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A02045	The castel of memorie wherein is conteyned the restoring, augmenting, and conseruing of the memorye and remembraunce, with the safest remedies, and best preceptes therevnto in any wise apperteyning: made by Gulielmus Gratarolus Bergomatis Doctor of Artes and Phisike. Englished by Willyam Fulvvod. The contentes whereof appeare in the page next folovvynge.; De memoria reparanda. English	Gratarolo, Guglielmo, 1516?-1568?; Fulwood, William.	1562 (1562)	STC 12191; ESTC S117976	36,540	132

aswell in Thucidides in his seconde booke belli Pelop. as in others a certeine person beinge striken with a stone forgat onely his learninge being fallen from a hye house loste the remembraunce of his mother kinsfolkes and neighbours also Messala Coruinus the Orator forgat his owne name Beholde therefore how fraile this most precious treasure of man is Memorie as Seneca witnesseth is the principall commoditie and profit that mans nature can receyue for it is an easie matter for studious persons to read many thinges and it is not difficile for a good and an exercised wit to vnderstande the same but to heape them together and to conscrue them in the coffre or secrete of the Memorie in suche sorte that thei slippe not away is the most necessarye and principall goodnes of mans lyfe As Plinius reherseth in his .vii. booke the .xxiiii. Chapter Cyrus king of the Persians called all his souldiours name by name Mithridates also who was king of two and twenty nations did vnderstande and answere so manye languages without an Interpretor there wanteth no examples of the excellentnes of Memorie whiche men haue had almost in all tymes They therefore whyche haue not so excellent a Memorye muste by labor get the same withoute the whiche a man shall scarce attayne vnto anye perfectiō for it chaūceth many times that somuch the more that a man excelleth in Memorie he also somuche the more florisheth in wisdom except it be some sluggishe or idle personne And y t Poetes not w tout a cause haue feyned wisdome to be y t doughter of Memory of her it is rightly writtē By painefull vse begot I was a worthy wyght and cleare By Memorye brought forth no lesse who is my mother deare Diuers aged persōs vsing this practise applieng thēselues to study haue in fewe monethes proceded learned Therefore we will declare in this worke by what meanes it maye be gotten encreased and kepte For it is manifest by dyuers learned men as also by Cicero that Memorye hath a certayne cunning or practise and that it procedeth not altogether of nature so therefore we will first teache by what kynde of lyuynge and by what medecines it maye be gotten and established expressing briefe excellent and by vse approued preceptes Afterwardes we will breifly entreat of artificiall Memory which of it selfe is naturall but it is confirmed by certayne preceptes and consisteth in obseruations places and Images or figures THE SECONDE CHAPTER containeth the cheife causes whereby the Memorie is hurte with their fignes and cures THere be two principal causes which hurte the Memorye to witte coldnes and moystnes the whiche coldenes is either alone or els ioyned with moystnes we wil omitte to speake of the corruption whiche commeth of ouer muche heat and drynes Yet coldenes hurtethe more then moystenes for coldenes doth confound the nature worketh not in it but as an vnder rulinge instrument And moistnes is contrary to the retentyue the whiche is comforted with a proportioned drines for superfluous drynes is hurtfull especially to the apprehension whilest it hindereth that formes or likenesses can not be receiued and setled in the same It is the nature of coldenes to ceasse and of heat to moue therefore coldenes hindereth the mouinge necessarie to the Memory And moistenes hindereth the retayning thereof To be breife seing that forgetfulnes is the doughter of coldenes as Paulus Aegineta and others doe testifie it is to be said affirmed that coldenes more hurteth the Memorie then moystenes For the figure or kynde of coldnes which congeleth humors and spirites can not be conceaued The slepings also of such whose Memorie or vnderstading perisheth are to be obserued to witt whether they be vehement or moderate slepers or altogether not slepie but haue it according to the course of nature And so shall you fynde vntemperatenes the vanquisher and shall knowe also that moystnes drines be the contraries moistnes because of ouer much slepe drynes because of ouer muche watchinge and that of the meane of these twoo equalitie and the good proportion of humours procedeth Moreouer it is to be considered whether any thinge be voyded out of the nostrells or mouthe that commethe from the head or whether those places be altogether drye or but partly the knowledge of whiche precedent causes and showes will geue to vnderstand the disposition of the head whereby mai be ministred a fitte remedye according to the disposition of the personne They that haue greate Moystenes of the brayne are verye desyrous of muche sleepe whose mouthes are full of spittle and their Nostrells and eyes frequented with fleame all their Motions are dulle Suche kynde of people doe remember