tethe For the filthynes of the tethe causethe the brethe to stynke And of the filthynes of the tethe growethe certeyne vapours that greatly anoye the brayne Farther more the filthynes of the tethe myngled with thy meate causethe the meate to putrifie in the stomake Auicen in his .vij. dist of the .iij. boke and chap. of coÌ„seruacion of the tethe for the tethe teacheth how we may kepe the tethe from ache stynche That is to washe the mouthe with wyne twyse a moneth but to make the brethe swete it muste be boyled with the roote of spurge Who so euer vsethe the forsayde decoction medicine shall neuer haue the tothe ache In the laste verse are certeine generall rules The first is that after we haue washed and bathed our selfe we muste kepe vs warme For than the cunditis of the bodye that is the pores bene open wherby colde wyll perce in to the bodye and ingendre in vs diuers diseases The .ij. is that after we haue dyned or taken our repast we muste for a whyle stande vp ryghte that so the meate may discende to the bottum of the stomake and thaÌ„ walke a litel softely for hasty mouynge driueth naturall hete from the interior partes to the outwarde and causeth il digestion The .iij. is that one of colde complexion shulde nat warme hym selfe to sodaynly but lytell and lytell for sodayne change hurteth nature as Galen sayth in the gloâ—e of this canon Secundum multum et repente c. All stronge thynges and of extreme nature corrupt the body Sit breuis aut nullus tibi somnus meridianus Febris pigrities capitis dolor atque catarrus Hec tibi proueniunt ex somno meridiano Here are declared .iiij. incoÌ„uenientices engeÌ„dred by after none slepe Fyrst the after none slepe causeth and ingeÌ„dreth feuers by reason of opilatioÌ„s For the naturall hete and spirite of man by daye draweth to the outwarde partes of the body and therfore digestion by day is but feble But whan naturall heate and spiritis of maÌ„ drawe to the inwarde partis of the bodye than throughe theyr motion naturall heate is stered vp and therfore the nyght is the very season of perfite digestion and the vndigested rawe humours are the cause of opilations whiche opilations engeÌ„dre feuers as Auicen saythe in the .j. dist li. iiij and chap. of putrifaction Secondly after none slepe causethe man to be slouthfull in his operations busines by the reason afore sayde for grosse humours and vndigested cause mans spiritis slowelye to moue the bodye For as a subtile quicke spirite causeth lyghtnes of body so a lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe boby cause of heed ache Thyrdly the after none slepe engeÌ„dreth heed ache For the grosse and vndigested meate that remayneth in the stomake lyfte vp to the brayne grosse vapours whiche trouble hit And of very coÌ„sequens if vapours of gros mattier be stered vp caused they must also be gros For Galen saythe in the glose of this aphorisme qui crescunt c. that hit muste nedes folowe that all thynges be lyke those thynges of whom they be engendred The .iiij. incoÌ„uenience is the pose and reume Reumes be humours that rounne from one membre to an other and as they rounne in diuers partis of the bodye so they haue diuers names For whan the reume cometh to the lightes they be called catarri and whan they discende to the chekes they be called branchus and whan they come to the nose they are called corizam as appereth by these verses Si fluit ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares dico corizam But besides the reasoÌ„s of the diseases before rehersed there be many other reasons and more effectuell The cause of the first incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is of feuers whiche some tyme are called putrified feuers and some tyme feuers effimeres A feuer effimere is engeÌ„dred of vapours and smudge fumes kept and reteined after the after noone slepe the whiche absteynynge from slepe is wont to coÌ„sume The forsaide smudge fumes mixyng them selfe with mans spiritis engendre an vnordinate and a straÌ„ge feuer called effimere The putrified feuer is ingengdred of the humidites in man vndigested and augmeÌ„ted by the after noone slepe The .ij. inconuenience that is to be slowe in operation and motions chanceth by reason that by the after noone slepe the humidites and fumes in maÌ„ are reteined about the muskyls veynes iointis and causeth the forsayde membres to be astonyed and a slepe and therfore the bodye after dyner is slowe and heuy in operations The thyrde inconuenience that is the heed age cometh as is before declared in the .ij. incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is to say by the humidites vapours reteined in the body throughe slepe and rest whiche by suche meanes are troubled and moued towarde the brayne and so cause the heed age The .iiij. inconuenience is that is the catarrÌ„ signyfyenge al maner of reumes chanceth to man and vexeth hym through vapours and fumes whiche are wonte to be dissolued coÌ„sumed by watche by slepe they drawe to the inwarde partis of maÌ„ and fume vpwarde towarde the brayne whiche fumes ingrossed by colde retourne to the lowe partis caterrisans of mans bodye Auicen in the .xiii. dist li.j. in the .ij. doctrine and .ix. chap. allegeth many other inconueniencis diseases engendred of the after noone slepe The firste disease is the goute and palsey Whiche greue vs by reason that the humidites that are wonte to be dried vp and coÌ„sumed by the heate of the sonne and by watche remayne styll in the body The seconde is the color and corruption of the face through the wattrishe humidites lyke vnto mans vrine myngled with the bludde whiche are wonte to be wasted by watche that nowe with the bludde they ascende towarde the brayne the face and cause it to swelle and to waxe pale The thirde incoÌ„uenience is that after noone slepe ingendreth the splene and that by the kepynge in of the grosse melancoly humours by the day rest For as watche with the heate of the day whiche do open gyueth mouynge and way to melancoly humours by the strayte cundites of the body so the daye slepe letteth and distroyeth the passages and ê“pre wayes of them specially it destroyeth the cundites that come from the splene to the mouth of the stomake made to prouoke mans appetite by whiche cundite all melancoly superfluites are wonte coÌ„monly to be clarified The .iiij. is that after noone slepe mollifieth the veynes by cause the humedites whiche are wonte to be desolued by the day watche can nat be resolued whiche so remaynynge in mans body drie vp the veynes The .v. incoÌ„uenience is that maÌ„ by reason of rest or slepe losethe his appetite for lacke of humors resolution whiche resolution is chiefe and principall cause of the appetite An other reason is the replenisshynge of the stomake by fumes and humidites mollifieth and fyllethe
fragiâ—is vel subtilis sensus stomachi sit Et fastiditi tibi sunt fleubothomandi Here thauctor putteth .xij. thynges that let blud lettyng The fyrst is coldnes of complexion for as Galen saith bloud lettyng cooleth augmenteth coldnes bicause as Isaac sayth bloud is the fouÌ„dacion of natural hete and in that bloud lettyng voydeth bloud hit voydeth hete so consequeÌ„tly cooleth The .ij. is a feruent colde contrey vnder whiche a cold season shulde be coÌ„preheÌ„ded whiche also letteth bloud lettyng for in a couÌ„trey season very cold the blud is closed in the depest partis of the body and the bloud that taryeth in the vtter partis the colde maketh thycke whiche to voyde is no wisedome The .iij. is ferueÌ„t ache vnder whiche eke may be coÌ„prehended great inflaÌ„mation of the body for if one in suche accideÌ„tis be let bloud there foloweth motion agitatiue contrarie to nature and greatter inflaÌ„mation whiche weaketh nature more The cause of this motion agitatiue is attractioÌ„ to diuers partis for by bloud lettyng attraction is caused to the place that is let blud by great ache attractioÌ„ is caused to the place of ache The cause of greatter inflaÌ„macioÌ„ is that by blud lettyng the humors be moued wherby they be more inflamed And this is trouthe whan blud lettyng is lyttell artificial Yet if it be done tyl one swouÌ„d hit is holsome in the forsaide cases for this bloud lettyng whan it ouercometh the attraction of the ache it causeth nat motion agitatiue like wise it taketh awaye inflaÌ„mation whan there be no humors that shuld moue hete and cause more inflaÌ„macion This is Galens mynde sayeng Gal. in coÌ„men illius apho que egerunt there is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of ferueÌ„t inflaÌ„mation feuers a great ache than blud lettyng The .iiij. is baynyng specially resolutiue for that letteth bloud lettyng for that were vacuatioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vacuatioÌ„ whiche nature can nat esily beare The v. is carnall copulacion for iÌ„mediately ther after one shuld nat be letteÌ„ bloud bicause of double weakyng of nature The .vi. is to olde or to yonge as it is before touched Of this Auicen sayth Take hede howe thou lettest one bloud in any of the forsaid cases outcept thou trust in the figure in solidite of the musculs largenes of the veynes the fulnes of them and ruddy colour The .vii. is longe sicknes for by suche lettyÌ„g of blud nature is doubly febled both by the loÌ„ge sickenes diminishioÌ„ This is of trouthe sayth Auicen outcept there be corrupt bloud for than bloud lettyng is holsome The .viij. is great replecion of drynke The .ix. is to eate to moche meate and vnder this is coÌ„prised meate vndigested The cause hereof as Auicen sayth is this there be .iij. thynges that drawe to them that is voydnes hete and secrete vertue or proprete Than if the veynes be empty through voydyng of bloud they drawe to them froÌ„ the stomake or lyuer vndigested or suê‘fluous meate or drynke whiche vndigested meate coÌ„men to the meÌ„bres can nat be amended that is digested for the third digestion can nat amende the faute of the .ij. nor the secoÌ„de of the fyrst if the faute be so great that hit can nat conuert into the meÌ„bres hit there remaynyÌ„g may cause some disease The .x. is feblenes Gal ii 〈…〉 for bloud lettyng is a stronge voyder as Galen sayth therfore a feble persone may nat endure great diminishyng of blud The .xi. is subtile sensiblenes of the stomakes mouthe whiche is called the hart strynge for of suche bloud lettyng swouÌ„â—yng foloweth easily And vnder this weakenes of the stomake is eke coÌ„prised and easy flowynge of coler to the mouthe therof endusyng vometyng Wherfore they that haue the forsaid accidentes shuld nat be let bloud for by bloud lettyng the humors moued be enduced to the stomakes mouthe as to a place accustomed and bicause hit is a weake an impotent membre to resiste that flixe therfore by suche lettynge of bloud many inconueniences chaÌ„ce This is one cause why many swouÌ„d whaÌ„ they be let bloud by reason the coler floweth to the stomake whiche bytynge the stomake pyneth the hart stomake so that hit causeth one to swouÌ„de The .xij. is lothyng for if in this lothynge one be let bloud whan the veynes be empty they drawe to them yll mattier causyng lothesomnes Auicen toucheth many of these .vi. last accidentis And besides the forsaid accidentis there be other that let bloud lettyng First voydyng of menstruous flixe or the emeraudes for one diseased with eyther of these shulde nat be let bloud yet it may be done to diuert the flixe or matter The .ii. is rarenes of coÌ„position for in rare bodies is moche dissolucion therfore this resolution suffiseth them without euacuation as Galen sayth .ix. teigni The .iii. is rawnes and claÌ„mynes of humours for than beware of bloud lettyng bicause it encreaseth rawenes of humours and therfore in loÌ„ge sickenes ye shuld nat let