is harde of digestion and stereth one to vomite that by reasoÌ„ of hit calidite But the .iij. nutte that is the nutte of the crosse bowe is dethe for the crosse bowe sleethe men Orels we maye vnderstande the nutte methel whiche as Auicen saythe is venomous wherfore hit sleeth Adde potum piro nux est medicina veneno Fert pira nostra pirus sine vino sunt pira virus Si pira sunt virus sit meledicta pirus Si coquas antidotum pira sunt sed cruda venenum Cruda grauant stomachum eleuant pira cocta grauatuÌ„ Post pira da potum post pomum vade fecatum In the fyrste verse here he lerneth vs to drynke wyne after peres For peres as is before sufficientlye declared engendre ventosite and of theyr proprete cause the colyke and engendre blud fulle of aquosite and therfore with them one shulde drynke stronge wyne whiche consumethe ventosites and aquosites engeÌ„dred of peres Secondly the texte sayth that nuttis is a remedye agaynst venome as hath bene shewed at Allea nux c. Farther in the .ij. and .iij. verse he shewethe that peres eateÌ„ without wyne are venomous that is hurtfull to mans nature the cause is shewed in the fyrst verse Yet for al that peres be nat venomous simply for if they were they slee and peres so doynge are accursed In the .iiij. verse he shewethe that rawe peres are venomous that is hurtful for they make the humours to boyle and cause the colike sleme skabbe Yet if they be sodde they be medicinable in maner as is before said that is to saye with wyne and specially eaten after other meate for so they expulce the dregges In the .v. verse he sayth that rawe peres greue the stomake for they let his digestion and inflate but sodde peres releue the stomake greued and dispose hit naturally In the last verse are .ij. thynges The fyrste is after peres we must drynke for the cause before sayde The .ij. is that after eatynge of appuls we muste go to siege for Auicen saythe Auicen .ii. can ca. de pontis If swete or sower appuls fynde any grosse humours in the stomake they force them to discende from thence to the guttis for appuls are moche inflatiue and engendre ventosites whiche nature expelleth to the inferiour partis Cerusa si comedas tibi conâ—ett grandia dona Expurgans stomachum nucleus lapidem tibi tollit Et de carne sua sanguis eritque bonus Eatyng of cheries Here are declared .iij. commodites that come of cheris eatynge The fyrste is that cheris purge the stomake This some say is trouthe whan the stones be broken and eaten with al for these .ij. to gether of their proprete scoure and clense The .ij. is that the kyrnell of the cherie stone by his vertue breaketh the stone in ones raynes or bladder is eaten drie or made in mylke The .iij. is that the substance or meate of cheries engeÌ„dreth very good bludde comforteth and fattethe the bodye And this is proued by experience for we se that sparowes whiche are greatte eaters of cheries that in cherie tyme theyr lyuers be farre greatter thaÌ„ in other seasons wherby appereth that cheries encreace and coÌ„forte the lyuer Yet here is to be noted that there be .ij. sortes of cheris grosse smalle And eke of the grosse are .ij. sortes some are swete and some sower All doulce and smalle cheris are vnholsome for they lyghtlye corrupte and brede vermyn The grosse and sower cheries are called cina and of these are .ij. sortes Some be ruddye and softe of substance and suche must be eaten freshe and newe gethered and at begynnynge of dyner theyr nature is to scoure the stomake and to prouoke the appetite The other are blacke grosse and harde of substaÌ„ce and specially the sower And these shulde be eaten at the begynnynge of dyner or soupper The cause is for by theyr sowernes they close the mouthe of the stomake wherby better spedier digestioÌ„ foloweth Infrigidant laxant multum prosunt tibi prima Here he putteth .ij. vtilites coÌ„mynge by eatynge of prunes Fyrste prunes coole the bodye And therfore Portugals that dwelle in a hotte couÌ„tre alwaye with theyr meate sythe prunes The .ij. prunes cause one to laske by reasoÌ„ of theyr humidite claÌ„mines as Gal. saith Galen .ii. alimeÌ„toruÌ„ Auicen .ii. can ca. de prunis This is of trouth if they be rype for prunes that be nat rype be stypticall norishe lytell as Auicen saith And though damaske prunes haue the forsayde vtilites yet proprelye they be ascriued to prunes of Armeny For prunes of the countre of Armeny are better than any other And they vnbynde the wombe more vehemently than other as Auicen saythe For a more declaration ye shall vnderstande that rype prunes are vsed nat vnrype The beste prunes And prunes most holsome for mans nature be the longe ones that haue lyttell substance about the stone small harde in maner drie and the vtter skyn thynne they shulde nat be swete in taste but some what sower and of this sorte are Damaske prunes and suche refreshe and coole the body as sayde is There be many other sortes of prunes whose vse is nat accepted There be also prunes calledde wylde prunes whiche growe in the woddes these be nat laxatiue of them water is distilled to byÌ„de the wombe Prunes that are taken to make one to laske muste fyrste be layde in colde water for than they coole and moyst more perfectly and by slipperynes they leuse the coler that they come to and so the stomake is better disposed to receyue foode And here is to be noted that moyst prunes and newe are more alteratiue thoughe they be of worse norishement and of more superfluite but drie prunes coÌ„forte more and better nouryshe the body And as hit is sayde by prunes so after the maner is vnderstande of cheris Yet nat withandynge the humidite of cheris is subtiler and lesse claÌ„my wherby they norishe lesse than prunes Persica cum musto vobis datur ordine iusto Sumere sic est mos nucibus sociando racemos Passula non spleni tussi valet est bona reni Here be .iij. doctrines The fyrst is that with peches we shulde drynke muste for .ij. causes the fyrste is for must is hotte boyleth in our body whiche boylynge and heate the peche with it coldnes fordoth The .ij. cause is for peches be ryght colde and coole the bodye verye moche Therfore that wyne shulde be dronke vpon them whiche heateth more than other But that is muste that is knowen by experience The maner howe we shulde eate peches and other frutis is declared at Persica poma c. The .ij. doctrine is that with olde drie nuttis we must eate resyns For newe gethered nuttis are by them selfe holsome but olde dry nuttis are greatte driers through theyr vnctuosite they lyghtelye enflame the bodye wherfore with them
hit ronneth by the nose it is called corisa whan hit ronnethe to the necke hit is called branchus But this worde reume dothe note signifie generally all maner of mattier flowyng from one membre to an other Auripigmentum sulphur miscere memento His decet apponi calcem commisce saponi Quattuor hec misce commixtis quatuor istis Fistula curatur quater ex his si repleatur Here the auctour putteth a curable medicine for the fistule For the fistule sayenge that a playster made of auripigmentum brymstone white lyme sope myngled to gether healeth the fistule For these thyngis haue vertue to drie and mundifie whiche ententions are requisite in healynge a fistule Platearie sayth auripigmentum is hotte and drie in the .iiij. degree it dissolueth and drawethe consumethe and mundifieth Brymstone and sope as he sayth are hotte drie but brymstone is more vehemente for hit is hotte and drie in the .iiij. degree but sope is nat Auicen saythe that lyme washed drieth without mordicatioÌ„ and makethe steddye The fistule is a rounnynge sore whiche auoydeth mattier more or lesse after the diuersite and course of the moone AuripigmeÌ„tum is that the grauers fasteÌ„ bras other mettals with to stones Ossibus ex denis bis sentenisque nouenis Constat homo denis bis dentibus et duodenis Ex tricentenis decies sex quinqueque venis For the 〈◊〉 Here thauctour nombreth the bones tethe and veynes in mans body Fyrste of bones he saythe there be CCxix bones Yet after the doctours of phisike as Hippocrates Galen Rasis Auerroys and AuiceÌ„ the bones in maÌ„ be CCxlviij And though herin be variance yet there is a mayster of phisicke that saythe Ossa ducenta sunt atque quater duodena Secondly thauctour sayth that a man most coÌ„monly shulde haue .xxxij. tethe The noÌ„bre of tethe But yet hit chanceth that some men lacke .iiij. the laste tethe whiche be behynde them that we call the grynders these haue but .xxviij. tethe Some lacke these iiij laste tethe in childe hod only some other lacke them tyl they be very olde and some all their life Aui i. doct v. cap. de anoth deÌ„denttum Here is to be noted that after Auicen the .ij. formost tethe be called duales and .ij. on either side of these twayne are called quadrupli There be .ij. in the vpper iawe and .ij. in the nether al these tethe were ordeined to cutte and therfore some cal them cutters and speciallye the duales Nexte vnto those quadruples are .ij. tethe aboue and .ij. benethe called canini whose office is to breake harde thingis After those be .iiij. other on either side called grynders .iiij. aboue and .iiij. beneth After those some haue a tothe called sensus on either syde and as well aboue as benethe These also are ordeyned to grynde mans meate And so the holle nombre of the tethe is .xxxij. orels .xxviij. in them that haue nat the tethe called sensus There is than .iiij. duales iiii quadruples .iiij. dogge tethe .xvj. grinders .iiij. sensus Thyrdly the text saith that there is in maÌ„ CCClxv veynes as appereth in the anothamie Quatuor huâ—ores in humano corpore constant Sanguis cum colera flegma melancolia Terra melan aqua fleg et aer sanguis coler ignis Here the auctour declarethe the .iiij. humours in man as bludde fleme coler and melancoly And shewynge the nature and complexion of them he compareth eche to one of the .iiij. elementes Melancoly is colde and drye so coÌ„pared to the erthe whiche is of lyke nature Fleme is colde moyst and so coÌ„pared to water Bludde is hotte moist and so compared to the aier Coler is hotte drie and so compared to fyre These thynges are declared in these verses Humidus est sanguis calet est yis aeris illi Alget humet flegma sic illi yis sit aquosa Sicca calet colera sic igni fit similata Melancolia friget siccat quasi terra Aui i. doct iiii cap. i. For a farther knowlege wittethe well that after AuiceÌ„ there be .iiij. humours in maÌ„s body blud fleme coler and melancoly as is sayde The best of them is blud fyrst by reason hit is the mattier of mans spiritis in whom consistethe mans lyfe and operations Secondly bicause hit is comfortable to the principles of lyfe hit is temperatlye hotte and moyste Thyrdly bicause hit restoreth and nourisheth the body more than the other humours and it is called the treasure of nature for if hit be loste dethe foloweth forth with Nexte to bludde in goodnes is fleme Fyrst by reason that if nede be hit is apte to be tourned in to bludde Secondly bicause hit is very nere like humidite whiche is as fuÌ„datioÌ„ of lyfe After fleme in goodnes is coler whiche is partner with natural hete so longe as it kepeth conuenient measure Than foloweth melancoly as dregges and durte remoued aparte from the principles of lyfe ennemy to ioye and liberalite and of nere kynred to age and dethe Secondly note that in the diuision of humours there is .ij. kyndes of blud that is to say naturall vnnaturall Naturall blud is ruddye that is to saye veyne bludde ruddye and obscure and arterie bludde ruddye and clere without yll sauour and in comparison of other humours is very swete Unnaturall is double the one is vnnaturall in qualite that is to say whiche is chaÌ„ged from good coÌ„plexion in it selfe orels by mynglyÌ„ge of an other humour There is an other vnnaturall bludde whiche throughe mynglynge of other humours is yll bothe in qualite substance quantite and in proportion of the one to the other And this is double for the one is nat naturall by mynglyng of an yll humour that cometh to hym from without The other is vnnaturall by mynglynge of an yll humour engendred in the selfe blud as whan parte of the blud is putrified and the subtile parte therof is tourned in to coler and the grosse part in to melancoly orels that coler or that melaÌ„coly orels both remayneth in the blud And this vnnaturall bloud by mynglynge of an yll humour varieth from naturall bludde many wayes Fyrst in substance for hit is grosser and fouler sith melaÌ„coly is myngled therwith orels hit is more subtile whan wattrishenes or citrine coler is myngled therwith Secondlye in colour for some tyme whan fleme is myngled therwith hit enclineth to whitenes or through melancolye to blackenes Thirdly in sauour for by mynglyÌ„g of putrified humours hit is more stynkynge orels by mynglynge of rawe humours hit hath no sauour Fourthly in talage for by mynglyng of coler hit enclineth to bitternes and by melancoly to sowernes or by fleme to vnsauerynes Also of fleme there be .ij. kyndes naturall vnnaturall Naturall is that whiche within a certeyne space wyll be bloudde for fleme is vndigested bloudde There is an other spice of fleme whiche is swete and some what warme if hit be compared
