CHAP. I.

I Purpoſe here in this ſmall Treatiſe to give the moſt Judicious Reader, and all Lovers of the Art of Phy­ſick, Satisfaction; and likewiſe lay open to the meaneſt capacity, the Cauſes, Symptoms, and Sings of moſt Diſeaſes of the Body of Man, and like­wiſe the choiceſt and ſelect Remedies for the perfect and ſpeedy cure of them: A me­thod I think as yet no man ever uſed, as I could hear or read of.

Firſt, I here declare unto thee an Apo­zem which I have made choice of this ma­ny2 years, for the beſt and ſafeſt working, and the good ſucceſs of it: A Medicine ſo prepared and corrected, that it doth (without any danger, pain, or moleſtation of the Body whatſoever) evacuate and car­ry off all corruption and filthy humours out of the Body. The vertue of this Apozem being ſo wonderful, and ſo well pleaſing to the Stomachs of all thoſe that ever took thereof, that I ſhall do my Country much wrong, if I ſhould any longer keep from them ſo great a treaſure.

I have delivered my Bill for the making of it, only to Mr. Fiſher, who lives in St. Olaves Pariſh in Southwark London, Chirur­gion, a man whom I have a great love and reſpect for, and likewiſe for many years I have made tryal of his juſt and honeſt deal­ing, and his good Judgment in compoſing of Medicines, and in chuſing the beſt In­gredients. And when any man hath a mind to make uſe of it, I have ſtiled it by the name of Panax Angliae, by which name you may have it.

The Uſe of this Apozem I ſhall declare in every Chapter, where I treat of the Diſeaſe particularly, and the way of cure.

CHAP. II.

IF any man ſhould think it ſtrange, or as it were impoſſible, that one Medicine ſhould be good for ſo many Diſeaſes; Know this, that our old excellent Writers, being Fathers of Phyſick, have left their Monu­ments of Learning to us, which ſhew us divers Confections, ſome purge Choler, ſome Flegm, and ſome Melancholy; ſo that we muſt all conclude that they are good in all cholerick, flegmatick, and melancholick Diſeaſes; ſo after their manner have I in­vented this incomparable Apozem.

And although all our Fathers of Phyſick being excellent men, have left their Re­ceipts behind, for compoſing all ſorts of Phyſick, for all Conſtitutions and Comple­xions, yet I truſt we, who as it were ſtand upon their ſhoulders, may ſee farther than they, if we do ſtrive, and be induſtrious in thoſe Studies.

Now if we give this Apozem to ſtrong Bodies, we give a greater quantity, and oft­ner;4 in weak Bodies, leſs is required.

If we are to cure the Head or Stomach, we order to take our Apozem an hour be­fore they riſe, that it may continue the lon­ger in the place where the corruption is, and ſo it will work effectually; whereas if one walketh preſently after the taking of it, it ſlippeth away, being liquid, and leaveth the work undone.

Wherefore this Apozem being of a thin ſubſtance, gathers it ſelf eaſily with the cor­ruption which it findeth in the Stomach, and diſſolves the ſame; whereas Pills, and other Compoſitions, require firſt to be diſ­ſolved themſelves, which is a great trouble to Nature, and ſo many times works upon Nature two or three days after, leaving bad Symptoms behind them, which you ſhall never find by taking this my Apozem.

Although this Apozem is a very great cleanſer of the Body from filthy corrupt Hu­mours, yet I confeſs it is no Univerſal Me­dicine for all Diſeaſes (as your Triobolary Empiricks declare) for this requires help, as you ſhall ſee in the Chapter following, to as much brevity as can be required by few yet ſelect Medicines, and what no Artiſt I ima­gine) dares contradict, as you may ſee by the5 ſpeedy cure. I hate multiplicity on the other ſide, made by Chymiſts and Galeniſts now a days, and ſome that are neither of the two, moſt of which Medicines are as Clouds without Rain. A fair Tongue and a Pluſh Coat muſt needs do well; but for Vertue, away with it; Ibis Homere foras, Homer him­ſelf muſt ſing Ballads.

The publiſhing of this my Book is onely to ſhew what Artiſts can and may do: I would have them take more pains to find the right way of practiſing Phyſick, and not to fill the Bodies of poor Souls with a Maſs of hotch-potch, one meſs contrary to ano­ther, and never ſee the operation of any thing; and not Quack-like, carry a Box of Pills in their Pockets to cure all Diſeaſes, and ſo for a little filthy lucre called money, as too many uſe now a days, thinking with themſelves there is no Day of Judgment. What ſhall I ſay then? Shall we ſo conti­nue in this Sin? God forbid.

CHAP. III. Directions.

• 1. COncerning the taking of this my precious Apozem, You need not be ſo ſtrict in keeping your Chamber as you do in taking other Phyſick; you may walk a­broad, if your diſtemper will permit you, but keep your ſelf warm, and forbear drink­ing.
• 2. You may take it at any time when you find it requiſite, either hot or cold, as your Stomach can bear it.
• 3. Children muſt take little, for a ſmall Veſſel is ſooner emptied than a great, and likewiſe the humours are more fluxible.
• 4. Thoſe that are full of ill humours may take it a week or more, both Spring and Fall.
• 5. Always take ſomewhat that is warm, in two hours after, for it will help the ope­ration of the Medicine.
• 6. If it work not the firſt time, you may take more the next day ſafely. And if7 thy Body be always looſe, take the leſſer quantity.
• 7. A ſpoonful of this Apozem will in moſt Bodies give one ſtool, now you may take three or four or five or more ſpoonfuls at a time, as you think fit.
• 8. When you take this Apozem, abſtain from all ſorts of Wine, hot Spices, ſalt Meats, and raw Fruits, and green Herbs, and all cold things.
• 9. Take it not at the change and full of the Moon, for then Nature is weak.

CHAP. IV. Concerning the Diſeaſes of the Head and Face.

1. THe Head-ach proceeds from many Cauſes, as ſometimes from Heat, and ſometimes from Cold, both which be­ing kown, is eaſily prevented; ſo that they happen ſeldom, and do not ſtay long.

2. The Head-ach proceeds from fulneſs, &c. when men live idly, and fill their8 Bodies exceſſively, as like a Bladder blown up.

3. The Head-ach proceeds from filthy corrupt humours, which abounds in great quantity in the Body, which two laſt are thus perfectly cured, as eaſie as a man can waſh his hands with a Baſon of Water:

Take four or five ſpoonfuls of this my Apo­zem every morning for ſix or ſeven days toge­ther, for ſo by that means thou ſhalt cleanſe thy ſelf of all filthy corrupt Humours that remain in thy Body; but obſerve the Directions pre­ſcribed in the third Chapter.

After the ſame manner is cured the Giddi­neſs of the Head, and red ſore watery Eyes.

4. The Head-ach proceeds ſometimes from the fume of corrupt Humours, and not from the humours themſelves; for the corruption lying long in the Stomach, caſteth up to the brain evil vapours, which offend it, it be­ing of all parts moſt ſenſible.

For the Cure of which,

Take four ſpoonfuls of this Apozem an hour before you riſe, and ſleep not, ſo do it for three days.

5. The Headach comes by reaſon of the Excrements tarrying too long in the Body; for when thou haſt taken thy Dinner, or the like, firſt Nature taketh to its ſelf for its nouriſhment the thin and pureſt part, and leaves the reſt as groſs and corrupt; and then theſe Excrements tarrying longer than uſual, ſendeth noyſome vapours to the Brain, and offends it; ſo that he that is much coſtive, can never be long in Health.

For Cure of which,

Take ſuch a quantity of this Apozem as will give thee one ſtool a day more then or­dinary; and likewiſe take a ſpoonful an hour before Supper: for in ſo doing thou ſhalt toll Nature to do her work without help.

So now by what hath been ſaid concern­ing the Headach and ſore Eyes, you may if you will endeavour to know a little more than is told you, you may with a little Ad­dition to this Apozem, cure Apoplexies, Pal­ſies, Epilepſies, Incubus, Frenzy, Lethargy, and what not, if it belongs to the Head.

CHAP. V. For Red Faces, Pimples, and other Cor­ruption ariſing in them, and likewiſe the Morphew.

IT is a ſtrange thing, that the Face which is the grace and beauty of a man, ſhould be ſo greatly diſgraced by corrupt blood, and all the reſt of the parts of the Body clean and fair: The common ſaying is, The Liver is inflamed, which in many I think is the only cauſe, ſome have it from their Parents, and ſome by drinking and ſotting, and others that are mighty baſhful, and their blood being corrupt withal, ſo the Blood hath oft recourſe to their Faces, as a witneſs to teſtifie, and ſo returning away ſuddenly, leaveth ſome groſs corruption behind, which Nature there caſteth out.

For the Cure of which, take theſe Dire­ctions, which never failed.

Firſt for three or four days take five ſpoonfuls of this Apozem, which will draw the courſe of humours from thy Face; and then I preſcribe thee an Oyntment which is admirable good for the ſame, you ſhall have it made by Mr. Fiſher aforeſaid. And pray uſe it after this manner: Anoint your Face where the Pimples and corrupt Blood lodg­eth, every night gently with this Oyntment, cold with your Finger, the next morning moiſten your Face with a little new Milk, and wipe it gently; uſe this way a fort­night, and you ſhall find an alteration. Af­ter the ſame manner you may cure the Mor­phew, for it cleanſeth and purifieth the Skin wonderfully.

CHAP. VI. For the Itch and Scabs, Byles, &c. Le­proſie, Small Pox, Meaſles.

SOme are troubled with this, having it by Nature from their Parents, ſome by long and bad Diet, others by infection, as by keeping company with thoſe that have their Bodies inclined to Byles, Scabs and Itches.

Now the way of curing by our Artiſts (ſo called) now a days, is to purge firſt, and then bleed, and after to uſe ſome Mercurial Ointment; and in many Bodies all this will not do; if it doth, the next Spring they are moſt commonly worſer than they were be­fore. Now I will ſhew thee Art it ſelf, as it was at firſt inſtituted, and thou ſhalt as eaſily cure this diſtemper by ſmall means, as when thou art a dry to drink a Cup of Beer to quench thy thirſt.

Firſt, Take this Apozem about four ſpoonfuls every morning for three days,13 and take ſomething that is hot two hours after. The fourth day take of white Briony-Root half an ounce, a ſprig or two of Mace, boil this gently in a pint of Ale, ſtrain it out, and ſweeten it with Sugar, drink a good draught of this well warmed in thy Bed, and ſweat three or four hours upon it, and in thy ſweat drink off the reſt of the Pint hot; if a Child leſs, as age doth require: Uſe this way three days together, & longer, if the Diſeaſe have been of long continuance; and let the Patient in ſweating rub his Body with warm Cloths, to take ſuch corruption as cometh out by ſweating: after this man­ner the Scabs will fall off miraculouſly.

You may cure the Leproſie, all ſcald Heads, Scurffs, and likewiſe prevent any one from having the Small Pox or Meaſles, that they ſhall not have them at all.

I would have all men take notice that this way is the only Galenical way in practiſing the true Phyſick; and not to fill their Bo­dies with Drugs, or with Mercurial or An­timonial Preparations. And you ſhall ſee in every Chapter a contrary method to all Authors extant.

CHAP. VII. For a Cough, or ſhortneſs of Breath. For Surfeits by taking Heat and Cold. For People that are very flegmatick, and ſtuffed up with Flegm, and for thoſe that are entring into a Conſumption.

GAlen would have a cold diſtemper of the Inſtrument of Breathing to be the only cauſe of the Cough; ſometimes a Hu­mor diſtilling from the Head to the Trachea Arteria, and ſharpneſs only of the Cuticle of Trachea Arteria going about within, doth provoke the Cough; ſometimes it is cauſed through cold and flegm deſcending upon the Lungs; ſometimes it happens through heat diſſolving the ſuperfluous matter of the Brain, and ſo through a Catarrhal Diſtilla­tion the Cough is excited.

Now my Brethren, we all know that Cold is moſt commonly the original of moſt Diſ­eaſes; for if the Body be full of groſs cor­rupt Humours, having taken a great cold,15 preſently there ariſeth a putrid Feaver, ſome­times malignant, and ſometimes peſtilen­tial. Now judge you, if a Medicine will disburthen and carry out of the body this flegmatick corruption, without weakning of Nature; and in the higheſt Feavers, I truſt you will grant to me it is the onlieſt means to be uſed.

