good therfore to alay it with water wynes hyghe and hote of operacyon doth coÌ„fort olde men and women but there is no wyne good for chyldren and maydes for in hyghe Almayne there is no mayde shall drynke no wyne but styl she shal drynke water vnto she be maried the vsual drynke there in other hyghe couÌ„tres for youth is fountayne wattr for in euery towne is a fountayne or a shalowe wel to the which all people that be yong 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 nat good to drynke nother wyne nor ale before a man dothe eate somwhat althoughe there be olde fantastycall sayingê to the coÌ„trary Also these hote wynes as malme sye wyne course wyne greke romanysk roÌ„ny secke alygauÌ„t basterde tyre osay muscadel caprycke tynt roberdany with other hote wynes be nat good to drynke with meate but after meate with oysters with saledes with fruyt a draught or two may be suffered Olde meÌ„ may drynke as I sayd hyghe wynes at theyr pleasure Forthermore al swete wynes 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 theÌ„ is rehersed except yest barme or godesgood doth sophistycat theyr ale Ale for an englysh man is a natural drynke Ale must haue these propertyes it must be fresshe clere it muste nat be ropy nor smoky nor it muste haue no weft nor tayle Ale shuld nat be dronke vnder v. dayes olde Newe ale is vnholsome for all men And sowre ale and deade aâ—e the whiche doth stande a tylt is good for no man Barly malte maketh better ale theÌ„ oten malt or any other corne doth it dothe ingendre grose humours but yet 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 detrimeÌ„t of many englysshe meÌ„ specially it kylleth theÌ„ the which be troubled with the colyke the stone the straÌ„gulyon for the drynke is a colde drynke yet it doth make a man fat doth inflate the bely as it doth appere by the dutche mens faces belyes If the bere be wel brude and fyned it dothe qualyfye the heate of the iyuer ☞ Of cyder ¶ Cyder is made of the iuce of peeres or of the iuce of aples other whyle cider is made of both but the best cyder is made of cleane peeres the which be dulcet but the best is nat praysed in physyke for cyder is colde of operacyon and is full of bentosyte wherfore it doth ingendre euyll humours and doth swage to moche the naturall heate of man doth let dygestyon and dothe hurte the stomacke but they the which be vsed to it yf it be dronken in haruyst it dothe lytell harme ⧠Of meade ¶ Meade is made of hony and water boyled both togyther yf it be fyned and pure it preserueth helth but it is nat good for them the whiche haue the Ilyacke or the colycke ☞ Of metheglyn ¶ Metheglyn is made of hony water and herbes boyled and sodden togyther yf it be fyned and stale it is better in the regymente of health than meade ¶ Of whay ☞ Whay yf it be wel ordered specyally the whay the which doth come of butter is a teÌ„porate drynke and is moyst and it dothe nurysshe it doth clense the brest dothe 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 if colde herbes be soden in it ⧠Of coyte ¶ Coyte is a drynke made of water in the which is layde a sowre a salte leuyn iii. or iiii houres theÌ„ it is dronke it is a vsual drynke in Pycardy in Flaunders in Holande in Brabrant in Selande hit dothe but quench the thyrste ¶ To speake of aptysan or of oxymell or of aqua vite or of Ipocras I do passe ouer at this tyme for I do make mensyon of it in the Breuyary of health ¶ The. xi Chapyter treateth of breade AUycen sayth that bread made of whete maketh a man fatte specyally when the breade is made of newe whete and it doth set a maÌ„ in teÌ„porauÌ„ce Breade made of fyne flowre without leuyn is slowe of dygestyon but it doth nurysshe moch if it be truely ordered well baken whan the breade is leuyned it is sone digested as some olde Auctours saythe but these dayes is proued the coÌ„trary by the stomacke of men for leuyn is heuy ponderous Breade hauyng to moche brande in it is nat laudable In rome other hyghe countres theyr loues of breade be lytel bygger then a walnot and many lytell loues be ioyned togyther the which doth serue for great men and it is safferonde I prayse it nat I do loue manchet breade and great loues the which be wel moulded and thorowe baken the brande abstracted abiected and that is good for all ages Mestlynge bread is made halfe of whete and halfe of Rye And there is also mestlynge made halfe of rye and halfe of berly And yll people wyll put whete and barly togyther breade made of these aforesayd grayne or cornes thus ê“ched togyther may fyll the gutte but it shall neuer do good to man no more than horse breade or breade made of beanes and peason shall do how be it this mater doth go moche by the educacyon or the brynginge vp of the people the which haue ben nurysshed or nutryfyde with suche breade I do speake nowe in barlyes or maÌ„ltes parte to be eatene and also dronken I suppose it is to moche for one grayne for barly doth ingendre colde humours and peason and beanes and the sustaunce coÌ„mynge from them repleteth a man with ventosyte but and yf a man haue a lust or a sensuall appetyd to eate and drynke of a grayne bysyde malte or barlye let him eate and drynke of it the whiche maye be made of otes For haueâ— cakes in Scotlande is many a good lorde and lordes dysshe And yf it wyll make good hauer cakes consequently it wyll make good drynke or euyl euery thyng as it is handled For it is a coÌ„mon prouerbe God may sende a man good meate but the deuyl maye sende euyl cokes to dystrue it But wyues maydes other bruers the whiche dothe dystrue malte the whiche shulde make good ale And 〈◊〉 the which that doth nat tyll theyr pote◠〈◊〉 euynâ—â— false measure I woulde they were 〈…〉 theyr pootes and taâ—…cardes at dymyngeâ—dale Aâ—…yll bakers the whyche â—…reade of whete but wyl â—…ith where or do nat or â—…yuâ—nge good weyght I 〈◊〉 they 〈…〉 bo pepe thorowe a 〈◊〉
