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A03917	Of the vvood called guaiacum that healeth the Frenche pockes, and also healeth the goute in the feete, the stoone, the palsey, lepree, dropsy, fallynge euyll, and other dyseases.; De guaiaci medicina. English	Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.; Paynell, Thomas.	1536 (1536)	STC 14025; ESTC S104331	66,421	166

be for this medicine aboue all thynges requireth an emptye bealy And therfore he muste eate not to fyll his emptynes but to beare vppe the lyfe not to gether strength but to kepe hym selfe frō feinting Nother is there any ieoperdy to be feared For Guaiacum hath great strength in it selfe both to refresshe and also to comforte not suche as be full but onely those that are empty Ye they saye that none faylleth eate he neuer so lyttell so that he drynke faythfully this decoction In the meane tyme he shall not be anoynted in the out syde excepte he haue soores or swellynges And for this there is a whyte oyntment made of Cer●ssa rose oyle of rosis with camphire whiche is layde on with a lynnen clothe Some anoynt them onely with the skom of Guaiacum or els drye it into pouder and caste it vppon theym And besydes this skomme there is nothynge of this decoction occupied in the out parte Some be healed in shorte tyme and some in longe The moste parte in .xxx. dayes They commaunde hym to be pourged agayne the .xv. daye For this reason I thynke bycause as Alexander Aphrodicius thynketh they that hungre and receyue not theyr meate as they were wont to do falle awaye and gather a certayne sharpe matter and eger so that such matter muste be auoyded that the body of the ●ike may be emptie This decoction shall not be dronken that mornynge whan he receiueth his purgation but at nyght lette hym take it agayne and after that day he maye eaie more largely And agayne the .xxx. daye more lyberally how be it this more liberally and that more largely must be very lyttell as I shall shewe you in the next chapiter But some leste any impedime●t shoulde be to lette the operation of this medycine haue kepte one order of eatynge equallye throughe out the .xxx. days and truly the stronglyer a man abideth to hunger the better and more quyckely he shall be healed And althoughe the desyre of eatyng growe dayly more and more yet must he remembre to absteyne comfortyng hym selfe with the suretie of helth if he so do For the bodye beyng so wasted and emptied not onely with hungre but also with sweat ye beinge longe tyme as a deed bodye throughe the greuousnes of this euyll shall hyghe faste to the appetite of meate and drynke ¶ Whan this cure is comme to an ende so that the sicke is almoste redy to goo abrode he muste than take agayne some medicine to purge hym with but so that after that purgation he may drinke agayne as he dydde before .iiii. or fixe dayes space wherwith they make vp the hole cure Some wyl not that he shulde go out of the chambre where he lyeth before he be through hoole Some thynke .xxx. dayes suffyciente to kepe his chambre and that he may than go forthe But yet warely by lyttell and lyttelle and not streyght into the open ayre but fyrste he must walke in the same house from chambre to chaumbre and than to some neyghbours house not ferre of vntyl he be vsed to suffer the ayre For there maye be no sodeyne chaunge but muste vse hym selfe to all thynges by lyttell and lyttell And that whiche remayneth of the syckenesse they say wyll lyghtely be hoole after he ones stere abrode And that to be trew I haue proued in my selfe For whan the .xxx. days were passed the soores of my legges were not yet closed and therfore I kepte .x. dayes more And whan those .x. days were gone yet was not I hoole Wherfore ferynge the colde bycause wynter than beganne I intended to kepe in other .x. dayes but I was compelled by the phisitions counsell to goo abrode and put it in auenture which thing happed not amysse Howe be it the soores that I had than were not depe in the fleshe or swollen outworde But onely in the hier parte of the skynne and lacked nothynge els but ●kynne to couer them with whiche they had scantly the .xl. daye after I wente out And I that tyme in very sharpe wynter made my iourneye frome Vindele into Frannce The causes of this slowe healyng I dyd coniect this to be The phisition suffred me to eate more mete as I after perceyued than I shulde haue done and also he sodde my drynke thynner than he ought For I occupied not fully .v. pounde of this wodde where as other occupie .viii. and some .x. wherin my phisition was deceyued For he seinge my body weke of nature and moreouer exten●ated consumed with the longe continuance of this grefe thoughte that a lyttell thynge was sufficient to driue away the disease and for that cause fedde me the largelyer fearynge soore leeste my strength shulde fayle me which was double errour For so moche as he oughte not to haue loked what my body was thanne but what maner body it was wonte to be and agayn the nature of this medicine is suche that it wyl suffer none to faynt for lacke of strengthe Wherfore be they neuer so weke they ought not therfore to ministre the lesse but rather somwhat the more For it dothe nothyng sodenly but werketh helth by litel litel And therfore I alow best that decoction that was longeste at the fyre and is comme to a lyttell of moche wode so that I wolde counsaylle them to the intente hit mought be the stronger to sethe hit often tymes to the thyrde parte ¶ And if any wolde be lose belyed that is wonte to be bounde they wyll hym to take the ponder of Guaiacum soddē in the water and to drynke halfe an vnce therof in the mornynge And if that helpe not at the fyrste to go thervnto agayne But this framed not with me noo nat whanne I toke it agayne ¶ Howe a man must lyue and dyet hym selfe in this cure cap. ix THere is yet moche a doo for the orderynge of a man as thouchynge his dyet Some thynke beste to eate nothyng but breade whiche Galenꝰ calleth the cleannest fedynge with a fewe rasyns whiche breadde they gyue to the weyght of .iiii. vnces withoute salte or other sauce And they thynke best to absteyne generally from all maner meate excepte it be a lyttell brothe made with a chekyn whiche they are contented he ●uppe or eate with his bread moysted therin one 's a day For at nyght they gyue nothynge but a fewe rasins and an vnce of breadde Other wyll that he haue halfe a chekyn if it be yet yonge and tender but if it be any thynge growen they thynke a quarter y●onghe which muste be sodden in clene water Whervnto they put nother salte nother other sauce but somme put a lyttell suger therto Of breadde they gyue .iiii. vnces at nyghte as before a fewe rasins with an vnce of breadde But as longe as he is vnder cure he muste take hede that he neuer so moche as tast salte They allowne white breade made of wheate well bulted whiche made for the nones they season with suger

Whiche thynge is not euyll There be som that adde to his fedyng not so moch in the place of meate as of medicine a lyttell borage other of the leaues onely or if there be any of the flowers which he shal eate sodden in water alone or with his chekyn And this is the order of fedynge that some do kepe continually some thynke .xv. dayes sufficient for this dyete and thā they wyll his hunger to be eased and the .xx. day they gyue hym meate twyse But lette them take hede that folowe that For truly this medicine require the that the pacient be made as thynne with hunger as maye be possible Howe be hit somme chaunce to be throughe healed within .xv. dayes and yet that not withstandynge they put to a fewe dayes more therto They drynk vnto theyr meate of that seconde decoction not warmed but colde And this is all the fare for hyderto none durst passe this measure Not withstandynge I dispyse not the phisitions that dispute of the daungers that maye chaunce to drye and hotte bodyes if they be dryuen to this strayte dyete bryngynge for them Galen and also Hipocras whiche seme in many places to be agaynst this exquisite dyete in fedynge But of these that vsed Guaiacum I sawe as yet none in ieoperdye and I gather at this tyme preceptes and monitions out of experiēce and not doctrine out of bokes And also I my selfe am of drye and hotte complexion and yet this hūger brought me nother into a p●●●ike nor etyke whiche thyng they seme to feare ¶ For as moche as it is thought wysedome to pronyde for all thynges I wyll that if any man feare hym selfe that he gette phisitions to kepe hym and that this is suffyciently spoken of this thynge I wyll nowe go forwarde with other thynges ¶ In the tyme of this cure the pacyent muste forbeare al busynes and cutte away ●ll sadde thoughtes and rest from al care And therfore they commaunde reste and quietnes from consultations and also studyes so that the mynde may vtterly be free from all motions workinges and gyue him selfe holly to ydelnes rest losed from al trouble and care which thinge muste be vnderstand of all maner of men but mooste specially of them that be naturally melancoly They muste also beware of angre for that as Galene sayth kendleth chefely the coleryke mater And more ouer we must take hede that nothynge happen in that tyme that may moue vs to heuynesse Let the sicke person here syngers and mynstrelles and gyue hym selfe to sportes pastymes and musyke and some tyme delyte hym selfe with mery talkynge But to company with woman howe moche he muste eschewe that I wyl shewe hereafter I toke great pleasure in redynge makynge mery thynges And the phisitions spake agaynste hit and not without a cause seinge they beleued it to be labour and busynes vnto me but I toke it not as my studye but as a pastyme and for my recreation But yet wold I nat this to be to other for an example ¶ Nowe some begynne to waxe very hungry after the syxte day but I felt no grefe before the .x. daye And in this case this is the onely comforte not to se other eate nor to see meate nor to smel the sauour therof Neuer the lesse whan any perceyuethe hym selfe to faynt and wexe feble for lacke of meate I wolde not that he shulde by and by receyue meate or straunge confection to comforte and brynge agayne his strengthe but to refreshe his spirites with odours and plesaunte smelles for euen with the sauour and smell of suche odours Galenus thynketh the spirite and lyfe to be nouryshed and comforted Yet in this thynge as regarde muste be had what euery mans complexion requireth leste lyke thynges be ministred to them that be drye and hotte and vnto them that be moyste and colde or thynges of one qualitie be minystred vnto them all that be of bothe extremes ¶ As I do more alow through out the thinges that growe amonge vs as famyliar nygh to our nature so by the example of Democritꝰ who with the vapour of hote breade made his spirite euen than departing to tarye hole .iii. dayes thynke I that we shulde helpe theym that faynte other with that breed or els with a rosted oynion hold to the mouthe For I playnly knowe that in an oynyon was sometyme suche vertue and power Whiche thynge is also proued to be done with the odour of wyne For therwith Philip the phisition dydde recouer Alexander as we may se in Quintus Curtius And by the traditions of the olde phisitions we se his power and vertue in this purpose preferred aboue al. But by al meanes we muste nourysshe the spirite with the swete sauours and smelles for so moch as that is the lyfe and aboue all thynge the odour of olde swete wyne is praysed in this thynge Next is the smelle of hony specyally rose hony also of appuls of the whiche thynge Stromer neuer ceassethe to monysshe me affermynge that he knowethe howe stronge and howe helpyng they be in this thing Of these som prefer orenges other prefer cotonia mala Vyneger is also praised but specially vineger made with roses and mustarde is wel alowed For these thynges saye they do refreshe the wyttes and susteyne the strengthes As for cynamom nutmegges styrack citrous saffron a giloflower muske camphire and suche costly ware I leue to deinte felowes But cumm● an●sse coryander lauander amarake roses mynte rue rosemary violettes sage castorye with other growynge amonges● vs none of the phisitions that haue any iudgement improuethe but they affirme these to be good for this purpose And I oftentymes do vse such helpes to the greatte comforte of my helthe The sycke man may also vse rubbynges so that they be softely done by all the tyme of his sayde lyinge whiche as they are for other thynges profitable so I beleue they wolde not hurte in this thynge Lette his heed be rubbed with a warme clothe and combed with an yuory combe ¶ That Guaiacus wyll not be myngled Cap. x. FVrthermore this medycine wyll abyde nothynge to be putte to hit Where at the phisitions be commenly astonyed whiche wolde we shulde haue none other medicines in price but suche as receyue theyr power frō the .iii. partes of the world which think that they shuld lose al theyr auctorite excepte they ioyned to gether for vs in their poticarye compositions Indie Aethiope Arabie and the Garamantes that dwelle in the extreme parte of the worlde For what wyll they allowe that is not deere and costly And I beseche god that theyr counsell be neuer harde nor obeyed in the vsynge of this wodde Guaiacum And that Stromer maye be in this thynge as a prophete and in my iudgement a trewe For he feareth and that very wysely leest they at length wyll put theyr handes thervnto Therfore lette al men beleue me that haue proued this medicine that it is sufficient to

