Part 6 (2/2)

MR. POUR. My father and mother would never have anything to do with remedies; and they both died without the help of doctors.

1ST PHY. I do not wonder if they have begotten a son who is mad. (_To the_ 2ND PHYSICIAN) Come, let us begin the cure; and, through the exhilarating sweetness of harmony, let us dulcify, lenify, and pacify the acrimony of his spirits, which, I see, are ready to be inflamed.

(_Exeunt._)

SCENE XII.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC (_alone_).

What the devil is all this? Are the people of this place crazy? I never saw anything like it; and I don't understand it a bit.

SCENE XIII.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, TWO PHYSICIANS (_in grotesque clothes_).

(_They all three at first sit down; the_ PHYSICIANS _rise up at different times to bow to_ MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, _who rises up as often to bow to them in return_.)

THE TWO PHYSICIANS.

Buon d, buon d, buon d!

Non vi lasciate uccidere Dal dolor malinconico.

Noi vi faremo ridere Col nostro canto armonico; Sol per guarirvi.

Siamo venuti qu.

Buon d, buon d, buon d!

1ST PHYSICIAN.

Altro non e la pazzia Che malinconia.

Il malato Non e disperato Se vol pigliar un poco d'allegria, Altro non e la pazzia Che malinconia.

2ND PHYSICIAN.

Su; cantate, ballate, ridete.

E, se far meglio volete, Quando sent.i.te il deliro vicino Pigliate del vino, E qualche volta un poco di tabac.

Allegramente, Monsu Pourceaugnac.[9]

SCENE XIV.--BALLET.

SCENE XV.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, AN APOTHECARY.

APO. Sir, here is a little remedy; a little remedy which you must take, if you please; if you please.

MR. POUR. How? I have no occasion for anything of the kind.

APO. It was ordered, Sir; it was ordered.

MR. POUR. Ah! What noise and bother.

APO. Take it, Sir; take it, Sir. It will do you no harm; it will do you no harm, &c.

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