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Blaze, Doctor, Ioylesse.Doct.
She's in your house,
With Gentlewomen, who seeme to lodge here.
Bla.
Yes sir, this Gentlemans wife, and his sonnes wife:
They all ayle something, but his sonne (tis thought)
Is falling into madnesse, and is brought
Up by his carefull father to the towne here
To be your patient, speake with him about it.
Doct.
How doe you finde him Sir? do's his disease
Take him by fits; or is it constantly,
And at all times the same?
Ioy.
For the most part
It is onely inclining still to worse,
As he growes more in dayes; by all the best
Conjectures we have met with in the countrey,
Tis found a most deepe melancholy.
Doct.
Of what yeares is he?
Ioy.
Of five and twenty Sir.
Doct.
Was it borne with him? is it naturall,
Or accidentall? have you or his mother
Beene so at any time affected?
Ioy.
Never,
Knew what a sadnesse meant; though since, I have
In my sonnes sad condition, and some crosses
In my late marriage, which at further time
I may acquaint you with.
Bla.
the old man's jealous
Of his young wife; I finde him by the question
He put me to ere while.
Doct.
Is your sonne married?
Ioy.
Diverse yeares since; for we had hope a wife
Might have restrain'd his travelling thoughts, and so
Have beene a meanes to cure him; but it fail'd us.
Doct.
What has he in his younger yeares been most
Addicted to? what study? or what practise?
Ioy.
You have now, Sir, found the question, which I thinke
Will lead you to the ground of his distemper.
Doct.
That's the next way to the cure, Come quickely, quickly,
Ioy.
In tender yeares he alwayes lov'd to read
Reports of travailes, and of voyages;
And when young boyes, like him, would tire themselves
With sports, and pastimes, and restore their spirits
Againe by meate and sleepe; he would whole dayes
And nights (sometimes by stealth) be on such bookes
As might convey his fancy round the world.
Doct.
Very good, on.
Ioy.
When he grew up towards twenty,
His minde was all on fire to be abroad;
Nothing but travaile still was all his aime;
There was no voyage or forraine expedition
Be said to be in hand, but he made sute
To be made one in it His mother and
My selfe oppos'd him still in all, and strongly
Against his will, still held him in; and wonne
Him into marriage; hoping that would call
In his extravagant thoughts, but all prevail'd not,
Nor stayd him (though at home) from travailing
So farre beyond himselfe, that now too late,
I wish he had gone abroad to meet his fate.
Doct.
Well sir, upon good termes Ile undertake
Ioy.
Yet there's more: his wife Sir.
Doct.
Ile undertake her too. Is she mad too?
Bla.
They'll ha' mad children then.
Doct.
Hold you your peace.
Ioy.
Alas the danger is they will have none,
He takes no joy in her; and she no comfort
In him: for though they have bin three yeeres wed,
They are yet ignorant of the marriage bed.
Doct.
I shall finde her the madder of the two then.
Ioy.
Indeed she's full of passion, which she utters
By the effects, as diversly, as severall
Objects reflect upon her wandring fancy,
Sometimes in extream weepings, and anon
In vehement laughter; now in sullen silence,
And presently in loudest exclamations.
Doct.
Come let me see 'hem Sir, ile undertake
Her too: ha' you any more? how does your wife?
Ioy.
Some other time for her.
Doct.
Ile undertake
Her too: and you your selfe Sir (by your favour,
And some few yellow spots, which I perceive
About your Temples) may require some Councell.
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