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6 ::I'll be bound to put it together again,
 * Or else I would not charge you one farthing to be paid.

Noble Captain. Well, Doctor, what's your fees? Doctor. My fee is nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and eleven pence three farthings,
 * And half that money I demand to-day.

Noble Captain. Stop, Doctor, stop! I will pay you in the morning. Doctor. Morning? what's the morning to do with me?
 * I will take my horse and be gone.

Noble Captain. Stop, Doctor, stop! here's an ass for you to ride. Doctor. An ass! go ride your ass yourself;
 * A horse I rode here, and a horse I will ride away.

Noble Captain. Here; stop, Doctor, stop! I'll pay you in the evening. Doctor. Now you talk something like a man. Noble Captain. Well, Doctor, try your skill. Doctor. Well, I have a small box of pills by my side called the Junipers;
 * I have also a small bottle of drops called the Golden Gloster Drops;
 * I'll put one drop on his temple, one on his nose,
 * Put a pill in his mouth, and strike a light all over his body.
 * Why you see he begins to move already.

Noble Captain. Arise, young man, and try to stand,
 * And see how gently you can walk.

Doctor. And now all for your Noble Captain I have cured your man,
 * I am one of the sons of the seventh son,
 * Born in High Germany. I am not one of these runabout doctors.
 * What I do, I do plainly before your face,
 * And if you can't believe that, it is a very hard case.

Prince of Peace. In comes I the Prince of Peace: