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Incivility? your welfare that compels me to treat you with this apparent incivility. Your blood is

indulge? all in a ferment with the violent exercise you. have undergone; and, were Irathly to indulge your craving appetites a fever or pleurify might be the confequence.

pleurify.

adapted?

quait.

flice.

Jupped

zueft?

reluctance ?

minera'?

grimaces?

compelled.

fatigued.

42. But to morrow I hope you will be cooler, and then you may live in a file more adapted to your quality. The gentleman be-gan to comfort himfelf with this reflection,. and, as there was no help, he at last determined to wait with patience another night.

43. He accordingly tafted a few of the dates and olives, eat a piece of cheefe with a flice of excellent bread, and found himself more refreshed than he could have imagined was poffible, from fuch an homely meal. When he had nearly fupped he wanted fomething to drink, and obferving nothing but water upon the table, defired one of the fervants to bring him a little wine.

44. Not, as you value the life of this illuf trious gentleman,cried out the phyfician. Sir, added he turning to his gueft, it is with inexpreffible reluctance that I contradi& you, but wine would be at prefent a mertal poison; therefore, pleafe to content yourself for one night only, with a glafs of this most excellent and refreshing mineral water.

45. The gentleman was again compelled to fubmit, and drank the water with a variety of frange grimaces. After the cloth was removed, Signor Ramozini entertained the gentleman with fome agreeable and improving converfation, for about an hour, and then propofed to his patient that he should retire to reft.

46. this propofal the gentleman gladly accepted, as he found himfelf fatigued with his journey, and unufually difpofed to fleep. The doctor then retired, and ordered one of his

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fervants to thew the gentleman to his chamber. 47. He was accordingly conducted into a Matrass? neighbouring room, where there was little to be leen, but a homely bed, without furniture, with nothing to fleep upon but a matrafs, al- floor. most as hard as the floor. At this the gentleman burst into a violent paflion again: Villain, faid he to the fervant, it is impoffible your wretched. mafter fhould dare to confiae me to fuch a wretched dog-hole! fhew me into another room immediately!

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48. Sir, anfwered the fervant with profound humility, I am heartily forry the chamber does not please you; but I am morally certain I have not miltaken my matter's order, and I have too great a refpect for you to think precious. of difobeying him in a point which concerns your precious life.

fbutting.

49. Saying this he went out of the_room, and, fhutting the door on the outfide, left the gentleman to his meditations. They were not very agreeable at firft however, as he faw no revenge ? remedy, he undreffed himfelf and entered the wretched bed, where he prefently fell asleep while he was meditating revenge upon the doctor and his whole family.

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50. The gentleman flept fo foundly that he did not awake till morning, and then the phyfician came into his room, and with the greateft tenderness and civility inquired after his health. He had indeed fallen afleep in very ill humour, but his night's rest had much com- complaints. pofed his mind, and the effect of this was increafed by the extreme politeneis of the doctor: fo that he anfwered with tolerable temper, only making bitter complaints of the homelinefs of his accommodation.

51. My dearest fir, anfwered the phyfician, previous? did I not make a previous agreement withyou,

that you should submit to my management?

Can

Perceive.

accurate?

theory?

Jalutary?

lodge.

breakfast.

Can you imagine that I have any other end in view than the improvement of your health? It is not poffible that you fhould in every thing perceive the reafons of my conduct, which is founded upon the most accurate thecry and experience.

52. However, in this cafe, I must inform you that I have found out the art of making my very beds medicinal? and this you muft confefs from the excellent night you have paffed. I cannot impart the fame falutary virtues to down or filk, and therefore, though very much against my inclinations, I have been compelled to lodge you in this homely man

ner.

53. But now, if you pleafe, it is time to rife. Ramozini then rang for his fervants, and relentless? the gentleman fuffered himself to be dreffed. At breakfast the gentleman expected to fare guardian? a little better; but his relentless guardian would fuffer him to tafte nothing but a flice of bread and a porringer of water gruel, all which he defended very little to his gueft's fatisfaction, upon the moft unerring principles of medicinal science.

perringer.

attempt?

crutches.

abruptly?

54. After breakfast had been fometime finithed, doctor Ramozini told his patient it was time to begin the great work of restoring him to the ufe of his limbs. He accordingly had him carried into a little room, where he defired the gentleman to attempt to fland. That is impoffible anfwered the patient, for I have not been able to use a leg thefe three years.

55. Prop your felf, then upon your crutches, and lean against the wall to fupport yourself, anfwered the phyfician; the gentleman did fo, and the doctor went abruptly cut, and locked the door after him. He had not been long in this fituation, before he felt the floor of

the

the chamber, which he had not before per- Immoderately? ceived to be compofed of plates of iron, grow immoderately hot under his feet.

56. He called the doctor and his fervants, butto no purpofe; he then began to utter loud vociferations and menaces, but all was equal ly ineffectual; he raved, he fwore, he promifed, he intreated, but no body came to his affitance, and the heat grew more intenfe every infant.

vociferations?

intenfe.

agility?

97. At length neceffity compelled him to hop upon one leg in order to reft the other, muscle? and this he did with greater agility than he could conceive was poffible; prefently the other leg began to burn; and then he hopped profuse? again upon the other. Thus he went on hopping about with this involuntary exercie, till he had fretched every finew and muscle more than he had done for feveral years before,; and thrown himself into a profufe perfpiration.. 58. When the doctor was fatisfied with the chair. exertions of his patient, he fent into the room an eafy chair for him to reft upon, and suffered the floor to cool as gradually as it had been heated. Then it was that the fick man for falutary? the first time began to be fenfible of the real ufe and pleasure of repose: he had earned it by fatigue, without which it can never prove either falutary or agreeable.

59. At dinner, the doctor appeared again apologies? to his patient, and made him a thousand apol ogies for the liberties he had taken with his perfon: thefe excufes he received with a kind mitigated? of fullen civility; however his anger was a little mitigated by the fmell of a roafted pullet, which was brought to table and fet before hini.

65. He now, from exercife and abftinence, began to find a relish in his victuals which he had never done before, and the doctor permit

ted

viduals.

Mingle?

expired?

ted him to mingle a little wine with his water. Thefe compliances however were fo extremely irkfome to his temper, that the month feemed to pass away as flowly as a year.

61. When it was expired, and his fervants came to afk his orders, he inttantly threw himself into his carriage without taking leave. either of the doctor or his family. When he came to reflect upon the treatment he had received, his forced exercifes, his involuntary involuntary? abftinence, and all the other mortifications be had undergone, he could not conceive but it must be a plot of the phyfician he had left behind, and full of rage and indignation, drove directly to his houfe in order to reproach him with it.

fuggeft?

perfuafion.

integrity?

worse.

complain.

miracles?

62. The phyfician happened to be at home, but fcarcely knew his patient again, though after fo fhort an abfence. He had fhrunk half his former bulk, his look and colour were mended, and he had entirely thrown away his' crutches. When he had given vent to all that his anger could fuggeft, the phyfician coolly anfwered in the following manner: I know not, fir, what right you have to make me thefe reproaches, fince it was not by my perfuafion that you put your elf under the care of doctor Ramozini.

63. Yes, fir, but you gave me a high charac, ter of his kill and integrity. Has he then deceived you in either, or do you find yourfelf worfe than when you put your felf under his care I cannot fay that, anfwered the gentleman."

64. I am, to be fure, furprizingly improved in my digestion; I fleep better than ever 1 did before; I eat with an appetite; and I can walk, almoft as well as ever I could in my life. And do you ferioufly come, faid the phyfician, to complain of a man that has effected all thefe miracles for you in fo fhort a time,

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