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AWM.737.016
22 Feb-1 Mar 1737:31 (896)
London, October 16. Mrs. Mapp the bonesetter, with Dr.
Taylor the Oculist, being at the play-house in Lincolns-Inn-
Fields, to see a comedy call'd the Husband's Relief with the
Female Bonesetter and Worm Doctor; it occasion'd a full
house, and the following Epigram:
While Mapp to th' actors shew'd a kind regard,
On one side Taylor sat, on th' other Ward:
When their mock persons of the drama came,
Both Ward and Taylor thought it hurt their fame;
Wonder'd how Mapp cou'd in good humour be--
Zoons, cries the manly dame, it hurts not me;
Quacks without art may either blind or kill;
But * demonstration shews that mine is skill.
And the following was sung upon the stage.
You surgeons of London, who puzzle your pates,
To ride in your coaches, and purchase estates,
Give over, for shame, for your pride has a fall,
And the Doctress of Epsom has out-done you all.
Derry down, &c.
. . . [3 more verses]
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