The Gipsies comparatively unknown.-Prejudices against
them.--We should acquaint ourselves with their history,
&c. &c.
THEIR HISTORICAL EPOCHS.
Immense numbers.-First arrival in Europe 400 years ago.
-Grotesque appearance. Hypocritical pretensions.-
The Pope and others deceived.-Laws issued against them
by Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the Nether-
lands, Germany, Austria, &c., &c.- Children cruelly
dragged from their parents.-Humane laws issued in
Transylvania. ENGLISH GIPSIES. When they arrived-
Their appearance-Laws against them during the reigns
of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth-They multiply-Prince
of Wales visits a Gipsy settlement at Norwood-Their
different tribes and their localities. ScorrISH GIPSIES.
The "Earl of Egypt" deceives the Government-Laws
against him and his clans-Their banishment-Thievish
habits among the peasantry-Twenty Gipsies put to
death-They lead 100,000, beggars, thieves, &c.-The
man who broke the bell-rope-Gangs cross Queen's Ferry
-Their gay appearance-How children were trained to
theft, &c. &c.
Different theories-Not a fragment of the two lost tribes of
Israel-Not Es
Why they proclaimed them-