timely Repentance. Upon my asking him, What was the reason he did not take such a Warning himself, and after he had been (as he once was) Burnt in the Hand, and sent to the Old Bridewell (where he remain'd two Years) and then set at Liberty in April last; he did not take care to lead a better Life? He answer'd, That it was his Intent then to become a new Man, and never more do an ill thing willingly, but go to Sea again, where he had formerly serv'd the late QUEEN for the space of 16 Years, on board the Suffolk, the Norwich, the Betty of Bristol, the Dunkirk-Prize, and other Men of War; but giving way to the Company of lewd Women, and spending his Substance upon them, and being thereby reduc'd to the Want of Money and all Necessaries; to supply these his Wants, he soon return'd to his unlawful Ways, in which he had been to much conversant before, and which he now (to his great Sorrow) found had brought him to his shameful Death in this World, and the Danger of being eternally lost in the next; which he pray'd GOD, of his infinite Mercy, would please to prevent, for the sake of JESUS CHRIST.

5. Richard Stevens< no role > This name instance is in set 4707. , condemn'd also for Burglary, viz. For Breaking open the House of Mr. Joseph Briggs< no role > , and taking thence some Pewter Plates, and other Goods, on the 5th of November last : And likewise for stealing three Holland Shirts, and other Linnen out of the House of Mrs. Jane Hare< no role > , on the 13th Day of the same Month . He said, he was 17 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields : He readily confess'd, That he had been a very unruly Youth, disobedient to Parents, and unwilling to be bound Apprentice to any Trade; and therefore his Mother sent him to Sea , where he serv'd about 3 Years on Board the Colchester, the Essex, the Chichester, the Oxford, &c. He own'd also, That he was sometime employ'd in crying News about the Streets , but got very little by it: and, That he had committed several small Felonies, as picking of Pockets, and the like, besides the Facts for which he is now condemn'd to die, and a few other Robberies, of which he had given Information to the Persons concern'd. He also own'd, that about 8 Months since he was found guilty of, and whipt for, stealing some Holland Shirts out of a Yard belonging to a House in the Pell-Mell; adding, That tho' he was given to Pilfering and Thieving (to supply his Expences in Gaming, &c.) yet he thought he should never have come up to such an height (as he has done) in the wicked Trade of Robbing, if he had not been prompted and encourag'd to it by Moses Woodfield< no role > , who afterwards turn'd an Evidence against him, and whom he pray'd GOD to forgive.

At the Place of Execution, whither they were this day carry'd in 2 Carts from Newgate to Tyburn , I attended them for the last time; and after I had given them proper Exhortations, and pressingly admonish'd them to consider well their great approaching Change, and the Eternity they were just to be lanched into; I pray'd, they might be truly prepar'd for it. They join'd with me both in Prayer, and in the singing of some Penitential Psalms, and likewise in the rehearsing the Apostles Creed; declaring they died in that Faith, which they had thus made Profession of. All of them (but more especially William Hoskins< no role > ) seemed to be very fervent and earnest in their Devotions; for which they had some further time allotted them, after I was retired from them. They desired the Standers-by to pray for them, and all (particularly Young People) to take Warning by them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turned off; every one of them with his last Breath mightily calling all the while upon GOD to have Mercy on their departing Souls.

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

PAUL LORRAIN< no role > , Ordinary .

Wednesday, Dec. 22th 1714.

Whereas some Letters without Name have, for these three or four Sessions past, been sent to the Ordinary of Newgate, desiring him to expose in his publick Papers, the heinous Sin, said to be frequently committed by Women under Confinement there, in taking Things to cause Miscarriage, which indeed is a most enormous Crime, no less than downright Murder: These are to satisfie the Unknown Person, who sent the 'foresaid Letters, That the Ordi