Petrus de ebaâ—o The passion of the mind called dread or feare is whan the bloud and sprites be drawen inwardlye and maketh the outwarde partes pale trimblinge â—o this by sides pitiful experieÌ„s Haliabas Galen and Aristotel do witâ—es the same The suddayn passion of ioye or gladnes is clene contrary to feare For the harte â—endeth fourth y e spiritual bloud â—hyche in weake persons the arte can neuer recouer agayne â—ut death incontinent as Galen â—yth and as we maye se by exâ—erience As in the metinge of â—en and there wyues ChildreÌ„â—nd there parentes which ether â—y pryson or banyshment were â—ythoute al hope euer to se eche â—ther and in ioye of metynge the delating spreding of y e hart bloud haue caste the bodye into swoninge And thus my frende Iohn I do coÌ„clude vpon certeyn affections of the mind wisshing doctor diat quiat mery man to helpe the whan thou shalt nede For mirth is beloued of musicions plesante birdes fisshes as the Dolphin What is mirth honestly vsed an image of heueÌ„ A great lordshippe to a poore maÌ„ and preseruer of nature Salomon sayth Non est oblectatio super cordis gaudium c. And yet I saie THe Ireful man is euer a thall The ioyful minde is happest of al. Zele burne lyke flames of fiere Whan honest mirth haue his desyre Loue well mirth but wrath dispise This is the counsell of all the wyse ¶ Iohn I Wold very fayne knowe the natures of sorten simples and first what is worme wood ¶ Humfrey A CoÌ„mon knowen herbe it is of diuers kindes as PoÌ„ticum Romanum c. It is hote in the first drye in the seconde degre and it is very bitter and beinge â—ried kepeth clothes frome worâ—es and mothes and the sirope â—hereof eaten before wyne preâ—erueth men frome dronkennes â—f it be sodden in vineger it will â—elpe y e sores that bredes in the â—ares being laid warme vppon â—t is good to be dronke agaynste Appoplexia Opthalmia Which is 〈◊〉 sicknes of the eye is greatlye â—elped with the wormwood if it â—e stamped made luke warme â—yth rose-rosewater and layed vpon â—he eye and couered with a clene â—yked walnut shel the sirope helâ—eth the bloudie flixe it doeth â—elp a cold stomack if it be droÌ„ke tenne daies together euery morninge two sponfull of the sirope is good against the dropsie euery daye dronke two ounces fastinge and thus saythe Auicen figges cocle wormwood nitur stamped together and made in a plaister is good agaynst the disease of the splen and also killeth wormes in the bellye vsed in the foresayde maner one drame of the powder maye be dronke at once in wine it haith many moo godlie vertues ¶ Iohn What is y t propeties of Anes seedes ¶ Humfrey IT is much like vnto fenel sede and is called Romane fenel that is warme and swete and hote in the seconde and drye in the third degre the newe sedes is y e beste It ingendereth vitall sede openeth the stoppinge of the raynes and matrixe being dronke with Tysantes or clene temperate vine ¶ Iohn What thinkest thou of mouse eare ¶ Humfrey AN herbe comenlye knowen colde and moiste in the firste â—egre as Gallen sayth the decocâ—ion of this herbe sodden in waâ—er with suger is good againste â—he falling sickenes being often â—imes dronke put a lefe therof â—nto the nose it wil prouoke sterâ—utation or nesinge which wonâ—erfullie doth clense the vayns ¶ Iohn 〈◊〉 wold fayne knowe what is Chyken â—ede ¶ Humfrey ALmoste euery ignorant woman doth knowe this herbe but theyr be of it diuers kindes they bee verye good to keepe wouÌ„des from impostumations stamped and applied vnto them and draweth corruption out of wouÌ„des and sodden with vineger doth draue fleume out of the head if it be often warme put into the mouthe and spit it oute agayne In this same maner it helpeth the teath and soden in wine and so dronke it will clense the reignes of the backe ¶ Iohn VVhat is Sorrell might I knowe of the and the propertie therof ¶ Humfrey THy Coke dothe righte well knowe it and all they that make grene sauce but y e discription I leue to Dioscorides and Leonard futchius not onlye in thys herbe but in al other and to tell tell thee the vertue I will it is colde and drie in the seconde degree it also stoppeth it is like on diue in propertie because it ouer commeth choler and is muche commended it helpeth the yelow iaundis if it be droÌ„ke with small wyne or ale and also quencheth burning feuers to eate of the leues euery morning in a pestileÌ„ce time is moste holsome it they be eaten fasting This herbe doeth Dioscorides Galen and Auicen greatly commende besides the greate learned men of this tyme. ¶ Iohn What is Planten or Waybrede ¶ Humfrey THe greater Planten is the better it hathe seuen greate vaynes it is cold drie the seede of it droÌ„ke with read wyne stoppeth the bloudie flixe the rootes sodden and dronke in wyne stoppeth the bloudy Flixe the rootes and leaues beinge sodden with sweate water and with Suger or borage water and geuen to hym that hath an Ague either tertian or quartaine two houres afore his fitte proue this for thus haue I helped many it is verye comfortable for chyldren that haue great Flixes Agues and is a friende vnto the lyuer this herbe is greatlye praysed of the Doctours ¶ Iohn VVhat is Camomill and the operation thereof ¶ Humfrey THis herbe is very hoat it is dronke against cold windes and rawe matter beinge in the guttes the Egiptians did suppose it woulde helpe all colde Agues and did consecrate it to the sunne as Galen saieth Also if it be tempered and streined into white wyne and dronke of women hauing y e childe dead within the body it will cause present deliuerance it dooeth mightelie clense the bladder and is excellent to be soddeÌ„ in water to wash the feete the oyle is precious as is declared hereafter ¶ Iohn HOppes be well beloued of the beer brewers howe dooe the Phisiâ—ions saye to them ¶ Humfrey THere be whiche doth coole be called Lupilum those that we haue be hote and drie bitter sower hote saith old herbals And â—ucchius saith thei clense fleume â—holer and y e water betwene the skin and fleshe the sirupes wyll clense grosse rawe fleume from y e guttes and is good agaynst obstructioÌ„s sodden If the iuice be dropped in the eare it taketh the stinke away of rotten sores the rootes will helpe the lyuer and splene beyng sodden and droÌ„ke the beer is very good for flegmatike men ¶ Iohn What is Sage for that I loue well ¶ Humfrey THere be two kindes of sage they be herbes of health and therfore they be called Saluia this herbe is hote dry prouoketh vrine clenseth y e matrix stoppeth the bloud in a wouÌ„de If
