to anger The laste .ij. verses recite some of the forsayde tokens and also some other Fyrste a sanguine ê‘sone is free nat couetous but liberall Secondly he is amorous Thyrdly he hath a mery countenance Fourthly he is moste parte smylynge of whiche all the benignite of the bloud is cause and prouoker Fyftlye he hath a ruddye colour For Auicen saythe that ruddy colour of the skynne signifieth abundance of bloud And this must be vnderstande of brighte ruddy colour nat darke suche as is wonte to be in theyr facis that drynke stronge wynes abundantlye and that vse sauces and sharpe spices for suche colour signifieth lepre to come Syxtly he gladlye singethe and herethe syngâ—ge by reason of his mery mynde SeueÌ„thlye he is fleshye throughe the cause afore sayde The .viij. is he is hardy through the hete of the bloud whiche is cause of boldnes The .ix. is the sanguine persone is benigne and gentyl through the bounte of the sanguine humour Est humor colere qui competit impetuosis Hoc genus est hominum cupiens precellere cunctos Hi leuiter discunt multum comedunt cito crescunt Inde magnanimi sunt largi summa petentes Hirsutus fallax irascens prodigus audax Astutus gracilis siccus groceique coloris Here the auctour teacheth vs to knowe a persone of colerike complexion Fyrst he is hasty by reason of superfluous heate that mouethe hym to hastynes AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. And therfore Auicen sayth that dedes of excessiue motion signifie heate Secondly the colerike persone is desirous of honour and coueteth to be vppermoste and to excelle all other by reason that suê‘fluous heate maketh maÌ„s mynde prone to arrogaÌ„ce and foole hardynes Thyrdly they lerne lyghtlye by reason of the subtilnes of the colerike humour And therfore Auicen saithe that the vnderstandynge promptnes and quicke agilite to intelligence betokenethe heate of complexion Fourthlye they eate moche for in them the heate digestiue is stronger more resolutiue than in other bodies Fyftly they encresse soone through strength of naturall heate in them whiche is cause of augmentation The .vj. is they be stoute stomaked that is they can suffre no iniuries by reason of the heate in them And therfore Auicen sayth secunda .i. doctrina .iii. cap. tertio that to take euery thynge impaâ—iently signifieth heate The .vij. is they be liberall to those that honour them The .viij. is they desire highe dignites officis The .ix. is a colerike persone is hearye by heate openynge the pores mouyng the mattier of heares to the skynne And therfore hit is a coÌ„mon sayenge the colerike man is as heary as a gotte The .x. is he is disceyuable The .xj. is he is soone angry through his hotte nature And therfore Auicen sayth ofte angry and for a smalâ— cause betoketh heate through easy motion of coler and boylynge of the bloud aboute the harte The .xij. is he is a waster in spendyng largely to optayne honours The .xiij. is he is bolde for boldnes cometh of great heate specially about the harte The .xiiij. is he is wylye The .xv. is he is skleÌ„der membred and nat fleshie The .xvj. is he is leane and drie The .xvij. is he is saffâ—on colored And therfore Auicen saythe that coler signifiethe dominion Restat et adhuc tristis colere substancie nigre Qui reddit prauos per tristes paâ—a loquentes Hi vigilant studiis nec mens est dedita somno Seruant propositum sibi nit reputant fore tutunt Inuidus et tristis cupidus dextreque tenacis Non ex perâ— fraudis timidus luteique coloris Here he declareth some tokens of a melancoly ê‘sone Fyrst melaÌ„coly maketh folkes shrewde and yll manered as they that kyll them selfe The .ij. is great heuines for melancolye folkes are moste parte sad through theyr melancoly spiritis troublous darke lyke as clere spiritis make folkes gladde The .iij. is they talke lyttell by reason of theyr coldnes The .iiij. is they be studious for they couet alway to be alone The .v. is they are no slepers nor slepe nat well by reason of the ouer moche drines of the brayne and through melancoly fumes they haue horrible dreames that wake them out of theyr slepe The .vj. is they be stedfaste in theyr purpose and of good memorie and harde to please and this comethe throughe theyr drines The .vij. is they thynke nothynge sure they alway drede through darkenes of theyr spiritis In the .ij. laste verses he recitethe some of the forsayde signes and other Fyrste the melancolye persone is enuious The .ij. he is sadde The .iij. he is couetous Fourthly he holdeth fast and is an yll payer Fyftly he is simple yet disceitfull and therfore melancoly folkes are deuoute great reders fasters and kepers of abstinence Syxtlye he is fearfull Seuenthly he hath an erth ye browne colour whiche colour if hit be any thinge grene signifiethe the dominion of melancolye as Rasis sayth .ij. Alman Hi sunt humores qui prestat cuique colores Omnibus in rebus ex flegmate fit color albus Sanguine fit rubeus colera â—ubea quâ—que ruffus Si peccet sanguis facies â—ubet extat acellus Inflantur gene corpus nimiumque grauatur Est plusquam frequens plenus mollis dolor ingens Maxime fit stontis et constipatio ventris Bâ—caque lingua sitis et somnia plena ruboâ— Dustior adest spâ—ti sunt actâ—a duicta queque Here the auctour puttethe the colours that folowe the complexions A flematike persone is whitely coloured the colerike is browne and tawnye the sanguine is ruddy the melancoly is pale colered lyke erthe Afterwarde the texte declareth .xij. colours signifienge superfluite of bloud The fyrst is whan the face is redde by ascendyng of bloud to the heed and face The secoÌ„d is whan the eies bolle out farther than they were wonte The .iij. is whan the eies are swollen The .iiij. is whan the bodye is all heuye for nature can nat susteyne nor gouerne so great quaÌ„tite of bloud The .v. is whan the pulce beateth thycke The .vj. is whaÌ„ the pulce is full by reasoÌ„ of the multitude of hotte and moyst vapours The .vij. is whan the pulce is softe throughe to moche humidite mollifienge the mattier The .viij. is ache of the forheed The ix is whaÌ„ the bealy is costife throughe great hete that drieth vp the fylthy mattier The .x. is whaÌ„ the tonge is drie and rough for like cause The .xj. is great thyrste through drines of the stomakes mouth engeÌ„dred of great hete The .xij. is whan one dreameth of redde thynges AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. vii This Auicen affirmeth sayenge Slepe that signifieth abuÌ„dance of bloud is whan a man dreameth he seeth redde thynges orels that he shedeth moche of his bloud â–ª orels that he swymmeth in bloud and suche lyke The .xiij. is the swetenes of spyttell throughe swetenes of bloud Here is to be noted that lyke as there be tokens of
fragiâ—is vel subtilis sensus stomachi sit Et fastiditi tibi sunt fleubothomandi Here thauctor putteth .xij. thynges that let blud lettyng The fyrst is coldnes of complexion for as Galen saith bloud lettyng cooleth augmenteth coldnes bicause as Isaac sayth bloud is the fouÌ„dacion of natural hete and in that bloud lettyng voydeth bloud hit voydeth hete so consequeÌ„tly cooleth The .ij. is a feruent colde contrey vnder whiche a cold season shulde be coÌ„preheÌ„ded whiche also letteth bloud lettyng for in a couÌ„trey season very cold the blud is closed in the depest partis of the body and the bloud that taryeth in the vtter partis the colde maketh thycke whiche to voyde is no wisedome The .iij. is ferueÌ„t ache vnder whiche eke may be coÌ„prehended great inflaÌ„mation of the body for if one in suche accideÌ„tis be let bloud there foloweth motion agitatiue contrarie to nature and greatter inflaÌ„mation whiche weaketh nature more The cause of this motion agitatiue is attractioÌ„ to diuers partis for by bloud lettyng attraction is caused to the place that is let blud by great ache attractioÌ„ is caused to the place of ache The cause of greatter inflaÌ„macioÌ„ is that by blud lettyng the humors be moued wherby they be more inflamed And this is trouthe whan blud lettyng is lyttell artificial Yet if it be done tyl one swouÌ„d hit is holsome in the forsaide cases for this bloud lettyng whan it ouercometh the attraction of the ache it causeth nat motion agitatiue like wise it taketh awaye inflaÌ„mation whan there be no humors that shuld moue hete and cause more inflaÌ„macion This is Galens mynde sayeng Gal. in coÌ„men illius apho que egerunt there is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of ferueÌ„t inflaÌ„mation feuers a great ache than blud lettyng The .iiij. is baynyng specially resolutiue for that letteth bloud lettyng for that were vacuatioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vacuatioÌ„ whiche nature can nat esily beare The v. is carnall copulacion for iÌ„mediately ther after one shuld nat be letteÌ„ bloud bicause of double weakyng of nature The .vi. is to olde or to yonge as it is before touched Of this Auicen sayth Take hede howe thou lettest one bloud in any of the forsaid cases outcept thou trust in the figure in solidite of the musculs largenes of the veynes the fulnes of them and ruddy colour The .vii. is longe sicknes for by suche lettyÌ„g of blud nature is doubly febled both by the loÌ„ge sickenes diminishioÌ„ This is of trouthe sayth Auicen outcept there be corrupt bloud for than bloud lettyng is holsome The .viij. is great replecion of drynke The .ix. is to eate to moche meate and vnder this is coÌ„prised meate vndigested The cause hereof as Auicen sayth is this there be .iij. thynges that drawe to them that is voydnes hete and secrete vertue or proprete Than if the veynes be empty through voydyng of bloud they drawe to them froÌ„ the stomake or lyuer vndigested or suê‘fluous meate or drynke whiche vndigested meate coÌ„men to the meÌ„bres can nat be amended that is digested for the third digestion can nat amende the faute of the .ij. nor the secoÌ„de of the fyrst if the faute be so great that hit can nat conuert into the meÌ„bres hit there remaynyÌ„g may cause some disease The .x. is feblenes Gal ii 〈…〉 for bloud lettyng is a stronge voyder as Galen sayth therfore a feble persone may nat endure great diminishyng of blud The .xi. is subtile sensiblenes of the stomakes mouthe whiche is called the hart strynge for of suche bloud lettyng swouÌ„â—yng foloweth easily And vnder this weakenes of the stomake is eke coÌ„prised and easy flowynge of coler to the mouthe therof endusyng vometyng Wherfore they that haue the forsaid accidentes shuld nat be let bloud for by bloud lettyng the humors moued be enduced to the stomakes mouthe as to a place accustomed and bicause hit is a weake an impotent membre to resiste that flixe therfore by suche lettynge of bloud many inconueniences chaÌ„ce This is one cause why many swouÌ„d whaÌ„ they be let bloud by reason the coler floweth to the stomake whiche bytynge the stomake pyneth the hart stomake so that hit causeth one to swouÌ„de The .xij. is lothyng for if in this lothynge one be let bloud whan the veynes be empty they drawe to them yll mattier causyng lothesomnes Auicen toucheth many of these .vi. last accidentis And besides the forsaid accidentis there be other that let bloud lettyng First voydyng of menstruous flixe or the emeraudes for one diseased with eyther of these shulde nat be let bloud yet it may be done to diuert the flixe or matter The .ii. is rarenes of coÌ„position for in rare bodies is moche dissolucion therfore this resolution suffiseth them without euacuation as Galen sayth .ix. teigni The .iii. is rawnes and claÌ„mynes of humours for than beware of bloud lettyng bicause it encreaseth rawenes of humours and therfore in loÌ„ge sickenes ye shuld nat let bloud for rawnes of humours encreseth strength febleth and the sickenes proloÌ„geth And therfore Auicen sayth that in longe sickenes before one is let bloub he shuld take a laxatiue although he nede bothe Rawnes of humors is caused .ii. wayes One is throughe abundance of humours chokyng naturall hete whiche chokynge bredeth rawe humours and than bloud lettynge is holsome Wherfore Alexander sayth Lettyng of bloud in the begynnyng of the dropsy is holsome Alex. ii.ii. ca. de hydroppist whan it cometh by abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struous blud that through some cause is prohibited to issue or by abuÌ„dance of the emeraudis For lyke as a lyttel fire is queÌ„ched vnder a great heape of wodde lyke wise natural hete is suffocate with abundaÌ„ce of humours The .ij. cause of rawe humors is feblenes of natural hete as in folkes of feble coÌ„plexion or that haue ben longe sycke or be very aged for than the said blud lettyng is vnholsome bicause hit augmenteth rawenes for the blud that obserueth hete is drawen out and so the body is made colde and the humours more rawe Therfore the bloud must be left to digest these rawe humours The .iiij. is vndue disposicion of the aire eyther to hotte or to colde for moche hete causethe stronge resolucion and great colde maketh the blud thicke and vnapte to issue or auoyde Quid debes facere quando vis fleubothomarâ— Vel quando minuis fueris vel quando minutus Vnctio sine potus lauachrum vel fascia motus Debent non fragili tibi singula mente teneri v. thynges in bloud lettyng This text declareth .v. thynges that ought to be done about bloud lettyng some before som at the tyme some after The first is anoyntyng whiche other while is vsed in the bloud lettyng as to anoynte the place or veyne that is opened to aswage the peyne somtyme hit is vsed after blud lettyng to kepe the gashe that it close nat vp to soone that the humours left in the
veynes may haue som respiracion and some yll fumes voyde out The .ij. is to dryÌ„ke and specially wyne whiche is good in blud lettyng if one hap to swouÌ„de and also hit is very holsome after blud lettyng to reuiue the spirites engendre newe blud whiche thyng in practyse all phisitians obserue The .iij. is baynyng whiche is holsome .iij. dayes before and .iij. dayes after blud lettyng nat the same day Hit is good before if one thynke he haue grosse humors within hym for baynyng leuseth moueth humors for the said cause hit is holsome to take a sharpe syrope before to moue dissolue and make subtile the humours And therfore whan ye wyll let one blud ye must rubbe the arme that the humours in the veynes about may be made subtile prepared to issue out more esily Hit is holsom after blud lettynge that the residue of humours vapours left behynd may be leused Hit is nat holsome the same day for baynyng maketh the skyn lynnowe whiche made lynnowe wyl nat abyde the stroke gyuen in blud lettyng that is daÌ„gerous The .iiij. is byndynge with lynnen clothes whiche is very holsome to stop the blud after euacuation therof before bledyng to drawe the humours to the veynes and to cause them to swel better to appere The .v. is moderate walkyng before blud lettyng to dissolue make subtile the humors afterward to leuse the residue of the humours lefte behynde Here note that some vse to be let blud fastyng but some other say hit were better to eate a rererosted egge fyrst and therto drynke a draught of wyne about the houre of .ix. or .x. before dyner and forth with to be let blud The cause is whaÌ„ the stomake is empty nature reteyneth styl the blud more stroÌ„gly lest she shuld lacke norishement but whan one hath eate a lyttel norishyng meate as wyne egges is than nature suffreth the blud better to issue Exhiâ—araâ— tristes iratos placat amantes Ne sint amentes fleubothomia facit Here be declared .iii. effectis of blud lettyng First it maketh a sad ê‘sone mery Secondly it appeseth angry folkes The reason is this moche melaÌ„coly myngled with the blud causeth heuynes and moche coler causeth aÌ„ger whiche .ij. humors as they be myngled with the blud are draweÌ„ out by blud lettyng Thirdly hit kepeth louers from furious rauyng for it remoueth the blud froÌ„ the heed auoydyng it by the other exterior partis Farther note that there be .v. causes of blud lettyng The first is that the abundance whether it be in qualite or quantite or bothe shuld be voyded For as Auicen sayth two maner folkes must be let blud One is they that be disposed to be sicke that haue abundaÌ„ce of blud in quantite The other is they that are sicke alredy through the malice of humors or blud But there is difference in these .ii. blud lettynges For blud lettyng for the abuÌ„dance of blud ought to be moche but whaÌ„ it is done to auoyde yll blud it must be moderate as Galen saythe .ix. metategni And therfore they do very yll that let them selfe blede tyll they ê‘ceyue the good blud issue for ê‘auenture all theyr blud shall ruÌ„ne out er they se any good blud appere Therfore they shuld voyde a lyttel at ones and after the mynde of Galen in this case before they let one blud they shuld gyue hym good meates to engeÌ„der good blud to fulfyl the place of the yl blud auoyded and after within a lyttell space to let hym blud a lyttel and a lyttel This is called directe lettyÌ„g of blud for it is done to auoyde abundaÌ„ce of blud and of suche humors as shulde be auoyded The fyrst indirecte cause is the greatnes of the disease and greatnes of the apparent vehement inflaÌ„macion for as GaleÌ„ saith ther is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of vehement inflaÌ„macion feuers great ache Gal. in coÌ„men illiuâ— apho quâ— egerunt thaÌ„ blud lettyng The .ii. indirect cause is that the mattier whiche must be auoyded be drawen to yâ— place froÌ„ whens it must be auoyded And therfore in retencion of the menstruous flixe emeraudis the great veyne in the â—ote called sophena must be opend as Galen saith to draw downe the mattier of the blud The .iij. indirect cause is to drawe the humours to the place contrary to that place that they flow to to diuert the mattier froÌ„ that place Therfore for to moche abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struosite the veyne basilica must be let blud to turne the mattier to the coÌ„trary part and so to voyde hit froÌ„ hit propre course And therfore he that hath a pluresie on his lyft syde must be let blud on the right side to diuert drawe the mattier to the place coÌ„trarie to that place that it inclineth to And like wise if it be on the right side to let blud on the lyft The .iiij. indirect cause is that bi lettyng of blud one portion of the mattier may be auoyded that nature may be the stronger vpon the residue and so lettyng of blud is holsome whan the body is ful lest impostumes growe for the regimeÌ„t of nature is feble iÌ„ regard of these humors wherfore a portion of the mattier is voyded lest through vnablenes of nature in gouernyng the mattier the mattier shuld flowe to som weake place and brede an impostume Faâ— plagam largam mediocriter vt cito fumus Exâ—at vberius liberiusque cruoâ— Here thauctor sayth that the gashe made in lettyng oâ— blud ought to be of a mean largenes that the same grosse blud may esily issue out for whan the gashe is straite the pure blud onely goth out and the grosse abith styl in And note that somtyme the gashe must be great somtyme small The gashe must be great for .iii. causes Fyrst bicause the humours be grosse and grosse blud must be voyded as in them that be melaÌ„coly Secondly in wynter the gashe muste be great for colde engrosseth the humours Thyrdly for thabuÌ„daÌ„ce of humours for they auoyde better by a great gashe than a small But the gashe must be small whan the ê‘sone is of weake strengthe that the spiritis naturall hete auoyde nat to moche and lyke wise in a hotte season and whan the blud is pure Sanguine subtracto sex horis est vigilandum Ne somni fumus ledat sensibile corpus Ne neruum ledat non sit tibi plaga profunda Sanguine purgatus non carpas protinus escas Thre thynges must be consydred whaÌ„ one is let blud Fyrst that he slepe nat within .vi. houres after â—est the fumes engeÌ„dred by slepe asceÌ„de to the heed hurt the brayne There be other causes Fyrst lest he in slepe turne hym on the arme that is let blud and therby hurt hym The .ii. is lest the humours by slepe flowe to the peynful meÌ„bre by reason of the incision so brede an impostume For GaleÌ„ saith that if
in anno Tempore vernali calidus fit aer humidusque Et nullum tempus melius sit fleubothomie Vsus tunc homini veneris coâ—ert moderatus Corporis et motus ventrisque 〈◊〉 â–ª sudor Balnea purgantur tunc corpora medicinis Estas more cale siccat nascatur 〈◊〉 Tunc quoque precipue coleram 〈◊〉 dominari Humida frigida fercula dentur sit Venus extra Balnea non prosunt sit rare fleubothomie Vtilis est requies sit cum moderamine potus Here thauctor noteth dyuers thynges Fyrste that moche fastynge in sommer drieth the body for in that that somer of hit nature is hotte and drye it â—esolueth the humours the whiche also be resolued by oft sweatyÌ„g in somer so fastyng thervpoÌ„ drieth the body moche more for whaÌ„ the humidite of meate is gone the hete of the body worketh on hit owne humidites drieng them vp Wherfore Hippocrates sayth HuÌ„ger is expedieÌ„t for those that are very moyst for huÌ„ger drieth the body The .ii. is that vometyng ones a moneth is holsom for therby hurtfull humours conteyned in all the circute of the stomake are voyded To this agreeth AuiceÌ„ Hip. â— ê‘t 〈◊〉 sayeng Hippocrates byddeth one vomete eche moneth twyse .ii. dayes one after an other that the ii day may auoyde it that the fyrst day coÌ„ude nat this conserueth helth scouryng the stomake from fleme coler The stomake hath nothyÌ„g to purge it as the guttis haue red coler Auicen putteth other profites of vometyng well done Fyrste hit is good for heed ache caused by moyst vaporoê° mattier ascendyng froÌ„ the stomake to the heed but if heed ache come of hit owne hurt of the brayne thaÌ„ vometyng doth 〈◊〉 hurt thaÌ„ ê“fite SecoÌ„dly it clereth the syght â—rkeâ— by vaporous mattier of the stamake orels nat The .iii. is hit doth away wamblyng cau◠〈◊〉 â—make in auoydyng the humour that 〈…〉 The .iiii. is hit comforteth the stomake in to the whiche coler is descended the whiche corrupteth the meate The .v. is hit doth away lothyng or aborryng of meate The .vi. is hit doth away the cause that maketh one haue a luste to sharpe ponticke and sower thynges the whiche cause of these disposicions remoued putteth awaye the effecte therof The .vii. is vometynge is holsome for the laske that cometh before the dropsy for hit auoydeth the mattier of the sayd laske and purgeth the stomake The .viii. is hit is holsome for the grefes in the raynes and bladder for the mattier flowynge to these partes hit diuerteth an other way The .ix. is if vometyng be done by constraynt of elborie hit auoydeth the mattier wherof lepre groweth hit amendeth the fyrst digestion that the other digestions may the better be done The .x. is hit maketh one to haue a good colour The .xi. is hit purgeth the stomake of a humour that causeth epilencie The .xii. is by stronge constraynt hit remoueth a stoppynge mattier the whiche causeth ictericie And like wise hit auoydeth a flematike mattier whiche comonly is cause of this stoppyng The .xiii. is hit auoydeth the mattier that causeth asma the whiche is a disese causyÌ„g