sundry other partes of this Realme and forraine Countries Albeit where the Nurce hath milke sufficient it is not to be vsed so often for as Clemens Alexandrinus writeth there is nothing pleasanter or that better nourisheth than the mothers milke Yet this I woulde were vnderstoode that children bée very ayt to out breathe and to dischest the moistures humors and iuyces of the body both by reason of tendernesse of habite and abundaunce of heate as Galen declareth Therefore a plentifull trade of diet is due vnto them which thyng olde Hyppocrates plainely proueth saying that such as haue much heate naturall doth néede much nourishment otherâ—ise the body is consumed Howbeit Gelius hath noted forth of Varro that the vse of too much meate and sléepe doeth make children dull witted and slender of stature The common Prouerbe therefore did not arise wythoute a good grounde that saith that Inough is as good as a feaste And this as I think néedeth not so strictly to be vnderstood that it should only be referred to nourishment and rest but aswell to watche and exercise and in a worde of all other thinges néedefull fully and briefly in my thirde Booke of Bathes aide expressed CHAP. XXV Where infants should sleepe or reste and what commoditie is in a Cradle The discommoditie of vehement rocking immediately after the childe hath satisfyed hymselfe Of the benefite of sleepe with the causes therof And howe Aristotle was therein deceiued THe place for children to reste or sléepe in beste is a Cradle bycause that therof may grow a thréefold commoditie that is sléepe sooner obtayned the parties throughe rocking better exercised and the infant safer from suche hurte preserued as by hauing it in bedde often hapneth And this is the fourtéenth precept by Gordonius to a Nurce appointed Howbeit with Eucharius I iudge that immediatelye after sucking violente rocking to be hurtfull least that thereby the childe shoulde bée prouoked to caste vppe hys milke againe or throughe ouer sturring the body it doe corrupte it in the stomacke or make it passe too soone into the ioyntes and vrine wayes causing as saith Montanus the stone grauel goutes Of 〈◊〉 likewise there is a thréefolde necessitie the firste 〈◊〉 disgest nourishment the second that the substance 〈…〉 and spirit wasted by waking might be restored 〈…〉 it might quiet the instruments of senses wéeried as â—â—â—roys declareth for if sléepe were not the sense perseuerâ—â—â—â— should perish and so consequently the life séeing that the 〈◊〉 suffereth of the sensitiue as Aristotle affirmeth that he 〈◊〉 of the feeler Wherefore it is necessarie that sléepe should follow watche bycause rest followeth mouing and it is rest that preserueth the liuing creature for as the Poete sayeth That thing that wanteth rest interchangeable Can not abide and alwayes be durable For rest recouereth the strength enféebled it also renueth the members weakened Agayne O Sleepe thou rest of liuing things of Gods accepted eke Thou peace of minde whome care doth flee whome weeried bodyes seeke Thou cherishest their weeryed limmes and doest repayre their payne c. Maruellous therefore and scarce credible is that saying of Montuus of a noble woman that be sayth he knewe that for the space of fiue and thirtie yeares slepte not and yet had hir â—â—â—â—the the reason whereof as sayeth Velcurie is eyther wâ—nt of naturall heate moyst humour or thinnesse of body The efficient cause of Sléepe is the méeting and drawing â—â—ere of the heate naturall into the inward parts for as Aristotle thâ—â— Galen teacheth Sléepe and Watch are made according to the mouing of the naturall heate bycause in Sléepe the naturall heate is caryed inwarde but in watch outwarde as sayeth Hippocrates to the end that it might help the parts labouring or else that it might further the action of the Stomache Liuer and Vessels Hence it is that in pestilent euils after poyson receiued before euacuatioÌ„ that we forbid sléepe The materiall cause to be short is either vapor ascending into the head or of humors contained therein And being wasted by sicknesse or old age the sléepe is the lesse Howbeit Aristotle doth affirme sléepe to be the disposition of the hearte and not of the braine wherein truly he was not a little deceiued séeing it is euident as Hyppocrates Plato Galen and Auicen doe proue that it is the reste of the annuall actions and not of the hearte for the breathing of it is muche more strong in sléepe than in watche whereby we sée that the hart is not hindered in sléepe neyther doth his vitall action cease so that wée may wel conclude in this point against the Philosopher our abused Prouerb that Sleepe is the disposition of the first sensitiue of the braine and not of the heart as he teacheth and custome vseth howsoeuer some yong students and old DuÌ„ses in Philosophie haue iudged But this wée shall passe ouer till an other time and wée will procéede to declare the length of sléepe the wayes and meanes beste to obtaine it CHAP. XXVI The length of sleepe for infants argued howe many wayes sleepe is furthered that the Nurce in hir sleepe oughte not to bee disquieted The forme of laying the childe in the Cradle Of the considerations that muste be hadde of placing the light in the Chamber with the Babe Of taking vp therof and of the regard of his long standing THe sléepe of children ought to be so much more than older persons as the heat and moisture is more in them if so bée that Soranus iudgement be to be followed who appointeth the quantity of sléepe according to the complexions that is for the melancholy bycause we wil begin wyth the 〈◊〉 the cold and dry four houres for the Cholerike the 〈…〉 houres the sanguine as he that is hot and moist 〈◊〉 according to Galen temperate sixe houres and lastly the â—â—â—matike being colde or moiste seuen houres or eighte Howbeit Othonius Brunfelsius willeth that al childreÌ„ shal 〈◊〉 seuen houres not so diligently diuiding the complexions â—â—â—â—dering the diuersities of natures for if the colde and 〈◊〉 might to sléepe so much the moist and hote ought to sléepe 〈◊〉 so that ye sée that the hote and moist temperatures are â—â—â—itted to sléepe longer than the colde and dry but children are hotter and moister than any of the other ages thereâ—â—â— they shall sléepe more than any other as their nature reâ—â—â—eth To the furthering of sléepe there be diuers means as â—â—â—â—eth Velcurius and Montuus beds rocking and lulling of the Nurce afore mentioned as darknesse silence softenesse warmnesse wéerinesse swéet cloths and clean by the louing painful Nurce to be considered And we wil shew in brief how the Infant in Gods name shall be laid down to sléepe Yet foreâ—â—â—â— to them that may that through the breaking of the Nurces sléepe milke be not depraued digestion being hindered that there be an other had
to be noted as a signe most certaine of the worthinesse thereof For if it be good the dwellers haue a good colour they be healthye constant well sighted light of hearing of cleare voyce and quicke witted as in the moste part of Wales and the Marshes may be perceyued and as at the worthye Castle and towne of Ludlawe I haue iudged Hence Hippocrates found forth that diuerse countreyes did bryng diuerse humours chaunging the temperatures of meÌ„ so consequently the maners The same also Galen affirmeth vnto which maye be added forth of Metula by the authority of Mont. that the pleasant seate fine building clean kéeping of the Nurserie hath not a little auayled to the benefite of the body minde for that was the onelye cause sayeth hée that the Athenians were wiser and healthyer than the Thebanes All the which most plainely sheweth howe néedefully it is to be considered as wel for the benefit of the minde as for the coÌ„â—â—dity of the body whether ye labour abrode or test within CHAP. X. What exercise trades labours artes and pastimes be good meete and profitable not onlye for Nurses but also for many others THe exercise or laboure that the Nurse shall vse especially of the vpper partes as writeth Aetius must be meane and moderate as that that will cause a florishing colour but not extreame sweat as Galen would haue it least as thorough too much idlenesse the actions of the bodie and minde might be ouer dulled so through too much labor the bloud might be ouer chased and so chaunge the grate and goodnesse of the milk into worse The exercises that are best as sheweth Plato Clemens Alexandrinus Iohannes Ionius Osorius is where the minde is exercised with the body and it may be deuided both into labour and play The labours that be both decent and profitable for gentlewomen are these most méete in my minde and also in daylye vse with many as spinning of Wooll on the greate compasse Whéele and on the rocke or distaffe wherewith I would not that any should be so daintie as to be offended thereat as Siligambis the Quéene and the reste of the Persian Ladies were with Alexander the great of Quintus Curtius remembred disdayning woollen workes but rather to commende and vse them as all ornament and benefit of god bestowed vpon oure flourishing countrey sin passing all our princely neyghbours And therfore politike princes of elder time as you may read in Dion Gordonius Foxe and Grafton caused their own children as wel as their houshold in place conueniente and time vacaÌ„t of the woman kind to worke vpon 〈◊〉 that through their example the whole lande might to their greate and vniuersal aduantage be entised to do the like Which as I haue heard a most honorable and learned couÌ„cellour of late did affirme that in this lande some time the custome was when vertue was more practised and vice lesse vsed that the Princes daughters did present their parents euery new yeares tide with linnen and wollen cloth of their own making which landable and profitable trade in the beutifull Isle of Anglesey in Northwales into yarne of euery woman almost is so cunningly handled dayly in the town of Bewmaris 〈◊〉 worthy countrey there abouts that no Sattin thréed is 〈◊〉 â—â—ner or stroÌ„ger although the wool in Staple excéed not much the Peaâ—e vnlesse my memorie fayle me Not ommitting 〈◊〉 as can the Persian Spanish or Italian working of silks as spinning twisting wening sowing imbroydring aresing 〈◊〉 seyting drawing rasing purling buttoning c. or the 〈…〉 Wallons as the making of Worsteads ChaÌ„lets â—â—ckadowes Saies Dornickes c. for the which exercise â—orwith Sandwich deserueth greate coÌ„mendations or the making of fine linneÌ„ as in Cheshier LaÌ„cashier Yorkeshiere Lanâ—lnshiere Harford shiere Salop shiere and Monmouth â—â—â—ere is vsed For the which their endeuours diuerse of our worthy dames of late deserue no lesse prayse than the Lidian Ladye Arachne did of olde of Plinie and Polidor Virgil so â—â—â—atly commended CHAP. XI A distinction of the foure partes of Musicke and what kinde of dauncing is tollerable How women ought to be careful in their behauiour The benefit of exercise with the best time to vse it THus as you haue hearde what labours are méetest to whome they appertayn to kepe them from idlenesse the Nurse of all vice so the sportes pastimes and exercises moste highly commended ensue And as for sportes and pastimes comely dauncing is most coÌ„mended as wel for preseruing the healthy spirites as also for strengthning the sound bodie as affirmeth Lusitanus and Montuus furthering the viij branches of Prudence as proueth sir Thomas Eliot in his Gouernour let the doggish Philosopher Demetrius with his precise disciples neuer so brawlingly prate to the contrarie séeing Dauid had seaueÌ„ sorts of dauÌ„cers as the sacred writte testifyeth Foreséeing that the Nurse remember sayth Eliot the goodnesse of womens natures which is to be milde feareful gentle tractable trustie of sure remembraunce and shamefast as Viues affirmeth vsing only that kinde of Musicke called Dorios where neyther deformitie is practised nor wantoÌ„nesse enticed but rather these vertues as sheweth Erasmus and Fuchsius as prudence modestie sobrietie and policie in Bargenets Pauions Galiardes Sturgions and Roundes only The other thrée partes of Musicke as Lidius Frigius and Gouicus bycause they sturre too vehement affections and doe bring dâ—â—erse vnséemelye formes to the bodie I thinke altogither vâ—â—â—â—te but to persons places wher it appertayneth as Emmelia to Tragedies Cordax to Comedies Enopile to men in armour and Hormus to yong men and women In the elections whereof I woulde they shoulde be circumspect bycause Saint Augustine in the primatiue Churche did utterly discommende the Idolatrous and lasciuious vse thereof had froÌ„ the Infidels from the Hetrurians as Liuie testifyeth as some worthy learned Diuines do at this day fearing least the like euils might ensue for a light faulte in a woman that â—â—â—â—eth credite is euery where curiously noted and once iustlye defained neuer after recouered nor of the vertuous so â—â—â—hlye estéemed as contrarilye suche as will subdue their appetites from vanities to vertues of the godly and Saincts he onely and alwayes accepted by Lucretius thus commended They therefore that can vanquish and these banish from their minde Would you not compte them worthy with the Gods a place to finde Other exercises as walking ruÌ„ning easily at Bace at grinsâ—â—le ball boules riding on horseback wagon chariot coach 〈◊〉 I wil omitte partlye bycause it may be gathered whiche according to euerye degrée be honest meane and moderate and partly bicause dayly custome doth teach what exercises trades labours and sports become Nurses best and what few of â—ate Coches and not euery dalying Dame that vseth not to attende vppon the Quéenes highnesse nor by reason of féeâ—â—â—nesse Nowe what benefite doth come of exercise forthe of Fulgentius
leaues as Gordonius appointeth But our manerly midwiues doe washe them in a Bathe of warme water of Clemens Alexander commended for foure especiall causes that is to wit warmenesse clenlinesse helth and pleasauntnesse And of Hippocrates for a great helpe vnto growsomnesse largenesse and talnesse Which Bath if it containe ten partes of running water and one of new milke from the cowe and haue a fewe malowes putte in before it be set on the fire to boyle or a little Sallet oyle after it be taken off when it is but luke warme in my iudgemeÌ„t that wil be best or for lacke of Sallet oyle swéete butter as some of the finest sorte forth of Cities and townes do vse And when you haue trimmed it vp wipe it with very soft clothes ayred or through dried Then slicke vp the foreheade or forfronte of the tower and ampier of ReasoÌ„ and Sapience ouerclasping your handes before and behinde vpon the rounde heade treasurer of al Science and Knowlege After clense the common Eniunctuaries or purging wayes as the eyes beholders of things celestiall and witnesse of things terrestriall the eares triers of tongs and times the nosethrils clensers of the braine iudgers of smelles receyuers and deliuerers also of the â—â—â—es opening also gentlye the mouth loking if it bée frée of tong the glorifyer of God tryer of tastes and Ambassador betwéene man and man