%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Bloody=minded Husband; / OR, / The Unfortunate Wife: / Giving a True Account of one WILLIAM TERRY of Derbyshire, / within Two Miles of Ashbourn, who murder'd his Wife Jane: For which / he receiv'd due Sentance of Death, according to the Cruelty of his Crime. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1690 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/17/2008 20809

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2.194 R172790 1 Russel's Farewel Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell THis is a black and gloomy Day, / dark Clouds of Grief appear; a just Example made. [with variations] date from Rollins Pepys 2.194 Rollins (1) V:287-290; Wing B3258[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: 194 The Bloody=minded Husband; / OR, / The Unfortunate Wife: / Giving a True Account of one WILLIAM TERRY of Derbyshire, / within Two Miles of Ashbourn, who murder'd his Wife Jane: For which / he receiv'd due Sentance of Death, according to the Cruelty of his Crime. The Bloody-minded Husband; OR, The Unfortunate Wife: Giving a True Account of one WILLIAM TERRY of Derbyshire, within Two Miles of Ashbourn, who murder'd his Wife Jane: For which he receiv'd due Sentance of Death, according to the Cruelty of his Crime. The Bloody-Minded Husband; or, the Unfortunate Wife: Giving a True Account of One William Terry of Derbyshire, within Two Miles of Ashbourn, Who Murdered His Wife Jane: For Which He Received Due Sentence of Death, According to the Cruelty of His Crime. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 182 x 316 cropped top and right edges, uneven inking vertical rules 1690 Printed for I. Bissel, at the Hospital Gate in West=smithfield. J. Bissel Weinstein: Rollins

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THis is a black and gloomy Day, dark Clouds of Grief appear; And all my Joys are fled away, my Soul is wrack'd with Fear: Death with a gastful Countenance, does make me sore afraid, For now I see I soon shall be a just Example made. Alas my kind and loving Wife, whom I sometimes enjoy'd, In cruel sort her dearest Life, my guilty Hands destroy'd:
Which Deed has brought me into thrall, the World may me degrade: I am this day before you all a sad Example made. A guilty Conscience now does fly here in this Face of mine; Her Blood does for loud Vengeance cry to God enthron'd on high: Therefore this World I bid adieu, since I her Life betray'd, I am this Day in open view, a just Example made.
When I had done this bloody Deed, I was with Grief opprest; My very Heart began to bleed, I could not be at rest, But was tormented still in mind, since I her Life betray'd, And I shall be this day, I find a sad Example made. My lawful Wife, and bosome Friend, whom I had cause to love, I brought to an untimely end: my Crime is far above The greatest Villain in the Land: her Life I have betray'd; For which I shall be out of hand, a just Example made. It is my trying Sins I know, and likewise want of Grace, Which proves my fatal Overthrow, and brought me to this place: My Conscience being stain'd with guilt, to dye I am afraid; I shall be for the Blood I spilt, a just Example made. I did destroy, as well as she, the Infant in her Womb, If God should be severe with me, Eternal Death's my Doom,
But gracious Lord be not severe, as I have often pray'd; Let this suffice that I am here a just example made. Who leads a discontented Life, take Warning by my Ill, And live in love like Man and Wife, curbing your Passions still; For fear it proves your Overthrow, as I have often said: In sorrow from this World I go, a just example made. O that my dear beloved Mate, I could recall again; But that Repentance comes too late, my Tears are all in vain: She now lies sleeping in the Dust, whose Life I have betray'd; For which by justice now I must be an example made. This very day the World I leave, therefore some pity take, Good Lord! and here my Soul receive even for thy Mercies sake; And cleanse me from the guilt of Sin for which I oft have pray'd; Let it suffice that I have been a just example made.
Printed for J. Bissel, at the Hospital Gate in West-Smithfield.