Lanthorne and candle-light. Or, The bell-mans second nights-walke In which he brings to light, a brood of more strange villanies than ener [sic] were till this yeare discouered.
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             Lanthorne and candle-light. Or, The bell-mans second nights-walke In which he brings to light, a brood of more strange villanies than ener [sic] were till this yeare discouered.
             Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.
          
           
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           LANTHORNE
           and
           Candle-light
           .
           OR
           ,
           The
           Bell-Mans
           second
           Nights-walke
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           He
           brings
           to
           light
           ,
           a
           Brood
           of
           more
           strange
           Villanies
           then
           euer
           were
           till
           this
           yeare
           discouered
           .
        
         
           —
           Decet
           nouisse
           malum
           ,
           fecisse
           ,
           nefandum
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           edition
           ,
           newly
           corrected
           and
           amended
        
         
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Busby
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           solde
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Fleetestreete
           ,
           in
           Saint
           Dunstanes
           Church-yard
           .
           1609.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           table
           of
           all
           the
           matters
           ,
           that
           are
           contained
           in
           this
           Booke
           ▪
        
         
           
             Chap.
             1
             Of
             O●nting
             .
          
           
             Cap.
             2
             
               
                 1
                 What
                 matters
                 were
                 tryed
                 at
                 a
                 Tearme
                 that
                 was
                 in
                 Hell.
                 
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 proceedings
                 of
                 that
                 court
              
               
                 3
                 A
                 connsell
                 held
                 in
                 Hell
                 about
                 the
                 Bell-man
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 A
                 messenger
                 sent
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 with
                 instructions
              
            
          
           
             Chap
             ,
             3
             
               Of
               Gull-gro●ng
            
             .
             
               
                 How
                 Gentlemen
                 are
                 cheated
                 at
                 Ordinaries
              
               
                 To
                 furnish
                 which
                 feast
                 ,
                 these
                 Guests
                 are
                 bidden
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
                 
                   
                     The
                     Leaders
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       Forlorne
                       Hope
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Eagle
                  
                   
                     The
                     Wood-pecker
                  
                   
                     The
                     Gull
                  
                   
                     The
                     Gull-groper
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Cap
             :
             4
             Of
             Ferreting
             .
             
               
                 How
                 Gentlemen
                 are
                 vndone
                 by
                 taking
                 vp
                 Commoditi●
              
               
                 Which
                 Tragaedy
                 hath
                 these
                 fiue
                 acts
                 ,
                 viz
                 
                   
                     
                       A
                       Tumbler
                    
                  
                   
                     Pu●senetts
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Ferret
                    
                  
                   
                     Ra●bet-suckers
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Warren
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             5
             Of
             Hawking
             
               
                 How
                 to
                 catch
                 Birdes
                 by
                 the
                 Booke
              
               
                 Which
                 is
                 done
                 with
                 fiue
                 Nets
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       A
                       Falconer
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Lure
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Te●cell
                       Gentle
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Bird
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       Mongril●
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Cap.
             6
             Of
             
               Iackes
               of
               the
               Clocke-house
            
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             7
             
               Of
               Ranek-Ryders
            
             
               
                 How
                 Inne-keepers
                 and
                 
                   Hackney
                   men
                
                 are
                 sadled
              
               
                 To
                 make
                 whome
                 goe
                 a
                 round
                 pace
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 haue
                 ,
                 
                   
                     
                       a
                       colt
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       a
                       snaffle
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       a
                       Ring
                    
                  
                   
                     Proua●der
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             8
             Of
             Moone-men
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             9
             The
             infection
             of
             the
             suburbes
             .
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             10
             Of
             Iynglers
             
               
                 The
                 Villanie
                 of
                 Horse-coursers
              
               
                 Who
                 consist
                 of
                 
                   
                     Iynglers
                  
                   
                     Drouers
                  
                   
                     Goade●
                  
                   
                     skip-Iackes
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             11
             Of
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Box
            
             ,
             or
             a
             new
             kinde
             of
             cheating
             ,
             teaching
             how
             to
             change
             Golde
             into
             siluer
             ,
             vnto
             which
             is
             added
             a
             Map
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             man
             may
             learne
             how
             to
             Trauell
             all
             ouer
             England
             ,
             &
             haue
             his
             charges
             borne
             .
          
           
             Cap
             ,
             12
             The
             Bel-mans
             second
             Nights
             vvalke
             ,
             in
             vvhich
             hee
             mee●es
             vvith
             a
             number
             of
             Monsters
             that
             liue
             in
             Darkenesse
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           verry
           worthy
           Gentleman
           Maister
           Francis
           Mustian
           
             of
             Peckam
          
           .
        
         
           
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           IT
           may
           (
           happily
           )
           seeme
           strange
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           army
           of
           Idle-words
           should
           march
           into
           the
           open
           field
           of
           the
           world
           vnder
           the
           Ensigne
           of
           your
           Name
           ,
           (
           you
           beeing
           not
           therewith
           made
           acquainted
           till
           now
           ▪
           you
           may
           iudge
           it
           in
           me
           an
           Error
           ,
           I
           my selfe
           confesse
           it
           a
           boldnesse
           .
           But
           such
           an
           ancient
           &
           strong
           Charter
           hath
           Custome
           confirmed
           to
           
             This
             Printing
             age
             of
             ours
          
           ,
           (
           by
           giuing
           men
           authoritie
           to
           make
           choice
           of
           what
           Patrons
           they
           like
           ,
           )
           that
           some
           Writers
           do
           almost
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           the
           custome
           ,
           and
           some
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           Priuiledge
           ,
           dare
           doe
           any
           thing
           .
           I
           am
           neither
           of
           
             that
             first
             order
          
           ,
           nor
           of
           
             this
             last
          
           .
           The
           one
           is
           too
           fondly-ceremonious
           ,
           the
           other
           too
           impudently
           audacious
           I
           walk
           in
           the
           midst
           (
           so
           well
           as
           I
           can
           )
           betweene
           both
           :
           with
           some
           fruites
           that
           haue
           growne
           out
           of
           my
           Bra●
           ,
           haue
           I
           bin
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           in
           loue
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           them
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           tasted
           by
           any
           particular
           friend
           &
           therefore
           haue
           they
           bin
           exposed
           only
           to
           those
           that
           would
           entertain
           them
           :
           neither
           did
           I
           thinke
           the
           Fairest
           that
           euer
           was
           Mine
           ,
           so
           worthy
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           to
           be
           lookd
           vpon
           with
           the
           Eye
           of
           
             vniuersal
             censure
          
           .
           Two
           sorts
           of
           mad-men
           trouble
           the
           stationers
           shops
           in
           
             Paul●
             Church-yard
          
           :
           they
           that
           out
           of
           a
           M●e
           and
           
             Idle
             vaine-glory
          
           will
           euer
           be
           Pamp●ing
           (
           tho
           their
           bookes
           beeing
           printed
           are
           scarse
           worth
           so
           much
           
             Browne
             paper
          
           )
           and
           this
           is
           a
           very
           poore
           ,
           and
           foolish
           ambition
           :
           Of
           the
           other
           sort
           are
           they
           that
           beeing
           free
           of
           
             Wits
             Mer●hant-venturers
          
           ,
           do
           euery
           new
           moon
           (
           for
           gaine
           onely
           )
           make
           5.
           o●
           6.
           voiages
           to
           the
           Presse
           ,
           and
           euery
           Term-time
           (
           vpon
           
             Booksellers
             stalles
          
           )
           lay
           whole
           litters
           of
           blinde
           inuention
           :
           fellowes
           the
           (
           if
           they
           do
           but
           walke
           in
           the
           middle
           I
           le
           )
           spit
           nothing
           but
           ynck
           ,
           and
           speake
           nothing
           but
           Poeme
           .
           I
           would
           keepe
           company
           with
           neither
           of
           these
           two
           mad-men
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           auoid
           them
           ,
           yet
           I
           take
           the
           last
           to
           be
           the
           wisest
           and
           lesse
           dangerous
           for
           sithence
           al
           the
           arrowes
           that
           men
           shoote
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           flye
           to
           two
           marks
           only
           (
           either
           pleasure
           or
           profit
           )
           he
           is
           not
           much
           to
           be
           cōdemned
           that
           hauing
           no
           more
           Acres
           to
           liue
           vppon
           then
           those
           that
           lie
           in
           his
           head
           )
           is
           euery
           houre
           hammering
           out
           one
           peice
           or
           other
           out
           of
           this
           rusty
           
             Iron
             age
          
           ,
           sithence
           the
           golden
           and
           siluer
           Globes
           of
           the
           world
           are
           so
           locked
           vp
           ,
           that
           a
           Scholler
           can
           hardly
           be
           suffred
           to
           behold
           them
           .
           Some
           perhaps
           wil
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           lancing
           of
           the
           pestilent
           fores
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           so
           openly
           ,
           may
           infect
           those
           in
           it
           that
           are
           found
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           this
           our
           schoole
           ,
           (
           where
           close
           abuses
           
           &
           grose
           villanies
           are
           but
           discouered
           and
           not
           punished
           )
           others
           that
           neuer
           before
           knew
           such
           euils
           ,
           wil
           be
           now
           instructed
           (
           by
           the
           booke
           )
           to
           practise
           them
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           let
           not
           a
           traitor
           ,
           or
           a
           Murderer
           be
           publikely
           arraigned
           ,
           lest
           the
           one
           laying
           open
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           his
           plots
           were
           wouen
           to
           contriue
           a
           treason
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           what
           pollicies
           he
           was
           armed
           with
           ,
           for
           
             the
             shedding
             of
             blood
          
           ,
           the
           standers-by
           (
           that
           are
           honest
           )
           be
           drawn
           (
           by
           their
           rules
           )
           to
           run
           head-long
           into
           the
           same
           mischiefe
           :
           no
           ,
           Our
           strong
           phisicke
           works
           otherwise
           .
           What
           more
           makes
           a
           man
           to
           loath
           that
           
             Mongrell
             Madnesse
          
           (
           that
           halfe
           English
           ,
           halfe
           Dutch
           sinne
           )
           Drunkennesse
           :
           then
           to
           see
           a
           common
           Drunkard
           acting
           his
           Scaenes
           in
           the
           open
           streete
           ?
           Is
           any
           Gamester
           so
           foolish
           to
           play
           with
           false
           Dice
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           assured
           that
           al
           who
           are
           about
           him
           know
           him
           to
           be
           a
           
             Sworne
             Cheator
          
           ?
           The
           letting
           therfore
           of
           Uice
           blood
           in
           these
           seuerall
           Veines
           ,
           which
           the
           Bel-man
           hath
           opend
           ,
           cannot
           by
           any
           Iudicial
           rules
           of
           phisicke
           ,
           endanger
           the
           Bodie
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           or
           make
           it
           feeble
           ,
           but
           rather
           restore
           those
           parts
           to
           perfect
           strength
           ,
           which
           by
           disorder
           haue
           ben
           diseased
           .
        
         
           Giue
           mee
           leaue
           to
           lead
           you
           by
           the
           hand
           into
           a
           Wildernesse
           (
           where
           are
           none
           but
           Monsters
           ,
           whose
           crueltie
           you
           need
           not
           feare
           because
           I
           teach
           the
           way
           to
           tame
           them
           :
           vgly
           they
           are
           in
           shape
           and
           diuelish
           in
           conditions
           :
           yet
           to
           behold
           them
           a
           far
           off
           ,
           may
           delight
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           their
           quallities
           (
           if
           euer
           you
           should
           come
           neere
           them
           (
           may
           saue
           you
           from
           much
           danger
           .
           Our
           Country
           breedes
           no
           Wolues
           nor
           Serpents
           ,
           yet
           Theise
           ingender
           here
           and
           are
           either
           Serpents
           or
           Wolues
           ,
           or
           worse
           then
           both
           :
           whatsoeuer
           they
           are
           ,
           I
           send
           vnto
           you
           not
           the
           Heard
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           Bed
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           Picture
           of
           either
           ,
           View
           them
           I
           pray
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           cullours
           are
           not
           well
           layde
           on
           ,
           shadow
           them
           with
           your
           finger
           :
           if
           you
           spy
           any
           disproportion
           ,
           thus
           excuse
           it
           ,
           such
           
             Painting
             is
             fit
             for
             Monsters
          
           :
           How
           rudely
           soeuer
           the
           Peeceis
           drawne
           ,
           call
           it
           a
           Picture
           .
           And
           when
           one
           more
           worthe
           your
           viewe
           lies
           vnder
           the
           workemans
           pencil
           ,
           this
           Bad-one
           shall
           bring
           you
           home
           a
           Better
           :
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           I
           cease
           ,
           and
           begin
           to
           be
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
        
         
           
             
               All
               yours
            
             .
             THOMAS
             DEKKER
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           my
           owne
           Nation
           .
        
         
           
             Readers
             ,
          
        
         
           AFter
           it
           was
           proclaimed
           abroad
           ,
           that
           
             (
             vnder
             the
             conduct
             of
             the
             Bel-man
             of
             London
             ,
             )
          
           new
           forces
           were
           (
           once
           more
           ,
           to
           bee
           leauied
           against
           certaine
           Wilde
           and
           Barbarous
           Rebells
           ,
           that
           were
           vp
           in
           open
           armes
           against
           the
           Tranquilitie
           of
           the
           
             Weale
             publique
          
           :
           It
           cannot
           bee
           tolde
           ,
           what
           numbers
           of
           voluntaries
           offred
           themselues
           dayly
           to
           fight
           against
           so
           common
           ,
           so
           bolde
           ,
           so
           strange
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           an
           enemy
           .
           
             Light
             Horse-men
          
           came
           in
           hourely
           ,
           with
           discouerie
           where
           these
           Mu●ineeres
           lay
           intrenched
           :
           deliuering
           (
           in
           briefe
           notes
           of
           intelligence
           )
           who
           were
           their
           Leaders
           ,
           how
           they
           went
           Armed
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           serued
           both
           on
           Horse
           &
           Foot
           :
           only
           their
           Strengthes
           could
           not
           hee
           discryed
           ,
           because
           their
           Numbers
           were
           held
           infinite
           .
           Yet
           instructions
           were
           written
           and
           sent
           euerie
           minute
           by
           th●se
           that
           were
           Fauourers
           of
           Goodnesse
           shewing
           what
           Militarie
           Disciplines
           the
           foe
           vsed
           in
           his
           Battailes
           ,
           and
           what
           Forts
           (
           if
           hee
           were
           put
           at
           any
           time
           to
           flight
           )
           he
           wold
           retire
           to
           ;
           vvhat
           stratagems
           hee
           would
           practize
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           did
           determine
           to
           lye
           in
           Ambuscado
           .
           They
           that
           could
           not
           serue
           in
           person
           in
           
             This
             Noble
             quarrell
          
           ,
           sent
           their
           Auxiliary
           Forces
           ,
           well
           armed
           with
           Counsell
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Bel-man
           (
           contrarie
           to
           his
           owne
           hopes
           ,
           )
           seeing
           himselfe
           so
           strongly
           and
           strangely
           seconded
           by
           friends
           doth
           now
           brauely
           aduance
           forward
           ,
           in
           maine
           battalion
           .
           The
           day
           of
           encounter
           is
           appointed
           to
           be
           in
           this
           
             Michaelmas
             Tearme
          
           .
           The
           place
           ,
           
             Paules-Churh-yard
             ,
             Fleetestreet
          
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Ciitie
           .
           But
           before
           they
           ioyne
           ,
           let
           me
           giue
           you
           note
           of
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           an
           Vsurper
           ,
           that
           of
           lat●
           hath
           taken
           vppon
           him
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Bel-man
           ,
           but
           being
           not
           able
           to
           maintaine
           
           that
           Title
           ,
           hee
           doth
           now
           call
           himselfe
           the
           Bel-mans
           brother
           ,
           his
           ambition
           is
           (
           rather
           out
           of
           vaine
           glorie
           then
           the
           true
           courage
           of
           an
           Experienced
           Soldier
           )
           to
           haue
           the
           leading
           of
           the
           Van
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           be
           honor
           good
           enough
           for
           him
           (
           if
           not
           too
           good
           )
           to
           tome
           vp
           with
           the
           Rere
           .
           You
           shall
           know
           him
           by
           his
           Habiliments
           ,
           for
           (
           by
           the
           furniture
           he
           weares
           )
           hee
           will
           bee
           taken
           for
           a
           Beadle
           of
           Bridewell
           .
           It
           is
           thought
           he
           is
           rather
           a
           Newter
           than
           a
           friend
           to
           the
           cause
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           Bel-man
           dooth
           heere
           openly
           protest
           that
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           field
           as
           no
           fellowe
           in
           armes
           with
           Him.
           
        
         
           Howsoeuer
           it
           be
           strucke
           ,
           or
           whosoeuer
           giues
           the
           first
           blow
           ,
           the
           victorie
           depends
           vpon
           the
           vallor
           of
           you
           that
           are
           the
           Winges
           to
           the
           
             Bels-mans
             army
          
           ,
           for
           which
           conquest
           he
           is
           in
           hope
           you
           will
           valiantly
           fight
           sithence
           the
           quarrel
           is
           against
           the
           head
           of
           monstrous
           abus●
           ,
           and
           the
           blowes
           which
           you
           must
           giue
           are
           in
           defence
           of
           
             Law
             ,
             Iustice
             ,
             Order
             ,
             Ceremony
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           that
           honorable
           title
           of
           Goodnesse
           .
        
         
           Saint
           George
           !
           
             I
             see
             the
             two
          
           Armies
           
             mooue
             forward
             :
             and
             beholde
             ,
             the
          
           Bel-man
           
             himselfe
             first
             chargeth
             vppon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Enemy
             .
             Thus
             :
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             HOw
             e're
             thou
             maist
             by
             blazing
             all
             Abuse
             ,
          
           
             Incurre
             suspect
             ,
             thou
             speak'st
             what
             thou
             hast
             prou'd
             ,
          
           
             (
             Tho
             then
             to
             keepe
             it
             close
             it
             thee
             behou'd
             ,
          
           
             S●
             ,
             Reason
             makes
             for
             thee
             a
             iust
             excuse
             )
          
           
             Yet
             of
             thy
             paines
             ,
             the
             B●st
             may
             make
             good
             vse
             ,
          
           
             Then
             of
             the
             Best
             ,
             thy
             paines
             should
             be
             approu'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             same
             of
             them
             shouldst
             be
             belou'd
             .
          
           
             Sith
             thou
             of
             
               Falsehoods
               Floud
            
             d●'st
             ope
             the
             Sluce
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             at
             wast●
             continually
             may
             runne
             ,
          
           
             By
             she
             wing
             men
             ●he
             R●aches
             that
             they
             haue
             ,
          
           
             That
             honest
             men
             may
             so
             or'e-reach
             a
             Knaue
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ●ound
             their
             swallowing
             Deepes
             ,
             the
             same
             to
             shunne
             :
          
           
             But
             if
             from
             hence
             ,
             a
             Knaue
             more
             cunning
             growes
             ,
          
           
             That
             Spider
             sucks
             but
             poison
             from
             thy
             Rose
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Thy
               friend
               if
               thine
               owne
            
             ,
             Io
             :
             Da
             :
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           his
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             OF
             Vice
             ,
             whose
             Counter-mine
             a
             state
             confounds
             ,
          
           
             Worse
             then
             Sedition
             :
             of
             those
             Mortall
             Woundes
          
           
             Which
             (
             throughly
             search'd
             )
             doe
             Kingdomes
             hearts
             endanger
             :
          
           
             Of
             Plagues
             that
             o're
             run
             Citties
             :
             of
             those
             stranger
          
           
             
               Big-swolne
               Impostumes
            
             ,
             poisning
             the
             strong
             health
          
           
             Of
             the
             most
             Sound
             ,
             best
             
               Dieted
               Common-wealth
            
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             tell'st
             the
             Causes
             ,
             and
             doest
             teach
             the
             Cure
             ,
          
           
             By
             Mea'cine
             well-compounded
             ,
             cheape
             ,
             and
             sure
             :
          
           
             And
             (
             as
             One
             read
             in
             deepe
             
               Chirurgery
               ,
            
             )
          
           
             Draw'st
             of
             these
             Eu'lls
             ,
             the
             true
             Anatomy
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             on
             thy
             Plainnesse
             let
             none
             lay
             reproofe
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             tak'st
             Sinne
             's
             heigth
             (
             as
             men
             doe
             starres
             )
             aloofe
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             :
             R
             :
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           my
           industrious
           friend
           .
        
         
           
             IN
             an
             ill
             Time
             thou
             writ'st
             ,
             when
             Tongues
             had
             rather
          
           
             Spit
             venome
             on
             thy
             lines
             ,
             then
             from
             thy
             labours
          
           
             (
             As
             Druggists
             doe
             from
             poison
             )
             medicine
             gather
             ;
          
           
             This
             is
             no
             Age
             to
             crowne
             Desert
             with
             Fauors
             .
          
           
             But
             be
             thou
             Constant
             to
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             care
             not
          
           
             What
             Arrowes
             Mallice
             shootes
             :
             the
             Wise
             will
             neuer
          
           
             Blame
             thy
             Lowd
             singing
             ,
             and
             the
             Foolish
             dare
             not
             :
          
           
             None
             else
             but
             Wolues
             will
             barke
             at
             thine
             Endeuor
             .
          
           
             When
             thou
             (
             in
             thy
             dead
             Sleepe
             )
             liest
             in
             thy
             Graue
             ,
          
           
             These
             Charmes
             to
             after-Ages
             vp
             shall
             raise
             thee
             ;
          
           
             What
             heere
             thou
             leau'st
             ,
             aliue
             thy
             Name
             shall
             saue
             ,
          
           
             And
             what
             thou
             now
             dispraisest
             ,
             shall
             then
             praise
             thee
             .
          
           
             Tho
             ,
             
               Not
               to
               know
               ill
            
             ,
             be
             wise
             Ignorance
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             thou
             (
             by
             
               Reading
               Euill
            
             )
             doest
             Goodnesse
             teach
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             abuse
             the
             coullors
             doost
             aduance
          
           
             Onely
             vpon
             abuse
             to
             force
             a
             breach
             ;
          
           
             The
             honor
             that
             thy
             pen
             shall
             earne
             thereby
             ,
          
           
             Is
             this
             :
             
               that
               tho
               Knaues
               Liue
               ,
               their
               flights
               (
               Here
               )
               dye
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             E
             :
             G
             :
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Lanthorne
             &
             Candle-light
             ,
             Or
          
           The
           Bell-mans
           second
           Nights
           walke
           .
        
         
           
             
               Of
               Canting
               .
               How
               long
               it
               hath
               beene
               a
               language
               :
               how
               it
               comes
               to
               bee
               a
               language
               :
               how
               it
               is
               deriued
               ,
               &
               by
               whom
               it
               is
               spoken
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             WHen
             all
             the
             World
             was
             but
             
               one
               Kingdome
            
             ,
             
             all
             the
             People
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             spake
             but
             one
             language
             .
             A
             man
             could
             trauell
             in
             those
             dayes
             neither
             by
             Sea
             nor
             land
             ,
             but
             he
             mett
             his
             Country-men
             &
             none
             others
             .
          
           
             Two
             could
             not
             then
             stand
             gabling
             with
             strange
             tongues
             ,
             and
             conspire
             together
             (
             to
             his
             owne
             face
             )
             how
             to
             cut
             a
             third
             mans
             throat
             ,
             but
             he
             might
             vnderstand
             them
             .
             There
             was
             no
             Spaniard
             (
             in
             that
             Age
             )
             to
             Braue
             his
             enemy
             in
             the
             Rich
             and
             Lofty
             Castilian
             :
             no
             Romaine
             Orator
             to
             plead
             in
             the
             Rethoricall
             and
             
               Fluent
               Latine
            
             :
             no
             Italian
             to
             court
             his
             Mistris
             in
             the
             swéete
             and
             Amorous
             Thuscane●
             no
             French-man
             to
             parley
             in
             the
             full
             and
             stately
             phrase
             of
             Orleans
             :
             no
             Germaine
             to
             thunder
             out
             the
             high
             and
             ratling
             Dutch
             :
             the
             vnfruitfull
             crabbed
             Irish
             ,
             and
             the
             Uoluble
             significant
             Welch
             ,
             were
             not
             then
             so
             much
             as
             spoken
             of
             :
             the
             quick
             Scottish
             Dialect
             (
             sister
             to
             the
             ●nglish
             )
             had
             not
             then
             a
             tongue
             ,
             neither
             were
             the
             stringes
             of
             the
             English
             spéech
             (
             in
             those
             times
             )
             vntyed
             .
             
             When
             she
             first
             learn'd
             to
             speake
             ,
             it
             was
             but
             a
             broken
             language
             :
             the
             singlest
             and
             the
             simplest
             Words
             flowed
             from
             her
             vtterāce
             :
             for
             she
             dealt
             in
             nothing
             but
             in
             Monosillables
             ,
             (
             as
             if
             to
             haue
             spoken
             words
             of
             greater
             length
             would
             haue
             crackt
             her
             Uoice
             )
             by
             which
             meanes
             her
             Eloquence
             was
             poorest
             ,
             yet
             hardest
             to
             learne
             ,
             and
             so
             (
             but
             for
             necessity
             )
             not
             regarded
             amōgst
             Stran̄gers
             .
             Yet
             afterwards
             those
             Noblest
             Languages
             lent
             her
             Words
             and
             
             phrazes
             ,
             and
             turning
             those
             Borrowings
             into
             
               Good
               husbandry
            
             ,
             shée
             is
             now
             as
             rich
             in
             Elocution
             ,
             and
             as
             aboundant
             as
             her
             prowdest
             &
             Best-stored
             Neighbors
             .
          
           
             Whilst
             thus
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             there
             was
             but
             one
             
               Alphabet
               of
               Letters
            
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             world
             to
             Read
             by
             all
             the
             people
             that
             then
             liued
             ,
             might
             haue
             wrought
             vpon
             one
             péece
             of
             worke
             in
             countries
             farre
             distant
             a
             sunder
             ,
             without
             mistaking
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             not
             néeding
             an
             interpreter
             to
             runne
             betwéene
             them
             .
             Which
             thing
             Nymrod
             (
             the
             first
             Idolater
             ,
             )
             perceiuing
             ,
             and
             not
             knowing
             better
             how
             to
             imploy
             so
             many
             thousand
             Milliōs
             of
             Subiects
             as
             bowed
             before
             him
             :
             a
             fire
             of
             Ambition
             burn'd
             within
             him
             ,
             to
             climbe
             vp
             so
             high
             that
             hee
             might
             sée
             what
             was
             done
             in
             heauen
             :
             And
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             workmen
             were
             summoned
             from
             all
             the
             corners
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             who
             presētly
             were
             set
             to
             
               Build
               the
               Tower
               of
               Babell
            
             .
             But
             the
             Maisterworkemā
             of
             this
             
               Great
               Vniuerse
            
             ,
             (
             to
             check
             the
             Insolēce
             
             of
             such
             a
             
               Sawcie
               builder
            
             )
             that
             durst
             raize
             vp
             Pynnacles
             ,
             equall
             to
             his
             owne
             (
             aboue
             )
             commanded
             the
             selfe-same
             Spirit
             that
             was
             both
             bred
             in
             the
             Chaos
             and
             had
             mainteind
             it
             in
             disorder
             ,
             to
             bee
             both
             Surueyor
             of
             those
             workes
             and
             Comptroller
             of
             the
             Labourers
             .
             This
             Messenger
             was
             called
             Confusion
             .
             It
             was
             a
             Spirit
             swift
             of
             sight
             ,
             &
             faithfull
             of
             seruice
             .
             Her
             lookes
             wilde
             ,
             terrible
             and
             inconstant
             .
             
             Her
             attire
             ,
             carelesly
             ,
             loose
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             thousand
             seuerall
             coulors
             .
             In
             one
             hand
             shée
             grip'd
             a
             heape
             of
             stormes
             with
             which
             (
             at
             her
             pleasure
             )
             she
             could
             trouble
             the
             waters
             :
             In
             the
             other
             she
             held
             a
             whip
             ,
             to
             make
             three
             Spirits
             that
             drew
             her
             ,
             to
             gallop
             fastes
             before
             her
             :
             the
             Spirits
             names
             
             were
             
               Treason
               ,
               Sedition
            
             &
             War
             ,
             who
             at
             euery
             time
             w●
             they
             went
             abroad
             ,
             were
             ready
             to
             set
             Kingdomes
             in
             vproare
             .
             She
             roade
             vpon
             a
             Chariot
             of
             Clownes
             ,
             w●
             was
             alwayes
             furnished
             with
             
               Thunder
               ,
               Li●htning
               ,
               Winds
               ,
               Raine
               ,
               Haile-stones
               ,
               Snow
               ,
            
             &
             all
             the
             other
             Artillery
             belonging
             to
             the
             seruice
             of
             
               Diuine
               Vengeance
            
             :
             &
             when
             she
             spake
             ,
             her
             Voyce
             sounded
             like
             the
             roaring
             of
             many
             Torrents
             ,
             boystrously
             strugling
             together
             :
             for
             betwéene
             her
             Iawes
             did
             she
             carry
             1000000.
             
             Tongues
             .
          
           
             This
             strāge
             Linguist
             ,
             stepping
             to
             euery
             Artificer
             that
             was
             there
             at
             worke
             ,
             whispred
             in
             his
             eare
             whoses
             lookes
             
             were
             there
             vpon
             (
             presently
             )
             〈◊〉
             with
             a
             strange
             distraction
             :
             and
             on
             a
             suddaine
             whilst
             euery
             man
             was
             speaking
             to
             his
             fellow
             ,
             his
             language
             altred
             and
             no
             man
             could
             vnderstand
             what
             his
             fellow
             spake
             .
             They
             all
             stared
             one
             vpon
             another
             ,
             yet
             none
             of
             them
             all
             could
             tell
             wherefore
             so
             they
             stared
             Their
             Tongues
             went
             ,
             and
             their
             hands
             gaue
             action
             to
             their
             Tongues
             :
             yet
             neither
             words
             nor
             action
             were
             vnderstood
             .
             It
             was
             a
             Noise
             of
             a
             thousand
             sounds
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             noise
             was
             nothing
             .
             Hée
             that
             spake
             ,
             knew
             hée
             spake
             well
             :
             and
             he
             that
             heard
             ,
             was
             madde
             that
             the
             other
             could
             speake
             no
             better
             .
             In
             the
             end
             they
             grew
             angry
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             as
             thinking
             they
             had
             mocked
             one
             another
             of
             purpose
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Mason
             was
             ready
             to
             strike
             the
             Bricklayer
             ,
             the
             Bricklayer
             to
             beats
             out
             the
             braines
             of
             his
             Labourer
             :
             the
             Carpenter
             tooke
             vp
             his
             Axe
             to
             throw
             at
             the
             Caruer
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Caruer
             was
             stabbing
             at
             the
             Smith
             ,
             because
             hee
             brought
             him
             a
             Hāmer
             when
             he
             should
             haue
             made
             him
             a
             Chizzell
             .
             He
             that
             called
             for
             Timber
             ,
             had
             Stones
             laide
             before
             him
             :
             &
             when
             one
             was
             sent
             for
             Nailes
             ,
             he
             fetcht
             a
             
               Tray
               of
               Mortar
            
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Babell
             should
             haue
             béene
             raized
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             
               Babell
               fell
            
             .
             The
             Frame
             could
             not
             goe
             forward
             ,
             the
             staffe
             was
             throwne
             by
             ,
             the
             workemen
             made
             hollyday
             .
             Euery
             one
             packd
             vp
             his
             tooles
             to
             be
             gone
             ,
             yet
             not
             to
             goe
             the
             same
             way
             that
             he
             came
             but
             glad
             was
             he
             ,
             that
             could
             méete
             another
             ,
             whose
             spéech
             hee
             vnderstood
             for
             to
             
             what
             place
             soeuer
             he
             went
             ,
             others
             (
             that
             ran
             madding
             vp
             and
             downe
             )
             hearing
             a
             man
             speake
             like
             themselues
             ,
             followed
             onely
             him
             :
             so
             that
             they
             who
             when
             the
             worke
             began
             were
             all
             countrimen
             ,
             before
             a
             quarter
             of
             it
             was
             finished
             ,
             fled
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             from
             enemies
             &
             strāgers
             :
             And
             in
             this
             maner
             did
             Men
             at
             the
             first
             make
             vp
             natiōs
             :
             thus
             were
             words
             coynd
             into
             Languages
             ,
             &
             out
             of
             those
             Languages
             haue
             others
             beene
             molded
             since
             ,
             onely
             by
             the
             mixture
             of
             nations
             ,
             after
             kingdomes
             haue
             béen
             subdued
             .
             But
             I
             am
             now
             to
             speake
             of
             a
             People
             &
             a
             Language
             ,
             of
             both
             which
             (
             many
             thousands
             of
             yeares
             since
             that
             Wonder
             wrought
             at
             Babell
             )
             the
             world
             till
             now
             neuer
             made
             mention
             :
             yet
             confusion
             neuer
             dwelt
             more
             amongst
             any
             Creatures
             .
             The
             Bell-mā
             (
             in
             his
             first
             Voyage
             which
             
             he
             made
             for
             Discoueries
             )
             found
             them
             to
             bée
             sauages
             ,
             yet
             liuing
             in
             an
             Iland
             very
             tēpera●e
             ,
             fruitfull
             ,
             full
             of
             a
             Noble
             Nation
             ,
             and
             rarely
             gouerned
             .
             The
             Lawes
             ,
             Māners
             and
             habits
             of
             these
             Wild-men
             ,
             are
             plainly
             set
             downe
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             former
             painted
             Table
             .
             Yet
             least
             happily
             a
             stranger
             may
             looke
             vpon
             this
             second
             Picture
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             neuerbeheld
             
               The
               first
            
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             bée
             amisse
             (
             in
             this
             place
             )
             to
             repeate
             ouer
             againe
             the
             Names
             of
             all
             the
             Tribes
             into
             which
             they
             Diuide
             themselues
             ,
             both
             when
             they
             Serue
             abroad
             in
             the
             open
             fields
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             lye
             in
             garrison
             within
             Townes
             &
             walled
             Citties
             .
          
           
             
               And
               these
               are
               their
               Rankes
               as
               they
               stand
               in
               order
               .
               viz.
               
            
             
               Rufflers
               .
            
             
               Vpright-men
               .
            
             
               Hookers
               ,
               alias
               Anglers
               ,
            
             
               Roagues
               .
            
             
               Wilde
               Roagues
               .
            
             
               Priggers
               of
               Prancers
               .
            
             
               Paillards
               .
            
             
               Fraters
               .
            
             
               Prigges
               .
            
             
               Swadders
               .
            
             
               Curtalls
               .
            
             
               Irish
               Toyles
               .
            
             
               Swigmen
               .
            
             
               Iarkmen
               .
            
             
               Patricoes
               .
            
             
               Kinchin-Coes
               .
            
             
               
               Abraham-men
               ,
            
             
               Mad
               Tom
               alias
               of
               Bedlam
            
             
               Whip-Iackes
               .
            
             
               Counterfet
               Crankes
               .
            
             
               Dommerats
               .
            
             
               Glymmerers
               .
            
             
               Bawdy-Baskets
               .
            
             
               Autem
               Morts
               .
            
             
               Doxies
               .
            
             
               Dells
               .
            
             
               Kinchin-Morts
               .
            
          
           
             Into
             thus
             many
             Regiments
             are
             they
             now
             deuided
             :
             but
             in
             former
             times
             (
             aboue
             foure
             hundred
             yeares
             now
             past
             )
             they
             did
             consist
             of
             fiue
             Squadrons
             onely
             .
          
           
             
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   1
                   Cur●ors
                   ,
                   alias
                   Vagabondes
                   .
                
                 
                   2
                   Faytors
                   .
                
                 
                   3
                   Robardsemen
                   .
                
                 
                   4
                   Draw-latches
                   .
                
                 
                   5
                   Sturdy
                   Beggars
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             And
             as
             these
             people
             are
             strange
             both
             in
             names
             and
             in
             their
             conditions
             ,
             so
             doe
             they
             speake
             a
             Language
             (
             proper
             only
             to
             thēselues
             )
             called
             canting
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             strange
             .
             
             By
             none
             but
             the
             souldiers
             of
             
               These
               tottred
               bandes
            
             is
             it
             familiarly
             or
             vsually
             spoken
             ,
             yet
             within
             lesse
             then
             fourescorce
             yeares
             (
             now
             past
             )
             not
             a
             word
             of
             this
             Lāguage
             was
             knowen
             .
             The
             first
             Inuentor
             of
             it
             ,
             was
             hang'd
             ,
             yet
             left
             he
             apt
             schollers
             behind
             him
             ,
             who
             haue
             reduced
             that
             into
             Methode
             ,
             which
             he
             on
             his
             death-bed
             (
             which
             was
             a
             paire
             of
             gallowes
             )
             could
             not
             so
             absolutely
             perfect
             as
             he
             desired
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             necessary
             ,
             that
             a
             people
             (
             so
             fast
             increasing
             ,
             &
             so
             
             daily
             practising
             new
             &
             strange
             Villanies
             ,
             should
             borrow
             to
             themselues
             a
             spéech
             ,
             w
             e
             (
             so
             neere
             as
             they
             could
             (
             none
             but
             themselues
             should
             vnderstand
             :
             &
             for
             that
             cause
             was
             this
             Language
             ,
             (
             which
             some
             call
             
               Pedlers
               Frēch
               ,
            
             )
             Inuēted
             ,
             to
             th'
             intent
             that
             (
             albeit
             any
             Spies
             should
             secretly
             
             steale
             into
             their
             cōpanies
             to
             discouer
             th●
             )
             they
             might
             fréely
             vtter
             their
             mindes
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             yet
             auoide
             the
             dāger
             .
             The
             Language
             therefore
             of
             canting
             ,
             they
             study
             euen
             from
             their
             Infancy
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             from
             the
             very
             first
             houre
             ,
             that
             they
             take
             vpon
             them
             the
             names
             of
             
               Kinchin
               Coes
            
             ,
             tillthey
             are
             grown
             Rufflers
             ,
             or
             Vpright-men
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             highest
             in
             degrée
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
           
             This
             word
             canting
             séemes
             to
             bee
             deriued
             from
             the
             latine
             
               verbe
               (
               canto
            
             )
             which
             signifies
             in
             English
             ,
             to
             sing
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             a
             sound
             with
             words
             ,
             that
             's
             to
             say
             to
             speake
             .
             And
             very
             aptly
             may
             canting
             take
             his
             deriuatiō
             
               a
               cantando
            
             ,
             from
             singing
             ,
             because
             amongst
             these
             beggerly
             consorts
             that
             can
             play
             vpon
             no
             better
             instruments
             ,
             the
             language
             of
             canting
             is
             a
             k●de
             of
             musicke
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             in
             such
             assemblies
             can
             c●nt
             best
             ,
             is
             counted
             the
             best
             Musitian
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             touching
             the
             Dialect
             or
             phrase
             it selfe
             ,
             I
             sée
             not
             that
             it
             is
             grounded
             vpon
             any
             certaine
             rules
             ;
             And
             no
             meruaile
             if
             it
             haue
             none
             ,
             for
             sithence
             both
             the
             Father
             of
             this
             new
             kinde
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             that
             study
             to
             speake
             it
             after
             him
             ,
             haue
             beene
             from
             the
             beginning
             and
             stil
             are
             ,
             the
             Breeders
             and
             Norishers
             of
             albase
             disorder
             ,
             in
             their
             liuing
             and
             in
             their
             Manners
             :
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             they
             should
             obserue
             any
             Method
             in
             their
             speech
             ,
             and
             especialy
             in
             such
             a
             Language
             ,
             as
             serues
             but
             onely
             to
             vtter
             discourses
             of
             villanies
             ?
          
           
             And
             yet
             (
             euen
             out
             of
             all
             that
             Irregularity
             ,
             vnhansomnesse
             ,
             &
             Fountaine
             of
             Barbarisme
             )
             do
             they
             draw
             a
             kinde
             of
             forme
             :
             and
             in
             some
             wordes
             ,
             (
             aswell
             simple
             as
             compounds
             )
             retaine
             a
             certaine
             salte
             ,
             tasting
             of
             some
             wit
             and
             some
             Learning
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             they
             call
             a
             cloake
             (
             in
             the
             canting
             tongue
             )
             a
             Togeman
             ,
             and
             in
             Latin
             ,
             Toga
             signifies
             a
             gowne
             ,
             or
             an
             vpper
             garment
             .
             Pannam
             is
             bread
             :
             &
             Panis
             in
             Lattin
             is
             likewise
             bread
             ,
             cassan
             is
             cheese
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             worde
             barbarously
             coynd
             out
             of
             the
             substātiue
             caseus
             which
             also
             signifies
             chéese
             .
             And
             so
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             Then
             by
             ioyning
             of
             two
             simples
             ,
             doe
             they
             make
             almost
             all
             their
             compounds
             .
             As
             for
             example
             :
             Nab
             (
             in
             the
             canting
             
             tongue
             )
             is
             a
             head
             ,
             &
             Nab-cheate
             ,
             is
             a
             hat
             or
             a
             cap
             ,
             Which
             word
             cheate
             beeing
             coupled
             to
             other
             wordes
             ,
             stands
             in
             verry
             good
             stead
             ,
             and
             dees
             excellent
             seruice
             :
             For
             a
             
               Smelling
               cheate
            
             ,
             signifies
             a
             Nose
             :
             a
             
               Prat-ling
               chete
            
             ,
             is
             a
             tongue
             .
             
               Crashing
               chetes
            
             ,
             are
             teeth
             :
             
               Hearing
               chetes
            
             are
             Eares
             :
             Fambles
             are
             Hands
             :
             and
             therevpon
             a
             ring
             is
             called
             a
             
               Fābling
               chete
            
             .
             A
             
               Muffling
               chete
            
             ,
             signifies
             
             a
             Napkin
             .
             A
             
               Belly
               chete
            
             ,
             an
             Apron
             ▪
             A
             
               Grunting
               chete
            
             ,
             A
             Pig
             :
             A
             
               Cackling
               Chete
            
             ,
             a
             Cocke
             or
             a
             Capon
             :
             A
             
               Quacking
               chete
            
             ,
             a
             duck
             :
             A
             
               Lowghing
               chete
            
             ,
             a
             Cow
             :
             A
             
               Bleating
               chete
            
             ,
             a
             Calfe
             ,
             or
             a
             Shee●e
             :
             and
             so
             may
             that
             word
             be
             marryed
             to
             many
             others
             besides
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             Coue
             ,
             or
             Cofe
             ,
             or
             Cuffin
             ,
             signifies
             a
             Man
             ,
             a
             Fellow
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             differs
             something
             in
             his
             propertie
             ,
             according
             as
             it
             meetes
             with
             other
             wordes
             :
             For
             a
             Gen
             ,
             tleman
             is
             called
             a
             
               Gentry
               Coue
            
             ,
             or
             Cofe
             :
             A
             good
             fellow
             is
             a
             
               Bene
               Cofe
            
             :
             a
             Churle
             is
             called
             ,
             a
             
               Quier
               Cuffin
               ;
               Quier
            
             signifies
             naught
             ,
             and
             Cuffin
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             a
             man
             :
             and
             in
             Canting
             they
             terme
             a
             Iustice
             of
             peace
             ,
             (
             because
             he
             punisheth
             them
             belike
             )
             by
             no
             other
             name
             then
             by
             
               Quier
               cuffin
            
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             a
             Churle
             ,
             or
             a
             naughty
             man.
             And
             so
             ,
             Ken
             signifiing
             a
             house
             ,
             they
             call
             a
             prison
             ,
             a
             
               Quier
               ken
            
             ,
             that
             's
             to
             say
             ,
             an
             ill
             house
             .
          
           
             Many
             peeces
             of
             this
             strange
             coyne
             could
             I
             shew
             you
             ,
             but
             by
             these
             small
             stampes
             ,
             you
             may
             iudge
             of
             the
             greater
             .
          
           
             Now
             because
             ,
             a
             Language
             is
             nothing
             els
             then
             heapes
             of
             wordes
             ,
             orderly
             wouen
             and
             composed
             together
             :
             and
             that
             (
             within
             so
             narrow
             a
             circle
             as
             I
             haue
             drawne
             to
             my selfe
             )
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             imprint
             a
             Dictionarie
             of
             all
             the
             Canting
             phrases
             :
             I
             wil
             at
             this
             time
             not
             make
             you
             surfet
             on
             too
             much
             ,
             but
             as
             if
             you
             were
             walking
             in
             a
             Garden
             ,
             you
             shall
             openly
             pluck
             here
             a
             flower
             ,
             and
             there
             another
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             I
             take
             it
             )
             will
             be
             more
             delightfull
             then
             if
             you
             gathered
             them
             by
             handfulls
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             I
             lead
             you
             into
             that
             walke
             ,
             stay
             and
             heare
             a
             Canter
             in
             his
             owne
             language
             ,
             making
             〈◊〉
             ,
             albeit
             (
             I
             thinke
             )
             those
             charmes
             of
             Poesie
             which
             (
             at
             the
             first
             )
             made
             the
             barbarous
             tame
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             to
             ciuil●y
             ,
             can
             (
             vpon
             these
             sauage
             Monsters
             )
             worke
             no
             such
             wonder
             .
             Yet
             thus
             he
             singes
             (
             vppon
             demaund
             whether
             any
             of
             his
             own
             crue
             did
             come
             that
             way
             )
             to
             which
             he
             answers
             ,
             yes
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
          
           
             
             
               Canting
               rithmes
               .
            
             
               
                 ENough
                 —
                 with
                 bowsy
                 Coue
                 maund
                 Nace
                 ,
              
               
                 Tour
                 the
                 Patring
                 Coue
                 in
                 the
                 Darkeman
                 Case
                 ,
              
               
                 Docked
                 the
                 Dell
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 Coper
                 meke
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 wach
                 shall
                 feng
                 a
                 Prounces
                 Nab-chete
                 ,
              
               
                 Cyar●m
                 ,
                 by
                 Salmon
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 shalt
                 pek
                 my
                 Iere
              
               
                 In
                 thy
                 Gan
                 ,
                 for
                 my
                 watch
                 it
                 is
                 nace
                 gere
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 bene
                 bowse
                 my
                 watch
                 hath
                 a
                 win
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               short
               Lesson
               I
               leaue
               to
               be
               construed
               by
               him
               that
               is
               desirous
               to
               try
               his
               skill
               in
               the
               language
               ,
               which
               he
               may
               do
               by
               helpe
               of
               the
               following
               Dictionary
               ;
               into
               which
               way
               that
               he
               may
               more
               redily
               come
               ,
               I
               will
               translate
               into
               English
               ,
               this
               broken
               French
               that
               followes
               in
               Prose
               .
               Two
               Canters
               hauing
               wrangled
               a
               while
               about
               some
               idle
               quarrell
               ,
               at
               length
               growing
               friends
               ,
               thus
               one
               of
               them
               speakes
               to
               the
               other
               .
               viz.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               Canter
               in
               prose
               .
            
             
               STowe
               you
               beene
               Cofe
               :
               and
               cut
               benar
               whiddes
               and
               bing
               we
               to
               Rome
               vile
               ,
               to
               nip
               a
               boung
               :
               so
               shall
               wee
               haue
               lowre
               for
               the
               bowsing
               ken
               ,
               &
               when
               we
               beng
               back
               to
               the
               Dewese
               a
               vile
               ,
               we
               will
               filch
               some
               Duddes
               ,
               off
               the
               Ruffmans
               ,
               or
               mill
               the
               Ken
               for
               a
               lagge
               of
               Dudes
               .
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 in
                 English
              
               
                 
                   Stowe
                   you
                   ,
                   beene
                   cofe
                   :
                   
                     hold
                     your
                     peace
                     good
                     fellow
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   cut
                   benar
                   whiddes
                   :
                   
                     and
                     speake
                     better
                     words
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   bing
                   we
                   to
                   Rome
                   vile
                   :
                   
                     and
                     goe
                     we
                     to
                     London
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   nip
                   a
                   boung
                   :
                   
                     to
                     cut
                     a
                     purse
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   shall
                   we
                   haue
                   lowre
                   :
                   
                     so
                     shall
                     we
                     haue
                     mony
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   the
                   bowsing
                   Ken
                   ,
                   
                     for
                     the
                     Ale-house
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   bing
                   backe
                   :
                   
                     and
                     when
                     we
                     come
                     backe
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Dewse-a-vile
                   :
                   
                     into
                     the
                     Country
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   will
                   filch
                   some
                   duddes
                   :
                   
                     we
                     will
                     filch
                     some
                     clothes
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Off
                   the
                   Ruffmans
                   :
                   
                     from
                     the
                     hedges
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   mill
                   the
                   Ken
                   :
                   
                     or
                     rob
                     the
                     house
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   a
                   lagge
                   of
                   Duddes
                   :
                   
                     for
                     a
                     bucke
                     of
                     clothes
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Now
               turne
               to
               your
               dictionary
               .
            
             
               ANd
               because
               you
               shall
               not
               haue
               one
               dish
               twice
               set
               before
               you
               ,
               none
               of
               those
               Canting
               wordes
               that
               are
               englished
               before
               shall
               here
               be
               found
               :
               for
               our
               intent
               is
               to
               feast
               you
               with
               varietie
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Canters
                 Dictionarie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   AVtem
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     church
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Autem-mort
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     married
                     waman
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Boung
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     purse
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Borde
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     shilling
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Halfe
                   a
                   Borde
                   ,
                   
                     six
                     pence
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Bowse
                   ,
                   drinke
                   .
                
                 
                   Bowsing
                   Ken
                   ,
                   
                     an
                     ale-house
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Bene
                   ,
                   good
                   .
                
                 
                   Beneship
                   ,
                   
                     very
                     good
                  
                   :
                
                 
                   Bufe
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Dogge
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Bing
                   a
                   wast
                   ,
                   
                     get
                     you
                     hence
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Caster
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Cloake
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Commission
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     shirt
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Chates
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Gallowes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   cly
                   the
                   Ierke
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     be
                     whipped
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   cutt
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     speake
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   cutt
                   bene
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     speake
                     gently
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   cutt
                   bene
                   whiddes
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     speake
                     good
                     wordes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   cutt
                   quier
                   whiddes
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     giue
                     euill
                     language
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   Cant
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     speake
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   couch
                   a
                   Hogshead
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     lye
                     downe
                     a
                     sleepe
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Drawers
                   ,
                   Hosen
                   .
                
                 
                   Dudes
                   ,
                   clothes
                   .
                
                 
                   Darkemans
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     night
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Dewse-a-vile
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     country
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Dup
                   the
                   Giger
                   ,
                   
                     open
                     the
                     dore
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Fambles
                   ,
                   hands
                   .
                
                 
                   Fambling
                   Chete
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     King.
                  
                
                 
                   Flag
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Goat
                  
                
                 
                   Glasiers
                   ,
                   eyes
                   .
                
                 
                   Gan
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     mouth
                  
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Gage
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Quart
                     pott
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Grannam
                   ,
                   Corne.
                
                 
                   Gybe
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     writing
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Glymmer
                   ,
                   fire
                   .
                
                 
                   Gigger
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     doore
                  
                
                 
                   Gentry
                   Mort
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Gentlewoman
                     ▪
                  
                
                 
                   Gentry
                   cofes
                   Ken
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Noble
                     mans
                     house
                     ▪
                  
                
                 
                   Harman
                   bek
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Constable
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Harmans
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Stockes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Heaue
                   a
                   bough
                   ,
                   
                     rob
                     a
                     Boothe
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Iarke
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Seale
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Ken
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     house
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Lage
                   of
                   Dudes
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Bucke
                     of
                     clothes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Libbege
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     bed
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Lowre
                   ,
                   money
                   .
                
                 
                   Lap
                   ,
                   
                     Butter
                     ,
                     Milke
                     ,
                     or
                     Whaye
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Libken
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     house
                     to
                     lye
                     in
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Lage
                   ,
                   Water
                   .
                
                 
                   Light-mans
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     day
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Mynt
                   ,
                   Golde
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Make
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     halfe-penny
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Margery
                   prater
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Henne
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Mawnding
                   ,
                   asking
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   Mill
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     steale
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Mill
                   a
                   Ken
                   ,
                   
                     rob
                     a
                     house
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Nosegent
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Nunne
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Niggling
                   ,
                   
                     companying
                     with
                     a
                     woman
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Buttock
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Peck
                   ,
                   meate
                   .
                
                 
                   Poplars
                   .
                   Pottage
                   .
                
                 
                   Prancer
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Horse
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Prigging
                   ,
                   Kiding
                   .
                
                 
                   Patrico
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Priest.
                  
                
                 
                   Pad
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     way
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Quaromes
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     body
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Ruff-peck
                   ,
                   Bacon
                   .
                
                 
                   Roger
                   ,
                   or
                   Tib
                   of
                   the
                   Buttry
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Goose.
                  
                
                 
                 
                   Rome-vile
                   ,
                   London
                   .
                
                 
                   Rome-bowse
                   ,
                   Wine
                   .
                
                 
                   Rome-mort
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     Quéene
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Ruffmans
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     woodes
                     ,
                     or
                     bushes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Ruffian
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Diuell
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Stampes
                   :
                   legges
                   .
                
                 
                   Stampers
                   ?
                   shooes
                   .
                
                 
                   Slate
                   :
                   
                     a
                     shéete
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Skew
                   :
                   
                     a
                     cup.
                  
                
                 
                   Salomon
                   :
                   
                     the
                     masse
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Stuling
                   ken
                   :
                   
                     a
                     house
                     to
                     receiue
                     stolne
                     goods
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Skipper
                   :
                   
                     a
                     barne
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Strommel
                   ,
                   straw
                   .
                
                 
                   Smelling
                   chete
                   ,
                   
                     an
                     Orchard
                     or
                     Garden
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   scowre
                   the
                   Cramp-ring
                   :
                   
                     to
                     weare
                     boults
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Stalling
                   :
                   
                     making
                     or
                     ordeyning
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Tryning
                   :
                   hanging
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   twore
                   :
                   
                     to
                     sée
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Wyn
                   :
                   
                     a
                     penny
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Yarum
                   :
                   milke
                   .
                
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 haue
                 I
                 builded
                 vp
                 a
                 little
                 Mint
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 coyne
                 wordes
                 for
                 your
                 pleasure
                 .
                 The
                 payment
                 of
                 this
                 was
                 a
                 debt
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 Belman
                 at
                 his
                 farewell
                 (
                 in
                 his
                 first
                 Round
                 which
                 hée
                 walk'd
                 )
                 promised
                 so
                 much
                 .
                 If
                 hée
                 kéepe
                 not
                 touch
                 ,
                 by
                 tendring
                 the
                 due
                 Summe
                 ,
                 hée
                 desires
                 forbearance
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 any
                 that
                 is
                 more
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 Canting
                 commodity
                 will
                 lend
                 him
                 any
                 more
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 better
                 ,
                 hée
                 will
                 pay
                 his
                 loue
                 double
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 meane
                 time
                 ,
                 receiue
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 giue
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 weight
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 haue
                 a
                 
                   Cāting
                   song
                
                 ,
                 wherein
                 you
                 may
                 learne
                 ,
                 how
                 
                   This
                   cursed
                   Generation
                
                 pray
                 ,
                 or
                 (
                 to
                 speake
                 truth
                 )
                 curse
                 such
                 Officers
                 as
                 punish
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Canting
               song
               .
            
             
               
                 THe
                 Ruffin
                 cly
                 the
                 nab
                 of
                 the
                 Harman
                 beck
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 we
                 mawn●d
                 Pannam
                 ,
                 lap
                 or
                 Ruff-peck
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 poplars
                 of
                 yarum
                 :
                 he
                 cuts
                 ,
                 bing
                 to
                 the
                 Ruffmans
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 els
                 he
                 sweares
                 by
                 the
                 light-mans
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 put
                 our
                 stamps
                 in
                 the
                 Harmans
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 ruffian
                 cly
                 the
                 ghost
                 of
                 the
                 Harmanbeck
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 we
                 heaue
                 a
                 booth
                 we
                 cly
                 the
                 Ierke
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 we
                 niggle
                 ,
                 or
                 mill
                 a
                 bowsing
                 Ken
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 nip
                 a
                 boung
                 that
                 has
                 but
                 a
                 win
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 dup
                 the
                 giger
                 of
                 a
                 Gentry
                 cofes
                 ken
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 the
                 quier
                 cuffing
                 we
                 bing
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 quier
                 Ken
                 ,
                 to
                 scowre
                 the
                 Cramp-ring
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 Trin'de
                 on
                 the
                 chates
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 lightmans
              
               
                 The
                 Bube
                 &
                 Ruffian
                 cly
                 the
                 Harman
                 beck
                 &
                 harmans
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 Englished
                 .
              
               
                 
                   THe
                   Diuell
                   take
                   the
                   Constables
                   head
                   ,
                
                 
                   If
                   we
                   beg
                   Bacon
                   ,
                   Butter-milke
                   or
                   bread
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   Pottage
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   hedge
                   he
                   bids
                   vs
                   hie
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   sweares
                   (
                   by
                   this
                   light
                   )
                   i
                   th
                   stocks
                   we
                   shall
                   lie
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Deuill
                   haunt
                   the
                   Constables
                   ghoast
                   ,
                
                 
                   If
                   we
                   rob
                   but
                   a
                   Booth
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   whipd
                   at
                   a
                   poast
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   If
                   an
                   ale-house
                   we
                   rob
                   ,
                   or
                   be
                   tane
                   with
                   a
                   whore
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   cut
                   a
                   purse
                   that
                   has
                   iust
                   a
                   penny
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   come
                   but
                   stealing
                   in
                   at
                   a
                   Gentlemans
                   dore
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   the
                   Iustice
                   straight
                   we
                   goe
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   then
                   to
                   the
                   Iayle
                   to
                   be
                   shackled
                   :
                   And
                   so
                
                 
                   To
                   be
                   hangd
                   on
                   the
                   gallowes
                   i
                   th
                   day
                   time
                   :
                   the
                   pox
                
                 
                   And
                   the
                   Deuill
                   take
                   the
                   Constable
                   and
                   his
                   stocks
                   .
                
              
               
                 We
                 haus
                 Canted
                 (
                 I
                 feare
                 )
                 too
                 much
                 ,
                 let
                 vs
                 now
                 giu●●are
                 to
                 the
                 Bel-man
                 ,
                 and
                 heare
                 what
                 he
                 speaks
                 in
                 english
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             BEL-MANS
             SECOND
             Nights
             walke
             .
             CHAP.
             2
          
           
             IT
             was
             Terme-time
             in
             hel
             (
             for
             you
             must
             vnderstand
             ,
             a
             Lawyer
             liues
             there
             aswell
             as
             heere
             :
             )
             by
             which
             meanes
             
               don
               Lucifer
            
             (
             being
             the
             iustice
             
             for
             that
             Countie
             ,
             where
             the
             Brimstone
             mines
             are
             )
             had
             better
             dooings
             and
             more
             rapping
             at
             his
             gates
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             Doctors
             &
             Empericall
             Quack-saluers
             of
             ten
             citties
             haue
             at
             theirs
             in
             a
             great
             plague-time
             .
             The
             hal
             where
             these
             Termers
             were
             to
             try
             their
             causes
             ,
             was
             very
             large
             
             and
             strongly
             built
             ,
             but
             it
             had
             one
             fault
             :
             it
             was
             so
             hot
             that
             people
             could
             not
             indure
             to
             walk
             there
             :
             Yet
             to
             walke
             there
             they
             were
             compelled
             ,
             by
             reason
             they
             were
             drawne
             thither
             vppon
             occasions
             ,
             and
             such
             iustling
             there
             was
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             haue
             grieued
             any
             man
             to
             be
             in
             the
             thronges
             amongst
             em
             .
             Nothing
             could
             bee
             heard
             but
             noise
             ,
             and
             nothing
             of
             that
             noise
             be
             vnderstood
             ,
             but
             that
             
             it
             was
             a
             sound
             as
             of
             men
             in
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             when
             on
             a
             suddaine
             it
             is
             in
             an
             vprore
             .
             Euery
             one
             brabled
             with
             him
             that
             he
             walked
             with
             ,
             or
             if
             he
             did
             but
             tell
             his
             tale
             to
             his
             Councell
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             eager
             in
             the
             verry
             deliuery
             of
             that
             tale
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             haue
             sworne
             he
             did
             brabble
             :
             and
             
             such
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             there
             was
             when
             aduersaries
             met
             together
             ,
             that
             the
             fyling
             of
             ten
             thousand
             Sawes
             cannot
             yeeld
             a
             sound
             more
             horrible
             .
             The
             Iudge
             of
             the
             Court
             had
             a
             diuelish
             countenance
             ,
             and
             as
             cruell
             hee
             was
             in
             punishing
             those
             that
             were
             condemned
             by
             Lawe
             ,
             as
             hée
             was
             crabbed
             in
             his
             lookes
             ,
             whilst
             he
             sat
             to
             heare
             their
             tryals
             .
             
             But
             albeit
             there
             was
             no
             pittie
             to
             be
             expected
             at
             his
             hands
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             so
             vpright
             in
             iustice
             ,
             that
             none
             could
             euer
             fasten
             bribe
             vppon
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             ready
             and
             willing
             to
             heare
             the
             cries
             of
             all
             commers
             .
             Neither
             durst
             any
             Pleader
             (
             at
             the
             infernall
             Barre
             )
             or
             any
             officer
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             exact
             any
             Fee
             of
             Plaintiffes
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             complained
             of
             wrongs
             and
             were
             opprest
             :
             but
             onely
             they
             
             paide
             that
             were
             the
             wrong
             dooers
             ,
             those
             would
             they
             sée
             dambd
             ere
             they
             should
             gette
             out
             of
             their
             fingers
             ,
             such
             fellowes
             they
             were
             appointed
             to
             vexe
             at
             the
             very
             soule
             .
          
           
             The
             matters
             that
             here
             were
             put
             in
             sute
             ,
             were
             more
             then
             could
             bee
             bred
             in
             twentie
             Uacations
             ,
             yet
             should
             a
             man
             be
             dispatched
             out
             of
             hand
             .
             In
             one
             Terme
             he
             had
             
             his
             Iudgement
             ,
             for
             heare
             they
             neuer
             stand
             vppon
             Returnes
             ,
             but
             presently
             come
             to
             Triall
             .
             The
             causes
             decided
             here
             are
             many
             ;
             the
             Clients
             that
             complaine
             many
             ;
             the
             Counsellors
             (
             that
             plead
             till
             they
             be
             hoarse
             ,
             )
             many
             ;
             the
             Attornies
             (
             that
             runne
             vp
             and
             downe
             ,
             )
             infinite
             ;
             the
             
             Clarkes
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             numbred
             .
             All
             these
             haue
             their
             hands
             full
             ;
             day
             and
             night
             are
             they
             so
             plagued
             with
             the
             bawling
             of
             Clients
             that
             they
             neuer
             can
             rest
             .
          
           
             The
             Inck
             where-with
             they
             write
             ,
             is
             the
             blood
             of
             Coniurers
             :
             they
             haue
             no
             Paper
             ,
             but
             all
             thinges
             are
             engrossed
             in
             Parchment
             ,
             and
             that
             Parchment
             is
             made
             of
             Scriueners
             skinnes
             flead
             off
             ,
             after
             they
             haue
             beene
             puni●ed
             for
             Forgerie
             :
             their
             Standishes
             are
             the
             Scu●s
             of
             Usurers
             :
             their
             Pennes
             ,
             the
             bones
             of
             vnconscionable
             Brokers
             ,
             and
             hard-hearted
             Creditors
             ,
             that
             haue
             made
             dice
             of
             other
             mens
             bones
             ,
             or
             else
             of
             periured
             Excecutors
             and
             blind
             Ouer-séeers
             ,
             that
             haue
             eaten
             vp
             Widdowes
             and
             Orphanes
             to
             the
             bare
             bones
             :
             and
             those
             Pennes
             are
             made
             of
             purpose
             without
             Nebs
             ,
             because
             they
             ,
             may
             cast
             Inck
             but
             slowly
             ,
             in
             mockery
             of
             those
             who
             in
             their
             life
             time
             were
             slowe
             in
             yeelding
             drops
             of
             pitty
             .
          
           
             Would
             you
             know
             what
             actions
             are
             tried
             here
             ?
             I
             wil
             
             but
             turne
             ouer
             the
             Recordes
             ,
             and
             read
             them
             vnto
             you
             as
             they
             hang
             vppon
             the
             Fyle
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Cou●●er
             is
             sued
             heere
             ,
             and
             condemned
             for
             Ryots
             .
          
           
             The
             Soldier
             is
             sued
             heere
             and
             condemned
             for
             murders
          
           
             The
             Scholler
             is
             sued
             here
             &
             condemned
             for
             He●ezies
             .
          
           
             The
             Citizen
             is
             sued
             here
             and
             condemned
             for
             the
             cityfins
             .
          
           
             The
             Farmer
             is
             sued
             heere
             vpon
             Penal
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             condemned
             for
             spoyling
             the
             Markets
             .
             
          
           
             Actions
             of
             batterie
             are
             brought
             against
             Swaggerers
             ,
             and
             heere
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             the
             peace
             .
          
           
             Actions
             of
             Waste
             are
             brought
             against
             drunkards
             and
             Epicures
             ,
             and
             heere
             they
             are
             condemned
             to
             begge
             at
             the
             Grate
             for
             one
             drop
             of
             colde
             water
             to
             coole
             their
             tongues
             ,
             or
             one
             〈◊〉
             of
             breade
             to
             stay
             their
             hunger
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             denyed
             it
             .
          
           
             Harlots
             haue
             processe
             sued
             vpon
             them
             heere
             ,
             and
             are
             condemned
             to
             Howling
             ,
             to
             Rottennesse
             and
             to
             Stench
             .
             No
             Actes
             of
             Parliament
             that
             haue
             passed
             the
             *
             Upper-house
             ,
             can
             be
             broken
             ,
             but
             here
             the
             breach
             is
             punished
             ,
             and
             that
             seuerely
             ,
             and
             that
             suddenlly
             :
             For
             here
             they
             stand
             vppon
             no
             demurres
             ;
             no
             Audita-Queraela
             can
             heere
             be
             gotten
             ,
             no
             writs
             of
             Errors
             to
             
               Reuerse
               Iudgement
            
             :
             heere
             is
             no
             flying
             to
             a
             
               court
               of
               Chancery
            
             for
             relee●
             ,
             yet
             euerie
             one
             
             that
             comes
             heather
             is
             serued
             with
             a
             Sub-poena
             .
             No
             ,
             they
             deale
             altogether
             in
             this
             Court
             vpon
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             ,
             vpon
             the
             Capias
             ,
             vppon
             the
             
               Ne
               exeat
               Regneum
            
             ,
             vpon
             Rebellion
             ,
             vppon
             heauie
             Fines
             (
             but
             no
             Recoueries
             )
             vpon
             writers
             of
             Out-lary
             ,
             to
             attache
             the
             body
             for
             euer
             ,
             &
             last
             of
             all
             vppon
             Executions
             ,
             after
             Iudgement
             ,
             which
             being
             seru'd
             vpon
             a
             man
             is
             his
             
               euerlasting
               vnd●oing
            
             .
          
