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( 12 ) When I had ſo done, I ſtung it at this gentleman's head, thinking they had been all thieves. Sir, this is all that I know of the matter.-Then the Justice laugh'd heartily to ſee the Parſon of the pariſh apprehended for a highwayman; but the poor Parson was obligd to give promiſe to appear the next assize: Who, when he was brought before the bench, he was cleared. But he made a vow, never to fire a piſtol again.

7. HYND overtook a gentleman, as he rode on the road. So they fell in diſcourſe, and the gentleman ſaid, he would give twenty pounds to ſee Hynd.-But, as they were riding, the gentleman fancy'd Hynd's horſe.-Sir, ſaid the gentleman, what money ſhall I give you to exchange horſes with me? Forty pounds, Sir, ſaid Hynd.-I will give you thirty pounds and this horſe I ride on. But as they rode along there was a ditch; Sir, ſaid Hynd, leap over this ditch: I cannot, ſaid the gentleman. Hynd defired the gentleman to alight. So he got on his own horſe, and leapt over the ditch, and when he was co the other ſide, he ſaid, Sir, you ſaid you would give twenty pounds