roger n.1
a wandering beggar who pretended to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge.
Hye way to the Spyttel House Biiii: Syr, yet there is another company / Of the same sect, that lyue more subtylly / And be in maner as mayster wardayns / To whome these Rogers obey as capytayns / And be named Clewners, as I here say. | ||
Good Newes and Bad Newes 13: What Roger, well met rogue, old fellow beggar. |