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Greeks^ — -pradifed Swimming much more than the Greeks, — This a 

 good exercife both for Health and for Sleep, — Of the Ant'unt Man- 

 ner of living among the Romans. — Their rufic Tribes lived in the 

 Country^ and came to Town only occaftonallvy — cultivated their 

 lands with their own hands, — The Romans difinguifhed from all 

 Civilifed Nations^ of Antieiit Times^ by their application to Agri- 

 culture^ — and refembling more the Antient Heroes of Greece, — Of 

 the manner of living of the Spartans — quite different from that of 

 the Romans in the frfl ages of their State, — They had fupplied to 

 them not only the neceffaries oj life^ but the luxuries^ by the labour 

 cf others — yet by the regulation of their Diet^ and by their Athletic 

 Exercifes^ the People were kept Virtuous^ and their State la/led 700 

 years, — Of their fuperiority in clofs fight, even to the Romans; — 

 but the Roman manner of livings upon the whole, better, — particu- 

 larly as to the prefervation of Health, and the numbers of Men. 

 — Thefe decreafed wonderfully among the Spartans, but increafed 

 very much among the Romans. — A refrmation of our manner of 

 living may be got, by the Jludy of the manners of the three Nations 

 above mentioned: — Such a reformation of the great efl co?ifequencefor 

 the prefervation of our People, and particularly of our Nobility and 

 Gentry. — What is to be imitated of the Egyptian manntr of living. 

 — The Greek exercifes^ though not fo neceffary in War as it is now 

 carried on, are proper for working off our full diet, and repairing 

 the degeneracy of the Human Body^ produced by the change of the 

 fyjlem of War. --Of the difufe of exercifes in Britain, both anwno- 

 the better fort and the lower. The ufe of the Greek Rc^rlmen of 

 Bathing, Anointing, and FriSIion, abfolutely neceffary for p refer v- 



ing Health. — Fri^ion, without Anointing, inay do harm. The 



. Greek praaice of being naked, and exercifing naked, coniribrftcs vcrv 

 much to Health. — An example of that in our own times given. — Of 



the Roman method ofjoi?iing Military exercifes with Agriculture, 



This ought to be pra^ifcd in Britain. — The Far??is ought f^ br fmall 

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