sorrowe Great Ioye doth choke the interior partes and heauines doeth extinguishe and coole them so that life can not endure where heate lacketh ¶ Wherof commeth it that Mermalade of quinces taken before the repast doeth binde and close vp the belly and taken after the repast doeth vnbinde it Through his great stiptisitie or costifnest it closeth the nether partes of the ventricle and if it be taken after repast it closeth the superior partes of the stomake which being shut the meates be constrained to auoyde by the inferior parte ¶ Wherof coÌ„meth it that the Radishe rote doth greatly ayde helpe digestion and yet of it selfe almost can not be digested The Radish is compound made of diuerse qualities The more subtill partes therof are very proper and mete to cause digestion Thother which are grosse be contrarie to heate and so let digestion ¶ Wherof commeth it that the Cholerike complexions doe sonest atteine to berdes For their great heate and bicause they haue the poores large and wide ¶ Wherof commeth it that some haue curlde heare and some other smothe and streight The curlde heares do procede of the aboundaunce of heate which euidently may be sene in Mores and Ethiopians who for the moost parte haue curled heare And playne and streight heare commeth of humiditie which through his heauines doeth draw the heare downewardes ¶ Wherof commeth it that women haue their priuie partes heary and not their visage nor breste In the nether partes is more moystnes aswel by reason of the bladder as of the Matrixe there is also great resolutions of vapours which cause heare to growe ¶ But howe commeth it that heare doth also growe in them that be hanged They be continually in the Sunne and all the humors of their bodie doe resolue into vapors which causeth the heares to encrease and growe ¶ Wherof commeth it that some haue harshe and harde heare and other softe The softe heare doeth come of the litle pooers and the stiffe and harde doeth procede of the greatnes of the pooers for this cause women haue their heare more fyne and softe bycause their naturall colde doth restreine and make their pooers lesse ¶ Wherof doeth it come that they which be bashefull and shame faced ware redde and yet they ought rather to be pale bicause shame is a kinde of feare Shame is a certeine affection mingled with angre and feare for we be angrie many times as well against our selues as against other when we see a thing discouered that we would should be kept secrete Angre then in that conflict doeth ouercome feare and so the blodde often mouing in and out stayeth at length in the vpper parte vntill the motion of the spirites be appeased ¶ Wherof commeth it that in a maner al they which in their youthe be to fatte do dye sodenly The vaines of suche people be to narrowe and they are so pressed and as it were bounde together with fatnes and greace that the ayer and the spirite cannot freely passe Wherof it commeth that the naturall heate hauing no refrigoration of the aier of very force doth mortifie extinguish ¶ What causeth yonge men sooner to haue an appetite then olde men It is bycause they be of a hotter complexion ¶ Wherfore do Phisitians forbid vs meates that be to hotte Bicause they burne the blodde and do dispose it to Leprosie ¶ Wherof commeth it that women haue no beardes Bicause that substaunce which should conuert into the bearde doeth turne into the heare of the heade ¶ Wherof commeth it that Infantes and children for the moost parte do resemble their mothers notwithstanding after the opinion of many Philosophers the action and dede of generation is not of the woman That commeth of the ymagination of women ¶ What meaneth it that Garlike and Onions although they be not in the ground do sprowte and growe That is of the great aboundaunce of the humors that they haue ¶ Wherof commeth it that studie is noysome and hurtefull after repast Natural heat can not trauel both in digestion speculation at one instant Wherof commeth it that when the stomacke is grieued all the bodie languisheth The stomacke hath certeine aliaunces with the harte the brayne and the Liuer which are the principall partes of the bodie ¶ Wherof commeth it that some do thinges beste with the right hande and other some with the lefte That procedeth of the heate that commeth from the harte which maketh that syde more apte and mete vnto labor whervnto it hath his principall accesse ¶ Howe chaunceth it that all kindes of creatures be more leane in the beginning of their youth and when they be olde then in their middle age Before olde age naturall heate is in his greatest force and strength which dissolueth the fatte Olde Creatures be neuer fatte and if they be their fatte is as nothing through their great colde and drynes for the faâ—te is sustained and nourished with moistnes and heate ¶ Whereof commeth it that they which haue the hicket by retaining their breth do ease them selues of it The blowing and breth retained doeth heate the interior partes of the bodie and the hicket procedeth of nothing els but of colde ¶ Why do olde people nese with great difficultie Because their conduictes be very straight ¶ Why doeth wine mingled with water cause vomit Mingled wine is noisome to the stomacke and doeth weaken the vertue retentiue contrarywise pure wine doth comforte it ¶ Whye be they so subiecte to sickenesse that loue to drinke stronge and mightie wines Stronge wine excessiuelye dronke doeth extinguishe naturall heate and the liuor being therewith weakened cannot engendre good bloud but doeth rather ingender a certaine aquositie and waterishnes that conuerteth it selfe into a dropsie ¶ Why be not yonge children so thirstie and drye as men of greater age The moistnes of yonge children doeth kepe them from being thirstie For thirst is nothing els but a desyre of moistnes whervpon they that be of greater age be naturally more drye and therefore more thirstie ¶ Whye doeth the dronken person thinke all thinges which he seeth do runne and tourne round That commeth bycause the spirites seruing to sighte be mingled with the vapors and fumosities of the wine the heate whereof causeth the eyes to be in a continuall motion and so the eye being round maketh al thinges to seme as though they turned round And if the eye were of other fashion then round the thinges he seeth would seme also to be of the same shape ¶ What might be the cause that Asses when they be yonge do seme nimble quicke and pleasaunt to loke vpon and as sone as they begin to waxe and growe then do they appere the contrarye The Asse is of nature melancholike youth is hotte and therfore liuely and pleasaunt which neuerthelesse afterwardes doeth moderate and decrease because the melancholike qualitie beginneth to augmente and the heate of youth to diminishe ¶ Whye do hennes keckle and make
hath Loue bene estemed a godde Bycause he maketh an Idiote to speake well a coward to be bolde and hardie a melancolike man Ioyful a heauie and slouthful man prompt and readie to all enterprises be they neuer so great Or els he is made a godde for man to excuse him selfe and to cast vpon Loue all that which by the same he hath done and susteined ¶ Why be Louers so desirous of corporall bodelie beautie Bycause beautie as auncient Poetes do affirme doth please the Goddes is agreable to men is not lothesome nor heauie to him that is indued therwith but desired aboue all thinges that may be wished ¶ what is the reason and cause of Nosegaies garlandes of floures and grene bowes wherwith Louers be wont to adorne the frontes of their Ladies lodginges It is to honor them as their goddes on earth and to shewe that such Nosegaies Garlandes and Maie bowes doe serue for the spoiles and triumphes of their Ladies and for true signes of the seruice and deuotion of their louing seruantes ¶ But wherof commeth it that we dreame seldome of the thing that we loue All louers being tossed and vexed with diuerse thoughtes can not stedfastlie graue and settle any one thing in their fantasie for their houghtes be like the circles and bubblinges of the water which are dissipated the one by the other ¶ From whence commeth it that certeine Louers vpon the viewe and sight of their Ladies doo blushe It riseth of the blodde and sprites which ascend vpwardes wherof the face fullest of poores of any part of the bodie doeth charge it selfe with coulor It may be also that it procedeth of a singuler reuerence that they beare to their Paramoures ¶ But why doo they afterwardes waxe pale There is no true louer but is troubled with some disquiet or contrarietie Yf the cause then of his paine doe present it selfe before his eyes the same doeth easelie growe and increase And so Nature retiring vnto the inward partes as into her holde or forte carieth with her both the blodde and sprites leauing the superior partes without any coulor ¶ Howe chaunceth it that barren and vnfruitfull women be more hote and prompt to loue then they which are fruitefull and beare children Bycause that suche doo moore abound with seede and do purge them selues of their naturall disease lesse then other doo ¶ Why doe Louers delight to beare in their handes Nosegaies and Apples All Louers haue desire to enioye and possesse the floure and the fruicte of others age and beautie wherin they reioyce when soeuer they see the same And so be amorouse bothe of flourâ— and fruicte and of all suche beautifull thinges that they see ¶ But why be Louers for the moost part readie to wepe Poore Louers continuallie be pricked with some Naile and fele cause wherof to complaine being of Nature fearfull suspiciouse Ielouse and troubled so that it is no merueile if such and the like passions do prouoke them to teares ¶ What meaneth it that Louers be continually as it were in a fyre The affection of Loue doeth moue and trouble their sprites which doeth raise in them this heate ¶ Why be women more prone to the combat of Loue then any other creatures at all times and seasons Nature hath indued them with more delicate touchinges and with more moderate complexion then other Besides this they be of complexion whoâ—e and moiste a thing verie proper and requisite to that plaie and pastime ¶ Howe commeth it that men take no pleasure in the plaie and game of Loue when they haue lust to make water Bycause euen then the Conduictes are full and that which is full of moistnes cannot receue other humor It maie be also that the heauines and weight of the vrine doeth restraine and stoppe the conduicte from whence the seede doeth issue and come ¶ Wherfore is the pleasure of Loue greater then all other pleasures that may be ymagined That commeth of the Sperme which passeth through all the partes of the bodie yelding vnspeakable pleasures to thother members ¶ How chaunceth it that men of melancholike complexion be more liuelie then other in combat of Loue The windie passions wherof they be full be causes of the same which make them more wakefull and disposed thervnto ¶ Why doe Phisitians praise mediocritie or seldome vse of Loues game Bycause the same doeth lighten the bodie reioyce the spretes comfort the braine recreate the senses and expelleth from them all accidentes proceding of melancholike humor Excesse also is to be blamed because it doeth weaken the bodie and is hurtefull to the sight ¶ Why doeth Nature geue to Loue so great pleasure For preseruation of mankind which through the same is continued ¶ Why doe they soone grow to graie heares which be much geuen to Loue Bycause they expell from them their naturall heate wherby life is conserued and mainteined ¶ Why doeth the beare of the hedde and eyebrowes of those that be fornicators and lecherouse soonest fall The game of Loue doeth marueilouslie coole the superior parts which being made bare and voide of blodde and sprete can not digest that which doeth nourishe the same And so the vapors proceding of digestion be not sufficient and able to ingendre heare of the hedde and eyebrowes ¶ What maketh a man after he hath committed the acte of Venus to be soudenlie melancholike and angrie Because in the doing of the same we lose and skatter the moost part of our vitall spirites which maketh vs heauie and sadde ¶ What is the cause that a man doeth sooner dispatche that acte fasting then when his bellie is full The Conduictes wherby the seede doeth passe be more open fasting then after meate ¶ Wherof commeth it that Louers care not to spend the whole night in Loue. Euery vehement passion doeth holy drawe a man thervnto and suffreth him not to geue himself to any thing els but to that wherof he thinketh and whervpon he bendeth his fantasie ¶ Why be Louers so carefull of the sight and amorouse lookes of their Ladies All Louers be wont to suffer them selues to be fedd with such allurementes and there is no part of the bodie that doeth so well manifest and declare the interior passions of the minde as the eyes Also we saie that the eyes are the true harboroughes of the harte And therof it commeth that when one kisseth the eyes affectuously as a thing desired It semeth that he kisseth the thought and the soule it selfe Wherof certeine Poetes with good reason haue written that Loue boroweth his arrowes from the eyes of Louers to serue him selfe agaynst them selues ¶ What doeth moue the Poetes to faine Venus to be of Massiue golde That may be by reason of her rare and excellent beautie or els bycause she is so much desired as golde some assigne the cause vpon the great some of golde that Louers doe consume and spend vpon Loue. ¶ What is the cause that Louers doe vse so to forsweare
bellie of a Harte Bycause the gall of a Harte is sometimes in the tayle and sometimes in the bellie ¶ What is the cause that fatte people haue litle blodde Bycause the greace and the fatnes doe consume it ¶ Wherof commeth the saying of the Auncientes that he who is wont to eate a kinde of pulse called Lentilles is for the moost part pleasaunt and amiable It is bicause that Lentilles do cause colde humors ¶ Howe commeth it that we be more gredie to eate when the North or Northeast winde doeth blowe then at other tunes That commeth of the colde of the foresaide windes which doeth vnite and holde the naturall heate together ¶ Wherof commeth it that the Florentines when they be disposed to quenche their thirste doe drinke water mingled with Uineger I will tell you Uineger beyng of his nature colde remoueth the inflamation and heate of the stomake which prouoketh thirst and so by remouing the cause the affection also is taken awaie ¶ Wherof commeth it that the Sheperds of Nuceria in Campania within the region of Italie when they meane to geld their cattell doo laie vpon their coddes thinges stupefactiue that is to saie that properly do mortifie Things stupefactiue doe thicken the vitall spirites of the membre and do alter the complexion therof so that they let the naturall heate and stop the conduictes wherby the sperme doeth descend ¶ What meane the Shepherdes of Calabria when they liste that the Ramme shal engendre a wether lambe to tye the lefte codd and when they will that it be a female to tye vp the right â–ª The male lambe is hotter then the female and therfore moost commonlye he is engendred of the right syde and the female on the lefte Binding then the left codde the sede and likewise the generatife sprite entreth the right Codd wherby he taketh heate and force which doeth soner bring forthe a male then a female ¶ What causeth the Ethiopians and Mores when they entende to gelde their cattell to cutt their vaines which be vnder the Temples The sperme and seede for the moost parte doeth descende by the vaines aboue the Temples which beyng cutt there can no maner of humors descend from the braine and so all meanes of generation are cut awaye ¶ Wherof commeth it that to gett a stomake men vse egre and sharpe thinges That is bicause all egre thinges do drie and open the stomacke which causeth the appetite ¶ What causeth that they which haue a feminine voyce be not in any great estimation or opinion among the wise Whosoeuer hath vpon him eyther member or marke or maner of doing which is proper to any other creature whatsoeuer it be he is suerly participant of the nature of the sayde creature And bycause the woman is of small practice whosoeuer hath the voyce lyke a woman is estemed of the wise to haue litle vnderstanding or knowledge ¶ What causeth the people of Boetia to haue a grosse voyce and yet lowe and seble The Boetians be slouthfull and geuen to the bellie whiche causeth the voyce to be so lowe the reason is euident bycause their vigor and strengthe is more feble receuing and gathering lesse ayer Wherfore they cannot very well moue the muscules of the stomacke and so they are the more heauie and lesse apt to labor ¶ Wherof commeth it that they which be hastie of speach are of small constancie yll conditioned and extremely cholerike All sodeine motions come of thexiremitie excesse of heate which engendreth in men this inconstancie and lightnes to promise without any performing through Colere most coÌ„monly consider not what they say ¶ Wherof commeth it that they which haue a shirle voyce are moost commonly enuiouse and maliciouse The sharpenes of the voyce procedeth from the sharpenes of the pipes and conduictes of the longes which riseth through drinesse and coldenes Suche be melancholike persons who beyng naturally fearefull dare neuer disclose that which they thinke ¶ Wherfore be y e Aâ—maines accustomed in their huÌ„ting to hold their breath wheÌ„ they desire to here y e noyse rustling of beasts At all times when the breth is kept in then hath the hearing greater force abrode and so consequently receiueth and comprehendeth the better that which is presented whether it be sound or noyse Moreouer blowing or breathing doth somwhat let the hearing And therfore the same being reteyned the hearing is more free ¶ But wherof commeth it that many hauing the knowledge of naturall thinges do thinke it not good to drinke after fructe and specially after Melons and Pompions Wine of it selfe is penetratife in suche sort that it easely draweth with it the vndigested fructes to the vaines where they do sone corrupt and so engender very great feuers and other lingering sicknesses ¶ ¶ What is the cause that y e gentle women of Milan to make themselues fatte doe loue and vse swete wines Swete wine doth engender grosse blood and doth easely penetrate into all the partes of the bodie and is conuerted into nourishment wherof they become so fat and of good liking Grene wine sharpe doth not the same ¶ Wherof commeth it that all they which be extreme thirstie do loue no swete wines All thinges which may ingender and enflame choler are apte to make men thirstie and suche is swete wine ¶ Wherof commeth it that diuerse religiouse persons which naturally are very zelouse of Chastitie do absteine from wine Wine is hote and full of vapours and therfore prouoketh lust his heat dissolueth seede and with his ventositie causeth the courage to ryse ¶ What is the cause that the Florentines â–ª after they haue put water into wine do let it rest a certein space before they drink it The more the water is mingled and incorporated with the wine the more the fume of the wine is quenched beyng reduced as it were into one body and nature Therfore after my iudgement it should be better when the wine is newe pressed to put in water then otherwise ¶ Why be the Arabians accustomed to slepe with their bodies bowing or folded It must nedes be that Nature or they which knowe his effectes haue taught them the same For sleping so folded together their stomackes doe waxe warme digest the better and there is no windines that can hinder their digestion The body being bowed as aforesaid causeth that the bely doth receiue al ventositie eueÌ„ like vnto an open purse Contrariwise y e body stretched forth maketh the belly to close shut in such sort that it can receiue no windines the belly being bent stretched forthe stuffed on euery side with bowels inward parts which causeth that the ventosities finding no place in the belly are forced to retire els wher to hinder digestioÌ„ ¶ Why do the Polonians eate colewortes to make them selues sober when they be dronke The propertie of coleworte is to send downe to the bowels the moost materiall and grosse parte of
