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heart_n	natural_a	spirit_n	vital_a	2,146	5	10.9559	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81875	A treasure of health By Castor Durante Da Gualdo, physician and citizen of Rome. Wherein is shewn how to preserve health, and prolong life. Also the nature of all sorts of meats and drinks, with the way to prevent all hurt that attends the use of either of them. Translated out of Italian into English, by John Chamberlayne, Gent. Imprimatur, April 5. 1686. Rob. Midgley.; De bonitate et vitio alimentorum centuria. English	Durante, Castore, 1529-1590.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1686 (1686)	Wing D2682B; ESTC R202251	103,967	242

most easie of Digestion and Broths which without any trouble or difficulty are digested and distributed through all the Body and cause a lubricity or slipperiness in the Belly And those that make use of this Method are to be advised that they do not lye along or lean on one side but for the most part to sit upright whereby their Victu●ls may better descend and more easily be concocted And to the end that they may the better preserve their Health let them regulate and conform their Diet to these Rules Parce mero Coenato parum nec sit tibi vanum Surgere post epulas somnum fuge meridianum Now the superfluous Rest is no small hurt to the Body therefore I advise you that this Rest be temperate and not degenerate into a base sloath and laziness to which in a small time some grievous Infirmity will succeed whence we see those that are in Prison loaded with Chains and Irons so that they cannot move always incur some Distemper for their Body grows cold whilest by the superfluous moisture the heat is suppressed not being able freely to disperse it self through the Body the passages not only for the heat being stopped and hindred but also for the Victuals whence proceeds the diminution of the strength and the Members become lessened and almost dryed up And on the contrary a temperate and moderate Exercise dissolves all the superfluities and opens the ways and passages whereby the Natural heat may without intterruption diffuse and spread abroad it self And therefore Hippocrates affirms that a moderate Exercise is above all things most necessary to Phlegmaticks and to those whose Constitution or Temper is cold and moist but to hot and cholerick Persons Rest though not Idleness is very fit and commodious But besides this all Learned Physicians agree that both Exercise and Rest if moderate is a special means to preserve the Health and prolong the Life CHAP. IV. Of Sleep ALL Creatures by long fatigues and watching do waste and consume themselves and therefore stand in need of an alternate radical moistness to supply the place of that which is spent and to renew the weakned Spirits Now this is brought to pass by moderate sleeping the commodity and good whereof is that it re-heats and corroborates the Members concocts the Humours augments the Natural Heat fattens the Body heals the Infirmities of the Mind and mitigates and allays the troubles and sorrows of the Heart for whilest we sleep the faculties of the Mind rest and repose themselves and Nature operates more strongly Sleep also facilitates the digestion of the Food which lies in the Stomack and not only concocts it there but also distributes it through the parts of the Body for the Natural heat concenters in the inward parts whereby the Food is the better concocted Lastly sleep removes all lassitude and weariness caused by over-much Watching and therefore 't is called a Rest from all Labour and the peace of the Mind as is manifested in these Verses Somne es tu rerum placidissime somne Deorum Pax animi quem cura fugit tu pectora lenis Curas passa graves multo victa labore But however we must avoid a to● prolix and superfluous sleep which is no less pe●nicious than the other good and commodious for it chills and dries the Body weakens the Natural heat and breeds Phlegmatick Humours whence afterwards proceeds much sloath and laziness and it sends many Vapours to the Head which are oftentimes the immediate cause of Rheums and Catarrhs and is very destructive to gross and fat Bodies in brief 't is neither good for the Body nor the Mind nor for Business he who sleeps too much is but half a Man sleep rendring him in all points like a dead Man except his digestion of the Food for he neither sees nor hears nor speaks nor understands and is absolutely deprived of all Reason the which for the time is a perfect death Superfluous sleep moreover both in sound and infirm Bodies does beget an Asthma or shortness of Breath and is the constant fore-runner and preparative to an Apoplexy Palsie Numbness or Lethargy and to a Fever and besides those other incommodities which it brings along with it it hinders the timely evacuation of the Excrements causing them to remain longer in the Vessels or Guts Sleep ought to be taken at such time as the Stomack is free from all smoaky Food the Vapours whereof arriving to the Brain and finding it cold and thick are congealed and made heavy and then falling down they obstruct the sensitive passages of the Members just as the Rain is formed in the middle Region of the Air by the