. Cornelio. 
Celſo. 
Anuictv. 
Auicen 
ei 
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Aicen. 
Yaak, 
 Alsabos, 
Raise 
Anieen. 
Ofrthe Sno-wee 
drinking of the coldeſt water they were healed, zs Galen 
layth in the 7. ol his Methedo, that ht ſawe in one day, pea 
in one houre, with a dꝛaught of colde water many diſeales 
Were healed, and ſome of thele were weake of ſtomack, not 
only with colde water ofa ſountaine, but with water coled 
in owe and in Rame it is vſed. And lo Cornelio Celſo in 
his firſt bake vnto ſuch as were weake of ſtomacke, com 
manded them to dzinke, alter they had eaten, the coldeſt was 
ker they could get, and in cholerike ſtosles ſhould be dꝛunke 
Water, that was moſt cold, and in runnings of whot humoꝛs 
it ſhoulde bee bicd, koꝛ toſtap the fiure, Auicen in the laide 
thapter ſaith, that the cold water dath cõloꝛt all the vertues 
in his Woꝛkes, that ts to fap the vertue dilgeſtiue, attradine, 
retẽtiue, and expulſue. And fe he goeth declaring euerie one 
of them, giuing vs to vnderſtand how much the colde waker 
doth toꝛoboꝛate and make ſtrong all theſe vertues, whereby 
they dos their woꝛkes fhe better. andthe ſaid Auicen in the 
fecond of his frſt treatie of water, ſaieth, the colde water is 
the beſt of all waters, and it is tonuenient fo2 them which 
are whole, oz it giueth luſt to meate, maketh the ſtomack 
frong, And a little before hee laieth, that which is nat colde 
dodeth coꝛrupt diſgeſtion, and cauſeth the meate to ſwim in 
the ſtomacke, it taketh not awaythe dꝛyth, it cauſeth the 
dꝛopſie, by reaſon it cosrupteth the frſt diſgeſtion, ⁊ conſu⸗ 
‘meth the body with his heate. Auicen himſelfe tonſlirmeth 
this in the thirde ofthe firit part, ſaxing, the colde water is 
connenient for them that haue a temperate complection, 
‘for being whot, itcauſeth the ſtomacke to be ficke, Iſaac A- 
labas and Rafis,fay the fame, that Auicen ſaieth, the which 
he did let to wꝛite of, bytauſe bee woulde not bee long in his 
ſapinges, One thing Auicen wotild haue in ehe third of the 
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kd: 
300 foundation,cating firtk a goed pozttõ ofmeate⸗ 
denke. Allo he (aith that the colde dꝛinke may not 
e much at one dꝛaught, dut by litle and litle, ee 
