Described by the notorious thief-taker Jonathan Wild.
Good people, give ear, whilst a story I tell,
Of twenty black tradesmen who were brought up in hell,
On purpose poor people to rob of their due;
There’s none shall be nooz’d, if you find but one true.
The first was a Coiner, that stampt in a mould;
The second a Voucher to put off his gold.
Tour you well; hark you well[286], see where they’re rubb’d,
Up to the nubbing cheat[287], where they are nubb’d.
The third was a Padder[288], that fell to decay,