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told you before, and this which I liv'd laft with, Twiii
marry'd to at the F/eef, and one more which keeps a
Publick-Houfe in Drufy-Lam, whom I think is very
unkind, for fhe never came to fee me ail the Time of
my Confinement: But to return to thd aforegoing Per-
fon, I was refolv'd to be reveng'd on him if poiTible,
for I could not forget how he came to the Tavern with
a Cafe Knife to kill me, and likewife the ill Ufage to-
his Mother,' I happen'd at that Time Co have a Pen-
knife in my Pocket, and with a Refolution to have done
his Bufmefs, (which God forgive me) but was prevent-
ed by my Wife, who ftood between him and me, and
am glad now to my Soul that I did not commit v/hat-
I did delign, which was Murder.
There is one Thing however which lies heavier on
Jny Confcience tlian Fallhood in Love, and that is wil-
ful Perjury.
I had fome Time fince eutertain'd an implacable Ha-
tred againfl: one Picht a Coupe/-, and to fatiate my Re-
venge, tho' the poor Man I believe was entirely inno-
cent of the Fadl laid to his Charge, I fwore it upon
him, and appear'd an Evidence againft him at the O/^-
Bailey, for which flagrant Crime, I hope if he's living'
he'll forgive me, and God too, for' thiriling after inno-
cent Blood ; and if dead, I fincerely rejoice that he did
not fall a Sacrifice to my unjuft Refentments.
I fhould in my foregoing. Account luve inforni'dyoii
what became of my Fellow-Man Ekhard Bird; the
laft Robbery which he and I committed together was
on two Gentlemen as they were going to Cheimsford;
fome fmall Time after that I was taken up, and what
to do I did not know, at laft I thought I had better
hang twenty than be fqueess'd myfelf, for I knew I
deferv'd it j fo at laft (with fome Reluftancy) I im-
peached ray Fellow-Man Richard Bird, and according-
ly he was taken and committed to Goal, and after-
wards carry'd down to Chelinsfird,. and I was carry'd
there as a Witnefs againft him; but in going down I
did my Endeavour to amke xay Efcape, but was pre-
vented