sharpe Vineger and Suger Newe Oyle doth moist and warme the stomacke but olde Oile corrupteth the stomacke cleueth to the lunges and maheth one horse Oyle of Roses sharpe vineger tempered together is good to anointe the fore heades of them that be troubled with extreme heate or fransie so that Blugose be sodden in their posset ale or els drinke the syrrupes of Endiue or Buglos There be many goodlie vertues in compounded oiles both to calife and make hote And also to coole the body wheÌ„ it is extreme hoote as the great learned man Iohn Mesua hath decribed in his Antidorarii Ihon. VVilt thou be so good as to tell me the properties of water ¶ Humfrey VVater is one of the four elementes more lighter then earth heuier then fire and ayre But this water which is here amongest vs in Riuers Pondes springes floudes and seas be no pure waters for thei be mingled with sundry ayres corruptions grosenesse and saltnes notwithstandynge in all our meates and drinkes water is vsed amongest all liuyng creatures can not be forborn both man beast fish foule herbe and grasse And as Auicen saieth the claye water is pure for cley clenseth the water and is better then water that ruÌ„neth ouer grauell or stones so that it be pure cley voyde of corruption Also waters runnynge toward the east be pure coÌ„myng oute of harde stonye rockes and a Pinte of that water is lighter then a pynte of the standyng water of welles or pooles The lighter the water the better it is Also waters that is put in wine c ought first to be soddeÌ„ or it be occupied cold and so the fire dothe clense it from corruption Standing waters and water running neare vnto cities and townes or marish ground wodes fennes be euer ful of corruption because there is so much filthe in them of carions rotten dunge c. The hyer it water dothe faule then the water is Yse and snowe waters be verygrose and be hurtfull to the bodies of menne and Beastes To drincke colde water is euyll for it wyll stoppe the bodye and engender melancholye Salte water helpeth a man from scabbes iche and moiste humoures it killeth lice and wasteth bloude betwene the skin and the flesshe but it is mooste hurteful to the stomacke but the vapoure and smoke of it is good for them that haue the dropsy ¶ Iohn What is Vineger Humfrey VIneger is colde and drye and is hurtefull for theim that be melancholye but when it is dronke or poured vpon a outward wound stoppeth the bloud It also kylleth hot apostumations of erisipilus it is an enemi to the sinowes Vineger brimstone sodden together is good for the Goute to wasshe it withall Vyneger tempered wyth oyle Olyfe or oyle of Roses and sodeÌ„ with vnwashed wol helpeth a disease called Soda in the heade applied warme vnto the place it dothe helpe hoate diseases in the hed called Soda it is good in sauce for al warm and moist men Vineger with clene clarified honye penidies and faire water sodden together doth greatly helpe the paines in the throte or lunges or stoppyng the winde quencheth hoat diseases And sharpe vyneger mingled with salt and put vpon the biting of a dog doth heal it and against poyson it is excellent chiefly to drinke a litle therof against the pestilence in a mornynge ¶ Iohn What vertue hath our common salt Humfrey RAsis saith salt is hoat and dry Dioscorides saith salt hath vertue to stop to scoure and mundifie and of that minde is Oribasius saiyng salt is compouÌ„ded of matter abstersiue and stiptik whiche â—atters be both binding and driyng moist humours and is good to powder fat flesh both bief and porke and other fat meate for it hath vertue to drye vp superfluous humours as water bloud c. But it is not good for leane bodies or hoat coÌ„plexcioned people for the much vse of it maketh the body cholerike appere aged and to be angry The very vse of it is onelye to season meates but not to be meate Much good salt is made here in Englande as at â—itch Hollond in Lincholnshire and in the Shiles nere vnto new â—astell Ihon. What is honye or the vertue thereof Humfrey AVerrois sayeth honye is hoaâ— and drye in the seconde degree and dooeth cleanse verye much and is a medicinable meaâ— moste chiefliest for olde men and women For it doth warme them conuert theÌ„ into good blud Iâ— is not good for cholerick persons because of the heat and drynesse Thei do greatly erre that say hony is hoat and moiste but if it be clarified from his wax and drosse and kept in a close vessel there is nothinge that is liquid vpon the earth that remaineth leÌ„ger And this precious iewel hony hath euer bene more praysed aboue suger for it wil coÌ„serue kepe anye frute herb rote or ani other thiÌ„g that is put into it an exceadynge longe time Marueilous is the worke of God in honye beyng a heauenlye dewe that falleth vppon flowers and leues as Auicen â—aieth and is neither the iuice of â—eaues nor fruite but onelye the â—eauenlye dewe Whereunto the Sees commeth in due time and â—ather the said honye and laye it â—p in store in their curious builâ—ed houses whereas they dwell â—â—gether in most goodly order O Sees bees how happyer are you more then many wretched men â—hyche dwelleth neuer together 〈◊〉 vnitye and peace but in conâ—nuall discorde and disquietnes â—s Virgill sayeth En quo discorâ—a ciues produxerit miseros Beâ—olde what discorde wretched Citizins haue broughte foorth But nowe to make an ende of â—e moste excellente vertues of â—onye it is good in the meates 〈◊〉 theim whyche be flegmatike Hony newely taken out of their combes be partlye laxatiue but clarified hony doth binde and dry vp fleum and kepeth the bodyes of flegnatike and old persons froÌ„ corruption The best hony is gathered in the springe time the seconde in somer but that which is gathered in winter is yll hurtful One parte of hony and some part of water sodden together vntil the sroth be all scomde of and when it is colde kepte in a close stone pot this drinke saieth Galen is holesome for sommer clenseth the lunges preserueth the bodye in health Oximel simplex and compositum be made wyth honye and so be many mo thinges whiche be of greate vertue Suger which is called Mel canne hony of the reed beyng clene not ful of grose pannell doth clense and is not so hoate as Bees honye and doth agree with the stomacks of cholericke persons Haliabas saith it moueth not the stomacke to drynes and that the clene white suger not adulbrated dothe nourishe more then honye Of Rose-water Pearles suger is made a goodly comforter for the harte called Manus Christi Ihon. What is the propertie of milke Humfrey SImeon Sethi saieth that milke is of three
life will expell Digestion of stomake they shall fele full well And to shake of anger and passions of the mynde Thus quietnes of coÌ„science the happy maÌ„ shal finde VVe knowe eche one and se by experience That men shall waste and phisicke fade What is man when he is in moste excellence â—one fallen to duste and sleapeth stil in shad â—lowers leaues fruts groweth iÌ„ somer most glad â—ut from their braunches as it is daily sene â—re beateÌ„ down w t winde wheÌ„ thei are fresh grene SOnne mone starres with heauenly influence The earth doth garnishe w t flowers fresh of hew The trees spring w t frute of their beneuolence â—e rain norisheth y e swete felds w t siluer drops new â—â—e lelie read rose and flowers pale blewe â—orue and cattelle and euery thing temporall â—e not these gods giftts for these our liues mortal BVt to know these creaturs is a gift most excelleÌ„t Complexions hote or colde moist or drie And to whate nature they be conuenient Hippocrates and Gallene in their time did trie Dioscorides and Auicen with Plini wold not lye Aristotle the philosopher in learning moste excellent So be many men now in this life present TO them I bend my knee with dewe reuerence As one vnworthy their fotesteppes for to kisse Iacking no good will confessing my negligence Though many will iudge my entent amisse Powring water in the sea where aye plentie is But of your worship to whome I present this gift Except it better theÌ„ nothing to make a simple shift I pray you rede this gouernmeÌ„t short I wil it make Betwene one called Iohn Humfrey the wise When you are at leasure in your hand it take Though it lacke eloquence yet do it not despise I will assite no authour which haue writen lies And stil wil submitte my self vnto the lerned iudge And forse not of the ignorant whiche at my traueâ— grudge Esse cupis sanus sit tibi parca manus Pone gule metus etas vt sit tibi longa FINIS To the gentle Reader HEre I doe present vnto thee gentle Reader a symple Gouerne meÌ„t of helth beseching thee moste heartely for to except it as an argument of my good wyll as one vnfayeÌ„dly that greatly dooe couit the good â—ate and happy health of mankynde Whiche by dayly casualtis surfaites 〈◊〉 do decay and fall into many greâ—â—â—us painful sickenesses For whiche cause although perhappes I can not in 〈◊〉 pointes aunswere to thy request in â—â—is litle regement yet I shall desire â—ee to except me amonge the feloweshyp of the botchers which do helpe to â—â—paire thinges that fall into ruine or â—ecay Euen so bee the pratiscioâ—ers of â—â—isicke no makers of men but when â—â—en dooe decaye throughe sickenesse â—â—â—en the counsell of the Phisicion and 〈◊〉 vertue of medicine is not to be reâ—â—sed but moste louingly to be embraced as a chief friende in the tyme of a â—â—uersitie if thou readest this litle hooâ—â— and obserue it I trust it wyll paye muche as it doeth promyse And because I am a yong man I woulde 〈◊〉 presume to take suche a matter in 〈◊〉 although the wordes be fewe but 〈◊〉 consiliat and gather thinges together which of my selfe I haue practised and also read and noted in the workes Hypocrates Galen Auicen Plinii Hâ—lyabas VVenzoar Rasis Dioscorid Leonhardus Fucchius Conradus Gesnerus c. And thus I leue the to the company of this my litle booke wisshyng thee health and all them that shall reade it ⸫ VVilliam Bulleyn ⧠The contentes of this boke of the gouernment of healthe THe Epistle Verses in Meter against surfeting coÌ„mending moderate diet Verses in the prayse of the boke A preface to the Reader Of the Epiâ—urs life Fo. i. â—â—eliogabalê° court fit for Epicures Fo. ibid. â—aly gods plaged Fo. ii â—utes of inordinate banquets Fol. eod â—arietie of opinioÌ„s fo iii 〈◊〉 obiectioÌ„ against phiâ—â—cke fol. eod â—â—od autour of phi fo eo â—â—od ordeined herbes for â—â—elth of men fol. eod â—â—he praise of phi fo iiii â—diffinition of phi fo v â—â—ndry sectes of phisitiâ—ns fo vi Phisike deuided into v. partes fol. vii The discription of the. 4 complexions fo ix The discription of the. 4 Elementes fol. x Creatures coÌ„pouÌ„d of mo elements theÌ„ one fo eo Elementes felâ—e and not sene fo xi The. 4 complexions deuided into 4 quarters of the yere fo eod Metals and medicines be knovven fol. xii The bringing vp of children fo xiâ—iâ— Best time to prouide for age fol. xv The discription of the. 4 humours fol. xvi Men hoat but vvomens tongues hoater fo xix Al things bringeth their apparell vvith him maÌ„ onely except fo eod A diffinicion of members fo xx Muskels and glandens fleshe fo eod A part called by the naÌ„e of the vvhole fo xxi Vvhat anotomy is fo eo Foure thinges conside red in the bodye of man fol. eod Of openyng the vaines and blud letting fo xxiii AgaiÌ„st dropsy fo xxiiii Helping the Eme. fo eo Thernia excellent Triacle fol. eod Capers good fo xxv Miracle healpeth vvhen phisike faileth fo eod Time for al thinges fo 27 Of bloud letting fo 28. Vsurpation fo xxviii Morning best to let blud fol. eod Of meats and medicinâ— fo eod Best time to purg fol. 3â— Vomites and their profites fo eoâ— Custome in vomityng euill fol. eoâ— Of bathinges and their properties fo eoâ— Discommodities by coÌ„mon hot houses fo xxxâ— Afore bathing vse gooâ—â— oyntments fol. eoâ— Perilous to bath vpon aâ— empty stomack fo eoâ— Of nesynge fo â—oâ— Of suppositers fol. eoâ— Boxing good for the bodye fo eoâ— Of glisters fol. eoâ— Manipracticioners fo 3â— Beastes and birds vse prâ—ning c. fol. eoâ— Hot vvater vnholesomâ— fol. xxxiâ— Frication holesom fo eâ—â— Combing the head fo eo Cutting of heere and parynge nayles fo eod Consideration to be had in eating fo eod A cause vvhy the soul de parteth from the body fo 34. To eate bothe fleshe and fishe together hurteth the flegmatike fol. eod Diuerse sortes of meates corruptes the body fo 35 Good dyet prolongeth life fol. eod Vvhat meats doth cause good bloud fol. 36 To go to bed vvith empty stomack hurts fo eo An order in dieting fo 37 An order for them that the sicke fo 38 Of syrrops and drinkes fol. eod 〈◊〉 the complexion is so 〈◊〉 desireth fol. 39 Moderate vvalke after meat profiteth fo eod To healpe disgestion by diuers vvaies fol. xl A note vvhiche bee the most holesomest ayres to dvvel in fo xli Vvhat ayres corrupteth the bloude fol. eod Corrupte ayre bringeth sundry diseases fo xlii Feruent praier vnto god doth mitigate his vvrath fo eod Svvete aires to be made in time of sicknes fo eo Vvhat sitation is best for an house fol. 43 Pleasant people fo eod Moderate exercise a souerain thing fol. 44 Vvhat profit cometh by exercise fo eod
neither obserue tyme place age state noâ— coÌ„dicion thinke theim thinges of small profite but onely theâ— respecte is to their disease theâ— loue not longe study in phisicke and are greatly deceyued because they would builde withouâ— foundacion and haue the fruteâ— before thei haue planted y e trees These mennes cures be but bâ— chaunce medly One Sirus begaâ— this whiche receyued certayn rules of Asclepiades The chief â—este secte of Phisitions called Dogmatici These be the wyse meÌ„â—hiche sette not the carte before â—e horse nor the rootes of the â—ees vpwarde They dooe pruâ—ently consider the chaunge of â—ans nature y e dwellyng place â—e alteration of y e ayre the time 〈◊〉 the yeare the custome of peoâ—â—e the maners of diseases the â—shion of mens diete And this â—ey will prous by trewe arguâ—entes and reasons and will be â—ry careful for their patientes â—he disciples of those meÌ„ be the â—st scollers therfore I counsell â—ee Ihon to loue wel Hippocrates â—e prince of Phisicions whiche â—gan the best maner to geue ruâ—s to all the louers of phisicke â—f this writeth Gallen much lauâ—â—g Hippocrates his followers â—d in these daies Leonhardus Futchius Matheolus c. ¶ Iohn SEinge thou hast spooken of sondrie partes of Phisicions I praye thee what partes be there of phisicke ¶ Humfrey TRuly there be fyue thinges to be noted in phisicke as v. principall partes as Gallen saith in lib. de Elementis The first is to consider the nature of mans bodie The seconde is to kepe the bodie in health and to defende it from sickenes and infirmities The thirde is to knowe all the causes rules and sedes wherof the sicknes doth growe The .iiii is Crises or iudgemeÌ„t of the disease of thinges present past to come The fifth is the beste and moste excelleÌ„t for it sheweth the maner of healing dietinge fasshion order waye to helpe the sicke bodie preserue the same as longe as man doth remayne in the state of lyfe ¶ Iohn THou hast spoken of the partes of phisicke what is the forme maner or distribucion thereof ¶ Humfrey IT is distributed in thre formes one is natural another vnnatural y e .iii. agaiÌ„st nature The first is by those things wherof y e bodie is coÌ„pact coÌ„stituted or made as Gallen saith in his .iii. boke of his TeÌ„pramentis Cap. 4. The secoÌ„d is called not natural as meates or thinges to preserue the bodie in health they be not called vnnaturall because they be againste the body but because the rasshe â—akynge or glotonus vsinge of â—hem may bryng many thinges â—o the vtter destruction of the bodie The thirde bee thinges against nature whiche doeth corrupt the bodie or poisone nature wherof Gallen writeth ¶ Iohn NOwe thou hast taughte me short rules of the partes formes phisicall I pray the shewe me some pretie rules of the complexions of men and that I may aptelie knowe theim with their properties elementes temperamentes and humors ¶ Humfrey VPon my lute some time to recreate my selfe I ioyne with my simple armonie manie playne verses Among all other one smal songe of the foure complexions wilte thou heare it take that chaire and sitte downe and I will teache thee my song ¶ Iohn I thanke thee ¶ Humfrey The bodies where heat moister dwel Be sanguen folkes as Galen tell With visage faire chekes rose ruddy The slepes is much dreames be bluddy Puls great and full with digestion fine Pleasauntlie concocting fleshe and wyne ExcremeÌ„tes abouÌ„dant with anger short â—aughing very much and finding sport Drine grose with couler read Pleasaunt folkes at bord and bead Where cold w t moistur preuaileth much Fleumatike folkes be alway suche Fatues softnes here plaine and ryght Narrowe vaines and coller whyt Dull of wyt no hart to bold Pules very slowe disgestion cold Sleping ouer much vryne grose pale Spittell whit thick thus endes the tale Coller is hoot and drie as fyre â—enis of limmes and puffed with yre Costisse belles with litte slepe Dreames of fier or woundes depe Sallowe coulered or tawnie read Feding on salt meates crustes of bread Voyce sharpe and quickenes of wit Vryne yellowe and saltnes of spit Pulses swyft and very strong Cruell countenance not anger long Melancoly is cold and very drye As here in ryme his signes will trye Heare playne and veray thyn A leane wretche with hardnes of skyn Coller whitlie or like to leade Muche watthe and dreames of dreade And stif in folyshe fantasie Disgestion slowe and long angrie Feareful of minde with watrie spitle Seldome laughing and puls litle Vryne waterie and very thyn The colde earth to hym is kyn ¶ Iohn THis is a good song and I wil learne it for though it seme not verye pleasauÌ„t yet I perceiue it is profitable Now thou hast spoken of the singes of the .iiii. complexions I pray the teache me shortlie howe to knowe the elementes ¶ Humfrey THey be y e foure beginners vnmingled and vntempored froÌ„ whose mixtures euerye corporall thynge hath his substaunce ¶ Iohn What be y e partes I pray the tel me â–ª ¶ Humfrey FOure the one is earth the heuiest matter grossest whiche is colde and drie and melancoly And the other is water whiche is lighter moste subtil then the earth of nature is colde moist and flegmatike Then is ayre more purer and lighter then water and if it bee not altered with any other straunge cause it is hote and moiste and sanguen Then fyer is moste lyghte pure and cleare a clarifier and a clenser of all the other elemeÌ„tes wheÌ„ they are corrupted and is of his owne nature hoot drie and collericke And of these foure Elementes both man beaste fysshe foule herbe stone mettall haue their propre workyng not of one of the Elementes alone but of al some more and some lesse accordyng to their natures Hippocrates saieth after the soule is gone from the bodie the body doeth returne to the first matter wherof it was made And to coÌ„clude all thinges that be made vpon earth shal returne vnto the earth againe in tyme. ¶ Iohn VVhy might not men beastes fyshe or foule herbe or tree be of one element aswell as of foure I praye you tell me ¶ Humfrey NOo for Aristotel sayth Deus et natura nihil agunt frustra God nature hathe doone nothinge in vaine And if any thing vpon the earth sencible were of one element no sickenesse coulde hurte it nor disease corrupt it but euery thing liuing vppon the earth seing it hath had beginninge it must nedes haue ending to whoÌ„ these foure complexioÌ„s doeth belonge if they do greatly abounde or disminish or withdrawe their vertues with quantities or qualities ¶ Iohn MAy a man see anye of the Elementes ¶ Humfrey THe thing whiche men do see be none of y e foure ElemeÌ„ts not earth but earthie not water
