marke the spreading for as it is of the one so it is of the other as thus when the branch is in the Arme-pit there hée is divided into two branches The one Branch goeth along in the inner side of the arme vntill it come to the bough of the Arme and there it is called Bazilica or Epatica and so goeth downe the Arme till it come to the wrist and there it is turned to the backe of the Hand and it is found betwéene the little finger and the next and there it is called Salvatella Now to the other Branch that is in the Arme-hole which spreadeth to the vtter side of the shoulder and there he divideth in two the one goeth spreading vp into the carnous part of the Head and after descendeth through the Bone into the Braine as it is declared in the Anatomy of the head The other branch goeth on the outward side of the Arme and there he is divided into two also the one part is ended at the hand and the other part is folded about the arme till it appeare in the bouget of the arme and there is called Sephalica from thence it goeth to the backe of the hand and appeareth betwéene the Thumbe and the foremost finger and there it is called Sephalica Ocularis The two Branches that I speake of which be divided in the hinder part of the shoulders from each of these two I say springeth one and those two méete together and make one Veyne which appeareth in the bough of the Arme and there it is called Mediana or Coadialis or Commine And thus it is to be vnderstood that of Vena Sephalica springeth Vena Ocularis and of Vena Bazilica springeth Vena Salvatella and of the two Veynes that méete springeth Vena Mediana and in ramefying from these fiue principall Veynes springeth innumerable of the which a Chirurgion hath no great charge for it sufficeth vs to know the principals To speake of Arteirs you shall vnderstand that wheresoever there is found a Veyne there is an Arteir vnder him and if there be found a great Veyne there is found a great Artier and whereas is a little Veyne there is a little Artier for wheresoeuer there goeth a Veyne to giue nutriment there goeth an Artier to bring the spirit of life Wherefore it is to bée noted that the Artiers lye more déeper in the flesh then the Veynes doe for they carry and kéepe in them more precious blood then doth the Veyne and therefore hée hath néed to bée further from dangers outwardly and therefore God and Nature haue ordained for him to be closed in two Coates where the Veyne hath but one The Breast of Thorax is the Arke or Chest of the spirituall members of man as saith the Philosopher where it is to bée noted that there be foure things containing and right contained as thus The foure containing are the Skinne Musculus flesh the Pappes and the Bones The parts contained are the Heart the Lunges Pannicles Lygaments Nerues Veynes Artiers Myre or Isofagus Now the Skinne and the flesh are knowne in their Anatomy It is to be noted that the flesh of the Pappes differeth from the other flesh of the body for it is white glandulus and spongeous and there is in them both Nerues Veines and Artiers and by them they haue Coliganes with the Heart the Liver the Braine and the Generatiue members Also there is in the Breast as old Authors make mention lxxx or xc Muscles for some of them be common to the Necke some to the Shoulders and to the Spades some to Dyafragma or the Mydriffe some to the Ribbes some to the Backe and some to the Breast it selfe But I find certaine profitablenesse in the creation of the Pappes as well in man as in woman for in man it defendeth the spirituals from annoyance outwardly and another by their thicknesse they comfort the naturall heate in defiance of the spirits And in women there is the generation of Milke for in women there commeth from the Matrix into their Breasts many Veynes which bring into them Menstruall blood the which is turned through the digestiue vertue from red colour into white like the colour of the Pappes even as Chilley comming from the stomacke to the Liver is turned into the colour of the Liver Now to speake of the Bones of the Breast they bée said to bée triple or thrée fold and they be numbred to the seven in the Breast before and their lengthâ—s according to the breadth of the Breast and there extremities or ends be gristly as the Ribbes be And in the vpper end of Thorax is an hole or a concavity in which is set the foot of the Furkle-bone or Cannel-bone and in the nether end of Thorax against the mouth of the Stomacke hangeth a a Gristle called Ensiforme and this Gristle was ordained for two causes One is that it should defend the stomacke from hurt outwardly The second is that in time of fulnesse it should giue place to the stomacke in time of néed when it desireth c. Now to speake of the parts of the Backe behind foorth There be twelue Spondels through whom passeth Mynuca of whom springeth twelue paire of Nerues bringeth bath féeling and mooving to the Muscles of the Breast aforesayd And héere it is to be noted that in every side there be twelue Ribs that is to say seven true and fiue false because these fiue bée not so long as the other seven be and therefore called false Ribs as it may be perceived by the sight of the Eye Likewise of the parts that be inwardly and first of the Heart because hée is the principall of all other members and the beginning of life hée is set in the middest of the Breast severally by himselfe as Lord and King of all members And as a Lord or a King ought to be served of his Subjects that haue their living of him so are all other members of the Body subjects to the Heart for they receiue their living of him and they doe service many wayes vnto him againe The substance of the Heart is as it were Lazartus Flesh but it is spermaticke and an officiall member and the beginning of life and hée giveth to every member of the Body both blood of life and spirit of breath and heate for if the Heart were of Lazartus flesh his mooving and stirring should be voluntary and not naturall but the contrary is true for it were impossible that the Heart should be ruled by Will onely and not by Nature The Heart hath the shape and forme of a Pine-apple and the broad end thereof is vpwards and the sharpe end is downewards depending a little towards the left side And hée it is to be noted that the Heart hath blood in his substance whereas all other members haue it but in their Veines and Arteirs Also the Heart is bound with certaine Ligaments to the backe part of the Breast but these Lygaments touch not the substance of
the Heart but in the ouer-part they spring foorth of him and is fastened as a aforesaid Furthermore the Heart hath two Ventricles or Concavities and the left is higher then the right and the cause of his hollownesse is this For to kéepe the blood for his nourishing and the ayre to abate and temper the great heate that hée is in the which is kept in Concavities Now héere it is to be noted that to the right Ventrickle of the Heart commeth a Veyne from the great Veyne called Venakelis that receiveth all the substance of the blood from the Liver And this Veyne that commeth from Venakelis entreth into the heart of the right Ventricle as I said before and in him is brought a great portion of the thickest blood to nourish the heart with and the residue that is left of this is made subtill through the vertue of the Heart and then this Blood is sent into a Concavity or pit in the midst of the Heart betwéene the two Ventricles and therein it is made hot and pured and then it passeth into the left Ventricle and there is ingendred in it a Spirit that is cléerer brighter and subtiller then any Corporall or Bodily thing that is engendred of the foure Elements For it is a thing that is a meane betwéene the Body and the Soule Wherefore it is likened of the Philosophers to be more liker heavenly things then earthly things Also it is to be noted that from the left Ventricle of the heart springeth two Arteirs the one having but one Coate and therefore it is called Arteria Venalis And this Arteir carryeth Blood from the Heart to the Lungs the which Blood is vaporous that is tryed and left of the Heart and is brought by this Artery to the Lungs to giue him Nutriment and there he receiveth of the Lungs ayre and bringeth it to the heart to refresh him with Wherefore Galen sayth that hée findeth that mans Heart is Naturall and friendly to the Lungs For he giveth him of his owne Mutrimentall to nourish him with and the Lungs reward him with ayre to refresh him with againe c. The other Artier that hath two Coates is called Vena Arterialis or the Great Artery that ascendeth and discendeth and of him springeth all the other Arteirs that spred to euery member of the Body for by him is vnited and quickned all the members of the Body For the Spirit that is retained in them is the instrument or treasure of all the vertue of the Soule And thus it passeth vntill it come to the Braine and there he is turned into a further digestion and there hée taketh another Spirit and so is made animall and at the Liver nutrimentall and at the Testikles generatiue and thus it is made a spirit of euery kind so that hée being meane of all manner operations and workings taketh effect Two causes I find why these Arteirs haue two Coates One is that one Coate is not sufficient nor able to withstand the violent mooving and stirring of the Spirit of life that is carryed in them The second cause is that the thing that is carryed about from place to place is of so precious a Treasure that it had the more néed of good kéeping And of some Doctors this Artier is called the Pulsatiue Veyne or the beating Veyne for by him is perceived the power and might of the Heart c. Wherefore God and Nature haue ordained that the Arteirs haue two Coates Also there is in the Heart thrée Pellikles opening and closing the going in of the Heart blood and spirit in convenient time Also the Heart hath two little Eares by whom commeth in and passeth out the Ayre that is prepared for the Lungs Also there is found in the Heart a Cartilaginous Auditament to helpe and strengthen the selfe Heart Also the Heart is covered with a strong Pannicle which is called of some Capsula Cordes or Paricordium the which is a strong case vnto whom commeth Nerues as to other inward members And this Pannicle Pericordium springeth of the vpper Pannicle of the Midriffe And of him springeth another Pannicle called Mediastinum the which departeth the Breast in the midst and kéepeth that the Lungs fall not over the Heart Also there is another Pannicle that covereth the Ribs inwardly that is called Plura of whom the Midriffe taketh his beginning And it is said of many Doctors that Duramater is the Originall of all the Pannicles within the Body and thus one taketh of another CHAP. VIII The Anatomy of the Lungs THE Lungs is a member Spermatick of the first Creation and his naturall complexion is cold and dry and in his accidentall complexion he is cold and moyst lapped in a Neruous Pannicle because it should gather together the softer substance of the Lungs and that the Lungs might féele by the meanes of the Pannicle that which he might not féele in himselfe Now to proue the Lungs to bée cold and dry of kind it appeareth by his swift stirring for hée lyeth ever waving ouer the Heart and about the Heart And that hée is cold and moyst in reward it appeareth well that he receiveth of the Braine many cold matters as Cataries and Rheumes whose substance is thinne Also I find in the Lungs thrée kinds of substance One is a Veyne comming from the Liver bringing with him the Crude or raw part of the Chylle to féed the Lungs Another is Arteria Venealis comming from the Heart bringing with him the spirit of life to nourish him with The third is Trachia Arteria that bringeth in ayre to the Lungs and it passeth through all the left part of them to doe his Office The Lungs is divided into fiue Lobbes or Pellikeles or fiue portions that is to say thrée in the right side and two in the left side And this was done for this cause that if there fell any hurt in the one part the others should serue and doe their office And thrée causes I find why the Lungs were principally ordained First that they should draw cold wind and refresh the Heart The second that they should change and alter and purifie the ayre before it come to the Heart lest the heart were hurt and annoyed with the quantity of the ayre The third cause is that they should receiue from the heart the fumous superfluities that he putteth foorth with his breathing c. Behind the Lungs toward the Spondels passeth Myre or Isofagus of whom it is spoken of in the Anatomy of the Necke And also there passeth both Veynes and Arteirs and all these with Trachia Arteria doe make a Stoke replete vnto the Gullet with the Pannicles and strong Ligaments and Glandulus flesh to fulfill the voyd places And last of all is the Midriffe and it is an officiall member made of two Pannicles and Lazartus flesh and his place is in the midst of the body over-thwart or in breath vnder the region of the Spirituall members departing them from the
