y civilly asked him to walk in; but no sooner had he entered
than the door was shut upon him by Justice Leithbridge, a very bitter
enemy to the whole community of mendicants, who concealed himself behind
it, and Mr. Carew was made a prisoner;--so sudden are the vicissitudes of
life; and misfortunes spring as it were out of the earth.

Thus suddenly and unexpectedly fell the mighty Caesar, the master of the
world; and just so affrighted Priam looked when the shade of Hector drew
his curtains, and told him that his Troy was taken.

The reader will, undoubtedly, be at a loss to comprehend why he was thus
seized upon, contrary to the laws of hospitality; it is therefore our
business to inform him, that he had, some time before this, in the shape
of a poor lame cripple, frightened either the justice or his horse on
Hilton bridge; but which of the two it was, cannot be affirmed with any
certainty. However, the justice vowed a dire revenge, and now exulted
greatly at having got him in his power; fame had no sooner sounded with
her hundred prattling tongues that our hero was in captivity, but the
justice's house was crowded with intercessors for him:--however, Justice
Leithbridge was deaf to all, and even to the entreaties of
beauty,--several ladies being likewise advocates for him; whether it was
that the justice was past that age when love shoots his darts with most
success, or whether his heart was always made of that unmalleable stuff
which is quite unassailable by love, or by his cousin-german, pity, we
cannot well determine.

Amongst the rest who came to see him, were some captains of collier
vessels, whom the justice espying, very probably taking some disgust at
their countenances, demanded who they were, and immediately discharging
the guard which had been before placed over Mr. Carew, charged the
captains with the care of him, though they affirmed their vessels were to
sail the next tide; however the justice paying as little regard to their
allegations as he had done to their petitions for Mr. Carew, they found
they had no other hope but from the good-natured dame--Patience; a good
woman, who is always ready to render our misfortunes less, and was, in
all his adventures, a great friend to our hero.

At length a warrant was made out for conveying him to Exeter, and lodging
him in one of the securest places in that city; but, as it was now too
late to set forward on their journey that night, they were ordered to a
pu