T be Bftoyy of Lift and Death . 



The Moiftningof the luyces of the Body, by a m>i!t preparation of the A'ittiirnts, is a j 

 childifh thing: It may be fomcwhat available againft the Fervours ofDifeafes; But 

 it is altogether averle to Rofcide Alimentation, Therefore boy ling of Meats, as con j 

 cerning our Intention, is far Inferiour to Roaihng and B iking, and the like. 



Roafting ought to be with a quick fire, and faon dilpatched; Not with a dull firf,' 

 and in longtime, * , 



All Solide Flefties, ought to be ferved in, not altogether Frelh, but fomewhat pow- 

 dered, or corned : The lefs Salt may be fpent at the Table with them, or none at all; 

 For Salt incorporated with the Meat before, is better diftribuced in the Body, tfun 

 «aten with it at the Table, 



There would be brought into ufe feveral and good Macerations, and Iifujions of 

 Meats, in convenient Liquors, beforethe Roafting of them : The like whereof are 

 fometime in ufe before they bake them; And in the P:ckles of fom-e Fifties* 



But Beatings, and as it were Scourging of Flefh M j ats,beforc they be boy!ed,would 

 worknofraall matter, Wefee,ic isconfefledthat Patridges and Pbeaftnti, killed with 

 an Harvkf, AUo Bucks and Stags killed in Hunting; ( If they ftand not out too long) 

 eat better, even to the Tafte. And fome Fifties, fcourged and beaten, become more ten- 

 der, and whelfome. A Ho bar/, 3nd fowre Pears, and fome other Fruits, grow fweet 

 withrowling them. It were good to praftife fome fuch Beating and Bruifingj of the 

 harder kinds or Flefhes , before they be brought to the Fire. And th.'„ would be one 

 of the heft preparations of all. 



Bread, a little leavened, and very little faked, is bed : And which is baked in an ovcn,\ 

 thorowly heated, and not with a faint he3t, 



Tfce Pf<°p ration of Diinks in order to long Life, (hall not exceed one precept. And 

 as touching Waier Drinkers^ we have nothing to fay, Such a Dyet ( as we ifaid before ) 

 msy prolong life to an Indiff rent Term , bu f to no Eminent length: But in other 

 Drinks, that are full ofSpirit((uchas are Wine^ Al e ,M e ad$n\ the like) this one thing 

 is to be obferved, and furfutd , as the fum of all ; That the parts of the L qucur ra3y 

 be exceeding Thin and Subtile; And the Spirit exceeding Mild : This is hard to be 

 done by Age alone; Format makes the parts a little more fubtile ; But the Spirits 

 much more (harp and eager : Therefore of the Ixfttftons'xn the veflelf,offome fat Sub* 

 fiance, wheh may rtftraio the Acrimony of the Spirits, roUnfell hath been given be- 

 fore : There is alfo another way without I»f#m» t or Mixture *tb« is, that the Li- 

 quour might be continually agitated ; Either by carriage upon the water, or by car- 

 nage by Land; or by hanging the veflels upon lines, and daily flit ring them; or 

 fome fuch other way: For it is certain, that this local Motion, doth both fubtilize the 

 parts And doth fo incorporatc,and compact the Spirirs with the parts ; That they have 

 no leifure to turn to fowrenffie, wh;ch is a kind of Putrefaction 



But in extreme old Age, iuch a preparation of Meats is to be made, as may be almoft 

 in the Middle- way to Ckyl»s ; And touching the Diftillattons of Meats, they are meer 

 Toyes : For the Nutritive parr, at leafr the bed of ir, doth not afcend in Vapcttrt. 



The Incorporating of Meat and Drink, before they meet in the Stomach is a degree 

 to Chjlm\ Therefore let Chicks** t or Patndges, or Pheifants^ or the l;ke, betaken, 

 and boyled in water, with a little fait } then let them be cleanfed and dryed; After- 

 ward let them be infufed in M*J? 9 or before it hath done working, with a little 



! Sugar. 



I Alfo Gravies o Meat, and the Mincings of them fmall,well fea r oned; Are good fo? 

 ottPerfons; And the ra;t er , for the they are defticuted of the office of their Teeth, in 

 chewing, which is a principal kind of preparation. 



And as for the H Jps of tint DefecT, ( NameIy,of the flrength cfT<eth to grind the 

 Meat, ) There are three things which may conduce thereunto. Firft, that new Teeth 

 may put forth ; That which leems altogether difficult , and cannot be accomplished, 

 without an Inward, and powertull Reftauration of the bedy. Stcondly ; that th# Jam 

 be fo confirmed by due Aftrmgeuts, that they may in fome fort fupply the efface of the 

 7V<fx/?;which may pcflibly be tffe&ed.Thirdly.that the Meat be fo prepared,that there 

 (hall bentfneed o'ebewsng; which remedy is ready, and at hand, 



J We have fome ^thought alfo touching the Quantity, of the meat and drink; that the 

 fame taken in larger Quantity, at fome time*, is good k r the Irrigation of the Bidy> 

 Therefore both G- cat F^(ii«gs ,and Tree Drinkinfs are not altogether to be inhibited. 

 And touthing the Operation upon th'e Aliments find the Preparation of them.thus much, 



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