By whom were they thrust, do you think ?" "My Lord, I have my suspicions," said the minister; "but I do not know." "Can you verify these suspicions of yours, do you think ?" "My Lord, I can try." "And under how many heads are they ranged ?" asked the King, drawling a little in his speech.
"Sir; they are under forty-three heads." The King rolled his eyes, as if in a droll kind of despair; but he said nothing.
"And you tell me--" began my Lord; but His Majesty broke in: "_Mon Dieu_!" he said; "and here is good Mr.Mallock, come here hot-foot, and knows not a word of the proceedings.

Mr.Mallock, these good gentlemen--Doctor Tonge, a very worthy divine and a physician of the soul, and Mr.Kirby, a very worthy chymist, and a physician of the body--are come to tell me of a plot against my life on the part of some of my faithful lieges, whereby they would thrust me swiftly down to hell--body and soul together.

So that, I take it is why God Almighty hath raised up these physicians to save me.

I wish you to hear their evidence.

That is why I sent for you.