but waterie not ayre but airie not fire but firie But the things whiche man do fele be the foure Elementes as earth aire fier water And these be y e vttermost simples of complexions diuersly specially alone of theim selues or mingled with other takinge sundrie and diuers effectes maners condicions formes qualities both in man and beast and euery liuing thinge sensible and insensible ¶ Iohn VVhat is the coÌ„plexions of the foure quarters of the yeare and names of the signes ¶ Humfrey THe spryng time when bloud doth increase Sommer wheÌ„ read coller doeth rewle Heruest when coller aduste or melancoly doth reigne Wynter when fleme doth abounde in full strengthe It is called wynter from the .xii. day of December vnto the tenth daie of Marche This season is colde moiste it is called spring time froÌ„ the .xii. day of Marche and endeth about the .xii. day of Iune SoÌ„mer beginneth about the .xii. day of Iune and endeth about the .xii. day of SepteÌ„ber Autumne or Heruest beginneth about the .xiii. daie of September and endeth about the .xi. daie of December Capricornus Aquarius and Pisces be winter signes Aries Taurus and Gemini be signes for the springe Cancer Leo and virgo beo the signes for SoÌ„mer Libra Scorpio and Sagitari be the signes for Haruest And y e sunne goeth through all these .xii. signes in xii monethes And the Moone goeth .xii. times through eche of the forsayde signes ones in the yeare and do take sondry effectes in man beates and frutes in the sayd signes hote or cold moist or drye ¶ Iohn VVhat bee the complexions of medicines ¶ Humfrey THose thynges that ouercommeth and gouerne the bodye as purgacions expulciues c. These be called medicines and those thinges that norysheth and augmenteth the bodye be called meates For the complexions of meates medicines be knowen by their tastes as coldnes hootnes moistnes Drynes bitternes saltnes swetenes fatnes sharpenes stiptick and clammy And because thy requeste is to haue prescribed vnto thee but only a litle gouernement of health I wyll showe vnto thee another of my litle songs in plain metre howe thou shalt knowe meates and medicines by their tastes ¶ Iohn THat is my chiefe desire I wyll beare thee saye on ¶ Humfrey COlde quencheth the collers pride Moist humecteth y t whiche is dried The flowing moister be proffe I trie Is wasted of humors hote and drie The subtill fode that is persing quicke The clammy meates maketh it thicke Bitter thinges clense and wypith ofte And expelslem and maketh softe Salt drieth and resolueth fleme tough Fat norisheth and make subtil inough Stiptick or rough taste on the tonge Bindeth and coÌ„fouteth appetite long Swete things in clensing is very good â—t desolueth much norisheth blod These things wel vsed nature wilplease But abusing theÌ„ beastly briÌ„geth disease ¶ Iohn â—N good faithe me thinke thou sayest 〈◊〉 wel for there apere perfit reasons in â—hese thy prety rules Nowe thou hast declared vnto mee the signes of complexions of men with the waye and â—pte knowledge of meates by theyr astes I would fayne learne shortelye â—he tempramentis and complexions of mankynde ¶ Humfrey THere was neuer no discrete nor wyse phisicioÌ„ that either feared God or pitied mankynde or loued his own honestie wold take in hande either to prescribe diet or to minister medicine to any body before be well did consider and wysely weye with him selfe the temprament mixture or complexion of mankinde Fyrste whether he were hoote or colde moist or drie fat or leane or indifferent betwene them bothe Tempored by health or distempored by sickenesse as the extremities of hootnes coldnes moistnes and drienes Therefore Iohn these thinges may not bee forgotteÌ„ you must note also the foure ages of mankinde fyrst the tender state of childreÌ„ which beginneth at the birth and so coÌ„tinueth vntill fiftene yeares next after their said byrth Their tempramentes or complexions bee hoote and moiste very like vnto the seede wherof they be proceaâ—ed then next vnto childhode or innocent age Youth which is the seconde part of life beginneth to â—eigne his temprament or complexion hathe rather more fyrie â—eate then perfite naturall heat and this second age continueth or tenne yeares as Galen saieth â—ell in this two firste states of yfe let al natural fathers moâ—ers bring vp their youth sette GOD before their eyes for they â—aue no small charge committed â—nto theim that muste geue acâ—mpte to God howe they haue brought vp their children they 〈◊〉 in these yeares do spare corâ—â—ction truely be greuous enemies vnto their children and at laste shalbe recompensed with shame when they shall se misfortune and wretchednes fall vpon the frutes of their owne seedes For meÌ„ haue smal profit of their corne whiche bee choked ouercome with thistels bryeres and brakes whiche were not weeded in time muche lesse of their children whiche haue receaued neyther correction nor honest learnyng in due season If y e kepers of gardeins be careful ouer their late soweÌ„ sedes tender herbes whiche are in daunger to bee destroied of euerye froste What shoulde good fathers mothers do for their children whose tender and youthfull yeares bee caried away ouercoÌ„med of euery foolishe fantasie and it is no meâ—â—uayle But this shall suffise for the wyse and smally profite the fooles but to my matter whiche I toke in hande I will returne vnto the thirde age of mankynd which is called the lusty state of â—yfe and beginneth at .xxv. yeres and continueth vnto xxxv This age is hoote and drie and verye collericke as Galene saieth This parte of life is subiect to manye burnyng and extreme feuers â—oote vlcers therfore it is necessary to knowe this temprament or coÌ„plexion which is called collericke as plainely may appeare by age strength diet vrine c. This is the beste tyme for mankynde to trauell in with godlye exercise in science arte and profitable trauelles in his vocatioÌ„ puttinge in practise the vertues whiche he hath learned in youth for this is the sommer parte of life wherin all goodlye frutes 〈◊〉 florishe in euery good ocupacioÌ„ â–ª This is the very heruest to gaâ— the precious corne and frute 〈◊〉 their labours againste the colde stormes cloudie daies of their aged wynter wherein the bodie shalbe weake and the eies syghâ— decaye and the handes trimble and therfore it is not comelye 〈◊〉 see the state of age without rest whiche in the tyme of youth diâ— honestly trauell For there is 〈◊〉 grace geuen to many creatureâ— vnreasonable bothe beastes and foules to make prouision before hande what is then to be required of men reasonable as foloweth in these verses THe bird in time her nest can make The bee will buyld his house ful 〈◊〉 The Crane with stone in fote wil wake The Cony will carue vnder the myne The Squirel in trees her nuts can kepe Against colde winter
place with the euapuration of diuers sweate herbes well sodden â—n water whiche haue vertue to â—pen the poores softly letting out feble and grosse vapers whiche â—ieth betwene the skinne and the â—â—eshe This kinde of bathinge is good in the time of Pestilence or feuer quartein in the ende of the â—athes it is good to anointe the â—ody with some swete oyle to moâ—ifie and make soft the synewes And thus to coÌ„clude of bathing â—t is very holsome so that it bee not doone vppon an emptie stomacke palseis maye come there by or to take sodaine colde after it there foloweth an other purgacion called nesing or sternutacion whiche is benificiall for the bodie if it be vsed vpon an empty stomacke Twyse or thrise in a morning with a lefe of Bittony put into thy nose it helpeth memory good againste opilation stopping obstructions Suspositers be good for weake people or childreÌ„ made with Hieria Picrâ— hony made in the length of a finger Scarifiyng or boxing as Gallen saieth applied vnto the extreme partes as the legges and the armes doth great helpe vnto the body in drawing watery humour away from the bodye but boxing is not good for the breste applied therto in hote feuers is â—aungerous Glisters made acâ—ording to arte be good for them â—hiche be to weake to take purâ—ations The maner of the sayd Clisters because they be not here 〈◊〉 be spoken of at large I entend â—y Gods grace to set forth in my â—ext boke of Helthful medicins Purgacions venerus there be 〈◊〉 many practicioners thereof â—hat I neede to wryte no rules â—ut this that effectioÌ„ lust fanâ—asie haue banished chastitie teÌ„â—raunce and honestie ¶ Iohn â—Laine people in the countrey as carters thresshers ditchers colliers â—owmen vse seldome tymes to washe â—eir haÌ„des as appereth by their filthy â—s as very fewe tymes combe their â—ads as it is sene by floxe neites â—ese fethers strawe and suche like â—hich hangeth in their â—eares Wheâ—er is wasshing or coÌ„bing thinges to decorate or garnishe the body or 〈…〉 bryng health to the same ¶ Humfrey THou seest that y e deare horse or cowe will vse friction or rubbing theÌ„ selues against trees both for their ease and healthe Birdes and haukes after their bathing will prune rouse them selues vpon their brauÌ„ches and perkes and al for healthe What should man do whiche is reasonable but to kepe hym self clene often to washe y e haÌ„des which is a thinge moste comfortable to coole the heate of the liuer if it bâ— done often the handes be also the instrumentes to the mouthe and eies with manye other thinges coÌ„moÌ„ly to serue y e body To wasâ— the handes in cold water is very holsome for the stomake and lyuer but to wash with hote wateâ— engendreth rumes wormes and corruption in the stomacke because it pulleth awaye naturall heate vnto the warmed place whiche is washed Frication or rubbing the bodye is good to bee done a morninges after the purgation of the belly with warme clothes froÌ„ the head to the brest then to the belly from the belly to the thighes legges so furth So that it be done downwarde it is good And in drie folkes to be rubbed with the oyle of camomyll Coming of the headde is good a morninges and doth coÌ„forte memorie it is euill at night and open the pores The cutting of the heer and the paring of the nailes cleane keping of y e eares and teathe be not onely thynges comely and honest