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, and giving some account of the operation of the criminal law /
the text prepared with notes and an introduction by A.V. Judges.
- New York : E.P. Dutton, 1930.
- lxvi, 543 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., facsims. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The highway to the spitalhouse (1535-6) / Robert Copland -- A manifest detection of dice-play (1552) / Gilbert Walker (?) -- The fraternity of vagabonds (1561) / John Awdeley -- A caveat for common cursitors (1566) / Thomas Harman -- A notable discovery of cozenage (1591). The second part of cony-catching (1591). The third part of cony-catching (1592) / Robert Greene -- A disputation between a he-cony-catcher and a she-cony-catcher (1592) / Robert Greene -- The black book's messenger (1592) / Robert Greene -- The black dog of Newgate (ca. 1596) / Luke Hutton -- Luke Hutton's lamentation (1596) --The testament of Laurence Lucifer (being a part of The black book, 1604) / Thomas Middleton (?) --The bellman of London (1608). Lantern and candlelight (1608) / Thomas Dekker -- O per se O (1612) / Thomas Dekker (?) -- Martin Markall, beadle of Bridewell (1610) / Samuel Rid (?) --The counter's commonwealth (1617) / William Fennor -- The song of a constable (1626) / James Gyffon.
2011658160
Rogues and vagabonds--England--Early works to 1800.
Crime--England--Early works to 1800.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--16th century.
PR428.R63 / E45 1930
820.82 / JUE
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The highway to the spitalhouse (1535-6) / Robert Copland -- A manifest detection of dice-play (1552) / Gilbert Walker (?) -- The fraternity of vagabonds (1561) / John Awdeley -- A caveat for common cursitors (1566) / Thomas Harman -- A notable discovery of cozenage (1591). The second part of cony-catching (1591). The third part of cony-catching (1592) / Robert Greene -- A disputation between a he-cony-catcher and a she-cony-catcher (1592) / Robert Greene -- The black book's messenger (1592) / Robert Greene -- The black dog of Newgate (ca. 1596) / Luke Hutton -- Luke Hutton's lamentation (1596) --The testament of Laurence Lucifer (being a part of The black book, 1604) / Thomas Middleton (?) --The bellman of London (1608). Lantern and candlelight (1608) / Thomas Dekker -- O per se O (1612) / Thomas Dekker (?) -- Martin Markall, beadle of Bridewell (1610) / Samuel Rid (?) --The counter's commonwealth (1617) / William Fennor -- The song of a constable (1626) / James Gyffon.
2011658160
Rogues and vagabonds--England--Early works to 1800.
Crime--England--Early works to 1800.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--16th century.
PR428.R63 / E45 1930
820.82 / JUE