is an vnclene beeste And physycke sayth hares flesshe is drye and doth ingendre melancoly humours ¶ Of Conys flesshe Rabettes ¶ Conyes flesshe is good but rabettes flessh is best of all wylde beestes for it is temperat and dothe nurysshe and syngulerly praysed in physycke for all thynges the whiche doth sucke is nutrytyue ¶ The. xvii Chapyter dothe treate of pertyculer thynges of fysshe and flesshe â–ª THe heddes of fysshe and the fatnes of fysshe specyally of Samâ—n and Cunger is nat goâ—d for them the which be dysposed to haue reumatyâ—ke heddes And the beddes of lampryes and lamprons and the strynge the whiche is within them is nat good to eate refrayne frome eatynge of the skynnes of fysshe and flesshe borned meate and browne meate for it dothe ingender viscus humours and color and melancolye And dothe make opylacyons The braynes of any best is nat laudable excepte the braynes of a kydde for it is euyll of dygestyon and dothe hurte a mannes appetyde and the stomacke for it is colde and moyste and viscus a hote stomacke may eate it but it doth ingeÌ„der grose humours The brayne of a wod coke and of a snype and suche lyke is coÌ„mestyble The fore parte of al maner of beestes and foules be more hotter and lyghter of dygesty on than the hynder partes be The mary of all beestes is hote and moyste it is nutrityue yf it be â—…ll dygestyd yet it doth mollyfy the stomacke and doth take away a manes appetyde wherfore let a man â—ate peper with it The blode of all beastes foules is nat praysed for it is harde of digestion All yâ— inwardâ— of beestes and of foules as the herte the lyuer the longes and trypes and trylybubbes with all the intrayles is herde of dygestyon and dothe increase grose humours TheÌ„ fatnes of flesshe is nat so muche nutrytyue as the lenes of flesshe it is beste whan lene and fat is myxte one with another The tounges of beestes be harde of dygestyon and of lytell nurysshement The stones of a coâ—keâ—â—ll and the stones of other beestes that hath nat done theyr kynde be nutrytyue ¶ The. xviii Chapytre treateth of roste meate of fryed meate â—nd of bake meate WIth vs at Montpilour other vniuersyties is vsed boyled meate at dner roste meate to supper why they shulde do so I can nat tel onles it be for a coÌ„suetude For boyled meate is lyghter of dygestyon thaÌ„rosted meate is Bruled meate is harde of dygestyon euyll for the stone Fryed meate is harder of dygestyon than bruled meate is it doth ingendre color melancoly bake meate which is called flesshe that is bered for it is bured 〈◊〉 paste is nat praysed in physycke All maner of flesshe the which is inclyned to humydyte shulde be rosted And all flesshe the which is inclyned to drynes shulde be sodde or boyled ¶ Fysshe may be sode rosted bruled baken euery one after theyr kynde vse a fasshyon of the countre as the coke and the phisicion wyll agre deuyse For a good coke is halfe a phisicion For the chefe phisicke the councell of a phisecion except dothe come from the kytchyn wherfore the phisicion and the coke for sicke men must consult to gyther for the preparacion of meate for sicke men For yf the phisicion withoute the cooke prepare any meate excepte he be very expert he wyll make a werysshe dysshe of meate the whiche the sycke can nat take ¶ The. xix Chapiter treateth of rotes fyrst of the rotes of borage and buglosse THe rotes of Borage Buglosse soden tender and made in a succade doth ingeÌ„der good blode and dothe set a man in a temporaunce ¶ The rotes of Alysaunder and Enula campana ⧠The rotes of Alysaunder soden tender and made in surcade is good for to destroy yâ— stone in yâ— raines of the backe bladder The rotes of EnulacaÌ„pana soden teÌ„der made in a luccade is good for the brest for the lunges for all the interyall members of man ¶ The rotes of Percelly of Fenel ¶ The rotes of Percelly soden tender and made in a succade is good for the stone and dothe make a man to pysse The rotes of Fenell soden tender made in a succade is good for the lunges and for the syght ⧠The rotes of Turnepes Persnepes ¶ Turnepes boyled and eaten with flesshe augmenteth the sede of man yf they be eaten rawe moderatly it doth prouoke a good apetyde Persnepes soden eaten dothe increase nature they be nutrytyue doth expel vryne ⧠Radysshe rotes and Caretes ¶ Radisshe rotes doth breake wynde doth prouoke a maÌ„ to make water but they be nat good for them the whiche hath the goute Caretes soden and eaten dothe auge increase nature dothe cause a man to make water ¶ The rotes of Rapes ¶ Rape rotes yf they be well boyled they do nurysshe yf they be moderately eaten immoderately eaten they doth ingender ventosyte and dothe anoye the stomacke ¶ Of onyons ¶ Onyons dothe prouoke a man to veneryous actes and to sompnolence and 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 Lekes ¶ Lekes dothe open the breste and doth prouoke a man to make water but they doth make and increase euyll blode ⧠Of Garlyke ¶ Garlyke of all rotes is vsed moste praysed in Lomberdy 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 luÌ„brici ascarides and cucurbitini whiche is to saye longe wormes small lytell longe wormes which wyll tycle in the foundement and square wormes it also hetythe the dody and desolueth grose wyndes ¶ The. xx Chapyter treateth of herbes And fyrst of Borage and Buglosse BOrage doth comfort the hert and doth ingendre good blode and cause a man to be mery and dothe set a man in temperance And so dothe buglosse for he is takeÌ„ of more vygor and strength and 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 muste be soden tender in the broth of befe and after eate them at dyner they doth increase nature and doth prouoke a man to veueryons actes Rokat dothe increase the sede of man and doth stymulat the flesshe and dothe helpe to dygestyon ⧠Of Cykory and Endyue ¶ Cycory doth kepe the stomaeke the heed in temperannce and doth qualyfy color Endyue is good for them the whiche hath hote stomackes and drye ⧠Of whyte beetes and purslane ¶ Whyte beeten be good for the lyuer for the splene and be abstersyue Purslane doth extynct the ardor of lassyuyousnes and doth mytygate great heate in all the inwarde partes of man ¶ Of tyme and Parsley ¶ Tyme breaketh the
colde vse temporat meates and drynge and beware of wyne bere syder vse to eate stued or baken wardens yf they can begotten yf nat eate stued or baken peers with comfettes vse no grose meates but those the which be lyght of dygestyon ¶ The. xxviii Chapyter shewethe of a dyete the whiche be in any Feuer or â—gue I Do aduertyse euery man that hath a Feuer or an Ague nat to eate no meate vi houres before his course doth take hym And in no wyse as longe as the Ague doth in dure to put of sherte nor doublet nor to ryse out of the bedde but whan nede shall requyre and in any wyse nat to go nor to take any open ayre For such prouysyon may be had that at vttermoste at the thyrde course he shal be delyuered of the Feuer dsynge the medsynes the which be in the Breuyary of helthe And let euery man beware of castyng 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 contynually gloues nat to wasshe the handes And to vse suche a dyete in meate and drynke as is rehersed in the pestylence ¶ The. xxix Chapyter treateth of a dyete for them the which haue the Ilyacke or the colycke and the stone TJe Iliacke the Colycke be ingeÌ„dred of ventosyte the which is intrused or inclosed in two guttes the one is called Ilia And the other is called Colon. For these two infyrmytes a man must beware of colde And good it is nat to be longe fastynge And necessarye it is to be laxatyue nat in no wyse to be coÌ„stupat And these thyngê folowinge be nat good for theÌ„ that whiche haue these afore sayd ifirmites hote bread nor new ale They must abstayne also froÌ„ drynkynge of beere of cyder red wyne cynamom Also refrayne froÌ„ all meates that hony is in exchewe eatynge of cold herbes vse nat to eate beanes peson nor potage beware of the vsage of fruytê And of all thynges that which doth ingeÌ„der wynde For the stone abstayne froÌ„ drikinge of new ale bewarde of beere of red wyne hote winê refrayn froÌ„ eatyng of red heryng martylmas befe baken saltfysshe salt meates And beware of goyng cold about the myddel specyally about the raynes of the backe And make no restryctyon of wynde water nor egesty on that nature wolde expelle ¶ The. xxx Chapiter treateth of a dyete for them the whtch haue any kyndes of the goute THey the whiche be infected with the goute or any kynde of it I do aduertyse theÌ„ nat to syt longe bollynge bybbyng dysynge cardyng in forgettynge theÌ„ selfe to cronerat the blader and the bely whaÌ„ nede shall requyre also to beware that the legges hange nat without some stay nor that the bootes or shoes be nat ouer strayte who soeuer hath that goute must refrayne froÌ„ drynkyng of newe ale and let him abstayne from drynkyng of beere red wyne Also he muste nat eate newe breade eages fresshe samon eles fresshe heryng pylcherdes oysters all shell fysshe Also he must exchewe the eatynge of fresshe befe of gose of ducke of pygyoÌ„s Beware of takyng colde in the legges or rydyng or goyng wetshod Beware of veneryous actê after refection or after or vpoÌ„ a full stomacke And refrayne froÌ„ all thynges that doth ingendre euyl humours be inflatyue ¶ The. xxxi Chapiter treateth of a dyete for theÌ„ the whiche haue any of the kyndes of lepored HE that is infected with any of the. iiii kyndes of the lepored muste refrayne froÌ„ al maner of wynes froÌ„ new drynkes stroÌ„ge ale than let him beware of ryot surfetyng And let him abstayne froÌ„ eatyng of spyces dates froÌ„ trypes podynges all inwardes of beestes Fysshe egges and mylke is nat good for leperous persons and they must abstayne froÌ„ eatyng of fresshe befe and from eatynge of gose ducke froÌ„ water foule pygions And in no wyse eate no veneâ—on nor hare flesshe and suche lyke ¶ The. xxxii Chapiter treateth of a diete for theÌ„ the whiche haue any of the kyndes of the fallynge syckenes WHo soeuer he be that haue any of the kyndê of the fallyng syckenes muste abstayne froÌ„ eatiÌ„g of whyte meate specyally of mylke he must refrayne froÌ„ driÌ„kyng of wyne new ale stroÌ„g ale Also they shulde nat eate the fatnes of fysshe nor the hedes of fysshe the which doth ingender rewme Shel fysshe eles samon herynge viscus fyfthes be nat good for Epilentyeke men Also they must refrayne froÌ„ eatyng of garlyke onyons lekes chybboles all vaperous meates the which doth hurt the hed beneson hare flessh befe beanes peason be nat good for EpileÌ„tyke men And yf they knowe that they be infected with this great syckenes they shulde nat resorte where there is great resort of coÌ„pany which is in church in sessyons market places on market dayes yf they do the syckenes wyl infeste theÌ„ more there than in any other place or at any other tyme. They muste beware they do nat syt to nyghe the fyre for the fyre wyll ouercome them wyll induce the syckenes They must beware of lyeng hore in theyr bed or to laboure extremely for suche thynges causeth the grefe to come the ofter ¶ The. 34. Chapyter treateth of a dyete for them the whiehe haue any payne in the heed MAny syckenes or infyrmytes impedymeÌ„tes may be in a mans hed wherfore whosoeuer haue any impedimeÌ„t in the hed must nat kepe the hed to hote nor to cold but in a teÌ„porauÌ„â—e And to beware of ingendryng of rewme which is the cause of many infyrmytes There is nothynge that doth ingeÌ„der rewme so much as doth the fatnes of fyssh the heddes of fysshe surfestes takynge colde in the fete taking cold in the nape of the nycke or hed Also they that which haue any infyrmyte in the hed must refrayne of immoderat slepe specially after meate Also they must abstayne froÌ„ drynkynge of wyne vse nat to drynke ale beare the which is ouer stronge â—ocyferacyon halowyng cryeng and hyghe syngyng is nat good for the hed All thynges the which is vaporous or dothe fume is nat good for the hed And all thyngê the which is of euyl sauour as caryn synkes wynkraughtes pissebolles snoffe of candels dunghylles stynkyng canels stynkyng staÌ„ding waters â—ynkyng marshes with suche contagyous eyes doth hurte the hed and the brayne and the memorye All odyferous sauours be good for the hed and the brayne and the memorye ¶ The. xxxiiii Chapiter treateth of a dyete for them the whiche be in a consumpcyon WHo soeuer he be that is in a coÌ„suÌ„pcion must abstayne froÌ„ al sowre tart thinges as veneger alegar suche lyke And also he must abstaine froÌ„ eatyng of grose meates she which
