for the stone and doth make a man to pysse The rootes of Fenell soden tender made in a succade is good for the lunges and for the syght ¶ The rootes of turnepes persnepes ¶ Turnepes boyled and eaten with flesshe augmeÌ„tyth the seede of man yf they be eaten rawe moderatly it doth prouoke a good apetyde Persnepes soden eaten doth increase nature they be nutrityue doth expell vryne ¶ Radysshe rootes and Caretes ¶ Radysshe rootes doth breke wynde dothe prouoke a maÌ„ to make water but they be not good for them the whiche hath the gowte Caretes soden and eaten dothe auge increase nature doth cause a man to make water ¶ The rootes of Rapes ¶ Rape rootes yf they be well boyled they do nowrysshe yf they be moderatly eaten iÌ„moderatly eaten they doth ingender ventosyte and doth anoye the stomacke ¶ Of Onyons ¶ Onyons doth prouoke a man to veneryous actes and to sompuolence yf a man drynke sondry drynkes it doth rectyfy and reforme the varyete of the operacyon of them they maketh a mans apetyde good and putteth away fastydyousnes ¶ Of Leekes ¶ Leekes doth open the breste and doth prouoke a man to make water but they doth make and increase euyll blode ¶ Of Garlyke ¶ Garlyke of all rootes is vsed most praysed in Lombardy and other countres anexed to it for it doth open the breste it doth kyll all maner of wormes in a mans bely whiche be to say lumbrici ascarides and cucurbitini whiche is to saye longe wormes small lytell longe wormes whiche wyll tykle in the foundement and square wormes it also hetyth the body and desoluyth grose wyndes ¶ The .xx. Chapitre treateth of vsuall Herbes And fyrste of Borage and Buglosse BOrage doth comforte the herte and doth ingeÌ„der good blode and causeth a man to be mery doth set a man in temporaunce And so doth buglosse for he is taken of more vygor strength effycacye ¶ Of Artochockes and Rokat ¶ There is nothynge vsed to be eaten of Artochockes but the hed of them whan they be almost rype they must be soden teÌ„der in the broth of heef after eate them at dyner they doth increase nature and dothe prouoke a man to beneryous actes Rokat doth increase the sede of man and doth stumulat the flesshe and doth helpe to dygestyon ¶ Of Cykory and Endyue ¶ Cykory doth kepe the stomacke and the heed in temporaunce and doth qualyfy color Endyue is good for them the whiche haue hoote stomackes and drye ¶ Of whyte Beetes and Purslane ¶ whyte Beetes be good for the lyuer for the splene and be abstersyue Purslane dothe extynct the ardor of lassyuyousnes and doth mytygate great heate in all the inwarde partes of man ¶ Of Tyme and Parsley ¶ Tyme brekyth the stone it dothe desolue wyndes And causeth a man to make water Parsley is good to breake the stone and causeth a man to pysse it is good for the stomacke doth cause a man to haue a swete breth ¶ Of Lettyse and Sorell Lettyse doth extynct veneryous actes yet it doth increase mylke in a womans breste it is good for a hote stomacke and doth prouoke slepe and doth increase blod and doth set the blode in a temporaunce Sorell is good for a hote lyuer and good for the stomacke ¶ Of Penyryall and Isope ¶ Penyryall doth purge melaÌ„coly and doth comforte the stomacke the spyrites of man Isope clenseth viscus fleume is good for the breste and for the lunges ¶ Of Roosmary and Roses ¶ Roosmary is good for palses and for the fallynge syckenes and for the cowghe and good agaynst colde Roses be a cordyall and doth comforte the herte the brayne ¶ Of Fenell and Anys ¶ These herbes be seldome vsed but theyr sedes be greatly occupyde Fenell sede is vsed to breke wynde and good agaynst poyson Anys sede is good to clense the bladder and the raynes of the backe doth prouoke vryne and maketh one to haue a soote breth ¶ Of Sawge and Mandragod ¶ Sawge is good to helpe a woman to conceyue and doth prouoke vryne Mandragor doth helpe a woman to concepcion and doth prouoke a man to slepe ¶ Of all herbes ingenerall ¶ There is no Herbe nor weede but god haue gyuen vertue to them to helpe man But for as moche as Plyne Macer and Diascorides with many other olde auncyent and approbat Doctours hath wrytten and pertracted of theyr vertues I therfore nowe wyll wryte no further of herbes but wyll speke of other matters that shal be more necessarye ¶ The .xxi. Chapitre treatyth of Fruytes and fyrste of Fygges AVicen sayth that Fygges doth nowrysshe more than any other Fruyte they doth nowrysshe meruelouslye whan they be eaten with blanched Almons They be also good rosted stued They do clense the brest the lunges they do open the opylacyons of the â—yuer the splene They doth stere a man to veneryous actes for they doth auge and increase the sede of generacyon And also they doth prouoke a man to sweate wherfore they doth ingender lyce ¶ Of great Raysyns ¶ Great Raysyns be nutrytyue specially yf the stones be