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 7 and besides every petty robber was served with a copy of the registered names, and had strict orders not to meddle with any thing that belonged to such, but to assist the loser in searching for his goods; so that his friends seldom suffered under his protection.

Having once got cold upon some desperate occasion, it threw him into a dangerous fever, of which he recovered, yet the place being damp where he lay, he lost the use of his limbs, and continued a cripple or lame for some years; Yet during this time he was preserved among his friends, who had a great esteem for him, and escaped from being taken, tho' he was proclaimed a tory, and a robber, and a reward of L.50 was offered for taking of him, which occasioned frequent searches after him. He likewise was punctually paid his salary or tribute all the time by his benefactors or allies; (except a few who broke the truce, but dearly paid for it after,) though robberies were not so frequent during his illness as before, so that he was under the necessity of making his pay maintain him until he was able to go about again.

As soon as he had recovered the use of his limbs, he took the field again and scoured all the roads in the country, sometimes alone and sometimes with company, and took special care to revenge himself on all those who had neglected to send him his yearly pension when he was out of order, but found himself so closely hunted, that he fixed his head quarters in and about the bog of Allen, for a considerable time, where he committed such a number of notorious robberies, that the country were obliged to keep under arms to guard their effects. The government taking this