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Some entertaining Particulars of the Life of the celebrated Doctor RADCLIFFE.
NOTWITHSTANDING the Doctor was very free in ridiculing a Kind of Literature which he judged entirely useless in Regard to the Method of curing Diseases, and was qualified, by the Vivacity of his Wit, to give that peculiar Sagacity in discerning the Nature and Degree of his Patients Ailments its whole Lustre, and make it dazzle and confound his Rivals, yet he was a fair and honourable Practitioner, had a perfect Contempt for all mean and low Artifices to wriggle himself into Business, and made it his constant Rule to discountenance and explode all Quacks and Interlopers in the Art; particularly he rooted out the pernicious Tribe of Urinal Casters, with which the Nation swarmed at that Time. Crowds of Men and Women went daily to them with Vials, Bottles, &c. for a definitive Sentence in all Cases. Among others, to whom should one of these credulous Women come, with an Urinal in her Hand, but to Doctor Radcliffe? She told him she had brought him a Fee, by which she hoped his Worship would be prevailed to tell her the Distemper her Husband lay sick of, and to prescribe proper Remedies for his Relief. Where is he? cries the Doctor. Sick in Bed, four Miles off, replied she. Being asked what was his Trade, to which she answered; a Shoemaker, very well, Mistress, said the Doctor, and taking the Urinal emptied it into his Chamberpot, and then, filling it with his own Water, dismissed her in these Terms: "Take this with you Home to your Husband; and if he will undertake to sit me with a Pair of Boots by the Sight of my Water, I will make no Question of prescribing for his Distemper by the Sight of his."
In 1684, having, by his Practice in Oxford and the neighbouring Counties, acquired great Riches, he came to London; and settling in Bow Street, Covent Garden, was extremely followed for his Advice, which brought him into great Request among the best Quality, and at Court likewise. He had not been in Town a Year when he got more than twenty Guineas a Day, as his Apothecary, Mr. Dandridge, who died worth fifty Thousand Pounds, by his Means, has often avowed. His Conversation, at this Time, was held in as much Repute as his Advice; and what with his Pleasantry of Discourse, and Readiness of Wit in making Replies to any Sort of Questions, he was a diverting Companion to the last Degree; insomuch that he was very often sent for and presented with Fees for pretended Ailments, only for the Gratification to hear him talk. However, that was too delicate a Point always to his, nor was he constantly in the Humour to see this Kind of Address to him in the most agreeable Light; and, wherever he conceived himself made Use of only as a Buffoon, he neither wanted Sense nor Courage to resent it. A Person of Quality, who had very much befriended him, took it into his Head to fancy himself extremely out of Order, when Nothing ailed him; whereupon Message after Message was sent to his Physician in ordinary, but no Answer returned, only, "that his Lordship did not know where he was well, for he was in perfect Health, if he would but think himself so." At last, for Fear of carrying the Jest too far, and of entirely disobliging him, he came, and asked the Nobleman where his Pain lay; who, after much Hesitation, and various Pointings to this and that Part of his Body, said he had a strange tingling in his Head. "If it be so (cried the Doctor) I can prescribe to your Lordship no other Remedy than that of wiping your A— with a Ballad." Which coarse Jest perfectly cured his Lordship's Malady.
Hitherto the Doctor, who had heaped up great Wealth, seemed to have met with no unlucky Disappointments, either in his Practice or other Affairs; but, in the Year 1692, Fortune resolved to turn her Back upon him, and to let him see that the most prosperous Condition in Life is to be checkered with some Crosses. Among other Acquaintance, he had contracted a Familiarity with Betterton, the famous Tragedian. This Gentleman, by the Solicitation of a Friend, had deposited two Thousand Pounds, as a Venture, in an Interloper that was about to sail for the East Indies; and, having a Prospect of a very good Return, communicated the Affair to the Doctor, who, at his Request, very readily laid down five Thousand Pounds. The Ship was successful in the outward-bound Passage; but having, to avoid the French Privateers in her Return Home, first put into Ireland, and then, finding no Convoy ready, set out for England without one, she was taken by the Marquis de Neimond with all her rich Cargo, which amounted to more than one Hundred and twenty Thousand Pounds. This Loss broke Betterton's Back, but, though very considerable, did not much affect the Doctor; for when the News was brought him to the Bull Head Tavern, in Clare Market, where he was drinking with several Persons of the first Rank, who condoled with him on the Occasion, he, with a smiling Countenance, and without baulking his Glass, desired them to go forward with the Healths that were then in Vogue; saying, "he had no more to do but to go up two Hundred and fifty Pair of Stairs to make himself whole again."
In 1693, the Doctor, who until then had shown Tokens of the greatest Aversion to Matrimony, by the Solicitations of his Friends was induced to think of altering his Condition, and the Daughter of a certain wealthy Citizen was pitched upon for that End. The Parents of the Lady, who was about twenty four Years of Age, and their only Child, very readily accepted the Offer, proposing to give fifteen Thousand Pounds down, and the Residue of their Estate after their Decease. Accordingly Visits were made, and the Match seemed to be as forward as he could wish; but Hymen had otherwise intended, for the Father's Book-keeper had forbid the Bans, by a Sort of illegal Familiarity, which, in Process of Time, made the designed Bride very sick, and discovered an Amour that could not be any longer concealed from such penetrating Eyes as the Doctor's. Hereupon, though the Detection of these unfair Practices, which had very nigh made him Father another Man's Child, revived in him that Antipathy to Womankind which he had laid aside for some Time, yet he thought it advisable, without upbraiding his Mistress with Falsehood, to acquaint her Father of it, in the following Letter.
Bow Street, Covent Garden, May 19, 1693.
SIR, THE Honour of being allied to so good and wealthy a Person as Mr. S—— has pushed me upon a Discovery that may be fatal to your Quiet, and your Daughter's Reputation, if not timely prevented. Mrs. Mary is a very deserving Gentlewoman, but you must pardon me if I think her by no Means fit to be my Wife, since she is another Man's already, or ought to be. In a Word, she is no better, and no worse, than actually quick with Child; which makes it necessary that she be disposed of to him, who has the best Claim to her Affections. No Doubt but you have Power enough over her to bring her to Confession, which is by no Means the Part of a Physician. As for my Part, I shall with you much Joy of a new Son in Law, when known, since I am by no Means qualified to be so near of Kin. Hanging and marrying, I find, go by Destiny; and I might have been guilty of the first, had I not so narrowly escaped the last. My best Services to your Daughter, whom I can be of little Use to as a Physician, and of much less in the Quality of a Suitor. Her best Way is to advise with a Midwife for her safe Delivery, and the Person who has conversed with her after the Manner of Women for an humble Servant. The Daughter of so wealthy a Gentleman as Mr. S—— can never want a Husband; therefore the sooner you bestow her the better, that the young Hans-en-kelder may be in Wedlock, and have the Right of Inheritance to so large a Patrimony. You will excuse me for being so very free with you; for, though I cannot have the Honour of being your Son in Law, I shall ever take a Pride in being among the Number of your Friends.
Who am, 3
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN RADCLIFFE.
Such a Disappointment in his first Amour rendered him unalleable to all the Influences of his Friends, who were very urgent with him to enter upon another. He even grew to a Degree of Insensibility for the Sex, and often declared "that he wished for an Act of Parliament whereby Nurses "only should be entitled to prescribe to them."
In 1694, the Doctor, who until then had kept himself in the good Graces of the Princess Anne of Denmark, made a Forfeit of them after a very uncourtly Manner, by his too great Attachment to the Bottle. Her Royal Highness, being indisposed, gave Orders he should be sent for, in Answer to which he made a Promise of coming to St. James's soon after; but, not appearing, that Message was backed by another, importing that she was extremely ill, and describing after what Manner she was seized. At which the Doctor swore by his Maker, "that her Highness's Distemper was Nothing but the Vapours, and that she was in as good a State of Health as any Woman breathing, could she but give into the Belief of it." On his Appearance at Court, not long after, he found, to his great Mortification, that his Freedom with so illustrious a Patient had been highly resented; for, offering to go into the Presence, he was stopped by an Officer in the Antechamber, and told that the Princess had no farther Occasion for the Services of a Physician who would not obey her Orders, and that she had made Choice of Doctor Gibbons to succeed him in the Care of her Health.
However, he continued in great Esteem with the King, who had a more than ordinary Occasion to show it in the Campaign of 1695, which was closed by the taking of Namur; for the Earl of Albemarle, who had a Command in the Army, and was one of the prime Favourites to that Monarch, was taken ill of a Fever in the Camp. Whereupon the King, who interested himself very much in so dear a Life, having no Manner of Confidence in the Physicians that attended his Royal Person in the Field, sent for Doctor Radcliffe from England. He came accordingly, and, as if Diseases were not able to abide when he was present, restored his Lordship, in a Week's Time, to his former Health, after he had been reduced to the last Extremity by an unintermitting Sickness, under which he had languished near two Months. Nor did his Majesty fall short of his usual Bounty to the Doctor on this eminent Piece of Service, giving him an Order upon the Treasury for one Thousand two Hundred Pounds; besides which, the Lord Albemarle presented him with a Diamond Ring, and four Hundred Guineas. The King likewise made him an Offer of a Baronet's Patent, which he declined, as likely to be of no Use to him, who had no direct Descendants, and no Thoughts of changing his Condition. The same Year Doctor (afterwards Sir Edward) Hannes, came from Oxford to settle in London, and in a little Time became principal Physician at Court, and was an eminent Rival of our Doctor's.
