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thofe Princip.il Bowels be well difpofcd : The reft will commonly follow according to 

 ones wiiftu 



And as for tho r e things which according to the different ftate of every mans Body, 

 may be transferred into his Diet, and the Regiment of his Life, he may colled them 

 out of the books of Phyfician?, which have written of the comforting and preferving 

 the four Principal members For Confervacion of health hath commonly need of no 

 more than fome fhortcourfes of Phyfick; but length of life cannot be hoped, without 

 an orderly diet,and a conftant race oifoveraign medicines : but we will propound fome 

 few, and thofe the mod feled and prime diredions* 



The Stomach , (which, as they fay, is the Matter of the Houfe , and whofe ftrength 

 and goodntffe is fundamental to the other conco&ionr, ) ought fo to be guarded and 

 confirmed; that it may be without Intemptmtenefs Hot ; Next Aflritledor bound, 

 not Loofe : Furthermore, Clean , not furcharged with foul Humours-, and 

 yer, (in regard it is nourifhed from it felf, not from the Veins ) not altogether 

 Empty , or H»#£?7;Laftly,it is to be kept ever in Astute ; becaufc Aftetiu fharpens 

 Digeftion* 



I wonder much, how that fame CaUdum biberr, to drink warm drink, (which was in 

 ufe amongft the Antients) is laid down sgiin.Iknew a Phyfician that was very famous, 

 who in the b ginn ng.'af dit ner and fupper } would ufually eat a few fpoonfulls ef very 

 warm hoatb, wich much greedmefle; and then would prefently wifh, that it were out 

 aga>n, (aying, Hs b&dnoneedoftht broath, but only of the warmth. 



I do verily conceive it good, that the firft draught either of Wme,ot Ale^ or any 0* 

 ther firing (ro which a man is moft accuftomed ) be taken at Supper warm* 



Wine, in which Gold hath been quenfhed,! conceive would be very good once in a 

 Meal : Not that 1 believe thejWrfconferreth any vertue thereunto ; but that I know, 

 rhat the quenching of all Metals in any kind of liquor , doth leave a moft potent As 

 drift-on ; Now I cliufe/s/^b^caufe be fides t/at Aftridion, which I defm-,it leaveth no* 

 thing eiie behind it, of a metalline imprefiion. 



1 am of opinion, that fops of bread dipped in Wine, taken at the raid ft of the 

 meal, ire better than wine it felf; especially if there were infufed into the wine, in 

 which 1 he fops were dipped, Rojemary and Citron fill- and that with that it may 



not dp too fair. 



It is certain, that the ufe of Quinces is good to ftrengthen the Stomach ; But we 

 take them to be better,if they be ufed in that which they call Q»iddeny of j9«»V*j,th«n 

 in the bodies of the Quinces themfeives; becaufe they lye heavy in the Stomach. But 

 thofe Qttiddsnies are beft taken after meals alone ; before meals dipped in Vi* 

 negar* 



Such things as are good for the Stomach above ether Simples, are thefc, Roftmary 

 Else ampAve, MaUtck^y Wormwood, Sagr, Mint. 



I allow pills of^loes, ndafiick^ and Safron, in Winter time taken bsfore Dinner; 

 tut fo as the Aloes be not only oftentimes wafhed in R>few*ter y but alfo in Vinegar in 

 which TrAgt.ca.nth hath been infuied; and after thati be macerated for a few hours, in 

 oy le of fwect Almonds new drawn, before it be made into pils. 



fVi*e or ✓j'/^w herein Worm-mood hath been infufed,wieh a little Else amp ane^ui yel- 

 low Sanders will do well, taken at times, and that efpechlly in Winter* 



Bat in Summer a draught of white wine, allayed with Strawberry-watery in which 

 VV ne, powder of Pearl*, and of the fhels of Crrj-fifbes y cxquifitely beaten; and (which 

 my perhaps fefm ftrange, ) a lit.fe chalk have been infuled, doth excellently refrefh 

 and ftrengthc n the Stomach* 



But generally, all Draughts in the morning ( which are but too frequently ufed ) of 

 coeUug things as of Juyces, Decodions, Whey, Barly*watcrs,and the like, ) are to be 

 avoided; and nothing is to be put into the Stomach fafting, which is purely Cold* 

 Thefc things are better given, if need require, either at five in the afternoon, or elfe an 

 hour after a tight breakfaft* 



Often faftings are bad for long life; bcfides, all thirft is to be avoided; and the 

 Stomach is to be kept clean, but alwaics moift* 



Ojle of Olives new and good, in which a little Mithridate hath been difTolvcd, a- 

 nointed upon the back bone, juft agat'nft the mouth of the Stomach,doth wonderfully 

 comfort the Stomach. 



A fmall bagoe filled with locks of Scarlet- wool! fteeped in red Wine 5 in which; 



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