Sentence:  There were about nine score strangers in Midgehop; four score of them William Blaik entertained, [...]. And I believe their neighbour, Robert Bigger would be much the same. This I record once for all, for a <WSD>swatch</WSD> of the hospitality of the parish; for God has given this people a largeness of heart, to communicate of their substance, on these and other occasions also. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A demonstration, an example, a proof.