before sayde Ilia porcorum bona sunt mala sunt reliquorum This texte saythe that hogge tripes be better than of other beastis The reason is by cause we eate fewe entrayles outcepte they be full of blud and of verye fatte beastis as hogges be Nowe only hoggis bludde through the complexion and similitude of complexion with mans nature is bludde of whiche the bowels be fylled And lyke wyse hoggis be soner fatte than any other bestis Therfore we eate rather the tripes chitterlȳges of an hogge than of other bestis Impedit vrinam mustum soluit cito ventrem Epatis infraxim splenis generat lapidemque This texte openeth .v. incōueniēces that growe by drynkynge of newe wyne or muste The firste is that muste letteth the vrine and this may be vnderstande .ij. wayes Fyrste for grosse muste throughe his grosnes myxed with the dregges stoppethe the lyuer and the raynes so that the vrine can nat easely haue hit course Secondly hit lettethe the vrine of hit due course as some reinnyshe muste doth and certeyne other subtile wynes lyke wyse For there is some reynnyshe must that whose lyes are mordicāt or bytynge while hit runneth in to the bladder the erthye lyes byte and pricke the bladder and cōstrayne one to pisse contrarie to the due order and maner that he was wonte to do The .ij. is hit losethe the bealye by reason that hit scoureth the entrayles through the sharpnes of hit lyes hit pricketh the guttis to voide out the ordeurs fyrste through mordicatenes of the lyes Secondly through vētosite whiche suche wyne causethe Thyrdlye by reason hit maketh the guttis slyppry by way of vndigestiblenes and grefe of the stomake wherfore the stomake leuseth and openethe the wayes that were shutte The .iij. is that muste hurtethe the good cōplection of the lyuer For hit stoppeth the lyuer through moche mynglynge of hit lyes and causeth disease in the lyuer called dissenteria through swellynge wherby the lyuer is febled Thus sayth Auicen iii.i ca. de reg aque vini And thus it engēdrethe an yll colour and yll diseases of the lyuer that is to say spices of the dropsy The .iiij. is that muste hurtethe the splene and disposition therof throughe the same cause that hit dothe the lyuer for hit stoppeth the splene and so causethe it to be harde The .v. is that must engēdreth the stone and specially that is in the reines whiche is ruddy and lyghtly frangyble by reason of opilation that hit causeth by hit grosse substance And this is certeyne if the muste be of very swete wynes whose lyes be nothynge bytynge or sharpe For muste that hath sharpe bytynge lyes preserueth a man from the stone for hit makethe one to pysse often as some reinyshe must that causethe sande or grauel to be sene in the vrine ofte prouokynge one to make water whiche ofte makynge of water wassheth away the small grauell that cleueth to a mans raynes and so auoydeth hit Potus aque sumptus sit edenti valoe nociuus Infrigidat stomachum cibum nititur fore crudum Here are declared .ij. hurtes hurtis that comme by drynkynge of water that come by drynkynge of water The fyrste is that drynkynge of water hurteth ones stomake that eateth by reason that water cooleth and leusethe the stomake and specially hit distroyeth the appetite The .ij. is that drynkynge of water with meate lettethe digestiō for it maketh the meate receiued rawyshe After the mynde of Auicen Auic iii. i ca. de reg eiu◠quod comeditur Auic ca. de regi aque et vini sayenge Nor after meate moche water shulde nat be dronken For hit deuideth the stomake and the meate and causeth hit to swymme in the stomake And he saith And whan nature dothe digeste meate and that sufficient quātite of water be myngled therwith than after that if we drynke more water hit letteth very moche the digestion that was begonne And agayne Auicen saythe Auicen ii can tract i. cap. iiii that drynkynge of water shulde be eschewed outcepte hit be to helpe the meate downe whan hit stycketh or discendeth slowelye But with meate water shulde neuer be takē or vsed Auerrois in his cōment sheweth the reason whan we receyue water vpon meate hit maketh the stomake colde or it be through hotte and maketh the meate rawyshe and eke causeth the meate to swym in the stomake and hit is the cause that the meate stycketh nat fast there as it shulde digest as hit cōueniently shulde The operation of the stomake is to make a good myxion of thynges receyued there in and to digest them well That done there foloweth an ordinarie and a naturall seperation of pure vnpure thynges And as a greatte quantite of water put in a potte slakethe the sythynge of the meate therin so lyke wyse hit chanceth in the stomake by drynkynge of moche water But to drynke a lyttell quantite of colde water with our meate before it descende downe in to the stomake is nat forbydden but allowable specially if we be very thyrsty for a littel quātite of colde wat takē after the forsayde maner easethe the stomake and quenchethe thyrste The coldnes of the water enforcethe the heate of man to descēde to the very bottum of the stomake and so fortifieth the digestion therof Thus saith Auicē in the aboue allegate placis But witteth well that though water be more cōuenient to quenche thyrste than wyne yet wyne for a mans helthe is more holsome than water And though water vniuersally quenche thyrste better than wyne bycause hit is colde and moyst yet to make naturall and good cōmixion of meates and to cōueie them to the extreme partis of mans body wyne is better thā water For wyne through his subtile substāce and operation myngleth it selfe better with the meate than water doth and nature delyteth more in wyne than in water therfore the mēbres drawe wyne more sooner vnto them mynglynge hit with the meate This mixynge in this maner is as a boylynge or sethyng of thynges to gether whiche is greatly holpe by the heate of the wyne but warer with hit coldnes letteth hit So than it appereth that wyne in mynglynge with meate and delatynge of the same is better than water For wyne by reason of hit subtilite of substance and vertuous heate is a marueylous percer And so by consequens wine delateth or spreadeth more thā water wherin is no vertuous heate nor substance of ayre nor fire the water letteth the passage therof Farther water is nat so holsome drynke as wyne for water hyndrethe the norishement of the bodye by reason hit nouryshethe verye lyttell or nothynge at all So that the more wattrysshe that meate is the lesse hit norisheth Therfore hit is very holsome to drynke wyne with our meate for hit doth nat hynder norishement but greatlye fordreth hit for wyne is a speciall norishemēt and restoratiue and norisheth sweftely as hit is afore sayd Farther ye shall
is good to parboyle them twyse before in wyne and water and that brothe done awaye to sythe them through and to make galantyne for them or elles to bake them or frye them in grene sauce with stronge spicis a lyttell good wyne in wynter in sommer to dresse them with a lytell wyne vergis vineger but he that can foreare these .ij. fyshes dothe beste Farther the texte saythe that chese and yeles hurte moche if they be eaten and this is to be vnderstande if ye eate great quantite therof The cause of chese is before shewed at Persica poma c. And of yeles here nowe before Hit folowtth in the texte that if those thynges be taken with ofte drinkynge of wyne their hurtfulnes is amended this shulde nat be vnderstaÌ„de of subtile and percyng wyne nor of wyne that is gyuen in way of drinke coÌ„ductiue for suche wine shulde nat be gyuen vpon meate that engeÌ„drethe yll humours whan hit is eaten nor before nor after hit is digested Auic iii. i ca. de regiâ—ne aque â— viiii as Auicen saithe For suche wyne enduceth great hurte for hit causeth yl humours engeÌ„dred of that drynke to entre in to the extreme partis of the body whiche perauenture were nat able to entre without helpe leadyÌ„ge of the wyne But this is to be vnderstande of stroÌ„ge wyne nat greatly percynge ofte and in smal quaÌ„tite gyuen to th enteÌ„t to myxe the meate to gether For suche wyne doth alay the malice of the meate coÌ„forteth digestion and directeth the fleumatike colde humours wherfore hit helpeth the digestioÌ„ of chese and yeles that are of yll digestion Inter prandendum sit sepe parumque bibendum Si sumas ouum molle sit atque nouum Here the auctor toucheth .ij. thinges The firste is that one at dyner and soupper shulde eate well and drinke ofte and a littell at ones And nat to do as a brute beast doth that eateth his fyl of meate and drinketh after warde For the better the drinke is myngled with the meate the sooner the meate is mollified and the more capace of digestion And here is to be noted that there is .iij. maner of drynkynges The fyrste is that mynglethe the meate to gether the .ij. that delateth hit the .iij. that quencheth thyrst The fyrst that we spake of is to be vnderstande of drynke myngled with our meate thoughe we be nat thyrstye Thus we oughte to drynke euen as we haue eaten a lyttell For outcepte a better reason I say we may nat abyde tyll the meales ende nor tyll we be a thyrste And this maner drynkyng is specially good for them that fede on meate actuallye drye as apperethe by sicke folkes that eate drye breadde But drynkynge to quenche thyrste for suche as be in good tempre shulde be forborne tyll the meales ende for than comethe the true thyrste throughe the heate of the meate hotte and drye Hit is nat verye reasonable that thyrste and hunger shulde assayle vs bothe to gether for they are of coÌ„trary appetite and this drynke shulde be gyuen after as the thyrst is more or lesse Drinkynge delatiue is moste conuenient after the fyrst digestion regularlye and a lyttell before we take other meate And this maner of drynkynge is holsome whan the meates before taken were grosse in substance nor thus to drynke we maye nat tarye tyll we be thyrsty For this drinkynge prepareth the stomake to receiue other meate and causeth the meate digested to descende from the stomake to the lyuer nor this drinkynge shulde nat be in great quaÌ„tite to th ende hit may sone be digested For before hit be digested hit goth nat to the lyuer And this is of trouthe outcepte suche drynke delatiue were water in whiche one muste nat tary tyll digestion before hit come to the lyuer But regularly conuenient drynke delatiue or ê‘mixtiue oughte nat to be water but wyne orels ale bere syder ê‘tey or suche lyke than all whiche wyne is better Secondly wittethe well that the grosser dryer and colder that meate is the bygger the drynke parmyxtiue and delatiue shulde be And contrarye wyse the hotter subtiler and moyster that meate is the weake the dryÌ„ke ê‘mixtiue delatiue shuld be And the more subtile hotte and digestible the meate is the weaker the drynke or wyne ought to be Wherfore stroÌ„ger wyne shulde be dronke with befe than with chekyns we shulde drynke stroÌ„ger wyne with fyshe than with flesshe The .ij. doctrine is that if we will eate an egge hit must be rere rostedde and newe the cause therof is before shewed Pisaque laudare decreuimus ac reprobare Pellibus ablatis sunt bona pisa satis Sunt inflatiua cum pellibus atque nociua Of peaseÌ„ This texte reherseth a notable thyng of peasen That is that they some way are preised some way dispreysed They be lauded whan they be eaten the huskes taken away and discoÌ„mended whan they be eaten with the huskes for than they enstate And therfore it is nat artificial to eate them in the huskes for the nature of that within the huskes disagree The one labourethe to be losed and to go out the other withstaÌ„deth byndeth as Isaac saythe in dictis vniuersalibus Wherfore a hurlynge mouynge is caused in the bodye inducynge gnawynge and inflasion in the bealye And peasen do nat this all onely but also all pulce as beanes chiches chestons and suche lyke And speciallye suche as haue moche huske as beanes and blacke ryce Also the huske of them all norysheth worse than the pithe within And here is to be noted that there is a maner of whyte rounde peasen wherof the codde is very small thynne one may eate these peasen with the huske more surelye than other all thoughe hit were better to hulle them And albe it that the reason afore sayd is true touchyÌ„ge al pulce yet ye shall vnderstaÌ„de that the hulles of grene pulce is lesse and lesse diuersite is betwene the huskes the pithe within and more easye to digeste And therfore some saye they be more holsome for folkes in helthe but hit is nat so For grene pulce is of ryght great superfluite and corruptible substance wherfore they be lesse holsomer for holle folkes And note this for a treuthe that drye pulce the vtter huske taken away are more holsome than grene but grene are better than drie vnhulled Farther ye shall vnderstance that the substance of all pulce is inflatiue and harde of digestion and their yll nourishemeÌ„t is vnholsome in the regiment of helthe but the broth of them is holsome For the brothe of them maketh the bealy laxatiue and maketh one pisse and vnstoppeth the veynes Wherfore hit is holsome at suche tymes as folkes vse grosse and opilatiue meatis as on fastynge dayes For in this brothe or pottage conueniently made are nat the hurtes that be in the substaÌ„ce therin is no inflasion nor difficulte of nourishement and digestion nor
