cony-catching

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For most part in these kind of disports 'tis not art or skill, but subtlety, cony-catching, knavery, chance and fortune carries all away: 'tis ambulatoria pecunia,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007
Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph,

The Merry Wives of Windsor 2004
Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol.

Act I. Scene I. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1914
Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph,

The Merry Wives of Windsor 1597
_ Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph,

The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol.

The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590