for the Egyptians are from other causes also the most healthy of all men next after the Libyans (in my opinion on account of the seasons, because the seasons do not change, for by the changes of things generally, and especially of the seasons, diseases are most apt to be produced in men), and as to their diet, it is as follows:-they eat bread, making loaves of maize, which they call kyllestis, and they use habitually a wine made out of barley, for vines they have not in their land.
zeren, batez ere aldaketetan sortzen zaizkie gizonei gaixotasunak; beste guztien artean giroarenetan bereziki. Olyraz eginiko ogiak, beraiek kyllestis deritzatenak, jaten dituzte. Eta garagarrez egindako ardoa erabiltzen dute; mahastirik ez baitute beren lurraldean. Eta arrainetatik batzuk eguzkitan zimeldu ondoren, gordinik jaten dituzte;