%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The barbarous and bloody Son, / WHO / Shot his FATHER / As he was going into the Church. / This Murder being Committed by one Symmons, on the Body of his Father-in-Law, / Mr. James Monevoir, a Master Weaver, by shooting him with a Pistol Charg'd with six Slugs, / as he was going into a French Tabernacle in Spittle-Fields, on Sunday Morning the 12th. of Ju- / ly, about Ten of the Clock, and of his being taken and Committed, by Justice Bateman, unto / Newgate for the same. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 0 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/05/2008 22246

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5.28 R172257 1 I love you dearly, &c. He That Loves Best Must Suffer Most I Love You Dearly, etc. OH horrid is the Crime of blood, / And Damnable if understood; Weinstein: date from content (1696) Pepys 5.28 Rollins (1) VII:228-233; Wing B685[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: 28 The barbarous and bloody Son, / WHO / Shot his FATHER / As he was going into the Church. / This Murder being Committed by one Symmons, on the Body of his Father-in-Law, / Mr. James Monevoir, a Master Weaver, by shooting him with a Pistol Charg'd with six Slugs, / as he was going into a French Tabernacle in Spittle-Fields, on Sunday Morning the 12th. of Ju- / ly, about Ten of the Clock, and of his being taken and Committed, by Justice Bateman, unto / Newgate for the same. The barbarous and bloody Son,WHO Shot his FATHER As he was going into the Church. This Murder being Committed by one Symmons, on the Body of his Father-in-Law, Mr. James Monevoir, a Master Weaver, by shooting him with a Pistol Charg'd with six Slugs, as he was going into a French Tabernacle in Spittle-Fields, on Sunday Morning the 12th. of Ju-ly, about Ten of the Clock, and of his being taken and Committed, by Justice Bateman, unto Newgate for the same. The Barbarous and Bloody Son, Who Shot His Father as He Was Going into the Church. The Murder Being Committed by One Symmons, on the Body of His Father-in-law, Mr. James Monevoir, a Master Weaver, By Shooting Him with a Pistol Charged with Six Slugs, as He Was Going into a French Tabernacle in Spittle-fields, on Sunday Morning the 12th of July, about ten o'clock, and of His Being Taken and Committed, by Justice Bateman, to Newgate for the Same. 1/2 sheet folio, 248 x 160 uneven inking vertical rules Printer Charles Barnet 0 London: Printed and Sold Charles Barnet. Charles Barnet

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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 2/5/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Tragedy 02/05/08 Checker Rachel Mann Updated metadata, created xml 07/2/07 Checker Pavneet Aulakh Transcription checked, metadata created 07/13/06 Transcriber Liberty Stanavage original transcription 9/13/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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OH horrid is the Crime of blood, And Damnable if understood; And yet this sin so rife is grown, The like before was never known. As by this tragick act you'l see How bloody it appears to be; A son the father for to kill, And suddenly his blood to spill. Oh horrid horrid sure to tell, For this must be contriv'd in Hell, Or no one else could do this Deed, To make a harmless Father bleed. Symmons, a Watch-maker by trade, Bout three years since marry'd a Maid, Whose father lived at the Crown, A Weaver in th' Artillery-ground. And with this Maiden it is told, He had a Portion all in Gold; The Father for a year to come, Kept both the Daughter and the Son. Then went the daughter and the son Into the world to live alone; But in a year or less was he Ruined by Debauchery. His Father set him up again In hopes his Lewdness he'd refrain; But still all that his father gave, The Son would not one penny save. When that the Father slack'd his hand, This Spendthrift would not stay on land But on the Seas straight went the Son, That and Gallows refuses none.
But lately he return'd on shore, And to his Father went for more: The father cry'd I cannot give; The Son reply'd then you shant live. So straight a Pistol he did get, And with six Slugs he Charged it; then waited a full hour and more to shoot his Father at the Church-door. On Sunday the twelfth of July, this wicked Son in wait did lye, to work his Fathers overthrow, While he poor Man to Church did go, And just as his poor Father come, Straight curs'd him did the wicked son, And swearing now I have you found, I will have your hearts blood and wounds. So Cockt the Pistol and let fly Into his Guts immediately; Six Slugs which did his Bowels tear, While the Minister was at prayer. Murder being cry'd and noise of Gun Made people out of the Church run, they found the Murder'd Father lye, the son with sword drawn standing by. they cryd whats this that thou hast done? whats that to you replyes the son, But they secured him presently, And now in Newgate he does lye. Now Children love your Parents dear, Let no temptations you insnare, to do as this vile wretch has done, A Father murdered by a son.
London: Printed and Sold Charles Barnet.