Downstream

swimming for Tudor
gentlemen in Latin, De arte
natandi, with woodcut
illustrations. He argued that
‘man swimmeth by nature’
and set out when, where and
how to swim, even including
tips on cutting toenails while
in the river. This was then
translated into English by
Christopher Middleton and a
shortened version published
in 1595, which now resides in
the British Library. But