all the moisture which the vine hath alreadie receaued ¶ Wherof coÌ„meth it y t bread â—alted is lighter theÌ„ other notwithstanding that salte ioined to water should make it heuier The heauines of the bread commeth of the humiditie and the more it is dried the more the bread is the lighter ¶ Wherefore is not hote bread holesome Hot bread is yet full of moistnes vapors which do corrupt the bloud ¶ Why is not hot bread so white as stale And whye is olde oâ—â—e whiter then newe The vapors and moistnes of hot bread doth cause the blacknes therof by reason of y e water which doth naturally make blacke Oile also wheÌ„ it is fresh is replenished w t a certaine waterish humiditie which at length is conuerted into vapors wherby the oile y t is old is clarified made white ¶ What is the cause that when a dog beginneth to barke all other there about do followe him and do the like A dogge bicause of coller wherwith he naturally aboundeth hath both his senses and his hering very sharpe ¶ Why is not bread made of pure meale or that which is made of cleane branne estemed good All extremities are viciouse the branne bicause it naturallye dryeth to much hath no nourishment The flower of meale contrarywise causeth gret nourishment but is slimie gluing coÌ„sequently of to hard digestioÌ„ ¶ Why do grosse men and those that haue the dropsie delight to eate bread made of pelt meale It loseth the noughtie humors in grosse bodies and dissolueth the watery humor which hurteth them and is temperate betwene hot cold ¶ Why hath man longer heare then any brute beast Bicause they receue greater nutriment and also because brute beastes do often chaunge their heare which happeneth not to man except through some great hurte ¶ Wherfore do the swete sauors delight vs and the stinking offend vs Like as in tunes ther be both consonantes and dissonantes wherof the one delighteth vs thothet offendeth vs Euen so in sauors swete smelles are the concordes and agreable to our nature and stinking are the discordes and dislike vs. ¶ Wherof commeth it that aboue all other meates we loue fleshe best and that it doth profite vs most Bicause flesh doth yeld more strength replenisheth better our bodies Or els because it approcheth more nerer to our substaunce ¶ What is the cause that of wood which is white the cole is blacke and the cole being kindled dissolueth into white ashes So ofte as heate is mingled with moisture to worke his effect it ingendreth blacknes and for that cause wodde becommeth cole but when heate worketh his operation in the thing that is drie it is made white and so of cole the ashes are made or els we maie say very well that it commeth by nowe toking and nowe leauing of the whitnes with a certeine generation and corruption ¶ Wherof commeth it that howe moderate soeuer the ayer be we euermore loue better to be in the shadow then the sunne The Sunne is hotter then the shadow is colde we being then temperate of our selues are more offended with that which is moost contrary to temperature which is the Sunne Or els we may say that although we be temperate in dede yet we be euermore disposed to auoyde the heate of the sunne and so the shadowe is more agreable vnto vs. ¶ Howe commeth it that suche as haue the disease called Gonorrhea auoyde their seede without any pleasure Bicause their seede is thinner and lesse digested and their conduictes made wider ¶ Howe commeth it that they which be cholerike haue loude voyces That procedeth of the extremitie of heate ¶ What is the cause that Turpentine is commenly smelt in the vrine of those that vse it Turpentine is of a substance very subtill therfore it doth easely penetrate passe to the bladder wher the vriâ—â—ie infecteth it with his odor ¶ Wherof commeth it that saier wether beginning towards night most commonly doeth not long continue Of the inconstancie of the Moone which hath her principall domination and power in the night ¶ What meaneth it that Cranes do pronosticate faier wether Cranes do naturally feele the mutation and chaunge of the wether and accordingly goe and depart into other countries ¶ Wherof commeth it that olde men remember so well that which they haue sene and done in their youth and forget that which they learne and doe in their age Thinges lerned in youth haue already taken a certeine habitude in the person But things which they learne in age bicause their senses be weakened are easely lost and forgotten ¶ Why do men saie that to grow fast is a figure of short life Bycause the humor that causeth the growing as it is easely enlarged euen so it sone consumeth ¶ Why doe Cranes sette them selues in araye when they prepare to flye To trouble them selues the lesse in flying ¶ Howe commeth it that vnhorned beastes haue not tethe on bothe sides That commeth for lacke of the matter or substance which causeth the same ¶ Why be sodden stones more heauie then other It may be bycause the fyre hath rendred them more solide better compact ¶ Wherof commeth it that Bees are more fierce then other beastes Bicause they are of nature drie and be voyde of excrementes and other superfluities ¶ Why doe not fatte thinges sone corrupt Bycause they be replenished with ayer ¶ Why doe trees that growe in marshes dye so sone Bicause they are of great moysture and do receiue litle nourishment ¶ Wherfore can not fyre endure except it be continued and nourished Bicause of the great vehemencie and impetuositie of his heate ¶ Why did not nature create byrdes to goe vprighte accordingly as she did man Bicause they be voyde of reason and haue no care of heauenly thinges ¶ Howe chaunceth it that Nature gaue no winges to man Bicause man is not created to flye nor to walk in the ayer but vpoÌ„ earth ¶ Why do the poulces of yong Infantes beate so swiftly Bicause their heate receueth ayer without any let and are againe sodenly cooled ¶ Why do Dolphins when they appeare aboue water signifie some storme or Tempest to come Bicause at the beginning of the Tempest there doe ryse from the bottome of the sea certeine hote exhalacions and vapours which do warme and heate the Dolphins at what time they mount to seke for colde ¶ Why be the poulces of yonge people more vehement then the aged Bicause their complexion is whotter ¶ Wherfore doe aged people dye as it were without dolor and payne Bycause all their senses are debilitate and weakned ¶ Wherfore hath nature geueÌ„ the Milt to the noblest creaturs Bicause they haue nede of greater respiration and breath ¶ Wherof commeth it that beastes which liue partly on the land and partly in the water do alwaies bring forth their yong ones vpon the lande Bicause they are more participant of the earth then of the water
stoppe and is slimie but salt doth drie and the leauen rendreth it muche lighter ¶ Why do they serue fruite after meate and not before Bicause that a full belly demaundeth swete thinges or els the heauines of the fruicte driueth downe other meates ¶ What causeth the heares of sickemen to fall Bicause the nutriment wherwith heare is nourished and enterteyned is consumed of the adust and burnt vapors ¶ Howe chaunceth it that diuerse haue neuer any beardes Bicause they haue the poores so great that the nutriment which causeth the heare is vanished before the heare hath taken roote and therfore can bring nothing forthe ¶ Wherof commeth it that in olde folke the heare of the browes groweth more then in other members Bicause in age the bones of the browes be enlarged and do open the waie to vapours ¶ Why is the water better that runneth vpon the grauell of sande or vpon the earth so that it be not stinking then that which runneth vpon the rocke or vpon stones Bicause that earth and grauell doth clense it better then eyther stone or rocke ¶ Wherof commeth it that the heare waxeth harde sharpe when one is deade Bicause the heare is no more nourished with the vapors of the bodie and bicause the powers be closed vp ¶ But wherof commeth baldenes Of corrupt â—leame ¶ Why be men sooner balke vpon the hedde then in other partes of the bodie Coldenes of the brayne is the cause ¶ Why is it that studious and learned men be so sone balde Of the great diminution and weakenes of their spirites or els of great indigestion that causeth â—â—eame to abounde ¶ Why do we sweate more sleping then waking Bicause heate in sleping is vnited and ioyned which hath more vertue to driue away all superfluouse humors ¶ Wherof commeth it that Whales Dolphines and Sea calueâ— stincke more then other beastes Bicause their seede is more moyst and waterishe and more subiect to corruption ¶ Wherof commeth it that water put into claret wine doth refreshe it more then if it be put into white wine That procedeth of the nature of the Claret wine which is colder then the white being more earthie For the white is hotter and holdeth more of the ayer ¶ Why do we counte Raine water to be the best Bicause it is better fyned and sodden in the ayer and so more proper and mete to nourishe ¶ Wherof commeth it that many are healed of a Quarteine by a soudeine feare Lyke as the quarteyne is ingendred by sodeine mutation euen so soudeine mutation doth driue it awaie for by suche soudeine accidentes our spirites be moued and all their forces awaked ¶ Wherfore are those waters better that haue their course towardes the Easte then they that runne towardes the West Bicause that by running against the Sunne they do â—yne and waxe warme and do lose of their naturall coldenes ¶ What is the cause that a beaste beyng with yonge doeth not care any more for the male Bicause that her matrix is shutte which doeth reteyne the menstruall blodde and causeth her to lese her lust of the male ¶ Wherfore do Musitians when they entend to sing and Aduocates before they pleade eate Lekes rosted in the imbres Bicause that Lekes haue a certeine slimishe moystnes that clenseth the pipe of the longes ¶ Why do women when they haue their flowers spott their glasses yf they loke very nere them That riseth of the corrupted vapours of the menstruall blodde ¶ Wherof commeth it that women haue small voyces The organes of the voice in women are smal and litle and so gathering litle ayer it must nedes cause the voyce that issueth forthe to be smale and litle ¶ Wherof commeth it that deaffe folke for the moost parte do speake through the nose The Organ of hearing hath perticipations with the Longes which is the cause that deafenes doth commonly procede of to great aboundaunce of humors which remaine and soke in the Organ of hearing and consequently about the longes And when the longs are charged with humors it cannot wel forme the voice which causeth that the deaffe person forcing and strayning his voice doth send it to the cundittes of the nose Therfore yf the deafenes procede of repletion of humours the pacient shall speake through the nose ¶ Why do Phisitians geue order that meates in winter ought to be of a grosse nourishment and in Sommer fine and lighte Bicause in winter the naturall heate flying the calde and retyring into the inward partes doeth cause better digestion But in somer heate seking for heate is disparâ—ed and is not of force to digest ¶ Why doth to long watche make the braine feble To longe watthe doeth engendre and multiplie choler the which by that meanes doeth drie and extenuate vs. ¶ Why be all swete thinges stopping Bicause we take them with to great appetitite whereby considering their viscositie and slimines and that they be not digested they stoppe the vaines through the which the nourishment of the members of the bodie should passe ¶ Why be mothers more tender ouer their childreÌ„ theÌ„ fathers Bicause they haue had more paine in nourishing them bringing theÌ„ vp ¶ But why cannot the child borne in the eight moneth liue and the child of the seuenth moneth customably doth liue Bicause the number of seuen is a perfect number If the opinion of the Pithagorians be true ¶ Wherfore be the males more higher and greater then the females Bicause they haue in them more heat then the females ¶ Howe commeth it that bruite beastes in their slepe do not corrupt nor lose their sede Bicause they slepe not lying vpright or with the belie vpwardes ¶ Wherfore is it more easie for women to beare vpon their heddes and for men to beare vpon their shoulders Bicause that women hauing a burden vpon their heddes haue their bodie right vnder the burden and do beare it more easely being as it were a piller vnder a roufe The man contrarywise hauing his head of manye peces and the bodie more harde doth beare vpon his shoulders ¶ Wherfore be stele glasses better for the sighte then other glasses Bicause stele is harder and doth represent vnto vs more substanciallye the ayre that receaueth the light ¶ Wherof commeth it that vinegre doth stoppe bloud Bicause the nature therof is binding ¶ Why do womeÌ„ make water the bodie bowing not men Bicause their bladder is placed higher then the mannes ¶ Why haue women longer heare then men Bicause they be more flematike and the substaunce which should consume to engendre the bearde is conuerted into the heare of the head ¶ Wherfore be women more tender and smothe then men Women do pourge themselues of all superfluous humors by the flowers and so all the substaunce that might ingender heare is taken away by the same reason women blede very seldome at the nose nether are they subiecte to fistulaes nor impostumes ¶ Why do those women that be
