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thro' the Head that prefum'd to ftir, which effeftuall/
quieted them, while I carry'd oS my Booty; with
Part whereof on the fatal Saturday following, being
the 31ft of Oaober, I made an extraordinary Appear-
ance, and from a Carpenter and Butcher, w&s now trans-
form'd into a perfeft Gentleman, and in Company with
my Sweetheart aforefeid, and another young Woman
her Acquaintance, went into the City, and were very
merry together at a Piiblick Houfe not far from the
Place of my old Confinement. At four that fii.me
Afternoon we all paffed undet Ne^Mgate in a ilackney
Coach, the Windows drawn up, and in the Evening I
fent for my Mother to the Sl'eers Ale-houfe in Maypole-
Alley near Clare-Market, and with her drank three
Quarterns of Brandy, and after leaving her, I drank in
one Place or other about that Neighbourhood all the
Evening, till the evil Hour of Twelve, having been feen
and known by many of my Acquaintance, all of them
cautioning me, and wond'ring at my Prefumption to
appear in that manner. At length my Senies were
quite overcome with the Quantities and variety of Li-
quors I had all the Day been drinking of, which pav'd
the Way for my Fate to meet me; and whe 1 appre-
hended I do proteft, I was altogether incapable of re-
fifting, and fcarce knew what they were doing to me,
and had but two fecond hand Piftols fcarce worth carry-
ing about me.
A clear and ample Account I have now given of the
moft material Tranfaftions. of my Life, and do hope
the fame will prove a Warning to all young Men.
There nothing now remains but I return my hearty
Thanks to the Reverend Dr. Eennet, the Revd. Mr.
Vurney, the Revd. Mr. Wagfiaff, the Revd. Mr. Eavj-
kins, the Revd. Mr. Flood, axiA the Revd. Mr. Edivards,
for their charitable Vifits and Affiftances to me ; as al-
fo my Thanks to thofe worthy Gentlemen who fo ge-
neroufly contributed towards my Support in Prifon.
I hope none will be fo cruel as to reflcft on my poor
diftreffed Mother, the. unhappy Parent of two raifera-
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