I will not contrarie you My chief desire is to helpe you without the respecte of money or golde or other of youre commoditée Crispine sette the boxes in the window and you Surgean prepare your lace staffe and launce with your vnce vesselles that I maie consider his blood in order and due quantitée for hether vnto he is but in the augmentyng of his feuer Further he had no fitte this ten houres let him bloode by little and little and although he doe fall into Lipothimion it is no matter let hym blood vntill it partly doe chaunge into a good colour Oh Lorde how might you liue if this bloode should haue remained any longer did you euer see the like what a good hart he hath the worst is past this would haue been a greate sore or apoâ—â—umacion stop vp the vein a Gods name Crispine I did neuer see the like but ones where as your Maistership did a greate cure vppon a noble man Medicus Oh are you aduised of that Crispine he is a good friende of myne I haue twentie pounde yerelie of him He sente me a fatte Bucke vpon Mondaie laste and gaue me my Mule also with a Ueluet foote clothe Crispine Sir wheÌ„ you seÌ„t me home I left your mule standing at the doore but as I returned I met a lackei clothed in Orenge taunie and white with a paire of bare taÌ„ned legges a blewe night cap with a plume of fethers riding on him as fast as he might gallop Medicus Oh the passion of Christ my mule is stolen I will hence I had rather lose xx.li I will tarie no leÌ„ger my Mule I will teche him to ride on my Mule I warrante him Crispine Sir he nedeth no teachyng he can ride well I warrant you I heard him saie to a yong manne with a long cloke lined with yellowe that his maister sent him to carie a letter to a marchaunt venterer that was crossailed into Terra Florida Medicus Geue me my goune fare ye well Maister Antonius as euill lucke as euer I had in all my life Antonius I had thought the losse of your friende and of your Mule had not been both a like to you What for .xx. pound I will paie it double the knaue shall not escape Crispine hath taken good markes vpon him I will sende to euery Warde blinde lane Innes Woodes and fieldes after the villaine I will take the matter on me because you come to me so gently quiete your self sitte doune again in the chaire I were caste awaie if you wer gone good maister doctor Medicus I care not so moche for the mule but that my lorde will take moche vnkindnes and think I should set light by his gift and the Ruffians will laugh me to skorne when thei knowe how I am haÌ„dled of the knaue boie Well I am coÌ„tented with your offer I praie you beware you slepe not you shal suppe the thinne broth of a chicken by and by made with the .iiij. greate colde seedes and cordiall Herbes Crispine I praie you make the broth in some stone or siluer vessell Copper or Brasse is not good for Maister Antonius soche vessels are Leprous Antonius If you will haue it made of gold you shal Medicus We shall make shifte with other thinges gold shal serue to deaurat or gilde your losinges electuaries manus christi withal Antonius Contented so that it maketh on my side whatsoeuer it bee But me thinke I feele slepe approching what shall I doe Medicus Drawe the Curtaines open the lukette of the Windowe set Sallowes about the bedde besprinkled with vineger and rose water Take of that hotte mantell let his hedde and shoulders be bolstred vp lye not on your backe leane towardes this side let vs talke together like friendes why are you so heauie and yearthlike Antonius I must nedes I was made of yearth but where is the yearth placed of which I was made and of what fassion is it althoughe I walke vpon thesame yet doe I stande in doubt of the matter Medicus The yearth is moste heauie and can bée in no place but in the middest of heauen not moueable but round hangeth continually aboute the whiche are the landes and couÌ„tries of the world fixed which Aristotle doeth call Medium terrae medium mundi Antonius Ar ther not bodies which ar called simple Medicus Yes forsoth those are the iiij the fire hot and drie the aire hote and moiste the water colde and moiste the yearth colde and drie and these are called the Elementes Antonius Are there not bodies called mixed what are thei Medicus Animalia as man beast fishe foule and Wormes Vegetabilia as Herbe Grasse and Trees and mineralia thinges vnder the yearth as metalles Antonius Lorde how is this worlde staied Medicus The twoo Pooles Articus and Artartiâ—â—â— South and North are the extreme limites aboute whom the whole frame of heauen is wrapped and is called Axie coeliâ— Antonius Men saieth that certaine starres doe gouerne the thinges beneth here in yearth Medicus Thei doe so in déede as it is well proued when as the Sunne and Moone doe enter into any of their circles in those great bodies then our little bodies in yearth dooe feele the goodnes or euilnes of them as Aries Leo and Sagittarius are hote drie and bitter cholorike and