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A50458 Vita sana & longa the preservation of health and prolongation of life proposed and proved : in the due observance of remarkable præcautions, and daily practicable rules, relating to body and mind, compendiously abstracted from the institutions and law of nature / by E. Maynwaringe ... Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?; White, Robert, 1645-1703. 1669 (1669) Wing M1519; ESTC R41734 56,870 172

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