transversly linked to the stomacke and his substance is thinne And two causes I finde why he was ordained there The first is that by the Melancholius superfluities which are engendred of the Liver which hée draweth to him hée is nourished with The second cause is that the nutritiue Blood should by him be made the more purer and cleane from the Drosse and thicking of the Melancholy c. And next of the Reynes and Kidneyes It is to be vnderstood that within the Region of the Nutrites backwards are ordained the Kidneyes to clense the Blood from the watery superfluities and they haue each of them two passages or holes or Neckes By the one is drawne the water from Venakelis by two Veyns which are called Vencae Aemulgentes the length of the finger of a man and issueth from the Liver and by the other is sent the same water to the Bladder and is called Poros Urithides The substance of the Kidneyes is Lazartus Flesh having Longitudinall will and their place is behinde on each side of the Spondels and they are two in number and the right Kidney lyeth somewhat higher then the left and is bound fast to the backe with Lygaments The Philosopher saith that mans Kidneyes are like the Kidneyes of a Cow full of hard Concavities and therefore the sores of them are hard to cure Also they are more harder in substance then any other fleshly member and that for two causes One is that hée bée not much hurt of the sharpenesse of the Vrine The other is that the same Vrine that passeth from him might the better be altered and clensed through the same Also there commeth from the heart to each of the Kidneyes an Artier that bringeth with him Blood heat spirit and Life And in the same manner there commeth a Veyne from the Liver that bringeth blood to nourish the Kidneyes called Blood Nutrimentall The grease of the Kidneyes or Fatnesse is as of other inward members but it is an officiall member made of thinne Blood câ—ngealed and crudded through cold and there is ordained the greater quantity in his place because it should receiue and temper the heat of the Kidneyes which they haue of the byting sharpenesse of the Water Now by the Kidneyes vpon the Spondels passeth Venakelis or Venacua which is a Veyne of great substance for he receiveth all the Nutrimentall blood from the Liver and from him passeth many small Pipes on every side and at the Spondell betwéene the shoulders he divideth himselfe whole in two great branches the one goeth into the one arme and the other into the other and there they divide themselves into many Veynes and branches as is declared in the armes CHAP. IX The Anatomie of the Haunches and their parts THE Haunches are the lower part of the Wombe joyning to the Thighs and the secret members And thrée things there are to be noted thereof The first is of the parts containing the second is of the parts contained and the third is of the parts procéeding outwards The parts containing outwardly be Myrac and Syfac the Zirbus and the bones The part contained outwardly aâ—e the Vezâ—ke or Bladder the Spermaticke vessels the Matrix in women Langaon Nerues Veynes and Artiers descending downewards the parts procéeding outwards are the Buttocks and the Muscles descending to the Thighes of which it is to bée spoken of in order And first of the parts containing as of Myrac Syfac and Zirbus there is enough spoken of in the Anatomy of the Wombe But as for the Bones of the Hanches there bée the parts of the backe thrée Spondels of Ossa sacri or of the Hanches and thrée Caitailiginis Spondels of Ossa Cande called the Taile-bone And thus it is proved that there is in every man thirty Spondels and thus they are to be numbred in the Necke seaven in the Ridge twelue in the Reynes fiue and in the Hanches sixe And it is to be noted that every Spondell is hollow in the middest through which hollownesse passeth Nuca from the Braine or the Marrow of the Backe And some Authors say that Mynuca is of the substance that the Braine is of For it is like in substance and in it selfe giveth to the Nerues both the verâ—ue Mouing and Féeling And also every Spondell is holden on every side through the which holes both Arteirs and Veynes doe bring from the Heart and the Liver both Life and nourishment like as they doe to the Braine and from the Pannicle of Mynuca or the Marrow of the backe through the holes of the sides of the Spondels springeth foorth Nerues motiues and there they entermeddle themselues with the strong Lygaments that be insensible and so the Lygaments receiue that féeling of the Nerue which the Nerues taketh of Mynuca And by this reason many Authors prooue that Mynuca is of the same substance that the Braine is of and the Pannicles of the Nuca is of the same substance of the Pannicles of the Braine c. And each of these Spondels bée bound fast one with another so that one of them may not well bée named without another And so all these Spondels together contained one by another are called the Ridge-bone which is the foundation of all the shape of the Body They with the last Spondell be contained or joyned to the Bones of the Hanches and they be the vpholders of all the Spondels And these Bones bée small towards the Tale bone and abroad towards the Hanches and before they joyne and make Os Pectinis And so they bée broad in the parts of the Iles and therefore some Authors calleth it Ilea And each of these two Bones towards the Liver hath a great round hole into which is received the Bone called Vertebra or the Whorlebone Also besides that place there is a great hole or way thorow the which passeth from aboue Musculus Veynes and Artiers and goe into the Thighes And thus it is to bée noted that of this Bone Pecten and the Bone Vertebra is made the juncture of the Thigh Now to speake of the parts contained the first thing that commeth to sight is the Bladder the which is an officiall member compound of two Nervous Pannicles in complexion cold and dry whose Necke is carnous and hath Muscles to withhold and to let goe and in man it is long and is contained with the yard passing through Peritoneum but in women it is shorter and is contained with the Vulua The place of the Bladder is betwéene the bone of the Share and the Tayle-gut called Longaon and in women it is betwéene the aforesaid bone and the Matrix And in it is implanted two long vessels comming from the Kidneyes whose names be Porri Urikcides bringing with them the Vrine or water from the Kidneys to the Bladder which privily entreth into the holes of the Pannicles of the Bladder by a naturall mooving betwéene Tunicle and Tunicle and there the Vrine findeth the hole of the nether Tunicle and there it entreth privily into
the concavity of the bladder and the more that the Bladder is filled with Vrine the straiter bée the two Pannicles comprised together for the holes of the Tunicles be not even one against another and therefore if the bladder be never so full there may none goe backe againe The forme of it is round the quantity of it is a Pitcher full in some more in some lesse c. Also there is found two other vessels called Vaza Seminaria or the Spermaticke Vessels And they come from Venakelis bringing blood to the Tostikles as well in man as in woman the which by his further digestion it is made sperme or nature in men they be put outward for the Testikles be without but in women it abideth within for there Testikles stand within as it shall be declared hereafter Next followeth the Matrix in women the Matrix in women is an officiall member compound and Nerveous and in complexion cold and dry and it is the field of mans genertion and it is an instrument susceptiue that is to say a thing receiving or taking and her proper place is betwéne the Bladder and the Gut Longaon the likenesse of it is as it were a yard reversed and turned inward having Testikles likewise as aforesaid Also the Matrix hath two Concavities or Selles and no more but all Beastes haue as many Selles as they haue Pappes heads Also it hath a long Necke like an Vrinall and in every Necke it hath a mouth that is to say one within and another without The inner in the time of conception is shut and the vtter part is open as it was before and it hath in the middest a Lazartus Pannicle which is called in Latine Tengito And in the creation of this Pannicle is found two vtilities The first is that by it goeth forth the Vrine or else it should bée shed throughout all the Vulva The second is that when a woman doth set her Thighs abroad it altereth the ayre that commeth to the Matrix for to temper the heate Furthermore the Necke that is betwéene these two aforesaid mouthes in her concavity hath many involusions and pleates joyned together in the manner of Rose leaues before they be fully spread or ripe and so they be shut together as a purse mouth so that nothing may passe forth but vrine vntill the time of childing Also about the middle of this necke be certaine Veynes in Maydens the which in time of deflowring be corrupted and broken Furthermore in the sides of the vtter mouth are two Testicles or Stones and also two vessels of Sperme shorter then mans vessels and in time of Coyt the Womans sperme is shead downe in the bottome of the Matrix Also from the Liver there commeth to the Matrix many Veynes bringing to the Child nourishing at the time of a womans being with Child and these Veynes at such time as the Matrix is voyd bring thereto superfluities from certaine members of the Body whereof are engendred womans Flowers c. And forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to giue the knowledge of these his Misteries and Workes vnto his Creatures in this present World Héere I â—â—ppose to declare what tâ—ing Embreon is and his Creation The noble Philosophers as Galen Avicen Bartholmeus and divers others writing vpon this matter say That Embreon is a thing engendred in the Mothers wombe the originall whereof is the Sperme of the Man and of the Woman of the which is made by the might and power of GOD in the mothers wombe a Child as hereafter more at large shall bée declared First the field of