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most fed upon ; but it must be thoroughly boiled in 

 respect of the hardness of it, and also because other 

 wise it bindeth the body too much. 



50. Pistachoes, so they be good, and not musty, 

 joined with almonds in almond milk ; or made into 

 a milk of themselves, like unto almond milk, but 

 more green, are an excellent nourisher : but you 

 shall do well, to add a little ginger, scraped, because 

 they are not without some subtile windiness. 



51. Milk warm from the cow, is found to be a 

 great nourisher, and a good remedy in consumptions : 

 but then you must put into it, when you milk the 

 cow, two little bags ; the one of powder of mint, the 

 other of powder of red roses ; for they keep the milk 

 somewhat from -turning or curdling in the stomach ; 

 and put in sugar also, for the same cause, and partly 

 for the taste s sake ; but you must drink a good 

 draught, that it may stay less time in the stomach, 

 lest it curdle : and let the cup into which you milk 

 the cow, be set in a greater cup of hot water, that you 

 may take it warm. And cow milk thus prepared, I 

 judge to be better for a consumption, than ass milk, 

 which it is true, turneth not so easily, but it is a little 

 harsh; marry it is more proper for sharpness of 

 urine, and exculceration of the bladder, and all man 

 ner of lenifying. Woman s milk likewise is pre 

 scribed, when all fail; but I commend it not, as 

 being a little too near the juice of man s body, to be 

 a good nourisher; except it be in infants, to whom 

 it is natural. 



52. Oil of sweet almonds, newly drawn, with 



