EBBA 20807
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Midwife of Poplar's / Sorrowful Confession and Lamentation in Newgate / Who was Condemned to Dye for that Horrid and Unheard of Murder, which she / committed on the Bodys of several young infants, whom she Starved to Death, / and was accordingly Executed for the same in Holbourn, upon the 23d. of this / instant October, 1693. | |
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| Date Published | 1693 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Bissel, at the Bible and Harp in West-Smith-Field. |
| License | Licensed according to Order. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.192 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.192 |
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| Title | The Midwife of Poplar's / Sorrowful Confession and Lamentation in Newgate / Who was Condemned to Dye for that Horrid and Unheard of Murder, which she / committed on the Bodys of several young infants, whom she Starved to Death, / and was accordingly Executed for the same in Holbourn, upon the 23d. of this / instant October, 1693. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, Russels last Farewel. |
| First Lines | I Am the worst of Women-kind, / Compton is my Name, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 310 |
| Condition | cropped top edge, creased, holed surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | funerary borders: 32 x 5, 67 x 5, 73 x 4 |