 and run in for shelter
when he was pursued, but that she knew nothing of it; and if it had been so, he
certainly went out again, perhaps at the other Door, for she had another Door
into an Alley, and so had made his escape.
    This was indeed probable enough, and the Justice satisfied himself with
giving her an Oath, that she had not receiv'd or admitted any Man into her House
to conceal him, or protect or hide him from Justice: This Oath she might justly
take, and did so, and so she was dismiss'd.
    It is easie to judge what a fright I was in upon this occasion, and it was
impossible for my Governess ever to bring me to Dress in that Disguise again;
for, as I told her, I should certainly betray myself.
    My poor Partner in this Mischief was now in a bad Case, for he was carry'd
away before my Lord Mayor, and by his Worship committed to Newgate, and the
People that took him were so willing, as well as able, to Prosecute him, that
they offer'd themselves to enter into Recognisances to appear at the Sessions,
and persue the Charge against him.
    However, he got his Indictment deferr'd, upon promise to discover his
Accomplices, and particularly, the Man that was concern'd with him in this
Robbery, and he fail'd not to do his Endeavour, for he gave in my Name, who he
call'd Gabriel Spencer, which was the Name I went by to him, and here appear'd
the Wisdom of my concealing my self from him, without which I had been undone.
    He did all he could to discover this Gabriel Spencer; he describ'd me; he
discover'd the Place where he said I Lodg'd; and in a Word, all the Particulars
that he could of my Dwelling; but having conceal'd the main Circumstances of my
Sex from him; I had a vast Advantage, and he could never hear of me; he brought
two or three Families into trouble, by his Endeavouring to find me out, but they
knew nothing of me, any more than that he had a Fellow with him, that they had
seen, but knew nothing of; and as to my Governess, tho' she was the Means of his
coming to me, yet it was done at second Hand, and he knew nothing of her
neither.
    This turn'd to his Disadvantage; for having promis'd Discoveries, but not
being able to