pullyd out And they doth make the stomacke fyrme stable And they doth prouoke a man to haue a good appetyde yf a fewe of them be eaten before meate ¶ Of smale Raysyns of Corans ¶ smale raysyns of Corans be good for the raynes of the backe and they dothe prouoke vryne Howbeit they be not all the best for the splene for they maketh opylacyon ¶ Of Grapes ¶ Grapes swete and newe be nutrytyue and doth stumulat the flesshe And they doth comforte the stomacke and the lyuer and doth auoyde opylacyons Howbeit it doth replete the stomacke with ventosyte ¶ Of Peches of Medlers Ceruyces ¶ Peches doeth mollyfy the bely and be colde Medlers taken superfluous dothe ingender melancolye And Ceruyces be in maner of lyke operacyon ¶ Of Strawburyes Cherys Hurtes ¶ Strawburyes be praysed aboue al buryes for they do qualyfye the heate of the lyuer dothe ingender good blode eaten with suger Cherys doth mollyfye the bely and be colde Hurtes be of a groser substaunce wherfore they be not for them the whiche be of a clene dyete ¶ Of Nuttes great and smale ¶ The walnut the banocke be of one operacyon They be tarde and slowe of digestyon yet they doth comforte the brayne if the pyth or skyn be pylled of and than they be nutrytyue Fylberdes be better than hasell Nuttes yf they be newe and taken from the tree and the skyn or the pyth pullyd of they be nutrytyue doth increase fatnes yf they be olde they shuld be eaten with great raysens But new nuttes be farre better than olde nuttes for olde nuttes be colorycke and they be cuyl for the hed and euyll for olde men And they dothe ingender the palsey to the tounge yet they be good agaynst venym
syttynge or standyng vpright the space of an houre or more with some pastyme drynke not moch after dyner At your supper vse light meates of digestyon refrayne from grose meates go not vnto bedde with a ful nor emptye stomacke And after your supper make a pause or you go to bedde and go to bed as I sayde with myrth Furthermore as coÌ„cernyng your apparrell in wynter nexte your sherte vse to were a petycote of skarlet your doubletvse at plesure but I do aduertyse you to lyne your Iacket vnder this fasshyon or maner by you fyne skynÌ„es of whyte lambe blacke lambe and let your skynner cut both the sortê of the skynnes in smale peces tryangle wyse lyke halfe a quarel of a glase wyndow And than sewe togyther a whyte pece and a blacke lyke a hole quarell of a glasse wyndowe so sewe vp togyther quarell wyse as moche as wyll lyne your Iacket this fur for holsomnes is praysed aboue sables or any other furre your exteryall apparell vse accordynge to your honour In soÌ„mer vse to were a skarlet petycote made of stamele or lynsye wolsye In wynter and soÌ„mer kepe nor your hed to hote nor bynde it to strayte kepe euer your necke warme In soÌ„mer kepe your necke and face from the soÌ„ne vse to were gloues made of goote skynnes perfumed with amber degrece And beware in standynge or lying on the grownde in the reflyxyon of the soÌ„ne but be mouable If you shall coÌ„mon or talke with any man stande not styll in one place yf it be on the bare grownde or grasse or stones but be moueable in such places stande nor syt vpon no stone nor stones stand nor syt long bareheed vnder a vawte of stone Also beware that you do not lye in olde chambres whiche be not occupyed specyally such chambres as myse rattes and snayles resorteth vnto lye not in suche chambres the whiche be depryued clene from the soÌ„ne open ayre nor lye in no lowe chamber except it be borded Beware that you take no colde on your feete and legges and of al wether beware that you do not ryde nor go in great and impyteous wyndes ¶ The .ix. Chapytre doth shewe that replecyon or surfetynge doth moche harme to nature / and that abstynence is the chefyst medyson of all medysons GAlen declarying Hypocrates sentence vpon eatynge to moche meate saith More meate than accordeth with nature is named replecyon or a surfete Replecyon or a surfet is taken as well by gurgytacyons or to moche drynkynge as it is taken by epulacyon of eatynge of crude meate or eatynge more meate than doth suffyce or can be truely dygested Or els replecyon or a surfyt is whan the stomacke is farced or stuft or repleted with to moche drynke meate that the lyuer whiche is the fyre vnder the potte is subpressed that he can not naturally nor truely decoct defye ne dygest the superabundauÌ„ce of meate drynke the which is in the potte or stomacke wherfore dyuers tymes these impedymentes doth folowe the touÌ„ge is depryued of his offyce to speke the wyttes or sensys be dull obnebulated froÌ„ reason Slouth and sluggyshnes consequently foloweth the appetyde is withdrawen The heade is lyght and doth ake and full of fantasyes dyuers tymes some be so sopytyd that the malt worme playeth the deuyll so fast in the heade that all the