Tutela Sanitatis. SIVE VITA PROTRACTA. THE Protection of long Life, and Detection of its brevity, from diaetetic Causes and common Customs.  
Hygiastic Precautions and Rules appropriate to the Constitutions of bodies; and various Discrasyes' or Passions of Mind; daily to be observed for the preservation of Health and Prolongation of Life. WITH A Treatise of Fontinells or Issues.  
Whereunto is Annexed BELLUM NECESSARIUM SIVE MEDICUS BELLIGERANS THE Military or Practical Physician Reveiwing his Armoury: Furnished with Medicinal Weapons and Munition against the secret invaders of life; fitted for all persons and assaults; with their safe and regular use, according to medical art and discipline  
By Everard Maynwaring Doctor in Physic.  
Toga convenit armis  ET 
Bellum gero, pro bono pub lico.  
LONDON Printed by Peter Lillicrap. And sold by S. Thompson Stationer at the Bishop's head in St. Paul's Churchyard: T. Basser Stationer under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Sreet. 1664.   

To His Renowned Highness RUPERT, COUNT PALATINE of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, Kt. of the Garter, etc. Health, Happiness and long Life.  
AS it hath been the Custom of past Ages to prefix some Eminent Personage in the Front of their Works, partly to show a respect to Dignity and Honour, and to reverence the Excellency and illustrious Eminency of the Person; as also their peculiar exemplary Merits and Endowments suiting with, and favouring the Treatise: I am hence emboldened in this Dedication to set Your Highness a Patron, as you may be a Pattern of temperate and regular living. Health and long Life, two great desiderable Enjoyments, the one a step to the other, and both acquired (by the course of Nature) in the methodical and regular observance of Diaetetic Customs.  
And since the Endowments and Faculties of the Mind, are much disposed and Biased, heighthened and abated in their operations, by the Temperament and Constitutional Changes of the Body; and that also by a seminal power and virtue from Parents, the ill effects and products of irregular and a methodical living is implanted and charactarized in their offspring; Therefore the regular tuition and government of the Body is of great concernment to all; but more especially to such, who more eminently are serviceable in a Kingdom, and constituted as Pillars of Honour to support and bear up the spreading Fame and Renown of our Nation for Heroic Worthies: That we may not untimely be deprived of such, nor of our hopes in their Noble and Illustrious succeeding Progeny. And as a Duty complying with my nature, the propagation of Honourable renowned Families, and preservation from a degenerate Issue, by precautions and wholesome Rules, is much intended by these Endeavours.  
I now crave your Highness' acceptance of this small Offering, the Fruit of my Study and Labour; which may serve as a Directory in the daily use of those requisites necessary to being and well being: In the regular course of which by a Decree in Nature, is promised Sanity, length of days, and juvenile vigour; that as your Highness is eminently placed in Dignity and Power, your natural Endowments also and personal Abilities, may not be clouded with the untimely defects of Nature, nor impedited in the full fruition and free enjoyment of Temporal Happiness; which shall be the constant wishes and desires, as hereby it is the endeavours of  
Your Highness most humble Servant Everard Maynwaringe.   

Literato Philiatro Lectori Salutem.  
PYrrhus Rex, deorum in templo immolaturus, hoc unum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tanquam exoptatissimum à diis immortalibus petebat. Inter omnia namque humano generi chara ac utilia corporis sanitas post animae salutem, in praetio ab omnibus, prae omnibus bonis, maxime habenda est. Quippe quod ea vacillante ac labante, nec animae functiones, nec corporis membra, ad munia sua rite disponuntur, sed vel fractis viribus fatigata succumbunt, vel more indebito prauè & remissè operantur. Frons hilaris & Serenus in Severiorem maestumque transit & indies deflorescit formosa juventus: Honores porrò & divitiae, splendida illa fortunae bona (amissa sanitate) ingrata ac seposita parvi penduntur: Voluptates & deliciae qualesecunque solitae, injucundae & exoletae transeunt. Quae cum ita sint, omni studio & labore sedulò incumbendum, utquantum naturae viribus detur, vel artis ingenio excogitari possit, hanc vitam in multos annos sartam tectamque tueamur. Et licet ex rei natura vitae perennitatem non expectamus eò quod potestates & causae vitales à principiis facile invicem dissidentibus, Et sese mutuò destruentibus dependent; morborum saltem occasiones & incursiones saepius praecaveri, juventutis efflorescentiam, vigorem nativum & viva citatem diutius conservari, & majori circulo vitae cursum peragi, nullis naturae legibus repugnat.  
Porrò cum vitae nostrae scintilla variis obiciatur injuriis, adeò ut facili negotio praefocari & extingui possit; & cum nihil in toto terrarum orbe hac vita salubri suavius obtineamus; nullis nec impensis, nec curis, nec praeceptis parcendum, quantum in nobis, & naturae potestati concessum, à diminutione & extinctione quam diutissimè conservare & protahere valeamus. In hunc finem sanitatis hanc tutelam & vitae praesidium juxta nuturae normam & leges artis concinnatum, nulli non obtemperanti profuturum puto: opus non minus utile sanis, quam aegris necessarium; vivere nam sanos docet, aegrotos valere. Prima pars benè vivendi regulas tradit, quo sanitas praesens diu conservetur; altera autem tutò medendi, quo amissa citò, paucis, parvo recuperetur. Habes (lector benevole) instituti mei rationem, & operis divisionem: multa me reliquisse fateor studiis futuris, & me mihi satis nondum fecisse; in posterum verò, & politiora haec & plura edita fore curabo. Interea hiscefave & fruere, ut sanitatem siquando amissam quam primum restituas, presentem feliciter tuearis. Jnde proemium hoc maximum multis ut prosim, valdè quaero. vale. dat. Londini 6 calend. Octobr. An. Dom. 1663.   

Imprimatur  
Sept. 25. 1663.  
M. Frank S. T. P. Reverendissimo in Christo P. ac D no. D no. Archiep. Cant. à Sac. Dom.   

The Introduction.  
THe scope and intention of the Medicinal Art, at which every good Physician collimes and aims at, directs to these two marks; Preservation of the sound, and Restoration of the Sick: and Janus-like he casts a double Aspect; to the healthy for their continuance; to the sick for their recovery: nor is he less concerned and rejoicing in nature's prosperity and triumph, then subsidiary in her adversity; but shows the highest friendship in her declensions and lowest ebb. And having proposed such a Pattern for my imitation, I have drawn the ensuing Work according to this examplar; which is presented to you now as a rough draught from the first hand, and shows you only the lineaments and proportion of the intended piece; but coming over it again by a reveiw, with the second hand, as I purpose at my better leisure and vacation from disturbance; I hope something of perfection may then be superadded, and the life appear, which these dark lines do now but shadow forth; and what I have touched but lightly, and unbratically exhibited to your view, shall more clearly and fully be delineated in the next impression, in the interim take this as the earnest of what I intent.  
The present work is divided in two parts; The first adviseth and cautions the Sound; the latter directs and assists the Sick: That I may not seem less a friend to health, than an assistant in sickness. The former part is diaetetical, and prescribes laws to govern the healthy; and rules out the pleasant paths of health for them to walk in, that in the darkness of unadvised precipitate ignorance, they rush not upon the ruin of a well tempored body, and discompose the harmony, and integrity of natural, vital and animal faculties, which by nature's course might continue much longer in their vigour then the common age, if not by folly and wilful erroneous practice, violently disordered, debilitated and brought to untimely periods.  
And that you may knowingly the better suit all your actions most proper and concordant with your own body and peculiar nature; your temperament and constitution by certain characters and signs is discovered, thereby you may so order and govern yourself rationally and fitly, as each temperament particularly requires, and distinctly and plainly is prescribed. And by diligent observation you will find, in the course of life, your body to change and vary much; sometime to be Phlegmatic, sometime Choleric, another part of your life Melancholy to he predominant; as your condition of life, Diaetetic customs, & progress in age, will dispose and alter your constitution; which the peculiar figns of each prevailing humour will demonstrate and evidently show. Those duly marked and the Hygiastic Rules justly observed, the age of man would be extended to a third part longer, many diseases avoided, and scarce known which are now most obvious and frequent.  
But such is the folly and wilful error of the most, being prodigal of their lives and incautelous▪ nothing regarding what conduceth to health and long life, but promiscuously follow and elect this or that, after the dictates of an irrational and sensitive desire, To gratify the present appetite in trivial and vain satisfactions; thereby purchasing shortness of days, accumulating and adding one distemper to another, debilitating one part after another by such irregular and intemperate practice, until the body become a Hospital of diseases, so complicated and contraindicating one another, that a College of Physicians is but sufficient to consult the restoration, if any for such a person; when perhaps as yet he hath scarce numbered half his days of the usual age of man. But yet, the crime were less if only to themselves the prejudice did extend, but also to posterity their diseases are propagated; the children having impressed upon them, and radicated in the principles of their nature, the seminal power and productive virtue of inordinate, irregular, and intemperate living of their genitors and progenitors: that the children may bear witness to the following age, the vice and folly of their parents and praedecessors, recorded and characterized in them.  
But whosoever desires to live long, to see their children's children, to preserve their youth, strength & beauty, to be free from molesting pains & loathsome diseases, to preserve their senses & enjoy the perfections of mind to the extremity of age; let them conform and be obedient to the Higiastic laws and rules herereafter prescribed; and they may expect what is here proposed for their reward. Nor shall I exact and require of you an irksome strictness or Lessian preciseness to eat and drink by weight and measure: but a reasonable observance, suitable and well agreeing with a sober rational person, not restraining convenient liberty and the lawful pleasure of life. Nor can a regular course of life be thought troublesome as a difficult and hard restraint, but most pleasant and free, except to those accustomed to the contrary; and the leaving of those ill customs is the difficulty, but the rules enjoined be facile and easy to observe.  
Non quia difficilia sunt, multa non tentamus;  
Sed quia non tentamus, difficilia sunt.  
And having once acquired a good habit and constant use, to return to an irregular intemperate living, would be a far greater burden and irksome, if enjoined and imposed, than the declining and deserting a destructive course, for a laudable wholesome practice, most consonat to a rational creature, experto Crede—  
Qui medicè vivit, sine medicis diu vivet:  
Qui non medicè vivit, cum medicis saepe, sed non diu.  
The second or latter part of this Book is therapeutical, containing safe and wholesome medicaments for the sick and infirm; briefly showing their virtues, aproppriation use and doses, but reserving to myself their composition and ingredients, which although expected and desired by some yet for sufficient reasons I thought best to conceal. First because they are the arcana's of the medicinal Art, and ought not to be divulged to any but the sons of art, who make it their business and study after such inquiries. Secondly, I writ not to Physicians, but to those who stand in need of such, their advice and assistance; else my pen had run in another dialect, and the subject, matter some novelty to present. Thirdly, I will not undertake to teach you to be Chemists, or the Apothecaris art, and you must be knowing in both, or these medicines will avail you little. Fourthly, lest the medicines should be abused, by ignorant pretenders to skill, endeavouring to make them, of which they are not capable, and so defame good medicines, prejudice the author, and those that shall use them. And farther, medicines does not belong to you, of other employments, professions, trades, or who ever not authorized in the faculty; this belongs to the Physician to know and appoint, as his propriety, and you to have the benefit and use of them, nor ought any to challenge the making of medicines as his right, but as subordinate, a servant of Physicians, to do the toiling part and servile work that belongs to it. And here I much admire how the trade of medicines first came up,: that a Physician should be so very strict and exact in knowing the state of his patient, not trusting to the fallible insufficient relation of another, but must view and examine the patient himself: Yet the remedy which is the main, that conflicts with the disease, wherein if there be a fault, the Doctor's learning is of no effect; this is committed to the care, skill, honesty of others, their servants and boys, what reason is there for this? but when Physicians were few and scarce, practice very great and abundant, having not time enough to visit all their patients & take their fees; Neglected medicines, threw off that care as a burden, and relied upon others, from whence hath sprung not a few inconveniences, and prejudice, to Physicians as well as the sick; Which I forbear to mention. And since medicines is become a trade, it is a trade of the greatest and most general concernment I know. And I must say, an error, mistake or abuse in the medicine is far greater and more dangerous, than a deficiency or error of the Physician in his judgement of the Patient. For a good medicine is not so tied up and restrained to one disease, But it shall operate for good in many others, (seasonably given in due quantity) so that if a Physician do not so exactly determine a right concerning the Patient; yet if the distemper he imagines, have but an affinity and proportion with that which really afflicts the Patient, and he gives a proper medicine according to his own determination, his medicine shall prevail and succeed well. But an adulterate bad medicine, though given by the most skilful hand and deliberate consultation, shall have bad effects: and therefore I may affirm, that a Physician of ordinary parts, with extraordinary curious medicines, shall perform more and greater cures, and have less miscarriages, than the most knowing and learned, with ordinary, sophisticate medicines. And I think it much more necessary, that the Physician should look into the medicine than the chamber-pot, as a thing of greater concernment, and he shall practise with more security to his own reputation, and less hazard to his patient's life. And that Physician who spends some time in Pharmacy- shall find more satisfaction in seeing a medicine duly prepared and compounded once, then in reading it a twelvemonth. From hence the true proportion and quantity of each ingredient will exactly be known suiting with the form of the medicine, which incongrously I have seen prescribed for want of knowledge in the pharmacopoietical part.  
From hence the particular properties and differing qulities of each ingredient will more plainly and fully be discovered in their single preparations, corrections, defecations, exaltations and gradual mixtures, their conflict, discrepancy and rejection one of anothor in single applications, and their mutual agreement embraces and union, in the whole composition by fit mediumes and artificial conjunction the diversity of Tastes and Smells reduced into one by fermentation the true colour, taste, smell, consistence and due form of the Medicine, will be discerned from a stovenly inartificial sophisticate Medicine, and he that is not skilful practically in the artificial making of Medicines, shall never rightly discern a good Medicine from a bad. Not that I think fit a Physician should toil in the drudgery of it; but a supervisor of his Servants, to prevent mistakes, abuses, and slovenly operation. In vain the Physician curiously inquires and strictly examines the state of his Patient, if he be not as well ascertained and fully satisfied in every Ingredient of the Medicine. He that practiseth with unknown Medicines may be glad of his success; but if the contrary happen he shall not be satisfied where the fault was; whether in himself or the Medicine, the contumacy of the disease, or intervening accidents, nor can he note that an observation for the future.  Infaeliciter aegrotat ubi plus est periculi à medicamento quam à morbo. 
Of the Drugs imported into England, a fourth part is more fit for the Dunghill then to come into the body of man; and he that takes a Medicine of that needs no other disease. Another fourth, though not damnified corrupt and naught; yet weak, of small virtue and efficacy, and a degenerate sort; as much differing from the best, as they are in price, and that is double; and what think you becomes of these? they are not thrown away, when they are made up in medicine they pass current.  
Beer that is made of Water, Hops and Malt three common things, and easy to be done after a common rule; and yet what variety of drinks, some good, some bad, differing in strength, taste, colour and consistence: So many Brewers, almost so many kinds of drink. What think you then of making Medicines, having twenty, thirty, forty, and some fifty Ingredients in the composition; and of these, many requiring a Single and several preparation and praevious ordering before they are fit for Composition; as correction, defecation, digestion, trituration, dissolution; coagulation, calcination, torrefaction, insolation, impregnation, etc. Many more tedious to relate. Do you think now there is not more variety in the goodness and excellency of a Medicine of the same species and kind, from several men's ordering and their Servants (differing in Art, care and honesty) then in Beer or Ale made of two or three ordinary Ingredients, and easily discerned by the palate, smell or sight. But the other of many, various, exotic strange Drugs not known or heard of by the most in their age; producing a mixture, sometimes not to be detected nor determined of the goodness, (although an Artist) but by operation and the effects.  Sine certa notitia medicamenti virtutum, non tuto curabit medicus 
From hence may be collected the reasons and motives which first put me upon this work, and made me a Pharmacopoeian to my own practice. And being furnished with a large stock of Medicines peculiarly composed and appointed for the most and principal occasions that might occur in practice, and which I had often experimented with success; and by due observation found to be efficacious for their appropriate uses; I was moved to communicate, and convert my private stock to a public store, for the benefit of those who have not a fee ready, suitable for a Doctor but must apply themselves to bold professing Empirics, and other pragmatical fellows that deserve to have their ears eut for their impudent ignorance in the practice of Physic, and saucy usurpation of so high and mysterious employment that the most learned men of the faculty in all ages have, and are still in the disquisition; the many abuses whereof in Medicines, and their improper use, is now the greatest and most dangerous Cheat in this age: And if an account of the dead could be rightly taken, a third part would be found to have died, by noxious or deficient Medicines, an illiterate pretender to Physic, or the imprudent advice of a friend or relation to the Sick. And it is not a strange thing to Physicians who have observed, that Women sometimes kill their own husbands and children giving them deadly draughts for sanative potitions. The many sad consequents of this nature are so many, that it would take up more time and paper to relate than I can now spare, and therefore must wave the discourse. Quisque sibi caveat.  
For the Magazine of Medicines, which here I own as my munition for practice, I have form and reform by exemplars from the neatest inventions of the most expert renowned Doctors, Pharmacopoeians, Galenical and Chemical, both ancient and modern. Pharmacy being the chiefest part of my Study and most delightful of late years. And having approved in practice what in reason they promised at the view, enticing to experiments, I may with confidence commend to your use, being a witness to all that belongs to them; made choice of their Drugs, saw their due preparation and Composition; and not only a spectator, but an agent sometimes, where the strictest care and nicest curiosity is required, being the best recreation I know or can desire: For my part, I desire no other weapons to oppose any Herculean disease where the capacity of the subject will endure the contest, and be conformable to the commands of such a discipline, I shall require to be observed. The Patient must bear a part, or no good to be expected, there must be a conspiration, consent and agreement between the Physician, the Patient, and the Medicine against the disease, or the design will fail: The Physician cannot our without a good Medicine, the Medicine cannot cure, except prudently appointed by the Physician in fit Doses, at due times, with the requisite circumstances; and yet neither shall prevail, if the patiented be disobedient, intemperate and careless: For if by good medicine you prevail against your disease, get ground one day and lose it the next, or soon after, by an unfit improper ordering yourself, the labour is in vain; as by too often experience we find it in practice, with peevish, unruly, imprudent patients, who think the taking of the physic is sufficient, let themselves live at the old rate and customs which first occasioned the disease. You must not therefore expect these medicines to take that effect as is promised & declared in the enumeration of their virtues & appropriate use; if you by an irrigular course and daily common practice in eating, drinking, sleeping, passions of mind, rest and motion, or other customs whatever, improper and unfit for the condition of your body and distemper, act with a Counter motion and repugnancy to the efficacy and virtue of the Medicine, and also cherish, indulge, and strengthen the disease. Therefore remember that a duty is required, incumbent upon you, and impute not your miscarriages, improper, unseasonable, insufficient use of the means, to the deficiency of the Medicine; and that you make a difference between a chronic, inveterate, radicated disease, to which you are propense by hereditary nature, constitution, or constant bad customs; and a slight accidental infirmity. The former requiring a more serious prosecution, continuance and repetition of Medicines; if you have been many months, perhaps years contracting a disease you may well allow some days for a parting.  
And that these Medicines may not receive a prejudice in their reputation undeservedly, and for want of knowledge in the proper choice and use of them, especially in such cases and persons, where a subordinate use of Medicines is required, for the eradicating of a contumacious and chronic disease: such I say, who desire a methodical and exact course in the use of these Medicines, more at large, and peculiar for their complicated diseases and condition of body, than what is expressed and provided for in this book; I shall upon their application to me whether by letter, (if far distant) or otherwise; give them my advice and directions in the choice and use of any Medicine or Medicines, as their particular case requires, according to the true account and relation I shall receive of their infirmities, at my dwelling next to the Blew-Bore on Ludgate-hill, London.   

