drynkyÌ„ge excessiuely causeth vs to be vnlusty drousy slouthfull hurtynge infeblynge the stomake Many other inconuenientises as saith Auicen in the chap. of wyne and water groweth and chanceth throughe excesse of meates and drynkes as here after shall be declared The .iiij. doctrine is to make a lyght souper For to moche meate takeÌ„ at nyght causeth and ingendreth gnawynge and payne in the bealye vnquietnes let of naturall rest and other grefes whiche we fele and se by experieÌ„ce the whiche here after shal be more playnlye declaredde The .v. doctrine is to walke after meate For therby the meate disceÌ„deth to the bottum of the stomake where as Auicen sayth restethe the vertue of digestion For the mouthe of the stomake desireth foode and maketh digestioÌ„ The .vj. doctrine is to eschewe slepe incoÌ„tinent after meate whiche causeth helthe and auoideth diuers infirmities as hit is after shewed in these verses Febris pigrities c. The .vij. doctrine is to make water as ofte as nedethe For who that kepeth or holdethe his water longer than nature requirethe shall auoide it with great peyne and so hit may chance that dethe shall folowe as Auicen saith in his .xix. dist li. iij and chaptre of the difficulte of makynge of water Also to kepe the dregges and superfluite of mans foode longer thaÌ„ nature requireth ingendreth many incoÌ„uenientises in the body For the liuer and veynes called meseraikes drie vp for the moste parte the humors of the forsayd superfluite and so made hard can nat be auoided and thus causethe opilations in the guttis and ventosites and so it may chance impostumes as after shall be shewed The .viij. doctrine is that one doynge his easement and auoydyng ordeurs and filth of the body shuld nat moche inforce and constrayne his fundement for so doinge the emerardes fistule shal greue hym and the fundemeÌ„t many tymes is mysordred and thrust out of his propre naturall place Finally thauctor saythe that who so wyll obserue the forsayde doctrines shall lyue longe in good helthe and prosperite Si tibi defitiunt medici medici tibi fiant Hec tria mens leta requies moderata dieta Here thauctor gyuethe .iij. generall remedies to conserue in helth al creatures and specially noble men The firste is to lyue ioyfullye for ioye and myrthe causeth man to be yonge and lustye By moderate ioy and myrthe youth is conserued naturall vertue coÌ„forted the witte sharped therby man is more prompt quicke and of abilite to do all good and honest operation Nor it is nat sayde without a cause that our ioy and myrthe muste be moderate For whan it is without measure it ingendreth dethe bothe bodilye and goostlye This moderate ioy is mooste conuenient for them that haue moche care and trouble Whiche ioy may begotte by the vse of delicate meates and drynkes by auoidynge of suche thynges as ingendre melancoly And also as Auicen sayth in his .xj. boke chap. of faylynge of mans harte by dwellynge and accompanyng amonge our frendes The .ij. remedy is traÌ„quillite of mynde of vnderstaÌ„dyng and of thoughte For noble men throughe theyr great busynes and charges are moche more greued troubled thaÌ„ other meane persones Great care of mynde and vnderstandyng distroyeth the natural rest of man most expedient for noble meÌ„ whiche moste coÌ„monly are naturally drye and colerike for whom rest is ryght profitable and conuenient The .iij. remedy is moderate diete that is to eate and drynke moderately And after shall be declared what inconueniences growe through excesse of meates and drynkes Lumina mane manus surgens gelida lauet vnda Hac illac modicum pergat modicum sua membra Extendat crinem pectat dentes fricet ista Confortant cetebrum confortant cetera membra Lote cale sta pasce vel infrigisce minute Here are declared .vj. doctrines whiche conforte mans brayne the other membres of the bodye The fyrst is whan we ryse in the mornynge yarly to wasshe our eies with clere colde water The eies wolde be wasshed to cleÌ„se away the ordure and fylthynes that hange in the bries of them And Auicen saythe in the .xiij. dist of his .iij. boke and chap. of conseruacion of the eies that the soueraÌ„st thyng to mundifie and clense and to make sharpe of syght the eies is to open them for the eies and so to put plunge them in clere water And agayne he sayth in the .iij. dist and chaptre of feble syghte that to bathe and plunge the eies in clere water therin to open them coÌ„forteth and concerueth the sight and specially of yonge folke The reason why the eies muste be clensed with colde water is bycause euerye thynge muste be conserued by that that is lyke hit For Galen in his .iij. boke de reg saythe that hotte bodies haue nede of hotte medicins colde bodies colde medicins Considerynge than that mans eies be colde of nature hit standethe with reasoÌ„ they shulde be washed with colde water nat with hotte The .ij. doctrine is to washe our handes whan we be vp in the mornynge for they be intrumentes ordeyned to kepe to mundifie the membres by the whiche the suê‘fluites of the brayne be expulsed and auoided as by the nostrils the eies the eares and other naturall conditis And therfore the haÌ„des specially oughte to be washed with colde water for the washynge of the handes with hotte water engendreth wormes in the bealy and specially to washe them in hotte water incontinent after meate as Auicen saythe in the .xvj. dist of his .iij. boke the .v. treatice the chap. of wormes For the wasshynge of handes in hotte water incontinent after meate draweth the inwarde and naturall heate of man to the exterior partis and so the digestion is vnê‘fet the whiche vnê‘fet digestion is the principall cause that wormes be engendred The thirde doctrine is to rome a lytell hither and thyther whan we are rysen from reste that so the superfluites of the stomake guttes lyuer as the grosse matter of the vrine may the spediler be thruste vnder The .iiij. doctrine is competently after reste to extende and stretche out our handes fete and other lymmes that the lyfely spiritis may come to the exterior partis of the bodye and so cause the spiritis of the brayne to be more quicke and subtile The .v. doctrine is to combe our heed in the mornynge to open the pores of the heed to auoide suche vapours as yet by slepe were nat consumed and also to quickeÌ„ the spiritis of the brayne Farther more to combe the heed is very holsome and specially for aged meÌ„ And Auicen saith in the .iij. dist of his .iiij. boke and chap. of feble sight that to coÌ„be the heed is holsome specially for olde men Therfore one shulde dayly ofte combe his heed For ofte combyng draweth vp the vapours to the superior partis and so seperateth them from the eies The .vj. doctrine is to washe and purge the
tethe For the filthynes of the tethe causethe the brethe to stynke And of the filthynes of the tethe growethe certeyne vapours that greatly anoye the brayne Farther more the filthynes of the tethe myngled with thy meate causethe the meate to putrifie in the stomake Auicen in his .vij. dist of the .iij. boke and chap. of coÌ„seruacion of the tethe for the tethe teacheth how we may kepe the tethe from ache stynche That is to washe the mouthe with wyne twyse a moneth but to make the brethe swete it muste be boyled with the roote of spurge Who so euer vsethe the forsayde decoction medicine shall neuer haue the tothe ache In the laste verse are certeine generall rules The first is that after we haue washed and bathed our selfe we muste kepe vs warme For than the cunditis of the bodye that is the pores bene open wherby colde wyll perce in to the bodye and ingendre in vs diuers diseases The .ij. is that after we haue dyned or taken our repast we muste for a whyle stande vp ryghte that so the meate may discende to the bottum of the stomake and thaÌ„ walke a litel softely for hasty mouynge driueth naturall hete from the interior partes to the outwarde and causeth il digestion The .iij. is that one of colde complexion shulde nat warme hym selfe to sodaynly but lytell and lytell for sodayne change hurteth nature as Galen sayth in the gloâ—e of this canon Secundum multum et repente c. All stronge thynges and of extreme nature corrupt the body Sit breuis aut nullus tibi somnus meridianus Febris pigrities capitis dolor atque catarrus Hec tibi proueniunt ex somno meridiano Here are declared .iiij. incoÌ„uenientices engeÌ„dred by after none slepe Fyrst the after none slepe causeth and ingeÌ„dreth feuers by reason of opilatioÌ„s For the naturall hete and spirite of man by daye draweth to the outwarde partes of the body and therfore digestion by day is but feble But whan naturall heate and spiritis of maÌ„ drawe to the inwarde partis of the bodye than throughe theyr motion naturall heate is stered vp and therfore the nyght is the very season of perfite digestion and the vndigested rawe humours are the cause of opilations whiche opilations engeÌ„dre feuers as Auicen saythe in the .j. dist li. iiij and chap. of putrifaction Secondly after none slepe causethe man to be slouthfull in his operations busines by the reason afore sayde for grosse humours and vndigested cause mans spiritis slowelye to moue the bodye For as a subtile quicke spirite causeth lyghtnes of body so a lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe boby cause of heed ache Thyrdly the after none slepe engeÌ„dreth heed ache For the grosse and vndigested meate that remayneth in the stomake lyfte vp to the brayne grosse vapours whiche trouble hit And of very coÌ„sequens if vapours of gros mattier be stered vp caused they must also be gros For Galen saythe in the glose of this aphorisme qui crescunt c. that hit muste nedes folowe that all thynges be lyke those thynges of whom they be engendred The .iiij. incoÌ„uenience is the pose and reume Reumes be humours that rounne from one membre to an other and as they rounne in diuers partis of the bodye so they haue diuers names For whan the reume cometh to the lightes they be called catarri and whan they discende to the chekes they be called branchus and whan they come to the nose they are called corizam as appereth by these verses Si fluit ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares dico corizam But besides the reasoÌ„s of the diseases before rehersed there be many other reasons and more effectuell The cause of the first incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is of feuers whiche some tyme are called putrified feuers and some tyme feuers effimeres A feuer effimere is engeÌ„dred of vapours and smudge fumes kept and reteined after the after noone slepe the whiche absteynynge from slepe is wont to coÌ„sume The forsaide smudge fumes mixyng them selfe with mans spiritis engendre an vnordinate and a straÌ„ge feuer called effimere The putrified feuer is ingengdred of the humidites in man vndigested and augmeÌ„ted by the after noone slepe The .ij. inconuenience that is to be slowe in operation and motions chanceth by reason that by the after noone slepe the humidites and fumes in maÌ„ are reteined about the muskyls veynes iointis and causeth the forsayde membres to be astonyed and a slepe and therfore the bodye after dyner is slowe and heuy in operations The thyrde inconuenience that is the heed age cometh as is before declared in the .ij. incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is to say by the humidites vapours reteined in the body throughe slepe and rest whiche by suche meanes are troubled and moued towarde the brayne and so cause the heed age The .iiij. inconuenience is that is the catarrÌ„ signyfyenge al maner of reumes chanceth to man and vexeth hym through vapours and fumes whiche are wonte to be dissolued coÌ„sumed by watche by slepe they drawe to the inwarde partis of maÌ„ and fume vpwarde towarde the brayne whiche fumes ingrossed by colde retourne to the lowe partis caterrisans of mans bodye Auicen in the .xiii. dist li.j. in the .ij. doctrine and .ix. chap. allegeth many other inconueniencis diseases engendred of the after noone slepe The firste disease is the goute and palsey Whiche greue vs by reason that the humidites that are wonte to be dried vp and coÌ„sumed by the heate of the sonne and by watche remayne styll in the body The seconde is the color and corruption of the face through the wattrishe humidites lyke vnto mans vrine myngled with the bludde whiche are wonte to be wasted by watche that nowe with the bludde they ascende towarde the brayne the face and cause it to swelle and to waxe pale The thirde incoÌ„uenience is that after noone slepe ingendreth the splene and that by the kepynge in of the grosse melancoly humours by the day rest For as watche with the heate of the day whiche do open gyueth mouynge and way to melancoly humours by the strayte cundites of the body so the daye slepe letteth and distroyeth the passages and ê“pre wayes of them specially it destroyeth the cundites that come from the splene to the mouth of the stomake made to prouoke mans appetite by whiche cundite all melancoly superfluites are wonte coÌ„monly to be clarified The .iiij. is that after noone slepe mollifieth the veynes by cause the humedites whiche are wonte to be desolued by the day watche can nat be resolued whiche so remaynynge in mans body drie vp the veynes The .v. incoÌ„uenience is that maÌ„ by reason of rest or slepe losethe his appetite for lacke of humors resolution whiche resolution is chiefe and principall cause of the appetite An other reason is the replenisshynge of the stomake by fumes and humidites mollifieth and fyllethe
the mouthe therof The .vi. incoÌ„uenience that after noone slepe doth engendre is impostumes by meanes of humidites encreased by the day slepe whiche drawe to one membre or other and so cause it to swelle Auicen sayth that besides all these aforsayde there be .ij. other speciall causes that proue the after noone slepe to be hurtfull The fyrst is that the day rest is soone corrupted bycause the heate of the daye draweth the corporall heate to the exterior partis of man but the nyght rest dothe clene contrarie for it draweth the corporall heate of man towarde the inwarde partis Of the whiche two motions there is engendred a violent mocion that distourbethe nature And therfore they that wyll slepe rest them by day are counsayled to slepe in darke places and in the shadowe The .ij. cause is that the day reste maketh a man vnlusty drousy and as halfe a ferde and that by the changynge of nature from his olde custome that is from digestioÌ„ of his meate yet nat withstandynge that the after noone rest is generally dispreysed the nyght reste greatly coÌ„mended and preysed yet the slepe that is taken in the mornyng from .iij. houres before the sonne rysynge tyll .iij. of the clocke after the sonne is rysen is nat to be dispreysed As Hippocrates saith in his .ij. boke of pronostic Slepe coÌ„uenient and naturall taken by nyght or by day is allowable and contrarie is hurtfull but the mornynge slepe of all the day is lest worthy dispreise And all be hit the day slepe and at after noone are forbyden by olde fathers and doctours yet for all that nowe adayes slepe taken in the day tyme is nat greatly to be blamed specially as Bartrutius saythe if these .v. condicions therin be diligently obserued The fyrst is if hit be customably vsed The .ij. that it be nat taken immediatly after dyner The .iij. that one slepe nat with a lowe heed The .iiij. nat to slepe to loÌ„ge The .v. nat to be waked sodeynly ferfully but with good moderatioÌ„ Quatuorex vento veniunt in ventre retento Spasmus hydrops colica vertigo quatuor ista Here are declared .iiij. inconueniences that come by to longe holdynge of wynde in mans bodye The fyrst is called the crampe The ventosites of the body ronne ofte amonge the iointes veynes fyllynge them with wynde Qf the whiche fyllynge coÌ„methe retraction and wrynkelynge to gether of the veynes And Auicen saythe in his .ij. dist the crampe is a disease that lyethe in the veynes by the whiche the membres of man moue extende them selfe This crampe is diuers one is caused by replenyshynge wherby the membre is made shorte and great and wrynkelynge to gether as lether or a harpe strynge throughe the matter replenyshynge the meÌ„bres This kynde of crampe cometh sodaynely There is a nother kynde of the crampe moche lyke a taboret whiche inforceth the membre after his lengthe largenes to crompull to gether like parchement cast in the fire This kynde of crampe cometh slowly The seconde incoÌ„uenience is called the dropsye a materiall disease engeÌ„dred of mattier ryght colde entrynge and inflatynge the membres or places of mans body in whiche is the regiment that is the digestion of meates and humours as the stomake the lyuer and the voide places about the bealye For dropsye neuer engendreth but whan the lyuer is corrupt by reasoÌ„ of the bludde There be .iij. spices of dropsy Iposarca asclides tympanites of the tympany this .ij. incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce is vnderstande A tympany as sayth maister Bartruce is ingeÌ„dred of ill coÌ„plextion by coldenes of the stomake lyuer nat sufferyng mans drynke or meate to be coÌ„uerted in to good humours but tourneth them in to ventosites whiche if they be auoyded by belchynge by sweate or other wyse they wyll stoppe the wayes of voidaÌ„ce Also these ventosities gether to gyther betwene the places of the bealye called mirac and siphax and there ingendreth the dropsy The .iij. inconuenience is called the colike a perillous a paynefull disease it ingendreth in a gutte named colon Like as the disease called ilica is ingendred in one of the guttes called ylion And these .ij. diseases are ingendred by ventosites closed in the guttes The .iiij. inconuenience and disease is the heed ache called vertigo whiche maketh a man to wene that the worlde turneth the ventosites of the brayne causeth this infirmite whiche draweÌ„ to the brayne myxte with the lyuely spiritis causeth the heed age called vertigo Auicen in his .xvj. dist reherseth these inconuenieÌ„ces with other and he sayth that ventosites kepte longe cause and ingendre the colicke by reason they assende and gether to gether feblysshynge the guttes And some tyme ingendreth the dropsye and some tyme darkenes of syght and some tyme the megryme and some tyme the fallynge yuel and some tyme it runneth in to the ioyntes and causeth the crampe Ex magna cena stomacho fit maxima pena Vt sit nocte senis sit tibi cena breuis Here we be taughte to make a lyght souper For to moche meate lettethe mans naturall reste and causeth anguyshe gnawyng in the bealy causeth the face to breake out maketh one to haue a heuye heed in the mornynge and an vnsauerye mouthe Here this question cometh well to pourpose Whether a man shulde eate more at dyner or at soupper For a diffinicion here of it is to be noted that after the quantite of the bodye more or lesse meate is conuenient at soupper or at dyner For other the bodyes be holle and sounde orelles sycke If they be sycke eyther incline to materiall sickenes or to vnmateriall If the sickenes be nat caused through some humour one may eate the more at soupper bicause in suche sickenesses nature only endeuereth to digeste the meate If the sickenes be materiall one maye eate the more at diner as it is declared in the .iiij. treatise in the .v. chap. of the curation of fallynge sickenes on this wyse He that can nat be sufficed with one repast in a day bicause he is other wyse accustomed he must deuide his meate in thre partis and eate .ij. partis at dyner and the other parte after temperate exercise at soupper The reasoÌ„ here of is this For in suche sesonne the feble nature hath helpe by the naturall heate of the sonne to digest and the superfluites there by are more resolued wherfore the refection shulde be larger at diner thaÌ„ at soupper And more ouer bycause the heate of the day whiche causeth digestion ioyneth with the naturall heate of mans body and so by day are .ij. sondrye heates to helpe the digestion but it is nat so in the nyghte Lyke wyse nature endeuereth by night to digest the suê‘fluites Therfore it shulde nat be hyndred to digest with to moche meate And though it be so that the naturall heate of maÌ„ be in many thynges fortified in the nyght as by retraction of the spiritis and reductioÌ„ of
beste for hym that wolde be fatte The reason is bicause the doulce wynes for theyr doulcetnes are vehemently drawen of the meÌ„bres where with nature reioyceth For Auicen sayth .ii. can tract i. cap. iii. that the operations of dulce wynes are digestion mellowyÌ„g and encreasynge of nourishement and nature loueth hit and the vertue attractiue drawethe hit And all thoughe this texte may be verified by all doulcet wynes yet the moderate doulce wyne is to be chosen nat that that is excedynge doulce as muskadell For suche corruptethe the bludde by reason that nature draweth hit violently from the stomake to the lyuer before it be wel digested before the suê‘fluite therof be ryped throughe the great dulcetnes therof hit fyllethe the bludde with vndigested aquosite that maketh the bludde apte to boyle and putrifie And this also shulde be vnderstande by other meates excedynge swete And farther wytteth well Three inconuenieÌ„ce engendred of doulce foodes that of the vse of swete wyne and other doulce nourishementes .iij. inconueniences are to be feared specially of them that be inclined therto The fyrst is lothyng for the swete foodes through their heate moysture suppull fyll the mouthe of the stomake and there engeÌ„dre a disposition coÌ„trarie to the vacuation corrugacioÌ„ of hit that causethe hunger The .ij. is swyfte inflaÌ„mation of these doulce foodes conuertynge in to coler For doulce thinges most aptly engeÌ„dre coler Therfore hony aboue all other thinges soonest engendreth coler bicause of swete thynges it is moste swetest and nexte honye is swete wyne as Galen saith And here vpon riseth thyrstynes Gal. in coÌ„meÌ„to can iii. ê‘t reg acutorum nor hit is nat holsome for them that haue the ague nor for colerike folkes The thyrde is opilation of the lyuer and splene For these .ij. membres and specially the lyuer drawe dulce thyÌ„ges with theyr dregges to them for the great delite they haue in them before they be digested Wherfore ther they lyghtly cause opilations through the helpe operation of the grosse substance wherin the sauorynes of swetenes is grounded as Auicen sayth .ii. can tract i. cap. iii. And this is the cause that swete wyne doth lesse stere one to pysse thaÌ„ other wynes Agaynst these .iij. nocumeÌ„tis egre or sharpe sauory thynges are very holsome for with theyr tartnes they prouoke the appetite with theyr coldnes they queÌ„che enflaÌ„mation with theyr fynes of substance they open opilations Farther wytteth well that all though swete wynes and other doulce nourishementes stoppe or shutte the lyuer and splene yet they vnstoppe the loÌ„ges And the reason why they stoppe nat the longes as well as the lyuer and splene Gal. declareth in the coÌ„meÌ„t of the canÌ„ .iii. part reg acut Bicause doulce thinges in their passage resude nothyÌ„ge there to but that that is fyne and pure and the bludde engendred of doulce thynges cometh to the longis purified fyrst in the lyuer Hipp. iii. ê‘ticu reg acut can MeÌ„tem lemus c. and fyned in the harte Also as Hippocrates sayth Doulce wynes do leest make one dronken Thus we may coÌ„clude that if wyne be dronke for nourishement for restoratiue of the body and to make one fatte as it chaÌ„ceth in them that be leane whether it be naturally or accidentally than doulce wynes and grosse sufficiently colored are holsome For suche wynes are nouryshers restore â—es of suche as be lowe broughte and fatters Wherfore they be moste coÌ„uenient to fatte leane bodies But if we entende nat to nourishe to restore or make fatte our bodies as they that be corsye and fatte than though we may nat vse swete wynes but subtile yet they muste chose suche as be amiable and haue good sauour and flauour enclined to whitenes sufficieÌ„tly stroÌ„ge If one drynke wyne to quenche his thyrste than he muste take white wyne thynne and feble For suche wyne do moyste more and coulethe more so coÌ„sequently better quencheth thyrste And the greatter the thirst is the holsomer suche wyne is But if so be wyne be dronke to refreshe the spiritis and comforte the corporall vertue than hit wolde be subtile swete of delectable sauour of meane colour of sufficient strengthe and suche wyne ought to be taken with litell meate and hit must be depured from either superê‘fluite and to be taken in small quantite But if we purpose to scoure the breast and longes to cause vs to laske than doulce wynes of meane substaÌ„ce and of good flauour shulde be chosen Si vinum rubeum nimium quandoque bibatur Venter stirpatur vox limpida turpificatur This texte sheweth to vs .ij. hurtis that come by ouer moche drynkynge of redde wyne The fyrst is that ouer moche drynkynge of red wyne maketh one costyue The cause after the opinion of some is For suche redde wyne heatethe more than other of the parell and is more nutratiue For in that that hit is hotter hit drieth more in that the hit is more nutratiue it is more desirously reteyned of nature But yet this texte may be vnderstande by ouer moche drinkynge of byndynge redde wyne whiche is some what eger sharpe costiue Yet concernynge this wytteth well that if the stomake or the guttis be feble in their naturall operation than redde or blacke wyne called stypticke that is some what tarte ought to be vsed and droÌ„ken as they do that by debilite of stomake can holde nothynge but be laxatiue This saith Hippocrates in the canon Palmeus quidem c. And also Galen in the coÌ„ment of the same But if we wyll comfort the vertue of digestion the clene wyne or meane in substance and colour of good odour and of conuenient sauour and of sufficient strength some what stipticke is most holsome The .ij. is horsenes of the throte whiche horsenes some redde wynes through their drynes erthynes cause and enduce And this hurt cometh also by drinkynge of red wynes growynge in the parties of Brabant throughe theyr stipticalnes and erthynes and speciallye whan the sayde wynes be nat fyned this grefe chancethe But yet they make nat a man costiue For must that is verye redde is wonte to cause the flixe by reason of his erthye dregges myngled there with all whiche byteth and gnaweth the guttis of whiche gnawynge comethe the flixe And suche wyne shulde nat be dronke tyll hit be fyned For so longe as hit is gnawynge through the erthy dregges therof a mordicant fume is reysed to the brayne whiche gnawethe or bytethe the eies and maketh them redde Suche inconueniences are engendred by newe vnfyned wynes of Brabant whether they be white or redde through theyr erthynes The cause why this fume is mordicatiue is by cause the wyne that he cometh of is mordicatiue Gal. in coÌ„mento illius aphori Et qui crescunt c. For Gal. saythe What so euer is dissolued from a thynge muste nedes be lyke the
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