it be put in a pigge it drieth the humours that would engeÌ„der fleume it is good againste the palsie oftentimes eaten or sodden in wyne it wyll helpe clense ytche scabs and fylth from the pudent and secret meÌ„bers Aetius doth greatlye commende this herbe and the excellent regiment of Salern where it sayeth Cur moritur homo cui saluia crescit in horto enquiryng why men do die that haue Sage growyng in gardens But trewlye neyther Phisicke herbe nor running can make man immortall but assuredlye Sage is holsome for olde folkes to be put in to their meates for it clenseth fleame from the senewes which fleame will relaxe the synewes The wyne of Sage dronke vpoÌ„ an empty stomake is holsome for flegmatike persones or them whiche haue the fallynge sickenes or dropsie ¶ Iohn VVhat is Pilopodie that groweth vpon the Oke tree ¶ Humfrey IF this herbe bee sodden with Beetes and Malowes in the broth of a henne and dronke it will loose the belly and clense fleume the roote of this herbe being drie and beaten into fyne pouder and draweÌ„ into the nose thrilles helpeth a disease called Polipus ¶ Iohn I Haue heard talke of Hoorhounde I would fayne heare of his workyng ¶ Humfrey IT is a herbe hoat and drie if it be sodden with fayre water suger or hony and streyne it this drynke doeth clense the stomake from stynkynge fleume it is an excellent herbe for women to clense their moneth tearmes the water of this is good to helpe them which haue a moist reume fallyng from the head vpon the lunges being often dronke but it is hurtfull to the bladder and raynes the sirope therof dooeth clense the kynges euill and also put into the eares doth greatlye comforte the hearing if the eares be troubled and stamped with hony and applied into the eies it clenseth the syght Iohn What is Verben ¶ Humfrey IT is called the holy herbe it drieth and byndeth if it be sodden with vineger it helpeth a disease called saint Anthonies fier oftentymes washynge the pained place the leues of VerbeÌ„ and Roses and freshe swynes grease stamped together wyll seace payne and griefe in euerye wounde and wyll keepe woundes from corruption it is good for people that haue the tercian or quartaine Agues And thus sayeth Dioscorides moreouer he sayeth the weyght of a Dram of this herbe with three halfe penyes weyght of Olibbulom and put in nine ounces of olde wyne tempered together and dronke fourtie daies of this quantitie fastyng it wyll helpe a disease called the kynges euyll or paine in the throte ¶ Iohn What is Rewe or herbe Grace ¶ Humfrey I Tell thee this herbe is verie hote and bitter and doth burne because of his hotenes in y e third degree if a litle of this rewe be stamped and sodden wyth wine and dronke it is an excelleÌ„t medicine agaynst poysone and pestilence wyth roses and vineger and rewe stamped together and put in forred clothe or biggen applied vnto the temples of the heade or forehead do seace greuous paynes in the head And in lyke mauer it healeth y e bitinges of serpentes or dogges stamped with vineger many nyce people cannot abide it cryinge fie it stinkes The seade of thys herbe beaten in pouder put in freshe clarified butter pitche melted together is good for theÌ„ to drink â—hat are brused ¶ Iohn What is burnet ¶ Humfrey IT is of the nature of fyue fynger drie and byndyng and not moist as many saith stampe it put it to the eies doth take away the dropping and prickyng and doth heale woundes and is good to drinke for the tercian Ague ¶ Iohn What is Dandilion ¶ Humfrey IT is temperat colde and drie with Roses and vineger tempered together it helpeth y e head in hoat diseases The sowthistle called Soncus hath the same vertue and so hath Suckery if they be sodden they lose the belly and quencheth heate whiche burneth in the stomake and defendeth the head froÌ„ hote smoking vapours and purgeth yelow chouller and rebateth venerous and fleshelye heate and is good to be sodden and dronke in hoate burnynge Agues though this herbe be coÌ„monly knowen and compted of many as a vyle weede yet it is reported of Dioscorides to be an excellent herbe ¶ Iohn What is Spynnage ¶ Humfrey AN herbe much vsed in meat colde and moiste in the firste degree it mollifieth and maketh softe the belly it is good for them that be hoat and drie and yll for flegmatike men ¶ Iohn What is Cowcumbers ¶ Humfrey THey be trewly in the seconde degree very moist and colde The seedes be good to be geuen in hotte sicknesses the pouder of the sayde seedes dronke in clene wyne is good agaynste dyuers passions of the harte this frute wil cause one to make water wel the roote dryed in pouder therof dronken in water and honye prouoketh vomite if they be moderately eaten they bringe good bloude tempered wyth honie and anointe the eyes that helpeth a disease called Epinictidas which troubleth meÌ„ with straÌ„ge sightes in the nightes the best of this frute is whiche beareth the beste seedes the sauoure of that is not holsome mellons citrons pampans and this kinde of pepons or great apples be muche vsed in EnglaÌ„d and is more coÌ„mon then profitable because they vse to eat them rawe Englishe men being borne in a tempered region enclining to colde may not without hurte eat rawe herbes rootes and frutes plentifull as manye men whiche be borne farre in the south partes of the worlde whych be moste hote of stomake therefore lette them eat these frutes boyled or baken with hony and pepper and fencle seedes or suche lyke there be an other hote kinde of bitter cucombers which doo purge ¶ Iohn What is Garlicke ¶ Humfrey GArlicke is very hote and drie in y e fourth degre it troubles the stomacke it is hurtfull to the eyes heade it increaseth drieâ—ies but it will prouoke vrine is good to be layd vppon the byâ—inge of a snake or edder it is good for the emeroides applied to the sore place being first stamped if it be sodden the stinke is taken from it but the vertue remayneth to be eaten against the coughes paines in the lunges it cutteth and consumeth corrupt fleume and bringeth slepe It is not good for hoat men nor women with childe or Norces geuing milke to children but Galen calleth it the coÌ„mon peoples treacle if sanguin men do eate much of it it will make them to haue read faces but it is a speciall remedy against poyson ¶ Iohn What is Onions ¶ Humfrey THey do make thin the bloud and bringe slepe they be not good for collericke men the long onion is more behemeÌ„ter then y e â—ounde and the read more then â—he whyte the drie more then the grene and the rawe more then the sodden or preserued in salte although they cause
sleepe verie paynfull and troublous hoat in the thirde degree and warme in â—he stomake clenseth the stomake and bryngeth good couler to the face and helpeth the grene sickenes prouoketh vrine â—pened the emoroides If they â—e sodden in vineger and layde â—arme to them pele of the rind â—nd cutte it at both the endes â—nd cast it into fayre warme waâ—er and let it lie an houre or two â—nd then slice it this takes away â—e veameÌ„t sharpnes of it Rew â—alte hony one onion staÌ„ped to â—ether is a goodly plaister to lay vpon y â— biting of a dogge leekes purgeth the bloud in march and payneth the heed and be not greatly praised for their iâ— iuice Adoge saythe Dioscorides the head beinge anoynted with the iuice thereof kepeth heare frome fallinge thereis muche varietie of this onyon amongest wryters sayth Plini but this shall suffise ¶ Iohn What is Lettise ¶ Humfrey IT doothe mightylye encrease milke in womens breastes and therfore is called lettisse as Martial saithe firste shalbe geuen to the vertue and power to increasâ— milke in the breasts euery hourâ— lettis is an hearb cold and moisâ— and is comfortable for a hoate stomake bringeth sleepe mollifieth the belly the drier it be eat the better it is I meane if it be not muche wasshed in water adding cleane sallet Oile Suger and vineger to it it abateth carnall luste and much vse of it dulleth the sight the seede is precious against hoat diseases droÌ„ke with tisans There is an herbe called Rocked gentle which partely smelleth like a Foxe whiche is very hoat an increaser of sede whiche herbe must alwayes bee eateÌ„ with Lettis The roote ther of sodden in water will drawe broken boones and will helpe the cough in yonge children ¶ Iohn What he Myntes ¶ Humfrey MYntes be of two kindes garden and wylde Myntes thei be hoat vnto the thirde dooeth drie in the second degre Garden Mintes is best y e pouder of this with the iuice of Pomgarnites stoppeth vomits helpeth sighiÌ„g clenseth hoate choller Three braunches of this sodden with wine doth helpe repletioÌ„ dronke fasting This iuice teÌ„pered with good triacle eaten of childreÌ„ a morninges wil kil wormes and stamped with salte applie it to y t biting of a dogge it will heale it It is holsome sodde with wyndy meates and sodden in posset alâ— with fenill it helpeth collike it encreaseth vital sede It is not best for chollericke complexions but good for flegmatike and indifferent for melancoly and it wyll stoppe bloude stamped and applied to the place The iuice of Mintes is best to mengle in medicine against poison the pounder of Mintes is good in pottage fleshe sodden with Oximel it clenseth fleume ¶ Iohn What is Sention ¶ Humfrey IT is of a mixt temprament it coleth and partly cleÌ„seth if it be chopped and soddeÌ„ in water and drinke it with your potage it wil heale y e griefe of the stomacke purge it from hoate choller his downe with saffron colde water stamped put in the eies it wyll drie the running droppes stamped plaister wyse it helpeth many greuous woundes ¶ Iohn What is Pursleyn ¶ Humfrey COlde in the third and moiste in the seconde if it be stamped with steped Barly it maketh a goodly plaister to coole the head eyes and lyuer in agues burninge heate To eate of it stoppeth Flixes and quencheth burning choller and extingwysh venerus luste and greatly helpeth the raynes and bladder and will kill rounde wormes in the belly and comforte the matrix against muche fleume And the iuice is good to drinke in hoate Feuers it may be preserued with salt then it is very good with rosted meates Plini sayeth it is supposed to make the sight blunte and weake further he saieth that in Spayne a great noble manne whome he did knowe did hang this Pursleyn roote in a threede coÌ„monly about his necke which was muche troubled of a longe sicknesse and was healed ¶ Iohn What is Mugwort ¶ Humfrey MVgworte and Fetherfoy Tansey be verye hoate and drie in the seconde degree Mugwort sporge and oyle of Almondes tempered plaister wise and applied cold to the sick pained stomake wyll brynge health It is good in bathes saieth Galen it is holsome for women it clenseth warmeth and comfort and breketh the stone Plini saieth it is good against serpentes and holsome for trauelyng men if they carye it it comforteth them from wormes