lowse moche the bealye To theym that are not wonte to it pourgation is noyfulle He that lyueth in a good order of diete needeth neyther pourgation nor vomyte After that the pourgation hathe wroughte thyrstnes and sounde slepe be sygnes that the bodye is sufficiently pourged By dayly takynge of medicynes nature is corrupted whan ye wyll purge any thynge make fyrste the matter flowynge soluble Medicyne to pourge oughe not to be myngled with meate but to be taken foure houres at the leste before meales or thre houres after meales excepte certayne easy pylles made to clense and comforte the stomake whiche wolde be taken at the begynnynge of supper or after supper a lyttell before that one goeth to bed makynge a lyghte supper or none After purgation taken the pacyent shulde reste not walke vntyll the medicyne hath wrought nor eate or dryncke in the meane space These thynges haue I remembred bycause I haue knowen ryght good phisitions to haue forgotten to instructe therof their pacieÌ„tes Now wyll I sette forthe the table of suche thynges whiche of theyr propertie do digest or pourge superfluous humours particularly whiche I haue gathered out of the bookes of Dioscorides Galene Paulus Egineta Oribasius and Aetius and other late wryters not withstandynge I haue not writen all for as moche as there be diuers thynges whervnto we haue not yet founden any names in englyshe ¶ Digestiues of choler ¶ Endyue Lettyse Cykorye Scabiose Maydenheare Malowes Mercury The iuyce of pomeâ— garnades Pourselane Popy Berberies Roses Violettes the lefe and flowre Sorell Lyuerworte Sorell de boyse Whay clarifyed The great foure colde sedes that is to say of gourdes cucumbers melones and citruls Psilium Vyneger Saunders Barley water Prunes Tamaryndes ¶ Purges of choler Wylde hoppes Wormewode Centorie Fumytorie Whay of butter Violettes Mercury Juycs of Roses Prunes Eupatorye Tamarindes halfe an ounce in a decoction Manna .vi. drammes at the leaste and so to xxv in the brothe of a henne or capon RebarbaruÌ„ by it selfe frome two drammes vnto foure infused or stiped in lycour frome iiii draÌ„mes vnto .viii. ¶ Digestyues of fleume ¶ Fenell Persely the rootes Smallage Capers Lawrell Synuy Puly Maioram Penyroyall Wylde parsnyp sede Mynt Pympepnell Horemynt Gladen Agrymonye Calamynt Nep. Betayne Sauge Radyshe Mugworte Junyper Hysope Pyony Baulme Honye Gynger Squilla Aristolochia Cynamome Pepper Cumyne ¶ Pourges of fleume ¶ Centorie Nettyll Agrimonye Alder. PolypodiuÌ„ of the oke Myrabolani kebuli infused frome halfe an ounce to an ounce and two drammes In substance frome twoo drammes to halfe an ounce Agaricus froÌ„ a draÌ„me to two drammes infused from .ii. draÌ„mes to fyue Yreos Maydenheare Sticados ¶ Pourges of melancoly ¶ The brothe of colewortes lyght boyled Baulme mynte Sticados Tyme Seene boyled in white wine or in the broth of a henne Lased sauery Exthimus Vnwrought sylke Organum Calamynt Borage Hartis tunge Quyckbeme Maydenheare Wythwynde Pulyall mountayne Hony Sugar ¶ Melancoly for the thynnesse and subtylnesse of the humour nedeth no digestiue ¶ They whiche wyll take sharper purgations or compounde with dyuers thynges lette theym take the counsayle of an honest and perfyte phisytion and not aduenture to myxte thynges togyther without knowynge the temperaunce of them in degrees and that he canne proporcion theym to the bodye that shall receyue theym in symples as they be wrytten And so he maye vse theym without peryll agaynste the humours whervnto they serue ☞ Lettynge of bloudde Cap. 6. THe parte of Euacuation by lettynge of bloudde is incisyon or cuttynge of the vayne wherby the bloud whiche is cause of syckenesse or griefe to the hole bodye or any partycular parte therof doth moste aptly passe The commodities wherof beyng in a moderate quantitie and in a due tyme taken be these that folowe it clarifieth the wyt and maketh good memorye it clenseth the bladder it dryeth the brayne it warmeth the marowe beynge in the bones it openeth the hearyng it stoppeth teares or droppynges of the eyen it taketh awaye lothsomnesse and confirmeth the stomake it nourisheth that whiche is proper to nature and the contrarye expelleth It is thought that therby lyfe is prolonged and the matter makyng sycknesse shortely consumed Wherfore lettynge of bloudde is not onely