By way of Vindication of my Famous and generally approved Cordial Drink, (called ELIXIR SALUTIS) from the notoriouſly falſe ſuggeſtions of one Tho. Witherden of Bear-ſteed in the County of Kent, Gent. (as pretended;) Jane White, Robert Brooke, Apothecary, and Edward Willet; all new upſtart Counterfeiters of my ELIXIR, and Ape-like Imitators of my long ſince Printed Books and Directions, (ſome of them, nigh Verbatim, or word for word) and that to the jeopardy of many good, (but miſ-informed) Peoples Healths, and Lives too; as alſo, from the falſe pretentions of other more ſneaking Cub-Quacks, not yet lickt into form, but remaining Moon-blind brats, (ſtill in Swadling-Clouts) I mean the Numerous Crew of Libellous Pamphleteeirs, which are (if poſſible) more dangerous Counterfeiters of my ELIXIR, than thoſe before, or hereafter named; who (as yet) have not Impudence enough to own the lyes in their Pamphlets, with their Names; Not (at preſent) to ſay any more concerning Hinde, Baynes, or Goſmore, (three other Egregious Counterfeiters of my Cordial Elixir) whoſe Impoſtures and Deceipts I have (for the good and ſafety of the Publick) in a great meaſure already detected, and unmasked, as in ſight of the Sun at Noon.

IN order to the detection and unmasking of the four Jugling Impoſtures, (firſt above-named) I take my ſelf obliged (in diſcharge of my Duty towards God and Man) to caution the Readers, or Patients, (as they tender their own eaſe, the Cure of their Diſtempers, or their own Lives) ſeriouſly to weigh, and impartialy to remark theſe Obſervations, following; wherein I do repreſent nothing but what I can duly and ſufficiently prove, (as divers perſons of known Integrity and worth, in this City, and elſewhere, know to be true,) viz.

The ſaid Thomas Witherden, (Pag. 1. of his Licencious Pamphlet) ſaith, that Providence put into his hands the Deſcription and preparation of an Excellent Liquour, which he now calls his true and perfect Elixir Salutis, (obtained of an Eminent Perſon) and that he (reſolving to make a narrow ſcrutiny into my ELIXIR) traced me, 'till he Centred in the ſame Author with me; whereunto I the ſaid Anthony Daffy do anſwer, That of his Centring with me in the ſame Author of my ELIXIR, there is no other proof, than that of his own iste dixit, or bare ſay ſo: And what place that, (though the Word of a Gentleman, as himſelf alſo ſaith) will find in Impartial and Judicious Readers beliefs, (eſpecially from a perſon ſpeaking for lucres ſake, in his own caſe,) I leave to Judgment: And further, I do in the preſence of the Almighty ſearcher of hearts affirm, that (many years ſince) I the ſaid A. D. did by my own Experience and Reading, add a conſiderable number of Ingredients unto that Receipt, for making ELIXIR, (then tofore, by my worthy and honoured Friend conferr'd upon mee) and did alſo much vary from the ſaid Receipt, both in the Quantities and Qualities of thoſe Ingredients in the ſaid Receipt ſpecified: And I do further affirm, that neither my ſaid Friend, himſelf, (from whom, at firſt, I had the ſaid Receipt) or any other man (my ſelf only excepted) either doth, or at any time did know all the Ingredients, (much leſs, their quantities) which I have (for many years paſt) made uſe of (and do ſtill uſe) in the preparing and making of my ELIXIR.

The ſaid Mr. Witherden (pag. 2.) ſaith, that (to pare of my gain,) he ſells his Drink, (certainly, more exactly prepared than mine, if he be not miſtaken) for 4s. the Pinte; whereunto I the ſaid A. D. do anſwer, that I know not what Ingredients he uſes, and how cheap they are, that he puts into his Drink, but do find my own, a coſtly preparation, and ſo coſtly, that if my ELIXIR were to be Sold at his Drinks price, the Vendors gain would upon the matter, equalize my own, and without any conſideration for my Skill, and my own, and Servants great labour in preparing and making it: Beſides, it is well known, that I freely give away a great part of my gains by the Rich, unto the Poor: And I do (with others, that are more acquainted with Mr. Witherden's Drink than my ſelf) rationaly conclude, that his Patients (if any in Nature) might (with far more ſafety) give iiij s. for a Pint of Pump water, than pay him iiij d. for his Elixir. There was with me this day, (being Saturday 6th June, 1674) a Gent. of great Quality, for ſome of my Elixir, acquainting me, that he (dwelling in Kent, as I take it) and having taken ſome of Mr. Witherden's Drink) doth (not without great cauſe) repent he ever medled with it; and having taken a ſmall parcel thereof, comes often to me, ſaying he will keep cloſe to my Elixir.

The ſaid Mr. Witherden (in the 3. page of his Pamphlet) expreſſes himſelf in theſe words, viz. That which is called the Elixir Salutis, that it is the ſame with mine I affirm; And for the Truth thereof, I appeal to any Judicious perſon, who will but try them both, and I will abide by his Impartial Cenſure, &c. then breaks out into ſcurrilous Impertinencies, and Moccado ends of Latine, which I the ſaid A. D. (humbly conceive) might as well have been omitted; and the Senſe, Conſtruction, and Orthography, better minded: See page 2. line 19. and other places of his Pamphlet; very much miſbeſeeming ſo learned an Oracle as he would be deemed. Yet, as to Mr. Witherden's Affirmation concerning his Elixir, I, the ſaid A. D. ſhall not Controvert, (the perſon affirmant being a Gent.) but ſhall (in ſome Caſes) grant him: For indeed (here at London) we well know, That the Balderdaſh ſtuff, foiſted out by Moſt of the Counterfeiters of my Elixir, is by themſelves and others (as wiſe as they) called the Elixir Salutis, and that by way of preheminency (no doubt) unto all other: Yet, of ſuch kinds of Balderdaſh liquours, the Judicious perſons under Londons Meridian (let thoſe in the Country be as prodigal of their healths and eaſe as they will) have reaſon enough about them, to let others make Tryal, before they venture; for that ſome fool-hardy people have Tryed away their eaſe, others, their healths, and ſome their lives; (as is too well known.) Yet concerning the weight and validity of the ſaid Mr. Witherden's Proof by Appeal, and his Promiſe threupon; (admitting his Rhetorique do prevail upon a Judicious perſon to take his Drink, having taken my Elixir before; I, the ſaid A. D. do affirm that the ſaid Promiſe is grounded upon Cautelous and Subterfugeous terms, whereby he reſerves a latitude to himſelf of Decrying, Excepting againſt, and Exploding the Judgment of any perſon, as Partial, and Injudicious, (if againſt his liquor) be the ſame perſon (in all Judicious unconcern'd mens eſtimations) never ſo judicious and unbyaſs'd, and skilful alſo in the Smells, Taſts, and Tinctures of Drinks.

The ſaid Mr. Witherden (the Latin Interpreter) in the 3. page of his Pamphlet, vainly tells me of an old Proverb, Nè Sutor ultra Crepidam, to intimate unto the World, that I have heretofore followed the Trade of a Shoo-maker, which 〈◊〉 News unto moſt Citizens (here) of any ſtanding; And I am ſo far from being • ſham'd of it, that it is a thing with me, not unfrequent, (when any occaſion preſents) to acquaint ſome, (that I judge ſtrangers to me) that I have been formerly of that Profeſſion or Trade: And it is in London very well known, that (in thoſe days,) I lived in as good repute, (paying ſcot and lot) and ſpent as much in Houſe-keeping in one Year, as ſome of the Country Gent. may afford to ſpend in two: And certainly, the ſaid Mr. Witherden will fare better than his Betters in Drink-dabling, if he do not (at the foot of the Account) read himſelf a Cobler, and one neceſſitous of a thread of the Charity of thoſe great Friends (he boaſts of) wherewith to botch up his own Reputation: But to return from that impertinent Digreſſion, this Mr. Witherden hath vainly drawn me into; I would fain know from this learned Mr. Witherden; (for ſo he will have himſelf deem'd) faſque nefaſque; that is, right or wrong; How much leſs effectual did the late Dr. Trigg's having been a Shoo-maker, render his Medicaments? or, admitting he had been a compleat Gentleman, that is, by Extraction, Education, and Poſſeſſion; what Additament could his Gentility have made to the virtual efficacy of his Medicine?

