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An introduction into phisycke wyth an vniuersal dyet, gathered by Christofer Langton.
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Langton, Christopher, 1521-1578.
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STC 15204; ESTC S109326
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⧠An introduction into phisycke wyth an vniuersal dyet gathered by Christofer Laugton E W ¶ To the ryght worshypfull knyght syr Arthure Darcye his humble seruaūt Christofer Langton wyssheth health encrease of vertue A Softe as I remēbre youre kyndenesse and beneuolence towarde me my singuler good master it is harde to saye howe greatly I desyre to recompence the same lest I shulde eyther seme vnkynde and vnthankefull or els not to vnderstande and perceyue the greatnesse of youre manifolde benefytes employed vpōme of y e which as y e one is a signe of a noughty hert so the other is a tokē of a dul wytte but they be both very euident argumentes of vnthankefulnesse and ingratitude From the which as I haue alwayes hytherto abhorred so I desyre nowe to be voyde from all suspicion of the same For me thinke I perceiue euery day more and more howe moche shame and fylthynesse is in that vice almost by the testimonie of euery wyse man in somoche that I thynke hym to trespasse greatly agaynst the societie of this our commune lyfe which doeth vnthankefullye receyue benefytes of any man For as gratitude or thankfulnesse doeth encrease lyberalitye which is the especiall parte of iustice so ingratitude dissolueth vtterly and abolysheth the same the which liberalitie yf it fall ones in decaye it taketh away the cōmutation of offices and the doing of one for an other the which ones taken away what helpe I praye you is left to the cōseruation of y e cōmune wealth seing y t the hole course of our lyfe consysteth in y e societie and mutuall doinge one for an other Wherfore the wyse kynges of the Parcians made lawes for to punysh suche as were vnkynde and vnthankefull personnes bycause they thought none to be so vnnaturall as they nor anye to trespasse more agaynste the cōmune weale These other suche myne especial good master hath caused me to desyre vehementlye to shewe some token of the pure zeale and loue which I haue euer borne vnto you lest I shoulde be founde vnnaturall eyther vnto you or to this my natiue countrye Wherfore seinge that fortune hath gyuen me no rychesse wherewith I myght longe yer this haue recōpenced some parte of your kyndenesse I thought mete to offre vnto you the fyrste frutes of my studyes and learnynge verely trustynge that your wysedome wyll esteme for the best my loyall hert and diligēt endeuour although my boke peraduenture shall not satisfye your expectation ¶ Physyke speaketh in her owne person to her mynisters and Phisicious AFter that Prometheus hadde stollen fyre out of heauen the father and ruler of the goddes Iupiter beinge sore offended with his malicious facte swore by a great oth that he wolde not only be reuenged vpon hym but of all his posteritie wherfore commaundyng his sonne Vulcanus to shape a beautyfull woman called al the goddes and goddesses togyther to whō he spake on this fassyon what auayleth vs our scepter crowne mooste valiauntlye conquered of our father Saturne whom we deposed for tyrannie what auayleth vs the notable victorye of Thiphocus and hys brethren or the punyshmentes of Titius Tantalus Siliphus and Ixion seing that one can not be ware by an others harme I am sure none of you be ignoraunt of our iniuryes which we haue receyued of the handes of Prometheus my wyfe and syster Iuno for Paris his sake destroyed the whole natiō of the Troians and my doughter Minerua burned an hole nauy of the Grecians for one mans offence and shall we Iupiter father of all the goddes and ruler of heauē and earth suffre our eternall fyre to be stolen out of heauen vnpunyshed whyle he spake these wordes Mulciber his sonne brought in the ladye which was now already shapen thā Iupiter cōmaundyng as well goddes as goddesses to trymme decke her to the vttermost named her Pādora bycause euery god and goddesse had gyuen her somthing and he him selfe gyuyng her a boxe wherin was enclosed al maner of diseases and maladyes sent her to Epimetheus by hys sonne and faythfull messenger Mercurius which Epimetheus although he were warned of his broher Prometheus to receyue no gyft from Iupiter most louyngly retayned her and openyng her boxe lette forthe abrode al maner of maladyes and diseases wherwith al mankynd was cruellye punyshed vntyll suche tyme as Iupiters furour and indignation was sūwhat slaked through the prayer of Esculapius to whome he sente me as a remedye and medicine to all such euyls and gryeffes whome for his faythefull seruyce I made a god And I praye you haue I not rewarded both Hypocrates Gallene accordynglye seinge that at this daye they are glorifyed in fame as moche as eyther Alexander Magnus or any other notable prince but out alas what cruell fate of fortune is this that I somtyme the spryng welle of al felicitie and goodnesse vnto man am now cleane turned to the contrarye For where as before I was authour of health to euery māsekyng for me now I am not onelye a cōmune murtherer and a cōmune thefe but also a mayntayner of Paricides moche more vyle then y e stynkynge whore of Babylon For you that be my mynisters and Phisiciōs to you I speake I praye you tel me why doth euery man now vtterly abhorre my company trumpyng eftsones in my waye who is wyllyng to dye let hym goo to Phisyke who is wyllyng to be robbed of his money let hym go to Phisyke yf I be not a thefe a murtherer But what sayd I did I cal you my seruaūtes no I knowe ye not moche lesse ye know me wo shall be vnto you which rauyshyng me agaynste my wyll hath thus brought me in captiuitie bondage wo shalbe vnto you which for youre owne lucre and aduauntage hath made me an instrument of mischefe woo shall be vnto you whyche haue sclaundered me with the death of so many thousandes woo shall be vnto you that haue robbed and polled of theyr money so many nacyons But paraduenture ye wyll saye that I wrongfully and without all cause do sclaundre you laying the fault in me that ye heale not as other that were my seruauntes and mynisters dyd bycause there is not lyke vertue in me now as was then and wherof I beseche you cōmeth that of me or of you which knowe me not For what soeuer he be that hath not exactly learned naturall Philosophye be he neuer so well practised he neuer knewe me Therfore whosoeuer wyll be my seruaunt let him first be sure that he haue a good natural wit that he maye be able to practyse any thynge that is taught hym and thā let hym be exercysed euen from hys tendre age in dialect arithmaticke and mathematicke he must also be very payneful settyng his mynde on nothyng but only on learnynge and conferryng his studyes alwayes w t the best and ought alway to be a very diligent sercher of the truthe forsakynge all other thynges and cleauynge hollye vnto it Moreouer