Book II.

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CHAP. X.
Every frong filthy f me ll is not hurt full to man : For fiome of thefie will dtjcufle contagions , and re fift corrupt difeafes. By the way, whence came the Proverb, that horns are burnt there.
Any things are of a moft filthy fmell which yet do no ways .hurt the body, nor caufe any corruption in it 5 and they will rcfift iome difeafes, and difcuffe the faulty troublefome Ayreand vapours, as Caftoreum, Galbanum, Sagapenum, the dregs of Ma- fterwort, called Afafetida,Bean,Trifoly, Brimftone, Gunpowder the fumes of burnt horns and skins. For thefe areofa ftrong fik thy fent, but they caufe no contagion, but they reprefle and ftrike back the filthy fonts and peftilent vapours, which Jakes and Han¬ ding waters, and thehearb Camarina, and (linking earth fend forth. Alfo by the fmell of thefe they raife young maids that are in a fwound, when they are troubled with the ftrangling of the mother, when being fit for marriage, they are forced to Hay for Husbands. But filthy fmels that rife from dead carcafes, and muddy waters, caufe corrupt difeafes, and infed the Ayre, by rea- fon of heat and moifture, butnot the vapours of thofe that tend lUfmeUs fome- Mrinefle.. Hence our Country people caftfnips of leather, horns, time refill the J and wet bones into the fire, and with thofe fents they Ayre their houfestodifpell the contagion of difeafes, and keep themfelves
a Proverb that and their cottages free from peftilcnt Ayres. Hence came the born an bum. Proverb that Horns are burnt there. Whereby th^y flgnifie that places infeded with contagious difeafes muft be avoided. Such a A hi (lory that is kind of remedy informer times was ufed about Tourney^ when the true Aone about plague cruelly raged all the Town over. For the Souldiers of the Tournay. G^rrifon in theForr, fill’d theirGuns with Gunpowder without bullets, and (hot againft the Town, and they (hot them off with a about the evening and mornirig: whence it hapned fire dims „v thatpby^he great noife and ftrong fmell, the contagion of the Ayre confwm off ^asremoved, and the City delivered from the Plague. For this MAym , iSrfcsppwerfull to difpcll contagions of the Ayre, as Hippocrates rerued y by making bomfiresj and burning many fagots in the
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Ch. II. The excellency of the finger of the left hand next the little finger. idy
CHAP. XI.
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The excellency of the finger of the Left hand that is next the little finger, which if lafi of all troubled with the G out , and when that comes to be affefted with it, death is not far off. By the way, wherefore it deferves to wear a Gold Ring better than the reft .
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PHyfitians grant that all parts of the body that arc affeCfcd with any difeafe that comes primarily or by confent, and law of company, fince a difeafe doth not confift in a difeafe, but the di¬ feafe is impa&ed by another to it. As the Proverb is, fomc hurt comes by realon of the hurt that is near. But provident nature Natu.ef alwaies defends the principal parts, and fends the mifehief to the the -more ignoble parts ; which is done critically and by the force of from the nature, when the collections of humours anddifeafes, are driven dlfeafe' to the remorpft parts. But if the difeafe and its fymptoms, that is, the affeCt that fucceeds it, be ftrong and violent, and nature be ' T * ' weak and cannot refift it, and bridle the force of it as (lie would, the humours fall upon the principal parts, as we fee in the inflam¬ mation of the Lungs, the Pleurifie, Quinfey, Lethargy, and many more acute difeafes, but in the joynt and Hip govvt, that is preva¬ lent in the Spring and Autumn, the force and natural facultie drives the humours heaped up in the body from the Wronger parts to the weaker. So I obferved in CjaiHa Belgica , that very many were fubject to the gowt of their hands and feet, all whofe joynts were fwolnand in bitter pains, onely the ring finger of the left The ring finger) hand, that is next the little finger, was free from it: for that by the ncarneffe and confent of the heart felt no harm. And up man need fear death from this difeafe, (for they are free fro&i other difeafes, if fo be they be not troubled with the pox, and fores thax arife from that) unleffe a confluence of humours fall upon the left fide of the breaft, under which part lyes the round point of the heart, and the ring finger begin to be knotty and fSvel l :
