To Mr. Robert Whitehall at the wels at Astrop

To Mr. Robert Whitehall at the wels at Astrop

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To Mr ROBERT VVHITEHALL at the VVels at Astrop.

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To Mr ROBERT VVHITEHALL at the VVels at Astrop.

PRorogued terme prolongs our meeting,

Accept then Robin this for greeting,

As much as if in Belgick Roomer,

We dranke all Astrop this hot Summer,

W' have cur'd the Scurvy, yes and a-Toe,

By sending Ano-waters [...],

I have seven Doctors, not in Rockets

That ply the Waters, but in pockets,

But that so many Dunnes and Leeches

Have drained quite my Physick breeches,

Ab ipso fonte, not, that's cooler,

But in Bottles Trio-bolar

We dayly tope, rare cure Sple-netick,

By Diaphor and Dieu-retick.

Vnder my Roome, that's high you'l say,

Are men of Via lactea,

Which every morning come to clear-um

With whey, which some call Lactis serum.

I am a water-Ratt, my skill is

To follow thee and Doctor VVillis:

For if these prove not good as Spaw,

Or Tunbridge, then I must have Law,

When our Vice-Chancellour we speedily greet,

For these I write are my best feet:

And so have at thee, I am bouzing

In bottles six that's half a dozen,

Which makes us frisk like any Satyrs,

But not with wood Nymphs, no such matters;

[Page]Keep with thy Gallants and their Paddyes,

For we want nothing, not your Ladyes:

And now as any thing of Fame,

So Astrop waters change their name;

Their Cures into their Titles go,

As Rivulets to the seas flow;

Wherefore whatso'ere your dosing cupp

Seemes to powre out at Asterop.

It ends in sovereign; under seale

Declar'd the Pan-obstruction-Heale

Like to a Prince in triumph seen,

Or'e Scurvy, Stone, Astmas, and Spleen:

Therefore let none my friends defeate you

Potate strenuè, & Valete.

E. G.

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To Mr. Robert Whitehall at the wels at Astrop

Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666.

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1666

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Date

2003-07 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

ID [DLPS]

A42537

ID [STC]

Wing G417

ID [STC]

ESTC R43192

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

26979829

ID [OCLC]

ocm 26979829

ID [VID]

109896

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— To Mr. Robert Whitehall at the wels at Astrop, Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666..

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s.n.,. [Oxford? :: 1666]. (In verse.) (Attributed to Gayton by Wing. Author's initials signed at end, followed by ms. note, "Edm. Geyton, esq. Bedle of Physicke, ae. 1666, in the time of Long Vacation.") (Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.) (Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.)

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