Vapours from the Earth Now on the contrary too much watching and want of sleep beget over-much heat in the Brain and is the cause of the Anguish of the Mind and of a bad Digestion of the Food for by Watching the Natural heat w●●●h is called the first or chiefest instrument of the Soul is weakned and quits the concoction in the Stomack leaving it imperfect For the Soul serves the Body whilest we see and move and being divided into many parts is not free but distributes some part of it self to all the Members and Senses of the Body to the Hearing to the Sight to the Feeling to the Taste to the Walking to the Working and to every Faculty of the Body whence being altogether taken up and employed by so many businesses it leaves the Food in the Stomack and hence proceeds the Crudities if Nature does not succour and prevent them by necessary sleep the which is the Rest and sweet Repose of the Animal Faculties Sleep is good for Phlegmetick Persons because it concocts the crude Humours whence afterwards is begot good Blood whereby a Man becomes more warm the Natural heat being increased by the plenty of Blood Sleep moreover is very useful in Cholerick Persons both as to the quiet of the Mind and as to the correcting the Complexion of their Body But it is most of all requisite in Melancholy Men seeing that it is sleep alone can change their Distemper for by sleep they acquire a competent stock of heat and moisture things that are very contrary to their Complexion But it is most of all hurtful to those of Sanguine Complexion However sleep in the day-time and after Dinner is to be avoided by ●ll unless when a Man is compelled thereto by a Custom and Habit or that in the precedent Night ●e has taken but small Rest or when he perceives 〈◊〉 kind of lassitude or weariness through all his Limbs and in such cases he may have leave and especially those who have a wea● Stomack and cannot digest their Food and then also they ought not to sleep with their Head declined nor in a Bed but in a Chair with their Head lifted up and then no longer than an hour Now the Diurnal sleep in respect of the Nocturnal is always pernicious chiefly in the Dog-days for then

the thoughts of sad and dolorous subjects and all other things which may any wise disturb the Mind and always to hope well of every thing for to have a chearful Mind in all Infirmities is good whereas the contrary is as bad neither is it good a long while to dwell upon Thoughts for it is said L' Imaginatione fa il caso You must keep your self also from frequent weeping from great fury and from an appetite or desire of Revenge for these things weaken the Brain and hinder the digestion of the Matter so also superfluous Fear weakens the Virtues And all these Accidents of the Mind hinder concoction and alter the natural state of the Body For Fear withdraws the Spirits and the Blood attracting them inwardly to the Heart whence the Members grow cold the Body pale causing tremblings the Voice is interrupted and the whole force of the Body is deficient for Fear whilest the Evil feared is expected causes a beating of the Heart which causes a commotion of the Spirits the which being moved disturb all the Blood whence afterwards are occasioned Crudities and Putrefactions Anger is a vehement mover of Heat which pours out it self in the outward parts with great violence and therefore with Anger the Face looks red and the Body is more apt to all Wickedness Anger furthermore moves the Heart to Revenge the which moved easily inflames the Body and dry it and by its fervour all the Faculties of the Soul are confounded and therefore 't is said Anger is an inflammation of the Blood about the Midriff by reason of a desire of Revenge and therefore those that be Angry have a strong and big pulse whereas the fearful have a small and weak because the Heat returns inward But in these cases the Natural heat one while retires within another while outwards both one and the other of these Motions discover themselves in shame that first the heat retreats within afterwards comes out which not returning causes fear and not shame If after those things which a Man suddenly suffers if then he grows passionate by little and little 't will cause sorrow which spoils and corrupts the Nature of Men exte●uating cooling and drying his Body darkens the Spirits obscures the Wit and clouds the Judgment weakens the Memory and hinders the Reason and often-times by these sudden motions of the Mind is caused sudden Death for either the Faculties of the Mind which consist in heat are dissolved or else are extinguished by too much cold And there are many who have perished by over-much fea● and sorrow which driving all the Blood and Spirit● to the Heart suffocates the Heart whereupon follows immediate Death And therefore Rutilius being denied the Consul-ship which he earnestly sought after suddenly expired And the same thing happen'd to Marcus Lepidus by a superfluous grief after the Divorce from his Wife We read likewise that many by an excess of Joy have died as also by sudden grief or fear though never any by too much Anger By a great and sudden Joy the Animal Spirits being loosned are transported to the external parts and dissolve themselves and thence the Heart