A letter from the facetious doctor Andrew Tripe [pseud.] [i.e. W. Wagstaffe], at Bath, to the venerable Nestor Ironside. With an account of the reception Mr. Ironside's late present of a Guardian met with from the worshipful Mr. Mayor, and other substantial inhabitants of that ancient city. To which is added, a prescription from the doctor, by way of postscript, exactly suited to his distemper.

Date:
1714
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Credit: A letter from the facetious doctor Andrew Tripe [pseud.] [i.e. W. Wagstaffe], at Bath, to the venerable Nestor Ironside. With an account of the reception Mr. Ironside's late present of a Guardian met with from the worshipful Mr. Mayor, and other substantial inhabitants of that ancient city. To which is added, a prescription from the doctor, by way of postscript, exactly suited to his distemper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 27 ] Let your Dyet be regular, and drink good Wines, and of the belt Growth. But, by all Means, you muft renounce Holland Geneva, and Brunfwick Mum : For one corrupts your Lungs, and the other ftu- pifies your Intellects. If you obferve exa&ly the Method of thefe Prefcriptions, as I hope you will, I don’t doubt, but that in a little Time, you will be generous enough, to acknow¬ ledge, that our Prefent is a Match for your own ; and that whatever Advantage you may have over us in Tears and Learning, you have none in the Point of Libera¬ lity. : Tours, Vt fupra. FINIS.