LUKE HUTTON: THE BLACK DOG OF NEWGATE (?1596) FROM A.V. JUDGES: THE ELIZABETHAN UNDERWORLD, NEW YORK, 1965, P.278,L.3 TO P.288,L.40 ZAWNY, I HAVE MANY TIMES BEEN IN HAND WITH THEE +TO GIVE ME SOME D78010 NOTES UPON THY KNOWLEDGE , AS =CONCERNING THE NOTABLE ABUSES D78020 COMMITTED BY A SORT OF DISSOLUTE FELLOWS , WHO ARE IN VERY DEED THE WORST D78030 MEMBERS IN A COMMONWEALTH .@ I MEAN INFAMOUS =CONY-CATCHING KNAVES , D78040 WHO CONTINUALLY SEEK THE SPOIL OF OTHERS +TO ENRICH THEMSELVES .@ AND D78050 NOW IS THE TIME THY HELP WILL DO ME SOME PLEASURE ; FOR AT THE REQUEST D78060 OF A VERY FRIEND I WAS MOVED +TO WRITE SOMETHING OF WORTH , WHEREUPON D78070 I MADE CHOICE OF THE BLACK DOG OF NEWGATE +TO BE A SUBJECT +TO WRITE UPON@D78080 WHEREIN I COULD NOT CHOOSE ,DIVERS STRONG REASONS ESPECIALLY =MOVING D78090 THEREUNTO , BUT IN THAT TITLE SHADOW THE KNAVERY, VILLAINY, ROBBERY AND D78100 =CONY-CATCHING COMMITTED DAILY BY DIVERS, WHO IN THE NAME OF SERVICE D78110 AND OFFICE , WERE AS IT WERE ATTENDANTS AT NEWGATE .@ AGAIN,I DID CHOOSE D78120 +TO GIVE MY BOOK THAT TITLE, AS WELL +TO SATISFY SOME WHO YET THINK THERE D78130 IS SOME SPIRIT ABOUT THAT PRISON IN THE LIKENESS OF A BLACK DOG; OF WHICH D78140 FOND IMAGINATION +TO PUT THEM OUT OF DOUBT, I THOUGHT GOOD +TO GIVE THEM D78150 +TO UNDERSTAND THAT INDEED THERE IS NO SUCH MATTER .@ THE THIRD REASON D78160 WAS , FOR =BEING IN NEWGATE A PRISONER, AND OVERTHROWN BY THESE KIND D78170 OF BAD PEOPLE WITH THEIR =CONY-CATCHING IN MOST VILE AND WICKED MANNER, D78180 INSOMUCH THAT, WHILST I THERE LANGUISHED IN GREAT EXTREMITY, I DID BOTH D78190 HEAR AND SEE MANY OUTRAGIOUS INJURIES BY THEM COMMITTED ON DIVERS D78200 SORTS OF PEOPLE .@ THE PREMISES CONSIDERED, I DO ENTREAT THEE +TO LET ME D78210 HAVE THY HELP +TO SET DOWN SOME OF THEIR VILLAINIES COMMITTED IN THY D78220 KNOWLEDGE, AND I WILL NOT BE SLACK +TO PRESENT THIS BOOK, =BEING FINISHED,D78230 INTO THEIR GODLY HANDS, WHO WILL ASSUREDLY GIVE THEM CONDIGN PUNISHMENT, D78240 AS ALSO PROVIDE THAT THE LIKE MISCHIEFS SHALL NEVER BE ANY MORE D78250 PUT IN PRACTICE BY ANY NOTABLE VILLAINS .@ D78260 INDEED YOU SAY WELL, AND I AGREE .@ BUT YET YOU KNOW I AM A POOR D79010 MAN, AND AM A PRISONER .@ AGAIN, IT IS ILL =MEDDLING WITH EDGE TOOLS.@ D79020 AS YOU COMPREHEND THEM IN THE NAME OF A DOG, SO IF THEY BE ANGRY, D79030 THEY WILL BITE , AND PLAY THE DEVIL IN THEIR LIKENESS.@ THEY HAVE PARLOUS D79040 HEADS, STORE OF MONEY, AND SOME GOOD FRIENDS; ALL WHICH I WANT.@ D79050 NEITHER WILL I NAME ANY .@ BUT IF THEIR KNAVERIES WERE KNOWN, IT WOULD D79060 BE THOUGHT THE GALLOWS AS FIT FOR THESE CONY-CATCHERS AS NEWGATE IS FOR D79070 ME, WHO AM RATHER KEPT IN +TO BRIBE THEM, THAN +TO ANSWER ANY OFFENCE D79080 I HAVE COMMITTED .@ YET =SEEING YOU HAVE BEGUN WELL, I WOULD WISH YOU D79090 END NO WORSE; AND FOR MY PART, TELL YOU ONE OF THEIR KNAVERIES, AND D79100 I'LL TELL ANOTHER .@ SO THAT ERE WE HAVE DONE, IF WE TELL ALL, THE CONY- D79110 CATCHER WILL THINK WE HAVE TOLD TOO MUCH .@ BUT BY YOUR LEAVE, A WORD.@ D79120 I WILL NAME NO MAN, FOR IF THEY SHOULD BE NAMED, THEIR FRIENDS WOULD D79130 BE ANGRY: AND MORE THAN THAT, I RATHER WISH THEIR AMENDMENT THAN THEIR D79140 PUBLIC INFAMY .@ OF WHICH MOTION, IF YOU LIKE, BEGIN WHEN YOU WILL, D79150 AND WHEN YOU ARE WEARY, REST YOU, AND I WILL GO ON WITH IT: FOR D79160 OUR MATTER =BEING ALL ONE, NO DOUBT OUR CONCLUSION WILL BE TO THE LIKE D79170 EFFECT .@ D79180 GODLY, WISE, HONOURABLE, WORSHIPFUL AND GENTLE READER , KNOW FIRST D79190 THERE BE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF THIS SECT AND COMPANY OF CONY-CATCHERS, D79200 THEREFORE IT WERE AN ENDLESS PIECE OF WORK +TO NAME THEM ALL .