are gouernyng hotte and drie thinges and this is called the firy triplicitee The second triplicitee is of aire hotte and moiste sanguine swete and doe gouerne Sanguine people And other tirplicitee is of water colde moiste flegmatike hauing the gouernment of cold rawe bodies The laste is the yearth the mother of all thinges cold and drie melancholie Antonius What doe the knowlege of these thynges profite to Phisicke I praie you tel me Medicus Moste chiefly for where as the Philosopher dooe leaue there the Phisicion dooe begin That is he must be first a good natural Philosophier he must haue y e knowlege oâ— times and seasons and be acquainted with complexioÌ„s of men obseruing the nature of thinges and the climates vnder heaueÌ„ with the course of the Sonne Moon and Starres Aire and diet c. Antonius I praie you is there a soule in manne Medicus Yes forsothe Antonius Why then there must nedes be a greater thing as the cause of euery liuing soule whiche I take to bee GOD whiche hath made all thinges and when you and I talked together you semed that NoÌ„ est deus Medicus I professed to followe Aristotle but my meaning was that I credite not the Bible matters I am no Diuine I finde no reasons there for my tourne thei are to harde thinges for me I commend them to Darbell and Duns c. Antonius Why doeth Aristotle shewe any better reasons then is in the Bible Then I pray you what is the power of the soule Medicus In the soule saieth Aristotle in his boke of Ethiques it hath .iij. sondrie powers The one is named vegitable in whiche
euery man taketh parte with herbes trees and plantes The seconde parte of the soule is named sensible in this part man and beast are bothe a like in mouing c. The thirde parte is more whiche is racionall or hauing reason And this part of reason hath both acte to doe well and power to do euil And these ij are called Intellectiue whiche learneth deserueth and iudgeth in euery thing that maie be seen felt heard or vnderstanded but the power vnreasonable as sodaine raging criyng c. Is ascribed vnto the Lion Horse Hogge c. How like you this maner of talke yet here is no scripture but Aristotle I assure you Antonius Then it should appere that the soule hath vertues how many I praie you Medicus The first vertue is called Intellectual froÌ„ whiche springeth wisedome science prudence And the .ij. is called moral which is the mother of many good thinges as chastitee liberalitee humanitee good maners Antonius What is the cause of these twoo vertues in the soule Medicus The vertue Intellectual ingendereth and is nourished by learning of good tutours and men of experience or readyng of good bookes of Philosophie whiche is a secrets vertue in the soule And also the morall cometh by good custome and not by nature as if one manne had twoo soonnes the one brought vp in keping cattelle the other in daily learning good lessons although nature did frame their bodies like in shape yet thei should not bee like in condicions morall prouideth that naturall thinges in them bothe can not bee moued by contrarie custome For stones naturally though thei be cast neuer so high by arte yet must thei naturally fall doune againe Euen so of fire being driuen doune yet it will caste his flames vpwarde so vertue is not in vs by nature but onely by power to receiue theim for euery thing that is in vs by nature first it is in vs bi powers after coÌ„meth to acte as it commeth to the senses of mankinde For none can deny but firstâ— manne hath power to heare see feele c. So the power doeth preuente and cometh before the acte in nature Antonius Then if power goeth before thacte then a man is called honest good or chaste before either nonestie goodnesse or chastitie appereth in him Medicus In thinges morall euermore the acte goth before the power An example a Schoole-maister is called a Teacher because of his learnyng whiche is the worke goyng before the power And the cause of a good maÌ„ is his good woorkes and so of the eiuill whose woorke is either dronkennesse aduitrie thefte c. thei make him euill Antonius Then it should appere that this thyng called Actus or woorke bringeth vertue and vice in man Medicus What els doeth not euery man that liueth eate But if he eate to moche or to little doeth it not bring sicknesse Euen so of to moche laboure or idlenesse of to moche boldnesse or cowardnesse are not these actes vicious and euill And dooeth not one meane moderate them bothe Extreames are euer hurtfull Antonius What remedie then I praie you Medicus Nothyng is better then a meane called temperaunce whiche is gouerned by prudence whiche is euer contente betwene bothe and reioyseth in it Antonius So then if a man felle into extreme aduersitie and sustaine it paciently in his sickenesse pouertie or cause of grief call you this a meane or no. Medicus In euery woorke or sufferyng there is pleasure or displeasure If a manne doe reioyce in trouble in chastitie in bearyng of cruell