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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	earl_n	lord_n	pembroke_n	3,481	5	13.4594	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92715	The vvitty rogue arraigned, condemned, & executed. Or, The history of that incomparable thief Richard Hainam. Relating the several robberies, mad pranks, and handsome jests by him performed, as it was taken from his own mouth, not long before his death. Likewise the manner of robbing the King of Denmark, the King of France, the Duke of Normandy, the merchant at Rotterdam, cum multis aliis. Also, with his confession, concerning his robbing of the King of Scots. Together with his speech at the place of execution. / Published by E.S. for information & satisfaction of the people.	E. S.	1656 (1656)	Wing S20; Thomason E882_8; ESTC R203438	23,421	56

Swithins-Lane 27. How he had almost escaped again 28. How he was executed in Smithfield-Rounds with a brief account of his dying words The vvitty Rogue Arraigned Condemned and Executed OR The HISTORY of that Incomparable THIEF RICHARD HAINAM CHAP. I. Being a brief Discourse of the Life and Qualities of Richard Hainam HE was by birth an English-man descended from an ancient Family and instructed in the rudiments of Learning insomuch that at the Latine Speech he proved a good Proficient and had likewise gain'd a smack of divers Languages His discourse was pleasant savouring much of Scholarship and Wit so that whoever saw him if they had a breast that harbour'd any Christian thoughts would either pity his condition or admire his parts He was ever in his childhood thus addicted counting it a greater credit to be thought wise enough to cheat then honest enough to hate it And when maturity of yeares had made him capable of a greater Game he findes acquaintance which if ill like Tarre stick where they touch or as it is reported of the Mermaids sings a man into a trance till he dances into the mouth of dangers Thus stepping from one degree of Mischief to another he comes to be acquainted with one Allen and as I suppose with Hinde which Allen being a Master Thief and an ingenious Villain would oftentimes rob on the high-way in his Coach who would there sit in the habit of a Bishop while his men which were the actors making his Coach their store-house because unsuspected either escape or putting on a Livery ride by his side in the nature of his Servants with which man when Hainam came to be acquainted having before lost the Conscience he now resolves to finde out all the customes of a sinful life And for his better education jonis himself to a band of other Villains who seeing him a forward man and stout were as much desirous of his company as he was before ambitious of enjoying theirs With these having now accompanied in some Exploits it was as difficult to fall back as it was facile to begin but not so much through their means by forcing his continuance but by his own who having tasted of the Devils bait and prov'd the pleasure that he found in sin could neither by intreaties of his Friends nor the instigations of abundance more be disswaded from his wicked courses Nay had he seen the Torments of a damned Soul pictured before his face or if it might be possible the gates of their infernal habitations opened to him where he might behold the Usurer choak'd with his Molten Gold the Fornicators and those wretched souls that have worn out sheets of lawless Lusts upon the Rack of steel the Murtherer which before was fill'd with blood now crying water water to quench his parched thirst or the Thief with nothing left him but his Miseries I say had he beheld all these they would have seem'd but fancies to him and no more have touch'd him or to as little purpose as a lighted Match does Powder when 't is wet Notwithstanding he was a man compleat in parts and person had he had grace equal to his other endowments he had been the Mirrour of the Age But it so pleaseth the Almighty wise Creator to disperse his blessings to some VVit and to others Vertue without which a mans wisdome is but a deceiving Guide which leads him to the fatal Pit as it did this man helping him as we may too truly say to a dead lift and only served for a varnish to his villanies teaching him how to glory in his shame as if it were a Maxime to be learned That he that feareth not to sin may never fear to shew it from which indeed he would not be retarded Nor could any perswasions be so prevalent with him as to prove an obstacle to his nimble tongue insomuch that he would often boast That all the Prisons in England Holland and elswhere were far too weak to hold him as you shall more plainly perceive in the Narration here ensuing CHAP. II. How Richard Hainam Robbed the Earl of Pembroke HAving by his wyles screw'd himself into the acquaintance of Mr. Herbert one of the Lords Servants for his several courtesies which as a Prologue to his Villanies he bestowed on the said Herbert he was in requital invited to meet him at his Lords at which time Hainam so insinuated himself into his favour that a while after nothing could be done without the others advice insomuch that coming to be sensible each of the others minde it was suddenly resolved of That Hainam should appear the next day at the Lords outward Hall where he assuredly should finde Herbert to the end he might receive instructions for the conveying away of the Plate after Dinner Now was the Sop fallen into the Honey-pot it fell out as pat as a Pudding for a Friars mouth Hainam had his desire and Herbert his The prefixt time when come Hainam very gallantly attires him not varying half an hour from the time agreed upon but repairs to the Earl's house where he had not long continued but it was notified unto him that the Earl had dined and was walking from one end of the Dining-room to the other till the Servants had dispatched who were then taking off the wrinkles from their bellies and moreover that the Cloth whereon the Earl dined was taken away and the Voider wherein the Plate was usually put was set upon the Cup-boards-head Hainam having received this Intelligence ascends the stairs which conducted him to the room where the Plate stood and where the Earl was walking who seeing a Gentleman in such goodly Equipage and supposing him to be a Friend to some Gentleman belonging to the house he courteously salutes him with a Conjee in which silent complement Hainam returns the like and continued walking in the Room The Servants seeing a Gentleman walking there supposed him to be some Nobleman that came to give the Earl a visit In this manner both parties were mistaken and Hainam watching for the Lords return to the other end of the Room which was somewhat long he nimbly whips the Voider full of Plate under his Cloak to the value of fourscore pounds and upwards and went away taking his journey to the side of the Bank where he presently melted it into one great masse The Butler according to his custome comes to fetch the Plate which he found missing Then every one was questioned but in vain no tidings could be had neither of the Plate nor Thief Then the Steward gets some Bills presently printed wherein he discovered the Lords Arms with other Marks which was thereon and caused them to be carried to most Goldsmiths in London and elswhere but to no purpose insomuch that to verifie the Proverb He that hath once stollen will steal again the former Thief was induced to a further progresse relying much upon his former fortune so that not long after more goods were wanting and whether