overies, of
great Benefit to the Publick.

_Quid Farto melius?
Huic suam agnoscit corpus energiam,
Suam aciem mens: ------------
---- Hinc adoleverunt praestantissimi,
Hi Fartophagi in Reipublicae commodum._

_Mab._ de Fartophagis, _lib._ iii. _cap._ 2.

_LONDON._

Printed for _J. Roberts_ in the _Oxford-Arms_-Passage,
_Warwick-lane_; and Sold by the Booksellers of
_London_ and _Westminster_. 1726. [Price 6 _d._]

[Decoration]

TO
Mr. BRAUND.

SIR,

Let Mercenary _Authors_ flatter the Great, and subject
their Principle to Interest and Ambition, I scorn such
sordid Views; You only are Eminent in my Eyes: On You
I look as the most Useful Member in a Body-Politic,
and your Art far superior to all others: Therefore,

_Tu mihi Mecaenas Eris!_

O BRAUND, my Patron! my Pleasure! my Pride! disdain
not to grace my Labours with a kind Perusal. Suspend
a-while your more momentous Cares, and condescend to
taste this little _Fricassee_ of Mine.

I write not this, to Bite you by the Ear, (_i.e._)
flatter you out of a Brace or two of Guinea's: No;
as I am a true _Dumpling Eater_, my Views are purely
_Epicurean_, and my utmost Hopes center'd in partaking
of some elegant _Quelque Chose_ tost up by your
judicious Hand. I regard Money but as a Ticket which
admits me to your Delicate Entertainments; to me much
more Agreeable than all the Monkey-Tricks of Rival
_Harlequins_, or _Puppet-Show_ Finery of Contending
_Theatres_.

The Plague and fatigue of Dependance and Attendance,
which call me so often to the Court-end of the Town,
were insupportable, but for the Relief I find at
AUSTIN's, your Ingenious and Grateful Disciple, who
has adorn'd _New Bond-street_ with your Graceful
_Effigies_. Nor can he fail of Custom who has hung out
a Sign so Alluring to all true _Dumpling-Eaters_. Many
a time and oft have I gaz'd with Pleasure on your
Features, and trac'd in them the exact Lineaments of
your glorious Ancestor Sir JOHN BRAND, vulgarly call'd
Sir JOHN PUDDING.

Tho' the Corruption of our _English_ Orthography
indulges some appearance of Distinction between BRAND
and BRAUND, yet in Effect they are one and the same
thing. The ancient Manor of BRAND's, alias BRAUND's,
near Kilburn in _Middlesex_, was the very Manor-House
of Sir JOHN BRAND, and is call'd BRAND's to this Day,
altho' at present it be in the Possession of the
Family of MARSH.

What Honours