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 one, ſo much, that I began to nauſeate the man more than his work. At the ſeſſions when my trial came on, pleaded Not Guilty to the in- dictment, but was found guilty of felony, and received ſentence of death accordingly. So concerned was my poor gover- neſs, that having repented herſelf of her ſins, ſhe ſent me a reverend cler- gymnan, who exhorted me ſeriouſly to repent of all my ſins, and to daily no longer with my ſoul, and not to myſelf with the hopes of life; which he faid he was informed that there was no room to expect, and was very ſerious with me, in explaining the terms of divine mercy, &c. In ſhort, I ſoon became ſo taken with his ex- hortations and diſcourſes, that I could have wiſhed to have heard him con- ſtantly, he indeed never failed to vi- ſit me once every day, excebting the day immediately before the day ap- pointed for my execution, which great- ly diſcouragod me; however, about four o'clock in the afternoon he cal- led at me, who I received with great joy and, after his making a ſhort