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         Elestone, Sarah, d. 1678.
      
       
         
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             The last speech and confession of Sarah Elestone at the place of execution who was burned for killing her husband, April 24. 1678. With her deportment in prison since her condemnation. With allowance.
             Elestone, Sarah, d. 1678.
          
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           THE
           LAST
           
             Speech
             and
             Confession
          
           OF
           Sarah
           Elestone
           At
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           :
           Who
           was
           BURNED
           FOR
           
             Killing
             her
             Husband
             ,
             April
             24.
             1678.
             
          
        
         
           
             With
             her
             Deportment
             in
             Prison
             since
             her
             Condemnation
             .
          
        
         
           
             With
             Allowance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Printed
             for
          
           T.
           D.
           1678.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Last
           Speech
           and
           Confession
           of
           
             Sarah
             Elstone
             ,
             &
             ,
          
        
         
           
             DId
             we
             not
             make
             our selves
             miserable
             ,
             God
             is
             so
             merciful
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             would
             make
             us
             happy
             ;
             but
             when
             we
             with
             high
             and
             presumptions
             hands
             ,
             violate
             the
             laws
             of
             nature
             and
             Grace
             ,
             of
             Earth
             and
             Heaven
             ,
             in
             murthering
             those
             whom
             through
             duty
             and
             affection
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             obey
             ,
             honour
             ,
             cherish
             and
             preserve
             :
             Then
             we
             need
             not
             marvel
             because
             we
             first
             forsook
             God
             that
             he
             afterwards
             abandoneth
             us
             to
             our selves
             and
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             fruits
             thereof
             ,
             misery
             ,
             Infamy
             ,
             and
             Pardition
             :
             And
             that
             we
             may
             see
             humane
             cruelty
             to
             be
             justly
             met
             with
             and
             punished
             by
             Gods
             upright
             and
             divine
             justice
             .
          
           
           
             A
             terrible
             instance
             we
             have
             here
             before
             us
             ;
             we
             see
             a
             wretched
             Wife
             guilty
             of
             the
             death
             of
             her
             own
             Husband
             .
             A
             sad
             and
             execrable
             Fact
             ,
             for
             the
             which
             we
             see
             her
             rewarded
             with
             condign
             punishment
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             sharp
             and
             infamous
             death
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             deplorable
             as
             deserved
             :
             It
             is
             so
             bitter
             ,
             unhumane
             ,
             and
             bloody
             a
             Fact
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             needs
             draw
             tears
             from
             our
             eyes
             if
             we
             have
             any
             room
             for
             pity
             or
             piety
             .
          
        
         
           
             IN
             
               Three-Faulken-Court
               ,
            
             over
             against
             St.
             
               Margarets-hill
               ,
            
             in
             
               Southwark
               ,
            
             lately
             lived
             one
             
               Sarah
               Elestone
               ,
            
             the
             late
             Wife
             of
             
               Thomas
               Elestone
               ,
            
             a
             Felt-maker
             :
             a
             man
             very
             laborious
             in
             his
             calling
             ,
             aged
             about
             forty
             years
             ,
             and
             his
             Wife
             forty-six
             years
             old
             :
             they
             lived
             many
             years
             very
             contentedly
             ,
             she
             assisting
             him
             in
             his
             calling
             in
             what
             she
             was
             able
             :
             till
             such
             time
             as
             falling
             into
             the
             acquaintance
             of
             some
             lewd
             women
             ,
             she
             was
             drawn
             to
             commit
             that
             filthy
             sin
             of
             drunkenness
             ▪
             which
             after
             a
             little
             practising
             of
             it
             ,
             she
             became
             harden'd
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             learn'd
             to
             swear
             by
             her
             Maker
             and
             to
             prophain
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             and
             hate
             good
             men
             ;
             such
             an
             alteration
             there
             was
             perceived
             in
             her
             ,
             that
             several
             of
             her
             Husbands
             acquaintance
             desired
             him
             to
             do
             all
             that
             he
             could
             to
             reclaim
             her
             ,
             telling
             him
             also
             that
             it
             was
             his
             duty
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             hoped
             God
             would
             turn
             her
             from
             these
             evil
             courses
             ,
             but
             he
             for
             his
             part
             could
             do
             no
             good
             with
             her
             ,
             for
             she
             was
             so
             obstinate
             ,
             that
             the
             more
             he
             said
             to
             her
             the
             worse
             she
             was
             :
             so
             that
             seeing
             he
             could
             not
             prevail
             by
             fair
             means
             ,
             he
             sought
             some
             other
             way
             ,
             as
             keeping
             her
             bare
             of
             money
             ,
             but
             then
             she
             run
             him
             in
             debt
             ,
             and
             took
             up
             money
             at
             the
             Tally-shops
             ,
             he
             having
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             told
             them
             if
             they
             trusted
             her
             any
             more
             he
             would
             not
             pay
             them
             :
             upon
             which
             she
             resolved
             of
             another
             
             way
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             sell
             her
             goods
             ,
             which
             she
             did
             by
             degrees
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             scarce
             a
             Chair
             to
             sit
             on
             ,
             or
             a
             bed
             to
             lye
             on
             .
             This
             so
             perplexed
             her
             Husband
             ,
             that
             he
             resolved
             to
             beat
             her
             out
             of
             this
             wicked
             course
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             end
             did
             sometimes
             chastize
             her
             with
             blows
             ,
             which
             she
             was
             not
             wanting
             to
             repay
             :
             so
             much
             was
             their
             fury
             sometimes
             ,
             that
             their
             neighbours
             hath
             been
             forced
             to
             part
             them
             at
             all
             hours
             in
             the
             night
             .
             In
             this
             like
             manner
             they
             lived
             for
             some
             years
             ,
             which
             so
             troubled
             and
             disturbed
             the
             patience
             of
             the
             man
             ;
             that
             oft
             he
             hath
             been
             heard
             to
             wish
             himself
             dead
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             had
             been
             buried
             alive
             that
             day
             he
             was
             married
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             wicked
             and
             graceless
             soul
             would
             many
             times
             in
             cold
             blood
             threaten
             him
             ,
             that
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             she
             would
             kill
             him
             ;
             which
             proved
             to
             be
             too
             true
             ,
             for
             she
             having
             been
             out
             with
             her
             Gossips
             ,
             and
             having
             got
             a
             cup
             too
             much
             as
             it
             was
             thought
             ,
             comes
             and
             finds
             her
             husband
             at
             work
             ;
             she
             demands
             some
             money
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             withall
             tells
             him
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             will
             not
             give
             her
             some
             presently
             she
             would
             be
             the
             Death
             of
             him
             ;
             he
             seeing
             her
             in
             that
             condition
             ,
             took
             her
             and
             thrusts
             her
             down
             stairs
             ,
             and
             shuts
             the
             door
             ,
             and
             to
             work
             again
             ;
             within
             a
             little
             time
             after
             when
             he
             thought
             her
             heat
             was
             over
             ,
             he
             goes
             down
             in
             his
             shift
             as
             he
             was
             at
             work
             ,
             intending
             to
             drink
             ;
             she
             meets
             him
             at
             the
             stairs
             foot
             ,
             and
             with
             one
             side
             of
             a
             pair
             of
             sheers
             gave
             him
             a
             mortal
             wound
             on
             the
             breast
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             immediately
             dyed
             ,
             upon
             which
             she
             presently
             fled
             :
             Her
             Husband
             being
             quickly
             found
             ,
             Hue
             and
             Cry
             was
             made
             after
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             night
             about
             twelve
             a
             clock
             she
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Old-street
             Watch
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             confessed
             the
             fact
             ,
             she
             had
             her
             Tryal
             at
             the
             
               Marshalses
            
             at
             the
             Assizes
             ,
             beginning
             on
             the
             22
             day
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             last
             past
             ,
             where
             she
             was
             condemned
             by
             Law
             to
             be
             burn'd
             to
             ashes
             for
             this
             horrid
             and
             bloody
             crime
             :
             After
             sentence
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             was
             past
             ,
             she
             begged
             some
             time
             to
             sit
             and
             prepare
             her self
             ,
             which
             was
             granted
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             two
             other
             Malefactors
             .
             Dureing
             her
             imprisonment
             she
             hath
             had
             several
             Ministers
             to
             visit
             her
             who
             laid
             open
             the
             haniousness
             of
             her
             sins
             ,
             especially
             that
             of
             Murther
             :
             She
             for
             the
             most
             part
             seemed
             but
             little
             concerned
             ,
             many
             times
             talking
             of
             other
             things
             when
             they
             prayed
             for
             her
             ,
             but
             a
             day
             or
             two
             before
             her
             Execution
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             awaken
             her
             and
             to
             discover
             her
             sins
             unto
             her
             ,
             and
             the
             need
             she
             stood
             in
             of
             an
             interest
             in
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             :
             often
             Remembring
             that
             saying
             in
             
               Gen.
            
             9.
             
             
               Chapter
               .
            
             6.
             
             
               Verse
               ▪
               Whoso
               sheddeth
               Mans
               Blood
               ,
               by
               Man
               shall
               his
               Blood
               be
               shed
               :
               for
               in
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               made
               he
               Man
               :
            
             And
             
               Numbers
            
             the
             35.
             
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             33
             Verse
             .
             
               Ye
               shall
               not
               pollute
               the
               Land
               wherein
               you
               are
               ,
               for
               blood
               it
               defileth
               the
               Land
               :
               and
               the
               Land
               cannot
               be
               cleansed
               of
               the
               blood
               that
               is
               shed
               therein
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               blood
               of
               them
               that
               shed
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Which
             made
             her
             the
             willinger
             to
             dye
             ,
             finding
             that
             it
             was
             according
             both
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             :
             and
             hoping
             that
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             would
             have
             mercy
             on
             her
             poor
             sinful
             Soul
             :
             Now
             she
             loved
             good
             men
             ,
             good
             discourse
             ,
             and
             often
             cryed
             out
             what
             should
             she
             do
             to
             be
             saved
             :
             when
             she
             came
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             and
             beheld
             the
             Fagots
             ,
             she
             cryed
             ,
             O
             Lord
             for
             Jesus
             sake
             let
             this
             be
             my
             last
             burning
             :
             O
             that
             God
             would
             give
             me
             an
             assurance
             of
             the
             pardon
             of
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             blot
             out
             the
             black
             lines
             of
             my
             sins
             with
             the
             Red
             lines
             of
             Christs
             blood
             .
             Her
             last
             words
             were
             to
             exhort
             all
             good
             people
             to
             fear
             God
             ,
             
             to
             keep
             the
             Sabbath-day
             ,
             to
             refrain
             idle
             company
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             care
             how
             they
             take
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             Thus
             with
             a
             few
             Ejaculatory
             Prayers
             ,
             she
             concluded
             with
             that
             saying
             in
             
               Galatians
            
             the
             5.
             
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             the
             26
             Verse
             .
             
               Let
               us
               not
               be
               desirous
               of
               vain
               glory
               ,
               provoking
               one
               another
               ,
               envying
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             Having
             thus
             said
             ,
             the
             Executioner
             doing
             his
             Office
             ,
             stopped
             the
             Atropos
             of
             her
             Speech
             ,
             and
             her
             body
             was
             consumed
             to
             ashes
             in
             the
             Flames
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
           
        
      
    
     
  

