Fyrste he puttethe .iiij. propretes of chese Foure propretes of chese The fyrste is that chese is of a colde nature And this is to be vnderstande of grene chese whiche is colde and moyst and nat of olde chese whiche is hotte and drie as Auicen sayth Auicen .ii. can cap. de â—aseo Orels hit may be vnderstande by chese that cruddeth onely of the mylke without mynglyng of any other thyng For there is some chese of hotte nature that heatethe the stomake byteth the tonge by mynglynge of other thynges there with as some chese grene in colour of whiche if one eate moche in quantite dothe heate and enflame the bodye The .ij. proprete is that chese maketh one costife this is of trouthe specially if hit be harde and made with moche renles The .iij. is that chese engeÌ„dreth grosse humours this is trouthe of all chese for all chese is made of the grosser and more erthye parte of the mylke The .iiij. ê“prete is that mylke byndeth the wombe and this and the .ij. is all one Farther the texte saith that though chese eateÌ„ alone be vnholsome wherby cometh yll digestion yet if one eate a lyttell curtsye with breadde hit shall digest with the bread and nat other wyse this is trouth if holle folkes and nat sycke eate hit We spake before of chese at Nutrit et impinguat c. Ignari medici me dicunt esse nociuum Sed tamen ignorant cur nocumenta feram Languenti stomacho caseus addit opem Si post sumatur terminat ille dapes Qui phisicam non ignorant hec testificantur Here the auctour blameth them that absolutelye reproue the vse of chese And he declareth .ij. vtilites therof Fyrste chese coÌ„forteth a sicke stomake And here is to be noted that al chese doth nat ease euerye diseased stomake But in other cases all chese hurteth the stomake of selde knyttyng and euerye stomake weaked by longe syckenes But newe grene chese of small claÌ„mynes coÌ„fortethe a hotte stomake for as Rasis sayth hit repressethe his brounes and heate And eke hit comforteth a drie stomake through it humidite And olde chese or very tarte or moche cruddye hurtethe moche suche stomakes But olde chese or verye cruddye chese comfortethe a stomake where aboute hangeth moche fleme for suche chese with his tartenes cuttethe and scourethe away the fleme But newe softe chese hurteth suche a stomake ryght moche And thus hit appereth that in some case these hurteth alwaye and nat in some And that newe chese is some tyme good some tyme olde The .ij. vtilite is the chese eaten after other meate maketh hit to discende downe in to the place of digestion that is the bottum of the stomake All this they knowe that haue the verye science of phisicke And of tarte chese Rasis saythe Neuer the lesse a lyttell curtsye therof eaten after meate fortifieth the mouthe of the stomake and taketh away the ouer moche satiete lothyng of meate that are woÌ„te to be engeÌ„dred of swete vnctuous meatis about the stomakes mouthe Inter prandendum sit sepe parumque bibendum Vt minus egrotes non inter fercula potes Here be .ij. lessons The fyrste is that a man at his meate shulde drinke lyttell and ofte But this thynge is al redy declared The .ij. lesson is that betwene meales we must forbeare drynke speciallye if the meate that we dyd eate be vndigested in the stomake excepte great necessite constrayne vs for drynkynge than letteth and breakethe digestion of the meate fyrste taken For hit causeth the meate to discende from the stomake vndigested putteth away the appetite greueth the bodye and engendreth the feuers and other diseases Vt vites penam de potibus incipe cenam Here the auctour sayth that one ought to begyn his soupper with drynke Some expounde this verse thus If thou wylt eschewe sickenes dryÌ„ke at soupper or thou begynne to eate But this exposition is reproued For after phisitians a man shulde begynne his soupper with meate and nat with dryÌ„ke And all though this boke was made for englishe men yet they kepe nat this rule For at what houre of the day so euer they drinke they eate a morsell breadde fyrste Therfore this verse may be expounde other wyse Hippoc. ii partic aphonsmÌ„ takynge drynke for meate moyste and easye of digestion as Hippocrates taketh drynke whaÌ„ he sayth Hit is easyer to fylle one with drynke thaÌ„ with meate So that the senteÌ„ce of this verse shulde be thus It is better to begynne our soupper with drynke that is with meate moyste and easye of digestion than with grosse harde and yll of digestion The reason is if we eate meate moyst easie of digestion after grosse harde of digestion it wolde through the digestiue heate of the night be soner digested longe before the grosse meates And whan it can nat haue issue for the grosse meate vndigested hit burneth ouer moche or if hit issue hit pluckethe parte of the grosse meate vndigested with hit Therfore it is beste to begynne with meate moyst and easye of digestion that whan hit is digested hit may without lette issue out Singula post oua pocula sume noua Post pisces nux sit post carnes caseus assit Vnica nux prodest nocet altera tertia mors est Here be certeyne lessons The fyrst is after the eatynge of euery newe layde egge rere rosted we muste drynke and specially a draughte of wyne The reason maye be by cause a newe layde egge rere rosted is of ryghte great nourishement and easely digested and it is of that sorte that in smal quantite nourisheth moche and principallye the yolke as is before sayde at oua â—â—centia So that the wyne whiche is frendlye to nature causethe that the egge is more desirously drawen of the norishynge membres and helpethe hit to entre An other cause may be An egge discendeth but slowlye and drynke helpethe hit to discende The .ii. doctrine is to eate nattis after fyshe in stede of â—hese For nuttis through theyr drines hyndreth thingendryng of flâ—me that is wonte to be engeÌ„dred of fishe And for this cause nuttis are the last seruice in lente The .iij. lesson is that after fleshe we must eate chese and nat nuttis for nuttis drie ouer moche and so doth nat chese but it causethe the meate to discende to the buttum of the stomake where the vertue of digestion is And this is certayne if the chese be neyther to olde nor to newe Farther the texte hath in the last verse A nutte megge that a nutte megge is holsome for the body hit makethe the mouthe to sauour well hit comforteth the sighte and lyke wyse the lyuer splene and speciallye the mouthe of the stomake as Auicen saith But the other coÌ„mune nuttes Auicen .ii. can ca. de â—uce musâ—ata called a walnut is hurtful This walnut as Auicen saythe doth inflate ingendre ventosite in the wombe hit
hit ronneth by the nose it is called corisa whan hit ronnethe to the necke hit is called branchus But this worde reume dothe note signifie generally all maner of mattier flowyng from one membre to an other Auripigmentum sulphur miscere memento His decet apponi calcem commisce saponi Quattuor hec misce commixtis quatuor istis Fistula curatur quater ex his si repleatur Here the auctour putteth a curable medicine for the fistule For the fistule sayenge that a playster made of auripigmentum brymstone white lyme sope myngled to gether healeth the fistule For these thyngis haue vertue to drie and mundifie whiche ententions are requisite in healynge a fistule Platearie sayth auripigmentum is hotte and drie in the .iiij. degree it dissolueth and drawethe consumethe and mundifieth Brymstone and sope as he sayth are hotte drie but brymstone is more vehemente for hit is hotte and drie in the .iiij. degree but sope is nat Auicen saythe that lyme washed drieth without mordicatioÌ„ and makethe steddye The fistule is a rounnynge sore whiche auoydeth mattier more or lesse after the diuersite and course of the moone AuripigmeÌ„tum is that the grauers fasteÌ„ bras other mettals with to stones Ossibus ex denis bis sentenisque nouenis Constat homo denis bis dentibus et duodenis Ex tricentenis decies sex quinqueque venis For the 〈◊〉 Here thauctour nombreth the bones tethe and veynes in mans body Fyrste of bones he saythe there be CCxix bones Yet after the doctours of phisike as Hippocrates Galen Rasis Auerroys and AuiceÌ„ the bones in maÌ„ be CCxlviij And though herin be variance yet there is a mayster of phisicke that saythe Ossa ducenta sunt atque quater duodena Secondly thauctour sayth that a man most coÌ„monly shulde haue .xxxij. tethe The noÌ„bre of tethe But yet hit chanceth that some men lacke .iiij. the laste tethe whiche be behynde them that we call the grynders these haue but .xxviij. tethe Some lacke these iiij laste tethe in childe hod only some other lacke them tyl they be very olde and some all their life Aui i. doct v. cap. de anoth deÌ„denttum Here is to be noted that after Auicen the .ij. formost tethe be called duales and .ij. on either side of these twayne are called quadrupli There be .ij. in the vpper iawe and .ij. in the nether al these tethe were ordeined to cutte and therfore some cal them cutters and speciallye the duales Nexte vnto those quadruples are .ij. tethe aboue and .ij. benethe called canini whose office is to breake harde thingis After those be .iiij. other on either side called grynders .iiij. aboue and .iiij. beneth After those some haue a tothe called sensus on either syde and as well aboue as benethe These also are ordeyned to grynde mans meate And so the holle nombre of the tethe is .xxxij. orels .xxviij. in them that haue nat the tethe called sensus There is than .iiij. duales iiii quadruples .iiij. dogge tethe .xvj. grinders .iiij. sensus Thyrdly the text saith that there is in maÌ„ CCClxv veynes as appereth in the anothamie Quatuor huâ—ores in humano corpore constant Sanguis cum colera flegma melancolia Terra melan aqua fleg et aer sanguis coler ignis Here the auctour declarethe the .iiij. humours in man as bludde fleme coler and melancoly And shewynge the nature and complexion of them he compareth eche to one of the .iiij. elementes Melancoly is colde and drye so coÌ„pared to the erthe whiche is of lyke nature Fleme is colde moyst and so coÌ„pared to water Bludde is hotte moist and so compared to the aier Coler is hotte drie and so compared to fyre These thynges are declared in these verses Humidus est sanguis calet est yis aeris illi Alget humet flegma sic illi yis sit aquosa Sicca calet colera sic igni fit similata Melancolia friget siccat quasi terra Aui i. doct iiii cap. i. For a farther knowlege wittethe well that after AuiceÌ„ there be .iiij. humours in maÌ„s body blud fleme coler and melancoly as is sayde The best of them is blud fyrst by reason hit is the mattier of mans spiritis in whom consistethe mans lyfe and operations Secondly bicause hit is comfortable to the principles of lyfe hit is temperatlye hotte and moyste Thyrdly bicause hit restoreth and nourisheth the body more than the other humours and it is called the treasure of nature for if hit be