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Stairs the Colonel fhow'd us where the Plate lay, which
we took, and made the Colonel go down Stairs, and
then we put him in the back Room with his Maid,
. where fhe was ty'dand confin'd all theTime theRobbery
was committing ; after we had ty'd the Colonel we
went and rifled the Houfe of wearing Apparel, Linnen,
is'c. ^ays Mitchel, lama dry, F11 fee if there's any
Liquor in the Houfe, with that he went into the Cellar,
and brought up four or five Pints of Wine, which we
drank up ; fays Mitchell, The Colonel keeps but a foot
Houfe, for he has neither Beer nor Brandy in it, only a
Glafs of Wine. After this, Whitlock faid he was a hun-
gry, upon which MVcZ-e/reply'd, Ikno~M the Houfe no-ia
t^ery ivell, fo I'll go and fee if the Colonel has got any
ViSiuals; with that he went down Stairs, and brought
up two or three R.ibs of Mutton and fome Butter,
which we all eat part of; after we had dene eathig we
took a Glafs or two of Wine, and then pack'd up the
Cloaths, and all let down in the Paflage, for about two
or three Hours, then left the Houfe and made the beil
of our Way for London; when we came near the Town
we went towards Ifli-ngton, and jufl; by Black-Maif s-
Hole we parted, two one Way, and two another. I
aflc'd Whitlock how we fhould difpofe of the Goods ?
AfZ/f/if//reply'd, I knew njery ixell hovj to difpofe of the
Cloaths, Watch and Plate, which we did the Day after
the Robbery, meeting together at the HandznA Flozier
the other Side the Water, when v/e agreed together to
fell the Plate and Watch to one Mr. Baddenham in the
Old-Bailey, Mitchel faying, He kneiv him 'very 'well, for
he had dealt luith him forfe'veral Things before.
I defire all Perfons (efpecially all young Men) to take
Warning by my ignominious Death, and I hope God
will give you Grace (more than I have had) to avoid
bad Company, for that has been my utter Ruin. I
hope all good Chriftians will not refled: on my unfortu^
nate Wife and four fmall Children, for flie was unfenfi-
ble of my Way of Life j for I always told her feveral
different Stories how I got the Money, and if I had
taken