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6 country, gave very liberally, insomuch that he resolved to be of good cheer, finding charity bestowed upon him faster than he expected, whereupon, arriving at a place called bethnal Green, with the little money good people had given him, he hired a small cottage for his wife and himself, and daily appeared publicly to beg

Hence he was called the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green; and in a short time he found a thriving trade, insomuch that his bed of straw was changed for one of down, and all his other utensils for those of a better sort.