The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)Settle, Elkanah
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The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)
Settle, Elkanah
Morrell, William, -1692 -- Fiction
The Messenger returning _Tuesday_ the 12th of _January_ he brought a
Compliment to the Executors from Captain _Wickham_, (who had treated
the Messenger very civilly,) to this effect; that he gave 'em his
hearty thanks for their intended kindness to him, and if they would
please to come to _Swackley_ for a Month or more they should be very
welcome, and have the use of all the Geldings, _viz._ the Black, the
Bright Bay, and Dapple Grey, tho he could not well part with 'em for
good and all.
Upon this full satisfaction received, about three the next Morning with
no more than a Watchman and a Lanthorn in a Coffin of four shillings
price, he was laid in Earth in a Nook of St. _Clements_ Churchyard.
Postscript.
The Nurse and Assistants that attended him in his sickness now call to
mind, that they once or twice observed him to laugh to himself very
pleasantly, which they suppose proceeded from the pleasure he took in
cheating the World he was then just upon leaving.
_FINIS._
_DIEGO REDIVIVUS:_
or the
Last WILL
AND
TESTAMENT
Of the Pretended
_Humphrey Wickham_, Esq;
Alias WILLIAM MORREL, alias BOWYER, &c.
WITH A Full RELATION of his Notorious CHEATS and IMPOSTURES: Who dyed
at Mr. _Cullins_ House, the Third of this Instant _January_, in the
Parish of St. _Clement Danes_, &c.
_LICENSED and Entred in the REGISTER-BOOK of the Company of
Stationers._
_LONDON_, Printed for _Abel Roper_, at the _Mitre_ near _Temple-Bar_.
1692.
ADVERTISEMENT.
This is to give notice, That the Fine COFFIN, mentioned in the
following Relation, is to be sold in _Shipyard_, without _Temple-bar_.
_The Last_ Will _and_ Testament _of the pretended_ Humphrey Wickham
_Esq_; _alias_ William Morrel, _alias_ Bowyer, _&c. with
Annotations thereupon_.
The Publick undoubtedly cannot be better entertained, than by the
following Relation, of one of the most notorious Cheats as has been
known in an Age, which has already made a very amazing Noise in the
Town and the Particulars whereof, may be no disacceptable
Entertainment.
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