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A14295	Naturall and artificial directions for health deriued from the best philosophers, as well moderne, as auncient. By William Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law.	Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.	1600 (1600)	STC 24612; ESTC S105370	29,116	96

whole nor sound And euen as vices cause disorders and diseases both in the bodie and soules so likewise they cause the one to destroy the other whereas there should bee an vnitie and harmonie not onely of the corporall qualities among themselues and so of the spirituall among themselues but also of their ioint qualities one with another And no maruell seeing that God hath sowed and planted the seeds and sparkes of affections to moue vs not onelie into our soules but also into our bodies How doe the temperature of the bodilie affections and the soules affections agree together There is great concord betwixt the bodies qualities and the soules affections insomuch that as our bodies are compacted of the elementall qualities namelie of moisture and drinesse heate and cold so among the soules affections some are moist some drie some hot and some are cold This we might see by instance made The affection of mirth is hot and moist whereas sorrow is cold and drie The one is proper to young men and the other to old men who are cold and drie Chap. 3. Of the age of man Into how many ages is mans life diuided Mans life by the computation of Astrologers is dinided into seauen ages ouer euerie one of which one of the seuen planets is predominant The first age is called infancie which continueth the space of seauen yeares And then the Moone raigneth as appeareth by the moist cōstitutiōs of children agreeing well with the influence of that planet The second age named childhood lasteth seauen yeares more and endeth in the fourteenth of our life Ouer this age Mercurie which is the second sphere ruleth for then children are vnconstant tractable and soone inclined to learne The third age endureth eight yeares and is termed the strippling age It beginneth at the fourteenth yeare and continueth vntill the ende of the two and twentieth During which time gouerneth the planet Venus For then we are prone to prodigalitie gluttonie drunkennesse lecherie and sundrie kindes of vices The fourth age containeth twelue yeeres till a man be foure and thirtie and then is hee named a young man Of this age the sunne is chiefe Lord. Now a man is wittie well adiused magnanimous and come to know himselfe The fist age is called mans age and hath sixteene yeares for the continuance thereof subiect to Mars for now a man is cholerick and couetous The sixt age hath twelue yeares that is from fiftie till threescore and two This age is termed although improperly old age of which Iupiter is maister a planet significant of equitie temperance and religion The seauenth and last by order of these ages continueth full eighteene yeares ending at fourescore to which few attaine This age by the meanes of the planet Saturne which is melancholick most slow of al other causeth man to be drooping decrepite froward cold and melancholick Why did men liue longer before the stoud then they doe now The principall reason why men in those dayes liued longer then wee doe is because they had not then any of the causes which ingēder in vs so many maladies whēce consequently ensueth death Their liues were vpholden by the course of the heauens with the qualities of the planets andistarres being at that time farre more glorious and gratious then now There were not so many meteors comets and eclipses past from whence now diuerse innumerable circumuolutions proceede Wee must also vnderstand that our first parents were created of God himselfe without any other instrumentall meanes And againe the earth in those dayes was of greater efficacie to bring foorth necessaries for mans vse then it is in this crooked and outworne age The soile was then gay trimme and fresh whereas now by reason of the inundation which tooke away the fatnesse thereof it is barren saltish and vnsauourie To conclude they knew the hidden vertues of hearbs and stones vsing great continence in their dyets and behauiours They were ignorant of our delicate inuentions and multiplied compounds They knew not our damtie cates our marchpanes nor our superfluous slibber sauces They were no quaffers nor were they troubled with so many cares and vaineglorious pompes Tell mee the certaine time wherein man must of necessitie die To die once is a common thing to all men For that was ordained as a punishment of God for our foreparents whē they transgressed his commaundement touching the fruit in paradise but to tel how and at what time that is a secrecie neuer disclosed to any creature Such as the mans life is such is his death A righteous man dieth righteouslie But a wicked man hath a wicked ende Death is a suddeine a sullen guest neuer thought on before he apprehendeth vs as his slaues Whē we think our selues safely mounted on the pinacle of worldly felicity he vnawares hidden in the darkesome corners of our houses suppresseth vs rudely and smiteth vs deadly For which consideration O mortall men lead your liues vprightlie hearken not vnto the counsells of the vngodly nor like greedie Cormoraunts snatch vp other mens tightes Rather know your selues which done be vigilant well armed in Christ Iesus and alvvaies meditating on your deathes Which bee the most daungerous yeeres in mans life The auncient Sages by curious notes haue found out that certaine yeeres in mans life he very perilous These they name climactericall or stayrie yeares for then they saw great alterations Now a climactericall yeare is euerie seauenth yeare The reason is because then the course of the planets returne to Saturne who most commonlie is cruel and noisome vnto vs. And euen as the Moone which is the next planet vnto vs swiftest of course passeth almost euerie seauenth daie into the contrarie signe of the same qualitie from whence she came forth and therehence bringeth the criticall daies so Saturne which is the planet furthest from vs and slowest of course for he resteth in one signe so manie yeares as the Moone doth daies bringeth these climactericall yeares causeth sundrie mutations to follow Hence is it that in the seauenth yeere children doe cast and renew their teeth In the fourteenth yeere proceedeth the strippling age In the one and twentieth youth And when a man hath past seauen times seauen yeares to weet nine and fortie yeares hee is a ripe and perfect man Also when he attaineth to ten times seauen yeares that is to the age of threescore and ten his strength chiefest vertue beginnes to fall away And againe euery seauenth yeere was by Gods owne institution pronounced hallowed And in it the Israelites were prohibited to manure their grounds or to plant vineyardes Aulus Gellius mentioneth that the Emperour Octanian sent a Letter vnto his stepsonne to this effect Reioyce with mee my sonne for I haue past ouer that deadly yeare and enemie to old age threescore three In which number the seauenthes and ninthes doe concurre The sixe and fiftieth yeare is verie daungerous to men borne in the night season by reason of