           
             Such
             are
             the
             Customes
             and
             courses
             of
             proceedings
             in
             the
             Offices
             belonging
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darknesse
             .
             These
             hot
             dooings
             hath
             he
             in
             his
             Terme-times
             .
             But
             vpon
             a
             day
             when
             a
             great
             matter
             was
             to
             be
             tryed
             betweene
             an
             Englishman
             and
             a
             Dutchman
             ,
             which
             of
             the
             two
             were
             the
             fowlest
             Drinkers
             ,
             and
             the
             case
             being
             a
             long
             time
             in
             arguing
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             strong
             euidence
             came
             in
             re●ling
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             (
             yet
             it
             was
             thought
             that
             the
             English-man
             
             would
             carry
             it
             away
             ,
             and
             cast
             the
             Dutchman
             )
             on
             a
             sudden
             all
             was
             staid
             by
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             horne
             that
             was
             heard
             at
             the
             lower
             end
             of
             the
             Hall.
             And
             euerie
             one
             looking
             back
             (
             as
             wondring
             at
             the
             strangenesse
             )
             too
             me
             room
             was
             cride
             and
             made
             through
             the
             thickest
             of
             the
             crowde
             ,
             for
             a
             certaine
             spirit
             in
             the
             likenesse
             of
             a
             post
             who
             made
             away
             on
             a
             little
             leane
             Nagge
             by
             to
             the
             Bench
             where
             Iudge
             
               Rad
               amanth
            
             with
             his
             two
             grim
             Brothers
             
               (
               Minos
            
             and
             Aeacus
             )
             sat
             .
             This
             spirit
             was
             an
             intelligencer
             sent
             by
             Belzebub
             of
             Batharum
             into
             some
             Countries
             of
             Christēdome
             ,
             to
             lye
             there
             as
             a
             spie
             ,
             ●had
             brought
             with
             him
             a
             packet
             of
             letters
             from
             seuerall
             Leigiars
             ,
             that
             lay
             in
             those
             Countries
             ,
             for
             the
             seruice
             of
             the
             Tartarian
             their
             Lord
             and
             Maister
             ,
             which
             packet
             being
             opened
             ,
             all
             the
             Letters
             ,
             (
             because
             they
             concernd
             the
             generall
             good
             and
             state
             of
             those
             lowe
             Countries
             in
             Hell
             )
             were
             publikely
             reade
             .
             The
             contents
             of
             
             that
             Letter
             stung
             most
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             all
             out
             of
             their
             law-cases
             ,
             were
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
          
           
             THat
             whereas
             the
             Lord
             of
             Fiery
             Lakes
             ,
             had
             his
             Ministers
             
             in
             all
             kingdomes
             aboue
             the
             earth
             ,
             whose
             Offices
             were
             not
             onely
             to
             winne
             subiects
             of
             other
             Princes
             to
             his
             obedience
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             giue
             notice
             when
             any
             of
             his
             owne
             sworn
             houshold
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             that
             held
             league
             with
             him
             should
             reuolt
             or
             flye
             from
             their
             duty
             &
             allegiance
             :
             as
             also
             discouer
             from
             time
             to
             time
             all
             plots
             ,
             conspiracies
             ,
             machinations
             ,
             or
             vnderminings
             ,
             that
             skold
             be
             laid
             (
             albeit
             they
             that
             durst
             lay
             them
             should
             dig
             deepe
             enough
             )
             to
             blow
             vp
             his
             great
             Internall
             cittie
             :
             so
             that
             if
             his
             Horned
             Regiment
             were
             not
             suddenly
             mustred
             together
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             lustely
             bestirre
             their
             clouen
             stumps
             ,
             his
             Territories
             weld
             be
             shaken
             ,
             his
             dominions
             left
             in
             time
             vnpeopl'd
             ,
             his
             forces
             look'd
             into
             ,
             and
             his
             authoritie
             which
             hee
             held
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             contemned
             &
             laughed
             to
             scorne
             .
             The
             reason
             was
             ,
             that
             a
             certaine
             fellow
             .
             The
             
               Childe
               of
               Darkenes
               ,
               a
               common
            
             
             
               Night-walker
               ,
               a
               man
               that
               had
               no
               man
               to
               waite
               vppon
               him
               but
               onely
               a
               Dog
               ,
               one
               that
               was
               a
               disordered
               person
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               at
               midnight
               would
               beate
               at
               mens
               doores
               ,
               bidding
               them
               (
               in
               meere
               mockerie
               )
               to
               look
               to
               their
               candles
               when
               they
               themselues
               were
               in
               their
               dead
               sleeps
               :
               and
               albeit
               he
               was
               an
               Officer
               ,
               yet
               he
               was
               but
               of
               Light-carriage
               ,
               being
               knowne
               by
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Bell-man
               of
               London
               ,
            
             had
             of
             late
             not
             only
             drawne
             a
             number
             of
             the
             Deuils
             owne
             kindred
             into
             question
             for
             their
             liues
             ,
             but
             had
             also
             (
             only
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             lanthorn
             &
             candle
             )
             lookt
             into
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             best
             trades
             that
             are
             taught
             in
             hell
             ,
             laying
             them
             open
             to
             the
             broad
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             making
             them
             infamous
             ,
             edious
             ,
             and
             ridiculous
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             not
             satisfied
             with
             dooing
             this
             wrong
             to
             his
             diuellship
             ,
             very
             spitefullye
             hath
             hee
             set
             them
             out
             in
             print
             ,
             drawing
             their
             pictures
             so
             to
             the
             life
             ,
             that
             now
             a
             horse-stealet
             shall
             not
             shew
             his
             head
             ,
             but
             a
             balter
             with
             the
             Hang-mans
             noose
             is
             ready
             to
             bee
             fastned
             about
             it
             :
             A
             Foyst
             nor
             a
             Nip
             shall
             not
             walke
             into
             a
             Fayre
             or
             a
             Play-house
             ,
             but
             euerie
             cracke
             will
             cry
             looke
             to
             your
             purses
             :
             nor
             a
             poore
             common
             Rogue
             come
             to
             a
             mans
             doore
             ,
             but
             he
             shall
             be
             examined
             if
             he
             can
             cant
             ?
             If
             this
             Baulling
             fellow
             therefore
             haue
             not
             his
             mouth
             stop'd
             ,
             the
             light
             Angels
             that
             are
             coynd
             below
             ,
             will
             neuer
             bee
             able
             to
             passe
             as
             they
             haue
             done
             ,
             but
             be
             naild
             vp
             for
             counterfeits
             ,
             Hell
             will
             haue
             no
             dooings
             ,
             and
             the
             deuill
             be
             no-body
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             lyning
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             and
             this
             Letter
             draue
             them
             al
             to
             a
             Non-plus
             ,
             because
             they
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             answere
             it
             .
             But
             at
             last
             aduice
             was
             taken
             ,
             the
             Court
             brake
             vp
             ,
             the
             Tearme
             was
             adiourn'd
             ,
             (
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             Hell-houndes
             were
             thus
             Plagu'd
             )
             and
             a
             common
             counsell
             in
             hell
             was
             presētly
             called
             how
             to
             redres
             these
             abuses
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Sathanicall
               Sinagogue
            
             beeing
             set
             ,
             vp
             startes
             the
             
               Father
               of
               Hell
            
             and
             damnation
             ,
             and
             looking
             verrie
             terribly
             with
             a
             paire
             of
             eies
             that
             stared
             as
             wide
             as
             the
             mouth
             gapes
             at
             Bishops-gate
             ,
             fetching
             foure
             or
             fiue
             deep
             sighes
             (
             which
             were
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             Smoke
             of
             fire
             &
             brimstone
             boyling
             in
             his
             stomacke
             ,
             and
             shewed
             as
             if
             hee
             were
             taking
             tobacco
             ,
             which
             be
             often
             times
             does
             )
             tolde
             his
             children
             &
             seruāts
             (
             &
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             citizens
             that
             dwelt
             wichin
             
             the
             freedome
             of
             Hel
             ,
             and
             sat
             there
             before
             him
             vpon
             narow
             low
             formes
             )
             that
             they
             neuer
             had
             more
             cause
             to
             lay
             their
             heads
             together
             ,
             and
             to
             grow
             pollititians
             .
             Hee
             and
             they
             all
             knew
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             Corners
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             some
             did
             euerie
             houre
             in
             a
             day
             creepe
             forth
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             serue
             him
             :
             yea
             ,
             that
             many
             thousands
             were
             so
             be
             witched
             with
             
             his
             fauours
             ,
             and
             his
             rare
             partes
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             come
             running
             quick
             to
             him
             ,
             his
             dominions
             (
             he
             said
             )
             were
             great
             and
             full
             of
             people
             :
             Emperors
             and
             Kings
             ,
             (
             in
             infinit
             numbers
             )
             were
             his
             slaues
             :
             his
             court
             was
             ful
             of
             Princes
             :
             if
             the
             world
             were
             deuided
             (
             as
             some
             report
             )
             but
             into
             three
             parts
             
             two
             of
             those
             three
             were
             his
             :
             or
             if
             (
             as
             others
             affirme
             )
             into
             foure
             parts
             ,
             almost
             three
             of
             that
             foure
             had
             hee
             firme
             footing
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             such
             a
             fellow
             as
             a
             treble
             voic'd
             Bel-man
             ,
             should
             be
             suffered
             to
             pry
             into
             the
             infernal
             Misteries
             ,
             &
             into
             those
             Black
             Acts
             which
             command
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             Déep
             ,
             &
             hauing
             sucked
             what
             knowledge
             he
             can
             from
             them
             ,
             to
             turne
             it
             al
             into
             poison
             ,
             &
             to
             spit
             it
             in
             the
             verie
             faces
             of
             the
             professors
             ,
             with
             a
             malicious
             intent
             to
             make
             them
             appeare
             vgly
             and
             so
             to
             grow
             hatefull
             and
             out
             of
             fauor
             with
             the
             world
             :
             if
             such
             a
             coniurer
             at
             midnight
             should
             dance
             in
             their
             circles
             and
             not
             be
             driuen
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             hell
             in
             a
             few
             yeares
             would
             not
             bee
             worth
             the
             dwelling
             in
             .
             The
             great
             Lord
             of
             Limbo
             did
             therefore
             commaund
             all
             his
             Blacke
             Guard
             that
             stood
             about
             him
             ,
             to
             bestirre
             them
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             and
             to
             defend
             the
             Court
             wherein
             they
             liued
             :
             threatning
             (
             besides
             )
             that
             his
             cursse
             ,
             &
             all
             the
             plagues
             of
             stinking
             hel
             shold
             fall
             vpon
             
             his
             officers
             ,
             seruants
             ,
             and
             subiects
             ,
             vnlesse
             they
             either
             aduiz'd
             him
             ,
             how
             ,
             or
             take
             some
             speedy
             order
             themselues
             to
             punish
             that
             saucy
             intelligencer
             ,
             the
             Bel-man
             of
             London
             .
             Thus
             he
             spake
             and
             then
             sat
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             ,
             a
             foolish
             Deuill
             rose
             vp
             ,
             and
             shot
             the
             bolt
             of
             his
             aduice
             ,
             which
             flew
             thus
             farre
             ,
             That
             the
             Blacke-dogge
             of
             New-gate
             should
             againe
             bee
             let
             loose
             ,
             and
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             follow
             the
             Balling
             Bel-man
             ,
             to
             watch
             into
             what
             plac●s
             hee
             went
             ,
             and
             what
             deedes
             of
             darkenesse
             (
             euerie
             
             night
             )
             hee
             did
             .
             
               Hinc
               risus
            
             !
             The
             whole
             Syniodicall
             assembly
             ,
             fell
             a
             laughing
             at
             this
             Wise-acre
             ,
             so
             that
             neither
             he
             nor
             his
             blacke-Dogge
             durst
             barke
             any
             more
             .
          
           
             Another
             ,
             thinking
             to
             cleaue
             the
             verrie
             pinne
             with
             his
             arrow
             ,
             drew
             it
             home
             to
             the
             head
             of
             Wisdome
             (
             as
             he
             imaginde
             )
             and
             yet
             that
             lighted
             wide
             too
             ,
             But
             thus
             shot
             his
             Counsell
             ,
             that
             the
             Ghosts
             of
             all
             those
             theeues
             ,
             Cheaters
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             damned
             crew
             ,
             (
             who
             by
             the
             Bel-mans
             discouerie
             ,
             had
             bene
             betraied
             ,
             were
             taken
             and
             sent
             westward
             )
             should
             bee
             fetched
             from
             those
             fields
             of
             Horror
             ,
             where
             euerie
             night
             they
             walke
             ,
             disputing
             with
             Doctor
             Story
             ,
             who
             keepes
             them
             company
             there
             in
             his
             corner
             Cap
             :
             &
             that
             those
             wry-neck'd
             spirits
             should
             haue
             charge
             giuen
             them
             to
             haunt
             the
             Bel-man
             in
             his
             walkes
             ,
             and
             so
             fright
             him
             out
             of
             his
             wittes
             .
             This
             Deuill
             for
             all
             his
             roaring
             ,
             went
             away
             neither
             with
             a
             Plaudite
             ,
             nor
             with
             a
             hisse
             :
             Others
             step'd
             vp
             ,
             some
             pronouncing
             one
             verdict
             some
             another
             :
             But
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             it
             beeing
             put
             into
             their
             Diuelish
             heads
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             no
             power
             ouer
             him
             farther
             then
             what
             shold
             be
             giueu
             vnto
             them
             ,
             it
             was
             concluded
             and
             set
             downe
             as
             a
             rule
             in
             Court
             ,
             that
             some
             one
             strange
             spirit
             ,
             〈◊〉
             could
             transport
             himselfe
             into
             all
             shapes
             ,
             should
             bee
             sent
             vppe
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             scorning
             to
             take
             reuenge
             vppon
             so
             meane
             a
             person
             as
             a
             Bel-ringer
             ,
             should
             thrust
             himselfe
             into
             such
             companyes
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             a
             warrant
             to
             bee
             signed
             for
             that
             purpose
             )
             should
             bee
             nominated
             :
             and
             beeing
             once
             growne
             familiar
             with
             them
             ,
             hee
             was
             to
             worke
             and
             winne
             them
             by
             all
             possible
             meanes
             to
             fight
             vnder
             the
             dismall
             and
             blacke
             collours
             of
             the
             Grand
             Sophy
             ,
             (
             his
             Lord
             and
             Master
             :
             )
             the
             fruite
             that
             was
             to
             grow
             vppon
             this
             tree
             of
             euill
             ,
             would
             bee
             greate
             ,
             for
             it
             should
             bee
             fit
             to
             bee
             serued
             vp
             to
             
               Don
               Lucifers
            
             Table
             ,
             as
             a
             new
             banqueting
             Dish
             ,
             sithence
             all
             his
             other
             meates
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             fatted
             him
             well
             )
             were
             grown
             stale
          
           
             Hereupon
             Pamersiell
             the
             Messenger
             was
             called
             ,
             a
             pasport
             was
             drawne
             ,
             signed
             and
             deliuered
             to
             him
             ,
             with
             certaine
             instruments
             how
             to
             carry
             himselfe
             in
             this
             trauell
             .
             
             And
             thus
             m●ch
             was
             openly
             spoken
             to
             him
             by
             word
             of
             mouth
             .
          
           
             Fly●
             Pamersi●l
             with
             speede
             to
             the
             great
             and
             populous
             citie
             in
             the
             West
             :
             winde
             thy selfe
             into
             all
             shapes
             :
             bee
             a
             Dogge
             (
             to
             fawne
             )
             a
             Dragon
             (
             to
             confound
             )
             bee
             a
             Dou●
             (
             seeme
             innocent
             )
             bee
             a
             Deuill
             (
             as
             thou
             art
             )
             and
             shew
             that
             thou
             art
             a
             Iorniman
             to
             hel
             .
             Build
             rather
             thy
             nest
             amōgst
             willowes
             that
             bend
             euerie
             way
             ,
             then
             on
             tops
             of
             Oakes
             ,
             whose
             hearts
             are
             hard
             to
             be
             broken
             :
             Fly
             with
             the
             Swallow
             ,
             close
             to
             the
             earth
             ,
             when
             stormes
             are
             at
             hand
             ,
             but
             keep
             company
             with
             
               Birdes
               of
               greater
               tallants
            
             ,
             when
             the
             weather
             is
             cleere
             ,
             &
             neuer
             leaue
             them
             till
             they
             looke
             like
             Rauens
             :
             creepe
             into
             bosom●
             that
             are
             buttond
             vp
             in
             sattin
             and
             there
             spred
             the
             wings
             of
             thine
             infection
             :
             make
             euerie
             head
             thy
             pillow
             to
             leane
             vpon
             ,
             or
             vse
             it
             like
             a
             Mill
             ,
             onely
             to
             grinde
             mischiefe
             .
             If
             thou
             meetst
             a
             Dutchman
             ,
             drinke
             with
             him
             :
             if
             a
             Frenchman
             ,
             stab
             :
             if
             a
             Spaniard
             ,
             betray
             :
             if
             an
             Italian
             poyson
             :
             if
             an
             Englishman
             doe
             all
             this
             .
          
           
             Haunt
             Tauerns
             ,
             there
             thou
             shalt
             〈◊〉
             yrodigalls
             :
             pay
             thy
             two-pence
             to
             a
             Player
             ,
             in
             his
             gallerie
             maist
             thou
             sitte
             by
             a
             Harlot
             :
             at
             Ordinaries
             maist
             thou
             dine
             with
             silken
             fooles
             :
             when
             the
             day
             steales
             out
             o●●orld
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             meete
             rich
             drvnkards
             ,
             vnder
             wel●
             gownes
             search
             for
             threescore
             in
             the
             hundred
             ,
             hugge
             those
             golden
             villaines
             ,
             they
             shine
             bright
             ,
             and
             will
             make
             a
             good
             shew
             in
             hell
             ,
             shriek
             w
             e
             a
             cricket
             in
             the
             brew-house
             ,
             &
             watch
             how
             they
             coniure
             there
             :
             Ride
             vp
             and
             downe
             Smith-field
             ,
             and
             play
             the
             Iade
             ther●
             :
             Uisit
             prisons
             ,
             and
             teach
             Iaylors
             how
             to
             make
             nets
             of
             Iron
             there
             :
             binde
             thy selfe
             Prentice
             to
             the
             best
             trades
             :
             but
             if
             thou
             canst
             grow
             extreame
             ritch
             in
             a
             very
             short
             time
             ,
             (
             honestly
             )
             I
             banish
             thee
             my
             kingdome
             ,
             come
             no
             more
             into
             hell
             ,
             I
             haue
             red
             thee
             a
             lecture
             ,
             follow●
             it
             ,
             farewell
             .
          
           
             No
             sooner
             was
             farwell
             spoken
             ,
             but
             the
             spirit
             to
             whom
             all
             these
             matters
             were
             giuen
             in
             charge
             ,
             vanished
             :
             the
             clo●en
             footed
             Orator
             arose
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             assembly
             went
             about
             their
             damnable
             businesse
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Gul-groping
             .
          
           
             
               How
               Gentlemen
               are
               cheated
               at
               Ordinaries
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             3
          
           
             THe
             Diuels
             foote-man
             was
             very
             nimble
             of
             his
             héeles
             (
             for
             no
             wilde-Irish
             man
             could
             out-runne
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             a
             few
             houres
             ,
             was
             he
             come
             vp
             to
             London
             :
             the
             miles
             betweene
             Hell
             and
             any
             place
             vpon
             earth
             being
             shorter
             then
             those
             betweene
             London
             and
             Saint
             Albones
             ,
             to
             any
             man
             that
             trauels
             from
             thence
             thither
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Lackey
             that
             comes
             from
             hence
             hether
             on
             the
             Deuils
             errands
             :
             but
             to
             any
             other
             poore
             soule
             ,
             that
             dwells
             in
             those
             low
             contries
             ,
             they
             are
             neuer
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             are
             not
             possible
             to
             bee
             measured
             .
          
           
             No
             sooner
             was
             he
             entred
             into
             the
             Cittie
             ,
             but
             hee
             met
             with
             one
             of
             his
             Maisters
             daughters
             called
             Pride
             ,
             drest
             like
             a
             Matchants
             wife
             ,
             who
             taking
             acquaintance
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             vnderstanding
             for
             what
             hee
             came
             ,
             tolde
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             thing
             hee
             was
             to
             doe
             ,
             hee
             must
             put
             himselfe
             in
             good
             cloathes
             ,
             such
             as
             were
             sutable
             to
             the
             fashion
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             for
             that
             here
             ,
             men
             were
             look'd
             vppon
             onely
             for
             their
             outsides
             :
             he
             that
             had
             not
             ten-pounds-worth
             of
             wares
             in
             his
             shop
             ,
             would
             carry
             twentie
             markes
             on
             his
             back
             :
             that
             there
             were
             a
             number
             of
             sumpter-borses
             in
             the
             citty
             ,
             who
             cared
             
             not
             how
             coursely
             they
             fed
             ,
             so
             they
             might
             were
             gay
             trappings
             :
             pea
             ,
             that
             some
             pied
             fooles
             ,
             to
             put
             on
             satin
             and
             veluet
             but
             foure
             daies
             in
             the
             yeare
             did
             often-times
             vndoe
             themselues
             ,
             wiues
             and
             Children
             euer
             after
             .
             The
             spirit
             of
             the
             
               Deuils
               Buttry
            
             hearing
             this
             ,
             made
             a
             legge
             to
             Pride
             for
             her
             counsell
             ,
             and
             knowing
             by
             his
             owne
             experience
             that
             euerie
             Taylor
             hath
             his
             bell
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             vnder
             his
             Shop-board
             ,
             (
             where
             he
             dammes
             new
             Sattin
             )
             amongst
             them
             he
             thought
             to
             finde
             best
             welcome
             ,
             and
             therefore
             into
             Burchin-lane
             hee
             stalkes
             verie
             mannerly
             ,
             Pride
             going
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             taking
             the
             vpper
             hand
             .
          
           
           
             No
             sooner
             was
             he
             entred
             into
             the
             rankes
             of
             the
             Linnen
             
             Armorers
             ,
             (
             whose
             weapons
             are
             Spanish
             needles
             )
             but
             he
             was
             most
             terribly
             and
             sharpely
             set
             vppon
             euerie
             :
             prentice
             boy
             had
             a
             pull
             at
             him
             :
             he
             feared
             they
             all
             had
             bin
             Serieants
             ,
             because
             they
             all
             had
             him
             by
             the
             back
             :
             neuer
             was
             poore
             deuil
             so
             tormented
             in
             hell
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             amongst
             them
             :
             he
             thought
             it
             had
             bene
             Saint
             Thomas
             his
             day
             ,
             &
             that
             he
             had
             bene
             called
             vpon
             to
             be
             Constable
             :
             there
             was
             such
             balling
             in
             his
             eares
             :
             and
             no
             strength
             could
             shake
             them
             off
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             must
             shews
             him
             some
             suites
             of
             apparell
             ,
             because
             they
             saw
             what
             Gentlewoman
             was
             in
             his
             company
             (
             whom
             they
             all
             knew
             )
             Seeing
             no
             remedie
             ,
             into
             a
             shop
             he
             goes
             ,
             was
             fitted
             brauely
             ,
             and
             beating
             the
             price
             ,
             found
             the
             lowest
             to
             be
             vnreasonable
             ,
             yet
             paide
             it
             ,
             and
             departed
             ,
             none
             of
             them
             (
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             crowding
             about
             him
             befor
             )
             perceiuing
             what
             customer
             they
             had
             met
             with
             ,
             but
             now
             the
             Taylor
             spying
             the
             deuill
             ,
             suffered
             him
             to
             go
             ,
             neuer
             praying
             that
             he
             wold
             know
             the
             shop
             another
             time
             ,
             but
             looking
             round
             about
             his
             ware-house
             if
             nothing
             were
             missing
             ,
             at
             length
             he
             found
             that
             he
             had
             lost
             his
             cōscience
             :
             yet
             remembring
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             deale
             with
             the
             diuel
             ,
             can
             hardly
             keepe
             it
             ,
             he
             stood
             vpon
             it
             the
             lesse
             .
          
           
             
               The
               fashions
               of
               an
               Ordinarie
               .
            
             
               THe
               
                 Stigian
                 traueller
              
               beeing
               thus
               translated
               into
               an
               accomplish'd
               gallant
               ,
               with
               all
               acoutrements
               belonging
               (
               as
               a
               fether
               for
               his
               head
               ,
               gilt
               rapier
               for
               his
               sides
               ,
               &
               new
               boots
               to
               hide
               his
               polt
               foote
               (
               for
               in
               Bed-lam
               bee
               met
               with
               a
               shoemaker
               ,
               a
               mad
               slaue
               ,
               that
               knew
               the
               length
               of
               his
               last
               )
               it
               rested
               ,
               onely
               that
               now
               he
               was
               to
               enter
               vppon
               company
               sutable
               to
               his
               cloathes
               :
               and
               knowing
               that
               your
               most
               selected
               Gallants
               are
               the
               onelye
               table-men
               that
               are
               plaid
               with
               al
               at
               Ordinaries
               ,
               into
               an
               Ordinary
               did
               he
               most
               gentleman
               like
               ,
               conuay
               himselfe
               in
               state
               .
            
             
               It
               seemed
               that
               al
               who
               came
               thether
               ,
               had
               clocks
               in
               their
               bellies
               ,
               for
               they
               all
               struck
               into
               the
               dyning
               roome
               much
               a-about
               the
               very
               minute
               of
               feeding
               .
               Our
               Caualier
               had
               all
               
               the
               eyes
               (
               that
               came
               in
               (
               throwne
               vpon
               him
               ,
               (
               as
               beeing
               a
               stranger●
               for
               no
               Ambassador
               from
               the
               diuell
               euer
               dined
               amongst
               them
               before
               ,
               )
               and
               he
               asmuch
               tooke
               especiall
               notes
               of
               them
               .
               In
               obseruing
               of
               whom
               and
               of
               the
               place
               he
               found
               ,
               that
               an
               Ordinary
               was
               the
               only
               Rendeuouz
               for
               the
               most
               ingenious
               ,
               most
               terse
               ,
               most
               trauaild
               ,
               and
               most
               phantastick
               gallant
               :
               the
               very
               Exchange
               for
               newes
               out
               of
               al
               countries
               :
               the
               only
               Booke-sellers
               shop
               for
               conference
               of
               the
               best
               Editions
               ,
               that
               if
               a
               womā
               (
               to
               be
               a
               Lady
               (
               would
               cast
               away
               herself
               vpon
               a
               
                 knight
                 ,
                 there
              
               a
               man
               should
               heare
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               most
               of
               the
               richest
               London
               widowes
               :
               〈◊〉
               last
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               a
               schoole
               where
               they
               were
               all
               fellowes
               of
               one
               Forme
               ,
               &
               that
               a
               country
               gentleman
               was
               of
               as
               great
               comming
               as
               the
               proudest
               Iustice
               that
               sat
               there
               on
               the
               bench
               aboue
               him
               :
               for
               he
               that
               had
               the
               graine
               of
               the
               table
               with
               his
               trencher
               ,
               payd
               no
               more
               then
               he
               that
               plac'd
               himself
               beneath
               the
               salt
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 diuers
                 intelligencer
              
               could
               not
               be
               contented
               to
               fill
               his
               eye
               onely
               with
               these
               obiects
               ,
               and
               to
               féed
               his
               belly
               with
               delicate
               chéere
               :
               But
               hée
               drew
               a
               larger
               picture
               of
               all
               that
               were
               there
               ,
               and
               in
               these
               collours
               .
            
             
               The
               vcider
               hauing
               cléered
               the
               table
               ;
               
                 Cardes
                 &
                 Dice
              
               (
               for
               the
               last
               Messe
               )
               are
               serued
               vp
               to
               the
               boord
               :
               they
               that
               are
               ful
               of
               coyne
               ,
               draw
               :
               they
               that
               haue
               little
               ,
               stand
               by
               &
               giue
               ayme
               :
               they
               shuffle
               and
               cut
               on
               one
               side
               :
               the
               bones
               rattle
               on
               the
               other
               :
               long
               haue
               they
               not
               plaide
               ,
               but
               others
               fly
               vp
               &
               down
               the
               roome
               like
               haile-shot
               :
               if
               the
               poore
               dumb
               dice
               be
               but
               a
               little
               out
               of
               square
               ,
               the
               pox
               &
               a
               thousand
               ●plagues
               breake
               their
               neckes
               out
               at
               window
               :
               presently
               after
               ,
               the
               foure
               knaues
               are
               sent
               packing
               the
               same
               way
               ,
               or
               els
               (
               like
               heretikes
               are
               )
               condemned
               to
               be
               burnt
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               battaile
               of
               Cardes
               and
               Dice
               ,
               are
               seuerall
               Regiments
               &
               seuerall
               Officiers
               .
            
             
               They
               that
               sit
               downe
               to
               play
               ,
               are
               at
               first
               cald
               Leaders
               .
            
             
               They
               that
               loose
               ,
               are
               
                 the
                 Forlorne
                 Hope
              
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               winnes
               all
               ,
               is
               the
               Eagle
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               stands
               by
               &
               Uentures
               ,
               is
               the
               Wod-pecker
               .
            
             
               The
               fresh
               Gallant
               that
               is
               fetcht
               in
               is
               
                 The
                 Gull
              
               ,
            
             
               H●
               that
               stands
               by
               ,
               and
               lends
               ,
               is
               
                 the
                 Gull-groper
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Gull-groper
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gul-groper
               is
               commonly
               an
               old
               Mony-mōger
               ,
               who
               hauing
               trauaild
               through
               all
               the
               follyes
               of
               the
               world
               in
               his
               youth
               ,
               knowes
               them
               well
               ,
               and
               shunnes
               them
               in
               his
               age
               ,
               his
               whole
               felicitie
               being
               to
               fill
               his
               bags
               with
               golde
               and
               siluer
               :
               hee
               comes
               to
               an
               Ordinary
               ,
               to
               saue
               charges
               of
               house-keeping
               ,
               and
               will
               eate
               for
               his
               two
               shillings
               ,
               more
               meate
               then
               will
               serue
               thrée
               of
               the
               guard
               at
               a
               dinner
               ,
               yet
               sweares
               hée
               comes
               thether
               onely
               for
               the
               company
               ,
               and
               to
               conuerse
               with
               trauailers
               .
               It
               s
               a
               Gold-Finch
               that
               fildome
               flies
               to
               these
               Ordinary
               Nests
               ,
               without
               a
               hundred
               or
               two
               hundred
               pound
               in
               twenty
               shilling
               péeces
               about
               him
               .
               After
               the
               tearing
               of
               some
               seauen
               paire
               of
               Cardes
               ,
               or
               the
               damning
               of
               some
               ten
               baile
               of
               Dice
               ,
               steps
               hée
               vpon
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               this
               part
               he
               playes
               .
               If
               any
               of
               the
               
                 Forlorne
                 Hope
              
               bée
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               Meanes
               ,
               either
               in
               Esse
               ,
               or
               in
               
                 Posse
                 ▪
              
               (
               and
               that
               the
               olde
               Fox
               will
               bée
               sure
               to
               know
               to
               halfe
               an
               Acre
               ,
               )
               whose
               money
               runnes
               at
               a
               low
               ebbe
               ,
               as
               may
               appeare
               by
               his
               scratching
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               walking
               vp
               and
               downe
               the
               roome
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               wanted
               an
               Ostler
               :
               The
               Gull-groper
               takes
               him
               to
               a
               side
               window
               and
               tels
               him
               ,
               hée
               's
               sorry
               to
               sée
               his
               hard
               luck
               ,
               but
               the
               Dice
               are
               made
               of
               womens
               bones
               ,
               and
               will
               cozen
               any
               man
               ,
               yet
               for
               his
               fathers
               sake
               (
               whom
               he
               hath
               knowne
               so
               long
               )
               if
               it
               please
               him
               ,
               he
               shal
               not
               leaue
               off
               play
               for
               a
               hundred
               pound
               or
               two
               .
               If
               my
               yong
               Estrich
               gape
               to
               swallow
               downe
               this
               mettall
               (
               &
               for
               the
               most
               part
               they
               are
               very
               gréedy
               ,
               hauing
               such
               prouander
               set
               before
               them
               )
               then
               is
               the
               gold
               powred
               on
               the
               board
               ,
               a
               Bond
               is
               made
               for
               repaiment
               ,
               at
               the
               next
               quarter
               day
               when
               Exhibition
               is
               sent
               in
               :
               and
               because
               it
               is
               all
               gold
               ,
               and
               cost
               so
               much
               the
               changing
               ,
               The
               Scriuener
               (
               who
               is
               a
               whelpe
               of
               the
               old
               Mastiues
               owne
               bréeding
               )
               knows
               what
               words
               will
               bite
               ,
               which
               thus
               he
               fastens
               vpō
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               Nette
               the
               Gull
               is
               sure
               to
               be
               taken
               (
               howsoeuer
               :
               )
               for
               if
               he
               fall
               to
               play
               againe
               ,
               &
               loose
               ,
               the
               hoary
               Goat-bearded
               Satyre
               that
               stands
               at
               his
               elbow
               ,
               laughes
               
               in
               his
               sléeue
               :
               if
               his
               bags
               be
               so
               recouered
               of
               their
               Falling-sicknes
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               able
               presently
               to
               repay
               the
               borrowed
               gold
               ,
               then
               
                 Monsieur
                 Gul-groper
              
               steales
               away
               of
               purpose
               to
               auoide
               the
               receipt
               of
               it
               ;
               he
               hath
               fatter
               Chickens
               in
               hatching
               :
               t
               is
               a
               fayrer
               marke
               he
               shootes
               at
               .
               For
               the
               day
               being
               come
               when
               the
               bond
               growes
               due
               ,
               the
               within
               named
               
                 Signior
                 Auaro
              
               will
               not
               be
               within
               :
               or
               if
               he
               be
               at
               home
               ,
               he
               hath
               wedges
               enough
               in
               his
               pate
               ,
               to
               cause
               the
               bond
               to
               bée
               broken
               ,
               or
               else
               a
               little
               before
               the
               day
               ,
               he
               féeds
               my
               young
               Maister
               with
               such
               swéet
               words
               ,
               that
               surfetting
               vpon
               his
               protestations
               ,
               hée
               neglects
               his
               paiment
               ,
               as
               presuming
               hée
               may
               do
               more
               But
               the
               Law
               hauing
               a
               hand
               in
               the
               forfeiture
               of
               the
               bond
               ,
               laies
               presently
               hold
               of
               our
               yong
               Gallant
               with
               the
               helpe
               of
               a
               couple
               of
               Serieants
               ,
               and
               iust
               at
               such
               a
               time
               when
               old
               
                 Erra
                 Pater
              
               (
               the
               Iew
               ,
               )
               that
               lent
               him
               the
               money
               ,
               knowes
               by
               his
               owne
               Prognostication
               ,
               that
               the
               Moone
               with
               the
               siluer
               face
               is
               with
               him
               in
               the
               waine
               .
               Nothing
               then
               can
               frée
               him
               out
               of
               the
               phanges
               of
               those
               bloud-hounds
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               presently
               confesse
               a
               iudgment
               ,
               for
               so
               much
               money
               ,
               or
               for
               such
               a
               Manor
               or
               Lordship
               (
               thrée
               times
               worth
               the
               bond
               forfeited
               )
               to
               be
               paid
               or
               to
               be
               entred
               vpon
               by
               him
               ,
               by
               such
               a
               day
               or
               within
               so
               many
               moneths
               after
               he
               comes
               to
               his
               land
               .
               And
               thus
               are
               young
               heires
               coozend
               of
               their
               Acres
               ,
               before
               they
               well
               know
               where
               they
               lye
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Wood-pecker
               .
            
             
               THe
               Wood-pecker
               is
               a
               bird
               that
               sits
               by
               vpon
               a
               perch
               too
               :
               but
               is
               nothing
               so
               dangerous
               ,
               as
               this
               Uulture
               spoken
               of
               before
               .
               He
               deales
               altogether
               vpon
               Returnes
               ,
               (
               as
               men
               do
               that
               take
               thrée
               for
               one
               ,
               at
               their
               comming
               back
               from
               Ierusalem
               &c.
               )
               for
               hauing
               a
               Iewell
               ,
               a
               Clock
               ,
               a
               King
               with
               a
               Diamond
               ,
               or
               any
               such
               like
               commoditie
               ,
               he
               notes
               him
               well
               that
               commonly
               is
               best
               acquainted
               with
               the
               Dire
               ,
               and
               hath
               euer
               good
               luck
               :
               to
               him
               he
               offers
               his
               prize
               ,
               rating
               it
               at
               ten
               or
               fiftéene
               pound
               ,
               when
               happily
               t
               is
               not
               worth
               aboue
               six
               and
               for
               it
               he
               bargaines
               to
               receiue
               fiue
               shillings
               or
               ten
               shillings
               (
               according
               as
               it
               is
               in
               value
               )
               at
               
               euery
               hand
               ,
               second
               ,
               third
               ,
               or
               fourth
               hand
               he
               brawed
               :
               by
               which
               means
               be
               perhaps
               in
               a
               short
               time
               ,
               makes
               that
               yeeld
               h●nforty
               or
               fifty
               pound
               ,
               which
               cost
               not
               halfe
               twenty
               ,
               Many
               of
               these
               Merchant
               venturers
               saile
               from
               Ordinary
               to
               Ordinary
               ,
               being
               sure
               alwayes
               to
               make
               sauing
               ●oiages
               ,
               when
               they
               that
               put
               in
               ten
               times
               more
               then
               they
               ,
               are
               for
               the
               most
               part
               loosers
               ,
            
          
           
             
               The
               Gull.
               
            
             
               NOw
               if
               either
               
                 The
                 Leaders
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Forlorne
                 Hope
              
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               th●ce
               to
               heare
               of
               a
               yong
               Fresh-water
               soldier
               that
               neuer
               before
               followed
               these
               strange
               warres
               ,
               and
               yet
               hath
               a
               Charge
               newly
               giuen
               him
               (
               by
               the
               old
               fellow
               
                 Soldado
                 Vecchio
              
               his
               father
               ,
               when
               Death
               had
               shotit
               him
               into
               the
               Graue
               )
               of
               some
               ten
               or
               twelue
               thousand
               in
               ready
               money
               ,
               besides
               so
               many
               hundreds
               a
               yeare
               :
               first
               are
               Scoutes
               sent
               out
               to
               discouer
               his
               Lodging
               ,
               that
               knowne
               :
               some
               lie
               in
               ambush
               to
               note
               what
               Apothecaries
               shop
               hée
               resorts
               too
               euery
               morning
               ,
               or
               in
               what
               Tobacco-shop
               in
               Fléet-street
               he
               takes
               a
               pipe
               of
               Smoake
               in
               the
               afternoone
               :
               that
               fort
               which
               the
               Puny
               holds
               ,
               is
               sure
               to
               be
               beleaguerd
               by
               the
               whole
               troope
               of
               the
               old
               weather
               beaten
               Gallants
               :
               amongst
               whom
               some
               one
               ,
               whose
               〈◊〉
               thought
               to
               be
               of
               a
               better
               block
               for
               his
               head
               ,
               than
               therest
               ,
               is
               appointed
               to
               single
               out
               our
               Nouice
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               faure
               or
               fiue
               dayes
               spent
               in
               Complement
               ,
               our
               heire
               to
               seauen
               hundred
               a
               yeare
               is
               drawne
               to
               an
               Ordinary
               ,
               into
               which
               he
               no
               sooner
               enters
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               old-ones
               in
               that
               Nest
               slutter
               about
               him
               ,
               embrace
               ,
               protest
               ,
               kisse
               the
               hand
               ,
               Conge
               to
               the
               very
               garter
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               end
               (
               to
               shew
               that
               hee
               is
               no
               small
               foole
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               knows
               his
               father
               left
               him
               not
               so
               much
               monie
               for
               nothing
               ,
               )
               the
               yong
               Cub
               suffers
               himselfe
               to
               be
               drawne
               to
               the
               stake
               :
               to
               flesh
               him
               ,
               Fortune
               and
               the
               Dice
               (
               or
               rather
               the
               False
               dice
               ,
               that
               coozen
               Fortune
               ,
               &
               make
               a
               foole
               of
               him
               too
               )
               shall
               so
               fauor
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               marches
               away
               from
               a
               battaile
               or
               two
               ,
               the
               onely
               winner
               .
               But
               after
               wards
               ,
               let
               him
               play
               how
               warily
               soeuer
               he
               can
               ,
               the
               damned
               Dice
               shall
               
               crosse
               him
               ,
               &
               his
               siluer
               crosses
               shall
               blesse
               those
               that
               play
               against
               him
               :
               for
               euen
               they
               that
               séeme
               déerest
               to
               his
               bosome
               ,
               shall
               first
               be
               ready
               ,
               and
               be
               the
               formost
               to
               enter
               with
               the
               other
               Leaders
               into
               conspiracy
               ,
               how
               to
               make
               spoile
               of
               his
               golden
               bags
               .
               By
               such
               ransacking
               of
               Cittizens
               sonnes
               wealth
               ,
               the
               Leaders
               maintaine
               themselues
               braue
               ,
               the
               Forlorne-hope
               ,
               that
               droop'd
               before
               ,
               do'es
               now
               gallantly
               come
               on
               .
               The
               Eagle
               fethers
               his
               nest
               ,
               the
               Wood-pecker
               pickes
               vp
               his
               crums
               ,
               the
               Gul-groper
               growes
               fat
               with
               good
               féeding
               :
               and
               the
               Gull
               himselfe
               ,
               at
               whom
               euery
               one
               has
               a
               Pull
               ,
               hath
               in
               the
               end
               scarce
               fethers
               enough
               to
               kéepe
               his
               owne
               back
               warme
               .
            