Then take two ſpoonfuls of this my A­pozem every day in the morning, or if oc­caſion permit, once in two days: this will I will aſſure you unlade the body ſweetly of this corruption.

And now will I give thee a Pectoral Drink, which thou mayſt drink as often as thou wilt, which will quench thy thirſt, bring thy body to its natural heat, and cure thee of thy cold.

Take of Coltsfoot an handful, Hyſop half an handful, Angelica roots bruiſed a dram, Liquoriſh ſcraped and bruiſed two ounces, Anniſeed half an ounce: boil this in two quarts of Spring-water gently half an hour, ſtrain it out, and put two ounces of fine Sugar, drink freely of it warm when occaſion ſerves: by taking this Pe­ctoral Drink hot mornings and evenings,16 the flegm will come up eaſily, and is a won­derful Preſerver for the Lungs, keeping them from putrefaction.

Now, good people, there are many in this City of London, that are troubled with the ſhortneſs of breath, and have their Lungs very dry, ſo that it is a continual pain and labour for them to breathe, or as the ſaying is, to fetch their wind: Firſt, I adviſe them to take for three or four days, three or four ſpoonfuls of this my Apozem, which will cleanſe the inward parts of moſt of the corruption; then take this Pectoral Drink named before in this manner follow­ing.

Take a quarter of a pint of the Pectoral Drink, and put therein the yolk of a new­laid Egg, and drink it faſting, and faſt an hour after it: if thou haſt been troubled with this grief many years, by uſing the Medicines ſo, will open and moiſten thy Lungs, and help thee: you cannot uſe it too long, for it is both Meat and Medi­cine. After the ſame manner are cured all thoſe that are entring into a Conſumption: But with this Proviſo, they muſt abſtain from all Spices, Salt Meats, and all Wines, for they fret and inflame their Bodies, and17 withal let them take care they over-heat not their Bodies with any violent exerciſe, that they ſtrain not their Lungs by violent Coughing; wherefore avoid all Cheſnuts, and all raw fruits, as inimical to them; for this Diſeaſe is difficult, and therefore great care is to be uſed in their Diet, &c.

Now if any man by violent exerciſe heat his body exceſſively, and when he is ſo hot, ſuddenly cool himſelf by drinking, by reſt, or any other ways, ſo that this man falleth ſick even unto death, and it he eſcape, he remaineth weak and ſickly du­ring his life. Now, my Friends, Nature miſliketh nothing more than a ſudden change from one contrary to another, to wit, from heat to cold. Wherefore I con­clude by reaſon and experience, that the beſt way to cure a man in this extremity, is to bring his body orderly again to the ſame heat wherein it was when he took cold, which thou ſhalt do after this manner.

Take half a Pint of the aforenamed Pe­ctoral Drink, and diſſolve in it two drams of Venice-Treacle, let the Patient drink half of it hot faſting, and ſweat four or five hours upon it, and in his ſweat let him drink the reſt, and be ſure abate his18 ſweat very gently, and beware he take no cold: For three mornings afterward let him drink a quarter of a pint, with a dram of Venice-Treacle, hot two hours before he riſe, and keep his body warm without ſweating. But if the party have been long ſick, and ſo weak that he is not able to ſweat as before, then aſſure your ſelf there is little hopes of life.

Note, that if the party be coſtive, give him three or for ſpoonfuls of my Apozem, for that will eaſe and disburthen Nature, and let him drink ſome warm Broth or Water-Grewel an hour or two after.

Courteous Reader, I would willingly root out the Tares of bad Phyſick, leſt they over-grow the brave Corn of real Medi­cine.

CHAP. VIII. For the Heart-burning.

I Shall content my ſelf (as moſt people call it) with the ordinary name of this Diſeaſe, which belongs not to the Heart, but only to the Stomach; and thoſe who are troubled with this Diſeaſe, are com­monly at eaſe after they have eaten, but af­ter digeſtion, they feel a continual heat or bitterneſs in the mouth of their ſtomachs: they often are troubled with belching, and ſometimes an inclination to vomit. It con­tinues long in ſome people, and in o•hers it comes every foot, eſpecially by eating Fat, Salt, and Cholerick Meats.

