AN ADVENTURE
For a Parcel of Plate, Rings, and Watches, Valued to the Sum of two Hundered Pound Starling, put out by. There will be Delivered out Eight Hundered Tickets, at five shil: Starling each Ticket, which amounts to the Sum of two Hundered Pound Starling, and will be devided into the Benefite Lotts as Follows.
| L: | sh: | |
| A Fine Agate Cup, Garnished with Silver, and a Shagerine case to it. | 30 | 00 |
| A Silver Tanckard, and a Pair of fine Silver Candlesticks. | ||
| A Suggar Caster, being all valuedat 30 Lib: Sterling. | ||
| A fin [...] Gold Watch, made by Robert Pringel, valued at | 12 | 00 |
| A Silver Watch, value | 10 | 00 |
| One fine Silver Watch, made by Harper, | 10 | 00 |
| A large Case of Silver Hafted knives for a Gentlemans Table six of these. | 05 | 00 |
| Another of the same | 05 | 00 |
| A case of silver hafted knives and Forks, continuing a dozen of knives and six Forks. | 10 | 00 |
| A fine Silver hilted Sword | 05 | 00 |
| One Ditto, Large, | 04 | 00 |
| A Silver Dish, | 04 | 00 |
| A fine Agat Cup, Garnished with Silver, and a case to it | 03 | 00 |
| A case with 6 Spoons and Forks, Gilded of Silver, for Tea and smeeatmeats. | 03 | 00 |
| A fine silver hilted sword | 03 | 00 |
| A Needle Book, with a silver Cover, and a pair of Eartings, and a pair of stone Buckels | 02 | 00 |
| A Case with a silver Hafted Koif, Spoon, and Fork, | 02 | 00 |
| One Ditto, | 02 | 00 |
| Half a dozen of Silver spoons, and six silver Forks, | 02 | 00 |
| Two silver Salts, | 02 | 00 |
| Two Ditto, | 02 | 00 |
| One Neclase set with [...] | 02 | 00 |
| A fine most Box, with a silver fancy on the head of it | 01 | 10 |
| A Strong Silver spoon, knife, and forke with a shage teen Case to them. | 02 | 10 |
| A fine Bagonet, and Belt, | 02 | 10 |
| A case with a Spoon, Knife, and Fork in a case | 02 | 10 |
| One fi [...]e Siver Snuff Box, | 02 | 00 |
| One Graved snuff Box, | 01 | 00 |
| One Ring, with a contious Fancy | 01 | 00 |
| One Pair of large Silver Buckels, | 01 | 00 |
| Seven Glass Bottles with Silve [...] he [...] | 01 | 00 |
| A Graved Ink Box, | 0 [...] | 00 |
| Another Ditto, | 01 | 00 |
| A fine Silver Bottle, | 01 | 00 |
| Two Silver Graters, | 01 | 00 |
| A Ring with two Hands, holding a Hart with Stones | 02 | 00 |
| Nine pair of Silver Buttons for Sleives, | 02 | 00 |
| One Silver bottle. | 01 | 00 |
| One La [...]ge paire of Silver Buckles, | 01 | 00 |
| One Large Belt Buckle seet with stones, | 01 | 00 |
| One Large ditto, with a Guilded Scripe, | 01 | 00 |
| One box finely Engraven. | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto. | 01 | 00 |
| One ditto, a strong plate one | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto an Engraven one, | 01 | 00 |
| One Pearl Ring, | 01 | 05 |
| One Cu [...]al Necklass, | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto, | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto, | 01 | 10 |
| A fine Snuff box Guilded | 01 | 10 |
| A silver Tooth-pick Case, and a pair of fine stone buttans for the sleves, | 01 | 10 |
| [Page] A Silver Tooth-pick case, and a pair of Ear-Rings, and a pair of stone buttons for Sileves, | 01 | 10 |
| A case with 6 Tea spoons of Silver graved and Guilded, | 01 | 10 |
| 1 Silver Ink Scandish. | 01 | 10 |
| One Cural Necklase | 01 | 10 |
| One square Stone Ring seet in Gold | 01 | 10 |
| One case knife spoon, and Fork, | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto. | 01 | 15 |
| One case with 6 Guilded Forks | 01 | 10 |
| One case with a knife spoon and Fork, | 01 | 10 |
| One ditto, | 01 | 15 |
| A case with 6 Guilded spoons | 01 | 15 |
| Six Guilded Forks finely Engraven, | 01 | 15 |
| One Cural Necklases, | 01 | 15 |
| A square Snuff box finely Engraven: | 01 | 15 |
| One ditto, with a stone on the cover | 01 | 15 |
| One ovell Snuff box finely done and Engraven, | 01 | 15 |
| One fine silver chain purse, | 01 | 15 |
| One fine peral Ring, | 01 | 15 |