one to draw his breath peynfully and eke hit comforteth the spiritall membres by whose hete the superfluâ— causynge asma are consumed The .xiiii. is hit 〈◊〉 â—lsome agaynste shakyng and palsey for hit auoyâ—h the mattier that is cause therof The .xv is â—s holsom for one that hath great blacke soreâ— his lower partes for hit turneth the humours away froÌ„ theÌ„ce Al though vometyng duely wel done be cause of these coÌ„modites yet whan it is vnduely done hit induceth many hurtes for it febleth the stomake and maketh it apte for mattiers to flowe into hit hurteth the breast the syght the tethe olde heed ache c. as Auicen sayth iiii.i cap. xiiii The .iii. thynge that is noted in the texte is that there be foure seasons of the yere verÌ„ somer autumpne wynter VerÌ„ in respect of other seasons is hotte and moyste though hit be temperate in it selfe as Galen sayth in his boke of complexions wherof hit foloweth that this season is more apte to let blud in than the other for hit dothe more encreace humours And therfore in this season moderate vse of carnal copulacion teÌ„perate mocioÌ„ laske flixe and swette is conuenient and like wise teÌ„perate bathyng to diminishe replecioÌ„ This season is eke good to take purgacioÌ„s in The .iiii. is somer heteth and drieth and therfore hit encreaseth redde coler hotte and drye And for this cause in somer we must fede on colde moyst meates to diminishe the feruentnes of hete and drought and than we must absteyn â— from carnal copulacion whiche also drieth and froÌ„ oft bathyng and be let blud seldome for like cause We must vse quietnes and lyttell mocion for 〈◊〉 â—s doth moyste and moche mocion dryeth 〈◊〉 â—is season in speciall we must vse moderate ◠〈◊〉 drynke for suê‘fluous drynkyng of coldâ—â—nke by reason that the pores be open doth maâ—â—e body sodaynly a colde or causethe the palsey or laxite of the membres orels sodayne dethe From the whiche he defende vs that lyueth and reigneth eternally Amen Finis Thus endeth the regimeÌ„t of helthe Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere to the cuÌ„dite at the signe of Lucrece Anno domini 1528. mense Augusto· Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
abundance of bloud so there be signes of the abundance of other humours as in these verses folowynge Accusat coleram dextre dolor asper alingua Tinnitus vomitusque frequens vigilantia multa Multasitis pingrâ—s egestio torsioventris Naulâ— a fit morsus cordis languescit oreâ—is Pulsus 〈◊〉 est grocilis dâ—us veloâ—que calescens Aret amarescit incendi asomniâ— fingit The tokens of abundance of fleme are coÌ„teyned in these verses folowynge Flegma supergrediens proprias in corpore leges Os facit incipidum fastidia cerebra â—ilâ—as Costarum stomachi simul occipitisque dolores Pulsus adestrarus ettardus molâ—s inanis Precedit fallax fantasâ—ata somnus aquosa The signes of abundance of melancoly are conteyned in these verses folowynge Humorum pleno dum fex in corpore regnat Nigra cutis durus pulsus tenuis et â—rina Solicitudo timor et tristicia somnia tempus Accrescet rugitus sapor et sputaminis idem Leuâ—que precipue tinnit et sibilat auris Denus septenus vix fleubothomiaâ— petil annus Spiritus vbeâ—ior erit per fleubothomiam Spiritus ex potu vini mox multiplicatur Humorumque cibo damnum lente reparatur Lumina clarificat sincerat fleubothomia Mentes et cerebrum calidas facit esse medullas Viscera purgabit stomachum ventremqueâ—oerceâ— Puros dat sensus dat somnum tedia tollit Auditus vocem vires producit et auget Here thauctour speaketh of bloud letting Fyrst he sheweth what age is required to be bloud letteÌ„ sayenge At .xvij. yere of age one may be let bloud And touchynge this Galen saythe GaleÌ„ .xl. â—e iugenio that children shulde nat be let bloud oneles they be .xiiij. yere olde at lest bicause childreÌ„ bodies be sone resolued from outwarde heate and therfore by voydynge of bloud they shulde be greatlye weaked Also for that they nede to nouryshe theyr bodies and augment them they shulde nat diminishe theyr blud And eke for that they be soone dissolued from outwarde heate hit suffiseth wherfore they nede nat to be let bloud And wittethe well that as bloud lettynge is nat conuenient for children so it is vnholsome for olde folkes as Galen saythe Gal. lx tegni For the good bloud is littell and the yll moche and bloud lettyng draweth away the good bloud leaueth the yll as Auicen saythe and therfore bloud lettynge is vncoÌ„uenient for suche persones Aui iiii i cap. x. SecoÌ„dlye he puttethe the hurte of bloud lettynge Of necessite with voidynge of bloud done by bloudde lettynge mans spiritis beynge in the bloud do grealye auoyde Thyrdlye he sheweth howe the spiritis shulde be cherished and restored and that is by drinkynge of wyne after the bloud lettyng For of all thynge to norishe quickely wyne is best as is before sayde The spiritis also be cheryshed and restored by meatis but that is nat so quickely as by wyne And the meate after bloud lettynge must be lyght of digestion and a great engendrer of bloud as rere egges and suche lyke And all thoughe meate restore the spiritis after bloud lettynge yet let the pacientes beware of moche meate the fyrste and .ij. day For Isaac saythe in dietis that they muste drynke more than eate and yet they must drynke lesse than they dyd before bloud lettynge for digestion is weaker Fourthlye the auctour putteth .xj. conueniences of bloud lettyÌ„ge duly done Fyrste temperate bloud lettynge comforteth the syghte for diminishynge of humours doth eke diminishe fumynge to the heed and the repletion therof darkynge the syght Secondelye hit clerethe and maketh pure the mynde and brayne through the same cause Thyrdly it heateth the mary for it minishethe the superfluites that therto come and cole it Fourthly it purgeth the entrayles for nature vncharged of bloud digesteth better rawe humours that be lefte Fyftly bloud lettynge restreyneth vometyng and the laske for hit diuerteth the humours from the interior partis to the outwarde specially lettyÌ„ge bloud of the armes as Auicen saith For lettyng bloud of the feet stoppeth nat so well yet ê‘chance the bloud lettynge shall augmente the laske and that .ij. wayes Fyrste by bloud lettynge nature is discharged of her burden and thaÌ„ comforted hit prouoketh other vacuations Secondly if the laske be caused by great weakenes of vertue contentiue For than for that by bloud lettynge vertue is weaked the laske is augmented The .vj. is that blud lettyng clereth the wyttis For it minisheth vaporation that gothe to the heed troublethe the wyttis The .vij. is hit helpethe one to slepe for therby many humours be voyded by whiche sharpe vapours and diuers are lyfted vp lettynge one to slepe The .viij. is hit takethe awaye tediousnes and ouer great grefe for therby vertue is vnlodeÌ„ of grefe and eke with the bloud melaÌ„coly the dregges of bloud whiche induceth tediousnes and grefe is drawen out The .ix. is hit coÌ„forteth the herynge for therby the vapours and humours ascendinge to the heed and lettyÌ„ge the herynge are diminished The .x. is hit comforteth the voyce for therby the superfluites and humidites that may come to the breaste or pype of the lyghtis and let the voyce are diminished The .xj. is hit augmentethe the strengthes for therby the body is vnladen of hit grefe wherfore vertue is augmented Tres insunt istis Maius september aprilis Et sunt lunares sunt velut ydra dies Prima dies primi postremaque posteriorum Nec sanguis minui nec carnibus anseris vti In sene vel iuuene si vene sanguine plene Omni mense bene confert incisio vene Hi sunt tres menses Maius september aprilis In quibus eminuas vt longo tempore viuas Here thauctour sayth that these .iij. Maye september aprile are the monethes of the moone and in them are dayes forbidden to let bloud that is the fyrste of Maye and laste of september and aprile Thoughe this be a coÌ„mon rule yet hit is false For the forsayde dayes maye be as good and worthy to be choseÌ„ as the other after the diuersite of constellation in them Farther the auctour saith that in those days none shuld eate goose fleshe whiche also is false erronious and very witchecraft I thynke thauctour had this sayeng of the iewes whiche obserue suche maner SecoÌ„dly he saith that men of myddell age yonge folkes whose veynes be ful of bloud may be let bloud euery moneth for those may well resist resolutioÌ„ in them is great quaÌ„tite of good bloud Thyrdly he saith that blud lettyng for mans helth must be done in one of these .iij. monthes maie septeÌ„ber aprile but yet with difference for in aprile maie the lyuer veyne muste be let bloud bicause than in vere tyme the bloud encreaseth and in septeÌ„ber in the splene veyne bicause of melancoly whiche than in autumpne encreaseth Frigida natura frigens regio dolor ingens Post lauachrum coitum minor etas atque seniles Morbâ—s prolixus repletio potus et esce Si
tethe For the filthynes of the tethe causethe the brethe to stynke And of the filthynes of the tethe growethe certeyne vapours that greatly anoye the brayne Farther more the filthynes of the tethe myngled with thy meate causethe the meate to putrifie in the stomake Auicen in his .vij. dist of the .iij. boke and chap. of coÌ„seruacion of the tethe for the tethe teacheth how we may kepe the tethe from ache stynche That is to washe the mouthe with wyne twyse a moneth but to make the brethe swete it muste be boyled with the roote of spurge Who so euer vsethe the forsayde decoction medicine shall neuer haue the tothe ache In the laste verse are certeine generall rules The first is that after we haue washed and bathed our selfe we muste kepe vs warme For than the cunditis of the bodye that is the pores bene open wherby colde wyll perce in to the bodye and ingendre in vs diuers diseases The .ij. is that after we haue dyned or taken our repast we muste for a whyle stande vp ryghte that so the meate may discende to the bottum of the stomake and thaÌ„ walke a litel softely for hasty mouynge driueth naturall hete from the interior partes to the outwarde and causeth il digestion The .iij. is that one of colde complexion shulde nat warme hym selfe to sodaynly but lytell and lytell for sodayne change hurteth nature as Galen sayth in the gloâ—e of this canon Secundum multum et repente c. All stronge thynges and of extreme nature corrupt the body Sit breuis aut nullus tibi somnus meridianus Febris pigrities capitis dolor atque catarrus Hec tibi proueniunt ex somno meridiano Here are declared .iiij. incoÌ„uenientices engeÌ„dred by after none slepe Fyrst the after none slepe causeth and ingeÌ„dreth feuers by reason of opilatioÌ„s For the naturall hete and spirite of man by daye draweth to the outwarde partes of the body and therfore digestion by day is but feble But whan naturall heate and spiritis of maÌ„ drawe to the inwarde partis of the bodye than throughe theyr motion naturall heate is stered vp and therfore the nyght is the very season of perfite digestion and the vndigested rawe humours are the cause of opilations whiche opilations engeÌ„dre feuers as Auicen saythe in the .j. dist li. iiij and chap. of putrifaction Secondly after none slepe causethe man to be slouthfull in his operations busines by the reason afore sayde for grosse humours and vndigested cause mans spiritis slowelye to moue the bodye For as a subtile quicke spirite causeth lyghtnes of body so a lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe boby cause of heed ache Thyrdly the after none slepe engeÌ„dreth heed ache For the grosse and