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Long languishing in double malady,
of my harts wound and of my bodies greife:
there came to me a leach that would apply
fit medicines for my bodies best reliefe
Vayne man (quod I) that hast but little priefe:
in deep discouery of the mynds disease,
is not the hart of all the body chiefe?
and rules the members as it selfe doth please.
Then with some cordialls seeke first to appease,
the inward languour of my wounded hart,
and then my body shall haue shortly ease:
but such sweet cordialls passe Physitions art.
Then my lyfes Leach doe you your skill reueale,
and with one salue both hart and body heale.

Notes:
quoth = said
prief = proof
languor = disease, illness; lovesickness; melancholy; sadness
pass = surpass
salve = remedy

Modernised Text:
Long languishing in double malady,
of my heart's wound and of my body's grief;
there came to me a leech that would apply
fit medicines for my body's best relief.
Vain man, quoth I, that hast but little prief:
in deep discovery of the mind's disease,
is not the heart of all the body chief,
and rules the members as it self doth please?
Then with some cordials seek first to appease,
the inward languor of my wounded heart,
and then my body shall have shortly ease;
but such sweet cordials pass Physicians art.
Then my life's Leech do you your skill reveal,
and with one salve both heart and body heal.

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