veynes may haue som respiracion and some yll fumes voyde out The .ij. is to dryÌ„ke and specially wyne whiche is good in blud lettyng if one hap to swouÌ„de and also hit is very holsome after blud lettyng to reuiue the spirites engendre newe blud whiche thyng in practyse all phisitians obserue The .iij. is baynyng whiche is holsome .iij. dayes before and .iij. dayes after blud lettyng nat the same day Hit is good before if one thynke he haue grosse humors within hym for baynyng leuseth moueth humors for the said cause hit is holsome to take a sharpe syrope before to moue dissolue and make subtile the humours And therfore whan ye wyll let one blud ye must rubbe the arme that the humours in the veynes about may be made subtile prepared to issue out more esily Hit is holsom after blud lettynge that the residue of humours vapours left behynd may be leused Hit is nat holsome the same day for baynyng maketh the skyn lynnowe whiche made lynnowe wyl nat abyde the stroke gyuen in blud lettyng that is daÌ„gerous The .iiij. is byndynge with lynnen clothes whiche is very holsome to stop the blud after euacuation therof before bledyng to drawe the humours to the veynes and to cause them to swel better to appere The .v. is moderate walkyng before blud lettyng to dissolue make subtile the humors afterward to leuse the residue of the humours lefte behynde Here note that some vse to be let blud fastyng but some other say hit were better to eate a rererosted egge fyrst and therto drynke a draught of wyne about the houre of .ix. or .x. before dyner and forth with to be let blud The cause is whaÌ„ the stomake is empty nature reteyneth styl the blud more stroÌ„gly lest she shuld lacke norishement but whan one hath eate a lyttel norishyng meate as wyne egges is than nature suffreth the blud better to issue Exhiâ—araâ— tristes iratos placat amantes Ne sint amentes fleubothomia facit Here be declared .iii. effectis of blud lettyng First it maketh a sad ê‘sone mery Secondly it appeseth angry folkes The reason is this moche melaÌ„coly myngled with the blud causeth heuynes and moche coler causeth aÌ„ger whiche .ij. humors as they be myngled with the blud are draweÌ„ out by blud lettyng Thirdly hit kepeth louers from furious rauyng for it remoueth the blud froÌ„ the heed auoydyng it by the other exterior partis Farther note that there be .v. causes of blud lettyng The first is that the abundance whether it be in qualite or quantite or bothe shuld be voyded For as Auicen sayth two maner folkes must be let blud One is they that be disposed to be sicke that haue abundaÌ„ce of blud in quantite The other is they that are sicke alredy through the malice of humors or blud But there is difference in these .ii. blud lettynges For blud lettyng for the abuÌ„dance of blud ought to be moche but whaÌ„ it is done to auoyde yll blud it must be moderate as Galen saythe .ix. metategni And therfore they do very yll that let them selfe blede tyll they ê‘ceyue the good blud issue for ê‘auenture all theyr blud shall ruÌ„ne out er they se any good blud appere Therfore they shuld voyde a lyttel at ones and after the mynde of Galen in this case before they let one blud they shuld gyue hym good meates to engeÌ„der good blud to fulfyl the place of the yl blud auoyded and after within a lyttell space to let hym blud a lyttel and a lyttel This is called directe lettyÌ„g of blud for it is done to auoyde abundaÌ„ce of blud and of suche humors as shulde be auoyded The fyrst indirecte cause is the greatnes of the disease and greatnes of the apparent vehement inflaÌ„macion for as GaleÌ„ saith ther is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of vehement inflaÌ„macion feuers great ache Gal. in coÌ„men illiuâ— apho quâ— egerunt thaÌ„ blud lettyng The .ii. indirect cause is that the mattier whiche must be auoyded be drawen to yâ— place froÌ„ whens it must be auoyded And therfore in retencion of the menstruous flixe emeraudis the great veyne in the â—ote called sophena must be opend as Galen saith to draw downe the mattier of the blud The .iij. indirect cause is to drawe the humours to the place contrary to that place that they flow to to diuert the mattier froÌ„ that place Therfore for to moche abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struosite the veyne basilica must be let blud to turne the mattier to the coÌ„trary part and so to voyde hit froÌ„ hit propre course And therfore he that hath a pluresie on his lyft syde must be let blud on the right side to diuert drawe the mattier to the place coÌ„trarie to that place that it inclineth to And like wise if it be on the right side to let blud on the lyft The .iiij. indirect cause is that bi lettyng of blud one portion of the mattier may be auoyded that nature may be the stronger vpon the residue and so lettyng of blud is holsome whan the body is ful lest impostumes growe for the regimeÌ„t of nature is feble iÌ„ regard of these humors wherfore a portion of the mattier is voyded lest through vnablenes of nature in gouernyng the mattier the mattier shuld flowe to som weake place and brede an impostume Faâ— plagam largam mediocriter vt cito fumus Exâ—at vberius liberiusque cruoâ— Here thauctor sayth that the gashe made in lettyng oâ— blud ought to be of a mean largenes that the same grosse blud may esily issue out for whan the gashe is straite the pure blud onely goth out and the grosse abith styl in And note that somtyme the gashe must be great somtyme small The gashe must be great for .iii. causes Fyrst bicause the humours be grosse and grosse blud must be voyded as in them that be melaÌ„coly Secondly in wynter the gashe muste be great for colde engrosseth the humours