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

N Artist John Emanuel Schoits, who, to the

great Surprize and Satisfaction of all Spetators, is ready to do the following wonderful Performances, the like never performed in this Kingdom.

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

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He lets any Gentleman charge a Blunderbufs, with the fame Gunpowder, and twelve Leaden Bullets; which Blunderbufs the faid Artist dischargeth full in the Face of the faid Company, without doing the leaft Hurt; the Bullets sticking in the Wall behind them.

He taketh any Gentleman's own Sword, and runs it through the faid Gentleman's Body, fo that the Point appeareth bloody at the Back, to all the Spectators; then he taketh out the Sword, wipeth it clean, and returneth it to the Owner; who receiveth no manner of Hurt.

HE taketh a Pot of scalding Oil, and throweth it by great Ladles full directly at the Ladies, without spoiling their Cloaths, or burning their Skins.

He taketh 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 Artist takes the Child in his Arms and toffeth it upon the Point of the Pike, where it sticketh, 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, juft over the Spectators, and from thence throweth 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 taketh any Perfon of Quality up to the faid Scaffold, which Perfon pulleth off his Shoes and leapeth nine Feet directly down on a Board prepared on Purpose, full of fharp Spikes fix Inches long, without hurting his Feet, or damaging his Stockings.

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

He taketh any Perfon of Quality's Footman; tieth a Rope about his bare Neck, and draweth him up by Pulleys to the Cieling, and there keepeth him hanging as long as his Mafter or the Company pleafes; 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 a 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 fourscore; her Belly fwelleth as if fhe were within a Week of her Time, and her Legs are as thick as Mill-pofts; but upon putting her Finger into another Cup, fhe becometh as young and handfome as she was before.

HE giveth 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 draweth out every Nail, and the Porter feeleth no Pain.

HE likewife draws the Teeth of half a Dozen Gentlemen; mixeth and jumbles them in a Hat; giveth any Perfon Leave to blindfold him, while he returneth each their own, and fixes them as well as ever.

WITH his Fore-finger and Thumb he thrusteth feveral Gentlemens and Ladies Eyes out of their Heads, without the least 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.

He lets any Gentleman drink a Quart of hot melted Lead; and by a Draught of prepared Liquor, of which he taketh Part himself, he maketh the faid Lead pafs 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 hath performed before most Kings and Princes in Europe with great Applause.

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

THE firft Seat a British Crown, the second a British half Crown, and the loweft a British Shilling.

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

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