Diary of Sam Pepys, Esq. F. R. S e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Cholmley, who insured as many as would, from drawing of the one blank for in which case there was the whole number of persons to one, which I think was three or four hundred. And so he insured about zoo for zoo shillings, so that he could not have lost if one of them had drawn it; for there was enough to pay the 101. But it happened another drew it, and so he got all the money he took.