but also holsome rules of Phisicke for to be superfluous thinges of thexcrementes ¶ Iohn THe chief thing that I had thought to haue demaunded and the verie marke that I would haue the to shote at is to tell me some thing of dietinge my self with meate drinke in health and sicknes ¶ Humfrey THere is to bee considered in eating and drinking the time of hunger or custome the place of eatynge and drinkinge wheit be colde or hoote also the time of the yeare whether it be Wynter or Sommer Also the age or complexion of the eater and whether he be hoole or sicke also the thinges which be eaten whether they be fishe or fleshe frutes or herbes Note also the coÌ„plexions and tempramentes of the sayde meates hoote or colde drie or moist and moste chiefly marke the quantitie so furth And like as lampes doth coÌ„sume the oyle whiche is put vnto them for the preseruacioÌ„ of the light although it cannot continue for euer so is the naturall heate which is with in vs preserued by humiditie moistnes of bloude and fleame whose chiefe engenderer be good meates and drinkes As Auicen saieth deethica When naturall heat is queÌ„ched in y e body theÌ„ of necessitie the soule must departe from the body For the worckeman can not worke when his instrumente is gone So the spirites of life can haue no exercise in the body when there is no natural heate to worke vpon Without meate saieth Galen it is not possible for any maÌ„ to liue either whole or sicke and thus to conclude no vital thing liueth with out refection and sustenaunce whether it be animall reasonable or animale sensible without reason or any vital thing in sensible both man beast fisshe and worme tree or herbe All these thinges be newtrified with the influence or substaunce of the foure Elementes or any of theÌ„ ¶ Iohn VVell Humfrey thou knowest well my coÌ„plexion disorder of my diat what remedy for me that haue liued lyke a riyotter ¶ Humfrey I Know it wel thou arte flegmatike and therfore it is longe or thy meate is disgested When thou doste eat fyshe and fleshe together it dothe corrupte in thy stomack and stinke euen so doth harde chese and cold frutes And olde poudred meates and rawe herbes ingender euil humers so y â— diuersitie of qualitie and quaÌ„titie of dyuers meates dothe bringe muche payne to the stomack and doth engendre many diseasses as thou maste rede in the firste booke of Galen iuuemeÌ„tis membrorum c .iiii. And the Prince hym selfe sayth in iii. pri doc ii Ca. vii Saing nothing is more hurt ful then diuers meates to be ioyned together For whyle as the laste is receauing the first begin to disgeste And when the table is garnished w t diuers meates some rosted some fried baken some warme some colde some fyshe some fleshe with sundrye frutes and salletes of dyuers herbes to plese thyne eye remeÌ„ber with thy selfe that the sighte of them all is better then the feding of them all Consider wyth thy selfe thou arte a man and no beaste therfore be teÌ„paret in thy feding and remember the wyse wordes of SalomoÌ„ Be not gredie sayth he in euery eating and be not hastie vpon all meates For excesse of meates bringeth sicknes and glottonie cometh at the last into an vnmeasurable heat Through surphite haue manye one perished
so is Idlenes the distroyer of life as Auerdis writeth and Hippocrates saynge euery contrarie is remoued and helped by his coÌ„trarie as health helpeth sicknes exercise putteth away Idlenes c. But euery â—ight mouinge or softe walking maye not be called an exercise â—s Galen saythe therfore tennis â—ansinge runninge wrastlinge â—idinge vppon great horsses orâ—eyned aswell for the state of â—ennes health as for pleasure wherunto it is nowe conuerted rather to the hurte of many then the profyte of fewe exercise doth occupye euery parte of the bodye quycken the sprytes purge the excrenentes boythe by the raynes and gutes therfore it muste be vsed before meate for if stronge exercise be vsed inmediatlie after meate it conueyeth corruption to eche parte of the bodye because the meate is not disgested but when thou seste thy water After meate appeareth some what citiene or yellow then mayste thou beginne exercise for disgestion is then well But sicke folkes leene persons yong childreÌ„ women with childe may not much trauel The exercise of dice cardes fighting drinking knauishe raling of bauderye and such lyke rather may be called an exercise of deuels then of men And thus to coÌ„clud with SalomoÌ„ quam pretiosus sit sanitas thesaâ—â—â—s ¶ Iohn AFter paynfull labor and exercise or disquietnes of the minde there was neuer thinge that haue done me so much comfort as slepe haue doone ¶ Humfrey AVicen sayth that slepe is the reste and quietnes of the powers of the soule of mouinges and of sensis wythout the which man can not liue And trewly slepe is nothinge else but an Image or brother to death as Tulli saith And if by imaginatioÌ„ thou â—idest perseue sleping waking wayed in the balance together there thou should see them equal in waight for Aristotle sayth that man do slepe as muche as he do wake But this is to be considereth in slepe that naturall heate is drawen inwardely and disgestion made perfyte the sprites quieted and all the bodye comforted if the trew order of slepe be obserued in sixe pointes First a quiat minde without y â— whiche ether there is no slepe or else dredfull dremes turmentinge the sprittes Secondly the tyme of slepe whyche is the nyghte or tyme of moste quyat sylens for the daye slepes be not good moste chieflye soone after dinner excepte to sicke persons or yonge Children in there tymes conuenient Thyrdly the maner of slepe that is to eschewe the lyinge on the backe which bringeth manye grenous passions and killeth the sleper wyth sodden death To lye vppon the left syde is very euell in the fyrste slepe but tollerable in the seconde but the most suerest waye to make the digestion perfite is to lye vpon the righte syde with one of the handes vpon the brest Forthly slepe haue the quantety which must be meene for superflous slepe maketh the sprytes grosse and dul and decayeth memorye sixe or eyght houres wyll suffice nature For lyke asmuche watche dryeth the bodye and is perilous for fallinge sicknes blindnes euen so to muche slepe is as perilous for extremes be euer yll Fyftlye in the tyme of cold feuers the patient must not slepe vntill the trimbling fyt be paste for then the hote fitte that foloweth wyll be extremer than any other fit and harde to helpe note forthermore y t those bodies that be ful of hote inflamations slepe not wel therfore thye must vse thinges to extenuat and to make colde as Tizantes and cold Siruppes or geÌ„tle purging froÌ„ the belly and lyuer or finallye to haue the median vayne opened according to time state and age Sixtly the chamber muste be considered that it be clene swete comly clothes fyt for the time of the yere the age of the people and to kepe the hedde warme is very holsom for in slepe natural heat is drawen into the bodie for the brayne of nature is cold and moyste Windowes in the south parte of the chaÌ„ber be not good it is beste for them whiche haue cold reumes dropses c. To lye in close loftes and for drye bodies to lye in lewe chambers in y e tyme of the Pestilence often chyfte chambers is healthfull â—yinge vppon the ground in gardens vnder trees or nere vnto stinking pryuies be hurtefull to the bodye and this shall suffice for thyne instructioÌ„ of slepe prouided that thou duste not longe â—etayne thyne vryn For feare of the stone and payne in thy â—aynes ¶ Iohn THere is nothinge whiche I more feare then the slone for my father was sore vexed therewith what shall â— marke in mine vryne ¶ Humfrey AMong all mortall diseases y e stone is the greatest a preâ—enter of time a deformer of maÌ„ and the chief wekener of the boâ—y and a greuous enemy to the â—ommon wealth How many noble men and worshipfull personages hathe it slayne in this realme many one whiche cometâ— of hote wynes spices long banâ— quettes repletioÌ„s fulnes costiâ—nes warme kepinge of y e backe salte meates c. The remedy wherof is in al pointes contrary to these causes smal wines teÌ„perat beer or ale no spices but holâ— some herbes as tyme percilly faxifrage c. Light meales moâ— chiefly the supper no baken noâ— rostid thinge but onely soddeâ— meates and often times to relaâ—â— the belly with Cassia fistula new drawen from the Cane with suger and to eschewe salt meates and not to kepeth y e back warm the stone is often found in yong children whiche commeth of thâ— parentes and oftentimes in old folke Whiche stones be engengendred as I haue saide besides milke frutes herbes saltfyshe flesh hard chese c. Now marke well this lesson followyng for thyne vrine ¶ Iohn THat shall I gladly reade but softly and I wyll wryte thy wordes ¶ Humfrey FIrst in vrine .iiii. thinges Marke Thus said Actuarii the good clarke â—uller regentes and contentes therein Substaunce grosse thicke or thyn â— faire light an vrinall puer Then of thy sight thou shalt be suer â—uller of bright gold or gilte â—s health of liuer harte and mylte â—ead as chery or safron drie â—xcesse of meat in him I spie â—uller grene or like darke read wyne â—r resembling the liuer of a swyne â—s adustion with fiery heate â—urning the lyuer and stinking sweate â—addy culler or black as incke â—eath draweth neere as I do thinke â—xcept the termes which women haue Or purging black coller which many do saue Culler grey as horne or clere as water Is lacke of disgestion sayth mine auther Vrin like fleshe broth is very good Beginneth disgestion and norishe blood Subcitrine and yellow be vrins next best Bread and fleshe will well disgest The vrin that is whyte and thicke Is euer Called flegmaticke Melancholy water is whyte and thin The redde and grosse is Sanguin Yellow and thyn springe from the gall Wherin holler ruleth all The swelling
