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Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde : tryed at the goale deliuerie of Newgate, at the sessions in the Old Bayly, the 18. and 19. of Iuly last, 1614. the one of a London cripple named Iohn Arthur, that to hide his shame and lust, strangled his betrothed wife. The other of a lasciuious young damsell named Martha Scambler, which made away the fru[i]t of her own womb, that the world might not see the seed of her owne shame: which two persons with diuers others vvere executed at Tyburne the 21. o[f] Iuly folowing. With two sorrowfull ditties of these two aforesaid persons, made by themselues in Newgate, the night before their execution.

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At London : Printed [by G. Eld] for Edward Wright, 1614.

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Descript	[12] p.
Note	Printer's name from STC.
	With woodcut title vignettes.
	Partly in verse.
	"The cripples complaint in the dungeon at Newgate" and "Martha Scamblers repentance" have caption title.
	Signatures: A⁴ B² .
	Some print faded and show-through.
	Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

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Descript	[12] p.
Note	Printer's name from STC.
	With woodcut title vignettes.
	Partly in verse.
	"The cripples complaint in the dungeon at Newgate" and "Martha Scamblers repentance" have caption title.
	Signatures: A⁴ B² .
	Some print faded and show-through.
	Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Trials (Murder) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
	Trials (Infanticide) -- England -- Early works to 1800.

Subject	Trials (Murder) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
	Trials (Infanticide) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Descript	[12] p.
Note	Printer's name from STC.
	With woodcut title vignettes.
	Partly in verse.
	"The cripples complaint in the dungeon at Newgate" and "Martha Scamblers repentance" have caption title.
	Signatures: A⁴ B² .
	Some print faded and show-through.
	Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

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