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         Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
      
       
         
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             The vnnaturall father, or, The cruell murther committed by [one] Iohn Rowse of the towne of Ewell, ten m[iles] from London, in the county of Surry, vpon two of his owne children with his prayer and repentance in prison, his arrai[gn]ment and iudgement at the Sessions, and his execution for the said fact at Croydon, on Munday the second of Iuly, 1621.
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           THE
           Vnnaturall
           Father
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           cruell
           Murther
           committed
           by
           IOHN
           ROWSE
           of
           the
           Towne
           of
           Ewell
           ,
           ten
           miles
           from
           London
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Surry
           ,
           vpon
           two
           of
           his
           owne
           Children
           .
           With
           his
           Prayer
           and
           Repentance
           in
           Prison
           ,
           his
           Arraignment
           and
           Iudgement
           at
           the
           Sessions
           ,
           and
           his
           Execution
           for
           the
           said
           fact
           at
           Croydon
           ,
           on
           Munday
           the
           second
           of
           Iuly
           .
           1621.
           
        
         
         
           London
           printed
           for
           
             I.
             T.
          
           and
           
             H.
             G.
          
           1621.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           VNNATVRALL
           FATHER
           .
        
         
           AS
           a
           chaine
           consists
           of
           diuers
           linkes
           ,
           and
           euery
           linke
           depends
           and
           is
           inyoak'd
           vpon
           one
           another
           :
           Euen
           so
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           being
           the
           Chaine
           wherewith
           Satan
           doth
           binde
           and
           manacle
           vs
           ,
           are
           so
           knit
           ,
           twisted
           ,
           and
           sodered
           together
           ,
           that
           without
           our
           firme
           faith
           ascending
           ,
           and
           Gods
           grace
           descending
           ,
           wee
           can
           neuer
           bee
           freed
           from
           those
           infernall
           fetters
           ;
           for
           Sloth
           is
           linked
           with
           Drunkennes
           ,
           Drunkennes
           with
           Fornication
           and
           Adultery
           ,
           &
           Adultery
           with
           Murder
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           al
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           temptations
           ,
           suggestions
           and
           actions
           ,
           wherewith
           miserable
           men
           and
           women
           are
           insnared
           ,
           and
           led
           captiue
           into
           perpetuall
           perdition
           ,
           except
           the
           mercy
           of
           our
           gracious
           God
           be
           our
           defence
           and
           safegard
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           lamentable
           example
           of
           the
           Diuels
           malice
           ,
           and
           mans
           misery
           ,
           this
           party
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           treat
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           was
           a
           wretch
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           matched
           ,
           a
           fellow
           not
           be
           fellowed
           ,
           &
           one
           that
           scarce
           hath
           an
           equall
           ,
           for
           matchlesse
           misery
           ,
           and
           vnnaturall
           Murther
           .
           But
           to
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
         
           This
           
             Iohn
             Rowse
          
           being
           a
           Fishmonger
           in
           London
           ,
           gaue
           ouer
           his
           trade
           ,
           and
           liued
           altogether
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Ewell
           ,
           neere
           Nonesuch
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Surry
           ,
           ten
           miles
           from
           London
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           Land
           of
           his
           owne
           for
           himselfe
           and
           his
           heires
           for
           euer
           to
           the
           value
           of
           fifty
           pounds
           a
           yeere
           ,
           with
           which
           hee
           liued
           in
           good
           and
           honest
           fashion
           ,
           being
           well
           reputed
           of
           all
           his
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           in
           good
           estimation
           with
           Gentlemen
           and
           others
           that
           dwelt
           in
           the
           adioyning
           Villages
           .
        
         
           Vntill
           at
           the
           last
           he
           married
           a
           very
           honest
           and
           comely
           woman
           ,
           with
           whom
           hee
           liued
           quietly
           and
           in
           good
           fashion
           some
           six
           moneths
           ,
           till
           the
           Diuell
           sent
           an
           instrument
           of
           his
           ,
           to
           disturbe
           their
           Matrimoniall
           happinesse
           :
           for
           they
           wanting
           a
           Maidseruant
           ,
           did
           entertain
           into
           their
           house
           a
           Wench
           ,
           whose
           name
           was
           
             Iane
             Bl●ndell
          
           ,
           who
           in
           short
           time
           was
           better
           acquainted
           with
           her
           Masters
           bed
           then
           honesty
           required
           ,
           which
           in
           time
           was
           found
           out
           and
           knowne
           by
           her
           Mistris
           ,
           and
           brake
           the
           peace
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           betweene
           the
           said
           Rowse
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           after
           two
           yeeres
           continuance
           ,
           it
           brake
           the
           poore
           womans
           heart
           ,
           that
           she
           dyed
           &
           left
           her
           Husband
           a
           widdower
           ,
           where
           he
           and
           his
           Whore
           were
           the
           more
           free
           to
           vse
           their
           cursed
           contentments
           ,
           and
           vngodly
           embracements
           .
        
         
           Yet
           that
           estate
           of
           being
           vnmarried
           was
           displeasing
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           tooke
           to
           wife
           another
           woman
           ,
           who
           for
           her
           outward
           feature
           ,
           and
           inward
           qualities
           was
           euery
           way
           fit
           for
           a
           very
           honest
           man
           ,
           although
           it
           were
           her
           hard
           fortune
           to
           match
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           With
           this
           last
           Wife
           of
           his
           he
           liued
           much
           discontented
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           keeping
           his
           lewd
           Tr●ll
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           his
           dayly
           Ryot
           ,
           excessiue
           drinking
           ,
           &
           vnproportionable
           spending
           ,
           his
           estate
           began
           to
           be
           much
           impouerished
           ,
           much
           of
           his
           Land
           morgag'd
           and
           forfeited
           ,
           himselfe
           aboue
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           indebted
           ,
           and
           in
           processe
           of
           time
           to
           be
           (
           as
           a
           lewd
           
           liuer
           )
           of
           all
           his
           honest
           neighbours
           reiected
           and
           contemned
           .
        
