Petrus de ebaâ—o The passion of the mind called dread or feare is whan the bloud and sprites be drawen inwardlye and maketh the outwarde partes pale trimblinge â—o this by sides pitiful experieÌ„s Haliabas Galen and Aristotel do witâ—es the same The suddayn passion of ioye or gladnes is clene contrary to feare For the harte â—endeth fourth y e spiritual bloud â—hyche in weake persons the arte can neuer recouer agayne â—ut death incontinent as Galen â—yth and as we maye se by exâ—erience As in the metinge of â—en and there wyues ChildreÌ„â—nd there parentes which ether â—y pryson or banyshment were â—ythoute al hope euer to se eche â—ther and in ioye of metynge the delating spreding of y e hart bloud haue caste the bodye into swoninge And thus my frende Iohn I do coÌ„clude vpon certeyn affections of the mind wisshing doctor diat quiat mery man to helpe the whan thou shalt nede For mirth is beloued of musicions plesante birdes fisshes as the Dolphin What is mirth honestly vsed an image of heueÌ„ A great lordshippe to a poore maÌ„ and preseruer of nature Salomon sayth Non est oblectatio super cordis gaudium c. And yet I saie THe Ireful man is euer a thall The ioyful minde is happest of al. Zele burne lyke flames of fiere Whan honest mirth haue his desyre Loue well mirth but wrath dispise This is the counsell of all the wyse ¶ Iohn I Wold very fayne knowe the natures of sorten simples and first what is worme wood ¶ Humfrey A CoÌ„mon knowen herbe it is of diuers kindes as PoÌ„ticum Romanum c. It is hote in the first drye in the seconde degre and it is very bitter and beinge â—ried kepeth clothes frome worâ—es and mothes and the sirope â—hereof eaten before wyne preâ—erueth men frome dronkennes â—f it be sodden in vineger it will â—elpe y e sores that bredes in the â—ares being laid warme vppon â—t is good to be dronke agaynste Appoplexia Opthalmia Which is 〈◊〉 sicknes of the eye is greatlye â—elped with the wormwood if it â—e stamped made luke warme â—yth rose-rosewater and layed vpon â—he eye and couered with a clene â—yked walnut shel the sirope helâ—eth the bloudie flixe it doeth â—elp a cold stomack if it be droÌ„ke tenne daies together euery morninge two sponfull of the sirope is good against the dropsie euery daye dronke two ounces fastinge and thus saythe Auicen figges cocle wormwood nitur stamped together and made in a plaister is good agaynst the disease of the splen and also killeth wormes in the bellye vsed in the foresayde maner one drame of the powder maye be dronke at once in wine it haith many moo godlie vertues ¶ Iohn What is y t propeties of Anes seedes ¶ Humfrey IT is much like vnto fenel sede and is called Romane fenel that is warme and swete and hote in the seconde and drye in the third degre the newe sedes is y e beste It ingendereth vitall sede openeth the stoppinge of the raynes and matrixe being dronke with Tysantes or clene temperate vine ¶ Iohn What thinkest thou of mouse eare ¶ Humfrey AN herbe comenlye knowen colde and moiste in the firste â—egre as Gallen sayth the decocâ—ion of this herbe sodden in waâ—er with suger is good againste â—he falling sickenes being often â—imes dronke put a lefe therof â—nto the nose it wil prouoke sterâ—utation or nesinge which wonâ—erfullie doth clense the vayns ¶ Iohn 〈◊〉 wold fayne knowe what is Chyken â—ede ¶ Humfrey ALmoste euery ignorant woman doth knowe this herbe but theyr be of it diuers kindes they bee verye good to keepe wouÌ„des from impostumations stamped and applied vnto them and draweth corruption out of wouÌ„des and sodden with vineger doth draue fleume out of the head if it be often warme put into the mouthe and spit it oute agayne In this same maner it helpeth the teath and soden in wine and so dronke it will clense the reignes of the backe ¶ Iohn VVhat is Sorrell might I knowe of the and the propertie therof ¶ Humfrey THy Coke dothe righte well knowe it and all they that make grene sauce but y e discription I leue to Dioscorides and Leonard futchius not onlye in thys herbe but in al other and to tell tell thee the vertue I will it is colde and drie in the seconde degree it also stoppeth it is like on diue in propertie because it ouer commeth choler and is muche commended it helpeth the yelow iaundis if it be droÌ„ke with small wyne or ale and also quencheth burning feuers to eate of the leues euery morning in a pestileÌ„ce time is moste holsome it they be eaten fasting This herbe doeth Dioscorides Galen and Auicen greatly commende besides the greate learned men of this tyme. ¶ Iohn What is Planten or Waybrede ¶ Humfrey THe greater Planten is the better it hathe seuen greate vaynes it is cold drie the seede of it droÌ„ke with read wyne stoppeth the bloudie flixe the rootes sodden and dronke in wyne stoppeth the bloudy Flixe the rootes and leaues beinge sodden with sweate water and with Suger or borage water and geuen to hym that hath an Ague either tertian or quartaine two houres afore his fitte proue this for thus haue I helped many it is verye comfortable for chyldren that haue great Flixes Agues and is a friende vnto the lyuer this herbe is greatlye praysed of the Doctours ¶ Iohn VVhat is Camomill and the operation thereof ¶ Humfrey THis herbe is very hoat it is dronke against cold windes and rawe matter beinge in the guttes the Egiptians did suppose it woulde helpe all colde Agues and did consecrate it to the sunne as Galen saieth Also if it be tempered and streined into white wyne and dronke of women hauing y e childe dead within the body it will cause present deliuerance it dooeth mightelie clense the bladder and is excellent to be soddeÌ„ in water to wash the feete the oyle is precious as is declared hereafter ¶ Iohn HOppes be well beloued of the beer brewers howe dooe the Phisiâ—ions saye to them ¶ Humfrey THere be whiche doth coole be called Lupilum those that we haue be hote and drie bitter sower hote saith old herbals And â—ucchius saith thei clense fleume â—holer and y e water betwene the skin and fleshe the sirupes wyll clense grosse rawe fleume from y e guttes and is good agaynst obstructioÌ„s sodden If the iuice be dropped in the eare it taketh the stinke away of rotten sores the rootes will helpe the lyuer and splene beyng sodden and droÌ„ke the beer is very good for flegmatike men ¶ Iohn What is Sage for that I loue well ¶ Humfrey THere be two kindes of sage they be herbes of health and therfore they be called Saluia this herbe is hote dry prouoketh vrine clenseth y e matrix stoppeth the bloud in a wouÌ„de If
drink of this and to annoynt the wound If it be geuen in drinke to any sicke body a litle before the accesse or cominge of the colde fyttes of cotidians tercians or quartens so that it be dronke with wyne teÌ„peratly warmed this MethridatuÌ„ is a medicine of no small pryce Democrates hath a godlie composition of it an other excellent coÌ„position is of Cleopatre as Galen wryteth An other and the most excellent is the dyscryption of Andromachus phisicion vnto king Nero but the cheife father of this acte was kinge Methridatus the noble king of PoÌ„thus after whose name it is called Ihon. In dede this is an excellent medicin but I pray thee where shall I buye it â–ª Humfrey THe blinde felowe Iohn doe eate many afâ—ye the plaine meanynge man is oft disceiued There is no trust in some of the Poticaries for althoughe the vsurpacion of quid pro quo is tollerable for their Succidanes yet to abuse their simples or compouÌ„des it is not onely theft to robbe simple men but also murther to kyll the hurtlesse Iohn OF late time we haue bene so afflicted with sondrye sickenesses and straung diseases that in many places we could get no phisicions to help vs and when men be sodainly sicke CC. miles from London Cambridge or Oxforde it is to late for the paciente to send for helpe being infected with the pestilence I pray the tel me some good regiment for me and my family if it please God that it may take place Humfrey I Shalbe glad forasmuche as thou hast takeÌ„ paynes to heare me al this while to teache thee a prety regiment for the pestileÌ„ce Iohn REade it faire and softly and I will take my yenne and write it ¶ Humfrey CErtainly the occasion of this moste fearefull sickenes commeth many waies as the chauÌ„ge of the aire from a good vnto an euill qualitie taking his venemous effect of the vitall spirites whiche incontinent with al speede corrupteth the spirituall bloud And sodeÌ„ly as it were an vnmerciful fire it quickely coÌ„sumeth the whole body euen to death vnlesse the holsome medicine do preuent and come to the heart before the pestilent humour And because it is a very strong sickenes it is requisite to haue a strong curing medicine For weake thinges wyll not preuayle against so strong a matter Therfore I pray you note these six saiyngs as aire diet slepe or watche quietnes or trouble and finally medicine First walke not in stinking mistes nor by corrupte marris ground nor in extreme hoate wether but in faire cleare aire vppon high ground in swete fields or gardeÌ„s hauing fire in your chaÌ„ber with swete perfumes of y t smoke of Olibanium or Beniamen Frankensence beinge colde wether And in hoate wether Roses willowe braunches sprinkled with vineger and often shiftinge the chamber is holsome fleing the South wynde Secondly diat moderate eating meate of good disgestioÌ„ as all that haue pure white flesh bothe of beastes foules good bread of wheate partly leuened Eate no raw herbes Pursten Lettis yong Lettis or sorrell except with vineger Drinke of cleare thine wine not chaunged and vse oft times vineiger with your meates and myngle not fish and fleshe together in your stomacke to drinke a tisant of barley water rose water sorrell water betwene meales is good eighte sponefulles at ones Thirdly beware you slepe not at none it bringeth many sicknesses geueth place to the pestilence and abateth memorye For as y â— marigold is spred by the daye and closed by the nighte euen so is man of nature disposed although through custom otherwyse altered vnto great domage and hurte of body Eight hours slepe suffyseth wel to nature but euery complexion hath his proper qualities to slepe vpon the right side is best euell vpon the lefte and worse vpoÌ„ the back Fourthly vse moderat exercise and labor for the euacuation of the excrementes as swyfte going vp hilles stretching forth armes and legges lifting wayghtes not verye ponderous forby labour the first and second digestion is made perfit and the bodye strengthened this is a mighty defence agaynst the pestileÌ„ce and many mo infirmities whereas through idlenes bee engendred all diseases bothe of the soule and bodie where of maÌ„ is compounded made Fifthlye aboue all earthlye thinges mirth is moste excellent and the beste companion of lyfe putter awaye of all diseases the contrary in plage tyme bringeth on the pestilence through painful melaÌ„colike which maketh the body heauy and earthlye Companye Musike honest gaming or any other vertues exercise doth helpe agaynste heauines of minde Sixtly medicine the partie beyng chaunged in nature and condicion trimbling or burning vomiting wyth extreme payne in the daye colde in the night and straunge imaginacions c. Apte to slepe when these signes do appeare geue him medicine before .xii. houres or else it will be his death Take therfore withall spede Sorel one handful staÌ„ped with Rewe Enulacampana Oringe rindes Sitron seedes the great thistle rotes Geneper beries walnuttes cleane piked of eche one ounce stampe them all together then take pure sharpe vineger a quarter of a pinte as muche â—uglosse water as much whyte wine and temper your sayd