Thyrdly for thabuÌ„daÌ„ce of humours for they auoyde better by a great gashe than a small But the gashe must be small whan the ê‘sone is of weake strengthe that the spiritis naturall hete auoyde nat to moche and lyke wise in a hotte season and whan the blud is pure Sanguine subtracto sex horis est vigilandum Ne somni fumus ledat sensibile corpus Ne neruum ledat non sit tibi plaga profunda Sanguine purgatus non carpas protinus escas Thre thynges must be consydred whaÌ„ one is let blud Fyrst that he slepe nat within .vi. houres after â—est the fumes engeÌ„dred by slepe asceÌ„de to the heed hurt the brayne There be other causes Fyrst lest he in slepe turne hym on the arme that is let blud and therby hurt hym The .ii. is lest the humours by slepe flowe to the peynful meÌ„bre by reason of the incision so brede an impostume For GaleÌ„ saith that if
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
brayne For a stronge brayne resisteth vapours whaÌ„ they smyte vp there vnto as Auicen saythe iij.j and chap. afore allegate And here noteth well that the witte of a man hauyng a stronge brayne is clarified and sharped if he drynke good wyne than if he dranke none as Auicen saythe iij.j and chap. afore allegate And the reason is bycause of good wyne more than of any other drynke are engendred and multiplyed subtile spiritis clene pure And this is the reasoÌ„ why that these diuins imagynynge studyenge highe and subtyle matters loue to drynge good wynes And after the opinion of Auicen in the forsayde chap. these wynes are good for men of colde and flumatike complection For suche wynes redresse and amende the coldenesse of complection and they open the opilations stoppynges that are wonte to be engendred in suche persons and they digest fleme helpinge nature to conuert and tourne them in to bludde they lyghtlye digeste and entre quickely they encreace greatly quickeÌ„ the spiritis But wyne citrine is nat so burnynge as redde claret as Galen in the coÌ„ment of the canon afore allegate saythe Redde wynes be hotter than white therfore they greue the heed more as Galen saythe in the canon Potus autem duicis Also claret wyne nourisheth lesse than redde and more than whyte And in some places they calle claret wyne white and that is the cause that some say that white wyne doth quickely enflame mans bodye The blacke wynes be nat so feruent hotte as the redde be And therfore they hurte the heed lesse But for as moche as they disceÌ„de more slowly in to the bealy and prouoke more slowly mans vrine they greue the heed more thaÌ„ white wyne as Galen saythe in the canon Potus autem dulcis And these wynes nourishe lesse than white or citrine and lesse than redde wyne The thyrde is suppynges made of good brothe of flesshe suppinges or brothes but specially of chekyns for suche brothes are verye frendly to mans nature and are lightly coÌ„uerted in to good bludde and ingendrethe good bludde specially whan hit is made with fyne flower For flower principally of wheate is greatly nouryshynge and causeth great nourishemeÌ„t as saithe Raâ—is .iij. Alman And these .iij. forsayde thynges Auicen putteth ii.i doct ii suÌ„ma i. ca. xv in the ende where he saithe Example of clene and good nouryshynge meates and humours be the yolkes of egges wyne and brothes made of flesshe and there vpon he concludeth that these .iij. forsayde thynges are comfortable and of great restoratiue for mans body Nutrit et impinguat triticum lac caseus infans Testiculi porcina caro cerebella medulle Dulcia vina cibus gustu iocundior oua Sorbilia mature ficus vueque recentes Here are touched .xij. maner of thynges whiche greatlye nouryshe and make fatte mans bodye The fyrst is breadde made of wheate Breadde whiche as Auicen saythe .ii. canÌ„ cap. de pane fatteth swyftely specially whan it is made of newe wheate Rasis iij. AlmÌ„ sayth wheate is neighbour to teÌ„peraÌ„ce all though it incline a littell to heate the heuiest and soundest nourisheth best and of all graynes hit is most holsome for all folkes And the bludde engendred therof is more temperate than of any other grayne Choyce of wheate Touchynge the choyce of wheate ye shal vnderstaÌ„de that the election is to be consydered .ii. maner of wayes Fyrst on the bihalfe of his substance an other way on the bihalfe of his preparation The choyce on the byhalfe of his substaÌ„ce Auic putteth .ij. can chap. of corne sayenge That is the better that is neither harde nor softe great fatte and newe nat to olde betwene redde and whyte Blacke wheate is an yll nouryssher Rasis saythe hit is heuye Touchynge the choyce concernynge the preparation witteth well that all thinges made of wheaten flower desceÌ„de from the stomake slowelye engendre grosse humours cause opilations aboute the lyuer augment the splene and engendre the stone and digested nouryshe moche Wheate sodde is heuy meate and indigestable but whan it is digested it nourisheth strongely strengthe a man moche But wheate made in bread well leuened and bakeÌ„ in an ouen hatte with moderate fire is marueilous holsome All these thyÌ„ges are gethered of Galen AlimeÌ„toruÌ„ The .ij. thynge is mylke Buttter mylke and after the mynde of some doctours it is vnderstaÌ„de by butter mylke called oâ—or and coÌ„monlye called balbuca there is nothynge nourisheth more than this mylke whaÌ„ hit is newe sopped vp with newe hotte breadde Hit maye also be vnderstande by goottis mylke Gootis mylke Grene chese whiche nourysheth moche wherof we haue largely spokeÌ„ before The .iij. thynge is grene chese whiche as Auicen saythe .ii. can cap. de caseo is a nourisher and a fatter And al though grene chese nourysheth and fattethe yet hit is nat holsome in the