For cure,

Firſt Forbear thoſe Meats and Drinks after which thou art moſt troubled, for I will aſſure thee they will not make good Blood, and then yon ſee Nature will not like it: for if good Diet will help thy Di­ſtemper, never take Phyſick for the ſame:20 but if thy long evil Diet hath laden thy ſtomach with Hot, Salt, and Cholerick Hu­mours, which do cauſe this Heart-burn­ing, (as 'tis named).

Then take five or ſix ſpoonfuls of this my Apozem every morning for three days, and ſo thou ſhalt cleanſe thy ſtomach per­fectly, which I avouch to thee will be a perfect and ſpeedy Cure, and not to eat Chalk, or to take ſome cooling Juleps or any ſuch Slops, which will hurt more than heal.

CHAP. IX. For the Cholick and Wind, gnawing of the Stomach and Guts, and all Cor­ruption that cauſeth Wind.

ALL thee Diſtempers proceed from corrupt and filthy ſlimy Humours, which ſticks to the inner part of the Sto­mach, and the Inteſtines. Now the com­mon courſe of people when they are af­flicted, they boil in ſome Wine, Pepper, Ginger, and other hot Spices, and all hot Seeds, which is meer madneſs, for theſe hot things are proper to warm a cold Sto­mach, and make it apt to digeſt, being moderately uſed, than to cleanſe it being full of corruption, and theſe hot things are only proper for old people that have their natural heat decayed, ſo that Nature fail­eth; wherefore we are forced to ſeek help by Art. Now our Phyſitians follow this road, firſt, an Emollient and Carminative Cliſter is to be adminiſtred, then a Cor­dial22 for to cauſe reſt, and likewiſe Dia­phoretical means, and then for ſome day a maſſe of Pills; and if this do not the work, make a Fontinel in the Leg, and then in little time as bad as before. If an Empirick light on ſuch a Patient, pre­ſently he hath an univerſal Pill, which they muſt take every day, and at night three or four drops of this Elixar, which is a Pan­pharmacon, and indeed all good for no­thing, and then it is a Palliative Cure, as they call it.

Now I pray hear a little Reaſon, and follow Experience, her Lady and Gover­neſs: Take five or ſix ſpoonfuls of this my Apozem, if the party be any thing ſtrong, or elſe leſs, and ſo do five or ſix days, and thou ſhalt ſee that it will cleanſe thy Sto­mach and Inteſtines of all its filth, and thou ſhalt be perfectly cured without Cli­ſters, or Iſſues, or Pills, or any univerſal Elixars. And for the future, I would ad­viſe thee to avoid all windy and ſlimy meats, that thou mayſt prevent thoſe Diſ­eaſes.

CHAP. X. For Surfeiting by over-eating.

SOme men, by long faſting, coming to Dainty Fare, ſuch as he is not uſed to eat, being very hungry, eateth over much, and cloyeth Nature, ſo that Nature refuſeth any digeſtion, as a man having a burthen too heavy for him to bear, does not ſo much as offer to lift it: this Diſtemper proceeds from quantity: ſo likewiſe the evil quali­ty of Meats do cauſe a man to ſurfeit, as Meat not roſted: ſo likewiſe Freſh Her­rings, Fat Pyes, heavy Cake-bread, and the like, cauſeth great ſickneſs.

For the Cure of theſe,

If the matter of the Diſeaſe lodgeth ſtill in the Stomach, give him a draught of warm water, with two ſpoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl, which will cauſe him to vomit: if it work not quickly, help it with your finger by thruſting it to his throat, and after vo­miting, give him ſome hot Broath, and let24 him for three or four days eat not much in quantity, and likewiſe what is hot, and of good digeſtion.

But it this matter hath paſſed the Sto­mach without vomiting, and there be little or no digeſtion, ſo that now a vomit will do no good:

Then take half a pint of Canary-Wine, and burn it with a ſprig of Roſemary and ſome Mace, and put in it two drams of London-Treacle, and ſome Sugar, and drink it off in a morning hot, and ſweat three or four hours in your Bed, according to the ſtrength of the patient, and in his ſweat let him drink poſſet-drink hot; for I promiſe you this way will make a per­ſed digeſtion through the whole body, of whatſoever he did ſurfeit of. This way is eaſie and good, and I imagine Reaſon will conduct you ſo far, that it muſt needs do the work without a belly full of Drugs.

CHAP. XI. For continual Vomiting after Meat.

THere are too many now a days that deſtroy their own Natures; ſome mind the filthy lucre of this world, that they will not allow themſelves time to eat, although they have meat, and likewiſe an appetite, and then in time they would eat, but then there is no appetite. Some do fill their Carcaſes ſo much with Drink, and ſmoaking that ſtinking weed called To­bacco, that they cannot eat, but before they come to many years, Victuals then will not go down, no not ſo much as Broth, this is ſad!

Now there are two ſpecial cauſes of this Diſeaſe: The one is, When the firſt Veins which receive the Nutriment from the Sto­mach, are ſtopped: The other is, When the Body is long bound, and the excrement very hard, ſo that the Patient ſeldom goes to the ſtool: In ſome people it is ſo bad, that they never go to ſtool, but that which26 remaineth after digeſtion, comes up by vomit.

For cure, take notice of theſe Obſerva­tions:

Firſt, Take four ſpoonfuls of this my Apozem faſting: if that work not that day, the next take five, and ſo forth, al­ways increaſing the quantity until it work: And when it hath operated, take an hand­ful of Parſley, bruiſe and boil it in a pint of White-wine a quarter of an hour and better, then ſtrain it out, and put ſome Sugar in it, and the next morning drink a good draught of this hot, and keep your bed, and ſweat three or four hours, and in your ſweating, drink off the reſt. After that, let him take faſting two ſpoonfuls of my Apozem, and let him continue it ſo till his body be ſoluble, and that his ex­crement be not dry, or ſtay too long in his body.

Now, my Friends, the White-wine thus ordered and taken, and ſweating withal, openeth the firſt Veins, and maketh a paſ­ſage into the body. The Apozem of mine27 draweth down gently the excrement, and bringeth Nature to her uſual courſe to all admiration, and cleanſeth the ſtomach of that corruption which is the very cauſe of this diſeaſe.

CHAP. XII. For want of Appetite.

FIrſt, when the firſt veins do not ſuck, which is their natural action, by the which they receive food for the nouriſh­ment of the whole body: ſecondly, fat and groſs bodies, which are always ſtuffed, and ſo full, that Nature ſeemeth to be con­tented with what ſhe hath, and hath little deſire of more. For cure of this, remem­ber theſe Obſervations, ſmall but pithy ▪ Take for ſome days three ſpoonfuls every morning of this harmleſs Apozem, and in little time thou wilt find thy ſelf exceed­ing hungry; it may be Beef will go down, when Chicken would not before: but if thou haſt not an appetite preſently after ta­king of this Medicine, then take the White­wine as is mentioned in the foregoing Chapter, after the ſame Directions.

CHAP. XIII. For Catarrhs and Rheums.

MAny people are troubled with this diſeaſe, but eſpecially Scholars, and other Students, idle perſons, and thoſe Trades-men that ſtir little. Now the fa­ſhion is to have an iſſue or two; nay, theſe iſſues are to have many peaſe in them, which things were forbidden in the Levitical Law, as much as if he had the Plague: but now there is great alteration, I ſhall preſcribe you a way (if you will hear reaſon) to cure your ſelf without theſe naſty Eylet­holes in your skin, and I imagine a great deal more wholſomer, and better for your health for the future.

My Brethren, the cure conſiſteth more in your own good Government, than in much taking of Phyſick, which I utterly abhor, and I truſt many diſcreet people with me. Now for this diſtemper, ob­ſerve theſe infallible Rules.

