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116 WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
to the poor animals, it certainly cannot be thought too
severe a punishment for such a monster of iniquity, as
could calmly proceed in acquiring a fortune by the deli-
berate murder of such numbers of harmless innocents.
The above story is strictly true in every part of it, and
as well known in Paris, as those of Mary Blandy, or Eliz.
Jefferies in England.
AN INSTANCE Or GRATITUDE.
SlR William Fitzwillians the elder, being a merchant’
taylor, and servant sometimes to cardinal Woolsey, was
chosen alderman of Broadstreet ward in London, 1506,
Going afterwards to dwell at Milan in Northamptonshire,
in the fall of the cardinal, his former master, he gave
him kind entertainment at bis house in the country; for
which, being called before the kina’, and demanded how
he durst entertain so great an enemy to the state? His
answer was, “ That he had not contemptuously, or wil-
fully done it; but only because he had been his master,
and partly the means of his greatest fortunes.” The king
was so well pleased with his answer, that, saying himself
had few such servants, be immediately knighted him, and
afterwards made him one of his privy-council.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
A DUTCH seaman being condemned to death, his pun-
ishment was changed, and he was ordered to be left at
St. Hellenes island. This unhappy person representing
to himself the horror of that solitude, fell upon a resolution
to attempt the strangest action that ever was heard of.
There had that day been interred in the same island ah
officer of the ship: the seaman took up the body out of
the coffin; and having made a kind of rudder of the upper
board, ventured himself to sea in it, It happened for-
tunately to him to be so great a calm that the ship lay
immoveable
to the poor animals, it certainly cannot be thought too
severe a punishment for such a monster of iniquity, as
could calmly proceed in acquiring a fortune by the deli-
berate murder of such numbers of harmless innocents.
The above story is strictly true in every part of it, and
as well known in Paris, as those of Mary Blandy, or Eliz.
Jefferies in England.
AN INSTANCE Or GRATITUDE.
SlR William Fitzwillians the elder, being a merchant’
taylor, and servant sometimes to cardinal Woolsey, was
chosen alderman of Broadstreet ward in London, 1506,
Going afterwards to dwell at Milan in Northamptonshire,
in the fall of the cardinal, his former master, he gave
him kind entertainment at bis house in the country; for
which, being called before the kina’, and demanded how
he durst entertain so great an enemy to the state? His
answer was, “ That he had not contemptuously, or wil-
fully done it; but only because he had been his master,
and partly the means of his greatest fortunes.” The king
was so well pleased with his answer, that, saying himself
had few such servants, be immediately knighted him, and
afterwards made him one of his privy-council.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
A DUTCH seaman being condemned to death, his pun-
ishment was changed, and he was ordered to be left at
St. Hellenes island. This unhappy person representing
to himself the horror of that solitude, fell upon a resolution
to attempt the strangest action that ever was heard of.
There had that day been interred in the same island ah
officer of the ship: the seaman took up the body out of
the coffin; and having made a kind of rudder of the upper
board, ventured himself to sea in it, It happened for-
tunately to him to be so great a calm that the ship lay
immoveable