| One Guilded spoon, knife, fork, in a case, | 01 | 15 |
| One pair of fine Large stone shoo buckles, | 01 | 05 |
| One pair of Amishist Ear Rings, | 01 | 06 |
| One pair of parle Ear Rings, and a salt bottle Garnished with silver, | 01 | 08 |
| One pair of Christel Ear Rings, and a salt bottle, Garnished with silver, | 01 | 06 |
| 1 pair of new fashoned French parle Ear Rings, and a pair stobuttons for sleives. | 01 | 05 |
| 1 Large polished silver buckel for a belt, | 01 | 02 |
| A Girdle buckle seet with stones, and a silver Civit box. | 01 | 06 |
| Lots 76: | 200. Lib. Starl. [...] | |
THere will be delivered out 800 Tickets, which will be Numbered from One to 8th Hundred, and there will be Three Tickets of one and the same Number, that is to say, there will be Three of the Number one, and three of number two, and so to one to 800: The first of which Number is given to the person that puts in his five shillings, The second of the same number, is put into a box to be drawn for the person, and the Third of the same Number remains in the Book, to compare the other two with, after the Adventure is drawn. As suppose in the Drawing this Adventure, Number 50 should come up with the 30 [...], the Per [...] that hath that Number. going to the Person from whom he took out his Ticket, and compairing it with the Number that remains in the Book, will receive it, As you may perceive by the following cut, which is the Form of the Tickets delivered out.
| Numb: 50 | Numb: 50 | Numb 50 |
| I promise to pay to the Bearer 5 shillings Starl- ings, if this Adventure is not Drawn, or a Drawing, on the first day of July, 1700: or ten dayes after, and when drawn, to pay the Benefited Lott. |
I promise to par to the Bearer 5 shillings St [...]rlings, if this Adventure is not Drawn, or a Drowing, on the first day of July, 1700: or ten dayes after, and when drawn, to pay the Benefited Lott.
At the time prefixed for the Drawing this Adventure, The second Ticket remaining in [...] Book, will be cut off, roulled up, and Sewed in the middle, and so put into a Bagg and shaked till they are will mixed, & then thrown out of the Bagg into the Box, from whence they are to be dra [...].
Then the prizes, That is to say, The benefite Lot, of 30 pounds and all th [...] rest, will be rouled up and Sewed in the middle, and so mixed with as many blanks as will make up the Number of 800 Tickets, which is Answerable to the number of Tickets delivered out.
The Prizes and Blaoks being first fairly mixed together, will be put into a Box by themselves, and thence to be drawn by two Boyes, as followe.
One Boy take [...] out a Number out of the Box of Numbers, and the other Boy takes out One of the Rouled Papers our of the other Box from among the Blanks and Prizes; And then both the Papers are opened, and given into the Hands of the Proclaimer who Proclaims what Number [...]s Drawn, and whether it be a Blank or a Prize.
As suppose the Boy that draws out of the Box of Numbers, should draw Number 50, and the Paper the other Boy draws from among the Blanks and prizes, be the prize of 30 pounds Starling, then be that hath the Number 50, is entituled to it. But if a Blank be drawn with the Number 50. That Number is a blank.
The time for Drawing this Adventure, is designed to be the 1 day of July, 1700. At the E [...] India Coffee House, but it will be drawn sooner if full, and it is not doubted but it may sooner full, A great many persons having already taken out their Tickets.
The drawing of the prizes and Numbers will be in the presence of Capt. Cookburn Gold smith, and George Drummond Good-man of the Tolbooth, and Gavin Plummer Merchant in Edinburgh. T [...]ckets are to be delivered out by Robert Bruce Goldsmith, at the three Cooks over against the Troon Kirl Thomas Ker Goldsmith in the Parliament Gloss, and by George Main Jewler near to the Guard of the North side of the sleett, and by Andrew Brown watchmeaker in Milns Square.