8 Otkthe Snowe 
ſtake againe. f 
And although erperience dose che w it, vet Galen doseth 
teache it vs in many places , beeing the Pꝛinte of Phiſike. 
Foz inthe third degre: of the ſubſtãce of meates, heſaith, that 
vnto them which are hat of ſlamacke, it is tonuenient that 
their dꝛinke be made colde with ſuo we:the ſame he doth ton⸗ 
8 firme in the booke of good and euil meazes. a 
Galen. And in the ſeuerith ar his Methodo, it path beeee feene 
as he ſayeth, that diſeaſes haue beene healed, and the 
griefes ot the ſtomacke with colde water, made told with 
; ſnowe: and in the fir of the Epsdimias hre dooeth vie muche 
Galen, of Mater, firſte ſodden, and after cooled with ſnowe, and 
inimanp partes hee dooath put to ceole in ſnowe the medi ⸗ 
tines, which hee dooth vſe ol: and the fame dode the Araby- 
ens, koʒ that, as it is ſaid, it daeth ſœme that the ſnowe Was 
had in reuerence by the auncient Azyters, andthat ther 
did bie sf it inthe pꝛeſeruation of their health, and in the 
healing or their diſeaſes, foz that it was the beſt manner 
howe to make it colde, moꝛe cleane, and nioꝛe without ſcru⸗ 
ple. Foꝛthe colve that pꝛoteedeth ofſnowe, is bealthful with⸗ 
out reteiuing hurt, by that which is cooled with it, noꝛ caus 
ſeth any alteration, betauſe it is a very god congeled Water, 
and Both make colde. 
Howitough: Trueth it is, that it is not conuenient to vſe of the ſaide 
to be veel. fnotut continually, it it be net in time of need, by the way of 
medicine: loꝛ the bie of the ſaid ſnobor dꝛunke in water oꝛ in 
wine, 02 putting the mnowe into them dath ingender many 
kinde of diſeaſes, w hich it pꝛeſently theybee not felt, they 
tome to bee felt in age. Ot the which Galen doeth make 
a large relation, in the bodke of diſeaſes ofthe Reines, and 
in the booke of good and euill meates. And bycaute that A- 
uicen did expound them, I will (ew what be wziteth in the 
third part ofthe firſt bodke, in the 8 chapter. He which doth 
dꝛinke ſnow, and the water that voth pꝛacerd cut or the ſanis 
meme, it hee doe vie it cantinuallv, there wil falls muche 
hurt thereby sit doth offend the ſine es, and it Wan 