             
               The
               Post-maister
               of
               Hell
               ,
               séeing
               such
               villanies
               to
               go
               vp
               and
               downe
               in
               cloakes
               lin'd
               cleane
               through
               with
               Ueluet
               ,
               was
               glad
               he
               had
               such
               newes
               to
               send
               ouer
               ,
               and
               therefore
               sealing
               vp
               a
               letter
               full
               ot
               it
               ,
               deliuered
               the
               same
               to
               filthybearded
               Charon
               )
               their
               owne
               Water-man
               )
               to
               be
               conuaide
               
               first
               to
               the
               Porter
               of
               Hell
               ,
               &
               then
               (
               by
               him
               )
               to
               the
               Maister
               ●éeper
               of
               the
               Diuels
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Ferreting
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Man●f
               vndooing
               Gentlemen
               by
               taking
               vp
               of
               commodities
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             IIII.
             
          
           
             HUnting
             is
             a
             noble
             ,
             a
             manly
             ,
             &
             a
             healthfull
             exercise
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             very
             true
             picture
             of
             warre
             ,
             nay
             it
             is
             a
             war
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             for
             engines
             are
             brought
             into
             the
             field
             ,
             stratagems
             are
             contriued
             ,
             ambushes
             are
             laide
             ,
             onsets
             are
             giuen
             ,
             al●arums
             struck
             vp
             ,
             braue
             incounters
             are
             made
             ,
             fierce
             assailings
             are
             resisted
             by
             strength
             ,
             by
             courage
             ,
             or
             by
             pollicy
             :
             the
             enemy
             is
             pursued
             ,
             and
             the
             Pursuers
             neuer
             giue
             ouer
             till
             they
             haue
             him
             in
             execution
             :
             then
             is
             a
             Retreate
             sounded
             ,
             then
             are
             spoiles
             diuided
             ,
             then
             come
             they
             home
             wearied
             ,
             but
             yet
             crowned
             with
             honor
             &
             victory
             .
             And
             as
             in
             battailes
             there
             be
             seuerall
             maners
             of
             fight
             :
             so
             in
             the
             pastime
             of
             hunting
             ,
             there
             are
             seuerall
             degrées
             of
             game
             .
             Seme
             hunt
             
             the
             Lion
             ,
             and
             that
             shewes
             as
             when
             subiects
             rise
             in
             
             Armes
             against
             their
             King
             :
             Some
             hunt
             the
             Vnicorne
             for
             the
             treasure
             on
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             like
             couetous
             men
             ,
             that
             care
             not
             whome
             they
             kill
             for
             riches
             :
             some
             hunt
             the
             
               Sp●tted
               Panther
            
             and
             the
             freckled
             Leopard
             ,
             they
             are
             such
             as
             to
             inioy
             their
             pleasures
             ,
             regard
             not
             how
             blacke
             an
             infamy
             stickes
             vpon
             them
             :
             All
             these
             are
             barbarous
             &
             vnnaturall
             Huntsemen
             ,
             for
             they
             range
             vp
             and
             downe
             the
             Deserts
             ,
             the
             Wildernes
             ,
             and
             inhabitable
             Mountaines
             .
             Others
             pursue
             the
             long
             
               liued
               Hart
            
             ,
             the
             couragious
             Stag
             or
             the
             nimble
             footed
             Deere
             :
             these
             are
             the
             Noblest
             
             hunters
             ,
             and
             they
             exercise
             the
             Noblest
             game
             :
             these
             by
             following
             the
             Chace
             get
             strength
             of
             body
             ,
             a
             frée
             and
             vndisquieted
             minde
             ,
             magnanimity
             of
             spirit
             ,
             alacrity
             of
             heart
             and
             an
             vnwearisomnesse
             to
             breake
             through
             the
             hardest
             labours
             :
             their
             pleasures
             are
             not
             insatiable
             but
             are
             contented
             to
             be
             kept
             within
             limits
             ,
             for
             these
             hunt
             within
             Parkes
             inclosed
             ,
             or
             within
             bounded
             Forrests
             .
             The
             hunting
             of
             the
             Hare
             teaches
             feare
             to
             be
             bould
             ,
             and
             puts
             simplicity
             so
             to
             her
             shifts
             ,
             that
             she
             growes
             cunning
             
             and
             prouident
             :
             the
             turnings
             and
             cresse
             windings
             that
             she
             makes
             ,
             are
             embleames
             of
             〈◊〉
             ●fes
             vncertainty
             :
             when
             she
             thinkes
             she
             is
             furdest
             from
             danger
             ,
             it
             is
             at
             he
             héeles
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             is
             nerest
             to
             her
             ,
             the
             hand
             of
             safety
             defends
             her
             .
             When
             she
             is
             wearied
             and
             has
             runne
             her
             race
             ,
             she
             takes
             her
             death
             patiently
             ,
             onely
             to
             teach
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             make
             himselfe
             redy
             ,
             when
             the
             graue
             gapes
             for
             him
             .
          
           
             All
             these
             kinds
             of
             hunting
             are
             abroad
             in
             the
             open
             
             field
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             a
             
               close
               citty
               hunting
            
             onely
             within
             the
             walls
             ,
             that
             pulles
             downe
             Parkes
             ,
             layes
             open
             forrests
             ,
             destroies
             Chaces
             ,
             woundes
             the
             Déere
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             and
             make
             such
             hauocke
             of
             the
             goodliest
             Heards
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             wills
             ,
             (
             who
             are
             the
             rangers
             ,
             )
             none
             should
             be
             left
             a
             liue
             but
             the
             Rascalls
             :
             This
             kinds
             of
             hunting
             is
             base
             ,
             and
             ignoble
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             meanest
             ,
             yet
             the
             most
             mischieuous
             ,
             &
             it
             is
             called
             Ferreting
             .
             To
             behold
             acourse
             or
             two
             at
             this
             ,
             did
             the
             light
             
               horseman
               of
               Hell
            
             one
             day
             leape
             into
             the
             saddle
             .
          
           
             
             
               Citty-Hunting
               .
            
             
               THis
               Ferret-hunting
               hath
               his
               Seasons
               as
               other
               
               games
               haue
               ,
               and
               is
               onely
               followed
               at
               such
               a
               time
               of
               yeare
               ,
               when
               the
               Gentry
               of
               our
               kingdome
               by
               riots
               ,
               hauing
               chased
               them-selues
               out
               of
               the
               faire
               reuenewes
               and
               large
               possession
               left
               to
               them
               by
               their
               ancestors
               ,
               are
               forced
               to
               hide
               their
               heads
               like
               Conies
               ,
               in
               little
               caues
               and
               in
               vnfrequented
               places
               :
               or
               else
               being
               almost
               windles
               ,
               by
               running
               after
               sensuall
               pleasures
               too
               feircely
               ,
               they
               are
               glad
               
               (
               for
               keeping
               them-selues
               in
               breath
               so
               long
               as
               a
               they
               can
               )
               to
               tal
               to
               Ferret-hunting
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               to
               take
               vp
               commodities
               .
               No
               warrant
               can
               bée
               graunted
               for
               a
               Bucke
               in
               this
               forrest
               ,
               but
               it
               must
               passe
               vnder
               these
               fiue
               hands
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 He
                 that
                 hunts
                 vp
                 and
                 downe
                 to
                 find
                 game
                 ,
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Tombler
                 .
                 
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 commodities
                 that
                 are
                 taken
                 vp
                 are
                 cald
                 Purse-nets
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Cittizen
                 that
                 selles
                 them
                 is
                 the
                 Ferret
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 They
                 that
                 take
                 vp
                 are
                 the
                 Rabbet-suckers
                 .
              
               
                 5
                 He
                 ,
                 vpon
                 whose
                 credit
                 these
                 Rabbet-suckers
                 runne
                 ,
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Warren
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               How
               the
               Warren
               is
               made
               .
            
             
               AFter
               a
               raine
               ,
               Conies
               vse
               to
               come
               out
               of
               their
               Holes
               and
               to
               sit
               nibling
               on
               wéeds
               or
               any
               thing
               in
               the
               coole
               of
               the
               euening
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               reueling
               when
               younger
               brothers
               haue
               spent
               al
               ,
               or
               in
               gaming
               haue
               lost
               al
               ,
               they
               sit
               plotting
               in
               their
               chambers
               with
               necessity
               how
               to
               be
               
               furnished
               presently
               with
               a
               new
               supply
               of
               money
               .
               They
               would
               take
               vp
               any
               commodity
               whatsoeuer
               ,
               but
               their
               names
               stand
               in
               too
               many
               texted
               letters
               all
               ready
               in
               Mercers
               and
               Scriueners
               bookes
               :
               vpon
               a
               hundred
               poundes
               worth
               of
               Roasted
               bée●e
               they
               could
               finde
               in
               their
               hearts
               to
               venture
               ,
               for
               that
               would
               away
               in
               turning
               of
               a
               hand
               :
               but
               where
               shall
               they
               find
               a
               Butcher
               or
               a
               Cooke
               that
               will
               let
               any
               man
               runne
               so
               much
               vpon
               the
               score
               for
               flesh
               onely
               ?
               
               Suppose
               therefore
               that
               Foure
               of
               such
               loose
               fortun'd
               gallants
               were
               tied
               in
               one
               knot
               ,
               and
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               fasten
               themselues
               vpon
               some
               welthy
               cittizen
               .
               At
               the
               length
               it
               runnes
               into
               their
               heads
               ,
               that
               
                 such
                 a
                 young
                 Nouice
              
               (
               who
               daily
               serues
               to
               fill
               vp
               their
               company
               )
               was
               neuer
               intangled
               in
               any
               citty
               limebush
               :
               they
               know
               his
               present
               meanes
               to
               be
               good
               ,
               and
               thos
               to
               come
               to
               be
               great
               :
               him
               therefore
               they
               lay
               vpon
               the
               Anuill
               of
               their
               wits
               ,
               till
               they
               haue
               wrought
               him
               like
               war
               ,
               for
               him-selue
               as
               well
               as
               for
               them
               :
               to
               doe
               any
               thing
               in
               war
               ,
               or
               indéed
               till
               they
               haue
               won
               him
               
               to
               slide
               vpon
               this
               ice
               ,
               because
               he
               knowes
               not
               the
               danger
               )
               is
               he
               easily
               drawne
               :
               for
               he
               considers
               within
               himselfe
               that
               they
               are
               all
               gentlemen
               well
               descended
               ,
               they
               haue
               rich
               fathers
               ,
               they
               weare
               good
               clothes
               ,
               haue
               bin
               gallant
               spenders
               ,
               and
               do
               now
               and
               then
               (
               still
               )
               let
               it
               fly
               fréely
               :
               hee
               is
               to
               venture
               vppon
               no
               more
               rockes
               than
               all
               they
               ,
               what
               then
               should
               hée
               feare
               ?
               hée
               therefore
               resolues
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               rather
               because
               his
               owne
               exhibition
               runnes
               low
               ,
               &
               that
               there
               lacke
               a
               great
               many
               wéekes
               to
               the
               quarter
               day
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               ,
               he
               shal
               be
               refurnished
               from
               his
               father
               .
               The
               Match
               being
               thus
               agréed
               vpon
               ,
               one
               of
               them
               that
               has
               béene
               an
               ould
               Ferret-monger
               ,
               &
               knowes
               all
               the
               trickes
               of
               such
               Hūting
               ,
               séekes
               out
               a
               Tumb●●hat
               ●hat
               is
               to
               say
               a
               fellow
               ,
               who
               beates
               the
               bush
               for
               them
               till
               ●hey
               catch
               the
               birds
               ,
               he
               himselfe
               being
               contented
               (
               as
               he
               protests
               &
               sweares
               )
               onely
               with
               a
               few
               fethers
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               tumblers
               Hunting
               dry-foote
               .
            
             
               THis
               Tumbler
               being
               let
               loose
               runnes
               Snuffing
               
               vp
               and
               downe
               close
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               in
               the
               shoppes
               either
               of
               Mercers
               ,
               Gouldsmithes
               ,
               Drapers
               ,
               Haber-bashers
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               other
               trade
               ,
               where
               hée
               thinckes
               hee
               may
               méete
               with
               a
               Ferret
               :
               and
               tho
               vpon
               his
               very
               first
               course
               ,
               hee
               can
               find
               his
               ga●e
               ,
               yet
               to
               make
               his
               gallants
               more
               hungry
               ,
               and
               to
               thinke
               he
               wearies
               himselfe
               in
               hunting
               the
               more
               ,
               hee
               comes
               to
               them
               sweating
               and
               swearing
               that
               the
               
                 Citty
                 Ferrets
              
               are
               so
               coaped
               (
               that
               's
               to
               say
               
               haue
               their
               lips
               stitched
               vp
               so
               close
               )
               that
               hee
               can
               hardly
               get
               them
               open
               to
               so
               great
               a
               sum
               as
               siue
               hundred
               roundes
               which
               they
               desire
               .
               This
               heat
               be
               beeing
               chewd
               towne
               
               by
               the
               Rabber-suckers
               almost
               his
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               is
               worse
               to
               them
               then
               dabbing
               on
               the
               neckes
               to
               Connies
               .
               They
               bid
               him
               if
               he
               cannot
               fasten
               his
               teeth
               vpon
               plate
               or
               Cloth
               ,
               or
               Silkes
               ,
               to
               lay
               hold
               on
               browne
               paper
               or
               Tobacco
               ,
               Bartholmew
               babies
               ,
               Lute
               stringes
               or
               Hobnailes
               ,
               or
               two
               hundred
               poundes
               in
               Saint
               Thomas
               Onions
               and
               the
               rest
               in
               mony
               ;
               the
               Onions
               they
               coulde
               get
               wenches
               enough
               to
               cry
               and
               sell
               them
               by
               the
               Rope
               ,
               and
               what
               remaines
               should
               serue
               them
               with
               mutton
               .
               Uppon
               this
               ,
               their
               Tumbler
               trottes
               vppe
               and
               downe
               agen
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               lighting
               on
               a
               Cittizen
               that
               will
               deale
               ,
               the
               names
               are
               receiued
               ,
               and
               deliuered
               to
               a
               Scriuener
               ,
               who
               enquiring
               whether
               they
               bee
               good
               men
               and
               true
               ,
               that
               are
               to
               passe
               vppon
               the
               life
               and
               death
               of
               fiue
               hundred
               poundes
               ,
               findes
               that
               foure
               of
               the
               fiue
               ,
               are
               winde-shaken
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               Lordes
               handes
               ,
               Marry
               the
               fift
               man
               ,
               is
               an
               Oake
               ,
               and
               there
               's
               hope
               that
               he
               cannot
               bee
               hewed
               downe
               in
               haste
               .
               Uppon
               him
               therefore
               the
               Cittizen
               buildes
               so
               much
               as
               comes
               to
               fiue
               hundred
               poundes
               ,
               yet
               takes
               in
               the
               other
               foure
               to
               make
               them
               serue
               as
               scaffolding
               ,
               till
               the
               Farme
               bee
               furnished
               ,
               and
               if
               then
               it
               hold
               ,
               he
               cares
               not
               greatly
               who
               takes
               them
               downe
               .
               In
               al
               hast
               ,
               are
               the
               bondes
               seald
               ,
               and
               the
               commodities
               deliuered
               ,
               And
               then
               does
               the
               Tumbler
               fetch
               his
               second
               carreere
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Tumblers
               Hunting
               Counter
               .
            
             
               THe
               wares
               which
               they
               fished
               for
               beeing
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               fiue
               shauers
               ,
               do
               now
               more
               trouble
               their
               wits
               how
               to
               turne
               those
               Wares
               into
               reddy
               mony
               ,
               then
               beefore
               they
               were
               troubled
               to
               turn
               their
               credits
               into
               wares
               .
               The
               Tree
               being
               once
               more
               to
               be
               shaken
               ,
               they
               knowe
               it
               must
               loose
               fruite
               ,
               and
               therefore
               their
               Factor
               must
               barter
               away
               theiMarchandise
               ,
               tho
               it
               be
               withlosse
               :
               Abroad
               is
               into
               
               the
               Cittie
               he
               Sailes
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               and
               deales
               with
               him
               that
               sold
               ,
               to
               buy
               his
               owne
               Commodities
               againe
               for
               ready
               mony
               ;
               He
               will
               not
               doe
               it
               vnder
               30.
               l.
               losse
               in
               the
               Hundred
               :
               Other
               Archers
               bowes
               are
               tryed
               at
               the
               same
               marke
               ,
               but
               al
               keepe
               much
               about
               one
               scantling
               :
               back
               therfore
               comes
               their
               Carrier
               with
               this
               newes
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               will
               disburse
               so
               much
               present
               money
               vppon
               any
               wares
               whatsoeuer
               .
               Onely
               he
               met
               by
               good
               fortune
               with
               
                 one
                 friend
              
               (
               and
               that
               friend
               is
               himselfe
               )
               who
               for
               10
               l.
               wil
               procure
               them
               a
               Chapman
               ,
               marry
               that
               chapman
               wil
               not
               buy
               vnlesse
               he
               may
               haue
               them
               at
               30.
               l.
               losse
               in
               the
               Hundred
               :
               fuh
               ,
               try
               all
               the
               Sharers
               ,
               a
               por
               on
               these
               Fox-furd
               Curmudgions
               ,
               giue
               that
               fellow
               your
               friend
               10.
               l.
               for
               his
               paines
               ,
               &
               fetch
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               money
               :
               within
               an
               houre
               after
               ,
               it
               is
               brought
               ,
               and
               powr'd
               downe
               in
               one
               heape
               vppon
               a
               tauerne
               table
               ;
               where
               making
               a
               goodly
               shew
               as
               if
               it
               could
               neuer
               be
               spent
               ,
               al
               of
               thē
               consult
               what
               fée
               the
               Tumbler
               is
               to
               haue
               for
               Hunting
               so
               wel
               ,
               and
               conclude
               that
               lesse
               then
               10.
               l
               they
               cannot
               giue
               him
               ,
               which
               10.
               l.
               is
               the
               first
               mony
               told
               out
               Now
               let
               vs
               cast
               vp
               this
               Account
               :
               In
               euery
               100.
               l.
               is
               lost
               30.
               which
               being
               5.
               times
               30.
               l.
               makes
               150.
               l.
               that
               
               Sum
               the
               Ferret
               puts
               vp
               cleer
               besides
               his
               ouer-prising
               the
               wares
               :
               vnto
               which
               1●0
               .
               l
               lost
               ,
               ad
               10
               ,
               l
               more
               which
               the
               Tumbler
               guls
               them
               off
               ,
               &
               other
               10.
               l.
               which
               he
               hath
               for
               his
               voyage
               ,
               al
               which
               makes
               170.
               l.
               which
               deducted
               from
               500.
               l.
               there
               remaineth
               onely
               330.
               to
               be
               deuided
               amongst
               5.
               so
               that
               euery
               one
               of
               the
               partners
               shall
               haue
               but
               66.
               l.
               yet
               this
               they
               all
               put
               vp
               merily
               ,
               washing
               down
               their
               losses
               w
               e
               Sack
               and
               Sugar
               ,
               whereof
               they
               drinke
               that
               night
               profoundly
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               the
               Warren
               is
               spoyled
               .
            
             
               VVHilst
               this
               faire
               weather
               lasteth
               ,
               and
               that●
               sthere
               is
               any
               grasse
               to
               nibble
               vpon
               .
               
                 These
                 Rabbee
                 uckers
              
               kéep
               to
               the
               Warren
               wherein
               they
               fatned
               .
               but
               th
               cold
               day
               of
               repaiment
               approaching
               ,
               they
               retire
               deepe
               into
               their
               Caues
               ;
               so
               that
               when
               the
               Ferret
               makes
               account
               to
               haue
               fiue
               before
               him
               in
               chase
               ,
               foure
               of
               the
               fiue
               ly
               hiddē
               ,
               
               &
               are
               stolne
               into
               other
               grounds
               .
               No
               maruell
               then
               if
               the
               Ferret
               growe
               fierce
               &
               teare
               open
               his
               owniawes
               ,
               to
               suck
               blood
               from
               him
               that
               is
               left
               :
               no
               maruaile
               if
               he
               seratch
               what
               wool
               he
               can
               frō
               his
               back
               :
               the
               Pursnets
               that
               were
               Set
               are
               all
               Taken
               vp
               and
               carried
               away
               .
               The
               Warren
               therfore
               must
               bee
               Searched
               ,
               That
               must
               pay
               for
               all
               ,
               ouer
               that
               does
               hee
               range
               like
               a
               little
               ●ord
               .
               Sargeants
               ,
               Marshals-men
               ,
               and
               Baliffes
               are
               sent
               forth
               ,
               who
               lie
               scowting
               at
               euery
               corner
               ,
               &
               with
               terrible
               pawes
               haunt
               euery
               walke
               .
               In
               conclusion
               the
               bird
               that
               these
               Hawkes
               flie
               after
               ,
               is
               seazd
               vpon
               ,
               then
               are
               his
               fethers
               pluck'd
               ,
               his
               estate
               look'd
               into
               ,
               thē
               are
               his
               wings
               broken
               ,
               his
               lā●s
               made
               ouer
               to
               a
               strāger
               :
               then
               must
               our
               yong
               son
               and
               heire
               pay
               500.
               l
               (
               for
               which
               he
               neuer
               had
               but
               66.
               l.
               )
               or
               else
               lie
               in
               prison
               .
               To
               kéep
               himselfe
               from
               which
               ,
               he
               seales
               to
               any
               bond
               ,
               enters
               into
               any
               statut
               ,
               morgageth
               any
               Lordship
               ,
               Does
               any
               thing
               ,
               Saies
               any
               thing
               ,
               
               yéelds
               to
               pay
               any
               thing
               ,
               And
               these
               Citty
               stormes
               (
               which
               will
               wet
               a
               man
               till
               be
               haue
               neuer
               a
               dry
               threed
               about
               him
               ,
               tho
               he
               be
               kept
               neuer
               so
               warme
               )
               fall
               not
               vpon
               him
               once
               or
               twise
               :
               But
               being
               a
               little
               way
               in
               ,
               he
               cares
               not
               how
               déepe
               he
               wades
               :
               the
               greater
               his
               possessions
               are
               ,
               the
               apter
               he
               is
               to
               
               take
               vp
               &
               to
               be
               trusted
               :
               the
               more
               he
               is
               trusted
               ,
               the
               more
               he
               comes
               in
               debt
               ,
               the
               farther
               in
               debt
               ,
               the
               neerer
               to
               danger
               .
               Thus
               Gentlemen
               are
               wrought
               vpō
               ,
               thus
               are
               they
               Cheated
               ,
               thus
               are
               they
               Ferreted
               ,
               thus
               are
               they
               Vndonne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Fawlconers
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               a
               new
               kinde
               of
               Hawking
               ,
               teaching
               how
               to
               catch
               birds
               by
               bookes
               .
            
          
           
             HVnting
             and
             Hawking
             are
             of
             kin
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             fit
             they
             should
             kéepe
             company
             together
             :
             Both
             of
             them
             are
             noble
             Games
             ,
             and
             Recreations
             ,
             honest
             and
             healthful
             ,
             
             yet
             they
             may
             so
             be
             abused
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             hurtfull
             .
             In
             Hunting
             ,
             the
             Game
             is
             commonly
             still
             before
             you
             ,
             or
             ●'th
             hearing
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             little
             compasse
             :
             In
             Hawking
             
             the
             game
             flies
             farre
             off
             ,
             and
             oftentunes
             out
             of
             sight
             :
             A
             Couple
             of
             Rookes
             therefore
             (
             that
             were
             birds
             of
             
             the
             last
             feather
             )
             conspired
             together
             to
             leaue
             their
             nest
             in
             the
             Citty
             ,
             and
             to
             flutter
             abroad
             ,
             into
             the
             countrie
             :
             Upon
             two
             leane
             hac●eies
             were
             these
             two
             
               Doctor
               doddipols
            
             horst
             ,
             Ciuilly
             suited
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             carry
             about
             them
             some
             badge
             of
             a
             Scholler
             .
          
           
             The
             diuels
             Ranck-ryder
             ,
             that
             came
             from
             the
             last
             Citty-hūting
             ,
             vnderstanding
             that
             two
             such
             Light-horsemen
             ,
             were
             gon
             a
             Hawking
             ,
             posts
             after
             and
             ouer-takes
             them
             .
             After
             some
             ordinary
             high-way
             talk
             ,
             he
             begins
             to
             question
             of
             what
             profession
             they
             were
             ?
             One
             of
             them
             smyling
             scornfully
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             as
             thinking
             him
             to
             be
             some
             Gull
             ,
             (
             and
             ●indeed
             such
             fellowes
             take
             all
             men
             for
             Gulles
             who
             they
             
             thinke
             to
             be
             beneath
             them
             in
             quallitie
             )
             tolde
             him
             they
             were
             Falconers
             .
             But
             the
             Fore
             that
             followed
             them
             seeing
             no
             properties
             ,
             (
             belonging
             to
             a
             Falconer
             )
             about
             them
             smelt
             knauery
             ,
             took
             them
             for
             a
             paire
             of
             mad
             rascals
             ,
             &
             therfore
             resolued
             to
             see
             at
             what
             these
             Falconers
             would
             let
             flie
             .
          
           
             
               How
               to
               cest
               vp
               the
               Lure
               .
            
             
               AT
               last
               on
               a
               suddaine
               saies
               on
               of
               them
               to
               him
               ,
               sir
               ,
               wee
               haue
               Sprung
               a
               Patridge
               ,
               and
               so
               fare
               you
               wel
               ▪
               which
               wordes
               came
               stammering
               out
               with
               the
               haste
               that
               they
               
               made
               ,
               for
               presently
               the
               two
               Forragers
               of
               the
               Countrie
               ,
               were
               vppon
               thr
               Spurre
               :
               
                 Plutoes
                 Post
              
               seeing
               this
               stood
               still
               to
               watch
               them
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               saw
               them
               in
               maine
               gallop
               make
               toward
               a
               goodly
               faire
               place
               ,
               where
               either
               some
               Knight
               or
               some
               great
               Gentleman
               kept
               ,
               and
               this
               goodly
               house
               belike
               was
               the
               Partridge
               which
               those
               falconers
               had
               sprung
               .
               Hee
               beeing
               loath
               to
               loose
               his
               share
               in
               this
               Hawking
               ,
               and
               hauing
               power
               to
               transforme
               himselfe
               as
               hee
               listed
               ,
               came
               thither
               as
               soone
               as
               they
               ,
               but
               beheld
               all
               (
               which
               they
               did
               )
               inuisible
               .
               They
               both
               like
               two
               Knights
               Errant
               alighted
               at
               the
               Gate
               ,
               knocked
               and
               were
               lette
               in
               :
               the
               one
               walkes
               the
               Hackneyes
               in
               an
               outward
               Court
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               had
               bene
               but
               Squire
               to
               Sir
               Dagonet
               .
               The
               other
               
               (
               as
               boldly
               as
               Saint
               George
               when
               he
               dar'd
               the
               dragon
               at
               his
               verrie
               Den
               )
               marcheth
               vndauntedly
               vp
               to
               the
               Hall
               ,
               where
               looking
               ouer
               those
               poore
               creatures
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               that
               weare
               but
               the
               bare
               Blew
               coates
               (
               for
               
                 A
                 quila
                 non
                 capit
                 Muscas
              
               )
               what
               should
               a
               Falconer
               meddle
               with
               flies
               ?
               hee
               onely
               salutes
               him
               that
               in
               his
               eye
               seemes
               to
               bee
               a
               Gentleman
               like
               fellow
               :
               Of
               him
               he
               askes
               for
               his
               
                 good
                 Knight
              
               or
               so
               ,
               and
               saies
               that
               he
               is
               a
               *
               Gentleman
               come
               
               from
               London
               on
               a
               businesse
               ,
               which
               he
               must
               deliuer
               to
               his
               owne
               Worshipfull
               Eare.
               Up
               the
               staires
               does
               braue
               Mount-Dragon
               ascend
               ,
               the
               Knight
               and
               he
               encounter
               ,
               and
               with
               this
               staffe
               does
               he
               valiantly
               charge
               vpon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               the
               Bird
               is
               Caught
               .
            
             
               SIr
               I
               am
               a
               poore
               *
               Scholler
               ,
               and
               the
               report
               of
               your
               vertues
               hath
               drawne
               me
               hither
               ,
               venturously
               bolde
               to
               fixe
               your
               worthy
               name
               as
               a
               patronage
               to
               a
               poore
               short
               discourse
               
               which
               here
               I
               dedicate
               (
               out
               of
               my
               loue
               )
               to
               your
               noble
               and
               eternall
               Memory
               :
               this
               speech
               he
               vtters
               barely
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Hawking
                 pamphleter
              
               is
               then
               bid
               to
               
                 put
                 on
              
               ,
               whilst
               his
               
                 Miscellane
                 Maecenas
              
               ;
               opens
               a
               booke
               fairely
               aparreld
               in
               vellom
               with
               gilt
               fillets
               &
               fore-penny
               silke
               ribbon
               at
               least
               ,
               like
               little
               streamers
               on
               the
               top
               of
               a
               Marchpane
               Castle
               ,
               hanging
               dandling
               by
               at
               the
               foure
               corners
               ,
               the
               title
               being
               superficially
               suruaide
               ,
               in
               the
               next
               leafe
               he
               sees
               that
               the
               
                 Author
                 hee
              
               ,
               hath
               made
               him
               one
               of
               his
               Gossips
               for
               the
               booke
               carries
               his
               worships
               name
               ,
               &
               vnder
               it
               stands
               an
               Epistle
               iust
               the
               length
               of
               a
               Hench-mans
               grace
               before
               dinner
               ,
               which
               is
               long
               inough
               for
               any
               booke
               in
               conscience
               ,
               vnlesse
               the
               writer
               be
               vnreasonable
               .
            
             
               The
               knight
               being
               told
               before
               hand
               ,
               that
               this
               little
               sun-beame
               of
               Phoebus
               (
               shining
               thus
               briskly
               in
               print
               )
               hath
               his
               Mite
               or
               At
               my
               wayting
               vppon
               him
               in
               the
               outward
               court
               )
               thankes
               him
               for
               his
               loue
               and
               labour
               ,
               and
               considering
               with
               himselfe
               ,
               what
               cost
               he
               hath
               beene
               at
               ,
               and
               how
               farre
               he
               hath
               ridden
               to
               come
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               knowes
               that
               Patrons
               and
               Godfathers
               ,
               are
               to
               pay
               scot
               and
               lot
               alike
               ,
               and
               
               therefore
               to
               cherish
               his
               young
               and
               tender
               Muse
               ,
               he
               giues
               him
               foure
               or
               sixe
               Angells
               ,
               inuiting
               him
               either
               to
               stay
               breakefast
               ,
               or
               if
               the
               sun-diall
               of
               the
               hou●e
               points
               towards
               eleuen
               ,
               then
               to
               tary
               dinner
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               the
               bird
               is
               drest
               .
            
             
               BUt
               the
               fish
               being
               caught
               (
               for
               which
               our
               
                 Heliconian
                 Angler
              
               threw
               out
               his
               lines
               )
               with
               thankes
               ,
               and
               legs
               and
               kissing
               his
               own
               hand
               ,
               he
               parts
               .
               No
               sooner
               is
               he
               horst
               ,
               but
               his
               Hostler
               (
               who
               all
               this
               while
               walked
               the
               iades
               ,
               and
               trauailes
               vp
               &
               down
               with
               him
               (
               like
               an
               vnde
               seruing
               plaier
               for
               halfe
               a
               share
               )
               askes
               this
               question
               Strawes
               or
               not
               ?
               Strawes
               cries
               the
               
                 whole
                 sharer
                 and
                 a
                 halfe
              
               ,
               away
               then
               
               replies
               the
               first
               ,
               flie
               to
               our
               nest
               :
               This
               nest
               is
               neuer
               in
               the
               same
               towne
               but
               commonly
               a
               mile
               or
               two
               off
               and
               it
               is
               nothing
               els
               but
               the
               next
               Tauerne
               they
               come
               to
               .
               But
               the
               Uillage
               into
               which
               they
               rode
               being
               not
               able
               to
               maintaine
               an
               Iuybush
               ,
               an
               Ale-house
               was
               their
               Inne
               :
               where
               aduancing
               
               themselues
               into
               the
               fairest
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               beespeaking
               the
               best
               cheere
               in
               the
               towne
               for
               dinner
               ,
               down
               they
               sit
               ,
               &
               share
               before
               they
               speake
               of
               any
               thing
               els
               :
               That
               done
               ,
               he
               that
               ventures
               vpon
               all
               he
               meetes
               ,
               and
               discharges
               the
               paper
               Bullets
               ,
               (
               for
               to
               tell
               truth
               ,
               the
               other
               serues
               but
               as
               a
               signe
               ,
               and
               is
               méerely
               nobody
               )
               beginnes
               to
               discourse
               ,
               how
               he
               caried
               himselfe
               in
               the
               action
               ,
               how
               he
               was
               encountred
               :
               how
               he
               stood
               to
               his
               tackling
               and
               how
               well
               hee
               came
               off
               :
               he
               cals
               the
               Knight
               ,
               a
               
                 Noble
                 fellow
              
               ,
               yet
               they
               both
               shrug
               ,
               and
               laugh
               ,
               and
               sweares
               they
               are
               glad
               they
               haue
               Guld
               him
               .
            
             
               More
               arrowes
               must
               they
               shoote
               of
               the
               same
               length
               that
               this
               first
               was
               off
               ,
               and
               therfore
               there
               is
               Trunck
               ful
               of
               Trinckets
               ,
               that
               's
               to
               say
               ,
               their
               budget
               of
               Bookes
               ,
               is
               opend
               againe
               ,
               to
               see
               what
               leafe
               they
               are
               to
               turne
               ouer
               next
               ,
               which
               whilst
               they
               are
               dooing
               ,
               the
               Ghost
               that
               al
               this
               space
               haunted
               them
               and
               hard
               what
               they
               said
               ,
               hauing
               excellent
               ,
               skill
               in
               the
               blacke-art
               ,
               that
               's
               to
               say
               in
               picking
               of
               lockes
               ,
               maks
               the
               dore
               suddenly
               flye
               open
               (
               which
               they
               had
               closely
               
               shut
               .
               At
               his
               strange
               entrance
               they
               being
               somwhat
               agast
               ,
               began
               to
               shuffle
               away
               their
               bookes
               ,
               but
               he
               knowing
               what
               cardes
               they
               plaide
               withal
               ,
               offred
               to
               cut
               ,
               and
               turnd
               vp
               two
               Knaues
               by
               this
               trick
               .
               My
               maisters
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               I
               knowe
               where
               you
               haue
               bin
               ,
               I
               know
               what
               you
               haue
               don
               ,
               I
               know
               what
               you
               meane
               to
               do
               ,
               I
               sée
               now
               you
               are
               Falconers
               indeed
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               (
               and
               then
               he
               swore
               a
               damnable
               oth
               )
               vnlesse
               you
               teach
               me
               to
               shoote
               in
               this
               
                 Birding
                 peece
              
               ,
               I
               will
               raise
               the
               Uillage
               ,
               send
               for
               the
               knight
               whome
               you
               boast
               you
               haue
               guld
               ,
               and
               so
               disgrace
               you
               :
               for
               your
               money
               I
               care
               not
               .
            
             
               The
               two
               Frée-booters
               seeing
               themselues
               smoakd
               ,
               told
               their
               third
               Brother
               ,
               he
               seemd
               to
               be
               a
               gentleman
               and
               a
               boone
               companion
               ,
               they
               prayed
               him
               therefore
               to
               sit
               downe
               with
               silence
               ,
               and
               sithence
               dinner
               was
               not
               yet
               ready
               ,
               hée
               should
               heare
               all
               .
            
             
               This
               new
               kinde
               of
               Hawking
               (
               qd
               .
               one
               of
               them
               )
               which
               you
               see
               vs
               vse
               can
               afford
               no
               name
               vnles●
               ,
               be
               at
               it
               .
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 He
                 that
                 casts
                 vp
                 the
                 Lure
                 is
                 calld
                 the
                 Falconer
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 Lure
                 that
                 is
                 cast
                 vp
                 is
                 an
                 idle
                 Pamphlet
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 
                   Tercel
                   Gentle
                
                 that
                 comes
                 to
                 the
                 Lure
                 ,
                 is
                 some
                 knight
                 or
                 some
                 gentle
                 man
                 of
                 like
                 qualitie
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 Bird
                 that
                 is
                 preied
                 vpon
                 ,
                 is
                 Money
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Hee
                 that
                 walkes
                 the
                 horses
                 ,
                 and
                 hunts
                 dry
                 foote
                 is
                 cald
                 a
                 Mongrell
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Falconer
               and
               his
               Spaniell
               .
            
