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Defence of Conny-Catching 38: He is a Caterpiller to others, and gets that by pilling and polling of the poore.at pill and poll, v.
Defence of Conny-Catching 38: He is a Caterpiller to others, and gets that by pilling and polling of the poore. Defence of Conny-Catching 21: At last [she] brought him into a backe roome much like a backhouse.at backhouse (n.) under back, adj.2
Defence of Conny-Catching 6: I had cheates for the very sise, of the squariers, langrets, gourds, stoppe-dice, high-men, low-men, and dice barde for all aduantages.at barred, adj.
Defence of Conny-Catching 47: Neither the report of others, nor the admonition of their friends, can draw them from the loue of the Poligamoi or bel-swaggers of the country. And when the wretches haue by the space of a moneth or two satisfied their lust, they waxe weary [...] & so go & visit some other of his wiues.at bellswagger, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 6: Some that would not stoope a farthing at cards, would venter all the byte in their boung at dice.at bite, n.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 7: At these wordes Conny-catcher and Setter, I was driuen into as great a maze, as if one had dropt out of the clowds, to hear a pesant cant the wordes of art belonging to our trade.at cant, v.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 55: Marian with a sharpe rasor cut off his stones. [...] Thus was this lustie cocke of the game made a capon.at capon, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 37: Let mee vse it for an excuse of our Card Conny-catching: for when wee meet a country Farmer with a ful purse, a miserable miser [...] we hold it a deuotion to make him a Conny, in that he is a Caterpillar to others.at card-cony-catching, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 55: Marian with a sharpe rasor cut off his stones. [...] Thus was this lustie cocke of the game made a capon.at cock of the game (n.) under cock, n.3
Defence of Conny-Catching 65: Wil your worship therefore stand to your words, and set out the discouery of that, al wee of Whittington Colledge wil rest your beadmen.at Whittington(’s) college, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 5: For if euer I brought my Conny but to crushe a pot of ale with mee, I was as sure of all the Crownes in his purse, as if hee had conueyed them into my proper possession by a deede of gifte.at cony, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 5: If euer I brought my Conny but to crush a potte of ale with mee.at crush a pot (of ale) (v.) under crush, v.2
Defence of Conny-Catching 56: The venetian and the gallogascaine is stale, and trunke slop out of vse, the rounde hose bumbasted close to the breech [...] is now common to euery cullion in the country.at galligaskins, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 6: I had cheates for the very sise, of the squariers, langrets, gourds, stoppe-dice, high-men, low-men, and dice barde for all aduantages.at gourd, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 6: I had cheates for the very sise, of the squariers, langrets, gourds, stoppe-dice, high-men, low-men, and dice barde for all aduantages.at high men (n.) under high, adj.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 6: I had cheates for the very sise, of the squariers, langrets, gourds, stoppe-dice, high-men, low-men, and dice barde for all aduantages.at lowmen (n.) under low, adj.
Defence of Conny-Catching 23: Then the gentlewoman let loose his eares, and let slip his head, and away went he home with his bloody lugges.at lug, n.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 19: Was not this an old Conycatcher [...] that could lurtch a poor Conny of so many thousands at one time?at lurch, v.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 44: He was thus cossoned by a pallyard.at palliard, n.
Defence of Conny-Catching 60: I knowe thee farewel good honest pricklouce.at prick-(the-)louse (n.) under prick, v.2
Defence of Conny-Catching 7: At these wordes Conny-catcher and Setter, I was driuen into as great a maze, as if one had dropt out of the clowds, to hear a pesant cant the wordes of art belonging to our trade.at setter, n.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 7: I haue for 3. pence bought a little Pamphlet, that hath taught me to smoke such a couple of knaues as you be.at smoke, v.1
Defence of Conny-Catching 18: Could the proudest Setter or Verser in the world haue drawne on a Conny more cunningly?at verser, n.
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