prouing also if it wil emptie the bodie Then lay it vppon your lappe farre tender and â—rast placing euery limme and ioynt right for as yet it will be â—â—pliant as waxe for all good forme And cut not of the naâ—â—ll string as Ezechiel sayth the Iewes did but knit it with a shréede fast and annoint it with oyle of Roses or swéet butter and let it fal away of it selfe Nowe if you be desirous of a patterne of the finest hope as you haue alreadye noted of the beste temperature 〈◊〉 following is of the beste forme according to the iudgement of Policletus Plinie Vitruuius and Montuus whom I 〈◊〉 most of all other yet not as a translatour but as a collectour And by the thrée dementions Geometricall it is tryed 〈◊〉 he that is by length breadth and thicknesse beginning 〈◊〉 with the heade as the worthyest part bycause it is the Tabernacle and mansion of the immortall soule of science all vnderstanding and of art before al the artes the inuentor 〈◊〉 â—riteth Hippocrates Plato and Cicero vnto whom Galen 〈◊〉 subscribe Clemens Alexandrinus S. Augustine Melancton and Vasselius with Columbus Fuchsius Fernelius Paparilla Bullinger and Banisterus which head if it agrée with 〈◊〉 waste in compasse as our Prince doth with hir subiectes in vnity then it is right And the face of miracles the mirror fit contain from the vpper part of the forehead to the lowermost part of the chin declarer of fruitfulnesse or barrenesse 〈◊〉 tenth part of al the length it is iust And it is diuided into their equall portions that is from the vppermost part of the foreheade to the neathermost parte of the browes from the neathermost part of the browes to the neather moste part of the Nosethrils From the neather moste part of the Nosethrilles to the neather moste parte of the chinne 〈◊〉 whiche portions of the face described agréeth with the hande from the ende of the longer finger to the wrest and is also the length of the foote Hence appeareth the errour of Peter Bouastiau who affirmeth that it contayneth but halfe a foote But as the whole is equall to the face so parts of the fingers doth agrée with the mouth as namely the greater bone of the thumbe wyth the mouth wide open and is equall to the space that is from the neathermost part of the chinne to the neathermost lippe and the lesser bone is of measure with Mustaxe which is the space betwéene the Nose ende and the vpper lippe whence the heare groweth that nowe a dayes is so muche chearished of Galants and is termed after the Spanishe phrase Moucheacheos The greter bone of the long finger is like to the bredth of the forehead The two lesser are equall to the length of the middle finger The length of the nailes are the fourth part of the leÌ„gth of the fingers And the thumbe agréeth with the little finger in length The other two of like length betwéene which the middlemost finger obtayneth the greatest length as the man in state of best forme here described although I know seldom founde in this our age of too vntimely coopling of the heyght of sixe foote after the Geometricall foote consisting of foure little handefuls euery handefull of foure fingers contaynyng in thicknesse halfe alwayes of his length so that you measure him about the breast The eight part of the length is from the chinne to the top of the crowne of the heade The sixt from the toppe of the breasâ—e to the neathermoste rooke of the eares and that is the measure and space of the foote The fourth from the toppe of the breaste to the toppe of the heade And that is also the measure of the Cubite and breast But al such as be of greter stature pleaseth not the Counte Castilio as he telleth the Courtiers by Doctour Clearke into Latine moste excellentlye translated as Giantes whiche are of height 7. Cubits nor I say Dwarfes Pigmeis Stilâ—â—â—â—s whom Homer Plinie Strabo affirme to fight with â—â—â—â—â—s These being in state of gretest groweth passe noti height two foote and a quarter neyther yet those monsters mentioned of Hippocrates and Iacobus Siluius that are beâ—â—tten in Asia as the Nacrocephali Phasiam Monoculi and Ciclopedij To be shorte althoughe after the common opinion the lengthe of euerye one of iuste proportion is the bredth his armes stretched abroade betwéene the two formost fingers endes yet if doth not proue that comely greatnesse defined of Vigetius to be in valiaunt and puissant Souldiours as by the Page of the late noble Marques of Northampton appeared and by the proper Grome of the prudente and noble Earle of Sussex that I sawe attendaunt vppon his honour at Buckstones being both according to their stature in eche proportion aunswerable So that we conclude that wyth semelye forme muste be hadde a goodlye bodye endued wyth valour to the graces in mankinde aunswerable if persons of best constitution and frame they shall bée accounted when is the reasonable Soule is but the Image as sayth Hugo of the mightie creator as the séemelye bodie is the shadowe of a wise minde All whiche if you seriously marke you may knowe easilye not onely thys heauenlye Idea of best nature shape and temperature endued also consequentlye alwayes after nature with beste reason enclyned likewise to beste manners as Hippocrates Galen and Auicen doe teach For as nature doeth euer make the forme of the bodye meâ—te and agréeable to the manners of the minde so also you maye iudge hereby of all counterfeites whether they be