OF Life, Health, and Sickness.  
AFter the praevious disposition of formation and effiguration of seminal matter in the womb, by the innate spirits thereof, the chief actors in vegetation, having prepared, fabricated and made ready for animation, the Soul than exerts her power, animates, and gives life; and as supreme moderator and governor disposeth and orders all for future conservation and perfection of operation. The seminal Spirits which before were chief and principal in preparation and fabrication of this mansion; are now after the souls assuming the Government, but instrumental and subordinate, immediately acting by virtue and power from the soul received, neither can the one act without the other; the soul cannot act the body in its operations, but mediately by the intervening Spirits: there is so great a distance between the spirituality of a soul, and the corporiety of bodies; but the Spirits being of the most refined, subtle, volatized material substance, are the fittest Intermedium of conjunction, conveyance, and commerce between the Soul and body, nor can the spirits act their parts in any Vital operation, but by the energy, command and power derived from the soul.  
These spirits have their residence in every part of the body, as principal assistants and excitors to the performance of the office, and duty belonging to the several parts, and are the approximate immediate agents of the soul; and they are preserved, maintained and supplied by the additional spirits, extracted from the bodily aliment daily received.  
There is also a ferment or transmutative quality peculiar to each part or office for concoction resulting from the particular nature, property and temper of each part; being the author of alteration and transmutation, by virtue whereof the food received is digested, volatized, and receiving various impressions according to the disposition of the ferment of each part by which it passeth, until it be fit for assimilation into the substance of the body.  
In the vigour and rectitude of these ferments and the aforesaid spirits, consists the sanity and integrity of each member in its office; but the diminution, alienation and depravation of either, vitiates and imbecillitates the parts, indisposeth and incapacitates them to their office and duties, from whence various morbific effects are produced, answerable to their several causes, and the variety of organical parts, in their principal or ministerial functions.  
These Spirits and ferments are preserved and maintained in their natural purity and vigour, by a temperate sweet Air; wholesome and regular diet, seasonable sleeping and waking, moderate and constant exercise, due evacuations and retentions, tranquillity and ease of mind. But these irregular, unnatural, disproportionate or unsuitable, in matter, manner, times or order, destroys the regular oeconomy and peaceable Government of the body, raiseth discords, introduceth and begets morbific causes, abbreviates and shortens life. Of which particularly hereafter.  
This I have premised as a ground work for the superstructure intended, and for your preparation and clearer apprehension of what shall be delivered in the following discourse, knowing upon what bases it is founded.  
The life of man consists in the Conjunction of soul and body, mutually embracing each other with the bands of Love and desire of continued Union, until the incapacity and unfitness of the body by its ruinous and decayed condition, or other impediments and deficiency enforceth the soul to desertion and departure. Spiritual and Corporeal substance are now knit and interwoven one with another, by an extraordinary curious artifice and contrivance, so that you can not say here is the soul & there the body, but soul and body are jointly extended throughout the whole, & in every part there is both soul & body: life is the result of this connexion; as by the meeting and attrition of flint & steel fire is produced, so by the reciprocal contact & conjunction of soul & body life is generated, being of a luminous influential nature diradiated through the body from whence vital motions and heat, as the product and concomitants thereof do give a testimony of its virtual presence and efficacious energy: and as the Ratio formalis of life is in lumine; so the virtue, power and emanations of life are manifested in actione, in operation & action: and although the soul cannot by a reflex act in this life, see the face of its own being, nor can we see it in another, being invisible a priori, environed, vailed and hid by the interposition of a dense opacous body, yet we may see the back parts and behold what it is in operation and effects: and as Operatio sequitur esse, according to the axiom; we may judge of the purity, radication and durability of life, by the integrity, strength and constancy of its actions and functions: and this integrity or perfection of vital operations is that which we call health or sanity: and it is the free, indisturbed unanimous performance of all the faculties in the rectitude of their duties, being the prosperous serenity, mutual enjoyment and happiness of soul and body in their conjunct state.  
The benefit and excellencies of this health is best known to those that have lost it, Carendo magis quam fruendo, quid valeat cognoscimus: you that have it and know not how to prise it, I'll tell you what it is both positively, and privatively, that you may love it better, put a higher value upon it, and endeavour to preserve it with a more serious and, strict observance and tuition.  
Health is that which makes your meat and drink both savoury and pleasant, else nature's injunction of eating and drinking were a hard task and slavish custom.  
Health is that which makes your bed easy, and your sleep refreshing, that renews your strength with the rising Sun, and makes you cheerful at the light of another day; 'tis that which fills up the hollow and uneven places of your Carcase, and makes your body plump and comely; 'tis that which dresseth you up in nature's richest attire, and adorns your face with her choicest colours.  
'Tis that which makes exercise a sport, and walking abroad the enjoyment of your Liberty.  
'Tis that which makes fertile and increaseth the natural endowments of your mind and preserves them long from decay; makes your wit acute, and your memory retentive.  
'tis that which supports the fragility of a corruptible body, and preserves the verdure, vigour and beauty of youth.  
'Tis that which makes the soul take delight in her mansion, sporting herself at the casements of your eyes.  
'Tis that which makes pleasure to be pleasure, and delights delightful; without which you can solace yourself in nothing of terrene felicities and enjoyments.  
Having taken a brief survey of natural life in the best estate, graced and adorned with the society of health and its great attendants; the coucomitant benefits, privileges and enjoyments: now take a view of yourself when health hath turned its back upon you, and deserts your company; see now how the Scene is changed; how you are robbed and spoilt of your comforts and enjoyments; the want of health makes food to lose its wont relish, and is become disgustful and unsavoury: the stomach now refuseth to receive its daily charge, no longer able to perform the task, but desires a quietus est, from the office.  
Sleep that was stretched out from evening to the fair bright day, is now broken into pieces, and subdivided not worth the accounting: the night that before seemed short is now too long; and the downy bed presseth hard against the bones.  
Exercise now is toiling, and walking abroad the carrying of a burden.  
The body that moved so light, and readily obeyed the steerage of the Pilot; is now over ballaced with its own weight, and slowly tugs as against the stream.  
Conjugal embraces are now but the faint offers of love, the shadows, and representations of former kindness.  
The body that had the magnetisme and secret attraction of souls, may now be approached without loss, or danger of being snared and fettered as a bondslave: the lily and the rose that nature planted in the highest mount to show the world her pride and glory, is now blasted, and withered like long blown flowers. The eye that flashed as lightning, is now like the opacous body of a thick cloud; that rolled from East to West swifter than a Celestial orb, is now tired and weary but standing still; that penetrated the centre of another microcosm, hath lost its Planetary influence and is become obtuse and dull: the hollow sounding breast that echoed to the chanting bird, and warbled forth delightful tunes, now runs divisions with coughing strains, and pauses with a deep fetched sigh for breath, to repeat those notes again.  
The Veins, those rivulets that ran with vital streams bedewing the adjacent parts with fruitful moisture, is now drunk up with parching heat, or muddied and defiled with an inundation of excremental humours.  
The want of health converts your house into a prison, and confines you to the narrow compass of a chamber, 'tis that which sowers the sweetest and most beloved enjoyments: 'tis that which disunites and breaks the league of copartnership between soul and body, alienates and makes them at jars, discomposeth their harmony, and weary of their wont, sweet society.  

The Prolongation & Abbreviation of Life.  
MAn Consisting of soul and body, and this body compounded of heterogeneous and dissimilar parts, destinated to various actions and offices, and not independent in being and conservation; will necessarily require variety of assistance and supply, proportionable and suiting to their several purposes, faculties, proprieties and temperatures; in matter, manner, times and order; for their maintenance and sustentation in the integrity of their actions, offices and duties, Constitutional dispositions and temperaments, peculiarly conservative of themselves, respectively and consequently of the whole: And by the Law of nature, (being subject to corruption and dissolution, through the fragility of constitutive principles, connexion and fabrication) is bound to observe rules, orders and customs most consonant for preservation & continuance in being. Now if there be a disproportion or unfitness, in the matter and quantum; or irregularity in the manner times or order of the auxiliary requisites and conservatives contrary to what the Law or necessity of his nature requires and commands, there ariseth distempers, ataxjes and disorders, the praeludiums to ruin and dissolution.  
And this body being in a continual flux and reflux, conversant in vicissitudes and variations of opposites, dissimilars, contraries and privations, as heat and cold, siccity and humidity, filling and emptying, rest and motion, sleeping and waking, inspiration and expiration, and the like; could not subsist amidst these opposite subalter nations, if they were not bounded and regulated by due order of succession to fit and convenient times, that they might not clash interfeere and encroach upon each others privileges, due times and proprieties.  
If heat exceeds, the radical moisture dries up, the spirits evaporate, and the body withers.  
If cold, the faculties are torpid and benumbed, the spirits being frozen up to a cessation from their duties.  
If moisture prevails, the spirits are clogged, suffocated and drowned in the channels of the body.  
If siceity and dryness, the organical parts are stubborn, unpliable and uncapable of their regular motions and due actions, the vitastreams being drank up that should irrigate, refresh and supple them.  
Were the body always taking in and sending nothing forth; it would either increase to a monstrous and  magnitude, or fill up, suffocate and stifle the soul: were it always in excretion and emission, the body would waste away and be reduced to nothing.  
Nor is the receiving in of any thing, sufficient and satisfactory to the body for its preservation, but that which is appointed by nature proper and suitable: nor emission or ejection of any thing, but that which is superfluous and unnecessary to be retained.  
If sleep prevails contrary to the Law of nature, the body in a lethargic soporiferous inactivity, stupefied and senseless lies at the gates of death.  
If watching exceeds the limits, transgresseth ●nd steals away the due time for sleep, the faculties are debilitated and enervated, the spirits tired, worn out and impoverished.  
If inspiration were constant without intermission, the body would puff up and be blown like a bladder.  
If expiration were continual, the soul and spirits would soon quit their habitation and come forth.  
If always exercised in motion, the body would pine and wear away: if always at rest, it would corrupt and stink.  
There is a rule therefore proportion, measure and season to be observed, in all the requisite supports and auxiliary helps, belonging to our preservation, and by how much or often, any of these necessary alternative successions are extravagant and irregular, exceeding the bounds and limits prescribed by nature, justling out the successive appointed action duty or custom from its seasonable exercise and due execution; by so much is the harmony of nature disturbed, vigour abated and duration shortened, by those jars, discords and encroachments.  
The thwarting and crossing of nature in any thing she hath enjoined, either in the substance or circumstance, is violence offered to nature, and is destructive more or less according to the dignity or quality of the thing appointed.  
For nature was not so indifferent in the institution of th●se duties and customs, that they might be done or not done; or so careless and irregular, to leave them at your pleasure, when and how, or to be used promiscuously and preposterously without order, ●t the liberty of your will, fancy and occasions: for as you may see in all other creatures exactness of rule, method and constant order impressed upon and radicated in their natures, by which they act always suitable regular and constant: you may not imagine so choice and exquisite a piece as man, to be left without a law and rule to guide and steer him in the necessary actions concerning life, and that he should rove in uncertain, inconstant, unlimited quantities, times, orders, manners and the like; but is bounded and restrained upon penalties and forfeitures of being, well being and long being, to the nice and strict observance of these laws and customs necessary for the tuition of life and defence of humane frailty.  
As moral good actions are placed in a mediocrity between two vicious extremes: so natural actions and auxiliary requisites conservative of life, have their golden means; digression from which on either side leads to ruin and destruction.  
Too much sleep or too little; too much meat and drink, or too little to much rest, or too much motion; too much air, or always close penned up too great excretions or too long retentions too much heat or too much cold; either of the extremes lead to the gates of death.  
And as nature hath not appointed any thing, or every thing to be food, but this and that; so likewise not at any time to be received, not in any quantity, after any manner prepared, or in what order you please, but proportionable, suitable and convenient.  
As there is variety of dispositions and inclinations of mind agreeing with and liking one thing, but disagreeing resisting and disliking another: so is it in the variety of bodies and food: one body is of this constitution, temper and appetite; will suit and agree well with this meat, and disagree with another: for if all meats were convenient for all bodies to be used promiscuously without choice, how comes it to pass, the antipathy, resistance and abhorrency of some bodies against some particular meats and this not from a fancy and conceit, but radicated in the constitution; that if it be eaten though unknown, shall produce Fluxes, vomitings, swoonings and such like effects: here is manifested the opposition, disagreement and distance between this constitution and this kind of meat; which being so great, that the dislike and discordancy appears presently: other disagreements which are in a lower degree of opposition, do not manifest themselves immediately, yet they produce ill effects in the body, plus minus, pro viribus, which discover themselves gradually, at times and seasons and occasions. If you acknowledge the former you must admit of the latter, the reason is, á majori ad minus.  
As sleep is appointed by nature, to refresh the spirits and repair lost strength: so the time for sleep is appointed and limited: not when you please: the Sun that glorious light was not made for you to sleep by, nor the night for sports and revels, but for rest.  
Nature does not only command what to be done; but when, how much, how long, after what manner, in what order; the modification, Circumstances and requisite qualifications, as well as the thing itself, are to be regarded. And therefore by a diligent inquisition and curious speculation into the works of nature, you may as much admire the manner of preservation, government, order, weight and measure, regular vicissitudes alternations and successions, as the excellency and contrivance of the things themselves, in their creation and generation.  
Whatever is appointed by nature as necessary for conservation and support of being though never so good, yet if it be unseasonable, out of course, immoderate in quantity, quality or duration; altars the property and Intention of nature, converts good purposes to bad effects.  
We say every thing is best in its own kind; and of continuance in its own Element: and nature is most cheerful, vigorous and durable in the course and method of her own injunctions: but being put by, thrust out of her own way, is not of long duration: the birds cannot live in the Sea, nor the fish upon the land, nor your nature continue long in an unnatural way against herself. Are you composed of natural principles, and will you not live conformable to what you are? do you not live by nature's assistance and natural means, and do you think to continue long in a Countermotion against the nature of your Composition? they that invert nature's course, preposterously promiscuously & in congruously using the necessary conservatives of life; not only are deprived of their benefit, but also receive a positive hurt, disordering the constant regular motions in the body, and discomposing the harmonious and sociable temperaments of the parts.  
There is a rule therefore, method, measure and season, in all the requisite supports and auxiliary helps belonging and necessary unto life, or lawful actions and customs whatsoever; which duly observed, are of much advantage for the preservation of the body in its true natural state, vigour and prolongation of being: but other wise, a methodically and inordinately used, disturbs nature's course, uniformity and regularity- of operations, raiseth unnatural motions, commotions and cessations; introduceth disorders and disjoins the frame of nature, accelerates and hastens the dissolution of the body.  

The Impediments of long Life.  
AN infirm, and weak constitution from the Womb derived from tender, imbecile and infirm parents. Irregular and unfit tractation of Infants, whose tender bodies are soon discomposed and disordered by bad Nurses, their erroneous customs, and the ill proprieties of their milk.  
Noxious and intemperate Air.  
Irregular eating and drinking.  
Immoderate and unseasonable exercise, motion or labour.  
Too much, or unfit rest.  
Sleeping and waking in extremes.  
Immoderate Venus.  
Undue excretion, and retention of Excrements  
Inordinate passions, and perturbations of mind.  
All unnecessary and bad customs.    

Hygiastic Precautions, and Rules for the preservation of Health, and prolongation of life.  

Of Air.  
Air is so necessary to life, that without it we cannot subsist: which surrounding us about, and being continually sucked and drawn in, must needs affect the body with its conditions and properties, and by observation you may find, the body, by the various constitutions and changes in the air, to be variously affected, well and ill disposed; of which, infirm parts are most sensible, that they prognosticate before an alteration come: the mind also by the mediation of the spirits is drawn into consent, and hath its dispositions and variations: when the Air is close, thick and moist, the spirits are more dull heavy and indisposed; but at the appearance of the Sun, and a serene sky, the spirits are unfettered, vigorous and active; the mind more cheerful, airy and pleasant.  
The Spirits are of an aetherial nature, and therefore do much sympathise with the present constitution, and change of air: for of the air drawn in by the motion of the vital parts, are the vital spirits augmented & supplied continually, by the peculiar ferment and operation of the heart, therefore the pureness of the air, makes much for the purity of the spirits.  
A gross impure and noisome air, obtunds and deads' the spirits, makes a slow pulse, obstructs the pores and hinders ventilation, generates superfluous humours and causeth putrefaction.  
A serene sweet thin Air perfumes and purifies an unwholesome body; cherisheth the heart, makes a lively pulse, and much increaseth the vital spirits; rarefies and volatizeth a gross coagulate blood, opens the pores for transpiration of putrid and offensive vapours, acuates and sharpens the appetite, and helps digestion.  
The best air and most agreeable to temperate bodies is in temperate climates, for heat, cold wet and dry: not subject to sudden and violent changes, as in some parts of America and other Countries very frequent; not gross and turbulent, infected with putrid vapours and noxious exhalations, from stinking ditches, Lakes, Boggs, Carrions, Dunghills, Sinks and Vaults, for which causes great Cities, and the adjacent places are not so healthful nor the people so long lived.  
Change of Air sometimes is very necessary for the conservation of health; the recovery of it declining and lost: for, temperate bodies by an intemperate air, shall gradually and in time become intemperate: intemperate bodies, by the contrary intemperate Air shall be reduced to temperature; at least, shall conduce much and be very Auxiliary for the reduction. Therefore bodies declining from exact temperature, are best preserved in that Air opposite to their declensions: as Choleric, hot and dry bodies, in a moist and cool air; Phlegmatic, cold and moist bodies, in a dry and warm Air.  
It is not therefore of small moment, in what place you live; and more especially such, who labour of, or are more subject to, any pectoral infirmity: for the Lungs being of so tender a substance and porous, continually drinking in the air, is most apt to receive impressions from it according to the qualities it is pregnant with and infested; and many diseases of the breast arise from this sole cause; and many exasperated by it and continued: hence it is Asthmatick Phthisical and Consumptive persons shall not be cured in some places, but may have cure in another.  
Be clothed according to the Clemency, season and temperature of the Air, your age, and habit of body: lean and thin bodies, pervious (corpora rarae texturae) and whose skin are lose and lax; may wear thicker clothing, because such are more perspirable, do magis emittere & transpirare; and are also more penetrable and subject to injury of the Air. Fat and fleshy people, and whose bodies are solid, firm and hard, are more impenetrable and impervious, and may wear thinner Garments. Infants and children lately cherished in the stove of the womb, being of tender, soft bodies and porous, are easily exposed to the prejudice of the Air, Vigorous youth, and middle age being accustomed to all weathers, whose spirits abounding do strongly resist and keep out the assaults and injuries of an offensive Air, may best endure hardship. Old age whose natural heat is abated, and spirits exhausted, stands in need of good defensatives against external cold, and to cherish internal heat.  
Observe the seasons and changes of the Air, and be then most careful, for at such times you are in most danger to exchange health for sickness: hence it is that Spring and Autumn abounds most with diseases; the Air then assuming new qualities opposite to its former constitution, sets new impressions upon our bodies, which occasions the various aestuations and turgid fermenting of humours, producing divers symptoms according to the variety of their nature, the organical difference, office and constitution of the several parts.  
The Sun being risen, and the air clear, open your Chamber-windowes, that the fresh Air may perfume your Room, and the close Air and enclosed vapours may go forth.  
Bad smells and putrid vapours being drawn in with the Air are very injurious to the Lungs and vital parts; contaminating the spirits, and impressing upon the ferment of those parts their tetrid nature, are oftentimes the original of a Consumption; and if the Lungs be weak and infirm, are more apt to receive the prejudice than others. But fragrant smells refresh and cheer the vital Spirits, and are very wholesome, breathing forth the virtue of those things from whence they do proceed.  
Be not late abroad, nor very early; before Sun rising and after setting the Air is not so good; being infested with noxious vapours, until the radiant influence of the Sun dispels and purifies: and those whose custom it is to be often aproad at such times, are most frequently molested with Rheums, & Rheumatic diseases, which their declining years will more evidently manifest the prejudice. Likewise in moist, foggy, dark weather, 'tis better being within then abroad; and if it be a cool season, good fires & fragrant fumes are then both pleasant & very wholesome. Be frequent abroad in the fields when a clear sky invites you forth, and let the fresh Air fan you with its sweet breath; but more especially in the morning; the Air is softer and more pleasant than your bed, and sure I am, far more wholesome.  
Temperie Coeli corpusque Animusque juvatur  Ovid  

Meat and Drink.  
Esteem temperance and regularity in eating and drinking as a great preservative of health, not a Lessian diet to pine and enseeble the body, but moderate in quantity proportionable to the stomach, agreeable in the first and second qualities, seasonable as to times and order. The contrary irregular practice hath destroyed and shortened the lives of many. Plures gula quam gladius.  
For quantity, your own stomach must measure to you what is convenient; which is a certain rule of proportion, if you observe not to eat to a satiety and fullness, but desist with an appetite, being refreshed light and cheerful, not dulled heavy and indisposed to operation and action, either of mind or body.  
A set quantity or measure of meat and drink, cannot be prescribed as a general rule and observation for all to follow, in regard of the variety and great difference of persons, in Constitution, age, strength of nature, condition of life, and infirmities, that what is convenient for one, is too much for another, and too little for a third; the strong and healthy cannot conform to the sickly weak and infirm in quantity, nor the labouring man to the sedentary and studious, or the idle: therefore every stomach is to be its own judge: and every one ought to moderate themselves by the cautions before mentioned.  
Indulge not to the cravings of an irrational sensitive appetite, but allow such a supply of daily food, as will support and maintain bodily strength and not over-load it: thereby the spirits will be vigorous and active, humours attenuated and abated, Crudities and obstructions prevented, many infirmities checked and kept under, the senses long preserved in their integrity, the stomach clean, the appetite sharp; and digestion good. But by the surplusage and over-charge, the stomachical ferment is overlaid and its incisive penetrative faculty obtunded, the appetite and digestion abated, the stomach nauseating, fluctuating, and belching with crudities; from whence Gripes, Fluxes and Fevers: the spirits clogged, dull and somnolent; by their indisposition and inactivity humours subside, degenerate, incrassate, obstructs; from whence various symptoms and depraved effects throughout the body, debilitating and decaying the fences, enervating and stealing away the strength of the body, by defrauding it of good nutriment, hastening old age, and shortening Life.  
In Winter you may eat more freely, the ambient external cold compresseth and unites the spirits, drives them to the centre and fortifyes the stomach: but in Summer the spirits are dilated, exhausted and drawn forth by the external heat opening the pores; wherefore the appetite is not so sharp, nor digestion so quick. And the Rule is true, though heat be not the principal cause of concoction, yet it is a necessary agent, excitor and cooperator.  
For the quality of diet, make choice of such for the most part as is commended to you, convenient for that constitution you are of, as you will find prescribed in the several temperaments following. But withal observe, what is most agreeing and disagreeing to your peculiar nature and individual propriety; what is most desired by your stomach and best digested, is a good guide in the choice of meat and drink.  
Paulo peior sed suavior cibus & potus, meliori, at ingrato praferendus.  
Change your diet according to the seasons of the year, the variation of your temperament, and inclination to this or that distemper: in Winter more meat and less drink; in summer less meat and more liquids: in hot weather a cooling diet, in cold weather that which is warm and heating: in summer meats boiled, in winter roasted: a hot and dry body must have a cooling and moist diet; a cold and moist body, a hot and dry diet: temperate bodies are preserved by temperate things and their like; distempered bodies are rectified and reduced by their contraries and dissimilar.  
The more simple and single your diet is, the better and more wholesome: but if your stomach must have variety, let it be at several meals, and so you may please your palate without prejudice: accustom not yourself to delicacies and compound dishes, the heterogenity of their nature, begets a discordant sermentation in the stomach, troubling concoction, from whence eructations, nauseous belchings, and offensive rise in the throat. Quo simplicior vict us ratio eo melior. Aphor.  
Of all meat, flesh affords the most nourishment and the strongest.  
If your diet sometimes be not so good and proper for you in the quality, make amends ●n the quantity and eat the less.  
Of all sauces a good stomach is the best; but ●f you must have other, let it be acide sharp or biting.  
Accustom strong stomaches to strong meats; the weaker to lighter of digestion: very light meats in strong stomaches are soon digested, but withal parched and corrupted, and turn to a bitter and choleric juce; solid hard meats in weak stomaches lie long and heavy, and pass away crude and indigested.  
Meats in respect of their facility and difficulty in digestion are termed heavy and light.  
Heavy meats be such as are more dry, hard, solid and dense, gross, course and tough, or over moist slimy and cold: requiring a longer time in fermentation, volatization and digestion, before they be fit to pass off the stomach.  
And they are either so in their nature: as all old flesh, bull beef and ox, brawn, pork, venison, hare, goose, duck, swan, crane, bitter, heron and most water fowl: Eels, lobster lampreys, tench, stockfish: beans, pease when they be something old; brown bread, barley and Rye bread: also some parts are of harder digestion than other; as brains, hearts, livers (except of tame fowl, birds, and some very young flesh) milts, kidneys, skin.  
Meat made heavy (or made worse then in their own nature) by preparation, keeping and dressing, as dried, fried and broiled meats; meats long salted and kept, as bacon, hanged beef, and long powdered, old ling, salt cod, haberdine, pickled herrings red herrings, pickled scallops; sturgeon, salt salmon, old cheese, hard eggs, toasted cheese, toasted bread especially, if it be scorched; crusts, pie crust, bread not well baked, unleavened: meats over baked, hard and dry; long kept, meats roasted dry, or scorched.  
Light meats and of quicker digestion, be such as are more soft and tender, rare as it is opposed to density, therefore sooner penetrated by the stomachical ferment; succulent, volatile, soon fermenting and yielding to digestion.  
As young tender flesh: veal, young mutton, lamb, kid, pullet, capon, chicken, coneys, turkey, pheasant, partridge, plover, woodcock snite, heath cocks, rails, small birds: whiting, smelled, bister, flounder, soles, plaise, thornback, maids, turbot, shrimps, prawns, trout, carp, pike, bream, perch, roches, daces, loches: ●ere eggs, milk, wheat bread, white, light, and well baked; also oaten bread well made: and these may be divided into two sorts; that ●s, meats very light as rear eggs, sucking rabbits, chickens, whiting: and meats indifferent light, as mutton lamb, veal.  
Very light meats are soon digested, apt to be corrupted; breeds tender and effeminate bodies, soft and lose flesh easily lost: solid strong meats are slower in digestion, not easily corrupted, slow in distribution, makes strong bodies firm hard flesh and durable.  
Use not meats that hath any quality in extreme; as very salt, very hot, sour, binding or the like: but keep to those that are mode rate.  
Let your bread be of wheat, leavened, well kneaded and baked, light and white; which you may eat new, but not hot; nor staler than two days old, and choose the crumb, rather than the crust.  
Seasonings of meat are used either as preservatives to keep them from putrefaction and decay; or as correctives, to alter and change some ill quality, and promote digestion; or for delight to gratify the palate; as sugar, salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cloves and other spices.  
Meat moderately salted, having time to digest ferment, volatize, and a●●er the crude qualities, is better and wholesomer than fresh 〈◊〉 but to eat salt at the table is not so good, if the condition of the meat be such as to allow 〈◊〉 praevious digestion and seasoning. Salt is grateful to the palate and stomach, excites the appetite, concocts crude phlegmatic matter that lies upon the stomach, hinders putrefaction and is abstersive: but immoderately used, corrodes and frets, causeth itching and break out▪ very bad for thin lean bodies, it heats and dries the blood and radical moisture,  
Sugar in a temperate clean body, moderately used nou●sheth and is good, but in a soul body is soon corrupted, degenerates and makes the body more impure; turns to choler and inflames choleric hot bodies. The frequent and immoderate use in any obtunds and abates the appetite, causeth putrid humours and makes an unwholesome body.  
Vinegar and sower juces as of lemon, verjuce and the like; procure appetite and help the stomach in digestion of grosser meats: but the immoderate and frequent use, cools, dries, constringeth and binds the body, hurtful to the nerves and nervous parts; very bad for women, and those that are subject to the Gout, Asthmaes and stops in the breast, or in other parts, and for lean dry bodies.  
Mustard quickens the appetite, warms the stomach, dries up superfluous moisture, helps the stomach in digesting hard meats, opens stops in the breast and head.  
Mace, ginger, nutmeg, pepper, and cloves, they help a cold stomach, comfort the heart and brain, refresh the spirits by their aromatical odour, are grateful upon the palate, and very acceptable to phlegmatic cold bodies.  
In the use of the forementioned, I shall give this caution: that young stomaches, and strong healthy bodies which need not a spur to their appetite, nor a help to digestion, that they frequent not the use of these seasonings and sauces; but reserve them for age; deficiency of stomach and other infirmities; for if you accustom your self to them in youth and strength, to please your palate and entice your stomach there being no need; when the condition of your body does require them, you shall not find that benefit and assistance from them, which otherwise you might have expected and received, had you forborn the use of them when it was not necessary.  
When you come to Meat, leave your care and business, but bring in your friend, and be as merry as you can, mirth and good company is a great help to a dull stomach both for appetite and digestion.  
Eat not presently after exercise, and when you are hot; but forbear until the spirits be retired and settled in their stations.  
Eat not hastily but chew your meat well, 'tis a good preparation for concoction, and your stomach will more easily and sooner digest it; but if it be half chewed the stomach musthave the labour to chew it over again with its incisive ferment.  
Liquid meats soluble and lighter of digestion eat first; the more solid last, and that which hath any astriction.  
Drink a little and oft at meat, to macerate and digest, especially if your meat be dry and solid, and to help distribution of aliment; but great draughts causeth fluctuations.  
To stand or walk softly after meat is good; the stomach then being distended, is not compressed of any part, which sitting does not so well avoid: but hasty motion opens the orifice of the stomach, precipitates and vitiates digestion.  
Forbear reading, writing, study or serious cogitations for two hours after meat; else you draw off from the stomach, abate the strength of digestion, and injure the brain.  
Omit a meal sometimes, it acuates and sharpens the stomach, concocts crudities, and makes the next meal relish better,  
Eat no late suppers, nor variety at once; a good stomach may endure it for a while, but the weaker is more sensible of the injury, the best is prejudiced in time.  
Keep a sufficient distance between your times of eating, that you charge not the stomach with a new supply before the former be distributed and passed away: and in keeping such a distance, your stomach will be very fit and ready to receive the next meal, the former being wrought off perfectly; no semidigested crude matter remaining to commix with the next food: and that is one chief cause of crudities and a foul stomach, when a new load is cast in before the former be gone off, which begets much excrements, not much aliment, clogs the body and procures diseases.  
The stomach that is empty, receives, closeth and embraceth food with delight, will be eager and sharp in digestion, and the body will attract and suck the aliment strongly, each part as it passeth along will perform its office readily and sufficiently; which they will not do if often cloyed with depraved and indigested aliment, but slowly and with reluctancy; for although they do not act by reason, yet they have a natural instinct or endowment, to discern their proper and fit object.  
Drink for necessity, not for bad fellowship, especially soon after meat, which hinders the due fermentation of the stomach and washeth down before digestion be finished: but after the first concoction, if you have a hot stomach, a dry or costive body, you may drink more freely then others: or if thirst importunes you at any time, to satisfy with a moderate draught is better than to forbear. Accustom youth and strong stomaches to small drink, but stronger drink and wine to the infirm and aged: it cheers the spirits, quickens the appetite, and helps digestion.  
For corpulent gross and fat bodies, thin hungry abstersive penetracting wines.  
For lean thin bodies, black, red and yellow wines, sweet full bodied and fragrant, are more fit and agreeable.  
For Drink whether it be wholesomer warmed then cold; is much controverted, some stiffly contending for the one, and some for the other: I shall rather choose the middle way with limitation and distinction; then impose it upon all as a rule to be observed under the penalty of forfeiting their health, the observation of the one or the other.  
There are three sorts of persons; one cannot drink cold Beer, the other cannot drink warm; the third, either: You that cannot drink cold Beer, to you it is hurtful, cools the stomach and checks it much: therefore keep to warm drink as a wholesome custom: you that cannot drink warm Beer, that is, finds no refreshment, nor thirst satisfied by it, you may drink it cold, nor is it injurious to you: you that are indifferent and can drink either; drink yours cold, when you cannot have it warmed.  
That warm Drink is no bad custom, but, agreeable to nature in the generality; first, because it comes the nearest to the natural temper of the body, and similia similibus conservantur; every thing is preserved by its like, and destroyed by its contrary: Secondly, heat though I do not hold it the principal agent in digestion, yet it does excite, is auxiliary and a necessary concomitant of a good digestion, ut signum & causa. Thirdly, Omne frigus per se, & pro viribus distruit; Cold in its own nature, and according to the graduation of its power, extinguisheth natural heat and is destructive; but per accidens and as it is in gradu remisso, it may comtemperate, allay, and refresh, where heat abounds, and is exalted.  
Therefore as there is variety of Palates and Stomaches, liking and agreeing best with such kind of meats and drinks, which to others are utterly disgustful, disagreeing and injurious though good in themselves: so is it in Drink warmed or cold, what one finds a benefit in, the other receives a prejudice; at least does not f●nd that satisfaction and refreshment, under such a qualification; because of the various tempers, particular appetitions and idiosyncratical proprieties of several bodies, one thing will not agree with all: Therefore he that cannot drink warm, let him take it cold, and it is well to him; but he that drinks it warm does better.  
Which is to be understood in Winter, when the extremity of cold hath congelated and fixed the spirits of the Liquor in a torpid inactivitie; but by a gentle warmth are unfettered, volatile and brisk; whereby the drink is more agreeable and grateful to the stomaches fermenting heat, being so prepared, then to be made so by it.   

