A short introduction for to learne to swimme. Gathered out of Master Digbies Booke of the Art of Swimming. And translated into English for the better instruction of those who vnderstand not the Latine tongue. By Christofer Middleton
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A short introduction for to learne to swimme. Gathered out of Master Digbies Booke of the Art of Swimming. And translated into English for the better instruction of those who vnderstand not the Latine tongue. By Christofer Middleton
Author
Digby, Everard, Sir, 1578-1606.
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At London :: Printed by Iames Roberts for Edward White, and are to be sold at the little North doore of Paules Church, at the signe of the Gun,
1595.
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Swimming -- Early works to 1900.
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"A short introduction for to learne to swimme. Gathered out of Master Digbies Booke of the Art of Swimming. And translated into English for the better instruction of those who vnderstand not the Latine tongue. By Christofer Middleton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20436.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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To swim with hands and feete vpward.
To swim with hands and feete vpward, is nothing els but the swimming vpon the back, as wee taught before, sauing that hée vseth his hands as a boate dooth her Dares, casting thē out on both sides, and drawing them in againe, which maketh hys motion swifter, as in this example.
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