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efpeclally thofe who mounted Benches, by their 

 own Countrymen ftiled Medici?is Hahleurs^ which 

 rendered into our Language ilgnifies F-oviau cing 

 Doclcrs : I fay, this, as well as a great many more 

 vvhimfical and amufmg Performances, are ihewn to 

 the Populace, by the nimble fingerM Gentleman I 

 am fpeaking of: And of this I have been an Eye- 

 Witnefs twenty Years ago. But it is a delicious 

 Bruih to the Doftor, whatever it proves to his Pa- 

 tients ; for, to my certain Knowledge, he laft Sum- 

 mer brufhed an old clofe-fifted Clergyman out of thir- 

 ty Guineas, and at laft left him where the D — 1 left 

 the Frier : But, fo far I muft tell the Doftor, he 

 h fafe from any Complaints from this Gentleman, 

 becaufe he dare not fqueak for Fear of being laughed 

 at by his Neighbours, for being fo lavifti of his Mo- 

 ney to a Perfon who travelPd with no other Cre- 

 dentials, than fuch as (by the Didion and Style) 

 appear to be of his own Compofure. 



I am not at all furprized at fome Letters of Re- 

 commendation this Perfon procures and carries from 

 one Town to another, which Letters are moftly from 

 Pliyficians to their Brethren. I myfelf had two 

 fuch from very ingenious Men in other Refpedls ; 

 but then I mull beg their Pardon if I differ from 

 them in my Opinion of this empirical Pretender, 

 vs'ho, in my Judgment, has got a Knack at nothing 

 but getting Money, which may do well enough for 

 a while : But fo far 1 mufl venture to tell Fortunes, 

 ( notwithilanding the late A61 of Parliament againft 

 the common Retailers of Aftral Influence, ) that 

 this Man, along with one more of the like Stamp^ 

 ?,nd a Female Bone-Setter ; I fay, thefe Three are 

 of the Reptile Kind, and therefore cannot endure 

 long ; but as they fprang up haftily, and are defti- 

 tute of a good Foundation, it is certain they will in 

 a few T'.'loons totally difappear, and vanifh like a 

 Dream, neither will they be any more heard of. 



I beg the Reader's Pardon for fo long a DigrelTi- 

 on, and I hope he will the more readily grant it» 



when 



