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<HEAD>THE <HI>An Account of the Behaviour, Confe&s;&s;ion and la&s;t dying Speech of Sir</HI> John John&s;on, <HI>who was Exe|cuted at</HI> Tyburn, <HI>on</HI> Tue&s;day <HI>the</HI> 23d. <HI>day of</HI> December, anno Dom. 1690. <HI>For Stealing of Mrs.</HI> Mary Wharton, <HI>in Company of Captain</HI> James Campbel <HI>and</HI> Archibald Montgomery, <HI>&s;ince fled.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>O<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Tue&s;day</HI> Morning, about 11 a Clock, the Pri&s;oner was conveyed in a Mourning Coach to the place of Execution, attended by two worthy Divines of the <HI>Church of England,</HI> as al&s;o by one Gentleman, who was his Friend, be&s;ides a Hear&s;e to bring back the Body, in order to its being interred: Being put into a Cart, out of the Coach, he &s;pake to this effect,</P>
<P>Gentlemen, I &s;uppo&s;e you are not ignorant for what I am brought here to dye, which is for being Acce&s;&s;ary or Con&s;enting to the Stealing of Mrs. <HI>Mary Wharton,</HI> in company of Captain <HI>James Campbel,</HI> and one Mr. <HI>Mont|gomery:</HI> But, Gentlemen, I &s;aw nothing in the whole Affair but what I thought was Ju&s;tifiable by the Laws of this Kingdom, yet it hath plea&s;ed the Laws of this this Kingdom to find me Guilty; which Laws I was before ignorant of, as to this Ca&s;e. Gentlemen, I &s;hall not have time to talk of the Ignorance I have been bred up in, I never was bred at Court, neither have I been a Scholar but a Soldier, and indeed there is little Learn|ing to be found in &s;uch who have been bred in the Army.</P>
<P>Gentlemen, on <HI>Friday</HI> the 10th of <HI>November</HI> one Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> and Captain <HI>Campbel,</HI> came to my Lodg|ing, with an Hanch of Veni&s;on, and Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> told me, That it was to treat one Madam <HI>Bierly</HI> and her Daughter, Per&s;ons that I never &s;aw before; yet I was per&s;waded by them to be a Witne&s;s to this Marriage. Then we went to a Coffee-hou&s;e. and drank two Bot|tles of Mum, but &s;aid nothing material to this Point there, as I can remember of. Then we parted, and I met them both at a Coffee-hou&s;e near to Mr. <HI>Montgome|ry</HI>'s Lodging at 6 a Clock at Night, where was C. <HI>Camp|bel;</HI> a little after came in Mr. <HI>Montgomery,</HI> and clap'd his Hand on Captain <HI>Campbel</HI>'s Shoulder, &s;aying, The Bu&s;ine&s;s is done. Then about 9 a Clock, or a little after 8, I do not know exactly, Madam <HI>Bierly</HI>'s Coach came and carried them away. Then Capt. <HI>Campbel</HI> cal|led his Coach and 6 Hor&s;es, and ordered the Coachman to drive to <HI>Queen-&s;treet,</HI> and there it &s;topp'd; and the young Lady was brought into the Coach, and &s;he was very Voluntary, Frank and Free, and began to ask Capt. <HI>Campbel,</HI> If he was the &s;econd Brother of the Lord <HI>Argile?</HI> What his An&s;wer was I am not po&s;itive, but &s;he told him, That &s;he knew &s;everal of his Brothers, and that my Lord <HI>Argile</HI> was married to the Dutche&s;s of <HI>Lauderdale</HI>'s Daughter: And this made me think, That this mu&s;t have been with a Voluntary Con&s;ent, <HI>viz.</HI> to marry this Gentleman.</P>
<P>When we came to the Coachman's Hou&s;e (for I knew nothing where I was going) Capt. <HI>Campbel</HI> led her up Stairs, and &s;he went with all the Freedom that a Woman could, or is po&s;&s;ible to be expre&s;&s;ed: Then they came before the Par&s;on, and the Par&s;on declared in Court, That they them&s;elves &s;pake to her, That there &s;hould be no Force u&s;ed, but that &s;he did it wholly by her own Con&s;ent. Well, when the Ceremony came to be admini&s;tred, &s;he &s;poke the Words with &s;uch a loud Voice, that there was none in the Room but what could hear her: After this &s;he found &s;ome Fault with <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he Wed<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ng Ring, which was too big, &s;ays Cap. <HI>Camp|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">,</HI> I will have it changed: No, &s;ays &s;he, I will <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> for it is not lucky to change Wedding Rings <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ter &s;he had a Ribbon to make it le&s;s, and then <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> put it on again. Then we <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">upped; <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nd after Sup|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> the Par&s;on &s;aid, It is fit that we &s;hould pray before <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> go to Bed; &s;he &s;aid