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ADiel Mill, on May the Ninth, 1691, comes into the Porter's-Lodg of the Fleet, and Observing Machavel's Rule, That he that will Act the Greatest Villanies, must profess the heighth of Honesty, was there Braging what a Just and Honest Man he was, and that he never wrong'd any Man, Woman, or Child, and he defi'd any
Man that should say, He was not Just. Upon the hearing of which, Mrs. Facey, the Cham∣berlain of the Fleet, Replys to him, Mr. Mill, It will be well with you if it be so, and that you do by others, as you would have them do by you. Upon which Mill call'd her Bitch, and Whore, and would prove her a Whore, and that He defi∣ed God Almighty, if he should say, he was not Just, and that he would tell God to his Face that he Lied, and would Spit in his Face; with many other Blasphemous Expressions, as God Damn him, and that there was neither God nor Divel, and Threatned the said Facey to Knock her down with his Stick, (this I have wrote with a trem∣bling Heart and Hand) At which the Compa∣ny Cry'd, Let us get away, for fear the House should fall on our Heads at this Horrid Blasphemy. The Witnesses are, Henry Facey and his Wife, William Barns, Richard Hare, and Twedey Crow∣der. If Adiel Mill has a mind to prove himself a Just and Honest Man, let him as oc∣casion offers, Quote this little Treatise, and let him also produce, not only his Wifes Sister, Mrs. Castle, (whom he once Indicted for Per∣jury,) but also Sir W. Turner, Mr. Carbonel, Mr. R. Scott, and the rest of his Creditors, that so Vigorously appear'd for him when he was Twice Indicted for Perjury; and if they will give their Testimony under their Hands, it may be the World will believe it. For Really Plato, a Heathen Philosopher, has told us, as related by Plutarch in his Morals, in that Chap∣ter, How to know a Flatter from a Friend, That
'Tis the height of Injustice to appear Just, and be really a Knave. And now Reader, you may think, you have Reason to blame me for Pub∣lishing to the World such Wickednesses Commit∣ted by Men now living. I Answer, I am by Vil∣lanies Reduc'd from an Estate, (at present,) of about 1500 l. per Annum, to an Imprison'd Con∣dition, and if it were not for the Charity of my Friends, I should want Bread to Eat, and therefore I hope you will give Losers leave to speak the Truth, and tell their sad Stories, that others may be Fore∣warn'd, and so Fore-Arm'd. Further, Being a∣broad upon my Rules, I have been with Sir W. Turner, Carbonel, and Scott, who now they have receiv'd great Losses by Mill, do say, He is a Knave, and far worse Words. I told Sir W. T. I had most Reason to be Angry with him, for he could not lose more than 1500 l. by him, but I had lost at present my Estate of 1500 l. per Annum, besides my Stock and Debts, which by my Improve∣ment would have been worth me above 10000 l. more, which was my all. And Scott's Wife Ask'd me, Why I had not all this while prov'd him Per∣jur'd? I told her, Because her Husband, and the rest of his Creditors, appear'd so Vigorously in Westminster-Hall to save him from the Pillory. And Mr. Carr, one of Mill's Creditors, who al∣so appear'd Vigorously for him, told me, that he has told Mill, That if he had Liv'd in any Country but England, he had been Hang'd for the Villanies he is Guilty of. And so I Con••lude this NARRATIVE.