Generation called the Matrix or the Mother is knowne in the Anatomy whose place is properly betwixt the Bladder and Longaon in the Woman in which place is sowne by the Tillage of man a covenable matter of kindly heate For kindly heate is cause officient both of doing and working and Spirit that giveth vertue to the Body and governeth and ruleth that vertue the which Séed of generation commeth from all the parts of the Body both of the Man and Woman with consent and will of all Members and is shead in the placâ— of Conceiving where thorow the vertue of Nature it is gathered together in the Celles of the Matrix or the Mother in whom by the way of the working of mans Séede and by the way of suffering of the Womans Séed mixt together so that each of them worketh in other and suffereth in other there is engendred Embreon And further it is to bée noted that this Sperme that commeth both to man and woman is made and gathered of the most best and purest drops of Blood in all the body and by the labour and chaâ—ing of the Testikles or Stones this Blood is turned into another kind and is made Sperme And in man it is hot white and thicke wherefore it may not spread nor runne abroad of it selfe but runneth and taketh temperance of the Womans sperme which hath contrary qualities For the womans sperme is thinner colder and féebler And as some Authors hold opinion when this matter is gathered into the right side of the Matrix then it happeneth a Male kind and likewise on the left the Female and where the vertue is most there it favoureth most And further it is to bée noted that like as the Renet of the Chéese hath by himselfe the way or vertue of working so hath the Milke by way of suffering and as the Renet and milke make the Chéese so doth the sperme of Man and Woman make the generation of Embreon of the which thing springeth by the vertue of kindly heate a certaine Skin or Caule into the which it lappeth it selfe in wherewith afterwards it is tyed to the Mothers wombe the which covering commeth foorth with the byrth of the Childe and if it happen that any of the Skinne remaine after the byrth of the Child thâ—â— is the Woman in perill of her life Furthermore if is said that of this Embreon is ingendred the Heart the Liver the Braynes Nerues Veynes Arteirs Cords Lygaments Skins Gristles and Bones receiving to them by kindly vertue the menstruall blood of which is engendred both flesh and fatnesse And as writers say the first thing that is shapen be the principals as is the Heart Liver and Braine For of the Heart springeth the Artiers of the Liver the Veines and of the Brain the Nerues and when these are made Nature maketh and shapeth both Bones and Gristles to kéepe and saue them as the bones of the head for the Brain the Breast Bones and the Ribbes for the Heart and the Liver And after these springeth all other members one after another and thus is the Child bred forth in foure degrées as thus The first is when the said Sperme or Séed is at the first as it were Milke The second is when it is turned from that kind into another kind is yet but as a lumpe of Blood and this is called of Ipocras
Fettus The third degrée is when the principals be shapen as the Heart Liver and Brains The fourth and last as when all the other members bée perfectly shapen then if receiveth the Soule with Life and Breath and then it beginneth to moue it selfe alone Now in these foure degrées aforesaid in the first as Milke it continueth sevendayes in the second as Fettus nine dayes in the third as a lumpe of Flesh engendring the principals the space of nine dayes and the fourth vnto the time fo full perfection of all the whole members is the space of eightéene dayes So is there sixe and forty dayes from the day of Conception vnto the day of full perfection and receiving of the Soule as God best knoweth Now to come againe to the Anatomy of the Haunches Then come wée to Longaon otherwise called the Taile-gut whose substance is Pannicular as of all the other Bowels the length of it is of a span long stretching nigh to the Reynes his nether part is called Annis that is to say the towell and about him is found two Muscles the one to open the other to shut Also there is found in him fiue Veynes or Branches of Veynes called Venae Emoraidales and they haue Colliganes with the Bladder whereof they are partners in their grieues And when this Longaon is raised vp then yée may sée the Veynes and Artiers and Sinewes how they bée branched and bound down to the nether parts the parts procéeding outwardly are Didimus Peritoneum the Yard the Testlkles and Buttocks And first it shall be spoken of the Yard or of mans generatiue members the which dureth vnto that part that is called Peritoneum the which place is from the Coddes vnto the Fundament whereupon is a seâ—â—e Wherefore saith the Philosopher mans Yard is in the end and terme of the share The Yard is an officiall member and the Tiller of mans generation compound and made of Skin Brawnes Tendons Veynes Arteirs Sinewes and great Lygaments and it hath in it two passages or principall issue one for the Sperme and another for the Vrine And as the Philosophers say the quantity of a common yard is eight or nine Inches with measurable bignesse proportioned to the quantity of the Matrix This member hath as Avicen saith thrée holes through one passeth insensible polisions and wind that causeth the Yard to rise the other two holes is declared before Also the yard hath a Skinne and about the head thereof it is double and that men call Praeputium and this Skinne is moueable for through his consecration the Spermaticke matter is the better and sooner gathered together and sooner cast foorth from the Testikles for by him is bad the most delectation in the dooing And the foremost part of the head of the Yard before is made of a brawny flesh the which if it bée once lost it is never restored againe but it may be well skinned c. The Coddes is a compound member and an officiall and though it bée counted amongst the generatiue members yet it is called a principall member because of generation This Purse was ordained for the custody and comfort of the Testikles and other Spermaticke vessels and it is also made of two parts of the inner and of the vtter The vtter is compound and made of Skinne and Lazartus Longitudinall and Transversall in like manner as the Myrac The inner part of the Cods is of the substance of the Sifac and are in similitude as two pockets drawne together by themselues and they differ not from the Syfac and there bée two because if there fall any hurt to the one the other should serue The Testikles or stones bée two made of Glandulus flesh or Curnelly flesh And furthermore through the Didimus commeth the Testikles from the Braine Sinewes and from the Heart Artiers and from the Liver Veynes bringing vnto them both féeling and stirring Life and Spirit and Nutrimentall blood and the most purest blood of all other members of the Body whereof is made the Sperme by the labour of the Testikles the which is put forth in due time as is before rehearsed The Groynes bée knowne they bée the empty Iunctures or purging place vnto the Liver and they haue curnelly flesh in the plying or bowing of the Thighes The Hippes haue great brawny flesh on them and from thence descend downwards Brawns Cordes and Lygaments mooving and binding together the Thighes with the Haunches themselues CHAP. X. The Anatomie of the Thighes Legges and Feete THE Legge reacheth from the Ioynt of the Thigh vnto the extremity of the Toes and I will divide it in parts as the Armes were divided One part is called Coxa or Thigh and that is all that is contained from the joynt of the Haunch vnto the Knée The second part is called Tibia and that reacheth from the Knée to the Ankle The third is the little foote and that is from the Ankle vnto the end of the Toes And héere it is to bée noted that the Thigh Leg and foote are compound and made as the great Arme or hand with Skin Flesh Veynes Artiers Sinewes Brawnes Tendons and Bones whereof they are to be spoken of in order Of the Skinne and Flesh there is enough spoken of before And as of Veynes and Arteirs in their descending downwards of the last Spondels they bée divided into two parts whereof the one part goeth into the right Thigh and the other into the Left And when they come to the Thigh they be divided in other two great Branches the one of them spreadeth into the inner side of the Legge and the other spreadeth into the vtter side and so branching descend downe to the Legge to the Ankles and Féete and be brought into foure Veynes which be commonly vsed in letting Blood as hereafter followeth One of them is vnder the inner Ankle toward the héele called Soffena and another vnder the vnder Ankle called Siarica and another vnder the Hamme called Poplitica the fourth betwéene the little Toe and next called Renalis And it is to be noted of these foure great Veynes in the Legges of the manifold dangers that might fall of them as oft it happeneth There bée many other branches which a Chirurgion néedeth not much to passe vpon The Sinewes spring of the last Spondell and of Os Sacrum and passeth through the hole of the bone of the Hippe and descendeth to the Brawnes and mooveth the Knée and the Hamme and these descend downe to the Ankle and mooue the Foote and the brawnes of the Féet mooue the Toes in like manner as is declared in the bones of the Hand The first is called Coxa that is the Thigh-bone and he is without a fellow and he is full of Marrow and is round at either end The roundnesse that is at the vpper end is called Vertebrum or Whyrlebone and boweth inwards and is received into the boxe or hole of the Haunch bone and at the lower end towards the Knée there it hath
drinkes and good savours Summer doth begin the Eight Ides of May and endeth the Eight Ides of Iune at which time beginneth the bitter juyce of Choller then vse cold meates and drinkes and forbeare women Autumne Harvest beginneth the Eight Ides of Iune and endeth the Eight Ides of November at which time waxeth Melancholy then bée purged by a Medicine Laxatiue and afterward vse light and disgestible meates and drinkes such as encrease Sanguine Hiemps Winter beginneth the Eight Ides of November and endeth the Eight Ides of March at which time waxeth fleagme through weakenesse of humours and corruption of Ayre then the pose beginneth to grow then heate is in the veyn then is pricking in the sides then vse hot meate and drinkes as Pepper Ginger and wash not thy head Letchcraft is Chirurgery to heale man of all manner of sicknesse and to kéeps him whole so farre as craft may Letchcraft is in two manners that is both Physicke and Chirurgery Letchcraft and Chirurgery each of them hath two parts viz. Theoricke and Practique Theoricke to know and practise to worke the ground of Theorique Theoricke is to know the Elements and humours that commeth of them which is for mans health or against it Letchcraft teaches vs causes effects and Signes Signes to know the causes and effects and therefore I treate of signes and many signes doth belong to Physicke and Chirurgery as Crisses Vrine Pounces Vomits Sege and other Chirurgery is in Woundes Impostumes and Algebro and Chirurgery holdeth foure parts viz. wounds and Impostumes Algebra and Anthonte Antidotary is the fift which is a kind of Salues against all kind of Sores that belongeth to Chyrurgery Algebra is broken bones and bones out of joynt Antidotory of Chirurgery is in Waters Powders Oyles Oyntments and Emplaisters most principall some must bée