The mother-in-law, or, The doctor the disease : a comedy.

  • James Miller
Date:
1734
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Credit: The mother-in-law, or, The doctor the disease : a comedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fter, compos’d of double Catholicon, Rhubarb, Mel Rofatum, &c. according to Dr. Mummy's Prefcription, to wafh, fcour, cleanfe, and deterge his Worfhip’s Abdomen, 4 j. 6 d, — What! 4*. 6^.! for a Clyfter! You jeft, you jeft, Mr. Galleypot-, you ftiould ufe your Patients with feme Humanity : If this be your way of treating People, one would be fick no longer: Put down, put down 3s, if you pleafe. -Three and two’s five, and five’s ten, and ten's twenty $ twenty and ten’s thirty, and five thirty-five. --Sum Total for the Month of December is Thirty-five Pounds fe- ven Shillings and fix Pence.—--I’m glad we are fo moderate. - Let nie fee then, in this Month I have taken but one, two, three, four, five, fix, (even, eight Purgative Medicines j and one, two, three, four, five, fix, feven, eighr, nine, ten, eleven^ twelve Bot¬ tles of Cordial Julep $ and laft Month I took Twelve of the one, and Twenty of the other. I don’t won¬ der that I’m not fo well this Month as I was the laft. Hah! I feel the Effefts of my Omifiion already j I’m feiz’d all over with a fhivering Fit. Where’s Primrofe? Where are they all? My fpeaking’s to no purpofe. I’m always left alone. [Rings a Bell.] They are deaf: Primrofe! [ Rings. ] My Beil’s not loud enough. [Rings.Is it poffible they could leave a poor fick Creature all alone in this manner? Oh miferablel O Heavens! they’ll let me die here. [Rings louder.] Why, Primrofe / I fay. * . \ 1 • Enter Primrofe. Prim. Here I am, Sir. Sir Cred. Ah, you Slut! Ah, you Baggage ! Prim. [Pretending to have hurt her Head.] The Duce had your Impatience for me, ringing at fuch a rate — you have made me break my Head againft the Win¬ dow-(butter, I’m furc, hurrying one fo. Sir Cred. Ah, Traitrefs! --— Prim. Oh! Oh! [Crying^ to prevent his Scolding, Sir Cred. ’Tis a — Prim. Oh ! Oh !