Condemn'd Hold; and withal to commit a _Capital Offence_, almost within
Sight of _Newgate_, when his Life and all was in such Danger. His Reply
was general, _viz._ That it was his Fate: But being ask'd a particular
Reason for his not taking a longer Rout than the City, and the
Neighbouring parts: pleaded Poverty as his Excuse for Confinement within
those Limits; at the same time urging, that had he been Master at that
time of five Pounds, _England_ should not have been the Place of his
Residence, having a good Trade in his Hands to live in any populated
Part of the World.