3. Street Robberies consider'd; The reason of their being so frequent, with probable means to prevent 'em: To which is added three short Treatises—1. A Warning for Travellers; 2. Observations on House-breakers; 3. A Caveat for Shopkeepers. London, J. Roberts. [no date] Written by a converted Thief.
Shepherd is mentioned in this book as being a clever prison breaker (p. 6). There is a long list of slang words in this tract. The following are only a few of them:
- Abram, Naked
- Betty, a Picklock
- Bubble-Buff, Bailiff
- Bube, Pox
- Chive, a Knife
- Clapper dudgeon, a beggar born
- Collar the Cole, Lay hold on the money
- Cull, a silly fellow
- STREET ROBBERIES CONSIDER'D.
- Dads, an old man
- Darbies, Iron
- Diddle, Geneva
- Earnest, share
- Elf, little
- Fencer, receiver of stolen goods
- Fib, to beat
- Fog, smoke
- Gage, Exciseman
- Gilt, a Picklock
- Grub, Provender
- Hic, booby
- Hog, a shilling
- Hum, strong
- Jem, Ring
- Jet, Lawyer
- Kick, Sixpence
- Kin, a thief
- Kit, Dancing-master
- Lap, Spoon-meat
- Latch, let in
- Leake, Welshman
- Leap, all safe
- Mauks, a whore
- Mill, to beat
- Mish, a smock
- Mundungus, sad stuff
- Nan, a maid of the house
- Nap, an arrest
- Nimming, stealing
- Oss Chives, Bone-handled knives
- Otter, a sailor
- Peter, Portmantua
- Plant the Whids, take care what you say
- Popps, Pistols
- Rubbs, hard shifts
- Rumbo Ken, Pawn-brokers
- Rum Mort, fine Woman
- Smable, taken
- Smeer, a painter
- Snafflers, Highwaymen
- Snic, to cut
- Tattle, watch
- Tic, trust
- Tip, give
- Tit, a horse
- Tom Pat, a parson
- Tout, take heed
- Tripe, the belly
- Web, cloth
- Wobble, 'o boil
- Yam, to eat
- Yelp, a crier
- Yest, a day ago
- Zad, crooked
- Znees, Frost
- Zouch, an ungenteel man
- &c., a Bookseller
"The King of the Night, as the Constables please to term themselves, should be a little more active in their employment; but all their business is to get to a watch house and guzzle, till their time of going home comes." (p. 60.)
"A small bell to Window Shutters would be of admirable use to prevent Housebreakers." (p. 70.)
4. A true discovery of the Conduct of Receivers and Thief-Takers, in and about the City of London, &c., &c. London, 1718.
This pamphlet is "design'd as preparatory to a larger Treatise, wherein shall be propos'd Methods to extirpate and suppress for the future such villanous Practices." It is by "Charles Hitchin, one of the Marshals of the City of London."
I now take leave of Harman, with a warm commendation of him to the reader.
PARSON HABEN'S SERMON ON THIEVES.