The honour of the gout, or, A rational discourse, demonstrating, that the gout is one of the greatest blessings which can befal mortal man : that all gentlemen who are weary of it, are their own enemies: that those practitioners who offer at the cure, are the vainest and most mischievous cheats in nature. By way of letter to an eminent citizen, wrote in the heat of a violent paroxysm, and now publish'd for the common good / by Philander Misaurus.

  • Philander Misaurus
Date:
1720
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Credit: The honour of the gout, or, A rational discourse, demonstrating, that the gout is one of the greatest blessings which can befal mortal man : that all gentlemen who are weary of it, are their own enemies: that those practitioners who offer at the cure, are the vainest and most mischievous cheats in nature. By way of letter to an eminent citizen, wrote in the heat of a violent paroxysm, and now publish'd for the common good / by Philander Misaurus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <*& ss^i^s <s& s UPON THE Firft Fit of the Gout. Elcome, thou friendly Earned: of Four- ^ Thou that alone haft got the Sovereign Pow’r { T5 attend the Rich, unenvy’d by the Poor ! J Thou that doft JEfcnlapins deride, And o’re his Gallipots in Triumph ftride ! Thou that art us’d t’attend the Royal Throne* And underprop the Head that wears a Crown : Thou that do’ft oft in Privy Council wait, i » And guard from dozy Sleep the Eyes of State ; Thou that do’ft oft in pamper’d Prelate's Toe Emphatically urge the Pains below : Thou that upon the Bench art feated high, And warn’d: the Judges how they tread awry. ThoU that art always Half the City's Grace, And add’d: to folemn Noddle folemn Pace. r * ] Thou