before sayde Ilia porcorum bona sunt mala sunt reliquorum This texte saythe that hogge tripes be better than of other beastis The reason is by cause we eate fewe entrayles outcepte they be full of blud and of verye fatte beastis as hogges be Nowe only hoggis bludde through the complexion and similitude of complexion with mans nature is bludde of whiche the bowels be fylled And lyke wyse hoggis be soner fatte than any other bestis Therfore we eate rather the tripes chitterlȳges of an hogge than of other bestis Impedit vrinam mustum soluit cito ventrem Epatis infraxim splenis generat lapidemque This texte openeth .v. incōueniēces that growe by drynkynge of newe wyne or muste The firste is that muste letteth the vrine and this may be vnderstande .ij. wayes Fyrste for grosse muste throughe his grosnes myxed with the dregges stoppethe the lyuer and the raynes so that the vrine can nat easely haue hit course Secondly hit lettethe the vrine of hit due course as some reinnyshe muste doth and certeyne other subtile wynes lyke wyse For there is some reynnyshe must that whose lyes are mordicāt or bytynge while hit runneth in to the bladder the erthye lyes byte and pricke the bladder and cōstrayne one to pisse contrarie to the due order and maner that he was wonte to do The .ij. is hit losethe the bealye by reason that hit scoureth the entrayles through the sharpnes of hit lyes hit pricketh the guttis to voide out the ordeurs fyrste through mordicatenes of the lyes Secondly through vētosite whiche suche wyne causethe Thyrdlye by reason hit maketh the guttis slyppry by way of vndigestiblenes and grefe of the stomake wherfore the stomake leuseth and openethe the wayes that were shutte The .iij. is that muste hurtethe the good cōplection of the lyuer For hit stoppeth the lyuer through moche mynglynge of hit lyes and causeth disease in the lyuer called dissenteria through swellynge wherby the lyuer is febled Thus sayth Auicen iii.i ca. de reg aque vini And thus it engēdrethe an yll colour and yll diseases of the lyuer that is to say spices of the dropsy The .iiij. is that muste hurtethe the splene and disposition therof throughe the same cause that hit dothe the lyuer for hit stoppeth the splene and so causethe it to be harde The .v. is that must engēdreth the stone and specially that is in the reines whiche is ruddy and lyghtly frangyble by reason of opilation that hit causeth by hit grosse substance And this is certeyne if the muste be of very swete wynes whose lyes be nothynge bytynge or sharpe For muste that hath sharpe bytynge lyes preserueth a man from the stone for hit makethe one to pysse often as some reinyshe must that causethe sande or grauel to be sene in the vrine ofte prouokynge one to make water whiche ofte makynge of water wassheth away the small grauell that cleueth to a mans raynes and so auoydeth hit Potus aque sumptus sit edenti valoe nociuus Infrigidat stomachum cibum nititur fore crudum Here are declared .ij. hurtes hurtis that comme by drynkynge of water that come by drynkynge of water The fyrste is that drynkynge of water hurteth ones stomake that eateth by reason that water cooleth and leusethe the stomake and specially hit distroyeth the appetite The .ij. is that drynkynge of water with meate lettethe digestiō for it maketh the meate receiued rawyshe After the mynde of Auicen Auic iii. i ca. de reg eiu◠quod comeditur Auic ca. de regi aque et vini sayenge Nor after meate moche water shulde nat be dronken For hit deuideth the stomake and the meate and causeth hit to swymme in the stomake And he saith And whan nature dothe digeste meate and that sufficient quātite of water be myngled therwith than after that if we drynke more water hit letteth very moche the digestion that was begonne And agayne Auicen saythe Auicen ii can tract i. cap. iiii that drynkynge of water shulde be eschewed outcepte hit be to helpe the meate downe whan hit stycketh or discendeth slowelye But with meate water shulde neuer be takē or vsed Auerrois in his cōment sheweth the reason whan we receyue water vpon meate hit maketh the stomake colde or it be through hotte and maketh the meate rawyshe and eke causeth the meate to swym in the stomake and hit is the cause that the meate stycketh nat fast there as it shulde digest as hit cōueniently shulde The operation of the stomake is to make a good myxion of thynges receyued there in and to digest them well That done there foloweth an ordinarie and a naturall seperation of pure vnpure thynges And as a greatte quantite of water put in a potte slakethe the sythynge of the meate therin so lyke wyse hit chanceth in the stomake by drynkynge of moche water But to drynke a lyttell quantite of colde water with our meate before it descende downe in to the stomake is nat forbydden but allowable specially if we be very thyrsty for a littel quātite of colde wat takē after the forsayde maner easethe the stomake and quenchethe thyrste The coldnes of the water enforcethe the heate of man to descēde to the very bottum of the stomake and so fortifieth the digestion therof Thus saith Auicē in the aboue allegate placis But witteth well that though water be more cōuenient to quenche thyrste than wyne yet wyne for a mans helthe is more holsome than water And though water vniuersally quenche thyrste better than wyne bycause hit is colde and moyst yet to make naturall and good cōmixion of meates and to cōueie them to the extreme partis of mans body wyne is better thā water For wyne through his subtile substāce and operation myngleth it selfe better with the meate than water doth and nature delyteth more in wyne than in water therfore the mēbres drawe wyne more sooner vnto them mynglynge hit with the meate This mixynge in this maner is as a boylynge or sethyng of thynges to gether whiche is greatly holpe by the heate of the wyne but warer with hit coldnes letteth hit So than it appereth that wyne in mynglynge with meate and delatynge of the same is better than water For wyne by reason of hit subtilite of substance and vertuous heate is a marueylous percer And so by consequens wine delateth or spreadeth more thā water wherin is no vertuous heate nor substance of ayre nor fire the water letteth the passage therof Farther water is nat so holsome drynke as wyne for water hyndrethe the norishement of the bodye by reason hit nouryshethe verye lyttell or nothynge at all So that the more wattrysshe that meate is the lesse hit norisheth Therfore hit is very holsome to drynke wyne with our meate for hit doth nat hynder norishement but greatlye fordreth hit for wyne is a speciall norishemēt and restoratiue and norisheth sweftely as hit is afore sayd Farther ye shall
Fyrste he puttethe .iiij. propretes of chese Foure propretes of chese The fyrste is that chese is of a colde nature And this is to be vnderstande of grene chese whiche is colde and moyst and nat of olde chese whiche is hotte and drie as Auicen sayth Auicen .ii. can cap. de â—aseo Orels hit may be vnderstande by chese that cruddeth onely of the mylke without mynglyng of any other thyng For there is some chese of hotte nature that heatethe the stomake byteth the tonge by mynglynge of other thynges there with as some chese grene in colour of whiche if one eate moche in quantite dothe heate and enflame the bodye The .ij. proprete is that chese maketh one costife this is of trouthe specially if hit be harde and made with moche renles The .iij. is that chese engeÌ„dreth grosse humours this is trouthe of all chese for all chese is made of the grosser and more erthye parte of the mylke The .iiij. ê“prete is that mylke byndeth the wombe and this and the .ij. is all one Farther the texte saith that though chese eateÌ„ alone be vnholsome wherby cometh yll digestion yet if one eate a lyttell curtsye with breadde hit shall digest with the bread and nat other wyse this is trouth if holle folkes and nat sycke eate hit We spake before of chese at Nutrit et impinguat c. Ignari medici me dicunt esse nociuum Sed tamen ignorant cur nocumenta feram Languenti stomacho caseus addit opem Si post sumatur terminat ille dapes Qui phisicam non ignorant hec testificantur Here the auctour blameth them that absolutelye reproue the vse of chese And he declareth .ij. vtilites therof Fyrste chese coÌ„forteth a sicke stomake And here is to be noted that al chese doth nat ease euerye diseased stomake But in other cases all chese hurteth the stomake of selde knyttyng and euerye stomake weaked by longe syckenes But newe grene chese of small claÌ„mynes coÌ„fortethe a hotte stomake for as Rasis sayth hit repressethe his brounes and heate And eke hit comforteth a drie stomake through it humidite And olde chese or very tarte or moche cruddye hurtethe moche suche stomakes But olde chese or verye cruddye chese comfortethe a stomake where aboute hangeth moche fleme for suche chese with his tartenes cuttethe and scourethe away the fleme But newe softe chese hurteth suche a stomake ryght moche And thus hit appereth that in some case these hurteth alwaye and nat in some And that newe chese is some tyme good some tyme olde The .ij. vtilite is the chese eaten after other meate maketh hit to discende downe in to the place of digestion that is the bottum of the stomake All this they knowe that haue the verye science of phisicke And of tarte chese Rasis saythe Neuer the lesse a lyttell curtsye therof eaten after meate fortifieth the mouthe of the stomake and taketh away the ouer moche satiete lothyng of meate that are woÌ„te to be engeÌ„dred of swete vnctuous meatis about the stomakes mouthe Inter prandendum sit sepe parumque bibendum Vt minus egrotes non inter fercula potes Here be .ij. lessons The fyrste is that a man at his meate shulde drinke lyttell and ofte But this thynge is al redy declared The .ij. lesson is that betwene meales we must forbeare drynke speciallye if the meate that we dyd eate be vndigested in the stomake excepte great necessite constrayne vs for drynkynge than letteth and breakethe digestion of the meate fyrste taken For hit causeth