drynkyÌ„ge excessiuely causeth vs to be vnlusty drousy slouthfull hurtynge infeblynge the stomake Many other inconuenientises as saith Auicen in the chap. of wyne and water groweth and chanceth throughe excesse of meates and drynkes as here after shall be declared The .iiij. doctrine is to make a lyght souper For to moche meate takeÌ„ at nyght causeth and ingendreth gnawynge and payne in the bealye vnquietnes let of naturall rest and other grefes whiche we fele and se by experieÌ„ce the whiche here after shal be more playnlye declaredde The .v. doctrine is to walke after meate For therby the meate disceÌ„deth to the bottum of the stomake where as Auicen sayth restethe the vertue of digestion For the mouthe of the stomake desireth foode and maketh digestioÌ„ The .vj. doctrine is to eschewe slepe incoÌ„tinent after meate whiche causeth helthe and auoideth diuers infirmities as hit is after shewed in these verses Febris pigrities c. The .vij. doctrine is to make water as ofte as nedethe For who that kepeth or holdethe his water longer than nature requirethe shall auoide it with great peyne and so hit may chance that dethe shall folowe as Auicen saith in his .xix. dist li. iij and chaptre of the difficulte of makynge of water Also to kepe the dregges and superfluite of mans foode longer thaÌ„ nature requireth ingendreth many incoÌ„uenientises in the body For the liuer and veynes called meseraikes drie vp for the moste parte the humors of the forsayd superfluite and so made hard can nat be auoided and thus causethe opilations in the guttis and ventosites and so it may chance impostumes as after shall be shewed The .viij. doctrine is that one doynge his easement and auoydyng ordeurs and filth of the body shuld nat moche inforce and constrayne his fundement for so doinge the emerardes fistule shal greue hym and the fundemeÌ„t many tymes is mysordred and thrust out of his propre naturall place Finally thauctor saythe that who so wyll obserue the forsayde doctrines shall lyue longe in good helthe and prosperite Si tibi defitiunt medici medici tibi fiant Hec tria mens leta requies moderata dieta Here thauctor gyuethe .iij. generall remedies to conserue in helth al creatures and specially noble men The firste is to lyue ioyfullye for ioye and myrthe causeth man to be yonge and lustye By moderate ioy and myrthe youth is conserued naturall vertue coÌ„forted the witte sharped therby man is more prompt quicke and of abilite to do all good and honest operation Nor it is nat sayde without a cause that our ioy and myrthe muste be moderate For whan it is without measure it ingendreth dethe bothe bodilye and goostlye This moderate ioy is mooste conuenient for them that haue moche care and trouble Whiche ioy may begotte by the vse of delicate meates and drynkes by auoidynge of suche thynges as ingendre melancoly And also as Auicen sayth in his .xj. boke chap. of faylynge of mans harte by dwellynge and accompanyng amonge our frendes The .ij. remedy is traÌ„quillite of mynde of vnderstaÌ„dyng and of thoughte For noble men throughe theyr great busynes and charges are moche more greued troubled thaÌ„ other meane persones Great care of mynde and vnderstandyng distroyeth the natural rest of man most expedient for noble meÌ„ whiche moste coÌ„monly are naturally drye and colerike for whom rest is ryght profitable and conuenient The .iij. remedy is moderate diete that is to eate and drynke moderately And after shall be declared what inconueniences growe through excesse of meates and drynkes Lumina mane manus surgens gelida lauet vnda Hac illac modicum pergat modicum sua membra Extendat crinem pectat dentes fricet ista Confortant cetebrum confortant cetera membra Lote cale sta pasce vel infrigisce minute Here are declared .vj. doctrines whiche conforte mans brayne the other membres of the bodye The fyrst is whan we ryse in the mornynge yarly to wasshe our eies with clere colde water The eies wolde be wasshed to cleÌ„se away the ordure and fylthynes that hange in the bries of them And Auicen saythe in the .xiij. dist of his .iij. boke and chap. of conseruacion of the eies that the soueraÌ„st thyng to mundifie and clense and to make sharpe of syght the eies is to open them for the eies and so to put plunge them in clere water And agayne he sayth in the .iij. dist and chaptre of feble syghte that to bathe and plunge the eies in clere water therin to open them coÌ„forteth and concerueth the sight and specially of yonge folke The reason why the eies muste be clensed with colde water is bycause euerye thynge muste be conserued by that that is lyke hit For Galen in his .iij. boke de reg saythe that hotte bodies haue nede of hotte medicins colde bodies colde medicins Considerynge than that mans eies be colde of nature hit standethe with reasoÌ„ they shulde be washed with colde water nat with hotte The .ij. doctrine is to washe our handes whan we be vp in the mornynge for they be intrumentes ordeyned to kepe to mundifie the membres by the whiche the suê‘fluites of the brayne be expulsed and auoided as by the nostrils the eies the eares and other naturall conditis And therfore the haÌ„des specially oughte to be washed with colde water for the washynge of the handes with hotte water engendreth wormes in the bealy and specially to washe them in hotte water incontinent after meate as Auicen saythe in the .xvj. dist of his .iij. boke the .v. treatice the chap. of wormes For the wasshynge of handes in hotte water incontinent after meate draweth the inwarde and naturall heate of man to the exterior partis and so the digestion is vnê‘fet the whiche vnê‘fet digestion is the principall cause that wormes be engendred The thirde doctrine is to rome a lytell hither and thyther whan we are rysen from reste that so the superfluites of the stomake guttes lyuer as the grosse matter of the vrine may the spediler be thruste vnder The .iiij. doctrine is competently after reste to extende and stretche out our handes fete and other lymmes that the lyfely spiritis may come to the exterior partis of the bodye and so cause the spiritis of the brayne to be more quicke and subtile The .v. doctrine is to combe our heed in the mornynge to open the pores of the heed to auoide suche vapours as yet by slepe were nat consumed and also to quickeÌ„ the spiritis of the brayne Farther more to combe the heed is very holsome and specially for aged meÌ„ And Auicen saith in the .iij. dist of his .iiij. boke and chap. of feble sight that to coÌ„be the heed is holsome specially for olde men Therfore one shulde dayly ofte combe his heed For ofte combyng draweth vp the vapours to the superior partis and so seperateth them from the eies The .vj. doctrine is to washe and purge the
hereof witteth well that there is ij maner of hungers very hunger and feyned hunger Very hunger is discriued by Galen in the coÌ„ment of the canon of the aphorisme Indigentia non oportet c. Very hunger saythe he is whan a man nedeth meate But fayned hunger is an appetite to haue meate thoughe the bodye hath no nede therof And as verye hunger cometh by contraction and corrugation of the veynes procedyÌ„ge from the mouthe of the stomake by sugillation of the membres nedynge meate so in lyke wyse feyned hunger is wonte to be caused of them that coÌ„strayne that they shulde ê“uoke the mouthe of the stomake the membres hauyng no nede of foode as by colde thynges harde or sharpe And of this signe .ij. precept precedent Auicen iij.j doct .ij. cap. de eo quod c. saythe No man ought to eate but after he hath a luste Nor he shulde nat tarye longe therin whan lust pricketh onles it be a feyned luste as the luste of kronkers or suche whose stomake aborrethe meate For to endure hunger longe fylleth the stomake with putrified humours And after in the same chap. he saythe That who so euer loue their helth shulde neuer eate tyll they haue a sure luste nor tylle theyr stomake and vppermoste entrayles be voided of the fyrste foode For the dangerust thinge that may chance mans body is to receiue meate vpon dndigested meate The .ij. that signifieth true luste or very hunger is sklendre diete precedeÌ„t that is small sustinaÌ„ce before taken for whaÌ„ hunger foloweth there vpoÌ„ it is verye true hunger Farther more knowe ye that to eate moche and of sondry meates mixed to gether at one repaste or refection is worste of all as fleshe and fishe chekyns and porke and after to ê“longe the tyme in eatyng For the first meate begynnethe nowe to digest whan the other are brought to the table and so the partis of the meate are vnlyke in digestion So that the fyrste taken are digested or the last taken come to the myddes of theyr digestynge And this causethe that some partis corrupt other some And this thyng AuiceÌ„ iij.j. doct cap. ij de eo c. warneth sayeng There is nothynge more dangerous than to myngle diuers sustinances to gether and after to prolonge the tyme in eatynge For whan the laste meate is receyued the fyrste is welnere digested Therfore the said meates in diuers of theyr partis as touchyÌ„g digestion be nat lyke But yet witteth well that prolongynge of tyme in eatynge moderately as an houre space to chawe and swolowe our meate well â—loÌ„ginge â—ne at â—ynet is allowable helpeth moche to the conseruation of helthe For good chawynge and swalowynge downe is as halfe a digestion And ill chawyng of the meate doth either let digestioÌ„ orels doth greatly hyndre it But prolongynge of tyme in eatynge with talkynge and tellynge of tales .ij. or .iij. houres is ryght hurtfull therof are ingendred the diseases before rehersed Persica poma pira lac caseus et caro salsa Et caro ceruina leporina caprina bouina Hec melancolica sunt infitmis inimica Here are declared .x. maner of meates or foodes that ingendre melancolye and are vnholsome for sicke folkes Of whiche the fyrst is eatynge of peches Eatyng of peches Wherof Galen .ij. alimentorÌ„ cap. ix sayth the ieuce of peches and their materiall substance is soone corrupted and vtterly yll Wherfore they ought nat as some say to be eateÌ„ aft other meate For they swymmynge aboue are corrupted But this oughte to be mynded whiche is a commune thynge that all that is moyst slyppery lightly gothe vnder shulde be eaten fyrste and so shulde peches whiche swyftely go to the bottum of the stomake and make way for the meates that come after But whan they be eaten last they corrupte them selfe and the other meates And thus it appereth that this sayenge ought to be vnderstaÌ„de of peches eaten after other meate For whan they be eaten before meate they be good for the stomake mollifie the bealye and prouoke the appetite as Auicen in the .ij. Canon chap. of peches saythe Ripe peches be good for the stomake gyueth an appetite to meate And farther he saithe They ouhgte nat to be eaten after other meate for they corrupt after but they must be eaten before Like wyse Serapion in the chaptre of peches by auctorite of Dioscorides saithe Rype peches are good for the stomake and they mollifie the bealy But whan they be nat rype they make a man costiue and whan they be drie they bynde sorer And decoction made of drie peches and dronken doth let the flowynge of humidites to the stomake bealy And the pouder of peches cast vpoÌ„ the place where one bledeth stancheth the bludde And al though peches haue these medicinable vertues aforsaid yet bicause they ingeÌ„dre putrified humours they be hurtfull to sicke folkes and specially whaÌ„ they be nat taken dewly Peches be colde in the fyrste degree and moyst in the seconde The seconde is peres or eatyng of peres The cause is Eatyng of peres for peres and generally al maner of newe and rawe frute fylle the bludde with water boylynge vp in the body And so prepareth the bludde to putrifie and by consequens hurtfull for sicke folkes Peres as Auicen in .ij. canonÌ„ and chap. of them sayth engendre the colicke But yet peres aboue all frute make folke fatte And therfore hogges fedde with peres are made fatter thaÌ„ with any other frute And bicause peres ingeÌ„dre ventosites and so cause the colicke therfore they be vsed to be eateÌ„ with suche frute that breake or auoide ventosites or elles to withstaÌ„de the ill operation of these frutes drynke after them a draughte of olde wyne of good sauour And the sweter sauour that peres haue the more doulce the better they be And also sodde peres be better thaÌ„ rawe and they may be sodde with anys sede fenell sede suger The thirde is eatynge of apples Eatyng of apples whiche as Auicen saythe .ij. canÌ„ cap. j. to eate often and moche cause ache of the senowes And also apples haue an yll ê“prete in engeÌ„dryng ventosites in the seconde digestion wherfore they be vnholsome for sicke folkes And also for lyke cause as hit is before sayde of peres And these sayenges of peres and apples oughte speciallye to be vnderstande whan they be rawe and nat whan they be sodde or roste And nat only these frutes shulde be eschewed of them that be sycke but also all other frutes that fyll the bludde with boylynge water as newe frute whose ieuce boylethe in mans bodye as hit were must or newe wyne And ieuce of frute boyle without in a vessell and that is through the hete of the sonne that remayneth in them whan they ryped These newe frutes through boylynge of their ieuce cause the bludde to putrifie All though whaÌ„ they be eaten they comfort a mans bodye with theyr moysture And
the meÌ„bres Therfore if we begynne with wyne for that nature greatly desirethe hit for the great norishemeÌ„t therof the suê‘fluites to gether with the wyne drawen of the stomake are drawen to the parties of the bodye but nature so desirously draweth nat ale Lyke wyse ale washeth the humours haÌ„gynge about the brymme of the stomake And for this cause phisitions counsaile that whan one is moste hungrye he shulde fyrste assay to vomite or he eate any meate that those suê‘fluites draweÌ„ to gether of the hungrye stomake may be voided out leste they be myngled with the meate Lyke wyse he that feareth to be thyrsty by superfluous drinkynge of water shulde drinke ale For it queÌ„cheth vnnaturall thyrste Temporibus veris modicum prandere iuvÌ„eris Sed calor estatis dapibus nocet immoderatis Autumni fructus caueas ne sint tibi luctus De mensa sume quantum vis tempore Brume Here is determined what quaÌ„tite of meate shuld be eaten Diete after the .iiii. seasons of the yere after the diuersite of the .iiij. seasons of the yere whiche are ver or springe tyme sommer autumne and wynter He saythe that in the tyme of ver we must eate littell meate The same wylleth Auicen sheweth the reason why bicause AuiceÌ„ ii.i. doct ii ca. vi iii.i doct v. de reg tpÌ„m cum recti auris saithe he in wynter mans body is nat greatly gyuen to labour and exercise through prohibution of resolutioÌ„ rawe humours are encreased and specially fleumatike whiche after the ê“portion of the season thaÌ„ specially be engendred whiche humours by reason of colde are enclosed in the bodye But whaÌ„ ver or spryngetyme cometh it causeth these rawe humours gethered to gether to melte and sprede throughe all the body wherfore nature is than greatelye occupied in digestynge of them Therfore in ver season if one eate moche meate hit letteth nature to digeste suche fleumatike humours and shulde be diuerted an other way for by these humours and great quaÌ„tite of meate nature shuld be ouer pressed And so suche humours shulde remayne in the body vndigested and runnynge to some membre shulde cause some disease there And therfore we oughte to take good hede that we eate no greatte quantite of meate in ver For diminishion of meate in this season is a speciall preseruation from diseases reynynge in ver as Auicen saythe ij.j the place before allegate And this sayenge is of a trouthe from the myddes to the ende of ver and nat in the begynnyng for the begynnynge of ver is lykened to wynter wherfore than one maye norishe the body as well as in wynter And this also may be vnderstande whan vere fynde the body full of humours than meate is to be gyuen after the naturall heate and resolution that is caused of the body for than the cause is auoided for whiche meate shuld be diminished And the same willeth Hipp. j. aphorismoruÌ„ where he saithe Bealies in wynter and vere are mooste hotte and slepe most longe Therfore in those seasons for the naturall heate is moche therfore hit nedeth larger norishement Secondly he saythe that to eate to moche meate in somer is hurtefull bycause than the vertue of digestion is feble For the spiritis and naturall heate whiche are the instumentes of corporall operation are than ryght feble sparcled and resolute throughe outwarde heate vehemently drawyng them to the exterior partis and contrary wyse moche meate can nat be digested And here is to be noted that for the vehemeÌ„t resolution of humidites as well substaÌ„ciall as mutrymentall of the bodye grosser and more meate in soÌ„mer shulde be eaten if the night digestiue coulde digeste so moche meate but bycause nature can nat digeste moche at ones we muste eate a lyttell and ofte The reasoÌ„ that one oughte to eate lytel meate in sommer as Galen saythe in the coÌ„meÌ„t of this Canon Et quibus semel aut bis c. In soÌ„mer we must eate many tymes and lyttell many tymes bicause the body hath nede through ofte dissolution a lyttell for defaute of digestion And al though littell meate shulde be eaten in the sommer yet one maye drynke moche for than is greatter resolution and drought of the body and the naturall heate of the bodye excedeth the moysture therof and man is more thyrsty than than other tymes But yet than one oughte to drynke lesse wyne specially if hit be pure for suche wyne soone enflameth and causeth the naturall heate hatte by the ardent heate of soÌ„mer to burne and therfore if we drynke wyne we muste myngle hit with moche water and we muste forbeare olde stronge wyne Thyrdly he sayth To auoide eatynge of frutes in AutuÌ„ne that in AutuÌ„ne we ought to beware of frutes specially of the same season as grapis peches figgis and suche like or at leaste to eate but littell of them for suche frutis engendre bludde apte to putrifie through the boyllyng that they make in the body humours specially if they be receyued in to an vnclene stomake or a corrupt body whiche for the most part chanceth in autumne And so than yll and fylthy diseases are engendred as the pockes and other pestilent sickenesses Yet for a farther knowlege of the regiment of meate and drynke in Autumne wytteth well that in haruest hunger and thyrste shulde be eschewed to eate moche meate at one meale as Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ sayth cap. de reg corporis secundum tpÌ„s The wyne also that is dronke in haruest shulde be alayde with moche water that hit may moyst the bodye and cole the heate but nat so superfluously alayde with water than as in soÌ„mer nor to be than dronke so superfluouslye for thaÌ„ nature febled is nat able to welde and digeste it and to moche alayenge with water wolde distroye naturall heate encreace veÌ„tosites wherby the colike may be engeÌ„dred Fourthly he saithe that in wynter we maye eate as moche as we wyll that is to say more thaÌ„ in other seasons after the mynde of Auicen in iij.j the place afore allegate And Galen sayth in the canon of the aphoris Eâ— quibus semel aut c. In wynter moche meate leiserly shulde be eaten The reason is bycause the heate of our body in wynter is strongest both by reason hit is conieled to gether and fortified by position of his contrarie that is to say the coldnes of the aier enuironynge our bodies about And this is verified in bygge bodies fleshie and nat in bare and feble for on suche bodies coldenes of wynter enclined doth nat coÌ„forte with heate but feblethe them more For in wynter as Hippocrates saith bealies be hottest of nature and slepe moste longe Hit foloweth that the grosser norishementis and harder of digestion are holsomer in wynter than in other seasons by cause the heate is stronger But the wyne that we muste drynke than oughte to be ruddye as a rose and nat white and alayde with a
lyttell water Here is to be noted that all though through the streÌ„gth of heate and vertue of digestion in wynter the grosse and stroÌ„ge meatis are holsomer yet bicause the seasons than are disposed to opilations and repletions throughe verye moche fleme hit were holsome than to vse meane meates betwene heuy and lyghte grosse subtile as kydde veale mutton pikes perche and creuesses And they that vse grosser meates as befe porke venson gottis fleshe suche lyke shulde eate but one meale a day orels to vse meatis laxatiue as persly cressis mustert and suche lyke and to vse great labour Saluia cum ruta faciunt tibi pocula â—uta Adde rose florem minuit potenter amorem Here are put .ij. remedies agaynst yll drynke Herbes holsome to put in drynke The fyrst is sage the leaues wherof put in to the drynke fordothe the hurte of hit with it proprete and also hit comforteth the senowes and brayne whiche comforted resiste the better the yl fumes that of the yll drynke ascende there vnto The .ij. is rue whose leaues holle without any brusynge shulde be put in to the drynke for with hit heate proprete it fordoth the malice of the drynke And howe good rue is agaynst poyson hit hath bene declared before at Allea nux tuta c. And this text saythe to the .ij. forsayde herbes we may put the rose flower And this speciallye shulde be vnderstande of a red rose for the swete smell stipticalnes therof amendeth the malice of the drynke Nausea non poterit quemquam vexare marina Aurea cum vino mixtam si sumpserit illam A remedye for parbrakynge on the see Here is put a remedye to auoide parbrakynge or spuynge for suche as are nat accustomed to passe the see He that wyll passe the see muste a fewe dayes before he take shyppynge myngle the see water with his wyne This is a remedye for the ryche but if hit be a poore man than he muste drynke see water that he maye easelyer eschewe spuynge The reason herof is bicause the see water is salte and so with his saltnes and stipticite that foloweth saltnes it closeth the mouthe of the stomake and therby fordothe spuynge And here is to be noted that as Auicen saythe a trauayler on the see Auic iii. i de reg iter agentis in mari shulde nat moche go about to withstaÌ„de or to forbeare parbrakynge or spuynge at the begynnynge but to vomite vntyll he thynke hym selfe well purged for that preserueth from many diseases and nat only preserueth but also healeth or alleuiateth greuous great diseases as lepre dropsye palsey coldnes and swellynge of the stomake Thus saythe Auicen iii.i doct ii ca. ii But in case that the trauailer on the see spue so moche that he therby is ryght greatlye febled he mustâ— than restrayne hit by eatynge frute stypticall and sower as ben vnrype frute crabbes sower pomegarnades and suche lyke wherwith the mouthe of the stomake is comforted humours expelled downe and also the stomake therby comforted driuethe away humours flowynge there vnto by tossinge of the water Orels we may take musterte sede dryed by the fier and drynke hit with wyne or wormewode may be eaten or dronken or a toste wette in redolent wyne is good to eate And generallye tarte meates be good for trauaylers on the see for they comforte the stomake and prohibite vapours fumes to asceÌ„de to the heed as herbes sodde in vineger or in the ieuse of sower grapes Saluia sal