Value.

ALSO--

A particular Account of his rescuing his pretended Wife from
St. _Giles's_ Round House. Of the wonderful Escape himself
made from the said Round-House. Of the miraculous Escape he
and his said pretended Wife made together from _New-Prison_,
on the 25th of _May_ last. Of his surprizing Escape from the
Condemn'd Hold of _Newgate_ on the 31st of _August_: Together
with the true manner of his being retaken; and of his
Behaviour in _Newgate_, till the most astonishing, and never
to be forgotten Escape he made from thence, in the Night of
the 15th of October. The Whole taken from the most authentick
Accounts, as the Informations of divers Justices of the Peace,
the several Shop-keepers above-mentioned, the principal
Officers of _Newgate_ and _New Prison_, and from the
Confession of _Sheppard_ made to the Rev. Mr. _Wagstaff_, who
officiated for the Ordinary at _Newgate_.

_LONDON_: Printed and sold by JOHN APLEDEE in _Black-Fryers_,
J. ISTED, at the _Golden-Ball_ near _Chancery Lane_ in
_Fleet Street_, and the Booksellers of _London_ and _Westminster._
(Price One Shilling.)

TO THE CITIZENS

OF

_London_ and _Westminster_.

GENTLEMEN,

_Experience has confirm'd you in that everlasting_ Maxim, _that there is
no other way to protect the_ Innocent, _but by Punishing the_ Guilty.

_Crimes ever were, and ever must be unavoidably frequent in such
populous Cities as yours are, being the necessary Consequences, either
of the_ Wants, _or the Depravity, of the lowest part of the_ humane
_Species_.

_At this time the most flagrant Offences, as_ Burning of Dwellings;
Burglaries, _and_ Highway Robberies _abound; and_ Frauds _common_
Felonies, _and_ Forgeries _are practic'd without Number; thus not only
your Properties, but even your very Lives are every way struck at_.

_The_ Legislative Power _has not been wanting in providing necessary and
wholesome Laws against these_ Evils, _the executive part whereof
(according to your great Privileges) is lodged in your own Hands: And
the Administration hath at all times applyed proper Remedies and
Regulations to the_ Defects _which have happen'd in the_ Magistracy
_more immediately under their Jurisdiction_.

_Through the just and salutary Severities of the Magistrates, publick
excessive_ Gaming _has been in a manner Surpress'd; and some late
Examples of divine Vengeance have ove