repercussiue some Moleâ—â—catiue some Maturatiue some generatiue and some Corosiue Anatomy is to know the Body of man thorow-out and all his members within and without two members hath every manner of man viz. principall and officiall and foure principall every man hath viz. Braine and heart Liuer and stones the Brains hath the head and necke the heart hath the Lungs Breast and Midriffe the Liver hath the stomacke and other members downe to the Reynes as Guts Gauls and the Kelle Veyne and Milt â—he Milt vpon the left side and the Gaule vpon the Liver the Stones hath Raines Bladders and other Privities and these are the foure principall members Braine Heart Liver and Stones and without Braine Heart and Liver no man may liue and without Stones may no man engender thrée things in the Stones is cause of engendring Heâ—t Wind and Humors Heat commeth from the Liuer Spirit from the Heart and Humors from the Braines that man is made of if any of these foure bée faulty that man may not as hée should kindly engender These sixe vertues are rooted in the Liver viz. Attractiue Digestiue Deminsiue Expalsiue Retentiue and a Simulatiue that is in the English drawing and breaking out putting holding and liking For first Nature draweth in that which it néedeth to liue by and then all to breake it and then departeth the good from the bad and holdeth to it the good and then dealeth the good to all the members of the Body Officiall members bée those that haue certaine Offices in mans body where ever they bée as the Eye to sée the Eare to heare the Hand to touch the Mouth to speake the Féet to goe and many such other Also such are called members as branches from the principall to the officiall as the Arme or Legge that rooteth in the principall and brancheth to the officialls and so Nerues Artiers Veynes Lygaments Cords Bones Pannicles and Gristles Flesh and Skinne to teach them their Office But Nerues Veynes and Artiers bée most needfull for they bée Welles and Rooâ—es of all other Nerues comming from the Braine and Artiers from the Heart and Veynes from the Liver into all the body Nerues giveth to the Body féeling and mooving and Arteirs leaving and Veynes encreasing A Veyne hath but one Tunacle and an Artier hath two in the one runneth bloud and in the other spirits and all beating Veynes bée Artiers the which I call Pulses and all other bée simple Veynes and all such members saving Flesh alone are melancholieus and their nature is Sperme but flesh is Sanguine and therefore it may bée sodered bée it never so much cut but the other said members because their matter is Sperme may never be sodered if they bée much cut And thus much at this time I say of Anatomy And now will I speake of Wounds which is the second part of Chirurgery one of these foure intentions hath every Chirurgion The first is to containe that that is evill loosed The second is to loose that that is evill contained The third is to take away that that is too much The fourth is to increase that that is too little In these foure entents standeth all Chirurgery The first is in Wounds the second is Impostumes the third and fourth Algebra holdeth Wounds be in many manners Simple and Compound Simple in the flesh alone and compound in seven manners There the viâ— things that letteth a wound not lightly to heale viz. Empostumes discrased hollownesse or bitten by a venemous Beast and these letteth a Chirurgion soone to heale a wound and it a Sinew bée cut or pricked or wound to the Bone or if the wound bée hollow or else dicrased with a Fever or bruised or made by venemous Beasts then mayest thou not as thou wouldest close vp a wound and if a wound lacke all these seven things then it is simple Medicine is Letchcraft both Physicke and Chirurgery to helpe and to kéepe mans body as craft and nature may and every one of them hath first his Theoricke perfectly to know and afterwards his Practique cunningly to worke the grounds of both his Qualities Elements and Humors and signes most néedfull both of Vrine and Pulses The Nine Tastes SAlt Sharpe and Bitter Sower Savory and Eager Swéet Walloweth and Fatty Thrée of them bée of Heat thrée of Cold and the last thrée be of temperature A cut chaseth heateth and fleyeth Temperature delighteth Lycorise Aâ—nis Ginger Worme wood and Suger these bée Ensamples a cut raweth heateth and fleyeth and Nature there against ripeth and twineth and putteth out make your Medicine such that for one putting out double twining and foure-riping Melancholy is dry and cold sower and earthly coloured his Vrine is thinne and discoloured his Pulse is straight and short in digestion and full stomacke loathsomnesse and sower belching swelling wombe and sides heauy dead and fluggy limbes and Melancholious Vrine commeth of a young wench that faileth her flowers or haue them not as shée ought to haue Fleame cold and moyst white and weake in colours his Vrine is discoloured and thicke his Pulse is short and broad raw stomacke and full loathsome and vnlusty watry mouth much
is méet that one Chirurgion should loue another as Christ loveth vs all And in thus doing they shall increase both in vertue and cunning to the honor of God and worldly same SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MVNDI OF THE ANATOMIE CHAP. II. The Anatomie of the simple Members ANd if it bee asked you how many simple Members there be it is to be answered Eleven and two that be but superfluities of Members and these be they Bones Cartâ—lages Nexâ—es Pannicles Ligaments Cordes Arteirs Veynes Fatnesse Flesh and Skinne and the superfluities bée the Haires and Nailes I shall begin at the Bone because it is the Foundation and the haidest Member of all the Body The Bone is a cosimile Member simple and spermaticke and cold and dry of Complexion insensible and inflexible and hath divers formes in Mans body for the diversity of helpings The cause why there be many Bones in mans body is this Sometime it is néedfull that one members or one limbe should mooue without another another cause is that some defend the principall members as both the Bone of the Brest and of the Head and some to bée the Foundation of divers parts of the Body as the Bones of the ridge and of the Legges and some to fulfill the hollow places as in the Hands and Féet c. The Gristle is a member simple and Spermaticke next in hardnesse to the Bone and is of complexion cold and dry and insensible The Gristle was ordained for sixe causes or profits that I find in it The first is that the continuall mooving of the hard Bone might not be done in a juncture but that the Gristle should be a meane betwéene the Ligament and him The second is that in the time of concussion or oppression the soft members or limbes should not be hurt of the hard The third is that the extremity of Bones and Ioynts that be grisly might the easier be foulded and nâ—wved together without hurt The fourth is for that it is necessary in some meane places to put a Gristle as in the throat bowle for the the sound The fifth is for that it is néedfull that some members be holden vp with a Gristle as the lids of the Eyes The sixt is that some Limbes haus a sustaining and a drawing abroad as in the Nose and the Eares c. The Ligament is a member consimple simple and spermaticke next in hardnesse to the Gristle and of complexion cold and dry and is flexible and insensible and bindeth the Bones together The cause why he is flexible and insensible is this If it had béene sensible he might not haue suffered the labour and mooving of the Ioynts and if it had not béene flexible of his bowing one Limme should not haue mooved without another The second profit is that he be joyned with sinewes for to make Cordes and Bawnes The third helpe is that he be a resting place to some sinewes The fourth profit is that by him the members that be within the Bone be sustained as the Matrixe and Kidneys and divers other c. The Sinew is a consimiler member simple and spermatick a meane betwéene hard and soft and in complexion cold and dry and he is both flexible and sensible strong and tough having his beginning from the Braine or from Mynuca which is the Marrow of the backe And from the braine commeth seaven paire of Nerues sentatine and from Mynuca commeth thirty paire of Nerues motiue and one that is by himselfe that springeth of the last spondell All these sinewes haue both féeling and mooving in some more and in some lesse c. A Corde or Tendon is a consimple or officiall member compound and spermaticke sinowy strong and tough meanely betwéene hardnesse and softnesse and meanly sensible and flexible and in complexion cold and dry And the Corde or Tendon is thus made The sinewes that come from the braine and from Mynuca and goe to mone the members is intermingled with the Lygaments and when the sinewes and Lygaments are intermingled together then is made a Corde And for thrée causes I perceiue why the Cordes were made The first is that the sinew alone is so sensible that hée may not suffer the great labour and travell of moving without the fellowship and strength of the Ligament that is insensible and that letteth his great féeling and bringeth him to a perfit temperance And so the Cordes moue the limbes to the will of the soule And this Corde is associated with a simple fâ—eâ—h and so thereof is made a Brawne or a Muskle on whom he might rest after his travell and this Brawne is called a Muskle Then when this Corde is entred into this Brawne he is departed into many small thréeds the which be called Will and this Will hath thrée properties The first is in length by whose vertue that draweth it hath might The second in breadth by whom the vertue that casteth out hath might The third in thwartnes in whom the vertue that holdeth hath might and at the end of the Brawne those thréeds be gathered together to make another Muskle c. Now I will begin at the Arteir This Arteir is a member consimile simple and spermaticke hollow and finowie having his springing from the heart bringing from the heart to every member blood and spirit of life It is of complexion cold and dry And all these Arteirs haue two coates except one that goeth to the Lungs and he hath but one coate that spreadeth abroad in the Lungs and bringeth with him to the Lungs blood with the spirit of life to nourish the Lungs withall And also that Arteir bringeth with him from the Lungs ayre to temper the fumous heate that is in the heart And this Arteir is he that is called Arteria Venalis because he hath but one coate as a vaine and is more obedient to be delated abroad through all the Kings because that the blood might the sooner sweat through him whereas all other Arteirs haue two coates because one coate may not withstand the might and power of the spirit of life Divers other causes there be which shall be declared in the Anatomie of the breast c. The Veyne is a simple member in complexion cold and dry and spermaticke like to the Arteir having his beginning from the Liver and bringeth from the Liuer nutritiue blood to nourish euery member of the body with And it is so to be vnderstood that there is no more difference betwéene these two vessels of blood but that the Arteir is a vessell of blood spirituall or vitall And the Veyne is a vessell of blood nutrimentall of the which Veynes there is noted two most principall of the which one is called Vena Porta the other is called Venacelis of whom it is too much to treat of now vntill we come to the Anatomy of the Wombe c. The Flesh is a consimile member simple not spermaticke and is ingendred of blood congealed by heate and is in complexion
