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One Edwards, an apothecary, who seems to have known [more] of the poet's case than some of the regular physicians who undertook to cure him.
From the abilities and application of Sir J. Hawkins, the publick is now furnished with a compleat history of the science of musick.
[This ballad originally appeared in the Gentleman's Mag. for 1797, p. 912.; and at p. 1108. of the same volume will be found the following reply:
"Answer to Shakspeare's Bed-side; or, the Doctors Enumerated.
How could you assert, when the Poet was sick,
None hit off a method of cure;
When Montagu's pen, like a magical stick,
His health did for ever ensure?">[