vndigested meate that remayneth in the stomake lyfte vp to the brayne grosse vapours whiche trouble hit And of very coÌ„sequens if vapours of gros mattier be stered vp caused they must also be gros For Galen saythe in the glose of this aphorisme qui crescunt c. that hit muste nedes folowe that all thynges be lyke those thynges of whom they be engendred The .iiij. incoÌ„uenience is the pose and reume Reumes be humours that rounne from one membre to an other and as they rounne in diuers partis of the bodye so they haue diuers names For whan the reume cometh to the lightes they be called catarri and whan they discende to the chekes they be called branchus and whan they come to the nose they are called corizam as appereth by these verses Si fluit ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares dico corizam But besides the reasoÌ„s of the diseases before rehersed there be many other reasons and more effectuell The cause of the first incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is of feuers whiche some tyme are called putrified feuers and some tyme feuers effimeres A feuer effimere is engeÌ„dred of vapours and smudge fumes kept and reteined after the after noone slepe the whiche absteynynge from slepe is wont to coÌ„sume The forsaide smudge fumes mixyng them selfe with mans spiritis engendre an vnordinate and a straÌ„ge feuer called effimere The putrified feuer is ingengdred of the humidites in man vndigested and augmeÌ„ted by the after noone slepe The .ij. inconuenience that is to be slowe in operation and motions chanceth by reason that by the after noone slepe the humidites and fumes in maÌ„ are reteined about the muskyls veynes iointis and causeth the forsayde membres to be astonyed and a slepe and therfore the bodye after dyner is slowe and heuy in operations The thyrde inconuenience that is the heed age cometh as is before declared in the .ij. incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is to say by the humidites vapours reteined in the body throughe slepe and rest whiche by suche meanes are troubled and moued towarde the brayne and so cause the heed age The .iiij. inconuenience is that is the catarrÌ„ signyfyenge al maner of reumes chanceth to man and vexeth hym through vapours and fumes whiche are wonte to be dissolued coÌ„sumed by watche by slepe they drawe to the inwarde partis of maÌ„ and fume vpwarde towarde the brayne whiche fumes ingrossed by colde retourne to the lowe partis caterrisans of mans bodye Auicen in the .xiii. dist li.j. in the .ij. doctrine and .ix. chap. allegeth many other inconueniencis diseases engendred of the after noone slepe The firste disease is the goute and palsey Whiche greue vs by reason that the humidites that are wonte to be dried vp and coÌ„sumed by the heate of the sonne and by watche remayne styll in the body The seconde is the color and corruption of the face through the wattrishe humidites lyke vnto mans vrine myngled with the bludde whiche are wonte to be wasted by watche that nowe with the bludde they ascende towarde the brayne the face and cause it to swelle and to waxe pale The thirde incoÌ„uenience is that after noone slepe ingendreth the splene and that by the kepynge in of the grosse melancoly humours by the day rest For as watche with the heate of the day whiche do open gyueth mouynge and way to melancoly humours by the strayte cundites of the body so the daye slepe letteth and distroyeth the passages and ê“pre wayes of them specially it destroyeth the cundites that come from the splene to the mouth of the stomake made to prouoke mans appetite by whiche cundite all melancoly superfluites are wonte coÌ„monly to be clarified The .iiij. is that after noone slepe mollifieth the veynes by cause the humedites whiche are wonte to be desolued by the day watche can nat be resolued whiche so remaynynge in mans body drie vp the veynes The .v. incoÌ„uenience is that maÌ„ by reason of rest or slepe losethe his appetite for lacke of humors resolution whiche resolution is chiefe and principall cause of the appetite An other reason is the replenisshynge of the stomake by fumes and humidites mollifieth and fyllethe
is harde of digestion and stereth one to vomite that by reasoÌ„ of hit calidite But the .iij. nutte that is the nutte of the crosse bowe is dethe for the crosse bowe sleethe men Orels we maye vnderstande the nutte methel whiche as Auicen saythe is venomous wherfore hit sleeth Adde potum piro nux est medicina veneno Fert pira nostra pirus sine vino sunt pira virus Si pira sunt virus sit meledicta pirus Si coquas antidotum pira sunt sed cruda venenum Cruda grauant stomachum eleuant pira cocta grauatuÌ„ Post pira da potum post pomum vade fecatum In the fyrste verse here he lerneth vs to drynke wyne after peres For peres as is before sufficientlye declared engendre ventosite and of theyr proprete cause the colyke and engendre blud fulle of aquosite and therfore with them one shulde drynke stronge wyne whiche consumethe ventosites and aquosites engeÌ„dred of peres Secondly the texte sayth that nuttis is a remedye agaynst venome as hath bene shewed at Allea nux c. Farther in the .ij. and .iij. verse he shewethe that peres eateÌ„ without wyne are venomous that is hurtfull to mans nature the cause is shewed in the fyrst verse Yet for al that peres be nat venomous simply for if they were they slee and peres so doynge are accursed In the .iiij. verse he shewethe that rawe peres are venomous that is hurtful for they make the humours to boyle and cause the colike sleme skabbe Yet if they be sodde they be medicinable in maner as is before said that is to saye with wyne and specially eaten after other meate for so they expulce the dregges In the .v. verse he sayth that rawe peres greue the stomake for they let his digestion and inflate but sodde peres releue the stomake greued and dispose hit naturally In the last verse are .ij. thynges The fyrste is after peres we must drynke for the cause before sayde The .ij. is that after eatynge of appuls we muste go to siege for Auicen saythe Auicen .ii. can ca. de pontis If swete or sower appuls fynde any grosse humours in the stomake they force them to discende from thence to the guttis for appuls are moche inflatiue and engendre ventosites whiche nature expelleth to the inferiour partis Cerusa si comedas tibi conâ—ett grandia dona Expurgans stomachum nucleus lapidem tibi tollit Et de carne sua sanguis eritque bonus Eatyng of cheries Here are declared .iij. commodites that come of cheris eatynge The fyrste is that cheris purge the stomake This some say is trouthe whan the stones be broken and eaten with al for these .ij. to gether of their proprete scoure and clense The .ij. is that the kyrnell of the cherie stone by his vertue breaketh the stone in ones raynes or bladder is eaten drie or made in mylke The .iij. is that the substance or meate of cheries engeÌ„dreth very good bludde comforteth and fattethe the bodye And this is proued by experience for we se that sparowes whiche are greatte eaters of cheries that in cherie tyme theyr lyuers be farre greatter thaÌ„ in other seasons wherby appereth that cheries encreace and coÌ„forte the lyuer Yet here is to be noted that there be .ij. sortes of cheris grosse smalle And eke of the grosse are .ij. sortes some are swete and some sower All doulce and smalle cheris are vnholsome for they lyghtlye corrupte and brede vermyn The grosse and sower cheries are called cina and of these are .ij. sortes Some be ruddye and softe of substance and suche must be eaten freshe and newe gethered and at begynnynge of dyner theyr nature is to scoure the stomake and to prouoke the appetite The other are blacke grosse and harde of substaÌ„ce and specially the sower And these shulde be eaten at the begynnynge of dyner or soupper The cause is for by theyr sowernes they close the mouthe of the stomake wherby better spedier digestioÌ„ foloweth Infrigidant laxant multum prosunt tibi prima Here he putteth .ij. vtilites coÌ„mynge by eatynge of prunes Fyrste prunes coole the bodye And therfore Portugals that dwelle in a hotte couÌ„tre alwaye with theyr meate sythe prunes The .ij. prunes cause one to laske by reasoÌ„ of theyr humidite claÌ„mines as Gal. saith Galen .ii. alimeÌ„toruÌ„ Auicen .ii. can ca. de prunis This is of trouth if they be rype for prunes that be nat rype be stypticall norishe lytell as Auicen saith And though damaske prunes haue the forsayde vtilites yet proprelye they be ascriued to prunes of Armeny For prunes of the countre of Armeny are better than any other And they vnbynde the wombe more vehemently than other as Auicen saythe For a more declaration ye shall vnderstande that rype prunes are vsed nat vnrype The beste prunes And prunes most holsome for mans nature be the longe ones that haue lyttell substance about the stone small harde in maner drie and the vtter skyn thynne they shulde nat be swete in taste but some what sower and of this sorte are Damaske prunes and suche refreshe and coole the body as sayde is There be many other sortes of prunes whose vse is nat accepted There be also prunes calledde wylde prunes whiche growe in the woddes these be nat laxatiue of them water is distilled to byÌ„de the wombe Prunes that are taken to make one to laske muste fyrste be layde in colde water for than they coole and moyst more perfectly and by slipperynes they leuse the coler that they come to and so the stomake is better disposed to receyue foode And here is to be noted that moyst prunes and newe are more alteratiue thoughe they be of worse norishement and of more superfluite but drie prunes coÌ„forte more and better nouryshe the body And as hit is sayde by prunes so after the maner is vnderstande of cheris Yet nat withandynge the humidite of cheris is subtiler and lesse claÌ„my wherby they norishe lesse than prunes Persica cum musto vobis datur ordine iusto Sumere sic est mos nucibus sociando racemos Passula non spleni tussi valet est bona reni Here be .iij. doctrines The fyrst is that with peches we shulde drynke muste for .ij. causes the fyrste is for must is hotte boyleth in our body whiche boylynge and heate the peche with it coldnes fordoth The .ij. cause is for peches be ryght colde and coole the bodye verye moche Therfore that wyne shulde be dronke vpon them whiche heateth more than other But that is muste that is knowen by experience The maner howe we shulde eate peches and other frutis is declared at Persica poma c. The .ij. doctrine is that with olde drie nuttis we must eate resyns For newe gethered nuttis are by them selfe holsome but olde dry nuttis are greatte driers through theyr vnctuosite they lyghtelye enflame the bodye wherfore with them