receites wyth these licoures Then put in two ounces of pure Methridatum andromachi which is an excellent triacle and two drams waight of the powder of pure Bole armein mingle them al together in a verye close vessell and geue the pacient a sponefull or more nexte hys heart and eftsones asmuch more let them that take this slepe not durynge tweÌ„ty hours or else take pure Triacle and set wel mingled in possit ale made with white wine wherin sorrel haue boyled a good draught and let an expert Chirurgion let the pacient bloud vpon the midle vayne called Mediana or the hart vayne Basilica a good quaÌ„tity according to the strength and age of the paciente excepte women with childe and children For the retaining the sayde bloud would all turne to venym and incurable poyson And note this that bloud be letten vpoÌ„ the same side that y t sore doth appere If any appere for many causes slepe not .viii. hours after vse this most exceleÌ„t pilleÌ„ often times Take pure aloes epatik myrre wel washed in cleane water or Rosewater of eche two drammes and one dramme of the powder of SaffroÌ„ mingled with litle of swete wine and tempered in a very smal vessel vppon y t coles vntil it be partly thicke or els incorporat al together in a morter theÌ„ rol them vp in smal round pils vse to swalowe half a dram of these pilles two times a weke in y t pestilence time a morninges .iii. houres before meate An other medicen tormentil gentian setwell of eche one dram spicenarde drams .ii. nastick drammes three bole armen drams viii geue two drames to y t patieÌ„t or any that feare the plage in the water of Skabeas
voâ—mit or fast it out and this is thâ— counsell of many learned men For it is no meruaile althougâ— manye meates corrupteth one man whiche be of sundry and dâ—â—uers workinges in the stomake liuer vaines for the qualities doth hinder nature as muche as the quantities And take hede these signes and euill tokens be not founde in you The paines of all your members with idelnes wearines to go or moue your bodie Sodayne greate blusshynge or readnes in your face vaynes swelled and puffed vp read vryue and grosse skine extended or stretched out with fulnes like a blowen bladder full pulses small desire to meat ill reste and grief in slepe seming in slepe to beare some intollerable burdeyne or dreamyng to be specheles these be the euill and daungerous tokens of repletioÌ„ And of this I geue you warning for it hath slayne as manie by aboundance as hunger hath killed through scarcitie ¶ Iohn I Haue hearde saye that holsome ayre is a great comforte to mans nature but corrupt ayre doth muche harme I shall require you therfore to tell me of the good and the bad ayre that I may learne to vse the good refuse y â— bad ¶ Humfrey GAlen in lib. de Sectis sayeth A wyse phisicioÌ„ ought to know the natures of men of waters of aire of regions and dwellings generally particulerly to thy self being a natural English man of birth and education this lande is very temporat How be it our dwellinges in this laÌ„d be variable as fennes marisses wodes heythes valleis playnes and rockie places and neare the sea syde But the sayde Galen geueth counsail in his regimeÌ„t of helth saiyng a good aire which is pure and holsome is that whiche is not troubled in standing waters pooles Therfore maris grouÌ„ds places where hempe flaxe is rotten dead carions be cast or multitudes of people dwelling to together or houses inuironed w t staÌ„ding waters wherinto iakes or sinkes haue issues or wallowing of swine or carioÌ„ vnbruied or foull houses or such like places be dauÌ„gerous corrupteth the bloud whiche is worse then enfectioÌ„ of meate for y e prince saith that al places of concauetes as fellers voltes holes of minerals where mettels be digged or houses or walles ioyned together where as y e sunne with reflexion beateth in w t sodain heate whose absence bryngeth colde This aire is distempered but plesaunt clere aire swete gardens goodlye hilles in daies teÌ„perat when one may se far of These be good also there be certain stars called infortunates in their exalâ—acion whose influence bringeth corruptioÌ„ to creatures rot pestiâ—ence to men beasts poisoning waters killing of fish blasting of frute in trees and corne in the â—ields infecting meÌ„ with diuers â—iseases feuers palses dropsis â—ranses falling sickenesses and eprosis AgaiÌ„st y e said influeÌ„ces â—l christen men must pray to god 〈◊〉 be their defeÌ„ce for thei be gods â—â—strumeÌ„tes to punisheth earth Example we haue of mortall pestilence horrible feuers and sweeting sickenes and of late a generall feuer that this lande is ofteÌ„ greatly plaged withal TheÌ„ one muste make a fier in euerye chymnay within thy house and burne swete perfumes to purge this foule aire and nowe in conclusion to aunswere thy questioÌ„ for the health of dwelling Auicen saith to dwell vpoÌ„ hilles is cold And in valleis comprised with hilles is hote Vpon a hyll syde against the north is cold drie Towarde y e west grose moist verie subtill towardes the East And cleare and warme towards the South And Rasis saieth in his first boke Afforien A maÌ„ dwelling nere the Sea side or greate waters can not liue loÌ„g nor can not be without weakenes of meÌ„bers or blindnes but the bestâ— building of a house is vpoÌ„ a drie ground and a hill towardes the west side and south west dores and windowes opeÌ„ towards the east and north east hauing nere vnto y e said house swete springs of running waters From stony or chaukye grounde whiche is both pleasaunt and profitable to the house For Hippocrates saieth in his boke of aire and water the second chapter Cities townes which is placed toward the east be more surer then the townes builded towardes the north for temperat aire or wynde and sickenesses be les And in the sayde boke Auicen greatly