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Epig. 168. Of Dyet, to I. H. Knight.
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Epig. 168. Of Dyet, to I. H. Knight.
If thou Old-age with healthfull-dayes,Desirest to enioy;
Vse Food as Phisike, Phisike as Food,
Neither of both t' annoy:
For Phisike, taken as 'twere Food,
The Health doth strangely wrong;
But, Food, as Phisike wisely vs'd,
Doth Life in Health prolong.
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