An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly call'd 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 Gypsies, to the present Time; wherein the Motives of his Conduct will be explain'd, and the great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe be related; with his Travels twice through great Part of America. A particular Account of the Original, Government Language, Laws and Customs of the Gypsies; their Method of electing their King, &c. And a Parallel drawn after the Manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde - Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones

People / Organizations

• Robert Goadby (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for R. Goadby [Sherborne], and W. Owen [London], Bookseller, at Temple Bar, [1760?] The sixth edition, with additions.; ..

Publication year

1760

ESTC No.

T110645

Grub Street ID

163153

Description

xxviii,iv,350p.,plate : port. ; 12°.

Note

Attributed to Robert Goadby

Based on the anonymous 'Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew", published in Exeter in 1745

Pp.345-350 contain a cant dictionary.