Every man his own doctor in two parts, shewing I. how every one may know his own constitution by certain signs, also the nature and faculties of all food as well as meats as drinks ... : the second part shews the full knowledge and cure of the pox, running of the reins, gout, dropsie, scurvy, consumptions and obstructions, agues ... / written by John Archer.
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             Every man his own doctor in two parts, shewing I. how every one may know his own constitution by certain signs, also the nature and faculties of all food as well as meats as drinks ... : the second part shews the full knowledge and cure of the pox, running of the reins, gout, dropsie, scurvy, consumptions and obstructions, agues ... / written by John Archer.
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               Every
               MAN
               his
               own
               DOCTOR
               .
            
             
               In
               two
               PARTS
               .
            
             
               Shewing
               1.
               
               How
               every
               one
               may
               know
               his
               own
               Constitution
               and
               Complection
               ,
               by
               certain
               Signs
               .
               Also
               the
               Nature
               and
               Faculties
               of
               all
               Food
               as
               well
               Meats
               ,
               as
               drinks
               .
               Whereby
               every
               Man
               and
               Woman
               may
               understand
               what
               is
               good
               or
               hurtful
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               Treating
               also
               of
               Air
               ,
               Passions
               of
               Mind
               ,
               Exercise
               of
               Body
               ,
               Sleep
               ,
               Venery
               and
               Tobacco
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               The
               Second
               part
               shews
               the
               full
               knowledge
               and
               Cure
               of
               the
               Pox
               ,
               and
               
                 Running
                 of
                 the
                 Reins
                 ,
                 Gout
                 ,
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 Scurvy
                 ,
                 Consumptions
                 ,
              
               and
               Obstructions
               ,
               Agues
               .
            
             
               Shewing
               their
               causes
               and
               Signs
               ,
               and
               what
               danger
               any
               are
               in
               ,
               little
               or
               much
               ,
               and
               perfect
               Cure
               with
               small
               cost
               and
               no
               danger
               of
               Reputation
               .
            
             
               Written
               by
               
                 John
                 Archer
              
               Chymical
               Physitian
               in
               Ordinary
               to
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               Felix
               qui
               potuit
               Rerum
               Cognoscere
               Causas
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 Peter
                 Lillicrap
              
               for
               the
               Authour
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               by
               most
               Booksellers
               ,
               16●●
               .
            
             
             
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               COnsidering
               the
               great
               damage
               that
               comes
               upon
               most
               people
               daily
               by
               not
               knowing
               or
               not
               regarding
               there
               own
               Constitutions
               of
               body
               ,
               whereby
               they
               neglect
               the
               pretious
               Jewel
               of
               Health
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               Ignorance
               do
               live
               negligenly
               ,
               and
               Eat
               and
               Drink
               they
               care
               not
               what
               so
               it
               be
               good
               in
               it self
               ,
               thinking
               it
               cannot
               be
               bad
               for
               them
               so
               it
               please
               the
               Pallat
               ,
               but
               thereby
               many
               dig
               their
               Graves
               with
               their
               Teeth
               ,
               and
               cut
               off
               the
               thread
               of
               their
               lives
               sooner
               then
               is
               required
               by
               God
               or
               Nature
               ,
               besides
               their
               uncomfortable
               living
               in
               sickness
               and
               disease
               of
               body
               .
               Now
               for
               prevention
               I
               have
               to
               the
               benefit
               of
               all
               if
               perused
               ,
               writ
               this
               short
               Compendium
               ;
               Shewing
               how
               every
               one
               may
               know
               his
               own
               Complection
               ,
               and
               the
               Nature
               and
               Faculty
               of
               most
               Food
               now
               used
               in
               England
               ,
               whereby
               every
               Man
               may
               be
               his
               own
               Doctor
               in
               a
               Dietetical
               way
               which
               may
               prevent
               a
               Physical
               course
               ,
               and
               for
               such
               as
               are
               
               distempered
               or
               Diseased
               .
               I
               have
               mentioned
               some
               of
               the
               most
               dangerous
               Diseases
               now
               in
               being
               ,
               which
               with
               their
               knowledge
               and
               dangers
               ,
               are
               clearly
               laid
               down
               ,
               and
               their
               best
               cure
               faithfully
               propounded
               ,
               which
               experience
               will
               best
               testifie
               ,
               having
               pitty
               to
               all
               that
               are
               so
               ignorant
               ,
               that
               eat
               they
               know
               not
               what
               ,
               or
               that
               are
               diseased
               and
               know
               not
               how
               to
               be
               cured
               ,
               but
               with
               ruine
               to
               their
               Credit
               and
               Name
               .
               These
               Reasons
               made
               me
               publish
               this
               short
               tract
               ,
               for
               thy
               good
               that
               art
               willing
               and
               hast
               need
               of
               Advice
               least
               too
               late
               thou
               considerest
               .
            
             
               
                 J.
                 A.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Licensed
               and
               Entred
               according
               to
               Order
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Contents
               of
               this
               Book
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   FIrst
                   ,
                   The
                   Epistle
                   to
                   the
                   Reader
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     1.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   health
                   .
                   
                     page
                     1.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     2.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   best
                   temperature
                   .
                   
                     page
                     4.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     3.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   certain
                   Signs
                   to
                   know
                   your
                   Constitution
                   and
                   Complection
                   .
                   
                     page
                     6.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap
                     4.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   benefit
                   to
                   be
                   gathered
                   from
                   knowledge
                   of
                   our
                   own
                   Complection
                   .
                   
                     page
                     10.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     5.
                  
                   
                   Declaring
                   some
                   common
                   Axiomes
                   and
                   Maximes
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   in
                   preserving
                   of
                   health
                   .
                   
                     page
                     12.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     6.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   the
                   worth
                   of
                   Air
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   best
                   and
                   worst
                   Air
                   ,
                   also
                   difference
                   of
                   Air.
                   
                     page
                     14.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     7.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   Meat
                   or
                   Food
                   ,
                   shewing
                   the
                   difference
                   ,
                   also
                   the
                   best
                   and
                   worst
                   .
                   
                     page
                     23.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     8.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   Nature
                   and
                   Faculties
                   of
                   every
                   thing
                   we
                   eat
                   in
                   beasts
                   or
                   fowl
                   .
                   
                     page
                     26.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     9.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   Nature
                   and
                   variety
                   of
                   Fish
                   .
                   
                     page
                     40.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     10.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   Food
                   taken
                   from
                   living
                   creatures
                   ,
                   as
                   Milk
                   ,
                   Eggs
                   ,
                   Honey
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   .
                   
                     page
                     48.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     11.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   Food
                   from
                   plants
                   and
                   Vegetables
                   .
                   as
                   Corn
                   ,
                   Fruits
                   ,
                   Roots
                   ,
                   Herbs
                   .
                   
                     page
                     57.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     12.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   difference
                   of
                   drinks
                   ,
                   and
                   nature
                   of
                   Waters
                   ,
                   Wine
                   ,
                   Beer
                   ,
                   Ale
                   ,
                   Honey
                   drinks
                   ,
                   Coffee
                   and
                   Tobacco
                   ,
                   for
                   whom
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   .
                   
                     page
                     80.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     13.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   passions
                   of
                   the
                   mind
                   ,
                   and
                   exercise
                   and
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   sleep
                   ,
                   watchings
                   ,
                   excretions
                   ,
                   retentions
                   and
                   Venery
                   .
                   
                     page
                     96.
                  
                   
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Second
                 part
                 ▪
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     1.
                  
                   
                   THe
                   advertisement
                   .
                   
                     page
                     109.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     2.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   the
                   Pox.
                   
                     page
                     115.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     3.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   the
                   Signs
                   of
                   Infection
                   by
                   the
                   Fox
                   .
                   
                     page
                     118.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     4.
                  
                   
                   How
                   to
                   cure
                   the
                   Pox.
                   
                     page
                     120.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     5.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   how
                   to
                   cure
                   the
                   Running
                   of
                   the
                   Reins
                   or
                   weakness
                   of
                   Nature
                   .
                   
                     page
                     125.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     6.
                  
                   
                   Shews
                   how
                   to
                   know
                   and
                   cure
                   the
                   Scurvy
                   
                     page
                     129.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     7.
                  
                   
                   Treats
                   of
                   the
                   Gout
                   and
                   how
                   to
                   cure
                   .
                   
                     page
                     132.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap
                     8.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   the
                   different
                   Dropsies
                   ,
                   their
                   causes
                   and
                   cures
                   .
                   
                     page
                     135.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     9.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   an
                   Ague
                   or
                   Feaver
                   ,
                   what
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   to
                   cure
                   .
                   
                     page
                     137.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     10.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   a
                   Consumption
                   and
                   decays
                   of
                   strength
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   to
                   cure
                   .
                   
                     page
                     140.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     11.
                  
                   
                   Treating
                   of
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   Jaundies
                   ,
                   and
                   obstructions
                   ,
                   and
                   green
                   sickness
                   .
                   
                     page
                     146.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     12.
                  
                   
                   Of
                   the
                   prices
                   of
                   the
                   Medcines
                   that
                   cures
                   these
                   great
                   diseases
                   and
                   proper
                   for
                   all
                   Constitutions
                   .
                   
                     page
                     149.
                  
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Being
                   to
                   be
                   had
                   at
                   the
                   Authors
                   house
                   only
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               Every
               man
               his
               own
               Doctor
               .
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 I.
                 Of
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 Health
                 .
              
               
                 TO
                 preserve
                 health
                 when
                 present
                 and
                 to
                 Restore
                 if
                 lost
                 is
                 the
                 chief
                 end
                 of
                 Phisick
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 my
                 Main
                 design
                 in
                 this
                 small
                 tract
                 .
                 The
                 word
                 Medicina
                 being
                 derived
                 amedendo
                 that
                 is
                 healing
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 sick
                 doth
                 properly
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Theraputicall
                 part
                 only
                 ,
                 which
                 part
                 being
                 most
                 necessary
                 was
                 first
                 invented
                 yet
                 afterwards
                 when
                 that
                 part
                 was
                 added
                 which
                 shews
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 present
                 health
                 the
                 same
                 denomination
                 was
                 still
                 retained
                 and
                 is
                 now
                 
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 art
                 of
                 Phisick
                 ,
                 therefore
                 for
                 definition
                 Phisick
                 is
                 an
                 art
                 of
                 preserving
                 mans
                 health
                 when
                 present
                 and
                 restoreing
                 it
                 when
                 lost
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 posible
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 subject
                 of
                 Phisick
                 is
                 mans
                 body
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 obnoxious
                 to
                 diseases
                 ,
                 the
                 scope
                 or
                 end
                 of
                 Phisick
                 is
                 to
                 heal
                 —
                 although
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 cure
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 sick
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Physitian
                 hath
                 performed
                 his
                 office
                 if
                 he
                 hath
                 omitted
                 none
                 of
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 nature
                 and
                 art
                 .
              
               
                 Health
                 amongst
                 all
                 things
                 called
                 good
                 by
                 Mortals
                 is
                 most
                 desired
                 when
                 sick
                 ,
                 therefore
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 highly
                 prized
                 ,
                 when
                 in
                 well
                 being
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 may
                 not
                 only
                 be
                 acceptable
                 ,
                 but
                 very
                 profitable
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 sincerely
                 and
                 briefly
                 informed
                 how
                 to
                 keep
                 health
                 and
                 cure
                 themselves
                 ;
                 Especially
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 not
                 patience
                 to
                 read
                 voluminous
                 Authours
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 want
                 time
                 and
                 means
                 for
                 due
                 Regulation
                 and
                 Government
                 ;
                 although
                 we
                 have
                 an
                 old
                 Proverb
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 Man
                 is
                 a
                 Fool
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Physitian
                 at
                 forty
                 year
                 old
                 .
                 Which
                 saying
                 is
                 very
                 true
                 ,
                 my
                 meaning
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 Man
                 in
                 prudence
                 should
                 so
                 far
                 be
                 his
                 own
                 Doctor
                 as
                 rightly
                 to
                 know
                 his
                 own
                 Constitution
                 and
                 Complection
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 reasons
                 
                 for
                 the
                 Friendly
                 agreement
                 or
                 the
                 Antipathy
                 of
                 any
                 Food
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 end
                 he
                 ought
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 all
                 Meat
                 and
                 Drink
                 in
                 use
                 as
                 ordinary
                 Food
                 (
                 amongst
                 us
                 in
                 England
                 especially
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 The
                 aforesaid
                 knowledge
                 is
                 the
                 Hygenial
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 Rules
                 how
                 present
                 health
                 may
                 be
                 preserved
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 beware
                 not
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 a
                 Disease
                 ,
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 necessary
                 that
                 every
                 particular
                 Person
                 should
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 read
                 an
                 Anotomy
                 Lecture
                 upon
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Body
                 ,
                 nor
                 study
                 the
                 Nature
                 ,
                 differences
                 ,
                 causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 various
                 sorts
                 ,
                 nor
                 qualities
                 of
                 Purgative
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Man
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 pittied
                 that
                 eats
                 for
                 hunger
                 and
                 knows
                 not
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 what
                 he
                 Eats
                 ,
                 which
                 negligence
                 in
                 so
                 necessary
                 a
                 knowledge
                 hath
                 occasioned
                 much
                 Sickness
                 to
                 many
                 ,
                 and
                 Death
                 not
                 to
                 few
                 .
                 For
                 preventing
                 of
                 such
                 dangers
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 now
                 receive
                 brief
                 Rules
                 how
                 to
                 know
                 your
                 own
                 Constitution
                 and
                 Complection
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 Faculty
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Meat
                 ,
                 Drink
                 ,
                 or
                 sorts
                 of
                 Food
                 ,
                 now
                 used
                 in
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 To
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 every
                 Man
                 may
                 be
                 his
                 own
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 to
                 know
                 as
                 well
                 by
                 reason
                 as
                 experience
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 doth
                 
                 agree
                 with
                 my
                 Constitution
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 that
                 doth
                 not
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 first
                 I
                 understand
                 the
                 temperature
                 of
                 a
                 sound
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 all
                 living
                 Creatu●es
                 man
                 is
                 most
                 temperate
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 all
                 living
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 and
                 Food
                 and
                 Medicines
                 compared
                 to
                 man
                 are
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 hotter
                 ,
                 Colder
                 ,
                 moister
                 ,
                 or
                 dryer
                 ,
                 though
                 man
                 be
                 not
                 absolutely
                 temperate
                 for
                 common
                 sense
                 tells
                 us
                 that
                 heat
                 in
                 man
                 is
                 predominant
                 over
                 the
                 other
                 qualities
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 II.
                 Shews
                 the
                 best
                 Temperature
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 best
                 temperature
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 perform
                 his
                 actions
                 ,
                 is
                 hot
                 and
                 moist
                 ,
                 for
                 our
                 lives
                 consist
                 o●
                 heat
                 and
                 moisture
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 contrary
                 Coldness
                 and
                 Dryness
                 leads
                 us
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 how
                 much
                 sooner
                 a
                 man
                 is
                 cooled
                 and
                 dryed
                 ,
                 by
                 so
                 much
                 sooner
                 a
                 man
                 grows
                 old
                 and
                 dyes
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 heat
                 and
                 moisture
                 have
                 their
                 degrees
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 the
                 
                 heat
                 exceed
                 the
                 cold
                 ,
                 the
                 moisture
                 ,
                 the
                 drowth
                 ,
                 moderately
                 that
                 temper
                 is
                 best
                 and
                 accounted
                 temperate
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 others
                 differing
                 from
                 this
                 ,
                 are
                 called
                 either
                 hot
                 and
                 moist
                 ,
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 cold
                 and
                 moist
                 ,
                 cold
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 though
                 all
                 in
                 general
                 are
                 hot
                 and
                 moist
                 ,
                 these
                 Temperaments
                 are
                 commonly
                 explained
                 by
                 these
                 differing
                 Names
                 ▪
                 of
                 
                   Sanguine
                   ,
                   Cholerick
                   ,
                   Plegmatick
                
                 and
                 Melancholly
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 und●rstood
                 of
                 the
                 variety
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Nutriment
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 and
                 not
                 of
                 Extrementitious
                 humours
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 some
                 Signs
                 how
                 and
                 whereby
                 you
                 may
                 judge
                 your
                 Complections
                 according
                 to
                 Senertus
                 ,
                 and
                 whether
                 you
                 differ
                 from
                 the
                 best
                 Constitution
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 III.
                 Of
                 Signs
                 to
                 know
                 your
                 Constitution
                 or
                 Complection
                 .
              
               
                 FIrst
                 bodies
                 which
                 are
                 too
                 hot
                 ,
                 yet
                 moderate
                 in
                 dryness
                 and
                 humidity
                 ,
                 such
                 discover
                 themselves
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 touch
                 Hair
                 abounds
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 inclining
                 to
                 yellow
                 and
                 thick
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 thinner
                 as
                 to
                 m●tter
                 o●
                 Fat
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 swift
                 and
                 strong
                 for
                 motion
                 ,
                 prone
                 to
                 anger
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 the
                 Face
                 is
                 r●dder
                 then
                 of
                 a
                 temperate
                 body
                 they
                 are
                 easily
                 hurt
                 by
                 hot
                 things
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Signs
                   of
                   a
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   Constitution
                   ,
                   viz.
                   Cholerick
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   moisture
                   be
                   joyned
                   to
                   heat
                   which
                   they
                   call
                   Cholerick
                   the
                   body
                   shall
                   be
                   hot
                   ,
                   
                   hard
                   ,
                   thin
                   ,
                   and
                   lean
                   ,
                   hairy
                   and
                   the
                   hairs
                   are
                   black
                   curled
                   ,
                   the
                   pulse
                   of
                   the
                   Arteries
                   are
                   great
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   veins
                   great
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   angry
                   persons
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   endued
                   with
                   such
                   a
                   temperature
                   obstinate
                   lovers
                   of
                   Brawlings
                   they
                   desire
                   few
                   things
                   they
                   are
                   fit
                   for
                   the
                   generation
                   of
                   males
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Signs
                   of
                   a
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   Sanguine
                   Constitution
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   moisture
                   be
                   joyned
                   to
                   heat
                   which
                   Temperament
                   they
                   call
                   Sanguine
                   the
                   bodies
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   hot
                   and
                   soft
                   abounding
                   with
                   much
                   blood
                   fleshy
                   indued
                   with
                   large
                   veins
                   and
                   those
                   which
                   are
                   so
                   in
                   their
                   youth
                   often
                   have
                   the
                   Hemorrhoides
                   ,
                   or
                   bleeding
                   at
                   the
                   Nose
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   humidity
                   abound
                   they
                   are
                   apt
                   from
                   their
                   youth
                   to
                   Diseases
                   of
                   putrifaction
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Signs
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   Constitution
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   body
                   be
                   too
                   cold
                   ,
                   such
                   a
                   body
                   is
                   perceived
                   by
                   the
                   touch
                   and
                   is
                   white
                   ,
                   fat
                   ,
                   slow
                   ,
                   soft
                   and
                   bald
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   easily
                   hurt
                   by
                   cold
                   things
                   ,
                   it
                   hath
                   a
                   narrow
                   breast
                   without
                   hair
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   narrow
                   veins
                   ,
                   scarcely
                   appearing
                   ,
                   the
                   h●irs
                   thin
                   and
                   of
                   small
                   increase
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   f●arful
                   that
                   are
                   of
                   that
                   Temperament
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Signs
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   Phlegmatick
                   Constitution
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   moisture
                   be
                   joyned
                   to
                   the
                   cold
                   not
                   much
                   ,
                   nor
                   that
                   coldness
                   great
                   ,
                   the
                   body
                   shall
                   be
                   white
                   in
                   colour
                   ,
                   fat
                   ,
                   thick
                   ,
                   soft
                   ,
                   reddish
                   Hair
                   ,
                   inclining
                   to
                   palen●ss
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   the
                   frigidi●y
                   with
                   the
                   ●umidity
                   be
                   more
                   intense
                   the
                   body
                   shall
                   be
                   th●ck
                   ,
                   coloured
                   yellow
                   ,
                   exceeding
                   bald
                   ,
                   the
                   hair
                   smooth
                   ,
                   the
                   vein●
                   lying
                   hid
                   ,
                   ●uc●
                   ●emp●raments
                   are
                   dull
                   and
                   slow
                   of
                   app●ehension
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   altogether
                   ●ol●
                   ,
                   no
                   ways
                   ready
                   ,
                   simple
                   ,
                   no●
                   prone
                   to
                   anger
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   that
                   any
                   sca●c●ly
                   may
                   be
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   a
                   simple
                   Com
                   〈…〉
                   l●ction
                   ,
                   without
                   mixture
                   of
                   som●
                   other
                   ,
                   neither
                   do
                   any
                   abide
                   long
                   what
                   they
                   are
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Of
                   a
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   Melancholly
                   Complection
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   Frigidity
                   be
                   joyned
                   to
                   dryness
                   ,
                   such
                   a
                   body
                   is
                   discerned
                   by
                   the
                   touch
                   ,
                   those
                   shall
                   be
                   lean
                   ,
                   bald
                   ,
                   pale
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   of
                   such
                   a
                   constitution
                   ,
                   slow
                   in
                   motion
                   ,
                   dejected
                   in
                   countenance
                   with
                   their
                   eyes
                   fixed
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   Melancholians
                   in
                   particular
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   whom
                   the
                   vulgar
                   ,
                   but
                   whom
                   Aristotle
                   in
                   the
                   thirty
                   Section
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   first
                   probleme
                   accounts
                   ingenious
                   ,
                   wherein
                   the
                   said
                   Aristotle
                   writes
                   that
                   much
                   and
                   cold
                   Choller
                   is
                   black
                   ,
                   such
                   are
                   foolish
                   and
                   idle
                   :
                   Wherein
                   there
                   is
                   much
                   and
                   hot
                   Choller
                   ,
                   those
                   are
                   quick-sighted
                   and
                   ingenious
                   ,
                   apt
                   to
                   love
                   ,
                   propense
                   to
                   anger
                   and
                   lust
                   .
                
                 
                   Some
                   great
                   Bablers
                   —
                   but
                   those
                   whose
                   heat
                   is
                   more
                   remiss
                   ,
                   more
                   temperate
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   reduced
                   to
                   Mediocrity
                   ,
                   those
                   are
                   more
                   prudent
                   ,
                   and
                   although
                   they
                   less
                   exceed
                   in
                   some
                   matters
                   ,
                   yet
                   in
                   others
                   th●y
                   are
                   far
                   better
                   then
                   the
                   others
                   ,
                   some
                   in
                   the
                   study
                   of
                   Literature
                   ,
                   others
                   in
                   Arts
                   ,
                   others
                   in
                   Common-wealths
                   ;
                   namely
                   those
                   Melancholians
                   are
                   ingenious
                   ,
                   who
                   by
                   nature
                   abound
                   
                   with
                   good
                   and
                   plenty
                   of
                   blood
                   ,
                   wherewith
                   some
                   part
                   thicker
                   and
                   dryer
                   is
                   mingled
                   ;
                   which
                   adds
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   strength
                   to
                   the
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   attenuated
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   poured
                   it
                   is
                   spiritual
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 IV.
                 The
                 Benefit
                 to
                 be
                 gathered
                 from
                 knowledge
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Complection
                 .
              
               
                 BY
                 comparing
                 what
                 is
                 already
                 said
                 to
                 the
                 present
                 Temperament
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 bodies
                 we
                 may
                 find
                 a
                 certain
                 agreement
                 with
                 them
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Temperaments
                 described
                 which
                 known
                 and
                 well
                 considered
                 it
                 will
                 prove
                 of
                 no
                 small
                 value
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 desire
                 health
                 ,
                 or
                 Wisdom
                 ;
                 for
                 we
                 say
                 
                   premonitus
                   premunitus
                
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 know
                 by
                 the
                 fore-written
                 Signs
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 Chollerick
                 person
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 resolvedly
                 beware
                 the
                 evils
                 of
                 that
                 Temperament
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 body
                 and
                 mind
                 
                 as
                 knowing
                 my
                 inclination
                 to
                 quarrels
                 ,
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 anger
                 ,
                 fightings
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   I
                
                 will
                 bridle
                 Nature
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 truly
                 said
                 .
                 
                   Mores
                   sequntur
                   humores
                
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 humours
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 so
                 are
                 the
                 conditions
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 for
                 Food
                 ,
                 knowing
                 my
                 Temperament
                 to
                 be
                 hot
                 and
                 Cholerick
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 avoid
                 those
                 things
                 in
                 meat
                 and
                 drink
                 that
                 increase
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 things
                 that
                 do
                 allay
                 and
                 cool
                 heat
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 a
                 Phlegmatick
                 person
                 ought
                 to
                 avoid
                 cold
                 and
                 moist
                 things
                 especially
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 meat
                 ,
                 and
                 drink
                 ,
                 therefore
                 his
                 drink
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 more
                 strong
                 ,
                 and
                 Food
                 hotter
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 drying
                 then
                 the
                 person
                 that
                 is
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 already
                 —
                 For
                 the
                 person
                 being
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 correct
                 his
                 heat
                 with
                 cooling
                 and
                 moistning
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Melancholly
                 man
                 who
                 is
                 cold
                 and
                 dry
                 ought
                 to
                 take
                 Food
                 both
                 healing
                 and
                 moistning
                 .
                 So
                 Sympathy
                 and
                 Antipathy
                 must
                 be
                 observed
                 in
                 Physick
                 rules
                 for
                 preservation
                 of
                 health
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 truly
                 said
                 
                   Contrariae
                   Contrariis
                   Gurantur
                
                 ,
                 all
                 Remedies
                 are
                 performed
                 by
                 their
                 contraries
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 V.
                 Some
                 common
                 Axiomes
                 and
                 Maximes
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 observed
                 in
                 the
                 method
                 of
                 preserving
                 of
                 health
                 ▪
                 as
                 ,
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 NAture
                 doth
                 nothing
                 rashly
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Too
                 much
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 is
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 Nature
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Nature
                 is
                 the
                 Physitian
                 of
                 Diseases
                 but
                 the
                 Physitian
                 is
                 the
                 servant
                 of
                 Nature
                 and
                 ought
                 to
                 imitate
                 her
                 she
                 acting
                 aright
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Custome
                 is
                 a
                 second
                 Nature
                 and
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 he
                 are
                 accustomed
                 to
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 though
                 worse
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 less
                 troublesome
                 then
                 those
                 things
                 we
                 are
                 not
                 used
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   health
                   .
                
                 
                   DOctrine
                   for
                   health
                   is
                   comprehended
                   in
                   these
                   2
                   parts
                   ,
                   viz.
                   
                
                 
                   Materials
                   of
                   health
                   or
                   wholesome
                   causes
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   A
                   knowledge
                   necessary
                   for
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   health
                   teaching
                   how
                   things
                   called
                   Non-Natural
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   for
                   the
                   keeping
                   men
                   in
                   health
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   comprehended
                   under
                   the
                   notion
                   of
                   things
                   Non-Natural
                   ,
                   and
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   ordered
                   into
                   four
                   Ranks
                   .
                   as
                   ,
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       First
                       ,
                       Those
                       things
                       which
                       are
                       taken
                       in
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       S●condly
                       ,
                       Those
                       things
                       which
                       are
                       carried
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Thirdly
                       ,
                       Those
                       things
                       which
                       are
                       emitted
                       and
                       Retained
                       .
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                       Fourthly
                       ,
                       What
                       befalls
                       the
                       body
                       by
                       accident
                       .
                       as
                       ,
                       
                         
                           Of
                           Air
                           ,
                        
                         
                           Meat
                           and
                           Drink
                           ,
                        
                         
                           Passion
                           of
                           the
                           mind
                           ,
                        
                         
                           Motion
                           ,
                           and
                           exercise
                           of
                           body
                           ,
                        
                         
                           Rest
                           ,
                           Sleep
                           and
                           Watching
                           ,
                        
                         
                           Venery
                           ,
                           excretions
                           and
                           Retentions
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 VI.
                 Of
                 Air.
                 
              
               
                 AIr
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 worthy
                 Element
                 for
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 Life
                 in
                 every
                 creature
                 ,
                 nay
                 the
                 other
                 Elements
                 subsist
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 example
                 fire
                 is
                 extinguished
                 if
                 you
                 keep
                 Air
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 water
                 putrifies
                 and
                 stinks
                 if
                 Air
                 comes
                 not
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 very
                 Earth
                 brings
                 forth
                 nothing
                 to
                 maturity
                 ,
                 without
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Therefore
                 we
                 may
                 well
                 give
                 precedency
                 to
                 its
                 worth
                 in
                 discourse
                 .
                 The
                 Air
                 affects
                 our
                 bodies
                 two
                 wayes
                 ,
                 viz.
                 Extrinsecally
                 as
                 it
                 insinuates
                 through
                 the
                 pores
                 of
                 the
                 skin
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 attracted
                 by
                 inspiration
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 force
                 upon
                 our
                 bodies
                 and
                 impresseth
                 its
                 quality
                 whether
                 good
                 or
                 bad
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 all
                 writers
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   best
                   air
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   best
                   Air
                   is
                   temperate
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   primary
                   quallities
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   pure
                   and
                   infected
                   ,
                   with
                   no
                   pollutions
                   but
                   is
                   Serene
                   ,
                   moved
                   or
                   stirred
                   with
                   the
                   Winds
                   ,
                   breathing
                   sweetly
                   with
                   pleasant
                   Gales
                   and
                   sometimes
                   moistned
                   with
                   wholesome
                   showers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Corrupt
                   air
                   ▪
                
                 
                   On
                   the
                   contrary
                   that
                   Air
                   is
                   vitious
                   which
                   is
                   infected
                   with
                   exhalations
                   and
                   vitious
                   vapours
                   breaking
                   forth
                   on
                   every
                   side
                   ,
                   or
                   is
                   compassed
                   with
                   marish
                   or
                   standing
                   waters
                   after
                   what
                   manner
                   soever
                   it
                   be
                   impure
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   cannot
                   be
                   purified
                   by
                   the
                   blowing
                   of
                   Winds
                   ,
                   that
                   Air
                   which
                   is
                   troubled
                   ,
                   or
                   too
                   Hot
                   ,
                   or
                   too
                   Cold
                   ,
                   too
                   Dry
                   ,
                   or
                   too
                   moist
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Constitution
                   of
                   air
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   Constitution
                   of
                   Air
                   may
                   be
                   polluted
                   
                   though
                   divers
                   causes
                   ,
                   first
                   the
                   Constitution
                   of
                   the
                   Air
                   depends
                   on
                   the
                   scituation
                   and
                   nature
                   of
                   places
                   for
                   some
                   Regions
                   are
                   hotter
                   then
                   others
                   ,
                   others
                   colder
                   ,
                   for
                   by
                   how
                   much
                   the
                   more
                   any
                   Regions
                   receive
                   the
                   direct
                   beams
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   how
                   much
                   the
                   longer
                   the
                   Sun
                   remains
                   above
                   their
                   Horizon
                   ,
                   by
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   Country
                   is
                   more
                   hot
                   ,
                   the
                   contrary
                   Reasons
                   make
                   it
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   Colder
                   ,
                   yet
                   this
                   cause
                   only
                   doth
                   not
                   suffice
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   the
                   same
                   Constitution
                   of
                   Air
                   in
                   all
                   the
                   inhabitants
                   under
                   the
                   same
                   Latitude
                   for
                   these
                   ten
                   Reasons
                   .
                   First
                   the
                   mold
                   and
                   proper
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   conduceth
                   to
                   the
                   Constitution
                   and
                   Temperature
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   wherein
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   what
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   Ground
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   Fat
                   ,
                   Dirty
                   ,
                   Filthy
                   ,
                   Gravelly
                   ,
                   Stony
                   ,
                   Sandy
                   .
                
                 
                   Whether
                   the
                   place
                   be
                   high
                   ,
                   or
                   low
                   ,
                   what
                   scituation
                   there
                   is
                   of
                   Mountains
                   and
                   Valleys
                   ,
                   what
                   Winds
                   it
                   often
                   admits
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   what
                   Climates
                   ,
                   whether
                   the
                   Sea
                   or
                   any
                   Lakes
                   be
                   near
                   it
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   brings
                   forth
                   mettals
                   from
                   whence
                   malignant
                   air
                   may
                   be
                   exhaled
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Scituation
                   of
                   Mountains
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Mountains
                   also
                   change
                   the
                   Constitution
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   according
                   as
                   the
                   blowing
                   of
                   certain
                   winds
                   drive
                   away
                   and
                   admit
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   Mountains
                   drive
                   away
                   the
                   North
                   wind
                   ,
                   but
                   admit
                   the
                   South
                   wind
                   ,
                   it
                   comes
                   to
                   pass
                   that
                   the
                   air
                   is
                   hotter
                   and
                   moister
                   ,
                   the
                   contrary
                   makes
                   the
                   place
                   colder
                   and
                   dryer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Winds
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   different
                   winds
                   bring
                   forth
                   great
                   Mutations
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Oriental
                   or
                   East
                   winds
                   are
                   more
                   temperate
                   ,
                   also
                   the
                   Occidental
                   or
                   West
                   ,
                   but
                   these
                   are
                   moister
                   ,
                   the
                   Northern
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   power
                   to
                   bind
                   bodies
                   and
                   dry
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   Southern
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   therefore
                   as
                   the
                   Region
                   or
                   Scituation
                   is
                   more
                   or
                   less
                   disposed
                   to
                   this
                   or
                   that
                   wind
                   ,
                   so
                   it
                   obtains
                   this
                   or
                   that
                   Constitution
                   of
                   air
                   ,
                   but
                   generaly
                   Countrys
                   exposed
                   to
                   the
                   Oriental
                   
                   Sun
                   are
                   more
                   wholesome
                   then
                   those
                   which
                   are
                   exposed
                   to
                   the
                   Septentrional
                   or
                   North
                   winds
                   ,
                   and
                   hot
                   winds
                   are
                   more
                   wholesome
                   then
                   those
                   which
                   are
                   exposed
                   to
                   the
                   West
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Sea
                   and
                   Lakes
                
                 
                   The
                   Vicinity
                   to
                   the
                   Sea
                   and
                   Lakes
                   conduce
                   much
                   to
                   the
                   peculiar
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   unless
                   interjected
                   Mountains
                   prohibit
                   ,
                   for
                   from
                   moist
                   places
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   many
                   exhalations
                   are
                   drawn
                   up
                   ,
                   which
                   mingle
                   themselves
                   with
                   air
                   and
                   moisten
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   indeed
                   the
                   humidity
                   will
                   be
                   increased
                   if
                   the
                   Sea
                   or
                   Lake
                   be
                   scituated
                   on
                   the
                   South
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   towards
                   the
                   North
                   fridigity
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   5.
                   
                   Metallick
                   Pits
                   or
                   Mines
                   .
                
                 
                   Mines
                   generally
                   communicate
                   their
                   malignant
                   smell
                   and
                   vapou●s
                   to
                   the
                   neighbouring
                   places
                   ,
                   also
                   Caves
                   exhale
                   venemous
                   air
                   ,
                   also
                   Woods
                   that
                   are
                   too
                   
                   thick
                   hinder
                   the
                   light
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   and
                   Moon
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   motion
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Times
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   .
                
                 
                   Indeed
                   the
                   seasons
                   of
                   the
                   Yeer
                   change
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   which
                   Astronomers
                   constitute
                   equall
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   motion
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   ,
                   and
                   Zodiack
                   ,
                   being
                   divided
                   into
                   four
                   parts
                   but
                   Physitians
                   regard
                   these
                   times
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   temper
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   ,
                   and
                   call
                   that
                   the
                   Spring
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   constitution
                   of
                   the
                   air
                   is
                   more
                   temperate
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   grow
                   neither
                   stiff
                   with
                   cold
                   nor
                   sweat
                   with
                   heat
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   Summer
                   when
                   the
                   same
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   Winter
                   when
                   it
                   is
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   neither
                   do
                   they
                   appoint
                   these
                   seasons
                   to
                   be
                   equal
                   in
                   all
                   Countries
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   7.
                   
                   The
                   Spring
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Spring
                   being
                   the
                   most
                   temperate
                   ,
                   or
                   as
                   Hypocrates
                   calls
                   it
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   when
                   calidity
                   moderately
                   overcomes
                   frigidity
                   ,
                   and
                   humidity
                   moderately
                   exceeds
                   
                   driness
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   wholesome
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   ,
                   and
                   although
                   diseases
                   are
                   generated
                   (
                   or
                   rather
                   shews
                   themselves
                   )
                   in
                   the
                   spring
                   time
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   spring
                   of
                   its
                   self
                   doth
                   not
                   produce
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   vitious
                   humors
                   which
                   are
                   gathered
                   together
                   in
                   the
                   Winter
                   time
                   are
                   driven
                   out
                   in
                   the
                   spring
                   by
                   the
                   heat
                   o●
                   the
                   Sun
                   ,
                   and
                   Planets
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   8.
                   
                   The
                   Summer
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   quarter
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   ergo
                   makes
                   bodies
                   more
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   purifies
                   and
                   disolves
                   and
                   renders
                   them
                   weaker
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   heat
                   ,
                   it
                   attenuates
                   humours
                   and
                   kindles
                   them
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   Cholorick
                   and
                   Acrimonius
                   humors
                   are
                   accumulated
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   9.
                   
                   Autmne
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Season
                   is
                   mixed
                   with
                   cold
                   and
                   heat
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   mornings
                   and
                   evenings
                   are
                   cold
                   ,
                   the
                   midle
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   day
                   hot
                   ,
                   its
                   
                   Constitution
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   Reason
                   of
                   its
                   inequality
                   in
                   Air
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   obnoxious
                   to
                   Diseases
                   ,
                   and
                   blood
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   is
                   diminished
                   by
                   Reason
                   of
                   approach
                   of
                   cold
                   Winter
                   makes
                   it
                   dangerous
                   to
                   Phlebotomise
                   but
                   upon
                   necessity
                   ,
                   for
                   now
                   Melancholly
                   abound
                   bodyes
                   are
                   thickned
                   by
                   the
                   Retiring
                   of
                   Blood
                   and
                   Spirits
                   which
                   causeth
                   the
                   pores
                   to
                   close
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   10.
                   
                   Winter
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   the
                   Frigidity
                   of
                   the
                   Air
                   with
                   moisture
                   makes
                   Flegm
                   abounds
                   and
                   procures
                   
                     Catarrhs
                     ,
                     Distillations
                  
                   ,
                   Rotten
                   Coughs
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   the
                   Seasons
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   are
                   variable
                   and
                   uncertain
                   it
                   makes
                   the
                   Air
                   corrupt
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   means
                   divers
                   Diseases
                   are
                   Reigning
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   various
                   Constitution
                   of
                   the
                   different
                   seasons
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   most
                   healthful
                   air
                   and
                   place
                   ▪
                
                 
                   From
                   what
                   we
                   have
                   said
                   it
                   is
                   evident
                   that
                   those
                   places
                   ,
                   dwellings
                   ,
                   Countries
                   
                   and
                   Region
                   are
                   most
                   wholesome
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Air
                   is
                   temperate
                   ,
                   the
                   Spring
                   temperate
                   ,
                   the
                   heat
                   of
                   Summer
                   sufficient
                   to
                   ripen
                   Corn
                   ,
                   and
                   Fruit
                   ,
                   Autumn
                   Colder
                   ,
                   Winter
                   Cold
                   ,
                   yet
                   not
                   offending
                   our
                   bodies
                   with
                   extreams
                   ,
                   also
                   a
                   Fruitful
                   Soil
                   ,
                   men
                   comely
                   of
                   Body
                   ,
                   well
                   coloured
                   in
                   the
                   Face
                   ,
                   Laudable
                   in
                   their
                   manners
                   ,
                   and
                   joyful
                   in
                   their
                   prosperous
                   health
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Ingenious
                   in
                   invention
                   ,
                   to
                   all
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   added
                   valour
                   ,
                   which
                   not
                   only
                   is
                   seen
                   in
                   Men
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   well
                   in
                   other
                   Creatures
                   here
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Mastiff
                   Dog
                   ,
                   and
                   cock
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   no
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   can
                   parallel
                   ,
                   being
                   no
                   small
                   argument
                   of
                   the
                   excellent
                   Temperature
                   of
                   the
                   Air
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   for
                   by
                   experience
                   their
                   valour
                   declines
                   in
                   a
                   few
                   years
                   ,
                   being
                   transported
                   to
                   other
                   Countries
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 VII
                 .
                 Of
                 Meat
                 ,
                 or
                 Food
                 .
              
               
                 HAving
                 now
                 finished
                 our
                 discourse
                 of
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 we
                 choose
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 sufficient
                 without
                 good
                 Food
                 ,
                 therefore
                 having
                 already
                 shewed
                 how
                 all
                 may
                 know
                 their
                 own
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 and
                 Complections
                 ,
                 and
                 goodness
                 of
                 Air
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 necessary
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 place
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 nature
                 ,
                 temper
                 ,
                 and
                 vertue
                 of
                 most
                 Food
                 is
                 now
                 used
                 in
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 whereby
                 every
                 man
                 may
                 easily
                 see
                 and
                 know
                 by
                 comparing
                 it
                 with
                 his
                 Constitution
                 what
                 is
                 Friendly
                 and
                 healthful
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 wherein
                 in
                 it
                 is
                 inimical
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 know
                 that
                 all
                 Aliment
                 as
                 Meat
                 ,
                 and
                 Drink
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 our
                 bodies
                 is
                 renewed
                 and
                 strengthned
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 vertue
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 our
                 bodies
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 true
                 
                 saying
                 in
                 a
                 sense
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 our selves
                 have
                 had
                 our selves
                 upon
                 our
                 trenchers
                 .
              
               
                 Food
                 properly
                 so
                 called
                 is
                 to
                 nourish
                 our
                 bodies
                 if
                 Medicinal
                 to
                 alter
                 our
                 bodies
                 .
                 But
                 Food
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 two
                 things
                 ,
                 viz.
                 From
                 the
                 animal
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 or
                 Vegitable
                 ,
                 all
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 proceed
                 from
                 living
                 creatures
                 are
                 either
                 parts
                 of
                 animals
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 proceed
                 from
                 them
                 as
                 Eggs
                 ,
                 Milk
                 ,
                 Honey
                 ,
                 Butter
                 ,
                 Cheese
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Difference
                   of
                   Food
                   .
                
                 
                   Many
                   things
                   there
                   are
                   for
                   the
                   Aliment
                   and
                   Food
                   of
                   man
                   ,
                   and
                   great
                   is
                   the
                   difference
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   Nourishment
                   ,
                   for
                   some
                   are
                   very
                   good
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   ill
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   Juice
                   ,
                   some
                   are
                   of
                   easie
                   concoction
                   ,
                   others
                   hard
                   to
                   be
                   concocted
                   again
                   ,
                   some
                   will
                   corrupt
                   easily
                   in
                   the
                   Stomack
                   ,
                   other
                   some
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   best
                   Food
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   best
                   m●at
                   yeild
                   plenty
                   of
                   nourishm●nt
                   ,
                   is
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   not
                   quickly
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   nor
                   hath
                   an
                   ill
                   quality
                   and
                   there
                   remains
                   after
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   few
                   excrements
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   contrary
                   are
                   unwholesome
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   leaves
                   an
                   ill
                   Juice
                   and
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   is
                   the
                   worst
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Firm
                   Food
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   Aliment
                   which
                   brings
                   forth
                   much
                   nourishment
                   is
                   accounted
                   firm
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   requires
                   much
                   strength
                   of
                   heat
                   for
                   concoction
                   .
                   But
                   that
                   is
                   in
                   firm
                   which
                   is
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   nourisheth
                   ,
                   but
                   affords
                   but
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   that
                   is
                   soon
                   dispersed
                   and
                   after
                   it
                   the
                   Stomack
                   soon
                   calleth
                   for
                   more
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 IV.
                 Of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 every
                 Food
                 we
                 Eat
                 .
              
               
                 ANd
                 because
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 people
                 of
                 all
                 qualities
                 do
                 commonly
                 Feed
                 upon
                 what
                 comes
                 to
                 Table
                 ,
                 be
                 it
                 what
                 it
                 will
                 ,
                 without
                 considering
                 the
                 Nature
                 or
                 qualities
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 or
                 agreement
                 ,
                 or
                 disagreement
                 to
                 their
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 do
                 but
                 please
                 the
                 pallat
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 divers
                 have
                 and
                 do
                 dig
                 their
                 Graves
                 with
                 their
                 Teeth
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 very
                 necessary
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 should
                 understand
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 property
                 of
                 his
                 daily
                 Food
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 his
                 own
                 Constitution
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 by
                 doing
                 himself
                 right
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 truly
                 become
                 his
                 own
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 thing
                 I
                 aim
                 at
                 
                 for
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 all
                 good
                 people
                 ,
                 for
                 without
                 doubt
                 ,
                 daily
                 experience
                 upon
                 a
                 Man
                 's
                 own
                 body
                 by
                 help
                 of
                 sensation
                 may
                 soon
                 make
                 him
                 (
                 if
                 observant
                 to
                 these
                 small
                 Rules
                 the
                 wisest
                 Doctor
                 living
                 in
                 a
                 Diatetical
                 way
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 by
                 preventing
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 not
                 need
                 so
                 frequent
                 use
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 which
                 many
                 are
                 forced
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 to
                 detair
                 you
                 no
                 longer
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 first
                 begin
                 with
                 Flesh
                 Meat
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 to
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 for
                 your
                 first
                 dish
                 ,
                 and
                 generally
                 approved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Beef
                   .
                
                 
                   Beef
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   which
                   is
                   English
                   bred
                   and
                   fed
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   great
                   difference
                   in
                   this
                   sort
                   of
                   meat
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   others
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   thick
                   ,
                   flesh
                   ,
                   it
                   doth
                   not
                   easily
                   pass
                   through
                   the
                   Veins
                   ,
                   it
                   doth
                   not
                   participate
                   of
                   viscidity
                   of
                   slymyness
                   ,
                   the
                   frequent
                   use
                   thereof
                   causeth
                   dry
                   and
                   melancholly
                   humours
                   ,
                   without
                   exercise
                   and
                   labour
                   of
                   body
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   old
                   Cow
                   Beef
                   ,
                   or
                   Oxe
                   Beef
                   ,
                   that
                   with
                   labour
                   and
                   much
                   working
                   hath
                   contracted
                   dryness
                   and
                   
                   hardness
                   of
                   Flesh
                   or
                   is
                   hardned
                   with
                   Salt
                   and
                   Smoak
                   .
                   But
                   above
                   all
                   meats
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   profitable
                   for
                   laborious
                   people
                   being
                   not
                   easily
                   passed
                   away
                   ,
                   and
                   gives
                   much
                   strength
                   where
                   it
                   is
                   concocted
                   by
                   labor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Veal
                   .
                
                 
                   Veel
                   is
                   temperate
                   and
                   tender
                   ,
                   though
                   something
                   Waterish
                   ,
                   if
                   throughly
                   Roasted
                   ,
                   affords
                   good
                   Juyce
                   ,
                   of
                   a
                   pleasant
                   taste
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   a
                   thicker
                   Juyce
                   then
                   Lamb
                   ,
                   or
                   Mutton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mutton
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   beff
                   Mutton
                   is
                   Weather
                   the
                   younger
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   meat
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   generates
                   good
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   agrees
                   both
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   well
                   and
                   also
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   sick
                   .
                   —
                   But
                   Ewe
                   mutton
                   is
                   evil
                   both
                   by
                   default
                   of
                   the
                   temperature
                   and
                   by
                   frequenting
                   of
                   Copulation
                   and
                   bringing
                   forth
                   young
                   ,
                   therefore
                   the
                   Flesh
                   of
                   Ewes
                   is
                   evil
                   
                   and
                   dull
                   and
                   viscid
                   juice
                   is
                   bred
                   thereof
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lamb
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Lamb
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   yeer
                   old
                   hath
                   moist
                   flesh
                   ,
                   slimy
                   and
                   viscid
                   ,
                   but
                   when
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   year
                   old
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   good
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   consisting
                   of
                   good
                   and
                   plentifull
                   juice
                   ,
                   and
                   indifferent
                   lasting
                   ,
                   and
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   exercised
                   with
                   strong
                   labor
                   it
                   is
                   easie
                   discussed
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   very
                   solid
                   Aliment
                   is
                   made
                   thereby
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Bacon
                   or
                   Pork
                   ,
                
                 
                   Swines
                   flesh
                   nourisheth
                   very
                   plentilully
                   and
                   yields
                   firm
                   nutriment
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   is
                   most
                   profitable
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   in
                   their
                   flourishing
                   age
                   ,
                   sound
                   and
                   strong
                   which
                   are
                   exercised
                   with
                   much
                   labour
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   weak
                   and
                   corrupt
                   stomacks
                   ,
                   not
                   labouring
                   very
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   for
                   we
                   say
                   
                     optimae
                     corumputur
                     siunt
                     pessimae
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   best
                   nourishment
                   corrupted
                   proves
                   most
                   dangerous
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Sucking
                   Pigs
                   .
                
                 
                   Sucking
                   Pigs
                   are
                   very
                   nourishing
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   agree
                   not
                   with
                   all
                   constitutions
                   ,
                   because
                   too
                   much
                   humidity
                   abounds
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   fumous
                   vapors
                   ascends
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   head
                   ,
                   in
                   many
                   causing
                   pain
                   ,
                   and
                   swimings
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Brawn
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   flesh
                   of
                   tame
                   Boars
                   we
                   usually
                   make
                   Brawn
                   ,
                   being
                   long
                   corn-fed
                   ,
                   and
                   young
                   ,
                   makes
                   a
                   delicate
                   meat
                   ,
                   having
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   excrementitious
                   moisture
                   as
                   Bacon
                   or
                   Pork
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   hard
                   and
                   horny
                   part
                   is
                   difficultly
                   concocted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Food
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   Animals
                   .
                
