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 The Augustan Reprint Society

 A Learned Dissertation on DUMPLING (Anonymous) (1726)

 PUDDING AND DUMPLING _BURNT to POT_. Or, A COMPLEAT KEY to the DISSERTATION ON DUMPLING (Anonymous) (1727)

 _Introduction by_ SAMUEL L. MACEY

 Publication Number 140 WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY University of California, Los Angeles

 1970

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GENERAL EDITORS

 William E. Conway, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ George Robert Guffey, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Maximillian E. Novak, _University of California, Los Angeles_

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

 David S. Rodes, _University of California, Los Angeles_

ADVISORY EDITORS

 Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_ James L. Clifford, _Columbia University_ Ralph Cohen, _University of Virginia_ Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Arthur Friedman, _University of Chicago_ Louis A. Landa, _Princeton University_ Earl Miner, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Samuel H. Monk, _University of Minnesota_ Everett T. Moore, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Lawrence Clark Powell, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ James Sutherland, _University College, London_ H. T. Swedenberg, Jr. , _University of California, Los Angeles_ Robert Vosper, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

 Edna C. Davis, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

 Roberta Medford, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

INTRODUCTION

_A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling_ and its _Key_ (_Pudding andDumpling Burnt to Pot_) are typical satiric pamphlets which grew out ofthe political in-fighting of the first half of the eighteenth century. The pamphlets are distinguished by the fact that the author's level ofimagination and writing makes them delightful reading even today. In_Dumpling_ the author displays a considerable knowledge of cooks andcookery in London; by insinuating that to love dumpling is to lovecorruption, he effectively and amusingly achieves satiric indirectionagainst a number of political and social targets, including Walpole. The_Key_ is in many ways a separate pamphlet in which Swift is the centralfigure under attack after his two secret visits to Walpole during 1726. _Dumpling_ had a long life for an eighteenth-century pamphlet and waspublished as late as 1770. Dr. F.  T. Wood has even suggested that it mayhave influenced Lamb's _Dissertation on Roast Pig_;[1] readers mightwish to test this for themselves. 

_Dumpling_ and its _Key_ were first claimed for Henry Carey by Dr. Wood(pp. 442-447). Carey (1687-1743) is generally thought to have been anillegitimate scion of the powerful Savile family, [2] with whose name hechristened three of his sons. He was perhaps best known as a writer ofsongs. "Sally in our Alley" is a classic, and he has even a tenuousclaim to the authorship of the English national anthem. Carey's_Dramatic Works_ appeared in 1743, the year in which he met his death, almost certainly by his own hand. Several of the plays were successfuland particular reference should be made to the burlesques_Chrononhotonthologos_ (1734) and _The Dragon of Wantley_ (1737). Thelatter even outran the performances of _The Beggar's Opera_ in its firstyear. Not only do these plays show Carey's satiric bent, but so also doa considerable number of his poems. In 1713, 1720, and 1729 Careypublished three different collections of his poetry, each entitled_Poems on Several Occasions_. Although a few of the poems were repeated, almost always revised, each edition is very much a different collection. An edition was brought out in this century by Dr. Wood. [3]

I am strongly inclined to support Carey's claim to the authorship of_Dumpling_ and its _Key_ despite Dr. E.  L. Oldfield's more recentattempt to invalidate it. [4] There were at least ten editions of_Dumpling_ in the eighteenth century. The first seven (1726-27) appearedduring Carey's life, and these (I have seen all but the third) containthe _Namby Pamby_ verses which later appeared under Carey's own name inhis enlarged _Poems on Several Occasions_ (1729). There was also a"sixth edition" of _Dumpling_ (really the eighth extant edition) inCarey's own name published "for T.  Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Friars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIV. " Though _Namby Pamby_ was not added to the firstedition of the _Key_, it appears in the second edition. Both editionswere published by Mrs. Dodd, of whom Dr. Oldfield says: she "seems tohave been a neighbour, and known to Carey" (p.  375). Dr. Wood indicatesthat "at the foot of a folio sheet containing Carey's song _Mocking isCatching_, published in 1726, the sixth edition of _A LearnedDissertation on Dumpling_ is advertised as having been lately published"(p.  442). Dr. Wood adds in a footnote that this song "appeared in _TheMusical Century_ (1740) under the title _A Sorrowful Lamentation for theLoss of a Man and No Man_. " Even more striking would seem to be the factthat although there are ninety-one entries in his _Poems_ (1729), Careyhas placed the _Sorrowful Lamentation_ directly adjacent to _NambyPamby_. 

Dr. Wood maintains of _Dumpling_ that "the general style bears a closeresemblance to that of the prefaces to Carey's plays and collectionsof poetry" (p.  443). I should like strongly to support his statement. Dr. Oldfield says that an inviolable regard for decency "is nowherecontradicted in Carey's works .  .  .  . Yet the pamphlets, besides beingpalpably Whiggish, are larded _passim_ with vulgarity of the'Close-Stool' and 'Clyster' variety" (p.  376). The reader need look nofurther than _Namby Pamby_ to see that Carey satisfies Northrop Frye'svery proper observation: "Genius seems to have led practically everygreat satirist to become what the world calls obscene. "

As for the pamphlets being "palpably Whiggish, " the reader will not lookfar into the allegory before he realizes that one of the central attacksis against those well-known Whigs Walpole and Marlborough and theirappetite for Dumpling (i. E. , bribery and perquisites). Furthermore, theattack on Swift, which is central to the _Key_, is based on the veryreal fear that the Dean's two recent private interviews with Walpolemight presage a return to that leader's Whig party in exchange forDumpling. The last pages of the _Key_ (pp.  28-30) deal with thepossibility of an accommodation between Swift and Walpole which is, I feel sure, the main target of attack. In his poems (_Poems_, ed. Wood, pp.  83, 86, 88, and _passim_) Carey claims to stand between Whig andTory, just as he does in the pamphlets (_Dumpling_, p.  1, and _Key_, p.  15 and _passim_). 

Dr. Wood perceptively points to two parallels between _Dumpling_ and thesatiric _Of Stage Tyrants_ (1735) which Carey openly addressed to theEarl of Chesterfield. _Dumpling's_ "O Braund, my Patron! my Pleasure!my Pride" (p.  [ii]) becomes: "O Chesterfield, my patron and my pride"(_Poems_, ed. Wood, p.  104). The passage which follows, dealing with"all the Monkey-Tricks of Rival Harlequins" (_Dumpling_, p.  [ii]), becomes:

 Prefer pure nature and the simple scene To all the monkey tricks of Harlequin

 (_Poems_, ed. Wood, p. 106). 

Even more striking is a passage in the _Key_: "Mr. B[ooth] had spoken toMr. W[ilks] to speak to Mr. C[ibber] .  .  . " (p.  111). This is similar tothe following lines in _Stage Tyrants_:

 Booth ever shew'd me friendship and respect, And Wilks would rather forward than reject. Ev'n Cibber, terror to the scribbling crew, Would oft solicit me for something new

 (_Poems_, ed. Wood, p. 104). 

What is particularly impressive is that Carey not only refers to thethree managers of Drury Lane but mentions them in the same order and asbearing the same relationship to himself. Several highly topicaltheatrical allusions in the pamphlets, by which the works can be dated, accord closely to the life, views, and writings of Carey. All threemanagers of Drury Lane were subscribers to Carey's _Poems on SeveralOccasions_ (1729), which was dedicated to the Countess of Burlington, who (like the Earl of Chesterfield) was closely related to Carey'sputative family. In the _Poems_ these people and many others (includingPope) would have seen _Namby Pamby_ under Carey's name and drawn theobvious conclusion that _Namby Pamby_, _Dumpling_ and the _Key_ were bythe same author. 

We have already seen how closely _Dumpling_ and _Stage Tyrants_ can betied together; the reader can compare for himself that part of _NambyPamby_ containing "So the Nurses get by Heart / Namby Pamby's LittleRhymes, " with the passage from the _Key_: "It was here the D[ean] .  .  . Got together all his Namby Pamby .  .  . From the old Nurses thereabouts"(_Key_, pp.  16-17). 

There exists in the Bodleian an early copy of _Namby Pamby_ (1725?) "ByCapt. Gordon, Author of the Apology for Parson Alberony and theHumorist. " The joke here is surely in not only letting the Whig Gordonattack the Whig Ambrose Phillips but then, also by association, connecting Gordon's name with the attack on Walpole and Marlborough. There is a parallel to this: Carey's "Lilliputian Ode on Their MajestiesSuccession" appeared in _Poems_ (1729), separated from the piecespreviously mentioned by only one short patriotic stanza. Yet in theHuntington Library there is an almost identical version (1727) which wasostensibly published by Swift. 

The first six editions of _Dumpling_ appeared in 1726 and both editionsof the _Key_ are dated 1727. Apart from the dates on the title page, this can be verified externally by the initial entries in Wilford's_Monthly Catalogue_ (1723-30) of February 1726 and April 1727respectively. Swift's first return visit to England (in March 1726 aftertwelve years) was subsequent to the publication of _Dumpling_; hissecond visit was in the same month as the publication of the _Key_, which assigns him _ex post facto_ the authorship "from Page 1. To Page25. " of _Dumpling_ (_Key_, p.  ix). 

