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alfo mak tbc oclly coftiue, iffo be that it be not ripe. For fuch crude and rough wines do often- 

 times moled wcake ftomackes>and are troublefome to the belly. 



Reddifh yellow wine feemeth to be in a meane betweene a thinne and thicke fubftance : other- A 

 wile it isof all vines the hotteft j and ftiffercth moft water to be mixed with it 3 as Hippocrates wri- 



The old vine of this kinde,bcing of a thin fubftance and good fmell,is a Angular medicine for all B 

 thofe that are much fubjeft to fwouning, although the caule thereof proceed ofcholcr that hurteth 

 the mouth of the rtomackc, as Galen teftifieth in the i2.bookeofhis method. 

 ' s„ c wine the Icfle hoc it is,tbe leffedoth it trouble the head,and offend the minde ; and it bet- C 

 rcr | through the belly, making it oftentimes foluble : but it doth not fo eafily pafTe or de- 



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tbc lui s and for thole that haue the cough. It ripeneth raw humors that fticke in the chert and 

 cauleth them to be eanlier lpit vp ; but it is not fo good for theliuer, wherruntoitoringeth no 

 fmall hurt when either it is inflamed, or fchirrous, or when it is flopped. It is alfo an enemy to the 

 fplcuic,it ftickcth vnder the fhort ribs.and is hurtfull to thofe that are full of choler. For this kind 

 ofwmcefpecially the thicker it is,is in them very fpeedily turned into choler s and in others when 

 it is well concotf ed,it increafcth plenty of nourilhment. 



Auftcre wine,or that which is fomewhatharfh in tafte,nourirtieth not much ; and iffo be that it 

 be thin and white, it is apt to prouoke vrine, it lefTe troubleth the head, it is not quickly digefted 

 fotwhichcaufeitisthemoretobefhunned,as(j4/f» faithin i2.booke of his method. ' 



That wine which is a! together harfh or rough in tafte, the leffe ripe it is, the neerer it corometh F 

 to the qualities of Vcrjuyce made of fower grapes, being euidently binding. It ftrengtheneth a 

 weake ftomackc 5 it is good againft the vnkindely luffing or longing of women with childe 5 itftai- 

 eth the laskc.but it rticketh in the bowels .- breedeth ftoppings in the liuer and milt . it flow'ly def- 

 cendeth by vrine, and fomething troubleth the head. ' 



Old winewhich is alfo made (harpe by reafon of age,is not only troublefome to the braine but G 

 alfo hurteth the finewes : it is an enemy to the entrailes, and maketh the body leane. ' 



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it cauleth troublefome dreames, efpecially that which is not throughly refined, or thicke, or very 

 fweer : fot fuch do fooner fticke in the entrailes than others do. O ther wines that are in a meane in 

 coIoar,fubftance,tanc orage.as they doe decline in vermes and goodnefTefrom the extreames . fo 

 alio they be free from their faults and difcoramodities. They come neere in faculties to thofe 

 wines wbereunto they be next,either in colour,tafte,or fubftance,or elfe in fmell or in age. 



K u S u Cft f ° r thofe that be ofnature cold and dr ? 5 and al fo for old men, as Galen fheweth X 

 'i nis fifth booke of the gouernment of health : for it heateth all the members of their bodies, and 

 purgeth away the watery part of the bloud, if their beany. 



(ebloud.and nnnrifh ** 



fcr V' iWnu wmcn commodities tney bring to old men, efpecially at fuch time as they haue no 

 th« US r) T?' r in tbcir veines > and haue need of much nourifhment. It happencth that oftentimes 



netedotn abound in their bodies a waterifhexeremrnr anHrhpnftanH rfi^w Jntr^ttr.™,! ^ ,11 ~r 



f uch wines as do prouoke vrine. 



flenr f r in j 4 ^ f ° r ° ld men,fo lt is worft for chiIdren : b y reafon that being drunke, it both moi- L 

 and! - oucrmuch > and alfofilleth the head with vapours, in thofewhoareofamoift 



ot complexion, or whofe bodies are in a meane betweene the extreames, whom Galen in his 

 a vcrv l tnc .8° l1ernment of health doth perfuade.that they fhould not fo much as tafte of wine for 

 andhr> 0ngtlm u neither is it good for them to haue their heads filled, nor tobe made moift 

 ftot.lH v °r e 1 ,S ,ufficient >becaufe they are already of fuch a heate and moifture, as if you 

 ia Due little increafc either quality,they would forthwith fall into the extreme. 



'onl«S in P J hat . eueryexcefre is tobe fl»»nned,it is expedient moft of all to fliuntb.is.by which NI 

 omy the body,bnt alfo the minde receiueth hurt. J 



Wheref 



fonabl 



e part of the minde. 



^ Of the delay ivg^er tempering of Wine 



te?^, 3 " ^ tCuft ° rae ' and of long continence in oldtime, for wines to be mixed with wa- ° 

 Wine firfl £1 e u nd euident not onely by Hippocrates, but alfo by other old mens Wrirings, 

 r «wtiterh :„V D u • "^ Wlth . water for health and wholefomeneffc fake : for as Mppocr*- 



tn m His booke of antientPhyficke, bceing (imply and of it felfemuch drunke, ir m*- 



Eeee keth 



