The Country Journal or the Craftsman newspaper
Collection: National Postal Museum
Object type: Covers & Associated Letters
Date: April 16, 1737
Medium: paper; ink
Dimensions: Height x Width (folded): 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40.01 × 27.94 cm) Height x Width (unfolded): 15 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (40.01 × 54.61 cm)
Topics: Covers & Letters
Colonial Era (1607-1776)
Description: The Country Journal or the Craftsman newspaper, Issue number 563, Saturday, April 16, 1773. Published by Caleb D'Anvers, Gray's Inn, Great Britain.
The COUNTRY JOURNAL: OR, THE C R A F T S M A N.
By CALEB D'ANVERS, of GRAY'S-INN, Esq;
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1737.
To CALEB D'ANVERS, Esq;
SIR,
AMONGST all the various Instances, which have been lately produced, of our Advantages over other Nations, in Point of Liberty, there is one so very remarkable and important, that it deserves your most serious Consideration; I mean the Toleration of that mysterious Society, call'd FREE-MASONS, who have been lately suppress'd not only in France, but in Holland, as a dangerous and formidable Race of Men; whereas here they are permitted to hold their private Meetings, in every Part of the Town, and even to appear in publick Procession, with the Ensigns of their Order.
Indeed, I have often wonder'd that They have not been laid under some Restraints even in England; for tho' our present most excellent Ministers have always preferred a sacred and inviolate Regard to Liberty, I think no Government ought to suffer such dark and clandestine Assemblies, where Plots and Machinations against the State may be carried on, under the Pretence of Brotherly Love and Good-Fellowship.
The Act of Toleration does not allow of private Conventicles, even in Cases of Conscience, but enjoins that all Meeting-Houses, or Places of divine Worship, shall be not only licensed, but publick; and all others are punishable as contrary to Law.
Shall more Indulgence therefore be granted to this incomprehensible Fraternity, who do not pretend, as far as I ever heard, to plead Conscience, or any publick Emolument, in their Behalf? Shall They be allow'd to meet where They please, and do what They please, without any Authority, or Manifestation of what They are about?
They derive their Original, as I am inform'd, from the Building of Babel, which every Body knows was an audacious Attempt against Heaven; inform'd that God himself thought fit to defeat their Design by the Confusion of Tongues, that such impious Offenders might not understand one another. But on the contrary, our modern Masons pretend to an universal, dumb Language, by which People of all Nations upon the Face of the Earth, who are initiated into their Mysteries, can easily converse together, by the Help of certain Signs, which Nobody understands but themselves.
It is likewise said that by the same Signs They can oblige any of their Brethren to leave off their Work, or other Engagements, and follow Them wherever They please; a Power of a very dangerous Nature, and which may be some Time or other turn'd to a very ill Use.
The Concord and Unanimity, which reigns so remarkably amongst Them, is very surprizing; for though They are composed of all Nations, Parties and Religions, We are told that there hath not happen'd the least Quarrel or Disturbance in any of their Assemblies; and, indeed, I must do Them the Justice to say that I never heard of any.
That impenetrable Secrecy, for which They are so famous, is likewise Matter of just Suspicion, and seems to indicate that there is something in their nocturnal Rites and Ceremonies, which They are afraid of having discover'd.
For this Reason, They not only lock themselves into the Room, where They meet, and suffer none to wait upon Them, except Brethren; but upon all extraordinary Occasions, (such as admitting new Members, or instituting Lodges, as They are call'd) a Centinel is placed at the Outside of the Door, with a drawn Sword in his Hand, to prevent all Discovery.
This is not the only Mark of their being a military Order; for it is very observable that They give their chief Officer the Title of GRAND-MASTER; in Imitation, I presume, of the Knights of Malta; nay, He hath a Sword of State carried before Him, almost as large and richly ornamented as That of his Majesty. This Sword was presented to Them, as I am inform'd, by a great Roman Catholic Peer. With what View I shall not take upon myself positively to determine. But if the worshipful Mr. B. were taken up, and closely examined about it, I fancy He might be induced to make some useful Discoveries.
There seems likewise to be something emblematical in the Gloves and Aprons, with which They often appear in publick, as well as private. Every Body knows that a Glove is only another Word for a Gauntlet, and that a Gauntlet is a Piece of Armour for the Hands. An Apron, indeed, is a proper Badge of Masonry, in the literal Sense; but I am told, by an ingenious Friend of mine, that it is likewise a Term in Gunnery for a flat Piece of Lead to cover the Touch-hole of a Cannon, when it is loaded; and I
leave my Superiors to judge whether it may not be made Use of by our Free-Masons to typify something of the same Nature.
It farther deserves Notice how artfully They have dispersed themselves, in different Lodges, through all Parts of the Kingdom, and particularly in this great Metropolis; as if it were on Purpose to beat up for Volunteers, in which They make no Distinction of Persons; for it is well known that They not only admit of Turks, Jews and Infidels, but even Jacobites, Nonjurers, and Popish Priests.
They keep their Proceedings so very private, as I observed before, that it is impossible to guess what Seal of Secrecy They have invented, which is able to tye up the Mouths of such Multitudes of People; for there are many of Them, whom the most solemn Oaths could not bind, upon any other Occasions, and yet nothing hath been able to shake their Fidelity, in this Particular. I wish it may not be somewhat like that horrid Obligation, which Catiline administer'd to his Fellow-Conspirators.
Upon the whole, this mysterious Society hath too much the Air of an Inquisition, where every Thing is transacted in the Dark, and I wish it may not be borrow'd from the same hellish Original, notwithstanding its pretended Antiquity.
I am sensible that many plausible Reasons may be alleged, in Favour of this Fraternity.
And first, it may be said that a learned and worthy Divine of the Church of England hath long ago publish'd the Institutions of the Free-Masons, which contain nothing but what is perfectly innocent, and prove Them to be rather a whimsical than a dangerous and formidable Set. But I must observe that this Book seems design'd rather to amuse than inform the World, and put Them upon a wrong Scent; for it is not to be supposed that He would reveal those boasted Mysteries, in which the very Essence of their Society consists. They have, no Doubt, their Secreta Monita, as well as the Jesuits, and We can never hope to see them, in one Case, unless by mere Accident, as it happen'd in the other.
But the most material Argument is, that there are so many of the Nobility, Gentry, and even the Clergy, of the most undoubted Affection to his Majesty's Person, Family and Government, in this Society; that it will be impossible to carry on any wicked Designs against Him, without their Knowledge, or it cannot be supposed that They will concur in them, or conceal them. But, with all due Deference to those honourable and reverend Persons, (for whom nobody can have a more profound Respect than myself) I must beg Leave to give my Opinion, that this Argument is very fallacious, and upon which We can have no sure Dependence; for I apprehend the Obligation, which the Free-Masons take, to be of such a Nature, that the blackest Conspiracies, or Machinations, will not allow Them to break through it. Besides, how can We be sure that those Persons, who are known to be well-affected, are let into all their Mysteries? They make no Scrupple to acknowledge that there is a Distinction between Prentices and Master-Masons; and who knows whether They may not have an higher Order of Cabalists, who keep the grand Secret of all entirely to themselves?
It may likewise be ask'd, perhaps, in what Plots, or ill Designs of any Sort, They have been engaged, ever since the first Foundation of their Society? This Question is not easily answer'd; for their Principles and Actions are so unsearchable, that nobody can pretend to say, with any Certainty, in what They are concern'd, or not concern'd; but I cannot help thinking Them at the Bottom of one Affair, which hath lately happen'd, and is now upon the Taps; I mean the late Tumult at Edinburgh, and the Murder of Capt. Porteous; which was concerted and executed with so much Unanimity and Secrecy, that none but a Mob of Free-Masons could be guilty of it, without the Discovery of one Person in so numerous a Multitude as were concern'd in the Perpetration of that atrocious Fact.
I am glad to hear that a Law is likely to pass, in the Nature of the Black Act, (the most compendious of all penal Laws) for preventing any such Riots, for the future, by trying the Authors, or Accomplices, of them in England; for if the Seds will not find one another guilty, there is all the Reason in the World that They should be try'd by an impartial Jury, who know nothing of Them, or their Characters; and I hope to see the Free-Masons included in the same Bill; for They may be properly laid to go in Disguise.
I know these Men are generally look'd upon, in England, as a Parcel of idle People, who meet together only to make merry, and play some ridiculous Pranks; but it is very plain that the wise Governments of France and Holland look upon Them in a very different Light; and I humbly hope to see my own Country follow the Example of the latter, at least, by suppressing such dangerous Assemblies.
But if a total Suppression should be thought inconsistent with our free Constitution and most incomparable Govern-
ment, I have an Alternative to offer; which is to lay a double Tax upon all Free-Masons, as there hath been for many Years upon the Papists.
I flatter myself that this Scheme will not prove disagreeable, at present, when great Sums of Money are wanted, and Ways and Means are so very hard to be found. I am sure, it will be more acceptable to the Generality of Mankind, or at least of Womankind, than the Reduction of Interest to 3 per Cent. without any Redemption of Taxes; for as the Ladies have a very bad Opinion of the Free-Masons, and are incapable of being admitted into that Order, They will never complain of any Tax being laid upon keeping a Secret, which They are not let into themselves.
I am, S I R, &c.
JACHIN.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Extract of a private Letter from Holland.
The Misunderstanding, between Great Britain and their High Mightinesses with the Court of Spain, on Account of the Deprecations committed by the Spanish Guarda da Collas in America, begins to take a new Turn; and it is thought his Catholic Majesty, when the British Squadron has left the Tagus, will be more inclined to an Accommodation than he has hitherto been.
By Letters from Paris we are inform'd, that no Dispute was ever carried to such a Height as that between Monl. Charbonnier and the Surgeons of that City, on Account of his specifick Remedy for the Venereal Disease, something being publish'd every Day on one Side or the other. It is certain the Surgeons have the greatest Reason to be alarm'd; for was it not for that Branch of their Business, Surgery in general would scarce be worth following.
They write from Paris that M. Chauvelin, among other Crimes, is accus'd of having misapplied many Millions of Publick Money order'd for Poland, which caus'd King Stanislaus to misarry; and that those Sums were divided between him and some Persons of the first Rank; that the unbecoming Discourse of M. Chauvelin has obliged the Cardinal to write to him to the following Effect:
"The first Upon, Sir, which has subsisted between a Man and Me, obliged me to give you Marks of my Remembrance and the Misfortune lately befallen you. I cannot but lament your having incur'd the King's Displeasure, and could have wish'd that your Conduct had been more irreproachable. The King honour'd you with his Favours; and you in Return, did all in your Power to break the Measures taken by his Majesty to establish the Peace of his own Kingdom, as well as the general Tranquility of Europe. You know with what Openness of Heart I have always behaved towards you; notwithstanding all which you have abus'd my Confidence in the most unjustifiable Manner; recollect what I told you when I received my first Intelligence concerning you. I expected from the Treatment I then shew'd you, that your future Behaviour would have aton'd for your past Misconduct. If I alone had Cause to complain of you, I should be less affected; but the Good and Safety of the State was too much interest in it; I could not then continue indifferent. You have fail'd in your Duty to the King, to the People, and to yourself. These are melancholy Truths to tell you; but Truths they are. However, his Majesty contents himself with forbidding you his Presence, without laying hold of your Effects. How few Princes, to justly irritated, would act with so much Lenity. Admire his Majesty's Clemency, and reflect with Grief on your past Crimes; be sensible of your Happiness, in being subject to so tender and indulgent a Master."
'Tis assur'd that his Eminency has wrote a second Letter in few Words, and much sharper Terms, in which he acquaints M. Chauvelin by the King's Command, that if he goes on with his Intrigues, and continues his licentious Talking, other Measures will be taken with him to prevent his so acting and speaking, and that he will be more closely confin'd.
LONDON, April 16.
We hear James Wintonley, Esq; whose Father represented the Town of Leicester in several Parliaments, will stand Candidate for that Town on the Country Interest, in the Room of Sir George Beaumont, Bart. deceased. It is said he will be oppos'd by Thomas Rudings, Esq; who oppos'd Sir George at the last Election.
The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household hath given Orders for seven and twenty large Rooms to be new floor'd and roof'd in the Royal Palace at Hampton-Court with all convenient Speed; it being certain that the Court will reside there this Summer.
And it is reported that his Majesty will take a Tour to Bath in October.
We hear four Men of War will be put in Commission, and order'd to the West-Indies.
Tuesday after Grass the Duke and Duchess of Bedford...
On Tuesday Morning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales...
On Saturday last John Wright was brought before Col. De Vell...
The Earl of Darley is appointed Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons...
Last Week the Commissioners of the Excise, directed the Officers of Excise to question the Flying Post in London...
There has been an order lately made here for his Portuguese Majesty...
These are vacant the Command of eight Regiments of Horse, Foot, and Dragoons...
On Monday a certain Person in Charing-Cross, between 70 and 80 Years of Age, was married to a Girl...
A Note under the Tail of the Horse, threw the Riders...
There is now depending, and actually agreed on, a Wager for 400 Guineas...
A few Days since the following Gentlemen were confirmed...
Tuesday, the Wind blew very fresh, which when the Weather is so near the Season of the Winter to be very rough...
On Monday last a Girl, well dressed, was thrown by a Coach...
Yesterday being the Birth-Day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland...
Wednesday last several of the Senators of the College of Justice...
And that Sir William Chapple will be made a Judge...
Not Abol this Season. For the Benefit of Mrs. BUTLER.
By His Majesty's Company of Comedians, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane...
For the Benefit of Mrs. CIBBER. At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane...
At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, on Saturday next...
That the GEORGE INN in Holborn is now open...
That the GEORGE INN in Holborn is now open...
That the GEORGE INN in Holborn is now open...
That the GEORGE INN in Holborn is now open...
FOR READY MONEY, are to be Sold Cheap, At TROWELLY MERCER'S SHOP...
All Kind of MERCERY GOODS. Being a new Parcel of the greatest Size...
This Day is published, (First time on a Fan Map) THE MASK UNVEILED...
This Day is published, PRICE 2s. REFLECTIONS upon POLYGRAMY...
EXETER FLYING STAGE COACH. Set out from the Saracen's Head Inn in Friday Street...
This Day is published, (Beautifully printed on a fine Paper, in Two Vols. 8vo.) THE OCEANA...