⧠A COMpendyous Regyment or a Dyetary of healthe made in Mountpyllyer by Andrewe Boorde of physycke Doctour newly corrected and imprynted with dyuers addycyons Dedycated to the Armypotent Prynce and valyent Lorde Thomas Duke of Northfolke ¶ The preface or the proheme ☞ To the armypotent Prynce and valyent lorde Thomas Duke of Northfolke Andrewe Boorde of physycke doctor r dothe surrender humyle commendacyon with immortall thankes AFter the tyme that I had trauelled for to haue the notycyon practes of Physycke in diuers regyons and countres returned in to Englande and requyred to sary and to remayne and to coÌ„tynue with syr Robert Drewry knyght for many vrgeÌ„t causes Your grace heryng of me dyd sende syr JohnÌ„ Baruyngham nowe beynge knyght to me to come to youre grace to haue my counsell in physycke for your infyrmytes The mesage done I with festynacyon dylygeÌ„ce dyd nat prolonge the tyme but dyd come to your grate accordynge to my deuts The whiche was in the tyme whan lorde Thomas Cardynall Archebysshop of Yorke was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to go to his see of Yorke And after my coÌ„mynge to you and felynge the pulses of your herte the pulses of your brayne and the pulses of your lyuer and that I had lene your vryne your egestyon I durste nat to enterpryse or medyll with out the counsell of Mayster doctor Buttes the which dyd know nat onely your coÌ„plexcion infyrmite but also he dyd know the vsage of your dyete And the imbeâ—yllyte and strength of your body with other qualytes exuedyent necessary to be knowen but brefely to conclude your recuperatyng or recouering your health And for synguler trust and hygh fauour the which the kyng had to you was compocated to be in the presence of his magesty I than dyd passe ouer the sees agayne and dyd go to all the vnyuersytes and great Scloles the whiche be approbated with in the precynet of Thrystendome for to haue the practes of physycke I seynge many expedyent thynges in dyuers regyons at the last I dyd staye my selfe at Mountpllyoure which is the hed vniuersite in al Europe for the practes of physycke surgery or thyrmig I beinge there And hauyng a cotydyal remeÌ„brance vpon youre bountyfull goodnes dâ—d consulte with many egregyous Doctours of physycke what maner that I mâ—ghte wryte the whiche myght be acceptable for the conseruacyon of the health of youre body The sayde doctors knowynge my zele and true intencyon had to you dyd aduertyse me to make a boke of dyete nat only for your grace but also for your noble posteryte and for all men lyuynge wherfore I do nomyaate thys boke The Dyetary of health the which doth pertract howe a man shuld order him selfe in all maner of causes partenynge to the health of his body yf your grace or any man wyl haue forther knowledge for dyuers infyrmites let him loke in a boke of my makynge named yâ— Breuyary of health And where I haue dedycated this boke to your grace And haue nat ornated hit with cloquence retorycke termes the whiche in all maner of bokes and wryttynges is vsed these modernall dayes I do submytte me to your bountefull goodnes And also dyuers tymes in my wrytynges I do wryte wordes of myrth truely it is for no other inteÌ„cion but to make your grace mery for myrth is one of the chefest thynges of physycke the which doth aduertise euery man to be mery and to bewere of pentyfulnes trustynge to youre affluent goodnes to take no displeasure with any of the coÌ„tentes of this boke but to accept my good wyll dylygent labour And forthermore I do truste to your super abundaunt gracyousnes that you wyll consyder the loue and zele the which I haue to your prosperyte and that I do it for a common weale the which I beseche Jesu chryst longe to continue to his wyll and pleasure in this lyfe And after this transytory lyfe to remunerate you with celestyall ioye and eternal glorye From Mountpyller The fyft daye of Maye The yere of our Lorde Jesu Chryste M. CCCCC XLVII ☞ Here foloweth the Table of the Chapiters THe fyrste Chapyter doth shewe where a man shuld cytuat or set his mansyon place or house for the belth of his body ¶ The seconde chapiter dothe shewe a man howe he shuld buylde his house and that the ê“spect be good for the conseruacyon of health ☞ The thyrde chapyter dothe shewe a man to buylde his house i a pure and a fresshe ayre for to lengthen his lyfe ¶ The fourth Chapiter dothe shewe vnder what maner a man shulde buylde hys house or mansyon in eschewynge thynges that shulde shorten his lyfe ¶ The. v. Chapiter doth shewe howe a man shuld order his house concernyng the implementes to comforte the spyrytes of man ⧠The. vi Chapiter doth shewe a maÌ„ howe he shulde order his house and housholde and to lyue in quyetnes ¶ The. vii chapiter doth shewe howe yâ— hed of a house or a householde shulde excercyse hym selfe for the health of the soule body ¶ The. viii chapiter doth shewe howe a maÌ„ shulde order him selfe in slepynge and watchynge and in his apparell wearynge ¶ The. ix chapiter doth shew the repleccion or surfetyng doth moch harme to nature that abstyneÌ„ce is the chiefest medison of al medyson ¶ The. x. charpiter treateth of all maner of drynkes as of water of wyne of ale of vere of cyder of meade of metheglyn of whay ¶ The â–ª xi chapiter treateth of breade ¶ The â–ª xii Chapit treteth of potage of sewe of stew pottes of grewel of fyrmente of pese potage of almon mylke of ryse potage of caudels of culleses of alebrues of hony soppes and of all other maner of brothes ¶ The. xiii Chapit treateth of whyte meate as of egges butter chese mylke crayme posettes of almon butter and of beane butter ¶ The. xiiii chapyter treateth of fysshe ¶ The. xv chapiter treateth of wylde foule of tame foule and of byrdes ¶ The. xvi chapiter treateth of flesshe wylde and domestycall ¶ The. xvii chapyter treateth of pertyculer thynges of fysshe and flesshe ¶ The. xviii chapit treateth of roste meate of fryde meate of soden or boyled meate of bruled meate and of beaken meate ¶ The. xix chapiter treateth of rotes ¶ The. xx chapiter treateth of herbes ¶ The. xxi chapyter treateth of fruytes ☞ The. xxii chapiter treateth of spyces ¶ The. xxiii chapyter sheweth a dyete for sanguyne men ¶ The. xxiiii chapiter sheweth a dyete for flematyke men ¶ The. xxv chapyter sheweth a dyete for colorycke men ¶ The xxvi Chapiter dothe shewe a dyete for melancoly men ¶ The. xxvii chapiter treateth of a dyete of an order to be vsed in the pestyferous tyme of the pestilence the swetyng syckenes ¶ The. xxviii â–ª Chapyter treateth of a dyete for them the whiche be in an ague or a feuer ¶ The xxix chapyter treateth of a dyete sor them the whiche haue the
nat nyghe to the place stynkynge and putryâ—yed standynge waters pooles pondes nor myres but at lest wyse that suche waters do stande vpon a stony or a grauayle grounde myxt with claye and that some fresshe sprynge haue a recourse to nury she and to refresshe the sayde standynge waters Also there muste be circumspection had that there be nat about the house or mansyon no stynkynge dyches gutters nor canelles nor corrupte dunghylles nor synkes except they be ofte and dyuers tymes muÌ„dyfyed and made clene Swepynge of houses and chambers ought nat to be done as long as any honest man is within the precynct of the house for the dust doth puttrify the ayre making it dence Also nygh to the place let nat her flaxe nor hempe be watered beware of the snoffe of candelles and of the sauour of apples for these thynges be contagyous and infectyue Also mysty and cloudy dayes impetuous and vehement wynde troublous and vaporous wether is nat good to laboure in it to open the pores to let in infectious ayre Furthermore beware of pyssynge in draughtes and permit no coÌ„mon pyssynge place be aboute the house or mansyon and let the coÌ„mon house of easement be ouer some water or els elongated from the house And beware of emptynge of pysse pottes and pyssyng in chymnes so that all euyl and conragyous ayres may be expelled and clene ayre kept vnputrysyed And of all thynges let the buttery the â—eller the kytchen the larder house with all other houses of offices be kept clene that there be no fylth in them but good odyferous souours and to expell expulse all corrupt contagyous ayre loke in the. xxvii Chapyter of thê boke ☞ The fourth Chapyter doth shewe vnder what maner and fasshyon a man shulde buylde his house or mansyon in exchenynge thynges that shorteneth mans lyfe WHan a man doth begyn to buylde his house or mansyon place he must puyde sayth Jesus chryst before that he begynne to buylde for all thyngê necessary for the performacion of it lest that when he hathe made his foundacyon and can nat fynysshe his worke that he hathe begon euery man wyll deryde hym sayinge This man dyd begynne to buylde but he can nat fynysshe or make an ende of hys purpose for a man muste consyder the expence before he do begynne to buylde for there gothe to buyldynge many a nayle many pynnes many lathes and many tyles or slatê or strawes besyde other greater charges as tymber bordes lyme sande stones or brycke besyde the workmanshyp and the implementes But a man the whiche haue puruyd or hath in store to accomplysshed his purpose and hath chosen a good soyle and place to cytuat his house or mansyon and that the prospecte be good and that the ayre be pure fryske and clene Then he that wyll buylde let him make his foundacyon vpon a graualy grounde myxte with clay or els let him buylde vpon a roche of stone or els vpon an hyll or a hylles syde And ordre edyfye the house so that the pryncypall and chiefe prospectes may be East and weest specyally North east South east and Southweest for the merydy all wyndes of all wyndes is the moste worst for the South wynde doth corrupt and dothe make euyl vapours The East wynde is temperate fryse and fragrauÌ„t The weest wynde is mutable The North wynde purgeth yl vapours wherfore better it is of ye. ii worst that the wyndowes do open playne North than playne South althoughe that Jeremy sayth from the North depeÌ„deth all euyl And also it is written in CaÌ„tica canticorum Ryse vp North wynde and come thou South wynde and parfyat my gardayne Make the hall vnder such a fasshyon that the parler be anexed to the heade of the hall And the butterye and pantry be at the lower ende of the hal the sel ler vnder the pantry set somwhat abase the kychen set somwhat a base from the buttry pantry coÌ„myng with an entry by the wall of the buttry the pastry house the larder house anexed to the kychen Than deuyde the lodgynges by the cyrcuyte of the quadryuyall courte and let the gate house be opposyt or agaynst the hall dore nat dyrectly but the hal dore standynge a base and the gate house in the mydle of the front entrynge into the place let the pryue chambre be ane red to the chambre of a state with other chambers necessarie for the buyldynge so that many of the chambers may haue a prospecte into the Chapell If there be an vtter court made make it quadryuyal with houses of easementes and but one stable for horses of pleasure se no