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the_o same_o cause_n some_o sort_n of_o salt_n be_v more_o useful_a and_o efficacious_a for_o some_o thing_n than_o other_o salt_n there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o salt_n among_o the_o ancients_n dig_v out_o of_o the_o ground_n under_o the_o sand_n of_o libyâ—_n call_v from_o thence_o sal_fw-la ammoniacus_fw-la ammoniacus_fw-la whereof_o frequent_a mention_n be_v make_v among_o our_o ancient_a physician_n whereof_o there_o be_v now_o none_o to_o be_v find_v with_o we_o we_o have_v now_o some_o salt_n dig_v out_o of_o hill_n in_o great_a lump_n like_o stone_n called_z sal_fw-la gemmae_fw-la gemmae_fw-la and_o answerable_a to_o the_o former_a before_o mention_v and_o this_o kind_n of_o salt_n be_v find_v in_o great_a abundance_n in_o poland_n and_o many_o other_o place_n as_o in_o calabria_n in_o italy_n and_o in_o the_o county_n of_o tirole_n in_o germany_n there_o be_v again_o a_o salt_n make_v of_o salt_n well_n as_o at_o nantwich_n here_o in_o england_n and_o at_o hale_n and_o luneburg_n 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the_o same_o helpful_a and_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o benefit_n tâ—uend_a antiochus_n the_o physician_n and_o telephus_n the_o grammarian_n find_v by_o it_o and_o 24._o the_o roman_a pollio_n be_v ask_v by_o the_o emperor_n augustus_n by_o what_o mean_v he_o have_v prolong_v his_o life_n to_o a_o hundred_o year_n answer_v that_o he_o have_v use_v honey_n within_o and_o oil_n without_o iâ—_n it_o best_o for_o phlegmatic_a and_o cold_a complexion_n be_v moderate_o use_v for_o in_o hot_a complexion_n it_o be_v quick_o convert_v into_o choler_n it_o be_v far_o better_a boil_v than_o raw_a and_o so_o engender_v not_o wind_n use_v especial_o where_o the_o body_n be_v predispose_v and_o so_o it_o be_v also_o more_o nourish_v easy_a of_o digestion_n and_o less_o it_o loosen_v the_o belly_n than_o the_o raw_a and_o new_a honey_n be_v
a_o tertian_n say_v that_o be_v hang_v up_o they_o be_v to_o be_v roast_v by_o the_o only_a heat_n of_o the_o fire_n 〈◊〉_d galen_n in_o two_o or_o three_o place_n explain_v this_o manner_n they_o take_v say_v he_o a_o high_a pot_n which_o they_o fill_v full_a of_o water_n &_o within_o the_o pot_n above_o the_o water_n they_o set_v in_o grate_n on_o the_o which_o they_o lay_v their_o fruit_n and_o so_o roast_v they_o at_o this_o vapour_n and_o 83._o st._n jerome_n write_v that_o cook_n be_v wont_n after_o this_o manner_n to_o roast_v their_o pheasant_n fruit_n which_o make_v they_o far_o dainty_a to_o the_o taste_n our_o age_n have_v in_o use_n to_o preserve_v divers_a sort_n of_o fruit_n in_o the_o autumn_n and_o so_o to_o keep_v they_o both_o for_o necessity_n and_o delight_n fever_n but_o i_o wish_v they_o be_v spare_o use_v of_o the_o sick_a especial_o in_o fever_n and_o hot_a choleric_a constitution_n by_o reason_n that_o sugar_n wherewith_o they_o be_v preserve_v be_v quick_o in_o 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urine_n and_o other_o excrement_n the_o time_n arabian_a physician_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n and_o will_v have_v we_o give_v store_n of_o cold_a drink_n in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o disease_n it_o be_v indeed_o very_o certain_a that_o better_a it_o be_v to_o wait_v for_o sign_n of_o concoction_n if_o the_o fever_n be_v not_o violent_a but_o in_o extremity_n of_o heat_n and_o for_o fear_n of_o further_a inconvenience_n by_o mean_n of_o too_o long_o abstain_v it_o be_v better_a to_o yield_v to_o a_o inconvenience_n than_o to_o a_o mischief_n true_a it_o be_v indeed_o that_o drink_v of_o cold_a water_n before_o sign_n of_o concoction_n may_v somewhat_o prolong_v the_o disease_n and_o make_v the_o humour_n grosser_n and_o more_o crude_a but_o again_o this_o scald_a heat_n will_v parch_v up_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o body_n before_o these_o sign_n of_o concoction_n and_o therefore_o meth._n galen_n sometime_o foreseeing_a this_o danger_n be_v force_v even_o in_o the_o 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