fetched the said Thomson, and the other person with him</p>
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