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Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde: [microform] 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
Bib ID 1167174
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Description At London : Printed [by G. Eld] for Edward Wright, 1614 
[12] p. ; 
Series

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 908:6.

Notes

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: A#24 B#22.

Some print faded and show-through.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Cited In

STC (2nd ed.) 809.

Reproduction Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1962. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 908:06). 
Subjects Trials (Murder) -- England -- Early works to 1800.  |  Trials(Infanticide) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Available From UMI 300 N Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553 

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