The ſaid Mr. Witherden, in the 4. p. frumps me with crabbed words, pickt from others, Glorying that his own former Induſtry hath freed him from any neceſſity of Soaring with borrow'd Wings: Whereto I, the ſaid A. D. do anſwer, I am altogether unconcern'd whether he flys or lyes, or whether thoſe Wings, he hath, be his own, or borrow'd: That matter concerns others in this City, more than it doth me, or (as I hope) ever ſhall: For my own part, I am not of any ſo quick and volatil Spirit, or have I the cuſtody of any Wings, either my own, or borrowed; or the leaſt skill in Soaring; therefore, were I in Debt, and my Creditors neverſomuch inrag'd againſt me; I muſt neceſſarily ſtand my Ground; yet do I acknowledge, that (were I deſirous of ſuch a kind of Learning, as this Gentleman ſaith he hath by his former Induſtry acquired) I would never read over the voluminous Legends of Tom Thumb, or Ranſack the Colledge of Gotham for a Tutor; ſince my knowledge hath been ſo enrich'd with the Treaſure of Mr. Witherdens lofty lines; whom therefore I ſhall (by way of caution) humbly put in mind of Ovids old Pentameter Verſe upon Iccarus, viz. Iccarus Iccariis nomina fecit aquis.

But whether will this Gentlemans wild Digreſſion lead me? into the language of the Beaſt? to ſwim with borrowed Bladders, out of the reach of our own Reaſon and Underſtanding? We muſt know that poor London hath neither of the Accademies in her; no, the Country muſt enjoy them both; and therefore I will implore this learned Country Gentleman Mr. T. W. to let me know (with as much ſpeed, as the matter requires haſte) how nigh unto the White my following Gueſs at this Verſes meaning, comes, viz.

The ſaid Jane White, ſhe alſo hath Dabled together, what ſhe calls a Famous and wonderful never-failing Cordial Drink of the World, and (wanting a Father for this poor Brat) ſhe (raking under the Toombs) lighted upon the aſhes of a long ſince deceaſed Doctor, whom ſhe calls Dr. Bostock, ſhe looking upon this Doctor, as too civil to give her the lye, ſhe tells him boldly (I cannot ſay to the Teeth) that this her Brat is his, which (he not denying) it is taken for a truth by ſome few here, but moſt generally believed in Ʋtopia, Gotham, and ſome higher part of Bethlehem: Her Tables (round about the City) beginning thus, Eximia praedico. Whether ſhe hath the Latin Tongue or not, I cannot conclude, but you ſhall ſee her aptneſs and readineſs to a worſe Tongue, in her licencious Pamphlet; where is ſtollen and bombaſted in the ſum and ſubſtance of my the ſaid Anthony Daffy's Books of my Elixirs Virtues and Directions for taking it; The ſaid Jane White from the bottom of the firſt page (of her Book) forwards, layes a foundation, whereby to inſinuate into ſtrangers (eſpecially crazed ones) ſome colour of reaſon to believe a Virtue in her Drink: Her own words are theſe; For by good experience of my ſad condition and others, for the ſpace of Twenty Years, I was driven from one Doctor, to another, but all they could do, was not able to help me; and a few lines after, having told us of the perfect health, ſhe now enjoys, by the means (as ſhe ſaith) of her Drink, to the great admiration of her ſelf and all that formerly knew her: She ſpeaks of many that heard of her long languiſhing condition, unto which Narrative of the ſaid Mrs. White, concerning her own ſad and long languiſhing condition; I, the ſaid Anthony Daffy, do anſwer, That I and my Wife have known the ſaid Mrs. White for above theſe 15 Years laſt, and been very converſant with her Intimates all along, and I do ſay, that this her ſuggeſtion is (as I can ſufficiently prove it) moſt notoriouſly untrue: I would fain know of her the names of any two out of thoſe many (ſhe talks of) that heard of her ſad and long languiſhing condition: This her Never failing Stuff, having been publick above 5 Months, and having (as the ſaid Mrs. White alone, ſaith,) immediately in three Days given her much eaſe, and in one Months time become Maſter of that her tedious Diſtemper, which ſhe, nor any body elſe knows what it was, to the admiration of all that knew her formerly; I would fain know, (if it had thoſe admirable effects upon her) how it comes to paſs that this wonderful Never failing Stuff jades all perſons beſides, that meddle with it; Mrs. White, I tell you and all the World, that the appropriating, or miſapplying of my Elixirs known Virtues unto your Balderdaſh, can make the ſame no more like my Elixir, or do it any more good than I ſhould do my Dog by calling him Lyon, alaſs, the Dog would remain but a Cur ſtill; and nere the ſooner partake of the Majeſty, ſtrength, or force of a Lyon; yet (here) I would not be miſtaken, theſe I do not ſpeak of as parallel Caſes, but, by way of Alluſion; for any man to call his Dog, Lyon, is an indifferent thing; but in your caſe lurks a lye, with a Deſign (for lucres ſake) to deceive.