fylth nor donge be within the courte nor cast at the backe syde but se the donge to be caryed farre from the mansyon Also the stables and the slaughter house a dery yf any be kepte shulde be elongated the space of a quarter of a myle from the place And also the bake house and brewe house shulde be a distaunce from the place and from other buyldynge whan al the mansyon is edyfyed and buylte yf there be a woote made aboute it there shulde some fresshe sprynge come to it and dyuers tymes the moote ought to be sâ—owered and kept clene from mudde and wedes And in no wyse let nat the fylth of the kychen descende in to the moote Forthermore it is a coÌ„modyous and a pleasaunt thynge to a mansyon to haue an orcherd of soundry fruytes but it is more coÌ„modiouse to haue a fayre gardayn repleted with herbes of aromatyck redoleÌ„t sauours In the gardayne maye be a poole or two for fysshe yf the pooles be clene kept Also a parke repleted with dere conyes is a necessary and a pleasaunt thynge to be anexed to a man syon A doue house also is a necessary thynge aboute a mansyon place And amonge other thynges a payre of buttes is a decent thynge aboute a mansyon other whyle for a greate man necessary it is for to passe his tyme with bowles in an aly whan all this is fynysshed and the mansyon replenysshed with Implementes There must be a fyre kept coÌ„tynually for a space to drye vp the contagyous moysters of the walles the sauour of the lyme and sande And after that a man may lye and dwell in the sayd mansyon without takynge any inconuenyence of syckenes ¶ The. v. Chapyter doth shewe howe a man shulde ordre his house concernynge the Implementes to comforte the spyrytes of man WHen a maÌ„ hath buylt his mansyon hath his houses necessary aboute hê place yf he haue nat houshode stuffe or implemeÌ„tê the which be nedeful but must borowe of his neyghbours he than is put to a shefte to a great after deale for these men the which do brew in a botyl bake in a walet it wyl belong or he can bye Jacke a salet yet euery thynge must haue a begynnynge euery man muste do after his possessyons or abylyte this natwithstaÌ„dinge
gurgytacyons or to moche drynkyng as it is takeÌ„ by epulacyon of eatig of crude meate or eatynge more meate than doth suffyce or can be truely dygested Or els replection or a surfyt is whaÌ„ the stomacke is farced or stuft or repleted with to moche drynke meate that the lyuer which is the fyre vnder the potte is subpressed that he caÌ„ nat naturally nor truely decoct defye ne dygest the superabundance of meate drynke the which is in the pot or stomacke wherfore dyuers tymes these impedymentes doth folow the tongue is depryued of his offyce to speke the wytes or sensys be dull obnebulated from reason Slouth slugy shene consequeÌ„tly foloweth the appetyde is withdrawen The heade is lyght doth ake ful of fantasyes dyuers tymes some be so sopyled that the malt worme playeth the deuyll so fast in the heade that al the worlde roÌ„neth rounde aboute on wheles then both the pryncipall membres the offycyal membres dothe 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 dothe folowe For the wyse man sayth that suâ—fetes do kyll many men and temporaunce dothe prolonge the lyfe And also it is wrytten Eccle. xxxvii That there dothe dye many mo by surfette than there doth by the sworde for as I sayd surfetynge ingendereth many infyrmites as the Idropses the gowtes lepored sausfleme pymples in the face behemeÌ„t impressyons vndy gest humours opylacyons feuers and putryfaâ—cyons And also it dothe perturbate the heade the eyes the tongue and the stomacke with many other infirmyties For as Galen sayth ouer moche replecyon or surfetinge causeth strangulacyon soden death for as I sayde the stomacke is so inferced and the lyuer is so sore oppressed that natural heate and the poores be extyncted wherfore abstynence for this mater 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 vomed or other conuenient wayes for els crude and rawe humours vndygested wyll multiply in the body to the detrymeÌ„t of man Two meales a daye is suffycyent for a reste man and a labourer maye eate thre tymes a day he that doth eate after 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 cate 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 whyll let the dygestyon of the fyrste refeccy on or meale Also sondre meates of dyuers operacyons eaten at one refeccion or meale is nat laudable nor it is nat good to syt longe at dyner and supper An houre is suffycyent to syt at dyner and nat so longe at supper Englande hathe an euyll vse in syttynge longe at dyner and at supper And Englysshe men hath an euyl vse for at the begynnynge at dyner supper they wyll fede on grose meates And the beste meate which be holsome and nutrytyue and lyght of digestion is kept for seruauntes for whan the good meate doth come to the table thorowe fedynge vpon grose meate the appe tyde is extynct but maÌ„nes mynde is so auydous althoughe he haue eate ynoughe whan he seth better meate come before hym agaiÌ„st his appetyde he wyll eate whervpon dothe come repleccyon and surfetes ¶ The. x Chapyter treateth of all maner of drynke as of water of wyne of ale of bere of cyder of meade of metheglyn and of whaye WAter is one of the foure Elemen tes of the which dyuers licours or drynkes for maÌ„nes sustynauÌ„ce be made of takyng theyr orygynall and sustaunce of it as ale bere meade and metheglyn water is nat holsome sole by it selfe for an Englysshe man consyde rynge the contrarye vsage whiche is natroÌ„curraunt with nature water is colde slowe and slake of digestyon The beste water is rayne water so be it that it be clene and purely taken Next to it is roÌ„nynge water the whiche doth swyftly roÌ„ne from the Eest into the west vpon stones or pybles The thyrde water to be praysed is ryuer or broke water the which is clere roÌ„nynge on pybles grauayl Standynge waters the whiche be refresshed with a fresshe spryng is coÌ„mendable but standyng waters and well waters to the which the soÌ„ne hath no reflexcioÌ„ although they be lyghter theÌ„ other roÌ„nyng waters be yet they be nat so coÌ„mendable And let euery man be ware of all waters the whiche be standynge and be purryfyed with froth duckemeat and modâ—â— for yf they bake or brewe or dresse meate with it it shall ingendre many infyrmytes The water the which euery man ought to dresse his meate with all or shal vse bakynge or bruyng let it be roÌ„nynge and put it in vessels that it may stande there ii or iii. houres or it be occupyed than strayne the vpper part thoroughe a thycke lynnen clothe and caste the inferyall parte awaye If any man do vse to drynke water with wyne let it be purely strayned than seth it and after it be cold let hiÌ„ put it to his wyne but better it is to driÌ„ke with wyne stylled waters specyally the water of strawberes or the water of buglos or the water of endyue or the water of cycory or the water of southystel dandelyon And yf any man be coÌ„bred with the stone or doth burne in the pudybunde places vse to drynke with whyte wyne the water of hawes the water of mylke voke for thys mater in a boke of my makynge named the breuyary of health ☞ Of wyne ¶ All maner of wynes be made of grapes excepte respyse the whiche is made of a bery Those your wyne after thys sorte it must be fyne fayre clere to the eye it muste be fragraunte and redolent hauynge a good odour and flauour in the nose it muste 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 stronge 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 if it be whyte wine it doth reioyce al the powers of man and dothe nury she them it dothe ingendre good bloude it doth comforte and doth nurysshe the brayne and all the body and it resolueth fleume it ingendreth heate and it is good agaynst heuynes and pencyfulnes it is full of agylyte wherfore it is medsonable specyally whyte wyne for it doth mundyfye and clense wouÌ„des sores Forthermore the better the wine is the better humours it doth ingeÌ„dre wyne must nat be to newe nor to olde but hyghe wynes as malmyse maye be kepte longe And bycause wyne is full of fumosyte it is
be harde slowe of dygestyon And vse cordialles restoratyues and nuttytyue meates All meates drinkes the which is swete that suger is in be nutrytyue Wherfore swete wynes be good for them the which be in consuÌ„pcyoÌ„s moderately takeÌ„ And sowre wyne sowre ale sowre breade is good for no man For it doth freate away nature let theÌ„ beware that be in a consumpcion of fryde meate of bruled meate bronte meate the whiche is ouer rosted And in any wyse let theÌ„ beware of anger pencyfulnes These thinges folowyng be good for theÌ„ the which be incoÌ„suÌ„pcioÌ„s a pygge or a cocke stewed made in a gely cockrelles stewed gotê mylke suger almon mylke in the which ryce is sodeÌ„ rabbertê stewed newe layd eggê rere yolkes of eggê ryce sodeÌ„ iÌ„almoÌ„ mylke ¶ The. xxxv chapit treateth of a diete for theÌ„ the which be asmatyke men beynge shorte wynded or lackyng breth SHortnes of wynde coÌ„meth dyuers tymes of impedymeÌ„tes in the lunges straytnes of the brest opylated thorowe vyseus fleume other whyle whaÌ„ the heed is stuffed with rewme called the pose letteth the breth of his natural course wherfore he that hathe shortnes of breth muste abstayne froÌ„ eatynge of nuttes specyally yf they be olde and chese and mylke is nat good for them no more is fysshe and fruyte rawe or crude herbes Also all maner of meate the whiche is harde of dygestyon is nat good for theÌ„ They muste refrayne from eatynge of fysshe specyally froÌ„ eatynge fysshe the which wyll cleue to the fyngers be vyscus slyme in any wyse beware of the skyns of fysshe and all maner of meate the which doth ingender fleume Also they muste beware of colde And whan any house is a swepynge to go out of the house for a space into a clere eyre The dust also that ryseth in the strete thorowe the vehemens of the wynde or other wyse is nat good for theÌ„ And smoke is euyll for them so is al thinge that is stoppyng wherfore necessary it is for theÌ„ to be laxatyue to be in a clene pure eyre ¶ The. xxxvi Chapit treateth of a dyete for them the whiche haue the Palsye THey the whiche haue the Palsye vnyuersall or pertyculer muste beware of anger hastynes testynes muste beware of feare for thorowe anger or feare dyuers tymes the Palsye do come to man Also they must beware of dronkenes eatynge of nuttes which thynges be euyl for the palsye of the tongue coldnes contagyous uynkyng fylthy eyres be euyl for the palsye And let euery man beware on lyeng vpoÌ„ the bare grouÌ„de or vpoÌ„ the bare stones for it is euyll for the Palsye the sauour of Castory and the sauour of a Fox is good agaynst the palsye ¶ The. xxxvii Chapiter doth shewe an order and a dyete for them the whiche be madde and out of theyr wytte THere is no man the which haue any of the kyndes of madnes but they ought to be kepte in sauegarde for dyuers incoÌ„uenyeÌ„ce that may fall as it apperyd of late dayes of a lunatycke man named Michel the which went many yeres at lybertye at last he dyd kyll his wyfe and his wyfes suster his owne selfe wherfore I do aduertyse euery man the whiche is madde or lunatycke or frantycke or demonyacke to be kepte in sauegarde in some close house or chamber where there is lytle lyght And that he haue a keper the whiche the madde man do feare And se that the madde man haue no knyfe nor sheres nor other edge roule nor that he haue no gyrdyll except it be a wekelyste of cloth for hureynge or kyllynge hym selfe Also the chamber or the house that the madde man is in leâ— there be no paynted clothes nor paynted walles nor pyotures of man nor woman or foule or beest for suche thynges maketh them full of fantasyes lette the madde persons heed de shouen ones a moneth let them drinke no wyne nor stronge ale nor stronge beere but moderat drynke and let them haue iii. tymes in a daye warme suppynges and lytell warme meate And vse fewe wordes to them excepte it be for reprehensyon or gentyll reformacyon yf they haue any wytte or perseueraunce to vnderstande what reprehensyon or reformacyon is ¶ The. xxxviii Chapiter treateth of a dyete for them the whiche haue any of the kyndes of the Idropyses SAynt Beede saythe the more a man doth drynke that hath the Idropyse the more he is a thurst for althoughe the sekenes doth come by superabundaunce of water yet the lyuer is drye whether it be alchytes Ipo sacra Lenâ—oflegmancia or the tympany They that hathe any of these foure kyndes of the Idropyses muste refrayne from all thynges the whiche be constupat and costyue and vse al thynges the which be laxatyue nuttes and dry almonnes and harde chese is poyson to them Aptysane and posset ale made with colde herbes doth comfort them whosoeuer he be the whiche wyl 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 makynge named the Breuyary of helth For in this boke I do speke but of dyetes howe a man shulde order hys mansyon place And him self his household with suche lyke thingê for the coÌ„seruacion of helth ¶ The. xxxix Chapyter treateth of a general dyete for all maner of men and women beynge sycke or hole THere is no maÌ„ nor woman the whiche haue any respect to them selfe that can be a better physyon for theyr owne saue garde than theyr owne selfe can be to consyder what thyng the which dothe theÌ„ good And to refrayne froÌ„ suche thynges that dothe theÌ„ hurt or harme And let euery man beware of care sorowe thoughe pencyfulnesse of inwarde anger Beware of surfettes and vse nat to moch veneryouse actes Breke nat the vsuall custome of slepe in the nyght A mery herte and mynde the which is in rest quyetnes without aduersyte causeth a maÌ„ to lyue long to loke yongly althoughe he be aged care sorowe bryngeth in age deth wherfore let euery maÌ„ be mery if he caÌ„ nat let hiÌ„ resort to mery coÌ„pany to breke of his ê‘plexatyues ¶ Forthermore I do aduertyse euery man to wasshe theyr handes ofte euery daye And dyuers tymes to keyme theyr hed euery day And to plouÌ„ge the eyes in colde water in the mornyng Moreouer I do counsell euery man to kepe the brest the stomacke warme And to kepe the fere from wet other whyle to wasshe them and that they be nat kept to hote nor to colde but indyfferently Also to kepe the hed and the necke in a moderat temporaunce nat to hote nor to colde and in any wyse to beware nat to medle to muche with â—eueryous actes for that wyll cause a man to ioke agedly and also causeth a man to haue a brefe or a short lyfe All other maters pertaynynge to any pertyculer dyete you shal haue in the dyetes aboue in this boke reuersed ¶ The. xl Chapiter doth shew an order or a fasshyon howe a sycke man shulde be ordered And howe a lycke man shulde be vsed 〈◊〉 is lykely to dye WHo so euer that is sore sycke it is vncertayne to maÌ„ whether he shall lyue or dye wherfore it is necessarye for hym that is sycke to haue two or thre good kepers the which at al tymes must be dylygent and nat slepysshe sloug gysshe nor sluttysshe And nat to wepe and wayle aboute a sycke man nor to vse many wordes nor that there be no great resorte to comon and talke For it is a busynes a whole man to answere many men specyally women that shall come to him They the which coÌ„meth to any sycke person ought to haue fewe wordes or non except certayne persons she which be of counsell of the Testament makynge the whiche wyse men be nat to seke of suche matteers in theyr syckenes for wysdom wold that euery man shulde prepare for such thyngê in health And yf any man for charyte wyll byset any person lette him aduertyse the sycke to make euery thinge euen betwyxt god the worlde his conseyence And to receyue the ryghtes of holy churche lyke a catholyke man And to folowe the councell of bothe Physycyons which is to saye the physycion of the soule the physycyon of the body that is to saye the spyrituall councell of his gostly father and the bodely councel of his physycyon consernyng the receytes of his medsons to recouer helth For saynt Augustyne sayth he that dothe nat the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of his physycyon doth kyl him selfe Forthermore about a sycke person shulde be redolent sauourê and the chamber shuld be replenysshed with herbes floures of odyferouse sauonr certayne tymes it is good to vse some perfumes to stande in the mydle of the chaÌ„ber And in any wyse let nat many men and specyally women be togyther at one tyme in the chaÌ„ber nat onely for bablyng but specyally for theyr brethes And the kepers shuld se at all tymes that the sycke persons drynke be pure fresshe stale that it be a lytel warmed turned out of the colde Yt the sycke meÌ„ wâ—… 〈…〉 sycker that there is lytle hope 〈…〉 â—…ndemeÌ„t but sygnes of death than no man ought to moue to hym any wordely maters or busynes but to speke of ghoâ—ly and godly maters And to rede the passyon of chryste to say the psalmes of the passyon and to holde a crosse or a pycrour of the passyon of chryste before the eyes of the sycke person And let nat the kepers forget to gyue the sycke man in suche agony warme drynke with a spone with asponeful of a cau del or a colesse And than let euery man indeuer him selfe to prayer that the sycke person may fynysshe his lyue Catholâ—…ely in the fayth of Jesu chryste And so departe out of this myserable worlde I do beseehe the Father and the sonne the holy ghost throwe the meryte of Jesu chrystes passyon that I and all creatures iyuynge may do so Amen ¶ Imprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George nexte to saynte Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Powell In the yere of our Lorde god M. 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