         
           His
           estate
           and
           credit
           being
           almost
           past
           recouerie
           wasted
           and
           impaired
           ,
           he
           forsooke
           his
           Wife
           ,
           came
           vp
           to
           London
           with
           his
           Wench
           ,
           where
           hee
           fell
           in
           new
           league
           with
           a
           corrupted
           friend
           ;
           who
           (
           as
           he
           said
           )
           did
           most
           courteously
           coozen
           him
           of
           all
           that
           euer
           he
           had
           ,
           &
           whom
           at
           this
           time
           I
           forbeare
           to
           name
           ;
           because
           it
           was
           
             Iohn
             Rowse
          
           his
           request
           before
           his
           execution
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           be
           named
           in
           any
           Booke
           or
           Ballad
           ,
           but
           yet
           vpon
           a
           Dye
           his
           name
           may
           be
           picked
           out
           betwixt
           a
           sinke
           &
           a
           trey
           .
           This
           false
           friend
           of
           his
           (
           as
           he
           said
           )
           did
           perswade
           him
           to
           leaue
           his
           Wife
           for
           altogether
           ,
           and
           did
           lodge
           and
           boord
           him
           and
           his
           paramore
           certaine
           weekes
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           afterward
           caused
           him
           and
           her
           to
           be
           lodged
           (
           hauing
           chang'd
           his
           name
           )
           as
           Man
           and
           Wife
           in
           an
           honest
           mans
           house
           neere
           Bishopsgate
           ,
           at
           
             Beuis
             Marks
          
           ,
           where
           they
           continued
           so
           long
           ,
           till
           his
           money
           was
           gone
           ,
           (
           as
           indeede
           he
           neuer
           had
           much
           ,
           but
           now
           and
           then
           small
           petty
           summes
           from
           his
           secret
           friend
           aforesaid
           )
           and
           he
           being
           fearefull
           to
           bee
           smoak'd
           out
           by
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           was
           counselled
           to
           leaue
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           depart
           for
           Ireland
           ;
           and
           before
           his
           going
           ouer-Sea
           ,
           his
           friend
           wrought
           so
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Land
           was
           made
           ouer
           in
           trust
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Bonds
           ,
           Couenants
           ,
           and
           Leases
           made
           ,
           as
           fully
           bought
           and
           sold
           for
           a
           summe
           of
           two
           hundred
           and
           threescore
           pounds
           ;
           of
           all
           which
           money
           the
           said
           Rowse
           did
           take
           the
           Sacrament
           and
           his
           death
           ,
           that
           hee
           neuer
           did
           receiue
           one
           penny
           ,
           but
           hee
           said
           that
           now
           and
           then
           he
           had
           fiue
           or
           ten
           shillings
           at
           a
           time
           from
           his
           said
           friend
           ,
           and
           neuer
           aboue
           twenty
           shillings
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           that
           euer
           he
           had
           of
           him
           ,
           being
           summ'd
           together
           ,
           was
           not
           aboue
           three
           &
           twenty
           pounds
           ,
           the
           which
           moneys
           his
           friend
           did
           pay
           himselfe
           out
           of
           his
           Rents
           .
           But
           some
           more
           friend
           to
           him
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           did
           doubt
           that
           he
           was
           cheated
           of
           his
           Land
           :
           whereupon
           (
           to
           make
           all
           sure
           )
           he
           said
           that
           his
           false
           friend
           did
           so
           farre
           preuaile
           
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           the
           said
           Rowse
           tooke
           an
           Oath
           in
           the
           open
           Court
           at
           Westminster
           Hall
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           lawfully
           sold
           his
           Land
           ,
           and
           had
           receiued
           the
           summe
           abouesaid
           ,
           in
           full
           satisfaction
           and
           paiment
           ,
           and
           his
           said
           friend
           did
           vow
           and
           protest
           many
           times
           vnto
           him
           ,
           with
           such
           oathes
           and
           vehement
           curses
           ,
           that
           he
           neuer
           would
           deceiue
           his
           trust
           ,
           but
           that
           at
           any
           time
           when
           hee
           would
           command
           all
           those
           forged
           Bonds
           and
           Leases
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           surrender
           them
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           should
           neuer
           be
           damnifide
           by
           them
           or
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           one
           halfe-penny
           .
           Vpon
           which
           protestations
           (
           hee
           said
           )
           he
           was
           enticed
           to
           vndoe
           himselfe
           out
           of
           all
           his
           earthly
           possessions
           ,
           &
           by
           a
           false
           oath
           to
           make
           hazard
           of
           his
           inheritance
           in
           Heauen
           .
        
         
           In
           Ireland
           he
           stayd
           not
           long
           ,
           but
           came
           ouer
           againe
           ,
           and
           was
           by
           his
           friend
           perswaded
           to
           goe
           into
           the
           Low
           Countries
           :
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           neuer
           minding
           his
           Wife
           and
           two
           small
           Children
           which
           he
           had
           by
           her
           ,
           hauing
           likewise
           a
           brace
           of
           bastards
           by
           his
           Whore
           (
           as
           some
           say
           )
           but
           he
           said
           that
           but
           one
           of
           them
           was
           of
           his
           begetting
           .
           But
           he
           ,
           after
           some
           stay
           in
           Holland
           ,
           saw
           that
           he
           could
           not
           fadge
           there
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           desire
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           suspecting
           that
           he
           was
           cheated
           of
           his
           Land
           ,
           and
           aboue
           all
           ,
           much
           perplexed
           in
           his
           Conscience
           for
           the
           false
           oath
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           ,
           pondering
           his
           miserable
           estate
           ,
           and
           ruing
           his
           vnkindnesse
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           vnnaturall
           dealing
           to
           his
           Children
           ,
           thinking
           with
           himselfe
           what
           course
           were
           best
           to
           take
           to
           helpe
           himselfe
           out
           of
           so
           many
           miseries
           which
           did
           incompasse
           him
           ,
           he
           came
           ouer
           againe
           into
           England
           to
           his
           too
           deare
           friend
           ,
           demanding
           of
           him
           his
           Bonds
           and
           Leas●s
           of
           his
           Land
           which
           hee
           had
           put
           him
           in
           trust
           withall
           .
           But
           then
           his
           friend
           did
           manifest
           himselfe
           what
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           plainly
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           no
           writings
           ,
           not
           any
           Land
           of
           his
           ,
           but
           what
           hee
           had
           dearely
           bought
           and
           paid
           for
           .
           All
           which
           (
           Rowse
           replyed
           
           vnto
           him
           )
           was
           false
           ,
           as
           his
           owne
           Conscience
           knew
           .
           Then
           said
           the
           other
           ,
           haue
           I
           not
           heere
           in
           my
           custody
           your
           hand
           and
           Seale
           to
           confirme
           my
           lawfull
           possession
           of
           your
           Land
           ?
           and
           moreouer
           haue
           I
           not
           a
           Record
           of
           an
           Oath
           in
           open
           Court
           ,
           which
           you
           tooke
           concerning
           the
           truth
           of
           all
           our
           bargaine
           ?
           And
           seeing
           that
           I
           haue
           all
           these
           especiall
           points
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           an
           Oath
           ,
           Indentures
           ,
           and
           a
           sure
           possession
           ,
           take
           what
           course
           you
           will
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           resolued
           to
           hold
           vvhat
           I
           haue
           .
        
