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A15587	A compendious or short treatise, gathered out of the chyefe and principall authors of phisycke conteynyuge certeyne preceptes necessary to the preseruacion of healthe, and longe continuaunce of the same: verye pleasaunte and profitable to reade.	Wingfield, Henry.	1551 (1551)	STC 25852; ESTC S103647	17,986	72

the meate be not hard to concoc●● or that it be not ouer sweete as bankettynge dyshes or ●lles that they bee not of diuerse qualities whych do speciallye corrupt digest●ō Nature teacheth vs thynges necessarye whyche be but fewe and sone prepared folishnes hathe inuented thynges superfluous whych are without number hard to comby If thou geue necessaries vnto nature she is delited and made strong as with thinges fi●te for her appetite But if thou geue her superfluous she is weakened and afflicted as wyth gobbets not agreyng vnto her dyete Last of al let vs beware of slepe at after nonnes of long watching and sittyng vp of nyghtes which al wyth many other mo do greatly let digestion When I speake of digestiō I do not meane that only whych is in the stomacke but the seconde also whych is in the liuer and the thyrde in the vaynes and the fourth or last whych is finished in al the members which surely to their perfeccion haue neede of good space and continuance whiche in nyne houres space as some mē thinke is brought to pas And if the least of thē al be in any wyse letted or troubled noryshment is not dueli ministred Moreouer as it is necessary to the prolongacion of lyfe to help digestion and make it perfite So lykewyse ●urgynge of exc●emētes is as necessary Also to keepe the skynne cleane from any fylth and those places wolde be ofte clensed out of the whyche filthines cōmeth from the inward partes as the head the eares the nosethi●les the eyes y e armeholes and y e other secret places y t nature hydeth honesty scase wold haue named The. iii. thyng which doth make strong lus●y the liuely and quick power of y e body is exercise and labour whych thyng to be ne cessarye is knowen by thys that those originall thynges corruptible whereof all liuynge creatures are composed and made be euer more in continuall motion as the ayre the fyre and the water But in this place it semeth expediente seynge I dyd promise the same before to declare some remedies agaynst thys cruditie where wyth manye be affected and troubeled and therewyth to make a perfite conclusion of thys chapter Galene and all other do agree in this case that peper brused and eaten wyth meate is verye expediente And where there is muche wynd in the stomacke then to eate all tymes of the daye the medicine made of thre kyndes of pepper ▪ tyme anise seede and hony clarified which is called diatrion piperi on and if flewme be abundaunt then oximel that is to saye honye and water soden together wyth the rootes and seedes of fen●l and persley and a quantitie of vinegre put thereto in the boylyng is very commendable The rest are fullye handled and set forth of Galene in his bookes de Cacoclymia ¶ By what tokens one may know whether the bloud in bys bodye b● good or ●●o if it be vi●●ate or yll how to rectifie it For nothyng is more necessary to the producing of lyfe then good bloud The fourth Chapter THe most famous and expert Phisitions among all other preceptes whych speciallye apperteme to the prolongacion of mannes lyfe do aduise and counsell vs to eate suche meate as maketh good iuyce and suche we cal fyne and holesome meates whych ingender good norishment y t is to wyt good laudable blud which causeth aboue all thynges the lyfe lōg to cōtinue in health And good bloud is knowen by this it is not cold not dry not darke ●urbulēt nor of y e colour of a beastes liuer but it is hot moist cler● Yet it is not of feruēt burning hot●●s as is fyre nor yet of thyn humiditie or moysture as is water For if y e bloud aproche nygh to y e nature cōdicion of fyre it maketh natural heate ouermuch to surmoūt in the body by the superfluous increase whereof humour radical is lightly cōsumed And if y e blud aproch ne●er to y e nature of water it doth extenuat abate diminyshe natural heate and wyth ouermuch thynne and wa●ry moisture doth drowne and opresse it Wherfore such euyl bloud maketh both heat and moisture to exceade their boūdes and transcend their limites appointed by nature whereby lyfe is lyke to fall in ruine And verely if naturall moysture be mingled with wa●ry and thyn bloud it sone receyueth putrefaction which is oft cause occasion of feuers agues called putride And for this cause it is not