You meant to tap them for the dropsy.
With burning lapis infernalis,[123]
Convince them human nature frail is;
And taunting, tell them they’re afflicted,
Because they are to sin addicted.
With scalprum scrape off epidermis
And cuticle (I think the term is)
And all the nerves and muscles various,
Because, say you, their bones, are carious.
Thus rocks of primitive creation