brought him Necessaries, having in an Affray, got her Eyes beaten Black
and Blue; says _Sheppard_ to her, _How long hast thou been Married_?
Replyes the Wench. _I wonder you can ask me such a Question, when you so
well know the Contrary_: Nay, says _Sheppard_ again, Sarah _don't deny
it, for you have gotten your Certificate in your Face_.

Mr. _Ireton_ a Bailiff in _Drury-Lane_ having pursued _Sheppard_ after
his Escape from the Condemn'd-Hold with uncommon Diligence; (for the
safety of that Neighbourhood which was the chief Scene of his
Villainies) _Sheppard_ when Re-taken, declared, he would be even with
him for it, and if ever he procur'd his Liberty again, _he would give
all his Prisoners an_ ACT OF GRACE. A Gentleman in a jocose way ask'd
him to come and take a Dinner with him, _Sheppard_ reply'd, _he accepted
of the Invitation, and perhaps might take an opportunity to wait on
him_; and there is great Reason to believe he has been as good as his
Word.

He would complain of his Nights, as saying, _It was dark with him from
Five in the Evening, till Seven in the Morning_; and being not permitted
to have either a Bed or Candle, his Circumstances were dismal; and that
he never slept but had some confus'd Doses, he said he consider'd all
this with the Temper of a Philosopher.

Neither his sad Circumstances, nor the solemn Exhortations of the
several Divines who visited him, were able to divert him from this
ludicrous way of Expression; he said, _They were all Ginger-bread
Fellows_, and came rather out of Curiosity, than Charity; and to form
_Papers_ and _Ballads_ out of his Behaviour.

A _Welch_ Clergyman who came pretty often, requested him in a