English villanies
Subtitle: eight severall times prest to death by the printers, but (still reviving againe) are now the ninth time (as at first) discovered by Lanthorne and candle-light, and the helpe of a new cryer, called O-Per-Se-O whose lowd voyce proclaimes to all that will heare him, another conspiracie of abuses lately plotting together, to hurt the peace of this kingdome, which the bell-man (because he then went stumbling i'th' darke) could never see till now : and because a companie of rogues, cunning canting Gypsies, and all the scumme of our nation fight here under their owne tottered colours : at the end is a canting dictionarie, to teach their language, with canting songs : a book to make gentlemen merrie, citizens warie, countreymen carefull : fit for all justices to reade over, because it is a pilot, by whom they may make strange discoveries
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 711:1
Publisher: Printed by E.P. for Nicholas Gamage ...
Published: 1648
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 102
Other titles: Lanthorne and candlelight; O per se O; Villanies discovered
Work titles: Lanthorne and candle-light
Notes: Marginal notes

Dedication signed: Tho. Dekker

On prelim. p. [2] is a woodcut of the bellman with "The bell-mans cry"

An edition (the 9th?) of the author's "Lanthorne and candlelight, or, The bell-mans second nights walke", 1609, a sequel to his "Belman of London", 1608. It appeared also under titles "O per se O", 1612 and "Villanies discovered", 1616

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library

Wing D862

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 711:1)

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