the growing of sperme into Embrio and of Embrio to a lyuinge creature of delyuerance or byrthe the issuinge of the secundine abortion and the causes therof wyth also all their circumstances as the vartetye of vayne opynyons aboute the number of celles in the wombe the openynge and closinge of the same the course of menstruous termes Wyth also the consection and takinge oute of a lyuinge chylde from a deade woman or a deade childe from a liuing woman I here willingly omyt as thyngs only appertaining to the wise discrete and learned who are wel able to seke the same in suche learned authores as haue largelye and plainelye wrytten thereof and I will procede orderlye to the bones and muscles of these partes Notwithstandinge note this that the fleshe and skynnes of these partes are to be delte wythall to chirurgerye as is to be done with the yarde the coddes and the partes to them nyghe adiacente The .iii. Chapiter ☞ Of the bones of the backe parte of these partes called turnynge ioyntes and the muscles of the belly with theyr forme proprety IMmediatlye after the .xii. rybbes and the spondilles of the brest are ordeyned as I sayde in the firste chapiter of the third part Lumborum uertebrae whiche are the v. spondilles of the reynes And they are fastened and ioyned in the nether part towardes the fundament wyth the brode bone of the rumpe called Platy Hieron in greke in latine Sacrum Latum Amplum whyche after Carolus Stephanus and others is made of .v. bones ye some say of .vi. ioyned by Symphysin How be it Galē saith in li◠▪ de ossibus but of iiii being vnlike in forme to the rest of the spondilles Whervnto at hys inferior partes is the laste gristiye bone of the ridge knytte called in greke Coceyx in latine Os caudae beinge also made of iii. partes The last third part wherof is simply gristly And from euery ii opposite holes of the spondiis is duely brought forth a pair of synewes from the tail or end of the chine goeth forthe but one syne we alone for it hathe but one hole and is therfore called Neruus sine pari And these synewes that come from these v. spondilles come to the making of the muscles of the belly And from the holow veine commeth certeyne braunches of veines to the nurishing of the sayde muscles as from the greate arterye commeth also branches of arteryes vnto the sayde muscles of the belly whych bring quicknesse and heat vnto them And of these muscles of the belly are .viii. as I sayde before of the whyche there be .ii. that come downe straighte a longest the bellye hauinge their begynninge at the sharpe gristle or shielde of the brest and ende at the bones aboue the priuy members called Ossa pectinis and therfore are called Musculi recti Then ther are other two fixed to the rydge whyche goe transuers from the sydes crosse the bredthe of the bellye and therfore are called Musculi transuersi or Laterales Then are there .iiii. that are called Musculi obliqui of the which there are .ii. that are called Obliqui ascendentes because they spreade as it were cater cornered vpwarde and the other ii are called Obliqui descendentes because they crosse slope wise the other .ii. cater cornered downwardes So that the graynes of the descendentes crosse the graynes of the ascēdentes in maner and forme of this letter X. and by the vertues of the longe strayte muscles is made the power attractiue throughe the whyche is drawne downe as well by the intraels as otherwyse all the superfluities of the dygestions as vrine wynde and earthly ercrementes And by the vertues of the transuers muscles is holden the power retentiue wherby all thinges are kepte and conteined til nature hathe wroughte in them her kynde and offyce in digestion And by the oblique muscles is made the power and strengthe to expell auoide and put oute suche voide excrementes as nature willeth to be expelled whether it be vrine ventosity or ordure And note that after Galen in hys treatise De iuuamentis all woundes or incisyens made in the myddest of the bellye are more daungerous then those that are made in the sydes because the partes on the sydes are more apte to be handled to take forth the entraels then the middle partes be And also that the woundes persynge the wombe wyll scarselye receaue incarnation excepte Siphach be stitched to Mirach The .iiii. Chapiter ☞ Of the midriffe and the partes nexte vnder it as the lyuer the gaule the milte wyth the .ii. greate veynes as Porta concana WIthin this holownesse of the belly are the nouryshing members aboue the whyche and