the meate be not hard to concocâ—â— or that it be not ouer sweete as bankettynge dyshes or â—lles that they bee not of diuerse qualities whych do speciallye corrupt digestâ—oÌ„ Nature teacheth vs thynges necessarye whyche be but fewe and sone prepared folishnes hathe inuented thynges superfluous whych are without number hard to comby If thou geue necessaries vnto nature she is delited and made strong as with thinges fiâ—te for her appetite But if thou geue her superfluous she is weakened and afflicted as wyth gobbets not agreyng vnto her dyete Last of al let vs beware of slepe at after nonnes of long watching and sittyng vp of nyghtes which al wyth many other mo do greatly let digestion When I speake of digestioÌ„ I do not meane that only whych is in the stomacke but the seconde also whych is in the liuer and the thyrde in the vaynes and the fourth or last whych is finished in al the members which surely to their perfeccion haue neede of good space and continuance whiche in nyne houres space as some meÌ„ thinke is brought to pas And if the least of theÌ„ al be in any wyse letted or troubled noryshment is not dueli ministred Moreouer as it is necessary to the prolongacion of lyfe to help digestion and make it perfite So lykewyse â—urgynge of excâ—emeÌ„tes is as necessary Also to keepe the skynne cleane from any fylth and those places wolde be ofte clensed out of the whyche filthines coÌ„meth from the inward partes as the head the eares the nosethiâ—les the eyes y e armeholes and y e other secret places y t nature hydeth honesty scase wold haue named The. iii. thyng which doth make strong lusâ—y the liuely and quick power of y e body is exercise and labour whych thyng to be ne cessarye is knowen by thys that those originall thynges corruptible whereof all liuynge creatures are composed and made be euer more in continuall motion as the ayre the fyre and the water But in this place it semeth expediente seynge I dyd promise the same before to declare some remedies agaynst thys cruditie where wyth manye be affected and troubeled and therewyth to make a perfite conclusion of thys chapter Galene and all other do agree in this case that peper brused and eaten wyth meate is verye expediente And where there is muche wynd in the stomacke then to eate all tymes of the daye the medicine made of thre kyndes of pepper â–ª tyme anise seede and hony clarified which is called diatrion piperi on and if flewme be abundaunt then oximel that is to saye honye and water soden together wyth the rootes and seedes of fenâ—l and persley and a quantitie of vinegre put thereto in the boylyng is very commendable The rest are fullye handled and set forth of Galene in his bookes de Cacoclymia ¶ By what tokens one may know whether the bloud in bys bodye bâ— good or â—â—o if it be viâ—â—ate or yll how to rectifie it For nothyng is more necessary to the producing of lyfe then good bloud The fourth Chapter THe most famous and expert Phisitions among all other preceptes whych speciallye apperteme to the prolongacion of mannes lyfe do aduise and counsell vs to eate suche meate as maketh good iuyce and suche we cal fyne and holesome meates whych ingender good norishment y t is to wyt good laudable blud which causeth aboue all thynges the lyfe loÌ„g to coÌ„tinue in health And good bloud is knowen by this it is not cold not dry not darke â—urbuleÌ„t nor of y e colour of a beastes liuer but it is hot moist clerâ— Yet it is not of ferueÌ„t burning hotâ—â—s as is fyre nor yet of thyn humiditie or moysture as is water For if y e bloud aproche nygh to y e nature coÌ„dicion of fyre it maketh natural heate ouermuch to surmouÌ„t in the body by the superfluous increase whereof humour radical is lightly coÌ„sumed And if y e blud aproch neâ—er to y e nature of water it doth extenuat abate diminyshe natural heate and wyth ouermuch thynne and waâ—ry moisture doth drowne and opresse it Wherfore such euyl bloud maketh both heat and moisture to exceade their bouÌ„des and transcend their limites appointed by nature whereby lyfe is lyke to fall in ruine And verely if naturall moysture be mingled with waâ—ry and thyn bloud it sone receyueth putrefaction which is oft cause occasion of feuers agues called putride And for this cause it is not holesom to eate frutes or hearbes cold