Tansey doth myghtely cast wormes froÌ„ children droÌ„ke w t wyne A cold plaister staÌ„ped layde vpon the belly of a womaÌ„ whose childe is dead within her it will seperate the dead chylde from the liuing mother causing her to niese with Betony leues ¶ Iohn THere is an herbe commonly vsed to the great relief of many called Cabage is it so good as it is reported of ¶ Humfrey CAbage is of twoo properties of bynding the belly and making laxatiue the iuice of Cabages lightly boyled in freshe bief broth is laxatiue but the substaunce of this herbe is harde of digestioÌ„ but if it be twyse soddeÌ„ the broth of it will also bynde the belly if it be tempred with AlluÌ„ This herbe hath vertue to clense a newe read Leprosie laid vpon the sore place in the maner of a plaister But to conclude of this herbe the broth of it hath vertue to preserue from dronkenes as Aristotle Rasis and Auicen doth report eaten before drinking time ¶ Iohn What is Philopendula ¶ Humfrey IT is an herbe hoate and drie if it be sodden in white wyne dronke it drieth vp windy places in the guttes cleÌ„seth the raines in the backe and bladder ¶ Iohn What is Agremonie DIoscorides saieth that if this herbe with swynes greace be stamped together and laid vpon an olde rotten sore being hoat it hath vertue to heale it the sede of this herbe dronke with wyne is good against the biting of Serâ—entes stopping of the liuer and bloudy flixe Iohn SOme men saie that the herbe Dragon is of great vertue Humfrey THe iuice of it saith Dioscorides dropped into y e eie doth clense it and geueth much might vnto the eyes of them whiche haue darke sightes the water of this herbe hathe vertue againste the pestilence If it be dronke blud warme w t venis triacle y e sauor of this herbe is hurtful to a womaÌ„ newly conceiued with child Plenij saith that who so beareth this herbe vpon them no venomous Serpente will do them harme This herbe is hote and drye Ihon. THere is a verye swete flower called a violet is it so profitable as it is pleasaunt Humfrey SImeon Sethi reporteth that it doth helpe against hote inflamations of the guts heade and stomacke if the cause be of burning choller Either the water sirrope or concerue of the saide violets either eaten or dronke in the time of any hote passion But vndoubtedly it offendeth the hart because of the coldnes the sauour
Pecockes and any great foules muste after they bâ— killed be hanged vp by y e necks two or thre daies with a stoonâ— waiyng at their feete as y e weather will serue and then dressed and eaten Prouided that good wyne be dronken after them Iohn What is the fleshe of Cranes Humfrey SImeon Sethi saieth their flesshe is hoate and drie the young be good but the old encreaseth melancoly they dooe engender seed of generation and being tenderly rosted doth helpe to cleare the voice and clense the pype of the lunges ¶ Iohn What is Swan ¶ Humfrey EVery grose foule is chollericke harde of disgestion the Signetes be better then the old SwaÌ„nes if their Galantines be â—ell made it helpeth to disgeste â—heir fleshe ¶ Iohn â—Hat is the fleshe of Herons Bytters and Shouellers Humfrey THese foules be fisshers and be very rawe and flegmaâ—icke like vnto the meate wherof â—hey are fedde the young be best and ought to be eaten with pepper Synnamon Suger and â—inger to drinke wyne after y u â—or good disgestion And thus do for all water foules ¶ Iohn What be partriches Fesants quails Larkes Sparrowes Plouer and blaâ— Eirdes ¶ Humfrey PArtriches doth bynde she bely and doth norryshe milchâ— The Cockes be better then tâ— Henne birdes they dooe dry â—ffeume and corruption in the stoâ—macke Feesantes is the best oâ— al flesh for his swetnes is equaâ— vnto the CapoÌ„ or Partriche bâ— he is somewhat drier And Raâ— sayeth Feasantes fleshe is gooâ— for the that haue y e feuer Ethikâ— for it is not only a meate but medicine and doth clense corruâ— humers it the stomake Quaile altough they be eaten of manâ— yet they are not to be comende for they do engender aguwes be euill for the falling sickenesseâ— For as Conciliatur saieth of alâ— foules that be vsed for meates it is the worste Dioscorides saieth that Larkes rosted be holsome to be eaten of them that be troubled with the chollicke Blacke birdes taken in the time of frost be holsom and good of disgestioÌ„ The donge of Black birdes tempered with vineger and applied to any place that haue the blacke Morphewe or black Leprosie often tymes annointed with a sponge doth helpe theÌ„ The flesh of Plouers doeth engender melancoly Sparrowes be hoote prouoketh venus or lust Plinii doeth discribe their properties â—he braines be the beste parte of â—hem Woodcockes be of good diâ—gestion and temperate to feede vpon All smal birdes of y e field â—s Robbin read brest Lynettes Finches red Sparrowes Gold wynges and suche like if thei be fatte they be marueilous good and doth greatly coÌ„forte nature either rosted or boyled and thus do I coÌ„clude with the of birdes ¶ Iohn I Hartely thanke thee gentle maister Humfrey for thy paines takinge in these thy rules vnto me concerning the proper vse of beastes and foules in meates I would be glad to knowe the vertues of some fyshes ¶ Humfrey IN many IlaÌ„des of this world nere adiacent vnto the occiente seas the people liue there moste chiefly by fishe and be right stroÌ„g and sound people of complexion as Aristotel saieth Consuetudo est taÌ„quam altra natura Custome is like vnto another nature but because I speake of fishe I will deuide them in thre partes First of the fisshes of the sea secoÌ„dly the fishe of freshe running riuers thirdly of the fishes in poles standinge waters The Sea hath manye grose and fatte fysshes which be noysome to the stomacke but the smaler kind of fishes y t fede about rockes cleare stony places bee