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 him, for if he speak to him about it, he would be sure to return him some such answer; and upon that account he advised him to let him a- lone for the present.

The Earl being out of favour at the court, took private lodgings on Tower Hill, where being in disguise, he set up a mountebank's stage upon the hill, and spoke to the mob in the following manner:

Gentlemen and Ladies,

"HERE is my famous Unguentum Aureum, or Golden Ointment, so very famous for curing all kinds of distempers in men, women, and children Look here, good people, this is my noble Tinctura Hyperboriacorum, prepared only by myself. This will make the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak; nay, there is nothing can restore life so soon as this; for with three drops of this tincture I restored a gentleman to life who had lost his head seven years; but he being a state criminal, the Emperor made me fly to Germany for my great exploit: Therefore, I am come to seek my fortune, with my incomparable and famous Tincture, which cures all manner of sickness, hectick fever, jaundice, looseness, megrims, and all other distempers incident to mankind.

The next thing I present, is my Aqua Terra Chimegagon, which makes barren women fruitful, nay, being in Mogul's country, I gave only two spoonfuls to his grandmother, who was an hundred years old, and she conceived with two twins, and was delivered with such ease,