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easy_o to_o be_v bind_v it_o must_v be_v loosen_a with_o clyster_n and_o raisin_n with_o leaf_n of_o seny_n nay_o by_o interval_n to_o give_v some_o purger_n be_v not_o only_o profitable_a but_o also_o necessary_a for_o though_o those_o laxative_n do_v empty_a the_o first_o passage_n yet_o because_o they_o reach_v not_o to_o the_o more_o distant_a place_n and_o by_o sweater_n only_o the_o thin_a part_n be_v evacuate_v but_o the_o thick_a be_v leave_v behind_o it_o be_v good_a after_o seven_o or_o ten_o day_n or_o after_o a_o long_a space_n or_o need_n require_v to_o give_v a_o purge_a medicine_n agreeable_a to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o patient_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o disease_n and_o symptom_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o venereal_a disease_n whenas_o divers_a disease_n and_o symptom_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o venereal_a disease_n some_o be_v very_o large_a in_o explain_v what_o way_n those_o disease_n and_o symptom_n ought_v to_o be_v remove_v but_o whenas_o those_o disease_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n manifest_v and_o we_o have_v treat_v of_o their_o cure_n in_o former_a book_n i_o think_v it_o not_o worth_a my_o pain_n to_o treat_v at_o large_a of_o they_o in_o this_o place_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v only_o allege_v certain_a few_o thing_n and_o those_o principal_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o this_o disease_n let_v the_o rest_n be_v fetch_v from_o their_o proper_a place_n ulcer_n as_o concern_v the_o ulcer_n of_o the_o yard_n especial_o yard_n the_o cure_n of_o venereal_a ulcer_n in_o the_o yard_n which_o be_v very_o common_a in_o this_o disease_n we_o have_v speak_v of_o they_o in_o general_n lib._n 3._o pract._n part._n 9_o cap._n 11._o that_o we_o may_v add_v a_o little_a the_o root_n of_o the_o yard_n be_v
consume_v all_o the_o superflity_n and_o shall_v likewise_o make_v use_n of_o stiptic_o about_o the_o place_n of_o the_o joint_n this_o person_n shall_v be_v relieve_v chap._n 8._o the_o physician_n consolation_n in_o the_o gout_n in_o regard_n that_o such_o as_o be_v sick_a and_o disease_a desire_n and_o expect_v from_o the_o phyfitian_n gout_n comfort_v the_o patient_a in_o the_o gout_n not_o consolation_n but_o advice_n and_o the_o best_a of_o his_o assistance_n it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v beside_o the_o office_n and_o business_n of_o the_o physician_n to_o write_v any_o thing_n touch_v consolation_n in_o the_o gout_n and_o indeed_o i_o shall_v not_o at_o all_o have_v publish_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n have_v i_o not_o find_v the_o same_o date_n by_o that_o famous_a and_o most_o emment_n man_n johannes_n crato_n my_o fellow_n ciuzen_n and_o physician_n unto_o three_o empetor_n in_o his_o consil_n collect_v by_o scholtzius_n he_o therefore_o i_o now_o shall_v follow_v and_o speak_v something_o as_o touch_v the_o subject_a aforesaid_a for_o oftentimes_o indeed_o medicament_n and_o help_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v administer_v unto_o the_o sick_a person_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o physician_n do_v not_o so_o obtain_v what_o he_o desire_v and_o sometime_o likewise_o the_o sick_a party_n either_o in_o telpect_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o life_n and_o employment_n or_o else_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o some_o other_o part_n of_o his_o body_n can_v so_o exact_o as_o he_o ought_v observe_v what_o be_v enjoin_v he_o by_o the_o physician_n and_o therefore_o albeit_o the_o sick_a person_n can_v then_o conceive_v any_o hope_n of_o a_o perfect_a cure_n yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o may_v have_v something_o to_o comfort_v himself_o withal_o i._n first_o of_o all_o therefore_o the_o gout_n preserve_v from_o many_o other_o disease_n and_o malady_n and_o it_o be_v a_o sure_a sign_n of_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n which_o drive_v forth_o the_o vicious_a humour_n in_o the_o body_n out_o of_o the_o high_a way_n and_o common_a road_n as_o i_o may_v term_v it_o or_o if_o you_o will_v the_o principal_a passage_n unto_o the_o extreme_a and_o more_o ignoble_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_n as_o we_o likewise_o acquaint_v you_o before_o in_o