A
TRUE
COPY
OF
THE
PAPERS
That
were
Delivered
by
Mr.
William
Cress
,
and
Edward
Robinson
,
to
the
Reverend
Mr
,
Allen
,
Ordinary
;
at
their
Execution
,
on
Friday
the
22d
.
Instant
Decemb
.
1699.
The
True
Copy
of
Mr.
Cress's
Paper
,
as
Followesh
.
Good
People
,
I
AM
Come
here
to
Suffer
an
Ignominous
Death
,
which
●●nce
as
little
Dreamt
of
,
as
any
here
present
do
this
Day
.
It
is
but
sit
that
I
should
give
you
some
Account
of
me
,
and
of
this
Fact
for
which
I
Suffer
,
before
I
go
hence
and
be
no
more
seen
.
I
was
Born
in
Froome
in
Sommersetshire
of
a
good
honest
Family
;
there
I
lived
till
5
Years
Old
,
then
my
Father
Died
,
and
my
Mother
Remov'd
to
the
Bath
,
where
I
remain'd
till
I
arrived
to
16
Years
:
At
which
time
the
King
coming
in
,
and
raising
Forces
for
Irland
,
I
resolved
to
try
my
Fortune
in
a
Military
Life
;
being
a
Soldier
under
Sr.
John
Edgworth
,
for
one
Year
I
continued
so
,
and
then
I
Serv'd
in
Sr.
Halbert
Cunninghams
Regiment
of
Dragoons
for
three
quarters
of
a
Year
,
when
for
a
Signal
Piece
of
Service
done
in
the
Field
,
my
Collonel
gave
me
a
Quarter-masters
Commission
and
in
the
space
of
one
Year
,
I
was
honour'd
with
that
of
a
Cornet
in
the
same
Regiment
;
And
so
remain'd
till
June
97.
And
then
sold
my
Commission
,
and
came
to
my
Friends
in
the
Bath
;
where
I
stayed
till
June
last
,
when
Unfortunutely
I
came
here
to
lose
my
Life
by
an
Untimely
End
,
for
a
Murther
Committed
on
a
Woman
,
who
went
by
the
Name
of
Rose
Robinson
,
whom
I
now
own
to
be
my
Wife
,
being
Married
to
her
at
Molingar
in
Irland
,
as
I
have
acquainted
the
Reverend
Mr.
Ordinary
;
which
Murther
was
committed
after
this
manner
:
I
went
to
see
her
,
accompanied
with
my
Brother
,
now
fellow
Sufferer
:
Having
Drunk
hard
that
Day
I
called
for
a
Pot
of
small
Beer
,
and
sat
down
,
but
quickly
fell
a
Sleep
;
but
before
that
,
I
heard
the
Deceas'd
ask
Robinson
for
Money
.
I
had
not
Slept
long
till
I
was
awakened
by
a
noise
,
and
then
found
him
depressing
the
Woman
to
the
Floor
with
his
Hand
on
her
Throat
,
and
his
Knee
on
her
Belly
;
I
askt
him
what
was
the
matter
;
And
he
told
me
she
was
in
a
Fitt
,
I
never
saw
her
stir
after
that
,
only
one
Foot
as
she
Died
:
I
layed
no
Hand
upon
her
,
with
a
design
to
Kill
her
,
only
helpt
to
pull
off
her
cloaths
,
and
put
her
to
Bed
.
This
is
the
cause
of
my
miserable
Downfal
,
in
Concealing
the
Murther
and
assisting
him
after
it
was
Acted
;
so
I
conclude
,
and
wish
all
the
World
to
take
Warning
by
me
,
and
shun
evil
Company
,
lest
it
shou'd
bring
them
to
such
Shame
and
Misery
,
which
I
by
my
wretched
Folly
have
now
Justly
Incurr'd
.
December
,
22d
.
1699.
The
True
Copy
of
Edward
Robinson's
Paper
.
WOrthy
Gentlemen
,
and
all
you
who
are
Spectators
of
this
my
miserable
Downfall
,
which
hath
happened
by
my
keeping
of
Evil
Company
,
I
desire
you
for
God's
sake
,
and
for
my
sake
,
who
now
suffer
for
it
,
avoid
and
fly
from
it
.
My
Sins
are
many
and
great
,
but
I
hope
God
will
of
his
infinite
mercy
pardon
them
.