@ BUT FOR D79210 I KNOW TOO MANY OF THEM, AND HAVE LIKEWISE PAID FOR MY ACQUAINTANCE D79220 WITH THEM , IT MAY BE EXPECTED I SHOULD NAME SOME OF THEM, WHICH FOR D79230 THE INCONVENIENCE MIGHT THEREBY ENSUE, I THOUGHT GOOD +TO CRAVE YOUR D79240 PATIENCE ON THAT BEHALF , =ASSURING YOU THAT THEY ARE EASY ENOUGH +TO BE D79250 KNOWN BY THEIR COLOURS: BUT WHAT WICKED PARTS THEY HAVE PERFORMED, D79260 I WILL NOT FAIL BUT MAKE MANIFEST .@ D79270 THEREFORE, FIRST I DESIRE YOU +TO IMAGINE THAT THESE FELLOWS (THESE D79280 CONY-CATCHERS , I WOULD SAY) DO PROMISE TO THE WORLD GREAT MATTERS , D79290 AS FOR EXAMPLE :@ THEY WILL UNDERTAKE, IF A MAN BE ROBBED BY THE WAY D79300 THEY WILL HELP THE PARTY OFFENDED TO HIS MONEY AGAIN, OR TO THE THIEVES D79310 AT THE LEAST.@ LIKEWISE IF A PURSE BE CUT, A HOUSE BROKEN, A PIECE OF D79320 PLATE STOLE THEY WILL PROMISE THE LIKE.@ MARRY] +TO FURTHER THIS GOOD D79330 PIECE OF SERVICE, THEY MUST HAVE A WARRANT PROCURED FROM SOME JUSTICE D79340 AT THE LEAST, THAT BY THE SAID GENERAL WARRANT THEY MAY TAKE UP ALL D79350 SUSPECTED D79351 PERSONS .@ WHICH =BEING OBTAINED, THEN MARK HOW NOTABLY THEREWITH D79360 THEY PLAY THE KNAVES, HOW SHAMEFULLY THEY ABUSE THE JUSTICES WHO D80010 GRANTED THE WARRANT, AND HOW NOTORIOUSLY THEY ABUSE A GREAT SORT OF D80020 POOR MEN, WHO NEITHER THE WARRANT MENTIONETH, NOR THE PARTY AGGRIEVED D80030 IN ANY WISE THOUGHT +TO MOLEST OR TROUBLE.@ AND FOR THEY SHADOW ALL D80040 THEIR VILLAINIES UNDER COLOUR OF SOME ESPECIAL WARRANT,LET IT SUFFICE THEED80050 +TO READ THE SEQUEL, AND THEN JUDGE OF THEIR ABUSES AS THEY DESERVE .@ D80060 NOW FIRST WILL I BEGIN WITH THEIR PETTY PRACTICES IN THEIR LEWD ACTIONS .@D80070 SAY THERE IS A MAN OR TWO ROBBED BY THE HIGHWAY NOT FAR FROM LONDON .@ D80080 THE RUMOUR HEREOF =BEING BRUITED IN THE CITY, THESE FELLOWS WILL BE SURE D80090 +TO HAVE INTELLIGENCE WITH THE FIRST; IN WHAT MANNER THE MEN WERE ROBBED, D80100 HOW MUCH MONEY THEY LOST, AND WHERE THEY DWELL.@ THE REASON IS THIS:@ D80110 THE CONY-CATCHERS HAVE ALWAYS ABROAD SOME ODD FELLOWS WHICH ARE D80120 INQUISITORS OF PURPOSE, WHO ALWAYS WHAT THEY HEAR RUMOURED, THEY D80130 PRESENTLY COME AND CERTIFY THEIR GOOD MASTERS CONY-CATCHERS, OF ALL, D80140 WHATSOEVER, HOW, WHERE,AND WHEN, THIS ROBBERY WAS COMMITTED.@ PRESENTLY D80150 AWAY GOES %EH OR %NS OR SOME OF THAT SECT, AND INQUIRES OUT THE D80160 PARTY THAT WAS ROBBED; WITH WHOM, IF%H OR %S HAP +TO MEET WITHAL, D80170 SOME OCCASION SHALL PRESENTLY BE FOUND +TO INTRUDE THEMSELVES INTO THE D80180 COMPANY OF THEM WHO BE ROBBED.@ AND AFTER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, D80190 THE CONY-CATCHER BEGINS +TO TELL OF A STRANGE ROBBERY COMMITTED IN SUCH D80200 A PLACE, =SAYING IT WAS SHAMEFULLY DONE: AND WITHAL, THEY WILL CAST SOME D80210 WORDS AFAR OFF, AS WHO SHOULD SAY IN EFFECT:@ IF I BE NOT DECEIVED, I KNOWD80220 THE THIEVES, AND IT MAY BE THAT IF I MIGHT SPEAK WITH HIM OR THEM THAT D80230 WERE ROBBED, HAPLY I SHOULD DIRECT THEM HOW THEY MIGHT TAKE THE D80250 VILLAINS .@ D80250 ALL THIS WHILE THE CONY-CATCHER TAKETH NO NOTICE OF THEM THAT WERE D80260 ROBBED, NEITHER DOTH THE CONY-CATCHER MAKE ANY SHOW THAT THEY KNEW D80270 ANY SUCH MATTER +TO BE DONE TO ANY IN THE COMPANY .@ D80280 NOW THE POOR MEN THAT WERE ROBBED, =HEARING THEIR SMOOTH SPEECHES, D80290 ONE OF THEM BEGINS VERY HEAVILY +TO SHAPE HIS TALE IN THIS, OR SUCHLIKE D80300 MANNER.@ MY HONEST FRIEND , I KNOW TOO WELL THAT SUCH A ROBBERY WAS D80310 DONE, AND IN VERY DEED I WAS THE MAN WAS ROBBED IN SUCH A PLACE AND D80320 AT SUCH A TIME AS YOU SPEAK OF .@ I BESEECH YOU, GOOD FRIEND, STAND ME D80330 IN WHAT STEAD YOU MAY .@ AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME AGAIN TO MY MONEY, D80340 OR +TO TAKE THE THIEVES, I WILL NOT ONLY THINK MYSELF GREATLY BEHOLDEN TO D80350 YOU, BUT I WILL ALSO PLEASE YOU TO YOUR CONTENT .@ I AM A POOR MAN; I D80360 PRAY YOU DO ME WHAT PLEASURE YOU MAY, GOOD SIR,I BESEECH YOU.@ THESE D80370 AND SUCHLIKE SPEECHES HE USETH .@ D80380 THE CONY-CATCHER PRESENTLY JOINETH ISSUES WITT HIM, AND WITH MUCH D80390 =CUNNING HE TEMPERETH HIS TALK .