for thei much abuÌ„dantly eaten do shortly fil y e vaines w t iuyce crude rawe which sone wyll receiue putrefactioÌ„ Of these premisses it foloweth therfore y t the blud in our bodies be nether very hotte like fire neither very thin moyste like water but in keping y e golden meane betwene bothe Hitherto y e qualitie of good bloud is declared and now lyke wise the substance therof shal be sufficientlye expressed Good bloud is neyther ouer thycke nor ouer thynne But as in hys qualitie semblably in hys substaunce doth keepe and retayne the meane and in all condicions is correspondeÌ„t to the qualitie of the ayer If the substaunce of the bloude be thinne it ngendreth humiditie yll vncerteine and not longe continuyng and maketh the spirites apte to be dissolued and consumed wherby nature is mortified Spiritus Naturalis in hepate Uitalis in corde Animalis in cerebro Yf it be ouer thycke it doth debilitate and obfuscate the wytte stoppeth the pores and geueth occasion of suffocation of the lyfe and the spirites whych by thycke bloud be condensat and made tucbulent because of their thyckenes be nothyng fytte or conuenient for lyfe for they put out and suffocate naturall heate vpon the whyche the fâ—ndacion of lyfe is buylded Like as a great thicke smoke doth ouer whelme the flame of the fyre and wyll not suffer it to burne out clerely I let pas that it is so dark that it maketh mans lyfe heauye sad and full of pensiuenes such as for the most parte those that are of a melancholike constitucion be Good and pure bloud is as necessary to the noryshing of the life as good oyles bee for a lampe Wherefore suche meates muste be pycked out and chosen whych ingender pure and good bloud Rayses in a place shewyng vs how to reteyne and keepe styll longe tyme the freshnes of youth kepe back croked feble and withered age aduertiseth vs to vse such meates as ingender good bloud whyche be precordiall confortatiues of the hert also other lyke which wold be knowen of suche as write of the nature operation of meates for this shorte treatise can not receyue them ¶ Howe that he whiche desireth the course of hys lyfe longe to continue must haue diligent respect or regard to the election of his mansion or dwelling place The fyft Chapter THe place where a man purposeth to dwell is diligently to be considered of theÌ„ whiche desyre
say mans lyfe by degrees of seuen yeres to be in daunger of death or misfortune The tenth Chapter FOr asmuche as shortnes of tyme and busines otherwise taketh from me labour and studye requisite to the exacte and perfite finyshyng of thys my purpose and enterpryse begone wherby I am constrained to leaue many thynges vnspoken concernyng certeyne preceptes of Astronomie by the healpe whereof Astronomers promyse preseruation of health and coÌ„tinuance of the same which thyngs omitted I purpose onlye to remember their opinion whych affirme ourelyfe euermore at seuen yeres ende to be in daunger of death or misfortune which yeres the Astronomers call Auuos câ—â—nactericos they are called also An â—â— scaâ—arâ—s â—tadatii or dectetorii whiche they proue to be by this reasoÌ„ Foreseyng that all the Planettes do raigne by order of successioÌ„ and course Euerye houre of the daye semblablie they raygne in order euery day in the weeke also euery planet in order geueth influence and constellacion for the space of a moneth to the chylde conceiued in the wombe and brought forth vy generation Whereby wyse Astrologers castyng the daye and hour of the chyldes natiuitye do indge hys naturall inclinacion and to what thynges he is of nature aptlye dysposed And consequentlye they saye that euerye planet in order for a yeres space geueth influence and constellacion vnto mans lyfe For a more euident declaracion whereof it is to be noted that Saturne the hyghest planet in the fyrste moneth after the chylde is conceyued hathe supremitie and chiefe rule ouer the chylde lying in the wombe not hauyng perfecte shape of manne or woman and so by discention vnto the loweste In the seueÌ„th moneth Luna hath rule and gouernaunce and so after the chylde is borne and broughte forthe by ascention agayne 〈◊〉 fyrste yeare of the childes age the Moone hath soueraigntie and geueth her influence In the second Mercuri in the thirde Uenus in the fourth Sol in the fifte