_P.S._ If you see _Blewskin_, tell him I am well, and hope he
receiv'd my last--I wou'd write by the _Post_ if I durst, but
it wou'd be, certainly _Post-pon'd_ if I did, and it would be
_stranger_ too, to trust a Line by a _Stranger_, who might
_Palm_ upon us both and never Deliver it to _Hand_.
I send this by a _Waterman_, (I dare trust) who is very Merry
upon me, and says he wou'd not be in my _Jacket_. _Saturday
Octob._ 17, 1724.
We shall conclude with what had been often observ'd by many Persons to
_Sheppard_; _viz._ That it was very Imprudent in him to take Shelter in
the City, or the adjacent Parts of it, after his Escape from the
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.