march, his horse did begin to weary, and at last
became so uncivil, as to refuse to bear his master
company; whereupon the Doctor lights down,
and taking up his foot, he endeavours to find his
pulse, which he swore was a caprezant, and that
he behoved to cause give him a clyster; but (ah
misfortune) whilst he is musing upon the disease,
the horse, weary of standing upon three feet, kicks
his Lordship into a ditch which stood near by,
whence we could hardly pull out: when we had
pulled him out, Kalodulus sayes to him, Truly,
Sir, it appears ye dive deep in any thing wherein
ye once enter; but I admire why ye carry with
you such a horse, except it be that because ye are
a Physician, ye cannot want a skelleton for your
anatomy. After he was re-mounted, he enter∣tained
me with a description of a Lady in Nisbe∣na,
whom he loved dearly, describing all the parts
of her body, as if he had been anatomizing; and
to conclude all, he took a Letter out of his poc∣ket,
which he had directed to her, and whereof
he bestowed upon me this copie afterwards.
Fairest of all created creatures, yea, fairer than Dia∣na
and all her Nymphs, albeit they were chopt in one;
the harmony of your well-agreeing colours, makes my
pulses dance to their musick; and your beauty, like a
great gale, hath so filled the sails of my desires, that it
hath driven me out of the harbour of ease, into the ocean
of Love. A surfet of your disdain, hath (as all cold
things do) easten me in a feaver of rage: your Answer