to thende to drawe more commodiously the menstruall blodde from all partes of the body ¶ Wherof commeth it that some women bring forthe longe and leane children and other some fatte and short The Childe is fashioned according to the forme of the matrix whether it be longe or shorte ¶ Wherof commeth it that sometimes the childe is bothe male and female The matrix hath as it were seuen purses or receptacles to receiue the sede and a woman may haue as many children as she hath receptables but yf she should haue mo that were a miracle She hath as it were .iii. purses on the right syde where the male children are engendred and .iii. on the lefte syde where the females are engendred there remayneth one in the middest where the Hermaphrodites is engendred that is to say suche a one as is bothe man and woman ¶ Wherof commeth it that Twinnes are not so strong as other children Bicause the seede which should serue to the generation of one is parted into two ¶ Wherof commeth it that our priuie partes are more subiect to catche hurte then the other partes of our bodie That commeth of the heat and moystnes vnited together which are the cause of all corruption ¶ Wherfore is it taken for an ill signe when the childe crieth in the belly of his mother The crying is a token of some passion and therfore yf the childe were well he would not crye ¶ Wherof commeth it that women with childe which vse to eate noughty meates as mouldy fleshe and suche like are in daunger to be deliuered before their time To eate noughtie meate corrupteth the seede and the Matrix can not kepe within it any thing which is against the stomicke and therfore it causeth it to issue forth as a thing vnworthie for the sustentation of the spirits ¶ Wherfore do yong women abhorre and lothe sundrie kindes of meâ—te soner then they that be more aged Bicause that the bodies of yong women are more tender and delicate more open ful of poores and slender and therfore they do the soner take occasion of lothesomnes Wheras the bodies of aged women are more solide and toughe and are not so sone infected as the bodies of yong women ¶ Howe chaunceth it that women sometimes through tomuch ioye are deliuered before their time Tomuche ioye cooleth the Matrix the which by that meanes can not reteyne that which it hath within it ¶ Why mâ—y we see in the water and not heare We may see in the water bicause it is a pearsing and bright substaunce but we can not heare bicause it hath no poores ¶ Why do aigre and tarte thinges cause appetite Bicause they drye and so consequently make the stomake more sharpe and close which causeth appetite ¶ Howe commeth it that we waxe drie in eating Bicause meate draweth vnto it the moystnes of the bodie as it were a sponge the bodie then being dried becommeth thirsty ¶ Wherof commeth it that vineger quencheth thirst That commeth of the coldenes of vineger which quencheth the heate of the bodie and so consequently the thirsâ—e ¶ Wherfore is there no fatnes in the tongue If the tonge were fatte and not spongie it could not so well tast ¶ Wherfore do we heare better in the night then in the day time Bicause the day time is full of bustling and noyse yea euen through the beames of the sonne which moue the ayer but the night is quiet stil. ¶ Howe hapneth it that if the vaynes be cut which are behinde the temples the partie becommeth barren The Sperme or seede commeth from the brayne through the vaynes which are about the temples which being cutte the waye also is cutte so that the seede can not descend into the genitorie partes which remayning voyde of seede causeth barennes ¶ What is the cause that the Bee dyeth by pricking with her stinge It is bicause she can not drawe backe agayne the poynt without hurting her selfe or bursting her belly ¶ Wherof commeth it that fasting spittle is good to take away spottes of the bodie and not spittle after meate Bicause the spittle after meate is full of great moystnes and is partely grosse by reason of the meat which is mingled with it in such sort that it can not so well clense as the other ¶ Why doth the smoke of brimstone make the heare white Bicause it drieth vp and purifieth the grosse matter which is disparsed among the heare ¶ Why be not children nor suche as be gelded hearie Bicause humiditie aboundeth in them and choketh vp the naturall heate not suffering it to caste forth any vapours which mighte engender eyther heare or bearde ¶ Howe hapneth it that man onely doeth become balde Bicause he is of a more rare composition and matter lesse fleshie and consequently more mete and apte to be dried ¶ Why doeth a man waxe balde first vpon the heade The hedde is a member more moyst then al the rest wherin are vnited a great number of flegmatike superfluities and therfore the same sooner waxeth haâ—de ¶ Why be the waters of Marishes and of pondes vnholsome Bicause they be continually corrupted with modde and fylthines and hauing no maner of mocion do sone putrifie ¶ Why do girles in their mothers wombes growe no faster and being brought forthe doe growe and become great sooner then boyes That procedeth of the heate in the male and of the coldenes in the female ¶ Wherfore be women more heauye when they be yonge with childe then when they be great and haue gone the moost parte of their time Bicause that the woman can not then so easely nor so well consume the humors wherof she is full as when the childe is formed which aydeth her to consume them ¶ Wherof commeth it that blodde shedde or powred vpon the grounde doeth so sone waxe thicke That commeth of his great aquositie and waterishnes ¶ wherof commeth it that he which slepeth soundely dreameth very lytle Bicause that then all the sences do accorde to do their duetie and do not wander hither and thither for to prouoke dreames ¶ Why is the Southwest winde so swete and pleasaunt Bicause it is temperate neither to hote nor to colde ¶ Wherfore hath the winde called Cecias East and by North the power to drawe the clowdes vnto him Bicause that his mocions are rounde ¶ Howe commeth it that wine dronken after a rotten or perished apple semeth bitter Bicause that all rottennes is bitter ¶ Wherfore do men blede so often at the noâ—e Bicause the nose hath more participation with the brayne then anie other member ¶ Wherof commeth it that neyther the blodde of a hart nor of a Camell doth commonly waxe thicke Bicause it is more grosse and more earthie then any other blodde ¶ Wherfore is it that neyther birdes nor wilde beastes doo at any time feede vpon any empoysoned bodies Nature hath shewed them the force of poyson which is to corrupte those that do eate it ¶
DELECTABLE demaundes and pleasaunt Questions with their seuerall Aunswers in matters of Loue Naturall causes with Morall and politique deuises Newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe this present yere of our Lorde God 1566. Imprinted at London in Paules Churchyarde by Iohn Cawood for Nicholas Englande Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum To the Studiouse and vvell disposed youthe of Englande THE learned Poete Horace myndinge to bestowe the trewe prise of wisedome vpon him that is most worthy saieth that he by good right doeth deserue the same which can best skil how to knitte and ioyne profite and pleasure together For those two thinges be as it were vncoupleable forsamuch as the gods as Hesiodus doth witnes would that profitte were dailie accompanied with sweate and trauell and that commonlie thend of pleasure is sower and bitter He therfore of good righte is to bee tearmed a passinge good workeman which can with such â—astnes of coÌ„sent incorporate vnite them as thone maie stil interchaungeably ensue and rise of thother To which entent notwithstanding their diuersitie of opinions thauncient Philosophers altogether endeuored sieking euery one after his veyne in suche sorte to pollishe and beautifie that most excellent porcion of vs the minde as prepared the better to receaue the print of vertues seale we mought in this race of frailtie climbe to some degree at least of trewe happines and sound felicitie But bicause the name of vertue is of suche maiestie as at the firste vewe it would dashe and dismaie her firste and feble beholders certaine Philosophers castinge asyde their frostie beardes and other such ceremonies of Philosophicall showe with louing care to cherishe and mainteine those soft and gentle minds that could not yet wel broke the pain full bruntes of scollerlike customes haue deuised certein pleasant confections as it were wherwith to sauce and sweten the studie of Philosophie handling eche parte therof so familiarlie that the most wild and haggard heades were oftetimes reclaimed to harken follow their holsome Lessons And so the phrigian fabler Aesope geuing fained speche and conference of talke to creatures vnreasonable vnder cloke and color therof lefte vnto the reasonable most necessary preceptes of all humanitie and morall dewtie â–ª The like hath bene from time done by a number of noble Poetes who in their fabled forgeries yf they be well marked haue vttered all maner of most depe and profound learning I speake not of the Comike writers who pretending but sport by pretie contriuement of partes and persons teache howe to beare our selues towardes all sortes and specially to shonne the cosining trappes of those that are numbred amonges the vilest kynde of people Which selfe same fruite is also to be gathered of these our common plaies and showes which grounded after a sort vpon the rules of Philosophie do whet and sharpen the wittes of the lokers on euen as the Barriers Tilte Torney wrestling leaping or running do by vse streÌ„gthen the â—â—mmes and frame the bodie better and more abâ—e to discharge when neede shall earnestly require their office of armes In respect wherof hauing fallen into my handes of late a certeine Frenche booke the woorke sure of some learned and Skilfull writer driuing principallie to the like good purpose deemed it could not bee but labour worth to spende some vacaunt daies in teaching