holesom to eate frutes or hearbes cold for thei much abūdantly eaten do shortly fil y e vaines w t iuyce crude rawe which sone wyll receiue putrefactiō Of these premisses it foloweth therfore y t the blud in our bodies be nether very hotte like fire neither very thin moyste like water but in keping y e golden meane betwene bothe Hitherto y e qualitie of good bloud is declared and now lyke wise the substance therof shal be sufficientlye expressed Good bloud is neyther ouer thycke nor ouer thynne But as in hys qualitie semblably in hys substaunce doth keepe and retayne the meane and in all condicions is correspondēt to the qualitie of the ayer If the substaunce of the bloude be thinne it ngendreth humiditie yll vncerteine and not longe continuyng and maketh the spirites apte to be dissolued and consumed wherby nature is mortified Spiritus Naturalis in hepate Uitalis in corde Animalis in cerebro Yf it be ouer thycke it doth debilitate and obfuscate the wytte stoppeth the pores and geueth occasion of suffocation of the lyfe and the spirites whych by thycke bloud be condensat and made tucbulent because of their thyckenes be nothyng fytte or conuenient for lyfe for they put out and suffocate naturall heate vpon the whyche the f●ndacion of lyfe is buylded Like as a great thicke smoke doth ouer whelme the flame of the fyre and wyll not suffer it to burne out clerely I let pas that it is so dark that it maketh mans lyfe heauye sad and full of pensiuenes such as for the most parte those that are of a melancholike constitucion be Good and pure bloud is as necessary to the noryshing of the life as good oyles bee for a lampe Wherefore suche meates muste be pycked out and chosen whych ingender pure and good bloud Rayses in a place shewyng vs how to reteyne and keepe styll longe tyme the freshnes of youth kepe back croked feble and withered age aduertiseth vs to vse such meates as ingender good bloud whyche be precordiall confortatiues of the hert also other lyke which wold be knowen of suche as write of the nature operation of meates for this shorte treatise can not receyue them ¶ Howe that he whiche desireth the course of hys lyfe longe to continue must haue diligent respect or regard to the election of his mansion or dwelling place The fyft Chapter THe place where a man purposeth to dwell is diligently to be considered of thē whiche desyre

aduisemente good order in diet preceding to preuent y e speciall causes thereof then not onlye of their maladies they shuld be y e soner cured but also phisitions shuld auoide y e reprocheful rebukes ●uyl reportes which of longe tyme they haue susteyned consequentlye the noble science of Phisycke shuld be eftsones restored to her pristinat honour dignitie And verelye that parte of physycke surmounteth all the other whych do the tracte and deuyse necessarie and conuenient forme of lyuynge whych we shulde diligentlye and circumspectlye obserue in tyme of our health and welfare if affectionatly we couet the preseruacion long cōtinuaunce therof ¶ A dyet prescribed for olde men with certeyne medicines agaynst the incommodities of age The seuenth Chapter THey whych are past the daūgerous passage of youthe nowe approche to olde age whych is about fyftie yere what tyme bothe naturall heate and strength begyn to decaye must diligently haue respecte and regarde to .ii. of the seuen planets Uenus and Saturnus The fyrste dothe signifie storyshyng youth the later withered and teble age Thei therfore whych ve vnder Saturne as olde men must vse circumspection that they be not entangled wyth the blandimē●es of Uenus of wāton appetites chief patronesse Also they must beware that they suffer not extreme colde nor vse not to bee oute of theyr houses in the ayre of the night tyme which thinges are knowen to bring damage to that age Also thei must vse such meats as ingender good and pure bloud as the yolkes of rier egges newe layed Also wyne fragrante and somthing swete whych ingenderith good spirites They muste not vse much honger or thyrst and specially auoyde much watchyng of the nyghtes Remedies for the prouocation of sleepe shall be remembred in the nexte Chapter Exercise of the bodye wold not be muche vsed in age also heauynes and sorow of the mynd wold be aboue all thinges expelled For the bodye can not seme yonge and lusty onles the mynd bequiet merie and pleasaunte Yf olde men be verie colde let them laye thys fomente or applicacion to their stomackes whyche is of wonderfull efficacie and power in prolonging lyfe R. all the inwarde parte of a hotte newe baked loafe sieped a lytle space in good maluissye and then rolled in poulder of mintes and so layde to the stomacke or holden to the nose is to olde men wonderfull profitable for as Diogenes Laertius writeth By vertue of this fomente dyd the renoumed and famous philosopher Democritus belong sicknes at deathes dore keepe and retayne the liuelye spirites wythin hys body and lyued a good space after Furthermore lyghte frications and baynes be verie good and necessari for aged men Also the iuyce of good licorice is supposed of manye to encrease naturall heate and moysture Almond mylke suger and raysynes wolde be also vsed Rasis doth greatly commend mirabolanes called kebuly condite in India and doth cōmaund olde men agaynste the incōmodities of age dayely to eate of them Remedies for olde men or any other that can not sleepe The eyght Chapter LAcke of slepe cometh of great driues of y e brayn which maketh short y e course of lyfe and nothing so much ēcreseth melācholy so that men hereby be oftentimes disposed to frensies and madnes the veste remedies to resyste thys euil be these that folow After supper to eate rawe lettes with a litle bread to drynke after a litle good and pure wyne For lettes eaten in the euenynge as Diascorides recordeth prouoketh slepe merueilously Wherfore Galene the most noble phisicion for this intent and purpose was accustumed to haue his poryge made wyth lettes Moreouer vehement prouocations shall be to take a confectiō at nyghte made on thys wyse ● .ii. vnces of whyte poppie seede and .i. vnce of lettes seede halfe a drame of safron .vi. vnces of white suger and sethe all together in the sirupe of poppie and eate of thys confection .ii. drāmes at one tyme and also by itselfe a lytle of the syrupe of popie For the same purpose it is good to anoynt the forehead and temples with oyle of violets with the oyle of the hearbe called nymphea in englyshe called a water rose and wyth oyle of almondes and to holde at their nose a lytle vynegre or rose water Also it is good to beset the bedde and strawe the chamber wyth colde hearbes as endiue purslane mallowes camomile vinetree leaues and suche other Marcilius Ficinus approueth ofte whashyng of the head wyth water wherin poppie lettes purslan malowes roses camomile the leaues of wyllowes and vyne trees be sodden of ech a like quantitie also wyth thys water not only to washe the head but also the armes legges and al the bodye And here I haue purposely lefte oute many other more vehement prouocations whiche be not vsed but when great nede doth require and they be only vsed when phisicious caste theire patientes into sleepe to the entente to cutte them wythout paine or griefe They be called of the Grecianes Narcotica and Anodoyna of the Latines Stupefaciencia indolorifica or molestia vacātia And here I cōclude to speake of remedies agaynst immoderate watchyng whereby the incommodities of age maye be somethyng mitigate also life time prolōged Of the golden drinke Auxum potabile and somethyng of the vertue therof The nynth Chapter THere is no man hauynge the fre vse of reason that wyl denye mannes lyfe chiefelye to bee conserued by the strengthe and power of that whyche is extracted as well forthe of the vertue o● hearbes as other metalles called the quint essence Foreseyng that not onlie the opinions of sage and wyse Philosophers haue in thys thyng concluded but also we maye see the experience of it in our owne bodyes For forthe of the meates beyng grosse of substance whych we receiue daylye to the sustentation of nature is extract by power digestiue the quinte essence of those same meates where doyth nature is fedde and noryshed that whyche is grosse and euyll beyng seperate awaye by power e●pu●siue as gobbettes not agreynge to her dyer Wherefore she abhorryng them desyreth to haue them expelled by sundrye kyndes of excrementes but nowe to my purpose Of al other that quint eisēce is the best and moste precious which is extracte forth of the precious metall golde for it of al other is most temperate not obiect to corruption and as Astronomers aflirme for the goodly and shynyng colour and also for hys temperature it is resembled to two of the most worthy planettes hauynge supremitie ouer the reste that is to wyt Sol and Jupiter Of thys is made a golden drynke called aurnm potabile whych is of great strength vertue in producinge of oure lyfe Of this aurum potabile is a boke intituled Celū philosophicū vnto the whych boke for the more ample and playne declaration hereof I remitte the studious reader for this litle treatise can not receiue it Of the opiniō of thē which