The Whipster of Woodstreet, or, A true account of the barbarous and horrid murther commited on the body of Mary Cox, late servant in Woodstreet, London This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A65653 of text R1059 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1674A). 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. 4 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 A65653 Wing W1674A ESTC R1059 12368204 ocm 12368204 60475 2248597667

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A65653) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 60475) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 929:29) The Whipster of Woodstreet, or, A true account of the barbarous and horrid murther commited on the body of Mary Cox, late servant in Woodstreet, London 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed for W. Thackeray ... J. Millet ... and Alex. Milbourn ..., [London] : [168-?] Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. Verse set to the tune of "Grim King of the ghosts." eng Cox, Mary, d. ca. 1680. Broadsides eebo The vvhipster of VVoodstreet, or, A true account of the barbarous and horrid murther commited on the body of Mary Cox, late servant in Woodstreet Lond [no entry] 1690 1 565 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.7 C The rate of 17.7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Whipster of Woodstreet , OR , A True Account of the Barbarous and Horrid Murther committed on the Body of Mary Cox , late Servant in Woodstreet LONDON . Tune of , Grim King of the Ghosts .

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ASsist me some mournful Muse , while I a sad Story relate ; Let all that these Lines peruse , lament a poor maids hard fate ; Who Guiltless and Innocent fell , by the hands of a barbarous Dame : As fierce as a fury of Hell , her sexes eternal shame . Her husband to Bristol went , his Trade to advance at the fair : Whilst she was on mischief bent , such mischief she can't repair : for suspition o're clouding her mind , bred a tempest within her breast : her soul like a sea with rough wind , was ruffled and rob'd of rest .

MEMENTO MORI

ALl jealous she taxed her maid , and falsly did her accuse , With theft she did her upbraid , and shamefully did abuse : While the maid in her own defence , undaunted and boldly stood , Which made the fierce Dame commence , a Tragedy full of Blood . she caus'd her to be fast bound to the post of her husbands bed , where she did her body wound , and whipped her almost dead : thus did she a Confession extort , of Crimes which the Maid never knew , tormenting her in such a sort , as wou'd make ones heart for to rue . This monster not satisfied yet , tho' the blood run from every part , Made an Iron red hot in a pet , resolving to give her more smart , she burnt her in shoulders and thighs , and sev'ral times under her ears , she wou'd not come near her Eyes , lest th' iron shou'd be quench'd with her tears Her body was blister'd and whail'd , she was burnt from the head to the heel , her skin was so parch'd that it scal'd , no pain like to what she did feel : she kept in her Chamber three days , unwilling the fact shou'd be known , And turn to her Masters dispraise , if her cruel stripes shou'd be shown . As soon as down stairs she came , her Mistress was in the old mood , The merciless savage Dame , did thirst for her very heart's blood : she caus'd her two Prentices then , neck and heels the poor Creature to bind , No Tygress within her Den , e're shew'd a more savage mind . She kick'd her and spurn'd her about , and bid the young Lad●d● the same : Resolving to act her part out , thus ended the tragical game , she catch'd up a hammer in haste , and pierc'd the maids brains at a blow , for which , of the hemp she must taste , old Tyburn must have her I trow .

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