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kirby’s wonderful museum.
t.vo hundred guineas-a-year, to be paid half yearly, as long
as this beloved parrot lives, to whoever may have the care
of it, and proves its identity; but the above annuity to cease
on the death of my parrot; and if the person who shall or
may have the care of it, should substitute any other parrot
in its place, either during its life, or after its death, it is my
positive will and desire, that the person or persons so doing,
shall refund to my heirs or executors, the sum or sums they
may have received from the time they did so; and I em-
power my heirs and executors to recover it, from whoever
could be base enough to do so. And I do give and bequeath
to Mrs. Mary Dyer, widow, now dwelling in Park-street,
Westminster, my foresaid parrot, with its annuity of two
hundred guineas a-year, to be paid her half yearly, as long
as it lives; and if Mrs. Mary Dyer should die before my be-
loved parrot, I will and desire that the aforesaid annuity of
two hundred guineas a-year maybe paid to whoever may have
the care of my parrot, as long as it lives, to be always the
first paid annuity; and I give to Mrs. Mary Dyer the pow-
er to will and bequeath my parrot and its annuity to whom-
soever she pleases, provided that person is neither a servant
or a man—it must be bequeathed to some respectable female;
and I also will and desire, that no person shall have the care
of it, that can derive any benefit from its death ; and if
Mrs. Dyer should neglect to will my parrot and its annuity
to any one, in that case, whoever proves that they have
possession of it, shall be entitled to' the annuity on its life,
as long as it lives, and that they have possession of it, pro-
vided that the person is not a servant, or aman, but a respec-
table female ; and I hope my executors will see it is in pro-
per and respectable hands; and 1 also give the power to who -
ever possesses it, and its annuity to any respectable female, on
the same conditions : And I alsocwill and desire, that twen-
ty guineas may be paid to Mrs. Dyer directly on my death,
to be expended on a very high, long, and large cage, for the
kirby’s wonderful museum.
t.vo hundred guineas-a-year, to be paid half yearly, as long
as this beloved parrot lives, to whoever may have the care
of it, and proves its identity; but the above annuity to cease
on the death of my parrot; and if the person who shall or
may have the care of it, should substitute any other parrot
in its place, either during its life, or after its death, it is my
positive will and desire, that the person or persons so doing,
shall refund to my heirs or executors, the sum or sums they
may have received from the time they did so; and I em-
power my heirs and executors to recover it, from whoever
could be base enough to do so. And I do give and bequeath
to Mrs. Mary Dyer, widow, now dwelling in Park-street,
Westminster, my foresaid parrot, with its annuity of two
hundred guineas a-year, to be paid her half yearly, as long
as it lives; and if Mrs. Mary Dyer should die before my be-
loved parrot, I will and desire that the aforesaid annuity of
two hundred guineas a-year maybe paid to whoever may have
the care of my parrot, as long as it lives, to be always the
first paid annuity; and I give to Mrs. Mary Dyer the pow-
er to will and bequeath my parrot and its annuity to whom-
soever she pleases, provided that person is neither a servant
or a man—it must be bequeathed to some respectable female;
and I also will and desire, that no person shall have the care
of it, that can derive any benefit from its death ; and if
Mrs. Dyer should neglect to will my parrot and its annuity
to any one, in that case, whoever proves that they have
possession of it, shall be entitled to' the annuity on its life,
as long as it lives, and that they have possession of it, pro-
vided that the person is not a servant, or aman, but a respec-
table female ; and I hope my executors will see it is in pro-
per and respectable hands; and 1 also give the power to who -
ever possesses it, and its annuity to any respectable female, on
the same conditions : And I alsocwill and desire, that twen-
ty guineas may be paid to Mrs. Dyer directly on my death,
to be expended on a very high, long, and large cage, for the