the_o prognostic_n if_o nature_n be_v weak_a and_o sink_v under_o the_o burden_n as_o be_v no_o long_o able_a to_o expel_v forth_o these_o humour_n than_o fever_n and_o other_o dangerous_a disease_n be_v wont_a to_o follow_v and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o physician_n and_o some_o of_o they_o of_o great_a note_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o gout_n many_o time_n make_v for_o the_o lengthen_v of_o the_o life_n and_o that_o if_o it_o be_v ill_o cure_v it_o haften_v on_o death_n for_o nature_n as_o we_o say_v erewhile_o drive_v the_o vicious_a humour_n unto_o the_o joint_n but_o if_o the_o body_n be_v not_o susiâ—iently_o purge_v or_o when_o there_o be_v no_o exact_a course_n of_o diet_n observe_v or_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o long_a continuance_n of_o the_o disease_n or_o else_o by_o reason_n of_o age_n the_o strength_n be_v weak_a and_o the_o physician_n shall_v then_o busy_v himself_o only_o in_o strengthen_v of_o the_o joym_n it_o may_v easy_o happen_v that_o the_o matter_n which_o nature_n be_v wont_a to_o thrust_v forth_o unto_o the_o joint_n if_o it_o be_v still_o retain_v in_o the_o body_n may_v be_v turn_v unto_o the_o principal_a part_n and_o so_o may_v excite_v dangerous_a disease_n yea_o and_o hasten_v on_o death_n ii_o a_o man_n all_o the_o while_o he_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o gout_n be_v in_o no_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n as_o in_o other_o disease_n he_o may_v be_v to_o wit_n butâ—ing_v fever_n and_o other_o spit_v of_o blood_n the_o pleurisy_n impostumation_n of_o the_o lung_n dropsy_n epilepsy_n apoplexy_n and_o many_o other_o but_o after_o a_o short_a time_n the_o man_n return_v unto_o his_o wont_a employment_n and_o be_v oftentimes_o so_o well_o recover_v that_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o appearance_n of_o his_o be_v sick_a iii_o iâ—_n likewise_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o may_v persuade_v man_n unto_o temperance_n and_o sobriery_n the_o gout_n châ—esly_o do_v this_o for_o whenas_o the_o pain_n in_o the_o gout_n be_v most_o rage_a and_o incollerable_a and_o that_o the_o gout_n can_v by_o any_o thing_n be_v better_o prevent_v or_o mitigate_v than_o by_o a_o frugal_a diet_n and_o in_o this_o we_o find_v all_o physician_n to_o agree_v and_o we_o have_v also_o a_o testimony_n of_o it_o from_o experience_n itself_o which_o cause_v that_o not_o only_o no_o matter_n may_v be_v supply_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o ill_a humer_n but_o it_o likewise_o best_a of_o all_o correct_v the_o distemper_n of_o the_o bowel_n and_o it_o be_v the_o parâ—_n of_o a_o prudent_a man_n rather_o to_o obey_v reason_n than_o his_o affection_n and_o not_o to_o forget_v that_o of_o the_o poer_n pleasure_n with_o pain_n be_v loss_n not_o gain_v and_o he_o ought_v to_o consider_v likewise_o that_o that_o pleasure_n which_o he_o take_v in_o a_o more_o free_a and_o liberal_a diet_n be_v not_o worth_a neither_o will_v it_o compensate_a those_o so_o great_a pain_n and_o wracking_n that_o must_v be_v endure_v in_o the_o fit_v of_o the_o gout_n and_o although_o it_o seem_v indeed_o somewhat_o grievous_a to_o shun_v all_o feast_n and_o company-keeping_a yet_o this_o must_v be_v think_v of_o that_o none_o of_o those_o boon_n companion_n can_v afterward_o afford_v any_o the_o least_o help_n in_o this_o disease_n but_o that_o as_o lucian_n have_v it_o in_o his_o tragopodagra_fw-la about_o the_o end_n thereof_o they_o will_v rather_o laugh_v at_o and_o deride_v a_o man_n in_o his_o pain_n and_o misery_n yea_o moreover_o whilst_o that_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o gout_n a_o man_n accustome_v himself_o unto_o a_o good_a and_o orderly_a dyer_n he_o do_v not_o only_o prevent_v the_o pain_n of_o the_o gout_n but_o he_o avoid_v likewise_o many_o other_o disease_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o error_n in_o the_o diet_n and_o a_o man_n hereby_o oftentimes_o attain_v unto_o old_a age._n but_o as_o for_o such_o as_o either_o will_v not_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o the_o rule_n of_o dyer_n or_o else_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o condition_n of_o life_n and_o employment_n can_v observe_v the_o same_o let_v not_o these_o accuse_v either_o the_o physician_n or_o the_o physic_n but_o let_v they_o blame_v themselves_o since_o that_o as_o