%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Murtherer's Moan; / OR, / The Penitent Lamentation of J.B. Gent, for the Murther of his / Wife Elizabeth, which he bitterly Lamented, a little before his / Execution, which was at Tyburn, on the 18th of this Instant Sep- / tember, 1691. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/21/2008 22230

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5.13 R188606 1 Iohnson's Farewel Russell's Farewell Johnson's Farewell WIth aking heart this day I write / a mournful Tragedy; Weinstein lists date from title (1691) Pepys 5.13 Rollins (1) VI: 115-121; 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. 5: 13 THE / Murtherer's Moan; / OR, / The Penitent Lamentation of J.B. Gent, for the Murther of his / Wife Elizabeth, which he bitterly Lamented, a little before his / Execution, which was at Tyburn, on the 18th of this Instant Sep- / tember, 1691. THE Murtherer's Moan; OR, The Penitent Lamentation of J. B. Gent, for the Murther of his Wife Elizabeth, which he bitterly Lamented, a little before his Execution, which was at Tyburn, on the 18th of this Instant Sep-tember, 1691. The Murderer's Moan; Or, the Penitent Lament of J.B. Gent, for the Murder of His Wife Elizabeth, Which He Bitterly Lamented, a Little Before His Execution, Which Was at Tyburn, on the 18th of This Present September, 1691. 1/2 sheet folio, 280 x 167 funerary border: 182 x 4, and framed with funerary borders 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back PBA

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WIth aking heart this day I write a mournful Tragedy; Before my Soul is taking flight, into Eternity: That men who see my wretched state, may warned be therefore; Let not Repentance come too late, God's mercies I implore. Unto my Grief I do confess, this day I guilty stand, Of Blood which does my Soul oppress, behold this Cruel Hand Which I stretch'd forth against my dear, to take her Life away; How am I able to appear in this another day. My Parents did in wealth abound, and I their Youthful Son, A Fair Sweet Charming Creature found, by whom my heart was won; I marry'd making her my Wife, though of a mean degree, Then did I take away her Life, was this not Cruelty. It constantly run in my mind, for to make short her days, And then I might some Lady find, who would my fortune raise; These was my thoughts, dear friends behold, who was with malice fraught; Thus for the sake of cursed Gold, I am to ruin brought. The Snare that for my Love I laid, was by a Letter sent; Poor heart my will she straight obey'd, not knowing my intent; She came and met her only Joy, well pleased that she might, But there her Life I did destroy, this was a bloody night.
For why she like a Lamb indeed, did to her Slaughter go, And when she for her Life did plead, no pity would I show; But did the bloody Knife extend, which gave the fatal wound, For which my Life is at an end, with Sorrows compast round. My hands I did begin to wring, and did her Death condole; For Conscience straight began to sting my double-guilty Soul; Like one distracted in my mind, I wander too and fro, And could no peace or quiet find, mine Eyes with tears did flow. I have been wounded to the heart, tormented night and day; For why before she did depart, as on the Ground she lay, She struggl'd with me for her life, and cry'd most bitterly, Have pity on your lawful Wife, and do not murther me. When I before the Judgment-Seat of the great God appear, And with my murther'd Wife shall meet, if God should be severe: Alas! what will become of me, whose Deeds have been unjust? But there is mercy, Lord, with thee, in whom I put my trust. O that I ne'er had Guilty been, for why, I do declare, This Murther is a crying Sin, which Mortal cannot bear; I dye, I dye a shameful Death, which doth my Parents grieve; Yet when I shall resign my breath, good Lord my Soul receive.
Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back.