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health_n improvement_n or_o rule_n comprise_v and_o discover_v the_o nature_n method_n and_o manner_n of_o prepare_v all_o sort_n of_o food_n use_v in_o this_o nation_n write_a by_o that_o ever_o famous_a thomas_n muffett_n doctor_n in_o physic_n correct_v and_o enlarge_v by_o christopher_n bennet_n doctor_n in_o physic_n and_o fellow_n of_o the_o college_n of_o physician_n in_o london_n london_n print_v by_o tho_n newcomb_n for_o samuel_n thomson_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o white_a horse_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1655._o imprimatur_fw-la francis_n prujean_n president_n balduinus_n hamey_n george_n ent_n edmund_z wilson_n christoph_n bennet_n censor_n the_o table_n chap._n i._n 1._o what_o diet_n be_v 2._o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o 3._o what_o good_a it_o bring_v 1_o chap._n 2._o 1_o how_o many_o sort_n of_o diet_n there_o be_v 2._o wherein_o diet_n consist_v material_o 3._o wherein_o diet_n consist_v formal_o 2_o chap._n 3._o and_o 4._o of_o air_n 1._o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v choose_v 12_o 2._o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v prepare_v 20_o 3._o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v use_v 20_o chap._n 5._o of_o meat_n and_o the_o differcnce_n thereof_o in_o kind_a substance_n temperature_n and_o taste_n 29_o chap._n 6_o of_o meat_n how_o they_o differ_v in_o preparation_n age_n and_o sex_n 41_o chap._n 7._o 1_o how_o many_o sort_n of_o flesh_n there_o be_v 2._o whether_o flesh_n or_o fish_n be_v first_o eat_v of_o and_o whether_o of_o they_o be_v the_o pure_a and_o best_a nourishment_n 50_o chap._n 8._o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o tame_a beast_n 58_o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o wild_a beast_n or_o venison_n 71_o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o tame_a bird_n 79_o chap._n 11._o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o wild_a foul_a abide_v and_o feed_v chief_o upon_o the_o land_n 90_o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o wild_a foul_a abide_v and_o feed_v chief_o upon_o the_o water_n 106_o chap._n 13._o of_o the_o inward_o and_o outward_o both_o of_o beast_n and_o bird_n 110_o chap._n 14._o of_o milk_n 119_o chap._n 15._o of_o butter_n cream_n curd_n cheese_n and_o whey_n 128_o chap._n 16._o of_o egg_n and_o blood_n 134_o chap._n 17._o of_o fish_n general_o and_o the_o difference_n thereof_o 141_o chap._n 18._o of_o sea-fish_n 147_o chap._n 19_o of_o freshwater_n fish_n 175_o chap._n 20._o of_o such_o live_a creature_n and_o meat_n as_o be_v neither_o flesh_n nor_o fish_n and_o yet_o give_v good_a nourishment_n to_o the_o body_n 190_o chap._n 21._o of_o fruit_n and_o the_o difference_n thereof_o 194_o chap._n 22._o of_o all_o orchard_n fruit._n 195_o chap._n 23._o of_o such_o fruit_n of_o the_o garden_n as_o be_v nourish_v 215_o chap._n 24._o of_o such_o fruit_n of_o the_o field_n as_o be_v nourish_v 231_o chap._n 25._o of_o the_o variety_n excellency_n make_v and_o true_a use_n of_o bread_n 235_o chap._n 26._o of_o salt_n sugar_n and_o spice_n 245_o chap._n 27._o of_o the_o necessary_a use_n and_o abuse_v of_o sauce_n and_o whereon_o they_o consist_v 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not_o be_v charity_n in_o i_o to_o let_v he_o die_v outright_o special_o when_o it_o be_v for_o the_o world_n good_a and_o your_o health_n improvement_n this_o be_v all_o only_o if_o it_o may_v be_v any_o advantage_n to_o have_v my_o judgement_n it_o be_v a_o piece_n for_o my_o palate_n not_o likely_a to_o dis-relish_a any_o where_o so_o much_o pleasure_n be_v interlard_v with_o