not in dede peynfull but it boyled out certayne fowle and stynkynge matter and issued very fylthyly after the maner of a fystule with a narowe mouth outewarde and inwarde it was of a large holownes And aboue hym there was also an other as thoughe a bone hadde bene bredde there vpon a rybbe And to conclude I dyd playnly feele a streme and issue come downe behynde from the toppe of my heed vnto all these And where it began the leeste touche in the world made my heed to worke as though the brayne panne had ben broken nother myghte my face be tourned backewarde but as it was tourned with the hole bodye This one thynge yet wolle I not passe wherfrom if Guaiacum had delyuered me and done nothynge elles yet oughte I to haue lauded and preysed his vertue greatly and that is noone slepe whiche I coueted so deedly and was soo moche gyuen thervnto that almooste in .vi. yeres space there scaped not one daye whan the phisitions cryed oute vppon me sayinge that was the cause of all my diseases and yet I coulde not refrayne my selfe frome it But nowe is that gone so far from me that I trowe if I shuld enforce my selfe to slepe in the day tyme I coulde not With all these and so great euyls all though I was so maystred that al men dispeyred my helth yet my good angel I beleue wylled me to tary and loke for somwhat And lo through the helpe of Guaiacum I am bolde nowe to lyue and to drawe brethe agayne Whiche mynde god gyue to all good men that they neuer ceasse to hope and truste As for me I repent my selfe in nothynge and i● by any meanes longe lyfe myght be graunted vnto me I haue greatte hope that I shulde lyue hoole sounde and lusty And of this disese and of the remedy of Guaiacum I haue wrytten these thynges that cam to my mind ●ery faythfully truely and as my lernyng wolde suffre me and here wold I make an ende if I thought it not necessary to admonysshe them that shall rede these thynges howe after this cure the sycke muste be ordered as touchynge the order and maner of theyr lyuynge which thynge I wyll performe and that breuely ¶ As touchynge the order of lyuyng after this cure is paste what is to be obserued Cap. xxvi I Gaue warnynge before that after this cure is paste and the pacient is departed owte of the cloyster of this medycyne wherin he was close kept he must vse consequently in his lyuing a certayne diet and order by the space of .iii. or at the lest .ii. hole monthes And nowe that we be come to the very propre place to entreate of the same thynge I say that it is so necessary to be done that who so euer hath recouered his helthe except he afterwardes take good hede dilygently obseruynge many thynges and lyue for a space vnder a certayne rule as though he were yet shut vp I say playnly that his helth shall not longe endure And therfore thre monethes are appoynted vnto suche as were eyther greattely consumed and lowe brought in theyr syckenes and hadde many issues and auoyded moche or els were sore hurt in theyr synowes and lymmes or be so weakened in their body that a lyttell tyme can not be sufficient to gether vp perfitely theyr cromes agayne And on the other side they that be stronge and not so farre gone nor broken vnto suche .ii. monethes after their settyng out ar inough as it is thought ●ut by cause I wolde prouyde surely for them that wyll folowe me I wyll aduyse them to obserue and kepe this prescrypte very longe and to begynne with they shall absteyne them selfes longe tyme frome the fl●shely acte Bycause they that be recouered through Guaiacum haue theyr bodyes very tender and vtterly weake as yet as thoughe they had bene lately newe borne And therfore if they shoulde haue the company of woman wherby the newe gotten strength is weake and grene and not yet ryped it wolde by and by dissolue and destroy the strengthe and myghtis of all the membres for euer And for as moche as the vse of carnall copulation bryngeth into perylle not one membre by hym selfe but al the hole bodye at one choppe What other thynge maye we saye he pretendeth that medleth carnally with women being so febled than wyllyngly to slee hym selfe or at the leste spedily to distroy his naturall strength and playnly caste his helthe away ¶ And if some be forbodden the companye of women whiche be neuer the lesse of good lykynge in body and haue no disease at all Howe moche ought they to auoyde and flee