English villanies : seven severall times prest to death by the printers; but (still reviving againe) are now the eighth time, (as at the first) discovered by lanthorne and candle-light; and the helpe of a new cryer, called O-per-se-O: vvhose loud voyce proclaimes to all that will heare him; another conspiracy of abuses lately plotting together, to hurt the peace of this kingdome; which the bell-man (because he 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 under their tattered colours, at the end is a canting dictionary, to teach their language: with canting songs. ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by M. Parsons, and are to be sold by Iames Becket, at the Inner-Temple gate in Fleet-street, 1638.
Series:Early English books online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:Dedication signed: T. Dekker.
An expansion of "Lanthorne and candle-light", in turn a continuation of "The belman of London".
Signatures: A-O⁴.
Running title reads: The bel-mans night-walkes. Whereunto is added O per se O.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([112] pages : illustrations.