@ +TO BE SHORT, HE OFFERETH ALL THE D80400 PLEASURE D80401 HE CAN DO HIM .@ BUT, QUOTH HE, YOU KNOW I AM A STRANGER UNTO D81010 YOU, AND I KNOW NOT WHETHER YOU WILL USE ME WELL OR NO.@ IT MAY BE D81020 WHEN I HAVE DONE YOU GOOD, YOU WILL LIGHTLY REWARD ME .@ BUT I'LL TELL D81030 YOU WHAT I'LL DO:@ GIVE ME BUT FORTY SHILLINGS IN HAND +TO BEAR MY CHARGESD81040 THE TIME I MAY SEARCH FOR THEM, AND IF I DO NOT DESERVE IT , I WILL D81050 RESTORE D81051 IT AGAIN, AND LOSE ALL MY LABOUR.@ IF YOU LIKE OF THIS MOTION, SO IT IS: D81060 IF NOT, I WILL NOT DEAL IN YOUR MATTER HOT NOR COLD .@ D81070 WHEN THE MAN THAT WAS ROBBED HEARETH HIM SO BRIEF, YET LOATH +TO D81080 PART COMPANY ON THE SUDDEN, HE ENTREATETH +TO KNOW THE CONY-CATCHERS D81090 NAME AND WHERE HE DWELLETH.@TO THIS QUESTION ANOTHER OF THE CONY-CATCHERS D81100 COMPANIONS MAKETH THIS REPLY .@ D81110 HONEST MAN, YOU NEED NOT DOUBT OF HIS GOOD =MEANING TOWARDS D81120 YOU.@ THIS IS SUCH A ONE AS MAY DO YOU PLEASURE, IF HE PLEASE +TO D81130 UNDERTAKE D81131 IT .@ THEN HE ROUNDETH THE MAN IN THE EAR, AND TELLETH HIM HIS D81140 NAME IS %EH, AND THAT HE KNOWETH ALL THE THIEVES ABOUT LONDON, AND D81150 THAT HE HATH DONE MORE GOOD IN =HELPING MEN TO THEIR OWN THAN CAN BE D81160 DEVISED +TO BE DONE BY A HUNDRED OTHERS; =PRAISING HIM FOR A WONDERFUL D81170 GOOD MEMBER IN A COMMONWEALTH; FURTHER =CERTIFYING THE PART WHERE D81180 THIS %EH DWELLETH, AND WITH AN OATH =WHISPERING HE WISHETH HIM +TO D81190 GIVE HIM SOME TWENTY SHILLINGS AND THEN AGREE WHAT HE SHALL GIVE HIM MORE D81200 WHEN THE THIEVES BE TAKEN, =MAKING MANY PROTESTATIONS THAT HE NEED NOT +TOD81210 MISDOUBT OF %EH HIS HONEST =DEALING WITH HIM IN ANY RESPECT .@ D81220 PRESENTLY THE POOR MAN PUTTETH HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET, AND OUT D81230 HE PULLS AN ANGEL.@ THEN SAITH HE:@ MASTER %H, I HAVE HEARD OF YOU D81240 BEFORE AND FOR I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT WELL OF YOU, I AM THE =WILLINGER D81250 +TO DEAL WITH YOU .@ TRULY HERE IS AN ANGEL FOR YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU D81260 A GALLON OF WINE AT THE TAVERN.@ AND IF YOU DO ME GOOD IN THIS MATTER, D81270 I WILL GIVE YOU TWENTY SHILLINGS MORE.@THEN WITH SOME ENTREATY HE DESIRETHD81280 HIM +TO TAKE IT IN GOOD PART, AND SO GIVETH HIM THE MONEY .@ D81290 THE CONY-CATCHER TAKETH THE MONEY VERY QUAINTLY, AS THOUGH HE D81300 WOULD REFUSE IT, BUT IN THE END HE POCKETS IT UP, AND IS =WILLING +TO GO D81310 TO THE TAVERN, WHERE,AFTER THE =DRINKING A GALLON OR TWO OF WINE,THEY D81320 CONCLUDE OF THE FORMER MATTER.@ AND %EH WILL OUT OF HAND GET THE THIEVES D81330 INTO NEWGATE.@ AND SO MUCH HE PROMISETH +TO PERFORM UPON HIS HONEST D81340 FIDELITY, NOT LETTING +TO SAY, IF HE DO IT NOT HE DARE BE HANGED FOR IT.@ D81350 THEN THE DAY IS APPOINTED WHEN WITHIN A WEEK THE PARTY ROBBED D81360 SHALL COME TO NEWGATE +TO KNOW WHAT NEWS; AND FOR THAT TIME THEY PART, D81370 THE HONEST MAN TO HIS HOME OR ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, THE CONY-CATCHERS TO D81380 SOME OTHER ODD PLACE ABOUT THEIR KNAVERY, WHERE THEY LAUGH AT THE D81390 CONY, =DEVISING HOW +TO GET HIM IN FOR MORE MONEY, NEVER =INTENDING +TO D81400 DO ANYTHING IN THE MATTER WHICH THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN FOR THE HONEST D82010 MAN , WHOSE ANGEL THEY DRINK MERRILY .@ D82020 NOW WE WILL LEAVE THIS MAN FOR A WHILE TO HIS BUSINESS OF MORE D82030 PROFIT, AND I WILL PROCEED WITH THE CONY-CATCHERS FOR THEIR PRACTICES .@ D82040 THESE CONY-CATCHERS ARE NEVER IDLE: AND THEREFORE IT FOLLOWETH NEXT, D82050 +TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND OF A NOTABLE PIECE OF SERVICE THE SAID %H AND %S D82060 PLAYED WITH A FRIEND OF MINE .