more drier and lesse of moistnes then the fresh water fishe doth engenderles fleume and winde by the reason of their salt feding as Galen saieth they be the beste fishes that feede in the pure sea and chiefest of all fisshes for the â—se of mankinde But Haliabas saieth new fishe lately taken is â—olde and moist and flegmatick but leste of all the Sea fysshe Fysshe that swymmeth in freshe â—leare Ryuers or stoony places where as the water is sweate â—eynge fysshes that beare scales hee meruaylous good If they feede neare vnto places where muche filthe is daily caste out there the fisshe be very corrupt and vnholsome as the said Haliabas saieth Fyshe that fedeth in fennes marisces diches and moddie pooles be very vnholsome and do corrupt the bloude they be grosse slymy corrupt wyndie But those fisshes that be fed in fayre pondes wherein two running waters may ensue and where as sweate herbes rootes weedes that groweth about the bankes doth feed the fisshe those fisshe be holsome Galen saiethâ— Fisshe y t is whyte skalled harde As perches Cheuiens Ruffes Carpes Breimes Roches Troutes c. be al good But vnskaled fisshes as Eales Tenches Lampreis and suche like be daungerous onles they bee well baken or rosted and eaten with pepper ginger vineger And note this that it is not holsome traueling or labourynge immediatly after the eatinge of fysshe for it doeth greately corrupte the stomacke and as Galen saieth the nourryshementes of fleshe is better then the nourrismentes of fyshe And thus much generallie I haue spoken of fish Ihon. ANd thus it semeth by thy wordes that great fisshe that be deuourers in sea as Seale and Purpos and such like be vnholsome and that the smaller fisshes as Codlinges Whitinges Places Smeltes Buttes Solles pike Perche Breime Roche Carpe and such as fedeth in cleane stony waters thou sayste they be holsome Eales Lampreis and other muddy fysshes â—hou doest not greatly commend There be some kyndes of fysh soft and harde whiche be the beste ¶ Humfrey If fysshe be softe the eldest fyshe is the be best If fyshe be harde the yongest is best for it is either soft or hard Of harde fishe take the smallest of softe fysshe take the greatest Prouided that your fyshe be not very slimy and thus sayeth Auicen in hys booke of fysshes Ihon. I pray the tell me some thynge of shell fysshes Humfrey CRauises and Crabbes be very good fysshes the meate of them doth helpe the lunges but they be hurtfull for the bladder yet they wyll engender seade If Crabbes of the freshe water bee sodden in pure grene Oyle oliue this Oyle dropped into the eare luke warme dooeth heale hoate burning obstructions and stoppinge matter that hindreth the hearynge As for lempetes Cockles Scallapes as Galen saieth they be harde of disgestion muskels oisters wold be wel boiled rosted or baken with onions wine butter suger ginger pepper or els they be very wyndy flegmatike Chollerick stomaks may wel disgest raw oisters but they haue cast many one away Ihon. What is the vertue of Oyle Humfrey GReene oile of oliues is y e mother of all oiles which doeth drawe into her owne nature the vertues of herbes buddes flowers frutes and rootes Swete sallet oyle is holsome to disgeste colde herbes and sallets teÌ„pered with
sharpe Vineger and Suger Newe Oyle doth moist and warme the stomacke but olde Oile corrupteth the stomacke cleueth to the lunges and maheth one horse Oyle of Roses sharpe vineger tempered together is good to anointe the fore heades of them that be troubled with extreme heate or fransie so that Blugose be sodden in their posset ale or els drinke the syrrupes of Endiue or Buglos There be many goodlie vertues in compounded oiles both to calife and make hote And also to coole the body wheÌ„ it is extreme hoote as the great learned man Iohn Mesua hath decribed in his Antidorarii Ihon. VVilt thou be so good as to tell me the properties of water ¶ Humfrey VVater is one of the four elementes more lighter then earth heuier then fire and ayre But this water which is here amongest vs in Riuers Pondes springes floudes and seas be no pure waters for thei be mingled with sundry ayres corruptions grosenesse and saltnes notwithstandynge in all our meates and drinkes water is vsed amongest all liuyng creatures can not be forborn both man beast fish foule herbe and grasse And as Auicen saieth the claye water is pure for cley clenseth the water and is better then water that ruÌ„neth ouer grauell or stones so that it be pure cley voyde of corruption Also waters runnynge toward the east be pure coÌ„myng oute of harde stonye rockes and a Pinte of that water is lighter then a pynte of the standyng water of welles or pooles The lighter the water the better it is Also waters that is put in wine c ought first to be soddeÌ„ or it be occupied cold and so the fire dothe clense it from corruption Standing waters and water running neare vnto cities and townes or marish ground wodes fennes be euer ful of corruption because there is so much filthe in them of carions rotten dunge c. The hyer it water dothe faule then the water is Yse and snowe waters be verygrose and be hurtfull to the bodies of menne and Beastes To drincke colde water is euyll for it wyll stoppe the bodye and engender melancholye Salte water helpeth a man from scabbes iche and moiste humoures it killeth lice and wasteth bloude betwene the skin and the flesshe but it is mooste hurteful to the stomacke but the vapoure and smoke of it is good for them that haue the dropsy ¶ Iohn What is Vineger Humfrey VIneger is colde and drye and is hurtefull for theim that be melancholye but when it is dronke or poured vpon a outward wound stoppeth the bloud It also kylleth hot apostumations of erisipilus it is an enemi to the sinowes Vineger brimstone sodden together is good for the