Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde
Subtitle: tryed at the goale deliuerie of Newgate, at the sessions in the Old Bayly, the 18. and 19. of Iuly last, 1614. the one of a London cripple named Iohn Arthur, that to hide his shame and lust, strangled his betrothed wife. The other of a lasciuious young damsell named Martha Scambler, which made away the fru[i]t of her own womb, that the world might not see the seed of her owne shame: which two persons with diuers others vvere executed at Tyburne the 21. o[f] Iuly folowing. With two sorrowfull ditties of these two aforesaid persons, made by themselues in Newgate, the night before their execution.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 908:6.
Publisher: Printed [by G. Eld] for Edward Wright
Published: 1614
Place of publication: At London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Trials (Murder) -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Trials (Infanticide) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Printer's name from STC.

With woodcut title vignettes.

Partly in verse.

"The cripples complaint in the dungeon at Newgate" and "Martha Scamblers repentance" have caption title.

Signatures: A⁴ B² .

Some print faded and show-through.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

STC (2nd ed.) 809.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 908:06).