Chapter 18 of 20

Of the Over-Sönzen-Goers, or pretended Noblemen and Knights.

Of the Over-Sönzen-Goers, or pretended Noblemen and Knights.

Of the Over-Sönzen-Goers, or pretended Noblemen and Knights.

HE xxist chapter is about Over-Sönzen-goers. These are vagrants or beggars who say they are of noble birth, and that they have suffered by war, fire, or captivity, or have been driven away and lost all they had. These clothe themselves prettily and with neatness, as though they were noble, though it is not so; they have false letters (LOE BSAFFOT); and this they call going over Sönzen.



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