                 
                   Aliment
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   Animals
                   are
                   many
                   ,
                   which
                   both
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   kinds
                   of
                   living
                   Creatures
                   ,
                   and
                   accordding
                   
                   to
                   their
                   diversity
                   of
                   parts
                   do
                   vary
                   ,
                   the
                   feet
                   of
                   Animals
                   of
                   what
                   kind
                   soever
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   little
                   flesh
                   ,
                   and
                   scarce
                   any
                   blood
                   ,
                   they
                   yield
                   a
                   cold
                   juice
                   ,
                   dull
                   and
                   glutinous
                   by
                   reason
                   whereof
                   the
                   broth
                   wherein
                   feet
                   are
                   boyled
                   is
                   turned
                   to
                   a
                   jelley
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Hearts
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   hearts
                   of
                   Animals
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   hard
                   and
                   dry
                   Nature
                   and
                   fibrous
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   it
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   concocted
                   ,
                   it
                   yields
                   neither
                   ill
                   juice
                   nor
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   very
                   stable
                   and
                   firm
                   ,
                   chiefly
                   corroberating
                   the
                   heart
                   by
                   sympathy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Liver
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Liver
                   is
                   very
                   binding
                   ,
                   and
                   yields
                   thick
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   hard
                   to
                   be
                   concocted
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   slowly
                   distributed
                   .
                   All
                   Animals
                   varyin
                   their
                   Liver
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   age
                   and
                   feeding
                   ,
                   the
                   youngest
                   and
                   best
                   fed
                   are
                   most
                   delicate
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   the
                   greatest
                   Livers
                   and
                   fullest
                   of
                   juice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Spleen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Spleen
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   receptacle
                   of
                   gross
                   Melancholly
                   blood
                   affords
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   hardly
                   concocted
                   ,
                   therefore
                   not
                   fi●
                   for
                   food
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lungs
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Lungs
                   in
                   substance
                   are
                   light
                   and
                   airy
                   ,
                   therefore
                   properly
                   called
                   the
                   bellows
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   they
                   nourish
                   but
                   little
                   ,
                   yet
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   afford
                   good
                   nourishment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Bowels
                   ▪
                
                 
                   The
                   intestines
                   afford
                   not
                   very
                   good
                   but
                   thick
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Powels
                   of
                   younger
                   Quadrapeds
                   ,
                   as
                   Calves
                   are
                   of
                   better
                   Juyce
                   and
                   easier
                   concocted
                   then
                   of
                   old
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Tongue
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Tongue
                   excells
                   the
                   other
                   parts
                   in
                   pleasant
                   taste
                   and
                   goodness
                   of
                   alinent
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   also
                   easily
                   concocted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Brain
                   ▪
                
                 
                   The
                   Brain
                   yields
                   petuitous
                   and
                   thick
                   juice
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   not
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   nor
                   distributed
                   ,
                   and
                   causeth
                   loathing
                   ,
                   except
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   sharpned
                   with
                   Vinegar
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Venison
                   .
                
                 
                   Although
                   Venison
                   be
                   in
                   high
                   esteem
                   both
                   by
                   Gentry
                   and
                   Peasant
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   and
                   generates
                   Melancholly
                   juice
                   especially
                   if
                   the
                   Venison
                   be
                   grown
                   to
                   ripeness
                   of
                   years
                   ,
                   it
                   doth
                   obstruct
                   the
                   bowels
                   ,
                   the
                   usual
                   way
                   of
                   seasoning
                   it
                   doth
                   much
                   meliorat
                   and
                   make
                   tender
                   the
                   flesh
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   drinking
                   a
                   glass
                   of
                   Wine
                   therewith
                   
                   it
                   becomes
                   good
                   nourishment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Hare
                   .
                
                 
                   Hares
                   flesh
                   is
                   accounted
                   by
                   Physitians
                   for
                   Melancholly
                   meat
                   ,
                   therefore
                   not
                   so
                   good
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   dry
                   bodies
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   thought
                   to
                   generate
                   a
                   good
                   colour
                   in
                   the
                   face
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   best
                   boyled
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Goates
                   .
                
                 
                   Goates
                   flesh
                   afford
                   good
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   well
                   be
                   offered
                   before
                   other
                   sylvestrous
                   Animals
                   ,
                   for
                   goodness
                   of
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   facility
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   pleasantness
                   of
                   taste
                   ,
                   pancity
                   of
                   excrements
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   something
                   dryer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Conies
                   .
                
                 
                   Conies
                   if
                   they
                   be
                   not
                   old
                   ,
                   yeild
                   a
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   are
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   throughly
                   roasted
                   very
                   drying
                   for
                   the
                   
                   Phlegmetick
                   ,
                   young
                   are
                   safe
                   food
                   for
                   sick
                   people
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   Fowle
                   ,
                   first
                   Turkies
                   .
                
                 
                   Amongst
                   tame
                   Fowl
                   the
                   Turkie
                   is
                   of
                   the
                   uper
                   ranck
                   ,
                   both
                   for
                   the
                   largeness
                   of
                   his
                   body
                   ,
                   goodness
                   of
                   food
                   ,
                   having
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   and
                   laudable
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   fit
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   in
                   health
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capons
                   and
                   Pullets
                   and
                   Chicken
                   .
                
                 
                   Hens
                   and
                   Capons
                   are
                   accounted
                   the
                   chief
                   among
                   Birds
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   temperate
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   of
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   and
                   contain
                   few
                   excrements
                   if
                   young
                   ,
                   and
                   yield
                   most
                   profitable
                   food
                   to
                   those
                   who
                   are
                   not
                   used
                   to
                   labour
                   ,
                   they
                   procreate
                   good
                   blood
                   ,
                   yet
                   there
                   is
                   great
                   difference
                   amongst
                   this
                   kind
                   of
                   Fowl
                   ,
                   the
                   best
                   is
                   the
                   flesh
                   of
                   cram'd
                   Capons
                   ,
                   next
                   is
                   that
                   of
                   fat
                   Chickens
                   ,
                   the
                   next
                   are
                   Pullets
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   old
                   Cocks
                   
                   and
                   Hens
                   ,
                   their
                   flesh
                   is
                   harder
                   and
                   dryer
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   laborious
                   people
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Geese
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   flesh
                   of
                   tame
                   Geese
                   doth
                   abound
                   more
                   with
                   exc●●ments
                   ,
                   then
                   that
                   of
                   wild
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   fl●sh
                   of
                   them
                   both
                   are
                   hard
                   of
                   conc●ction
                   ,
                   and
                   yield
                   no
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   but
                   vitious
                   and
                   excrementious
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   easily
                   putrified
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   weak
                   stomacks
                   often
                   cause
                   surfeits
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   strong
                   stomacks
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   concocted
                   Geese
                   affords
                   plenty
                   of
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   delacacy
                   of
                   a
                   Geese
                   is
                   the
                   Liver
                   ,
                   which
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   fatted
                   especially
                   with
                   sweet
                   food
                   ,
                   as
                   boyled
                   carrots
                   &c.
                   
                   The
                   Liver
                   will
                   grow
                   large
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   delicious
                   and
                   temperate
                   meat
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   of
                   good
                   juice
                   and
                   much
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   indeed
                   of
                   more
                   valew
                   then
                   the
                   Carcass
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Duck
                   and
                   Mallard
                   .
                
                 
                   Tame
                   Ducks
                   if
                   not
                   young
                   are
                   very
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   of
                   ill
                   juyce
                   ,
                   and
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   young
                   ones
                   are
                   wholesome
                   Food
                   ,
                   and
                   yeild
                   good
                   juyce
                   for
                   the
                   wild
                   Duck
                   and
                   Mallard
                   ,
                   are
                   much
                   better
                   then
                   the
                   tame
                   ,
                   more
                   tender
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   good
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   not
                   easily
                   putrifie
                   in
                   the
                   Stomack
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pheasants
                   .
                
                 
                   Pheasants
                   are
                   most
                   excellent
                   Food
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   in
                   health
                   ,
                   most
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   therefore
                   safe
                   and
                   good
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   do
                   not
                   labor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Partridge
                   and
                   Quails
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Flesh
                   of
                   Partridges
                   are
                   temperate
                   ,
                   and
                   drying
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   affords
                   excellent
                   juyce
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   few
                   excrements
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   in
                   health
                   good
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   Consumptions
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     French
                     Pox
                  
                   ,
                   admirable
                   nourishment
                   .
                
                 
                   Quails
                   are
                   excellent
                   Food
                   for
                   all
                   in
                   health
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   sick
                   must
                   not
                   eat
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   are
                   apt
                   to
                   generate
                   Feavers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pigeons
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   are
                   divers
                   sorts
                   of
                   Pigeons
                   ,
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   Mountains
                   and
                   Woods
                   are
                   best
                   ,
                   the
                   flesh
                   of
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   melancholly
                   Juyce
                   not
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   but
                   most
                   dangerous
                   in
                   a
                   
                     Putrid
                     Feaver
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Plovers
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Gray
                   Plovers
                   ,
                   exceed
                   the
                   Green
                   ,
                   both
                   are
                   very
                   good
                   Food
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   afford
                   good
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   save
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   something
                   melancholly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Cocks
                   ,
                   Snites
                   ,
                   Thrushes
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   Winter
                   Birds
                   are
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   yeilds
                   good
                   Juyce
                   ,
                   not
                   excrementitious
                   ,
                   and
                   affords
                   nourishent
                   firm
                   enough
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Black
                   birds
                   .
                
                 
                   Black
                   birds
                   are
                   something
                   harder
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   then
                   Thrushes
                   ,
                   but
                   are
                   firm
                   nourishment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Larks
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Lark
                   generates
                   excellent
                   Juice
                   and
                   is
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   it
                   hath
                   a
                   peculiar
                   qualitiy
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   preserve
                   one
                   from
                   the
                   Chollick
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   to
                   cure
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Having
                   now
                   run
                   through
                   most
                   of
                   our
                   English
                   Flesh
                   meat
                   ,
                   we
                   will
                   now
                   proceed
                   to
                   the
                   Fish
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 IX
                 .
                 Fish
                 .
              
               
                 FIshes
                 are
                 colder
                 and
                 moister
                 Food
                 then
                 the
                 Flesh
                 of
                 Terrestial
                 animals
                 ,
                 and
                 scarce
                 afford
                 so
                 good
                 juyce
                 as
                 Corn
                 ,
                 and
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Vegitables
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 easily
                 putrifie
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 are
                 corrupted
                 they
                 acquire
                 a
                 quality
                 most
                 dangerously
                 averse
                 to
                 our
                 natures
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 are
                 great
                 variety
                 of
                 Fish
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Salmon
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Salmon
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   is
                   tender
                   of
                   Fl●sh
                   ,
                   grateful
                   to
                   the
                   Pallate
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   affords
                   good
                   juyce
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   not
                   inferior
                   to
                   any
                   ,
                   nay
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   Fish
                   ,
                   but
                   
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   pickled
                   with
                   salt
                   ,
                   and
                   hardned
                   with
                   smoak
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   much
                   worse
                   and
                   difficulty
                   concocted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Trout
                   .
                
                 
                   Trouts
                   amongst
                   Fishes
                   which
                   are
                   bred
                   in
                   Fresh
                   Waters
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   and
                   are
                   next
                   in
                   goodness
                   to
                   a
                   Salmon
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   full
                   of
                   much
                   good
                   and
                   thin
                   juyce
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   greater
                   of
                   them
                   of
                   flesh
                   ,
                   not
                   a
                   little
                   excrementitious
                   ,
                   Fat
                   ,
                   and
                   Full
                   of
                   viscidity
                   ,
                   those
                   are
                   commended
                   above
                   others
                   ,
                   which
                   have
                   Red
                   fl●sh
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   Red
                   spots
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   hard
                   flesh
                   ,
                   and
                   participates
                   not
                   of
                   vilcidity
                   and
                   Fat
                   ,
                   those
                   are
                   easier
                   concocted
                   ,
                   descend
                   sooner
                   and
                   not
                   so
                   excrementitious
                   ,
                   in
                   juyce
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Soles
                   ,
                   plaice
                   ,
                   and
                   Turbet
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   Fish
                   is
                   highly
                   commended
                   amongst
                   Sea-fishes
                   which
                   hath
                   delicate
                   flesh
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   being
                   white
                   fleshed
                   ,
                   yeilds
                   good
                   juyce
                   ,
                   plentiful
                   nourishment
                   
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   not
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   dryed
                   in
                   the
                   smoak
                   they
                   are
                   much
                   worse
                   and
                   harder
                   of
                   concoction
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Gudgeons
                   ,
                   Smelts
                   .
                
                 
                   Gudgeons
                   and
                   Smelts
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   amongst
                   the
                   small
                   sort
                   of
                   fish
                   and
                   very
                   wholesome
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   easie
                   to
                   be
                   concocted
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   remain
                   not
                   long
                   in
                   the
                   stomack
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   profitable
                   both
                   for
                   pleasure
                   and
                   health
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   safely
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   sick
                   ,
                   to
                   these
                   other
                   little
                   fish
                   are
                   alike
                   as
                   Dace
                   and
                   Minners
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Carp.
                   
                
                 
                   For
                   dilicious
                   taste
                   especially
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   fat
                   ,
                   is
                   inferior
                   to
                   none
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   throughly
                   decocted
                   or
                   stewed
                   with
                   Wine
                   as
                   the
                   manner
                   is
                   ,
                   makes
                   a
                   Princely
                   dish
                   ,
                   and
                   yields
                   good
                   nourishment
                   and
                   firm
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   not
                   fit
                   for
                   sick
                   People
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Pike
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Pike
                   especially
                   of
                   the
                   smaller
                   growth
                   hath
                   hard
                   Flesh
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   easily
                   distributed
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   not
                   many
                   excrements
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   also
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   sick
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Perch
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Perch
                   also
                   hath
                   tender
                   flesh
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   will
                   easily
                   part
                   asunder
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   Fat
                   ,
                   nor
                   glutinosity
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   easie
                   to
                   be
                   digested
                   ,
                   the
                   Juyce
                   is
                   not
                   evil
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   affords
                   weaker
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   easily
                   discussed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Bream
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Bream
                   hath
                   soft
                   and
                   moist
                   Flesh
                   and
                   yeilds
                   a
                   Juyce
                   very
                   excrementitious
                   and
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   ,
                   as
                   all
                   other
                   Fish
                   are
                   not
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   mixed
                   with
                   divers
                   kinds
                   of
                   meats
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Tench
                   .
                
                 
                   Tench
                   is
                   neither
                   of
                   a
                   pleasing
                   tast
                   nor
                   easie
                   to
                   be
                   concocted
                   ,
                   nor
                   good
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   but
                   yeilds
                   a
                   filthy
                   slymy
                   juyce
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   easily
                   distributed
                   and
                   it
                   brings
                   forth
                   obstructions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Barbel
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Barbel
                   whose
                   Eggs
                   perchance
                   gave
                   an
                   occasion
                   for
                   some
                   to
                   suppose
                   that
                   he
                   hears
                   very
                   bad
                   ,
                   it
                   causes
                   not
                   only
                   the
                   pain
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   but
                   also
                   vomiting
                   ,
                   and
                   disturbs
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   stirs
                   up
                   Choller
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   use
                   thereof
                   we
                   ought
                   to
                   abstain
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   flesh
                   thereof
                   is
                   very
                   White
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   and
                   distribution
                   and
                   affords
                   Aliment
                   of
                   good
                   juyce
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Eells
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Flesh
                   of
                   Eells
                   is
                   sweet
                   but
                   glutinous
                   with
                   Fat
                   and
                   abounding
                   ,
                   with
                   much
                   moisture
                   it
                   generates
                   ill
                   juyce
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   use
                   thereof
                   is
                   not
                   safe
                   for
                   sick
                   people
                   ,
                   nor
                   plentifully
                   taken
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lamprey
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Lamprey
                   is
                   a
                   Fish
                   of
                   a
                   grateful
                   and
                   delicious
                   tast
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   rightly
                   prepared
                   ,
                   and
                   sauced
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   puts
                   not
                   away
                   its
                   slymyness
                   ,
                   wholly
                   for
                   which
                   cause
                   Physitians
                   ,
                   do
                   not
                   number
                   them
                   among
                   Fishes
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   sort
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Herring
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Herring
                   hath
                   white
                   flesh
                   apt
                   to
                   cleave
                   into
                   small
                   peices
                   ,
                   hath
                   a
                   good
                   taste
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   it
                   affords
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   not
                   thick
                   
                   and
                   glutinous
                   when
                   it
                   s
                   pickled
                   with
                   salt
                   ,
                   or
                   hardned
                   with
                   smoak
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   call
                   red
                   Herrings
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   harder
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   doth
                   not
                   nourish
                   so
                   much
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Codfish
                   .
                
                 
                   Codfish
                   and
                   Stockfish
                   while
                   it
                   is
                   fresh
                   ,
                   hath
                   friable
                   flesh
                   and
                   tender
                   ,
                   of
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   and
                   easie
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   yet
                   being
                   dryed
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   affords
                   thick
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   without
                   danger
                   to
                   any
                   save
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   healthy
                   strong
                   stomacks
                   ,
                   and
                   labor
                   much
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sturgeon
                   ▪
                   ,
                
                 
                   Sturgeon
                   commonly
                   called
                   Sea-beefe
                   ,
                   hath
                   hard
                   fat
                   and
                   glutinous
                   flesh
                   ,
                   which
                   yeilds
                   a
                   thick
                   juice
                   ,
                   yet
                   safely
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   but
                   firm
                   :
                   nutriment
                   and
                   very
                   lasting
                   to
                   work
                   upon
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Lobsters
                   and
                   Crabs
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Lobsters
                   ,
                   Crabfish
                   ,
                   Prawns
                   and
                   Craw-fish
                   are
                   frequent
                   in
                   most
                   Countries
                   near
                   the
                   Sea
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   great
                   difference
                   in
                   their
                   efficacy
                   or
                   nature
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   not
                   well
                   digest
                   but
                   in
                   a
                   strong
                   stomack
                   yet
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   well
                   concocted
                   ,
                   they
                   beget
                   good
                   juice
                   ,
                   nourish
                   much
                   and
                   stimulat
                   Venus
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Oysters
                   .
                
                 
                   Oysters
                   and
                   Scollops
                   have
                   a
                   soft
                   juce
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   irritate
                   the
                   belly
                   to
                   dijection
                   ,
                   and
                   cleanse
                   the
                   Vereters
                   stimulate
                   Venus
                   ,
                   they
                   easily
                   generate
                   obstructions
                   ,
                   being
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   nourish
                   but
                   little
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 X.
                 Meats
                 from
                 living
                 Creatures
                 .
              
               
                 THere
                 be
                 many
                 living
                 Creatures
                 which
                 supply
                 us
                 with
                 necessary
                 food
                 ,
                 agreeable
                 to
                 our
                 Natures
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 nearer
                 and
                 more
                 familiar
                 with
                 our
                 Natures
                 ,
                 and
                 l●ss
                 exceed
                 in
                 the
                 qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 afford
                 better
                 juice
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 place
                 we
                 will
                 begin
                 with
                 milk
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Milk.
                   
                
                 
                   Milk
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   of
                   a
                   temperate
                   and
                   moist
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   yields
                   nourishment
                   very
                   good
                   ,
                   the
                   best
                   by
                   much
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   rightly
                   concocted
                   in
                   the
                   stomack
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   milk
                   be
                   good
                   in
                   its
                   self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Parts
                   of
                   Milk.
                   There
                   be
                   three
                   parts
                   of
                   Milk
                   ,
                   viz.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Butrious
                   ,
                   the
                   Caseus
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Serous
                   ,
                   the
                   Butrious
                   ,
                   is
                   of
                   an
                   oyly
                   and
                   hot
                   substance
                   ,
                   the
                   Caseus
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   substance
                   ,
                   the
                   Serous
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   watry
                   ,
                   and
                   indeed
                   Cows
                   milk
                   is
                   the
                   fattest
                   and
                   thickest
                   ,
                   and
                   contains
                   more
                   milk
                   then
                   the
                   milk
                   of
                   other
                   Animals
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   nourisheth
                   more
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   most
                   agreeable
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   more
                   of
                   the
                   Caseous
                   part
                   then
                   Ews
                   milk
                   ,
                   Goats
                   milk
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   middle
                   Nature
                   between
                   these
                   two
                   ,
                   sound
                   Animals
                   only
                   generate
                   good
                   milk
                   ,
                   but
                   sick
                   diseased
                   Animals
                   generate
                   vitious
                   and
                   corrupt
                   ,
                   dry
                   meat
                   as
                   Hay
                   &c.
                   cause
                   the
                   milk
                   to
                   be
                   thick
                   ,
                   but
                   green
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   full
                   of
                   juice
                   make
                   much
                   better
                   ,
                   wherefore
                   the
                   milk
                   at
                   the
                   latter
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   Spring
                   is
                   best
                   ,
                   by
                   how
                   much
                   the
                   thiner
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   more
                   Serous
                   by
                   so
                   much
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   easier
                   concocted
                   ,
                   and
                   sooner
                   passeth
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   obstructs
                   least
                   ,
                   but
                   nourisheth
                   less
                   ,
                   to
                   know
                   the
                   best
                   milk
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   good
                   smel
                   ,
                   and
                   sweet
                   to
                   the
                   taste
                   ,
                   of
                   a
                   middle
                   consistence
                   ,
                   ne●ther
                   
                   too
                   thick
                   ,
                   nor
                   too
                   thin
                   ,
                   neither
                   Serous
                   nor
                   Caseous
                   ,
                   too
                   much
                   of
                   a
                   white
                   colour
                   which
                   yields
                   good
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   plentifully
                   and
                   constantly
                   enough
                   .
                
                 
                   Milk
                   is
                   nourishing
                   enough
                   especially
                   for
                   lean
                   bodies
                   ,
                   as
                   being
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   elaboured
                   by
                   so
                   many
                   concoctions
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   thereby
                   made
                   Familiar
                   to
                   our
                   natures
                   ,
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   easily
                   and
                   truly
                   concocted
                   ,
                   in
                   unwholesome
                   bodies
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   a
                   cold
                   Stomach
                   :
                   it
                   soon
                   grows
                   sowre
                   in
                   a
                   hot
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   turned
                   to
                   an
                   adust
                   smell
                   and
                   choller
                   ,
                   and
                   causeth
                   pain
                   in
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   wherefore
                   it
                   is
                   hurtful
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   sick
                   of
                   Putrid
                   Feavers
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   pains
                   in
                   the
                   head
                   ,
                   and
                   sore
                   Eyes
                   ,
                   or
                   are
                   obnoxious
                   to
                   breed
                   Gravel
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   obstructed
                   in
                   the
                   Liver
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   inflamed
                   in
                   the
                   Hypochondries
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Apho.
                   64.
                   
                   But
                   the
                   worst
                   corruption
                   thereof
                   is
                   when
                   it
                   is
                   coagulated
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   prevented
                   if
                   any
                   Salt
                   ,
                   Sugar
                   or
                   Honey
                   be
                   added
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   conveniently
                   taken
                   on
                   an
                   empty
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   nor
                   are
                   other
                   Meats
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   presently
                   after
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   wine
                   after
                   milk
                   is
                   very
                   unwholesome
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   As
                   for
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   Milk
                   ,
                   Butter
                   is
                   used
                   in
                   England
                   and
                   other
                   Countries
                   instead
                   of
                   Food
                   ,
                   and
                   sawce
                   .
                   Butter
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   almost
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Nature
                   with
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   nourisheth
                   more
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   sawce
                   for
                   most
                   Meat
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   pleasant
                   to
                   the
                   taste
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   and
                   nourisheth
                   much
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   agreeth
                   not
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   a
                   moist
                   and
                   slippery
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   yet
                   't
                   is
                   far
                   better
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   before
                   other
                   Meats
                   then
                   after
                   ,
                   nor
                   is
                   it
                   so
                   agreeable
                   to
                   hot
                   Natures
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   conveniently
                   eaten
                   with
                   bread
                   .
                
                 
                   Sowre
                   Milk
                   is
                   colder
                   ,
                   and
                   agreeth
                   not
                   with
                   colder
                   Stomachs
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   hotter
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   the
                   Summer
                   and
                   very
                   hot
                   weather
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   refreshing
                   and
                   concocts
                   well
                   .
                
                 
                   Although
                   in
                   Consumptions
                   ,
                   sometimes
                   is
                   prescribed
                   womans
                   Milk
                   ,
                   Asses
                   Milk
                   ,
                   or
                   Goats
                   Milk
                   ,
                   yet
                   for
                   Food
                   none
                   is
                   so
                   good
                   as
                   Cows
                   milk
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   that
                   sort
                   the
                   Red
                   Cow
                   is
                   best
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   Consumption
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   prefer
                   it
                   before
                   the
                   former
                   ,
                   being
                   taken
                   warm
                   while
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   animal
                   is
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                 
                 
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Cheese
                   .
                
                 
                   Cheese
                   is
                   good
                   and
                   is
                   agreeable
                   to
                   most
                   and
                   very
                   desireable
                   to
                   whom
                   it
                   is
                   Friendly
                   ,
                   is
                   hardly
                   concocted
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   thick
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   stops
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   opens
                   the
                   pores
                   ,
                   and
                   affords
                   matter
                   fit
                   for
                   the
                   generation
                   of
                   Stones
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   old
                   affords
                   ill
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   taken
                   in
                   quantity
                   ,
                   obstructs
                   much
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   useful
                   to
                   close
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   after
                   a
                   full
                   meal
                   ,
                   being
                   eaten
                   to
                   the
                   quantity
                   of
                   a
                   dram
                   or
                   two
                   .
                   New
                   Cheese
                   may
                   be
                   eaten
                   more
                   plentifully
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   affords
                   better
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   while
                   new
                   it
                   is
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   flatulent
                   Nature
                   ,
                   middle
                   Age
                   Cheese
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   neither
                   hard
                   nor
                   soft
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   moderately
                   sweet
                   and
                   Fat
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   ,
                   but
                   of
                   what
                   kind
                   soever
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   always
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   sparingly
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   other
                   meats
                   ,
                   now
                   there
                   is
                   great
                   differences
                   of
                   Cheese
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   nature
                   of
                   living
                   Creatures
                   ,
                   and
                   diversity
                   of
                   pastures
                   ,
                   and
                   Countries
                   ,
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Ewe
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   ,
                   
                   because
                   it
                   is
                   easier
                   concocted
                   then
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   and
                   nourisheth
                   more
                   ,
                   next
                   in
                   goodness
                   is
                   Cows
                   Cheese
                   ,
                   the
                   Goats
                   is
                   the
                   worst
                   of
                   all
                   ;
                   But
                   no
                   Cheese
                   is
                   good
                   without
                   the
                   Butrious
                   part
                   be
                   also
                   included
                   with
                   the
                   Caseous
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Whey
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   thinnest
                   part
                   of
                   Milk
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   called
                   Serum
                   or
                   Whey
                   ,
                   is
                   more
                   fit
                   for
                   medicine
                   then
                   Food
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   most
                   fitly
                   used
                   for
                   the
                   evacuation
                   of
                   serous
                   and
                   adust
                   humours
                   ,
                   it
                   consisteth
                   of
                   two
                   parts
                   ,
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   Salt
                   ,
                   and
                   participating
                   of
                   acrimony
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   altogether
                   hot
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   lesser
                   part
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   is
                   Watry
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   the
                   greater
                   part
                   ,
                   therefore
                   it
                   is
                   called
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Eggs.
                   