bloud for rawnes of humours encreseth strength febleth and the sickenes proloÌ„geth And therfore Auicen sayth that in longe sickenes before one is let bloub he shuld take a laxatiue although he nede bothe Rawnes of humors is caused .ii. wayes One is throughe abundance of humours chokyng naturall hete whiche chokynge bredeth rawe humours and than bloud lettynge is holsome Wherfore Alexander sayth Lettyng of bloud in the begynnyng of the dropsy is holsome Alex. ii.ii. ca. de hydroppist whan it cometh by abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struous blud that through some cause is prohibited to issue or by abuÌ„dance of the emeraudis For lyke as a lyttel fire is queÌ„ched vnder a great heape of wodde lyke wise natural hete is suffocate with abundaÌ„ce of humours The .ij. cause of rawe humors is feblenes of natural hete as in folkes of feble coÌ„plexion or that haue ben longe sycke or be very aged for than the said blud lettyng is vnholsome bicause hit augmenteth rawenes for the blud that obserueth hete is drawen out and so the body is made colde and the humours more rawe Therfore the bloud must be left to digest these rawe humours The .iiij. is vndue disposicion of the aire eyther to hotte or to colde for moche hete causethe stronge resolucion and great colde maketh the blud thicke and vnapte to issue or auoyde Quid debes facere quando vis fleubothomarâ— Vel quando minuis fueris vel quando minutus Vnctio sine potus lauachrum vel fascia motus Debent non fragili tibi singula mente teneri v. thynges in bloud lettyng This text declareth .v. thynges that ought to be done about bloud lettyng some before som at the tyme some after The first is anoyntyng whiche other while is vsed in the bloud lettyng as to anoynte the place or veyne that is opened to aswage the peyne somtyme hit is vsed after blud lettyng to kepe the gashe that it close nat vp to soone that the humours left in the
slepe yet that selfe heate can nat digest .ij. diuers thynges as the meate the suê‘fluites Than it foloweth that suche folke shulde eate lesse at souper If the bodyes of suche seme hole or elles be verye hole stronge without any sensibilite of superfluites auoydynge all through theyr vigour as myghty bygge men suche may eate more at soupper For the nature of these bodies labour only by nyghte to digest the meate receyued and nat to rype the superfluites for in a maner they haue none Also they labour onely to fortifie theyr bodies whiche waxethe more stronger by nyghte than by daye bicause the bludde and corporall spiritis be ingendred by nyght in a more quantite and better deuided throughe out the bodye If the bodies be nat greatly disposed as is rehersed but are disposed to be lyghtly sicke Than whether they trauayle and labour sore coÌ„tinually with theyr armes and handes or nat hit is best they eate more at dyner than at soupper For meate is nat onely taken to norishe restore the body but also to make moyste to ouer sprynkylle and water the membres that through great labour and trauaile they waxe nat drie and lyke wyse to withstaÌ„de the dissolution of naturall heate Nor suche trauayle labour letteth nat theyr true digestion For we se by experience that they eate twyse or thryse in a daye with good appetite and good digestion If the bodies be nat apte nor disposed to labour coÌ„tinually as the bodies afore rehersed hit may chance .ij. wayes For either they labour very sore but nat continually or they labour febly wherby suê‘fluites encreace They that trauayle moche as in rydyÌ„ge or goynge aboute theyr worldlye busynes shulde eate more at soupper than at dyner bycause the vnaccustomed great trauaile wolde nat suffre the meate taken at dyner to digest but corrupte hit Yea and farther through superfluous mocion the naturall heate is disolued spredde in euery meÌ„bre of the body whiche in the nyghte draweth to the inwarde partis of the body and is the principall cause of good digestion And therfore a good and a large soupper is more expedient for them than a large dyner Also the same ê‘sons were nat brought vp before this sesonne in suche great trauayle and therfore theyr bodyes are full of humidites whiche lyttell meate at dyner maye resyste the resolutions caused by great motions trauaile But in case they trauaile lyttell and easelye by the way to eate more at dyner thaÌ„ at soupper is best as hit is declared in sicke bodies for they most coÌ„monly are feble bothe of coÌ„plection of digestion and the heate and lyght of the sonne coÌ„forte theyr naturall heate and spiritis Also the reason herof is this the corporall cuÌ„dites and passages by day are open wherfore the suê‘fluites of the body are sooner expulsed by daye than by nyghte Farther they ought to eate but lyttell meate by nyght for thaÌ„ nature is greatly occupied to digest rawe humours the whiche slepe must digest and brynge to good poynt And though the digestion to digest and great repletions of meates and the superfluous humours be holpe by the night Yet neuer the lesse the streingthynge therof is nat sufficieÌ„t to digest great repletions of meates and also superfluous humours And weteth well the custome in eatyÌ„ge moche or lyttell at dyner or soupper oughte to be regarded and kepte For custome is good and necessary for helthe of the body and to cure sickenes as appereth li.ij of sharpe diseases For sodeyne change of custome is very hurtfull and specially for olde folkes For nature can nat beare nor yet suffre sodeyne mutation And thus it is well proued that we ought to eate more at dyner than at soupper and that bicause sickenesses are most coÌ„monly materialles yet for all that if a man coude be contented with one repast in a day it were better to take it at soupper than at dyner so that he be nat diseased in the eies or the brayne for than it were better to take it at dyner than at soupper For the repletion of the soupper hurtethe sore the brayne and the eies And witteth well that nat onely the repletion of the soupper hurteth the stomacke but also al maner of other repletions For they ingendre opylations feuers putrifactions the lepre and vndigested humours And Auicen in the .xiij. dist of his .iij. boke and chap. of thinges that hurte the stomake sayth that al maner of repletions hurt the stomake nor the great eater by repletion augmenteth nat his bodye for he digesteth nat his meate but he that eateth moderately hath alwayes some appetite increaseth his body for he digesteth well his meate Therfore we ought to take good hede we hurte nat our stomake by ouer moche repletion nor that we make nat our selfe poursye and the pulse to beate more vehemently In lyke maner repletion that ingeÌ„dreth lothynge of meate ought principally to be eschewed but specially whan it cometh of ill meates For if hit come by ill meates hit ingendreth payne in the ioyntes in the raynes in the liuer and the goute and generally al other fleumatike diseases And if it come by clene meates it ingeÌ„dreth sharpe feuers and hotte impostumes It foloweth than that this repletion muste be eschewed aboue al other For it greueth both soule and body Secondly we muste take hede we ouer fylle nat our stomakes and vtterly distroye our appetite but we muste kepe some appetite and specially they that haue a stroÌ„ge and a good appetite Some there be that haue a feble appetite these ought to eate more than their appetite requireth Tu nunquam comedas stomachum nisi noueris ante Purgatum vacuumqueâ—ibo quem sumpseris ante Ex desiderio poteris cognoscere certo Hec tria sunt signa subtilis in ore dieta Here are certeine coÌ„mandementes whiche man desyrynge helth muste of necessite obserue kepe more duely than eate or drynke The fyrste is he shulde eate no maner of meates without his stomake be net and purged of all yll humours by vomet or other coÌ„uenient wayes For if a man receyue meate with corrupte humours in to his stomake they wyll myngle them selfe to gether and cause the meate newely eaten to corrupt The seconde is to eate no more tyll the fyrst meate eaten be digested and auoyded out of the stomake For there is nothynge more hurtfull to mans bodye than to caste meate vpon meate nat digested but only begunne to be digested For the meate last taken shall let the digestioÌ„ of that that was first eaten and the digestion of the meate firste taken shal be first finyshed whiche departeth to the lyuer by the veines called miseraikes and therewith cariethe the meate laste taken nat yet well digested Wherof rawe humours and vndigested be multiplied in mans bodye Farther in the texte are put .ij. tokens to knowe whan the stomake is voide of the meate before taken The fyrste is verye hunger And for a knowlege
the meÌ„bres Therfore if we begynne with wyne for that nature greatly desirethe hit for the great norishemeÌ„t therof the suê‘fluites to gether with the wyne drawen of the stomake are drawen to the parties of the bodye but nature so desirously draweth nat ale Lyke wyse ale washeth the humours haÌ„gynge about the brymme of the stomake And for this cause phisitions counsaile that whan one is moste hungrye he shulde fyrste assay to vomite or he eate any meate that those suê‘fluites draweÌ„ to gether of the hungrye stomake may be voided out leste they be myngled with the meate Lyke wyse he that feareth to be thyrsty by superfluous drinkynge of water shulde drinke ale For it queÌ„cheth vnnaturall thyrste Temporibus veris modicum prandere iuvÌ„eris Sed calor estatis dapibus nocet immoderatis Autumni fructus caueas ne sint tibi luctus De mensa sume quantum vis tempore Brume Here is determined what quaÌ„tite of meate shuld be eaten Diete after the .iiii. seasons of the yere after the diuersite of the .iiij. seasons of the yere whiche are ver or springe tyme sommer autumne and wynter He saythe that in the tyme of ver we must eate littell meate The same wylleth Auicen sheweth the reason why bicause AuiceÌ„ ii.i. doct ii ca. vi iii.i doct v. de reg tpÌ„m cum recti auris saithe he in wynter mans body is nat greatly gyuen to labour and exercise through prohibution of resolutioÌ„ rawe humours are encreased and specially fleumatike whiche after the ê“portion of the season thaÌ„ specially be engendred whiche humours by reason of colde are enclosed in the bodye But whaÌ„ ver or spryngetyme cometh it causeth these rawe humours gethered to gether to melte and sprede throughe all the body wherfore nature is than greatelye occupied in digestynge of them Therfore in ver season if one eate moche meate hit letteth nature to digeste suche fleumatike humours and shulde be diuerted an other way for by these humours and great quaÌ„tite of meate nature shuld be ouer pressed And so suche humours shulde remayne in the body vndigested and runnynge to some membre shulde cause some disease there And therfore we oughte to take good hede that we eate no greatte quantite of meate in ver For diminishion of meate in this season is a speciall preseruation from diseases reynynge in ver as Auicen saythe ij.j the place before allegate And this sayenge is of a trouthe from the myddes to the ende of ver and nat in the begynnyng for the begynnynge of ver is lykened to wynter wherfore than one maye norishe the body as well as in wynter And this also may be vnderstande whan vere fynde the body full of humours than meate is to be gyuen after the naturall heate and resolution that is caused of the body for than the cause is auoided for whiche meate shuld be diminished And the same willeth Hipp. j. aphorismoruÌ„ where he saithe Bealies in wynter and vere are mooste hotte and slepe most longe Therfore in those seasons for the naturall heate is moche therfore hit nedeth larger norishement Secondly he saythe that to eate to moche meate in somer is hurtefull bycause than the vertue of digestion is feble For the spiritis and naturall heate whiche are the instumentes of corporall operation are than ryght feble sparcled and resolute throughe outwarde heate vehemently drawyng them to the exterior partis and contrary wyse moche meate can nat be digested And here is to be noted that for the vehemeÌ„t resolution of humidites as well substaÌ„ciall as mutrymentall of the bodye grosser and more meate in soÌ„mer shulde be eaten if the night digestiue coulde digeste so moche meate but bycause nature can nat digeste moche at ones we muste eate a lyttell and ofte The reasoÌ„ that one oughte to eate lytel meate in sommer as Galen saythe in the coÌ„meÌ„t of this Canon Et quibus semel aut bis c. In soÌ„mer we must eate many tymes and lyttell many tymes bicause the body hath nede through ofte dissolution a lyttell for defaute of digestion And al though littell meate shulde be eaten in the sommer yet one maye drynke moche for than is greatter resolution and drought of the body and the naturall heate of the bodye excedeth the moysture therof and man is more thyrsty than than other tymes But yet than one oughte to drynke lesse wyne specially if hit be pure for suche wyne soone enflameth and causeth the naturall heate hatte by the ardent heate of soÌ„mer to burne and therfore if we drynke wyne we muste myngle hit with moche water and we muste forbeare olde stronge wyne Thyrdly he sayth To auoide eatynge of frutes in AutuÌ„ne that in AutuÌ„ne we ought to beware of frutes specially of the same season as grapis peches figgis and suche like or at leaste to eate but littell of them for suche frutis engendre bludde apte to putrifie through the boyllyng that they make in the body humours specially if they be receyued in to an vnclene stomake or a corrupt body whiche for the most part chanceth in autumne And so than yll and fylthy diseases are engendred as the pockes and other pestilent sickenesses Yet for a farther knowlege of the regiment of meate and drynke in Autumne wytteth well that in haruest hunger and thyrste shulde be eschewed to eate moche meate at one meale as Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ sayth cap. de reg corporis secundum tpÌ„s The wyne also that is dronke in haruest shulde be alayde with moche water that hit may moyst the bodye and cole the heate but nat so superfluously alayde with water than as in soÌ„mer nor to be than dronke so superfluouslye for thaÌ„ nature febled is nat able to welde and digeste it and to moche alayenge with water wolde distroye naturall heate encreace veÌ„tosites wherby the colike may be engeÌ„dred Fourthly he saithe that in wynter we maye eate as moche as we wyll that is to say more thaÌ„ in other seasons after the mynde of Auicen in iij.j the place afore allegate And Galen sayth in the canon of the aphoris Eâ— quibus semel aut c. In wynter moche meate leiserly shulde be eaten The reason is bycause the heate of our body in wynter is strongest both by reason hit is conieled to gether and fortified by position of his contrarie that is to say the coldnes of the aier enuironynge our bodies about And this is verified in bygge bodies fleshie and nat in bare and feble for on suche bodies coldenes of wynter enclined doth nat coÌ„forte with heate but feblethe them more For in wynter as Hippocrates saith bealies be hottest of nature and slepe moste longe Hit foloweth that the grosser norishementis and harder of digestion are holsomer in wynter than in other seasons by cause the heate is stronger But the wyne that we muste drynke than oughte to be ruddye as a rose and nat white and alayde with a
impostumes brede in the body or in a meÌ„bre hurt the humours flowe thervnto But Auicen assigneth an other cause that by suche slepe may chance coÌ„fraction of the meÌ„bres The cause may be as Galen sayth that slepe is vnholsome in the ague fyt for natural hete goth inward Gal. ii apho suê‘ illo In quo c. and the out ward ê‘tis waxe colde the fumes remayne vnconsumed wherby the rigour is augmented and the feuer fyt ê“longed Also by mouyng of the humours iÌ„ lettyÌ„g of blud fumes are reised vp to the senowes and braunes of the armes whiche remaynyng vnconsumed waxe colde in slepe and ingrosse in the vtter partes And therfore if one slepe iÌ„mediately after lettyng of blud they cause confraction of the senowes and braunes of tharmes Secondly he sayth that one in lettyng blud must beware that he make nat the gashe to depe lest he hurt a senowe or an arterie strynge vnder the veyne for hurtyng of a senowe causeth a mortal crampe or losse of a meÌ„bre as an arme or a fynger and hurt of an arteri strynge causeth bledyng vncurable The .iiij. is one ought nat to eate iÌ„mediatly aft he is let blud but he must tary tyll the humors in hym be in qete lest the meate er hit be digested be drawen together with the blud to succour the hurt membre Omnia de lacte vitabis rite minute Et vitet potum fleubothomatus homo Frigida vitabit quia sunt inimica minutis Interdictus erit minutis nubilus aer Spiritus exultat minutis luce per auras subtile to ruÌ„ne through out al the body outcept the matter be furious The .ii. is abuÌ„dance of the mattâ—er for GaleÌ„ sayth on the aphorisme Inchoantilus morbis c. that it is than behoueful to be let blud or take a medicine laxatiue to alleuiate nature loded with abuÌ„dance of mattier The .iii. is greatnes sharpenes of the sickenes as whan there is a great an acheful impostume though the mattier be lyttel Gal. xiii 〈…〉 For GaleÌ„ sayth if the impostume be great ye must let blud at the begynnyng though there be but lyttel mattier lest it breke or open er it be rype therfore to eschewe many incoÌ„uenieÌ„ces blud lettyng must be done 〈◊〉 is so 〈…〉 eyther to 〈◊〉 or deth 〈◊〉 The .ii. rule is that blud lettyÌ„g may nat be done on the day of mocioÌ„ of the sickenes as in crisis nor no other vacuacion nor diuertyng of mattier froÌ„ the place that nature sendeth it to Nor like wise in the ague fyt For Galen sayth .i. aph that whaÌ„ the sickenes is in hit estate neyther blud lettyng nor laxatiue shulde be done for than the matter rypeth whiche rypeth better by quietnes thaâ—â—rryng The .iii. rule is that lettyng of blud shuld nat be done in begyÌ„nyng of the sickenes whan crisis is remoued for Isaac saith in his boke of vrins that though the hart be the engeÌ„drer of the blud spiritis yet the blud is fundacioÌ„ of natural hete susteyneth hit for hete is naturally therof engendred and therfore one voydyng blud voydeth hete whiche shulde digest the mattier of the sickenes and so coÌ„sequently the sickenes is proloÌ„ged strengthe weaked And therfore hit is to drede lest through lengthynge of the sickenes and weakyng of the streÌ„gthe nature shuld fayle The .iiii. rule is that the body hauyng dregges or filth iÌ„ the guttis shuld nat be let blud The cause is there be .iii. thyÌ„ges that draw to them hete emptynes all the shap nowe the veynes eÌ„pted by lettyng of blud dawe to them froÌ„ the next meÌ„bres as the guttis stomake wherby that bealy is indurated the mattier in the veynes more infected the miseraike draweth the humidites of the ordeurs the ordeurs are dried the more therfor ye must fyrst mollifie the bealy with clisters or suppositories except it waxe laxatiue alone The .v. rule is That lettyng of blud shulde nat be moche vsed for by oft vsyng therof one waxyng olde falleth in to dyuers diseases as epilencie apoplexie and palsey for by remouyng of the blud hete many flematike suê‘fluites are engendred that cause these diseases The .vi. rule is that a woman meÌ„struate or with childe shuld nat be let blud A womaÌ„ with childe shuld nat for therby the hete that digesteth meate is diminâ— and the foode of that that she goth with taken away specially whan it that she goth with waxeth great for thaÌ„ it nedeth more foode This sayth Hippocrates .v. aph whaÌ„ the menstruosite kepeth due curse voydeth naturally inough lettyÌ„g of blud shuld nat be done but whan it voydeth to moche than to diuert the mattier it must be done for nature wolde nat be let of her operacion The .vii. rule is that after the colerike passion one shuld nat be let blud for bi reason that lettyng of blud sturreth vp the humors a colerike on the right side of the body staÌ„deth the meÌ„bre that engendreth blud that is the lyuer and the receptacle of coler the galle AutuÌ„ne engeÌ„dreth melancoly whiche is gethered to gether nat resolued by wenter therfore in verÌ„ and wynter those veynes shuld be let blud in whiche melaÌ„coly hath dominion whiche be the lyft side veynes for the splen is on the lyft syde of the body whiche is the receptacle of melaÌ„coly Secondly he sayth that these .iiii. meÌ„bres the heed the hart the fote and the lyuer after the .iiii. seasons of the yere must be empted the hart in verÌ„ the lyuer in somer the heed iÌ„ wynter and the fote in autumne Dat saluatella tibi plurima dona minuta Purgat epar splenem pectus precordia vocem Innaturalem tollit de corde dolorem Here he toucheth .vi. coÌ„modites that come by lettyng blud of the veyâ—e called saluatella hit is the veyne on the backe of the haÌ„de betwene the myddyll fynger rynge fynger Fyrst it purgeth the lyuer SecoÌ„dly it cleÌ„setâ—â—ene Thyrdly it muÌ„difieth the breast Fourthly hit preserueth the stomakes mouthe froÌ„ hurt Fyftly hit doth away hurt of the voyce Sixtly hit doth away vnnaturall ache of the hart The reason of all these coÌ„modites is bicause the forsayd veyne auoydeth blud froÌ„ al these places as after it shall appere For a more ample declaracion hit is to witte that in lettyng of blud other while the veynes be opend and somtyme the arteries The openyÌ„g of the arterie is daÌ„gerous the chiefe cause hereof is the ouermoche bledyng whiche is caused .ii. ways One is through ferueÌ„t hete of the arterie blud for a hotte thyng is soone mouable delateth openeth the arterie and therfore hit helpeth moche to voyde the blud in lettyng blud the arterie The .ii. cause is mobilite of the arterie and therfore the wouÌ„de or gashe in it is slowlier healed for wouÌ„des without rest can nat heale Yet this lettyÌ„g of blud is holsome .iii. maner wise Fyrst whan there is abuÌ„daÌ„ce of subtile blud iÌ„ the body SecoÌ„dly
hereof witteth well that there is ij maner of hungers very hunger and feyned hunger Very hunger is discriued by Galen in the coÌ„ment of the canon of the aphorisme Indigentia non oportet c. Very hunger saythe he is whan a man nedeth meate But fayned hunger is an appetite to haue meate thoughe the bodye hath no nede therof And as verye hunger cometh by contraction and corrugation of the veynes procedyÌ„ge from the mouthe of the stomake by sugillation of the membres nedynge meate so in lyke wyse feyned hunger is wonte to be caused of them that coÌ„strayne that they shulde ê“uoke the mouthe of the stomake the membres hauyng no nede of foode as by colde thynges harde or sharpe And of this signe .ij. precept precedent Auicen iij.j doct .ij. cap. de eo quod c. saythe No man ought to eate but after he hath a luste Nor he shulde nat tarye longe therin whan lust pricketh onles it be a feyned luste as the luste of kronkers or suche whose stomake aborrethe meate For to endure hunger longe fylleth the stomake with putrified humours And after in the same chap. he saythe That who so euer loue their helth shulde neuer eate tyll they haue a sure luste nor tylle theyr stomake and vppermoste entrayles be voided of the fyrste foode For the dangerust thinge that may chance mans body is to receiue meate vpon dndigested meate The .ij. that signifieth true luste or very hunger is sklendre diete precedeÌ„t that is small sustinaÌ„ce before taken for whaÌ„ hunger foloweth there vpoÌ„ it is verye true hunger Farther more knowe ye that to eate moche and of sondry meates mixed to gether at one repaste or refection is worste of all as fleshe and fishe chekyns and porke and after to ê“longe the tyme in eatyng For the first meate begynnethe nowe to digest whan the other are brought to the table and so the partis of the meate are vnlyke in digestion So that the fyrste taken are digested or the last taken come to the myddes of theyr digestynge And this causethe that some partis corrupt other some And this thyng AuiceÌ„ iij.j. doct cap. ij de eo c. warneth sayeng There is nothynge more dangerous than to myngle diuers sustinances to gether and after to prolonge the tyme in eatynge For whan the laste meate is receyued the fyrste is welnere digested Therfore the said meates in diuers of theyr partis as touchyÌ„g digestion be nat lyke But yet witteth well that prolongynge of tyme in eatynge moderately as an houre space to chawe and swolowe our meate well â—loÌ„ginge â—ne at â—ynet is allowable helpeth moche to the conseruation of helthe For good chawynge and swalowynge downe is as halfe a digestion And ill chawyng of the meate doth either let digestioÌ„ orels doth greatly hyndre it But prolongynge of tyme in eatynge with talkynge and tellynge of tales .ij. or .iij. houres is ryght hurtfull therof are ingendred the diseases before rehersed Persica poma pira lac caseus et caro salsa Et caro ceruina leporina caprina bouina Hec melancolica sunt infitmis inimica Here are declared .x. maner of meates or foodes that ingendre melancolye and are vnholsome for sicke folkes Of whiche the fyrst is eatynge of peches Eatyng of peches Wherof Galen .ij. alimentorÌ„ cap. ix sayth the ieuce of peches and their materiall substance is soone corrupted and vtterly yll Wherfore they ought nat as some say to be eateÌ„ aft other meate For they swymmynge aboue are corrupted But this oughte to be mynded whiche is a commune thynge that all that is moyst slyppery lightly gothe vnder shulde be eaten fyrste and so shulde peches whiche swyftely go to the bottum of the stomake and make way for the meates that come after But whan they be eaten last they corrupte them selfe and the other meates And thus it appereth that this sayenge ought to be vnderstaÌ„de of peches eaten after other meate For whan they be eaten before meate they be good for the stomake mollifie the bealye and prouoke the appetite as Auicen in the .ij. Canon chap. of peches saythe Ripe peches be good for the stomake gyueth an appetite to meate And farther he saithe They ouhgte nat to be eaten after other meate for they corrupt after but they must be eaten before Like wyse Serapion in the chaptre of peches by auctorite of Dioscorides saithe Rype peches are good for the stomake and they mollifie the bealy But whan they be nat rype they make a man costiue and whan they be drie they bynde sorer And decoction made of drie peches and dronken doth let the flowynge of humidites to the stomake bealy And the pouder of peches cast vpoÌ„ the place where one bledeth stancheth the bludde And al though peches haue these medicinable vertues aforsaid yet bicause they ingeÌ„dre putrified humours they be hurtfull to sicke folkes and specially whaÌ„ they be nat taken dewly Peches be colde in the fyrste degree and moyst in the seconde The seconde is peres or eatyng of peres The cause is Eatyng of peres for peres and generally al maner of newe and rawe frute fylle the bludde with water boylynge vp in the body And so prepareth the bludde to putrifie and by consequens hurtfull for sicke folkes Peres as Auicen in .ij. canonÌ„ and chap. of them sayth engendre the colicke But yet peres aboue all frute make folke fatte And therfore hogges fedde with peres are made fatter thaÌ„ with any other frute And bicause peres ingeÌ„dre ventosites and so cause the colicke therfore they be vsed to be eateÌ„ with suche frute that breake or auoide ventosites or elles to withstaÌ„de the ill operation of these frutes drynke after them a draughte of olde wyne of good sauour And the sweter sauour that peres haue the more doulce the better they be And also sodde peres be better thaÌ„ rawe and they may be sodde with anys sede fenell sede suger The thirde is eatynge of apples Eatyng of apples whiche as Auicen saythe .ij. canÌ„ cap. j. to eate often and moche cause ache of the senowes And also apples haue an yll ê“prete in engeÌ„dryng ventosites in the seconde digestion wherfore they be vnholsome for sicke folkes And also for lyke cause as hit is before sayde of peres And these sayenges of peres and apples oughte speciallye to be vnderstande whan they be rawe and nat whan they be sodde or roste And nat only these frutes shulde be eschewed of them that be sycke but also all other frutes that fyll the bludde with boylynge water as newe frute whose ieuce boylethe in mans bodye as hit were must or newe wyne And ieuce of frute boyle without in a vessell and that is through the hete of the sonne that remayneth in them whan they ryped These newe frutes through boylynge of their ieuce cause the bludde to putrifie All though whaÌ„ they be eaten they comfort a mans bodye with theyr moysture And
cole wortes homlockes and suche lyke and of trees as fygge trees walnutte trees Farther the aier is to be chosen wherin the wynde blowethe from highe or egall gronde And also we ought to take good heed that the aier excede nat in any of his fyrste qualitees that is in heate colde moystute and droughte whiche if hit chance hit muste be tempered by craft as moche as is possible These thynges Auicen teacheth .ii. primi doct ii de diuersis St tibi serotina noceat potatio vina Hora matutina rebibas et erit medicina This texte teacheth one doctrine whiche is if a maÌ„ be diseased by dryÌ„kynge of wyne ouer nyght He muste on the morowe a freshe drynke wyne agayne For either drynkynge of wyne ouer nyght causeth dronkeÌ„nes thyrst in the mornynge or inflaÌ„mation of the body If hit inflaÌ„me the bodye than hit is ryghte vnholsome agayne in the mornynge to drinke wyne a freshe for that were to lay fyre to fire But if one happe to be dronke there with parbrake a lyttell than hit were holsome to drynke wyne agayne a freshe in the mornynge For the drynkynge of wyne agayne than dothe lyghtly cause one to vomite wherby the stomake is clensed For by that clensynge the hurt of droÌ„kennes and parbrakynge gothe lyghtly awaye And therfore Hippocrates counsayleth to be dronken ones a moneth that of the dronkennes may come vomite whiche thynge preserueth vs from yll diseases of longe continuance If drynkynge of wyne ouer eue hurte one and that by reason he is nat accustomed to drynke wyne than he maye drinke wyne in the mornynge to accustome hym and so the drinkynge of wyne shal lesse hurt hym For as Hippocrates sayth Hipp. ii aphorismo Ex multo teÌ„pore c. of a customable thyng cometh lesse grefe But in case that thyrstynes in the mornynge foloweth on drynkynge of wyne ouer eue than to drynke water in the mornynge shulde coole his thirst better For as moche as we haue spoken of hurte commynge by drynkynke of wyne witteth well that a ê‘sone hauynge a feble brayne and eke of what so euer other condicion he be he oughte moste circumspectly to beware of dronkennes For ofte dronkeÌ„nes as Auicen saith Auic iii. i ca. de regi de aque vini Sixe incoÌ„ueniences engendred of dronkennes causeth .vj. inconueniences Of whom the fyrste is corruption of the lyuers coÌ„plection For wyne excessiuely taken comynge to the lyuer resolueth the heate therof wherby the lyuer loseth his naturall generation of bludde and in stede of blud engendreth wattrishenes causynge the dropsye or hit cuttethe the lyuer or the humours therof wherby lepre or wodnes is engendred The .ij. is corruption of the braynes complection throughe thycke and continuall assendynge of fumes of the wyne therto disposynge the hotte brayne to wodnes and frenesye the colde to the fallynge yuel forgetfulnes and palsey The .iij. is weakes of the senowes For we se that these dronkerdes as well in youth as in age haue the palsey in the heed other theyr meÌ„bres The .iiij. is diseases of the senowes as the crampe palsey For suê‘fluous drynkynge of wyne oftymes tourneth to vineger in the stomake whiche hourtethe the senowes Also often tymes for faute of digestion hit tourneth in to vndigested wattrishenes whiche mollifieth the senowes And often tymes it enduceth grosse humours to the senowes wherby they be stretched out or drawen to gether The .v. is the palsey through humidites of the brayne encreased by the wyne so that they stoppe holly the wayes of the lyfely spiritis procedynge from the brayne to the other membres The .vj. is sodeyne dethe for whyle the dronkerde snortethe or slepethe his wynde pipes through abundaÌ„ce of wyne or humidites therof engendred are closed wherby he is sodaynly strangled And though the immoderate drynkynge of wyne causeth the forsaid incoÌ„uenieÌ„ses Yet wyne moderatly taken is holsome diuers wayes And AuiceÌ„ in the afore allegate chap. reherseth .v. bonties of wyne moderatly dronke The fyrste is â— bonties of wyne moderatly dronke that hit easely conueyeth the meate that hit is myngled with to al the meÌ„bres of the body through the heate subtillite and hyd conuenient proprete therof The .ij. is hit digestethe fleume and resolueth hit throughe the heate and subtilite of his substance makynge hit apte to auoyde out openynge the wayes and coÌ„fortynge nature to driue hit out The .iij. is hit auoydeth redde colour by vrine and by other insensible vacuations as swette and suche lyke And this is to be vnderstande of claret wyne or whyte that is feble of his nature or alayde with water or elles hit wolde encreace coler by tournynge it selfe in to coler and inflaÌ„mation of the lyuer The .iiij. is hit makethe melancoly whiche is grosse and moueth slowely easelye to slyde by hit propre pypes from the liuer to the splene and from the splene to the brymme of the stomake and at last with the dregges to auoyde out of the body And hit declineth or represseth the hurte of melaÌ„coly through contrariousnes of complection and maner of substance in the effectis therof For melancoly engeÌ„dreth heuynes feintnes of harte couetousnes Propreties of melancoly and of wyne But wyne engendreth ioye boldnes stoutnes of stomake and liberalite The .v. is hit resoluethe all causes of werynes outcepte it be myxt with some other heate For wyne reuiueth the resolute spiritis agayne abundantly and comfortethe naturall vertue and taketh awaye or diminishethe humidites lefte in the musculs senowes of the harte or in the ioyntes And if the body dryed by werynes nedeth moystynge wyne moystethe hit quickely so it be alaide with water Farther more besides these wyne hath many other good propretees For aboue all other thyÌ„ges wyne is a swefte and a sodaine nourisher hit comforteth the heate and naturall spirite and heteth all the bodye hit clereth the wytte appeseth anger putteth away heuynes and stereth to bodily lust And no dryÌ„ke digesteth rawe humours so well And wyne maketh one manlye bothe in stomake and body And they that drynke no wyne are nothyng in regarde of theyr equals that drynke wyne neyther in stomake nor corage Gignit et humores melius vinum meliores Si fuerit nigrum corpus reddit tibi pigrum Vinum sit clarumque vetus subtile maturum Ac bene limphatum saliens moderamine sumptum This texte declarethe one doctrine of wyne and that is the better wyne is the better humours it engeÌ„dreth The cause is for blacke wyne is more grosse and erthie than other therfore the spiritis therof engendred be grosse Like as hit is proued by Gal. sayenge before Grosse spiritis make the body heuy or slowe vii doctrines to choâ— wyne And farther ther are put .vij. doctrines touchynge election of wyne The firste is the wyne ought to be clere For suche wyne by reason that hit is subtile engendreth subtile and clere spiritis The .ij. is hit ought to
before sayde Ilia porcorum bona sunt mala sunt reliquorum This texte saythe that hogge tripes be better than of other beastis The reason is by cause we eate fewe entrayles outcepte they be full of blud and of verye fatte beastis as hogges be Nowe only hoggis bludde through the complexion and similitude of complexion with mans nature is bludde of whiche the bowels be fylled And lyke wyse hoggis be soner fatte than any other bestis Therfore we eate rather the tripes chitterlȳges of an hogge than of other bestis Impedit vrinam mustum soluit cito ventrem Epatis infraxim splenis generat lapidemque This texte openeth .v. incōueniēces that growe by drynkynge of newe wyne or muste The firste is that muste letteth the vrine and this may be vnderstande .ij. wayes Fyrste for grosse muste throughe his grosnes myxed with the dregges stoppethe the lyuer and the raynes so that the vrine can nat easely haue hit course Secondly hit lettethe the vrine of hit due course as some reinnyshe muste doth and certeyne other subtile wynes lyke wyse For there is some reynnyshe must that whose lyes are mordicāt or bytynge while hit runneth in to the bladder the erthye lyes byte and pricke the bladder and cōstrayne one to pisse contrarie to the due order and maner that he was wonte to do The .ij. is hit losethe the bealye by reason that hit scoureth the entrayles through the sharpnes of hit lyes hit pricketh the guttis to voide out the ordeurs fyrste through mordicatenes of the lyes Secondly through vētosite whiche suche wyne causethe Thyrdlye by reason hit maketh the guttis slyppry by way of vndigestiblenes and grefe of the stomake wherfore the stomake leuseth and openethe the wayes that were shutte The .iij. is that muste hurtethe the good cōplection of the lyuer For hit stoppeth the lyuer through moche mynglynge of hit lyes and causeth disease in the lyuer called dissenteria through swellynge wherby the lyuer is febled Thus sayth Auicen iii.i ca. de reg aque vini And thus it engēdrethe an yll colour and yll diseases of the lyuer that is to say spices of the dropsy The .iiij. is that muste hurtethe the splene and disposition therof throughe the same cause that hit dothe the lyuer for hit stoppeth the splene and so causethe it to be harde The .v. is that must engēdreth the stone and specially that is in the reines whiche is ruddy and lyghtly frangyble by reason of opilation that hit causeth by hit grosse substance And this is certeyne if the muste be of very swete wynes whose lyes be nothynge bytynge or sharpe For muste that hath sharpe bytynge lyes preserueth a man from the stone for hit makethe one to pysse often as some reinyshe must that causethe sande or grauel to be sene in the vrine ofte prouokynge one to make water whiche ofte makynge of water wassheth away the small grauell that cleueth to a mans raynes and so auoydeth hit Potus aque sumptus sit edenti valoe nociuus Infrigidat stomachum cibum nititur fore crudum Here are declared .ij. hurtes hurtis that comme by drynkynge of water that come by drynkynge of water The fyrste is that drynkynge of water hurteth ones stomake that eateth by reason that water cooleth and leusethe the stomake and specially hit distroyeth the appetite The .ij. is that drynkynge of water with meate lettethe digestiō for it maketh the meate receiued rawyshe After the mynde of Auicen Auic iii. i ca. de reg eiu◠quod comeditur Auic ca. de regi aque et vini sayenge Nor after meate moche water shulde nat be dronken For hit deuideth the stomake and the meate and causeth hit to swymme in the stomake And he saith And whan nature dothe digeste meate and that sufficient quātite of water be myngled therwith than after that if we drynke more water hit letteth very moche the digestion that was begonne And agayne Auicen saythe Auicen ii can tract i. cap. iiii that drynkynge of water shulde be eschewed outcepte hit be to helpe the meate downe whan hit stycketh or discendeth slowelye But with meate water shulde neuer be takē or vsed Auerrois in his cōment sheweth the reason whan we receyue water vpon meate hit maketh the stomake colde or it be through hotte and maketh the meate rawyshe and eke causeth the meate to swym in the stomake and hit is the cause that the meate stycketh nat fast there as it shulde digest as hit cōueniently shulde The operation of the stomake is to make a good myxion of thynges receyued there in and to digest them well That done there foloweth an ordinarie and a naturall seperation of pure vnpure thynges And as a greatte quantite of water put in a potte slakethe the sythynge of the meate therin so lyke wyse hit chanceth in the stomake by drynkynge of moche water But to drynke a lyttell quantite of colde water with our meate before it descende downe in to the stomake is nat forbydden but allowable specially if we be very thyrsty for a littel quātite of colde wat takē after the forsayde maner easethe the stomake and quenchethe thyrste The coldnes of the water enforcethe the heate of man to descēde to the very bottum of the stomake and so fortifieth the digestion therof Thus saith Auicē in the aboue allegate placis But witteth well that though water be more cōuenient to quenche thyrste than wyne yet wyne for a mans helthe is more holsome than water And though water vniuersally quenche thyrste better than wyne bycause hit is colde and moyst yet to make naturall and good cōmixion of meates and to cōueie them to the extreme partis of mans body wyne is better thā water For wyne through his subtile substāce and operation myngleth it selfe better with the meate than water doth and nature delyteth more in wyne than in water therfore the mēbres drawe wyne more sooner vnto them mynglynge hit with the meate This mixynge in this maner is as a boylynge or sethyng of thynges to gether whiche is greatly holpe by the heate of the wyne but warer with hit coldnes letteth hit So than it appereth that wyne in mynglynge with meate and delatynge of the same is better than water For wyne by reason of hit subtilite of substance and vertuous heate is a marueylous percer And so by consequens wine delateth or spreadeth more thā water wherin is no vertuous heate nor substance of ayre nor fire the water letteth the passage therof Farther water is nat so holsome drynke as wyne for water hyndrethe the norishement of the bodye by reason hit nouryshethe verye lyttell or nothynge at all So that the more wattrysshe that meate is the lesse hit norisheth Therfore hit is very holsome to drynke wyne with our meate for hit doth nat hynder norishement but greatlye fordreth hit for wyne is a speciall norishemēt and restoratiue and norisheth sweftely as hit is afore sayd Farther ye shall
is harde of digestion and stereth one to vomite that by reasoÌ„ of hit calidite But the .iij. nutte that is the nutte of the crosse bowe is dethe for the crosse bowe sleethe men Orels we maye vnderstande the nutte methel whiche as Auicen saythe is venomous wherfore hit sleeth Adde potum piro nux est medicina veneno Fert pira nostra pirus sine vino sunt pira virus Si pira sunt virus sit meledicta pirus Si coquas antidotum pira sunt sed cruda venenum Cruda grauant stomachum eleuant pira cocta grauatuÌ„ Post pira da potum post pomum vade fecatum In the fyrste verse here he lerneth vs to drynke wyne after peres For peres as is before sufficientlye declared engendre ventosite and of theyr proprete cause the colyke and engendre blud fulle of aquosite and therfore with them one shulde drynke stronge wyne whiche consumethe ventosites and aquosites engeÌ„dred of peres Secondly the texte sayth that nuttis is a remedye agaynst venome as hath bene shewed at Allea nux c. Farther in the .ij. and .iij. verse he shewethe that peres eateÌ„ without wyne are venomous that is hurtfull to mans nature the cause is shewed in the fyrst verse Yet for al that peres be nat venomous simply for if they were they slee and peres so doynge are accursed In the .iiij. verse he shewethe that rawe peres are venomous that is hurtful for they make the humours to boyle and cause the colike sleme skabbe Yet if they be sodde they be medicinable in maner as is before said that is to saye with wyne and specially eaten after other meate for so they expulce the dregges In the .v. verse he sayth that rawe peres greue the stomake for they let his digestion and inflate but sodde peres releue the stomake greued and dispose hit naturally In the last verse are .ij. thynges The fyrste is after peres we must drynke for the cause before sayde The .ij. is that after eatynge of appuls we muste go to siege for Auicen saythe Auicen .ii. can ca. de pontis If swete or sower appuls fynde any grosse humours in the stomake they force them to discende from thence to the guttis for appuls are moche inflatiue and engendre ventosites whiche nature expelleth to the inferiour partis Cerusa si comedas tibi conâ—ett grandia dona Expurgans stomachum nucleus lapidem tibi tollit Et de carne sua sanguis eritque bonus Eatyng of cheries Here are declared .iij. commodites that come of cheris eatynge The fyrste is that cheris purge the stomake This some say is trouthe whan the stones be broken and eaten with al for these .ij. to gether of their proprete scoure and clense The .ij. is that the kyrnell of the cherie stone by his vertue breaketh the stone in ones raynes or bladder is eaten drie or made in mylke The .iij. is that the substance or meate of cheries engeÌ„dreth very good bludde comforteth and fattethe the bodye And this is proued by experience for we se that sparowes whiche are greatte eaters of cheries that in cherie tyme theyr lyuers be farre greatter thaÌ„ in other seasons wherby appereth that cheries encreace and coÌ„forte the lyuer Yet here is to be noted that there be .ij. sortes of cheris grosse smalle And eke of the grosse are .ij. sortes some are swete and some sower All doulce and smalle cheris are vnholsome for they lyghtlye corrupte and brede vermyn The grosse and sower cheries are called cina and of these are .ij. sortes Some be ruddye and softe of substance and suche must be eaten freshe and newe gethered and at begynnynge of dyner theyr nature is to scoure the stomake and to prouoke the appetite The other are blacke grosse and harde of substaÌ„ce and specially the sower And these shulde be eaten at the begynnynge of dyner or soupper The cause is for by theyr sowernes they close the mouthe of the stomake wherby better spedier digestioÌ„ foloweth Infrigidant laxant multum prosunt tibi prima Here he putteth .ij. vtilites coÌ„mynge by eatynge of prunes Fyrste prunes coole the bodye And therfore Portugals that dwelle in a hotte couÌ„tre alwaye with theyr meate sythe prunes The .ij. prunes cause one to laske by reasoÌ„ of theyr humidite claÌ„mines as Gal. saith Galen .ii. alimeÌ„toruÌ„ Auicen .ii. can ca. de prunis This is of trouth if they be rype for prunes that be nat rype be stypticall norishe lytell as Auicen saith And though damaske prunes haue the forsayde vtilites yet proprelye they be ascriued to prunes of Armeny For prunes of the countre of Armeny are better than any other And they vnbynde the wombe more vehemently than other as Auicen saythe For a more declaration ye shall vnderstande that rype prunes are vsed nat vnrype The beste prunes And prunes most holsome for mans nature be the longe ones that haue lyttell substance about the stone small harde in maner drie and the vtter skyn thynne they shulde nat be swete in taste but some what sower and of this sorte are Damaske prunes and suche refreshe and coole the body as sayde is There be many other sortes of prunes whose vse is nat accepted There be also prunes calledde wylde prunes whiche growe in the woddes these be nat laxatiue of them water is distilled to byÌ„de the wombe Prunes that are taken to make one to laske muste fyrste be layde in colde water for than they coole and moyst more perfectly and by slipperynes they leuse the coler that they come to and so the stomake is better disposed to receyue foode And here is to be noted that moyst prunes and newe are more alteratiue thoughe they be of worse norishement and of more superfluite but drie prunes coÌ„forte more and better nouryshe the body And as hit is sayde by prunes so after the maner is vnderstande of cheris Yet nat withandynge the humidite of cheris is subtiler and lesse claÌ„my wherby they norishe lesse than prunes Persica cum musto vobis datur ordine iusto Sumere sic est mos nucibus sociando racemos Passula non spleni tussi valet est bona reni Here be .iij. doctrines The fyrst is that with peches we shulde drynke muste for .ij. causes the fyrste is for must is hotte boyleth in our body whiche boylynge and heate the peche with it coldnes fordoth The .ij. cause is for peches be ryght colde and coole the bodye verye moche Therfore that wyne shulde be dronke vpon them whiche heateth more than other But that is muste that is knowen by experience The maner howe we shulde eate peches and other frutis is declared at Persica poma c. The .ij. doctrine is that with olde drie nuttis we must eate resyns For newe gethered nuttis are by them selfe holsome but olde dry nuttis are greatte driers through theyr vnctuosite they lyghtelye enflame the bodye wherfore with them