Goute to wasshe it withall Vyneger tempered wyth oyle Olyfe or oyle of Roses and sodeÌ„ with vnwashed wol helpeth a disease called Soda in the heade applied warme vnto the place it dothe helpe hoate diseases in the hed called Soda it is good in sauce for al warm and moist men Vineger with clene clarified honye penidies and faire water sodden together doth greatly helpe the paines in the throte or lunges or stoppyng the winde quencheth hoat diseases And sharpe vyneger mingled with salt and put vpon the biting of a dog doth heal it and against poyson it is excellent chiefly to drinke a litle therof against the pestilence in a mornynge ¶ Iohn What vertue hath our common salt Humfrey RAsis saith salt is hoat and dry Dioscorides saith salt hath vertue to stop to scoure and mundifie and of that minde is Oribasius saiyng salt is compouÌ„ded of matter abstersiue and stiptik whiche â—atters be both binding and driyng moist humours and is good to powder fat flesh both bief and porke and other fat meate for it hath vertue to drye vp superfluous humours as water bloud c. But it is not good for leane bodies or hoat coÌ„plexcioned people for the much vse of it maketh the body cholerike appere aged and to be angry The very vse of it is onelye to season meates but not to be meate Much good salt is made here in Englande as at â—itch Hollond in Lincholnshire and in the Shiles nere vnto new â—astell Ihon. What is honye or the vertue thereof Humfrey AVerrois sayeth honye is hoaâ— and drye in the seconde degree and dooeth cleanse verye much and is a medicinable meaâ— moste chiefliest for olde men and women For it doth warme them conuert theÌ„ into good blud Iâ— is not good for cholerick persons because of the heat and drynesse Thei do greatly erre that say hony is hoat and moiste but if it be clarified from his wax and drosse and kept in a close vessel there is nothinge that is liquid vpon the earth that remaineth leÌ„ger And this precious iewel hony hath euer bene more praysed aboue suger for it wil coÌ„serue kepe anye frute herb rote or ani other thiÌ„g that is put into it an exceadynge longe time Marueilous is the worke of God in honye beyng a heauenlye dewe that falleth vppon flowers and leues as Auicen â—aieth and is neither the iuice of â—eaues nor fruite but onelye the â—eauenlye dewe Whereunto the Sees commeth in due time and â—ather the said honye and laye it â—p in store in their curious builâ—ed houses whereas they dwell â—â—gether in most goodly order O Sees bees how happyer are you more then many wretched men â—hyche dwelleth neuer together 〈◊〉 vnitye and peace but in conâ—nuall discorde and disquietnes â—s Virgill sayeth En quo discorâ—a ciues produxerit miseros Beâ—olde what discorde wretched Citizins haue broughte foorth But nowe to make an ende of â—e moste excellente vertues of â—onye it is good in the meates 〈◊〉 theim whyche be flegmatike Hony newely taken out of their combes be partlye laxatiue but clarified hony doth binde and dry vp fleum and kepeth the bodyes of flegnatike and old persons froÌ„ corruption The best hony is gathered in the springe time the seconde in somer but that which is gathered in winter is yll hurtful One parte of hony and some part of water sodden together vntil the sroth be all scomde of and when it is colde kepte in a close stone pot this drinke saieth Galen is holesome for sommer clenseth the lunges preserueth the bodye in health Oximel simplex and compositum be made wyth honye and so be many mo thinges whiche be of greate vertue Suger which is called Mel canne hony of the reed beyng clene not ful of grose pannell doth clense and is not so hoate as Bees honye and doth agree with the stomacks of cholericke persons Haliabas saith it moueth not the stomacke to drynes and that the clene white suger not adulbrated dothe nourishe more then honye Of Rose-water Pearles suger is made a goodly comforter for the harte called Manus Christi Ihon. What is the propertie of milke Humfrey SImeon Sethi saieth that milke is of three
good the pouder therof to be dronke is moste of effect against the pestilence excepte Methredatum It is good against poyson winde chollericke and colde passions of the harts and doth restrain vometes The weight of eight granes doth suffice to be dronke in ale or wyne vpon an empty stomacke ¶ Iohn What is Sinamon Humfrey DIoscorides dooeth saie there be many kindes of Sinamon but generally their vertue is this to helpe dropsies windes or stopping of the lyuer and is hoate drie in the thirde degre Ihon. VVhat is Cassia fistula Seneca and Rewbarbe Humfrey CAssia fistula if the Caane be heuie the cassia within blacke and shining that is good cassia if this be drawen new out of the caane halfe an ounce or more at one time mingled with suger and eaten of a fastinge stomacke in the morning it hath power to purge choller to cleÌ„se the raines of the backe it will frete and consume the stone it purgeth verye easely and is pleasant in taking may be taken of children weke women and sicke meÌ„ in the time of their feuers y e accesse of their fyttes eccepted Rhabarbe do purge yellowe coller by him self two or thre drames may be takeÌ„ or a litle more so that there be a drame of spicanarde or sinamon put vnto it In sommer to drinke it with whay In wynter with white wine but y e cleane yellowe rubarbe sliced and put into infution all the nighte with whaye whyte wyne or Endiue water and streyne it in the mornynge doth greately purge the bloude and lyuer three or foure drames with spicanarde a dram or more Seene Alexandria if it bee sodden in the broth of a cocke or a henne doeth purge the bloude and melancoly very gently and comfort the hart One ouÌ„ce of the cleane small leaues of seene withoute codes or stalkes halfe a quarter of one ounce of ginger twelue