¶ The Book of Knowledge: whether a sick person being in peril shall live, or die. etc.  
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VPocras most cunning of all physicans, commanded that the Analogy of all his works of phesycke, should be laid in his Sepulture under his heed, which was so done. And where as the Emperor of rome coming by his Tomb saw it richly wrought, supposed that great treasure was hid in it. For the people in those days used moche to hide their money in tombs. And when it was opened he found the said Analogy, there under his heed, in which all his works were, he took it away and showed it to no man, but to Anadestus a physician. And in it they found medicines most wholesome for diseases of man's body, And first of all was specified the tokens, which followeth, that doth prognostic whether a sick person being in peril, shall die or live. etc. ☞ ❧  

¶ The first token of death.  
¶ If a man have swelling in his face, or pain in his heed without cough and putteth his left hand oft upon his breast, and is busy in clawing of his nosetrylles, betoken death.   

¶ Also an experiment to prove life or death.  
¶ Put his spettyll upon burning coals, and if it styncke he shall die, and if not he shall live.   

¶ Another experiment of the same.  
¶ Cause the sick person to spit in a vessel of water, and if it go to the bottom, he shall live, and if it swim above he shall die.   

¶ Also the fourth token.  
¶ If a man sweet moche in any manner disease, it is good, if he despair not.   

¶ Another and the fift.  
¶ If the sick turn him oft to the wall, it is an evil sign.   

Another and the sixth.  
¶ If the patient have thine nosetrylles or the tip of his nose sharp, or a sharp look, and hollow temples, hanging lips, and cold ears, and turneth his heed where his feet were, it signifieth soon death. ⚜ ❧   

¶ Another and the seventh.  
¶ If the patient put his hands oft to his heed, & draw his feet up to him betoken that he shall escape.   

¶ Also other tokens of death, which the cunning physician Galyen set forth as followeth.  
¶ He saith that these are tokens of death when the forehead is red, the brows hangeth down. The left eye is lass and wateryth. The the tip of the nose white, the chine falleth, the feet cooleth and the belly decayeth, is signs of death.   

¶ Also the ninth experiment to know life or death.  
¶ Take the pacyentis urine and a woman milk, that nourisheth a man child, and meddle them together, & if they go into one, he shall live, and if they depart he shall die.   

¶ For to know whether ye shall die within twelve months or not.  
☞ Let a drop of your blood fall in to a dish of water. And if it descend hole into the bottombe, he shall live that year, and if not, but go abroad not.   

¶ Also another manner.  
¶ If ye rub also well the forehead of the sick with a tablet, or other such of copper fro the one ear to the other, & if he sleep after, he shall live, or else not.   

❧ Also of the sharp ague an experiment oft proved.  
¶ Take a courtesy of the pacyentis blood and urine and meddle it with the milk of a woman that nourisheth a man child, and if they mix together, he shall live or else he shall not.   

❧ Also another and the levynth.  
¶ If a frantic man have hard swelling without digestion, he shall die the ix day.   

☞ Also anoher and the twelve.  
¶ He that vometeth blood, and have swelling in any limb, as toghte as a trumpet like a egypcian bean, shall die the xl day after.   

❧ Also another & the xiij  
❧ If the eyes be hollow, and the mouth open when he sleepeth, and if he be not accustomed so, and if his left eye water he shall die the third day.   

☞ Another and the xiiij  
¶ If the patient bid the physician farewell, or stretch forth his feet, and cast his hands upon his belly, he shall die the third day.   

☞ Another and the xu  
☞ If the patient bid the physician farewell and put his hands to his head and draw up his fere, he shall escape.   

❧ Also the proof of a sick man that can not sleep.  
☞ Stamp hen bane & mint and lay it on his forehead plasterwise, and if he stepe not soon after he shall die.   

