n the _Friday_ following, being the
4th of _September_. The Keepers acquainted him therewith, and desired
him to make good use of that short Time. He thank'd them, said _he would
follow their Advice_, and _prepare_. _Edgworth Bess_, and another Woman
had been with him at the Door of the Condemn'd Hold best part of the
Afternoon, between five and six he desir'd the other Prisoners, except
_Stephen Fowles_ to remain above, while he offer'd something in private
to his Friends at the Door; they comply'd, and in this interval he got
the Spike asunder, which made way for the Skeleton to pass with his
Heels foremost, by the Assistance of _Fowles_, whom he most ungenerously
betray'd to the Keepers after his being retaken, and the Fellow was as
severely punish'd for it.

Having now got clear of his Prison, he took Coach disguis'd in a Night
Gown at the corner of the _Old Baily_, along with a Man who waited for
him in the Street (and is suppos'd to be _Page_ the Butcher) ordering
the Coachman to drive to _Black-Fryers Stairs_, where his prostitute
gave him the Meeting, and they three took Boat, and went a Shoar at the
_Horse-Ferry_ at _Westminster_, and at the _White-Hart_ they went in,
Drank, and stay'd sometime; thence they adjourn'd to a Place in
_Holbourn_, where by the help of a Saw he quitted the Chains he had
brought with him from _Newgate_; and then like a Freeman took his Ramble
through the City and came to _Spittle-Fields_, and there lay with
_Edgeworth Bess_.

It may be easy to imagine what an alarm his Escape gave to the Keepers
of _Newgate_, three of their People being at the farther End of the
_Lodge_, engag'd in a Discourse concerning his wonderful Escape from
_New-Prison,_ and what Caution ought to be us'd, lest he should give
them the slip, at that very Instant as he perfected it.

On _Tuesday_ he sent for _William Page_ an Apprentice to a Butcher in
_Clare-Market_, who came to him, and being Pennyless, he desir'd _Page_
to give him what Assistance he could to make his way, and being a
Neighbour and Acquaintance, he comply'd with it; but e're he would do
any thing, he consulted a near Relation, who as he said, encourag'd him
in it; nay, put him upon it, so meeting with this Success in his
Application to his Friend, and probable an Assistance in the Pocket, he
came to _Sheppard_ having bought him a new blue _Butcher's_ Frock, and
another for himself, and so both took their Rout to _Warnden_ in
_Northamptonshire