Petrus de ebaâ—o The passion of the mind called dread or feare is whan the bloud and sprites be drawen inwardlye and maketh the outwarde partes pale trimblinge â—o this by sides pitiful experieÌ„s Haliabas Galen and Aristotel do witâ—es the same The suddayn passion of ioye or gladnes is clene contrary to feare For the harte â—endeth fourth y e spiritual bloud â—hyche in weake persons the arte can neuer recouer agayne â—ut death incontinent as Galen â—yth and as we maye se by exâ—erience As in the metinge of â—en and there wyues ChildreÌ„â—nd there parentes which ether â—y pryson or banyshment were â—ythoute al hope euer to se eche â—ther and in ioye of metynge the delating spreding of y e hart bloud haue caste the bodye into swoninge And thus my frende Iohn I do coÌ„clude vpon certeyn affections of the mind wisshing doctor diat quiat mery man to helpe the whan thou shalt nede For mirth is beloued of musicions plesante birdes fisshes as the Dolphin What is mirth honestly vsed an image of heueÌ„ A great lordshippe to a poore maÌ„ and preseruer of nature Salomon sayth Non est oblectatio super cordis gaudium c. And yet I saie THe Ireful man is euer a thall The ioyful minde is happest of al. Zele burne lyke flames of fiere Whan honest mirth haue his desyre Loue well mirth but wrath dispise This is the counsell of all the wyse ¶ Iohn I Wold very fayne knowe the natures of sorten simples and first what is worme wood ¶ Humfrey A CoÌ„mon knowen herbe it is of diuers kindes as PoÌ„ticum Romanum c. It is hote in the first drye in the seconde degre and it is very bitter and beinge â—ried kepeth clothes frome worâ—es and mothes and the sirope â—hereof eaten before wyne preâ—erueth men frome dronkennes â—f it be sodden in vineger it will â—elpe y e sores that bredes in the â—ares being laid warme vppon â—t is good to be dronke agaynste Appoplexia Opthalmia Which is 〈◊〉 sicknes of the eye is greatlye â—elped with the wormwood if it â—e stamped made luke warme â—yth rosewater and layed vpon â—he eye and couered with a clene â—yked walnut shel the sirope helâ—eth the bloudie flixe it doeth â—elp a cold stomack if it be droÌ„ke tenne daies together euery morninge two sponfull of the sirope is good against the dropsie euery daye dronke two ounces fastinge and thus saythe Auicen figges cocle wormwood nitur stamped together and made in a plaister is good agaynst the disease of the splen and also killeth wormes in the bellye vsed in the foresayde maner one drame of the powder maye be dronke at once in wine it haith many moo godlie vertues ¶ Iohn What is y t propeties of Anes seedes ¶ Humfrey IT is much like vnto fenel sede and is called Romane fenel that is warme and swete and hote in the seconde and drye in the third degre the newe sedes is y e beste It ingendereth vitall sede openeth the stoppinge of the raynes and matrixe being dronke with Tysantes or clene temperate vine ¶ Iohn What thinkest thou of mouse eare ¶ Humfrey AN herbe comenlye knowen colde and moiste in the firste â—egre as Gallen sayth the decocâ—ion of this herbe sodden in waâ—er with suger is good againste â—he falling sickenes being often â—imes dronke put a lefe therof â—nto the nose it wil prouoke sterâ—utation or nesinge which wonâ—erfullie doth clense the vayns ¶ Iohn 〈◊〉 wold fayne knowe what is Chyken â—ede ¶ Humfrey ALmoste euery ignorant woman doth knowe this herbe but theyr be of it diuers kindes they bee verye good to keepe wouÌ„des from impostumations stamped and applied vnto them and draweth corruption out of wouÌ„des and sodden with vineger doth draue fleume out of the head if it be often warme put into the mouthe and spit it oute agayne In this same maner it helpeth the teath and soden in wine and so dronke it will clense the reignes of the backe ¶ Iohn VVhat is Sorrell might I knowe of the and the propertie therof ¶ Humfrey THy Coke dothe righte well knowe it and all they that make grene sauce but y e discription I leue to Dioscorides and Leonard futchius not onlye in thys herbe but in al other and to tell tell thee the vertue I will it is colde and drie in the seconde degree it also stoppeth it is like on diue in propertie because it ouer commeth choler and is muche commended it helpeth the yelow iaundis if it be droÌ„ke with small wyne or ale and also quencheth burning feuers to eate of the leues euery morning in a pestileÌ„ce time is moste holsome it they be eaten fasting This herbe doeth Dioscorides Galen and Auicen greatly commende besides the greate learned men of this tyme. ¶ Iohn What is Planten or Waybrede ¶ Humfrey THe greater Planten is the better it hathe seuen greate vaynes it is cold drie the seede of it droÌ„ke with read wyne stoppeth the bloudie flixe the rootes sodden and dronke in wyne stoppeth the bloudy Flixe the rootes and leaues beinge sodden with sweate water and with Suger or borage water and geuen to hym that hath an Ague either tertian or quartaine two houres afore his fitte proue this for thus haue I helped many it is verye comfortable for chyldren that haue great Flixes Agues and is a friende vnto the lyuer this herbe is greatlye praysed of the Doctours ¶ Iohn VVhat is Camomill and the operation thereof ¶ Humfrey THis herbe is very hoat it is dronke against cold windes and rawe matter beinge in the guttes the Egiptians did suppose it woulde helpe all colde Agues and did consecrate it to the sunne as Galen saieth Also if it be tempered and streined into white wyne and dronke of women hauing y e childe dead within the body it will cause present deliuerance it dooeth mightelie clense the bladder and is excellent to be soddeÌ„ in water to wash the feete the oyle is precious as is declared hereafter ¶ Iohn HOppes be well beloued of the beer brewers howe dooe the Phisiâ—ions saye to them ¶ Humfrey THere be whiche doth coole be called Lupilum those that we haue be hote and drie bitter sower hote saith old herbals And â—ucchius saith thei clense fleume â—holer and y e water betwene the skin and fleshe the sirupes wyll clense grosse rawe fleume from y e guttes and is good agaynst obstructioÌ„s sodden If the iuice be dropped in the eare it taketh the stinke away of rotten sores the rootes will helpe the lyuer and splene beyng sodden and droÌ„ke the beer is very good for flegmatike men ¶ Iohn What is Sage for that I loue well ¶ Humfrey THere be two kindes of sage they be herbes of health and therfore they be called Saluia this herbe is hote dry prouoketh vrine clenseth y e matrix stoppeth the bloud in a wouÌ„de If
body Wherof ofteÌ„times come to scabbes cankers biles but vnto hote strong chollericke stomacks it is tollerable and may be vsed as we haue the dailye experience thereof The broth wherein beife hathe bene soddeÌ„ is good to be supped halfe a pint euery morning against y e flixe of the bellye and runninge forthe of yellowe choller If the said broth be teÌ„pered with salte Mustard vineger or garlicke c. Be commonlye vsed for the sawses to disgest biefe withall for the said sauces do not onlye helpe disgestion but also defendefendeth the body from sundry inconuenieÌ„ces and diuers siâ—kneâ—ises as dropâ—ies quartens leproses and suche like The gall of an Oxe or a cowe distilled in the monthe of Iune and kept in a close glasse doth helpe to cleÌ„se the eyes froÌ„ spottes if you put 〈◊〉 droppe of thys water wyth a fether into thy eyes when ye go to bed The milte of a Bul dryed the powder therof droncke with redde wine wil stoppe the bloudy flixe Lighte poudered yonge Beefe is better then eyther freshe or muche powdered In speciallye those Cattell that be fed in fayre and drye Pastures and not in stinckinge fennes The greate learned manne Gesnerus in hys discriptyon of Beastes dothe wryte moore of the vertues of bulles oxen kine and calues then any other hath done And thus to conclude the fleshe of the male beastes is more better then the female and the gelded beasts be more commodyous to nature then any of them And the yong flesh more commendable then tholde for it is more moist and a frend to the bloud as Haliabas saith Roasted fleshe dothe nourishe the bodye much for it is warm and moist BakeÌ„ meats be very dry Clene boylde meates wyth holsome herbes and frutes be excellent to comforte the bodye if they be nutramental flesh Calues flesh do greatlye nourrish and make good bloud Ihon. THou haste saide well of Biefe but what goodnesse maye be reported â—f Porke I thincke verye little or noâ—hinge Humfray THere be manye goodly commodities in y e flesh of bores â—elded swine and pigges for â—hey be good for mans nature Ihon. FOr mans nature that is maruelâ— For howe can those be good for â—anues nature whiche be so vile of their own nature There soule feding 〈◊〉 most stinking filth and carion The â—oysome wallo winge in the mire and â—urt the eating of their owne pigges and oftentimes pulling children oute 〈◊〉 the Cradle for there dinners if the â—ood wife be not at home Who is aâ—le to beholde suche noisome spirites â—r hel houndes did not almighty God â—ommaund the Iewes to eate none of them and the Machomites at this â—aye wil kil that man that eateth of their fleshe why should we then comâ—eÌ„d them for they are most vile Humfrey ALl the aunciente and wisest phisicions that euer were in this world did all consente that of all flesh the flesh of yong gelded swine partly saulted or poudered was euer a meate of the best norishinge moister and colder then other fleshe for Isaacke saith it is a flesh very moiste except it be the flesh of lambes as Galen reporteth Yet it is not good to euery complexion nor euerye age but vnto youth and middle age Whereas thou haste spoken againste y e vile nature of swine calling them vnresonable thou dost vse more wordes then witâ— for ther is no beast y t may be called reasonable but man onlye And wheras God did prohibite the Iewes to eate swines flesh it was a figure to absteine from vncleane things which I leaue to thee Theologians The Mahumites abhorre swines fleshe because there droncken false prophet and Psevvdo Apostle was â—orne and rente in peeces wyth wine being