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A81875 A treasure of health By Castor Durante Da Gualdo, physician and citizen of Rome. Wherein is shewn how to preserve health, and prolong life. Also the nature of all sorts of meats and drinks, with the way to prevent all hurt that attends the use of either of them. Translated out of Italian into English, by John Chamberlayne, Gent. Imprimatur, April 5. 1686. Rob. Midgley.; De bonitate et vitio alimentorum centuria. English Durante, Castore, 1529-1590.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723. 1686 (1686) Wing D2682B; ESTC R202251 103,967 242

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not_o nourish_v at_o all_o but_o dry_a the_o blood_n the_o salt_n heat_n and_o dry_a opilate_v and_o be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o stomach_n the_o sharp_a by_o their_o heat_n fill_v the_o head_n and_o disturb_v the_o mind_n as_o leek_n garlick_n and_o salt_v meat_n the_o rough_a and_o astringent_a bound_v and_o obstruct_v and_o beget_v melancholy_a blood_n the_o sharp_a cause_n melancholy_a hurt_v sinewy_a member_n and_o therefore_o do_v hasten_v old_a age._n the_o use_n and_o custom_n in_o our_o diet_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n whence_o the_o ancient_n affirm_v that_o usus_fw-la est_fw-la altera_fw-la natura_fw-la custom_n be_v a_o second_o nature_n wherefore_o as_o in_o the_o food_n it_o be_v good_a to_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o temper_n so_o it_o be_v no_o less_o necessary_a to_o observe_v the_o custom_n the_o which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o principal_a root_n and_o foundation_n in_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o health_n