Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 456
But some merry Pranks andRevels I have plaid, that I deny not. Nay, his exploits wereeven dramatized in An excellent Comedy called the Prince ofPriggs Revels or The Practises of that grand Thief CaptainJames Hind, etc. (London, 1651). A play in five acts. Hind was born at Chipping Norton, in… … of CaptainJa7nes Hind. Lo7idon, Printed for G. HOR TON, 1651. to a butcher, from whom he ran away, and came to London,where he fell in with a Company of idle, roaring youngBlades, and he became a highwayman. The Chap-book isfull of his robberies, and introduces How Hind was enchantedby an old Hagg,…
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