Sc. 5. P. 253. I fpied an antient Engle going down the bill.] "Coming down the hill." Folio. 1632, and Sir Tho. Hanmer. Id. ib. Tra. What is be, Biondello ? Bion. Mafter a merchant, or elfe a pedant.] "Or a pedant." Folio 1632. Id. ib. Take in your love.] "Take me your love. Folio 1632, and Sir Tho. Hanmer. Cath. 'Tis paffing good, I pr'ythee let me bave it. Gru. I fear, it is too flegmatick a meat: bow Say you to a fat tripe finely broil'd? Cath. I like it well, good Grumio fetch it me. Gru. I cannot tell; I fear it's cholerick; What fay you to a piece of beef and mustard? Cath. A difb that I do love to feed upon. Gru. Ay, but the mustard is too hot a little. Cath. Why then the beef, and let the mustard reft. Gru. Nay, then I will not, ye fhall have the mustard, or else you get no beef of Grumio. Cath. Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt. Gru. Why then the muftard without the beef: Cath. Go get thee gone, thou false deluding knave, [Beats him.] That feed'ft me with the very name of meat Sorrow on thee, and all the pack of you, Go get thee gone, I say.] This This feems to be borrow'd from Cervantes's account of Sancho Panfa's treatment by his phyfician, when fham Governour of the Inland of Barataria. [See Motteux's translation of Don Quixote, vol. 4. chap. 67. p. 452.] "The history informs us, that Sancho was con"ducted from the court of juftice to a fump tuous palace, where in a spacious room he "found the cloth laid; and a moft neat "and magnificent entertainment prepared. As "foon as he entred, the wind mufick plaid, "and four pages waited on him, in order to "the washing of his hands, which he did with a great deal of gravity. And now the inftru ments ceafing, Sancho fate down at the upper "end of the table; for there was no feat but "there, and the cloth was only laid for one. "A certain perfonage, who afterwards ap peared to be a phyfician, came and stood at his "elbow, with a whalebone-wand in his hand. "Then they took off a curious white cloth "that lay over the dishes on the table, and "discover'd great variety of fruit, and other "eatables. One that look'd like a ftudent faid grace, a page put a laced bib under Sancho's "chin; and another who did the office of a fteward, fet a difh of fruit before him. But " he had hardly put one bit into his mouth, "before the phyfician touch'd the dish with his "wand, and then it was taken away by the 66 page in the inftant. Immediately another "with meat was clapp'd in the place, but "Sancha << Sancho no fooner offer'd to tafte of it, but the doctor with the wand conjur'd it away as "faft as the fruit. Sancho was amaz'd at this "fudden removal, and looking about him upon the company, afk'd, whether they used to tantalife people at that rate? feeding their eyes, and ftarving their bellies. My Lord "Governour, faid the Phyfician, you are to << eat no otherwise than according to the use and "cuftom of other islands, where there are Governours, I am a doctor of phyfick, my "Lord, and have a falary for taking a charge "of the Governour's health - Therefore I "now order'd the fruit to be taken away becaufe " 'tis exceeding moift, and the other dish, be"caufe 'tis as much too hot, and over-feafon'd " with fpices, which are apt to increase thirst, " and he that drinks much destroys the radical "moisture, which is the fuel of life. So then, σε quoth Sancho, the dish of roasted partridges "here can do me no manner of harm. Hold, " said the physician, the Lord Governour shall "not eat of them, while I live to prevent it: Why fo, cry'd Sancho? Because, answer'd the "doctor, our great mafter Hippocrates, the "North star, and luminary of phyfick, says in one of his aphorifms, omnis faturatio eft mala, "Perdicis autem peffima: that is, all repletion is bad, but that of partridges is worst of all. If "it be fo, faid Sancho, let Mr. Doctor fee, "which of all thefe difhes on the table will do "me moft good,and leaft harm,and let me eat my "belly "belly-full of that, without having it whisk'd away with his wand. For by my hopes, " and the pleasures of government as I live, I am ready to die with hunger, and not to al "low me any victuals-is the way to shorten my life, and not to lengthen it. Very true, my Lord, reply'd the physician, however I "am of opinion, that you ought not to eat of "thefe rabbets, as being a tough, and acute "kind of food, nor would I have you taste of "that veal; indeed, if it were neither roafted, "nor ftew'd, fomething might be faid; but as "it is, it muft not be. Well, faid Sancho, "What think you of that huge difh yonder, "that fmokes fo? I take it to be an olla po"drida (an olio) and that being a bodge podge of "fo many forts of victuals, fure I can't but light of fomething there that will nick me; "and be both wholefome, and toothfome, Abfit, cry'd the doctor, far be fuch an ill thought from us; no diet in the world yields "a worfe nutriment than those wish-washes do: ઃઃ no, leave that rich compound to your rich "monks and prebendaries, your masters of colleges, and lufty feeders at country weddings : "but let them not incumber the tables of Go56 vernours, where nothing but delicate, un"mix'd viands in their prime ought to make "a figure. The reason is, that simple medi"cines are generally allow'd to be better than compounds for in a compofition there may "happen to be a mistake through the unequal "proportion 66 proportion of the ingredients: but fimples are not fubject to that accident. Therefore "what I would advise at prefent, as a fit diet "for the Governour, for the preservation of his "health, is a hundred of small wafers, and a few, thin flices of marmalade, to strengthen "his stomach, and help digeftion. Sancho hearing this, lean'd back upon his chair, "and looking earnestly in the doctor's face, very seriously afk'd him what his name was, "and where he had ftudied? My Lord, an"fwered he, I am call'd Doctor Pedro Rezio "de Aguerro; the name of the place where I "was born is Tirteafuero, and lies between Ca roquil and Almodobor del Campo, on the right "hand and I took my degree of doctor, in "the univerfity of Offuna. · Hark you, faid "Sancho in a mighty chafe, Mr. Doctor Pedro "Rezio de Aguerro, native of Tirteafuero, that "lies between Caroquil and Almodobor del Campo, on the right, and who took your degree of "doctor in the university of Offuna, and so "forth, be gone! or by the life of Pharao, I'll get me a good cudgel, and beginning with your carcass, will fo belabour, and rib roast "all the phyfick-mongers of this island, that "I'll not leave there one of the tribe, of those, I mean that are ignorant quacks; for, as for “learn'd and wife phyficians, I'll make much "of them, and honour them like fo many an gels. Once more, Ifay, Pedro Rezio get out of my presence: avaunt, or I'll take the chair I fit 66 upon, |