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A01831	The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre; Sommaire et entretènement de vie. English	Goeurot, Jean.; Phayer, Thomas, 1510?-1560.; Houssemaine, Nicolas de, d. 1523. Régime contre la peste.	1550 (1550)	STC 11970; ESTC S109504	120,493	394

of the brayne Take fyne frankensence sandrake and mastike of euery one an ounce lignum aloes a dramme make them all in grosse pouder and perfume therewith stoupes made of flaxe or of cottē and laye vpon the head And when ye haue by thys meanes well and duly comforted the braine de●ended of the original cause of the sayde disease ye shall procede to take away the matter conioynt that is descended vnto the synowes and ye shal begynne thus Fyrst ye must preserue the body from engendring of humours in takīg euery mornīg next your heart a conserue made of akornes of floures of rosemary mengled with a litle nutmigge and mastike and yf ye be of power ye may drīke a good draught of ypocras or other spyced drynke after meate at dynner and at supper Secondarily ye shall vnderstande y t whosoeuer doth entend to be holpen of the gout he must euery yere be purged two tymes preparing fyrste y e matter to digestion with sirupe of sticados and duabus radicibus with the one halfe of waters of sage prymroses and margerim in maner of a spiced iulep with cinamon taken .v. continual mornynges .ii. houres afore ye eate any other meate And after y t ye muste receyue a dramme of pylles called arthretikes or hermodactiles or of both togyther egal porcions Or take halfe an ounce of diacartami two houres after night and of diaturbith of euerye one two drammes with a lytle syrupe of hisop The reste of the sayde curacion shall be accōplished with the applyinge of diuers local remedies wherof ther be sondry kindes sortes here declared Ye ought to rubbe the place that is sore wyth oyle of roses and a litle vinegre after sprinkle vpon the same fyne pouder of myrtylles Another playster also as hereafter foloweth ¶ A playster for the goute Take of the emplayster called mellilote .ii. ounces populeō an ounce and a halfe redde roses mirtilles and floures of camomyl of euery one a dramme make a playster and laye vpon the goutye ioynte ¶ An other Take the iuyce of colewortes and of walworte and wyth beane floure and pouder of redde roses and the floures of camomyl make a playster and laye it to the sore ¶ An other Take oyle of roses crūmes of bread yolkes of egges cowes mylke with a litle saffron seeth thē togyther a lytle as ye wold make a pudding afterwarde sprede them vpon cloutes lay vpon the sore ¶ An other Make lye of the ashes of rosemarye or of oke or of beane stalkes boyle in it sauge moleyne prymrose camomil and mellilote and receiue y e fume vpon y e sore place or wette cloutes in y e sayde decoccion presse them and lay them vpon the payne Al the sayd remedies are verye good to swage the payne of the goute after the which done it is necessary to go about the comforting of iointes and sinowes and to that intent ye may apply the grese of pyes oyle of camomil of althea or holihocke oile of a foxe oyle of earthwormes oyle of prymroses turbentine oile of gromel brayde wherwythall or with one or two of them ye may annoynte the sore place and comforte both the synowes and y e ioyntes marueylously Also thys ointmente that foloweth is synguler good for the same purpose Take fyue or syxe handfulles of walworte and seeth them well in wyne then strayne them and with a lyttle waxe oyle of spike and aqua vite make an oyntment wherwith ye must annoynte the place mornynge and euenyng euery daye An other oyntment for the goute Take a fatte goose and plucke her and trymme her as yf she shuld be eaten then stuffe the belly within with two or thre yonge cattes wel chopped in smal gobbettes with an handful of baye salte then sowe her vp agayne let her roste at a small fyre and kepe the dryppyng for a precious ointment agaynst all kyndes of goutes and other diseases of the iointes Medicines for the gout appropriate in al cases Take cowes donge and seeth it in swete mylke and lay a playster to the goute hote Also the yolkes of egges womans mylke lyneseede and saffron al together in a plaister swageth the diseases of the goute And yf ye be disposed to brake thee skinne and to let y e humours issue as by suche manye one is eased ye shall make a lytle playster of blacke sope aqua vite which wil blister it