The Beginning of the Week before Execution, he sent for a Shopkeeper in Newington-Butts, whom he robbed of Goods to a considerable Value but the Night before he was taken up for the Fact he was committed for, under Pretence of letting him know where his Goods were, and how he might recover them; but when the Man came, it appeared to be only a Design to get Money from him, which he asked for before he would speak of the Goods. The Person did not chuse to give him what he asked for, left he might afterwards deceive him; but put it in the Hands of another to give him, in Case he found the Discovery to be true, and he recovered the Goods. Tidd was not satisfied with this, but in a Wrath declared, he never would tell either the Person robb'd, or any Body else, where they were. Such were his wicked Resolutions, altho' he own'd he knew where they were, that they were neither pawn'd nor sold, and that they were in the very Place where he conceal'd them immediately upon stealing them. Thus wickedly obstinate wasthis Wretch to the last, and Proof against all Advice to make what Amends was in his Power, to every one whom he had wronged or injured. No Sense of Mercy formerly received had any Weight with him; his Ignorance and Insensibility seem'd to be invincible, and he continued a most hardened Person, till at the Place of Execution, and then he began to weep, and to shew some Marks of a Sense of his unhappy Condition.

2. ANTHONY BYRNE< no role > the unhappy Object of this melancholy Account, was born in the Year 1714, in Whitehorse yard , near Drury-Lane , in the Parish of St. Clements Danes , of very honest and creditable Parents, who acquired a moderate Fortune in the Publican Business. As Anthony was their only Son, the Darling of all their Hopes, they made it their sole Study to bring him up in the Fear of God, and the Exercise of Virtue, which he incontestibly embrac'd in his youthful Days, and during his Father and Mother's Stay in this Life: And as they were sufficiently enabled to defray the Expences of his Education, they adorned his early and growing Genius with every Qualification suitable to promote the Felicity of a Tradesman.

Arriving at a proper Age to undergo Fatigue, and to keep his robust and manly Faculties in Agitation, in order to shield him against the Sallies of Idleness, the Root of all Evil, he was left to his own free Will to make a Choice of whatever Trade he liked best, and was accordingly bound Apprentice to a Sawyer in Vinegar-yard , in the same Neighbourhood, whom he served with great Integrity about three Years, but then beginning to think his Station of Life incongruous with his Interest, he discovered his Uneasiness to his Friends, who were too well satisfyed with his Reasons not to submit to any other Occupation that would be more conducive to his Advantage; therefore, immediately came to a proper Agreement with his Master, and the Indentures were cancelled, and Anthony set at Liberty to determine within himself, what Course of Life next to pursue; when, after a short Deliberation, he determined for the Sea , and therefore made it his Business to apply himself closely to the Study of Navigation, which he soon became a very proper Proficient in, and the first Voyage he made was, he says, in a Merchant Man bound to Maryland , Darby Lux< no role > This name instance is in set 00. , Commander . When he came into that Country he became so fond of it, as to determine with himself to make it the Place of his Settlement, and accordingly spent several Years in failing in the Employment of the most eminent Merchants of that Country, till the Year 1741, when he came Home in the Speedwell , Captain Gray, Commander, from which Ship he was press'd on Board the Advice Man of War ; but falling sick, he was sent ashore, to the Hospital at Portsmouth : After his Recovery he made several Trips to different Places, till he was taken on Board the Frances and Elizabeth , Captain Noah, in which Ship, he says, he made two Voyages to Philadelphia , but at that Time War being declared against France, Captain Noah made a Privateer of her, and named her the Caesar , belonging to Cowes, and made several successful Cruizes, having taken some pretty good Prizes; but in the Bay of Biscay in that same Gale of Wind the Victory Man of War was lost, they received a great deal of Damage, and were obliged to put into Cowes to resist; after which they set out on another Cruize, and unfortunately met with the Grand Turk Privateer in the Channel, belonging to St. Maloes, and engaged her, and fought several Glasses, till many of the Caesar's Men being killed and wounded, and the Captain wounded, they were obliged to strike, and were all carried Prisoners to St. Maloes , where Byrne remained about three Months, and was then brought to England in a Cartel Ship, after which he served on Board several Ships, and by his indefatigable Industry and Zeal, was promoted, and failed to different Parts in the West-Indies , in the Capacity of a Mate , and improved his Fortune greatly, for wherever he went, he had always the good Luck to render himself agreeable to all his Acquaintance, and was looked upon by People of a