vnder the spirituall mēbers is a certeine sinewy member broade and flat wouen together of muscles great arteries and veines and is therfore of Galen numbered amonge muscles of the brest Which doth moue and is caused to moue by the drawing in and out of aer Thys member departeth and deuideth the spirituall mēbers from the nourishynge members and is called of the Grecians Diaphragma or Phrenes and in latine Septum transuersum in Englishe the midriffe Which holdeth his place like the flappe of a bellowes in that operation And when that member is hurte or wounded it is sayde to be incurable and mortall because of hys noble makinge and delicate substance and his nedefull and profitable workinge whyche when it is wounded is made voyde and of none effecte Under the mydryffe is the lyuer set on the ryghte syde called in Greke Hepar and in latine Iecur whyche is a pryncipall member officiall and concernynge his firste creatyon spermatike of substance as it were coagulated bloud And to hym is knyt and bound a lyttle nette which is the roote of all the veines in the bodye bothe inwardlye and outwardlye and he is clothed with a synewy pannicle And of thys nette beyng the spermatike substaunce of the lyuer there is by natures prouidence ingendered .ii. great veynes Whereof the fyrste is called Vena porta Porta Hepatis 〈◊〉 Porta Iecoris from whome proceadeth the number of veines called Meseraicae which are vnto Verae portae as the branches of a tree vnto the roote or stocke of the same The office of whiche veines is to drawe the Chilous iuyce from the bothome of the stomach and diuers guttes to the lyuer where the seconde digestion is made The seconde veyne is called Vena choele or Vena concaua and of some Vena Ramosa And this veyne wyth hys rootes draweth all the bloude from the lyuer caryinge the same by hys vniuersalle branches into all the bodye and in thys veyne wyth hys branches is the thyrde digestion fulfiiled and made From thys Vena Choecle there are certeine veines which goe from hym to the reynes called Venae Emulgentes or
the earthy substance therof heateth nyghe to the firste degree It openeth mundifieth resolueth and purgeth gently by experience sayeth Syluius both choler and water though the olde wryters saye not so muche Lyke properties to these hath Syrupus and Vnguentum rosarum They strengthen the harte the stomache the lyuer and the retentyue facultie They are good in bilious feuers to coole inflammations to mitigate the paynes made by theÌ„ and prouoke sleape They moue sternutatioÌ„s and are hurtfull for catarrhous persons but they bynde and strengthen the Vuula and the throte and take awaye surfetyng The whyte roses doe purge little or nothyng but doe bynde and strengthen more then the redde Rumex acutus CAlled in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is one of the kyndes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod uacuat uentrem because the leaues of eche kynde therof doe lose and emptie the belly The kyndes of Rumex are foure Rumex acutus wherof here Rumex satiuus called for his greatnes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of other fondly Rhabarbarum Rumex syluestris called also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wherof afore The fourth hath leaues lyke planten About the which kyndes because ther is some controuersie rysen in that Aetius describeth his Oxilapathon otherwyse their Dioscorides doth appoynting his sharpnes to consiste rather in taste then in the harde and sharpe substance of the leafes pointe and that to speake of it here so largly as D. Turner hath done would vnnecessarily augmente this briefe worke I sendethe thyther Of Rumex acutus Galen saith that it doth of a mixed temperament both digeste repercusse The seade wherof is of so manifest adstriction that it staieth the Dysenteria the fluxe of the wombe The rusticall women lustyng when they are with chylde and gredy boyes doe vse nowe and then to eate it rawe whiche nurysheth but litle more then Lapatho But that the roote of Lapathi acuti doth maturate I fynde not in any other autentike author and therfore is LanfraÌ„kes experience only to be trusted vnto Or els perhaps he myght meane some other herbe but what it is doubtfull They prayse it in the healyng and dryuing away of dyuers apostemes Whiche to doe it semeth of them rather to be gathered by deuydinge then by maturation Ruta RUe is called in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because by the great heate and drynes therof