A TERABLE FIGHT Between the Gardeners and Seamen; Being an ACCOUNT Of a most Barbarous and Bloody MURDER  
Committed on Friday last by Eight Seamen on the Road between Debtford and London; on the Body of Henry Spicer of Peckham with an Account how the Seamen going from the Naggs-head near Kent-street without paying their Reckoning, the Gardeners, Endeavouring to stop them, a isarp Engagement happened between them where several were wounded on both sides, and Henry Spicer killed out right. As also how 8 of the 9 Seamen were Apprehended, and Committed to the Marshals by the worshipful Justice Rich, with other remarkable accidents.  
ON Friday Morning last being the 17th. of this Instant November 1699. Nine Lusty Seamen (who, as we are informed) belong to an East India Merchant Man called the Fame, now Lying at Anchor near the Red House, came to the Sign of the Naggs-head in the Road between Kent-street and Deptford where they called for several Bottles of Liquor called Stout, till their Reckoning amounted to Nine Shillings at which time, the Landlady of the said House ask for her Money, but instead of paying it they gave her very abusive Language, and not only so but forced their way out of the House from her in a most rude and uncivil manner, insomuch that being affrighted by reason she lived in a loan House, and being a poor Woman and loath to lose Nine Shillings she called out to her Husband who was at work in Gardening not far▪ from thence, whereupon by making a certain Noise (which it seems ●ll the Gardeners thereabouts understands upon any disturbance) so that in an instant as it were near a Hundred Gardeners incomassed the Seamen on every side▪ but being flushed with strong Liquor and being furnished with great Oaken Clubes, they laid on all they me●● without fear or wit, which the Gardener's observing, took them for no less than Highway Men, so that Number of Gardeners and other Country Men still increasing several endeavoured to make their Escape by striving to Leap the Ditches, were taken by their falling therein, and others by the Gardener's great Dogs who bit and hurt some of them.  
However four or five being swifter of Foot than the other, got almost as far as the sign of the Black Jack without opposition, at which place meeting with one Henry Spicer of Peckham, who was brining a Load of Clay to the Brewers in London (according to hi● Daily Custom) and seeing that they were pursued attempted to stop them; which proved Fatal to him for● with their Clubs, repeating their heavy Strokes so often on his Head▪ that immeadiatly he fell down, where they left him wallowlng in his Blood, and leaped the Ditches to make away, but the Gardener's having better knowledge of those parts than they, fetched a Compass about and met them contrary to their Expectations, where being over powered with numbers, they were at last forced to submit, after having given and received several Wounds, and 8 of them were Seized and taken, but the 9th made his Escape where upon the were Carried before the Worshipful Justice Rich, who committed them to the Marshals; during which time, Henry Spicer whom they had Wounded▪ was carried to Dr. Harwoods' at the Lock in Kent-street, where his Wounds was Dressed but all in vain, for his very Brains was beaten out, besides other Cruel Bruises on severa●● parts of his Body, so that, Notwithstanding all the Endeavour that could be used, he Died the same Evening of the said Wounds about 5 of the Clock.  
His Death is much Lamented by his Neighbour's at Peckham, not only because he was a very Honest and Peaceable Man, but the more in regard he has left a Wife with Four or Five small Children.   

London, Printed for John Alkin in the Borough. 1699.