English villanies [microform] : six severall times prest to death by the printers; but (still reviving againe) are now the seventh time, (as at first) discovered by lanthorne and candle-light, and the helpe of a new cryer, called O-per-se-O: vvhose 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 hee then went stumbling i'th darke) could never see, till now. And because a company of rogues, cunning canting gypsies, and all the scumme of our nation fight heere vnder their owne tattered colours: at the end is a canting dictionary, to teach their language: with canting songs. ...
- Author
- Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632
- Uniform Title
- Lanthorne and candle-light
- Additional Titles
- Bel-mans night-walkes. Whereunto is added O per se O. and Lanthorne and candle-light
- Published
- London : Printed by Augustine Matthewes, and are to bee sold by Iohn Gismond, at the signe of the Gunne in Ivie lane, 1632.
- Physical Description
- 112 unnumbered pages : illustrations
- Series
- Subject(s)
- Note
- An expansion of "Lanthorne and candle-light", in turn a continuation of "The belman of London".
Dedication signed: T. Dekker.
Reproduction of the original in the Eton College. Library.
Running title reads: The bel-mans night-walkes. Whereunto is added O per se O.
Signatures: A-O⁴.
ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Other Forms
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.
- Reproduction Note
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1975. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1376:10).
- Reviewed/Cited In
- Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 6491.
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