EBBA 21374
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A Warning to Murtherers: / OR, / [?] d and Lamentable Relation of the Condemnation, / [?], and Excecution, of John Gower Coach-Maker, who was this 23d day of May, / [?] executed for Murthering his Wife, by shooting her with a Pistol. Together with / [?] er of his Behaviour and Penitent Expiration. / Murther doth seldom scape, / Hell cannot hide, / The Wretch from Fate, / Whose hands in Blood is dy'd. | |
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| Date Published | 1684-1686 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Wright, I. Clarke, W. Thackeray/ and T. Passinger |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.358 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.358v |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A Warning to Murtherers: / OR, / [?] d and Lamentable Relation of the Condemnation, / [?], and Excecution, of John Gower Coach-Maker, who was this 23d day of May, / [?] executed for Murthering his Wife, by shooting her with a Pistol. Together with / [?] er of his Behaviour and Penitent Expiration. / Murther doth seldom scape, / Hell cannot hide, / The Wretch from Fate, / Whose hands in Blood is dy'd. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Troy Town. |
| First Lines | [?]y strange I shall relate, / [?]like before was rarely known, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 210 x 290 |
| Condition | cropped left, right and bottom edges, torn top and right edges, damaged surface, uneven inking, verso shows through |
| Ornament | horizontal and vertical rules |