Preface

f*T7PT?*ir*!er7?* ' ' f.. P. «v
^ >' / / V / V >' ,
' K /,.i'cFm!w£z\-V .' / / . .'
,V , , , , / / XV , ■• .- ? / ,■> . , ,., ,
• •••-• •■ ' •■..• ■ • ■• •■ • V ,
* f IMXf ■ Jras
' fiSmfJM ' fjpjr' ^^mJk B
", a mi ' ji|aMy
1
^ « -V * T ' ' '
« ^ ^ » y * J
V I
f 1
1 1 /
/ /:
Wmm9&k
- . 1 iMK ,'itt . . a-:1
v-*
Wy/sh '■( - ■
, sv?.-:»3, •
it x
&»iaV^ M
7^
/jt mb ' M i 1
'* W . ^ i \J ■ JfeT >
S*\W A . •v'--\'A.. ?v f'
. - X.A * - N -N -V . Y:* . > X • \ V
A\i
tA
• •V
N 1C. \ .\ \ .\ N. - ■ i, . N . rv \ \ . *w»v N . % 'V .
0
:)l
*»
■■■**
y-f
i;
? c yvmysAZ. 'm?\% tz p -i :v)('' \ h. Mi jife 4? -n
Ss.
ss^
y^ o — ^ £7
s/
y£*
^t*c
*~>
-Q y''^
^ y^.
2
?r^,
| ^ ^ • i {%(£(■
: THE
SECRET MIRACLES
' ~ OF
ATU
In Four Books.
)
Learnedly and Moderately treating of
Generation? and the Parts thereof ^ the S O U L, and its Immortality j ofpiants and living Creatures $ ofDifeafes, theirSympcoms and Curcs> and many other Rarities not treated of by any Author Extant ; whereof fee more in the TABLE of the CONTENTS*
Whereunto is added one Book containing
Philofophieal and PrudentialRll L E S how MAN frail become Excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his LIFE with Health of Body and Mind.
Fit for the ufe of thofe that pra&ife
Phyfick, and all Others that defire to fearch into the Hidden Secrets of N A T,U R E, frr increafe of Knowledge
W ritten by that Famous Phy Titian
■x Ltevinuf JL&nnm.
LONDON
Printed by Jo Jtr eater, and are to be fold by Humphrey Mofefey at the Prince’^ Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard, John Sweeting at the Angel in Popes- Head- Aliey, John Clark at Mercer s-Chappel , and
V
& .y\
- A
HISTORICAL ; MEDICAL. '/,
• .
The Preface to the Reader.
ha hi r£>
hi
hi

THE
O F
'
Lasvinus Lemnius, A Tbyftian^
t o
- V: 4
Reader*
Reader,
A Si
>. vlvii U‘4^> j l\ *
Here are two Infir uments of Art which are fierviceable to the pro ft and ufie of wc#5Reafon dWExpericncc,^ which all things are wont to he confirmed, and efiabhfhed. For by thefiefPhyfick itfielf , and other Sciences, for the mofl part, befides CM at hematic all Arts , are fiupported, But fuch things as are to gain credit with men of an exact and fe arching Judgment, ought to be proved by the Line, yea, to be examined by the Touch-Stone. But what great thing can a Thyfitian undertake , ip he endeavoured) by Reafon to convince, that he arks and Medicaments have firong efjefts, unlefie he could prove it by Experience 1 On the contrary, with what con¬ fidence could he truft a triall, which for the mofit part the undificreet teme¬ rity of praBi call Phyfitians, doth declare to be deceitfiull and dangerous, applyed without Judgment, unlefie Reafon doth afSifi him £ And although he might be accounted a Sophifter,to try reafon by a proof contrary to the declaration of experience •, and any one of found Judgment, and that doth confider the delight of things, will never .agree to the tryall , or abide to prove it r/Aty, unlefie it be approved and underpropped by rea¬ fon in every particular : Tet I cannot deny, or gain fay, but there are
A 2 the
\
\
K
l
V *
The Preface to the Reader.
many hidden and fecret things in nature , of an hidden and unknown effeB, that it would be undifcreet to attempt to declare the reafon and caufe of the e field offuch things. Thef e very things are called by Diofco- Lb. 6.1.3 4- rides, dyenronoyvra, that is, dejfitute of reafon, and bereft of the know*
le'dge of cauj'es , which do not prefent a man/jejl demonfiration to the fen fe Occulta p, 0 • under [landing , and therefore are caked by Phyfitians , hidden quali-
p tie totes. ties. But if they perceive any thing of this kind to interpcfe us , either
by the com fe of the Stars, and moving of the glittering fignes, or by the ■ divine will, or by Concretion and mixture of the elements: or lafily , by the force of the whole fubfiatsce, and the particular form, which we cannot attain to by the Reafon and Judgment of the mind) we cafl thofe things into tht hidden efence and fecret properties , and by fuck refuge we do eftype and deliver our f elves out of that Labyrinth. But I, whereby / might for up the mjnds of the learned to fearch out the demgpfi rations and cbfet of thi ■ rdf this nature, will to the uttermofl of rfy power endea¬ vour, to draw out the reafon by a probable and artificial conjeBure , or as near hand as I can by levelling to hit the mark. I confef] e there are ma¬ ny things in nature of pn unknown original, wrapped up in abundance of difficulty, whereof notwithstanding a probable reafon may be devifed , and the caufe of the effeU might be [hewed very likely, if not apparently , and clearly. For example : The Bafilisk doth kill a man by his fight . who that is exercifed in the works of nature doth not know it to happen out of the hurtfull breath that proceeds from him, which by little and lit¬ tle he breatheth forth fecret ly to the defirudion of man. Tet neither the
Bafilisk cnely, but almoff all kind of mid be afisJs.hu rtf ull to man 5 and doth rejoy ce to bring defiruBion by breath , and hifling. S o the fight of a Woolf, if he can but come near a man, doth caufe hoarfeneffe 9 and al- mofi in a manner taketh away his voice by the gaping of his mouth, and his venemcw breath. So the Feminine Sex having their Monthly terms flowing from them, do make dusk the brightnefle of Ivory, and a Look- ing-glaj] e^doth blunt the edge of a Sword, doth choak the (forn ^ the in- fe Bing of the breath doth kill the hearbs of the garden, and [he doth nop onely deform every one that [he meets, but her own [elf with fpots and blemifhes. By the fame reafon the eyes being corrupted with blearefd- aejje , and «$ that IS) rednejje in the eyes, or bloud-fhot, doth hap¬ pen to corrupt the eyes of others, which Ovid doth exprefje in a hand - fome fiwilitude,and Juvenal,Satyr.2.
When Eyes diftin&ly view thofe that are fore,
The more they look, they hurt themfelves the more.
And many things the body do infeft By meer tranfition. Soth’ fcab of one,effe A filthy fcurf in the whole flock i’th’ field,
Cattel, heards, Oxen, to the fame muft yield 5 And fo a Grape regarded folemnly,
Doth draw a colour from a Grape that’^gh.
