Hilary of Life and Death. 



Myrtle, and Otron /V/,and a little S^o^fuve been int'ule. jiuay bz alvvayes vvotn up- 

 on the liomach. And touching thoie things which comfort the liomach , thi^smuch: 

 Seeing many of thole things alio which ferve for o.her operations 7 arj helpfull to 

 this. 



The Liv er,if it be preferred from To rtfattionpi Deficcation^nd from Obfrrullion'n 

 needeth no more : For that loofeneiie of it which begets Aqrwjitics^ is plainly a Dif- 

 eafe;but the o.her two, old age approaching inducerh. 



Hereunto appertain molt elpeciailyj thole things which are let down in the Operati- 

 on upon ihe blood .* we will addea very few things more, but thole feiected. 



Principally let there be in ufe the wine of fweet Pomegr Abates : or if rhat cannot be 

 had>thejjjuyceof them newly exprened ; let it be taken in the morning , with a little 

 Sugar. And into i he glafle,into which the ExprelHon is made, put a lmail peece ofC* 

 iron pill green, and three or tour whole Cloves: Let this be taken from February, u\\ ihe 

 end of April. 



Bring alio into ufe, above all oiher herbs. Water crips, but young, not old • They 

 ima-y be ufed either raw, in Sailets , or in Broaths,or in Drinks : And after ihac take 

 Spoon wort. 



eAioes-, howfoever wafhed or corrected, is hurtful for the Liver: And therfore it is 

 never to be taken ordinarily. Contranwife,7^«<W^ is loveraign for the Liver; So 

 that thefe three cautions be interpoled. Firll, that it be taken before meat, left it dry 

 ne body too much, or leave fome im pre (lion sot the StipticHy thereol. Secondly,that it 

 be macecrated m houre or rwo in oyle of Iweer Almonds new drawn,with Roje-water, 

 before it be infilled in liqior, or given in the proper fubllance. Thirdly , that it. be ta- 

 ken by turns, one while limple, another while w ith Tartar.^ a little Bay Salt ; That 

 it carry not away the lighter parts only, and make the mafic of the Humours more oi> 

 hnate. 



I allow wine, oriome deco£lion with Reel to be taken three or four times in the 

 ear> toopen the more ttrong obfiruflions ; yet lo , that a draught of twoor three 

 iooonful"; ofoyl ot tweet Almonds new drawn, ever goc before; and the motion of the 

 body^efpeci.'lly of the Armes and Sides, conllantly follow, 



Srv<etned liquors^ and that with fome fatnefs, are principally, and not a little effe- 

 ilual .0 prevenc the Arefalbwn, and Sattnejfe, and lorrefattion, and in a word, the Old 

 nejfe of the Liver; especially if they be well incorporated with age: They are made ot 

 fweet Fru<ts and Roots as namely , the Wines and Julips, oiR.ifms of the Sun new, 

 jajubuesydried Figgs, Dates^Parfnips, Patadoes, and the like, with the mixture of Ltco- 

 rifb Sometimes: Alto a Julip of the Indian grain ( which they call CTMaiz, ) vvith the 

 mixrure of fome fweet things, doth much to the lame end. But it is to be noed 

 That the intention of preferving the Liver , in a kind of Scfinefs , and Famefie , 

 is much ciore powerfull than that other, which pertaines to the opening of the 

 Liver; which rather tendeth to health than to length ot li r e, laving that that 

 Obftrttttion which induceth Torref allien, is as oppoiite to long liters thofe other Are- 

 fA.lt ions. 



I commend the Roocs ofSttccorpSpinage-, and Beets cleared of their piths,and boiled 

 rill they be tender, in wuer, with a third part of white wine, for ordinary lallets , to 

 be eaten >viih Oyl and Vinegar • Alfo Afparagus, pirh ot Artichoakes , and Barre 

 -oots boiled and terved in af^er the fame manner : Alfo broaths in the Spring time, ot 

 Vi<ie-buds-,znd the green blades of wheat. And touching the preferving of the Lfver , 

 thus much. 



J The Heart receiveth benefit or harm moft from the Air , which we breath ; from 

 Vapows, and trom the A factions. Now many of thole things which have been former 

 ly ipoken touching the Spirits , may be transferred hither : but that indigelled malle 

 of C <~,r>inls collected by Pti) ficians, availes little to onr Intention : Notwithlianding 

 thofe things which are found to be gooJ againfl poyfons, may with good judge 

 r»entbegi . en to lirengthen and fortifie the Hearc, efpecially if they be of that kind 

 that they doe not lo much refill the particular poyfons, as arm the Heart and Spirits a- 

 gainft poyfofi in general. And touching the leverall Cordials, you may repair to the 

 Table already let down. 



The goodnelTe of the Air is better known by experience than by Signs, We hold 

 thatairtobe belt, where the Country is le-ell and plain; and that lyeth open 

 on all fides : fo that the foil be dry , and yet not barren or fandy •• which puts forth 



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