without any greate payne Also very olde harde chese cutte and soddē in the broth of a gambon of bakon and afterward stamped with a lytle of the broth and made in maner of a playster is a singuler remedye for diseases of the goute and was fyrst practised of Galene the prince of all phisicians A prayer to God for helpe agaynst the perturbacions of the mynde O Lord my God almightye father ruler of my life my health my strēgth my redemer and protectoure sēde vnto me the heauenly beames of thy holy spirit to illumine the darkenesse of my synfull hert and to guide me to thy holy place Shewe me y e light of thyne aboundaūt mercy O Lorde that I may no lōger sleape in deedly synne O only father of light which in very dede dost lighten euery mā that commeth into this world for thy great mercies sake it maye please thee to lyghten the eies of myne hert and to endue me with the spyrite of grace that I maye loke vpon myne owne sinne the great offences wherewith I haue offēded thee and to know y t in my self ther is no maner strēgth for to wythstande ▪ the death but only throughe thee And I beseche thee o lord to couer these my carnall eyes y t they se no vanitie and gyue me thy grace y t I fal not into cōcupiscence to thend I may eschewe al euil thinges and gyue my mynde hollye to the obseruacion of thy commaundementes Lord God I beseche the that syn may neyther raygne nor tarye in me and that I be not subiecte to myne owne fleshly appetytes but y t I may expel out of my thoughtes as vnlawfull lustes so that my soule and al my mind maye be set holy vpon the. Lord God suffre not my soule to be oppressed ▪ but receyue me into the proteccion of thy holy hand and despise not me thy simple creature whom thou haste redemed with y e preciouse blood of thine onely sōne Iesu Christ Thy mercy O lord is aboue al y t thou haste made for thou doest differ the punyshmēt of the wycked yf perchaunce they would amende at last thou louest al that thou haste made hatest none but for their owne iniquities And whē the wicked turne agayne to the and crye vnto thy holye name with all theyr hertes by by thy mercye is ready to receiue thē euē as I moost detestable sīner come with hert cōtrite vnto thy mercy this day that I may obtayne remission of my synnes To the I cry out of y e veri

effecte in them accordyng to hys giftes and as for my laboure I doe nothyng desire but the loue and fauoure of the gentle readers whome I praye God continuallye to encrease in all goodnesse A treatise of the pestilence What is ment or signified by this worde pestilence PEstilence is none other thing but a venemous infecciō of the ayre enemye to the vital spirites by a certayne malicyouse and euyll property and not of any quality elemental that is within it self For euen as pure triacle is a coumforter of life not because of heat cold moistnes or drynes but forasmuch as out of al his cōposicion there redoundeth a certayne fourme agreing to the forme of the vital spyrites of our body so is the foresaid vapour enemy to our natures not for any quality as is saide before but for that y t his proporcion is direct euē contrary to our vital spirites cōsisting in y e heart which vital spirites if by y e wil of god ordinary diet be stronger in the paciēt thā y e foresaid vapour is thei driue it from the bodye wil not bee infected And if it happen that the foresaid spirites bee weaker then the venim or the body ful of humors apte to putrefaccion then it dothe incontynent assaut the liuelye membres except remedy bring the body quickly to destruccion But when we do saye the vapoure to bee venemouse we meane not that it is a poysō of it self in dede for then shoulde euery creature be indifferently infected and none shoulde escape that draweth it in breath but I cal it venemouse for that it is of suche a naughty qualitye y t it may be lightlye conuerted into venime that is to say apt to burnyng and corosion as do mercury sublimed quicke lime or ratten bane and other such like kindes of venims Thus ye maye perceiue that all the greate daunger that is in thys disease commeth of the noughtines of humors which are made apt to receiue the said vapours not by violence of y e infected aire only ¶ Of the .iiii. rotes or causes princypal of the saide disease whereof it doth arise and grow why it raygneth in one time more then in another THe fyrst roote superior cause of the pestilence is the wil of god ryghtfullye punyshynge wycked menne of