it to speake our mother english tonge Especiallie for that in full perusing thesame I founde he had so handsomlye by waie of question couched together the moste behoueable pointes of all Philosophie as to the diligent reader mought nedesly bring with it exceding riche encrease bothe of profitte and pleasure The rather truely bicause in order of his treatise not intermedling with the particuler dewtie of any calling or estate he generallie concludeth of matter not impertinent to all degrees So that leauing the rawenes of thinfant and childishe yeres to the care and correction of their nourses and scholemasters beginneth to shape his fyrste preceptes to the best aduauntage of that age which as it is most disposed to the vanities of loue so moste likelie to be abused miscaried by thesame may here in some part lerne to knowe and eschewe the tempting deceiptes of that Boy she godde and his blinde disciples From thence leadeth he vs into the darke storehouse of natures secretes where with open eies perusing the weke condition of the world and worldely thinges yea and of vs our selues for whose sake they were principallie ordeined maie remaine therof both more mindefull and thankefull to our creatour Lastely he bringeth vs to the fountaines of good nurture teaching not onely in priuate cases of our owne liues and houses but in common welthe matters also to geue suche verdict of thinges incident as amonges the wise and sagest gouernors shal make vs estemed not altogether ignoraunt or emptie of good vnderstanding All which thinges although it is not vnknowen maie by the lerned be picked out of the works of thold autentike Clarkes yet for so much as falleth not to al men such opportunitie as wherby to rake vp their so huge infinite volumes it is to be hoped the greatest number those specially whose good spirite moueth rather to geue their leasured howres to some vertuouse exercise then to ydle and for the mooste parte dispraisable games will with suche equitie vse and constre this englishing of these brief collections as of a labour louingly vndertaken bothe for their delectable recreation of minde and profytable helpe of studie wherevnto bee wished vniuersallie moost happie successe tyll for the further benefite of them that fauour the reading of the Scriptures which truthe to saye all men aboue all thinges ought to fauour shall herevnto also be annexed the like Questions of diuinitie ryght pleasaunte familier and moost necessarie QVESTIONS OF LOVE AND THE Ansvvers WHEROF doeth it come that Ruffians Iesters and common Dauncers be lesse subiecte to Loue then other That may come by the continuall familiaritie that suche men haue with women in whom they haue no pleasure for respect of loue or whose familiaritie doeth make Loue lothesome or out of taste ¶ What is the cause that he that loueth feruently is soone angrie Because the sprites and humors of Louers be verie hote and boyle continuallie ¶ How commeth it to passe that an amorouse woman is so curious to be finely appareled and decked She doeth it to increase and set foorth her beautie therby to subdue and drawe those vnto her that be moost beautifull and desirous to Loue. ¶ But why be rough and hearie men more prone and disposed to the amorouse battell of Loue then other Bycause they abound and be more full of humors then other ¶ What hath moued certeine Greke Poetes to saie that Loue is the moost excellent amongest all the heauenly goddes It is perchaunce because there is no Philosopher that doeth teache the maner of mans life â—o well as he or maketh man more practique or quicke sprited ¶ But why
digestion through being to much distracte hither and thither and plonged in affections of Loue. ¶ Why did the auncientes painte Loue with a window or a gate in his stomacke wherin were written these two wordes Farre of and at hand To show y t he which is a Louer must loue aswel in absence as in preseÌ„ce ¶ But why was he painted bare hedded To shew that betwene Louers ther should be nothing couered or hidden ¶ Wherfore do some paint Loue with the face of a man and not of an Infant To shew that a louer ought to be constant as very men be and not like the brutishe ¶ I desire to knowe wherfore the notable painter Zeuxis did painte him with a grene robe Bycause Louers lyue in continuall hope and grene doeth signifie no other thing then hope ¶ But why doeth he sett vpon the borders of his Robe these wordes Deathe and Lyfe Bycause that true Loue dureth both in lyfe and also after deathe and breaketh neuâ—r for any accident that may happen ¶ And wherfore did Appelles painte him with these wordes written in his forhedde Springe time and Sommer To showe that in Loue there is both prosperitie and aduersitie which are represented by those two seasons ¶ Wherfore do they geue him winges Bicause the desires of Louers do tend alwaies to highe thinges ¶ Wherfore do they make him a childe Bycause that whosoeuer doeth geue him selfe to loue hath no vnderstanding for moost commonlye he loseth for a thing of nought matters weightie and of great Importaunce ¶ What moued thinhabitauntes of Cipres to paint Loue hauing a Turkie bowe behind his backe and his Arrowes before It was because that loue hath a custome to wounde all them that he meteth And bycause that he secretly doth the same they place the Turkie bowe behinde his backe ¶ Wherfore be his arrowes neuer blunt but sharpe Bicause they should wound the better and enter more depely for they make him sore to feele that is wounded with them ¶ Howe commeth it that women howe dissolute or whorishe soeuer they be their bodies being vncouered do hide their priuie partes That commeth of a naturall shamefastnes or it is bicause that suche partes are filthy yll fauored to looke vpon and without any proportion Howe commeth it that one loke is more hurtefull to Louers and woundeth them more then any touching or talke That is because loue taketh his beginning of loking ¶ Why doe Louers waxe so soone pale and leane The passions of the minde doe bringe the bodie to a poore estate ¶ What is the cause that the game of Loue doeth prouoke man sometimes to slepe and sometimes to watche If it be vsed excessiuelie it hindreth slepe for the partie euacuated and made foeble by suche excesse his spirites be diminished and moued by disquieting of the brayne whervpon slepe is interupted but when the spirites be quiet and at rest then the braine is cooled and therof riseth slepe the nourice of Nature ¶ Wherof commeth it that this pastime and play doeth often times expel from vs al melancolie and heauines of minde I will shewe you with the seede there is extruded certeine adust and burning vapors which bredeth in vs heauines and melancholie Afterwardes man beginneth to waxe pensife because he hath loste and seperated from his bodie the thing that nourished his members ¶ Wherof commeth it that Postes Ryders weuers and generally they which be accustomed to great agitation of the body be more lecherouse then other Mouing doeth heate the reynes and the vessels of generation Trauell also doeth open the conduictes where the seede doeth passe and is not to be doubted but colde doeth cause the humors to be in a maner vnmoueable letting the seede from comming to the generatife partes ¶ Wherof commeth it that men of hotte stronge and good complexion absteining from copulation with women do commonly fall into the fluxe or haue the yealowe Iaundesse or be troubled with immoderate colere Men with their seede do auoyde certeine corrupt humors the which remayning in the bodie be conuerted eyther into colere or elles into the yealowe Iaundesse ¶ What is the cause that Harlottes and whores doe stincke so rammishe Bicause they seldome reteine their seede which beyng out of the Matrice doeth corrupt and stincke ¶ Is it lawfull for a louer to take his pleasure with any other besides his owne Ladie I answere no. Neuerthelesse his Ladie beyng absent and can not inioye her he may haue libertie to vse another yf she resemble his owne in suche perfection as she may be tearmed a seconde Ladie but not in any wise to fyxe his harte vpon her He then I say that vseth suche a one in his Ladies absence is the rather to be excused but neither of them is to be admitted in my iudgement yf he meane to deserue the tytle of a true Louer ¶ Tell me then what thing is Loue It is a passion that doth blind the sprites remoueth the vnderstanding taketh all the memorie awaie causeth ruine and losse of goodes maketh a man weake and is the enemie of youthe and the deathe of olde age the mother of all vices the receptacle of peâ—sife mindes a thing without â—eason without order and stabilitie and the whirlepoole of mannes libertie ¶ What is a woman of her selfe A beaste vnperfecte geuen to ten thousand passions and pleasures abhominable to be thought wel of So that yf men would doe as they ought to do they wold not follow them nor pursue them with other desire or appetite but as things ineuitable which necessitie doth constrein theÌ„ to vse ¶ Wherfore be there so fewe women that can content them selues to loue one Bicause a woman is nothing but Lecherie inâ—aciable And for this cause she careth neyther for number nor for any thing that is honest so that he be able to couer her skinne he is welcome ¶ What is the cause that Loue beyng discouered commeth seldome to perâ—ection For the lettes that commeth therby ¶ Why haue olde men the repulse of yonge women Bicause they haue not wherwithal to ease them where it Itcheth ¶ Why do women counte them beastes that be ouer curious and diligent to serue them Bycause they knowe themselues vnworthie of suche seruice ¶ Is it true that men saye when one kisseth two mouthes one of them must nedes stincke I beleue so yf he loue perfectly ¶ Howe commeth it that Louers are more suspiciouse then other Bycause their mindes be continually troubled ¶ Why is it so noysome for a riche woman to suffer trouble Riches ingendreth pride and insolencie ¶ Where do noble mindes commonly mete together Where the fayrest Ladies be ¶ What is required in a perfect Louer To feare and reuerence aboue all thinges the mighty power of Loue and to referre or reporte to him of all his thoughtes and desires ¶ Howe do men come to the fruicte of Loue By hope and perseueraunce ¶ What thinges are contrary to the kingdome
