The Hiftory 
along, and fhall dill declare 
nothing hut Verity ; therefore 
one Word of that by and by. 
I might have given thee a much 
larger Account of this Coun- 
trey , and have dretch’d this 
( now ) Pocket Volume to an 
extraordinary Bulk and Siz-e ; 
and yet without draining or 
deviating in the lead from the 
Principles of my Profeffion , 
which are Truth it felf. I have 
no Plot in my Pate , or deep 
Defign, no , not the lead ex- 
pectation of gaining any thing 
by them that go thither , or 
lofing by thofe who day here. 
My End chiefly in Writing , 
nay, indeed my great Aim, is 
to inform the People of Bri- 
tain and Ireland in general, but 
particularly the Poor, who are 
begging , or near it, or dar- 
ving, or hard by it (as I be- 
fore took notice in my Pre- 
face) to encourage them (for 
their 
