But I haste to assure you, on my word,
That now my health is nearly restored.
The Medicus, for services rendered,
A bill of eighteen guilders has tendered,
And then the apothecary’s will be,
In round numbers, about twenty-three.
Now that physician and apothecary
May get their dues, it is necessary
These forty-one guilders be added to the rest,
But, as to my health, don’t be distressed.