But
The Preface to the Reader
s But' me n do breath forth the greatest infection to men , where they ft and juft cppoflte, for it doth not bring fo great evill, and inf eft with fo great corruption, if the breath doth bend overthwart, or if it happen topajje away on the right or left fide . For as the tranfverfe, or oblique Jight, as it is wont to be with fuch as have routing or are dmifighted , forne times do wax dull and dim : fo thefe things which flow from the eyes , and ary o-her part of the body, if they are carried oblique!), il hap net}) that they are reprefjed and grow dull, and bring* leffe evfll to thofe that ft and by. which Very thing / more diligently obferve, when I go to a/Jif thefe that are fick of a contagious difeafe,fo that when I talk with them I am. al- waies turned away, never (landing between the Chimney and he that keepeth his bed. This breathing and flowing out , although it doth not prefent itfelfto our eyes, and lejfe declared to our feeing fenfe , yet it bears it [elf into our nofl nils, ears, brain , vocall artery, and the firings of the lungs. So I have olferved forne with fuch a finking damp and frongfmelling breath, that unleffe you stand farther cjj they would flrike every one that they meet, with tie contagion of their breath,, and kill them. But every one may perceive bow largely the breath of living creatures may f retch it felf, how far a contagious difeafe may extend it felf, ef pec idly in the winter feafon. Butbecaufe of the thick nefe and grofsnefs of the Ayre, the breath [making out of the mofl inward bowels by a certain retiring as we fee the flowing and ebbing of the Ocean to break forth and dilate it felf all abroad ; which although it be not plainly perceived in Summer dates, and islefs prefented to the eyes, jet thou do f perceive it, either by fmell, or dofl apprehend the hidden poyfon in thy irtmoft bowells. And as thefe very things work de fruition to the body , and bring in deadly poifon, fo f weet fmells and fragrant hearbs do fir up thefpirits, and clo cherifh and recreate the heart it felf the fountain of life, which even any one of a dull Judgment can perceive , when he feeth the frength weakened byf wounding , andfaf a fleep by the defect of the'mind,tobereforedand firredup by fweet fmells. But thefe mean things being le\ alone afterwards by the afjiflance of the mof high God , I wifi relate more fecret things. For which if I jh all feem to any one
to have wholly fe arched out the Jecrets of nature, and the ufes under weak and very uncon f ant reafons, and a very [mall proportion of judgment, and with no trimmed [ententes, to have furnifled nature with no fore 5 I would defire him to be per f waded, that l rather a fjord and demon f rate matter of writing to the learned, then take it up before hand. But / have attempted, and undertaken to handle thofe things, not with fo great hope , and confidence of accomplishing it, as defire and will to try it, and alfo that I might the better deferve of my Advocate, and that I might more oblige my Citizens by this fervice. But after PJato3 Per- lius doth fir up to attempt things of this kind, and doth defire that this [Jaould be paid to onr Countrey and Citizens as a due benevolence. For f t he doth prick us up to the confideration of things, to the ffudy of vertue, to [earth out thofe things which are profitable to men *
G
The Preface ro the Reader.
The chief City of La CO nix in Tdo- fonnefus.
\
O wretched men, ye ought to learn and fhow The caufe of things, and what we arc to know*
Or to what end we’re made on earth to live,
* What order, or what bounds doth nature give Togcntle-flidingRivers,and whatmealure,
Of lilvcr, or what’s Ja wiull to wifh for pleaiure,
What good doth money afford, how much we owe,
Unto our Country, and what we fhould beflow On neighbours, what direction God doth give.
To thee, how thou in humane things doft live.
Therefore l will try , what I can perform , cr wherein 1 can go for¬ ward $ if I do not proceed in every thing exaBly, 1 rr.ay leg pardon for my faulty and fo much the more juftly, lecaufe the argument of the ap¬ pointed wot k is fo greats and doth ft retch it / 'elf forth fo unmxafurably, fo that it requires mfnite labour, and no mean Witt to accomphjh every thing exaBly, and adorn that * Sparta for its honour and amplitude, which if Horace in a homely , and very eafie argument ,
Doth pardon faults, which want of care doth caufe,
Or arc ncgledtetl by humane Nature’s Laws:
By hove much the more is it convenient to wink at and keep filent mo ft things in fo great difficulties, and not to cut every thing (as ’[is f aid) to the quick. For it can fcarccly le exprefied , how great wearinefe is to le born patiently ly ‘Fhyftians , what lalcurs are to le undergone , what troubles , complaints , and bewailing fpeeches , are to le endured at home and abroad , when they follow their own affairs, and diligently employ their afsiflance to their Citizens: when ell their fludy and in- dujlry doth conjift in ad ion, their no lejje troullefome then gainful pra¬ ctice doth f after no liberty , no time to t/ke breathe fo that when they me¬ ditate on thofe things that were difpatched in borrowed hours, ( that ts) in convenient fervice, they are fcarce at lei jure to write them, much lefte to make them perfeB. which when it daily happeneth true, and thefe kind of occupations do continually environ me at home and abroad, all things Scarcely, and very hardly, could be perfeBed according to my mind j but when the confederation of Feature did onely delight me, neither a more acceptable Argument could be thought upon, itfeemedgood to me, to write of its Miracles more at large, and make dll the Works of Nature more known.
wherefore after I had dedicated thefe four Bocks of the Miracles of Nature, to ER1CUS King of Swcdland , the mo ft invincible token of this New tear, I do pmpofe to adde Two of the fame Argument in fhort, whereby the mo ft Serene King having brought to an end , and quieted the war, (which he undertook by Sea and Land again f fome confpiring Enemies , by mof excellent vertue , and the greatnef e- and
courage
The Preface to the Reader.
courage of an high and invincible Mind ,) might be refrejjjed more abun¬
dantly by the Contemplation of Nature and Things. Having required this of William Simonds a Printer of Antwerp, that he would bring tbefe honourable and notable examples into the favour of the King's Court , and of the defir ous Reader ; which when he promifed to accomplish, and very truly performed by the indufiry of Chriftopher Plantin, / think to finifh the reft (uddenly , if it be fo that no hindrance happen , and our Heavenly Father grant con if ant and durable health ; For I hope it will be fo , thatfome new thing will come forth at the next Franckford CM art, whereby at length the ftudiom Reader may delight himfelf. For Newes and Delight is the encouragement and allurement of Reading and Learning , efpecially where the thing is declared very evidently , and with convenient words , and ferious things are mixt with merry , and pro¬ fitable with fweet and pleafani i which very thing I have ftudied to per¬ form, according to my power, by that moderation of praBice, that I may
t*
\
\
1
An Index of all the Chapters contained in
this BOOK.
, The Contents of the Chapters con¬ tained in the Firit Book.
Chap. Page
l . /SiF Nature , Gods Inflrument. I
2 . CAlans Worth and Excellen-
Cj.
6
3 . It is mofl natural to procreate one like
himfelf, and men ought to ufe it reve¬ re. tly as a divine gif t, and Ordinance of God . 8
4. Of the likenef of Parents and children 3
whence it is that outward accidents are communicated to the Children , and the Ollothers Imagination is the caufe of the produBion of many Forms. 1 o
5. Of the flange longing of Women with
child , and their infatialle dejire of things 5 And if they cannot get them , they are in danger of life. 16
6. That a woman doth a ford feed, and is a Companion in the whole Generation ,
18
7. whence growes the Sex and Kind - that is, whether of the two , Man or woman , > is the caufe of a male or female Child ,
20
8. Of Prodigicw and OMonfrow Births , ;
and by the way what is the meaning of the Proverb , Thofc that are born in the fourth Moon. 2 2
$. By what means he that will, may get a Boy or a Girle 3 and by the by, whence Hermaphrodites are bred, and people of both Sexes. 2 5
10. whether the Child be nourijhed with
the men ftrual excrement , and whether Muds may conceive before they have their Terms . 2 ^
11. The Soul comes not from the Parents Seed, but ti infufed by God , and can
neither dye nor corrupt : what day of Child-bearing it is infufed. 3 2
12 .Tie Soul though it be incorporeal, not made of matter , or Elements, yet is it fubjeli to pajsions and perturbations, and fuch ajfeBions as redound upon the Boclym 3
1 3. That the Souls of sJWlen are not equal in all things, nor of the fame condition and dignity, but one is better than an¬ other. 42
14 .Of the immortality of the Soul, and certainty of the %efurreBion 3 Alfo how that may be done 3 Lafily how much our minds are rayfed. toward God from fo great a benefit, and what great confi¬ dence we may have when we die, that we fhall be faved . 47
1 5. whether there be a reafonable Soul in¬
fufed into menftrous births, and to abortives, and whether they fhall rife again to life 5 And, by the way , from whence CMonjlerS proceeed > 57
16. The humours and food do change the
habit of the body, and fate of the mind apparently • And hence arif e the affe- Bions, and flings of conference ; And, by the by, what CMela'n choly can do, and how it may be cured. 5
17. Herbs are fubjeB to change , and will
lofe their forces and form, unlefe they be drefied continually . 6 7
18. How manifold difference and variety there is in the nature of grounds ,
19
19. Clujlers of Grapes augment, but grow
not ripe by the Moon beams. 8 1
20. why Hefiod diflikes foylingl 81
2 1 . How weez,els and other Creatures that
hurt Corn may be driven away, or kill¬ ed . - 82
B
22. The
The Contents.
22. The cunmngneffe of worms in Mans body-, and what it portends, if hen they come forth by the Mouth and Nofirils ,
83
\ p> J
The Contents of the Chapters con¬ tained in the Second Book.
Chan. Page
l# rT7. Hat humours and not bad A *gels X cauft e dtfeafes , yet the aereal fpi- frits do mix themfelvest therewith , and increafe the difeafes , by adding fire urn to them.- ' .86
2. c JMelancholique, Mcd,and Frenzy peo¬
ple, and fucb as are furious from other caufes will fometimes [peak ft range Tongues they never1 learned, and yet not be po f ejj ed with the D ivell. 9 1
3. 0/ the Epilepfie> sviol ncefwhich difeafe the common people both now and forme r- ly sferibe to certain. Saints ; laftly, how it maybe cured . And by the way, that fuch are not to be buried prefently, that
v die of the F tiling -ficknefje, Lethargy, or Apoplex. 9 3
4. whence comes it that difeafes are lung and Chronical, and will not eaftly be cured : whence come Feavers to revive again , and to be with inter mi ft ion and truce for a time which all men ought to k.f,ow,that they may not e'aftly fall in¬ to-, a difeafe or being fallen, wayfoon
Cfljr £ It. , '1 • ■ ^ 91
5. Ofthofe that come forth of their Beds,
and walk in their fleep , and go over tops of. Tours, and roofs of houfes, and do many things in. their fleep , which men that are awake can hardly do by thegrea- tefl care apd indufry. .\ t.. . 99
6. eOf thofe that are drown'd, mens bodies v will flote on their backs , and Womens J mil fiote on their faces.', and if their
lungs be taken forth, they will not fwim,
v \ . 102
7 \Tle bodies of thofe, that are drow.md when
- Shey fwim up and corrjeto be feen • OS of
thofe that are murdered , when their •* -%
* ' T . £ 2 '. i &
friends are prefent , or the murderers, they bleed at the nofe, andvther parts of their body,' 102
8. Of the Helmets of Children newly born , or of the thin and foft caul, wherewith the face is covered as with a vizard y or covering, when they come firfi into the world. 105
g. why in Holland they fay, that fuch as have uncon font and weak brains, have been converjant among ft beans . 1 o 6
10. Every (irong filthy frnell is not hurtful l to man : For forne of thefe will difcujfe contagions, and refift corrupt difeafes . By the iray0 whence came the Proverb, that horns are burnt there. 1 o 8
I . The excellency of the finger of the Left hand that is next the little. finger which is lajt of all troubled with the. Gout, and when that comes to be affefted with itr death is no.t far of. By the way, where¬
fore it deferves to wear a Gold Ring bet¬
ter than, tbe.refi. , 105?
1.2. Some things- will not burn, but are in¬ vincible in the midft of flames and how that comes to paffe. no
t 3 . The native heat of Man is fofier.ed ■j .and increafeth.,by the heat of other Crea¬ tures, but efp.c tally by the heat of chil¬ dren, if they be laid to that part of the body that is weak. For this fomenta¬ tion doth not onely help concoBion, but ,. eaf nh all joyntpains 5, but amongft whelps - which do it mojl efje dually. 1 1 2
14. why the French-Pox is more gentle now than it Was formerly, and ragetb not fo much, and into what difeafe it dege¬ nerates. , . 1 1 3
l 5 . How it is that Men dying, though they . have their mind and underfiandin-g firm, ye f they make a hoarfe noife, and a found that returns back , which the Low Dutch vulgarly call Den rotel. 1 14 I 6. 7 he death of man, and deftruBioncf . things that are, is againfi Nature , and is very improperly , called natural! - Jet v- '-.the mind wujt be refolved not to fear death-, though, not with out. caofe, all men are afraid of it. ti 5
17 .The
Ihe Contents.
Chap. Page | Chap. Pagd
17. The Inconvenier.cies of Tippling and | times take efeti and fall out fo , and
drunkennejse, and u hat things will re- fift and cure it. 116
18. Intemperance of drink is worfe than of
meat . - 118
19. wine makes a man drunk otlerwife
than Beer or Ale doth. 1 1 9
20. Men that acre tall audgroffe bodied, arc
• fometimes not fo long-lived as thofe
that are flend^y , ana cannot fo flout ly jlruggJe with dtfeafes. But ccm/nonlj hide men will drink more wine , than gruff e men, and will be longer before they be drunk. 1 2 0
2 1. They that eat a moderate break faft in the morning,wi\l eat more freely at din¬ ner 5 and if they drink much wine it wilt
. offend them lejje. By the way, whether it be whclefome to eat much bread . 1 2 1
22. Nutmeg at-d a Coral-ftone, carried
about am an , wdl grow the letter 3 but about a woman the worf e. 123
23. For the mo part fuch are barren and
' unfruitful /, whofe feed runs from them
of its own accord, and they pollu.e them- [elves, and haw that comes 10 pufje,
124
2 4 .when men are fick they grow tall though they eat lejje , but t/hey lofe in breadth ,
127
2. 5 . whether it is be $ to open a Fein when one is fafting, or after meat', and whe ther it be lawful to jleep pr efently after blood-letting. 129
2 6. Pbyfiogtoomy, that is, the reaf 'on h.wio look into the Nature and manners of
• men , and with which by the marks and
figni of the body we may judge of the mo¬ tion and props nfi on of the mind, is not to be difliked. Moreover, I Jhali prove by Teflimony of Scripture what is rnoft con¬ venient to be obferted hereby. I 30
27. whe tier it be more whole forfe to jleep
with open mouth, or with the mouth and
lips fhut cl fe. 132
28. That the curfet of Parents, and the til wijhes that they wifh apamft their Chil¬ dren^ find ban them withall } do fome -
their good wifhes whereby they dejire all good to happen to them, are a means to make them prefper , and to obtain what their Parents defired might happen to them
2 5?. How comes it , that according to the common Proie/b 3 fcarce any man re¬ turns better from its lorg travels , or from a long drfeafe, and 10 lead a better life afterwards. 134
30. Stones orjtwf Is dug forth of the Earthy or take/* out of the Sea, 0/ out of t e bo¬ dies of living Crea'u/es, what vertue they have , and by what means they per- f orm their operations. 138
31 .Of the events of dreams , and how -far they oug ht to be ob f ?rved, and believed ,
1-40
3 i.Ofthe Clima&erick or graduall year-,
" namely the 7 . and 9. in which years tie bodies of men fuff er want f eft changes 5 and of old CMen ef pec tally , 6^ is the moft dangerous. Likewtfe of the reafon of Criticall dayeS , that is, of the judg¬ ments of dijefi'es , whereby Phyfitians undoubtedly forejhew whether the fjck will live or dy. 142
33. How a‘ Looking-glafie reprefents db- feels, and what good the polifhed fmooth-
neffe , of a Looking-glafje, can do to Students and fuch as tire their eyes in reading, and how it may refiore a dull fight. 144
34. what force and vertue Aqua-vit#
hath, or the fptrit of wine di ft 11 I'd, and who may fafely drink it : by the way fome admirable effects of this made -wine, are fet down. 14 S
3 5 . The prodigious force of Quick filver, and the nature of it : the Dutchmen call it fo from its quick motion . . 148
36. How, when we want Salt) may fief h and other meats be preferved from cor. ruption. By the way, Of the wonderful force of Salt and Yineger. ,150
27. Pale women are more lafcivious than fuch as are of a ruddy complexion , and B 2 lean
The Contents.