our_o profit_n i_o may_v safe_o say_v upon_o this_o subject_n i_o know_v none_o that_o have_v do_v better_a and_o be_v platina_n apicius_n or_o alexandrinus_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o dietetick_a writer_n now_o alive_a they_o will_v certain_o own_v and_o high_o value_v this_o discourse_n accept_v then_o kind_o his_o endeavour_n that_o strive_v to_o do_v you_o good_a both_o in_o public_a and_o private_a farewell_n chr._n bennet_n chap._n i._n 1._o what_o diet_n be_v 2._o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o 3._o what_o good_a it_o bring_v priâ—c_n diet_n be_v define_v by_o very_o learned_a scholar_n a_o exact_a order_n in_o labour_n meat_n drink_v sleep_v and_o venery_n for_o they_o be_v think_v to_o be_v pythagoras_n his_o pentangle_v or_o five_o square_v figure_n wherein_o as_o hipocrates_n say_v of_o man_n body_n there_o be_v several_a confluence_n and_o concurrence_n yet_o but_o one_o general_a sympathy_n through_o all_o nevertheless_o labour_n be_v appoint_v for_o most_o to_o invite_v meat_n and_o drink_n they_o to_o draw_v on_o sleep_n for_o the_o ease_n of_o our_o labour_n and_o all_o four_o to_o perfect_a generation_n which_o be_v not_o only_a essendi_fw-la anim_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la essendi_fw-la causa_fw-la not_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o be_v but_o of_o ever_o be_v for_o indeed_o after_o we_o be_v dead_a in_o ourselves_o we_o recover_v in_o our_o posterity_n another_o life_n but_o in_o this_o treatise_n i_o define_v consumption_n diet_n more_o particular_o as_o it_o be_v usual_o take_v both_o by_o the_o vulgar_a and_o also_o the_o best_a physician_n to_o be_v a_o orderly_a and_o due_a course_n observe_v in_o the_o use_n of_o bodily_a nourishment_n for_o the_o preservation_n recovery_n or_o continuance_n of_o the_o health_n of_o mankind_n which_o how_o and_o when_o it_o be_v first_o invent_v and_o by_o who_o collect_v neither_o cardan_n nor_o scaliger_n nor_o virgil_n nor_o montuus_fw-la nor_o biesius_n nor_o jason_n pratensis_n nor_o psellus_n nor_o any_o med_a in_o my_o judgement_n have_v more_o true_o declare_v than_o hypocrates_n himself_o avouch_v that_o necessity_n be_v the_o mother_n and_o reason_n the_o father_n of_o diet._n for_o when_o sickness_n creep_v into_o the_o world_n and_o man_n give_v the_o same_o meat_n to_o sick_a folk_n which_o they_o do_v to_o the_o healthful_a they_o perceive_v they_o to_o be_v so_o far_o from_o recovery_n that_o they_o rather_o wax_v worse_o and_o worse_o hereupon_o be_v enforce_v to_o alter_v either_o the_o kind_n or_o the_o preparation_n or_o the_o quantity_n or_o the_o quality_n and_o order_n of_o nourishment_n they_o know_v by_o diligent_a observation_n what_o be_v fit_a for_o every_o disease_n for_o every_o sex_n age_n and_o complexion_n and_o according_o commit_v they_o to_o memory_n or_o set_v they_o down_o anim_fw-la in_o writing_n plutarch_n think_v that_o we_o first_o learn_v this_o knowledge_n of_o brute_n beast_n for_o pigeon_n and_o cock_n before_o they_o fight_v will_v eat_v store_n if_o they_o can_v get_v it_o of_o cummin_n seed_n to_o lengthen_v their_o breath_n and_o nightingale_n eat_v spider_n to_o prevent_v stop_n and_o lion_n have_v surfeit_v on_o flesh_n abstain_v from_o all_o meat_n till_o it_o be_v digest_v so_o the_o marlin_n teach_v tender_a person_n first_o to_o keep_v warm_a their_o foot_n the_o stork_n to_o remedy_n costiveness_n of_o body_n by_o the_o use_n of_o glister_v the_o hedgehog_n to_o avoid_v walk_v in_o windy_a season_n the_o little_a bird_n to_o bathe_v in_o summer_n the_o fly_n and_o bee_n to_o keep_v home_o in_o winter_n for_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v in_o