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THE BIBLE IN SPAIN; vol。 ii。 p。 385…398。







(62) Steal me; Gypsy。







(63) A species of gendarme or armed policeman。  The Miquelets have 



existed in Spain for upwards of two hundred years。  They are called 



Miquelets; from the name of their original leader。  They are 



generally Aragonese by nation; and reclaimed robbers。







(64) Those who may be desirous of perusing the originals of the 



following rhymes should consult former editions of this work。







(65) For the original; see other editions。







(66) For this information concerning Palmireno; and also for a 



sight of the somewhat rare volume written by him; the author was 



indebted to a kind friend; a native of Spain。







(67) A very unfair inference; that some of the Gypsies did not 



understand the author when he spoke Romaic; was no proof that their 



own private language was a feigned one; invented for thievish 



purposes。







(68) Of all these; the most terrible; and whose sway endured for 



the longest period; were the Mongols; as they were called:  few; 



however; of his original Mongolian warriors followed Timour in the 



invasion of India。  His armies latterly appear to have consisted 



chiefly of Turcomans and Persians。  It was to obtain popularity 



amongst these soldiery that he abandoned his old religion; a kind 



of fetish; or sorcery; and became a Mahometan。







(69) As quoted by Adelung; MITHRIDATES; vol。 i。







(70) Mithridates。







(70) For example; in the HISTORIA DE LOS GITANOS; of which we have 



had occasion to speak in the first part of the present work:  



amongst other things the author says; p。 95; 'If there exist any 



similitude of customs between the Gitanos and the Gypsies; the 



Zigeuners; the Zingari; and the Bohemians; they (the Gitanos) 



cannot; however; be confounded with these nomad castes; nor the 



same origin be attributed to them; 。 。 。 all that we shall find in 



common between these people will be; that the one (the Gypsies; 



etc。) arrived fugitives from the heart of Asia by the steppes of 



Tartary; at the beginning of the fifteenth century; while the 



Gitanos; descended from the Arab or Morisco tribes; came from the 



coast of Africa as conquerors at the beginning of the eighth。'







He gets rid of any evidence with respect to the origin of the 



Gitanos which their language might be capable of affording in the 



following summary manner:  'As to the particular jargon which they 



use; any investigation which people might pretend to make would be 



quite useless; in the first place; on account of the reserve which 



they exhibit on this point; and secondly; because; in the event of 



some being found sufficiently communicative; the information which 



they could impart would lead to no advantageous result; owing to 



their extreme ignorance。'







It is scarcely worth while to offer a remark on reasoning which 



could only emanate from an understanding of the very lowest order; 



… so the Gitanos are so extremely ignorant; that however frank they 



might wish to be; they would be unable to tell the curious inquirer 



the names for bread and water; meat and salt; in their own peculiar 



tongue … for; assuredly; had they sense enough to afford that 



slight quantum of information; it would lead to two very 



advantageous results; by proving; first; that they spoke the same 



language as the Gypsies; etc。; and were consequently the same 



people … and secondly; that they came not from the coast of 



Northern Africa; where only Arabic and Shillah are spoken; but from 



the heart of Asia; three words of the four being pure Sanscrit。







(72) As given in the MITHRIDATES of Adelung。







(73) Possibly from the Russian BOLOSS; which has the same 



signification。







(74) Basque; BURUA。







(75) Sanscrit; SCHIRRA。







(76) These two words; which Hervas supposes to be Italian used in 



an improper sense; are probably of quite another origin。  LEN; in 



Gitano; signifies 'river;' whilst VADI in Russian is equivalent to 



water。







(77) It is not our intention to weary the reader with prolix 



specimens; nevertheless; in corroboration of what we have asserted; 



we shall take the liberty of offering a few。  Piar; to drink; (p。 



188;) is Sanscrit; PIAVA。  Basilea; gallows; (p。 158;) is Russian; 



BECILITZ。  Caramo; wine; and gurapo; galley; (pp。 162; 176;) 



Arabic; HARAM (which literally signifies that which is forbidden) 



and GRAB。  Iza; (p。 179;) harlot; Turkish; KIZE。  Harton; bread; 



(p。 177;) Greek; ARTOS。  Guido; good; and hurgamandera; harlot; 



(pp。 177; 178;) German; GUT and HURE。  Tiple; wine; (p。 197;) is 



the same as the English word tipple; Gypsy; TAPILLAR。







(78) This word is pure Wallachian ('Greek text which cannot be 



reproduced'); and was brought by the Gypsies into England; it means 



'booty;' or what is called in the present cant language; 'swag。'  



The Gypsies call booty 'louripen。'







(79) Christmas; literally Wine…day。







(80) Irishman or beggar; literally a dirty squalid person。







(81) Guineas。







(82) Silver teapots。







(83) The Gypsy word for a certain town。







(84) In the Spanish Gypsy version; 'our bread of each day。'







(85) Span。; 'forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors。'







(86) Eng。; 'all evil FROM'; Span。; 'from all ugliness。'







(87) Span。; 'for thine。'







(88) By Hungary is here meant not only Hungary proper; but 



Transylvania。







(89) How many days made come the gentleman hither。







(90) How many…year fellow are you。







(91) Of a grosh。







(92) My name shall be to you for Moses my brother。







(93) Comes。







(94) Empty place。







(95) V。 CASINOBEN in Lexicon。







(96) By these two words; Pontius Pilate is represented; but whence 



they are derived I know not。







(97) Reborn。







(98) Poverty is always avoided。







(99) A drunkard reduces himself to the condition of a hog。







(100) The most he can do。







(101) The puchero; or pan of glazed earth; in which bacon; beef; 



and garbanzos are stewed。







(102) Truth contrasts strangely with falsehood; this is a genuine 



Gypsy proverb; as are the two which follow; it is repeated 



throughout Spain WITHOUT BEING UNDERSTOOD。







(103) In the original WEARS A MOUTH; the meaning is; ask nothing; 



gain nothing。







(104) Female Gypsy;







(105) Women UNDERSTOOD。







(106) With that motive awoke the labourer。  ORIG。







(107) Gave its pleasure to the finger; I。E。 his finger was itching 



to draw the trigger; and he humoured it。







(108) They feared the shot and slugs; which are compared; and not 



badly; to flies and almonds。







(109) Christmas; literally Wine…day。







(110) Irishman or beggar; literally a dirty squalid person。







(111) Guineas。







(114) Silver tea…pots。







(115) The Gypsy word for a certain town。







(116) As given by Grellmann。







(117) The English Gypsies having; in their dialect; no other term 



for ghost than mulo; which simply means a dead person; I have been 



obliged to substitute a compound word。  Bavalengro signifies 



literally a wind thing; or FORM OF AIR。



















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