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Ah, Sir, said Girot smiling, Noblemen,
Wits, Critics, Ladies, Poets nurse the Spleen;
'Tis a Gentile Disease and ever bred
By Duns, or Affectation, or a Bed.
Without Delay on fam'd ^[1]Cephatic call,
The Camisar shall cure you with his Sal.

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(With chiding Eyes his ill-tim'd Wit supprest)
Leap'd furious from his Bed, and hasten'd to be drest.
All his rich Vests and sumptuous Robes puts on,
His Mohair Cassock and his Tabby Gown,
His Violet Gloves; that very Rochet wore
Which once the jealous Prelate's Fingers tore:
An Ebon Stick he held, and on his Head,
Snowy with Winter Age, a Sattin Bonnet laid;

1. A Doctor in Paris famous for Sal Volatile and Enthusiasm.

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