Mars in the syxt Jupiter in the seuenth Saturne so in order returnyng agayne that suche course there is in all mans lyfe whych causeth in oure bodies euerye seuen yeare a greate alteracion and chaunge Wherefore euerye seuen yeare is thought daungerous and ieoperdous for the causes before mencioned For this cause by y e aduertisemeÌ„t of auncient writers at euery seuen yeres ende we shulde consult with phisicions wyse and well learned to knowe how to escape the daunger then imminent For by certeine remedyes Ptolomeus affirmeth that the manaces and threatnings of the planettes may be repressed Also he affirmeth that mans lyfe maye be prolonged by vertue and power of certeine Images made of precious stones or other metal if they be made at time oportunate and conuenient accordinge to the raygne of the planettes as Philostâ—atus telleth of a manne named Appolonius whych by the vertue of seuen rynges whyche he made geuyng euery one of them a name accordyng to the names of the planettes and vsinge dayly to put the ringes on hys fingers as the planettes raygned in the dayes of the weeke lyâ—ed an hundred yeres reteinyng styll the yong and goodlye bewtie of the visage the liuelye power and quicke vigoure of the mynde and strength of the bodye Albeit I let pas to wryte of suche astrologicall Images for because such witchcraft and sorcerye is superstitious and deuyllishe vnlawfull by the lawes of god and man Wherefore all trust and confidence taken from suche detestable practise these medicines only maye be lawefully vsed to dryue awaye the in commodities of age whych on the earthe God hathe created for mannes necessitie A confutation of the exoniouse opinion of certayne philosophers whyche thought phisycke to be of such efficacie and power to make the body immortal wyth the causes of bodely deathe and the necessitie thereof The eleuenth Chapter THere were in tyme paste certeine philosophers whyche supposed that by suche craft and other lyke as is before hearted the bodi of maÌ„ might be made immortal Whych opinion to be folyshe peruerse and erronions it may sone appeare to al them whiche wyll eyther folowe daylye experience or natural reason to leaue of that I shuld firste haue named and that is the most true and substanciall reason verelye the determinate sentence of almyghtie god Albeit not only philosophers but also phisicions by ouermuche affiaunce and trust had in their science supposed that this thyng myghte be brought to passe against whose presumption arrogancie the noble phisicion Auicene the chiefe of the Arabians in forme folowyng replieth sayenge The science of phisytke doth not make a manim mortall nor doth not defend surely out bodies from outward hurtefull thynges no nor can not assure euery man to lyfe to the last terme and daye of his lyfe But of two thynges it maketh vs sure that is from putrefaction and corruption and also defendeth that naturall moysture be not lyghtly dissolued or consumed Wherfore that cruel Lady of destenie named Aâ—ropos whom we call comenlye death assayleth and pursueth oure bodyes to destroye and kyll them by two sundry maner of wayes Whereof the fyrste is called resolution or consumption of natural moysture whyche in continuaunce and precesse of tyme muste of necessitie be consumed and wasted and can by no phisycke be auoyded And all the preceptes whych here be gathered together if thei be discretelye vsed and put in due execution serue speciallye for thys purpose that it bee not lyghtlye as in floryshyng youthe or chylde age consumed or wasted but be deferred to olde age as longe as nature wyll permitte and suffer The latter cause by the whyche death assayleth the bodie is called putrefaction or corruption of naturall humiditie whyche maye be easelye auoyded if man be circumspecte in vsyng the counsels before wrytten and to keepe the bodye in safety and health From the daunger hereof dothe belonge the diligent consideration and ryghte vse of those thynges whych be called in phisicke not natural whyche be syxe in number Ayre meate and drinke sleepe and watche mouing and reste emptines and repletion and affectes of the mynde Of the vse whereof is some thyng spoken in master Eliots Castell and ther fore here omitted But nowe to returne to this necessitye of our dying to the which by