the meate to discende from the stomake vndigested putteth away the appetite greueth the bodye and engendreth the feuers and other diseases Vt vites penam de potibus incipe cenam Here the auctour sayth that one ought to begyn his soupper with drynke Some expounde this verse thus If thou wylt eschewe sickenes dryÌ„ke at soupper or thou begynne to eate But this exposition is reproued For after phisitians a man shulde begynne his soupper with meate and nat with dryÌ„ke And all though this boke was made for englishe men yet they kepe nat this rule For at what houre of the day so euer they drinke they eate a morsell breadde fyrste Therfore this verse may be expounde other wyse Hippoc. ii partic aphonsmÌ„ takynge drynke for meate moyste and easye of digestion as Hippocrates taketh drynke whaÌ„ he sayth Hit is easyer to fylle one with drynke thaÌ„ with meate So that the senteÌ„ce of this verse shulde be thus It is better to begynne our soupper with drynke that is with meate moyste and easye of digestion than with grosse harde and yll of digestion The reason is if we eate meate moyst easie of digestion after grosse harde of digestion it wolde through the digestiue heate of the night be soner digested longe before the grosse meates And whan it can nat haue issue for the grosse meate vndigested hit burneth ouer moche or if hit issue hit pluckethe parte of the grosse meate vndigested with hit Therfore it is beste to begynne with meate moyst and easye of digestion that whan hit is digested hit may without lette issue out Singula post oua pocula sume noua Post pisces nux sit post carnes caseus assit Vnica nux prodest nocet altera tertia mors est Here be certeyne lessons The fyrst is after the eatynge of euery newe layde egge rere rosted we muste drynke and specially a draughte of wyne The reason maye be by cause a newe layde egge rere rosted is of ryghte great nourishement and easely digested and it is of that sorte that in smal quantite nourisheth moche and principallye the yolke as is before sayde at oua â—â—centia So that the wyne whiche is frendlye to nature causethe that the egge is more desirously drawen of the norishynge membres and helpethe hit to entre An other cause may be An egge discendeth but slowlye and drynke helpethe hit to discende The .ii. doctrine is to eate nattis after fyshe in stede of â—hese For nuttis through theyr drines hyndreth thingendryng of flâ—me that is wonte to be engeÌ„dred of fishe And for this cause nuttis are the last seruice in lente The .iij. lesson is that after fleshe we must eate chese and nat nuttis for nuttis drie ouer moche and so doth nat chese but it causethe the meate to discende to the buttum of the stomake where the vertue of digestion is And this is certayne if the chese be neyther to olde nor to newe Farther the texte hath in the last verse A nutte megge that a nutte megge is holsome for the body hit makethe the mouthe to sauour well hit comforteth the sighte and lyke wyse the lyuer splene and speciallye the mouthe of the stomake as Auicen saith But the other coÌ„mune nuttes Auicen .ii. can ca. de â—uce musâ—ata called a walnut is hurtful This walnut as Auicen saythe doth inflate ingendre ventosite in the wombe hit
coÌ„plexioÌ„ of mustarde sede of mustard sede sayeng that mustarde sede is a lyttell grayne hotte and drye whiche is true for it is hotte and drie vnto the .iiij. degree after Auicen .ii. canone cap. de sinapi Secondly he putteth .iij. propretes or effectes of mustarde sede The fyrste is it maketh ones eies to water For with hit greatte heate hit maketh subtile and leusethe the humidites of the brayne wherof than by theyr flowynge to the eies the teares come The .ij. effecte is hit purgethe the brayne mundifienge and clensynge away the flematike humidites of the heed Also hit purgethe the heed put in to the nose thyrllis by hit mordication prouokyng one to nese And therfore hit is put in their nostrils that haue apoplexie for by reason of nesynge the brayne is pourged And lyke wyse mustarde sede through it great heate doth dissolue and leuse suche flemes as stoppe the cundites of the brayne of whiche foloweth apoplexie And thus hit apperethe that mustarde sede is a great leuser consumer and clenser of flematike humidites The .iij. effecte is hit withstandethe poyson AuiceÌ„ loco prealleg For Auicen saythe that venomous wormes can nat abyde the smoke of mustarde sede Crapula discutitur capitis dolor atque grauedo Purpuream dicunt violam curare caducos The prophetes of 〈◊〉 Here are put .iij. ê“pretes or effectis of violettis Fyrst violettis delay dronkennes by reason that violettis haue a temperate swete sauour whiche greatly coÌ„forteth the brayne For a stroÌ„ge brayne is nat lightly ouer come with drinke but a weake is Also a violet is colde wherfore hit colethe the brayne and so maketh hit vnable to receyue any fume The .ij. is violettis slaketh heed ache and grefe that is caused of heate as Auicen Rasis Alma and Mesue say by reason that violettis be colde they withstande hotte causes The .iij. is violettis helpe them that haue the fallyng syckenes Though some say thus yet this effecte is nat coÌ„monly ascribed vnto violettis And therfore if violettis haue this proprete hit is but by reason of theyr swete smell that coÌ„forteth the brayne whiche strengthed is nat hurte by small geefes and consequently falleth nat in to epilencie whiche is called the lyttell apoplexie chaunsynge by stoppynge of the sensible senowes Egris dat somnum vomitum quoque tollit ad vsum Compescit tussim veterem colicisque medetur Pellit pulmonis frigus ventrisque tumorem Omnibus morbis subueniet articulorum This texte openethe .vij. propretes of nettyls Fyrste nettyls cause a sicke bodye to slepe For hit is subtiliatiue cuttynge and scourynge of fleme and grosse humours greuynge nature lettynge slepe Secondly it doth away vomite custome therof by reason that vomite and parbrakyng is caused of a claÌ„my humour whiche the nettel cutteth Thyrdly the nettell fordothe olde coughe and specially hony wherin nettell sede is tempered For the nettell auoydethe claÌ„mye fleme out of the breast as Rasis sayth Auic ii caÌ„ cap. de vt And Auicen saythe of the nettell that whan hit is dronke with water is is therâ—yll dronke with wyne healethe the bealy ache For hit asswageth inflasion caused of grosse ventosite wherof the ache cometh for hit leuseth ventosite of the stomake and all other guttis and openeth stoppynge and there vnto the wyne helpeth Thyrdely cherfyil cessethe vometynge and the laske by reason hit is hotte in the .iij. degree and dry in the .ij. it digesteth and drieth that mattier wherof vomite commeth And this is verye trouthe whan vomite or the laske come of colde flematike mattier And besides these effectis hit prouoketh vrine and the menstruosite and swageth ache of the sydes and raynes and speciallye taken with mellicratum Enula campana reddit precordia sana Cum succo rute si succus sumitur huius Asfirmat ruptis nil esse salubrius istis Here the text openeth .ij. effectis of enula caÌ„pana Elfe docâ—e â—worte or horse â—ele Fyrste hit comforteth the harte strynge that is the brymme of the stomake is proprely called the harte stringis orels the vitall membres that is the wyndye membres whiche be nere the harte and specially the harte rote That hit comforteth the brymme of the stomake appereth in that the swete smellyng rote of enula coÌ„forteth the senowy meÌ„bres The bryÌ„me of the stomake is a senowye membre That hit comforteth breathy membres appereth For wyne made of enula called vinum enulatum Auicen .ii. can ca. de enula clenseth the breaste and lyghtis or longes as AuiceÌ„ sayth Also enula swalowed downe with hony helpeth a man to spytte and it is one of those herbes that reioyce and coÌ„forte the hart The .ij. effecte is the ieuse of this herbe with the ieuse of rue is very holsome for them that be burste and that is specially whaÌ„ the burstennes cometh by ventosite for these .ij. ieuses dissolue that And besidis these effectis enula is good for a stomake filled with yl humours and it openeth opilatioÌ„s of the lyuer and splene as Rasis saythe And hit comforteth all hurtis colde grefes and motions of ventosites and inflasions as Auicen sayth Cum vino coleram nigram potata repellit Sic dicunt veterem sumptum curare podagram Here are put .ij. effectis of hyll worte A remedye for coler Fyrst hyll worte principally the water therof taken with wyne purgeth blacke coler Secondly hilwort heleth an olde goute For the ê“prete of this herbe is to melte and dissolue fleme wherof very ofteÌ„ the goute is wonte to be engeÌ„dred And note that after Platearius hil worte is hotte and dry in the thyrde degree The substaunce therof is subtile the vertue comfortable through the swete smell of hit substance hit openethe and of hit qualites draweth of hit fyrie substance or nature hit consumeth by burnynge and drienge Illius succo crines retinere fluentes Alitus asseritur dentisque curare dolorem Et squamas succus sanat cum melle peruncâ—us Here he puttethe .iij. effectis of water cresses water cresses Fyrste watercresses reteyne heares fallynge awaye if the heed be annoynted with the iewse therof orels if the ieuse or water therof be dronke This effecte Auicen toucheth sayeng Aui ii caÌ„ cap. de 〈◊〉 The drynkyÌ„ke or annoyntyng with watercressis cure tothe ache specially if the ache come by colde for it persethe resoluethe and heatethe as apperethe at Cur moriatur homo Thyrdly the ieuse of water cresse takeÌ„ with hony or the place annoynted therwith doth away skales that cleaue to ones skynne by reason that suche skales be engeÌ„dred of salte fleme Watercresse as is sayde purgeth all fleme therfore if hit be dronke hit resisteth the cause of skales and the place annoynted therwith auoydeth the skales and specially myngled with hony for that is a cleÌ„ser and so helpeth the cressis to purge Beside these effectis cressis drie vp the corruptioÌ„ of the bealy clenseth the lyghtis