         
           These
           (
           or
           the
           like
           )
           words
           ,
           in
           effect
           passed
           betwixt
           Rowse
           and
           his
           Friend
           (
           Trusty
           Roger
           )
           which
           entring
           at
           his
           eares
           ,
           pierced
           his
           heart
           like
           Daggers
           ;
           and
           beeing
           out
           of
           money
           and
           Credit
           ,
           a
           man
           much
           infamous
           for
           his
           bad
           life
           ,
           indebted
           beyond
           all
           possible
           meanes
           of
           paiment
           ;
           a
           periured
           wretch
           to
           coozen
           himselfe
           ,
           hauing
           no
           place
           or
           meanes
           to
           feede
           or
           lodge
           ,
           and
           fearefull
           of
           being
           arrested
           ,
           hauing
           so
           much
           abused
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           regarded
           his
           Children
           ,
           being
           now
           brought
           to
           the
           pits
           brim
           of
           desperation
           ,
           not
           knowing
           amongst
           these
           calamities
           which
           way
           to
           turne
           himselfe
           ,
           hee
           resolued
           at
           last
           to
           goe
           home
           to
           Ewell
           againe
           to
           his
           much
           wronged
           Wife
           ,
           for
           his
           last
           refuge
           in
           extremitie
           .
        
         
           The
           poore
           Woman
           receiued
           him
           with
           ioy
           ,
           and
           his
           Children
           with
           all
           gladnesse
           welcomed
           home
           the
           prodigall
           Father
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           remained
           in
           much
           discontentment
           and
           perplexitie
           of
           minde
           :
           the
           Diuell
           still
           tempting
           him
           〈◊〉
           mischiefe
           and
           despaire
           ;
           putting
           him
           in
           minde
           of
           his
           〈…〉
           better
           estate
           ,
           comparing
           pleasures
           past
           with
           present
           miseries
           ,
           and
           hee
           re●oluing
           that
           hee
           had
           beene
           a
           man
           in
           that
           Towne
           had
           beene
           a
           Gentlemans
           companion
           ,
           of
           good
           Reputation
           and
           Calling
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           Friends
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Apparell
           ,
           and
           Credit
           ,
           with
           meanes
           sufficient
           
           to
           haue
           left
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           he
           had
           nothing
           left
           him
           but
           pouerty
           and
           beggery
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           two
           Children
           were
           like
           to
           be
           left
           to
           go
           from
           doore
           to
           doore
           for
           their
           liuing
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           tormented
           and
           tost
           with
           restlesse
           imaginations
           ;
           hee
           seeing
           dayly
           to
           his
           further
           griefe
           ,
           the
           poore
           case
           of
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           fearing
           that
           worse
           would
           befall
           them
           hereafter
           ,
           hee
           resolued
           to
           worke
           some
           meanes
           to
           take
           away
           their
           languishing
           liues
           ,
           by
           a
           speedy
           &
           vntimely
           death
           ,
           the
           which
           practise
           of
           his
           (
           by
           the
           Diuels
           instigation
           and
           assistance
           )
           he
           effected
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           To
           bee
           sure
           that
           no
           body
           should
           stop
           or
           preuent
           his
           diuellish
           enterprise
           ;
           hee
           sent
           his
           Wife
           to
           London
           in
           a
           friuolous
           errand
           ,
           for
           a
           riding
           Coate
           :
           and
           she
           being
           gone
           somewhat
           timely
           ,
           and
           too
           soone
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           both
           her
           Children
           being
           in
           bed
           and
           fast
           asleepe
           ,
           beeing
           two
           very
           pretty
           Girles
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           age
           of
           sixe
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           foure
           yeeres
           old
           ,
           none
           being
           in
           the
           house
           but
           themselues
           ,
           their
           vnfortunate
           Father
           ,
           and
           his
           ghostly
           Counsellor
           ,
           the
           dores
           being
           fast
           locked
           ,
           hee
           hauing
           an
           excellent
           Spring
           of
           water
           in
           the
           Seller
           of
           his
           house
           (
           which
           ,
           to
           a
           good
           minde
           that
           would
           haue
           imploy'd
           it
           well
           ,
           would
           haue
           beene
           a
           blessing
           :
           for
           the
           water
           is
           of
           that
           Christaline
           purity
           ,
           and
           cleerenesse
           ,
           that
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           famous
           memory
           would
           dayly
           send
           for
           it
           for
           her
           owne
           vse
           )
           in
           which
           hee
           purposed
           to
           drowne
           his
           poore
           innocent
           children
           sleeping
           :
           for
           he
           going
           into
           the
           Chamber
           where
           they
           lay
           ,
           took
           the
           yongest
           of
           〈◊〉
           named
           Elizabeth
           forth
           of
           her
           bed
           ,
           and
           carried
           her
           〈◊〉
           the
           Stayres
           into
           his
           Seller
           ,
           and
           there
           put
           her
           in
           the
           Spring
           of
           Water
           ,
           holding
           downe
           her
           head
           vnder
           that
           pure
           Element
           with
           his
           hands
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           the
           poore
           harmelesse
           soule
           and
           body
           parted
           one
           from
           another
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           first
           Act
           of
           this
           his
           inhumane
           Tragedy
           being
           ended
           ,
           hee
           carried
           the
           dead
           corps
           vp
           three
           payre
           of
           stayres
           ,
           and
           laying
           it
           downe
           on
           the
           floore
           ,
           left
           it
           ,
           and
           went
           down
           into
           the
           Chamber
           where
           his
           other
           Daughter
           ,
           named
           Marry
           ,
           was
           in
           bed
           ;
           being
           newly
           awaked
           ,
           and
           seeing
           her
           father
           ,
           demanded
           of
           him
           where
           her
           Sister
           was
           ?
           To
           whom
           he
           made
           answer
           that
           he
           would
           bring
           her
           where
           she
           was
           .
           So
           taking
           her
           in
           his
           armes
           ,
           hee
           carried
           her
           downe
           towards
           the
           Seller
           :
           and
           as
           hee
           was
           on
           the
           Seller
           stayres
           ,
           shee
           asked
           him
           what
           he
           would
           doe
           ,
           and
           whither
           he
           would
           carry
           her
           ?
           Feare
           nothing
           ,
           my
           Child
           (
           quoth
           hee
           )
           I
           will
           bring
           thee
           vp
           againe
           presently
           :
           and
           being
           come
           to
           the
           Spring
           ,
           as
           before
           hee
           had
           done
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           so
           hee
           performed
           his
           last
           vnfatherly
           deed
           vpon
           her
           ,
           &
           to
           be
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           ,
           carried
           her
           vp
           the
           stayres
           &
           laid
           her
           by
           her
           sister
           ;
           that
           done
           ,
           he
           laid
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           couered
           them
           both
           with
           a
           sheete
           ,
           walking
           vp
           and
           downe
           his
           house
           ,
           weeping
           and
           lamenting
           his
           owne
           misery
           ,
           and
           his
           friends
           treachery
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           maine
           ground
           of
           all
           his
           misfortunes
           ,
           &
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Children
           :
           and
           though
           there
           was
           time
           and
           opportunity
           enough
           for
           him
           to
           flye
           ,
           &
           to
           seeke
           for
           safety
           ;
           yet
           the
           burthen
           and
           guilt
           of
           his
           conscience
           was
           so
           heauy
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           desperate
           case
           was
           so
           extreme
           ,
           that
           hee
           neuer
           offered
           to
           depart
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           man
           weary
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           would
           ,
           and
           did
           stay
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           hee
           was
           apprehended
           and
           sent
           to
           Prison
           ,
           where
           he
           lay
           till
           he
           was
           rewarded
           with
           a
           iust
           deserued
           death
           .
        
