his friendes, and that none that came from him begged aboute the
Citie: then I sent for the Printer of this booke, and shewed him of
this dissembling Crank, and how I had sent to Bethelem to vnder∣stand
the trth, and what aunsweare I receiued againe, requiringe
him that I might haue some seruant of his to watch him faythfully
that daye, that I might vnderstand trustely to what place he would
repaire at night vnto, and thyther I promysed to goe my selfe, to see
their order, and that I would haue him to associate me thyther: hée
gladly graunted to my request, and sent two boyes that bothe dili∣gently &
vigilantly, accomplisht the charge giuen them, & found the
same Cranke about the Temple, where about the most parte of the
day he begged, vnlesse it were abou xii. of the clocke, hee wente on
the backsyde of Clementes Ine without Temple barre, there is a
lane that goeth into the Fieldes, there hée renewed his face agayne
with freshe bloud, which he caried about him in a bladder, and daw∣bed
on fresh dyrte vpon his, ierken, hat and hosen.And so came backe agayne vnto the Temple, and sometyme to
the Water syde, and begged of all that passed by: the boyes behelde
how some gaue grotes, some sire pence, some gaue more: for hée
looked so ougley and yrksomly, that euery one pitied his miserable
case that beheld him: to be shorte, there he passed all the daye tyll
night approched and when it began to be some what dark, he went
to the water syde and toke a Skoller, and was set ouer the water
into Saincte Georges fieldes, contrary to my expectation: for I had
thought he would haue gonne into Holborne, or to saynt Gylles in
the field: but these boyes with (Argues and Lynces tyes) sette sure
watch vppon him, and the one toke a Boate and followed him, and
the other went back to tell his maister.The boy that so folowed him by water, had no money to pay for
his boate hyre, but layd his Penner and his nckhorne to gage for
a penny, and by that tyme the boye was set ouer: his maister wyth
all celeritie had taken a Boate and followed him a pace. Now had
they a syght still of the Cranke, whiche crossed ouer the fieldes to∣wardes
Newington, and thither the went, & by that time they came
thether, it was very darke. The Printer had there no acquaintance,
neyther any kinde of weapon about him, neyther knewe he howe
farre the Cranke would goe, because hee then suspected that they
dogged him of purpose, hee there stayed him, and called for y• Con∣stable,
which came foorth diligently, to inquire what the matter
was. This zelous Printer charged this officer with him as a ma∣lefactor,
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