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without any pomp, according as they had ordered by their last will and testament?' bus 369m es doué nomdenu in bio, to 695aro onIn the Dialogues of Cardan, between a philosopher, a citizen, and a hermit, concerning the methods of prolonging a man's life and preserving his health, Cardan introduces the hermit discoursing thus:- som ned og bib od 1 E Whereas, in solid nourishments, and even in drinks, there are several things worthy our observation, viz. their natural qualities, and those which they acquire by the seasoning of them; the order and time wherein we ought to make use of them, without mentioning the quantity of those very aliments and drinks; it is not without reason that the question is asked, which of these things is to be regarded most?

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Some have declared themselves for the quantity, maintaining, that it has in effect a greater share than any other thing, in the preservation of health and life.

The famous Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian, was of this mind. He treated on this subject at the age of fourscore, enjoying then a perfect soundness of body and mind. This venerable old man, at the age of thirty-six, was seized with so violent a distemper, that his life was despaired of. Even after that time, he took care to eat just the same quantity every meal; and though he was not free from a great many fatigues, and some misfortunes which occasioned his brother's death, yet the exactness of his regimen preserved him always in health, with an entire freedom of mind.

"At seventy years of age, a coach, in which he travelled, 'was overthrown, by which he was dragged a great way, wounded in the head, and in one of his legs and arms. The physicians despaired of his recovery, and were for applying a great many remedies to him. But Cornaro tells us, that being well satisfied of the temperature of his humors, he rejected all the assistance of the physicians, and was quickly cured.

"Nine years after, when he was almost fourscore, his friends and his very physicians advised him to add two ounces to his ordinary diet within ten or twelve days after he fell sick, the physicians gave him over, and he himself began to fear the worst: however, he recovered his health, though with much difficulty. "The same author adds, that being fourscore years old, old, his sight and hearing were sound and good; that his voice held strong; that he sometimes sung in concert with his grand-children; that he could either ride or walk a-foot very well, and that he composed a comedy, which came off with applause.

"This wise old gentleman was then of the opinion, that a regular and small quantity of food contributed more than any thing else to the preservation of health; for he makes no mention of his

choice of diets. I am used, says Cornaro, to take in all twelve ounces of solid nourishment, such as meat and the yolk of an eggs and fourteen ounces of drink. It is to be lamented that he did not precisely tell us, whether he took this quantity once or twice a-day: however, since he tells us that he did eat but a very little, it seems as if he did so but once a-day.

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1. The famous civilian, Panigarolus, who lived to a great age, though of a very weak constitution, never ate or drank above twentyeight ounces a-day. It is true, indeed, that every fortnight he purged himself, but he lived to above ninety.

"It seems, then, as if Cornaro was minded to keep from us a perfect knowledge of his regimen, and only to tell us, that he had found out an extraordinary one; since he has not informed us whether he took the quantity he speaks of, once or twice a-day; nor whether he altered his diet; for he treats on that subject as darkly and obscurely as Hippocrates.

It is likewise strange, that the quantity of his liquid, should exceed that of his solid diet; and the rather, because what he did eat was not equally nourishing, since he took the yolks of eggs as well as meat. In truth, to me he seems to talk more like a philosopher than a physician."

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Thus far Cardan: but, by his leave, if he had read what Cornaro has written concerning a sober and regular life with attention, he would have passed a sounder judgment on his writings; for in them he not only speaks of the quantity, but in express term discourses of the quality of his diet.

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It is not good to eat too much, nor fast too long, nor to do any thing else that is preternatural.

Whoever eats or drinks too much will be sick.

The distemper of repletion is cured by abstinence.

Old men can fast easily; men of ripe age can fast almost as much, but young persons and children, that are brisk and lively, can hardly fast at all.

Growing persons have a great deal of natural heat, which requires a great deal of nourishment, else the body will pine away.

But old men, who have but little natural heat, require but a little food, and too much overcharges them.

It must be examined, what sort of persons ought to feed once or twice a day, more or less allowance being always made to the age of the persons, to the season of the year, to the place where one lives, and to custom.

The more you feed foul bodies, the more you hurt yourselves.

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IN SIX LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO

W. WILBERFORCE, ESQ. M. P.,

AND THE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC.

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"Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see in her an eagle mning her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and unskaling her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms."

MILTON'S Speech for the Liberty of the Press.

SECOND EDITION.

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THIS

Humble indication

OF THE

PEOPLE AND THE PRESS,

IS INSCRIBED TO THE

LORDS AND "COMMONS"

OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM,

BY

ONE OF THE PEOPLE.

"Lords and Commons of England, consider what a Nation it is whereof ye are the Governors: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. But now, as our obdurate clergy have with violence demeaned the matter, we are become, hitherto, the latest and backwardest scholars of whom God offered to have made us the teachers.

"Behold now this vast City; a city of refuge, the mansion house of Liberty, encompassed and surrounded with his protection; the shop of war has there not more anvils and hammers working, to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleagured truth, then there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage the approaching reformation: others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful laborers, to make a knowing People, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages, and of Worthies ?"

MILTON. Speech for the Liberty of the Press.

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