galen_n write_v most_o cru_o in_o his_o tract_n of_o cure_v by_o let_v blood_n chap._n 7._o to_o prescribe_v medicament_n say_v he_o unto_o that_o party_n which_o neither_o can_v nor_o will_v observe_v a_o orderly_a and_o due_a course_n of_o diet_n be_v altogether_o in_o vain_a and_o to_o no_o purpose_n but_o now_o if_o a_o man_n observe_v a_o good_a diet_n although_o he_o be_v not_o whole_o free_v from_o this_o diseale_n he_o yet_o may_v then_o comfort_v himself_o in_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o rest_v himself_o content_v in_o the_o will_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o crato_n in_o the_o place_n alleadgâ—d_v write_v that_o see_v diligent_a observetion_n and_o prudent_a moderation_n in_o point_n of_o diet_n have_v be_v find_v to_o be_v alwase_n helpful_a and_o that_o it_o never_o hurt_v or_o deceive_v any_o to_o neglect_v it_o therefore_o may_v well_o be_v think_v not_o only_o a_o argument_n of_o the_o great_a folly_n and_o madness_n but_o likewise_o of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d lect_v and_o be_v careless_a of_o themselves_o which_o pretty_a forbid_v and_o when_o we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o our_o own_o conscience_n that_o nothing_o have_v be_v do_v by_o our_o own_o fault_n that_o may_v bring_v or_o increase_v the_o pain_n it_o be_v then_o a_o very_a great_a consoftion_n when_o we_o can_v persuade_v ourselves_o that_o we_o be_v altogether_o blameless_a and_o so_o can_v cheerful_o endeavour_v in_o a_o right_a manner_n to_o bear_v what_o be_v necessary_a and_o can_v not_o be_v aveyd_v and_o not_o to_o repine_v and_o minture_n against_o god_n iu._n and_o this_o also_o may_v comfort_v such_o as_o be_v aâ—â—â—licted_v with_o the_o gor_o that_o as_o ever_o one_o have_v his_o proper_a calamity_n so_o likewise_o every_o man_n have_v a_o commodity_n properâ—y_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o that_o the_o goursey_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o rich_a man_n diseate_n 〈…〉_o though_o those_o that_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o gout_n do_v indeed_o suffer_v a_o great_a pain_n yeâ—_n most_o of_o they_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o plentiful_a estate_n or_o at_o least_o they_o have_v what_o be_v sufficient_a whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a there_o be_v many_o who_o although_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d from_o this_o pain_n yet_o they_o lie_v under_o other_o daily_a pressâ—â—es_n
of_o the_o ancient_n in_o regard_n that_o there_o be_v here_o no_o worm_n that_o lie_v underneath_o the_o westphalianâ—_n for_o the_o cure_n hereof_o use_v as_o a_o peculiar_a remedy_n earthworm_n of_o which_o see_v wierus_n in_o the_o place_n allege_v but_o we_o shall_v add_v no_o more_o touch_v this_o affect_n in_o regard_n that_o it_o do_v not_o proper_o apperrain_a unto_o arthritis_fw-la of_o which_o we_o be_v now_o treat_v and_o yet_o by_o the_o way_n i_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o pass_v over_o in_o silence_n what_o i_o find_v mention_v in_o the_o history_n of_o those_o that_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o arthritis_fw-la which_o forestus_n bring_v in_o his_o 29._o b._n a_o and_o so_o likewise_o in_o his_o 14._o observation_n where_o we_o find_v mention_v make_v of_o one_o hugo_n cornelius_n twenty_o eight_o year_n of_o age_n who_o over_o weary_v and_o tire_v out_o in_o the_o employment_n of_o his_o husbandry_n and_o very_o sleepy_a as_o he_o be_v lay_v himself_o down_o upon_o the_o ground_n and_o there_o he_o sleep_v for_o some_o certain_a hour_n at_o length_n awake_v in_o his_o left_a hand_n about_o the_o wrist_n he_o feel_v a_o intolerable_a pain_n which_o at_o length_n seize_v his_o whole_a arm_n insomuch_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o move_v his_o hand_n or_o so_o much_o as_o to_o stir_v his_o singer_n which_o be_v now_o grow_v stiff_a as_o it_o be_v and_o soon_o after_o he_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o same_o pain_n about_o the_o foot_n unto_o which_o be_v add_v likewise_o a_o very_a strong_a and_o violent_a fever_n of_o all_o which_o not_o withstand_v by_o purge_v and_o alter_v medicament_n and_o by_o the_o administer_a of_o topic_n he_o be_v cure_v in_o seven_o day_n time_n or_o less_o where_o he_o likewise_o make_v mention_n of_o another_o who_o very_o drink_v as_o he_o be_v lie_v all_o