@ D82070 IT HAPPENED MY FRIEND =BEING SOME TIME IN QUESTION COULD NOT D82080 MISS BUT HE MUST NEEDS HAVE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THESE ODD SHAVERS ; D82090 AND THUS IT FELL OUT:@ MY FRIEND =BEING IN A TAVERN WITH SOME OF D82100 HIS ACQUAINTANCE, WHILST THEY WERE =DRINKING TOGETHER, IN COMES %HS, D82110 WHO PRESENTLY USED GREAT COURTESY TO MY FRIEND.@ BUT, +TO BE SHORT , D82120 THEY TOOK FULL SURVEY OF HIS WEAPONS, HIS GOOD CLOAK AND NEAT APPAREL, D82130 WHICH WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM +TO IMAGINE THAT MY FRIEND HAD STORE OF D82140 MONEY .@ WHEREUPON THEY ASKED IF HE WOULD GIVE THEM A POTTLE OF WINE, D82150 WHICH HE =WILLINGLY GRANTED: AND SO, AFTER ONE BOTTLE, HE GAVE THEM D82160 ANOTHER .@ THE =RECKONING PAID, AND THE COMPANY READY +TO DEPART, D82170 QUOTH %S TO %EH: I PRAY YOU HARK IN YOUR EAR.@ PRESENTLY HE D82180 WHISPERETH:@ THUS IT IS: MY FELLOW HATH A WARRANT +TO TAKE YOU. THEREFORE D82190 IN KINDNESS I WISH YOU +TO DRAW TO YOUR PURSE, AND GIVE HIM AN ANGEL D82200 +TO DRINK, AND I WILL UNDERTAKE HE SHALL NOT SEE YOU AT THIS TIME .@ D82210 MY FRIEND =HEARING HIS TALE TEND TO A =CONY-CATCHING EFFECT, HE BEGINS D82220 +TO SWEAR THEY ARE =CONY-CATCHING KNAVES, AND THEY SHALL NOT WRONG HIM D82230 IN ANY RESPECT .@ D82240 +TO BE SHORT, THE CONY-CATCHER SENDS FOR A CONSTABLE , AND CHARGES D82250 THE PARTY AFORESAID WITH FELONY .@ THE CONSTABLE, =KNOWING THEM +TO BE D82260 IN OFFICE - BUT NOT TO BE SUCH BAD FELLOWS - HE PRESENTLY APPREHENDETH D82270 THE PARTY; WHICH DONE, THE CONY-CATCHERS =SEEING THE PRISONER IN SAFE D82280 =KEEPING, DISFURNISHED OF HIS WEAPONS, THEY PRESENTLY REQUIRE THE D82290 PRISONER OF THE CONSTABLE, AND THEY WILL BE HIS DISCHARGE: WHICH THE D82300 CONSTABLE DID, =THINKING NO LESS THAN THEY WERE RIGHT HONEST MEN .@ D82310 NOW MARK WHAT FOLLOWED.@ AS THESE TWO KNAVES WERE A =BRINGING D82320 THIS PARTY CHARGED WITH FELONY TO NEWGATE, ONE OF THEM OFFERETH YET FOR D82330 TWENTY SHILLINGS TO SET HIM FREE: OF WHICH, WHEN THE PARTY HAD CONSIDERED D82340 =KNOWING THOUGH HE WERE CLEAR OF THAT HE WAS CHARGED, YET IF HE LAY IN D82350 PRISON TILL THE SESSIONS IT WOULD BE GREATER CHARGES, WHEN HE WAS ON NEW- D82360 GATE STAIRS READY +TO GO INTO THE JAIL, HE WAS CONTENT +TO LEAVE HIS CLOAKD82370 THAT MONEY HE HAD IN HIS PURSE, AND HIS WEAPONS WHICH WERE IN THE D82380 CONSTABLES HAND, PAWN FOR THE TWENTY SHILLINGS WHICH THE CONY-CATCHERS D82390 TOOK, AND DISCHARGED THE PRISONER WITHOUT ANY MORE +TO DO .@ D82400 NOT LONG AFTER THE AFORESAID CONY-CATCHERS MEET WITH THIS THEIR D83010 CONY OF TWENTY SHILLINGS PRICE, AND ANOTHER WHO WAS KNOWN +TO BE, AS THEY D83020 TERM HIM, A GOOD FELLOW ABOUT THE TOWN, IN HIS COMPANY .@ D83030 AND WHERE MEET THEY BUT IN A TAVERN NOT FAR WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE D83040 WHERE THESE TWO POOR CONIES HAD SPOKEN FOR SUPPER?@ AMIDST THEIR D83050 GOOD CHEER, IN COMES %H AND %S, =BIDDING THEM BE MERRY WITH THEIR FARE .@ D83060 ONE OF THESE TWO =BEING AN ODD FELLOW AND IN DREAD OF THESE CONY-CATCHERS,D83070 =KNOWING THEM VERY PERFECTLY, SET ON HIS BEST FACE HE COULD, AND BADE D83080 THEM WELCOME, =ENTREATING THEM +TO SIT DOWN AND DO AS THEY DID; OF D83090 WHICH PROFFER THE CONY-CATCHERS ACCEPTED =WILLINGLY, AND SAT DOWN WITH D83100 THEM AND ATE AND DRUNK MERRILY.@ SUPPER =BEING ENDED, THE =RECKONING D83110 WAS CALLED FOR, THE SHOT PAID, AND ALL THINGS DISCHARGED; THE CONIES D83120 WOULD FAIN HAVE BEEN GONE .@ D83130 NAY] QUOTH %NS, FOR OF THE TWO WAS HE THE GRIMMER KNAVE AND D83140 HAD MOST SKILL +TO TALK;@ I MUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WHICH INDEED I AM D83150 SORRY +TO DO.@ YET IF YOU WILL DO YOURSELVES GOOD, YOU MAY USE US WELL, D83160 AND WE WILL NOT USE YOU AMISS.@ +TO BE SHORT, THUS IT IS:@ SUCH A MAN D83170 WAS ROBBED WITHIN THIS WEEK, AND HE HATH GOT OUT A WARRANT FOR YOU TWO BY D83180 NAME.@ HE HATH LOST TEN POUNDS.@ NOW, IF YOU WILL RESTORE THE MONEY, D83190 AND BESTOW TWENTY SHILLINGS ON US TWO +TO DRINK FOR OUR PAINS, WE WILL D83200 UNDERTAKE +TO SATISFY THE PARTY AND BE YOUR DISCHARGE.