They took the wiser part, and chose their way aright. }
Such was the Doctor, upon whom for aid
Had some good ladies call’d, but were afraid—
Afraid of one who, if report were just,
The arm of flesh, and that alone, would trust. 330
But these were few—the many took no care
Of what they judged to be his own affair;
And if he them from their diseases freed,
They neither cared nor thought about his creed;
They said his merits would for much atone,