of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 155 
A They whoare of the former opinion, havea regard to their fweat, for to repreffe it : but thefe 
have an eyeto the dangerof the patient, being of this mind, that it isa more fafer courfe to give 
wine when the violence of the ficknefle doth abate. And indeed of this judgement I fee that moft 
Phyficians are, As touching the time to dtinkewine, thisis certaine, that good it is not but at 
* meat:neither prefently after fleepe,nor immediatly upon any other drinke,which isas much to 
fay,as never but when aman is drie and thirftiey Neither mutta ficke man bee allowed it, butin 
cafe of neceffitie or defperat extremitie.In fumme,we graunt it to men rather than to women :to 
aged perfons fooner thanto young folkesand yet to a luftie young man, before a child: in Win- 
tér oftener chan in Summer: and to conclude, to fuchas bee accuftomed thereto more than to 
thofewho have not drtinke thereof beforetine.A meafure alfoand meane would bekept,inthe | 
B allowance of wine,according to the ftrength thereof, and the proportion of water mixed there- 
with’: and the common opinion importeth thus much, That to onecyath of wine tris fufficient 
to put two cyaths of water ordinarily.Butin cafe the ftomacke be weake and feeble,fo as the meat 
digeft nor nor paffeth away downeward,meere wine is to be given to the patient,or at leaftwife in 
« féater proportion to the water, . eee deta | ih og 
Butto returne again to tholeartificiall and made wines, have heretofore fhewed many forts 
thereof: the making ofthem is at this day given over,as I {yppofe,and their ufe needlefle and fu- 
~ perfluous,confidering that now we give counfell and prefcribe,to ule the very fimples themfelves 
in their owne nature,which goe totheir compofition, Certes,beforetime the Phyficians upon a 
_ vaine ofteatation,becaufe they would feem to have their Apothecarie fhops furnifhed with {uch 
C varietie, exceeded all meafure in this behalfe:infomuch, as they were provided of a wine, made 
forfooth of Navewes; bearing the world in hand, thac it was fingular good for militarie men, if 
they found themfelves overwearied either with the practife or the bearing of armes, or in riding | 
their horfes: yea,andto fay nothidg of all the reft,they had the wine alfo of [uniper. Butis there | 
any man fo foolith,as to thinke and maintaine, That VWVormewood wine fhould be more profita- 
ble to our bodies,than VWWormewood the hearbcitfelfe ? What fhould! ftand vpon the wine of | 
- dates,among others of this range,confidering that it caufeth head-ach,and is good for nothing } 
els bue*to eafe the coftivenefle of che bodie, and forfiich as reach up bloud? As for that which * Con 1 
we called *Bion,I cannot fee or fay,thatitis an artificial wine: for furely,all the art and cunning ae gee 
that goerh to the making of it,lieth in this onely, Thatit is made and huddled up in haftiand yet acis & dfentee 
D profitable itis fora weake ftomacke readieto overturie,or that isnot able to conco@t and digeft * 
the meat within it: holefome for “women with child :comfortable to thofe who bee feeble and *treubledwith 
faint:g00d for the palfie, the fhaking of the lims,the {wimming and giddineffe of the head, the «7a and para. 
wrings and torments of the bellie,and the gout Sciatica. Moreover,it hath the name for to have*=" “ene 
~ afingularvertue to helpe in time of plague, and co ftand them in great {tead who are pilgrimes appetite, lon- 
and travellers intofar and ftraunge countries. Phus much may fuftice for Wines. ae ae brs 
Moreover, fay that wine be turned, corrupt,and changed fromthe ownenature,yet itleaveth j.5r alwaies ths 
not to retaine certaine vertues and propertiesrequifit in Phyficke :for vinegre alfo is medicina- belt things, 
ble.Exceeding refrigerative itis,& cooleth mightily: howbeit,no lefle vertue and force it hathto 
difcuffe and refolve an evident proofe whereof we may fee inthis, Thatif itbepoureduponthe = - 
E ground,tc will fome and caft a froth, Concerning the manifold operations that it hath in com- 
pofition with other things,I have written oftentimes alreadie, and will write {till as occafion fhall 
ferve.Butvinegte,even taken alone by itfelfe,fetcheth the ftomacke and appetite again to meat, 
and ftaieth the yex or hocquer: and if it be{melled unto, it ftinteth immoderat{necling. Beeing 
heldin the mouth, it preferveth folke from fainting with extream heat,whiles they are in the bain 
orhothoufe, Of itand water together there is made Oxycrat, which is a drinke more mild than 
vinegre alone, And the fame with water is comfortable tothofewhoupon the Sunnesheat have —e 
gotten the headach ora day-fever,and be newly recovered, Being ufed alfo in the fame fort with 
water,itis counted moft holefome for the inflammation orrheume of the eies. A fomentation 
with Oxycrat or water and vinegre,is fingular good upon*burnes ,{caldings,or rifing of the pim- "Po wredines, 
F ples. in Jike manner it cureth the leprofie,fcurte, and dandruffe, running ulcers and {cals, bitings ene | 
of dogs, ftinging with fcorpions, {colopendres, and hardifhrewes; and generally, it is good thefucking of 
againtt all pricks of venomous beafts, or pointed darts, and any itch whatfoever.Likewife againft Horle-leeches, 
the biting or prick of the *Cheeflip or Mani-foot worme.Applied hotwith a {punge to the feat, * muisipeda,cal- 
it is fingular for the infirmities of thefundament, But for this purpofe there muft be adecoction i mat: 
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