Ill spoke the gravity of German books;
That as a woman she could not pretend
To teach, translate, and literature to vend;
That as a woman she could never be
A Doctor, since 'tis man takes that degree:
Who can deny that a bag wig denotes
More sense, more consequence, than petticoats?
And probably our hero-heroine knew
That otherwise her nostrums would not do!
But haply Prudence urg'd this strange disguise,