This Day is published, (Price bound 10s. 6d.) LEONIDAS: A POEM.
This Day is published, (Price bound 10s. 6d.) LEONIDAS: A POEM.
This Day is published, An Impartial EXAMINATION of the Third Volume of Mr. DAXTER'S History...
This Day is published, (Price 1s.) FATAL CURIOSITY, a true Tragedy.
This Day is published, THE FIVE VOLUMES of the RELIGIOUS COUNCILS complete...
This Day is published, in Two Volumes in Folio, with a beautiful Frontispiece, THE MILITARY HISTORY...
This Day is published, (Price 3s. 6d.) NEW MUSIC. Six Sets of Aires for Two German Flutes...
This Day is published, THE HEADS of the most Illustrious Persons...
This Day is published, THE LIFE, remarkable Adventures and Travels...
This Day is published, THE HISTORY of ENGLAND. Written in Imitation of the Style and Manner of Crevier's Edition...
JUST LANDED. At the HUNDRED-WATER WARE-HOUSE, at the Black Boy and Cane, next Door to the Poultry-Cook's...
To all GENTLEMEN, BUILDERS and Others. COLOURS, MAN, at the Bell and Foundry, Savile Row...
This Day is published, (Beautifully printed in Size, Price bound 11s.) THE WORKS of ANDREW LUTCHER...
This Day is published, (Price bound 11s. 6d.) THE TALES and FABLES of the late ARCHBISHOP of CAMBRAY...
This Day is published, (Price bound 11s. 6d.) THE TALES and FABLES of the late ARCHBISHOP of CAMBRAY...
This Day is published, (Price bound 11s. 6d.) THE TALES and FABLES of the late ARCHBISHOP of CAMBRAY...
This Day is published, (Price bound 11s. 6d.) THE TALES and FABLES of the late ARCHBISHOP of CAMBRAY...
This Day is published, (Price bound 11s. 6d.) THE TALES and FABLES of the late ARCHBISHOP of CAMBRAY...
RICHARD ROCK'S TINCTURE For curing the TOOTH-ACH and SORES in the GUMS.
Is to be had at his House, the Sign of the Hand and Face near Fleet-Ditch. [Price One Shilling a Bottle with Directions] It is impossible to enumerate the many surprising Cures, performed by this inimitable Preparation, it having gained the universal Approbation of all the Nobility and Gentry both in Town and Country that have made Use thereof, and found upon the largest Experience to be the only infallible Medicine for whitening, fattening and cleaning the Teeth that ever was offered to the Publick; it having cured divers Persons who had Ulcers and Cancers in the Mouth, and others whose Teeth and Gums were almost quite eaten away with the Scourge, it kills Worms that lie in the Root and Marrow of the Teeth, and preserves and restores the Breath to Alleviation, and so gentle and balmical a Preparation, that it is also an exceeding Beautifier of the Face infallibly takes off Sun-burn, Freckles, Scurf, &c. and gives a fine Glow to the Features. It certainly prevents the GUTTERA ROSACEA, i. e. a Redness, with Pimples in the Nose and Cheeks, and sometimes in the whole Face, which often renders the Face rough and horrid, and the Nose monstrous. This famous Tincture is now in the highest Esteem in Foreign Parts as well as in England, and is universally allowed to be the most valuable Gem that either Art or Nature ever produced; it having never once failed, the innumerable Trials have been made in all the Cases above-mentioned.
DR. R. NELSON.
Being well known to have made the CURE of SEMINAL and GENITAL INFECILITIES his chief Study and Practice for above 30 Years, does recommend his most Noble, Carefuling, and Strengthening BLOOD, which Thousands of People (many of them of the highest Rank) have happily Conceived, and is by Numbers of Physicians and Surgeons approved as the only BALSAMICK, HEALING, and RESTORING Medicine, to be depended upon in the following
FOR GLEETS AND WEAKNESSES.
The Bane of Virility, or Manhood, in the one Sex, and Destroyer of Fertility, or the Bearing of Children, in the other, whether from ill-vised Venereal Infections (than which nothing is more common) or from Inordinate Use of all our Youth, by applying caustic School-Witeweed, which spreads all our Youth, by applying their Manhood in the Bed or from Voluntary Emissions at Night in the Sleep, or in the Day-time upon Stool, or with the Urine, or from Falls, Blows, &c. the like, which drain and dry up the Seminals, and withers it up, the Generative Faculties, causing Impotency in Men, the Pluribus Albus, and Barrenness in Women, and in the long-run, Melancholy, Vapours, Decays of Nature and Consumption.
No Medicine can be more pleasant to take, nor any Thing upon Earth more effectual for the Purpose for let the Imbecility be ever so great, or of so long standing, or the Gleet ever so great, or the matter Viscid, or it certainly cures, by reviving and enriching the Blood and Spirits, comforting, nourishing, and replenishing the Reins and Bladder, and enlarging the same, and restoring the Vital Parts in both Sexes, how much soever weakened, rendered cold or deadened, and bringing them to their natural Force, Warmth and Vigour.
All Disorders of the Urine, as Difficulty in the making, or retaining it, or its dribbling away hot or freezing, or foul, slimy, thick, greasy, or flaking, whether from Gravel, Stone, Strangury, or a Venereal Cause, or otherwise, is speedily cured by it, and the Water made to be held as strongly, and yet brought away as freely, easily, full, firm, and clear as ever.
Price Five Shillings a Bottle, sold only (sealed up with Directions) at Mr. I. STEDD, a Bookseller, at the Golden Ball, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery-Lane. Ask in Fleet-street, asking only for a Five Shilling Bottle of Elixir.
The Universal FAMILY MEDICINE, Still more and more Fam'd, after upwards of Ten Years Success with the PUBLICK.
Is sold by the Author's Appointment, only at Mr. King's Picture Shop in the Poultry, near the Royal Exchange; at Mr. Martin's Toy Shop, the Sign of the Three Rabbits, near Durham-Yard in the Strand; and by Mr. Hillyard, Bookseller in York, at Three Shillings the Bottle retail.
It is to be taken at any Season of the Year, but especially in the SPRING and FALL, as it is very agreeable to Youth and Old, that Children are without Trouble, a few Dose being Doses, and is gentle, that it weakens not the most Aged. For it is a safe and effectual Alternative (in a less Dose) where Purging is not necessary; as excellently Intermitting in this Medicine, which is a Regular Property well known to the Learned to be in some Catarrhick Medicines. It is in particular.
A Certain and Infallible CURE for the SCURVY, tho' of the longest standing, and attended with the most aggravated Circumstances. A Dose of this Medicine, which is a Cordial, that not one in a Thousand is wholly exempt from it, and great Numbers are locally affected with it being a Cordial ELIXIR, peculiarly adapted to that Disease, gives the Colour of appearing, from the slightest tingling Humour, in the Blood, to its smooth or late Effect on his an Nerve.
For it is a true Specific CORDIAL, that perfectly cures the DISEMPER by gentle Evacuation by Sweat and Urine, the only sure and effectual Way perfectly to cure the SCURVY, &c. and necessary Receipts (notwithstanding what may be dreamt to the contrary) the Truth of which is witnessed daily, by the many Thousand, that have taken this Medicine; it so perfectly cures this most obstinate and loathsome Disease, as also speedily cures by it; and all Scurvy, Blotches, Pimples, &c. on the Skin, are quickly and entirely taken off, the Patients made lively and wide, many Chronic Diseases prevented, and a due State of Health restored.
It removes all Pain from the Stomach, helps Digestion, opens Obstructions, and is peculiarly serviceable to Males inclined to, or troubled with the GREEN SICKNESS. 'Tis the best Medicine in the World to destroy Worms in Children or grown People, and prevent their Return; for it cures away all thoseropy, vicious Humours which breed them in those Bowels, and is so well adapted to all Constitution, that it is universally esteemed both in City and Country, the most general FAMILY MEDICINE, that ever was known to procure Health, and hinder the Progress of any Disease.
Good Allowance is given wholesale by Mr. King for ready Money to Country Shop-keepers, &c. to sell again. This Medicine will keep many Years, in any Climate.
The Directions given with it are large and full.
AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY
FOR BROKEN-WINDED HORSES.
Which has been published and sold many Years before any Counterfeit can be offered in its place, and highly commended from one Friend to another. The well Quantities that have been sold do also verify the Truth of its Efficacy and Virtues, for it most perfectly cures them, after many Things proved to have been itself equal to a Wonder, in a short Time, without Confinement, by penetrating and opening the Globules of the Lungs dried up, and all the Passages Colic, &c. It cures profusely a dry, Rattling, renewing its Force, Vigour and Length again as well as ever.
It immediately cures those Horses that a little touch in their Wind, as also those Coughs, Colds, Wheezings, &c. being excellent in preventing many other Dismper in its introduction, by maintaining, preserving, and continuing a good Breath.
And, in a Word, by its very Medicine alone, many Horses have been made to perfectly stand, that were before worth but a value at 10 or 12 l. which by being broken-winded, could not before be sold for 3 or 4 l. It is sold at Mr. Sandwell's Toyshop, at the Griffin, the Sign of the Golden Ball, in the Poultry, at 3 s. 6 d. the Quarter Bottle, with Directions for taking it, and no where else in England.
LONDON: Printed by H. HAINES, at the upper End of Bow-Street, Covent-Garden; where Advertisements and Letters to the Author are taken in.
The so much Fam'd HYPO-DROPS, Which in a few Days infallibly cure HYPOCHON- DRIACK MELANCHOLY in MEN, and VAPORS in WOMEN.
Is so never to return again, be they ever so severe, or of many Years standing, and even after all other Remedies have proved ineffectual; for they immediately and infallibly cure the Scurvy, the Gout, as well as remove the Effects of those perplexing Maladies, and all their Variety of Symptoms, by which they mimic, by turns, almost all the Diseases poor Mankind are afflicted with, and have their Life from a degree of Appetite, Vitium Pentium in the Stomach, and Indigestion of Food, whence proceed Crudities and flatulent or windy Disorders in the first Passages, from Bloating, Cholick, Uneasiness in the Bowels, and all Gums, which extends the Nerves, and by Confusion of Parts, affects the Head, and produces sometimes Giddiness, Dizziness of Sight, confused Thoughts, perturbation Watchings, trouble some Sleep, Frights, tremulous Fears, and the deepest Melancholy, with direct Views and terrible Apprehensions at other Times, Fears, Suffering Meats, Reachings, Faintness, Lowness and Sinking of the Spirits, Palpitation of the Heart, Startings, Tremblings and Twitchings in the Limbs and other Parts, with many convulsive Disorders, sharp Pains fixed or wandering, Pain and Weakness in the Back and other, almost innumerable and grievous Symptoms, which miserably afflict vast Numbers of both Sexes, who are infallibly cured by this.
All which Symptoms, in their sharpest Paroxysms, these so much fam'd and most pleasant Drops (which are clinically prepared from Kingdom and exalted to the highest Degree of Perfection) infallibly quell, and at the same time annihilate their real Cause, directly bringing the Stomach into right Order, creating a good Appetite, restoring the Digestion, opening the Lungs, and clearing the Course, good Blood, Plenty of Cains, Bree and cheerful Spirits, a regular Circulation of all the Fluids, and Strength of Nerves, so thoroughly removed by them, almost from the Stomach, that many Thousands of both Sexes they have perfectly cured, evince.
Never takes them for three Days only, will be feasible they are absolutely to be dated cured, and the Cure is so certain, that the Time it heals them, no Medicine upon Earth can equal them; be careful therefore to have the right Drops, which are to be had only at the Shop of the Author, near the Sign of the Hand and Face, near Stock-Market, at 3 s. 6 d. a Bottle with Directions.
The most wonderful cleansing and Strengthening DROPS, for all Sorts of GLEETS and SEMINAL WEAKNESSES, and IMPECILITIES in the Generative Parts and Faculties, preventing Miscarriages in Women.
And to cleanse and strengthen the Reins, Kidney and Bladder, cure weak Backs, Stranguries, Gravel, and Stoppage of the Urine; and for which it has gain'd such Report, that near 4000 Bottles have been sold since 2 p.m. 1734, that they were first publish'd.
These Incomparable DROPS, which for the above-aided Disorders are so necessary to be used, are the only Art of Medicine, were prescribed by the late Dr. Ratcliffe, for a certain noble Lord, who for a long Time had been vexed with an old, obstinate Gleet and Weakness, of which he was cured by them in a few Days, beyond all Expectation, when he was cured with Radcliffe's Pills, Pills, Potions, Injections, and a hundred other Medicines, for many Months together in vain.
The Apology for these Drops, for him, according to the Doctor's Prescription (which he has still upon his File) has made the Use of them even since to Numbers of People, in the very worst of Gleet, seminal and genital Imbecilities, and Infertility, Pains in the Back and Reins, Offenders of the Urine and Gravel, &c. in the utmost Success and Safety as also in all Weaknesses from Sperm as well as Venereal Relicks, excessive Copulation, Self-Pollution, seminal Emissions in the Sleep, Falls, Blows, and the like, in both Sexes.
And as they have never once failed him, even in Colds that have been incurable, he now, for general Good, has made them publick; and that the meaner Sort of People might partake of the Benefit of so divine a Remedy, as well as the Rich, he has put them up in Boxes of but 3 s. 6 d. each, tho' for the Excellence of their Effects, and they are worth their Weight in Gold, more especially, as one Bottle of them generally cures the Sperm, without draining the Sperm, and grievous Relaxations and Weaknesses of the Seminals and Genitals that are not can there be prepared, by any Art or Skill, a more cleansing and healing, or a more strengthening and fortifying Medicine, or one that can more effectually cure Impotency or prostrate Fertility, than this, as every one that but once uses it will say, by their first Dose, for the difference between this and other Remedies is, that it will do more in one Day, than others will do in a Week, and that others can in ten, and is of so corroborating a Nature, that it may be entirely relied upon for curing perfectly and firmly, without Fear of a Relapse, even the most obstinate Disorders, which can never be cured by any other Medicine and it is withal so cleanly pleasant to be used, and agreeable to the Stomach, that the nicest Person is delighted with it.