resyns must be eate whiche restrayne inflaÌ„mation drynes by reason they moyst And of nuttis is spoken more largely at Allea nux c. The .iij. doctrine is that resyns of corans hurt the splene for it causeth opilation therof yet they are holsome for the raynes for by theyr prouokynge of vrine they purge the raynes Scrofa tumor glandes ficus cataplasmate cedit Iunge papaner ei confracta foris tenet ossa Here be declared .ij. holsome thynges that come by playsters made of fygges Fyrst figges sodde in water moyste layde to any of these .iij. diseases cureth hit that is swynes yuell kyrnels and swellynges By swynes yuell is vnderstande inflasion vnder the chynne about the throte And it is called scrofula a scrofa that is to saye a sowe or a swyne either bicause this disease chanceth many tymes to swyne through theyr gulosite orels by cause the shappe of this disease is likened to swyne as Auicen sayth Auicen iii.iiii tract ii cap. de stropulis By kyrnels are vnderstaÌ„de impostumes whiche coÌ„monly chance vnder the arme pittis and in the groynes And by swellyng may be vnderstande inflasions in any parte of the body Wherfore to hele these impostumes and specially to rype them figges shulde de sodde with water A playster made of fygges and with the water shulde be mixed a litell curtsy of vineger whiche shulde helpe the vertue of the figges to entre And whan it is sodde the fygges must be beate in a morter and thaÌ„ myngled with a curtsy of the water that they were sodde in and so make a playster A playster is proprely a medicine made of some herbe or flower and the ioyce therof as this verse sayth Tunc cataplasma facis cum succum ponis et herbam The .ij. vtilite is that a playster made of figges and popie sede ioyneth or setteth broken bones to gether agayne A playster of fygges popie sede And they muste be sodde to gether in water wtout vineger and than stampe hit in a morter and put therto a littell of the water that it was sodde in and so lay hit to the sore The reason herof may be bicause popie sede both taketh away the sensiblenes of the meÌ„bres wherby the ache that is wonte to chaÌ„ce in breakynge of bones is done away and prouoketh to slepe Fyggis eke drawe the humidites of the bodye to the vtter partis whiche humidites broughte to the bones maye drawe retayne or holde them to gether but neuer perfectely knytte them And witteth well that there be .iij. kyndes of popis whyte redde and blacke The redde is venomous and growethe amonge corne Yonge scholeâ—s are wonte to stampe the flowers therof to make them redde ynke Pediculos veneremque facit sed cuilibet obstat Eatyng of fygges Here be declared .ij. operations of fyggis The fyrst Moche eatyÌ„ge of fyggis maketh one lousy and this is for certayne if the fygges be drie as Auicen sayth Auicen .ii. can ca. de ficubus And he saith that the cause is through the maliciousnes and corruption of the humour of them engendred And eke an other cause maye be for that figges stere one to swete moche wherof lyce are engendred The .ij. operation is fygges stere one to carnall luste and lyke wyse they haue many superfluites and augmente the sede of generation Multiplicant mictum ventrem dant escula strictum Escula bona dura sed mollia sunt meliora Here are declared .ij. vtilites of medlars The fyrst is that they encâ—eace vrine that is by reasoÌ„ they make the dregges harde and so the wtattrynes turneth in to moche vrine The .ij. vtilite is medlars make one costife throughe their sowernes and stipticalnes and therfore the texte sayth harde medlars be good to stoppe the laske But yet the softe medlars be better than the harde for they noryshe more and bynde lesse And here is to be noted that medlars noryshe lesse than appuls peres peches fygges and suche lyke whiche thynge apperethe playnelye by theyr egernes of relishe or taste hardnes of theyr substance after they be ryped on the tree and therfore we shulde eate fewe medlars and rather in way of medicine than meate And bicause they be verye stipticall they be holsome for the laske And bicause medlars ripe nat on the tree softe inough to eate they must be layde tyll they be softe and than they be more delectable and lesse stipticall Prouocat vrinam mustum cito soluit inflat Thre ê“pretes of muste be here touched Fyrste muste prouoketh one to pysse for in muste are the erthy ê‘tis scouryngly bytynge the bladder whan they come therto by reason wherof the bladder is constrayned to auoyde the vrine And this proprete is vnderstaÌ„de of mustis that haue bytynge lies as moche reinnishe muste For mustis that haue grosse lies are nat nyppyÌ„ge but rather stoppynge and lettynge of vrine as is before sayde at Impedit vrinam c. The .ij. proprete must maketh one lyghtly laske through the same cause shewed in the fyrst proprete Thyrdly must is inflatiue for the boylynge that hit maketh in the body reyseth vp ventosites The causes of these .ij. propretes are shewed before at Impedit vrinam Grossos humores nutrit seruisia vires Prestat augmentat carnem generatque cruorem Prouocat vrinam ventrem quoque mollit inflat Infrigidat modicum sed plus desiccat acetum Infrigidat macerat melanc dat sperma minorat Siccos infestat neruos pinguia siccat Here the auctour toucheth .ij. thynges Fyrst he putteth .viij. propretes of ale or beare Fyrste ale engendreth in mans body grosse humours whiche is of trouth in regarde of wyne And after the diuersite of the corne or grosse substance the ale is made of the grosser humours are engendred Secondly ale augmentethe the strengthes and this doth ale made of the best grayne wel sodde for by reason hit nourysheth moche hit encreaceth strengthe Thyrdly it encreateth fleshe by reason hit nourysheth moche and for the same cause hit encreaceth the bludde And these .iij. laste propropretes is in stale ale well sodde and made of the beste grayne Fyftely hit stereth one to pysse Syxtly hit maketh one to laske And these .ij. ê“pretes is in clere bere that hath moche of the hoppe as bere of Amburgens whiche by reason of the hoppes bryngethe one in a laske And hit is nat good for them that haue a weake braine For this bere by reason of hoppis doth lyghtlye ouercome the brayne Seuently hit enflateth the bealye this is of trouthe if hit be yll sodde as Holande bere doth whiche enflateth most and stoppeth and therfore fatteth ryghte moche The .viij. is that a lyttell curtsye ale colethe So dothe bere of Hollande Brabande Heynault and Flanders And this is hit that we vse daylye And this proprete is for certaine in respecte of wyne Here is to be noted that ale may be made of ootis barly wheate And as the
heateth the stomake and liuer and is holsome agaynst the grosnes of the splene proprely whaÌ„ therof and hony a plaister is made it causeth one to caste vp coler hit augmenteth carnall luste and by dissoluynge auoydeth out wormes and prouoketh menstruosite as sayth Auicen Cecatis pullis ac lumina mater hyrundo Plinius vt scribit quamuis sunt eruta reddit of celendine Here is putte one notable thynge of Celendine Whan yonge swalowes be blynde the daÌ„me bringeth celendine and rubbeth theyr eies maketh them to see wherby the auctour shewethe hit is holsome for the sighte And this appereth playnly sith hit is coÌ„monly put in medicines agaynste feblenes of syghte Celendine hath ieuse is well knowen And why swalowes knowe it better thaÌ„ other byrdes may be by cause theyr yonge be oftner blynde swalowes donge doth make blynde and so the daÌ„me doÌ„geth some tyme in the yonges eies and maketh them blynde And after Platearie celendine is hotte and drie in the .iij. degree And of it qualites and substance hit hath vertue to dissolue consume and drawe And the rootis therof stamped sodde in wine are good to purge the heed and womans priuite from broken moist humours if the pacieÌ„t receyueth the smoke therof at the mouth after gargyse wyne in the throte Auribus infusus vermes succus necat vsus Cortex vertucas in aceto cocta resoluit Pomorum succus flos partus destruâ—t eius Here thauctour reherseth .iij. thyÌ„ges of wylowe To kylle vvormes in ones eares Auicen .ii. can ca. de salice Fyrst the ieuse of wylowe poured in to ones eare kylleth wormes by reason of the stiptisite dryenge therof And after Auicen nothynge is better to heale matterynge at the eares than the ieuse of wylowe leaues Secondly the rynde of wylowes sodde in vineger dothe awaye wartes And Auicen saythe wylowe ashes with vineger To voyde wartes draweth vp wartis by the rotis by reason of the ashes vehement drienge Yet to distroy wartis nothyÌ„g is better thaÌ„ to rubbe them with purslane This purslane doth of hit ê“prete and nat qualite after Auicen Thyrdlye Auicen .ii. can ca. de portulaca wylowe flowers and ieuse of it frute letteth the byrthe of a childe for through hit stiptisite and drought hit causeth the childe to be borne with great payne Confortare crocus dicatur letificando of saffroÌ„ Membraque defecta confortat epar reparando Here are put certayne holsome thyÌ„ges of saffroÌ„ Fyrste saffron coÌ„forteth mans body in gladdyng it And wytteth well that saffron hath suche proprete that if one take more therof than he ought hit wyll kylle hym in reioysynge or laughynge Auicen saythe 〈◊〉 ii caÌ„ 〈◊〉 de â—reco that to take a draÌ„me and a halfe wyll kylle one in reioysynge Secondlye saffron comfortethe defectiue membres and principallye the harte Hit comforteth eke the stomake by hit stiptisite and heate and for the same cause restoreth the liuer and specially through hit stiptisite whiche wyll nat suffre the liuer to be disolued Yet to vse hit ouer moche induseth parbrakynge and marreth the appetite Of this Auicen warnethe vs sayenge Hit causeth parbrakynge marreth the appetite bicause it is contrary to the sharpenes in the stomake whiche is cause of appetite Besydes these ê“pretes faffron maketh one slepe and dullethe the wyttes and whan hit is dronke with wyne hit maketh one dronke it clenseth the eies and lettethe humours to flowe to them hit maketh one to breth well it stereth to carnal lust and maketh one to pysse Flegma vires modicas tribuit latosque breuesque Flegma facit pingues sanguis reddit mediocres Sensus hebes tardus motus pigritia somnus Hic somnus lentus piger in hac sputamine mulâ—us Et qui sensus habes pingues facit color albus This texte sheweth certayne propretes of the coÌ„plexioÌ„ of fleme Fyrst flematike folkes be weake by reason that theyr naturall heate whiche is begynner of all strength and operation is but feble Secondly flematike folkes be shorte and thycke for theyr naturall heate is nat stronge inoughe to lengthe the bodye and therfore hit is thycke and shorte Thirdly flematike folkes be fatte bicause of theyr great humidite Therfore Auicen sayth that superfluous grese signifieth colde and moistnes For the bludde and the vnctious mattier of grese persynge through the veines in to the colde membres throughe coldnes of the membres do conieile to gether and so engendre in man moche grese as Galen sayth in his .ij. boke of operation He saythe after that sanguine men are myddell bare betwene the longe and the shorte Fourthly flematike folkes are more inclined to ydelnes and study than folkes of other coÌ„plexion by reason of theyr coldnes that makethe them slepe Fyftlye they slepe loÌ„ger by reason of theyr great coldnes that prouoketh them to slepe Syxtelye they be dull of wytte and vnderstandynge for as temperate heate is cause of good witte and quicke vnder staÌ„dyng so cold is cause of bluÌ„t witte dul vnderstaÌ„dyng SeueÌ„thly they be slouthful that is by colde for as heate maketh a maÌ„ lyght quicke in mouyng so cold maketh a man heuy slouthful The .viij. is they be lumpyshe and slepe longe Reddit fecundas permansum sepe puellas Isto stillantem poteris retinere cruorem This texte openeth iâ— coÌ„modites of lekes Fyrst ofte eatynge of lekes make yonge womeÌ„ frutfull Of lekes by reason as Auicen saythe Auicen .ii. can ca. de porro lekes delate the matrice and taketh awaye the hardnes therof whiche letteth the conception Secondly lekes stynce bledynge at the nose as Auicen saythe Many other effectis of lekes are rehersed at Allea nux ruta Quod piper est nigrum non est dissoluere pigrum Flegmata purgabit digestiuamque iuuabit Lencopiper stomacho prodest tussisque dolori Vtile preueniet motum febrisque rigorem Pepper This text declareth many coÌ„modites of pepper and fyrst .iij. of blacke pepper Fyrste blacke pepper through hit heate drines leuseth quickely for it is hotte and drie in the .iij. degree SecoÌ„dly hit purgeth fleme for it draweth fleme from the inner parte of the body and consumeth hit Lyke wyse hit auoydethe fleme out that cleuethe in the breast and stomake heatynge subtilynge dissoluynge hit Thyrdly hit helpethe digestion And this appereth by AuiceÌ„ Auic ii caÌ„ cap. de piâ— sayenge that pepper is digestiue causynge appetite And this speciallye is to be vnderstande by longe pepper whiche is more holsome to digest rawe humours thaÌ„ either whyte or blacke Gal. iii. de reg sanitatis ca. vii as witnesseth Galen SecoÌ„dly he declareth .v. holsome thinges of white pepper Fyrste whyte pepper comfortethe the stomake And this appereth by Galens wordes sayenge that hit coÌ„forteth the stomake more than the other .ij. To this agreeth Auicen Auic loco prealâ—eg sayenge whyte pepper is more holsome for the stomake and more vehemently dothe
