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( 3 ) money, ſo they ſcorned to be long in want; when their ſtock grew fhort, they ſet out in ſearch of more.-At laſt this company was diſſolved, by their clief being hanged; and Hynd eſcaped with only the loſs of his horſe: And then he ſet up for himſelf.

2. HYND having loſt his horſe, when he made his eſcape, was reſolved to get one, or follow his trade on foot. His maſter's misfortune grieved him much, yet he quickly caſt it out of his mind: And, to colour his knavery, he puts himſelf in the habit of a ſhepherd, with a long pike-ſtaff in his hand, and ſo travels towards Banbury; where, in his way, he eſpied a gentleman coming down a bill, leading his horſe in his hand.-Hynd ſtood at the foot of the hill, whiſtling a pſalm-tune.-Whenz, the gentleman came to the foot of the hill, where Hyld ſtood whiſtling, he aſk'd him the time of the day? Hynd anſwered him very civily; but as the gentleman was getting on his horſe, Fynd hit him with his long pole ſuch a ſtroke between the head and the ſhoulders, that he made him tumble on the ground.-Hynd immediately ſeized his money, cloak, horſe and ſword;