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The miraculous fasting of the naked-man being a strange and true account how Mr. Joseph Wright, (who, for ten or twelve years last past, went naked through the streets of the city and suburbs of London) has liv'd in the Poultrey-Compter thirty five days without eating or drinking, notwithstanding he had lost twelve ounces of blood the day before his confinement.

Title:The miraculous fasting of the naked-man being a strange and true account how Mr. Joseph Wright, (who, for ten or twelve years last past, went naked through the streets of the city and suburbs of London) has liv'd in the Poultrey-Compter thirty five days without eating or drinking, notwithstanding he had lost twelve ounces of blood the day before his confinement.
Note:London : printed for J.H. in Fleet-street, 1700
  
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Subject:Wright, Joseph, fl. 1700 -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Fasting -- Early works to 1800
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