SI quando leuibus fama pinnulis vehens,
Nullis puellam victitare ferculis,
Sitis arid••, atque tristis exortem famis
Narrauit, omnes commodùm pallescere,
Omenque lauum deprecari prodigi,
Ʋnus veniret confidenti pectore
Hygieia iussit Pallas: Ille protinus
Sibi optiones filias sumens Iouis,
Gnauus remouit alta mundi moeni••,
Auiaque Naturae penetra••it loca,
Hic vnde rerum semina, vnde profluant
Marisque fontes, sluminùmque limpida,
Animaeque ventûm praepetes, quibus modi••
Hyemesque, solstitiaque dispernat Deus:
A true and admirable historie, of a mayden of Confolens, in the prouince of Poictiers that for the space of three yeeres and more hath liued, and yet doth, vvithout receiuing either meate or drinke. Of whom, his Maiestie in person hath had the view, and, (by his commaund) his best and chiefest phisitians, haue tryed all meanes, to find, whether this fast & abstinence be by deceit or no. In this historie is also discoursed, whether a man may liue many dayes, moneths or yeeres, without receiuing any sustenance. Published by the Kings especiall priuiledge.
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- A true and admirable historie, of a mayden of Confolens, in the prouince of Poictiers that for the space of three yeeres and more hath liued, and yet doth, vvithout receiuing either meate or drinke. Of whom, his Maiestie in person hath had the view, and, (by his commaund) his best and chiefest phisitians, haue tryed all meanes, to find, whether this fast & abstinence be by deceit or no. In this historie is also discoursed, whether a man may liue many dayes, moneths or yeeres, without receiuing any sustenance. Published by the Kings especiall priuiledge.
- Author
- Citois, François, 1572-1652.
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- At London :: Printed by I. Roberts, and are to be sold at his house in Barbican,
- Anno Dom. 1603.
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- Fasting -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"A true and admirable historie, of a mayden of Confolens, in the prouince of Poictiers that for the space of three yeeres and more hath liued, and yet doth, vvithout receiuing either meate or drinke. Of whom, his Maiestie in person hath had the view, and, (by his commaund) his best and chiefest phisitians, haue tryed all meanes, to find, whether this fast & abstinence be by deceit or no. In this historie is also discoursed, whether a man may liue many dayes, moneths or yeeres, without receiuing any sustenance. Published by the Kings especiall priuiledge." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18903.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Qui causa frugum succulentis germinet
Mandata glebis, quóue sustentans cib••
Inolescat animal, siue sensibus cluit
Auctum, negatis siue sensibus caret,
Hic vidit vsquam quicquid est: Quod vt grau••
Pauore mentis solueret, doctissimis
Citoeus infit explicare schedijs,
Quae quisquis olim legerit, caelestium
Opera videri scripta confitebitur.
M. VIDARD Procurator Regius Pict.