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             A character of a true physician, or, A true chymist compared with a goose-quill pedant with a short view of the frauds and abuses in physick, committed by the confederate prescribing doctoral methodists, with their combinators the apothecaries ... : being a vindication of such physicians as follow not their method but make and administer their own medicines, being the honestest, safest, cheapest, and speediest way of practice, both for physician and patient / by R. Fletcher ...
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           Physicians -- England.
           Quacks and quackery -- England -- History -- 17th century.
           Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
           Medical ethics -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           TRUE
           PHYSICIAN
           ;
           OR
           A
           TRUE
           CHYMIST
           COMPARED
           with
           a
           
             Goose-Quill
             Pedant
          
           .
           With
           a
           short
           view
           of
           the
           Frauds
           and
           Abuses
           in
           Physick
           ,
           committed
           by
           the
           Confederate
           prescribing
           Doctoral
           Methodists
           ,
           with
           their
           Combinators
           the
           Apothecaries
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Such
           Apothecaries
           only
           as
           debase
           themselves
           to
           Truck
           and
           truckle
           under
           him
           in
           his
           dull
           method
           ,
           to
           the
           extream
           abuse
           and
           hazard
           of
           their
           Patients
           .
           Being
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             such
          
           Physicians
           
             as
             follow
             not
             their
             Method
             ,
             but
             make
             and
             administer
             their
             own
             Medicines
             ,
             being
             the
             honestest
             ,
             safest
             ,
             cheapest
             ,
             and
             speediest
             way
             of
             Practice
             ,
             both
             for
          
           Physician
           and
           Patient
           .
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             FLETCHER
          
           ,
           a
           True
           Englishman
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ecclesiast
               .
               10.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
            
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             evill
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             seen
             under
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Folly
             set
             in
             great
             dignity
             ,
             and
             the
             Rich
             in
             wisdom
             and
             vertue
             set
             in
             low
             places
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           1676.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           CHARACTER
           OF
           A
           TRUE
           PHYSICIAN
           .
        
         
           A
           True
           Physician
           is
           one
           unto
           whom
           God
           hath
           opened
           the
           eyes
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           demonstrated
           the
           properties
           of
           things
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Adam
           ,
           before
           the
           fall
           ;
           and
           to
           Solomon
           ,
           upon
           his
           begging
           of
           Wisdom
           ;
           and
           unto
           Bazaleel
           and
           Aholiab
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           in
           Israel
           .
        
         
           II.
           Or
           a
           True
           Physician
           is
           one
           whom
           God
           hath
           qualified
           with
           a
           longing
           desire
           to
           know
           Nature
           ,
           in
           her
           operations
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           defects
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           may
           be
           amended
           .
        
         
           For
           which
           he
           doth
           ask
           ,
           seek
           ,
           and
           knock
           in
           a
           right
           way
           ,
           not
           at
           the
           doors
           of
           Aristotle
           or
           Galon
           ,
           with
           diligence
           ,
           patience
           and
           constancy
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           given
           and
           opened
           unto
           him
           ;
           his
           heart
           is
           not
           set
           upon
           gain
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           charity
           to
           the
           poor
           distressed
           ,
           he
           doth
           persist
           in
           this
           pursuit
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           the
           mercifull
           God
           hears
           him
           ,
           and
           gives
           
           him
           what
           he
           seeks
           for
           :
           Then
           having
           received
           his
           Talent
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           bury
           it
           in
           a
           napkin
           ,
           but
           doth
           improve
           it
           ,
           untill
           with
           it
           he
           gain
           2
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           5
           and
           with
           them
           10
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           doth
           not
           seek
           to
           get
           worldly
           Honour
           ,
           Riches
           and
           Fame
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           good
           of
           those
           he
           undertakes
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           startled
           at
           the
           sad
           Catalogue
           of
           incurable
           diseases
           ,
           which
           the
           Proud
           fond
           usurping
           School-Doctors
           have
           most
           shamefully
           compiled
           ;
           but
           he
           by
           his
           Noble
           
             Balsamic
             Medicines
          
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           overcome
           ,
           as
           the
           valiant
           Champion
           is
           reported
           to
           have
           conquered
           the
           devouring
           monster
           .
           He
           ,
           
             viz.
             (
             A
             Son
             of
             Art
             )
          
           knows
           how
           by
           his
           Chymick
           Art
           ,
           to
           prepare
           either
           Animal
           ,
           Vegetable
           ,
           or
           Mineral
           ,
           so
           as
           their
           vertue
           be
           separated
           from
           all
           gross
           Adherents
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           an
           apt
           Medicine
           to
           perform
           what
           God
           in
           Nature
           hath
           granted
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           his
           Art
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           is
           not
           such
           as
           he
           sucks
           from
           the
           Schools
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           is
           applicable
           to
           Action
           ,
           the
           other
           being
           but
           
             mere
             empty
             shadows
          
           or
           
             meer
             ornaments
          
           at
           best
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           his
           Art
           consists
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           corruption
           and
           generation
           ;
           for
           ,
           he
           that
           knows
           the
           wayes
           of
           Generation
           ,
           will
           easily
           come
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           true
           menstruum
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           preparing
           Medicines
           is
           most
           usefull
           .
        
         
           For
           every
           thing
           that
           Nature
           affords
           for
           the
           subsistence
           and
           health
           of
           Man
           ,
           is
           crude
           ,
           and
           needs
           a
           further
           digestion
           ,
           before
           it
           can
           be
           converted
           either
           into
           the
           substance
           of
           Man
           ,
           or
           into
           a
           wholesom
           Medicine
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Physician
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           
           skill'd
           in
           
           Nature's
           path
           ,
           as
           to
           imitate
           and
           assist
           Nature
           ,
           that
           all
           crude
           bodies
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Medicine
           ,
           may
           without
           the
           kitchin
           of
           the
           stomach
           be
           set
           to
           putrify
           ,
           to
           be
           digested
           and
           so
           dissolved
           ,
           that
           their
           spiritual
           nature
           may
           after
           that
           solution
           ,
           be
           easily
           extracted
           and
           taken
           out
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           transmitted
           to
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           Chymistry
           serves
           ;
           for
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           this
           Art
           ,
           we
           know
           how
           to
           digest
           ,
           to
           dissolve
           ,
           to
           putrify
           ,
           to
           separate
           the
           pure
           from
           the
           impure
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           come
           by
           perfect
           Medicines
           :
           For
           all
           bodies
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           partake
           of
           the
           grosness
           and
           terrestriety
           of
           their
           Matrixes
           ;
           but
           after
           their
           principles
           are
           separated
           from
           that
           terrestriety
           adhering
           ,
           which
           they
           drew
           from
           their
           Matrixes
           ,
           they
           make
           it
           plain
           enough
           by
           their
           powerfull
           effects
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           to
           this
           state
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           reduced
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           work
           with
           efficacy
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           still
           retain
           their
           Character
           ,
           and
           
             Internal
             Idea
          
           .
           Thus
           will
           a
           little
           quantity
           of
           such
           a
           well
           prepared
           Medicine
           manifest
           its
           self
           ,
           in
           the
           powerfull
           operating
           and
           assisting
           of
           Nature
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           her
           enemies
           
             (
             viz.
          
           Diseases
           )
           with
           speed
           and
           safety
           .
        
         
           But
           verily
           so
           great
           and
           precious
           a
           blessing
           as
           this
           ,
           God
           never
           bestows
           nor
           imparts
           to
           any
           of
           those
           fraudulent
           Tyrants
           ,
           who
           would
           limit
           the
           Holy
           one
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           stop
           and
           stifle
           those
           noble
           improvements
           in
           Physick
           ,
           which
           themselves
           neither
           do
           ,
           nor
           can
           understand
           ,
           whilst
           they
           remain
           proud
           usurpers
           and
           worshippers
           of
           Mammon
           .
        
         
           Then
           Give
           ear
           ,
           you
           
             Pedantick
             Galenists
          
           ,
           and
           
           Chymicophants
           ,
           of
           the
           pretended
           Colledge
           ,
           who
           persecute
           this
           Divine
           Science
           ,
           and
           the
           Professours
           thereof
           ;
           give
           ear
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           with
           what
           conscience
           can
           you
           prosess
           your selves
           to
           be
           Physicians
           ,
           seeing
           that
           all
           Medicines
           or
           Physick
           are
           without
           Chymistry
           ,
           imperfect
           ;
           Without
           that
           Chymistry
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           which
           out
           of
           the
           Manifest
           Light
           of
           Nature
           hath
           its
           invincible
           Grounds
           and
           Canons
           ,
           laid
           down
           in
           those
           ,
           excellent
           Writings
           of
           the
           Hermetick
           Philosophers
           ;
           for
           ,
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           only
           Art
           (
           which
           by
           supplying
           us
           out
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           with
           convenient
           means
           and
           particular
           Natures
           to
           separate
           the
           pure
           from
           the
           impure
           )
           will
           teach
           us
           ;
           first
           how
           to
           heal
           all
           the
           Diseases
           of
           the
           Macrocosmicall
           substances
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           by
           examples
           and
           experiments
           deduced
           from
           those
           exteriour
           Cures
           ,
           will
           shew
           us
           the
           right
           and
           infallible
           cure
           of
           all
           Diseases
           in
           our
           own
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           purge
           and
           heal
           Metals
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           restore
           the
           decay'd
           or
           weakned
           Radical
           Balsam
           in
           Man
           ,
           and
           repair
           it
           by
           comfortable
           and
           concordant
           Medicines
           ,
           to
           perform
           perfectly
           all
           its
           appointed
           functions
           ;
           which
           must
           necessarily
           be
           put
           into
           action
           ,
           before
           any
           Disease
           can
           be
           expelled
           :
           he
           that
           knows
           not
           what
           that
           is
           in
           Antimony
           ,
           which
           purges
           Gold
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           come
           by
           an
           effectual
           and
           wholesom
           Medicine
           that
           will
           purge
           and
           cast
           out
           those
           extrarious
           peccant
           causes
           that
           afflict
           and
           destroy
           he
           Body
           of
           Man
           ?
           He
           that
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           fix
           Arsenick
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           away
           the
           
           corrosive
           nature
           of
           Sublimate
           ,
           or
           to
           coagulate
           sulphureous
           spirits
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           convenient
           specifical
           Medium
           to
           break
           and
           dissolve
           stones
           in
           the
           greater
           World
           ,
           will
           never
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           Man
           allay
           and
           tame
           the
           Arsenicall
           Spirits
           of
           the
           
             Microseomic
             Salt
          
           ,
           nor
           take
           away
           venemous
           indispositions
           of
           Sulphur
           ,
           nor
           dissolve
           the
           Stone
           in
           the
           Bladder
           ,
           and
           drive
           it
           out
           being
           dissolved
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           Antient
           Philosophers
           ,
           who
           knew
           Nature
           indeed
           ,
           obtained
           their
           noble
           Medicines
           by
           the
           strict
           &
           exact
           observations
           of
           Nature
           in
           her
           own
           path
           ;
           how
           that
           kind
           was
           multiplied
           by
           kind
           ,
           and
           without
           putrefaction
           there
           could
           be
           no
           generation
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           found
           out
           excellent
           Medicines
           ,
           by
           doing
           all
           things
           in
           the
           Metallick
           Kingdom
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           possibility
           of
           nature
           :
           so
           if
           you
           would
           have
           
             A
             Medicine
          
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           although
           inferiour
           to
           theirs
           ,
           whether
           of
           the
           
             Mineral
             ,
             Animal
          
           ,
           or
           Vegetable
           Kingdom
           ,
           you
           must
           proceed
           in
           the
           same
           method
           ;
           for
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           as
           
             kind
             is
             multiplied
             by
             kind
          
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           putrefaction
           ;
           so
           if
           we
           will
           exalt
           any
           Concrete
           to
           make
           it
           a
           friendly
           Medicine
           ,
           whether
           Vegetable
           ,
           Animal
           ,
           or
           Mineral
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           in
           Nature's
           path
           ,
           
             kind
             with
             kind
          
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           putrefaction
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           let
           me
           compare
           Notes
           ,
           and
           examine
           the
           Modern
           Goose-quil
           Doctor
           by
           the
           Chymist
           ,
           to
           see
           unto
           which
           the
           name
           Quack
           belongs
           ;
           for
           ,
           so
           they
           call
           all
           other
           Physicians
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           of
           their
           Tribe
           of
           Pedants
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           this
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           make
           use
           of
           
           that
           worthy
           Philosopher
           Dr.
           
             G.
             Starkey
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           
           Nature's
           Explication
           ,
           and
           
           Helmont's
           
             Vindication
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           the
           whole
           of
           a
           real
           or
           pretended
           Physician
           ,
           may
           be
           referr'd
           to
           these
           two
           Heads
           ,
           namely
           
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             the
             finding
             out
             the
             Remedy
             :
             The
             latter
             of
             which
             ,
             is
             either
             Theoretically
             to
             know
             the
             Medicine
             ,
             or
             practically
             to
             provide
             ,
             prepare
             ,
             and
             apply
             the
             same
             .
          
           Then
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           we
           differ
           from
           the
           
             Goose-quil
             Doctor
          
           or
           Tribe
           ,
           in
           the
           Theoretical
           Discovery
           of
           Diseases
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           in
           the
           Practical
           Cure
           of
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Theory
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           the
           Philosophicall
           Contemplation
           of
           Simples
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           essential
           to
           a
           Physician
           ;
           for
           a
           Man
           may
           know
           the
           Remedies
           by
           which
           a
           Disease
           is
           cured
           ,
           and
           yet
           erre
           very
           much
           in
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           cause
           .
           And
           now
           I
           think
           on
           't
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           the
           Pedantick
           Methodist
           ,
           to
           tell
           me
           where
           the
           Seats
           and
           Seeds
           of
           Diseases
           are
           ;
           and
           whether
           they
           do
           not
           mistake
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           Cause
           for
           an
           Effect
           ,
           and
           an
           Effect
           for
           a
           Cause
           .
           But
           to
           our
           former
           Discourse
           ;
           the
           Remedy
           being
           to
           the
           Disease
           ,
           as
           water
           to
           fire
           ,
           which
           will
           undoubtedly
           quench
           it
           :
           and
           as
           a
           Man
           may
           know
           certainly
           by
           water
           to
           quench
           fire
           ,
           and
           yet
           erre
           in
           the
           Philosophick
           apprehension
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           so
           may
           a
           Man
           by
           a
           proper
           Remedy
           ,
           rightly
           prepar'd
           ,
           and
           in
           due
           proportion
           apply'd
           ,
           certainly
           cure
           the
           Disease
           ,
           and
           he
           able
           to
           distinguish
           the
           same
           generally
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           not
           able
           to
           find
           out
           and
           apprehend
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           originall
           ,
           with
           its
           occasional
           
           causes
           ,
           progress
           ,
           and
           variation
           .
           So
           then
           the
           Absolute
           things
           requisite
           in
           one
           that
           would
           conscionably
           undertake
           the
           Sick
           ,
           are
           first
           to
           know
           how
           to
           unlock
           those
           Medicines
           ,
           which
           the
           Almighty
           hath
           created
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           prepare
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           to
           apply
           them
           ;
           and
           how
           to
           order
           and
           dispose
           the
           Patient
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           may
           reap
           that
           good
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           by
           careful
           administration
           of
           them
           is
           expected
           .
        
