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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82562	The last speech, confession & prayer of Joyce Ebbs, to several ministers in the presse-yard at Newgate, and at the place of execution in Smithfield Rounds on Thursday last in the fore-noon. Immediately before she was bound to the stake, to be burnt alive, to ashes, for that horrid act and bloody murdering of her own husband at Dog and Bitch Yard near Drury Lane. : As also, the several passages that happened before her death; her heavie groans and shrieks in the fire, and the providing of a half sheet spread over with pitch, to shorten the time of her miserable torment.	Ebbs, Joyce, d. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing E126aA; ESTC R174843	2,509	8

The last SPEECH Confession Prayer OF Joyce Ebbs To several Ministers in the Presse-yard at Newgate and at the place of Execution in Smithfield Rounds on Thursday last in the fore-noon Immediately before She was bound to the Stake to be burnt alive to ashes for that horrid Act and Bloody murdering of her own Husband at Dog and Bitch Yard near Drury Lane As also the several Passages that happened before her death her heavie groans and shrieks in the Fire and the providing of a half sheet spread over with Pitch to shorten the time of her miserable Torment LONDON Printed for G. Chambers 1662. The last Speech and Confession of Ioice Ebbs to several Ministers in the Press-yard and at the place of Execution in Smithfield Rounds on Thursday last THE Subject of the ensuing Discourse and the woful Object beheld by many hundreds hath occasioned a brief Abstract of the Life and Death of the person condemned whose name was Joice Ebbs her place of livelyhood was in a house of wicked resort in Dog and Bitch yard near Drury Lane her Husband formerly was a Souldier and coming home he found her by her self and she asked him to eat some part of a Pye with her which she had provided but he having a mind to a Pipe of Tobacco desired her to help him to a Pipe she told him he should have none but he was resolved to have a Pipe upon which he went to the Cellar to take a Pipe she told him if he did she would stab him with the Knife upon which she ris'd from the Table and followed him to the Cellar and stab'd him in three several places so that it proved mortal and he immediately gave up the Ghost Upon which several Neighbours coming in they seized on her carried her before a Justice and her Mittimus was made for New-gate where she continued till the Sessions following and being brought to the Barr she was Arraigned and confessed the cruel and bloody murther she committed on her Husband for which she received Sentence according to the Law which was to be made fast to a Stake and burnt with Faggots at the usual place in Smithfield Rounds But pleading her Belley she was repreived and sent back again to Newgate where she continued for the space of ten Months Upon Fryday last being the 19th of May the Court being set at the Sessions-house in the Old Bayly the said Joyce Ebbs was called down to the Barr in Order to her former judgement where being come down the Clark of the Peace after silence in the Court said Joyce Ebbs hold up thy hand which she did as formerly Upon which he read over the Indictment to this effect viz. Joyce Ebbs thou standest here Indicted and Convicted for Petty Treason for the horrid and bloudy Murther committed by thy own hands on Thomas Ebbs thy husband for which you were formerly Sentenced according to the Law of this Nation to be Burnt to death but pleadest thy Belly whereupon the Honourable Bench ordered that a Jury of Women should be called which was accordingly done and they bringing thee in quick preserved thee from death for the space of ten moneths canst thou say any thing for thy self why thou shouldest not suffer according to thy former Sentence she answered no but withal desired the mercy of the Honourable Bench. The Right Honourable the Recorder told her she had had a long time of mercy by pleading her Belly yet it appeared not so though she had lyen ten moneths in custody to which she answered that she had a Mischance in the time of her Imprisonment Whereupon it was again demanded of her what she could say for her self that she should not suffer according to her former Judgement she said she could not plead her Belly for she had not deserved for it with any since the time of her Commitment Upon which the Court Ordered that she should return to the place from whence she came there to continue till Thursday next being the two and twentieth day of May from whence she should go to Smith-field Rounds and there be Burnt till she were dead dead according to her former Judgement Which accordingly was put in execution betwixt ten and eleven of the clock in the forenoon being guarded from New-gate to Smith-field by many of the Sheriffs Officers she was arrayed and attired in White having a branch of Rosemary in one hand and a Nose-gay in her Bosom But not to omit that which is very observable even from the first time of her receiving Judgement she was admonished to read and meditate much on that Text Esa 57. 15. by which means she gained very much and by little and little abundance of spiritual comfort flowed into her heart in which condition she continued many moneths even until her death and at severall times some Reverend Divines coming to her amongst whom was Mr. Cook giving of her good Instructions and exhorting her to Repentance to seek unto God for mercy and to ground her Salvation upon the pretious bloud and merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ upon which with tears trickling down her cheeks she acknowledged that she had been a wicked liver and too too lewd in life and conversation desiring others might take warning by her for that by her vicious wayes and practises she had sundry times been assaulted with grievous temptations and that her sins had made her a prey to Satan wishing that she had never been born or that she had been made any other Creature then a Woman crying Wo wo wo a weak a woful a wretched and most miserable woman but at length by Gods wonderful mercy through the unwearied pains of many good Ministers at several times and especially on thursday morning last that she received great comfort expressing her self with much penitency and crying out Wonderful wonderful are the riches of thy mercy and saving grace O thy love is unspeakable in dealing so graciously with me O Lord my God blessed be thy Holy Name for evermore which hath shewed me the path of life I seek thy mercy and am assured of thy love O blessed be the Lord that hath thus comforted me And for the joy which at this instant my soul feeleth blessed be his Name for evermore Having spent some time in prayer at Newgate she immediately went to the Stake where she ended her life very penitently and when the fire was going to be kindled she cryed out Lord Jesus strengthen me blessed Father comfort me I commend my spirit into thy hands 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 redeem'd it Oh what a happy 〈◊〉 shall I make from night to day from darkness to light and from death to life and now thou fiery Chariot that cam'st down to fetch up Elijah carry my poor soul to its happy hold and all ye Blessed Angels that attended the Soul of Lazarus to bring it to Heaven bear me oh bear me into the bosome of my best beloved Amen Amen come Lord Iesus come quickly And so she departed this life with three or four dolesom shrieks when the flames of fire first seized her body FINIS