loste dethe foloweth forth with Nexte to bludde in goodnes is fleme Fyrst by reason that if nede be hit is apte to be tourned in to bludde Secondly bicause hit is very nere like humidite whiche is as fuÌ„datioÌ„ of lyfe After fleme in goodnes is coler whiche is partner with natural hete so longe as it kepeth conuenient measure Than foloweth melancoly as dregges and durte remoued aparte from the principles of lyfe ennemy to ioye and liberalite and of nere kynred to age and dethe Secondly note that in the diuision of humours there is .ij. kyndes of blud that is to say naturall vnnaturall Naturall blud is ruddye that is to saye veyne bludde ruddye and obscure and arterie bludde ruddye and clere without yll sauour and in comparison of other humours is very swete Unnaturall is double the one is vnnaturall in qualite that is to say whiche is chaÌ„ged from good coÌ„plexion in it selfe orels by mynglyÌ„ge of an other humour There is an other vnnaturall bludde whiche throughe mynglynge of other humours is yll bothe in qualite substance quantite and in proportion of the one to the other And this is double for the one is nat naturall by mynglyng of an yll humour that cometh to hym from without The other is vnnaturall by mynglynge of an yll humour engendred in the selfe blud as whan parte of the blud is putrified and the subtile parte therof is tourned in to coler and the grosse part in to melancoly orels that coler or that melaÌ„coly orels both remayneth in the blud And this vnnaturall bloud by mynglynge of an yll humour varieth from naturall bludde many wayes Fyrst in substance for hit is grosser and fouler sith melaÌ„coly is myngled therwith orels hit is more subtile whan wattrishenes or citrine coler is myngled therwith Secondlye in colour for some tyme whan fleme is myngled therwith hit enclineth to whitenes or through melancolye to blackenes Thirdly in sauour for by mynglyÌ„g of putrified humours hit is more stynkynge orels by mynglynge of rawe humours hit hath no sauour Fourthly in talage for by mynglyng of coler hit enclineth to bitternes and by melancoly to sowernes or by fleme to vnsauerynes Also of fleme there be .ij. kyndes naturall vnnaturall Naturall is that whiche within a certeyne space wyll be bloudde for fleme is vndigested bloudde There is an other spice of fleme whiche is swete and some what warme if hit be compared
drynkyÌ„ge excessiuely causeth vs to be vnlusty drousy slouthfull hurtynge infeblynge the stomake Many other inconuenientises as saith Auicen in the chap. of wyne and water groweth and chanceth throughe excesse of meates and drynkes as here after shall be declared The .iiij. doctrine is to make a lyght souper For to moche meate takeÌ„ at nyght causeth and ingendreth gnawynge and payne in the bealye vnquietnes let of naturall rest and other grefes whiche we fele and se by experieÌ„ce the whiche here after shal be more playnlye declaredde The .v. doctrine is to walke after meate For therby the meate disceÌ„deth to the bottum of the stomake where as Auicen sayth restethe the vertue of digestion For the mouthe of the stomake desireth foode and maketh digestioÌ„ The .vj. doctrine is to eschewe slepe incoÌ„tinent after meate whiche causeth helthe and auoideth diuers infirmities as hit is after shewed in these verses Febris pigrities c. The .vij. doctrine is to make water as ofte as nedethe For who that kepeth or holdethe his water longer than nature requirethe shall auoide it with great peyne and so hit may chance that dethe shall folowe as Auicen saith in his .xix. dist li. iij and chaptre of the difficulte of makynge of water Also to kepe the dregges and superfluite of mans foode longer thaÌ„ nature requireth ingendreth many incoÌ„uenientises in the body For the liuer and veynes called meseraikes drie vp for the moste parte the humors of the forsayd superfluite and so made hard can nat be auoided and thus causethe opilations in the guttis and ventosites and so it may chance impostumes as after shall be shewed The .viij. doctrine is that one doynge his easement and auoydyng ordeurs and filth of the body shuld nat moche inforce and constrayne his fundement for so doinge the emerardes fistule shal greue hym and the fundemeÌ„t many tymes is mysordred and thrust out of his propre naturall place Finally thauctor saythe that who so wyll obserue the forsayde doctrines shall lyue longe in good helthe and prosperite Si tibi defitiunt medici medici tibi fiant Hec tria mens leta requies moderata dieta Here thauctor gyuethe .iij. generall remedies to conserue in helth al creatures and specially noble men The firste is to lyue ioyfullye for ioye and myrthe causeth man to be yonge and lustye By moderate ioy and myrthe youth is conserued naturall vertue coÌ„forted the witte sharped therby man is more prompt quicke and of abilite to do all good and honest operation Nor it is nat sayde without a cause that our ioy and myrthe muste be moderate For whan it is without measure it ingendreth dethe bothe bodilye and goostlye This moderate ioy is mooste conuenient for them that haue moche care and trouble Whiche ioy may begotte by the vse of delicate meates and drynkes by auoidynge of suche thynges as ingendre melancoly And also as Auicen sayth in his .xj. boke chap. of faylynge of mans harte by dwellynge and accompanyng amonge our frendes The .ij. remedy is traÌ„quillite of mynde of vnderstaÌ„dyng and of thoughte For noble men throughe theyr great busynes and charges are moche more greued troubled thaÌ„ other meane persones Great care of mynde and vnderstandyng distroyeth the natural rest of man most expedient for noble meÌ„ whiche moste coÌ„monly are naturally drye and colerike for whom rest is ryght profitable and conuenient The .iij. remedy is moderate diete that is to eate and drynke moderately And after shall be declared what inconueniences growe through excesse of meates and drynkes Lumina mane manus surgens gelida lauet vnda Hac illac modicum pergat modicum sua membra Extendat crinem pectat dentes fricet ista Confortant cetebrum confortant cetera membra Lote cale sta pasce vel infrigisce minute Here are declared .vj. doctrines whiche conforte mans brayne the other membres of the bodye The fyrst is whan we ryse in the mornynge yarly to wasshe our eies with clere colde water The eies wolde be wasshed to cleÌ„se away the ordure and fylthynes that hange in the bries of them And Auicen saythe in the .xiij. dist of his .iij. boke and chap. of conseruacion of the eies that the soueraÌ„st thyng to mundifie and clense and to make sharpe of syght the eies is to open them for the eies and so to put plunge them in clere water And agayne he sayth in the .iij. dist and chaptre of feble syghte that to bathe and plunge the eies in clere water therin to open them coÌ„forteth and concerueth the sight and specially of yonge folke The reason why the eies muste be clensed with colde water is bycause euerye thynge muste be conserued by that that is lyke hit For Galen in his .iij. boke de reg saythe that hotte bodies haue nede of hotte medicins colde bodies colde medicins Considerynge than that mans eies be colde of nature hit standethe with reasoÌ„ they shulde be washed with colde water nat with hotte The .ij. doctrine is to washe our handes whan we be vp in the mornynge for they be intrumentes ordeyned to kepe to mundifie the membres by the whiche the suê‘fluites of the brayne be expulsed and auoided as by the nostrils the eies the eares and other naturall conditis And therfore the haÌ„des specially oughte to be washed with colde water for the washynge of the handes with hotte water engendreth wormes in the bealy and specially to washe them in hotte water incontinent after meate as Auicen saythe in the .xvj. dist of his .iij. boke the .v. treatice the chap. of wormes For the wasshynge of handes in hotte water incontinent after meate draweth the inwarde and naturall heate of man to the exterior partis and so the digestion is vnê‘fet the whiche vnê‘fet digestion is the principall cause that wormes be engendred The thirde doctrine is to rome a lytell hither and thyther whan we are rysen from reste that so the superfluites of the stomake guttes lyuer as the grosse matter of the vrine may the spediler be thruste vnder The .iiij. doctrine is competently after reste to extende and stretche out our handes fete and other lymmes that the lyfely spiritis may come to the exterior partis of the bodye and so cause the spiritis of the brayne to be more quicke and subtile The .v. doctrine is to combe our heed in the mornynge to open the pores of the heed to auoide suche vapours as yet by slepe were nat consumed and also to quickeÌ„ the spiritis of the brayne Farther more to combe the heed is very holsome and specially for aged meÌ„ And Auicen saith in the .iij. dist of his .iiij. boke and chap. of feble sight that to coÌ„be the heed is holsome specially for olde men Therfore one shulde dayly ofte combe his heed For ofte combyng draweth vp the vapours to the superior partis and so seperateth them from the eies The .vj. doctrine is to washe and purge the
frutes be digested there apperethe in them stiptisite and after they decline to sowernes as grapes than to swetenes And thoughe terte be nat so hotte as stiptike yet throughe hit subtilite and persynge is in many of more coldnes And after Auicen poÌ„tike and stiptike are in talage verye lyke but yet the stiptike causethe the vpper parte of the tonge to be sharpe and roughe and pontike causeth the tonge to be roughe within And .iij. of these talages are temperate neyther excedynge hotte nor colde as swete vnctuous vnsauery for though swete be hotte yet therin apperethe no myghtye heate as Rasis sayth And euery talage hath hit owne operations as Auicen and Rasis say The operations of swete saith Auicen be digestion sokynge and encreasynge of norishement nature louynglye desireth hit and the vertue attractiue draweth hit And after Rasis swete engendrethe moche ruddye colour and opilations of the lyuer and splene specially if the sayde membres be apte there vnto And therof foloweth the flixe Hit mollifieth the stomake and comforteth the breast and lightis hit fatteth the body and augmenteth the sede of generation The operations of bytter after Auicen be sharpynge and washynge awaye And after Rasis bitter heateth drieth strongly and lyghtly reduceth the bludde to adust malice and augmeÌ„teth ruddye colour in the blud The operations of pontike talage after Auicen is contraction if the ponticite be feble orels expression if hit be stronge And after Rasis pontike cooleth the bodye driethe the fleshe and diminisheth the bludde if one vse hit ofte Also hit comforteth the stomake byndethe the wombe and engendrethe melancolye bludde The operation of stiptike talage after Auicen are contrarie thyckyng hardnynge and holdynge And after Rasis