Sir John Pudding and his Dumpling are manipulated throughout thesepamphlets to carry a multiplicity of meaning which brings them almost asclose to symbolism as they are to the allegory that Carey claims to bewriting (_Key_, pp.  18, 24 and 29). Collation of _Dumpling_ with its_Key_ clearly reveals (with due allowance for satiric arabesque)a series of allegories moving backwards and forwards through history. Atvarious stages, Sir John Pudding (ostensibly Brawn [or John Brand], thefamous cook of the Rummer in Queen Street who appears in Dr. King's _Artof Cookery_ [1708]), becomes identifiable with King John, Sir JohnFalstaff, Walpole, Marlborough, and even Queen Anne (for the change insexes see _Key_, p.  18). All of these enjoyed Dumpling, and their tastesare ostensibly approved while at the same time being heavily undercutwith satiric indirection. Naturally enough, Walpole (although a DumplingEater) is treated with considerable circumspection. Carey has warned usthat he is a bad chronologist (_Key_, p.  21), and the Sir John Pudding(be he Walpole or Marlborough [d. 1722]), who at the end of _Dumpling_is referred to as "the Hero of this DUMPLEID, " is for good reason spokenof in the past tense. 

The fable of Dumpling, in the true spirit of _lanx satura_, allows Careyto attack by indirection a complete spectrum of traditionaleighteenth-century targets. Like the musician and the satirist that heis, he builds up to a magnificent crescendo (pp.  19-24 of his"Dumpleid") which results in one of the finest displays of sustainedvirtuosity in early eighteenth-century pamphlet writing. 

The notes which follow the texts point to a number of the contemporaryallusions, but the reader will surely wish to recognize some of thereferences and the more delicate ironies for himself. As the author putsit on page 17 of _Dumpling_:

O wou'd to Heav'n this little Attempt of Mine may stir up some_Pudding-headed Antiquary_ to dig his Way through all the mouldy Recordsof Antiquity, and bring to Light the Noble Actions of Sir _John_!

What scholar could refuse?

University of Victoria

NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION

1. "An Eighteenth-Century Original for Lamb, " _RES_, V (1929), 447. 

2. An exception is Henry J. Dane who denies the relationship in "TheLife and Works of Henry Carey, " unpublished doctoral dissertation(University of Pennsylvania, 1967), pp.  xxix-xxx, and _passim_. 

3. _Poems_, ed. F. T. Wood (London, 1930). 

4. "Henry Carey (1687-1743) and Some Troublesome Attributions, " _BNYPL_, LXII (1968), 372-377. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

These facsimiles of _A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling_ (1726) and_Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot_ (1727) are reproduced from copiesin the Bodleian Library and the British Museum. 

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 A Learned Dissertation on DUMPLING;

 Its Dignity, Antiquity, and Excellence. 

 With a Word upon PUDDING. 

 And

 Many other Useful Discoveries, of great Benefit to the Publick. 

 _Quid Farto melius? Huic suam agnoscit corpus energiam, Suam aciem mens: ------------ ---- Hinc adoleverunt præstantissimi, Hi Fartophagi in Reipublicæ commodum. _

 _Mab. _ de Fartophagis, _lib. _ iii. _cap. _ 2. 

 _LONDON. _

 Printed for _J. Roberts_ in the _Oxford-Arms_-Passage, _Warwick-lane_; and Sold by the Booksellers of _London_ and _Westminster_. 1726. [Price 6 _d. _]

[Decoration]

 TO Mr. BRAUND. 

SIR, Let Mercenary _Authors_ flatter the Great, and subjecttheir Principle to Interest and Ambition, I scorn suchsordid Views; You only are Eminent in my Eyes: On YouI look as the most Useful Member in a Body-Politic, and your Art far superior to all others: Therefore, _Tu mihi Mecænas Eris!_

O BRAUND, my Patron! my Pleasure! my Pride! disdainnot to grace my Labours with a kind Perusal. Suspenda-while your more momentous Cares, and condescend totaste this little _Fricassee_ of Mine. 

I write not this, to Bite you by the Ear, (_i. E. _)flatter you out of a Brace or two of Guinea's: No;as I am a true _Dumpling Eater_, my Views are purely_Epicurean_, and my utmost Hopes center'd in partakingof some elegant _Quelque Chose_ tost up by yourjudicious Hand. I regard Money but as a Ticket whichadmits me to your Delicate Entertainments; to me muchmore Agreeable than all the Monkey-Tricks of Rival_Harlequins_, or _Puppet-Show_ Finery of Contending_Theatres_. 

The Plague and fatigue of Dependance and Attendance, which call me so often to the Court-end of the Town, were insupportable, but for the Relief I find atAUSTIN's, your Ingenious and Grateful Disciple, whohas adorn'd _New Bond-street_ with your Graceful_Effigies_. Nor can he fail of Custom who has hung outa Sign so Alluring to all true _Dumpling-Eaters_. Manya time and oft have I gaz'd with Pleasure on yourFeatures, and trac'd in them the exact Lineaments ofyour glorious Ancestor Sir JOHN BRAND, vulgarly call'dSir JOHN PUDDING. 

Tho' the Corruption of our _English_ Orthographyindulges some appearance of Distinction between BRANDand BRAUND, yet in Effect they are one and the samething. The ancient Manor of BRAND's, alias BRAUND's, near Kilburn in _Middlesex_, was the very Manor-Houseof Sir JOHN BRAND, and is call'd BRAND's to this Day, altho' at present it be in the Possession of theFamily of MARSH. 

What Honours are therefore due to One who is in aDirect Male Line, an Immediate Descendant from theLoins of that Great Man! Let this teach You to valueyour Self; this remind the World, how much they owe tothe Family of the BRAUNDS; more particularly to YOU, who inherit not only the Name, but the Virtues of yourIllustrious Ancestor. I am, SIR, With all imaginable Esteem and Gratitude, Your very most Obedient Servant, _&c. _

Page 5. Line 15, _&c. _ for _Barnes_ read _Brand_. 

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 Learned Dissertation

 on

 DUMPLING;

 Its Dignity, Antiquity, _&c. _

The Dumpling-Eaters are a Race sprung partly from theold _Epicurean_, and partly from the _PeripateticSect_; they were brought first into _Britain_ by_Julius Cesar_; and finding it a Land of Plenty, theywisely resolv'd never to go Home again. TheirDoctrines are Amphibious, and compos'd _Party perPale_ of the two Sects before-mention'd; from the_Peripatetics_, they derive their Principle ofWalking, as a proper Method to digest a Meal, orcreate an Appetite; from the _Epicureans_, theymaintain that all Pleasures are comprehended in goodEating and Drinking: And so readily were theirOpinions embrac'd, that every Day produc'd manyProselytes; and their Numbers have from Age to Ageincreas'd prodigiously, insomuch that our whole Islandis over-run with them, at present. Eating and Drinkingare become so Customary among us that we seem to haveentirely forgot, and laid aside the old Fashion ofFasting: Instead of having Wine sold at ApothecariesShops, as formerly, every Street has two or threeTaverns in it, least these Dumpling-Eaters shouldfaint by the Way; nay, so zealous are they in theCause of _Bacchus_, that one of the Chief among 'emhas made a Vow never to say his Prayers 'till he has aTavern of _his own_ in every Street in _London_, andin every Market-Town in _England_. What may we then inTime expect? Since by insensible Degrees, theirSociety is become so numerous and formidable, thatthey are without Number; other Bodies have theirMeetings, but where can the Dumpling-Eaters assemble?what Place large enough to contain 'em! The _Bank_, _India_, and _South-Sea_ Companies have their GeneralCourts, the _Free-Masons_ and the _Gormogons_ theirChapters; nay, our Friends the _Quakers_ have theirYearly Meetings. And who would imagine any of theseshould be Dumpling-Eaters? But thus it is, theDumpling-Eating Doctrine has so far prevailed among'em, that they eat not only Dumplings, but _Puddings_, and those in no small Quantities. 

The Dumpling is indeed, of more antient Institution, and of _Foreign_ Origin; but alas, what were thoseDumplings? nothing but a few Lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd Fat, notmuch unlike our Gritt or Oatmeal Pudding; yet werethey of such Esteem among the ancient _Romans_, that aStatue was erected to _Fulvius Agricola_, the firstInventor of these Lentil Dumplings. How unlike theGratitude shewn by the Publick to our ModernProjectors!

The _Romans_, tho' our Conquerors, found themselvesmuch out-done in Dumplings by our Fore-fathers; the_Roman_ Dumplings were no more to compare to thosemade by the _Britons_, than a Stone-Dumpling is to aMarrow Pudding; tho' indeed, the _British_ Dumpling atthat time, was little better than what we call aStone-Dumpling, being no thing else but Flour andWater: But every Generation growing wiser and wiser, the Project was improv'd, and Dumpling grew to bePudding: One Projector found Milk better than Water;another introduc'd Butter; some added Marrow, othersPlumbs; and some found out the Use of Sugar; so that, to speak Truth, we know not where to fix the Genealogyor Chronology of any of these Pudding Projectors, to the Reproach of our Historians, who eat so muchPudding, yet have been so Ungrateful to the firstProfessors of this most noble Science, as not to find'em a Place in History. 

The Invention of Eggs was merely accidental, two orthree of which having casually roll'd from off a Shelfinto a Pudding which a good Wife was making, she foundherself under a Necessity either of throwing away herPudding, or letting the Eggs remain, but concludingfrom the innocent Quality of the Eggs, that they woulddo no Hurt, if they did no Good. She wisely jumbl'd'em all together, after having carefully pick'd outthe Shells; the Consequence is easily imagined, thePudding became a Pudding of Puddings; and the Use ofEggs from thence took its Date. The Woman was sent forto Court to make Puddings for King _John_, who thensway'd the Scepter; and gain'd such Favour, that shewas the making of her whole Family. I cannot concludethis Paragraph without owning, I received thisimportant Part of the History of Pudding from old Mr. _Lawrence_ of _Wilsden-Green_, the greatest Antiquaryof the present Age. 

From that Time the _English_ became so famous forPuddings, that they are call'd Pudding-Eaters all overthe World, to this Day. 

At her Demise, her Son was taken into Favour, and madethe King's chief Cook; and so great was his Fame forPuddings, that he was call'd _Jack Pudding_ all overthe Kingdom, tho' in Truth, his real Name was _JohnBrand_, as by the Records of the Kitchen you willfind: This _John Brand_, or _Jack-Pudding_, call himwhich you please, the _French_ have it _Jean Boudin_, for his Fame had reached _France_, whose King wouldhave given the World to have had our _Jack_ for hisPudding-Maker. This _Jack Pudding_, I say, became yeta greater Favourite than his Mother, insomuch that hehad the King's Ear as well as his Mouth at Command;for the King, you must know, was a mighty Lover ofPudding; and _Jack_ fitted him to a Hair, he knew howto make the most of a Pudding; no Pudding came amissto him, he would make a Pudding out of a Flint-stone, comparatively speaking. It is needless to enumeratethe many sorts of Pudding he made, such as PlainPudding, Plumb Pudding, Marrow Pudding, OatmealPudding, Carrot Pudding, Saucesage Pudding, BreadPudding, Flower Pudding, Suet Pudding, and in short, every Pudding but Quaking Pudding, which was solelyinvented by, and took its Name from our Good Friendsof the _Bull and Mouth_ before mentioned, notwithstanding the many Pretenders to thatProjection. 

But what rais'd our Hero most in the Esteem of thisPudding-eating Monarch, was his Second Edition ofPudding, he being the first that ever invented the Artof Broiling Puddings, which he did to such Perfection, and so much to the King's likeing, (who had a mortalAversion to Cold Pudding, ) that he thereuponinstituted him Knight of the Gridiron, and gave him aGridiron of Gold, the Ensign of that Order, which healways wore as a Mark of his Sovereign's Favour; inshort, _Jack Pudding_, or Sir _John_, grew to be allin all with good King _John_; he did nothing withouthim, they were Finger and Glove; and, if we maybelieve Tradition, our very good Friend had no smallHand in the _Magna Charta_. If so, how much are all_Englishmen_ indebted to him? in what Repute ought theOrder of the Gridiron to be, which was instituted todo Honour to this Wonderful Man? But alas! how soon isMerit forgot? how impudently do the Vulgar turn themost serious Things into Ridicule, and mock the mostsolemn Trophies of Honour? for now every Fool at aFair, or Zany at a Mountebank's Stage, is call'd _JackPudding_, has a Gridiron at his Back, and a great Pairof Spectacles at his Buttocks, to ridicule the mostnoble Order of the Gridiron. But their Spectacles is amost ungrateful Reflection on the Memory of that greatMan, whose indefatigable Application to his Business, and deep Study in that occult Science, rendred himPoreblind; to remedy which Misfortune, he had always a'Squire follow'd him, bearing a huge Pair ofSpectacles to saddle his Honour's Nose, and supply hismuch-lamented Defect of Sight. But whether such anUnhappiness did not deserve rather Pity than Ridicule, I leave to the Determination of all good Christians:I cannot but say, it raises my Indignation, when I seethese Paunch-gutted Fellows usurping the Title andAtchievements of my dear Sir _John_, whose Memory I somuch venerate, I cannot always contain my self. I remember, to my Cost, I once carry'd my Resentment alittle farther than ordinary; in furiously assaultingone of those Rascals, I tore the Gridiron from hisBack, and the Spectacles from his A--e; for which Iwas Apprehended, carried to Pye-powder Court, and bythat tremendous Bench, sentenc'd to most severe Painsand Penalties. 

This has indeed a little tam'd me, insomuch that Ikeep my Fingers to my self, but at the same time letmy Tongue run like a Devil: Forbear vile Miscreants, cry I, where-e'er I meet these Wretches? forbear toascribe to your selves the Name and Honours of Sir_John Pudding_? content your selves with being_Zanies_, _Pickled-Herrings_, _Punchionellos_, butdare not scandalize the noble Name of _Pudding_: Norcan I, notwithstanding the Clamours and Ill Usage ofthe Vulgar, refrain bearing my Testimony against thismanifest piece of Injustice. 

What Pity it is therefore, so noble an Order should belost, or at least neglected. We have had no Account ofthe real Knights of the Gridiron, since they appearedunder the fictitious Name of the _Kit-Kat Club_: Intheir Possession was the very Gridiron of Gold worn bySir _John_ himself; which Identical Gridiron dignifiedthe Breast of the most ingenious Mr. _RichardEstcourt_ that excellent Physician and Comedian, whowas President of that Noble Society. 

 _Quis talia fando temperet à Lachrymis?_

What is become of the Gridiron, or of the Remains ofthat excellent Body of Men, Time will, I hope, discover. The World, I believe, must for suchDiscoveries be obliged to my very good Friend _J----T----_ Esq; who had the Honour to be Door-keeper tothat Honourable Assembly. 

But to return to Sir _John_: The more his Wit engagedthe King, the more his Grandeur alarm'd his Enemies, who encreas'd with his Honours. Not but the Courtierscaress'd him to a Man, as the first who had broughtDumpling-eating to Perfection. King _John_ himselflov'd him entirely; being of _Cesar_'s Mind, that is, he had a natural Antipathy against Meagre, Herring-gutted Wretches; he lov'd only _Fat-headedMen, and such who slept o' Nights_; and of such washis whole Court compos'd. Now it was Sir _John_'sMethod, every _Sunday_ Morning, to give the Courtiersa Breakfast, which Breakfast was every Man hisDumpling and Cup of Wine; for you must know, he wasYeoman of the Wine-Cellar at the same time. 

This was a great Eye-sore and Heart-burning to someLubberly Abbots who loung'd about the Court; they tookit in great Dudgeon they were not Invited, and stuckso close to his Skirts, that they never rested 'tillthey Outed him. They told the King, who was naturallyvery Hasty, that Sir _John_ made-away with his Wine, and feasted his Paramours at his Expence; and not onlyso, but that they were forming a Design against hisLife, which they in Conscience ought to discover: ThatSir _John_ was not only an Heretic, but an Heathen;nay worse, they fear'd he was a Witch, and that he hadbewitcht His Majesty into that unaccountable Fondnessfor a _Pudding-Maker_. They assur'd the King, That ona _Sunday_ Morning, instead of being at Mattins, heand his Trigrimates got together Hum-jum, all snug, and perform'd many Hellish and Diabolical Ceremonies. In short, they made the King believe that the Moon wasmade of Green-Cheese: And to shew how the Innocent maybe Bely'd, and the best Intentions misrepresented, they told the King, That He and his Associates offer'dSacrifices to _Ceres_: When, alas, it was only theDumplings they eat. The Butter which was melted andpour'd over them, these vile Miscreants call'd_Libations_: And the friendly Compotations of ourDumpling-eaters, were call'd _Bacchanalian Rites_. Twoor three among 'em being sweet-tooth'd, wou'd strew alittle Sugar over their Dumplings; this wasrepresented as an _Heathenish Offering_. In short, notone Action of theirs, but what these Rascally Abbotsmade Criminal, and never let the King alone 'till poorSir _John_ was Discarded. Not but the King did it withthe greatest Reluctance; but they had made it aReligious Concern, and he cou'd not get off on't. 

But mark the Consequence: The King never enjoy'dhimself after, nor was it long before he was poison'dby a Monk at _Swineshead_ Abbey. Then too late he sawhis Error; then he lamented the Loss of Sir _John_;and in his latest Moments wou'd cry out, Oh! that Ihad never parted from my dear _Jack Pudding_! Wou'd Ihad never left off Pudding and Dumpling! I then hadnever been thus basely Poison'd! never thustreacherously sent out of the World!----Thus did thisgood King lament: But, alas, to no Purpose, the Priesthad given him his Bane, and Complaints wereineffectual. 

Sir _John_, in the mean time, had retir'd into_Norfolk_, where his diffusive Knowledge extended itself for the Good of the County in general; and fromthat very Cause _Norfolk_ has ever since been sofamous for Dumplings. He lamented the King's Death tohis very last; and was so cautious of being poison'dby the Priests, that he never touch'd a Wafer to theDay of his Death; And had it not been that some of theless-designing part of the Clergy were his intimateFriends, and eat daily of his Dumplings, he haddoubtless been Made-away with; but they stood in theGap for him, for the sake of his Dumplings, knowingthat when Sir _John_ was gone, they should never havethe like again. 

But our facetious Knight was too free of his Talk tobe long secure; for a Hole was pick'd in his Coat inthe succeeding Reign, and poor Sir _John_ had all hisGoods and Chattels forfeited to the King's Use. It wasthen time for him to bestir himself; and away to Courthe goes, to recover his Lands, _&c. _ not doubting buthe had Friends there sufficient to carry his Cause. 

But alas! how was he mistaken; not a Soul there knewhim; the very Porters used him rudely. In vain did heseek for Access to the King, to vindicate his Conduct. In vain did he claim Acquaintance with the Lords ofthe Court; and reap up old Civilities, to remind 'emof former Kindness; the Pudding was eat, theObligation was over: Which made Sir _John_ composethat excellent Proverb, _Not a word of the Pudding_. And finding all Means ineffectual, he left the Courtin a great Pet; yet not without passing a severe Jokeupon 'em, in his way, which was this; He sent aPudding to the King's Table, under the Name of a_Court-Pudding_, or _Promise-Pudding_. This Pudding hedid not fail to set off with large Encomiums; assuringthe King, That therein he wou'd find an HieroglyphicalDefinition of Courtiers Promises and Friendship. 

This caused some Speculation; and the King's Physiciandebarr'd the King from tasting the Pudding, notknowing but that Sir _John_ had poison'd it. 

