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pay the Person who would be employed to separate the Glass from the Lead for the extra Time he would be employed in seperating them carefully, and that I would pay him handsomely for picking out such pieces as he could find in the Heaps, and to send them up to London, which he promised to do, and I gave him 3 Guineas to secure the Bargain, at the same time adding, that the offer I made, was by no means as a Bribe to him, for robbing the Church, but only to secure such antient [ancient] Works from being wholly distroyed, [destroyed], as I was a great Admirer of old Glass, and being a Stranger I gave him the Money, that he might be convinced tie I was in earnest." I then travelled on Horse back, & could not carry any of the Fragments with me, and perhaps some one, wiser that myself, had come after me and paid a better Price, for I never got but one small Box of hardly any value, the Fragments being so small. I should think these Sacrilageous Miscreants might be punished by an Information preferred by the Attorney General, for Misconduct as a Body Corporate, in appropriating those Chattels to their own Use, which they can have no right to do, as they can only enjoy the Benefit whilst the continue a part of the Body corporate. If you fail at Law, in this most laudable Task, You might procure a Bill to be passed thro' [through] the Commons, founded upon the present Abuse which would sufficiently expose these Vandals, tho' [though] the Holy Bishops would not only stir Heaven, and Earth, but also Hell, to prevent its passing their House, with the Aid of the immaculate Lord Walsingham. I will make every Inqury [inquiry] I can. Wonderful Mischief has been done by Mr. Wyatts Improvements in the Church of Lichfield, tho' [though] the Chapter has put up many fine painted, Windows at a vast Expence, Winchester & Salisbury are in the same predicament. I rejoice , most truly, to find you are so well, and that your resolute Abstinance, has been crowned with such Success.
My Best respects to the Ladies, and I shall be extremely obliged to Mrs. Banks if she can favor me, with her Mother's Recipe, for making Wine, with the Zante Currants. For many Days, we have had October Weather, very opportunely, for the early snow stopped near one half of the Wheat Seedings in this Country. I am yours most faithfully
J Lloyd
Wtygfair the 9th .of Jany .1808.