         
           What
           his
           other
           intents
           were
           ,
           after
           hee
           had
           drowned
           his
           Children
           ,
           is
           vncertaine
           ;
           for
           hee
           drew
           his
           sword
           and
           laid
           it
           naked
           on
           a
           Table
           ,
           and
           after
           ,
           he
           gate
           a
           poore
           woman
           downe
           into
           the
           Seller
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           place
           where
           the
           two
           Infants
           lost
           their
           liues
           ,
           hee
           did
           helpe
           the
           woman
           to
           wring
           a
           Bucke
           of
           his
           clothes
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           requested
           her
           to
           help
           to
           
           conuey
           his
           goods
           out
           of
           his
           house
           ;
           for
           hee
           said
           that
           hee
           feared
           that
           the
           Sheriffe
           of
           Surry
           would
           come
           and
           seaze
           vpon
           all
           .
           But
           the
           woman
           not
           thinking
           of
           any
           of
           the
           harme
           that
           was
           done
           ,
           imagined
           that
           he
           had
           meant
           that
           his
           goods
           would
           be
           seazed
           for
           debt
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           murther
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           returne
           to
           the
           miserable
           Mother
           of
           the
           murdered
           Children
           ,
           shee
           said
           that
           her
           heart
           throbbed
           all
           day
           ,
           as
           fore-boading
           some
           heauy
           mischance
           to
           come
           :
           and
           hauing
           done
           her
           businesse
           that
           shee
           came
           about
           to
           London
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           shee
           came
           home
           ,
           she
           asked
           for
           her
           Children
           ,
           to
           whom
           her
           Husband
           answered
           that
           they
           were
           at
           a
           neighbours
           house
           in
           the
           Towne
           .
           Then
           said
           she
           ,
           I
           will
           goe
           thither
           to
           fetch
           them
           home
           .
           No
           quoth
           he
           ,
           I
           will
           goe
           my selfe
           presently
           for
           them
           .
           Thē
           said
           his
           wife
           ,
           let
           the
           poore
           woman
           that
           is
           heere
           goe
           and
           bring
           them
           home
           .
           But
           at
           last
           she
           saw
           such
           delay
           was
           vsed
           ,
           she
           was
           going
           her selfe
           ;
           then
           her
           Husband
           told
           her
           that
           hee
           had
           sent
           them
           to
           a
           Kinsmans
           of
           his
           at
           a
           Village
           called
           Sutton
           ,
           foure
           miles
           from
           Ewell
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           had
           prouided
           well
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           prayd
           ▪
           her
           to
           bee
           contented
           and
           feare
           nothing
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           well
           .
           These
           double
           tales
           of
           his
           ,
           made
           her
           to
           doubt
           somwhat
           was
           amisse
           :
           therefore
           shee
           intreated
           him
           for
           Gods
           sake
           to
           tell
           her
           truely
           where
           they
           were
           .
           Wherevpon
           he
           said
           ,
           If
           you
           will
           needs
           know
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           goe
           but
           vp
           the
           staires
           into
           such
           a
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           there
           you
           shall
           finde
           them
           .
           But
           in
           what
           a
           lamentable
           perplexity
           of
           mind
           the
           poore
           woman
           was
           when
           shee
           perceiued
           how
           and
           which
           way
           they
           lost
           their
           liues
           ,
           any
           Christian
           that
           hath
           an
           heart
           of
           flesh
           may
           imagine
           .
           Presently
           the
           Constable
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           who
           tooke
           him
           into
           his
           custody
           ,
           who
           amongst
           other
           talke
           ,
           demanded
           of
           him
           why
           and
           how
           hee
           could
           commit
           so
           vnnaturall
           a
           fact
           ,
           as
           to
           murder
           his
           Children
           ?
           To
           whom
           he
           answered
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           
           because
           he
           was
           not
           able
           to
           keepe
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           was
           loth
           they
           should
           goe
           about
           the
           Towne
           a
           begging
           :
           and
           moreouer
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           doe
           what
           hee
           would
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           their
           liues
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           had
           taken
           their
           liues
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           was
           contented
           to
           lose
           his
           life
           for
           them
           :
           for
           he
           was
           sure
           that
           their
           miseries
           were
           past
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           part
           ,
           he
           had
           an
           assured
           hope
           to
           goe
           to
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           could
           not
           come
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           So
           being
           had
           before
           a
           Iustice
           ,
           his
           Examination
           was
           very
           briefe
           ;
           for
           he
           confest
           all
           the
           whole
           circumstances
           of
           the
           matter
           freely
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           common
           Prison
           of
           Surry
           ,
           cal'd
           the
           
