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A00695 Erōtomania or A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure of love, or erotique melancholy. Written by Iames Ferrand Dr. of Physick; Traité de l'essence et guérison de l'amour. English Ferrand, Jacques, médecin.; Chilmead, Edmund, 1610-1654. 1640 (1640) STC 10829; ESTC S102065 141,472 420

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character_n charm_n poison_n meat_n or_o medicine_n which_o may_v stir_v up_o the_o humour_n heat_n the_o blood_n or_o by_o some_o other_o mean_v provoke_v they_o to_o lust_n and_o this_o their_o assertion_n they_o labour_v to_o prove_v out_o of_o that_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n nahum_n where_o there_o be_v a_o woe_n pronounce_v against_o the_o bloody_a city_n etc._n etc._n because_o of_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o whoredom_n of_o the_o well_o favour_a harlot_n the_o mistress_n of_o witchcraft_n that_o sell_v nation_n through_o her_o whoredom_n and_o family_n through_o her_o witchcraft_n where_o by_o witchcraft_n they_o say_v be_v mean_v philter_n which_o they_o use_v to_o make_v by_o burn_v the_o stone_n of_o olive_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o baruch_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n as_o they_o conceive_v that_o plato_n in_o convivio_fw-la say_v that_o love_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a magician_n and_o a_o sorcerer_n the_o 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degenerate_a as_o avicen_n affirm_v in_o his_o chapter_n de_fw-fr ilisco_n sive_fw-la de_fw-la amore._n chap._n thirty-nine_o pharmaceuticall_a remedy_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o love_n or_o erotique_a melancholy_n as_o the_o scurf_n &_o itch_n can_v well_o be_v cure_v unless_o the_o blood_n be_v first_o purify_v and_o the_o salt_n nitrous_a humour_n which_o be_v immix_v with_o the_o mass_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v purge_v by_o convenient_a medicine_n orderly_o administer_v and_o not_o rash_o and_o inconsiderate_o but_o gentle_o and_o as_o we_o be_v wont_n to_o say_v per_fw-la epicrasin_n purge_v out_o the_o bad_a humour_n by_o degree_n and_o supply_v good_a humour_n instead_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v hypocrates_n all_o sudden_a and_o violent_a evacuation_n repletion_n heat_n or_o cooling_n of_o the_o body_n or_o any_o the_o like_a violent_a motion_n in_o the_o body_n whatsoever_o be_v very_o dangerous_a for_o nature_n abhor_v whatsoever_o be_v too_o much_o but_o be_v please_v with_o a_o mediocrity_n in_o all_o thing_n which_o aphorism_n although_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v pronounce_v of_o all_o disease_n in_o general_a yet_o be_v it_o prove_v more_o particular_o to_o be_v true_a in_o the_o scab_n and_o itch_n which_o always_o be_v observe_v to_o grow_v worse_o by_o the_o rash_a and_o unadvised_a application_n of_o ointment_n and_o purge_n so_o likewise_o must_v we_o take_v the_o same_o course_n and_o order_n of_o proceed_v in_o the_o cure_n of_o love-melancholy_n or_o erotique_a madness_n which_o disease_n require_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o time_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o as_o well_o for_o those_o reason_n before_o allege_v in_o the_o 21._o chapter_n as_o also_o because_o that_o the_o humour_n peccant_a be_v the_o more_o headstrong_a and_o intractable_a by_o reason_n of_o its_o extreme_a dryness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v dry_a be_v very_o hard_a to_o be_v remove_v or_o wrought_v upon_o and_o that_o this_o disease_n be_v not_o sudden_o cure_v but_o require_v some_o good_a space_n of_o time_n for_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o hypocrates_n also_o assure_v we_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la hominis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o melancholy_a say_v he_o be_v the_o most_o viscous_a and_o clammy_a humour_n that_o be_v in_o the_o body_n be_v therefore_o the_o hard_a to_o be_v purge_v forth_o &_o require_v the_o long_a time_n to_o be_v remove_v which_o seem_v also_o to_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o cure_n that_o valleriola_n wrought_v upon_o the_o merchant_n of_o arles_n which_o he_o can_v not_o perfect_a under_o the_o space_n of_o six_o or_o seven_o month_n but_o for_o our_o more_o orderly_a and_o methodical_a proceed_n in_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o disease_n we_o will_v divide_v it_o into_o two_o principal_a part_n namely_o the_o humectation_n or_o moisten_a of_o the_o body_n or_o of_o the_o peccant_a humour_n and_o the_o evacuation_n and_o purge_v of_o the_o same_o according_a as_o we_o be_v instruct_v by_o avicen_n also_o in_o this_o case_n canon_n curationis_fw-la melancholiae_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la pervenias_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la in_o humectatione_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la sis_fw-la diminutus_fw-la in_o evacuatione_fw-la cholerae_fw-la nigrae_fw-la now_o this_o humectation_n must_v be_v perform_v by_o meat_n alterative_a medicine_n bath_n &_o topical_a plaster_n and_o the_o purgation_n be_v to_o be_v do_v with_o all_o convenient_a speed_n but_o very_o gentle_o and_o with_o intermission_n for_o fear_n of_o over-heating_a the_o humour_n and_o yet_o the_o humour_n be_v many_o time_n so_o stubborn_a as_o that_o gentle_a and_o easy_a medicine_n work_v not_o at_o all_o upon_o it_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o unfit_o compare_v by_o one_o to_o a_o troublesome_a garrison_n of_o soldier_n that_o be_v billete_v in_o some_o poor_a town_n or_o other_o where_o they_o may_v live_v as_o they_o please_v themselves_o no_o man_n dare_v to_o control_v they_o for_o though_o they_o entreat_v they_o never_o so_o kind_o yet_o shall_v they_o very_o hardly_o be_v rid_v of_o they_o without_o much_o ado_n but_o if_o they_o give_v they_o the_o least_o distaste_n they_o will_v then_o stay_v there_o the_o long_o if_o it_o be_v but_o to_o vex_v and_o torment_v they_o the_o more_o we_o shall_v do_v well_o then_o to_o begin_v our_o purgation_n with_o a_o gentle_a clyster_n for_o to_o evacuate_v the_o excrement_n of_o the_o first_o region_n of_o the_o body_n and_o we_o must_v compose_v it_o of_o some_o mollify_a and_o refresh_a decoction_n add_v thereto_o some_o catholicon_n diaprum_fw-la simp._n or_o the_o like_a the_o next_o day_n we_o may_v give_v our_o patient_n a_o convenient_a quantity_n of_o cassia_n with_o a_o little_a scena_fw-la orient_a well_o prepare_v or_o else_o a_o dram_n of_o confect_v hamech_n or_o diasenna_n or_o if_o he_o please_v he_o may_v take_v a_o gentle_a purge_n of_o catholicon_n tryphera_n pers_n and_o syrup_n rosar_n to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v a_o quantity_n of_o rhubarbe_n and_o agaric_n after_o this_o minorative_n it_o will_v then_o be_v time_n to_o fall_v to_o the_o prepare_v of_o the_o humour_n by_o julep_n or_o decoction_n as_o for_o example_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d buglos_n &_o borag_v cum_fw-la radic_fw-la cichor_n endiu._n aceto_n pimpinellae_fw-la &_o caeterach_n ana_fw-it m._n i_o summit_n lupul._n fumar_n beton_n ana_fw-it m._n ss_z polypod_n querni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ss_z passull_n mund_o &_o corinth_n ana_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iij._o prunor._n dulc_n par_fw-fr iij._o semin_fw-fr melon_n cucurb_v &_o eucumer_n mundat_fw-la ana_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o ss_z semin_fw-fr agn._n casti_fw-la &_o anisi_fw-la ana_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o flor_n trium_fw-la cordial_n thymi_fw-la &_o epithymi_n ana_fw-la p._n i._n fiat_fw-la omnium_fw-la decoctio_fw-la lib._n ij_o colaturae_fw-la add_v sucor_fw-mi borrag_v lupuli_fw-la &_o poenor_fw-la