¶ What moued Democritus to say that the soule was made and composed of Atomi that is to saye of thinges indiuisible as those thinges be which we see in the beames of the Sunne Bicause the soule is the fountayne and spring of all our actions and those Atomi be about all other thinges moost apt to motion ¶ How commeth it that creatures bred vpon the land be straÌ„gled in the water those of the water be choked with the aier Bicause that land creatures can not breathe in the water and those of the water be â—â—uffed vp with the heate of the ayer ¶ Wherof commeth it that ouermuch fasting causeth thirst Through default and lacke of nourishment wherby natural heate doth extenuate and drie vp the bodie ¶ Why doth not fyre go out beyng couered with Ashes Bicause the same being couered hath the nourishment that it requireth ¶ What moued some of the Sages to say that death is colde and without blodde Bicause our life doeth consist of heate and blodde ¶ Wherfore is there more vnderstanding in the hedde then in any other part of the bodie Bicause the hedd is as it were the bulwarke and chief part of the body ¶ Wherof is it that among herbes and plantes some come vp and grow of the seede and other of the roote That commeth of their perfection or imparfection Wherfore do herbs trees continue loÌ„ger then other creaturs Bicause their nutritiue vertue is more lustie and do easlier find wherwith to nourishe them ¶ Why is it that the greater the creature is the longer he endureth Bicause the greater they be the hotter they be and in heate the life and strength consisteth ¶ Wherfore can not heauen be subiect to corruption Bicause it is not composed of contrary elementes ¶ Why doth feare make the harte to beate Bicause the blodde when we be afraied retireth to the inward partes and hath nede to be refrigerated and coled which thing commeth by the beating of the harte ¶ Why did nature make man high and streight of stature That procedeth of his heate which following the qualitie of fyre causeth him continually to mount and grow in height or to the ende he might with his handes applie him selfe to handie worke and hardie exploites ¶ Why can litle children neither go nor stand vpright Through the feblenes of the inferior and nether partes and by reason of the greatnes and heauines of the vpper partes ¶ Wherefore are the nightes more quiet then the daies and lesse windie The motion of the ayre is let by the coldnes of the night ¶ Wherof commeth it that men of redde complection haue more reuelations by dreames then other Bicause they be of Imagination more free and liuelye ¶ Wherefore did the auncientes vse to drinke the bloud of those that were called Gladiatores which were hurt and wounded in the combats and fence plaies Bicause they were perswaded by the Phisitians that it serued against the falling sickenes ¶ Why is breade harde of digestion Bicause it lieth longe in the stomacke besides that if it be not well baked it causeth the Liuor to fill the vaynes called by tht Phisitians Meseraiche ¶ Whereof commeth it that they which are drowned at the beginning do sinke to the bottome and afterwardes when they beginne to corrupte do rise aboue the water The bodie being partly corrupted hath many open places called vents to receiue the ayer which breaking the powers the bodie becommeth verye light ¶ What is the cause that round egges do bring forth males and they which be longe females Bicause in the round egges all the vertue is equallie deuided throughout all the extremities and in the longe egge the vertue is much extended and lesse closed and so lesse hote then the other ¶ Why is not wine good fasting Bicause it engendreth the crampe and maketh a man dull and heauie ¶ Why do Phisitians vse to touche the poulse of the right arme Bicause it is the parte that is moost hott ¶ But wherfore wil they not that the pacient holde his hand harde closed nor yet stretched forthe Bicause the Synewes and Arteries be streined the hand beyng eyther stretched or closed ¶ Wherof commeth it that Hares haue so feble sight Bicause the hare is a beaste very slepie and to much slepe hurteth the sight Or els it is of to much swiftnes for ouermuche swiftnes is hurtefull to the eyes ¶ Howe chaunceth it that the pawes of a Beare are better veneson then any other part of his bodie That commeth of their continuall agitation and stirring for the Beare doeth continually walke and beate with his fete ¶ Why do Phisitians cal a disordinate appetite fames Canina the hungre of a Dogge Bicause Dogges are without measure in the appetite of eating ¶ Why do Dogges skommer with so great payne Bicause their bowell and receuing gutte is larger at that parte wher it ioyneth with the belly then it is at the place where it endeth ¶ Why are they more slepie that haue gret heds then others The greater the hedde is the more vapors it comprehendeth ¶ Why do Dwarfes loue to slepe muche Bicause great plenty of humors get forthwith into their heddes which engender in them a desire to slepe ¶ Wherfore are they moost hungrie that haue large and grosse vaynes Bicause they be of nature drye and aduâ—t ¶ What causeth them that dwell towardes the South to be lesse subiect to the falling sicknes then other people Bicause they be sound within and full of heate ¶ Wherof commeth it that the oyle of Lentils doeth heale the inflamation of the gummes Bicause it is good to take away all hotte and burning humors ¶ Why doeth the edge of a knyfe turne when one doeth cut waxe Bicause that euery agent in his accion is also pacient that is subiecte to contraries ¶ Howe commeth the humor in the eye called Glauconia which is like Cristall and hurteth the sight Eyes infected with that humor be lyke the eyes of a Ciuet and doeth come of the aboundaunce of the Christallin humor ¶ Why doeth Licorise take away thirste Bicause of his moystnes ¶ Why is the Liuer of a Wolfe medecinable for them that be diseased in the Lyuer By reason of a certeine secrete vertue in the same ¶ Why be they more hardie thaÌ„ other that haue hearie brestes Bicause they haue a boyling harte ¶ Wherfore is milke euell for the tethe and gommes Bycause of the immoderate coldenes ¶ Why doeth Lettis prouoke slepe Bicause it engendreth grosse humours ¶ Wherof commeth it that Lentilles and Colewortes be hurtefull to the sight That commeth of their crassitude and thicknes ¶ Wherof commeth it that by to much eating of Lentilles are ingendred Cankers That commeth of the melancholike blodd which Lentils do ingender ¶ Howe chaunceth it that Lions haue no marie in their bones Through thextreme heate of the saide beaste ¶ But why doeth the shining and brightnes of the moone hurte the hedde Bicause
it moueth the humors of the brayne and cannot afterwardes resolue them ¶ Why do some dye by to much Ioye Bicause the spirites do abandon and forsake the harte ¶ Why should men beware of tomuch fasting Bicause longe fasting ingendreth a heape of ill humors and causeth feblenes and lothesomnes ¶ Why is vineger very good for Cholerike persons and hurtefull to them that be melancholike Bicause it refresheth Choler and drieth melancholie ¶ What causeth the eyes to shedde forth teares Coldenes is thoccasion which naturally doeth make thicke and restraine wherby teares do procede ¶ Why haue thinges that be very swete and odoriferouse a certeine spice of bitternes Swete smelles do alwaies serche hotte places which commonly are somewhat bitter ¶ Wherof commeth it that thinges that nourishe and encrease milke do warme moderately without drying Bicause suche thinges do engendre blodde wherof milke commeth ¶ Why he all nourishing thinges perticipant with swetenes Bicause all swete thinges be very temperate ¶ Whereof commeth it that wyne in processe of tyme is of greater heate Bicause the waterishe partes do vanishe and auoyde ¶ Wherof commeth it that some wines waxe sower so sone Bicause in the vintage tyme they were replenished with superfluouse humours ¶ Why do men rather vse Sorrell then vineger against the inflamations of the intestines and Bowels Bicause that Sorrell is more moderate then vineger And whosoeuer is diseased therwithall should not vse any medecine that is sharpe or violent but rather pleasaunt ¶ Wherof commeth it that yealowe Choller is alwaies bytter and the blacke agre and sharpe Heate causeth bitternes and colde causeth sharpenes ¶ Why is the Catarre or Rewine sometime swete somtimes sharpe and sometimes salte Of a certeine mixture of the humours ¶ Why doeth the wilde Bore pisse before he doeth runne or flye awaye To dispatche him selfe of the heauines of his vrine the more swiftlye to runne ¶ Wherfore do Phisitians geue to infantes and yonge children a herbe called Abrotonum in english Sothernwood Bicause it killeth wormes ¶ How chaunceth it that scorpions do smite hurt sidewise Bicause their pricke and stinge is croked ¶ Why do men waxe pale when they be afraide Bicause the bloud flieth away and retireth to the vitall partes ¶ Why doth the sea called Mare mortuâ—m bringe forth nether plante nor fishe Through the great bitternes of the same ¶ What is the cause that a salte thing beinge heated againe waxeth bitter Bitternes commeth of adustion ¶ Why hath the Scorpion venime in her taile Bicause venime is the excrement of the Scorpion ¶ Wherfore did nature make mens eares so eminent standing out and of gristles To be more quicke of hering and to be lesse grieued when they be hurt ¶ Why cannot milke creame or curde beinge incorporated with hony Bicause hony with his vertue incisiue and abstersiue doeth let it ¶ Why doth not an arter or sinewe being cut growe againe as fleshe doeth Bicause they be spermaticke members ¶ Wherfore do the leaues of a Seruace tree fall together at one instant Bicause he hath no viscous or slimie humor ¶ Wherfore is a Baye tree alwaies grene Bicause the heate of that tree is alwaies tempered with humiditie and viscositie ¶ Wherfore is the female more imperfecte then the male Bicause she is more colde ¶ What caused Hipocrates to suffer those that had hotte and sharpe feuers to drinke wine To aide and helpe digestion and to strengthen the pacient ¶ Wherof commeth the Cotidian feuer Of the great haboundaunce of the fleame ¶ Why do the herbes called Penerâ—ial ditton and Nil cause women to haue their flowers Bicause their vertue and propertie is to open ¶ Wherfore is the meale of beanes good for y e spots in y e face Bycause it is meruailouse abstersiue and clensing ¶ Wherfore do we slepe better when we haue traueled then otherwise Bicause the spirites haue then more nede to be refreshed ¶ Wherof commeth it that sometimes we be laxatiue and sometimes to much costiue It is because of the feblenes of the vertue retentiue or through sharpe humor that vexeth and troubleth vs and the cause why we be bound procedeth of contrarie occasions ¶ Wherof commeth the Tertian agues Of yealowe choller corrupted ¶ Wherof procedeth the falling sickenes Of grosse fleame or rather of a melancholike humor which is retayned in the ventricles of the braine ¶ Wherfore did nature make the scull of the heade grosse thicke and hollowe The sâ—ul is grosse and thicke to defend the braine the better and holowe that the vapoures of the braine might issue out of the same more easelye for the head is a way through the which all the vapors of the body do passe ¶ Wherfore is not wine good for them that be growing still in greatnes Wine doth straight go into the head and children in there infansie haue the head grosser after the proportion of the reste of the body then