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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9359 Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas 1544-1590 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9359
AUTHOR:Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590)
QUOTATION:Even as a surgeon, minding off to cut
Some cureless limb,—before in ure he put
His violent engins on the vicious member,
Bringeth his patient in a senseless slumber,
And grief-less then (guided by use and art),
To save the whole, sawes off th’ infested part.
ATTRIBUTION:First Week, Sixth Day.