Ch. Just. What tell you me of it? be it as
it is.
Fal. It hath it original from much grief, 132
from study and perturbation of the brain. I
have read the cause of his effects in Galen: it is
a kind of deafness.
Ch. Just. I think you are fallen into the dis- 136
ease, for you hear not what I say to you.
Fal. Very well, my lord, very well: rather,
an 't please you, it is the disease of not listening,
the malady of not marking, that I am troubled 140
withal.
Ch. Just. To punish you by the heels would
amend the attention of your ears; and I care
not if I do become your physician. 144
Fal. I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so
patient: your lordship may minister the potion
of imprisonment to me in respect of poverty;
but how I should be your patient to follow your 148
prescriptions, the wise may make some dram of
a scruple, or indeed a scruple itself.
Ch. Just. I sent for you, when there were
matters against you for your life, to come speak 152
with me.
Fal. As I was then advised by my learned
counsel in the laws of this land-service, I did
not come. 156
Ch. Just. Well, the truth is, Sir John, you
live in great infamy.
Fal. He that buckles him in my belt cannot
live in less. 160
130 What: why
132 it: its
134 his: its
142 punish by the heels: commit to prison; originally, to the stocks
147 in respect of: on account of
155 land-service: military service
