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And if thou art permitted to sit upon the same sopha with her, and she gives thee occasion to lay thy hand upon hersbeware of taking itthou canst not lay thy hand on hers, but she will feel the temper of thine. Leave that and as many other things as thou canst, quite undetermined; by so doing, thou wilt have her curiosity on thy side; and if she is not conquered by that, and thy Asse continues still kicking, which there is great reason to supposeThou must begin, with first losing a few ounces of blood below the ears, according to the practice of the ancient Scythians, who cured the most intemperate fits of the appetite by that means. Avicenna, after this, is for having the part anointed with the syrup of hellebore, using proper evacuations and purgesand I believe rightly. But thou must eat little or no goats flesh, nor red deernor even foals flesh by any means; and carefully abstainthat is, as much as thou canst, from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens As for thy drinkI need not tell thee, it must be the infusion of Vervain and the herb Hanea, of which Aelian relates such effectsbut if thy stomach palls with itdiscontinue it from time to time, taking cucumbers, melons, purslane, water-lillies, woodbine, and lettice, in the stead of them. There is nothing further for thee, which occurs to me at present Unless the breaking out of a fresh warSo wishing every thing, dear Toby, for best, I rest thy affectionate brother, Walter Shandy. |
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