in anye other age ¶ Why do melons cowcumbers cause men to make water That commeth of their great humiditie ¶ Wherfore is it not good to slepe with the face vpwardes Bicause it heateth the raines inflameth the bloud and not onelye the blud but the spirits also which are in the hollow vaine in y e gret arterie ¶ Howe commeth it that trees are more hard and stronge of the Northside then they are of the South and West side Bicause the North wind doth better harden ¶ Wherfore doo not those litle beastes or serpents that of the Latinists are called Cerastes brede nether in Cipres trees nor boxe trees In Cipres trees bitternes sharpnes in boxe trees hardnes is y e cause ¶ Wherof coÌ„meth the disease which PhisitiaÌ„s do cal Diabethe It is a disease in the raines and commeth of the feblenes of the same ¶ Wherof procedeth the swetenes of fruictes Of moderate heate ¶ Why do olde men doate so much Through the great colde that is in them ¶ Wherof procedeth y e lasque flux of y e bely called Dissenteria Of biting and sharpe humors ¶ Why do hearinges in so great multitudes leaue the Northerne and go to the Westerne Sea To enioie the temperature of that climate ¶ Why doth eating of y e brain of some beastes prouoke vomit Bicause y e brain is oilie swimmeth vpoÌ„ y e orifice mouth of y e stomake ¶ Why is grossest meat geuen â—uer at supper Bicause with slepe they make good digestion ¶ What is the cause that the pulse commonly called chichâ— peason doeth prouoke Lecherie By reason of the saltenes wherof the hul is participant ¶ Wherof commeth it that men to see the better do close one of their eyes Bicause the effecte and spirites of the one may helpe the other ¶ Wherof doeth it come that the higher the Sunne is the lesser is the shadowe Bicause the sunne beames do then reuerberate directly downewardes ¶ Why doth the force of wine make some to be
reteined in memory but quickely vanisheth awaye ¶ Wherof commeth it that man smelleth so litle in comparison of other Creatures That commeth of the great humiditie of the braine whereas Rauens and other birdes hauing it drie are not hindred by moysture but do receiue the smell through the ayre a farre of ¶ Wherfore doth that water kepe better which is opeÌ„ in the Sunne and the wind then that which is couered and hidden That which is open to the Sunne is better pourged of all grosse vapors and is made therby more subtill and better digested ¶ Wherof commeth it that Infantes are soner inchaunted or bewitched then they which are greater Of the delicatenes and tendernes of their bodies which are not strong ynough to resist such impressions ¶ Wherof commeth it that a bird called in latine Rupex doth feare to beholde those that haue their gall spredd throughout their bodies Bicause the same birde is sorye for the remedie that she geueth them for she draweth that sickenes to her selfe ¶ What meaneth it that the lee made of ashes of a figg tree is so good to clense thinges which are foule and spottie That commeth of his nature which is very absterciue and clensing through the sharpenes wherof it taketh away the filthe or sweat of oure bodies better then any other thing ¶ Howe commeth it that Rue planted vnder a fig tree doth growe the better and taketh better nourishment Bicause it draweth vnto it selfe the swetenes of the fig tree or els the fig tree doth drawe part of the bitternes of the rue and so being somwhat delayed it groweth the better ¶ Wherof commeth it that the fig tree the lawrell tree the Egle and the Sea Calfe are neuer smitten with lighning It may be that it commeth of their bitternes and sharpenes ¶ What caused nature to geue vs eares It was for no other thing but that thereby man might heare iudge the difference of voices and soundes And that by the eares the head might be pourged of his cholericke superfluitie euen as by the nose he is accustomed to be pourged of his flematicke ¶ But what moued nature to make the lippes To thende that the tethe being of nature colde shoulde not be harmed with externall hurte or els bicause that in our talkinge they might somewhat helpe and temper the tonge that it should not be to lauishe ¶ For what respect was the mouth made Bicause it should be the doore of the stomacke and bicause the meate should be chawed and prepared for the first digestion ¶ What causeth a man to yawne The grosse vapors that replenish the iawes whiche willinge to come forth constraine men to stretche their iawes or els yawning commeth of vnlustines or of being to full ¶ How commeth it that the tethe haue the sence of feling and the same to other bones is denied Bicause the tethe might discerne hot and cold ¶ What meaneth it that the tethe do growe daylie If nature had not ordeined the tethe to growe dailye they would consume them selues and should be reduced to nothing by continual chawing ¶ What causeth the tethe to growe againe and the other bones growe not Other bones be ingendred and made of the naturall humor in the mothers wombe but the tethe are engendred of the nutritife humor which dayly groweth and so encreaseth them ¶ Why haue birdes no tethe The substaunce of tethe is conuerted into the bill ¶ Why do diuerse stutte and stammer Through the great moistnes of the tonge or of the braine ¶ Why do diuerse hold opinion that the tonge of a dogge is medicinable and the tonge of a horse cleane contrary The tonge of a dog is full of pores and by that meanes it draweth from the wound all viscositie and slimines Or els there is in it some humor mete to heale woundes by licking which is not in a horse tonge ¶ Why be yong people more sharpe set hungry then old meÌ„ Bicause they be more hotte and do digest better ¶ Wherof commeth the whitenes of the spittle Of the continuall motion of the tonge ¶ Wherof commeth it that spittle being taken and applied fasting is good and mete for impostumes Bicause then it is more subtil and better digested then at other times ¶ Wherof commeth it that the breath of diuerse doeth stinke although they be but yonge Of the euel vapors of the stomake or els of the corruption of the members and instrumentes of the spirites ¶ What is the cause that Lazermen speake so hoarse Bicause the organes and pipes of their voices are corrupted ¶ Whereof commeth horsenes Of a rewme descending from the braine which filleth the passage of the longes ¶ Why be mens speches sometimes taken away when they loke vpon a Woulfe The Woulfe hath a very cold braine which causeth him to haue a very heauie head and wheÌ„ the vertue of the sight doth approâ—ce to behold him it draweth vnto it some part of that cold which being sent to the stomacke where the Organes of the voice be placed restraineth stoppeth y e same â–ª ¶ Why do litle birdes singe and chirpe muche better then great ones The spirite of litle birdes is more delicate and light then of the great foule and therfore at euery motion they are disposed to singe ¶ Why doeth the male singe more then the female Bicause he is more hotte ¶ What moued Nature to make the necke of bones Bicause it might the better susteine the headd ¶ Wherfore is well water the better when the wel is often drawen Bicause by the often tymes drawing the water hath no leasure to be corrupted ¶ Why haue Cranes and storckes so longe neckes Bicause suche beastes take their foode and nourishment in depe places ¶ Why do Pullets and Hennes their throtes beyng cutte moue and sturre verie longe after whiche to man doeth not chaunce at all Hennes and Pullets haue small and litle synowes wherby the spirites â—arie the longer ¶ Wherof commeth it that some by sleping waxe fatte and some leane They which be of complection hoate when they slepe do digeste all the superfluitie of meates the better wherby they waxe fatt But they that ar colde do coole more with slepe and digest lesse There is no doubt but to take vnmeasur 〈◊〉 exercise doeth burne and resolue the humors and that moderate exercise openeth the conduictes and reuiueth and wakeneth the spirites which causeth the nourishment to haue his course the better and by this meanes nourisheth and maketh the body fatte ¶ What is the cause that Barley breade maketh them to be ill colowred that vse to eate it That commeth bicause Barley breade tarieth no while in the stomacke and hath an abstersiue and a clensing vertue and so dothe sodenly alter and chaunge the digestion which thing causeth that nature can not with any small nourishment geue good coler to any person ¶ Why should wheaten bread be both salted and leauened Bicause that wheate of it selfe doeth
Hospitalitie and contrariewise the most nigardes in the same King Massimissa Scipio the great Nicomedes Cecer Anaximenes and Theophrastus vsed great hospitalitie And contrariewise Timon of Athens Flauius of Luques and many other had the same in contempt ¶ What is that which is called Concorde and wherfore was it so called Concord is kinn to amitie And like as amitie ingendreth loue betwene two or many persons euen so concorde kepeth the people tied and vnited in good peace And concorde was so called by reason of the concordance and vnion wherin she knitteth and bindeth the hartes of the people as the Quene and Mystres of all good workes ¶ Wherfore was Domitian the Emperour so hated of the Romane people Bicause for the least fault committed he condempned the doers to cruell deathe ¶ What was the cause of the great victorie that the Grekes had against Xerxes Mardonius and the Persians The vnion of the Grekes like as their disagrement was the cause of their ouerthrowe euen as discorde ouerthrewe Carthage and all the Princes of Heliesponte ¶ Wherfore was it written before the gates of the temple of Apollo at Delphos Knowe thy selfe To induce vs to knowe that sparke of diuinitie which God hath placed in vs wherby we knowe that God hath done all thinges ¶ Wherfore is it saide that there is nothing that may better resemble y e kingdome of heauen then the state of a Monarchie Bicause ther is but one god which alone doth reigne gouerne al things ¶ Of what sorte of men ought a Prince to be chosen in a common welthe He ought to be noble of blood he ought to be vertuouse riche and puissaunt in armes ¶ Do you thinke it to be requisite that a lieuetenaunt generall of an Armie ought to be not onely valiaunt and wise but also happie and fortunate I thinke doubtles that he ought to be fortunate The ill fortune of Pompeius may very well auooche the same ¶ What is the principall duetie of a good Prince To seke meanes that his people be well instructed ¶ What was the cause of the euill endes of Sardamapalus and Nero. The number of Flatterers in their Courtes â—esters Parasites Bawdes Whores Ruffians all sortes of people disposed to vice where the wise and graue were expuised and driuen awaie ¶ What was the cause of the magnanimitie of Pirrhus king of Epirus The good councell and eloquence of Cyneas his Scholemaster who by reason of his eloquente orations forced very many cities