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200 years, two of 296, and one of 300. The individual, who is 
said to have attained the last mentioned age, was John de Tem- 
poribus, who was equerry to Charlemagne. 
Such statements as the above are too extraordinary to gain 
belief, unless supported by the most unquestionable evidence. Of 
the person mentioned by Neumark, Lord Bacon speaks in the 
following manner: ‘‘Joannes de Temporibus, amongst all the 
men of our latter ages, out of common fame and vulgar opinion, 
was reputed long lived, even to a miracle, or rather even to a 
fable ; his age hath been counted above three hundred years : he 
was by nation a Frenchman, and followed the wars of Charles 
the Great.—Being asked how he preserved himself so long, he 
is said to have answered, ‘ By oil without and honey within.’ ”’ 
We know of no evidence that there has been any great change 
during the last three thousand years, with regard to the frequency 
of longevity. Human life among the Jews, the Greeks, and the 
Romans, appears to have been of about the same duration as 
among modern nations. The following statement, quoted from 
Lord Bacon, is perhaps as extraordinary as any that is to be met 
with :—‘‘ The year of our Lord 76, falling into the time of Ves- 
pasian, is memorable ; in which we shall find, as it were, a calen- 
dar of long lived men; for that year there was a taxing (now a 
taxing is the most authentical and truest informer touching the 
ages of men); and in that part of Italy which lies betwixt the 
Apennine mountains and the river Po, there were found 124 per- 
sons, that either equalled or exceeded an hundred years of age ; 
namely, 
54 persons of 100 years of age. 
57 Bs 110 re 
2 se 125 6c 
4 Y 130 ee 
4 “mAspior 13%" 
3 66 140 4 
