and lay down upon the Floor to sleep. In the mean time the Deceased came to pay the Landlady some Money she had borrowed of her, and the Witness Vawdrey being in the Room, I wanted the Chamber-pot, and desired her to lend it me. The Deceased asked her whether she was not ashamed to lend the Pot to such a Black-Guard Fellow as I was, when she could have better than I, to wipe her Shoes? This provok'd me, and I threaten'd to push her down Stairs, upon which she took hold of the Broom, and I took it from her, and happened to give her a Blow on the Right Side of the Top of her Head, and though the Witness swore I afterwards turn'd the Broom and struck her over the Shoulder, yet there was no Marks on her Shoulder, and to be sure a Man in a Passion would strike as fast as he could without turning the Broom; but this unlucky Blow prov'd her Death; and I expected nothing less than to suffer for it, as soon as I heard she was dead. We were all fuddled, and so this Blow was given, and a very unhappy Blow it has prov'd to her and me.

John Foster< no role > .

A Copy of a Letter to his Wife, which he deliver'd to the Printer of these Papers, desiring it may be made public.

My DEAR.

YOU are not unsensable of my un Timely Eand, and I desire you woold take it as pashenly as you can; and I bag for God's Sake you woold not after my Death gve (give) yourself to drinking, nor prshon, for that as brout me to this un timely Eand; and I bag for God's Sake, you woold take Care of my Child as fur as in you leye, and do not Despare in God's Mercees, for God has promised to be a Husband to the Widow, and a Father to the Fatherlese, and God preserv you boath, and God go along with we are ever you go, and I hope the Lord will forgive me my Sins, for he as promised Forgivenes thro' Repenians, altho' I suffer this shamfull Death. I hope the World will not reflex upon my Wife and Child, and I hope my Death will be a warnen to all, to a ward Drinken and Pashoun, for God's sake think of me when I am dead, and gone, from your dying Husband.

John Foster< no role > .

John Clark< no role > , otherwise Smith< no role > , otherwise Pug, otherwise Jack the Catcher, his Account, as given by himself.

I AM at this Time about 28 Years old, I was born of poor Parents, in the Parish of Lambeth , who (not being able to maintain themselves, and two Children) ran away from us and left us very young to the Care of the Parish, who put me out to Nurse, to an old Woman, who kept a publick House and a Garden at Chelsea, near the Nine Elms . Here I continu'd about 2 Years, and was almost starv'd to Death. My Employment was, to go from Place to Place along the Waterside, to pick up Sticks, Coals , &c. for my Nurse.

After I had continu'd in this Way for some Time, I was put School at Battersea , where having learned to read, I was