Sure methods of attaining a long and healthful life. Written originally in Italian, / by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian, when near an hundred years old. Translated into English by W. Jones, A.B.

  • Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566
Date:
MDCCLXVIII
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Credit: Sure methods of attaining a long and healthful life. Written originally in Italian, / by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian, when near an hundred years old. Translated into English by W. Jones, A.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lution enough to conquer the obftacles to his defign, By this means I rooted out my evil habits, and contracted good ones; fothatI ufed myfelf toa courfe of life, which was by fo much the more fevere and auftere, by how much the more my conftitution was become very weak, when I began it. In fhort, my lord, when they had heard my reafons, they were forced to fubmit to them, The youngeit among them told me, that he agreed that this favour might be univerfal to all men, but that it was very rarely efficacious, and that I mutt needs have a more fpecial and victorious Srace to get above the delights and cuf- tom of an eafy life, and embrace one ‘that was quite contrary to it: Thag he did not look upon it to be Impofiible, fince my praétice convinced him of the contrary; but however it feemed to him to be ‘oa difficult, I iéblied to him, that it wasa fhame to relinquifh a good undertaking. upon K the