Book II;

Tartar*
Campbir hin¬ ders liquors from corrup¬ ting*
The force of Ti- thymals.
How warts and Corns arc cured.
That wine may not corrupt .
Nitre maizes liquors cold.
Hew wine mufl be mingled with water*
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Pluta tch hit opinion of min¬ gling wine with water.
How to keep Gbefl-nfys*
And if you cut a licde piece of ir, and put it into wine, it will pre- lently con trad a filthy (linking fmelJ. t
Tartar oyl will presently take off Iron rufl, and make it filing and it will alfo take fpots and freckles from the face, and all de¬ formed fowl pufaes that are difgracefull to the countenance, by its abllergent quality.
Camphir mingled with rain-water keeps it from corrupting', and preierves ic in its perfed fweetnefle : lo alfo doth Myrrh, and Lignum Aloes called Agallochum.
So the Cyrenean juice called Benzoin, and Scorax Calamites, are very cffeduall to keep away putrefadion. For they drive off all ill vapours and corrupt Ayres * and make the ambient Ayre that is commonly the caufe of corruption, more pure by their fweet and plea fane vapours proceeding from their dry and hot quali¬ The Tithymals, that are of feaven forts, do by the cauftick and burning quality of their milky juice rake off all warts and callous fubftances, for by the intenfe heat of it and penetrating force it dries them at the roots, and when this is done they fall as feme rough-caft. Likewife Hermodadyls, and Savin, powdred and mingled with Oximel of Squils or juice of Marigolds, will take away all Corns and callous matter, even upon the fecrets, when they are contraded by foul copulation.
In Summer, that wine in Cask may not foon grow fdwre, and: wax hot, but may be cool to drink, place your pots in a veffel filled with cold water: and then putin Salt- peter, and it will fo cool the wine that your teeth can hardly endure it. Itisthe qualityof this,which makes fuch a noife in Guns; for, rake this out, and the powder will make no noife, nor will it drive the bullet fo far.
If any man defires to mix water with his wine becaufe it is too ftrong to drink, he muft not do that when he eats his meat ; but ari hour and half before he fits down to eat : for fo thefe liquors wilt mingle, and not hinder concodion by their repugnant qualities.’ For as they are commonly mingled they trouble the head and caufe belchings and wind. Alio fharp wines are not to be mingled with fweet, nor white with red ; For nutriments of divers qualities trouble the ftomach, becaufe one digefts fooner than the other* and goes into the fttbftancc of the body. Wherefore I would wifti men to drink white wine at dinner, and red at fupper. For white wine runs down quickly, and opens the veins and urinary paflages. But red wine if it be ftrong,nourifheth more, and is binding. But if you drink both at the fame meal, ever drink white wine firfh But becaufe I think we fhouldnot wholly negled the mingling of wine with water, that of Plutarch was ever m y delight : I had ra¬ ther drink wine moderately in its time, than to mingle it with wa¬ ter : for it is fpoil’d by putting water to it.
If any one would keepCheftnuts from corrupting, let him min¬ gle Walnuts with them for they will drink up all filthy excrement ticious moifiure from them, that makes them rotten, and will not
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let chemcorrupt. For the nature of the Walnut is drying, and
drinks up moifture, wherefore it is good for the Tonfils and all
difeafcs of the throat, for which ufe there is a confection made
called Diacarion, that is made of Walnuts, thatftopsall defiuxi- dUjihcm v
ons from the head j and becaufe they re ii IF poyfon, and difeufle
all contagions of the Ayre, the compofition Diatefiaron that is
made of four Ingredients, wasinvented by the Antients: which Antidote «.
hath in it two Nuts, as many Figs, twenty leaves ofRue,and feme
grains of Salt, if any one eat thefe bruifed together falling, he fhall
be that day free from venomes and contagious difeafes.
Onions contrary to the nature of all other Plants, increafe when Onions differ the Moon decreafeth, and decreafe when the Moon increafe $j,' The frmot^ reafon is becaufe the Moon choaks it with too much moyfture. For \ it being by nature full of juyee, as all Bulbate plants are, the Moon increaling, augments the humour of it,but it abates the hear, which, is the principal caufe that plants increafe : For the fame caufe fuch as are over fat, arc barren, and produce no children becaufe want heat, which makes the feminal excrement fruitfull. this.is the caufe that Onions, Aloes, Venus navel. Saffron roots.
Squils, Lceks,and many more that are full of natural moiltuic, if they be hanged up in the larder to the roof of the place, they will fprowt forth and grow. For being full of juice, they wane nothing but heat to make them (hoot out.
Feavers that make men hungry ufe to laft long. ; and therefore I Thefe that arE alwaics held it better that the ieavourifh Patient fhould be thirfty hungry when a than hungry. For fince their Feaver proceeds from yellow choler, ^verctms. good ftoreof drinkpowred on, and fweat being dried up, thofc Feavers will abate with eafe : but thofethat arc greedy after meat in a Feaver, are lick of a melancholique humour, and of a {harp Salt flcgme that kindles the Feaver, and the ftomach being full of thofe humours, they will defire meat exceedingly : whence it is that fuch as are fo affected do feed their difeafe, and give it fuel, whereby they muff longer be afflided by it. But there are three kinds ot flegme, fweet, lowre, fait, and the firft makes one fleepy,the fccondhungry,the third thirfty. That onely makes the difeafe long that makes a man hungry : wherefore if you would have the difeafe fooner end,give them, little meat at the beginning
Wines in Summer as we fee will grow lowre by reafon of the Howto keep heat of the Ayre. Wherefore they muft be fet in cold Cellars and places underground, and be well ftopped. But if you Want that con¬ venience, put into the veffel a pound and half of Lard and Hogs^ fleih falted, or as the velfel is great, a greater quantity wrapped in linnen ; fo hanged, that as the Wine is drawn forth you may let it fink ftili untill you come to the bottom, chat all the wine be drawn forth; and the wine will neither dead nor lowre. For all that would make the wine faulty, goes to the Hogs ficlb. But the mouth of the velfel muft be very dole ftopped that no Ayre may enter, and a bag filled with Salt or fand muft be laid on the top of it : fo will it neither grow fowre nor corrupt. But that win£ may grow
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Fat women ar: barren.
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