But how great a Fit of Laughter ensu'd, may be easilyguess'd, when the Pudding was cut up, it prov'd only alarge Bladder, just clos'd over with Paste: TheBladder was full of Wind, and nothing else, exceptingthese Verses written in a Roll of Paper, and put in, as is suppos'd, before the Bladder was blown full:

 As Wynde in a Bladdere ypent, is Lordings promyse and ferment; fain what hem lust withouten drede, they bene so double in her falshede: For they in heart can think ene thing, and fain another in her speaking: and what was sweet and apparent, is smaterlich, and eke yshent. And when of service you have nede, pardie he will not rein nor rede. But when the Symnel it is eten, her curtesse is all foryetten. 

This Adventure met with various Constructions fromthose at Table: Some Laugh'd; others Frown'd. But theKing took the Joke by the right End, and Laugh'doutright. 

The Verses, tho' but scurvy ones in themselves, yet inthose Days pass'd for tolerable: Nay, the King wasmightily pleas'd with 'em, and play'd 'em off on hisCourtiers as Occasion serv'd; he wou'd stop 'em shortin the middle of a flattering Harangue, and cry, _Nota Word of the Pudding_. This wou'd daunt and mortify'em to the last degree; they curs'd Sir _John_ athousand times over for the Proverb's sake: but to noPurpose; for the King gave him a private Hearing:In which he so well satisfy'd His Majesty of hisInnocence and Integrity, that all his Lands wererestor'd. The King wou'd have put him in his old Post;but he modestly declin'd it, but at the same timepresented His Majesty with a Book of most excellentReceipts for all kinds of Puddings: Which Book HisMajesty receiv'd with all imaginable Kindness, andkept it among his greatest Rarities. 

But yet, as the best Instructions, tho' never sostrictly followed, may not be always as successfullyexecuted, so not one of the King's Cooks cou'd make aPudding like Sir _John_; nay, tho' he made a Puddingbefore their Eyes, yet they out of the very sameMaterials could not do the like. Which made his oldFriends the Monks attribute it to Witchcraft, and itwas currently reported the Devil was his Helper. Butgood King _Harry_ was not to be fobb'd off so; thePudding was good, it sate very well on his Stomach, and he eat very savourly, without the least Remorse ofConscience. 

In short, Sir _John_ grew in Favour in spite of theirTeeth: The King lov'd a merry Joke; and Sir _John_ hadalways his Budget full of Punns, Connundrums andCarrawitchets; not to forgot the Quibbles andFly-flaps he play'd against his Adversaries, at whichthe King has laugh'd 'till his Sides crackt. 

Sir _John_, tho' he was no very great Scholar, yet hada happy way of Expressing himself: He was a Man of themost Engaging Address, and never fail'd to drawAttention: Plenty and Good-Nature smil'd in his Face;his Muscles were never distorted with Anger orContemplation, but an eternal Smile drew up theCorners of his Mouth; his very Eyes laugh'd; and asfor his Chin it was three-double, a-down which hung agoodly Whey-colour'd Beard shining with the Drippingsof his Luxury; for you must know he was a greatEpicure, and had a very Sensible Mouth; he thoughtnothing too-good for himself, all his Care was for hisBelly; and his Palate was so exquisite, that it wasthe perfect Standard of Tasting. So that to him we oweall that is elegant in Eating: For Pudding was not hisonly Talent, he was a great Virtuoso in all manner ofEatables; and tho' he might come short of _Lambert_for Confectionary-Niceties, yet was he not inferiourto _Brawnd_, _Lebec_, _Pede_, or any other greatMasters of Cookery; he could toss up a Fricassée aswell as a Pancake: And most of the Kickshaws now invogue, are but his Inventions, with other Names; forwhat we call _Fricassées_, he call'd _Pancakes_; as, a Pancake of Chickens, a Pancake of Rabbets, _&c. _Nay, the _French_ call a Pudding an _English_Fricassée, to this Day. 

We value our selves mightily for Roasting a Hare witha Pudding in its Belly; when alas he has roasted an Oxwith a Pudding in his Belly. There was no Man like himfor Invention and Contrivance: And then for Execution, he spar'd no Labour and Pains to compass hismagnanimous Designs. 

O wou'd to Heav'n this little Attempt of Mine may stirup some _Pudding-headed Antiquary_ to dig his Waythrough all the mouldy Records of Antiquity, and bringto Light the Noble Actions of Sir _John_! It will notthen be long before we see him on the Stage. Sir _JohnFalstaffe_ then will be a Shrimp to Sir _JohnPudding_, when rais'd from Oblivion and reanimated bythe All-Invigorating Pen of the Well-Fed, Well-Read, Well-Pay'd _C-- J----_ Esq; Nor wou'd this be all; forthe Pastry-Cooks wou'd from the Hands of an eminentPhysician and Poet receive whole Loads of Memorandums, to remind 'em of the Gratitude due to Sir _John_'sMemory. 

On such a Subject I hope to see Sir _Richard_ Out-dohimself. Nor _Arthur_ nor _Eliza_ shall with Sir_John_ compare. There is not so much differencebetween a Telescope and a Powder-Puff, a Hoop-Petty-Coat and a Farthing-Candle, a Birch-Broomand a Diamond-Ring, as there will be between theformer Writings of this pair of Poets and theirLucubrations on this Head. 

Nor will it stop here: The _Opera_ Composers shallhave t'other Contest, which shall best sing-forth hisPraises. Sorry am I that _Nicolino_ is not here, hewould have made an excellent Sir _John_. But_Senefino_, being blown up after the manner thatButchers blow Calves, may do well enough. From thencethe Painters and Print-sellers shall retail his goodlyPhiz; and what _Sacheverel_ was, shall Sir _JohnPudding_ be; his Head shall hang Elate on every Sign, his Fame shall ring in every Street, and _Cluer_'sPress shall teem with Ballads to his Praise. Thiswould be but Honour, this would be but Gratitude, froma Generation so much indebted to so Great a Man. 

But how much do we deviate from Honour and Gratitude, when we put other Names to his Inventions, and call'em our own? What is a Tart, a Pie, or a Pasty, butMeat or Fruit enclos'd in a Wall or Covering ofPudding. What is a Cake, but a Bak'd Pudding; or a_Christmas_-Pie, but a Minc'd-Meat-Pudding. As forCheese-cakes, Custards, Tansies, they are manifestPuddings, and all of Sir _John_'s own Contrivance; forCustard is as old if not older than _Magna Charta_. In short, Pudding is of the greatest Dignity andAntiquity. Bread it self, which is the very Staff ofLife, is, properly speaking, a Bak'd Wheat-Pudding. 

To the Satchel, which is the Pudding-Bag of Ingenuity, we are indebted for the greatest Men in Church andState. All Arts and Sciences owe their Original toPudding or Dumpling. What is a Bag-Pipe, the Mother ofall Music, but a Pudding of Harmony. And what is Musicit self, but a Palatable Cookery of Sounds. To littlePuddings or Bladders of Colours we owe all the choiceOriginals of the Greatest Painters: And indeed, whatis Painting, but a well-spread Pudding, or Cookery ofColours. 

The Head of Man is like a Pudding: And whence have allRhimes, Poems, Plots and Inventions sprang, but fromthat same Pudding. What is Poetry, but a Pudding ofWords. The Physicians, tho' they cry out so muchagainst Cooks and Cookery, yet are but Cooksthemselves; with this difference only, the CooksPudding lengthens Life, the Physicians shortens it. So that we Live and Die by Pudding. For what is aClyster, but a Bag-Pudding; a Pill, but a Dumpling;or a Bolus, but a Tansy, tho' not altogether soToothsome. In a word; Physick is only a Puddingizingor Cookery of Drugs. The Law is but a Cookery ofQuibbles and Contentions. [a] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is but a Pudding of * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. Some swallow every thing whole and unmix'd;so that it may rather be call'd a Heap, than aPudding. Others are so Squeamish, the greatestMastership in Cookery is requir'd to make the PuddingPalatable: The Suet which others gape and swallow byGobs, must for these puny Stomachs be minced to Atoms;the Plums must be pick'd with the utmost Care, andevery Ingredient proportion'd to the greatest Nicety, or it will never go down. 

 [Footnote a: _The Cat run away with this part of the Copy, on which the Author had unfortunately laid some of Mother _Crump_'s Sausages. _]

The Universe it self is but a Pudding of Elements. Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republicks are butPuddings of People differently made up.  The Celestialand Terrestrial Orbs are decypher'd to us by a pair ofGlobes or Mathematical Puddings. 

The Success of War and Fate of Monarchies are entirelydependant on Puddings and Dumplings: For what else areCannon-Balls, but Military Puddings; or Bullets, butDumplings; only with this difference, they do not sitso well on the Stomach as a good Marrow-Pudding orBread-Pudding. 

In short, There is nothing valuable in Nature, butwhat, more or less, has an Allusion to Pudding orDumpling. Why then should they be held in Disesteem?Why should Dumpling-Eating be ridicul'd, orDumpling-Eaters derided? Is it not Pleasant andProfitable? Is it not Ancient and Honourable? Kings, Princes, and Potentates have in all Ages been Loversof Pudding. Is it not therefore of Royal Authority?Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests and Deacons have, Time out of Mind, been great Pudding-Eaters: Is it nottherefore a Holy and Religious Institution?Philosophers, Poets, and Learned Men in all Faculties, Judges, Privy-Councellors, and Members of both Houses, have, by their great Regard to Pudding, given aSanction to it that nothing can efface. Is it nottherefore Ancient, Honourable, and Commendable?