comforte The .ij. is pepper is holsome for the coughe specially caused of colde fleumatike mattier for hit heatethe dissoluethe and cutteth hit To this Auicen assenteth sayenge Whan pepper is ministred in lectuaries it is holsome for the coughe and aches of the breaste Thyrdely white pepper is holsome for ache and that is to witte of the breaste and veÌ„tous payne And for that all pepper is good for all pepper is a dimynysher and a voyder of wynde And Auicen saythe that white pepper and longe is holsome for prickynge ache of the bealye Agaynste belyache if hit be dronke with honye freshe baye leaues Fourthly pepper withstandeth the causes of a colde feuer for it digesteth and heateth the mattier Fyftly white pepper is holsome for a shakynge feuer by reason that pepper with it heate comforteth the senowes and consumeth the mattier spredde on them And Auicen sayth in rubbynge it is made an oyntmeÌ„t with vnguentum holsome agaynst shakynge These .v. ê“pretes are ascriued to the other kyÌ„des of pepper as AuiceÌ„ saith And besyde these effectis pepper heteth the senowes and braunes of mans body it mundifieth the lightis and a lyttell therof ê“uoketh the vrine but moche leuseth the bealy as saythe Auicen There be .iij. sortis of pepper white pepper called lencopiper longe pepper called macropiper blacke pepper called melancopiper Hit is called whyte pepper that is very grene and moyst and whan it is a lyttell dried and nat perfectly rype hit is called longe pepper But whan hit is perfectly rype hit is called blacke pepper Et mox post escam dormire nimisque moueri Ista grauare solent auditus ebrietasque Hurtefull to the herynge Here are touched .iij. thynges that greue the heryng The fyrst is immediate slepe after meate and that is if one eate his fyll For the immediate slepe wyll nat suffre the meate to digeste and of meate vndigested are engeÌ„dred grosse vndigested fumes whiche with theyr grossenes stoppe the cundites of heryng eke they engrosse trouble the spiritis of herynge The .ij. is to moche mouynge after meate for that also letteth digestion and the due shuttynge of the stomakes mouthe by reason that than the stomakes mouthe closeth nat so easely as by a lyttell walkyng wherby the meate discendethe to the bottum of the stomake For whaÌ„ the stomake is nat shutte many fumes ascende to the heed that greue the herynge The thyrde is dronkennes wherof many fumes and vapours are engeÌ„dred whiche asceÌ„de to the heed organ of herynge troublyng the spirite therof and greuynge the herynge And droÌ„kennes doth nat only hurte the herynge but also the syghte and all the sensis for the same cause as is before sayde AuiceÌ„ iiii.â—ii cap. ii de conseruat sanit auris There be .iij. thynges as Auicen saythe that hurte the eare and other senses lothynge repletion and slepe after repletion And some text hath this verse Balnea sol vomitus affert repletio clamor Whiche thynges greue the herynge but specially great noyse For Auicen sayth if we wyl here well and naturallye we muste eschewe the sonne laborious baynynge vomite great noyse and repletion Metus longa fames vomitus percussio casus Ebrietas frigus tinnitum causat in aure Here are touched .vij. thynges whiche cause a hummynge a noyse in ones eare The fyrst is feare and after some motion The cause is for in feare the spiritis and humours crepe inwarde towarde the harte sodaynlye by whiche motion ventosite is lyghtly engendred whiche entrynge to the organ of the hearynge causeth tyngynge or ryngynge in the eare By corporall mouynge also humours and spiritis are moued of whiche motion ventosite is lyghtly engendred whiche commynge to the eares causethe ryngynge For ryngynge is caused through some mouynge of a vapour or ventosite about the organ of the heryng mouynge the naturall aire of those pipes coÌ„trary to theyr course The .ij. is great hunger AuiceÌ„ iiii.iii cap. ix Auicen sheweth the reason sayenge that this thyng chaÌ„cethe throughe humours spredde and restynge in mans body For whan nature fyndeth no meate she is conuerted vnto them and resoluethe moueth them The .iij. is vometynge For in vometynge whiche is a laborious motion humours are specially moued to the heed In token wherof we se the eies and face come redde and the syghte hurte And thus also by vometyng vapours and ventosites are soone moued to thorgan of the herynge The .iiij. is ofte beatynge about the heed specially the eare For therby chanceth vehement motion of the naturall aire beynge in the organ of the herynge For whan any membre is hurte nature is hurt The .iiij. is the wynde and specially the southe Hippoc. apho illo â—asâ—rini flatus c. Wherof Hippocrates saythe the southe wynde is mystye and duskethe the eies for that wynde fyllethe the heed with humidites whiche dulle the wyttis and darke the syghte The .v. is pepper whiche through the sharpenes therof engendrethe fumes that byte the eies The .vj. is garlyke whiche also hurteth the eies through it sharpenes and vaporosite as is sayd at Allea nux The .vij. is smoke whiche hurtethe the eies through hit mordication and drienge The .viij. is lekes For by eatynge of them grosse melancolye fumes are engendred wherby the syghte is shadowed as is before sayde at Allea nux ruta c. The .ix. is oynions the eatynge of whiche hurtethe the eies through theyr sharpenes The .x. is lens the moche eatynge wherof as Auicen sayth dusketh the syghte through the vehement dryenge therof The .xj. is to moche wepynge whiche weakethe the eies for hit causeth debilite retentiue of the eies The .xij. is beanes the vse wherof engendreth a grosse melancoly fume darkynge the visible spiritis as lekes do And therfore the eatynge of beanes inducethe dredefulle dreames The .xiij. is mustarde the vse wherof febleth the syght through hit tartnes The .xiiij. is to loke agaynst the sonne and that is through the vehement splendour and bryghtenes therof wherby the syghte is distroyed as apperethe by experieÌ„ce For the vehemeÌ„t sensiblenes of a thyÌ„g nat proporcioned to mans sense as the sonne beames corrupte mans sense The .xv. is to moche carnall copulation and specially after greatte fedynge or repletion or after great voidyÌ„g or emptines but this is all redye declared The .xvj. is fire the beholdynge wherof causethe vehement drines in the eies and so hurteth the syghte and eke the bryghtnes therof hurtethe the eies And therfore we se coÌ„monlye that smythes and suche as worke before the fyre be redde eied and feeble sighted The .xvij. is to great labour for that eke drieth vehemently The .xviij. is smytynge vpon the eies whiche hurteth the eies and syght for it maketh them bludde shotte troubleth the vissible spirite other whyle engendrethe impostumes The .xix. is to moche vse of teâ—t or sharpe thyÌ„ges as sauces and that is through the tertnes of fumes of them engendred The .xx. is
duste or walkyng in dusty places in whiche duste fleeth light lyin to the eies duskethe the syghte The .xxj. and aboue other hurtfull to the eies and syght is to moche watche For to moche watche inducethe to moche drynes in the eies And generally all repletions hurt the eies and all that driethe vp nature and all that trouble the bludde by reason of saltnes or sharpenes All dronkennes hurteth the eies but vometynge coÌ„forteth the syght in that hit purgeth the stomake and hurteth hit in that hit moueth the mattiers of the brayne dryuynge them to the eies And therfore if hit be nedefull to spue hit muste be done after meate without constraynynge Also to moche slepe incontinent after meate and moche bludde lettynge and proprelye with ventosites hurtethe the syghte as Auicen sayth .iii. tract iiii ca. iiii where he expresseth many of the forsayde causes Feniculus verbena rosa celidonia ruta Ex istis fit aqua que lumina reddit acuta This texte recitethe .v. herbes whose water is verye holsome for the syghte To clarifie the eies The fyrste is fenell whose ieuse put in to the eie sharpeth the syghte after Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ The .ij. is verueyn wherof the water is of many phisitians put in resceytes holsome agaynst feblenes of syghte The thyrde is a rose whose water dothe comforte the lyuelye spirite and syghte The .iiij. is celendine whose ieuse is citrine hit is called celidonia that is gyuynge celestiall gyftes The .v. is rewe the water of those .ij. herbes is holsome for the syghte as phisitians coÌ„monly say Sic dentes serua porrorum collige grana Ne careas iure cum iusquiamo simul vre Sicque per embotum fumumque cape dente remotum Here the auctour reciteth certeyne medicines for tothe ache For tothe ache He saythe Lykes sede henbane burned to gether is good for the tothe ache They must be ministred on this wyse The ieuse of heÌ„bane with the lyke sede must be burned to gether and the smoke must be resceiued through a fonell on the side that the ache is The vertue of the heÌ„bane taketh away the felynge of the payne And the vertue of the lyke sedes fume kylleth wormes whiche other whyle lyenge in the concauites of the tethe cause intollerable payne as Auicen saythe ii canone cap. de porro Nux oleum frigus capitis anguillaque potus Ac pomum crudum faciunt hominem fore raucum This text declareth .vj. causes of horsenes The fyrste is eatynge of nuttis for nuttis drie moche and therfore they asperate the voice and make it like a cranes voyce The .ij. is oyle the vse wherof may engendre horsenes for some claÌ„my partis therof cleue fast to the pipe of the lyghtis causyÌ„g horsnes Secondly hit may make colerike folkes hoorse for that in them the oyle is lightly enflamed and so that inflamation causeth exasperation and horesnes but the fyrste cause semeth better The thyrde is colde of the heed For colde of the heed doth presse to gether the brayne wherby the humours discende towarde the throte and the pype of the lyghtis enducynge horsenes throughe to moche moystnes of the pipe The .iiij. is eatynge of yeles for the eatynge of them multiplieth claÌ„my fleme whiche comynge to the lyghtis stycke there styll and cause horsnes The .v. is ouer moche drynkynge speciallye towarde bedde Nowe the vehement wetynge of the pipe of the lightis dothe chieflye cause horesnes of the voyce as all phisitians say The .vj. is rawe apuls for in that they be rawe they encreace fleme and if they be nat rype but sharpe and sower they make the throte roughe Ieiuna vigila caleas dape valde labora Inspira calidum modicum â—ibe comprime flatum Hec bene tu serna si vis de pellere reuma Si fâ—nat ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares esto corisa