The Elizabethan underworld
By: the text prepared with notes and an introduction by A. V. Judges
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Rogues and vagabonds; Crime; English literature; Social life and customs; Criminals
Notes: "A collection of Tudor and early Stuart tracts and ballads telling of the lives and misdoings of vagabonds, thieves, rogues and cozeners, and giving some account of the operation of the criminal law."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Introduction.; title: The highway to the spitalhouse, by R. Copland.; title: A manifest detection of dice-play, by G. Walker; title: The fraternity of vagabonds, by J. Awdeley.; title: A caveat for common cursitors, by T. Harman.; title: A notable discovery of cozenage; The second part of Cony-catching; The third part of Cony-catching; A disputation between a he-cony-catcher and a she-cony-catcher; The black book's messenger, by R. Greene.; title: The black dog of Newgate, by L. Hutton.; title: Luke Hutton's lamentation.; title: The testament of Laurence Lucifer (being a part of The black book) by T. Middleton; title: The bellman of London; Lantern and candlelight; O per se O, by T. Dekker.; title: Martin Markall, beadle of Bridewell, by S. Rid; title: The counter's commonwealth, by W. Fennor.; title: The song of a constable, by J. Gyffon.; title: Notes to the text.; title: Glossary.; title: Index.