❧ Also another treatise of hippocras beginneth.  
WHo that falleth sick the first day of the month, it is to be feared of him the second day, the which if he escape, he shall escape till the xxx day And if he fall sick the second day, it is to fear of him the ten day, and if he escape that he shall belong sick, notwithstanding he shall escape.  
And if he fall sick the third day, he shall be delivered without doubt.  
And if he fall sick the fourth day, he shall be sore in pain till the eight day and then shall very well escape.  
And if he fall sick fifth day, he shall be sore sick, yet he shall escape.  
And if he fall sick the sixth day, he shall seem to be hole, yet he shall die some day of the next month.  
And if he fall sick the seventh day, he shall be delivered without grief.  
And if he fall sick the eight day, he shall be in merely health till the eleventh day, and then after soon shall die.  
And if he fall sick the ninth day, he shall escape with marvelous great pain And he that falleth sick the tenth day, he shall die without doubt.  
And he that falleth sick the eleventh day, he shall be delivered the next day And if he fall sick the twelve day, he shall die the xu day.  
And if he fall sick the xiij day, he shall be sore vexed till the xviij day, and if he escape, than he shall be delivered.  
And if he fall sick the xiiij day he may escape, if he live till the xu day.  
And he that taketh sickness the xu day except he recover within xviij days, he shall die, shortly after.  
And if a man fall sick the xvi day, he shallbe sick till the xxviij day & escape. And if a man take sickness the xvij day, he shall die the ten day.  
And if a man take sickness the xviij he shall be delivered at length.  
And if a man take sickness the xix day he shall be delivered at length.  
¶ And if a person fall sick the twenty day the patient shall die the next month.  
And he that fall sick the xxi day, and he die not the ten after he shallbe in great peril, yet he shall be delivered the next month after. ☞ ☞ ⚜  
¶ If a body fall sick the xxij day although he be ingrevous pain till the ten day he shall not die till the next month. If a person take sickness xxiij day he shall be delivered though it be with grievous pain the other month.  
If a person fall sick the xxiiij day, he shall die the next month.  
If a body fall sick the xxv day albeit he shall have some pain, yet he shall well escape that danger.  
If a body fall sick the xxvi day, yet he shall well escape.  
If a person fall sick the xxvij though he be at point of death, he shall be delivered the next month.  
If a person fall sick the xxviij day, he is threttyn to die, yet he may escape.  
If a body fall sick the xxix day, yet he may be delivered the next month by little and little. ☞ ❧  
If a person fall sick the xxx day it is in doubt if the patient shall die or live. And also the xxxi day likewise.  
¶ Explicit.   

¶ Now to know whether a wounded man shall die or live.  
¶ Stamp pimpernel and distempre it with water, and give it him to drink, and if it go out at the wound, than he shall die or else not.   

¶ Another for the same.  
¶ give him whyce lettuce to drink with water, & if he parbreak it, he shall die, if not he shall live.  
⚜ A prognostication set forth, by the said Galen of the danger of Pestylenciall Impostume, after the party of the body that it is in, howbeit in god is al.   

¶ Another beginneth of the spots; called gods marks.  
☞ When the Impostome is in the pacientꝭ face so painful, that it may not betwoched, and he layeth his left hand oft upon his breast, know that he shall die the twenty day, and specially when he handleth his nosetrylles in beginning of his sickness, when great Impostumes are in any of both knees, it is to know he shall not die till after the viii. day, and then he may escape, and esspecially if he sweet moche at the beginning of his knees. when it chanceth that little whelks cometh upon the vain, which is on the nape of the neck, and upon as it were a manner of powder, know that he shall die the two day of his sickness, and esspeciall token is if he have great thirst at the beginning of his sickness, when whelks are upon his tongue like dogs fleys, know that he shall die the same day, and the tokens is the beginning of his sickness, he desireth things which are naturally hot, When little black whelks are upon any of his fingers, that are sore, know that he shall the next day after die of that sickness, and an esspeciall token is if he be painful and heavy in his body. When little white whelks are in the thumb of the paryentes left hand like brown beans of colour or pale, which are not sore. Then know that the patient shall die the four day of his sickness. Another token is that at on the middle too of the left feote. ☞ ❧ ❧   
¶ Finis.   

¶ Imprinted by me Robert wire, dwelling in saint martin's parish at charing Cross. ❧ ❧