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Medicine and magic in Elizabethan London Simon Forman, astrologer, alchemist, and physician /

by Kassell, Lauren.
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A Preparative to studie, or, The vertue of sack

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A breefe discourse, declaring and approuing the necessarie and inuiolable maintenance of the laudable customes of London namely, of that one, whereby a reasonable partition of the goods of husbands among their wiues and children is prouided: with an answer to such obiections and pretensed reasons, as are by persons vnaduised or euil persuaded, vsed against the same.

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A preparative to studie: or, The vertue of sack·

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The art of living in London, or, A caution how gentlemen, countreymen and strangers, drawn by occasion of businesse, should dispose of themselves in the thriftiest way, not onely in the citie, but in all other populous places. As also, a direction to the poorer sort that come thither to seeke their fortunes. By H. P.

by Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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The blacke bookes messenger Laying open the life and death of Ned Browne one of the most notable cutpurses, crosbiters, and conny-catchers, that euer liued in England. Heerein hee telleth verie pleasantly in his owne person such strange prancks and monstrous villanies by him and his consorte performed, as the like was yet neuer heard of in any of the former bookes of conny-catching. By R.G.

by Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
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The innocent country. maids delight. Or, A description of the lives of the lasses of London. At London they the wanton play, as it is often seen, Whilst we do go, all of a row, unto the meadows green. Set to an excellent country dance. This may be printed. R.P.

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The floating island, or, A new discovery relating the strange adventure on a late voyage from Lambethana to Villa Franca, alias Ramallia, to the eastward of Terra del Templo, by three ships, viz. the Pay-naught, the Excuse, the Least-in-sight, under the conduct of Captain Robert Owe-much, describing the nature of the inhabitants, their religion, laws and customs /

by Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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An abstract of the orders to be observed by the car-men of the city of London and liberties thereof, published by the worshipfull the governours of Christ's Hospital, who sit every Tuesday in the afternoon in the compting-house of the said hospital, to hear and relieve any person that can make a just complaint either against the car-man, his journey-man or servant, for not observing the orders following..

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The third and last part of conny-catching With the new deuised knauish arte of foole-taking. The like coosnages and villanies neuer before discouered. /

by Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
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The second part of conny-catching Contayning the discouery of certaine wondrous coosenages, either superficiallie past ouer, or vtterlie vntoucht in the first. ... R.G.

by Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
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A notable discouery of coosenage Now daily practised by sundry lewd persons, called connie-catchers, and crosse-byters. Plainely laying open those pernitious sleights that hath brought many ignorant men to confusion. ... With a delightfull discourse of the coosenage of colliers. By R. Greene, Maister of Arts.

by Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.
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The compters common-wealth, or A voiage made to an infernall iland long since discouered by many captaines, seafaring-men, gentlemen, marchants, and other tradesmen but the conditions, natures, and qualities of the people there inhabiting, and of those that trafficke with them, were neuer so truly expressed or liuely set foorth as by William Fennor His Maiesties servant.

by Fennor, William.
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Strange & true nevves from Jack-a-Newberries six windmills, or, The crafty, impudent, common-whore (turned bawd) anatomised and discovered in the unparralleld practises of Mris Fotheringham ... with five and twenty orders agreeed upon by consent of Mris Creswell, Betty Lawrence ... with divers others for establishing thereof /

by Aretine, Peter.
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Carrying all before her : celebrity pregnancy and the London stage, 1689-1800 /

by Phillips, Chelsea
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On the second entertainment of the batchelours by the right honourable the Lord Mayor of the city of London, September viij. MDCLXIX.

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Stripping, vvhipping, and pumping. Or, The five mad shavers of Drury-Lane strangely acted, and truely related. Done in the period, latter end, tayle, or rumpe of the dogged dogge-dayes, last past, August. 1638. Together with the names of the severall parties which were actors in this foule businesse.

by Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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The lamentable complaints of Nick Froth the tapster, and Rulerost the cooke. Concerning the restraint lately set forth, against drinking, potting, and piping on the Sabbath day, and against selling meate.

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The sisters of the scabards holiday: or, a dialogue between two reverent and very vertuous matrons, Mrs. Bloomesbury, and Mrs. Long-Acre her neare neighbour. Wherein is discoursed how terrible, and costly the civill law was to their profession; and how they congatulate [sic] the welcome alteration.

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A strange horse-race at the end of which, comes in the catch-poles masque. And after that the bankrouts banquet: vvhich done, the Diuell, falling sicke, makes his last will and testament, this present yeare. 1613. VVritten by Thomas Dekker.

by Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.
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