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  when he had communicated himelf to his Friends, and conulted with him about the Means of his Effects, they agreed, that the afet Method would be, to put them in the Hands of ome Merchants, who being Men of Wealth and Credit in the World, no Enquiry would be made how they came by them; this Friend telling him he was very intimate with ome who were very fit for the Purpoe, and if he would but allow them a good Commiion would do the Buines very faithfully. Avery liked the Propoal, for he found no other Way of managing his Affairs, ince he could not appear in them himelf; therefore his Friend going back to Britol, and opening the Matter to the Merchants, they made Avery a Viit at Biddiford, where, after ome Protetations of Honour and Integrity, he delivered them his Effects, coniting of Diamonds and ome Veels of Gold; they gave him a little Money for his preent Subitance, and o they parted.

He changed his Name and lived at Biddiford, without making any Figure, and therefore there was no great Notice taken of him; yet let one or two of his Relations know where he was, who came to ee him. In ome Time his little Money was pent, yet he heard nothing from his Merchants; he writ to them often, and after much Importunity they ent him a mall Supply, but carce ufficient to pay his Debts: In fine, the Supplies they ent him from Time to Time, were o mall, that they were not ufficient to give him Bread, nor could he get that little, without a great deal of Trouble and Importunity, wherefore being weary of his Life, he went privately to Britol, to peak to the Merchants himelf, where intead of Money he met a mot hocking Repule, for when he deired them to come to an Account with him, they ilenced him by threatening to dicover him, Rh