of the brayne Take fyne frankensence sandrake and mastike of euery one an ounce lignum aloes a dramme make them all in grosse pouder and perfume therewith stoupes made of flaxe or of cotteÌ„ and laye vpon the head And when ye haue by thys meanes well and duly comforted the braine deâ—ended of the original cause of the sayde disease ye shall procede to take away the matter conioynt that is descended vnto the synowes and ye shal begynne thus Fyrst ye must preserue the body from engendring of humours in takiÌ„g euery morniÌ„g next your heart a conserue made of akornes of floures of rosemary mengled with a litle nutmigge and mastike and yf ye be of power ye may driÌ„ke a good draught of ypocras or other spyced drynke after meate at dynner and at supper Secondarily ye shall vnderstande y t whosoeuer doth entend to be holpen of the gout he must euery yere be purged two tymes preparing fyrste y e matter to digestion with sirupe of sticados and duabus radicibus with the one halfe of waters of sage prymroses and margerim in maner of a spiced iulep with cinamon taken .v. continual mornynges .ii. houres afore ye eate any other meate And after y t ye muste receyue a dramme of pylles called arthretikes or hermodactiles or of both togyther egal porcions Or take halfe an ounce of diacartami two houres after night and of diaturbith of euerye one two drammes with a lytle syrupe of hisop The reste of the sayde curacion shall be accoÌ„plished with the applyinge of diuers local remedies wherof ther be sondry kindes sortes here declared Ye ought to rubbe the place that is sore wyth oyle of roses and a litle vinegre after sprinkle vpon the same fyne pouder of myrtylles Another playster also as hereafter foloweth ¶ A playster for the goute Take of the emplayster called mellilote .ii. ounces populeoÌ„ an ounce and a halfe redde roses mirtilles and floures of camomyl of euery one a dramme make a playster and laye vpon the goutye ioynte ¶ An other Take the iuyce of colewortes and of walworte and wyth beane floure and pouder of redde roses and the floures of camomyl make a playster and laye it to the sore ¶ An other Take oyle of roses cruÌ„mes of bread yolkes of egges cowes mylke with a litle saffron seeth theÌ„ togyther a lytle as ye wold make a pudding afterwarde sprede them vpon cloutes lay vpon the sore ¶ An other Make lye of the ashes of rosemarye or of oke or of beane stalkes boyle in it sauge moleyne prymrose camomil and mellilote and receiue y e fume vpon y e sore place or wette cloutes in y e sayde decoccion presse them and lay them vpon the payne Al the sayd remedies are verye good to swage the payne of the goute after the which done it is necessary to go about the comforting of iointes and sinowes and to that intent ye may apply the grese of pyes oyle of camomil of althea or holihocke oile of a foxe oyle of earthwormes oyle of prymroses turbentine oile of gromel brayde wherwythall or with one or two of them ye may annoynte the sore place and comforte both the synowes and y e ioyntes marueylously Also thys ointmente that foloweth is synguler good for the same purpose Take fyue or syxe handfulles of walworte and seeth them well in wyne then strayne them and with a lyttle waxe oyle of spike and aqua vite make an oyntment wherwith ye must annoynte the place mornynge and euenyng euery daye An other oyntment for the goute Take a fatte goose and plucke her and trymme her as yf she shuld be eaten then stuffe the belly within with two or thre yonge cattes wel chopped in smal gobbettes with an handful of baye salte then sowe her vp agayne let her roste at a small fyre and kepe the dryppyng for a precious ointment agaynst all kyndes of goutes and other diseases of the iointes Medicines for the gout appropriate in al cases Take cowes donge and seeth it in swete mylke and lay a playster to the goute hote Also the yolkes of egges womans mylke lyneseede and saffron al together in a plaister swageth the diseases of the goute And yf ye be disposed to brake thee skinne and to let y e humours issue as by suche manye one is eased ye shall make a lytle playster of blacke sope aqua vite which wil blister it without any greate payne Also very olde harde chese cutte and soddeÌ„ in the broth of a gambon of bakon and afterward stamped with a lytle of the broth and made in maner of a playster is a singuler remedye for diseases of the goute and was fyrst practised of Galene the prince of all phisicians A prayer to God for helpe agaynst the perturbacions of the mynde O Lord my God almightye father ruler of my life my health my streÌ„gth my redemer and protectoure seÌ„de vnto me the heauenly beames of thy holy spirit to illumine the darkenesse of my synfull hert and to guide me to thy holy place Shewe me y e light of thyne aboundauÌ„t mercy O Lorde that I may no loÌ„ger sleape in deedly synne O only father of light which in very dede dost lighten euery maÌ„ that commeth into this world for thy great mercies sake it maye please thee to lyghten the eies of myne hert and to endue me with the spyrite of grace that I maye loke vpon myne owne sinne the great offences wherewith I haue offeÌ„ded thee and to know y t in my self ther is no maner streÌ„gth for to wythstande â–ª the death but only throughe thee And I beseche thee o lord to couer these my carnall eyes y t they se no vanitie and gyue me thy grace y t I fal not into coÌ„cupiscence to thend I may eschewe al euil thinges and gyue my mynde hollye to the obseruacion of thy commaundementes Lord God I beseche the that syn may neyther raygne nor tarye in me and that I be not subiecte to myne owne fleshly appetytes but y t I may expel out of my thoughtes as vnlawfull lustes so that my soule and al my mind maye be set holy vpon the. Lord God suffre not my soule to be oppressed â–ª but receyue me into the proteccion of thy holy hand and despise not me thy simple creature whom thou haste redemed with y e preciouse blood of thine onely soÌ„ne Iesu Christ Thy mercy O lord is aboue al y t thou haste made for thou doest differ the punyshmeÌ„t of the wycked yf perchaunce they would amende at last thou louest al that thou haste made hatest none but for their owne iniquities And wheÌ„ the wicked turne agayne to the and crye vnto thy holye name with all theyr hertes by by thy mercye is ready to receiue theÌ„ eueÌ„ as I moost detestable siÌ„ner come with hert coÌ„trite vnto thy mercy this day that I may obtayne remission of my synnes To the I cry out of y e veri
Melancholye whych humours are called y e sonnes of the Elementes because they be complexioned lyke the four elementes For lyke as the ayre is hote and moyste so is the bloud hote and moyst And as fyer is hote and dry so is choler hote drye And as water is colde and moist so is phlegme colde and moiste And as the yearth is colde and dry so melaÌ„choly is colde and dry Whereby it apereth that there be nyne complexions Whereof .iiii be symple y t is to wete hote colde moyst and dry and .iiii. coÌ„plexions compounde that is hote and moyst which is the complexion of the ayre and of blood Hote dry whiche is the complexion of the fyre and of cholere Colde and moist which is the coÌ„plexcion of the water of phlegme and colde and dry that is the complexion of earth and of melancholie The nynth complexion is temperate neyther to hote nor to colde nor to moyst nor to drye whych yet is a thing very seldome sene amonge men After the phisicions the sayde foure humours gouerne rule euery one in his place and enduce meÌ„ to be of the complexions folowyng ¶ The complexion of the phlegmatyke Phlegme enclyneth a man to be well fourmed a sleper dul of vnderstandyng full of spattle full of coloure ¶ The coÌ„plexcions of the sanguyne Blood causeth one to be full of fleshe liberall amyable curtyse merye inuentyue bolde lecherous of red coloure ¶ The coÌ„plexcions of the cholerike Cholere causeth a maÌ„ to be hastye enuyous couetous subtyle cruell a watcher prodigall leane and of yelowe coloure ¶ The complexions of the melancholyke Melancholy maketh one Solytarye Soft spirited Fearfull Heauye Curyous Enuious Couetous Blacke of coloure ¶ These be the foure humours wherof the bodyes are compounded euery one of them hath a special dominioÌ„ in respect of al the other according to the age that is to say from a mannes natiuitie til he come to .xxv. yeres the bloud hath most power and from that time to the yeare of his age .xxxv. raygneth the Choler for then commethe heate into the vaynes and the choler begynneth to aryse and be strong Then coÌ„meth myddle age and bryngeth forthe melancholye an humoure colde and dry and hath his endurauÌ„ce tyl fyfty yeres or ther about at which tyme all the humours of the body begynne to diminyshe and the naturall heate by lytle and lytle dothe abate And theÌ„ succedeth olde age vnto deth in the which age phlegme hath y e priÌ„cipal power and dominion Wherfore it shalbe necessarye for al that be of y e age to coÌ„fort their bodyes with