Excerpt from The New-Year's Gift: Containing the History of Master Tommy Thoroughgood, and Master Francis Froward, Two Apprentices to the Same MasterMr. Francis having been for a long while impatient of a fervrle life, was now become his own mailer, and feem (cf! This, he goes down to his and prevails upon him to fet him up in the bnfinefs, that he might trade for himfelf. The reins where no (0011. Er laid on his neck, then he gave a loofe to his fenfual appetites, and in little more than four years had a lla tute of bankruptcy taken out againfl: him. The unexpefied news of this fatal event infiantly broke his mother's heart, nor did the old gentleman fur vive her long. Hereupon our heir was obliged to fell the perfonal and mortgage the real efiate, to procure his liberty, and to fatisfy the afiignees, In this (inking fituation, after the days of mourning were over, he lett the houfe his father lived in, and returned again to London, where he purchal'ed a handfome equipage, commenced the fine gentleman, frequented the bills, mafquerades, play houfes, routs, drums.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.