yes, with all her Heart, and the Par&s;on mad<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> very good Prayer. After this we undre&s;&s;ed the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">man, and by that time the Lady was in Bed we came in with him, and he went into Bed to her; and after the u&s;ual Ceremonies upon the&s;e occa|&s;ions were ended, we left them, and indeed I &s;aw no|thing in her Deportment but was frank and free, but for the inward Thoughts of her Heart, what they were I could not tell. In the Morning &s;he &s;aid that &s;he re&s;t|ed very well: Then, I think, I did advi&s;e her and the Company, That &s;he &s;hould write a Letter to her Aunt, that &s;he might not take care for her; &s;he took the Pen and Ink and writ the&s;e Words,</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Dear Aunt,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Pray be not troubled nor take no Care for me, for I am very well with my Husband Captain</HI> James Campbel, <HI>and in a &s;hort time I will bring him to wait upon you.</HI></P>
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<P>Then Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> asked her, if &s;he would dine at <HI>Pontacks;</HI> no, &s;ays &s;he, I had rather go to my new Lodging: Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> &s;aid, you had better go to <HI>Pontacks.</HI> Gentlemen, I think here is none here but knows <HI>Pontacks,</HI> it is one of the greate&s;t Ordinaries in <HI>England.</HI> We took Coach about 10 or 11 a Clock, Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> told her, That his Wife &s;hould come and dine with her; and, &s;ays he, drive to <HI>Pontacks</HI> and I will be with you pre&s;ently, and bring my Wife with me, but he did not come pre&s;ently, &s;o <HI>Pontack</HI> asked us if we would have the Dinner, becau&s;e it would be &s;poiled; &s;o we had it, and when we began to eat Mr. <HI>Monrgomery</HI> came in, and made his Apology, that his Wife could not come.</P>
<P>All <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">his while I perceived no alteration in her Beha|viour: So after Dinner they went and took a n<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> Lodging in <HI>Newgate-&s;treet,</HI> but I did not know of i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> afterwards; he was a great while gone; at la&s;t &s;he <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> What, hath Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> left me, and will not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Wife come near me? and then &s;he began to be a lit<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> concerned, but after &s;he was better, and then we went to her Loding in <HI>Newgate-&s;treet,</HI> and there was every thing in good Order, and we went to Cards at L<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">|tra-lue for 6d a Dozen; and then at Night it was <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">k'd her if &s;he would go to bed, and &s;he readily con&s;ent<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> This was the &s;econd Night, and I opened the Curtain and look'd upon her, and &s;aw nothing of any di&s;com|po&s;ure in her, but an equal Satisfaction in both their Faces.</P>
<P>The next Morning my Lord Chief Ju&s;tice's Order came out to take Mrs. <HI>Wharton,</HI> whereever &s;he could be had; then the Landlord told Captain <HI>Campbel</HI> of it, That there was a Me&s;&s;age came to him for his Wife: then it was after advi&s;ed that we &s;hould retire, and I put on my Cloaths and came down Stairs; and found Captain <HI>Campbel</HI> gone, and &s;he was dre&s;&s;ing her &s;elf, but I &s;aw no Concern in her; then I went to a Coffee-hou&s;e, and &s;moaked a Pipe, and then came back again, and found that &s;he was carried away. And Gentlemen, take notice of this, pray now, what &s;he &s;aid to the Landlord before &s;he went; <HI>'Tis true,</HI> &s;ays &s;he, <HI>that what I have done is by my own Con&s;ent, but, however, I cannot love him, and therefore will not live with him, b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> I will not hurt one Hair of any of their Heads.</HI> This the Gentleman, the Apothecary in <HI>Newgate &s;treet,</HI> told me him&s;elf. The next <HI>Sunday</HI> after this I &s;ent one Mr. <HI>A<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">re</HI> to my Landlord's Hou&s;e (meaning the Apotheca|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">s) to take me out &s;ome Linnen out of my Chamber; and he told me, when he came back, That there was none but the Maid at home: Then &s;ays I, I may go the more &s;afe, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ake out, &s;ome Linnen my &s;elf: So I went to the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">, and &s;aw my Landlord and Landl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|dy, who told <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> with all imaginable Expre&s;&s;ions
