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VGW(PA.736.027
24-31 Dec 1736:11, 12 (22)
The Monitor. No.17. . . [The author--in the first 3
paragraphs--explains his origins, including transformations
into a dog, and then an ape, and then a bear who travels to
London.]
By these means I was convey'd to England, and sent to
London; I had not been there a week, before my lot was cast
for Hockley the Hole, the ancient amphitheatre of London. I
made a tolerable resistance, and gain'd applause, to the
satisfaction of some Stars and Garters: But the dogs being
too many for me, I was obliged to submit. My last groan
occasioned a general shout; but Doctor Faustus being
present, bow'd his magic wand, repeating the words of
Shakespear:
--By my rough magic, I have oft bedim'd
The noon-tide sun-----
--Graves at my command
Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd and let them forth.
And I instantly re-assum'd my first body, to the great
surprize of the spectators. This great and glorious act of
the Doctor, engag'd my affections, and by the strict ties of
honour and gratitude, (which is not to be found in every
man, ) I voluntarily bound myself to him for the space of
seven years; at the expiration of which, I took shipping for
this colony, in order to spend the remainder of my days. . .
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