Hide Article Text (OCR)
At Mr. Stokes’s AMPHITHEATRE,In Ijln igton Road, this prefen t Monday, the ictb of July, the Judgment of the Sword will be jbewn in a Trial of Skill between two Maflers of the Science of 'Lefence, ani two Women, whofa Genius renders them the Admiration of both Seres viz.Joseph Paddon, from thei.y ot i^K'.n, id'.c of C 1 rm.n-ft cer,London, finding Mr. James Stokes 11 \d his Wife, like two impregnable Fortreftes, have oblig’d eke Enemy twice to raife the Siege this Campaign, have refclvM to try my own Fortune in a grand Attack on thofc ' aeis ot Defence, -wherein I fhallmake ufe of that p wcr-ful Engine, Woman, one whofe Courage dare fate the mnft imin: -ent Dangers, and train’d from her Cradie r0 the Toils of War, with whom I thus fummon them at fifceTime and Place above to appear in Arms, and with unite ! Force tot.y the Event of one Day, which fliall crown the Conquerors with immortal Glory, afd either let P addon live a Julius of the Stage, or make Stokes, like him, lament the Fail of honeft B) mas, c. Jofcph Paddon, M. G.We Jawes and Ezizabet-h Stokes, of London, as the • Power o: Iceland has retir'd in a moft precipitate Manner, not able to eniure Britanni a’s fuperior Charge, our Arms (hall be bent againft thefe Weftern Heioes, not doubring they wtfl retire with equal Diforder, and ferve to adorn thofe Temples Ambition only tells them, are not worthy the Bays they wear, and which Ti ne itfelf c.m only rob them of. We are fj well acquainted with Mr. Paddon, that we confefs his Judgment, but ro ndemn bis Raihnefc, in depending on an Engine which has ever depos'd more Empe'ors than it created, and lets no Prince rei^n longer than it is employ’d to ignoble Ends It will therefore be no Wonder, if be rail by the fame Machine, being but a Snbjea, and the brighteft Form of the who e Creation turn'd Enemy to a Man fo weakly arm’d, andbut a Csefar to his fond Opinion, c.James and Elizabeth Stokes.Note, The above Woman is the Perfon Mr. Sutton gaveout, Mrs. Stokes was afraid of fighting, and whom the Pub-lick are of Opi ion, is n t to be beaten, bu£ by Accident: Therefore Mrs. Stokes is r^folv d ?o exe-t herielf all fhecan, and, by defeating one in a Week, reduce all the four Female Champions in a Tingle Month, who have been fome Ycais dignify 'd with magnificent Titles, and came to Town to be taught Obedience to their own Sex. There will be the ufual Diverfi n of Cudgel-paying, c. The Doors will be open’d at Three, and the Combatants mount at Six. _
Newspaper Details
Daily Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Jul 20, 1730
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Peter R.
UK 04 Mar 2020
Other Publications Near London, Middlesex
Bingleys Journal
Arminian Magazine
London Daily Mail
London Stars and Stripes
London Daily Universal Register
