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A64906	The English-mans treasure with the true anatomie of mans body / compiled by ... Mr. Thomas Vicary, Esquire ... ; whereunto are annexed many secrets appertaining to chyrurgerie, with divers excellent approved remedies ...; Profitable treatise of the anatomie of mans body	Vicary, Thomas, d. 1561.; Turner, William, d. 1568. Of the bath of Bathe, in England.; Bremer, William.; Boraston, William. Necessary and briefe relation of the contagious disease of the pestilence.; Mondeville, Henri de, 14th cent.; Lanfranco, of Milan, 13th cent.; Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565.; Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.; Ward, William, 1534-1609.; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1641 (1641)	Wing V334; ESTC R13290	183,199	320

thicknesse he should comfort the digestion of other members that lye by him The second is that through him every member is made the formelier and taketh the better shape The third is that by his meanes every member of the Body drawing to him nourishing the which others with-hold to put foorth from them as it shall be more plainlyer spoken of in the Anatomy of the Wombe Next followeth Pericranium or the covering of the Bones of the Head But here it is to be noted of a Veyne and an Arteir that commeth betwéene the Flesh and this Pericraniam that nourisheth the vtter part of the head and so entreth pri●ily thorow the Commissaries of the Skull bearing to the Braine and to his Pannicles nourishing Of whose substance is made both Duramater and also Pericranium as shall be declared in the parts contayned in the Head Here it is to be noted of this Pannicle Pericranium that it bindeth or compasseth all the Bones of the Head vnto whom is adjoyned Duramater and is also a part of his substance he wheit they be separated for Duramater is néerer the Braine and is vnder the Skull This Pericranium was made principally for two causes one is that for ●is strong binding together hée should make firme and stable the féeble Commissaries or seames of the Bones of the Head The other cause is that it should be a meane betwéene the hard bone and the soft flesh Next is the Bone of the Pot of the head kéeping in the Braines of which it were too long to declaire their names after all Authors as they number them and their names for some name them after the Gréeke tongue and some after the Arabian but in conclusion all this to our purpose And they be numbred seven bones in the pan or Skull of the head The first is called the Coronall bone in which is the Orbits or holes of the Eyes and it reacheth from the browes vnto the midst of the head and there it méeteth with the second bone called Occipissiall a bone of the hinder part of the head called the Noddle of the head which two bones Coronall and Occipissiall be divided by the Commissaries in the middest of the Head The third and fourth Bones bée called Parietales and they be the Bones of the ●ideling parts of the head and they be divided by the Commissaries both from the foresaid Coronall and Occipissiall The fi●●-and Art bones be called Petrosa or Mendosa and these two bones lye over the bones called Parietales on every side of the head one like Skales in whom be the holes of the cares The seventh and last of the ●ead is called Parill●arie or Bazillarie the which Bone is as it were a wedge vnto all the other seven Bones of the head and doth fasten them together And thus be all numbred The first is the Coronall Bone the second is the Occipissiall the third and the fourth is Parietales the fifth and the sixth is Petrosa or Mendosa And the seventh is Parillarie or Bazillarie And this sufficeth for the fiue things containing CHAP. IIII. In this Chapter is declared the five things contayned within the Head NExt vnder the Bones of the Head within foorth the first thing that appeareth is Duramater then is Piamater then the substance of the Braine and then Vermy formes and Letemirabile But first wée are to speaks of Duramater whereof and ●ow it is sprung and made First it is to be noted of the V●yne and Arteire that was spoken of in the last Chapter before how privily they entered through the Commissaries or seames of the Head and there by their Vnion together they doe not onely bring and giue the spirit of Life and m●●riment but also doe weaue themselves so together that they make this Pannicle Duramater It is holden vp by certaine thréeds of himselfe comming through the said Commissaries running into Pericranium or Pannicle that covereth the Bones of the Head And with the foresaid Veine and Artier and these threeds comming from Duramater is woven and made this Pericranium And why this Pannicle Duramater is set from the Skull I note two causes The first is that if the Duramater should haue touched the Skull it should lightly haue béene hurt with the hardnesse of the Bone The second cause is that the matter that commeth of wounds made in the Head piercing the Skull should by it the better be defended and kept from Piamater and hurting of the