vinum piper allea petrocilium Ex his fit salsa nisi sit coÌ„mixio falsa This texte teacheth vs to make a coÌ„mon sauce if we lacke a better To make a common sauce And .v. thyÌ„ges goth to the makynge of this sauce The fyrst is sage Wherwith we maye make sauce for a goose roste or sodde For coÌ„monly a goose rosted or a pygge is stopped with sage to drawe vp the humidites and claÌ„mynes of them and also bicause the fleshe shulde smell some what therof yet after it is rosted the sage shulde be cast away and nat eaten Like wise of sage vplandyshe folke make a sauce to eate with a goose for they stampe sage and garlyke to gether that the sage maye abate some what of the garlykes sauour The .ij. is salte with wyne this sauce is for ryche and noble men For whan they wante mustert or ver ieuse they put wyne in a saucer myngle hit with a lyttell salte The .iij. is peper vplandyshe folkes sauce For they myngle peper with beanes and peasen Lyke wyse of breadde tosted with ale or wyne with peper they make a blacke sauce as it were pappe that is called peper and that they caste vpon theyr meate fleshe and fysshe The fourth is garlyke where of the vplandishe people make a sauce for they myngle softe chese and mylke and stampe garlyke to gether and so eate hit with their meate whether it be roste or sodde salte or fresshe and with harde egges The .v. is perslye the leaues wherof staÌ„ped with ver ieuse or white wine is made a grene sauce to eate with roste meate And here is to be noted that sauce or sauces vary after the seasons For in hotte seasons hit muste be made of colde thynges or of stuffe of lyttell heate and in colde seasons contrarye wyse Therfore sommer sauce shulde be ver ieuse or eysell or vineger the ieuse of leÌ„mons or of pome garnades with rose water and suche lyke And other whyle in sauces made in soÌ„mer one may put a lyttell pellitorie persly to attempre the coldenes of the forsayde thynges But the mattier of coÌ„petent sauces in wynter are musterte carloke gynger peper cynomum gelofers garlyke sage myntes pelitorie perslye wyne water of fleshe vineger nat to stronge but verye nere to the nature of wyne And in meane seasons they shulde be mean neither to hotte nor to colde Secondlye sauces differ by reason of the meates for whiche they be made for one meate wil haue one sauce an other meate a nother sauce as lordis cokes knowe Sauce for mutton veale and kydde is grene sauce made in soÌ„mer with vineger or ver ieuse with a fewe spices without garlyke with persly white gynger ver ieuse and tosted breadde with vineger In wynter the same sauces be made with many spices a littell quaÌ„tite of garlyke and of the beste wyne and with a littell ver ieuse or with mustert Sauce for rosted befe is made with peper tosted breadde brothe of fleshe and grapes And the same sauce is good in wynter to eate with porke Also porke in sommer maye be eaten with vineger and perslye in the begynnynge of our repast But in case the forsayde meates be baked specially befe porke in wynter than serue in a white oynion and a small quaÌ„tite of swete spice beaten in pouder But in soÌ„mer without oynions and with ver ieuse
vnderstande that to dryÌ„ke water with meate is nat only hurtfull but also in many other cases Auic iii. i ca. de regimine aque â— vini whiche are declared of Auicen Fyrste hit is vnholsome for a maÌ„ to dryÌ„ke fastyng for hit perceth in to the bodye by all the principall membres therof mortifienge hit naturall heate This is of trouthe if one that is truely fastynge drinke hit Yet for a dronken man it is some tyme holsome nor it hurteth hym nat though he dryÌ„ke hit fastynge For a dronkerde fastynge is nat vtterlye fastynge his stomake is nat vacande but some what remayneth of the other dayes ingurgynge But in whose nitrosite water dronke in the mornynge doth mitigate and the stomake there with washed the vapours fumes repressed is disposed to receyue newe sustinance The .ij. hurt is to drynke water after great labour trauaile and lyke wyse after the fleshely acte betwene maÌ„ and woman For than the poris of the bodye be verye open wherby the water entrethe in to the bottum of the membres mortifienge the natural heate Whiche heate also after the fleshely acte is weaked The .iij. incoÌ„uenience is after baynyng specially if one bayne hym fastynge for than the cundites and wayes of the bodye be verye open wherfore the water entrynge in hurteth as is afore sayde AuiceÌ„ vâ— quarti sâ—ma .ii. ca. vltimo Of this drynkynge of water Auicen sayth That of water dronke tastynge after baynynge and after carnall copulation corruptynge of coÌ„plection dropsy is to be feared Fourthly it is hurtfull to drynke colde water to queÌ„che feyned thyrst in the nyght as hit chanceth to surfetters and droÌ„kerdes For by drinkynge of colde water the resolution and digestion of salte humours are prohibited whether it be of wyne or other sharpe thynges causynge thyrste so sone after drynke thyrste commeth agayne as stronglye as before But in case the thyrste be so vehement vexynge vnquietynge ouer moche that neither coldenes of brethynge nor washynge of the mouthe with colde water can suffice than let the thyrstie dryÌ„ke colde water out of a narowe mouthed vesselle or cuppe or syppynge that the water more slowlye maye come vnto the brymme of the stomake for so hit shall beste quenche thyrste and lesse therof shal be dronke and than it shall nat vtterly distroy digestion Fyftelye generallye hit is yll for holle folkes to drynke moche colde water for hit quencheth naturall heate greueth the breast marreth the appetite of the stomake and is verye hurtfull to all the senowye meÌ„bres Yet neuer the lesse water temperatly colde some tyme per accidence stereth one to haue an appetite and maketh the stomake stronge helpynge hit openynge and clensynge the wayes therof Sunt nutratiue multum arnes vituline Here the author saith that veale nourisheth very moche And this Auicen affirmeth sayenge that meate that conserueth helth must be suche as the fleshe is For they are of lyke nature very apte to be conuerted in to bludde and specially kydde yonge suckynge calues and yerelynge lammes And this veale Galen .iii. alimentorum The beste veale preysethe highlye sayenge that veale of .vj. or .viij. wekes olde rosted is more holsome than mutton hit is soone digested and norisheth very moche And of these fleshes we haue spoken before Sunt bona gallina capo turtur sturna columba Quiscula vel merula phasianus ethigoneta Perdix frigellus orex tremulus amarellus The beste foules to eate This texte sheweth what wylde foule are moste holsome to eate to nouryshe mans nature The nombre of them is .xiiij. The fyrste is an henne the whiche is verye holsome to eate For Haly Auenzoart and Mesue say that the beste fleshe of pultry is an henne that neuer layed of a cocke that neuer trad henne For they without superfluite are soone turned in to bludde theyr proprete is to tempre mans complexion and theyr broth is the beste medicine that can be for lepers And Galen sayth Galen ii can ca. de gâ—inis â— gallo that fleshe of yonge pullettes augmeÌ„teth intellection hit clereth the voyce and encreaceth the sede of generation The .ij. is a capon whose fleshe consiliator in his .lxviij. question nombreth amonge the mooste holsome fleshes And these fleshes and lyke wyse the other afore sayde the stomake of hit proprete doth digest The .iij. is a turtyll whiche also nourisheth well and engendreth good blud Auicen .ii. can ca. dâ— cane The fleshe wherof Auicen highlye preysethe sayenge There is no foules fleshe better thaÌ„ a turtyls or a hennes nor subtiler But yet they are nat so nouryshynge as the pertriche The .iiij. after the opinioÌ„ of some is a stare This byrde shulde be eateÌ„ yonge Some other call this foule Starna whiche Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ preisethe aboue al other foules sayenge A sterlyngis fleshe is lyghtest of all other foules holsome for them that wyll kepe a sklender diete and by this maye be vnderstande a greatter foule as a grey goose the fleshe wherof is ryght coÌ„mendable specially yonge And on this wise Almans vnderstandeth preferrynge this fleshe before other Orels by a stare may be vnderstaÌ„de certeine small ê‘triches wherof Moyses semeth to vnderstande sayenge to the Iewes Lyke wyse stares are vnholsome for our kynge for they coÌ„streyne and indurate the bealye And this proprete some ascribe vnto pertriches For theyr fleshe bynde the bealy as witnessethe Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ The .v. is a doue whose fleshe is colerike Whiche as Rasis sayth is excedynge hotte the whiche engeÌ„dreth blud ferueÌ„tly hotte and lyghtly engeÌ„dreth the ague And therfore pigions be better baked with sower grapis than rosted For by the sower grapes the heate engendred in the bludde is alayde And the best to eate be yonge pigions redye to flie for suche be of lyght digestion and of better humour For yoÌ„ge pigions nat able to flee are superfluously hotte moyst wherby they engeÌ„dre grosse humours as Auicen sayth the .ij. canon chap. of pigions But olde pigions and theyr fleshe for theyr ouer great heate drought and difficulte of digestion are to be eschewed And lyke wyse olde turtyls The .vj. is a quayle Some doctours saye that a quayle is of light substance and engendreth good bludde and is very holsome for holle folkes But after the mynde of Isaac quayles are worse than any other wylde foule nor they for nourishement nor digestion oughte to be preysed For throughe eatynge of their fleshe the crampe is to be feared As Auicen sayth .ii. can cap. de cotur And he saythe the reason is in the substance of theyr fleshe that they engendre the crampe And for this reason frenche meÌ„ bake eate quayles with softe buttry chese Yet by the quayle maye be vnderstaÌ„de an other byrde a lyttell more than the forsayd ê‘triche of the same colour with redde feete and bylle of a delicious sauour And on this wise Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ taketh a quayle whaÌ„ he
resyns must be eate whiche restrayne inflaÌ„mation drynes by reason they moyst And of nuttis is spoken more largely at Allea nux c. The .iij. doctrine is that resyns of corans hurt the splene for it causeth opilation therof yet they are holsome for the raynes for by theyr prouokynge of vrine they purge the raynes Scrofa tumor glandes ficus cataplasmate cedit Iunge papaner ei confracta foris tenet ossa Here be declared .ij. holsome thynges that come by playsters made of fygges Fyrst figges sodde in water moyste layde to any of these .iij. diseases cureth hit that is swynes yuell kyrnels and swellynges By swynes yuell is vnderstande inflasion vnder the chynne about the throte And it is called scrofula a scrofa that is to saye a sowe or a swyne either bicause this disease chanceth many tymes to swyne through theyr gulosite orels by cause the shappe of this disease is likened to swyne as Auicen sayth Auicen iii.iiii tract ii cap. de stropulis By kyrnels are vnderstaÌ„de impostumes whiche coÌ„monly chance vnder the arme pittis and in the groynes And by swellyng may be vnderstande inflasions in any parte of the body Wherfore to hele these impostumes and specially to rype them figges shulde de sodde with water A playster made of fygges and with the water shulde be mixed a litell curtsy of vineger whiche shulde helpe the vertue of the figges to entre And whan it is sodde the fygges must be beate in a morter and thaÌ„ myngled with a curtsy of the water that they were sodde in and so make a playster A playster is proprely a medicine made of some herbe or flower and the ioyce therof as this verse sayth Tunc cataplasma facis cum succum ponis et herbam The .ij. vtilite is that a playster made of figges and popie sede ioyneth or setteth broken bones to gether agayne A playster of fygges popie sede And they muste be sodde to gether in water wtout vineger and than stampe hit in a morter and put therto a littell of the water that it was sodde in and so lay hit to the sore The reason herof may be bicause popie sede both taketh away the sensiblenes of the meÌ„bres wherby the ache that is wonte to chaÌ„ce in breakynge of bones is done away and prouoketh to slepe Fyggis eke drawe the humidites of the bodye to the vtter partis whiche humidites broughte to the bones maye drawe retayne or holde them to gether but neuer perfectely knytte them And witteth well that there be .iij. kyndes of popis whyte