regiment of helthe for therof come the inconueniences before declared Persica poma c. The .iiij. thynge is stones and specially stones of fatte cockes whiche as AuiceÌ„ .ii. can ca. de testiculo Coyllionâ— sayth be very good and great nourishers And he saith that in a small quaÌ„tite they nourishe moche This also may be vnderstande of hogges stones verye fatte that hath nat boorred a lowe For as porke of all .iiij. legged bestis touchyng his nouryshynge is best in lyke maner the stones in regarde of other beastis stones are the beste And here is to be well noted that the stones of aged bestis whose sede is fermented be nothynge nouryshynge But the stones of yonge bestis nat yet able to do theyr kynde whose sede of generation is nat yet rype be of metely good nourishement if they be well digested The .v. thynge is porke Porke in chosynge wherof and of theffecte of the same is largely declared before there Persica poma c. The .vj. thinge is eatynge of braynes And wyttethe well that brayne is yll for the stomake Eatyng of braynes and causeth lothsomnes and takethe a waye a mans appetite and engeÌ„dreth grosse humours yet neuer the lesse hit nourisheth the body if hit be well digested But in no wyse hit shulde be eaten after other meates And if hit be dressed with penyriall or nepte to attempre the claÌ„mynes colde therof or with thynges that by theyr vertue gyue hete hit is good and holsome And take hede eate no brayne outcepte hit be fyrst hatte vpon the coles And witteth wel that it is nat good for them that be sicke other while of colde diseases but for them that be hotte of coÌ„plection hit is holsome as Rasis .iij. Alm. sayth in the chap. de virtutibus membrorum animalium And brefely hit is forbydden in the regiment of helthe But yet some tyme hit dothe well in medicine as the brayne of a lyttell gootte is good agaynst venome and against venomous byttynges And a haaris brayne agaynst tremblynge And some say
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
frutes be digested there apperethe in them stiptisite and after they decline to sowernes as grapes than to swetenes And thoughe terte be nat so hotte as stiptike yet throughe hit subtilite and persynge is in many of more coldnes And after Auicen poÌ„tike and stiptike are in talage verye lyke but yet the stiptike causethe the vpper parte of the tonge to be sharpe and roughe and pontike causeth the tonge to be roughe within And .iij. of these talages are temperate neyther excedynge hotte nor colde as swete vnctuous vnsauery for though swete be hotte yet therin apperethe no myghtye heate as Rasis sayth And euery talage hath hit owne operations as Auicen and Rasis say The operations of swete saith Auicen be digestion sokynge and encreasynge of norishement nature louynglye desireth hit and the vertue attractiue draweth hit And after Rasis swete engendrethe moche ruddye colour and opilations of the lyuer and splene specially if the sayde membres be apte there vnto And therof foloweth the flixe Hit mollifieth the stomake and comforteth the breast and lightis hit fatteth the body and augmenteth the sede of generation The operations of bytter after Auicen be sharpynge and washynge awaye And after Rasis bitter heateth drieth strongly and lyghtly reduceth the bludde to adust malice and augmeÌ„teth ruddye colour in the blud The operations of pontike talage after Auicen is contraction if the ponticite be feble orels expression if hit be stronge And after Rasis pontike cooleth the bodye driethe the fleshe and diminisheth the bludde if one vse hit ofte Also hit comforteth the stomake byndethe the wombe and engendrethe melancolye bludde The operation of stiptike talage after Auicen are contrarie thyckyng hardnynge and holdynge And after Rasis the operatioÌ„s therof are lyke pontike though they be weaker for he semeth to comprehende stiptike talage vnder pontike for of stiptike he saythe nothynge expressely The operations of vnctuous talage after Auicen are sokynge slipperines and smalle digestion And after Rasis hit mollifiethe the stomake maketh one laskatyue and fyllethe one or he hath taken any necessarye quantite of meate and it heateth specially them that be vexed with a feuer and that haue a hotte liuer and stomake Hit moysteth soketh the body but hit augmenteth fleme and slepe The operatioÌ„s of sharpnes be resolution incision and putrifaction after Auicen And after Rasis encreaceth heate lyghtlye enflameth the body and burneth the bloud turnethe hit in to redde coler and after in to blacke The operations of salte talage after Auicen is to scoure washe drie and let puttifaction The operatioÌ„s of sharpe talage after Auicen is to cole and diuide and after Rasis hit refrayneth coler and bludde and restrayneth the bealye if the stomake guttis be cleane but if there in be moche fleumatike matter hit maketh the bealye laske cooleth the bodye and eke weaketh the vertue of digestion proprely in the lyuer It hurteth the senowes and senowye membres it drieth the body but hit stereth vp the appetite But of vnsauerynes operations Rasis sayth that some vnsauery thynge norisheth well that is suche as is temperate There is other some that heateth temperately and an other that cooleth temperatly and if moystnes be ioyned there with hit moystethe and with a drye thynge hit drieth Bis duo vipa facit mundat dentes dat acutum Visum quod minus est implet minuit quod abundat Here are declared .iiij. coÌ„modites of wyne soppis The fyrst is they purge the tethe by reason they stycke longer in the tethe thaÌ„ wyne alone or bread alone therfore the fylthynes of the tethe is the better consumed and the tethe the better purged The .ij. coÌ„modite