Chap. Page
lean Women than fat , and do moire luft after men. 152
38. whether a man jhould drink greedily
and plentifully , or by little and little , and fparingly at [overall times , when he is tbirjly , or is [at at Table, 153
39. All fuch things as Jj aft ily cometojnatu- rity-y or rifte to their full length 3 do the [oonerfail , and cannot laft long : as we fee it in children , and [owe kind of
plants 3 1 5 5
40. Sometimes our meats are hurt , and contract a venemow quality , by the fit- ing of fome venemow creatures upon them ; Like wife in mens bodies from
ftlth abounding in them, fome things are bred, as Frogs , Toads , Mice , %$ts. Bats and an example of this is fet down . 15^
41. The force and Nature of the Sun and Moon in cauftng and raijing tempers : And next to that , what change may be made in the Bodies, Minds and Spirits of men, by the outward Ayre. By the way, whence proceeds the ebbing and flowing of the Sea, that is interchange¬ ably twice in the [pace of a natural l day,
1 58
o , '
42. Of the force and nature of Lettice,
and whom it is good or ill for . \6 3
43. Of patience commonly call’d $ or, the
great T)ock. 1 £4
44. Of the operation of CMans [pit tie,
i
4 5 .Of the uf f. of M‘ Ik, Bee (l i ngs,& Cream . The dutch call the firft Beeft, the latter Room : alfo what will keep thefe from cloddering in the Stomach. 1 66
4 6. why Gouty people are Lafciviou's and Trone to venery , and as many as lye on their backs 3 and on hard beds ,
1 66
47. whether the Small- Pox and Me apis may be cured with red Wine, or with Milk , that women ufe to adminifter , when fuch PuWjeS [hew themfelves ,
1 6S
48. wine is fpoil*d by Thunder and Light -
Chap. . Page
ning, and fo is this may be hindred,and the force of them reftored. . i£§
49* Predictions ofTempefts by the touch of Sea-water, and what winter Thunders fore-ftjew. 170
50. Children are delighted with be autifull things, and cannot away with the fight of old wrinkled women, and therefore they are not to be put to lye with old women in their beds , and much lefts e to lye at their
’ feet in the bed . 171
51. How it comes topafte, that children ,
women with child, Pnefts, and fuch as lead a folitavy and fedentary life, are of all people ftrft inf e Bed with popular dif- eaf is, and with the Plague. 171
5 2 Divers documents of Nature, and a fit conj unci ion of fever al matters , which becaufe / purpofed to handle them with ' a convenient brevity • / have bound them up together in one bundle. 172
The Contents of the Chapters con¬ tained in the Third Book.
Chap. Page
1 . T T Ow children are forced to endure JLi. the reproaches and difgraces of their Parents 5 and the faults and wick - ed aB ions of their Progenito. s, are fo far imp »t ed unto thef ?, that by reafon of them, they lofe their reputation or fub- ftance, and goods of fortune, orfuftain fome dammages in their bodies or minds .
180
2 . wherefore when men grow well after a
difeafe, do their genitall parts [well, and they naturally defire copulation ; and of this matter here is a fafe admonition, and whole fome counfelfet down. 184
3. Of the eftett of the Ayr, and gentle blajls, and of the names of the winds, with their forces and natures to caufe difeafes, and to ftir the humours , which being agitated fome times move the mind and mole ft it.
18 7
v . 4. Of
The Contents.
Chap. . ' l'agc
4. Of the CM twiners Compare , which Piaucus calls Vcrforia, by obfervation whereof MarrinerS fail to Sea-, tincl by
, what vertue, and for what reaf on , it alwaies points to the North. 198
5. what it is wakes Dogs mad) and at what
time of the year cbiejiy , and what are the be ft remedies to cure them. 201
6. Of the Nature , and force of Cold, and
what effeft it hath, if it be at any time ufed for the health and defence of Mans Body, 205
7. Of the Meazels of Hogs 3 and other
difeafes of this Creature, that are next km to the Leprofle, and are commonly called Orighans -, or contagions from the unwholefome and fickly habit of the body. And how this dtfeafe may be cured in Alen. 207
8. wherefore do the Low- Dutch, when they have had a tumbling and unquiet night that likes them not, fay they have had Saint John BaptilFs night,
21 1
$?. Of a fingular new way how to make Salt, and of the Tsfature, Ejfeffs, Force, life, and differences of it. By the way, a con¬ federation of fame herbs growing by the Sea, that are full of Salt juice, and out
-\ of which Salt is made. 2 1 3
The Contents of the Chapters con¬ tained in the Fourth Book.
Page
Chap.