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Show 380 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lisa, as anourithment, bucrather as ofa medicine. Forwineas it isa medicine doth dty,efpecially i ing outwardly applied ; in whichcafe, for that it doth not nonrifh the body at all; thednines doth more plainly appeare, and is more manifeftly perceiued. Wine isa {peciall good medicine for anv Icer, by tea fon of his heate and: moderate drying 4s ¢ Galen teachethinhis fourth booke of the methodof healing. Hippocrates w riteth, Thatvicers, what manner ofones foeuer they are, muftnotbe moiftned yn. leffe it be with wine: for that which is dry(as Galen -addeth) commethneeter othatwhich is ; whole,and the thing thatis moift, to thatwhichis notwhole. It is manifeft that Wineis in power or facultie dry, and not inaé& ; for Wine aduallyis moit and liquid, and alfo cold : for the fame caufeit likewifequencheth thirft, whichis an appetite or defire ofcold and moift,and by this awal] moifture(that w¢ mayfo termeit)inis ifirbeinivard. ly taken, not a medicine, butanourifhment; for itnouritheth, and throughhis, moifturemaketh plenty ofbloud ; andbyincteafing the nourifhment itmoiftnerh the body, vnleffe peradttennite it be old and very {trong: for it is made fharpe and biting by long lying, and fuch kinde ofWine doth not onelyheate, but alfoconfumeanddry the body, foras muchasit is not now a toutifhment, buta medicine, , That wine which is neither fharpe by long lyingjnor made medicinable,doth nourifhandimoiften, feruing as it were tomake plenty ofnourithment and bloud, by reafon that throughhis act: all moifture it more moiftnethbyfeeding, nourifhing, and comforting, than:it is’ able-todry by his power. Wine dothrefteth the inward and naturall heate, comforteththe ftomacke,caufeth itto have anappetite to meate, moueth coucoction, and conueyeththe nourifhment through all parts of the body, increafeth ftrength, inlargeth thebody, maketh flegmethinne, bringeth forthby vrine cholericke and wateric humors; procurethfweating, ingendreth pure bloud,maketh thebodywel coloured, and rurnethanill colour into abetter. It is good for fuch asare in'a confumption by reafon of fome| difeafe, andthat haneneed to haue their bodies nourifhedandrefrefhed, ( alwaies prouided they haue no feuer,) as Galen faith in bis fenenth booke of the Method of curing. It reftoreth ftrength moft ofall other things, and that {peedily : It maketh a man metry and ioyfull : It putteth away feare, cate, trou- bles of minde, and forrow:1t moueth’pleafure and luft, of the body , ‘and bringeth dleepe gently. : J ofwine doth Andthefe things proceed of the modefate vfe ofwine : for immoderate drinkiag foolifh, altogether bring the contraric. They thatare drunke are diftraughted in minde,become and oppreffed witha drowfie fleepineffe, and be afterward taken with the Apoplexy, the gout, OF altogether with other moft grieuousdifeafes , the braine,liuer,lungs, or fomeotherofthe intrals being corrupted withtoo often and ouermuchdrinking ofwine. t a Morcouer,wineis a remedy againft taking of Hemlockeor green Coriander,thenyc ofbla again Poppy, Wolfs-bane,and Leopards-bane, Tode-ftooles, and other cold poyfons,and alfo the biting offerpents, and fting’s ofvenomous beafts, that hurtand killby.cooling. Winealfo is a remedie againtt the ouer-fulneffe and ftretching out of the fides, windy five ‘ lings,the ereencficknefle,the drop“gand generallyall cold infirmities of the fromacksliuesims and alfo of the matrix. . fa K But Wine which is of colour arid fubftance likewater, through fhining bright, pute a thin fubftance, whichis called white,is of all wines theweakeft., and if the fame {hou bet a. hereupon Hippocrates calleth iteme that Js peredwith water itwould beare very little: and fay, bearing lirtle watertodelay itwithall. ealant 10 This troubbleth the headandhurteth thefinewesleffe than others do, a nd is not vnpln with far ue gi is it the ftomacke: it is eafily and quickly difperfed thorowall parts of the body: ot hot leffe danger than any other wine to thofe that haue the Ague (except fome inflamma cit ig nit hane intermitting to fuchashumorsth {welling befufpeated)and oftentimes with goodfucceffe at beballete as Galenlib.8. ofhis Methodfaith, ithelpeth concoétion, digefteth curethvrineand fiveat, and is 200d for thofe that cannot fleepe,and that befull ofcareane”" andfor fuchas are ouerwearied. A 4. and doth Blacke wine,thatis tofay wine ofa deepe red colour,is thicke, and hardly difperfe > ndruak noteafily paffe throughthe bladder it quickly taketh hold ofthe braine,and makes@ 1 fk it eafily ftoppeth the liver ane oy . it is harder ofdigeftion : itremaincth longer in the body; for the moft part it bindes,norwithftanding it nourifheth more,and is more fit to ingen it fil!eth the body withfleth fooner thanothers do. i Lro.the raft Thatwhich is ofa light crimfon red:colour is for the moft part, more delightfullt pains head. lel 11 40 fitter forthe ftomacke ; it is fooner and cafier difperfed : it troubleththe to. the bladder than blackesvine due * fo long vaderthe fhort ribs,and eafilier defcendeth Lis. 2. s. ~~OftheHiftoryPlant ee a For fuch crude andrough W.nes do often. alfo make thebelly coftiue,iffo be that it be nortipe. belly. weake ftomackes, and are troublefome tothe times moleft fubftance: other A Reddith yellow wine feemcthto be in ameane betweenea thin and thicke withit, 4s Ayppotrates wifeit isof all vines the hotteft; aand fuffereth moft-water to be mixed aa ee F 5 : : writeth. fingular medicinefor B The old vine ofthis kinde, being ofa thin fubftance and goodfinellj isa thereotproceed ofcholer that all thofe that are muchfubje& to fwouning, although the caufe 12. booke of his method. hurteth the mouth of the ftomacke, as Galew teltifieth in the dthe minde’'and it € Siete winetheleffe hotit is, the leffe doth it trouble the head, andoffen doth not {0 cafily paffe, or but it better paffeth throughthebelly, makingit oftentimes foluble: vrine. by end : good for D ea he thickerit is of fub ftance, the harder and flowlicr it paff. th through ait is cheft,and the lungs,and for thofe that haue thecough. It ripeneth raw humours that fticke in the oit bringeth no caufeth them to be eafilier {pit vp ; but'it is not fo goodfor the liuét, whereunt enemyro fall hurt when eitherit is: inflamed, or {chirrous, orwhenit is topped. It is alfoan . For this the fpleene,it fticketh vnder the fhort ribs,and is hurtfull to thofe that are full ofcholer others nd in kind ofwine, efpecially the thickerit is,is in themvery {peedily-turned into choler:a whenit is well concoétod, it increafeth plenty ofnourifhment. ; and if fo bethatit Z Auferewine,or that which is fomewhat harth in taft,nourifheth not much , bethinand white, it is apt to provoke vrine, it leffe troubleth the head, iris not quickly digefted forwhich caufe it is the more to be fhunned,as Galen faith in his 12: booke of his method. Thatwine which is altogether harfh or roughin taft, the leffe ripe it is,the neerer it commerh F tothe qualities of Verinice made of fower grapes, being euidently binding. It dtrengheneth a weake flomacke;it is good againft the vnkindely lufting or longing ofwomen with child ; It ftai- eththe laske, but it fticketh in the bowels : breedeth {toppingsin the liner and milt;it lowly defcetdeth by vrine, and fomething troubleth the head. Old wine whichis alfo made tharpe by reafon of age, is not onely troublefometo the braine, G butalf hureeth the finewes: it is anenemy tothe entrailes, and maketh the body Jeane.” th winde, H New wine,and wine ofthefirtt yeere,doth eafily make the body to fwell,and ingendre itcaufeth troublefome dreames,efpecially that which :s not throughly refined, or thicke, or very feet for fach do foonerftickein the intrailes rhan othersdo. Otlier wines that arein a meanein colour,fub ftance,t afte,or age,as they do decline in vertues and goodneffe from the extreames; {6 allo they be free from their faults and difcommadiries. They comenecre in faculties to thofe wines hereunto they be next,cither in colout,tafte, or fubftance,orelfe in fmell or inage. Wine is fitte(t for thofe that be of nature cold and dry; and alfo for old men, as Galen theweth 1 inhis fifth booke of the gouernmentof health : for it heatethall their members. of the bodies, and purgeth away thewatery patt of the bloud,iftheir be any. Thebeftwines are thofe that be of fat fubfance : for thofe both increafe bloud,and nourifth K thebody;both which commodities they bring to old men, efpecially at fuch time as they haue no ferous humour in their veines, and haue need of much nourifhment. It happeneth thatoftentimes there doth abound in their bodies a waterith excrement, and then ftand they in moft need of all of fuch wines as do prouoke vrine. : ; : _ Aswineisbeft forold men, fo it is worft for children : by reafon that being drunke,it both moi- -f, h, fteneth and dryeth ouermuc and alfo filleth the head with vapours, in thofe who are of a moift aad hot compleéion, or whofe bodies are in a meane betweene the extreames, whom Galen in his booke of the government of health doth perfuade,that they fhouldnot fo muchastafte ofwine made moift long time:for neitheris it good for them to haue theit heads filled nor tobe foravery aad hor,morethan is firfficient,becaufe they are already of fuch a heate and moifture,as if you fhouldbutlittle increafe either qualitic, they would forthwithfall into the extreme. And feeing that euery exceffe is tobe fhunned,itis expedient moft of all to fhun this,by which M notonely the body, but alfo the minde receiueth hurt. Vherefore we thinke,that wine is not fit for men that be already of fullage,vnleffeit be niode- N tatelytakenbecanfe is carieth them headlong. into fury and luft, and troubleth and dulleth the re *Onable part ofthe minde. q Ofthe delaying, or tempering of Wine. O time, for wines tobe mixed withwaIr ws an ancient cuftome, and of long continuance in old os y x , es mens and euident not-onely by Héppocrates but alfoby other old -", . it; plaine ter, 45 itis HippocraVane frit began to be mixed withwater, for health and wholefomeneffe fake : foras oe and of it felfe much drunke, it-ma- fimply “emriteth in his booke of ancient Phyficke, being E eec & 2 |