commeÌ„deth pleasant riuers ruÌ„ning towards the rising of the sunne the dwellers in suche places sayeth he be fayre and well fauored smothe skynned cleare sharpe voyces and thus to conclude with thee this shal suffise at this time what and where good pleasant dwelling is Note also that thou must obserue aire in sickenes as thou must do meate in sickenes colde sicknessis warme aire drie sicknessis moiste ayre and so in the contraries to them that be sicke and they that be hole aire of like qualitie is moste holsome they that haue loÌ„g sickeness is chauÌ„ge of aire is a great helpe bothe in feuers dropsies fallyng syckenesses and rumes ¶ Iohn I Haue founde very muche disquietnes in my body when my seruaunts and labouryng familie haue founde ease yet we are partakers of one aire ¶ Humfrey THe cause why thy labouring seruauntes in the fielde at plough pastures or woode haue such good health is exercise and labour thy disquietnes cometh partly of Idlenes and lacke of trauel which moderatly vsed is a thing most soueraint to nature ¶ Iohn I pray y t tel me some thing of exercise ¶ Humfrey THe well learned man Fulgentius saith that exercise is afile and chaufer of the heate natural whiche chasseth away slepe and coÌ„sumeth superfluous strength Of the naturall vertues redeamynge of tyme enemye vnto Idlenes dewe vnto yong men ioy of old meÌ„ and to say y e truthe he which doth abstein froÌ„ exercise shal lacke y e ioyes of helth quietnes both of body mynde And Galen saieth in his regiment of health if we wil kepe ê‘fit health We muste begin of laborrs and moderat trauell and then to our meate and drinke and so for the to slepe this is the cause whye haukers shooters hunters and plowmen and gardeners c. haue so good dysgestyon and strength of bodie Who be stronger armed men then Smithes because of the exercise of there armes stronger boddyed then carpenters which lifteth greate blockes and masons which beareth greate stones not onely in there youth but suche men will take meruelous traueles in age which to Idle people semeth verye paynefull but vnto them selues that trauell no paine but pleasure because of custome These people can disgeste grose meates eating them with much pleasure and slepinge soundlye after them wheras the idle multitudes in Cities noble mens houses great nombers for lacke of exercise doth abhorre meates of lighte disgestion and dantye disshes marye in deade thei may be very profitable to phisicions But if trauell be one of the beste preseruer of helth
it be put in a pigge it drieth the humours that would engeÌ„der fleume it is good againste the palsie oftentimes eaten or sodden in wyne it wyll helpe clense ytche scabs and fylth from the pudent and secret meÌ„bers Aetius doth greatlye commende this herbe and the excellent regiment of Salern where it sayeth Cur moritur homo cui saluia crescit in horto enquiryng why men do die that haue Sage growyng in gardens But trewlye neyther Phisicke herbe nor running can make man immortall but assuredlye Sage is holsome for olde folkes to be put in to their meates for it clenseth fleame from the senewes which fleame will relaxe the synewes The wyne of Sage dronke vpoÌ„ an empty stomake is holsome for flegmatike persones or them whiche haue the fallynge sickenes or dropsie ¶ Iohn VVhat is Pilopodie that groweth vpon the Oke tree ¶ Humfrey IF this herbe bee sodden with Beetes and Malowes in the broth of a henne and dronke it will loose the belly and clense fleume the roote of this herbe being drie and beaten into fyne pouder and draweÌ„ into the nose thrilles helpeth a disease called Polipus ¶ Iohn I Haue heard talke of Hoorhounde I would fayne heare of his workyng ¶ Humfrey IT is a herbe hoat and drie if it be sodden with fayre water suger or hony and streyne it this drynke doeth clense the stomake from stynkynge fleume it is an excellent herbe for women to clense their moneth tearmes the water of this is good to helpe them which haue a moist reume fallyng from the head vpon the lunges being often dronke but it is hurtfull to the bladder and raynes the sirope therof dooeth clense the kynges euill and also put into the eares doth greatlye comforte the hearing if the eares be troubled and stamped with hony and applied into the eies it clenseth the syght Iohn What is Verben ¶ Humfrey IT is called the holy herbe it drieth and byndeth if it be sodden with vineger it helpeth a disease called saint Anthonies fier oftentymes washynge the pained place the leues of VerbeÌ„ and Roses and freshe swynes grease stamped together wyll seace payne and griefe in euerye wounde and wyll keepe woundes from corruption it is good for people that haue the tercian or quartaine Agues And thus sayeth Dioscorides moreouer he sayeth the weyght of a Dram of this herbe with three halfe penyes weyght of Olibbulom and put in nine ounces of olde wyne tempered together and dronke fourtie daies of this quantitie fastyng it wyll helpe a disease called the kynges euyll or paine in the throte ¶ Iohn What is Rewe or herbe Grace ¶ Humfrey I Tell thee this herbe is verie hote and bitter and doth burne because of his hotenes in y e third degree if a litle of this rewe be stamped and sodden wyth wine and dronke it is an excelleÌ„t medicine agaynst poysone and pestilence wyth roses and vineger and rewe stamped together and put in forred clothe or biggen applied vnto the temples of the heade or forehead do seace greuous paynes in the head And in lyke mauer it healeth y e bitinges of serpentes or dogges stamped with vineger many nyce people cannot abide it cryinge fie it stinkes The seade of thys herbe beaten in pouder put in freshe clarified butter pitche melted together is good for theÌ„ to drink â—hat are brused ¶ Iohn What is burnet ¶ Humfrey IT is of the nature of fyue fynger drie and byndyng and not