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THE DISOBEDIENT SON AND CRUEL HUSBAND.
The SEA-Martyrs; OR, The Seamen's sad Lamentation for their Faithful Service, Bad Pay, and Cruel Usage. Being a woeful Relation how some of them were unmercifully put to Death for pressing for their Pay, when their Families were like to starve. Thus our New Government does Subjects serve, And leaves them this sad choice to hang or starve. To the Tune of Banstead Downs.
Banstead Downs
The Lonely Banna Strand
The last Speech and Confession of Jannet Riddle,
The complaint and lamentation of Mistresse Arden of Feversham in Kent,
Fortune my Foe
The Ballad of Roger Casement
THE Swaggering Man.
Some Luck Some Wit
The German Princess adieu
Sir Hugh in the Grimes Downfall.
An Excellent Ballad of George Barnwel,
The Rich Merchant Man
A warning to all false Traitors by example of 14.
Greensleeves
A looking-glass for vvanton Women by the example and expiation of Mary Higgs who was executed on Wednesday the 18th of July 1677 for committing the odious sin of burgery with her dog who was hanged on a tree the same day neer the place of execution shewing her penitent behaviour and last speech at the gallows, tune of In summer time.
In Summer Time
A CABINET of Grief: OR, THE French MIDVVIFE'S Miserable mean for the Barbarous Murther committed upon the Body o[...] her Husband
The Pious Christians Exhortation
Villany Rewarded; OR, THE PIRATES Last Farewel To the VVorld: Who was Executed at Execution Dock, on Wednesday the 25th. of November, 1696. Being of Every's Crew. Together with their free Confession of their most Horrid Crimes.
Russell's Farewell
The York-shire Tragedy: GIVING An Account of a Barbarous Murther Committed on the Bodies of a young Man and Maid, by Thieves, who made their escape, and was not found in two Years after; and then being apprehended, they were Arraigned, and their Ring-leader found Guilty; for which he received the due Sentence of Death, and was accordingly Executed at York late Sizes.
Fond Boy
The Penitent Gallant, Being, An Account of a Gentleman who lay Condemn'd for the Murther of his Friend, and pretended he could not dye till he had eas'd his Conscience, in sending for thirteen Men, to beg their Pardons, whom he had Cuckolded at Branford.
Hyde Park
The Midwife of Poplar's Sorrowful Confession and Lamentation in Newgate Who was Condemned to Dye for that Horrid and Unheard of Murder, which she committed on the Bodys of several young infants, whom she Starved to Death, and was accordingly Executed for the same in Holbourn, upon the 23d. of this instant October, 1693.
Russell's Farewell
The LAMENTATION OF Dell's Mistris For the Loss of her Gallant.
The little Fishes in the Deep, knows no such Liberty
The Injured Children,
Russell's Farewell
The Chancellors Resolution:
Lilli borlero
The Bloody=minded Husband;
Russell's Farewell
THE VVhipster of VVoodstreet, OR, A True Account of the Barbarous and Horrid Murther committed on the Body of Mary Cox, late Servant in Woodstreet LONDON.
Grim King of the Ghosts
THE Penitent Highway-man: OR, The Last Farewel of Mr. Biss, Who was Born at Shaftsbury, in Wiltshire, and was arrain'd and found guilty, and accordingly received Sentence of Death, and was Executed at Salisbury, on the 12th of March, 1695.
Russell's Farewell
THE Murtherers Lamentation: BEING An Account of John Jewster and William Butler, who where arraign'd and found guilty 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.
Russell's farewell
The Golden Farmer's Last Fareweel
The Rich Merchant Man
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