For fo foon as this comes, the vital force is weakned, aud the vi¬ gour fails, and all power of the mind and body finks down. Hence the Antients had a euftomej ro wear a ring of gold on that finger, and to adorn it fo above the reft : Becaufe a fmall branch of the Artcrie, and not of the Nerves, as GeUim thought, is flretched forth £,I0. c. io. from the heart unto this fidger, the 1 mot ion whereof you fhail perceive evidently in wotrie© with child and wearied in travel, ‘ T
and all affeds of die heart, by the touch of your forefinger. And this may fcecaabifcrdito noman * for I ufe to raife luch as are fal¬ len. in a fwoofti by pinchingihis joynt, and by rubbing the ring of gold with, a little Saffr.on^for .by this a reftoring force that'is in ?h - . it, pafleth totheheart, dnd rcfreiheth the fountain of life, unto t
which this finger is joyn’d : wherefore it deferved that honour aboye the reft, ahd Antiquity thought fit to compafteit about with gold. Alfa the wdrthof this finger, that it receives from -ebiiii the
no Some things will not burn ; and how that comes to gaffe. Book II,
the heart, procured thus much , that the old Phyficians, from whence alfo it hath the name of Me, dim , would mingle their me¬ dicaments and potions with this finger, for no venom can ftick upon the very outmoft part of it, but it will offend a man, and ferem.u. communicate it felf to his heart. And befides others, Jeremias teddies, that they were wont of old to wear gold rings on their fore finger. For fo you read in him, that God expoftulaces with the King : Alfo if Jeconias were a ring on my right hand, I would jeremias ex- pull him off from thence. Whereby he intimates, that though plain’d, m that he had been very gratious,a little before with him, and well fcSL pUcc. loved, and of great repute, that he delighted in him, as in a gold
ring with a pretious ftone fet in it; yet now he was fallen from that favour and grace, and was become hateful and odious unto him, becaufe he was fallen from his integrity of Life to wickednefTe : by which Argument he would have all men know, that the good- neffe of cur former a&ions will do us no good, if we fall away from them, and follow wicked wayes.- And again, our former . ch. 18. wickednefTe fhall never hurt us, as Ezekiel teftifies, where men repent and forfake their ungodly pra&ifes.
I CHAP. XII.
Some things will not burn , but are invincible in the midft of flames ;
and how that comes to gaffe,
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I Have feen napkins made and (vovenof a certain kind of flax ,that will not burn, nor ever beconfumed by fire ; when there¬ fore they are foul and lllould be made clean, men ufe no Soap or Lye, or Waih-bails to take out the fpots, but they caft them into the fire, and they will flame, as earthen pots that are very greafie, and become very clean and extream white. This kind growes in the defarts of India, and dry grounds burnt with the gun : from whence fome plants by reafon of the nature of the ground, and the qualities of the outward ayr, become to be of that temper, that they may be wrought and woven into fheets. For if in the Sea and Rivers Crabs can grow up with hard fhells, alfo CrafilV Lobfters, Scallops, and other fhcll-fifh /in whfch, L'\f' *1' ss Pliny faith, Nature hath varied and fported her felf, making in tbe Ligurian thcai ot different colours and fhapes(: and if the Coral fhrub in sea. the bottom of the Ligurian Sea, can grow with boughs, and when
it is taken out of the Sea it hardnethlo a ftone ; no man can think it improbable, that fome fhrubs from the heat of the ground by Rope* made of lhe Sun, become to be of fuch a nature, that being briiifed '-'With herbs. clubs, and fofened with the Workman’s hammer, : may becOthfc du&ile, and fo drawn into threads that fire will not burn, ffitb who will not wonder, that from Hemp, Nettles, Broom, and Hex
rinds,
Chap. 1 2 . Some things will not burn ; and how that comes to pajje, i j. i
rinds, Ropes and Cables are made, and alio Sails and Sheets ? for their rinos being tough and tenacious, they may be drawn into {mail threads, as alio the pieces and plates of filvcr and gold are.
So from thefe twigs (and not from the hair of the Salamander, as ' fome foolilhly imagine) are napkins and linnen deaths made, as from the Silk-worm and woollen- trees Silks are made, but with greater labour : for the matter is ft iff, and is not fo du&il. That kind of Linnen is called Afbeflinum, irom the likeneffe and nature of Lime that is purged by fire, and is not confumed, nor fuifers any Ioffe. Like unto this is the ftone called tAmiantus, and it relembleth Sciifil Allum , commonly called feathery AUum, of which, as Dicfcorides faith, the Indians makefheets^ which caff l. c. 99. into the fire will flame, but taken out they fhine, and lofe no- VoUtcr.i.z*. thing, nor become they ere the worfe. So wood and planks be- AUumrefip* fmeared with Allum will not burn, nor pofts, dores, beams that fin. are wee with a green colour ; fo it belaid on thick, and allum and tying* anoint - the afhes of white lead be abundantly mingled with the paint: cd Wlth il for the force of the fire cannot penetrate it, becaufe the wood is thickned and prefted together, and is hardned againft fire and burn, ^ y water.
cArchilaas the General of Mithridates made proof of this in a Woodden Tower, which when Sylla ftrove to fire, he could not dp it, and was forced to depart, leaving the bufineffe undone, becaufe it was all over anointed with Allum that binds exceedingly. So C.Ctfar loft his labour, when about Po he put fire to a Cattle Vitvuv. i.t. made of the Larch-tree wood ; For the Larch-Tree like the Pitch- c' 84 Tree will neither burn nor flame, and will not onely remain free from worms and rottentieffe, but it will not become coals, orturn to athes in the fire, being it is harder and more folid than horn, whichno firecanhurt, ot overcome. Laftly, it is fo weighty, that it will not flotc, but fink down under water prefently, like to Box and Ebcny, that in the native tongue is called Guaicum , a wood that is excellent to cure venereal fores , and the French pox. Yet a man may well wonder that it fhouid not burn and flame, when it fends forth Rofin of a colour like honey. For as many Trees as fweat forth Rofin and Pitch, quickly take fire. But the folid and compared hardneffe of the wood is the caufe of it, which hath no pores for the fire to get in to burn it by ; though Matthiolm afferts, that the Larch-Tree about Poe that grows there plentifully, will fuddenly take fire. ■ -
CHAP,
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The native heat of Man is increased by the heat of Children, &c. Book II,
By beat, my- (lure , JpH'ity the body fob* fifo.
wbelfs of one colour .
whelps laid to the parts eafe pains.
A Jimile from grafting.
Thera. I, 7.
CHAP. XIII.
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The' native heat of Min is fojfered and increafeth, by the heat of other Creatures , but ef penally by the heat of children, if they be laid to that part of the body that is weak. For this fomentation doth not onely help concoBion, but eafetb all joynt pains 5 but among ft whelps which do itmojl efjeBually.
'T1 Wo things there be that ftrengthen our body, and preferve JL our life, native heat, and moyfturethat is the fubftance of imbred hear, and thefe ftand both in need one of the other. Moy- fture is the food and fuel of heat, and heat fubfifts by it ; which two, being full of fpirit, and united together, do pafle into the whole body. Thefe muft be carefully looked to, that they may la ft* as long as may be poflible. For the body once deprived of their help, decayes, and all natural forces and faculties come to ruine. But fince many things are to be obferved, concerning thefe, and they are obvious amongft Phyfitians every where: I {hall let pafle all fuperfluous things, and (peak onely of fuch things as being applyed outwardly do lend help untoa tnan. Amongft thofe things that ftir up and augment natiiral.heat, and eafe pains, I place Whelps, not all, but thofe especially that arc of one colour’d hair, and nor (potted with many divers fpots on their skins, for thefe not onely iqfter imbred beat, buf eale pains alfo. So in all forts^f joynr Gowts,;ohthe h^ndsor feet, or elfcwhere, there is nothing more ready to cfl wage all pains be they never fo (harp/ than fuch whelps laid to the pa,rts affected., ¥pr by a fweet and warm heat, they' ft ir tip the faint and de^aid native heat in man, and by a continual fofteiing,hhey eitlfef /ttra^t ro themfelves the humour chat caufeth the paiqs, or by , a digefting and difcuffing faculty rhey cut and confume It. , For yoif (hajf find, that when tidy are taken away and releafed, thatjheir joynts will be weak and feeble, and they can hardly ftagd on their legs, the greareft part of the pain being drawn upon tliepifclyes. But that the skin of one colour all alike is the cauie of it, and thofe skins that are of various colours caufe not the fame* effed 5 the reafon is, the equality of their temper, and the uniformity of heat ; For the cUycrfity of colours, is a fign of thedifternper, and divers mixture of heat and moyfturo. For as grafting muft anfwer the nature of the Trees ; fo a man in cherifhing his limbs, muft apply a tempe¬ rate heat that is all alike 5 wherefore if you would ftrengthen your ftomach, or any other part, you muft neceflarily defend the natural temper of it, and not increafe the heat too much, or bring any ftrange heat into it. But as Galen faith, amongft thofe things that arc outwardly applyed, a l ittle boy of a good conftitution is beft to lie in the bed, fo that he may alwayes lye near the abdomen . There are fome (faith he) that keep young fat whelps for the fame purpofe, not onely when they are Tick, but when they are well
alfo.
Chap. 14. why the French-Pox is wore gentle now than formerly. 1 j 3
alfo. Such therefore are fit for thofe that have a weak ftomach
by reafonof drynefle, and above all, care muft be had, that the
little boy have not a moyft skin. For thofe that fweat much in the
night cool more than they heat : So David when he was old and 3 Kfp*-
cold had this remedy, that a young Maid lay in his bofome to
cherifli him 5 not that hedefired to lye with her, as the Scripture Maid lying u
testifies, but to recover heat in his limbs by her. Im
CHAP. XIV.
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tphy the French-Pox is more gentle now than it was formerly , and rageth notfo much, and into what difeafe it degenerates.
THere are three difeafes of kin one to the other* yet are not fo French vox, mortal, as foul and contagious, and thefe change one into Lepnfo, the other, viz. the French-Tox, the Leprofie, in hogs call’d the Seurvy' Meazels, and the Scurvy. The black Jaundice is a kind of them.
Thefe difeafes in former years did cruelly torment men ; now they are grown gentle, and not fo troublefome This happens, ; Difeafes grow. partly, becaufe the force of the mifehiefis fubdued by the Phyfi- gentle by cu- tian, and the cruelty of the humours isallwaged ; and partly, be- caufe Nature by cuftome is hardned againft: thefe pains. So 1 have obferved fome in their flourifhing vigorous youth to have been cruelly tortured 5 but when they grew old they were not fo much afflicted with it. For either the heating and boyling growes col¬ der, and the humours flow not fo much together : or Nature in time accuftomed to the difeafe, and being made familiar, and domeftick to her, fhe no longer contends with it 5 or elfe fhe is nourifhed with thofe vitious humours, and is not offended : For as Sows that wallow in the mud, andCoblers, and fuch ascleanfc a simile from Jakes and publick vaults, fmell no ill fmell ; lo difeafed people ih: are fed wich filth. And becaufe they are hardned againft the vi¬ ces and difeafes of their bodies,that I may not fay it of their minds, they no longer perceive the detriment that Nature fuffers: For the difeafe being inveterate and faftned in the very bottom of the marrow, hath taken from them all fenfe thereof. But at firft: when any ftrange quality feizeth on the body,whereby it corrupts and is changed, what parts foever receive fharp biting humours, they feel pain. But when the difeafe growes old, and is gtown up with Nature, they feel not much pain, becaufe they agree toge¬ ther, and the humours wax faint by commerce with the body,and keeping company with it, and by the mixture of other humours, they are weakned , as ftrong Wine is with Water. Yet the fooefteps of the old difeafe and reliques of it alvvaies remain 5 which if they fall down upon the Lungs they make the fick hoarfe, and fhorc winded ; if it fall on the joynts it makes them fubjeft to the Gowt in the feet, hands, hucklebone, and it returns at certain
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1 1 4 How it is that Men dying make a hoarfe noife. Book II.