resyns must be eate whiche restrayne inflaÌ„mation drynes by reason they moyst And of nuttis is spoken more largely at Allea nux c. The .iij. doctrine is that resyns of corans hurt the splene for it causeth opilation therof yet they are holsome for the raynes for by theyr prouokynge of vrine they purge the raynes Scrofa tumor glandes ficus cataplasmate cedit Iunge papaner ei confracta foris tenet ossa Here be declared .ij. holsome thynges that come by playsters made of fygges Fyrst figges sodde in water moyste layde to any of these .iij. diseases cureth hit that is swynes yuell kyrnels and swellynges By swynes yuell is vnderstande inflasion vnder the chynne about the throte And it is called scrofula a scrofa that is to saye a sowe or a swyne either bicause this disease chanceth many tymes to swyne through theyr gulosite orels by cause the shappe of this disease is likened to swyne as Auicen sayth Auicen iii.iiii tract ii cap. de stropulis By kyrnels are vnderstaÌ„de impostumes whiche coÌ„monly chance vnder the arme pittis and in the groynes And by swellyng may be vnderstande inflasions in any parte of the body Wherfore to hele these impostumes and specially to rype them figges shulde de sodde with water A playster made of fygges and with the water shulde be mixed a litell curtsy of vineger whiche shulde helpe the vertue of the figges to entre And whan it is sodde the fygges must be beate in a morter and thaÌ„ myngled with a curtsy of the water that they were sodde in and so make a playster A playster is proprely a medicine made of some herbe or flower and the ioyce therof as this verse sayth Tunc cataplasma facis cum succum ponis et herbam The .ij. vtilite is that a playster made of figges and popie sede ioyneth or setteth broken bones to gether agayne A playster of fygges popie sede And they muste be sodde to gether in water wtout vineger and than stampe hit in a morter and put therto a littell of the water that it was sodde in and so lay hit to the sore The reason herof may be bicause popie sede both taketh away the sensiblenes of the meÌ„bres wherby the ache that is wonte to chaÌ„ce in breakynge of bones is done away and prouoketh to slepe Fyggis eke drawe the humidites of the bodye to the vtter partis whiche humidites broughte to the bones maye drawe retayne or holde them to gether but neuer perfectely knytte them And witteth well that there be .iij. kyndes of popis whyte redde and blacke The redde is venomous and growethe amonge corne Yonge scholeâ—s are wonte to stampe the flowers therof to make them redde ynke Pediculos veneremque facit sed cuilibet obstat Eatyng of fygges Here be declared .ij. operations of fyggis The fyrst Moche eatyÌ„ge of fyggis maketh one lousy and this is for certayne if the fygges be drie as Auicen sayth Auicen .ii. can ca. de ficubus And he saith that the cause is through the maliciousnes and corruption of the humour of them engendred And eke an other cause maye be for that figges stere one to swete moche wherof lyce are engendred The .ij. operation is fygges stere one to carnall luste and lyke wyse they haue many superfluites and augmente the sede of generation Multiplicant mictum ventrem dant escula strictum Escula bona dura sed mollia sunt meliora Here are declared .ij. vtilites of medlars The fyrst is that they encâ—eace vrine that is by reasoÌ„ they make the dregges harde and so the wtattrynes turneth in to moche vrine The .ij. vtilite is medlars make one costife throughe their sowernes and stipticalnes and therfore the texte sayth harde medlars be good to stoppe the laske But yet the softe medlars be better than the harde for they noryshe more and bynde lesse And here is to be noted that medlars noryshe lesse than appuls peres peches fygges and suche lyke whiche thynge apperethe playnelye by theyr egernes of relishe or taste hardnes of theyr substance after they be ryped on the tree and therfore we shulde eate fewe medlars and rather in way of medicine than meate And bicause they be verye stipticall they be holsome for the laske And bicause medlars ripe nat on the tree softe inough to eate they must be layde tyll they be softe and than they be more delectable and lesse stipticall Prouocat vrinam mustum cito soluit inflat Thre ê“pretes of muste be here touched Fyrste muste prouoketh one to pysse for in muste are the erthy ê‘tis scouryngly bytynge the bladder whan they come therto by reason wherof the bladder is constrayned to auoyde the vrine And this proprete is vnderstaÌ„de of mustis that haue bytynge lies as moche reinnishe muste For mustis that haue grosse lies are nat nyppyÌ„ge but rather stoppynge and lettynge of vrine as is before sayde at Impedit vrinam c. The .ij. proprete must maketh one lyghtly laske through the same cause shewed in the fyrst proprete Thyrdly must is inflatiue for the boylynge that hit maketh in the body reyseth vp ventosites The causes of these .ij. propretes are shewed before at Impedit vrinam Grossos humores nutrit seruisia vires Prestat augmentat carnem generatque cruorem Prouocat vrinam ventrem quoque mollit inflat Infrigidat modicum sed plus desiccat acetum Infrigidat macerat melanc dat sperma minorat Siccos infestat neruos pinguia siccat Here the auctour toucheth .ij. thynges Fyrst he putteth .viij. propretes of ale or beare Fyrste ale engendreth in mans body grosse humours whiche is of trouth in regarde of wyne And after the diuersite of the corne or grosse substance the ale is made of the grosser humours are engendred Secondly ale augmentethe the strengthes and this doth ale made of the best grayne wel sodde for by reason hit nourysheth moche hit encreaceth strengthe Thyrdly it encreateth fleshe by reason hit nourysheth moche and for the same cause hit encreaceth the bludde And these .iij. laste propropretes is in stale ale well sodde and made of the beste grayne Fyftely hit stereth one to pysse Syxtly hit maketh one to laske And these .ij. ê“pretes is in clere bere that hath moche of the hoppe as bere of Amburgens whiche by reason of the hoppes bryngethe one in a laske And hit is nat good for them that haue a weake braine For this bere by reason of hoppis doth lyghtlye ouercome the brayne Seuently hit enflateth the bealye this is of trouthe if hit be yll sodde as Holande bere doth whiche enflateth most and stoppeth and therfore fatteth ryghte moche The .viij. is that a lyttell curtsye ale colethe So dothe bere of Hollande Brabande Heynault and Flanders And this is hit that we vse daylye And this proprete is for certaine in respecte of wyne Here is to be noted that ale may be made of ootis barly wheate And as the
grayne is altered so is the coÌ„plexion of the ale Hit that is made of barly inclineth more to colde for barlye is colde Hit that is made of barly and ootis stoppethe lesse and lesse engendreth ventosites and lesse nourisheth And ale made of wheate malte inclineth more to hete nouryshethe more and stoppethe more And the grosser the ale is the worse hit is the subtiler the better Farther ale made of thynges that maketh one dronke is worste as of darnell For this grayne specially engendreth heed ache and hurteth the senowes Farther in the texte are .v. propretes of vineger The fyrste is hit driethe For Auicen sayth hit is a stronge drier Auicen .ii. can ca. de aceto Auic iii. i in ca. vnico doct v. And therfore phisitians bydde in tyme of pestilence to vse hit with meate and drinke For Auicen sayth he that vseth vineger in his meate and drinke in pestileÌ„ce tyme nedeth nat to drede the sickenes The .ij. is that vineger of it owne ê“prete coleth Thyrdly hit maketh one leane by reason that hit driethe And this is for a very trouth if one take it fastyÌ„g as Auicen sayth Yet neuer the lesse Auic iii. i doct iiii cap. v. coÌ„tinuall vse of vineger specially fastynge causeth many incoÌ„uenieÌ„ces it febleth the syght hurteth the breast causethe the cough hit hurtethe the stomake and lyuer and vehemeÌ„tly oppresseth the senowes and ioyntes them vexynge with arteticall grefes tremblynge and shakinge Fourthly vineger engendreth melancoly by reason it cooleth drieth Fyftely vineger diminisheth the sede of generatioÌ„ for that hit coolethe driethe and makethe leane These ê“pretes Rasis putteth sayenge Vineger is colde and drie whiche maketh leane distroieth the strengthes diminisheth the sede of generatioÌ„ enforceth blacke coler weaketh ruddye sanguine coler and makethe the meate subtile that hit is myngled with In the last verse the auctour putteth .iij. thynges Fyrste that vineger hurtethe leane folkes by reason hit drieth and hit tartnes maketh hit drie the more For lyke ioyned to lyke maketh the one more furious And eke eueri decaide complexion is holpe by the contrarye and by the like is brought in worse case Secondly vineger hurteth the senowes thirdly hit maketh leane as is before fayde Rapa iuuat stomachum nouit producere ventum Prouocat vrinam faciet quoque dente ruinam Si male cocta datur hinc tortio tunc generatur Here are declared .iij. vtilites of rapes teÌ„perately sodde and one incoÌ„uenience of the same Fyrst rapis comforte the stomake for the stomake digesteth them well and is nat greued there with Secondly rapes breake wynde as apperethe by experience Thyrdly rapes prouoketh the vrine Yet besydes these propretes Auerrois sayth rapes greatlye coÌ„forte the syghte The hurte of rapes is the continuall eatynge of them hurtethe the tethe In the laste verse he sayth rapis cause throwes or gnawyng in the bealy by reason they multiplie ventosites as sayth this verse Ventum sepe rapis si tu vis viuere rapis The tayles of rapis leusethe the bealye Farther more note that of all rootis rapis do best norishe mans body as appereth by the swetenes founde in theyr sauour For all swete meates nouryshe more the body than sower bytter or terte Therfore by cause rapes be sweteste of all rootes lesse sharpe they be moste holsome in waye of meate but yet they engendre grosse melancoly bloudde if they be nat well digested And hit is good