This Gentleman, who was an excellent Scholar, and well versed in the Knowledge of Chymistry and Anatomy, and outdid all the Competitors he had left in the University, at his first Arrival in Town set up a very spruce Equipage; but finding his Attempts fall short, in Relation to his Success, he bethought himself of a Stratagem, and, to get into Repute, ordered his Footman to stop most of the Gentlemen's Chariots and inquire if they belonged to Doctor Hannes, as if he was called to a Patient. Accordingly the Fellow, in Pursuance of his Order, ran from Whitehall to the Exchange, and, entering Garraway's Coffeehouse, made the projected Inquiry there. At last Doctor Radcliffe, who was casually at this Coffeehouse about Exchange Time, and planted at a Table with several Apothecaries and Surgeons, that flocked about him, cried out, Doctor Hannes was not there, and desired to know who wanted him. The Fellow's Reply was, such and such a Lord; but was taken up with this dry Rebutte, "No, no, Friend, you are mistaken, the Doctor wants those Lords." However, Doctor Hannes's Merit procured him great Business, and he became a principal Physician at Court. On which Occasion an old Friend of Doctor Radcliffe's, to see how he would digest the Promotion of such a young Practitioner, brought him the News of it, "So much the better for him, cried the Doctor, for now he has a Patent for killing;" when the former, to try, if possible, to ruffle his Temper, who was always sedate and calm, when he saw Designs laid to make it otherwise, said, but, what is more surprising, the same Doctor has two Pair of the finest Horses that ever were seen; and was answered by the other, with great Indifference, "Then they will sell for the more."
In the Year 1697, after the King's Return from Loo, where he had ratified the Treaty of Peace at Ryswick, his Majesty found himself very much indisposed at his Palace in Kensington, and, as usual, after his Physicians in ordinary had given their Opinions, would have Doctor Radcliffe's Advice. When he was admitted, the King was reading Sir Roger L'Estrange's new Version of Aesop's Fables; and told him that he had once more sent for him to try the Effects of his great Skill, notwithstanding he had been told, by his Body Physicians, who were not sensible of his inward Decay, that he might yet live many Years, and would very speedily recover. Upon which the Doctor, having put some Interrogatories to him, with a quick Presence of Thought very readily asked Leave of his Majesty to turn to a Fable in the Book before him, which would let the King know how he had been treated, and read it to him. It is in these words: "Pray, Sir, how do you find yourself? says the Doctor to his Patient. Why truly, says the Patient, I have had a most violent Sweat. Oh! the best Sign in the World, quoth the Doctor. And then, in a little While, he is at it again: Pray how do you find your Body? Alas, says the other, I have just now such a terrible Fit of Horror and Shaking upon me! Why, this is all as it should be, says the Physician; it shows a mighty Strength of Nature. And then he comes over him with the same Question again. Why, I am all swelled, says the other, as if I had a Dropsy. Best of all, quoth the Doctor; and goes his Way. Soon after this comes one of the sick Man's Friends to him, with the same Question, how he felt himself? Why, truly, so well, says he, that I am even ready to die if I know not how many good Signs and Tokens." This done, "May it please your Majesty, yours and the sick Man's Cafe in the Fable is the very same, says Doctor Radcliffe. You are buoyed up with Hopes that your Malady will soon be driven away, by Persons that are not apprised of Means to do it, and know not the true Cause of your Ailment. But I must be plain with you, and tell you, that, in all Probability, if your Majesty will adhere to my Prescriptions, it may be in my Power to lengthen out your Life for three or four Years, but beyond that Time Nothing in Physick can protract it; for the Juices of your Stomach are all vitiated, your whole Mass of Blood is corrupted, and your Nutriment, for the most Part, turns to Water. However, if your Majesty will bear making long Visits to the Earl of Bradford's (where the King was wont to drink very hard) I will try what can be done to make you live easily, though I cannot venture to lay I can make your Life longer than I have told you." And he left a Recipe, which was so happy in its Effects as to enable the King not only to make a Progress into the western Parts of his Kingdom, but to go out of it, and divert himself at his Palace of Loo in Holland.
In 1699, while the King was abroad, beyond Sea, the Duke of Gloucester was taken ill on his Birthday at Windsor, where he had overheated himself with dancing. Whatever was really his Highness's Distemper, Sir Edward Hannes and Doctor Bidloo judged it to be the Smallpox, and preferred accordingly, but without any Success. The whole Court was alarmed at this unlucky Disaster, and the Princess of Denmark, notwithstanding her just Resentment of Doctor Radcliffe's Conduct to her, was prevailed upon, by the Counsels of Marlborough and Lady Fritchville, to send for him; who, upon his Sight of the Royal Youth, gave her to understand that there was no Possibility of recovering him, since he would die by such an Hour the next Day, as he did. However, with great Difficulty the Doctor was persuaded to be present at the Consult, where he could not refrain from bitter Invectives against the two Physicians above mentioned, telling the one that it would have been happy for this Nation had he been bred up a Basket Maker (his Father's Occupation) and the
other continued making a Havock of Nouns and Pronouns, in the Quality of a Country Schoolmaster, rather than have ventured out of his Reach, in the Practice of an Art to which he was an utter Stranger, and for which he ought to have been whipped with one of his own Rods.
At the Close of this Year, the King, on his Return from Holland, found himself very much out of Order, and sent for Doctor Radcliffe, the last Time, to Kensington; for he was then to be as much out of Favour with his Majesty as he was with the Princess. After the necessary Questions put by the Physician to the Royal Patient, the King, showing his swollen Ancles, while the rest of his Body was emaciated, and like a mere Skeleton, said, Doctor, what think you of these? "Why, truly, replied he, I would not have your Majesty's two Legs for your three Kingdoms;" which Freedom was resented so much, though not taken Notice of then, that all the Interest of the Earl of Albemarle, the chief Favourite, could not reinstate him in his Majesty's good Graces, who, from that Hour, never would suffer him to come into his Presence, though he continued to make Use of his Diet Drinks until three Days before his Death, which happened to fall out much about the same Time as the Doctor had calculated, and which the King had frequently said to the Earl just mentioned would come to pass in Verification of Radcliffe's Prediction.
Upon Queen Anne's Accession to the Throne the late Earl of Godolphin used all his Endeavours to reinstate the Doctor in his former Post; but she would by no Means consent to his coming to Court, though she was laid up then by the Gout, alleging, in Bar of his Lordship's Recommendation, "that Radcliffe would send her Word again that her Ailment was Nothing else but the Vapours." However, in all Cases of Emergency and critical Conjunctions, he was continually advised with; and it was owing to his Prescriptions that the Gout was prevented from taking its Residence in her Majesty's Head or Stomach. For though he was not admitted in Quality of the Queen's domestic Physician, yet he received large Sums out of the secret Service Money for his Prescriptions, behind the Curtain; and it was wholly through his Means that her Majesty was recovered from the very Brink of the Grave at Windsor, the Year before her Death.
In 1705, a Fellow that had robbed the Doctor's Country House, one Jonathan Savil, who was under Sentence of Death for another Fact, took a Resolution of writing to the Doctor, and acknowledging his Offence, since his Interest might be of Advantage to him in those dismal Circumstances. Hereupon, when the Doctor was with several of the Nobility and Gentry at the Mitre Tavern in Fleet Street, a Letter was put into his Hands from the condemned Criminal, specifying the Injury he had done the Doctor, taking Shame for it, and entreating his Pardon and Intercession, not without strong Promises of Reformation, and Restitution, if ever it lay in his Power. The Company, upon hearing the Letter read, stood amazed at the Request, and were in great Expectations of hearing some Witty Jests thereupon from the Person it was addressed to; but the Doctor, on the contrary, very seriously bid the Messenger come to his House for an Answer in two Days, and then, taking the Lord Granville into another Room, said he had received such Satisfaction from the said Letter in clearing up the Innocence of a Man he had unjustly suspected of the said Robbery, that he must be a Petitioner to his Lordship to give him his Interest with the Queen in the Criminal's Favour. This being granted, and successfully applied, the Messenger was dismissed, at the Time appointed, with a Reprieve and Warrant for Transportation to Virginia; where, in a little Time, by Virtue of Letters of Credence from the Doctor to the Governor, the said Savil (who was living in 1715, in flourishing Circumstances) made such Returns to his Patron and Intercessor, in the Commodities of the Country, as more than fully made Amends for the Damage he had formerly done him, which was computed at one Hundred and fifty Pounds.
The Year 1709, though remarkable for many notable Cures performed by our British Asculapius, was in particular famous for an Instance of the instability of the most fixed Aversion and Resolutions. The Doctor, as has before been recited, was so much prepossessed against any Kind of Thoughts of the fair Sex that he very often slighted Calls from them under the greatest Necessity of his Assistance, and could not be prevailed with, but very seldom, to attend them. But Cupid overcame him another Cast of his good Will; and, in a Visit to a young female Patient, of great Beauty, Wealth, and Quality, so struck him with the Irresistibility of her Charms as to make him stand in Need of a Physician himself, who came under that Denomination. The Doctor was, however, arrived at an Age wherein the Bent of Mankind's Thoughts are turned upon other Considerations than those of Love; but the Lady just mentioned was too attractive not to inspire the coldest Heart with the warmest Sentiments. Accordingly, after he had made a Cure of Her, he could not but imagine, as naturally he might, that her Ladyship would entertain a favourable Opinion of him; and, to make his Addresses to her, he altered his Liveries into a more sumptuous Equipage, and ordered a new Coach to be made, that should sparkle in the King with those that belonged to other Admirers of the fair Sex. But the Lady, however grateful she might be for the Care he had taken of her Health, divulged the Secret of that sudden Ecclesiasticalment to some of her Confidants, one of whom made it known to Mr. Steele, Publisher of the Tatler, who had ill Nature enough, on Account of Party, to write that Ridicule of it which we see in the Tatler, Number 44.
Nothing more distinguished the Doctor's great Skill, and Regard to the Ties of Friendship, in the following Year, than the noble Stand he made against the Assaults of Death in the Case of the then Lord Craven. That noble Peer had seen his Bottle Companion, and inseparable Acquaintance, for some Years, and was, through the Means of excessive drinking, brought to such an ill Habit of Body as to be deemed incurable by his Physicians in the Country. Hereupon the Doctor, without being sent for, took a Journey down to Berkshire, where he found Things in the Condition before mentioned, and left such Prescriptions behind him, that, by their Help, his Lordship was able to ride and hunt in a Month's Time; though, some Months after, by returning too freely to the Bottle, he sunk under a Relapse. After the Loss of his Friend the Doctor seemed to be less cheerful in Conversation, and lost a good Part of his usual Mirth and Felicity. However, this Melancholy wore off by his continuing to follow the Business of his Profession, as he did with the greatest Assiduity; of which besides the Recovery of Lord Vitfield Weymouth, that of Mr. Beton, a Turkey Merchant, was an illustrious Proof not only of his Skill, but of his Generosity, to such as were worthy of it. And how he behaved to such as were unworthy, his Conduct, the same Year, to old Tyson, the rich Usurer, at Hackney, is an egregious Instance.
The first of these Persons lived then at Bow, near Stratford, where he lay so very ill, of a Complication of Distempers, that his Life was despaired of. Sir Richard Blackmore, Doctor How, and several others of the principal Physicians in and about the City of London, had been in vain consulted, and Abundance of Fees given, to no Manner of Purpose; when a Friend advised him to have Recourse to Doctor Radcliffe, notwithstanding the Charge of his Attendance would be very great, and Nothing under a Present of five Guineas would be acceptable to him for a Journey from Bloomsbury to Bow. The Doctor accordingly came, and, after two Attendances only, gave the sick Man such Content that he very freely made him acquainted with his Satisfaction in his Endeavours, and Abilities, and desired him to omit no Opportunity of visiting him; for he should, in Consideration of the great Benefit, be glad of giving him five Guineas every Day, till his Recovery, for the Favour of it. He received for Answer: "Mr. Beton, the Generosity of your Temper is so engaging that I must, in return to it, invite you come and drink a Dish of Coffee with me at Garraway's, this Day Fortnight; for, notwithstanding you have been very ill dealt with, follow but the Instructions I shall leave with you till that Time, and you will be as found a Man as you ever was in your Life, without one Fee more." Accordingly he was so, and came to Garraway's at the Day appointed, in perfect Health, in which he continued for several Years after.

It was a Man of vast Wealth and Estate, and said, at the Time of his Necessity, to the world more than three Hundred Thousand Pounds. It happened that this Figure of a Man, without any Thing like a human Soul, had to deal with Quacks, for Chequers Sake, that he was reduced to the lowest Ebb of Life; his Countenance in it being, in a Manner, despaired of. His Friends and Neighbours had repeated their Instances with him, to be Masters of Purpose, that he would look out for some able Physician, to be his Adviser; but the Cost was a greater Tether than even the Expectations of Death itself. At last, the extreme near View of the next World seems to have frightened him into a Resolution of using some proper Means to make his Abode in this as long as possible; in Order to which he pitched upon Doctor Radcliffe as the only Person capable of giving him Relief in this dangerous State, but the great Difficulty was how to keep the Doctor from discovering him, so as he might procure the Doctor's Assistance without the usual Expense. At last, with that View, he and his Wife agreed to give the Doctor a Visit, at his own House; and, being carried in their own Coach to the Royal Exchange, there they had a Hack to Bloomsbury, where, with two Guineas in Hand, and a very mean Habit, Mr. Tyson opened his Cafe to the Doctor, not without alleging his Poverty, as a Motive for having Advice upon moderate Terms. But neither his Sickness nor his Apparel had disguised him so much as to deceive the Doctor, who had no sooner heard what he had to say, and taken his Gold, but told him, "He might go Home, and die and be damned, without a speedy Repentance; for both Death and the Devil were ready for one Tyson of Hackney, who had raised an immense Estate out of the Spoils of the Publick, and the Tears of Orphans and Widows," and would certainly be a dead Man in ten Days." Nor did the Event falsify the Prediction, for the old Usurer returned to his House, quite confounded with the Sentence that had been passed upon him; which, whatever might be his Fate afterwards, was fulfilled, as to his Death, in eight Days following.
In 1713 he recovered the Duke of Beaufort from the Smallpox, having first predicted the Success with his usual Confidence. This Cure impressed upon the Duchess, his Lordship's Grandmother, such an implicit Faith in the Doctor's Skill, that, though then in the eighty fifth Year of her Age, she declared it was her Opinion she should never die while he lived.
The same Year he entertained Prince Eugene of Savoy with a very remarkable Dinner, which was occasioned by the following Accident. During this Prince's Stay in England, it happened that his Highness's Nephew, the Chevalier Soissons, was so bruised, in a nightly Encounter with the Watch, that he was thrown into a violent Fever, which was said to terminate in the Smallpox. Doctor Radcliffe, after a Day, being called upon for his Advice, frankly told the Prince, "that he was extremely concerned he could be of no Service to him in the Recovery of a Person so dear and so nearly related to him as the Chevalier, since the Sieur Swartenburg, his Highness's Physician, had put it out of his Power, by mistaking the Nature of the Distemper; but that he should hold it amongst the greatest Honours he had ever received if he might have the Happiness of entertaining so great a General, to whose noble Achievements England was so much indebted, at his poor Habitation." In Pursuance of which Invitation, after the Chevalier was interred amongst the Ormond Family, in Westminster Abbey, and the Prince had dined and supped with several of the Nobility, he acquainted Doctor Radcliffe with his Intention of making him a Visit, on such a Day. The Doctor made Provision for his Guest, and, instead of the high Dainties which his Highness found at other Tables, he ordered his to be covered with Barons of Beef, Jiggers of Mutton, and Legs of Pork, for the first Course. Upon which the Prince, at taking Leave, said, very gallantly, in French, "Doctor, I have been fed at other Tables like a Courteer, but received at yours like a Soldier, for which I am highly indebted to you; since I must tell you that I am more ambitious of being called by the latter Appellation than the former; nor can I wonder at the Bravery of the British Nation, that has such Food and Liquors of their own Growth, as you have this Day given us a Proof of." The Prince's mention of the Liquors alluded to some Beer, seven Years old, which the Doctor caused to be served round to the Company.
In 1714 the Doctor had the Misfortune to see that fatal Accident fall out, which he always dreaded, in the Death of his beloved Duke of Beaufort. This Loss struck him to the Heart, that, to several of his Friends, who were then with him at the Bull Head Tavern in Clare Market, he declared, "That, now he had lost the only Person whom he took Pleasure in conversing with, it was high Time for him to retire from the World, to make his Will, and set his House in Order, for he had Notices within that told him his Abode in this World could not be twelve Months longer." Which actually happened that same Year, on the first of November, he being sixty four Years of Age.
THE DEMONIACK. A Novel translated from the Spanish.
H OW ingenious is Love! How many are the Resources it has for uniting two Hearts smitten with each other, notwithstanding all cross Accidents and opposing Obstacles! If any One should doubt of this Truth, the following Adventure will afford ample Proof of it.
A Number of Strangers, composed chiefly of very amiable Women, arrived at an Inn of the City of Lucca. As they entered a Man was going out, whom they fancied, by his Garb, to be a Physician. They found themselves not mistaken, overhearing his Conversation with the Mistress of the House. I cannot yet, said he to her, discover whether this Girl be mad, or possessed with the Devil, but I think she is both; yet notwithstanding her mad Freaks, and the Demon that has taken Possession of her, I believe I should cure her, if her Uncle, in too much Haste to continue his Journey, was to give me Time to effect a Cure of such Importance. What is this? said the Strangers; we can never lodge in a House that entertains mad Folks and Demoniacs. Let not your Ladyships be alarmed, answered the Hostess. Believe me, remain here, and you will see, without the least Danger, what the curious would come a Hundred Leagues to see, if they had any Knowledge of what is transacting in my House.