that bée able to kéepe them as some myserable Misers imagine especiallye of Priestes and Ministers children affirming that in time the number of them will cause not only dearth and scarcitie but that it bréedeth in the Church great couetousnesse alreadie and burdeneth diuerse parishes daylye to be founde in them that hath no suche familie not only of the cleargie but also of the laitie the more pitie Howbeit the Prouerbe is plaine that God neuer sente mouth but also he sent meat And doubtlesse this would neyther be so costly nor so harde for the poore commons to come by if rentes were not so raised aboue measure by vnder Tenaunts alwayes most practised one man to occupie diuerse mens liuings trades and misteries and that of the richest And the arrable grounde into shéepe pasture so conuerted as Moore plainely proueth that although there maye none by the statute kéepe aboue two thousande Shéepe there bée yet very manye that haue aboue tenne thousande and that doeth transporte graine and other victuals when they sée gaine wil growe thereof although the price do excéede the lawe and all licence restrayned into forraine realmes neyther fearing god that reuengeth the crie of the néedie nor the Prince that beareth the sword of iustice for the preseruation of al hir people according to the commodities of so worthy a countrey by hir highnesse extended dayly for the maintenaunce of all hir children in health wealth and tranquilitie as a moste vertuous Prince which wayeth more the welfare of hir good subiects than the enriching of hir owne coffees counting the least of hir liege Babes within the compasse of hir owne familie a patterne doubtlesse for al princes to practise cotinuaily euery Christian countrey CHAP. XXI That the childe muste only sucke vntil his former teeth appeare The office of them And at what time they commonlye come with the number and forme that be required And how the decrease of the teeth sheweth that the world draweth hastily to an ende THe yongling if it be ordered as you haue harde it shall be time to giue it sucke which shall only be his nourishment vntil his former téeth be bredde the first instruments of digestion and framers of pronunciation not made by chaunce happe or fortune but by the prouidence of the wisest euen the almightie as Aristotle and Galen affirmeth To whome the sayde Galen consecrated those his diuine workes of the vse of the parts as enimies to his euerlasting praise and glorie By that famous clearke Doctor Smith at his Anotomies so excellently and cunningly described And these téeth will be broughte forth aboute the seauenth moneth as Herodotus Aetius and Montuus do witnesse Howbeit I haue often noted it otherwise as a yeare first sometime thrée quarters sometimes more sometimes lesse somtimes before they be born as Boswels son had of Lowth Richard the thirde being vndoubted tokens of the murther and Tyrannie that after in him succéeded as Moore witnesseth But the fewer they haue and the slenderer they be the shorter of life as sayth Aristotle Yet Tranquillus writeth that Augustus Caesar had but fewe and those slender sharp notwithstanding he liued 76. yeares whereby we are taught not alwayes to coniecture with the Philosopher by the slendernesse and fewnesse of téeth short life And they were in all in his time as writeth Galen 32. sixtéene in euerye iawe whereof eight be cutters foure biters and twentie grinders Althoughe sithence experience hath proued that some hath hadde but thirtie other some .28.26 and diuerse that haue bene borne within this fourtéene yeres only 24. But they are not to be numbred whiles the Infante sucketh no not vntill the â—â—cond and thirde age in some as I haue often marked as I wishe all woulde consider howe the world draweth to an ende and then they shoulde be neuer so couetously bente but rather stand in feare of their euil déeds for the which they must yéelde account at the generall iudgement where neither essoine protection or wager of lawe wil bée admitted CHAP. XXII Howe often Infantes shoulde sucke what heedefulnesse shoulde bee in the Nurse aunswerable as the parentes meane to haue them trayned And howe for lacke of cleane keeping of the Babe Galen espied the vnquietnesse thereof AVicen thinketh it sufficiente for the childe to sucke twice or thrice a day at the most as affirmeth Montuus for if it shall be ouerfilled it will be the more sléepye and drousie the belly wyl swel and the vrine will be watrie like to gluttons drunkards stale And therfore Ageneta doth counsel that we bée spare 〈◊〉 giuing any thing againe vntill it hath consumed that that it had receyued before Also Montuus declareth howe that there be verye many deceyued in