some natural heate and meates of good noryshyng as yolkes of egges potched good and yonge fleshe wheate bread good wyne and all suche thynges as engendre good bloud and spirites whereof we entende by the sufferaunce of God to declare more aboundauntly hereafter ¶ Here followeth the descripcion of inwarde and outwarde diseases wyth the moste holsome and expert remedies for the cure therof appropriat to euery membre thoroughout the body The fyrste chapter of the sickenesse and remedyes of the heed HEad ache chaunceth often times of diuers and sondry causes as of bloud cholere fleâ—â—e or melancholy or of ventositye and sometimes of heat of the sunne or of to great cold of y e aire Ye maye knowe heade ache when it commeth of bloude for in the face and eyes there appeareth a darke redenes prickyng and heauines with heat Remedye Ye must let hym bloude on the head veine on that side that the peine is on then laye vpon the place oyle of roses vineger and rose water or a bag with roses sprinkeled with rose water And here is to be noted as wel iÌ„ this cause as all other that yf his belly be harde and bounde fyrst ye must geue him an easye glister or elles halfe an ounce of Cassia newly drawen out of the cane or some other easye laxatyue to prouoke the duety of the womb els al applicacions of medicines wyll bee nothyng worth at all One maie know heade ache that procedeth of cholere when in the face ther is a clere rednes enclining somewhat towarde yelowe holownesse of y e iyes the mouth drye and hote And sometymes bytternesse small reste greate heate with sharpe paine chiefâ—y on the ryght syde of the head ¶ Remedye Ye muste geue hym morne and euen to drinke sirupe of violettes or pomegranades with a meane draught of endiue water in a glasse or of comin water sodden and cooled agayne And in stead of these sirupes ye maye drynke water of endiue succorye purcelane nenuphar myngled together or one of them by them self two or .iii. daies at euenyng and morning Then geue a draÌ„me of pillule sine quibus at night to bedwarde or about midnight the day folowing kepe you iÌ„ your chaÌ„ber In stede of those pilles it is good euery morniÌ„g to take an houre afore suÌ„ne a medicine to drynke y t shall be made of halfe an ounce of Succo rosarum mixt with two ounces of water of endiue In steade of the saied succo rosarum ye may take halfe an ounce of diaprunis laxatiue ye must take hede in gyuyng suche purgacions that the pacient be stroÌ„g for if he be weake ye may gyue hym but the halfe of y e sayd pylles or of the other laxatyues And yf in diminishyng the quantitie of the sayde medicines it worketh not with the pacient as it shuld it is conuenieÌ„t to gyue hym a common glister ¶ An other remedy for the same peyne Ye must laye theron a lynnen clothe moysted in rose water plantayne water morel water and vinegre or elles take the iuyce of lettuce and roses a litle vineger and warme it together and dippe therin a linnen clothe and laye it to the payne An other Ye must take the whytes of .ii. egges wyth rose water and beate it well togyther and wyth towe or flaxe lay it to y e greued place Also ye must shaue his heed and mylke thereon womans mylke that nourysheth a wenche or wasshe hys heed wyth warme water wherein haue bene sodde vine leaues sage floures of water lilies roses Also it is necessary to wash his feete legges wyth the sayde water so that the pacient haue no reume for if there be reumatike matters ye oughte nether to shaue his heed wash his legges nor to lay any colde thing or moist to his heed Ye maye knowe that fleume is cause of the peine in the heed when ye fele coldnesse with great heuinesse speciallye in the hyndre parte when one spytteth often and hath his face lyke sunne brent ¶ Remedye Ye must drynke .iii. or .iiii. morninges sirupe of sticados with water of fenel or sirupe of wormewood with a decoction of sauge and maiorym Then ye must pourge the heade from the sayde fleume wyth pillule cochie and wyth pilles of agarici or pillule auree made with one of the sayde sirupes fyue in a dramme and
dipped in sodden wine or good maluesye withoute drinking of thesame wine except it be a verye lytle after meate An other Take mastike and lapdanum of euerye one an ounce mintes and wormewood poudred of eche a dramme turbentine as muche as shall nede to encorporate them together make a plaister and spred it vpon lether and laye it to the stomake In stede of the sayde plaister it is good to annointe the stomake with oile of spikenard and mastike or to laye on it hoote breade steped in good wyne on the which bread strowe pouder of cloues nutmigges Sometimes suche debilitye of stomake cōmeth of hote causes thē it is knowen by the litle appetite to meat and great thyrst and heade ache before meate and after it commeth stinkyng belchyng whereof sometime foloweth vomiting and is holpen on this wise Remedye In suche debilitye if ther be great quantitie of spittle and muche desyre to vomite it is good to take .x. drammes of hiera picra with the decoction of cicers or with two or thre oūces of water of wormewood and after your meat vse coriander seed prepared and beware ye drinke not thereafter nor slepe in the day time To thesame Mirabolanes condite are very good for the same purpose to be geuen once in the weke at four of the clocke ī the morning half an ounce or a hole oūce euerye tyme and take awaye the stone that is within If in the saide debilitie of stomake of hote cause there be not aboundaunce of spittle but drinesse of mouth with thrist and vomiting stinking fumishe it is good to take euery mornyng syrupe of sorell syrupe of roses or sirupe of quinces with endiue and succorrye water or water sodden and cooled again and then drinke hiera picra as afore is said or take a purgacion as is declared in the payne of the head comming of cholere It is to be noted that for such debilitie of the stomake ye maie not weare any cerote plaister nor bagge wherin is hote medicines lest ye should augmēte y e cause ▪ but it is conueniente to annoynte the stomake with colde oyles as be oyles of roses and quinces and yf ye wyll haue a plaister make it of redde roses and saunders For abhorryng of meate SOmetime there chaunceth in the stomake a dysease called fastidium or abhorrynge of meate wherby the persone agaynst his wyl taketh in hate and abhominacion all maner of meates that is offered vnto him likewise as a hole man taketh pleasure and delite in hys meat The cause of this disease is repleciō of cholericke humors or phlegmatike grosse and viscouse whiche are in the stomake the paciēt hath great thriste a drye tonge the mouth bitter sometime doth vomit yelow cholere Remedye Ye muste purge the cholere as hath bene saide afore and yf the veines bee great and ful of bloud ye ought to let him bloud on the right arme on that veine which appeareth moste and to quicken the appetite it is good to geue him to eate or drinke such as the pacient demaūdeth although it bee not alwayes of the beste And also it is good to geue him y e iuce of pomegranades ¶ For belchyng Belchyng is a vētositye instatiue expulsed oute of the stomake to the mouth and commeth by feblenes and litle heat of the stomake which engendreth winde wherefore it signifieth a colde complexion whiche is cause of suche ventositie after meate And for this disease ye shall do as foloweth ¶ Remedy for windinesse of the stomake Abstaine from al fruites and rawe herbes pease beanes garlike onions leekes chesnuttes course meates great repaste and slepe on the daye Ye ought to take fastinge comfites made of aneys fenel cummine and carreway seedes or els pouder of the sayde thynges myxte wyth suger Also it is good to take in a morning two houres before meat a lozenge of aromaticum rosatum if ye haue an aking stomak and cold it is good to take euery morning a lozenge of dianisi or diaciminū or some other cōfortable lozenge to drinke after it a sponful of good wine ¶ Another remedy Ye maye take a litle galingale with a litle wine or pouder of cumine with some good wyne ¶ Another remedye Drinke euery morning fastyng two oūces of wine wherin hath bene sodden baye beries anyse carraway sedes of eche a litle And if ye put to it a litle pure frankensence it would be y e better And withoute it is good to laye a bagge full of camomyl floures rue wormewood and maiorim made in pouder or for to annoynte the stomake with oyle of wormewoode rue spikenard or bayes Sometimes suche belching and vētositie cōmeth before meate and it is caused of fleume viscouse or watrish that is in the stomake Remedye Ye must purge the fleume with pillule cochie or electuariū of diacartamy as hath bene said in the remedy of peine of the heed caused of fleume And ere ye geue the purgacion ye ought .iii or .iiii. morninges two houres afore meate to take two litle sponefulles of sirupe of wormewood or of mintes After the which purgacion it is good to annointe the stomake with oyle of mastike nardine wormewod or lilies for to weare vpon the stomake a cerote beyng made lyke a plaster which ye may bye at the Apotecaris called cerotum Galeni or a bagge made of maiorim and camomil floures take euery mornyng a lozenge of the electuary aboue named or of diagalanga Item ye shal note that yf the persō can not take a purgaciō to auoyd sufficiently the fulnes of the stomake which hyndreth the digestion of meat he muste take a glister and afterwarde pilles of elephangine or of hiera simplicis before diner or supper Moreouer yf before dynner ye fele an heuines in the stomake ye oughte to take one of the sayde pilles halfe an houre before meate For the hicket Hicket or yeaskyng is an euill mouing of the vertue expulsiue of the stomake prouoked by the vertue sēsible to expulse that that dothe anoye The said hicket doth sometimes happen by reason of emtines by debilitie of the stomake after lōg sickenes or by fluxe of blud or laxe or by some other strāge euacuacion which is very perillous oftentymes mortall Therefore it is good to geue restoratiues to the pacient and to geue hym soft egges almō mylke hulled barlye culleyes of capons or other thinges of good norishmente and of easye digestion Also ye ought to stoppe the laxe to make the pacient to slepe long and annointe the stomake with oyle of swete almons Sometimes hicket procedeth of repletiō of matter humorous or of drinke and meat which engēder grosse ventositie not very easy to consume Yf y e stomak be ouercharged with meates kepe a lōg abstinēce til digestiō be done or els vomit and annoint thi stomake with oile of dil mastike wormwood castor If humors conteined in y e stomak be cause of y e
warme water vp to y e hanches yf the peyne come of cold ye must annoiÌ„t his belly with oyle of bayes and gosegrese For the wyndy colyke If it be winde make a glister of new milke wyth a lytle oyle and the yolke of an egge for it is very good Also it is good to lette him drynke a dramme of hiera picra simplex wyth .ii. ounces of water of cardo benedictus or purcelane or wormewood and to make a plaister of leeke leaues fryed in oile vinegre and layed vpon the bellye Lyke warde the backe Also nephretica is paynefuller afore meat the colicke is euer more greuous after And often y e colicke chauÌ„ceth sodenlie but nephretica coÌ„trarie for commonlye it commeth by litle litle for euermore before one shal fele paine of the backe with difficultie of vrine Item there is more difference for the colicke sheweth vrynes as it were coloured but nephretica in the begynning is cleare and whyte like water and after waxeth thycke and then appeareth in the botome of the vessel lyke red sande or grauel Remedie for peyne of the reynes YE muste vse thynges aperitiue to cause you make water but afore ye ought to loce y e belly in taking an ounce of cassia an houre before meate â–ª but yf your bellie he hard bound ye must take a glister made as hereafter foloweth â–ª before ye take thâ— sayde câ—ssiâ— A glister for nephretica passio Take of march mallowe rootes two ounces mallowes violettes beetes march mallowe leaues floures of camomylle and mellilote of eche a haÌ„dfull melon seede and anyse seede of eche halfe an ounce wheat branne an handful and decocte it and take therof halfe a pounde and distemper in it an ounce of cassia an ounce of course suger .ii. ounces of oyle of violettes an ounce of oyle of lilies make a glyster In stede thereof ye maye take cowes mylke wyth two egge yolkes in maner of a glyster And it is to be noted that in suche a disease the glystre muste be greate in quantitie or els ye shulde make wrestynge and roumblyng in the bellye whiche shulde be an occasion of more â—aine After this operacioÌ„ if the paine be not apeased ye must gyue another glister after the operacioÌ„ of which the patieÌ„t ought to go into some bath vpâ— to the nauyl wherein muste be sodden mallowes marche mallowes beetes pellitary lyneseed fenugreke floures of camomil with mellilote al put in a bagge in the sayd water â—ubbe hym wyth it and at hys goyng out of the sayd bath ye must take two ouÌ„ces of sirupe of mayden heare radishe with iii. ounces of the decoccion of lyquirice Moreouer after the sayde bath ye muste â—aye vpon the paine a â—ultes made of herbes and floures with one of almondes being in y e said bagge .ii or iii. morniÌ„ges take â–ª v. or â—i ounces of y e broth of cicers sodden wyth lycorice or els drinke water of â—itory of â—esses or of rotes aperiâ— the which waters are very good for to purge the grauel and the stone â–ª 〈…〉 a verye good electuary for the skins â–ª â—alled electuarium ducis or iustinum philantropos or liontripon yf one take a draÌ„me or two after operaâ—ion of a glister or oâ— cassia or a pille 〈◊〉 ante cibâ— and after to drinke oâ—e of the sayde waters or elles a litle white wyne warmed ¶ Regiment aswel for the colyke as for the reynes of the backe HE muste flye froÌ„ al euil qualities of the ayre as wynde raine great heate and greate colde speciallye to kepe him from warming the râ—nes agaynst the fyre nor to heate it by any other meanes Also he muste abstaine from great repletion at one meale and to long abstinence from meate for all these â—ille the body ful of yl humours Also sleape not on the daye specially after meate nor lye not on the romes when ye are aslepe And ye ought to eate no â—altâ—ysh noâ— no bâ—efe nor other grosse meates Likâ— wise one ought for to beware 〈…〉 â—oâ—les bredde vp in the water spiceâ—â— pastrye and bread not very wel leuenâ—d â–ª specially tartes cakes other pastiâ— made of floure But aboue al ye muste bewar of white meates as milke chese rawe frutes hard egges as moch as is possible kepe your selfe froÌ„ yre enuye melancoly other lyke affeccioÌ„s For the fluxe of the wombe IN al fluxes of the â—elly cause y e excremeÌ„tes to be dulye serched for yf the disease be suche that the meat commeth out euen as it was receiued or not half digested y e sayde fluxe is called lienteria Yf great aboundauÌ„ce of watery humours haue theyr issue by lowe the sayde fluxe is named diarthea which is as moch to saye as fluxe humorall And yf bloode or matter appeare with the excrementes in the syckenesse then they call it dissenteria which is a gret disease and a daungerous for to cure Remedy for the fluxe lienteria â–ª FOorasmuch as this flux commeth for y e most part of great debilitie of vertue reteÌ„tiue of y e stomacke for y e great moistnes of y e same it is good to gyue y e sirupe of wormwood honye of roses takiÌ„g of it with a spone or drynke thâ— wyth the water of betonye fenel and wormewood and yf it so be the paciente doe desyre to vomyte it wold be good for hym or let him take halfe an ounce of hiera simple wyth two ounces of water of wormwood and yf the pacient be strong ynough adde therto two drammes of diafinicon And after thys ye muste comforte the stomake wyth oyle of mastyke spike mynt wormwood or nardine or with a playster called cerotuÌ„ Galeni spred vpon lether and after layed vpon the stomake or make a bagge of wormewood myntes and maiorim dried laye it vpon the stomake In the mornyng take a lozenge of aromaticum rosatum and a lytle rinde of citron coÌ„fit and before euery meale take a morsel of conserua quynces Remedy for the fluxe humoral called diarthea THe sayde fluxe oughte not to be restrayned afore the .xiiii. daie yf nature be not very moch enfebled And somtyme it coÌ„meth of hote causes as of cholere and then one ought to giue vnto the pacient to drynke afore hys meate syrupe of ribes syrupe of roses or syrupe of quinces wyth smythes water and in y e stede of those sirupes â–ª ye maye make a iulep thus A iulep for the fluxe humorall Take rosewater buglosse and plantayne euerye one halfe a pounde of al the saunders two drammes and with a quartroÌ„ and an halfe of sugre make a iulep In the morniÌ„g two houres afore meat it is good to giue the pacieÌ„t olde conserue of roses or a dramme of trociskes of roses after he hath dronke one of the sayde syrupes or of iulep of roses wyth a lytle of smythes water wherof the pacient ought to drynke at euery tyme when he is a thyrst Yf in the
