Book 1III,

Maids love to feem beautifully and young men to loeli wanly.
Thofe that want bcards,are not thought to be fo manly . I
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CHAP. XVI.
The counfel wherewith I ufe to gratify young men , that they may have beards betimes , and that a comely Doun may grow upon their chins ; By ike way, a fit comparifon of 'GrajJe and Corn , with the Hair and Locks of Man,
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MAids that are marriageable, and defire to be married fud- Jenly, wifh chiefly chat they may grow comely and decent¬ ly call, that they may be thought to be ripe and fit for Husbands, and may get them Suiters. But young men wifh that they foay have mens forces, and may foon have hair upon their chins, and comely Beards j For befides the Dutch, other Nations think, that fuch as are fmooth and want Beards, are not fo ftrong for fenm* fports, and fit to get children, that many men are unwilling to marry their daughters to them: though icbcfometimes otherwife, and fuch as have no beards nor down on their chins fhew them- felves men in the marriage-Bed; though more frequently for want of heat, their forces fail, and natural faculties decay, and they want children fo much hoped for. Butthofe that defire to have Beards, and take care to make it grow, mud have that graffe often mowed, that fo the pores being loofned, and by often agitation, the heat being called forth that draws out the humour, the hair may break forth the more abundantly: which muft be pra&ifed chiefly in the Spring, at whattime of the year, heat and moyfture incrcafeth, and is diffufed into thofe parts. For where the beard is often fhaved,the hairs grow thicker as Grade doth 5 for hairs are in fome refpeds like Grade, and twigs, that being oft mowed and cut down, grow the fader, and the more abundantly. Wherefore young men that have no beard appearing, and look like boyes, if they will hear me,mud ule the Rafour oft 5 For if the chin and up¬ per lip be continually wet and foked with warm water, the heat and humour that dyes to thofe parts will be dirred up, and they will become hairy. But farther, that Beardlede and fmooth youths may grow full of hairs, and obtain a comely beard, there is a reme¬ dy elfevvhcredefcribed by me, in the book of the habit of the body, wherewith young men may fooner have beards putting forth, to adorn their chins/and their upper and nether lips may fpring forth like a wood, that the Son in law may not difpleafe bis father in law, whofe daughter he fhould marry, who fometimes is as defi- rous to be married to a husband, as the man isdefirous of her, and looks more oft-times on theplcafure than the portion. Amongft thofe things that will make ones beard grow, and are eafy to be had, I reckon Honey, frefh Butter without Salt, the juyee of a red
Onion, Reed-roots, with joyntsto didinguifh them, that have a white colour, and a Honeyed tade. Badgers greafe, called Das , Bears, Lions, Greafe, Bryony- roots, Beets, Radifh, Pepperworr, white Lillies, Flour-de-luce; a liniment may be made of thefc,
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Chap. 1 7,
Pcejervatives again ft the Plague.
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for the chin wet with thefe,firft brings forth a tender down, after
that a thick and long beard, which that it may not grow white coo
foon, tRuft be watered rather with cold water that hath a little
wine mingled with it, if we delire to adorn it. For warm or uv water
hoc water niakes the face wrinkled, and the hair hoary, fohotwa-
ter foon nukes young mens beards to gro.v, but it makes them /mwZdfJ.
fooner white as they grow in years. Bat Eunuchs by nature, or ,
fUch whole Tefticlcs are cut forth, try all means in vain to make ZZmbmdZ.
their beards grow, becaufe they want heat, which cannot raife
the humours ^ therefore they have a fmall feminine voice, and
ftnoerh body though they were hairy before.
CHAP. XVII.
flow and for what reafon,pr'eferving Tbyjick ought to be given in the time of the plague and contagious difeafes: and tvhdt things a' e be ft for their force, and vertues for thif.
I Observed in Gallia Belgic'a when the Plague Was fp re a ding there, and other epidemical dileafes, that many remain’d fa fe and took no harm by the contagion, by ufing fomc antidotes, of which kind are Theriac, Mitbndate, Germander, Zedoary, An- irbat things re- gelita, Laferpitium,to which that which is called laipcratoria, Jllii be Plague. commonly Mejfterwortel, is next kin,- or Magi-ftrantia but when they hapned to be infeded, no remediesectild be found Co effectu¬ al chat could expel the difeafe, for chough prefent remedies were applied, all was in vain, and the cure fucceeded not. For the Z^eTZith^ force of the venome being ftrong and furious, that invaded the bo- great cmion. dy that was fenced, and defended with Antidotes, and nothing being effected by thofe helps, there was none or very fmall hope left in other medicaments, fo that the matter grew alcnoft defpe- rate, and that of the Poet proved true.
Virgil L. i. &ncid.
The be ft help tv as for to despair of health.
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Wherefore when I was called to them, I gave them the choi- ccft remedies and ihit in a double dofe,tha:> as the Proverb is, I might ule a hard wedge fora hard knot $ and firft Ifrengthning the heart, 1 drave forth all the venome to the outward parts, never at¬ tempting to open a vein in thofe difeafes (unit fie 1 found that it was convenient otherwife , and the matter required it) left the contagion , as in a fmoking fire that is (lined,' it ufualjy VeinZnihZ falls but fhould fpread farther , and a greater fmoak and beopened. exhalation cf the venome in the body fhould fpread to the principal parts, to which all she channels of veins and arteries are produced. Wherefore whereas the ignorant multitude, AUmens ad-
and riling gentlemen take all mens advice without diftin&i- vic'M'abe on , be they Mcchanicks or unskillfull men to th6 great t^ntn^hj-
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Prefervations again f the Plague*
Book Hit
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Pi plague from the Ajrcu com¬ mon to all .