giuing the babe ouer much milke And therefore the Alborages had a custome as testifieth Bochas Pulio and Gueuara that suche as should be Priests might not sucke of the breaste but of certaine réedes that yéelded a iuice like milke thinking therby as men wholly led by nature and not by grace Also that they shoulde not be so fleshly bent but rather spirituallye giuen as it is verye likely if ye respect it without grace or discipline Yet for my parte if any errour shall happen in the quantitie of the foode and propertie as I confesse it will be harde for anye to â—â—â—ne the iuste quantitie and qualitie I had rather it should be in a little to plentifull for yonglings than anye thing to â—cant and that it should sucke the breast rather than by anye meanes be brought vp vnlesse ye meane for some singular cause to diminishe the naturall growth wisedome and strength To souldiers especiallie that be the verye rulers Triumphers ouer nations hurtfull as Vigetius affirmeth wyth B. Riche of late in hys seconde parte of the Alarme to Englande and as by the dignities giuen them by Agamemnon Alexander Augustus Octauian and Carolus Magnus is verified to them that list to reade Darius Phrigius Trogus Pompeius Salust Iustine Quintus Curtius and the Accidents of armorie And that to haue a féeble silly and sickly bodie is taken for an imperfection And so the worthye gouernour of Bullen in my time there accounted it not suffering dwarfes to enter into wages as I wishe that children that haue their natural actions moste strong so to be preserued that to all vses they might be moste méete for by the actions is ministred not onelye desiryng kéeping altering and expelling or being ministred ingendreth nourisheth and féedeth as Galen sheweth with all other learned in Phisicke but also the bodye is better inhabled and the mynde more perfected Howbeit the Nurse if she doe as shée oughte dutifully 〈◊〉 to hyr charge shal beste appoynte this quantitie of milke as all other things in order the times of sléepe of â—â—â—ging the clothes laying in the cradle not to hardly swadâ—ed of taking vp c. Obseruing alwayes a meane
in euery thing with a good custome and grace in all these and such like with great regarde of the cleane kéeping of the bed Nurcerie and apparell For as Galen declareth he sawe a certaine child greatly disquieted which the Nurse neyther by dandling putting the pappe to the mouth of the infant nor holding 〈◊〉 forth to sée if it woulde vnloade the bodie was euer the sooner quieted At last he beholding his bedde swadling clothes and apparell founde them filthye the childe it selfe vncleanelye and vnwashed badde wash it as if it be dayly almoste it will be the better in the water or Baine afore prescribed especially if it be leane as sayth Hippocrates bycause that the partie that is long kept softe and moyste his growth will be the more as Galen affirmeth and experience playnelye proueth by the goodlye personages of the people of Glocestershire Somersetshire and Monmouthshire such other moderate moyste Countries and wipe it cleane and to laye it after in freshe clothes the whiche was no sooner done the Babe fell on sléepe and had not onely a most sounde sléepe but also a verye long CHAP. XXIII At what time the childe may be weaneâ—d which ought to sucke longest of the duetie of Nobilitie Gentilitie The regard that must be had aswel in the nursing of meÌ„ childreÌ„ as women kinde and what Bookes do expresse the same A commendation of good women THese therefore after Galens minde I thinke good to be obserued vntill the third yeare of his age Howbeit Paulus supposeth that it maye be well weaned from the Dug at two years and so the inhabiters of the Iles of Baleares vsed as Sextus Cheronensis writeth Gordonius at thrée yeares and Montuus at foure yeares But Eucharius and Mokerus saith that custom hath brought it but to one yeare and that is moste true Neuerthelesse I haue known diuers sucke lesse than a yere many a yere and a halfe some two yeares other two yeares a halfe and some more than thrée yeares whose bodies and temperatures endued with reason courage and desire I could greatly commende as I do not thinke my selfe to say vnto you the truth to be any thing the worse bicause I suckt so long but rather the better considering howe my mother was two and fiftie and vpwarde when I was borne as I haue hearde hir say And I do remember that I was able to beare a stoole for my good Nurce when I would haue suckte Notwithstanding I do not appoint euery one to suck so long Yet I think it best that the old womans childe do sucke longer than the yong and lustie Nurce the weake longer than the strong the sickly longer than the healthie the twinne longer than the loneling the 〈◊〉 longer thaÌ„ the female the noble longer than the vnnoble especially if any of these causes recited do require Whose indeuour in time God ayding must be to rule all if he be a prince if of the nobles manye vnder him if of the commons as he shall be called and to obey principallye but one alone that is