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than Phyficians prefcribe, and therefore I 

 fhall borrow two or three out of Riveriw 

 his Inffitutions. 



i. 'Axege-/jj T^offig before mentioned out 

 of Hippocrates ; Never eat to fatiety, but 

 always rife from the Table with an Appe- 

 tite ; becaufe in thofe who are in perfeft 

 health, the Appetite isilrong, and lafts till 

 the Stomach be too much filled ; which 

 repletion is very hurtful and prejudicial to 

 Health. 



i. If you ordinarily take fo much Meat 

 and Drink, that afterward you feel a cer- 

 tain Tor for, heavinefs and fluggiflinefs of 

 body, when as before you were aftive, brisk, 

 and cheerful, it is a fign that you have ex- 

 ceeded the convenient meafure of eating ; 

 and the quantity of Food is fo long to be 

 diminifhed, till the forefaid inconveniencies 

 appear no more. 



3. If after Meat you find your felf unfit 

 for Study, Meditation, Contemplation, and 

 other Funftions as well of the Mind, as of 

 the Body, it is clear that you exceed the 

 juft meafures of eating and drinking. 



Thefe Rules are to be obferved chiefly 

 by Scholars and Gentlemen, who are not 

 exercifed in continual bodily Labor. 

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