moist as many saith stampe it put it to the eies doth take away the dropping and prickyng and doth heale woundes and is good to drinke for the tercian Ague ¶ Iohn What is Dandilion ¶ Humfrey IT is temperat colde and drie with Roses and vineger tempered together it helpeth y e head in hoat diseases The sowthistle called Soncus hath the same vertue and so hath Suckery if they be sodden they lose the belly and quencheth heate whiche burneth in the stomake and defendeth the head froÌ„ hote smoking vapours and purgeth yelow chouller and rebateth venerous and fleshelye heate and is good to be sodden and dronke in hoate burnynge Agues though this herbe be coÌ„monly knowen and compted of many as a vyle weede yet it is reported of Dioscorides to be an excellent herbe ¶ Iohn What is Spynnage ¶ Humfrey AN herbe much vsed in meat colde and moiste in the firste degree it mollifieth and maketh softe the belly it is good for them that be hoat and drie and yll for flegmatike men ¶ Iohn What is Cowcumbers ¶ Humfrey THey be trewly in the seconde degree very moist and colde The seedes be good to be geuen in hotte sicknesses the pouder of the sayde seedes dronke in clene wyne is good agaynste dyuers passions of the harte this frute wil cause one to make water wel the roote dryed in pouder therof dronken in water and honye prouoketh vomite if they be moderately eaten they bringe good bloude tempered wyth honie and anointe the eyes that helpeth a disease called Epinictidas which troubleth meÌ„ with straÌ„ge sightes in the nightes the best of this frute is whiche beareth the beste seedes the sauoure of that is not holsome mellons citrons pampans and this kinde of pepons or great apples be muche vsed in EnglaÌ„d and is more coÌ„mon then profitable because they vse to eat them rawe Englishe men being borne in a tempered region enclining to colde may not without hurte eat rawe herbes rootes and frutes plentifull as manye men whiche be borne farre in the south partes of the worlde whych be moste hote of stomake therefore lette them eat these frutes boyled or baken with hony and pepper and fencle seedes or suche lyke there be an other hote kinde of bitter cucombers which doo purge ¶ Iohn What is Garlicke ¶ Humfrey GArlicke is very hote and drie in y e fourth degre it troubles the stomacke it is hurtfull to the eyes heade it increaseth drieâ—ies but it will prouoke vrine is good to be layd vppon the byâ—inge of a snake or edder it is good for the emeroides applied to the sore place being first stamped if it be sodden the stinke is taken from it but the vertue remayneth to be eaten against the coughes paines in the lunges it cutteth and consumeth corrupt fleume and bringeth slepe It is not good for hoat men nor women with childe or Norces geuing milke to children but Galen calleth it the coÌ„mon peoples treacle if sanguin men do eate much of it it will make them to haue read faces but it is a speciall remedy against poyson ¶ Iohn What is Onions ¶ Humfrey THey do make thin the bloud and bringe slepe they be not good for collericke men the long onion is more behemeÌ„ter then y e â—ounde and the read more then â—he whyte the drie more then the grene and the rawe more then the sodden or preserued in salte although they cause
sleepe verie paynfull and troublous hoat in the thirde degree and warme in â—he stomake clenseth the stomake and bryngeth good couler to the face and helpeth the grene sickenes prouoketh vrine â—pened the emoroides If they â—e sodden in vineger and layde â—arme to them pele of the rind â—nd cutte it at both the endes â—nd cast it into fayre warme waâ—er and let it lie an houre or two â—nd then slice it this takes away â—e veameÌ„t sharpnes of it Rew â—alte hony one onion staÌ„ped to â—ether is a goodly plaister to lay vpon y â— biting of a dogge leekes purgeth the bloud in march and payneth the heed and be not greatly praised for their iâ— iuice Adoge saythe Dioscorides the head beinge anoynted with the iuice thereof kepeth heare frome fallinge thereis muche varietie of this onyon amongest wryters sayth Plini but this shall suffise ¶ Iohn What is Lettise ¶ Humfrey IT doothe mightylye encrease milke in womens breastes and therfore is called lettisse as Martial saithe firste shalbe geuen to the vertue and power to increasâ— milke in the breasts euery hourâ— lettis is an hearb cold and moisâ— and is comfortable for a hoate stomake bringeth sleepe mollifieth the belly the drier it be eat the better it is I meane if it be not muche wasshed in water adding cleane sallet Oile Suger and vineger to it it abateth carnall luste and much vse of it dulleth the sight the seede is precious against hoat diseases droÌ„ke with tisans There is an herbe called Rocked gentle which partely smelleth like a Foxe whiche is very hoat an increaser of sede whiche herbe must alwayes bee eateÌ„ with Lettis The roote ther of sodden in water will drawe broken boones and will helpe the cough in yonge children ¶ Iohn What he Myntes ¶ Humfrey MYntes be of two kindes garden and wylde Myntes thei be hoat vnto the thirde dooeth drie in the second degre Garden Mintes is best y e pouder of this with the iuice of Pomgarnites stoppeth vomits helpeth sighiÌ„g clenseth hoate choller Three braunches of this sodden with wine doth helpe repletioÌ„ dronke fasting This iuice teÌ„pered with good triacle eaten of childreÌ„ a morninges wil kil wormes and stamped with salte applie it to y t biting of a dogge it will heale it It is holsome sodde with wyndy meates and sodden in posset alâ— with fenill it helpeth collike it encreaseth vital sede It is not best for chollericke complexions but good for flegmatike and indifferent for melancoly and it wyll stoppe bloude stamped and applied to the place The iuice of Mintes is best to mengle in medicine against poison the