cloues finkle seede two drames or els twoo drames of sinamon tartar halfe a drame beaten all together in pouder These dooe purge the head mightely to bee taken before supper y e weighte of one drame in a litle white wine ¶ Iohn I woulde bee glad to learne the vertue of Aloes Humfrey THere be two kindes of aloes one is named Succotrina which is lyke a lyuer cleare brittle bitter collered betwene read and yellowe this is best for medicines 〈◊〉 little of this beinge tempered with Rose water being put vnto the eyes helpeth the droppyng watery eies Also it is put in many excellent medicines laxatiue as safron myrre aloes mingled together In the forme of pilles is the most excellent medicine against the pestileÌ„ce as it is written in this book folowing Honye and aloes mingled together doe take away the markes of stripes and also doth mundify sores and vlcers it doth clense the aboundaunce of cholere fleume from the stomacke It is not good to be taken in winter for Auicen dothe forbid it but in the springe time or haruest the pouder therof The weight of a freÌ„ch crown mingled with the water of honie or meade and so droncke in the morninge it dothe clense bothe choller and flewme There is an other grose aloes which is good for horse tempored with ale and ministred aswell to other great beastes as horses the weight of halfe Anounce and thus muche haue I said of Aloes but if aloes be clene washed it is the holsomer manye vnwasshed Aloes wil cause emeroydes Iohn IS the Safron that growe in England as good as that that come from the other syde of the Sea Humfrey OVr English hony Safron is beter theÌ„ any that cometh froÌ„ aniother strang or foren laÌ„d But to thy question of Safron it haue vertue ether in bread or potage to make the hearte glad it warme the body it preserueth froÌ„ droÌ„knes droÌ„ke in ale or wine prouoketh actes venerus inducith slepe purgeth vryn Mirh a loes saffroÌ„ maketh an excelent pil against y t pestilens two peny waght of safron powder roosted with the yolke of an egge very hard and the sayd yoke beaten in powder twelf graynes drinke a morninges is good agaynst the pestileÌ„ce Safron planten Iuiry soddeÌ„ The dicoction drinke helpeth the yellow Iaunders it is drye in the firste degre haue vertue to restrayne Iohn VVe playne men in y t countrie dwel far from great Cities our wyues and children be often sicke at deaths dore we can not tell what shifte to make we haue no acquantance with y â— a apothicaris comonly we send for aquaÌ„titie or mamsey what so euer out diseases be these be our comoÌ„ medicine or else we send for a boxe of triakle when these medicines faile vs we cause a great posset to be made and drynke vp the drinke thinkest thou these medicines be not good ¶ Humfrey FOr lacke of medicine God helpeth the people oftentimes by myracle or els a great number of men should pearish But because the almightye God hath couered the whole face of the earth wyth many precious simples wherof riche coÌ„possions be made Therfore be nether so rude nor barbarous to thincke these medicines good that thou hast rehersed for al diseases although not hurtful to some but because many do receiue more mischiefe then medicine in counterfaite treacles I shal rehearse vnto thee what Valerius Cordus and other doth write vppon the vertue of the precious triacle called Metridatum Iohn I Woulde be glad to heare of that precious triacle and his vertues ¶ Humfrey THis excellent triacle Methridâ—tum is nexte in qualitye and vertue to Theriaca do differ but little but onely Theriacha is a little hotter and stronger againste venyme of Snakes edders and serpentes It helpeth all paines of the head of men or women if it come of colde most chiefly of melancholye and feare It helpeth megreme fallynge sickenes and all paines of the forehead droppynge of eyes It helpeth tothe-ach paines of the mouth chekes if it be put in maner of a plaister or els anointe the pained place It helpeth pains of the throte called Squinance and also coughe appoplextia and passion of the lunges and many greuous dollers and paynes within the body dronk with the decoction of the flowers of pomgranetes or planten it helpeth and stoppeth flixes in the Ilias long gutes windes or collick The extention or cramps be helped very much with this MetridatuÌ„ droÌ„ken wyth stilled watters Palses sickenessis in the midriffe the liuerrayns bledder be clensed therby it prouoketh the menstruall termes in women being dronke with possit ale If Isope or iermaÌ„der be sodden in the sayd ale it is excellent agaynste the pestilence or poysone If it be dronke but a litle quaÌ„titie therof accordinge to the disease strength or adge of the persone It is verye good against the stone or for wemen which haue a newe disease peraccidentes called the grene syckenes there is nothinge better against the bitinge of a mad dogge then to
drink of this and to annoynt the wound If it be geuen in drinke to any sicke body a litle before the accesse or cominge of the colde fyttes of cotidians tercians or quartens so that it be dronke with wyne teÌ„peratly warmed this MethridatuÌ„ is a medicine of no small pryce Democrates hath a godlie composition of it an other excellent coÌ„position is of Cleopatre as Galen wryteth An other and the most excellent is the dyscryption of Andromachus phisicion vnto king Nero but the cheife father of this acte was kinge Methridatus the noble king of PoÌ„thus after whose name it is called Ihon. In dede this is an excellent medicin but I pray thee where shall I buye it â–ª Humfrey THe blinde felowe Iohn doe eate many afâ—ye the plaine meanynge man is oft disceiued There is no trust in some of the Poticaries for althoughe the vsurpacion of quid pro quo is tollerable for their Succidanes yet to abuse their simples or compouÌ„des