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.
Malgré cela, je continuai à aller fort mal pendant quelques heures, jusqu'à ce qu'on eût appelé un médecin, qui, apprenant la cause réelle de mon indisposition, ordonna de me faire saigner, après quoi je me sentis mieux et je me remis. Mais je crois véritablement que, si je n'avais été soulagé par l'air que de cette manière on donna pour ainsi dire à mes esprits, j'aurais succombé.