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miserable pity should be shewn. I am now putting a period to a miserable life; a life that I have been long weary of. Nor, would I desire to live in the splendour, pomp, and glory of Edward's court. No, I am happier now on the dung-hill, than ever I was in his arms. For, oh! it was and an adulterous bed indeed. Oh, wretch! that King Edward! that ever I was betrayed by him! What floods of sorrow have my sins occasioned? 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 grievious 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 antidote, to stop the poisonous and foul contagion of raging lust for ever.

END OF JANE SHORE.