force and constraynt we are driuen and commeth by thys reason Naturall heate in oure bodies by continuaunce and processe of time is a necessatie cause of her owne de struction For if it shulde alwayes continue in our bodies then shuld we liue but the thyng is contrary for at the lengthe it dothe consume and wast her owne matter wherof she is made that is naturall moysture For a more euidente and playne declaration whereof it is to be considered that lyke as the lyght of the lampe dothe by continuaunce of tyme consume the oyle which is cause of the lyght and so is at length extingwyshed Lykewyse it fareth by naturall heate in our bodies and the more it aprocheth to age the more it becometh drier wherby heat is diminyshed which diminution of naturall heat is caused of two thynges the one is ouermuch drynes in al the meÌ„bers the other is lacke of moysture whych of necessitie immediately after causeth death to come and the body to be dissolued This I thynke sufficient to the confutacion of the opinion before remembred One thynge I had almoste forgotten whych althoughe it be but a faynyng of the poetes yet it is necessarye to the amplifiyng of our purpose and doth conteine in it thynges delectable worthye knowledge The poets fayne there to be iii. fatall Ladies or Ladies of destinye in whose wyll it standeth to prolonge and shorten mans lyfe and they be called of the Latines Parce because as I suppose they fauour no manne The fyrste named Clotho is fayned to holde a rocke or distafe in her hande The second named Lachesis to plucke forthe the threede and the thyrde called Athropâ—s to plucke asunder and breake the same whereby they vnderstand that the fyrste of these Ladyes hathe power of oure lyfe at the begynnyng of it and the seconde ladye to stretche forth and draw along mannes lyfe the third ladye at her pleasure and when she wyll to shorten it so as it runne not hys full course An Epiloge or briefe rehearsall of the prâ—misses THys is sufficiente for the declaracion of those thynges which be necessary and expediente to be knowen to the preseruation of the health and longe continuaunce of the same whych specialye doth consyst in reducing naturall heate and moysture to an equall and iust temperature in makyng digestion good and perfite in rectifieng of bloud viciate or corrupt in consideracion to be hadde concerning a mansion or dwelling place in ordinarie dyet to be obserued in preparing necessarye remedies agaynst inordinate watching finallye in the power and strength of that whych beyng extracte out of hearbes and other metalles is called a quine essence which being studiousely read and put in due execution I trust shall be to the readers both commodious and profitable oâ— whom I praye â—hat my small and symple â—aboâ—â—es heceâ—â— bestowed at vacant tyme from other lettes and busines maye be fauorably accepted and hereafter when I shall perceiue where â—â—her my lytle power or poore â—â—beuoure maye better accomplyshe the thyng for theyr commoditie ther shall no laboure let me from doyng of it Thus fare ye well gentle Readers FINIS Uiue vale Lector si quid scis rectius istis Candidus imperti si non scis viere gratus Imprinted at London by Robert Stough ten dwellynge wythin Ludgate at the sygne of the Bishoppes Myter Ingeniâ—â— memoria Juditiâ— â–ª Experientia Longa vi ta ad scientie cognitionem necessaria Gen. xvi M. ficiâ—â— lib. i de stud â–ª ca â–ª tuâ—nd ca â–ª tercio â–ª Celius auti-lecti lib. xvi Corn. Celsus lib. x. Prou. xv Libr. â— cap. vii Hesiodus 〈◊〉 2. â—â—gou caâ— emeâ—on Rayses li bro. iii al mansoris Diatetici
¶ A compendious or shorte Treatise gathered out of the chyefe and principall Authors of Phisycke conteynynge certeyne preceptes necessary to the preseruacion of healthe and longe continuaunce of the same verye pleasaunte and profitable to reade ⸫ ⧠To the ryght honorable mastie Wylliam Cicyll Esquier one of the two principall Secretaries to the kyng his most excellent maiestie Henry Wyngfield wysheth long coÌ„tinuaunce of true welfare and like prosperouse successe Hâ—uyng wythout anye my desert enioyed the coÌ„moditie of your beneuolence and good wyll I haue often deuised ben desirous â—accomplyshe some thyng whych I myght exhibit vnto you as a testimonie and pledge of my pore earnest zeale entier