the soueraigne Maiestie to preache the Gospel to heale the sicke to execute iustice to defende the frontiers to order Countries to leade legions to chase away enimies to guide Nauies and iudge causes marine to toyle in imbases to coÌ„clude leagues to reuenge outward iniuries to inuade foraine foes to represse home rebels to defend and assist the coÌ„mon wealthe to garde and protect princes committed as the mightie Earle of Shrewsberrie right loyally and most warely performeth To giue iudgement on nobles vnnoble conuicted and in fine alwayes to deliuer faithful counsell and to mainetaine and defend our only soueraigne and countrey encreasing the state with people dominion lande and customes from time to time as Tullie willeth and that with valiant harts prouident wittes and lustie bodies that can tollerate and beare all extremities expedient and abide all seruices néedefull according to the example of our valiant worthy and noble Progenitors whom in time it wil be requisite to folow if we meane to succéede in their estate of holinesse honoure and worshippe or to aduaunce oure names from base condition to the title of Armes and ensigne of Gentilitie as Osorius politikely writeth Whereof there will be no doubt the Lorde furthering if we haue from our birth the supply of al things néedfull as it is néedefull and when it is néedefull both by day and nighte to giue the Babe the Breast regarding the daughters bringing vppe in Modestie Honestie and Huswifrie after the councell of the Iustitution of a Christian woman no lesse than the sonnes in all Ciuilitie Learning and Chiualrie according to the instruction of the Image of Gouernaunce But the woman is the good mother of all and the only helper and comforter of man by Gods owne appointement as in Genesis wée maye reade And in Paradise God created hir and called hir Eue life and as for man he called him Adam Earth bycause that of the slime of the earth he was made Of whose worthinesse and dignities if you be desirous to vnderstande reade Plutarches particular treatise that he hath made in their coÌ„mendation Bochas Saint Iohn Chrisostomes Homily vpon the beheading of Saint Iohn the Baptiste Saint Ierome vpon the explication of the seauentéenth Psalme Christian de Pisa that learned maide of the commendation of the feminine Sexe Castilio in his third booke of the Courtier Peter Lawne in his discourse of the dignitie of Marriage and Hake in his Touchstone for this preseÌ„t time besides innumerable others aswell Diuines as Philosophers and Phisitions that for the auoyding of tediousnesse I will omitte bycause I thinke there is none so wicked as will dispraise hys mother And I will shewe howe onelye pappe shall bée giuen in the daye at méete time after washing and lighte rubbing fricasing the bodie firste emptied of the common excrements about the â—auenth moneth whiche shall be made after this sorte CHAP. XXIIII Of the maner howe to make the beste Pappe of the vse and abuse thereof and howe the meane dyet is beste TAke of newe milke a pinte put therein of fine wheate flower so much as being boiled will make it thicke Adde to it the biggenesse of a Chestnut of Almond Butter or of swéete Butter one ounce of the beste Sugar not faulted in the sunning and then it will bée the better to disgest and the refuse not turned to the nourishment of the bodye the sooner and easilier emptied For that made of the milke and flowre alone is somwhat slowe in distribution and therewith binding as you haue hearte beyng the very cause as I coniecture why Galen doth discommend it Neuerthelesse it is muche vsed ouer all and I my selfe was so fedde my Nurce hathe saide it as I haue séene diuers others of liuely spirite and sounde body aswel in Wales and the Marches as in
Lib. 2. Lib. 7 A note for the Queenes Maiestie and hir Counsell 4.13 Ther. Solible things Very good Methaglin made in Wales but especially at Ludlawe Demuls An easie and good remedy against cosâ—uâ—enesse stone and strangurie Binding things That nurses ought to be kind and parents thankfull Lib. de Amicit. a cause supposed of the trouble that ofteÌ„ hapneth betweene the child and the mother and of certaine obiections Wherof man is made Iâ—â—stus contraâ— Paracels De part hom Who ought to be at the birth Lib. 1. de infant The crying of the child at the birth profitable Lib. de tu sanita â— de Sani tu Cap. 16. In pract ca. de nat infant Padag Lib. 3. ca. 9 Lib. de inter affect A good Bane for the InfaÌ„t for diuerse causes How the child newe borne is to be handled Cap 16. In Theat mundi The Deane of the arches Lib. de art mil. In oper tri dier Lib. quod Anim. vsu part A knowlege beneficial for diuers kinde of artificers In theat mund Cap. 5. Lib. de Senect Xenophon â— Ciroped Colde hurtful to infants Pri. de tu sa A foolishe custome Baptisme defined In. 4. Mag. Dist 1. Quast 3 Decad. 