thinges present and lately done but being done long agone they doe either neuer or with great paine remember them For suche is the nature of moystenes of the brayne that it easelye receyuethe what imprintings or infixions it listeth and with like easenes loseth them againe Wheras drines ruleth or reigneth whiche is contrary to moistenes it is knowen by the contrarie signes the head shalbe geuē to watchinges and lightnes and seldome doth the nose the roufe of the mouthe and the eies expell such superfluities the eyes are holowe they sone become balde the eares abound with earwaxe And as concerninge that it appertayneth to the Memorie present thinges are w c more difficultie receiued or infixed then things past and being receiued they doe longer abyde whereof it cōmeth to passe that we haue a better Memory vtterance of olde things then of newe Ancient men may herin be an example vnto vs who will orderly recyte feates done from the beginninge of their age but present thinges they eyther doe not remember or els doe confounde them in vtterig And this happeneth vnto aged men because that the state or disposinge procedeth of frequented actes wherby it commeth to passe that extreme olde men doe well remember auncient thinges because they haue often pondered either them or y t like But they doe yll remember newe thinges because that the imprinting of them in theyr Memorie is not easye by reason of the hardnes of the instrument of vnderstanding Where as Coldenes ruleth there the face is white the eyes are feeble the veynes can not easely be perceyued they be geuen to muche flepe those partes that belonge to the head shalbe but litle warme nor ruddye the minde shalbe astonyed the head troubled with gyddinesse and shall bring things to remembraunce with muche a doe Thys qualitye as we haue said before is very hurtful and dothe diminishe the powers of the minde and maketh them dull for as it is the propertie of heat to moue so is it the nature of coldenes to hinder the mouing and take this for a generall rule that the braine of a liuinge body is warmer with a somers aire then otherwyse as also Galenus saith in his booke De vsu

THE CASTEL OF Memorie wherein is conteyned the restoring augmenting and conseruing of the Memorye and Remembraunce with the safest remedies and best preceptes therevnto in any wise apperteyning Made by Guliolmus Gratarolus Bergomatis Doctor of Artes and Phisi\ke Englished by Willyam Fulwod The Contentes whereof appeare in the Page next folowynge AFTER DARKNES LIGHT POST TENEBRAS LVX Printed at Londō by Rouland Hall dwellynge in Gutter lane at the signe of the half Egle the Keye 1562. THE CONTENTES The j. Chapter declareth what Memory is where it florisheth how profitable and necessary it is c. The ij conteineth the chiefe causes where by the Memorie is hurte with theyr sygnes and cures The iij. shevveth the principall endomages of the Memorie in what sort soeuer they be The iiij telleth lykewise the perticular helpes of the Memorye The v. cōprehendeth certayne best approued and chosen medicinable compounded remedies and preseruatiues greatly encreasyng the Memorie The vj. expresseth Philosophicall Iudgementes Rules and Preceptes of Remembraunce The vij Chap. entreateth in fewe wordes of locall or artificiall Memory Last of all is ●ut a ●●●…fe Epilogue of the foresayde thynges To the right honorable the Lorde Robert Dudley Maister of the Queenes Maiesties horse and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Willyam Fulwod hartely wisheth long lyfe with encrease of godlye honour and eternal felicitie SIth noble Maximilian king of Boemia Defended hath this worthy worke in Latin toung I saic Sith that also the godly prince Edward our late good king In French the same accepted hath as a right nedefull thing I thought therfore my duty was most honorable Lorde Soure worthy captain now to chuse who with benigne accorde In English wold vouchsafe to saue this Castle from decay Protecting it from enuious toungs that runne at large alway But whom might I rather elect my Patrone now to bee Then one who doth most mē excell in perfect clemencie In feruent zeale to godlynes In fauour of the iust In forwardnes to all good works the truth this tell needs must A note of highe Nobility a vertuous one in deed Whose good report hath caused me thus boldly to proceed Right happy sure may be y t realme and praise to god extend Wherin such prudēt peeres do rule as Moses doth commend Yea blest it is of God the lorde that hath such worthy states Who righteousnes rightly exaltes and wickednes abates These golden giftes of godly grace thus planted in your brest Haue forced me to flie for ayde where plenty is exprest Receue therfore o worthy Lorde an humble harte and true Protect also the Patronage which I submitte to you And graūt y t these my labors small may passe vnder your name Sith that this worke descēded hath from Princes of great fame For though that all Forgetfulnes be banisht from you quyte Yet hope I that this Treatise shall you honor much delyte Considering well the worthines of perfect Memory And what effect it furnisheth in all affayres for why Lyke as Obliuion is the losse of high renoumed actes And causeth many