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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76893	Bloody newes from Dover. Being a true relation of the great and bloudy murder, committed by Mary Champion (an Anabaptist) who cut off her childs head, being 7. weekes old, and held it to her husband to baptize. Also, another great murder committed in the north, by a Scottish commander, for which fact he was executed.		1647 (1647)	Wing B3267; Thomason E375_20; ESTC R201352	2,092	8

Bloody Newes from Dover BEING A True RELATION OF The great and bloudy Murder committed by Mary Champion an Anabaptist who cut off her Childs head being 7. weekes old and held it to her husband to baptize Also another great murder committed in the North by a Scottish Commander for which Fact he was executed Presbyterian Anabaptist Printed in the Yeare of Discovery Feb. 13. 1647 1646 BLOODY NEWES FROM KENT AMongst the innumerous bloody acts and desperate Designs which hath bin committed in this sinfull Land the like hath seldome been seen or heard of which this ensuing Relation hath here to unfold being a most sad and much-lamented story of the late bloody murder committed at DOVER within the County of Kent which I shall briefly recite But by reason of diversity of Opinions which are now held and maintained by too many sorts of people within this Kingdome I shall desire to spend some few lines of former Examples by instancing some inhumane acts much reflecting upon this dolefull story viz. In the beginning of the Reign of our Royall Soveraign King Charles there happened neere P●ntefract is Yorkshire a great and bloudy murder upon a little Boy about foure yeares of age committed by its own Parents For neer the aforesaid Town there lived a man and his wife who were of two severall Religion and having a ltitle son of some yeares of maturity the goodman being a Protestant desired to have him put to Schoole and to be brought up in the Protestant Profossion but his wife denved the same saying shee would havee hrm brought no in the Catholike Faith or else he should be of no Religion at all which indeed fell out so For this bloudy woman watching her opportunity murdered the Boy but was afterwards apprehended and suffered death for her bloody Fact Divers other examples might be instanced but I will no longer detract time and therefore proceed to the ensuing story which we are now to treat upon At the samous town of Dover within the county of Kent it so fell out that one Iohn Champian an honest Tradesmad having mairyed a wife from Feversham and living some certain years at Dover his place of habitation it pleased God to send them tissue and being delivered of a Child after some few dayes expired her husband desired to have it Christened according the antient Custome of the Kingdome but she would by no meanes condiscend to it which much perplexed her husband But sixe or seven weekes being past and gone this wicked minded woman took her opportunity and on a day when her husband was abroad took a great knife and cut off the Childs head And when her husband came in she called him into a little Parlour where the poore Infant lay bleeding uttering these words Behold husband thy sweet Babe without a head now go and baptize it if you will you must christen the head without a body for here they lye separated At the 2ight of which her husband were astonished saying O thou bloody and inhumane wretch what haste thou done Whereupon some of the Neighbors hearing him immediatly came in and seeing this foul misdeed sent for the Offieers of the Towne where shee was apprehended and forth with sent to prison there to remaine untill the next Assize where by justice she must bee tryed according to the Lawes of this Realm Many wofull expressions are heard to proceed from her being very penitent for her unhappy Crime her Conscience being much troubled and her eyes sad and distracted by beholding such strange Visions For shee can no wayes fixe her eyes upon any thing but presently she conceives the poore Bubo to appear before her without a head Thus may we see that where division and cootrover sie doth arise sad effects will suddenly follow for no sooner can there a breach appea but presently Sathan is ready to stop it up by infusing his deluding spirit into their hearts for the increasing of variance discord and contention and when once it hath taken possession it is a hard matter to remove it but stall lyeth open to the deluding snate of the Divel being ready to Be entrapped upon any occasion And it is apparent that when once the foot is in the whole body will endeavor to creep in after and where the least clause of reproach there will immediatly arise a strong argument for the finall confuting of it even so is it now there being one breach laid open to the publique view a great Crime I confesse yet not so great as to have a generass Gensure for one particular person for the best may do amisse and the greatest Professor sometimes that liveth may commit high mildemeanours contrary to his Profession for is it not apparent probable that there is knaves of all trades Another Relation of the late Murder committed in the North upon the Scots advance from Newcastle UPon the Scots advance from Neweastle towards their own Countrey one of the Scots Officers killed a woman for which he were apprehended and at a Councell of Warre condemned to dye For so full of Power and Justice are the Scottish Commanders that they do not only carry the Sword in one hand but Justice likewise in the other These and such like Hereticall Actions might be a great menes to move the honourable houses of Parliament to proceed on in a Parliamentary way for the putting down of all Sectaries whatsoever and thersore thought fit to insist upon this ensuing Order viz. Ordered that the Ordinance for observing the Tenth Day of March next a Day of Humiliation against spreading of Heresies and Schismes was ordered to be carryed downe into the respective Counties of this Kingdome by the Sheriffes and that it be published by the Ministers of every Parish within the respective Counties of this Kingdome and Dominion of VVales in their Church or Chappels It was ordered that M. Hodges be defired to preach before the Commons the next Fast Day in stead of Mr. Calamy who desired to be excused FINIS