Sir, You have told me, you have received the two last speeches of Captain Thomas Green and Captain John Madder which I sent you. So that you desire to know what the last dying [w]ords of James Simpson gunner to the said ship, which I heard in ... follows. That he did sweax in the in the presence of God, and all these spectators ...ut him.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Edinburgh] : [publisher not identified], [1705]
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Description
Item Description:"The said ship" = the Worcester.
Simpson was executed with Green and Madder at Edinburgh on April 11, 1705.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 sheet)
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.