                
                 
                   Eggs
                   and
                   chiefly
                   those
                   of
                   Hens
                   ,
                   are
                   a
                   Food
                   much
                   used
                   and
                   esteemed
                   amongst
                   us
                   ,
                   an
                   Egg
                   consists
                   of
                   two
                   parts
                   the
                   yolk
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   white
                   ,
                   the
                   yolk
                   is
                   moderately
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   corroborating
                   ,
                   the
                   white
                   is
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   affords
                   also
                   much
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   lasting
                   enough
                   ,
                   but
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   newest
                   Eggs
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   ,
                   and
                   nourish
                   most
                   and
                   soonest
                   ,
                   and
                   yeild
                   good
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   stalest
                   are
                   the
                   worst
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   corruption
                   of
                   Eggs
                   is
                   most
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   for
                   we
                   say
                   (
                   
                     optimae
                     fiunt
                     pessimae
                  
                   )
                   the
                   best
                   food
                   corrupted
                   becomes
                   the
                   worst
                   and
                   most
                   perillous
                   ,
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   well
                   agree
                   with
                   those
                   whose
                   Liver
                   and
                   Stomachs
                   are
                   filled
                   with
                   vitious
                   humours
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   Chollerick
                   &
                   hot
                   Stomachs
                   they
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   &
                   turned
                   into
                   Choller
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   cooking
                   of
                   them
                   they
                   are
                   best
                   when
                   the
                   yolk
                   is
                   soft
                   ,
                   &
                   the
                   Rear
                   hardned
                   to
                   a
                   white
                   colour
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   supt
                   up
                   ,
                   being
                   boyled
                   in
                   water
                   ,
                   they
                   
                   may
                   easily
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   a
                   weak
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   stronger
                   in
                   tast
                   ,
                   boyled
                   in
                   the
                   shell
                   then
                   potched
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   Roasted
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   worst
                   way
                   of
                   dressing
                   them
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   fry
                   them
                   in
                   a
                   pan
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Honey
                   .
                
                 
                   Honey
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   Nature
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   degree
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   white
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   and
                   most
                   commodious
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   be
                   sound
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   Honey
                   is
                   a
                   medicinal
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   convenient
                   for
                   old
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   of
                   cold
                   constitutitions
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   fit
                   for
                   Chollerick
                   persons
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   turns
                   into
                   Choller
                   ,
                   therefore
                   not
                   good
                   for
                   the
                   Liver
                   ,
                   but
                   very
                   good
                   for
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   hath
                   an
                   abstersive
                   cleansing
                   faculty
                   ,
                   and
                   resists
                   putrifaction
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Sugar
                   .
                
                 
                   Although
                   it
                   comes
                   not
                   from
                   Animals
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   made
                   of
                   Canes
                   ,
                   for
                   its
                   agreement
                   with
                   Honey
                   may
                   well
                   be
                   put
                   together
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   hot
                   as
                   Honey
                   ,
                   therefore
                   properly
                   mingled
                   with
                   many
                   sorts
                   of
                   Food
                   ,
                   and
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   and
                   doth
                   preserve
                   medicines
                   better
                   then
                   Honey
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   the
                   same
                   cleansing
                   quality
                   in
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   man
                   ,
                   though
                   not
                   so
                   griping
                   in
                   the
                   belly
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 XI
                 .
                 Meats
                 from
                 Plants
                 ,
                 or
                 Vegetables
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Wheat
                   .
                
                 
                   AS
                   for
                   Grains
                   or
                   Fruits
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   most
                   ordinary
                   kind
                   of
                   Food
                   ,
                   amongst
                   which
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   Rank
                   are
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   and
                   Grain
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Greeks
                   call
                   by
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Si●●●
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   Wheat
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   above
                   all
                   Vegitables
                   affords
                   much
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   firm
                   and
                   most
                   wholesome
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   Wheat
                   divers
                   kind
                   of
                   Foods
                   are
                   made
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   best
                   among
                   them
                   is
                   bread
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   leavened
                   or
                   fermented
                   ,
                   which
                   agrees
                   to
                   every
                   
                   Age
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   with
                   all
                   meats
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Barley
                
                 
                   The
                   bread
                   which
                   is
                   made
                   of
                   Barley
                   is
                   colder
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   not
                   so
                   good
                   nourishment
                   as
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   sort
                   of
                   Barley
                   cal'd
                   Spelt
                   ,
                   is
                   next
                   in
                   nature
                   to
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   the
                   middle
                   betwixt
                   Wheat
                   and
                   Barley
                   ,
                   and
                   nourisheth
                   more
                   then
                   Barley
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   weaker
                   then
                   Wheat
                   ;
                   Barley
                   is
                   also
                   made
                   into
                   ptisan
                   or
                   broath
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   good
                   nourishment
                   for
                   sick
                   people
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   well
                   also
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   not
                   viscid
                   or
                   clammy
                   ,
                   but
                   easily
                   passeth
                   through
                   and
                   cleanseth
                   the
                   passages
                   and
                   Reins
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   all
                   Physitians
                   are
                   well
                   acquainted
                   being
                   generally
                   prescribed
                   to
                   the
                   sick
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Rye
                   .
                
                 
                   Rye
                   of
                   which
                   bread
                   is
                   made
                   in
                   some
                   parts
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   its
                   delicious
                   sweetness
                   and
                   moisture
                   ,
                   is
                   frequently
                   mixed
                   with
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   by
                   nature
                   it
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   hotter
                   then
                   Barley
                   ,
                   yet
                   not
                   so
                   hot
                   as
                   
                   Wheat
                   but
                   the
                   bread
                   which
                   is
                   made
                   of
                   it
                   is
                   harder
                   of
                   concoction
                   then
                   that
                   of
                   Wheat
                   ,
                   and
                   Windy
                   ,
                   causing
                   in
                   some
                   griping
                   pains
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Rice
                   .
                
                 
                   Rice
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   temperate
                   ,
                   it
                   nourisheth
                   much
                   ,
                   especially
                   boyled
                   with
                   Milk
                   ,
                   it
                   increaseth
                   seed
                   .
                
                 
                   Rice
                   doth
                   not
                   easily
                   putrifie
                   ,
                   it
                   stops
                   lasks
                   or
                   looseness
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   hardly
                   concocted
                   and
                   yeilds
                   nourishment
                   somewhat
                   thick
                   ,
                   the
                   frequent
                   use
                   of
                   it
                   may
                   easily
                   occasion
                   Obstructions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Oats
                   .
                
                 
                   Are
                   almost
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   Oatmeal
                   stops
                   Fluxes
                   of
                   the
                   Belly
                   ,
                   they
                   afford
                   not
                   much
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   yet
                   are
                   very
                   useful
                   in
                   Pottages
                   and
                   broaths
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   sick
                   or
                   well
                   ,
                   it
                   stops
                   the
                   looseness
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Beans
                   .
                
                 
                   Beans
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   flatulent
                   ,
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   yeild
                   excrementitious
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   yet
                   not
                   viscid
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   some
                   cleansing
                   power
                   ,
                   they
                   make
                   the
                   senses
                   dull
                   ,
                   and
                   noises
                   become
                   troublesome
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pease
                   .
                
                 
                   Pease
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   flatulent
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   green
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   yeild
                   better
                   nourishment
                   then
                   beans
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   so
                   plentiful
                   ,
                   yet
                   easier
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   pleasing
                   to
                   Stomachs
                   surfeited
                   with
                   overfulness
                   of
                   stronger
                   Food
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Parsnips
                   .
                
                 
                   Parsnips
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   not
                   very
                   good
                   nourishment
                   have
                   a
                   great
                   Force
                   of
                   cleansing
                   ,
                   provoke
                   Lust
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   more
                   us●ful
                   in
                   Physick
                   then
                   Food
                   ,
                   they
                   provoke
                   Urine
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   down
                   the
                   Menses
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Turnips
                   .
                
                 
                   Turnips
                   afford
                   strong
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   stimulate
                   Venus
                   ,
                   the
                   long
                   Turnips
                   commonly
                   are
                   the
                   better
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   safely
                   eaten
                   with
                   Meat
                   ,
                   or
                   alone
                   buttered
                   ,
                   being
                   baked
                   their
                   Juyce
                   makes
                   a
                   very
                   good
                   Surrup
                   for
                   a
                   Consumption
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Carrots
                   .
                
                 
                   Carrots
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   flatulent
                   ,
                   these
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   the
                   former
                   ,
                   are
                   very
                   wholesome
                   and
                   provoke
                   to
                   Venery
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   opening
                   ,
                   easie
                   of
                   Concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   good
                   Aliment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Radish
                   and
                   Mustard
                   .
                
                 
                   Radishes
                   which
                   we
                   commonly
                   use
                   for
                   sawce
                   ,
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   they
                   heat
                   beyond
                   the
                   second
                   degree
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   a
                   sharp
                   taste
                   ,
                   they
                   cut
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   attenuate
                   and
                   provoke
                   Urine
                   ,
                   break
                   the
                   Stone
                   ,
                   and
                   expels
                   
                   Gravel
                   from
                   the
                   Veins
                   ,
                   yet
                   cause
                   a
                   ructation
                   or
                   belching
                   of
                   wind
                   from
                   the
                   Stomach
                   the
                   wild
                   are
                   hotter
                   and
                   more
                   Forcible
                   ,
                   Mustard
                   is
                   much
                   for
                   heat
                   ,
                   tast
                   and
                   efficacy
                   like
                   the
                   Root
                   of
                   Wild
                   Horse
                   radish
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Leeks
                   and
                   Garlick
                   ,
                
                 
                   Leeks
                   and
                   Garlick
                   are
                   near
                   of
                   Nature
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Garlick
                   is
                   the
                   hotter
                   and
                   more
                   potent
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   little
                   nourishment
                   and
                   that
                   bad
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   a
                   power
                   of
                   attenuating
                   thick
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   and
                   viscid
                   humours
                   ,
                   taking
                   away
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   good
                   Remedy
                   for
                   the
                   pravity
                   of
                   Waters
                   also
                   against
                   the
                   Plague
                   and
                   venemous
                   Air.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Onions
                   .
                
                 
                   Onions
                   also
                   afford
                   but
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   have
                   a
                   heating
                   ,
                   attenuating
                   ,
                   cutting
                   Faculty
                   ,
                   inflame
                   the
                   blood
                   ,
                   they
                   leave
                   behind
                   them
                   a
                   thick
                   Juyce
                   ,
                   provoke
                   Venus
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   hurtful
                   to
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   Eyes
                   ,
                   
                   Teeth
                   ,
                   and
                   Gums
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   disturbive
                   sleep
                   and
                   turbulent
                   dreams
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cabbage
                   .
                
                 
                   Cabbage
                   is
                   generally
                   accounted
                   to
                   be
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   bitterness
                   and
                   acrimony
                   of
                   the
                   Juyce
                   is
                   observed
                   to
                   stir
                   the
                   belly
                   't
                   is
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   affords
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   thick
                   and
                   melancholly
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   fulliginous
                   vapours
                   fly
                   into
                   the
                   head
                   and
                   produce
                   turbalent
                   sleep
                   ,
                   and
                   weakens
                   the
                   sight
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   very
                   dangerous
                   for
                   those
                   are
                   incident
                   to
                   a
                   Vertigo
                   ,
                   or
                   swimming
                   in
                   the
                   head
                   .
                
                 
                   Being
                   boyled
                   in
                   the
                   broath
                   with
                   Fat
                   Meat
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   somewhat
                   corrected
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   stinking
                   coction
                   or
                   broath
                   ,
                   shews
                   its
                   danger
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   its
                   only
                   fitting
                   for
                   laborious
                   people
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Artechoaks
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Artechoaks
                   heat
                   and
                   dry
                   to
                   the
                   second
                   degree
                   ,
                   they
                   afford
                   no
                   good
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   and
                   stimulate
                   Venus
                   ,
                   Windy
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   Meat
                   of
                   the
                   Leaves
                   ,
                   Stalks
                   ,
                   and
                   Roots
                   do
                   wonderfully
                   cleanse
                   the
                   Reins
                   ,
                   sending
                   forth
                   stinking
                   Urine
                   ,
                   and
                   cures
                   the
                   
                     Running
                     of
                     the
                     Reins
                  
                   ;
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   decocted
                   in
                   White-wine
                   ▪
                   and
                   the
                   decoction
                   drank
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lettice
                   .
                
                 
                   Letttice
                   is
                   esteemed
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   Sallads
                   ,
                   affords
                   more
                   nourishment
                   then
                   other
                   herbs
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   corrects
                   Choller
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   for
                   hot
                   Stomachs
                   ,
                   it
                   provokes
                   sleep
                   ,
                   allays
                   the
                   heat
                   of
                   the
                   Reins
                   ,
                   but
                   too
                   much
                   doth
                   diminish
                   the
                   natural
                   heat
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Spinnage
                
                 
                   Spinnage
                   cools
                   ,
                   and
                   moistens
                   ,
                   affords
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   it
                   generates
                   col●
                   and
                   Serous
                   humours
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   unless
                   it
                   be
                   corrected
                   with
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   Pepper
                   ,
                   or
                   Butter
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   profitable
                   and
                   begets
                   wind
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Beets
                   ,
                   Orach
                   ,
                   and
                   Mallows
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   all
                   loosen
                   the
                   belly
                   by
                   humectation
                   ,
                   they
                   nourish
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   a
                   watry
                   Juyce
                   ,
                   and
                   unpleasing
                   of
                   tast
                   ,
                   except
                   the
                   sawce
                   mends
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Asparagus
                   .
                
                 
                   Asparagus
                   and
                   like
                   to
                   them
                   are
                   the
                   young
                   branches
                   of
                   Hops
                   ,
                   they
                   neither
                   heat
                   ,
                   nor
                   manifestly
                   cool
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   grateful
                   to
                   the
                   
                   tast
                   and
                   cause
                   Appetite
                   ,
                   yet
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   a
                   detergent
                   cleansing
                   faculty
                   ,
                   provoke
                   Urine
                   ,
                   they
                   cleanse
                   the
                   Reins
                   open
                   
                     Obstructions
                     of
                     the
                     Liver
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   intrails
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Parsley
                   .
                
                 
                   Parsley
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   provokes
                   Urine
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   courses
                   opens
                   Obstructions
                   ,
                   purges
                   the
                   Reins
                   and
                   Bowels
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   affords
                   but
                   little
                   nourishment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Purslain
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Purslain
                   is
                   an
                   excellent
                   Sallad
                   with
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   it
                   cools
                   the
                   Reins
                   ,
                   helps
                   such
                   as
                   have
                   a
                   scalding
                   of
                   Urine
                   ,
                   and
                   pain
                   by
                   heat
                   ,
                   also
                   Rectifies
                   the
                   Teeth
                   being
                   set
                   on
                   Edge
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mints
                   .
                
                 
                   Mints
                   are
                   pleasing
                   in
                   smell
                   ,
                   especially
                   Spear
                   mints
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   strengthning
                   to
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   they
                   stay
                   Vomiting
                   and
                   are
                   a
                   most
                   excellent
                   Sallad
                   minced
                   in
                   Vinegar
                   and
                   Sugar
                   for
                   any
                   fresh
                   meat
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Melones
                   .
                
                 
                   Melones
                   are
                   pleasant
                   in
                   tast
                   ,
                   and
                   send
                   forth
                   an
                   Aromatick
                   smell
                   ,
                   but
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   watry
                   moist
                   substance
                   ,
                   whereby
                   they
                   quench
                   thirst
                   and
                   cause
                   Urine
                   ,
                   they
                   cool
                   and
                   cleanse
                   the
                   Reins
                   ,
                   but
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   become
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   of
                   a
                   poysonous
                   nature
                   ,
                   and
                   stir
                   up
                   Choller
                   ,
                   or
                   generate
                   Feavers
                   ,
                   whereby
                   many
                   great
                   men
                   are
                   killed
                   ,
                   therefore
                   they
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   at
                   the
                   first
                   course
                   ,
                   or
                   before
                   meat
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   the
                   easier
                   descend
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   eating
                   of
                   them
                   some
                   
                   good
                   Food
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   Wine
                   to
                   be
                   drank
                   that
                   their
                   corrupting
                   may
                   be
                   hindred
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cucumbers
                   .
                
                 
                   Cucumbers
                   are
                   also
                   cold
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   so
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Juyce
                   not
                   so
                   dangerous
                   nor
                   so
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   least
                   offensive
                   to
                   hot
                   Stomachs
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Strawberries
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Strawberries
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   profitable
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   troubled
                   with
                   Choller
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   they
                   cool
                   the
                   Liver
                   and
                   restrain
                   the
                   heat
                   of
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   Chollerick
                   humours
                   ,
                   they
                   allay
                   thirst
                   ,
                   therefore
                   profitable
                   to
                   hot
                   constitutions
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   thin
                   juyce
                   purge
                   the
                   Reins
                   cause
                   Urine
                   ,
                   but
                   are
                   easie
                   corrupted
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   therefore
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   before
                   meat
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Fruits
                   of
                   Trees
                   ,
                   First
                   of
                   Apples
                   .
                
                 
                   Apples
                   there
                   are
                   divers
                   sorts
                   ,
                   which
                   discover
                   themselves
                   by
                   their
                   tast
                   ,
                   the
                   sowre
                   are
                   colder
                   then
                   the
                   sweet
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   thin
                   and
                   less
                   flatulent
                   substance
                   ,
                   the
                   austere
                   and
                   sharp
                   are
                   yet
                   colder
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   thick
                   substance
                   ,
                   and
                   descend
                   more
                   slowly
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   and
                   stay
                   it
                   ,
                   yet
                   their
                   violence
                   is
                   corrected
                   by
                   boiling
                   and
                   sowre
                   sharp
                   Apples
                   are
                   rather
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   for
                   Medicine
                   then
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   they
                   afford
                   ill
                   Juyce
                   ,
                   but
                   those
                   are
                   worst
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   watry
                   and
                   have
                   little
                   or
                   no
                   tast
                   ,
                   the
                   best
                   have
                   a
                   sweet
                   Aromatick
                   tast
                   and
                   smell
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   afford
                   an
                   indifferent
                   quantity
                   of
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   they
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Heart
                   ,
                   exhilerate
                   the
                   mind
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   very
                   beneficial
                   to
                   those
                   which
                   are
                   troubled
                   with
                   Melancholly
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Pears
                   .
                
                 
                   Pears
                   there
                   are
                   of
                   divers
                   kinds
                   and
                   faculties
                   ,
                   the
                   austere
                   and
                   sharp
                   are
                   astringent
                   and
                   cooling
                   ,
                   and
                   hurtful
                   to
                   the
                   Stomach
                   and
                   Guts
                   ,
                   sweat
                   are
                   more
                   temperate
                   ,
                   yet
                   almost
                   all
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   cold
                   moist
                   nature
                   ,
                   but
                   some
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   if
                   taken
                   before
                   meat
                   they
                   are
                   apt
                   to
                   stop
                   a
                   looseness
                   ,
                   being
                   taken
                   after
                   meat
                   ,
                   they
                   loosen
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   shut
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   the
                   Stomach
                   they
                   are
                   better
                   boyled
                   then
                   raw
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Quinces
                   .
                
                 
                   Quinces
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   an
                   astringent
                   quality
                   they
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   and
                   are
                   hard
                   of
                   concoction
                   ,
                   they
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   stop
                   vomiting
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   taken
                   after
                   meat
                   ,
                   hinder
                   vapours
                   so
                   that
                   they
                   cannot
                   easily
                   ascend
                   to
                   the
                   Head
                   and
                   so
                   loosen
                   the
                   Belly
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   taken
                   before
                   meats
                   they
                   stops
                   a
                   looseness
                   ,
                   
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   eaten
                   raw
                   ,
                   they
                   hurt
                   the
                   Nerves
                   and
                   often
                   cause
                   Fits
                   of
                   the
                   Chollick
                   ,
                   and
                   Obstructions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Peaches
                   .
                
                 
                   Peaches
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   and
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   sparinly
                   ,
                   and
                   warily
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   without
                   danger
                   to
                   cold
                   Stomachs
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   before
                   meals
                   not
                   after
                   other
                   meats
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   water
                   or
                   any
                   cold
                   drink
                   to
                   be
                   drank
                   after
                   them
                   but
                   generous
                   Wine
                   ,
                   being
                   dryed
                   they
                   are
                   less
                   hurtful
                   ,
                   but
                   best
                   boyled
                   in
                   Wine
                   ,
                   whereby
                   their
                   pravity
                   is
                   taken
                   away
                   and
                   become
                   not
                   dangerous
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Apricocks
                   .
                
                 
                   Apricocks
                   are
                   far
                   beyond
                   Peaches
                   in
                   goodness
                   and
                   are
                   more
                   pleasing
                   to
                   the
                   Stomach
                   and
                   are
                   not
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Medlers
                   .
                
                 
                   Medlers
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   not
                   eaten
                   till
                   they
                   are
                   Rotten
                   ,
                   they
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   slowly
                   concocted
                   ,
                   they
                   stop
                   the
                   belly
                   and
                   all
                   Flux
                   ,
                   they
                   stay
                   vomiting
                   and
                   agree
                   well
                   with
                   a
                   Chollerick
                   Stomach
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cherries
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   Cherries
                   have
                   a
                   cooling
                   Faculty
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   sowre
                   especially
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   quickly
                   descend
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   cool
                   the
                   Stomach
                   and
                   Liver
                   ,
                   they
                   quench
                   thirst
                   ,
                   and
                   raise
                   an
                   Appetite
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   nor
                   of
                   so
                   hurtful
                   a
                   Juyce
                   as
                   the
                   sweet
                   ones
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   much
                   inferiour
                   to
                   the
                   sharp
                   in
                   goodness
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   the
                   moisture
                   abounding
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   and
                   generate
                   Putrid
                   humours
                   ,
                   and
                   sometimes
                   Worms
                   in
                   
                     Putrid
                     Feavers
                  
                   ,
                   taken
                   by
                   surfeit
                   ,
                   and
                   ever-much
                   
                   eating
                   them
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   black
                   are
                   most
                   wholesome
                   ,
                   and
                   indeed
                   Medicinal
                   against
                   Convulsions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Plumbs
                   and
                   Prunes
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Plumbs
                   in
                   general
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   are
                   divers
                   kind
                   of
                   Plumbs
                   ,
                   the
                   sweet
                   ones
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   cold
                   as
                   the
                   sower
                   in
                   nature
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   chiefly
                   profitable
                   to
                   cholorick
                   stomachs
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   easily
                   concocted
                   and
                   pass
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   fresh
                   alter
                   most
                   powerfully
                   ,
                   they
                   mollify
                   the
                   belly
                   being
                   taken
                   before
                   meat
                   ,
                   but
                   very
                   dangerous
                   taken
                   after
                   by
                   reason
                   they
                   scatter
                   abroad
                   many
                   excrements
                   and
                   that
                   crude
                   ,
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   generate
                   good
                   juice
                   those
                   which
                   abound
                   most
                   with
                   a
                   moistcrude
                   juice
                   are
                   the
                   worst
                   ,
                   also
                   the
                   white
                   or
                   yellowish
                   are
                   the
                   worst
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   best
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   black
                   or
                   blew
                   colour
                   like
                   Damsons
                   and
                   Damask
                   Prunes
                   ,
                   the
                   dry
                   are
                   more
                   fit
                   for
                   nourishment
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   weak
                   in
                   stomach
                   ,
                   plumbs
                   are
                   not
                   convenient
                   because
                   
                   they
                   loosen
                   its
                   strength
                   by
                   a
                   cooling
                   moisture
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mulburies
                   .
                
                 
                   Mulburies
                   do
                   very
                   powerfully
                   quench
                   thirst
                   from
                   their
                   moisting
                   and
                   cooling
                   quality
                   ,
                   they
                   mitigate
                   choller
                   ,
                   but
                   nourish
                   little
                   ,
                   they
                   easily
                   pass
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   retained
                   they
                   are
                   easily
                   corrupted
                   and
                   become
                   putred
                   ,
                   and
                   acquire
                   an
                   ill
                   Nature
                   wherefore
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   eaten
                   when
                   the
                   stomach
                   is
                   empty
                   only
                   and
                   not
                   stuffed
                   with
                   peccant
                   humours
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   quickly
                   descend
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Figs.
                   