             
               THe
               Falconer
               hauing
               scraped
               together
               certaine
               small
               paringes
               of
               witte
               ,
               he
               first
               cuttes
               them
               hansomely
               in
               pretty
               peeces
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               peeces
               does
               he
               patch
               vppe
               a
               booke
               .
               This
               booke
               he
               prints
               at
               his
               own
               charge
               ,
               the
               Mongrell
               running
               vppe
               ano
               downe
               to
               look
               to
               the
               workemen
               ,
               and
               béaring
               likewise
               some
               parte
               of
               the
               cost
               ,
               (
               for
               which
               he
               enters
               vpon
               his
               halfe
               share
               )
               When
               it
               is
               fully
               finished
               ,
               the
               Falconer
               and
               his
               Mongrell
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               bée
               two
               Falconers
               ioyne
               in
               one
               ,
               )
               but
               howsoeuer
               ,
               it
               is
               by
               them
               deuised
               what
               Shire
               in
               England
               it
               is
               best
               to
               forrage
               next
               :
               
               that
               beeing
               set
               downe
               ,
               the
               Falconers
               deale
               either
               with
               a
               Herauld
               for
               a
               note
               of
               all
               the
               Knights
               and
               Gentlemens
               names
               of
               worth
               that
               dwell
               in
               
                 that
                 circuit
              
               ,
               which
               they
               meane
               to
               ride
               ,
               or
               els
               by
               inquiry
               get
               the
               chiefest
               of
               them
               ,
               printing
               of
               so
               many
               Epistles
               as
               they
               haue
               names
               ,
               the
               epistles
               Dedicatory
               being
               all
               one
               ,
               and
               vary
               in
               nothing
               but
               in
               the
               titles
               of
               their
               patrons
               .
            
             
               Hauing
               thus
               furnished
               themselues
               and
               packed
               vp
               their
               wa●es
               ,
               away
               they
               trudge
               like
               tinckers
               ,
               with
               a
               budget
               at
               
               one
               of
               their
               backes
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               be
               the
               circle
               they
               meane
               to
               coniure
               in
               shall
               not
               be
               out
               of
               London
               ,
               especially
               if
               it
               be
               Tearme-time
               ,
               or
               when
               a
               Parliament
               is
               holden
               (
               for
               then
               they
               haue
               choise
               of
               sweete-meats
               to
               féed
               vppon
               .
               (
               If
               a
               gentleman
               seeing
               one
               of
               these
               bookes
               Dedicated
               onely
               to
               his
               name
               ,
               suspect
               it
               to
               be
               a
               bastard
               ,
               that
               hath
               more
               fathers
               besides
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               to
               try
               that
               ,
               does
               deferre
               the
               Presenter
               for
               a
               day
               or
               two
               ,
               sending
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               (
               as
               some
               haue
               done
               )
               into
               Paules
               Church-yard
               amongst
               the
               stationers
               ,
               to
               inquire
               if
               any
               such
               worke
               be
               come
               forth
               ,
               &
               if
               they
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               then
               to
               steppe
               to
               the
               Printers
               :
               Yet
               haue
               the
               Falconers
               a
               tricke
               to
               goe
               beyond
               such
               Hawkes
               too
               ,
               for
               all
               they
               flye
               so
               hie
               .
               And
               that
               is
               this
               :
               The
               bookes
               lye
               all
               at
               the
               Printers
               ,
               but
               not
               one
               line
               of
               an
               epistle
               to
               any
               of
               them
               (
               those
               bug-bears
               lurke
               in
               T●ebris
               )
               if
               then
               the
               Spy
               that
               is
               sent
               by
               his
               Maister
               ,
               ask
               why
               they
               haue
               no
               dedications
               to
               them
               ,
               Mounsier
               Printer
               tels
               him
               ,
               the
               author
               would
               not
               venture
               to
               adde
               any
               to
               them
               all
               ,
               (
               sauing
               onely
               to
               that
               which
               was
               giuen
               to
               his
               Maister
               ,
               vntill
               it
               was
               knowne
               whether
               he
               could
               accept
               of
               it
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               This
               sati●es
               the
               Patron
               ,
               this
               fetches
               money
               from
               him
               :
               and
               this
               Cozens
               fiue
               hundred
               besides
               .
               Nay
               there
               bée
               othere
               Bird
               catchers
               that
               vse
               stranger
               Quaile-pipes
               :
               you
               shal
               haue
               fellowes
               ,
               foure
               or
               fiueina
               contry
               ,
               that
               buying
               vp
               any
               old
               Booke
               (
               especially
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               matter
               of
               Diuinity
               )
               that
               lies
               for
               wast-paper
               ,
               and
               is
               clean
               forgotten
               ,
               ad
               a
               new-printed
               Epistle
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               with
               an
               Alphabet
               of
               letters
               which
               they
               cary
               about
               them
               ,
               being
               able
               
               to
               print
               any
               mans
               names
               (
               for
               a
               Dedication
               )
               on
               the
               suddaine
               ,
               trauaile
               vp
               and
               downe
               most●
               Shires
               in
               Englād
               ,
               and
               liue
               by
               this
               Hawking
               .
            
             
               Are
               we
               not
               excellent
               Falconers
               now
               (
               quoth
               three
               half
               shares
               ?
               )
               excellent
               v●laines
               cryed
               the
               deuils
               Deputy
               :
               by
               this
               the
               meate
               (
               for
               dinner
               came
               smoaking
               in
               ,
               vpon
               which
               they
               f●ll
               most
               tirannically
               ,
               yet
               (
               for
               maners
               sake
               )
               offring
               first
               ,
               to
               the
               Bali●
               of
               Belzebub
               the
               vpper
               end
               of
               the
               table
               ,
               but
               he
               fearing
               they
               would
               make
               a
               Hauke
               or
               a
               Buzzard
               of
               him
               too
               ,
               and
               report
               they
               had
               ridden
               him
               like
               an
               Asse
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               done
               others
               ,
               out
               a
               doores
               hee
               flung
               with
               a
               vengeance
               as
               he
               came
               .
            
             
               O
               sacred
               
                 Learning
                 ▪
              
               why
               doost
               thou
               suffer
               thy
               seauen
               leaued
               tree
               ,
               to
               be
               plucked
               by
               barbarous
               and
               most
               vnhallowed
               handes
               ?
               Why
               is
               thy
               beatifull
               Maiden-body
               ,
               polluted
               like
               a
               strumpets
               ,
               and
               prostituted
               to
               beastly
               and
               slauish
               
               Ignorance
               ?
               O
               thou
               Base-broode
               ,
               that
               make
               the
               Muses
               harlots
               :
               yet
               say
               they
               are
               your
               Mothers
               ?
               You
               Theeues
               of
               
                 Wit
                 ,
                 Cheators
              
               of
               Arte
               ,
               traitors
               of
               schooles
               of
               
                 Learning
                 :
                 murderers
              
               of
               Schollers
               .
               More
               worthy
               you
               are
               ,
               to
               vndergoe
               the
               Romane
               Furca
               like
               slaues
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               brandedith
               fore-head
               deeper
               then
               they
               that
               forge
               testaments
               to
               vndoe
               Orphants
               :
               Such
               doe
               but
               rob
               children
               of
               goods
               that
               may
               be
               lost
               :
               but
               you
               rob
               Schollers
               of
               their
               Fame
               ,
               which
               is
               deerer
               then
               life
               .
               You
               are
               not
               worth
               an
               Inuectiue
               ,
               not
               worthy
               to
               haue
               your
               names
               dropp
               out
               of
               a
               deseruing
               pen
               ,
               you
               shall
               onely
               bee
               executed
               in
               Picture
               :
               (
               as
               they
               vse
               to
               handle
               Malefactors
               in
               France
               )
               and
               the
               picture
               (
               though
               it
               were
               drawne
               to
               be
               hang
               vp
               in
               
                 another
                 place
              
               )
               shal
               leaue
               you
               impudently-arrogāt
               to
               yourselues
               ,
               and
               ignominiously-ridiculous
               to
               after
               ages
               :
               in
               these
               collours
               ,
               are
               you
               drawne
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               true
               picture
               of
               these
               Falconers
               .
            
             
               
                 —
                 There
                 be
                 Fellowes
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 course
                 and
                 common
                 bloud
                 ;
                 Mechanicke
                 knaues
                 ,
              
               
                 Whose
                 wits
                 lye
                 deeper
                 buried
                 then
                 in
                 graues
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 indeede
                 smell
                 more
                 earthy
                 ,
                 whose
                 creation
              
               
               
                 Was
                 but
                 to
                 giue
                 a
                 Boote
                 or
                 Shooe
                 good
                 fashion
                 .
              
               
                 Yet
                 these
                 (
                 throwing
                 by
                 the
                 Apron
                 and
                 the
                 Awle
                 )
              
               
                 Being
                 drunck
                 with
                 their
                 own
                 wit
                 ,
                 cast
                 vp
                 their
                 gall
                 
              
               
                 Onely
                 ofyncke
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 patchd
                 ,
                 beggerly
                 Rimes
                 ,
              
               
                 (
                 As
                 full
                 of
                 fowle
                 corruption
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Times
                 )
              
               
                 From
                 towne
                 to
                 towne
                 they
                 s●rowle
                 in
                 soule
                 ,
                 as
                 poore
              
               
                 As
                 th'
                 are
                 in
                 clothes
                 :
                 yet
                 these
                 at
                 euery
                 doore
                 ,
              
               
                 Their
                 labors
                 Dedicate
                 .
                 But
                 (
                 as
                 at
                 Faires
                 )
              
               
                 Like
                 Pedlars
                 ,
                 they
                 shew
                 still
                 one
                 sort
                 of
                 wares
              
               
                 Vnto
                 all
                 commers
                 (
                 with
                 some
                 filde
                 oration
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 to
                 giue
                 bookes
                 ,
                 now
                 's
                 an
                 occupation
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 booke
                 hath
                 seauen
                 score
                 patrons
                 :
                 thus
                 desart
                 
              
               
                 Is
                 cheated
                 of
                 her
                 due
                 :
                 thus
                 noble
                 art
              
               
                 Giues
                 Ignorance
                 (
                 that
                 common
                 strumpet
                 )
                 place
                 ,
              
               
                 Thus
                 the
                 true
                 schollers
                 name
                 growes
                 cheap
                 &
                 base
                 ,
                 &c
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Iacks
             of
             the
             Clock-house
             .
          
           
             
               A
               new
               and
               cunning
               drawing
               of
               money
               from
               Gentlemen
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             6
          
           
             THere
             is
             another
             Fraternitie
             of
             wandring
             Pilgrims
             who
             merrily
             call
             themselues
             
               Iackes
               of
               the
               Clocke-house
            
             ,
             and
             are
             verry
             neere
             allyed
             to
             the
             Falconers
             that
             went
             a
             Hawking
             before
             .
             The
             Clarke
             of
             Erebus
             set
             downe
             their
             names
             too
             in
             his
             Tables
             ,
             with
             certain
             bréefe
             notes
             of
             their
             practises
             :
             and
             these
             they
             are
             .
          
           
             The
             Iacke
             of
             a
             Clocke-house
             goes
             vppon
             Screws
             ,
             and
             his
             office
             is
             to
             do
             nothing
             but
             strike
             :
             so
             does
             this
             noise
             ,
             (
             for
             they
             walke
             vp
             and
             downe
             like
             Fi●lers
             )
             trauaile
             with
             Motions
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             their
             Motions
             get
             them
             ,
             is
             called
             striking
             .
          
           
             Those
             Motions
             are
             certaine
             Collections
             ,
             or
             wittie
             Inuentions
             ,
             some-times
             of
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             an
             other
             (
             there
             is
             a
             new
             one
             now
             in
             ●ime
             ,
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             Vnion
             )
             And
             these
             are
             fairely
             written
             and
             engrossed
             in
             Uell●m
             ,
             Parcheme●
             ,
             or
             Royall
             paper
             ,
             richly
             adorned
             
             with
             compartiments
             ,
             and
             set
             out
             with
             letters
             both
             in
             gold
             and
             in
             vations
             coullo●s
             .
          
           
             This
             labour
             being
             taken
             ,
             the
             Maister
             of
             the
             Motion
             hearkens
             where
             such
             a
             Nobleman
             ,
             such
             a
             Lord
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             Knight
             lyes
             ,
             that
             is
             liberall
             :
             hauing
             found
             one
             to
             his
             liking
             ,
             The
             Motion
             (
             with
             his
             Patrons
             name
             fairely
             texted
             out
             ,
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             Dedication
             ,
             )
             is
             presented
             before
             him
             :
             he
             receiues
             it
             ,
             and
             thinking
             it
             to
             be
             a
             work
             onely
             vndertaken
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             is
             bounteous
             to
             the
             giuer
             ,
             esteeming
             him
             a
             Scholler
             ,
             and
             knowing
             that
             not
             without
             great
             trauaile
             ,
             hee
             hath
             drawne
             so
             many
             little
             ●gling
             streames
             into
             so
             faire
             and
             smoothe
             a
             Riuer
             :
             whereas
             the
             Worke
             is
             the
             labour
             of
             some
             other
             (
             copied
             out
             by
             stealth
             )
             be
             an
             impudent
             ignorant
             fellow
             ,
             that
             runnes
             vp
             and
             downe
             with
             the
             Transcripts
             ,
             and
             euery
             Ale-house
             may
             haue
             one
             of
             them
             (
             hanging
             in
             the
             basest
             drinking
             roome
             )
             if
             they
             will
             bee
             but
             at
             the
             charges
             of
             writing
             it
             out
             .
             Thus
             the
             liberallitie
             of
             a
             Nobleman
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             is
             abused
             :
             thus
             learning
             is
             brought
             into
             scorne
             and
             contempt
             :
             Thus
             men
             are
             cheated
             of
             their
             bountie
             ,
             giuing
             much
             for
             that
             (
             out
             of
             their
             free
             mindes
             )
             which
             is
             common
             abroad
             ,
             and
             put
             away
             for
             base
             prices
             .
             Thus
             villanie
             some-times
             walkes
             alone
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             giuen
             to
             Melancholly
             ,
             and
             some-times
             knaues
             tie
             them-selues
             in
             a
             knot
             ,
             because
             they
             may
             be
             more
             merry
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             mad
             sort
             of
             Comrades
             whome
             I
             see
             leaping
             into
             the
             Saddle
             ,
             anon
             it
             will
             apeare
             .
          
        
         
           
             Rancke
             Riders
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               manner
               of
               Cozening
               Inn-keepers
               .
               Post-maisters
               and
               Hackny
               men
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             7.
             
          
           
             THere
             is
             a
             troope
             of
             Horsemen
             ,
             that
             runne
             vp
             and
             downe
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ,
             they
             are
             euer
             in
             a
             gallop
             ,
             their
             businesse
             is
             weightie
             ,
             their
             iournies
             many
             ,
             
             their
             expences
             greate
             ,
             their
             Innes
             rustie
             where
             ,
             their
             lands
             no
             where
             :
             they
             haue
             onely
             a
             certaine
             Fr●e-holde
             cald
             Tyborne
             (
             scituate
             neere
             London
             ,
             and
             many
             a
             faire
             paire
             of
             Gallowes
             in
             other
             Countries
             besides
             ,
             )
             vppon
             which
             they
             li●e
             verie
             poorely
             fill
             they
             dye
             ,
             and
             dye
             for
             the
             moste
             part
             wickedly
             ,
             because
             their
             liues
             are
             villanous
             and
             desperate
             .
             But
             what
             ●ce
             so
             euer
             they
             runne
             ,
             there
             they
             end
             it
             there
             they
             set
             vp
             their
             rest
             ,
             there
             is
             their
             last
             baste
             ,
             whether
             soeuer
             their
             ●ourney
             lyes
             .
             And
             these
             horse-men
             haue
             no
             other
             names
             but
             ranck
             Riders
             .
          
           
             To
             furnish
             whome
             foorth
             for
             any
             iourney
             ,
             they
             must
             haue
             Kiding
             sutes
             cut
             out
             of
             these
             foure
             peeces
             .
          
           
             
               1
               The
               Inne-kéeper
               or
               Hackney-man
               ,
               of
               whome
               they
               haue
               horses
               ,
               is
               cald
               A
               Colt.
               
            
             
               2
               He
               that
               neuer
               alights
               off
               a
               rich
               Farmer
               or
               country
               Gentleman
               ,
               till
               he
               haue
               drawne
               money
               from
               him
               ,
               is
               called
               
                 The
                 Snaffle
              
               .
            
             
               3
               The
               money
               so
               gotten
               ,
               is
               
                 The
                 Ring
              
            
             
               4
               He
               that
               feedes
               them
               with
               mony
               is
               called
               
                 The
                 prouander
              
               .
            
          
           
             These
             Ranck-riders
             (
             like
             Butchers
             to
             Rumford
             market
             )
             sildome
             goe
             vnder
             sire
             or
             seauen
             in
             a
             company
             ,
             and
             these
             Careeres
             they
             fetch
             .
             Their
             pursses
             being
             warmly
             lined
             with
             some
             purchase
             gotten
             before
             ,
             and
             they
             thēselues
             well
             booted
             and
             spur'd
             ,
             and
             in
             reasonable
             good
             outsides
             ,
             arriue
             at
             the
             fairest
             Inne
             they
             can
             choose
             ,
             either
             in
             Westminster
             ,
             the
             Strand
             ,
             the
             Cittie
             ,
             or
             the
             Suburbes
             .
             Two
             of
             them
             who
             haue
             cloathes
             of
             purpose
             to
             fitte
             the
             play
             ,
             carrying
             the
             shew
             of
             Gentlemen
             :
             the
             other
             a●
             their
             partes
             in
             blew
             coates
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             their
             Seruingmen
             ,
             though
             indeede
             they
             be
             all
             fellowes
             .
             They
             enter
             all
             durted
             
             or
             dustied
             (
             according
             as
             it
             shall
             please
             the
             high
             way
             to
             vse
             them
             )
             and
             the
             first
             bridle
             they
             put
             into
             the
             Colts
             mouth
             (
             that
             's
             to
             say
             the
             Inkeepers
             )
             is
             at
             their
             comming
             in
             to
             asks
             alowde
             if
             the
             footeman
             begone
             backe
             with
             the
             horses
             ?
             t
             is
             answered
             yes
             ,
             Heere
             ,
             the
             Ranck-riders
             lye
             three
             or
             foure
             daies
             ,
             spending
             moderately
             enough
             ,
             yet
             aabating
             
             not
             a
             penny
             of
             any
             reckoning
             to
             shew
             of
             what
             house
             they
             came
             :
             in
             with
             space
             their
             counterfeit
             followers
             learne
             what
             country-man
             the
             maister
             of
             the
             house
             is
             ,
             where
             the
             Hostlars
             and
             Chamberlaines
             were
             borne
             ,
             and
             what
             other
             countrie
             Gentlemen
             are
             guests
             to
             the
             Inne
             ?
             which
             lessons
             being
             presently
             gotten
             by
             heart
             ,
             they
             fal
             in
             studdy
             with
             the
             Generall
             rules
             of
             their
             knauerie
             :
             and
             those
             are
             ,
             first
             to
             giue
             out
             ,
             that
             their
             Maister
             is
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             such
             and
             such
             meanes
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             shire
             (
             which
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             stand
             farre
             enough
             from
             those
             places
             where
             any
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             or
             of
             other
             guests
             were
             borne
             ,
             )
             that
             hee
             is
             come
             to
             receiue
             so
             many
             hundred
             poundes
             vppon
             land
             which
             he
             hath
             solde
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             meanes
             to
             Inne
             there
             some
             quarter
             of
             a
             yeare
             at
             least
             .
          
           
             This
             Brasse
             money
             passing
             for
             currant
             through
             the
             house
             ,
             hée
             is
             more
             obserued
             and
             better
             attended
             ,
             is
             worshipped
             at
             euerie
             word
             :
             and
             the
             easier
             to
             breake
             and
             bridle
             the
             Colt
             ,
             his
             Worship
             will
             not
             sit
             downe
             to
             Dinner
             or
             supper
             ,
             till
             the
             Maister
             of
             the
             house
             be
             placed
             at
             the
             vpper
             end
             of
             the
             boord
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             middle
             of
             Supper
             ,
             or
             else
             verie
             earely
             in
             the
             following
             morning
             ,
             comes
             in
             a
             counterfeit
             footeman
             ,
             sweatingly
             ,
             deliuering
             a
             message
             that
             such
             a
             Knight
             hath
             sent
             for
             the
             head-Maister
             of
             these
             Rancke-ryders
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             must
             bee
             with
             him
             by
             such
             an
             houre
             ,
             the
             iourney
             being
             not
             aboue
             twelue
             or
             foureteene
             miles
             .
             Upon
             deliuerie
             of
             this
             message
             :
             (
             from
             so
             deere
             and
             noble
             a
             friend
             )
             he
             sweares
             and
             chafes
             ,
             because
             all
             his
             horses
             are
             out
             of
             Towne
             ,
             curseth
             the
             sending
             of
             them
             backe
             ,
             offers
             any
             money
             to
             haue
             himselfe
             ,
             his
             couzen
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             mē
             but
             reasonably
             horst
             .
             Mine
             host
             being
             a
             credulous
             Asse
             ,
             suffers
             them
             all
             to
             get
             vppe
             vpon
             him
             ,
             for
             hee
             prouides
             them
             horses
             either
             of
             his
             owne
             (
             thinking
             his
             Guest
             to
             be
             a
             man
             of
             great
             accompte
             ;
             and
             beeing
             loath
             to
             loose
             him
             ,
             because
             hee
             spends
             well
             )
             or
             else
             sendes
             out
             to
             hire
             them
             of
             his
             neighbours
             ,
             passing
             his
             word
             for
             their
             forth-comming
             
             with
             in
             a
             day
             or
             two
             ,
             Up
             they
             get
             and
             away
             Gallopour
             Ranck-riders
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             the
             poore
             Iades
             can
             carry
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             two
             daies
             being
             ambled
             out
             of
             the
             worlde
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             three
             more
             after
             them
             ,
             yet
             neither
             a
             supply
             of
             Horse-men
             or
             Foote-men
             ,
             (
             as
             was
             promised
             )
             to
             be
             set
             eye
             vppon
             .
             The
             lamentable
             In-keeper
             (
             or
             Hac●ney
             man
             ,
             if
             he
             chance
             to
             be
             Sadled
             for
             this
             iourney
             too
             )
             loose
             their
             Colts
             teeth
             ,
             and
             finde
             that
             they
             are
             made
             olde
             arrant
             Iades
             :
             Search
             ,
             then
             runnes
             vp
             and
             downe
             like
             a
             Constable
             halfe
             out
             of
             his
             wittes
             (
             vppon
             a
             Shroue-tuesday
             )
             and
             hue
             and
             cry
             followes
             after
             ,
             some
             twelue
             or
             foureteene
             miles
             off
             ,
             (
             round
             about
             London
             )
             which
             was
             the
             farthest
             of
             their
             iourney
             as
             they
             gaue
             out
             .
             But
             (
             alas
             !
             )
             the
             horses
             are
             at
             pasture
             foure
             score
             or
             a
             hundred
             miles
             from
             their
             olde
             mangers
             :
             they
             were
             sould
             at
             some
             blinde
             drunken
             theeuish
             faire
             ,
             (
             there
             beeing
             enow
             of
             them
             in
             company
             to
             saue
             themselues
             ,
             by
             their
             Toll-booke
             ,
             )
             the
             Seruing-men
             cast
             off
             their
             blew-coates
             ,
             and
             cried
             
               All
               fellowes
            
             :
             the
             money
             is
             spent
             vpon
             wine
             ,
             vpon
             whores
             ,
             vpon
             fidlers
             ,
             vpō
             fooles
             (
             by
             whom
             they
             wil
             loose
             nothing
             )
             and
             the
             tyde
             beeing
             at
             an
             ebbe
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             ready
             to
             practise
             their
             skill
             in
             horse-manship
             to
             bring
             Coltes
             to
             the
             saddle
             in
             that
             Towne
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Nags
             run
             a
             race
             of
             three-score
             or
             a
             hundred
             miles
             of
             from
             that
             place
             ,
             as
             before
             they
             did
             from
             London
             .
          
           
             
               Running
               at
               the
               Ring
               .
            
             
               THus
               ,
               solong
               as
               Horseflesh
               can
               make
               them
               fat
               ,
               they
               neuer
               leaue
               feeding
               .
               But
               when
               they
               haue
               beaten
               so
               many
               high-waies
               in
               seuerall
               countries
               ,
               that
               they
               feare
               to
               be
               ouer-taken
               by
               Tracers
               ,
               then
               (
               like
               Soldiers
               comming
               from
               a
               Breach
               )
               they
               march
               faire
               &
               softly
               on
               foot
               ,
               lying
               in
               garrison
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               close
               in
               some
               out
               townes
               ,
               til
               the
               foule
               Rumor
               of
               their
               Uillanies
               (
               like
               a
               stormy
               durty
               winter
               )
               be
               blown
               ouer
               :
               In
               which
               time
               of
               lurking
               in
               the
               shel
               ,
               they
               are
               not
               idle
               neither
               ,
               but
               like
               snailes
               they
               venture
               abroad
               tho
               
               the
               law
               hath
               threatned
               to
               rain
               down
               neuer
               so
               much
               puuish●t
               vpon
               them
               :
               and
               what
               do
               they
               ?
               they
               are
               not
               bees
               ,
               to
               liue
               by
               their
               owne
               painfull
               labors
               ,
               but
               Drones
               that
               must
               eat
               vp
               the
               sweetnesse
               ,
               and
               be
               fedde
               with
               the
               earnings
               of
               others
               :
               This
               therefore
               is
               their
               worke
               .
               They
               carelesly
               inquire
               what
               gentleman
               of
               worth
               ,
               or
               what
               rich
               Farmers
               dwell
               within
               fiue
               ,
               six
               or
               seauen
               miles
               of
               the
               Fort
               where
               they
               are
               〈◊〉
               (
               which
               they
               may
               do
               without
               suspition
               )
               and
               hauing
               go●te
               their
               names
               ,
               they
               single
               out
               themselues
               in
               a
               morning
               ,
               and
               each
               man
               takes
               a
               seuerall
               path
               to
               himselfe
               :
               one
               goes
               East
               ,
               one
               West
               ,
               one
               North
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               South
               :
               walking
               either
               in
               bootes
               with
               wandes
               in
               their
               handes
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               all
               to
               one
               purpose
               .
               And
               note
               this
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               when
               they
               trauell
               thus
               on
               foot
               ,
               they
               are
               no
               more
               call'd
               Ranck-riders
               but
               Strowlers
               ,
               a
               proper
               name
               giuen
               to
               Country
               plaiers
               ,
               that
               (
               without
               Socks
               )
               trotte
               from
               towne
               to
               towne
               vpon
               the
               hard
               hoofe
               .
            
             
               Being
               arriu'd
               at
               the
               Gate
               where
               the
               Gentleman
               or
               Farmer
               dwelleth
               ,
               he
               boldly
               knocke
               ,
               inquiring
               for
               him
               by
               name
               ,
               and
               steppes
               in
               to
               speake
               with
               him
               :
               the
               seruant
               séeing
               a
               fashionable
               person
               ,
               tells
               his
               Maister
               there
               is
               a
               Gentleman
               desires
               to
               speake
               with
               him
               :
               the
               maister
               come
               and
               salutes
               him
               ,
               but
               eying
               him
               well
               ,
               saies
               he
               does
               not
               know
               him
               :
               No
               Sir
               ,
               replies
               the
               other
               (
               with
               a
               face
               bolde
               ynough
               )
               it
               may
               be
               so
               ,
               but
               I
               pray
               you
               Sir
               ,
               will
               you
               walke
               aturne
               or
               two
               in
               your
               Orchard
               or
               Garden
               ,
               I
               would
               there
               conferre
               :
               Hauing
               got
               him
               thether
               ,
               to
               this
               tune
               he
               plaies
               vppon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               the
               snaffle
               is
               put
               on
            
             
               SIr
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               borne
               to
               better
               meanes
               then
               my
               present
               fortunes
               doe
               allow
               me
               :
               I
               serued
               in
               the
               field
               ,
               and
               had
               commaunde
               there
               ,
               But
               long
               peace
               (
               you
               knowe
               Sir
               )
               is
               the
               Cancker
               that
               eates
               vp
               Sould●ers
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               hath
               mee
               .
               I
               lie
               heere
               not
               far
               off
               ,
               in
               the
               Country
               at
               mine
               Inn●
               ,
               where
               staying
               vppon
               the
               
               dispatch
               of
               some
               businesse
               ,
               I
               am
               indebted
               to
               the
               house
               in
               m●neys
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               cannot
               with
               the
               credit
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               leaue
               toe
               house
               till
               I
               haue
               paide
               them
               .
               Make
               mee
               sir
               so
               much
               beholden
               to
               your
               loue
               as
               to
               lend
               me
               fortye
               or
               fiftie
               shilings
               to
               beare
               my
               horse
               and
               my selfe
               to
               London
               ,
               from
               whence
               within
               a
               day
               or
               two
               ,
               I
               shall
               send
               you
               many
               thanks
               with
               a
               faithful
               repayment
               of
               your
               curtesie
               .
            
             
               The
               honest
               Gentleman
               ,
               or
               the
               good
               natur'd
               Farmer
               beholding
               a
               personable
               man
               ,
               fashionably
               attit'd
               ,
               and
               not
               carrying
               in
               outward
               coullors
               ,
               the
               face
               of
               a
               cogging
               knaue
               giues
               credit
               to
               his
               words
               ,
               are
               forty
               that
               they
               are
               not
               at
               this
               present
               time
               so
               well
               furnished
               as
               they
               could
               wish
               ,
               but
               if
               a
               matter
               of
               twenty
               shillings
               can
               stead
               him
               ,
               he
               shall
               commaund
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               were
               pi●tie
               any
               honest
               Gentleman
               should
               for
               so
               small
               a
               matter
               mistarry
               .
               Happilye
               they
               meete
               with
               some
               Chap-men
               that
               giue
               them
               their
               owne
               asking
               ;
               but
               howsoeuer
               ,
               all
               is
               fish
               that
               comes
               to
               net
               ,
               they
               are
               the
               most
               conscionable
               market
               folkes
               that
               euer
               rode
               betweene
               two
               paniers
               ,
               for
               from
               fortie
               they
               will
               fall
               to
               twentie
               ,
               from
               twenty
               to
               ten
               ,
               from
               ten
               to
               fiue
               :
               nay
               these
               mountibanckes
               are
               so
               base
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               ashamed
               to
               take
               two
               shillings
               of
               a
               plaine
               husbandman
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               sixe
               pence
               (
               which
               the
               other
               giues
               simply
               and
               honestly
               )
               of
               whome
               they
               demaunded
               a
               whole
               fifteene
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               mann●r
               doe
               they
               digge
               siluer
               out
               of
               mens
               purses
               ,
               all
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               at
               night
               meet
               together
               at
               the
               appointed
               Rendeuouz
               ,
               where
               all
               these
               Snaffles
               are
               loosed
               to
               their
               full
               length
               ,
               the
               Ringes
               which
               that
               day
               they
               haue
               made
               are
               worne
               .
               The
               Prouender
               is
               praised
               or
               dispraised
               ,
               as
               they
               finde
               it
               in
               goodnesse
               ,
               but
               it
               goes
               downe
               all
               ,
               whilst
               they
               laugh
               at
               all
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               does
               a
               Common-wealth
               bring
               vp
               children
               ,
               that
               care
               not
               how
               they
               discredit
               her
               ,
               or
               vndoe
               her
               :
               who
               would
               imagine
               that
               Birdes
               so
               faire
               in
               shewe
               ,
               and
               so
               sweete
               in
               voice
               ,
               should
               be
               so
               dangerous
               in
               condition
               ?
               but
               Ra●ens
               thinke
               carryon
               the
               daintiest
               meate
               ,
               and
               villains
               
               estéeme
               most
               of
               that
               mony
               which
               is
               purchast
               by
               basenes
               .
            
             
               The
               Under
               Shriffe
               for
               the
               county
               of
               the
               Cacodemōs
               ,
               knowing
               into
               what
               arrerages
               these
               Rank-tiders
               were
               runne
               for
               horse-flesh
               to
               his
               maister
               ,
               (
               of
               whome
               he
               farmed
               the
               office
               )
               sent
               out
               his
               writs
               to
               attach
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               narrowly
               pursued
               thē
               ,
               that
               for
               all
               they
               were
               wel
               horst
               ,
               some
               he
               sent
               post
               to
               the
               gallowes
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               to
               seuerall
               iayles
               :
               After
               which
               ,
               making
               all
               the
               hast
               he
               posibly
               could
               to
               get
               to
               London
               againe
               ,
               he
               was
               way-layd
               by
               an
               army
               of
               a
               strange
               &
               new
               found
               people
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Moone
             men
             .
          
           
             
               A
               discouery
               of
               a
               strange
               wild
               people
               ,
               very
               dangerous
               to
               townes
               and
               country
               villages
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Moone-man
            
             signifies
             in
             English
             ,
             a
             mad-man
             ,
             because
             the
             Moone
             hath
             greatest
             domination
             (
             aboue
             any
             other
             Planet
             )
             ouer
             the
             bodies
             of
             Frantick
             persons
             .
             But
             these
             Moone-men
             (
             whose
             Images
             are
             now
             to
             be
             carued
             )
             are
             neither
             absolutely
             mad
             ,
             not
             yet
             perfectely
             in
             their
             wits
             )
             Their
             name
             they
             borrow
             from
             the
             Moone
             ,
             because
             as
             the
             Moone
             is
             neuer
             in
             one
             shape
             two
             nights
             together
             ,
             but
             wanders
             vp
             &
             downe
             Heauen
             ,
             like
             an
             Anticke
             ,
             so
             these
             changeable-stuffe-companions
             neuer
             tary
             one
             day
             in
             a
             place
             ,
             but
             are
             the
             onely
             ,
             and
             the
             onely
             base
             Ronnagats
             vpon
             earth
             .
             And
             as
             in
             the
             Moone
             there
             is
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             neuer
             stirres
             without
             a
             bush
             of
             thornes
             at
             his
             backe
             ,
             so
             these
             Moone-men
             lie
             vnder
             bushes
             ,
             &
             are
             indéed
             no
             better
             then
             Hedge
             creepers
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             a
             people
             more
             scattred
             then
             Iewes
             ,
             and
             more
             hated
             :
             beggerly
             in
             apparell
             ,
             barbarous
             in
             condition
             ,
             beastly
             in
             behauior
             :
             and
             bloudy
             if
             they
             meete
             aduātage
             .
             A
             man
             that
             sees
             them
             would
             sweare
             they
             ha●
             all
             the
             yellow
             Iawndis
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             were
             Tawny
             Moores
             
             bastardes
             ,
             for
             no
             Red-oaker
             man
             caries
             a
             face
             of
             a
             more
             
             filthy
             complexion
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             not
             borne
             so
             ,
             neither
             has
             the
             Sunne
             burnt
             them
             so
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             painted
             so
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             good
             painters
             neither
             :
             for
             they
             do
             not
             make
             faces
             ,
             but
             marre
             faces
             .
             By
             a
             by
             name
             they
             are
             called
             Gipsies
             ,
             they
             call
             themselues
             Egiptians
             ,
             others
             in
             mockery
             call
             them
             Moone-men
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             be
             Egiptians
             ,
             sure
             I
             am
             they
             neuer
             discended
             from
             the
             tribes
             of
             any
             of
             those
             people
             that
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             
               Egypt
               :
               Ptolomy
            
             (
             King
             of
             the
             Egiptians
             )
             I
             warrant
             neuer
             called
             them
             his
             Subiects
             :
             no
             nor
             Pharao
             before
             him
             .
             Looke
             what
             difference
             there
             is
             betwéene
             a
             ciuell
             cittizen
             of
             Dublin
             &
             a
             wilde
             Irish
             Kerne
             ,
             so
             much
             difference
             there
             is
             betwéene
             one
             of
             these
             counterfeit
             Egiptians
             and
             a
             true
             English
             Begger
             .
             An
             English
             Roague
             is
             iust
             of
             the
             same
             liuery
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             commonly
             an
             army
             about
             foure-score
             cong
             ,
             yet
             they
             neuer
             march
             with
             all
             their
             bagges
             and
             
             baggages
             together
             ,
             but
             (
             like
             boot-halers
             )
             they
             forrage
             vp
             and
             downe
             countries
             ,
             4.
             5.
             026.
             in
             a
             company
             .
             As
             the
             swizer
             has
             his
             wench
             and
             his
             Cocke
             with
             him
             whē
             he
             goes
             to
             the
             warres
             ,
             so
             these
             vagabonds
             haue
             their
             harlots
             with
             a
             number
             of
             litle
             children
             following
             at
             their
             héeles
             :
             which
             young
             brood
             of
             Beggers
             ,
             are
             sometimes
             caried
             (
             like
             so
             many
             gréene
             geese
             aliue
             to
             a
             market
             )
             in
             payres
             of
             panieres
             ,
             or
             in
             dossers
             like
             fresh-fish
             from
             Rye
             the
             comes
             on
             horsebacke
             ,
             (
             if
             they
             be
             but
             infants
             .
             )
             But
             if
             they
             can
             stradle
             once
             ,
             then
             aswell
             the
             shee-roagues
             as
             the
             hee-roagues
             are
             horst
             ,
             seauen
             or
             eight
             vpon
             one
             iade
             ,
             strongly
             pineond
             ,
             and
             strangely
             tyed
             together
             .
          