whiche roote the holye scripture treateth in manye places as in Deu. the xxviii chapter If thou wylt here the voice of thy Lord God and worke and fulfil al his cōmaundementes y t which I commaund to the this daye thy god shall make the more excellent then al the people that be vpon the earth c And in diuerse other places he geueth manye blessynges to them that kepe his lawes And lykewyse to the people rebellinge and breaking his commaundementes he threateneth many curses as where he sayeth If thou wylte not here the voyce of thy lorde God to kepe and woorke all his commaundementes whiche I cōmaund the this daye ▪ there shall come vpon the these curses and catche the. Thou shalt be cursed in the citye and in the fyelde thy barne shal be cursed thy liuing shalbee cursed the fruite of thy wombe shalbe cursed the fruite of thy grounde shalbe cursed the heardes of thy shepe and cattell shal be cursed thou shalt be cursed at thy commyng● in and cursed at thy goinge out Also a litle after he saith The lord shal ioin● to thee the pestilence tyl he hath consumed the out of y e earth to the whic● thou shalte goe to take possession Th● lord shall strike the with pouertye feuers and colde burnyng and heat an● with a corrupte ayre c Also in an other place The Lord shall strike thee wyth the pestilence o● Egypte and the parte of thy bodye b● the whiche thou auoydeste thy donge with a scabbe and itche and shalte not be able to be cured thereof and let the heauen that is ouer thee be as hard as brasse by cruell constellacions and the earth on whiche thou doest treade bee like yron that euer wasteth and waxeth worse and worse There be many other malediccions which our lord hath threatened the re●ellious people wythall expressed in many places of holy scriptur but these may be sufficient as touching our entente to shewe that many tymes the cause of this disease is the vengeaunce of almightye god rightfully punishinge men for their offences ¶ The seconde roote of the pestilence which doth depende of the heauenly constellacions NOow that we haue spokē of the first rote superiour of the whiche this disease procedeth it is also cōueniēt that we declare somwhat of the seconde roote or cause superior that is to wete of natural influences of the bodyes aboue And ye shall vnderstande that accordyng to the saying of Marsilius Ficinus a man of excellent knowlage and no lesse learnyng in his boke De triplici vita in an other which he wryteth also of the pestilence that among al other heauenly dodyes ther be two bodyes called euil and malicious that is Saturne and Mars whiche oftentimes by theyr vnholsome influences are cause of manyfolde infyrmityes speciallye of the pestilence Saturn● through colde and Mars by excesse o● heate Saturne throughe colde is th● cause of reumes of the leprye called elephancia and al dyseases commyn● of colde matter Mars by reason of his heate bryngeth foorth feuers pestilēcial spitting of bloud water vnder the mydrife and the pleuresye the whyche is a dysease engendred lyke an apostome of choleryke matter in a thicke panicle or f●me vnderneth the ribbes A prouident phisicion among many other thynges ought to consider the entring of the sūne into Aries by true equacion of the houses and planetes for that influēce hath more dominacion thē haue all the other influences of the hole yere beside excepte the superiour coniuncions of the planetes or els some greate eclyps And this entryng of the sunne into Aries passeth al the entringes of the sunne into any other signe Therefore you muste consyder how the lorde of the .vi. house in the figure is disposed for he is lorde of sickenes that is to say you must consider whether he be impedite or no and yf he bee impedite there shal be many sickenesses accordynge to his nature and hys house that is the .vi. house as by example thus Be in case that Saturne is the lord of the .vi. house and some earthy signe is in thesame house then most cōmonly the sickenes of that yere shalbe of like nature that is colde and drye And ouer this thou muste consyder whether that the lord of the .vi. house hath any aspecte with the lorde of the house of death or the lord of the house of death to him then moste commonly the ende of those sickenesses that are colde and drye shalbe death And likewise as it is declared of the entring of the sunne into Aries so it must be saide of the coniunccions of y e sunne and moone through al the yere marking euer