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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02656	A caueat for commen cursetors vvlgarely called uagabones, set forth by Thomas Harman, esquier, for the vtilite and proffyt of hys naturall countrey. Newly agmented and imprinted Anno Domini. M.D.LXUII. Vewed, examined and allowed, according vnto the Queenes Maiestyes iniunctions	Harman, Thomas, fl. 1567.	1567 (1567)	STC 12787; ESTC S112487	48,296	64

most ioyfully remayn Amen Finis ¶ The Epistle to the Reader ALthough good Reader I wright in plain termes and not so playnly as truely concerning the matter meaning honestly to all men and wyshe them as much good as to myne owne harte yet as there hathe bene so there is nowe and hereafter wylbe curyous heds to finde fauttes wherefore I thought it necessary now at this seconde Impression to acquaynt that with a great faulte as some takethe it but none as I meane it callinge these Vagabonds Cursetors in the intytelynge of my booke as runneres or rangers aboute the countrey deriued of this Laten word CVRRO neither do I wryght it Cooresetores with a duble do or Cowresetors with a w which hath another singnification is there no deuersite betwen a gardein and a garden maynteynaunce maintenance Streytes and stretes those that haue vnderstanding knowe there is a great dyfference who is so ingnorant by these dayes as knoweth not the meaning of a vagabone and yf an ydell leuterat should so be called of eny man would not he thīk it bothe odyous and reprochefull wyll he not shonne the name ye and where as he maye and dare with bent browes wyll reueng that name of Ingnomy yet this playne name vagabone is deryued as others be of Laten wordes and now vse makes it commen to al men but let vs loke back four C. yeres sithens let vs se whether this playn word vagabon was vsed or no I beleue not and why because I rede of no such name in the old estatutes of this realme vnles it be in the margente of the booke or in the Table which in the collection and pryntinge was set in but these were then the cōmen names of these leud leuterares Faytores Robardesmen Drawlatches valyant beggares yf I should haue vsed suche wordes or the same drder of wryting as this realme vsed in kynge Henry the thyrd or Edward the fyrstes time Oh what a grose barberous fellow haue we here his wryting is both homely and darke that wee had nede to haue an interpretar yet then it was verye well and in short season a great change we see well this delycat age shall haue his tyme on the other syde eloquence haue I none I neuer was acquaynted with the muses I neuer tasted of Helycon But accordinge to my playne order I haue setforth this worke symplye and truelye with such vsual words and termes as is among vs wel known and frequented So that as the prouerbe saythe all though truth be blamed it shal neuer be shamed well good reader I meane not to be tedyous vnto the but haue added fiue or sixe more tales because some of them weare donn whyle my booke was fyrste in the presse and as I truste I haue deserued no rebuke for my good wyll euen so I desyre no prayse for my payne cost and trauell But faythfullye for the proffyt and benyfyt of my countrey I haue don it that the whole body of the Realme may se and vnderstand their leud lyfe and pernitious practisses that all maye spedelye helpe to amend that is amysse Amen saye all with me Finis ¶ A Ruffler THE Rufflar because he is first in degre of this odious order And is so called in a statute made for the punishment of Vacabonds In the xxvii yeare of Kyng Henry the eight late of most famous memory Hee shal be firste placed as the worthiest of this vnruly rablemēt And he is so called when he goeth first abroade eyther he hath serued in the warres or els he hath bene a seruing man and weary of well doing shakinge of all payne doth chuse him this ydle lyfe and wretchely wanderes about the most shyres of this realme And with stout Adascite demaundeth where he thinketh hee maye bee bold and circomspecte ynough as he sethe cause to aske charitie rufully and lamentably that it would make a flyntey hart to relent and pitye his miserable estate howe he hath bene maymed and broused in the warres parauenture some wyll shew you some outward wounde whiche he gotte at some dronken fraye eyther haltynge of some preuye wounde festred with a fylthy firy flankard For be well assured that the hardist souldiers be eyther slayne or maymed eyther and they escape all hassardes and retourne home agayne if they bee without reliefe of their friends they wyll surely desperatly robbe and steale and eyther shortlye be hanged or miserablye dye in pryson for they be so much ashamed and disdayne to beg or aske charity that rather they wyll as desperatly fight for to lyue mayntayn them selues as manfully and valyantly they ventered them selues in the Prynces quarell Nowe these Rufflars the oute castes of seruinge men when begginge or crauinge fayles then they pycke and pylfer from other inferiour beggers that they meete by the way as Roages Pallards Mortes and Dores Yea if they meete with a woman alone ridinge to the market eyther olde man or boye that he well knowethe wyll not resiste such they filche and spoyle These rufflares after a yere or two at the farthest become vpryght men vnles they be preuented by twinde hempe ¶ I had of late yeres an old man to my tennant who costomably a great tyme went twise in the weeke to London eyther with fruite or with pescods when tyme serued therefore And as hee was comming homeward on blacke heath at the end thereof next to shotars hyll he ouer tooke two rufflars the one manerly wayting on the other as one had ben the mayster the other the man or seruāt caryinge his masteres cloke this olde man was verye glad that bee might haue their company ouer the hyl because that day he had made a good market for hee had seuen shyllinges in his purse and a nolde angell which this poore man had thought had not bene in his purse for hee wylled his wyfe ouer nyght to take out the same angell and laye it vp vntyll his comminge home agayne And he verely thought that his wyfe had so don whiche in deede for gott to do it Thus after salutations had this maister rufflar entered into cōmunication with this simple old man who rydinge softlye beside them commoned of many matters Thus fedinge this old man with pleasaunt talke vntyll they were one the toppe of the hyll where these rufflares mighte well beholde the coaste aboute them cleare Quiclye stepes vnto this poore man and taketh holde of his horse brydell and leadeth him in to the wode and demaundeth of him what and how much monye he had in his purse Now by my troth quoth this old man you are a merye gentle man I knowe you meane not to take awaye anye thinge from me but rather to geue me some if I shoulde aske it of you By and by this seruāt thyefe casteth the cloke that he caryed on his arme about this poore manes face that he should not marke or vew them with sharpe words to delyuer quicly