it that thus haue lost theyr helth myght and must labour al that they can to repayre the same agayne And if before .xiiii. yere of age none is stronge inough vnto that act bycause his strength is not full furnyshed to putte so ieoperdous a thynge in experience How thā ought be to beware and take hede that is thus nowe borne agayne and hathe so yonge and tender a body that he offer not hym selfe to be rashely plucked and torne before he haue receyued his strength and is well hardned therin ¶ The nexte poynte here vnto is this that thoughe they shall haue a gredye and sharpe appetite to meate beinge emptied with continuall hunger yet they muste resyste the same and as moche as maye be to behaue them selfe very soberly and scarsely in their fedynge And therfore they muste fyrst vse verye lyttell meate and afterwarde some what more goinge forth by lyttell and littell soo that there maye be a good space e● that they come to theyr olde custome of eatynge exercysynge them selfe softely begynnynge no newe thynge hastely or sodenly vtterly absteinyuge fro al wynes except it be fyrste delayed with moche water and be also of hit selfe smalle and of good sauour and clere and yet so very moderatly Let hym also that is cured be well fensed agaynst the violence of the ayer and specially in those tymes that be greuous with colde wynde and rayne orels let hym goo forth abrode verye seldome He maye take meate twyse a day but at euentyde very lytell and all that tyme he maye neuer folowe his appetite but muste auoyde fulnes as the greattest euyll that can be He muste also aboue all thynges forbeare fyshe and feade vpon yonge and tender flesshe suche as is of lyghte dygestion and nourysshethe purely whiche they be ye maye knowe by the phisitions teachynges And these thynges must haue place in the sayde two or .iii. monethes for other thynges whiche shall be further obserued maye be lerned more playnly in the thynges folowyng For nowe I wyll aduyse and monyshe with fewe wordes not onely theym that are recouered by Guaiacum but other as well from what so euer disease they be delyuered if they tender theyr good helthe and wellfare and desyre to be longe in prosperitie whatte thynges they shall folowe And here it is chiefely to be

noted howe be it al doth nowe knowe it that this one thynge is hit that maketh this sycknes to be verye greuous bycause there is great difficultie in dyetynge For whan this disease is ouercome it is not one onely that must be obserued in the order of our lyuynge but many thynges and dyuerse must be rekened vppon In so moche as what so euer thynges there be whether they be with or agaynst all the diseases whiche I sayde before folowed this syckenes he that is recouered must set them before hym endeuorynge him selfe with al diligence to obteyne them that make with hym and to anoyde them that be ageynst him Wherfore he must be alwayes very careful in his lyuyng that al thyng maye be done ordinatly Not with standynge if this medicine haue saued any there is for theym great comforte bycause they that are expert therof plainly thynke that after the pacientes haue ones receyued theyr helth the time of obseruation which foloweth this cure be past nothinge that is not contrary to theyr olde maner of lyuyng can putte them in any daunger soo that they vsed not before to lyue without order vtterly For that same order shal serue hym that is thus restored as shall serue theym that neuer had the sycknes Wherfore they thinke it not so moche to be regarded what a man eateth as howe moche he eateth And therfore no kynde of meate to be forborne no choise of meate to be hadde concernynge the qualitie of fedynge nothynge to be cared fore but that whiche is knowen to apperteygne to the commen conseruation of helthe and to the vniuersall auoydynge of all maladies and diseases Wherin that that Celsus teacheth perchance shall not be the leest whiche is that euerye man take hede leste whyle his bodye is in prosperitie the aydes and succour ageynst aduersite be consumed and wasted ¶ Helth is preserued as the same Celsus sayth by dyet by medicines by oyntynges by frictions and rubbynges by baynes by exercyse by caryage aboute by clere and pleasant readynge whiche thynges howe they ought to be considered fully and holle I leaue you to aske of hym Here wylle I breuely touche a fewe thynges and suche as apperteyne to dyete This I thynke they muste fede pleasauntely and moderately and take suche meates and drynkes