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вЄЇвБ†Bonjour!вБ†вЄЇвБ†good morrow!вБ†вЄЇвБ†so you have got your cloak on betimes!вБ†вЄЇвБ†but вАЩtis a cold morning, and you judge the matter rightlyвБ†вЄЇвАЩtis better to be well mounted, than go oвАЩ footвБ†вЄЇвБ†and obstructions in the glands are dangerousвБ†вЄЇвБ†And how goes it with thy concubineвБ†вАФthy wife,вБ†вАФand thy little ones oвАЩ both sides? and when did you hear from the old gentleman and ladyвБ†вАФyour sister, aunt, uncle, and cousinsвБ†вЄЇвБ†I hope they have got better of their colds, coughs, claps, toothaches, fevers, stranguries, sciaticas, swellings, and sore eyes. + 

вЄЇвБ†What a devil of an apothecary! to take so much bloodвБ†вАФgive such a vile purgeвБ†вАФpukeвБ†вАФpoulticeвБ†вАФplaisterвБ†вАФnight-draughtвБ†вАФclysterвБ†вАФblister?вБ†вЄЇвБ†And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tailвБ†вЄЇвБ†By my great-aunt DinahвАЩs old black velvet mask! I think there was no occasion for it. + 

Now this being a little bald about the chin, by frequently putting off and on, before she was got with child by the coachmanвБ†вАФnot one of our family would wear it after. To cover the mask afresh, was more than the mask was worthвБ†вЄЇвБ†and to wear a mask which was bald, or which could be half seen through, was as bad as having no mask at allвБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

This is the reason, may it please your reverences, that in all our numerous family, for these four generations, we count no more than one archbishop, a¬†Welch judge, some three or four aldermen, and a single mountebankвБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

In the sixteenth century, we boast of no less than a dozen alchymists. + 