English villanies : six severall times prest to death by the printers; but (still reviving againe) are now the seventh time, (as at first) discovered by lanthorne and candle-light, and the helpe of a new cryer, called O-per-se-O: vvhose lowd voyce proclaimes to all that will heare him, another conspiracie of abuses lately plotting together, to hurt the peace of this kingdome; which the bell-man (because hee then went stumbling i'th darke) could never see, till now. And because a company of rogues, cunning canting gypsies, and all the scumme of our nation fight heere vnder their owne tattered colours: at the end is a canting dictionary, to teach their language: with canting songs. ...

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Main Author: Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by Augustine Matthewes, and are to bee sold by Iohn Gismond, at the signe of the Gunne in Ivie lane, 1632.
Series:Early English books online.
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