Quod eo magis mirum est, tot eum ac tanta condere volumina potuisse, quod omni pene iuventutis suae tempore, ut verbis ipsius loquar, crebris viscerum doloribus cruciabatur, horis momentisque omnibus fracta stomachi virtute lassescebat, lentis quidem, sed tamen continuis febribus anhelabat.
And this is the more marvellous that he was able to write so many and such great volumes, being (to speak in his own words) almost in all his youth tortured with frequent pains in his bowels, at all hours and instants wearied with the weakness of his stomach, and his breathing made difficult by low fevers which yet never left him.
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