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I then went to Prisr & asked him mildly wt my Servt had been guilty of. He sd the boy had abused & provoked him.
I told him he shod have applied to me & I wd have given him satisfn, and I sent for the boy & got ready a small Gerranny stick (or rather top of a Gerrany stick,) intending to correct the boy when he came.
In the interim, I sd to Prisr that, if he took upon him to correct my servants any more, as