rather to render them selues freely then by any force ¶ Why would king Cyrus that Xenephon should be alwaies in his companie To geue him councell in thaffaires of his Realme For Xenephon was not onely wise but also valiaunt and wel instructed in the dedes of warre ¶ Wherfore wold Alexander the gret that Onoficrates should alwaies accompanie him in the warres To inroll and register his actes and dedes ¶ Wherof ought a prince principallye to take hede Not to chaunge his bountie and goodnes for any occasion that can happen ne yet to incline his cares to flatterers ¶ Wherfore did Tigranes the kinge of Helesponte ordeine that they which did talke vnto him shoulde knele vpon their knees with their armes stretched vp To declare that he had al power aucthoritie ouer their bodies liues ¶ What is the chiefest cause of a princes ouerthrowe Flattery more then force of armes ¶ What is he in dede that maye truelye be called happie in this worlde The vertuouse man of meane wealth ¶ Whervnto serue richesse To make the minde quiet and contente withoute whiche contentation there is no happines or felicitie in this world But howe can he be in rest and quiet that hath not wherewith to bye his breade ¶ What caused Alcibiades to be so hardie contrary to the nature of the Athenians His Nourse Amilca which was a Spartan woman ¶ What moued Diogines comming from Sparta and going to Athenes to say that he came from men and was going towards women Thereby he reprehended the delightes of Athenes whiche made them effeminate and womanishe ¶ Which is most requisite either that the Souldiors shoulde defende the wall or the wall the souldiors It is better that the Souldiours should defende the wall ¶ What is the poison of frendship Flattery ¶ What maner of nourses ought they to be which are to be chosen for princes children Fayre well conditioned sage discrete pleasaunt courtuouse amiable chaste healthie and of good complexion eloquent their speache fyne and net that the childe may learne to pronounce well ¶ What is the surest guarde of a prince The good will of his Subiectes For that Prince is vnhappy which for the suertie of his person had nede of sortes and diuersities of guarde and watche ¶ What is Iustice The honor and glorie of them that do the same and a great benefite vnto them vpon whom the same is executed ¶ Whereby shall a man knowe when a Prince beginneth to be a Tiraunt When forciblye he draweth vnto him the seruice of his people ¶ What cauâ—ed Theseus to be so valiaunt The great fame and renoume of Hercules inflamed him to make hys name immortall ¶ Howe may a man be like vnto God In doing good to many indifferently and not to one alone ¶ Why do the Aethiopians which be on this side the riuer Nylus adore and worship two goddes that is to saye one immortal and the other mortall They thinke that the immortall God doeth worke al thinges and the benefites which we receaue ordinarily they beleue to come and procede of the mortall God As the notable Cosmographer Strabo doth declare ¶ What is the greatest shame that we can receaue To be surpassed in honestie curtesie and humanitie by those which be 〈◊〉 inferiours ¶ Howe did Philip kinge of Macedone gaine and winne all Gretia By golde and siluer more then by force of armes for he was wonte to saye that there was no forte or castle were it neuer so inexpugnable but he would take vpon him to subdue it if so be an Asse laden with gold wer able to enter the gates ¶ What kinde of Tragedies ought we not to reade Those which conteine nothing els but thinges that be proude cruell and full of inhumanitie But those we ought specially to reade whiche be honest and full of graue sentences interlaced with pleasaunt talke as the Tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles be ¶ Why ought we indifferently to reade all kinde of Poetes Bicause with a meruailouse swetenes of language they entermedle the Graces with the Muses wherof it came that Aelius Comodus the Emperour was so farre in loue with Martial that he termed him to be hys Uirgil ¶ Are men to be commended for their corporal beautie sake No But for their vertue wisedome counsell and force which declare what maner of mindes they haue within ¶ What difference was there betwene the Grekes and tho Romanes in making of their Images The Grekes made theirs naked the
Persians Missia by the Danes and Samothracians and Fraunce by the Almaiâ—es Slouth and feare of trauell geuing himselfe daie and night to the delightes of Ladies in the Island of Cypres ¶ Whye did the people of Saba the nexte neighbours of the Nabathei geue themselues so much to Idlenes considering the diligence and industrie of the saide Nabathâ—i their nexte neighbours The fertilitie of Saba made them slouthfull and the barrennes of the countrye of the Nabathei made them vigilant and industriouse ¶ Why did Euripides introduce Theseus to consider and talke of all the euils that can happen to man Bicause a stripe foresene doeth hurt a man the lesse ¶ What is mercie properlye It is a certaine heauines arysing of an other mans griefe whiche as some say ought not to moue the mindes of the good but rather they ought to content them selues with their innocencye without takinge paine or care what the wicked do susteine and abide ¶ What is Felicitie It is an aboundaunce of Spirituall corporall and earthlie goodes ¶ Why was Archagathus y e Surgeon made a Citizen of Rome Bicause he was very mercifull and cunning in his cures that the like of whom the Romaines neuer sawe ¶ Whye was Antonius the Emperour surnamed Pius Because he reigned without effusion of bloud and was so mercifull as euer Cesar Alexander or Uespatian was ¶ Why do Souldiors loue hunting Bicause it is like vnto the warres which is the place where euerye man may learne to liue vertuously ¶ Whiche is the godliest exercise that a man can learne Husbandrye in which there is not onelye profite but pleasure ¶ Where is the best walke that can be founde That walking place which is furnished with wise men ¶ Whereof proceded the great estimation of Homere Bicause his workes are so full of learning and verye good to encoragâ— mens heartes to vertue ¶ Whye were the Greke aucthors counted great lyers Bicause they confounded histories with fables suche as Herodotus and Hellanicus be ¶ What is the propertie of Iustice To deceaue no man euen as the propertie of wisedome is not to be deceaued ¶ When is it lawefull to lye For safegarde of the goodes or the life of an other as Chilâ— did when he forsware him selfe to saue the life of a certaine man ¶ What is the propertie of a gloriouse man To beleue rather that which is spoken of him although it be false then that which he perceiueth in dede to be in him selfe For that cause was the â—able of Iuno and Ixion feygned ¶ What is the propertie of a vile and noughtie man To hide the truth for feare which neuer chaunceth to the valiaunt and honest who cannot abide that any man should lye ¶ Why did the Poetes say that veritie was the daughter of memorie and tune Bicause she cannot be longe hidden ¶ From whence came the whâ—le that Ixion doth turne continually as the Poetes doe faigne It is the true token of a common liar who the nerer he thinketh he is to vertue the further he is from it ¶ Why did the Egiptians ordaine that a vacabonde and common Iester should not be taken for a witnesse Bicause suche people are not worthie to be regarded and for a little bribe they are redie to all mischiefe ¶ Wherfore did the Romanes forbid playing for money excepte it were in warrelike exercises as to throwe the barre to daunce to wrastle to vaute to playe at defence and other suche like pastimes Bicause in other pastimes Fortune ruleth and not vertue ¶ Why did â—pelles the Painter set his tables abrode for euery man to viewe That he might vnderstande mens Iudgemente of his faultes As appered by a Cobler who founde faulte in a pantofle or slipper which Appelles had made ¶ What mischiefes do Flatterers bring They corrupt all good maners they tell lies in stede of truth they doe euell in stede of good vice in stede of vertue and are ordayned to destroyâ— the good and those that do righteouslye ¶ Why would not Socrates suffre himselfe to be praised of a yonge man Bicause that praise in presence is a kinde of Flatterie ¶ Whye did the Romaines so much disdaine Prusias kinge of Bitbinia Bicause he was the greatest flatterer that euer was borne In so much that his flatteries were the cause that it was ordeyned at Rome that no kinge shoulde come thither withoute licence of the Senate obteyned before ¶ What is Flatterie properly It is a vice proper and perticuler to vyle mindes to women and cowardes for it procedeth of nothing els but of feare ¶ What is shamefastnes It is a kind of feare to fall into any infamie or to be blamed for anye dede doing or to be worthelye reprehended for some faulte Therefore Cicero did terme it to be the Tamer of euell thoughtes for she withdraweth man and preserueth him from committing any offence ¶ To whom ought a man to be shamefast To children onelye for to a man of age it is vnmete to blush and to say I had not thought to do it ¶ Who is he that worthely may be counted valiaunt He that loueth life and feareth not death ¶ What is death It is an ende from which a man ought not to retire but to go to it ioyfullye and as some saye it is a gest geuen of God to menne by a singuler grace ¶ Whye didde Mallius saye in the oration that he made at Rome against Furius and Aemilius that enuie was bleare eyed and had a verye euell sight Bicause that the enuiouse man considereth those thinges whiche are nexte him and not them a farre of whiche should be more to be enuyed yf enuie were a vertue ¶ Why is Enuie compared vnto fier Bicause it alwaies mounteth for there is no man so mightie that enuie will sticke to assaile and surmounte him also if it be possible ¶ What was the cause of the deathe of Socrates being so innosent a man The enuie of the Athenians a vsuall thing in that citie which caused also the death of Themistocles and Aristides the iuste ¶ Why do the Poetes faigne that Marcias was beaten of Apollo and Thamiras had his eyes put out by the Muses To declare that howe mightie soeuer a man be he hath some bodie that goeth about to make him selfe equall with him which is a passion almost like vnto Enuie but not so muche different from vertue ¶ What was the cause of the soudeine deathe of Diodorus the Sâ—phistre The thought that he toke bicause he could not resolue a question that Stilpho the Philosopher put to him in pastime And excessiue thoughte ought not to fall into the harte of a vertuouse man ¶ What meane the Poetes by faigning an Eagle alwaies to gnawe the harte of Frometheus To declare the continuall studie of Prometheus who was very learned and wise in Astrologie ¶ Wherof commeth it that in the tyme of Ptolome there were found so many Mathematicians in the time of Xerxes so many pleasures and in