if a man forceth to suppresse hee is in daunger of the cholick or stone What colour of vrine is most commendable That vrine is most laudable which is of colour somewhat red and yealow like gold answering in proportion to the liquor which you drink Teach mee to prognosticate by vrines White vrine signifieth rawnesse and indigestion in the stomack Red vrine betokeneth heat Thick vrine and like to puddle sheweth sicknesse or excessiue labour If white or red grauell appeare in the bottome of your vrinal it threatneth the stone in the reines In briefe black or greene coloured vrine declareth death most commonly to ensue Chap. 6. Of fasting Is moderate fasting good Moderate fasting as to omit a dinner or a supper once a weeke is wonderfull commodious for them that are not cholerick or melancholick but full of raw humours This Antonie the Emperour knew very well when he accustomed to drink naught saue one cup full of wine with a little pepper after he had surfeted Of the commodities of fasting I haue written more largely in my second booke of the Golden Groue Shew mee a way to preserue my lyfe if perhaps I be constrayned to straggle in deserts Take licoras or Tobacco now then chew it you shall satisfie both thirst and hunger Or else mixe some suet with one pound of violets and you shall preserue your life thereby ten dayes Or to conclude take a peece of allome and rowle it in your mouth when you waxe hungrie By this meanes vou may liue as some write a whole fortnight without sustenaunce Chap. 7. Of venerie What is the vse of venerie Moderate venerie is very expedient for preseruation of health It openeth the pores maketh the body light exhilarateth the heart and wit and mitigateth anger and fury When is it best to vse carnall copulation It is best to vse carnall copulation in winter and in spring time whē nature is desirous and at night when the stomack is full and the body somewhat warme that sleepe immediatly after it may lenifie the lassitude caused through the action thereof What be the incōueniences of immoder at venerie Immoderat venerie weakneth strēgth hurteth the braine extinguisheth radicall moisture hasteneth on old age death Sperme or seed of generation is the one y comforter of nature which wilfully shed or lost harmeth a man more then if he should bleed fortie times so much Teach me how wiuelesse batchelers and husbandlesse maidens should driue away their vncleane dre tming of venerie at nights First they must refraine from wine and venereous imaginations and not vse to lye in soft downe beddes Secondly they must addict themselues to read the Bible and morall Philosophie Thirdly they must exercise often their bodies Lastly if none of these preuayle let them vse the seede of Agnus castus in English Park seede and they shall feele a straunge effect to follow The fift Section Of infirmities and death Chap. 1. What be the causes of infirmities THe causes of hot infirmities be sixe The first are the motions of the minde as loue anger feare and such like The second the motions of the body as immoderate carnall copulation vehement labours strayning hard riding The third long standing or sitting in the sunne or by the fire The fourth cause of infirmities is the vse of hot things as meates drinks and medicines vntimely vsed The fift closing or stopping of the pores which hapneth by immoderat anoynting bathing or otherwise thickning the skinne so that the holes whereby the sweat fumes doe passe out be stopped The sixt putrefaction of humoures by distemperature of meats and long watchings What be the causes of cold infirmities The causes of cold infirmities be eight The first is the cold aire The second is too much repletion The third is want of good meate The fourth is the vse of cold things The fift is too much quietnesse The sixt is opening of the pores The seauenth is oppilation in the veines or arteries The eight is vnseasonable exercise What is the chiefest cause of death The chiefest and vnauoydable cause of our deathes is the contrarietie of the elements where of our bodies be compounded For the qualitie which is predominant ouer the temperature or mediocritie beginneth to impugne and fight with his contrarie which is more weake vntill it see the vtter dissolution of the same Chap. 2. Of the wicked motions of the minde VVhat is loue Loue is an affection whereby the minde lusteth after that which is either good indeed or else that which seemeth vnto it to be so What is the cause of loue The cause of loue among fooles is beautie but among good men the vertues of the minde are the principles of loue for they are euerlasting and when all other things as beautie and riches do decay yet they become more fresh more sweet and inestimable then before Hence is it that wee are counselled to chuse wiues not by our eies but by our eares that is not by prying into their fairenesse of bodies but by inward contemplating of their honest deedes and good huswiueries Ordinarilie the most beautifull and goodlie sort of men and such as are decked with bodilie giftes are most deformed and vicious in their soules There is alwaies a great combat betwixt chastitie and beautie so that wee seldome see faire women to be honest matrons the reason is because they preferre the phantasticall pleasures of their bodily senses before the true and right noble vertues of the minde What is anger Anger is a vehement affection because it seeth things fall out contrarie and crosse-like to reason Why doe some looke red when they be angrie Some when they are angry become red because their bloud ascendeth vp into the head and these are not so much to be doubted Why doe some looke pale Men waxe pale when they are angrie because the bloud is retired vnto the hart wherby they become full of heart and verie daungerous What is sorrow Sorrow is an affection of the minde whereby it is oppressed with some present euill and languisheth by little and little except it finde some hope or other to remedie the griefe thereof What is the effect of sorrow Sorrow stifleth vp the purer faculties of the soule causeth a man to fall into a consumption and to be weary of the world yea and of himselfe What is feare Feare is a griefe which the minde coceiueth of some euill that may chaunce vnto it Why doe fearefull men looke pale The reason why fearefull men looke pale and wanne is because nature draweth away that heate which is in the face and outward partes to relieue and comfort the hart which is welnigh stifled and stopped vp What is enuie Enuie is a griefe arising of other mens felicitie It maketh a mā to looke leane swart hollow eyed and sicklie Doe these affections hurt the soule as well as the bodie Yea doubtlesse For if the bodie be replenished with these diseases the soule can not be