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A42664 The German princess revived, or, The London jilt being a true account of the life and death of Jenney Voss, who, after she had been transported for being concerned with Sadler about eight years past stealing my Lord Chancellors mace, published from her own confession. 1684 (1684) Wing G613; ESTC R7709 8,930 8

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told him he had another Favour to beg which was that when he came with his Kinsman he might be put out of the House so as no notice might be taken of him by his Kinsman who if he see he was about to leave him would very unwillingly part with him which the Doctor likewise promised Having thus laid the matter the next Morning he goes to the Goldsmith and desires him to let his Servant go with him and carry the Plate and he should have his Money which the Goldsmith consented to and accordingly the Servant went with him to the Doctors where taking the Plate of him ' he left him walking below whilest he goes up to the Doctor whom he acquainted that he had brought his Kinsman desiring his Care and that he might be set out at the Back Door which he was directed to and so got off with the Plate leaving the Apprentice to be Blouded and Drenched by the Doctor who apprehended him all the while in a great Distraction the Young man talking of nothing but Money and Plate which the Doctor took to be his Ravings and accordingly bound him in his Bed and used the means he thought proper for his Recovery till the Goldsmith coming to Inquire after him discovered the Cheat. Thus far Jenny had pretty well prospered in her Affairs now and then only clapp'd up into Newgate and discharged the next Sessions Till at length having contrived with Sadler the Stealing my Lord Chancellors Mace some part of the same in the Search was found under her Bed For which Fact being together with Sadler Arraigned she was found Guilty but by the Favour of the Court obtained to be Transported as soon after she was and accordingly served her time Beyond Sea during which time she could not forget her old Pranks but used not only to Steal her self but incited all others that were her fellow Servants to Pilfer and Cheat what they could from their Master so that he was glad to be rid of her and the rather for that she had wheadled in a Son of the Planters who used to Lye with her and supply her with Moneys which she was always averse to the want of After her time was out she came again for England and quickly found many of her Old Comerades with whom she continually associated resolving not to leave those Courses she had been all her Life bred in And here I might recound a multitude more of her Robberies which this little sheet cannot croud in and for which reason I must omitt a journey she made to Ireland and a Voyage to Holland in both which Places she plaid her part so cunningly that she came off with grear Booties Particularly in Holland where amongst other things she cheated a Dutch Merchant of 3 Great Diamonds and a Pearle Neck-lace to a considerable Vallue But to hasten to her End which drew near Comeing to London she gets in with one Robinson who was hanged some 4 or 5 Sessions past for S●ealing of a Horse and either taking one anothers word or makeing a Westminster Wedding of it they lay and companied together till Newgate and the Gallows sued out their Divorce For Jenny haveing stollen a Silver Tankard from one John Warren of St. Olive Silver-street in the Parish of Cripplegate on the 19 th day of March last was found guilty of the said Fact on the 10 th day of April 1684. And should then have recieved Sentence of Death but that she pleaded her Belly The better to colour which and make the Jury of Women believe she was quick with Child tho indeed she was not she Drank about a Gallon of New-A●e and Honey and so deceived them hopeing in this time to gain her Pardon tho she could not accomplish the same there being no place found for Mercy where so great and Notorious a Criminal was concerned Wherefore at the last Sessions in December she was Sentenced upon the former Indictment and on the 19 th of the said Month Executed at Tyburn At her Death she seemed to Bewail her former Life and grieved that she had been the Cause of many Persons falling into Bad Courses which had lead them to untimely Ends For according to Report no less than 18 who had been her Reputed Husbands or Friends had suffered for their Robberies Entred according to Order LONDON Printed by George Croom at the Blue-Ba●l in Thames-street over against Baynard's Castle 1684.