THE

WONDER

OF ALL THE

WONDERS,

THAT

Ever the WORLD wondered at.

Written in the YEAR 1721.

To all PERSONS of QUALITY and others.

EWLY arrived at this City the famous Artist John Emanuel Schoits, who, to great Surprise and Satisfaction of all Spectators, is ready to do the following wonderful Performances, the like be

the

fore never seen in this Kingdom.

HE will heat a Bar of Iron red hot, and thrust it into a Barrel of Gunpowder before all the Company, and it fhall not take Fire.

He lets any Gentleman charge a Blunderbuss, with the fame Gunpowder, and twelve Leaden

Bullets;

Bullets; which Blunderbufs the faid Artift dif charges full in the Face of the faid Company, without doing the least Hurt; the Bullets sticking in the Wall behind them.

He takes any Gentleman's own Sword, and runs it through the faid Gentleman's Body, fo that the Point appears bloody at the Back, to all the Spectators; then he takes out the Sword, wipes it clean, and returns it to the Owner; who receives no manner of Hurt.

He takes a Pot of fcalding Oil, and throws it by great Ladles full directly at the Ladies, without fpoiling their Cloaths, or burning their Skins.

He takes any Perfon of Quality's Child, from two Years old to fix, and lets the Child's own Father or Mother take a Pike in their Hands; then the Artift takes the Child in his Arms and toffes it upon the Point of the Pike, where it fticks, to the great Satisfaction of all Spectators; and is then taken off without fo much as an Hole in his Coat.

He mounts upon a Scaffold, just over the Spectators, and from thence throws down a great Quantity of large Tiles and Stones, which fall like fo many Pillows, without fo much as difcompofing either Perukes or Head-dreffes.

He takes any Perfon of Quality up to the faid Scaffold, which Perfon pulls off his Shoes and leaps nine Feet dire&ly down on a Board prepared on purpose, full of sharp Spikes fix Inches long, without hurting his Feet, or damaging his Stockings.

HE places the faid Board on a Chair, upon which a Lady fits down with another Lady upon her Lap; while the Spikes, instead of entering into the under Lady's Flesh, will feel like a Velvet Cushion.

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He takes any Perfon of Quality's Footman; ties a Rope about his bare Neck, and draws him up by Pullies to the Ceiling, and there keeps him hanging as long as his Mafter or the Company pleases; the faid Footman, to the Wonder and Delight of all Beholders, with a Pot of Ale in one Hand, and a Pipe in the other; and when he is let down, there will not appear the least Mark of the Cord about his Neck.

He bids a Lady's Maid put her Finger into a Cup of clear Liquor like Water; upon which her Face and both her Hands are immediately withered, like an old Woman of fourfcore; her Belly fwells as if she were within a Week of her Time, and her Legs are as thick as Mill-Pofts; but upon putting her Finger into another Cup, she becomes as young and handfome as she was before.

He gives any Gentleman Leave to drive forty Twelve-penny Nails up to the Head in a Porter's Backfide; and then he places the faid Porter on a Loadstone Chair, which draws out every Nail, and the Porter feels no Pain.

He likewife draws the Teeth of half a Dozen Gentlemen; mixes and jumbles them in a Hat; gives any Perfon Leave to blindfold him, while he returns each their own, and fixes them as well as

ever.

With his Fore-finger and Thumb he thrusts several Gentlemen's and Lady's Eyes out of their Heads, without the leaft Pain; at which Time they fee an unfpeakable Number of beautiful Colours; and after they are entertained to the full, he places them again in their proper Sockets, without any Damage to the Sight.

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He lets any Gentleman drink a Quart of hot melted Lead; and by a Draught of prepared Liquor, of which he takes part himself, he makes the faid Lead pass through the faid Gentleman before all the Spectators, without any Damage: After which it is produced in a Cake to the Company.

WITH many other wonderful Performances of Art, too tedious here to mention.

THE faid Artift has performed before moft Kings and Princes in Europe with great Applause.

HE performs every Day (except Sundays) from Ten of the Clock to One in the Forenoon; and from Four till Seven in the Evening, at the new Inn in Smithfield.

THE firft Seat a British Crown, the second a British Half-Crown, and the lowest a British Shilling.

N. B, THE beft Hands in Town are to play at the faid Show.

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HE Players haying now almost done with the Comedy called the Beggar's Opera, for the Season; it may be no unpleasant Speculation, to reflect a little upon this Dramatick Piece, fo fingular in the Subject and Manner, fo much an Original, and which hath frequently given so very agreeable an Entertainment.

ALTHOUGH an evil Tafte be very apt to prevail, both here and in London; yet there is a Point which whoever can rightly touch, will never fail of pleafing a very great Majority; fo great, that the Diflikers, out of Dulness or Affectation, will be filent, and forced to fall in with the Herd: The Point I mean,