Vita sana et longa. The preservation of health, and prolongation of life. Proposed and proved. In the due observance of remarkable precautions. And daily practicable rules, relating to body and mind, compendiously abstracted from the institutions and law of nature / [Everard Maynwaringe].

  • Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?
Date:
1670
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Credit: Vita sana et longa. The preservation of health, and prolongation of life. Proposed and proved. In the due observance of remarkable precautions. And daily practicable rules, relating to body and mind, compendiously abstracted from the institutions and law of nature / [Everard Maynwaringe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ~ own manfion, the Body, and follows aff ter with an eager profecution of enjoy--fi, ing s never at home but as a Prifoner;, and Prifoners are but bad houfe-keep~} ers: the Jody needs muft languifh andiff ; decay, when the Soul thus delights andi jf... ftrives torun away. | : By the continuance of thefe Paffions; i, interfering and complicating with each}, other; the regular wconomy and ¢uztore of the Body is neglected that decayes,, }.. grows lean and confumptive: the face: }.... grows pale, the appetite abates, and! J... jleep departs, or is but fhort and inter--} rupted with troublefome dreams and] |); wakings: the vigour and ftrength of}; tuoufnefs of this inordinate affection and immoderate defire s take thefe confide- |, fations to calm, allay, and regulate your -} paffion, Firft, That you cheat your felf in fetting too bzgh a price upon the object of rour affections, and lay out more in ex- pettation then the zncome of your defire obtained can poffibly make a return : : that