3\Qaturall Hiftory: 
changed ; And in Sommer feldome changed, and fmcarcd ouer with j 
Gyle 5 Forcertaine itis, that any Sub ftance thatisFat, dothalitdefill 
the Proes of the Body, and flay Sweat, infome Degree. But the more 
cleanly way is to haue the Linnen fmea red lightly ouer, with Oyle of Sweet 
Almonds j And nottoforbeare fhiftingas oft as is fit. 
The fecond Meanes is, to fend forth the Nourifhment into the Parts* 
moreftrongly ; For which, the working muft bee by Strengthening of the 
Stomach, i And in this, becaufe the Stomacke is chiefly comforted b v Wine* 
and Hot things , which otherwife hurt; it is good to refort to Outward Ap¬ 
plications to the Stomacke: Wherein it hath beene tried, that the Quilts of 
Rofes* spices* Mafticke, vvorme-wood* Mint , &c. are nothingfo helpfull, 
as to take a Cake of New bread* and to bedew it with a little sacke* otAle- 
gant j And to dry it; Andafter it bee dried a little before the Fire, to put 
it within a cleane Napkin, and to lay it to the Stomacke: For it is certaine 
that all Flower hath a potent V er tue of Aflrifiion ; Info much as it hard- 
neth a peece of flefh, or a Flower, that is laid in it: And therefore a Bagge 
quilted with Bran , is likewife very good jbut it drieth fomewhat too much* 
And therefore it muft not lye long. 
The third Meanes* (which may beca Branch of the former) is to fend 
forth the Nourifhment the better by Sleepe. For wee fee, thatBeares, and 
other Creatures that Sleepe in the Winter wax exceeding Fat : And cer¬ 
taine it is, (as it is commonly beleeued) that sleepe doth Nouri fh much; 
Both for that the Spirits doe lefle fpend the Nourifhment in Sleepe , than 
when liuing Creatures are awake : And becaufe (that which is to the pro, 
lent purpofe) it helpeth to thruft out the Nourifhment into the Parts. 
Therefore in Aged men, and weake Bodies, and fiich as abound not 
withCholler, a fhort Sleepe after dinner dothhelpe toNourifh ; Form 
fuch Bodies there is no feare of an ouer-haftv Difgeftion, which is the In- 
conuenience of Poflmeridian Sleepes, Sleepe alfo in the Morning, after the 
taking of fomewhat of eafie Digeftion; As Milkei rpm the Cow, Nouri fif¬ 
ing Brother the like ^ doth further Nourifhment: But this would bedone, 
fitting vpright, that the Milke or Broth may paflethe more fpeedily to 
theBottome of the Stomacke. 
The Fourth Meanes is to prouide that the Parts themfelues may 
draw to them the Nourifhment ftrongly. There is an Excellent Obfer- 
uation of Arifiotle . That a great Reafbn, why Plants (fome of them) are 
of greater Age, than Lining Creatures* is, for that theyyearely put forth 
newLeaues and Boughes ; Whereas Lining Creatures put forth (after 
their Period of Growth,) nothing that is young, butHaire and Nailes 
which are Excrements, and no Parts. And it is moft certaine, that what- 
foeuer is Young, doth draw Nourifhment better, than that which is 
Old ; And then (that which is the Mvftery of that Obleruation) Young; 
Boughes* and Leaues-* calling the Sap vp to them ; the fame Nourifheth j 
the Body* in the Pafiage. And this wee fee notably proued alfo, in that! 
the oft Cutting, or Polling of Hedges* Trees* and Herbs , doth conduce! 
much to their Lafting. Transferre therefore this Obferuation to the 
Helping- 
