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A briefe treatise published by Walter Cary 1587, and now the fift time 1609. newly imprinted ; wherein are to be found diuers good and speciall helpes for many diseases ; and for any thing herein mentioned, as heretofore I referred the patientes to M. Gray, so now (he being dead) I referre them to M. Clapham ...
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Cary, Walter.
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and cleanseth the Body of such corrupt humours as gather therein from time to time It is a very good preseruatiue against the Plague and may be taken from the quantitie of halfe a pint or better at one time vnto the quantitie of a quarter of a pint or lesse it is good to fast one houre after it and to vse it onely in the morning which being obserued I restraine you from no further libertie Maister Clapham the Apothecarie hath direction for the making hereof The 3. Chapter OUr Fathers long since were wont to vse a very sleight kind of Bathing Now and then they boyled Hearbes in water and therewith did bath and rubbe their bodyes towardes bed which now is greatly neglected It is a farre greater meane to preserue our health then that we should so lightly esteeme thereof For it taketh away such corruption as Nature casteth out by the pores which otherwise would happily cause Scabs Itches or such like and keepeth the body sweete from all rancke sauors of sweate Wherefore I prescribe one generall Bath in this sort and to that effect Take Rosemarie Balme Isop and Mallowes of each two handfuls boile these in foure gallons of Spring water vntill there be a third part consumed then straine and put thereto one gallon of new Milke bathe your body herewith warme by the fireâ— side two or three houres after supper It is very good to vse it foure times in the yeare at the least and in the Sommer once or twice euery month The 4. Chapter AFter your Bathing rub your body very dry with a Linnen cloth and presently vpon annoint it ouer very lightly with this Oyntment yet vse no more but that you may easily dry in Take Balme greene in the beginning of Iune or in May when you shall find it in chiefest strength and chop it very small take further very sweete Oyle and the fact of a Bucke killed in the chiefe of Sommer or that which is better the fatte of a Stagge in equall quantitie let these stand in a very gentle heate together eight or tenne houres then straine and keepe the Oyntment in some cleaâ—e vessell It keepeth the Ioyntes souple making the Sinewes nimble and plainâ— also it cureth the drinesse of the Skinne They which vse it after Bathing as before shall find themselues the stronger and more lustie For it defendeth the body from coldnesse of the ayre and thereupon auoydeth Aches of the Ioyntes and Sinewes FINIS The Hammer for the Stone So named for that it sheweth the most excellent remedie that euer was knowne for the same Imprinted at London by W. White for the companie of Stationers 1609. TO THE READER COnsidering with my selfe gentle reader how common a disease the Stone is and how little helpe the parties grieued haue by vsuall meanes in this our time and of long time haue had and also hearing it diuers times obiected that the most learned PhysitiaÌ„ can neither preuent the Stone in those who naturally are inclined thervnto neither cure it in those in whom it is ingendred I did indeauour my selfe with all studie and diligence to finde out some speciall thing which might farre excell the remedies now daily vsed for the cure of that grieuous disease Whereupon taking mine inuention froÌ„ Etius who vsed very much the powder of Goates blood for cure of the same also being further perswaded thereunto by authoritie of diuers writing of the nature of Goates blood I did draw a pure cleere liquor out of the blood of the male Goate which I haue thought good to name the Quintessence for the Stone And hauing made experience thereof now two yeares and better with diuers I thought good to publish the same to the reliefe of many which are grieued with that infirmitie and that in such sort as it shal appeare vnto the world that I rather seeke herein to benefit my Country then any priuate gaine to my selfe For wheras no man troubled with that disease can haue the helpe of the Physitian without his great charge I haue deuised that meane that any man so diseased may haue such ease with very small charge as I dare boldly auouch can not be had by any vsuall meanes Butâ— for the commendation hereof I leaue it rather to be commended by the helpe ease of those who feare feele the passions of that most terrible disease then vse any long rethorical perswasioÌ„s knowing that the good Wine needeth no Garland and that the fairest Garland can be no long credit to sower Wine And now that this my Quintessence may take the better effect I thinke it very necessarie to signifie vnto such as are inclined to the Stone and to those that are already troubled with the same First the causes of the Stone and whereof it is ingendered Secondly the difference of Stones ingendred in mans body Thirdly the vsuall way both to preuent cure the Stone And fourthly the way or meane now late deuised for preuenting and curing of the same Wherein being somewhat instructed they shall be the better able to gouerne themselues in auoyding and curing the disease as not needing the Physitians continuall counsell but being Physitians to themselues Yet I would not haue any man think that I minde to make any long or curious discourse of the Stone touching all the deepest poynts of the same as indeauouring to make the readers perfect Physitians herein but onely to shew them a superficiall knowledge sufficient to direct them in the taking of my Quintessence And thus gentle Reader haue I deuided that whereof I minde to write into foure partes wherein I will not indeuour my selfe to speake whatsoeuer may conueniently be spokeÌ„ but rather to speake nothing that may conueniently be leâ—t out W. C. The Author to those that are vexed with the Stone in verse as followeth 1 THy Siluer Gold thy pretious Stone Thy Mucke thy worldly wealth Nought helpeth now thy greeuous grone No ease it giues to Health Now doest thou lie 2 Amidst thy friendes a prisoner a peece of pining Clay Thy hope for want of heartes desire Doth fayle and vade away Thou seek'st to die 3 Thy friends eye-teares thy hearts drops blood Thy limmes and ioyntes doe quake Thy stomach vomites that is good Whose force makes bedstead shake An endlesse woe 4 Thy dolefull life is but a death And death were life to thee For paine deth cease with thy last breath But life heapes miserie Come death why so 5 What what sendes God a maladie And not a meane for ease No Physicke good No remedie This raging griefe t' appease Though Physicke faile 6 Behold a faythfull friend vnknowne To doe his Countrie good Will ease this griefe and heauie grone With water of Goates blood Then doe not quaile 7 Though dreadfull Death an actien brought This Goate thy bale will bee And though the cause be slily wrought The verdict goes with thee Lift vp thy heart 8 His harme thy hope his woe thy wealth His heart
flat poyson The like consideration on the contrary side haue they of cold thinges Whereby you may gather how like alwaies desireth like and abhorreth the contrarie The thinges which are like best agree with the nature of man are good holesome vsuall meates drinkes a dry fresh sweet aire moderate sleepe trauell or labour which although it were allotted to vs as a punishment by God yet mercifully withall he hath made it a meane to preserue our health The things which greatly disagree are wines spices salt meates all very hot things which thou shalt know by taste For either they bite like Pepper fret like Salt or else shew some manifest great heate in the mouth Also on the other side all rawe fruites cold hearbes with diuers things of like nature Much vse of sauces deuised by belly Gods whom God hath puniâ—hed as much by want of appetite hauing meate at will as the poore by want of meate hauing good appetite To liue in a thicke or foggie Ayre to liue idlely and to exceed in eating drinking sleeping watching or venerie I would not haue any man to thinke that I doe vtterly condemne all very hot and cold thinges but seeing they are rather of the nature of medicine then nutriment I wish them to bee very discreetly and moderately vsed for hot things are to be vsed when a mans bodie is ouer cold and cold things when his body is ouer hot but to vse either the body being not distempered is meere madnesse Now further for so much as all men are subiect vnto death and our bodies as yeelding thereunto from time to time alwaies gather corruption to preserue our health as much as may be vntill we haue run that race which God hath appoynted I commende vnto you this receipt Take Borage Parselie in like quantitie boyle them in Whey clarified and keepe it in some earthen vessell Use of it warme in the Spring especially euery morning fasting a good draught and in euery draught take so much of my Potion as will giue thee two stooles a day more then ordinarie Some may vse it ten dayes together others fifteene or twentie as the body doth require By this meanes thou maist