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with me: I had befpoke a travelling poft-chaife 

 of a coach-maker, Mr. Lycet. It was ordered 

 to be finifhed on a particular day, and on that 

 day he fent it home. My then fituation render- 

 ed fuch a carriage neceffary for me, and I w as 

 at that time able to pay for it ; but my fatal 

 turn for extravagance foon put that out of my 

 power. After remaining fome time in town, I 

 went again to the Continent, and during twelve 

 months, paffed and repaffed very frequently; on 

 which occalions feveral attempts were made to 

 arrejl vie for the debty nor was there any idea of 

 calling it a fraud, till a year after the carriage was 

 delivered to me at 7ny lodgings at Knights-Bridge. 

 I am far from vindicating the non-payment ofa 

 jufl: debt, but I folemnly declare that I had not 

 the fmalleft idtfa of defrauding the coach-maker, 

 I had occaiion for a carriage; I was in a good 

 fituation, though very carelefs and extravagant. 

 But were every fafhionable young man, who buys 

 a pofl-chaife, without conlidering how it is to 

 be paid for, as ftridly dealt by as I was, the 

 Newgate Calendar would, I fear, become an al- 

 moft indifpenfible fupplement to the Red Book. 

 It is true, Mr. Lycet fwore that I had hired 

 the carriage only for a week; but had he ruot 

 fworn it, would it have appeared credible, that 

 he would fit up a new carriage for a week's hire? 

 The attempt to arreft me was admitted; befides, 



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