Braine And next vnto this Pannicle there is another Pannicle called Piamater or Méek-mother because it is soft and tender vnto the Braine Of whose creation it is to be noted as of Duramater For the originall of their first creation is of one kind both from the Heart and the Liver and is Mother of the very substance of the Braine Why it is called Piamater is for because it is soft and tender to the Braine that if nourisheth the Braine and féedeth it as doth a loving Mother vnto her tender Chi●●● or Babe for it is not so tough and hard as is Duramater In this Pannicle Piamater is much to be noted of the great number of Veines and Arteirs that are planted ramefying throughout all his substance giving to the Braine both spirit and life And this Pannicle doth circumvolue or lay all the substance of the Braine and in some place of the Braine the Veynes and the Artiers goe forth of him and enter into the divisions of the Braine and there drinketh of the Braines substance into them asking of the Heart to them the spirit of life or breath and of the Liver nu●riment And the aforesaid spirit or breath taketh a further disgestion and there it is made animall by the elaboration of the spirit vitall is turned and made animall Furthermore why there be no more Pannicles over the Braine then one is this If there had beene but one Pannicle onely either it must haue béene hard or soft or meane betwéens both If it had béene hard it should haue hurt the Braine by his hardnesse If it had béene soft it should haue béene hurt of the hard Bone And if it had qéene but meanly neyther hard nor soft it should haue hurt the Braine by his roughnesse and also haue béene hurt of the hard Bone Therefore God and Nature hath ordained two Pannicles the one hard and the other soft the harder to be a meane betwéene the soft and the Bone and the softer to be a meane betwéene the harder and the Braine it selfe Also these Pannicles be cold and dry of complexion and spermaticke Next is the Braine of which it is marvellously to be considered and noted how this Piamater divideth the substance of the Braine and lappeth it into certaine selles or divisions as thus The substance of the Braine is divided into thrée parts or ventricles of which the foremost part is the most The second or middlemost is lesse the third or hindermost is the least And from each one to another be issues or passages that

are called Meaces through whom passeth the spirit of life too and fro But héere yée shall note that euery Tentricle is divided into two parts and in every part God hath ordained and set singular and severall vertues as thus First in the foremost Ventricle God hath founded and set the common wittes otherwise called the fine Wittes as Hearing Séeing Féeling Smelling and Tasting And also there is one part of this Ventricle the vertue that is called Fantasie and he taketh all the formes or ordinances that be disposed of the ●●ue Wittes after the meaning of sensible things In the other part of the same Ventricle is ordained and founded the imaginatiue vertue the which receiveth of the common Wittes the forme of shape of sensitiue things as they were received of the common Wittes without-foorth representing their owne shape and ordinances vnto the memoratiue vertue In the middle Sell or Ventricle there is founded and ordained the Cogitatiue or estimatiue vertue for hée rehearseth sheweth declareth and déemeth those things that bée offered vnto him by the other that were spoken of before In the third Ventrickle and last there is founded and ordained the vertue Memoratiue in this place is registred and kept those things that are done and spoken with the sences and kéepe them in his treasury vnto the putting foorth of the fiue or common Wittes or Organes or Instruments of animall workes out of whose extremities or lower parts springeth Mynuca or Marrow of the Spondels of whom it shall be spoken of in the Anatomy of the Necke and Backe Furthermore it is to be noted that from the foremost Ventricle of the Braine springeth seven paire of sentatiue or féeling Sinewes the which be produced to the Eyes the Eares the Nose the Tongue and to the Stomacke and to divers other parts of the Body as it shall be declared in their Anatomies Also it is to be noted that about the middle Ventrikle is the place of Vermi-formis with kurnelly flesh that filleth and Retemirabile a wonderfull Cau●e vnder the Pannicles is set or bounded with Arteirs onely which come from the Heart in the which the vitall spirit by his great labour is turned and made animall And yée shall vnderstand that these two be the best kept parts of all the Body for a man shall rather dye than any of thes● should suffer any manner of griefes from without-forth and therefore God hath set them farre from the Heart Héere I note the saying of H●ly Abba of the comming of small Artiers from the Heart of whom saith he is made a marvellous Net or Caule in the which Caule is inclosed the Braine and in that place is laid the spirit of féeling from that place hath the Spirit of Féeling his first creation and from thence passeth other members c. Furthermore yée shall vnderstand that the Braine is a member cold and moyst of complexion thinne and meanly viscous and a principall member and an officiall member and spermaticke And first why he is a principall member is because he is the governour or the treasury of the fiue Wittes And why he is an officiall member is because he hath the effect of féeling and stirring And why he is cold and moyst is that he should by his coldnesse and moystnesse abate and temper the excéeding heate and drought that commeth from the Heart And why it is moyst is that it should be the more indifferenter and abler to every thing that should be reserved or gotten into him And why it is soft is that it should giue place and favour to the vertue of stirring And why it is meanly viscous is that his sinewes should not be letted in their working through his overmuch hardnesse Héere Galen demandeth a question which is this Whether that féeling and mouing be brought to Nerues by one or by divers Or whether the aforesaid thing be brought substantially or rather judicially The matter saith hée is so hard to search and to be vnderstood that it were much better to let it alone and passe over it Aristotle intreating of the Braine saith The Braine is a member continually moouing and ruling all other members of the body giving vnto them both féeling and moouing for if the Braine be let all other members bée let and if the Braine bée well then all other members of the body be the better disposed Also the Braine hath this property that it mooveth and followeth the moouing of the Moone For in the waxing of the Moone the Braine followeth vpwards and in the wane of the Moone the Braine discendeth downewards and vanisheth in substance of vertue for then the Braine shrinketh together in it selfe and is not so fully obedient to the spirit of féeling And this is proued in men that be Lunaticke and Mad and also in men that be Epulenticke or having the Falling sicknesse that be most grieved in the beginning of the new Moone and in the latter quarter of the Moone Wherefore saith Aristotle when it happeneth that the Braine is either too dry or too moyst then can it not worke his kind for then is the Body made cold● then are the spirits of Life melted and resolved away and then followeth féeblenesse of the Wittes and of all other members of the Body and last Death CHAP. V. The Anatomy of the Face THE Front or the Forehead containeth nothing but the Skinne and Musculus flesh for the Pannicle vnderneath it is of Pericranium and the Bone is of the Coronall bone Howbeit there it is made broad as if there were a double bone which maketh the forme of the browes It is called the Forehead or Front from one eare to the other and from the rootes of the eares of the head before vnto the Browes But the cause why the browes were set and reared vp was that they should defend the eyes from uoyance without-foorth and they be ordained with haire to put by the humor or sweat that commeth from the head Also the browes doe helpe the eye-liddes and doe beautiffe and make faire the face for he that hath not his browes haired is not séemely And Aristotle sayth that ouer-measurable Browes betokeneth an enuious man Also high browes and thicke betokcneth hardinesse and browes with little haire betokeneth cowardise and meanly signifieth gentlenesse of heart Incisions about this part ought to be done according to the length of the body for there the Muscle goeth from one eare to the other And there if any incision should be made with the length of the Muscle it might happen the brow to hang ouer the eye without remedy as it is many times séene the more pitty The Browes are called Supercilium in Latine and vnder is the eye-lids which is called Cilium and is garnished with haires Two causes I find why the eye-lids were ordained The first is that they should kéepe and defend the Eye from Dust and other outward uoyances The second is when the eye is wrary or heauy then they should bée covered and

marke the spreading for as it is of the one so it is of the other as thus when the branch is in the Arme-pit there hée is divided into two branches The one Branch goeth along in the inner side of the arme vntill it come to the bough of the Arme and there it is called Bazilica or Epatica and so goeth downe the Arme till it come to the wrist and there it is turned to the backe of the Hand and it is found betwéene the little finger and the next and there it is called Salvatella Now to the other Branch that is in the Arme-hole which spreadeth to the vtter side of the shoulder and there he divideth in two the one goeth spreading vp into the carnous part of the Head and after descendeth through the Bone into the Braine as it is declared in the Anatomy of the head The other branch goeth on the outward side of the Arme and there he is divided into two also the one part is ended at the hand and the other part is folded about the arme till it appeare in the bouget of the arme and there is called Sephalica from thence it goeth to the backe