heateth the stomake and liuer and is holsome agaynst the grosnes of the splene proprely whaÌ„ therof and hony a plaister is made it causeth one to caste vp coler hit augmenteth carnall luste and by dissoluynge auoydeth out wormes and prouoketh menstruosite as sayth Auicen Cecatis pullis ac lumina mater hyrundo Plinius vt scribit quamuis sunt eruta reddit of celendine Here is putte one notable thynge of Celendine Whan yonge swalowes be blynde the daÌ„me bringeth celendine and rubbeth theyr eies maketh them to see wherby the auctour shewethe hit is holsome for the sighte And this appereth playnly sith hit is coÌ„monly put in medicines agaynste feblenes of syghte Celendine hath ieuse is well knowen And why swalowes knowe it better thaÌ„ other byrdes may be by cause theyr yonge be oftner blynde swalowes donge doth make blynde and so the daÌ„me doÌ„geth some tyme in the yonges eies and maketh them blynde And after Platearie celendine is hotte and drie in the .iij. degree And of it qualites and substance hit hath vertue to dissolue consume and drawe And the rootis therof stamped sodde in wine are good to purge the heed and womans priuite from broken moist humours if the pacieÌ„t receyueth the smoke therof at the mouth after gargyse wyne in the throte Auribus infusus vermes succus necat vsus Cortex vertucas in aceto cocta resoluit Pomorum succus flos partus destruâ—t eius Here thauctour reherseth .iij. thyÌ„ges of wylowe To kylle vvormes in ones eares Auicen .ii. can ca. de salice Fyrst the ieuse of wylowe poured in to ones eare kylleth wormes by reason of the stiptisite dryenge therof And after Auicen nothynge is better to heale matterynge at the eares than the ieuse of wylowe leaues Secondly the rynde of wylowes sodde in vineger dothe awaye wartes And Auicen saythe wylowe ashes with vineger To voyde wartes draweth vp wartis by the rotis by reason of the ashes vehement drienge Yet to distroy wartis nothyÌ„g is better thaÌ„ to rubbe them with purslane This purslane doth of hit ê“prete and nat qualite after Auicen Thyrdlye Auicen .ii. can ca. de portulaca wylowe flowers and ieuse of it frute letteth the byrthe of a childe for through hit stiptisite and drought hit causeth the childe to be borne with great payne Confortare crocus dicatur letificando of saffroÌ„ Membraque defecta confortat epar reparando Here are put certayne holsome thyÌ„ges of saffroÌ„ Fyrste saffron coÌ„forteth mans body in gladdyng it And wytteth well that saffron hath suche proprete that if one take more therof than he ought hit wyll kylle hym in reioysynge or laughynge Auicen saythe 〈◊〉 ii caÌ„ 〈◊〉 de â—reco that to take a draÌ„me and a halfe wyll kylle one in reioysynge Secondlye saffron comfortethe defectiue membres and principallye the harte Hit comforteth eke the stomake by hit stiptisite and heate and for the same cause restoreth the liuer and specially through hit stiptisite whiche wyll nat suffre the liuer to be disolued Yet to vse hit ouer moche induseth parbrakynge and marreth the appetite Of this Auicen warnethe vs sayenge Hit causeth parbrakynge marreth the appetite bicause it is contrary to the sharpenes in the stomake whiche is cause of appetite Besydes these ê“pretes faffron maketh one slepe and dullethe the wyttes and whan hit is dronke with wyne hit maketh one dronke it clenseth the eies and lettethe humours to flowe to them hit maketh one to breth well it stereth to carnal lust and maketh one to pysse Flegma vires modicas tribuit latosque breuesque Flegma facit pingues sanguis reddit mediocres Sensus hebes tardus motus pigritia somnus Hic somnus lentus piger in hac sputamine mulâ—us Et qui sensus habes pingues facit color albus This texte sheweth certayne propretes of the coÌ„plexioÌ„ of fleme Fyrst flematike folkes be weake by reason that theyr naturall heate whiche is begynner of all strength and operation is but feble Secondly flematike folkes be shorte and thycke for theyr naturall heate is nat stronge inoughe to lengthe the bodye and therfore hit is thycke and shorte Thirdly flematike folkes be fatte bicause of theyr great humidite Therfore Auicen sayth that superfluous grese signifieth colde and moistnes For the bludde and the vnctious mattier of grese persynge through the veines in to the colde membres throughe coldnes of the membres do conieile to gether and so engendre in man moche grese as Galen sayth in his .ij. boke of operation He saythe after that sanguine men are myddell bare betwene the longe and the shorte Fourthly flematike folkes are more inclined to ydelnes and study than folkes of other coÌ„plexion by reason of theyr coldnes that makethe them slepe Fyftlye they slepe loÌ„ger by reason of theyr great coldnes that prouoketh them to slepe Syxtelye they be dull of wytte and vnderstandynge for as temperate heate is cause of good witte and quicke vnder staÌ„dyng so cold is cause of bluÌ„t witte dul vnderstaÌ„dyng SeueÌ„thly they be slouthful that is by colde for as heate maketh a maÌ„ lyght quicke in mouyng so cold maketh a man heuy slouthful The .viij. is they be lumpyshe and slepe longe Reddit fecundas permansum sepe puellas Isto stillantem poteris retinere cruorem This texte openeth iâ— coÌ„modites of lekes Fyrst ofte eatynge of lekes make yonge womeÌ„ frutfull Of lekes by reason as Auicen saythe Auicen .ii. can ca. de porro lekes delate the matrice and taketh awaye the hardnes therof whiche letteth the conception Secondly lekes stynce bledynge at the nose as Auicen saythe Many other effectis of lekes are rehersed at Allea nux ruta Quod piper est nigrum non est dissoluere pigrum Flegmata purgabit digestiuamque iuuabit Lencopiper stomacho prodest tussisque dolori Vtile preueniet motum febrisque rigorem Pepper This text declareth many coÌ„modites of pepper and fyrst .iij. of blacke pepper Fyrste blacke pepper through hit heate drines leuseth quickely for it is hotte and drie in the .iij. degree SecoÌ„dly hit purgeth fleme for it draweth fleme from the inner parte of the body and consumeth hit Lyke wyse hit auoydethe fleme out that cleuethe in the breast and stomake heatynge subtilynge dissoluynge hit Thyrdly hit helpethe digestion And this appereth by AuiceÌ„ Auic ii caÌ„ cap. de piâ— sayenge that pepper is digestiue causynge appetite And this speciallye is to be vnderstande by longe pepper whiche is more holsome to digest rawe humours thaÌ„ either whyte or blacke Gal. iii. de reg sanitatis ca. vii as witnesseth Galen SecoÌ„dly he declareth .v. holsome thinges of white pepper Fyrste whyte pepper comfortethe the stomake And this appereth by Galens wordes sayenge that hit coÌ„forteth the stomake more than the other .ij. To this agreeth Auicen Auic loco prealâ—eg sayenge whyte pepper is more holsome for the stomake and more vehemently dothe
duste or walkyng in dusty places in whiche duste fleeth light lyin to the eies duskethe the syghte The .xxj. and aboue other hurtfull to the eies and syght is to moche watche For to moche watche inducethe to moche drynes in the eies And generally all repletions hurt the eies and all that driethe vp nature and all that trouble the bludde by reason of saltnes or sharpenes All dronkennes hurteth the eies but vometynge coÌ„forteth the syght in that hit purgeth the stomake and hurteth hit in that hit moueth the mattiers of the brayne dryuynge them to the eies And therfore if hit be nedefull to spue hit muste be done after meate without constraynynge Also to moche slepe incontinent after meate and moche bludde lettynge and proprelye with ventosites hurtethe the syghte as Auicen sayth .iii. tract iiii ca. iiii where he expresseth many of the forsayde causes Feniculus verbena rosa celidonia ruta Ex istis fit aqua que lumina reddit acuta This texte recitethe .v. herbes whose water is verye holsome for the syghte To clarifie the eies The fyrste is fenell whose ieuse put in to the eie sharpeth the syghte after Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ The .ij. is verueyn wherof the water is of many phisitians put in resceytes holsome agaynst feblenes of syghte The thyrde is a rose whose water dothe comforte the lyuelye spirite and syghte The .iiij. is celendine whose ieuse is citrine hit is called celidonia that is gyuynge celestiall gyftes The .v. is rewe the water of those .ij. herbes is holsome for the syghte as phisitians coÌ„monly say Sic dentes serua porrorum collige grana Ne careas iure cum iusquiamo simul vre Sicque per embotum fumumque cape dente remotum Here the auctour reciteth certeyne medicines for tothe ache For tothe ache He saythe Lykes sede henbane