Abraham men, those who feign madness, 3; one of them, named Stradlynge, ‘the craftiest and moste dyssemblyngest knaue,’ 47
― Mortes, description of, 67; as chaste as Harman’s ‘Cowe,’ 67
Awdeley’s _Vacabondes_; Harman’s references to, 20, 60
Bawdy baskets, description of, 65; a story of one who, with an upright man, spoiled a poor beggar of his money, 66
borsholders, 21, _n._, superior constables. See Halliwell’s _Glossary_.
Canting, the language of vagabonds, 23; list of words, 82–4; specimen of, 84–6
Capcases, covers for caps, small bandboxes, 65
Capon hardy, 12. For ‘capron hardy,’ ‘a notable whipster or twigger,’ a bold or saucy young scamp. (See the Index to Caxton’s _Book of Curtesye_, E. E. T. Soc., p. 54.)
Cheatours, card-sharpers enticing young men to their hosteries, win their money and depart, 7
clyme three tres with a ladder, to ascend the gallows, 31
Cole, false, 15. (See Mr R. Morris in _Notes and Queries_, Oct., 1869, on _Colfox_, &c.)
couch a hogshead, lie down and sleep, 77, 84
Counterfet Crankes, description of, 51; story of one that Harman watched, 51; how he was dressed, 51; his refusal to wash when bidden, 52; gives the name of Genings, 52; said he had been in Bethlehem Hospital, 52, which Harman found to be a lie, 53; in the middle of the day he goes into the fields and renews the blood on his face, 53; what money he received, 53; at night he goes to Newington, where he is given in charge, 54; the amount of his gains, 55; his escape, 55; his recapture, 56, _n._; his punishment, 57, _n._
crassinge chetes, apples, pears, or any other fruit, 84
Cross Keys Inn in Cranford (Middlesex) or Crayford (Kent), 77
Curtall, one who is next in authority to an upright man, 4
cutte bene whydds, speak or give good words, 84
cutte quyre whyddes, give evil words or evil language, 84
Demaunder for glymmar, description of, 61; story of one who behaved courteously to one man and uncourteously to another, 61–65
Dialogue, between upright man and rogue, 84–87
Dommerar, description of, 57; of one who was made to speak, and afterwards punished on the pillory, 58, 59
Draw-the-pudding-out-of-the-fire; a beggars’ inn at Harrow-on-the-Hill, 77
for knowing; against, to prevent, being recognized, 71