. Annals of medical history. left to take up the career of acourtesan, her name appearing in an officialcatalogue giving the names and residencesof the hetaira; of the city. Later she becamea dilettante in letters and cultivated thefriendship of eminent writers and middle life she went in for religion andgood works and tried to found an asylumfor penitent women. She died at book in question was an assortment ofletters from her personal correspondenceand dedicated to Cardinal dEste. Thisprelate was living near Padua in a very finehouse belonging to a gentleman of that
. Annals of medical history. left to take up the career of acourtesan, her name appearing in an officialcatalogue giving the names and residencesof the hetaira; of the city. Later she becamea dilettante in letters and cultivated thefriendship of eminent writers and middle life she went in for religion andgood works and tried to found an asylumfor penitent women. She died at book in question was an assortment ofletters from her personal correspondenceand dedicated to Cardinal dEste. Thisprelate was living near Padua in a very finehouse belonging to a gentleman of that was sick with gout and had been theremore than two months for the sake of thebaths but more on account of the nearvicinity of the ladies of Venice and all sortsof diversion. Fynes Moryson estimated theincome of the Venetian government from 332 Annals of Medical History courtesans at 300,000 crowns a year. Mon-taigne was astonished at the way thesewomen flaunted their charms and spentmoney on furniture and .Medici, Rome. Montaigne made the tour of the walls ofRome which he rightly says can be done inthree or four hours going at a foot pace, forit is only about twelve miles around; heHstened with enjoyment to the sermons ofpopular preachers during Lent;went to Tivoh and Ostia, return-ing from the latter in a coach andsuffering no discomfort—a rareexperience with me; tried thelocal baths. The many charminggardens were a source of pecuHardelight to him and he testifies tothe liberality of the these beautiful spots arc frcrand open to anyone wiu) ni;i\desire to enter therein. . Tlicvineyards are amongst the mostbcautilul features of Ronu. All these recreations kept nic freeeffectually from melancholy, whichis the death of me, ;nul rnmi liiitahilit\ withwhich I was tmuMcd luitiuT wllinuit noiwithin doors Tluis i lomul Iconic a \ery pleas-ant place of sojourn. . Nothing is so adverse to my own health as listlessness and sloth, andin Rome I was nev
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