Ge. Why you don't use to be so superstitious as to starve yourself with Fasting.
Li. It is not Bigotry but Penury.
Ge. What do you mean by Penury?
Li. I mean I could get no Victuals, I believe it came by a Cold. I fancy I got the Distemper by eating rotten Eggs. By drinking too much Water in my Wine. This Crudity in my Stomach came by eating green Apples.
Ge. But consider whether you han't contracted this Distemper by long and late Studying, by hard Drinking, or immoderate use of Venery? Why don't you send for a Doctor?
Li. I am afraid he should do me more Harm than good. I am afraid he should poison me instead of curing me.
Ge. You ought to chuse one that you can confide in.
Li. If I must dye, I had rather dye once for all, than to be tormented with so many Slops.
Ge. Well then, be your own Doctor. If you can't trust to a Doctor, pray God be your Physician. There have been some that have recover'd their Health, by putting on a Dominican or a Franciscan Fryars Cowl.
Li. And perhaps it had been the same Thing, if they had put on a Whore-master's Cloak. These things have no Effect upon those that have no Faith in 'em.