have limcs- $0 all that have pocky fores are gowty : But all that have poc^y aforeT the Gowt in their feet or hips, have not the fymptoms of the Pox. havetbe Gevet, And if the flux of humours is fent to the outward skin , their but not con- $jc-ri macjc rugged and cruftyjthcir face is deformed with tetters, t,any' fcabs, foul fores and fcurf, and their hair falls.
a simile from F°r ouc with c^em as *c doth with Trees and Twigs,
Trees that are on which piife, or fome fait water or filth is caft; Tor when corrupted. the root is hurt the leafs fall off, and the branches wither ; yet the Tree dyeth not at the root, but it dccayes, and is hardly re- dored.-
CHAP. XV.
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How it is that Men dyings though they have their mind and undemand¬ ing firm> yet they make a hoarfe noife , and a found that returns backy which the Low Dutch vulgarly call Den rote!.
IN the Low- Countries, and in all the Countries toward the North, thofe that are dying fhew certain arguments of their departurc,by making a murmuring noife, and none of them die, but Hew thofe that have this mark before. For as d^ath is at hand, tl^Wmake a noife, as the water doth when it falls through roua^pnding crook¬ ed places, they will found and munrtur like to tnenoife that P ipes make in Conduits. For when the vocal artery happens to be Hop¬ ed, the breath that would fain break forth at once, finding a nar¬ row paffage, and the pipe funk down, comes forth by a certain gargling, and makes a hoarfe found infmoorh places, and fpring- ing forth forfakes the dry limbs. Wherefore the breath being heaped together, and mingled with fwelling froth, caufeth a nolle like the ebbing of the Sea 5 which alfo comes fo to palfe in fome by reafon of their panniclesand membranes drawn into wrinkles* fo that the breath comes forth by a crooked and winding revolu¬ tion. But they that have a ftrong and great bodies, and die of violent deaths, found more, and drive longer with death, by rea¬ fon of plenty of humour , and grodc and thick fpirits. But in ^ndwhowitb* thofe that are waded 'in their bodies, and that die eafily by de- rreat trouble, grees, the breath runs not fo violently, nor with fo great a noife, fo that they dye by little and little very gently, and do even as it , were fall adeep.
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noife.
CHAP,
Chap.i^. The death and destruction of man , improperly called natural. 1 1 5
C HAP. XVI.
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The death of man and deftruBion of things that are , is again ft Nature $ and is very improperly , called natural. Tet the mind muft be re~ folved not to fear death 5 though ^not without caufe> all men are afraid * of it.
T Hough it be fo ordained by nature, firice that mans rebellion hath drawn this upon himdefervedly, that we muft all tend to deftru&ion, and dye. Yet I fee that by reafon this may be pro¬ ved, that death is not natural but contrary to nature. In the be¬ ginning this was given by nature to all kinds of Creatures to de- • ' t fend themfelves, their life and body; and to decline that may lc'L‘x‘°wc' feemto be hurtfull unto them ; and to be very carefull to look to their own preservation and fafety. For who doth not obferve what greatcare and diligence men ufe, by the light of reafon, and brute beafts by the light of nature, to defend and keep themfelves from danger l Ail men fear death, every one drives to keep him- No man but felf from it, for when death comes. Nature is extinguifhed, and tremble* at the ceafeth to be any longer. So Chrift who would lhew the imbred °fdeatb- weaknefleof mai\s nature, who except fin and difeafes was like to us in all thifljiL feared death, and prayed againft it. Alfo in John *1, Peter is expref!iB{ffoeafFe when Chrift thrice asked him if he loved him, and that he fhoiild take great care to feed his flock, (howing unto him what Should befall him, and what death he fhould die. When thou wer’c young (faith he) thou wandredft whither thou wouldeft, and didft gird thy felf, but when thou groweft old, another fhall gird thee about, and lead the whether thou wouldeft not. Whereby he fhewsthe defirc and weaknefle of man’s nature, thatisftrick- en with the terrour of death, and is very unwilling to come to it, yet the mind is willing and ready. Since therefore death is the deprivation and abolition of Nature, how can it be faid that it is natural ; and agreeing unto nature, that is violent, and wholly ex- tinguifheth Nature ? I know that man by his fall deferved fo much and in that he degenerated from the dignity he was created with, being difobedient to his creatour, to be punifhed with all pains and vexations, difeafes, hunger and thirft, and unquietndle of mind, and at laft to undergo the punifhment of death. But it was si* brought i* not the fault of nature that brought in thefe miferies, but fin. For ancl fifl.ee the fall of the firft. man all things are changed, and become contrary ; fo the ftars, difeafes. Elements, Wild-beafts, and De¬ vils are become enemies to man. And, as Paul faith, the whole creation is made fubjed to- vanity and corruption for mans caufe, nom. 3; and the whole Series of Creatures, the Angels not excepted defire an end of their labours. But the certain hopes of a better life doth recreate our minds in fo great miferies, and our confidence in Chrift who reftores the decayed Nature of man to his former dig- nr S * nity.