wheles rennyng with much corrupcion and matter and with great peine of the face and throte drines of the toungue horcenes of voyce and in some quiuerynge of the hearte with swownyng The causes of these euil affeccions are rehersed of authours to be chiefly .iiii. Fyrst of the superfluities which might be corrupt in the womb of the mother the chylde there beyng and receiuinge thesame into the poores the whiche at that tyme for debility of nature could not be expelled but y e chyld encresyng afterward in strength bee dryuen out of the veines into the vpper skynne Secondarilye it maye come of a corrupt generacion that is to saye whan it was engendred in an euyll season y e mother being sycke of her naturall infyrmitye for such as are begotten that tyme verye seldome escape the disease of leprye The thyrde cause maye bee an euyll dyete of the nourse or of the chylde it self whan they fede vpon meates that encrease rotten humours as mylke and fyshe both at one meale lykewyse excesse of eating and drinking and surfitte Fourthly this disease commeth by the waye of contagion whan a sycke person infecteth an other and in that case it hath great affinitie with the pestilence ¶ Remedy The beste and most sure help in this case is not to meddle with anye kynde of medicines but to let nature worke her operacion notwythstandynge yf they be to slowe in commyng oute it shal be good for you to geue the childe to drinke sodden mylke and saffron so kepe hym close and warme wherby they may the soner issue foorth but in no case to administer any thynge that myght eyther represse the swelling of the skinne or to coole the heate that is within the members For yf this dysease which should be expelled by a natural accion of y e body to y e long health afterward of the pacient wer by force of medicine cowched in againe it wer euē inough to destroy the child Therfore abide y e ful breaking out of y e said wheales and then if they be not ripe ease the childes peyne by makynge a bath of holihock dyl camomil fenel if thei be ripe matter thē take fenel wormewood and sage and seeth them in water to the thirde part wherin ye maye bathe him with a fine cloth or a sponge Alwaies prouided y t he take no cold duryng the time of his sickenesse The wyne wherein fygges haue bene sod is singuler good in thesame case may be wel vsed in all times causes Yf the wheales bee outragious and great with much corrosiō and venime some make a decoction of roses plātaine in the water of oke and dissolue in it a litle englishe hony camphore The decoction of water betonye is approued good in the sayed diseases Likewise y e ointment of herbes wherof I made menciō ī y e cure of scabbes is exceding holsome after the sores are rype Moreouer it is good to droppe in the pacientes eyes .v. or vi tymes a daye a litle rose or fenell water to coumforte the syght leste it be hurte by continual rennīg of matter This water must be ministred in the sommer colde in the wīter ye ought to apply it luke warm Thesame rose water is also good to gargle in his mouth yf the chylde bee then payned in the throte And lest the condites of y e nose should be stopped it shalbe very expedient to let him smel often to a sponge wete in the iuce of sauerye strong vineger and a litle rose water To take away the spottes scarres of the smal pockes and measels The bloude of a bull or of an hare is much commēded of authours to be annointed hote vpon the scarres also y e licour y e issueth out of shepes clawes or goates clawes het in the fier Item the dripping of a cignet or swanne laid vpon the places oftentimes hote Feuers YF the feuer vse to take the chylde with a great shakyng and afterwarde hote whether it be cotidian or tercian it shall be singuler good to geue it in drinke the blacke seedes of Peony made in fine pouder searced and mingled with a litle suger Also take plantain fetherfew and verneine and bath the chyld in it once or twyse a daye binding to the pulces of the handes and fete a plaister of y e same herbes stamped and prouoke the child to sweate afore the fitte commeth Some geue counsell in a hote feuer to applye a colde plaister to the breast made in this wyse Take the iuyce of wormewood plantain mallowes and housleke and temper in them asmuche barly floure as shal bee sufficiente and vse it Or thus and more better in a weake paciente Take drye roses and pouder them then temper the pouder with the iuice of endiue or purcelane rose water and barly floure and make a plaister to the stomake Item an ointmente for hys temples armes and legges made of oyle of roses and populeon of eche like muche A good medicine for the ague in children Take plantaine with the roote and wash it then seeth it in fayre runnyng water to the thirde parte whereof ye shal geue it a draught yf it bee of age to drinke with sufficiente suger laye the sodden herbes as hote as maye be suffred to the pulses of the handes and fete Thys must be done a litle afore y e fit afterward couer it with clothes The oyle of nettles wherof I spake in the title of stifnes of limmes is exceding good to annointe the members in a colde shaking ague of the griefe Yf there be muche inflāmacion or heate in the coddes ye may make an oyntment of plantaine the whyte and yolke of an egge and a porcion of oyle of roses styrre them wel aboute applye it to y e grefe twise or thrise a day When the paine is intollerable and the child of age or of strong complexion yf the premisses wil not helpe ye shal make a plaister after this sorte Take henbane leaues an handful and an halfe mallowe leaues an handfull seeth them well in cleare water then stampe them and styrre them and with a litle of the brothe beane floure barly floure oyle of roses and camomyl sufficient make it vp and set on the swelling luke warme Henbane as Auicēne sayth is excedynge good to resolue the hardnes of the stones by a secret qualitye Notwithstandyng yf it come of winde it shalbe better to vse the sayde plaisters y t are made with comine for that is of a singuler operaciō in dissoluyng winde as affirmeth Dioscorides writyng of the qualities of cumine Of sacer ignis or chingles IN Greke herisipelas and of the Latines Sacer ignis oure Englishe women call it the fyre of Saynt Anthony or chingles it is an inflammacion of members wyth exceding burnynge and rednesse harde in the feelyng and for the moste parte crepeth aboue the skynne or but a lytle depe within the fleshe It is a grieuous paine may be likened
pacient a smalle draught .ii or .iii. houres afore meate The fourth Chapiter of the weakenes of the harte WEakenesse or feblenes of harte is caused when the bodye fayleth his vertue vital wythout anye euideÌ„t cause â–ª or wheÌ„ the bodye is consumed waxeth out of coloure and that the operacions vitall are weake wythoute sensible hurtynge of any other meÌ„bre but the harte And it maye chaunce of an aposteme for the whyche there is no maner remedy for al apostemacion â—f the harte is mortal And debilitye â—f the hart may come of heat accedental which one may knowe when there is great heat in the breast vehemeÌ„te thirst is queÌ„ched better in drawing cold ayre theÌ„ in drinking cold water Remedye Geue hym y t hath a feble hert redy to faint ether for feuer or for extreme heate the weyght of a frenche crowne of trosciske of caÌ„phore with wyne of pomegranades laye vpon his breast towarde the lefte syde a sendal or linnen water of roses purcelane succorye sorelle Moreouer the pacieÌ„t ought to smel thynges colde and swete as dryed roses water lilies violettes and vinegre of roses Also it is good to take an infusion or laxe of rubarbe ordeyned of som good phisicion after the whyche it shall be good to applye vpon the lefte pappe a lynnen cloth dipped in plaÌ„taine water roses sorell and a lytle vinegre For tremblyng of the hart wythout a feuer a remedye The paciente muste take .ii. drammes of the electuary of diamargariton calidum and the thyrde part of electuarium de gemmis then drinke .ii. or .iii ounces of water of buglosse bawme mixt togyther An other remedye Take mastyke lignum aloes cloues cinamome nutmigges and cubebes of eche a scruple pilles of citrons halfe a dramme doronici romani and perles of ech .xv. graynes basile seede ten graynes amber grece and muske of ech two graines with coÌ„serued buglosse or colewoorts and sucket of citrons of eche halfe an ounce make an electuarye wyth .iiii. ounces of suger dissolued in white wyne and buglosse water and vse of thesame euery mornyng .ii. drammes and drynke a lytle good wyne after it ¶ Another remedy Take water of buglosse bawme and borage of all three together a pounde of white wine halfe a pounde pouder of cinamome cloues and nutmigges of eche two drammes mingle them al wel together and then heate it a litle and dippe a linnen cloth in it or elles a scarlet and laye it to the left pappe ¶ Another remedye Ye muste make a bagge of sendalle of the sayde swete spices or other cordyall pouders and laye it hoote vpon the left pappe ¶ Another remedye Take pomaunders made of lapdanum lignum atoes and citron pilles maces cloues borage floures storax calamite amber of grece and a lytle waxe and lette the pacient beare that and smell it often ¶ An other medicine The mawe of an olde cocke dried and made in pouder is excedyng good to drinke in red wyne or swete wine with a litle saffron For thesame It is good to drinke euery morning thre ouÌ„ces of water of buglosse wherin hath bene sodden cloues And it is good to drynke in a mornyng .iii. ouÌ„ces of iulep made of halfe a pounde of bawme water and thre ouÌ„ces of suger The confection of diaiacincthi is singuler and excellent for tremblinge of the hearte but it is for noble men not for poore folke ¶ For swownyng SWownyng is a takyng awaye of the feelyng and mouing of the body by weakenes of the heart thorough to much auoidans of y e spirites ¶ Remedye In somer for sownyng sodainelye ye oughte to caste into hys face colde water myngled with rosewater or vinegre And yf ye stoppe hys mouthe and nose and bowe hys face vnto hys knees so long as ye stoppe your wynd your selfe ye shall foorthwith recouer hym But yf the sayde swownynge come of the mother ye muste laye to the nose all stynkyng thynges and abhominable sauours as partriches fethers brente castor and assafetida or the snuffes of candelles Moreouer ye ought to geue the pacient a litle good wyne whiche is the chiefe thyng that quicklyest restoreth hym as sayeth Auerrois in his seuenth colliget Afterwarde rubbe hys armes and legges and bynde them harde then prouoke hym to nese puttynge a litle pouder of longe pepper euphorbium or castor into hys nose And yf by the saide medicines the pacient dothe not amende this disease is vncurable And here ye maye note that yf swowning come by great resolucioÌ„ of spirites as after great euacuacioÌ„ other by swette fluxe of bloud or laxe ye ought not to caste cold water on his face nor to bind his meÌ„bers for y t shoulde do hiÌ„ hurt but kepe him in a place withoute mouing and geue him to drinke a litle good wyne nourishe him with good light metes as pullettes chickins capons partriches veale mutton kid Whereof ye may make him good porrege coleyses or restoratiues distilled or otherwise as ye shal thiÌ„ke coÌ„uenieÌ„t ¶ The .v. Chapter of remedies for dyseases of the stomake THe cheste of the body doth receiue the meate necessarye for all the meÌ„bers in the stomake whiche is situate in the myddes of the bodye for to digeste thesame meat into al y e members to the which chauÌ„ceth debilitie or hiÌ„derauÌ„ce of appetite sometimes by error of y e eater in qualitie or quantitye sometimes by reasoÌ„ of the fleume that descendeth from the heade like a reume ¶ Remedye Keepe abstinence and eate soberlye light meates and drinke good wine and but litle Purge the stomake iÌ„ takynge pylles of symple hyera beefore meate .iii. or foure of the said pilles at foure of the clocke in the mornyng If the repletion be greate slepyng in the nyght he muste laye hys hande on hys stomake or els laye a litle pillowe of fethers on it or a bagge of wormwod margerim Sometimes ther chaunceth suche debilitye not for reume or meate or drinke but by viscouse slymy fleume iÌ„ the mouth of y e stomake which causeth to engender abouÌ„dauÌ„ce of ventositye and maketh the meat to swymme with litle thirste And sometimes with sour belchinges and inflations such debilitye maye not perfectlye bee cured but for a tyme mended wyth the remedies that folowe ¶ Remedyes for weakenes of the stomake Fyrst ye must take pillule stomatice ii or .iii. houres afore meate more or lesse accordyng to y e quantitye of the fulnes of the stomake after geue him euery mornyng .ii. houres afore meat and one houre after supper at euerye tyme a lozenge of a lectuary called diagalaÌ„ga or an other called diaciminoÌ„ whiche lectuaries do consume ventosities and with theyr coÌ„fortable heat driue away the colde and the windye complexion of the stomake ¶ For the same Grene ginger is verye good taken as is sayd afore of electuaries And it is holesome to eate afore your meate anyse sedes and fenel and when ye begin to eate take a tost
folowyng ¶ Remedye for all paynes of the stomake TAke camomil melilote wormwoode mallowes with theyr rootes leaues of bayes parietary and peyryalle of eche a handful lineseed a pounde fenugreke halfe a pound anees and fenel seed of eche halfe an ounce The sayde thynges brused and well sodden in water wet therin ▪ sponges and the licour wel pressed out and applied vnto y e stomake one after an other and warmyng them againe whē they begynne to cole swage all maner paynes of y e stomacke And afterward ye must annoīt the stomake with oyle of dylle and camomylle ¶ An other remedye Take an hogges bladder and fyl it of the sayde decoction and lappe it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the stomake and warme it agayne when it is cold But after ye haue made dyuerse suche applicacions Ye muste annoynte the stomake wyth the oyle aforesayde Yf the payne be remouing from place to place it signifieth it commeth of ventositi Therfore lay vnto it a bagfull of meale salte and commin dried togyther ¶ An other remedye Take a sponeful of hote asshes dewe them wyth good wyne and couer thē wyth a linnen cloth that it goe round aboute the spoone and laye it to the stomake ¶ An other remedye Take a sheue of breed metely thycke toste it and wete it in hote oyle of camomyl as hote as it commeth from y e ouen or in oyle of spyke and wrappe it in a linnen and lay it vpon y e paine ¶ An other remedye Put a great boxyng glasse vpon the nauyll and let it be there .i. houre ¶ An other remedye for payne of the stomake Take two drammes of diaciminon of dianisi of diagalanga drynke it with a litle good wyne an houre or .ii before meat To drinke two oūces of maluesye with a litle of one of y e sayd electuaries is very good for such paines as procede of coldnesse or vētosite ¶ An other remedye Take a drāme of galingale in pouder and giue it to drinke with a litle hote wyne and aboue al thynges for paine of ventositie a singuler remedye is to drinke a litle Castor with good wine ¶ An other Lykewise to drynke two houres before meate thre or foure ounces of the decoction of mītes anneis seedes comyne and fyne frankensence Also it is good to drynke an electuarye called aromaticum whereof ye maye receiue one lozenge euery mornyng fastyng ¶ An other speciall medicyne Take halfe an ounce of iuce of mintes two drāmes of y e iuice of wormwoode lignum aloes and cloues and xilo balsamum of eche in poudre half a scruple all myxt togyther dronke warme .ii. or thre houres before meat are excedyng profytable ¶ The syxt Chapter of remedyes for diseases of the liuer THe liuer is one of y e principall mēbres chefe instrumente of generacion of blood of other mēbres it lyeth on the ryght syde vnder the short rybbes y e whyche is ordeined to digest the meate the secōd tyme and thereof to make humours that nourysheth al y e membres of mānes body by his natural heat cōforted by heat of the hert But somtymes it is greued by blood in to much aboundaūce or by cholerik humours which cause to greate heate or els by fleume that doth diminysh the same ▪ A remedie for an hote lyuer Yf the lyuer be to hote bycause of to moch blood the person hath red vrine hasty pulse his veines great ful and he feleth his spattle mouth and tonge sweter then it was wont to be wherfore it is good to be let blood of the liuer veine on the right arme and to vse letuse sorelle purcelane hoppes in pottage and sometymes to drynke of y e waters of the said herbes fasting or els endiue water to refreshe y e liuer Regiment for disease of the liuer comming of blood YE muste abstaine frō drinkyng wine and eatynge of flesh and yf at meat or drīk ye muste otherwyse y e wine ought to be watred and the fleshe boiled with lettuse and sorel It is better to drinke ptysan or stale cydre eate brothe of peason almon mylke hulled barlye or rosted apples and damaske prunes whiles y e heat be diminysshed And ye ought euery daye to prouoke the duty of y e womb either by meanes of suppositorie or els other wyse Yf the liuer be ouer hote by cholere the pacient hath hys vryne cleare and yelowe wythout measure great thirst wythout appetyte feleth great burnyng in hys bodye and cōmonly hath his bellye bounde and hath the face yelowe This disease of the liuer chaunceth mooste in somer for it ye muste take twyse a daie an ounce of syrupe of endiue or violettes with a good draught of ptisane drynke it two or thre houres before meate and also at nyght to bedwarde and so continue thre or foure dayes In stede of the sayd syrupes ye may take thre oūces of ptisane or thre oūces of water of endiue cicorye and sorell meddled togyther for eche tyme. Then the fyfth daye in the morninge early it is good to drynke a purgaciō that pourgeth cholere whiche shal be made as foloweth An excellente purgacion for to auoyde cholere and may be gyuen to men of al ages TAke half an oūce of cassia newly drawen a drāme of good rubarbe infused a night in water of endiue wyth a lytle spikenard and an ounce of syrupe of violettes mixe all the sayd thynges with thre ounces of ptisane or whaye and drynke it warme as afore is said in the other Boles for the same In stede of the said medicine which is to costlye for poore folkes ye maye make boles of halfe an ounce of cassia and thre drammes of electuarium de succo rosarum and eate them thre houres after mydnyght and slepe after it but al the day ye must kepe y e chāber yf ye had rather drynke it thā eate it mixt the said boles with whay or endiue water drīke it at v. of the clock in y e mornyng but sleape not after it Other medicines laxatyue Take halfe an ounce of diaprunis laxatyue mixt with .iii. ounces of decocciō of french prunes water of succorie and drinke it warme at fiue of y e clocke in the mornyng or els sixe houres afore meate In steade of the sayde diaprunis ye maye take halfe an oūce of electuarium de succo rosarum and make a laxe as afore is sayde And it is to be noted yf the pacyente be very weake or easye to worke vpō ye maye take away a drāme both of y e diaprunis also of succo rosarū After the sayd purgaciō it is good to refresh the liuer with laying to without on the right side vnder the nether ribbes a playster of cerotum scandalinū spred vpon a linnen clothe of the bygnesse of .iiii. fyngers or bath the sayde place with a lynnen cloth wet ī water of endyue plantayne and roses warmed togyther Moreouer it is
