I know thy sickness, and I hold the cure.

Pr. Nay, sir: I rank among the incurables.

Thr. Bravo! that is well said. I have watched thee, Priscus,

All the six years I have known thee—’tis six years:

I have seen thine eye grow steadier, and thy smile

Softer and kinder, and thy speech, which once

Crackled in flame and smoke, hath stilled to a fire

That comforts my old age. Even as thy body

Hath statelier motion, so is’t with thy mind,

Which ripen’d manners clothe in rich reserve.