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A03916
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De morbo Gallico·; De guaiaci medicina. English
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Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.; Paynell, Thomas.
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1533
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STC 14024; ESTC S104330
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that suche as are borne chaste or be gelded or chyldren or euer they fall to womans company and lykewyse women excepte them that haue theyr flowers stopped are seldom tempted with this disease And Alexander in his problemes sayth that suche as drinke water onely are quycker in all senses than other For wyne stoppeth the wayes of the mynde and dulleth the senses And Cicero sayth that for so moche as wyne profiteth the sycke but selde and hurteth very often it is moche better not to gyue it than vnder the hope of doubtfull helth to runne into open ieoperdie And Venus in what so euer state a man be coldeth the bely dryeth it if Aristotle be true For in suche couplyng the naturall heate departeth and throughe the euaporation that than is made drynes is caused and ingendred ¶ Lo sobernes and chastite two holy ordynances of lyfe be the principall obseruation in this thynge the highest precept the chief poynt of helth whiche diligently kepte no ieoperdye can ryse For be it they tary the medicine or vtterly stoppe and lette it yet they putte not a manne in ieoperdye of his lyfe whan they be neglected ¶ That salte muste be eschewed in this cure Capitu. xvj AMonges all the thynges that muste be auoyded somme men do meruayle why salt is forbiddeÌ„ to be vsed for the space of this dyete consyderyng there is other tymes nothynge more holsome for mannes bodye and they say that they can nat perceyue howe any hurte shulde comme therof in this disease The whiche commeth all together of the corruption and putrifaction of the bloode seinge onely salte moste of all thynges preserueth and defendeth from both these And more ouer the nature of salt is to make fast and drye vppe to bynde and clense whiche proprete were thought moste metest and necessary to be ministred to plucke vppe this disease by the rotes Fyrste bycause the bodye infected with the pockes is loosed and shaken secondly bycause the humours procede and flowe out from one mater Thirdly whiche is the chiefe poynt of al bicause the corrupt and infecte bloode is yet within the bodye vnpourged For this syckenesse is no other thynge than a certayne order state of the body changed through the trouble of the bloode Euen as it hapneth in a cytie whan a sedition partakynge entreth into a commen welthe and the coÌ„men people be moued in theyr myndes than are all thynges skattered abrode withoute order and moued out of theyr places nothynge hangeth to gether nothynge standeth nothynge abydeth no quietnes no peace but all ful of trouble vnto the whiche chaunge of the body motion of membres and shakynge of ioyntes with all suche troubles there muste come some sadde and wyse father a man of hygh auctoritie in the comen welth for his godlynes and good deseruynges towarde all men who as Virgyll sayth maye gouerne and rule with wordes theyr hartes and quiete theyr stomakes So in lyke maner is it in salte whiche as I sayde through fastnyng dryinge bynding and purgynge dothe put to quietnes thynges that are moued dothe vnite and knytte thynges that are broken doth bynde to gether thynges that are plucked aparte doth make caulme and quiete thynges that are troubled and bryngeth quietnes and sauegarde vnto all thynges yea howe greatte a thynge and howe necessarie thoughte Plinie salte to be sayinge without salte a mans life can not indure And therfore say they how can that hurte in this syckenes whiche in other diseases conserueth all thynges And for as moche as in this cure we muste take hede that no corrupt humours be abundaÌ„t and salte resolueth and clenseth all fylthye moystnes and also kepeth down and restrayneth the flowynge of the body it is thought we shulde be more plentuous of salte herein than els where Not withstandynge these reasons we muste haue an other consideration herein And fyrste of all as moche as appertaynethe vnto this disease howe the sycke muste forbeare salte meates not all maner but onely suche as are very sharpe Lette it be asked of the phisitions whiche haue longe before tyme prosecuted that matter to the vttermost for this tyme seynge the medicine of Guaiacum is specyally intreated of we may say that though al phisitions knowe the vse of salte excepte it be very lyttell to be noyous and hurtfull in all other passions of the synewes and in suche diseases as sprynge of corrupte bloode and of yelowe and blacke colour or salte fleume for so moche as with his tartnes it sharpeneth coler and burneth the bloudde and with his naâ—iue dryenes causeth the humours and nutrimeÌ„t of the body to dry vp and by that meanes distroyeth all thynges that shulde helpe vnto helthe Yet neuer the lesse aboute the administration of Guaiacum they forbede vtterly all maner vse of salt for the same consyderation they forbede all sharpe thynges and moreouer all thynges penetratiue and amonges these spices and wyne For so moche as all suche through theyr sharpenes and persynge power do open all poores and entreyes and go depe whiche violence runnyng through the body cum can haue no place to worke If these resons do not satisfie those mens myndes I wyll saye vnto them as the philosophers saye of the stone Magnes if it be anoynted with garlycke it draweth not yron to hit so lykewyse Guaiacum hath a certayne secret vertue and can nâ—t tell whither it be as yet knowen to abhorre specially the vse of salt and whiche power is loste if salte ones come vnto it And this haue we spoken of the forbearynge of salte in this cure Nowe wylle we speake of the sklender fedynge and hunger wherwith the body muste be weakened and made leane whervppon all the matter of this dyete hangeth ¶ Of sklender fedynge and huÌ„ger necessary in this cure Ca. xvij ALthough we spake before of the smalle and thyn fedynge that the sycke muste vse and how his meat must be diminished he brought to hunger yet we thynke it very necessary to warne you ones agayne of the same thynge in this place not onely bicause this medicine requyreth a voyde and an emptye bodye from all maner fulnes but also bycause I wolde declare tâ—at in olde tyme theâ—e was a lyke maner to cure the like And we may also rede in Diodoro that the Egiptians dydde heale theyr sycke other with fastynge or els with vomyt For they affirme as he recyteth that sycknesses are ingendred specially of the superfluite of meate And therfore they thought that way of curynge to make moste vnto helthe that taketh awaye the fyrste causes of the disease Let not therfore these dronkerdes these intemperate felowes gyuen to surfetynge be greued with this dyete whiche as Persius sayth delyteth only in delitious fedynge and may lyue scantely halfe a daye without meate whose bealy as the prophet saythe is their god and all theyr mynde and lyfe is nothynge but fedynge Let suche felowes as I sayde ceasse theyr grudging against this dyete seynge that
the supper ¶ Playnly this disease is of that sort that Galenus thynketh to come of fulnes whiche thynge is thus to be vnderstande not that I thynke all that lyueth in surfetynge streight way to be caste into the french pockes al though suche shall not escape diseases no not most greuous but if any haue ben vexed before with them and than healed eate drynke intemperately he must nedes fall agayn into them And therfore the meate that is receyued let it nother be dyuerse nor moch that the stomake be not loded and digestion letted And agayne let it be as I monysshed easye in digestynge Plinie sayth All maner sharpe meates all that is to moche and all that is hastely receyued be harde in workynge and harder in somer than in wynter and harder in age than in youthe ¶ It is wryten in Tully he that medleth not with exquysite meates looded tables and often cuppes shal not be combred with dronkennes rawnes of stomacke or dreames But for as moch as whaâ— this cure is done we muste prouyde howe the bodye that hath hytherto bene emptied and made leane maye be brought ageyn vnto his olde state therfore peraduenture those meates muste be vsed that increace and fylle the body not with noyfull humours but suche as Celsus rehersethe in the .iij. chapter of the fyrste boke ¶ Plinie also sayth The bodies growe and increace with swete and fatte meates and with drynke they diminisshe and go downe with drye leane and colde meates and thurste But this muste be wysely vnderstonde for those thynges whiche I haue often before monysshed But seinge Galenus warneth vs in all thynges to take hede to the bealy For what so euer sayth he is corrupted in that it is a cause of rot vnto al the body and so of diseases I thynke hit beste to take those drynkes and meates as Celsus teacheth whichâ— do bothe norysshe and make the bealy soft ¶ But if any through the dyuess prouocation fyll hym selfe and lode his stomake with meaâ—e more than it is able to beare if he lyste to seke helpe by slepe let him here Plinie saying To digest in slepe it maketh more for the corpulentnes than the streÌ„gth of the body And therfore the phisitions wold haue the great fat wrastlers to make theyr digestion by walkynge But if he had leaâ—er ease hym selfe by vomyt as many do counsell and Paule specially teacheth for throughe vomites many euyls oftentymes haue ben stopped and withstonde lette hym rede his doctrine shewynge howe one maye lyghtly vomyt And if nother of these be regarded or to late proued than peraduenture he muste go to phisike whervnto if the sycke be compelled I can gyue hym none other commaundement but euen the same whiche I haue oftentymes spoken that he commytte hym selfe to a sober and lerned phisâ—tion or to a well experte rather than to one that is of high exquisite lernyng to hym that powreth in no medicines but of very coÌ„stranite ye those medicines that be symple and not compowned and myngled with many thynges and as moche as maye be ministreth the thynges of our owne couÌ„trey growyng and not thynges farre fette And if suche a phisition counsell you to take a laske than see ye remembre that whiche Paule teacheth whiche is that ye do it not ofte leâ—te through often prouokyng nature forgette the office of clensing of the body of her owne motion ¶ As concernynge meates whiche be holsome and whiche vnholsomme and howe euery kynde of meates helpeth or hurteth excepte a man declare it to the vttermost it were better speake nothynge thereof And therforeâ— I wolde haue the authors redde as Celsus whiche entreateth shortly of the kyndes of meates And Paulus which handleth at large in .xxiiij. chaptres the natures and vertues of meates or els Galenus whiche by him selfe is sufficient for all pretermyttynge nothynge in the bokes of nourysshementes And so wolde I nowe haue made an ende of feadynge if there had not chanced to come to my mynde certayn thynges worthy to be noted And fyrste I wyll admonysshe you of egges There is no meate sayth Plinie lyke egges that noryssheth in syckenes and lyeth not heuy and that is in stede of wyne and meate bothe And Auiâ—ene affirmeth that the yolkes of egges of a henne of a partrige or of a phesaunte do passe all meates for them that haue theyr bloud diminished or theyr harte faynted Alexander Aphrodisens thynketh that it conteyneth in it selfe the qualites of all the elementes and to conclude there is in an egge a certayne shewe of the worlde bothe because it is made of the foure elementes and agayne bycause it is gathered rounde in sphere fascion And hath a lifely power Egges fryed manye doo forbydde amonge the whiche are Paulus and Galenus And dothe not alowe the foode of herbeâ— And many other do forbyd the same although Marcê° Cato praiseth brassicaÌ„ aboue the mone He that eateth dayly his fylle of ptisana his nutrimente Galenus thinketh can by none other meates be hyndred And the same thynge wolde I say saythe he by beanes if they fylled not with wynde Of the vse of milke both in meates and also in medicines Paule dothe intreate verye goodly Alexander saythe mylke is lyghte in digestynge and nouryssheth well For that may lyghtly go into bloudde that is made of bloudde and in a maner hit is bloud made whyte ¶ Of manye thynges I haue shewed you a few but yet he that desireth to haue helth ought saythe Paule to knowe howe great power wyne hathe And the same saythe if wyne frete anye man he muste drynk colde water And the nexte daye drynke the iuise of wormewode and walke vppon it he must rubbe his body and wasshe it and than refresshe hym selfe with lyttell meate Wynes that were lately must and also wynes that be to olde must be auoyded sayth Galenus For these heate to moche and the other nothynge at all That fedynge faythe Paule that kepeth a man bare and sklender is moche surer for the helthe than that whiche maketh one fat But for as moche as lyttell meate gyueth nother strength nor stedynes vnto the bodye therfore he after addethe sayinge Suche meates as are of a meane nature are the chiefe nourysshementes of all For they ingender bloudde of a meane substance And as such are most metest coÌ„uenient for our bodies so be they that bring forth yll humours moste noyfull and therfore muste they alwayes be auoyded This saythe Paule And he teacheth more ouer that rye breadde nouryssheth more than all other and that wheaten breade is of harde digestion and wyndy and that barly breade is of lyttell strengthe He that wyll knowe the vttermooste of fedynge lette hym rede this Paule and Galenus as I saydeâ— we in this countreye neuer vsed annoyntynges in Italie they haue vsed them but nowe they be almooste lefte And Galene coÌ„mendethe rubbynges of the body aboue all thynges inculcatynge oftentymes and many thinges therof and