affection And knowyng by late profe that if my power wer to declare y e same by some gyft of price ye wold not wel take it beyng so syncere and vpryght rather to esteme the good wyll then the value The consideracion of the whyche thyng hathe moued me at thys my presente beynge here to take in hande thys small and simple treatyse presenting it vnto you for a newe yeres gyfte that it myghte openly appeare how inwardly I beare you accordyng to my bounden duety my pore hert and seruyse And albeit that lacke of tyme and lette of busines as it is well knowen hath withdrawen from me leasure requisite to the absolute finyshynge here of Yet I truste wel in your wonted gentlenes that you wyll both in good part take my simple labour here imployed vntyll some wor thyer thyng may happen and also for lacke of power â—accepte my poore good wyll hertely wyshyng that suche profite may procede vnto you by thys processe as you maye euermore enioye a healthful mynde in a whole and sounde body beyng worthy for your excellenâ—e desertes longe continuaunce of the same At London the fyrste of January An 1551. Who so wyl haue his dayes in healthe long endure And wythout payne or griefe to lyue and fare well These preceptes let hym practise or faythfully put in â—re And of health he may be siker sickenes so expell ¶ The preface to the gentle Reader THe sharpenes and quicke capacitie of mannes wyt whych is the best gyfte greatest treasure grauÌ„ted to mankynd The memorie trusty firme strong in reteyning keping thynges coÌ„mitted to her custodi are not so much necessarie or expediente to the hauynge of a perfecte and exacte knowledge of the tongues and liberall faculties wherein all treasures of science wysedome are comprehended as is a pure and sincere iudgemente Furthermore to haue so vncorrupt or vpryght iudgement truelye to iudge esteme euery thyng to be as it is is a thing very hard and difficulte Not onlye for because of the great varietie and dissention in opinions but also for the vayne and vncerteine confectures whych be in many sciences as Palmestry Pyromancie and Astrology and other faculties vn leful by the lawes oâ— God man Wherfore onles man know such secrete mysteries and hyd operacions of nature bi experience he can neuer come to the knowledge ther of the iudgement is so amased opressed and ouerwhelmed wyth darkenes Moreouer experience also is oftentymes vncerteine and fallible bothe for the imbecillitie of oure iudgement and also for that oure lyfe tyme is feble frayle and of shorte continuaunce Wherfore of these premisses the noble Physicion Hippocrates of most worthy memorye dyd plainlye gather that no man can come to the perfecte and exacte knoweledge of learnyng in short continuaunce so that it is requisite that life be prolonged And there is no man so dul no such lacke wyt but that knoweth wel inough y t thys thyng may be easely performed if he vse wysedome and diligent prouision in the ordryng therof Whiche thyng to be true not only experience but also the diligent and expert cure of phisycke is a sure witnes and testimonie For it is dayly sene that feble and weake boâ—ies by thys prouidence and moderacion in liuynge lyue as longe as those which be valeaunt lusty and strong To the confirmacioÌ„ wher of Plato and Aristotle beare me witnes that a man of excellente lernyng and wisedome named He â—odicus which was in all hys lyfe as feble and syckely as anye man liuyng at that tyme by suche prouidence and order in diete to haue iyued vntyll he was an hundred yeres olde I lette passe manye other of whom Plutarche maketh mencion whyche althoughe they were verye feble and weake yet they by obseruynge these precepts of liuyng and vsyng great diligeÌ„ce to preserue the same haue lyued long tyme wythout any greuous or paynefull syckenes Whyche thynges considered and kept in remembraunce causeth many not a lytle to meruell what shoulde bee the cause of so sodaine a chaunge alteracion in our bodies at thys tyme froÌ„ their nature which haue ben before vs. For now adaies if a man lyue to fyfty or lx yere it is thought a great age And the most parte of men ere this tyme euen in their florishyng youth are attached with fearful death which shaketh of their freshe colour their bewty and their streÌ„gth And yet the case is playne that mans