night_n in_o his_o garden_n upon_o the_o cold_a ground_n when_o he_o awake_v be_v immediate_o take_v with_o a_o violent_a fever_n and_o most_o intolerable_a pain_n of_o which_o in_o a_o very_a short_a time_n he_o die_v but_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o those_o affect_n be_v not_o proper_o arthritick_n but_o rather_o acute_a fever_n contract_v from_o vapour_n exhale_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n which_o they_o both_o of_o they_o receive_v by_o sleep_v thereon_o in_o which_o fever_n nature_n thrust_v forth_o part_n of_o the_o vicious_a humour_n unto_o the_o extreme_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o so_o from_o this_o humour_n there_o be_v not_o only_a pain_n excite_v in_o the_o joint_n but_o also_o in_o the_o whole_a arm_n the_o membrane_n of_o the_o muscle_n be_v there_o affect_v and_o so_o great_a be_v the_o pravity_n of_o this_o humour_n that_o it_o likewise_o snatch_v away_o one_o of_o these_o two_o by_o a_o sudden_a death_n see_v therefore_o that_o neither_o a_o naked_a and_o bare_a distemper_n atthritis_n whether_o a_o humour_n and_o what_o kind_n of_o humour_n it_o be_v and_o whether_o all_o the_o four_o humour_n may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o atthritis_n neither_o yet_o a_o windiness_n alone_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o arthritis_fw-la most_o physician_n indeed_o therefore_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o it_o be_v some_o humour_n that_o cause_v the_o arthritis_fw-la but_o what_o kind_n of_o humour_n this_o be_v herein_o they_o great_o differ_v some_o of_o they_o think_v that_o all_o the_o four_o humour_n to_o wit_n blood_n choler_n phlegm_n and_o melancholy_a may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o arthritis_fw-la and_o this_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v good_a more_o especial_o from_o hence_o that_o in_o arthritis_fw-la there_o appear_v many_o different_a colour_n of_o the_o swell_n divers_a kind_n of_o pain_n and_o various_a accident_n the_o term_n of_o the_o declination_n not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o a_o much_o different_a way_n and_o method_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o cure_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o cause_n to_o wit_n that_o i_o may_v use_v the_o very_a word_n of_o petrus_n salius_n diversus_fw-la in_o his_o sreatise_n of_o the_o part_n affect_v chap._n 16._o in_o some_o the_o colour_n be_v much_o incline_v to_o be_v red_a in_o other_o yellow_a and_o in_o a_o three_o sort_n white_a the_o swell_a be_v now_o and_o then_o of_o a_o considerable_a bigness_n and_o sometime_o again_o it_o scarce_o appear_v and_o as_o for_o the_o pain_n it_o be_v sometime_o indeed_o very_o troublesome_a but_o yet_o not_o so_o but_o that_o it_o may_v well_o be_v bear_v but_o then_o at_o other_o time_n according_a to_o the_o humour_n the_o cause_n thereof_o it_o be_v most_o sharp_a and_o intolerable_a and_o then_o again_o this_o pain_n be_v sometime_o soon_o go_v and_o vanish_v but_o that_o continue_v a_o long_a while_n but_o oftentimes_o also_o divers_a evil_a symptom_n do_v follow_v as_o a_o extraordinary_a great_a heat_n and_o burn_a in_o the_o place_n affect_v but_o sometime_o again_o either_o there_o be_v present_v no_o heat_n at_o all_o or_o on_o the_o contrary_a there_o be_v a_o coldness_n that_o great_o trouble_v the_o party_n some_o of_o these_o person_n be_v offend_v by_o the_o air_n when_o it_o be_v over_o hot_a and_o other_o by_o a_o air_n too_o cool_a the_o way_n and_o course_n of_o cure_v be_v sometime_o also_o very_o various_a because_o in_o some_o of_o these_o such_o medicament_n as_o heat_n be_v find_v to_o be_v most_o beneficial_a and_o in_o other_o those_o benesit_fw-la must_v that_o cool_a the_o pain_n in_o those_o be_v the_o more_o enrage_a by_o thing_n that_o be_v cold_a but_o in_o these_o they_o be_v heighthen_v by_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v hot_a and_o then_o again_o some_o of_o these_o pain_n be_v appease_v by_o the_o evacuation_n of_o the_o blood_n some_o by_o the_o purge_n forth_o of_o phlegm_n a_o three_o sort_n from_o the_o empty_n forth_o of_o the_o choler_n and_o the_o last_o kind_n of_o they_o by_o the_o evacuation_n of_o melancholy_a be_v very_o much_o mitigate_v and_o allay_v all_o which_o seem_v to_o denote_v thus_o much_o unto_o 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