well dressed with Sugre doth let the vapoures from ascending to y t heade and helpeth the Memorie also Diacotoneon doth the same To chewe Masticke with a lytle Ginger being fasting doth purge the heade from moiste fleumatike humors without any greif or paine and the Memorie being so hindred is ther with coÌ„forted Galingale beinge put to the nostrells dothe strengthen the colde brayne Take the whitest Frankensence beate it into pouder put it in pure and symple colde water and drincke it at the encrease of the Moone at the springe of the daye at noone and at the Sunne settinge and it wyll cause a good Memorye a sharppe witte and drye the brayne and the ventricle Symeon Sethi affirmeth that the Galle of a Partrige being anoynted once in a moneth vppon the vaynes of the temples so that it doe perce thorowe is verye profitable to confirme the Memorie Baulme gentle establisheth the Memorie quickneth the witte and in what fashion soeuer it be eaten maketh a maÌ„ studious and dilligent the whiche vertue also Cresses doc bringe to passe in them that be colde and olde wherof it is come into a coÌ„mon prouerbe Ede nasturtium Eate Cresses Baulme gentle also besides this bringeth quietnes to the minde in causinge a pleasant sleepe to come to the heade It is also sayde that the fleshe of A Turtle Doue dothe encrease the witte The braynes of a Henne dothe helpe the witte and the Memorye in suche sorte that it hathe broughte some agayne to their wittes that beganne to dote The seede of Orminum or housholde Clarye dothe wonderfullye ayde the restoringe of the Memorye yf it be taken in poulder with some meate or drinke And the scrapinges of Yuorie dothe remedye forgetfulnes if a little thereof be taken in the morning in a litle wine Also a Grayne of whyte Frankensence when you goe to bedde dothe greatlye helpe the clammye or glewed substaunce for it dryeth vp the moystenes of the heade and the Ventricle and so easethe the Memorye Vse thys after a purgaryon twyse or thryse in a weeke yf there be much moistnes Twoo Drammes in wayghte of the confectyon of Pleâ—esarâ—hotycum taken when youe goe to sleepe or Myrobalanum Cepulum preserued and well chewed beynge taken in the mornynge fowre howres before meate once in a weeke dothe wounderfullye restore the Memorye especially yf it be hurte of a moiste cause For Myrohalani cepuli preserued doe strengthen the vnderstandynge and in a maner conserue you the. So doe passula It is good to take twise or thryse in a weeke preserued Ginger the bygnes of a small nut or litle cheste nut for it helpeth muche an emptye stomacke The confection of Diambar hath the same effect Remember that in a moyste substaunce or cause there procede fyrste purginges For a moyste substance is for the moste parte the cause of the weakenes of the Memorie as it is alredy declared ⧠The fifte chapter comprehendeth certaine best approued and chosen medicinable compounded remedies and preseruatiues greatly encreasing the Memorye ¶ A Medecine wonderfully helping the Memorie and lethargie or forgetfulnes it comforteth the ventricle and all the members weakened by fleume and coldenes Take Ginger Galingale Mastike CuÌ„min Organny ech of theÌ„ vi drammes Nutmige Calamus Aromaticus Asarum or Fole foote Carpesium y t is Cubebe LignuÌ„ aloes Mace Percely seede Ammios eche of theym .ij. drammes whyte FraÌ„kensence Cloues Cardamomum or graines Zedoaria Piretrum or Pellitorye Castoreum loÌ„g blacke Peper Costum or Cocus Ciperus eche of them .iij. dragmes dry Mintes half an vnce let theym all be punned and beaten to pouder and with a sufficiente quantytye of Penydes and of puryfyed Honnye let there be made a linctuarye The whiche and the reste also you muste vse chieflye in colde wether or not ouer hote that a good space betwene ⧠Pilles that are good for a languishing brayne especially in aged and colde folkes Take swete Amber or elect Ambargrise one Dramme Lignum Aloes halfe a scruple Cubebe twoo scruples with the purest and swetest wyne make .xv. Pilles and minister a cople of them before supper ¶ Catapotia or Pilles very effectuall to the Memorie Take Cubebes bushe Calamint Nutmiges Cloues eche of theym a dragme and a halfe pure Frankensence fine Mirrhe orientall Ambargrise ech of them a dramme a halfe Muske .v. graines with MaioraÌ„ water make Pilles geue one at bedde time and two at Sunne rising fyue howers before meat in Somer by a monthes space in the springe and in haruest seldomer ¶ An odoriferous or swete swellinge Apple for the Memorie Take