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of 100/. or more, and be furnlfli'd with right 7Ja»«
Naffy.
'I'i.o' this was the Scheme I had laid, I never was fo
happy as to accomplifh it, all my Rents which I ga-
thered up falling vaftly Ihort of the Sum propofed. Jf
my Readers will but allow there may be Generofity and
Humanity to be found among Gentlemen of our Pro-
feffion, I think I may lay as fair a Claim to thofe two
good Qualities as ever any one that follow'd the Cal-
ling ; I think my Deportment in the Robbery of
which I Hand conviSed, and for which I am to fufFer,
will be an undeniable Inftance in that particular.
The fatal Attack I then made was on a Gentleman's
Chariot, in which were a Lady and her Daughter, ac-
companied with a Child of about five or fix Years old j
as foon as I clapp'd my Piftol into the Chariot, the
young Child was frighted, and began to cry, which
gave me fome uneafinefs, the Lady beg'd that I would
put my Piftol up to pacify the Child, and flie would
readily deliver all (he had about her j I comply'd with
lier Requeft, and Ihe gave me I remember a Guinea and
fome Silver, and whilft I receiv'd it, my Hand fhook -
like an old Fellows with the Palfy, and like a clumfey
aukard Fellow, I let fome of the Sih'cr drop on the
Ground^ at the fame Time I faw (he was as well pro-
vided with a Gold Watch, Gold Rings, and other va-
luable Trinkets as a Gentleman under my Circumftan-
ces could reafonably have wi/h'd to meet with, yet like
a modeft Fellow, and a Gentleman of good Manners,
I took my Leave without alking any farther Favours,
than what fhe had readily granted me.
I had like to have forgot one Circuroftance relating
to this Affair, which I think worth obferving: As
foon as I had quitted the Chariot and fet Spurs to
my Horfe, up came the Lady's Husband, and Mifles
Sweatheart {I prefame) to them, who upon Informa-
tion of this Tranfaftion rode to overtake me, and pur-
fued me clofely into the vety Town, but they loft their
Scent at laft, and {uru'd up Leafier-Law, whilit I was