“Thy wife is sore afflicted with illness and in peril of death unless succour be forthcoming. Her water showeth it.”
“Ah! master, for the love of God, tell me what to do, and I will pay thee well canst thou restore her to health and prevent her from dying!”
“She need not die an thou obeyest my commands,” quoth the physician. “But if thou dost not make haste, all the money in the world will not save her from death.”
“Tell me, for Gods sake, what to do,” said the other, “and I will do it.”
“She must have connection with a man or she will die,” answered the physician.
“Connection with a man?” said the other. “What is that?”
“It meaneth,” continued the doctor, “that thou must mount on top of her, and speedily ram her three or four times, or more if thou canst; otherwise, the great heat which doth consume and kill her, will not be extinguished.”
“That will be good for her?”
“She is a dead woman,” answered the physician, “an thou do it not and do it quickly.”
“By St. John!” said the other, “I will try what I can do.”