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( 6 ) liver what money he had: And cutting his girths and bridle, gave him work enough to catch his horſe again.-Hynd then rode to the other fellow, ſtill lay as he fell, and alighting, pull'd horſe off his leg, helped him up, and what money he had alſo, ſaying, What, is there but one maſter-thief in all England, and would you venture to rob him? Verily, were you not of my, profeſſion, neither of you ſhould have lived; but ſeeing you ventured hard for it, thou deſerveth fomething: So Hynd gave him his money back again, to buy him another horſe, ſaying, Diſgrace not yourſelves with ſmall ſums, but aim at great ones; for the leaſt will bring you to the gallows.-So Hynd ſhaking the poor thief by the hand left him to his partner, to aſſiſt him in catching his horſe, and bid him farewel.

4. AFTER Hynd had robb'd the two thieves of their money, he chanc'd to ride to Hartfield, where lying at the George-Inn, being then the Poſt-louſe, he very merrily ſpent the evening with ſome gentlemen that was there.-In the morning early, Hynd calls for his horſe to be gone, and took his