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A11350	The English mans doctor. Or the schoole of Salerne Or [ph]ysicall obserua[ti]ons for the perfect preseruing of the bodie of man in continuall health. [Wh]ereunto [is] adioyned precepts for the pr[e]seruation of health. Written by [Hen]ricus Ronsouius for [the p]riuate vse of his sons. And now published for all those that desire to [preser]ue their bodies in [perfect] health.; Regimen sanitatus Salernitatum. English	Johannes, de Mediolano.; Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612.; Hobbes, Stephen, attributed name.; S. H.; Rantzau, Henrik, 1526-1598. De conservanda valetudine liber. English.; Ronsovius, Henricus.	1617 (1617)	STC 21608; ESTC S113433	31,784	97

proceed to the Physike of the minde for as the perturbations of the minde doe follow the passions of the bodie as wee may see and behold in drunkards as Horace saith nam corpus onustum Hesternis vitijs animum quoque praegrauat ipsum Atque affligit humi aiuinae particulam aurae So on the other side the body is affected from the passions of the minde and is said therewith to consent as is manifest in the affects of loue and sorow And seeing therfore the passions of the minde and bodie are so conioined and linked together with a naturall band we must as Auicen saith haue a diligent care to our minde if we desire to auoid diseases which also Galen held before him saying that wee must abstaine from the intemperance and deformity of all the passions and affections of the mind anger and sorrow furiousnesse and feare enuy and thought do alienate and bring a man from the vse of reason and do greatly transforme him from the state and order that is according to nature for moderate mirth helpeth very much to accomplish all the offices and functions of the minde to further and make excellent the concoction As on the contrary sorrow and heauinesse is the greatest hinderance and let to it beware therefore of heauinesse and desperation for as Salomon saith Spiritus tristis exiccat ossa cor laetum exhilerat mentem Therefore giue your selues to honest mirth and Christianlike ioy for as Auicen saith the often vse of mirth disposeth a man to be merry and thereof commeth no small profit but commodities very many Sorrow also is so great an Enemie to nature and bodily health that to resist the malice and the violence thereof remedies as well out of the holy Scripture as examples out of moral Philosophie are needful Also there be certayne herbs fruits and spices that haue the propertie to resist melancholy and to comfort the liuely spirits Such are simples that do comfort the heart and spirits as for example the beholding of fayre shewes and things that are beautifull the hearing of melodious musicke smelling of sweet sauours and fragrant odors such as in the Summer the smell of Rose-water and in Winter with the smell of Lignum Aloes which doth comfort the heart and the brayne and all the other senses very much But beware of too hot and sharpe sauours for they send vapours to the brayne The tasting as that which is confected of Sugar and the iuyce of Pomegranates of Quinces or some other of like temperature being not harmefull neither exceeding in the excesse of any qualitie CHAP. IX Of Ioy. IOy or gladnesse of heart doth prolong the life it maketh the body fat that is growne leane with care and trouble And looke what effect hapneth by sorrow the same hapneth by suddaine ioy And Valerius Maximus reporteth that a Woman of Rome dyed with suddayne ioy This being considered we must auoyd such extraordinarie gladnesse and suddayne ioy And we must remember that there is nothing in this world can reioyce vs so much but that some occasion or other may cause the same to be displeasant vnto vs. CHAP. X. Of Venus or the act of generation NOw that I haue spoken of Labour Meate Drinke and Sleepe it now resteth that I speake somewhat of the act of Generation which delectation must be well measured by a meane for if it doe exceed and be vsed intemperately it doth resolue the spirits and naturall heate about measure and dryeth vp the radicall moysture and so dangerous diseases happen to man sooner then otherwise by nature they would Therefore seeing in the act of Generation there is so great resolution of Spirits the excesse thereof is carefully to be auoyded neuerthelesse great regard must bee had of custome The commodities that come by moderate evacuation are great for it procureth appetite to meate and helpeth digestion it maketh the body more light and nimble it purgeth flegme it quickneth the minde it refresheth the wit reneweth the senses and driueth away sadnesse madnesse anger melancholy finally it doth deliuer vs altogether from leacherous imaginations and nightly pollutions which although some men suppose that there is no offence thereby because of the abundance of nature yet let vs consider what is said in Deuter. cap. 23. If there be amongst you any that is vncleane by that which commeth from him by night he shall goe out of the Hoast and shall not enter into the Hoast but for this matter let euery man vse all honest and lawfull meanes to suppresse the violent force and fury of his burning lust Also if a man will abstayne from meates that be hot and windie and the drinking of sweet headie wines and auoyd the imaginations of Venus and such like he shall not easily be much assailed and tempted with the desire of any carnall appetite likewise if he earnestly apply himselfe to the study of the holy Scriptures and morall Phylosophie banishing idlenesse and flie the company of beautiful and amorous Women he shal easily auoyd the desire of lustfull concupiscence Moreouer there be also other meanes to ouer-come carnall lust mentioned in Galen as to anoynt the reynes with some cooling oyntment made of waxe oyle of Roses and the iuyce of some cooling herb as House-leeke Lettuce Purslane Nightshade or plates of Lead applyed vpon the reynes or else Agnus castus or to eate daily the seede thereof or the seede of Rue or the herbs themselues Also Arnoldus giueth counsell If thou wilt quench the heat of lust anoynt the genitories with the iuyce of Rue or Persly or drinke the iuyce of those herbs Also to smell oftentimes to Camphire is good for the same purpose to sit vpon the very cold eart 〈◊〉 or a cold stone also to plunge the members in cold water or in strong vineger therewith to wash the reynes of the backe and about the lower part of the belly And to end this discourse of Venery flie idlenesse the greatest occasion of lechery for as the Poet saith with which I wil end Otia si tollas periere cupidinis arcus Contemptaeque iacent sine luce faces CHAP. XI Certayne precepts for dyet to be obserued euery day HItherto wee haue spoken of those things and their lawfull vse which things if they be not rightly vsed they do alter and change the body and ouerthrow the naturall state thereof I will now deliuer certayne precepts of the order of dyet to be kept for euery day weekes moneths and yeeres and first I will begin with the dyet for euery day In the beginning when you arise from the bed extend forth all your members for by this meanes the animal spirits are drawne to the outward members the braine is made subtill the body strengthened Then rubbe the whole body somewhat with the palmes the brest back and belly gently but the armes legs with the hands either with warme linnen next the head is to be scrubbed frō the fore part to