The History of the press-yard [electronic resource] : Or, a brief account of the customs and occurrences that are put in practice, and to be met with in that antient repository of living bodies, called, His Majesty's goal of Newgate in London: wherein, besides several descriptions and characters never before made publick, are inserted, I. The history of the unfortunate florimel, one of the state prisoners that has been confin'd their upwards of twenty one years. II. An interview with the ordinary: the manner of his turning confessor, and the method used by him in that office. III. The manner of the reception of the prisoners from preston there. IV. Young Mr. Botairs account of the action between the King's troops and the rebels; with the true causes of their surrender. V. The escape of Mr. Forster; the demeanour of Col. Oxburgh and Mr. Gascoigne, as also of Mr. Paul and Mr. Hall after sentence of death, with several original letters from them, relating to the crimes for which they suffer'd, to the Dukes of Marlborough, Argyle, &c. Likewise one from Sir H-B- to Mr. Gascoigne. VI. The usuage and sickness of Mr. Francia the Jew; the escapes of Mr. Radclisse, Mr. Budden, and Mr. George Plint: The releasement of the author; and other original letters sent to a noble English peer, relating to the hardships the preston prisoners labour'd under.