Here are touched .vij. thyÌ„ges that cure the reume The fyrste is abstinence from meate â—or the 〈…〉 or fastynge for therby the mattier of reume is dimynyshed for abstinence drieth and the mattier is better ryped and consumed For whan nature fyndethe no matter of foode wheron she may worke she worketh vpon reumatike mattier and consumeth hit and so the heed is lesse fylled therwith Wherfore Auicen saythe that a man hauynge the catar or the pose shulde take hede he fylle nat hym selfe with meates The .ij. is watche for watche dryeth the brayne and withstandeth that the vapours ascende nat to the heed The .iij. is hotte meatis and drynkes for throughe theyr heate the colde mattier of the reume is digested The .iiij. is to labour moche for therby the mattier reumatike is consumed by reason that moche labour drieth vp the suê‘fluites of the bodye And in stede of valâ—e some textis haue veste and than the sentence is that warme garmeÌ„tis is holsome for the reume specially whan hit cometh by colde mattier The v. is inspirynge of hotte aier and speciallye if the catarre procede of colde matter for by breathyng of warme aier the mattier is warmed and riped The .vj. is to drynke lyttell and endure thyrst for therby the reumatike mattier is consumed And eke by lyttell drynkynge the heed is nat fylled as with moche drinkynge The .vij. is to holde ones breath for that is specially good in a catarre caused of a colde mattier by reason that this holdyÌ„g of the breathe heatethe the partis of the breast and so the colde fleumatike mattier causynge the catarre is better digested These thynges and many other Auicen toucheth sayenge AuiceÌ„ locâ— prealleg Hit behouethe to kepe the heed warme continuallye And also hit must be kepte from the northe wynde and proprely after the southe For the southe wynde repleteth and makethe rare The northe wynde constrayneth Also he must drinke no colde water nor slepe on the day tyme He must endure thyrst huÌ„ger and watche as moche as he can for these thynges in this sickenes are the begynnynge of helth Rasis .ix. Almausoâ— Farther more Rasis biddeth hym that hath the reume to beware of lyenge vp ryghte For by lyenge vp ryghte the reumatike matter floweth to the hynder partis of man where as be no manifeste issues wherby the mattier maye voyde out Therfore hit is to be feared lest hit flowe to the senowes and cause the crampe or palsey And lyke wyse he ought vtterly to forbeare wyne for wyne is vaporous and in that hit is verye hotte it dissolueth the mattier and augmenteth the reume And lyke wyse he must nat stande in the sonne nor by the fire for the sonne and fire leuse the mattier and augmenteth the reume In the last .ij. verses thauctour puttethe difference betwene these .iij. names catarrus branchus and corisa And the difference standeth in the mattier flowyng to one part or an other of the body WhaÌ„ the mattier roÌ„nethe to the breaste partis hit is called catarrus whan
to the bodily hete But comparynge hit to ruddye blud and coler hit is colde Fleme is naturally whyte and this is called swete fleme extendynge this name swete to all the talages delitynge the taste for other wise this natural fleme is nat swete but vnsauery and watrishe and very nere the talage of water And to this fleme nature hath nat gyuen a ê“pre mansion as she hath done to coler and melancoly but nature maketh it ronne with the bloud for it hath a very nere similitude to bloud And of this fleme there be .ij. necessites and one vtilite The fyrste necessite is that hit be nere the membres so that theyr vertue maye digeste and turne hit in to bloudde and that the membres by hit may be nourished whan they haue loste theyr naturall foode that is for to saye good bloudde throughe restrynte of material bloud whiche restreynt is caused of the stomake lyuer through some causes accidentall The .ij. necessite is that hit myngle with the bloud and make hit apte to nourishe the meÌ„bres of flematike complexion as the brayne and nuche for that that must noryshe these meÌ„bres must be well myngled with fleme The vtilite of fleme is that hit moyst the ioyntes and membres that moue moche leste they waxe drie through the heate that cometh of theyr mouynge and rubbynge Vnnaturall fleme may be deuided Fyrste in hit substance so some therof is muscillaginosuÌ„ and that is fleme to ones semynge diuerse for in some parte it is subtile and thynne and in some other grosse and thycke it is called muscilaginosuÌ„ bicause hit is lyke muscilages draweÌ„ out of sedes There is an other fleme that appereth egall in substance that is in subtilite grossenes to ones demynge but for a trouth hit is diuers in euery parte this is named rawe fleme And this encreasethe in the stomake and entrayles And to auoyde hit out of the stomake Hippocrates byddethe vs spue twyse a monethe and to voide hit out of the guttis nature hath ordeyned coler to runne from the chest of the gall to the entrayle ieiuniuÌ„ so forthe to the other lower guttis to scoure away that fleme from the brymmes of the entrayles and to cause hit to discende downe with the other dregges and fylthe Some tyme this fleme is encreased in the veynes specially of olde folkes by minishyng of theyr digestioÌ„ and there remaynynge is by lyttell littell augmented and engrossed hurtynge nature whiche can nat by the veynes therto ordeyned voyde hit out yet it doth that is possible to kepe it from the harte and other inwarde membres and driueth it to the outwarde membres and specially to the legges for by hit heuynes hit naturally draweth to the lower partis of man And this is the cause why olde folkes legges are swollen that if one presse downe his fynger therin there taryethe a hole specially towarde night and in fatte folkes suche as were wonte to be nourished with moyst meates There is an other spice of fleme verye subtile wattrishe lyke vnto water some what thicke This fleme is verye often myngled with theyr spittyll that haue yll digestion and of those that be great drinkers it runneth from the brayne to the nose as hit is wonte in the begynnynge of the pose and whan by decoction and boylynge in man hit cometh grosse hit is turned in to fleme grosse white and muscillage There is an other fleme grosse and white called gipseum the subtile partis of this fleme is dissolued through it longe bydynge in the iointis and the grossenes therof remaineth in the ioyntis as harde as stones This fleme engeÌ„drethe a goute vncurable There is an other fleme thycke and grosse lyke to molt glasse in colour claÌ„mynes and weight Secondly vnnaturall fleme differethe in talage for there is certayne fleme that is swete whiche is by mynglynge of bludde with fleme And vnder this is conteyned the vnctuous fleme whiche is engendred by mynglynge of vnctuous bloud and fleme There is an other maner of vnsauerye fleme caused of rawnes as certeyne glassy fleme There is an other salte fleme caused by mynglynge of coler And this is more bytynge drier and lyghter thaÌ„ any other fleme through the coler mingled therwith whiche is drie lyght and sharpe And this fleme is ofte founde in theyr stomakes that be flematike that drinke moche stronge wyne and that vse salte and sharpe meates and cleuynge to the stomakes causeth other whyle thyrst intollerable and runnyng by the guttis hit some tyme fleeth them and causethe the bluddy mensyn in the fundemeÌ„t ofte tymes induceth stronge â—o stiuenes There is an other fleme that is sharpe by mynglynge of sharpe melancolye therwith and some tyme throughe boylynge of fleme as hit chanceth in the swete ieuses of frutes that fyrste boyle and after waxe ripe And this fleme appereth oftner in theyr stomakes that digest yll than in other partis For naturally coler floweth to the mouthe of the stomake to stere vp thappetite whiche desceÌ„dyng downewarde some tyme myngled with fleme maketh it sower and this is ê‘ceyued by sower belchynges And other whyle this fleme is engendred in the stomake by boylyÌ„g with a weake heate There is an other fleme called pontike whiche is some tyme caused by mynglyng of poÌ„tike melancoly But this is seldome by reason that pontike melancolye is very scarse Hit is some tyme caused throughe vehement coldnes therof wherby the moystnes therof is coÌ„ieyled and some what altered to erthynes and thervpon cometh no weake heate whiche causynge it to boyle shulde conuerte it in to sharpenes nor no stronge heate whiche digestyng hit shulde turne it in to blud There be .ij. kyndes of coler natural and vnnaturall Vnnaturall coler is the fome of blud whose coler is ruddy clere that is citrine in the laste degree of citrines as saffron heedes and hit is lyghte and sharpe and the hotter the more redde it is And after this coler is engeÌ„dred in the heed hit deuideth in two partis one parte gothe with the bloud in to the veynes the other gothe in to the purse of the galle The parte that gothe with the bloud entreth therwith bothe for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that hit myngle with the bloud to nourishe the colerike meÌ„bres Hit is behoueful that hit make the bloud subtile and cause hit to entre in to the veynes The parte that gothe to the purse of the galle gothe eke thether for necessite and profite The necessite is double The one is nedefull for all the bodye to mundifie hit from colerike superfluites The other necessite is in respecte of the galles purse The profite also is double The one is to washe the entrayles from dregges and claÌ„my fleme cleuynge to them The other is to pricke the guttis musculs that they may fele the thynge that hurteth them and voyde all other fylthynes The profe of this is that colike chanceth oftetymes by stoppynge of the hole
that comethe from the purse of the galle to the guttis Vnnatural coler is double For one is vnnaturall throughe outwarde cause myngled there with The other is vnnaturall throughe a cause in it selfe for the substance therof is nat naturall Coler vnnaturall throughe an outwarde cause is an other knowen and famous And hit is that that fleme is myngled with And it is called famous or notable by reason hit is ofte engeÌ„dred And of this kynde of coler cometh the thyrde wel knowen There is an other that is lesse famous and that is hit wherwith melancoly is myngled Famous coler is either citrine and engendred by mynglynge of subtile fleme with naturall coler orels hit is yolkye lyke to yolkes of egges and is engeÌ„dred by mynglynge of grosse fleme with natural coler Coler of lesse fame is caused .ij. ways One is whan the coler is burned in hit selfe and turned to ashes from whiche the subtile parte of the coler is nat seperated but myngled therwith And this coler is the worste An other is whan melancoly cometh from without and mynglethe hit with the coler And this coler is better than other and is ruddye in colour hit is nat clere nor flowynge but more lyke to veyne bludde This vnnaturall coler hauynge his owne propre substaÌ„ce without mynglynge of any other humour is ofte engendred in the lyuer by reason that the subtilnes of the bloud burneth hit selfe and tourneth in to coler and grossely in to melancoly An other coler there is engendred in the stomake of yll meatis nat digested but corrupted orels it is engendred in the veynes by other humours And of this coler be .ij. kyndes For one is called coler prassiue lyke the colour of the herbe called prassion whiche is engendred of the yolkynes whan hit is burned for the burnyÌ„g causeth a yolky blackenes iÌ„ the coler whiche myngled with coler citrine engeÌ„dreth a grene coler The