Green’s Dictionary of Slang

cofe n.

a man.

1608		Dekker Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: The word Coue, or Cofe, or Cuffin, signifies a Man, a Fellow, &c. But differs something in his property, according as it meetes with other wordes : For a Gentleman is called a Gentry Coue, or Cofe: A good fellow is a Bene Cofe.
1641		R. Brome Jovial Crew II i: For all this bene Cribbing and Peck let us then, / Bowse a health to the Gentry Cofe of the Ken.
1688		R. Holme Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Cove, or Cofe, Coffin or Cuffin, a Man, a Fellow.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew.