Certaine philosophical preparations of foode and beverage for sea-men, in their long voyages: with some necessary, approoued, and hermeticall medicines and antidotes, fit to be had in readinesse at sea, for preuention or cure of diuers diseases. Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611? 1607 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B00564 STC 19977.3 ESTC S94738 44920395 ocm 44920395 173841 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Patent medicines -- England -- Early works to 1800. 2008-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-10 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CERTAINE PHILOSOPHICAL Preparations of Foode and Beuerage for Sea-men , in their long voyages : with some necessary , approoued , and Hermeticall medicine ; and Antidotes , fit to be had in readinesse at sea , for preuention or cure of diuers diseases . ANd first for Foode . A cheape , fresh and lasting victuall , called by the name of Macaroni amongst the Italians , and not vnlike ( saue onely in sonne ) to the Cus●cus in Barbary , may be vpon reasonable warning prouided in any sufficient quantity , to serue either for change and variety of meat , or in the want of fresh victual . With this , the Author furnished Sir Francis Drake and Sir Iohn Hawkins , in their last voyage . 2 Any broth or Colase , that will stand cleare and liquid , and not gellie or grow thicke when it is cold , may also be preserued by this lire of Nature from all mouldinesse , sowrenesse , or corruption , to any reasonable period of time that shal be desired . A necessary secret for all sicke and weake persons at sea , when no fresh meate can be had , to strengthen or comfort them . 3 Now for Beuerage : All the water , which to that purpose shall bee thought needefull to be caried to sea , will bee warranted to last sweete , good , and without any intention to putrefaction , for 2 , 3 , or 4 yeeres together . This is performed by a Philosophicall fire , being of a sympatheticall nature with all plants and Animals . In the space of one moneth , the Author wil prepare so many Tunnes thereof , as shall be reasonably required at his hands . 4 By this meanes also both Wine , Perrie , Sider , Reere , Ale , and Vineger , may be safely kept at sea , for any long voyage , without feare of growing dead , sowre or mustie . 5 And , as for Medicine , if any Nobleman , Gentleman , or Merchant , shall by his Physition be aduised to cary any speciall distilled waters , decoctions , or iuyces of any plant or any other liquid vegetable or animall body whatsoeuer with him in any long voyage , this Author will so prepare the same onely by fortifying it with his owne fire of kinde , that he may be assured of the lasting and durabilitie thereof , euen at his owne pleasure . 6 Here I may not omit the preparation of the iuice of Limons with this fire : ●ecause it hath of late been found by that worthy Knight Sir Iames Lancaster to be an assured remedy in the Scurby . And though their iuice will , by naturall working and fermenting , in the end so spiritualize it selfe , as that it will keepe and last either simply of it selfe , or by the help of a sweete oliue oyle supernatant : yet this Author is not ignorant , that it hath lost much of his first manifest nature , which it had whilest it was conteined within his owne pulp and fruit : ( as is euident in the like example of wine , after it hath wrought long , which differeth exceedingly both in taste and nature from the grape out of which it was expressed ) whereas being strengthened with this philosophicall fire , it retaineth still both the naturall taste , race , and verdure , that it had in the first expression : and so likewise of the Orange . 7 There is also a specificall powder for Agues Quotidian , and Tertian● and sometimes it helpeth Quartans . Halfe a dramme is sufficient for a man : and a quarter of a dramme for a child . It is taken in white Wine Beere , or Ale. It cureth sometimes at the first taking , often at the second , and seldome or neuer falleth at the third time . It is not offensiue to the taste . It expelleth the disease , without any euacuation or weakening of the Patient . 8 A sweete Paste , for the head-ache : which commonly giueth ease , in one houres space , either vpon the first or second taking , because it is specificall . The dose is the weight of ● . d. 9 A safe , general & gentle purging Powder , to be taken in white wine , working easily without any convulsion , or other offence to the stomacke . It is pleasant , and hath not any common or knowen purgatiue therein . It weakeneth not the Patient , neither doeth the body grow costiue after it : which is vsuall in most of the common purgatiues . There haue been so many trials made vpon all sorts of complexions with this powder , as that it may well deserue the name of a generall purge : yet I can least commend it in Cholericke bodies . The dose is two drammes and an halfe at a time . This being taken in warme weather for three dayes together , in the Spring and Fall , will preuent both the Gowte and Dropsie , and most of those diseases that spring from rheumaticke causes : and if it cure them in eight or ten dayes , take it for aduantage . It cureth the Pockes newly taken in fiue or sixe dayes : and in tenne or twelue dayes , at the most , it cureth a deepe rooted Pocke . 10 And if the plague , burning ●eauer , or small Pockes , or Meazels happen to infect any of the Souldiers or Mariners , or others in the ship : then if , within sixe or eight houres after infection , a dose of my Antidotary powder ( whereof eight graines are sufficient ) be taken , it commonly preuenteth the rage and violence of the Plague , by mastering the poyson , seldome suffering any sore to arise : and it disperseth and conquereth the matter of the small Pockes and Meazels : whereby in a few houres it vanisheth , without making the Patient heart-sicke . And , in the cure of any kind of poyson , no Vnico●es horne , no Be●●ar stone , no Terra Lemnia or Sagilleta , no Mithridate &c. is able to match the same , though taken in a double proportion . It is an excellent remedie against swooning , or any sodaine passion of the heart . 11 There is also a medicine , which I will commend for the sea ( being a notable astringent powder ) which stayeth any flux of blood in a short time , and often cureth the Piles and Emerhoides . 12 The Essences of spices and floures ( as of Cinnamom , Cloues , Mace , Nutmegs , Rosemary , Sage , &c ) being in the forme of powders , may with lesse danger be caried at sea , are more apt to be mixed and incorporated with Syrupes , ●●leps or Conserues , are more pleasing to nature , and are more familiarly taken , and with better successe then the chymicall oyles themselues , drawen by limbecke : their effects are answerable to the nature of the oyles . Thus much I am bold to offer and publish for the benefit of sea-faring men , who for the most part are destitute both of learned Physitions and skilfull Apothecaries : and therefore haue more neede then others to cary their owne defensatiues and medicines about them . Which if it shall receiue enterteinement according to the worth thereof and my iust expectation , I may happily be encouraged to prie a little further into Natures Cabinet , and so to disperse some of her most secret Iewels , which she hath long time so carefully kept , onely for the vse of her dearest children : otherwise , finding no speedy or good acceptance of this my proffer ( but rather crossed by malice or incredulity ) I doe here free and enlarge my selfe from raine owne fetters : purposing to content my spirits , with such priuate and pleasing practises , as may better sort with my place and dignitie , and in likelyhood prooue also more profitable in the ende , then if I had thankelesly deuoted my selfe to Bo● Public●● . In which course , happy men are sometimes rewarded with good words : but few or none , in these dayes , with any reall recompense . Vt Deus per Naturam , sic Natura per ignem Philosophicum . H. P. Miles .