denying of it at the place of Execution, confest it at last. I told Mr. Harrison, that he would be an inveterate Atheist, if he should dare to dye with an execrable Lye in his Mouth. He said after all Advice, that he would at his Death deny, that he knew any thing of the Murther of Doctor Clench. He confest, that he could not reflect on the Justice of the Court, nor the Integrity of the Jury in their Verdict, who had proceeded according to what was deposed against him, and that he expected that the Sentence of Death would pass upon him, yet he blames the Witnesses for their being so positive in their Allegations against him, when, as himself is clear of Murther in his Conscience. He said, That God had justly suffered a shameful Death to befal him, because he lived so long in an Habituated Course of Viciousness, without any Remorse for it till now. This is all the Account I can give of Mr. Harrison, though I frequently with others sollicited him to an Ingenious and free Confession of the Crime, assuring him, That if he durst Dye in the denial of it, by any Mental Reservation, or Equivocation, he would meerly ruin his Soul Eternally.

II. Winfred Willmot< no role > , Condemned for Murther. She was a Throwster , afterwards she went about the Streets to gather Rags . She kept lewd Company. She was addicted to filthy Language, and Carnaliy knew some unclean Persons, though she proved not with Child; she did drink Excessively, and Swear frequently; she was very ignorant in the Concernments of Religion, and seem'd Penitent at last.

III. Richard Smith< no role > , Condemned for Felony and Burglary, in breaking the House of John Upton< no role > Merchant , in the Parish of St. Buttolph-Bishopsgate , Robbing him of Plate, Necklaces of Pearl, and other rich things, to the value of 400 l. He pleaded guilty to the Indictment. He is 25 Years of Age; at Nine Years he left his Parents. He went at 13 Years of Age to Jamaca , and served there 5 Years; he was guilty of excessive Drinking, of Sabbath-breaking, Swearing, and the Sin of Uncleanness, and joyned in several Robberies before this; he was not much concerned about his Souls state, being hindred in the work of his Conversion, and preparation for Dying, by hopes of a Reprieve.

IV. William Scot< no role > , aged 25 Years, Condemned for joyning in the same Felony and Burglary with Richard Smith< no role > : His Father was a Weaver , and imployed him in his Trade, but being very Undutiful, he run away, and joyned himself with leud Company, who Robbed, some of which are Hanged. He seldom prayed, was a great Gamester , Swearer, and Drunkard. He cannot Read, yet Mourns, that by long custom in Sinning, he had hardned his Heart to a greater degree.

Smith and Scot who Robb'd Mr. Upton the Merahant. confest, That one Martin Fled< no role > tempted them to joyn in it, and thut three more, whose Names they told not, did all assist in it. The manner of doing it was thus, That at Five of the Clock in the Morning, Martin did break in at a Window of a House, and let the rest in. Upon this they bound the Coachman and Foot-boy, threatning to kill them if they called out, but did not intend, as they said, to do so. Then they immediately went up to Mr, Upton's Chamber, and broke open the Door, and Bound him in his Bed. He desired them not to affright his Wife being with Child, which they did not, in Binding her. Upon this they made up in a Bundle, the Plate, the Necklaces, Gold, and Silver, and tied them up in a Blanket, one of them carried it away on his Back, while the rest guarded it. Martin, who carried them to the House, knew what Treasure was in it, and they said that they had no other notice but by him.

Scot and Smith confest, That they had been guilty of many Burglaries, but did not discover the Places where, and that some of their Consorts, have been Executed formerly, and that they do Repent, that they did not take warning by their Untimely End.

On the 15th of this Instant April , Henry Harrison< no role > , was betwixt Nine and Ten of the Clock carried in a Cart near to the upper end of Holburn , where he was tied up on a Gibbet, after the Ordinary, and another Minister had changed him upon the hopes of his Salvation, to declare the whole truth, concerning the Murther of Doctor Clinch, he did several times affirm, That without any Mental Reservation, or Equivocation, himself neither in Thought, Word, or Deed, did contrive or abet the said Murther, nor knew any person who did contribute toward it. After several Exhortations and Prayers to fit him for his Death, he behaved himself penitently for all his other sins, but persisted with many Appeals to the Omniscient God, (as before) that he was Innocent as to the said Murther, and could not accuse any person for it. So Praying a while for himself, the Cart drew away, and he was Executed.

A Copy of the Paper Writ by Capt. Harrison's own Hand, and Delivered to a Minister at the Place of Execution.

NOW I am come here to Die, the People expect a Speech and Confession, for the words of dying Men always ought to be believed by the Survivors. I thank God, I am not an Atheist, nor a Man that makes Equivocations, or Mental Reservations, but was Educated in the Protestant Religion. The greatest Grief I have, (next unto my offending my great and gracious God,) is that of my Relations, for no disaster was ever in the Family before, (but I pray God give them Comfort,) being all of them People of Reputation, as is well known to a great many in this Town, I having had some difference with some of them. I do own I lived for some time an Irregular Life, which was displeasing to them, God forgive me for it; and it was for my Sins God thought fit out of his infinite Justice to suffer this heavy Affliction to come upon me, which I firmly believe tends for my Everlasting Salvation, through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour, who came into the World to save Sinners, and me the chief. And as I have acknowledged and reputed my self, I assuredly now hope for Mercy at his hands, being Innocent of this Black, Bloody, Inhuman, Murther, I now Die for, in Thought, Word, or Deed, heartily forgiving those that were the Authors of it, as also Pray to God to forgive them, as I humbly beg of those I have in any ways wronged to forgive me; desiring all that sees me this Day to live a godly, righteous, and sober Life, to the end they may attain Everlasting Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

God Bless the King and Queen, and the present Government, my Judges and Jury; the rest I refer to a small Treatise I have left with my Friends, concerning the occasion why I was suspected to be one of the Murtherers of Dr. Clench, which I have desired them to Publish very suddenly after my Death. Farewel in the Name of God. Amen.

God Reward all those Worthy Divines who have assisted me in my Heavenly Journey, since my Condemnation.

Afterward Richard Smith< no role > , William Scot< no role > , and Winifred Willmot< no role > , were carried to Tyburn in a Cart, and much Lamented their Viscious Course of Life.

Scot and Smith acknowledged, that they had often Robbed and Committed several Burglaries, in plain they confest, that upon the House of Mr. Upton, Merchant, and the whole Contrivance and manner of it, they revealed a little before they went to Execution. They seemed very Penitent.

Witnses to the truth of this, and to the Paper delivered by Harrison, at his Execution, that it is not altered, but delived to be Printed, as it was received from him.

Samuel Smith< no role > , Ordinary .

Dated this 15th. of April, 1692 .

LONDON, Printed for L. Curtiss, at Sir Edmundbury-Godfrey's-Head, near Fleet-Bridge, 1692.