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CHAP. IV.

How Sheffery was robbed and how hur served the thief, &c .                           SHEFFERYw andering farther, came unto an uncouth way, and there met with a highwayman well mount- ed and armed, who fastening his eyes upon Sheffery, supposed there was money in the case, and welcomed him with the usual word, Stand. Shef- fery finding it was in vain to dispute, soon yielded up his purse, the only thing the thief desired, and setting spurs to his horse, a way he rid full speed, leaving Sheffery much lighter than he found him. Sheffery much troubled went on with a light purse, but a heayy heart, and that night want- ing money, lodged in a barn. Not long after, Sheffery sitting on the brink of a draw well, near the highway side, distant from any house, and troubled at the crosses that happened to him, fell into a passion, and when he was in this agony, the person who robbed him happened to come by. Sheffery mind- ing him, knew him, tho' he knew not