so long about the bush? One should know offhand the long and short of
an illness.

ERA. You are quite right.

APO. Why, he did me the honour of taking care of three of my
children; they died in less than four days, whereas with another they
would have lingered for more than three months.

ERA. It is a blessing to have friends like these.

APO. Decidedly. I have still two children left, of whom he takes care
as if they were his own; he attends them, and physics them as he
pleases, without my interfering in the least; and very frequently on
my return from the city, I am quite surprised to find that they have
been bled or purged by his direction.

ERA. This is kind care indeed!

APO. Here he is, here he is; here he is coming.




SCENE VIII.--ERASTE, 1ST PHYSICIAN, APOTHECARY, COUNTRYMAN,
COUNTRYWOMAN.

C. MAN. Sir, he can hold out no longer; he says he feels the greatest
pains imaginable in his head.