preuent many diseases and keepe thy body in very good state It maketh women apt to conceiue if during the taking hereof they liue chast and it hath many other speciall vertues which for breuitie sake I will omit FINIS Here followeth an Addition by the same Author wherein be declared three speciall stayes of health The first by the vse of a new kind of Worme-wood wine The second by Bathing The third by Annointing of the body The first Chapter FOr that Lignum Aloes is one of the chiefest Simples which is vsed in the making of this Worme-wood Wine and such as yeeldeth the greatest vertue thereto I may not let to speake yet in briefe sort what I read therof Lignum Aloes is the wood of a tree which according to some writers groweth in diuers partes of Babylon and others affirme that it is one of the Trees of Paradise growing by one of the waters there whose armes â—alling into the waters are carried by the swiftnesse thereof into other places farre from thence where the inhabitantes find them and send them into diuers partes of the world Being cut in small Chips and laid vpon roles this wood yeeldeth a fume somwhat pleasant and most healthfull For it comforteth the Braine and all the senses woonderfullie Also entering into the Lunges with the breath preserueth the same and expelleth al euill and infectious ayre It hath beene euer verie rare of great value and in effect of the same price with siluer weight for weight Princes and great States did vse long since to burne it in their Chambers and to Perfume their bedding therewâ—th to the intent that sleeping they might draw the sauour of the same into their bodies Also the great Prelates who neueâ— were behinde for preseruation of them selues vsed the like in Perfuming the 〈◊〉 and the vestments which they weare and gaue the meaner sort-leaue to vse onlâ— Frankincense being a thing of far lesse value I found in a booke made by a Frier an Englishman in Magdalen colledge Librarie in Oxford a great discourse touching the nature and vertues of Lignum aloes which hee preferreth farre before all the knowne simples of the world Hee commendeth it wonderfullie being steeped in Wine and so taken Further hee writeth of an Oyle made therewith which was sent from Prince to Prince for a most pretious Iewell but in exceeding small quantitie The making thereof hee sheweth not which somewhat greeued me and I thinke therein he was ignorant He reporteth of certeaine Priests which had it where with they would annoint the Noses and Lips of such as by sicknesse were in great extreamitie vsing also deuout Praiers and often thereby onely reuiued them wherevpon in the sight of the People they were thought to worke great miracles and were had in maruellous estimation for they were deeâ—ed very Holy Men and to worke these â—ffects cheefely by their praiers which was 〈◊〉 be attributed vnto the Oyle and yet as 〈◊〉 naturall meane prouided by God For â—he wonderfull vertue thereof entering at the Nostrils and Mouth directly vnto the Lungs Heart the two principall Members of Mans Common wealth I meane his Body maketh a very strong supplie in the conflict betweene Nature and the Disease which is the cause of so sodaine reâ—ouerie There came at the length of this Oyle vnto the â—ope who kept it as a wonderfull treasure and sent thereof to diuers great Princes whose vertue indeede was suâ—h while it was well and truely maâ—e that both the fame and price thereof was great But after within a short time it 〈◊〉 counterfaited that there was 〈…〉 who le worldes and the Priestes 〈…〉 had of it from Rome 〈◊〉 the Priestes vsed as a very holy 〈…〉 vnto those that were sicke but 〈◊〉 vertue being gone they ceased to worke 〈…〉 thereby And yet continuing their 〈◊〉 of extreame vnction which they 〈…〉 vnctionis 〈…〉 diuers Prayers did annoynt 〈…〉 mouth eares eyes the palmes 〈…〉 handâ—s the soales of the feete and 〈…〉 of the sicke body For these are 〈…〉 whereby sinne entereth 〈◊〉 sâ—ule of man But to conclude who 〈◊〉 will know more of the nature of 〈◊〉 Aloes let him read the old writers in Physicke This Chapter intreateth of the nature of Worme-wood wine and how it is to be vsed The second Chapter THe vertues of this Worme wood-wine are both great and many First it keepeth the body solubâ—e and is good for such as seldome goe to the Stoole it cleanseth the Stomach openeth the Liuer and the Spâ—eene and causeth a good and cleere Complection it strengthneth the Heart and mâ—keth 〈…〉 it cleanseth the Braine and kâ—epeth all the senses perfect also preserueth the Memorie it is good for womens weake backs it is generally an excellent and most â—amiliar Medicine