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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	half_a	ounce_n	saffron_n	4,290	5	12.4662	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11350	The English mans doctor. Or the schoole of Salerne Or [ph]ysicall obserua[ti]ons for the perfect preseruing of the bodie of man in continuall health. [Wh]ereunto [is] adioyned precepts for the pr[e]seruation of health. Written by [Hen]ricus Ronsouius for [the p]riuate vse of his sons. And now published for all those that desire to [preser]ue their bodies in [perfect] health.; Regimen sanitatus Salernitatum. English	Johannes, de Mediolano.; Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612.; Hobbes, Stephen, attributed name.; S. H.; Rantzau, Henrik, 1526-1598. De conservanda valetudine liber. English.; Ronsovius, Henricus.	1617 (1617)	STC 21608; ESTC S113433	31,784	97

the hinder part very lightly After you are risen I will that you defend with all care and diligence your head necke and feete from all cold in the morning for there is no doubt but in the morning and euening the cold doth offend more then it doth about noone tide by reason of the weaknes of the Sunne-beames Put on your clothes neate and cleane in the Summer season first wash with cleane pure water before described but in the Winter season sit somewhat by the fire not made with turfe or stinking coale but with oake or other wood that burneth cleare for our bodies are somewhat affected with our clothes and as strength is encreased by the vse of meat and drinke and our life defended and preserued euen so our garments doe conserue the heate of our bodies and doe driue away colds so that as diet and apparel may seeme alike so in eyther of them a like diligence is to be preferred In the Summer-time I chiefly comme●… garments of Harts-skinnes and Calues-skinnes for the Hart is a creature of long life and resisteth poyson and Serpents therfore I my selfe vse garments of the like sort for the winter season also neuertheles lined with good linnen Next I doe iudge it not to bee much amisse to vse garments of Silke or Bombace or of purple also of Martyn or Wolfe-skinnes or made of Fox skinnes I suppose to be good for the winter notwithstanding in the time of Pestilence apparell of Silke and skinnes is condemned because it doth easily admit and receiue the contagious ayre and doth retain it long After the body is wel clothed kembe your head wel with an Iuory comb from the forehead to the back-part drawing the comb some forty times at the least then wash al the instruments of the sences as the eies the ears the nostrils the month the tongue the teeth and all the face with cold water and the eyes are not only to be washed but being open plainly immerg'd and the gumme and foulnes of the eie-lids that do there stick to remoue somtimes also to besprinkle the water with rose-water or Fenel-water also rub the neek wel with a linnen napkin somwhat coorse for these things doe confirme the whole body it maketh the minde more cheerefull conserueth the sight In this place it pleaseth me to adioyne some dentifrices or clensers of teeth waters not only to make the teeth white but also to conserue them with some medicines also to conserue the sight A pouder to preserue the whitenesse of the teeth TAke three egge-shels three drams of red corall two drams of white silke burnt to pouder in a new earthen pot Cinamon two drams Cloues one dramme Pellitorie of Spayne two drammes These being beaten to fine pouder rubbe the teeth euery day euening and morning The description of a Dentifrice which Messelina Augusta vsed ex scribonio largo TAke Harts horne burnt in a new earthen pot and reduced into pouder one ounce and a halfe Mastick one ounce and a halfe Sal Armoniack sixe drammes To whiten the teeth and to preserue them from heate which was vsed by a woman of great name TAke Aloes one ounce a halfe perles one ounce red Coral and white Lignum Aloes red Sanders of euery of them one ounce Dragons bloud fine Purslane one ounce and a halfe Roch Alum washed so long in faire water that it be as cleere as crystal one ounce mastick amber Myrrhe of eyther halfe an ounce the shels of water Crabs two drams let euery one bee beaten by it selfe into fine powder then take pure hony of Roses seuenteene ounces and with the powder aforesaid let it boyle gētly at the fire except the Mastick and the Myrrhe which afterwards mixe therwith and when it shall come to a conserue in thicknesse let it be alwayes stirred with a sticke in the boyling and when it shall be remoued from the fire let it rest till it wax cold then adde the Myrrhe and the Mastick then afterwards keepe it to your vse in a vessell of glasse with this Dentifrice if the teeth be rubbed in the morning