                
                 
                   Figs
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   by
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   nourish
                   very
                   much
                   above
                   any
                   other
                   Fruits
                   ,
                   they
                   easily
                   descend
                   and
                   pass
                   through
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   a
                   penetrating
                   and
                   cleansing
                   faculty
                   ,
                   yet
                   too
                   much
                   use
                   of
                   them
                   begets
                   Wind
                   ,
                   dry
                   Figs
                   are
                   hotter
                   and
                   dryer
                   ,
                   then
                   
                   green
                   and
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   opening
                   and
                   attenuating
                   quality
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   also
                   loosen
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   drive
                   humours
                   to
                   the
                   external
                   parts
                   ,
                   therefore
                   profitably
                   taken
                   by
                   Women
                   near
                   their
                   time
                   of
                   travel
                   they
                   generate
                   blood
                   also
                   but
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Grapes
                   .
                
                 
                   Grapes
                   that
                   are
                   sweet
                   ,
                   are
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   cause
                   thirst
                   ,
                   sharp
                   ,
                   sower
                   ,
                   austere
                   are
                   colder
                   ,
                   therefore
                   allay
                   drotwh
                   or
                   thirst
                   ,
                   the
                   mean
                   between
                   sweat
                   and
                   sowre
                   are
                   best
                   to
                   make
                   Wine
                   of
                   ,
                   the
                   fresh
                   gathered
                   ,
                   ate
                   flatulent
                   ,
                   windy
                   ,
                   afford
                   little
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   detained
                   long
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   are
                   corrupted
                   and
                   dilate
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   stir
                   up
                   Chollick
                   Fits
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   the
                   Spleen
                   to
                   swell
                   ,
                   and
                   fill
                   the
                   Stomach
                   and
                   Liver
                   ,
                   with
                   crude
                   humours
                   ,
                   the
                   fresh
                   gathered
                   serve
                   rather
                   for
                   pleasure
                   then
                   health
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   best
                   are
                   the
                   sweet
                   ones
                   ,
                   mixt
                   with
                   a
                   little
                   sharp
                   tast
                   ,
                   those
                   without
                   stones
                   loosen
                   the
                   belly
                   more
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   stones
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Stomach
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Almonds
                   and
                   Nuts
                   .
                
                 
                   Sweet
                   Almonds
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   Nuts
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   them
                   the
                   largest
                   and
                   sweetest
                   are
                   most
                   to
                   be
                   desired
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   temperately
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   and
                   yeilds
                   store
                   of
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   good
                   juyce
                   and
                   moderate
                   ,
                   they
                   attenuate
                   and
                   cleanse
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   Reason
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   Food
                   for
                   imatiated
                   bodies
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   replenish
                   the
                   intrails
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   with
                   convenient
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   not
                   apt
                   to
                   corruption
                   ,
                   they
                   purge
                   the
                   breast
                   ,
                   open
                   Obstructions
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Urinary
                     passage
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   sleep
                   ,
                   but
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   useful
                   for
                   a
                   Chollerick
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   nor
                   good
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   Feavers
                   ,
                   proceeding
                   from
                   Choller
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   usually
                   given
                   to
                   the
                   Sick
                   ,
                   dissolved
                   in
                   broaths
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   called
                   emulsions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Filberds
                   and
                   Hasle-Nuts
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   best
                   of
                   Hasle
                   Nuts
                   are
                   Filberds
                   and
                   
                   do
                   come
                   nearest
                   to
                   Almonds
                   in
                   vertue
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   in
                   quality
                   ,
                   hardly
                   digested
                   afford
                   a
                   thick
                   juyce
                   if
                   old
                   the
                   young
                   or
                   newly
                   gathered
                   are
                   the
                   best
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Walnuts
                   .
                
                 
                   Walnuts
                   if
                   new
                   gathered
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   the
                   old
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   in
                   faculty
                   ,
                   the
                   new
                   are
                   safer
                   eaten
                   then
                   the
                   old
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   old
                   generates
                   Choller
                   ,
                   offend
                   the
                   orifice
                   of
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   and
                   hurt
                   the
                   Gullet
                   ,
                   or
                   Wind-pipe
                   ,
                   cause
                   a
                   Cough
                   ,
                   and
                   causeth
                   pain
                   in
                   the
                   head
                   ,
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   them
                   is
                   commended
                   after
                   eating
                   of
                   Fish
                   ,
                   because
                   their
                   heating
                   and
                   dryness
                   prevent
                   the
                   corruption
                   of
                   Fish
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Chestnuts
                   .
                
                 
                   Gallen
                   that
                   learned
                   Physitian
                   believes
                   that
                   Chestnuts
                   have
                   no
                   ill
                   juyce
                   ,
                   as
                   all
                   other
                   Fruits
                   of
                   Trees
                   have
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   hot
                   
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   well
                   concocted
                   ,
                   nourish
                   very
                   much
                   ,
                   and
                   affords
                   durable
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   they
                   bind
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   eaten
                   in
                   too
                   great
                   plenty
                   ,
                   generates
                   Wind.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Olives
                   Oyle
                   .
                
                 
                   Olives
                   are
                   temperate
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Oyl
                   drawn
                   from
                   them
                   that
                   are
                   Ripe
                   ,
                   affords
                   nourishment
                   temperate
                   ,
                   and
                   agreeable
                   to
                   our
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   can
                   correct
                   the
                   pravity
                   of
                   other
                   Aliments
                   ,
                   amends
                   the
                   crudity
                   of
                   Herbs
                   ,
                   Resists
                   poyson
                   ,
                   it
                   mollifies
                   and
                   loosens
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   it
                   takes
                   away
                   sharpness
                   ,
                   it
                   helps
                   Ruptutes
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   bursten
                   bellied
                   ,
                   and
                   mittigates
                   pain
                   internally
                   and
                   externally
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mushromes
                   and
                   Toad-stools
                   .
                
                 
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   wantonness
                   of
                   some
                   will
                   eat
                   Mushromes
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   eaten
                   without
                   danger
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   by
                   nature
                   cold
                   ,
                   they
                   yeild
                   a
                   watry
                   and
                   thick
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   but
                   oftentimes
                   they
                   are
                   poysonous
                   therefore
                   better
                   let
                   alone
                   then
                   eaten
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   we
                   have
                   passed
                   through
                   all
                   eatable
                   things
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   necessary
                   we
                   speak
                   next
                   of
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   Drink
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 XII
                 .
                 Of
                 Drink
                 Its
                 Use
                 .
              
               
                 DRink
                 is
                 of
                 so
                 absolute
                 necessity
                 ,
                 that
                 without
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 moist
                 substance
                 which
                 is
                 daily
                 consumed
                 ,
                 cannot
                 be
                 restored
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 natural
                 thirst
                 allayed
                 ,
                 neither
                 can
                 the
                 Fat
                 and
                 thick
                 moisture
                 be
                 carried
                 through
                 the
                 narrow
                 passages
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 drink
                 the
                 meat
                 in
                 the
                 Stomach
                 is
                 mingled
                 ,
                 concocted
                 ,
                 and
                 poured
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 inflamation
                 of
                 that
                 Fat
                 ,
                 which
                 destinated
                 by
                 Nature
                 to
                 nourish
                 our
                 bodies
                 is
                 prohibited
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Kinds
                   of
                   Drink
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     There
                     are
                     divers
                     kinds
                     of
                     Drink
                     ,
                     as
                  
                   Water
                   ,
                   Wine
                   ,
                   Strong
                   Beer
                   ,
                   Ale
                   ,
                   Syder
                   ,
                   Perry
                   ,
                   Drinks
                   made
                   of
                   Honey
                   ,
                   Sugar
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                     and
                     divers
                     decoctions
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Waters
                   how
                   to
                   know
                   good
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   great
                   variety
                   of
                   Waters
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   are
                   cold
                   and
                   moist
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   best
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   pure
                   and
                   clear
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   sight
                   ,
                   taste
                   ,
                   smell
                   ,
                   and
                   offers
                   the
                   sale
                   of
                   nothing
                   to
                   the
                   tast
                   ,
                   nor
                   odour
                   to
                   the
                   smell
                   ,
                   which
                   upon
                   the
                   fire
                   is
                   soon
                   made
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Fire
                   doth
                   soon
                   grow
                   cold
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   light
                   ,
                   and
                   wherein
                   Flesh
                   and
                   Fruit
                   are
                   soon
                   boyled
                   ,
                   some
                   is
                   Fountain
                   others
                   is
                   River
                   water
                   ,
                   some
                   Rain
                   water
                   ,
                   others
                   Lake
                   or
                   Pond
                   water
                   ,
                   some
                   marish
                   ,
                   others
                   Snow
                   waters
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Fountain
                   Water
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Fountain
                   water
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   which
                   hath
                   these
                   marks
                   of
                   good
                   water
                   ,
                   that
                   spreads
                   towards
                   the
                   East
                   ,
                   and
                   Runs
                   Eastward
                   ,
                   and
                   Riseth
                   through
                   Sand
                   ,
                   and
                   Gravel
                   ,
                   that
                   carries
                   no
                   mud
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   hotter
                   in
                   Winter
                   and
                   colder
                   in
                   Summer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   River
                   Water
                   .
                
                 
                   River
                   Water
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   is
                   Fountain
                   water
                   ,
                   and
                   ariseth
                   from
                   many
                   Fountains
                   flowing
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   mixed
                   nature
                   ,
                   and
                   receives
                   also
                   a
                   mixt
                   Nature
                   from
                   the
                   Earth
                   it
                   passeth
                   through
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Waters
                   are
                   mixed
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   sometimes
                   also
                   they
                   are
                   mingled
                   with
                   Snow
                   melted
                   in
                   the
                   Mountains
                   ,
                   and
                   great
                   showres
                   of
                   water
                   collected
                   together
                   ,
                   yet
                   its
                   crudity
                   is
                   corrected
                   by
                   the
                   beams
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   ,
                   whilst
                   it
                   runs
                   through
                   divers
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   should
                   stand
                   and
                   settle
                   in
                   Cisterns
                   ,
                   and
                   Tubs
                   ,
                   that
                   what
                   impurities
                   it
                   brought
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   may
                   settle
                   to
                   the
                   Bottom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Rain
                   Water
                   .
                
                 
                   Rain
                   Waters
                   which
                   falls
                   in
                   the
                   Summer
                   time
                   with
                   Thunder
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   thinnest
                   and
                   lightest
                   ,
                   but
                   since
                   many
                   vapours
                   are
                   lift
                   up
                   by
                   the
                   heat
                   ,
                   and
                   mingled
                   with
                   the
                   Showers
                   ,
                   these
                   Waters
                   are
                   not
                   very
                   pure
                   ,
                   whence
                   they
                   are
                   obnoxious
                   to
                   putrifaction
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Well
                   Waters
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   Waters
                   since
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   raised
                   up
                   but
                   by
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   Art
                   ,
                   are
                   thick
                   and
                   heavy
                   ,
                   whence
                   they
                   continue
                   long
                   in
                   the
                   Bowels
                   ,
                   and
                   obstructs
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lakes
                   and
                   Marish
                   waters
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   Waters
                   are
                   the
                   worst
                   ,
                   they
                   easily
                   become
                   putrid
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   thick
                   and
                   crude
                   ,
                   and
                   oftentimes
                   malignant
                   ▪
                   and
                   pestilent
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   the
                   Stomach
                   is
                   offended
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   Bowels
                   obstructed
                   ,
                   and
                   humors
                   corrupted
                   ,
                   and
                   oftentimes
                   putred
                   ,
                   and
                   malignant
                   ,
                   and
                   Pestilential
                   Feavers
                   do
                   thence
                   arise
                   ,
                   wherefore
                   their
                   use
                   is
                   wholly
                   to
                   be
                   forborn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Waters
                   of
                   Snow
                   and
                   Ice
                   .
                
                 
                   Waters
                   of
                   Snow
                   and
                   Ice
                   are
                   condemned
                   because
                   they
                   are
                   thick
                   and
                   hurt
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   and
                   stir
                   up
                   grievous
                   symptomes
                   and
                   Diseases
                   of
                   the
                   Joynts
                   ,
                   Nerves
                   ,
                   and
                   Bowels
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Correcting
                   of
                   VVaters
                   .
                
                 
                   Waters
                   are
                   corrected
                   by
                   boyling
                   and
                   their
                   conditions
                   and
                   Malignancies
                   are
                   abated
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   terene
                   and
                   vitious
                   parts
                   ,
                   are
                   separated
                   ,
                   which
                   will
                   settle
                   in
                   the
                   bottom
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   cold
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   VVine
                   ,
                   Its
                   Nature
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   Wine
                   hath
                   a
                   heating
                   and
                   drying
                   quality
                   ,
                   
                   but
                   some
                   is
                   hotter
                   and
                   more
                   generous
                   ,
                   others
                   less
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   hot
                   is
                   manifest
                   by
                   the
                   spirit
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   drawn
                   out
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   yet
                   because
                   it
                   nourisheth
                   much
                   ,
                   and
                   encreaseth
                   moisture
                   and
                   blood
                   ,
                   fit
                   to
                   nourish
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   moist
                   ,
                   therefore
                   Wine
                   is
                   a
                   Medicinal
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   some
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   some
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   in
                   the
                   third
                   degree
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   Reason
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   it
                   is
                   forbidden
                   ,
                   boyes
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   its
                   drying
                   faculty
                   ,
                   many
                   do
                   mix
                   water
                   with
                   their
                   Wine
                   ,
                   yet
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   little
                   difference
                   in
                   heating
                   and
                   drying
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   Wine
                   ,
                   its
                   sel●
                   ,
                   some
                   Wine
                   is
                   called
                   windy
                   wine
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   may
                   indure
                   much
                   water
                   to
                   be
                   mixed
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   still
                   good
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Difference
                   of
                   wines
                   .
                
                 
                   Wines
                   diff●r
                   according
                   to
                   smell
                   ,
                   tast
                   ,
                   colour
                   ,
                   and
                   manner
                   of
                   subsistance
                   as
                   for
                   tast
                   ,
                   sweet
                   wines
                   properly
                   so
                   called
                   ,
                   nourish
                   best
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   not
                   only
                   most
                   grateful
                   to
                   the
                   pallate
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   to
                   the
                   Bowels
                   ,
                   but
                   because
                   they
                   are
                   thicker
                   ,
                   easily
                   produce
                   
                     Obstructions
                     
                     in
                     the
                     Liver
                     and
                     Spleen
                     ,
                  
                   inflame
                   the
                   Hypochondries
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   easily
                   turned
                   into
                   Choller
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   profitable
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Lungs
                     ,
                     Chops
                  
                   and
                   Throat
                   ,
                   neither
                   do
                   they
                   offend
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   nor
                   hurt
                   the
                   Nerves
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Austere
                   wines
                   .
                
                 
                   Harsh
                   wine
                   have
                   the
                   weaker
                   heat
                   tarry
                   longer
                   in
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   nor
                   do
                   they
                   easily
                   pass
                   through
                   the
                   Veins
                   ,
                   nor
                   penetrate
                   through
                   the
                   passages
                   of
                   Urine
                   ,
                   whence
                   they
                   are
                   good
                   for
                   loosenesses
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   but
                   hurtful
                   in
                   the
                   Disease
                   of
                   the
                   Breast
                   and
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   detain
                   spittle
                   ,
                   the
                   middle
                   sort
                   betwixt
                   sweet
                   and
                   sowre
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Smell
                   of
                   wine
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   fragrant
                   smell
                   is
                   a
                   token
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   wine
                   because
                   it
                   can
                   increase
                   spirits
                   ,
                   restore
                   decayed
                   strength
                   ,
                   and
                   recreate
                   and
                   refresh
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   suddenly
                   languishing
                   only
                   by
                   the
                   smell
                   ,
                   and
                   can
                   exhilerate
                   the
                   mind
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   strengthen
                   the
                   whole
                   man
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   its
                   faculties
                   ,
                   and
                   principally
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   for
                   old
                   man
                   ,
                   &
                   by
                   filling
                   the
                   head
                   hurt
                   the
                   Nerves
                   ,
                   but
                   wine
                   that
                   have
                   no
                   smell
                   are
                   base
                   ,
                   &
                   are
                   not
                   received
                   so
                   gratefully
                   by
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   nor
                   so
                   easily
                   concocted
                   ,
                   nor
                   do
                   they
                   afford
                   so
                   fit
                   Aliment
                   ,
                   to
                   engender
                   good
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   nor
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Heart
                   so
                   much
                   ,
                   not
                   refresh
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   therefore
                   all
                   such
                   wine
                   ,
                   as
                   have
                   an
                   unnatural
                   smell
                   ,
                   whencesoever
                   contracted
                   ,
                   are
                   all
                   naught
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   fit
                   for
                   drinking
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Colour
                   of
                   wine
                   .
                
                 
                   Colour
                   of
                   wine
                   ,
                   shews
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   natur●
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   white
                   or
                   pale
                   wines
                   ,
                   heat
                   less
                   then
                   deep
                   and
                   yellow
                   wines
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   weaker
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   besides
                   their
                   paleness
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   o●
                   a
                   thin
                   substance
                   ,
                   all
                   black
                   wines
                   ,
                   or
                   deep
                   Red
                   are
                   of
                   thicker
                   substance
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   sweet
                   ,
                   and
                   nourish
                   very
                   much
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   beget
                   thick
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   so
                   laudable
                   ,
                   they
                   cause
                   Obstructions
                   ,
                   and
                   continue
                   longer
                   in
                   the
                   Bowels
                   ,
                   and
                   fill
                   the
                   Head
                   with
                   many
                   vapours
                   ,
                   between
                   the
                   
                   white
                   and
                   red
                   ,
                   their
                   are
                   middle
                   colours
                   ,
                   viz.
                   Yellow
                   ,
                   Reddish
                   yellow
                   ,
                   a
                   pale
                   Red
                   ,
                   and
                   perfect
                   Red
                   ,
                   a
                   pale
                   Red
                   is
                   nearest
                   to
                   White
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   substance
                   be
                   thin
                   is
                   the
                   best
                   ,
                   as
                   such
                   are
                   Rhenish
                   wines
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   apt
                   to
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Heart
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   beneficial
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   troubled
                   with
                   Chollick
                   pains
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   Flatus
                   of
                   the
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   Red
                   wines
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   ,
                   heat
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   ,
                   they
                   generate
                   good
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   not
                   load
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   thick
                   in
                   substance
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   naught
                   for
                   the
                   Liver
                   and
                   Spleen
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   breed
                   Obstructions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Wine
                   differ
                   according
                   to
                   Age.
                   
                
                 
                   Wines
                   also
                   differ
                   according
                   to
                   Age
                   ,
                   new
                   wine
                   is
                   thick
                   and
                   flatuous
                   begets
                   the
                   Cholick
                   ,
                   impeads
                   and
                   hinders
                   Urine
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   loosens
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   and
                   unless
                   it
                   doth
                   so
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   more
                   hurtful
                   ,
                   new
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   as
                   sweet
                   as
                   wine
                   new
                   prest
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   easily
                   distributed
                   into
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   and
                   wine
                   
                   too
                   old
                   may
                   work
                   too
                   much
                   upon
                   the
                   Nerves
                   and
                   offend
                   the
                   head
                   ,
                   therefore
                   a
                   middle
                   age
                   is
                   best
                   for
                   all
                   uses
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   thing
                   also
                   there
                   is
                   great
                   difference
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   nature
                   of
                   the
                   wine
                   ,
                   some
                   will
                   last
                   long
                   ,
                   others
                   sooner
                   loose
                   their
                   strength
                   and
                   spirits
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Beer
                   and
                   Ale.
                   
                
                 
                   Beer
                   and
                   Ale
                   is
                   the
                   common
                   familiar
                   drink
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   doubt
                   but
                   profitable
                   and
                   wholesome
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   as
                   experience
                   shews
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   different
                   preparations
                   ,
                   or
                   brewings
                   makes
                   no
                   small
                   difference
                   in
                   drinks
                   ,
                   the
                   difference
                   of
                   waters
                   is
                   greatly
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   ,
                   therefore
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   Natures
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   taught
                   you
                   before
                   how
                   to
                   judge
                   ;
                   Also
                   the
                   different
                   Corn
                   or
                   Grain
                   is
                   very
                   considerable
                   ,
                   as
                   drink
                   made
                   of
                   VVheat
                   Malt
                   nourish
                   more
                   ,
                   others
                   mix
                   some
                   VVheat
                   ,
                   some
                   Barley
                   ,
                   others
                   mix
                   some
                   Oats
                   with
                   Barley
                   for
                   Malt
                   ,
                   generally
                   in
                   Ale
                   is
                   used
                   less
                   hops
                   ,
                   then
                   in
                   Beer
                   ,
                   therefore
                   Ale
                   is
                   more
                   nourishing
                   ,
                   and
                   loosens
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   all
                   new
                   drink
                   is
                   more
                   unwholesome
                   
                   especially
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   troubled
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   obstructs
                   the
                   Bowels
                   ,
                   generates
                   the
                   Stone
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   clear
                   is
                   wholesomer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Honey
                   Drinks
                
                 
                   Various
                   sorts
                   of
                   Drinks
                   there
                   is
                   made
                   with
                   Honey
                   ,
                   which
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   ,
                   heat
                   and
                   dry
                   more
                   then
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   easily
                   turns
                   into
                   Choller
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   Arromaticks
                   are
                   added
                   as
                   spice
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Therefore
                   good
                   ●or
                   the
                   Phlegmatick
                   ,
                   and
                   bad
                   for
                   the
                   Chollerick
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Coffee
                   .
                
                 
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   Since
                   of
                   late
                   Coffee
                   is
                   grown
                   so
                   much
                   into
                   use
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   amiss
                   if
                   we
                   touch
                   upon
                   the
                   quality
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   in
                   its
                   nature
                   it
                   is
                   cold
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   binding
                   it
                   doth
                   very
                   much
                   sympathize
                   in
                   vertue
                   with
                   Pease
                   ,
                   only
                   it
                   hath
                   this
                   quality
                   above
                   Pease
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   will
                   make
                   him
                   that
                   drinks
                   it
                   vigilant
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   doth
                   very
                   much
                   hinder
                   sleep
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   good
                   
                   in
                   a
                   Lethargy
                   ,
                   but
                   bad
                   to
                   be
                   drank
                   near
                   bed
                   time
                   ,
                   by
                   those
                   that
                   cannot
                   sleep
                   well
                   ,
                   it
                   doth
                   potently
                   resist
                   drunkenness
                   ,
                   which
                   makes
                   many
                   after
                   hard
                   drinking
                   ,
                   refresh
                   themselves
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   drank
                   actually
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   in
                   it self
                   potentially
                   cold
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   innocent
                   ,
                   working
                   no
                   wonders
                   but
                   one
                   ,
                   viz.
                   It
                   hath
                   made
                   many
                   poor
                   people
                   by
                   selling
                   it
                   ,
                   become
                   very
                   rich
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Tobacco
                   .
                   And
                   how
                   useful
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   because
                   Drink
                   and
                   Tobacco
                   are
                   seldom
                   at
                   great
                   distance
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   being
                   a
                   common
                   query
                   amongst
                   Patients
                   to
                   their
                   Doctors
                   is
                   Tobacco
                   good
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   necessary
                   to
                   say
                   something
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   therefore
                   take
                   notice
                   that
                   some
                   that
                   have
                   writ
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   do
                   mu●ter
                   up
                   as
                   many
                   vertues
                   pertaining
                   to
                   it
                   as
                   can
                   be
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   common
                   Fault
                   in
                   Herbalists
                   ,
                   to
                   ascribe
                   more
                   praise
                   by
                   much
                   then
                   is
                   due
                   to
                   every
                   Herb
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   is
                   certain
                   ,
                   Tobacco
                   is
                   a
                   
                   good
                   vulnary
                   Herb
                   ,
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   used
                   to
                   wounds
                   ,
                   whether
                   made
                   into
                   Oyntment
                   from
                   the
                   green
                   Herb
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   leaf
                   it self
                   applyed
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   Nature
                   ,
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   very
                   Balsamaical
                   ,
                   now
                   as
                   used
                   by
                   smoaking
                   in
                   a
                   pipe
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   very
                   attractive
                   of
                   moist
                   and
                   crude
                   humours
                   ,
                   as
                   Water
                   and
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   cut
                   of
                   the
                   Head
                   and
                   Stomach
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   makes
                   a
                   pump
                   of
                   the
                   mouth
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   some
                   and
                   detriment
                   to
                   the
                   health
                   of
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   make
                   some
                   discovery
                   ,
                   for
                   whom
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   what
                   :
                   I
                   say
                   it
                   is
                   chiefly
                   proper
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   Phlegmatick
                   constitution
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   that
                   abound
                   with
                   humidity
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     Rhumes
                     ,
                     Catarrhs
                     ,
                     Distillations
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   ,
                   my
                   Reasons
                   are
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   for
                   the
                   Phlegmatick
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   is
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   resists
                   the
                   generation
                   of
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   exhausts
                   it
                   ;
                   next
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   against
                   
                     Rheums
                     ,
                     Catarrhs
                     ,
                     Distillations
                  
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   draws
                   sorth
                   by
                   the
                   mouth
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   prevents
                   the
                   distilling
                   upon
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   acrimony
                   of
                   
                     Salt
                     Phlegm
                  
                   ,
                   falling
                   from
                   the
                   head
                   upon
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   worst
                   and
                   dangerous
                   symptome
                   in
                   a
                   Catarrh
                   ,
                   which
                   ulcerates
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   and
                   brings
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   into
                   a
                   Cons●mption
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   death
                   ,
                   therefore
                   whatsoever
                   leads
                   forth
                   the
                   distilling
                   humour
                   ,
                   prevents
                   the
                   great
                   mischief
                   it
                   brings
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   For
                   whom
                   Tobacco
                   is
                   not
                   good
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   good
                   for
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   hot
                   and
                   dry
                   ;
                   Chollerick
                   constitutioned
                   ,
                   yet
                   if
                   such
                   have
                   long
                   accustomed
                   themselves
                   to
                   the
                   taking
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   safe
                   leaving
                   it
                   of
                   too
                   hastily
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   degrees
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   it
                   proper
                   for
                   Sanguine
                   p●ople
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   not
                   troubled
                   with
                   Rheums
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   attracts
                   humours
                   by
                   heat
                   ,
                   and
                   brings
                   an
                   influx
                   where
                   would
                   be
                   none
                   without
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   doth
                   certainly
                   decay
                   the
                   Teeth
                   for
                   two
                   causes
                   ,
                   from
                   its
                   own
                   heat
                   ,
                   which
                   comes
                   with
                   a
                   burning
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   smoak
                   into
                   the
                   mouth
                   ,
                   and
                   likewise
                   it
                   destroys
                   the
                   Teeth
                   from
                   the
                   frequent
                   Flux
                   of
                   Rheum
                   from
                   the
                   Head
                   to
                   the
                   Teeth
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   well
                   be
                   avoided
                   by
                   them
                   for
                   whom
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   agreeable
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Order
                   in
                   taking
                   Tobacco
                   .
                
