The knight errant: being a witty, notable and true relation of the strange adventures of Sir William Hart now prisoner in the tower: his severall exploits, cheats, and most witty tricks by him acted ever since his first beeing untill his proclaiming the Scotch king at Worcester, in August last. Written by J.B. Gent.

Title

The knight errant: being a witty, notable and true relation of the strange adventures of Sir William Hart now prisoner in the tower: his severall exploits, cheats, and most witty tricks by him acted ever since his first beeing untill his proclaiming the Scotch king at Worcester, in August last. Written by J.B. Gent.

Author

J. B.

Publication

London :: Printed by E. C.,

1652.

Rights/Permissions

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further further information or permissions.

Subject terms

Hart, William, -- Sir,

Link to this Item

https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76087.0001.001 content_copy

Cite this Item

"The knight errant: being a witty, notable and true relation of the strange adventures of Sir William Hart now prisoner in the tower: his severall exploits, cheats, and most witty tricks by him acted ever since his first beeing untill his proclaiming the Scotch king at Worcester, in August last. Written by J.B. Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76087.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE Knight Errant.
  • Of Sir William Hart his strange birth, and of his being nourished by the So∣lan Geese; of his being found by a Fisherman; likewise how he left that trade and turned Mosse Trooper.
  • How Sir William Hart became famous amongst the Moss Troopers by robbing my Lord William Howard of the North; likewise how he cozened them and came disguised into England.
  • How Sir William Hart rob'd a Roman Catholick in Lancashire.
  • How Sir William Hart after his Robbe∣ry in Lancashire, upon his Journey towards London, lights into a rich Inne in Warwickshire, and by a wyle marries the mans daughter of the House.
  • How Sir William Hart came to Lon∣don, where living at a high rate, at last Cozened a Linen Draper living upon Ludgate-hill of an hundred and forty pounds in monies and for lodging.
  • How Sir William Hart being taken a Prisoner at Worcester had leave to lie in a Burgesses house of the towne, where a certaine Dancing master taught, by reason of which he fell in league with a young Gentlewoman one Mris. Dorothy, whom he cheated of ten pounds.