the rootes of Floure de luce the seedes of Sesclis or Osiar that is Syler montanum or wylde Cummyn Stichas eche of theym two Drammes Nuttmygge half a Dramme Minte a Dramme Ambergrise Frankensence bushe Calaminte Storax Lignum Aloes eche of theym halfe a Dramme Ladanum as muche as shall suffyce make thereof an Apple by arte the whiche notwithstanding in winter must be made of warmer things and in sommer of colder A moste proued Experiment for the witte and Memorie which is said to be of Aristotle Take Beares Greasse or fatte whiche he hathe in the righte shoulder or sklyse and put the same in the sayde Beares bladder together with his vrine or water and let them stand together eight dayes than pul it out and take the iuyce of Orminum or housholde Clarie Cybrighte Veruene Buglosse Phu or Valerian Aloes of eche a lyke quantitye and mingle theym together wyth the sayde fatte sturringe theym vppon the fyer wyth a wodden sklise till it come to a thycke oyntment of y e which take when you will the quantytye of a lytle Beane and anoynt the forehead and the temples rubbyng them a lytle whyle and you shall remember the thynges that you haue harde ¶ A comfortynge Water or Lees for the washyng of a cold and moyst head also it helpeth the Memorse and it must be of the Ashes of Twigges or of an Oke then after let these thinges boyle in it Take righte Acorus Stichas Baye leaues Rosemary Iua or Chamapithys Sage eche of them a handfull with this washe the head and after the washynge bathe the foreparte of the head with a lytle Aqua vite and sprinckle it with the pouder folowynge Take Penyroyall bushe Calamint Cloues Sandarake Mace Stichas drye Mynte Maioram of eche fyue drammes mingle them and make thereof a fyne pouder and after the sprincklynge laye it vppon hempe towe Also at other tymes when you goe to bedde put of the same pouder vpon the hinder parte of the head the head also beinge vnwashed for it dryeth c. ¶ Another Lee for to comfort the head and Memorie Take walle Yuye Rosemarye Baye leaues Stichas Marubium or Horehounde or Betony and let them boyle in the Lee and therewith you shall washe your head Cipres nuttes haue almoste the same operation being often vsed And that you mai haue Sope w t the same Lee. Take Venice
doues litle sparrowes larkes thrusshes or throstles O wâ—…elles being dressed w t Hisope sauerie thime maioram Rosemary Cloues maces Ginger Peper Cinamom Iuniper beries chiefly in winter Let theÌ„ eate no kind of liuing thing that is newly brought forth because their fleshe is slimy clammy nor y t braines of any thing because they be fleamatike except the braines of a Henne for they be peculiarly chiefly praised Let theÌ„ also forbeare Marow which is in bones Cranes fleshe Fyshe especially if it be clammye and nourished in diches or holes colde pot Herbes Milke Cheese especially much or noughtie fruites moiste not ripe or ofteÌ„ but sometimes they may eate sharper or tarter meates cheifly in y t winter as Garlike Peniroiall or Calamint Capers being watered mustard is praised of Pithagoras thei must eate little especially at supper they must drinke no water except it be sod with Hony or Cinamom or some other pleasant spices They muste absteine from ouer much slepe and not to slepe in the day time nor vpon the noddle of the head nor vpon to much fulnesse of meate let them also take beede of ouer greate watchinges for it weakeneth the spirite and resolueth it and stuffeth the head Let their exercise bee walkynge abrode and that before meales with the rubbyng of the parts of the head but hauyng firste bene conueniently purged with course clothes and of the feete and handes but moderatly and the whole body muste be rubbed firste then afterwarde the head and let the rubbyng beginne at the legges in rubbynge by lytle and lytle the vpper partes that the substaunce may be drawen downewarde Let them not remain aboute pooles fluddes and moist sokye places let them auoyde southe wyndes and rainy weather let them dwell in lightsome and hie house let their head be annoynted with helpinge and conuenient oyles as it shalbe also deciared hereafter Let them take heede of to muche frequenting of the act of generation and al thinges that make feeble the braine for the principall being weakened that which springeth thereof must nedes be hurte Let the body be kept cleare without superfluities If therefore the fleume be colde and grosse it must be attenuated concocted and prepared to be voyded forthe with Oxâ—â—…ll compounde or squilliticke