did not work on him the Reformation intended, for he still went on in his wicked way. He deny'd the two Facts he stood condemn'd for; but own'd, he had been a great Sinner, and that (besides his being whipt, as he confess'd before) he once was, viz. in October 1711, burnt in the Hand at the Old-baily for a Felony, and order'd to the Workhouse at Clerkenwell, out of which he made his Escape.

When these unhappy Wretches were come within sight of Death, then they seem'd to be a little sensible of their past Follies, and of the irrecoverable Loss of their precious Time, which (for the most part) they had spent in Worldly Mirth, in Roting and Drunkenness, and would by no means, even while under these their sad Circumstances, be perswaded to Seriousness and Sobriety, and to a due Preparation for that Great Change which was now so near; but instead of that, did all along most miserably flatter themselves with the vain and unreasonable Hopes of being Repriev'd, till (almost) the Day of their Execution was come.

At the Place of it, whither they were carry'd from Newgate in 2 Carts this Day, I attended them for the last time; and there they confess'd with apparent Grief, That they had greatly offended GOD, and done much Injury to their Neighbour; for which they craved Pardon, and said, They had sent to those Persons they had robb'd, to give 'em an Account of their Goods so far as 'twas in their power to do it Samuel Freeman< no role > (whose right Name was John Dean< no role > ) declar'd, That he was the Man who in Sept. last stole 9 Mourning Cloaks out of Mr. Boltby an Undertaker's House; and, That Mr. Withers, who some time after was arraign'd for it, and acquitted, was perfectly innocent of it. The two former of these Malefactors behav'd themselves well; and Roger Moor< no role > seem'd to be very devout in his Way.

I earnestly exhorted them all to clear their Consciences: I pray'd by them and for them: I sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed. This done, I pray'd again, and having recommended their departing Souls to GOD, I withdrew, and left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them; which when expir'd, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off; all the while praying for that Mercy which some of them especially had so little regarded before; and GOD only knows whether it was not now too late for them to find it.

This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me

PAUL LORRAIN< no role > , Ordinary .

Wednesd. June 26th 1717.

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