effecte in them accordyng to hys giftes and as for my laboure I doe nothyng desire but the loue and fauoure of the gentle readers whome I praye God continuallye to encrease in all goodnesse A treatise of the pestilence What is ment or signified by this worde pestilence PEstilence is none other thing but a venemous infeccioÌ„ of the ayre enemye to the vital spirites by a certayne malicyouse and euyll property and not of any quality elemental that is within it self For euen as pure triacle is a coumforter of life not because of heat cold moistnes or drynes but forasmuch as out of al his coÌ„posicion there redoundeth a certayne fourme agreing to the forme of the vital spyrites of our body so is the foresaid vapour enemy to our natures not for any quality as is saide before but for that y t his proporcion is direct eueÌ„ contrary to our vital spirites coÌ„sisting in y e heart which vital spirites if by y e wil of god ordinary diet be stronger in the pacieÌ„t thaÌ„ y e foresaid vapour is thei driue it from the bodye wil not bee infected And if it happen that the foresaid spirites bee weaker then the venim or the body ful of humors apte to putrefaccion then it dothe incontynent assaut the liuelye membres except remedy bring the body quickly to destruccion But when we do saye the vapoure to bee venemouse we meane not that it is a poysoÌ„ of it self in dede for then shoulde euery creature be indifferently infected and none shoulde escape that draweth it in breath but I cal it venemouse for that it is of suche a naughty qualitye y t it may be lightlye conuerted into venime that is to say apt to burnyng and corosion as do mercury sublimed quicke lime or ratten bane and other such like kindes of venims Thus ye maye perceiue that all the greate daunger that is in thys disease commeth of the noughtines of humors which are made apt to receiue the said vapours not by violence of y e infected aire only ¶ Of the .iiii. rotes or causes princypal of the saide disease whereof it doth arise and grow why it raygneth in one time more then in another THe fyrst roote superior cause of the pestilence is the wil of god ryghtfullye punyshynge wycked menne of whiche roote the holye scripture treateth in manye places as in Deu. the xxviii chapter If thou wylt here the voice of thy Lord God and worke and fulfil al his coÌ„maundementes y t which I commaund to the this daye thy god shall make the more excellent then al the people that be vpon the earth c And in diuerse other places he geueth manye blessynges to them that kepe his lawes And lykewyse to the people rebellinge and breaking his commaundementes he threateneth many curses as where he sayeth If thou wylte not here the voyce of thy lorde God to kepe and woorke all his commaundementes whiche I coÌ„maund the this daye â–ª there shall come vpon the these curses and catche the. Thou shalt be cursed in the citye and in the fyelde thy barne shal be cursed thy liuing shalbee cursed the fruite of thy wombe shalbe cursed the fruite of thy grounde shalbe cursed the heardes of thy shepe and cattell shal be cursed thou shalt be cursed at thy commyngâ— in and cursed at thy goinge out Also a litle after he saith The lord shal ioinâ— to thee the pestilence tyl he hath consumed the out of y e earth to the whicâ— thou shalte goe to take possession Thâ— lord shall strike the with pouertye feuers and colde burnyng and heat anâ— with a corrupte ayre c Also in an other place The Lord shall strike thee wyth the pestilence oâ— Egypte and the parte of thy bodye bâ— the whiche thou auoydeste thy donge with a scabbe and itche and shalte not be able to be cured thereof and let the heauen that is ouer thee be as hard as brasse by cruell constellacions and the earth on whiche thou doest treade bee like yron that euer wasteth and waxeth worse and worse There be many other malediccions which our lord hath threatened the reâ—ellious people wythall expressed in many places of holy scriptur but these may be sufficient as touching our entente to shewe that many tymes the cause of this disease is the vengeaunce of almightye god rightfully punishinge men for their offences ¶ The seconde roote of the pestilence which doth depende of the heauenly constellacions NOow that we haue spokeÌ„ of the first rote superiour of the whiche this disease procedeth it is also coÌ„uenieÌ„t that we declare somwhat of the seconde roote or cause superior that is to wete of natural influences of the bodyes aboue And ye shall vnderstande that accordyng to the saying of Marsilius Ficinus a man of excellent knowlage and no lesse learnyng in his boke De triplici vita in an other which he wryteth also of the pestilence that among al other heauenly dodyes ther be two bodyes called euil and malicious that is Saturne and Mars whiche oftentimes by theyr vnholsome influences are cause of manyfolde infyrmityes speciallye of the pestilence Saturnâ— through colde and Mars by excesse oâ— heate Saturne throughe colde is thâ— cause of reumes of the leprye called elephancia and al dyseases commynâ— of colde matter Mars by reason of his heate bryngeth foorth feuers pestileÌ„cial spitting of bloud water vnder the mydrife and the pleuresye the whyche is a dysease engendred lyke an apostome of choleryke matter in a thicke panicle or fâ—me vnderneth the ribbes A prouident phisicion among many other thynges ought to consider the entring of the suÌ„ne into Aries by true equacion of the houses and planetes for that influeÌ„ce hath more dominacion theÌ„ haue all the other influences of the hole yere beside excepte the superiour coniuncions of the planetes or els some greate eclyps And this entryng of the sunne into Aries passeth al the entringes of the sunne into any other signe Therefore you muste consyder how the lorde of the .vi. house in the figure is disposed for he is lorde of sickenes that is to say you must consider whether he be impedite or no and yf he bee impedite there shal be many sickenesses accordynge to his nature and hys house that is the .vi. house as by example thus Be in case that Saturne is the lord of the .vi. house and some earthy signe is in thesame house then most coÌ„monly the sickenes of that yere shalbe of like nature that is colde and drye And ouer this thou muste consyder whether that the lord of the .vi. house hath any aspecte with the lorde of the house of death or the lord of the house of death to him then moste commonly the ende of those sickenesses that are colde and drye shalbe death And likewise as it is declared of the entring of the sunne into Aries so it must be saide of the coniunccions of y e sunne and moone through al the yere marking euer
the nature of the planet beyng in the .vi. house yf ther be any and the aspectes to those twoo houses aforesayde c. Also he must consider whether this entryng of the sunne into Aries or anye of the coniuncions of the luminaries bee in the eighte house or no for then it should be much worse And note that if the eclipse of the sunne or mone be in any of the angles of the natiuity of any person or in any of the angles of the reuolucion of hys natiuitye then he shal suffer sickenesse accordynge to the nature of the same angles And if the saide eclypse bee in the myddeste of heauen he shall suffer hurte in his honoure and fame and yf it be in the ascendente he shalbe grieued in his body and so foorth of other houses but it shalbe the worser in case the eclipse be in the ascendent specially if it be the eclipse of the sunne for y t is the more daungerous of the two for asmuch as the effect of y e eclipses of y e mone is alwayes finished in the space of one yere at the moste sometyme in lesse and for the moste parte in three monethes But y e effect of the eclipses of the sunne is very long or it come to passe somtime .12 yeres as witnesseth Ptolome in his centiloquio The Astrologians take the iudgement of the yere by the entryng of the sunne into Aries in the firste minute and if it then happen that al the yl planetes be in the eyght house whiche is the house of death they saye that yere shall ryse a pestilence and diuers other sickenesses accordinge to y e nature and condicion of those planetes And yf the moone in the same entryng be nere vnto