[26.] A great _German_ Prince, that was much addicted to Drinking, had drank so much one day, that the next he was very sick; then his Fool came in to him and askt him, why he was so melancholly? he told him his Sickness was occasion'd by drinking yesterday: Why then, says the Fool, if that be all, I'll be your Physician; that is, if you are ill with drinking one day, take a Hare of the same Dog. Well, says the Prince, and what the second day? The Fool told him the same again: And what the third day? the same too. And what at the fourth? Why the same. We'll come to the purpose, says he, and what the fifth day? Why Faith, says he, then you'll be as arrant a Fool as I am. Mercurius Matrimonialis or Chapmen for the Ladies lately Offered to Sale by Way of Auction. (procured by one of their own Sex) 1. A Country Gentleman, who has a very delicate Seat [62.] between 20 and 30 Miles off _London_, and a very considerable Estate, a very Proper Comely Person, but not very Witty. 2. A Linnen Draper near the Stocks _Market_, a very handsome Genteel Man. 3. A Milliner on the _Royal Exchange_, much admired for his Handsomness and Gentility. 4. A Clergyman near _Exeter_, but now in Town, a pretty Black Man, a very good Scholar, proposes for a Joynture £200 per Ann. in Free-land. 5. A Bookseller near the _Exchange_ a very Sober Man, a Man of a Good Trade, besides some Estate. 6. A Linnen Drapers Son in _Cornhill_, a very pretty genteel Man, his Father a Man of a very good Estate. 7. A Goldsmith behind the _Exchange_--so, so.-- 8. A Miliner in _Cheapside_, near the end of _Bread Street_, very genteel but no conjurer. 9. For the Brewers Daughter, a Lace Man in _Pater Noster Row_, who loves the smell of Malt and good Ale, of good heighth and Stature, and Stomach answerable. 10. A Coffee Man, well lin'd with Broad Pieces of Gold, and has a good Trade, a Widdower, wants a Bar keeper. 11. A lusty, stout proportion'd Man, had a good Estate before the Fire,[F. 89] and is still fit for Woman's Service. 12. A Bookseller's Son in _Paul's Church yard_, an extream Genteel man, and of the same kidney as the Mercer in _Covent Garden_. 13. A Commission Officer, full of Courage, brim full of Honour, a well proportion'd Man, and very beautiful and yet wants Money. 14. An Apothecary near _Bread Street Hill_, a very genteel Man, a Widdower. 15. A Young Gentleman now learning to Dance, wants a Wife to guide him, his Estate £150 per Ann. 16. A Haberdasher's Son in _Cheapside_, makes a great Figure in the World, his Education good, only wants a Wife, or Place. 17. A diminutive Bookseller, very difficult in his Choice, £5000 proves a Temptation to him. 18. A Mercer upon _Ludgate Hill_, Kin to a good Estate, his Trade indifferent: