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perjurer is certain that the man he takes 

 the oath for has not been from England 

 three months. To my own knowledge, 

 there were two men from England, who 

 worked for me during my short residence 

 in America, who got their protections to 

 go to sea in that way. The argument the 

 American makes use of, is to ask, " Why 

 should not a man go where he will, or as 

 he will, to get his bread, or to satisfy his 

 pleasures, and not be compelled to stay in 

 an arbitrary nation, to work for and be a 

 slave to a set of great men, who lay what 

 taxes they please on his labour, and spend 

 the money themselves in the most extrava- 

 gant manner, while the poor subject is 

 even forbidden to speak of it ?~ and they 

 will transport a man for killing a hare or 

 partridge or pheasant, which is as much 

 the property of the poor man as of the rich." 

 I understand that at the time when the 

 convicts were sent to America, they ge- 

 nerally invented some tale, making their 

 crimes appear of a light nature, such as 