the operatioÌ„s therof are lyke pontike though they be weaker for he semeth to comprehende stiptike talage vnder pontike for of stiptike he saythe nothynge expressely The operations of vnctuous talage after Auicen are sokynge slipperines and smalle digestion And after Rasis hit mollifiethe the stomake maketh one laskatyue and fyllethe one or he hath taken any necessarye quantite of meate and it heateth specially them that be vexed with a feuer and that haue a hotte liuer and stomake Hit moysteth soketh the body but hit augmenteth fleme and slepe The operatioÌ„s of sharpnes be resolution incision and putrifaction after Auicen And after Rasis encreaceth heate lyghtlye enflameth the body and burneth the bloud turnethe hit in to redde coler and after in to blacke The operations of salte talage after Auicen is to scoure washe drie and let puttifaction The operatioÌ„s of sharpe talage after Auicen is to cole and diuide and after Rasis hit refrayneth coler and bludde and restrayneth the bealye if the stomake guttis be cleane but if there in be moche fleumatike matter hit maketh the bealye laske cooleth the bodye and eke weaketh the vertue of digestion proprely in the lyuer It hurteth the senowes and senowye membres it drieth the body but hit stereth vp the appetite But of vnsauerynes operations Rasis sayth that some vnsauery thynge norisheth well that is suche as is temperate There is other some that heateth temperately and an other that cooleth temperatly and if moystnes be ioyned there with hit moystethe and with a drye thynge hit drieth Bis duo vipa facit mundat dentes dat acutum Visum quod minus est implet minuit quod abundat Here are declared .iiij. coÌ„modites of wyne soppis The fyrst is they purge the tethe by reason they stycke longer in the tethe thaÌ„ wyne alone or bread alone therfore the fylthynes of the tethe is the better consumed and the tethe the better purged The .ij. coÌ„modite is that hit sharpeth the syghte for it letteth the yll fumes to ascende to the brayne whiche by theyr mynglynge to gether darke the syghte And this is by reason hit digesteth all yll matters beynge in the stomake Thyrdly hit digestethe perfectly meates nat well digested for it closeth the mouthe of the stomake and conforteth digestion Fourthly hit reducethe suê‘fluous digestion to meane All this is of trouthe so that the breadde sopped in wyne be fyrste tosted or dried on imbers Omnibus assuetam iubeo seruare diâ—tam Approbo sic esse ni sit mutare necesse Est hipocras testis quoniam sequitur mala pestis Fortior est metha medicine certa dieta Quam si non curas fatue regis et male curas Here are certayne doctrines The fyrste is that hit is good for all folkes to kepe customable diete To kepe diete â–ª And by diete is vnderstande the ministrynge of meate drynke The reason is this Breakynge from customable vse hurteth greuously for customance is an other nature Therfore as hit behoueth vs to kepe nature so lyke wyse hit dothe custome and specially if the customable vse be laudable And as hit behoueth to kepe the wonte administration of meate and drynke euen so hit behouethe vs to obserue custome in other thynges nat naturall for the selfe reasoÌ„ Wherfore if a maÌ„ wonte to labour moche wyll for go this custome lyue ydelly or labour moche lesse or go in haÌ„de with other labour or take an other tyme or a no-way vndouted it shall ryght moche infeble hym So in like maner it is in mans diete in his slepe in his watche and suche lyke accidentis For truly good custome in all thyng must nedes be obserued if hit be laudable or indifferent in goodnes or hurtfulnes in respecte of hit wherto the change is made And wytteth well that they that be accustomed to labour and exercise them selfe in any kynde of labour all be hit they be feble or olde hit greueth them lesse and labour more strongly thaÌ„ if they were yoÌ„ge felowes vnaccustomed as Hippocrates sayth .ii. aphorismÌ„ by reason that these feble or olde persones haue more inclination and custome to these labours For nowe the custome before taken is lyghter as is sayde in the aforsayde aphorisme And this is the cause why we se olde feble craftes men to do that stronger and yonger than they can nat do and hit greueth them lesse as a feble olde mylner to lyfte a greatte weyghtye sacke A smythe to awey with greatter hammer labour than a yonger maÌ„ nat therto accustomed The .ij. doctrine is that greatte harme folowethe change of diete as Hippocrates saythe outcepte hit be nedefull to change hit Fyrste hit is nedeful to change it whaÌ„ greuous diseases shulde growe therby as custome to fede on yll meates whiche at lengthe of necessite wyll brede in vs yl diseases Suche a custome and lyke muste nedes be amended and changed by lyttell and lyttell but nat sodaynly For al sodayne chaÌ„ges hurte vehemeÌ„tly specially from a thynge customable to vnaccustomable Secondly it is nedeful to change to th entent it lesse greue vs if we happen to change our diete For he that vseth hym selfe to all maner diete shall hurte hym the lesse And this eke muste be
to anger The laste .ij. verses recite some of the forsayde tokens and also some other Fyrste a sanguine ê‘sone is free nat couetous but liberall Secondly he is amorous Thyrdly he hath a mery countenance Fourthly he is moste parte smylynge of whiche all the benignite of the bloud is cause and prouoker Fyftlye he hath a ruddye colour For Auicen saythe that ruddy colour of the skynne signifieth abundance of bloud And this must be vnderstande of brighte ruddy colour nat darke suche as is wonte to be in theyr facis that drynke stronge wynes abundantlye and that vse sauces and sharpe spices for suche colour signifieth lepre to come Syxtly he gladlye singethe and herethe syngâ—ge by reason of his mery mynde SeueÌ„thlye he is fleshye throughe the cause afore sayde The .viij. is he is hardy through the hete of the bloud whiche is cause of boldnes The .ix. is the sanguine persone is benigne and gentyl through the bounte of the sanguine humour Est humor colere qui competit impetuosis Hoc genus est hominum cupiens precellere cunctos Hi leuiter discunt multum comedunt cito crescunt Inde magnanimi sunt largi summa petentes Hirsutus fallax irascens prodigus audax Astutus gracilis siccus groceique coloris Here the auctour teacheth vs to knowe a persone of colerike complexion Fyrst he is hasty by reason of superfluous heate that mouethe hym to hastynes AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. iii. And therfore Auicen sayth that dedes of excessiue motion signifie heate Secondly the colerike persone is desirous of honour and coueteth to be vppermoste and to excelle all other by reason that suê‘fluous heate maketh maÌ„s mynde prone to arrogaÌ„ce and foole hardynes Thyrdly they lerne lyghtlye by reason of the subtilnes of the colerike humour And therfore Auicen saithe that the vnderstandynge promptnes and quicke agilite to intelligence betokenethe heate of complexion Fourthlye they eate moche for in them the heate digestiue is stronger more resolutiue than in other bodies Fyftly they encresse soone through strength of naturall heate in them whiche is cause of augmentation The .vj. is they be stoute stomaked that is they can suffre no iniuries by reason of the heate in them And therfore Auicen sayth secunda .i. doctrina .iii. cap. tertio that to take euery thynge impaâ—iently signifieth heate The .vij. is they be liberall to those that honour them The .viij. is they desire highe dignites officis The .ix. is a colerike persone is hearye by heate openynge the pores mouyng the mattier of heares to the skynne And therfore hit is a coÌ„mon sayenge the colerike man is as heary as a gotte The .x. is he is disceyuable The .xj. is he is soone angry through his hotte nature And therfore Auicen sayth ofte angry and for a smalâ— cause betoketh heate through easy motion of coler and boylynge of the bloud aboute the harte The .xij. is he is a waster in spendyng largely to optayne honours The .xiij. is he is bolde for boldnes cometh of great heate specially about the harte The .xiiij. is he is wylye The .xv. is he is skleÌ„der membred and nat fleshie The .xvj. is he is leane and drie The .xvij. is he is saffâ—on colored And therfore Auicen saythe that coler signifiethe dominion Restat et adhuc tristis colere substancie nigre Qui reddit prauos per tristes paâ—a loquentes Hi vigilant studiis nec mens est dedita somno Seruant propositum sibi nit reputant fore tutunt Inuidus et tristis cupidus dextreque tenacis Non ex perâ— fraudis timidus luteique coloris Here he declareth some tokens of a melancoly ê‘sone Fyrst melaÌ„coly maketh folkes shrewde and yll manered as they that kyll them selfe The .ij. is great heuines for melancolye folkes are moste parte sad through theyr melancoly spiritis troublous darke lyke as clere spiritis make folkes gladde The .iij. is they talke lyttell by reason of theyr coldnes The .iiij. is they be studious for they couet alway to be alone The .v. is they are no slepers nor slepe nat well by reason of the ouer moche drines of the brayne and through melancoly fumes they haue horrible dreames that wake them out of theyr slepe The .vj. is they be stedfaste in theyr purpose and of good memorie and harde to please and this comethe throughe theyr drines The .vij. is they thynke nothynge sure they alway drede through darkenes of theyr spiritis In the .ij. laste verses he recitethe some of the forsayde signes and other Fyrste the melancolye persone is enuious The .ij. he is sadde The .iij. he is couetous Fourthly he holdeth fast and is an yll payer Fyftly he is simple yet disceitfull and therfore melancoly folkes are deuoute great reders fasters and kepers of abstinence Syxtlye he is fearfull Seuenthly he hath an erth ye browne colour whiche colour if hit be any thinge grene signifiethe the dominion of melancolye as Rasis sayth .ij. Alman Hi sunt humores qui prestat cuique colores Omnibus in rebus ex flegmate fit color albus Sanguine fit rubeus colera â—ubea quâ—que ruffus Si peccet sanguis facies â—ubet extat acellus Inflantur gene corpus nimiumque grauatur Est plusquam frequens plenus mollis dolor ingens Maxime fit stontis et constipatio ventris Bâ—caque lingua sitis et somnia plena ruboâ— Dustior adest spâ—ti sunt actâ—a duicta queque Here the auctour puttethe the colours that folowe the complexions A flematike persone is whitely coloured the colerike is browne and tawnye the sanguine is ruddy the melancoly is pale colered lyke erthe Afterwarde the texte declareth .xij. colours signifienge superfluite of bloud The fyrst is whan the face is redde by ascendyng of bloud to the heed and face The secoÌ„d is whan the eies bolle out farther than they were wonte The .iij. is whan the eies are swollen The .iiij. is whan the bodye is all heuye for nature can nat susteyne nor gouerne so great quaÌ„tite of bloud The .v. is whan the pulce beateth thycke The .vj. is whaÌ„ the pulce is full by reasoÌ„ of the multitude of hotte and moyst vapours The .vij. is whan the pulce is softe throughe to moche humidite mollifienge the mattier The .viij. is ache of the forheed The ix is whaÌ„ the bealy is costife throughe great hete that drieth vp the fylthy mattier The .x. is whaÌ„ the tonge is drie and rough for like cause The .xj. is great thyrste through drines of the stomakes mouth engeÌ„dred of great hete The .xij. is whan one dreameth of redde thynges AuiceÌ„ ii.i doct iii. cap. vii This Auicen affirmeth sayenge Slepe that signifieth abuÌ„dance of bloud is whan a man dreameth he seeth redde thynges orels that he shedeth moche of his bloud â–ª orels that he swymmeth in bloud and suche lyke The .xiij. is the swetenes of spyttell throughe swetenes of bloud Here is to be noted that lyke as there be tokens of
