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None of which, I hear, are now living, two others, viz. George Wilſon and Thomas Oughterlaney, were reſpited from Execution, till his Majeſty’s Pleaſure ſhould be known; the former dy’d abroad, and the latter came Home, and received his Majeſty’s Pardon; the Account of the whole ſtands thus,

Acquitted,		74
Executed,		52
Reſpited,		2
To Servitude,		20
To the Marſhalſea,		17
Kill'd $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	in the Ranger,	10
	in the Fortune,	3
Dy'd $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	in the Paſſage to Cape Corſo,	15
	afterwards in the Caſtle,	4
Negroes in both Ships,		70
Total, 276

I am not ignorant how acceptable the Behaviour and dying Words of Malefactors are to the generallity of our Countrymen, and therefore ſhall deliver what occurr’d, worthy of Notice, in the Behahaviour of theſe Criminals.

The firſt ſix that were called to Execution, were Magnes, Moody, Sympſon, Sutton, Aſhplant, and Hardy; all of them old Standers and notorious Offenders: When they were brought out of the Hold, on the Parade, in order to break off their Fetters, and fit the Halters; none of them, it was obſerved, appeared the leaſt dejected, unleſs Sutton, who ſpoke faint, but it was rather imputed to a Flux that had ſeiz’d him two or three Days before, than Fear. A Gentleman, who was Surgeon of the Ship, was ſo charitable at this Time, to offer himſelf in the room of an Ordinary, and repreſented to them, as well as he was able, the Heinouſneſs of their Sin, and Neceſſity which lay on them of Re-