; Massinger,
_Emperor
of the East_
1.
1.
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=1. 1. 59 the Suburbs. = The suburbs were the outlying districts
without the walls of the city. Cf. Stow, _Survey_, ed. Thoms, p. 156
f. They were for the most part the resort of disorderly persons. Cf.
B. & Fl. , _Humorous Lieut. _ 1. 1.
; Massinger, _Emperor of the East_
1. 2. ; Shak. , _Jul. Caes. _ 2. 1; and Nares, _Gloss_. Wheatley (ed.
_Ev. Man in_, p. 1) quotes Chettle's _Kind Harts Dreame_, 1592: 'The
suburbs of the citie are in many places no other but dark dennes for
adulterers, thieves, murderers, and every mischief worker; daily
experience before the magistrates confirms this for truth. ' Cf. also
Glapthorne, _Wit in a Constable_, _Wks. _, ed. 1874, 1. 219:
----make safe retreat
Into the Suburbs, there you may finde cast wenches.
=1. 1. 59 the Suburbs. = The suburbs were the outlying districts
without the walls of the city. Cf. Stow, _Survey_, ed. Thoms, p. 156
f. They were for the most part the resort of disorderly persons. Cf.
B. & Fl. , _Humorous Lieut. _ 1. 1.
; Massinger, _Emperor of the East_
1. 2. ; Shak. , _Jul. Caes. _ 2. 1; and Nares, _Gloss_. Wheatley (ed.
_Ev. Man in_, p. 1) quotes Chettle's _Kind Harts Dreame_, 1592: 'The
suburbs of the citie are in many places no other but dark dennes for
adulterers, thieves, murderers, and every mischief worker; daily
experience before the magistrates confirms this for truth. ' Cf. also
Glapthorne, _Wit in a Constable_, _Wks. _, ed. 1874, 1. 219:
----make safe retreat
Into the Suburbs, there you may finde cast wenches.