 _Quare itaque fremuerunt Auctores?_

Why do therefore the Enemies of good Eating, theStarve-gutted Authors of Grub-street, employ theirimpotent Pens against Pudding and Pudding-headed, _aliàs_ Honest Men? Why do they inveigh againstDumpling-Eating which is the Life and Soul ofGood-fellowship, and Dumpling-Eaters who are theOrnaments of Civil Society. 

But, alas! their Malice is their own Punishment. TheHireling Author of a late scandalous Libel, intituled, _The Dumpling-Eaters Downfall_, may, if he has anyEyes, now see his Error, in attacking so Numerous, so August a Body of People: His Books remain Unsold, Unread, Unregarded; while this Treatise of Mine shallbe Bought by all who love Pudding or Dumpling; to myBookseller's great Joy, and my no small Consolation. How shall I Triumph, and how will that MercenaryScribbler be Mortify'd, when I have sold more Editionsof my Books, than he has Copies of his! I thereforeexhort all People, Gentle and Simple, Men, Women andChildren, to Buy, to Read, to Extol these Labours ofMine, for the Honour of Dumpling-Eating. Let them notfear to defend every Article; for I will bear themHarmless: I have Arguments good store, and can easilyConfute, either Logically, Theologically, orMetaphysically, all those who dare Oppose me. 

Let not _Englishmen_ therefore be asham'd of the Nameof _Pudding-Eaters_; but, on the contrary, let it betheir Glory. For let Foreigners cry out ne'er so muchagainst Good Eating, they come easily into it whenthey have been a little while in our _Land of Canaan_;and there are very few Foreigners among as who havenot learn'd to make as great a Hole in a good Puddingor Sirloin of Beef as the best _Englishman_ of us all. 

Why shou'd we then be Laught out of Pudding andDumpling? or why Ridicul'd out of Good Living? Plotsand Politics may hurt us, but Pudding cannot. Let ustherefore adhere to Pudding, and keep our selves outof Harm's Way; according to the Golden Rule laid downby a celebrated Dumpling-Eater now defunct;

 _Be of your Patron's Mind, whate'er he says: Sleep very much; Think little, and Talk less: Mind neither Good nor Bad, nor Right nor Wrong; But Eat your Pudding, Fool, and Hold your Tongue. _ PRIOR. 

The Author of these excellent Lines not only shews hisWisdom, but his Good-Breeding, and great Esteem forthe Memory of Sir _John_, by giving his _Poem_ theTitle of _Merry Andrew_, and making _Merry Andrew_ theprincipal Spokesman: For if I guess aright, and surelyI guess not wrong, his main Design was, to ascertainthe Name of _Merry Andrew_ to the _Fool_ of a Droll, and to substitute it instead of _Jack Pudding_; whichName my Friend _Matt. _ cou'd not hear with Temper, ascarrying with it an oblique Reflection on Sir _JohnPudding_ the Hero of this DUMPLEID. 

Let all those therefore who have any Regard toPoliteness and Propriety of Speech, take heed how theyErr against this Rule laid down by him who was theStandard of _English_ Elegance. And be it known to allwhom it may concern, That if any Person whatever shalldare hereafter to apply the Name of _Jack Pudding_ to_Merry Andrews_ and such-like Creatures, I herebyRequire and Impower any Stander or Standers by, toKnock him, her, or them down. And if any Action orActions of Assault and Battery shall be broughtagainst any Person or Persons so acting in pursuanceof this most reasonable Request, by Knocking down, Bruising, Beating, or otherwise Demolishing suchOffenders; I will Indemnify and bear them Harmless. 

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 _Namby Pamby_:

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 _Nauty Pauty _Jack-a-Dandy_ Stole a Piece of Sugar-Candy From the Grocer's Shoppy-shop, And away did Hoppy-hop. _

 All ye Poets of the Age, All ye Witlings of the Stage, Learn your Jingles to reform; Crop your Numbers, and conform: Let your little Verses flow Gently, sweetly, Row by Row: Let the Verse the Subject fit; Little Subject, Little Wit: _Namby Pamby_ is your Guide; _Albion_'s Joy, _Hibernia_'s Pride. _Namby Pamby Pilli-pis_, Rhimy pim'd on Missy-Miss; _Tartaretta Tartaree_ From the Navel to the Knee; That her Father's Gracy-Grace Might give him a Placy-Place. He no longer writes of Mammy _Andromache_ and her Lammy Hanging panging at the Breast Of a Matron most distrest. Now the Venal Poet sings Baby Clouts, and Baby Things, Baby Dolls, and Baby Houses, Little Misses, Little Spouses; Little Play-Things, Little Toys, Little Girls, and Little Boys: As an Actor does his Part, So the Nurses get by Heart _Namby Pamby_'s Little Rhimes, Little Jingle, Little Chimes, To repeat to Little Miss, Piddling Ponds of Pissy-Piss; Cacking packing like a Lady, Or Bye-bying in the Crady. _Namby Pamby_ ne'er will die While the Nurse sings _Lullabye_. _Namby Pamby_'s doubly Mild, Once a Man, and twice a Child; To his Hanging-Sleeves restor'd; Now he foots it like a Lord; Now he Pumps his little Wits; } Sh--ing Writes, and Writing Sh--s, } All by little tiny Bits. } Now methinks I hear him say, } _Boys and Girls, Come out to Play, } Moon do's shine as bright as Day. _ } Now my _Namby Pamby_'s found Sitting on the _Friar's Ground_, _Picking Silver, picking Gold_, _Namby Pamby_'s never Old. _Bally-Cally_ they begin, _Namby Pamby_ still keeps-in. _Namby Pamby_ is no Clown, _London-Bridge is broken down_: Now he _courts the gay Ladee, Dancing o'er the Lady-Lee_: Now he sings of _Lick-spit Liar Burning in the Brimstone Fire; Lyar, Lyar, Lick-spit, lick, Turn about the Candle-stick_: Now he sings of _Jacky Horner_ _Sitting in the Chimney corner, Eating of a Christmas-Pie, Putting in his Thumb, _Oh, fie!_ Putting in, _Oh, fie!_ his Thumb, Pulling out, _Oh, strange!_ a Plum. _ And again, how _Nancy Cock_, Nasty Girl! _besh-t her Smock_. Now he acts the _Grenadier_, Calling for _a Pot of Beer_: _Where's his Money? He's forgot; Get him gone, a Drunken Sot. _ Now on _Cock-horse_ does he ride; And anon on Timber stride. _See-and-Saw and Sacch'ry down, London is a gallant Town. _ Now he gathers Riches in Thicker, faster, Pin by Pin; _Pins a-piece to see his Show_; Boys and Girls flock Row by Row; From their Cloaths the Pins they take, Risque a Whipping for his sake; From their Frocks the Pins they pull, To fill _Namby_'s Cushion full. So much Wit at such an Age, Does a Genius great presage. Second Childhood gone and past, Shou'd he prove a Man at last, What must Second Manhood be, In a Child so Bright as he!

 Guard him, ye Poetic Powers; Watch his Minutes, watch his Hours: Let your Tuneful _Nine_ Inspire him; Let Poetic Fury fire him: Let the Poets one and all To his Genius Victims fall. 

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 _Pudding_ and _Dumpling_ _Burnt to _POT_. _

 Or, A Compleat

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PREFACE

It very much surprizes me that six Editions of aMythological Pamphlet, entituled, _A Dissertation onDumpling_, should escape your Notice of that wonderfulUnriddler of Mysteries the ingenious Mr. _E---- C---_who has at the same Time given such Proofs of hisAbilities in his many and most elaborate Keys to_Gulliver_'s Travels; Keys, which _Gulliver_ himselfcould never have found out! and withal, so pertinent, that I shall esteem those at the Helm, no great Loversof Learning, if my Friend _Edmund_ be not forthwithpromoted: for as the Sweetness of a Kernel isuncomatable, but by the Fracture of its Shell, so isthe Beauty of a Mystery altogether hid, till theExpounder has riddlemayreed the Propounder's Problem, and render'd it obvious to the meanest Capacity. 

The only Plea I can use in Mr. _C----'s_ behalf, is, that the Author of the Dissertation has been a littletoo free with his Character, which probably occasionedthat Sullenness in our _British Oedipus_; who in Orderto be revenged, has determined not to embelish theWork with his Interpretation, but rather let it rotand perish in Oblivion. 

This, and nothing else, could be the Reason of soprofound a Silence in so great a Mysterymonger, to remedy which Loss to the Publick, I an unworthyScribler, and faint Copier of that great Artist, presume with aching Heart, and trembling Hand, to drawthe Veil which shades the political Pamphlet inQuestion; and show it to my loving Countrymen in_Puris Naturalibus_. 

If I succeed in this, I hope Mr. _L----t_, who all theWorld knows is a rare Chap to his Authors, willspeedily employ me to unriddle, or at least make aPlot to the _Rival Modes_, which it seems the Authorhas omitted: it is true, he ought to have given it theBookseller with the Copy, but has not so done, whichmakes me wonder he is not sued for Breach of Covenant;but what is that to me, if I get a Job by the Bargain?Let Booksellers beware how they buy Plays withoutPlots for the future. 

I narrowly miss'd solving the Problem called _Wagner_and _Abericock_; Mr. _B----_ had spoke to Mr. _W----_to speak to Mr. _C----_, who had just consented toemploy me, after having made me abate half my demand:But Houses running thin, _Colley_ had undertaken theJob himself to save Charges; intending at the sameTime, to annex a severe Criticism on _Pluto_ and_Proserpine_. 