pounder of Mintes is good in pottage fleshe sodden with Oximel it clenseth fleume ¶ Iohn What is Sention ¶ Humfrey IT is of a mixt temprament it coleth and partly cleÌ„seth if it be chopped and soddeÌ„ in water and drinke it with your potage it wil heale y e griefe of the stomacke purge it from hoate choller his downe with saffron colde water stamped put in the eies it wyll drie the running droppes stamped plaister wyse it helpeth many greuous woundes ¶ Iohn What is Pursleyn ¶ Humfrey COlde in the third and moiste in the seconde if it be stamped with steped Barly it maketh a goodly plaister to coole the head eyes and lyuer in agues burninge heate To eate of it stoppeth Flixes and quencheth burning choller and extingwysh venerus luste and greatly helpeth the raynes and bladder and will kill rounde wormes in the belly and comforte the matrix against muche fleume And the iuice is good to drinke in hoate Feuers it may be preserued with salt then it is very good with rosted meates Plini sayeth it is supposed to make the sight blunte and weake further he saieth that in Spayne a great noble manne whome he did knowe did hang this Pursleyn roote in a threede coÌ„monly about his necke which was muche troubled of a longe sicknesse and was healed ¶ Iohn What is Mugwort ¶ Humfrey MVgworte and Fetherfoy Tansey be verye hoate and drie in the seconde degree Mugwort sporge and oyle of Almondes tempered plaister wise and applied cold to the sick pained stomake wyll brynge health It is good in bathes saieth Galen it is holsome for women it clenseth warmeth and comfort and breketh the stone Plini saieth it is good against serpentes and holsome for trauelyng men if they carye it it comforteth them from wormes Tansey doth myghtely cast wormes froÌ„ children droÌ„ke w t wyne A cold plaister staÌ„ped layde vpon the belly of a womaÌ„ whose childe is dead within her it will seperate the dead chylde from the liuing mother causing her to niese with Betony leues ¶ Iohn THere is an herbe commonly vsed to the great relief of many called Cabage is it so good as it is reported of ¶ Humfrey CAbage is of twoo properties of bynding the belly and making laxatiue the iuice of Cabages lightly boyled in freshe bief broth is laxatiue but the substaunce of this herbe is harde of digestioÌ„ but if it be twyse soddeÌ„ the broth of it will also bynde the belly if it be tempred with AlluÌ„ This herbe hath vertue to clense a newe read Leprosie laid vpon the sore place in the maner of a plaister But to conclude of this herbe the broth of it hath vertue to preserue from dronkenes as Aristotle Rasis and Auicen doth report eaten before drinking time ¶ Iohn What is Philopendula ¶ Humfrey IT is an herbe hoate and drie if it be sodden in white wyne dronke it drieth vp windy places in the guttes cleÌ„seth the raines in the backe and bladder ¶ Iohn What is Agremonie DIoscorides saieth that if this herbe with swynes greace be stamped together and laid vpon an olde rotten sore being hoat it hath vertue to heale it the sede of this herbe dronke with wyne is good against the biting of Serâ—entes stopping of the liuer and bloudy flixe Iohn SOme men saie that the herbe Dragon is of great vertue Humfrey THe iuice of it saith Dioscorides dropped into y e eie doth clense it and geueth much might vnto the eyes of them whiche haue darke sightes the water of this herbe hathe vertue againste the pestilence If it be dronke blud warme w t venis triacle y e sauor of this herbe is hurtful to a womaÌ„ newly conceiued with child Plenij saith that who so beareth this herbe vpon them no venomous Serpente will do them harme This herbe is hote and drye Ihon. THere is a verye swete flower called a violet is it so profitable as it is pleasaunt Humfrey SImeon Sethi reporteth that it doth helpe against hote inflamations of the guts heade and stomacke if the cause be of burning choller Either the water sirrope or concerue of the saide violets either eaten or dronke in the time of any hote passion But vndoubtedly it offendeth the hart because of the coldnes the sauour
body Wherof ofteÌ„times come to scabbes cankers biles but vnto hote strong chollericke stomacks it is tollerable and may be vsed as we haue the dailye experience thereof The broth wherein beife hathe bene soddeÌ„ is good to be supped halfe a pint euery morning against y e flixe of the bellye and runninge forthe of yellowe choller If the said broth be teÌ„pered with salte Mustard vineger or garlicke c. Be commonlye vsed for the sawses to disgest biefe withall for the said sauces do not onlye helpe disgestion but also defendefendeth the body from sundry inconuenieÌ„ces and diuers siâ—kneâ—ises as dropâ—ies quartens leproses and suche like The gall of an Oxe or a cowe distilled in the monthe of Iune and kept in a close glasse doth helpe to cleÌ„se the eyes froÌ„ spottes if you put 〈◊〉 droppe of thys water wyth a fether into thy eyes when ye go to bed The milte of a Bul dryed the powder therof droncke with redde wine wil stoppe the bloudy flixe Lighte poudered yonge Beefe is better then eyther freshe or muche powdered In speciallye those Cattell that be fed in fayre and drye Pastures and not in stinckinge fennes The greate learned manne Gesnerus in hys discriptyon of Beastes dothe wryte moore of the vertues of bulles oxen kine and calues then any other hath done And thus to conclude the fleshe of the male beastes is more better then the female and the gelded beasts be more commodyous to nature then any of them And the yong flesh more commendable then tholde for it is more moist and a frend to the bloud as Haliabas saith Roasted fleshe dothe nourishe the bodye much for it is warm and moist BakeÌ„ meats be very dry Clene boylde meates wyth holsome herbes and frutes be excellent to comforte the bodye if they be nutramental flesh Calues