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the Head, which he had certainly done, had not Gordon
held out another cock'd PiftoJ. and fwore to him again,
that if he fhot he would Ihoot him thro' the Head,
iince the Gentleman had fuffer'd too much already, ha-
ving been fljot thro' the Arm. The faid Gentleman
would not appear againft Mr. Gordon, becaufe altiio' he
had done him a great Injury, yet in another Refpeft he
certainly fav'd his Life. They took from the faid
Gentleman and his Sifter about ij /; and Gordon faid to
him. Sir, 1 am'Very firry that TJhot you, but'tiuasyour"
e^jn Fault, and fo wiih'd him well to London.
Once he ofEr'd to go to fome Country Market wirfi
a certain Friend, or Acquaintance, who faid he fliould
be glad of his Company, if he could pafs any Coach or
Gentleman on the Road without attacking them, Mr.
Gordon gave fair Promifes, as having neither Sword nor
Pillol, or any other Weapon; yet as they were riding
on their Way, Mr. Gordon efpying a Gentleman's Coach
fakJ, What a Pity, there's a Coach txihere J may have
Plenty of Money ; he v/ou!d not be hind'red by his Fel-
low Iraveller, but rode up to the Coach fingle as he
was, where he found about the Coach three or four
Footmen with Blunderbufles j he cali'd to one of the
Footmen, Pray good Friend, delinier this Letter to a Friend
cf mine at London, and with that he gave him a Letter,
and Money for a Pot of Beer ,- in the mean Time his
Eye was fix'd upon the Coach, and the Horfe, as he ufed
to do, went to the Coach Door, where Gordon obferving
the Muzzle oi a Blunderbufs Handing up, he laid Hold
en it, and prefented it to the Gentlemen in the Coach,
and defir'd them to call out to all their Servants not to
flioot at him, otherwife they were all inftantly dead
Men. Accordingly the Gentlemen cry'd aloud to their
Servants not to fhoot J then Mt. Ger^n bid them deli-
iter, whereupon they gave him a Purfe of 35 Guinea^,
upon which he rode off apace, and at a little Diftance
mot the Blunderbufs in the Air, and then threw it
away ; then coming up to his Companion he faid. Set
'what PjUzt (ihewiBg him the VmhcfOo^)'}have got
h/^-fiopping hut a few Minutes in the Road.
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