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King Henry the Fourth, I. ii

''Ch. Just.'' What tell you me of it? be it as

it is.

Fal. It hath it original from much grief,

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-

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

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.

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

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

with me.

Fal. As I was then advised by my learned

counsel in the laws of this land-service, I did

not come.

''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.  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 