worthy wightes forgo both fame and factes Lyke as it is an eatyng moth and sore corrupting rust Abasyng things of noble state no better then to dust Lyke as it is a Chaos great confusedly compact Wherin al things both good had haue true proporcion lackt So Memorie doth still preserue eche thing in his degree And rendreth vnto euery one his doughty dignitie So doth it pourge ech mans estate and skoureth it full bright Wherby appeares as in a glasse his liuely shining light So doth it geue and attribute to good thinges good report To bad lykewise as they deserue in iust and equall sort How can y t Iudge iuste iudgement geue except he call to mynde The matters hanging diuersly the truth thereby to fynde Howe shall the Preacher wel recite his matters orderlie If that he be forgetfull of his places what they bee How can y t Captayn well conduct his soldiers in array Or els preuent his ennemyes yf Memory be away How shal the Marchant safely kepe his recknings from decay If his Remēbrance shuld him fayle though writīg beare great sway How can y t Lawyer plead his cause before the iustyce seat If he his clyents matters shall at any tyme forgeat How shall the Husbandanā prouide all seasons to obserue If he do not remember well or any wise doe swerue How needfull then is Memorye to rule a publike weale In things deuyne eke prophane God graunt it neuer fayle Or how can it at any tyme be spared in the fielde That is so requysite at home and strong defending shielde A good wit sone may learne things and vnderstand the same But them still to retayne and keep in such order and frame That nothing be wanting therof when iust occasion shall Procure rehearsall of such thinges as did to vs befall Is thoffice of the Memorie the greatest gifte that can Here in this world by any meanes come vnto mortall man For what helps it good bokes to read or noble storyes large Except a perfect Memorye doe take therof the charge What profits is most worthy thīges to see or els to heare If that the same come in at thone and out at thother eare Why then the matter is so playn that need a perfect ground Doth vs compell to say no lesse when truth is truly found Therfore I breifly thus conclude take Memorye away What is a man what can be doe or els what can he say Restore the same to him againe in full integrytie It will him sone reduce in dede to all felicytie Wherin god graūt your honor may longe here with vs endure And afterwards in heauens hie emong the Angels pure Amen Your honors most humble Willyam Fulwod The Translator to the Reader earnestlye desyreth grace mercy and peace AMongest other there bee twoo seuerall causes good Reader whiche instigated me to enterprise and publishe the translation hereof Partly because of myne own exercise and commoditie But chiefely and especially for the common vtilitie and profite of my natiue countrey The aduauncement and benefite whereof euery man is bound bothe by nature conscience to study for all meanes possible to the vttermost of his power and for that purpose to distribute accordynge to the greatnes or smalnes of the talent ministred lent vnto him to the end that the same be it neuer so lytle yf it maye in anye wise profite doe not remaine in him as dead and frustrate but rather that it be bestowed forthe to encrease and fructifie Consideryng in deede that as Plato sayeth Non solum nobis sumus ortusque nostri partem patrīa vendicat partem parentes partem amici Accept therefore in good part gentle Reader my labours suche as they be wherein yf thou shalte fynde any thing either not easye to be come by or obscure and darke to thyne vnderstandynge as perchaunce

well dressed with Sugre doth let the vapoures from ascending to y t heade and helpeth the Memorie also Diacotoneon doth the same To chewe Masticke with a lytle Ginger being fasting doth purge the heade from moiste fleumatike humors without any greif or paine and the Memorie being so hindred is ther with cōforted Galingale beinge put to the nostrells dothe strengthen the colde brayne Take the whitest Frankensence beate it into pouder put it in pure and symple colde water and drincke it at the encrease of the Moone at the springe of the daye at noone and at the Sunne settinge and it wyll cause a good Memorye a sharppe witte and drye the brayne and the ventricle Symeon Sethi affirmeth that the Galle of a Partrige being anoynted once in a moneth vppon the vaynes of the temples so that it doe perce thorowe is verye profitable to confirme the Memorie Baulme gentle establisheth the Memorie quickneth the witte and in what fashion soeuer it be eaten maketh a mā studious and dilligent the whiche vertue also Cresses doc bringe to passe in them that be colde and olde wherof it is come into a cōmon prouerbe Ede nasturtium Eate Cresses Baulme gentle also besides this bringeth quietnes to the minde in causinge a pleasant sleepe to come to the heade It is also sayde that the fleshe of A Turtle Doue dothe encrease the witte The braynes of a Henne dothe helpe the witte and the Memorye in suche sorte that it hathe broughte some agayne to their wittes that beganne to dote The seede of Orminum or housholde Clarye dothe wonderfullye ayde the restoringe of the Memorye yf