The surprize: or, the gentleman turn'd apothecary. A tale written originally in French prose / afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in Hudibrastics [by J. Ellis].

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The surprize: or, the gentleman turn'd apothecary. A tale written originally in French prose / afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in Hudibrastics [by J. Ellis].