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The Dying Speech of Old Tenor,

On the 3 ft of March 1750; being the Day appointed for his Execution. With a Word of Comfort to his difconfolate Mourners.

Kind Reader,

2: cannot be infenfible bow I have been used, and in what Manner for three Weeks past, and what different Sentiments fome Pase entertain'd concerning me, calling me Bomaree, Old Stuff, and many other hard and approbious Names in the Publick Erints; but I was handled in fo rough a Manner, last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being the three laft Days before my Execution, that I catch'd a prodigious Cold, and on Friday Night was oblig'd to retire, having the lead-ach to a great Degrer; but confidering how short my Time was, and the great Diftrefs of fome of my best friends, who appeared to me gry Deli and Melancholy, was determin'd to leave them the following Legacy, for their own perufal, and their Children after thein; which I penn'd in Part after Nine O'Clock, and finish'd the next Morning early, knowing that it would be a cery bufy Day with me." After I had taken a little Breakfast, which lay very hard in my Stomach, I was hurry'd about from one Part of the Town and Province to another in a most violent Manner, so that by One o’Clock, I could scarcely fetch my Breath: After Dinner (having had a very poor Appetite, knowing the doleful Scene was not far off) euch fome of my best Friends began to be thy of me, ibreathing to but up their Shops, because I was thrown in upon them fo fift. About half an Hour before Sun-fet, those who were very fond of xE ONCE, ran about Town as if they were distracted, for fear I fuld die in their Hands, and were as glad to get rid of me as if I had been a Rattle-snake; which brough; to my Mind the Fable of an aged Hound being in pursuit of his Game, caught it, but could not hold it, because his Teeth were worn out ; for which bis Majter corrected bim very fecerely...The Dog begged that he might not be punished, alledging that be was old; The Moral of which is, Many People are jo ungrateful as to take no Notice of the Ninety-nine good Turns, which they baût received, if 'the Hundredɩb is denied them.

Hat doleful Cries are thefe that fright my Senfe!
W Sad as the Groans of dying Innocence.
ANISINS The killing decents now more near approach,
And dues moft Hearts with Grief and Wonder touch.
It makes a mighty great and doleful Sound
Spread far and wide, enlarges all around.
My Name Old Tenor is, 'tis true, I own,

And by that Name have many Years been known.
But what alas 1 is all this Stú and Noife!
Have I not been quite juft unto your Caufe?
Indeed Iv'e help'd the Poor Man in Diltress,
And eas'd the Widow and the Fatherless.
I've built you Houfes, for to keep you warm,
And bought you Cattle for to plow your Land.
When in Distress, a helping Hand I've been,
And purchas'd Things to carry you to your End.
When you've been fick, I've done the best I cou'd
To ease your Mind, and dɔ just as you wou'd ;
When you've been parch'd with Fevers violent,
I to the Doctors for you have been fent.

When your Guts grumbl'd and your Heads have ak'd
I then flood ready for to ease your Pate.
When you no Breeches had, or Coat to wear,
You conftantly did unto me repair ;

I bought you Caps, I bought you Shoes likewife,
And many a Time no Doubt have fav'd your Lives.
When Wars arofe, and En'mies you purfu'd,
To me you ran for shelter from your Foes.
I bought you Guns, and Drums, and Swords indeed,
And ev'ry Thing that Mortals stood in need.
When Frenchmen unto you were coming in,
I then food ready for to be your Friend.

When your Hearts fail'd, I purchas'd you good Cheer,
Which made you bold, and on the Span'ards fneer.
When all your Trade was in Stagnation lain,

I then rous'd up, which was not quite in vain.
I rais'd an Army, to Cape Breton fent,

Who took that Place, which made you all content:
Rejoicings great you then was pleas'd to make,
Akho' it made the Frenchmen's Hearts to ake.
In fhort, great Things I always have been doing,
And conftantly for me you have been wooing.
Should I recount the good Deeds I have done,
The World perhaps could find not fuch a one.
But after all, what strange Reward must have,
Among fome Men, unwilling I should live
Or any more among you for to breathe.
This Day my Execution's to commence
And I'm to be for ever banish'd hence.
Ah ! cruel Fate, 'tis hard indeed to tell
The Crowds of Men, of my unhappy end,
Mourners I have in Numbers great and fmall,
Who gladly my Death Warrant would recall:

But ah! poor Souls! I pity you from my Ileart,
But that, alas! won't cafe you of the Smart.
I have been hug'd, I have been tore in two,
And ferv'd the worst of Mortals, it is true;
But then Compatlion on me you have had,
And stamp'd me new, which made my Heart quite gla.
How nice and carefully have I been tuck'd,
Where little pretty Infants lie and fuck.