@ IF NOT, WE HAVE A D83210 WARRANT, AND YOU MUST ANSWER IT AT NEWGATE.@ THIS =BACK-RECKONING IS D83220 SOMETHING SHARP, BUT THERE IS NO REMEDY; EITHER PAY SO MUCH MONEY OR ELSED83230 MUST A CONSTABLE BE SENT FOR, AND SO TO NEWGATE AS ROUND AS A HOOP.@ D83240 +TO BE SHORT, THIS WAS THE CONCLUSION:@ THE CONIES PAID DOWN 11 POUNDS, D83250 EVERY PENNY, WHEREOF TEN POUND WAS +TO BE PAID TO THE MAN IN THE MOON D83260 FOR I DARE TAKE IT UPON MY DEATH, NEITHET OF THESE CONIES DID OFFEND D83270 ANY SUCH MAN IN MANNER AS THESE KNAVES HAD CHARGED THEM .@ D83280 BY YOUR LEAVE A WORD: ALL THIS WHILE YOU HAVE NOT CONCLUDED WHAT D83290 BECAME OF THE FIRST CONY THESE ODD SHAVERS MET WITH.@ I PRAY YOU BE D83300 BRIEF, AND LET US HEAR HOW HE WAS ENDED WITHAL; AND THEN YOU SHALL D83310 HEAR ME TELL YOU OF WONDERS, IF THESE BE HELD +TO BE BUT OF MOMENT.@ D83320 WELL THEN, TO THE FIRST CONY AGAIN.@ AT HIS TIME APPOINTED, HE COMETH D83330 TO THE WISE MAN OF NEWGATE, +TO INQUIRE WHAT IS DONE IN HIS MATTER; D83340 AND AT NEWGATE THE CONY FINDETH HIS ODD ACQUAINTANCE WITH %EH, WHO D83350 AT THE FIRST SIGHT HATH THE TIME OF THE DAY FOR HIM, MUCH COURTESIES; D83360 BUT TO THE TAVERN THEY MUST +TO DEBATE THE MATTER, WHERE THEY MUST HAVE D84010 A BOTTLE OF THE BEST .@ WHILST THE WINE IS A =FILLING, THE CONY-CATCHER D84020 SHOWETH WHAT GREAT PAIN HE HATH TAKEN +TO COME BY THE THIEVES , AND HOW D84030 HARDLY THEY MISSED OF THEM.@ BUT FOR IT IS BEST +TO USE FEW WORDS, THE D84040 CONY-CATCHER FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER STILL DRIVETH OFF THE CONY, WHO IS D84050 STILL IN HOPE THAT THE CONY-CATCHER MEANETH GOOD FAITH, WHEREAS, INDEED D84060 HE NEVER MADE ACCOUNT WHAT FAITH WAS.@ SO +TO BE SHORT, IF THE THIEVES D84070 ROBBED HIM OF SOME FIVE OR SIX POUND, HE HATH GOT, OR HE FIND WHERE HE D84080 IS, A DRY =SHAVING AS MUCH AS FORTY OR FIFTY SHILLINGS MORE .@ D84090 I TELL THEE , ZAWNY, METHINKS THESE ARE NOTABLE VILLAINIES, AND PITY D84100 THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED, WHO LIVE BY NO OTHER MEANS BUT =PRACTISING D84110 SUCH PRANKS AS THESE BE .@ D84120 AGAIN THIS IS A GENERAL RULE TO THE CONY-CATCHER, THAT WHEN OR WHERE D84130 HE MEETS WITH SUCH A ONE AS HATH BEEN AT ANY TIME COMMITTED TO NEWGATE, D84140 IF THAT FELLOW HAVE GOOD APPAREL ON HIS BACK, THE CONY-CATCHER TAKETH D84150 ACQUAINTANCE OF HIM AND A QUART OF WINE THEY MUST NEEDS DRINK.@ WHEN D84160 THE =RECKONING COMES TO PAYMENT, THE CONY-CATCHER HATH BROUGHT NO D84170 MONEY FROM HOME THAT DAY; SO BY THE OTHERS =DRAWING OF HIS PURSE D84180 +TO PAY FOR THE WINE, HE KNOWETH WHAT =LINING IS IN IT.@ THEN, IF HE HAVE D84190 MONEY, THE CONY-CATCHER IS IN HAND WITH HIM FOR A BRIBE, SOME ODD D84200 CROWN OR AN ANGEL +TO DRINK.@ IF THE MAN BE IN ANY FAULT, =FEARING THE D84210 WORST, HE WILL NOT STAND WITH HIM FOR A TRIFLE.@ IF HE BE IN NO FAULT, D84220 PERHAPS HE TELLS.@ IN FAITH, YOU ARE DECEIVED IN ME.@ I AM NOT HE YOU D84230 TAKE ME FOR.@ AND SO PARTETH , AND GIVETH HIM NOTHING.@ D84240 PRESENTLY THE CONY-CATCHER USETH ALL MEANS +TO KNOW WHERE HE LIES; D84250 WHICH, WHEN HE HATH DONE, WITHIN A NIGHT OR TWO AWAY GOES THIS KNAVE D84260 WITH SOME OLD WARRANT TO THE CONSTABLE OF THAT LIBERTY, =CRAVING HIS AID D84270 +TO APPREHEND A BAD FELLOW WHO IS THOUGHT +TO HAVE DONE MUCH MISCHIEF .@ D84280 BUT FOR A SURETY HE AVOUCHETH HIM FOR AN ARRANT THIEF, AND THAT HE HATH D84290 BEEN IN NEWGETE.@ UPON THESE SPREECHES THE CONSTABLE GOES WITH THIS D84300 %H WHERE THE POOR MAN LIES, AND APPREHENDS HIM AND CONVEYS HIM TO D84310 NEWGATE, =LAYING SOME JUSTICES COMMANDEMENT ON HIM , WHERE HE LIES D84320 TILL THE SESSIONS , UNLESS HE COME OFF ROUNDLY WITH A BRIBE TO THE CONY- D84330 CATCHER.@ BUT SAY THE CONY-CATCHER BE MISTAKEN IN THIS FELLOWS PURSE, D84340 AND THAT HE HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS HE SUPPOSED: YET THE CONY-CATCHER IS SO D84350 STRONG OF FAITH THAT HE WILL NOT BELIEVE THE CONTRARY.