16 The Fortuns and Misfortunes
I aſked one of this crew, How long
ſhe hod been there; ſhe ſaid, for four
months; I ſeemed to lament for her.
What ſignifies being ſad, ſays ſhe, for
if I am hang'd there's an end of me,
and away ſhe turns, dancing and ſing-
ing as ſhe goes:
If I ſwing by the ſtring,
I ſhall hear the bell ring;
And that's an end of poor Fenney.
But my old tutoreſs did what ſhe
could to make me eaſy in this diſmal
place, and furniſhed me with beding,
and prevailed with my keeper to let me
have a ſmall place by myſelf, by giving
him ſome money, for there are no
favours to be got without it.
I lived many days here under the
utmoſt horror of foul; and the Ordi-
nary of Newgate come to me, and
talked a little to me, but all his divi-
nity ran upon confeſſing my crime,
and making a full diſcovery, without
which he told me, God would never
forgive me; and would preach con-
feſſion and repentance to me in the
morning, and I would find him drunk
with ſpirits by noon, which ſhocked
A bell that tolls on execution days.