with a piece of course linnen it doth comfort them and make them very white Another Dentifrice TAke red and white Corall of each one ounce Pellitory Mace Mastick of each one ounce Pomis stone and Bole-armonick of eyther one ounce make these things into fine powder A Medicine that doth comfort the sight TAke perles which beat into fine powder then straine them thorow a linnen cloth with rose-water then instill into the eyes certaine drops of the same water som in stead of the perls do vse of the finest Sugar with Rose-water but I iudge the vse of Perles to be the better These things following doe very much profite the eyes if yee keep them from dust smoake remaining out of the aire the Sun the cold from strong winds from beholding the Sun also to auoide the multitude of Venery and repletion of meat and drinke nor presently after dinner or supper to sleepe and as it is before said to bathe and wash the eyes with cold cleare water although this Medicine following be very much approued Take waters of Veruayne Betony and Fenell of euery one one ounce and a halfe white wine one ounce Tutla prepared one dram Sugar-candie two drams Aloes epatic one dram womans milke two drams Camphire halfe a scruple powder that that is to be powdered and let it remaine in infusion for foure and twentie houres then let them be strained and therewith wash the eyes being shut Also to prosecute our former purpose when you arise in the morning to auoide all superfluities as well by vrine as by the belly which doe at the least once euery day Auoid also from the nostrills and the lungs all filthy matter as wel by cleansing as by spittle and cleanse the face head and whole bodie loue you to be cleane and well apparelled for from our cradles let vs abhor vncleannes which neither nature or reason can endure When you haue done these things remember to powre foorth your praiers vnto God with a cleare voice that the day may be happie prosperous vnto you that God may direct your actions to the glory of his name the profit of your Country the conseruation of your bodies The walk yee gently what excremēts soeuer do slip down to the inferiour parts being excited by naturall heate the excretion thereof shall the better succeed As for your businesses whether they be publike or priuate let them be done with a certain honesty then afterwards let your hunting iourneyes bee performed apply your selues to studie and serious businesse the houres of the fore-noone and so likewise in the afternoone till two or three houres before supper alwaies in your hāds vse eyther Corall or yellow Amber or a Chalcedonium or a sweet Pommander or some like precious stone to be worne in a ring vpon the little finger of the left hand haue in your rings eyther

for look what ayre we draw in such and the like spirits goe out from vs. Odors and smells that are oner-hot are not by me approued because it filleth the head and ingendreth the catarrh for the temperature it selfe of the braine being a meane betweene hot and cold doth chiefly reioyce in things that are temperate and on the other side it is much offended and hurt by the contrary therefore sometimes those odors are to be mixed and changed as if cold doth raigne let the odors decline to heat and if heat doth beare sway then frame that they may be of cold operation Of Roses therefore Violets and Myrtels Campher Sanders and Rose-water which are cold things on the other side of Cinamon Citron rynds Orenge peeles Aloes Amber Muske which are hot of which you may vse at your pleasure Odors are not only drawne by the nostrills but there must bee application to the brest and stomacke Treacle Mithridate Frankincence Amber Angelica and such like which are thought to haue vertue against venome no lesse comfort to recreate your spirits ariseth out of gardens where-hence ariseth sweete smells and sauours also to vse sweete smelling hearbes flowers and rushes at the time of the yeere conuenient to the constitution and state of the bodie and to cast about the court and in the chambers the leaues of Withies of Roses Violets Vine-leaues Origanum wilde Time Time Lauender Myrtils Quinces Peares the flowers of Orenges Pomegranates and other such like and also to sprinkle the chamber with Rose-water or the water of the flowres of Orenges and other like also to euaporate the place with vineger and sometimes also in your chambers to burne perfumes fragrant and sweet smelling What sweete smells fumes or torches I am wont to vse I will heere set downe that hauing a care to the temperature and state of the body you may vse also A description of an odoriferous water TAke an equall weight of rose-Rose-water with the best white wine Rose-viniger the fourth part Suger-candie a third part dissolue it in those things some adde