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

  • Wagstaffe, William, 1685-1725
Date:
1714
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Credit: A letter from the facetious doctor Andrew Tripe [i.e. W. Wagstaffe], at Bath, to the venerable Nestor Ironside. With an account of the reception Mr. Ironside's late present of a Guardian, met with from the worshipful Mr. Mayor, and other substantial inhabitants of that ancient city. To which is added, a prescription from the doctor, by way of a postscript, exactly suited to his distemper / [William Wagstaffe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FROM THE Facetious Dr. T RIPE, v ' . t K }■ v . ’ Right Venerable, TH A T Aggregate Philofopher, Mr; Bickerjtaff', of moft memora¬ ble Countenance >dots, I remember, in feveral of his Moral Aphorifms, make ve-, ry honourable Mention of himfelf, for fuch of hisEflay$,as were levelled at the general Benefit of Mankind; and, upon this Head, does fairly give himfelf the Preference to all the Learned, his Contemporaries, from Dr. S--ft himfelf, even down to Poet Cr-“Jpe of the Cuftom-Houfe. This, with due Refpe&to his Memory,' favours fomewhat more of Self-love, than cou’d b£ well e^pefted from fo unbyaffd a> Philofopher: For I can fee no Reafon, not do I believe he himfelf cou’d,. why--the elaborate Produ&ions of thofe who fweat v ' * * < ?“ f * hard to refeue the laudable Actions of the Town, or Corporation, where they either v/ereborn^ or of which they were Inhabi- A tatits$