The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-17
The Gipsies In gFnglapdI

sdUOut fWi1y bNJ Vney Dhd cOtuo lHtO
Scotland seventy years before. In the
reign Of Henry VIII: penal laws were
enacted s.hkainst an outIandish people
calling themselves Egyptians, using no
craft or feat Of merchandise !" thjy was
the 10 chap. of the2gd of Henry TkIIs
Under Qneen Elizabeth, . law vas
famed by which il was made felony,
Nithout benefit Of clergy, for any per-
son being fourteen years, whether
"natural born subject or stranger" who
should remain with them one month
cat once or at several times" Many
gipsies were transported To- the Cont
nent, and many were hanged. A few
years before the, Restoration, thirteen
gipsies were hanged at one Suffolk AS
sizes. In Queen Elizabeth's time there
were ,conpptedsto be 10000, gipsies in
England. In Scotland thsy1were more
numerous. At first they passed them
selves off as persons of consequence
from Egypt, and pilgrims under orders
from the Pope, The giPsles continued
in good fepoftAof, rather, were not
found opt--for many years, James VI
Of Scotland entered into q league with
John Faw, 'tLord and Earl Of Little
Egypt" and dlWrit in fayorof this prince
or rajah was "subscribed with our hand
and, under our IPriyy. Seal at falkland,
the 18th day of February, and the 2Sth
of, our reigrl'.l- ThisRl Whlchis long
and complicated, recognizes the laws
and customs of the gipsies among them
selves. But this was their last gleam
Of prosperity for they quarrelled Bit
terIy amongst themselves, and got into
The courts Of Justice, whereby their true
character appeared. But the most fatal
thing for them was an adventure which
befel King James V. AS he was going
on one of his roaming expeditions, dis
guised as 4 agaberldnSie man, he fell in
with a party of gipsies, who were
Jcatousihg 10 a. cave near ,Wefmyss, in
FiEeshite; whether IL WIS a drunken
quarrel, or that the disguised kingmade
love to one ,sOfbthe gipsy women, is
nncertain q butascafle ensued, in which
His Sacred Majesty was near being
killed, and when order was restored, he
was kept prisoner, and made to carry
their wallets, and treated, with much
harshness. 1t Is possible that they did
not know him y but at last, after some
days, he contrived to write on slip of
paper, whish9he bribed alboy to carry
to Falkland, about ten miles of, to tell
hisp0blesthatthe "Euid manIof Ballan-
giek" was in captivity. As soon as
assistance arrived Che king eadsed two
Of the gypsy tinkers, who had treated
him the worst, to be hanged on the
spot When be got back to Falkland,
he lost no time ia passing .ap order in
council, by which, "if three gipsies
were seen together, any one who chose
might hang two of them, letting the
third one go free" This order was
followed up by other enactments equally
severe; these laws were doubtless the
origin Of the secrecy which the gipsies
observe to, this day In spite Of the
laws, the -gipsies continue to live and
flourish, and to be people amongst
themselves. They were thinkers, skillful
workers in metal, horse-dealers, farrisrs
and potterS1 Some gipsies acquired
wealth, and dressed in fine clothes.
johnny Faa; ahandSomegipsy "a Lord
OF Little Egypt" of the same tribe as
the foregoing, induced the wife of the
Earl of Cassilis to elope with hip in the
absence of. her husband /, who 'had, gone
to- attend the AssShiblyIOf Dmib0sin
Westminster, l64Ss a,Thes shusband,, on
his return, pursued his wife and recov-
cred herr the whole gang were hanged,
and the lady shut Up in ? ylonelyatawer
to the day of her n ldeaths7uNeW York