Thomas Shadwell, Squire of Alsatia (1688)

Full Text

EEBO/TCP

Date

1688

Author

Thomas Shadwell Note: 13/10/2005

Lexicon title

An Explanation of the Cant

Book title

Squire of Alsatia. A Comedy, As it is Acted by Their Majesty's Servants. Written by Tho. Shadwell.

Publication place

London

Publisher

James Knapton

Transcription source

EEBO/TCP (Henry E. Huntington Library)

Text type

printed book

Genre

Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions

Subject area

canting

Summary

A play

Language

headwords: English cant
explanations: English
explanations: English

Word-group

type: undifferentiated
number: 1

Word-entry

type: headword
number: 33
sample: Tattler. An Alarm, or Striking Watch.

Wing

S2874

Other editions

1688: Wing S2874a;
1692: Wing S2875;
1693: Wing S2876;
1699: Wing S2877

Criticisms