LIFE And STRANGE SurprizING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: Who lived eight and twenty Years all alone in Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where- With an ACCOUNT how he was at last as Written by Himself. The Third Edition. BIBLIOTHE LONDON: Printed for W. TAYLOR at the THE PREFACE, Fever the Story of any private I Man's Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable when Publish'd, the Editor of this Account thinks this will be fo. The Wonders of this Man's Life exceed all that (ke thinks) is to be found extant; the Life of one Man being scarce capable of a greater Variety. The Story is told with Modesty, with Seriousness, and with areligious Application of Events to the Uses to which wife Men always apply 2 apply them (viz.) to the Instruction of others by this Example, and to juftify and honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumstances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a just History of Fact; neither is their any Appearance of Fiction in it; And however thinks, because all fuch Things are disputed, that the Improvement of it, as well to the Diversion, as to the Instruction of the Reader, will be the same ; and as fuch, he thinks, without farther Compliment to the World, he does them agreat Service in the Publica tron. : : THE THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &c. T Was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull: He got a good Estate by Merchandize, and leaving off his Trade, lived afterwardat York, from whence he had married my Mother, whose Relations were named Robinson, a very good Family in that Country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual Corruption of Words in England, we are now called, nay we call our selves, and write our Name Crusoe, and so my Companions always call'd me. I had B |