• 1. Uſe labour and exerciſe, for by〈◊〉thou ſhalt ſtir up natural heat, and conſum•…thoſe watry humours which cauſeth thi•Rheum and Diſtillations: if thou canſt no•walk abroad, buſie thy ſelf with ſome action in the houſe, this will prevent crudities and it is the principal way in part to pre­vent and cure this grief; for thoſe that la­bour much, are ſeldom or never troubled with it, as is evidently ſeen, which to thoſe that uſe little ſtirring or motion of their bodies, are moſt ſubject unto: for the out­ward parts of their bodies are cold, ſo that their blood, together with the humours, remain within, neither have they any eva­cuation by the pores of the body, as Natur­requireth, to conſume this Rheumatick hu­mour, which then ſeeketh another paſſage. Then the Patient ſpits much, or elſe a con­tinual running at the Noſe, or elſe it ſlily trickles downs upon his Lungs, and cauſeth Coughs, Ptiſicks, Conſumptions of the Lungs, and Ulcerations: you muſt needs confeſs what I ſay is really true.
• 2. I adviſe you to eat hot meat at meals, and eſpecially well reſted, for I tell you hot meat warms the ſtomach, and ſtirs up natu­ral heat through the whole body, and ſo31 digeſteth the humours, but withal talk and be merry at the Table.
• 3. Be ſure to keep thy head and neck warm, and thy feet likewiſe dry and warm.
• 4. Drink ſparingly, and touching thy Drink obſerve theſe few Rules.
  • 1. Let thy Drink be ſomewhat ſtrong, and not ſmall, for ſmall beer is wateriſh, and ſo it will add to thy diſeaſe.
  • 2. If thou drink, drink only at the end of thy meals, for in ſo doing thou wilt ſuppreſs that moiſture which would aſ­cend.
  • 3. Let thy Drink be not over ſtale, ſowr or ſharp.
  • 4. Drink neither White nor Rheniſh Wine.
  • 5. If thou drink, take a Glaſs of good Claret well Sugered in the midſt of thy meat.
• 5. Faſt and watch, for theſe dry the body. I would not have you riſe early, faſt long, eat little, and ſit up late: but in ſtead of thoſe eat freely, and drink lit­tle, ſleep hard, but lie warm, for then thy32 body will be as if thou didſt labour or ex­erciſe. Now (dear Hearts) watching is unnatural, it makes a dry ſenſeleſs brain, it cauſeth ſore eyes, and a cold wateriſh ſtomach, which is worſe than all.
• 6. Go into a warm air, and keep thy felt warm.
• 7. Hold your breath now and then hard, for this forceth the blood to the outward parts of the body, and cauſeth a ſtronger Circulation, which turneth with the ſtream the courſe of theſe Rheumatick humours.

Now for cure,

If any man will follow theſe Rules, that ſo he may continue his health, (or elſe it is vain to ſeek help) firſt, I adviſe you to take ſix ſpoonfuls of my Apozem, an hour before he riſeth, ſo do for two days, the, third day at night going to Bed, burn half a Pint of Canary, with a branch or two of Roſemary, brew it with ſome Sugar, and the Yolk of a New-laid Egge, and drink it off hot, and lie hot all night, this will digeſt and conſume thoſe Rheumatick humours: Drink this33 Wine ſo prepared three nights toge­ther.

Note, if the party be lean, and full of Blood, in ſtead of Sack, uſe Ale, for Sack will inflame the Blood.

CHAP. XIV. For the Yellow Jaundiſe, and all Obſtru­ctions of the Liver.

THe Yellow Jaundiſe proceedeth of Choler mixed with Blood, and ſo diſperſed over the whole body.

There are divers cauſes of this diſeaſe, but I ſhall only treat of what is moſt uſu­al, and only name the reſt.

• 1. The biting of a Venomous Beaſt will cauſe it.
• 2. The going away of an hot Feaver will do the like.
• 3. The Inflammation of the Liver will make ſhew of the ſame.
• 4. The weakneſs of the Gall, which is not able to draw from the Liver thoſe Cho­lerick humours, but ſuffereth them to be carried with the blood through the body, and ſo colours it yellow.
• 5. The Jaundiſe is uſually cauſed by ob­ſtruction35 of thoſe Veſſels that are between the Liver and the Gall; which being ſtop­ped, the Cholerick humour cannot paſs into the Gall, but is carried with the blood into the body, and ſo ſtaineth it yellow.
• 6. It is commonly through the obſtru­ction of the paſſage from the Gall to the Bowels, for that being ſtopped, the Gall is not able to employ it ſelf, but the ex­crementitious Choler is repelled, and re­turneth into the body; which otherwiſe, ſhould colour and ſtain the excrement yel­low.

