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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33284	The true confession of Margret Clark, who consented to the burning of her masters Mr. Peter Delanoy's house in Southwark delivered in prison to many witnesses a little before her death, and confirmed by her self at the place of execution, by answering all the questions then put to her by the reverend and worthy divine, Dr. Martin ...	Clark, Margaret, d. 1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4482; ESTC R13559	3,624	10

THE TRUE CONFESSION OF Margret Clark Who Consented to the Burning of her Masters Mr. PETER DELANOY's House in Southwark Delivered in Prison to many Witnesses a little before her Death And confirmed by her self at the Place of Execution by answering all the Questions then put to her by the Reverend and Worthy Divine Dr. Martin now Minister at St. Saviours Southwark Published for General Satisfaction LONDON Printed and are to be sold by Joseph Collier at the Bible on London-bridg under the Gate 1680. The True CONFESSION OF MARGARET CLARK WHO Consented to the Burning of her Masters House in SOVTHWARK c. I Margret Clark being shortly to suffer Death for that which I have deserved and am much humbled for and desire to lye low before God under the sense of my own Guilt do give the World an Account of the truth of my Case for I would not be guilty of a Lye now I am to appear before my Judge within a few minutes Therefore I do say aud shall declare the Truth of the matter as I shall answer it before my Lord and Judge Upon the 26 th of January John Satterthwait came to me as I was going out of my Masters Gate and did desire me to tell him whether my Master and Mistriss were at home And I answered him no and he told me that he hoped he should have an opportunity to speak with me for he had something to say And I answered him if he had any thing to say I should be so civil to give him the hearing when I had time for then I was in haste Then he came on the next day with the same Request and I returned the same Answer Then the Third time being Wednesday he came again and used great Importunity and expressed some kindnesses as if he had been a Suitor and prevailed with me to go into the Burrough with him to an Alehouse where were two Men more of his company and after some little time of discourse he propounded to me this wicked and horrid Design which I was to have been ingaged in with them that is to let them into my Masters House to set it on Fire and for a Reward they promised me Two thousand pounds which Sum I was to receive at the Fleece-Tavern in Holborn inquiring for a Room in the said Tavern called the Figure Nine Then coming out of the Alehouse they would fain have had me away with them saying Come let us take Coach and go into Fleetstreet for said they there we have a Priest of ours who Lodges at a Grocers that shall Confess you and give you the Sacrament I told him I could not possibly go then So this John Satterthwait went homewards with me almost to my Masters Gate and as we went along he charged me that I should not divulge it to any person in the world living for if I did I should certainly dye for it and that quickly in this world and be damn'd in the other Then he came on the next day and gave me the same charge to keep it secret And then on Saturday he came and inquired of me the best time that he might come to do this most horrid and devilish Action saying Would not four or five of the Clock be a good time and I said Yes Accordingly he came and conveyed himself into the Dye-house or thereabouts while Nine or Ten of the Clock that evening about which time the Fire was discovered whereupon with the fear and dread he had put upon me I did deny it to the company that came in to quench it but after that he was there whom I saw amongst the rest of the company but I had much horrour upon my Conscience and after some short time I confest the whole Crime for which I now dye And my Examination before Justice Reading and Justice Freeman was all true And this I affirm and do desire all Protestants to believe that John Satterthwait kindled those three Fires in my Masters House First in the Dye-house by the Pump secondly in the Buttery and thirdly in the Garret which last Fire he kindled whilest the People were putting out the other And I do declare in the words of a dying Maid that I was under great trouble of Conscience and was many times about discovering it but could not Satans Temptations and the wickedness of my own heart did so much prevail with me Oh that covetous design of gaining the Moneys was that which I desire all who read these Lines which I have writ to beware of I saw him among the People in the House very busie and I made signs at him to discover him but the people being in a great hurry did not mind the things I then said to them I do also think in my conscience that if my Master had examined me I should have declared the whole matter for I gave out often suspicious words of my fear of Fire and on the Friday before this happened I went out to a friends house and there I was so afflicted and troubled in my mind that they took notice of it and one that went with me thither was importunate with me to know the reason of my trouble but the Devil had so subtilly ingag'd my wicked heart that I could not tell him But to pass by my Conviction and Imprisonment which you have all heard of and to come to this one thing which fell out in the time of my Confinement in Prison which I bless God for rather than that my most Loving and Honoured Master with I know not how many others should have suffered by my wicked compliance with that Man that which I speak of is this When I had been about three weeks in Prison I was then walking in the Yard having that liberty granted me by the Jaylor there John Satterthwait look'd out of a Window and said to me Are you there I wish I could come to you I would spoil your telling of Tales but I gave him no answer neither do I desire his hurt or death but beg of God while I am here in this world Repentance for him and oh that God would give him a sense of these his great Sins both in tempting me and his designing the ruine of many Thousands of Families I can say before the Lord I desire not his Death it would have been but a poor relief for me to have had him dyed with me But this I must and will declare before I go hence and am no more seen That John Satterthwait though he was clear'd by the Jury was Guilty as I said before that is of making those three Fires and I only did consent and let him in Now I would not have you to think that I have written this to lessen or excuse my own fault I deserve Death nay a worser Death for consenting to so horrid a wickedness even eternal Death But now I hope that through the Merits of Jesus Christ alone not trusting to my own Works or Pardons from Men as I fear the Papists do depend upon to be saved from Eternal Fire and that I shall be justified freely by his Grace through the Redemption which he hath purchased with his own blood Whereas there is a Report that is gone commonly about that I had stol'n many of my Masters things as Plate c. I think it fit now I am to dye to give the World an Account of what I then took the things which I had then put into my Box was a little Tape Lace and other frivolous things which now makes me wonder why I then put them up for I might have put up Jewels and Plate which was under my Charge to the value of some Hundreds of pounds but as to the carrying out of a Box which I was met with it is a most false report for I was so full of horror and trouble of Conscience that I did not then think of my Box. And now I desire all that read these Lines would consider and have a great care how they break the Lords Day for my neglecting thereof was the first step to my downfall and I desire this downfall of mine may be a warning to all young Men and Maids Oh! let them be content with the places that God by his Providence places them in and not covet after great things as I have done and so err from the Rule and have a care of Pride and a worldly mind for this I say Pride and Sabbath-breaking hath been my downfall and I earnestly beg of you for the Lords sake and for your Souls sake to let these Lines and my bad Example be a warning to you Alas I did once enjoy the means of Grace and have lived in good Families yea he against whom I committed this great offence is a very Worthy good Man Oh! I did once frequent the Worship of God and took delight in it and thought I understood something of the Excellency of Christ and the worth of my own Soul but a little before I fell into this Sin I neglected the Worship of God and those precious hours upon the Lords day which formerly I had spent well And thus I have fallen foully and have offended God and Man and my horrible Sin hath made me a publick spectacle to the world I pray all whom I have offended in it for Gods sake to forgive me and I forgive all men that have offended me especially I desire to forgive this John Sattarthwait that hath brought me to this untimely and shameful Death which I hope is brought upon me for my good for surely I have obtained Mercy and am joyful to think of my going hence I long to be dissolv'd and to be with Christ even so come Lord Jesus and receive me an unworthy Soul MARGRET CLARK A further Account of her Behaviour in Prison and what she delivered at her Execution the Reader will have a fuller Narrative in a few days with the Names of those Worthy Persons who were Eye and Ear-witnesses of the whole Narrative FINIS