This, gentle Reader, will, I hope, induce you to lookon me as a Writer of some Regard, and at the sameTime, to make a little Allowance for whatever Errorsmy great Hurry may occasion, being obliged to writeNight and Day, Sundays and working Days, without theleast Assistance. All our Journeymen Writers being nowturned Masters, I am left to shift for my self; but ambringing up my Wife to the Business, and doubt not buta long War, and our mutual Industry, may rub off oldScores, and make us begin a new Reckoning with allMankind; Pamphleteering having been so dead for manyYears last past, that (God forgive me!) I have beenoftentimes tempted to write Treason for mereSustenance. 

But Thanks to better Stars and better Days, the Penrevives, and Authors flourish; more Money can be madenow of a Play, nay, though it be a scurvy One, than_Dryden_ got by all his Works. Therefore now or neveris the Time to strike while the Iron is hot, to writemy self out of Debt, and into Place, and then growidle and laugh at the World, as my Betters have donebefore me. 

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INTRODUCTION. 

When a Book has met with Success, it never wants aFather; there being those good natured Souls in theWorld, who, rather than let Mankind think suchProductions sprang of themselves, will own theVagabond Brat, and thereby become Fathers of otherMens Offsprings. 

This was the Fate of Dumpling, whose real Father didnot take more Care to conceal himself, than some didto be thought its Author; but if any one willrecollect the Time of its Publication, they will findit within a Week after the Arrival of D----n _S----t_, from _Ireland_; the Occasion, as I am very wellinformed, was this, the D----n, one of the firstThings he did, went to pay a Visit to Mr. _T----_, hisold Bookseller; but, to his Surprize, found both theBrothers dead, and a Relation in the Shop, to whom hewas an utter Stranger. Mr. _M----_ for such is thisPerson's Name, gathering from the D--n's Enquiries whohe was, paid him his _Devoirs_ in the most respectfulManner, solicited his Friendship, and invited him to aDinner, which the D----n was pleased to accept. By theWay, you must know, he is a great Lover of Dumpling, as well as the Bookseller, who had ordered one forhimself, little dreaming of such a Guest that Day. TheDinner, as 'twas not provided on purpose, was but aFamily one, well enough however for a Bookseller; thatis to say, a couple of Fowls, Bacon and Sproutsboiled, and a Forequarter of Lamb roasted. After theusual Complements for the unexpected Honour, and theold Apology of wishing it was better for his sake:The Maid, silly Girl! came and asked her Master if hepleased to have his Dumpling; he would have chid her, but the D----n mollified him, insisting at the sameTime, upon the Introduction of Dumpling, whichaccordingly was done. Dumpling gave Cause ofConversation, but not till it was eat; for the Readermust understand, that both the Gentlemen play a goodKnife and Fork, and are too mannerly to talk withtheir Mouths full. The Dumpling eat, as I said before, the D----n drank to the Bookseller, the Bookseller tothe Author, and with an obsequious Smile, seem'd tosay ah! Dear Doctor, you have been a Friend to myPredecessor, can you do nothing for me? The D--n tookthe Hint, and after a profound Contemplation, cry'd, Why ay--Dumpling will do--put me in Mind of Dumplinganon, but not a Word more at present, and good Reasonwhy, Dinner was coming in. So they past the rest ofthe Meal with great Silence and Application, and nodoubt dined well. Far otherwise was it with me thatDay: I remember to my Sorrow, I had a Hogs Maw, without Salt or Mustard; having at that Time, Creditwith the Pork-Woman, but not with the Chandler: Timesare since mended, _Amen_ to the Continuance!

The D----n, having eat and drank plentifully, beganhis usual Pleasantries, and made the Booksellermeasure his Ears with his Mouth; nay, burst his Sideswith Laughter; however, he found Interval enough toremind the D----n of Dumpling, who asked him if he hada quick Hand at Writing: he excused himself, beingnaturally as Lazy as the other was Indolent, so theycontrived to ease themselves by sending for a HackneyWriter out of _Temple Lane_ to be the D--'s_Amanuensis_, while he and his new Acquaintancecrack'd t'other Bottle. 

This Account may be depended upon, because I had itfrom the Man himself, who scorns to tell a Lye. 

To be short, my Friend had the worst of it, being keptto hard Writing, without Drinking (Churls that theywere) about three Hours; in which Time theDissertation was finished, that is to say, from Page1. To Page 25. The rest might probably be done at someother leisure Time, to fill up the Chinks, but of thathe knows nothing; sufficient is it that the D----n wasthe Author. Proceed we now to the other Discoveries, by drawing the Veil from before the Book it self. 

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 to the DISSERTATION

 on _DUMPLING_. 

I Shall begin with his Motto, which says, _What isbetter than a Pudding?_ The Body owns its Power, theMind, its Delicacy; it will give Youth to grey Hairs, and Life to the most Desponding: Therefore are PuddingEaters of great Use in State Affairs. 

This Quotation is of a Piece with his Motto to theTale of a Tub, and other Writings; altogetherFictitious and Drole: he adds to the Jest, by puttingan Air of Authority or genuine Quotation from somegreat Author; when alas! the whole is mere Farce andInvention. 

The Dedication is one continued Sneer upon Authors, and their Patrons, and seems to carry a Glance ofDerision towards Men of Quality in General; by settinga Cook above them, as a more useful Member in a bodyPolitick. Some will have this _Braund_, to be Sir****, others Sir ****, others Sir ****; but I take itto be more Railery than Mystery, and that Mr. _Braund_, at the _Rummer_ in _Queen-street_, is thePerson; who having pleas'd the Author in two or threeEntertainments, he, with a View truly _Epicurean_, constitutes him his _Mæcenas_; as being more agreeableto him than a whole Circle of Stars and Garters, ofwhat Colour or Denomination soever. 

In his Tale of a Tub, he has a fling at Dependance, and Attendance, where he talks of a Body worn out withPoxes ill cured, and Shooes with Dependance, andAttendance. Not having the Book by me, I am forced toquote at Random, but I hope the courteous Reader willbear me out. He complains of it again in thisTreatise, and makes a Complement to Mr. _Austin_, Mr. _Braund_'s late Servant; who keeps the _Braund_'s Headin _New Bond-street_, near _Hanover-Square_; a Houseof great Elegance, and where he used frequently todine. 

The Distinction of _Brand_, _Braund_, and _Barnes_, isa Banter on Criticks, and Genealogists, who make sucha Pother about the Orthography of Names and Things, that many Times, three Parts in four of a FolioTreatise, is taken up in ascertaining the Propriety ofa Syllable, by which Means the Reader is leftundetermined; having nothing but the various Readingson a single Word, and that probably, of smallImportance. 

I heartily wish some of these Glossographists wouldoblige the World with a Folio Treatise or two, on theWord Rabbet: We shall then know whether it is to bespelt with an _e_, or an _i_. For, to the Shame of the_English_ Tongue and this learned Age, our mosteminent Physicians, Surgeons, Anatomists and MenMidwives, have all been to seek in this Affair. 

 St. _André_, } _Howard_, } Spell it _Braithwaite_, } with _Ahlers_ and } an _e_. _Manningham_, }

 _Douglas_ } and the } Spell it Gentleman who } with calls himself } an _i_. _Gulliver_, }

And some of these great Wits, have such shortMemories, that they spell it both Ways in one and thesame Page. 

The Master-Key to this Mystery, is the Explanation ofits Terms; for Example, by _Dumpling_ is meant aPlace, or any other Reward or Encouragement. A _Pudding_ signifies a P----t, and sometimes aC----tee. A _Dumpling Eater_, is a Dependant on theCourt, or, in a Word, any one who will rather pocketan Affront than be angry at a Tip in Time. A _Cook_ isa Minister of State. The _Epicurean_ and _Peripatetic_Sects, are the two Parties of _Whigg_ and _Tory_, whoboth are greedy enough of Dumpling. 

The Author cannot forbear his old Sneer uponForeigners, but says, in his 1st Page, "That findingit a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to gohome again, " and in his 2d, "Nay, so zealous are theyin the Cause of _Bacchus_, that one of the Chief amongthem, made a Vow never to say his Prayers till he hasa Tavern of his own in every Street in _London_, andin every Market-Town in _England_:" If he does notmean Sir J---- T---- I know not who he means. 

By the Invention of _Eggs_, Page 4. Is meantPerquisites. "He cannot conclude a Paragraph in his5th _Page_, without owning he received that importantPart of the History of Pudding, from old Mr. _Lawrence_ of _Wilsden Green_, the greatest Antiquaryof the present Age. "

This old _Lawrence_ is a great Favourite of the D--s;he is a facetious farmer, of above eighty Years ofAge, now living at _Wilsden Green_, near _Kilburn_ in_Middlesex_, the most rural Place I ever saw: exactlylike the Wilds of _Ireland_. It was here theD--n often retired _incog. _ to amuse himself with theSimplicity of the Place and People; where he gottogether all that Rigmayroll of Childrens talk, whichcomposes his _Namby Pamby_. Old _Lawrence_ told me, the D--n has sate several Hours together to see theChildren play, with the greatest Pleasure in Life: Therest he learned from the old Nurses thereabouts, ofwhich there are a great many, with whom he would goand smoke a Pipe frequently, and cordially; not inhis Clergyman's Habit, but in a black Suit of ClothClothes, and without a Rose in his Hat: Which madethem conclude him to be a Presbyterian Parson. 

This Mention of old _Lawrence_, is in Ridicule to acertain great Artist, who wrote a Treatise upon theWord _Connoisseur_ (or a Knower) and confesses himselfto have been many Years at a loss for a Word toexpress the Action of Knowing, till the great Mr. _Prior_ gave him Ease, by furnishing him with the Word_Connoissance_. Our D--n had drawn a Drole, Parallelto this, _viz. _ _Boudineur_, a Pudding Pyeman; and_Boudinance_, the making of Pudding Pies: But severalMen of Quality begging it off, it was, at theirRequest, scratch'd out, but my Friend, the_Amanuensis_, remembers particularly its beingoriginally inserted. 

