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former (a Jew, who fold flippers ^boiit the 

 ftreets ) in fuch a manner, that he was no longef;, 

 recognized by the Court, and we .came off tri- 

 umphant. 



This dexterity in avoiding the common courfc 

 of law, however, eventually cofl: me dear; I 

 was fo well known for put-witting bailiits, that 

 there was hardly one who would undertake to 

 arrefl me; and this it was, as I am well con- 

 vinced, that induced Mr. Lycett to proceed 

 againft me criminally. In confequence of this 

 ambiguity thruft into the law, nobody knows 

 bow, men are intrapped ; and, if carried to its 

 extent, there may foon be no impoffibility in 

 taking an infoivent merchant from the Royal 

 Exchange, and fending him to New South 

 Wales. 



I now return to the fubjed: of my more fe- 

 rious bufinefs; and here I mult beg my readers' 

 patience till I lay before them a concife view of 

 my viciffitudes. Born of an antient and noble 

 race, but not poffefTed of riches equal to their 

 rank, I naturally imbibed ideas of a too lofry 

 kind ; flattered in my youth by my rich and 

 powerful friends, I formed to myfelf plans of 

 future grandeur ; plans, which my impetuofity 

 of difpolition prevented me from realizing. 

 With abundance of fire, and not a fingle atom 

 of prudence, I launched into the world ; my 



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