that stretcheth along from the stomacke to the mouth by the which he draweth to him meate and drinke as it were hands And hée hath Transverse will for to with-hold or make retention And also the vtter Pannicle hath Latitudinall will to expulse and put out and that by his heate he should kéepe the digestiue vertue of the stomacke and by other heates given by his Neighbours as thus It hath the Liver on the right side chasing and beating him with his lobes or figures and the Splene on the left side with his fatnesse and Veynes sending to him Melancholy to exercise his appetites and about him is the heart quickning him with his â—rtiers Also the Braine sending to him a Branch of Nerues to giue him féeling And he hath on the hinder part descending from the parts of the backe many Lygaments with the Artiers joyned to the Spondels of the Backe The forme or figure of this stomacke is long in likenesse of a Goorde crooked and that both holes bée in the vpper part of the body of it because there should be no going out of it vnadvisedly of those things which are received into it The quantity of the stomack commonly holdeth two Pitchers of water and it may suffer many passions and the nother mouth of the stomacke is narrower then the vpper and that for thrée causes The first cause is that the vpper receiveth meate great and boysterous in substance that there being made subtill it might passe into the nether The second is for by him passeth all the meates with their chilosity from the stomacke to the Liver The third is for that through him passeth all the drosse of the stomack to the guts And this sufficeth for the stomacke c. The Liver is a principle member and officiall and of his first creation spermaticke complete in quantity of blood of himselfs insensible but by accidence he is insensible and in him is made the second digestion and is lapped in a sinowie Pannicle And that he is a principle member it appeareth onely by the Philosophers by Avicen and Galen And it is officiall as is the stomacke and it is of spermatick matter and sinowie of the which is ingendred his Veines And because it was like in quantity Nature hath added to it crudded blood to the accomplishment of sufficient quantity and is lapped in a sinowie Pannicle And why the Liver is crudded is because the Chile which commeth from the stomacke to the Liver should be turned into the colour of blood And why the Liver was ordained was because that all the nutrimentall blood bée engendred in him The proper place of the Liver is vnder the false Ribbes in the right side The forme of the Liver is gibbous or bunchie on the backe side and it is somewhat hollow like the inside of an hand And why it is so shapen is that it should bée plyable to stomacke like as a hand doth to an Apple to comfort her digestion for his heate is to the stomacke as the heate of the fire is to the Pot or Cauldron that hangeth over it Also the Lungs is bound with his Pellikles to the Diafragma and with strong Ligaments And also hée hath Coliganes with the stomacke and the Intrailes and with the Heart and the Reynes the Testikles and other members And there are in him fiue Pellikles like fiue fingers Galen calleth the Liver Messa Sanguinaria containing in it selfe foure substances Naturall and Nutrimentall The Naturals is sent with the blood to all parts of the body to be engendred and nourished And the Nutrimentals be sequestrate and sent to places ordained for some helpings These are the places of the Humours the blood in the Liver Choller in the Chest or Gall Melancholy to the Splene Flegme to the Lungs and the Iunctures the watery superfluities to the Reynes and Vesike And they goe with the Blood and sometime they putrifie and make Fevers and some bée put out to the Skinne and bée rosolved by sweat or by Scabs by Pushes or by Impostumes And these foure naturall Humours that is to say Sanguine Choler Melancholy and Flegme be engendred and distributed in this manner First yée shall vnderstand that from the Spermaticke matter of the Liver inwardly there is engendred two great Veynes of the which the first and the greatest is called Porta and commeth from the concavity of the Liver of whom springeth all the small Veynes Miseraices and these Miseraices be to Vena Porta as the branches of a Trée bée to the stocke of a Trée For some of them bée contained with the bottome of the stomacke some with Duodenum some with Jejunium some with Yleon and some with Monoculus or Saccus And from all these Guts they bring to Vena Porta the succosity of Chiley going from the stomacke and distribute it into the substance of the Liver And these Veynes Miseraices be innumerable And in these Veynes begun the second Digestion and ended in the Liver like as it is in the stomacke the first Digestion So it proveth that Vena Porta and Vena Miseraices serue to bring all the succozity of all the meate and drink that passeth the stomacke to the Liver and they spread themselves thorough the substance of the Liver inwardly and all they stretch towards the gibous or bowing part of the Liver and there they méete and goe all into one Vnity and make the second great Veyne called Vena Ulis or Concava or Vena Ramosa all is one and he with his Rootes draweth out all the bloud engendred from the Liver and with his branches Ramefying vpwards and downewards carryeth and convayeth it to all other Members of the Body to bée nourished with where is made perfect the third digestion And also there goeth from the Liver Veynes bearing the superfluites of the third Digestion to their proper places as it shall be declared hereafter Now to speake of the Gall or of the Chest of the Gall It is an officiall member and it is supermaticke and sinowie and hath in it a subtiill Will and it is a purse or a Panniculer Vesikle in the hollownesse of the Liver about the middle Pericle or Lobe ordained to receiue the Cholericke superfluities which are engendred in the Liver The which purse or bagge hath thrée holes or Neckes By the first hée draweth to him from the Liuer the Choller that the Blood be not hurt by the Choller By the second Necke hée sendeth to the bottome of the stomacke Choler the further the Digestion of the stomacke And by the third Necke hée sendeth the Choler regularly from one Gut to another to clense them of their superfluities and Drosse and the quantity of the purse may containe in it halfe a pinte c. And next is the Splene or the milte the which is a supermaticke member as are other members and officiall and is the receptory of the Melancholious superfluities that are engendred in the Liues and his place is on the left side
the simple are of small importance if they keepe them cleane and close shut Nature will heale them without any kind of medecine but those where veynes are cut had néede of some Art or Practise with the which they must stop the blood and in any wise not to suffer the wound to remaine open but to sow it vp very close so that the veyne may heale and those where sinewes are hurt are of great importance and would be healed with great spéed so the Sinewes may joyne with more ease But those where bones are hurt are of great importance for if the Bone be seperated from the other of necessity it must be taken foorth before the Wound be healed So that by this meanes euery one may know what Wounds are and their kinds In the Curing of greene Wounds consists a five-fold scope or intention THe first is to draw out that which is sent into the Body whether by Bullet Wood Bone or Stone or Arrowes Darts and such like The second is a Conjunction and vniting of parts divided The third is a retaining of those parts vnited in their proper seate The fourth is a Conservation of the parts of the substance The fifth is a Prohibition and mitigation of accidents For the first intention it is performed eyther with fit and convenient Instruments or with attractive Medicines whereby things that are infixed are drawne out Which Medicines are these Radix Aristolochiae Arundis Anagallis Thapsia Ammoniacum Saga Poenum Dictamnum Ranae combustae Or Emplastrum Avicâ—â—nae so much commended by Gâ—ydo The second and third intention is performed by binding and Ligature if the Wound be simple and small and in a place where it may fitly be performed yea although it be laâ—â—â— so it may be easily bound as in the Muscles of the Arme and such like but if it happen that Ligature will not serue then must be added the helpe of the Needle being very carefull to handle the party gently and to place it in his due seate The fourth intention is performed and accomplished by appointing of a fit and conuenient Dyet according to the strength of the Patient and greatnesse of the affect and disposition of the whole body for a thin Dyet and cold doth very much auaile in resisting of Symptoms we also adde Blood-letting and Purging of humors to avoide accidents also the part is to be contained in his due place and a Cataplasme fraâ—ed with the whites of Egges and other cooling things are to be applyed and sometimes to be fomented with astringed Wine The fift intention is in the correcting of accidents which is Flâ—x of blood Dolor Tumâ—r Paralysis Convulsion Feuer Syncope Delerium and Itching But this is to be obserued in the Flure of blood whether it hath flowne sufficiently or no if otherwise the Fluxe is to be suffered for after a sufficient Fluxe the wound doth remaine dry and is so much the nseacute erer cured and the lesse Symptomes follow as Phlegmon and such like and if the wound bleed not sufficient we must open a veyne for revulsion according to the greatnesse of the affect and the nature of the wound especially when through paine or other cause we feare inflamation or a Feauer How a sicke man should Dyet himselfe being Wounded A Wounded man or a man sore beaten being sicke must be kept from Milke Butter Chéese Hearbes Fruites Fish except fresh water Fish Women Garlicke Onions Leekes Peason c. also diuers sorts of meate must hee not eate as Béefe water Fowles Goose or Ducke nor drinke to much strong Wine But may eate Porke Mutton Chicken Henne or Capon REMEDIES FOR all Captaines and Souldiers that Travell eyther by Water or by Land PART IIII. THere are thée Infirmities that offend the Souldiers in the Campe above all the rest the which are these Fevers Wounds and Fluxes of the body the which thou mayest helpe in this order following with these Medicines That Quintessence of Wine our Balsamo Magno Licore Quintessentia and Spice Imperiall And the order to vse them is thus When any hath a Fever or Fluxe then presently when the Disease beginneth let him Blood in one of the two Veynes vnder the Tongue cuffing it ouerthwart and this thou shalt doe in the Evening then the next morning take a Doze of your Imperiall powder mixt with Wine and this you may doe without any Dyet or straigth order that being done giue him thrée mornings together halfe an ounce of our Quintessence solutive with Broath but if it bée a Fluxe and that the Pattent is not cured let him stand in a cold Bath of Salt water of the Sea thrée or foure houres or more and he shall be perfectly holpe Than as concerning Wounds as well as Cuts as thrusts and as well Galling with Arrowes as Harquebush-shot and other sorts thou shalt cure them thus The first thing that thou shalt doe to them is to wash them very cleane with Wine and then dry them well then put therein our Quintessence of Wine and presently joyne the parts together and sowe or stitch them close then put thereupon fiue or sixe drops of our Balsamo and vpon the wound lay a cloth wet in our Magno Licore as hote as yée may suffer it and this yee shall do the first day then the next day follow this order First put thereon our Quintessence and a little of our Balsamo and then our Magno Licore very hote and neuer change that medicine And this done the wound shall be whole with great spéed and in a quarter of the time that the common Chirurgions is able to doe it by the grace of God A rare secret the which this Author did send to a very friend of his being in the Warres the which helpeth all wounds eyther by Cut Thrust galling with Arrowes or Hargubush-shot or otherwise THe first thing that yée shall doe is to wash the Wounds very cleane with Vrine and then dry it very well then put therein Quintessence of Wine and presently joyne the parts close together and stitch or sow them well but in any wise sowe nothing but the Skinne for otherwise it will cause great paine Then put thereon five or sixe drops of our Balsamo and vpon the Wound lay a cloth wet in our Magno Licore as hote as they can suffer it and this doe the first day Then the next day follow this order First put thereon our Quintessence and then a little of our Balsamo and then annoint it very well with our Magno Licore as hot as it may be suffered Never changing this Medicine vntill it be whole Of Wounds in the Head with fracture of the Bone VVOunds at the Head with fracture of the Bone of the common Physitians and Chirurgions are counted â—iâ—â—icile to be healed because thereunto belongeth great Art or Cunning For they open the Flesh and raise the Bone with many other things of which I count it superfluous to entreat of because that many be holpen without them For
