1 50 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource English Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Language Language ballad is printed in English Date Date of ballad 1734 Notes Additional information related to the ballad pamphlet or related events Signed: Boston, Octob. 17. 1734. Matthew Cushing. Followed by verse in sixteen stanzas entitled A few lines upon the awful execution of John Ormesby [i.e., Ormsby] & Matth. Cushing, October 17th. 1734. One for murder, the other for burglary. Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green were at this address in Boston in 1734. First two columns, on left half of sheet, contain Cushing's declaration. Third and fourth columns, on right half of sheet, contain the poem with woodcut of a hanging (Reilly 1175) at right of title. Imprint appears below third and fourth columns. Declaration and poem recorded independently by Bristol and Ford; possibly intended to be separated. Printing Location Location the ballad pamphlet was printed. [Boston] Printed and sold [by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green] at the printing house in Queen-Street, over against the prison., 1734] Method of Punishment Method of punishment described in the ballad. hanging Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. burglary Gender Gender of the person being executed. Male Execution Location Location the condemned was executed. Boston Neck Subtitle a young man aged about twenty two years, who was try'd for burglary at the Superiour Court held at Boston in August last, and had sentence of death pass'd upon him for the same; which he deliver'd to us on Tuesday Sept. 24 and confirm'd the same before credible witnesses the day of his execution, to be published for the benefit of mankind. Image / Audio Credit Pamphlet location: AAS Record Number: 0F2F81D79AFEFAF0, Record Number: w015181 Recorded in Early American Imprints, Series 1, no. 40042 (filmed), and Early American Imprints, Series 1, no. 40044 (filmed). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The declaration & confession of Matthew Cushing burglary hanging Male Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource English Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics You Sinners all, both young and old attend to what I write, And hy to Heart while you have Time, this sad and doleful Sight. Behold, I say, two Sinful Men, who for their wicked Crimes, Are hast'ning to the Gallows Tree to Die before their Times, Who being wicked overmuch, can't live not half their Days, This is the Portion of all such as follow sinful Ways. Behold poor Ormsby now in Chains; with sad, and heavy Heart, Approaching to the Place where he will have his Just Desert. No hope of Favour can he have, from any human Hand, The Blood which he has spilt must be purged from off the Land. Yet if he in Sincerity to God his Pray'r does make, He may find Mercy at his Hand, for Jesus Christ his sake. And we the Pleasure have to see him mourning for his Sin. Lamenting all the crooked Ways that he has walked in. He does lament his Drunkenness, and every other Sin, And keeping evil Comopany, which has his ruin been. His hasty Temper he bewails, and cruel Passion, In which he did the Fact that proves his own Destruction. Behold poor Cushing coming next, just in his youthful Prime, Whose Life is forfeited also, by his most heinous Crime. And tho' his Crime is short of that for which Ormsby must die, Yet by the Law 'tis Death for those guilty of Burglary. Oh! that all Thieves would Warning take, by his most tragick End, And would now without more Delay their Lives and Actions mend. For what great Profit does he gain who Robs without Controul, And wallows for a while in Wealth, yet loses his own Soul? He thought (no doubt) the darksom Night would have conceal'd his Crime. But it was brought to open Light within a little Time. By which we all may plainly see there is no Place upon This spacious Earth where Sinners may hide their Transgression. Oh! may the Fate of this young Man scarce turn'd of Twenty Three, A Warning prove to all our Youth, of high and low Degree. And let this Warning loud and shrill be heard by ev'ry one, O do no more such Wickedness as has of late been done. Lament and wail his woful Caase, and by him Warning take; A Sight I think enough to make a Heart of Stone to ake. Epitaph upon John Ormsby. Here lies (hard by an ignominious Tree) The Body of unhappy John Ormsby; Who dy'd for murd'ring of poor Thomas Bell, A Pris'ner with him in the common Goal. Somme sudden Frenzy surely seiz'd they Brain, Or this poor harmless Man had ne're been slain. Madness indeed, thus to assault a Friend, Who ne're in all his Life did thee offend; And leave him helpless welt'ring in his Gore, Almost depriv'd of Life upon the Floor: And not content with this most horrid Deed, Thou didst assault another Man with Speed, And hadst most surely kill'd