<PB REF="2">Kindne&s;s, That I &s;hould be &s;afe; but when I went in I was immediately taken by the Con&s;tables there. This is the Truth as near as I can &s;peak it. Gentlemen, I tell you, as I am a Dying Man, that I never &s;aw any thing done by Force, neither was there any Intentions to force any thing upon this Gentlewoman contrary to her own Inclinations: But indeed it is true I was a Stranger to the Laws of <HI>England,</HI> which &s;ays, <HI>That an Acce&s;&s;ary &s;hall be found Guilty as well as the Principal.</HI></P>
<P>Here he &s;topp'd a little, the Divines &s;peaking to him&mdash;then went on.</P>
<P>Gentlemen, I had forgot one thing until the&s;e Reve|rend Divines put me in mind of it: Mr. <HI>Montgomery</HI> told me, That he would a&s;&s;ure me there &s;hould no Damage fall upon me in the whole matter, when I was invited to the Wedding. I told him, That if I thought there were any Evil De&s;igns in it, I would &s;acrifice my &s;elf before I would have any Hand in it.</P>
<P>Now Gentlemen, give me leave to give you a little Hint of the Hard&s;hips that I have met with &s;ince my Impri&s;onment, though, by the way, I do not at all reflect upon the good Con&s;titutions of the Laws of this Land, nor upon the King, Judges nor Jury, but only to &s;ome Pa&s;|&s;ages that occurred upon my Tryal.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, When I was brought before the Judges, I &s;ub|pena'd in Mrs. <HI>C.</HI> and her Maid; who knew the thing before I knew of it, when I brought them in, as to be Witne&s;&s;es for me, they were immediately indicted and brought in as Criminals, &s;o that their Evidence could not avail any ways for me. And more, which is a lit|tle hard, the Coachman was brought in, and they Ac|quitted him to bring in his Wi&s;e a Witne&s;s again&s;t me, this is hard.</P>
<P>Now, Gentlemen, there is another Hard&s;hip, though not equivolent to this, When Mrs. <HI>Campbel</HI> was &s;ick, that was not taken notice of, but when <HI>Pontack</HI> was brought to witne&s;s, That there was no Force at all u&s;ed to this Lady, <HI>Pontack</HI> (I pray God forgive him, I freely and heartily do) then &s;aid, That he &s;aw a Di&s;|compo&s;ure in her Face: which I take God to witne&s;s, that I &s;aw no &s;uch thing, and when this Man came in, he declared quite contrary: Nay, the Serjeant at Law &s;tood up and &s;aid, What? I warrant you are a Scotch|man. Yes, &s;ays I. Yea, &s;ays he, I thought &s;o. So that I &s;ay, why &s;hould a Man meet with that Hard&s;hip becau&s;e he is a Stranger or an Outlandi&s;h Man? And I cannot call my &s;elf an Outlandi&s;h Man becau&s;e I am the King's Subject. I de&s;ire, Gentlemen, that you would take this as from a Dying Mad, I &s;peak it be|cau&s;e I would not bring a Di&s;grace upon my Family, and I de&s;ire that you would con&s;ider of all the Tryals that I have met with; not that I do (as I told you before) find any Fault, or any ways arraign the Con&s;titution of the Law or Ju&s;tice of the Nation, no I would not do that by any means.</P>
<P>And Sirs, in the Printed Papers they have wronged me, and have done me a great deal of Injury in them, for they accu&s;e me, that I &s;hould commit a Rape in <HI>Che&s;ter:</HI> Who did this I know not, God forgive them.</P>
<P>I will declare the Truth how it was. I was going to the Ca&s;tle at <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> in the Night-time, I found a Man and a Woman in the way, and I &s;aid to one of my Footmen, That it might be that tho&s;e were &s;ome of the Per&s;ons that had abu&s;ed my Sentry at their Po&s;ts, for my Sentry were wont to be much abu&s;ed, this pro|vok'd me to endeavour to &s;eize this Man, but I could not catch him, then I ordered my Sentry to take care of the Woman till Morning, le&s;t &s;he &s;hould be one of them that did abu&s;e my Sentries: The next Morning &s;he told me. That the Man ma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> Suit to her to Marry <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er; but &s;ome time after, about a Week or 10 Days, as I remember, but it was a more con&s;iderable time than the Laws of <HI>England</HI> provide in t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">at <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> for the Law &s;ays, <HI>That if a Woman is ravi&s;hed &s;he mu&s;t cry out,</HI> b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> this &s;he did not do for many Days after, till I was gon<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> to <HI>London,</HI> and then &s;he &s;wore a Rape again&s;t me. Whe<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> I heard of it I writ to my Lieutenant to bring in proo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> that I never did any &s;uch thing to her: After which <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> went to <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and finding it true, I ordered Po&s;t hor+&s;es to be made ready to come to complain to the King of the Inju&s;tice that I had done me in this Ca&s;e: The<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;he &s;aid, If &s;he had a little Money to carry her to <HI>Ire|land,</HI> &s;he would clear me in this Ca&s;e, and declare th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Truth; then I gave her 5 l. to declare the Truth, which &s;he gave under her Hand, and the next Day I pre&s;ented this to the Mayor, and I de&s;ired the Laws might be pu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> in execution again&s;t her, but &s;he was gone. Gentle men, this is Truth, concerning this Rape, that I nev<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> had any Hand in &s;uch a thing.</P>
<P>There is another thing out that they have thrown upon me, and that is, That I &s;hould be concerned i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;uch another thing as this in <HI>Holland:</HI> Gentlemen, there is one Mr. <HI>Sayers</HI> by name, Servant to one Mr. <HI>Swinford</HI> he was in the &s;ame Town with me, in <HI>&V;trecht,</HI> 6 Months he and many more will ju&s;tifie me as to this, That the World have injur'd me, and done me much wrong.</P>
<P>Gentlemen, I mu&s;t now exhort you to be careful for the Salvation of your own Precious Souls. Gentle|men, he that has been bred a Soldier has not lived &s;o &s;trict to the Rules of Chri&s;tianity as &s;ome other Men. I mu&s;t confe&s;s, <HI>That I have left undone tho&s;e things which I ought to have done; and I have done tho&s;e things which I ought not to have done:</HI> But however, Gentlemen, le<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> me intreat you, yea all of you, <HI>That you would remember your latter end;</HI> I pray God that none of you all may come to an untimely end; yet remember that you mu&s;t come to an End, your Time mu&s;t have a Period. I ble&s;s God my Life and Conver&s;ation has not been &s;o odi|ous and obnoxious to the World, nor, (I hope) in the Sight of God, but that I have Con&s;idence in his Mercy; and I hope that tho&s;e Divines that have bee<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> with me can ju&s;tifie, That there is nothing that hath come from me, but what hath proceeded from a true and a penitent Heart; and I beg that you would offer up your Prayers to the Throne of Grace for me, becau&s;e no Man can &s;ay that he does not want the Prayers o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Righteous, for God bids all Men <HI>to pray and not to faint.</HI></P>
<P>Well Gentlemen, he that made Heaven and Earth keep and defend you from all Misfortunes, from the Power of Death and Hell, and then you need not fear, for Chri&s;t is able to &s;ave to the uttermo&s;t, all that come to him, therefore offer up your Prayers, not only for your &s;elves, but for me who is a Dying Man.</P>
<P>Then the Mini&s;ters prayed with him, afterwards he prayed privately, without Book, for him&s;elf, then be read two Prayers out of a Book, entituled, <HI>A Form of Prayer for Pri&s;oners,</HI> and then he read the 51, and 10<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>P&s;alms;</HI> then he prayed again for him&s;elf, and after|wards &s;tood up, and put on his Cap him&s;elf; after the Rope was about his Neck and fa&s;tned to the Tree, he took his final Leave of all the Spectators in a mo&s;t humble manner, recommending them to the Merciful Protecti|on of Almighty God, de&s;iring the continuance of their Prayers to the la&s;t Breath, hoping they would be &s;o charitable as to joyn with him, becau&s;e the Prayers of the Faithful were of great Efficacy, and availed much.</P>
<P>And indeed in all his whole Deportment, from the Pri&s;on thither, end in the time of his being there, he behaved him&s;elf with great Humility towards God, and very exemplary towards all; which drew great La|mentations, and cau&s;ed much concernedne&s;s to appear in the Phy&s;iognomies of all that behold him.</P>
<P>After he had given the Signal the Cart drew away the Pri&s;oner praying to God, and holding up his Han<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">all time after &s;he Cart was gone away.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Langley <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Fleet-bridge.</HI> 1690.</P>
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