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                                       18 he having proved so very ungrateful to them in his apprenticeship. CHAP IV. Shewing how Tom forsook London; his Lamentation at his departure; of his being entertained by an old Wo- man, who was very rich in Leeds, in Yorkshire; Likewise how he promised to marry her and sixteen Maids in one Day, whom he got with Child in six- teen Weeks; Lastly, how he appointed then all to meet him at a particular place; and how he deceived them and left the Town.

SOON after Tom's dear mistress was dead, being almost in despair, he                      resolved to take a ramble into the coun- try, hoping to find some employment there. In order to which, be provided what necessaries he stood in need of, and then he set forward on his journey. And when he was about & mile from London, in a pleasant field, upon a green bank, on                      a bright sun shining day, he sat down and made this sad lamentation--

''O Fortune! frown no more as thou hast done,'' But let thy joys shine bright as doth the sun; Let me no more upon the sea of Fate be toss'd, Nor think of her whom I have lately lost; My loving mistress, whom I made my slave, Is fed from me, for to embrace the grave, ''Triumphing grief! I fear my heart will break,'' My tears gush forth, my tongue can scarcely speak, None ever yet did weep and mourn like me, Nor none sure that had the like destiny.