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The rogues and vagabonds of Shakespeare's youth : describd by Jn. Awdeley in his Fraternitye of Vacabondes, 1561-73, Thos. Harman in his Caueat for Common Cursetors, 1567-73, and in The Groundworke of Conny-catching, 1592

Title
The rogues and vagabonds of Shakespeare's youth : describd by Jn. Awdeley in his Fraternitye of Vacabondes, 1561-73, Thos. Harman in his Caueat for Common Cursetors, 1567-73, and in The Groundworke of Conny-catching, 1592 / edited by Edward Viles & F.J. Furnivall in 1869 for the Early English Text Society, and now reprinted.
Author
Viles, Edward
Publication
London : Trübner, 1880.

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Additional Authors
  • Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
  • Awdelay, John, active 1559-1577
  • Harman, Thomas, active 1567
  • Haben (Parson)
Description
xxx, 112 pages (9 leaves of plates) : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
New Shakspere Society. Publications. Ser. VI: Shakspere\u0027s England ; no. 7
Uniform Title
Publications (New Shakspere Society (London, England)). Series VI, Shakespere\u0027s England ; no. 7.
Alternative Title
Groundworke of conny-catching.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Rogues and vagabonds
  • Thieves
Note
  • With reproductions of original title-pages, and t.-p. of Early English Text Society edition (The fraternitye of vacabondes, by John Awdeley ... 1869).
Contents
Preface.--Awdeley\u0027s Fraternitye of Vacabondes, with the XXV orders of knaues.--Harman\u0027s Caueat or Warrening for common cvrsetors vulgarely called vagabones.--Parson Haben\u0027s (or Hyberdyne\u0027s) sermon in praise of thieves and thievery.--The groundwork of conny-catching: those parts that are not reprinted from Harman\u0027s Caueat.--Index.
LCCN
16024985
OCLC
  • ocm02340558
  • SCSB-4841686
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries