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A treatise of health and long life, with the sure means of attaining it, in two books. / The first by Leonard Lessius, the second by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian: translated into English, by Timothy Smith, apothecary.

  • Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.
Date:
1743
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise of health and long life, with the sure means of attaining it, in two books. / The first by Leonard Lessius, the second by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian: translated into English, by Timothy Smith, apothecary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fome of the choiceft Books of Divinity, Philo- fophy, Morality, &%c. I can get. When I lay thefe afide, I fall immediately to writing, ever ftudying (as much as in me lyes) to promote the Good and Happinels of my Fellow Crea- tures, All this I do at my Leifure, at ftated Times, and without the leaft Inconvenience of- fered to my felf, or my other Concerns. TI dwell in an Houfe, which befides it’s being fituated in the pleafanteft Part of Padua, may be reckoned the moft beautiful and commodious Edifice in this learned City: Few in this Age can equal it ; and it’s Apartments are fo arti- ficially contrived by me according to the niceft Rules of Architecture, that I can in either Sea- fon fcreen my felf, and live fecure from the Extremes of either Heat or Cold, Now and then I takea turn or two in my Gardens, along my Canals and Fifh-ponds, where 1 agreeably amufe my felf with Fifhing an Hour or two to- oi under fome pleafant fthady Bower. Some onths in the Year [ fpend very delightfully on the Euganian Hills, where I have another very elegant Seat or Manfion-Houfe, whofe adjacent Gardens and Fountains are beautifully neat, and diverfified with many Curiofities both of Nature and Art. ‘When I amhere, I divert myfelf often in going out with Beagles, andin killing Game, whereof there is great Variety in this Country. Sometimes [ repair to, and enjoy my Villa, fituate in a Valley beneath, which indeed is extremely pleafant, the many Paths thither al] meeting and terminating at a large Area, in the Midft whereof is built a G4 pretcy