         
           For
           every
           Artist
           is
           properly
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           his
           Works
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           his
           words
           ;
           for
           ,
           whatever
           is
           meerly
           notional
           ,
           are
           but
           vain
           Chymeras
           ,
           unworthy
           for
           a
           serious
           Man
           to
           busy
           his
           time
           in
           learning
           ,
           lest
           he
           
             Imbrace
             a
             cloud
             for
             Juno
          
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           misery
           of
           our
           Schools
           and
           Academies
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           teach
           
             barely
             words
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           
             bare
             notions
          
           ;
           which
           indeed
           are
           nothing
           but
           empty
           shadows
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           seeks
           to
           Apply
           them
           to
           practice
           ,
           beyond
           vain
           Disputation
           ,
           can
           proceed
           no
           further
           .
           Away
           then
           with
           all
           those
           foolish
           ,
           though
           specious
           pretences
           and
           curiosities
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           Man
           is
           never
           the
           nearer
           any
           practical
           verity
           .
        
         
           So
           then
           ,
           Medicine
           is
           the
           Art
           of
           healing
           and
           restoring
           all
           defects
           ,
           to
           which
           Mankind
           is
           subject
           to
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Body
           .
        
         
           And
           healing
           or
           curing
           ,
           is
           taking
           care
           of
           the
           Sick
           ,
           and
           applying
           such
           Medicines
           ,
           with
           directions
           for
           ordering
           the
           Patient
           ,
           that
           Recovery
           may
           be
           with
           speed
           and
           safety
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Restoring
           of
           the
           Sick
           ,
           is
           a
           grand
           mark
           
           of
           a
           
             True
             Son
             of
             Art
          
           ;
           it
           's
           his
           Diploma
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           appears
           to
           be
           one
           created
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           Schools
           ;
           for
           their
           Creatures
           they
           adorn
           with
           empty
           titles
           ,
           and
           God
           graceth
           his
           with
           real
           abilities
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           Dr.
           Huybert
           saith
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Corner
             Stone
             ,
             There
             is
             such
             adoe
             about
             this
             feather
             in
             the
             Cap
             ,
             called
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Physick
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             wish
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             it
             might
             be
             despised
             ,
             by
             the
             People
             of
          
           England
           ;
           
             for
             if
             they
             knew
             so
             well
             as
             I
             do
             ,
             of
             how
             light
             esteem
             it
             is
             beyond
             Sea
             ,
             and
             how
             easy
             to
             be
             gain'd
             ,
             so
             many
             would
             not
             dote
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             upon
             so
             many
             that
             run
             loose
             from
             being
             School-Masters
             ,
             or
             Preachers
             ,
             or
             University
             Men
             ,
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             be
             made
             Doctors
             at
          
           Leyden
           ,
           
             and
             the
             like
             places
             beyond
             Sea
             ;
             and
             by
             reading
             of
             a
             few
             Books
             and
             prating
             ,
             intrude
             into
             a
             Calling
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             to
             be
             acquired
             but
             by
             Years
             of
             labour
             and
             study
             ,
             of
             Experimental
             ,
             not
             School
             Philosophy
             .
             And
             truly
             such
             Men
             ought
             to
             be
             ordained
             of
          
           God
           
             in
             Nature
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             for
             ,
             of
             the
             other
             tatling
             book
             Doctors
             ,
             the
             world
             is
             too
             full
             of
             .
             And
             too
             many
             of
             them
             have
             crept
             in
             ,
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             principal
             Fellows
             ;
             of
             the
             pretended
             Colledge
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             admitted
             ,
             upon
             producing
             a
          
           Diploma
           ,
           
             with
             good
             store
             of
             white
             and
             yellow
             metallick
             seals
             to
             it
             ,
             besides
             the
             publick
             Seal
             of
             the
             University
             to
             the
          
           Parchment
           ,
           
             which
             they
             obtain
             for
             about
             ten
             pound
             ,
             and
             the
             answering
             of
             a
             few
             slight
             questions
             about
             Doctrine
             and
             method
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           now
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           his
           Trade
           ,
           he
           begins
           to
           consult
           
             Nurses
             ,
             Midwives
             ,
             and
             the
             Interests
             of
             Families
             ,
          
           and
           acquaint
           himself
           with
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           *
           who
           usually
           furnishes
           him
           a
           room
           or
           two
           gratis
           ,
           (
           and
           this
           must
           be
           consider'd
           in
           the
           
           Apothecary's
           Bills
           )
           he
           must
           also
           be
           attended
           on
           by
           his
           Servants
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Mistress
           into
           the
           bargain
           ,
           if
           necessity
           urgeth
           :
           And
           now
           ,
           besides
           his
           Fees
           ,
           he
           must
           go-snips
           with
           the
           Apothecary
           in
           his
           gains
           ,
           as
           about
           5
           shillings
           or
           a
           Noble
           the
           pound
           .
           And
           this
           way
           the
           Pedant
           may
           come
           by
           Money
           to
           buy
           a
           little
           coach
           and
           pair
           of
           Horses
           ;
           and
           thus
           going
           to
           visit
           a
           Patient
           ,
           the
           half
           piece
           is
           but
           ill
           taken
           ,
           and
           pop'd
           into
           the
           left
           pocket
           ,
           and
           possibly
           may
           cause
           the
           Patient
           to
           send
           to
           his
           worship
           ,
           before
           he
           shall
           see
           his
           face
           again
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           another
           Angel
           :
           But
           this
           must
           be
           done
           with
           a
           Diploma
           in
           his
           pocket
           to
           authorize
           the
           Fop.
           
        
         
           But
           it
           becomes
           not
           them
           (
           as
           worthy
           Dr.
           
             Marchamont
             Nedham
          
           saith
           )
           to
           set
           their
           hands
           to
           work
           ,
           to
           attain
           a
           true
           knowledge
           of
           mixt
           Bodies
           by
           
             Chymicall
             Anatomy
          
           .
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           their
           Sectators
           imagine
           they
           should
           wrong
           their
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           Doctoral
           state
           ,
           to
           defile
           and
           foul
           their
           fists
           with
           the
           blackness
           of
           charcoal
           .
           No
           ,
           now
           he
           must
           make
           it
           part
           of
           his
           business
           to
           inquire
           what
           Practitioners
           are
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           who
           hath
           most
           Imployment
           ,
           and
           whether
           such
           Men
           are
           Chymists
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           of
           the
           Tribe
           ,
           and
           who
           not
           .
           And
           as
           
           many
           as
           they
           can
           hear
           of
           ,
           that
           are
           any
           whit
           Eminent
           for
           doing
           Good
           in
           their
           Generation
           ,
           then
           to
           mark
           such
           Men
           on
           the
           back
           with
           the
           black
           coal
           of
           Ignorance
           and
           Envy
           ,
           in
           all
           Ale-Houses
           ,
           Coffee-Houses
           and
           Taverns
           ,
           where
           they
           frame
           Discourses
           of
           such
           Men
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           word
           they
           have
           for
           them
           is
           ,
           
             Quack
             ,
             Empirick
             Mountebanck
             Illiterate
             cheat
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           notorious
           ignoramus
           ,
           professing
           that
           Noble
           Faculty
           of
           Physick
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           other
           Men
           must
           becompar'd
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           reckon'd
           all
           alike
           .
           But
           ,
           by
           your
           leave
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Pedant
          
           ,
           't
           is
           apparently
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           your
           Colledge
           ,
           are
           equally
           ignorant
           in
           the
           
             Materia
             Medica
          
           ,
           to
           your
           Brother
           
             Dunce
             Jones
          
           of
           Moorfields
           ,
           and
           
             Hatten
             Garden
          
           ,
           and
           Gray
           the
           Q.
           with
           which
           Paper
           sculs
           ,
           some
           of
           your
           Brethren
           have
           folded
           me
           in
           their
           pittyfull
           Broad-side
           ,
           Intituled
           
