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Singular Will.
to investigate , I desire that my effeas may be disposed of in the manner following : „ . First , that those faithful beings , who , without the hopes of reward , have submissively served me , and contributed to my ease and pleasure for many years , ( which at this moment seem but as a day ) may feel , as far as their natures will permit , the effeas of pure gratitude , I give and bequeath unto my old and worthfriendsAlex . Movan
y , , gent , and Griffin Allenson , farmer , all that messuage or tenement , known by the name of Park Awaza , otherwise Frier ' s Park , situate in the manor of Danistown , one mile from this my dwelling-house ; containing four acres and a half of pasture land , on which has been lately ereaed one convenient cottage and stabie adjoining , with sundry other appurtenances , in manner following ; that is to say , in trust
for the sole use and advantage of my two old and faithful servants . my hay mare Lancy and my chesnut cropt horse Sultan ; the former of whom has been no less than twenty one years my conductress , and the latter eleven years my unwearied follower ; and it is my absolute intent , and the meaning of this my last will , that all the produce ofthe same pasture ground shall be appropriated totheir entireusesave
. .., the garden annexed to the cottage aforesaid , during their natural lives , that they may enjoy the same without hurt or molestation , together with the stable thereon ; with remainder to Samuel Burn , my antient friend and servant , in whose care and love of my two said horses , I shall die in perfea confidence . And it- is my further will and pleasure , that immediately after my decease , the said Samuel
Burn shall become vested in the sole ri ght and property of the said cottage , that he shall dwell in the same for the life or lives of my two said horses , and so long after as he shall think proper . And I co . m . mand the said Samuel Burn , immediately after my decease , that he see the shoes taken off the said bay mars Lancy , and that she never , from the hour of my decease , be put to any kind of labour whatsoever . And alsoit is my will that the said Samuel Burn
, may , if he think fit , ride my said cropt horse Sultan , at ail times and upon all occasions whatsoever , so long as he may think proper ; and that my Executors see that common justice is done to my said servant , upon all attempts to the contrary of this my last will and testament . And I do in these my last ^ wful moments declare , that if the spirits of the dead have any knowledof sublunary thingsand the of
ge , power resentment , I will , to . the utmost of such power , resent , after my decease , any violence . that may be attempted against any- of the pa ^ ties aforesaid , by any of my children , or any person whatsoever , ' After this the will expresses , that upon the death of Samuel Burn , the remainder ofthe pasture ground , & c . shall pass to the heir at law ; and that during the lives of the horsesor one of themSamuel shall
, , receive fifteen pounds per annum , for-hiS ; support ; and then devises among his relations and friends , without any singularity . But he concludes with the following rema . rkable words : ' To all living beings , of what form or organization soever , may the God who created them grant peace V Yoi ,, xi . 3 . S
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Singular Will.
to investigate , I desire that my effeas may be disposed of in the manner following : „ . First , that those faithful beings , who , without the hopes of reward , have submissively served me , and contributed to my ease and pleasure for many years , ( which at this moment seem but as a day ) may feel , as far as their natures will permit , the effeas of pure gratitude , I give and bequeath unto my old and worthfriendsAlex . Movan
y , , gent , and Griffin Allenson , farmer , all that messuage or tenement , known by the name of Park Awaza , otherwise Frier ' s Park , situate in the manor of Danistown , one mile from this my dwelling-house ; containing four acres and a half of pasture land , on which has been lately ereaed one convenient cottage and stabie adjoining , with sundry other appurtenances , in manner following ; that is to say , in trust
for the sole use and advantage of my two old and faithful servants . my hay mare Lancy and my chesnut cropt horse Sultan ; the former of whom has been no less than twenty one years my conductress , and the latter eleven years my unwearied follower ; and it is my absolute intent , and the meaning of this my last will , that all the produce ofthe same pasture ground shall be appropriated totheir entireusesave
. .., the garden annexed to the cottage aforesaid , during their natural lives , that they may enjoy the same without hurt or molestation , together with the stable thereon ; with remainder to Samuel Burn , my antient friend and servant , in whose care and love of my two said horses , I shall die in perfea confidence . And it- is my further will and pleasure , that immediately after my decease , the said Samuel
Burn shall become vested in the sole ri ght and property of the said cottage , that he shall dwell in the same for the life or lives of my two said horses , and so long after as he shall think proper . And I co . m . mand the said Samuel Burn , immediately after my decease , that he see the shoes taken off the said bay mars Lancy , and that she never , from the hour of my decease , be put to any kind of labour whatsoever . And alsoit is my will that the said Samuel Burn
, may , if he think fit , ride my said cropt horse Sultan , at ail times and upon all occasions whatsoever , so long as he may think proper ; and that my Executors see that common justice is done to my said servant , upon all attempts to the contrary of this my last will and testament . And I do in these my last ^ wful moments declare , that if the spirits of the dead have any knowledof sublunary thingsand the of
ge , power resentment , I will , to . the utmost of such power , resent , after my decease , any violence . that may be attempted against any- of the pa ^ ties aforesaid , by any of my children , or any person whatsoever , ' After this the will expresses , that upon the death of Samuel Burn , the remainder ofthe pasture ground , & c . shall pass to the heir at law ; and that during the lives of the horsesor one of themSamuel shall
, , receive fifteen pounds per annum , for-hiS ; support ; and then devises among his relations and friends , without any singularity . But he concludes with the following rema . rkable words : ' To all living beings , of what form or organization soever , may the God who created them grant peace V Yoi ,, xi . 3 . S