Robert Greene, The Black Books Messenger (1592)

Date

1592

Author

Robert Greene Note: 30/09/2005

Lexicon title

A Table of the words of Art lately deuised by Ned Browne and his associates, to Crosbite the old Phrases vsed in the manner of Conny-catching

Book title

The Blacke Bookes Messenger. Laying open the Life and Death of Ned Browne one of the most notable Cutpurses, Crosbiters, and Conny-catchers, that euer liued in England. Heerein hee telleth verie pleasantly in his owne person such strange prancks and monstrous villanies by him and his Consorte performed, as the like was yet neuer heard of in any of the former bookes of Connycatching

Publication place

London

Printer

John Danter

Publisher

Thomas Nelson

Transcription source

EEBO/TCP (Henry E. Huntington Library)

Text type

printed book

Genre

Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions

Subject area

canting

Language

headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English

Extent

A4r

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: headword
sample: HE that drawes the fish to the bait, the Beater. (a4r)

Schafer

1592 G

STC

12223

Catalog

Allison, Anthony F. Robert Greene 1558-1592: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions in English (To 1640). Pall Mall Bibliographies, 4. Folkestone, Kent: n.p., 1975. view record

Modern editions

Grosart, Alexander B., ed. The Life and Works of Robert Greene. 15 vols. London: n.p., 1881-86. view record
Greene, Robert. The Blacke Bookes Messenger, 1592. Cuthbert Conny-catcher: The Defence of Conny-catching, 1592. London: J. Lane, 1924. view record

Criticisms

Johnson, Francis R. "The Editions of Robert Greene's Three Parts of 'Conny-catching': A Bibliographical Analysis." 5th series. The Library 9 (1954): 17-24. view record
Coleman, Julie. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Vol. I: 1567-1784. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 142-47. view record