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The Thirde Last Part of Conny-Catching; With the New Devised Knauish Art of Fooletaking; The Like Cosenages and Villenies Neuer Before Discouered: A ... and a Shee Conny-Catcher
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I could haue giuen him such notes of notorious matters that way intenting, as in neither of the pamphlets are the like set downe. Beside, they are so necessarie to be knowne, as they will both fore arme anie man against such trecherous vipers, and forewarne the simpler sort from conuersing with them. The Gentleman being knowne to be within commission of the peace, and that what hee spake of either came to him by examinations, or by riding in the circuits as other like officers do: was intreated by one man aboue the rest (as his leisure serued him) to acquaint him with those notes, and hee woulde so bring it to passe, as the writer of the other two bookes, should haue the sight of them, and if their quantitie would serue, that hee should publishe them as a third, and more necessarie part then the former were. The Gentleman replied, all suche notes as I speake, are not of mine owhe knowledge, yet from suche men haue I receiued them, as I dare assure their truth: and but that by naming men wronged by such mates, more dis pleasure would ensue then were expedient, I coulde set downe both time, place and parties. But the certaintie shall suffice without anie such ofi'ence. As for such as 'shall see their iniuries discouered, and (byting the lip) say to themselues, thus was 'i made a Conny: their names being.
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I could haue giuen him such notes of notorious matters that way intenting, as in neither of the pamphlets are the like set downe. Beside, they are so necessarie to be knowne, as they will both fore arme anie man against such trecherous vipers, and forewarne the simpler sort from conuersing with them. The Gentleman being knowne to be within commission of the peace, and that what hee spake of either came to him by examinations, or by riding in the circuits as other like officers do: was intreated by one man aboue the rest (as his leisure serued him) to acquaint him with those notes, and hee woulde so bring it to passe, as the writer of the other two bookes, should haue the sight of them, and if their quantitie would serue, that hee should publishe them as a third, and more necessarie part then the former were. The Gentleman replied, all suche notes as I speake, are not of mine owhe knowledge, yet from suche men haue I receiued them, as I dare assure their truth: and but that by naming men wronged by such mates, more dis pleasure would ensue then were expedient, I coulde set downe both time, place and parties. But the certaintie shall suffice without anie such ofi'ence. As for such as 'shall see their iniuries discouered, and (byting the lip) say to themselues, thus was 'i made a Conny: their names being.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
152 pages, Hardcover
First published October 28, 2008
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Read 3/4. REALLY fun. Lots of genuine laughs. Greene is super fun so I'm looking forward to reading his plays. Funniest moments are when ain't shit changed: same old scams at St. Pauls lol
Read 3/4. REALLY fun. Lots of genuine laughs. Greene is super fun so I'm looking forward to reading his plays. Funniest moments are when ain't shit changed: same old scams at St. Pauls lol
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