Motion and Rest.  
EXercise often, in the morning chief, with an empty stomach always; and after excremental evacuation if you can procure it.  
Exercise rouseth dull inactive spirits, giveth ventilation, opens obstructions by the motion attenuation and penetration of the subtle spirits, agitates and volatiseth feculent fixed subsiding humours, concocts and abates superfluous moisture, increaseth natural heat, promotes concoction, distribution and conveyance of aliment, through the narrow Channels and passages unto the several parts of the body; procures excremental evacuations, strengthens all the Members, and preserves Nature in her vigour.  
Vary exercise according to the condition of your body and season of the year: the stronger, and Phlegmatic bodies, in cold weather, admit of stronger and swifter motions: Choleric bodies, weak, and the Summer season, more mild and gentle.  
Be not violent in exercise, nor continue it longer beyond a pleasure; but desist with refreshment, not a lassitude and weariness.  
Put on some lose garment, until your body be cool and settled in its natural heat and temper, the pores being opened by exercise, the cold is more apt to enter, from whence a greater prejudice than you could expect benefit from your labour.  
Fly idleness and a sedentary life, for want of due action and motion, the body like standing waters, degenerates, corrupts and decays.  Ignavia corpus hebetat, labour firmat.  

Sleep and Watching.  
MOderate sleep refresheth the spirits, increaseth natural heat, helps concoction, gives strength to the body, pacifies anger and calms the spirits, giveth a relaxation to a troubled mind.  
Immoderate sleep dulls the spirits, injurious to a good wit and memory, fills the head with superfluous moisture and clouds the brain; retains excrements beyond their due time to be voided, and infects the body with their noxious fumes and vapours, an enemy to beauty.  
Turpis qui alto sole semisomnis jacet,  
Cujus vigilia medio die incipit.  Sen. 
Go early to sleep (not with a full stomach) and early from sleep; that you may rise refreshed freshed lively and active, not dulled and stupid.  
When you lay by your Clothes, lay aside also your business care and thoughts, and let not a wand'ring fancy prevent your rest.  
Let your bed be soft, but not to sink in, which sucks from the body, exhausts and impairs strength: a Coi upon a Featherbed, is both easy and wholesome.  
Avoid day sleeps as a bad custom; chief fat and corpulent bodies: but if your spirits be tired with much business and care, or by reason of old age, debility of nature, extreme hot weather, labour or the like that dissipates the spirits; then a moderate sleep restores the spirits and is a good refreshment; but rather take it sitting then lying down.  
Night watching and late sitting up, tires and wastes the animal spirits, by keeping them too long upon duty, debilitates nature, changeth the fresh flower of youth, heats the body, dries, and exasperates Choler; in time extinguisheth natural heat, breeds Rheums and Crudities; most injurious to thin lean bodies.  Quod caret alterna requie durabile non est.  

Evacuation and Retention.  
UNder this Head is comprised excretions by Stool, Urine, monthly Purgations, Venus, by the Pores, palate Nose and Ears: of which the former are of the greatest concernment, and special care to be had of them.  
Excremental evacuations are various proceeding from the several concoctions; conveyed out by several Channels and Vents: which duly evacuated are no small helps to the conservation of health, and are the effects of a temperate and regular body.  
The retention of them beyond due time, argue distemperature of parts, or irregular living; and brings much detriment to the body, by their noxious Fumes and putrid Vapours, that might infect, corrupt, and disturb the body.  
Immoderate evacuations causeth weakness debility of nature by exhaustion, and procures several diseases, Cachexies, Consumptions, Dropsies, etc.  
To keep the body soluble is very good, that at least once a day you may not miss to have a stool; else the Faeces are hardened, the body heated, the stomach molested, the appetite not so good, the head heavy, dull and sometimes pained; some grosser matter which should go away by siege, is brought by the urinary passage, occasioning obstructions, all which are very injurious and destructive to health.  
Seasonable and moderate Venus, alleviates nature, and helps concoction.  
Immoderate, exhausts the strength by effusion of spirits, exsiccates and dries the body, hurts the brain and nerves, causeth tremble, dulls the sight, debilitates all the faculties, hastens old age, and shortens life.  
Cibovel potu repletis, superfluè evacuatis, five exercitatis coitus interdicitur.  
Tempus optimum est mane, & post dormias.  
Hyeme & vere frequentius permittitur, aestate parcissimè.  
Juvines sanguinei & pituitosi liberalius, parcius Melancholici, parcissimè biliosi, Senes, emaciati.  
Mares plus quam faeminas laedit, & qui erecti solent.    

Hygiastic Precautions and Rules Appropriate to the several constitutions of bodies, with their diagnostic signs.  
THE Sanguine is moderately hot and moist, hath a lively pulse, vigorous actions, of colour fresh or rosy, for habit of body soft, fleshy or moderately fat; of a pleasant mind and good disposition (except casualties and infirmities alter to the contrary.  
The Sanguine constitution being the best and most temperate, aught to be preserved in that state from degeneration and intemperate declensions: which is performed by a due observance of diet, Air Exercise and Rest, Sleep and Watching, voiding and retaining of excrements, and passions of the mind: for any of these, irregular unsuitable, or unnatural of continuance, will alter and change the best tempered body, into some other constitution of intemperature answerable to their causes as the intemperate Air of a hot climate, or season not regarded; violent exercise, nightwatching, etc. Introduceth a depraved alteration and degeneration of the blood.  
For the quality of your diet, let it be temperate; for temperate bodies must use temperate meats, and distempered bodies their contraries: therefore keep within this latitude generally and for the most part, from meats temperate, to meats hot, cold, dry or moist in the first degree inclusive, those will suit well with your temperament: Such are Mutton, Cow-beife or Heifer, Pork, Veale, Lamb, Rabbit, Capon, Hen, Pullet, Turkey, Pheasant, Partridge, Carrots, Turnips, Skirrits, Asparagus.  
For quantity, times and order in eating and drinking; for Air, Exercise and Sleep, consonant and most agreeable to this constitution are to be sought in the general Hygiastick Rules before mentioned, which are most proper and applicable to this complexion; as being the common standard to measure others by; and how far others vary from this temperament, by so much are they to be accounted intemperate, and do therefore require some particular Rules differing from the general, because intemperate constitutions and temperate are not be governed by the same strictness of law, but must have some allowance and exceptions, which shall be observed in the particular constitutions following.  

Phlegmatic Constitution.  
THe Phlegmatic person is more cool and moist, not so lively, quick, sharp and acute as the sanguine: for habit of body corpulent fat or fleshy; the Veins small and hid; a slow pulse; prone to sleep and ease, by cold things prejudiced, by hot things benefitted; incident to cold and Phlegmatic distempers, (which are to be understood, if customs casualties or infirmities induce not the contrary.  
Meats agreeable and convenient for this temperament, are such as be temperate and such as be hot in the first and second degree; not over moist, but potencially drying if heat be wanting: as young Beef powdered, Mutton, Venison, Hare, Turkey, Hen, Capon, Pigeon, Turtle, Blackbirds, Feldifars, small Birds, soused Puffins, Artichokes, Parsnips, Potatoes, pickled Oysters, Anchovies.  
Also Bacon, Gaberdine, old Ling, salt Cod, pickled Herrings or dried, pickled scallops, and such like savoury seasoned meats, this temperament will admit of, if the stomach be strong enough to digest them. And for the more security take a glass of Sack after.  
Refuse Lamb, Kid, fresh Pork, Pig, Goose Duck, and water Fowl, being over moist and clogging a Phlegmatic stomach. But if your appetite much desires any of these, let them be down roasted: also Eels, Lampreys, fresh Herrings, Makarel, Lobster fresh Salmon, Barbel, fresh Sturgeon, Tench, are injurious, and most fresh fish, yet less prejudicial if you drink wine with them.  
Let your diet be warm meats, oftener roast, than boiled.  
Butter, Oil and Honey is very wholesome.  
Mustard, Salt and Spices, are good for your use, especially with meats of slow digestion, and that abound with much moisture.  
Refuse Milk, and milk meats, Curds, new Cheese, Butter milk and Whey.  
Olives, Capers, Broom-buds, Sampire are good sauce, also Garlic, Onions, Leeks, in broths, seasonings or sauces, for a relish, but not raw.  
Refrain cold herbs and salads, as Lettuce, Purslan, Violet leaves; except Sorrel which although cold, yet a dryer and sharpener of the appetite: but use Mint, Sage, Rosmary, Time, Marjerome, Parsley, Pennyroyal and such hot herbs.  
Abstain from raw fruits, Apples, Pears, Plumms, Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpions, etc. But you may eat Walnuts, Filbirds, Almonds blanched, Chestnuts fiftick nuts, Dates, Figs, Raisins.  
Drink strong bear more frequently then small and sometimes Sack. Not French wine if you be Rheumatic.  
Indulge not yourself in lying long in bed, or afternoon sleeps, too much rest and ease, they dull the spirits, increase phlegm and superfluous moisture.  
Frequent exercise and moderate abstinence in meat and drink, are great preservatives of your health.  
Choose a warm air and dry soil remote from Waters the best place for your abode.  
Hot Baths are profitable, seasonable and moderate Venus a friend: the former cherisheth the spirits opens obstructions and dries up superfluous moisture: the latter sufcitates and raiseth the spirits, alleviates and helps Concoction.  
If the smoking of Tobacco be good for any, the Phlegmatic may best challenge the use of it.   

Choleric Constitution.  
THe Choleric person is hot and dry, eager and precipitate in action; froward, hasty and angry; lean of body and slender: the Veins big, a hard pulse, and quick: of colour pale, swarthy or yellowish; the hair crisp or curled; propense to waking and short sleeps; subject to Tertain Fevers.  Ad venerem proclivior, & cito satiatus. 
Use a cool and moistening diet, most frequently boiled meats rather than roast or baked; but fried or broiled meats never.  
Eat broths often made with cooling herbs; Rice-milk, Cock-broth, or Barley broths with Rasins Currants and Prunes.  
For flesh, choose young tender and jucy, temperate or cooling; as young Beef, Veal, Motton, Lamb, Kid, Pork, Coneys, Greengeeses, Turkey, Capon, Chickens.  
Observe fish days as good diet: and then you may eat fresh Salmon, Sturgeon, Lobster, fresh Herrings, Crabs, Prawn's, fresh God, Conger, Thornback, Soles, Plaise, Whiring, Smelled, Perwincle, Oysters, Pike, Trout, Tench, and all fresh fish, Eels not excepted which are very unwholesome to others.  
Milk and milk meats are pleasant and good, as Custard, Whitepots, new Cheese fresh Cheese and Cream.  
For your sauces use Verjuice, Vinegar, Sorrel Orange, Lemmon, Apples, Goosberies Currants: Prunes, pickled Cucumbers: as boiled Veal and Green-sauce, roast Veal and Orange, holled Mutton, with Verjuice and its own juce; roast Mutton and Lemon or Cucumbers; green Geese and Goosberries; Stubble goose and Apples, Pigg and Currant; Pork and Green-sauce; boiled Chickens with Goosberries or Sorrel-sops; Calves feet stewed with Currans and Prunes: and your meat thus cooked is both food and Physic.  
Take a lawful freedom and please yourself with these fruits. Citrons, Pomegranates, Limbs, Oranges, Lemons, Quince, Pearmains, Pippins, red Cherries, Mulberries, Grapes, Damsins, Bullaces, Prunellaes, Respass, Currans, Barberies, Strawberries: they cool and quench thirst, contemperate and assuage Choler, and give a great refreshment to the parched spirits.  
Eat salads of Lettuce, Sorrel, Purslane spinach and Violet leaves; they are medicamental aliment.  
Butter milk, Whey and Cider allays preternatural heat, checks the effrenation of raging Choler, and are like water to fire.  
Refuse the fat and brown outside of meat: also the crust of bread: Butter and Oil adds fuel to the fire: Sugar and Honey hath alliance and friendship with Choler, being soon assimilated and converted into its nature.  
Mustard Salt and Spices exasperates Cholet and makes it more fierce and biting; Vinegar checks it.  
Avoid wine, spirits, and strong liquors; they agitate Choler, and rouzeth up a sleeping enemy.  
Fast not but satisfy the stomach when it vellicates and calls for meat; biting Choler must have something to feed on, or it will pray upon the body.  
Cherish and indulge sleep, it cools and moistens, but let it not exceed in length, which puts nature by her due times for necessary evacuations.  
Use little and gentle exercise; be not laborious or toiling, but take your ease avoid violent motion, it fires the spirits and enrageth choler.  
Frequent Venus is most pernicious.  
Cold baths is profitable and refresheth much, by cooling the blood allaying the spirits concentring them.  
Banish anger immoderate care, peevishness and fretting which discomposeth the spirits heats and wastes them, angments Choler, dries the body and hastens old age.  
Refrain Tobacco as an injurious custom, it exasperates Choler, by heating, drying, and evatuating dulcet Phlegm which contemperates bridles and checks the fury of acrid, sharp bilious humours.   

Melancholy Complexion  
THe Melancholy person, naturally so from the first principles is cold and dry: but a Melancholy temperament, acquired by Education, Customs and Accidents, by Degeneration, and admixture of other humours adust, is hot and dry: which make the signs and symptoms of Melancholy to be different and various, and a difference is to be made in diet and customs.  
The common symptoms are a pale, black, or high Sanguine colour; given to be watchful, sad, solitary, and sudden laughter; a flow pulse, troublesome sleeps and dreams.  
Cold Melancholy hath mild symptoms; if hot and adust, the effects are more churlish and furious.  
For cold Melancholy, let the diet be hot and moist: for the hot Melancholy person, let diet be cooling and moist: in both let their meats be of light digestion, affording good nutriment and not windy: as Mutton, Lamb, Veal, Capon, Chicken, Partridge, Pheasant, etc.  
Abstain from Venison, Bull-beef or Ox, hanged Beef or long salted, Goats-flesh, Hare, Bacon, Goose, Duck, Swan, Crane, Heron, Bittor and most water fowl: Peacock, Quail, Blackbirds, Pigeon; Red Herrings, salt Cod, Ling, Sturgeon, pickled Scallo●s and salt Fish: dried Meats, fried or broiled, old Cheese, Beanes, Pease, Cabbage, Coleworts, Rye Bread, and all meats hard of digestion or windy.  
Capers, Broom buds and Sampire are good sauce, they open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen.  
Mustard and Vinegar bad, and all sour sauces, they make Melancholy more contumacious and fixed.  
Spices not good, if the person be hot, they cause adustion.  
Use borage, Bugloss, Endive, Succory, Baume Fumiterry, Lettuce, Marigold flowers, Violets, Clove-giliflowers, Saffron, they altar and qualify the humour, and cheer the spirits.  
Use Barley broths with Prunes, Raisins and Currans. If Melancholy be adust, and your body hot and costive, eat Pippins Permains, Cherries, Respass, Strawberries, and such like fruits, to cool and moisten.  
Drink Whey, Cider and small White-wines.  
Refuse black wines and stolen Beer.  
Keep the body soluble, your head will be more free from pain, fumes and heaviness.  
Cherish sleep, it refresheth the spirits, pacifieth a troubled mind, and banisheth cares.  
Fly idleness, the Nurse of Melancholy, exercise often and follow business, or recreations.  
Walk in the green fields, Orchard, Gardens, Parks, by Rivers and variety of places.  
Change of Air is very good.  
Avoid solitariness, and keep merry company.  
Frequent Music, sports and Games.  
Recreate the spirits with sweet, fragrant and delightful smells.  
Moderate Venus good.  
Banish all passions as much as in you lies, fear grief, despair, revenge, desire, jealousy, emulation and such like,  Opus est te animo valere ut corpore possis. 
Cicer.  
Tobacco hurtful (espicially if Melancholy be adust and a hot body) it heats and exhausts humidity, makes Melancholy more contumacious,  
Give not yourself to much study, nor night watch, they both dry the body, and make humours adust, two great enemies to a Melancholy person.    

Hygistic Precautions and Rules Appropriate to the various discrasyes or passions of Mind.  
THe Soul and Body are so linked and conjoined, as Partners of each others ill and welfare, that the one is not affected, but the other is drawn into consent; mutually acting enjoying and suffering until death separates and breaks the bands of union asunder. Hence it is, a diseased body makes a heavy drooping mind; and a wounded, disturbed or estless mind, makes a youthful healthy body to decay and languish. Who therefore desires the health and welfare of the body must Procure ease, rest and tranquillity of mind.  
Sive Animo Corpus, nec sine corpore,  
Animus, bene valere potest.  
Eat Melancholy and sadness as very dangerous and destructive, occasioning and producing variety of diseases; suffocates and chokes the spirits, retards their motion and agility of operation, imprisons, and clogs them in their Stations, darkens their purity and light debilitating all the faculties of the body, their chief operator being indisposed and disabled; fixeth humours incrassates and begets obstructions; and debilitates the Speen, alienates and subtracts its ferment from the stomach, which decays both appetite and digestion, procures scorbute, Hypochondriac Melancholy, pains and tumours of the Spleen, Dropsies. Jaundice, etc. A great Enemy to beauty, soon changeth florid blooming youth into a pale withering countenance, and makes the whole body to languish and decay.  
Mirth subtiliates, purifies and cheers the spirits, puts them upon activity that before were torpid dull and heavy, and excites them to operation and duty in the several faculties: volatizeth, rarefies and attenuates gross feculent obstructing humours: preserves youth vigour and beauty; makes the body plump and fat, by expanding the spirits into the external parts and conveying nutriment. Whose wholesome effects are much the same with those of exercise, and may well supply when that is wanting.  
— Dum fata sinunt  
Vivite laeti—  Sen. 
ANger is the beginning of madness which fires the spirits, & raiseth an intestine tomult and disturbance; agitates and inrageth Choler and exasperates Choleric diseases: raiseth hysterical apoplectic and epileptic fits in those subject to them; causeth tremble of the nerves, palpitations of the heart; discomposeth and disorders the whole body: but more especially infirm parts are made sensible of the prejudice, and Choleric lean bodies.  
Maximum remedium irae est dilatio.  
— Dis proximus ille est.  
Quem ratio non ira movet, qui facta rependet  
Consilio—  Claud. 
FEar suddenly surprising, enervates and chaseth the spirits to and fro from their residency and faculties sometimes compressing and driving them to the heart, causing violent palpitations and suffocation: or scattering them from the fountain of life into the external parts, making a dissolution even to exanimation. A long predmeditated and constant fear in a remiss degree, produceth the same effects with Melancholy.  Plura sunt quae nos terrent quam quae Premunt; & saepius opinione quam relaboramus. 
LOve & desire being inordinate and impetuous, seldom goes alone, but is attended with fear, anger, Melancholy, despair, one or more for its consorts, with which the mind is racked and torn, and variously affected as the several passions acts their parts by turns: notwithstanding difficulties and sufferings, the soul is led away with an ignis fatuus of fervent zeal, deserts her own mansion, and follows after with an eager prosecution of enjoying, never at home but as a prisoner, and prisoners are but bad house keepers: the body needs must languish and decay, when the soul thus delights and strives to run away.  
For a check to the impetuousness of this inordinate effection and immoderate desire, take these considerations to calm, alloy, and regulate your passion.  
First, that you cheat yourself in setting too high a price upon the object of your affections, and lay out more in expectation, than the income of your desire obtained can possibly make a return: that it is far greater in non habendo, than it will be in fruendo; it will be much less when you have, than it seems to be now you have it not.  
Secondly, that the Delirium and fervency of your desire, does not hasten the accompishment of your aims, but rather retards or frustrates: for the extremity and strength of passion debilitates and suppresseth reason, the chief contriver and manager of your design; puts you upon inconsiderate, immature and rash attempts, and makes you more unfit, incapable and unable to effect your purpose; for passion is always spurring, but reason hath its stops and pauses, keeps due times for onsets and progress.  
Thirdly, that prudent and vigorous action, not innane hungry volition or thirsty desire though never so great, must or can acquire the satisfaction of your hopes.  
Fourthly, that the ardency and height of desire, will not embitter, sweeten or add to the height of your enjoyment when obtained; but rather abate and lessen it in your account and esteem: for what thing soever you purchase, and are mistaken and deceived in, you will not value at that rate you first prized it, but at the worth you now find it. Vehement & lofty desires screws you up to such a height of expectation, mountain high; but you must descend into fruition, that's in the valley; and when you find yourself in a bottom, and your Sails not so filled and puffed as formerly by the fresh gailes and blasts of a strong desire; your topsails then begin to flap and flag when you come into the still calm of fruition, and your lofty spirits and high thoughts will lower amain when you Anchor in the Harbour of enjoyment: for in appearance it was great when at a distance seemingly, but now you are come nearer it is much less and inconfiderable really; and what swollen you full in the prosecution of attaining, will not fill you now with satisfaction, but prove airy when you grasp it, and soon emptied in enjoyment.  
Thirdly, that statutum est, it is appointed you must or you must not obtain the thing desired, which to a rational creature, is sufficient without other arguments, to qualify moderate and blunt the keen edge of desire, and curb the violence of an impetuous affection: but not to cowardice, daunt or stop a laudable active prosecution to attain a noble, virtuous and lawful end, with a moderate submissive desire.  
— quisquis in primo obstitit  
Repulitque amorem, tutus ac victor fuit.  Sen. 
Qui blandiendo dulce nutrivit malum  
Serò recusat ferre quod subiit jugum.  
CAre immoderate and constant denies the animal spirits their due times for refreshment, rest and ease; disables them from duty and the true performance of their Offices, being weary and tired for want of respite, heats the spirits and dries the radical moisture; which changeth a fresh countenance into paleness, and pines the body: most injurious to thin, lean and Choleric bodies.  Si diis Curae es, quid tua cura potest? 
Revenge, jealousy and envy are the Ulcers of the mind, continually lancinating, corroding or inflaming; introducing a secret consumption, wasting the spirits and radical moisture, and enfeebling all the faculties.  
Multis se injuriis objicit,  
— dum una dolet.  Sen. 
That you may the better know and rightly understand how the passions of the mind redound and reflect upon the body to the decay and rune of it, and abbreviating life.  
First, consider that the body without the soul ●s dead and moves not at all: by virtue of the ●oules conjunction with it, informing and assuming it, the body acts with various motions and operations, and according to the activity ●f the soul, organical aptitude and fitness of the ●ody is the exquisiteness and perfection of their operations: the Soul than is agent, the body assive, receiving the influx virtue and power ●rom the Soul, who is Rectrix and Gubernatrix ●o whom the rule and government belongs: it 〈◊〉 evident therefore since the body cannot act ●ny thing of itself for its conservation without the energy and assistance from the Soul, whose care is the regulating and moderating the body in all actions external and internal; then the distractions, inactivity, wander and neglects of the soul, does tend to the subversion of the due order and government, and consequently the ruin and dissolution of the body, which requires a constant supply of daily reparation and regular tuition for its support and maintenance.  
Now the Soul transported by passion from its genuine Crasis of placidness and tranquillity, and reduced into a turbulent, unquiet and distempered state, is that condition of incapacity and unfitness for the government for that time being, and many damages arise thereby as in each passion particularly is enumerated.  
In a threefold manner the Soul is put besides itself in the regularity of rectory, and is incurious of the welfare of the body.  
First, the Soul is either carried away by some delightful object, as for some thing vehemently desired, deserting as it were the body to follow after that thing desired and coveted, extending her power and strength out of the body, to lay hold, if possibly to obtain, and bring within the Sphere and Circle of her enjoyment.  
Or secondly, the Soul is in fury and disquiet within, by the apprehension of some thing assaulting and disturbing it, to which the Soul hath a contrariety, and antipathy against: as in the passions of fear, hatred, revenge, anger; and the disquietude and disturbance is continued by representations of their Causes in the fantasy, which still present themselves to the soul, by way of a fresh assault, which feeds the passion and continues the distemper.  
Or thirdly, the Soul is languishing, heavy and inactive, altogether indisposed to the government and tuition of the body; and perhaps desirous to be discharged and shake it off, being weary of the burden, taking no delight in their partnership and society, as in melancholy despair and grief.  
In all which cases you shall find the body to suffer great prejudice and detriment: But first, you must consider how, and by what means or instrument, the Soul does act in the body; the Soul acts not immediately, but mediately by the spirits, which are the Souls approximate and chief instruments in bodily actions and motions, and are appointed their several Sations, Offices and Duties peculiar to the several works, as Concoction, Separation, Distribution, Excretion, Retention. Assimilation, Sensation, etc.  
Now it will manifestly appear how the body is damaged and consequently the life abbreviated.  
In the first Case: when the Soul alienates herself, wanders away with a vehement desire to procure and obtain any thing most agreeable and delightful (at least so seeming) the Soul as it were contracts itself and unites all her force, stands at full bend after this beloved, dischargeth all her thoughts upon it, and spends her strength in desire and longing; until at last she pines away with a tedious and starving expectation: In the interim the aeconomy and government of her own mansion the body is neglected; the spirits, at least a good part are enticed away and called of from their proper and peculiar works and duty, perhaps to enlarge and increase the vigour of some other faculty, more immediately subservient and attending the Souls new design and business; preferred far before a good concoction, due excretion, nutrition, seasonable rest, or what else; and those spirits remaining which have the burden of these duties incumbent on them, have so small and inconsiderable support and supply of influence from the Soul, to direct and back them in their performance, that the functions are executed so weakly and depravedly, to the great prejudice and damage of the body.  
Concoction now is not so good, nor the appetite so quick; the Stomach calls not for a new supply, as yet not being well discharged and quit of yesterday provision: the Stomach now is weary of dressing and preparing long Dinners for the body; Lenten and fasting days are its vacation from trouble, and best contented when lest to do.  
Separation now is not so good, the excrementitious and nutritious part walk hand in hand together, and pass without contradiction or due examination: the watch now is not so strict at the Ports and privy passages, to discern what is fit to pass this way, and what the other, and what to reject and keep out, but promiscuously receives what presents itself.  
Distribution now is not so good, aliment tires by the way, wanting spirits to convey and bring it to its journey's end; and exercise to jog it on through the angust Meanders, and more difficult passages.  
Sanguification is now degenerate and vitiate, the preceding requisites and fit praevious disposition being wanting.  
Membrification or assimilation is now changed for Cachectic and a depraved habit.  
Excretion and evacuation of what is superfluous and and unfit longer to be retained in the body, is not sent away in due time, but stays for a pass, the governess is now taken up with other matters, neglects due orders and commands to the expulsive faculty for their emission.  
Necessary and wholesome Customs are now neglected and disregarded: the Soul too oft is wand'ring and gadding abroad, and best when she is from home; but neglects the airing of her Cottage, and perfuming it with fresh aetherian breath.  
The Soul is now always restless and disturbed, nor shall the senses her attendants take their due repose, but keeps an unqiet house at midnight.  
In the second Case: the regular and due order of government in the body is subverted and changed, when the Soul in the forementioned passions, of fear, anger, hatred or revenge, is disturbed and a arumed by the assault, approach or appearance of some evil or injury; the Soul than summons the spirits together from thei● common duties, and calls them to her aid and assistance, for security from danger, to repulse the violence offered or revenge the injury; hurrying them here and there, from one part to another in a tumultuous manner, if the assault be sudden and surprising; sometimes inward to support the heart, to give courage and resolution, which by their sudden concourse and confluence to the Centre; causeth great palpitations, and sometimes suffocation: or else commanding them to the outworks, into the external parts, to repel the invasion and violence of the evil presenting or approaching, or to revenge the quarrel: the hands and arms than receive a double or treble strength, the Muscles being full and distended with agile spirits for their activity and strength in motion: the eyes than are staring full and stretched fourth with a crowd of inflamed spirits, darting fourth their fury and spending their strength upon the adversary and object of their trouble: the tongue than is swelled with spirits and big words, that wanting a larger room for vent, tumbles out broken and imperfect speeches, and scarce can utter whole words: The Legs and Feet than have an Auxiliary supply, and double portion of spirits conveyed in to their sinews, to increase their agility and strength, to come on or off: but in the mean time the heart perhaps is almost fainting, so long being deprived off, and deserted by, those lively vigorous spirits, which did inhabit and quarter there for its Lifeguard, protection and support; are now called off their Guard and common duties, employed in Foreign parts, commanded here and there as the emergent occasion presents itself to the governess of this Microcosm.  
In the third Case mentioned: the due order, government, and necessary execution of offices and duties belonging to the welfare and maintenance of the body and preservation of life, is neglected and weakly performed.  
When the soul being darkened and overspread with a cloud of sadness, betakes herself to a sullen incurious recumbency and retiredness willing to resign and cast off the government and tuition of the body; and as a burden which she delights not now to bear about, gins to lose her hold, who before had embraced and clipped so close; suspending the virtue of her energy and vigorous emanations; but now acting faintly and coldly, those necessary mutual performances without regard to their former friendship, or their future conjunct preservation. The body now gins to sink with its own weight, and press towards the Earth the natural place from whence it came. That aetherian spirit which before had boyed it up and took delight to sport it to and fro, is now ready to let it fall and groves downwards, to leave it whether it must go. The wont pleasures of their partnership and society, is now disgusted and rejected: food now hath lost its relish and is become unsavoury: sleep which before was pleasant as a holy day in the fruition of rest and ease, is now composed of nothing but troublesome unquier dreams, linked together with some sighing intervals, to measure out the weary night by. Exercise and sporting reereations is now accounted druggery and laborious toiling: unwilling is the soul to move her yokfellow, farther than the enforcing law of nature and necessity commands and urgeth. their joint operations which before were duly and unanimously performed, are now ceased, abated or depraved, by the retraction, reluctance and indisposed sadness of the soul to act: the wont vigorous emanations of the soul, and her radiant influence upon the spirits is now suspended, subducted and called back. These ministering attending spirits and chiefest agents, which at a beck were always ready agile and active in the execution of her commands now want commands to stir and warrants to act by: but in a torpid and somnolent disposition, unfit for action and the exquisite performance of their duties, and in a sympathising compliance with the soul the excitrix and rectrix of their motions, are ready to resign their offices, and give over working, that what they now do is faintly and remissely performed, with much deficiency & depravation. When the soul is pleased and merry, the spirits dance and are cheirfull at their work; but when she droops and mourns, the spirits are dull, heavy and tired, the functions weakly and insufficiently executed.  
From the preceding discourse may easily be collected, that the distempers and alienations of the soul from her genuine crasis of serenity and quietude, is of great disadvantage, to health; impressing upon the body various preternatural effects, forming the Ideas and characters of diseases upon the spirits, and by them communicated, conveyed and propagated in the body: likewise the morbific seeds & secret characters of diseases which lay dead and inactive, are by the aeconomical disturbance and perturbations of mind, awakened, moved and stirred up to hostility and action which otherwise would have lain dormant; as by grief, fear or anger; hysterical passions, swoonings, epilepsies, etc. Are often procured; and it is evident, and commonly observed by infirm and diseased people, how passion aggravates and heighthens their distempers; and according to the temper of their minds will their bodily infirmities be aggravated or abated.  
I shall conclude this subject with three corollaryes being the Epitome of what hath been asserted and aimed at.  
1. There is no perturbation or passion of mind, whether little or great, but it works a real effect in the body more or less, according to the nature and strength of the passion; and by how much the more sudden, great, often, and longer duration the passion is by so much are the impressions and effects worse, more durable and indeleable. You cannot be angry or envious or Melancholy, or give way to any such passion, but you cherish and feeed an enemy that preys upon your life, and you may be assured that passion makes as great nay greater alteration within the body; then the change of your countenance appears to outward view, which is not a little, although but the shadow or reflections of the inward distemper and disorder: and were it possible by any perspective to see the alteration and discomposure within made by a passionate mind, the prospect would be strange, and much different from that placidness and tranquillity of an indisturbed quiet soul.  
2. Strong and vehement passions or affections of the mind to intent upon this or that object, whether desiderable, or formidable and to be avoided, alienates suspends & draws of the wont vigour influence and preservative power of the soul due to the body; whereby the functions and operations are not duly and sufficiently performed, but intempestively remissly and weakly: nor is the damage only privative, but also introduceth and impresseth upon the spirits a morbific idea, which is ens real & seminale, producing this or that effect, according to the nature and property of the Idea received, and aptitude of the recipient subject. Fancies and Ideas are let in naked, but they straight are invested and clothed in the body, have a real existence, and are entia realia; though at first conception but entia rationis: as the longing of a pregnant woman, being but the Idea of a thing in her mind, begets various and real distempers in her body, if not soon satisfied; and sometimes charactrized upon the Embryo in the Womb. Likewise a good stomach is taken off its meat suddenly, by the coming of some unwelcome bad news; the appetite is gone now the soul is disquieted, and the Body really affected and altered: let this sad tidings be contradicted, and the Soul satisfied of the truth to the contrary, it sets a new impression upon the spirits, they straight are cheered, lively and active; the stomach calls for meat and drink, and the faculties restored to their wont operations. Whereby it appears, the two passions of joy and grief, as they are opposite in their objects, so are their effects wrought in the body, as far distant and different.  
3. A cogitative or contemplative person to intent, always or unseasonably employing the mind seriously and eagerly either in real or fictious matters, fabricating Ideas upon the spirits, disturbs and hinders other necessary offices and operations conservative of being, enervates and weakens their performance in duty, impares health, and hastens old age: but those that live most incurious, and void of studious thoughts and serious cogitations, preserve the strength of nature and integrity of all the faculties, protract the verduce and beauty of youth, much longer from declensions and decay; for by how much the rational faculty is over busy and imtempestively exercised, drawing the full vigour of the soul into the exercise of that faculty, and robbing other inferior functions of their necessary influential supply, and emanative power from the soul; by so much the other faculties are impoverished and abated, their executions more languid and depraved: and therefore it is, a close Students life, disposeth and inclines to many infirmities, enervates and debilitates nature, abbreviates and shortens its course.  

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉  
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
Fieri non potest, ut animo malè affecto,  
Non etiam unà laboret corpus.   

parcè bibe,  
frugaliter ede  
utere exercitio  
rarò venere  
diluculo surge  
tranquillo sis animo  
tempestiuè fac omnia  
immodice nihil.   

Ars brevis, vitam trahit longam.    

Of Fontanels or issues.  
NAture having appointed the Body to be preserved and nourished by a continual supply of necessary food daily to be received in, which before it be assimilated and incorporated into the substance of the body, suffers several concoctions and transmutations by the digestive ferment of the parts, destinated for that office and work: in which praevious disposition and gradual preparation for nutrition there is a separation made, the nutritive and necessary part from the excrementitious and unnecessary; the purest defaecated part ordained for aliment, is conveyed still farther from one digestion to another, until it hath received the compliment and full perfection intended by nature: the excrementitious and inutile part segregated, is received by sinks and channels peculiarly appointed and framed for their conveyance out of the Body as the lower guts, Urinary ductures, Nose, Pores, etc. Which passages if at any time obstructed and stopped up, the derriment and sensible damage soon confirms the necessity of their use & office. And as nature hath appointed and framed in the Body vents and outlets for the daily discharging of excrementious superfluities, which otherwise would putrify, suffocate and stifle, if not in some measure duly evacuated.  
In imitation of nature's contrivance, Art hath invented Issues as Ports and Vents to be placed here or there, as the variety of occasions require, to supply nature's insufficiency and inability to relieve and help herself in the discharge and emission of superfluous extravasated humours and putrid vapours; which retained, produce various symptoms, according to the several proprieties of their nature, and degeneration, organical difference, and peculiar office of the parts they invade and infest.  
And having such a pass Port, by which nature finds herself alleviated and disburdened, does daily amandate and send superfluous humours to this out let, as to other common passages and conveyances for the excretion and voiding of excrements, by her own institution and fabrication.  
And having found such an auxiliary conveniency, she does expect it to be continued, and relies upon the assistance, until the occasion be otherwise prevented, the cause removed, or nature better able to discharge and free herself, by the channels and passages of her own appointment.  
Now if praematurely and unseasonably, this artificial passage be denied and stopped up, there being cause for the contrary; the confluence of humours meeting and gathering at the place, regurgitates back again with a united force and greater current, at which nature being surprised unexpectedly, and having made no provision to secure herself from such a retrogradation or reflux, produceth the same preternatural symptoms and effects, for which the issue was first made or worse.  
For your better satisfaction and information in the use of issues: first I shall consider for whom and in what cases beneficial; Secondly, what it is that issues forth and is evacuated; Thirdly, the places and parts of the body proper and conveniant for them; Lastly, the signs when to close them without danger.  
For corpulent and plethoric bodies, that feed high and live a sedentary inactive life, whereby ventilation and transpiration is cohibited and restrained, issues may be used by way of Precaution.  
In Cachectic bodies and diseases from putrid humours; issues makes evacuation and allevates.  
For revulsion, derivation or interception of a humour inconveniently resorting to an eminent, or infirm part, issues altars the course and current.  
In Diseases from venenate and noxious vapours, appearing with uncertain motions, and intervals; issues retards, and abates the strength of their paroxysmes.  
For Eiratic pains Cutany defaedations and extuberations from extravasated humours, & frustraneous digestion; the use of issues may be beneficial.  
Issues are as Rivulets or Channels from a fountain to prevent inundation, and direct the streams: they do not destroy the Spring, but give vent and current this way, that it shall not overflow to do hurt otherways. They do not eradicate a disease, but they lessen and abate the swelling productions or growth, prevent or retard the frequent paroxysmes, and returns of formidable and dolorous symptoms; give time and space for a Physician to use fit efficacious Medicines to extirpate, and take away the antecedent cause; and are but remedia a posteriori, & palliativa, to mitigate the effects, not curative and eradicative.  
For the nature and quality of humours issuing of 〈◊〉, they are divers, according to the various disposition of bodies, temperaments and morbific causes; such as the body abounds with and is superfluanous, such is transmitted thither for emission.  
That the humour evacuated is not useful and necessary for the body: appears first by the concomitant figns manifesting the nature of it: itching, pricking sharp pain about the place, inflammation and spongious flesh rising, in some more, in others less; which are not signs and effects of a natural good humour, but a hot corroding, sharp, unnatural humour flowing thither, degenerate and corrupt: beside, nature is not prodigal in the excretion and expense of humours, profitable and useful for the body, except by irritation.  
What is the reason that in cachectic foul body's Ulcers in any part are difficult to cure? but by reason of a continual supply of bad humours, resorting thither for evacuation, and will not let the sore heal up because they will have vent: and therefore a skilful Chirurgeon, does not only apply topical Medicaments, but also endeavours to remove the antecedent cause, by internal medicine and reduce the Cacochymical ill habit of body to a natural good state and condition by alteration and evacuatioy which being procured, the wont flu●● humours to the ulcerated place is stayed, and then nature heals the sore with a very little help.  
In placing of Issues rightly, three things is to be considered; First that they be commodious and properly situate for the affluence and effiux of the morbific humour; for humours have a tendency and an inclination to one part more than to another, according to the communication of parts, and rather downwards then upwards, from the propensity of their gravity: Secondly, whether Revulsion or derivation of the morbific cause be most convenient and beneficial, in the case for which an issue is appointed. Thirdly, That the position and motion of the Muscles be diligently observed, else the Issue will not be so beneficial nor lie easy; for if it be set upon a Muscle the motion and attrition of the Muscle will continually molest and disturb it, and the evacuation will be but little: Therefore you must endeavour to place them in Interstitiis Musculorum, in the distances between the Muscles where the extravasated humours are most frequent in their motions and perambulations.  
In the Closing up of an issue these are to be considered: the cause for which it was appointed, what effects alteration or abatement of infirmity; the age of the person, whether in youth, strength of nature, or declining years; as also the season and time of the year: which is to be adjudged and determined variously, as the particular case and circumstances collated do suggest; but generally the body is to be accounted in a better or worse state and condition, as the humour issuing is better better or worse; thin, sharp, bloody or fowl, smelling strong or stinking, much in quantity; declare the body to be cacochymical and foul, the humours depraved and degenerate, and require the issue to be continued: but the matter issuing white, reasonable thick, sweet, little in quantity, and not sharp causing pain, nor inflammation about the place, are good signs and show soundness of body, the humours to be in their natural condition, amicable and friendly to the body, and permit an Issue to be closed up: but let due purgation immediately succeed, and a spare diet.    

BELLUM NECESSARIUM. SIVE MEDICUS BELLIGERANS; The Military or Practical Physician reviewing his ARMOURY.  
Furnished with Medicinal Armature and Weapons, offensive and defensive, Anatomically fitted and appropriate  

To the Head 

Capital Pills.  
Cephalic essence.    
Lungs 

Pectoral Electuary.  
Balsamic Extract.    
Heart 

Cordial Tincture.  
Bezoardic Confection.    
Stomach 

Stomach Pills.  
Digestive Elixir.    
Spleen Mesentery and Liver 

Cachectic Fills.  
Scorbute Tincture.  
Hydropic Pills.  
Hydropic Powder.    
Guts 

Aperitive Powder.  
Retentive Powdex.    
Reins and Bladder 

Nephritic Extract.  
Nephritic Powder.  
Dysuretic Powder.    
Genital Parts 

Restaurative Essence.  
Hysterical Pills.  
Expulsive Powder.  
Restringent powder.    
Joints 

Arthritic Pills.    
Skin 

Cosmetic Water.  
Powder of Saturn.    
Miscellaneous 

Italic Pills  
Neapolitan Pills.  
Haematic Powder.  
Febrific Elixir.  
Sarcotic Pills.  
Sudorific Pills.  
Sympathetic powder.  
Issue Cerecloth.      

The Virtue's use and Doses of each Medicine.  

For the Head.  
THE Capital Pills are appointed for infirmities of the brain and nerves, and evacuates noxious humours that molest and hinder the exercise of the rational faculty; or obstruct and impedite the free operation of the sensitive; whereby the animal spirits are alleviated, the ventricles of the brain and organs for sense freed from obstructions; Conducing much to the cure of infirmities afflicting the head and nerves as lethargies, apoplexy and soporiferous diseases; Convulsions epilepsy, palsies, vertigoes, tremors; pains of the head, rheums, dull sight, or hearing,  
Take them after your first sleep; or half the dose when you go to bed, the rest at 5 or 6 of the clock next morning; in so doing you will not be called up before your due time to rise. When you are up, drink some warm posset-drink, and walk about the house: Eat at noon; thus do 3 or 4 days together for they operate gently.  
The Dose for men and women is 5 or 6 Pills: for 14 years old, 4 Pills.  
The Cephalic essence, is specifickly appropriate to the head, effectually resisting the infirmities thereof, and strengthening the brain and nerves of special use for such as are cataleptick, epileptic, apoplectic, paralytic; that have a cold or moist bra●n, sunject to rheums Convulsions, rembling or weakness of the nerves, vertigoes, pains of the head: it strengthens a weak memory, weak eyes, amends dull hearing if the defect be not organical. It quickens and raiseth the spirits in somnolent drowsy persons, makes them more acute and vigilant, and roborates the animal faculty.  
To be taken after the Capital Pills, if both be used.  
Take it in the morning fasting, thus: Drop it upon fine powdered sugar, and take it upon a knife's point; then drink a draught of what liquor is most agreeable and proper for you: eat an hour after and go abroad. Also you may apply it to the nose profitably; Whereby the virtue is received into the head.  
The Dose for men and women is 2● drops, for children and infants so many drops as they are years old. If under a year old, only apply it to the nose, as aforesaid, and also to the temples. Shake the bottle when you use it.   

For the Lungs  
THe infirmities most incident to the Lungs are.  
1. A thin sharp rheum, irritating and provoking the Lungs to expulsion by coughing which oftentimes procures an exulceration and spitting of blood, and from hence a Consumption may ensue.  
2ly. A gross indigested phlegm, stopping the vessels of the Lungs and pipes for respiration, causing difficulty of breathing, wheezing and coughing, which is called an Asthma.  
3ly. A Consumption or Ulcer of the Lungs, which in the beginning not so easy to be discovered, but to be known by these signs. An obtuse or heavy pain in the breast, short breath, frequent coughing, and distillation upon the Lungs. In time is made more manifest, by spitting of purulent matter, an ulcerous and more sharp pain in the breast, a putrid Fever, the cough more vehement, imbecility and weakness of all the faculties, etc.  
For the infirmities aforesaid the Medicines following are effectual and peculiarly appointed.  
The Pectoral electuary, stays defluctions of sharp thin rheums that invade the Lungs, Mitigates their acidity and saltness which endangers Corrosion, spitting of blood, and a Consumption; checks the violence of coughing and easeth the breast: it helps a dry cough, loosens phlegm, and helps expectoration, procures rest, and respite from coughing in the night.  
To be taken at any time, the quantity of a nutmeg or more, but chief at night and morning in bed.  
The Balsamic extract, is most effectual in restoring weak, decayed Consumptive or ulcerated Lungs; purifies and cleanseth the breast from putrid matter that causeth the breath to stink or be ill savoured; defends the Lungs from tetrid malign vapours, internally generated or externally received, inducing a vicious depraved constitution of the Lungs, or promoting a Consumption; roborates and strengthens the Lungs, firmly resisting an haereditary Phthisical consumptive disposition subject to some families: Opens obstructions & stops in the breast, from Crude viscous phlegm stuffing the pipes of the Lungs and vessels for respiration; helps old coughs asthmatic wheezing, difficult, short, and faint breathing, from indisposition decay or imbecility of the vital parts, and restores their vigour and natural ability.  
Attenuates, maturates and concocts tough raw phlegm, and facilitates expectoration; retracts a confluence of crude humours flowing in upon the Lungs by the arteria venosa, causing oppilatious, short breath and Pertinacious coughing. Is both a preservative and curative medicine for persons Consumptive, inclining or disposed thereto, by any Pectoral infirmity.  
The Dose is half a dram for Man or Woman. For 14 years old, a scruple or 24 grains.  
Take it night and morning in bed: if it be for putrid or ulcerated Lungs you must continue the use of it 3 weeks or a month observing due order and diet: if for lesser infirmities a shorter time will effect the intention. It confines you not to the house, more than the tenderness of your own body, and the coldness of weather prohibits you to go abroad.  
Rowl it in Sugar-Candy, or fine powdered sugar, and take it upon a knife's point and swallow it.   

For the Heart.  
THe Cordial Tincture, is appointed for fainting fits, it cheers the heart, relieves the vital spirits oppressed, cherisheth decayed nature in weak and ancient persons; comforts and warms a cold stomach, helps digestion, expels wind and Melancholy vapours from the Spleen; very good for palpitations of the heart, or oppression at the stomach through Crudities and indigested matter.  
To be taken at any time night or day, when any the aforesaid occasions require.  
The full Dose is a spoonful; for twelve years old, half a spoonful, and so proportionably to younger.  
The Bezoardic Confection, is a Sovereign Antidote against the Plague and all contagious Fevers; it powerfully expels poisons, breathes out all putrid matter and malignity, received by unwholesome Airs, or otherwise generated in the body: effectual in the Smallpox, Measles, Spotted-feavers to bring forth their Malignity to the skinn, and to prevent returning inwards: removes oppressions at the heart, and any surfeit or overcharging of the stomach, by intemperate eating or drinking; of excellent use in all sudden Sicknesses in young or old, to defend the heart and vitals, until the distemper manifest itself: Necessary to carry with you in Travel.  
Take it on a knifs point, or dissolve it in Posset-drink, as oft as occasion requires.  
The full Dose is the quantity of a Chestnut, for fourteen years old, as much as a Nutmeg; for seven years old, the bigness of a Hazelnut. And so proportionably to younger.   

For the Stomach.  
THe Stomach not performing its office rightly in Chylification, either by its own weakness or otherwise impedited, lays the foundation of many diseases, and therefore is primely to be fortified and assisted when any dificiency appears: for, error in the first concoction is not amended in the following digestions of other parts from whence various preternatural affects disseminated in divers parts of the body owning their rise and spring from this fountain.  
The symptoms of an ill affected stomach are, fullness, heaviness or opression, loss of appetite, slow digestion or depraved, nauseousness or vomiting, hicket or belching, thirst, heat, or burning. For which the following Medicines are appointed.  
The Stomach Pills cleanseth the first region of the body downwards, from abounding Choler and Phlegm, evacuates and unloads an oppressed stomach, from humours and indigested matter that corrupts good nutriment, dulls the appetite and hinders digestion; by their abstersive faculty, removes viscous Phlegm impacted in the tunicles of the stomach, a receptacle for inflation and wind. Prevents, diarrhaeas, lienterial and dysenterial Fluxes, gripe and pains in the stomach and bowels, from sharp biting Choler or flatulent crudity by taking away their causes. And leaving a greateful astriction upon the stomach which promotes concoction. Destroys Worms, and prevents, their breeding by carrying away putrid matter whereof they are generated.  
Takes away bitter eructations and nauseous belchings, vellications and gripes in the stomach from bilious acrid humours; makes the stomach clean and fit for the reception of wholesome food, and then you may expect good nutriment.  
Take them after your first sleep, or early in the morning: when you are up, Drink some warm Posset, eat at noon. You may go abroad if the weather be warm, and the condition of your body will safely permit; But otherwise keep house.  
You may take them three or four days together, they work gently.  
The Dose for Men and Women is five or six Pills; For the age fourteen, 4 Pills.  
The Digestive Elixir, By its incisive and attenuating quality is very auxiliary to the stomach's ferment deficient and decayed, or obtunded and overlayed with crudityes, corrects the imbecility and indisposition of the superior orifice of the stomach, and causeth the stomach to close with more delight and satisfaction upon its object. Prevents nauseousness, flarulent belchings, nidorous and unsavoury rise in the stomach from indigestion and putrid fermentation. Kills Worms in the stomach and Guts; And amends a strong offensive breath. By its saline quality, excites and quickens a dull appetite and procures good digestion. By its Balsamic amaritude, is healing and grateful to a waterish, crude raw stomach.  
By its aromatic virtue, cherisheth and refresheth a weak tender stomach.  
But if the stomach be very foul, stuffed and clogged with gross Phlegmatic humours, than first cleanse downward with the stomach Pills, or upwards by vomit, if hot Choleric adust humours fluctuate, heat and broyl upon the stomach: afterward strengthen with the use of this Elixir, and you will find a great alteration both for appetite and digestion, the stomach much alleviated, disburdened, and cheerful in the performance of its office.  
Drop it in a little fine powdered Sugar, and take it upon a knives point, in the morning fasting; you may drink after it Wine, Beer, or other good Liquor most agreeable to your stomach: eat an hour after and go abroad: you may take it likewise at four of Clock in the afternoon.  
The Dose for men and Women is sixteen drops: for the age fourteen ten drops; for eight years old six drops: and so proportionably to younger.  
Continue the use of it a fortnight together. Shake the bottle when you use it,   

Medicines appropriate to the Spleen, Mesentery and Liver.  
THe Cachectic Pills are effectual against the defects and infirmities of the Spleen, mesentery Liver and Gall, from whence arise a Cachectic or ill habit of body, Dropsies, Scurvy, Hypochondriac Melancholy, Jaundice black and yellow, obstructions and pains in the several parts named, various preternatural febrific aestuations and fermentations, crudityes and coagulations in those parts primarily affected, from thence dessused and dispersed into the mass of blood, which being thereby vitiated and impure, produceth various external Symptoms, pallid and livid discolourations, scorbute spots and desaedations of the skin, Tumours and Ulcers.  
These Pills evacuate and cleanse gently, by which the fore named parts are exonerated, and notably restored to their pristine vigour and due performance of their office (but by strong purgatives debilitated.) They penetrate into the second and third digestion, removing obstructions, and attenuating viscous coagulations which obtund the spirits in their motion and activity, stop the conveyance of nutriment and corrupting it, hindering the communication of parts, necessarily subordinate and subservient one to the other in their offices and duties, and retaining excrements of the several digestions which ought duly to be separated and sent forth, from whence the ill effects that ensue are numerous. They are prevalent in prevention, and composing unnatural fermentations and turgid ebullitions in the blood and humours; from whence Erratic pains, and various disquietudes. They imbibe and drink up (by their alkalizate quality) sharp and acide humours which cause erosions and torsions of the bowels, stimulating and provoking Fluxes, and sharp pricking pains in several parts.  
They depurate and renovate the blood from scorbutic degeneration and exotic mixture by which the spirits recover strength and vigour which before were alienated torpid and inactive, the organs for nutrition disburdened and relieved and made fit to perform and execute their several offices and functions.  
The Dose for Men and Women, is 4 or 5 Pills: (According to the strength, and condion of their body to operate.) For the age 14, 3 Pills.  
Take them early in the morning, you may sleep 2 hours after; when you are up drink a draught of posset drink; eat at noon:  
Thus do twice or thrice in the weak, continuing their use more or less, as the occasion and greatness of the cause requires.  
After these Pills the following Tincture is very proper and beneficial.  
The Scorbute Tincture hath a specific virtue against the Scurvy, which discovers itself by certain symptoms attending it, as lassitude, heaviness and indisposition to motion or action; pains of the head, thighs, hips, knees, and other parts; putrefaction of the gums and looseness of teeth, inflation and distension of the Hypochonders; red purple or livid spots upon the skin, etc. Some of these signs are sufficient to declare the disease especially when remote causes concur, as a close Air, gross diet, studious, melancholy or sedentary life. This Tincture assists the spleen in the discharge of its office, from whose imbecility and depraved operation chief, as an approximate cause, the blood acquires a peculiar corruption and scorbutic malignity, detected by some symptoms declaring its specific nature, and according to the degree or height arrived at, are the symptoms more in number, and more exasperated & worse in quality. The Tincture resolveth and volatizeth coagulate and fixed tartareous matter; attenuates and rareness gross subsiding humours, which obstruct the vessels of the Spleen and viscera of nutrition, causing turgid inflations, schirrous tumours and pains in those parts, concocts crude ichorous blood, depurates and renovates it from scorbutic feculency, and malign putrefaction, makes it more fit for nutrition, and amicable to the body.  
Take it in a glass of White-wine, or Rhenish which is best; or in good strong beer, not new; or beer with the juce of Orange which is better; or whey if the body be hot. In the morning fasting, and at 4 of the clock in the after noon.  
The Dose for men and women is 24 drops: for the age 14 and under, so many drops as they are years old.  
Shake the Bottle then use it.  
The Hydropic Pills are appointed for the cure of Dropsies, and watery tumours of the body, whether universal or in particular parts: They are purgative, and attract serous and watery humours from any part of the body and Evacuates by siege. They excite the kidneys to attraction and expulsion, which before was fluggish, imbecile or impedited in their office, whereby superfluous serosity or water is accumulated and retained in the body; they are very aperitive resolutive and diuretical, opening obstructions of the Liver, Spleen and Ureters, dissolving any coagulate matter and sending forth the Morbific cause by Urine.  
The Dose for Men and Women is 5 Pills; or but 4 if a tender body; for 14 years old, 3 Pills.  
Take them in the morning fasting, and drink little until noon; then eat your dinner. Thus do 2 or 3 days in a week intermitting a day between. Those days you purge not, drink a draught of Wormwood wine, and eat some white biscuit every morning, and at 4 of the Clock after noon: keep a spare diet, let your meat be roasted rather than boiled. If your stomach be weak use the digestive Tincture.  
Be moderate in drinking. You may profitably use white-wine mingled with the decoction of sasaffras, two parts to one of wine.  
The Hydropic powder hath the same virtues and operation with the Hydropic Pills. But because some are averse to Pills, that with facility can take a powder, they may choose either.  
Take it in a draught of posset drink or white wine warmed. Observing the preceding directions.  
The full Dose is one Dram: for the age 14, 2 scruples or half a Dram. And so proportionably to younger.   

For the Guts.  
THe Retentive Powder, mitigates and stays all Fluxes and violent excretions of the Guts, whether lienterial Dysenterial or diarrhaeas; not by an astringent or binding quality of the Medicine, that were injurious to nature and not subsidiary, to retain what nature desires to expel; but by attracting and collecting the peccant humour that stimulates to expulsion and evacuating it, whereby one stool that the Medicine procures, carries with it more of the offending cause, than six other from the (oft times vain) irritations and struggle of nature without assistance.  
By the anodynous virtue, it allays & charms the turgid aestuation of stimulating humours, by degrees evacuates and sends them forth, with less disturbance and danger; whether they be sharp, bilious, or acide serous humours; a saline irritating Phleme, a stinking corrupt Colliquation, or acrid and adust Melancholy; having also and astringent virtue to bind after wards, and to roborate the retentve faculty, the offending cause being removed; this is the safest way to stop the flux of what nature soever, and in any person; women with child, in child bed, children or infants, and to prevent the danger that may ensue. If the Flux be bloody drink Whey wherein god's of Steel hath been quenched, for your common drink.  
The Dose of the Powder for man or Woman, is a dram or more: to a Child of twelve years old, half a dram. And so proportionably to younger.  
Take it in Posset-drink, in the Morning in bed, and sleep after it if you can. Do likewise the next day, if the occasion continue.  
The Apperitive powder, is emollient absterfive and opening, appointed for costive, hot and dry bodies; whereby excrements being too long retained, are hardened and baked, sums return up to the stomach, troubling Concoction and offensive to the brain: it corrects the dry distemper of the Guts, or intemperate heat of the Liver (frequent causes of costiveness) humects and softens dry hard excrements, and procures two or three stools. It is a necessary preparative to Physic, making the body fluid and fit for purgation; opening obstructions of the bowels, mesentery, Liver, Spleen Pancreas and Matrix; whereby any Medicine hath access to those parts, with more facility and speed and less abatement of its strength, before it comes to operate upon the part intended; the ductures and passages being laid open, by its Apperitive virtue.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is a Dram: for fourteen years, two scruples.  
Take it in a wine-glass full of the Liquor of stewed Prunes, in the morning fasting; half an hour after drink a good draught of posset drink, or Whey if you have a hot costive body: an hour after this you may eat your breakfast; spoon meat is best.  
Thus you may do four or five mornings together.   

For the Reins and Bladder.  
THe Nephritic Extract, by a specific virtue resists the lapidifactory disposition of the Reins, and petrifactive succus, prevents coagulation and petrifaction: By the abstersive tartareous property, cleanseth the Reins and Bladder from mucilaginous slimy matter, sand or gravel that lodgeth in the urinary passages. By the unctuous quality, mollifies, relaxeth lubrifies and dilates the ureters and urinary ductures, for the more facile and speedy exclusion of the stone-gravel or any viscous coagulated matter, which may cause a suppression of urine, or strangury. By the balsamic virtue. Heals excoriations of the urinary passages, caused by attrition of the stone and gravel, or acrimony of Urine, and mitigates the pain. Very subtle and resolutive, powerful to dissolve the stone; diuretical & purging by urine.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is half a Dram, which is about the quantity of a hazel nut.  
Take it thus five or six mornings together fasting: roll it in fine powdered Sugar or Hony and so swallow it; then drink a good draught of White-wine after, or mixed with Ale. And you may follow your business.  
The Nephritic Powder, cleanseth the Reins and bladder from sand and gravel, opens the Ureters and Urinary passages, provokes Urine, cools the reins and prevents the stone.  
Take it in a glass of White-wine fasting, half a dozen mornings together. But let the Powder be put into the wine over night and stand close covered.  
The Dose is one Dram.  
The Dysuretic Powder, corrects the sharpness of Urine (having an Hostile quality and antipathy to acidityes) which causeth the Ureters to twitch and vellicate with a painful Convulsive motion and contraction in the small of the back and hips to the Region of the bladder and bottom of the Belly: helps incontinency of Urine or debility of holding water, strengthening the Sphincter Muscle of the bladder and taking away the acrimony of the Urine, which provokes the expulsive faculty: it checks the over strong attraction of the reins, causing immoderate making water, thereby wasting the body, exhausting the natural humidity and impoverishing the Mass of blood: coagulates a saline and tartareous resolution in the body which coming into the ductures of the Urine, stimulates and irritates to expulsion by its acrimony. Cools the reins, mitigates the ardour and scalding heat of Urine.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is a Dram, for the age 14. two scruples: 8 years old half a Dram.  
Take it in the morning an hour before you rise, in posset drink: you may eat or drink when you are up and go abroad. Use it a fortnight or three weeks together. Observe your diet; and let your drink be steeled.   

For the Genital Parts.  
THE Restaurative essence, assists digestion in the Spermatic vessels, strengthens the generative faculty; effectual against sterility or barrenness in the feminine sex, and deficiency in the masculine; if the causes be superfluous moisture, crudity and infaecundity of the seed, debility of the Genital parts, frigidity or imbecility of nature, and not organical impediments and defects. It strengthens a weak back, preserves the balsom of nature, and natural heat; restores consumptive weak persons, strengthens old age, and the declinings of nature; refresheth the animal and vital spirits by its aromatical fragrancy; roborates the internal parts; assists the digestions, prevents crudityes and the superfluity of crude humours.  
Taketh away putrefaction in bodies that have a rank or strong favour, by reason of putrid humours breathing forth through the pores of the body; it will depurate, cleanse and make such bodies more sweet and wholesome, and more acceptable to their bed fellows.  
Shake the bottle, before you use it.  
Drop it into fine powdered sugar and take it upon a knife's point: then drink a glass of Tent, Muskadel, or Sack, after it.  
The Dose is 24 drops for Men or Women.  
You may take it night and morning in bed.  
In the use of strengthening Medicines, Take this observation: That if the body be soul, let gentle purgation precede; first cleanse, then strengthen, that's a regular course: for this purpose, let women take the Hysterical Pills; Men may use the Stomach or Cachectic Pills: As the condition of their body most requires.  
The Hysterical Pills, have an abstersive, and purgative faculty, to cleanse and open obstructions of the veins leading to the Matrix, whereby the terms may have their due times, and colour, according to the course of nature: they dissipate flatulent vapours, and evacuate noxious humours collected in the womb, which having acquired malign qualities by residence there, occasions various symptoms and disturbance in several parts by consent from the Matrix: as Hypochondriac Melancholy, palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath and compression about the stomach, pains of the head, deliriums, Convulsive motions, sadness, paleness and unwonted Complexion; they prevent fits of the Mother, disperse the vapours, and corrects the malignant cause: They cure the Green Sickness, brings the terms into their right order, restores the Complexion, and purgeth the lower Region of the body.  
The full Dose is 6 pills; for fifteen years old, 5 pills; or but four, if she be a tender body and easy to operate.  
Take them early in the Morning, you may lie an hour after: when you are up drink a good draught of warm Posset, and walk in the House. Eat at noon.  
Thus do two or three days together: intermit so many days, then take twice or thrice more. And you will find the benefit.  
The Expulsive Powder, Is appointed for a difficult and perilous Child birth; being effectual to expedite the delivery of Women in a slow hard labour: it procures travelling pains when nature is unable and weak, giveth strength to the woman and Child, and hastens the Birth; expels a dead child, and brings away the after burden.  
You may give it twice in twelve hours, for the foresaid occasions, not oftener.  
The Dose is one paper of powder.  
Take it in a small spoonful of Cinnamon-Water Penyroyal-Water, or Mace Ale; or these mixed at the discretion of the Midwife.  
The Restringent Powder, helps the debility and weakness of the Spermatic Vessels, procured by immoderate coition, or other accidents: stays a Gonorhaea or Running of the Reins, so called; corrects the heat and acrimony of the seed that stimulates to expulsion, and allays the pain: assuageth any sharp humour in the privities of either Sex, heals an exulration or excoriation there; takes away itching or molesting heat; prevents the danger by immoderate copulation, cools, alleys and strengthens those parts,  
Use it thus: Take a quart of Smith's water, let it stand six hours to settle, then pour off a pint clear, in it put the Powder, shake it well in a Bottle; then with a Syringe inject it into the privy part morning and night, and you will receive much help and ease.  
But if the Gonorrhaea be virulent, proceeding from the Pox; than it is requisite also that you take the Medicines proper for that disease, as the italic and neapolitan Pills, to purify and cleanse your body from that malignity and virulency where with the humours are tainted and vitiated; And to prevent future danger.   

