A true description of the lavves, iustice, and equity of a compter, the manner of sitting in counsell of the twelue eldest prisoners : With a character of a iayle and iaylor, and the dispositions of such officers as liue in it: the nature of a constable: as also the abuses, offered by beadles and watchmen, that vnderstand not their office. And also a description of a sergeant his nature, slights, and properties, and in what fashions they oftentimes apparell themselues. Together with a portraicture of our moderne-spent gallants, and their trickes to catch young heires with their lewd and vitious course of life.

Author/creator Fennor, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : S.n., Printed 1629.
Description[2], 85, [1] p.
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Uniform titleCompters common-wealth
Variant title Compters common-wealth
Variant title True description of the lawes justice, and equity of a compter, the manner of sitting in counsell of the twelve eldest prisoners.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteDescribes his experience as a prisoner for debt.
General noteAnother issue, with cancel dedication and title page, of: The compters common-wealth.
General noteHeading on B1r signed: The penner William Fennor.
General noteIdentified as STC 10786 on UMI microfilm.
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 10786.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 794:06)
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