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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Main Author: Fennor, William
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
Published: London : S.n., Printed 1629.
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