                 
                   Some
                   Directions
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   manner
                   of
                   using
                   this
                   drug
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   others
                   ,
                   as
                   first
                   for
                   the
                   Phlegmatick
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   Phlegmatick
                   persons
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   best
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   ordinarly
                   after
                   Meats
                   ,
                   especially
                   after
                   drinking
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   going
                   to
                   bed
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   drink
                   after
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   rather
                   before
                   they
                   smoak
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   crudities
                   of
                   the
                   drink
                   and
                   Stomach
                   may
                   be
                   emited
                   ,
                   but
                   for
                   hot
                   constitutioned
                   persons
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Chollerick
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   best
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   drink
                   both
                   before
                   and
                   after
                   ,
                   (
                   except
                   to
                   bed
                   ward
                   )
                   least
                   their
                   natural
                   heat
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   heat
                   of
                   Tobacco
                   may
                   be
                   inflamed
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   a
                   burning
                   at
                   the
                   Heart
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Stomach
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 XIII
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 Passions
                 of
                 the
                 Mind
                 ,
                 and
                 exercise
                 and
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 next
                 thing
                 conducible
                 to
                 health
                 ,
                 having
                 now
                 sufficiently
                 spoken
                 of
                 wholesome
                 Air
                 ,
                 Meat
                 and
                 Drink
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Is
                 passions
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 exercise
                 of
                 body
                 ,
                 the
                 perturbations
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 do
                 much
                 hurt
                 to
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 as
                 no
                 Physitian
                 will
                 deny
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Euthumy
                 or
                 well
                 setled
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 is
                 at
                 quiet
                 ,
                 doth
                 very
                 much
                 tend
                 to
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 health
                 ,
                 for
                 although
                 every
                 man
                 that
                 is
                 diseased
                 in
                 body
                 ,
                 is
                 troubled
                 also
                 in
                 mind
                 by
                 the
                 peccant
                 humours
                 which
                 makes
                 men
                 angry
                 and
                 peevish
                 ,
                 so
                 
                 that
                 it
                 makes
                 true
                 the
                 saying
                 ,
                 there
                 can
                 hardly
                 be
                 found
                 
                   mens
                   sana
                
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 
                   corpore
                   sano
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 men
                 in
                 perfect
                 health
                 ,
                 that
                 wilfully
                 take
                 upon
                 them
                 such
                 a
                 habit
                 or
                 custome
                 of
                 anger
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 disturbs
                 their
                 own
                 house
                 and
                 Relations
                 ,
                 but
                 thereby
                 bring
                 into
                 their
                 own
                 bodies
                 Sickness
                 and
                 Death
                 ,
                 but
                 contrarywise
                 ,
                 moderate
                 joy
                 and
                 a
                 chearful
                 spirit
                 doth
                 preserve
                 the
                 body
                 in
                 health
                 ,
                 and
                 sound
                 constitution
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 recreates
                 and
                 refreshes
                 the
                 heart
                 and
                 spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 whole
                 body
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 joy
                 be
                 excessive
                 ,
                 it
                 dissipates
                 and
                 consumes
                 the
                 spirits
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Exercise
                   of
                   Body
                   .
                
                 
                   Motion
                   and
                   Exercise
                   is
                   of
                   it self
                   ,
                   sufficient
                   to
                   keep
                   the
                   body
                   from
                   Diseases
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   brings
                   a
                   solidity
                   and
                   hardness
                   to
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   that
                   use
                   exercise
                   moderately
                   ,
                   need
                   little
                   other
                   Physick
                   ,
                   this
                   makes
                   the
                   labouring
                   mans
                   sleep
                   sweet
                   ,
                   and
                   pleasant
                   ,
                   this
                   shews
                   the
                   Justice
                   of
                   divine
                   providence
                   distributing
                   the
                   happiness
                   of
                   this
                   matrocosm
                   in
                   proportion
                   to
                   
                   all
                   Ranks
                   of
                   men
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   that
                   are
                   poor
                   and
                   forced
                   to
                   labour
                   ,
                   are
                   recompensed
                   with
                   the
                   rich
                   Jewel
                   of
                   health
                   ,
                   better
                   then
                   which
                   nothing
                   can
                   here
                   be
                   found
                   .
                   Exercise
                   doth
                   increase
                   health
                   ,
                   and
                   strength
                   ,
                   also
                   it
                   moves
                   and
                   agitates
                   the
                   spirits
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   the
                   heart
                   is
                   made
                   strong
                   ,
                   and
                   can
                   resist
                   external
                   injuries
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   fit
                   to
                   undergo
                   all
                   actions
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   nourishment
                   is
                   made
                   ,
                   and
                   vitious
                   excrementitious
                   vapours
                   are
                   discussed
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   those
                   bodies
                   that
                   live
                   idly
                   ,
                   are
                   soft
                   and
                   tender
                   ,
                   and
                   unfit
                   to
                   perform
                   labors
                   of
                   every
                   kind
                   ,
                   as
                   Dancing
                   ,
                   Running
                   ,
                   Playing
                   at
                   Ball
                   ,
                   Gesture
                   of
                   Body
                   ,
                   Riding
                   ,
                   Swimming
                   ,
                   Walking
                   and
                   all
                   others
                   ,
                   but
                   divers
                   exercise
                   have
                   different
                   force
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   exercise
                   ,
                   some
                   parts
                   more
                   then
                   others
                   ,
                   in
                   walking
                   the
                   Legs
                   are
                   most
                   exercised
                   ,
                   in
                   handling
                   of
                   Weapons
                   the
                   Arms
                   ,
                   in
                   singing
                   speaking
                   loud
                   ,
                   and
                   clear
                   Reading
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   loud
                   voice
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   Breast
                   and
                   Face
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   playing
                   with
                   a
                   Ball
                   ,
                   Gallen
                   that
                   great
                   Physitian
                   ,
                   hath
                   writ
                   a
                   peculiar
                   book
                   in
                   commendations
                   of
                   that
                   exercise
                   above
                   any
                   other
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   it
                   exercises
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   ,
                   also
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   difference
                   according
                   to
                   strength
                   used
                   ,
                   or
                   magnitude
                   in
                   motion
                   ,
                   for
                   example
                   ,
                   swift
                   motions
                   attenuates
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   
                   thickens
                   it
                   ,
                   slow
                   motions
                   Ratifies
                   and
                   increaseth
                   Flesh
                   ,
                   vehement
                   motions
                   extenuates
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   and
                   makes
                   it
                   lean
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   hard
                   flourishing
                   ,
                   and
                   firm
                   flesh
                   ,
                   too
                   much
                   exercise
                   exhausteth
                   and
                   dissipates
                   the
                   spirits
                   and
                   the
                   substance
                   of
                   the
                   solid
                   parts
                   ,
                   and
                   cools
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   ,
                   and
                   dissolves
                   the
                   strength
                   of
                   the
                   Nerves
                   and
                   Ligaments
                   ,
                   and
                   sometimes
                   breaks
                   the
                   lesser
                   Veins
                   ,
                   and
                   distendeth
                   the
                   membrances
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   Sleep
                   and
                   Watching
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Watchings
                   that
                   are
                   moderate
                   is
                   a
                   help
                   to
                   distribute
                   Aliment
                   and
                   promotes
                   the
                   emission
                   of
                   excrements
                   ,
                   it
                   stirs
                   up
                   the
                   spirits
                   and
                   renders
                   them
                   more
                   flourishing
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   watchings
                   are
                   immoderate
                   ,
                   they
                   consume
                   and
                   dissipate
                   the
                   animal
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   and
                   dry
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   brain
                   ,
                   they
                   increase
                   Choller
                   ,
                   they
                   inflame
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   heat
                   being
                   dissipated
                   ,
                   they
                   stir
                   up
                   cold
                   Diseases
                   .
                
                 
                   Sleep
                   being
                   moderate
                   doth
                   refresh
                   and
                   kindle
                   again
                   the
                   decayed
                   strength
                   ,
                   and
                   spirits
                   
                   that
                   are
                   wasted
                   by
                   diurnal
                   labours
                   are
                   by
                   it
                   restored
                   ,
                   the
                   heat
                   is
                   called
                   back
                   to
                   the
                   internal
                   parts
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   a
                   concoction
                   of
                   Aliment
                   and
                   crude
                   humours
                   is
                   happily
                   performed
                   in
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   Bowels
                   are
                   sweetly
                   moistned
                   the
                   heat
                   increased
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   become
                   stronger
                   ,
                   cares
                   are
                   taken
                   away
                   .
                   Anger
                   is
                   allayed
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   mind
                   enjoys
                   more
                   tranquillity
                   ,
                   in
                   moderate
                   evacuations
                   ,
                   besides
                   sweat
                   are
                   hindred
                   as
                   the
                   Diarhea
                   or
                   Flux
                   of
                   the
                   Belly
                   ,
                   Sleep
                   is
                   especially
                   beneficial
                   to
                   old
                   men
                   .
                   On
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   moderate
                   Sleep
                   ,
                   obscures
                   the
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   and
                   renders
                   them
                   dull
                   and
                   causeth
                   an
                   amazedness
                   in
                   the
                   understanding
                   and
                   memory
                   ,
                   it
                   sends
                   out
                   the
                   heat
                   ,
                   being
                   hindred
                   with
                   crude
                   and
                   superflous
                   humours
                   ,
                   accumulated
                   Sleep
                   also
                   ,
                   that
                   seizeth
                   on
                   our
                   bodies
                   ,
                   after
                   what
                   manner
                   soever
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   are
                   empty
                   ,
                   dryes
                   and
                   extenuates
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Of
                   Excretions
                   ,
                   and
                   Retentions
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   severral
                   concoctions
                   have
                   their
                   several
                   excrements
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   body
                   may
                   be
                   easily
                   kept
                   in
                   its
                   natural
                   State
                   ,
                   if
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   are
                   profitable
                   for
                   its
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   be
                   retained
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   are
                   unprofitable
                   be
                   cast
                   out
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   retained
                   in
                   the
                   body
                   be
                   cast
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   ejected
                   be
                   retained
                   ,
                   the
                   health
                   will
                   soon
                   decay
                   the
                   excrements
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   evacuated
                   in
                   due
                   season
                   ,
                   hinder
                   concoction
                   ,
                   whilst
                   putrid
                   vapours
                   exhale
                   from
                   thence
                   to
                   the
                   Stomach
                   and
                   neighbouring
                   parts
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   offend
                   the
                   head
                   ,
                   and
                   stir
                   up
                   griping
                   pains
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   evils
                   ,
                   too
                   sudden
                   cleansing
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   doth
                   little
                   hurt
                   ,
                   save
                   that
                   it
                   defrauds
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   nourishment
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   frequent
                   and
                   of
                   continuance
                   the
                   strength
                   is
                   weakned
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Bowels
                   debillitated
                   .
                
                 
                   Urine
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   unseasonably
                   made
                   either
                   
                   too
                   often
                   or
                   too
                   seldome
                   shews
                   a
                   Distemper
                   present
                   ,
                   or
                   will
                   soon
                   procure
                   one
                   if
                   Urine
                   be
                   frequently
                   made
                   sooner
                   then
                   it
                   ought
                   or
                   is
                   need
                   for
                   ,
                   it
                   brings
                   no
                   small
                   damage
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   frequent
                   stimulation
                   of
                   the
                   expulsive
                   faculty
                   of
                   the
                   Neck
                   of
                   the
                   Bladder
                   when
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   to
                   dilate
                   and
                   extend
                   ,
                   the
                   Vesica
                   doth
                   make
                   a
                   contraction
                   of
                   the
                   Bladder
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   lesser
                   compass
                   ,
                   then
                   its
                   due
                   limit
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   Urine
                   be
                   retained
                   longer
                   then
                   it
                   should
                   ,
                   it
                   brings
                   great
                   damage
                   by
                   oppressing
                   the
                   Bladder
                   ,
                   and
                   sometimes
                   so
                   fills
                   it
                   that
                   Urine
                   cannot
                   be
                   expelled
                   ,
                   which
                   causes
                   Inflamation
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   violent
                   Feaver
                   ,
                   great
                   pain
                   and
                   speedy
                   death
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   venery
                
                 
                   Man
                   cannot
                   live
                   for
                   ever
                   although
                   he
                   be
                   nourished
                   ,
                   therefore
                   the
                   generative
                   power
                   is
                   granted
                   to
                   him
                   and
                   given
                   by
                   the
                   Creator
                   of
                   all
                   things
                   for
                   the
                   begetting
                   of
                   his
                   like
                   that
                   Mankind
                   might
                   be
                   preserved
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   proper
                   use
                   of
                   Venery
                   .
                   Now
                   seed
                   untimely
                   retained
                   ,
                   causeth
                   heaviness
                   or
                   dulness
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   corrupted
                   
                   stirs
                   up
                   grievous
                   accidents
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   avoided
                   by
                   Venery
                   ,
                   but
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   timely
                   and
                   lawful
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   need
                   of
                   the
                   unlawful
                   use
                   of
                   means
                   to
                   preserve
                   health
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   contrary
                   to
                   Gods
                   Law
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Creator
                   of
                   man
                   is
                   so
                   indulgent
                   to
                   him
                   in
                   this
                   thing
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   necessary
                   for
                   him
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   have
                   on
                   VVoman
                   ,
                   more
                   might
                   hinder
                   his
                   health
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   it
                   doth
                   to
                   too
                   many
                   ,
                   for
                   too
                   much
                   Venery
                   dissipates
                   the
                   natural
                   heat
                   ,
                   cools
                   and
                   dibillitates
                   the
                   whole
                   body
                   accumulates
                   crudities
                   ,
                   hurts
                   the
                   Nerves
                   ,
                   generates
                   the
                   Gout
                   ,
                   and
                   causes
                   the
                   Palfie
                   ,
                   and
                   debility
                   of
                   the
                   senses
                   and
                   understanding
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   commission
                   of
                   uncleanness
                   a
                   rottenness
                   in
                   the
                   Loins
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   neglected
                   will
                   penetrate
                   the
                   very
                   bones
                   ▪
                   therefore
                   I
                   advise
                   all
                   to
                   chastity
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   infected
                   to
                   read
                   the
                   ensuing
                   part
                   and
                   follow
                   the
                   Directions
                   ,
                   and
                   doubt
                   not
                   of
                   Cure.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   prevent
                   the
                   occasion
                   of
                   Disease
                   by
                   Venery
                   ;
                   Consider
                   there
                   is
                   many
                   a
                   Woman
                   ,
                   very
                   desireable
                   to
                   look
                   on
                   ,
                   yet
                   if
                   you
                   enjoy
                   them
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   less
                   
                   prize
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   can
                   find
                   no
                   more
                   pleasure
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   evacuation
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   heat
                   and
                   vigor
                   ,
                   therefore
                   it
                   is
                   downright
                   folly
                   and
                   madness
                   ,
                   to
                   run
                   such
                   great
                   hazard
                   of
                   Soul
                   ,
                   body
                   ,
                   Estate
                   ,
                   and
                   good
                   Name
                   ,
                   for
                   a
                   Toy
                   of
                   no
                   value
                   .
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               Every
               Man
               his
               own
               Doctor
               .
            
             
               Treating
               of
               DISEASES
               And
               how
               to
               Cure
               ,
               Viz.
               
               
                 
                   Pox
                   ,
                
                 
                   Running
                   of
                   Reins
                   ,
                
                 
                   Scurvy
                   ,
                
                 
                   Gout
                   ,
                
                 
                   Dropsie
                   ,
                
                 
                   Consumptions
                   ,
                
                 
                   Agues
                   ,
                
                 
                   Jaundies
                   ,
                
                 
                   Obstructions
                   of
                   all
                   sorts
                   .
                
              
            
             
               LONDON
               .
               Printed
               by
               
                 Peter
                 Lillicrap
              
               for
               the
               Authour
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               by
               most
               Booksellers
               ,
               1671.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               An
               Advertisement
               .
            
             
               WHo
               ever
               thou
               art
               ,
               thou
               mayest
               if
               not
               already
               be
               assaulted
               with
               the
               common
               Enemy
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               Sickness
               or
               Disease
               ,
               and
               therefore
               a
               way
               to
               prevent
               Sickness
               or
               an
               absolute
               cure
               if
               diseased
               ,
               I
               think
               need
               no
               strong
               arguments
               for
               acceptation
               ,
               what
               I
               intend
               by
               this
               small
               Treatise
               ,
               is
               the
               benefit
               
               of
               all
               diseased
               people
               ,
               whether
               noble
               or
               ignoble
               ,
               who
               it
               may
               be
               have
               sighed
               if
               not
               groaned
               many
               Months
               or
               Years
               under
               some
               obnoxious
               distemper
               ,
               which
               Fear
               ,
               shame
               ,
               poverty
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               be
               unskilful
               Physitians
               by
               their
               Faraginious
               Receipts
               ,
               have
               rather
               fixed
               to
               then
               freed
               their
               bodies
               from
               ,
               or
               I
               in
               my
               practice
               and
               study
               in
               Physick
               ,
               which
               now
               draws
               near
               the
               prospect
               of
               twenty
               years
               ,
               in
               which
               time
               having
               perused
               many
               Authors
               and
               scrutinised
               into
               the
               secrets
               of
               Physick
               ,
               both
               Theorical
               and
               Empirical
               ,
               have
               made
               this
               observation
               that
               most
               voluminous
               Authors
               are
               in
               use
               ,
               but
               flat
               and
               dull
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               be
               said
               of
               too
               many
               ,
               
                 nihil
                 dictum
                 ,
                 quod
                 non
                 dictum
                 prius
                 ,
              
               and
               their
               elaborate
               volumns
               ,
               are
               chiefly
               (
               
                 actum
                 agere
              
               )
               and
               their
               chief
               use
               is
               but
               to
               amuse
               and
               confound
               the
               Vulgar
               with
               admiration
               of
               the
               tedious
               and
               almost
               inextricable
               labyrinth
               ,
               wherein
               young
               Physitians
               are
               commonly
               involved
               ,
               as
               saith
               Ingenious
               Simpson
               ,
               how
               many
               great
               volumns
               of
               
                 Gallen
                 ,
                 Hippocrates
                 ,
                 Diascordes
                 ,
                 Actuarius
                 ,
                 Rasis
                 ,
                 Serapio
                 ,
                 Aetius
                 ,
                 Averoes
                 ,
                 Hurnius
                 ,
                 Fernelius
                 ,
                 Senertus
                 ,
                 Riverius
                 ,
                 cum
                 multis
                 aliis
                 .
              
               What
               tedious
               peice
               of
               Anotamy
               of
               
                 Vel
                 Singius
                 ,
                 Riotanus
                 ,
                 Bartholimus
                 ,
                 spigelius
                 
                 paraeus
                 ,
              
               &c.
               Do
               some
               peruse
               ,
               how
               many
               unprofitable
               discourses
               for
               argumentation
               sake
               in
               the
               Theory
               of
               Physick
               ,
               are
               they
               ingaged
               in
               ,
               how
               many
               hundred
               plants
               do
               they
               burden
               their
               memory
               with
               ,
               what
               a
               confused
               jumble
               of
               varieties
               of
               pulses
               do
               they
               pulse
               their
               heads
               withall
               ,
               what
               a
               multitude
               of
               symtomes
               good
               and
               bad
               ,
               what
               long
               discourses
               of
               difference
               of
               Urine
               ,
               and
               to
               confirm
               all
               ,
               what
               long
               Pilgrimages
               into
               Italy
               ,
               and
               the
               Universities
               there
               do
               they
               make
               ,
               and
               after
               all
               this
               cannot
               as
               some
               have
               ingeniously
               confessed
               ,
               and
               the
               people
               experienced
               ,
               cannot
               I
               say
               cure
               one
               poor
               Disease
               .
            
             
               These
               things
               considered
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               wonder
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 Quors●m
                 haec
                 omnia
              
               ,
               why
               so
               much
               noise
               and
               so
               little
               Wool
               ,
               I
               mean
               so
               much
               ado
               to
               inform
               our
               judgements
               and
               nothing
               the
               nearer
               to
               cure
               Diseases
               ,
               being
               only
               enabled
               to
               discourse
               learnedly
               of
               the
               proceeds
               of
               
                 Phlegmatick
                 ,
                 Chollerick
              
               ,
               and
               adust
               humours
               and
               now
               whilst
               meer
               Methodists
               are
               sufficiently
               satisfied
               ,
               when
               they
               can
               say
               ,
               
                 Sie
                 dixit
                 Galenus
                 ,
                 vel
                 Hippocrates
                 ,
              
               we
               can
               with
               more
               comfort
               say
               ,
               
                 experientia
                 docet
              
               ,
               for
               experience
               is
               the
               Mistress
               
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               the
               best
               knowledge
               is
               taken
               from
               experience
               .
            
             
               What
               I
               have
               writ
               is
               only
               to
               shew
               that
               experienced
               Physick
               is
               most
               profitable
               though
               some
               Doctors
               will
               direct
               things
               they
               have
               read
               or
               heard
               a
               good
               and
               excellent
               report
               of
               ,
               and
               so
               add
               things
               as
               they
               judge
               of
               alike
               quality
               according
               to
               that
               Maxime
               ,
               
                 vis
                 vnita
                 fortior
              
               ,
               and
               so
               confound
               the
               Medicine
               with
               their
               mixture
               ,
               and
               quite
               spoil
               the
               operation
               of
               its
               genuine
               effication
               ,
               so
               that
               Physick
               is
               best
               which
               is
               grounded
               upon
               Observation
               of
               successful
               experiments
               ,
               not
               that
               I
               disswade
               or
               speak
               against
               the
               Theorick
               of
               Physick
               ,
               nor
               the
               true
               method
               of
               the
               Learned
               ,
               provided
               they
               give
               the
               upper
               hand
               to
               successful
               experiments
               ,
               for
               Nature
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               any
               Diseases
               ,
               is
               not
               tyed
               to
               any
               of
               our
               prescribed
               method
               ,
               not
               but
               consideration
               is
               to
               be
               had
               to
               differing
               causes
               and
               persons
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               what
               I
               have
               experienced
               I
               shall
               here
               insert
               as
               to
               the
               cure
               of
               these
               great
               and
               Chronick
               Diseases
               ,
               being
               most
               common
               and
               all
               most
               difficultly
               cured
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Gout
                 ,
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 Scurvy
                 ,
                 Gonorrhea
                 ,
                 Consumptions
                 ,
                 
                 Obstructions
                 ,
              
               and
               in
               speaking
               of
               them
               I
               shall
               describe
               their
               symptomes
               ,
               cause
               ,
               and
               regiment
               in
               Cure
               very
               briefly
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               make
               tryal
               of
               my
               Medicines
               ,
               shall
               by
               Gods
               grace
               find
               them
               very
               effectual
               ,
               where
               every
               one
               may
               be
               his
               own
               Doctor
               if
               they
               please
               ,
               observing
               the
               Rules
               annexed
               ,
               the
               motive
               that
               induced
               me
               to
               put
               forth
               this
               little
               Treatise
               ,
               may
               well
               claim
               Charity
               her self
               to
               Patronise
               it
               ,
               for
               in
               my
               daily
               practice
               ,
               how
               many
               do
               I
               meet
               with
               ,
               that
               have
               wandred
               from
               one
               Physitian
               to
               another
               and
               yet
               not
               cured
               ,
               nay
               some
               ,
               yea
               very
               many
               think
               the
               Cure
               as
               bad
               as
               the
               Disease
               ,
               I
               mean
               for
               fear
               of
               having
               it
               discored
               ,
               for
               too
               many
               have
               receiv'd
               damage
               thereby
               ,
               besides
               the
               excessive
               gain
               of
               some
               Physitians
               ,
               who
               for
               every
               Ulcer
               they
               cure
               ,
               will
               themselves
               be
               covered
               with
               a
               Rich
               Roab
               ,
               not
               to
               mention
               the
               ignorance
               and
               dishonesty
               of
               many
               professors
               ,
               that
               not
               being
               able
               to
               give
               a
               diffinition
               of
               a
               disease
               will
               yet
               undertake
               to
               cure
               ,
               by
               default
               of
               whom
               many
               good
               people
               have
               perished
               in
               Estate
               ,
               health
               ,
               and
               credit
               ,
               especially
               in
               Venereal
               Distempers
               .
               Therefore
               I
               shall
               first
               shew
               what
               each
               Disease
               is
               ,
               and
               its
               certain
               Sign
               to
               know
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               avoid
               all
               mistake
               ,
               
               I
               have
               set
               down
               certain
               and
               safe
               ways
               of
               Government
               ,
               with
               directions
               in
               taking
               that
               Physick
               ,
               is
               most
               suitable
               in
               each
               Disease
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               here
               prescribed
               being
               certain
               and
               safe
               ,
               all
               performed
               by
               a
               few
               Medicines
               as
               you
               will
               find
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               certainty
               of
               their
               goodness
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               entrust
               any
               to
               prepare
               them
               ,
               nor
               the
               delivery
               of
               them
               from
               my
               own
               house
               ,
               and
               there
               only
               delivered
               ,
               for
               the
               best
               Medicine
               ,
               not
               well
               and
               truly
               prepared
               ,
               may
               make
               a
               failing
               in
               cure
               .
               So
               wishing
               preservation
               of
               health
               to
               the
               sound
               ,
               and
               recovery
               of
               health
               to
               the
               sick
               ,
               to
               the
               Poor
               I
               shall
               be
               willing
               to
               give
               advice
               freely
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               that
               are
               in
               any
               doubt
               I
               shall
               readily
               resolve
               them
               .
               For
               oftentimes
               where
               the
               Disease
               is
               great
               ,
               dangerous
               ,
               or
               a
               complication
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               it
               is
               necessary
               to
               consult
               with
               your
               Doctor
               ,
               where
               no
               prescribed
               rule
               can
               in
               all
               circumstances
               ,
               be
               adaequate
               without
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               patient
               in
               all
               occasions
               I
               shall
               willingly
               resolve
               any
               doubts
               or
               Fears
               and
               shall
               manifest
               my self
               thy
               Faithful
               Friend
               .
            