For the joints.  
THe Arthritick Pills, are peculiarly appointed for the Gout, whether hereditary or acquired by diaetetic errors, or differing in the part affected; as the feet, knees hips, hands or other Joints; yet owning the same approximate cause, and admit the same cure. They attract the serous acrid humour which pricks and lancinates the Periostium and nervous parts about the Joint: and retract the confluence of humours (caused by pain) resorting to the part affected. They are very profitable and Auxiliary against a rheumatismus (commonly called the running Gout) which is an erratic pricking pain wand'ring from part to part, caused by a flatulent acrimonious humour, afflicting not only the joints but the periostia of the Bones between joint and joint, the Muscles of the body, and membranes of the internal viscera: they prevent fluxion and transition of turgid humours, evacuates' biting Choler, Saline and sharp Serous humours. And checks the serocity of their nature. By their alkalisate quality, they destroy exotic acidities which are dolorous and hostile to neru us and and membranous parts, and are a singular prophylactic or preservative from the cruelty of arthritick arthritic or Gout pains. Use them Spring and Autumn for prevention: or at other seasons if occasion require.  
The full Dose is 5 Pills: for feminine and tender bodies easy to operate, 4 may be sufficient.  
Take them early in bed, lie an hour or two after; drink a little posset when they work, and eat at noon: Do so two or three days together; intermit 4 or 5 days, and take again.  
After Purgation the Sudorifio Pills are beneficial.   

For the Skin.  
THE Cosmetick Water, is appointed for discolourations and commaculations of the skin; native or adventitious, (accounted not small infirmity with the Ladies) being symptoms denoting the constitution, & temperature of some principal parts, diseases present and imminent, or the vestigia and marks of preceding infirmities and external accidents, displayed in their proper distinguishing colours, citrine, livid, brown, red, swarthy etc. According to the nature of their causes, as in both the jaundice; Scurvy, distempered Livers and Spleens, obstructions, and most Cachectic bodies, small-Pox, Measles, Contusions, burns etc.  
This washing is no fucus that says an artificial colour upon the skin to palliate a bad complexion and deceive the sight. But to amend and tiear a dark brown skin, of the face, neck, breast or bands: it takes away Sun-burn, roughness, swarthiness, Morphew, small Pox spots and pimplex hath an abstersive and attenuating faculty to thin and puri●e a muddy thick skin which clouds the lustre of a lively piercing aspect.  
There is nothing more amiable than the life, which is presented to view with some interposition, being vailed with the skin, which if dark and thick, eclipses and hides much of the lustre and penetration.  
But if thin, clear and more transparent, the glory and beauty of the life then streams forth with great attraction: And therefore the eye is the most lovely victorious part, for its dilucid clearness, in which the sparklings and vigour of life is most visible and naked. 'Tis not white and red that hath the magnetisme of love, but the life dressed in those perspicuous colours.  
You may use or leave this water when you will without prejudice, there is no Mercury not any thing to injure the tenderest skin.  
Shake the Bottle, then wet a cloth with it and wash your face every morning.  
The Powder of Saturn is appointed for Cutany defaedations, venereous Scabs & Ulcers, pustules knobs in the flesh and glandulous tumours From the venereous cause. Also Scabs and Ulcers from other causes; Tetters, Ringworms itch, bushes, pimples. Chilblains, cools all outward inflammations, represseth tumours and assuageth their pain, very profitable for Sores or Tumours of the King's evil.  
Use it thus: take a quart of Smith's water let it stand to settle; then pour of a pint and half clear, in it put the powder and let it boil gently to a pint, in a glassy bottle set in a Kettle of water; then let it stand 2 days to settle very clear; pour it off and keep it for use: and with this liquor bathe the places affected morning and night.   

For the Venereal Pox.  
THE Italic Pills, are a specific purgative Medicine for the Venereal Pox. They purge and cleanse the body by their appropriate virtue from the virulency and foulness of that disease, which corrupts the whole mass of blood, and breaks forth into pustuls, Scabs and Vicers, by time invading the solid parts; they mitigate pain, checks and abates the rigour of other symptoms which attends this disease, and prevents the danger.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is 5 Pills.  
Take them early in bed, lie an hour after; and when they work, drink a little posset-drink: you may eat at noon.  
The Neapolitan Pills, are a Peculiar Sudorific Medicine for the great Pox after the preceding purgation, to transpire and breathe out by sweeting the remaining malignity and contagious infection wherewith the body is tainted. They dispel the malign vapours, and relieve the spirits oppressed, purify the blood, and eradicate the impurity and venenate qualities of the disease, by their peculiar propriety and opposition.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is 4 Pills.  
Take them in bed eaily, or at night if more convenient for your occasions; half an hour after drink a draught of hot bear or posset drink wherein Sage is boiled be covered warm and lie to sweat when you have sweat 2 hours, (not longer) let some  be taken of and cool by degrees, and have a care you take not cold after sweeting, the Pores being open.   

A regular and easy cure for the Venereal Pox with the preceding Medicines.  
THis disease sometimes lies obscure and dificult to be dettcted, and puts on the disguises of other infirmities, but those who are guilty of the danger, may conclude by some of the following symptoms, what it is that troubles and altars them. Yet this foul disease is not always got by impure copulation; But otherwise sometimes, Man with Man, and Woman with Woman, lying together, and having intimate Society. And although it be infections, yet all bodies are not apt to receive it, as all catch not the Plague in an infected house. But I must shorten the discourse, and come to the symptoms which attend the disease, and they are various according to the degree and height arrived at. At first a lassitude, weariness and indisposition to motion, heaviness and dulness, the Spirits being tainted and oppressed with the infection: pain of the head, shoulders and other parts, chiefly at night: heat and burning in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet: a Gonorrhae a or running of the Reins: afterwards breaking's out upon the skin venereous buboes, and Ulcers of the privy parts, etc. Which come not altogether, but successively by degrees, discovering the disease in its progress, and degree of malignity.  
The cure is performed thus; the first day take a Dose of the Italic pills; the second day let a vein be opened, if you be Feavorish or of a hot constitution; take blood at the discretion of your Chirurgeon. The fourth day take the Italic pills again; rest the fifth, sixth, and seventh: the eight day take the Italic pills again: the tenth, eleventh, twelfth days take the Neapolitan Pills to sweat; then rest 2 or 3 days, and take the Italic pills again; and after that, the Neapolitan. As occasion requires continuance.  
This method you are to observe for a short or longer time, according to the greatness and inveterate contumacy of the disease. Interchainging these Medicines and giving convenient respite: which course will not be hard for you to observe although your body be weak and brought low with the disease, for nature will strengthen and be much encouraged daily, by the assistance of these Medicines and Methodical course, prevailing upon the disease. And you will be more cheerful and strong then at first when you began.  
In the interim during this course and method, no day is prohibited but you may use the powder of Saturn, if there be any Ulcer, pustuls, Scabs, or tumours caused by this disease: also the Restringent powder if there be a Gonorrhaea: and if your mouth be fore, or the gums swelled and tender by reason of the malignant humour spending itself that way by spitting, as sometimes it doth; then use to gargoyle your mouth often with hot broth, or warm Beer sweetened with honey, and you need not fear any prejudice.   

Haematic Powder.  
THe Haematic Powder is appointed as a necessary help to rest ain an immoderate Flux of blood that is hurtful and weakening to nature; whether it be the overflowing of women's monthly purgations, vomiting or spiting of blood, Haepatic Fluxes by Stool, by Urine, or at the nose. It corrects the acrimony, tenuity or serosity, and heat of blood which stimulates to expulsion, and causeth transudation, apertion, or erosion of a vein It incrassates and thickens the blood; And makes it indisposed for fluxion, constringeth and binds the Vessels and assists the dibility of the retentive faculty.  
Take it in a draught of Verjuice Posset cold, morning and night in bed.  
The full Dose is one Dram: for twelve years old, half a dram.   

Febrific Elixir.  
THe Febrific Elixir, is very auxiliary to mitigate and allay the burning heat of Fevers; it checks the fermenting ebullition and aestuation of the blood; resists febrific putrefaction and disposeth to transpiration of hot putrid vapours, which causeth restlessness and unquiet watch; assuageth immoderate thirst, irrigates and refresheth the parched spirits: excites decayed appetite by restoring the stomachical ferment, and is grateful to the stomach.  
The full Dose is twenty drops: for young people so many drops as they are years old.  
Shake the bottle when you use it.  
You may take it in a glass of White-wine: or mingled with fresh smalbeer equal parts, a good draught; twice in the day, or night. You may put Syrup of Oranges or Lemons if you will to it, for the palate sake; you need not fear the heat of the wine to prejudice you.   

Sarcotic Pills.  
THE Sarcotic Pills are appointed for Vicers internal and external, they exsiccate cleanse and heal by their Balsamic virtue, excoriations and ulcers within the body, where there is a possibility of cure; taking away all corrosive and sharp fretting humours, which continues the ulceration: they are very advantageous towards the cure of external ulcers and sores in any part of the body, subtracting the antecedent cause, evacuating serous acrid humours which feeds the sore and prohibites healing: they are proper and beneficial for wounded persons, to expedite their cures: they are good for Scabbed persons, Leprous, or have any break out upon the skin.  
The Dose for Man or Woman is 5 or 6 Pills: for 14 years old. 4 Pills.  
Take them 3 or 4 mornings in a week; you may lie an hour or 2 after them in bed. 3 hours after taking them, you may drink posset drink, or whey: Which also is best for your common drink, in the forementioned cases, and to have it steeled with gads of steel quenched therein.   

Sudorific Pills  
THE Sudorific Pills are aperitive, resolutive and discussive; opens the pores and procures breathing sweats; removes Cold, Aches, and stiffness in the Muscles and joints; transpires and breaths out putrid vapours and superfluity of crudy watery humours and rheumatic moisture; depurates and cleanseth the blood; and opens obructions: very profitable in contusions or bruises, dissipates and scatters the Flux of humours resorting to the dolorous part affected, and prevents coagulation of the blood, resolves it if already fixed and congealed; they prevent tumours, and internal apostumation, and disperseth a colleciton of humours. A general Medicine, and may fitly be used in all cases that require sweeting, with facility and benefit.  
You may take them 2 or 3 mornings together fasting, in bed covered warm; a quarter of an hour after, drink a draught of hot posset-drink, than sweat will break forth, lie in it for 2 hours; then take off clothes by degrees, and cool with discretion.  
The full Dose is 4 Pills: for 14 years old, 3 Pills.   

Sympathetic Powder.  
THE Sympathetic Powder, is of known virtue in cureing green wounds, as also the Toothache.  
Take a few drops of blood from the wound, in a piece of linen, & lay upon the blood a little of this powder; then tie it up close, and put it in your bosom, and keep it warm day and night, for if cold or wet happen to it, the wounded person will be much disturbed and pained. If there be wounds in several parts, each wound must have a several cloth used in like manner, wash the wound with white-wine, or the party's urine; then bind up the wound with convenient linen cloth that cold come not to it, and in such manner as the brims of the wound may draw towards each other: the third day open the wound and wash away the quittour or corruption, then bind it up again with fresh clothes, and you will have a speedy cure, if the wound be in such a part of the body as is curable. In like manner you may do to a beast wounded, with success.  
For the Toothache thus: cause your gum to bleed where the pain is, with a penknife or needle; then slain a cloth with it the breadth of a groat, without rheum; then lay a little powder to it; tie it up and keep it as aforesaid, and it seldom fails to give present ease and cure.   

Issue Cere-cloth  
THE Issue Cerecloth is very commodious for those who have Issues in any part of the body, it attracts and draws to the place for vent, extravafated, superfluous, erratic humours: causeth a dry Issue to run, and brings away filthy matter; prevents inflammation and keeps an Issue cool: very necessary in journeys and voyages; one piece will serve a month in wearing, then lay on a fresh one; wipe it and turn the other side to the place every dressing, and lay a paper upon it.    

A Catalogue of the Diseases and Symptoms for which the Medicines are peculiarly appointed.  

PAlsy, page 80. 81.  
Lethargy, page 80. 81.  
Convulsions, page 80. 81.  
Falling-Sickness, page 80. 81.  
Vertigoe page 80. 81.  
Headache, page 80. 81.  
Tremors, page 80. 81.  
Rheums, page 80. 81. 114.  
Bad hearing page 80. 81.  
Bad sight page 80, 81.  
Coughs, page 82. 83.  
Consumption, page 82. 83. 100  
Spitting blood, page 82. 83.  
Short breath, page 82, 83.  
Ill savoured breath, page 82, 83, 88  
Palpitation of the heart, page 85.  
Fainting. page 85.  
Oppression at heart and stomach, page 85.  
Melancholy vapours, page 85.  
Bad Stomach, page 87, 88  
Surfeits, page 85, 87.  
Pain at stomach, page 87. 88  
Wind, page 85,  
Worms, page 87, 88  
Colic, page 87.  
Costiveness, page 96.  
Fluxes, page 87, 95.  
Jaundice, page 90.  
Gripe, page 87.  
Spleen, page 90, 91, 92.  
Scurvy, page 90, 91, 92.  
Obstructed Liver page 90.  
Dropsies, page 93, 94.  
Obstructed Mesentery, page 90,  
Stone and gravel page 98, 97.  
Infirmities of the Urine, page 98. 99  
Gonorrhaea, page 103.  
Green-Sickness. page 101.  
Them immoderate, page 111  
Fits of the Mother page 101.  
Barrenness, page 100  
Masculine Imbecility, page 100  
Hard-labour, page 102.  
Weak backs, page 100  
Fevers, page 85. 112.  
Plague, page 85.  
Smallpox, page 85.  
Measles page 58.  
French-Pox, page 170. 180. 109.  
Poisons, page 58.  
Gout. page 104.  
Rankness of body, page 100  
Inflammations, page 107.  
Tumours, page 107.  
Ulcers, page 107. 113.  
Bruises, page 114.  
Aches, page 114.  
Stiffness, page 114  
Scabs, page 107, 103.  
Itch, page 107. 103.  
Tettes, page 108.  
Ringworms, page 107.  
Swarthyness page 150. 160.  
Sun-burn, page 150. 160.  
Morphew, page 150. 160.  
Spots, page 105. 160.  
Chilblains, page 107.   
Initia Morborum quamvis levia serpunt, Venienti occurrite—  
FINIS.   

The Medicines are appointed at these Rates; that none may give more; or expect them for less.  
 s. d CApital Pills 2 6 Cephalic Essence 5 0 Pectoral Electuary 2 0 Balsamic Extract 7 0 Cordial Tincture 2 6 Bezoardic Confection 3 0 Stomach Pills. 2 6 Digestive Elixir 5 0 Cachectic Pills 3 4 Scorbute Tincture 5 0 Hydropic Pills 4 0 Hydropic Powder 3 4 Aperitive Powder 2 6 Retentive Powder 2 6 Nephritic Extract 6 0 Nephritic Powder 4 0 Dysuretic Powder 4 0 Restaurative Essence 10 0 Hysterical Pills 3 4 Expulsive Powder 5 0 Restringent powder 3 0 Arthritic Pills 4 0 Cosmetic Water 6 0 Powder of Saturn 2 0 Italic Pills 3 4 Neapolitan Pills 4 0 Haematic Powder 3 0 Febrific Elixir 5 0 Sarcotic Pills 4 0 Sudorific Pills 2 6 Sympathetic Powder 3 0 Issue Cerecloth 1 6  
WHat Medicines you intent to keep for emergent occasions, set them in dry places from moisture and they will remain in full virtue, the Electuaries a year and half; the Pills and powders two years: the Elixirs, Tinctures, Extracts and Essences many years, being close stopped.  
FINIS.