The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… of a thousand Pounds a Year, and passes, to those that know him not, for a Gentleman of good account in the North of England ; and his Bills will pass as Currant in Lombard-street as the best Merchants in the City. There was a Handsome … deal of Knavery . He’s an Incomparable Herauld , and will give you an exact Genealogy of most good Families in England ; and has the Art of making himself a Kin , when he sees it convenient. To be short with you, he is one of those Gentile Mumpers we call Cadators ; he goes a Circuit round England once a year, and under pretence of a Decay’d Gentleman , gets both Money and Entertainment at every good House …
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