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Vertues Common-wealth choose

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[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: The very scum, rascallitie, and baggage of the people, theeues, cut-purses, shifters, cousoners.
at baggage, n.
[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: The Servingman, the Image of sloath, the bagge-pipe of vanitie, like a windie Instrument, soundeth nothing but prophanenesse.
at bagpipe, n.2
[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: A bowsie beastly drunkard.
at bowsy, adj.
[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: What whoredomes, drunkennesse, swearing and abhominable Sodomie is daily practised?
at -dom, sfx
[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: The lazie Monkes & Fat-headed Friers, in whom was nought but sloth & Idlenes.
at fat-headed, adj.
[UK] H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth n.p.: The very scum, rascallitie, and baggage of the people, theeues, cut-purses, shifters, cousoners.
at shifter, n.1
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