A true description of the lavves, iustice, and equity of a compter, the manner of sitting in counsell of the twelue eldest prisoners [electronic resource] : With a character of a iayle and iaylor, and the dispositions of such officers as liue in it: the nature of a constable: as also the abuses, offered by beadles and watchmen, that vnderstand not their office. And also a description of a sergeant his nature, slights, and properties, and in what fashions they oftentimes apparell themselues. Together with a portraicture of our moderne-spent gallants, and their trickes to catch young heires with their lewd and vitious course of life.
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Other title: | Compters common-wealth. Compters common-wealth. True description of the lawes justice, and equity of a compter, the manner of sitting in counsell of the twelve eldest prisoners. |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Printed 1629.
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