the coniunction of y e sōne as sometime happeneth within .ii. or thre or four degrees that yere shalbe a death and pestilence vniuersal and that shortely after that coniunccicion speciallye at the comminge of the mone and the euyl planetes to infortunes as y e infortunes be y t effectes shall so appeare be they more or lesse Furthermore ye muste consider the great coniuncciō of y e .ii. hier planetes as was the coniunccion of Saturne and Iupiter the yere of our lorde M. ccccc.xxv in the last daye of Auguste y e .xiii. degre of Scorpio whiche coniunccion chaunged from an ayrye triplicitie to a watry it was in a watry signe whereof there chaunced verye moche raine therupon folowed the excessiue humectacion or moystyng of mannes body which by and by turned to putrefaction and therupon ensued peryllous corrupt feuers pestilences and agues speciallye because in the coniuncciō Saturne was exalted in the north aboue Iupiter whiche Saturne is of yl influence ¶ Of the thyrde roote or cause of thys outragious sicknes THe third rote or cause being inferiour is the stynch and filthy sauours that corrupte that ayre whiche we lyue in for we can not liue wythout drawynge of the breath and we haue none other breth but of the ayre rounde aboute vs which yf it be stinking venymous corrupt and we by necessitie drawe the same vnto vs immediatly corrupteth and enfecteth the hart and the liuely spirites of the same and after y t inuadeth al the other membres of the bodye to enfect them in likewise by reason whereof is engendred a corrupt venymous feuer of pestilence very contagious to all y t are about thē for the venymous ayre it selfe is not halfe so vehement to enfect as is the conuersacion or breathe of them that are enfected already and that by reason of the agreyng of the natures which is the very cause why our bodies be infected by contagyon of men more then any other beastes Of the fourth roote or cause of the sayd disease THe fourth rote is the abuse of thinges not natural that is to wete of meate and drynke of slepe and watching of laboure and ease of fulnesse and emptynesse of the passions of the minde of the immoderate vse of lechery for the excesse of al these thinges be almost the chefe occasion of all such diseases as raigne among vs now a dayes For all that of our meate and drinke is not digested turneth anon to putrefaction and to euyll qualities And to muche slepe replenisheth the body with to great aboundance of humours but ouer muche watching doth drye vp the natural humidities And as watching doth so doth immoderate labour and as slepe doth so doeth rest and ease out of measure put the body in greate distemper and maketh it apte vnto thys siknes as is dayly sene And whoso wyl be ruled as becometh him in thys case shal neuer be lightly infected if chaūce he be he shal easelye with a lytle helpe ye somtyme by verye nature onlye saue him selfe and ouercome the sicknes Nowe seyng that the causes of thys sayd disease be so great as is afore rehersed it is not to be wōdered though the thinge it selfe be verye huge and daungerous and of harde curacion ▪ wherfore sayeth Auisen in his first of methaphisikes althoughe he were no christian we must with good and vertuouse lyuing mitigate the wrathe of god and by continuall prayers kepe our selues styll in the state of grace Therfore wold I counsel euery christen mā that is in dout of this disease to cure first the feuer pestilentiall of his soule calling for y e holsome water y e wel of life wherof it is written Omnes sitientes venite ad aquas c. Whiche waters he onlye giueth that said to his disciples Qui biberit ex aqua quam ego dabo illi erunt in ventre eius aque viue salientes in vitam eternam And this done vndoubtedly the syckenesse of the bodye shal be the easyer to be cured And for because the other soueraine remedy preseruatiue is to flie the corrupt ayre accordyng to the prouerbe Longe cito tarde Flye be tymes flye farre and come slowelye agayne ¶ Yet for so muche as euery man can not nor is of abilitye so for to do it is good for them to loke vpon this litle regiment wherin with the ayde of almyghtye god the hye Phisicion yf the venyme be not to outragyouse he shal fynde howe to preserue him selfe well ynough from it And for the better knowlege and vnderstandynge of thys treatyse ye shall knowe y t it is deuided into .ii. partes ¶ The first is of y e maner of preserue a manne from the pestilence only by dyete in suche thynges wythout the whyche one can not be longe alyue in healthe ¶ The seconde treateth of the cure of the sayd disease by the way of holsom medycine ¶ The first part is distribute into .vii lytle chapters ¶ The fyrste chapter treateth of the election of the ayre ¶ The .ii. of meates and drinkes ¶ The .iii. treateth of sleaping and of wakynge ¶ The fourth treateth of excercyse ¶ The fifth of emptynes and fulnes ¶ The syxt speketh of the accidentes of the mynde
it is more easye I fynde that manye thynges haue a natural vertue against y e falling euill not of any qualitye elementall but by a singuler propertye or rather an influence of heauen whiche almyghtye god hathe geuen vnto thynges here in earth as be these and other Saphires smaragdes redde coral piony mystletow of the oke takeÌ„ in the moneth of March and the moone decreasynge tyme sauein dylle and the stone that is founde in the bellye of a yong swallow being the first brood of the dame These or one of them hanged about the necke of the child saueth and preserueth it from the sayd sickenes Now wil I describe some good holsome medicines to be takeÌ„ inward for thesame disease If the chylde be not very young the mawe of a leueret dronke with water and honye cureth thesame ¶ A medicine for the fallinge syckenesse Take the roote of pionye and make it into pouder and geue it to the childe to lycke in a litle pappe and suger They that are of age maye eate of it a good quantity at once and likewise of the blacke sedes of the same piony Item the purple violettes that creapeth on the ground in gardeines with a longe stalke and is called in englishe and fryed meates but abstaine from mylke and al maner fyshe And it shall be good for her to eat a lectuary made after this sorte Take nuntis cinamone cumine rose leaues dryed mastike fenugreke valerian ameos doronisi zedoarye cloues saunders and lignum aloes of euerye one a dramme muske half one draÌ„me make an electuary with clarified hony and let her eat of it and geue the chylde as muche as halfe a nut euerye daye to swallow A plaister Take an ounce of waxe and a dramme of euphorbium at the potecaries and temper it with oyle olyue on the fyer and make a serecloth to coumforte the backe bone and the sinewes ¶ A goodly lauatorye for the same purpose Take lye of ashes and seeth therein baye buryes and asmuch piony sedes in a close vessel to the thyrde parte and washe the childe often with thesame Item a bathe of sauerye maiorym tyme sage nepte smallage mintes or some of them is verye good and holesome Also to rubbe the backe of the chylde and the limmes with oyles of roses and spyke myxte together warme and in stede of it ye mai take oyle of baies ¶ Of the crampe or spasmus THis disease is often sene amoÌ„g chyldren and commeth verye lyghtely as of debilytye of the nerues and cordes or elles of grosse humors that suffocate thesame the cure of y t whiche is declared of authours to bee doone by friccions and oyntmentes that comfort the sinowes dissolue the matter as oile of floure-deluyce with a litle anyse saffron and the rootes of pionie Item oyle of camomil fenugreke and mellilotâ— or the herbes soddeÌ„ betony wormewood verueyne and tyme are exceding good to washe the chylde in Item the plaister of exphorbium written in the cure of palsey Of the stifnes or starknes of limmes SOmetime it happeneth â— the lymmes are starke â— can not well come together withoute the greater peyne whiche thyngâ— procedeth mani times of cold as whan a chylde is found in the frost or in the streete caste awaye by â— wycked mother or by somâ— other chaunce although I am not ignoraunâ— that it maye procede of manye other causes as it is sayde of Rasis and oâ— Arnolde de villa noua in his boke of the cure of infantes And here is to bee noted a wonderfull secret of nature manye tymes approued written of Auicenne in hyâ— fyrste Canon and of Celius Antiquarium electionuÌ„ libro .xiii. capit .xxxvii â–ª that whan a meÌ„ber is vtterly benum 〈◊〉 and taken thorough colde so thaâ— the paciente cannot feele hys lymmes nor moue them accordynge to nature by reason of the vehement congelacioÌ„ of y e bloud in such case y e chiefest helâ— or remedy is not to set them to the fyer to receiue heat for by that meanes lightly we se that eueri one swowneth and manye dye outeryghte but to sette the feete legges and armes in a payle of clere colde water whiche immediatly shal dissolue the congelacioÌ„ and restore the bloude to the former passage and fredome after that ye maâ— lay