Taken from Simon Thurley's book, they washed but avoided baths, and used rainwater only during the sweating sickness outbreaks: A school of though existed at t

Taken from Simon Thurley's book, they washed but avoided baths, and used rainwater only during the sweating sickness outbreaks: A school of though existed at the time that believed that bathing was dangerous and a time that “allowed the venomous airs to enter and destroyeth the lively spirits in man and enfeebleth the body” (Thurley, Pg. 171).