lyfe myghte continue as longe nowe as it hath done afore tyme if we in leadyng forth thereof wolde vse suche diligence and circuÌ„spectioÌ„ as dyd our progenitors Whiche thynge I speake not as any derogatioÌ„ vnto gods honor as who say that we can appoint or constitute ani time excepting alway y e power of God which is wonderfull also merciful aboue mans reasoÌ„ or counsell preseruing or striking whoÌ„ wheÌ„ or wher it shal like his diuine power For oftentymes as holy scripture doth record horrible syn hath ben y e cause of short life And as it is writteÌ„ y e first boke of Moses in y e first age one maÌ„ liued as long as v. or vi do now but shortly after lyke as men so dyd synne encrease on the earthe Wherefore the Lorde sayde my spirite shal not alway striue in maÌ„ because he is fleshe and his dayes shall be a. C. xx yeres but none at all or very few doth approche nere vnto thys age And truely to speake as I thynke our imtemperance continuall bankettyng and dayely ingurgitacions of meates and drinkes is greate occasion of short lyfe nowe adayes The spirite of glotonie so triumphyng amonge vs in his glorious chariot called welfare driuynge all smelfeastes and bealye guttes as hys prisoners afore him into the dungeon of surfet where they be tormented wyth sondrie painfull diseases driuen drawen and finally drowned Such miserable nature remayneth in some meÌ„ that to liue idelâ—y and voluptuously they wyl chose rather to be sycke then to be whole rather to haue payne then pleasure rather to dye then to liue For thys is not a rare thyng but in dayly experience that by suche reuell gourmandise and daily surfetyng many cruellye are putte to deathe oftentimes in floryshynge youth in the most pleasaunt tyme
put in to much at one tyme they drowne the lyghte or elles if by negligence they forget to putce any oyle in for lacke of humiditie the lyght is extingwyshed goth forth By exaÌ„ple wherof we maye learne discretelye to temper heate and moysture in oure bodyes by vertue and power of the whych lyfe tyme may de prolonged Fyrste therfore bycause this life is inclosed in a mortal body a vessell frayle bryckle and of short coÌ„tinuaunce we may not refuse and caste awaye all regard or respecte thereof or neglecte our dueties in attendyng of it for asmuche as it coÌ„teineth in it precious treasures but with vigilaÌ„t custodie intreate and order it not in much cherysheyng or pamperyng of it not sufferyng it to be subdued to all ioyes pleasures delicacie and voluptuousenes For by suche belye chere all the powers are weakened the goodlye bewtye of the visage and shape of mankynde also strengthe of the bodye decayeth and vanisheth away in short time Wherfore we must accustume oure selfe to a moderacion in dyet whyche maye comforte nature and not fyll the belye It is wrytten that Galene the prynce of all Phisitions whyche in hys tyme was had in wonderfull reuerence dyd neuer in all hys Lyfe eate so muche but that he left wyth a greate appetite and desyre to eate more Neyther dyd he vse to eate by and by after he had rysen whych we call breakefastes that be geuen to asswage the guawyng and complayntes of a yonge stomacke and yet he lyued as Celius writeth xx yeres or as some other affirme a hundred and fortye albeit breakefastes to be necessarye in thys Realme a certeyne worshypfull and well lerned man deseruing notable remeÌ„brauÌ„ce hath proued by good reason for asmuche as choler beyng feruent in the stomacke seÌ„deth vp fumosities vnto the heade and causeth headache or sometyme becometh adust wherby happeneth perilous syckenes if the heate inclosed in the stomacke haue not coÌ„uenient matter to worke on Wherfore they be necessarye in thys Realme specially to yonge men or colericke But to returne to our purpose it is to be remembred that the lampe burneth long the lyght wherof is tempered according to the oyle so that it do not hastelye but by lytle and lytle burne and waste vp the same Lykewyse we in all oure lyfe tyme specially in youth muste be aduertised that thys heat naturally graffed in vs be not superfluous or abundaunt then verye lyke shortly to consume all humiditye called radicall whych oftentymes is great occasion of shorte lyfe Furthermore by our outwarde senses we perceyue the lampe not to burne clerelye if the oyle be