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 ſhe found he had loſt his ſight: but true love working in her heart, the alteration or disfigurement of his countenance did not alter her affection, but comforting him in the beſt manner ſhe could, tho' his natural courage would not admit of any dejection, ſhe procured him a homely ſuit of apparel, and brought him (unfit for ſervice) back to England, of whoſe entertainment and ſettlement at Bethnal-green, in the county of Middleſex, and courſe of life, you ſhall hear in the following chapter.

How Monford arrived in England, and of the cold entertainment he found among his Relations; how he ſettled at Bethnal green, where he continued to beg for his Living.

ONFORD having eſcaped a dreadful ſtorm at ſea, landed with his wife on the coaſt of Eſſex, where he had ſome considerable relations, to whom, in his neceſſity, they applied themſelves for ſuccour; but they, who after the death of his parents, had waſted much of his patrimony, or fearing he might be chargeable to them, would not know him; and thoſe that were convinced he was the ſame Monford that