If the Reader should ask, Who is that K-- _John_mentioned in the fourth Page, and which I ought tohave taken in its Place. I beg leave to inform him, that by K. _John_ is meant the late Q. ----, with whomthe D-- of _M----_ was many Years in such greatFavour, that he was nick named K. _John_; it was inthat Part of the Q--'s Reign, that Sir _John_ Pudding, by whom is meant **** _you know who_, came in Favour;it is true, the Name is odd, and seems to carry an Airof Ridicule with it, but the Character given him bythis allegorical Writer, is that of an able Statesman, and an honest Man. 

And here, begging Mr. D--n's Pardon, I cannot butthink his Wit has out run his Judgment; for he putsthe Cart before the Horse, and begins at the latterPart of Sir **** Administration: But this might beowing to too plentiful a Dinner, and too much of theCreature. Be that as it will, I must follow my Copy, and explain it as it lies. Proceed we therefore to theDissertation, _Page 6. _

"But what rais'd our Hero most in the Esteem of thisPudding-eating Monarch, was his second Edition ofPudding, he being the first that ever invented the Artof broiling Puddings, which he did to such Perfection, and so much to the King's liking (who had a mortalAversion to cold Pudding) that he thereupon institutedhim Knight of the Gridiron, and gave him a Gridiron ofGold, the Ensign of that Order; which he always woreas a Mark of his Sovereign's Favour. "

If this does not mean the late Revival of an ancientOrder of Knighthood, I never will unriddle Mysterymore: To prove which, we need but cross over to thenext Page, where he tells us, "Sir _John_ had always aSquire, who followed him, bearing a huge Pair ofSpectacles to saddle his Honour's Nose. " _Diss. Page 7. _

After this, he very severely runs upon those would-beStatesmen, who put themselves in Competition with hisFavourite, Sir ****, with whom he became exceedingintimate, and almost inseperable, all the Time he wasin _England_. 

The Story of the Kit Cat Club, _Dick Estcourt_, and_Jacob Tonson_, is a mere Digression; and nothing moreto the Purpose, than that we may imagine it cameuppermost. He returns to his Subject in his 9th_Page_. 

"Now it was Sir _John_'s Method, every _Sunday_Morning, to give the Courtiers a Breakfast; whichBreakfast was every Man his Dumpling, and Cup of Wine:For you must know, he was Yeoman of the Wine-Cellar atthe same Time. "

The Breakfast is Sir *** Levee, the Yeomanship of theWine-Cellar, is the ***. 

The Author of the Dissertation, is a very badChronologist; for at _Page_ 10. We are obliged to goback to the former Reign, where we shall find thelubberly Abbots (_i. E. _) the High Church Priests, misrepresenting Sir _John_'s Actions, and never letthe Q---- alone, till poor Sir _John_ was discarded. 

"This was a great Eye-sore, and Heart-burning to somelubberly Abbots, who lounged about the Court; theytook it in great Dudgeon they were not invited, andstuck so close to his Skirts, that they never restedtill they outed him. They told the King, who wasnaturally very hasty, that Sir _John_, made-away withhis Wine, and feasted his _Paramours_ at his Expence;and not only so, but they were forming a Designagainst his Life, which they in Conscience ought todiscover: That Sir _John_ was not only an Heretic, butan Heathen; nay, worse, they fear'd he was a Witch, and that he had bewitch'd his Majesty into thatunaccountable Fondness for a _Pudding-Maker_. Theyassured the King, that on a _Sunday_ Morning, insteadof being at Mattins, he and his Trigrimates gottogether hum jum, all snug, and perform'd many hellishand diabolical Ceremonies. In short, they made theKing believe that the Moon was made of Green-Cheese:And to shew how the Innocent may be bely'd, and thebest Intentions misrepresented, they told the King, That he and his Associates offered Sacrifices to_Ceres_: When, alas, it was only the Dumplings theyeat. 

"The Butter which was melted and poured over them, these vile Miscreants, called _Libations_: And thefriendly Compotations of our Dumpling Eaters, werecalled _Bacchanalian Rites_. Two or three among thembeing sweet tooth'd, would strew a little Sugar overtheir Dumplings; this was represented as an_Heathenish Offering_. In short, not one Action oftheirs, but which these rascally Abbots made criminal, and never let the King alone till Sir _John_ wasdiscarded; not but the King did it with the greatestReluctance; but they made it a religious Concern, andhe could not get off on't. " _Diss. Pag. _ 10. 

All the World knows that the _Tory_ Ministry gotuppermost, for the four last Years of the Queen'sReign, and by their unaccountable Management, teaz'dthat good Lady out of her Life: Which occasion'd theD--n in his eleventh Page to say; "Then too late hesaw his Error; then he lamented the Loss of Sir_John_; and in his latest Moments, would cry out, Oh!that I had never parted from my dear _Jack-Pudding_!Would I had never left off Pudding and Dumpling! thenI had never been thus basely poison'd! never thustreacherously sent out of the World!----Thus did thisgood King lament: But alas! to no purpose, the Priesthad given him his Bane, and Complaints wereineffectual. "

This alludes to Sir **** Imprisonment and Disgrace inthe Year ---- Nay, so barefaced is the D--n in hisAllegory, that he tells us, in his 12th Page, _Norfolk_ was his Asylum. This is as plain as the Noseon a Man's Face! The subsequent Pages are an exactDescription of the Ingratitude of Courtiers; and hisFable of the _Court Pudding_, Page 13. Is the bestPart of the whole Dissertation. 

One would imagine the D--n had been at Sea, by hiswriting Catharping-Fashion, and dodging the Storysometimes Twenty-Years backwards, at other Timesadvancing as many; so that one knows not where to havehim: for in his fifteenth Page, he returns to thepresent Scene of Action, and brings his Hero into theFavour of K---- _Harry_, _alias_ **** who beingsensible of his Abilities, restores him into Favour, and makes Use of his admirable Skill in Cookery, _alias_ State Affairs. 

"Not one of the King's Cooks could make a Pudding likeSir _John_; nay, though he made a Pudding before theirEyes, yet they, out of the very same Materials, couldnot do the like: Which made his old Friends, theMonks, attribute it to Witchcraft and it was currentlyreported the Devil was his Helper. But good King_Harry_ was not to be fobb'd off so; the Pudding wasgood, it sat very well on his Stomach, and he eat verysavourly, without the least Remorse of Conscience. "_Diss. Page_ 15. 

This seems to hint at the Opposition Sir **** met withfrom the contrary Party, and how sensible the K----was, that they were all unable to hold the Staff inCompetition with him. 

After this the D--n runs into a whimsical Descriptionof his Heroes personal Virtues; but draws the Picturetoo much _Alla Carraccatura_, and is, in my Opinion, not only a little too familiar, but wide of hisSubject. For begging his Deanship's Pardon, hemightily betrays his Judgment, when he says, Sir_John_ was no very great Scholar, whereas all Men ofLearning allow him to be a most excellent one; but aswe may suppose he grew pretty warm by this Time withthe Booksellers Wine, he got into his old Knack ofRaillery, and begins to run upon all Mankind: In thisMood he falls upon _C---- J----n_, and Sir _R----Bl----re_, a pair of twin Poets, who suck'd one andthe same Muse. After this he has a Fling at _Handel_, _Bononcini_ and _Attilio_, the Opera Composers; and asevere Sneer on the late High-Church Idol, _Sacheverel_. As for _Cluer_, the Printer, any Bodythat knows Music, or _Bow Church Yard_, needs nofarther Information. 

And now he proceeds to a Digression, which is indeedthe Dissertation it self; proving all Arts andSciences to owe their Origin and Existence to_Pudding_ and _Dumpling_ (_i. E. _) Encouragement. His_Hiatus_ in the 20th Page, I could, but dare notDecypher. 

In his 22nd Page, he lashes the Authors who oppose theGovernment; such as the _Craftsman_, _OccasionalWriter_, and other Scribblers, past, present, and tocome. _The Dumpling-Eaters Downfal_, is a Title of hisown Imagination; I have run over all _Wilford_'sCatalogues, and see no Mention made of such a Book:All that Paragraph therefore is a mere Piece ofRablaiscism. 

In his 23d Page, he has another confounded Fling atForeigners; and after having determinately dubb'd hisHero, the Prince of Statesmen, he concludes hisDissertation with a Mess of Drollery, and goes off ina Laugh. 

In a Word, the whole Dissertation seems calculated toingratiate the D--n in Sir **** Favour; he draws thePicture of an able and an honest Minister, painful inhis Countries Service, and beloved by his Prince; yetoftentimes misrepresented and bely'd: Nay, sometimeson the Brink of Ruin, but always Conqueror. The Fears, the Jealousies, the Misrepresentations of an enragedand disappointed Party, give him no small Uneasinessto see the Ingratitude of some Men, the Folly ofothers, who shall believe black to be white, becauseprejudiced and designing Knaves alarm 'em with falseFears. We see every Action misconstrued, and Evil madeout of Good; but as the best Persons and Things aresubject to Scandal and Ridicule; so have they thePleasure of Triumphing in the Truth, which always willprevail. 

I take the Allegory of this Dissertation to be partlyHistorical, partly Prophetical; the D--n seeming tohave carried his View, not only to the present, buteven, succeeding Times. He sets his Hero down at lastin Peace, Plenty, and a happy Retirement, notunrelented by his Prince; his Honesty apparent, hisEnemies baffled and confounded, and his Measures madethe Standard of good Government; and a Pattern for alljust Ministers to follow. 