it is not onely theft to robbe simple men but also murther to kyll the hurtlesse Iohn OF late time we haue bene so afflicted with sondrye sickenesses and straung diseases that in many places we could get no phisicions to help vs and when men be sodainly sicke CC. miles from London Cambridge or Oxforde it is to late for the paciente to send for helpe being infected with the pestilence I pray the tel me some good regiment for me and my family if it please God that it may take place Humfrey I Shalbe glad forasmuche as thou hast takeÌ„ paynes to heare me al this while to teache thee a prety regiment for the pestileÌ„ce Iohn REade it faire and softly and I will take my yenne and write it ¶ Humfrey CErtainly the occasion of this moste fearefull sickenes commeth many waies as the chauÌ„ge of the aire from a good vnto an euill qualitie taking his venemous effect of the vitall spirites whiche incontinent with al speede corrupteth the spirituall bloud And sodeÌ„ly as it were an vnmerciful fire it quickely coÌ„sumeth the whole body euen to death vnlesse the holsome medicine do preuent and come to the heart before the pestilent humour And because it is a very strong sickenes it is requisite to haue a strong curing medicine For weake thinges wyll not preuayle against so strong a matter Therfore I pray you note these six saiyngs as aire diet slepe or watche quietnes or trouble and finally medicine First walke not in stinking mistes nor by corrupte marris ground nor in extreme hoate wether but in faire cleare aire vppon high ground in swete fields or gardeÌ„s hauing fire in your chaÌ„ber with swete perfumes of y t smoke of Olibanium or Beniamen Frankensence beinge colde wether And in hoate wether Roses willowe braunches sprinkled with vineger and often shiftinge the chamber is holsome fleing the South wynde Secondly diat moderate eating meate of good disgestioÌ„ as all that haue pure white flesh bothe of beastes foules good bread of wheate partly leuened Eate no raw herbes Pursten Lettis yong Lettis or sorrell except with vineger Drinke of cleare thine wine not chaunged and vse oft times vineiger with your meates and myngle not fish and fleshe together in your stomacke to drinke a tisant of barley water rose water sorrell water betwene meales is good eighte sponefulles at ones Thirdly beware you slepe not at none it bringeth many sicknesses geueth place to the pestilence and abateth memorye For as y â— marigold is spred by the daye and closed by the nighte euen so is man of nature disposed although through custom otherwyse altered vnto great domage and hurte of body Eight hours slepe suffyseth wel to nature but euery complexion hath his proper qualities to slepe vpon the right side is best euell vpon the lefte and worse vpoÌ„ the back Fourthly vse moderat exercise and labor for the euacuation of the excrementes as swyfte going vp hilles stretching forth armes and legges lifting wayghtes not verye ponderous forby labour the first and second digestion is made perfit and the bodye strengthened this is a mighty defence agaynst the pestileÌ„ce and many mo infirmities whereas through idlenes bee engendred all diseases bothe of the soule and bodie where of maÌ„ is compounded made Fifthlye aboue all earthlye thinges mirth is moste excellent and the beste companion of lyfe putter awaye of all diseases the contrary in plage tyme bringeth on the pestilence through painful melaÌ„colike which maketh the body heauy and earthlye Companye Musike honest gaming or any other vertues exercise doth helpe agaynste heauines of minde Sixtly medicine the partie beyng chaunged in nature and condicion trimbling or burning vomiting wyth extreme payne in the daye colde in the night and straunge imaginacions c. Apte to slepe when these signes do appeare geue him medicine before .xii. houres or else it will be his death Take therfore withall spede Sorel one handful staÌ„ped with Rewe Enulacampana Oringe rindes Sitron seedes the great thistle rotes Geneper beries walnuttes cleane piked of eche one ounce stampe them all together then take pure sharpe vineger a quarter of a pinte as muche â—uglosse water as much whyte wine and temper your sayd receites wyth these licoures Then put in two ounces of pure Methridatum andromachi which is an excellent triacle and two drams waight of the powder of pure Bole armein mingle them al together in a verye close vessell and geue the pacient a sponefull or more nexte hys heart and eftsones asmuch more let them that take this slepe not durynge tweÌ„ty hours or else take pure Triacle and set wel mingled in possit ale made with white wine wherin sorrel haue boyled a good draught and let an expert Chirurgion let the pacient bloud vpon the midle vayne called Mediana or the hart vayne Basilica a good quaÌ„tity according to the strength and age of the paciente excepte women with childe and children For the retaining the sayde bloud would all turne to venym and incurable poyson And note this that bloud be letten vpoÌ„ the same side that y t sore doth appere If any appere for many causes slepe not .viii. hours after vse this most exceleÌ„t pilleÌ„ often times Take pure aloes epatik myrre wel washed in cleane water or Rosewater of eche two drammes and one dramme of the powder of SaffroÌ„ mingled with litle of swete wine and tempered in a very smal vessel vppon y t coles vntil it be partly thicke or els incorporat al together in a morter theÌ„ rol them vp in smal round pils vse to swalowe half a dram of these pilles two times a weke in y t pestilence time a morninges .iii. houres before meate An other medicen tormentil gentian setwell of eche one dram spicenarde drams .ii. nastick drammes three bole armen drams viii geue two drames to y t patieÌ„t or any that feare the plage in the water of Skabeas