The
Confession
and
Execution
of
the
Prisoners
suffering
at
Tyburn
.
OF
these
unhappy
wretches
who
now
became
necessary
Sacrifices
to
Justice
,
he
that
occasioned
most
discourse
,
as
well
by
reason
of
his
being
generally
known
,
as
by
the
heinousness
of
his
Crime
,
being
the
death
of
a
very
worthy
Gentleman
,
was
a
person
that
being
heretofore
in
a
very
good
place
,
might
have
liv'd
as
comfortably
and
genteely
as
any
man
of
his
Rank
could
have
wisht
;
but
extravagance
still
wanting
Supplies
,
put
him
upon
wicked
designes
,
lost
his
Employ
,
and
since
which
,
having
followed
loose
irregular
courses
,
he
at
last
came
to
commit
this
bloody
Crime
for
which
he
was
now
executed
:
the
Particulars
whereof
having
been
already
published
,
need
not
here
be
repeated
.
When
he
came
to
receive
Sentence
of
Death
,
he
desired
time
to
prepare
himself
;
to
which
the
Court
answered
,
that
he
should
have
what
was
usual
and
convenient
,
but
caution'd
him
not
to
mock
God
,
or
flatter
himself
with
vain
hopes
of
a
Reprieve
,
as
many
do
under
that
pretence
;
but
rather
with
all
his
might
to
humble
himself
and
make
his
peace
with
God
.
Several
Ministers
visited
him
after
his
Condemnation
,
and
earnestly
press'd
him
to
a
hearty
Repentance
,
and
that
if
any
others
were
Confederates
with
,
or
Abetters
of
him
in
this
barbarous
Murder
,
he
would
disburthen
his
Soul
by
discovering
them
:
But
he
was
at
first
so
far
from
answering
their
expectations
therein
,
that
he
would
give
no
full
account
of
the
Reasons
or
Provocations
that
moved
him
to
do
it
;
nor
would
he
for
some
time
declare
himself
guilty
of
the
Murder
,
but
at
last
he
did
confess
it
,
saying
,
It
was
upon
an
Affront
that
he
could
not
bear
;
but
expressed
himself
heartily
sorry
for
his
cruel
Rage
,
and
desired
all
that
were
present
,
to
pray
for
him
to
Almighty
God
,
that
he
might
obtain
Pardon
for
that
and
all
other
his
manifold
sins
.
After
his
Condemnation
the
generous
Charity
of
the
Keeper
of
Newgate
favoured
him
so
far
as
to
permit
him
to
lie
in
the
Press-yard
,
though
he
had
not
Money
to
defray
the
usual
Fees
of
that
Lodging
;
where
he
was
at
last
so
far
wrought
upon
,
that
never
any
man
appeared
more
sensibly
penitent
:
an
Instance
or
two
whereof
(
amongst
many
others
)
we
think
fit
here
to
recite
.
The
day
before
his
Execution
he
askt
what
it
was
a
Clock
,
and
being
told
past
eleven
,
Ah
,
Lord
,
says
he
,
where
shall
I
be
to
morrow
at
this
time
?
The
same
day
a
Barber
coming
to
trim
him
,
after
he
had
washt
his
hands
very
clean
,
looking
upon
them
,
he
said
,
Cleanse
,
O
God
,
my
hands
from
Blood
guiltiness
,
and
all
my
sins
as
clean
as
they
now
appear
from
filth
.
Then
taking
a
turn
or
two
in
the
Chamber
,
God
grant
,
says
he
,
I
may
fear
Death
to
morrow
no
more
than
I
do
to
day
:
for
I
bless
God
I
have
now
no
dread
upon
my
Spirits
concerning
the
Death
I
am
to
suffer
.
I
know
't
is
just
,
and
therefore
will
willingly
undergo
it
;
not
doubting
but
the
pretious
Blood
of
my
Saviour
has
attoned
for
that
Innocent
Blood
which
I
have
rashly
and
wickedly
shed
.
And
so
continued
in
an
undaunted
temper
and
frame
of
Spirit
to
the
very
last
.
The
whole
night
before
he
suffered
,
he
spent
in
Devotion
,
continuing
in
Prayer
with
such
ardency
of
zeal
,
and
such
apt
Expressions
of
a
broken
heart
,
and
yet
humble
Faith
and
Assurance
in
the
Mercies
of
God
,
as
the
like
was
scarce
ever
heard
in
that
place
before
,
And
so
about
ten
a
clock
,
was
carried
to
the
place
of
Execution
,
in
Covent
Garden
,
where
he
made
a
large
Confession
of
his
sins
,
and
recommending
his
Soul
to
God
in
a
most
zealous
Prayer
,
submitted
to
the
Sentence
.
John
Cross
,
George
Blake
,
and
William
Stone
,
were
all
of
a
Gang
of
that
worst
sort
of
High-way
thieves
,
commonly
called
Foot
padders
,
making
it
their
business
to
lurk
in
the
Roads
neer
London
,
and
knock
down
and
rob
the
Market
people
,
(
or
others
)
in
their
return
homewards
in
the
evening
;
Two
Robberies
of
this
kind
they
were
now
Executed
for
,
one
upon
a
Person
passing
on
foot
through
King
Harries
Walk
,
who
had
but
five
shillings
about
him
the
other
a
Butcher
on
Horse
back
in
the
High-way
,
not
far
from
thence
,
from
whom
they
took
about
three
pound
;
nor
were
they
content
to
rifle
and
bind
them
,
but
also
barbarously
without
any
provocation
,
beat
them
severely
,
swearing
they
would
make
them
know
the
danger
of
travelling
with
so
little
Money
.
