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remedie, to.the end,that afterward they might have helpe againe by the fame in like cafes) and G 
| thereupon (as ourcountreyman Varro isperfuaded) after thatthefaidtemple wasburned,heé 
*i.Chamber- profefled thatcourfe of Phyficke which iscalled*Clinice. VW herby Phyficians foundfuch{weet 
» Piyficke. So" neffe,that afterwards there was no meafire nor end of fees: infomuch,as Prodicus, adilciple.af 
hee vifited his Zéppoerates, and bomein Silymbria, erecting thatkind of pratife inPhyficke, which is called 
patients lying *Jatraliptice, opened by that meanes the way to enrich even thofe, who under Phyficians were 
nn Sole émploied in rubbing and annojnting mens bodies, yea,and brought gaine to other bafe andfer 
of maintaining vile minifters attending upom their cures-After tiem came Chr9/ippusah place : whe through his 
pet acd much babble and pratling, wherewith hee was well furnifhed,altered the Theoricke and {pecula- 
by frictions & tive Phyficke of * Hippocrates and Pyadicusgwith all their principles swhomefucceeded Erafifira- 
wutward appli. 1745, Ariftotles fifters fonne,and hee chaunged alfo many of Chay/ippus histules and receits , nots {fq 
gation of olles withftanding hee was afcholler of his and brought up under him . This Evafifratws for curing 
* Who wroght king datiochus,received of his fonne Ptolomaus (king: after him) one hundred talents : which 
pgeeionsand to begin withall, [note bytheway, that you may fee how(even in thofe daies)Phyficians.were 
“upon were cal- Well rewarded fortheir pains and skill. But in procefle of time,one cra, acittizen of Agrigen- 
led Rationales, tum in Sicilie, much commended by the authoritie of Ewpedecles the famous naturall Philofo- 
and Dogmatici pher,began in that Ifland to infticute another faCtion and {e& of Phyficians, who grounding al- 
togerhe: cheit woike and operation upon éxperience,called themfelves Empiriques. Thus there 
being diverfe {chooles of Phiyficke, the profeffours in ever} one of them entred into'contention 
_ aod vartance,fome fiding this way and others taking the contrary; untill at length Her ophilws en- 
tredthe {tage who reproved and condemned as well the one as the orher:and reduced the pulfes » I 
or beating of che arieries unto the times and meafures in Muficke, accordingtothedegrees of 
every age, Long alter icwas not. but chis Philofophicall fuibriltie of hisfect was given over and 
abandoned, becawie the profeffion therof required of neceffirie fo much learning and literature. 
And albest thar d/clepiades when he began to profefle Phyficke,brought with him an alteration 
of ail thatwas belore,yer(as I aave already related)his Phyfick continued no longer than others: 
for Themifor (2 (choller ana @udicor of hig)fo-foone as ever his maifter was departed this life,al- 
tered quite al! tha: hee wrore and noted ac firft trom histmouth 5 and betooke himfelfe to a new 
practiie, according to his owrie head and tantafie. Buewhat became of it? Surely within a while 
aitet, Aajonii Mafo, Phefcion t «aen(tes the Emperour, put downe that which 7Zemifon 
had fet up :arid that by che authoritie and warrant of the faid Emperor his patient,whomhe de- 
* Suiacalida livered froma daungerous difeafe,*ufiog dire@ly a contrarie cure to that which had ben practi- 
a. hay. fed beforetime. Many other Phyficians there were of great name, whome ] overpafle : but the 
discurari coz Ptincipall and moft renowned of them all, were the Cas#, Calpitami, Arunty, Albaty, and Ra- 
Gus autlre bry, who in theirtime might difpendin feesallowed them out of the princes and emperours 
Antonio Mufa. 1 3 : 
Sueton, ja vira CXCHEquer,under whom they lived,250000 Sefterces apeece, by the yeare. And as for 2.Sterti- 
Oitav.Angnf- nius tae Phyfician, he complained of the Emperours whom he ferved,and challenged them for 
that he had no greater revenues than 500000 Sefterces by the yeare from them : whereas he was 
able to make account, that by his pradtife in the citie he gained yearely 600000 Sefterces, being 
retained Phyfician to certain houfes,which hecould readily name at his fingers ends.A brother 
of his received no lefie in fees from Claudius Cefar the Emperor.Andalbeitthefe brethren{fpent J, 
‘a great part of their wealth and fubftance in building fumptuoufly at Naples,whereby they ador- 
ned and beautified thatcitie, yet they left behind them in goods unto their heires after them,to 
(Scferinm the worth of *chittie millions; which was fuch an eftate,that unlefle it were 4vuntivs onely, there 
rectiies a 4. Was never any known before thofedaiesto have died fo wealthie. A fter thefe men, there arofe one 
S  Peétiws V alensswho over and befides his profeffion of Phyficke and Rhethoricke, which hee ear- 
., heftly followed, ‘grewinto a greater name, by reafon of the familiar acquaintance hee had with 
vos ¢Mefsalina the Empreflewite to Claudius Cafir This minion of hers taking histime,and feeing 
as —* howmightie he was, followed his fortunes, and creGted anew fe and practife of Phyficke: But 
sh » within the compafle of that age , and namely in the daies of the Emperour Nero, incommeth _ 
*Hetedveed *Zhe/Ja'zs,who woon the name from all the Phyficians of former times,and overthrew the pre- M 
Payritks, inte ‘ceptsatid dodtrine of his predeceffours; raging andfaringas if he were mad, in open invedtives - 
from him def. “againft all che profeflours of Phyficke thatever were7and with what {pirit,pollicie,wit;and dex- 
conded the let feritie he performied chis, it may be garhered fufficiently’by thisone argument (iftherewereno 
lt hon? Bigs FER 2 : 7 fe oe aS eT eS Bh ee aging 
aan e* lanore)thae pon his fepulchre or tombey whieh remvaineth at this dayto be feen inthe high way 
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