of the hand and appeareth betwéene the Thumbe and the foremost finger and there it is called Sephalica Ocularis The two Branches that I speake of which be divided in the hinder part of the shoulders from each of these two I say springeth one and those two méete together and make one Veyne which appeareth in the bough of the Arme and there it is called Mediana or Coadialis or Commine And thus it is to be vnderstood that of Vena Sephalica springeth Vena Ocularis and of Vena Bazilica springeth Vena Salvatella and of the two Veynes that méete springeth Vena Mediana and in ramefying from these fiue principall Veynes springeth innumerable of the which a Chirurgion hath no great charge for it sufficeth vs to know the principals To speake of Arteirs you shall vnderstand that wheresoever there is found a Veyne there is an Arteir vnder him and if there be found a great Veyne there is found a great Artier and whereas is a little Veyne there is a little Artier for wheresoeuer there goeth a Veyne to giue nutriment there goeth an Artier to bring the spirit of life Wherefore it is to bée noted that the Artiers lye more déeper in the flesh then the Veynes doe for they carry and kéepe in them more precious blood then doth the Veyne and therefore hée hath néed to bée further from dangers outwardly and therefore God and Nature haue ordained for him to be closed in two Coates where the Veyne hath but one The Breast of Thorax is the Arke or Chest of the spirituall members of man as saith the Philosopher where it is to bée noted that there be foure things containing and right contained as thus The foure containing are the Skinne Musculus flesh the Pappes and the Bones The parts contained are the Heart the Lunges Pannicles Lygaments Nerues Veynes Artiers Myre or Isofagus Now the Skinne and the flesh are knowne in their Anatomy It is to be noted that the flesh of the Pappes differeth from the other flesh of the body for it is white glandulus and spongeous and there is in them both Nerues Veines and Artiers and by them they haue Coliganes with the Heart the Liver the Braine and the Generatiue members Also there is in the Breast as old Authors make mention lxxx or xc Muscles for some of them be common to the Necke some to the Shoulders and to the Spades some to Dyafragma or the Mydriffe some to the Ribbes some to the Backe and some to the Breast it selfe But I find certaine profitablenesse in the creation of the Pappes as well in man as in woman for in man it defendeth the spirituals from annoyance outwardly and another by their thicknesse they comfort the naturall heate in defiance of the spirits And in women there is the generation of Milke for in women there commeth from the Matrix into their Breasts many Veynes which bring into them Menstruall blood the which is turned through the digestiue vertue from red colour into white like the colour of the Pappes even as Chilley comming from the stomacke to the Liver is turned into the colour of the Liver Now to speake of the Bones of the Breast they bée said to bée triple or thrée fold and they be numbred to the seven in the Breast before and their length●s according to the breadth of the Breast and there extremities or ends be gristly as the Ribbes be And in the vpper end of Thorax is an hole or a concavity in which is set the foot of the Furkle-bone or Cannel-bone and in the nether end of Thorax against the mouth of the Stomacke hangeth a a Gristle called Ensiforme and this Gristle was ordained for two causes One is that it should defend the stomacke from hurt outwardly The second is that in time of fulnesse it should giue place to the stomacke in time of néed when it desireth c. Now to speake of the parts of the Backe behind foorth There be twelue Spondels through whom passeth Mynuca of whom springeth twelue paire of Nerues bringeth bath féeling and mooving to the Muscles of the Breast aforesayd And héere it is to be noted that in every side there be twelue Ribs that is to say seven true and fiue false because these fiue bée not so long as the other seven be and therefore called false Ribs as it may be perceived by the sight of the Eye Likewise of the parts that be inwardly and first of the Heart because hée is the principall of all other members and the beginning of life hée is set in the middest of the Breast severally by himselfe as Lord and King of all members And as a Lord or a King ought to be served of his Subjects that haue their living of him so are all other members of the Body subjects to the Heart for they receiue their living of him and they doe service many wayes vnto him againe The substance of the Heart is as it were Lazartus Flesh but it is spermaticke and an officiall member and the beginning of life and hée giveth to every member of the Body both blood of life and spirit of breath and heate for if the Heart were of Lazartus flesh his mooving and stirring should be voluntary and not naturall but the contrary is true for it were impossible that the Heart should be ruled by Will onely and not by Nature The Heart hath the shape and forme of a Pine-apple and the broad end thereof is vpwards and the sharpe end is downewards depending a little towards the left side And hée it is to be noted that the Heart hath blood in his substance whereas all other members haue it but in their Veines and Arteirs Also the Heart is bound with certaine Ligaments to the backe part of the Breast but these Lygaments touch not the substance of

