LIFE And STRANGE SURPRIZING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, Who lived eight and twenty Years all alone in With an ACCOUNT how he was at laft as Written by Himself. The Third Edition. LONDON: Printed for W. TAYLOR at the 249. y. 519. THE PREFACE, Fever the Story of any private Man's Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable when Publifh'd, the Editor of this Account thinks this will be fo. The Wonders of this Man's Life exceed all that (he thinks) is to be found extant; the Life of one Man being fearce capable of a greater Variety. The Story is told with Modefty, with Seriousness, and with areligious Application of Events to the Ufes to which wife Men always apply apply them (viz.)to the Inftruction of others by this Example, and to juftify and honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumftances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a juft Hiftory of Fact ; neither is their any Appearance of Fiction in it; And however thinks, because all fuch Things are difputed, that the Improvement of it, as well to the Diverfion, as to the Inftruction of the Reader, will be the fame; and as fuch, he thinks, without farther Compliment to the World, he does them a great Service in the Publication. THE THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &C. 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 fettled firft at Hull: He got a good Estate by Merchandize, and leaving off his Trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my Mother, whofe Relations were named Robinson, a very good Family in that Country, and from whom I was called Robinfon Kreutznaer; but by the ufual Corruption of Words in England, we are now called, nay we call our felves, and write our NameCrufoe,and fo my Companions always call'd me. B I had |