Kirby, R. S. [Hrsg.]; Kirby, R. S. [Bearb.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. V.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

22 kirby’s wonderful museum.
And my body in health,
I’ll dispose of my wealth,
And of all I am to leave.
On this side the grave,
To some one or other,
I think, to my brother ;
But, because I foresaw,
That my brother-in-law,
If I did not take care,
Would come in for a share,
Which I no ways intended,
Till their manners were mended;
And of that, God knows, there’s no sign;
I therefore enjoin,
And strictly command,
As witness my hand,
That nought I have got,
Be brought to hotch-pot,
But I give and devise,
As much as in me lies,
To the son of my mother,
Aly own dear brother,
To have and to hold,
All my silver and gold,
As the affectionate pledges
Of his brother,
John Hedges.
IN THE WILL OF STEPHEN SWAIN, LATE OF THE PARISH OF
ST. OLAVE, SOUTHWARK. PROVED, FEBRUARY 1770.
I give to John Abbot, and Mary, his wife, the sum of
sixpence each, to buy for each of them a halter, for fear the
sheriffs should not be provided.