is that hit sharpeth the syghte for it letteth the yll fumes to ascende to the brayne whiche by theyr mynglynge to gether darke the syghte And this is by reason hit digesteth all yll matters beynge in the stomake Thyrdly hit digestethe perfectly meates nat well digested for it closeth the mouthe of the stomake and conforteth digestion Fourthly hit reducethe suê‘fluous digestion to meane All this is of trouthe so that the breadde sopped in wyne be fyrste tosted or dried on imbers Omnibus assuetam iubeo seruare diâ—tam Approbo sic esse ni sit mutare necesse Est hipocras testis quoniam sequitur mala pestis Fortior est metha medicine certa dieta Quam si non curas fatue regis et male curas Here are certayne doctrines The fyrste is that hit is good for all folkes to kepe customable diete To kepe diete â–ª And by diete is vnderstande the ministrynge of meate drynke The reason is this Breakynge from customable vse hurteth greuously for customance is an other nature Therfore as hit behoueth vs to kepe nature so lyke wyse hit dothe custome and specially if the customable vse be laudable And as hit behoueth to kepe the wonte administration of meate and drynke euen so hit behouethe vs to obserue custome in other thynges nat naturall for the selfe reasoÌ„ Wherfore if a maÌ„ wonte to labour moche wyll for go this custome lyue ydelly or labour moche lesse or go in haÌ„de with other labour or take an other tyme or a no-way vndouted it shall ryght moche infeble hym So in like maner it is in mans diete in his slepe in his watche and suche lyke accidentis For truly good custome in all thyng must nedes be obserued if hit be laudable or indifferent in goodnes or hurtfulnes in respecte of hit wherto the change is made And wytteth well that they that be accustomed to labour and exercise them selfe in any kynde of labour all be hit they be feble or olde hit greueth them lesse and labour more strongly thaÌ„ if they were yoÌ„ge felowes vnaccustomed as Hippocrates sayth .ii. aphorismÌ„ by reason that these feble or olde persones haue more inclination and custome to these labours For nowe the custome before taken is lyghter as is sayde in the aforsayde aphorisme And this is the cause why we se olde feble craftes men to do that stronger and yonger than they can nat do and hit greueth them lesse as a feble olde mylner to lyfte a greatte weyghtye sacke A smythe to awey with greatter hammer labour than a yonger maÌ„ nat therto accustomed The .ij. doctrine is that greatte harme folowethe change of diete as Hippocrates saythe outcepte hit be nedefull to change hit Fyrste hit is nedeful to change it whaÌ„ greuous diseases shulde growe therby as custome to fede on yll meates whiche at lengthe of necessite wyll brede in vs yl diseases Suche a custome and lyke muste nedes be amended and changed by lyttell and lyttell but nat sodaynly For al sodayne chaÌ„ges hurte vehemeÌ„tly specially from a thynge customable to vnaccustomable Secondly it is nedeful to change to th entent it lesse greue vs if we happen to change our diete For he that vseth hym selfe to all maner diete shall hurte hym the lesse And this eke muste be
to anger The laste .ij. verses recite some of the forsayde tokens and also some other Fyrste a sanguine ê‘sone is free nat couetous but liberall Secondly he is amorous Thyrdly he hath a mery countenance Fourthly he is moste parte smylynge of whiche all the benignite of the bloud is cause and prouoker Fyftlye he hath a ruddye colour For Auicen saythe that ruddy colour of the skynne signifieth abundance of bloud And this must be vnderstande of brighte ruddy colour nat darke suche as is wonte to be in theyr facis that drynke stronge wynes abundantlye and that vse sauces and sharpe spices for suche colour signifieth lepre to come Syxtly he gladlye singethe and herethe syngâ—ge by reason of his mery mynde SeueÌ„thlye he is fleshye throughe the cause afore sayde The .viij. is he is hardy through the hete of the bloud whiche is cause of boldnes The .ix. is the sanguine persone is benigne and gentyl through the bounte of the sanguine humour Est humor colere qui competit impetuosis Hoc genus est hominum cupiens precellere cunctos Hi leuiter discunt multum comedunt cito crescunt Inde magnanimi sunt largi summa petentes Hirsutus fallax irascens prodigus audax Astutus gracilis siccus groceique coloris Here the auctour teacheth vs to knowe a persone of colerike complexion Fyrst he is hasty by reason of superfluous heate that mouethe hym to hastynes AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. And therfore Auicen sayth that dedes of excessiue motion signifie heate Secondly the colerike persone is desirous of honour and coueteth to be vppermoste and to excelle all other by reason that suê‘fluous heate maketh maÌ„s mynde prone to arrogaÌ„ce and foole hardynes Thyrdly they lerne lyghtlye by reason of the subtilnes of the colerike humour And therfore Auicen saithe that the vnderstandynge promptnes and quicke agilite to intelligence betokenethe heate of complexion Fourthlye they eate moche for in them the heate digestiue is stronger more resolutiue than in other bodies Fyftly they encresse soone through strength of naturall heate in them whiche is cause of augmentation The .vj. is they be stoute stomaked that is they can suffre no iniuries by reason of the heate in them And therfore Auicen sayth secunda .i. doctrina .iii. cap. tertio that to take euery thynge impaâ—iently signifieth heate The .vij. is they be liberall to those that honour them The .viij. is they desire highe dignites officis The .ix. is a colerike persone is hearye by heate openynge the pores mouyng the mattier of heares to the skynne And