being forsaken and destitute of the Blood and Spirits grows cold whereby many especially those that are very timerous and cowardly have lost their Lives Many others moreover have died of shame as is read of Homer and Diodorus for which cause these Passions of the Mind ought always to be used with a certain Mediocrity or Moderateness and chiefly Joy ought to be accompanied with a moderate Laughing which thing excites the Natural heat temperates and purifies all the Animal Spirits corroborates the other Faculties aids Digestion clears and subtilates the Wit and renders a Man able for all Businesses preserves Youth and finally prolongs the Life and Joy is good for all Persons except such as have need to become lean because it fattens the Body and multiplies the flesh and moisture In short nothing is more necessary for the conservation of the Heart than to live gladly and merrily not to trouble ones self or be angry always to have a good hope of Health let all these things be done moderately for Mediocrity ought always to be your aim and therefore says Hippocrates let your cares and fatigues your eating and drinking sleep and Venereal Pleasures let all these things be moderate for Est modus in rebus sunt certi denique fines Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum That Man therefore that loves his Health let him delight in Gardens frequent green and pleasant places let him converse with merry and jocond Friends with Musick and Songs for by these things the Spirits are restored and as the force and strength of a Man is increased by good Victuals Wine sweet Smells by Tranquility and Gladness by flying of Cares and troublesome Affairs which render a Man sad and by frequenting the Company of merry Companions so likewise it is good to hear Stories Tales and pleasant Discourses and to read some delightful Subject and in reading great care is to be taken not to read with the Head in the Bosom but lifted up and to read with Spectacles or a Magnifying-Glass which strengthens the sight Besides this it much contributes to mans delight to keep Singing-Birds No less pleasant and wholsom is it to enjoy a sweet and clear Air to walk sometimes in the Fields to rise betimes in the Morning than which there is nothing in the World that chears and glads the Heart of Man and as A●istotle witnesses does wonderfully contribute to the Health and to the Studies Finally in Trouble and Adversity let a Man defend himself from slackness and dejection of Mind as likewise in Prosperity from an extream Joy which knows no bounds as the Lyrick Poet Horace does well advise us in these Verses Rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare sapienter idem Contrahes vento nimium secundo Turgida vela Et Aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare vitam non secus in bonis Ab insolenti temperatam laetitiâ We ought therefore with all care well to compose our Mind endeavouring with all our power to know the Truth for this is the Ambrosia of the Gods whereby the Mind is nourished and by the frequency of good Studies to consolidate and establish the affectionate motions of the Mind to the end that sorrow and other ill Desires and Passions may be expelled and driven forth for we ought not to suffer them to have so great predomination over our wills that they shall be able to byass our Affections and turn them out of the right way and to destroy our Bodies setting before our selves therefore Philosophy which is the Medicine of the Mind to extirpate thence all Evils let us be guided thereby borrowing from thence such Rules that may render our Life happy and blessed CHAP. XI Of Meat and Drink FInally towards the preservation of the Health of Humane Bodies Meat and Drink are the principal

infused into Wine and with Bole-armoniack he preserved both himself and his Family in good Health Burnet put in Wine chears the Heart and makes the Wine more pleasant It is also good against all the Passions of the Heart and Faintness it clears the Blood and multiplies the Vital Spirits and is good for those that are Tisical Hurt 'T is hardly digested makes costiveness heats the Liver and is of small Nourishment Remedy A little of it may be eaten in cool Sallads it is always good chiefly for Old and Melancholick Men when tender CHAP. XLVIII Of Purslain Name IN Latine Portulaca in English 't is called Purslain Choice The Garden Purslain is the best Quality It is cold in the third degree and moist in the second it is binding and abstersive Commodity It is eaten with great success by those that are troubled with the Bloody-flux the over-much flowing of the Courses or spitting of Blood It is an excellent Remedy for the heat of the Stomach it abates and restrains Lust and eases the Teeth when set on edge Hurt By eating too often and too much thereof it is not a little hurtful for then it is hard to be digested weakens the Stomach offends the Sight and nourishes little and badly because it is cold it takes away the Appetite and diminishes the Seed and Venereal desires Remedy You must eat little thereof and that with Onions and hot Herbs as Basil Rocket and Tarragon 't is to be eaten alone even by Young and Sanguine Men not at all by Old CHAP. XLIX Of Rosemary Name IN Latine