or made De quinque radicibus of Stichas of Radishe rootes with Rose honnye as neede shall require and with conuenient waters or decoctions And to bryng forthe the prepared substaunce or matter they muste haue ministred vnto them Pilles or Cochies or of the confection called Hiera Galeni in puttyng to a lytle of the oyle of Castoreum and of a Nutmygge Let there be also added vnto it a prepared Colorynthis or Coloquintida a kynde of wylde Gourdes according to the discretion of the Phisition then present or let there be geuen them Hiera magna wyth Nutmigs or Hiera Rufi of y e which Aetius in his thyrde booke maketh mencion also Yeralogadii and other things which helpe the payne of the head that commeth of fleume then after let ther be made Gargarismes Fomentations Oyntmentes lytle Bagges and suche lyke the Gargarisme maye be made thus Take Calamus aromaticus Penyroyal or Calamint Hysope Thyme of euery one a hand full let them be sodde in water euen to the halfe of the iust quantitie and to fyue vnces strained through a Colander put an vnce and a halfe of Scilliticke Oximell and mingle halfe an vnce of Kose honny and let it be gargaled warme in a morning fastynge Also if there nede a Glister let it be made accordinge to the diseases that haue respect to the head nesynges or sternutations may be prouoked as with Pepper Struthion or Condisi Elleborus albus Lyngwort or neesyng pouder Flourdeluce and suche lyke or of these with Turpentine and with a Gumme called Ladanum let there be made sneesyng medecines Moreouer yf the fleume procede further good odours or Apophlegmatismi medecines that purge fleume and spittle do much belp Cubebes masticated or chewed doe sucour by al meanes applye to their eares oyle of Castoreum oyle of Lauander oyle of Spike If so be y t either there be not so great aboundance of such humors in the body or that the pacient be not of so great strengthes we must first dryue the fleume oute of the whole body by an easie purgation and because it shall rather suffre y t powers and forces to remaine in the members parts of the body then to take them awaye therfore let it be in this maner Take Aloes wasshed wyth the iuyce of Thyme or Maioram or wyth their waters one Dramme Trochisces of Agaricke two drammes Masticke Cubebe Nutmygs of eche of them sixe graines with pleasaunt wyne let there be made twelue Pilles of the whiche seuen must be taken in the morning with the sirupe of Stichas and the rest three dayes after two houres after supper afterwardes they muste be strengthened with comfortinge electuaryes such as folowe oâ— the lyke But ouerpassiÌ„g also y t purâ—…g locals as aboue if it be nedeful Againe for the purgatioÌ„ these pilles also do properlye agree Take of male Frankenscence of fyne Myrrhe of Ginger euery of them a dramme and a halfe of the pouder of a Houpe or Lapwinges heade .ii. drammes of Galyngalle twoo scruples of Hiera maior one Dramme and a halfe of oyle of Castoreum of Colocynthys of either of them half a scruple dreesse theym wyth good Turpentine or with Syrope of Stichas and let there be made past or dowe and minister vnto them but a fewe Pilles and those great vpon a lyght supper goynge to bedwarde also suche thyngs as do dissolue may be taken awaye that they may onely nourishe these are most chiefe and singuler in this cause and do principallye helpe the Memorie Afterwardes to strengthen the Pacient let there be made suche an electuaryc or in lyke maner Take of conserue of Rosemary flowers of Baulme gentle of eche of them an vnce of Helycompane preserued of greene Ginger either of them halfe an vnce of Orenge pilles preserued sixe drammes of Diatrionpipereon of Diambar either of them halfe an vnce with a lytle Aquavite distilled together wyth good wyne in glasse vesselles or with Baulme water or with the flowers of Lilium conuallium mingle them together and let the Pacient take a dramme or twaine in the mornynge two houres before hys meate and halfe a dramme at bedde tyme. It is also to be noted that the Nucha is colder then the brayne and therefore it endureth and suffereth colde thinges better then warme and for that cause it must be remembred leste the causers of coldenes whiche come from without doe not fall vpon the hinder part of the head And therefore suche medecines as cause warmenes as well withoute as w tin the body are to be ministred Thyme Penyroyall or Calamunt Organie or wylde Maioram or suche lyke of this kynde muste be sodden