worlde roÌ„neth rownde aboute on wheles then both the pryncepall membres the offycyall membres doth fayle of theyr strength yet the pulsys be full of agylyte Such replecyon specyally suche gurgytacyons doth ingender dyuers infyrmytes thorowe the whiche breuite and shortnes of lyfe doth folowe For the wyse man sayth that surfetes do kyll many men and temporaunce doth prolonge the lyfe And also it is wrytten Eccle. xx xvii That there doth dye many mo by surfette than there doth by the sworde for as I sayde surfetyng ingendreth many infyrmytes as the Idropyses the gowtê lepored sausfleme pymples in the face vehemeÌ„t impressyons â—ndygest humours opylacyons feuers and putryfaccyons And also it doth perturbate the heade the eyes the tounge and the stomacke with many other infyrmyties For as Galen sayth ouer moche replecyon or surfeing causeth strangulacion and soden death for as I sayde the stomacke is so inferced and the lyuer is so sore obpressed that naturall heate and the poores be extyncted wherfore abstynence for this matter is the moste best and the parfytest medysone that can be And in no wyse eate no meate vnto the tyme the stomacke be euacuated of all yll humours by vomet or other conuenyent wayes for els crude and rawe humours vndygested wyll multiply in the body to the detryment of man Two meales a daye is suffycyent for a rest man and a labourer maye eate thre tymes a day he that doth eate ofter lyueth a beestly lyfe And he that doth eate more than ones in a day I aduertyse hym that the fyrste refeccyon or meale be dygested or that he do eate the seconde refeccyon or meale For there is nothynge more hurtfull for mans body than to eate meate vpon meate vndygested For the last refeccyon or meale wyll let the dygestyon of the fyrste refeccyon or meale Also sondry meates of dyuers operacyons eaten at one refeccion or meale is not laudable nor it is not good to syt longe at dyner and supper An houre is suffycyent to syt at dyner and not so longe at supper Englande hath an euyll vse in syttynge longe at dyner and at supper And Englysshe men hath an euyll vse for at the begynnynge at dyner and supper he wyll fede on grose meates And the best meates which be holsome and nutratyue and lyeth of digestion is kept for seruauntes for whan the good meate doth come to the table thorowe fedyng vpon grose meate the appetyde is extynct whan the good meet doth come to the table but maÌ„nes mynde is so auydous althoughe he haue eate ynoughe whan he seth better meate come before hym agaynst his appetyde he wyll eate wherupon doth come replecyon and surfetes ¶ The .x. Chapytre treateth of all maner of drynkes as of water of wyne of ale of bere of cyder of meade of metheglyn and of whay WAter is one of the foure Elementê of the whiche dyuerse lycours or drynkes for maÌ„nes sustynaunce be made of takyng theyr orygynall and substaunce of it as ale bere meade and metheglyn â–ª water is not holsome sole by it selfe for an englysshe man consyderynge the contrarye vsage whiche is not concurraunt with nature water is colde slowe and slacke of dygestyon The best water is rayne water so be it that it be clene and purely taken Next to it is roÌ„nyng water the whithe doth swyftly roÌ„ne from the Eest in to the west vpon stones or pybles The thyrde water to be praysed is ryuer or broke water the which is clere roÌ„nyng on pibles and grauayl Standynge waters the whiche be refresshed with a fresshe spryng is coÌ„mendable but standyng waters and
temperatly hote be good for Melancoly men And so be all herbes the whiche be hote and moyste These thynges folowynge doth purge Melancoly quyckbeme Seene sticados hartystounge mayden heere pulyall mountane borage organum suger and whyte wyne ¶ The .xxvij. Chapiter treatyth of a dyete and of an ordre to be vsed in the Pestyferous tyme of the pestylence swetyng sycknes WHan the Plages of the Pestylence or the swetynge syckenes is in a towne or couÌ„tree with vs at Mountpylour and all other hygh Regyons and countrees that I haue dwelt in the people doth fle from the contagious and infectious ayre preseruatyues with other counceyll of Physycke notwithstandyng In lower and other baase countres howses the which be infectyd in towne or cytie be closyd vp both doores wyndowes the inhabytours shall not come a brode nother to churche nor to market nor to any howse or coÌ„pany for infectyng other the which be clene without infection A man can not be to ware nor can not kepe hym self to well from this syckenes for it is so vehement and so parlouse that the syckenes is taken with the sauour of a mans clothes the whiche hath vysyted the infectious howse for the infection wyl lye and hange longe in clothes And I haue knowen that whan the strawe russhes hath ben cast out of a howse infectyd the hogges the whiche dyd lye in it dyed of the pestylence wherfore in such infectious tyme it is good for euery man that wyl not flye from the contagyous ayre to vse dayly specyally in the mornynge and euenyng to burne Iuneper or Rosemary or Rysshes or Gaye leues or Maierome or FranckeÌ„ce bengauyn Or els make this powder Take of storax calamyte half an vnce of frankenseÌ„ce an vnce of the wodde of Aloes the weyghte of .vi. d. myxe all these togyther Than cast half a sponefull of this in a chaffyngdysshe of coles And set it to fume abrode in the chambers the hall and other howses And you wyll put to this powder a lytell Lapdanum it is so moche the better Or els make a pomemauÌ„der vnder this maner Take of Lapdanum .iii. drames of the wodde of Aloes one drame of amber of grece .ii. drames and a half of nutmegges of storax calamite of eche a drame and a half confect all these togyther with Rose water make a ball And this aforesayd Pomemaunder doth not onely expell contagyous ayre but also it doth comforte the brayne as Barthelmew of Montagnaue sayth other modernall doctors doth afferme the same who so euer that is infectyd with the pestylence / let hym loke in my breuyary of helth for a remedy But let hym vse this dyete let the Chamber be kept close And kepe a contynuall fyre in the Chamber of clere burnynge wodde or chare cole without smoke beware of takynge any colde vse temporat meates and drynke and beware of wyne bere cyder vse to eate stued or baken wardens yf they can begoten yf not eate stued or baken peers with comfettes vse no grose meates but those the whiche be lyght of dygestyon ¶ The .xxviij. Chapitre sheweth of a dyete the whiche be in any Feuer or agew I Do aduertyse euery man that hath a Feuer or an Agewe not to eate no meate .vi. houres before his course doth take hym And in no wyse as longe as the Agew doth induce to put of shertte nor dowblet nor to ryse out of the bedde but whan nede shall requyre and in any wyse not to go nor to take any open ayer For suche prouysyon may be had that at vttermost at the thyrde course he shall be delyuered of the Feuer vsynge the medsynes the whiche be in the Breuyary of helthe And let euery man beware of castynge theyr handes armes at any tyme out of the bed in or out of theyr agony or to spraule with the legges out of the bed good it is for the space of .iii. courses to weare coÌ„tynewelly gloues and not to wasshe the handes And to vse suche a dyete in meate drynke as is rehersyd in the pestylence ¶ The .xxix. Cpapitre treatyth of a dyete for them the whiche haue the Iliacke or the colyck the stone THe Iliacke and the Colycke be ingendered of ventosyte the whiche is intrusyd or inclosed in two guttes the one is called Ilia And the other is called Colon. For these two infyrmytes a man muste beware of colde And good it is not to be longe fastynge And necessary it is to be laxatyue and not in no wyse to be constupat And these thynges folowyng be not good for them the which haue these aforesaid infyrmytê new bred stale bred nor new ale They must abstayne also from drynkyng of beere of cyder and red wyne and cynamom Also refrayne from al meates that hoÌ„ny is in exchew eatyng of cold herbes vse not to eate beanes peson nor potage beware of the vsage of fruytes And of all thynges the whiche doth ingender wynde For the stone abstayn from drynkynge of new ale beware of beere and of red wyne and hote wynes refrayne from eatynge of red herynge matylmas beef and bakon and salte fysshe and salt meates And beware of goynge colde aboute the mydell specyally aboute the raynes of the backe And make no restryctyon of wynde and water nor seege that nature wolde expelle ¶ The .xxx. Chapitre treatyth of a dyete for them the whiche haue any kyndes of the gowte THey the whiche be infectyd with the gowte or any kynde of it I do aduertyse them not to syt long bollynge and bybbynge dysyng and cardyng in forgettyng them selfe to exonerat the blader and the bely whan nede shall requyre and also to beware that the legges hange not without some stay nor that the bootê or shoes be not ouer strayte who soeuer hath the gowte must refrayne from drynkyng of newe ale and let hym abstayne from drynkyng of beere and red wyne Also he must not eate new brede egges fresshe samon eles fresshe heryng pylcherdê oysters and all shell fysshe Also he muste exchew the eatynge of fresshe beef of goose of ducke of pygyons Beware of takyng colde in the legge or rydyng or goynge wetshod Beware of veneryous actê after refection or after or vpon a full stomacke And refrayne from all thinges that doth ingeÌ„der euyll humours and be inflatyue ¶ The xxxi Chapytre treatyth of a dyete for them the whiche haue any of the kyndes of lypored HE that is infectyd with any of the .iiii. kyndes of the lepored must refrayne from all maner of wynes from new drynkes and stroÌ„ge ale than let hym beware of ryot and surfetynge And let hym abstayne from etyng of spyces and daates and from trypes podynges and all inwardes of beestes Fysshe and egges mylke is not good for leperous persons and they must abstayne from eating of fresshe beef and from eatynge of gose ducke and from water fowle and pygions And in no wyse eate no veneson nor hare
