The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto |
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LIII
THE DOCTOR AND HIS PATIENTS
There was a prudent grave Physician,
Careful of Patients as you'd wish one;
Much good he did with Purge and Glister,
And well he knew to raise a Blister;
Many he cur'd and more he wou'd,
By Vomit, Flux, and letting Blood;
But still his Patients came again,
And most of their old Ills complain;
The Drunkards drank, and spoild their Liver:
Beaux ply'd the Smock as much as ever,
And got the high Veneral Feaver:
The Glutton cram'd at Noon and Supper,
And doubled both his Paunch and Crupper.
One Day he call'd 'em all together,
And one by one, he askt 'em whether
It were not better by good Diet,
To keep their Blood and Humours quiet;
With Tost and Ale to cool their Brains,
Than nightly Fire 'em with Champains;
To sup sometimes on Water-grewel,
Than drink themselves into a Duel;
To change their lewd, for sober Life,
And rotten Whore, for sounder Wife?
They all agreed that his Advice
Was honest, wholsom, grave and wise;
But not one Man, wou'd quit his Vice;
For after all his vain Attacks,
They rose and din'd well at Pontack's:
Careful of Patients as you'd wish one;
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And well he knew to raise a Blister;
Many he cur'd and more he wou'd,
By Vomit, Flux, and letting Blood;
But still his Patients came again,
And most of their old Ills complain;
The Drunkards drank, and spoild their Liver:
Beaux ply'd the Smock as much as ever,
And got the high Veneral Feaver:
The Glutton cram'd at Noon and Supper,
And doubled both his Paunch and Crupper.
One Day he call'd 'em all together,
And one by one, he askt 'em whether
It were not better by good Diet,
To keep their Blood and Humours quiet;
With Tost and Ale to cool their Brains,
Than nightly Fire 'em with Champains;
To sup sometimes on Water-grewel,
Than drink themselves into a Duel;
To change their lewd, for sober Life,
And rotten Whore, for sounder Wife?
They all agreed that his Advice
Was honest, wholsom, grave and wise;
But not one Man, wou'd quit his Vice;
For after all his vain Attacks,
They rose and din'd well at Pontack's:
The Moral
The Wise may preach, and Satyrists rail,Custom and Nature will prevail.
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