the pacient in a bed to sweate and geue him hote drinke and caudels or a coleis of a capon hote with a litle cinamome saffroÌ„ to coÌ„fort the hart An argument of this cure ye may se thus When an apple or a pere is frosen in the winter sette it to the fyer and it is destroyed but yf ye putte it into colde water it shall as well endure as it did afore whereby it doth appere that the water resolueth colde better with hiâ— moysture than the fyer can do by reason of his heate for the water relenteth and the fyer draweth and dryeth as affyrmeth Galene in hys booke oâ— elementes Hitherto haue I declined by occasion but I trust not in vayne to the reader now to my purpose When a yonge childe is so taken with a colde I esteme it best for to bath thâ— bodye in luke warme water whereiâ— hath bene sodden maiorim and time â— sope sage mintes suche other gooâ— and comfortable herbes theÌ„ to relieuâ— it with meates of good nourishment accordyng to the age and necessity and yf neede be when ye se the limmes yâ— to be starke make an oyntmente after this fourme ¶ An oyntment for styffe and stoyned limmes Take a good handefull of nettles and stampe them then seth them in oyle â— the thirde part in a double vessel kepâ— that oyntmeÌ„t in a drye place for it wâ— last a great while and is a singuler râ—medy for the styfnes that commeth of cold whoso anoynteth hys handes fete with it in the morning shal not be grieued with colde al the daye after The sedes of nettles gathered in harueste and kepte for thesame entente is excedyng good sodden in oyle or fryed with swines grece which thing also is verye good to heale the kybes of heeles called in latin Perniones The vrine of a goate with the donge stamped and layed to the place resolueth the stifnes of limmes When the cause commeth not by extreme cold but of some other affeccion of the sinowes and cordes it is best to make a bath or a fomeÌ„tacioÌ„ of herbes that resolue and comfort the sinowes with relaxacion of the grosse humors to open the pores as by exaÌ„ple thus Take malowes holyhocke and dyl of eche a handful or two seth them in the water of netes fete or in broth of flesh without salt with a handful of branne â—nd comine in the which ye shall bath the chyld as warme as he may suffeâ— and yf ye see necessitie make a plaistâ— with the same herbes and lay it to thâ— griefe with a litle gosegrece or duckâ— grece or if it may be gotten oyle of câ—momil of lylyes and of dyll
eares for it is in dede croncled and â—at muche lyke an eare heat it agaynst the fyer and put it hote in anye drinke thesame drinke is good holesome for the quinsye Some hold opinion that whoso vseth to drinke with it shall neuer bee troubled with this disease and therefore carye it about with them in iorneys ¶ Of the cough THe cough in children for y e most part procedeth either of a cold or by reason of reumes descending from the head into y e pipes of the longes or the breaste and that is most commonly by ouermuche aboundaunce of milke corruptyng the stomake and brayne therefore in that case it is good to fede the chylde wyth a more slender dyete and to annoynte the head ouer with hony and now and than to presse his toungue wyth youre fynger holdyng downe hys heade that the reumes may issue for by y t meanes the cause of the cough shall runne oute of his mouthe and auoyde the chylde of many noughty and slimy humours whiche done many tymes the paciente am endeth wythout any further helpe of medicine ¶ For the cough in a chylde Take gumme arabike gumme dragagant quince sedes liquirice and peridies at the pothecaries break them al together and geue the childe to suppe a litle at once with a draught of milke newli warme as it commeth from the cowe Also stampe blaunched almons and wringe them out with the iuyce of fenell or water of fenell and geue it to the chylde to fede with a litle suger ¶ Against the great cough and heate in the bodye The heades of whyte poppye and gumme dragagant of eche a litle much long cucumer seedes as muche as al seth them in whaye wyth raysons and suger and lette the chylde drynke of it twyse or thryse a daye luke warme or colde ¶ Of straytnesse of wynde AGainst the straitnesse of breathyng whiche is no quinsie the consente of authours do attribute a great effecte to lyuesede made in pouder tempered with hony for the chylde to swallowe downe a lytle at once I find also y t the mylke of a mare newly receiued of y e chyld with suger is a siguler remedy for y e same purpose Which thing moreouer is excedynge holesome to make the belly laxe without trouble ¶ Of weakenes of the stomake and vomitynge MAni times the stomake of the child is so feble that it caÌ„not retain eyther meat or drinke in which case and for al debilitye therof it is verye good to washe the stomake with warme water of roses wherein a litle muske hathe beene dissolued for that by the odour and natural heate geueth a comfort to all the spirituall members And then it is good to rost a quince tender with a litle pouder of cloues and suger to geue it to the child to eat coÌ„serua quiÌ„ces with a litle cinamome and cloues is synguler good for thesame entent Also ye may make a iuice of quinces and geue it to the chylde to drinke with a litle suger ¶ An oyntmente for the stomake Take gallia muscata at the pothecaries .xx. graine weight myrrhe a verye litle make it vp in oyntment fourine with oyle of mastike and water of roses sufficient this is a very good ointment for the stomake ¶ An other singuler receit Take mastike frankinsence and drye redde roses as muche as is sufficient make them in pouder and temper theÌ„ vp with the iuyce of mintes and a sponful of vineger and vse it ¶ An other Take wheat floure and parche it on a panne tyll it begynne to brenne and waxe redde than stampe it with vineger and adde to it the yolkes of twoâ— egges harde rosted mastike gumme frankinsence sufficient make a plaister and laye it to the stomake To recouer an appetite lost Take a good handfull of ranke and lustye rewe and seth it in a pint of vyneger to the thyrde parte or lesse and make it very stronge wherof yf it be a chylde ye may take a tooste of brown bread and stampe it with the same vyneger and laye it plaisterwyse to the stomake and for a stronger age besides the plaister lette hym suppe morning and euenyng of thesame vineger This is also good to recouer a stomak lost by comming to a fyer after a long iourneye and hath also a singuler vertue to restore a man that swowneth ¶ An experiment often approued of Rasis for the vomite of chyldren Rasis a solemne practicioner amonge phisicions affyrmeth that he healed a great multitude of this disease onelye with the practise folowinge whiche he taketh to bee of great effect in all lyke eases Fyrst he maketh as it were an electuarye of pothecarye stuffe that is to saye lignum aloes mastike of euerye one half a dramme galles half a scruple make a lectuary with syrupe of roses and gallia muscata and suger Of this he gaue the children to eat a very litle at once often Afterwarde he made a plaister thus â„ž mastike aloes sloes galles frankensence and brent bread of ech a like porcion make a plaister with oile and sirupe of roses to be laid to the childes stomake hoâ—e ¶ An other oyntment for the stomake described of Wilhel Placentino Take oyle of mastike or of wormewood .ii. ounces waxe .iii. ounces cloues macis and cinamome of eche thre drammes make an oyntment adding in the ende a litle vineger The yolke of an egge hard rosted mastyke frankinsence and gumme made in a playster with oyle of quinces is excedyng good for the same purpose Of yeaxing or hicket IT chaunceth ofteÌ„tymes that a chyld yeaxeth out of measure Wherfore it is expedient to make the stomake eigre afore it be fed not to replenish it wyth to much at once for this dysease coÌ„monly procedeth of fuines for yf it come of emptines or of sharp humors in the mouth of the stomake which is seldome sene the cure is then very diâ—ficill and daungerous Remedye When it commeth of fulnesse that chylde yeaxeth incessauntlye without measure and that by a long custome iâ— is good to make him vomit with a feâ—ther or by some other lighte meanes y t the matter which causeth y e yeaxynge mai issue and vncomber the stomake y t done brynge it a slepe and vse to annointe the stomake with oyles of castor spike camomyll and dyll or twoo or iii. of them ioined together warme Of colike and rumblyng in the guttes PEine in the belly is a common disease of children it commeth either of wormes or of taking cold or of euyl mylke y t signes thereof are to well knowen for the chylde cannot rest but cryeth and fretteth it selfe and manye tymes cannot make theyr vryne by reason of winde that oppresseth the necke of the bladder and is knowen also by the member in a manne chylde which in thys case is alwaye stiffe pricking moreouer the noyse and rumblinge in the guttes hither and thyther declareth y e chylde to be greued with winde in the