[135] I am quoting now from the ‘Tyburn Calendar,’ the wording of which is preserved in all other accounts.
[136] The following stanzas were written at the time, and appeared in the ‘British Journal’ of Nov. 28, 1724:—
“Thornhill, ’tis thine to gild with fame
The obscure and raise the humble name;
To make the form elude the grave,
And Sheppard from oblivion save.
Tho’ life in vain the wretch implores,
An exile on the farthest shores,
Thy pencil brings a kind reprieve,
And bids the dying robber live.
. . . . . . . . . .
Apelles Alexander drew,
Cæsar is to Aurelius due,
Cromwell in Lilly’s works doth shine,
And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine.”
[137] See ante, p. 268.
[138] See ante, p. 254.
[139] Ordinary’s account of executions, Nov. 1736.
[140] See ante, p. 273.
[141] Luttrell, iii. 1695.
[142] Ibid.
[143] I have described this in detail in the next chapter.