The ſaid Robert Brooke, in his Printed ſheet, (under the Apothe caries Arms) ſpeaks tumid big words of an Elixir Salutis, prepared by him, according to Art; ſaying, he hath taſted Hind's Drink, and my Elixir; and finds them (to the beſt of his Judgment) one and the ſame; proceeding (as he preſumes) from one Fountain-head, (his Maſter) who, (having taken his Degree of Doctor in Phyſick at Cambridge, and ad eundem gradum at Oxford,) may think it beneath him to appear publickly in Print; further adding, that ſeveral of his Acquaintances and Patients, that have taken Hind's Elixir, & his own; (finding them both one) adviſed him to make it publickly known; though one of the ſaid M. Brooks his Patients, and near Neighbours, having tryed his Drink, came lately, (if not too late) to me the ſaid A. D. for my Elixir, telling me, that the ſaid Mr. Brookes his Drink, (to ſpeak in modeſt terms) did no wiſe anſwer expectation; the ſaid Brookes further adding, that he ſhould be very improvident, to hide ſuch a precious Talent from the World; confeſſes openly to have taken the ſubſtance of my Papers, as well, that of my Elixirs Virtues, as the other, of my Directions.

This R. B. and too learned Apothecary, being (Narciſſus-like) Raviſh'd with his own confident and high expectations, from the Golden-fleece of this his Precious Talent, doth (in affectation) talk like himſelf.

Now I, the ſaid A. D. (inſtead of Anſwering him) ſhall only draw the Spirit of his words, and ſpin them into a finer thread; that ſo the Reader (having a Proſpect thereof in Epitomie) may anſwer him for me. The Epitomie of R. B. his own words is this, viz.

R. B. hath prepared a Drink, called (by himſelf) Elixir Salutis, (to the Beſt of his own Judgement) as good as my Elixir; proceeding, (as he preſumes) from the ſame Fountain-head with mine, (Dr. Nemo, of both Univerſities;) And his nameleſs Acquaintance and Patients, that have taken Hind's, and his Drink, finding them both one) adviſed him, to publiſh his Elixir; which is accordingly done; And the ſame either is, or is not to be ſold at Weſtminſter-Hall-Gate, by Mr. John Neſt, Stationer, the Bottles ſealed with R. B. and a great Croſs, (I think.)

How great pity is it, that this Ingenious Animal did not, in penning that his learned piece, (eſpecially, being under the Banner, and for the honour of his Company) bethink himſelf of avoiding that grand Maxim, In generalibus verſatur dolus, the Gentleman is not ignorant of deceipts lurking under the thicket of general terms.

Certainly this Stuff was never deſign'd to find any belief or Credit in the City of London, by any body, whoſe brains were any thing nigh codl'd; But plainly appears to have been Calculated for the Meridian of the Univerſity of Gotham; whereunto if this qualified and accompliſh'd perſon, R. B. ſhall pleaſe to repair; he (the Man) may (Nemine contradic •••• ) take his Degree of Doctor, as well as his Maſter; Nay, (more than that, he may be Dr. Brooke, that is ſomebody.

In tender conſideration and ••••… ity of the great + that R. B. already finds in the Provident and High 〈◊〉 Emprovement of that his Glittering and Precious Talent, by him publiſhed for the Worlds good: I, the ſaid A. D. do (for his re-Incouragement) freely grant him, that the beſt of his Judgement in Drink-dabling, is altogether, as good, as that of his nameleſs Patients; And further; That his Preſumption concerning the Fountain-head of my Elixir, is equivalent unto that Art of his, according whereunto, he prepar'd it; And that his Never failing Cordial is as Authentick, as the beſt of his own Judgement, or Hindes either.

The ſaid Edward Willet alſo, hath lately publiſhed a licencious Pamphlet, entituled, Elixir Triphera Solutinae, or the Famous Never-failing Cordial, Experienced (as himſelf ſaith) by many, for cure of the Gout, Stone, &c. and ſo goes on in an Apiſh Imitation of my, the ſaid Anthony Daffy's ſealed Books, taking the ſum and ſubſtance of my (long ſince publiſh'd) Experiences, of my Elixirs Virtues, and Directions alſo: And doth (for lucres ſake) miſapply them to that his Never-failing stuff, endeavouring thereby (what in him lies) to bring contempt upon my Elixir Salutis; and to foiſt his own ſtuff upon miſ-informed People, in liew of it; he ſaith his ſtuff is ſold for iij s. the half Pinte Bottle, ſealed up, but mentions nothing of the Coat of Arms, or Impreſſion of the ſeal; It ſeems, he is void of fear of any mans changing, or ſophiſticating it; but that matters not much.