a little Saffron with this water wash the hands and face the ioynts and eyes and therewith cleanse the teeth and besprinkle the rest of the clothes CHAP. V. Of Meates and Drinks IN meate and drinke wee must consider these sixe things first the Substance then the Quantitie third the Qualitie fourth Custome fift the Time and lastly Order We must also vnderstand that it is best and most wholesome to vse meates that be simple for meates that be simple are most wholesome and profitable but many and sundrie sorts of meates are very vnhealthfull and hurtfull to our bodies our elders which liued very long and without sicknesse were wont to eate at one meale flesh only and at another bread only yet would I not wish you my sonnes to accustome your selues to one only meate especially if you be yong for Galen expounding the Aphorisme of Hipp. saith That such things as wee haue of long time beene vsed to although they bee not of the best nourishment they are not so dangerous as other things which are farre better whereunto we haue not beene accustomed wee must therefore now and then alter our diet and vse to eate such meates as before wee vsed not neither must we bind our selues to any one kinde lest we be driuen at any time to change our custome and so wee fall sicke presently thereupon Cornelius Celsus a good Physicion giueth counsell that such as bee in health should vse their ordinarie fore and plaine vsuall diet and to forbeare much varietie of meats is best and wholesomest because the stomack set a work too too much laboureth greatly in the digesture of sundry meates at one time It is thought good to mixe moist with drie things cold with hot and hot with cold and those meats which are in the meane or mediocritie of all excesse to be most commendable of which sort is bread made of cleane corne sufficiently leauened and moderately baked Also the flesh of Hens and Capons Phesants Partriges Woodcocks yong Pigeons Blackbirds Thrushes Turtles and such like small birds In like manner Fishes bred amongst rocks and stones or about the sea side and such as in taste are neither vnpleasant and vnsauourie nor yet clammie and vnctious of the which we will speake particularly hereafter Now in meats nothing so well encreaseth good bloud as when they are well digested for thereby is ended more easily the second concoction which is in the veines and liuer and also admitteth the third digestion which is in the particular members parts which be nourished Also there bee some meats betweene whom there is but small difference of digestion as is betweene a Henne and a sucking Calfe a Chicken and a Kid the flesh of an old Calfe and a yong Bullock in such respects as these where the difference is so small it skilleth not greatly if they which be somewhat hard to digest be eaten before that which is of lighter digestion And this I suppose was the opinion of Galen for heauie meats and such as bee slow of digestion require a stronger and greater power digestiue therfore meats of easie digestion are first to be taken before those which doe differ so far from them in easinesse of concoction And also you must take heede of crude and raw meates and that the same be both throughly boyled or rosted but in any wise beware of stuffing of your selues too much with meate and drinke nor to irritate and prouoke your appetite with delicious sawces for meates excessiuely eaten although they be of good nourishment commonly they doe ingender crudities lasks and vomits Againe to take lesse then necessitie and nature doth require is the cause why the body is not nourished but weakned and made vnable to doe his businesse for euen as repletum hindreth nourishment and hurteth nature so all sorts of too much abstinence causeth vomits hurteth the stomack resolueth the powers of the body and increaseth ill humours And euen as an ill dyet bringeth heauinesse to the body and dulnesse to the senses so a good dyet refresheth the spirits and reuiueth the minde making it more able and actiue to know and practise vertues operations Of Drinke COncerning drinke at meales it would not be taken before something hath beene eaten at the beginning the drink would be strongest and so towards the end more small if it be Ale or Beere And if it be Wine more and more allayed with Water and the best Physicians hold the drinke would rather be mixt with the meate by sundrie small draughts then with one great draught at the end of the meale for the mixture tempereth well the meate without hindrance A great draught drowneth the meate and hurteth naturall heate that then worketh in concoction and with the weight driueth downe the meate ouer-hastily Hot wines and sweet or cōfectioned with spices or very strong Ale or Beere is not good at meales for thereby the meate is