Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde : tryed at the goale deliuerie of Newgate, at the sessions in the Old Bayly, the 18. and 19. of Iuly last, 1614. the one of a London cripple named Iohn Arthur, that to hide his shame and lust, strangled his betrothed wife. The other of a lasciuious young damsell named Martha Scambler, which made away the fru[i]t of her own womb, that the world might not see the seed of her owne shame: which two persons with diuers others vvere executed at Tyburne the 21. o[f] Iuly folowing. With two sorrowfull ditties of these two aforesaid persons, made by themselues in Newgate, the night before their execution.
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| Language: | English |
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At London :
Printed [by G. Eld] for Edward Wright,
1614.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Item Description: | Printer's name from STC. With woodcut title vignettes. Partly in verse. "The cripples complaint in the dungeon at Newgate" and "Martha Scamblers repentance" have caption title. Signatures: A⁴ B² . Some print faded and show-through. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([12] pages) |