therfore hit is a coÌ„mon sayenge the colerike man is as heary as a gotte The .x. is he is disceyuable The .xj. is he is soone angry through his hotte nature And therfore Auicen sayth ofte angry and for a smalâ— cause betoketh heate through easy motion of coler and boylynge of the bloud aboute the harte The .xij. is he is a waster in spendyng largely to optayne honours The .xiij. is he is bolde for boldnes cometh of great heate specially about the harte The .xiiij. is he is wylye The .xv. is he is skleÌ„der membred and nat fleshie The .xvj. is he is leane and drie The .xvij. is he is saffâ—on colored And therfore Auicen saythe that coler signifiethe dominion Restat et adhuc tristis colere substancie nigre Qui reddit prauos per tristes paâ—a loquentes Hi vigilant studiis nec mens est dedita somno Seruant propositum sibi nit reputant fore tutunt Inuidus et tristis cupidus dextreque tenacis Non ex perâ— fraudis timidus luteique coloris Here he declareth some tokens of a melancoly ê‘sone Fyrst melaÌ„coly maketh folkes shrewde and yll manered as they that kyll them selfe The .ij. is great heuines for melancolye folkes are moste parte sad through theyr melancoly spiritis troublous darke lyke as clere spiritis make folkes gladde The .iij. is they talke lyttell by reason of theyr coldnes The .iiij. is they be studious for they couet alway to be alone The .v. is they are no slepers nor slepe nat well by reason of the ouer moche drines of the brayne and through melancoly fumes they haue horrible dreames that wake them out of theyr slepe The .vj. is they be stedfaste in theyr purpose and of good memorie and harde to please and this comethe throughe theyr drines The .vij. is they thynke nothynge sure they alway drede through darkenes of theyr spiritis In the .ij. laste verses he recitethe some of the forsayde signes and other Fyrste the melancolye persone is enuious The .ij. he is sadde The .iij. he is couetous Fourthly he holdeth fast and is an yll payer Fyftly he is simple yet disceitfull and therfore melancoly folkes are deuoute great reders fasters and kepers of abstinence Syxtlye he is fearfull Seuenthly he hath an erth ye browne colour whiche colour if hit be any thinge grene signifiethe the dominion of melancolye as Rasis sayth .ij. Alman Hi sunt humores qui prestat cuique colores Omnibus in rebus ex flegmate fit color albus Sanguine fit rubeus colera â—ubea quâ—que ruffus Si peccet sanguis facies â—ubet extat acellus Inflantur gene corpus nimiumque grauatur Est plusquam frequens plenus mollis dolor ingens Maxime fit stontis et constipatio ventris Bâ—caque lingua sitis et somnia plena ruboâ— Dustior adest spâ—ti sunt actâ—a duicta queque Here the auctour puttethe the colours that folowe the complexions A flematike persone is whitely coloured the colerike is browne and tawnye the sanguine is ruddy the melancoly is pale colered lyke erthe Afterwarde the texte declareth .xij. colours signifienge superfluite of bloud The fyrst is whan the face is redde by ascendyng of bloud to the heed and face The secoÌ„d is whan the eies bolle out farther than they were wonte The .iij. is whan the eies are swollen The .iiij. is whan the bodye is all heuye for nature can nat susteyne nor gouerne so great quaÌ„tite of bloud The .v. is whan the pulce beateth thycke The .vj. is whaÌ„ the pulce is full by reasoÌ„ of the multitude of hotte and moyst vapours The .vij. is whan the pulce is softe throughe to moche humidite mollifienge the mattier The .viij. is ache of the forheed The ix is whaÌ„ the bealy is costife throughe great hete that drieth vp the fylthy mattier The .x. is whaÌ„ the tonge is drie and rough for like cause The .xj. is great thyrste through drines of the stomakes mouth engeÌ„dred of great hete The .xij. is whan one dreameth of redde thynges AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. vii This Auicen affirmeth sayenge Slepe that signifieth abuÌ„dance of bloud is whan a man dreameth he seeth redde thynges orels that he shedeth moche of his bloud â–ª orels that he swymmeth in bloud and suche lyke The .xiij. is the swetenes of spyttell throughe swetenes of bloud Here is to be noted that lyke as there be tokens of
fragiâ—is vel subtilis sensus stomachi sit Et fastiditi tibi sunt fleubothomandi Here thauctor putteth .xij. thynges that let blud lettyng The fyrst is coldnes of complexion for as Galen saith bloud lettyng cooleth augmenteth coldnes bicause as Isaac sayth bloud is the fouÌ„dacion of natural hete and in that bloud lettyng voydeth bloud hit voydeth hete so consequeÌ„tly cooleth The .ij. is a feruent colde contrey vnder whiche a cold season shulde be coÌ„preheÌ„ded whiche also letteth bloud lettyng for in a couÌ„trey season very cold the blud is closed in the depest partis of the body and the bloud that taryeth in the vtter partis the colde maketh thycke whiche to voyde is no wisedome The .iij. is ferueÌ„t ache vnder whiche eke may be coÌ„prehended great inflaÌ„mation of the body for if one in suche accideÌ„tis be let bloud there foloweth motion agitatiue contrarie to nature and greatter inflaÌ„mation whiche weaketh nature more The cause of this motion agitatiue is attractioÌ„ to diuers partis for by bloud lettyng attraction is caused to the place that is let blud by great ache attractioÌ„ is caused to the place of ache The cause of greatter inflaÌ„macioÌ„ is that by blud lettyng the humors be moued wherby they be more inflamed And this is trouthe whan blud lettyng is lyttell artificial Yet if it be done tyl one swouÌ„d hit is holsome in the forsaide cases for this bloud lettyng whan it ouercometh the attraction of the ache it causeth nat motion agitatiue like wise it