             White
             Lyon
          
           ,
           where
           hee
           remained
           fourteene
           or
           fifteene
           weekes
           a
           wonderfull
           penitent
           Prisoner
           ,
           neuer
           ,
           or
           very
           seldome
           ,
           being
           without
           a
           Bible
           or
           some
           other
           good
           booke
           meditating
           vpon
           ;
           and
           whon
           any
           one
           did
           but
           mention
           his
           Children
           ,
           he
           would
           fetch
           a
           deep
           sigh
           ,
           and
           weepe
           ,
           desiring
           euery
           one
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           and
           vpon
           his
           owne
           earnest
           request
           ,
           he
           was
           praide
           for
           at
           Pauls
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           at
           most
           of
           the
           Churches
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           at
           many
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Sessions
           holden
           at
           Croydon
           ,
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           Iune
           last
           ,
           he
           made
           such
           free
           confession
           at
           the
           Barre
           ,
           declaring
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           his
           odious
           Drinking
           ,
           his
           abominable
           Whoring
           ,
           his
           cruell
           Murther
           ,
           and
           the
           false
           dealing
           of
           his
           deceitfull
           friend
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           finall
           wracke
           :
           with
           which
           Relations
           of
           his
           pronounced
           ,
           with
           such
           vehemency
           and
           protestations
           ,
           he
           moued
           all
           that
           heard
           him
           to
           commiseration
           and
           pitie
           .
        
         
           So
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           ,
           he
           was
           there
           condemned
           and
           iudged
           (
           for
           the
           murthering
           of
           his
           two
           Children
           )
           to
           be
           hang'd
           ;
           which
           Iudgement
           was
           executed
           on
           him
           at
           the
           common
           Gallowes
           at
           Croydon
           ,
           on
           Munday
           the
           second
           
           day
           of
           Iune
           ,
           1621.
           where
           he
           dyed
           with
           great
           penitency
           and
           remorce
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           lamentable
           end
           of
           
             Iohn
             Rowse
          
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           the
           age
           of
           fifty
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           might
           haue
           liu'd
           and
           dyed
           in
           better
           fashion
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           laid
           hold
           on
           the
           grace
           of
           heauen
           ,
           and
           craued
           Gods
           protection
           and
           fatherly
           assistance
           :
           but
           of
           all
           that
           herein
           is
           declared
           ,
           this
           one
           thing
           which
           I
           now
           declare
           ,
           is
           most
           lamentable
           &
           remarkable
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           Ewell
           being
           a
           Market
           Towne
           ,
           not
           much
           aboue
           ten
           miles
           from
           London
           ,
           in
           a
           Christian
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           where
           the
           all-sauing
           Word
           of
           the
           euer-liuing
           God
           is
           most
           diligently
           ,
           sincerely
           ,
           and
           plentifully
           preached
           ;
           &
           yet
           amidst
           this
           diligence
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           in
           the
           Circle
           or
           Center
           of
           this
           sincerity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           floud
           of
           this
           plenty
           ,
           the
           Towne
           of
           Ewell
           hath
           neither
           Preacher
           nor
           Pastor
           :
           for
           although
           the
           Parsonage
           be
           able
           to
           maintaine
           a
           sufficient
           Preacher
           ,
           yet
           the
           liuing
           beeing
           in
           a
           Lay-mans
           hand
           ,
           is
           rented
           out
           to
           another
           for
           a
           great
           sum
           ,
           &
           yet
           no
           Preacher
           maintained
           there
           .
           Now
           the
           chief
           Landlord
           out
           of
           his
           portion
           ,
           doth
           allow
           but
           seuen
           pounds
           yeerely
           for
           a
           Reader
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           that
           doth
           hyre
           the
           Parsonage
           at
           a
           great
           Rent
           ,
           doth
           giue
           the
           said
           Reader
           foure
           pound
           the
           yeere
           more
           out
           of
           his
           meanes
           and
           courtesie
           :
           and
           by
           this
           meanes
           the
           Towne
           is
           serued
           with
           a
           poore
           old
           man
           that
           is
           halfe
           blinde
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           age
           can
           scarcely
           read
           :
           for
           all
           the
           world
           knowes
           ,
           that
           so
           small
           a
           stipend
           cannot
           finde
           a
           good
           Preacher
           Bookes
           ,
           and
           very
           hardly
           bread
           to
           liue
           on
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           poore
           soules
           dwelling
           there
           ,
           are
           in
           danger
           of
           famishing
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           good
           Preacher
           to
           breake
           the
           Bread
           of
           Life
           vnto
           them
           :
           for
           a
           Sermon
           amongst
           them
           ,
           is
           as
           rare
           as
           warm
           weather
           in
           December
           ,
           or
           Ice
           in
           Iuly
           :
           both
           which
           I
           haue
           seene
           in
           England
           ,
           though
           but
           seldome
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Wolfe
           is
           most
           bold
           with
           the
           Sheepe
           ,
           when
           