¶ Hereafter foloweth a compendyous Regyment or a dyetary of Helth made in Moūtpyllier compyled by Andrew Boorde of Physycke doctour dedycated to the armypotent Prynce and valyaunt Lorde Thomas Duke of Northfolche Galyen prynce of Physycke ¶ The preface ¶ To the precellēt and army potent prynce lorde Thomas duke of Northfolch Andrew Borde of Physycke doctour doth surrender humyle cōmendacyon FOr asmoch as it pleased your grace to send for me to syr Robert Drewry knyght whiche was the yeare in the whiche lorde Thomas cardynal bishop of york was cōmaūded to go to his see of york to haue my coūceyll in Physycke in certayne vrgent causes requyryng to the sauyte of your body at that tyme I beyng but a yonge doctour in my scyēce or faculte durst not to presume to mynyster any medysone to you wtout the counceyl of mayster doctour Butte whiche had a longe continuaūce with you a great cognyscyon not onely of your infyrmyte but also of your complexyon dyet But he not cōmyng to your grace thankes be to God your grace recuperatyng your helth And conuocated thorowe the kynges goodnes to wayte on his prepotent mageste I than dyd passe ouer the sees agayne And dyd go to all the vnyuersyties and scoles approbated and beynge within the precinct of chrystendome And all was done for to haue a trewe cognyscyon of the practis of Physycke the whiche obtayned I than cotydyally remembryng your bountyfull goodnes shewed to me also beynge at the well hed of Physycke dyd consult with many egregyous Doctours of Physycke / what matter I shuld wryte the whiche myght be acceptable and profitable for the sauyte of your body The sayde doctours knowynge my trewe intencyon dyd aduertyse me to compyle and make some boke of dyete the which not onely shuld do your grace pleasure but also it shuld be necessary profytable for your noble posterite for many other men the whiche wolde folowe the effycacyte of this boke / the whiche is called the Regymēt or dietary of helth And where that I do speake in this boke but of dietes and other thynges concernynge the same If any man therfore wolde haue remedy for any syckenes or dyseases let hym loke in a boke of my makynge named the Breuyare of helth But yf it shall please your grace to loke on a boke the which I dyd make in Mountpyller named the Introductory of knowlege there shall you se many new matters / the whiche I haue no doubte but that your grace wyl accept and lyke the boke the whiche is a pryntynge besyde saynt Dunstons churche within Temple barre ouer agaynst the Temple And where I haue dedycated this boke to your grace and haue not ornated and florysshed it with eloquent speche and rethorycke termes the which in all wrytynges is vsed these modernall dayes I do submyt me to your boūtyful goodnes And also dyuers tymes in my wrytynges I do wryte wordes of myrth / truely it is for no other intencyon / but to make your grace mery for myrth is one of the chefest thynges of Physycke the which doth aduertyse euery man to be mery and to beware of pencyfulnes trustynge to your affluent goodnesse to take no displeasure with any contentes of this boke but to accept my good wyl and dylygent labour And furthermore I do trust to your superabundaūt gracyousnes that you wyll consydre the loue and zeale the which I haue to your prosperyte and that I do it for a cōmon wee le the whiche I beseche Iesu chryst longe to contynew to his wyll and pleasure in this lyfe And after this transytory lyfe remunerate you with celestyal ioy and eternall glorye From Mountpyllier The .v. day of May. The yere of our Lorde Iesu Chryste M.v. C.xlij. ¶ Here foloweth the Table of the Chapytres THe fyrste Chapytre doth shewe where a man shuld cytuat or set his mancyon place or howse for the helth of his body ¶ The seconde Chapytre doth shewe a man howe he shulde buylde his howse and that the prospect be good for the conseruacion of helth ¶ The thyrde Chapitre doth shewe a man to buylde his howse in a pure and fresshe ayre for to lengthen his lyfe ¶ The .iiii. Chapytre doth shewe vnder what maner a man shuld buylde his howse or mansyon in eschewynge thynges that shuld shorten his lyfe ¶ The .v. Chapytre doth shewe howe a man shuld ordre his howse concernyng the implementes to comforte the spyrytes of man ¶ The .vi. Chapytre doth shewe a man howe he shulde ordre his howse and howsholde and to lyue in quyetnes ¶ The .vii. Chapytre doth shew howe the hed of a howse or a howseholder shulde exercyse