             Some
             Reasons
             of
             the
             present
             Decay
             of
             the
             Practise
             of
             Physick
             in
             learned
             approv'd
             Doctors
             ,
             by
             A.
             B.
             C.
             D.
             Doctor
          
           and
           Apothecary
           truly
           so
           called
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           Younger
           Fry
           spend
           their
           time
           ,
           never
           seeking
           any
           further
           into
           the
           knowledge
           of
           things
           ;
           but
           rest
           in
           their
           meer
           received
           traditional
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           phantastick
           opinions
           wrap'd
           up
           in
           general
           conclusions
           and
           definitions
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           meer
           pretended
           principles
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           courses
           of
           the
           Chymical
           Philosophers
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           quite
           contrary
           ;
           their
           Learning
           lies
           not
           in
           Philosophical
           Maxims
           ,
           raised
           by
           meer
           Contemplation
           ,
           but
           are
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           Operation
           ought
           to
           be
           joyn'd
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           attain
           full
           
           delight
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           lay
           firm
           ,
           sound
           and
           sure
           foundations
           to
           their
           Reasonings
           ,
           being
           unwilling
           to
           build
           upon
           the
           quick-sands
           of
           vain
           ,
           frivolous
           and
           phantastick
           opinions
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           willing
           to
           undergo
           the
           charges
           ,
           toil
           and
           labour
           of
           practical
           Chymistry
           ,
           the
           sooner
           to
           attain
           to
           a
           solid
           knowledge
           of
           the
           works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           find
           out
           by
           several
           Experiments
           of
           their
           works
           and
           process
           ,
           the
           abstruse
           causes
           of
           her
           wonderfull
           effect
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           very
           difficult
           matter
           for
           any
           to
           attain
           to
           the
           exact
           knowledge
           of
           things
           Natural
           ,
           without
           the
           guidance
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           an
           acquaintance
           therewith
           :
           Neither
           can
           any
           be
           reckon'd
           a
           perfect
           Physician
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           
             Hermetick
             Philosophy
          
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           the
           truest
           Ground
           of
           Physick
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           Practitioners
           can
           deserve
           any
           other
           name
           or
           title
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           
             Emperick
             ,
             or
             Quack
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             a
             Gown
             ,
             nor
             Degrees
             taken
             in
             a
             University
             ,
             which
             makes
             a
             Man
          
           a
           Physician
           ,
           
             but
             a
             solid
             knowledge
             in
             Nature
             ,
          
           grounded
           upon
           Reason
           ,
           improved
           by
           long
           practical
           Experience
           .
           And
           as
           the
           
             Lord
             Bacon
          
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Learning
           makes
           
             Sense
             the
             surest
             Guide
             for
             our
             Understanding
             ,
          
           in
           Discovering
           the
           Secrets
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           proves
           at
           large
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           will
           have
           any
           sound
           knowledge
           of
           Nature
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           of
           deriving
           Philosophy
           
             from
             sensible
             Experiments
          
           ,
           we
           must
           use
           our
           own
           Industry
           ,
           and
           trust
           our
           own
           eyes
           and
           observations
           ,
           because
           they
           produce
           to
           us
           somewhat
           that
           is
           certain
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           But
           let
           me
           a
           little
           inquire
           into
           some
           of
           the
           Writings
           ,
           and
           complaints
           of
           some
           of
           your
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           when
           the
           great
           fudes
           were
           between
           them
           and
           the
           Apothecaries
           ;
           for
           they
           pretend
           they
           speak
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           Doctor
           Merret
           in
           his
           
             Short
             View
             of
             the
             frauds
             and
             abuses
             committed
             by
             Apothecaries
             ,
          
           pag.
           7.
           thus
           writes
           :
        
         
           
             In
             these
             ensuing
             Papers
             ,
             I
             hope
             to
             prove
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             these
             abuses
             complain'd
             of
             by
             all
             sorts
             of
             persons
             ,
             arise
             from
             this
             cause
          
           ;
           viz.
           That
           Physicians
           
             dispence
             not
             themselves
             such
             Medicines
             as
             they
             use
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             Sick
             ,
             but
             commit
             this
             work
             to
             the
          
           Apothecaries
           ,
           
             or
             rather
             to
             their
             Servants
          
           .
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           27.
           ]
           
             The
             desire
             of
             most
             Persons
             ,
             and
             the
             Censure
             of
             all
             wise
             men
             ,
             is
             towards
             us
             ,
             who
             say
             we
             are
             wanting
             to
             our
             own
             Interest
             ,
             if
             we
             make
             not
             use
             of
             the
             Remedies
             in
             our
             own
             hands
             ,
             performing
             our
             Art
             in
             all
             its
             members
             ,
             whereof
             making
             Medicines
             is
             a
             chief
             one
             .
          
           The
           
             Kings
             Physicians
          
           formerly
           made
           the
           
             Kings
             Medicines
          
           ;
           as
           't
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           
             Lord
             Coke
          
           in
           his
           Institutes
           ,
           Book
           the
           fourth
           ,
           part
           fourth
           ,
           pag.
           251.
           
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           36.
           ]
           
             He
             may
             so
             contrive
             his
          
           Medicines
           ,
           
             first
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             small
             quantities
             ,
             and
             be
             made
             more
             gratefull
             to
             the
             tast
             and
             stomack
             ,
             and
             perform
             more
             then
             those
             of
             the
          
           Apothecaries
           ,
           
             commonly
             slovenly
             made
             ,
             and
             themselves
             nauseous
             and
             sluggish
             .
          
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           41.
           ]
           Physicians
           will
           strive
           who
           shall
           exceed
           each
           other
           in
           Noble
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           render
           a
           full
           and
           happy
           Improvement
           of
           
           whatsoever
           God
           hath
           created
           for
           the
           recovery
           of
           Man's
           health
           .
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           44.
           ]
           
             He
             will
             gain
             Reputation
             to
             his
             Art
             ,
             by
             restoring
             it
             to
             its
             first
             Institution
             and
             Practice
             .
          
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           45.
           ]
           
             By
             constant
             practise
             with
             such
             Medicines
             ,
             he
             will
             find
             out
             a
             better
             method
             of
             cure
             ,
             and
             thereby
             arrive
             at
             the
             true
             causes
             of
             Diseases
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Patient
             will
             have
             a
             better
             opinion
             of
             the
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             confidence
             in
             the
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Physician
             will
             be
             more
             satisfied
             in
             conscience
             ,
             and
             better
             assured
             of
             the
             success
             .
          
        
         
           [
           Pag.
           46.
           ]
           
             He
             will
             have
             more
             scope
             to
             be
             charitable
             to
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             may
             cure
             them
          
           gratis
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Persons
             for
             little
             charge
             .
          
           And
           another
           of
           your
           Colledge
           tells
           us
           thus
           ;
           viz.
           Dr.
           Goddard
           in
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           p.
           36.
           
           
             There
             is
             one
             further
             advantage
             of
             great
             importance
             ,
             by
             the
             Physician
             giving
             his
             own
             preparations
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             certainty
             he
             shall
             be
             at
             in
             all
             his
             Medicaments
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             efficacy
             ,
             strength
             ,
             and
             operations
             ,
             much
             beyond
             what
             can
             be
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Writing
             Bills
             to
          
           Apothecaries
           ;
           
             for
             ,
             a
             rational
             and
             judicious
             choice
             of
             one
             ,
             or
             a
             very
             few
             Medicines
             ,
             may
             signify
             much
             more
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Patient
             ,
             than
             a
             Luxuriant
             variety
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           same
           Dr.
           sayes
           pag.
           29.
           
