A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, in Its Several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, Cheats, &C

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For the Gyp/ies, they and the Foul Difeafe have alike the Fate to run through a Geography of Names, and to be made free of as many Coun tries, as zdmof'c th ere ate Languages to call them Names ih; for as the Preach call the Fox, the India Difeafe, they again give it to the Spaniards, as thefe to the French; [0 the French call the Gypfies Boemz'e, or Bohemians, belike, becaufe they made their fitfi: Appea rance in Bohemia of any Part of Europe; the Italians Name them Z ingarz' or Sarace?s, the Spaniards hams as we Egyptians 5. Whether it be, that: the Imliaus Tar�s, as the Spaniards give them the Mean, as bein bath the next Neighbots to eac 5 I take not up'

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