hym selfe for the helth of the soule and body ¶ The .viii. Chapytre doth shew howe a man shulde order hym selfe in slepynge and watchynge and in his apparell werynge ¶ The .ix. Chapitre doth shew that replecion or surfetynge doth moche harme to nature and that abstynence is the chyfest medyson of all medysons ¶ The .x. Chapytre treateth of all maner of drynkes as of water of wyne of ale of bere of cyder of meade of metheglyn of whay ¶ The .xi. Chapytre treateth of breade ¶ The .xii. Chapytre of potage of sewe of stew pottes of grewell of fyrmente of pease potage of almon mylke of ryce potage of cawdels of culleses of alebrues of hony soppes and of all other maner of brothes ¶ The .xiii. Chapitre treateth of whyt meate as of egges butter chese mylke crayme posettes of almon butter and of beane butter ¶ The .xiiii. Chapytre treateth of fysshe ¶ The .xv. Chapytre treateth of wyld fowle of tame fowle and of byrdes ¶ The .xvi. Chapytre treateth of flesshe wylde and domestycall ¶ The .xvii. Chapytre treateth of partyculer thynges of fysshe and flesshe ¶ The .xviii. Chapitre treateth of rost meate of fryde meate of soden or boyled meate of bruled meate and of baken meate ¶ The .xix. Chapytre treateth of rootes ¶ The .xx. Chapytre treateth of certayne vsuall herbes ¶ The .xxi. Chapytre treateth of fruytes ¶ The .xxii. Chapytre treateth of spyces ¶ The .xxiii. Chapytre sheweth a dyate for sanguyne men ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapytre sheweth a dyate for flematycke men ¶ The .xxv. Chapytre sheweth a dyate for colorycke men ¶ The .xxvi. Chapytre doth shewe a dyate for melancoly men ¶ The .xxvii. Chapytre treateth of a dyate and of an order to be vsed in the pestyferous tyme of the pestilence the swetyng syckenes ¶ The .xxviii. Chapytre treateth of a dyate for them the whiche be in an agew or a feuer ¶ The .xxix. Chapitre treateth of a dyate for them the whiche haue the Ilyacke or the colycke and the stone ¶ The .xxx. Chapytre treateth of a dyate for theym the whiche haue any of the kyndes of the gowtes ¶ The .xxxi. Chapitre treateth of a dyate for them the which haue any kyndes of lepored ¶ The .xxxii. Chapytre treateth of a dyate for theym the whiche
well waters to the whiche the soÌ„ne hath no reflyxyon althoughe they be lyghter then other roÌ„nyng waters be yet they be not so coÌ„mendable And let euery man be ware of all waters the whiche be standynge and be putryfyed with froth duckemet and mudde for yf they bake or brewe or dresse meate with it it shall ingender many infyrmytes The water the which euery man ought to dresse his meate with all or shall vse bakynge or bruyng let it be roÌ„nyng and put it in vessels that it may stande there .ii. or .iii. houres or it be occupyed than strayne the vpper parte thoroughe a thycke lynnyn cloth and cast the inferyall parte away If any man do vse to drynke water with wyne let it be purely strayned and than seth it and after it be cold let hym put it to his wyne but better it is to drynke with wyne stylled waters specyally the water of strawberes or the water of buglos or the water of endyne or the water of cycory or the waters of southystell and dauÌ„delyon And yf any man be combred with the stone or doth burne in the pudibunde places vse to drynke with whyte wyne the water of hawes and the water of mylke loke for this matter in a boke of my makyng named the breuyary of health ¶ Of wyne ¶ All maner of wynes be made of grapes excepte respyse the whiche is made of a bery Chose your wyne after this sorte it must be fyne fayre clere to the eye it must be fragraunt and redolent hauynge a good odour and flauour in the nose it must spryncle in the cup whan it is drawne or put out of the pot in to the cup it must be colde pleasaunt in the mouth and it must be strong and subtyll of substaunce And than moderatly dronken it doth acuate and doth quycken a mans wyttes it doth coÌ„fort the hert it doth scowre the lyuer specyally yf it be whyte wyn it doth reioyce all the powers of man and doth now rysshe them it doth ingender good blode it doth comforte and doth nourysshe the brayne and all the body and it resolueth fleume it ingendreth heate and it is good agaynst heuynes and pencyfulnes it is ful of agylyte wherfore it is medsonable specyally whyte wyne for it doth mundyfye and clense wouÌ„des sores Furthermore the better the wyne is the better humours it doth ingeÌ„der wyne must not be to newe nor to olde but hyghe wynes as malmyse maye be kepe longe And bycause wyne is full of fumosyte it is good therfore to alaye it with water wynes hyghe and hote of operacyoÌ„ doth comfort olde men and women but there is no wyne good for chyldren maydens for in hyghe Almayne there is no mayde shall drynke no wyne but styl she shal drynke water vnto she be maried the vsuall drynke there in other