. Annals of medical history. hcare little or not at all for death. With kissesand salutations parents part; the dying say thatthey depart into immortal life, that they shallthere await those left behind; and exhort theothers to retain them in their memory. Cheer-fully, without blenching, without tottering,they bear with constancy the final doom. Theysurely merit pity who with such alacrity meetdeath, and have no pity on themselves. In figure they are much like the Italians; theyare white—whiter than we are, not so ruddy;and they arc broad-chested. There are .someamong them of great stature; ur
. Annals of medical history. hcare little or not at all for death. With kissesand salutations parents part; the dying say thatthey depart into immortal life, that they shallthere await those left behind; and exhort theothers to retain them in their memory. Cheer-fully, without blenching, without tottering,they bear with constancy the final doom. Theysurely merit pity who with such alacrity meetdeath, and have no pity on themselves. In figure they are much like the Italians; theyare white—whiter than we are, not so ruddy;and they arc broad-chested. There are .someamong them of great stature; urbane and friendly to the stranger, but they are quicklyangered and are in that state to be are strong in war, but they want caution;greedy enough after food and drink, but thereinthey do not ecjual the Germans. The\ are ratherprone than prompt to lust. There are great HIERONIMI CCARDANI MEDICI MEDIOLANENSrS,PRACTrCA ARITH. metice,6C Mcnfurandi queprctcr paginaOcmonftrabi:,. An unusual portrait of Cardan, appearing on the titlc-paRCof his Practica, Arithmetice, Milan, 1539. intellects among them—witness Duns Scotusand Suiseth, who rank second to none. In dressthey are like Italians; for they arc glad toboast themselves most nearly allied to them,and therefore study to imitate as much as possi-ble their manner and their clothes. And yet,even in form, they are more like the Germans,the French, and the Spaniards. When I looked among those groups of Englishsitting together, I completely thought myselfto be among Italians; they were alike, as I said,in figure, manners, dress, gesture, colour, butwhen they opeaed their mouths I could notiintlerstand so much as a word, and wondered 132 Annals oj Medical History at them as if they were my countrymen gonemad and raving. For they inflect the tongueupon the palate, twist words in the mouth andmaintain a sort of gnashing with the teeth. While in London Cardan received aninvitation to go
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