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<DATE>2007-09-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>Adverti&s;ement by Dr.</HI> Monro <HI>Presbyter of the Church of</HI> Scotland.</HEAD>
<P>I Find my Name Abu&s;ed in a Late Pamphlet (I &s;uppo&s;e written by one Mr. <HI>George Ridpath)</HI> as if I had &s;ent, or Commi&s;&s;ioned, or Ordered Mr. <HI>Andrew John&s;ton</HI> to coun|terfit the name of one <HI>Mitchell,</HI> to a Certificate without his con&s;ent. What pa&s;t between Mr. <HI>John&s;ton</HI> and Mr. <HI>Mitchell</HI> I only know by Relation; Mr. <HI>Mitchell</HI> and Mr. <HI>John&s;ton</HI> may rea&s;on this affair betwixt them&s;elves as they &s;ee convenient. Let my Country men Read the following Declaration and then determine by the rules of honour and equitie, how far I am concerned in this Calumny.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Declaration by Mr.</HI> Andrew John&s;ton, <HI>December, 2d.</HI> 1693.</HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS it is &s;aid in a Scandalous Pamphlet, Entituled the <HI>Scots Epi&s;copal Innocence,</HI> That I forged the hand of <HI>Thomas Mitchell</HI> lately, in <HI>Cornhill,</HI> and affixed it to a <HI>Certificate,</HI> bearing that <HI>John&s;ton</HI> of <HI>Lockerby</HI> was Excommunicated for Adultery, which Certi|ficate was in&s;erted in a Book, Entituled, the <HI>Spirit of Calumny and Slander.</HI> The &s;aid Mr. <HI>Andrew John&s;ton</HI> declaire that I am ready to take my &s;olemn Oath before any of the Judges in <HI>England,</HI> that <HI>Tho. Mitchell</HI> &s;igned freely at my de&s;ire the &s;aid Certificate as I offered it, and as it was In&s;erted in the &s;aid Book: And that I know no other Certificate different f<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">om the former &s;igned by him.</P>
<P>AND Whereas it is mo&s;t Villanou&s;ly &s;aid of me in the Pamphlet, Entituled the <HI>Scots Epi&s;copal Innocence,</HI> That I was put upon this pretended Forgery by &s;ome of the Scots Clergy; I do declare before God, and by my hopes of Heaven, that never any one of the Scots Clergy directed or advi&s;ed me to procure any Certificate, but what might be freely had; particularly that Dr. <HI>Monro,</HI> neither directly nor indirectly by any Order of his, or the lea&s;t In&s;inuation prompted me to do any thing as is Scandalou&s;ly Reported, and this I do again repeat, as I Hope for any Benefit by the merits of our Ble&s;&s;ed Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Sic Sub&s;cribitur <SIGNED>Andrew John&s;ton.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Signed at Mr. <HI>Wat&s;on</HI>'s Coffee-Hou&s;e, at the lower end of the <HI>Hay-Market,</HI> in pre&s;ence of
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<ITEM><HI>Alex. Mccuto&s;h,</HI> Clerk.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pat. Dujon,</HI> Student in Divinity.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Murdoch,</HI> Clerk.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James Cunningham,</HI> Student in Divinity.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James White,</HI> Student in Phy&s;ick</ITEM>
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