           there
           is
           either
           no
           Shepheard
           ,
           or
           an
           impotent
           insufficient
           one
           ,
           so
           the
           Diuell
           (
           perhaps
           )
           tooke
           his
           aduantage
           of
           this
           wretched
           man
           ,
           seeing
           he
           was
           so
           badly
           guarded
           ,
           &
           so
           weakely
           guided
           to
           withstand
           his
           force
           and
           malice
           :
           for
           where
           God
           is
           least
           known
           and
           called
           vpon
           ,
           there
           Satan
           hath
           most
           power
           and
           domination
           .
           But
           howsoeuer
           ,
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           that
           that
           Towne
           and
           many
           more
           were
           better
           prouided
           then
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           then
           such
           numbers
           of
           soules
           would
           not
           be
           in
           hazzard
           to
           perish
           ;
           nor
           so
           many
           sufficient
           schollers
           that
           can
           preach
           and
           teach
           well
           ,
           liue
           in
           penury
           through
           want
           of
           maintenance
           .
           I
           could
           runne
           further
           vpon
           this
           point
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           doe
           shortly
           purpose
           to
           touch
           it
           more
           to
           the
           quick
           in
           another
           Booke
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           mans
           fall
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           an
           example
           of
           Gods
           Iustice
           against
           Drunkennes
           ,
           Whoredome
           ,
           and
           Murder
           ;
           the
           Diuel
           being
           the
           first
           Author
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Murtherer
           from
           the
           beginning
           :
           who
           fil'd
           Cain
           with
           Enuy
           ,
           that
           hee
           murdered
           his
           brother
           Abel
           :
           who
           tempted
           Dauid
           first
           to
           Adultery
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           Murther
           ;
           who
           prouoked
           Herod
           to
           cause
           the
           blessed
           Seruant
           of
           God
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           to
           lose
           his
           head
           ,
           because
           hee
           told
           him
           it
           was
           not
           lawfull
           for
           him
           to
           marry
           his
           brother
           Philips
           Wife
           ;
           and
           who
           was
           the
           prouoker
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Herod
           to
           murther
           all
           the
           innocent
           male
           children
           in
           his
           Kingdome
           .
           And
           let
           vs
           but
           marke
           and
           consider
           the
           plagues
           and
           punishments
           that
           God
           hath
           inflicted
           vpon
           Murderers
           ,
           Adulterers
           ,
           and
           Incestuous
           persons
           :
           First
           ,
           Cain
           ,
           although
           by
           his
           birth
           hee
           was
           the
           first
           man
           that
           euer
           was
           borne
           ,
           a
           Prince
           by
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           heire
           apparant
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           yet
           for
           the
           Murther
           by
           him
           committed
           on
           his
           brother
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           first
           Vagabond
           and
           Runnagate
           on
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           almost
           fearefull
           of
           his
           owne
           shaddow
           :
           and
           after
           he
           had
           liued
           along
           time
           terrifide
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           was
           
           himselfe
           slaine
           (
           as
           is
           supposed
           )
           by
           
             Lamech
             .
             Simeon
          
           and
           Leu●
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Iacob
           were
           accurst
           of
           their
           Father
           for
           the
           slaughter
           of
           the
           
             Sichemites
             ;
             Ioab
          
           the
           Captaine
           of
           Dauids
           Host
           ,
           was
           slaine
           for
           the
           murthering
           of
           
             Abner
             ;
             Dauid
          
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           the
           death
           of
           Vrias
           ,
           and
           the
           Adultery
           committed
           with
           Bethsheba
           ,
           was
           continually
           plagued
           and
           vexed
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           Warre
           ,
           with
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           his
           owne
           sonnes
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           vntimely
           deaths
           of
           Amnon
           ,
           and
           
             Abs●lon
             .
             Baanah
          
           and
           R●chab
           ,
           for
           the
           slaying
           of
           Ishbosheth
           the
           sonne
           of
           Saul
           ,
           they
           were
           both
           by
           Dauids
           commandement
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           who
           had
           both
           their
           hands
           and
           feete
           cut
           off
           ,
           &
           were
           afterward
           hanged
           ouer
           the
           Poole
           in
           
             Hebron
             :
             Samuel
          
           2.
           4.
           
           The
           examples
           are
           infinite
           out
           of
           diuine
           and
           humane
           Histories
           ,
           that
           God
           did
           neuer
           suffer
           Murder
           to
           goe
           vnrewarded
           :
           and
           this
           miserable
           man
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           haue
           heere
           related
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           manifest
           spectacle
           of
           Gods
           reuenging
           vengeance
           ,
           for
           that
           crying
           and
           hainous
           sinne
           .
        
         
           As
           concerning
           Lust
           and
           Incontinency
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           short
           pleasure
           ,
           bought
           with
           long
           paine
           ,
           a
           hunnied
           poyson
           ,
           a
           Gul●●●
           of
           Shame
           ,
           a
           Pickpurse
           ,
           a
           breeder
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           a
           gall
           to
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           a
           corrosiue
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           turning
           mans
           wit
           into
           foolish
           madnesse
           ,
           the
           bodies
           bane
           ,
           and
           the
           soules
           perdition
           :
           it
           is
           excessiue
           in
           youth
           ,
           and
           odious
           in
           age
           ;
           besides
           ,
           God
           himselfe
           doth
           denounce
           most
           fearefull
           threats
           against
           Fornicators
           and
           Adulterers
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           that
           Whoremongers
           and
           Adulterers
           shall
           not
           inherit
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           1.
           
           Cor.
           6.
           9.
           
           And
           God
           himselfe
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           a
           swift
           witnes
           against
           Adulterers
           ,
           Mal.
           3.
           5.
           
           And
           the
           Wise
           man
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             because
             of
             the
             whorish
             woman
             ,
             a
             man
             is
             brought
             to
             a
             morsell
             of
             bread
             ,
             and
             a
             woman
             will
             hunt
             for
             the
             precious
             life
             of
             a
             man
             :
          
           For
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             can
             a
             man
             take
             fire
             in
             his
             bosome
             ,
             and
             his
             cloathes
             not
             bee
             burnt
             ?
             or
             can
             a
             man
             goe
             vpon
             
             hot
             Coales
             ,
             and
             his
             feete
             not
             be
             burnt
             ?
             So
             hee
             that
             goeth
             in
             to
             his
             neighbours
             Wife
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             innocent
             ,
             Prou.
             6.
             27
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             Abimelech
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Gedeon
           ,
           murdered
           threescore
           and
           ten
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           in
           reward
           thereof
           (
           by
           the
           iust
           Iudgement
           of
           God
           )
           a
           woman
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           a
           Milstone
           beate
           out
           his
           braines
           ,
           after
           hee
           had
           vsurped
           the
           Kingdome
           three
           yeeres
           ,
           Iudges
           the
           9.
           