other is called rusty coler lyke to rusty iron it is engendred of passiue whaÌ„ prassiue is burned only tyl the humidite ther of be dried away and through hit drines begynneth to waxe white And these .ij. last colers be yll and venomous and yet rusty is the worse Lyke wyse there be .ij. kyndes of melancolye naturall and vnnaturall The naturall is the dreggis and suê‘fluite of good bloud whose talage is betwene swete and pontike And this melancoly whan hit is engendred in the lyuer is parted in .ij. partis Of whiche one entreth with the bloud and there with remayneth in the veynes The other is conueyed to the splene The fyrste parte entreth with the bloud for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that it myngle with the bloud to norishe the melancoly colde and drie membres as the bones The vtilite is to make thycke the thynne bloud to stynte the suê‘fluous runnynge therof to make it stronge and to strengthe these membres in to whiche hit muste be conuerted The other parte that nedeth no bloud gothe to the splene both for necessite and profite The necessite is double one vniuersall throughe out the bodye to purge hit of melaÌ„colious superfluite The other is but ê‘ticular only to gouerne the splene This melaÌ„coly is also profitable for mans body for hit runnethe to the mouthe of the stomake straynynge out the humidites that hit fyndeth there as a woman straynynge a cowes dugges drawethe out the mylke This vtilite is double Fyrst hit constrayneth thycketh and comforteth the stomake Secondly by reason it moueth the mouthe of the stomake through hit egernes hit maketh one haue an appetite and lust to meate Vnnaturall melaÌ„coly is as a thynge burned or ashes in respecte of other humours Of this there are .iiij. famous kyndes though there be many nat famous The fyrst is ashes of coler and this is bytter The .ij. is ashes of fleme and if the fleme that is burned were very subtile and wattrishe than the melancoly therof engendred wyll be salte in talage But if the fleme be grosse that is burned than the ashes therof or the melancoly of hit engendred enclyneth to sowernes or pontiâ—ite The .iij. is ashes of bloud and this melancolye is laste a lyttell drawynge to swetenes The .iiij. is ashes of naturall melaÌ„coly And if natural melancoly wherof so it be be subtile thaÌ„ it will be very sower And whaÌ„ hit is caste out vpon the grounde hit boyleth and sauoureth of the aire and causeth both flies and beastis to voide the place But if the naturall melancoly be grosse the vnnaturall therof ingeÌ„dred shall nat be so sower Natuta pingues isti sunt atque locantes Semper rumores cupiunt audiâ—e frequentes Hos venus et Bacchus delectant fercula risus Et facit hos hytares et dulcia verba loquentes Omnibus hi studiis abiles sunt et magis apti Qualibet ex causa nec hos leuiter mouet ira Largus amans hylaris ridens rubeique coloris Cantans carnosus satis audax atque benignus Sanguine folkes This texte techeth vs to knowe sanguine folkes Fyrst a sanguine persone is naturally fatte But we may nat vnderstande that sanguine folkes be proprely fatte for that is a token of a colde complexion AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. as saythe Auicen But they be fatte and fleshye with all for fatte in sanguine persones is taken for fleshye Auicen saythe that abundance of ruddy fleshe and styffe signifieth a hotte and a moyst coÌ„plexioÌ„ as a sanguine ê‘son is For thabuÌ„dance of ruddy fleshe wytnesseth fortitude of vertue assimilatiue and multitude of bloud the worke and waxe by heate and moysture as witnessethe Galen sayenge Thabundance of fleshe is engeÌ„dred by abundance of bloud For heate perfectlye digestynge and the lyke vertue to fleshe makethe the fleshe faste styffe Also Auicen saythe euery fleshye body without abundance of fat grece is sanguine Galen ii â—egni Wherto Galen asseÌ„teth Secondly the sanguine person is mery and iocunde that is to say with mery wordes he moueth other to laugh orels he is gladde throughe benignite of the sanguine humour ê“uokynge a man to gladnes and iocuÌ„dite through clere perfect spirites engeÌ„dred of bloud Thyrdly he gladly hereth fables mery sportis for the same cause Fourthlye he is enclyned to lecherie through heate and moystnes prouokynge to carnall copulation Fyftly he gladlye drinketh good wyne Sixtlye he delyteth to fede on good meate by reason the sanguine ê‘sone desyrethe the mooste lyke to his complexion that is good wynes and good meates Seuenthlye he laugheth lyghtly for bloud ê“uoketh to laughyÌ„g The .viij. is the sanguine persone hath a gladsome an amiable countenance through lyuelynes of colour and fairenes of coÌ„plexion The .ix. is he speaketh swetelye throughe amiablenes of sanguine nature The .x. is he is apt to lerne any maner of science throughe lyuelynes and perspicuite of his wytte The .xj. is he is nat lyghtlye angry and this cometh through moystnes abatynge the feruour of coler prouokynge
impostumes brede in the body or in a meÌ„bre hurt the humours flowe thervnto But Auicen assigneth an other cause that by suche slepe may chance coÌ„fraction of the meÌ„bres The cause may be as Galen sayth that slepe is vnholsome in the ague fyt for natural hete goth inward Gal. ii apho suê‘ illo In quo c. and the out ward ê‘tis waxe colde the fumes remayne vnconsumed wherby the rigour is augmented and the feuer fyt ê“longed Also by mouyng of the humours iÌ„ lettyÌ„g of blud fumes are reised vp to the senowes and braunes of the armes whiche remaynyng vnconsumed waxe colde in slepe and ingrosse in the vtter partes And therfore if one slepe iÌ„mediately after lettyng of blud they cause confraction of the senowes and braunes of tharmes Secondly he sayth that one in lettyng blud must beware that he make nat the gashe to depe lest he hurt a senowe or an arterie strynge vnder the veyne for hurtyng of a senowe causeth a mortal crampe or losse of a meÌ„bre as an arme or a fynger and hurt of an arteri strynge causeth bledyng vncurable The .iiij. is one ought nat to eate iÌ„mediatly aft he is let blud but he must tary tyll the humors in hym be in qete lest the meate er hit be digested be drawen together with the blud to succour the hurt membre Omnia de lacte vitabis rite minute Et vitet potum fleubothomatus homo Frigida vitabit quia sunt inimica minutis Interdictus erit minutis nubilus aer Spiritus exultat minutis luce per auras subtile to ruÌ„ne through out al the body outcept the matter be furious The .ii. is abuÌ„dance of the mattâ—er for GaleÌ„ sayth on the aphorisme Inchoantilus morbis c. that it is than behoueful to be let blud or take a medicine laxatiue to alleuiate nature loded with abuÌ„dance of mattier The .iii. is greatnes sharpenes of the sickenes as whan there is a great an acheful impostume though the mattier be lyttel Gal. xiii 〈…〉 For GaleÌ„ sayth if the impostume be great ye must let blud at the begynnyng though there be but lyttel mattier lest it breke or open er it be rype therfore to eschewe many incoÌ„uenieÌ„ces blud lettyng must be done 〈◊〉 is so 〈…〉 eyther to 〈◊〉 or deth 〈◊〉 The .ii. rule is that blud lettyÌ„g may nat be done on the day of mocioÌ„ of the sickenes as in crisis nor no other vacuacion nor diuertyng of mattier froÌ„ the place that nature sendeth it to Nor like wise in the ague fyt For Galen sayth .i. aph that whaÌ„ the sickenes is in hit estate neyther blud lettyng nor laxatiue shulde be done for than the matter rypeth whiche rypeth better by quietnes thaâ—â—rryng The .iii. rule is that lettyng of blud shuld nat be done in begyÌ„nyng of the sickenes whan crisis is remoued for Isaac saith in his boke of vrins that though the hart be the engeÌ„drer of the blud spiritis yet the blud is fundacioÌ„ of natural hete susteyneth hit for hete is naturally therof engendred and therfore one voydyng blud voydeth hete whiche shulde digest the mattier of the sickenes and so coÌ„sequently the sickenes is proloÌ„ged strengthe weaked And therfore hit is to drede lest through lengthynge of the sickenes and weakyng of the streÌ„gthe nature shuld fayle The .iiii. rule is that the body hauyng dregges or filth iÌ„ the guttis shuld nat be let blud The cause is there be .iii. thyÌ„ges that draw to them hete emptynes all the shap nowe the veynes eÌ„pted by lettyng of blud dawe to them froÌ„ the next meÌ„bres as the guttis stomake wherby that bealy is indurated the mattier in the veynes more infected the miseraike draweth the humidites of the ordeurs the ordeurs are dried the more therfor ye must fyrst mollifie the bealy with clisters or suppositories except it waxe laxatiue alone The .v. rule is That lettyng of blud shulde nat be moche vsed for by oft vsyng therof one waxyng olde falleth in to dyuers diseases as epilencie apoplexie and palsey for by remouyng of the blud hete many flematike suê‘fluites are engendred that cause these diseases The .vi. rule is that a woman meÌ„struate or with childe shuld nat be let blud A womaÌ„ with childe shuld nat for therby the hete that digesteth meate is diminâ— and the foode of that that she goth with taken away specially whan it that she goth with waxeth great for thaÌ„ it nedeth more foode This sayth Hippocrates .v. aph whaÌ„ the menstruosite kepeth due curse voydeth naturally inough lettyÌ„g of blud shuld nat be done but whan it voydeth to moche than to diuert the mattier it must be done for nature wolde nat be let of her operacion The .vii. rule is that after the colerike passion one shuld nat be let blud for bi reason that lettyng of blud sturreth vp the humors a colerike on the right side of the body staÌ„deth the meÌ„bre that engendreth blud that is the lyuer and the receptacle of coler the galle AutuÌ„ne engeÌ„dreth melancoly whiche is gethered to gether nat resolued by wenter therfore in verÌ„ and wynter those veynes shuld be let blud in whiche melaÌ„coly hath dominion whiche be the lyft side veynes for the splen is on the lyft syde of the body whiche is the receptacle of melaÌ„coly Secondly he sayth that these .iiii. meÌ„bres the heed the hart the fote and the lyuer after the .iiii. seasons of the yere must be empted the hart in verÌ„ the lyuer in somer the heed iÌ„ wynter and the fote in autumne Dat saluatella tibi plurima dona minuta Purgat epar splenem pectus precordia vocem Innaturalem tollit de corde dolorem Here he toucheth .vi. coÌ„modites that come by lettyng blud of the veyâ—e called saluatella hit is the veyne on the backe of the haÌ„de betwene the myddyll fynger rynge fynger Fyrst it purgeth the lyuer SecoÌ„dly it cleÌ„setâ—â—ene Thyrdly it muÌ„difieth the breast Fourthly hit preserueth the stomakes mouthe froÌ„ hurt Fyftly hit doth away hurt of the voyce Sixtly hit doth away vnnaturall ache of the hart The reason of all these coÌ„modites is bicause the forsayd veyne auoydeth blud froÌ„ al these places as after it shall appere For a more ample declaracion hit is to witte that in lettyng of blud other while the veynes be opend and somtyme the arteries The openyÌ„g of the arterie is daÌ„gerous the chiefe cause hereof is the ouermoche bledyng whiche is caused .ii. ways One is through ferueÌ„t hete of the arterie blud for a hotte thyng is soone mouable delateth openeth the arterie and therfore hit helpeth moche to voyde the blud in lettyng blud the arterie The .ii. cause is mobilite of the arterie and therfore the wouÌ„de or gashe in it is slowlier healed for wouÌ„des without rest can nat heale Yet this lettyÌ„g of blud is holsome .iii. maner wise Fyrst whan there is abuÌ„daÌ„ce of subtile blud iÌ„ the body SecoÌ„dly