A satire upon physicians, or an English paraphrase, with notes and references, of Dr. King's most memorable oration / delivered at the dedication of the Radclivian Library in Oxford. To which is added a curious petition to an Hon. House, in favour of Dr. King.

Date:
1755
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Credit: A satire upon physicians, or an English paraphrase, with notes and references, of Dr. King's most memorable oration / delivered at the dedication of the Radclivian Library in Oxford. To which is added a curious petition to an Hon. House, in favour of Dr. King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ah ! how I blufh, when e’er I think How idly I employ my ink ' Hoping to pleafe and to fubdue, With eloquence, fuch folks as You ! In me, ah ! pity to behold ! A Wretch quite wither’d, weak, and old$ Who now has pafs’d, by heaven’s decree. The dangerous year of Sixty-three ; 'f On affes milk, and caudle fed, I doddle on my cane to bed. Of every ftep I take, afraid ; My coat unbutton’d by my maid. My memory oft mtftaking names, For G—rge, I often think ofj —MES 5 Am grown fo feeble frail a Thing, I fcarce remember who is King ! Th’ imperial purple which does wear, A lawful or a lawlefs Heir! But fince you chule me to proclaim And celebrate your Radcliff's fame, Which fills thefe crouded Seats with rows Of Wits and Statefmen, Belles and Beaux : * Delegatum hoc mlhi ojficium cum minime fiufcipiendnm opor- tere put are m. p. 1. f Sjuippe verebar infirmus & oblivicfus fenex, & climatte- ricum excedsns annum. Ibid,