wordes or slauÌ„der the same is a prudent manne and his suffering maketh it a meane to him but other men that are chastised and will suffer outwardlie and it greueth theim in so doyng thesame is vicious and lacketh meane or prudence Antonius Hath the soule any delites in her or no Medicus Yes trulie in three thinges The firstâ— profitable wherof springeth housebandrie to nourishe the yearth as also Phisicke to help the bodie knighthod to go to battel c The seconde is delectable as taking pleasure in thinges doen which is chiefly nourished of the soule in whiche consisteth alâ— the pleasures of the worlde The thirde is called good that is to be vertuous louing sober pacieÌ„t and also to the soule or minde are enioyned habite power and passion Antonius Haue yong childreÌ„ the soule in al poinctes as womeÌ„ haue or no in operacioÌ„ or eleccioÌ„ Medicus Aristotle saieth that operacion of the will of the soule is common to children but the eleccion or choice be not in them to will Antonius What is will in the soule Medicus The will is the entente but eleccion is the antecedent to the entente for eleccion goeth before operacion or woorke and the worke doeth followe thesame as doyng of thinges buiyng selling and all the artes and sciences are so to be considered Frste by eleccion then by operacion as by art I doe proue you to haue the pestilence experience hath taught me whiche yong children can not knowe as Gramer Rethorike Musicke Phisicke before thei haue lerned theÌ„ or begun with their principles Antonius Now I will stoppe and laie a strawe and commen as yet no more of the matters of the soule but onely of the body and namely in this poinct of the pestilence What is the cause of thesame good Maister doctor Medicus That whiche we doe se we do testifie and â—hat which we do testifie is true Therfore no man ought in matters which apperteineth to the estate of life to write fables or lies but that which is of great aucthoriteâ— and of good experience This pestilent feuer saith Hipocrates is in two partes coÌ„sidered the first is common to euery man by the corrupcion of aire The seconde is priuate or particular to some men through euill diet replecion which bringeth putrifaccion and finally mortificacion And Galen in the diffrences of feuers doth affirme thesame saiyng Vnam aerem viciatum ac putridum alteraÌ„ homoree corporis virioso victu colectos ad putrescenduÌ„ paratos Auicen also Tractus quartus de febribê° pestilentialibus cap. i. WheÌ„ there doeth come a sodain alteracion or chaunge in the qualitie of water froÌ„ cold to heate or transmutacion froÌ„ swetenes to stincke as it chaunceth in waters through corrupted mixture of putrified vapour infâ—ctyng bothe aire water whiche of their own simplicitie are cleane but through euill mixture are poisoned or when strong windes doe cary pestileÌ„t fume or vapours from stinkyng places to the cleane partes as bodies dedde of the plague vnburied or mortalitie in battail death of cattell rotten fennes coming sodainly by the impression of aire creping to the harte corrupting the spirites this is a dispersed pestilence by the inspiracion of aire Also by replecion Uenus bathyng or openyng the pores rotten foode fruiâ—t moche Wine or immoderate laboure or the time being hote and moiste These are greate
of eche .iij. vnces Séeth them in swete wine vntill thei waxe thicke and make plaister And to the places about the rootes of the carbuncle round about it this is good bothe to eradicate defend the same Seeth sower oringes in vineger or sorell and put a little bole armen to it dip a cloth or flaxe in it and applie it round about the sore many tymes renewe it in this cure read M. Thomas Gailes worthie booke And to take awaie the harde crust of the carbuncle doe thus Take ceruse dermilion sublimated of eche .iij. dragmes beaten finely in pouder and parte of this maie bée cast vpoÌ„ the same And to this maie folowe mallowes violets lettes of eche one hand full sodden in mutton broth the yolkes of thrée egges barlie meale oile of roses and freshe butter of eche thrée vnces this plaister applied on will take awaie the Pestilent crust Also the emplastrum of DiachiloÌ„ paruum twoo vnces with Amoniack and GalbanuÌ„ of eche one vnce made in a plaister applied to the place or a plaister of figges Doues doung and Uallerion rootes and the rootes of mallowes made and applied vpon the sore are verie good ripers and do moche preuail in this cure and further to bryng the cicatrice if neede require Take oile of Myrrhe of roses of violettes of eche twoo vnces shepes Tallowe three vnces gotes tallowe one vnce and a halfe iuice of Colewortes three vnces seeth theÌ„ together softlie vntill the iuice bee consumed then put thereunto halfe an vnce of Uermilion ceruse as moche and .ij. dragmes of letharge of gold and seeth theÌ„ vnto a blacknes stiere theim with a sticke then put to theim sixe vnces terpentine and as moche Waxe as shall suffice to make it in the forme of a cerot And this will make a strong cicatris and when the matter hath runne moche and is past venim then this is a pouder moste precious to caste in and drie it by little little Take Ashes of Dill of burnt leade of Terra lemnia of eche one dragme litharge of siluer floures of pomgarnates and galles without holes of ech ij dragmes Ceruse Creuishels Snailes hornes roche Alome burnt of eche ij scruples beaten in pouder this is the pouder and hereafter followeth a good ointmente to heale the sore Oile of Roses .ij. vnces Ceruse burnt leade Litharge of eche one a scruple red Roses .ij. scruples in pouder the rootes of the greace Comphori and the floures of Pomegranates bole Armen of eche one scruple the seede of Purslen twâ—â— graines white waxe asmoche as shall suffice and make this ointmente in a Leaden morter if it maie be EmoÌ„g al simples Simphatum called CoÌ„phori is greatly lauded for the healing or helpyng of the Carbuncle being grounde or beaten betwene .ij. stones and warm applied to the place So is the herbe called Scabios in the same maner so is the Lillie rootes rosted and brused and warme laied on Lette not the greate white onioÌ„ rosted and the pith in the middest being taken forthe stopped with good Triacle or Mythridatum warme and applied to the place be forgotten for some vse none other thynges for the Carbuncle to cure it Also consider this to kepe the bodie temperate in eatyng Beware of replecioÌ„ light Fishe with tarte sauces Limondes Sorell Oringes thinne wine with water but no Suger or swete thynges Forgette not swete perfumes of Rose water cloues Maces Uineger in a perfumyng pan and haue the stomacke annointed with oile of Maces and the complet ointment of roses of eche .ij. scruples and Gallae muschata x. graines and dippe in a lineÌ„ cloth in white waxe oile of Roses white and red Saunders and the pouder of orientall Pearles fine bole Armen and the swete woodde of Aloes with Rose water made warme in a little vessell vpoÌ„ charcole and be not without a good Pomeamber made of Storax Calamite three dragmes Laudani half an vnce flowers of water Lillies Uiolettes the woode of Aloes Spikenarde of eche a dragme and a halfe the thrée Saunders of eche halfe a dragme Sinamon twoo scruples Masticke .xx. graines white Poppie seede Campher of eche a scruple Amber and Muske of eche three graines with rose water in a warme Morter make Pomeamber make a hole in it and putte a silke lace through it and wear this against corrupted aire The bodie must haue benefite by purgacion with clister or suppositer or some pocion as the syrup of roses solutiue iij. vnces confeccion of Hamech v. Dragmes and water of Endiue .iiij. vnces mingled together and drinke at ones in the morning or Benedicta laxatiua with water of Buglosse Bee not without Manus Christi to eate ofteÌ„times and the conserue of Roses to eate before meate daiely Beware of moche â—lepe whiche wil make the heate double aboute and within the harte for sleepe draweth in heate and in tyme of wakyng it is spred abroade and the heate draweth to the extremes as handes hedde and feete Sir forget not this I praie you Antonius No maister Doctor I warraunt you I haue noted it well and though it help not me yet I trust it shall doe good to others when I am gone Medicus Now sir I wil take my leaue for a time my calling is soche that I must depart and diuers of my pacientes whiche diligently doe loke for me as the hirdes do for the day after a colde Winters night And as time and occasion shall serue I will retourne I haue hidden nothyng from you that maie be a meanes to your health for wheÌ„ life is gone farewell altogether wife children gold landes treasures and all the golden glory of this worlde frendes also Therfore seeyng life is the beste iewell whiche brings delites to the hart pleasures to the iye and eare swete sauours to sense of smelling and many hidden treasures knowelege to the vertue of vnderstanding what is he that would make soche an exchange if it were possible to the contrarie To forsake his goldeÌ„ be decked bedde with swete slepes to lie vtterly lost rotten forgotten and stincking in a filthie pit of darkenes inclosed and wrapped with Wormes As by example we maie see the multitude of graues in euery churche yarde and greate heapes of rotten bones whom wee knowe not of what degrée thei wer riche or poore in their liues Therefore sir to conclude plucke vp that weake hart reioyce â–ª be glad and cast awaie all care I warraunte you Antonius Gramercies master doctor I haue put you to pain with moche talke and questions I will kepe theim in memorie thei shall not be forgotten of my part EueÌ„ so forget not your promise in comming to me again my truste is in you wee shall make daylie exchauÌ„ge cunnyng for gold and loue for labor yours I am Haue take you that to bie you a newe Mule a foote clothe a goune Medicus What meane your maistership wel geue me your