It hath been told me he is a-dying, and so near unto his latter end that he is almost upon the very last moment, point, and article thereof.
Repair thither as fast as you can, and be ready to give an attentive ear to what he shall chant unto you.

It may be that you shall obtain from him what you desire, and that Apollo will be pleased by his means to clear your scruples.

I am content, quoth Panurge.

Let us go thither, Epistemon, and that both instantly and in all haste, lest otherwise his death prevent our coming.

Wilt thou come along with us, Friar John?
Yes, that I will, quoth Friar John, right heartily to do thee a courtesy, my billy-ballocks; for I love thee with the best of my milt and liver.
Thereupon, incontinently, without any further lingering, to the way they all three went, and quickly thereafter--for they made good speed--arriving at the poetical habitation, they found the jolly old man, albeit in the agony of his departure from this world, looking cheerfully, with an open countenance, splendid aspect, and behaviour full of alacrity.