The surprize: or, the gentleman turn'd apothecary. A tale. Written originally in French prose; afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in Hudibrastics.
Ellis, John,1698-1790.
Villiers, Claude Deschamps,sieur de,1600?-1681.
London : printed and sold by the booksellers,
[1739?]
A verse adaptation, in English, by John Ellis of 'L'apoticaire dévalisé', variously attributed to Claude Deschamps de Villiers and Jacob Villiers; first published in English prose 1670 as 'The gentleman apothecary' and in 1693 as 'Nobilis pharmacopola'.
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