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as a nourifhment, but rather as of a medicine. For wine as it is a medicine doth dry,efpecially be- 
ing outwardly applied • in which cafe, for that it doth not nourilTi the body at all, the drines doth 
more plainly appeare, and is more manifeftly perceiued. 
Wine is a fpeciall good medicine for an vlcer, by reafbnofhisheate and moderate drying as 
Galen teacheth in his fourth booke of the method of healing. 1 ° 3 
Hipocrates writeth, That vlcers, what manner of ones foeuer they are,muft not be moiftned vn- 
leflert be with wine: for that which is dry (as Ca/w addeth) commeth neerer to that which is 
whole, and the thing thatismoift, to thatvvhichis notwhole. 
It is manifeft that Wine is in power or facultie dry, and not in a£t ; for Wine actually is moift 
and liquid, and alfo cold : for the fame caufe it likewifc quencheth third, which is an appetite or 
delire ofcold and moift, and by this admail moifture(that we may fo terme it)it rs if it be inward 
ly taken, not a medicine, but a nourifhment ; for it nourifheth, and through his moifture maketh 
plenty ofbloud ; and by increafing the nourifhment it moiftneth the body, vnlefle peraduenture 
it be old and very ftrong : for it is made fharpc and biting by long lying, and fuch kinde of Wine 
doth not onely heate,but alfo confume and dry the body, for as much as it is not now a nourifh 
ment, but a medicine. 
That wine which is neither fharpeby long lying, nor made medicinable.doth nourifh andmoi 
ften, feruing as it were to make plenty of nourilhment and blond, by reafon that through his acftn 
all moifture it more moiftneth by feeding, nourilhing, and comforting, than it is able todrybv 
his power. ' • 
Wine doth refrefh the inward and naturall heate, com forteth the ftomacke caufeth it to haue 
an appetite to meate,monethcoucoaion,andconueyeththe nourilhment through all parts of 
the body, incrcafeth llrength, inlargeth rhebody, maketh flegme thinne , bringerh forth by vrine 
cholencke and watene humors, procureth fweating, ingendreth pure blond, maketh the body wel 
coloured, and turneth an ill colour into a better. 1 
It is good for fuch as are in a corifumption by refifon of fome difeafe,andthathaueneed to 
haue their bodies nourilhcd and refrefhed ( alwaies prouided they haue no feuer ) as Galen faith 
m his feuenth booke of the Method of aping. It reftoreth llrength moft of all other things 
and that fpeedily : It maketh a man merry and ioyfull : It putteth away fe are care trou’ 
bles^of minde, andforrowrlt moueth pleafure and luft of the body, and bringerh fleepe 
And thefe things proceed of the moderate vfe ofwine : for immoderate drinking of wine doth 
altogether bring the contrarie. They thatare dtunke are diftraughted in minde, become foolifh 
and opprefled with a drowlie fleepineire, and be afterward taken with the A poplexy, the gout or 
altogether with other moft grieuous difeafes ; the braine, liuer, lungs, orfome otherofthc intrals 
being corrupted with too often and ouermuch drinking ofwine. 
Moreouer, wine is a remedy again!! taking of Heralocke or green Coriander,the iuyee of black 
Poppy, Wolfs-bane, and Leopards-bane, Tode-ftooles, and other cold poyfons, and alfo a<rainft 
rhe biring of ferpents, and flings of venomous beafts, that hurt and kill by cooling. 
Wine alfo is a remedie againft the ouer-fulnefle and ftretching out of the Tides , windy fwel- 
.mgs,thegreene Iickne(Te,the dropfie,and generally all cold infirmities of the ftomack,liuer,milt 
and alfo of rhe matrix. 3 
But Wine which is of colour and lubftance like water, through fhining bright, pure, of a 
thm fubftance,which is called white, is of all wines the weakeft ; and if the fame Ihould be’ tem- 
pered withwateritwouldbearevery little: and hereupon Hippocrates calleth iti^w, that is to 
Jay, bearing little water to delay itwithall. 
This troubbleth the head and hurteth the finewes leffe than others do, and is not vnpleafant to 
the ftomacke : it is eafily and quickly difperfed thorow all parts of the body : it is giuen with far 
lefiedangerthan any other wine to thofe that haue the Ague (except fome inflammation or hot 
live mg be fufpefted) and oftentimes with good fuccefle to fuch as haue intermitting feuers • for 
as Cairn Jib. 8 . of his Method faith, it helpeth concodion, digefteth humors that be halfe raw, pro- 
curer!! vrine and fweat, and is good for thofe that cannot Ileepe, and that be full of care and forrow, 
and for Inch as are ouerwearied. 
Blacke wine, that is to fay wine ofa deepe red colour, is thicke,and hardly difperfed , and doth 
not eanlv pafle through the bladder : it quickly taketh hold of the braine, and makes a man drunk : 
it is harder ofdigeftion : it remaineth longer in the body ; it eafily ftoppeth the liner and fpleene ; 
for the moft part u bindesgiotwithftanding it nourifheth more,and is more fit to ineenderbioud: 
it filleth the body with flefh fooner than others do. 
That which is ofa light crimfon red colour is for the moft part more delightfulltothe tafte, 
fitter for the ftomacke •, it is fooner and eafier difperfed : it troubleth the head leffeit remains not . 
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lo long vnder the fhort ribs, and eafilier defeendeth to the bladder than blacke wine doth ; it doth 
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