ABSTRACT

The old woman relates that her husband and black friend having killed one another, she removes her lodging, and is brought to bed of a young blackamore, which she likewise murdereth : and then again removing her quarters, and passing for a maid, is married to a young inn-keeper, who, instead of her, had a maid servant for his bed-fellow : both being sleepy, she sets fire to the house, and then pretending to fetch water at the well, tumbles her in, where she is drowned