expedient for theym which are fulle of bloudde or haue aboundaunce of strengthe but also for theym in whome withoute plenitude callyd fulnesse inflammations begynne to be in theyr bodyes or by some outewarde strooke the bloudde beynge gathered within by collection therof doo feele griefe or disease Also where there is moche peyne felte or debylitie of some member wherof is supposed to be ingendred some greuous disease More ouer they whiche vse excesse of meates and drynkes may be cured by lettynge of bloudde But those whiche be temperate kepynge good diete be holpen without lettynge of blode as by fricasies vsynge of bathes exercise walkynge and rydynge moderately Alsoo vnctions with oyles and oyntementes called Diaphoretice whiche by euaporation do shortly euacuate the fulnesse All be it yf the fulnesse be of melancoly bloudde than alway nedes muste be lettynge of bloudde Abundaunce of melancoly bloudde is knowen by these sygnes There is felte in the entrayles or within the boulke of a man or woman a weyghtynes with tension or thrustynge outwarde and all that parte whiche is aboue the nauel is more heuy than it was wont to be Also moche vrine and fatty the residence or boâ—ome thycke troublous and fatte sommetyme blacke poushes or boyles with inflamation and moche peyne These muste be shortly let bloude and the melancoly humour also purged by siege They whyche haue crude or rawe humoures muste be warely lette bloudde before that sycknesse ingender but hauyng the feuer in no wise Concernynge lettynge of blonde these thynges folowynge wolde be had in continuall remembrance and be afore thought on In abundance of the bloudde the qualitie and quantitie the greatnesse of the sycknes and yf it be presente or loked for also the diet precedyng the age and strength of the person the naturall fourme of his body the tyme of the yere the region or couÌ„trey the present state of the ayre the disvse of accustomed exercyse the ceassynge of euacuations vsed before In qualitie consyder of what humour the fulnes procedeth In quantitie the abundance of that whiche is to be pourged In syckenesse if it be dangerous or tollerable if the sycknesse be present it requyreth the more dilygence if it be loked for it may be the better proporcioned In diete the custome in earynge and drinkyng must be specially noted In yonge men and women lettynge of bloudde wolde be more lyberall In olde menne and yonge chylderne it wolde be scarser stronge men maye susteyne bledynge they whiche are feble may not endure it Large bodies haue greatter vesselles than they which be litle leane meÌ„ haue more blod corporat men haue more fleshe The time of the yere must be specially marked For in the begynnynge of
by the violence of the breath or wynd the pores are clensed and the fylthe in the body naturally expelled This thing is so necessary to the preseruatioÌ„ of helth that without it no man may be longe withoute sycknesse whiche is affyrmed by Lornelius Lelsus sayeng that sluggyshnes dulleth the bodye labour doth strength it the fyrst bryngeth the in coÌ„modities of age shortly the last maketh a man longe tyme lusty Not withstandynge in exercyse ought to be foure thinges diligently considered that is to say the tyme the thynges precedyng the qualitie and the quantitie of exercyse Fyrst as concernyng the tyme conuenient for exercise that it be not whan there is in the stomake or bowels great quaÌ„titie of meate not suffycyently dygested or of humours crude or raw lesse therby peryll mought insue by conueyance of them into all the membres before those metes or humours be concocte or boyled suffyeyently Galen sayth that the tyme moste conuenient for exercise is whan bothe the fyrst seconde digestyon is complete as well in the stomake as in the vaynes that the tyme approcheth to eate 〈◊〉 For yf ye do exercyse sooner or later ye shall eyther fyll the body with crude humours or elles augment yelowe choler The knowledge of this tyme is perceyued by the colour of the vrine for that which reseÌ„bleth vnto clere water betokeneth that the iuyce whiche cometh from the stomake is crude in the vaynes that whiche is well colouryd not to hygh or base betokeneth that the second digestion is nowe perfyte where the colour is very hygh or redde it syghâ—â—fyet 〈…〉 that the concoction is more thanne suffycyent Wherfore whan the vryne appereth in a temperate colour not redde nor pale but as it were gylt than shulde exercise haue his begynnyng ⧠Of fricasies or rubbynges precedynge exercise Cap. 32. AS touchynge thynges procedynge exercise for asmoch as it is to be feared leste by vehement exercise any of the excremeÌ„ tes of the bealy or bladder shulde hastely be receyued into the habyte of the body by the vyolence of heate kendled by exercyse also lest 〈◊〉 thynge whiche is hole be by heuyness◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 tes or vyolent motion broken or 〈◊〉 out of his place or that the excrementes by violence of the breathe shulde stoppe the poâ—â—res or 〈…〉 dytes of the bodye it shall be necessarye lyttell and lyttell by chafynge the body fyrste to mollifye the partes consolydate and to ex 〈…〉 te or make thynne the humours and to lowse and open the poores and than shall ensue to hym that exerciseth no peryll of obstruction or rupture And to brynge that to passe it shall be expedient after that the body is clensed to rubbe the body with a course lynnen clothe fyrst softely and easilye and after to increase more and more to a harde and swyfte rubbynge vntyll the flesshe do swelle and be somwhat ruddy and that not only downe ryght but also ouerthwart round Some do vse fricasies in this forme in the mornynge after that they haue ben at the stole with theyr shirte sleues or bare hande if theyr flesh be tended they do fyrst softely and afterwarde faster rubbe theyr breste and sydes downewarde and ouerthwarte not touchyng their stomacke or bealy and after cause their seruaÌ„t semblably to rubbe ouerthwart their shoulders and backe begynnyng at their neckbone and not touchyng the raynes of their backe excepte they doo fele there moche colde and wynde and afterwarde their legges froÌ„ the knees to the ancle laste their armes from the elbowe to the hand wreste And in this forme of fricasy I my selfe haue founded an excellent commoditie Old men or they whiche be very drye in their bodyes yf they put to some swete oyles as Yrinum NardiuÌ„ Chamemelinum or other lyke myxte with a lytel swete oyle of rooses I suppose they do wel I wyl not here speake of oyntementes vsed in ode tyme amonge the Romaynes and Grekes in frie 〈…〉 or rubbynges For I suppose that they were neuer here vsed and in the sayde places they be also left onelesse it be in palsies or apoplexies or agaynst the rigour which hapneth in feuers onely I wyll remember the sayeng of Hipocrates Fricasye hathe power to lowse to bynde to increase flesshe and to mynysshe hit For harde fryeasies doo bynde or consolidate softe rubbynge doth lowse or mollyfye moche dothe mynyshe fleshe meane rubbynge dothe augment or increase it He that wyll knowe more aboundantly herof lette hym rede the boke of Galene of the preseruation of helth callyd in latyne Detuenda sanitate translated most truely and eloquentely out of Greke into latine by doctour Linacre late phisition of moste worthy memory to our soueraygne lorde kynge Henry the eight The same mattier is written more briefely of Paulus Aegineta Oribasius Aetius and some other late wryters but vnto Galene not to be compared ¶ The diuersities of exercises Cap. 33. THe qualitie of exercise is the dyuersytie therof forasmoche as therin be many differences in mouynge and also some exercise moueth more one parte of the body some another In difference of mouynge some is slowe or softe some is swyfte or faste some is stronge or violent some be myxte with strength swiftnesse Stronge or violent exercyses be these deluyng specially in tough clay and heuy bearyng or susteynynge of heuy burdeynes clymmyng or walkynge agaynst a stiepe vpright hyll holding a rope clymmyng vp therby hangyng by the handes on any thynge aboue a mannes reache that his fete touche not the grounde standynge and holdynge vppe or spreadynge the armes with the handes faste closed and abydynge soo a longe tyme. Also to holde the armes stedfaste causynge an other man to assay to pulle theym out and not withstandynge he kepeth his arme stedfaste inforcynge thervnto the synewes and muscles wrastlynge also with the armes and legges yf the persones be equall in strengthe it dothe exercise the one and the other yf the one be stronger than is it to the weaker a more vyolent exercise All these kyndes of exercises and other lyke them do augmente strengthe and therfore they serue onely for yonge men whiche be inclyned or be apte to the warres Swyfte exercise without violence is runnynge playenge with weapons tenyse or throwynge of the balle trottyng a space of ground forwarde and backewarde goynge on the toes and holdynge vppe the handes Also styrrynge vp and downe his armes without plummettes Vehement exercise is compounde of vyolent exercise and swyfte whan they are ioyned togyther at oone tyme as daunsynge of galyardes throwynge of the balle and rounnynge after it footeballe playe may be in the number therof throwynge of the longe darte and contynuynge it many tymes ronnynge in harneys and other lyke The moderate exercyse is longe walkynge or goyng a iourneye The partes of the body haue sondry exercises appropryed vnto them as runnynge and goynge is the mooste proper for the legges Mouynge of the armes vp and downe of stretchynge theym oute
core taken out and mixte with honye claryfyed or sugar than they cause good appetyte and preserueth the heed from drunkennes taken after meate it closeth and draweth the stomake to gyther and helpeth it to dygeste and mollifieth the bealy yf it be aboundantely taken they be colde in the fyrste degree and drye in the begynnynge of the seconde ⧠Of Pomegranates POmegranates be of good iuyce and profytable to the stomake specially they whiche are sweete but in a hotte feuer they that are sowre be more expedient and holsome for than the swete do intende heate and puffe vp the stomake ⧠Of Peares PEares are moche of the nature of apples but they are heuyer but taken after meate rosted or baken they are not vnholsome and do restrayne and knytte the stomake beyng rypeâ— they be colde and moyste in the fyrst degre ⧠Medlars MEdlars are colde and drye and constrictiue or straynynge the stomake and therfore they may be eaten after meales as a medicine but not vsed as meate for they ingender melancholye they be colde and drye in the seconde degree ☞ Walnuttes VAlnuttes yf they be blaunched are supposed to be good for the stomake somwhat lowsynge the bealy myxte with sugar they do nourysshe temperately Of two drye nuttes as many fygges and .xx. leaues of Rewe with a grayne of salte is wade a medycine wherof yf one do eate fastynge nothynge whiche is venemous may that day hurte hym and it also preserueth against the pestilence and this is the very ryght Mithridate they be hotte and drie in the seconde degree after some oppinions hotte in the thyrde degre drye in the seconde ☞ Fylberdes and hasylnuttes ¶ They are more strong in substance than wall nuttes wherfore they are not so easily or soone digested Also they do inflate the stomacke and cause heed ache but they ingender fatte And yf they be rosted they are good to restrayne rewmes Also eaten with pepper they are good agaynst tourmentes of the bealye and the stoppynge of vryne They be hotte and drye in the fyrste degree ⧠Of Almondes THey do extenuate and clense without any byndynge wherfore they purge the breste and lunges specially bytter almondes Also they do mollifye the bealy prouoke sleape and causeth to pysse well fyue or syx of theym eaten afore meate kepe a manne from beynge drunke they be hot and moyst in the fyrst degre ⧠Of Chestyns ¶ They beinge rosted vnder the ymbers or hot asshes doo nourysshe the bodye strongely and eaten with hony fastynge do helpe a manne of the cowghe ⧠Prunes OF the gardeyne and type doo dispose a man to the stoole but they do brynge noo maner of nouryshement To this fruyte lyke as to fygges this propertie romayneth that being dryed they do profyte The damasâ—e prune rather byndeth than lowseth and is more commodiouse vnto the stomake they be colde and moyste in the seconde degre ⧠Olyues COndyte in salte lycoure taken at the begynnynge of a meale doth corroborate the stomake stireth appetite and louseth the bealy beynge eaten with vyneger They whiche be rype are temperatly hote they which be grene are colde and drye ⧠Of Capers THey nouryshe nothynge after that they be salted but yet they make the bely louse and purgeth fleume whiche is therin conteyned Also styrreth appetite to meate and openeth the obstructions or stoppynge of the lyuer and splene beynge