Paedotrophia; or, the art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / Translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe. With medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... By H.W. Tytler.

  • Sainte-Marthe, Scévole de, 1536-1623. Paedotrophiae libri tres. English
Date:
1797
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Credit: Paedotrophia; or, the art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / Translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe. With medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... By H.W. Tytler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to fo cruel and unfortunate an end; as we may from thence learn this excellent leffon, that the fkilfulnefs of the pilot avails but little, if the gale of divine favour, which governs human af- fairs with eternal providence, does not help to bring our actions to their defired port. For Henry the Third was endowed with all amiable qualities, which even in his earlieft youth were ex- ceedingly reverenced and admired; fingular prudence, royal magnanimity, inexhauftible munificence, moft profound piety, ancTardent zeal for religion, perpetual love to the good, impla- cable hatred to the bad, infinite defire of doing good to every one, popular eloquence, affability becoming a prince, generous courage, firm resolution, and wonderful dexterity in arms; for which virtues, during the reign of his brother, he was more ad- mired and efteemed than the king himfelf. He was a general before he was a foldier, and a ftatefman before he came to years of maturity ; he made war with fpirit, eluded the vigilance of the moft experienced commanders, won many bloody battles, took fortreffes that were deemed impregnable, gained the hearts of people far remote, and was renowned, and glorious in the mouths of all men. Yet, when he came to the crown, and en- deavoured, by too much artifice and fubtlety, to free himfelf from the yoke and bondage of the factions, both parties con- ceived fuch a hatred againft him, that his religion was accounted hypocrify; his prudence, low cunning; his policy, meanneft of fpirit; his liberality, licentioufnefs, and unbridled prodigality; his affability was defpifed, his gravity hated, his name detefted, his private friendfhips and familiarities imputed to enormous vices; and his death, being extremely rejoiced at by factious men and the common people, was raflily judged a ftroke of di- vine juftice. A celebrated Englifh author [Dr. Johnfon] remarks that the death of Pope was fuppoi'ed to be occafioned by eating too many potted lampreys, that a ring revenged the (laughters of Cannre ; and, in general, that the deaths of great men are not what might be expefled from their lives. This obfervation kerns to contain