remaine long therin and such is called Honny of Anacardum and it is vsed with out the fruites thereof and is putte in electuaries If ther be ij drammes geuen of y t Hony it reneweth y t Memory of it owne property Also Acorus y t is Galingale is an approued thing being nourished and sodden in Hony reserued as y t nuts rootes are conserued likewise long Peper nourished sodden in Hony preserued for they do kepe encrease the Memorye at euery time receyue a Dramme Another proued â—…forme of a pouder ¶ Take FraÌ„kensence a dragme Cyperus Peper SaffroÌ„ Mirrhe ech of them ij drammes let theÌ„ be beaten fine driuen through a searce and so make it into a pouder of the whiche the paciente shall receyue euerye mornyng when he riseth a dramme or at euenynge when he goethe to bedde Another proued ¶ Take Cummyn Pepper either of them two drammes whyte Sugar thre drammes let theÌ„ be beaten reduced into pouder take therof a dramme euery day in the mornyng Another likewise proued ¶ Take whyte Frankenfence a dramme longe or whyte Pepper a scruple make them into pouder which muste be dronke earely in the morninge all at one draughte and that manye dayes with three vnces of Honny water or of Cinamon and Cloues moderatly decocted Another as good and certaine ¶ Take Cummyn fyue drammes newe Pepper one dramme righte Acorus or Galingale Cyperus black Myrobalanum of ech of them two drammes Honny of AnacarduÌ„ wherof we spake before one dramme common Honny thre vnces and a halfe let suche of them as maye be punned be punned together and incorporated with Honny and preferued in a boxe and rereyue thereof euery morning two drammes ⧠The thyrd Chapter sheweth the principall endomages of the Memorie in what sort soeuer they be IT behoueth to auoyde vniuersally rawnes or vndigessions as most daungerous and hurtefull both to the reason and also to the whole bodye It is verye ill to drynke muche Wyne especiallye to them that be stronge for it doth vehemently moysten the head and there is almoste nothing that so soone bringeth forgetfulnes as doeth superfluous moystenes The excessiue outwarde coldenes hurteth the Memorie and chiefly in the night when the head is vncouered To goe through Myer in cold tymes and bare footed doeth aboue the reste hurte and coole the brayne and weakeneth the eyes Also to muche heate doth sometymes greatlye trouble the reason and hurte the Memorie You muste forbeare the eatinge of fuminge meates and drynkes as Garlyke Leekes Oynions also Cheese and Peason Brothes Potage and all ouer moyste thynges are to be refrayned especiallye at night also all ill chewinge or eating is noughte To drynke after meate whyles the meates be digestynge interruptynge the same namelye after supper is verye hurtfull both to the Memorie and the brayne Ouer muche reste dothe weaken the heate reteyneth and aggrauateth the superfluities and therefore hurteth the Memorie It is verye noysome to slepe vpon meate to witte before that the meate be descended into the bottom of the Ventricle therefore take your slepe two houres after hauyng your head lying hie wel couered but not superfluously because that to muche couerynge doeth either weaken the head in resoluynge or els doth stuffe it in drawing Frequented venerye doth hurte either with a full stomarke or a hungry or after the whiche no slepe doth folowe or nere vnto the Eclipse of the Moone or with anye other then their owne spouse To sleepe hosed and shoed especially with foule sockes doth hinder the Memorie because of the reflection of y e vapours feebleth the syght and causeth the body to waxe whote and burne Herbes eaten rawe doe verye muche hurte the Memorie lykewise Nuttes Filberds Chestnuttes Also to see or heare thinges that please not the mynde and such lyke Simptomata or griefes of the minde Feare doth oppresse the Memorie or endurynge sadnes also a pensiue care of housholde busynesse is hurtfull Also immoderate sleepe and violent vomiting Vinegre and all sharpe thinges doe the lyke but if Vinegre be vsed of fatteÌ„ and fleumaticke personnes let it be made of stronge Wyne and let it be warme and vsed seldome that with Cynamon and put Calamus aromaticus or Galingale into the Vinegre vessell Penyroyall or Calamint There be some saye that the bones of Cockes beinge sucked do breede the Lethargie ⧠The fourth Chap. telleth likewise the perticular helpes of the Memorie THe fruites that bynde or restraine of Nature or arte in keepinge fumes or vapours from rysyng beynge moderately taken after meates doe greatlye helpe the Memorie The moderate eating or refection