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12 Sir, said Hynd, it is not 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, and gave the host his writing again, and five pound of the money, telling him, that he had good luck by lending to honest men. The Usurer came after to the innkeeper, 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.

FTER a day or two, Hynd rode into Buckinghamshire, where he was acquainted with many gentlemen; and passing away his time, till his opportunity serv'd, it was his chance to go near Chalkhill; Hynd espied, a little before him, a gentleman and his servant, who were lighted to walk down the hill. The captain gave his horse to his man, and bid him stay at the style till he came down. The captain having an occasion to untruss a point, sat under a little hedge: Hynd watching his opportunity, rode softly till he came near the captain, and seeing him in good clothes, he rode hastily up to him and bid him deliver. The captain was amazed at this sudden occasion of Hynd, who all the while held a pistol to his breast, and bids him dispatch, for it is not my custom, said he, to stand maudling, but I demand, and look you make no longer stay. The captain