^ from hi nutriment proper to the people.
Socrates hit temperance.
Hon found men may refill the Plague. •
preservatives in the Plague.
7be forces of the
Orange or ci¬ tron*
hurt to their bealch : I defire to perfwade all men, that when any peftilentdifeafe invades a country, cither by contagion of the Ayre chaclayes hold on all without difference, be they gentle or Ample, or from laulty diets or want of food, that vexed 1 tnc common peo¬ ple, chat no man ralhly ufe himklf to thofe Antidotes, that they are wont to ufe and take inwardly, who are ink&cd with the Plague, leaft afterwards they want remedies that may cure them.: butlcc them ufe temperance in diet, frugality, andfedate affecti¬ ons, to fortifiethcmfelves againft it. For we read that Socrates by ihis means continued found in the time of amoft raging Peftilence that wafted his country, and deftroyed all Greece and nd
killed up the people there, he ufed fuch moderation in his life, chat he continued l'afe and free from the common calamity. Yet I dif- like not, which I ufe to do often, to take gentle remedies to oppofe the difeafe in comming, and to harden and fence the body before¬ hand, that it may admit no contagion, that no man may go out of his dorcs empty? and falling, fo he be ware of intemperance and gluttony* but it is wholefomc to wet and moyften the mouth, ears, eyes, noftrills^ hands and face with fweet fmelling things,as Rofe- water,Wine, Vinegar, Elder- flowers, andRedRofesthatare me¬ dicinal, and to chew Coriander feed,bruifed Cinnamon, Zedoary, Cloves, Citron pills. For thefe drive off the contagions of the am¬ bient Ayre, that infeft the Heart and vital fpirits by the breath taken in, and driven out,by breathing. But I, when I went every way fearlefte, with a defire to help the people and Citizens, was wont with thefe helps to fortify my felf, and chiefly with the Orange, Citron, or Lemmon, chewing with my teeth the moift pill of one newly cut, and putting ail my truft in God, to difeufle the peftilent vapours, for there is no more effe&ual remedy, than the pill, juice, and feed of this Apple. Which Virgil alfofpcaks of*
The bitter juyee, and flow tafle Media brings Of the blefl Appkythan which theTs no things To be prefer d, when cruel fep -dames give poyfon in drink , this fruit will make one live .
The flow* 9 $ very goody the Medes do make their breath Sweet by it, and this keep's Ptyfick old men from death .
But thofe ftrong Antidotes to drive forth the Plague, and prepa¬ red to expell poyfons, I ufe to take down very feldome, for they change and deftroy the habit of the body and its quality, which con lifts in the mixture of heat, cold, moift, and dry, and if there be in the body any fuperHuity of humours, (unlefle a purge be firft ad- mimftred) they inflame it * where it is difperfed all over, and by- kindling choler,raifcsup burning Feavers,
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Chap. 1 8. To what we ought to afcribe, amongflfucb multitudes of men ^c.
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CHAP. XVIII.
T 3 what we ought to aferibe 3 among ft fuch multitudes of men , the great djf similitude of forme , and the manifold difference that is between man and man in their faces , countenances a eyes , and other parts , fo that fometimes Brothers and Stflers are not one like the other.
AS there is inNature a wonderful & gracious variety,fo there is the fame in the form and fhapes of men , in their colours, cootenancc 5 eyes , lineaments , and in their faces there is found an admirable* and numberlefle difparity add difltmilicude. Some To what mil refer this to the influence of the Starrs a but I think to referr it morc properly and rationally to the nature of the Seed* and the Mothers Imagination. For being that rhe woman inthe very conception) and all the time fhe goes with Child, even The womans U for nine months, hath divers thoughts in her mind, and eve- ry moment is drawn this way , and that way, by thinking on divers things , and her eyes being dill fixed upon iuch obje&s the lights upon , it falls cut that thofe things (he fees, and are fafteft riveted in her imagination are commu¬ nicated ro her Child. For when the Nature of the woman is carefully intenc , in framing the Infant , and thinks on nothing but a fair and well proportioned Child, and all her forces are bent thereunto , if any fhap$ or Image be repre- fenced to the fight, this foon reflects upUn the of-fpring, who participates of it. Moreover Mothers , fo foon as the Child is born, do the bed they can that the Child may have a decent, comply, well proportioned body, fitly difHnguifhed in all the parts of ir. For Childrens bodies arc ductile and The faults of pliable 3 as Clay or Wa* , and may be bended any way. amended bt Wherefore if the mouth (land awry, and is uncomely, they * * ‘ forge frame and order it into a decent pofture • and if the face be frowning and Iowring , they will make it plea fa nr and amiable, and beautifull : they make thecycs very handfomc and lovely* and of gray eyes or blunkee* which Infants commonly have by reafon of moyfture, they make them black by abundantly feed¬ ing them with milk , and chiefly if the N itffe be of a hot temper , and the Child be kept in a dark place. For a light Chamber, where the Sunfhines in much, or a great fire, hurts the tender eyes.
But fqu in ^rolling gogle eyes, and fuch as turn' the wrong way, are TjaithebaUsof reduced to their right pofture, by bending the fight tne contrary three3ltLmy way, for the Mufcles will be brought to their natural! places by ***" wrefttng them to the other fide , and being turned about will come right:ch.ey raifeand feteaven the naftrills that are crooked and fail down, by a gentle way of handling them : but they reduce Eagle notes and fuch as are with becks by preflirig the n down to a de- . cent figure, that the perpendicular of the nofemay beftretched forth from the forehead and cybrows, unto the hollow part in the
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