eaten with oximell before any other meate they be hotte and drye in the seconde degree ⧠Orenges ¶ The ryndes taken in a lyttell quantitie doo comforte the stomake where it digesteth specially condite with sugar and taken fastynge in a small quantitie The iuyce of orenges hauynge a toste of bredde put vnto it with a lyttell powder of myntes sugar and a lyttell cynamome maketh a very good sauce to prouoke appetite The iuyce eaten with sugar in a hotte feuer is not to be discommended The rynde is hotte in the fyrst degree and drye in the second the iuyce of them is colde in the seconde degree and drye in the fyrste ☞ Herbes vsed in potage or to eate Capitulo 8. GEnerally al herbes rawe and not sodden do ingender cold and watry iuyce yf they be eaten customably or in abundance all be it some herbes are more comestyble doo lasse harme vnto nature and moderatelye vsed maketh inetely good bloudde ☞ Lettyse AMonge all herbes none hath soo good iuyce as letise for somemen do suppose that it maketh aboundance of bloude al be it not very pure or perfyte It doth set a hote stomake in a very good temper maketh good appetite and eaten in the euennynge it prouoketh slepe albe it it neither doth lowse nor bynd the bealye of his owne propertie It increaseth mylke in a womans breastes but it abateth carnall appetite and moche vsynge therof hurteth the eye syghte It is colde and moyst temperatly ⧠Colewortes and Cabages BEfore that auarice caused marchantes to fetche out of the easte and south partes of the worlde the traffyke of spyce and sondry droughes to contente the vnsaciablenesse of wanton appetites Colewortes for the vertues supposed to be in them were of such estimation that they were iudged to be a sufficient medycyne agaynst all diseases as it maye appere in the booke of wyse Cato wherein he wryteth of husbandrye But now I wyll no more remember than shall be requyred in that whiche shall be vsed as meate and not pure medicyne The iuyce therof hathe vertue to pourge the holle leaues beynge halfe sodden and the water poured out and they beynge put eftsones into hotte water and sodden vntyll they be tender so eaten they do bynde the bealy Some do suppose yf they be eaten raw with vineger before meat it shall preserue the stomacke from surfettynge and the heed from drunkennesse all be it moche vsynge of them dulleth the syght except the eies be very moyst Fynally the iuyce that it maketh in the body is not so commendable as that whiche is ingendred of lettyse It is hote in the first degree and drye in the seconde ⧠Of Cikorie or suckorie IT is lyke in operation to lettyse tempereth choler wonderfully and therfore in all cholerike feuers the decoctioÌ„ of this herbe or the water therof stylled is ryghte expedient semblably the herbe and rote boiled with fleshe that is freshe beyng eaten kepeth the stomacke and hed in verye good temper I suppose that Southystell and Dentdelyon be of lyke qualities but not so conuenient to be vsed of theym whiche are hole bycause they are wylde of nature and more bytter and therfore causeth fastidiousnesse or lothsomnesse of the stomacke It is colde and drye in the seconde degree ☞ Endyue and Scariole BE moche lyke in theyr operation to Cykorie but they are more conuenient to medicine than to meate All be if Scariole callyd whyte Endyue hauynge the toppes of the leaues tourned in and layde in the erthe at the latter ende of sommer and couered becommeth whyte and crispe
hapneth without exercise or vehement mouyng This doth happen of excessiue multitude of humours which do extend the muscules or fyllettes In this no sorenesse is felt but only an heuynes with extension or thrustyng out of the body And bycause that there is abundance of bloude in the body beste remedye is to be letten bloude about the elbowe or ancle after to be pourged than to vse softe frycasyes with oyles afore rehersed afterward moche reste and temperate bathes and meates lackynge sharpenes and beynge abstersyue ¶ Lassytude with the feelynge of infamation Cap. 4. IF without any mouynge the muscles and flesh ryse vp in the body as it swelled with great paynes excedynge heate than sone after foloweth most hotest feuers except it be preuented by lettynge of bloud and that in abundance and almoste to sownynge but it were more sure to be lette bloud twyse in one day the fyrst tyme without sownynge at the nexte tyme sownynge is not to be feared If the grefe be in tâ—â— necke or heed the bloud muste be lette of the bayne called Cephalea or the shulder vayne If it be in the bulke or vppermost part of the body than must the vayne be cut which is callyd Basilica or the innermost vayne If all the body be greued thaÌ„ cut the veyn which is named Mediana or the myddel veyn If a feuer remayne after bloud lettyng than order hym with the dicte of them that haue feuers whiche ye shall fynde wryten hereafter If no feuer remayne thanne vse moderate fricasies and lyttell eatynge and that of meates hauynge good iuce increasynge by lyttell and lyttell to the naturall dyet ¶ Dyete of them that are redy to fall into syckenesse Cap. 5. NOwe retourne eftesones to speake of diete it is to be remembred that they whiche are redy to fall into diseases they are prepared thervnto eyther by replecyon of superfluous humours or els by eruditie or malyce of humours which are in them As touchyng the fyrst the generall dyete must be such as therby the humours maye be attenuate and by conuenient euacuatioÌ„ brought to a moderate quantitie As for the seconde muste be corrected with meates and drynkes of contrary qualities hauyng alway respecte to the age of the person tyme of the yere place of habitation and moste specially the vniuersal complexion for choler offendyng in an old man in winter tyme in a cold countrey or the person beynge of his naturall complexion fleumatike or melancoly wolde not be so habundantly expulsed or subdued as yf it be in one yonge and lusty in the hote sommer in the couÌ„trais where the sonne feruently burneth or the persone of his proper nature is very coleryke And in lyke wyse contrary wherfore euery man knowynge his owne naturall complexion with the qualitie of the humour that offendeth let hym make temperanÌ„ce his chiefe coke and remembrynge that which I haue before declared ordeyne to hym selfe such diete as may reforme the offence with none or lyttell annoyance to his vniuersall complexion And yf he can so do he shal happily escape not only dyuers syckenesses but also the most pernitious dauÌ„ger procedyng of corrupted drowges or spices wherof some couetous poticaries do make medicines maugre the heedes of good and well lerned physicyons ¶ Syckenes moste commune to particular tymes of the yere and ages Ca. 6. ALthough I do not inteÌ„de to write of the cure of egritudes or syckenesses confyrmed as well bycause it moughte be reputed in me a great presumption as also forasmoche as it were very peryllous to dinulgate that noble science to coÌ„mune people not lerned in lyberall sciences and philosophie whiche be requyred to be suffyciently in a phisition And more ouer many bokes of Hipocrates and Galene ought to be radde before that one do take vpon hym the generall cure of mens bodies yet not withstandyng I truste I may without any note of arrogance write what diseases do most commonly happen in sondry tymes of the yere ages of men and women with some signifycations wherby the discrasie or distemperature of the body is perceyued to the intent that the phisition beinge farre of maye be truely informed consideryng that vrines farre caryed doo often deceyue them and lyke wyse lacke of the syghte of the pacyent and inquisition of thinges which do precede or folowe the syckenesse And with this I truste none honest and charytable phisition wylle be offended but rather gyue to me thankes for my dyligence in the aduaunrynge of theyr estimation which by lacke of perfite instruction hath ben appayred ¶ Syckenesses of sprynge tyme. ¶ Diseases procedynge of melancoly as madnesse fallynge syckenesse bleedynges auynses poses hoorsenesse coughes lepries scabbes ache in the ioyntes ¶ Syckenesses of sommer ¶ Many of the sayd diseases also feuers concynuall hotte feuers feuers tertiane quartaynes vomites flyres watryng of eies peynes of the eares blysters and soores of the mouth and sweattynges ¶ Syckenesses of Autumne ¶ Dyuers of sommer syckenesses also oppilations of the spleene dropsies consumptioÌ„s straÌ„gulyons costyuenesse ache in the huckle boones shortnesse of wynde frettynge of the bowelles fallynge syckenesse and melancoly dyseases ¶ Syckenesse of wynter ¶ Stitches