 Miserable man, you know the word of God. No murderer has eternal life, and murders cannot be pardoned if they be not confessed, bewailed, and repented of. All the pirates repented, except William Fly. He still insisted on his innocence. Fly told Mather he wanted people to think he died bravely. Mather wrote that Fly tried to put on a smile as he walked to the gallows a few days later, but he said he noticed Fly's shaking knees.