%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Revvard of Murther, / In the Execution of Richard Smith, for murther- / ing Mary Davis widdow, to whom hee made a promise of / Marriage after he had gotten her with Childe: she was found drownd / in a Pond neare More Fields, the 27. of November last, and the / said Richard Smith, executed this present Saterday, being / the 12. of Dccember, 1640. for the same fact. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1640-1640 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/22/2018 36085

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S95236 1 Ned Smith [unknown] Ned Smith ALl men that now are here, / that come to see me die, Manchester Central Library Blackletter Ballads Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 20 The Revvard of Murther, / In the Execution of Richard Smith, for murther- / ing Mary Davis widdow, to whom hee made a promise of / Marriage after he had gotten her with Childe: she was found drownd / in a Pond neare More Fields, the 27. of November last, and the / said Richard Smith, executed this present Saterday, being / the 12. of Dccember, 1640. for the same fact. The Reward of Murder, In the Execution of Richard Smith, for murdering Mary Davis widow, to whom he made a promise of Marriage after he had gotten her with Child: she was found drowned in a Pond near More Fields, the 27 of November last, and the said Richard Smith, executed this present Saturday, being the 12 of December, 1640 for the same fact. 1640-1640

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ALl men that now are here, that come to see me die, See you the Lord doe feare, and from adulterie flye, I liv'd in credit good, I liv'd in wealth and fame, Till I staind my hands with bloud, and brought myselfe to shame. I rob'd her of her breath, that lov'd me as her life, I did procure her death, that should have beene my wife. Well borne and bred was she, to many people knowne, She well affected me, and loved me alone. I to requite her love, did shew myselfe most kinde, But I at length did proove, a traitor in my minde. I for her mony car'd more then for her God knowes, As plainely it appear'd, by giving her some blowes.
Her Chastitie to wrong, I sought both night and day, At length my tempting tongue, made her to goe astray. I pleaded my owne cause, that I might have my will, Against Gods righteous Lawes, my lust for to fulfill. When some discourse we had, as we walkt on the way, I would seeme wondrous sad, to heare what she would say. What ayles my love to be, so sad and heavy now This would she say to me, whilst I with bended brow Would thus reply againe, my wants you may supply, But I shall plead in vaine, If you my sute deny. I thinke nothing too deare, for thee my love said she, To speake then doe not feare, for I shall soone agree. [?]