The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, : commonly called the King of the beggars. Being An impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gipsies; wherein the motives of his conduct are related and explained: the great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe: with his travels twice through great part of America: giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies, with the method of electing their king. And a dictionary of the cant language used by the mendicants..
London: : Printed for J. Buckland, C. Bathurst, and T. Davies.,
MDCCXCIII. [1793]
Variously attributed to Bampfylde Moore Carew, to Robert Goadby and to his wife Mrs. Goadby.
In this edition: line 4 of the title is in capital and lower-case letters, line 8 of the title ends: "from his"; text of 'To the reader' is in roman type.
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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?.
Romanies
Cant
England London.