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Tyger Bear baiting and ancient medicines advertised in London
An 1717 broadside edition details entertainments in Marybone Fields with a Tyger Bear and bull baiting, odds and prizes, tickets and stage timing. It also promotes various quack remedies, including John Moore tinctures, neck laces for teething, wines, and cures for stones and melancholia, with dealer locations and prices across London.
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Marybone Fields
Pudday
Murcovy
Rich
Perry’s
Channel Row
Westminster
Nottingham
Derby
Loughborough
Leicester
John Needham
the Smith
Perronet
de Magny
Duke of Grafton
Bondstreet
Piccadilly
Dyorstreet
Broad St. Giles’s
Alcroft
Royal Exchange
Gornhil
Lillie
Beauford Buildings
Strand
Leonard Tripcony
Kingstreet
Spierlefields
John Moore
Abchurch Lane
London
Moore
Witners Sry
Malaga
Coniac
Feskets
Reynold
Cartier
Pervicoat Lane
Arrillery Lane
Chamberlen
Retnald
Fosket
Hackney