The Strangers hereupon came to a Resolution among themselves to stay, and asked what were those extraordinary Things they were desired to expect. Follow me, said the Hostess, addressing herself to the Women, and you will be able to judge of the Matter yourselves. They stepped with her into a Chamber, where there was a Bed sumptuously adorned. There they saw lying a very beautiful Girl, of the Age, as it seemed, between sixteen and seventeen. Her Arms were tied down to the Bolster of the Bed. Two Women, that served as Attendants to her, were busy in keeping her Legs also fast bound to the Bed, and she was earnest in entreating them to desist, because Modesty would deter her from being guilty of the least Indecency. Then turning suddenly to the Strangers, O ye, said she to them, that are undoubtedly Angels incarnate, and perhaps are come down from Heaven to restore my Health to me, I conjure you, pure Intelligences, by the Power you are commissioned with from our common Creator, to command those material Substances, who have bound me, to set me free this Instant. All I want is to bite four or five Times my Arms, and then I shall be satisfied, and made incapable of doing the least Mischief. Poor Niece, cried an old Gentleman, who had just entered the Room, my dear Isabella! recommend thyself to God for recovering thy Senses, from whom thou hast received them, and, far from coveting to devour thy delicate Flesh, eat of that which thy Uncle, who loves thee tenderly, would fain present thee. Speak, tell me thy Wants. We are rich enough to enable me to satisfy thy Appetite with the most exquisite Produce of the Earth and Waters. I want Nothing but Rest, replied the young Lady. Let these Angels be left with me; their Presence may chafe far from me the Demon I am labour'd with, for surely he cannot abide in such Company. The old Gentleman went out, and every One with him, except the Strangers.
When Isabella saw herself alone with them, she prayed them to look about if any One remained in the Chamber that might hear them. They assured her there was no One. Then she sat up as well as she could, and showed a Desire to explain herself. She opened her Mouth, but instead of Words Nothing found Vent but Sighs, and these with so much Vehemence that it was thought she was going to breathe her last. This, however, was succeeded with so great a Dejection of Spirits, and such Weakness, that she fainted away on her Bed. The Women called out for Help, and the Uncle ran in, holding in one Hand a Crucifix, and in the other a Brush dipped in holy Water. Two Friars came in likewise, who, fully persuaded that the Devils were tormenting Isabella, promised to plunge them back again into Hell's Abyss. Isabella, recovering from her fainting Fit, and viewing the whole Apparatus of Exorcism, good Sirs, said she to them, your Endeavours are to no Purpose; you cannot compel me to quit this Place; I will not leave it but when I please, and this shall not be till Andrew Marulli comes, a young Cavalier, who was born in this City, and who now is a Student in the University of Salamanca, and quite regardless of what is passing at Lucca.
This Speech helped to confirm those that heard her in the Opinion that Isabella was really possessed by a malign Spirit; for how otherwise could she know that, in a City she was never in before, there was a Family of the name of Marulli? From such inconceivable Knowledge it was evidently concluded that the Devil spoke by her Mouth. Full of this Notion, the two Friars exerted themselves to deliver Isabella; but their Citations of the Spirit were fruitless, the Devil would not quit Hold. Isabella, who had her Reasons for not getting rid of him, prayed their Exorcists to defer their good Offices to another Time, and to withdraw; which they did, together with the old Gentleman.
The Doors being shut again. The beautiful sick Lady, were satisfied she could speak without Fear, the first Thing I require of you, said she to the Women that remained in the Chamber, is to disencumber me of the Embarrassment I am under, for though these Bandages are not over tight, they still incommode and hinder me from conversing with you at my Ease. On a Request made with so much good Sense, she was unloosed. Isabella sat up in her Bed, desired the Ladies to draw near, and even seat themselves on the Bed; she took each of them familiarly by the Hand, and spoke to them as follows.
Very probably, Ladies, you take me for what I am not, and my Extravagance might authorise your Opinion as well grounded; but be not prejudiced, I beseech you, and believe that the Demons have no Share in the Character I here assume in Spite of me. My Name is Isabella Castruccio, and, though born of very noble and opulent Parents, who sometimes praised Heaven for granting me some Beauty, I am the most unhappy Person in the World. My Father and Mother were originally of Capua, in the Kingdom of Naples, and I was born at Madrid. Having lost them in early Life, I was brought up in my Uncle's House, the old Gentleman you have seen, who has long resided at Court. But, alas! why should I go so far back with the History of my Misfortunes? Let us pass to their principal Cause.
A young Cavalier came to Court, when I was with my Uncle. I saw him, for the first Time, at Church. He fixed my whole Attention. I could not help entertaining for him very tender Sentiments, which no other had inspired me with. You may blame me, perhaps, for not having made myself Mistress of my first Emotions. I accuse myself of it; but, young as I was, and without any Experience of Love, how could I make Resistance against an Object that presented itself with all the Graces that Nature could endow it with? In short, I loved him; I saw him a second Time at the same Place, and my Love received an additional Increase. I lost no Time in getting Information of his Birth, Qualities, and his Occupation at Court. I learned that his Name was Andrew Marulli, Son of John Baptist Marulli, one of the most ancient Senators of the Republick of Lucca, but, at the same Time, indifferently provided with the Goods of Fortune; that his Morals were without Blemish; and that he was going to perfect his Studies at Salamanca.
Being afraid of his leaving Madrid before I had an Opportunity of conversing with him, I found Means to have intimated to him my Sentiments in his Favour. He was told of my great Riches, and how highly prized I was for Beauty. He was also told that my Uncle, in Quality of Guardian, was intent on obliging me to marry one of my Relations, that my Fortune should not go out of our Family; but that I had an invincible Aversion to that Marriage. He was let to know that it depended on him to avail himself of my Inclination for him to retrieve the Circumstances of his Family; and, that the Match suited him, Measures would be concerted for introducing him to me.
His Answer was, at first, not so favourable as I wished. He was not unacquainted, he said, with my Fortune or great Beauty; he had seen me several Times, and, being possessed with the strongest Inclination for me, had informed himself who I was, to judge if he could reasonably devote himself to that Inclination, or stop short its Progress. He had learned that, if our Conditions of Birth were nearly equal, I had over him the Advantage of a Fortune very superior to his; and, since that Ecclaircissement, he had used continual Efforts to conquer an Affection which Reason did not permit he should suffer to take Root in his Heart.
The Person who was my Agent in this Affair, returning to the Charge, destroyed all his Scruples, and, exhorting him to prefer the Counsels of Love to those of Reason, disposed him, without Difficulty, to see me. We facilitated the Means a few Days after. I need not proceed to the Detail of our Conversation. Marulli assured me that, regardless of the Consideration of my Fortune, he felt for me the Heat of a Fire that could not be extinguished, and should be ever grateful for the Permission I granted him to love me. He conjured me not to yield to the seductive Speeches of my Uncle. He promised to help me to divert him from his Purpose in Regard to my being married to my Kinsman, as soon as he should return from Salamanca, where he was under a Necessity of going for a short Time. I assured him also, on my Part, that, as it was not the Nature of my Sentiments to admit of Birth and Death in an Instant, I would oppose, during his Absence, every Enterprise against my Will. We afterwards separated, and I saw him shed Tears when he passed under my Balcony the Day he left Madrid. I knew, by these Tears, that he departed without quitting me; and I felt, by a certain Emotion, that I followed him without quitting the Place I was in.
But to what Reverses of Fortune are not the Wretches exposed whom her Caprice is so perverse? The Day after Marulli's Departure my Uncle informed me that he had just taken Leave of the King, being charged by him with a Commission to the Court of Naples, which required his setting out as soon as possible. He recommended to me to make Preparations for accompanying him the next Day. I had no Occasion to counterfeit the sick Person, to oblige him to defer our Departure. The News so alarmed me that I was instantly seized with a Fever, attended with a Delirium, which gave my Uncle great Uneasiness. Thanks, however, to the Goodness of my Constitution, no ill Consequences ensued. Still was I obliged to yield to my Uncle's Will. He did not cease telling me that my Sickness was only the Effect of my Repugnance to the Marriage he had proposed to me, and that I should be cured of it so soon as I had seen the Person he had defined for my Husband. I pretended I should be glad of, at least, a few Hours Repose, and I availed myself of this Respite to write to Marulli, and inform him of what had passed. I let him know that I could not help taking a Journey to Italy; that when we should be beyond the Alps I would persuade my Uncle to take through Lucca the Route to Capua; that I would feign in this City to be suddenly possessed with wicked Spirits, to give him, by that Feint, Time to return from Salamanca; that in Spite of my Guardian, and the whole World, I would make him my Husband, if his Design was still to be so; and that I should judge of his Tenderness for me by his Diligence in repairing to Lucca, that I might acquit myself of the Part I intended to play on his Account.
My Letter written, I commissioned a faithful Messenger to deliver it to him, and I am persuaded that Marulli received it as soon as he arrived at Salamanca. I have been now here three Days, exorcised as if I had a Legion of Devils in my Body; but I assure you there is no other than Love, a sweet and yet terrible Devil, who will cease tormenting me the Moment Marulli comes to exorcise me himself.
