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By Mr. Ellis To M: G.C. the petition of several thousands of his Majesty's subjects of both sexes [[underline]] inhabitants of this Metropolis. [[/underline]] Humbly sheweth The sad, and distressful condition Of all those your good freinds, who have sign'd this petition In this region of smoke, where all maladies dwell And where none but the [[underline]] hospital patients [[/underline]] are well Where at Opera's embox'd, and in Churches impew'd Ev'ry day in the Week we are frozen or stew'd Save when when fashion permits in a Coach to embark Just to catch a few puffs of east wind in the Park.- In this Town, Satan's temple, the seat of diseases Where the Blood unenliven'd by exercise freezes Your petitioners humbly express their beleif That from dancing alone, they can hope for releif. - Dancing Sir, was the first great employment of Man Adam danc'd in the day his existence began Tho' unable to grasp how he sprang from the Earth He well knew he had more legs than heads at his birth
