An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde- Moore Carew
Subtitle: commonly call'd the King of beggars
By: being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton school, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gypsies, to the present time ... with his travels twice through great part of America. A particular account of the original government, language, laws and customs of the gypsies ... And a parallel drawn after the manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones.
Contributors: Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778, supposed author; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 6th ed., with additions.
Publisher: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen
Published: 1765
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?; Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754; Romanies -- Early works to 1800; Romanies -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Head and tail pieces, initials.
Dedication "To the Worshipful Justice Fielding" signed: The historiographer to Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
Dedication "To the publick" signed: Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
"This was ... his own autobiography, dictated by his to some literary acquaintance."--Gould, Devonshire characters, London, 1908, p. 425.
Authorship also ascribed to Robert Goadley and to Mrs. Goadley.
There are numerous versions with varying titles, and probably by various compilers.  The first edition with the present title was published London, 1749.  An earlier version, ascribed to Thomas Price, has title:  The life and adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, the noted Devonshire stroller ... Exon, Printed by the Farleys for J. Drew, 1745.
A dictionary of the cant language: p. 345-350.