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VGW(RI.774.059
22 Sep 1774:22 (437)
London . . . Early on Sunday, the 26th of June, John Upson,
of Woodbridge, in the county of Suffolk, glover, who was
committed to the castle for felony a few days before, hanged
himself in his own room with his garter. The coroner's
inquest set on the body, and brought in their verdict non
compos mentis. The following verses were found wrote in a
prayer book lying near him:
Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee,
And now am careless what thou say'st of me;
Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I fear,
My cares are past, my heart lies easy here;
What faults they find in me take care to shun,
And look at home; enough is to be done.
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