dronken fallen in the mire So the one must geue â—redence to time and to learned Phisicions The bloud of swine â—othe nourrishe muche as it is â—eene in puddinges made wyth â—reate Otmeale swete sewet â—â—nnel or Annes sedes Pigges â—e verye moist therefore Sage â–ª Pepper and Salte do drye vp â—â—e superfluous humoures of â—hem when they be rosted Thei â—e not holsom to be eaten before â—hey be three weekes olde The â—ipes and guttes be holesomer â—nd doth nourish better then ani â—ther beastes guts or in meats Bakon is very hard of disgestion and much discommeÌ„ded and is hurtfull Onlye vnto a hoate chollericke labouringe body the fleshe of a Boore is more holsomer then the fleshe of any sowe â–ª The braines of a Bore and his stones or any part of theÌ„ staÌ„ped together laide warme vpon a pestilence sore in the manner of a plaister it wil breake it incontinent Swines grease is verye colde and good to annointe burninge hote places of the bodye or a disease called sancte Anthonies fier and thus muche haue I spoken of swine ¶ Iohn I Pray you tell me of the fleshe of thâ— Rammes weathers and Lambes and how profitable they are to manâ— nature Humfrey SImeon Sethi saith LaÌ„bes fleshe is partlye warme but superfluous moist and euill for â—â—egmatick persons and doth much harme to theâ—â— that haue the 〈◊〉 bonache or a disease called Epiolus whiche is 〈◊〉 of fleame like glasse Therefore if lambes flesh were sodden as it is rosted it would bringe many diseases vnto the body withoute it were sodden with wine some hote grosseries herbes or â—ootes When a weather is two yeares old which is fed vpon a good ground the fleshe thereof shalbe temperate and nourrishe much Hippocrates saithe that the lambe of a yeare olde dothe noâ—rishe muche Galen semeth not greatlye to commende Motton â–ª but that whiche is tender swete and not olde is very profitable as experience and custome doth dailye teache vs. The dounge Tallowe and woll be very profitable in Medicines as Plinii saythe And Conradus Gesnerus de animalibus and Galen in his third boke de alimentis Iohn What is the fleshe of Gotes or kids ¶ Humfrey THey be beastes verye hurtful vnto yong trees plaÌ„ts but Simeon Sethi saithe that kidâ— fleshe is of easye disgestion in healthe and sickenesse they be verye good meate They be drye of nature Hipocrates saith It behoueth that the conceruers and kepers of healthe do study that his meate be such as the fleshâ— of kiddes yonge calues that be suckinge and Lambes of oâ—â— yeare olde For they be good for them that be sicke or haue eueâ—â— complexions Haliabas dothe saye that the flesh of Kiddes do engender good bloude and is not so â—legmaticke watery and moiste as the flesh of Lambes They remaine Kiddes for six monethes and afterwarde cometh into a greaser and hotter nature and be called Goates The fleshe of them that be gelâ—ed ias holsom to eate the lâ—â—ngs of them eaten before a man doe â—â—inke dothe defende hym that daye from dronkennesse as I haue red in the reportes of learned men But the flesh of the old 〈◊〉 or male gotes be il and inâ—ender the Agues
or feuers Iâ—â—he vrine of goates be stilled in May with sorrel the water diâ—â—illed is not hurtful nor noyâ—oÌ„ but whomesoeuer vse to drinâ—ke therof two drammes morn and eueninge it will preserue hym from the pestilence The milcke of Goates I wil describe in the place of milke Iohn VVhat is the flesshes of Read and fallowe Deare Humfrey MOre pleasaunte to some thâ— profitable to manye as appeareth once a yeare in the corâ—â—â— fieldes the more it is to be lamented Hippocrates and Simeon Sethi do plainelye affyrme thâ— fleshe of them to engender euill iuse and Melancholye cold diseases and quarteins the fleshe of winter deare do lesse hurt the bodye then that which is eaten in Sommer For in Wynter mans disgestion is more stronger and the inwarde partes of the bodye warmer and may easerlye consume groose meates then in Sommer as we see by experience In colde weather frostes healful people be moste hungriest The lunges of a dere sodden in barlye water and taken fourthe and stamped with penedice and Honye of equall quantitye to the saide lunges and eaten a mornynges dothe greatlye healpe olde coughes and drinesse in the lunges There be many goodly vertues of theyr hornes bones bloude and tallowe Ihon. VVhat is the properties of Hares and Conies fleshe Humfrey AVisen saiethe the fleshe of Hares be hoote and dryâ— ingenderers of Melancholye not praised in Phisicke for me 〈◊〉 but rather for medicine For indede if a Hare be dryed in the moneth of Marche in an Ouen or furneyse and beaten into pouder and kept close dronke a morninges in Beare Ale or white Wine it wyll breake the stoane in the bledder if the paciente be not olde If childrens gummes be annointed with the braines of an Hare their teethe wyll easelye come foorthe and growe The gall of an Hare mingled with cleane hony doth cleanse waterye eyes or redde bloudye eyes The fleshe of Hares muste be tenderly rosted and well larded and spiced because of the grosenesse but it is better sodden The fleshe of Conies are better then hares flesh easyer of disgestion But rabbets be holsomer And thus to conclude of Connies experience teacheth vs that they are good they be could and dry of nature and small mention is made of them amonge the auncient phisitions as Galen saythe I neede not to speake verye longe of euerye kinde of beastes as some of the beastes that be in Hiberia like little Hares whyche be called Conies Iohn If the olde and ignoraunte menne of Connyes whyche were seene in the nature of manye other beastes that hadde dwelte in diuers places places of Englande then should haue knowne them righte well And perhappes receyued of theym as small pleasure as manye husbande menne haue founde profite by them in theyr Corne. Nowe thou haste well satisfied me of the foâ—r foted beastes whiche commenlye Englishe menne sedeth vppon Nowe I praye thee tell mee some of the vertues of soules and firste of Cockes Capones and Hennes Humfrey CHickens of Hennes saithe Auenzoar is mooste commended and mooste laudable of any fleshe nourrisheth good bloud It is lighte of disgestion and dothe comfort the appetite cock â— chickens be better then hennes the capoÌ„ is better then the cock â—â—â— dooe augmente good bloud and feede as Rasis reporteth and â—xperience proueth in men both â—â—ole and sicke An olde Cocke whiche is well beaten after his â—ethers be pulled of vntill he be â—â—ll bloudy and then cutte of his â—ead and drawe him and sethe â—im in a close potte with fayre â—ater and whyte wyne Fenyll â—ootes Burrage rootes Violet â—lanten Succory and Buglos â—aues Dates Prunes greate Raysins Mates and Suger â—ut in the mary of a Calfe and â—anders This is a moste excelâ—nt broth to them that be sicke â—â—eake or coÌ„sumed The braines â—â—hennes capons or chekens be â—â—olsome to eate to comforte the â—raine and memory And thus to â—onclude these forsaide fowles 〈◊〉 better for idle folkes that labour not then for them that vse exercise or trauel to whom grose meates are more profitable ¶ Iohn What is the properties of Gese Humfrey VVylde gyse and tame their flesh be veri grose and hard of disgestion Auicen saieth â–ª The fleshe of great foules and of gese be slowe and hard of disgestion for their humiditie they do breade feuers quickly but their gooslynges or yonge gese being fatte are good and much coÌ„mended in meates And Galen saieth that the fleshe of foules be better then the fleshe of beastes But vndoubtedly gose mallard pecocke swane and euery foul hauing a long necke be all harâ— of disgestion and of no good coÌ„plexions But if gese be well roâ—ted and stopped with salte sage â—epper and onions they will not â—urte the eaters therof There be great gese in ScotlaÌ„d which â—redeth vpon a place called the Basse Ther be also Bernacles whiche haue a straunge generaâ—ion as Gesâ—erus saith and as the â—eople of the Northe partes of Scotlande knoweth because 〈◊〉 should seme incredible to mani I wil geue none occasioÌ„ to any â—ither to mocke or to meruayle And thus I geue warninge to â—hem whiche loue their healthe 〈◊〉 haue these forsayd foules somwhat poudred or stopped with â—alte all the night before they be rosted Iohn I pray the tel me of y â— flesh of Duckes ¶ Humfrey THey be the hoatest of all domestical or yard foules and vncleane of feeding notwithstaÌ„ding though it be harde of disgestion and marueilous hoate yet it doth greatly norrishe the body and maketh it fatte Hippocrate saieth they that be fedde in puddels foule places be hurtfull but they that be fedde in houses pennes or coopes be neutratiue but yet grose as Isack saith Ihon. What he PigioÌ„s Turtles or Doues Humfrey THe flesh of Turtles be meruailous good and equall to to the beste as Auicen saith Thei be best when they be yonge and holsome for flegmaticke people Simeon Sethi saieth the house doue is hoater then the field doue and doth engender grose bloud The common eating of them is ill for chollericke persones with read faces for feare of Leprosie therfore cut of the feete wynges and head of your PigioÌ„s or Doues for their bloud is that whiche is â—o venemous they be best in the spring tyme and heruest And Isaack saieth because they are so â—yghtly conuerted into choller They did commaunde in the old â—ime that they shoulde be eaten with sharpe Vineger Purâ—leyn Coucombers or Sitron Roosted Pigions be beste The bloud that commeth out of the ryght wynge dropped into ones â—ye doth mightely help the eie if it swelleth or prieketh And thus much haue I spoken of PigeoÌ„s or Doues Ihon. What is the flesh of Peacoches Humfrey SImeon Sethi saieth it is a rawe flesh and harde of disgestion onles it be very fatte But if it bâ— fatte it helpeth the Pluresie Haliabas saith that both Swannes Cranes
