The fraternitye of vacabondes,
by John Awdeley ... from the edition of 1575 in the Bodleian Library. A caueat or warening for commen cursetors vulgarely called vagabones, by Thomas Harman esquiere, from the 3rd edition of 1567 ... A sermon in praise of thieves and thievery, by Parson Haben or Hyberdyne, from the Landsdowne ms. 98, and Cotton Vesp. A. 25. Those parts of the groundworke of conny-catching (ed. 1592) that differ from Harman's Caueat. Ed. by Edward Viles & F.J. Furnivall.

Description

Main Author: Viles, Edward
Related Names: Haben.
Harman, Thomas, active 1567
Awdelay, John, active 1559-1577
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910, joint ed.
Language(s): English
Published: London, Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co., 1869.
Subjects: Thieves.
Rogues and vagabonds.
Note: Reprinted in 1880 for the New Shakespeare Society, series VI, no. 7, under the title "The rogues and vagabonds of Shakspere's youth," and again in 1907 for "The Shakespeare library."
The "Groundworke of conny-catching" has been attributed to Robert Greene, but on slight evidence. cf. p. xiv.
With reproductions of original title-pages.
Physical Description: 3 p. l., xxx, 112 p. illus. 22 cm.
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