of John Cockburn, &c, 85 



Being fo near the Place, where we ex- 

 pected the Afliftance we wanted, our Heaits 

 failed us, and we began to think we had 

 been guilty of the greateft Piece of Weak- 

 nefs imaginable, in having fed our felves up 

 with the Hopes of what there feemed not 

 to be the leaft Shadow of Reafon to expccl ; 

 for upon what Account (faid we one to ano- 

 ther) have we made all this Speed hither ? 

 to whom are we to apply for Relief now we 

 are at our Journey's End ? or what Friends 

 have we here to tell our Story to ? Indeed^ 

 all this, we might have thought of without 

 having been at the Expence of a tirefome and 

 fatiguing Journey. But, fuch was our Care 

 and Concern for our Friend and Fellow- 

 Sufferer, when we faw him in Diftrefs, and 

 knew his Cafe required immediate Help, that 

 we were fuddenly prompted to feek Relief 

 for him fome where or other, not confider- 

 ing, at that Time, of whom it was to be 

 had. Had all thefe Objections occur'd be- 

 fore our fetting out, we had certainly never 

 left him till we had feen him mend or die, 

 and had we not left him (fo wifely hac] 

 Providence order'd it) he had not been forth- 

 Q I coming 