of temperate meate and drynke as of Hennes and Patriges and especially of the braynes doth not only comfort the Memorie but also the whole bodye for lyke as Cacochimia that is euill nourishing meates do hurte the workynges of the soule so Euchimia that is good nourishynge meates do keepe them safe chiefly in youth And therefore a highe witte doth seldome springe oute of a meane or simple storke except there chaunce a liberall education Moderate and conuenient exercise before meate doth not only profit the Memorie but likewise the other functioÌ„s of the body also let the mouing be long and the exercise laborious according to the strength of the body that it may resolue the superfluities and let it be in fayre and drye places and if it be possible let all the parts of the body be exercised A conuenient and due expulsion of superfluities by the entrailes by the roufe of the mouth by the mouth by the eares by the vrine by the rubbyng of the head with a combe is very expedient to the memoratiue vertue yf the exercise be done before sleepe and after An often callinge to mynde of things seene or hard doth strengtheÌ„ and confirme the Memorie for there is nothyng that is so soone encreased by diligence or diminished by necgligence as Memorie it selfe is because except it be throughlye tylled and exercised with a continuall meditation it is soone corrupted by fluggishenes A temperate gladnes and an he nest delectation especially in the meditation of sciences doeth not onely augment the Memorie but also the intellectiue vertue and all the other vertues of the body To washe ones feete often in warme water wherein hath bene boyled Baulme gentle Baye leaues Camomile and suche lyke is verye good for the Memorie y e head and the eyes To washe ones head euerye tenth daye with Lee in the whyche there hath a whyle sodden Camomile or Asarum Baulme gentle Sage swete Maioram or Maioram gentle Baye leaues or suche lyke and Roses in the Sommer doth coroborat and fortifie the Memorie as it shall also be more plainlye spoken of in the Chapter folowing To stande after meales or to walke softly vp downe by meanes whereof the meate maye descende to the botome of the ventricle is very expedient for the good digestion of the meates To take Coriander after meate being
perpetually in your Memory and that you may learne a thinge spedely this haue many great men vsed Take the rootes of Langdebefe the rotes of Valerian either of them foure vnces the Rootes of Rewe twoo vnces make thereof very fyne Poulder then take the Iuyce of Eybryghte of Clarye or Orminum and of Verueyne eche of them foure vnces lette the Iuyce be well strayned oute thoroughe a lynnen clothe then myngle the Iuyce together and the poulders by theym selues afterwardes take the vithe of Anacardum the waighte of an once and make a poulddr as aforesayd Also take the seede of Asshe kayes whyche is lyke a Byrdes tounge and make a verye fyne Poulder then myngle all the foresayde thinges together to wytte the Iuyces and the Poulders and take an earthen Glassye fryenge panne and sette it ouer the fyer and putte therein Beares greasse and poure it or melte it by lyttle and lyttle and caste into the same the sayde Poulders alwayes myngling it wyth the Iuyces and putte in styll of the same grease tyll it become a verye pure oyntmente wherwith annoynte youre temples and the parte of youre Memorye and youre foreheade and the parte of the Crowne of youre heade towardes the noddle and doe this twise or thryse in a yeare and you must contynewe so in oyntynge euen more or lesse as it shall neede for thys excedeth in vertue the superstytious arte of Sorcerye ¶ To the same purpose Take eyghte cuppefulles of coÌ„mon water leaues of Yuye of Stichas eyther of theym a pounde and a halfe putte them together into the water to boyle tyll the water be almost consumed away then take theÌ„ out and presse or wrynge them wel and put therein a lytle Turpentine washed in Rose water then washe your head with good Lee and when it is dryed annoynte your temples and the hynder parte of youre head with the foresayd lycoure ¶ An odoriferous or sweete smellyng Apple for the comfortynge of a colde brayne Take Ladanum Lignum aloes Storar eche of them a dramme Cloues Nutmygges Basill seede eche of them halfe a dramme with Rose water in the which there hath been dissolued or put a lytle Muske and Ambergrise make there of an Apple ¶ To haue a profounde and good Memorie or to recouer it again if it be lost by weakenes or infirmity it also