An epitaph on Mr. John Smith, alias Ashburnham, who having been an eminent and most notorious robber on the high-way, was executed on the 26th of this present May, 1684, for murder committed on the road, and hangs now on Samford Hill in chains This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38524 of text R10558 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3172). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A38524 Wing E3172 ESTC R10558 13000224 ocm 13000224 96468 2240850588

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A38524) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96468) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 737:19) An epitaph on Mr. John Smith, alias Ashburnham, who having been an eminent and most notorious robber on the high-way, was executed on the 26th of this present May, 1684, for murder committed on the road, and hangs now on Samford Hill in chains 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by George Croom ..., London : 1684. Broadside. In verse. Reproduction of original in Duke University Library. eng Smith, John, d. 1684. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century eebo An epitaph on Mr. John Smith, alias Ashburnham, who having been an eminent and most notorious robber on the high-way, was executed on the 26th of this [no entry] 1684 2 289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN EPITAPH ON M r. JOHN SMITH , alias ASHBVRNHAM , Who having been an Eminent and most Notorious Robber on the High-way was Executed on the 26th of this present May , 1684. for Murder committed on the Road ; and hangs now on Samford Hill in Chains . HEre Un-interr'd suspends that High-way Man Sur-named Smith , Nick-named Ashburnham : Who for his Ill Deeds , and Notorious , Is in Chains thus trussed up before us . Justice and Law Ordained him to be So sad an Object of Mortality : Thereto remain , a Terrour to affright All wicked Men that do in Sins delight . As that of Murder , Rapine , Robery , Lust , uncleanness , and of Adultery , Riot , Drunkenness , and of Gluttony : Abuse of Plenty , full Carousing Bowls , Prizing the Life of Sense above their Souls . This is the Reason , and the Cause that they May Warning take , and not in the High-way Be Hang'd in Chains , as he doth to the Shame And Disgrace of 's Family and Name . But yet his Body is Intomb'd in Air , Arch'd over with Twenty thousand fair And Glorious shining Stars ; and I have Faith enough to believe , that ' though a Grave Be wanting to 's Body , yet 's Soul may be Truly Happy to all Eternity . For as his Sins were very great and many , So his Repentance scarce out-done by any . Faelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cantum .

LONDON , Printed by George Croom , at the Sign of the Blew Ball over against Baynard's Castle in Thames street , 1684.