flesh do greatlye nourrish and make good bloud Ihon. THou haste saide well of Biefe but what goodnesse maye be reported â—f Porke I thincke verye little or noâ—hinge Humfray THere be manye goodly commodities in y e flesh of bores â—elded swine and pigges for â—hey be good for mans nature Ihon. FOr mans nature that is maruelâ— For howe can those be good for â—anues nature whiche be so vile of their own nature There soule feding 〈◊〉 most stinking filth and carion The â—oysome wallo winge in the mire and â—urt the eating of their owne pigges and oftentimes pulling children oute 〈◊〉 the Cradle for there dinners if the â—ood wife be not at home Who is aâ—le to beholde suche noisome spirites â—r hel houndes did not almighty God â—ommaund the Iewes to eate none of them and the Machomites at this â—aye wil kil that man that eateth of their fleshe why should we then comâ—eÌ„d them for they are most vile Humfrey ALl the aunciente and wisest phisicions that euer were in this world did all consente that of all flesh the flesh of yong gelded swine partly saulted or poudered was euer a meate of the best norishinge moister and colder then other fleshe for Isaacke saith it is a flesh very moiste except it be the flesh of lambes as Galen reporteth Yet it is not good to euery complexion nor euerye age but vnto youth and middle age Whereas thou haste spoken againste y e vile nature of swine calling them vnresonable thou dost vse more wordes then witâ— for ther is no beast y t may be called reasonable but man onlye And wheras God did prohibite the Iewes to eate swines flesh it was a figure to absteine from vncleane things which I leaue to thee Theologians The Mahumites abhorre swines fleshe because there droncken false prophet and Psevvdo Apostle was â—orne and rente in peeces wyth wine being dronken fallen in the mire So the one must geue â—redence to time and to learned Phisicions The bloud of swine â—othe nourrishe muche as it is â—eene in puddinges made wyth â—reate Otmeale swete sewet â—â—nnel or Annes sedes Pigges â—e verye moist therefore Sage â–ª Pepper and Salte do drye vp â—â—e superfluous humoures of â—hem when they be rosted Thei â—e not holsom to be eaten before â—hey be three weekes olde The â—ipes and guttes be holesomer â—nd doth nourish better then ani â—ther beastes guts or in meats Bakon is very hard of disgestion and much discommeÌ„ded and is hurtfull Onlye vnto a hoate chollericke labouringe body the fleshe of a Boore is more holsomer then the fleshe of any sowe â–ª The braines of a Bore and his stones or any part of theÌ„ staÌ„ped together laide warme vpon a pestilence sore in the manner of a plaister it wil breake it incontinent Swines grease is verye colde and good to annointe burninge hote places of the bodye or a disease called sancte Anthonies fier and thus muche haue I spoken of swine ¶ Iohn I Pray you tell me of the fleshe of thâ— Rammes weathers and Lambes and how profitable they are to manâ— nature Humfrey SImeon Sethi saith LaÌ„bes fleshe is partlye warme but superfluous moist and euill for â—â—egmatick persons and doth much harme to theâ—â— that haue the 〈◊〉 bonache or a disease called Epiolus whiche is 〈◊〉 of fleame like glasse Therefore if lambes flesh were sodden as it is rosted it would bringe many diseases vnto the body withoute it were sodden with wine some hote grosseries herbes or â—ootes When a weather is two yeares old which is fed vpon a good ground the fleshe thereof shalbe temperate and nourrishe much Hippocrates saithe that the lambe of a yeare olde dothe noâ—rishe muche Galen semeth not greatlye to commende Motton â–ª but that whiche is tender swete and not olde is very profitable as experience and custome doth dailye teache vs. The dounge Tallowe and woll be very profitable in Medicines as Plinii saythe And Conradus Gesnerus de animalibus and Galen in his third boke de alimentis Iohn What is the fleshe of Gotes or kids ¶ Humfrey THey be beastes verye hurtful vnto yong trees plaÌ„ts but Simeon Sethi saithe that kidâ— fleshe is of easye disgestion in healthe and sickenesse they be verye good meate They be drye of nature Hipocrates saith It behoueth that the conceruers and kepers of healthe do study that his meate be such as the fleshâ— of kiddes yonge calues that be suckinge and Lambes of oâ—â— yeare olde For they be good for them that be sicke or haue eueâ—â— complexions Haliabas dothe saye that the flesh of Kiddes do engender good bloude and is not so â—legmaticke watery and moiste as the flesh of Lambes They remaine Kiddes for six monethes and afterwarde cometh into a greaser and hotter nature and be called Goates The fleshe of them that be gelâ—ed ias holsom to eate the lâ—â—ngs of them eaten before a man doe â—â—inke dothe defende hym that daye from dronkennesse as I haue red in the reportes of learned men But the flesh of the old 〈◊〉 or male gotes be il and inâ—ender the Agues
or feuers Iâ—â—he vrine of goates be stilled in May with sorrel the water diâ—â—illed is not hurtful nor noyâ—oÌ„ but whomesoeuer vse to drinâ—ke therof two drammes morn and eueninge it will preserue hym from the pestilence The milcke of Goates I wil describe in the place of milke Iohn VVhat is the flesshes of Read and fallowe Deare Humfrey MOre pleasaunte to some thâ— profitable to manye as appeareth once a yeare in the corâ—â—â— fieldes the more it is to be lamented Hippocrates and Simeon Sethi do plainelye affyrme thâ— fleshe of them to engender euill iuse and Melancholye cold diseases and quarteins the fleshe of winter deare do lesse hurt the bodye then that which is eaten in Sommer For in Wynter mans disgestion is more stronger and the inwarde partes of the bodye warmer and may easerlye consume groose meates then in Sommer as we see by experience In colde weather frostes healful people be