superior Rank as a hopeful, prudent young Fellow in difficult Cases; on Board his Judgment was always courted, and his Opinion on Shore was generally held in Esteem.

The last Voyage he made, he says, was in a Ship called The Duke of Cumberland , Capt. Hardgrove Commander. When he went on Board her he was at Philadephia , where the Ship also lay; and so good an Opinion the Captain had of him, that he made him his chief Manager, entrusted him with the hiring all the Men, paying them their Wages, &c. From Philadelphia they sail'd to Jamaica ; from Jamaica to Bristol , from Bristol to Cork , and from Cork to Jamaica again; to which last Place Byrne carried a Venture with him on his own Bottom, which turned out to a very great Advantage; and when the Ship came from Jamaica to Bristol again, and his Wages were paid, that, together with the Money he made in Jamaica , amounted to a considerable Sum; with which, he says, he might have lived in Credit in some particular Business, whereby he might have gotten a very good Livelihood; but he came to London , and spent his Money so very fast in bad Company, that his golden Harvest was soon reduced; and having just at that Time the Misfortune to commence Acquaintance with one Anthony Whittle< no role > , (who was executed some Time since) he was very easily perswaded to use unlawful Means to gain Money, to support that extravagant wicked Life his Companion led him into; and a great Number of Robberies and Burglaries he has been guilty of for a short Time past, till he was overtaken at last by the just Judgment of God, and deservedly condemn'd, for breaking open the House of Mr. Philpot. He acknowledg'd the Justness of his Sentence, said that it was but for a short Time past that he had commenc'd such a wicked Sinner; hoped that God Almighty would forgive him, whose just Judgments he sincerely acknowledged, and whom he most humbly beseeched for Forgiveness and Mercy, hoping through the Merits of Christ he should be saved.

3. LITTLE WILL, whose real Name is WILLIAM KNIGHT< no role > , aged 23, was born at Sandwich in Kent ; his Parents being poor, gave him what Education their Circumstances could afford, which was not very extraordinary, and when of fit Age, they bound him Apprentice to the Master of a Vessel trading backwards and forwards from Scarborough , Sunderland , &c. in which Service he behav'd with the utmost Honesty and Integrity, till about six Months ago, happening to come to London , and being taken ill, he was left behind, and was confined to his Room where he lodg'd for a long Time, till he had spent and made away with all he had, for the bare Support and Necessaries of Life. When he became well, all his Money and Moveables gone, quite friendless, and without any Support at all, the Devil, he says, threw him into the Company of People whose Temptations proved stronger than his Virtue, and he was perswaded to go out with them, and join in robbing and plundering honest People of their Substance; which Practice he has followed only about three Months; but in that Time, he says, he has done a great many Robberies, of which he now most sincerely repents, and humbly implores Pardon from his offended Maker, as well as from the injured Persons he has so basely dealt with. In Regard to the Fact for which he suffers, he owns his Guilt, and most heartily wishes it was the only one he had to own. He seem'd to blame the Evidence, as one of his first Seducers; nevertheless he declar'd he forgave him, hopes that he will turn from the Evil of his Way, and repent. He said he was quite resign'd, and died in Peace with all Men, and hoped for Forgiveness through the Merits of our Blessed Saviour.

4. BENJAMIN BECKENFIELD< no role > This name instance is in set 3571. , otherwise Ben the Coal-heaver , was twenty-nine Years of Age, and very capable, had he been willing, of getting an honest Livelihood, by the Way of Business to which his Nickname has Reference. He was born at Darkin in Surry , of Parents that could give him