A warning for all desperate vvomen By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.

A warning for all desperate vvomen By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.

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A warning for all deſperate VVomen.

By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.

The ſecond Part, To the ſame tune.

§

A warning for all deſperate VVomen.

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By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.

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VNto the world to make my moane,

I know it is a folly,

Becauſe that I haue ſpent my time,

which haue béene free and iolly,

But to the Lord which rules aboue,

I doe for mercy crie,

To grant me pardon for the crime,

for which on earth I dye.

Hells fiery flames prepared are,

for theſe that liue in ſinne,

And now on earth I taſt of ſome,

but as a pricke or pin,

To thoſe which ſhall hereafter be,

without Gods mercy great,

Who once more calls vs to account,

on his Tribunall Seate.

Then haſty hairebraind wines take héed,

of me a warning take,

Leaſt like to me in coole of blood,

you burn't be at a ſtake;

The woman which héere laſt did dye,

and was conſum'd with fire,

Puts me in minde, but all to late,

for death I doe require.

But to the ſtory now I come,

which to you Ile relate,

Becauſe that I haue liu [...]d like ſome,

in good repute and ſtate,

In Weſtminſter we liued there,

well knowne by many friends,

Which little thought that each of vs,

ſhould haue come to ſuch ends.

A Smith my husband was by trade,

as many well doe know,

And diuers merry dayes we had,

not féeling cauſe of woe,

Abroad together we had bin,

and home at length we came,

But then I did that fatall déede,

which brings me to this ſhame.

He askt what monies I had left,

and ſome he néedes would haue,

But I a penny would not giue,

though he did ſéeme to craue,

But words betwixt vs then did paſſe,

as words to harſh I gaue,

And as the Diuell would as then,

I did both ſweare and raue,

The ſecond Part, To the ſame tune.

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ANd then I tooke a little knife,

and ſtab'd him in the heart.

Whoſe Soule from Body inſtantly,

my bloody hand did part,

But curſed hand, and fatall knife

and wicked was that houre,

When as my God did giue me ore

vnto his helliſh power.

The déede no ſooner I had don,

But out of doores I ran,

And to the neighbours I did cry,

I kil'd had my goodman,

Who ſtraight-way flockt vnto my houſe,

to ſée that bloody ſight,

Which when they did behold with griefe,

it did them much affright.

Then hands vpon me there was l [...]y'd,

And I to Priſon ſent,

Where as I lay perplext in woe,

and did that déede repent,

When Sizes came I was arraign'd,

by Iury iuſt and true,

I was found guilty of the fact,

for which I haue my due.

The Iury hauing caſt me then,

to iudgment then I came,

Which was a terrour to my heart,

and to my friends a ſhame,

To thinke vpon my huſbands death,

and of my wretched life,

Betwixt my Spirit and my fleſh,

did cauſe a cruell ſtrife.

But then the Iudge me ſentence gaue

to goe from whence I came▪

From thence vnto a ſtake be bound

to burne in fiers fl [...]me,

Vntill my fleſh and bones conſum'd,

to aſhes in that place,

Which was a heauie ſentence then,

to on ſo uoyd of grace.

And on the twelfth of Iuly now,

I on a ſledge was laid,

To Smithfield with a guard of men

I ſtreight way was conueyd,

Where I was tyed to a ſtake,

with Reedes was round beſet,

And Fagtos, Pitch, and other things

which they for me did get.

Now great Iehouah I thee pray,

my bloudy ſinnes forgiue,

For on this earth moſt wretched I

vnworthy am to liue.

Chriſt Ieſus vnto thee I pray,

and vnto t [...]ee I cry,

Thou with thy blood wilt waſh my ſinnes

away, which heere muſt dye.

Good wiues and bad, example take,

at this my curſed fall,

And Maidens that ſhall husbands haue,

I warning am to all:

Your Husbands are your Lords & heads,

you ought them to obey,

Grant loue betwixt each man and wife,

vnto the Lord I pray.

God and the world forgiue my ſinnes,

which are ſo [...] and foule,

Sweete Ieſus now I come to thée,

O Lord receiue my Soule.

Then to the Réedes they fire did put,

which flamd vp to the skye,

And then ſhe ſhriek'd moſt pittifully,

before that ſhe did dye.

The Lord preſerue our King & Queene,

and all good Subiects bleſſe,

And Grant the Goſpe [...]l true and free,

amongſt vs may encreaſe.

Betwixt each husband and each wife,

ſend loue and amitie,

And grant that I may be the laſt.

that ſuch a death did dye.

[...]INIS.

§

Printed for F. Coules.

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A warning for all desperate vvomen By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.

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1628

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— A warning for all desperate vvomen By the example of Alice Dauis who for killing of her husband was burned in Smithfield the 12 of Iuly 1628. to the terror of all the beholders. To the tune of the Ladies fall.,

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