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The Elizabethan underworld ; a collection of Tudor and early Stuart tracts and ballads telling of the lives and misdoings of vagabonds, thieves, rogues and cozeners, andgiving some account of the operation of the criminal law / The text prepared with notes and an introduction by A.V. Judges. With 20 illustrations.

Author/creator Judges, A. V. (Arthur Valentine), 1898-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : G. Routledge & Sons, ltd., 1930.
Descriptionlxiv, 543 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Preface.--Introduction.--The highway to the spitalhouse, by R. Copland.--A manifest detection of dice-play, by G. Walker (?)--The fraternityof vagabonds, by J. Awdeley.--A caveat for common cursitors, by T. Harman.--A notable discovery of cozenage; The second part of Cony-catching; The third part of Cony-catching; a disputation between a he-cony-catcher and a she-cony catcher; The black book's message, by R. Greene.--The black dog of Newgate, by L. Hutton.--Luke Hutton's lamentation.--The testament of Laurence Lucifer (being a part of The black book) by T. Middleton (?)--The bellman of London; Latern and candlelight; O per se O, by T. Dekker.--Martin Markall, beadle of Bridewell, by S. Rid (?)--The counter's comminwealth, by W. Fennor.--The song of a constable, by J. Gyffon.--Notes to the text.--Glossary--Index.
LCCN 30029437

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