it be taken in poulder with some meate or drinke And the scrapinges of Yuorie dothe remedye forgetfulnes if a little thereof be taken in the morning in a litle wine Also a Grayne of whyte Frankensence when you goe to bedde dothe greatlye helpe the clammye or glewed substaunce for it dryeth vp the moystenes of the heade and the Ventricle and so easethe the Memorye Vse thys after a purgaryon twyse or thryse in a weeke yf there be much moistnes Twoo Drammes in wayghte of the confectyon of Ple●esar●hotycum taken when youe goe to sleepe or Myrobalanum Cepulum preserued and well chewed beynge taken in the mornynge fowre howres before meate once in a weeke dothe wounderfullye restore the Memorye especially yf it be hurte of a moiste cause For Myrohalani cepuli preserued doe strengthen the vnderstandynge and in a maner conserue you the. So doe passula It is good to take twise or thryse in a weeke preserued Ginger the bygnes of a small nut or litle cheste nut for it helpeth muche an emptye stomacke The confection of Diambar hath the same effect Remember that in a moyste substaunce or cause there procede fyrste purginges For a moyste substance is for the moste parte the cause of the weakenes of the Memorie as it is alredy declared ❧ The fifte chapter comprehendeth certaine best approued and chosen medicinable compounded remedies and preseruatiues greatly encreasing the Memorye ¶ A Medecine wonderfully helping the Memorie and lethargie or forgetfulnes it comforteth the ventricle and all the members weakened by fleume and coldenes Take Ginger Galingale Mastike Cūmin Organny ech of thē vi drammes Nutmige Calamus Aromaticus Asarum or Fole foote Carpesium y t is Cubebe Lignū aloes Mace Percely seede Ammios eche of theym .ij. drammes whyte Frākensence Cloues Cardamomum or graines Zedoaria Piretrum or Pellitorye Castoreum lōg blacke Peper Costum or Cocus Ciperus eche of them .iij. dragmes dry Mintes half an vnce let theym all be punned and beaten to pouder and with a sufficiente quantytye of Penydes and of puryfyed Honnye let there be made a linctuarye The whiche and the reste also you muste vse chieflye in colde wether or not ouer hote that a good space betwene ❧ Pilles that are good for a languishing brayne especially in aged and colde folkes Take swete Amber or elect Ambargrise one Dramme Lignum Aloes halfe a scruple Cubebe twoo scruples with the purest and swetest wyne make .xv. Pilles and minister a cople of them before supper ¶ Catapotia or Pilles very effectuall to the Memorie Take Cubebes bushe Calamint Nutmiges Cloues eche of theym a dragme and a halfe pure Frankensence fine Mirrhe orientall Ambargrise ech of them a dramme a halfe Muske .v. graines with Maiorā water make Pilles geue one at bedde time and two at Sunne rising fyue howers before meat in Somer by a monthes space in the springe and in haruest seldomer ¶ An odoriferous or swete swellinge Apple for the Memorie Take the rootes of Floure de luce the seedes of Sesclis or Osiar that is Syler montanum or wylde Cummyn Stichas eche of theym two Drammes Nuttmygge half a Dramme Minte a Dramme Ambergrise Frankensence bushe Calaminte Storax Lignum Aloes eche of theym halfe a Dramme Ladanum as muche as shall suffyce make thereof an Apple by arte the whiche notwithstanding in winter must be made of warmer things and in sommer of colder A moste proued Experiment for the witte and Memorie which is said to be of Aristotle Take Beares Greasse or fatte whiche he hathe in the righte shoulder or sklyse and put the same in the sayde Beares bladder together with his vrine or water and let them stand together eight dayes than pul it out and take the iuyce of Orminum or housholde Clarie Cybrighte Veruene Buglosse Phu or Valerian Aloes of eche a lyke quantitye and mingle theym together wyth the sayde fatte sturringe theym vppon the fyer wyth a wodden sklise till it come to a thycke oyntment of y e which take when you will the quantytye of a lytle Beane and anoynt the forehead and the temples rubbyng them a lytle whyle and you shall remember the thynges that you haue harde ¶ A comfortynge Water or Lees for the washyng of a cold and moyst head also it helpeth the Memorse and it must be of the Ashes of Twigges or of an Oke then after let these thinges boyle in it Take righte Acorus Stichas Baye leaues Rosemary Iua or Chamapithys Sage eche of them a handfull with this washe the head and after the washynge bathe the foreparte of the head with a lytle Aqua vite and sprinckle it with the pouder folowynge Take Penyroyall bushe Calamint Cloues Sandarake Mace Stichas drye Mynte Maioram of eche fyue drammes mingle them and make thereof a fyne pouder and after the sprincklynge laye it vppon hempe towe Also at other tymes when you goe to bedde put of the same pouder vpon the hinder parte of the head the head also beinge vnwashed for it dryeth c. ¶ Another Lee for to comfort the head and Memorie Take walle Yuye Rosemarye Baye leaues Stichas Marubium or Horehounde or Betony and let them boyle in the Lee and therewith you shall washe your head Cipres nuttes haue almoste the same operation being often vsed And that you mai haue Sope w t the same Lee. 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