Rosmaris and Rosmarinum in English Rosemary Choice The flower'd and tender is the best Qualities It is hot and dry in the second degree The Flowers are multiplying degestive cutting abstersive dissolving opening and strengthening Commodity It heats the Stomach stops Fluxes 't is good for shortness of Breath taken with Honey it is a Cordial for the Cough and of its Flowers with Sugar is made a Conserve to comfort the Stomach the Heart and the Matrice Hurt With its sharpness it exasperates the Throat Remedy By eating it with Honey all hurt is thence removed In Lent the tender flower'd sprigs of the Rosemary being wetted and sprinkled with fine Flour and Sugar are fryed with sweet Oyl being pleasant to the Taste and Stomach and rendred more wholsom with a little Pepper CHAP. L. Of Rocket Name LAtine Eruca English Rocket Choice The best is the tender Garden-Rocket which is not in Flower nor Seed Qualities It is hot in the second degree and dry in the first but the wild is more hot and more dry attenuates opens cuts and is abstersive Commodity It dissolves windiness provokes Urine helps Digestion is most pleasant in Sallads increases the Seed gives strength and courage and augments the Milk Hurt It excites Lust offends the Head and inflames the Blood Remedy You must mix therewith the Leaves of Lettice whereby it is made of an equal temperament or else put thereto Endive or Purslain And it is better in cool times than hot It is not to be eaten alone but with cool Herbs CHAP. LI. Of Sage Name LAtine Salvia English Sage Choice The Garden-Sage is better than the wild Qualities It manifestly hea●s and lightly dries and binds 'T is hot in the third degree and dry in the second Commodity Being eaten it comforts the Stomach and the Head is good against the Vertigo and Megrims Wine tempered with the Decoction of this or four or five fresh leaves eaten before Meals is good against the bitings of Serpents strengthens the inward parts cures the Palsie and Epilepsie provokes the Courses and the Urine stops the white Fluxes of Women The Powder of dryed Sage is excellent Sauce for Meats and is very wholsom for the Body It is good against all the cold Distempers of the Head and Joints it makes barren Women fruitful and its Decoction cures the itching of the Genitals It is used in Pickle and Sauce to excite the Appetite especially when the Stomach is full of crude and naughty Humours being eaten by Women with Child it will make them retain the Infant it fortifies the Vital Spirits the Conserve made of the Flowers with Sugar has the same effects and Mercury when it is used in Oyntments is always to be corrected with Sage Hurt Put into Wine it intoxicates its smell causes the Head-ach therefore 't is to be avoided by those that are incommoded with Catarrhs 't is sometimes poisonous for it is easily infected by Serpents and Toads with their venomous breath Remedy 'T is to be washed in Wine and the Sage ought always to grow together with Rue that it may not be infected by Venomous Creatures which willingly shade themselves under Sage It is not good for Young Men nor in hot Seasons CHAP. LII Of Mustard Name LAtine Senapi English Mustard Choice The fresh is the best Qualities 'T is hot and dry in the fourth degree Commodity Mustard made with its Seed does wonderfully provoke the Appetite but is sometimes unpleasant being biting Of this Seed with Vinegar and Honey is made a Paste and thereof little Balls drying them in the Sun or Oven and reserved for the use of Meats mixing it with Vinegar whereby 't is very delightful to the Palate and beneficial to the Stomach Mustard is eaten to draw down the Phlegm from the Head it cures all Defects and Diseases of the Milt and corrects the poisonous qualities of Mushromes Hurt Mustard is fuming and with its Vapour it ascends into the Head penetrating sometimes with displeasure the Nose and the Brain and causes sneezing Remedy When the Mustard by its biting Faculty offends the Nose smell to your Bread or draw in your Breath at the Nose it is mixed with boyled Wine to correct its sharp quality CHAP. LIII Of Spinage Name LAtine Spinachia English Spinage Choice The tender Spinage growing in fruitful Ground and oft watered is the best Qualities It is cold and moist in the first degree Commodity It opens the Breast cures the Cough refreshes the Liver and Lungs allays the burning Choler loosens the Body c. Hurt It is of bad Nourishment causes windiness offends cold Stomachs and taken in too great a quantity it oppresses it Remedy 'T is to be fryed in its own Liquor and afterwards seasoned with Salt Pepper or Cinnamon and Raisins with Verjuice or the juice of Oranges and so eaten it is very wholsom CHAP. LIV. Of Water-cresses Name IN Latine Sium Laver in English Water-cresses Choice The tender growing in clear Water is best Qualities 'T is hot and dry as you may know by its smell Commodity Eaten in Sallads boyl'd or raw it breaks and drives forth the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys and Bladder provokes the Urine and the Courses and also hastens the Birth it is good against the Bloody-flux against Dropsies and the Mother also it removes the Obstructions of the Liver Hurt The raw is bad for the Stomach Remedy 'T is to be