Of the Schweigers, or the Jaundiced.Of the Schweigers, or the Jaundiced.
Of the Schweigers, or the Jaundiced.
HE xxvjthchapter is about theSchweigers. These are beggars who take horses’ dung and mix it with water, and besmear their legs, hands, and arms with it; thereby appearing as if they had the yellow sickness, or other dreadful disease. Yet it is not true; they cheat people therewith, and they are calledSchweigers.