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tUefoUo^hj^ Account Whitlock defired might
be made Publkk.
W A S born in Wiltpire, put Apprentice to a Smith
and Farrier in Salisbury, where I ferv'd my Mailer
four Vears ; after which I went away from him, by
ileafan of a young Woman I kept Company with,-
%vbom I left behind me and came to London ; being dc-
Hitute cf all Friends, but got into Bufinefs in a very
little Time, and ccntinu'd therein for near five Years,
being well refpe&ed by all my Acquaintance ; after the
five Years was expir'd I marry'd my prefent Wife, who
then lived nt Lambeth, where I fettled, and by whom I
have had five Children, t",'o whereof are now living ;
we liv'd together for near fx Years well refpffted, but
being acquainted v/ith Jofeph Adciifon a Barber, who
jiv'd at Lambeth, and ufually drinking with him at one
/f_ n'-i, wlio kept the Bell Ale-houfe there, I was
drawn in by him freauecriy to drink and lo-fe my Time;
which was tlic tirft bringing rac to my uniiappy Misfor^
tanes, which began about two Years and half ago, when
inyfelf, Addifon, and others {thro' Addifori'i Perfiia-
fioii} vvent to tjie Biftiop of Canterbiirfi Palace anJ
ftole fix Gttic, which we carry'd to W n\ the next
Day, wliere we had one dreiTed that Night for Supper,
and Siared the other five among us, of which W——n
had a Part.
The next Thing I committed thro' Addifon's Inftiga-
tion was, he ivearing I had a Brother who liv'd in
Church-Lane in Rag-Fair, worth a great deal of Mo-
ney, upon wiiich ho perfaaded me to rob him, which
I did accordingly, and at feveral Times took from him
near 150/. which I did in the following manner; be-
ii5g well lelpeded by my Brother, I ufed every Sunday
to