On the off side of the Croupière.
THE STORY OF ST. AGATHA
On the off side of the Croupière.
FURTHER PUNISHMENT OF ST. AGATHA
On the near side of the Croupière.
TORTURE OF ST. GEORGE
On the near hip of the Croupière.
BEHEADING OF A FEMALE SAINT
From the engravings upon Henry VIII.’s Armour in the Tower of London.
Pickpockets, still called cutpurses, abounded. They formed a distinct profession; there was even a school for them. This educational establishment was carried on by a certain man named Wotton, at a house near Billingsgate, in the year 1585. Purses were worn at the girdle, attached by a chain or by a leathern string, and the pickpocket could be known by the horn thimble worn on the right thumb to protect it from the knife with which he cut the purse. Maitland says (p. 269):—