tethe For the filthynes of the tethe causethe the brethe to stynke And of the filthynes of the tethe growethe certeyne vapours that greatly anoye the brayne Farther more the filthynes of the tethe myngled with thy meate causethe the meate to putrifie in the stomake Auicen in his .vij. dist of the .iij. boke and chap. of coÌ„seruacion of the tethe for the tethe teacheth how we may kepe the tethe from ache stynche That is to washe the mouthe with wyne twyse a moneth but to make the brethe swete it muste be boyled with the roote of spurge Who so euer vsethe the forsayde decoction medicine shall neuer haue the tothe ache In the laste verse are certeine generall rules The first is that after we haue washed and bathed our selfe we muste kepe vs warme For than the cunditis of the bodye that is the pores bene open wherby colde wyll perce in to the bodye and ingendre in vs diuers diseases The .ij. is that after we haue dyned or taken our repast we muste for a whyle stande vp ryghte that so the meate may discende to the bottum of the stomake and thaÌ„ walke a litel softely for hasty mouynge driueth naturall hete from the interior partes to the outwarde and causeth il digestion The .iij. is that one of colde complexion shulde nat warme hym selfe to sodaynly but lytell and lytell for sodayne change hurteth nature as Galen sayth in the gloâ—e of this canon Secundum multum et repente c. All stronge thynges and of extreme nature corrupt the body Sit breuis aut nullus tibi somnus meridianus Febris pigrities capitis dolor atque catarrus Hec tibi proueniunt ex somno meridiano Here are declared .iiij. incoÌ„uenientices engeÌ„dred by after none slepe Fyrst the after none slepe causeth and ingeÌ„dreth feuers by reason of opilatioÌ„s For the naturall hete and spirite of man by daye draweth to the outwarde partes of the body and therfore digestion by day is but feble But whan naturall heate and spiritis of maÌ„ drawe to the inwarde partis of the bodye than throughe theyr motion naturall heate is stered vp and therfore the nyght is the very season of perfite digestion and the vndigested rawe humours are the cause of opilations whiche opilations engeÌ„dre feuers as Auicen saythe in the .j. dist li. iiij and chap. of putrifaction Secondly after none slepe causethe man to be slouthfull in his operations busines by the reason afore sayde for grosse humours and vndigested cause mans spiritis slowelye to moue the bodye For as a subtile quicke spirite causeth lyghtnes of body so a lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe boby cause of heed ache Thyrdly the after none slepe engeÌ„dreth heed ache For the grosse and vndigested meate that remayneth in the stomake lyfte vp to the brayne grosse vapours whiche trouble hit And of very coÌ„sequens if vapours of gros mattier be stered vp caused they must also be gros For Galen saythe in the glose of this aphorisme qui crescunt c. that hit muste nedes folowe that all thynges be lyke those thynges of whom they be engendred The .iiij. incoÌ„uenience is the pose and reume Reumes be humours that rounne from one membre to an other and as they rounne in diuers partis of the bodye so they haue diuers names For whan the reume cometh to the lightes they be called catarri and whan they discende to the chekes they be called branchus and whan they come to the nose they are called corizam as appereth by these verses Si fluit ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares dico corizam But besides the reasoÌ„s of the diseases before rehersed there be many other reasons and more effectuell The cause of the first incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is of feuers whiche some tyme are called putrified feuers and some tyme feuers effimeres A feuer effimere is engeÌ„dred of vapours and smudge fumes kept and reteined after the after noone slepe the whiche absteynynge from slepe is wont to coÌ„sume The forsaide smudge fumes mixyng them selfe with mans spiritis engendre an vnordinate and a straÌ„ge feuer called effimere The putrified feuer is ingengdred of the humidites in man vndigested and augmeÌ„ted by the after noone slepe The .ij. inconuenience that is to be slowe in operation and motions chanceth by reason that by the after noone slepe the humidites and fumes in maÌ„ are reteined about the muskyls veynes iointis and causeth the forsayde membres to be astonyed and a slepe and therfore the bodye after dyner is slowe and heuy in operations The thyrde inconuenience that is the heed age cometh as is before declared in the .ij. incoÌ„uenieÌ„ce that is to say by the humidites vapours reteined in the body throughe slepe and rest whiche by suche meanes are troubled and moued towarde the brayne and so cause the heed age The .iiij. inconuenience is that is the catarrÌ„ signyfyenge al maner of reumes chanceth to man and vexeth hym through vapours and fumes whiche are wonte to be dissolued coÌ„sumed by watche by slepe they drawe to the inwarde partis of maÌ„ and fume vpwarde towarde the brayne whiche fumes ingrossed by colde retourne to the lowe partis caterrisans of mans bodye Auicen in the .xiii. dist li.j. in the .ij. doctrine and .ix. chap. allegeth many other inconueniencis diseases engendred of the after noone slepe The firste disease is the goute and palsey Whiche greue vs by reason that the humidites that are wonte to be dried vp and coÌ„sumed by the heate of the sonne and by watche remayne styll in the body The seconde is the color and corruption of the face through the wattrishe humidites lyke vnto mans vrine myngled with the bludde whiche are wonte to be wasted by watche that nowe with the bludde they ascende towarde the brayne the face and cause it to swelle and to waxe pale The thirde incoÌ„uenience is that after noone slepe ingendreth the splene and that by the kepynge in of the grosse melancoly humours by the day rest For as watche with the heate of the day whiche do open gyueth mouynge and way to melancoly humours by the strayte cundites of the body so the daye slepe letteth and distroyeth the passages and ê“pre wayes of them specially it destroyeth the cundites that come from the splene to the mouth of the stomake made to prouoke mans appetite by whiche cundite all melancoly superfluites are wonte coÌ„monly to be clarified The .iiij. is that after noone slepe mollifieth the veynes by cause the humedites whiche are wonte to be desolued by the day watche can nat be resolued whiche so remaynynge in mans body drie vp the veynes The .v. incoÌ„uenience is that maÌ„ by reason of rest or slepe losethe his appetite for lacke of humors resolution whiche resolution is chiefe and principall cause of the appetite An other reason is the replenisshynge of the stomake by fumes and humidites mollifieth and fyllethe
brayne For a stronge brayne resisteth vapours whaÌ„ they smyte vp there vnto as Auicen saythe iij.j and chap. afore allegate And here noteth well that the witte of a man hauyng a stronge brayne is clarified and sharped if he drynke good wyne than if he dranke none as Auicen saythe iij.j and chap. afore allegate And the reason is bycause of good wyne more than of any other drynke are engendred and multiplyed subtile spiritis clene pure And this is the reasoÌ„ why that these diuins imagynynge studyenge highe and subtyle matters loue to drynge good wynes And after the opinion of Auicen in the forsayde chap. these wynes are good for men of colde and flumatike complection For suche wynes redresse and amende the coldenesse of complection and they open the opilations stoppynges that are wonte to be engendred in suche persons and they digest fleme helpinge nature to conuert and tourne them in to bludde they lyghtlye digeste and entre quickely they encreace greatly quickeÌ„ the spiritis But wyne citrine is nat so burnynge as redde claret as Galen in the coÌ„ment of the canon afore allegate saythe Redde wynes be hotter than white therfore they greue the heed more as Galen saythe in the canon Potus autem duicis Also claret wyne nourisheth lesse than redde and more than whyte And in some places they calle claret wyne white and that is the cause that some say that white wyne doth quickely enflame mans bodye The blacke wynes be nat so feruent hotte as the redde be And therfore they hurte the heed lesse But for as moche as they disceÌ„de more slowly in to the bealy and prouoke more slowly mans vrine they greue the heed more thaÌ„ white wyne as Galen saythe in the canon Potus autem dulcis And these wynes nourishe lesse than white or citrine and lesse than redde wyne The thyrde is suppynges made of good brothe of flesshe suppinges or brothes but specially of chekyns for suche brothes are verye frendly to mans nature and are lightly coÌ„uerted in to good bludde and ingendrethe good bludde specially whan hit is made with fyne flower For flower principally of wheate is greatly nouryshynge and causeth great nourishemeÌ„t as saithe Raâ—is .iij. Alman And these .iij. forsayde thynges Auicen putteth ii.i doct ii suÌ„ma i. ca. xv in the ende where he saithe Example of clene and good nouryshynge meates and humours be the yolkes of egges wyne and brothes made of flesshe and there vpon he concludeth that these .iij. forsayde thynges are comfortable and of great restoratiue for mans body Nutrit et impinguat triticum lac caseus infans Testiculi porcina caro cerebella medulle Dulcia vina cibus gustu iocundior oua Sorbilia mature ficus vueque recentes Here are touched .xij. maner of thynges whiche greatlye nouryshe and make fatte mans bodye The fyrst is breadde made of wheate Breadde whiche as Auicen saythe .ii. canÌ„ cap. de pane fatteth swyftely specially whan it is made of newe wheate Rasis iij. AlmÌ„ sayth wheate is neighbour to teÌ„peraÌ„ce all though it incline a littell to heate the heuiest and soundest nourisheth best and of all graynes hit is most holsome for all folkes And the bludde engendred therof is more temperate