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| Duke of Monmouth being beheaded after the rebellion. |
"...The clergyman of Brendon, a Mr. Powell, with a cruelty disgraceful to his profession-or it may be acting under royal orders-collected a party of Plymouth fishermen and scoured the woods in search of the hidden rebels, several of whom were found and shot. Major Wade was taken, brought to a farm called Farley, and shot in the farm-yard, by a sailor. The supposed dead body was left in the yard; the farmer had it carried into the house, and found that life was not extinct. Wade's wound was dressed, he was kindly tended, recovered, and escaped to Bristol. When a general pardon was proclaimed, he came forth from his concealment and rewarded with a small annuity the poor woman who had saved his life."
Valentine (undated)
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