redde and blacke The redde is venomous and growethe amonge corne Yonge scholeâ—s are wonte to stampe the flowers therof to make them redde ynke Pediculos veneremque facit sed cuilibet obstat Eatyng of fygges Here be declared .ij. operations of fyggis The fyrst Moche eatyÌ„ge of fyggis maketh one lousy and this is for certayne if the fygges be drie as Auicen sayth Auicen .ii. can ca. de ficubus And he saith that the cause is through the maliciousnes and corruption of the humour of them engendred And eke an other cause maye be for that figges stere one to swete moche wherof lyce are engendred The .ij. operation is fygges stere one to carnall luste and lyke wyse they haue many superfluites and augmente the sede of generation Multiplicant mictum ventrem dant escula strictum Escula bona dura sed mollia sunt meliora Here are declared .ij. vtilites of medlars The fyrst is that they encâ—eace vrine that is by reasoÌ„ they make the dregges harde and so the wtattrynes turneth in to moche vrine The .ij. vtilite is medlars make one costife throughe their sowernes and stipticalnes and therfore the texte sayth harde medlars be good to stoppe the laske But yet the softe medlars be better than the harde for they noryshe more and bynde lesse And here is to be noted that medlars noryshe lesse than appuls peres peches fygges and suche lyke whiche thynge apperethe playnelye by theyr egernes of relishe or taste hardnes of theyr substance after they be ryped on the tree and therfore we shulde eate fewe medlars and rather in way of medicine than meate And bicause they be verye stipticall they be holsome for the laske And bicause medlars ripe nat on the tree softe inough to eate they must be layde tyll they be softe and than they be more delectable and lesse stipticall Prouocat vrinam mustum cito soluit inflat Thre ê“pretes of muste be here touched Fyrste muste prouoketh one to pysse for in muste are the erthy ê‘tis scouryngly bytynge the bladder whan they come therto by reason wherof the bladder is constrayned to auoyde the vrine And this proprete is vnderstaÌ„de of mustis that haue bytynge lies as moche reinnishe muste For mustis that haue grosse lies are nat nyppyÌ„ge but rather stoppynge and lettynge of vrine as is before sayde at Impedit vrinam c. The .ij. proprete must maketh one lyghtly laske through the same cause shewed in the fyrst proprete Thyrdly must is inflatiue for the boylynge that hit maketh in the body reyseth vp ventosites The causes of these .ij. propretes are shewed before at Impedit vrinam Grossos humores nutrit seruisia vires Prestat augmentat carnem generatque cruorem Prouocat vrinam ventrem quoque mollit inflat Infrigidat modicum sed plus desiccat acetum Infrigidat macerat melanc dat sperma minorat Siccos infestat neruos pinguia siccat Here the auctour toucheth .ij. thynges Fyrst he putteth .viij. propretes of ale or beare Fyrste ale engendreth in mans body grosse humours whiche is of trouth in regarde of wyne And after the diuersite of the corne or grosse substance the ale is made of the grosser humours are engendred Secondly ale augmentethe the strengthes and this doth ale made of the best grayne wel sodde for by reason hit nourysheth moche hit encreaceth strengthe Thyrdly it encreateth fleshe by reason hit nourysheth moche and for the same cause hit encreaceth the bludde And these .iij. laste propropretes is in stale ale well sodde and made of the beste grayne Fyftely hit stereth one to pysse Syxtly hit maketh one to laske And these .ij. ê“pretes is in clere bere that hath moche of the hoppe as bere of Amburgens whiche by reason of the hoppes bryngethe one in a laske And hit is nat good for them that haue a weake braine For this bere by reason of hoppis doth lyghtlye ouercome the brayne Seuently hit enflateth the bealye this is of trouthe if hit be yll sodde as Holande bere doth whiche enflateth most and stoppeth and therfore fatteth ryghte moche The .viij. is that a lyttell curtsye ale colethe So dothe bere of Hollande Brabande Heynault and Flanders And this is hit that we vse daylye And this proprete is for certaine in respecte of wyne Here is to be noted that ale may be made of ootis barly wheate And as the
the shakynge the moist crampe and benomed membres caused of the palsey And eke he sayth there is nothyng better for ventosite in the eare thaÌ„ to take as moche as a pease and tempre it with oyle of spike so let it droppe in to the eare Castorie hath many other vertues whiche AuiceÌ„ reherseth CastoriuÌ„ is the stones of a see beaste called castor The oyle also of Castorie is as specially good for the palsey as castorie after voidynge of the matter for than hit consumeth the resydue of the mattier that remayneth comforteth the senowes Of laueÌ„der apereth For with hit swete sauour it comforteth the senowes and with hit heate dothe consume the palsey mattier And also of the primerose eke appereth for with hit swete sauour and heate hit comfortethe the senowes This flower is called premula veris bicause hit is the fyrste swete flower that spryngeth in ver The .v. is a watter cresse for hit is hotte drie subtile incisiue and resolutiue wherby it taketh away the mattier of palsey And Auicen saith hit comforteth all mollification of the senowes for hit heateth and drawethe out fleme and clenseth the senowes from fleme and phisitians couÌ„saile vs to eate water cressis in lent bicause lenten meate is flematike Watercresse is a coÌ„moÌ„ herbe growyng in colde stony watrishe places where as be many wel springes The .vj. is tansey The vertue of this herbe is to purge fleme and with it heate drieth the senowes Also hit purgethe a man of wormes and the mattier wherof they be engendred And therfore frenche men vse coÌ„monly to frie egges therwith in the ester weke to purge away the fleme engeÌ„dred of fyshe in the lente wherof wormes are soone engendred in them therto disposed In the ende of the texte the auctour saythe that sage is called the sauer and keper of nature Nobilis est ruta quia lumina reddit acuta Auyilio rute vir quippe videbis acute Ruta viris coitum minuit mulieribus auget Ruta facit castum dat lumen et ingerit estum Cocta facit ruta de pulicibus loca tuta This texte declareth .iiij. ê“pretes of rue iiii propretes of rue Auicen .ii. can ca. de ruta Fyrst hit sharpeth the sight proprely the ieuse therof as Auicen saith and as is afore saide at Allea nux ruta The .ij. is rewe diminishethe the desire of carnall lust in men but in women rewe augmenteth hit by reason that rue by hit heatynge dryenge diminisheth the sede of meÌ„ whiche is subtile and of the nature of the ayre but in women rue maketh subtile and heatethe the sede for in them hit is wattrishe and colde and therfore hit sterethe them more to carnall luste The .iij. is rewe maketh a man quicke subtile and inuentife by reason that by heatynge and dryenge hit maketh a mans spiritis subtile and so clerethe the wytte The .iiij. is that the water that rue is sodde in To kylle flees cast and sprinkeled about the house riddeth away flees and as phisitions say it kylleth them And after Auicen whan the house is sprinkeled with the water of wylde gourdes the flees lepe flee away And lyke wyse doth the water that blacke thorne is sodde in And after Auicen saythe AuiceÌ„ vi.iiii tract iii. cap. de effug pulicum that some haue sayde if goottis bludde be put in a pyt in the house the flees wyll gether there vnto and dye And lyke wyse if a logge be annoynted with the greace of an yrchyn the flees wyll gether therto and dye Flees can nat abyde the sauour of colewortis nor leaues of Oleandre Some say that nothynge is better to auoyde flees than thynges of stronge sauour therfore rewe myntis horse myntis and hoppis be good and aboue all thyngis horse dounge orels hors stale is the chiefe Also the house spryncled with the decoction of rape sede kylleth flees And the parfumyng of the house with a bulles horne driuethe awaye flees Yet to take flees nothynge is better than to lay blankettis on the bed for therin they gether them self De cepis medici non consentire videtur Colericis non esse bonas dicit Galienus Flegmaticis vero multum docet esse salubres 〈◊〉 Presertim stomacho pul chrumque creare colorem Contritis cepis loca denudata capillis Sepe fricans poteris capitis reparare decorem 〈◊〉 Here the auctour speaketh of oynions and declareth .v. thynges Fyrste touchynge theyr operation phisitions agree nat For some saye they be good for flematike folkes and some say naye as Rasis whiche sayth that they engeÌ„dre superfluous and flematyke humours in the stomake Secondly Galen saythe they be ryghte hurtfull for colerike folkes bicause as AuiceÌ„ saith oynioÌ„s be hotte in the thyrde degree and therfore they hurt hotte folkes as colerike be Thirdly oynioÌ„s be holsome for flematike folkes For they be hot persynge subtile scourynge and openyng wherfore they digest cutte make subtile and wype away fleumatike and claÌ„my humours growen in the fleumatike folkes Fourthly oynions be holsome for the stomake for they mundifie hit from fleme and heate hit And therfore Auicen saithe that hit that is eate of the oynion throughe the heate therof comfortethe a weake stomake And eke therfore they make a man well colered For it is impossible for one to haue a lyuelye coler if his stomake be verye fleumatike or fylled with yll rawe flematike humours The .v. is oynions sodde and stamped restore heares agayne if the place where the heares were be rubbed therwith This is of trouthe whan the heare gothe awaye throughe stoppynge of the pores and corruption of the mattier vnder the skynne For the oynions open the pores resolue the yll mattier vnder the skynne drawe good mattier to he same place And therfore as Auicen saith ofte rubbyng with oynions is very holsome for balde men Auicen .ii. can ca. de preal Et vii iii ca. de curatioÌ„e alo perie Wherfore the texte concludethe that this rubbynge with oynions prepareth the beautie of the heed for heares are the beautie of the heed For a farther knowlege of oynious operation witteth that they stere to carnall lust ê“uoke the appetite brynge colour in the face myngled with hony they distroy wartes they engendre thyrste they hurte the vnderstaÌ„dynge for they engeÌ„dre an yll grosse humour they encreace spittell the ieuse of them is good for wattrynge eies and dothe clarifie the syghte as Auicen sayth Farther note that oynions hony and vineger stamped to gether is good for bytynge of a madde dogge And therfore some adde these .ij. verses vnto the forsayde texte Appositas perhibent morsus curare caninos Si trite cum melleprins fuerint et aceto But of this is spoken before at Allea nux c. Et modicum granum siccum calidumque sinapis Dat lachrymas purgatque caput tolâ—tque venenuâ— Here the auctour touchethe .ij. thynges Fyrste he putteth the
