said his greatest Escape was, when going with one Captain Faulkner from the Captain's Lodgings at one Mr. Colins's near the General Post-Office; he parted from him just before he was kill'd by Mr. Burdett, and two other Gentlemen: Had he been there, he said, he must have died too, for he was so much in Liquor, that he could not have made any Defence against three good Swords men. He said, that he could but reflect on God's Goodness to him, in not cutting him off, when Drunken, or in a Debauchery, but giving him Space to repent of his vicious Gallautries. He affirm'd, that he was very serious for a great while after his Friend's Death, and that it ne'er went out of his Mind; but that it made him give good Advice to several of his wild Acquaintance; and also made him ask several ill Women, (when they thought he was going to commit Fornication with them) Whither their Lewdness would lead them? If they thought to dye as they lived? If they did not believe the Consequence of Vice, when Youth and Beauty left them would be Shame, Poverty and Woe? &c. He affirm'd besides, that as Morice Fitzgerald< no role > was his particular Friend, and as he was with him just before he kill'd the Watchman in the Strand , and saw him in Liquor, he would fain have carried him home, and told him, If he assaulted or affronted any Woman, he himself would be forwardest to be an Evidence against him: And for that Reason, he added, it was, that tho' Mr. Fitzgerald so often sent to him from Newgate, he would never see him, even to the very Time of his suffering Death; tho' (as he asserted) he was no way afraid of going to Newgate to see him.

He mention'd other Escapes: Once he said he was set upon by Footpads in the Hampstead Road , as he came from Belsize : Another Time he was assaulted going in Gloncestershire , and drawing his Sword, was near being shot by the Highwaymen, who very much beat and bruised him: He added, that 'twas hard that he, whom no Sword could dispatch, no Storms could drown, no Gun could ever kill, must fall by an ignoble Rope; that he, who had lived with Officers, must dye with Robbers, &c.

After he had been some few Days committed, he declared, before several People, that he would ne'er dye by the Rope; offering, in his airy way, to lay Wagers upon that Matter, &c. But afterwards being convinc'd, that there was no Courage or Bravery in not being able to sustain Misfortunes, but getting from under them, by robbing the Creator of one of his Creatures, he chang'd his Intent; and said, He would dye like a Gentleman and a Soldier, tho' in the manner of a Dog: That his Enemies should see he could appear with the same Face at the Time of his Death, as during the Time of his Life. At the same Time, he acknowledg'd, that he had fully design'd to dispatch himself with a Knife; and afterwards with a Dose of Opium, as an easier and surer Way. But he added, that afterwards, when he resolved to dye as the Law appointed, and to compensate for his Offences with his Blood, he had found a great Quiet and Satisfaction in his Mind; declaring, that he was much more uneasy and unhappy before he was under Misfortunes than after. For he said, That every time Mrs. Maycock's Name was mention'd in Company, a trembling seiz'd his Limbs, and cold Sweats appear'd in Drops upon his Forehead; Which he thought was an Omen of their being the Destruction of each other. He added, that what gave him still greater Reflection, and more Surmises, was, a Horse once throwing him under Tyburn , from which Place he could by no means disengage himself, or get up, till his two Friends advanced and assisted him; and the more, because, soon after, he had the same Fate as he went under Newgate , much injuring his Health by a Fall there. He affirm'd, that for two Months afterwards he constantly address'd himself to Heaven every Morning, desiring his Creator to direct his Steps, and to preserve him from Dangers and Misfortunes.

He said, that 'twas his Misfortune, that he was Educated as a Gentleman, and had Ambition cultivated in him, without having a real Estate to support his Education. His Father became sensible of this, and grew very uneasy at his being unsettled, fearing it might lead him into some Misfortune of fatal Consequence.

For this Reason he put him upon going Abroad; and having Interest with some illustrious Persons, he had a Lieutenant's Commission given him; and was deputed to go over into Africa, (as I remember) as Governor of Cape-Coast-Castle, a Fort belonging to the Royal African Company. He said, that he was at first very much delighted with the Prospect of this Voyage, and with Captain Massey's Company, who was with him: But Mrs. Maycock meeting him at Portsmouth , in order to his allowing somewhat for the Subsistance of her Child by him, according to the Profits