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( 7 ) leave of the gentlemen, who were beginning to ſtir: And as he rode along Hartfield, an old ill-favoured woman aſked aims of him; his horſe preſently layed, and would go no farther. Sir, ſaid the old woman, I have ſomething to ſay to you, and then ye ſhall be gone. Hynd not liking her countenance, pulled out Five Shillings and gave her, thinking ſhe would but, like a gypſie, tell his fortune, ſaying, Good woman, I am in haſte. Sir, ſaid ſhe, I have ſtay'd all this morning to ſpeak with you, and would you have me to loſe my labour?-Speak your mind, ſaid he.- Whereupon the old woman began thus:- Captain Hynd, you ride and go in many dangers: Now, by my poor ſkill, I have thought on a way to preſerve you for the ſpace of three years, but that time being paſt, you are no more than an ordinary man, and a miſchance may fall on you as well as another: But if you be in England, come to me, and I will renew the virtue of this charm again. In ſaying of theſe words, the pulled out of her pocket a little box, almoſt like a, Sun-dial, and gave it to Captain Hynd, and ſaid unto him, When you are in any diſtress, open