Mr. W. Goldsmith, that used to sell these Drops, being lately dead, they are now sold only at his Son-in-Law's, Mr. Johnson, a Baker, at the Sign of the Seven Stars in Ver-Street, near Clare Market, (his Shop is over the Shop of Mr. King, in the Poultry) for any Medicine, upon only asking for a Bottle of Drops, and paying 3 s. 6 d.
The only sure and infallible Cure
For that obstinate and loathsome DISEMPER, and all scorbutick Elements, tho' arrived to the highest and most inveterate Degree, in one or so many Years standing; and that without any sensible Evacuation or the least purging, which by an unaccountable Secretion, is so speedily and effectually removed rather to increase and confirm the SCURVY than cure it.
By the so much fam'd and most pleasant Clinical Drops
Which without the least Trouble, Confinement or Disorder whatever, do at once strike at the true Cause of the Scurvy, and entirely destroy it, and all scorbutick Humours and Ricks, Root and Branch, so no sooner to remove as many Thousands of both Sexes have experienced, and all who take them, in three Days time are convinced for they almost instantly after the morbid State of the Juices, purify the Blood, sweeten all the Fluids, cleanse them from Impurities, and directly ease the whole Habit from all Spasms, blotches, black and blue Marks, itching, foul Exuviations or breaking out, Weakness of the Limbs, languid Evasions of the whole Body, wandering Pains, Weakness of the Back, and all the vast Variety of Symptoms by which the Scurvy rages, and often occurs real'd under the Appearance of the Rheumatism, and many other Diseases. And for the removing the Stomach immediately creating a good Appetite, causing a regular and easy Digestion of Food, and curing all windy Ricks and Disorders of the first Passages (whence proceed Head-aches, Vapours and other Indispositions) no Bitter, nor any other Medicine upon Earth, can compare with them; inasmuch, that besides infallibly curing the SCURVY, in all its Shapes and Appearances, they also affected and immediately cure the Green Sickness, the Gout, the Scurvy, the Gout, and all those chronic Disorders (which are chiefly occasioned by Indigestion and flatulent Crudities in the Stomach and Bowels) and certainly prevent Fevers, Agues, and other acute Illnesses.
They are wonderful in the removing, strengthening and enliven the whole Machine, and as soon as taken, make the Patient pleasantly light, brisk and vigorous to Admiration, and are good for Scurvy of Persons to preserve as well as procure a sound and healthful State of Body.
But the great Reputation these so much fam'd and most pleasant Clinical Drops is to be found in, among Persons of Eminence, for their Luminous and infallible Cures, in the SCURVY, Gout, and all scorbutick Humours and other chronic Disorders in such an easy and agreeable Manner, has occasioned many to imitate them, some under the false and obtuse pretence, that they are counterfeit, and are not to be deceived, but before to have the Rights which by the Author's special Appointment, are to be had only at the Gentlewoman's Shop, at the Sign of the Hand and Face, in the Poultry, at 3 s. 6 d. a Bottle, with Directions.
THE INCOMPARABLE POWDER For cleaning the TEETH.
Has with-hood, by its most excellent and known Virtues, the Approbation of many repeated Counterfeits, who, imitating it by the Name of Powder, others under several other Names; these, for many take Notice, that the only true, effectual, and original Powder, is sold nowhere else, but as mentioned above. It is for use in large Quantities to the Plantations beyond the Seas, to whom good Allowance is given; and is as off-hand in the East Indies as in London.
Which has given so great Satisfaction to most of the Nobility and Gentry in England, for above thirty Years, that it has been published, and vast Quantities of the same full continued to be sold.
It is sold only at Mrs. KING'S Toy-Shop, the Bluecoat-Boy, against the Gold-Keys Tavern in Cornhill, and at Mrs. Markham's Toy-Shop, the Seven Stars under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, and no where else, at One Shilling each Box.
A Pounce using it makes the Teeth as white as Ivory, tho' never so black or yellow, and effectually preserves them from rotting or decaying, continues them sound to exceeding old Age. It wonderfully cures the Scurvy in the Gums, prevents Riscum or chafing, kills Worms at the Roots of the Teeth, and thereby hinders the Tooth-ache. It radically falls the loose Teeth, and in Virtue, cleanly cures any thing ever yet found out for those Purposes.
All the Nobility, Gentry, &c. who used to Mrs. Markham's for the above-aided Purposes, are led to Order not to mistake the Shop MARKHAM at length is under the Seven Stars, because most of the Toy-men in her Neighbourhood, seeing Multitudes go to her Shop for it, have tramped up Counterfeits, and sell their own, and the Shop is not in the least altered, in Prejudice to the Publick, &c. The LIP SALVE.
Which is so much esteem'd, and of so many Years long Experience, and which is so well known, that it is sold in vast Quantities in the same Place, at One Shilling each Box. For in two or three Hours Time it heals them, tho' never so rough or chopp'd; prevents the coming of a blister, and makes the skin soft and smooth, giving them a becoming robust Colour, the complexion of Oil, and renders the Breath fine and sweet, and it may be eaten for its Scent.