           
             One
             Shire
             alone
             &
             no
             more
             is
             sure
             stil
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             to
             haue
             these
             Egiptian
             lice
             swarming
             within
             it
             ,
             for
             like
             flockes
             of
             wild-géese
             ,
             they
             will
             euermore
             fly
             one
             after
             another
             :
             let
             them
             be
             scattred
             worse
             then
             the
             quarters
             of
             a
             traitor
             are
             after
             hée
             s
             hang'd
             drawne
             and
             quartred
             ,
             yet
             they
             haue
             a
             tricke
             (
             like
             water
             cut
             with
             a
             swoord
             )
             to
             come
             together
             instantly
             and
             easily
             againe
             :
             and
             this
             is
             their
             pollicy
             ,
             which
             way
             soeuer
             theformost●
             anckes
             lead
             ,
             
             they
             sticke
             vp
             small
             boughes
             in
             seuerall
             places
             ,
             to
             euery
             village
             where
             they
             passe
             ,
             which
             serue
             as
             ensignes
             to
             waft
             on
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             Their
             apparell
             is
             od
             ,
             and
             phantasticke
             ,
             tho
             it
             be
             neuer
             so
             full
             of
             rents
             :
             the
             men
             weare
             scarses
             of
             Callico
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             base
             stuffe
             ,
             hanging
             their
             bodies
             like
             Morris-dancers
             ,
             
             with
             bels
             ,
             &
             other
             toyes
             ,
             to
             intice
             the
             coūtrey
             people
             to
             flocke
             about
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             wounder
             at
             their
             fooleries
             or
             rather
             rancke
             knaueryes
             .
             The
             women
             as
             ridiculously
             attire
             them-selues
             ,
             and
             (
             like
             one
             that
             plaies
             ,
             the
             Roague
             on
             a
             Stage
             )
             weare
             rags
             ,
             and
             patched
             filthy
             mantles
             vpermost
             ,
             when
             the
             vnder
             garments
             are
             hansome
             and
             in
             fashion
             .
          
           
             The
             battailes
             these
             Out-lawes
             make
             ,
             are
             many
             and
             
             very
             bloudy
             .
             Whosoeuer
             falles
             into
             their
             hands
             neuer
             escapes
             aliue
             ,
             &
             so
             cruell
             they
             are
             in
             these
             murders
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             satisfie
             thē
             but
             the
             very
             heart
             bloud
             of
             those
             whom
             they
             kill
             .
             And
             who
             are
             they
             (
             thinke
             you
             )
             that
             thus
             go
             to
             the
             pot
             ?
             Alasse
             !
             Innocent
             Lambs
             ,
             Shéep
             ,
             Calues
             ,
             Pigges
             ,
             &c.
             Poultrie-ware
             are
             more
             churlishly
             handled
             by
             them
             ,
             thē
             poore
             prisoners
             are
             by
             kéepers
             in
             the
             counter
             it
             'h
             Poultry
             .
             A
             goose
             comming
             amongst
             them
             learnes
             to
             be
             wise
             ,
             that
             hee
             neuer
             wil
             be
             Goose
             any
             more
             .
             The
             bloudy
             tragedies
             of
             al
             these
             ,
             are
             only
             acted
             by
             the
             Womē
             ,
             who
             carrying
             long
             kniues
             or
             Skeanes
             vnder
             their
             mantles
             ,
             do
             thus
             play
             their
             parts
             :
             The
             Stage
             is
             some
             large
             Heath
             :
             or
             a
             Firre
             bush
             Common
             ,
             far
             from
             any
             houses
             :
             Upō
             which
             casting
             them-selues
             into
             a
             King
             ,
             they
             inclose
             the
             Murdered
             ,
             till
             the
             Massacre
             be
             finished
             .
             If
             any
             passenger
             come
             by
             ,
             and
             wondring
             to
             sée
             such
             a
             cōiuring
             circle
             kept
             by
             Hel-hoūdes
             ,
             demaund
             what
             spirits
             they
             raise
             there
             ?
             one
             of
             the
             Murderers
             steps
             to
             him
             ,
             poysons
             him
             〈◊〉
             sweete
             wordes
             and
             shifts
             him
             off
             ,
             with
             this
             lye
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             the
             womé
             is
             falne
             in
             labour
             .
             But
             if
             any
             mad
             H●let
             hearing
             this
             ,
             smell
             villanie
             ,
             &
             rush
             in
             by
             violence
             to
             sée
             what
             the
             taw●y
             Diuels
             are
             dooing
             :
             thē
             they
             excuse
             the
             fact
             ,
             lay
             the
             blame
             on
             those
             that
             are
             the
             Actors
             ,
             &
             perhaps
             (
             if
             they
             
             see
             no
             reme●e
             )
             deliuer
             them
             to
             an
             officer
             ,
             to
             be
             had
             to
             punishment
             :
             But
             by
             the
             way
             a
             rescue
             is
             utely
             laid
             and
             very
             valiantl●
             (
             tho
             very
             villanously
             )
             do
             they
             fetch
             them
             off
             ,
             a
             guard
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Cabbines
             where
             these
             Land-pyrates
             lodge
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             are
             the
             Out-ba●es
             of
             Farmers
             &
             Husband-men
             ,
             (
             in
             some
             poore
             Uillage
             or
             other
             )
             who
             dare
             not
             deny
             them
             ,
             for
             feare
             they
             should
             ere
             morning
             haue
             their
             thatched
             houses
             burning
             about
             their
             eares
             :
             inthese
             Ba●nes
             ,
             are
             hoth
             their
             Cooke-roomes
             ,
             their
             Supping
             P●ors
             and
             their
             Bed-chambers
             :
             for
             there
             they
             dresse
             after
             a
             beastly
             manner
             :
             what
             soeuer
             they
             purchast
             after
             a
             théeu●h
             fashion
             :
             sometimes
             they
             eate
             Uenison
             ,
             &
             haue
             
               Grey
               houndes
            
             that
             kill
             it
             for
             thē
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             had
             not
             ,
             they
             are
             Houndes
             them-selues
             &
             are
             damnable
             Hunters
             after
             flesh
             :
             Which
             appeares
             by
             their
             vgly-fac'd
             queanes
             that
             follow
             them
             :
             with
             whom
             in
             these
             barnes
             they
             lie
             ,
             as
             Swine
             do
             together
             in
             Hogsties
             .
          
           
             These
             Barnes
             are
             the
             beds
             of
             Incests
             ,
             Whoredomes
             Adulteries
             ,
             &
             of
             all
             other
             blacke
             and
             deadly-damned
             Impi●ies
             ;
             
             here
             growes
             the
             Cursed
             Tree
             of
             Bastardie
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             fruitfull
             :
             here
             are
             writtē
             the
             Bookes
             of
             al
             
               Blasphemies
               ,
               Swearings
            
             &
             Curses
             ,
             that
             are
             so
             dreadfull
             to
             be
             read
             .
             Yet
             the
             simple
             country
             people
             will
             come
             running
             out
             of
             their
             houses
             to
             gaze
             vpō
             them
             whilst
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             one
             steales
             into
             the
             next
             Roome
             ,
             and
             brings
             away
             whatsoeuer
             hee
             can
             lay
             hold
             on
             .
             Upon
             daies
             of
             pastime
             &
             libertie
             ,
             they
             Spred
             them-selues
             in
             smal
             companies
             amōgst
             
             the
             Uillages
             :
             and
             when
             young
             maids
             &
             batchelers
             (
             yea
             sometimes
             old
             doting
             fooles
             ,
             that
             should
             be
             beatē
             to
             this
             world
             of
             villanies
             ,
             &
             forewarn
             others
             )
             do
             flock
             about
             thē
             ,
             they
             then
             professe
             shil
             in
             Palmestry
             ,
             &
             (
             forsooth
             )
             can
             tel
             fortunes
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             infallibly
             true
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             they
             worke
             vppon
             rules
             ,
             which
             are
             groūded
             vpon
             certainty
             :
             for
             one
             of
             them
             wil
             tel
             you
             that
             you
             shal
             shortly
             haue
             some
             euill
             luck
             fal
             vpon
             you
             ,
             &
             within
             halfe
             an
             houre
             after
             you
             shal
             find
             your
             pocket
             pick'd
             ,
             or
             your
             
             purse
             cut
             .
             These
             are
             those
             
               Egiptian
               Grashoppers
            
             that
             eate
             vp
             the
             fruites
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             destroy
             the
             poore
             corne
             fieldes
             :
             to
             sweepe
             whose
             swarmes
             out
             of
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             there
             are
             no
             other
             meanes
             but
             the
             sharpnes
             of
             the
             most
             infamous
             &
             basest
             kinds
             of
             punishment
             .
             For
             if
             the
             vgly
             body
             of
             this
             Monster
             be
             suffred
             to
             grow
             &
             fatten
             it selfe
             with
             mischiefs
             and
             disorder
             ,
             it
             will
             haue
             a
             neck
             so
             Sine
             ●y
             &
             so
             brawny
             ,
             that
             the
             arme
             of
             the
             law
             will
             haue
             much
             ado
             to
             strike
             of
             the
             Head
             ,
             sithence
             euery
             day
             the
             mēbers
             of
             it
             increase
             &
             it
             gathers
             new
             ioints
             &
             new
             forces
             by
             
               Priggers
               ,
               Anglers
               ,
               Cheators
               ,
               Morts
               ,
            
             Yeomens
             Daughters
             (
             that
             haue
             taken
             some
             by
             blowes
             ,
             &
             to
             auoid
             shame
             ,
             fall
             into
             their
             Sinnes
             :
             and
             other
             Seruants
             both
             men
             &
             maides
             that
             haue
             beene
             pil●erers
             ,
             with
             al
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             Damned
             Regiment
             ,
             marching
             together
             in
             the
             first
             Army
             of
             the
             Bell-man
             ,
             who
             running
             away
             from
             theyr
             own
             Coulours
             (
             with
             are
             bad
             ynough
             )
             serue
             vnder
             these
             ,
             being
             the
             worst
             .
             
               Lucifers
               Lansprizado
            
             that
             stood
             aloof
             to
             behold
             the
             mustrings
             of
             these
             Hell-hoūds
             took
             delight
             to
             see
             them
             Double
             their
             Fyles
             so
             nimbly
             ,
             but
             held
             it
             no
             pollicy
             to
             come
             neere
             thē
             (
             for
             the
             Diuell
             him-selfe
             durst
             scarce
             haue
             done
             that
             .
             )
             Away
             therefore
             hee
             gallops
             ,
             knowing
             that
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             
               they
               would
               all
               come
               to
            
             fetch
             their
             pay
             in
             Hell.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             infection
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Suburbs
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             IX
             .
          
           
             THe
             
               Infernall
               Promoter
            
             béeing
             wearied
             w
             e
             riding
             vp
             &
             downe
             the
             Country
             ,
             was
             glad
             when
             he
             had
             gotten
             the
             Citty
             ouer
             his
             head
             ,
             but
             the
             Citty
             being
             not
             able
             to
             hold
             him
             within
             the
             freedome
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             a
             Forreiner
             ,
             the
             gates
             were
             sette
             wide
             open
             for
             him
             to
             passe
             through
             ,
             &
             into
             the
             Suburbes
             hee
             went.
             And
             what
             saw
             hee
             there
             ?
             More
             Ale-houses
             than
             there
             are
             auernes
             in
             all
             Spayne
             &
             Fran●e
             Are
             they
             so
             dry
             in
             the
             Suburb●
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             pockily
             dry
             .
             What
             saw
             he
             besides
             ?
          
           
           
             Hée
             saw
             the
             dores
             of
             notorious
             
               Carted
               Bawdes
            
             ,
             (
             like
             Hell
             gates
             )
             stand
             night
             and
             day
             wide
             open
             ,
             with
             a
             paire
             of
             Harlots
             in
             Taffata
             gownes
             (
             like
             two
             painted
             posts
             )
             
             garnishing
             out
             those
             dores
             ,
             beeing
             better
             to
             the
             house
             then
             a
             
               Double
               signe
            
             :
             when
             the
             dore
             of
             a
             poore
             Artificer
             (
             if
             his
             child
             had
             died
             but
             〈◊〉
             one
             Tokē
             of
             death
             about
             him
             )
             was
             close
             ram'd
             vp
             and
             Guarded
             for
             seare
             others
             should
             haue
             beene
             infected
             :
             Yet
             the
             plague
             that
             a
             Whore-house
             layes
             vpō
             a
             Citty
             is
             worse
             ,
             yet
             is
             laughed
             at
             ●f
             not
             laugh
             ed
             at
             ,
             yet
             not
             look'd
             into
             ,
             or
             if
             look'd
             into
             ,
             
               Wincked
               at
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Trades●an
             hauing
             his
             house
             lockd
             vp
             ,
             looseth
             his
             customers
             ,
             is
             put
             from
             worke
             and
             vndone
             :
             whilst
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             the
             strumpet
             is
             set
             on
             worke
             and
             maintain'd
             (
             perhaps
             )
             by
             those
             that
             vndee
             the
             other
             :
             giue
             thankes
             O
             wide
             mouth'd
             Hell
             !
             laugh
             Lucifer
             at
             this
             Dance
             for
             ioy
             all
             you
             Diuells
             .
          
           
             
               Belz
               .
               b●b
            
             keepes
             the
             Register
             booke
             ,
             of
             al
             the
             Bawdes
             ,
             Panders
             &
             Curtizans
             :
             &
             hee
             knowes
             ,
             that
             these
             Subutb
             sinners
             haue
             nolandes
             to
             liue
             vpon
             but
             their
             legges
             :
             euery
             prentice
             passing
             by
             them
             ,
             can
             say
             ,
             
               There
               sits
               a
               whore
            
             :
             Without
             putting
             them
             to
             their
             booke
             ,
             they
             will
             sweare
             so
             much
             themselues
             :
             if
             so
             ,
             are
             not
             Counstables
             ,
             Church-wardens
             ,
             Bayliffes
             ,
             Beadels
             &
             other
             Officers
             ,
             Pillars
             and
             Pillowes
             to
             all
             the
             villanies
             ,
             that
             are
             by
             these
             committed
             ?
             Are
             they
             not
             parcell-Bawdes
             to
             winck
             at
             such
             damned
             abuses
             ,
             considering
             they
             haue
             whippes
             in
             their
             owne
             handes
             ,
             and
             may
             draw
             bloud
             if
             they
             please
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             Land-lord
             of
             such
             rentes
             the
             Graund-Bawde
             ?
             ●f
             the
             Dore
             Kéeping
             mistresse
             of
             such
             a
             house
             of
             sinne
             ,
             but
             his
             Under-Bawd
             ?
             sithence
             hee
             takes
             twenty
             pounds
             〈◊〉
             euery
             year●
             ,
             for
             a
             vaulting
             schoole
             (
             which
             frō
             no
             Artificer
             liuing
             by
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             the
             hand
             could
             bee
             worth
             fiue
             pound
             .
             )
             And
             that
             twenty
             pound
             rent
             ,
             hé
             knowes
             must
             bée
             prest
             out
             of
             petticoates
             :
             )
             his
             money
             smells
             of
             sin
             :
             the
             very
             siluer
             lookes
             pale
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             earned
             by
             lust
             .
          
           
             How
             happy
             therefore
             were
             Citties
             if
             they
             had
             no
             Suburbes
             ,
             sithence
             they
             serue
             but
             as
             caues
             ,
             where
             monsters
             
             are
             bred
             vp
             to
             deuowre
             the
             Citties
             them-selues
             ?
             Would
             the
             Diuell
             hire
             a
             villaine
             to
             spil
             bloud
             ?
             there
             he
             shall
             finde
             him
             .
             One
             to
             blaspheme
             ?
             there
             he
             hath
             choice
             .
             A
             Pandar
             that
             would
             court
             a
             matron
             at
             her
             praiers
             ?
             hée
             s
             there
             .
             A
             cheator
             that
             would
             turne
             his
             owne
             father
             a
             begging
             ?
             Hée
             s
             there
             too
             :
             A
             harlot
             that
             would
             murder
             her
             new-borne
             Infant
             ?
             Shée
             lies
             in
             there
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             wretched
             wombe
             hath
             a
             strumpet
             ,
             which
             being
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             barren
             of
             Children
             ,
             is
             notwithstāding
             the
             onely
             Bedde
             that
             breedes
             vp
             these
             serpents
             ?
             vpō
             that
             one
             stalke
             grow
             all
             these
             mischiefes
             .
             Shee
             is
             the
             Cockatrice
             that
             hatcheth
             all
             these
             egges
             of
             euills
             .
             When
             the
             Diuell
             takes
             the
             Anatomy
             of
             all
             dānable
             sinnes
             ,
             he
             lookes
             onely
             vpon
             her
             body
             .
             Whe
             she
             dies
             ,
             he
             sits
             as
             her
             Coroner
             .
             When
             her
             soule
             comes
             to
             hell
             ,
             all
             shunne
             that
             there
             ,
             as
             they
             flie
             from
             a
             body
             struck
             with
             the
             plague
             here
             .
             She
             hath
             her
             dore-kéeper
             ,
             and
             she
             herselfe
             is
             the
             Diuells
             chāber-maide
             .
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             shée
             's
             so
             dangerous
             and
             detestable
             ,
             when
             she
             hath
             croak'd
             like
             a
             Rauē
             on
             the
             Eues
             ,
             then
             comes
             she
             into
             the
             house
             like
             a
             Doue
             .
             When
             her
             villanies
             (
             like
             the
             mote
             about
             a
             castle
             )
             are
             rancke
             ,
             thicke
             ,
             and
             muddy
             ,
             with
             standing
             long
             together
             ,
             then
             (
             to
             purge
             herself
             )
             is
             she
             dreind
             out
             of
             the
             Suburbes
             (
             as
             though
             her
             corruption
             were
             there
             left
             behind
             her
             (
             and
             )
             a●
             a
             cleere
             streame
             )
             is
             let
             into
             the
             Citty
             .
          
           
             
               What
               armor
               a
               harlot
               weares
               comming
               out
               of
               the
               Suburbes
               to
               besiege
               the
               Citty
               within
               the
               wals
               .
            
             
               VPon
               what
               perch
               then
               does
               she
               sit
               ?
               what
               part
               plaies
               the
               then
               ?
               onely
               the
               Puritane
               .
               If
               before
               she
               ruffled
               in
               silkes
               ,
               now
               is
               she
               more
               ciuilly
               attird
               then
               a
               Mid-wife
               .
               I●
               before
               she
               swaggred
               in
               Tauernes
               ,
               now
               with
               the
               Snaile
               she
               stirrethnot
               out
               of
               dores
               .
               And
               where
               must
               her
               lodging
               be
               takē
               vp
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               house
               of
               some
               citt●
               ,
               whose
               known
               reputation
               ,
               she
               borrowes
               (
               or
               rather
               steales
               )
               putting
               it
               on
               as
               a
               cloake
               to
               couer
               her
               deformities
               .
               Yet
               euē
               in
               that
               ,
               hath
               she
               an
               art
               too
               ,
               for
               he
               shal
               be
               of
               such
               a
               profession
               ,
               that
               all
               cōmers
               
               may
               enter
               ,
               without
               the
               dāger
               of
               any
               eyes
               to
               watch
               thē
               .
               As
               for
               example
               she
               wil
               lie
               in
               some
               
                 Scriueners
                 house
              
               ,
               &
               so
               vnder
               the
               collour
               of
               comming
               to
               haue
               a
               Bond
               made
               ,
               she
               herselfe
               may
               write
               
                 Noue
                 in
                 t
                 vniuersi
              
               .
               And
               the
               the
               law
               th●eaten
               to
               hit
               her
               neuer
               so
               often
               ,
               yet
               hath
               she
               subtile
               defences
               to
               ward
               off
               the
               blowes
               .
               For
               ,
               if
               Gallants
               haūt
               the
               house
               ,
               then
               spreds
               she
               these
               collours
               :
               she
               is
               a
               captaine
               or
               a
               lieutenāts
               wife
               in
               the
               Low-coūtries
               ,
               &
               they
               come
               with
               letters
               ,
               from
               the
               souldier
               her
               husband
               .
               If
               Marchants
               resort
               to
               her
               ,
               then
               hoistes
               she
               vp
               these
               sayles
               ,
               she
               is
               wife
               to
               the
               Maister
               of
               a
               shippe
               ,
               &
               they
               bring
               newes
               that
               her
               husbād
               put
               in
               at
               the
               Straytes
               ,
               or
               at
               Venice
               ,
               at
               
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 Alexandria
              
               ,
               or
               Scanderoon
               ,
               &c.
               if
               
                 shop
                 keepers
              
               come
               to
               her
               ,
               with
               
                 what
                 do
                 you
                 lack
              
               in
               their
               mouthes
               ,
               thē
               she
               takes
               vp
               such
               &
               such
               commodities
               ,
               to
               send
               them
               to
               Rye
               ,
               to
               Bristow
               ,
               to
               Yorke
               ,
               &c
               where
               her
               husband
               dwells
               .
               But
               if
               the
               streame
               of
               her
               fortunes
               runne
               low
               ,
               and
               that
               none
               but
               Apronmen
               lanch
               forth
               there
               ,
               then
               keepes
               she
               a
               pollitick
               tempsters
               ,
               shop
               ,
               or
               she
               starches
               them
               .
            
             
               Perhaps
               shee
               is
               so
               pollitick
               ,
               that
               none
               shal
               be
               noted
               to
               
               board
               her
               :
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               she
               sailes
               vpō
               these
               points
               of
               the
               cōpasse
               :
               so
               soone
               as
               euer
               she
               is
               rig'd
               ,
               and
               all
               her
               furniture
               on
               ,
               forth
               she
               lancheth
               into
               those
               streetes
               that
               are
               most
               frequēted
               :
               where
               the
               first
               man
               that
               she
               meetes
               of
               her
               acquaintance
               ,
               shal
               (
               without
               much
               pulling
               )
               get
               her
               into
               a
               Tauerne
               :
               out
               of
               him
               she
               kisses
               a
               breakefast
               &
               then
               leaues
               him
               :
               the
               next
               she
               meetes
               ,
               does
               vpon
               as
               easie
               pullies
               ,
               draw
               her
               to
               a
               Tauerne
               againe
               ,
               out
               of
               him
               she
               cogs
               a
               dinner
               ,
               &
               then
               leaues
               him
               :
               the
               third
               man
               ,
               squires
               her
               to
               a
               play
               ,
               with
               being
               ended
               ,
               &
               the
               wine
               offred
               &
               taken
               (
               for
               she
               's
               no
               Recusant
               ,
               to
               refuse
               any
               thing
               )
               him
               she
               leaues
               too
               :
               and
               being
               set
               vpon
               by
               a
               fourth
               ,
               him
               she
               answers
               at
               his
               own
               weapō
               ,
               sups
               with
               him
               ,
               &
               drincks
               
                 Vpsie
                 Freeze
              
               ,
               til
               the
               clok
               striking
               Twelue
               ,
               and
               the
               Drawers
               being
               drowzy
               ,
               away
               they
               march
               arme
               in
               arme
               ,
               being
               at
               euery
               foot-step
               fearful
               to
               be
               set
               vpō
               by
               the
               Band
               of
               Halberdiers
               ,
               that
               lie
               scowting
               in
               rug
               gownes
               to
               cut
               of
               such
               mid-night
               straglers
               .
               But
               the
               
               word
               being
               giuen
               ,
               &
               
                 who
                 goes
                 there
              
               ,
               with
               
                 come
                 before
                 the
                 Constable
              
               ,
               being
               shot
               at
               them
               ,
               they
               vaile
               presently
               &
               come
               ,
               she
               taking
               vpon
               her
               to
               answer
               al
               the
               Bil-men
               and
               their
               Leader
               ,
               Betweene
               whome
               &
               her
               ,
               suppose
               you
               heare
               this
               sleepy
               Dialogue
               .
               where
               haue
               you
               bin
               so
               late
               ?
               
                 at
                 supper
                 forsooth
                 with
                 my
                 vncle
                 here
                 (
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 wel
                 bearded
                 )
                 or
                 with
                 my
                 brother
                 (
                 if
                 the
                 haire
                 bee
                 but
                 budding
                 forth
                 )
                 and
                 he
                 is
                 bringing
                 me
                 home
                 .
              
               Are
               you
               married
               ?
               
                 yes
                 forsooth
              
               :
               what
               's
               your
               husband
               ?
               
                 such
                 a
                 Noble-mans
                 man
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 Iustices
                 clarke
                 ,
              
               (
               And
               then
               names
               some
               Alderman
               of
               London
               ,
               to
               whom
               she
               perswades
               herselfe
               ,
               one
               or
               other
               of
               the
               bench
               of
               browne
               billes
               are
               beholding
               )
               where
               lye
               you
               ?
               
                 At
                 such
                 a
                 mans
                 house
                 :
                 Sic
                 tenues
                 euanescit
              
               in
               Auras
               :
               and
               thus
               by
               stopping
               the
               Constables
               muoth
               with
               sugar-plummes
               (
               that
               's
               to
               say
               ,
               )
               whilst
               she
               poisons
               him
               with
               sweete
               wordes
               ,
               the
               punck
               vanisheth
               .
               
                 O
                 Lanthorne
                 and
                 Candle-light
              
               ,
               how
               art
               thou
               made
               a
               blinde
               Asse
               ?
               because
               thou
               hast
               but
               one
               eye
               to
               see
               withall
               :
               Be
               not
               so
               guld
               ,
               bee
               not
               so
               dull
               in
               vnderstanding
               :
               do
               thou
               but
               follow
               aloofe
               ,
               those
               two
               tame
               Pigeons
               ,
               &
               thou
               shalt
               finde
               ,
               that
               her
               new
               Vncle
               lies
               by
               it
               al
               that
               night
               ,
               to
               make
               his
               kinse-woman
               on
               of
               mine
               Aunts
               :
               or
               if
               shee
               bee
               not
               in
               trauell
               all
               night
               ,
               they
               spend
               some
               halfe
               an
               houre
               together
               ,
               but
               what
               doe
               they
               ?
               marry
               ,
               they
               doe
               that
               ,
               which
               the
               Constable
               should
               haue
               done
               for
               them
               both
               in
               the
               streetes
               that
               's
               to
               say
               
                 commit
                 ,
                 commit
              
               ,
            
             
               You
               Guardians
               ouer
               so
               great
               a
               Princesse
               as
               the
               eldest
               daughter
               of
               King
               Brutus
               :
               you
               
                 twice
                 twelue
                 fathers
              
               and
               gouernours
               ouer
               the
               Noblest
               Cittie
               ,
               why
               are
               you
               so
               careful
               to
               plant
               Trees
               to
               beautifie
               your
               outward
               walks
               ,
               yet
               suffer
               the
               goodliest
               garden
               (
               within
               )
               to
               be
               ouer-run
               with
               stincking
               wéedes
               ?
               You
               are
               the
               proining
               kniues
               that
               should
               loppe
               off
               such
               idle
               ,
               such
               vnprofitable
               and
               such
               destroying
               branches
               from
               the
               Uine
               :
               The
               beames
               of
               your
               Authoritie
               should
               purge
               the
               ayre
               of
               such
               infection
               :
               your
               breath
               of
               Iustice
               should
               scatter
               those
               foggy
               vapors
               ,
               and
               driue
               them
               out
               of
               your
               gates
               as
               cha●e
               tossed
               abroad
               by
               the
               windes
               .
            
             
             
               But
               stay
               :
               is
               our
               walking
               spirit
               become
               an
               Orator
               to
               perswade
               ?
               no
               :
               but
               the
               Bel
               man
               of
               London
               with
               whom
               he
               met
               in
               this
               pera●bulation
               of
               his
               ▪
               and
               to
               whom
               hée
               betraied
               himselfe
               &
               opened
               his
               very
               bosome
               ,
               (
               As
               hereafter
               you
               shall
               heare
               ,
               )
               is
               bould
               to
               take
               vpon
               him
               that
               speakers
               Office.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Ginglers
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               the
               knauery
               of
               Horse-Coursers
               in
               Smith-field
               discouered
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             AT
             the
             end
             of
             fierce
             battailes
             ,
             the
             onely
             Rendeuouz
             for
             lame
             souldiers
             to
             retire
             vnto
             ,
             is
             an
             Hospitall
             :
             and
             at
             the
             end
             of
             a
             long
             Progresse
             ,
             the
             onely
             ground
             for
             a
             tyred
             Ia●e
             to
             runne
             in
             ,
             is
             some
             blind
             country
             faire
             ,
             where
             he
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             sold
             ,
             To
             these
             Markets
             of
             vnwholesome
             Horse-flesh
             ,
             (
             like
             so
             many
             Rites
             to
             féede
             vpon
             Carion
             )
             do●
             all
             the
             Horse-coursers
             (
             that
             roost
             about
             the
             Citty
             )
             flie
             one
             after
             another
             .
             And
             whereas
             in
             buying
             all
             other
             commodities
             ,
             men
             striue
             to
             haue
             the
             best
             ,
             how
             great
             so
             euer
             the
             price
             be
             ,
             onely
             the
             Horse-courser
             is
             of
             a
             baser
             minde
             ,
             for
             the
             woorst
             hors-flesh
             (
             so
             it
             be
             cheape
             )
             does
             best
             goe
             downe
             with
             him
             .
             He
             cares
             for
             nothing
             but
             a
             fayre
             out-side
             ,
             and
             a
             hansome
             shape
             (
             like
             those
             that
             hyre
             whores
             ,
             (
             though
             there
             be
             a
             hundred
             diseases
             within
             :
             he
             (
             as
             the
             other
             )
             ventures
             vpon
             thē
             all
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             lesson
             therefore
             that
             a
             Horse-courser
             takes
             out
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             one
             of
             these
             Markets
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             choyce
             of
             such
             Nags
             ,
             Geldings
             ,
             or
             Mares
             ,
             especially
             ,
             as
             are
             fatte
             ,
             fayre
             ,
             and
             well-fauor'd
             to
             the
             eye
             :
             and
             because
             men
             delight
             to
             behold
             beautifull
             coullors
             ,
             and
             that
             some
             coulours
             are
             more
             delicate
             (
             euen
             in
             beasts
             )
             then
             others
             are
             ,
             he
             will
             so
             néere
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             bargaine
             for
             those
             horses
             that
             haue
             the
             daintiest
             complexion
             :
             as
             the
             Milke-white
             ,
             the
             Gray
             ,
             the
             Dapple-Gray
             ,
             the
             Cole
             blacke
             with
             his
             proper
             markes
             (
             as
             t●e
             white
             starre
             in
             the
             forehead
             ,
             the
             
             white
             héele
             ,
             &c.
             )
             or
             the
             bright
             Bay
             ,
             with
             the
             like
             proper
             markes
             also
             .
             And
             the
             goodlier
             proportion
             the
             beast
             carries
             or
             the
             fayrer
             markes
             or
             coulour
             that
             hee
             beares
             ,
             are
             or
             ought
             to
             bee
             watch-words
             as
             it
             were
             to
             him
             that
             afterwards
             buyes
             him
             of
             the
             horse-courser
             ,
             that
             he
             bee
             not
             coozend
             with
             an
             ouer-price
             for
             a
             bad
             peny-worth
             ,
             because
             such
             Horses
             (
             belonging
             for
             the
             most
             part
             to
             Gentlemen
             )
             are
             seldome
             or
             neuer
             solde
             away
             ,
             but
             vpon
             some
             fowle
             quallty
             ,
             or
             some
             incurable
             disease
             ,
             which
             the
             Beast
             is
             falne
             into
             .
             The
             Best
             coulours
             are
             therefore
             the
             best
             Cloakes
             to
             hide
             those
             faults
             that
             most
             disfigure
             a
             Horse
             :
             and
             next
             vnto
             coulour
             ,
             his
             Pace
             doth
             often-times
             deceiue
             and
             goe
             beyond
             a
             very
             quick
             Iudgement
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             these
             Horse-hunters
             ,
             are
             as
             nimble
             Knaues
             in
             finding
             out
             the
             infirmities
             of
             a
             Iade
             ,
             as
             a
             Barber
             is
             in
             drawing
             of
             téeth
             :
             and
             albeit
             (
             without
             casting
             his
             water
             )
             hee
             does
             more
             readily
             reckon
             vp
             all
             the
             Aches
             ,
             Crampes
             ,
             Crickes
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             disease
             else
             lyes
             in
             his
             bones
             :
             and
             for
             those
             diseases
             seemes
             vtterly
             to
             dislike
             him
             ,
             yet
             if
             by
             looking
             vpon
             the
             Dyall
             within
             his
             mouth
             ,
             he
             finde
             that
             his
             yeares
             haue
             struck
             but
             fiue
             ,
             sixe
             ,
             or
             seauen
             :
             and
             that
             he
             prooues
             but
             young
             ,
             or
             that
             his
             diseases
             are
             but
             newly
             growing
             vpon
             him
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             outward
             ,
             or
             haue
             but
             hayre
             and
             skin
             to
             hide
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             bee
             inward
             ,
             let
             him
             sweare
             neuer
             so
             damnably
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             but
             a
             Iade
             ,
             yet
             he
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             fasten
             vpon
             him
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             a
             Horse-courser
             to
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             (
             that
             out
             of
             his
             sound
             iudgement
             buyes
             the
             fairest
             ,
             the
             best-bred
             ,
             and
             the
             noblest
             Horses
             ,
             selling
             them
             againe
             for
             breede
             or
             seruice
             ,
             with
             plainnesse
             and
             honesty
             .
             )
             is
             as
             the
             Cheator
             to
             the
             faire
             Gamester
             :
             hee
             is
             indeed
             a
             meere
             Iadish
             Nonopolitane
             ,
             and
             deales
             for
             none
             but
             tyred
             ,
             taited
             ,
             dull
             and
             diseased
             horses
             .
             By
             which
             meanes
             ,
             if
             his
             picture
             
             bee
             drawne
             to
             the
             l●●e
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             euery
             Horse-courser
             for
             the
             most
             part
             to
             bee
             in
             quality
             a
             coozener
             ,
             by
             profession
             a
             knaue
             ,
             by
             his
             running
             a
             Uarlet
             ,
             in
             fayres
             a
             Hagling
             Chapman
             ,
             in
             the
             Citty
             a
             Cogging
             dissembler
             ,
             
             and
             in
             Smith-field
             a
             common
             forsworne
             Uillaine
             .
             Hee
             will
             sweare
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             the
             faster
             hee
             sweares
             ,
             the
             more
             danger
             t
             is
             to
             beleeue
             him
             :
             In
             one
             forenoone
             ,
             and
             in
             selling
             a
             Iade
             not
             worth
             fiue
             Nobles
             ,
             will
             hee
             forsweare
             himselfe
             fifteene
             times
             ,
             and
             that
             forswearing
             too
             shall
             bee
             by
             Equiuocation
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             if
             an
             ignorant
             Chapman
             comming
             to
             beate
             the
             price
             ,
             say
             to
             the
             Horse-courser
             your
             nagge
             is
             verie
             olde
             or
             thus
             many
             yeares
             olde
             ,
             and
             reckon
             ten
             or
             twelue
             ;
             hee
             claps
             his
             hand
             presently
             on
             the
             buttocke
             of
             the
             beast
             ,
             and
             praies
             he
             may
             bee
             damb'd
             if
             the
             Horse
             be
             not
             vnder
             fiue
             ,
             meaning
             that
             the
             horse
             is
             not
             vnder
             fiue
             yeares
             of
             age
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             standes
             vnder
             fiue
             of
             his
             fingers
             ,
             when
             his
             hand
             is
             clap'd
             vppon
             him
             .
             These
             Horse-coursers
             are
             called
             Iynglers
             ,
             and
             these
             Iynglers
             hauing
             laide
             out
             their
             money
             on
             a
             company
             of
             Iades
             at
             some
             drunken
             fayre
             ,
             vp
             to
             London
             they
             driue
             them
             ,
             and
             vppon
             the
             Market
             day
             into
             Smithfield
             brauely
             come
             they
             prauncing
             .
             But
             least
             their
             Iades
             should
             shew
             too
             many
             horse
             trickes
             in
             Smith-field
             ,
             before
             so
             greate
             an
             Audience
             as
             commonly
             resort
             thither
             ,
             their
             maisters
             doe
             therefore
             Schoole
             them
             at
             home
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               How
               a
               Horse-courser
               workes
               vpon
               a
               Iade
               in
               his
               own
               Stable
               ,
               to
               make
               him
               seruiceable
               for
               a
               couzening
               Race
               in
               Smith-field
               .
            