not pure and clere but thycke turbulent and full of dregges For shortly bubbels which ryse on the dregges drowne and extincte the light But we in the tyme of our natiuitie haue receiued of nature oyle I meane moysture radicall pure ayerye Wherefore that whych is dayly ingendred in our body in the place of that whych is consumed by heate wherwyth thys heate is fedde and noryshed ought not onlye to be of iust and equal porcion and quantitie to that whyche was before but also in all condicions lyke vnto it and that it may be so conformable vnto it it muste not onlye be pure and ayerye but also not hauynge anye parte of fece or dregges Whych if you wyll escape and auoyd you must beware of cruditie which is a vicious concoction of thynges receyued they not beynge wholly or perfectly alterid Remedies conuenient fitte therefore shall be expressed in the chapter folowyng Also much reste idlenes or slug gyshenes wherfore we muste not neglecte competente exercyse and that in due and coÌ„ueniente tyme whych surely is a thynge so necessary to the preseruacion of health that wythout it no man may long be wythout syckenesse whiche is affirmed bi Cornelius Celsus saiyng that sluggyshnes dulleth the bodye labour doth strength it the fyrst bryngeth the incoÌ„modties of age shortly the laste maketh a maÌ„ longe tyme lustie and moste of all to absteyne frome suche meates which engender dregges making yll iuyce and norishyng and suche as ingender melancholy as biefe very olde fleshe or fyshe very salt chese hard olde wyne thicke and blacke gose ducke swanue also fruits not rype much vsed Ther be also manye mo lyke kyndes of meates which I purposely pas oueâ— forasmuche as I desyre to be in this treatise coÌ„peÌ„dious But he that wyl know more abundantly of these such other let hym reade the boke of Galene wher he intreateth of the nature and operacions of meates and he shall be therein fully satisfyed ¶ What thynges diminy she or coÌ„sume naturall moysture and what super fluoufly increasâ— the same Also that good digestion is very necessarye to the prolongation of lyfe The thyrd chapter THese thynges folowynge in short continuaunce exhausâ—e and dri vp natural moisture Greate and abundante esfusion of bloud either by fyghting or by other chaunce of fortune violente lâ—wsâ—â—es of the belye beinge long soluble Immoderate sweatynge the pâ—res conduites of the body â—oâ—uch opened Ouermuch â—amiliâ—â— acquaintance with â—â—â—â—s of wanton delite the goddes patrones great thyrst or honger â—mmoderat watch ouermuch vse of thiges hot dry Also affectes passions of the myud as ire wrathe also sorowe heuines daylye lan guishyng in tormentes incurable then the whiche there is nothynge more enemy to life for it coÌ„sumeth both natural heate moysture of the body also it doth extenuate or make the bodye leane dulleth the wytte darkeneth spirites letteth the vse and iudgemente of reason and oppresseth memorye Whych thynges be ratified by the authoritie and witnes of SalomoÌ„ Sorowe saythe he dryeth vp the bones For lyke as the mothe in the garment and the worme in the tree so dothe heauinesse anoye the herce of manne Thinges contrary to these whiche wente before make moysture vnnaturall and superfluous to redound in the bodye as often drun kennes whych doth both exhaust heate and maketh abundaunce of euil moysture and also causeth cruditie For when the meate is not well concocte or boyled in the stomacke then there is tomuche euyl and corrupt iuyce where by naturall heate is drowned oppressed and ouerwhelmed Foresene therfore that good digestion is so necessary to the prolongacion of life let vs if affectionatly we couet the preseruation therof wyth all oure indeuour and â—â—udye vse diligence and circumspection that we runne not into thys cruditie But consideryng that it is great occasion both of consumption of humiditie and also of suffocation of heat diligently to auoyde it in vsynge a moderation bothe in meate and drynke For ouer muche ingurgitacion of meates and drynkes or the vicious qualitie thereof or the receyuing of them out of order gredy and hasty fedynge wythout mastication or good chewyng or much and verye ofte drinkyng at meales or betwene meales be the chiefe causes of this affecte or dissease Let vs therefore geue good attendaunce that