THE CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

WHerein by way of Introduction, the Mendicant complains of the Calamities of Humane Life, and makes some short and general Re∣flections upon Charity.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. II.

He gives an Account of his Birth and Parentage, the Death of his Father and Mother, the hard∣ships and Severities he met with in his Childhood, the Kindness of an Aunt, the Manner of his being sent to School, and from thence to Oxford, &c.

CHAP. III.

He relates the Manner of his lea∣ving the Vniversity, recites a short Copy of Verses he writ at his De∣parture; together with his Adven∣ture with the Mountebank.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. IV.

He gives a further Account of his Adventure with the Mountebank, who discovers to him the Secrets of his Art. They straggle toge∣ther into Bedfordshire, where he first Robs him at an Alehouse, and then leaves him in pawn for the Reckoning.

CHAP. V.

He gives a short Account ef his Rencounter with his Landlords; writes a begging Copy of Verses, and a Letter to a Gentleman in the Town, who gives him Money to pay his Reckoning, and recommends him afterwards to a School.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. VI.

He travels towards Northampton, encounters an Itinerant Parson upon the Road, who Instructs him in several of the Secrets and Mysteries of Begging, and then wheedles him to Ioyn with him, &c.

CHAP. VII.

The Mendicant and Itinerant straggle together into Leicester∣shire. The Mendicant writes a Latin Letter to a Lady, and is Plentifully Rewarded. They are both Seiz`d, and carried be∣fore a Magistrate. The Itine∣rant is discover`d to be an Impo∣stor, Page  [unnumbered] and the Mendicant Honour∣ably Acquitted.

CHAP. VIII.

The Mendicant Returns into Northamptonshire, Delivers his Letter to the Clergy-man, by whom he`s Entertain`d as his Usher. He`s Ordain'd a Dea∣con. The Clergy-man's Si∣ster falls in Love with him: to Avoid which he forsakes his Plaoe, and returns to his for∣mer Profession of a Mendi∣cant.

CHAP. IX.

The Mendicant wanders into Buc∣kinghamshire, is Entertain∣ed Page  [unnumbered] by a Worthy Old Gentle∣man for his Curate. He Prea∣ches a singular Sermon upon Hu∣mility, which he sets down at length.

CHAP. X.

Vpon the Restoration of the King he leaves his Curacy, and goes to London, makes se∣veral Insuccessful Attempts for Preferment; and afterwards, in a deep Discontent and Melan∣choly leaves the Town, with a Resolution to return into the Countrey, in Quest of New Ad∣ventures.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. XI.

The Mendicant wanders into Dor∣s•tshire, takes upon him the Habit of a Shepherd, and gives a Comprehensive Account of se∣veral other things that befell Him in that Adventure.

CHAP. XII.

The Mendicant is Entertain'd by a Shepherd, as his Servant. He gives a Diverting Relation of the Circumstances of his Admission, and the Manner of his Instructions, &c.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. XIII.

The Mendicant makes Reflections upon his former and present Con∣dition, and writes a long Letter of Advice to his Brother in Lon∣don.

CHAP. XIV.

The Mendicant Writes another Letter to his Friend in London; wherein he makes Passionate reflections upon the Town and Court, and gives a further account of a Shep∣herds Life.

Page  [unnumbered] CHAP. XV.

The Mendicant having left the Shep∣herd, goes to Shaftsbury, from whence he Writes several Letters, one to his Master, the Shepherd, another to Squire F—and a third to Capt— to whom he sends some short Essays upon the Calamities of Human Life, which he Writ upon the Downs, &c.

ESSAY I.

Wherein he gives a Comprehen∣sive Account of the General Calamities of Human Life.

Page  [unnumbered] ESSAY II.

He demonstrates Death, simply con∣sider'd as an exit out of the World, to be much preferrable to Li•e, both upon the account of the Evils from which it delivers us, and the Goods into which it Instates us.