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( 15 ) road that the Usurer was to go, went after him, and overtook him in a convenient place.-Friend, ſaid he, I lent you twenty pounds a little ago, but I must needs have it again:-The Usurer ſaid, You paid me ſo much on a bond-Sir, ſaid Hynd, there is no time to diſpute it now. So Hynd took from the old Usurer the twenty pounds, and twenty more that he had got by usury, and rode back to the Inn-keeper, and gave him his bond again, and five pounds of money, telling him, that ife had good luck, by lending to honest men.-The Usurer came afterwards to the Inn-keeper, thinking to get ſome money off him; but the Inn-keeper did beat him almost to death, ſaying; You rogue, I am engaged in all that I have, for the payment of the money, and if you be robbed, must I pay again? I will, I will, I will–So that was all the poor Usurer could get for his comfort.

10. AFTIR a day or two, Hynd rode into Buckinghamshire, where he was acquainted with many of the gentlemen in that County: And passing away the time, till his opportunity ſerved him. it was his chance to go near Chalk-hill:--Hynd espied