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i-obbM, in order to give him Information of my being
fecur'd, and inform'd the Lady that I war the very
Man that robb'd her ; upon this, the Lady attended by
Mr. Man^ and a Friend or tv/o of his Acquaintance,
foon after vifited me, in order to recoileft my Features
if ihe could, and fix the Faft upon me; as flie view'd
me wifhfuUy, Ihe thought, as flie then faid, there was
a great Refemblance, and faid, 1 believe you to be the
Man.
Triujnphant now he pubh'ckly infults me, and doubts
not but by my fpeedy Execution, (as he has boafted
with Pleafure in the hearing of feveral) to be put into
the peaceable FoflefTicn of a large Purfe of Guineas,
yet in order to ingratiate himfeif and gain the good
Opinion of his Friends and Neighbours, he vows he
has no regard to private Intereft, but lilfe a true Patriot,
has liis wiicle Fye on the good of the Publick ;
tiiat 'tis the Opinion of tvery honeil Man, that Reftitution
fhould be made to fuch as have been injur'd, and
that it is as meritorious to bring fuch a notorious MalefaiSor
as me to condign Punifhment, as for a Roman
Bigot to ilied the Blood of a Heretick j but as I muit
T.ot pretend to be the Ji TiTdrre "_ in ' my own Caufe, I refer
my unhappy Fate to the ferious Confideration of all
my unprejudiced Readers.
^I'liis Perfon ftil! further to aggravate my Sorrows,
a,nd render my Charafter more odious to the World,
endeavour'd to afperfe my Friends, and aflerts (in order
to confirm tile Truth of his Allegations) that Mr. Cary
lent me tv/o Guineas to purchafe Piftols, and other Accoutrements
to qualify me for the Frofeffion of which
I Hand convifted, and that he engag'd for the Hire of
the Horfe on which I committed the Faft. But as I
am fhortly to anfv/er for all my paft Tranfaftions to an
tffended God, I folemnly declare, (in Juftice to injur'd
Innocence) that this fcandalous Infmuation is falfe and
groundlefs; however if the World will not regard my
Words tho' a dying Man, yet I hope his Charafter is
fo well eftablilh'd amongft the better fort of Mankind,
to