as be of lyghtest dygestion For as Poule saythe The chiefest poynt of education is that the meate be suche as wyll lyhgtly dygeste and nourysshe well not slowe in digestynge nor clammye nor plentuous in superfluities and the drynke to be smalle wyne whyte pure and a lyttell delayde with water And Celsus saythe Se your meate be not fatty clammy nor wyndy And by his coūsell ye muste absteyne in all suche dyseases from all maner salte meates sharpe sowre and bytter For the same reason I thynke wherof I made mention before And Paule saythe In eatynge the greatteste faute is satietie and fulnes For all thoughe the bely digeste well yet the veynes to moche replenysshed labour soore they swelle they breake they be stopped and fylled with wynde and playne it is that the worst dyseases of all comme of sacie●ie He thynketh this onely to be auoyded that no man fylle him selfe And I iudge the same but not only for I wolde more ouer nothynge to be dressed deintuously nothynge to be ●auced curiously and that many dysshes of dyuerse kyndes be not sette before vs nother wyll as these ryche menne vse sixe or .vii. or sometyme .x. messes at one soupper to be broughte in For a manne wolde not beleue howe moche these thynges hurte not onely the stomacke but also the holle digestion And therfore I wil repete again this thing whiche is spoken of the same authore Varietie of meates is greattely to be auoyded specially whan contrarye operations and vertues be in them For whan they be soo thruste in they resist digestion and the same thinketh Galene and Auicene and as many as be of pure iudgement in phisicke ¶ Cato as Tully wryteth commandeth so moche meate and drynke to be receyued as may refresshe the strength and power of the body and not oppresse it Wherfore by the counsell of Xenophon we muste make for the most parte a small dyner that there may be a place for the supper ¶ Playnly this disease is of that sorte that Galenus thynketh to come of fulnes whiche thynge is thus to be vnderstande not that I thynke all that lyueth in surfetynge streight waye to be cast into the french pockes all thoughe suche shall not escape dyseases no not most greuous but if any haue ben vexed before with them and than healed eate and drynke intemperately he must nedes fal agayne into theym And therfore the meate that is receyued let it nother be dyuerse nor moche that the stomake be not loded and dygestion letted And agayne let it be as I monysshed easye in dygestynge Plinie sayth all maner sharpe meates all that is to moche and all that is hastely receyued be harde in workynge and harder in somer than in wynter and harder in age than in youthe ¶ It is wryten in Tully he that medleth not with exquysite meates looded tables and often cuppes shal not be combred with dronkennes rawnes of stomacke or dreames But for as moch as whan this cure is done we muste prouyde howe the bodye that hath hytherto benne emptyed and made leane may be brought ageyn vnto his olde state therfore peraduenture those meates muste be vsed that increace and fyll the body not with noyfull humours but suche as Celsus reherseth in the .iii. chapter of the fyrste boke ¶ Plinie also sayth The bodies growe and increace with sweate and fatte meates and with drynke they diminisshe and go downe with drye leane and colde meates thurst But this muste be wysely vnderstande for those thynges whiche I haue often before monysshed But seinge Galenus warnethe vs in all thynges to take hede to the bealy For what so euer sayth he is corrupted in that it is a cause of rot vnto al the body and so of diseases I thynke it best to take those drynkes and meates as Celsus teachethe which do both noryshe make the bely soft ¶ But if any through the dyuelles prouocation fyll hym selfe and lode his stomake with meate more than it is able to beare if he lyste to seke helpe by slepe let him here Plinie saying To dygest in slepe it maketh more for the corpulentes than the strengthe of the body And therfore the phisytions wolde haue the great fat wrastlers to make theyr digestion by walkynge But if he had leauer ease hym selfe by vomyt as many do counsell and Paule specially teacheth for throughe vomytes many euyls oftentymes haue ben stopped and withstande lette him rede his doctrine shewynge howe one maye lyghtly vomyt And if nother of these be regarded or to late proued than peraduenture he muste go to phisike whervnto if the sycke be compelled I can gyue hym none other commaundement but