This, Ladies, is my History; and I should be infinitely obliged to you for your assisting me in my innocent Imposture, by engaging my Uncle not to go hence until the Devils are expelled. Perhaps a Delay of some Days will be sufficient to give Marulli Time to arrive, and enable him to deliver me out of my Persecutor's Hands, and to put me in a Condition of thanking you for your good Services.
When Isabella had put an End to her Story, those who had heard it, surprised at its Novelty, could not help laughing heartily with her upon the Stratagem; and all promised, as far as they possibly could, to promote its Success. She still set all her Engines at Work to confirm her Uncle, and the Physician, in the Opinion of her being possessed. Her new Friends also endeavoured to persuade them that none but Demons could speak by her Mouth. Things which she had no Knowledge of before her Arrival at Lucca. The old Senator Marulli, who had heard that the Devil spoke of him by the Mouth of the possessed, had the Curiosity to hear Isabella, and for that Purpose came to the Inn, pretending to inquire after the Physician. The Doctor, having procured him Admittance to her Bedside, it is not a sad Case, said he, Seigneur Marulli, that the Devil should take up his Abode in so angelick a Body? For our Consolation, he gives us Hope he will soon depart from it; and, as a Sign of his doing, desires to expect the coming of your Son Andrew. A fallacious Hope it must be, answered the Senator, having no other Grounds than the Promise of the Father of Imposture; and I am astonished that so wise a Man as you are should give Credit to it. You would not be so credulous if you had read the last Letter of my Son, who, when he wrote to me, was setting out from Madrid to Salamanca, where he is to reside for some Time. If I did not feel, said Isabella, I know not what Tenderness for that venerable Gentleman, I could assure him that I do not impose upon him, when I promise the Return of his Son. A Truce of your Tenderness, replied, tartly, the Senator, who believed he was speaking to the Devil, and not to the beautiful young Lady; those Terms of soft Insinuation are but a poor Bait for a Christian, as I am; and we know, seducing Spirit, that thou dost not flatter but to lead into temptation. Your Son, replied Isabella, thinks otherwise than you do in Regard to me; he knows that my Temptations tend to Nothing contrary to Nature, and he has given himself to me, to gain Possession of a Heart which he would not have obtained if I had not concurred to make him Master of it. Ah! the Wretch, replied the Senator, are these the Fruits of the Sentiments of Religion I inspired him with! He did only, on this Occasion, said Isabella, what yourself would have formerly done; and, if I took it into my Head, I would bring him here from Salamanca to have your Approbation of the Engagement he has entered into with me for his Happiness. A fine Happiness, indeed! cried out again Marulli, with a mournful Air; yes, a talap Happiness, and its Reward an Eternity of Pain. Well, said the Exorcist Friars, who were just come in, let her bring him hither; we shall learn from him the Conditions of the Engagement, and shall break and dissipate the Projects of all the Angels of Darkness. This is excellent Reasoning, said Isabella to them; but permit me to tell you, that Nothing but the Presence of Andrew Marulli can extricate me from the Power of the invisible Agents that now keep me in Bondage.
The Physician, believing he already saw the infernal Empire descending upon the whole Company, to oblige them to ratify the Engagement, stalked secretly towards the Stairs; and he was hurrying down them, taking four Steps at once, when the Uncle, coming up, stopped him short, and kept him from breaking his Neck. Where are you going in such Haste? said he; come back, and you will hear Something astonishing. Good Folks, said he to the Company, when he got into his Niece's Chamber, our Devil seems now to be of better Faith than we thought; and I doubt not but he will soon take Wing, since Andrew Marulli has just now fallen, as it were, from the Clouds, into the most publick Square of this City. Begone, added he, looking at Isabella, go thy Ways, thou accursed Demon; Vade, vades retro, as thou hast promised, and for the Future leave in Peace a Girl that is so dear to me.
This Piece of Intelligence had such an Effect on the old Senator, that, imagining his Son to be transported through the Air, he fell back on a Chair more dead than alive. A cold Sweat trickled down his Face, and the Physician, instead of helping him, cried out for Help for himself, begging they would send for any of his Confraternity that lived nearest, or was soonest found in the Way. The same News produced a different Effect on Isabella's Mind. She could not help testifying her Joy, which made the Exorcists believe that the Demons applauded themselves, in her satisfied and laughing Eyes, for the Distress of the dying Parties. The Guardian did not know what to think on his Side, especially on being apprised of the Devil's Threats against him, while he was last absent. He would fain fancy that Andrew Marulli was still at Salamanca; and, to spirit up the old Senator, it can be only, said he, the Phantom of your Son that has been seen in the great Square. It is well known that the Devil is very dexterous at making Dopes of the simple by like Apparitions. No, no, answered Isabella, who already heard the Voice of Andrew Marulli coming up the Stairs, I have imposed no Commands on fantastick Demons; Phantoms are only formed out of gross Air, and Andrew there is a solid Body, composed of Flesh and Bones. Is it not true, asked she, looking at him enamoured, that Spectres of your Species are not insensible of Beauty's Attractions, and that you had given yourself to me to subject to you a Heart which would still keep aloof had not I disposed to a Surrender.
Every one trembled at the Sight of Marulli, and none dared to come near him. Even his Father could not be persuaded that it was he in Person, and all had like to die with Fear, when Andrew spoke these dreadful Words, addressing himself to the beautiful Castruccio: Thou didst deceive me then, abominable Seductor, when thou didst promise me the Affection of that Divinity whom I adore; thou shouldst have put me in Possession of so precious a Treasure, and thou hast seized it for thyself. Charmed to see her Lover second so well the Intention of the Letter he had received at Salamanca, and judging it was necessary, for a Moment, to renounce the Decorum of Language, Ingrate, replied she, dost thou so repay, with unjust Reproaches, the Devil's Sincerity, and perhaps the most faithful of all the Demons in the Air, on the Earth, or in the Abyss? Have I brought thee from Salamanca to Lucca to plunge a Poignard into thy Bosom, though I cherish thee as my dearer Half? And wouldst thou not lose the Object of thy Love if I had not taken Possession, to retain it for thee? I preserve it so well for thee, that, notwithstanding thy Ingratitude, I will not desert it, till thou art put in peaceable Possession; and transport it with thee into the Indies, if, this Instant, its Guardian, thy Father, and all the Assistants, do not consent, by a written Instrument, to thy Happiness.
The Road from Salamanca to Lucca, which it is believed the Devil had made Andrew Marulli travel over through the Air, had so affrighted some of them, that they dreaded being carried themselves to the Indies by the same Route and the same Vehicle, if they refused the desired Consent. The Exorcists were of Opinion it should be given, in Order to amuse the Devil. The old Senator thought as they did. The Proposal was then made, the pretended Devil approved of it, and the Physicians, seeing every One signed, even the Ladies, Confidants of the sham Demoniac, did the same; he afterwards wanted to engage the Guardian to subscribe also his Signature, through Compliance, lest, said he, if any unforeseen devilish Trick should happen to aggravate his Ward's Disorder, both might be accused of Harshness, and the Accident laid to their Charge. Your Reason appears to me very good, answered the old Gentleman, who placed great Confidence in him; but if it should be discovered that we had consented to the marrying of two Devils together, for they are real Ones that here speak, your Inquisitor would not put a jesting Construction on the Matter. He would, on the contrary, consider it as a Profanation, and the only Favour he could confer upon us would be to send us both to a Madhouse. Sign, however, said the Physician; my Profession authorises me to pursue any proper Means for attaining my proposed End; and the Inquisitor himself, who has been hitherto indebted to my Skill for his Life, would pass by, unnoticed in me, still more extraordinary Matters. You conceive, equally with me, that your signing engages you to Nothing, because it is not possible a Farce should be here acted to bypas us; and that the Devil, though quite subtle, is not so to the Degree of concealing, without Preparation, a Piece that surpasses all human Understanding, nor to set in Motion Springs which can only be effected by Nature. Since you advise me to it, replied the Guardian, I will sign by your Example; but remember, that you must be responsible for the Consequences.
When Isabella had in her Hands the Consent in Form, she delivered it to Andrew Marulli. Art thou now satisfied, said she to him? Wilt thou any more accuse me of having deceived thee? I restore thee Isabella to thee, who has been so taken, by my Care, with thy fine Qualities, that these three Days past she has waited thy coming with the Firmness of a Rock, vainly lashed about by indignant Waves. She gives thee her Hand, give her thine; be united to each other, and, when one of the Exorcists shall confirm your Union, I will leave you both, to enjoy, in Peace, a Felicity which I do not tolerate in all Marriages.
The elder of the Friars, in Order to expel more expeditiously the Devil, made the two Lovers declare that, without any Compulsion, and of their own Will, they plighted each other their Faith. Then Isabella protested that the Demon had left her at full Liberty to accept or refuse the Hand of Andrew Marulli, and that she had not given him her's till she was plainly convinced Heaven had ratified her Marriage with that Cavalier.
