The history of the most remarkable life, and extraordinary adventures, of the truly honourable Colonel Jaque, : vulgarly call'd, Colonel Jack; who was born a gentleman, put apprentice to a pick-pocket, flourish'd six and twenty years as a thief, was then kidnapp'd to Virginia: Came back a Merchant, was Five Times married to Four Whores, went into the Wars, behav'd Bravely, got Preferment, was made Colonel of a Regiment; return'd again to England, follow'd the Fortunes of the Chevalier de St. George, was taken at the Preston Rebellion; receiv'd his Pardon from the late King, is now at the Head of his Regiment, in the Service of the Czarina fighting against the Turks, compleating a Life of Wonders, and resolves to die a General. Written by the author of Robinson Crusoe / Defoe, Daniel

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