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Council sent for, and required, or rather commanded him CHAP, 

 to give his advice in writing, to procure the Queen ease. XIV 

 Whereupon he wrote a long Latin letter which I have 

 seen : first, disabling himself to come after such great phy 

 sicians ; and then prescribing divers remedies. But in case 

 the tooth were hollow, his advice then was, that when all 

 was done, it was best to have it drawn out, though with the 

 incurring some short pain. But if her Majesty could not 

 submit to such chirurgical instruments, (which it seems he 

 had heard something of the Queen s abhorrence of,) then he 

 advised that the juice of chelidonius major might be put 

 into the tooth, and so stopped with wax, that none of it 

 might fall upon the sound parts ; whereby the tooth would 

 in a short time be so loose that it might be pulled out by 

 the fingers : or the root of it might be rubbed upon the 

 tooth, and it would have the same effect. But in short, 

 the pulling it out was esteemed by all the safest way ; to 

 which, however, the Queen, as was said, was very averse, 

 as afraid of the acute pain that accompanied it. And now 

 it seems it was that the Bishop of London being present, a 

 man of high courage, persuaded her that the pain was not 

 so much, and not at all to be dreaded ; and to convince 

 her thereof told her, she should have a sensible experiment 

 of it in himself, though he were an old man, and had not 

 many teeth to spare ; and immediately bade the surgeon 

 come and pull out one of his teeth, (perhaps a decayed 

 one,) in her Majesty s presence. Which accordingly was 

 done : and she was hereby encouraged to submit to the 

 operation herself. 



The recreation which he delighted in was bowling ; His recrea- 

 which he used for the diversion of his cares, and preserva 

 tion of his health at Fulham, according as he had leisure. 

 This exercise he used on Sundays, in the afternoon, after 

 evening prayer. And herein he would be so eager, that he 

 sometimes had such expressions in his game as exposed him 

 to the censure of many, especially of his enemies. Hence 

 Martin Marprelate spake of his running after his bowl, and 

 crying Rub, Rub, Rub ; and then, The Devil go with it, 