the Heart but in the ouer-part they spring foorth of him and is fastened as a aforesaid Furthermore the Heart hath two Ventricles or Concavities and the left is higher then the right and the cause of his hollownesse is this For to kéepe the blood for his nourishing and the ayre to abate and temper the great heate that hée is in the which is kept in Concavities Now héere it is to be noted that to the right Ventrickle of the Heart commeth a Veyne from the great Veyne called Venakelis that receiveth all the substance of the blood from the Liver And this Veyne that commeth from Venakelis entreth into the heart of the right Ventricle as I said before and in him is brought a great portion of the thickest blood to nourish the heart with and the residue that is left of this is made subtill through the vertue of the Heart and then this Blood is sent into a Concavity or pit in the midst of the Heart betwéene the two Ventricles and therein it is made hot and pured and then it passeth into the left Ventricle and there is ingendred in it a Spirit that is cléerer brighter and subtiller then any Corporall or Bodily thing that is engendred of the foure Elements For it is a thing that is a meane betwéene the Body and the Soule Wherefore it is likened of the Philosophers to be more liker heavenly things then earthly things Also it is to be noted that from the left Ventricle of the heart springeth two Arteirs the one having but one Coate and therefore it is called Arteria Venalis And this Arteir carryeth Blood from the Heart to the Lungs the which Blood is vaporous that is tryed and left of the Heart and is brought by this Artery to the Lungs to giue him Nutriment and there he receiveth of the Lungs ayre and bringeth it to the heart to refresh him with Wherefore Galen sayth that hée findeth that mans Heart is Naturall and friendly to the Lungs For he giveth him of his owne Mutrimentall to nourish him with and the Lungs reward him with ayre to refresh him with againe c. The other Artier that hath two Coates is called Vena Arterialis or the Great Artery that ascendeth and discendeth and of him springeth all the other Arteirs that spred to euery member of the Body for by him is vnited and quickned all the members of the Body For the Spirit that is retained in them is the instrument or treasure of all the vertue of the Soule And thus it passeth vntill it come to the Braine and there he is turned into a further digestion and there hée taketh another Spirit and so is made animall and at the Liver nutrimentall and at the Testikles generatiue and thus it is made a spirit of euery kind so that hée being meane of all manner operations and workings taketh effect Two causes I find why these Arteirs haue two Coates One is that one Coate is not sufficient nor able to withstand the violent mooving and stirring of the Spirit of life that is carryed in them The second cause is that the thing that is carryed about from place to place is of so precious a Treasure that it had the more néed of good kéeping And of some Doctors this Artier is called the Pulsatiue Veyne or the beating Veyne for by him is perceived the power and might of the Heart c. Wherefore God and Nature haue ordained that the Arteirs haue two Coates Also there is in the Heart thrée Pellikles opening and closing the going in of the Heart blood and spirit in convenient time Also the Heart hath two little Eares by whom commeth in and passeth out the Ayre that is prepared for the Lungs Also there is found in the Heart a Cartilaginous Auditament to helpe and strengthen the selfe Heart Also the Heart is covered with a strong Pannicle which is called of some Capsula Cordes or Paricordium the which is a strong case vnto whom commeth Nerues as to other inward members And this Pannicle Pericordium springeth of the vpper Pannicle of the Midriffe And of him springeth another Pannicle called Mediastinum the which departeth the Breast in the midst and kéepeth that the Lungs fall not over the Heart Also there is another Pannicle that covereth the Ribs inwardly that is called Plura of whom the Midriffe taketh his beginning And it is said of many Doctors that Duramater is the Originall of all the Pannicles within the Body and thus one taketh of another CHAP. VIII The Anatomy of the Lungs THE Lungs is a member Spermatick of the first Creation and his naturall complexion is cold and dry and in his accidentall complexion he is cold and moyst lapped in a Neruous Pannicle because it should gather together the softer substance of the Lungs and that the Lungs might féele by the meanes of the Pannicle that which he might not féele in himselfe Now to proue the Lungs to bée cold and dry of kind it appeareth by his swift stirring for hée lyeth ever waving ouer the Heart and about the Heart And that hée is cold and moyst in reward it appeareth well that he receiveth of the Braine many cold matters as Cataries and Rheumes whose substance is thinne Also I find in the Lungs thrée kinds of substance One is a Veyne comming from the Liver bringing with him the Crude or raw part of the Chylle to féed the Lungs Another is Arteria Venealis comming from the Heart bringing with him the spirit of life to nourish him with The third is Trachia Arteria that bringeth in ayre to the Lungs and it passeth through all the left part of them to doe his Office The Lungs is divided into fiue Lobbes or Pellikeles or fiue portions that is to say thrée in the right side and two in the left side And this was done for this cause that if there fell any hurt in the one part the others should serue and doe their office And thrée causes I find why the Lungs were principally ordained First that they should draw cold wind and refresh the Heart The second that they should change and alter and purifie the ayre before it come to the Heart lest the heart were hurt and annoyed with the quantity of the ayre The third cause is that they should receiue from the heart the fumous superfluities that he putteth foorth with his breathing c. Behind the Lungs toward the Spondels passeth Myre or Isofagus of whom it is spoken of in the Anatomy of the Necke And also there passeth both Veynes and Arteirs and all these with Trachia Arteria doe make a Stoke replete vnto the Gullet with the Pannicles and strong Ligaments and Glandulus flesh to fulfill the voyd places And last of all is the Midriffe and it is an officiall member made of two Pannicles and Lazartus flesh and his place is in the midst of the body over-thwart or in breath vnder the region of the Spirituall members departing them from the

the concavity of the bladder and the more that the Bladder is filled with Vrine the straiter bée the two Pannicles comprised together for the holes of the Tunicles be not even one against another and therefore if the bladder be never so full there may none goe backe againe The forme of it is round the quantity of it is a Pitcher full in some more in some lesse c. Also there is found two other vessels called Vaza Seminaria or the Spermaticke Vessels And they come from Venakelis bringing blood to the Tostikles as well in man as in woman the which by his further digestion it is made sperme or nature in men they be put outward for the Testikles be without but in women it abideth within for there Testikles stand within as it shall be declared hereafter Next followeth the Matrix in women the Matrix in women is an officiall member compound and Nerveous and in complexion cold and dry and it is the field of mans genertion and it is an instrument susceptiue that is to say a thing receiving or taking and her proper place is betwéne the Bladder and the Gut Longaon the likenesse of it is as it were a yard reversed and turned inward having Testikles likewise as aforesaid Also the Matrix hath two Concavities or Selles and no more but all Beastes haue as many Selles as they haue Pappes heads Also it hath a long Necke like an Vrinall and in every Necke it hath a mouth that is to say one within and another without The inner in the time of conception is shut and the vtter part is open as it was before and it hath in the middest a Lazartus Pannicle which is called in Latine Tengito And in the creation of this Pannicle is found two vtilities The first is that by it goeth forth the Vrine or else it should bée shed throughout all the Vulva The second is that when a woman doth set her Thighs abroad it altereth the ayre that commeth to the Matrix for to temper the heate Furthermore the Necke that is betwéene these two aforesaid mouthes in her concavity hath many involusions and pleates joyned together in the manner of Rose leaues before they be fully spread or ripe and so they be shut together as a purse mouth so that nothing may passe forth but vrine vntill the time of childing Also about the middle of this necke be certaine Veynes in Maydens the which in time of deflowring be corrupted and broken Furthermore in the sides of the vtter mouth are two Testicles or Stones and also two vessels of Sperme shorter then mans vessels and in time of Coyt the Womans sperme is shead downe in the bottome of the Matrix Also from the Liver there commeth to the Matrix many Veynes bringing to the Child nourishing at the time of a womans being with Child and these Veynes at such time as the Matrix is voyd bring thereto superfluities from certaine members of the Body whereof are engendred womans Flowers c. And forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to giue the knowledge of these his Misteries and Workes vnto his Creatures in this present World Héere I ●●ppose to declare what t●ing Embreon is and his Creation The noble Philosophers as Galen Avicen Bartholmeus and divers others writing vpon this matter say That Embreon is a thing engendred in the Mothers wombe the