Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, a poem on the preservation of health in rhyming Latin verse : addressed by the school of Salerno to Robert of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror, with an ancient translation / and an introduction and notes by Sir Alexander Croke.

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1830
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Credit: Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, a poem on the preservation of health in rhyming Latin verse : addressed by the school of Salerno to Robert of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror, with an ancient translation / and an introduction and notes by Sir Alexander Croke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Epirus. The impetuositVj, however, of the counts of Vermandois and Flanders impelled them to brave the dangers of the sea, and to pass over with their troops. The duke of Normandy, and the counts of Chartres and Bologne, passed the winter at Salerno. In the April following they proceeded on their ex- pedition from the ports of Apulia^^. In their way to Bari they visited the monastery of mount Casino, to recommend themselves to the prayers of the monks;, and the protection of saint Benedict ^*^. From hence they sailed over to Durazzo, arrived at Con- stantinople^ and joined the armies of the crusaders at the siege of Nice. It is unnecessary to relate here the prodigies of valour performed by duke Robert in Palestine. After the conquest of the holy city^ the victory at Ascalon, the election of Godfrey, and the establish- ment of the kingdom of Jerusalem, the greater part of the crusaders returned home, crowned with glory, 39 Gesta Francomm Expugnantium Hierosol, Anon. 2. in Bongars, vol. i. p. 562. sect. 4. Mat. Paris, Lond. 1684, a Watts, p. 24. Isti omnes (Robertus, etc.) in Apulia et Calabria, circa hyemis ingruentis initium, nivium et glaciorum vitantes incommoda, expectabant, donec felicior aura arrideret. Pet. Diaconus, lib. iv. cap. ii. p. 498. Mabillon, vol. v. p. 238.