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MG-A(G.749.012
12 Apr 1749:31,32 (207)
Mr. Green, The advertisement at the bottom of this paper,
is a genuine specimen of that odd sort of grammar and
orthography, in use among our underlings of the theatre,
such as rope-dancers, jack puddings, and tumblers; it is
taken from an authentic original of the author's own hand-
writing, and is, verbatim and literatim, a true copy.
Tho' these itinerant virtuosi, may be a degree or two
below the learning and erudition of our professors of physic
in that way, or our stage doctors; yet it must be observed,
that tho' the latter may sometimes write more correctly, yet
the performances of the former come nigher to what they
promise than those of the latter; at least if there be any
deceit, they impose less upon our senses, than the other
gentlemen do upon our understanding and judgement.
As you, Sir, are our public intelligencer here, and the
person thro' whose hands all the labours of the learned must
[ ], before they visit the public; so it is supposed, that
you are a person of such diligence, care, and perspicuity,
that you will not suffer either gross blunders, or small
errors, to pass uncorrected into the world; but, like the
diligent dam of a young bear cub, lick them into some
reasonable shape or form, before they are exposed to public
view. . . [20 lines of text follow imploring the publisher
to publish the advertisement as it stands to expose the
general public to the poor language. Signed]
Philotypographus
This is to give notice that there is come to this place
tha sellabrated poster master and tomner of Great Britten
which he trans form's his body to such an a varyus shapes
and form which know body can give credit without seeing the
first of his performans his bending backward and walking
like a sea crab which he carrys a man of two hundred fifty
weight and secondly he sticks a couple of pins half foot
before his toe he bends backwards and takes one in each eye
and thirdly he takes a char, he standeth on the back of it
he bends backword and passes bodly through the fram of the
said chare and fourthly he takes a drinking glass he bend
backward he extands is head feet and hands upon the foot of
the same glass with, several othe curiositys to legious her
to mention perform
By your most hum serv. [signed] John William
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