@ SO BY THIS MEANS D84360 THE POOR MAN LIETH IN PRISON TILL HE BE QUITE A BEGGAR,WITHOUT RELEASEMENT 84370 TILL THE PROCLAMATION AT THE SESSIONS, AT WHICH TIME HE IS NOT WORTH D84380 THE D84381 GROUND HE GOES ON, NEITHER KNOWETH HE, =BEING UTTERLY OVERTHROWN, HOW +TO D84390 HAVE ANY REMEDY, WHICH IS PITIFUL AND LAMANTABLE.@ D84400 I MUSE YOU SHOUDD ACCOUNT OF THESE =TRIFLING MATTERS, WHEREAS, INDEED D85010 THEY ARE NOTHING IN RESPECT OF THE PRIZES THEY HAVE PLAYED.@ AND IF YOU D85020 WILL GIVE ME LEAVE A LITTLE, I WILL COME SOMETHING NEARER THE CONY-CATCHERD85030 THAN YOU HAVE YET DONE .@ D85040 I PRAY THEE DO.@ YET I MUST NEEDS TELL THEE I HAVE BEEN TOO NEAR THE D85050 CONY-CATCHER; AND WHAT I HAVE SPOKEN OF HIM, IT IS NOT ONLY WITH GRIEF D85060 BUT WITH SORROW TO MY HEART, AND ANGUISH OF SOUL THAT THESE OUTRAGES D85070 SHOULD BE COMMITTED, TO THE UTTER =UNDOING OF SO MANY: AS WITHIN THIS D85080 THIRTY YEARS HAVE BEEN; FOR SO LONG DID I HEAR ONE OF THESE VILLAINS D85090 VAUNT D85091 HE HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ABOUT NEWGATE.@ AND WHAT I HAVE DONE OR SAID ON D85100 THIS BEHALF, WITH MY LIFE AND DEATH I AM READY +TO MAKE PROOF OF IT, THAT D85110 IT IS TRUE.@ THIS MIND I BEAR, THAT THE DEVIL SHOULD HAVE HIS DUE OF D85120 THESE KNAVES; AND I HOLD IT MY DUTY +TO REVEAL WHATSOEVER IS TO THE GOOD D85130 OF A COMMONWEALTH: AND SO I WILL, THOUGH THE CONY-CATCHER SWEAR +TO D85140 GIVE ME A CUT IN THE LEG FOR MY LABOUR.@ AND NOW, ZAWNY, I PRAY THEE D85150 GO FORWARD.@ D85160 GENTLEMEN, THOUGH I WANT ELOQUENCE, YET YOU SHALL SEE I HAVE A D85170 =ROLLING TONGUE, DEEP KNOWLEDGE, AND AM A RARE FELLOW +TO BEWRAY MANY D85180 MATTERS =TOUCHING =CONY-CATCHING .@ D85190 MASTER GREENE GOD BE WITH THEE] FOR IF THOU HADST BEEN ALIVE, D85200 =KNOWING WHAT I KNOW, THOU WOULDST AS WELL HAVE MADE WORK AS MATTER D85210 BUT FOR MY PART I AM A PLAIN FELLOW, AND WHAT I KNOW I WILL NOT BE MEALY D85220 MOUTHED, BUT BLAB I WIST, AND OUT IT MUST, NAY, AND OUT IT SHALL; FOR AS D85230 THE COMEDIAN SAID I %PLENUS %RIMARUM % SUM.@ D85240 I KNOW TWENTY AND TWENTY OF THESE FINE CONY-CATCHERS, WHO LEARN OF D85250 THE FENCERS +TO DOUBLE A BLOW, =KNOWING WHAT BELONGS TO THE BUTTON AND D85260 THE BOB.@ YET FOR THE AUTHOR HAS ONLY USED FOUR LETTERS FOR TWO NAMES, D85270 LET THEM STAND; AND WHEN I NAME %E HE MUST THINK ZAWNY CAN SEE D85280 WHILST THERE IS AN EYE IN HIS HEAD.@ %H IS %ASPIRATIONIS % NOTA, AND NO D85290 LETTER INDEED; THEREFORE I CARE NOT IF THIS =CONY-CATCHING %H WERE WIPED D85300 OUT OF THE LETTERS-ROW +TO HANG ON THE GALLOWS, WHO IS FITTER TO BE A D85310 CIPHER +TO MAKE UP A NUMBER AT TYBURN, THAT +TO BE A MAN OF SO BAD D85320 CONDITION.@ AS FOR A BOTTLE OF WINE, HE CARES NOT WHO HE HANGED SO HE MAY D85330 HAVE IF IT BE BUT WINE.@ %N IS THE FIRST OF THE SECOND NAME THE AUTHOR D85340 USETH.@ NO KNAVE, I WARRANT YOU]@ AND AS FOR %S, IF HE BE IN SOME SORT A D85350 KAVE +TO BE PROVED, HE WILL BE CONTENTED.@ NAY, HE MUST IN SPITE OF HIS D86010 TEETH DISGEST THE NAME OF A CONY-CATCHER, FOR BY THAT ART, =BEING NOT D86020 WORTH D86021 ONE GROAT A YEAR, HE IS ABLE BY HIS FINE WIT +TO MAINTAIN HIMSELF IN HIS D86030 SATIN DOUBLET, VELVET HOSE,HIS HAT LINED WITH VELVET,HIS SILK STOCK,HIS D86040 RAPIER AND DAGGER GILT, HIS GOLDEN BROOCH, AND ALL THINGS CORRESPONDENT ASD86050 MIGHT SEEM A MAN BOTH OF WIT AND =LIVING .@ D86060 AND NOW I, =ACCORDING TO MY PROMISE TO THE AUTHOR, WILL HAVE A CAST D86070 AT THESE FINE CONY-CATCHERS, AND I WILL NOT SLANDER THEM IN ANY WISE, BUT D86080 SPEAK THE TRUTH UNTO DEATH.@ IF I SAY MORE THAN I WILL PROVE, I WILL D86090 NEVER BID YOU TRUST ZAWNY AGAIN .