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ever fmce my Enlargement, which I did, and fpent
among them about 7 s. in two Hours and then came
away, little dreaming that I fiiould return thither in
two Days Time againlt my Will ; and meeting two
young Women whom I knew, I asked them where
they were going ? they reply'd to Hampftead Fair, it
being the Firll of Augiift ; upon which we join'd Com- •
pany, and went thither ; and in the Fair we met my
Miftrefles Companion and Confident, who being in my
Intereft, I eafily won, with good Words and a plaufi-
ble Excufe, to lay nothing of her having feen me that
Afternoon, I being fuppofed to be then at a great Di-
ftancc. At the Fair I fpent upwards of 12 J. ()d. more;
for when I came Home I had not 18 d. left, and co-
ming out of the Fair flie was taken from us by four
Men, with whom I fcufiled fo long, till I could fcarce-
ly open my Mouth, or fland upright, for they knock'd
me about like a Tennis Ball, io that I was at laft
forced to quit them, and they put her into a Coach and
drove towards London, too fall for me to purfue ; I be-
ing likewife unwilling to leave the Company with whom
I came out, I conducted them Home, and then arriv'd
at my Lodging about one in the Morning, where what
with the Blows I got, and wearinefs, and the Dquor
together, I flept till near Noon; then getting up, I
came to a Houfe and fent for the Perfon whom I loft
the Night before, being defirous to know how Ihe got
Home; Word was brought that Ihe was not at Home,
nor wou'd not be till towards Night, whereupon I went
away about Ten that Night, being the zd of Auguft,
to the Sign of the Black Sawen in Fetter-Lane, and fent
one for her, but ihe was not as yet come Home ; fo I
called for fome Tobacco, and drank two Pints of Beer,
and as I fat, I faw the Landlord Jofefh Brewer, change
two or three Guineas, and when he put his Hand into
the Drawer, it founded as if there was a large Quan-
tity of Money therein, which I immediately coveted
to be Matter of, and looking about I faw the Key
which faften'd the Pin of the Cellar Door, wliich I
took