his honest Course of Life; for that he had in one Days time received more real Pleasure from his present regular Life of Devotion, Than he ever enjoyed in a Month when he engaged in a vicious Way. He aded, (tho' of the Church of Rome he expected Pardon and Mercy alone thro' the Sufferings and for the Sake of his Blessed Saviour Christ; and hop'd he had made his Peace with God.

He said that as his Companions in Sin might Repent, and be reclaim'd from their vicious Courses, he had resolv'd never to discover them; and that he believed they were all of his Nature and Disposition, desirous to benefit themselves as little to the Loss and Detriment of others, as that sad Way of Life would possibly admit of

He found it very difficult, he said to forgive, as he ought to forgive, his Friend and Companion Hawkins, was turn'd Evidence against him; because he was longer in his ill way of Life, but had forsook it above a Year before; adding, that after he was Try'd for the Highway at Kingston Assizes, and Acquitted, a Friend (suspecting his Companions would entice him again to his former Vices) took him Home to his own House, till he could advantagiously Re-instate himself in a way of Business: That if he could have rais'd a Sum of Money, he purpos'd to go to Jamaica, whe he had Friends and Acquaintance; but was not hasty in getting away, because he suspected not the Person who impeach'd him, as thinking if he had any such Designs against him, he would have put them in Execution as soon as he came out of the Marshalsea , having been there confin'd for several Months.

But he told me that his ancient Mother, thro' his ill Life had utterly reduced her to Poverty; when she took of him her last Farewel, four Days before his Death, particularly recommended it to him to forgive his Enemies and Accusers, as he hop'd forgiveness at the Hands of God, before whom he must so soon appear; and that he made it his great Business and Endeavour to do so.

As he drew nearer to his End, he redoubled the Diligence and Earnestness of his Behaviour; and said, That he doubted not but his present Sufferings would work for him a more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory.

2. GEORGE BAKER< no role > , was convicted of Returning from out of the Ship appointed to Transport him to his Majesty's Plantations in America .

He was about 45 Years of Age; had been little in England, tho' Born in White-Chappel , London ; but going to Sea when a young Boy, he took a Delight in that Life, and was generally uneasy when he was long on Shore. He said he was long in a Man of War, in the Service of her late Majesty Queen Anne , That he was in several very severe Fights against the French, and often wounded. That he was about settling at Leghorn, their Ship continuing at that time long in the Straights, upon the Coast of Sicily; but his natural Love and Inclination for the Sea, was the occasion of his Returning to his former Maritime way of Life. He said that after this, he serv'd in a Privateer on the Coast of America , and acquired very considerable Prizes, and might have heaped up much Wealth, but (he said) 'twas not in an honest Way, for generally, Ships went out as Privateers, but being Abroad, could not be distinguished from Pirates, for they fought and took any Ships promiscuously that came in their way, and the Merchants in America, who fitted out his Ship, and enquired not how