JB/538/129/001

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And be p — d to you what makes you so poor, you
beggarly ragamuffin? If I was sure you had neither
credit nor parish, I would not send you a farthing: then
you'd starve, and I'd sing Old Rose, and burn the Bellows,
it being the very season of the year when the act of festivity
last mentioned could be performed with least inconvenience:
As there are no immediate hopes from that quarter,
I have sent you inclosed a 10 £ Bank note. Now
then go cram yourself and get drunk; and give me some
that way. But don't drive away your senses quite
till you have written to let me know of your having received
this.

The account between you and me is as follows

J.B. Debtor
Received upon the Draft I
think it was from my
Father £25. 0. 0

J.B. Creditor
Paid S.B. by the hands} 10. 0. 0
of Mrs D.}
To Do in person - - 5 - 5 - 0
Accountable to Elmsly for}
Euler on Ship-building pr} — 5 —
Do for the Dictionnaire de}
la Marine either a G: or} — 18 - 0
Sent this blessed day by}
the Post if God permitt} 10 - 0 - 0
26 - 8
25 - 0 - 0
Balance due to J.B. £1 - 8

As for your Piles if you don't like them, there are various
ways of getting rid them. I have seen an engine they use to
drive them down at Black Friars Bridge. A single stroke
of it would do your business compleatly I'll be bound for it.
Piles are an exuberance of flesh - ergo they come from pampering
the fleshly appetite. Take Dr Sangrado's recipe. Lose
a pound of blood every day for a fortnight Blood is a

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Identifier: | JB/538/129/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1777-06-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	129	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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