The second part of conny-catching Contayning the discouery of certaine wondrous coosenages, either superficiallie past ouer, or vtterlie vntoucht in the first. ... R.G.
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The second part of conny-catching Contayning the discouery of certaine wondrous coosenages, either superficiallie past ouer, or vtterlie vntoucht in the first. ... R.G.
Author
Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
Publication
London :: Printed by Iohn Wolfe for William Wright, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church yard, neare to the French schoole,
1591.
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Subject terms
Crime -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Criminals -- England -- Early works to 1800.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Early works to 1800.
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"The second part of conny-catching Contayning the discouery of certaine wondrous coosenages, either superficiallie past ouer, or vtterlie vntoucht in the first. ... R.G." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02141.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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The discouery of the wordes of Art vsed in these Lawes.
In blacke Art.
The Pickelocke, is called a Charme.
He that watcheth, a Stond.
There engins, VVresters.
Picking the lock, Farsing.
The gaines gotten, Pelfrey.
In Cour∣bing Law.
He that hooks, the Courber.
He that watcheth, the VVarpe.
The hooke, the Courbe.
The good, Snappings.
The gin to open the windowe, the Trickar.
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In Lifting Law.
He that first stealeth, the Lift.
He that receiues it, the Markar.
He that standeth without and carries it away, the Santar.
The goods gotten, Garbage.
In Vincents Law.
They which play booty, the Bankars.
He that betteth, the Gripe.
He that is coosend, the Vin∣cent.
Gaines gotten, Termage.
In Prigging Law.
The horse stealer, the Priggar.
The horse, the Prancar.
The towling place, All-hallo∣wes.
The towler, the Rifler.
The suerteis, Querris.
For the Foist and the Nip, as in the first Booke.
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