How to Swim, 1587

¯\_(ツ)_/¯Everard Digby, A Short Introduction for to Learne to Swimme (1587) “The times which the temperature of this our climate affords as good to swimme in, is comprehended in foure monethes, May, Iune, Iuly, and August... thence...

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How to Have a Healthy Summer, 1656

June calendar page, 16th c.J. Paul Getty Museum, MS Ludwig IX 16, f. 6r "The regiment for the time of Summer, June, July, and August. The shepheards in summer been clothed with light gowns and single, their shirts and sheets that they...

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