But what comes next to that; I'm planly told
I am to be exchang'd for heavy Gold.

The DOLLARS are on Monday next to rife,
And then I doubt not fome will loafe their Eyes.
Thefe pretty Baubles you will turn and twist
And then fecurely lay them in your Cheft.
But I, alass, after you've had your Games,
Must be thrown up in leaps and put in Ilames,

PART II. A Word of Comfort.

But come my Friends, your Fate is hard, 'tis true,
One Word of Comfort I will fay to you:
After my Name by fome is wholly loft,
I shall be hov'ring all around the Coast.

If in Diftrefs by fome you thould be brought,
Come unto me in Hampton with your Lot.
Bring up your Goods unto Connecticut,
And there I'll make you grow quite plump and fat.
If thefe fhould fail, to Providence Repar,
And there my Friends you all thall have your thare.
Three Goverments I've in Polleifion now,
They all me mind, and great Respect do thow.
My Land is good, my Cedars large and tall,
And those who come to me fhall never fall.
All those who have my En'mies been indeed,
Will be convinc'd that I have them reliev'd.
Their Thoughts are high, their Looks are mighty great
And do feem pleas'd at my imagin’d Fate.
Shortly they'll fee how I in Triumph vie,
And then with Sorrow they'll look dull and cry.
Rejoice my Friends, rejoice once more I fay,
Altho' this is my Execution Day.
After I'm dead, take Care of my Remains,
And when I rife, will pay you for your Pains;
Keep up your Hearts, tho' Scoffers do rejoice;
And in a little Time you'll hear my Voice.
Altho' this Day looks dark, and Hearts are fad,
Mind not the Frowns of wicked Men who're glad.
Shortly they'll fay, Old Tenor come again,
But then alas ! 'twill be too late for them.

Dated in BOSTON, which has been the chief Place of my Refidence for many Years, which I believe will be very fen. fible of my Departure, this Thirty-first of March 1750.

Sold next to the Prifon in Queen-Street.

No. 912. By courtesy of the Essex Institute.

INSURANCE POLICY.

918. Marine Insurance policy. Insurance-Office kept in KingStreet near the Long Wharffe by Joseph Dowse.

MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE.

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919. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ..A Proclamation for a publick Fast. [March 15.] Dated, February 16, 1749[-50]. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. Governour and Council. MHS Evans, 6361.

920. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; A Proclamation | For Proroguing the General Assembly [to September 26, 1750.] Dated, August 13, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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921. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; A Proclamation | For a publick Thanksgiving. [November 1.] Dated, October 10, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council.

Evans, 6543.

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922. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For Proroguing the General Assembly [to December 19, 1750.] Dated, November 16, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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923. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Spencer Phips, Esq; A Proclamation | For proroguing the General Assembly [to January 9, 1751.] Dated, December 7, 1750. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1750.

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924. An Act for suppressing of Riots, Routs and unlawful Assemblies. Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1750. Evans, 6541.

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925. Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay in New- | England. In pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the | Third, intitled, An Act for preventing Fraud, and regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade. Jurat.

926. Be it Rembered, that on the

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was convicted before |

me, One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace . . . profane

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927. 175- Received of visions, | Ammunition & Slop-cloathing as mentioned in these Columns.

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928. Shewing the Harmony of the | Divine Attributes, | In the Way of Man's Salvation.

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929. Advertisement. Whereas by some late Advertisements, it may be understood that Lieutenant John North, and Mr. Samuel Goodwin, in their late Survey, have exceeded the Limits, etc. Dated, May 1, 1751.