taketh awaye inflaÌ„mation whan there be no humors that shuld moue hete and cause more inflaÌ„macion This is Galens mynde sayeng Gal. in coÌ„men illius apho que egerunt there is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of ferueÌ„t inflaÌ„mation feuers a great ache than blud lettyng The .iiij. is baynyng specially resolutiue for that letteth bloud lettyng for that were vacuatioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vacuatioÌ„ whiche nature can nat esily beare The v. is carnall copulacion for iÌ„mediately ther after one shuld nat be letteÌ„ bloud bicause of double weakyng of nature The .vi. is to olde or to yonge as it is before touched Of this Auicen sayth Take hede howe thou lettest one bloud in any of the forsaid cases outcept thou trust in the figure in solidite of the musculs largenes of the veynes the fulnes of them and ruddy colour The .vii. is longe sicknes for by suche lettyÌ„g of blud nature is doubly febled both by the loÌ„ge sickenes diminishioÌ„ This is of trouthe sayth Auicen outcept there be corrupt bloud for than bloud lettyng is holsome The .viij. is great replecion of drynke The .ix. is to eate to moche meate and vnder this is coÌ„prised meate vndigested The cause hereof as Auicen sayth is this there be .iij. thynges that drawe to them that is voydnes hete and secrete vertue or proprete Than if the veynes be empty through voydyng of bloud they drawe to them froÌ„ the stomake or lyuer vndigested or suê‘fluous meate or drynke whiche vndigested meate coÌ„men to the meÌ„bres can nat be amended that is digested for the third digestion can nat amende the faute of the .ij. nor the secoÌ„de of the fyrst if the faute be so great that hit can nat conuert into the meÌ„bres hit there remaynyÌ„g may cause some disease The .x. is feblenes Gal ii 〈…〉 for bloud lettyng is a stronge voyder as Galen sayth therfore a feble persone may nat endure great diminishyng of blud The .xi. is subtile sensiblenes of the stomakes mouthe whiche is called the hart strynge for of suche bloud lettyng swouÌ„â—yng foloweth easily And vnder this weakenes of the stomake is eke coÌ„prised and easy flowynge of coler to the mouthe therof endusyng vometyng Wherfore they that haue the forsaid accidentes shuld nat be let bloud for by bloud lettyng the humors moued be enduced to the stomakes mouthe as to a place accustomed and bicause hit is a weake an impotent membre to resiste that flixe therfore by suche lettynge of bloud many inconueniences chaÌ„ce This is one cause why many swouÌ„d whaÌ„ they be let bloud by reason the coler floweth to the stomake whiche bytynge the stomake pyneth the hart stomake so that hit causeth one to swouÌ„de The .xij. is lothyng for if in this lothynge one be let bloud whan the veynes be empty they drawe to them yll mattier causyng lothesomnes Auicen toucheth many of these .vi. last accidentis And besides the forsaid accidentis there be other that let bloud lettyng First voydyng of menstruous flixe or the emeraudes for one diseased with eyther of these shulde nat be let bloud yet it may be done to diuert the flixe or matter The .ii. is rarenes of coÌ„position for in rare bodies is moche dissolucion therfore this resolution suffiseth them without euacuation as Galen sayth .ix. teigni The .iii. is rawnes and claÌ„mynes of humours for than beware of bloud lettyng bicause it encreaseth rawenes of humours and therfore in loÌ„ge sickenes ye shuld nat let bloud for rawnes of humours encreseth strength febleth and the sickenes proloÌ„geth And therfore Auicen sayth that in longe sickenes before one is let bloub he shuld take a laxatiue although he nede bothe Rawnes of humors is caused .ii. wayes One is throughe abundance of humours chokyng naturall hete whiche chokynge bredeth rawe humours and than bloud lettynge is holsome Wherfore Alexander sayth Lettyng of bloud in the begynnyng of the dropsy is holsome Alex. ii.ii. ca. de hydroppist whan it cometh by abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struous blud that through some cause is prohibited to issue or by abuÌ„dance of the emeraudis For lyke as a lyttel fire is queÌ„ched vnder a great heape of wodde lyke wise natural hete is suffocate with abundaÌ„ce of humours The .ij. cause of rawe humors is feblenes of natural hete as in folkes of feble coÌ„plexion or that haue ben longe sycke or be very aged for than the said blud lettyng is vnholsome bicause hit augmenteth rawenes for the blud that obserueth hete is drawen out and so the body is made colde and the humours more rawe Therfore the bloud must be left to digest these rawe humours The .iiij. is vndue disposicion of the aire eyther to hotte or to colde for moche hete causethe stronge resolucion and great colde maketh the blud thicke and vnapte to issue or auoyde Quid debes facere quando vis fleubothomarâ— Vel quando minuis fueris vel quando minutus Vnctio sine potus lauachrum vel fascia motus Debent non fragili tibi singula mente teneri v. thynges in bloud lettyng This text declareth .v. thynges that ought to be done about bloud lettyng some before som at the tyme some after The first is anoyntyng whiche other while is vsed in the bloud lettyng as to anoynte the place or veyne that is opened to aswage the peyne somtyme hit is vsed after blud lettyng to kepe the gashe that it close nat vp to soone that the humours left in the
