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?]

Publication year

1760-1760

ESTC No.

T110645

Grub Street ID

163153

Description

xxviii,iv,350p.,plate : port. ; 12⁰

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.