[Our correspondent's interesting communication suggests a Query: Is
there any biographical notice of William Blake; and was he the author
of the following piece, preserved among the Kings' pamphlets in the
British Museum? "The Condemned Man's Reprieve, or God's Love-Tokens,
flowing in upon the heart of William Blake, a penitent sinner, giving
him assurance of the pardon of his sins, and the enjoyment of eternal
happiness through the merits of Christ his Saviour. Recommended by him
(being a condemned prisoner for manslaughter within the statute) unto
his sister, and bequeathed unto her as a legacy." It is dated from
"Exon Jayle," June 25, 1653, and was published July 14, 1653."--ED.]
[Footnote 1: "Mr. Henry Cornish, merchant," was a coadjutor of Blake's in
this charitable undertaking; and as that Alderman was not executed until
1635, this publication may be assigned to about that date.]
[Footnote 2: [It appears, from the following advertisement at the end of
_Silver Drops_, that the plates of Time and Charity were used as
receipts:--"It is humbly desired, that what you or any of you, most noble
Ladies, Gentlewomen, or others, are pleased to bestow or give towards this
good or great design, that you would be pleased to take a receipt on the
backside of Time or Charity, sealed with three seales, namely, the
Treasurer's, Housekeeper's, and Register's; and it shall be fairly
recorded, and hung up in the school-house, to be read of all from Time to
Time, to the world's end, we hope."--ED.]]
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