           Our
           English
           Chronicles
           make
           mention
           ,
           that
           
             Roger
             Mortimer
          
           ,
           Lord
           Baron
           of
           Wallingford
           ,
           murdered
           his
           Master
           King
           Edward
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           Kings
           Vncle
           ,
           Edmund
           Earle
           of
           Kent
           ,
           causelessely
           to
           bee
           beheaded
           :
           but
           Gods
           Iustice
           ouertooke
           him
           at
           last
           ,
           so
           that
           for
           the
           said
           Murders
           hee
           was
           shamefully
           executed
           .
           Humphrey
           Duke
           of
           Glocester
           was
           murdered
           in
           the
           Abbey
           of
           Bury
           by
           
             William
             de
             la
             Poole
          
           Duke
           of
           Suffolke
           ,
           who
           afterward
           was
           beheaded
           himselfe
           on
           the
           Sea
           by
           a
           Pyrat
           .
           Arden
           of
           Feuersham
           ,
           and
           Page
           of
           Plimmouth
           ,
           both
           their
           Murders
           are
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           and
           the
           fearefull
           ends
           of
           their
           Wiues
           and
           their
           Ayders
           in
           those
           bloudy
           actions
           will
           neuer
           bee
           forgotten
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           too
           manifestly
           knowne
           ,
           what
           a
           number
           of
           Stepmothers
           and
           Strumpets
           haue
           most
           inhumanely
           murdred
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           haue
           most
           deseruedly
           been
           executed
           .
           But
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           (
           nor
           scarcely
           in
           any
           History
           )
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           a
           Father
           did
           euer
           take
           two
           Innocent
           Children
           out
           of
           their
           beds
           ,
           and
           with
           weeping
           teares
           of
           pittilesse
           pitie
           ,
           and
           vnmercifull
           mercy
           ,
           to
           drowne
           them
           ,
           shewing
           such
           compassionate
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           sorrowfull
           sighing
           remorcelesse
           remorce
           in
           that
           most
           vnfatherly
           and
           vnnaturall
           deede
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           may
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           malice
           of
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           whose
           will
           and
           endeuour
           is
           that
           none
           should
           be
           saued
           ,
           who
           layes
           out
           his
           traps
           and
           snares
           ,
           intangling
           some
           with
           Lust
           ,
           some
           with
           Couetousnesse
           ,
           some
           with
           Ambition
           ,
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           
           Enuy
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           Sloth
           ,
           or
           any
           Vice
           whereto
           hee
           sees
           a
           man
           or
           a
           woman
           inclined
           most
           vnto
           ,
           as
           hee
           did
           by
           this
           wretched
           man
           ,
           lulling
           him
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           in
           the
           cradle
           of
           sensuality
           ,
           and
           vngodly
           delight
           ,
           vntill
           such
           time
           as
           all
           his
           meanes
           ,
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           Credit
           was
           gone
           ,
           and
           nothing
           left
           him
           but
           misery
           and
           reproach
           .
           Then
           hee
           leades
           him
           along
           through
           doubts
           and
           feares
           ,
           to
           haue
           no
           hope
           in
           Gods
           Prouidence
           ,
           perswading
           his
           Conscience
           that
           his
           sinnes
           were
           vnpardonable
           ,
           and
           his
           Estate
           and
           Credit
           vnrecouerable
           .
        
         
           VVith
           these
           suggestions
           ,
           he
           led
           him
           on
           to
           despaire
           ,
           and
           in
           desperation
           to
           kill
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           make
           shipwracke
           of
           his
           owne
           Soule
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           diligence
           of
           the
           Diuel
           appeareth
           ,
           that
           he
           labours
           and
           trauels
           vncessantly
           :
           and
           as
           Saint
           Bernard
           saith
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           day
           shall
           rise
           in
           condemnation
           against
           vs
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           euer
           been
           more
           diligent
           to
           destroy
           soules
           ,
           then
           wee
           haue
           been
           to
           saue
           them
           .
           And
           for
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           let
           vs
           beseech
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           to
           defend
           vs
           from
           all
           the
           subtill
           temptations
           of
           Satan
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           IOHN
           ROVVSE
           his
           Prayer
           for
           pardon
           of
           his
           lewd
           life
           ,
           which
           hee
           vsed
           to
           pray
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           imprisonment
           .
        
         
           GOD
           of
           my
           Soule
           and
           Body
           ,
           haue
           mercy
           vpon
           mee
           :
           the
           one
           I
           haue
           cast
           away
           by
           my
           Folly
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           likely
           to
           perish
           in
           thy
           Fury
           ,
           vnlesse
           in
           thy
           great
           mercy
           thou
           saue
           it
           .
           My
           Sinnes
           are
           deepe
           Seas
           to
           drowne
           mee
           ;
           I
           am
           swallowed
           vp
           in
           the
           bottomlesse
           Gulph
           of
           my
           own
           transgressions
           .
           With
           Cain
           I
           haue
           beene
           a
           Murderer
           ,
           and
           with
           Iudas
           a
           Betrayer
           of
           the
           Innocent
           .
           My
           body
           is
           a
           Slaue
           to
           Satan
           ,
           and
           my
           wretched
           Soule
           is
           deuoured
           vp
           by
           Hell.
           Blacke
           haue
           beene
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           blacker
           are
           my
           deeds
           .
           I
           haue
           beene
           the
           Diuels
           instrument
           ,
           and
           am
           now
           become
           the
           scorne
           of
           men
           ;
           a
           Serpent
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           and
           an
           Out-cast
           from
           Heauen
           .
           What
           therefore
           can
           become
           of
           mee
           (
           miserable
           Caitiffe
           ?
           )
           if
           I
           looke
           vp
           to
           my
           Redeemer
           ,
           to
           him
           I
           am
           an
           Arch
           Traitor
           ,
           if
           vpon
           
           Earth
           ,
           it
           is
           drowned
           with
           Blood
           of
           my
           shedding
           ,
           if
           into
           Hell
           ,
           there
           I
           see
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           burning
           in
           the
           Brimstone
           Lake
           .
           God
           of
           my
           Soule
           and
           Body
           haue
           mercy
           therefore
           vpon
           mee
           :
           Saue
           mee
           ,
           O
           saue
           mee
           ,
           or
           else
           I
           perish
           for
           euer
           :
           I
           dye
           for
           euer
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           vnlesse
           (
           sweet
           Lord
           )
           thou
           catchest
           my
           repentant
           Soule
           in
           thine
           Armes
           ;
           O
           saue
           me
           ,
           saue
           me
           ,
           saue
           me
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           IOHN
           ROVVSE
           of
           Ewell
           his
           own
           Arraignment
           ,
           Confession
           ,
           Condemnation
           ,
           and
           Iudgement
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           whilst
           he
           lay
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           White
           Lyon
           ,
           for
           drowning
           of
           his
           two
           Children
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           arraign'd
           at
           the
           blacke
           dreadfull
           Barre
           ,
        
         
           Where
           Sinnes
           (
           so
           red
           as
           Scarlet
           )
           Iudges
           are
           ;
        
         
           All
           my
           Inditements
           are
           my
           horrid
           Crimes
           ,
        
         
           Whose
           Story
           will
           affright
           succeeding
           Times
           ,
        
         
           As
           (
           now
           )
           they
           driue
           the
           present
           into
           wonder
           ,
        
         
           Making
           Men
           tremble
           ,
           as
           trees
           struck
           with
           Thunder
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           askes
           what
           Euidence
           comes
           in
           ?
        