originall whereof is the Sperme of the Man and of the Woman of the which is made by the might and power of GOD in the mothers wombe a Child as hereafter more at large shall bée declared First the field of Generation called the Matrix or the Mother is knowne in the Anatomy whose place is properly betwixt the Bladder and Longaon in the Woman in which place is sowne by the Tillage of man a covenable matter of kindly heate For kindly heate is cause officient both of doing and working and Spirit that giveth vertue to the Body and governeth and ruleth that vertue the which Séed of generation commeth from all the parts of the Body both of the Man and Woman with consent and will of all Members and is shead in the plac● of Conceiving where thorow the vertue of Nature it is gathered together in the Celles of the Matrix or the Mother in whom by the way of the working of mans Séede and by the way of suffering of the Womans Séed mixt together so that each of them worketh in other and suffereth in other there is engendred Embreon And further it is to bée noted that this Sperme that commeth both to man and woman is made and gathered of the most best and purest drops of Blood in all the body and by the labour and cha●ing of the Testikles or Stones this Blood is turned into another kind and is made Sperme And in man it is hot white and thicke wherefore it may not spread nor runne abroad of it selfe but runneth and taketh temperance of the Womans sperme which hath contrary qualities For the womans sperme is thinner colder and féebler And as some Authors hold opinion when this matter is gathered into the right side of the Matrix then it happeneth a Male kind and likewise on the left the Female and where the vertue is most there it favoureth most And further it is to bée noted that like as the Renet of the Chéese hath by himselfe the way or vertue of working so hath the Milke by way of suffering and as the Renet and milke make the Chéese so doth the sperme of Man and Woman make the generation of Embreon of the which thing springeth by the vertue of kindly heate a certaine Skin or Caule into the which it lappeth it selfe in wherewith afterwards it is tyed to the Mothers wombe the which covering commeth foorth with the byrth of the Childe and if it happen that any of the Skinne remaine after the byrth of the Child th●● is the Woman in perill of her life Furthermore if is said that of this Embreon is ingendred the Heart the Liver the Braynes Nerues Veynes Arteirs Cords Lygaments Skins Gristles and Bones receiving to them by kindly vertue the menstruall blood of which is engendred both flesh and fatnesse And as writers say the first thing that is shapen be the principals as is the Heart Liver and Braine For of the Heart springeth the Artiers of the Liver the Veines and of the Brain the Nerues and when these are made Nature maketh and shapeth both Bones and Gristles to kéepe and saue them as the bones of the head for the Brain the Breast Bones and the Ribbes for the Heart and the Liver And after these springeth all other members one after another and thus is the Child bred forth in foure degrées as thus The first is when the said Sperme or Séed is at the first as it were Milke The second is when it is turned from that kind into another kind is yet but as a lumpe of Blood and this is called of Ipocras

drinkes and good savours Summer doth begin the Eight Ides of May and endeth the Eight Ides of Iune at which time beginneth the bitter juyce of Choller then vse cold meates and drinkes and forbeare women Autumne Harvest beginneth the Eight Ides of Iune and endeth the Eight Ides of November at which time waxeth Melancholy then bée purged by a Medicine Laxatiue and afterward vse light and disgestible meates and drinkes such as encrease Sanguine Hiemps Winter beginneth the Eight Ides of November and endeth the Eight Ides of March at which time waxeth fleagme through weakenesse of humours and corruption of Ayre then the pose beginneth to grow then heate is in the veyn then is pricking in the sides then vse hot meate and drinkes as Pepper Ginger and wash not thy head Letchcraft is Chirurgery to heale man of all manner of sicknesse and to kéeps him whole so farre as craft may Letchcraft is in two manners that is both Physicke and Chirurgery Letchcraft and Chirurgery each of them hath two parts viz. Theoricke and Practique Theoricke to know and practise to worke the ground of Theorique Theoricke is to know the Elements and humours that commeth of them which is for mans health or against it Letchcraft teaches vs causes effects and Signes Signes to know the causes and effects and therefore I treate of signes and many signes doth belong to Physicke and Chirurgery as Crisses Vrine Pounces Vomits Sege and other Chirurgery is in Woundes Impostumes and Algebro and Chirurgery holdeth foure parts viz. wounds and Impostumes Algebra and Anthonte Antidotary is the fift which is a kind of Salues against all kind of Sores that belongeth to Chyrurgery Algebra is broken bones and bones out of joynt Antidotory of Chirurgery is in Waters