Epilogue to the French midwife's tragedy who was burnt in Leicester-Fields, March 2, 1687/8, for the barbarous murder of her husband Denis Hobry / this may be printed, R.P. Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. 1688 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A92956 Wing S2680A ESTC R224443 38875641 ocm 38875641 152366 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Hobry, Marie, d. 1688. Hobry, Denis, d. 1688. Murder -- England. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN Epilogue to the French Midwife's Tragedy , Who was Burnt in Leicester-Fields , March 2. 1687. FOR THE Barbarous Murder of her Husband Denis Hobry . IF Mighty Verse like great Omnipotence , Can both Rewards and Punishments dispense , Verse that strows Sweets or Cankers on the Grave , That Brands the Impious , and Embalms the Brave ; Horrour it self must write an ELEGY ; Nor can such Guilt ev'n with the Guilty Die. At common stakes the Malefacter dies , His Funeral Rites in his Spectators Eyes . Beyond the stroke we hear no more the Name : As if his limited Breath and bounded Shame Lull'd in one slumber to one Grave should go , Whilst Justice strikes , and Pity seals the Blow . But , Fatal Hobry , thy unhappier Hands , ( As if thou'hadst studied for Eternal Brands ) Soard to that Height , to that Exalted Crime ; Our Eyes ev'n dread to look where thou ne'r dread'st to climb . Who to her Fate a Path like Thee could choose ; A Fate unmourn'd ? as if resolved to lose Even that last stake the VVretched ne're forgo , Pity the last Inheritance of VVoe . Nay , to be yet more miserable still , Thy hideous Tale that sullied Page shall fill ; On harden'd Brass Thy Fame shall written be , If possible more harden'd ev'n then Thee . But sure Thy Death might wash Thy Stain away ! No! though the Debts to blood in blood we pay , Heap Rocks on Rocks , Thy Infamy unhusht , By all that pondrous weight too feebly crusht , Like the old conquer'd Gyants , still would rise , And heave beneath the Mountains where it lies . Nay , t' heighten the black Dye thy story wears The Perpetration acted at Thy years ! T' increase the Prodigy , so hot the Rage , At so decrepit , and so cold an Age ; By Times long Frozen Hand , Thy feeble Arm — But oh ! what Frost can chill where Hell can warm ? Methinks I saw the sleeping Husband kill'd , Her vigorous Arm with youthfull sinews fill'd , And stoutly following the Triumphant Stroak , Unbrancht , Unlimb'd , She hew'd the falling Oak ; VVhile peeping Vengeance , that reserved the Meed Of Treason , lookt all ghastly at the Deed. Had some young Girl by covetous Parents Doom , In Natures Prime , in Youth and Beauties Bloom , Betray'd to some old jealous Misers Bed , To Impotence , to Age and Aches VVed ; Her Chamber-walls , her Dungeon , and her Tomb , Lockt up from Foraging , yet starv'd at home : Had this mew'd slave , to meet some dearer Charms , And run to a more darling Lovers Arms , A Cawdle spiced , or cut a Jugular Vein , Her Jaylor laid asleep to break her Chain ; The Murdering Blow her pitied hand should give , VVould scarcely to a Nine Days wonder Live. But Hobry , Thy more Execrated shame Shall even survive the Great Medea's Name . The mangled Brothers Limbs that Sorceress tore , In dull Oblivion lost , shall live no more . But 't was a Deed thy Arm alone durst do , And thy Great Exit's thy Great Merits due . Behold the wanton flames sport round thy head , Resolved to have thy Funeral Ashes spread VVide as thy Husbands scatter'd Limbs we 're laid . Heaven's Roof 's Thy Marble , and the VVorld thy Tomb. Yes , 't was but just Thy Dust should find that Room , That large , that spacious Sepulcher should have , The Stench too noysome for a Narro'er Grave . FINIS . This may be Printed , R. P. London , Printed for Randal Taylor , near Stationers-Hall , 1688.