of vs. When thou findest such a cause wash the Wound well and make it cleane round about and then wash it with our Quintessentia Vegetabile and Bathe it well thorow for that the said Quintessentia doth open the Pores and assubtiliateth the matter and causeth the humour to come foorth This being done annoynt it all ouer with our Magno Licore and this done within thrée dayes the Patient shall féele great ease and in short time after he shall be whole This is one of the most noblest Medicines that can bée made For it takes away the hardnesse healeth the Wound and comforteth the place offended A rare secret to heale Wounds of Gunshot Arrowes or such like in the Wars when hast is required IF thou wilt cure these Wounds presently joyne the parts together and wash it with our Aqua Coelestis and Oleum Balsamo of our invention and lay a Cloath wet in the same thereon To heale a Wound quickly VVAsh the Wound well with our Aqua Balsamo and close it vp and thereupon lay the cloath of the Oyle Frankensence and so by this meanes thou shalt heale any great Wound quickly For I have proved it infinite times to my great credit To heale a Wound quickly that is in danger of any Accidents VVOunds in some parts of the Body are very dangerous of Life and especially where the Sinewes or Veynes bée cut or pierced or Veynes or Muscles be hurt or Bones broken and by an infinite of other particulars which being open or ill-healed the Patient may be in danger of life because the winde entreth in and causeth paines and inflamation and therefore to avoyd all these aforesaid matters so that the wound shall haue no detriment vse this remedy First joyne the parts close together and put therein our Quintessence and lay a cloth wet in our Baulme and binde it fast that the ayre come not in for it is very hurtfull You shall vnderstand that these be two of the best experienced Medicines that may be found because our Quintessence doth assubtiliate the Blood and taketh it foorth and taketh away the paine And the Baulme doth warme and comfort the place offended And will not suffer any Matter to runne thereinto by any meanes for this is most true as I haue prooued diuers and sundry times and alwayes haue had very good successe To stay the fluxe of Bloud in Wounds VVHen there is a fluxe of Blood in any wound by reason of some veyne that is cut and that the Chirurgion would stop it it is necessary that he put into it our Quintessence and then so stitch it by very close and hard and vpon the wound strowe the blood of a Man dried made in powder and lay vpon the wound a cloath wet in our Baulme artificially very warme and vpon that binde the wound very straight with Ligaments and twice a day wash it with our Quintessentia and round about it annoynt it with our Baulme and also cast thereon our secret powder for wounds and that doe Morning and Euening euery day without opening the wound and in short time it will remaine well giving you charge that the wounded person doe kéepe no straight Dyet because Nature being weake relaxeth the Veynes and that causeth the fluxe of blood Another for the same FIrst stitch the Wound close then cast thereon mans blood and binde it somewhat hard so let it remaine foure and twenty houres And when you vnbind it take héed you remove nothing and cast thereon more dryed blood and annoynt it round about with Oleum Philosophorum Deteribinthina and Cera and binde it againe other foure and twenty houres and then binde it gently and annoynt the wound with Oyle of Frankensence and in short time it will be perfectly whole A defence to be layd upon Wounds TAke perfect Aqua Vitae of good Wine what quantity you will and put therein Hipericon Mill-soyle Viticella and Bitonie and then let it stand certaine dayes close stopped and when yée will vss it wet a cloth therein and lay it round about the Wound and thou shalt have thy intent to the great satisfaction of the Patient A secret Powder for Wounds TAke Hipericon flowers and leaves Mill-soyle and Viticella and stampe them well together and strew it vpon the Wound and round about the wound when it is dressed and it doth defend it from accidents To make a resolutive Plaister of great vertue This Playster is to resolve Tumours and hardnesse if it bee layd thereon very hote and when it is cold to lay on another and this you shall doe till the hardnesse be resolved and it is made in this Order TAke common Ashes that are well burnt and white and finely searced one pound Clay beaten in fine powder halfe a pound Earab one ounce mixe all these in an earthen dish on the fire with oyle of Roses in forme of a liquid Vnguent and that yée shall lay vpon the place grieved as hot as yée may suffer it and change it Morning and Evening and yée shall sée it worke a marvellous effect Moreover when the Pelechie commeth foorth of a diseased let him be folded in the same remedy very hote and in foure and twenty houres yée shall be holpe if yée be first well Purged for this is a great secret which I have revealed This word Pelechie is as it were certaine spots like those which wée call Gods tokens the which commonly come to those that haue the Pestilent Fever To make a maturative Plaister of great vertue This maturative doth open an Impostume without Instrument or paine And the order to make it is this TAke the yolke of Egges two ounces white Salt finely ground one ounce Hennes â—ung that is liquid and red like Honey one ounce Mixe all these well together without fire and when you will bring an Impostume to superation and breake it lay on this Plaister morning and Euening a little and in short time it will draw foorth the Impostume and breake it and heale it without any other helpâ— Kéepe this as a secret A Composition of great vertue against all Ulcers and Sores TAke Oyle of Vyfrioll that is perfect as much as you will and put it into a Glasse with as much Oyle of Tartar made by dissolution and so let it stand tenne dayes Then take one scruple of that and one ounce of pure Aqua Vitae and mixe them together and therewith wash the hollow Vlcers and they will heale in short time It helpeth any crude kinde of Scab or sore that is caused of the evill quality or nature A Note of a certaine Spanyard wounded in the head at Naples There was a certaine Spanyard called Samora of the age of foure and thirty yeares of complexion Cholericke and Sanguine the which was wounded in the left side of the head with incision of the Bone Also yée shall vnderstand that in Naples the ayre is most ill for wounds in the Head by reason that it is so subtill and for that
cause the Doctors did feare the Cure Neverthelesse I dressed him with our Magno Licore and Balsamo Artificio kéeping the wound as close as was possible anointing it onely vpon the wound and so in fouretéene dayes he was perfectly whole to the great wonder of a number of Chirurgions in that City For to heale Hurts and Wounds TAke Mallowes and séeth them well and when they be sodden take and stampe them and take old Barrowes grease and cleane Barley meale and mingle the Iuyce the Meale and the Greace all together and make a Salve thereof it is a ready healer To stanch the blood of a Cut. TAke a good handfull of Nettles and bruise them and then lay them vpon the wound hard bound with a cloth and it will stint presently Another for the same TAke Hogs-dung hot from the Hog mingle it with Suger and lay it to the Wound For to staunch the bloud of a Wound TAke a Linnen cloth and burne it to powder and binde it to to the Wound or Veyne that is hurt The Lord Capels Salve for Cuts or Rancklings comming of Rubbings It is also good Lip-salve TAke a pound of May-butter and clarifie it then take the purest thereof also take thrée ounces of English wax and two ounces of Rozine and clarifie them by themselves then boyle them all together when it is boyled coole it and after kéepe iâ— in the Cake or otherwise as your Salve For to draw and heale a Cut. TAke the Iuice of Smalledge the Iuyce of Bugle of each a quantity take also Waxe Rozen vnwrought Shéepes Suet Déeres suet of each a like quantity Sallet oyle Turpentine but a little Fry them all and scrape a little Lint and lay a little salve vpon the Lint and put it in the Cut and then lay a Plaister over it A Salve for fresh Wounds TAke Harts-grease and Turpentine of each foure Ounces oyle of Roses Frankensence and Masticke of each one ounce and so make your Salve A Salve that cleanseth a Wound and healeth it TAke white Turpentine vnwashed foure ounces the yolke of an Egge and a little Barley meale and so make a Salve To kill dead Flesh TAke the Iuyce of Smalledge and the yolke of an Egge Wheaten flower a spoonefull of Honey and mingle all these together and drop it into the Sore or otherwise make a Plaister Fine Suger scraped into powder will doe the â—ame A Playster for old Sores TAke Litargâ— of Gold one pound oyle of Roses two pound white Wine a pinte Vrine a pinte Vineger halfe a pinte Waxe Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two Drams and so make your Plaister according For Canker Fistula Warts or Wounds new or old TAke a Gallon and a halfe of running Water and a peâ—ke of Ashen ashes and séeth them and make thereof a Gallon of Lie and put thereto a gallon of Tanners woose and powder of roch Allome and Madder a pound and séeth all these and let your panne be so great that it be little more then halfe full and when it riseth in the séething stirre it downe with a ladle that it runne not over and let it stand thrée or foure houres till it be cléere and all that is cléere straine it through a good thicke Canvasse and then wet therein a ragged cloth and long Lint and lay it on the sore and this is good for all the Diseases aforesaid A Salve for any Wound TAke Housléeke Marigold leaues Sage Betonie and garden Mallowes of each one handfull stampe them and straine them then take the juyce halfe a pound of fresh Butter