@ D86100 NOT LONG SINCE, AT A =TILTING UPON TRIUMPH ON THE CORONATION DAY, D86110 MANY GOOD SUBJECTS WITH JOY ASSEMBLED THE PLACE OF TRIUMPH, AS WELL D86120 =REJOICING +TO SEE THE QUEENS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, AS ALSO +TO SEE THE D86130 =TILTING PERFORMED BY SUNDRY NOBLE AND RIGHT HONOURABLE PERSONAGES .@ D86140 AMONGST THE REST THERE COMES A WOMAN WITH SIX POUNDS IN HER D86150 PURSE, WHICH THE CUTPURSE MET WITHAL, SHE AS IT SEEMED =HAVING MORE D86160 MIND OF THE PLEASRRES OF THE PRESENT DAY AND TIME THAN SHE HAD OF HER D86170 PURSE.@ D86180 THE JOUSTS ENDED FOR THAT DAY, THE WOMAN =THINKING ALL HAD BEEN WELL D86190 TAKES HER WAY HOMEWARD WITH A FRIEND OF HERS.@ YET BY THE WAY THIS D86200 GOOD WOMAN MUST NEEDS DRINK WITH HER FRIEND A PINT OF WINE.@ BUT D86210 HERE WAS THE MISCHIEF; WHEN THE WINE WAS +TO BE PAID FOR, THE WOMAN D86220 MISSED HER PURSE, AND =LOOKING ON THE STRINGS, WITH A COLD HEART SHE MIGHTD86230 PERCEIVE HER PURSE WAS CUT AWAY.@ HER FRIEND +TO COMFORT HER, BADE HER D86240 TAKE NO THOUGHT, FOR HE KNEW A MAN WOULD HELP HER TO HER PURSE AGAIN.@ D86250 AND, SAITH HE, WE WILL PRESENTLY GO TO HIM, FOR I KNOW WHERE HE D86260 DWELLS .@ D86270 THE WOMAN THANKED HER FRIEND FOR HIS COURTEOUS OFFER, AND AWAY D86280 THEY GO TO %EH HIS HOUSE, WHERE THEY FOUND HIM; TO WHOM THEY BRAKE D86290 THE MATTER WHOLLY HOW IT WAS, =DESIRING HIS HELP.@ PRESENTLY HE HAD THEM D86300 IN THE WIND, AND BADE THEM WELCOME, =PROMISING THAT IF THEY WOULD D86310 CONTENT HIM FOR HIS PAINS HE WOULD DO HER GOOD, =ASKING HER WHAT SHE D86320 WOULD =WILLINGLY BESTOW +TO HAVE HER MONEY AGAIN.@ AT THE FIRST WORD SHE D86330 OFFERED HIM FORTY SHILLINGS.@ ALL THIS WAS WELL, AND THEY AGREE +TO MEET D86340 THE NEXT DAY ABOUT WHITEHALL, WHERE THEY SHALL HAVE ANSWER TO THEIR D86350 CONTENT.@ AND SO, AFTER THEY HAD DRUNK A QUART OF WINE AT THE TAVERN, D86360 FOR THAT NIGHT THEY PARTED.@ D86370 THE NEXT DAY, =ACCORDING TO PROMISE, THEY MET, AND THIS %EH HAD D86380 IN HIS COMPANY A MAN WHO HE SAID WAS A CONSTABLE, BUT WHETHER HE SAID D86390 TRULY OR NO I WILL NOT SAY; BUT TO THE MATTER.@ THEY APPOINT THE WOMAN D86400 +TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE HARD BY, AND SHE SHOULD HEAR MORE ANON.@ AWAY D87010 WENT SHE,AS THEY HAD APPOINTED HER, AND AWAY GO THEY +TO LOOK FOR D87020 CUTPURSES.@ D87030 I WARRANT YOU THEY SOUGHT NOT LONG BUT HERE THEY MET WITH A CUTPURSE, D87040 WHOM THEY TAKE BY THE SLEEVE; AND THERE THEY MET WITH ANOTHER AS D87050 GOOD A CUTPURSE AS THE FORMER; AND SO THEY TAKE AT THE LEAST A DOZEN D87060 CUTPURSES.@ WHICH WHEN THEY HAVE DONE, THE CONY-CATCHER BEGINS +TO D87070 RAIL MIGHTILY, =SWEARING THEY SHALL SOME OF THEM BE HANGED.@ BUT TO D87080 PRISON THEY SHALL ALL GO, UNLESS THIS MONEY BE HAD AGAIN, =SHOWING A D87090 WARRANT , OR A PIECE OF PAPER AT THE LEAST; WHICH IS SUFFICIENT +TO BEAR D87100 THE CONY-CATCHER HARMLESS, AS HE SAITH .@ D87110 NOW THE CUTPURSES, THOUGH THEY BE ALL CLEAR OF THIS MATTER, YET THEY D87120 BEGIN +TO QUAKE FOR FEAR , =OFFERING RATHER THAN THEY WILL GO TO PRISON, D87130 THEY WILL MAKE UP THE MONEY, SO THAT %EH WILL PROMISE +TO GIVE IT THEM D87140 AGAIN WHEN THE CUTPURSE SHALL BE KNOWN, WHO CUT THE PURSE INDEED.@ THIS D87150 MOTION THE CONY-CATCHER LIKETH INDIFFERENTLY; AND SO OF THESE DOZEN OF D87160 CUTPURSES, HE TAKETH OF SOME MORE, AND OF SOME LESS, AND THE SUM IS D87170 LARGELY MADE UP; WHICH DONE, THEY ARE ALL DISCHARGED.@ MARRY, THEY D87180 MUST HAVE SOME TWENTY SHILLINGS OVERPLUS FOR THEIR PAINS AND KINDNESS D87190 SHOWED TO THE CUTPURSES , ALL WICH IS GRANTED.@ D87200 +TO BE SHORT, NO CUTPURSE SCAPED THEIR HANDS, BUT HE PAID A SHARE, D87210 SO THAT THERE WAS GATHERED THE FIRST DAY AT THE LEAST TEN POUNDS AMONGST D87220 CUTPURSES, AND THE NEXT DAY THIS %EH MET WITH THE CUTPURSE WHO CUT D87230 THE PURSE INDEED, OF WHOM HE TOOK THE MONEY, WITH THE VANTAGE, AND D87240 LET HIM GO WITHOUT =ANSWERING THE MATTER.@ AND +TO CONCLUDE, THE WOMAN D87250 HAD FOUR POUND OF HER MONEY AGAIN, AND SO THE MATTER WAS NO MORE D87260 SPOKEN OF .