In a word, I turned pale, and grew sick; and, had not the old man run and fetched me a cordial, I believe the sudden surprise of joy had overset nature, and I had died upon the spot: nay, after that I continued very ill, and was so some hours, till a physician being sent for, and something of the real cause of my illness being known, he ordered me to be let blood; after which I had relief, and grew well: but I verily believe, if I had not been eased by a vent given in that manner to the spirits, I should have died.
En pocas palabras, me puse pálido, me mareé y si el anciano no me hubiese traído un poco de licor, con toda certeza habría caído muerto de la emoción en el acto. Incluso, al cabo de unas horas, seguía sintiéndome mal y llamaron a un médico que, conociendo en parte la causa real de mi malestar, me prescribió una sangría, luego de la cual, comencé a recuperarme y a sentirme mejor.