           
             If
             the
             Patients
             knew
             all
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             satisfied
             in
             the
             greatest
             number
             and
             variety
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             frequent
             plying
             them
             therewith
             .
             For
             this
             is
             done
             of
             design
             in
             some
             Physicians
             ,
             to
             render
             themselves
             the
             more
             acceptable
             to
          
           Apothecaries
           
             in
             general
             ,
             or
             upon
             some
             
             combination
             between
             the
          
           Apothecary
           and
           Physician
           ,
           
             mutually
             to
             advance
             each
             other
             ;
             for
             the
             principal
             Art
             of
             all
             is
             ,
             for
             the
          
           Apothecary
           
             to
             cry
             up
             ,
             and
             bring
             into
             the
             Patients
             such
          
           Physicians
           ,
           
             who
             through
             design
             must
             comply
             with
             the
          
           Apothecaries
           
             interest
             ;
             and
             such
             Practisers
             they
             extol
             ,
             and
             cry
             up
             for
             good
          
           Physicians
           ,
           
             (
             as
             indeed
             they
             are
             for
             their
             advantage
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             the
             Patient's
             health
             ,
             ease
             ,
             or
             Purse
             ,
             unless
             to
             empty
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             this
             Good
          
           Apothecaries
           
             Doctor
             they
             describe
             by
             his
             frequent
             ,
             though
             needless
             visits
             ,
             and
             multitude
             of
             Bills
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             very
             careful
             ,
             diligent
             ,
             and
             painful
             man
             ,
             for
             he
             visits
             twice
             or
             thrice
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             writing
             of
             new
             Bills
             for
             more
             Medicines
             ;
             when
             perhaps
             not
             half
             or
             none
             of
             the
             former
             have
             been
             used
             ,
             making
             the
             Patient's
             House
             like
             an
          
           Apothecarie
           '
           
             s
             Shop
             ,
             planting
             the
             Cupboards
             ,
             Tables
             ,
             and
             Windows
             ,
             with
             pots
             and
             glasses
             ;
             and
             thus
             the
          
           Physician
           
             never
             goes
             away
             from
             his
             Patient
             without
             a
             Bill
             ,
             lest
             the
          
           Apothecary
           
             should
             grumble
             ,
             or
             himself
             want
             his
             fee.
             
          
        
         
           
             And
             thus
             burdening
             the
             Sick
             with
             multiplicity
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             often
             contrary
             and
             destructive
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
        
         
           But
           then
           the
           worst
           mischief
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           what
           drop'd
           from
           a
           Quil
           pluck'd
           from
           the
           right
           wing
           of
           their
           own
           Body
           ;
           viz.
           their
           Brother
           Merret
           ,
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             these
          
           Apothecaries
           
             counterfeit
             their
             Medicines
             ,
             both
             Simple
             and
             Compound
             ,
             and
             sell
             one
             thing
             for
             another
          
           ;
           viz.
           
             They
             
             sell
          
           Myrtle
           leaves
           for
           Sena
           ,
           a
           Binder
           
             for
             a
          
           Purger
           ;
           Mushroms
           
             of
             the
             Oak
             rubb'd
             over
             with
             chalk
             for
          
           Agarie
           ;
           Hemlock
           ,
           Dropwort
           
             Roots
             ,
             for
          
           Paeony
           Roots
           ,
           Poysons
           
             for
             wholesome
          
           Medicines
           ,
           Dog-Berries
           ,
           for
           Buck
           Thorn
           ;
           no
           Purgers
           
             for
             streng
             ones
          
           ;
           Sheeps
           lungs
           for
           Fox
           lungs
           ;
           
             the
             hone
             of
             an
          
           Ox
           ,
           
             for
             that
             of
             a
          
           Stags
           Heart
           ,
           Damsons
           for
           Damase
           
             prunes
             ,
             Syrup
             of
          
           Limons
           ,
           
             for
             Syrup
             of
          
           Citrons
           ;
           Briony
           
             Roots
             for
          
           Mechoacan
           .
        
         
           
             They
             falsify
             the
             Grand
             Compositions
             of
             the
          
           London
           Dispensatory
           ,
           
             it
             being
             a
             common
             trade
             with
             the
          
           Apothecaries
           
             to
             buy
             unsound
             and
             decay'd
             drugs
             ,
             and
             to
             return
             back
             to
             the
             Drugest
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Composition
             ,
             as
             will
             pay
             for
             the
             Simples
             .
          
        
         
           
             'T
             is
             common
             with
             them
             to
             load
             Medicines
             ,
             with
             great
             quantity
             of
             Hony
             and
             other
             cheap
             ingredients
             ,
             and
             to
             leave
             out
             the
             whole
             ,
             or
             part
             of
             them
             ,
             of
             greater
             value
             in
          
           Ruffus
           '
           
             s
             pill
             and
          
           Oxycroceum
           
             Plaster
             ,
             they
             colour
             with
          
           Turmeric
           and
           sanders
           
             instead
             of
          
           Saffron
           ;
           Diascordium
           
             made
             only
             with
             Honey
             and
          
           Bole
           Armonick
           .
           
             Many
             of
             the
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Country
          
           Apothecaries
           ,
           
             buy
             of
             the
             whole
             Salemen
             in
          
           London
           ,
           
             who
             affirm
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             sell
             their
             Medicines
             honestly
             made
             at
             so
             low
             a
             rate
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             but
             the
             retail
          
           Apothecary
           
             will
             give
             no
             better
             price
             ,
             and
             they
             must
             have
             them
             to
             keep
             custom
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           that
           all
           Medicines
           in
           the
           
             London
             Dispensatory
          
           were
           truly
           made
           ;
           yet
           if
           〈◊〉
           may
           believe
           another
           of
           the
           Colledge
           Brethren
           ;
           
             viz.
             Dr.
             Goddard
          
           in
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           setting
           forth
           the
           
           unhappy
           condition
           of
           the
           Practise
           of
           Physick
           in
           London
           ,
           tells
           us
           thus
           ,
           pag.
           28.
           
        
         
           
             Who
             ever
             with
             judgment
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             peruseth
             the
          
           London
           Dispensatory
           ,
           
             may
             soon
             estimate
             to
             what
             an
             Epitome
             it
             may
             be
             reduced
             ;
             how
             many
             Compositions
             may
             be
             spair'd
             ,
             how
             many
             Ingredients
             almost
             in
             every
             Composition
             .
             And
             as
             to
             the
             forms
             or
             Receipts
             of
             which
             it
             is
             made
             up
             ,
             it
             was
             never
             judged
             otherwise
             by
             able
             Physicians
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             are
             in
             them
             many
             ingredients
             impertinent
             ,
             and
             some
             contrary
             to
             the
             main
             intention
             for
             which
             they
             are
             in
             use
             ,
             besides
             their
             Irrational
             proportions
             and
             quantities
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             This
             being
             the
             condition
             and
             state
             of
             that
             Book
             ,
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             have
             no
             such
             cause
             ;
             as
             the
             common
             People
             may
             think
             ,
             to
             envy
             them
             the
             Translation
             of
             it
             ;
             nor
             have
             they
             any
             such
             Treasure
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             suppose
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           high
           time
           then
           for
           People
           to
           be
           well
           advised
           what
           Physicians
           they
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           seeing
           these
           grand
           abuses
           are
           committed
           by
           those
           which
           pretend
           a
           law
           ,
           to
           impose
           upon
           all
           People
           such
           Medicines
           ,
           and
           do
           sue
           and
           molest
           at
           Law
           all
           Persons
           better
           informed
           ,
           that
           make
           it
           their
           sole
           business
           to
           serve
           their
           Generation
           ,
           with
           a
           better
           method
           and
           Medicines
           than
           themselves
           understand
           ;
           and
           if
           such
           Men
           have
           a
           Law
           to
           molest
           such
           Men
           ,
           is
           it
           that
           good
           reason
           that
           Magistrates
           ,
           be
           informed
           ●●at
           such
           monopolies
           are
           injurious
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           with
           good
           reason
           make
           such
           void
           and
           of
           non
           effect
           ;
           but
           I
           highly
           question
           ,
           
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           such
           Law
           or
           not
           ,
           as
           these
           Men
           pretend
           ;
           for
           their
           Brother
           Doctor
           Goddard
           pleads
           thus
           ,
           speaking
           for
           Liberty
           for
           Improvers
           ,
           pag.
           16.
           
           
             All
             Laws
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             of
             Nature
             and
             Nations
             ;
             all
             Justice
             ,
             Equity
             and
             Reason
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             do
             allow
             to
             every
             Person
             the
             benefit
             of
             his
             own
             industry
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             that
             the
             bringing
             of
             it
             into
             use
             and
             practice
             ,
             doth
             necessarily
             import
             the
             discovery
             of
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Laws
             ,
             Patents
             for
             terms
             of
             years
             are
             granted
             ;
             but
             if
             an
             invention
             be
             of
             such
             a
             nature
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             concealed
             in
             the
             use
             and
             practice
             ,
             no
             limitation
             for
             private
             advantage
             or
             profit
             thereby
             ,
             is
             set
             by
             Law
             ;
             it
             is
             only
             Honesty
             and
             Ingenuity
             ,
             that
             can
             restrain
             Men
             from
             making
             unreasonable
             or
             unconscionable
             advantage
             thereof
             in
             such
             a
             case
             .
             Now
             ,
             any
             Medicine
             or
             Recepts
             for
             Cure
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             invented
             by
          
           Physicians
           ,
           
             or
             coming
             to
             their
             private
             knowledge
             only
             ,
             or
             any
             new
             use
             or
             virtue
             of
             an
             old
             known
             Medicine
             discovered
             by
             any
          
           Physician
           ,
           
             as
             far
             as
             they
             are
             of
             any
             consideration
             or
             virtue
             ,
             are
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             are
             inventions
             that
             may
             be
             kept
             secret
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             whereof
             nothing
             hinders
             them
             from
             the
             advantage
             .
             The
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             (
             as
             well
             as
             in
             other
             Countries
             )
             allowing
             and
             authorizing
          
           Physicians
           
             to
             practise
             their
             Art
             in
             all
             its
             parts
             and
             members
             ;
             and
             so
             by
             consequence
             to
             make
             any
             Medicine
             themselves
             ;
             and
             to
             administer
             them
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Poor
             for
             nothing
             ;
             and
             to
             others
             for
             reasonable
             reward
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           you
           persecuting
           Colledge
           ,
           what
           can
           you
           say
           for
           your selves
           ?
           are
           not
           your
           own
           Members
           
           witnesses
           against
           you
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           like
           your
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           persecuted
           the
           worthies
           of
           old
           ?
           are
           you
           not
           like
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           killed
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           great
           Physician
           appeared
           ,
           killed
           him
           ?
           Did
           not
           they
           cry
           ,
           
             We
             have
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ?
          
           and
           do
           not
           you
           boast
           and
           cry
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           learned
           Colledge
           ,
           We
           have
           Diplomas
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           been
           
             Dub'd
             Doctors
          
           ,
           we
           have
           Gallen
           and
           Hippocrates
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           as
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           compell
           all
           Men
           to
           obedience
           to
           you
           ?
           for
           ,
           he
           cryes
           out
           ,
           
             We
             are
             the
             Church
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             Keyes
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             ,
          
           I
           am
           
           Christ's
           Vicar
           the
           infallible
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           are
           not
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           this
           Church
           are
           Hereticks
           ?
           and
           do
           not
           they
           persecute
           all
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lyes
           that
           are
           better
           perswaded
           ?
           Do
           not
           you
           persecute
           all
           at
           Law
           that
           are
           not
           of
           your
           Tribe
           ,
           or
           owne
           not
           obedience
           to
           you
           ?
           but
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           millions
           are
           better
           perswaded
           ;
           But
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           at
           many
           worthy
           Persons
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           so
           blind
           as
           to
           make
           use
           of
           these
           Persons
           :
           but
           they
           will
           tell
           me
           ,
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           advise
           with
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           Because
           they
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           Learned
           Men
           :
           But
           by
           the
           same
           parrallel
           line
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           not
           advise
           with
           the
           
             Conclave
             of
             Cardinals
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           for
           the
           health
           of
           your
           Souls
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           the
           pretended
           Colledge
           ,
           for
           the
           health
           of
           your
           Body
           ?
           for
           ,
           they
           have
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           traditional
           Education
           and
           Root
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           abhor
           the
           one
           ,
           how
           can
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           but
           well
           consider
           ,
           be
           satisfied
           with
           the
           other
           ?
           would
           they
           not
           bind
           all
           People
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           
           no
           other
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           go
           about
           to
           prohibit
           all
           People
           from
           consulting
           with
           ,
           or
           making
           use
           of
           those
           whom
           they
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           are
           both
           honest
           and
           able
           ?
        
         
           Oh
           Monsters
           in
           Nature
           !
           Good
           People
           look
           not
           only
           to
           your
           purses
           ,
           but
           to
           your
           Lives
           also
           :
           For
           ,
           what
           pretenses
           can
           these
           Men
           have
           for
           their
           persecutiing
           Dr.
           
           Huybert's
           and
           the
           worthy
           Dr.
           
             M.
             Nedham
          
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           covetous
           ends
           ?
           if
           they
           pretend
           they
           only
           design
           to
           suppress
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           they
           betray
           themselves
           ,
           for
           they
           trouble
           those
           Men
           at
           Law
           ,
           more
           Learned
           then
           themselves
           ,
           in
           that
           shadow
           of
           a
           substance
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Learning
           .
           And
           for
           that
           part
           of
           Learning
           ,
           which
           themselves
           are
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           these
           Men
           are
           worthy
           proficients
           ;
           viz.
           In
           the
           Art
           of
           Healing
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           least
           these
           papers
           should
           swell
           beyond
           my
           intention
           ,
           I
           shall
           briefly
           end
           .
        
         
           Refering
           you
           for
           farther
           information
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           to
           the
           Writings
           of
           that
           worthy
           Dr.
           
             M.
             Nedham
          
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Medela
             Medicinae
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Preface
           to
           
           Sylvius's
           New
           
             Idaea
             of
             Physick
          
           ;
           and
           to
           Dr.
           G.
           Starkey's
           
             Natures
             Explication
          
           ,
           and
           
           Helmout's
           Vindication
           ;
           Dr.
           G.
           Thompson's
           Learned
           Piece
           ,
           called
           
             Ortho
             Methodus
             Jatro
             Chymica
          
           ,
           and
           Dr.
           
           Huybert's
           
             Corner
             Stone
          
           ;
           in
           which
           Books
           you
           may
           find
           those
           Men
           well
           dissected
           .
           I
           must
           expect
           the
           Censure
           of
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           the
           Envy
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           satisfied
           in
           that
           I
           inform
           the
           Honest
           how
           to
           avoid
           the
           knavish
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           POSTSCRIPT
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           LEst
           the
           Reader
           should
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           &
           think
           ,
           that
           I
           speaking
           against
           those
           Pedantick
           usurping
           prescribing
           Heteromethodists
           ,
           and
           such
           Apothecaries
           as
           are
           in
           combination
           with
           them
           :
        
         
           That
           thereby
           ,
           I
           mean
           all
           manner
           of
           Persons
           that
           profess
           Physick
           and
           Phylosophy
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           educated
           in
           Universities
           ,
           or
           that
           I
           mean
           Apothecaries
           in
           general
           .
           No
           ,
           many
           of
           these
           Men
           have
           been
           studious
           and
           elaborate
           inquirers
           into
           Nature
           by
           Practical
           Philosophy
           ;
           these
           Men
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           with
           many
           of
           our
           
             London
             Chirurgians
          
           ,
           are
           better
           persuaded
           than
           to
           follow
           the
           old
           Pedantick
           way
           :
           and
           such
           worthy
           Men
           as
           these
           ,
           I
           both
           owne
           and
           honour
           ,
           as
           Persons
           fit
           to
           undertake
           the
           Sick.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           only
           mean
           those
           
             Envious
             Ignorants
          
           ,
           whether
           Physicians
           or
           Apothecaries
           ,
           who
           being
           bewitch'd
           by
           the
           authority
           &
           custom
           of
           other
           blind
           Guides
           ,
           and
           who
           having
           been
           beguil'd
           with
           their
           
           covetous
           crafty
           deceits
           ,
           are
           clearly
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           more
           truth
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             Hermetick
             Philosophy
          
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           pretended
           Philosophick
           principles
           of
           Aristotle
           and
           Galen
           ;
           such
           as
           Doctor
           Cox-Comb
           ,
           the
           late
           
             Chymick
             Renegado
          
           by
           virtue
           of
           
             Matrimonial
             Contract
          
           ,
           &
           most
           of
           the
           prescribing
           pretended
           Colledge
           ,
           with
           their
           Confederates
           ,
           such
           Apothecaries
           ,
           who
           perversly
           maintaining
           of
           ,
           and
           persisting
           in
           the
           great
           and
           manifest
           errours
           of
           
           Aristotle's
           Physicks
           ,
           and
           the
           evident
           imperfections
           
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Medicines
          
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           leud
           disposition
           or
           malignity
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           wilfull
           dotage
           ,
           do
           persecute
           and
           bespatter
           those
           better
           informed
           ;
           and
           disswade
           other
           growing
           and
           hopeful
           Wits
           ,
           from
           applying
           themselves
           to
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Hermetick
           Science
           .
        
         
           Those
           are
           the
           men
           whom
           I
           aim
           at
           ,
           as
           being
           Sophisters
           and
           deceivers
           in
           Physick
           ;
           a
           sort
           of
           Pedants
           ,
           being
           bred
           up
           like
           a
           Carrier's
           Horse
           to
           foot
           it
           in
           a
           common
           Road
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           goes
           besides
           it
           ,
           he
           then
           loses
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           amaze
           ;
           and
           by
           way
           of
           Distinction
           from
           those
           that
           are
           indeed
           Physicians
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           called
           PEDANTS
           ,
           for
           such
           they
           are
           indeed
           ;
           therefore
           let
           that
           be
           the
           word
           throughout
           England
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           word
           more
           to
           the
           Reader
           :
           And
           that
           is
           to
           inform
           him
           what
           a
           Pedant
           is
           in
           Phylosophy
           and
           Physick
           :
           He
           is
           a
           Creature
           half
           learned
           ,
           and
           half
           unlearned
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           learned
           in
           Letters
           ,
           old
           Rules
           ,
           and
           speculations
           of
           old
           Authors
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           he
           has
           conversed
           with
           them
           ,
           yet
           that
           is
           usually
           
           not
           very
           far
           ;
           and
           were
           he
           never
           so
           far
           or
           profoundly
           studied
           in
           them
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           to
           little
           use
           or
           purpose
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           other
           half
           of
           the
           Ridiculous
           monster
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           been
           trickt
           up
           with
           all
           the
           trappings
           of
           his
           Academick
           Authors
           Formalities
           and
           Notions
           ,
           appears
           to
           be
           unlearned
           in
           Things
           ,
           Realities
           ,
           Essentiall
           forms
           ,
           Intimate
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           powers
           of
           Natural
           subjects
           ,
           and
           ignorant
           which
           way
           to
           educe
           and
           reduce
           them
           to
           practice
           for
           a
           publick
           good
           :
           so
           that
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           this
           University
           way
           of
           Education
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Doctorships
           Diploma
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           old
           Doctrine
           ,
           are
           fit
           for
           little
           but
           to
           make
           good
           the
           old
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Merus
             Scholastious
             merus
             Asinus
          
           ;
           for
           ,
           trimed
           up
           with
           his
           gayeties
           of
           very
           little
           Latine
           ,
           and
           less
           
             Greek
             Rhombus
          
           ,
           through
           all
           his
           Purple-habiliments
           you
           may
           spy
           what
           sort
           of
           Creature
           't
           is
           ;
           especially
           if
           you
           turn
           your
           eyes
           upwards
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           more
           evidently
           informed
           ,
           when
           you
           view
           his
           Ears
           peeping
           through
           his
           Velvet-cushion-cap-case
           .
        
         
           Talk
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           prate
           as
           a
           Man
           :
           So
           could
           
           Balaam's
           Ass
           ;
           but
           he
           poor
           Animal
           lived
           out
           his
           time
           ,
           then
           died
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           his
           talk
           and
           jogging
           on
           the
           road
           ,
           could
           never
           make
           a
           Physician
           .
           —
           I
           met
           t'
           other
           day
           with
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           bad
           me
           salute
           all
           the
           Doctor
           Pedants
           thus
           in
           Greek
           and
           
             Latine
             ,
             LOGIATRI
             ,
             VALETE
          
           ;
           and
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           not
           many
           of
           them
           are
           able
           to
           construe
           the
           English
           of
           it
           without
           much
           conning
           and
           thumbing
           of
           a
           Lexicon
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           One
           word
           yet
           more
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           newly
           informed
           ,
           that
           the
           Collegiates
           ,
           being
           all
           
             sick
             of
             the
             Stone
          
           ,
           I
           mean
           of
           that
           notable
           Book
           called
           Dr.
           Huybert's
           Corner-Stone
           ,
           lately
           published
           ,
           &
           not
           daring
           to
           venture
           to
           cure
           themselves
           with
           any
           things
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           have
           apply'd
           themselves
           to
           the
           use
           of
           
           Goddard's
           Drops
           in
           Good-Ale
           ,
           in
           Clerkenwell
           ,
           where
           dwells
           that
           pittyfull
           Distiller
           ,
           A
           
             Smal
             Quack
          
           ,
           that
           would
           fain
           curry
           favour
           with
           the
           greater
           ones
           ,
           to
           gain
           their
           custom
           :
           where
           note
           ,
           that
           the
           Pedants
           will
           (
           as
           they
           ever
           have
           done
           )
           kiss
           the
           breech
           of
           any
           Quack
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           in
           private
           ,
           that
           can
           help
           them
           with
           a
           Medicine
           ;
           but
           if
           their
           Disease
           were
           curable
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           not
           ,
           Alas
           !
           what
           can
           Good-Ale
           wit
           Drops
           doe
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           been
           smiten
           under
           the
           fifth
           Rib
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Huyberts
           ?
           Their
           next
           fate
           will
           be
           ,
           to
           be
           buried
           by
           the
           City
           ,
           without
           lamentation
           :
           *
           And
           does
           he
           think
           they
           will
           be
           satisfied
           with
           
             Good
             Ale
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           wine
           at
           such
           funeral
           ?
           But
           more
           planly
           thus
           ,
           Dr.
           Huyberts
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           (
           which
           is
           a
           Book
           that
           concerns
           every
           Man
           in
           this
           Nation
           to
           read
           )
           having
           stript
           naked
           their
           Doctorships
           ,
           and
           their
           fallacies
           ,
           their
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           their
           
           arrogant
           persecuting
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           other
           meritorious
           persons
           ,
           without
           Reason
           ,
           or
           ground
           of
           Law
           ,
           he
           then
           saluted
           them
           with
           two
           remarkable
           Challenges
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           challenges
           them
           ;
           
             To
             nominate
             any
             one
             Particular
             of
             improvement
             ,
             that
             their
             Society
             hath
             made
             in
             the
             Art
             of
             Curing
             ,
             since
             their
             first
             Incorporation
             ,
             to
             this
             day
             :
             And
             thereupon
             he
             will
             prove
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Whereas
             they
             pretend
             to
             have
             done
             much
             in
             discovcries
             by
             Anatomy
             :
             And
             whereas
             Mr.
          
           Boyle
           ,
           
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             Experimental
             Philosophy
             ,
             saith
             ;
             he
             doth
             not
             see
             wherein
             by
             those
             new
             Discoveries
             ,
             they
             have
             done
             any
             thing
             to
             better
             the
             Cure
             of
             Diseases
             .
          
        
         
           Dr.
           Huyberts
           
             also
             saith
             ;
             that
             if
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Anatomical
             Stage
             ,
             please
             to
             justifie
             themselves
             ,
             he
             is
             ready
             to
             refute
             them
             ,
             and
             manifest
             publickly
             in
             Print
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             not
             done
             any
             thing
             worth
             a
             Straw
             beyond
             what
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Ancients
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Challenges
           ;
           but
           why
           do
           they
           not
           accept
           and
           enter
           upon
           the
           Combate
           ?
           Is
           it
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Worships
           ,
           to
           admit
           a
           Puny
           Drop-Seller
           to
           be
           their
           Champion
           ,
           and
           then
           under
           hand
           to
           supply
           him
           as
           I
           am
           told
           with
           Materials
           ,
           to
           patch
           up
           a
           Pamphlet
           with
           a
           bold
           face
           of
           a
           Lame
           Answer
           ?
           This
           is
           their
           way
           of
           Answering
           ;
           And
           thus
           I
           remember
           ,
           they
           served
           worthy
           Dr.
           
             Marchamont
             ,
             Nedham's
          
           Book
           ten
           years
           ago
           called
           
             Medela
             Medicinae
          
           ;
           which
           
           remains
           yet
           unanswered
           ,
           and
           approved
           by
           all
           but
           themselves
           :
           for
           instead
           ,
           of
           returning
           a
           solid
           and
           through
           answer
           by
           some
           of
           their
           Grandees
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Task
           becoming
           the
           best
           Heads
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           employed
           four
           of
           their
           Puny
           Members
           to
           whisle
           with
           some
           Pareels
           ,
           and
           Sentences
           ,
           instead
           of
           an
           orderly
           Demolition
           of
           the
           Ground
           work
           ,
           the
           design
           ,
           and
           structure
           of
           the
           whole
           Book
           ,
           as
           becomes
           men
           that
           would
           pretend
           to
           be
           Scholars
           .
        
         
           Those
           Puny
           Scriblers
           were
           men
           scarce
           known
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           lose
           no
           Reputation
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           made
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           very
           frivolous
           Answers
           to
           some
           parts
           ,
           without
           considering
           the
           entire
           Composition
           of
           the
           whole
           :
           And
           Doubtless
           the
           Grandees
           dealt
           very
           warily
           ,
           to
           decline
           an
           engaging
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           on
           their
           Underlings
           to
           Write
           against
           a
           Book
           which
           they
           well
           knew
           was
           not
           to
           be
           answered
           yet
           they
           had
           the
           impudence
           to
           cry
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           confuted
           the
           Doctor
           in
           four
           several
           Answers
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Art
           used
           then
           to
           save
           their
           Credits
           ,
           with
           the
           Injudicious
           &
           weaker
           sort
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           seeing
           I
           hear
           they
           are
           upon
           practising
           that
           same
           trick
           again
           ,
           by
           employing
           against
           Huyberts
           ;
           one
           Goodale
           from
           whom
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           any
           tolerable
           Answer
           ;
           and
           he
           being
           none
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           Dr.
           Huyberts
           is
           not
           concerned
           to
           make
           any
           Reply
           to
           ought
           that
           shall
           be
           Written
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           unless
           it
           shall
           appear
           in
           Print
           owned
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           or
           of
           
           some
           one
           of
           their
           number
           ,
           on
           their
           behalf
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           Doctor
           is
           resolved
           not
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           Drop-seller
           ,
           but
           will
           commit
           the
           care
           of
           a
           Reply
           unto
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           whose
           name
           is
           
             Jack
             Straw
          
           .
           A
           fit
           man
           to
           Foile
           such
           a
           Champion
           ,
           being
           able
           to
           deal
           with
           Mr.
           Goodale
           ,
           and
           his
           good
           Masters
           too
           ;
           in
           case
           they
           deal
           with
           him
           now
           ,
           as
           formerly
           they
           did
           with
           Dr.
           Nedhams
           Book
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           cry
           up
           this
           their
           new
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           forming
           by
           that
           incompetent
           Adversary
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Answer
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           conclude
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Admiration
           ,
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           that
           worthy
           and
           Ancient
           Company
           of
           Chirurgeons
           of
           London
           ,
           what
           a
           base
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           such
           persons
           as
           they
           ,
           should
           suffer
           so
           long
           a
           time
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           under
           the
           Insolence
           and
           Pride
           of
           the
           Pedants
           ,
           who
           have
           for
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Years
           past
           ,
           made
           attempts
           from
           time
           to
           time
           to
           inslave
           and
           debar
           them
           from
           the
           practise
           of
           Physick
           ,
           in
           following
           their
           Profession
           ;
           which
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           absolutely
           a
           great
           Burthen
           to
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           disgrace
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           There
           being
           no
           reason
           why
           a
           Chirurgical
           Patient
           ,
           should
           be
           put
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           
             a
             Fop
             Doctor
          
           ;
           Ignorant
           of
           Chirurgery
           (
           as
           most
           of
           them
           are
           )
           when
           as
           if
           occasion
           require
           a
           Doctor
           ,
           the
           Chyrurgeon
           may
           be
           Chyrurgeon
           and
           Doctor
           too
           ;
           for
           so
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           at
           Sea
           ;
           or
           else
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           may
           lose
           their
           Men
           that
           dayly
           go
           forth
           in
           their
           services
           .
           And
           how
           shall
           they
           be
           
           fit
           for
           Sea
           ,
           if
           they
           and
           their
           Masters
           that
           Breed
           them
           ,
           have
           not
           a
           freedom
           to
           practise
           both
           ways
           by
           Land
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Sea.
           Besides
           ,
           Physick
           and
           Surgery
           were
           everheretofore
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           till
           the
           idle
           Pride
           of
           Pedants
           made
           a
           Distinction
           :
           From
           which
           arose
           the
           destruction
           of
           Physick
           in
           all
           its
           concerns
           .
           And
           it
           will
           never
           be
           well
           till
           they
           run
           both
           again
           in
           on
           Channel
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           ,
           Courteous
           Reader
           ,
           and
           favour
           the
           Attempts
           of
           him
           whose
           Aime
           is
           thy
           Good
           ,
           whilst
           he
           is
        
         
           
             R.
             Fletcher
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Sun
             in
             
               Gutter-Lane
               ,
               London
            
             
               1676.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           
             THere
             will
             be
             speedily
             Printed
             ,
             a
             Commentary
             upon
             the
             Learned
             Preface
             ,
             which
             was
             Written
             by
             the
             worthy
             Dr.
          
           Mar.
           Nedham
           
             last
             Summer
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             in
             Print
             before
             Dr.
          
           Richard
           Gowers
           
             Translation
             of
          
           Sylvius
           the
           
             Dutchman's
             new
          
           Idea
           of
           Physick
           .
           
             Being
             a
             Piece
             worthy
             to
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             perused
             by
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             in
             the
             Nation
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             may
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             ,
             how
             they
             have
             been
             Gulled
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             with
             the
             Title
             of
             University
             Doctor
             ,
             instead
             of
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             Physician
             :
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A39814-e200
           
             *
             See
             the
             Book
             
               Lex
               Talionis
            
             ,
             written
             by
             an
             Apothecary
             against
             the
             Pedant
             Doctors
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A39814-e4040
           
             *
             M.
             Bayes
             may
             do
             well
             to
             crown
             their
             funeral
             ,
             and
             Marvel
             not
             ,
             if
             you
             find
             on
             their
             Tombe-stone
             for
             a
             memorial
             (
             because
             most
             of
             them
             are
             pretended
             Scholars
             )
             these
             words
             ,
             
               This
               is
               GOLGOTHAMGEMULAM
            
             ,
             which
             if
             
               Mr.
               Franckland
               P.
               D.
            
             Solliciter
             happen
             to
             survive
             ,
             he
             may
             interpret
             if
             he
             be
             able
             .
          
        
      
    
  

