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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14301	The Newlanders cure Aswell of those violent sicknesses which distemper most minds in these latter dayes: as also by a cheape and newfound dyet, to preserue the body sound and free from all diseases, vntill the last date of life, through extreamity of age. Wherein are inserted generall and speciall remedies against the scuruy. Coughes. Feauers. Goute. Collicke. Sea-sicknesses, and other grieuous infirmities. Published for the weale of Great Brittaine, by Sir William Vaughan, Knight.	Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.	1630 (1630)	STC 24619; ESTC S111506	55,728	158

with sufficient mans meate and Horse-meate that all such as frequent these infamous Houses especially within seauen miles of their dwelling places or vpon the Lords Day may bee bound to their good behauiour and that during the time of their Bonds they to be debarred of bearing Witnesse betweene party and party seeing that it is likely common Drunkards care not what they sweare Secondly that they shall not vexe their Neighbours with Law-suites vntill they be released and become new men Or else that they shall stand as persons Out-lawed or Excommunicated out of true Christians Society Thirdly that those Officers in whose diuision these offences shall bee committed shall without delay see the Penaltties ordayned by Law inflicted and tha● the negligent as accessary bee seuerely-punished Fourthly and because Seruants in most of our Gentries Houses are also infected with this Pestilent abhomination it were fit that they build new Cellars neere their Parlours where their Maisters Eye might curbe them if they meete not with sober Butlers to restraine them In these latter times people are become so besotted with this abhominable Vice that no Admonition can preuayle to with-draw them from it Whereas in times past the very sight of a Drunkard was as rare as a Goblins Yea and if it chanced that any one were but seene reeling in the Streetes the very Boyes would whoote and laugh him to scorne vntill such time as the Magistrate or the Gouernour came and brought him to the Stockes or committed him to prison But now it is growne so common that they account it a glorious Act and the Musick must play while the health goes round It is recorded that the godly Mouica the mother of St. Augustine beeing but once vpbrayded by a Seruant in the house that she loued the Wine bottle she took it for such a disgrace that neuer after shee dranke one drop of Wine more as long as shee liued Platerus makes mention in his practize of Physicke that hee knew a Noble-man who being diseased of the Goute and informed by his Physitian that his drinking of Wine and strong Liquor had caused his infirmity he made a vowe neuer to drink any such Liquor more which hee religiously kept and in the stead thereof drank nothing but small Cider or Veriuice Whereby he was quite cured of the Gout without any other Medicine The like I haue heard of an Hydropicke person who hauing experimented that drinke produced and augmented his Disease hee resolued neuer to drinke more but contenting himselfe with Broathes and the like moyst suppings hee was neuer after-wards troubled with the Dropsie To draw our Newlanders Cure now to a Period let mee intreate all them which haue any feeling of Sobriety and of the necessity wherein our Christian Common wealth stands at this present time to lay aside their captious Criticismes and carping censures together with their needlesse Feasts and in good earnest to embrace my Counsell in some measure if they cannot as yet apply their wills to the stint which is heere prescribed I know the impediment proceedes of Custome and this Custome can hardly bee altered except the Spirit of God will co-operate without some offence to concupiscence Such is the lamentable obstinacy of many hare-brain'd worldlings now a dayes that Parents cannot without great difficulty with-draw their owne Bowels from following their boone Companions and roaring Gallants whose conuersation but for a few dayes they haue frequented How much harder then is it to diswade men from those prouocations which from their Childe-hood they haue continued The most part presuming on their Constitutions and present strength suppose that all the Meate which they ordinarily feede vppon and the Carouses which they swallow cannot much impayre them Nay they will constantly auouch that it is a signe of Health to drinke Healths or to eate soundly whereas they bee but baytes of Pleasure so that Greedinesse knowes not where Necessity should ●e ended or Nature limitted as Saint Augustine agaynst Iulian Lib. 4. Cap. 14. Existimantes nos adhuc agere negotium valetudinis cum agamus potius voluptatis It a nescit cupiditas vbi finiatur Necessitas But men of vnderstanding will consider that most of the Bodies sicknesses and vnruly Passions doe arise from the wanton Palate and that whatsoeuer enters into the Body which the Stomacke cannot perfectly concoct must needes exceede the true Quantity which Nature allowes and so turne to noysome Humours at the last in despite of Nature Yee that bee Parents shall heere learne to weane your Infants with a better Dyet then with Flesh and Fish which will rotte and corrupt their tender bodies Yee that be Rich accept of this Treasure Diuine Sobriety which will infuse into your hearts modest contentment Yee that be Poore shall heere learne Frugality at a cheepe rate Yee that bee Young shall bee taught Continency Yee that are Elder and therfore should be wiser shall meete here with health and long life Heere yee shall finde all your Sences refin'd aswell the Inward as the Outward Heere from temperate heate issue temperate Effects The Blood spreads gently through the Veines the Spirits through the Arteries And the Soule by Vertue of this Heauenly Gift beeing as it were discharged of her Massie load and loathsome Lumpe hath now some experience of her Liberty aud that by this Purification shee is not farre from Glorifications In a word Deare Country-men condemne not this Cure before you Read or make some tryall of the Substance The time requires it For the Misery of Iniquity is permitted to acte the last Tragedy of Spirituall Wickednesse in Heauenly matters But yee who are enabled to liue temperately neede not feare as long as yee continue stedfast in Faith Your Olde men shall dreame Heauenly Dreames your Young men shall see Visions your Sonnes and Daughters shall Prophesie your Seruants and Maides shall bee inspired with the Holy Ghost according to the Prophesie of I●●l Authoris Epilogus de Repletionis Ebrietatis incommodis ECce Nouae Terrae Fructus mensura Diata Lux re●ouata salus spes et medicina dolorū Pone modum ventri Deus imperat acc●pe sanum Consilium compesce gulam suspe●de fur●res Heu quantes qualesque facit Repletio morbos Ex hoc Fonte fl●unt animi deliria Motus Corporis hinc omnes a●gores Asthmata Tusses Multiplices Febres Hydrops nodos● Po●agra Et quot quot memorare horret mens sana meatus So fertè obstruerent mixti cum Bile vapores Ni stella● numerare velis lateremque lauare Curridere solent Nebulonum turba profa●a Scurril●busque socis Sanctorum corda gra●are Dum ceuet Damocles v●as saeuire Cyclopas Post cyathos in Membra Det potosque Thrasones Consilij latebras Parasitis pandere nou● Cur iurat Mars iuris inops Cur iurgia Lites Et pugnas Lapithae de lanâ saepè caprinà I●miscent saturi phantasma volubile Bacc●● Crede malos Gentos in tanta pericula ferre Aerei ludunt sic inter