_September_ 16, 1736. "On _Thursday_, Mrs. _Mapp's_ plate of ten guineas was run for at _Epsom_. A mare, called 'Mrs. _Mapp_,' won the first heat; when Mrs. _Mapp_ gave the rider a guinea, and swore if he won the plate she would give him 100; but the second and third heat was won by a chestnut mare." "We hear that the husband of Mrs. _Mapp_ is returned, and has been kindly received." _September_ 23, 1736. "Mrs. _Mapp_ continues making extraordinary cures: she has now set up an equipage, and on _Sunday_ waited on her Majesty." _Saturday, October_ 16, 1736. "Mrs. _Mapp_, the bone-setter, with Dr. _Taylor_, the oculist, was at the play-house, in _Lincoln's-Inn Fields,_ to see a comedy called 'The Husband's Relief, with the Female Bone-setter and Worm Doctor;' which occasioned a full house, and the following epigram: "'While _Mapp_ to th'actors shew'd a kind regard, On one side _Taylor_ sat, on the other _Ward_: When their mock persons of the Drama came, Both _Ward_ and _Taylor_ thought it hurt their _fame_; Wonder'd how _Mapp_ cou'd in good humour be-- Zoons! cries the manly dame, it hurts not me; Quacks without art may either blind or kill; But[7] _demonstration_ shews that mine is _skill_.' "And the following was sung upon the stage: "'You surgeons of _London_, who puzzle your pates, To ride in your coaches, and purchase estates, Give over, for shame, for your pride has a fall, And the doctress of _Epsom_ has outdone you all. _Derry down_, &c. "'What signifies learning, or going to school, When a woman can do, without reason or rule, What puts you to nonplus, and baffles your art? For petticoat-practice has now got the start. "'In physics, as well as in fashions, we find, The newest has always the run with mankind; Forgot is the bustle 'bout _Taylor_ and _Ward_; Now _Mapp's_ all the cry, and her fame's on record. "'Dame Nature has given her a doctor's degree, She gets all the patients, and pockets the fee; So if you don't instantly prove it a cheat, She'll loll in her chariot, whilst you walk the street. _Derry down_, &c.'" _October_ 19, 1736, _London Daily Post._ "Mrs. _Mapp_, being present at the acting of _The Wife's Relief_, concurred in the universal applause of a crowded audience. This play was advertised by the desire of Mrs. _Mapp_, the famous bone-setter from _Epsom_." _October_ 21, 1736, "On _Saturday_ evening there was such a concourse of people at the Theatre-royal in _Lincoln's-Inn Fields_, to see the famous Mrs. _Mapp_, that several gentlemen and ladies were obliged to return for want of room. The confusion at going out was so great, that several gentlemen and ladies had their pockets picked, and many of the latter lost their fans, &c. Yesterday she was elegantly entertained by Dr. _Ward_, at his house in _Pall-Mall_."