him on the Spot, With that uncommon Weapon, a Quart Pot, (Which had dispatch'd poor Bell but just before, Who then lay bleeding on the Prison Floor) Had not the Keeper come i'th'Nick of Time, And sav'd thee from a second bloody Crime. On Matthew Cushing Here lies the Body of young Matthew Cushing, Whose Crimes cannot be mention'd without blushing: He by the Province Law was doom'd to die, For the detested Crime of Burglary. He broke open the House of Joseph Cook, A Shoe-Maker in Town, and from him took Some wearing CLoaths, and two Gowns from his Wife, For which alas! he pays them with his Life. Oh! may their Deaths a Warning be to all, Inclin'd to Theft or Murder, great and small. Good People all I you beseech To buy the Verse as well as SPEECH. Sold at the Heart and Crown in Boston. Language Language ballad is printed in English Date Date of ballad 1734 Printing Location Location the ballad pamphlet was printed. [Boston] Sold [by Thomas Fleet] at the Heart and Crown in Boston., [1734] Method of Punishment Method of punishment described in the ballad. hanging Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. burglary, murder Gender Gender of the person being executed. Male Execution Location Location the condemned was executed. Boston Neck Subtitle who were appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734. Image / Audio Credit Pamphlet location: AAS Record Number: 0F2F82324DC36830, Record Number: w026284 Recorded in Early American Imprints, Series 1, no. 40054 (filmed) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Mournful poem on the death of John Ormsby and Matthew Cushing burglary hanging Male murder Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource English Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics ALL you who read these Lines may see The sad and dire Effects of Sin: Therefore if Sinners still you'l be, Leave off to read ere you begin. Or else perhaps another Day, This will 'gainst you a Witness be; You Warning have (mind waht I say) That from such Sins you do keep free. Two Men who have great Sinners been, Now Die, each one for his own Crime: Not Forty Years hath th'oldest seen, The other Dies just in his Prime. Poor John Ormesby, confin'd in Jayl (For some mis-deed by him transacted) There in a rage murder'd one Bell, Some People think he was Distracted. With a Quart Pot one blow he gave, For which he had small Provocation: The poor Man's Life they could not save; This the Effect of his vile Passion! Matthew Cushing, alas! poor he To satisfy the Law must Die; And tho' his Crime so great may'nt be, Yet by the Law 'tis Burglary. They both of them fair Trials had, The Jury brought them Guilty in; Their Case is pitiful and sad; See what they're come to by their Sin! They to the fatal Place must ride Each Man his Coffin in the Cart, With Guard of Soldiers on each side: The Sight enough to pierce one's Heart. Then they arrive at th' Gallows Tree, While Spectators lament and cry; Alas! how hard it is to see, Much more to feel their Destiny. The fatal Moment now is near, That these poor Mortals must go hence, To answer for what they did here: Their lasting State will soon commence. As the Tree falls, so it will lie, And must for evermore remain; So with these Men, just as they Die, 'Twill be, in endless Joy or Pain. Poor Men! they feel the Pangs of Death, And now they view Eternity; Few Moments more will stop their Breath, And then, alas; they Die, they Die! May this to all a Warning be, That they forsake the way that's Evil, From Murder, Theft, and Burglary, Keep clear, when tempted by the Devil. Avoid lewd Women, ever shun Their Company, entangling Snares, By them, poor Youths are oft undone, The Truth of this Cushing declares. From Swearing and from Cursing too, Mind that you always do keep clear; Or this you'll have great cause to rue; And in the End you'l find them dear. Let the Commands of Parents dear Strictly obeyed be, and then You may expect to be bless'd here And after death also. Amen. Language Language ballad is printed in English Date Date of ballad 1734 Printing Location Location the ballad pamphlet was printed. [Boston] Printed and sold [by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green] at the printing house in Queen-Street, over against the prison., 1734] Method of Punishment Method of punishment described in the ballad. hanging Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. burglary Gender Gender of the person being executed. Male Execution Location Location the condemned was executed. Boston Neck Subtitle One for Murder, the other for Burglary. Image / Audio Credit Pamphlet Location: AAS Record Number: 10415EC029ECF0D0, Record Number: w015181 Recorded in Early American Imprints, Series 1, no. 40044 (filmed) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A few Lines Upon the awful EXECUTION of John Ormesby & Matth. Cushing, October 17th. 1734 burglary hanging Male