These Words made her Uncle change Colour. Well, said he to the Physician, do you call this Enchantment and Witchcraft? It is you, answered the Doctor, that made me believe the Devil so amused People, and I little expected a Trick at the Bottom. Nor I, said the Guardian; and I shall take Care to put an End to the Sport. Away, Niece, Bag and Baggage, let us take the Route of Capua. No, said, humbly, the Friar to him, who had joined their Hands; she shall remain here; our holy Mother, the Church, must not be a But of Derision, and we shall attend her till the lawful Pastor of the contracting Parties completes what we have begun. I will never suffer it, cried the Guardian. Good God! can the gray Hairs of an unfortunate old Man be so dishonoured? Softly, Sir, said Andrew Marulli's Father to him, my Alliance does not dishonour you, though my Fortune is less than yours. Besides, I have been no Way instrumental to the Marriage; your Niece and my Son have concerted the Business without my Participation, and you must own that when we were of their Age we were capable of the like Artifice. Youth and Love make great Allowances for such Improprieties in Conduct.
Whilst he spoke, Isabella's Uncle, from Excess of Vexation, became so weak that they were obliged to have him carried into his Chamber, and put to Bed. His beautiful Ward quitted her Bed, got herself dressed, and followed Andrew Marulli, who conducted her, as his Spouse, to his Father's House. She was there received with all the Marks of Consideration due to her Rank. On his Side, the Physician exercised on the old Uncle all the Skill he had bragged of to him; but the Remedies he prescribed were of no Efficacy in Regard to a Patient who no longer placed any Confidence in him; and in two Days Time this good Guardian appeared in the other World, to make the Report of his Ward's Imposture. This Accident, however, did not retard the Celebration of their Marriage in due Form; and it may be thought that the happy Isabella did not fail to invite the amiable Strangers, who had seconded her to such Advantage.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 7.
B y a Vessel from Nevis, in twelve Days, we learn that a Ship had arrived there from Bristol, in a short Passage, which brought Advice that an Embargo on all outward bound Vessels had taken Place in England, as War was expected to be declared every Hour.
A French Ship, from Hispaniola, is put into Norfolk, in Distress. The Northward Post, who did not come in last Week, owing to the Bridges being carried away by the late heavy Rains, arrived this Day; and by him we have the following Intelligence.
LONDON, December 6.
W e hear that on Monday fifteen more Men of War and Sloops were put in Commission.
It is said that some new Regulations, no less salutary for the Colonies than satisfactory to the Mother Country, are now agitating; the Hint of which was suggested by a Nobleman who has, on several Occasions, distinguished himself in a great Assembly.
We hear that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will soon be required to attend the House of Peers, on very important Business.
A Marriage is talked of between Prince Henry of Prussia and the Empress of all the Russias.
It is said that an universal Change will shortly take Place in his Majesty's several Governments in America, and the West Indies.

The last Time Lord Chatham went to the Upper Room of the Robin- hood Society a Person put a Paper into his Hand, with a Request that he should speak upon the Contents immediately in the Room. His Lordship repeated the Circumstances, with observing that the Writing was very familiar to him, having received, in the Course of last War, many of his Intelligences in the same Hand. He farther observed, that it intimated that the very French Engineer who had planned the taking of St. Philip's had given a second Plan for the taking of Gibraltar, which was agreed to by the Courts of France and Spain; and according to the immediate Pre- parations made in Consequence of this Scheme, he did not doubt that the Garrison of that Fortress was already besieged.
Lord North, it is said, has openly declared himself, in Council, for War. By a Gentleman who arrived on Friday Night from France we have un- doubted Intelligence that the French have twenty six Men of War manned, and ready to sail, in the Harbour of Brest; and also that the French Sol- diers were marching, in great Numbers, towards the Sea Coast. A Courier is expected from Spain, we hear, the latter End of this Week.
It is said that the House of Lords will adjourn for the Holidays on Thursday, and the Commons on the Day following. It is a certain Piece of Information that the joint Efforts of the Courts of France and Spain have not been able to procure, as yet, a sufficient Number of Sailors to man Half the Number of Ships that we have now ready for Service.
WHITEHALL, December 8. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John Earl of DUNMORE, now Governor of New York, to be his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA; William Tryon, Esquire, now Governor of North Carolina, to be Governor of New York, in the Room of the Earl of Dunmore; and Henry Martin, Esquire, to be Governor of North Carolina, in the Room of Mr. Tryon.
SALE M. January 29.
By Vessels from Lisbon, arrived at Marblehead, we are favoured with Extracts of Letters dated the 1st, 13th, and 17th of December. One of them contains Advices from Cadiz, of November 16th, which indicate an Accommodation of the present Disputes, which seemed to be the general Opinion throughout Spain; but when the last Vessel, also arrived at Marblehead, left Bilboa, which was on the 30th of November, the Spaniards were under fearful Apprehensions of a Rupture taking Place soon, and she despatched as fast as possible.
A Packet sailed for New York four Days before Captain Grifte came out. Another was arrived from New York, in eighteen Days. A De- claration of War was speedily expected when Captain Grifte failed.
Lord Viscount Weymouth has resigned the Seals of Secretary of State for the northern Department, and the Earl of Sandwich is appointed in his Room. The Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne is appointed joint Postmaster General, in the Room of the Earl of Sandwich.
ANNAPOLIS, February 14.
A REPORT is just come to this City that a Vessel is arrived at Marblehead, which left the Downs on the 25th of December; and that just before she sailed an Account came there that the Spaniards had beleged Gibraltar, with a large Fleet.
A consolatory Epistle to the Reverend Mr. D—p, upon the unlucky Discovery of his being the Author of his own Panegyric published in Purdie's Gazette, the 17th of January last.
Unhappy Priest! whose ardent With Gesture apt express'd, The one Thing needful to pursue Thy careless Flock has press'd. II. The Grace divine thou dost enforce, With Eloquence uncommon, And th' inward Light dost well dif- [play, Though yet perceiv'd by no One! III. Thou Faith above good Works dost Upon a fit Occasion; [set, And then good Works to Faith pre- [fer it, Without a Contradiction! IV. For WILKES and Liberty thou [roar'st, And for the Patriot JUNIUS; Their Writings from the Pulpit [quot'it, As Saints of inspir'd Genius! V. Thou prov'st that we, in Conscience, The Parliament to hate; [ought And, if we would be sav'd, must All Ministers of State. [curse VI. Thou nuptial Duties dost explain In new and striking Manner, And thy young Hearers dost exhort To follow close Love's Banner. VII. This, and much more, in matchless [Stile, Thou dost to them impart; No venal Motive prompts thy [Tongue, 'Tis Glory fires thy Heart. VIII. The Love of Praise, so much thy [Due, No One can justly censure; Since, that thou hast not Talents [rare, No One t' assert can venture. IX. But though to thy ungrateful Flock, With Stentor's Voice thou bellow; Or grieve in Strains would melt a [Rock, No cheering Plaudits follow. X. Thou thump'st the Cushion, with [much Force, In Hopes that that may route [them; Thy Flowers of Rhetorick all are [lost, An Orpheus could not move [them! XII. For still thy Eloquence divine None ever comprehended, Nor did it answer thy Design To be by all commended. XIII. "Damn'd Fools ye are," in Lan- [guage plain, Thou tell'st them from the Roftrum; And well thou may'st, since they are To thy specific Nostrum. [blind XIV. A Recompense, good Man, thou [seek'st, From those who ought to make it; And wisely, therefore, do'st resolve By Stratagem to take it. XV. With Skill a labour'd Piece thou [writ'st, And, modest beyond Measure, Thy timorous Worth but Half dif- [play'st, Too frugal of thy Treasure. XVI. Expecting thence Applause to gain, And be much celebrated For Elegance, and Learning too, And Manner animated. XVII. And to conceal the pious Fraud, Thou mak'st another copy't; And when transcrib'd, thou privately Into the Press do'st pop it. XVIII. Though Rind doth clownishly refuse Th' Encomium rare to publish, Yet Purdie is more kind, and doth Both Types and Paper furnish. XIX. But, sad Misfortune! some wicked [Spright The Secret dost discover, And, quick as Lightning, doth pro- [claim The News, the Parish over. XX. Malicious Tongues are busy grown, The Parson still are roasting, That Christian Humility Should guilty be of boasting. XXI. That he, who worldly Things dif- [claim'd, With much Vociferation, Should his own Doctrine thus forget, And pilfer Approbation. XXII. But Courage take, regard them not, 'Tis Envy, Spite, and Railing; Thou only took'st what was thy Lot, A Fig for their Reviling! MORO-MASTIX.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 7, 1771. THE Subscriber, who has lately entered into the RALEIGH Tavern, begs Leave to solicit the Customers of that House for a Continuance of their Favours, and he hereby acquaints the Gentlemen who lodged there in publick Times that their Rooms will be still kept in Order to receive them. He flatters himself that he will be able to give Satisfaction; as no Pains, nor Cost, shall be spared for that End. JAMES SOUTHALL.