it coagulateth sede for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 id est coagulare uel in glaciem coÌ„trahere signifieth to congeyle or coagulate Teste Plutarcho It is of two kyndes Hortensis syluestris wherof the one is as rare as the other is common It is in taste both sharpe and bitter kylleth wormes and is of temperamente whotte in the thyrde degree The wylde Rue in the fourthe and dryeth myghtely and therfore is of power to deuide and cut insoâ—der grosse and tough humores and to moue bryne And is good for paynes of the ioyntes and the dropsie The iuyce therof heated in a pome granate rynde is put in to the eares to ease their peynes It also sharpeneth the eye sighte Eaten rawe or condite with salt layde to cum melle succo foenicult it putteth away their dimnes and mittigateth their peynes beyng layde to cum Polenta It is morouer of subtil partes and destroyeth wyndes and therfore pursueth strongly the inflammations of Colon and other interior partes restreyneth venereous appetites beside the incomparable vertue that it hath against poyson and all venemous woundes Sabina SAuyn is that continuall grene shrubbe that is called in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 seu 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And therof are there two kindes after Dioscorides The one with leaues lyke to Cupresso to vs well knowne The other resembleth in forme the leaues of the Tamariske tree and is here rare It heateth by the sentence of Galen and dryeth in the seconde degree Consisting of moste subtill partes of taste lyke the Cipers tree but that it hath more sharpnes and lesse adstriction And therfore is whotter and dothe more myghtily digeste It stayeth spreadyng or eatynge sores aswageth inflammations and breaketh Carbuncles But for his great heate and drynes is vnmete to heale wouÌ„des Being drunke with wyne Menses Vrinasque prouocat by his subtill substance and dryueth out euen bloud by the vrine Foetum etiam uiuentem interficit mortuum educit Saccharum SAccharum is called of the moste auncient Archigenes and other olde wryters Sal Indicus and Mel arundineum Dioscorides lib. 2. Cap. 74. Hauing spoken of dyuers kyndes of hony sayeth There is also an other kynde of coÌ„creted or hardened hony which they call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 founde in India Arabia felici in the redes coacted or fastened like salte and breaketh betwene the teethe as salte doth It is mete for the belly and profitable to the stomache and helpeth the griefes of the reynes bladder being layde to it putteth away the causes of darknes or dimnes of the eye sight Galen in his .vii. boke of the faculties of simple medicins in the chapter of Mel sayth But Saccharon whiche is brought from India and Arabia Felice groweth together or becommeth harde on redes and is a kynde of hony not so swete as ours but of like vertues in scouryng digesting And in that it is no enemy to the stomache as is ours nor causeth thirste so muche differeth it froÌ„ our hony in substance Plinie sayeth it is hony gathered together as bygge as hasell nuttes whyte lyke gummes of great vse in medicine Alexander Aphrodisaeus sayeth that whiche the Indians cal Saccharum is the curdes or heauy partes of hony the sonne thyckenyng or hardenyng the dewes and conuertyng theÌ„ into the swetnes of hony By these and lyke authorities doth Fuchsius seme very learnedly to proue our sugar not to be Saccharum Candum or Salem Indum of the auncientes affirming our sugar to be none other but the iuyce of a plante of a proper kynde well brused and pressed out and is then of colour rather blacke or reddyshe then whyte and by heate of the fyre in boyling and purifiyng or scumming it hardeneth and becommeth sugar and the more it is boyled and purified the whyter it is Ioannes Manardus sayeth he a man of moste sharpe iudgement Lib. 2. Epistolarum suarâ—â—â— medicinalium wryteth that by the Portugales and Sicilians he knewe the plante from the which sugar is pressed and sayeth that it is sowed of seade in moyste places and is outwardly lyke a great rede but inwardly moste vnlyke as fnll of pulpe heauy softe and ful of iuyce A rede contrarywyse is harde lyght and empty Nowe seyng that the sugar of the auncientes came of a naturall dewe sayeth he and the mater of hony fyrst made glewye by the colde of the nyghte and after harde by the heate of the