             
               THe
               Glanders
               in
               a
               horse
               is
               so
               filthy
               a
               disease
               ,
               that
               he
               who
               is
               troubled
               with
               it
               can
               neuer
               keep
               his
               nose
               cleane
               :
               so
               that
               when
               such
               a
               foule-nosed
               Iade
               happens
               
               to
               serue
               a
               Horse-courser
               ,
               hee
               hath
               more
               strange
               pils
               (
               then
               a
               Pothecarie
               makes
               )
               for
               the
               purging
               of
               his
               head
               ,
               he
               knowes
               that
               a
               horse
               with
               such
               a
               qualitie
               ,
               is
               but
               a
               beastly
               companion
               to
               trauell
               vppon
               the
               high
               way
               with
               anye
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               Albeit
               therefore
               that
               the
               Glanders
               haue
               played
               with
               his
               Nose
               so
               long
               ,
               that
               hee
               knowes
               not
               how
               to
               mend
               himselfe
               ,
               
               but
               that
               the
               disease
               beeing
               suffered
               to
               runne
               vppon
               him
               many
               yeares
               together
               ,
               is
               grown
               inuincible
               ,
               yet
               hath
               our
               Iingling
               Mountibancke
               Smith-field
               rider
               a
               tricke
               to
               cure
               him
               ,
               fiue
               or
               sixe
               waies
               and
               this
               isone
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               verie
               morning
               when
               he
               is
               to
               bee
               rifled
               away
               a-amongst
               the
               Gamsters
               in
               Smithfield
               ,
               before
               hee
               thrust
               his
               head
               out
               of
               his
               Maisters
               Stable
               ,
               the
               Horse-courser
               tickles
               his
               nose
               (
               not
               with
               a
               Pipe
               of
               Tobacco
               )
               but
               with
               a
               good
               quantitie
               of
               the
               best
               Neesing
               powder
               that
               can
               bee
               gotten
               :
               which
               with
               a
               quil
               being
               blown
               vp
               into
               the
               Nostrills
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               worke
               the
               better
               ,
               he
               stands
               p●aking
               there
               vp
               and
               downe
               with
               two
               long
               feathers
               plucked
               from
               the
               wing
               of
               a
               Goose
               ,
               they
               beeing
               dipt
               in
               the
               iuice
               of
               Garlick
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               strong
               oyle
               ,
               and
               thrust
               vp
               to
               the
               verie
               top
               of
               his
               head
               ,
               so
               farre
               as
               possibly
               they
               can
               reach
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               pore
               dumbe
               beast
               auoide
               the
               filth
               from
               his
               nostrils
               ,
               which
               hee
               will
               doe
               in
               great
               aboundance
               :
               this
               being
               done
               ,
               he
               comes
               to
               him
               with
               a
               new
               medicine
               for
               a
               sicke
               horse
               ,
               and
               mingling
               the
               iuyce
               of
               Bruzed
               Garlike
               ,
               sharpe
               biting
               Mustard
               ,
               and
               strong
               Ale
               together
               ,
               into
               both
               the
               Nostrils
               (
               with
               a
               Horne
               )
               is
               powred
               a
               good
               quantitie
               of
               this
               filthy
               Broth
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               hand
               being
               held
               in
               by
               stopping
               the
               nostrils
               close
               together
               ,
               at
               length
               with
               a
               little
               neezing
               more
               ,
               his
               nose
               will
               be
               cleaner
               then
               his
               Maisters
               the
               Horse-courser
               ,
               and
               the
               filth
               bee
               so
               Artificially
               stop'd
               that
               for
               eight
               or
               ten
               houres
               a
               Iade
               will
               holde
               vp
               his
               head
               with
               the
               prowdest
               Gelding
               that
               gallops
               scornefully
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               neuer
               haue
               neede
               of
               wiping
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Comedies
               a
               Common
               horse-courser
               playes
               by
               himselfe
               at
               home
               ,
               but
               if
               when
               hee
               comes
               to
               act
               the
               second
               part
               abroad
               ,
               you
               would
               disgrace
               him
               ,
               and
               haue
               him
               hissd
               at
               for
               net
               playing
               the
               Knaue
               well
               ,
               then
               handle
               him
               thus
               :
               If
               you
               suspect
               that
               the
               Nagge
               which
               he
               would
               Iade
               you
               with
               ,
               bee
               troubled
               with
               that
               or
               any
               other
               such
               like
               disease
               ,
               gripe
               him
               hard
               about
               the
               wesand
               pipe
               ,
               close
               toward
               ther●ofe
               of
               the
               tongue
               ,
               and
               holding
               
               him
               there
               so
               long
               and
               so
               for●bly
               ,
               that
               he
               cough
               twice
               or
               thrice
               ,
               it
               then
               (
               after
               you
               let
               goe
               your
               holde
               )
               his
               chappes
               begin
               to
               walke
               as
               if
               he
               were
               chewing
               downe
               a
               Horse-loafe
               ,
               shake
               hands
               with
               old
               
                 Mounsier
                 Cauiliero
                 Hors-Courser
              
               ,
               but
               c●ap
               no
               bargain
               vpon
               ●t
               ,
               for
               his
               Iade
               is
               as
               full
               of
               infirmitie
               ,
               as
               the
               maister
               f
               Uillan●e
               .
            
          
           
             
               Other
               Gambals
               that
               Horse-coursers
               practise
               vpon
               Fowndred
               Horses
               ,
               old
               Iades
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Smithfield
               is
               the
               Stage
               vpon
               which
               the
               
                 Moūtibank
                 English
                 Horse-courser
              
               aduācing
               his
               banner
               ,
               deffes
               any
               disease
               that
               dares
               touch
               his
               Prancer
               :
               Insomuch
               that
               if
               a
               horse
               be
               so
               olde
               ,
               as
               that
               foure
               legs
               can
               but
               carry
               him
               ,
               yet
               shall
               he
               beare
               the
               markes
               of
               an
               Nag
               not
               aboue
               sixe
               or
               seauen
               peares
               of
               age
               :
               &
               that
               counterseit
               badge
               of
               youth
               ,
               he
               weares
               thus
               :
               The
               Horse-courser
               with
               a
               smal
               round
               yrō
               made
               very
               hot
               ,
               burnes
               two
               black
               holes
               in
               the
               top
               of
               the
               two
               out-most
               teeth
               of
               each
               side
               the
               out-side
               of
               the
               Horses
               mouth
               vpon
               the
               nether
               teeth
               ,
               &
               so
               likewise
               of
               the
               teeth
               of
               the
               vpper
               chap
               ,
               which
               stand
               opposite
               to
               the
               nether
               ,
               the
               quallitie
               of
               which
               marks
               is
               to
               shew
               that
               a
               horse
               is
               but
               yong
               :
               but
               if
               the
               iade
               be
               so
               old
               that
               those
               teeth
               are
               dropt
               out
               of
               his
               head
               ,
               thē
               is
               there
               a
               tricke
               still
               to
               be
               fumbling
               about
               his
               olde
               chaps
               ,
               &
               in
               that
               stroaking
               his
               chin
               ,
               to
               pricke
               his
               lips
               closely
               with
               a
               pin
               or
               a
               naile
               ,
               till
               they
               be
               so
               tender
               ,
               that
               albeit
               be
               were
               a
               giuen
               horse
               none
               could
               bee
               suffered
               to
               looke
               him
               in
               the
               mouth
               (
               which
               is
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Calenders
               to
               tell
               his
               age
               )
               but
               a
               reasonable
               sighted
               eie
               (
               without
               helpe
               of
               spectacles
               )
               may
               easily
               discouer
               this
               Iugling
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               grosse
               and
               common
               .
            
             
               If
               now
               a
               Horse
               (
               hauing
               beene
               asore
               Traualler
               )
               happē
               by
               falling
               into
               a
               colde
               sweate
               to
               bee
               Foundred
               ,
               so
               that
               (
               as
               if
               hee
               were
               drunck
               or
               had
               the
               staggers
               )
               bee
               can
               scarce
               stand
               on
               his
               legges
               ,
               then
               will
               his
               maister
               ,
               before
               hee
               enter
               into
               the
               lists
               of
               the
               field
               against
               all
               commers
               ,
               put
               him
               into
               a
               villanous
               chasing
               by
               ryding
               him
               vp
               and
               
               downe
               a
               quarter
               or
               halfe
               an
               houre
               ,
               till
               his
               limbes
               bee
               thoroughly
               heated
               ,
               and
               this
               hee
               does
               ,
               because
               so
               long
               as
               hee
               can
               discharge
               that
               false
               fire
               ,
               or
               that
               (
               beingso
               collerickly
               hotte
               )
               hee
               tramples
               onely
               vppon
               soft
               ground
               ,
               a
               very
               cūning
               Horsemā
               shal
               hardly
               find
               where
               his
               shoo
               wrings
               him
               ,
               or
               that
               hee
               is
               Fowndred
               .
               And
               (
               to
               blinde
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               Chapman
               )
               the
               Horse-courser
               will
               bee
               euer
               tickling
               of
               him
               with
               his
               wand
               ,
               because
               hee
               may
               not
               by
               standing
               still
               like
               an
               Asse
               ,
               shew
               of
               what
               house
               hee
               comes
               .
            
             
               It
               a
               Horse
               come
               into
               the
               fielde
               (
               like
               a
               lame
               soldier
               )
               Halting
               ,
               hee
               has
               not
               Crutches
               made
               for
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               soldier
               hath
               ,
               but
               because
               you
               shall
               thinke
               the
               Horses
               shooemaker
               hath
               seru'd
               him
               like
               a
               Iade
               ,
               by
               not
               fitting
               his
               foote
               well
               ,
               the
               shooe
               shall
               bee
               takē
               off
               purposely
               from
               that
               foote
               which
               halts
               ,
               as
               though
               it
               had
               beene
               lost
               by
               chance
               :
               And
               to
               proue
               this
               ,
               witnesses
               shall
               come
               in
               ,
               if
               at
               least
               twenty
               or
               thirty
               damnable
               oathes
               can
               be
               takē
               ,
               that
               the
               want
               of
               the
               Shooe
               is
               onely
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               Halting
               .
               But
               if
               a
               Horse
               cannot
               be
               lustie
               at
               legges
               :
               by
               reason
               that
               either
               his
               hoofes
               bee
               not
               good
               ,
               or
               that
               there
               be
               Splents
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Eye-sore
               about
               the
               nether
               Ioynt
               ,
               the
               Hors-courser
               vses
               him
               then
               as
               
                 Cheating
                 Swaggerers
              
               handle
               Nouices
               :
               what
               they
               cannot
               winne
               by
               the
               Dyce
               ,
               they
               will
               haue
               by
               
                 Foule
                 play
              
               :
               &
               in
               that
               foule
               manner
               ,
               deales
               hee
               with
               the
               poore
               horse
               ,
               ryding
               him
               ,
               vp
               and
               downe
               in
               the
               thickest
               &
               the
               durtiest
               places
               ,
               till
               that
               durt
               ,
               like
               a
               ruffled
               boote
               drawne
               vppon
               an
               ill-fauour'd
               gowtie
               legge
               ,
               couer
               the
               Iades
               infirmitie
               from
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               Buyer
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               a
               Horse-courser
               makes
               a
               lade
               that
               has
               no
               stomach
               ,
               to
               eate
               Lamb-pye
               .
            
             
               ALbeit
               Lamb-pie
               be
               good
               meat
               vpō
               a
               table
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               so
               offensiue
               to
               a
               horses
               stomach
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               rather
               besed
               a
               moneth
               together
               with
               mustie
               oates
               ,
               thā
               to
               taste
               it
               ;
               Yet
               are
               not
               all
               Horses●iddē
               ●iddē
               to
               his
               Lamb-pye-Breakefasts
               
               but
               onely
               such
               as
               ate
               dyeted
               with
               no
               other
               meate
               :
               and
               those
               are
               Dull
               ,
               Blockish
               ,
               Sullen
               ,
               and
               heauie
               footed
               Iades
               .
               When-soeuer
               therefore
               a
               Horse-courser
               hath
               such
               a
               
                 Dead
                 commoditie
              
               ,
               as
               a
               
                 Lumpish
                 slow
                 Iade
              
               ,
               that
               goes
               more
               heauily
               then
               a
               Cow
               when
               shee
               trots
               ,
               and
               that
               neither
               by
               a
               sharpe
               bitte
               nor
               a
               tickling
               spurre
               he
               can
               put
               him
               out
               of
               his
               lazie
               and
               dogged
               pace
               ,
               what
               does
               hee
               with
               him
               then
               ?
               Duelye
               he
               giues
               him
               Lambpie
               .
               That
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               euery
               morning
               when
               the
               Horse-courser
               comes
               into
               the
               Stable
               ,
               he
               takes
               vp
               a
               tough
               round
               cudgell
               ,
               and
               neuer
               leaues
               fencing
               with
               his
               
                 Quarter
                 staffe
              
               at
               the
               poore
               Horses
               sides
               and
               buttockes
               ,
               till
               with
               blowes
               hee
               hath
               made
               them
               so
               tender
               ,
               that
               the
               verry
               shaking
               of
               a
               bough
               will
               be
               able
               to
               make
               the
               horse
               ready
               to
               runne
               out
               of
               his
               wittes
               ,
               And
               to
               keep
               the
               horse
               still
               in
               this
               mad
               mood
               ,
               because
               he
               shall
               not
               forget
               his
               lesson
               ,
               his
               maister
               will
               neuer
               come
               neer
               him
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               haue
               a
               fling
               at
               him
               :
               If
               he
               doe
               touch
               him
               ,
               hee
               strikes
               him
               :
               if
               he
               spepkes
               to
               him
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               a
               worde
               and
               a
               blow
               :
               if
               he
               doe
               but
               looke
               vpon
               him
               ,
               the
               Horse
               flings
               and
               takes
               on
               ,
               as
               though
               he
               would
               breaks
               through
               the
               walles
               ,
               or
               had
               bene
               a
               Horse
               bredde
               vp
               in
               Bedlam
               amongst
               mad-folkes
               .
               Hauing
               thus
               gotten
               this
               hard
               lesson
               by
               heart
               ,
               forth
               comes
               he
               into
               Smithfield
               to
               repeat
               it
               ,
               where
               the
               Rider
               shall
               no
               sooner
               leap
               into
               the
               saddle
               but
               the
               Horse-courser
               giuing
               the
               Iade
               (
               that
               is
               halfe
               scarred
               out
               of
               his
               wits
               already
               )
               three
               or
               foure
               good
               bangs
               ,
               away
               flies
               Bucephalus
               as
               if
               yōg
               Alexander
               wer
               vpon
               his
               backe
               .
               No
               ground
               can
               holde
               him
               ,
               no
               bridle
               raine
               him
               in
               ,
               he
               gallops
               away
               as
               if
               the
               Deuill
               had
               hired
               him
               of
               some
               Hackney-man
               ,
               and
               scuds
               through
               thicke
               and
               thinne
               ,
               as
               if
               crackers
               had
               hung
               at
               his
               heeles
               .
               If
               his
               taile
               play
               the
               wag
               ,
               and
               happen
               to
               whilke
               vp
               and
               downe
               (
               which
               is
               a
               signe
               that
               he
               does
               his
               feates
               of
               Actiuitie
               like
               a
               Tumblers
               prentice
               by
               compulsion
               and
               without
               taking
               pleasure
               in
               them
               (
               then
               shall
               you
               sée
               the
               Hors●-courser
               late
               about
               him
               like
               a
               thrasher
               ,
               till
               with
               blowes
               he
               made
               him
               carry
               his
               taile
               to
               his
               Bottocks
               :
               
               which
               in
               a
               Horse
               (
               contrary
               to
               the
               nature
               of
               a
               Dog
               )
               is
               an
               argument
               that
               he
               hath
               mettall
               in
               him
               and
               Spirrit
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               other
               it
               is
               the
               note
               of
               cowardise
               .
            
             
               These
               and
               such
               other
               base
               iuglings
               are
               put
               in
               practise
               ,
               by
               the
               Horse-courser
               ;
               in
               this
               maner
               comes
               he
               arm'd
               into
               the
               field
               :
               with
               such
               had
               and
               deceiptfull
               cōmodities
               does
               he
               furnish
               the
               markets
               .
               Neither
               steps
               he
               vpon
               the
               diuels
               stage
               alone
               ,
               but
               others
               are
               likewise
               Actors
               in
               the
               selfe●ame
               Scene
               ,
               and
               sharers
               with
               him
               :
               for
               no
               sooner
               shall
               money
               be
               offred
               for
               a
               Horse
               ,
               but
               presently
               one
               Snake
               thrusts
               out
               his
               head
               and
               stings
               the
               buyer
               with
               false
               praises
               of
               the
               Horses
               goodnesse
               :
               An
               other
               throwes
               out
               his
               poisoned
               hooke
               and
               whispers
               in
               the
               Chapmans
               eare
               ,
               that
               vpon
               his
               knowledge
               so
               much
               or
               so
               much
               hath
               bene
               offred
               by
               foure
               or
               fiue
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               be
               taken
               ▪
               and
               of
               these
               Rauens
               there
               vesundry
               nests
               ,
               but
               all
               of
               them
               as
               blacke
               in
               soule
               us
               the
               Horse-courser
               (
               with
               whome
               they
               are
               yoaked
               )
               〈◊〉
               in
               conscience
               .
               This
               Regiment
               of
               Horse-men
               is
               therefore
               deuided
               into
               foure
               
                 Squadrons
                 .
                 viz.
              
               
            
             
               
                 1
                 When
                 Horse-coursers
                 trauaile
                 to
                 country
                 faires
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 called
                 Iynglers
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 When
                 they
                 haue
                 the
                 leading
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 &
                 serue
                 in
                 Smithfield
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 Drouers
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 They
                 that
                 stand
                 by
                 and
                 conycatche
                 the
                 Chapman
                 either
                 with
                 
                   Out-bidding
                   ,
                   false-praises
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 are
                 called
                 Goades
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 boyes
                 ,
                 striplings
                 ,
                 &c.
                 that
                 haue
                 the
                 ryding
                 of
                 the
                 Iades
                 vp
                 and
                 downe
                 are
                 called
                 Skip-iacks
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Iacke
             in
             a
             Box.
             
          
           
             
               Or
               a
               new
               kinde
               of
               Cheating
               ,
               teaching
               how
               to
               change
               golde
               into
               Siluer
               ,
               vnto
               which
               is
               added
               a
               Map
               ,
               by
               which
               a
               man
               may
               learn
               how
               to
               trauell
               all
               ouer
               England
               and
               haue
               his
               charges
               borne
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             II
          
           
             HOw
             many
             
               Trees
               of
               Euill
            
             are
             growing
             in
             this
             coūtrie
             ?
             
             how
             tall
             they
             are
             ?
             how
             Mellow
             is
             their
             fruit
             ?
             and
             how
             greedily
             gathered
             ?
             so
             much
             ground
             doe
             they
             take
             vp
             ,
             and
             so
             thickly
             doe
             they
             stand
             together
             ,
             that
             it
             séemeth
             a
             kingdom
             can
             bring
             forth
             no
             more
             of
             their
             nature
             ,
             yes
             ,
             yes
             ,
             there
             are
             not
             halfe
             so
             many
             Riuers
             in
             Hell
             ,
             in
             
             which
             a
             soule
             may
             saile
             to
             damnation
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             
               Black
               Streames
            
             of
             Mischiefe
             and
             Villany
             (
             besides
             all
             those
             which
             in
             our
             Now-two
             Ueyages
             ,
             we
             haue
             ventured
             so
             many
             leagues
             vp
             ,
             for
             discouerie
             )
             in
             which
             thousandes
             of
             people
             are
             continually
             swimming
             ,
             and
             encrie
             minute
             in
             danger
             vtterly
             to
             be
             cast
             away
             .
          
           
             The
             Horse-Courser
             of
             hell
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             durtyed
             himselfe
             
             with
             ryding
             vp
             and
             downe
             Smithfield
             and
             hauing
             his
             beast
             vnder
             him
             ,
             gallopped
             away
             amaine
             to
             beholde
             a
             race
             of
             fiue
             myles
             by
             a
             couple
             of
             Running-Horses
             ,
             vppon
             whose
             swiftnesse
             great
             summes
             of
             money
             were
             laide
             in
             wagers
             .
             In
             which
             Schoole
             of
             Horse-manshippe
             (
             wherein
             for
             the
             moste
             part
             none
             but
             Gallants
             are
             the
             Studients
             )
             hee
             construed
             but
             strange
             Lectures
             of
             Abuses
             :
             he
             could
             make
             large
             Comments
             vppon
             those
             that
             are
             the
             Runners
             of
             those
             Races
             ,
             and
             could
             teach
             others
             how
             to
             loose
             fortie
             or
             fiftie
             pound
             pollitickly
             in
             the
             forenoone
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             after
             noone
             (
             with
             the
             selfe-same
             Gelding
             )
             to
             winne
             a
             thousand
             markes
             in
             fiue
             or
             sire
             miles
             riding
             .
             Hee
             could
             tell
             how
             Gentlemen
             are
             fetch'd
             in
             and
             made
             younger
             brothers
             ,
             and
             how
             your
             
               new
               Knight
            
             comes
             to
             be
             a
             Couzen
             of
             this
             Race
             .
             He
             could
             drawe
             the
             true
             pictures
             of
             some
             fellowes
             ,
             that
             dyet
             these
             Running-Horses
             ,
             
             who
             for
             a
             bride
             of
             fortie
             or
             fiftie
             shillings
             can
             by
             a
             false
             Dye
             make
             their
             owne
             Maisters
             loose
             a
             hundred
             pound
             a
             race
             .
             He
             could
             shew
             more
             craftie
             Foxes
             in
             this
             wilde-goose
             chase
             thē
             there
             are
             white
             Foxes
             in
             Russia
             ,
             &
             more
             strange
             Horse-trickes
             plaide
             by
             such
             Riders
             ,
             then
             Bankes
             his
             curtall
             did
             euer
             practise
             (
             whose
             Gamballs
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             were
             the
             honester
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             this
             sort
             of
             Birdes
             haue
             many
             feathers
             to
             loose
             ,
             before
             they
             can
             feele
             any
             colde
             ,
             he
             suffers
             them
             to
             make
             their
             owne
             flight
             ,
             knowing
             that
             prodigalls
             doe
             but
             iest
             at
             the
             stripes
             which
             other
             mens
             rods
             giue
             them
             ,
             and
             neuer
             complaine
             of
             smarting
             till
             they
             are
             whip'd
             with
             their
             owne
             .
          
           
             In
             euerie
             Corner
             did
             he
             finde
             Serpents
             ingendering
             :
             vnder
             euerie
             roofe
             ,
             some
             impyetie
             or
             other
             lay
             breeding
             :
             
             but
             at
             last
             perceining
             that
             the
             most
             part
             of
             men
             were
             by
             the
             sorcerie
             of
             their
             own
             diuelish
             conditions
             transformed
             into
             Wolues
             ,
             and
             being
             so
             changed
             ,
             were
             more
             brutish
             &
             bloody
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             were
             Wolues
             by
             nature
             :
             his
             spleene
             leap'd
             against
             his
             ribbes
             with
             laughter
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             height
             of
             that
             ioy
             resolued
             to
             write
             the
             villanies
             of
             the
             world
             in
             Folio
             ,
             and
             to
             dedicate
             them
             in
             priuate
             to
             his
             Lord
             and
             Maister
             ,
             because
             hee
             knew
             him
             to
             bee
             an
             open-handed
             patron
             ,
             albeit
             he
             was
             no
             great
             louer
             of
             schollers
             .
          
           
             But
             hauing
             begunne
             one
             picture
             of
             a
             certaine
             strange
             Beast
             ,
             (
             called
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             )
             that
             onely
             (
             because
             the
             Cittie
             had
             giuen
             money
             already
             to
             see
             it
             )
             hee
             finished
             :
             and
             in
             these
             colours
             was
             
               Iack
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             drawn
             .
             It
             hath
             the
             head
             of
             a
             man
             (
             the
             face
             well
             bearded
             )
             the
             eyes
             of
             a
             
             Hawke
             ,
             the
             tongue
             of
             a
             Lap-wing
             ,
             which
             saies
             heere
             it
             is
             ,
             when
             the
             nest
             is
             a
             good
             way
             off
             :
             it
             hath
             the
             stomacke
             of
             an
             Estrich
             ,
             and
             can
             disgest
             siluer
             as
             easily
             ,
             as
             that
             Bird
             dooth
             Yron
             .
             It
             hath
             the
             pawes
             of
             a
             Beare
             instead
             of
             handes
             ,
             for
             whatsoeuer
             it
             fastneth
             vppon
             ,
             it
             holdes
             :
             From
             the
             middle
             downe-wardes
             ,
             it
             is
             made
             like
             a
             Grey-hound
             ,
             and
             is
             so
             swift
             of
             foote
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             once
             get
             the
             Start
             of
             you
             ,
             a
             whole
             
               Kennel
               of
               Hounds
            
             
             cannot
             ouertake
             it
             .
             It
             loues
             to
             hunt
             dry-foote
             ,
             and
             can
             
               Scent
               a
               Traine
            
             in
             no
             ground
             so
             well
             as
             the
             Cittie
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             in
             all
             places
             of
             the
             Cittie
             .
             But
             he
             is
             best
             in
             Scenting
             betweene
             Ludgate
             and
             Temple-barre
             :
             and
             t
             is
             thought
             that
             his
             next
             hunting
             shall
             bee
             betweene
             Lumbard-streete
             and
             the
             
               Gold
               smithes
               Rowe
            
             in
             Cheapeside
             :
             Thus
             much
             for
             his
             out
             ward
             parts
             ,
             now
             you
             shall
             haue
             him
             vnrip'd
             ,
             and
             see
             his
             inward
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             ,
             or
             this
             Deuill
             in
             mans
             shape
             ,
             wearing
             (
             like
             a
             player
             on
             a
             Stage
             )
             good
             cloathes
             on
             his
             
             backe
             ,
             comes
             to
             a
             Golde-smithes
             Stall
             ,
             to
             a
             Drapers
             ,
             a
             Haberdashers
             ,
             or
             into
             any
             other
             shop
             where
             he
             knows
             good
             store
             of
             siluer
             faces
             are
             to
             be
             seene
             .
             And
             there
             drawing
             foorth
             a
             faire
             new
             box
             ,
             hammered
             all
             out
             of
             
               Siluer
               Plate
            
             ,
             hee
             opens
             it
             ,
             and
             powres
             foorth
             twentie
             or
             forty
             Twentie-shilling-peeces
             in
             New-golde
             .
             To
             which
             heape
             of
             Worldly-Temptation
             ,
             thus
             much
             hee
             addes
             in
             words
             ,
             that
             either
             
               he
               him-selfe
            
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             Gentleman
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             belongs
             )
             hath
             an
             occasion
             for
             foure
             or
             fiue
             daies
             to
             vse
             fortie
             pound
             But
             because
             he
             is
             verie
             shortly
             ,
             (
             nay
             he
             knowes
             not
             how
             suddenly
             )
             
               to
               trauaile
               to
               Venice
            
             ,
             to
             Ierusalem
             or
             so
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             willingly
             be
             disfurnished
             of
             Golde
             ,
             he
             dooth
             therefore
             request
             the
             Cittizen
             to
             lend
             (
             vpon
             those
             
               Forty
               twenty
               shilling
               peeces
            
             )
             so
             much
             in
             white
             money
             (
             but
             for
             foure
             ,
             fiue
             or
             sixe
             daies
             at
             most
             )
             and
             for
             his
             good-will
             he
             shall
             receiue
             any
             reasonable
             satisfaction
             .
             The
             Cittizen
             (
             knowing
             the
             pawne
             to
             be
             better
             thē
             
             a
             Bond
             )
             powres
             downe
             fortie
             pound
             in
             siluer
             ,
             the
             other
             drawes
             it
             ,
             and
             leauing
             so
             much
             golde
             in
             Hostage
             ,
             marcheth
             away
             with
             Bag
             and
             Baggage
             .
          
           
             Fiue
             daies
             being
             expited
             ,
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               box
            
             (
             according
             to
             his
             Bargaine
             )
             being
             a
             man
             of
             his
             word
             comes
             againe
             to
             the
             Shop
             or
             stall
             (
             at
             which
             hee
             angles
             for
             fresh
             Fish
             )
             and
             there
             casting
             out
             his
             line
             with
             the
             siluer
             hooke
             ,
             that
             's
             to
             say
             ,
             pouring
             out
             the
             forty
             pound
             which
             hee
             borrowed
             ,
             The
             Citizen
             sends
             in
             ,
             or
             steps
             himselfe
             for
             the
             Boxe
             with
             the
             Golden
             deuill
             in
             it
             :
             it
             is
             opened
             ,
             and
             the
             army
             of
             angels
             
             being
             mustred
             together
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             found
             to
             bee
             there
             .
             The
             Box
             is
             shut
             agen
             and
             set
             on
             the
             Stall
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Cittizen
             is
             telling
             of
             his
             money
             :
             But
             whilst
             this
             musicke
             is
             sounding
             ,
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             actes
             his
             part
             in
             a
             dumb
             shew
             thus
             ;
             hee
             shifts
             out
             o
             his
             fingers
             
               another
               Boxe
            
             of
             the
             same
             mettall
             and
             making
             ,
             that
             the
             former
             beares
             ,
             which
             
               second
               Boxe
            
             is
             filled
             onely
             with
             shillings
             &
             being
             p●zed
             in
             the
             hand
             ,
             shall
             seeme
             to
             cary
             the
             weight
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             is
             clap'd
             down
             in
             place
             of
             the
             first
             .
             The
             Citizen
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             (
             whilst
             this
             Pit-fall
             is
             made
             for
             him
             )
             telling
             the
             fortie
             poundes
             ,
             misseth
             thirtie
             or
             fortie
             shillinges
             in
             the
             whole
             summe
             ,
             at
             which
             the
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             starting
             backe
             (
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             matter
             strange
             vnto
             him
             )
             at
             last
             making
             a
             gathering
             within
             himselfe
             )
             for
             his
             wits
             ,
             hee
             remembers
             (
             he
             saies
             )
             that
             hee
             laid
             by
             so
             much
             money
             as
             is
             wanting
             (
             of
             the
             fortie
             poundes
             to
             dispatch
             some
             businesse
             or
             other
             ,
             and
             forgot
             to
             put
             it
             into
             the
             Bag
             again●
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             hee
             intreates
             the
             Citizen
             ,
             to
             keepe
             his
             golde
             still
             ,
             hee
             will
             take
             the
             white
             money
             home
             to
             fetch
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             make
             vp
             the
             Summe
             ,
             his
             absence
             shall
             not
             bee
             aboue
             an
             houre
             or
             two
             :
             before
             which
             time
             he
             shall
             bee
             sure
             to
             heare
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             with
             this
             the
             little
             Diuell
             vanisheth
             ,
             carrying
             that
             away
             with
             him
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             end
             will
             send
             him
             to
             the
             Gallowes
             ,
             (
             that
             's
             to
             say
             his
             owne
             golde
             ,
             )
             and
             fortie
             pound
             besides
             of
             the
             Shop-keepers
             ,
             which
             hee
             borrowed
             ,
             the
             other
             béeing
             glad
             to
             take
             forty
             shillings
             for
             the
             whole
             debt
             ,
             and
             
             yet
             is
             soundly
             box'd
             for
             his
             labour
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               boxe
            
             ,
             is
             yet
             but
             a
             Chicken
             ,
             and
             hath
             laide
             verie
             few
             Egges
             ,
             if
             the
             Hang-man
             doe
             not
             spoyle
             it
             with
             treading
             ,
             it
             will
             prooue
             and
             excellent
             Henne
             of
             the
             Game
             .
             It
             is
             a
             knot
             of
             Cheators
             but
             newly
             tyed
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             yet
             a
             company
             .
             They
             flie
             not
             like
             Wilde-Geese
             (
             in
             flockes
             )
             but
             like
             Kites
             (
             single
             )
             as
             loath
             that
             any
             should
             share
             in
             their
             pray
             .
             They
             haue
             two
             or
             thrée
             names
             ,
             (
             yet
             they
             are
             no
             Romaines
             ,
             but
             errant
             Rogues
             )
             for
             some-times
             they
             call
             themselues
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               boxe
            
             ,
             
             but
             now
             that
             their
             infantrie
             growes
             strong
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             knowne
             abroad
             ,
             that
             they
             carrie
             the
             Philosophers
             stone
             ●bout
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             able
             of
             fortie
             shillings
             to
             make
             fortie
             pound
             ,
             they
             therefore
             vse
             a
             deade
             March
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             cloake
             their
             villanies
             ,
             doe
             put
             on
             these
             
               Masking
               suites
               :
               viz.
            
             
          
           
             
               1.
               
               This
               art
               or
               sleight
               of
               changing
               golde
               into
               siluer
               ,
               is
               called
               Trimming
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               They
               that
               practise
               it
               ,
               terme
               them-selues
               Sheepe-shearers
               .
            
             
               3
               The
               Gold
               which
               they
               bring
               to
               the
               Cittizen
               ,
               is
               cald
               
                 Iasons
                 Fleece
              
               .
            
             
               4
               The
               siluer
               which
               they
               pick
               vp
               by
               this
               wandring
               ,
               is
               White-wooll
               .
            
             
               5
               They
               that
               are
               Cheated
               by
               
                 Iacke
                 in
                 a
                 Boxe
              
               ,
               are
               called
               Bleaters
               .
            
          
           
             Oh
             Fleete-streete
             ,
             Fleete-streete
             !
             how
             hast
             thou
             bene
             trimd
             ,
             washed
             ,
             Shauen
             and
             Polde
             by
             these
             deere
             and
             damnable
             Barbers
             ?
             how
             often
             hast
             thou
             mette
             with
             these
             Sheep-shearers
             ?
             how
             many
             warme
             flakes
             of
             wooll
             haue
             they
             pulled
             from
             thy
             Back
             ?
             yet
             if
             thy
             Bleating
             can
             make
             the
             flockes
             that
             graze
             nere
             vnto
             thee
             and
             round
             about
             thee
             ,
             to
             lift
             vp
             thy
             eyes
             ,
             and
             to
             shunne
             such
             Wolues
             and
             Foxes
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             approaching
             ,
             or
             to
             haue
             them
             worryed
             to
             death
             before
             they
             sucke
             the
             blood
             of
             others
             ,
             thy
             misfortunes
             are
             the
             lesse
             ,
             because
             thy
             neighbours
             by
             them
             shall
             be
             warned
             from
             danger
             .
          