to purifie them from the fyrst water and in no wyse to eate them rawe They stere one to bodily lust and clense the wayes that the vrine ronneth Egeritur tarde cor digeritur quoque dure Similiter stomachus melior sit in extremitates Reddit lingua bonum nutrimentum medicine Digeritur facile pulmo cito labitur ipse Eâ—t melius cerebrum gallinarum reliquorum In this passage are noted .v. thynges The first is that the harâ—e of beastis is slowelye digested by reason the harte fleshe is melaÌ„colious whiche is hardly digested and slowly descendeth and as Auicen sayth is vnholsome fleshe Auicen .ii. can ca. dâ— nuce and as Rasis saythe hit nourisheth lyttell The .ij. is that the mawe lyke wyse is yll of digestion and slowe of discendynge by reason hit is a senowye membre and gristly wherfore it digesteth yll engeÌ„dreth yll blud Farther the texte saith that the extreme partis of the mawe as the bottum and brymme are better digested by reason that those ê‘tis are more fleshie and fatte The thyrde is that the toÌ„ge is of good nouryshement and that is touchynge the rote 〈◊〉 can 〈◊〉 cap. de 〈◊〉 â–ª as Auicen sayth by reason hit is fleshie and of easye digestion And amonge all other a rosted pygges tonge the skynne scraped of is lyke braune as princis karuers knowe A netis toÌ„ge by reason of hit moystnes is nat verye holsome But for al this these delicate felowes or they rost a netis tonge they stoppe hit with cloues where by the moystnes is diminished and the meate is apter to eate The .iiij. is that the lyghtis are easye of digestion and easye to be voided out and this is by reason of theyr naturall softenes Yet theyr norishemeÌ„t is vnholsome for mans nature for hit is lyttell and flematike as Auicen saythe And here is to be noted Auic can 〈◊〉 cap. de puâ—mone that thoughe the lyghtis of a tuppe be vnholsome to eate yet hit is medicinable for a kybed or a sore he le if it be layde hotte there vnto as Auicen saythe The .v. is that a hennes brayne is best Auicenna 〈◊〉 anone whiche as Auicen sayth stancheth bledynge at the nose Hit must be eaten either with salte or spices for of hit selfe hit ê“uoketh one to vomite And phisitians say that chickyns braynes augment the memorie The brayne of a hogge is vnholsome for man but the brayne of a shepe of a hare or a cony may be eaten with salte or spices And of the brayne we haue more largely spoken before at Nutrit impinguat c. Semen feniculi fugat spiraculi culi Here is declared one doctrine of fenell sede called maratrum whiche breaketh wynde Eatyng of fenel sede by reason hit is hotte and drie And here is to be noted that by eatynge of fenell sede as phisitians say are engeÌ„dred .iiij. coÌ„modites Fyrste hit is holsome for the ague Secondly hit auoydeth poyson Thyrdly hit clenseth the stomake Fourthly hit sharpethe the syghte These foure vtilites are rehersed in these .ij. verses Bis duo dat maratrum febres fugat atque venenum Et purgat stomachum lumen quoque reddit acutum And eke Auicen rehersethe these .iiij. propretes Auicen .ii. can ca. de feniculo And as touchynge the last of the .iiij. he saythe as folowethe Democritus demed that venomous wormes desire newe fenell sede to coÌ„forte sharpe their syght and serpentis after wynter issuynge out of theyr caues do
that comethe from the purse of the galle to the guttis Vnnatural coler is double For one is vnnaturall throughe outwarde cause myngled there with The other is vnnaturall throughe a cause in it selfe for the substance therof is nat naturall Coler vnnaturall throughe an outwarde cause is an other knowen and famous And hit is that that fleme is myngled with And it is called famous or notable by reason hit is ofte engeÌ„dred And of this kynde of coler cometh the thyrde wel knowen There is an other that is lesse famous and that is hit wherwith melancoly is myngled Famous coler is either citrine and engendred by mynglynge of subtile fleme with naturall coler orels hit is yolkye lyke to yolkes of egges and is engeÌ„dred by mynglynge of grosse fleme with natural coler Coler of lesse fame is caused .ij. ways One is whan the coler is burned in hit selfe and turned to ashes from whiche the subtile parte of the coler is nat seperated but myngled therwith And this coler is the worste An other is whan melancoly cometh from without and mynglethe hit with the coler And this coler is better than other and is ruddye in colour hit is nat clere nor flowynge but more lyke to veyne bludde This vnnaturall coler hauynge his owne propre substaÌ„ce without mynglynge of any other humour is ofte engendred in the lyuer by reason that the subtilnes of the bloud burneth hit selfe and tourneth in to coler and grossely in to melancoly An other coler there is engendred in the stomake of yll meatis nat digested but corrupted orels it is engendred in the veynes by other humours And of this coler be .ij. kyndes For one is called coler prassiue lyke the colour of the herbe called prassion whiche is engendred of the yolkynes whan hit is burned for the burnyÌ„g causeth a yolky blackenes iÌ„ the coler whiche myngled with coler citrine engeÌ„dreth a grene coler The other is called rusty coler lyke to rusty iron it is engendred of passiue whaÌ„ prassiue is burned only tyl the humidite ther of be dried away and through hit drines begynneth to waxe white And these .ij. last colers be yll and venomous and yet rusty is the worse Lyke wyse there be .ij. kyndes of melancolye naturall and vnnaturall The naturall is the dreggis and suê‘fluite of good bloud whose talage is betwene swete and pontike And this melancoly whan hit is engendred in the lyuer is parted in .ij. partis Of whiche one entreth with the bloud and there with remayneth in the veynes The other is conueyed to the splene The fyrste parte entreth with the bloud for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that it myngle with the bloud to norishe the melancoly colde and drie membres as the bones The vtilite is to make thycke the thynne bloud to stynte the suê‘fluous runnynge therof to make it stronge and to strengthe these membres in to whiche hit muste be conuerted The other parte that nedeth no bloud gothe to the splene both for necessite and profite The necessite is double one vniuersall throughe out the bodye to purge hit of melaÌ„colious superfluite The other is but ê‘ticular only to gouerne the splene This melaÌ„coly is also profitable for mans body for hit runnethe to the mouthe of the stomake straynynge out the humidites that hit fyndeth there as a woman straynynge a cowes dugges drawethe out the mylke This vtilite is double Fyrst hit constrayneth thycketh and comforteth the stomake Secondly by reason it moueth the mouthe of the stomake through hit egernes hit maketh one haue an appetite and lust to meate Vnnaturall melaÌ„coly is as a thynge burned or ashes in respecte of other humours Of this there are .iiij. famous kyndes though there be many nat famous The fyrst is ashes of coler and this is bytter The .ij. is ashes of fleme and if the fleme that is burned were very subtile and wattrishe than the melancoly therof engendred wyll be salte in talage But if the fleme be grosse that is burned than the ashes therof or the melancoly of hit engendred enclyneth to sowernes or pontiâ—ite The .iij. is ashes of bloud and this melancolye is laste a lyttell drawynge to swetenes The .iiij. is ashes of naturall melaÌ„coly And if natural melancoly wherof so it be be subtile thaÌ„ it will be very sower And whaÌ„ hit is caste out vpon the grounde hit boyleth and sauoureth of the aire and causeth both flies and beastis to voide the place But if the naturall melancoly be grosse the vnnaturall therof ingeÌ„dred shall nat be so sower Natuta pingues isti sunt atque locantes Semper rumores cupiunt audiâ—e frequentes Hos venus et Bacchus delectant fercula risus Et facit hos hytares et dulcia verba loquentes Omnibus hi studiis abiles sunt et magis apti Qualibet ex causa nec hos leuiter mouet ira Largus amans hylaris ridens rubeique coloris Cantans carnosus satis audax atque benignus Sanguine folkes This texte techeth vs to knowe sanguine folkes Fyrst a sanguine persone is naturally fatte But we may nat vnderstande that sanguine folkes be proprely fatte for that is a token of a colde complexion AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. as saythe Auicen But they be fatte and fleshye with all for fatte in sanguine persones is taken for fleshye Auicen saythe that abundance of ruddy fleshe and styffe signifieth a hotte and a moyst coÌ„plexioÌ„ as a sanguine ê‘son is For thabuÌ„dance of ruddy fleshe wytnesseth fortitude of vertue assimilatiue and multitude of bloud the worke and waxe by heate and moysture as witnessethe Galen sayenge Thabundance of fleshe is engeÌ„dred by abundance of bloud For heate perfectlye digestynge and the lyke vertue to fleshe makethe the fleshe faste styffe Also Auicen saythe euery fleshye body without abundance of fat grece is sanguine Galen ii â—egni Wherto Galen asseÌ„teth Secondly the sanguine person is mery and iocunde that is to say with mery wordes he moueth other to laugh orels he is gladde throughe benignite of the sanguine humour ê“uokynge a man to gladnes and iocuÌ„dite through clere perfect spirites engeÌ„dred of bloud Thyrdly he gladly hereth fables mery sportis for the same cause Fourthlye he is enclyned to lecherie through heate and moystnes prouokynge to carnall copulation Fyftly he gladlye drinketh good wyne Sixtlye he delyteth to fede on good meate by reason the sanguine ê‘sone desyrethe the mooste lyke to his complexion that is good wynes and good meates Seuenthlye he laugheth lyghtly for bloud ê“uoketh to laughyÌ„g The .viij. is the sanguine persone hath a gladsome an amiable countenance through lyuelynes of colour and fairenes of coÌ„plexion The .ix. is he speaketh swetelye throughe amiablenes of sanguine nature The .x. is he is apt to lerne any maner of science throughe lyuelynes and perspicuite of his wytte The .xj. is he is nat lyghtlye angry and this cometh through moystnes abatynge the feruour of coler prouokynge