of the .vii. paier of sinewes of the brayne in the fore parte of the heade commeth .ii. sinewes passing oute of the brayne by the fore parte of the sculle whyche payer doe make one holow coniunction before they passe the sculle after this maner X. and as they passe the sculle are againe deuided in .ii. which doe beare the visible spirite to the Crystalline humore whiche is the Instrumente of sight And yet is holpen in the visible action of the humores Albugineus and Vitreus and also of the .vii. coates One of whiche coates called Vuea is throughe persed whych percinge is called Pupilla wherby the proper coloures formes and figures are sent to the visible spirite throughe a cleare aer Ther are also made outwardlye eye liddes hauynge lacertes to moue them whiche by their closinge defende the eyes from outwarde hurtes and also reste them from laboures and by a smalle passage doe worke theyr actions whiche are to se thinges visible It were verye profytable in thys place to multiplye wordes vpon the declaratyon of the Anatomye of the eyes and exactlye to notifye all diseases that myghte happen vnto them the whyche are very manye But if I shoulde doe so I shoulde passe that bouÌ„des of thys lyttle booke But I wyll geue thee here the cures of infirmities whiche come to the handes of Chirurgiens althoughe not all but some that are coÌ„mon best known as Obtalâ—nia Pruritus Lachrima Scabies Vlcera Maculae Catoracta c. whych all do ofteÌ„ come to that hands of the Chirurgien Of a disease in the eye called Obtalmia Cha. ii OBtalmia is an aposteme or inflation or a course of humores to the eyes whiche somtime is litell somtime greate somtime very greate euel that whiche is litell is made of smale humores and soÌ„time only of an euel whote coÌ„plexion or of the heate of the sunne of duste of smoke or of muche watchinge whiche wil sone be dissolued made whole with temperaâ—er of diete and the white of an egge beaten skummed and so laied to the eyes This medicine is good for burninge heat and rednesse of the eyes wheÌ„ it is but lytell vnto many other infirmities whiche comme of heat because the white of an egge is colde washing apt for collyries hauing a certeine glâ—ines being applyed to the eies whiche is not founde in other symple medicines The greate Obtalmia is when the eye aketh The Coniunctiua being red and the eye vexed with heat sharpnes teares The greatest and worste Obtalmia is that wherin there appeareth no parte of the Coniunctiua but is couered ouer wyth a greate redde fleshinesse the whole eye beinge inflated and also the eie liddes whiche are as it weare reuersed thys doth sone vlcerate the eye In the greater greatest kindes it is necessarye accordinge to their quantities to draw bloude from the Cephalica veyne and also to purge whotte humores geuinge him lastly a diete so sclender as the patiente maye continewe wyth geuinge him also all hys meates actuallye colde and in like manner what so euer is putte into the eye whiche when it waxeth whotte muste be remoued You maye also for thys purpose laye to the eye Collyrium Album distemperatum cum lacte mulieris puellaÌ„ nutrientis And emplaster the eye vntill the inflaÌ„mation be remoued wyth an emplaster made ex Rosarum Albarum Santali Rubriana Vncia Vna Farinae Hordeaceae Vnciis duabus Caphurae drachma Vna distemperatis cum Aqua Rosacea And when the course of humores and the payne is ceased make fomeÌ„tation cum aqua decoctionis Rosarum pauco Sale But if thys helpe not it is nedefulle to aplye therto Collyrium de Thure to maturate it after that Puluerem Citrinum to muÌ„dify it If after the Obtalmia or by the same there be made an vlcer in the eye wherof these are the signes that in Coiunctiua there is a redde poynte and in the cornea is a white poynte Then vse agayne collyrio Albo to aswage the peine or if the Ulcer be so greate that thou feareste the goynge oute of Vuca or that the disease called Bothor shoulde ensue whiche is a certayne eminence appearinge in the eye resemblynge the graine of a grape then shalle Helesâ—r be necessarye whiche is to saye Penetratiuum But if thou feare not thys and wouldest heale the vlcer vse collyrio de plumbo If farthermore after consolidation of the vlcer there do remaine Albula id est Cicatrix you maye cure the same cum collyrio de Stercore Lacerti Collyrium Album Rec. Cerussae Ablutae drachmas decem Sarcocollae grossae drach tres Amyli drach duas Tragacanthae drach vnam Opii drachmae semissem Beate all these well and incorporate them with cleane rayne water Then let it be very well wrought on a marble stone and after make it vp in smalle pelletes