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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25004	An Account of the confession and execution of Captain Vratz, Geo. Boraski, and John Sterne, who were this present Friday, being the tenth of March, executed at Pell-mall for the barbarous murther of Thomas Thynne, Esquire together with a particular relation of their behaviour in Newgate since their condemnation, and manner of their passing to the place of execution.		1682 (1682)	Wing A265; ESTC R4269	1,789	2

AN ACCOUNT Of the Confession and Execution OF Captain Vratz Geo. Boraski AND John Sterne Who were this present Friday being the Tenth of March Executed at Pell-mall for the Barbarous Murther of Thomas Thynne Esquire TOGETHER With a particular Relation of their Behaviour in Newgate since their Condemnation and manner of their passing to the place of Execution SInce the Condemnation of these Notorious Criminals they have been constantly Visited by many eminent Divines who have Religiously endeavoured to prepare them for their speedy End and to make them have a due sense of the State they are going to enter into by pressing several Pious and Religious Discourses to them importing the horridness of Bloud-guiltiness and how hainous a thing it is in the sight of God to shed Innocent Bloud endeavouring thereby to bring them to a true sensibleness of their approaching death On Sunday last the Reverend Doctor Burnet Preached to them and the other Prisoners and made a most excellent Sermon setting forth the nature of Sin and the dreadfulness of Hell and Damnation shewing them their danger of being irrecoverably and eternally lost and undone exhorting them to repent and mourn heartily for their sins As for their Behaviour since their Condemnation the Captain appeared for some days after his being Sentenced with no kind of seeming Concern but onely at the Manner of his Death declaring He had many times in Battel hazarded his Life with absolute Unconcernedness but his dying this Ignominious Death would leave a Stain upon his Posterity But upon hearing the Doctor preach it pleased God to set his sin so home upon his Conscience that he began to be somewhat more concerned than before whereupon the Doctor took the opportunity of his seeming Concernedness by farther instructing and directing him in the Work of Repentance and Faith so that it is hoped he is become a true Penitent and as a signal of it hath as 't is said confessed very considerable things to the Doctor in relation to the Murther for which he was Condemned Yesterday-morning there was a Dutch Minister with him w●o likewise took a great deal of pains to prepare him for the Reception o●●he blessed Sacrament at and after which he appeared very devout and penitent and spent the rest of the day in Meditation and Prayer and a serious Preparation for his Death the time of which he was made sensible of by a person who was sent to him for that purpose John Sterne the Lieutenant hath behaved himself very penitently ever since his Commitment and hath employed himself in writing as 't is thought the full Account of his being brought into this Tragedy as also a Relation of his former Life He has exprest a great sorrow for his being concerned in that Inhumane and Unmanly Murther declaring he never was concerned in any private Murther before but had many times hazarded his Life in the Field He was likewise extraordinarily affected with Dr. Burnet's Sermon making all outward signals of his sorrow and abhorrence of that great sin and all others which he had been guilty of heartily desiring all them which were Auditors to that most Excellent Discourse to continue their Prayers for him during that little time which he had to sojourn here Yesterday he received the holy Sacrament from the aforesaid Dutch Minister in a very devout and serious manner after which he continued praying for a considerable time and so continued to spend the remaining part of the day very much evidencing his sorrow for the barbarous Fact and heartily begging God forgiveness and that he would enable him to prepare his Soul for Eternity As for that unhappy person George Boraskie the person that gave the Mortal Wound at his first Commitment he seemed no way to be concerned being a fellow very ignorant and unlearned and trained up from his Youth to the time of his Taking a Souldier too many of whom seldom think on the God that made them or have any thoughts of Religion By reason of his not being able to understand one word of English he has been frequently prayed with in his own Dialect and seems now to be brought to some particular sense of his condition and as 't is said has likewise received the Sacrament Thus have we given you a true Account of their Behaviour since Commitment and now shall come to tell you the manner of their Conveyance to the place of Execution which was in Pell mall very neer the place where the horrid Murther was committed The Captain and Lieutenant were conveyed in a Coach from Newgate down the Old-baily through Fleet street and so along the Strand to the place of Execution The Captain was in a black Suit and an embroidered Cap on his head with a scarlet Ribbon round it And after them came the Polander They had a very strong Guard and a multitude of People following them All the Balconies in their passage were filled with Spectators When they came to the place of Execution they were taken out of the Coaches and put into Carts and after some short Speech and private Prayers they were all three executed according to their Sentence LONDON Printed for S. T. 1682.