burned to gether is good for the tothe ache They must be ministred on this wyse The ieuse of heÌ„bane with the lyke sede must be burned to gether and the smoke must be resceiued through a fonell on the side that the ache is The vertue of the heÌ„bane taketh away the felynge of the payne And the vertue of the lyke sedes fume kylleth wormes whiche other whyle lyenge in the concauites of the tethe cause intollerable payne as Auicen saythe ii canone cap. de porro Nux oleum frigus capitis anguillaque potus Ac pomum crudum faciunt hominem fore raucum This text declareth .vj. causes of horsenes The fyrste is eatynge of nuttis for nuttis drie moche and therfore they asperate the voice and make it like a cranes voyce The .ij. is oyle the vse wherof may engendre horsenes for some claÌ„my partis therof cleue fast to the pipe of the lyghtis causyÌ„g horsnes Secondly hit may make colerike folkes hoorse for that in them the oyle is lightly enflamed and so that inflamation causeth exasperation and horesnes but the fyrste cause semeth better The thyrde is colde of the heed For colde of the heed doth presse to gether the brayne wherby the humours discende towarde the throte and the pype of the lyghtis enducynge horsenes throughe to moche moystnes of the pipe The .iiij. is eatynge of yeles for the eatynge of them multiplieth claÌ„my fleme whiche comynge to the lyghtis stycke there styll and cause horsnes The .v. is ouer moche drynkynge speciallye towarde bedde Nowe the vehement wetynge of the pipe of the lightis dothe chieflye cause horesnes of the voyce as all phisitians say The .vj. is rawe apuls for in that they be rawe they encreace fleme and if they be nat rype but sharpe and sower they make the throte roughe Ieiuna vigila caleas dape valde labora Inspira calidum modicum â—ibe comprime flatum Hec bene tu serna si vis de pellere reuma Si fâ—nat ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares esto corisa Here are touched .vij. thyÌ„ges that cure the reume The fyrste is abstinence from meate â—or the 〈…〉 or fastynge for therby the mattier of reume is dimynyshed for abstinence drieth and the mattier is better ryped and consumed For whan nature fyndethe no matter of foode wheron she may worke she worketh vpon reumatike mattier and consumeth hit and so the heed is lesse fylled therwith Wherfore Auicen saythe that a man hauynge the catar or the pose shulde take hede he fylle nat hym selfe with meates The .ij. is watche for watche dryeth the brayne and withstandeth that the vapours ascende nat to the heed The .iij. is hotte meatis and drynkes for throughe theyr heate the colde mattier of the reume is digested The .iiij. is to labour moche for therby the mattier reumatike is consumed by reason that moche labour drieth vp the suê‘fluites of the bodye And in stede of valâ—e some textis haue veste and than the sentence is that warme garmeÌ„tis is holsome for the reume specially whan hit cometh by colde mattier The v. is inspirynge of hotte aier and speciallye if the catarre procede of colde matter for by breathyng of warme aier the mattier is warmed and riped The .vj. is to drynke lyttell and endure thyrst for therby the reumatike mattier is consumed And eke by lyttell drynkynge the heed is nat fylled as with moche drinkynge The .vij. is to holde ones breath for that is specially good in a catarre caused of a colde mattier by reason that this holdyÌ„g of the breathe heatethe the partis of the breast and so the colde fleumatike mattier causynge the catarre is better digested These thynges and many other Auicen toucheth sayenge AuiceÌ„ locâ— prealleg Hit behouethe to kepe the heed warme continuallye And also hit must be kepte from the northe wynde and proprely after the southe For the southe wynde repleteth and makethe rare The northe wynde constrayneth Also he must drinke no colde water nor slepe on the day tyme He must endure thyrst huÌ„ger and watche as moche as he can for these thynges in this sickenes are the begynnynge of helth Rasis .ix. Almausoâ— Farther more Rasis biddeth hym that hath the reume to beware of lyenge vp ryghte For by lyenge vp ryghte the reumatike matter floweth to the hynder partis of man where as be no manifeste issues wherby the mattier maye voyde out Therfore hit is to be feared lest hit flowe to the senowes and cause the crampe or palsey And lyke wyse he ought vtterly to forbeare wyne for wyne is vaporous and in that hit is verye hotte it dissolueth the mattier and augmenteth the reume And lyke wyse he must nat stande in the sonne nor by the fire for the sonne and fire leuse the mattier and augmenteth the reume In the last .ij. verses thauctour puttethe difference betwene these .iij. names catarrus branchus and corisa And the difference standeth in the mattier flowyng to one part or an other of the body WhaÌ„ the mattier roÌ„nethe to the breaste partis hit is called catarrus whan
to the bodily hete But comparynge hit to ruddye blud and coler hit is colde Fleme is naturally whyte and this is called swete fleme extendynge this name swete to all the talages delitynge the taste for other wise this natural fleme is nat swete but vnsauery and watrishe and very nere the talage of water And to this fleme nature hath nat gyuen a ê“pre mansion as she hath done to coler and melancoly but nature maketh it ronne with the bloud for it hath a very nere similitude to bloud And of this fleme there be .ij. necessites and one vtilite The fyrste necessite is that hit be nere the membres so that theyr vertue maye digeste and turne hit in to bloudde and that the membres by hit may be nourished whan they haue loste theyr naturall foode that is for to saye good bloudde throughe restrynte of material bloud whiche restreynt is caused of the stomake lyuer through some causes accidentall The .ij. necessite is that hit myngle with the bloud and make hit apte to nourishe the meÌ„bres of flematike complexion as the brayne and nuche for that that must noryshe these meÌ„bres must be well myngled with fleme The vtilite of fleme is that hit moyst the ioyntes and membres that moue moche leste they waxe drie through the heate that cometh of theyr mouynge and rubbynge Vnnaturall fleme may be deuided Fyrste in hit substance so some therof is muscillaginosuÌ„ and that is fleme to ones semynge diuerse for in some parte it is subtile and thynne and in some other grosse and thycke it is called muscilaginosuÌ„ bicause hit is lyke muscilages draweÌ„ out of sedes There is an other fleme that appereth egall in substance that is in subtilite grossenes to ones demynge but for a trouth hit is diuers in euery parte this is named rawe fleme And this encreasethe in the stomake and entrayles And to auoyde hit out of the stomake Hippocrates byddethe vs spue twyse a monethe and to voide hit out of the guttis nature hath ordeyned coler to runne from the chest of the gall to the entrayle ieiuniuÌ„ so forthe to the other lower guttis to scoure away that fleme from the brymmes of the entrayles and to cause hit to discende downe with the other dregges and fylthe Some tyme this fleme is encreased in the veynes specially of olde folkes by minishyng of theyr digestioÌ„ and there remaynynge is by lyttell littell augmented and engrossed hurtynge nature whiche can nat by the veynes therto ordeyned voyde hit out yet it doth that is possible to kepe it from the harte and other inwarde membres and driueth it to the outwarde membres and specially to the legges for by hit heuynes hit naturally draweth to the lower partis of man And this is the cause why olde folkes legges are swollen that if one presse downe his fynger therin there taryethe a hole specially towarde night and in fatte folkes suche as were wonte to be nourished with moyst meates There is an other spice of fleme verye subtile wattrishe lyke vnto water some what thicke This fleme is verye often myngled with theyr spittyll that haue yll digestion and of those that be great drinkers it runneth from the brayne to the nose as hit is wonte in the begynnynge of the pose and whan by decoction and boylynge in man hit cometh grosse hit is turned in to fleme grosse white and muscillage There is an other fleme grosse and white called gipseum the subtile partis of this fleme is dissolued through it longe bydynge in the iointis and the grossenes therof remaineth in the ioyntis as harde as stones This fleme engeÌ„drethe a goute vncurable There is an other fleme thycke and grosse lyke to molt glasse in colour claÌ„mynes and weight Secondly vnnaturall fleme differethe in talage for there is certayne fleme that is swete whiche is by mynglynge of bludde with fleme And vnder this is conteyned the vnctuous fleme whiche is engendred by mynglynge of vnctuous bloud and fleme There is an other maner of vnsauerye fleme caused of rawnes as certeyne glassy fleme There is an other salte fleme caused by mynglynge of coler And this is more bytynge drier and lyghter thaÌ„ any other fleme through the coler mingled therwith whiche is drie lyght and sharpe And this fleme is ofte founde in theyr stomakes that be flematike that drinke moche stronge wyne and that vse salte and sharpe meates and cleuynge to the stomakes causeth other whyle thyrst intollerable and runnyng by the guttis hit some tyme fleeth them and causethe the