Quotes · Quote card

Quotation from Richard II by William Shakespeare

“Committ’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee”

William Shakespeare (spoken by John of Gaunt)

Richard II, Act 2, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1512 (modernised spelling))

Gaunt turns the king's own medical metaphor back on him: the realm is the sick patient, and the flatterers Richard trusts are the physicians who caused the disease.

Citation: "Committ’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee" — William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 2, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1512 (modernised spelling)). (id richard-ii-q5)

Download card (PNG)

Quote card: Committ’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded