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<HEAD><UNCLEAR>A Warning for all</UNCLEAR> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 span"></HEAD>
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<P>By the example of <HI>Richard Whitfield,</HI> and M. <HI>Gibs</HI> who were two no|torious offenders, and both of one company, which two men made a daily practi&s;e, and got their livings by robbing and &s;tealing both on the High-ways, and in any other places where they came, but were at la&s;t taken, apprehended and condemned to dye for rob|ing of a Coach, &amp; murdering of a Captains man at Shooters-Hil, in Kent, &s;ome five or &s;in miles from London, and for that offence and others, <HI>Gibs</HI> was pre&s;t to death at Maid&s;tone in Kent, and <HI>Whit|field</HI> was hanged in chains on Shooters-Hil, where he did the bloo|dy deed, the 27th. of March, 1655. The manner how &s;hall be ex|actly related in this Ditty.</P>
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<OPENER>The Tune is, Ned Smith.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>OF two notorious Th&eacute;eves,</L>
<L>my purpo&s;e is to tell,</L>
<L>Which near fair <HI>London</HI> Town</L>
<L>long time did live and dwell.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>One of their names was <HI>Gibs,</HI></L>
<L>a Villain vile and ba&s;e</L>
<L>The other <HI>Dick Whitfield</HI> call'd,</L>
<L>who ran a wicked race,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To rob to theeve and &s;teal,</L>
<L>the&s;e couple gave their mind,</L>
<L>And unto murder men,</L>
<L>they daily were inclin'd,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So &s;tout and bold they were</L>
<L>that they dur&s;t fight with ten,</L>
<L>And rob them on the way</L>
<L>though they were lu&s;ty men,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes they would di&s;gui&s;e.</L>
<L>them&s;elves in &s;trange attire,</L>
<L>And to do mi&s;chief &s;till,</L>
<L>Was all they did de&s;ire.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes about the fields</L>
<L>they would walk in the night</L>
<L>And u&s;e much cruelty</L>
<L>to them that they did m&eacute;et.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A man could hardly pa&s;s.</L>
<L>the fields at ten a clock,</L>
<L>But they would be &s;ure to have,</L>
<L>the cloak from off his back.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Or if he had no cloak</L>
<L>they would his money take,</L>
<L>Of what they went about</L>
<L>they did no con&s;cience make.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If they with women met</L>
<L>when it was in the night</L>
<L>they would &s;trip off their cloaths</L>
<L>and leave them naked quite.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Such unhumanity</L>
<L>betwixt them did remain</L>
<L>That by their bloody hands</L>
<L>good Chri&s;tians have been &s;lain</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> robberies</L>
<L>the&s;e bloody villains did,</L>
<L>But theft and murder both,</L>
<L>long time will not lie hid.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes they have b&eacute;en caught</L>
<L>and unto New-gate &s;ent,</L>
<L>Yet they had mercy &s;hown</L>
<L>becau&s;e they &s;hould repent.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But though the Iudges oft</L>
<L>took pitty on tho&s;e men,</L>
<L>As &s;oon as they got loo&s;e</L>
<L>they would fall too't agen,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But now behold and &s;&eacute;e</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">hat happened at the la&s;t,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> they had &s;cap'd through much</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> many dangers pa&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">et a gallant Coach</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">r from <HI>Greenwich</HI> town,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters">h were Gentlemen</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">ore <HI>Black-Heath</HI> down,</L>
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<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">bs and <HI>Whitfield</HI> both</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">d them&s;elves to fight</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 line"></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> Theeves</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> approach.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He ask'd them what they were,</L>
<L>quoth they, we mony crave,</L>
<L>Mony we are come for</L>
<L>and mony we mu&s;t have.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their Pi&s;tols being fixt.</L>
<L>their bullets they let fly</L>
<L>The Captain drew his &s;word</L>
<L>and fought couragiou&s;ly.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And in that dangerous fight</L>
<L>the Captains man was &s;lain</L>
<L>And then they rob'd the re&s;t</L>
<L>that did i'th Coach remain.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And for their bloody d&eacute;eds</L>
<L>and for that robbery</L>
<L>They after taken were</L>
<L>and &s;uffered certainly.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At <HI>Maid&s;tone</HI> town in <HI>Kent</HI></L>
<L>there <HI>Gibs</HI> was pre&s;t to death,</L>
<L>and <HI>Whitfield</HI> hangs in chains</L>
<L>at <HI>Shooters-Hill</HI> near <HI>Black-Heath</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let other wicked men,</L>
<L>high and low, great and &s;mal</L>
<L>Remember and take h&eacute;ed</L>
<L>by <HI>Gibs</HI> and <HI>Whitfields</HI> fall.</L>
</LG>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>L.P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London Printed for F. Grove dwelling on Snow hill.</HI></P>
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