bluddy mensyn in the fundemeÌ„t ofte tymes induceth stronge â—o stiuenes There is an other fleme that is sharpe by mynglynge of sharpe melancolye therwith and some tyme throughe boylynge of fleme as hit chanceth in the swete ieuses of frutes that fyrste boyle and after waxe ripe And this fleme appereth oftner in theyr stomakes that digest yll than in other partis For naturally coler floweth to the mouthe of the stomake to stere vp thappetite whiche desceÌ„dyng downewarde some tyme myngled with fleme maketh it sower and this is ê‘ceyued by sower belchynges And other whyle this fleme is engendred in the stomake by boylyÌ„g with a weake heate There is an other fleme called pontike whiche is some tyme caused by mynglyng of poÌ„tike melancoly But this is seldome by reason that pontike melancolye is very scarse Hit is some tyme caused throughe vehement coldnes therof wherby the moystnes therof is coÌ„ieyled and some what altered to erthynes and thervpon cometh no weake heate whiche causynge it to boyle shulde conuerte it in to sharpenes nor no stronge heate whiche digestyng hit shulde turne it in to blud There be .ij. kyndes of coler natural and vnnaturall Vnnaturall coler is the fome of blud whose coler is ruddy clere that is citrine in the laste degree of citrines as saffron heedes and hit is lyghte and sharpe and the hotter the more redde it is And after this coler is engeÌ„dred in the heed hit deuideth in two partis one parte gothe with the bloud in to the veynes the other gothe in to the purse of the galle The parte that gothe with the bloud entreth therwith bothe for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that hit myngle with the bloud to nourishe the colerike meÌ„bres Hit is behoueful that hit make the bloud subtile and cause hit to entre in to the veynes The parte that gothe to the purse of the galle gothe eke thether for necessite and profite The necessite is double The one is nedefull for all the bodye to mundifie hit from colerike superfluites The other necessite is in respecte of the galles purse The profite also is double The one is to washe the entrayles from dregges and claÌ„my fleme cleuynge to them The other is to pricke the guttis musculs that they may fele the thynge that hurteth them and voyde all other fylthynes The profe of this is that colike chanceth oftetymes by stoppynge of the hole
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
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
impostumes brede in the body or in a meÌ„bre hurt the humours flowe thervnto But Auicen assigneth an other cause that by suche slepe may chance coÌ„fraction of the meÌ„bres The cause may be as Galen sayth that slepe is vnholsome in the ague fyt for natural hete goth inward Gal. ii apho suê‘ illo In quo c. and the out ward ê‘tis waxe colde the fumes remayne vnconsumed wherby the rigour is augmented and the feuer fyt ê“longed Also by mouyng of the humours iÌ„ lettyÌ„g of blud fumes are reised vp to the senowes and braunes of the armes whiche remaynyng vnconsumed waxe colde in slepe and ingrosse in the vtter partes And therfore if one slepe iÌ„mediately after lettyng of blud they cause confraction of the senowes and braunes of tharmes Secondly he sayth that one in lettyng blud must beware that he make nat the gashe to depe lest he hurt a senowe or an arterie strynge vnder the veyne for hurtyng of a senowe causeth a mortal crampe or losse of a meÌ„bre as an arme or a fynger and hurt of an arteri strynge causeth bledyng vncurable The .iiij. is one ought nat to eate iÌ„mediatly aft he is let blud but he must tary tyll the humors in hym be in qete lest the meate er hit be digested be drawen together with the blud to succour the hurt membre Omnia de lacte vitabis rite minute Et vitet potum fleubothomatus homo Frigida vitabit quia sunt inimica minutis Interdictus erit minutis nubilus aer Spiritus exultat minutis luce per auras subtile to ruÌ„ne through out al the body outcept the matter be furious The .ii. is abuÌ„dance of the mattâ—er for GaleÌ„ sayth on the aphorisme Inchoantilus morbis c. that it is than behoueful to be let blud or take a medicine laxatiue to alleuiate nature loded with abuÌ„dance of mattier The .iii. is greatnes sharpenes of the sickenes as whan there is a great an acheful impostume though the mattier be lyttel Gal. xiii 〈…〉 For GaleÌ„ sayth if the impostume be great ye must let blud at the begynnyng though there be but lyttel mattier lest it breke or open er it be rype therfore to eschewe many incoÌ„uenieÌ„ces blud lettyng must be done 〈◊〉 is so 〈…〉 eyther to 〈◊〉 or deth 〈◊〉 The .ii. rule is that blud lettyÌ„g may nat be done on the day of mocioÌ„ of the sickenes as in crisis nor no other vacuacion nor diuertyng of mattier froÌ„ the place that nature sendeth it to Nor like wise in the ague fyt For Galen sayth .i. aph that whaÌ„ the sickenes is in hit estate neyther blud lettyng nor laxatiue shulde be done for than the matter rypeth whiche rypeth better by quietnes thaâ—â—rryng The .iii. rule is that lettyng of blud shuld nat be done in begyÌ„nyng of the sickenes whan crisis is remoued for Isaac saith in his boke of vrins that though the hart be the engeÌ„drer of the blud spiritis yet the blud is fundacioÌ„ of natural hete susteyneth hit for hete is naturally therof engendred and therfore one voydyng blud voydeth hete whiche shulde digest the mattier of the sickenes and so coÌ„sequently the sickenes is proloÌ„ged strengthe weaked And therfore hit is to drede lest through lengthynge of the sickenes and weakyng of the streÌ„gthe nature shuld fayle The .iiii. rule is that the body hauyng dregges or filth iÌ„ the guttis shuld nat be let blud The cause is there be .iii. thyÌ„ges that draw to them hete emptynes all the shap nowe the veynes eÌ„pted by lettyng of blud dawe to them froÌ„ the next meÌ„bres as the guttis stomake wherby that bealy is indurated the mattier in the veynes more infected the miseraike draweth the humidites of the ordeurs the ordeurs are dried the more therfor ye must fyrst mollifie the bealy with clisters or suppositories except it waxe laxatiue alone The .v. rule is That lettyng of blud shulde nat be moche vsed for by oft vsyng therof one waxyng olde falleth in to dyuers diseases as epilencie apoplexie and palsey for by remouyng of the blud hete many flematike suê‘fluites are engendred that cause these diseases The .vi. rule is that a woman meÌ„struate or with childe shuld nat be let blud A womaÌ„ with childe shuld nat for therby the hete that digesteth meate is diminâ— and the foode of that that she goth with taken away specially whan it that she goth with waxeth great for thaÌ„ it nedeth more foode This sayth Hippocrates .v. aph whaÌ„ the menstruosite kepeth due curse voydeth naturally inough lettyÌ„g of blud shuld nat be done but whan it voydeth to moche than to diuert the mattier it must be done for nature wolde nat be let of her operacion The .vii. rule is that after the colerike passion one shuld nat be let blud for bi reason that lettyng of blud sturreth vp the humors a colerike on the right side of the body staÌ„deth the meÌ„bre that engendreth blud that is the lyuer and the receptacle of coler the galle AutuÌ„ne engeÌ„dreth melancoly whiche is gethered to gether nat resolued by wenter therfore in verÌ„ and wynter those veynes shuld be let blud in whiche melaÌ„coly hath dominion whiche be the lyft side veynes for the splen is on the lyft syde of the body whiche is the receptacle of melaÌ„coly Secondly he sayth that these .iiii. meÌ„bres the heed the hart the fote and the lyuer after the .iiii. seasons of the yere must be empted the hart in verÌ„ the lyuer in somer the heed iÌ„ wynter and the fote in autumne Dat saluatella tibi plurima dona minuta Purgat epar splenem pectus precordia vocem Innaturalem tollit de corde dolorem Here he toucheth .vi. coÌ„modites that come by lettyng blud of the veyâ—e called saluatella hit is the veyne on the backe of the haÌ„de betwene the myddyll fynger rynge fynger Fyrst it purgeth the lyuer SecoÌ„dly it cleÌ„setâ—â—ene Thyrdly it muÌ„difieth the breast Fourthly hit preserueth the stomakes mouthe froÌ„ hurt Fyftly hit doth away hurt of the voyce Sixtly hit doth away vnnaturall ache of the hart The reason of all these coÌ„modites is bicause the forsayd veyne auoydeth blud froÌ„ al these places as after it shall appere For a more ample declaracion hit is to witte that in lettyng of blud other while the veynes be opend and somtyme the arteries The openyÌ„g of the arterie is daÌ„gerous the chiefe cause hereof is the ouermoche bledyng whiche is caused .ii. ways One is through ferueÌ„t hete of the arterie blud for a hotte thyng is soone mouable delateth openeth the arterie and therfore hit helpeth moche to voyde the blud in lettyng blud the arterie The .ii. cause is mobilite of the arterie and therfore the wouÌ„de or gashe in it is slowlier healed for wouÌ„des without rest can nat heale Yet this lettyÌ„g of blud is holsome .iii. maner wise Fyrst whan there is abuÌ„daÌ„ce of subtile blud iÌ„ the body SecoÌ„dly
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 Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere to the cuÌ„dite at the signe of Lucrece Anno domini 1528. mense Augusto· Cum priuilegio a rege indulto