         
           O'Tis
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           hath
           euer
           bin
        
         
           A
           thousand
           witnesses
           :
           and
           now
           it
           tels
        
         
           A
           Tale
           ,
           to
           cast
           me
           to
           ten
           thousand
           Hels
           .
        
         
           The
           Iury
           are
           my
           Thoughts
           (
           vpright
           in
           this
           ,
           )
        
         
           They
           sentence
           me
           to
           death
           for
           doing
           amisse
           :
        
         
           Examinations
           more
           there
           need
           not
           then
           ,
        
         
           Than
           what
           's
           confest
           heere
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Men.
        
         
           The
           Cryer
           of
           the
           Court
           is
           my
           blacke
           Shame
           ,
        
         
           Which
           when
           it
           cals
           my
           Iury
           ,
           doth
           proclaime
        
         
           Vnlesse
           (
           as
           they
           are
           summon'd
           )
           they
           appeare
           ,
        
         
           To
           giue
           true
           Verdict
           of
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
        
         
           They
           shall
           haue
           heau
           〈…〉
           set
           ,
        
         
           Such
           ,
           as
           may
           〈…〉
           uens
           debt
           .
        
         
         
           About
           me
           round
           sit
           Innocence
           and
           Truth
           ,
        
         
           As
           Clerkes
           to
           this
           high
           Court
           ;
           and
           little
           Ruth
        
         
           From
           Peoples
           eyes
           is
           cast
           vpon
           my
           face
           ,
        
         
           Because
           my
           facts
           are
           barbarous
           ,
           damn'd
           ,
           and
           base
           .
        
         
           The
           Officers
           that
           'bout
           me
           (
           thicke
           )
           are
           plac't
           ,
        
         
           To
           guard
           me
           to
           my
           death
           ,
           (
           when
           I
           am
           cast
           )
        
         
           Are
           the
           blacke
           stings
           my
           speckled
           soule
           now
           feeles
           ,
        
         
           Which
           like
           to
           Furies
           dogge
           me
           ,
           close
           at
           heeles
           .
        
         
           The
           Hangman
           ,
           that
           attends
           me
           is
           Despaire
           ,
        
         
           And
           gnawing
           wormes
           my
           fellow-Prisoners
           are
           .
        
         
           
             His
             Inditement
             for
             Murder
             of
             his
             Children
             .
          
           
             THe
             first
             who
             (
             at
             this
             Sessions
             )
             lowd
             doth
             call
             me
             ,
          
           
             Is
             Murder
             ,
             whose
             grim
             visage
             doth
             appall
             me
             ,
          
           
             His
             eyes
             are
             fires
             ,
             his
             voice
             rough
             windes
             out-rores
             ,
          
           
             And
             on
             my
             head
             the
             Diuine
             Vengeance
             scores
             :
          
           
             So
             fast
             and
             fearfully
             I
             sinke
             to
             ground
             ,
          
           
             And
             wish
             I
             were
             in
             twenty
             Oceans
             drownd
             .
          
           
             He
             sayes
             I
             haue
             a
             bloudy
             Villaine
             bin
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             to
             proue
             this
             )
             ripe
             Euidence
             steps
             in
             ,
          
           
             Brow'd
             like
             my selfe
             :
             Iustice
             so
             brings
             about
             ,
          
           
             That
             blacke
             sinnes
             still
             hunt
             one
             another
             out
             :
          
           
             'T
             is
             like
             a
             rotten
             frame
             ready
             to
             fall
             ,
          
           
             For
             one
             maine
             Post
             being
             shaken
             ,
             puls
             downe
             all
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Inditement
             ,
             (
             holding
             vp
             my
             hand
             ,
             )
          
           
             Fettered
             with
             Terrors
             mor●
             then
             Irons
             stand
             ,
          
           
             And
             being
             ask'd
             what
             to
             the
             Bill
             I
             say
             ,
          
           
             Guilty
             I
             cry
             .
             O
             dreadfull
             Sessions
             day
             !
          
        
         
           
           
             His
             Iudgement
             .
          
           
             FOr
             these
             thick
             Stygian
             streams
             in
             which
             th'
             ast
             swom
             ,
          
           
             Thy
             guilt
             hath
             on
             thee
             laid
             this
             bitter
             doome
             ;
          
           
             Thy
             loath'd
             life
             on
             a
             Tree
             of
             shame
             must
             take
          
           
             A
             leaue
             compeld
             by
             Law
             ,
             e're
             old
             age
             make
          
           
             Her
             signed
             Passe-port
             ready
             .
             Thy
             offence
          
           
             No
             longer
             can
             for
             dayes
             on
             earth
             dispense
             .
          
           
             Time
             blot
             thy
             name
             out
             of
             this
             bloudy
             roule
             ,
          
           
             And
             so
             the
             Lord
             haue
             mercy
             on
             my
             Soule
             .
          
        
         
           
             His
             speech
             what
             hee
             could
             say
             for
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             OWretched
             Caytiffe
             !
             what
             perswasiue
             breath
          
           
             Can
             call
             back
             this
             iust
             Sentence
             of
             quicke
             death
             ?
          
           
             I
             begge
             no
             boone
             ,
             but
             mercy
             at
             Gods
             hands
             ,
          
           
             (
             The
             King
             of
             Kings
             ,
             the
             Soueraigne
             that
             commands
          
           
             Both
             Soule
             and
             Body
             )
             O
             let
             him
             forgiue
          
           
             My
             Treason
             to
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             whilst
             I
             liue
             ,
          
           
             Iebbits
             and
             Racks
             shall
             torture
             limme
             by
             limme
             ,
          
           
             Through
             worlds
             of
             Deaths
             I
             le
             breake
             to
             fly
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             My
             Birth-day
             gaue
             not
             to
             my
             Mothers
             wombe
             ,
          
           
             More
             ease
             ,
             then
             this
             shall
             ioyes
             ,
             when
             e're
             it
             come
             .
          
           
             My
             body
             mould
             to
             earth
             ,
             sinnes
             sinke
             to
             Hell
             ,
          
           
             My
             penitent
             Soule
             win
             Heauen
             ,
             vaine
             world
             farewell
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

