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Irhe almoft unprecedented portion of public 

 favour that has fandioned the appearance of 

 *' The Gentleman's Stable Direaory/' and 

 rendered the publication of fuch a number of 

 large Editions neceffary within fo "^vrt afoaceof 

 time, may be candidly confiden^d, (no book " pon 

 this fubjed: having fold fo as to bear anv com- 

 parifon) an incontrovertible criterion of irs uriltityr 

 The very flattering marks of approbation that 

 have reached the Author from fome of the moil 

 diftingui(hed charaders, added ro the preffing 

 perfuaiions of others equally high in the iport- 

 ing world, have at length influenced hirn to 

 render the whole a complete chain of conve- 

 nience to the kingdom in gent a) j by the per- 

 fonal preparation of his mod efficacious pie- 

 fcriptions, a plan lo evidently calculated to 

 eradicate the very foundation of 



EMPIRICAL IMPOblTION and MEDI- 

 CAL ADULTERATION, 

 that he cannot indulge a doubt, but the pro- 

 motion of a general good will be honoured 

 With the (lamp of 



PUBLIC APPROBATION* 



N, B. The above A^edicines are fo particularly pre- 

 pared and carefully enclofed, that they retain their efficacy 

 for any length of time; and tiie Cordial Pe^orai, Fever, 

 and Bails for Scouring, Gripes, or Fret, may be diflblved 

 in ale or g^uel, and given as a drink, if thought more ap« 

 plicable or convenient, 



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