helpeth the giddines Take Rosemarye that is Libanotis Borage Camomill Violets Roses eche of them an vnce Stichas Baye leaues Maioram Sage eche of them two vnces cutte or chop them all and putte them in excellent good wyne and after a dayes space distil them in a Lembick of glasse or earth well nealde and being distilled kepe them and put therin swete smellynge Turpentyne a pounde whyte Frankensence eyghte vnces Mâ—â—…cke Myrrhe Bdellium Anacardum eche of them foure vnces bruyse all these and let it so stande fyue dayes the distillation being couered then distill them so long with a good fyer tyll you haue Oyle of them the whiche youmuste keepe well closed in a glasse bottell harde stopped with Ware and parchment The vse thereof is suche Receyue thereof at youre mouthe as muche as a Filberde shell would conteyne and annoynte also therewith the partes of youre Memorye to wytte the hynder parte of youre head and the other partes heretofore rehcarsed so shall you proue it to be excellent good I myghte here gather together moe yea and profitable remedyes but these shall suffyce and make a waye for others to prepare according to the occasion for I haue studied breuitie and haue chosen oute of good the beste nor I woulde not as also it becoÌ„meth not a Christian haue them lye hidden in me He shal fynde moe compounded and those not to be contemned whosoeuer readeth in Antonius Fumanellus a phisicion of Verona in hys worke of the composytyon of medecynes the xvi Chapter I haue not wrytten ouer those here lest I shoulde doe the thing already done although some of his doe in some part agre with mine let euery one chose oute that whiche shalbe conuenient for him and he that can not let him take counsell at a learned Phisition and let him remembre that there is nothing done or gotten withoute labour that is praise worthy For God hath appointed al thinges to labour nether are the meanes to bee despised of him that desyreth to obteyne the endes for because that accordynge to the naturall Philosophers a man can not passe from one extremitie to another without a conuenient meane And it is the propertie of a sluggard not to addicte him selfe to immitate folow euery good or best thing for thoughe we can not fullye atteyne thervnto yet at the least let vs come as neare it as we may sythe that as the Prouerbe sayeth Mercurye is not made of euery woode The sixte Chapter expresseth Philosophicall Iudgementes rules and preceptes of Remembraunce ARistotle thoughte good to assigne two actes of MemoratioÌ„ to wytte Memorie and RemeÌ„braunce although Remembraunce perteyneth to those thinges whiche we haue forgotten and is the offyce of the extymatyue or cogitatyue vertue not principally of the Memoratyue as Auerrhous and Auerrhous haue declared in their little Treatyses or you may name that faculty to be the minde and vnderstandinge as Themistius ssythe because there is no power or facultie perceiued to wander about but y e vnderstanding And this w tout y e presence of y e obiecte is onely in Man for with the presence of the obiect it is also founde in brute Beastes as Aristotle hath assented and as it euidentlye apearethe in a Greyhounde or Spayniel and it is called the phantasticall sence But Memorye is a retaynyng of the Images or symilitudes first perceyued of the soule the which neuertheles is vnprofytable except it both retayne all and also restore theym in the same order wherein it conceyued theym And it belongeth not to present thinges nor thinges to come but onelye to thynges paste as Aristotle saith Also Memorie and Remembraunce althoughe they doe agree in one same subiecte kynde yet they Dyffer in aptenes because that they that haue a good Remembraunce haue commonlye an yll Memorye Also as concernynge tyme Memorye dothe alwayes goe before Remembraunce for a man can not Remember excepte those thinges whereof he hathe the Memorye Also thys is graunted to manye lyuynge thynges but that onelye to men for syth that to remember is as it were to argue perfitlye that is to procede from knowen to vnknoweÌ„ therfore it appertaineth to man whereof it commeth to passe that Rembraunce is a gift geuen to Man as I haue alreadye expressed To the Memorie there belongeth foure mouinges The fyrste is a mouyng of the spirites which transport the figures or similitudes from the cogitatiue to the memoratiue The seconde is a picturynge and faynyng of fygures in the same Memorie The thyrde is a reportation or caryinge agayne of the spirites from the memoratiue to the