in anno Tempore vernali calidus fit aer humidusque Et nullum tempus melius sit fleubothomie Vsus tunc homini veneris coâ—ert moderatus Corporis et motus ventrisque 〈◊〉 â–ª sudor Balnea purgantur tunc corpora medicinis Estas more cale siccat nascatur 〈◊〉 Tunc quoque precipue coleram 〈◊〉 dominari Humida frigida fercula dentur sit Venus extra Balnea non prosunt sit rare fleubothomie Vtilis est requies sit cum moderamine potus Here thauctor noteth dyuers thynges Fyrste that moche fastynge in sommer drieth the body for in that that somer of hit nature is hotte and drye it â—esolueth the humours the whiche also be resolued by oft sweatyÌ„g in somer so fastyng thervpoÌ„ drieth the body moche more for whaÌ„ the humidite of meate is gone the hete of the body worketh on hit owne humidites drieng them vp Wherfore Hippocrates sayth HuÌ„ger is expedieÌ„t for those that are very moyst for huÌ„ger drieth the body The .ii. is that vometyng ones a moneth is holsom for therby hurtfull humours conteyned in all the circute of the stomake are voyded To this agreeth AuiceÌ„ Hip. â— ê‘t 〈◊〉 sayeng Hippocrates byddeth one vomete eche moneth twyse .ii. dayes one after an other that the ii day may auoyde it that the fyrst day coÌ„ude nat this conserueth helth scouryng the stomake from fleme coler The stomake hath nothyÌ„g to purge it as the guttis haue red coler Auicen putteth other profites of vometyng well done Fyrste hit is good for heed ache caused by moyst vaporoê° mattier ascendyng froÌ„ the stomake to the heed but if heed ache come of hit owne hurt of the brayne thaÌ„ vometyng doth 〈◊〉 hurt thaÌ„ ê“fite SecoÌ„dly it clereth the syght â—rkeâ— by vaporous mattier of the stamake orels nat The .iii. is hit doth away wamblyng cau◠〈◊〉 â—make in auoydyng the humour that 〈…〉 The .iiii. is hit comforteth the stomake in to the whiche coler is descended the whiche corrupteth the meate The .v. is hit doth away lothyng or aborryng of meate The .vi. is hit doth away the cause that maketh one haue a luste to sharpe ponticke and sower thynges the whiche cause of these disposicions remoued putteth awaye the effecte therof The .vii. is vometynge is holsome for the laske that cometh before the dropsy for hit auoydeth the mattier of the sayd laske and purgeth the stomake The .viii. is hit is holsome for the grefes in the raynes and bladder for the mattier flowynge to these partes hit diuerteth an other way The .ix. is if vometyng be done by constraynt of elborie hit auoydeth the mattier wherof lepre groweth hit amendeth the fyrst digestion that the other digestions may the better be done The .x. is hit maketh one to haue a good colour The .xi. is hit purgeth the stomake of a humour that causeth epilencie The .xii. is by stronge constraynt hit remoueth a stoppynge mattier the whiche causeth ictericie And like wise hit auoydeth a flematike mattier whiche comonly is cause of this stoppyng The .xiii. is hit auoydeth the mattier that causeth asma the whiche is a disese causyÌ„g one to draw his breath peynfully and eke hit comforteth the spiritall membres by whose hete the superfluâ— causynge asma are consumed The .xiiii. is hit 〈◊〉 â—lsome agaynste shakyng and palsey for hit auoyâ—h the mattier that is cause therof The .xv is â—s holsom for one that hath great blacke soreâ— his lower partes for hit turneth the humours away froÌ„ theÌ„ce Al though vometyng duely wel done be cause of these coÌ„modites yet whan it is vnduely done hit induceth many hurtes for it febleth the stomake and maketh it apte for mattiers to flowe into hit hurteth the breast the syght the tethe olde heed ache c. as Auicen sayth iiii.i cap. xiiii The .iii. thynge that is noted in the texte is that there be foure seasons of the yere verÌ„ somer autumpne wynter VerÌ„ in respect of other seasons is hotte and moyste though hit be temperate in it selfe as Galen sayth in his boke of complexions wherof hit foloweth that this season is more apte to let blud in than the other for hit dothe more encreace humours And therfore in this season moderate vse of carnal copulacion teÌ„perate mocioÌ„ laske flixe and swette is conuenient and like wise teÌ„perate bathyng to diminishe replecioÌ„ This season is eke good to take purgacioÌ„s in The .iiii. is somer heteth and drieth and therfore hit encreaseth redde coler hotte and drye And for this cause in somer we must fede on colde moyst meates to diminishe the feruentnes of hete and drought and than we must absteyn â— from carnal copulacion whiche also drieth and froÌ„ oft bathyng and be let blud seldome for like cause We must vse quietnes and lyttell mocion for 〈◊〉 â—s doth moyste and moche mocion dryeth 〈◊〉 â—is season in speciall we must vse moderate ◠〈◊〉 drynke for suê‘fluous drynkyng of coldâ—â—nke by reason that the pores be open doth maâ—â—e body sodaynly a colde or causethe the palsey or laxite of the membres orels sodayne dethe From the whiche he defende vs that lyueth and reigneth eternally Amen Finis Thus endeth the regimeÌ„t of helthe 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be olde and nat newe For newe wyne or must doth soner ouer come ones brayne and make one haue the laske than other of the parell hit engeÌ„dreth the colike and other accidentis that shall be declared after whan we come to Impedit vrinam Nor ye shulde nat vnderstande that wyne ought to be to olde For suche wyne Auic iii. i ca. de regimine aque â— vini as AuiceÌ„ saith is as a medicine and nat as drynke For suche wyne dothe rather alter a temperate body to heate and drought thaÌ„ nourishe it hit is of small norishemeÌ„t For whan hit is so very olde hit receyueth agayne hit fyrste naturall verdure and sharpenes and is than all firye wherfore the aggregatour in the chap. de vite by authorite of Galen writethe that hit is hotte and drye in the .iij. degree The .iij. is that wyne oughte to be subtile For subtile wyne maketh the spiritis of maÌ„ subtile and grosse wynes grosse spiritis The .iiij. is wyne shulde be rype and nat vert or eger