           
             Many
             of
             thy
             Gallants
             (
             O
             Fleete-streete
             )
             haue
             spent
             hundreds
             of
             poundes
             in
             thy
             presence
             ,
             and
             yet
             neuer
             were
             so
             much
             as
             drunke
             for
             it
             :
             but
             for
             euerie
             fortye
             pound
             that
             thou
             layest
             out
             in
             this
             Indian
             commoditie
             (
             of
             gold
             )
             thou
             hast
             a
             
               Siluer
               Boxe
            
             bestowed
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             to
             carry
             thy
             Tobacco
             in
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             euer
             loued
             that
             costlye
             and
             Gentleman-like
             Smoak
             .
             
               Iacke
               in
               a
               Boxe
            
             hath
             thus
             plaide
             his
             part
             .
             There
             is
             yet
             another
             Actor
             to
             step
             vpon
             the
             stage
             ,
             and
             he
             seemes
             to
             haue
             good
             skil
             in
             Cosmography
             for
             he
             holdes
             in
             his
             hand
             a
             Map
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             hath
             layde
             
             downe
             a
             number
             of
             Shires
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             with
             small
             
             pricks
             hath
             beaten
             out
             a
             path
             ,
             teaching
             how
             a
             man
             may
             easily
             ,
             (
             tho
             not
             verry
             honestly
             )
             trauell
             from
             Country
             to
             Country
             ,
             and
             haue
             his
             charges
             borne
             ;
             and
             thus
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             vnder-takes
             this
             strange
             iourney
             ,
             layes
             his
             first
             plotte
             how
             to
             be
             turned
             into
             a
             
               Braue
               man
            
             ,
             which
             he
             findes
             can
             be
             done
             by
             none
             better
             then
             by
             a
             
               trusty
               Tailor
            
             :
             working
             therefore
             hard
             with
             him
             ,
             till
             his
             suite
             be
             granted
             ,
             Out
             of
             the
             Cittie
             ,
             beeing
             mounted
             on
             a
             good
             gelding
             ,
             he
             tides
             vpon
             his
             owne
             bare
             credit
             ,
             not
             caring
             whether
             ●e
             trauell
             to
             meete
             the
             Sunne
             at
             his
             Rysing
             or
             at
             his
             going
             downe
             .
             He
             knowes
             his
             Kitchin
             smokes
             in
             euery
             Countie
             ,
             and
             his
             table
             couered
             in
             euery
             Shire
             .
             For
             when
             he
             comes
             within
             a
             mile
             of
             the
             Towne
             ,
             where
             hee
             meanes
             to
             catche
             Quas●es
             ,
             setting
             Spurres
             to
             his
             horse
             ,
             away
             he
             gallops
             ,
             with
             his
             cloake
             off
             (
             for
             in
             these
             Beseigings
             of
             Townes
             hee
             goes
             not
             armd
             with
             any
             (
             his
             Hatte
             thrust
             into
             his
             Hose
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             lost
             ,
             and
             onely
             an
             emptie
             paire
             of
             Hangers
             by
             his
             side
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             hee
             has
             bene
             disarmed
             .
             And
             you
             must
             note
             ,
             that
             this
             Hot
             spurre
             does
             neuer
             set
             vppon
             any
             places
             but
             onely
             such
             ,
             where
             hee
             knowes
             (
             by
             intelligence
             )
             there
             are
             store
             of
             Gentlemen
             ,
             or
             wealthy
             Farmers
             at
             the
             least
             .
             Amongst
             whome
             when
             hee
             is
             come
             ,
             hee
             tels
             with
             distracted
             lookes
             ,
             and
             a
             voice
             almoste
             breathlesse
             ,
             how
             many
             Uillaines
             set
             vppon
             him
             ,
             what
             golde
             &
             siluer
             they
             tooke
             from
             him
             ,
             what
             woods
             they
             are
             fled
             into
             ,
             from
             what
             part
             of
             Englād
             he
             is
             come
             ,
             to
             what
             place
             he
             is
             going
             ,
             how
             farre
             he
             is
             from
             home
             ,
             how
             farre
             from
             his
             iornies
             end
             ,
             or
             from
             any
             Gentleman
             of
             his
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             so
             liuely
             personates
             the
             lying
             
               Greek
               (
               Synon
            
             )
             in
             telling
             a
             lamentable
             tale
             :
             that
             the
             mad
             Troianes
             (
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             towne
             ,
             beleeuing
             him
             ,
             &
             the
             rather
             because
             he
             carries
             the
             shape
             of
             an
             honest
             man
             in
             shew
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             in
             his
             apparrell
             )
             are
             liberall
             of
             their
             purses
             ,
             lending
             him
             money
             to
             beare
             him
             on
             his
             iourney
             ,
             to
             pay
             which
             he
             offers
             either
             his
             bill
             or
             bond
             (
             naming
             his
             lodging
             
             in
             London
             )
             or
             giues
             his
             word
             (
             as
             hée
             s
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             which
             they
             rather
             take
             ,
             knowing
             the
             like
             misfortūe
             may
             be
             theirs
             at
             any
             time
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             with
             the
             feathers
             of
             other
             birdes
             ,
             is
             this
             Monster
             stuck
             ,
             making
             wings
             of
             sundry
             fashions
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             thus
             basely
             flies
             ouer
             a
             whole
             kingdom
             .
             Thus
             doth
             he
             ride
             from
             Towne
             to
             Towne
             ,
             from
             Citty
             to
             City
             as
             if
             he
             were
             a
             Lād-lord
             in
             euery
             shire
             and
             that
             he
             were
             to
             gather
             Rents
             vp
             of
             none
             but
             Gentlemen
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Twin-brother
             to
             this
             
               False
               galloper
            
             ,
             and
             hee
             cheats
             Inne-keepers
             onely
             ,
             or
             their
             Tapsters
             ,
             by
             learning
             first
             what
             Country-men
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             kindred
             :
             and
             then
             bringing
             counterfeit
             letters
             of
             commendations
             from
             such
             an
             Uncle
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             Coozen
             (
             wherin
             is
             requested
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Bearer
               thereof
            
             may
             bee
             vsed
             kindely
             )
             hee
             lyes
             in
             the
             Iune
             till
             he
             haue
             fetcht
             ouer
             the
             Maister
             or
             Seruant
             for
             some
             mony
             (
             to
             draw
             whome
             to
             him
             he
             hath
             many
             bookes
             )
             and
             when
             they
             ●ang
             fast
             enough
             by
             the
             Gills
             ,
             vnder
             water
             
               Our
               Sharke
            
             diues
             ,
             and
             is
             neuer
             seene
             to
             swimme
             againe
             in
             that
             Riuer
             .
          
           
             Uppon
             this
             Scaffold
             ,
             also
             might
             be
             mounted
             a
             number
             
             of
             
               Quack-saluing
               Empericks
            
             ,
             who
             ariuing
             in
             some
             Country
             towne
             ,
             clappe
             vp
             their
             
               Terrible
               Billes
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Market-place
             ,
             and
             filling
             the
             Paper
             with
             such
             horrible
             names
             of
             diseases
             ,
             as
             if
             euery
             disease
             were
             a
             Diuell
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             coniure
             them
             out
             of
             any
             Towne
             at
             their
             pleasure
             .
             Yet
             these
             Beggerly
             Mountibancks
             are
             meate
             Coozeners
             ,
             and
             haue
             not
             so
             much
             skill
             as
             Horsele●es
             .
             The
             poore
             people
             not
             giuing
             money
             to
             them
             to
             be
             cured
             of
             any
             infirmities
             ,
             but
             rather
             with
             their
             money
             buying
             worse
             infirmities
             of
             them
             :
          
           
             Uppon
             the
             same
             post
             ,
             doe
             certain
             stragling
             
               Scribling
               Writers
            
             deserue
             to
             haue
             both
             their
             names
             and
             them-selues
             
             hung
             vp
             ,
             insteed
             of
             those
             faire
             tables
             which
             they
             hang
             vp
             in
             Townes
             ,
             as
             gay
             pictures
             to
             intice
             Schollers
             to
             them
             :
             the
             Tables
             are
             witten
             with
             sundry
             kindes
             of
             hands
             ,
             but
             not
             one
             finger
             of
             those
             hands
             (
             not
             one
             letter
             
             there
             )
             drops
             from
             the
             Penne
             of
             such
             a
             false
             wandring
             Scribe
             .
             He
             buyes
             other
             mens
             cunning
             good
             cheape
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             sels
             it
             deere
             in
             the
             Country
             .
             These
             Swallowes
             bragge
             of
             no
             qualitie
             in
             them
             so
             much
             as
             of
             swiftnesse
             .
             In
             foure
             &
             
               twenty
               houres
            
             ,
             they
             will
             worke
             foure
             and
             twenty
             wonders
             ,
             and
             promise
             to
             teach
             those
             ,
             that
             know
             no
             more
             what
             belongs
             to
             an
             A.
             then
             an
             Asse
             ,
             to
             bee
             able
             (
             in
             that
             narrow
             compasse
             )
             
               to
               write
               as
               faire
            
             and
             as
             fast
             as
             a
             country
             Uicar
             ,
             who
             commonly
             reads
             all
             the
             Townes
             Letters
             .
          
           
             But
             wherefore
             doe
             these
             counterfeit
             Maisters
             of
             that
             
               Noble
               Science
               of
               Writing
            
             ,
             kéepe
             such
             a
             florishing
             with
             the
             borrowed
             weapons
             of
             other
             Mens
             Pennes
             ?
             onely
             for
             this
             to
             gette
             halfe
             the
             Birdes
             (
             which
             they
             striue
             to
             catch
             )
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             that
             's
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             bee
             payde
             halfe
             the
             money
             which
             is
             agréed
             vpon
             for
             the
             Scholler
             ,
             and
             his
             nest
             being
             halfe
             fild
             with
             such
             Gold-finches
             ,
             he
             neuer
             stayes
             till
             the
             rest
             be
             fledge
             ,
             but
             suffers
             him
             that
             comes
             next
             ,
             to
             beate
             the
             bush
             for
             the
             other
             halfe
             .
             At
             this
             Caréere
             the
             Ryder
             that
             set
             out
             last
             from
             Smith
             ▪
             field
             ,
             stop'd
             :
             and
             alighting
             from
             Pacolet
             (
             the
             horse
             that
             carried
             him
             )
             his
             next
             iourney
             was
             made
             on
             foote
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Bel-mans
             second
             Night-walke
             .
             Chap.
             XII
             .
          
           
             SIr
             Lancelot
             of
             the
             infernall
             Lake
             ,
             or
             the
             Knight
             Errant
             of
             Hell
             ,
             hauing
             thus
             (
             like
             a
             yong
             country
             gentleman
             )
             gone
             round
             about
             the
             Citty
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             sights
             not
             onely
             within
             the
             walles
             but
             those
             also
             in
             the
             Subburbes
             ,
             was
             glad
             when
             hee
             sawe
             〈◊〉
             hauing
             put
             on
             the
             vizard
             that
             Hell
             lends
             
             her
             (
             cald
             darkenes
             to
             leap
             in
             to
             her
             Coach
             )
             because
             now
             he
             knew
             he
             should
             meete
             with
             other
             strange
             birdes
             
             and
             beasts
             fluttring
             from
             their
             nests
             ,
             and
             crawling
             out
             of
             their
             dennes
             .
             His
             prognostication
             held
             currant
             ,
             and
             the
             foule-weather
             (
             which
             hee
             fore-told
             ,
             )
             fell
             out
             accordingly
             .
             For
             Candle-light
             ha●
             scarce
             opend
             his
             eye
             (
             to
             looke
             at
             the
             Citty
             like
             a
             gunner
             shooting
             at
             a
             marke
             ,
             )
             but
             fearefully
             (
             their
             feet
             trembling
             vnder
             thē
             )
             their
             ●es
             suspitiously
             rouling
             from
             euery
             nooke
             to
             nooke
             round
             
             about
             them
             ,
             &
             their
             heads
             (
             as
             if
             they
             stood
             vppon
             oyled
             shrewes
             )
             still
             turning
             back
             behinde
             them
             ,
             came
             créeping
             out
             of
             hollow-trées
             ,
             where
             they
             lay
             hidden
             ,
             a
             number
             of
             couzning
             Bankrupts
             in
             the
             shapes
             of
             Owles
             ,
             who
             when
             the
             Marshall
             of
             light
             ,
             the
             sunne
             ,
             went
             vp
             and
             downe
             to
             search
             the
             Citty
             ,
             durst
             not
             stir
             abroad
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             ●éeing
             houted
             at
             and
             followed
             by
             whole
             flockes
             of
             
               vndon
               creditors
            
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             when
             the
             stage
             of
             the
             world
             was
             hung
             in
             blacke
             ,
             they
             ietted
             vppe
             &
             downe
             like
             proud
             Tragedians
             O
             what
             thankes
             they
             gaue
             to
             Darknesse
             !
             what
             *
             songes
             they
             balladed
             out
             in
             praise
             of
             Night
             ,
             for
             bestowing
             vpon
             them
             so
             excellent
             a
             cleake
             wherein
             they
             might
             so
             safely
             walke
             muftled
             !
             Now
             durst
             they
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             beene
             Constables
             ,
             rappe
             alowd
             at
             the
             dores
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             they
             owed
             most
             money
             ,
             &
             braue
             them
             with
             hie
             wordes
             ,
             tho
             they
             payd
             them
             not
             a
             penny
             .
          
           
             Now
             did
             they
             boldly
             step
             into
             some
             priuiledged
             Tauerne
             ,
             and
             there
             drinke
             healthes
             ,
             dance
             with
             Harlets
             ,
             &
             pay
             both
             Drawers
             and
             Fidlers
             after
             mid-night
             with
             other
             mens
             money
             ,
             &
             then
             march
             home
             againe
             fearelesse
             of
             the
             blowes
             that
             any
             showlder-clapper
             durst
             giuethē
             .
             Out
             of
             another
             Nest
             flew
             certaine
             Murderers
             and
             Theeues
             in
             the
             shapes
             of
             Skreech-owles
             ,
             who
             ,
             being
             set
             on
             by
             the
             Night
             ,
             did
             beate
             with
             their
             bold
             and
             vēturous
             fatall
             wings
             at
             the
             very
             dores
             whereas
             ,
             informer
             times
             ,
             their
             villanies
             had
             entred
             .
          
           
             Not
             farre
             frō
             These
             ,
             came
             crawling
             out
             of
             their
             bushes
             a
             company
             of
             graue
             &
             wealthy
             Lechers
             in
             the
             shapes
             of
             Glowe-wormes
             ,
             who
             with
             gold
             ,
             Iyngling
             in
             their
             
             pockets
             ,
             made
             such
             a
             shew
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             that
             the
             dores
             of
             Common
             Brothelryes
             flew
             open
             to
             receiue
             them
             ,
             the
             in
             
             the
             day
             time
             they
             durst
             not
             passe
             that
             way
             ,
             for
             seate
             that
             noted
             Curtizans
             should
             challenge
             them
             of
             acquaintance
             ,
             or
             that
             others
             should
             laugh
             at
             them
             to
             see
             
               white
               heads
            
             growing
             vpon
             
               greene
               stalkes
            
             .
          
           
             Then
             came
             forth
             certaine
             infamou●
             earthy
             minded
             Creatures
             in
             the
             shapes
             of
             Snailes
             ,
             who
             all
             the
             day
             time
             hyding
             their
             heads
             in
             their
             shells
             ,
             lea●
             b●ies
             should
             w
             e
             two
             fingers
             point
             at
             them
             for
             liuing
             b●ly
             vpō
             the
             prostitutiō
             of
             their
             wiues
             bodies
             ,
             cared
             not
             now
             ,
             before
             candle-light
             ,
             to
             shoote
             out
             their
             largest
             &
             longest
             Hornes
             .
          
           
             A
             number
             of
             other
             monsters
             ,
             like
             These
             ,
             were
             seene
             (
             as
             the
             sunne
             went
             downe
             )
             to
             venture
             from
             their
             dēnes
             ,
             only
             to
             ingender
             with
             Darknesse
             :
             but
             candle-lights
             eye-sight
             growing
             dimmer
             &
             dimmer
             ,
             and
             hée
             at
             last
             falling
             starke
             blind
             ,
             Lucifers
             Watch-man
             went
             strumbling
             vp
             and
             down
             in
             the
             darke
             .
          
           
             
               How
               to
               weane
               Horses
               .
            
             
               EUery
               dore
               on
               a
               sudden
               was
               shut
               ,
               not
               a
               candle
               stood
               peeping
               through
               any
               window
               ,
               not
               a
               Vintner
               was
               to
               be
               séene
               brewing
               in
               his
               Cellor
               ,
               not
               a
               drunkerd
               to
               be
               met
               réeling
               ,
               not
               a
               Mouse
               to
               be
               heard
               stiring
               :
               al
               the
               Citty
               shewed
               
               like
               one
               Bed
               ,
               for
               all
               in
               that
               Bed
               were
               soūdly
               cast
               into
               a
               ●éepe
               .
               Noyse
               made
               no
               noise
               ,
               for
               euery
               one
               that
               wrought
               with
               the
               hāmer
               was
               put
               to
               silence
               .
               Yet
               notwithstāding
               when
               euen
               the
               Diuel
               himselfe
               could
               haue
               béene
               contēted
               to
               take
               a
               nap
               ,
               there
               were
               few
               Inkeepers
               about
               the
               towne
               but
               had
               their
               spirits
               walking
               .
               To
               watch
               which
               spirits
               what
               they
               did
               ,
               
                 our
                 Spy
              
               ,
               that
               came
               lately
               out
               of
               the
               Lowercountries
               ,
               stole
               into
               one
               of
               their
               Circles
               ,
               where
               lucking
               very
               closely
               ,
               hée
               perceiued
               the
               whē
               all
               the
               guests
               were
               profoundly
               sleeping
               ,
               when
               Cariers
               were
               soundly
               snorting
               ,
               &
               not
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Chamberlaine
               of
               the
               house
               but
               was
               layd
               vp
               ,
               suddenly
               out
               of
               his
               bed
               started
               an
               Hostler
               .
               who
               hauing
               no
               apparell
               on
               but
               his
               shirt
               ,
               a
               paire
               of
               slip-shooes
               
               
               on
               his
               feete
               ,
               and
               a
               Candle
               burning
               in
               his
               hand
               like
               olde
               Ieronimo
               step'd
               into
               the
               stable
               amōgst
               a
               number
               of
               poore
               hungry
               Iades
               ,
               as
               if
               that
               night
               he
               had
               beene
               to
               ride
               poast
               to
               the
               Diuell
               .
               But
               his
               iorney
               not
               lying
               that
               way
               till
               some
               other
               time
               ,
               he
               neither
               bridled
               nor
               sadled
               any
               of
               his
               foure-footed
               guests
               that
               stood
               there
               at
               racke
               and
               manger
               ,
               but
               seeing
               them
               so
               late
               at
               supper
               ,
               and
               knowing
               that
               to
               ouer-eate
               them-selues
               would
               fill
               them
               full
               of
               diseases
               ,
               (
               they
               being
               subiect
               to
               aboue
               a
               hundred
               &
               thirty
               already
               )
               hée
               first
               (
               without
               a
               voyder
               )
               after
               a
               most
               vnmanerly
               fashion
               tooke
               away
               ,
               not
               onely
               all
               the
               Prouander
               that
               was
               set
               before
               them
               ,
               but
               also
               all
               the
               hay
               ,
               at
               which
               before
               they
               were
               glad
               to
               lick
               their
               lippes
               .
               The
               poore
               Horses
               looked
               very
               rufully
               vpon
               him
               for
               this
               ,
               but
               hee
               rubbing
               their
               teeth
               onely
               with
               the
               end
               of
               a
               Candle
               (
               in
               steed
               of
               a
               Cortall
               )
               tolde
               them
               ,
               that
               for
               their
               Iadish
               trickes
               it
               was
               now
               time
               to
               weane
               them
               :
               And
               so
               wishing
               them
               not
               to
               bee
               angry
               if
               they
               lay
               vpon
               the
               hard
               boards
               ,
               cōsidering
               all
               the
               beddes
               in
               the
               house
               were
               full
               ,
               back
               againe
               hee
               stole
               to
               his
               Coach
               ,
               till
               breake
               of
               day
               :
               yet
               fearing
               least
               the
               sunne
               should
               rise
               to
               discouer
               his
               knauery
               ,
               vp
               hee
               started
               ,
               &
               into
               the
               stable
               he
               stumbled
               ,
               scarce
               halfe
               awake
               ,
               giuing
               to
               euery
               Iade
               a
               bottle
               of
               hay
               for
               his
               breake-fast
               ,
               but
               al
               of
               them
               being
               troubled
               w
               e
               the
               greazy
               tooth-ach
               ,
               could
               eate
               none
               ,
               which
               their
               maisters
               in
               the
               ●ing
               espying
               swore
               they
               were
               either
               fullen
               or
               els
               that
               prouender
               pricked
               them
               .
            
             
               This
               Hostler
               for
               this
               peece
               of
               seruice
               was
               afterwards
               preferred
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Groomes
               in
               Belzebubs
               stable
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               Night-peece
               drawne
               in
               sundry
               collours
               .
            
             
               SHall
               I
               shew
               you
               what
               other
               bottomes
               of
               mischiefe
               ,
               Plutos
               Beadle
               saw
               wound
               vpon
               the
               blacke
               spindels
               of
               the
               Night
               ,
               in
               this
               his
               priuy
               search
               ?
               In
               some
               streetes
               he
               met
               Mid-w●ies
               running
               ,
               till
               they
               sweat
               ,
               &
               following
               them
               close
               at
               hecles
               ,
               he
               spied
               them
               to
               be
               let
               in
               ,
               at
               the
               backe
               dores
               of
               houses
               ,
               seated
               either
               in
               blind
               lanes
               ,
               or
               in
               by-gardens
               :
               
               which
               houses
               had
               roomes
               builded
               for
               the
               purpose
               ,
               where
               young
               Maides
               ,
               being
               bigge
               with
               child
               by
               vnlawful
               Fathers
               ,
               or
               young
               wiues
               (
               in
               their
               husbands
               abscence
               
               at
               sea
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               warres
               )
               hauing
               wrastled
               with
               batchilers
               or
               maried
               men
               ,
               til
               they
               caught
               falls
               ,
               lay
               safely
               til
               they
               wer
               deliuered
               of
               them
               .
               And
               for
               reasonable
               summes
               of
               mony
               ,
               
               the
               bastards
               that
               at
               these
               windows
               crept
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               were
               as
               closely
               now
               and
               then
               sent
               presently
               out
               of
               the
               *
               world
               ,
               or
               els
               were
               so
               vnmannerly
               brought
               vp
               ,
               that
               they
               neuer
               spake
               to
               their
               owne
               parents
               that
               begot
               them
               .
            
             
               In
               some
               streetes
               he
               met
               seruants
               in
               whose
               brest
               albeit
               the
               arrowes
               of
               the
               plague
               stuck
               halfe
               way
               ,
               yet
               by
               cruell
               maisters
               were
               they
               driuen
               out
               of
               dores
               at
               mid-night
               and
               conuaid
               to
               Garden-houses
               ,
               where
               they
               either
               died
               before
               
               next
               morning
               ,
               or
               else
               were
               carried
               thither
               dead
               in
               their
               coffins
               as
               tho
               they
               had
               lien
               sicke
               there
               before
               and
               there
               had
               dyed
               .
            
             
               Now
               and
               then
               at
               the
               corner
               of
               a
               turning
               hee
               spyed
               seruants
               purloyning
               fardels
               of
               their
               maisters
               goods
               ,
               and
               deliuering
               them
               to
               the
               hands
               of
               common
               strumpets
               .
            
             
               This
               dore
               opend
               ,
               and
               Lust
               with
               Prodigality
               were
               heard
               to
               stand
               closely
               kissing
               :
               and
               (
               wringing
               one
               another
               by
               the
               hand
               )
               softly
               to
               whisper
               out
               foure
               of
               fiue
               good-nights
               ,
               till
               they
               met
               abroad
               the
               next
               morning
               .
            
             
               A
               thousand
               of
               these
               comedies
               were
               acted
               in
               dumb
               shew
               ,
               and
               onely
               in
               the
               
                 priuat
                 houses
              
               :
               at
               which
               the
               Diuells
               messenger
               laught
               so
               loud
               that
               Hell
               heard
               him
               ,
               and
               for
               ioy
               range
               foorth
               loude
               and
               lustie
               Plaudities
               .
               But
               beeing
               driuen
               into
               wonder
               why
               the
               night
               would
               fall
               in
               labour
               ,
               and
               bring
               foorth
               so
               many
               Uillantes
               ,
               whose
               births
               she
               practised
               to
               couer
               (
               as
               she
               had
               reason
               )
               because
               so
               many
               watchmen
               were
               co●tinually
               called
               and
               charged
               to
               haue
               an
               eye
               to
               her
               dooings
               ,
               at
               length
               he
               perceiued
               that
               Bats
               (
               more
               vgly
               and
               more
               in
               number
               then
               these
               )
               might
               flye
               vp
               and
               downe
               in
               darkenesse
               :
               for
               tho
               with
               their
               Letherne
               Wings
               they
               should
               strike
               the
               verry
               billes
               out
               of
               those
               Watchmens
               handes
               ,
               such
               leaden
               plummets
               were
               commōly
               
               hung
               by
               sleepe
               at
               all
               their
               eyelids
               ,
               that
               hardly
               they
               could
               be
               awakned
               to
               strike
               them
               agen
               .
            
             
               On
               therefore
               he
               walkes
               ,
               with
               intent
               to
               hasten
               home
               ,
               as
               hauing
               fil'd
               his
               Table
               Bookes
               with
               sufficient
               notes
               of
               intelligence
               .
               But
               ,
               at
               the
               last
               ,
               meeting
               with
               the
               Bell-man
               ,
               and
               not
               knowing
               what
               he
               was
               because
               he
               went
               without
               his
               Lanthorne
               and
               some
               other
               implements
               :
               for
               the
               man
               in
               the
               Moone
               was
               vp
               the
               most
               part
               of
               the
               night
               and
               lighted
               him
               which
               way
               soeuer
               he
               turned
               ,
               he
               tooke
               him
               for
               some
               churlish
               Hobgoblin
               ,
               seeing
               a
               long
               staffe
               on
               his
               necke
               ,
               and
               therefore
               to
               be
               one
               of
               his
               owne
               fellowes
               .
               The
               Bel-ringer
               Smelling
               what
               strong
               scent
               he
               had
               in
               his
               nose
               ,
               soothed
               him
               vp
               ,
               and
               questioning
               with
               him
               how
               he
               had
               spent
               his
               time
               in
               the
               citty
               ,
               and
               what
               discouery
               of
               Land-villanies
               he
               had
               made
               in
               this
               
                 Iland
                 voiage
              
               :
               the
               
                 Mariner
                 of
                 hell
              
               ,
               opened
               his
               chart
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               linedwith
               all
               abuseslying
               either
               
                 East
                 ,
                 West
                 ,
                 North
                 ,
                 or
                 South
                 :
              
               he
               shewed
               how
               he
               had
               pricked
               it
               ,
               vpon
               what
               points
               he
               had
               saild
               ,
               where
               he
               put
               in
               :
               vnder
               what
               height
               he
               kept
               him-selfe
               :
               where
               he
               went
               a
               shore
               ,
               what
               strāge
               people
               he
               met
               :
               what
               land
               he
               had
               discouered
               ,
               and
               what
               commodities
               he
               was
               laden
               with
               from
               thēce
               .
               Of
               all
               which
               the
               Bell-man
               drawing
               forth
               a
               perfect
               Map
               ,
               they
               parted
               :
               which
               Map
               he
               hath
               set
               out
               in
               such
               collors
               as
               you
               see
               ,
               tho
               not
               with
               such
               cunning
               as
               he
               could
               wish
               :
               the
               paines
               are
               his
               owne
               ,
               the
               pleasure
               ,
               if
               this
               can
               yeelde
               any
               pleasure
               ,
               onely
               yours
               ,
               on
               whome
               he
               bestowes
               it
               :
               to
               him
               that
               embraceth
               his
               labours
               ,
               he
               dedicats
               both
               them
               and
               his
               loue
               :
               with
               him
               that
               either
               knowes
               not
               how
               ,
               or
               cares
               not
               to
               entertaine
               them
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               be
               angry
               ,
               but
               onely
               to
               Him
               sayes
               thus
               much
               for
               
                 a
                 farrewell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   —
                   —
                   Si
                   quid
                   Nouisti
                   rectius
                   istis
                   ,
                
                 
                   Candidus
                   imperti
                   :
                   Si
                   non
                   ,
                   His
                   vtere
                   mecum
                   :
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A20046-e3310
           
             One
             language
             through
             all
             the
             world
             at
             the
             beginning
             
          
           
             English
             toung
             comparable
             to
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             Building
             of
             Babell
             .
          
           
             Confusion
             described
             .
          
           
             Beginning
             of
             languages
             .
          
           
             The
             Bellma●s
             first
             booke
             .
          
           
             Of
             canting
             .
             Howlong
             ,
          
           
             Canting
             ha●
             bin
             vsed
             .
             The
             first
             canter
             hanged
             .
          
           
             How
             canting
             grevv
             to
             be
             a
             language
             .
          
           
             The
             Dialect
             of
             canting
             .
          
           
             Qui
             fixit
             leges
             〈◊〉
             atque●efixit
             .
          
           
             A
             description
             of
             the
             Hall
             where
             matters
             are
             tryed
             in
             He●l
             .
          
           
             Hinc
             exaudir
             gemitus
             ,
             &c
             
          
           
             
               The
               iudge
               of
               the
               court
            
             ,
             Haec
             Rhadaman●us
             babe●
             durissima
             regna
             ;
             Castigatque
             ditque
             dolos
             ,
             subig●que
             〈◊〉
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             The
             customes
             and
             condition
             of
             the
             court
             .
          
           
             Vnde
             nunquā
             quum
             semel
             venit
             potuit
             e●uerti
             .
          
           
             What
             matters
             are
             tryed
             before
             the
             Diuell
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Quique
             arm●
             secuti
             impia
             .
             〈◊〉
             Epulaeque
             ante
             eraparatae-furiarum
             maxima
             iux●
             accubat
             ,
             &
             manibus
             prohibet
             contingere
             mens●
             .
          
           
             *
             Heauen
             
          
           
             —
             Exercentur
             Pae●s
             ,
             eternūque
             malorum
             .
             Supplicia
             expend●
             
          
           
             ●ranci
             Reg●
             .
          
           
             A
             letter
             against
             the
             Bel-man
             
          
           
             The
             Belman
             
          
           
             H●c
             omnis
             turba
             .
          
           
             Innum●rae
             ge●
             〈◊〉
             populique
             
          
           
             Grauco●entis
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Aus●rimur
             cultu
             ;
             Gemmis
             aureque
             tegnutur
             omnia
             .
          
           
             Burchin
             lane
             described
             .
             Taylors
             at
             first
             were
             called
             
               L●n
               .
               Armorers
            
             .
             serieants
             
          
           
             Portiteriba●
             horrendus
             aqua●
             &
             flumina
             seruat
             ,
             Terribilisqua●
             lore
             Charon
             ,
             Cui
             plurima
             mente
             ,
             Canities
             incultae
             iacet
             .
          
           
             Hunting
             of
             the
             Lyon
             &c
             
          
           
             Hunting
             of
             the
             Bucke
             .
          
           
             Hunting
             of
             the
             Hare
             .
          
           
             De
             magno
             praeda
             petenda
             grege
             .
          
           
             What
             persons
             follovv
             the
             game
             of
             Ferret
             hunting
             .
          
           
             Dolor
             ac
             v●luptas
             inuicem
             cedunt
             .
          
           
             The
             tragedy
             of
             Ferret-hunting
             diuided
             into
             5
             acts
             .
          
           
             Nam
             illa
             omnes
             artes
             perde
             cet
             ,
             vbi
             quem
             attigit
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             specta●
             〈◊〉
             laeso●
             ;
             le●untur
             &
             ipsi
             
          
           
             The
             nature
             of
             a
             London
             Tumbler
             .
          
           
             N●l
             ●bet
             〈◊〉
             l●x
             〈◊〉
             du●ius
             〈◊〉
             ,
             Q●n
             ●d
             r●
             〈◊〉
             s●cit
             .
          
           
             Dedit
             hanc
             c●ntagio
             labē
             ,
             et
             Dabit
             in
             plures
             .
          
           
             Infelix
             〈◊〉
             excidit
             ipse
             fuis
             .
          
           
             Grandia
             permulto●
             te●antur
             Flumina
             rio●
             .
          
           
             Hawking
             .
          
           
             Facies
             non
             om●
             〈◊〉
             ,
             nec
             diuers
             at
             a
             men
             
          
           
             Qui
             nisi
             quod
             ipsifaciunt
             ,
             nihil
             rectum
             putant
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Noate
             
          
           
             Et
             qua
             nō
             f●
             mus
             ipsi
             ,
             vix
             e●
             nost●a
             voco
             :
          
           
             Sen
             stos
             fuit
             il●
             le
             C●ucus
             Frange
             Puer
             Calamos
             et
             inanes
             ●esere
             Musas
             Quid
             nisi
             Monstra
             legis
             ?
          
           
             ●ulius
             quoq
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             How
             birds
             are
             drest
             after
             they
             be
             caught
             .
          
           
             strange
             hawking
             .
          
           
             C●rego
             si
             neq
             ignoreque
             Pot●a
             salutor
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             superiquantum
             pectora
             cae●
             N●ctis
             Habē●
             
          
           
             ●cribimus
             〈◊〉
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ;
          
           
             ●serum
             est
             aliorum
             incūbere
             fa●mae
             
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             Brideling
             a
             colt
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             moone
             man
             is
             ,
          
           
             His
             orde●
             in
             marching
             on
             foote
             or
             seruing
             open
             horse
             .
          
           
             His
             Furniture
             
          
           
             His
             manner
             of
             night
             .
          
           
             His
             qualities
             w●st
             he
             lies
             intrenched
             .
          
           
             What
             peeces
             of
             desperate
             seruice
             hee
             ventures
             vpō
             
          
           
             Noctes
             atque
             a●e
             patet
             l●●
             Dills
             .
          
           
             How
             a
             citty
             punck
             Rangeth
             .
          
           
             The
             picture
             of
             a
             Horse-courser
             .
          
           
             How
             a
             Horse-cour●er
             may
             coozen
             his
             chap-man
             vvith
             a
             horse
             that
             hath
             the
             Glanders
             .
          
           
             Terra
             malos
             homines
             nunce●ucat
             .
          
           
             Noxia
             mille
             medis
             Laceraebitur
             vmbra
             .
          
           
             Abuses
             of
             race-running
             glanced
             at
             .
          
           
             Vix
             sunt
             homines
             hoc
             nomine
             dignis
             ,
             quāque
             lu●
             lae●s
             feritati●
             habēt
             
          
           
             Iacke
             in
             a
             Box
             described
             .
          
           
             His
             exercise
             
          
           
             siriens
             fugientia
             captat
             Flumina
             :
             quid
             rides
             ?
             mutat●
             nomine
             ,
             de
             Te
             Fabula
             narratur
             
          
           
             Multa
             potentibus
             desunt
             multa
             .
          
           
             How
             to
             trauule
             without
             charges
             .
          
           
             Trauelling
             Emperickes
             ,
          
           
             strowling
             schoole-maister
             .
          
           
             Indu●a
             nigris
             vest●bus
             ,
             c●
             rum
             insil●
             Nox
             
          
           
             Nectis
             &
             ere●
             〈◊〉
             ●nies
             sunt
             Dolu●
             ,
             Metus
             ,
             Miseria
             ,
             Fr●
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
             &c.
             
             〈◊〉
             Lib.
             3
             De
             Nat.
             D●otum
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             verenda
             ,
             verenda
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             s●piens
             in
             munera
             v●nit
             adultor
             ,
             Praebuit
             ipsa
             sinus
             .
             Nec
             polisti
             metuunt
             De●●ec
             ●cere
             Deo●
             opinor
             .
          
           
             Mutat
             Quies
             habitat
             .
          
           
             The
             knauery
             of
             Hostlar
             .
          
           
             Matronaeque
             r●ra
             pudica
             est
             .
          
           
             s●pè
             ●lent
             auro
             multa
             ●ubesse
             malà
             
          
           
             *
             Pectora
             tantis
             obseffa
             malis
             ,
             Non
             sunt
             ict●
             fertenda
             leut
             .
          
           
             Quit
             prodere
             tanta
             relatu
             Funera
             .