Thus, gentle Reader, have I, at the Expence of thesepoor Brains, crack'd this thick Shell, and given theethe Kernel. If any should object, and say thisExposition is a Contradiction to the D--n'sPrinciples; I assure such Objector, that the D--n isan errant _Whig_ by Education, and Choice: He mayindeed cajole the _Tories_ with a Belief that he is oftheir Party; but it is all a Joke, he is a _Whig_, andI know him to be so; Nay more, I can prove it, anddefy him to contradict me; did he not just after hisArrival and Promotion in _Ireland_, writing to one ofhis intimate Friends in _London_, conclude his Letterin this Manner?

_Thus Dear **** from all that has occur'd, you mustconclude me a _Tory_ in every Thing, but my Principle, which is yet as unmoved, as, that I am, _

 Yours, _&c. _

This Letter, his Tale of a Tub, and in a Word, all hisInvectives against Enthusiasm and Priestcraft, plainlyprove him to be no _Tory_; and if his Intimacy, notonly with Sir **** himself, but most of the prime Menin the Ministry, cannot prove him a _Whig_, I have nomore to say. 

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The Author is Night and Day at Work (in order to getpublished before the _Spaniards_ have raised the Siegeof _Gibraltar_) a Treatise, entituled, _Truth broughtto light, _or_ D--n _S----t_'s _Wilsden_ Prophecyunfolded_; being a full Explanation of a PropheticalPoem, called _Namby Pamby_, which, by most People, is taken for a Banter on an eminent Poet, now in_Ireland_; when in Fact, it is a true Narrative of theSiege of _Gibraltar_, the Defeat of the _Spaniards_, and Success of the _British_ Arms. The Author doubtsnot in this Attempt to give manifest Proof of hisAbilities, and make it apparent to all Mankind, thathe can see as clearly through a Milstone, as any otherPerson can through the best Optic _Martial_ or_Scarlet_ ever made; and that there is more in manyThings, not taken Notice of, than the Generality ofPeople are aware of. 

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Pp. [ii]. 2-[iii]. 25. The information on Brand, Braund, and Marsh isconfirmed by records in the Willesdon Public Library and by Lyson's_County of Middlesex_. 

P. 2. 30-31. Carey also attacks the Freemasons and Gormogons in _Poems_, ed. Wood, p.  118. 

P. 5. 3. Old Mr. Lawrence is mentioned several times (see particularly_Key_, pp.  16-17). There was a farmer Lawrence of 70 in Willesdon at thetime, but I have found no direct connection with an antiquary, withSwift's Namby Pamby talk (see _OED_ under _Namby Pamby_) and his_Wilsden Prophecy_; nor with Jonathan Richardson (see note to _Key_, p.  17). On another level, the laziness attributed to Swift (_Key_, p.  viii) and the gridiron here connected with the Kit Cat club are bothcommonly associated with Saint Lawrence. 

P. 6. 11-12. "Bull and Mouth" refers to a tavern known as the BoulogneMouth (John Timbs, _Clubs and Club Life in London_ [London, 1872], p.  529). 

Pp. 6. 13-9. 6. Knight of the Gridiron: Walpole was a member of the KitCat club, which originally met at the pie shop of Christopher Cat inShire Lane. The "Second Edition" probably refers to the fact that theOrder of the Bath was reintroduced for Walpole's benefit in June 1724. (See also _Key_, p.  19. ) There is intentional confusion with Estcourt, who as providore of the Beefsteak club wore about his neck a smallgridiron of silver and was made a Knight of Saint Lawrence. The Knightsof the Toast were an associated group.  The gridiron is a symbol both ofgormandizing and of the roasting of Saint Lawrence. 

P. 9. 9. J[acob] T[onson], the publisher, founded the Kit Cat club whichalso met at Tonson's home in Barns Elms, and in Hampstead (which wasonly a few miles northeast of Willesdon). 

P. 11. 15-18. King John is reputed either to have been poisoned or tohave died from overeating at Swineshead Abbey (18-19 October 1216). 

Pp. 14. 15-16. 24. See also _Key_, pp.  25-26. King Harry, at this point, would appear to be George I, with either Walpole or Marlborough as SirJohn Pudding. Nevertheless, there are carefully interpolated overtonesregarding Falstaff and Hal. "One knows not where to have him" (_Key_, p.  25) is one of several apt Shakespearian allusions in the work. 

Pp. 17. 25-18. 26. In _Dumpling_, pp. 17-18, and _Key_, pp.  26-27, thereferences are to the writers Sir R[ichard] B[lackmore] and C[harles]J[ohnso]n; opera in the hands of Nicolino, Senesino, Handel, Buononciniand Attilio; the high-church idol, Sacheverel (d. 1724); the _Craftsman_(founded to attack Walpole) and the _Occasional Writer_ (Bolingbroke's 4pamphlets of Jan/Feb. 1727); and finally the discredited music printer, Cluer. Carey's relationship to opera was ambivalent, but in _Mocking isCatching_ he strongly attacked Senesino. 

P. 24. 5-29. Matt. Prior (d. 1721), despite his aristocratic pretensions, had been earlier associated with the Rummer Tavern. He was a member ofthe Kit Cat club until he became a Tory for Dumpling. 

P. [32]. 28. E[dmund] C[url] of the "ADVERTISEMENT" was a publishernotorious for stealing material. Carey complained frequently of hiswritings having been "fathered" by others. 

NOTES TO THE _KEY_

Title Page. "J. W. ": Dr. Wood suggests this is the fictitious JohnWalton of the "Proposals" at the end of _Dumpling_. My own preference isfor Dr. John Woodward, the famous antiquarian and physician. As late asFielding's "Dedication" to _Shamela_, Woodward was being mocked forsuggesting that the "Gluttony [which] is owing to the greatMultiplication of Pastry-Cooks in the City" has "Led to the Subversionof Government. . . . " (See Woodward's _The State of Physick and ofDiseases_ [London, 1718], pp.  194-196 and 200-201. Compare this with_Dumpling_, pp.  22-23, on the _Dumpling-Eaters Downfall_, also pp.  9 and16, and _Key_, p.  17. ) Swift deals with "repletion" in _Gulliver'sTravels_ (ed. Herbert Davis [Oxford, 1941], pp.  253-254 and 262). 

P. Iii. 1-22. L[intot] was Pope's publisher. B[ooth], W[ilks], andC[ibber] were the managers of Drury Lane. _The London Stage, Part 2:1700-1729_, ed. Emmett L. Avery (Carbondale, Ill. , 1960), shows thatJ.  M. Smythe's _Rival Modes_ was first played 27 January 1727 at DruryLane; John Thurmond's pantomime _The Miser: Or Wagner and Abericock_ wasfirst played 30 December 1726 at Drury Lane; and Lun's pantomimes_Harlequin a Sorcerer: With The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine_ and _TheRape of Proserpine_ were first played at the Lincoln's Inn FieldsTheatre 21 January 1725 and 13 February 1727 respectively. 

P. Iv. 16-25. The preface ends on a similar note to Carey's _Of StageTyrants_ (p.  108). 

P. [v]. 3-4. To "it never wants a Father, " compare _Of Stage Tyrants_(p.  107). 

P. Vi. 1-9. Swift's "old Bookseller" had been T[ooke] (though there maybe overtones here regarding Tonson). His new publisher was [Benjamin]M[otte]. 

Pp. Viii. 24-ix. 14. The "Hackney Writer out of _Temple Lane_" could verywell be Carey. (See Carey's _Records of Love_ [London, 1710], pp.  175, 93, and 104. )

P. 13. 6-9. Carey's poem "The Plague of Dependence" cautions: "You maydance out your shoes in attendance;/ [while you] . . . . Wait for a courtdependence" (p.  90). 

Pp. 14. 7-15. 2. Here Carey cleverly ties in Swift's surgeon Gulliver, through the "Pancake of Rabbets" (_Dumpling_, p.  17), with the topicaland notorious case of Mary Tofts, who in November 1726 was "delivered"of fifteen rabbits. All the people mentioned were connected with thiscase. Nathaniel St. André was the surgeon and anatomist to the King, and Cyriacus Ahlers the King's private surgeon; John Howard was theapothecary. The imposture was finally brought to light before SirRichard Manningham (the famous man-midwife who probably influencedSterne) and Dr. James Douglas. Among the many contemporary pamphlets onthis subject is one by Thomas Braithwaite. 

Pp. 16. 14-17. 13. The following is a very revealing quotation fromrecords in the Willesdon Public Library under F.  A. Wood [not Dr. F.  T. Wood], _Willesdon_ I, 99: "These nurse children must have been sent fromworkhouses round Willesdon . . . The parish must have become a babyfarm. . . . The large number of deaths between 1702 and 1727 ought to havecaused some official enquiry, which probably did take place, as after1727 they soon ceased altogether. "

P. 17. 14-22. See Jonathan Richardson, _Works_, Strawberry Hill Press(London, 1792), pp.  198-199: ". . . Had the honour of a letter . . . The term_Connoisance_ was used. . . . I must not conceal the name it was Mr. Prior. " Richardson, a frequent visitor to Hampstead, painted both Priorand Pope. His essay on "The Connoisseur" was frequently published. 

P. 18. 6-22. See also p. 24 and _passim_. Robert Walpole was born anddied at Houghton in Norfolk; he was helped up by Marlborough but lostpower with him under the Tories. Walpole went to the Tower for fivemonths in 1712 before going to his home county, where Defoe calls him"King Walpole in Norfolk. "

P. 24. 19-20. The "Fable of the _Court Pudding_" (see also _Dumpling_, pp.  13-14) ties together both meanings of the scatological Latin-Englishpun on the title page of _Dumpling_. 

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