They
committed
(
't
is
believed
)
several
other
Robberies
the
same
night
,
and
some
it
seems
resisted
them
,
for
one
of
them
was
wounded
in
the
Belly
;
the
day
they
chose
for
these
Exploits
,
was
the
Execution
day
after
the
last
Sessions
.
And
't
was
proved
that
they
were
all
three
Spectators
at
Tyburn
,
in
a
Coach
,
and
yet
so
hardned
were
they
in
wickedness
,
that
nothing
dismaid
with
the
untimely
and
shameful
ends
of
their
Associates
,
they
immediately
the
same
Evening
return
to
act
these
Villanies
,
which
now
justly
brought
them
to
be
the
next
that
should
succeed
in
that
fatal
place
,
and
be
made
Examples
themselves
,
since
they
would
take
no
warning
by
the
sad
Examples
of
others
,
having
long
followed
these
ungodly
Courses
:
for
George
Blake
was
burnt
in
the
hand
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
,
for
stealing
of
Plate
,
and
indicted
last
Summer
Assizes
in
Surrey
,
for
a
Robbery
:
And
William
Stone
had
formerly
broke
Hartford
Goal
,
whither
he
was
committed
for
the
like
offence
.
One
of
them
especially
appeared
now
very
penitent
,
and
made
a
large
Confession
of
his
Crimes
,
spending
his
time
wholly
in
Reading
,
Prayer
,
and
bewailing
his
sins
.
Humphry
Hulin
and
Thomas
Constable
,
two
old
Thieves
,
though
but
young
men
,
suffered
for
stealing
of
several
Horses
:
A
Trade
they
had
long
been
acquainted
with
,
and
thereby
almost
ruined
divers
honest
people
.
And
here
we
cannot
but
give
notice
of
a
grand
Abuse
put
upon
the
world
in
a
Pamphlet
printed
for
B.
H.
pretended
to
be
a
Narrative
of
the
Proceedings
at
the
last
Sessions
:
wherein
is
set
forth
,
that
a
Constable
was
tryed
for
Horse-stealing
,
but
says
he
,
upon
Circumstances
of
his
Innocence
,
was
cleared
:
whereas
there
was
no
Constable
brought
upon
his
Tryal
.
Rose
Wheeler
,
alias
Goodman
,
a
Woman
grown
old
in
wickedness
,
was
Executed
for
two
several
Robberies
Committed
in
Houses
where
she
pretended
to
take
Lodgings
,
thereby
undoing
several
poor
people
,
for
she
had
long
made
it
her
practice
,
and
it
seems
brought
up
her
Daughter
to
the
same
profession
;
for
she
this
Sessions
was
likewise
Arraigned
for
the
like
fact
,
but
refused
to
plead
,
having
heretofore
been
Condemned
for
Stripping
and
Robbing
of
young
Children
,
and
often
in
Newgate
for
several
other
Thefts
.
Another
young
Woman
was
Condemned
with
her
,
but
being
supposed
to
be
drawn
in
by
her
,
obtained
a
Gracious
Pardon
:
As
likewise
did
another
Woman
and
a
young
Man
,
who
severally
had
robb'd
their
Masters
.
These
last
mentioned
Persons
having
spent
most
part
of
their
Lives
in
a
continual
series
of
Wickedness
,
and
Rebellion
against
God
and
all
righteous
Laws
,
it
is
no
wonder
if
now
,
when
they
were
overtaken
by
Justice
,
and
had
he
amazing
terrours
of
Death
to
grapple
with
,
they
were
smitten
with
dreadful
Horrours
and
Astonishment
;
from
which
both
Mr.
Ordinary
and
other
Godly
Ministers
endeavoured
to
awake
and
relieve
them
,
first
by
representing
to
them
the
miserable
Condition
they
were
in
;
that
the
Temporal
Death
,
which
most
they
fixt
their
thoughts
upon
,
was
nothing
in
comparison
of
what
was
to
succeed
:
And
afterwards
acquainted
them
,
that
there
was
yet
a
Way
,
and
but
only
one
,
to
prevent
their
everlasting
Misery
;
which
was
a
speedy
and
serious
Repentance
,
and
laying
hold
on
the
Merits
of
their
crucified
Saviour
,
by
a
firm
and
lively
Faith
:
By
whose
gracious
Promises
,
and
consideration
of
his
Infinite
Mercies
,
they
sought
to
take
them
off
both
from
Atheistical
Insensibility
on
the
one
hand
,
and
Despair
on
the
other
,
and
so
set
them
in
the
path
of
Life
,
before
they
tasted
of
the
bitter
Cup
of
Death
;
and
't
is
hoped
,
by
the
Grace
and
Blessing
of
God
on
their
Labours
,
their
pious
Intentions
towards
these
poor
Souls
were
not
in
vain
.
For
in
their
passage
,
and
at
the
place
of
Execution
,
they
behaved
themselves
with
all
the
marks
of
a
sincere
Penitency
,
bewailing
their
former
mispent
time
,
and
horrid
Impieties
,
imploring
Mercy
at
the
Throne
of
Grace
,
and
desiring
all
Spectators
,
by
amendment
of
Life
,
to
make
a
better
use
of
their
sad
Examples
,
than
they
themselves
had
done
of
others
suffering
in
the
like
ignominious
manner
.
FINIS
.