...only be printed, but that it fhould become known everywhere, in order that men may fee and underftand how mightily the devil rules in this world ; and I...Hebrew words occur in the Vocabulary, as any one who underftands that language may perceive. But the right underftanding and true meaning of the book is,...

...glossary of thieves' cant, Martin Luther took an interest in beggars' lingo, claiming that "such Beggar's Cant has come from the Jews, for many Hebrew words occur in the vocabulary" (65). DB Thomas concurs that "Latin and Hebrew supply most of the strange outlandish words in the German...