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24 ever I was in his arms. For, oh! it was an adulterous bed indeed. Oh wretch! that King Edward! that ever I was betrayed by him! What floods of ſorrow have my ſins occafioned? Oh! learn from me, good people, to beware of vain delights; though they promiſe fair, they leave bitter ſtings behind them. Alas! you know my punishment is grievous in this world, and ſo it is, for I have endured a thouſand deaths in one; but now, my dying moments are come, I rejoice. Sincere repentance has ſecured my happineſs above. But O, where repentance is not given, what ſeas of torment rack the ſoul! O happy dung-hill, how do I embrace thee! From thee my pardoned ſoul ſhall ſoar to heaven, though here I leave this filthy carcaſe.

O that the name of Shore may be an antidote, to ſtop the poiſonous and ſoul contagion of raging luſt for ever.

J. Neilſon, printer.