to anger The laste .ij. verses recite some of the forsayde tokens and also some other Fyrste a sanguine ê‘sone is free nat couetous but liberall Secondly he is amorous Thyrdly he hath a mery countenance Fourthly he is moste parte smylynge of whiche all the benignite of the bloud is cause and prouoker Fyftlye he hath a ruddye colour For Auicen saythe that ruddy colour of the skynne signifieth abundance of bloud And this must be vnderstande of brighte ruddy colour nat darke suche as is wonte to be in theyr facis that drynke stronge wynes abundantlye and that vse sauces and sharpe spices for suche colour signifieth lepre to come Syxtly he gladlye singethe and herethe syngâ—ge by reason of his mery mynde SeueÌ„thlye he is fleshye throughe the cause afore sayde The .viij. is he is hardy through the hete of the bloud whiche is cause of boldnes The .ix. is the sanguine persone is benigne and gentyl through the bounte of the sanguine humour Est humor colere qui competit impetuosis Hoc genus est hominum cupiens precellere cunctos Hi leuiter discunt multum comedunt cito crescunt Inde magnanimi sunt largi summa petentes Hirsutus fallax irascens prodigus audax Astutus gracilis siccus groceique coloris Here the auctour teacheth vs to knowe a persone of colerike complexion Fyrst he is hasty by reason of superfluous heate that mouethe hym to hastynes AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. And therfore Auicen sayth that dedes of excessiue motion signifie heate Secondly the colerike persone is desirous of honour and coueteth to be vppermoste and to excelle all other by reason that suê‘fluous heate maketh maÌ„s mynde prone to arrogaÌ„ce and foole hardynes Thyrdly they lerne lyghtlye by reason of the subtilnes of the colerike humour And therfore Auicen saithe that the vnderstandynge promptnes and quicke agilite to intelligence betokenethe heate of complexion Fourthlye they eate moche for in them the heate digestiue is stronger more resolutiue than in other bodies Fyftly they encresse soone through strength of naturall heate in them whiche is cause of augmentation The .vj. is they be stoute stomaked that is they can suffre no iniuries by reason of the heate in them And therfore Auicen sayth secunda .i. doctrina .iii. cap. tertio that to take euery thynge impaâ—iently signifieth heate The .vij. is they be liberall to those that honour them The .viij. is they desire highe dignites officis The .ix. is a colerike persone is hearye by heate openynge the pores mouyng the mattier of heares to the skynne And therfore hit is a coÌ„mon sayenge the colerike man is as heary as a gotte The .x. is he is disceyuable The .xj. is he is soone angry through his hotte nature And therfore Auicen sayth ofte angry and for a smalâ— cause betoketh heate through easy motion of coler and boylynge of the bloud aboute the harte The .xij. is he is a waster in spendyng largely to optayne honours The .xiij. is he is bolde for boldnes cometh of great heate specially about the harte The .xiiij. is he is wylye The .xv. is he is skleÌ„der membred and nat fleshie The .xvj. is he is leane and drie The .xvij. is he is saffâ—on colored And therfore Auicen saythe that coler signifiethe dominion Restat et adhuc tristis colere substancie nigre Qui reddit prauos per tristes paâ—a loquentes Hi vigilant studiis nec mens est dedita somno Seruant propositum sibi nit reputant fore tutunt Inuidus et tristis cupidus dextreque tenacis Non ex perâ— fraudis timidus luteique coloris Here he declareth some tokens of a melancoly ê‘sone Fyrst melaÌ„coly maketh folkes shrewde and yll manered as they that kyll them selfe The .ij. is great heuines for melancolye folkes are moste parte sad through theyr melancoly spiritis troublous darke lyke as clere spiritis make folkes gladde The .iij. is they talke lyttell by reason of theyr coldnes The .iiij. is they be studious for they couet alway to be alone The .v. is they are no slepers nor slepe nat well by reason of the ouer moche drines of the brayne and through melancoly fumes they haue horrible dreames that wake them out of theyr slepe The .vj. is they be stedfaste in theyr purpose and of good memorie and harde to please and this comethe throughe theyr drines The .vij. is they thynke nothynge sure they alway drede through darkenes of theyr spiritis In the .ij. laste verses he recitethe some of the forsayde signes and other Fyrste the melancolye persone is enuious The .ij. he is sadde The .iij. he is couetous Fourthly he holdeth fast and is an yll payer Fyftly he is simple yet disceitfull and therfore melancoly folkes are deuoute great reders fasters and kepers of abstinence Syxtlye he is fearfull Seuenthly he hath an erth ye browne colour whiche colour if hit be any thinge grene signifiethe the dominion of melancolye as Rasis sayth .ij. Alman Hi sunt humores qui prestat cuique colores Omnibus in rebus ex flegmate fit color albus Sanguine fit rubeus colera â—ubea quâ—que ruffus Si peccet sanguis facies â—ubet extat acellus Inflantur gene corpus nimiumque grauatur Est plusquam frequens plenus mollis dolor ingens Maxime fit stontis et constipatio ventris Bâ—caque lingua sitis et somnia plena ruboâ— Dustior adest spâ—ti sunt actâ—a duicta queque Here the auctour puttethe the colours that folowe the complexions A flematike persone is whitely coloured the colerike is browne and tawnye the sanguine is ruddy the melancoly is pale colered lyke erthe Afterwarde the texte declareth .xij. colours signifienge superfluite of bloud The fyrst is whan the face is redde by ascendyng of bloud to the heed and face The secoÌ„d is whan the eies bolle out farther than they were wonte The .iij. is whan the eies are swollen The .iiij. is whan the bodye is all heuye for nature can nat susteyne nor gouerne so great quaÌ„tite of bloud The .v. is whan the pulce beateth thycke The .vj. is whaÌ„ the pulce is full by reasoÌ„ of the multitude of hotte and moyst vapours The .vij. is whan the pulce is softe throughe to moche humidite mollifienge the mattier The .viij. is ache of the forheed The ix is whaÌ„ the bealy is costife throughe great hete that drieth vp the fylthy mattier The .x. is whaÌ„ the tonge is drie and rough for like cause The .xj. is great thyrste through drines of the stomakes mouth engeÌ„dred of great hete The .xij. is whan one dreameth of redde thynges AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. vii This Auicen affirmeth sayenge Slepe that signifieth abuÌ„dance of bloud is whan a man dreameth he seeth redde thynges orels that he shedeth moche of his bloud â–ª orels that he swymmeth in bloud and suche lyke The .xiij. is the swetenes of spyttell throughe swetenes of bloud Here is to be noted that lyke as there be tokens of
for this cause Auicen forbyddeth them specially eatynge of frute that haue the ague in his .iiij. dist and chap. of the vniuersall cure sayenge All frutes hurte them that haue the ague throughe theyr boylynge and corruptyng in the stomake The .iiij. is eatynge of mylke Eatyng of mylke the cause why eatynge of mylke is nat good is bicause it is lyghtly corrupted and turneth vnto fume or sharpenes in the stomake as in theyr stomake specially that are diseased with putrified feuers therfore they that haue a putrified feuer are forbyden eatynge of mylke And to them also hit is hurtfull that haue the heed ache to them that haue the swyns pockes to many other Wherof Hippocrates speakethe in the Aphorisme Lac dare caput c. to gyue them mylke that haue the heed ache is verye hurtefull Yet nat withstandynge in some diseases mylke is agreable for them that haue the tysike the feuer etike and for some other as Hipp. saith in the afore allegate aphorisme And also folowynge some thinge shall be saide whaÌ„ we come to Lac ethicis c. And all though mylke in the forsayd diseses is blamed yet in them that be holle it is allowable and that if it be well digested in the stomacke lyuer For thaÌ„ it washeth the eÌ„trayles with it wattrishenes and hit mundifieth with hit buttrines and striueth agaynst venomous humours and with hit chese moysteth the membres and alleuiateth the grefes of the brest and hit doth mitigate the shotynge or prickynge of the longes guttes raynes entrayles and of the bladder and it is good agaynst prickynge humours in the entrayles Farther more mylke is good for teÌ„perate bodies whose stomake is clene from colerike and flumatike humours For to suche folke mylke well digested is great nourysshynge hit ingendrethe good bludde it nourisheth the body and conuenientlye moysteth and makethe faire the exterior partis as Isaac saith in the vniuersall dietis And there also he sayth by auctorite of Ruffus that they that wyll drynke mylke must drynke it fastynge and it must be dronke hotte from the cowe and to eate nothynge tyll that be digested and nat to labour nor stere aboute moche than Yet seldome or at no tyme one shulde forbeare walkynge but than one muste walke an easye pace tyll he parceiue hit be discended to the bottum of the stomake But mylke is vnholsome for these bodies that be disteÌ„pered For in hotte bodies it is soone turned in to colerike fumosite In suche as be colde hit tournethe to sharpenes and putrifaction Also mylke is vnholsome for an vnclene stomake for therin it corrupteth Choyce of mylke Touchynge the choyce of mylke hit is to be noted that meane mylke is to be chosen for nourishement and nat thynne mylke as mylke of a camell or of an asse nor the most fatte and grosse is nat to be chosen as mylke of kyne shepe wherfore goottis mylke shulde be chosen For hit is nat so wattrishe as camels mylke the whiche is nat apte to nourishe by reason of humidite and hit maketh a man to laske Nor it is nat so fatte nor so grosse nor so full of curdes and butter as kowe mylke and shepis mylke is whiche by reason of theyr fatnes stoppe the heynes and engendre veÌ„ tosites and is more harder of digestion thaÌ„ is necessary in gouernance of helth Therfore mylke of a gootte nat to nere kyddynge tyme nor to farre from it and that goth in a good pasture whan pastures be at the best shulde be chosen The .v. is eatynge of chese Eatyng of chese and it may be vnderstande of all sortes of chese but specially of olde chese The reason is bycause newe chese is colde moyst and of grosse substance and harde of digestion engendreth opilations and the stone and helpeth or coÌ„serueth mans helth by way of nourisshement very littell or nothynge And olde chese is hotte drie by reason of the salte therin hit causeth digestion but yet of it selfe it is harde of digestion of small nourishemeÌ„t and hurteth the stomake drieth ouer sore agreeth wors thaÌ„ newe chese But chese betwene bothe neyther newe nor olde The bontie of chese nat to tough nor to brittill to harde nor to softe to swete nor to sower nat to salte nor to full of eies of good tallege of good sauour whan it is cutte whiche tarieth nat loÌ„ge in the stomake made coÌ„ueniently of good mylke sufficiently oyly Suche chese is good and shulde be chosen afore all other wherof after meate we shulde eate a lyttell quantite for moche in quaÌ„tite in way of nourishemeÌ„t is vniuersally ill and hurteth the stomake wyll nat digeste and engendreth opilations the stone in the raynes grosse humours in the body ventosites Therfore that chese is onely good that coÌ„meth out of any gardes handes The .vj. is salte meate dryed with salte or smooke Salte meate and of what kynde of best so euer hit be hit engendreth grosse bludde and melancoly and so per coÌ„sequens it is vnholsome for sicke folkes nor holsome for them that be hole as Auicen ij.j doct ij cap. xv about the ende sayth that salte flesshe nourissheth but littell and that it is grosse engeÌ„dreth yl bludde The .vij. is hartis fleshe Hartis fleshe whiche lyke wyse engeÌ„dreth melancolye bludde as witnesseth Rasis AlmaÌ„ .iij. cap. de animalibus siluestribus et domesticis The .viij. is hare fleshe Haare fleshe whiche lyke wyse engendreth melancoly bludde as Rasis sayth in the place afore allegate This fleshe engeÌ„dreth more melaÌ„colye than any other And of this Isaac in dictis vniuersalibus sayth that hare fleshe shulde nat be eaten as meate but onelye vsed in medicines And witteth well that hare fleshe hartis fleshe whan they be olde oughte vtterly to be eschewed yet neuer the les they may be eaten they be best before caluynge tyme that theyr drines may be tempered with the age And yet they ought to be eschewed excepte they be fatte For their drines is tempered with theyr fatnes The .ix. is goottis fleshe The .x. is oxe fleshe For these be melancolye flesshes For Isaac in dictis vniuers saythe Gootis fleshe and oxe fleshe be worst Gootis fleshe 〈…〉 hardest and sâ—owest of digestion and whan they be digested they engendre grosse bludde and melancoly And Auicen in his .ij. canon of goottis fleshe saythe Goottis fleshe is nat very good and ê‘chance the humour is very yll And lyke wyse ye shal vnderstande of goottis fleshe and cowes fleshe whiche are worse than the forsaide fleshes gootis and oxe fleshe For of them Auicen in the .ij. Canon the chap. of fleshe sayth Cowe fleshe hartis fleshe wylde goottis fleshe and great foules engeÌ„dreth the feuers quartans And yet farther he saythe of cowe fleshe that cowe fleshe nourissheth moche and engendreth grosse melancoly and melancoly disseases And he saythe farther that cowe fleshe engendreth lepre And