Of the Over-Sönzen-Goers, or pretended Noblemen and Knights.
HE xxist chapter is about Over-Sönzen-goers. These are vagrants or beggars who say they are of noble birth, and that they have suffered by war, fire, or captivity, or have been driven away and lost all they had. These clothe themselves prettily and with neatness, as though they were noble, though it is not so; they have false letters (LOE BSAFFOT); and this they call going over Sönzen.
Of the Kandierers, or pretended Mercers.
HE xxijnd chapter is about the Kandierers. These are beggars tidily dressed; they make people believe they had once been merchants over the sea, and have with them a LOE [Pg 39] BSAFFOT, from the bishop (as common people think), but the trick has been well related in capitulo tertio, together with an account of the LOSSNERS (liberated prisoners),—how they obtain their false letters and seals, saying they have been robbed; but it is all lies. This is called GOING OVER CLANT.
