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An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the beggers: 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 explained, 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 Origin, 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.
printed for R. Goadby [Sherborne]; W. Owen, Bookseller, at Temple-Bar; and J. Towers, near Cripplegate
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