 Toft did not escape the ire of the satirists , who concentrated mainly on sexual innuendo . Some took advantage of a common 18th @-@ century word for a rabbit track — prick — and others were scatological in nature . However , Much Ado about Nothing ; or , A Plain Refutation of All that Has Been Written or Said Concerning the Rabbit @-@ Woman of Godalming ( 1727 ) is one of the more cutting satires on Toft . The document supposes to be the confession of ' Merry Tuft ' , " ... in her own Stile and Spelling " . <unk> fun at her illiteracy , it makes a number of obscene suggestions hinting at her promiscuity — " I <unk> a <unk> as had grate <unk> parts , and a large <unk> , and <unk> of being <unk> in <unk> <unk> . " The document also ridicules several of the physicians involved in the affair , and reflects the general view portrayed by the satirists that Toft was a weak woman and the least complicit of " the offenders " ( regardless of her guilt ) . The notion contrasts with that expressed of her before the hoax was revealed and may indicate an overall strategy to disempower Toft completely . This is reflected in one of the most notable satires of the affair , Alexander Pope and William Pulteney 's anonymous satirical ballad The Discovery ; or , The Squire Turn 'd Ferret . Published in 1726 and aimed at Samuel Molyneux , it rhymes " hare " with " hair " , and " coney " with " <unk> " . The ballad opens with the following verse : 