orels hit wyll depriue man of all his naturall vacuations and good helthe as Galen sayth in the coÌ„meÌ„t of the canon .iii. part reg acut And therfore hit is hurtefull for them that wante euacuation by vrine and all other their vpper meÌ„bres Yet as Gal. in the same place saythe suche wyne stypticall is holsome for diseases that chance in the guttes Yet as Galen saythe there the stypticalnes of the wyne wolde be put awaye by moche mynglynge of water The .v. is that wyne shuld be alayde with water For therby the fumosite of the wyne is put away and so ouercoÌ„meth the brayne lesse This is treuth if the wyne be subtile but if hit be grosse hit ouercometh the brayne the sooner for therby it is subtiled made more fumyshe And of this wyne Auicen vnderstode whan he saide Auic â—ii i ca. de regimine aque et vini that wyne alaide with water doth soner ouer come the brayne than pure wyne The .vj. is wyne shulde be sprinkelynge whaÌ„ one tastethe hit and this is one of the condicions of good wyne before saide The .vij. is taken of the drynkers condicion and nat of the wyne that is we must drynke wyne teÌ„perately For wyne temperatly taken sharpeth the wytte and engeÌ„dreth all the holsome thynges before declared By all these thynges here expressed we maye conclude that wyne moste to be chosen and best in the regiment of helth is meane wyne egall betwene olde and newe clere some what redde of good odour and flauour of egall sauour that is neither eger sharpe nor swete whiche is nat grosse nor to moche subtile and eke that hit be nat to stronge nor to weake and that hit growe nat on stony hylly grounde nor on simble plaine earable grounde but on highe grounde lyenge open towarde the southe in a countrey nat to hotte nor to colde And these thyÌ„ges are partly gathered out of Gal. iij.j. the place afore allegate Touchynge the regimeÌ„t of wyne coÌ„cernyng the ages the rules that Auicen putteth in the aboue allegate place are to be noted The first is to gyue children wyne to dryÌ„ke is as one layde fire to fire of drie wodde For chyldren be tender and soone enflamed throughe thabundaÌ„ce of theyr naturall heate their senowes and brayne be weake feble Wherfore wyne hurteth them many wayes First by quicke inflaÌ„mation by strykynge of the brayne by lyghtly percynge of the senowes and abundant fumosite Therfore whan one gyuethe wyne to chyldren to drynke the flamynge heate of the wyne is added to the flamynge heate of chyldreÌ„ bodies whiche is of small resistence as drie styckes reedes or towe is agaynst the fire The .ij. rule is that one gyue an olde man as moche wyne to drynke as he can beare without hurt that is as moche as his naturall and due appetite desireth For lyke as olde bootis and buskyns that be drye and wrynkeled are made soupull and playne with oyle lyke wyse ben the bodies of olde folkes by drinkynge of chosen wyne as wyne of Beuuois Auncient folkes are colde and wyne heateth their spirite is heuy and they be fulle of melancolye but wynes maketh them mery and represseth melaÌ„colyes and coÌ„monly olde folkes slepe yll but wyne makethe them to slepe well They be prone to opilations but wyne openeth and letteth them And so lyke as wyne to children is moste contrarie so for olde folkes hit is most holsome The .iii. is that yoÌ„ge folkes drynke wyne temperatly temperately is touchynge measurable quantite and conuenient alayenge with water And al though yoÌ„ge folkes are as hotte as chyldren yet they haue theyr meÌ„bres more sounde the senowes and brayne more stronge wherby they may the stronglyer resiste the hurte of wyne drynkynge There folowe many good thinges of drynkynge wyne sobrely that is to saye the voidynge of coler the quickenynge of the corporall myght and wytte and the abundance of subtile spiritis Non sit acetosa ceruisia sed bene clara De validis cocta granis satis ac veterata This texte declareth .v. thyÌ„ges to chose good ale by Fyrste that hit be nat sower for that hurteth the stomake A sower thynge as Auicen sayth in many places hurteth the senowes for the stomake is a meÌ„bre full of senowes and that is touchynge the brynke The .ij. is that ale muste be clere for troubled ale is a stopper and hurtethe them ouer moche that haue the stone hit fattethe and enflatethe and maketh one shorte wynded and engendreth moche fleme The .iij. is ale shuld be made of good corne nat corrupte that is to saye of the best barly wheate or â—otis for the better the corne is the better is the humour therof engendred The .iiij. is that ale oughte to be well sodde for it is the better digested and more amiably receiued of nature and the incoÌ„uenieÌ„tis therof growyng are the better borne For ale nat well sodde engendreth veÌ„tosites in the bealy gnawynge inflasioÌ„ and colike The .v. is ale oughte to be stale well purged and nat ouer newe For newe ale engendreth the same hurte that ale doth that is nat wel sodde and there with mooste easilye causeth the strayne coilion De qua potatur stomacus non inde grauetur Here is taught one lesson touchynge the vse of ale That we must drinke it moderatly so that the stomake be nat hurte therby nor droÌ„kennes caused For hit is worse to be dronke of ale than of wyne and loÌ„ger dureth the fumes and vapours of ale that ascende to the heed are grosse wherfore they be nat so resoluable as they that be moÌ„ted vp by wyne Where vpon it is to be noted that in the begynnynge of dyner or soupper hit is holsomer to drynke ale before wyne the cause is for at the begynnyng of our repast or dyner the body is hungrye so the stomake before we began to eate meate was hungrye and so drewe superfluites from
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