The drunkard's legacy: : in three parts. First. How Mr. Wilson, a gentleman near York, having a wild son, foresaw he would come to poverty, he had a cottage with a door always keept fast, and his father on his dying bed charged him not to open it, which the young man promised to do. An account of his father's death. Secondly, how this man pawned his estate to a vintner, who when poor kick'd him out of doors, then he thought it time to see his legacy, this young man went and broke open his door, where instead of money he got a gibbet and a halter, which he put about his neck to hang himself & jumping off the stool, a thousand pounds came down upon his head, which lay hid in a hole in the sealing. Thirdly, How he redeemed his land, fool'd the vintner out of 200l. and for fear of being jeer'd by his neighbours, cut his own throat, concluding with the young man's sober life, who instead of drounkenness [sic] relieves the poor. - Very proper to be read by all who are given to drunkeness..
[Glasgow? : s.n.],
Printed in the year 1764..
In verse.
Place of publication from external evidence.
ESTC
Scotland Glasgow.