[A warning for all wicked livers] : By the example of Richard Whitfield, and M. Gibs who were two notorious offenders, and both of one company, which two men made a daily practise, and got their livings by robbing and stealing both on the high-ways, and in any other places where they came, but were at last taken, apprehended and condemned to dye for robbing of a coach, & murdering of a captains man at Shooters-Hil, in Kent, some five or six miles from London, and for that offence and others, Gibs was prest to death at Maidstone in Kent, and Whitfield was hanged in chains on Shooters-Hil, where he did the bloody deed, the 27th. of March, 1655. The manner how shall be exactly related in this ditty. The tune is, Ned Smith.

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Author / Creator:L. P. (Laurence Price), active 1625-1680?
Imprint:London : Printed for F. Grove dwelling on Snow hill, [1655?]
Description:1 online resource (1 sheet ([1] pages)) : illustrations (woodcuts)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11500434
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Other uniform titles:Ned Smith.
Notes:Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) P3388A
Early English books tract supplement interim guide BR f 821.04 B49[32]
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