partes whay curdes and creme Whay is holesome to drinke in Sommer specially of cholericke persons it clenseth the body Milke of fat beastes dothe nourish more then the leane beastes and the mylke of yong beastes is better then of the olde And the newe mylke is holesomer then that whych hath stand in the ayre as Rasis sayeth And also those beastes that feadeth in drye Pastures amongest sweet Hearbes grasse and flowers hauynge conueniente Water their mylke is very good Milk in the begynnynge of Somer is verye holesome In winter it is vnholesome for flegmaticke persones or them whyche haue corrupte and foule stomackes Foâ— if the mylke be sower it dooet engender the stone in the raynes or bladder Cowes mylke is thâ— thyckest mylcke and vnctius or full of butter But the beste mylcke that healpeth agaynstâ— Consumptions is womannes mylcke The nexte is Goates mylke whych Goates mylke rather nourisheth to muche if it bee taken commonely Shepes milke is not very pleasaunte to the stomacke And note thys that Mylcke is not holesome to theim whyche haue payns in the Head or teeth But the people that bee broughte vp wyth mylcke bee fayre coloured and healthfull bodyes Isaac sayeth if Honye and a little salte bee sodden in the mylke â—hen it is wholesome and is not wyndye nor flegmatycke If mynts burrage leaues rosemarye flowers honye suckles and a little Suger bee layed in 〈◊〉 Basone and couered wyth a â—ayre lynnen clothe and mylke he sayed Bason full throughe he clothe and let it stande all â—yghte Thys is pleasaunt to â—rynke in the mornynge vppon â—n empty stomacke two houres before anye other meate it clenseth the rage of hoate burnyng Chollere and thus I leaue oâ— mylke Ihon. What is butter Humfrey BVtter is hoate and moyste freshe butter is vsed in many medicines Newe made butteâ— meanelye salted is good wyt breade flesshe and fisshe it healpeth the lunges and purgeth thâ— drynesse of the throate and helpeth coughes moste chieflyest if 〈◊〉 be mingled wyth honie or suger It is good for younge children when their teeth dothe growe oâ— ake Buttermilke if ye crummâ— newe whyte breade into it anâ— suppe it of there is no mylke norisheth so muche Goates mylk excepted Cheese if it be new it is indifferentlye well commended but harde salte Cheese doth drye the bodye and engendereth â—he Stone as Isaac and Auicene sayth and manye other doctours mooe doe discommende it then prayse it When pottes or stones â—ee broken if harde Cheese bee steped in water and made softe and grounde vppon a Paynters Stone it wyll ioyne the broken Pottes or Stones together agayne By this I gather that Cheese wil engender the Stone before anye other meates Therfore Cheese shoulde be made in Somer when the creame is not taken from the milke And Bittony Saxifrage and Parcelye â—hopped together be holesome to be mingled amongest the cuâ—ds and thus I conclude wyth Haliaâ—as that olde chese is vnholesome ¶ Iohn What be Egges Humfrey GAlen sayeth in hys boke of Symples that Egges is nâ— parte of the fowles but a porcion of the thynge frome whence it came Simeon Sethi wrytynge of the diuersitye of Egges sayeth the fyrste propertyes is 〈◊〉 their substaunce and the seconde is in their tyme either newe layed or olde The thyrde is in the maner of their rosting potchynge or seethinge Newe layed Egges of Hennes potched and supped vppon an emptye Stomacke dooeth clense the Lunges and the raynes of the backe Harde Egges bee greatlye discommended vnlesse it be to stoppe flixes but it were better to seath Egges harde in vyneger and then vndoubtedlye it wyll drye vppe the Flyxe of the beallye Fryed Egges bee verye hurtefull for Cholericke people and theim whiche haue the Stone Duckes and Gees Egges bee grose and noysome but Partriche Feasauntes and Hennes egges ingendreth good bloude Iohn What is the propertie of wyne Humfrey HIpocrates saith of a customable thinge commeth lesse hurte where of I gather that they that drynke wine customablye wyth mesure it doth profit them much and maketh good disgestion But those people that vse to dryncke wine seldome times be distemperated White wyne if it be cleare it is holesome to be dronk before meat for it pearseth quickely to the bladder but if it be dronke vpon a full stomacke it wil rather make opilation and stoppynge of the meserates because it dothe swiftlye driue fode doune before nature hath of hym self disgested it And y e nature of white Wyne is of least warmenesse The seconde Wyne is pure Claret of a clere Iacinct or yelow colour This wine doth greatly nourryshe and warme the body and is a holsome wyne with meate and is good for flegmatike folke but very vnholsome for younge children or them whiche haue hoate liuers or paines in their heade occasioned of hoate vapours or smokes for it is like vnto fier flaxe The thirde is blacke or deepe read wyne which is thick a stopper of the belly a corrupter of the bloud a breader of y e stone hurtfull to olde men and profitable to fewe menne except they haue the flixe And for the election of wyne saieth Auicen that wine is best that is betwene new and olde cleare declining somewhat to read of good odoure neither sharpe nor swete but equall betwene two for it hathe vertue not onlye to make humoures teÌ„perate warme moist but also to expell euil matter whiche corrupted the stomacke and bloude In somer it oughte to be delayed with pure cleare water as Aristotle sayth in his problemes And note this that in driyeres wines be beste and most holesome but in watry yeres the grapes be corrupted whiche wine doth bringe to the body many euill diseases as dropsies tympanes flixes reumes wyndes and suche lyke as Galen sayeth And thus to coÌ„clude of wyne almighty god did ordeine it for the great comforte of mankinde to bee taken moderatly but to be dronken with excesse it is a poyson mooste venemous it relaxeth the senewes bryngeth palsey fallyng sycknes in colde persones hoate feuers fransies fyghtinge lecherie and a consuming of the lyuer to chollerycke persones And generallye there is no credence to be geuen to dronkards although they be myghty men It maketh men lyke vnto monsters with coÌ„tinaunces like vnto burnynge cooles It dishonoureth noble men and beggereth poore men and generally kylleth as many as be slayne in cruell battailles the more it is to be lamented ¶ Iohn What is Beere or Ale ¶ Humfrey ALe doth engendre grose humors in the body but if it be made of good barly malte and of holsome water and verye well sodden and stande fyue or syxe daies vntyll it bee cleare It is verye holsome especiallye for hoate chollerycke folkes hauing hoate burning feuers But if ale be very swete and not well soddeÌ„ in the brewing it bringe thin flamation of wind and choller in to the belly If it bee very sower it fretteth and
good the pouder therof to be dronke is moste of effect against the pestilence excepte Methredatum It is good against poyson winde chollericke and colde passions of the harts and doth restrain vometes The weight of eight granes doth suffice to be dronke in ale or wyne vpon an empty stomacke ¶ Iohn What is Sinamon Humfrey DIoscorides dooeth saie there be many kindes of Sinamon but generally their vertue is this to helpe dropsies windes or stopping of the lyuer and is hoate drie in the thirde degre Ihon. VVhat is Cassia fistula Seneca and Rewbarbe Humfrey CAssia fistula if the Caane be heuie the cassia within blacke and shining that is good cassia if this be drawen new out of the caane halfe an ounce or more at one time mingled with suger and eaten of a fastinge stomacke in the morning it hath power to purge choller to cleÌ„se the raines of the backe it will frete and consume the stone it purgeth verye easely and is pleasant in taking may be taken of children weke women and sicke meÌ„ in the time of their feuers y e accesse of their fyttes eccepted Rhabarbe do purge yellowe coller by him self two or thre drames may be takeÌ„ or a litle more so that there be a drame of spicanarde or sinamon put vnto it In sommer to drinke it with whay In wynter with white wine but y e cleane yellowe rubarbe sliced and put into infution all the nighte with whaye whyte wyne or Endiue water and streyne it in the mornynge doth greately purge the bloude and lyuer three or foure drames with spicanarde a dram or more Seene Alexandria if it bee sodden in the broth of a cocke or a henne doeth purge the bloude and melancoly very gently and comfort the hart One ouÌ„ce of the cleane small leaues of seene withoute codes or stalkes halfe a quarter of one ounce of ginger twelue cloues finkle seede two drames or els twoo drames of sinamon tartar halfe a drame beaten all together in pouder These dooe purge the head mightely to bee taken before supper y e weighte of one drame in a litle white wine ¶ Iohn I woulde bee glad to learne the vertue of Aloes Humfrey THere be two kindes of aloes one is named Succotrina which is lyke a lyuer cleare brittle bitter collered betwene read and yellowe this is best for medicines 〈◊〉 little of this beinge tempered with Rose water being put vnto the eyes helpeth the droppyng watery eies Also it is put in many excellent medicines laxatiue as safron myrre aloes mingled together In the forme of pilles is the most excellent medicine against the pestileÌ„ce as it is written in this book folowing Honye and aloes mingled together doe take away the markes of stripes and also doth mundify sores and vlcers it doth clense the aboundaunce of cholere fleume from the stomacke It is not good to be taken in winter for Auicen dothe forbid it but in the springe time or haruest the pouder therof The weight of a freÌ„ch crown mingled with the water of honie or meade and so droncke in the morninge it dothe clense bothe choller and flewme There is an other grose aloes which is good for horse tempored with ale and ministred aswell to other great beastes as horses the weight of halfe Anounce and thus muche haue I said of Aloes but if aloes be clene washed it is the holsomer manye vnwasshed Aloes wil cause emeroydes Iohn IS the Safron that growe in England as good as that that come from the other syde of the