Sentence:  Two pence he had gotten by begging, that 's all; / One bought him a "bruſh", and one a "black ball"; / ... / Thus <WSD>vamp'd</WSD> and accoutred, with "clouts", "ball", and "bruſh", / He gallantly ventur'd his fortune to puſh; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.