WIth what Face can we Presume to tread upon the Face of the Earth , or dare lift up our eyes to that of Heaven , when our thoughts are so Rebellious to conspire , and our hearts and our Resolutions so cruel to imbrue our hands so inhumanely in the Innocent Blood of our Brethren ? Thoughts they are , which in seeming to please our Senses , poison our Hearts , and do thereby truly poison our Soules ; Resolutions they are that we cannot conceive or attempt with more inhumanity then finish with Misery ; sith , in thinking to send them to their untimely Graves , we assuredly send our selves to our own Miserable and Infamous ends , and all for a little Gain or Lucre : whereas we are born rather to Happiness then Misery , had we but so much Grace to secure our Lives , as Vanity and Impiety to Ruine them . May all good Christians read this sad ensuing Story to Gods Glory ; and Remember , to the Instruction of their Souls .

In Pincock-lane in the Shambles , in the Parish of Christs-Church London , at one Sarah Cooks a widdowes house lodged a young man by name Laurence Cauthorn , who wrought in dressing of Oxen , and other Beasts , to one Mr. Jackson a Butcher in the Shambles ; Thursday night being a usual time of killing against Market-day , this young man came to his Master , to know whether he should go to work or no , which his Master told him , He thought would not be so convenient in regard of the Extremity of hot weather , ( his Customers having not long before complained ; ) but withal told him , He would send his Apprentice to call him to work by three a clock the next morning ; whereupon he took his leave for that night : and t is like betook himself to the Society of his Companions and Neighbours for that Evening .

The next morning being come , his Master dispatches away his apprentice by three a clock to call him , who knockt v●ry often at his Chamber , but could not possibly make him hear ; whereupon , being fearful there might some ill betide him , the door was caused to be broke open , and there was he found ( seemingly ) not likely to live , being Speechless and Sightless , and so he continued : his Master ( at a distance of time ) sending often to see how he was , was still answered , Worse and worse ; until at length word was brought he was Dead , which was accompanied with his Landlady's desiring Mr. Jackson to bestow something towards a Coffin ; to which he freely did contribute ( though he knew he could not want wherewith to bury him , having very good cloaths and linnen as any young man had thereabout , and had bought a pair of new hose and shoos that cost about 16 shillings ( to his knowledge ) not many dayes before . ) But so it was , he had not been ( as was said ) dead many houres ( before he was quite cold ) he was committed to his Grave about 9 a clock the same Night in Christ-Church-Yard ; where he had not been many houres , but in the evening he was heard heavily to groan by a Woman lying in , whose Chamber was neer the Church-yard ; whereupon she having a jealousy it might be some lately buried , she caused her servant to go & call up the Sexton to come and see what the matter was ; who did , but could not hear any thing ( as he said ) though she could not rest in quiet for that doleful Noise , but sent two or three times more to him , with the like success as before .

Yet still this poor Woman was resolved not to rest , but by her servant acquaints the Church-Wardens on the Sabbath day ; who ( instead of harkening to his message ) call'd him idle Jack-anapes , and the like , and sent the Boy his way : but for all their slighting it , the cry grew so common in peoples mouths , that the Church-Wardens were again solicited to it by severall of the parish ; so that at length by order , on Munday morning the Grave was opened , where they sound too true , what they could hardly credit before ; for the Man was not quite cold , but Dead indeed now ; and by striving and strugling beat his Eyes out of his Head , having battered and bruised his Face and Head that it was swoln as big again as before , to the great Sorrow and Astonishment of many hundreds that were Spectators thereof .

Now as to the Design or occasion of this Persons being so used , none can truly tell ; but some report that there were a string found about his Neck , as if he had been strangled for his Goods ; but there is no such thing , For 't was a cloth he wore there , having had an Imposthume in his Throat ; however Sarah Cook his Landlady , is committed to Newgate on Suspition , though as yet nothing can be look upon in it , but her over-hasty desire to rid her House of a Dead Corps ; only one thing was remarkable , That all the time of his Sickness , his Sister , and other Friends that dwelt not far off , were not sent for ; neither were they acquainted with his Buriall till afterward , who were then the main cause of procuring him to be taken up .

The Crowners Jury hath not yet given up their Verdict , and therefore I shall forbear to censure any one , but leave you to their Verdict for better satisfaction .