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S^ofp?y"ic?an. Thcrc wRs 9. fcUow in this town (I forget 

 his name) who was called the Queen's Dog 

 Physician. From his attending her ma- 

 * jesty*s dogs, he went to all the women of 

 fashion, to doctor their dogs also. He ne- 

 ver would undertake them, unless he was 

 permitted to take them home with him for 

 ten days. There was seldom any thing 

 more the matter with them than a gross 

 habit of body ; fat to a degree, from the 

 scandalous method they are fed, giving 

 them every day more good meat than 

 would supply two poor children. When 

 Quiets Dog he got Chloe home, he physicked her, and 

 treats my Mvc hcr nothino^ but dry bread for some 



lady'slap-dog. "^ *- j 



time. She would not eat, the first three or 

 four days, of such insipid food, and, the first 

 day, howled most bitterly ; however, he soon 

 cured her of that, by giving her four or five 

 sound floggings, to prevent her annoying 

 his neighbours. I think it scandalous to 

 give dogs what a human being would be 

 grateful to receive : however, this must be 

 passed over in oblivion, provided a gentle- 

 man be making love to the lady, for then 



