the exact Chronology of Newgate, he was the firſt who practiſed this ingenious Trick. After this, he applied himſelf to picking of Pockets; when he increaſed in Strength, he attempted greater Things, ſuch as Houſe-breaking, &c. But after he had run a ſhort Race, he had the Miſfortune of ending his Days at Tyburn, in Company with Stephen Bunce, and the celebrated Jack Hall the Chimney-Sweeper.
But to return to Ned, when he came to Man’s Eſtate, at his eldeſt Brother’s Deſire, he went to Sea with him, and ſo continued for three or four Years, and then parted; and Ned work’d in a Rigging-Houſe in Boſton in New-England, for a while. About ſix Years ago, he took a Trip home to England, to ſee his Mother, who is yet Living. His Stay was not long here; but taking Leave of his Friends and Acquaintance, for the laſt Time he ſhould ſee them; for ſo he was pleaſed to ſay; he returned to Boſton, and work’d a Year or two longer at the Rigging Buſineſs. But being too apt to diſagree with his Maſters, he left them, and ſhipp’d himſelf in a Sloop that was bound to the Bay of Honduras.
When the Sloop arrived in the Bay, Ned Low was appointed Patron of the Boat, which was employ’d in cutting of Logwood, and bringing it aboard to lade the Ship; for that is the Commodity they make the Voyage for: In the Boat were twelve Men beſides Low, who all go arm’d, becauſe of the Spaniards, from whom this Logwood is but little better than ſtole. It happened that the Boat one Day came aboard juſt before Dinner was ready, and Low deſired that they might ſtay and Dine; but the Captain, being in a Hurry for his Lading, ordered them a Bottle of Rum, and to take t’other Trip, becauſe no Time ſhould be loſt: This provoked the Boat’s Crew, but particularlyLow,