coÌ„plexioÌ„ of mustarde sede of mustard sede sayeng that mustarde sede is a lyttell grayne hotte and drye whiche is true for it is hotte and drie vnto the .iiij. degree after Auicen .ii. canone cap. de sinapi Secondly he putteth .iij. propretes or effectes of mustarde sede The fyrste is it maketh ones eies to water For with hit greatte heate hit maketh subtile and leusethe the humidites of the brayne wherof than by theyr flowynge to the eies the teares come The .ij. effecte is hit purgethe the brayne mundifienge and clensynge away the flematike humidites of the heed Also hit purgethe the heed put in to the nose thyrllis by hit mordication prouokyng one to nese And therfore hit is put in their nostrils that haue apoplexie for by reason of nesynge the brayne is pourged And lyke wyse mustarde sede through it great heate doth dissolue and leuse suche flemes as stoppe the cundites of the brayne of whiche foloweth apoplexie And thus hit apperethe that mustarde sede is a great leuser consumer and clenser of flematike humidites The .iij. effecte is hit withstandethe poyson AuiceÌ„ loco prealleg For Auicen saythe that venomous wormes can nat abyde the smoke of mustarde sede Crapula discutitur capitis dolor atque grauedo Purpuream dicunt violam curare caducos The prophetes of 〈◊〉 Here are put .iij. ê“pretes or effectis of violettis Fyrst violettis delay dronkennes by reason that violettis haue a temperate swete sauour whiche greatly coÌ„forteth the brayne For a stroÌ„ge brayne is nat lightly ouer come with drinke but a weake is Also a violet is colde wherfore hit colethe the brayne and so maketh hit vnable to receyue any fume The .ij. is violettis slaketh heed ache and grefe that is caused of heate as Auicen Rasis Alma and Mesue say by reason that violettis be colde they withstande hotte causes The .iij. is violettis helpe them that haue the fallyng syckenes Though some say thus yet this effecte is nat coÌ„monly ascribed vnto violettis And therfore if violettis haue this proprete hit is but by reason of theyr swete smell that coÌ„forteth the brayne whiche strengthed is nat hurte by small geefes and consequently falleth nat in to epilencie whiche is called the lyttell apoplexie chaunsynge by stoppynge of the sensible senowes Egris dat somnum vomitum quoque tollit ad vsum Compescit tussim veterem colicisque medetur Pellit pulmonis frigus ventrisque tumorem Omnibus morbis subueniet articulorum This texte openethe .vij. propretes of nettyls Fyrste nettyls cause a sicke bodye to slepe For hit is subtiliatiue cuttynge and scourynge of fleme and grosse humours greuynge nature lettynge slepe Secondly it doth away vomite custome therof by reason that vomite and parbrakyng is caused of a claÌ„my humour whiche the nettel cutteth Thyrdly the nettell fordothe olde coughe and specially hony wherin nettell sede is tempered For the nettell auoydethe claÌ„mye fleme out of the breast as Rasis sayth Auic ii caÌ„ cap. de vt And Auicen saythe of the nettell that whan hit is dronke with water is is therâ—yll dronke with wyne healethe the bealy ache For hit asswageth inflasion caused of grosse ventosite wherof the ache cometh for hit leuseth ventosite of the stomake and all other guttis and openeth stoppynge and there vnto the wyne helpeth Thyrdely cherfyil cessethe vometynge and the laske by reason hit is hotte in the .iij. degree and dry in the .ij. it digesteth and drieth that mattier wherof vomite commeth And this is verye trouthe whan vomite or the laske come of colde flematike mattier And besides these effectis hit prouoketh vrine and the menstruosite and swageth ache of the sydes and raynes and speciallye taken with mellicratum Enula campana reddit precordia sana Cum succo rute si succus sumitur huius Asfirmat ruptis nil esse salubrius istis Here the text openeth .ij. effectis of enula caÌ„pana Elfe docâ—e â—worte or horse â—ele Fyrste hit comforteth the harte strynge that is the brymme of the stomake is proprely called the harte stringis orels the vitall membres that is the wyndye membres whiche be nere the harte and specially the harte rote That hit comforteth the brymme of the stomake appereth in that the swete smellyng rote of enula coÌ„forteth the senowy meÌ„bres The bryÌ„me of the stomake is a senowye membre That hit comforteth breathy membres appereth For wyne made of enula called vinum enulatum Auicen .ii. can ca. de enula clenseth the breaste and lyghtis or longes as AuiceÌ„ sayth Also enula swalowed downe with hony helpeth a man to spytte and it is one of those herbes that reioyce and coÌ„forte the hart The .ij. effecte is the ieuse of this herbe with the ieuse of rue is very holsome for them that be burste and that is specially whaÌ„ the burstennes cometh by ventosite for these .ij. ieuses dissolue that And besidis these effectis enula is good for a stomake filled with yl humours and it openeth opilatioÌ„s of the lyuer and splene as Rasis saythe And hit comforteth all hurtis colde grefes and motions of ventosites and inflasions as Auicen sayth Cum vino coleram nigram potata repellit Sic dicunt veterem sumptum curare podagram Here are put .ij. effectis of hyll worte A remedye for coler Fyrst hyll worte principally the water therof taken with wyne purgeth blacke coler Secondly hilwort heleth an olde goute For the ê“prete of this herbe is to melte and dissolue fleme wherof very ofteÌ„ the goute is wonte to be engeÌ„dred And note that after Platearius hil worte is hotte and dry in the thyrde degree The substaunce therof is subtile the vertue comfortable through the swete smell of hit substance hit openethe and of hit qualites draweth of hit fyrie substance or nature hit consumeth by burnynge and drienge Illius succo crines retinere fluentes Alitus asseritur dentisque curare dolorem Et squamas succus sanat cum melle peruncâ—us Here he puttethe .iij. effectis of water cresses water cresses Fyrste watercresses reteyne heares fallynge awaye if the heed be annoynted with the iewse therof orels if the ieuse or water therof be dronke This effecte Auicen toucheth sayeng Aui ii caÌ„ cap. de 〈◊〉 The drynkyÌ„ke or annoyntyng with watercressis cure tothe ache specially if the ache come by colde for it persethe resoluethe and heatethe as apperethe at Cur moriatur homo Thyrdly the ieuse of water cresse takeÌ„ with hony or the place annoynted therwith doth away skales that cleaue to ones skynne by reason that suche skales be engeÌ„dred of salte fleme Watercresse as is sayde purgeth all fleme therfore if hit be dronke hit resisteth the cause of skales and the place annoynted therwith auoydeth the skales and specially myngled with hony for that is a cleÌ„ser and so helpeth the cressis to purge Beside these effectis cressis drie vp the corruptioÌ„ of the bealy clenseth the lyghtis
duste or walkyng in dusty places in whiche duste fleeth light lyin to the eies duskethe the syghte The .xxj. and aboue other hurtfull to the eies and syght is to moche watche For to moche watche inducethe to moche drynes in the eies And generally all repletions hurt the eies and all that driethe vp nature and all that trouble the bludde by reason of saltnes or sharpenes All dronkennes hurteth the eies but vometynge coÌ„forteth the syght in that hit purgeth the stomake and hurteth hit in that hit moueth the mattiers of the brayne dryuynge them to the eies And therfore if hit be nedefull to spue hit muste be done after meate without constraynynge Also to moche slepe incontinent after meate and moche bludde lettynge and proprelye with ventosites hurtethe the syghte as Auicen sayth .iii. tract iiii ca. iiii where he expresseth many of the forsayde causes Feniculus verbena rosa celidonia ruta Ex istis fit aqua que lumina reddit acuta This texte recitethe .v. herbes whose water is verye holsome for the syghte To clarifie the eies The fyrste is fenell whose ieuse put in to the eie sharpeth the syghte after Rasis .iij. AlmÌ„ The .ij. is verueyn wherof the water is of many phisitians put in resceytes holsome agaynst feblenes of syghte The thyrde is a rose whose water dothe comforte the lyuelye spirite and syghte The .iiij. is celendine whose ieuse is citrine hit is called celidonia that is gyuynge celestiall gyftes The .v. is rewe the water of those .ij. herbes is holsome for the syghte as phisitians coÌ„monly say Sic dentes serua porrorum collige grana Ne careas iure cum iusquiamo simul vre Sicque per embotum fumumque cape dente remotum Here the auctour reciteth certeyne medicines for tothe ache For tothe ache He saythe Lykes sede henbane burned to gether is good for the tothe ache They must be ministred on this wyse The ieuse of heÌ„bane with the lyke sede must be burned to gether and the smoke must be resceiued through a fonell on the side that the ache is The vertue of the heÌ„bane taketh away the felynge of the payne And the vertue of the lyke sedes fume kylleth wormes whiche other whyle lyenge in the concauites of the tethe cause intollerable payne as Auicen saythe ii canone cap. de porro Nux oleum frigus capitis anguillaque potus Ac pomum crudum faciunt hominem fore raucum This text declareth .vj. causes of horsenes The fyrste is eatynge of nuttis for nuttis drie moche and therfore they asperate the voice and make it like a cranes voyce The .ij. is oyle the vse wherof may engendre horsenes for some claÌ„my partis therof cleue fast to the pipe of the lyghtis causyÌ„g horsnes Secondly hit may make colerike folkes hoorse for that in them the oyle is lightly enflamed and so that inflamation causeth exasperation and horesnes but the fyrste cause semeth better The thyrde is colde of the heed For colde of the heed doth presse to gether the brayne wherby the humours discende towarde the throte and the pype of the lyghtis enducynge horsenes throughe to moche moystnes of the pipe The .iiij. is eatynge of yeles for the eatynge of them multiplieth claÌ„my fleme whiche comynge to the lyghtis stycke there styll and cause horsnes The .v. is ouer moche drynkynge speciallye towarde bedde Nowe the vehement wetynge of the pipe of the lightis dothe chieflye cause horesnes of the voyce as all phisitians say The .vj. is rawe apuls for in that they be rawe they encreace fleme and if they be nat rype but sharpe and sower they make the throte roughe Ieiuna vigila caleas dape valde labora Inspira calidum modicum â—ibe comprime flatum Hec bene tu serna si vis de pellere reuma Si fâ—nat ad pectus dicatur reuma catarrus Ad fauces branchus ad nares esto corisa Here are touched .vij. thyÌ„ges that cure the reume The fyrste is abstinence from meate â—or the 〈…〉 or fastynge for therby the mattier of reume is dimynyshed for abstinence drieth and the mattier is better ryped and consumed For whan nature fyndethe no matter of foode wheron she may worke she worketh vpon reumatike mattier and consumeth hit and so the heed is lesse fylled therwith Wherfore Auicen saythe that a man hauynge the catar or the pose shulde take hede he fylle nat hym selfe with meates The .ij. is watche for watche dryeth the brayne and withstandeth that the vapours ascende nat to the heed The .iij. is hotte meatis and drynkes for throughe theyr heate the colde mattier of the reume is digested The .iiij. is to labour moche for therby the mattier reumatike is consumed by reason that moche labour drieth vp the suê‘fluites of the bodye And in stede of valâ—e some textis haue veste and than the sentence is that warme garmeÌ„tis is holsome for the reume specially whan hit cometh by colde mattier The v. is inspirynge of hotte aier and speciallye if the catarre procede of colde matter for by breathyng of warme aier the mattier is warmed and riped The .vj. is to drynke lyttell and endure thyrst for therby the reumatike mattier is consumed And eke by lyttell drynkynge the heed is nat fylled as with moche drinkynge The .vij. is to holde ones breath for that is specially good in a catarre caused of a colde mattier by reason that this holdyÌ„g of the breathe heatethe the partis of the breast and so the colde fleumatike mattier causynge the catarre is better digested These thynges and many other Auicen toucheth sayenge AuiceÌ„ locâ— prealleg Hit behouethe to kepe the heed warme continuallye And also hit must be kepte from the northe wynde and proprely after the southe For the southe wynde repleteth and makethe rare The northe wynde constrayneth Also he must drinke no colde water nor slepe on the day tyme He must endure thyrst huÌ„ger and watche as moche as he can for these thynges in this sickenes are the begynnynge of helth Rasis .ix. Almausoâ— Farther more Rasis biddeth hym that hath the reume to beware of lyenge vp ryghte For by lyenge vp ryghte the reumatike matter floweth to the hynder partis of man where as be no manifeste issues wherby the mattier maye voyde out Therfore hit is to be feared lest hit flowe to the senowes and cause the crampe or palsey And lyke wyse he ought vtterly to forbeare wyne for wyne is vaporous and in that hit is verye hotte it dissolueth the mattier and augmenteth the reume And lyke wyse he must nat stande in the sonne nor by the fire for the sonne and fire leuse the mattier and augmenteth the reume In the last .ij. verses thauctour puttethe difference betwene these .iij. names catarrus branchus and corisa And the difference standeth in the mattier flowyng to one part or an other of the body WhaÌ„ the mattier roÌ„nethe to the breaste partis hit is called catarrus whan
