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of death, O Lord reward my benefactors in ⟨this⟩ place for the charitable acts towards my soul ⟨and⟩ my body, during my imprisonment; O God forgive my enemies, this I heartily wish for, as ⟨I⟩ hope for mercy at thy hand through the merit of thy Dear Son Jesus Christ, on whom thou ⟨are⟩ well pleased; O be well pleased with my soul ⟨for⟩ his sake, for I have no righteousness but his, ⟨I⟩ have no trust but in him; and now if I perish ⟨let⟩ it be at the feet of my Redeemer where never ⟨one⟩ perished; O that sweet passage of God’s ⟨word.⟩ Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, I ⟨see⟩ my sins more greivous in mine own eyes, and ⟨I⟩ am heartily sorry for they are many, I abhor ⟨myself⟩ for my wickedness, for my ignorance and ⟨revengefulness⟩ of my proud haughty heart ⟨which⟩ caused me to return the second time to do ⟨wrong⟩ to my master, who always did justice to me ⟨which⟩ I own I did not do to him. All the ⟨reflections⟩ have against any, is that some person ⟨published⟩ that I carried false keys, which I solemnly ⟨declare⟩ I never did, the Lord forgive them for the ⟨falsehoods⟩ which they told concerning me. I own ⟨I⟩ have been a thief in taking away some ⟨trifling⟩ things; and what I did in breaking into the ⟨house⟩ of my master was to be revenged of the ⟨affront⟩ they put upon me in this place, I being ⟨whipped⟩ by the hangman. I warn all men and ⟨women⟩ never to give way to revenge, but rather apply ⟨to⟩ God who knows all things; For Revenge is ⟨mine⟩ saith the Lord, and I will repay it again. It ⟨is⟩ the folly and madness of many, and me also, ⟨when⟩ they have done so, and come to suffer; for ⟨when⟩ they are asked why they did so, they will answer
