The Dedication is one continued Sneer upon Authors, and their Patrons, and seems to carry a Glance of Derision towards Men of Quality in General; by setting a Cook above them, as a more useful Member in a body Politick. Some will have this _Braund_, to be Sir ****, others Sir ****, others Sir ****; but I take it to be more Railery than Mystery, and that Mr. _Braund_, at the _Rummer_ in _Queen-street_, is the Person; who having pleas'd the Author in two or three Entertainments, he, with a View truly _Epicurean_, constitutes him his _Maecenas_; as being more agreeable to him than a whole Circle of Stars and Garters, of what 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 with Poxes ill cured, and Shooes with Dependance, and Attendance. Not having the Book by me, I am forced to quote at Random, but I hope the courteous Reader will bear me out. He complains of it again in this Treatise, and makes a Complement to Mr. _Austin_, Mr. _Braund_'s late Servant; who keeps the _Braund_'s Head in _New Bond-street_, near _Hanover-Square_; a House of great Elegance, and where he used frequently to dine. The Distinction of _Brand_, _Braund_, and _Barnes_, is a Banter on Criticks, and Genealogists, who make such a Pother about the Orthography of Names and Things, that many Times, three Parts in four of a Folio Treatise, is taken up in ascertaining the Propriety of a Syllable, by which Means the Reader is left undetermined; having nothing but the various Readings on a single Word, and that probably, of small Importance. I heartily wish some of these Glossographists would oblige the World with a Folio Treatise or two, on the Word Rabbet: We shall then know whether it is to be spelt with an _e_, or an _i_. For, to the Shame of the _English_ Tongue and this learned Age, our most eminent Physicians, Surgeons, Anatomists and Men Midwives, have all been to seek in this Affair. St. _Andre_, } _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 short Memories, that they spell it both Ways in one and the same Page. The Master-Key to this Mystery, is the Explanation of its Terms; for Example, by _Dumpling_ is meant a Place, or any other Reward or Encouragement. A _Pudding_ signifies a P----t, and sometimes a C----tee. A _Dumpling Eater_, is a Dependant on the Court, or, in a Word, any one who will rather pocket an Affront than be angry at a Tip in Time. A _Cook_ is a Minister of State. The _Epicurean_ and _Peripatetic_ Sects, are the two Parties of _Whigg_ and _Tory_, who both are greedy enough of Dumpling.