1 16
Faith in Cbrifi taketfrom rnan the fear of death.
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A fimile from the JlruCiurc of houfes.
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Intemperance in Wine mm the memory ,
DeTmp.l.3.
The InconVeniencies of Tippling and Dmnkennejfe. Book I{.
nity, takes away from us all terrour and fear of death alio out of our fouls. For the remembrance of his death and refurre&ion, doth wholly confirm and drengthen us, for we believe that man fhall not be annihilated, but changed to a better condition, and that death is not our ruine, but the door and entrance to a more happy life. For we know,asiW faith, that if our earthly houfe of this Tabernacle were dijjolved , as houfes ufe to be taken down &: dii- joynted, that we have a building from God , a houfe not made with hands , eternal in the heavens. Which God provided for this endjthat by ri¬ ling again we might enjoy the glory of immortality, and God hath given us his fpirit, as an earned and pledge thereof, who doth by his prefence confirm to us our hope and higheft confidence of things to come. For by his fpirit alone we are certified that he who raifed the Lord Jelus, from death, will by the power of him raife us alfo, and make us partakers of his glorious Refum&i- on.
CHAP. XVII.
The Inconveniences of Tippling and drunk ennefe^ and what things will rejijt and cure it.
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THcre is an old cuftome of force, amongft the High and low Dutch, that they care for no mans friendfhip or familiarity, but fuch as can drink itrongly with them,& pifs ftoucly. Wherefore I thought I fhould do fomething ccnfiderable,to relate fome things that will refill drunkennefle : that every man in that conrcft may look to himfelf, cither not to be overcome with Wine, or to be offended but little by it. At firft let no man drink too much, and be too ready to take up his cups, but let him civily refufe and draw back, pretending that he is not very well. Sometimes you mud find out fome flratagems to deceive thofe that aim at you to make you drunk, and that mod endeavour to prevail over you. And you mud take occafion cunningly to deal forth to make water, or 10 take away the cup, but you mud be very crafty and fubtill in doing it & with great dexterity.For if the company find your cun~ mngjthey will ply you the more abundantly. Yet every man may eafily find out fome fhifts to avoid, and wittily to cofen his fellow drinkers. In the mean while let every man confider well the reward ofthis inveterate and unWorthy cudome and crrour, and he fhall fee as clear as day what hurt it doth to his body and loul and fpirits, to be given to much drinking. For firft, it not onely hurts memory the mod pretious faculty of the mind,and makes it weak, but totally ruines it, making the .eyes dark, and caufirig blindnefle, the cheeks are blabber’d, and the limbs trem¬ ble and reel, and many other inconveniehcies accompany immo¬ derate drinking of wine, and they are all cold difkmpcrs. Nor, as Galen faith, doth italwaies heat a manjbut when he drinks more
"1 than
Chap. 1 7. The inconveniencitf of Tippling and Drunk enneJJ e.
