%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> CRIMINALS CRUELTY./ Giving a Just and true Account of one Iohn Wise, who together with Richard Iones, and Charles Tooley yet untaken,/ did one Sunday night being the twentieth of April, commit that Barbarous and Unnatural Murther on Elizabeth/ Fairbank, Widdow, who lived in a Seller, at Picadilly, that Robbed and Rifled her, being of Money and Plate,/ and Rings, for which fact Iohn Wise at present was found guilty, and accordingly received the due Sentance of/ Death, the which was Executed on Friday, the 17tnth, of this instant October, 1684. at PICKADILLY. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/10/2007 20771

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2.153 R234343 1 Aim not too high Fortune My Foe Aim Not Too High OH! this would make a stony heart Lament,/ That men should be so vild and insolent: date from title Pepys 2.153 Rollins (1) III:135-142; Wing C6911[A] Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 153 CRIMINALS CRUELTY./ Giving a Just and true Account of one Iohn Wise, who together with Richard Iones, and Charles Tooley yet untaken,/ did one Sunday night being the twentieth of April, commit that Barbarous and Unnatural Murther on Elizabeth/ Fairbank, Widdow, who lived in a Seller, at Picadilly, that Robbed and Rifled her, being of Money and Plate,/ and Rings, for which fact Iohn Wise at present was found guilty, and accordingly received the due Sentance of/ Death, the which was Executed on Friday, the 17tnth, of this instant October, 1684. at PICKADILLY. CRIMINALS CRUELTY. Giving a Just and true Account of one John Wise, who together with Riehard Jones, and Charles Tooley yet untaken, did one Sunday night being the twentieth of April, commit that Barbarous and Unnatural Murther on Elizabeth Fairbank, Widdow, who lived in a Seller, at Picadilly, that Robbed and Rifled her, being of Money and Plate, and Rings, for which fact John Wise at present was found guilty, and accordingly received the due Sentance of Death, the which was Executed on Friday, the 17tnth, of this instant October, 1684. at PICKADILLY. Criminals' Cruelty. Giving a Just and True Account of One John Wise, Who Together With Richard Jones, and Charles Tooley yet Untaken, Did One Sunday Night Being the Twentieth of April, Commit that Barbarous and Unnatural Murder on Elizabeth Farbank, Widow, Who Lived in a Cellar, at Piccadilly, that Robbed and Rifled Her, Being of Money and Plate, and Rings, for Which Fact John Wise at Present Was Found Guilty, and Accordingly Received the Due Sentence of Death, the Which Was Executed on Friday, the Seventeenth, of this Present October, 1684. At Piccadilly. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, 215 x 300 cropped left edge, torn top and bottom edges, torn and creased surface, uneven inking vertical rule 1684 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street,/ without Newgate. J. Deacon Weinstein: title

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O H! this would make a stony heart Lament, That men should be so vild and insolent: They will proceed in their unlawful trade, Though many still are sad examples made. They'l Rob, and will defraud men of their due Not fearing any thing that will ensue: And in A Pitious course of Life run on, Contrary to the Law of God and man. Thus do they work their wits both night and day, Still to contrive how they may work their prey: Their wills are working to a base intent, But yet at last too late they may repent. When people by their care doth something save, They'l Rob them of their lives for what they have:
This is the highest act of Villany, Their guiltless blood it will for Vengeance cry. Alas, that any Murther should lye hid, From true Discovery, the Lord forbid: Though they commit it ne'r so secretly, They cannot hide from Gods all-seeing-eye. Last April the twentieth day at night, Those Villains did commit a sad Exploit: Three Criminals together they agreed, And did commit a Murther there indeed-- The Widdow Fairbank as it's known full well, She in a Cellar all alone did dwell: To whom those Villains went without delay, And of her life and goods they made their pray.
They with a Hankerchief did stop her breath, They also broke her neck, thus wrought her death; They robbed her, and then away they fled, And leaving of her murthered on the Bed. At length it seems one coming down that night, Where they beheld this sad and dismal sight, Undoubtedly it did them much surprize, To see this sudden change before their eyes. Those Criminals made their escape away, That night to Westminster without delay: Then Richard Jones, Charls Tooley, and John Wise, Among them they did share that fatal prize. Next day they were in a most wooful case, Their very Conscience flying in their face, When Jones and Tooley thought of what they'd done They were possest with fear, and forc'd to run. But Wise was taken, and in Prison cast, And Tooleys wife returned again at last: Then all their Villany was open laid, By what her Husband on his Death-bed said. Thus may we see, how Murthers are found out By what strange means it may be brought about: For God who is the Righteous Judge of all, Such Criminals he will to Justice call. Wise was Arraigned, in process of time, And was found Guilty of this cruel Crime: He then received Sentence for to dye, The Just reward of this his Cruelty. Now may this grieve some hundreds for to see, That he deserv'd to dye so shamefully: O that his death may now a warning be, To every one of high or low degree. All you that sees or hears my fatal end, Observe my words, to you a dying friend: In evil Courses never take delight, It is the ready Rode to ruine quite. I do Repent that e're I run astray, I might have lived many a happy day: My Wicked life has hastned death more soon, And now my Morning Sun goes down at Noon.
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Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street, without Newgate.