| ence (which is only tomy felf) fhould miflead any man befides his 
j rubs and obftacles in his way, and fometimes fallings back, let his 
| avarice andlucre, that would not be glad to fell good penni-worths, 
of the INand of Barbadoss, 
blame the incredulity ‘of tele perfons ; for, if experience had not 
taught methe contrary, I ‘fhould undoubtedly be oftheir perfwafion. | 
But left! fhould, by anoverweening opinion, hope, that my experi: 
reafon, which every knowing man ought to be guided and governed 
by, I will vvithout ftraitiing or forcing areafon, deliver a plain and 
nakedtruth, inas plain language, as is fitting fuch a fubjet, which I 
doubt not will perftiade much inthe bufinefs. 
_~ “Tis a knovvn truth thete, that no man hath attained tofuch a for- 
tune asthis, ipoaa finall beginning, that hath not met with many 
pains and induftry be what it will : I call thofe fallings back, when 
either by fire, which often happens there; or deathof Cattle, which 
isas frequent asthe other 5 or by loffes at Sea, which fomtimes vvill 
happen, of vvhichI can bring lively inftances: Ifeither of thefe mis- 
fortunes fall, it ftands in an equal ballance,whether ever that man re- 
cover, upon whom thefe misfortunes fall : But, iftwo of thele hap- 
pen together, or one in the neck of another, there is great odds to be 
Jaid,.that he never {hall be able toredeem himfelf, from an inevitable 
ruine 5" For, iff 
houfe ; if his Cattle dye, the work ftands ftill,and with either of rhefe 
his credit falls; {0 as, if he be not well frtended, he never can enter- 
tain a hope to rife again. | 
Thefe toyles of body and mind, and thefe misfortunes together, 
will deprefs and wear ourthe beft {pirits in the world, and will caufe 
them to think, what a happy tt nes 18; tC ff sid the remainde r of | 
their lives in reft and quiet in theirown Countries. And I do believe, | 
there are few of them, whofe minds ate not over-ballanc’d with 
Sia tt. 
to ‘fettle themfelves quietly in England. Befides the cafualties which 
I havenamed, there is yet one of nearer concetn thanall the reft, and 
that is, their own healths, than which nothing is more to be valued ; 
for, fickneffes arethere more grievous, and mortality greater by far | 
thanin England , and thefe difeafes many times contagious: And if : 
arich man, either by his own ill dyet or diftemiper, or by infection, | 
fall into fuch a ficknefS, he will find there a plentiful want of fach | 
remedies, asareto be found in England. Other reafons, and ftrong | 
ones, they have, that induce them to hanker after their own Coun- | 
try,-and thofe are, to enjoy the company of their old friends, and to, 
raifeup Familiesto theni{elves, with a Sum which they have acqui-;— 
réd by their toyle-and induftry, and often hazards of their lives, whofe 
beginnings were flight and inconfiderable; and what can be a greater 
comfort, both to themfélves and their friends, than fuch an enjoy* 
ment > But I {peak not this to difcourage any man, that hath a | 
tO improve his Eftate, by adventuring upon fach a Purchale 5 for, ' 
though the Planter, by long and tedious pain and induftry, have 
-| worn out his life, in the acquift ofhisfortune; yet the Buyer, by his: 
purchafe, is fo well and happily feated, as he need endure no {uch | : 
hardfhips, but may go on in the rianaging fits bufinefs, with mucli 
eafe, and fome pleafure 5 and ima ae years, return back with a 
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, his {tock is confumed, and fomtimes his! 