than he can conquer, ic caufcs cold difeafes. For the natural heat is extinguished and choakcd, juft as when you povvre abun¬ dance of oyl at once upon a liccle flame. I do premife this that no man Should faflly judge that do give occafion, or open the dorctor l'uch wickednefle. For it is my chicfeft defire, that men would eicher drink moderately, or it there fall out an extraordi¬ nary occafion to drink much ('tor as the Proverb is, thefe folemni- tie^ cannot ftand without it) that they may not want helps to drive away drunkennefle : amongft which I fetdown bitter things, and as many fuch means'as will purge away watry humours by urine. For by this way the fumes are derived from the head, and the Wine is hindred from going into the veins, alfo by their bk- ternefle they dry up moifture. So five or fix bitter Almonds taken before lupper will perk-ren it effectually. Peach kernels have the Jike quality with them, and the juice of Peach-leaves prefied forth, and a little tafter full thereof drank fafting, hath the fame venue, alio the infufion of Reman- Worm-wood, and nutmeg* For all thefe open the pafiages,and make them wide and loofe, as alio oyl prdTed forth of Olives , or two ounces of oyl prefled fohh of the feeds of Seiamum drank in the morning before Sun-rifing : for it nukes cne beily flippery, and extends the urinary paflages, fo that drink ftaies not in the body but pafleth away continually, if lb be a man do not burden his ftomach too much with earing. For he that is forced to drink, muft eat meat but fparingly : but if he fhall eat a morfel of bread dipt in honey, he fhall do well. For honey takes away the fotce of wine, and blunts the fharpqefle of the fumes. Cabbage is better than them all, which Cato com¬ mended exceedingly, it is vulgarly called Caulis, bccaufe no plant hath a greater ftalk* But of this there are many kinds, and the red cole is belt to refift drunkenm fie, if you chew the leaves in your mouth and fwal low down the juice, of eat them boy I’d for the firft dith at rablc. Yet the fea-cole; and fca-purflanc that grow plen¬ tiful! by the fea in Zealand &vc fat mote effectual; which we ufe in lallets and fauces to ikarpen appetite; For they make a mail very rrungry and thirfty by their irnbfed faculty. Hence it comes that no fumes or vapours of rhe wine can rife to the head, for they are purged out by fiege and urine. There ate many other things of this kind that refift drunkennefle, that a man may not be over¬ come, but I cannot reckon all. But if any man chance to be drunk that is not provided with thele helps (For wine as Habakkuk faith, deceives the wife) he muft be helped by vomit, which the wife man alfo gave counfei for. If thou art compelled to gorge thy [elf-, go forth and vomit. After this the teftieles and genital! part* muft be foked in cold water, and wrapped up in a wet napkin • but wo¬ mens breafts muft be lo vvette 1. For prefently the vapolirs being turned away; all drunkennefle is difeufled. In the mean time fharp and fowrifh things, and good juicy Apples muft be eaten. As Oranges, Citrons, Cherries, Peaches, Barberries, Verjuice, Cornels, and all things that are of a cooling and repercuflive qua-
lity,
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A Proverb ft bankets.
Sitter things hinder d'runlicn-
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’Tis naught for drinkers to eat overmuch .
Cabbage hinders Vrunlicnncjfe,
Sea-cok- worts.
Ch.i.
Eccl. 31.
Vomit is good*
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Intemperance of drink ic vporfe than of meat. Book II.
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Head- ache from yeflerdays wine.
Helucus is the head- ache from drunlienneffe.i*
The force of Ivy in difpell- ing drunitfn- nejfe.
lity; and have fome cutting and abflergent faculty. For though drunkennefle ceafeth either by fleep or vomiting, yet the head will ake the next day, and is offended by vapours. Fefm Pompem calls this effett Helucus , which word figmfies as much as hall a fleep, and a gaping from yefterdayes wine. Tertulltan ufeth this word for that affedt ion, whereby men are made ileepy by the drinking much the day before : when he faith, The vertue of Ivy is to de¬ fend the head from this drowfinefle, by its difcuffing and drying quality; whereby alfo it is thought to keep men from being drunk, if it beapplyed outwardly to the head, or by taking before-hand forne of its berries that are yellow-colour’d.
CHAP. XVIII.
