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_{ Cow, befet in a greater Cup of hot Water, that you may take ‘it warn, | 
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cmilk warm from the Cow, is found tebe a great nourifher, anda gor 
remedy in Confumptions : But then you muft putintoir, when you: 
the Cow, two litle Bags; the one of Ponder of Mint, the other of P 
‘of Red Rofes; for they Keep the Milk fomewhat from turning, or 
intheStomack; and putin Sugar alfo for the fame caufe, and partly fort 
taftes fake : But you muft drink agood draught, that it may ftay leG tim 
j in the Stomack, -left it cruddle: And let the Cup, into which - oul | 
| And Cow-milk thus prepared, I judge to be better for a Confumption, than 
| W4f-milk, which (it is true) turneth not fo eafily, but it is alittle harfh ¢ |” 
i Marry it is more proper for fharpnefs of Urine, and Exulceration of the} 
1 Bladder, and al] manner of Lenifyings. Womens-milk \ikewileis prefcribed, | 
| whemallfail; but Lcommend it not, as being alittle roo near the Juyce of | 
| Mans Body; to bea goodneurifher; except it be in Infangs, to whom it is | 
Fatal 2», ks | 
| Oyl of fweet Almonds newly ines with Sugar and a little: Spice, fpred 
upon Bread tofted, is an excellent nourifher; butthen tokcep the Oy! from | 
frying in the Stomack, you multdrink a good draught of Milde-Beer after | 
it; and to keep it from relaxing the Stomacktoomuch, you mutt putin a} 
little Powder of Cinnamon. | 
The Yolks of Fggs are of themfelves fo well prepared by Nature for now- fe 
rifhment , as (fo they be Patched, or Rearboyled) they need no other pre | 
paration Or mixture ; yet they may be taken alfo raw, when they are new | 
laid, with CMalmfey or Sweet Wine. You. thal) do wellro putin fome few flices 
of Evinginm Roots, anda little Amber-greece: For by this means, befidesthe | 
| immediare faculty of nourifhment, fuch drink will &rengthenthe Back, fo | 
| that it willnot draw down the Urine: toofatt, For too much Urine doth al- re 
) ways hinder nourifhment. “4 
| - CMincing of Meat, asin Pies, and Buttered minced Meat, faveth the Bis ‘ 
| ingof the Teeth; andtherefore (no doubr) itis more nourifhing, efpecially | 
in Age, or tothem that have weak Teeth; burthe Butter is not fo proper 
for weak Bodies, and therefore it were good to moiften it with a little 
| Claret Wine, Pill of Lemmon or Orenge cut fmall; Sugar, and a very little. 
| Cinnamon, or Nutmeg. As for Chuets, which are likewife Mineed- meat; | 
inftead of Burter, and Far,it were good to moiften them, partly. with Cream 
or Almond, og Piftachomilk, or Barley, or Maiz Cream ; adding a little G 
riander-feed, and Carraway-feed, and avery little Saffron. . The more f 
handling of ‘Alimentation, we referve to the dueplace. 
We have hitherto handled the Particulars, which yield beft, and eafieft, and plentf 
Nourishment; andnow ve will peak of the beft Means of conveying, iabinagesc | | 
ing the Nourishment. | 
The firft Means isto procure, that the Nourifhment may not berahei ( 
| and drawn away ; wherein that which we have already faid, is very Wf 
tial, to provide, thatrtheReins draw not too ftrongly an over-gt 
of the Blood into Urine. Tothis add that Precept of Ariftorle, That 
be forborn in all Confumptions; for that the Spirits of the Wine d 
upon the Rofcide Juyce of the Body, andinter-common with the § 
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the Body, and fo deceive and rob them of their Nourifhment. Andt 
if the €onfumprion, growing from the weakne(s of the Stomack, 
you toufe Wine; let it always be burnt, that the quicker Spirits may 
j tate, or (atthe leatt) quenched with two little Wedges of Gold, fix or 
times “aaalbene Add alfo this Provifion, that there be not too much ¢: ex 
Lf a 9 K “A att Fes has be wet 
