"Aristotle him selfe sayeth, that medicines be no meate to lyue withall."
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Toxophilus (1545), p. 50
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Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham (c. 1515 – December 23, 1568) was an English humanist scholar and a writer on education and archery. He is remembered as an advocate of plain English in literary works, and as the tutor of Princess Elizabeth.
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