Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for…

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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. ✨ Epistle 'To my honoured kinsman John Driden' l. 92
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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. ✨ Epistle 'To my honoured kinsman John Driden' l. 92

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