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 Gipsies, 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 thro' Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe be related; with his Travels twice thro' great Part of America. A particular Account of the Origin, Government, Language, Laws, and Customs of the Gipsies; 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 Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, MDCCLXIII. [1763]

Publication year

1763-1763

ESTC No.

T150578

Grub Street ID

196342

Description

xxiv,iv,348p.,plate : port. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to Robert Goadby.

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