And the Bard for the simples he cut;
For his regular practice was always to bleed,
Ere the fees in his pocket he put.
Next Theobald advanc’d, who at best was a quack,
And dealt but in old women’s stuff;
Yet he caus’d the Physician of Twick’nam to pack,
And the patient grew cheerful enough.
Next Hanmer, who fees ne’er descended to crave,
In gloves lily-white did advance;
To the Poet the gentlest of purges he gave,