Ch. Just. To punish you by the heels would amend the
attention of your ears; and I care not if I do become your[3382]
physician.
Fal. I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient:
your lordship may minister the potion of imprisonment to120
me in respect of poverty; but how I should be your patient
to follow your prescriptions, the wise may make some dram
of a scruple, or indeed a scruple itself.
Ch. Just. I sent for you, when there were matters
against you for your life, to come speak with me.[3383]125
Fal. As I was then advised by my learned counsel in[3384]
the laws of this land-service, I did not come.
Ch. Just. Well, the truth is, Sir John, you live in great
infamy.
Fal. He that buckles him in my belt cannot live in less.[3385]130
Ch. Just. Your means are very slender, and your waste[3386]
is great.[3387]
Fal. I would it were otherwise; I would my means
were greater, and my waist slenderer.[3388]
Ch. Just. You have misled the youthful prince.135
Fal. The young prince hath misled me: I am the fellow[3389]
with the great belly, and he my dog.