hyghe countres for youth is fountayn water for in euery towne is a fountayne or a shalowe wel to the which all people that be yonge seruauÌ„tê hath a confluence and a recourse to drynke Meane wynes as wynes of Gascony frenche wynes specyally raynysshe wyne that is fyned is good with meate specyally claret wyne It is not good to drynke nother wyne nor ale before a man doth eate somwhat althoughe there be olde fantastycall sayingê to the contrarye Also these hote wynes as malmesye wyne course wyne greke romanysk romny secke alygaunt basterde tyre osay Muscadell caprycke tynt roberdany with other hote wynes be not good to drynke with meate but after meate with oysters with saledes with fruyte a draught or two may be suffered Olde men maye drynke as I sayde hyghe wynes at theyr pleasure Furthermore all swete wynes and grose wynes doth make a man fatte ¶ Of ale ¶ Ale is made of malte and water and they the which do put any other thynge to ale then is rehersed except yest barme or godesgood doth sofystical theyr ale Ale for an englysshe man is a naturall drynke Ale must haue these propertyes it must be fresshe and cleare it must not be ropy nor smoky nor it must haue no weft nor tayle Ale shuld not be dronke vnder .v. dayes olde Newe ale is vnholsome for all men And sowre ale and deade ale the which doth stande a tylt is good for no man Barly malte maketh better ale theÌ„ oten malte or any other corne doth it doth ingendre grose humoures but yette it maketh a man stronge ¶ Of bere ¶ Bere is made of malte of hoppes and water it is a naturall drynke for a dutche man And nowe of late dayes it is moche vsed in Englande to the detryment of many englysshe men specyally it kylleth them the which be troubled with the colycke and the stone the strangulion for the drynke is a colde drynke yet it doth make a man fat and doth inflate the bely as it doth appere by the dutche mens faces belyes If the bere be well serued and be fyned not newi t doth qualyfy the heat of the lyuer ¶ Of cyder ¶ Cyder is made of the iuce of peeres or of the iuce of aples other whyle cyder is made of both but the best cyder is made of cleane peeres the which be dulcet but the beest is not praysed in physycke for cyder is colde of operacyon and is full of ventosyte wherfore it doth ingendre euyll humours and doth swage to moche the naturall heate of man doth let dygestyon and doth hurte the stomacke but they the which be vsed to it yf it be dronken in haruyst it doth lytell harme ¶ Of meade ¶ Meade is made of hoÌ„ny and water boyled both togyther yf it be fyned and pure it preserueth helth but it is not good for them the whiche haue the Ilyacke or the colycke ¶ Of metheglyn ¶ Metheglyn is made of hoÌ„ny water and herbes boyled and sodden togyther yf it be fyned and stale it is better in the regyment of helth than meade ¶ Of whay ¶ whay yf it be well ordered specyally thai whay the which doth come of butter is a temporate drynke and is moyst and it doth nourysshe it doth clense the brest and doth purge redde colour and good for sausfleme faces ¶ Of poset ale ¶ Poset ale is made with hote mylke colde ale it is a temporate drynke and is good for a hote lyuer and for hote feuers specyally yf colde herbes be soden in it ¶ Of coyte ¶ Coyte is a drynke made of water in the which is layde a sowre and a salt leuyn .iii. or .iiii. houres theÌ„ it is dronke it is a vsual drynke in Pycardy in Flaundres in Holande in Brabant and Selande ¶ To speake of a ptysan or of oxymel or of aqua vite or of Ipocras I do passe ouer at this tyme for I do make meÌ„syon of it in the Breuyary of health ¶ The .xi. Chapytre treateth of breade ☜ AVycen sayth that breed made of whete maketh a man fatte specyally when
meate And vse few wordes to them excepte it be for reprehensyon or gentyll reformacyon yf they haue any wytte or perseueraunce to vnderstande ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapytre treatyth of a dyete for them the whiche haue any of the kyndes of the Idropyses SAynt Beede sayeth the more a man doth drynke that hath the Idropise the more he is a thurst for although the syckenes doth come by superabundaunce of water yet the lyuer is drye whether it be alchytes Iposarca Lencoflegmancia or the tympany They that hath any of the .iiii. kyndes of the Idropyses must refrayne from all thynges the whiche be coÌ„stupat and costyue and vse all thynges the which be laxatyue / nuttes and dry almondes and harde chese is poyson to them A ptysane and posset ale made with colde herbes doth comforte them who so euer he be the whiche wyll haue a remedy for any of these foure kyndes of the Idropyses and wyll knowe a declaracyon of these infyrmytes and all other sycknesses let hym loke in a boke of my makyng named the Breuyary of helth For in this boke I do speke but of dyetes and how a man shuld order his mansyon place And hym self his bowsholde with suche lyke thyngê for the conseruacion of helth ¶ The .xxxix. Chapytre treateth of a generall dyete for all maner of men and women beynge sycke or hole THere is no man nor woman the which haue any respect to theÌ„ selfe that can be a better Phesycion for theyr owne sauegarde than theyr owne self can be to consyder what thynge the whiche doth them good And to refrayne from suche thynges that doth them hurte or harme And let euery man beware of care sorowe thought pencyfulnesse and of inwarde anger Beware of surfettes and vse not so moche veneryouse actes Brehe not the vsuall custome of slepe in the nyght A mery herte and mynde the whiche is in reste and quyetnes without aduersyte and to moche worldly busynes causeth a man to lyue longe and to loke yongly althoughe he be agyd care and sorowe bryngeth in age and deth where let euery man be mery and yf he can not let hym resorte to mery company to breke of his perplexatyues ¶ Furthermore I do aduertyse euery man to wasshe theyr handes ofte euery daye And dyuers tymes to keyme theyr hed euery daye And to plounge the eyes in colde water in the morenyng Moreouer I do councell euery man to kepe the breste and the stomacke warme And to kepe the feete from wet and other whyle to wasshe them and that they be not kept to hote nor to colde but indyfferently Also to kepe the hed and the necke in a moderat temporaunce not to hote nor to colde and in any wyse to beware not to medle to moche with veneryous actê for that wyll cause a man to loke agedly also causeth a man to haue a breef or a shorte lyfe All other matters pertaynynge to any pertyculer dyete you shall haue in the dyetes aboue in this boke rehersyd ¶ The .xl. Chapytre doth shewe an order or a fasshyon how a sycke man shulde be ordered And how a sycke man shuld be vsyd that is lykely to dye WHoo so euer that is sore sycke it is vncerteyne to man whether he shall lyue or dye wherfore it is necessarye for hym that is sycke to haue two or .iii good kepers the whiche at all tymes must be dylygeÌ„t and not slepysshe sloudgysshe sluttysshe And not to wepe and wayle aboute a sycke man nor to vse many wordes / nor that there be no great resorte to coÌ„mon and talke For it is a busynes a whole man to answere many men specyally women that shall come to hym They the which coÌ„meth to any sycke person ought to haue few wordes or none except certayne persons the whiche be of counseyll of the Testament makynge the whiche wyse men be not to seke of suche matters in theyr syckenes for wysdom wolde that euery man shulde prepare for suche thyngê in helth And yf any man for charyte wyll vyset any person lette hym aduertyse the sycke to make euery thynge euyn bytwext god and the worlde his coÌ„scyence And to receyue the ryghtê of holy churche lyke a catholycke man And to folowe the counseyll of both Physycyons whiche is to say the physycyon of the soule the physycyon of the body that is to saye the spyrituall counseyl of his ghostly father and the bodely counseyll of his physycyon consernyng the receytes of his medsons to recouer helth For saynt Augustyn saith he that doth not the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of his physycyon doth kyll hym self Furthermore about a sycke persone shuld be redolent sauour and the chamber shuld be replenysshed with herbes flowers of odyferouse sauour certayne tymes it is good to be vsed a lytell of some perfume to stande in the mydle of the chamber And in any wyse lette not many men and specyally women be togyther at one tyme in the chamber not onely for bablynge but specially for theyr brethes And the kepers shulde se at all tymes that the sycke persons drynke be pure fresshe stale and that it be a lytell warmed turned out of the colde Yf the sycke man wex sycker and sycker that there is lykle hope of amendment but sygnes of deth than no man oughte to moue to hym any worldly matters or busynes but to speke of ghostly and godly matters And to rede the passyon of cryste to say the psalmes of the passyon and to holde a crosse or a pyctour of the passyon of cryste before the eyes of the sycke person And let not the kepers forget to gyue the sycke man in suche agony warme drynke with a spone and a sponefull of a cawdell or a colesse And than lette euery man do indeuer hym selfe to prayer that the sycke ê‘son may fynysshe his lyfe Catholyckely in the fayth of Iesu cryste And so departe out of this myserable world I do beseche the Father and the sone and the holy ghost thorow the meryte of Iesu crystes passyon that I and all Creatures lyuynge may do AMEN ¶ Imprynted by me Robert wyer / dwellynge in seynt Martyns parysshe besyde charynge Crosse at the sygne of seynt IohnÌ„ Euangelyste For IohnÌ„ Gowghe Cum priuilegio regali Ad imprimendum solum