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    Which substance did Thomas More in his "The Last Four Things" claim to have protected the body from contagions prevalent in the Middle Ages?

    Question #99727. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Sep 27 08 3:57 AM)


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    		Treacle! In urging the contemplation of the fact of death as a way of preventing sickness of the soul, he says that failure to do so renders them defenceless, "for folk fare commonly as he doth that goeth forth fasting among sick folk for sloth, rather than he will take a little treacle before." From "Part 1: The Remembrance of Death"
    http://www.thomasmorestudies.org/segn/control/context?docId=43&searchDocId=43&selectedDoc=43&offset=0&version=modern&xpath=/wp:Document/wp:Content/page[2]&allDoc=true#null

    Sep 27 08, 5:46 AM

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