one peny-worth of fine Turpentine very well washed one peny-worth of Aqua Composita and an Oxe-gall mixe them all together and boyle them moderately vpon the Imbers and so make a Plaister To helpe the Ach of a Wound FOr Ache of a Wound stampe Fennell with old Swines Greace and heate it and binde it thereto Recip the juyce of Smallage Honey old Swines gretâ—e and Rye meale and apply it Plasterwise To heale Wounds without Plaister Tent or Oyntment except it be in the Head STampe Fennell Yarrow Buglosse ana white Wine and drinke it 2 or 3 times a day till you be well Mixe Swines greace with Honey Rye meale and Wine and boyle it and vse it if it heale too fast put in the juyce of Bryonie a little bruise Isop and put in while the wound is raw is very good To heale a Wound that no scarre or print thereof shall be seene ROst Lilly roots and grinde them with Swines greace and when the wound is healed anoynt it therewith often Thus much concerning the Cure of Wounds OF THE BATH OF Bathe in England PART V. The rare Treasure of the English Baths Written by WILLIAM TVRNER Doctor of Physicke Gathered and set forth for the Benefit and Cure of the Poorer sort of people who are not able to goe to the Physitians by WILLIAM BREMER Practitioner in Physicke and Chyrurgerie CHAP. I. ALthough there be a very excellent and wholesome Bath within the Realme of England yet for all that I reckon that there are many in the North parts which being diseased with sore diseases would gladly come to the Bath of Bathe if they knew that there were any there whereby they might be holpen and yet know not whether there be any in the Realme or no. Wherefore séeing that I have writ of the Baths that are in forraigne Countries therefore I thought good to shew the vertues of our owne Bathes For if they be able to helpe mens Diseases what shall men néed to goe into farre Countries to séeke that remedy there which they might have at home The Bath of England in the West Countrey in Sommerset-shirs in a City called in Latine Bathoma and Bathe in English of the Bathes that are in it This City of Bathe is fiftéene miles from Welles and fiftéene miles from the Noble City of Bristowe The chiefe matter whereof these Bathes in this City have their chiefe vertue and strength after my judgement is Brimstone and of my judgement are divers other which have examined them as I have done when I was at the Bathes with a certaine man diseased of the Goute I went into them my selfe with my Patient and brought foorth of the place next vnto the Spring and out of the bottome flyme mud bones and stones which altogether smelled evidently of Brimstone if that a man may judge the matter of the effect may gather that Brimstone is the onely matter in these Bathes or else the chiefe that beareth rule in them for they dry vp wonderfully and heale the Goute excellently and that in a short time as with divers others one Miles Somelines one of my Lord of Sommersets Players can beare witnesse which things are no light tokens that Brimstone beareth the chiefe rule séeing that neyther by smelling nor tasting a man can féele no other matter or Mines to raigne there If there be any thing lightly mingled with the Brimstone which
must learns that they must not appoint God a time to heals them by the Bathe and that when as the Bath hath dryed vp and washeth vp by Sweating and subtill through blowing the evill matter of the disease that it is one dayes worke or two to make good humours to occupie the place of such evill humours as haue béene in them before Therefore let such be patient and for the space of a Moneth kéepe the same dyet that they képt at the Bath and if God will they shall haue their desire but not onely these but all others that are heales for a moneth at the least the longer the better must kéepe the same dyet that they kept it the Bath as touching meate and drinke and if it be possible also from the vse of all Women When as you goe homewards make but small Iourneyes and beware of sursetting and of colde and when you are at home vse measurable Exercise daily and honest mirth and pastime with honest company and be ware of too much study or carefulnesse Thankes be to God for all his Guifts A Briefe Treatise of Vrines as well of Mans Vrines as of Womans to judge by the Colour which betokeneth Health and which betokeneth Weaknesse and also Death PART VI. IT is shewed that in the fore-parts of the Body dwelleth Sicknesse and Health That is in the Wombe in the Head in the Liver and in the Bladder in what manner thou mayst know their properties and thereof thou mayest learne When Bubbles doe swim on the top of Vrine they procéed of windy matter included in viscous humidity and signifie â—â—wnesse and indigestion in the Head Belly Sides â—eynes and parts thereabouts for in these especially huâ—â—ours are multiplied and doe ascend to make paine in the Head Resident Bubbles doth signifie ventositie in the Body or else a Sicknesse that hath continued long and will continue vnlesse remedy be found but Bubbles not Resident but doth breake quickly signifieth Debility or Weaknesse Bubbles cleaâ—ing to the Vrinall signifieth the body to be repleat with evill humours Bubbles doth also signifie the Stone in the Reynes of the Backe A Circle which is gréene of colour of Vrine doth signifie wavering 〈◊〉 the Hâ—â—â— and 〈…〉 the stomacke This colour in a â—â—aver doth 〈…〉 odâ—â—â—ing of Choller And if it continue it will cause an Impostume the which will ingender the Frenziâ— A blacke circle in Vrine signifieth Mortification If any filthy matter doe appeare in the Vrine it commeth from the Lungs and sometimes from the Liver and it may come from breaking of some Impostume but for the most part it commeth from the Vlcers of the Bladder or the Reynes or from the passages of the Vrine then the vrine is troubled in the bottome and stinketh he hath a paine in his lower parts and especially in the parts aforesaid when he maketh water and chiefly in the end of the yard and commonly there is with this the Strangurie which is hardly to be cured vnlesse it be in the beginning If it come from the Reynes there is paine in the Loynes the Backe and the Flanke If from the Liver the paine is onely in the right side If in the Lungs the paine â—â—â—tcom the Brost with a cough and the breath stinketh If from the Bladder the paine is about the share If a mans vrine he white of morning and red before meate and white after meate he is whole and if it be fat and thicke it is not 〈◊〉 And if the Vrine be â—â—â—â—ly thicke it is not good to like and if it be thicke as spice it betokeneth Head ache Vrine that is two dayes red and at the tenth day white betokeneth very good health Vrine that is fat white and mayst betokeneth the Fever Quartaine Vrine that is bloody betokeneth that the Bladder is hurt by some rotting that is within A little Vrine all Fleshie betokeneth of the Reynes who pisseth Blood without sicknesse hée hath â—ome Veyne broken in his Reynes Vrine that is ponderous betokeneth that the bladder is hurt Vrine that is bloody in sicknesse betokeneth great evill in the Body and namely in the bladder Vrine that falleth by drops aboue as it were great boules betokeneth great sicknesse and long If white gravell doth issue foorth with Vrine it doth signifie that the Patient hath or shall haue the Stone ingendred in the Bladder and there is paine about those parts If the gravell be red the Stone is ingendred in the Reynes of the Backe and Kidneyes and there is great paine in the small of the Backe If the gravell be blacke it is ingendred of a Melancholly Humour Note that if the gravell goe away and the Patient find no ease it sheweth that the Stone is confirmed Also know yée that if the gravell goe away and the paine goe away likewise it signifieth that the Stone is broken and wydeth away Womens Vrine that is cleare and shyning in the Vrinall like silver if shée cast oft and if she haue no talent to meate it betokeneth she is with Child Womens Vrine that is strong and white with stinking betokeneth sicknesse in the Reynes in her secret Receipts in her chambers full of evill humours and of sicknesse of her selfe Womens Vrine that is bloody and cleare as water vnder betokeneth Head-ache Womens vrine that is like to Gold cleare and mighty betokeneth that she hath lust to man Womens vrine that hath colour of stable cleansing betokeneth her to haue the Fever Quartaine and shée to dye the third day Womens vrine that appeareth an colour of Leave if shée be with Child betokeneth that iâ— is â—aâ—d within her Hereafter followeth all the Vrines that betokeneth Death as well the Vrine of Man as of Woman IN a hot Axes one part red another blacke another gréene another blew betokeneth Death Vrine in hot axes blacke and little in quantity betokeneth Death Vrine coloured all over as Leade betokeneth the prolonging of death Vrine that shineth raw and right bright if the Skin in the bottome shine not it betokeneth death Vrine that in substance having Fléeting aboue as it were a darke Sky signifieth death Vrine darkly shyning and darke with a blacke Skin within betokeneth a prolonging of death Vrine that is the colour of water if it haue a darke Sky in an Axes it betokeneth death Vrine that hath dregges in the bottome medled with blood it betokeneth death Vrine blacke and thicke and if the sicke loath when he goeth to the Priuy and when he speaketh overthwart or that he vnderstandeth not aright and these sicknesses goeth not from him it betokeneth death Hereafter followeth sundry VVaters and Medicines meete for Physicke and Chyâ—urgerie As also Oyntments and Plaisters PART VII A Man may governe himselfe at foure times in the Yeare so that hée shall have no néed of Letchcraft as thus Ver beginneth the Eight Ides of March and endeth the Eight Ides of May at what time waxeth the good swéet juyce of Sanguine through good meates and
