%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE/ Murtherers Lamentation:/ BEING/ An Account of John Jewster and William/ Butler, who where arraign'd and found guil-/ ty of the Robbery and Murther of Mrs. Jane Le-grand;/ for which they received due Sentence of Death, and was/ accordingly Executed on the 19th day of this Instant/ July, in Spittle-fields. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1694 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/11/2007 20796

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2.179 R234363 1 Russel's Farewel, etc. Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell, etc. O Most unhappy men we are,/ this sad and dismal day, we are condemn'd to dye. [with variations; not final stanza] date from content Pepys 2.179 Rollins (1) VII:56-62; Wing M3096[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: 179 THE/ Murtherers Lamentation:/ BEING/ An Account of John Jewster and William/ Butler, who where arraign'd and found guil-/ ty of the Robbery and Murther of Mrs. Jane Le-grand;/ for which they received due Sentence of Death, and was/ accordingly Executed on the 19th day of this Instant/ July, in Spittle-fields. THE Murtherers Lamentation: BEING An Account of John Jewster and William Butler, who where arraign'd and found guil- ty of the Robbery and Murther of Mrs. Jane Le-grand; for which they received due Sentence of Death, and was accordingly Executed on the 19th day of this Instant July, in Spittle-fields. The Murderers' Lamentation: Being an Account of John Jewster and William Butler, Who Were Arraigned and Found Guilty of the Robbery and Murder of Mrs. Jane Legrand; For Which They Received Due Sentence of Death, and Was Accordingly Executed on the Nineteenth Day of this Present July, in Spittle-fields. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 186 x 262 cropped top, bottom and left edges, uneven inking funerary border: 126 x 14, and horizontal rules 1694 Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street. J. Deacon Weinstein: content

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 9/11/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Tragedy crime death historicalfigures&events punishment violence 05/13/2008 Checker Kris McAbee transcription corrected 9/11/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, metadata updated, XML created 12/13/06 Transcriber Laura Miller Original transcription 8/21/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan/Jessica Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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O Most unhappy men we are, this sad and dismal day, Wrapt us in sorrow, grief, and care, alas, what shall we say? The dying hearts within us bleed, for mercy, Lord, we cry, Tho' for a most unchristian deed, we are condemn'd to dye .
Pale death this morning we behold, with hearts as cold as stone; Why did we covet cursed gold, which never was our own? It has our sad destruction wrought, and for this villany, Alas, we are to justice brought, in open shame to dye.
My name is Jewster , I confess, that first the plot did lay, Yet did I not the least express, they shou'd her life betray; But Butler enter'd first the room, to act that villany: And now we both receive our doom, in open shame we dye . I to my shame have done amiss, be'ng a relation near; Of such a horrid crime at this, the worst shall seldom hear; That I with ruffins should combine to act that villany, For which I must my breath resine, in open shame we dye . First Satan tempted us to steal; we did contract that guilt, And that we might the same conceal, her aged blood we spilt; Thus we from sin to sin did go, in highth of villany, And this has wrought our overthrow, in open shame we dye . Alas, let me do what I can, declare the truth I must, I Butler was the very man, that stopt her breath at first; By violence I seiz'd her throat, oh horrid villany; My soul on seas of grief does float, as being brought to dye .
Her lodger we did then surprise with the same violence, Stopping her mouth with rags likewise, depriving her of sence; Yet she her reason soon obtain'd the truth to testifie, When at the bar we was arrain'd and eke condemn'd to dye . One being dead, the other bound, we rifl'd then the store, For strait in ready cash we found, nine hundred pounds and more; We fill'd our pockets with the same, this done, we strait did fly, Yet we was took and brought to shame, being condemn'd to dye . Since in the blood of innocent our hands we did imbrew; Altho' in heart we do lament, this death is but our due; Let others a fair warning take, by this our distany, Who must in shame the world forsake, as being brought to dye . Good Lord, in pity us behold, thy love we do implore, For tho' our sins are manifold, thy mercies Lord are more; Tho' we on earth thy laws did break, yet as this life we leave, O save us for thy mercies sake, our sinful souls receive.
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