than of any other grayne Choyce of wheate Touchynge the choyce of wheate ye shal vnderstaÌ„de that the election is to be consydered .ii. maner of wayes Fyrst on the bihalfe of his substance an other way on the bihalfe of his preparation The choyce on the byhalfe of his substaÌ„ce Auic putteth .ij. can chap. of corne sayenge That is the better that is neither harde nor softe great fatte and newe nat to olde betwene redde and whyte Blacke wheate is an yll nouryssher Rasis saythe hit is heuye Touchynge the choyce concernynge the preparation witteth well that all thinges made of wheaten flower desceÌ„de from the stomake slowelye engendre grosse humours cause opilations aboute the lyuer augment the splene and engendre the stone and digested nouryshe moche Wheate sodde is heuy meate and indigestable but whan it is digested it nourisheth strongely strengthe a man moche But wheate made in bread well leuened and bakeÌ„ in an ouen hatte with moderate fire is marueilous holsome All these thyÌ„ges are gethered of Galen AlimeÌ„toruÌ„ The .ij. thynge is mylke Buttter mylke and after the mynde of some doctours it is vnderstaÌ„de by butter mylke called oâ—or and coÌ„monlye called balbuca there is nothynge nourisheth more than this mylke whaÌ„ hit is newe sopped vp with newe hotte breadde Hit maye also be vnderstande by goottis mylke Gootis mylke Grene chese whiche nourysheth moche wherof we haue largely spokeÌ„ before The .iij. thynge is grene chese whiche as Auicen saythe .ii. can cap. de caseo is a nourisher and a fatter And al though grene chese nourysheth and fattethe yet hit is nat holsome in the regiment of helthe for therof come the inconueniences before declared Persica poma c. The .iiij. thynge is stones and specially stones of fatte cockes whiche as AuiceÌ„ .ii. can ca. de testiculo Coyllionâ— sayth be very good and great nourishers And he saith that in a small quaÌ„tite they nourishe moche This also may be vnderstande of hogges stones verye fatte that hath nat boorred a lowe For as porke of all .iiij. legged bestis touchyng his nouryshynge is best in lyke maner the stones in regarde of other beastis stones are the beste And here is to be well noted that the stones of aged bestis whose sede is fermented be nothynge nouryshynge But the stones of yonge bestis nat yet able to do theyr kynde whose sede of generation is nat yet rype be of metely good nourishement if they be well digested The .v. thynge is porke Porke in chosynge wherof and of theffecte of the same is largely declared before there Persica poma c. The .vj. thinge is eatynge of braynes And wyttethe well that brayne is yll for the stomake Eatyng of braynes and causeth lothsomnes and takethe a waye a mans appetite and engeÌ„dreth grosse humours yet neuer the lesse hit nourisheth the body if hit be well digested But in no wyse hit shulde be eaten after other meates And if hit be dressed with penyriall or nepte to attempre the claÌ„mynes colde therof or with thynges that by theyr vertue gyue hete hit is good and holsome And take hede eate no brayne outcepte hit be fyrst hatte vpon the coles And witteth wel that it is nat good for them that be sicke other while of colde diseases but for them that be hotte of coÌ„plection hit is holsome as Rasis .iij. Alm. sayth in the chap. de virtutibus membrorum animalium And brefely hit is forbydden in the regiment of helthe But yet some tyme hit dothe well in medicine as the brayne of a lyttell gootte is good agaynst venome and against venomous byttynges And a haaris brayne agaynst tremblynge And some say
the meÌ„bres Therfore if we begynne with wyne for that nature greatly desirethe hit for the great norishemeÌ„t therof the suê‘fluites to gether with the wyne drawen of the stomake are drawen to the parties of the bodye but nature so desirously draweth nat ale Lyke wyse ale washeth the humours haÌ„gynge about the brymme of the stomake And for this cause phisitions counsaile that whan one is moste hungrye he shulde fyrste assay to vomite or he eate any meate that those suê‘fluites draweÌ„ to gether of the hungrye stomake may be voided out leste they be myngled with the meate Lyke wyse he that feareth to be thyrsty by superfluous drinkynge of water shulde drinke ale For it queÌ„cheth vnnaturall thyrste Temporibus veris modicum prandere iuvÌ„eris Sed calor estatis dapibus nocet immoderatis Autumni fructus caueas ne sint tibi luctus De mensa sume quantum vis tempore Brume Here is determined what quaÌ„tite of meate shuld be eaten Diete after the .iiii. seasons of the yere after the diuersite of the .iiij. seasons of the yere whiche are ver or springe tyme sommer autumne and wynter He saythe that in the tyme of ver we must eate littell meate The same wylleth Auicen sheweth the reason why bicause AuiceÌ„ ii.i. doct ii ca. vi iii.i doct v. de reg tpÌ„m cum recti auris saithe he in wynter mans body is nat greatly gyuen to labour and exercise through prohibution of resolutioÌ„ rawe humours are encreased and specially fleumatike whiche after the ê“portion of the season thaÌ„ specially be engendred whiche humours by reason of colde are enclosed in the bodye But whaÌ„ ver or spryngetyme cometh it causeth these rawe humours gethered to gether to melte and sprede throughe all the body wherfore nature is than greatelye occupied in digestynge of them Therfore in ver season if one eate moche meate hit letteth nature to digeste suche fleumatike humours and shulde be diuerted an other way for by these humours and great quaÌ„tite of meate nature shuld be ouer pressed And so suche humours shulde remayne in the body vndigested and runnynge to some membre shulde cause some disease there And therfore we oughte to take good hede that we eate no greatte quantite of meate in ver For diminishion of meate in this season is a speciall preseruation from diseases reynynge in ver as Auicen saythe ij.j the place before allegate And this sayenge is of a trouthe from the myddes to the ende of ver and nat in the begynnyng for the begynnynge of ver is lykened to wynter wherfore than one maye norishe the body as well as in wynter And this also may be vnderstande whan vere fynde the body full of humours than meate is to be gyuen after the naturall heate and resolution that is caused of the body for than the cause is auoided for whiche meate shuld be diminished And the same willeth Hipp. j. aphorismoruÌ„ where he saithe Bealies in wynter and vere are mooste hotte and slepe most longe Therfore in those seasons for the naturall heate is moche therfore hit nedeth larger norishement Secondly he saythe that to eate to moche meate in somer is hurtefull bycause than the vertue of digestion is feble For the spiritis and naturall heate whiche are the instumentes of corporall operation are than ryght feble sparcled and resolute throughe outwarde heate vehemently drawyng them to the exterior partis and contrary wyse moche meate can nat be digested And here is to be noted that for the vehemeÌ„t resolution of humidites as well substaÌ„ciall as mutrymentall of the bodye grosser and more meate in soÌ„mer shulde be eaten if the night digestiue coulde digeste so moche meate but bycause nature can nat digeste moche at ones we muste eate a lyttell and ofte The reasoÌ„ that one oughte to eate lytel meate in sommer as Galen saythe in the coÌ„meÌ„t of this Canon Et quibus semel aut bis c. In soÌ„mer we must eate many tymes and lyttell many tymes bicause the body hath nede through ofte dissolution a lyttell for defaute of digestion And al though littell meate shulde be eaten in the sommer yet one maye drynke moche for than is greatter resolution and drought of the body and the naturall heate of the bodye excedeth the moysture therof and man is more thyrsty than than other tymes But yet than one oughte to drynke lesse wyne specially if hit be pure for suche wyne soone enflameth and causeth the naturall heate hatte by the ardent heate of soÌ„mer to burne and therfore if we drynke wyne we muste myngle hit with moche water and we muste forbeare olde stronge wyne Thyrdly he sayth To auoide eatynge of frutes in AutuÌ„ne that in AutuÌ„ne we ought to beware of frutes specially of the same season as grapis peches figgis and suche like or at leaste to eate but littell of them for suche frutis engendre bludde apte to putrifie through the boyllyng that they make in the body humours specially if they be receyued in to an vnclene stomake or a corrupt body whiche for the most part chanceth in autumne And so than yll and fylthy diseases are engendred as the pockes and other pestilent sickenesses Yet for a farther knowlege of the regiment of meate and drynke in Autumne wytteth well that in haruest hunger and thyrste shulde be eschewed to eate moche meate at one meale as Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ sayth cap. de reg corporis secundum tpÌ„s The wyne also that is dronke in haruest shulde be alayde with moche water that hit may moyst the bodye and cole the heate but nat so superfluously alayde with water than as in soÌ„mer nor to be than dronke so superfluouslye for thaÌ„ nature febled is nat able to welde and digeste it and to moche alayenge with water wolde distroye naturall heate encreace veÌ„tosites wherby the colike may be engeÌ„dred Fourthly he saithe that in wynter we maye eate as moche as we wyll that is to say more thaÌ„ in other seasons after the mynde of Auicen in iij.j the place afore allegate And Galen sayth in the canon of the aphoris Eâ— quibus semel aut c. In wynter moche meate leiserly shulde be eaten The reason is bycause the heate of our body in wynter is strongest both by reason hit is conieled to gether and fortified by position of his contrarie that is to say the coldnes of the aier enuironynge our bodies about And this is verified in bygge bodies fleshie and nat in bare and feble for on suche bodies coldenes of wynter enclined doth nat coÌ„forte with heate but feblethe them more For in wynter as Hippocrates saith bealies be hottest of nature and slepe moste longe Hit foloweth that the grosser norishementis and harder of digestion are holsomer in wynter than in other seasons by cause the heate is stronger But the wyne that we muste drynke than oughte to be ruddye as a rose and nat white and alayde with a
orels with a fewe small oynions But if the pastis be made of more tender fleshe and lyght of digestion serue in ther with no oynions but in soÌ„mer almon mylke with ver ieuse and a lyttell blanche pouder and at the last ye may put therto an egge brokeÌ„ with ver ieuce But in wynter in stede of ver ieuse take wyne and more spice With rosted rabbattis and chekyns sauce made with cynomume Dyuers good sauces for sondry meates cruÌ„mes of breadde and with ver ieuse in soÌ„mer is holsome and in winter with wyne For rosted porke take of the dryppynge tempered with good wyne and oynions in winter and in sommer take the grene sauce aboue named For rosted fesantes pigions and turtyls take none other sauce but salte For boylde capons and cockes take of the same brothe with a lyttell blaÌ„che pouder And precisely if they be boyled with sage Isope persly this is good sauce in wynter and in soÌ„mer the brothe of the capon and a lyttell vergis myngled to gether is a holsome sauce For fatte capons heÌ„nes baked serue in none other sauce but a smalle quantite of blanche pouder and at the ende the aboue named grene sauce in soÌ„mer and in wynter good wyne But fishe the grosser it is the harder of digestion the more superfluous and moyster of nature the more hit nedeth hotte sauces and sharpe and the same rule is lyke wyse true in all maner of fleshe Si fore vis sanus ablue sepe manus Lotio post mensam tibi confert munera bina Mundificat palmas lumina reddat acuta Here are declared .ij. holsome thynges that come by wasshynge of our handes after meate The fyrst is the palme of our handes are mundified The .ij. is our syght is sharped there by and that is specially by accidens for the haÌ„des be the instrumeÌ„tis to clense the eies and hit is ryght holsome for them to be mundified wherof we haue before spoken at Lumina mane manus Panis non calidus nec sit nimis inueteratus Sed fermentatus oculatus sit bene coctus Modice salitus frugibus validis sit electus Non comedas crustam coleram quia gignit adustam Panis salsatus fermentatus bene coctus Putus sit sanus qui non ita sit tibi vanus This texte toucheth .ij. thinges concernynge the choyce of breadde The fyrste is heate For bread oughte nat to be eaten hotte Eatyng of hotte bread Hotte bread is hurtfull to mans nature as Auicen saith .ii. ca. de pane Hotte bread is nat conuenient for mans nature and bread that cometh hotte from the ouen is vnholsome The reasoÌ„ is bicause it stoppeth moche And agayne after he saith Hotte bread throughe hit heate causeth thyrstynes and swymmeth by reason of his vapourous humidite is of quicke digestion and of slowe discence And all thoughe hotte breadde in the regiment of helthe be vnholsome to eate yet the smell therof is ryght holsome hit relyuethe one in a sownde and hit is possible that some folkes maye lyue by the smelle of newe breadde The .ij. is we ought nat to eate breadde very stale or mouldy for suche breadde is vnholsome for the nourishement of mans nature for it driethe the body and engendrethe melancoly humours wheron hit folowethe that bread shulde nat be to newe nor to stale but a day olde Farther the texte declarethe .v. propretes of good breadde v. ê“pretes of good bread The fyrst hit muste be well leuende as Gal .i. alimentorum ca. ii sayth The beste breadde for digestion is hit that is verye well leuende and baked in an ouen hatte with moderate fire And agayne in the same chap. he saythe Vnleuende bread is holsome for no body And after the mynde of Auicen Breadde made with littel leuen Auicen .ii. can cap. de pane nourishethe moche but the norishement therof is a stopper outcepte they eate it that labour moche The .ij. is that bread ought to be light for therby is knowen that the claÌ„mynes is goone Yet neuer the lesse this bread after the mynde of Auicen in the chap. and place before sayd is a swefte entrer and of lesse and worse nourishemeÌ„t as bread is made of moche branne The .iij. is that bread oughte to be well baked for breadde yll baked is of yll digestion and engendrethe grefe in the stomake And Auicen in the forsaide canon and chap. saith That the bread yll baked norisheth very moche but the norishement causeth opilations outcepte they labour moche that eate it And bread baken on a stone or in a panne is of the same fashion for hit is neuer well baked with in The .iiij. is that bread oughte to be temperately salted For bread ouer swete is a stopper ouer salte a dryer But bread moderately salted norisheth beste so it haue the other conditions The .v. is that it shulde be made of the beste grayne that is to say of the beste wheate More ouer the texte warnethe vs to beware of crustis eatynge for they engendre adust coler or melancolye humours by reason they be burned and drie And therfore great estates whiche of nature be colerike cause the crustis aboue and benethe to be chypped awaye Wherfore the pithe or the cruÌ„me shulde be chosen whiche is of more and swyfter noryshemeÌ„t than the cruste Yet nat withstandynge crustis are holsome for them that be holle and haue theyr stomake moyst and desire to be leane but they muste eate them after they haue dyned For they enforce the meate to discende and coÌ„forte the mouthe of the stomake Farther in the .ij. and laste verses is mencioned that good bread ought to haue these .v. coÌ„ditions that is the hit be salted leuende well baked made of good corne that is that the corne be pure reapt gethered shefte and housed in due season And these conditions Auicen remeÌ„breth in the forsayde place sayenge Hit behoueth that bread be pure salted leuende well baked and a day olde And here is to be noted that if one desire to norishe his bodye he muste haue his breadde made of pure flower the branne clene taken out if one wyll be leaner leaue some branne therin For branne norishethe but lyttell and vnlosethe the bealye and flower dothe contrarye wise Est caro porcina sine vino peior ouina Si tribuis vina tunc est cibus medicina Here in this texte porke is compared to mutton If porke be eateÌ„ without wyne it is lesse holsome than mutton but porke eaten with wyne nourishethe beste and it is medicinable for hit moysteth moche And is to be vnderstande specially of rosted pygges and braune well dyghte And here is to be noted that porke salted or dryed in the smoke suche as men of the couÌ„trey vse called bakon are in no maner wyse so holsome as mutton whether hit be eaten with wyne or no but hit is vnderstande by rosted porke or pigge or braune as is
before sayde Ilia porcorum bona sunt mala sunt reliquorum This texte saythe that hogge tripes be better than of other beastis The reason is by cause we eate fewe entrayles outcepte they be full of blud and of verye fatte beastis as hogges be Nowe only hoggis bludde through the complexion and similitude of complexion with mans nature is bludde of whiche the bowels be fylled And lyke wyse hoggis be soner fatte than any other bestis Therfore we eate rather the tripes chitterlȳges of an hogge than of other bestis Impedit vrinam mustum soluit cito ventrem Epatis infraxim splenis generat lapidemque This texte openeth .v. incōueniēces that growe by drynkynge of newe wyne or muste The firste is that muste letteth the vrine and this may be vnderstande .ij. wayes Fyrste for grosse muste throughe his grosnes myxed with the dregges stoppethe the lyuer and the raynes so that the vrine can nat easely haue hit course Secondly hit lettethe the vrine of hit due course as some reinnyshe muste doth and certeyne other subtile wynes lyke wyse For there is some reynnyshe must that whose lyes are mordicāt or bytynge while hit runneth in to the bladder the erthye lyes byte and pricke the bladder and cōstrayne one to pisse contrarie to the due order and maner that he was wonte to do The .ij. is hit losethe the bealye by reason that hit scoureth the entrayles through the sharpnes of hit lyes hit pricketh the guttis to voide out the ordeurs fyrste through mordicatenes of the lyes Secondly through vētosite whiche suche wyne causethe Thyrdlye by reason hit maketh the guttis slyppry by way of vndigestiblenes and grefe of the stomake wherfore the stomake leuseth and openethe the wayes that were shutte The .iij. is that muste hurtethe the good cōplection of the lyuer For hit stoppeth the lyuer through moche mynglynge of hit lyes and causeth disease in the lyuer called dissenteria through swellynge wherby the lyuer is febled Thus sayth Auicen iii.i ca. de reg aque vini And thus it engēdrethe an yll colour and yll diseases of the lyuer that is to say spices of the dropsy The .iiij. is that muste hurtethe the splene and disposition therof throughe the same cause that hit dothe the lyuer for hit stoppeth the splene and so causethe it to be harde The .v. is that must engēdreth the stone and specially that is in the reines whiche is ruddy and lyghtly frangyble by reason of opilation that hit causeth by hit grosse substance And this is certeyne if the muste be of very swete wynes whose lyes be nothynge bytynge or sharpe For muste that hath sharpe bytynge lyes preserueth a man from the stone for hit makethe one to pysse often as some reinyshe must that causethe sande or grauel to be sene in the vrine ofte prouokynge one to make water whiche ofte makynge of water wassheth away the small grauell that cleueth to a mans raynes and so auoydeth hit Potus aque sumptus sit edenti valoe nociuus Infrigidat stomachum cibum nititur fore crudum Here are declared .ij. hurtes hurtis that comme by drynkynge of water that come by drynkynge of water The fyrste is that drynkynge of water hurteth ones stomake that eateth by reason that water cooleth and leusethe the stomake and specially hit distroyeth the appetite The .ij. is that drynkynge of water with meate lettethe digestiō for it maketh the meate receiued rawyshe After the mynde of Auicen Auic iii. i ca. de reg eiu◠quod comeditur Auic ca. de regi aque et vini sayenge Nor after meate moche water shulde nat be dronken For hit deuideth the stomake and the meate and causeth hit to swymme in the stomake And he saith And whan nature dothe digeste meate and that sufficient quātite of water be myngled therwith than after that if we drynke more water hit letteth very moche the digestion that was begonne And agayne Auicen saythe Auicen ii can tract i. cap. iiii that drynkynge of water shulde be eschewed outcepte hit be to helpe the meate downe whan hit stycketh or discendeth slowelye But with meate water shulde neuer be takē or vsed Auerrois in his cōment sheweth the reason whan we receyue water vpon meate hit maketh the stomake colde or it be through hotte and maketh the meate rawyshe and eke causeth the meate to swym in the stomake and hit is the cause that the meate stycketh nat fast there as it shulde digest as hit cōueniently shulde The operation of the stomake is to make a good myxion of thynges receyued there in and to digest them well That done there foloweth an ordinarie and a naturall seperation of pure vnpure thynges And as a greatte quantite of water put in a potte slakethe the sythynge of the meate therin so lyke wyse hit chanceth in the stomake by drynkynge of moche water But to drynke a lyttell quantite of colde water with our meate before it descende downe in to the stomake is nat forbydden but allowable specially if we be very thyrsty for a littel quātite of colde wat takē after the forsayde maner easethe the stomake and quenchethe thyrste The coldnes of the water enforcethe the heate of man to descēde to the very bottum of the stomake and so fortifieth the digestion therof Thus saith Auicē in the aboue allegate placis But witteth well that though water be more cōuenient to quenche thyrste than wyne yet wyne for a mans helthe is more holsome than water And though water vniuersally quenche thyrste better than wyne bycause hit is colde and moyst yet to make naturall and good cōmixion of meates and to cōueie them to the extreme partis of mans body wyne is better thā water For wyne through his subtile substāce and operation myngleth it selfe better with the meate than water doth and nature delyteth more in wyne than in water therfore the mēbres drawe wyne more sooner vnto them mynglynge hit with the meate This mixynge in this maner is as a boylynge or sethyng of thynges to gether whiche is greatly holpe by the heate of the wyne but warer with hit coldnes letteth hit So than it appereth that wyne in mynglynge with meate and delatynge of the same is better than water For wyne by reason of hit subtilite of substance and vertuous heate is a marueylous percer And so by consequens wine delateth or spreadeth more thā water wherin is no vertuous heate nor substance of ayre nor fire the water letteth the passage therof Farther water is nat so holsome drynke as wyne for water hyndrethe the norishement of the bodye by reason hit nouryshethe verye lyttell or nothynge at all So that the more wattrysshe that meate is the lesse hit norisheth Therfore hit is very holsome to drynke wyne with our meate for hit doth nat hynder norishement but greatlye fordreth hit for wyne is a speciall norishemēt and restoratiue and norisheth sweftely as hit is afore sayd Farther ye shall
the malice of norishemeÌ„t This broth is made on this wyse The ryce or peasen muste be layde in sythynge water and therin a good whyle to be all to robbed with ones handes and after in the forsayde water shulde be tempered all the nyght and therin the nexte nyghte folowynge to be boyled twyse or thryse and than dyghte and so reserued And whan the houre of dyner drawethe nere to dresse it with cynomum and saffron and a lyttell curtsy wyne put therto and than boyle hit ones and so eate hit at begynnyng of our refectioÌ„ And the brothe or pottage of ryce and of rounde white peason is better and more holsome freÌ„dly to mans nature and lyke wyse theyr substance Lac ethicis sanum caprinum post cametinum Ac nutritiuum plus omnibus est asininum Plus nutritiuum vaccinum sit et ouinum Si febriat caput et doleat non est bene sanum To chose mylke Here the auctor teachethe vs certeyne lessons to chose mylke The fyrste is that goottis mylke is holsome for them that be in a consumption or be leane Auicenna ii can ca. de lacie et i. iiii tract iii. ca. de remor medic humect echicos or that haue a consumyng ague And Auicen sayth that goottis mylke and assis mylke are good for them that be in a coÌ„sumption The reason is for that gootis mylke is temperate and of moche nourishemeÌ„t And nexte to this is camels mylke For that is subtile and of moche aquosite humidite wherby hit may moyst them Yet for trouthe this mylke throughe hit ouer moche humidite nourishethe lyttell wherfore hit is nat so holsome for them as goottis mylke yet this camels mylke newlye after folynge is holsome for them that haue the dropsye and for them that haue disease in the lyuer for it reuiueth the liuer as Auicen saythe Secondly he saythe Auicen ii can ca. de lacte that assis mylke is holsomer than other for drie folkes in a consumption This is of trouthe comparynge assis mylke with mylke of other brute beastis for hit enclinethe to coldnes and humidite and is subtile and soner entreth and more slowelye conieyleth than the mylke of any other brute beast as Galen sayth The same saith Auicen GaleÌ„ vi de ingenio cap. vii Auicen de lacte and that after womaÌ„s mylke there is none to assis mylke And he sayth if any helpe the feuer ethicke hit is assis mylke Yet to compare assis mylke with womans mylke hit is nat so holsome For womans mylke taken by suckynge is mooste holsome as Auicen sayth The reason is Auicen .i. quarti loco preallex for womans mylke is colde moyste more lyke to mans nature swiftlier entred quickelier digested more norishyng And this mylke to be gyuen to them that be in a coÌ„sumptioÌ„ shulde be mylked as nere the pacieÌ„tis beddis syde as is possible forth with to ministre hit vnto hym lest the ayer corrupte hit And here is to be noted that in some cases sower or butter mylke is better for folkes in a consumption than womans mylke or assis Fyrste is whan by this feuer ethike they be caste in a laske The .ij. is whan they suspecte coagulation of the mylke in the stomake either by vehement heate of the feuer orels by cause the stomake of hit selfe is colerike the mylke shulde turne to coler The .iij. is whan the ethike is coupled with a putrified feuer speciallye whan there be nat many opilations in the interiour partis For sower mylke restreineth the bealy and turneth nat lyghtly in to coler for the buttrines of it is gone wherby the mylke lightly enflaÌ„meth nor in a putrified feuer it is nat sone putrified The .iiij. is if the stomake be foule for thaÌ„ the mylke corrupteth lyghtly therin The .v. case is whan he that hath the ethike disease abhorrethe doulce cleane mylke but nat the sower or butter mylke The .iij. lessoÌ„ is that cowe milke and shyppe mylke are more nutratiue for they be fatter and grosser than other Aui ii ca. ca. de lacte for so sayth Auicen And that all beastis mylke that in bryngynge forth yonge continueth longer than a woman is vnholsome but the mylke of those that beare egallye with woman is mooste holsome as cowe mylke Rasis .iii. AlmÌ„ cap. de lacte But Rasis sayth that cowe mylke is the moste grosest mylke that any beast gyuethe and therfore hit is holsomer than other for them that desyre to be fatte The .iiij. lesson is that mylke hurteth them that haue the ague or the heed ache The cause why is before shewed at Persica poma c. Lenit et humectat soluit sine febre butirum Thre propretes of butter Here the auctor sheweth .iiij. ê“pretes of butter The fyrste is butter mollifieth the bealy and maketh it slyppery throughe it oylyues The .ij. is that butter is moyste for hit is made of the beast partis of the mylke wherfore hit muste nedes be moyste seynge that the mylke is moyst wherof it is made The .iij. is that hit leuseth the bealye and that is by the slypperynes that hit causeth in the guttis These .iij. propretes Auicen reherseth ii can cap. de butyro And these .iij. propretes butter induceth in a body nat sycke of a feuer for it hurteth them that haue an ague for butter with hit vnctuosite augmentethe the heate of the feuer Here is to be noted that though butter cause the forsaide propretes Yet by reason of it ouer moche humidite and vnctuosite it is vnholsome in waye of meate speciallye to eate moche therof For if one vse to eate moche therof hit engendreth lothsomnes and maketh the meate to swyÌ„me aboute the brymme of the stomake and laxeth the bealy out of measure causeth vomite Therfore butter shulde in no wyse be eaten as meate in greatte quantite and speciallye hit shulde nat be eaten after other meate but to vse hit with other meate hit is very holsome Incidit atque lauat penetrat mundat quoque serum This texte openeth .iiij. ê“pretes of whey The propretes of whey The fyrste is hit is incisiue or subtile The .ij. hit is washynge or scourynge The .iij. hit is persynge whiche proprete procedeth of the fyrste The .iiij. is hit clenseth or purgeth Auicen resitynge these propretes saythe that whey is subtiliatiue Auicen .ii. can cap. de lacte Rasis .iii. AlmaÌ„soris wasshyng leusynge and therin is no mordication Rasis saythe that whey dothe expelle ruddye coler skabbes and pushes and also pympuls in the face and also it is holsome for them that haue the ianders and for them that be distempered by to moche drynkynge of wyne Caseus est frigidus stipans grossus quoque durus Caseus et panis bonus est cibus hic bene sanis Si non sunt sani tunc hunc non â—ungito pani Two thynges are here touched
to the bodily hete But comparynge hit to ruddye blud and coler hit is colde Fleme is naturally whyte and this is called swete fleme extendynge this name swete to all the talages delitynge the taste for other wise this natural fleme is nat swete but vnsauery and watrishe and very nere the talage of water And to this fleme nature hath nat gyuen a ê“pre mansion as she hath done to coler and melancoly but nature maketh it ronne with the bloud for it hath a very nere similitude to bloud And of this fleme there be .ij. necessites and one vtilite The fyrste necessite is that hit be nere the membres so that theyr vertue maye digeste and turne hit in to bloudde and that the membres by hit may be nourished whan they haue loste theyr naturall foode that is for to saye good bloudde throughe restrynte of material bloud whiche restreynt is caused of the stomake lyuer through some causes accidentall The .ij. necessite is that hit myngle with the bloud and make hit apte to nourishe the meÌ„bres of flematike complexion as the brayne and nuche for that that must noryshe these meÌ„bres must be well myngled with fleme The vtilite of fleme is that hit moyst the ioyntes and membres that moue moche leste they waxe drie through the heate that cometh of theyr mouynge and rubbynge Vnnaturall fleme may be deuided Fyrste in hit substance so some therof is muscillaginosuÌ„ and that is fleme to ones semynge diuerse for in some parte it is subtile and thynne and in some other grosse and thycke it is called muscilaginosuÌ„ bicause hit is lyke muscilages draweÌ„ out of sedes There is an other fleme that appereth egall in substance that is in subtilite grossenes to ones demynge but for a trouth hit is diuers in euery parte this is named rawe fleme And this encreasethe in the stomake and entrayles And to auoyde hit out of the stomake Hippocrates byddethe vs spue twyse a monethe and to voide hit out of the guttis nature hath ordeyned coler to runne from the chest of the gall to the entrayle ieiuniuÌ„ so forthe to the other lower guttis to scoure away that fleme from the brymmes of the entrayles and to cause hit to discende downe with the other dregges and fylthe Some tyme this fleme is encreased in the veynes specially of olde folkes by minishyng of theyr digestioÌ„ and there remaynynge is by lyttell littell augmented and engrossed hurtynge nature whiche can nat by the veynes therto ordeyned voyde hit out yet it doth that is possible to kepe it from the harte and other inwarde membres and driueth it to the outwarde membres and specially to the legges for by hit heuynes hit naturally draweth to the lower partis of man And this is the cause why olde folkes legges are swollen that if one presse downe his fynger therin there taryethe a hole specially towarde night and in fatte folkes suche as were wonte to be nourished with moyst meates There is an other spice of fleme verye subtile wattrishe lyke vnto water some what thicke This fleme is verye often myngled with theyr spittyll that haue yll digestion and of those that be great drinkers it runneth from the brayne to the nose as hit is wonte in the begynnynge of the pose and whan by decoction and boylynge in man hit cometh grosse hit is turned in to fleme grosse white and muscillage There is an other fleme grosse and white called gipseum the subtile partis of this fleme is dissolued through it longe bydynge in the iointis and the grossenes therof remaineth in the ioyntis as harde as stones This fleme engeÌ„drethe a goute vncurable There is an other fleme thycke and grosse lyke to molt glasse in colour claÌ„mynes and weight Secondly vnnaturall fleme differethe in talage for there is certayne fleme that is swete whiche is by mynglynge of bludde with fleme And vnder this is conteyned the vnctuous fleme whiche is engendred by mynglynge of vnctuous bloud and fleme There is an other maner of vnsauerye fleme caused of rawnes as certeyne glassy fleme There is an other salte fleme caused by mynglynge of coler And this is more bytynge drier and lyghter thaÌ„ any other fleme through the coler mingled therwith whiche is drie lyght and sharpe And this fleme is ofte founde in theyr stomakes that be flematike that drinke moche stronge wyne and that vse salte and sharpe meates and cleuynge to the stomakes causeth other whyle thyrst intollerable and runnyng by the guttis hit some tyme fleeth them and causethe the bluddy mensyn in the fundemeÌ„t ofte tymes induceth stronge â—o stiuenes There is an other fleme that is sharpe by mynglynge of sharpe melancolye therwith and some tyme throughe boylynge of fleme as hit chanceth in the swete ieuses of frutes that fyrste boyle and after waxe ripe And this fleme appereth oftner in theyr stomakes that digest yll than in other partis For naturally coler floweth to the mouthe of the stomake to stere vp thappetite whiche desceÌ„dyng downewarde some tyme myngled with fleme maketh it sower and this is ê‘ceyued by sower belchynges And other whyle this fleme is engendred in the stomake by boylyÌ„g with a weake heate There is an other fleme called pontike whiche is some tyme caused by mynglyng of poÌ„tike melancoly But this is seldome by reason that pontike melancolye is very scarse Hit is some tyme caused throughe vehement coldnes therof wherby the moystnes therof is coÌ„ieyled and some what altered to erthynes and thervpon cometh no weake heate whiche causynge it to boyle shulde conuerte it in to sharpenes nor no stronge heate whiche digestyng hit shulde turne it in to blud There be .ij. kyndes of coler natural and vnnaturall Vnnaturall coler is the fome of blud whose coler is ruddy clere that is citrine in the laste degree of citrines as saffron heedes and hit is lyghte and sharpe and the hotter the more redde it is And after this coler is engeÌ„dred in the heed hit deuideth in two partis one parte gothe with the bloud in to the veynes the other gothe in to the purse of the galle The parte that gothe with the bloud entreth therwith bothe for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that hit myngle with the bloud to nourishe the colerike meÌ„bres Hit is behoueful that hit make the bloud subtile and cause hit to entre in to the veynes The parte that gothe to the purse of the galle gothe eke thether for necessite and profite The necessite is double The one is nedefull for all the bodye to mundifie hit from colerike superfluites The other necessite is in respecte of the galles purse The profite also is double The one is to washe the entrayles from dregges and claÌ„my fleme cleuynge to them The other is to pricke the guttis musculs that they may fele the thynge that hurteth them and voyde all other fylthynes The profe of this is that colike chanceth oftetymes by stoppynge of the hole
fragiâ—is vel subtilis sensus stomachi sit Et fastiditi tibi sunt fleubothomandi Here thauctor putteth .xij. thynges that let blud lettyng The fyrst is coldnes of complexion for as Galen saith bloud lettyng cooleth augmenteth coldnes bicause as Isaac sayth bloud is the fouÌ„dacion of natural hete and in that bloud lettyng voydeth bloud hit voydeth hete so consequeÌ„tly cooleth The .ij. is a feruent colde contrey vnder whiche a cold season shulde be coÌ„preheÌ„ded whiche also letteth bloud lettyng for in a couÌ„trey season very cold the blud is closed in the depest partis of the body and the bloud that taryeth in the vtter partis the colde maketh thycke whiche to voyde is no wisedome The .iij. is ferueÌ„t ache vnder whiche eke may be coÌ„prehended great inflaÌ„mation of the body for if one in suche accideÌ„tis be let bloud there foloweth motion agitatiue contrarie to nature and greatter inflaÌ„mation whiche weaketh nature more The cause of this motion agitatiue is attractioÌ„ to diuers partis for by bloud lettyng attraction is caused to the place that is let blud by great ache attractioÌ„ is caused to the place of ache The cause of greatter inflaÌ„macioÌ„ is that by blud lettyng the humors be moued wherby they be more inflamed And this is trouthe whan blud lettyng is lyttell artificial Yet if it be done tyl one swouÌ„d hit is holsome in the forsaide cases for this bloud lettyng whan it ouercometh the attraction of the ache it causeth nat motion agitatiue like wise it taketh awaye inflaÌ„mation whan there be no humors that shuld moue hete and cause more inflaÌ„macion This is Galens mynde sayeng Gal. in coÌ„men illius apho que egerunt there is no better medicine for an iÌ„postume of ferueÌ„t inflaÌ„mation feuers a great ache than blud lettyng The .iiij. is baynyng specially resolutiue for that letteth bloud lettyng for that were vacuatioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vacuatioÌ„ whiche nature can nat esily beare The v. is carnall copulacion for iÌ„mediately ther after one shuld nat be letteÌ„ bloud bicause of double weakyng of nature The .vi. is to olde or to yonge as it is before touched Of this Auicen sayth Take hede howe thou lettest one bloud in any of the forsaid cases outcept thou trust in the figure in solidite of the musculs largenes of the veynes the fulnes of them and ruddy colour The .vii. is longe sicknes for by suche lettyÌ„g of blud nature is doubly febled both by the loÌ„ge sickenes diminishioÌ„ This is of trouthe sayth Auicen outcept there be corrupt bloud for than bloud lettyng is holsome The .viij. is great replecion of drynke The .ix. is to eate to moche meate and vnder this is coÌ„prised meate vndigested The cause hereof as Auicen sayth is this there be .iij. thynges that drawe to them that is voydnes hete and secrete vertue or proprete Than if the veynes be empty through voydyng of bloud they drawe to them froÌ„ the stomake or lyuer vndigested or suê‘fluous meate or drynke whiche vndigested meate coÌ„men to the meÌ„bres can nat be amended that is digested for the third digestion can nat amende the faute of the .ij. nor the secoÌ„de of the fyrst if the faute be so great that hit can nat conuert into the meÌ„bres hit there remaynyÌ„g may cause some disease The .x. is feblenes Gal ii 〈…〉 for bloud lettyng is a stronge voyder as Galen sayth therfore a feble persone may nat endure great diminishyng of blud The .xi. is subtile sensiblenes of the stomakes mouthe whiche is called the hart strynge for of suche bloud lettyng swouÌ„â—yng foloweth easily And vnder this weakenes of the stomake is eke coÌ„prised and easy flowynge of coler to the mouthe therof endusyng vometyng Wherfore they that haue the forsaid accidentes shuld nat be let bloud for by bloud lettyng the humors moued be enduced to the stomakes mouthe as to a place accustomed and bicause hit is a weake an impotent membre to resiste that flixe therfore by suche lettynge of bloud many inconueniences chaÌ„ce This is one cause why many swouÌ„d whaÌ„ they be let bloud by reason the coler floweth to the stomake whiche bytynge the stomake pyneth the hart stomake so that hit causeth one to swouÌ„de The .xij. is lothyng for if in this lothynge one be let bloud whan the veynes be empty they drawe to them yll mattier causyng lothesomnes Auicen toucheth many of these .vi. last accidentis And besides the forsaid accidentis there be other that let bloud lettyng First voydyng of menstruous flixe or the emeraudes for one diseased with eyther of these shulde nat be let bloud yet it may be done to diuert the flixe or matter The .ii. is rarenes of coÌ„position for in rare bodies is moche dissolucion therfore this resolution suffiseth them without euacuation as Galen sayth .ix. teigni The .iii. is rawnes and claÌ„mynes of humours for than beware of bloud lettyng bicause it encreaseth rawenes of humours and therfore in loÌ„ge sickenes ye shuld nat let bloud for rawnes of humours encreseth strength febleth and the sickenes proloÌ„geth And therfore Auicen sayth that in longe sickenes before one is let bloub he shuld take a laxatiue although he nede bothe Rawnes of humors is caused .ii. wayes One is throughe abundance of humours chokyng naturall hete whiche chokynge bredeth rawe humours and than bloud lettynge is holsome Wherfore Alexander sayth Lettyng of bloud in the begynnyng of the dropsy is holsome Alex. ii.ii. ca. de hydroppist whan it cometh by abuÌ„dance of meÌ„struous blud that through some cause is prohibited to issue or by abuÌ„dance of the emeraudis For lyke as a lyttel fire is queÌ„ched vnder a great heape of wodde lyke wise natural hete is suffocate with abundaÌ„ce of humours The .ij. cause of rawe humors is feblenes of natural hete as in folkes of feble coÌ„plexion or that haue ben longe sycke or be very aged for than the said blud lettyng is vnholsome bicause hit augmenteth rawenes for the blud that obserueth hete is drawen out and so the body is made colde and the humours more rawe Therfore the bloud must be left to digest these rawe humours The .iiij. is vndue disposicion of the aire eyther to hotte or to colde for moche hete causethe stronge resolucion and great colde maketh the blud thicke and vnapte to issue or auoyde Quid debes facere quando vis fleubothomarâ— Vel quando minuis fueris vel quando minutus Vnctio sine potus lauachrum vel fascia motus Debent non fragili tibi singula mente teneri v. thynges in bloud lettyng This text declareth .v. thynges that ought to be done about bloud lettyng some before som at the tyme some after The first is anoyntyng whiche other while is vsed in the bloud lettyng as to anoynte the place or veyne that is opened to aswage the peyne somtyme hit is vsed after blud lettyng to kepe the gashe that it close nat vp to soone that the humours left in the