The Physician Page #3

Thousands. Shut up!

Deep breath then go on. Swift movements.

Go on until your done with it.

Look, the holy Mary!

My first amputation.

Mine too.

- What's this potion called?

- Tears of the Holy Virgin.

Thought you've bought them

from a monk in Jerusalem.

He stopped praying a while back.

Keep stirring.

It has bitten.

Remember, boy. The more painful the treatment,

the more they respect the barber.

Next!

For the same pay, a mercenary has

to sell his soul.

And a farmer has to work himself

to the bone.

Thank the Lord for your profession.

Every bloody day.

Thank the Lord.

You look very healthy to me.

Rob! Rob, come here.

Shut up!

Rob!

I hereby christen Rob Cole a Barber.

You're an apprentice no more. You serve

no master but yourself.

Reward this barber, Venus.

Hey, hey, hey. I'm here, you blind old fob.

moaning ain't [...]

Hold your yap! I have eyes like a hawk.

Yes, a dead one.

Your master should see the Jew. The Jew

can heal the blind.

- No one can heal the blind.

- The Jew can.

He also raises the dead and makes

the lame walk on water.

You're talking about Jesus Christ our

savior. He ain't no bloody Jew.

Here, let me do it.

I need to practice.

These people mutilate their children.

They cut off their c*cks.

They'll gouge my eyes out.

So what? You can't be anymore blind.

How is it done?

My master keeps the secret to himself.

I'm a barber too.

A barber?!

Excellent.

My hair could do with a trim.

So, I make no promises.

The operation is a difficult one.

30 pennies in advance.

30 pennies!

That's highway robbery!

Never!

Please... do your best.

What's your name?

Rob.

- What's yours?

- I'm Benjamin. This is Jesse.

- Are you Christian, Rob?

- Yes.

- Is it true that you are not circumcised?

- Our God does not want us to do so.

[Reciting prayer in Hebrew]

Holy is the Lord,

king of the universe,

Who brings forth bread from the earth.

Once you've eaten the bread,

you can talk.

- Why don't you take off his bandage?

- Me?

A barber can unwind a bandage,

can he not?

Rob. Is it you?

Yeah, it's me.

Don't open your eyes yet.

You must remove the sweat.

Can you see?

Like a child.

He needs to rest now.

Oh bloody rot.

[Speaking in Hebrew]

What you've done to my master's eyes.

Where did you learn it?

In a place called Ispahan.

Ispahan

Is that beyond London?

Is that beyond London? Is he serious?

There.

What is it?

The World.

The World.

Look.

We are here. This is London.

And here - here is Ispahan.

The greatest physician the world has

ever seen teaches there.

Ibn Sina.

There is no one on earth that can match

him for knowledge and wisdom.

- Ibn...

- Ibn Sina.

Ibn Sina.

Can he... cure the side-sickness?

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