The only true, Specific CHEMICAL LIQUOR, For Diffusing and bringing away the STONE, whether in the KIDNEY, BLADDER, or GLANDER, & for its speedy curing the Strangury, and all Heat, Pain, Stoppage, or Difficulty in making Water.
The very first Dose of it gives perfect Ease in a Moment, even in the most raging Fire of either Stone or Gravel, and at once entirely frees the Patient from the Strangury, and all the Pain, and Stoppage of Urine; it dilates the Ureters, makes them slippery, and easily passes the Stone, together with Sand and Gravel, without Pain, effectually cleanses the Kidneys, Bladder, and all the urinary Passages from gritty, calculous Matter; cures all internal Weakness of the Party, quickens the Power of the Bladder, and takes off all Pain in the Back, and those Vains so much like the Rheumatism, which are depended upon to remove large Stones, so as infallibly to cure that most obstinate Dismper.
It gives such sudden and unspeakable Relief, that whoever takes but one Dose of it will be thoroughly convinced of its surprising Efficacy, which many Hundreds have happily experienced to their infinite Satisfaction.
It is such an agreeable Diuretick and powerful Diffuser, that it infallibly prevents the Stone in those who are troubled with Gravel only; for the perfect Cure of either Stone or Gravel, and all Dismper of the Kidney, Ureters or Bladder, occasion'd thereby, is the only true Specific Remedy that can be surely and fastily sold at once, as it gives such Eases as soon as taken, even when nothing else will, and effectually consolidates a perfect Cure without Trouble, being pleasant to the Palate, agreeable to the Stomach, and concurring to the whole Body. It is to be had only at Jacob's Coffee House against the Angel and Crown Tavern in Broad-Street, behind the Royal Exchange, at 3 s. 6 d. a Bottle, with Directions.
For the immediate Cure of BARRENNESS in WOMEN, Tho' of many Years Continuance, and all Impotency in MEN, however inveterate, or of ever so long standing.
The infallible, Desirable, PROLICK ELIXIR, The highest, richest, and most powerful Cordial in Nature is recommended.
Being the only true and infallible Cure for BARRENNESS in WOMEN, and IMPOTENCY in MEN, in the best even after all other Remedies have failed, without the least Trouble, and that by promoting the cheerful Countenance, and Jucundity, and all the Fruits from their languid Functions, fortifying the Nerves, encreasing the Animal Spirits, opening a luxuriant Blood, and evidently replenishing the crusty Fibres of the womb, with a generous Vitality, and making the Body, and thereby invigorating it to such a Degree as not to be destroyed, but by those who have experienced how exceedingly and fondly it enlivens, enlivens and powerfully strengthens all the animal Faculties and gives new Powers in both Sexes. It is a bright, lively Disposition, banishes Melancholy, and inspires Mirth and Gladness of Heart beyond Expression. Abundance of Ladies who for several Years, and even many Years, have been barren, have been by taking it, conceived and become fruitful, and given numbers of Children, who by falling or otherwise, had rendered themselves incapable of Procreation, have been enabled by it to propagate their Species, inasmuch that many illustrious Families, who for want of Children were almost infallible, are now blessed with happy Issue, and are (under Providence) indebted to this great Medicine for their Heirs. It receives all Offenders of the Stomach, creates an Appetite, procures a good Digestion, and in all weakness of Body, or decay of Constitution of any kind, is a most admirable Remedy, and even seems to keep back the Effect of old Age itself. It is to be taken but a few Drops at a time, has a very fine Flavour, is pleasant to the Palate, cordial to the Stomach, and can be had only at the Two Blue Pots in Haydon-Yard in the Minories, at 3 s. 6 d. a Bottle, with Directions.
Given Gratis, very Neatly Printed.
THE HANOVER ALMANACK,
For 1737.
Containing those Things which the Common Almanacks ought to mention, yet NONE of them speak a Word of.
With an Account of the Royal Birth, Deaths and Marriages, in all the Royal Family, and the Days of the Year, and the most LUCKY DAYS, Times, and Changes throughout the Year.
And the Treatise on Dr. Cockburn's very EASY Way of curing the GOUT, without Taking ANY manner of Purgative.
Viz. Their Running, Curdling, Smarting of Urine, and Scurvy of the Urinary Pass, by Only Washing their Urinary Pass with a Spoonful of a Specific LIQUOR in a Tea Cup.
True Directions, with Directions, Which is Nothing to the Value of a Cure.
This Book is GIVEN GRATIS UPON One Pair of Stairs, at the Shop of the Author, in the Poultry, at the Sign of the Hand and Face, Children's TEETH, Ritz, Fevers, Convulsions, &c. over against Derieux-Court without Temple-Bar, and at Mr. Bradshaw's Shop, at the Sign of the Hand and Face, in the Poultry, at the Golden Key Under the Back Piazza of the Royal Exchange.