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lic, -enions, leeks, wake robin, creffes, muftard, &c. 3. And fome a melancholic, 
as pulfes, efpecially lentils, and cabbage. 3. Of grofs nourifhmen’, as thofe things 
which have a flrong and hard fubftance, as bread baked under afhes, and whatfo- 
ever is made of meal without leaven; chefnuts, acorns, frogftools, thick, fweet, 
and black wine and ale; alfo whatfoever is vifcid and glutinous, and are to be 
thunned by all that live at eafe, and ufe no exercife before meat; but thofe are 
the beft for diet that are in a mean between incraffating and attenuating. 4. Of thin 
juice, as things which are not tough or vifcid, and have noc a ftrong fubftance, but 
thin and friable, efpecially if joined with acrimony ; as garlic, onions, lecks, hyMfop, 
organy, favory, bread of wheat well fermented, and twice baked, bitter almonds, 
peaches, and thin white wines: thefe alfo open the pafia.es, cleans away what is 
vilcious, incide and extenuate what ts grofs ; but are to be fhunned by thofe who 
e of a chojeric temperature ; the long ufe of them caufing bilious and ferous ex- 
crements, yet ate agreeable to thofe whofe body and veins are full of a crude, pitui- 
tous and melancholic juice. Here note, an attenuating diet differeth from a flender 
one, the laft prefixing a mode in the quantity, and the other being fo called by rea- 
fon of the tenuity of the alimentary juice. 5. Eupeptic, or of eafy concoction, as — 
things which have not a folid or firm fubftance, but either rare or eafily refoluble, 
concocted or corrupted, as moft fruits and things oleraceous; but thefe, as they 
are quickly and eafily concoéted, fo alfo are they eafily altered and corrupted: for 
if taken into a ftemach whofe heat is fharp, biting, and febriculous, or into which 
fome bilious humour doth flow, they. are not turned into aliment, but fome evil 
humour, but thofe things that are not eafi ly conco¢ted, are alfo neither altered nor 
corrupted. - 6. Difpeptic, or of hard concoétion, as all things of a folid fubftance 
and thick juice; as unleavened bread, cabbage, dates, chefnuts, unripe fervices, 
acorns, and acid wines. Thefe, if taken into a hot ftomach, they are feoner con- 
cote { than if into a mean: and in a weak and cold oe ee are either ncioged 
not all, or very lowly. oe brcye cperiihe os ask 
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