and as by Repentance they must forsake Sin, so as to loath, detest and abhor themselves in Dust and Ashes because of it; and told them, that they must turn to God with all their Heart, whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, henceforth they must become the obedient Servants of Righteousness unto Holiness, approving 'emselves with Consciences void of Offence towards God and towards Man; and resolving by the Grace of God, if they had been to continue any longer in this World, to become new Creatures, having their Conversation in Heaven, looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our Faith, &c. They were also instructed in the nature of the Christian Sacraments; and how greatly they had been guilty of breaking their baptismal Vows, particularly, in committing those heinous Sins, of robbing other Men of their Goods and Properties, which now brought them into much Shame, and loaded 'em with many Sorrows and anguish of Mind: I exhorted them to prepare for receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a Pledge and assurance of their coming to everlasting Life, if they sincerely repented of all their Sins, believing in our Lord Jesus Christ their only Saviour; and from these Words, St. Luke 22. 19. This do in Remembrance of me, &c.

Upon Tuesday the 25th of October , the Report of the Eight Malefactors under Sentence of Death was made to his Majesty in Council, when (Thomas Hide< no role > , being dead in the Hold some Days before the Report was made) five of them receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, viz. Henry Jones< no role > , William Marjoram< no role > This name instance is in set 550. , alias Huggidie< no role > , Robert Rose< no role > , Matthew Hardy< no role > , and Sarah Satterfield< no role > ; the remaining two, viz. Anthony Drury< no role > , and Joseph Jmith< no role > , were ordered for Execution. Which two, when they saw that all hopes of a Reprieve was past, prepar'd themselves for Death with the utmost application, as one who is a Stranger to their inward disposition of their Hearts and Minds, could possibly in Charity judge of them. The subsequent brief Narrations is for information of those who desire to know any thing further about their last Confessions and Behaviour.

Joseph Smith< no role > was Indicted for privately stealing from Thomas Collier< no role > , a Coat an Waistcoat, val. 30 s. a Hat, a pair of Silver-Buckles, a Handkerchief, a pair of Gloves, a Tobacco-box, a Knife and Fork, Half a Guinea, and 25 s. on the 2d of August , and found Guilty by the Jury.

Joseph Smith< no role > (whose true Name, as he declar'd, was Joseph Shrewsbury< no role > ) about 22 Years of Age, as he said, Born at Watford in Hertfordshire , descended of honest Parents, who were poor, mean People, and not capable to give him Education at School, having a numerous Family of ten or eleven Children; yet (as he said) they gave him the good example of a virtuous Life, taking him to Church, and giving opportunity of attaining the knows ledge of Christian Principles and Practices, if his own dispositions had been correspondent to their Instructions and Example. When of Age, they put him out Apprentice to a Tanner , who was a very good and discreet Master in the Place of his Nativity, with whom he stay'd for some Years, but neglected his Business to such a Degree, being, (as he confest) addicted to Dancing, that he cou'd by no means abstain from it, although otherways not at all inclin'd to, or guilty of Robbery or Thieving) that his Master was forc'd to put him away: He acknowledg'd that he liv'd in good Circumstances, if he had not been unthankful to God and Man, for the happy State he was in, by taking himself to bad Company, which prov'd the occasion of his fatal end. As to the particular Fact for which he Suffer'd, he said it was the first Robbery he ever committed, and that one David Anderson< no role > , Country Will and Jenny Austin< no role > strip't Thomas Collier< no role > of his Cloaths, and took his Money from him, while he was at a distance from them, delivering him the Coat, Wastcoat, and other things which were found upon him. He confess'd he had been a great Sinner, and that his Sentence was just, and that he died in Peace with all the World, freely forgiving all Men as he expected forgiveness at the hands of God, begging Pardon of all whom he had injur'd, and declaring that he died in Communion of this Church, of which he own'd himself an unworthy Member.

Anthony Drury< no role > , of the Parish of Eling , was Indicted for assaulting Thomas Eldrige< no role > on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Bag, value 2d, a Fan, val. 1 s. a Hamper, val. 6d, 15 Moidores, 210 Guineas, and 80 half Guineas, the Goods and Money of Mr. Burrows, Sept. 25th . He was a 2d, time Indicted for assaulting Sarah< no role > the Wife of Robert King< no role > on the Highway, and robing her of two Shillings and six pence. He was the 3d, time indicted for assaulting Thomas Eldrige< no role > on the Highway, and taking a Callicoe Gown and Petticoat, val. 20s. the Goods of Giles Betts< no role > . He was a 4th, time indicted for assaulting Mary< no role > the Wife of Joseph Page< no role > on the Highway, and forcibly taking from her 2 s. and 6d, For the three first Indictments the Jury brought him in Guilty of Death.

Anthony Drury< no role > , as he said about 28 Years of Age, Descended of honest Parents, who were People of Credit and Reputation, and gave him good Education for Business, and instructed him in the knowledge of the Principles of Christianity; but did not (as he alledg'd) put him to any particular Employment, having left him in pretty good Circumstances. He liv'd at several Places, after he left a Country-place in Norfolk where he was Born, particularly in the City of Oxford , at Bister, and at Wandover , in Buckinghamshire , where he resided and kept House, when