             
               
                 J.
                 A.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               Treating
               of
               the
               POX
               .
            
             
               IN
               performance
               of
               what
               I
               have
               promised
               and
               to
               begin
               with
               this
               fiery
               Dragon
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Disease
               the
               Pox
               ,
               whose
               domination
               or
               Rule
               begins
               not
               like
               other
               Diseases
               ,
               
                 lento
                 pede
              
               ,
               gently
               but
               
                 per
                 saltem
              
               ,
               like
               the
               bite
               of
               a
               Serpent
               or
               sting
               of
               a
               Scorpion
               ,
               for
               most
               Diseases
               are
               seated
               in
               some
               particular
               part
               of
               mans
               body
               ,
               as
               the
               Squinancy
               or
               
                 Plurisie
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               Being
               confined
               to
               the
               spirits
               humors
               or
               solid
               parts
               ,
               but
               this
               disease
               is
               not
               confined
               neither
               to
               solid
               parts
               nor
               humors
               ,
               but
               
               comixeth
               its
               self
               to
               all
               ,
               being
               the
               malignity
               of
               all
               other
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               a
               Hell
               upon
               Earth
               for
               Mans
               punishment
               ,
               bringing
               at
               once
               with
               a
               sting
               of
               discontent
               ,
               a
               cursed
               pain
               with
               loathsome
               and
               shameful
               symptomes
               and
               great
               fear
               for
               diffinition
               ,
               
                 lues
                 venerea
                 malum
                 est
                 Contagiosum
                 quod
                 consuetudine
                 veneris
                 magna
                 ex
                 parte
                 contrahitur
                 .
              
               It
               is
               the
               corruption
               of
               the
               Radical
               moisture
               of
               the
               body
               chiefly
               taken
               by
               contact
               in
               those
               tender
               parts
               in
               the
               act
               of
               copulation
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               taken
               divers
               other
               wayes
               ,
               and
               though
               the
               Liver
               be
               especially
               hurt
               ,
               and
               doth
               labor
               to
               free
               it self
               by
               sending
               the
               putrefaction
               to
               the
               emunctories
               as
               to
               the
               Groins
               ,
               Buboes
               ,
               also
               to
               the
               Arm-pits
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               Ulcers
               ,
               yet
               doth
               it
               transform
               it self
               proteus
               like
               in
               divers
               shapes
               ,
               appearing
               in
               some
               like
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               in
               others
               like
               an
               Itch
               ,
               in
               some
               like
               the
               Gout
               ,
               and
               bringing
               pain
               to
               all
               ,
               especially
               to
               some
               most
               exquisite
               torment
               ,
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               the
               Pox
               may
               be
               taken
               several
               ways
               without
               copulation
               ,
               as
               by
               lying
               in
               a
               hot
               bed
               with
               the
               infected
               ,
               whereby
               emission
               of
               putrid
               sweat
               through
               the
               pores
               penetrates
               the
               adjacent
               body
               ,
               the
               pores
               being
               then
               open
               by
               sleep
               ,
               and
               the
               warmth
               of
               the
               bed
               ,
               so
               one
               Man
               may
               infect
               
               another
               ,
               where
               that
               abominable
               sin
               of
               Sodome
               is
               practiced
               ,
               also
               drinking
               frequently
               with
               them
               that
               have
               it
               foul
               in
               their
               throats
               ,
               or
               by
               sitting
               upon
               a
               close
               stool
               ,
               whilst
               the
               fume
               evaporates
               ,
               also
               a
               young
               child
               born
               of
               corrupt
               Parents
               ,
               may
               infect
               the
               Nurse
               that
               succles
               it
               ,
               or
               the
               infected
               Nurse
               may
               put
               it
               on
               a
               sound
               Child
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               often
               seen
               in
               my
               practice
               .
               I
               come
               now
               to
               the
               particular
               Signs
               if
               infected
               .
               As.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               Signs
               of
               infection
               by
               the
               POX
               ,
            
             
               PResently
               after
               a
               man
               hath
               lain
               with
               an
               infective
               Woman
               ,
               he
               shall
               find
               a
               faintness
               or
               indisposition
               ,
               a
               lassitude
               over
               the
               whole
               body
               without
               other
               cause
               ,
               which
               is
               occasioned
               by
               the
               infection
               of
               the
               natural
               spirits
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               instruments
               of
               Life
               and
               motion
               ,
               then
               the
               next
               symptome
               is
               commonly
               pain
               in
               the
               Head
               ,
               with
               a
               vagrant
               wandring
               pain
               ,
               which
               goeth
               into
               the
               Shoulders
               from
               one
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               also
               very
               frequently
               pain
               in
               the
               Groins
               and
               Buboes
               ,
               
               there
               sometimes
               in
               less
               then
               a
               weeks
               time
               ,
               also
               
                 Heat
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 Inflamation
                 of
                 the
                 Yard
                 ,
              
               and
               Pustules
               ,
               with
               many
               a
               
                 Running
                 of
                 the
                 Reins
              
               ,
               with
               some
               an
               itching
               over
               all
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               angry
               Pustules
               ,
               breaking
               out
               in
               Head
               ,
               Face
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               ,
               with
               some
               there
               breaks
               forth
               a
               great
               heat
               in
               the
               palms
               of
               the
               Hands
               ,
               and
               soals
               of
               the
               Feet
               ,
               also
               some
               have
               an
               interruption
               ,
               or
               sudden
               starting
               when
               they
               begin
               to
               sleep
               ,
               and
               great
               drowsiness
               which
               is
               caused
               of
               the
               fiery
               vapours
               .
               Oftentimes
               there
               appears
               Red
               or
               Yellow
               spots
               upon
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               sore
               Pustules
               like
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               though
               there
               be
               few
               of
               the
               former
               signs
               ,
               yet
               if
               there
               is
               a
               corrupt
               matter
               ,
               though
               but
               a
               weeping
               about
               the
               privy
               part
               ,
               when
               cause
               for
               suspition
               hath
               preceeded
               ,
               you
               may
               be
               assured
               that
               is
               the
               French
               disease
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               do
               here
               declare
               that
               I
               have
               and
               do
               daily
               cure
               those
               that
               have
               had
               it
               ten
               or
               more
               years
               ,
               as
               many
               can
               testifie
               to
               their
               comfort
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
               How
               to
               cure
               the
               POX
               .
            
             
               SHewing
               all
               Men
               and
               Women
               how
               they
               may
               cure
               themselves
               of
               the
               French
               disease
               .
            
             
               Before
               you
               proceed
               to
               the
               particular
               cure
               of
               the
               Pox
               ,
               resolve
               not
               to
               do
               any
               thing
               that
               may
               hinder
               thy
               present
               cure
               ,
               or
               which
               may
               bring
               thee
               to
               thy
               old
               misery
               again
               ,
               after
               thou
               art
               cured
               ,
               and
               first
               observe
               this
               general
               Rule
               for
               thy
               dyet
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               
               drying
               ,
               and
               easie
               of
               concoction
               ,
               and
               feed
               very
               sparingly
               ,
               the
               best
               meat
               is
               Rabbets
               ,
               Birds
               ,
               Poultrey
               ,
               Mutton
               ,
               all
               throughly
               Roasted
               ,
               or
               more
               then
               enough
               ,
               for
               others
               stale
               bread
               ,
               crusts
               of
               bread
               ,
               or
               Bisket
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               sometimes
               eat
               a
               few
               Raisins
               o●
               the
               Sun
               therewith
               ,
               avoid
               Venery
               and
               leachery
               ,
               as
               the
               bane
               of
               Cure
               in
               time
               of
               Physick
               ,
               and
               also
               all
               Salt
               meats
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               spiced
               meats
               ,
               and
               sharp
               things
               ,
               as
               Vinegar
               Lemmons
               ,
               Fruit
               ,
               &c
               ,
               All
               milk
               meat
               ,
               also
               Wine
               .
               First
               begin
               to
               purge
               with
               our
               Morbus
               Pill
               so
               called
               ,
               because
               it
               doth
               so
               mightily
               prevail
               against
               the
               
                 Morbus
                 Gallicus
              
               ,
               take
               I
               say
               in
               bed
               and
               sleep
               after
               ,
               the
               first
               night
               3
               pills
               ,
               next
               night
               4
               pills
               ,
               and
               if
               thy
               strength
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               which
               you
               will
               find
               by
               taking
               the
               two
               first
               doses
               ,
               take
               the
               third
               day
               5
               pills
               ,
               always
               taking
               some
               posset
               drink
               made
               with
               small
               Ale
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Weather
               be
               fair
               and
               your
               body
               strong
               ,
               you
               may
               safely
               go
               abroad
               after
               dinner
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               morning
               if
               you
               take
               them
               going
               to
               bed
               over
               night
               ,
               now
               after
               your
               body
               is
               sufficiently
               cleansed
               for
               preparation
               ,
               if
               you
               are
               young
               ,
               strong
               and
               Phlethorick
               take
               from
               the
               Liver
               Vein
               of
               the
               Right
               Arm
               ,
               eight
               or
               ten
               ounces
               of
               blood
               ,
               then
               begin
               to
               take
               of
               the
               dyet
               
               drink
               which
               doth
               wonderfully
               purifie
               the
               blood
               ,
               and
               restores
               any
               decay
               in
               the
               vital
               or
               noble
               parts
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               Liver
               firm
               and
               sound
               ,
               and
               is
               very
               Cordial
               ,
               you
               ought
               to
               drink
               of
               this
               3
               half
               pints
               every
               day
               hot
               ,
               that
               is
               half
               a
               pint
               in
               the
               morning
               in
               bed
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               before
               you
               rise
               ,
               and
               put
               your self
               into
               a
               small
               breathing
               Sweat
               after
               it
               ,
               and
               take
               half
               a
               pint
               at
               four
               in
               the
               afternoon
               ,
               and
               walk
               much
               after
               it
               ,
               and
               take
               half
               a
               pint
               at
               night
               going
               to
               bed
               ,
               and
               indeavor
               to
               sweat
               a
               little
               after
               it
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               can
               confine
               your self
               at
               meals
               to
               it
               is
               best
               ,
               if
               you
               cannot
               ,
               drink
               some
               Ale
               ,
               but
               the
               less
               the
               better
               ,
               for
               our
               main
               design
               is
               to
               dry
               .
            
             
               Exercise
               moving
               to
               Sweat
               is
               very
               proper
               in
               the
               Cure.
               The
               time
               of
               taking
               this
               drink
               must
               be
               according
               to
               the
               Patients
               disease
               ,
               if
               the
               disease
               be
               newly
               taken
               ,
               it
               cures
               some
               in
               14
               days
               ,
               others
               a
               Month
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               be
               inveterate
               and
               old
               ,
               it
               requires
               six
               weeks
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               a
               sure
               medicine
               .
            
             
               It
               never
               fails
               where
               recovery
               is
               to
               be
               hoped
               for
               ,
               without
               the
               patient
               be
               irregular
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               be
               he
               must
               wait
               the
               longer
               for
               Cure
               ,
               but
               this
               must
               be
               remembred
               to
               purge
               
               it
               least
               twice
               a
               week
               with
               the
               Morbus
               pills
               ,
               with
               3
               ,
               4
               or
               5
               ,
               according
               to
               your
               strength
               ,
               and
               that
               morning
               as
               you
               take
               the
               Pills
               ,
               take
               no
               dyet
               drink
               ,
               but
               posset
               drink
               till
               the
               afternoon
               ,
               then
               drink
               again
               as
               at
               other
               days
               and
               leave
               not
               off
               taking
               your
               cordial
               dyet
               drink
               ,
               and
               the
               pills
               till
               you
               are
               cured
               ,
               and
               all
               symptomes
               be
               gone
               ,
               whether
               pains
               ,
               Pustules
               ,
               spots
               ,
               
                 issuing
                 at
                 the
                 Yard
              
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               for
               if
               you
               do
               it
               may
               grow
               again
               ,
               after
               the
               Cure
               be
               careful
               ,
               not
               to
               return
               to
               a
               full
               dyet
               speedily
               least
               there
               be
               some
               remains
               of
               the
               disease
               ,
               and
               nature
               being
               called
               from
               its
               work
               ,
               to
               the
               digesting
               of
               meat
               ,
               should
               omit
               the
               encounter
               ,
               this
               is
               a
               sure
               way
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               when
               men
               have
               a
               great
               and
               sore
               Disease
               and
               may
               keep
               out
               of
               sight
               for
               a
               months
               time
               ,
               if
               convenient
               for
               their
               constitution
               ,
               I
               cause
               a
               Flux
               or
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               so
               great
               a
               secret
               in
               that
               way
               that
               never
               fails
               ,
               being
               easie
               to
               take
               without
               any
               danger
               to
               the
               Patient
               (
               not
               like
               the
               vulgar
               poysonous
               pill
               which
               some
               use
               )
               I
               perfectly
               cure
               many
               to
               their
               great
               comfort
               ,
               however
               there
               is
               a
               necessity
               of
               dyet
               drink
               also
               ,
               I
               am
               well
               acquainted
               with
               those
               ways
               are
               used
               in
               Italy
               and
               elsewhere
               ,
               
               yet
               none
               better
               then
               what
               I
               have
               mentioned
               ,
               for
               the
               dyet
               drink
               doth
               corroborate
               and
               fortifie
               the
               noble
               parts
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               doth
               perfectly
               cure
               that
               Disease
               ,
               in
               all
               that
               use
               it
               is
               sufficiently
               experienced
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               are
               troubled
               with
               violent
               nocturnal
               pains
               in
               this
               French
               Disease
               ,
               make
               use
               of
               my
               cordial
               pill
               as
               directed
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               this
               book
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               find
               speedy
               ease
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               V.
               How
               to
               cure
               the
               Running
               of
               the
               Reins
               ,
               or
               weakness
               in
               Men
               or
               Women
               .
            
             
               THe
               Gonorrhea
               or
               
                 Running
                 of
                 the
                 Reins
              
               ,
               if
               it
               came
               without
               copulation
               with
               a
               Woman
               ,
               as
               by
               over-straining
               or
               too
               great
               fulness
               of
               seed
               ,
               or
               sharp
               and
               Chollerick
               humors
               ,
               any
               of
               which
               causes
               imbecile
               the
               Retentive
               Faculty
               of
               the
               Spermatick
               Vessels
               the
               cure
               is
               easie
               after
               gentle
               purging
               with
               
               my
               opening
               and
               corroborating
               Pills
               ,
               that
               are
               both
               cleansing
               and
               wonderful
               strengthning
               ,
               using
               also
               the
               cordial
               drying
               drink
               as
               before
               directed
               ,
               and
               remember
               to
               keep
               a
               slender
               dyet
               as
               in
               the
               French
               disease
               ,
               and
               at
               meals
               the
               smallest
               drink
               or
               water
               (
               which
               is
               better
               ]
               forbearing
               leachery
               and
               much
               motion
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               avoid
               lying
               on
               your
               back
               in
               bed
               ,
               and
               all
               sharp
               ,
               salt
               ,
               spice
               ,
               and
               acrimonous
               things
               ,
               and
               by
               taking
               of
               the
               pills
               every
               day
               ,
               or
               as
               your
               strength
               will
               permit
               ,
               you
               will
               soon
               be
               well
               ,
               commonly
               in
               ten
               days
               .
            
             
               A
               foul
               Gonorrhea
               being
               taken
               by
               copulation
               is
               of
               a
               different
               nature
               from
               the
               former
               ,
               for
               this
               proceeds
               from
               a
               venenate
               quality
               taken
               by
               contact
               from
               the
               poysonous
               morbifick
               matter
               of
               the
               Pox
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               corrosive
               quality
               thereof
               ,
               it
               hath
               eaten
               into
               the
               Yard
               ,
               Neck
               of
               the
               Bladder
               or
               Reins
               ,
               where
               it
               ulcerates
               and
               so
               infects
               the
               Liver
               ,
               corrupts
               the
               blood
               and
               humors
               ,
               by
               mea●s
               whereof
               it
               is
               sent
               back
               again
               from
               the
               Liver
               to
               its
               emunctories
               ,
               so
               frequently
               there
               ariseth
               Buboes
               in
               the
               Groins
               ,
               with
               issuing
               forth
               of
               corrupt
               matter
               ,
               pain
               and
               heat
               ,
               from
               the
               Yard
               which
               if
               neglected
               infects
               the
               whole
               
               man
               and
               so
               the
               body
               becomes
               a
               miserable
               subject
               for
               that
               loathsome
               disease
               to
               prey
               upon
               (
               the
               Pox
               )
               although
               the
               Pox
               may
               be
               taken
               without
               the
               
                 Running
                 of
                 the
                 Reins
              
               ,
               and
               by
               several
               ways
               without
               copulation
               as
               before
               intimated
               ,
               as
               by
               lying
               in
               a
               hot
               bed
               with
               the
               infected
               ,
               whereby
               emission
               of
               Sweat
               ,
               through
               the
               pores
               ,
               penetrates
               the
               adjacent
               body
               being
               then
               open
               by
               sleep
               and
               heat
               ,
               so
               one
               man
               may
               infect
               another
               ,
               where
               that
               abominable
               sin
               of
               Sodom
               is
               practiced
               ,
               also
               drinking
               frequently
               with
               them
               that
               have
               it
               foul
               in
               their
               Throats
               ,
               or
               sitting
               upon
               a
               close
               stool
               whilst
               the
               Fume
               evaporates
               ,
               also
               a
               young
               child
               born
               of
               corrupt
               parents
               ,
               may
               infect
               the
               nurse
               that
               suckles
               it
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               often
               seen
               in
               my
               practice
               ,
               but
               this
               is
               a
               digression
               .
               I
               come
               now
               to
               the
               cure
               of
               this
               
                 Running
                 of
                 the
                 Reins
              
               ,
               which
               indeed
               is
               nothing
               less
               then
               the
               Pox
               ,
               though
               some
               have
               it
               more
               virulent
               then
               others
               ,
               which
               they
               may
               observe
               to
               increase
               or
               diminish
               as
               they
               are
               observant
               to
               my
               Rules
               before
               directed
               in
               the
               Pox
               ,
               therefore
               I
               need
               not
               again
               (
               
                 actum
                 agere
              
               )
               to
               give
               more
               instructions
               but
               advize
               all
               to
               temperance
               ,
               and
               a
               strict
               Observation
               and
               you
               may
               be
               cured
               if
               the
               disease
               be
               small
               in
               14
               days
               at
               the
               most
               ,
               if
               virulent
               
               sometimes
               longer
               ,
               this
               remember
               leave
               not
               taking
               the
               Morbus
               pills
               as
               your
               strength
               will
               permit
               and
               drinking
               daily
               of
               your
               dyet
               drink
               till
               well
               ,
               and
               return
               not
               suddenly
               to
               a
               full
               dyet
               ,
               after
               you
               are
               well
               ,
               for
               the
               reasons
               given
               already
               .
               I
               caution
               you
               not
               to
               procure
               a
               stopping
               of
               the
               
                 issue
                 of
                 the
                 Yard
              
               ,
               by
               any
               other
               means
               then
               by
               the
               Morbus
               pills
               and
               dyet
               drink
               least
               you
               stop
               the
               Morbifick
               matter
               there
               ,
               and
               dissipate
               it
               to
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               body
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               VI.
               The
               Cure
               of
               the
               Scurvy
               .
            
             
               THere
               is
               scarce
               any
               Disease
               now
               in
               being
               ,
               but
               some
               Physitians
               will
               call
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               true
               in
               a
               sense
               that
               every
               Disease
               is
               a
               Scurvy
               Companion
               ,
               but
               when
               some
               are
               at
               a
               loss
               in
               the
               understanding
               and
               full
               comprehending
               of
               the
               cause
               of
               Distempers
               in
               Patients
               ,
               it
               is
               common
               to
               fly
               to
               the
               sanctuary
               of
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               like
               young
               Phylosophers
               that
               when
               they
               cannot
               find
               out
               the
               cause
               or
               reason
               of
               such
               an
               effect
               ,
               
               will
               fly
               to
               their
               
                 ultimum
                 refugium
              
               ,
               and
               say
               it
               doth
               it
               by
               an
               occult
               quality
               ,
               or
               some
               hidden
               property
               ,
               my
               thinks
               such
               might
               ingeniously
               say
               I
               do
               not
               understand
               it
               ,
               nor
               can
               yet
               find
               out
               the
               reason
               ,
               but
               most
               certain
               such
               a
               Disease
               there
               is
               ,
               which
               is
               peculiarly
               called
               the
               Scorbute
               or
               Scurvy
               ,
               which
               in
               brief
               (
               not
               mentioning
               all
               the
               Catalogue
               of
               Distempers
               entailed
               to
               it
               )
               it
               is
               a
               putrifaction
               of
               the
               blood
               by
               which
               sundry
               Diseases
               may
               be
               bred
               ,
               after
               which
               I
               think
               it
               ought
               to
               loose
               the
               name
               of
               the
               first
               cause
               ,
               as
               the
               names
               of
               small
               brooks
               are
               swallowed
               in
               the
               current
               of
               a
               great
               River
               .
            
             
               Generally
               the
               symptomes
               are
               laziness
               or
               wearyness
               without
               cause
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               Calves
               of
               the
               Leg
               and
               Thighs
               ,
               pain
               ,
               spots
               ,
               putrifaction
               of
               the
               Gums
               ,
               blackness
               and
               looseness
               of
               the
               Teeth
               ,
               for
               the
               Cure
               after
               purging
               with
               one
               dose
               of
               our
               Morbus
               Pill
               ,
               with
               3
               ,
               4
               or
               5
               ,
               as
               the
               Patient
               is
               strong
               or
               weak
               ,
               let
               them
               drink
               Morning
               and
               Evening
               half
               a
               pint
               of
               our
               excellent
               dyet
               drink
               ,
               and
               stir
               much
               after
               it
               every
               morning
               and
               every
               night
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               sweat
               with
               some
               in
               bed
               after
               2
               days
               from
               taking
               your
               purging
               Morbus
               pills
               ,
               take
               every
               
               morning
               before
               your
               mornings
               draught
               of
               dyet
               drink
               one
               or
               two
               of
               our
               corroborating
               pills
               and
               so
               drink
               your
               dyet
               drink
               ,
               and
               walk
               or
               stir
               much
               after
               ,
               it
               presently
               helps
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               corruption
               of
               the
               Gums
               ,
               I
               have
               often
               experienced
               ,
               and
               I
               find
               very
               certain
               if
               you
               apply
               a
               Leech
               to
               suck
               them
               ,
               it
               will
               draw
               away
               the
               corrupt
               blood
               presently
               ,
               and
               the
               dyet
               drink
               and
               Physick
               takes
               away
               the
               inward
               cause
               ,
               so
               continuing
               the
               pills
               and
               dyet
               drink
               every
               day
               till
               cured
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               VII
               .
               The
               Cure
               of
               the
               Gout
               .
            
