THE
ART OF DYING WELL.
CHAPTER I.
HE WHO DESIRES TO DIE WELL, MUST LIVE WELL
I now commence the rules to be observed in the Art of dying well. This art I shall divide into two parts: in the first I shall speak of the precepts we must follow whilst in good health; in the other of those we should observe when we are dangerously ill, or near death's-door.
We shall first treat of those precepts that relate to virtue; and afterwards of those which relate to the sacraments: for, by these two we shall be especially enabled both to live well, and to die well. But the general rule, "that he who lives well, will die well," must be mentioned before all others: for since death is nothing more