spitting heauy head and fluggy and slombry and cold hands and féet and namely in the Night Sanguine is moyst and hot swéet and ruddy coloured alway his Body is full of heate namely in the Veynes and they bée swelling and of face he is ruddy and in fléepe bée séemeth fiery Medicine for him is bloud let vpon the Currall or Liver Veyne and simple dyet as Tyson Water-Grewell and sower bread Choller is hot and dry yellow gréene and bitter his Vrine is discoloured and thinne his Pulse is long and straight much watch heauy head-ache and thirst bitter mouth ane dry singing eares and much gnawing in the Wombe and other while coffiffenesse and burned Sege and vomit both yellow and gréene as is that colour Each Humour may cause a Fever or an Impostume and then the Vrine is more coloured and the liquour thinner and ever as that sicknesse deâ—â—eth the Vrine waxeth thicker and the colour lower till it come to Cytrin or subrufe Melancholy causeth a Quartaine and Fleame a Quotidian Sinec and Causon haue ever Continewes the other thrée may be so and other while Interpolate continue ever holdeth on and Interpolate resteth other while continue is with the Veynes and Interpolate is without the Veynes both two wayes may bée simple and also compound simple of one matter and one place or compound of divers places The Tertians of these Fevers be such as the same humors bée of and also Vrine and Pulse All saving they bée stronger in Fevers and Impostumes then they be without and therefore their Medicine must bée more discréet but generally Dyet thus Sower bread and Water grewell and Tyson and fleyed Fish and Wine and Almond milkeâ— and all white meate saving whay generall digestiue in Summer and in hot time as in Orizacia and generall digestiue in Winter and all cold time as Oxcineile And generall expulsiue is desuccarosarum a cut with Turbit and Scamony ana Scruple two and generall doemâ—ary is insquiamany and double-medled with Populions and fament him with Rose ana double Sugar slaketh thirst Signes of Sicknesse by Egestion IF the meate come from a man in manner as hée did eate it the Stomacke is weake and the Bowels bée lubricated and it is an evill signe If the Egestion looke like Earth it is a signe of death If the Egestion doe not stinke it is an evill signe If the Egestion doe looke like lead it is an evill signe If the Egestion bée blacke as Inke it is an evill signe If the Egestion bée blacke and looke like Shéepes trickles there is aboundance of adust Choller and paine in the Spléene If the Egestion be yellâ—â—â— and no Saffron eaten before the body is repleaf with Choller and Eâ—â—en water If the Egestion haue straines of bloud there is impediment in the Liuer and the Bowels If the Egestion bée bloudish there is viceration in the 〈◊〉 If the Egestion looke like shaving of Gutâ— beware then of 〈…〉 Fluxe and â—chiliry of the Body If a man bée 〈◊〉 Laxatius it is not good for in such persons can be no strength but much weaknesse If a man be costiue and cannot haue a naturall gestion once a day he cannot be long without Sicknesse Signes of Life or Death by the Pulses SPigmos is named the Pulses and there be twelue Pulses the which doe take their Originall at the Vitall spirits Thrée of which belong to the Heart the one is vnder the left Pap the other two doe lye in the Wrests of the armes directly against the Thumbs The Braine hath respect to seaven Pulses foure be principall and thrée be Minors the foure principall are thus scituate in the Temples two and one going vnder the Bone called the right Furkcle and the other doth lye in the corner of the right side of the Nose one of the thrée Minor Pulses in the corner of the left side of the Nose And the other two lye vpon the Mandibles of the two Iawes the Liver hath respect to the two Pulses which lye vpon the Féet By these Pulses expert Physitions and Chyrurgions by their knocking and clapping doe judge what principall member is diseased or whether the Patient be in danger If any of the principall pulses doe not beate truely kéeping an equall course as the minute of a clocke then there is no perill in the Patient so be it they kéepe a true course or puise without any pause or stopping which is to say if the Pulse giue fiue knockes and cease at the sixth knocke or else seuen and pause at eight or else knocke tenne and leape ouer the eleuenth and begin and the twelfth the Patient is in perill else not for it is not in the agility as tâ—â— swift or tardie beating of the Pulse but in the pausing of the same contrary to its course that the Patient is in perill In such causes let the Physitian be circumspect and carefull for Sincopies in the Patient let him sit vpright in his Bed with Pillowes and let one fit at his backe to giue him drinke and let the Patient smell to Amber gréece or Rose water and Vineger or else rub the Pulse with Aqua Vitae Also when you touch the Pulse marke vnder which finger it strikes most strongest as thus If the Pulse vnder the little finger be féeble and weake and vnder the rest more weake it is a token of Death But contrariwise if vnder the little finger strong and vnder every finger stronger it is a good signe Also if the féele the Pulse vnder the fore finger vntill the eleventh stroke and it faile in it is a good signe but if he beate swift and vnorderly an evill OF WATERS Here followeth niâ— precious Waters and first to make Water of Philosophers PART VIII TAke Isope Pennyriall Avence Century and breake them in a Morter and put them vnder the cap of a Stillatorie and distill them and that water hath many vertues which may be proved by assayes Take Pimpernell Rew Valerian Sedwall Aloes and of the Stone called Lapis Calumniaris and breake them and lay them in the water of Philosphers and let them be boyled together vntill the third part be wasted of the said Waters and after the said water shall be strained thorow a linnen cloth and then close all in a Viall of glasse nine dayes This is a precious water to drinke foure dayes together with a fasting stomacke for him that hath the Falling sicknesse and let him be fasting sixe houres after and this Madicine is in our judgement the truest medicine against all manner of Goutes and against Palsies as long as it is not dead in the limbes or member of a man Item this water drunke in the morning is most helping to Wounds fettered so that it be washed therewith Item this water drunke fasting will destroy all manner of Fevers or Aches of what manner soever they come to a man And trust to this Medicine verily for it is the best Water for these diseases aforesaid that may be
man infected hath alwaies a desire to sléepe because the venome internall doth perturbate and trouble the spirits vitall so that it alwaies tendeth to rest by these siâ—nes and all others before related a man may alwaies perceiue himselfe to be infected If he will not giue credit vnto it let him make tryall for halfe a dayes space and presently he shall féele the Apostume vnder his Armes or about the groine or else about the Eares Therefore the chiefest remedy is if a man perceiue all these tokens in the time of Pestilence that he shake off sléepe as I haue said before for as by the reasons before also alleadged it is manifest that in sleepe the Spirits vitall doth rest but the venome is scattered through the membrands from one place vnto another as I haue often observed This being truly marked when a man findeth himselfe infected as soone as possible may be let him let blood in as ample manner that he almost faint thereon for the taking of small quantity of blood stirreth vp the venomous quality more forcibly If a man will not cut many veines at once then hée shall suffer to goe over the same veine incided as before said euen vnto the retardation and staying of the Blood Also he that is let blood whether he be infected or not hée must also shunne sléepe the whole day even till midnight And alwaies in the same part of the body that the Apostume shall appeare shall be made the incision of a veyne As for Example If the Apostume shall appeare vnder the right Arme Phlebotomie shall be made in the middle part of the same Arme from the veyne Mediana but if vnder the left arme the Apostume sheweth it selfe then must you open the Mediana as aforesaid in the same Arme or the Hepatica that is to say in the veyne about the middle finger If the Impostume be about the Groyn let a veyne be opened in the Foot about the Hée le on the same side If the Apostume be in the Neck Phlebotomize the Cophalica about the Thumbe in the hand of the same side or the Mediana of the same Arme or in the hand on the same side about the lesser finger If it shall appeare about the the Eare incide the Cophalica on the same side or the veyne which is betwéene the fore-finger and the thumbe least many venomous vapours invade the braine Or the veyne which is about the lesser finger or about the Article which of Physitians is called Basilica If the tumour shall appeare about the shoulder blades heart and Throat Vse scarifications with applicaton of Venâ—osits And first let blood on the Median If the Apostume appeare on the backe open the veyne called Pedia Magna And all these may be let blood if a man haue not slept before the knowledge of the Apostumation But if he féele such Apostumations after sléeping then bléeding ought to be made on the contrary part as if the Apostume appeared in the right arme the Basilica or Liver veyne or Mediana in the left arme shall be opened And if the Apostume sheweth vnder the right arme let it be as it is spoken of the left arme and so of other places in which the Apostumation appeareth and whensoever blood-letting is to be vsed let it be alwaies done in opposite manner And if he that haue béene let blood be very weake then may he sléepe after the midst of the day and before the midst of the day hée ought to be in continuall motion either riding or moderately walking And if afterward the Botch increaseth feare not For it is a token that nature putteth out the venomous quality and restoreth a man to soundnesse then may you apply such remedies thereto as is aboue mentioned And if any there be that shall receiue benefit and recovery by these directions First let him thanke God that hath created Medicine of the Earth to heale his people and secondly pray for me a sinner the writer of this little Treatise for to that intent I tooke the paines A Medicine for the Plague or for sicknesse of the Soule TAke a quart of Repentance of Ninevie and put thereto both your handfuls of fervent Faith in Christs Blood with as much Hope and Charity of the purest you can get in Gods shop a little quantity of each and put it into the vessell of a cléere Conscience and let it boyle well in the fire of Loue so long till thou séest by the Eye of Faith the blacke foame of the loue of this World stinke in thy stomacke then skim it cleane with the spoone of faithfull Prayers that done put in the powder of Patience and take the Immaculate cloath of CHRISTS pure Innocencie and straine all together through it into Christs Cup then drinke it burning hote betimes next thy Heart this done rest from the beastly Conversation vsed in times past vpon the Bed of Christs pure Innocency and cover thée warme with as many clothes of Amendment of life as God shall strengthen thée to beare that thou mayst sweate out all the vile poyson of Covetousnesse Idolatry and the participation thereof with all kinde of Whoredome beggerly Pride Oppression Extortion Vsury Prodigality Swearing Lying and Slandering Envying Wrath Sedition Sects Theft Murther Drunkennesse Gluttony Sloth with such like sweat cleane out of thy Heart thy Head thy Bones and thy Body with all the other powers or parts of thée and ever wash thy Heart and Eyes with pure Humility mixed with the Feare of God and lay the swéet Camon-ill of good Conversation hard to thy Nose least then shouldst smell more then thine own And when thou féelest thy selfe altered from all those afore-named vices take the powder of Say well and lay it vpon the top of thy Tongue to savour thy mouth withall and the Eares of the hearer but drinke thrice as much Doe well daily And then take the Oyle of Good workes mixed with the same Mercy that God hath willed vs to vse and annoynt therewith thine Eyes thine Eares and thy Lips thine heart and thy Hands throughly that they may be light nimble quiâ—k and ready to minister vnto the poore and dispersed members of Iesus Christ ever as you are able and sée occasion but beware thou takest not Wind in the ministring therof least deadly dust of Vaine glory and Hypocrysie doe thée much harme and to kéepâ— a dyet for thy Heads sake vse the hot Broth of Holinesse and Righteousnesse continually and féed thy selfe well with the spoone of godly Meditations in Gods holy Word then annoynt thy selfe with the Oyle of Gods peace this done arise from Sinne willingly and take vp Christs Crosse boldly beare it thankfully and walke the course worthily and thou shalt liue everlastingly c. A Prayer O Eternall God and most sure comfort and consolation in all Afflictions which healest the sicke Soules oppressed with Sin which ministrest mercifull Medicines to the repentant Heart and doest refresh the sinfull sinners that thirst after