. The true and genuine account of the life and actions of the late Jonathan Wild : not made up of fiction and fable, but taken from his own mouth, and collected from papers of his own writing . THE Part he aUed iii the Facl for which hefuferd^^as mor3 than he ordinarily did, or than we ever findbe venturd to do before, for here he was both Thief andThief-^Catcher too, which he did not ufually venture^But a fecret Infatuation was Jiow upon him, a7id HeavenT^ho had determined his Fate, no doubt left Mm to Esi»mfe hijjifelf more in this mie ABion^ than he had donein many Tears before, and hy thi^
. The true and genuine account of the life and actions of the late Jonathan Wild : not made up of fiction and fable, but taken from his own mouth, and collected from papers of his own writing . THE Part he aUed iii the Facl for which hefuferd^^as mor3 than he ordinarily did, or than we ever findbe venturd to do before, for here he was both Thief andThief-^Catcher too, which he did not ufually venture^But a fecret Infatuation was Jiow upon him, a7id HeavenT^ho had determined his Fate, no doubt left Mm to Esi»mfe hijjifelf more in this mie ABion^ than he had donein many Tears before, and hy thi^he Fell* ITis faid, that if this had notfix^d him, there were other FaBs charged which would effeBually have done 5 to that we fljall fay nothing, hscaufe thofe others bavs fiot been tryd, tis ejiougb, Jonathan dyd not in bit own way of Thief Catchiiig, but by going out of his Road and taking a Share in the Robbery as he did af^ ter in the Rev^ard i And here he was taken in his owni Snare, for the very Thieves be employ d, where the Wit* [* ^e([es that Hj^ But we fay no more of that^ I tiii 21^0 com tothcr Story itflf, We^ now proceed to the \ ^articvldr AccouM of bk Life^ ANI^. A N ACCOUNT O F T H E LIFE AND Eminent Actions^ &d 0 NA THA N iriL D the wretchedSiibjed of this Hiftory^ was born atTFolverhampton in StaffordJInre •, and todo Juftice to his Original his Parents,tho mean, had the repute of Honeftand Induftrioujs People, his Father be-ing a Gtrpentet\ and his Mother fold Herbs andFruit in the Market of Jfolverhajnpton : They hadthree Sons, and two Daughters, the two Daughteris«re yet living and Married to honeft Tradefmeiiin Wolverhampton^ one to a Comb^Maker, and the?other a Buckle-Maker, and whofe Characters we donot hear are any way Blemiihd -^ but the Sons liaveall a diiferent Fame. THE Brotliers I fay were three in Kumber, Jqmtbmy John and Andrew : John was a publick B ». Officer
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