and of the vertuesthereof. 
tlared hobo neteſlary itis fo3 the ſeruite oł man, asalfo bis 
great medicinal vertues, that pour woꝛſhip wil alfo declare 
‘onto vs ifthe gold haue anp, foʒ that 3 fe learned phiũtions 
command it to be giuen vnto ſuch as are weake z leane. tte 
ſuch as are ready to die, and ta ſuch as are fick at the heart: 
t to ſuch as are full o elancholv. D. knotw net wherupõ 
thefe learned Phiſitions do ground themſelues, that vou ſaꝝ 
do this, know not what benifit oꝛ profit tan come vnto thé 
of the vſe orgolde that ars debilited and leane, foz the longer 
they vſe it, the woꝛſe they thal like it: oz ifa furnace W great 
quantity of kindled coles be not ſufficient to change the mas 
her ¢ Difpofition of it:hotw tan the beate ofa weake ſtomack 
Work with it foz to profit therot and of the bertues,ifit haue 
anpefos hetherunts we knew not, z the neerer they are ta the 
death, the leſſe they can do with it. Seme there be which do 
commaund te cat peeces of golde, made in mony oꝛ in other 
fozmes into the pots whers the meat is ſodden, foz ſicke pers 
fons, they pꝛomiſs great matters theraf the heat where · 
With it is ſoddẽ, is not lufficient to change the foam ef it, noꝛ 
it prodteth any other thing then to make it clean of p filth p 
it had, as alſo the weight which it had, came forth, euen as it 
went in: foꝛ fo light a fething tan do litle in ſach metal. To 
think p it lerueth fo2 the heart and toꝛ foundings.of J which 
is ſaid, doth mant feſtly ſhe w that rather it is purtfal fo2 the, 
being ing dꝛed of their beginnings, ofſulphur ¢ quickſiluer 
although it be moſt pure of thẽ, xet alwaies his beginning is 
fulfur ¢ quic kũ luer, which botz of thele things be hurtfnl to 
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Tolicz. 
the hart. And ſo Hipoctates taketh it tobe euil water which Aspocrares. 
doth palle, by mines of gold, for the ſaid tauſes. either do 3 
knoty what foundation there is that gold ſhauld be gad f 
them that are Melancholp ſeing it is metal, being ſa, it ts 
very dꝛx, a thing fo cõtrarꝝ for them: il it be made croons, 
wherby they may be ſpent ¢ da his wil with them, who doth 
peſſeſſe th in this thẽy gine tõtentment ¢ gladne s. know 
no other medecinal benefit it can dato the, There are many 
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