As
for
this
Crime
,
for
which
I
die
,
I
cannot
say
that
I
am
innocent
and
guiltless
,
because
I
so
long
concealed
this
horrid
and
execrable
Murther
,
which
I
did
at
the
Perswasion
of
my
Brother
,
my
now
Fellow-sufferer
,
who
indeed
did
commit
it
.
The
Deceased
had
two
Children
by
him
,
for
they
lived
as
Man
and
Wife
;
Words
arising
between
them
,
they
seem'd
to
be
reconciled
,
and
lay
down
on
the
Bed
,
drawing
the
Curtains
,
so
that
I
could
not
have
any
suspicion
of
an
ill
Intent
;
soon
after
I
heard
the
Woman
cry
,
but
I
took
no
notice
of
it
,
neither
did
I
know
that
she
was
Murthered
,
till
he
told
me
:
I
conceal'd
his
Crime
,
for
which
I
am
now
sorry
.
I
do
heartily
repent
of
my
Ill
Doings
:
I
desire
the
Prayers
of
all
good
People
,
and
desire
you
all
to
take
heed
of
Bad
Company
.
So
recommending
my
Soul
into
the
Hands
of
my
God
,
I
die
the
Unfortunate
.
Edward
Robinson
.
These
two
Speeches
,
so
different
about
the
Executioner
of
that
Barbarous
Murther
,
were
read
to
them
publickly
,
each
asserting
his
Paper
to
be
the
truest
Account
;
various
and
pressing
Arguments
were
used
to
perswade
them
to
agree
in
one
Relation
,
but
they
were
ineffectual
.
For
notwithstanding
what
was
said
to
them
,
they
continued
jarring
and
clashing
with
one
another
,
till
the
Cart
almost
drew
away
:
Nay
,
even
then
,
for
a
●●nute
or
more
,
Mr.
Cress
,
by
way
of
abhorrence
of
what
the
other
said
,
made
〈…〉
Motions
with
his
Trembling
Hands
towards
him
.
Dated
the
22d
of
December
,
1699.
John
Allen
,
Ordinary
.
ADVERTISEMENTS
.
JOHN
WATTS
(
Operator
in
Teeth
)
lives
at
the
Sign
of
the
Hand
and
Mouth
,
and
Kings-Arms
,
within
Three
Doors
of
Bride-Lane
,
Flett-street
,
he
draws
and
cleans
Natural-Teeth
,
(
sets
in
Artificial
ones
so
firm
and
exact
,
as
to
be
eat
on
,
and
not
discovered
by
any
person
whatever
from
Natural
;
)
likewise
sells
a
Powder
to
keep
Natural
Teeth
White
,
Firm
and
Sound
.
At
the
farthest
House
on
the
Left
Hand
,
in
Clare-Court
,
over-against
Russel-Court
in
Drury-Lane
,
Strand
.
GEntlemen
and
others
may
have
an
Interest
made
to
invest
them
in
Places
suitable
to
their
several
Qualities
and
Capacities
?
We
have
now
several
considerable
Places
,
in
Town
and
Country
to
dispose
off
,
most
to
be
acted
by
Deputies
:
We
have
also
several
of
a
lesser
value
(
viz.
80l
.
70l
.
60l
.
50l
.
40l
.
a
Year
Sallaries
)
for
those
that
Write
and
Cast
Accounts
well
:
We
also
speedily
and
faithfully
sollicite
all
sorts
of
Causes
depending
in
the
Courts
of
Law
and
equity
,
Treasury
,
Admiralty
,
Navy
Offices
.
We
Buy
and
Sell
Houses
Estates
Ground
Rents
,
&c.
all
Persons
who
apply
themselves
to
us
,
shall
have
no
reason
to
suspect
being
impos'd
upon
,
for
our
cheif
Undertaker
is
a
Gentleman
of
Quality
,
well
known
to
many
of
the
Principal
Nobility
and
Gentry
of
this
Kingdom
.
We
think
fit
to
inform
the
Publick
that
the
Original
of
this
Undertaking
in
England
,
was
Mr.
Alexander
Collins
Deceas'd
,
who
many
Years
succesfully
manag'd
it
at
St.
James's
for
the
continuation
of
it
,
for
the
Publick
good
,
the
Person
of
Honour
aforesaid
has
been
pleas'd
to
imploy
some
near
Relations
of
the
said
Mr.
Collins
who
manag'd
it
for
a
considerable
time
before
his
Decease
.
LONDON
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for
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.
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