moste hungriest The lunges of a dere sodden in barlye water and taken fourthe and stamped with penedice and Honye of equall quantitye to the saide lunges and eaten a mornynges dothe greatlye healpe olde coughes and drinesse in the lunges There be many goodly vertues of theyr hornes bones bloude and tallowe Ihon. VVhat is the properties of Hares and Conies fleshe Humfrey AVisen saiethe the fleshe of Hares be hoote and dryâ— ingenderers of Melancholye not praised in Phisicke for me 〈◊〉 but rather for medicine For indede if a Hare be dryed in the moneth of Marche in an Ouen or furneyse and beaten into pouder and kept close dronke a morninges in Beare Ale or white Wine it wyll breake the stoane in the bledder if the paciente be not olde If childrens gummes be annointed with the braines of an Hare their teethe wyll easelye come foorthe and growe The gall of an Hare mingled with cleane hony doth cleanse waterye eyes or redde bloudye eyes The fleshe of Hares muste be tenderly rosted and well larded and spiced because of the grosenesse but it is better sodden The fleshe of Conies are better then hares flesh easyer of disgestion But rabbets be holsomer And thus to conclude of Connies experience teacheth vs that they are good they be could and dry of nature and small mention is made of them amonge the auncient phisitions as Galen saythe I neede not to speake verye longe of euerye kinde of beastes as some of the beastes that be in Hiberia like little Hares whyche be called Conies Iohn If the olde and ignoraunte menne of Connyes whyche were seene in the nature of manye other beastes that hadde dwelte in diuers places places of Englande then should haue knowne them righte well And perhappes receyued of theym as small pleasure as manye husbande menne haue founde profite by them in theyr Corne. Nowe thou haste well satisfied me of the foâ—r foted beastes whiche commenlye Englishe menne sedeth vppon Nowe I praye thee tell mee some of the vertues of soules and firste of Cockes Capones and Hennes Humfrey CHickens of Hennes saithe Auenzoar is mooste commended and mooste laudable of any fleshe nourrisheth good bloud It is lighte of disgestion and dothe comfort the appetite cock â— chickens be better then hennes the capoÌ„ is better then the cock â—â—â— dooe augmente good bloud and feede as Rasis reporteth and â—xperience proueth in men both â—â—ole and sicke An olde Cocke whiche is well beaten after his â—ethers be pulled of vntill he be â—â—ll bloudy and then cutte of his â—ead and drawe him and sethe â—im in a close potte with fayre â—ater and whyte wyne Fenyll â—ootes Burrage rootes Violet â—lanten Succory and Buglos â—aues Dates Prunes greate Raysins Mates and Suger â—ut in the mary of a Calfe and â—anders This is a moste excelâ—nt broth to them that be sicke â—â—eake or coÌ„sumed The braines â—â—hennes capons or chekens be â—â—olsome to eate to comforte the â—raine and memory And thus to â—onclude these forsaide fowles 〈◊〉 better for idle folkes that labour not then for them that vse exercise or trauel to whom grose meates are more profitable ¶ Iohn What is the properties of Gese Humfrey VVylde gyse and tame their flesh be veri grose and hard of disgestion Auicen saieth â–ª The fleshe of great foules and of gese be slowe and hard of disgestion for their humiditie they do breade feuers quickly but their gooslynges or yonge gese being fatte are good and much coÌ„mended in meates And Galen saieth that the fleshe of foules be better then the fleshe of beastes But vndoubtedly gose mallard pecocke swane and euery foul hauing a long necke be all harâ— of disgestion and of no good coÌ„plexions But if gese be well roâ—ted and stopped with salte sage â—epper and onions they will not â—urte the eaters therof There be great gese in ScotlaÌ„d which â—redeth vpon a place called the Basse Ther be also Bernacles whiche haue a straunge generaâ—ion as Gesâ—erus saith and as the â—eople of the Northe partes of Scotlande knoweth because 〈◊〉 should seme incredible to mani I wil geue none occasioÌ„ to any â—ither to mocke or to meruayle And thus I geue warninge to â—hem whiche loue their healthe 〈◊〉 haue these forsayd foules somwhat poudred or stopped with â—alte all the night before they be rosted Iohn I pray the tel me of y â— flesh of Duckes ¶ Humfrey THey be the hoatest of all domestical or yard foules and vncleane of feeding notwithstaÌ„ding though it be harde of disgestion and marueilous hoate yet it doth greatly norrishe the body and maketh it fatte Hippocrate saieth they that be fedde in puddels foule places be hurtfull but they that be fedde in houses pennes or coopes be neutratiue but yet grose as Isack saith Ihon. What he PigioÌ„s Turtles or Doues Humfrey THe flesh of Turtles be meruailous good and equall to to the beste as Auicen saith Thei be best when they be yonge and holsome for flegmaticke people Simeon Sethi saieth the house doue is hoater then the field doue and doth engender grose bloud The common eating of them is ill for chollericke persones with read faces for feare of Leprosie therfore cut of the feete wynges and head of your PigioÌ„s or Doues for their bloud is that whiche is â—o venemous they be best in the spring tyme and heruest And Isaack saieth because they are so â—yghtly conuerted into choller They did commaunde in the old â—ime that they shoulde be eaten with sharpe Vineger Purâ—leyn Coucombers or Sitron Roosted Pigions be beste The bloud that commeth out of the ryght wynge dropped into ones â—ye doth mightely help the eie if it swelleth or prieketh And thus much haue I spoken of PigeoÌ„s or Doues Ihon. What is the flesh of Peacoches Humfrey SImeon Sethi saieth it is a rawe flesh and harde of disgestion onles it be very fatte But if it bâ— fatte it helpeth the Pluresie Haliabas saith that both Swannes Cranes