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I was in London about three years ago, & I got two or three
verry bad Colds just about this Saim time of year which
alwise Set down upon me and greu worse of everey thing that
I took, ther was on thing in particular that I got, a boild
Lemon & a quarter of a pound of Shugar Candie, & a halfpenney
worth of Sulfer, I was ordred only a tea Spoonful of it, but I took
it all at once & ever since that, I have alwise had a greate
Stopage in my breathing, & a greate Coff attended with such a
Sweeteng that I wold had to Changed my Shirts 3 or 4 tims
everey night all nixt Summer, I delt with Sevreall Doctors
in London till the munth of June then I was persuaded to Cume
to my oune Cuntrie, I was verrey verry ↑bad↑ upon Sea, about
2 or 3 weeks after I Landed I was Sesed with a fever which every
body thought it woold Carred of my truble if I had been, prop¬
perly teakeng Cear of, I was Sent to the Cuntrie & I Stayed in
pearth shire till the begenneng of November, then I thought I
had got better & I went bak to London but I was not ther a
munth till I turned full as bad as ever, so I got sumthing
from Doctor Herr Buckenham geat, mixt quite ride it was
of greate servess to me. I was persuaded to Cume to the Cuntrie
again, the Coff alwise Contineued with me & a Shortness in my breathing
but the Sweeteng Left me by Degrees, about a munth or Six weeks
ago a Scurvie Came out upon my Skeen, & in a week or two went all
in as Cleen as aney things, which med me verry seek & my Coff a
greate deall harder & I thinke it Cums frome a diffrant parte of
my breast then befor, since monday week I Cant walk by my selfe
I was so velleenntly Seesed with a Looseness & a greate Coff & speeting
I was in hopes of seeing you sir,
yesterday after noon, but was not so fortenute, thou I
weated almost al the time of dinner I bege you will pardon
my presumpshum for intruding so much on your time
if you Could think of any thing that woold be of Serves to your