Yet foraſmuch as the Counterfeiters of my Original, ſincere, and Famous Elixir Salutis, do ſwarm ſo in every corner; and moſt diſcreet People being awakn'd, and (not without good ground) very cautious what they receive into their Bowels; I the ſaid A. D. do affirm, that (if Mr. Willets Cordial be by many Experienced ſuch a Never-failing ſtuff, for the Cures, he talks of, he detracts much from his own profit, and alſo from the good of the publick, in not mentioning (out of thoſe pretended many) one, or two perſons names and abodes, that have ſo experienced the Never-failing Virtue of his Drink: If he Prints again, I adviſe him not to forget it then, as wilfully as 'tis omitted now.

Yet another Counterfeiter of my Elixir Salutis, by the ſame name; This is ſo young a Cub Quack, with its ſwadling Clouts ſo cloſe about it, and its Teeth not come, that the Animal cannot tell you its name, ſex, or place of abode, (if any it hath) It may be deem'd a Monſter, for (notwitſtanding its Non-age) it begins betimes, ſtealing (not only) the name of my Elixir, but the ſum and ſubſtance of my (the ſaid A. Daffy's) ſealed Book, (nigh verbatim), and great part of my Directions alſo: But (being very provident) it doth (in its licencious Libel) chop up my ſealed Books, & my Directions together, for ſaving of Paper-charge; telling the world, that the Bottle is ſealed with the Half-Moon and Ermins, and that its new-found Dibble dabble is for many years experienced by divers perſons in and about this City, whoſe names it were too tedious, there to inſert: Note that this young Quack is not ſo courteous as (with the reſt, to let the world know, how its ſecret knack of Drink-dabling was acquir'd; or whether it dropt out of the Clouds upon it, nay it is ſo ſullen, that it will not inſtance, by name, ſo much as one of thoſe divers Perſons (in its Libel mentioned) that have experienced the leaſt good by that its Famous Stuff, as it ſelf tells you.

But this Animal (in a ſhort time) finding the vain inſufficiency of its ſaid former Libel; ſets the ſame thing out again, in another Dreſs; the new ignorant and nonſenſical Libel is ty'd, (tayl to tayl) to the Scurvy-Graſs-paper, which as I am credibly informed) is alſo ſtollen from another Author: The nameleſs Animal, now, (for ſo it ſtill remains) bethinks it ſelf of one of its omiſſions in the former Libel; and in the new Libel, talks like an old Man (as it were) ſaying, that the original of its Drink, was from Dr. Buttler, in King James's days; and that this Doctor (at his death) left this Receipt in Engliſh to his Kinſman, Dr. Trigg; forgetting to tell us by what line this Receipt deſcended from Dr. Trigg upon it ſelf, and how it knows it the ſame Receipt; yet the matters not much.

The Table of this learned Animals conceipted Famous Cordial Drink, is Apiſhly varniſht over, with this Golden Inſcription, Elixir Salutis, Rightly prepar'd, according to Art: And the poor Innocent thing, moſt unjuſtly hang'd up to rights upon Alderſgate; and that by great miſtake, inſtead of its Author, at Bethlehem-gate.

I preſume that no perſons, (well in their wits) will take into their Bowels they know not what, from they know not whom; eſpecially, when they cannot ſee or hear of the Author that made it, or any one, that took it, and liv'd a Month after.

Obſerve, That no one, of the 7 aforenamed Counterfeiters, of my Elixir, or the laſt mentioned nameleſs one, (though all cloath'd and clog'd with Impudence too much) dares to nominate any one perſon, beſides themſelves in particular, if ſuch may themſelves (ſpeaking for their own gain, and in their own caſe in particular) be believed; that hath made any advantagious Experiment upon any of their Drinks; which is indeed the cunningeſt and ſafeſt courſe, they could have taken.

Courteous Reader; Thus much I have (as I ought in bounden Duty to God, the publick Good, my own, and my Elixirs known reputation) declared to the World, for the prevention of further miſchief by theſe Mercenaries and, Counterfeiters, that do (for a piece of bread) ſeek to endanger, not only Peoples Eaſe, but their Healths, and Lives too.

If (notwitſtanding all this) any perſons be inclined to meddle with any of their Drinks; I have done my duty; let them uſe their liberty: they may, (as well as other have done,) feel and ſadly experience the weight of this caution▪ Qui antea non cavet, post dolebit; that is, he that is not wary before, may be ſorrowful afterwards, when too late; But to the Reſolute, I matter it not at all as concerning my ſelf, and conclude with them, as before in another Advertiſement, viz. Qui vult decipi, decipiatur.