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‘that without diſpute or altercation; and though they were now a little the worſe for the wear, they would in ſome meaſure make up my loſs. So I began to ſound people’s pockets; and judging every purſe I could feel to be one of my own manufacture, I condemned them for lawful prizes. Thus I had, moreover, an opportunity of recovering a good part of my own money, for, although it had been cried down, it paſſed as current as ever. My occupation throve for a time; I viſited markets and fairs in divers capacities, ſometimes as a cavalier, ſometimes as a merchant, ſometimes as a gipſey. I had ſtudied my part ſo well, and my hand was become ſo nimble and certain, that I never made a falſe gripe. This mode of life ſuited me exceedingly: I found myſelf in good bread, and reſolved to go on; but the caprice of my ſtars never ſuffered me to be what I wiſhed. One Frankfort fair I fell in

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