The Elizabethan underworld
Subtitle: 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.
By: The text prepared with notes and an introduction by A.V. Judges. With 20 illustrations.
Publisher: G. Routledge & Sons, ltd.
Published: 1930
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Relations with rogues and vagabonds; Rogues and vagabonds -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources; Rogues and vagabonds -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources; Crime and criminals -- Great Britain; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century
Genres: Sources.
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 message, 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; Latern and candlelight; O per se O, by T. Dekker.; title: Martin Markall, beadle of Bridewell, by S. Rid (?); title: The counter's comminwealth, by W. Fennor.; title: The song of a constable, by J. Gyffon.; title: Notes to the text.; title: Glossary; title: Index.