2 Am. Ant. Soc. Procceedings, XI. 464.

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BRUNSWICK, PROPRIETORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF. 931. Advertisement. At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick in the County of York . . . on May 15th 1751; the following Vote was passed. | Whereas in Order to open the Eyes of People, and to undeceive those Persons that have been unwarily led to take up under the Plymouth Company's Claim, to Lands in Kenebeck River . . .

GREAT BRITAIN.

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932. A Bill To Regulate and Restrain Paper Bills of Credit in the British colonies and Plantations in America, and to prevent the same being legal Tenders in Payment for Money; and for the better enforcing his Majesty's Orders and In- | structions throughout the said Colonies and Plantations. Boston, New-England, Re-printed and sold by Thomas Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.

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pp. 2. In Ms. the date of taking effect is September 29, 1751. An edition of the law was printed in 1751 by Timothy Green, New London, Conn.

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933. Catalogus.

934. Quaestiones.

935. THESES.

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936. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. The following Order passed the General Court the last Session, viz. | In Council, June 22, 1751. Whereas it has been the Practice of the Assessors of many of the Towns in the Province, to neglect or delay settling the | Proportion of the respective Inhabitants to the Province Tax . . .

937. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation for a general Fast. [March 21.] Dated, February 27, 1750[-51]. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council. Evans, 6542.

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938. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation. (Offering a reward for the apprehension of Robert Howland and Fobes Little, for publishing and dispersing "A sad and deplorable Lamentation," etc.) Dated, April 18, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council. | 1751. Archives, CII. 598. See No. 915, supra. 939. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation. (Prohibiting the revenge of injuries offered by the Penobscot tribe of Indians.) Dated, September 3, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governour and Council. | 1751. 940. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation | For a Publick Thanksgiving. [November 7.] Dated, October 10, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor and Council. 1751.

Evans, 6712.

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941. [Royal arms.] By the Honourable | Spencer Phips, Esq; ...A Proclamation for Proroguing the General Assembly [to December 26.] Dated, November 19, 1751. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the LieutenantGovernour and Council. 1751.

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942. Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the | Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy: And | Declaration. Dated in Ms. July, 1751

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2 leaves. Archives, XLIII, 471; XLIX. 325. 943. [Another form.]

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The ninth line from the foot of the Declaration reads at the end "better Securing the Rights" Ib., XLIX. 317.

944. Military commission [Spencer Phips, Lieutenant-Governour and Commander in Chief].

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945. [Royal arms.] William Foye, Esq; | Treasurer . . warrant). Dated, July 12, 1751.

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946. From the Boston Weekly News-Letter. Feb. 7. 1751. | Roxbury, February 2d 1750, 1. [Boston: Printed by John Draper.]

Notice of the death of Paul Dudley. Evans, 6779.

[WELD, EDMUND.]

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947. [Cut.] A Funeral Elegy, | By Way of Dialogue; | between | Death, Soul, Body, World, and Jesus Christ. † PHS

The earliest issue of this poem, and was probably printed early in the eighteenth century. No author's name is suggested.

948. A Funeral Elegy By Way of Dialogue; Between Death, Soul, Body and Jesus Christ Composed by Edmund Weld, formerly of Harvard College, who moving hence into Ireland, became a | Preacher of the Gospel at Inniskean there; who [torn] the Meditation and Apprehension of his own Death (which was soon after the second Day of March, 1668) made the following Poem, which was sent hither in a Letter from his Wife, there living, to his Relations here. Ætatis suæ An. 59. Boston: Reprinted and Sold by S. Kneeland, in Queen Street. † NYHS Kneeland printed in Queen Street from 1751 to 1765. Weld was a member of the class of 1650.

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949. Advertisement. | Boston, January 15. 1752. (For the encouragement of the raising and well-curing and dressing of Flax.)

950. Advertisement. (Meeting of Kennebeck Proprietors at House of Robert Stone, at the Royal Exchange Tavern in Kingstreet, Boston, on October 17.) Dated, Charlestown, September 1, 1752.

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951. Constables Pocket-Books and Bail-Bonds, with all other sorts of Blanks, to be sold by the Publisher of this Paper. Advertisement in the Boston Evening-Post, March 16, 1752.

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