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Rh his companion at Knowl, a little village in that country. After evidences given against him, he was found guilty of man-ſlaughter, and condemned to die: But, the next morning the Act of Oblivion being ſent, acquitted all former offenders, only the indictment for high treaſon againſt the State, and for that fact he was carried to Worceſter, and therefore drawn, hanged and quartered, on Friday, September 15, 1652.

Am in haſte, good friends, yet cannot chuſe But ſtay one moment juſt to tell you news. Dame Honeſty to-day, but wondrous poor, Wrapp'd in rags, came mumping to my door. What tatter'd manlkin have we here, ſaid I; Poor Honeſty, ſaid ſhe, both cold and dry. Then Honeſty, ſaid I, pray go your ways, I ne'er got three-pence by thee in my days; I might have ſtarv'd, long ſince, for thee, Now thou wanteſt, thou may'ſt ſtarve for me. The ſqueamiſh gipſy preſently took ſnuff, And turn'd her back upon me in a huff; Whether the rambled heaven knows for me, She's not among you there, as I can ſee? If in the audience ſhe has ſtole a place, And durſt in play-houſe ſhew her honeſt face, Amongſt the ladies ſure ſhe muſt appear, But faith and troth I cannot ſee her there: