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that_o it_o help_v the_o wit_n and_o understanding_n 105_o xii_o that_o it_o quench_v or_o allay_v the_o heat_n of_o lust_n 115_o xiii_o that_o a_o sober_a diet_n be_v not_o of_o grief_n or_o trouble_n and_o that_o intemperance_n bring_v many_o great_a and_o grievous_a malady_n 122_o the_o temperate_a man._n or_o the_o right_a way_n of_o preserve_v long_a life_n and_o health_n chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n and_o scope_n of_o this_o work_n 1._o many_o author_n have_v write_v large_o and_o very_o learned_o touch_v the_o preservation_n of_o health_n but_o they_o charge_v man_n with_o so_o many_o rule_n and_o exact_v so_o much_o observation_n and_o caution_n about_o the_o quality_n and_o quantity_n of_o meat_n and_o drink_n about_o air_n sleep_n exercise_n season_n of_o the_o year_n purgation_n blood-letting_n and_o the_o like_a and_o over_o and_o above_o prescribe_v such_o a_o number_n of_o compound_v opiate_n and_o other_o kind_n of_o exquisite_a remedy_n as_o they_o bring_v man_n into_o 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2._o de_fw-la vitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la 34._o disease_n the_o three_o commodity_n of_o a_o sober_a diet_n be_v that_o although_o it_o do_v not_o cure_v such_o disease_n as_o be_v incurable_a in_o their_o own_o nature_n yet_o it_o do_v so_o much_o mitigate_v and_o allay_v they_o as_o they_o be_v easy_o bear_v and_o do_v not_o much_o hinder_v the_o function_n of_o the_o mind_n this_o be_v see_v by_o daily_a experience_n for_o many_o there_o be_v who_o have_v ulcer_n in_o their_o lung_n scirrho_n hardness_n of_o the_o liver_n or_o spleen_n the_o stone_n in_o the_o reins_o or_o in_o the_o bladder_n old_a dry_a itch_n and_o inveterate_a distemper_n in_o their_o bowel_n generibus_fw-la swell_n in_o the_o gut_n waterish_a rupture_n and_o divers_a other_o kind_n of_o burstness_n who_o yet_o notwithstanding_o by_o the_o help_n of_o good_a diet_n only_o prolong_v their_o life_n a_o great_a while_n and_o be_v always_o cheerful_a and_o expedite_a to_o the_o affair_n and_o business_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o as_o these_o disease_n be_v very_o much_o exasperate_v by_o overeat_v so_o that_o they_o do_v very_o much_o afflict_v nature_n and_o in_o a_o short_a space_n overthrow_v it_o so_o by_o a_o sober_a course_n of_o life_n they_o be_v marvellous_o allay_v and_o mitigate_v insomuch_o as_o very_o little_a inconvenience_n be_v feel_v by_o they_o nor_o do_v they_o much_o shorten_v the_o ordinary_a race_n of_o man_n life_n chap._n vii_o that_o it_o make_v man_n to_o live_v long_o and_o in_o the_o end_n to_o die_v without_o pain_n 35._o the_o four_o commodity_n be_v that_o it_o bring_v not_o only_a health_n but_o long_a life_n to_o the_o follower_n thereof_o and_o lead_v they_o on_o to_o extreme_a old_a age_n so_o that_o when_o they_o be_v to_o pass_v out_o of_o this_o world_n their_o departure_n be_v without_o any_o great_a pain_n or_o grief_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o die_v by_o a_o mere_a resolution_n both_o these_o thing_n be_v manifest_a in_o reason_n and_o in_o experience_n 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he_o be_v above_o ninety_o year_n old_a use_v marvellous_a abstinence_n for_o he_o make_v but_o one_o repast_n a_o day_n after_o sunset_a and_o that_o of_o bread_n and_o water_n very_o seldom_o use_v any_o of_o those_o kind_n of_o food_n which_o belong_v to_o lent_n s._n martin_n live_v eighty_o six_o year_n s._n epiphanius_n almost_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o s._n jerom_n about_o a_o hundred_o s._n augustine_n seventy_o six_o s._n remigius_n seventy_o four_o in_o his_o bishopric_n venerable_a bede_n live_v from_o seven_o year_n old_a till_o he_o be_v ninety_o two_o in_o a_o religious_a order_n it_o will_v be_v too_o long_o to_o recount_v all_o the_o example_n that_o may_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o history_n and_o the_o life_n of_o the_o saint_n to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o matter_n i_o omit_v very_o many_o in_o our_o time_n who_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o sober_a course_n of_o life_n and_o diet_n have_v extend_v their_o life_n with_o health_n until_o eighty_o ninety_o and_o ninety_o five_o year_n space_n or_o upward_o there_o be_v also_o monastery_n of_o woman_n in_o which_o upon_o a_o most_o spare_a diet_n they_o live_v to_o eighty_o or_o ninety_o year_n so_o that_o those_o of_o sixty_o and_o seventy_o year_n old_a be_v scarce_o account_v among_o the_o age_a 36._o nor_o can_v it_o be_v well_o say_v that_o these_o who_o we_o have_v recount_v live_v to_o so_o great_a age_n by_o the_o supernatural_a gift_n of_o god_n and_o not_o by_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n inasmuch_o as_o this_o long_a life_n be_v not_o the_o reward_n of_o some_o few_o but_o of_o very_a many_o and_o almost_o of_o all_o those_o who_o follow_v that_o precise_a course_n of_o sobriety_n and_o be_v not_o cut_v off_o by_o some_o outward_a chance_n or_o violence_n wherefore_o s._n john_n the_o evangelist_n who_o alone_o among_o the_o apostle_n escape_v violent_a death_n live_v sixty_o eight_o year_n after_o the_o ascension_n of_o our_o lord_n so_o that_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o arrive_v to_o the_o age_n of_o a_o hundred_o year_n and_o s._n simeon_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v martyr_v s._n dennis_n the_o areopagite_n live_v till_o he_o be_v above_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a s._n james_n the_o young_a see_v ninety_o six_o have_v continual_o attend_v prayer_n and_o fast_v and_o always_o abstain_v from_o flesh_n and_o wine_n 37._o beside_o this_o privilege_n belong_v not_o only_o to_o saint_n but_o also_o to_o other_o for_o the_o brahmin_n among_o the_o indian_n live_v exceed_v long_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o spare_a diet_n and_o among_o the_o tunks_n the_o religious_a professor_n of_o their_o mahometical_a superstition_n who_o be_v very_o much_o give_v to_o abstinence_n and_o austerity_n josephus_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o the_o war_n of_o the_o jew_n chap._n 7._o write_v that_o the_o essenes_n be_v man_n of_o long_a life_n so_o that_o many_o of_o they_o live_v till_o they_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a through_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o diet_n which_o they_o use_v and_o their_o well-ordered_a course_n of_o live_v for_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o bread_n and_o some_o one_o kind_n of_o gruel_n or_o pap_n set_v before_o they_o at_o their_o meal_n democritus_n and_o hypocrates_n prolong_v their_o life_n to_o a_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n plato_n pass_v eighty_o last_o of_o all_o when_o the_o scripture_n say_v in_o ecclus._n 37._o 30._o he_o that_o be_v temperate_a add_v to_o his_o life_n it_o speak_v general_o of_o all_o those_o that_o follow_v abstinence_n and_o not_o of_o saint_n only_o nevertheless_o i_o grant_v indeed_o that_o wicked_a man_n and_o in_o particular_a homicide_n and_o blasphemer_n do_v not_o for_o the_o most_o part_n live_v long_o long_o albeit_o they_o be_v temperate_a in_o their_o diet_n for_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n persecute_v they_o and_o yet_o these_o common_o