AS the excessive Severity of the Weather for a few Weeks past, and the late great Frosts, will, in all Prob- ability, prevent many, who would choose to become Purchasers, from at- tending on the 28th Instant, we think it proper to delay the Sale of our Lands in Culpeper until the 25th of March. CHARLES GRYMES. FEBRUARY 20, 1771. BENJAMIN GRYMES, Junior.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 20, 1771. MR. Daniel Warden, of North Carolina, is desired to take Notice that it is necessary I should see him soon, relating to his Suit against Wylt. JAMES MERCER.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 7, 1771.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has taken the House lately occupied by Mr. Robert Anderson, where Gentlemen may be accommodated in the best Manner; and hopes, by his Care and Affidity, that he shall be able to give Satis- faction to all who may please to favour him with their Custom. CUTHBERT HUBBARD. N. B. He still carries on his Business of Peruke making, Shaving, and Hair dressing, in a Shop nearly opposite Mr. James Cocks's Store.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 7, 1771.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to acquaint the Gentlemen who favoured him with their Custom that he is now re- moved to Colonel Johnson's House, behind that of Mr. Walter; where they may depend upon the best Accommodation for themselves, Servants, and Horses. RICHARD HUNT SINGLETON.
NORFOLK, March 4, 1771.
IMPORTED in the Ship Fairfield, Captain Gavin Hamilton, from London, and lodged with us, a Package of Goods marked ABML in a Piece, No. 1, for which no Bill of Lading was given. Any Person claiming it, and proving his Property, may have it on paying Charges to WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN.
ROBERT STEELE, STAYMAKER, At Mr. JOHN RICHARDSON'S, Tailor, Church Street, NORFOLK,
CARRIES on his Business in all its Branches. He returns Thanks to all Ladies that have honoured him with their Custom, and hopes for a Continuance of their Favours. All Orders from the Country shall be punctually executed.
FOUND in Williamsburg, by a Negro, a Pinchbeck WATCH with a Shagreen Case. The Owner may have it on proving his Property, paying the Charge of this Advertisement, and giving a small Gratification to the Finder. CHARLES BARHAM.
I AM willing to dispose of a Tract of LAND containing about one Thousand Acres, two Hundred Acres (Part thereof) low Grounds, lying on Meherrin River, nearly opposite to Donaldson's famous low Grounds, together with (or without) the Negroes thereon, Stocks of all Kinds, Utensils of Husbandry, and every Thing ap- pertaining to the Plantation. Amongst many Things that may be justly said in Favour of the Land, it is well situated for a Negro Quarter, being convenient to Mills, and remote from Courthouses and very publick Roads. The Terms of Sale are reasonable, and the Credit shall be extended from one to five Years, as will be most convenient and agreeable to the Pur- chaser. The Premises will be readily shown to any Person inclined to treat for and view the same by William Ellis, Overseer thereon. JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
To be SOLD at Jamestown, on Friday the 15th of this Instant, for the Benefit of the Ensurers,
ALL the Rigging, Sails, Cables, and Anchors, belonging to the Brig- antine Industry; also her Cargo which was saved, being about three and thirty Hogsheads and Tierces of very good St. Christopher's RUM. Credit until the 10th of December next will be allowed for all Sums above fifty Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security.—At the same Time will be sold a Quantity of Jamaica RUM, several Tierces of double and middling refined SUGAR, a large Quantity of British OSNABRUGS, &c. The Time of Payment for these Articles will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. EDWARD CHAMPION TRAVIS.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Harris, deceased, will be exposed to publick Sale, on Wednesday the 20th of this Instant (March) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at his late Dwellinghouse, in Surry County,
TWO valuable Tracts of LAND, viz. One whereon the said Mr. Harris lately lived, containing upwards of two Hundred Acres, on which there is a convenient Dwellinghouse with two Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen and a Quarter, with a Brick Chimney to each of them, and all necessary Outhouses. There is a good Apple and Peach Orchard, and seventeen Bushels of Wheat sown on the said Tract. The Land is kind for Grain, and, with a little Dung, very suitable for Tobacco. The other Tract, which almost joins it, contains about the same Number of Acres, is light Land, and very kind for Grain; there is enough cleared, under a good Fence, to work three or four Hands. Each of the said Tracts is very convenient to Church, Courthouse, Mill, and Landing. The Pur- chaser may have eighteen Months Credit, and enter upon the Land on the Day of Sale, giving Bond, with approved Security, for the same.—At the same Time and Place will be sold all the personal Estate of the said Mr. Harris, except the Slaves. The Purchaser may have twelve Months Credit for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, on giving Bond, with Security, to CHRISTOPHER MACRAE. MICHAEL NICHOLSON. } Executors.
N. B. All Persons indebted to the above Estate are desired to make immediate Payment, and those to whom the Estate is indebted to make their Claims known to the Executors.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince
Edward, some Time in Junelast, a Negro Lad named WINDSOR, who for several Years past has waited upon me, and is acquainted with most Parts of the Country. He is a sensible and artful Fellow, about five Feet high, a handsome lively Look, and speaks quick. He was taken up by Mr. William Mitchell of York, and committed to that Jail, at which Time he called himself William Florence, and said he was free, and, by the Assistance of some other Negro imprisoned with him, broke the Prison. He has since been seen about Williamsburg, near which Place perhaps he is still concealed. He carried away with him a brown Holland Coat, blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, two white Linen Shirts, two Pair of Osnaburg Breeches, and good Shoes and Stockings. As I have Reason to apprehend he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape out of the Colony, I do hereby forewarn all Masters and Commanders of Vessels from taking him on Board. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person that will contrive him to me, and FIVE POUNDS for such In- telligence that I may get him. WILLIAM WATT.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Sloop Tryal, in Rappahannock River, on the second of December last, a bright Mulatto Man Slave named SAM, the Property of Mr. Charles Yates of Fredericksburg, who bought him last May of Colonel Warner Lewis of Gloucester County, since which Time he has been constantly with me, until he ran off. He is about twenty five Years old, six Feet two Inches high, strong limbed, well made, and a very likely Fellow; he has a Scar on his Forehead over one of his Eyes, I think it is the left, some Colour in his Cheeks when warm, and has a long Shock of Wool on his Head, which he often shears about the Crown. He was bred partly to the Plantation and Farming Business, and sometimes, as he informed me, was employed as an Axe Man and Sawyer, about Ship building. His Dress was such as Sailors wear, and was imported ready made, an under Jacket of spotted Swanskin, or Cotton, and is too short for him in the Arms; he had also a milled double Yarn Cap, of two Colours, and took with him his Bedding, a new spotted Rug which he had stolen, and several Yards of mixed coloured Broadcloth, cut from a whole Piece that he had stolen, the Remainder of which he distributed amongst the Sloop's Crew to bribe them to Secrecy. His Theft were certainly the Cause of his Flight, to avoid the Gallows; for he was never punished whilst with me, nor ever complained, neither had he any Cause to be dissatisfied at his Treatment; and it is probable his Apprehensions will make him endeavour to escape out of the Colony, under the Character of a Seaman. I have heard he was at Norfolk on Christmas Day, and there pretended to have belonged to a Vessel lately wrecked on the Sea Coast. With such a Story some Person in Want of Hands might be induced to engage him. Should it have been so, any One knowing it shall be well rewarded for the Information; and, if he is yet in the Colony, whoever apprehends him shall receive FIVE POUNDS on Delivery to me, or to his Master at Fredericksburg, besides what the Law allows for conveying him from the Place where he is taken up. STAFFORD LIGHTBURN, Junior.
YORK County, March 7, 1771.
FORTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given to any Person who will take up, and deliver to the Subscriber, an outlawed Negro Slave named GARY, that has been run away several Months. He is a tall, black, ill-shaped Fellow, stoops much, and has gene- rally fore Legs. His Wife is lived by Mr. Lewis in Williamsburg, where, in all Probability, he may be taken, as he was seen in that City about three Weeks ago. When he went off he had on the usual Clothing of labouring Negroes. If taken up there he may be committed to Jail, and Notice immediately given to JAMES BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 26, 1771.
WILLIAM R. DRINKARD begs Leave to inform the Publick that he intends to open TAVERN in the House lately occupied by Mr. William Hall, nearly opposite the Post Office, by the ensuing April Court. Trade Gentlemen who please to favour him with their Custom may depend on good Accommodation.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 28, 1771.
THE Subscriber has taken the House lately occupied by Mr. Southall, where he hopes to be prepared, by the ensuing General Court, for the Accommodation of Gentlemen. He re- turns Thanks to those Gentlemen who have formerly frequented his House, and hopes to merit a Continuance of their Custom. ROBERT ANDERSON.
N. B. A single Man, well recommended, who understands the Busi- ness of a Bar, will have Employment by applying to me.
SOUTHAMPTON, February 13, 1771.
THE Subscriber hereby gives Notice that he has lately removed to Southampton County, where he proposes to continue the Hospital, and the Practice of SURGERY and PHYSICK, Browne, and hopes to give the Satisfaction, to all Gentlemen who will favour him with their Commands, as was generally given by his Prede- cessor. SAMUEL BROWNE.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 28, 1771.
I WILL give the best Price, and ready Money, for any Kind of OLD LEAD. JOSEPH KIDD.