to the bodily hete But comparynge hit to ruddye blud and coler hit is colde Fleme is naturally whyte and this is called swete fleme extendynge this name swete to all the talages delitynge the taste for other wise this natural fleme is nat swete but vnsauery and watrishe and very nere the talage of water And to this fleme nature hath nat gyuen a ê“pre mansion as she hath done to coler and melancoly but nature maketh it ronne with the bloud for it hath a very nere similitude to bloud And of this fleme there be .ij. necessites and one vtilite The fyrste necessite is that hit be nere the membres so that theyr vertue maye digeste and turne hit in to bloudde and that the membres by hit may be nourished whan they haue loste theyr naturall foode that is for to saye good bloudde throughe restrynte of material bloud whiche restreynt is caused of the stomake lyuer through some causes accidentall The .ij. necessite is that hit myngle with the bloud and make hit apte to nourishe the meÌ„bres of flematike complexion as the brayne and nuche for that that must noryshe these meÌ„bres must be well myngled with fleme The vtilite of fleme is that hit moyst the ioyntes and membres that moue moche leste they waxe drie through the heate that cometh of theyr mouynge and rubbynge Vnnaturall fleme may be deuided Fyrste in hit substance so some therof is muscillaginosuÌ„ and that is fleme to ones semynge diuerse for in some parte it is subtile and thynne and in some other grosse and thycke it is called muscilaginosuÌ„ bicause hit is lyke muscilages draweÌ„ out of sedes There is an other fleme that appereth egall in substance that is in subtilite grossenes to ones demynge but for a trouth hit is diuers in euery parte this is named rawe fleme And this encreasethe in the stomake and entrayles And to auoyde hit out of the stomake Hippocrates byddethe vs spue twyse a monethe and to voide hit out of the guttis nature hath ordeyned coler to runne from the chest of the gall to the entrayle ieiuniuÌ„ so forthe to the other lower guttis to scoure away that fleme from the brymmes of the entrayles and to cause hit to discende downe with the other dregges and fylthe Some tyme this fleme is encreased in the veynes specially of olde folkes by minishyng of theyr digestioÌ„ and there remaynynge is by lyttell littell augmented and engrossed hurtynge nature whiche can nat by the veynes therto ordeyned voyde hit out yet it doth that is possible to kepe it from the harte and other inwarde membres and driueth it to the outwarde membres and specially to the legges for by hit heuynes hit naturally draweth to the lower partis of man And this is the cause why olde folkes legges are swollen that if one presse downe his fynger therin there taryethe a hole specially towarde night and in fatte folkes suche as were wonte to be nourished with moyst meates There is an other spice of fleme verye subtile wattrishe lyke vnto water some what thicke This fleme is verye often myngled with theyr spittyll that haue yll digestion and of those that be great drinkers it runneth from the brayne to the nose as hit is wonte in the begynnynge of the pose and whan by decoction and boylynge in man hit cometh grosse hit is turned in to fleme grosse white and muscillage There is an other fleme grosse and white called gipseum the subtile partis of this fleme is dissolued through it longe bydynge in the iointis and the grossenes therof remaineth in the ioyntis as harde as stones This fleme engeÌ„drethe a goute vncurable There is an other fleme thycke and grosse lyke to molt glasse in colour claÌ„mynes and weight Secondly vnnaturall fleme differethe in talage for there is certayne fleme that is swete whiche is by mynglynge of bludde with fleme And vnder this is conteyned the vnctuous fleme whiche is engendred by mynglynge of vnctuous bloud and fleme There is an other maner of vnsauerye fleme caused of rawnes as certeyne glassy fleme There is an other salte fleme caused by mynglynge of coler And this is more bytynge drier and lyghter thaÌ„ any other fleme through the coler mingled therwith whiche is drie lyght and sharpe And this fleme is ofte founde in theyr stomakes that be flematike that drinke moche stronge wyne and that vse salte and sharpe meates and cleuynge to the stomakes causeth other whyle thyrst intollerable and runnyng by the guttis hit some tyme fleeth them and causethe the bluddy mensyn in the fundemeÌ„t ofte tymes induceth stronge â—o stiuenes There is an other fleme that is sharpe by mynglynge of sharpe melancolye therwith and some tyme throughe boylynge of fleme as hit chanceth in the swete ieuses of frutes that fyrste boyle and after waxe ripe And this fleme appereth oftner in theyr stomakes that digest yll than in other partis For naturally coler floweth to the mouthe of the stomake to stere vp thappetite whiche desceÌ„dyng downewarde some tyme myngled with fleme maketh it sower and this is ê‘ceyued by sower belchynges And other whyle this fleme is engendred in the stomake by boylyÌ„g with a weake heate There is an other fleme called pontike whiche is some tyme caused by mynglyng of poÌ„tike melancoly But this is seldome by reason that pontike melancolye is very scarse Hit is some tyme caused throughe vehement coldnes therof wherby the moystnes therof is coÌ„ieyled and some what altered to erthynes and thervpon cometh no weake heate whiche causynge it to boyle shulde conuerte it in to sharpenes nor no stronge heate whiche digestyng hit shulde turne it in to blud There be .ij. kyndes of coler natural and vnnaturall Vnnaturall coler is the fome of blud whose coler is ruddy clere that is citrine in the laste degree of citrines as saffron heedes and hit is lyghte and sharpe and the hotter the more redde it is And after this coler is engeÌ„dred in the heed hit deuideth in two partis one parte gothe with the bloud in to the veynes the other gothe in to the purse of the galle The parte that gothe with the bloud entreth therwith bothe for necessite and profite Hit is nedefull that hit myngle with the bloud to nourishe the colerike meÌ„bres Hit is behoueful that hit make the bloud subtile and cause hit to entre in to the veynes The parte that gothe to the purse of the galle gothe eke thether for necessite and profite The necessite is double The one is nedefull for all the bodye to mundifie hit from colerike superfluites The other necessite is in respecte of the galles purse The profite also is double The one is to washe the entrayles from dregges and claÌ„my fleme cleuynge to them The other is to pricke the guttis musculs that they may fele the thynge that hurteth them and voyde all other fylthynes The profe of this is that colike chanceth oftetymes by stoppynge of the hole
whan the blud is vaporous Thirdly whan it is hotte For subtile blud of whiche natural blud spiritis be engeÌ„dred resteth in the arterie but grosse blud that norisheth the meÌ„bres resteth in the veynes Lyke wyse vaporous blud is coÌ„teyned in the arterie sanguine blud in the veynes Also the hottest blud whiche of the harte the hottest meÌ„bre is engeÌ„dred digested is coÌ„teyned in the arterie the other bâ—d iÌ„ the veynes SecoÌ„dly note the veynes are opend in many meÌ„bres somtyme in the arme or in the great haÌ„de or small somtyme iÌ„ the fote somtym◠〈…〉 nose in the forheed in the lyppes somtyme vnder the tonge or iÌ„ the ruffe of the mouthe somtyme in the corners of the eies toward the forheed FroÌ„ the arme pyt to the elbowe are .v. veynes to be opend as Rasis Auicen say One is called cephalica whiche is the heed veyne the .ii. is called basilica whiche is the liuer veyne The .iii. is mediana or cardiana or nigra after Auicen or matrix after Rasis The .iiii. is assellaris The .v. is funis brachii In the lesse haÌ„de is saluatella so that in the arme in that it coÌ„teyneth the more and lesse haÌ„de are .vi. veynes to be opeÌ„d Cephalica empteth the partis aboue the necke and therfore to open hit is good for diseasis of the heed the megrym other hotte grefes or caused of hotte mattier This veyne begynneth at the shulder goth forth toward the lyft syde of the arme Basilica empteth the partes vnder the necke as froÌ„ the breaste lyuer and therfore lettyng blud of this veyne is holsome for diseases of the breast lyuer and right good in a pluresy This veyne begynneth at the arme hole and goth aloÌ„ge to the bowyng of the arme Mediana is betwene these .ii. said veines is coÌ„pact of them both for it is the braÌ„che of eche And it is eke median in vacuation for it voydeth froÌ„ al about vnder froÌ„ aboue the necke Wherfore it is the vniuersall veyne to all the body in voydyng nat vniuersall as some say bicause it begynneth at the 〈◊〉 â–ª but bicause it is the braÌ„che of cephalica and basilica Therfore if ye wold let cephalica blud and it appereth nat ye shuld rather take mediana thaâ— â—ica And like wise if ye wold let basilica blud it appereth nat ye shulde rather minishe mediana than cephalica for it agreeth better to bothe than one of them with the other Saluatella is the veyne betwene the myddell and rynge fynger more declynyng to the myddell fynger Hit begynneth of basilica This veyne is opend in the right haÌ„de for opilacion of the lyuer and in the lyft haÌ„de for opilacioÌ„ of the splene There is no reason why it shuld be so as Auicen sayth but experieÌ„ce whiche Galen fouÌ„de by a dreame as he sayth He had one in cure whose lyuer splene were stopte and he dreamed to let hym blud of this veyne so he dyd and cured the pacient This veyne is let blud puttyng the haÌ„de in warme water to engros and dilate it bicause it is subtile and that the gashe shulde nat close to soone and to make the grosse blud thynne Assellaris is vnder basilica and appereth iÌ„ byndyng the arme and like iugemeÌ„t is of it as of basilica Funis brachii is ouer cephalica orels the hyndermost bone and is of one iugemeÌ„t with cephalica Therfore as AuiceÌ„ Galen say though in openyng of veynes be vniuersal vacuacion of all the body yet nat froÌ„ al veynes egally nor like ieoê‘dy is nat in all For Rasis sayth cephalica is the surer basilica more to be feared and cardiaca is to feare but nat so moche as basilica Cephalica is surest for there is neyther senow 〈…〉 aboue nor dnder hit but vnder cardiaca is a â—owe and vpper aboue it is a subtile senowe therfore hit is to feare lest it shuld be cutte Basilica is 〈◊〉 ieoê‘dous for vnder it is an artery nere 〈◊〉 â—now a muscul Saluatella is nat ieoê‘dous and therfore the bett to open it it wold be put in warme water In the fote be .iii. veynes sciatica sophena the haÌ„me veyne These be opend whan we woll draw the blud to the lower ê‘tis as in prouokyng meÌ„struosite and the haÌ„me veyne is better than sophena or sciatica for it is nerer the matrice Sophena draweth blud froÌ„ the yard coddis matrice and sciatica froÌ„ the ancles raynes and other meÌ„bres toward mans lyft side sophena froÌ„ the matrice meÌ„bres there about tho they be branches of one veyne In the myddis of the forheed is a veyne whiche is opend for old diseasis of the face as morpheu drie scurfe scabbe for disesis of the eies but fyrst cephalica must be minished There is like wise a veyne in the nose in openyng of eche the necke must be bouÌ„de one opend after an other by byndyng the necke they wyl better appere There be veynes in the lippes whiche be opend for iÌ„postumes iÌ„ the mouthe or goÌ„mes but cephalica is first minished The .4 veines iÌ„ the ruffe of the mouth opeÌ„d auayle agaynst reumes flowyng to the tethe causyng them to ake These veynes apere playnly must be opeÌ„d whaÌ„ the mattier is digested There be veynes iÌ„ the corners of the eies toward the forhed they be opeÌ„d for disesis of the eies cephalica fyrst minished Also there be veynes vnder â—he tonge whiche are let blud for the swynalâ— â—ephalica fyrst minished The veynes in the timpuâ—s be let blud for the megrym and for great 〈◊〉 heed ache And those be the veynes that Hippoâ— Galen call iuueniles the incision of whiche maketh a maÌ„ vnable to get children Also iÌ„ the necke be veynes called guides whiche must be opend in the begynnyng of lepre and specially for stoppyng of the wynd pipes in the swynacy whiche letteth one to drawe his breath Si dolor est capitis ex potu limpha bibatur Ex potu nimio nam febris acuta creatur Si vertex capitis vel frons estu tribulentur Timpora fronsque simul moderate sepe fricentur Morella cocta necnon calidaque lauentur Here thauctor noteth .ii. thynges Fyrst A medicine for the heedach caused by driÌ„kyng if heedache come by to moche dryÌ„kyng specially of wyne or of any other dryÌ„ke that maketh folkes droÌ„ke one must drynke cold wat vpoÌ„ it whiche with it coldnes ingrosseth the fumes lifted vp letteth them to hurt the brayne The .ii. is that if the toppe of the heed or forheed be greued with to moche hete than the tympuls shulde be moderately chafed after washed with warme water that moderwort is sodde in for motherworte is colde and cooleth Temporis estiui ieiunia corpora siceant Quolibet in mense confert vomitus quoque purgat Humores nocuos stomachi lauant ambitus omnis Ver autumnus hyems estas dominatur