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Excerpt from The Political Ballance, for 1754, the Mock-Patriot, for 1753, to Which Is Added, the Case of John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford in Ireland, Who Was Convicted of Bestiality With a Cow and Other Creatures, for Which He Was Hang'd at Dublin; With a Full O R his Arraignment, tho' it held long, I. Heard it not, only his Carriage then is by ndemned and it is not my Intent in the lcail to excufe it The Subjeét of this Dif courfe is only to declare, how afterwards he judg ed, and condemn'd him/telf (and fo we truit is not Condemned of God.) How deeply he repented and cryed to Heaven for Pardon, whereof he received a Memorahlo T cytzmony On Saturday the a8th of Novemhcr, the next day after his Condemnation, I went to fee him firft, when having had fome Speech with him of the Scandal of the F aéts, Juftice of the Sentence; Mifery of his Condition without Repentance (of each of which he heard me long with filence) at length he afked me, if I were fent by any to him; when he underflood I was not, but came of my felf, he took me by the Hand, and reply'd, I was very welcome, beheved I had no other End but his Good; that indeed he had been moved to fend for me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.