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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20101	Iests to make you merie with the coniuring vp of Cock VVatt, (the walking spirit of Newgate) to tell tales. Vnto which is added, the miserie of a prison, and a prisoner. And a paradox in praise of serieants. Written by T.D. and George Wilkins.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.; Wilkins, George, fl. 1607. aut	1607 (1607)	STC 6541; ESTC S105305	41,447	64

bee hangd if euer thou playst a good christian The 23. Iest. A Gentlewoman comming to one that stood at a window reading a booke Sir sayd she I would I were your booke because she lou●d the Gentlemā So would I quoth he I wish you were But what booke would you haue me to bee sayd the other if I were to be so Mary an Almanacke quoth the Gentleman because I would change euery yeare The 24. Iest. TWo Brothers méeting together sayd the welthier of them to the other And how goes the world Brother what you rub out make shift to liue Yes faith replyed the second I thank God and liue without shifting too The 25. Iest. A Cittizen ●●tting with his wife at doore cald his child to him that was playing before them to giue him an apple and bid him say thanke you Father the mother likewise was busie to teach him that lesson But a Gentleman passing by iust at the instant who belike had taken vp of the wife some of her husbands commodities stept to her and whispring in her eare asked if she were not asham'd to teach her child to lie being yong the husband séeing a stranger so sau●ie with his wife grew halfe angry and askt her what customer that was what he spake in her eare Nothing Sir sayd she but séeing me eate apples hee askt if I would haue any chéese to my fruit The 26. Iest. VVHat reason saies one so his friend has your Lord to keepe a foole He hath no reason at all answered the other The 27. Iest. THou art an arrant Begger saies a Merchant to a Scholler true Sir answered the Scholler for I am an hone●● man but you can be no Begger for all the city knowes you Play the Merchant The 28. Iest. A Woman finding her husband reeling in the stre●tes till hée was vnable to stand rayld vpon him and sayd art not thou ashamd to lie like a drunken beast thus in the open streetes thou liest like a sober whore as thou art quoth hee if I were a beast I would not lie drunke The 29. Iest. ONe that had bin Knighted but lately ryding through Poules churchyard his wife his chamber-maide the nurse and two young children sitting in the Coach with him his sonne and heire leading the way before the creatures in blew trotting too and too behind Oh saies a prentice that ●●ood in his shop to his fellow By Ioue me thinkes it s a braue thing to be a Knight A braue thing quoth 〈◊〉 fellow what an asse art thou a man may haue any thing for money The 30 Iest AN old man talking with his sonne and comparing this Age with that which he liued in when he was a Boy said that now the world was cleane found vpside downe Nay that 's not true father replyed the other for i● it were so women should goe with their heeles vpwards The 31. Iest. A Lady that by sitting to sée a play at Court came home late cald for victuals and swore she was as hungry as a dogge It may be as a bitch Madam sayd her page standing by else the comparison will not hol● The 32. Iest. A Fishmonger hauing lost all his money at dice to another gamster sauing three or foure shillings clapt it all downe on the boord together What doe you set sayd the other this Dosser quoth the fishmonger and then I haue done The 33. Iest. ONe that had neuer bin seene to handle weapon being met with a great basket-hilt sword by his side was demanded why he caried so much Iron about him Mary sayd he for foure causes to kill dogs and to kéepe off Sergeants to huff bawdes and to guard my whore The 34. Iest. A Yong man being taken by a watch in the day time for an idle fellow was by a Constable brought before one of the Sheriffes of London and being examined what he was and whom he had serued it was found that hee had bin in diuerse seruices but had shifted his Maisters almost euery yeere wherupon the Sheriffe sayd hee should goe to bridewell and there grind chalke I am contented to doe so answered the fellow but doe me Iustice good Maister Sheriffe let all your Officers h●● sent to grind chalke too for I am sure they shift their Maisters euery yeere aswell as I. The 35. Iest. A Barber standing very sadly at his shop doore one of his customers came to him and asked him why he lookt so scuruily Oh sayd the Barber my maide has had a sore mischance my man has playd the knaue with her and got her with child Call you that a mischance quath the other of all chances in the dice I warrant your maide likes that best your man has done no more then what he is bound to by indenture which is to follow his trade and that 's to trimme folkes The 36. Iest. A Country Gentleman comming downe Westward by water to London vpon the day when my Lord Maiors Galley ●●ist was in all her holliday attire and séeing such triumphing on the Theames but not knowing the cause demanded of his Watermen why there was such drumming and piping and trumpeting and wherefore all those Barges like so many Water-pageants were caryed vp and downs so gaylie with Flags and Streamers It was told him the Lord Mayor went that day to be sworne to Westminister What neede your Lord Mayor quoth he goe so farre to be sworne I haue heard ther● is as good swearing in London as in any place in England but goe all these in blacke gownes to be sworne there too No Sir sayd his Waterman these sweare fast enough in the cittie The 37. Iest. A Company of Gallants hauing supped in a Tauerne and being as the fashion is extreamely ouer-reckend in their bill of Items yet paying all departed in as extrea me a chafe swearing neuer to hold vp their hands agen at that vnmercifull barre One of the rest as he went along demanded in mockerie what was to pay Nothing sayd one of the pewter-potclinkers All is payd sir I le take my oath vpon a booke All is payd answered the other for we payd you well and you haue payd vs soundly The 38. Iest. A Scrinener meeting an Atturnie in Fleete-streete after some talke had passed betwéene them asked him how they should doe 〈◊〉 so much of the 〈◊〉 was cut off truth saies the Atturnie for my part 〈◊〉 shuffle for one Michaelmas tearme you know is like a great houshold loa●e you may cut out a good many shi●es and yet feeds vpon it well too I care not so I may come but to haue a cut at the last cantle But how quoth the Scrinener if it bee cut all cleane away Say it bee replyed the Lawyer it s but like a Barbers cutting off a mans haire within a little time after it will grow againe and he 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 againe The 39. Iest. VVHen the Horse 〈◊〉 on the top of Poules a Seruingman came sweating to his Maister that

pericula cautum And this much for my order of lists which I hope shall be a caueat sufficient for courtiers to haue a care of their chambers gentlemen their lodgings citzens their sho●s chapmen to haue an eye at their faire and by diligence defend that hereafter which by these meanes heretofore hath béene their hinderance Now to our Foysts alias pickpocket alias cutpurse he has as many alias as a good gentleman of Wales and indéede is as good a benefactor to the alehouse hee consists of an army of three strong namely foystes and snaps his common wealth to liue in or ground to encamp in is the antient great grand father Powles all other little churches his children besides Parish garden or rather places of more benefit publick by your leaue priuat play houses Westminster hall is his good soyle the dark entry going to the Six clarcks office in chancary lau● his in the tearme time his deere and speciall good friend London bridge his bountifull benefactor all markets are his pur●eiors and carefully prouide for him all faires his diligent factors that bring him in his prouision in abundance all pockets his exchequor that are neuer shut against him progr●sses his true paymaisters though they pay seldome-in y ● Court or cock-pit though the King himselfe be there he dare incounter he pri●e●●●ges no person nor no place exempt with him only the Exchange excepted for saies he where merchants méete is no méeting for vs If they once take vs we are sure tog● to the old turn for they are men deale all with great store of money very little mercy the times when his skirmishes are hottest is y ● time when they run attilt is the day the Lord Mayor takes his oath a new play or whē some great cause is hard at the Star Chamber now for the person himselfe that dus pick the pocket and his ministers about him that giue furtherance to the action Know at a new play he is alwaies about the playhouse do●e watches out of which side you draw your purse then gessing whether the lyning be worth the ventring for that serues his turne if hee see you buying of ware at any stall or shop hee obserues when you pay for t on which side you put your purse and that serues him likewise If in a throng he thus comes to knowledge whether your pocket be worth the sacking or no If you be a man that once appeare likely to him hee gathers iust behind or on the side of you and there clapping his hand easily on the place where the bottome of your pockets are poyses them with all and by the waight getteth how well they are ballast if he bée a Countryman that comes from far to the tearme or one that dwels not farre from London or seruingman such either to bestow money if he walke without a cloake as for the most part they will two of them méete him at a corner and only with streaking of their hands on his hose gesse whether this bayle be worth the nibling at nay perhaps at the first encounter gaue it the draught but this happens not alwaies the generall Then thus When they haue once agréed which is the Coue they will ●asten on if it be in a throng or gasing after any obiect to delight you the stall he gets before you and there he rings himselfe too fro while the foyst dooing as much behind they both disquiet you the one picke your pocket If they follow you in the stréet and once know where the bung and the bit is as much as to say your purse and the money out goes your stall before likewise when comming at a corner by which you must passe being direct before you stoopes of the sudden as if to take vp somwhat when the other as néere behinde you as if hee were to passe by in hast Ius●es you vppon to ther and withall drawes your purse Thus rather then fayle will he follow you and offer vpon you twice or thrice if he misse at the first of his purpos● al this while now you shall sée like a scout he come after a loofe watching If any stranger were suspitious of you in the iusle or the man himselfe which if he finds and you before haue sped then comes he apace after you and ere the man in that space has time to miss● his purse and come after you he glides by the foyst with these words kinchen the coue toures which is as much as Fellow the man smokes or suspects you when the foyst slips the purse either to him or the stall feares not to be searcht nay vpon the challenge will so out-face the party and stand vpon his credyt beeing sure there is nothing to be found about him and the rest gone that the honest man is rather ready to aske him mercy then accuse him and now I will tell you a prety tale of a foyst whose unpudent euent happened at Charing Crosse not long since Their liued a foyst in this Towne whose gettings by the trade was so good that he kept his punck though he called her his wife in none worse ware then Taffeties and Ueluet of the best and himselfe more like a rich knight then a kua●ish Cutpurse and indéed the comlinesse of his feature and faire behauiour was so answerable to the brauery of his apparels that it procurde him accesse into the worthiest places nay oftentimes made him estéemed as a companion with the best this fellow seing a good lusty Seruingman one hopefull to haue some purchase in his pocket would serue his turne if he could get it stept to him and as he wisht gaue him a little Iustle and withall twicht 3 ● out of his pocket the seruingman who but new before had ●ought a peny worth of pares and ●pon this thrust ●lapping his r●and to his side and ●ist his purse stept after the loy● and rouded him what do you here gentleman for by his apparell he apear●d no lesse though I put vp your iustle I wold bee loath ●o haue you put vp my purse there is thrée pound in it come let me hat it againe and no more words out the pickpurse vpon this challenge began to reuile the honest fellow calling him rogue ●laue knaue and I know not what to charge a Gentleman of my fashion with thy purse as they were at these words being spoke against a great faire House where some great personage dwelt comes me a Coatch whirring on the suddaine and there made a stand to discharge his burthen at that lodging when as the Lady dismounted the foyst béeing exceeding gallant tooke occasion by the hand stept to her caught her by the arme and lead her in leauing the f●llow in a muse whether he were awake and might assertaine himselfe he had lost his money or no. The foyst by this time had brought in the Lady where after some curtes●e discharged stept to her kist her and