and this he did so often, that he reduc'd the poor old Woman to Poverty, and spoke so disrespectfully, and in such a threatening Manner, that she was afraid to come and see him under Sentence. I told him, that his Calamities were a visible Judgment upon him, for his undutifulness to his Parents, and this he did not deny. He belonged to the Lancaster Man of War, and procured a Furlo before Christmas, but had not Patience to stay at Home a few Days, before taking up with his old Companions, he went on the Highway, and committed the most barbarous Robberies, for which he died, although he had six or seven Months Pay due to him from the Ship he left.

After the dead Warrant came down, Bulker being of a mean timorous Disposition, lost all his Courage, fainted away again, and fell into a very low State of Health, continuing so to the last. He blam'd lewd Women for his Misfortunes, as Cole also did, they having been both much addicted to that kind of idle Company. A Woman and her Husband, in his Neighbourhood, first advis'd him to go a robbing and stealing, when he was only 12 or 13 Years old; and these vile Creatures never left him after that, till they brought him to his utter Destruction; for since he was a little School-Boy, he hath been constantly following these pernicious Courses of Robbing, Stealing, &c. He was most miserably poor, naked and in the most pitiful Condition; have seen any of those unfortunat I People. He believ'd in Christ, wae Penitent, and in Peace with all Mens

I represented also to him his monstrous Barbarity in robbing the two Men after such a cruel Manner, for he not only took what Money, or small Things they had about them, but, after his knocking them down with a Club, beating unmercifully and wounding them, stript them of all their Cloaths. I asked him, why he treated the two Men so barbarously? He said, Edward Pointer< no role > , his Partner, bid him do so, and that the said Pointer is now in Maidstone Goal , for robbing a Man of 16 or 17 Shillings near Gravesend . I put him in Mind, how justly God's Judgment had now reach'd him, in leaving him altogether destitute and naked, beside the other Punishments inflicted, and to be inflicted upon him. The Truth of all this he own'd, that the Punishment of his Iniquity was less than what he deserved, and that he was heartily griev'd, and repented for all the Robberies (having acknowledged three others, beside the two he died for) he was guilty of, and for the barbarous and cruel Manner of committing them, and his notorious Disobedience to, and plundering and ruining his Mother and Grandmother; for all which great Sins he pray'd God to pardon him.