Sea Humfrey OVr English hony Safron is beter theÌ„ any that cometh froÌ„ aniother strang or foren laÌ„d But to thy question of Safron it haue vertue ether in bread or potage to make the hearte glad it warme the body it preserueth froÌ„ droÌ„knes droÌ„ke in ale or wine prouoketh actes venerus inducith slepe purgeth vryn Mirh a loes saffroÌ„ maketh an excelent pil against y t pestilens two peny waght of safron powder roosted with the yolke of an egge very hard and the sayd yoke beaten in powder twelf graynes drinke a morninges is good agaynst the pestileÌ„ce Safron planten Iuiry soddeÌ„ The dicoction drinke helpeth the yellow Iaunders it is drye in the firste degre haue vertue to restrayne Iohn VVe playne men in y t countrie dwel far from great Cities our wyues and children be often sicke at deaths dore we can not tell what shifte to make we haue no acquantance with y â— a apothicaris comonly we send for aquaÌ„titie or mamsey what so euer out diseases be these be our comoÌ„ medicine or else we send for a boxe of triakle when these medicines faile vs we cause a great posset to be made and drynke vp the drinke thinkest thou these medicines be not good ¶ Humfrey FOr lacke of medicine God helpeth the people oftentimes by myracle or els a great number of men should pearish But because the almightye God hath couered the whole face of the earth wyth many precious simples wherof riche coÌ„possions be made Therfore be nether so rude nor barbarous to thincke these medicines good that thou hast rehersed for al diseases although not hurtful to some but because many do receiue more mischiefe then medicine in counterfaite treacles I shal rehearse vnto thee what Valerius Cordus and other doth write vppon the vertue of the precious triacle called Metridatum Iohn I Woulde be glad to heare of that precious triacle and his vertues ¶ Humfrey THis excellent triacle Methridâ—tum is nexte in qualitye and vertue to Theriaca do differ but little but onely Theriacha is a little hotter and stronger againste venyme of Snakes edders and serpentes It helpeth all paines of the head of men or women if it come of colde most chiefly of melancholye and feare It helpeth megreme fallynge sickenes and all paines of the forehead droppynge of eyes It helpeth tothe-ach paines of the mouth chekes if it be put in maner of a plaister or els anointe the pained place It helpeth pains of the throte called Squinance and also coughe appoplextia and passion of the lunges and many greuous dollers and paynes within the body dronk with the decoction of the flowers of pomgranetes or planten it helpeth and stoppeth flixes in the Ilias long gutes windes or collick The extention or cramps be helped very much with this MetridatuÌ„ droÌ„ken wyth stilled watters Palses sickenessis in the midriffe the liuerrayns bledder be clensed therby it prouoketh the menstruall termes in women being dronke with possit ale If Isope or iermaÌ„der be sodden in the sayd ale it is excellent agaynste the pestilence or poysone If it be dronke but a litle quaÌ„titie therof accordinge to the disease strength or adge of the persone It is verye good against the stone or for wemen which haue a newe disease peraccidentes called the grene syckenes there is nothinge better against the bitinge of a mad dogge then to
or Cardus Benedictus then drinke the brothe of a chicken or pure wine to ripe the sore roste a great onion take out the core put in triacle and warme apply it to the place thre or foure tymes renued warme And oyle Oliue blacke sope soure leauen Lilly rootes of eche lyke quantitye boyled together put in the ioyse of Rew and make a plaster this wil breake the sayd sore CapoÌ„s grese yolkes of egges swines grease barlie floure linsede in pouder encorporated together wil make a good heling plaster Emplastrum diachilon magnum discriptione filii Zacharia doth resolue and quence the hote vlcer But in the time of the plage trust not vrins ¶ Agayne to the gentle Reader THe swift runner in his rase gentle Reader in a stobby or rockye grouÌ„d is in daunger efâ—sones to stumble or faule where as the goer faire and softly in the smothe path is safe Euen so because I haue had no coÌ„ferrence with others nor longe tyme of premeditatioÌ„ in studie but with speade haue coÌ„ciliated this smal intitled Gouernement of health it can not be but many things haue missed in the print as in folio .iii. the .xviii. line reade sighe for fight iâ— fol. lx the seconde page .xi. line reade Olibanum for Olibulom and in the ende of the Epistle to the reader there is imprinted Wenzoar for Auenzoer in fol. lxvi line .xv. leaue out because And thus to conclude I will by Gods grace ioyne another booke called the Healthfull medicins vnto this Gouernement and at the next impressioÌ„ such amendes shalbe made that both silable and sentence shalbe diligently kept in trew order to thy contentacion God willing who euer kepe the in health The first of March the yeare of our saluacion 1558. VVilliam Bulleyn Codrus Midas Cap. 38. Nestor Galen ArgantoÌ„ ☞ The epicure desireth too liue al together in belly chere Heliogabalê° court â—it for belly gods The iust rewarde of belly gods The frutes of inordinate baÌ„quets Varietie of opinions amoÌ„g meÌ„ Anobieâ—tion against phisicke God the author of phisicke The inesâ—imable goodnes of god ordeined herbes for the healh of man Salomon Eccle. 36. The praise exeleÌ„cie of phisicke Moises Adam Iesus Sirack cap. xxxviii Diodoro Test Ouid. Metamor Chiron centaurê° Podaliriê° MachaoÌ„ Hippocrates Gallenus Hippocrates in lib. defla A diffinitioÌ„ of physicke Hippocrates in primo Aphoris Theoricha Herodotê° Emperici Philinus serapion Apolonii Methodici Asclepiades Dogmatici Hippocrates Gallen de elemen de temp de facul Phisicke deuided into fyue partes Gal. lib. 3. de temp cap. 4. Galle in lib. 2. The rap metho The discription of the saâ— guene peâ—â—sons The discription of the sleâ— matilâ—e persons The discription of the colericke The discription of MelaÌ„coly Hippocrates de Element Auic in cauteca The discription of the .iiii. ElemeÌ„ts Galen in li. 8. decr Hippocrates in lib. de na â—turs comâ—â—ded â—ore eâ—eutes 〈◊〉 one Elen felt seen Hippocr in lib. de Natura humana Wynter Spryng Sommer Haruest Auic in pri can Meates and medicine bee knowen by tasting Cold. Moiste Salte Auic in pri tract cantico Gal. lib. 1. cap. 2. li. 2. cap. 3. li. 4 cap. vlti Sim. med Gal. lib. 5. Aphor. coÌ„men 9. An ernest brief exhortacion for y e bringyng vp of youth Galen in lib. Simp. The beste tyme to prouide for age 〈…〉 Auicen in li. can Galen in lib. 4. de tempor Galen in lib. 4. de tempor Arist de Gene. Auicen Whether this bee true let y â— maryed iudge eueri thiÌ„g bringyng his aparel with him sauiÌ„g maÌ„ Muskels and glandens flesh A diffiâ—â—cion of members Muskels and glandens flesh A parte is called by the name of y e whol and not y e whole by the part What annothomie is Foure thinges coÌ„sidered in the body of maÌ„ Example Dropsy Helpyng the Emorodes Theriaca is an excelent triacle Vse to eate Capers and take Pillule Iude Haly or pilluledâ— lapide Lazule Miracle helpeth but no medicen in this case Time for althinges Hipp. in 1. Affor 3. Aristo in pri prob 56. Auice in 2. pri doc 2. Cap. 6. Gallen in lib. de â—lobothomia Rasi in 4. alman cap. 14. Rasi in 4. alimeÌ„ Ca. 14. the midle vayne Hip. in 3. â—ri doct 〈◊〉 cap. VsurpatioÌ„ in medicin be euill In the mornyng is beste to let bloud euell towarde night Rasi in 4. alman ca. 15. Meates mediceÌ„s â—â—eith not excepte pilles before supper Tyme to purge Digges Kenningham Vomites and there profites Hip. SeÌ„tin 4. Aphoris Costome to vomit weakeneth the stomack Auicen in 4. pri cap. 13. Of bathes and there propertes The discoÌ„moditie of coÌ„mon hote houses To vse oyntemeÌ„tes after bathings is good To bathe vpon an empty stomalie is perilous Of nesing Of suppositers Soringe doth muche good to the bodye I will speake more of Glisters in my boke of healthful medicins Manye practicioners of actes venerus â—esâ—es birdes vse frictious and pruninge theÌ„ selues The profit whiche cometh in washing the haÌ„des with cold water Hote water is vnholsome to washe hands in FricatioÌ„ is holsom for the body Comyng the head Cuttinge of heare paring of nayles be comly for men A consideration to he had in eatinge drinking A cause why the soule departeth from the body To eate both fishe fleashe together hurteh y â— flematick Galen Hipocrites To fede of diuers sortes of meates corrupteth the bodye Eccl. 37. A good diet prolongeth lyfe What kindes of meates dothe cause good bloud What hurt commeth of an emty stomacke when ye go to bed A order of dieting Galen me trite The melancoly The sanguine An order for the diâ—tinge of such as be sicke of sharpe feuers Of siroppes and drynkes As the coÌ„plexion is so man requireth The. iii. doctrine The. vii chap. Moderat walke after meat profiteth Gallen in 6. de accedenti morbo 1. cap. Auice in 13. theo 3. tracte 3. cap. To healp disgestion by diuers wayes Hipo. in secondo prim doc 3. ca. 6 Hec signa declarâ—nt Note which be the most holsomst ayers to dwell in what airs corrupteth the bloud Corrupte aire bringeth sondry diseases Feruent praier vnto God doth miâ—tigate hâ—â— wrath Sweete aire to be made in y e tyme of sicknes SituacioÌ„ best for a house Pleasaunt people moderate exercise a soueraâ—â— thing Fulgen. in lib. 2. What profit coÌ„meth by exercise Vse meketh labour esy Apho. Idelnes the mother of al mischiefe Exercise before meate Auicen in can Of slepe and waking Tulli. in lib. de sene Arist in lib. de so Slepe after dinner not helhtful Slepe on the right syde is best Gal. sen 1. terap ca. 6. Thy lodging muste be kepte clene Note that sleapeers in fildes in harueste shalbe in dannger of quartens in winter The cause of y e stone remedies for y â— stone Foure thiÌ„gs noted in vrines Golden vrine Read vrine Grene vrine Couller like lead 〈…〉 〈…〉 like 〈◊〉 be â—â—â—h 〈◊〉 â—â—â—ite 〈◊〉 vâ—in â—â—â—ite