Intemperance of drink is mrfe than of meat. ■ -
SOme fay, that men arelefte hurt by drinking than eating, if a man cjo take either immoderately, and above the ftrength of ^o dtWin)' Nature. And this they would maintain by an Aphorifm of Hip- fioleft mmfh. pocrates.lt is more eafie to be filled with drink than with meat ; but I think they are fouly miftaken. For he meant, that moyft liquid things arethebeft remedy to reftore ftrength loft. For liquid things foon refrefh thofe that are confumed, which though they nourish not fo much as folid meats ; yet they are much fooner di- ftributed into the body. Wherefore the opinion of Cornelm z. t: Cel fat is moft true, and is not contrary to Hippocrates. When you
cel fas explain- eat meat,it is never good to eat too much ; and oft-times too much ed‘ abftinence is ill. But if a man be intemperate, it is worfe in drink
than meat. Whereby he intimates, that immoderate drinking of wine doth a man more harm, than to glut bimfelf with meat. For drink prcfcntly penetrates into all the parts, and goes into the ■veins undigefted, and pricks the nerves and brain : But meat fticks in the ftomach till it be conceded, and if it be burdenfome, it is eafily caft forth by vomit ; which is not fo ea fie and ready for liquid pay fans Nature after drink. This is proved by Cats, Dogs, Dormice* m(t hurtful!. Rats, if they eat any morfels that are mingled with poyfon, they eafily vomit them up, by Natures faculty provoked, which in moyft things is very hard for them to do ; wherefore poyfons given in drink are more dangerous than given in meat, for the venom is fuddenly carried to all parts of the body and corrupts the vital parts ; and if it be drank in wine it deftroyes the fooner. Bur • . immoderate meat is a dangerous thing to choak a man, and the ftomach fofwells, and is extended by it, that you would think it ^ things would break, efpecially in thofe that are hard to vomit. There- repitpoyjo n> f0re it is good to ufe moderation in t both. But there is nothing
more dangerous than a venomous potion, if there be no fat under it: for if there be, the venom pafleth flower into the veins, and doth not altogether lay hold of the vital parts, and it may be caft
forth
Chap.ip. Wine makes a man drunk otbemife than Beer or Ale cloth. lip
fotthby Vomit fooner. So when we would prevent venomous potions, we muft cat butter, oyl,and all fat things ; forfothe ve- no he will not ftick fo fa ft to the body, and penetrates not l'o foon into the veins, and it is loori carried torth again by vomit; and fo they are good againft drunkenheffe alfo j but if it ftay long in the body it corrodes and cxulcerates the internal parts, and makes a paflage to the heart the fountain of life. Wherefore fo foon as one hath taken vehotnc of lome dangerous meat, repercuffives, l'owr, fharp, aftringent things that bind and lhut the pores, muft be avoided, and abovs all things, fleep. For as they that are sleep isdan- ftricken with the plague, when they grow llcepy, if they do fleep, &er0U4 after , they are fooner dead, and Nature is more fluggifh in refilling the Zbennebai contagion ; fo in venomous bitings and poyfoned potions, if men ihcpiague. fall afleep, they are in worfecafe, and the venome fooner takes hold of the vital parts. Wherefore they muft be pulled and kept waking, left the venome run inwardly toward the principal parts. For as enemies with little labour and without any trouble An elegant almoft enter Cities and Forts without any refinance, when the $imlefrom the Citizens and Watchmen are drunk and dead afleep ; fo the body ^ M
of Man when difeafes come upon him, or when venomous potions aredrankin, can hardly hold out and efcape, but muft needs be lubdued, when the faculties and powers of nature are opprefled with fleep, and are fluggifh and idle, and not cheerful! to make oppofition againft difeafes. Whence it comes that they are forced to yield ro the Conquerour, not onely with the Ioffe of health, but of life alfo.
CHAP. XIX.
Wine makes a man drunk otherwise than Beer of Ale doth .
T Hough the brain be naturally moyft and fofc, yet the nerves ^Qw tht n(rvn proceed it, as threads from the diftaff of Wooll or Flax, are produced whole paces are diftributed into all parts of the body. For from frm the brai,u this principal as from a fountain nerves aredifperfed into ail the A^m\\cfrm parts, as boughs from the root of a Tree, which are diftributed the branch et into many branches. The whole body partakes of fenfe and mo- °fa^ec. tion by the nerves, an^ when thefe are affedted, and the principal