former_a age_n so_o strong_a that_o they_o do_v eat_v and_o digest_v every_o thing_n as_o it_o grow_v neither_o be_v mill_n boulter_n oven_n and_o artificial_a preparation_n from_o the_o beginning_n but_o as_o sickness_n of_o the_o body_n increase_v so_o the_o mind_n devise_v remedy_n teach_v man_n how_o to_o thrash_v and_o grind_v corn_n to_o make_v bread_n to_o boil_v roast_n and_o bake_v meat_n to_o give_v thin_a and_o liquid_a meat_n to_o weak_a stomach_n and_o grosser_n cate_n to_o they_o that_o be_v strong_a after_o the_o example_n of_o every_o bird_n who_o first_o soften_v and_o boil_v the_o meat_n in_o their_o maw_n before_o they_o give_v it_o to_o their_o young_a one_o neither_o shall_v we_o marvel_n hereat_o for_o as_o ignorant_a
good_a physician_n advise_v he_o to_o drink_v no_o long_o water_n but_o a_o 23._o little_a wine_n for_o his_o stomach_n sake_n and_o his_o often_o infirmity_n so_o likewise_o severus_n the_o emperor_n be_v sick_a at_o york_n of_o a_o hot_a gout_n his_o physician_n forbid_v he_o all_o flesh_n especial_o aurel._n of_o the_o strong_a sort_n but_o he_o refuse_v their_o council_n nourish_v his_o disease_n with_o forbid_a meat_n and_o soon_o die_v contrariwise_o seneca_n be_v forbid_v by_o serenus_n ep._n the_o physician_n to_o eat_v any_o more_o of_o fish_n be_v too_o too_o waterish_a a_o nourishment_n for_o his_o weak_a body_n which_o whilst_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v and_o forbear_v to_o eat_v flesh_n his_o blood_n be_v all_o turn_v to_o a_o gelid_a water_n so_o then_o in_o respect_n of_o particular_a person_n neither_o flesh_n nor_o fish_n be_v of_o better_a nourishment_n but_o both_o alike_o yet_o general_o flesh_n engender_v the_o better_a pure_a and_o more_o perfect_a blood_n as_o the_o very_a colour_n and_o face_n of_o man_n which_o use_v either_o of_o they_o apart_o do_v perfect_o declare_v and_o consequent_o for_o sound_v man_n it_o be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v account_v the_o best_a sustenance_n chap._n viii_o 1._o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o tame_a beast_n veal_n calf_n flesh_n be_v of_o a_o temperate_a constitution_n agree_v with_o all_o age_n time_n and_o temperature_n calf_n be_v either_o suckling_n or_o wainling_n the_o first_o be_v of_o easy_a digestion_n make_v good_a blood_n and_o drive_v choler_n from_o the_o heart_n so_o likewise_o be_v the_o wainling_n but_o somewhat_o hard_o either_o of_o they_o agree_v with_o hot_a and_o dry_a person_n howsoever_o it_o be_v dress_v but_o to_o flaggy_a 2._o and_o moist_a stomach_n veal_n be_v unwholesome_a unless_o it_o be_v dry_a roast_v for_o roast_a meat_n give_v dry_a nourishment_n and_o potul_a boil_a meat_n moist_a as_o galen_n write_v the_o italian_n be_v so_o in_o love_n with_o veal_n that_o they_o call_v 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tender_a than_o otherwise_o it_o will_v bull_n beife_n bull_n beife_n unless_o it_o be_v very_o young_a be_v utter_o unwholesome_a and_o hard_a of_o digestion_n yea_o almost_o invincible_a of_o how_o hard_a and_o bind_v a_o nature_n bull_n blood_n be_v may_v appear_v by_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v kill_v for_o it_o glase_v the_o ground_n and_o make_v it_o of_o a_o stony_a hardness_n to_o prevent_v which_o mischief_n either_o bull_n in_o old_a time_n be_v tear_v by_o lion_n or_o hunt_v by_o man_n or_o bait_v to_o death_n by_o dog_n as_o we_o use_v they_o to_o the_o intent_n that_o violent_a heat_n and_o motion_n may_v attenuate_v their_o blood_n resolve_v their_o hardness_n and_o make_v their_o flesh_n soft_a in_o digestion_n bull_n flesh_n be_v thus_o prepare_v strong_a stomach_n
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