I am Erasmus: I am here to pray

That Paracelsus use his skill for me.

The schools of Paris and of Padua send

These questions for your learning to resolve.

We are your students, noble master: leave

This wretched cell, what business have you here?

Our class awaits you; come to us once more!

(O agony! the utmost I can do

Touches him not; how else arrest his ear?)

I am commissioned ... I shall craze like him.