In theſe three laſt ſorts the excrement is white, and the Patient ſeeleth an heavineſs in his right ſide, and theſe are common, and are thus infallibly to be cured; firſt, cleanſe your body with my Apozem for two or three days, then take this Drink morning and evening after.

℞ cortex interior Sambuci & Barberior. an. p. i. Linaria m. i. rad. Pratenſis maria, A­maradulcis an. ℥ ii. Cichor. ℥ i. Croci ℈ i. Ga­rioph. Macis an. gr. x. Zing. ʒs. Ser. Lact. lbii. f. decoct. adde Colatur. Sacch. rub. q. s. If this diſtemper ſeems rebellious, take36 this which never fails: ℞ rad. Brion. Alb. ℥ s fol. petroſ. m ſs. vini Albi lbi. f. decoct. add Sacchar. i. ſ. Take a good draught of this in a morning faſting hot, and ſweat upon it, and in thy ſweat drink the reſt; and if you are dry afterwards, drink Poſ­ſet-drink, for the more he ſweateth and drinketh, the more the veſſels are opened, and the matter digeſted, and the Jaundiſe ſooner cured. After this ſweating, the next day take ſix or ſeven ſpoonfuls of my un-valuable Apozem, for that will carry off that corruption. Now if the Jaundiſe is not cured by once ſweating, but ſhews it ſelf, then ſweat again once more as you did before: after this ſame manner is cured all Obſtructions of the Liver.

Now, my Brethren, I have ſhewn you to cure many Diſeaſes of the upper Ven­tricle, after a new way, and I think with as ſafe and ſpeedy a remedy as ever was practiſed ſince Phyſick hath had a being: Now I will ſhew you to cure methodically the Diſeaſes of the lower Ventricle.

CHAP. XV. For the Obſtructions of the Spleen, the hardneſs and ſwelling thereof. For the Black Jaundiſe, and alſo the He­morrhoids or Pyles, and Scurvy, which is much ſubject to Engliſh Bodies.

AS the Yellow Jaundiſe comes of Cho­ler, ſo theſe diſtempers of Melan­choly, joyning with the blood, is diſperſed over the whole body. He that hath the Black Jaundiſe, hath always a dry, wither­ed and black body; and my Friends, it is difficult to be cured, and likewiſe it requi­reth great diligence of the Patient to ob­ſerve what is enjoined him: for this hu­mour is very ſtubborn, and without great digeſtion yields to no purgation whatſoever, and that is the reaſon our Phyſitians now adays are ſo much fool'd in the practiſe; nay, that is the reaſon ſo many Quacks and Empiricks are made, which the common people judge both to be alike able in judg­ment. 38And now for the cure of theſe hard diſtempers, obſerve this method, and you ſhall not fail of your expectation. ℞ Ce­terach Cutis interior. Fraxini radix Brion. Alb. Petroſ. an. ℥ ii. Ser. Lact. lbxii. f. de­coct. adde Sacch. q. s. Take of this decocti­on a good draught every morning faſting, and in it two ſpoonfuls of my Apozem, and walk well after it, or elſe labour or exerciſe thy ſelf that thou mayſt heat thy body, and ſtir thy blood, that this drink may be diſperſed thorowly in thy body: ſo do three weeks or a month together if oc­caſion ſerves. For I tell you ſeriouſly, the drink ſo prepared digeſteth the melancholy humour, and makes it fit for purgation; and the Apozem of mine given with it, carrieth it off ſweetly. Good people I tell you, that all the Authors that ever treated of theſe diſtempers, never gave you an in­ſight of curing rightly, but preſcribe a certain ſort of Pills, which have either black Hellebore, Colloquintid and other ſtuff which is good only to choak Daws withal. I would have you to obſerve withal, to embrocate your left ſide with Oyl of Wormwood, or an Oyl made of Briony.