10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUMMERER»
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dummerer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars: A New Gallery of Tudor ...
Having on a time occasion to ride to Dartford to speak with a priest there, who
maketh all kind of conserves very well, and useth [di]stilling of waters, and
repairing to his house, I found a Dummerer at his door and the priest himself
perusingof ...
2
The Elizabethan Underworld - a Collection of Tudor and Early ...
CHAPTER XII A DUMMERER These dummerers are lewd and most subtle
people. The most part of these are Welshmen, and will never speak, unless they
have extreme punishment, but will gape, and with a marvellous force will hold
down ...
3
The Elizabethan Underworld: A Collection of Tudor and Early ...
CHAPTER XII A DUMMERER These dummerers are lewd and most subtle
people. The most part of these are Welshmen, and will never speak, unless they
have extreme punishment, but will gape, and with a marvellous force will hold
down ...
4
Rogues and Early Modern English Culture
But the way in which the disclosure proceeds undermines the notion that
misidentification will be put to an end. In the display of the tongue, the governors
make clear that what is at stake in the deceit of the dummerer is merely a silent
version ...
Craig Dionne, Steve Mentz, 2006
5
The Old Book Collector's Miscellany: Or, A Collection of ...
And repairing to his house, I found a Dummerer at his door, and the priest himself
perusing his licence, under the seals and hands of certain worshipful men, had
thought the same to be good and effectual. I taking the same writing and reading
...
6
The Old Book Collector's Miscellany; Or, A Collection of ...
A DUMMERER. HESE Dummerers are lewd and most 0"}, ~_ subtle people, the
most part of these are C '3' Welch men, and will never speak, unless they have
extreme punishment but will gape, and with a marvellous force will hold down
their ...
7
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
ren wXiifla, ayyfXot, <"H'/I^//£? '', 0pwo», xuptlTDTic, c.;x^-, ijouiriai, 5i«,«s.;. Lib.
VIII. § 35. And elsewhere to the same effect. DOMMERAR, or DuMMERER, in the
old cant of beggars, meant one who pretended to be dumb. Higgen, your orator ...
8
Cony-catchers and bawdy baskets: an anthology of Elizabethan ...
Dummerer. These dummerers are lewd and most subtle people. The most part of
these are Welshmen, and will never speak, unless they have extreme
punishment, but will gape, and with a marvellous force will hold down their
tongues ...
9
The Dramatic Works: Embellished with Portraits
Are you struck dummerer now, and whine ' Four TOKBN5 for thee] Four farthin s. "
Shun. Ido confess, a WASHING blow. swashing in As you Like it, Whose kirtle
was't you aw'd too? mis~ tress Band's? Block bescumber “ And Wax's stockings ?
Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, 1811
10
A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
If the name does mean 'dumb Turley' he could alternatively be a 'dummerer' (
Harman, p. 9I), a rogue who pretends to be dumb. Even in naming 'Bessy' in his
song at III.vi.26, Edgar is true to the idiom of his role, for Francis Kirkman, in his ...
Vivian Salmon, Edwina Burness, 1987
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUMMERER»
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dummerer is used in the context of the following news items.
Arts dean eludes Lancaster
... St Lucia campus. The leaflets sent up the university's motto Scientia ac Labore (knowledge and hard work) as “Dumb et Dummerer”. × ... «The Australian, Jul 12»
UQ's dean of arts moves on after 18 turbulent months
The campaign sent up the university's motto Scientia ac Labore (knowledge and hard work) as ``Dumb et Dummerer''. Professor Wright has ... «The Australian, Jun 12»
UQ posters depict dean as grim reaper in protest against Arts cuts
... entitled "University of Philistines", sent up the university's motto "Scientia ac Labore" (knowledge and hard work) as "Dumb et Dummerer" and ... «The Australian, Nov 11»
