Excerpt from A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew: In Its Several Tribes, of Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, Cheats, &C.; With an Addition of Some Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &C No What {hall we fay, but It be true, that the Emanei pating or Freeing of Slaves was in deed the making of Baggers; it fol lows that Chriflianity which l)' employed in Redeeming Slaves from the Turks, Ranfom'd no leis than all at once from Pagan S lat/917 at fitft, at no dearer a Rate. Than the Rent-charge of maintaining gers, as the Price and Purchace of our Freedoms. As for the An tv of the lifb Beggars, itm the Mt Statute which makes Provi fion for the farah-poor, is no older than (been Eligabetb; from which it may be fairly Collected That they. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.