_Directions, if robbed, how to follow the Thieves; which way
to set _Hue_ and _Cry_ after them; how to coast, and
where to find them._
If you are robbed, there is no help but to indeavour to surprize the
Thieves by a strict pursuit: Therefore let no _Remora_ or delay deter
you from obtaining your wish, and so seize them that so lately seized
you. In the first place, scowre the next Road, not streight before, but
either on the right or left hand; for they know _Hue_ and _Cries_ never
cross the passages, but go straight along. If in so doing you miss them,
then conclude they are sheltred in some Inn which you have past, and
therefore you must set some careful Spies, with a sufficient assistance
near at hand, and be confident you will see them come that way, without
the least apprehension of fear, or fear of apprehension. But this
observe, that if they light of any considerable sum, then do they ride
that night to their general Rendezvous in _London_, which is too sure a
shelter for them: but observably take notice, for here is as eminent an
example of their subtilty, as any ever the Devil enrich’d their
knowledge with; For, if you are robbed in the eastern quarter, pursue
them not in the direct Road to _London_ with _Hue_ and _Cry_, for by
some other way they are fled; but haste to the City, and in
_Westminster_, _Holborn_, the _Strand_ and _Covent-garden_ search
speedily, for there they are. If Northward they light on you, then to
_Southwark_, the _Bankside_, or _Lambeth_ they are gone; and when you
find any one, seize all with him, for they are all Companions that are
together.