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The Knaues of Spades and Diamonds. With new Additions [by Samuel Reynolds]
Rowlands, Samuel (1570?-1630?)

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THE EPISTLE TO any Man, but especially to Fooles and Mad-men.
 
The Knaues, of Spades and Diamonds.
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The Knaue of Diamonds.
 
[The Knaue of Diamonds promised before]
 
Neptunes owne Knauery.
 
The Picture of a Pirat.
 
To a Reprobate Pirat that hath renounced Christ and is turn'd Turke.
 
The Fox taken, comming to take.
 
Like will to Like.
 
Lightly come, Lightly goe.
 
When theeues fall out true men come by their goods.
 
All's Fish that comes to net.
 
False Knaues will neuer be true.
 
Curelesse, and Carelesse.
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The Knaue of Spades.
 
One good turne asketh another.
 
Like Maister like Man.
 
To the olde yong Man.
 
The Country cunning Man.
 
To the Saint in shew, and Deuill in practise.
 
The Country Cormorant.
 
Patience Perforce.
 
Tobacco carted to Tyburne.
 
To smokey Noses, and stinking Nostrils.
 
To beggerly Contention.
 
To a Domesticall Cowardly Coxcombe.
 
On an ill Conscience.
 
To Machiauill the Deuils Statesman.
 
To Mr. Mony-bag the Vsurer.
 
To complement the dissembling Counterfait.
 
Harme watch, Harme catch.
 
To all Londons Naballs.
 
On vaine and curious Monuments.
 
Of a wicked Maiestrate.
 
To a Gentleman foole.
 
The Picture of a Swagerer.
 
To the Deuils Secretarie.
 
To a Gormondizing Glutton.
 
Fooles and Babes tell true.
 
To Madam Maske or Francis Fan.
 
Or thus.
 
A hote Contention.
 
Of Ghoasts and Goblins.
 
The Seauen deadly Sins all Horst and riding to Hell.
 
[The Kraues are delt, the Game is plaid]

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To complement the dissembling Counterfait.

A smooth-tongu'd fellow of our Citty fashion,
That with what lacke you? giues his salutation:
And fleering fawnes, and fawning flatterers all,
Claim'd quaintance of a country-man at's stall,
Demaunding how his friends and neighbours fare,
And if he wanted any of his ware?
The Country-fellow by the fist did take him,
And in plaine rusticke manner did beshake him,
He leaues the hand, and giues him the embrace,
Aboue the Knees, the Thighes, and pissing place,

Sir, saies the clowne forbeare, it is enough,
You once deceiu'd me in a piece of stuffe,
Which makes me thinke the world is wondrous grown
In outward trickes, to that which I haue knowne.
The time hath beene, on tearmes men did not stand,
But bargaines held, with shaking by the hand,
Now in the armes we doe embrace each other,
And in the heart false Knauery doe smother,
Well Citizen, friend Tradesman, and so forth,
Your kindnes is scarsce God a mercy worth:
I like a handfull of old loue and true,
Better then these whole armefuls of your new.
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