and griefes in the sides inflamatioÌ„ of the lunges reumes coughes paynes in the bresle sydes and loynes heed ache palseyes ¶ Sycknesses happenyng to chyldern ¶ Whan they be newe borne there do happen to them soores of the mouth called Aphte vomitynge coughes watchyng fearefulnesse inflamations of the nauyll moystures of the eares Wwhan they breede tethe ytchynge of the gummes feuers crampes and laskes Whan they ware elder than be they greeued with kernelles oppennesse of the moulde of the heed shortnesse of wynde the stone of the bladder wourmes of the bealy wartes swellynges vnder the chynne and in Englande commonlye purpyls measels and smalle pockes ¶ Syckenesse happenyng to yonge men from .xiiii. yeres of age ¶ Feuers cotydiane tereyane quarteyne hotte feuers spyttynge or vomitynge of bloude pleuresies diseases of the sydes inflammation of the lunges lethargies fransye hote syckenesses cholerik passioÌ„s costiuenes or vehement laskes ¶ Syckenesse of age ¶ Difficultie of breathe reumes with coughes strangulyon and dyfficultie in pyssynge ache in the ioyntes diseases of the raynes â—wymmynges in the heed palseyes ytchynge of all the body lacke of slepe moysture in the eyes and eares dulnesse of syght hardnes of herynge tisiknesse or shortnesse of breth ¶ Although many of the sayd syckenesses doo happen in euery tyme and age yet bycause they be moste frequent in the sayde tymes and ages I haue wryten them to the intent that in the ages and tymes moste inclyned vnto them suche thynges mought be than eschewed whiche are apte to ingendre the sayde diseases ¶ The generall sygnifications and tokens of syckenes Cap. 7. IF the bodye be hotter colder moyster drier leaner fuller the colour more pale or swarte the eyes more holowe than is accustomed to be it sygnifieth that the body is disposed to syknes or
than whyther it be red watrye or blacke Moreouer it may not be forgotten to aduertyse the Phisition of the dyet vsed by the pacient aswell afore the syckenesse as in the tyme of the sychenesse his age the strength of his body his exercyse and place where he lengest abode in his youth whether it were hye or lowe watry or dry hotte or colde This I trust shall be suffycient to instruct a physition he that desyreth to knowe more particularly hereof let hym rede the bokes of Hypocrates Galene Cornelyus Celsus Actuarius Paulus and dyuers other late wrytters for this lytell treatyse may not receyue it ¶ The preceptis of the auncient physition Dyocles vnto kynge Antigonus Cap. 10. VVe will nowe diuide the bodye of man into foure partes the heed boulke called in latin thorax which conteyneth the brest the sydes the stomake and entrayles The bely called in latyn venter conteyneth the panche the bowels Also the bladder called in latin vesica in the whiche name is also conteyned the cundites by the which vryne passeth Whan any disease approcheth to the heed these tokens do commonly precede swymmyng in the hced heed ache heuines of the browes sounding in the eares pryckynges in the temple the eyes in the mornynge do water or waxe dymme the smellynge is dulle the gummes do smelle WhaÌ„ thou felest suche tokens forthwith pourge the heed with somwath not with vehement medecines but takinge I sope or Organum the croppes of them boyle with whyte or claret wyne half a pynte therwith gargarise your mouth fastyng vntil the fleume be purged oute of your heed this is the easyest medicine in discrasies of the heed It is also very holsome to gargaryse the mouth and brest with hony water wherinto mustarde is put myngled but fyrste the heed must be rubbed with a warme clothe that the fleum maye easyly come out of the heed And yf these tokens be neglected these maner of syckenesses do folowe sone after blared eyes and humour lettinge the sight cleftes in the eares swel lynges in the necke full of matter called the kinges euyll corruption of the brayne poses or reumes heuynesse of the heed and tooth ache WhaÌ„ the boulke is like to suffer any sickenes it is perceiued by these tokens all the body is in a sweatte the bulke most specially the tonge wa xeth thicke the spettyll is eyther salt or bitter or cholerycke the sides and shoulders do ake without any occasyon the pacient gapeth often also there dothe happen moche wakynge suffocations or lacke of breth thirst after slepe the mynd is vexed with heuinesse also the brest and armes are verye coulde and the handes do trembele Against these thyges this remedy may be prouided After a moderate soupper assaye to vomite without any medycine vomyte is also profytable whiche meate dothe folowe He that in such wyse wyll vomite let hym eat hastyly small radysshe rootes townkersis rokat synuy or purslane and drynke after it a greate quantitie of warme water and prouoke hym sesfe to vomyte He that setteth lyttell by the sayde tokeÌ„s let hym feare these sycknesses folowing the pleuresie the syckenes of the lunges melancolye or madnes sharpe feuers the fransye the letargie inflamation with yexinge If any syckenesse be towarde the bealy they maye be espied by these tokens the bealye is fyrste wrapped together and in it selfe is troubled all meates and drinkes do seeme bytter in tast he feleth heuynesse in hys knees a styffenes in hys loynes a wearynesse in all hys body without any occasioÌ„ a slepynesse in his legges with a lyttell feuer whan thou feleste these tokens mollyfie the bealy not wyth medicyne but wyth good order of diete for it is best and most sure to vse those thynges wherof lyghtly may ensue none annoyaÌ„ce in the number of them are betes boyled in water of hony garlike sodden malowes sorel mercury and all thynges condite in hony Al these do erpel the ordure of the bely but if any of the sayd signes dothe more and more increase the lyquour wherein the sede of Carthamus callid also Cnicus is boyled is a plesaÌ„t and sure medicine small colewortes boyled in a good quaÌ„titie of water the licour therof in measure â–ª ii pintes sauyng the thirde parte of a pint wyth honâ— and salt beyng drunken shall profite moch Cicer and the pulse called in laâ—â—o ernum in englishe I suppose chittes â–ª in water drunk fasting hath the same essect To them which set littel by the said tokens these diseases do sodeÌ„ly happen Fluxe of the bealy bluddy fluxe slyppernes of the bowels peynes in the guttes ach in huckle bones the feuer terciane the gowte the apoplexie or palsey in the lymmes hemoroides aking of ioyntes Whan the bladder is towarde any sickenes it is perceyued by these tokeÌ„s fulnesse felt after lytel meat brekyng winde downwarde and vpwarde palenesse of colour in al the body heuy or troublous sleapes the vrine pale and passynge forth peynefully swellynges about the coddes priuy members WhaÌ„ these tokens appeare thaÌ„ is it expedient to hauy remedy of odoriferous thinges whyche do expell vrine whyche shall be done without any peryll with the rotes of fenell and persely stieped one or two dayes in good whyte wyne and to drinke therof fastinge euery mornyng thre ounces and two draÌ„mes wyth the water of wylde carettes or clycampane whyche of these is next at hande euery of theÌ„ haue lyke effect Also water wherin the peasyn called in latyne Ciceres are stieped beynge drunke wyth wyne is lyke coÌ„modiouse he that neglecteth the sayde tokeÌ„s let him loke for these syckenesses fo lowynge the dropsy the greatnes of the splene griefe in the lyuer the stone ache of the backe or peynes in the raynes the difficultie of vrine fulnes of the bely In al these thinges that we haue spokeÌ„ of we shal gyue to childâ—eÌ„ most easy medi cines to meÌ„ those which be stroÌ„ger in workyng This diete of Diocles althought at this time it semeth not moste pleasaunt nor accordynge to the practise nowe vsed yet beynge tempred with that which I haue before remeÌ„bred some thyng maye be founde in it which beinge experienced maye be as commodious for the helth of mans body as that diete which is more curyous or pleasaunt ¶ Of them in wose stomakes meat is corrupted Cap. 11. THey in whom customably meat is corrupted let them afore that they eat any meat assaye to vomite drynkynge swete wine absteine from meat that ingender botches inflaÌ„mations fumous ructuations or vapours and take suche as noryshe good iuyce chose them out which do molyfy the bely at sondry tymes take them It is also good to take temperatly that which lowseth the bely as the medicyne called picra and to absteyne from suche thinges wherby yll iuyre is gathered do ingender syckenesses harde to be cured or neuer as goutes boneache peynes of the raynes c. ¶ Of the vertue of meates Cap. 12. HE that