Powders Oyles Oyntments and Emplaisters most principall some must bée repercussiue some Mole●●catiue some Maturatiue some generatiue and some Corosiue Anatomy is to know the Body of man thorow-out and all his members within and without two members hath every manner of man viz. principall and officiall and foure principall every man hath viz. Braine and heart Liuer and stones the Brains hath the head and necke the heart hath the Lungs Breast and Midriffe the Liver hath the stomacke and other members downe to the Reynes as Guts Gauls and the Kelle Veyne and Milt ●he Milt vpon the left side and the Gaule vpon the Liver the Stones hath Raines Bladders and other Privities and these are the foure principall members Braine Heart Liver and Stones and without Braine Heart and Liver no man may liue and without Stones may no man engender thrée things in the Stones is cause of engendring He●t Wind and Humors Heat commeth from the Liuer Spirit from the Heart and Humors from the Braines that man is made of if any of these foure bée faulty that man may not as hée should kindly engender These sixe vertues are rooted in the Liver viz. Attractiue Digestiue Deminsiue Expalsiue Retentiue and a Simulatiue that is in the English drawing and breaking out putting holding and liking For first Nature draweth in that which it néedeth to liue by and then all to breake it and then departeth the good from the bad and holdeth to it the good and then dealeth the good to all the members of the Body Officiall members bée those that haue certaine Offices in mans body where ever they bée as the Eye to sée the Eare to heare the Hand to touch the Mouth to speake the Féet to goe and many such other Also such are called members as branches from the principall to the officiall as the Arme or Legge that rooteth in the principall and brancheth to the officialls and so Nerues Artiers Veynes Lygaments Cords Bones Pannicles and Gristles Flesh and Skinne to teach them their Office But Nerues Veynes and Artiers bée most needfull for they bée Welles and Roo●es of all other Nerues comming from the Braine and Artiers from the Heart and Veynes from the Liver into all the body Nerues giveth to the Body féeling and mooving and Arteirs leaving and Veynes encreasing A Veyne hath but one Tunacle and an Artier hath two in the one runneth bloud and in the other spirits and all beating Veynes bée Artiers the which I call Pulses and all other bée simple Veynes and all such members saving Flesh alone are melancholieus and their nature is Sperme but flesh is Sanguine and therefore it may bée sodered bée it never so much cut but the other said members because their matter is Sperme may never be sodered if they bée much cut And thus much at this time I say of Anatomy And now will I speake of Wounds which is the second part of Chirurgery one of these foure intentions hath every Chirurgion The first is to containe that that is evill loosed The second is to loose that that is evill contained The third is to take away that that is too much The fourth is to increase that that is too little In these foure entents standeth all Chirurgery The first is in Wounds the second is Impostumes the third and fourth Algebra holdeth Wounds be in many manners Simple and Compound Simple in the flesh alone and compound in seven manners There the vi● things that letteth a wound not lightly to heale viz. Empostumes discrased hollownesse or bitten by a venemous Beast and these letteth a Chirurgion soone to heale a wound and it a Sinew bée cut or pricked or wound to the Bone or if the wound bée hollow or else dicrased with a Fever or bruised or made by venemous Beasts then mayest thou not as thou wouldest close vp a wound and if a wound lacke all these seven things then it is simple Medicine is Letchcraft both Physicke and Chirurgery to helpe and to kéepe mans body as craft and nature may and every one of them hath first his Theoricke perfectly to know and afterwards his Practique cunningly to worke the grounds of both his Qualities Elements and Humors and signes most néedfull both of Vrine and Pulses The Nine Tastes SAlt Sharpe and Bitter Sower Savory and Eager Swéet Walloweth and Fatty Thrée of them bée of Heat thrée of Cold and the last thrée be of temperature A cut chaseth heateth and fleyeth Temperature delighteth Lycorise A●nis Ginger Worme wood and Suger these bée Ensamples a cut raweth heateth and fleyeth and Nature there against ripeth and twineth and putteth out make your Medicine such that for one putting out double twining and foure-riping Melancholy is dry and cold sower and earthly coloured his Vrine is thinne and discoloured his Pulse is straight and short in digestion and full stomacke loathsomnesse and sower belching swelling wombe and sides heauy dead and fluggy limbes and Melancholious Vrine commeth of a young wench that faileth her flowers or haue them not as shée ought to haue Fleame cold and moyst white and weake in colours his Vrine is discoloured and thicke his Pulse is short and broad raw stomacke and full loathsome and vnlusty watry mouth much