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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20917	A true discourse of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell, Ma: Ieffrey Bownd, Isabell Hall widdow, and George Fernely, on the parson of Ma: Thomas Caldwell, in the county of Chester, to haue murdered and poysoned him, with diuers others Together with her manner of godly life during her imprisonment, her arrainement and execution, with Isabell Hall widdow; as also a briefe relation of Ma: Ieffrey Bownd, who was the assise before prest to death. Lastly, a most excellent exhortorie letter, written by her own selfe out of the prison to her husband, to cause him to fall into consideration of his sinnes, &c. Seruing like wise for the vse of euery good Christian. Beeing executed the 18. of Iune. 1603. VVritten by one then present as witnes, their owne country-man, Gilbert Dugdale.	Dugdale, Gilbert.; Armin, Robert, fl. 1610.	1604 (1604)	STC 7293; ESTC S110927	16,795	32

A True Discourse Of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell Ma Ieffrey Bownd Isabell Hall widdow and George Fernely on the parson of Ma Thomas Caldwell in the County of Chester to haue murdered and poysoned him with diuers others Together with her manner of godly life during her imprisonment her arrainement and execution with Isabell Hall widdow As also a briefe relation of Ma. Ieffrey Bownd who was the Assise before prest to death Lastly a most excellent exhortorie Letter written by her own selfe out of the prison to her husband to cause him to fall into consideration of his sinnes c. Seruing likewise for the vse of euery good Christian. Beeing executed the 18. of Iune 1603. VVritten by one then present as witnes their owne Country-man Gilbert Dugdale AT LONDON Printed by Iames Roberts for Iohn Busbie and are to be sold at his shop vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornewell 1604. To the right vertuous the Ladie Marie Cholmsly the right worshipfull these Knights Sir Tho Houlcroft Sir Iohn Sauadge of Egerton Sir Iohn Egerton Sir Peter VVarborton Sir Rowland Stanly Sir Vrian Leigh Sir Tho Aston Sir Thomas Smith Sir Tho Sauadge Sir George Leister Sir VVilliam Damport Sir Tho Stanly Sir George Booth Sir Henry Bunberry Sir Hukin Beeston Sir Richard Wilbrome Sir Richard Brooke Sir Richard Egerton Ma. Peter Warborton Esquire Ma. Thomas Wilbrom Esquire Ma. Thomas Brooke Esquire Master Richard Granesnor Esquire Ma. Hugh Calmelie Esquire Ma. Robert Cholmsly Esquire Ma. Ralfe Egerton of Ridly Esquire Ma Thomas Marburie Esquire Ma. Richard Brerton of Wetten-hall Esquire and all the rest as well Knights as Gentlemen then at the Assises present the true witnesses of this following historie your kind poore Countryman Gilbert Dugdale engaged to you all in debt and dutie committeth this dicourse with true and due commends with continuall prayers for your good healths and succesfull fortunes MOst indered and right vertuous Ladie and you the rest of the right VVorshipfull these kinde Cheshiere Knights After my long beeing at Chester in the time of this reported trouble I in my mellancholie walkes be thought me of the strange inuasion of Sathan lately on the persons of Elizabeth Caldwell and her bloody louer Iefferie Bownd together with that vntimely actor Isabell Hall widdow howe that vglie fiende euer mans fatall opposite had made practise but I hope not purchase of theyr corruptible liues brought them to the last steppe of mortall miserie And then revoluing with my selfe the great goodnes of God in calling sinners to repentance and withall admiring his gifts in the penitent I could no lesse then write my harts trouble as well to pertake the world with my meditation as to make them vvonder at this Cheshiere chaunce and thereby to plant or to engraft a kinde of feare by this way of example howe murder should heereafter beare any braine in sensible creatures considering how the very stones shal bewray the inward thoughts of massaker All these considered when I had coted this wonder thinking how incredulous our Nation is in things true and how vncertaine they are to beleeue fopperies fayned I could no lesse for the certaintie heereof but call you to witnesse of the proofe because sith such an example was preferd vnto vs that others not eye witnes therevnto might the rather assure themselues of the same First I knowing your generall griefes for the fall of so good a Gentlewoman and when no remedy could be to comfort such a godly soule aswell in her time of imprisonment as at the houre of her death my owne occasions also for that time considered and beeing your true and naturall Country-man I could doe no lesse but ostend my dutious loue to you all in this kinde desiring you to accept my poore mite onely considering this the poore mans plenty is prayer to regrate your worthy loues as truly as I liue that shall be no niggard for that night wherein I lie me downe and pray not for you all let my rest be broad-waking slumbers and my quiet waking dreames and that will be punishment more then I would enioy for so regardlesse a good as I so late and so happily receaued True it is that diuers reports passed vp and downe the streets of Loudon as touching this act of murder but how scandelously as fiue murdred three murdred by the meanes of six persons which your VVorships know is false only three murdered one marry the intent was to him that now liues Therefore being an eare-witnes to this false alarum it made me more diligent in the setting foorth the truth whereby GOD in his power might be knowne sathan in his meaning no doubt ouerthrowne and the worlds idle fabling by a contrary meaning knowne For as it was it was and no otherwise and thus it was as your presences both at the examination arraignement and execution can iustifie and how odious it is to heare any truth rackt by slaundering tongues iudge or imagine onely this pardon my boldnes witnes the right accept my good will in the publishing and so I commit you to Gods protection Your poore Countryman euer yours Gilbert Dugdale The practise of Elizabeth Caldwell against the life of her owne husband I purpose God willing to discribe in briefe the life and death of Elizabeth Caldwell late wife of Thomas Caldwell in the countie of Chester and daughter to one Maister Duncalffe of the sayd countie A gentleman of very good sort who fatherly and carefully trained vp his daughter from her infancie she being framed and adorned withall the gifts that nature could challenge and wanting no good education did in her tender infant yeares bestowe her in marriage to the said Thomas Caldwell giuing her a good dower to her better preferring in the sayd marriage with a yearely newety of ten pounds to extend to her said husband and his heires for euer and as the like matches doe not often proue well so this Caldwell being young and not experienced in the world gaue his minde to trauell and sée forraine countries which tended rather to his losse then profit as also to the great discontentment of his wife and other his friends leauing her often times verie bare without prouision of such meanes as was fitting for her y t by these courses hee did withdrawe her affection from him so y t in the continuance of his absence a young man named Iefferey Bownd a neighbour vnto the said Elizabeth Caldwell and she as I sayd before inioying all the excellent gifts of nature set his affections abroch and being a man of good wealth spared nether cost nor industrie both by himselfe others to withdrawe her to his vnlawfull desire and omittnig no opportunitie in this sute though she along time withstood their allurements insomuch that hee feede an old woman named Isabell Hall late wife of Iohn Hall and preferred as an instrument to worke her to an vnlawfull reformation so that in processe of time with many earnest perswasions