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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13314	The hauen of pleasure containing a freemans felicitie, and a true direction how to liue well : profitable and del[i]ghtfull to all, hurtfull and displeasing to none, except it bee to such pecuish dames as do either foolishlie reiect, or carelesly neglect the dutie of chast matron[e]s / gathered out of the best approued authors.	I. T.	1597 (1597)	STC 23621; ESTC S1650	98,226	170

vvith their honest labour So that if anie ignominie or discredite come vnto thē by doing of vvicked and infamous crimes they should take it away by requiting it againe with good deedes to the poore and needie Luke 19 as Zacheus did who hauing got great vvealth by vsurie deuided it afterward vnto the poore so that he blotted out the faults of his former life with good deedes and recompence made by vertuous liuing to wit he altered and changed his old affections and shooke off the naughtinesse and ill custome of his nature We must keepe a measure in sleeping and watching Chap. 26. LEarned menne and such as deale in the gouernement of the Commonvvealth amōg manie other thinges they ought to haue a great regard of vvatching and sleeping for if these tvvo bee moderatelie vsed and in due season they profite vs greatlie in the maintenance of health For besides this that they make the bodie lustie and strong they also make the minde more prompte and readie to performe anie dutie or function whatsoeuer for immoderate sleepe maketh men blockish slothful sluggish forgetfull and not easilie stirred to take pains in anie waightie matter Wherefore these ought to be stirred vp and incited to take pains that they might shake off their heauinesse and drowsinesse and meditate on some thinge worthie an honest man As for sleepe at noone or in the daie time I vvould not vvish a young man to vse it vnlesse it be through wearines dravvne by his labour and the heate of the vveather or else through ouer much watching the night before for vpon these considerations he may doe it without anie inconuenience otherwise if he vse it it weakneth his memorie blunteth his vnderstanding and besides headach maketh him blinde especiallie if hee sleepe vppon a full stomach To which also happeneth this discommoditie that after such sleepe he shall be readie to vomit and doe nothing else but gape and vse to stretch his members euerie waie whereby the vapors dispearse themselues cleane through the bodie vvith a certaine faintnesse and chilling of an ague which the Dutchman calleth Wanluste and the Latines Helucum which is as much to say in Englishe as sicke of yesterdaies drink or this daies sleepe at noone But old men and such as are wel stricken in yeares may safely sleep after their dinners so that there bee a little space betvveene dinner and it especiallie in the Summer time vvhen the vveather is hot which intemperate season dooth make men drousie and sleepie Which sleepe they must take either sitting in a chaire or else lying on a bench flockbed or mattrisse laying their heads somwhat high on a pillow or bolster For by this libertie of sleeping their spirites both naturall and vital are refreshed and cheered whereby the powers of the minde which are resident in the braine receiue nourishment Now for ouermuch and vnseasonable watching as it is hurtful to al ages so doth it most anoy those that are aged and so doth famine also both which bring drines to the brains causeth phrensie dotage and maketh al the body drie lean and like a starueling But if through moderate watching famine vnseasonable sitting vp too much labour and immoderate venerie or carnall copulation thy strength be consumed and thy spirits almost spent and that the liuely sappe and vitall moisture bee wasted with leanenesse refresh thy selfe with moist nourishment and sleepy potions as Letices Spinage and malowes al of like force Atriplexe or Orage Buglosse or Burrage yong Poppy seedes Waterlillie flowers violet flowers Pine apples sweet almondes pistacke nuts the thicke iuice of barly or strong bee re all kinde of reasins but especially Reasins of the sun vvithout the stones and Corans Dates Orenges Limons and Orengadoes for by these naturall and vital heate is restored and the braine which is the seat of the minde is vvashed with a dewe and moist vapour which bringeth sweete and quiet sleepe and rest But if a man be sleepy by nature and that his minde is not lustie to vndertake any notable exploit let him continually giue himselfe to labour and exercise let him anoid al meates that are colde and moist in operation and eate such meates as are naturally hot to drie vp the moist humors which are the only cause of sleepe of which sort are hisope rosinary sage origane sweete Marioran Sauery Peniroiall Coleworts Ginger Peper Nutmeges Cloues and many other which ease the head that is filled with vapours and moist humors cleereth the mind that is clowded with thick mists maketh it fit apt to conceiue honest cogitations What profit and disprofit comes by fulnesse and emptinesse and by binding and loosing the belly Chap. 27. THe like care ought to bee of other thinges that be profitable or hurtfull for health as fulnesse and emptinesse whereby the bodie is either refreshed with meat and drinke or else being ful of humors is emptied But as a temperate and spare diet is profitable for the studious and such as bear rule in the common wealth so by an ouer thin spare diet the spirits are weakned These men also must diligently obserue whether their bellies be ouermuch bound or else too loose for both these if they exceed the mean are alike hurtful to health for if it run be more loose then it should be it maketh the bodie drie and leane taketh away sleepe causeth the braine to be drie and weakeneth the memory And if it waxe ouer hard and be too much bound it blunteth the memory blindeth the eyes and maketh one sleepe vnquietly because of thicke foggy humours it bringeth to the braine Now such as make the belly loose are violets Lettice Spinage Orenge Mallowes which Martiall commended as very effectual for this purpose saying Exoneraturas aluum mihi villica maluas Attulit varias quas habet hortus opes That is A countrey wench me mallowes brought my bellie to vnloose And diuers other hearbs which she did in her garden choose Buglosse also cōmonlie called Burage cheruile beets blits damask p●unes reasins of sun currās mulberies and figges Medicinable things of the same nature are Mercurie Fumitorie Polypodie or Okefearne Seenie Rubarbe bastard Saffron Dodder Cassia Manna or ayerie honie for Scamonie blevv Dacis or Serapions Turbith Mazereon or pepper of the Mount doe purge awaie mens strength and weal eneth them and therefore are not administred but to strong men For harde knots must haue yron vvedges But if thy bellie be more loose then it shoulde or then is good for thy health it may be staied with red mints which you shal find in the Apothecaries shops make thereof a plaister or else make a syroppe of it to drinke A Quince-peare also bindeth and hardneth the bellie or any confection made of it red roses medlars before they bee rotten ripe the hard kerneld cornell but not vnsauourie or vnpleasant yet somewhat sovver and bindinge red gooseberie wee call them Ba●beries vvhich doe wonderfullie prouoke