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A01868 The adultresses funerall day in flaming, scorching, and consuming fire, or, The burning downe to ashes of Alice Clarke, late of Vxbridge in the county of Middlesex, in West-smith-field on Wensday the 20 of May, 1635 for the unnaturall poisoning of Fortune Clarke her husband a breviary of whose confession taken from her owne mouth is here unto annexed, as also what she sayd at the place of her execution / by her daily visiter H.G. in life and death ; and now published by authority and commaund. Goodcole, Henry, 1586-1641. 1635 (1635) STC 12009; ESTC S2691 8,459 18

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no fitting guest for the Table of the Lord Iesus thereupon I made as though I would have excluded her thence in denying the benefit of the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ inferring the benefit of the unspeakeable blesse by the worthy receiving of it by Repentance and Faith and the most woefull malediction to all impenitent and unworthy receivers Whereupon it pleased God so to mollifie her heart that teares from her eyes and truth from her tongue proceeded as may appeare by this her ensuing Confession at the very Stake where she was executed unto Mr. Cordall She riffe of London relating the same with as loud and audible a voice as possible she could that many others besides there present were also witnesses of such her ensuing Confession First she confessed that Henry White who was arraigned as a party with her consenting unto her Husbands death did give unto her one Ascension day in the after noon foure brasse tokens advising her therewith to goe and buy one penyworth of Mercury and give it unto her Husband saying if that her husband were dead she should live more quietly and contentedly with him after such his death that he the said White would marry with her whereupon she went unto Vxbridge and that afternoone bought the Mercury Secondly shee confessed that her Master got her with childe a yeare since which was her overthrow and mediated for the Marriage betweene her and her Husband whom shee could not love nor no way affect By her Masters perswasion who sent her up to London to be Married and payed the costs thereof and further promised her maintenance during her life if she did condescend unto his desiers which were most unlawfull dishonest and unchaste before and after her Marriage with Fortune Clarke her Husband Thirdly shee confessed that one of Hillinden inticed her to run away from her Husband with him beyond the Seas and that she did lodge in that mans house and lay with him a whole fortnight and speaking unto him of her Husband that shee would not forsake him hee thereupon advised her to pop him up with white bread and milke and to put some thing else into it to choak or stuffe up his throat Fourthly she confessed for the Mercury which she bought shee intended it unto her Husband but having no conuenient opportunity to dispose of it she put it into her sleeve which her Husband as she said tooke it out of her hand and then being over charged with drink he immediatly swallowed it down which she perceiving was thereat so perplexed that she uttred these words unto her Husband that he had undone both him selfe and her And heere give me leave to note unto the World what a deale of comfort she found after shee had disburdned her loaded conscience by confession beeing demaunded at the same instant of her death yea or nay that after such her confession shee was by it the better prepared unto death with comfort and willingnesse to suffer the same Shee thus replyed with harty thankefulnesse unto God that shee had better resolutions unto death then formerly she had and by her countenance which was very ruddy confirmed her inward new begotten chearfulnesse and that with harty prayer and sweet tone of voice surrenderd her soule into the hands of the Lord Iesu who will have mercy on whom he will have mercy unto whom wee all stand and fall Heere is nothing contained in her confession but that which true and what she uttered with her owne mouth which I was a witnesse off H. Goodcole FINIS