SOUTHAMPTON, February 13, 1771.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons in- debted, on open Account, to the Estate of Colonel Jesse Browne, late of Southampton County, deceased, that every Person so indebted who shall fail to settle his Account by the 15th Day of April next, either by discharging the same, or giving Bond, with approved Security, if required, that such Accounts, after that Date, will immediately be put into the Hands of an Attorney. And all those indebted by Bond to the said Estate are re- quested to discharge the same by the said Date, it being necessary to settle the Estate as speedily as possible; and in Order thereto it is requested of those who have any Demands against the Estate to make them known, that they may be discharged. SAMUEL BROWNE, JOHN ATKINSON, } Executors. THOMAS JACK.
SUFFOLK, February 12, 1771.
AS I have declined my Practice as a Physi- cian, &c. in the County of King William, and intend settling in the Town of Blandford, I think it necessary to give this publick Notice to those who have any Demands against me to make them known; and those indebted to me are desired to make immediate Payment to Mr. William Lewis, of the aforesaid County, whom I have appointed my Attorney. ALEXANDER GLASS STRACHAN.
SUFFOLK, February 12, 1771.
AN ANCHOR, about a Thousand Weight, was lately taken up by the Subscriber, a few Miles the lower Side of Smith's Point, Chesapeake Bay; which the Owner may have, on proving his Property. JONAS MIRUR.
To be SOLD, or FREIGHTED,
A SCHOONER that will carry two Thousand Bushels of Grain. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid down, and the other Half in twelve Months. Apply to me, in Suffolk. JOHN THOMPSON.
TWENTY five choice SLAVES, Virginia
born, will be sold to the highest Bidders, on Monday the 18th of March, at Diverdide Courthouse, being Court Day, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the April General Court. These Slaves have been formerly advertised to be sold at Mecklenburg Courthouse; but the Re- moval of them from the County of Gloucester, the Place from whence they came, was attended with unforeseen Difficulties, which are now removed, they being as far as Brunswick on their Way. FRANCIS WILLIS.
To be SOLD at the Plantation where Mr. Nathaniel Ed- wards, Junior, deceased, lived, on Thursday the 14th of March, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ALL the personal Estate of the said Edwards, consisting of many fine blooded Horses, Mares, and Colts, a very fine Stock of Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, a well fixed Waggon, with Gears complete for six Horses, about seventy five Barrels of Indian Corn, one Hundred and fifty Bushels of Wheat, and all the Household Furniture and Plantation Utens- ils. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on Bond, with approved Security, being given. Also twelve or fifteen likely Virginia born SLAVES, for ready Money. WILLIAM EDWARDS, Executor.
N. B. All Persons who have any Demand against the said Estate are desired to make them known.—At the same Time and Place will be sold fifteen likely SLAVES, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes pay- able in April.
By Decree of the Court of Vice Admiralty, to be SOLD for ready Money, in the Borough of Norfolk, on Friday the 8th of March,
THE Spanish SNOW La Signora De Los Remedios, with her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture; also four Hundred and eighty Barrels of Flower, four Hundred Weight of Cheese, six Hundred Bushels of Corn, forty Barrels of Pork and Beef, &c. &c. JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
SMITHFIELD, February 21, 1771.
COMMITTED to Ile of Wight Jail, on the 29th of January last, a Negro Man who says he belongs to Thomas Nelson, and lived close by York Town. He is a likely black Fellow, a little pockpitted, and an outlandish Negro. The Owner may have him, on paying Charges, of JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time
in the Month of January, a Negro Fellow named OUTER. He is about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, very thin, has very small Legs, and walks a little lame. He was sent to my Plantation by Fre- derick Leigh. Whoever will bring the said Runaway to me, in King Wil- iam County, or will secure him to that I may get him again, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS. WILLIAM C. ALBORNE.
IMPORTED in the Chatham Frigate, and to be SOLD at
the Subscriber's Shop in Blandford, A VARIETY of DRUGS and MEDICINES; also Crumbles, Bluepots, some very large, Gallipots, Vials, Sugar Candy, Figs, Balsam or Honey, Squire's Elixir, Turpin's Balsam, Joplin's Drops, Andrason's Pills, Bateman's Drops, British Oil, Hungry's Water, James's Powders, Lachry's Pills, Court Paster, Sago, Salop, Vernacelli, Verd- igris, Flax Brothers, Wash Balls, Syringes, Lint, Tow, Goldleaf, Nipple Glasses, &c. &c. WILLIAM STARK.

POETS CORNER.
THE CHOICE of a WIFE.
ANYMPH not homely, better if she's fair, Her Carriage easy, and genteel her Air; Her Fame unblemish'd, and of Honour nice, A Friend to Virtue, but a Foe to Vice;
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, January 22, 1772.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York...
TAKEN up, in King William, a dark bay MARE about four Feet four or five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock IP.
WANTED.
Four Negro Fellows. Ready Money will be given. Inquire of Captain William Fleet, in King and Queen County.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on the third Thursday in March, at King William Courthouse, being Court Day.
ELEVEN Hundred and twenty five Acres of exceeding fine well timbered LAND lying on Pamunkey, below Ruffin's Ferry, on the main Road from the Courthouse to West Point...
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on the second Wednesday in March, being the Day before Caroline Court, at Colonel Bernard Moore's Plantation in Caroline.
THE Stocks of CATTLE, HOGS, CORN, and FODDER. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond, with Security, to Colonel Moore's Trustees.
Also, on the second Thursday in March, being Caroline Court Day, at Caroline Courthouse, will be sold, to the highest Bidder, three Hundred and seventy Acres of well timbered LAND...
WILLIAMSBURG, February 21, 1771.
RUN away from Williamsburg, on the 15th of December last, a Negro Man named PETER, about thirty Years old, five Feet four or five Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion...
TAKEN up, in King William, a frosty coloured roan HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, appears to be about thirteen or fourteen Years old...
NORFOLK, January 31, 1771.
STOLEN from the Ship Morris, William Long Master, lying at Portsmouth, on the Night of the 29th Instant, a Philadelphia built YAUL, and three Oars.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a large black MARE with some white in her Forehead, her off hind Foot white, and Part of the Inside of her off fore Foot white.
To be SOLD.
THE Plantation well known by the Name of Pond Marsh, in New Kent County, four Miles below the Brickhouse Ferry, beautifully situated upon York River...
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Anthony Hay, deceased, will be SOLD, on TUESDAY the 7th of MAY, before the Raleigh Door, in Williamsburg.
NINETEEN NEGROES belonging to his Estate, among them a very good Cabinet Maker, a good Coachman and Carter, some fine Waiting Boys, good Cooks, Washers, &c.
N. B. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them speedily known, that Provision may be made for discharging them...
RICHMOND, February 6, 1771.
I INTEND to leave this Place by the first of April next, and to settle in Williamsburg; where I shall open a Shop on the main Street, near the Capitol, to clean and repair CLOCKS and WATCHES...
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 26th of January, an indentured Servant Man named WILLIAM READ. He is a well set Fellow, about five Feet ten Inches high...
Wanted on CHARTER, to load Tar and Turpentine in NORTH CAROLINA. A VESSEL of about fifteen Hundred Barrels Burthen. For Terms apply to James Marsden in Norfolk...
To be LET on CHARTER, for any Port in Britain, or to any Port to the Eastward. THE new Ship MORANT BAY, James Craig Master, which will be ready to take in her Load by the first of February next.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old...
A CATALOGUE of BOOKS, &c. to be SOLD at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg.
ANSON's Voyages. Astruc on Venereal Diseases. Armstrong on the Diseases of Children. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Atkinson's Epitome. British Zoology. Butler's Remains. Birch's Life of Henry Prince of Wales.
History of the Spanish Settlements in America. Hume's History of England. Harris's Life of Cromwell. Hunter's Observations on Tacitus. Hurd's Dialogues. Harris on the Globes. ... SCHOOL BOOKS. Ainsworth's Dictionary. Gradus ad Parnassum. Castalio's Latin Bible. Dialogues. Mair's Tyre's Dictionary. Lilly's Grammar. Ward's Grammar. Christie's Grammar. Ruddiman's Grammar. Rudiments. Clarke's Introduction. Grammar. Cordery. Aesop. Eutropius. Florus. Erasmus. Ovid's Metamorphoses. Duncan's Caesar. Cicero's Oration. Davidson's Virgil. Horace. Hutchinson's Xenophon.
Instructions for the Flute. Reading Glasses, for different Ages. Best Penknives. Pewter Ink Chests and Stands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Message Cards, plain, gilt, and mourning. Broad and narrow red Tape. Ivory Memorandum Books. Ivory Folders. Best Wafers. Dutch Sealing Wax. Slates and Pencils. Sand Boxes. Black and Red Lead Pencils. Ink Powder. Gold Leaf. Best Dutch Quills and Pens. Hudson Bay Quills. Playing Cards. Blank Books, and Alphabets, of all Sorts and Sizes. Paper, of all Sorts and Sizes. Parchment, and every other Kind of STATIONARY.
Also the following MEDICINES, from Dr. Bateman's original wholesale warehouse in London. Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. Dr. Hooper's Female Pills. Dr. Fraunces's Female Strengthening Elixir. Squire's Grand Elixir. Pike's Patent Ointment for the Itch and all Cutaneous Eruptions. Madden's Sovereign Oil for Bruises and Strains. Turlington's Original Balsam of Life.