Once she saw him throw the cover of a dish at his lady’s head.
Sarah Green, another witness, clear did to the jury note
How she saw this honest fellow seize his lady by the throat;
How he cursed her and abused her, beating her into a fit,
Till the pitying next-door neighbours crossed the wall and witnessed it.
Next door to this injured Briton Mr. Owers, a butcher, dwelt;
Mrs. Owers’s foolish heart toward this erring dame did melt
(Not that she had erred as yet—crime was not developed in her),
But, being left without a penny, Mrs. Owers supplied her dinner—
God be merciful to Mrs. Owers, who was merciful to this sinner!