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( 2 ) THE

MERRY EXPLOITS

OF

Capt. JAMES HYND.

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Containing Hynd's Birth, ard how he firſt came be a Highwayman.

CAPTAIN JAMES HYND, the ſubject our enſuing diſcourſe, was born at Chippin Nortoun, in Oxfordſhire; his father having more children but he, put him to ſchool, intending to make him a ſcholar, but he minding h waggiſh paſtimes more than his book, which h father perceiving, bound him apprentice to butcher: but he having a running pate, ſoon gre weary of that alſo; and in concluſion run aw from his maſter, comes to London, there grow acquainted with a company of roving debauche blades, who by their evil examples made him bad as themſelves. To be ſhort, as they ſeldo abound with money, ſo they ſcorned to be lo want; when their ſtock grew ſhort, they ro a courſing for more. At laſt the knot was diff ved, the chief of them was hanged, and Hyr only eſcaped with the loſs of his horſe. And no he ſets up for himſelf.

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