BLOODY NEWS FROM Clarkenwell.  
BEING A true Relation of a horrid Murder Committed by John Mason upon Gregory Reeves at Mr. Hues a Baker's right over against the King's Arms, upon Monday night last, being the ninth of July; With the manner how he wounded him on the Head with a half hundred weight, cut of one of his Ears, and stabbed him in several parts of the Body.  
Also how he was apprehended, and his Examination and Confession before Justice Powel on Tuesday last, by whom he was Committed a prisoner to NEWGATE.  
Together with a true and exact Narrative of a Bloody murder committed by a Soldier's wife on her husband, at Dog and Bitch-yard near the , on Wednesday last, with her Examination and Confession.  
This is an exact Relation as it was brought from Mr. Hues the Bakers in Clarkenwell.  
LONDON, Printed for J. JONES, 1661.   

AN EXACT RELATION OF A Bloody Murder COMMITTED At Clarkenwell on Monday last, Being the 9th of July, by John Mason, upon Gregory Reeves, at a Baker's house right against the KING'S ARMS.  
LOve when grown beyond the wiser bounds of Reason, and that everwaking Devil Jealousy have in all ages produced very sad effects, witness the inhuman story of Clytaemnestra, who for the Love of the adulterer Aegisthus, did with a merciless and un-relenting hand, even at a Banquet (which the very Laws of Hospitality yea amongst the rudest Nations, might have forbid) make the Soul 〈…〉 Husband Agamemnon, make an Ultimum vale of his wounded body.  
And Deinira the unfortunate wife of the valiant and heroic Hercules, harbouring in her pining breast, the never-ceasing, venomous and dstructive insinuations of a suppositious jealousy, did persuade her abused self, to send her husband a shirt tinctured deeply with the blood of the Centaur Nessus, whose poisonus vapours, did in a short time, force the spirit of that all-conquering Conqueror, to leave its old acquaintance, by which means she lost both her husband and herself.  
Many might be instanced who have (through foolish jealousy) engaged with each other in single duel to the loss of both their lives, which indeed is far more-noble than this so late and horrid murder.  
Now this following story hath in it a double guilt both of jealousy and murder, the exact relation whereof is as followeth viz.  
I shall first begin with the Author of this heinous murder, which was one John Mason, who lay at Mr. Hues a Baker's over against the King's Arms in Clarkenwell, and was bedfellow to Gregory Reeves a poor, simple harmless fellow on whom this bloody design was Acted.  
For the Reason of this cruelty so desperately executed, I only conclude, and find by the report of all, that jealousy was the Original, which through the instigation of the Devil was thus barbarously acted by John Mason, who bearing an affection to the Carpenter's maid living next door to the Baker's house was jealous of all that looked on her.  
But more especially was he jealous of the said Gregory an innocent sillycreature,, who was not designed in the least, to frustrate the Suit of his supposed friend.  
But to come to this horrid act itself, on Monday night being the ninth instant, they went to bed very friendly, the man's Son of the house lying with them; yet by t●e Devils Suggestion, when poor Gregory was fast a sleep, and the Boy that lay with him, up got this Cruel and baberous Murderer, and in the first place, either with the half hundred weight, which he set again on the Table, or the Hammer which was since found in the Room, he stund-him to hinder his crying out, and wounded him in divers places of the Head.  
This not satisfying his most Cruel bloody mind, he cut off one of his ears, and having so done stabbed him in several parts of the Body, of which he died.  
The time of this sad Execution the boy lay fast asleep, and heard nothing of this bloody and inhuman Tragedy till he awaked the next morning.  
Upon Tuesday morning being the tenth day of July, the Murderer was discovered & rumorred abroad at which the whole Family was not a little disturbed, the Carpenter's Maid also at next door being very much troubled and greatly grieved at this sad news of her Neighbour's death, as well as the desperate Condition of her Lover John Mason.  
And the Neighbour flocking into the Baker's house apprehended the Murderer, and immediately carried him before Justice Powel, who lived near adjacent to the place, vvhe●e being examined he denied nothing; but the Justice ask him why he did it, he answered thus, viz. I would my hands had been tied thus last night, and it had been better for me.  
This being ended, his Mittimus was made, and he was conducted by the Officers to Newgate, till such time that Justice be inflicted upon him for this bloody fact.  
On Wednesday the 11th of July, the Crowner should have sat with his July on the party murdered but he being absent they appointed to meet the next day, till when the Corpse was ordered to be laid in the ground, which was accordingly performed.  
On Thursday the twelfth instant, the Crowner's Jury as to the agreement the day before met in the Nagshead Taat Clarkenwel, and being gathered together, the body was ordered to be taken up again.  
This being performed the Crowner and his Jury sat upon this sad and lamentable act, and after viewing the Corpse, according to the Laws of this Kingdom, they gave in their Verdict, that they could find it to be no other than wilful murder.  
When they had thus ended the Corpse was again put into the place from whence it was taken, and the murderer still remains in Newgate, and will doubtless (next Sessions) receive the just sentence of Death for this cruel, bloody and barbarous fact.  
The Relation of this wicked and unimmitated enterprise is here published as a warning-piece to all those that are young and ignorant of the nature of love, (which in itself is peaceable, hides multitudes of faults, plots no evil, and seeks not revenge, but if kindled with the devilish fire of Jealousy, is a plotter of all manner of mischief, and acts with bloody hands in any cruel murder ) that they fall not into such desperate designs, whereby they may not only deprive of life those on whom they commit such horrid cruelties and barbarous murders: but also bring themselves to unnatural and untimely ends, to the great grief of their Parents and friends, and to the sorrow of all good Christians, that have an eye to disceru the miserable and desperate condition men fall in by Jealousy, which was the chief cause of this most sad and lamentable cruelty committed on the said Gregory Reeves by the bloody hands of John Mason, as he lay in a dead sleep not dreaming in the least of the intended mischief designed by his bedfellow.  
This may put us all in mind of our duty to him who is the Author of all good, That in regard we enter into our beds, as into our graves, so we ought to use our best endeavours to make such a preparation for every hour, that we may embrace death as a Messenger inviting us to a Mansion of eternal glory.  
FINIS.   

A true account of the bloody murder commtted by a Soldiers Wife on her Husband upon Wednesday last, at Dog and Bitch-yard near the .  
IN this story I shall he brief, and only give you the true account, which was thus, viz. Upon Tuesday the 10th instant, this Soldier coming home, he found his wife craming her patch, he being hot opened his doublet, and desiring a Pipe of Tobacco she told himhe should have none, but going to the box where he used to lay it, she started up with a Knife in her hand, and stabbed him in the Breast, he taking no great notice of what she did, in a jesting way fling his hat at her, with which she in earnest most desperately stabbed him in the belly, and yet was not satisfied till she had made a third assault and stabbed him again.  
Since which bloody murder, upon her examination she says He was not her Husband, thinking thereby to scape the better, but the Law is more just then to pardon such bloody offenders.  
FINIS.