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Carew, Bampfylde Moore1
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)1
Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?1
Goadby, Mrs Robert1
Goadby, Robert1
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)1
Price, Thomas1
Price, Thomas of Poole1

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The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the king of the beggars : being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the age of fifteen... with his travels twice through great part of America : giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies ... and a dictionary of the cant language used by the medicants

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert

1793

There are numerous versions with varying titles, the authorship of which has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself.

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