"No, Mistriss, 'tis your High-fed, Lusty, Rambling, Rampant Ladies---that are troubl'd with the Vapours; 'tis your Ratifia, Persico, Cynamon, Citron, and Spirit of Clary, cause such Swi---m---ing in the Brain, that carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor."
The Busie Body: A Comedy
First performed May 12, 1709. 38 entries in the ESTC (1709, 1714, 1725, 1727, 1732, 1736, 1737, 1740, 1741, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1782, 1787, 1790, 1791).<br>
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Text from <u>The Busie Body: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre.</u> (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709).