@ D87270 I THINK THIS WAS A PIECE OF KNAVERY, IF YOU TALK OF KNAVERY, AND YET D87280 THIS IS NO KNAVERY IN RESPECT OF THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IN THIS NEXT D87290 DISCOVERY OF THEIR =CONY-CATCHING .@ D87300 AT THE TERM-TIME, THESE FELLOWS %H AND %S HAVE HAD GREAT BOOTIES BY D87310 THEIR PRACTICES IN THIS ART, AND THIS IS THEIR MANNER.@ D87320 IN THE MORNING AWAY THEY GO TO WESTMINSTER HALL, WHERE THEY D87330 KNOW THE CUTPURSE WILL BE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS; BUT THE CONY-CATCHERS D87340 ARE NOT WITHOUT A COUPLE WHO ARE OF THEIR CONSORTS; WHO, AS SOON AS THEY D87350 COME TO THE HALL, THRUST IN AMONGST THE THICKEST, AND THERE THEY LISTEN D87360 +TO HEAR IF ANY PURSE WERE CUT THAT DAY .@ D87370 LIKEWISE THE CONY-CATCHERS, THEY TAKE THEIR STANDINGS ONE OF THEM D87380 AT THE WATERSIDE, THE OTHER IN SOME CLOSE PLACE, AT ANOTHER GATE: SO THAT D87390 LIGHTLY A CUTPURSE CANNOT COME OUT OF THE HALL BUT ONE OF THEM SHALL D87400 SPY HIM, AND TAKE HIM BY THE SLEEVE.@ IF THE CUTPURSE HAVE DONE ANYTHING, D88010 WORD IS PRESENTLY BROUGHT TO THE TAVERN, WHITHER THE CONY AND THE D88020 CONY-CATCHER ARE GONE +TO DRINK.@ NOW IF IT BE SOME SMALL SUM, THE D88030 CONY-CATCHER SHOWETH THE CONY A GOOD COUNTENANCE; BUT IF IT BE A LARGE D88040 SUM AS SIX POUNDS OR UPWARDS, THE CONY-CATCHER , =DISSEMBLING HIS D88050 INTENT, WILL NOT STAY BUT THE =DRINKING OF A BOTTLE OF WINE.@ D88060 THE CUTPURSE ENTREATS THEIR COMPANY, AND OFFERETH BOTH WINE AND A D88070 BREAKFAST; BUT ALL IS IN VAIN; THE CONY-CATCHER WILL NOT TARRY, =SWEARING D88080 A GREAT OATH, HE IS SORRY THAT IT WAS HIS CHANCE +TO SEE THIS CONY OR D88090 CUTPURSE THIS DAY, FOR THERE IS A MISCHIEF DONE, AND HE FEARS SOME WILL D88100 SMOKE FOR IT.@ AT THIS THE CUTPURSE IS AFEARED, BUT HE FOR THAT TIME D88110 SCAPETH THEIR FINGERS, FOR THE CONY-CATCHER WILL TARRY NO LONGER.@ D88120 NOW THE CONY-CATCHER SENDETH PRESENTLY ONE OF HIS COMPANY +TO SEEK D88130 OUT THE PARTY WHO HAD HIS PURSE CUT, WHICH HE PERFORMETH WITH DILIGENCE, D88140 AND =MEETING WITH HIM, HE TELLS THE PARTY THAT HE HEARD HE LOST HIS PURSE D88150 AT WESTMINSTER, AND IF HE WILL BE ADVISED BY HIM, HE WILL HELP HIM TO D88160 THE MOST OF HIS MONEY AGAIN.@ D88170 THIS HONEST MAN, GLAD +TO HAVE PART AGAIN OF HIS MONEY, OFFERETH AT D88180 THE FIRST WORD THE ONE HALF +TO HAVE THE OTHER, =ASSURING THIS ODD FELLOW D88190 FOR CERTAINTY THAT HE LOST TEN POUNDS.@ D88200 WELL, SAITH THIS FACTOR FOR THE CONY-CATCHER, IF YOUR LEISURE WILL D88210 SERVE +TO GO WITH ME, I WILL BRING YOU TO ONE DOTH PARTLY KNOW WHO CUT D88220 YOUR PURSE.@ THEREFORE IT IS YOUR WAY +TO FOLLOW HIS COUNSEL, AND I D88230 WARRANT YOU MY LIFE FOR IT BUT YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR DESIRE.@ D88240 HEREAT THE HONEST MAN IS GLAD, AND =WILLINGLY GOETH ALONG WITH HIM D88250 TO A PLACE WHERE HE KNOWETH %EH ABIDETH HIS =COMING.@ NOW =BEING D88260 MET, THE WISE MAN OF NEWGATE BEGINS AT THE FIRST DASH +TO TELL THEM D88270 WHEREABOUT THEY COME, EVEN IN AS AMPLE MANNER AS IF THE MAN WHO HAD D88280 HIS PURSE CUT HAD TOLD THE TALE HIMSELF.@ D88290 NO MARVEL THOUGH THE COUNTRYMAN DO WONDER A WHILE AT THE MATTER, D88300 BUT IN THE END TELLETH HIM IT IS SO INDEED, AND =ACCORDING TO THE FIRST D88310 MOTION THEY AGREE, WHICH IS THE ONE HALF FOR THE OTHER, THE COUNTRYMAN D88320 =WILLING +TO REFER THE MATTER WHOLLY TO THIS CONY-CATCHERS DISCRETION.@ D88330 THEN AWAY GOES THE COUNTRYMAN WITH %H THE CONY-CATCHER TO A D88340 JUSTICE, TO WHOM HE SIGNIFIETH IN EVERY RESPECT HOW HIS PURSE WAS CUT D88350 =DESIRING OF THE JUSTICE A WARRANT +TO TAKE UP ALL SUPECTED PERSONS; OF D88360 WHICH MOTION THE JUSTICE, =INTENDING +TO DO JUSTICE, GRANTS HIS WARRANT, D88370 AND GIVES IT TO %H, =WILLING HIM +TO CERTIFY HIM WHAT SHALL BE DONE ON D88380 THAT BEHALF AS THE WARRANT INTENDETH.@ D88390