5. Iohn 3. Rom. 6. Act. 28.10 Sacraments witnesses of the truth 2. de Elementis A caucat in Christning Prou. 13. Psalme 124. Genes 28. Heb. 13. Lib. 5. de repub In Eth. In Decad. Dâ— inuin ver lib. Iudic. cap. vlt. Adulterers fornicators woulde hee worse punished than by the purse or wearing of a white sheete A needefull lawe for this time Virginitie better than Mariage after Saint Hierome Vnder tenants raisers of rents Lib. 1. de Vtopia Anno Henrici octaui 13. The office of the teeth 8. Phis 2. de Vsâ— part Rufâ—â— â–ª at what age children breede teeth 3.4 Prob. â— Lib. de ossib The number of the teeth a token that the worlde draweth nere to an ende Lib. de sani tuen De tuâ—â— valâ—â—ud The custome of the Alborages Lib. de nat Deor. Lib. de edu puer De prinâ— Valiant souldiors are to be honored not conteÌ„ned Sir Iohn Prigis Lorde Shandoyâ— Now the growth is to be augmeÌ„ted Lib. 2.3 De tuen valitu Gallant and Iustie people â— De sanita â—uen â— De sani tuenâ—â—â— Lib. 4. de veta mat rut Mâ—â—orica Mâ—â—orica Lib. â—e Cons vita hiâ— Lib. de Infa. Dâ—tuen vi When the childe should bee weaned Who shoulde sucke longest The duty of Nobility and Gentility The noble Talbot neuer vntrusty In off Lib 2. de nobilit What works do shew how men and women are to be broughte vp in ciuilitie WomeÌ„ created for mans comforte Of the commendation of women The making of the beste pappe 1. de sanit tuend Padag lib. 1. ca. 6 4. detuend vabet 1. Apo. 3.4.16 In all things the meane is the beste The benefite of sleeping in a Cradle Lib. de Part. Hom. 3. de Colect Moderate rest preserued of life 2. de Aâ— In Anasc moâ—â— lib. 1. c. de Vigil in som 4. Phis Coâ—eâ—â— The efficient cause of slepe 4. Phis 2. Aph. co 2. 6. Epid. A good note againste the pestilence poyson The materiall cause Lib. de somn vigil 4. Aph. com 5.1 de caus Sympt de Placit Hyppocrates Plato in cau Aristotle confuted Of the length of sleepe Conir crasist Lib. de discip inst puer 4. Phis De sanitâ—◠〈◊〉 De tuenda bona valetud in com Lib. 1. de consteâ— vit hum De infant How the light in the chamber is to be considered That the infant be neyther too delicately brought vp nor too rustically De opt corp const De bo corp hab De saâ—â— iuenâ—a 2. Aph. 3. De tu vâ— De tu bo va In Coment Lib. de infant De tu va Wales and the marches hath excelleÌ„t women for nursing and sweete keeping of the childe De tuenda sani 2. De Elemen Lib. 1. de infant Cap. 15. Lib. de diet de Aliment 1. De sini tuenda 1. Fen. 1. Lib. de Port. hom 1 De infant De. legib lib. quod ani mor. Montuus a noble man borne The diet for the French Kings children What dyet contayneth Eccles 7. De Princ. Deut. 18. Eccles 32. Par. 10. Prou. 20. Lib. de Senect ad Henriâ— octâ— de Reg. De prouid dei The name of the Talbot terrible to the French and gracious to his Countrey In Chron. In Off. Exodus 22. Titus 3. Romanes 5. An Example De Pruden De Princ. Causes of grace and disgrace Lib. de nob De reg Math. 5 1â— No Catholikes but â—â—scaâ—â—ares no Protestants but Prasters 3. dâ— Off. Ethaâ—ckes honester than moste Christians In off Câ—nâ—r Vsur Dissemblers in life doctrine Lib de senect The guise of this time Equitie defined A iust Iudge a godly and puissant President a moste worthy Councellor Sectio 3. A painful and prudent Potentate At what time the maners of the childe are to be framed 7. Eth. Lib. quod ani mor. Padag 2. De summo doctrin Christ De pruden In Timeo Pro. 22. In Catechi Faith Hope and Charitie A good similitude and a true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fides 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Spes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Charitas Eph. 2. Heb. In serm de Fid. Faith desined Dâ— Fid. serm 4. ful 31. Tom. 2. Hope what epist. 1.4 Rom. 2. Corinth 13. Math. 1. Charitie howe 2 4 1. Cor. 13. De doctri christ de ver reli All our goodnesse commeth of God. By what Christians are knowen Iohn c. 3. epist. 1. 1. Cor. 13. Iohn 13. Decad. 1. Ser. 6. fol. vlt. Who ought to company babes Lib. de infant Padag lib. 1. 2. The firste Christened Monarke Lib. de 9 in rer An. mundi 5423. Anno Christs 224. Fond pareÌ„ts Lib 1. de inst De eâ—g â—â—th mudin Lib. 2. de offiâ—â—â— Len. agrat The poore that be vnable to labor for their liuing very charity would they should be releeued without coâ—pulsion Whence much euill groweth Parad. 3. De legib lib. Ethi In Polians Damnum Vincla Verberâ— Talionem Ignominium Failium Seâ—â—ltutem Mortem De lib edne Lib. de Infant How infants are to be taughte Catechising no lesse godly than auntient and needfull Act. 24. Rom. 5. Hebr 6. August 40. 4 De 〈◊〉 Cor. In Catach In confes Aug. Lib. 3 fr. 195. Lib. 1. ca. 5. Lid. De tuen sani â—elâ—g 〈◊〉 8 Pâ—â—â—â— Lib. Lib. â—t Virâ—lius â—ord Cap 30. Lib. 7. Vnlawfull games too common 1. Tim. 3. Augâ—st so 7. contr duas epist. Pelâ—g lib 1. Sunne the cause of euer lasting death Sap. 1. Rom. 6. Cor. 15. Prima pars A necessarye note for the libertines of these dayes Parad 3. Sin defined lib. 1. rec cap. 15.22 Contr. faust Lib. de Parad. In loc com Bernard Scotus Lumbarde Howe Consent is to bee vnderstoode What sinnes God and maÌ„ doth pardon Deadly sinne whence In catach in bom Lib. 2. de Vtopia fol.