[Gay (John)] An Epistle to the most learned Doctor W--d----d; from a Prude That was unfortunately Metamorphos'd, first edition, 8pp., later wrappers, modern cloth chemise and dark blue morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Foxon E416; Ashley IX, p.79], folio, Printed by T.W., 1723. ⁂ Probably written by John Gay, but certainly one or more of Pope, Gay and Arbuthnot, who had been ridiculing Woodward since 1713. In this bawdy Scriblerian poem, signed "Prudentia" at the end, a spoof astrological prophecy by John Arbuthnot, in which a general metamorphosis of the sexes was predicted, is satirised. Prudentia describes her sudden acquisition of a penis during an operatic performance by the castrato Senesino, and appeals to Dr. Woodward, a well-known physician and collector of fossils, to assist with the removal of the unwanted new member.
[Gay (John)] An Epistle to the most learned Doctor W--d----d; from a Prude That was unfortunately Metamorphos'd, first edition, 8pp., later wrappers, modern cloth chemise and dark blue morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Foxon E416; Ashley IX, p.79], folio, Printed by T.W., 1723. ⁂ Probably written by John Gay, but certainly one or more of Pope, Gay and Arbuthnot, who had been ridiculing Woodward since 1713. In this bawdy Scriblerian poem, signed "Prudentia" at the end, a spoof astrological prophecy by John Arbuthnot, in which a general metamorphosis of the sexes was predicted, is satirised. Prudentia describes her sudden acquisition of a penis during an operatic performance by the castrato Senesino, and appeals to Dr. Woodward, a well-known physician and collector of fossils, to assist with the removal of the unwanted new member.
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