             
               THe
               Gout
               is
               a
               most
               grievous
               pain
               in
               the
               Joynts
               ,
               or
               
                 est
                 articulorum
                 imbecillitas
                 dolorque
                 ex
                 inter
                 vallo
                 invadens
                 ,
              
               the
               cause
               is
               an
               acremonious
               humour
               proceeding
               from
               the
               Spermatick
               part
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               congealing
               in
               the
               Joynts
               ,
               therefore
               very
               seldom
               Women
               ,
               or
               Eunurches
               or
               Children
               are
               ever
               troubled
               with
               it
               ,
               it
               takes
               its
               various
               names
               from
               its
               scituation
               or
               place
               residing
               if
               in
               the
               Hands
               or
               Fingers
               it
               is
               called
               
               Chiragra
               if
               in
               the
               knees
               it
               is
               called
               Genogra
               ,
               if
               in
               the
               Feet
               Podagra
               ,
               in
               the
               Hips
               Sciatica
               ;
               For
               the
               Cure
               it
               is
               best
               cured
               in
               Spring
               and
               Fall
               ,
               although
               all
               diseases
               are
               then
               best
               cured
               ,
               yet
               this
               is
               especially
               moved
               then
               ,
               in
               youth
               it
               may
               be
               perfectly
               Cured
               but
               in
               the
               Aged
               seldome
               so
               throughly
               ,
               but
               it
               will
               sometimes
               give
               a
               visit
               to
               his
               old
               Mr.
               especially
               if
               they
               eat
               plentifully
               or
               drink
               French
               Wine
               much
               ,
               or
               sharp
               things
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               absolute
               Cure
               leave
               off
               all
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               and
               Ale
               for
               a
               season
               ,
               and
               drink
               every
               night
               and
               morning
               ,
               for
               14
               days
               half
               a
               pint
               at
               a
               time
               of
               our
               Cordial
               drink
               ,
               and
               one
               Pill
               of
               our
               corroborating
               pill
               every
               morning
               ,
               after
               the
               Pill
               stirring
               about
               much
               take
               the
               dyet
               drink
               warm
               .
               And
               at
               meals
               drink
               only
               Fair
               Water
               ,
               take
               this
               Water
               at
               meals
               constantly
               ,
               but
               after
               you
               have
               used
               about
               30
               of
               the
               corroborating
               pills
               ,
               you
               may
               leave
               them
               off
               at
               pleasure
               ,
               or
               use
               them
               as
               you
               find
               cause
               .
            
             
               For
               pains
               in
               any
               part
               nothing
               is
               better
               then
               a
               poultess
               of
               
                 Milk
                 ,
                 Bread
              
               and
               Marsh-mallows
               ,
               applyed
               with
               some
               Saffron
               ,
               and
               
               put
               a
               little
               Oyl
               of
               Camomile
               to
               it
               ,
               so
               put
               it
               to
               the
               pained
               place
               ,
               or
               you
               may
               use
               Oyl
               of
               
                 Camomile
                 ,
                 Marshmallows
              
               ,
               and
               Oyl
               of
               Turpentine
               each
               alike
               quantity
               ,
               mixt
               with
               some
               
               Brandy-Wine
               ,
               so
               anointed
               by
               the
               fire
               ,
               keeping
               it
               warm
               ,
               avoiding
               salt
               meat
               ,
               sharp
               things
               ,
               Strong
               Beer
               and
               Wine
               ,
               this
               remember
               that
               one
               of
               our
               pills
               every
               morning
               ,
               and
               drinking
               nothing
               but
               dyet
               drink
               ,
               and
               spring
               water
               for
               a
               season
               will
               be
               the
               Cure.
               
            
             
               If
               pain
               be
               extream
               ,
               use
               one
               of
               my
               cordial
               Pills
               ,
               that
               gives
               ease
               in
               an
               hours
               time
               ,
               you
               may
               find
               its
               use
               with
               directions
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               book
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               VIII
               .
               Of
               different
               Dropsies
               ,
               For
               Diffinition
               .
            
             
               Hydrops
               passio
               est
               quam
               aquosi
               humoris
               copia
               comitatur
               propter
               sanguificandi
               facultatem
               vitiatam
               .
            
             
               A
               Dropsie
               is
               a
               gathering
               together
               of
               the
               serous
               and
               watry
               humors
               from
               the
               Veins
               and
               Arteries
               into
               several
               parts
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               through
               hurt
               or
               imbecillity
               of
               the
               sanguifying
               faculty
               ,
               and
               by
               want
               of
               excretion
               by
               Urine
               and
               Sweat
               ,
               and
               by
               weakness
               of
               the
               Liver
               from
               a
               cold
               cause
               ,
               there
               are
               three
               sorts
               of
               Dropsies
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               
                 Dropsie
                 
                 Ascites
                 ,
                 Timpaintes
              
               ,
               and
               Anasarca
               .
               When
               the
               waterish
               humor
               is
               collected
               in
               the
               Abdomen
               it
               is
               called
               Ascites
               ,
               or
               the
               Water
               
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 Timpaintes
              
               ,
               is
               when
               much
               windyness
               is
               heaped
               up
               between
               the
               peritonaeum
               and
               the
               Bowels
               ,
               Anasarca
               is
               when
               the
               ill
               humors
               are
               dispersed
               throughout
               the
               whole
               body
               that
               all
               the
               flesh
               appeareth
               moist
               like
               a
               spunge
               ,
               all
               proceeding
               from
               a
               cold
               cause
               and
               want
               of
               Fermentation
               of
               the
               blood
               ,
               the
               want
               of
               which
               bringeth
               obstruction
               of
               the
               Ureters
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               pores
               ,
               by
               which
               means
               what
               ought
               to
               be
               emitted
               is
               retained
               .
            
             
               
                 How
                 to
                 cure
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 method
                 may
                 well
                 work
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 all
                 Dropsies
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 let
                 their
                 dyet
                 be
                 easie
                 of
                 concoction
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 d●ying
                 ,
                 abstaining
                 as
                 much
                 from
                 Drink
                 as
                 possible
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 altogether
                 to
                 our
                 cordial
                 dyet
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 Sweating
                 a
                 little
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 ,
                 with
                 half
                 a
                 pint
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 of
                 it
                 warm
                 in
                 bed
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 dry
                 up
                 the
                 humors
                 powerfully
                 and
                 speedily
                 even
                 as
                 Lime
                 doth
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 
                 3
                 weeks
                 or
                 a
                 month
                 take
                 every
                 day
                 if
                 possible
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 our
                 corroborating
                 pills
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 cause
                 Fermentation
                 ,
                 strengthning
                 the
                 Liver
                 and
                 Ureters
                 ,
                 free
                 them
                 from
                 all
                 weakness
                 and
                 Obstructions
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 exercising
                 after
                 your
                 dyet
                 drink
                 and
                 pills
                 it
                 safely
                 cures
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               IX
               .
               Of
               an
               Ague
               ,
               or
               Feaver
               what
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               A
               Feaver
               is
               so
               called
               from
               the
               Latine
               word
               Ferveo
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               a
               Fervor
               ,
               or
               heat
               affecting
               the
               body
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               preternatural
               heat
               kindled
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               as
               in
               its
               
               proper
               subject
               primarily
               and
               
                 per
                 se
              
               hurting
               our
               actions
               which
               heat
               by
               the
               meditation
               of
               blood
               in
               the
               Veins
               and
               Spirits
               is
               diffused
               through
               the
               whole
               body
               .
               The
               reason
               of
               circuits
               of
               intermitting
               Feavers
               ,
               is
               of
               no
               small
               moment
               amongst
               the
               Learned
               for
               what
               one
               allows
               ,
               another
               rejects
               ,
               and
               therefore
               as
               well
               from
               their
               difference
               in
               judgement
               as
               their
               frequent
               Failing
               in
               Cure
               ,
               the
               Ague
               may
               be
               truly
               called
               
                 Approbrium
                 Medicorum
              
               ,
               but
               Feavers
               are
               usually
               distinguished
               into
               putred
               and
               malignant
               ,
               and
               putred
               Feavers
               into
               continual
               and
               intermitting
               ,
               not
               to
               enlarge
               upon
               all
               Agues
               ,
               passing
               under
               the
               several
               denominations
               or
               names
               ,
               though
               proceeding
               from
               putred
               of
               
                 Quotidian
                 ,
                 Tertian
                 ,
                 Quartan
              
               ,
               double
               Tertian
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               the
               difference
               of
               its
               fits
               ,
               shews
               the
               humour
               it
               came
               from
               .
            
             
               
                 How
                 to
                 cure
                 the
                 Ague
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 take
                 2
                 or
                 3
                 of
                 our
                 vomiting
                 pills
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 then
                 at
                 night
                 take
                 of
                 our
                 cordial
                 
                 dyet
                 drink
                 half
                 a
                 pint
                 hot
                 every
                 night
                 and
                 morning
                 ,
                 sweating
                 upon
                 it
                 every
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 forbear
                 drinking
                 of
                 Beer
                 or
                 Ale
                 for
                 4
                 days
                 ,
                 taking
                 this
                 drink
                 at
                 meat
                 and
                 else
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 also
                 3
                 of
                 our
                 corroborating
                 pills
                 ,
                 every
                 morning
                 for
                 a
                 week
                 together
                 ,
                 early
                 stirring
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 free
                 your
                 body
                 with
                 ease
                 and
                 safety
                 .
                 Avoiding
                 the
                 violent
                 sweats
                 ,
                 the
                 Jesuits
                 powder
                 doth
                 commonly
                 bring
                 upon
                 all
                 that
                 take
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               X.
               Of
               a
               Consumption
               and
               decays
               of
               Strength
               ,
               or
               Consumptio
               corporis
               .
            
             
               I
               Am
               come
               now
               last
               of
               all
               to
               treat
               of
               a
               Consumption
               ,
               any
               of
               which
               Diseases
               before
               mentioned
               if
               neglected
               may
               bring
               the
               body
               into
               ,
               therefore
               we
               say
               
                 veniente
                 occurite
                 Morbo
              
               it
               is
               easier
               to
               prevent
               then
               cure
               the
               least
               Disease
               .
               
                 Diffinition
                 Tabes
                 .
                 Quia
                 partium
                 ingreditur
                 soliditatem
                 &
                 soluit
                 .
              
               A
               Consumption
               so
               called
               ,
               because
               the
               Disease
               
               enters
               into
               the
               solid
               and
               noble
               parts
               and
               consumes
               them
               as
               Fire
               doth
               mettles
               by
               melting
               them
               ,
               though
               properly
               it
               signifieth
               an
               Ulcer
               in
               the
               Lungs
               which
               by
               spreading
               doth
               wast
               and
               consume
               them
               and
               the
               whole
               body
               ,
               the
               French
               call
               it
               ,
               
                 Le
                 pulmonick
              
               by
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lungs
               ,
               and
               there
               it
               doth
               begin
               by
               a
               putrid
               corosive
               sharp
               humour
               contained
               in
               the
               mass
               of
               blood
               ,
               which
               humours
               become
               such
               for
               want
               of
               Fermentation
               and
               continue
               such
               by
               additional
               acrimony
               which
               is
               the
               cause
               that
               all
               salt
               ,
               sharp
               Rheums
               and
               distillations
               ,
               which
               usually
               fall
               down
               most
               by
               night
               are
               so
               destructive
               and
               mortal
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               venenat
               quality
               of
               that
               sharp
               Phlegm
               ,
               distilling
               doth
               so
               continually
               stimulate
               the
               expulsive
               faculty
               of
               the
               Lungs
               ,
               desiring
               to
               free
               it self
               by
               Coughing
               .
               Therefore
               all
               sharp
               ,
               salt
               ,
               acrimonous
               things
               ,
               or
               things
               easily
               corrupted
               ,
               are
               most
               dangerous
               to
               consumptive
               persons
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               that
               resist
               putrifaction
               ,
               and
               acrimony
               are
               the
               best
               preservatives
               .
            
             
               
               
                 For
                 cure
                 of
                 a
                 Consumption
                 and
                 all
                 decays
                 of
                 Strength
                 and
                 Nature
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 carefull
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 your self
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Disease
                 may
                 be
                 oppugned
                 and
                 nature
                 strengthened
                 ,
                 and
                 first
                 I
                 shall
                 admonish
                 you
                 to
                 have
                 regard
                 to
                 those
                 things
                 called
                 not
                 naturall
                 as
                 Air
                 ,
                 Food
                 ,
                 Sleep
                 ,
                 the
                 passions
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 ,
                 exercise
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 former
                 may
                 be
                 added
                 excrements
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 may
                 be
                 Rectified
                 if
                 amiss
                 and
                 procured
                 if
                 wanting
                 the
                 full
                 directions
                 there
                 to
                 you
                 are
                 taught
                 in
                 the
                 begining
                 of
                 this
                 treatise
                 in
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 preservation
                 of
                 health
                 ,
                 be
                 careful
                 of
                 keeping
                 your
                 body
                 from
                 all
                 excess
                 which
                 is
                 hurtfull
                 to
                 nature
                 ,
                 also
                 leave
                 not
                 of
                 suddenly
                 what
                 you
                 have
                 been
                 long
                 acustomed
                 to
                 ,
                 although
                 worse
                 ,
                 except
                 Air
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 change
                 though
                 you
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 yet
                 change
                 is
                 better
                 ,
                 walking
                 Mornings
                 to
                 Hills
                 or
                 high
                 grounds
                 in
                 the
                 Evenings
                 ,
                 in
                 Summer
                 time
                 
                 by
                 pleasant
                 Rivers
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 saying
                 ,
                 
                   Fons
                   speculum
                   gramen
                   haec
                   dant
                   occulis
                   Relevamen
                   ,
                   mane
                   igitur
                   montes
                   sed
                   serum
                   inquirito
                   fontes
                   .
                
                 I
                 caution
                 you
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 house
                 after
                 Sun
                 set
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 nor
                 adjoyning
                 to
                 old
                 Stone
                 Walls
                 ,
                 nor
                 new
                 Buildings
                 ,
                 the
                 former
                 being
                 though
                 most
                 before
                 wet
                 Wether
                 yet
                 dampishly
                 unwholsome
                 penetrating
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 transmute
                 Sound
                 and
                 Solid
                 Bodies
                 to
                 putryfaction
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 very
                 Suffocating
                 till
                 Summer
                 Air
                 hath
                 throughly
                 dryed
                 ,
                 putrid
                 Air
                 is
                 also
                 to
                 be
                 avoided
                 if
                 you
                 live
                 near
                 stinking
                 Lakes
                 of
                 Water
                 Moorish
                 Ground
                 &c.
                 for
                 as
                 Air
                 is
                 more
                 ,
                 or
                 less
                 putred
                 it
                 is
                 better
                 or
                 worse
                 in
                 this
                 distemper
                 for
                 Air
                 is
                 obnoxious
                 to
                 putrifaction
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 worth
                 while
                 for
                 all
                 Weak
                 ,
                 or
                 Consumtive
                 people
                 especially
                 to
                 enquire
                 into
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 they
                 intend
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 chiefly
                 live
                 by
                 the
                 Air
                 by
                 reason
                 we
                 are
                 continually
                 drawing
                 in
                 and
                 breathing
                 forth
                 .
                 Generally
                 the
                 Air
                 in
                 Cities
                 (
                 we
                 find
                 by
                 daily
                 experience
                 )
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 good
                 as
                 the
                 open
                 Country
                 because
                 the
                 breath
                 of
                 many
                 people
                 in
                 a
                 close
                 place
                 doth
                 putryfie
                 the
                 Air
                 as
                 well
                 the
                 transpiration
                 of
                 the
                 pores
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 the
                 ill
                 smells
                 of
                 divers
                 filth
                 —
                 
                 These
                 things
                 are
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 proved
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 goodness
                 or
                 badness
                 o●
                 any
                 Air
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 any
                 kind
                 of
                 Flesh
                 meat
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 the
                 Air
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 longer
                 it
                 will
                 keep
                 uncorrupt
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 with
                 our
                 instruments
                 of
                 Respiration
                 as
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 will
                 keep
                 longer
                 sound
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 Air
                 then
                 bad
                 ,
                 small
                 Ale
                 is
                 most
                 agreeable
                 at
                 meals
                 and
                 warm
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 dyet
                 ,
                 your
                 best
                 dyet
                 being
                 meat
                 easie
                 of
                 concoction
                 ,
                 not
                 easily
                 corrupted
                 ,
                 fine
                 manchet
                 Land
                 Birds
                 ,
                 Rabbets
                 ,
                 Poultrey
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Also
                 where
                 the
                 Stomach
                 is
                 not
                 very
                 Phlegmatick
                 ,
                 milk
                 hot
                 from
                 the
                 Cow
                 ,
                 with
                 Sugar
                 of
                 Roses
                 dissolved
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 drank
                 about
                 5
                 a
                 Clock
                 in
                 the
                 afternoon
                 ,
                 is
                 safely
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 half
                 a
                 pint
                 .
                 But
                 for
                 the
                 Consumption
                 Cure.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 most
                 effectual
                 remedy
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 is
                 ,
                 especially
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 any
                 
                   Catarrh
                   ,
                   distillation
                   ,
                   Rheum
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Cough
                 ,
                 is
                 our
                 cordial
                 dyet
                 drink
                 and
                 corroborating
                 pill
                 ,
                 therefore
                 take
                 of
                 the
                 dyet
                 drink
                 half
                 a
                 pint
                 ,
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 warm
                 in
                 Bed
                 ,
                 which
                 strengthens
                 the
                 vitals
                 ,
                 and
                 resists
                 putrifaction
                 ,
                 lying
                 every
                 morning
                 an
                 hour
                 
                 after
                 it
                 without
                 drinking
                 or
                 eating
                 any
                 thing
                 for
                 that
                 space
                 ,
                 at
                 night
                 taking
                 as
                 much
                 and
                 sleep
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Pill
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 in
                 a
                 morning
                 when
                 you
                 rise
                 ,
                 either
                 constantly
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 you
                 find
                 your
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 after
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 may
                 eat
                 or
                 drink
                 within
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 .
                 It
                 doth
                 cleanse
                 the
                 Stomach
                 and
                 body
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 laxative
                 ,
                 but
                 very
                 strengthning
                 ,
                 making
                 a
                 due
                 Fermentation
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 lively
                 complection
                 ,
                 you
                 ought
                 to
                 exercise
                 according
                 to
                 your
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 your
                 Legs
                 ,
                 arms
                 and
                 body
                 ,
                 often
                 rubbed
                 with
                 a
                 soft
                 hand
                 ,
                 never
                 drink
                 cold
                 ,
                 nor
                 sharp
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 duly
                 observed
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 means
                 for
                 recovery
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XI
               .
               Treating
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Jaundies
               ,
               and
               Green-Sickness
               ,
               Obstructions
               .
            
             
               
                 ICteritia
                 est
                 effusio
                 bilis
                 modo
                 flavae
                 modo
                 atrae
                 subnide
                 ,
                 utriusque
                 quod
                 in
                 puellis
                 saepe
                 accidit
                 per
                 Universum
                 corpus
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               Jaundies
               is
               nothing
               but
               a
               diffusion
               of
               Choller
               ,
               or
               Melancholly
               ,
               or
               both
               through
               the
               whole
               body
               ,
               many
               times
               happening
               when
               the
               blood
               is
               corrupted
               without
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Crisis
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               in
               Maids
               that
               have
               the
               Green-Sickness
               ,
               all
               oftentimes
               caused
               by
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Gall
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               Spleen
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               is
               easily
               discovered
               by
               the
               yellowness
               and
               discoloration
               of
               the
               skin
               ,
               and
               deep
               Red
               tincture
               of
               the
               Urine
               ,
               or
               pale
               colour
               in
               the
               Green
               Sickness
               of
               young
               women
               .
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 cure
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 it
                 to
                 Men
                 ,
                 Women
                 ,
                 or
                 Maids
                 ,
                 the
                 cure
                 is
                 very
                 safe
                 and
                 speedy
                 ,
                 first
                 vomit
                 with
                 2
                 or
                 3
                 of
                 my
                 emetick
                 pills
                 ,
                 drinking
                 posset
                 drink
                 as
                 they
                 work
                 ,
                 then
                 sweat
                 at
                 night
                 and
                 morning
                 with
                 our
                 cordial
                 dyet
                 drink
                 hot
                 half
                 a
                 pint
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 morning
                 after
                 your
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 take
                 3
                 of
                 our
                 corroborating
                 pills
                 ,
                 stir
                 much
                 after
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 taking
                 them
                 ,
                 drink
                 a
                 large
                 draught
                 of
                 small
                 Ale
                 ,
                 or
                 posset
                 drink
                 ,
                 Maids
                 ought
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 pills
                 for
                 3
                 weeks
                 time
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Green
                 Sickness
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 Maids
                 take
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 Green
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 drink
                 White-wine
                 and
                 continue
                 taking
                 the
                 pills
                 as
                 directed
                 for
                 20
                 days
                 though
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 cured
                 before
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 safe
                 to
                 leave
                 dregs
                 behind
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 much
                 every
                 day
                 after
                 your
                 pills
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Cure
                 will
                 speedily
                 be
                 effected
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 black
                 Jaundies
                 ,
                 yellow
                 ,
                 or
                 Green
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 obstructions
                 in
                 Liver
                 ,
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 or
                 Reins
                 ,
                 in
                 Men
                 ,
                 Women
                 ,
                 or
                 Children
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 doth
                 strengthen
                 the
                 noble
                 parts
                 and
                 Reins
                 to
                 admiration
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 your
                 dyet
                 in
                 the
                 Jaundies
                 ,
                 it
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 tender
                 ,
                 cooling
                 ,
                 and
                 opening
                 ,
                 easie
                 of
                 concoction
                 ,
                 as
                 Barley
                 ,
                 Grewel
                 ,
                 Fresh
                 Fish
                 ,
                 Poultrey
                 ,
                 Rabbets
                 ,
                 and
                 drink
                 freely
                 of
                 small
                 Ale
                 or
                 Barley
                 broath
                 ,
                 with
                 Liquorish
                 boyled
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 Maids
                 in
                 the
                 Green
                 Sickness
                 ought
                 to
                 use
                 hot
                 drinks
                 that
                 are
                 opening
                 as
                 our
                 dyet
                 drink
                 is
                 ,
                 also
                 White-wine
                 ,
                 spiced
                 meats
                 ,
                 &c.
                 because
                 their
                 Disease
                 of
                 Obstruction
                 riseth
                 from
                 a
                 cold
                 cause
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 must
                 avoid
                 all
                 stopping
                 cold
                 things
                 ,
                 as
                 Milk
                 ,
                 Cheese
                 ,
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 Nuts
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 thing
                 I
                 shall
                 say
                 for
                 the
                 comfort
                 of
                 all
                 persons
                 that
                 have
                 lost
                 their
                 Complection
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 corroborating
                 pills
                 ,
                 being
                 taken
                 every
                 morning
                 for
                 ten
                 days
                 or
                 longer
                 ,
                 doth
                 wonderfully
                 revive
                 ,
                 and
                 clear
                 the
                 countenance
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 a
                 fresh
                 colour
                 though
                 in
                 aged
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 Ladies
                 once
                 try
                 them
                 they
                 need
                 never
                 paint
                 more
                 ,
                 besides
                 it
                 makes
                 the
                 body
                 sound
                 and
                 strong
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XII
               .
               Of
               the
               Prices
               of
               the
               Medicines
               that
               cure
               the
               Diseases
               aforementioned
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               our
               cordial
               dyet
               drink
               is
               2
               s.
               6
               d.
               the
               quart
               .
            
             
               Morbus
               Pill
               the
               Box
               containing
               30.
               at
               5
               s.
               
            
             
               The
               corroborating
               Pill
               the
               box
               containing
               40.
               at
               5
               s.
               
            
             
               The
               vomiting
               Pill
               the
               box
               containing
               20.
               at
               3
               s.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cordial
                 Pill
                 giving
                 ease
                 in
                 an
                 hour
                 ,
                 and
                 frees
                 thy
                 body
                 from
                 the
                 greatest
                 pain
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 pain
                 be
                 great
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 occasioned
                 by
                 
                   Gout
                   ,
                   Chollick
                   ,
                   Pox
                   ,
                   Stone
                   ,
                
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 take
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Cordial
                 Pills
                 ,
                 
                 at
                 night
                 going
                 to
                 bed
                 and
                 indeavor
                 to
                 sleep
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 give
                 ease
                 in
                 one
                 hours
                 time
                 ,
                 provided
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 eat
                 nor
                 drink
                 any
                 thing
                 after
                 for
                 two
                 hours
                 space
                 ,
                 and
                 fotbear
                 speaking
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 that
                 may
                 hinder
                 its
                 efficacy
                 upon
                 the
                 Vitals
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 gives
                 ease
                 by
                 corroborating
                 and
                 not
                 by
                 stupifying
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 most
                 beneficial
                 when
                 the
                 Patient
                 hath
                 had
                 a
                 stool
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 Which
                 may
                 easily
                 be
                 procured
                 by
                 help
                 of
                 any
                 small
                 Glister
                 .
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 write
                 more
                 in
                 commendation
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 or
                 she
                 that
                 finds
                 release
                 from
                 pain
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 longer
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 value
                 and
                 goodness
                 ,
                 its
                 price
                 12
                 d.
                 each
                 pill
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 three
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 ,
                 is
                 3
                 
                   s.
                   price
                
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 pills
                 and
                 dyet
                 drink
                 are
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 by
                 all
                 that
                 have
                 used
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 excellent
                 vertues
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 need
                 nothing
                 of
                 pen
                 praise
                 ,
                 their
                 benefit
                 in
                 use
                 will
                 shew
                 their
                 worth
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 only
                 from
                 my
                 house
                 in
                 Winchester-street
                 near
                 Gresham
                 Colledge
                 next
                 door
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Fleece
                   Tavern
                
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .