ford when he had communicated himſelf to his Friends, and conſulted with him about the Means of his Effects, they agreed, that the ſafeſt Method would be, to put them in the Hands of ſome Merchants, who being Men of Wealth and Credit in the World, no Enquiry would be made how they came by them; this Friend telling him he was very intimate with ſome who were very fit for the Purpoſe, and if he would but allow them a good Commiſſion would do the Buſineſs very faithfully. Avery liked the Propoſal, for he found no other Way of managing his Affairs, ſince he could not appear in them himſelf; therefore his Friend going back to Briſtol, and opening the Matter to the Merchants, they made Avery a Viſit at Biddiford, where, after ſome Proteſtations of Honour and Integrity, he delivered them his Effects, conſiſting of Diamonds and ſome Veſſels of Gold; they gave him a little Money for his preſent Subſiſtance, and ſo they parted.
He changed his Name and lived at Biddiford, without making any Figure, and therefore there was no great Notice taken of him; yet let one or two of his Relations know where he was, who came to ſee him. In ſome Time his little Money was ſpent, yet he heard nothing from his Merchants; he writ to them often, and after much Importunity they ſent him a ſmall Supply, but ſcarce ſufficient to pay his Debts: In fine, the Supplies they ſent him from Time to Time, were ſo ſmall, that they were not ſufficient to give him Bread, nor could he get that little, without a great deal of Trouble and Importunity, wherefore being weary of his Life, he went privately to Briſtol, to ſpeak to the Merchants himſelf, where inſtead of Money he met a moſt ſhocking Repulſe, for when he deſired them to come to an Account with him, they ſilenced him by threatening to diſcover him,