lyke lentilles whiche at your times of nede you may temper with the milke of a woman that nourisheth a maideÌ„ childe and administer it wyth a fether Collyrium de Thure Whiche maturateth apostemes of the eyes Rec. Thuris drach x. Antimonii Singulorum drach v. Sarcocollae Singulorum drach v. Croci drach ii Conficiantur cum aqua Foenugraeci ac fiat Collyrium Puluis Citrinus Rec. Sarcocollae drach x. Aloes ana drachmas ii Croci ana drachmas ii Lycii ana drachmas ii Mirrhae drachmam i. Bruse all these together and vse them Confectio Collyrii de Plumbo Whiche mundifieth and healeth the Ulcers of the eies Recipe Plumbi vsti Antimonii Tutiae ablutae aeris vsti GuÌ„mi arabici Tragacanthae SinguloruÌ„ drach viii Opii drachmam dimidiam Confectio Helesir Whiche is to be vsed when thou fearest the eminence of Vuca to passe out or the disease of the eye called Bothor Rec. Antimonii Hematitae ana drach x. Acaciae drach iiii Aloes drach i. Bruse them and forme them after the maner and bignesse of Peper cum succo Verbenae Vel corrigiolae and when nede shal be temper one of theÌ„ wyth the whyte of an egge and applye it Of Itche in the eyes Pruritus called in Englishe Itche beinge in the eie is cured by washinge the eye eueninge and mornynge wyth white wine wherin hathe lyne Aloe Succotrina poudered inclosed in a piece of linen clothe Of Scabbes in the eye Scabies englished scabes if they be lighte and newe are cured by washinge the eie with white wine wherin hathe bene disolued Coperosa siue Vitriolum Romanum Of Teares Lacrymae or teares are cured cuÌ„ collyrio de Mirobalanis whose composition foloweth Rec. Tutiae drach x. Coralli Ossium Mirobalanorum Aloes Succotrinae Sing drach ii Piperis drach dimidium Make these in powder moste subtillye and put therof a litle in the angle of the eye with a fether Of spottes in the eyes Maculae or spottes are remoued cum collyrio de Stercore lacerti made on this wise Rec. de Raspatura Vasorum terraceoruÌ„
so that it equallye maturateth Wherfore in euerye harde matter it is the fundamente and substance of Emplasters Take also thys profitable compounde plaster whiche aggregateth these intentions namelye maturation and incision to Carbunculum and Anthracem Reci Ficuum siccarum pinguium numero duodecem Passularum vnciam vnam Piperis Salis Nitri ana vnciae semissem Fermenti acri pondus omnium Olei veteris Aceti fortissimi ana quantum sufficit To the confection of your Emplaster Scabiosa pilosa also whych hath leaues somwhat broade nighe the grounde and a stalke of a Cubite lengthe wyth a Flower of a blewe coloure whose leaues are the nigher the roppe the fyner and smaller Beinge brused with Axungia dothe as I haue a thousande tymes proued meruailouslye maturate Anthracem Carbunculum Of Mundificatyues Cap. iiii OF Mundificatyues some doe mundifye with maturatien of the remanentes and they are verye necessarye when we are constreyned to open the aposâ—me before perfecte maturity Also when the mater is partly thynne and soone maturateth and partlye grosse and disobediente to maturation as in Scrophulis Clandulis Bubonibus And ther are other simplye mundificatyues To Apostemes well maturated and to newe Ulcers thou mayste coÌ„modiously applye this mundificatiue which dothe mundifye incarne and aswage peine Rec. Vitellos Ouorum crudos and incorporate them cuÌ„ subtili Farina Triticea in the maner of a Cataplasma and spreade it on a clothe layinge thervpon an other de Melle farina mixed by equalle porcions If thou wouldest haue it more desiccatyue put Farinâ—m Hordei in place of Farina Tritici An other verye good and general mundificatiue which mundifieth wyth maturation and openynge of the pores specially mete for apostemes opened before due time And is proper principallye to the mundification of the Anthrax and Carbunculus and of all vlcers Rec. Mellis Albi boni Farinae Triticeae subtilissimae ana vncias duas Temper them firste together after adde therto Succi Apii vncias quatuor Then boyle them on a softe fire stirringe it continually till it come to perfection And if thou wouldest mundifye fraudulente Ulcers whose malice thou feareste and their mutation into a CaÌ„cer Then supply the place of Succus Apii cum succo Absinthii But if thou wouldest maturate hardnesse as in Scrophulis Bubonibus adde vnto that medicyne de apio halfe so muche as that whole recepte de Cepa Lilio Albo boyled in water and well stamped A good mundificatyue wyth comfortation of the place made ex Melli Rosati colati Vnciis tribus Farinae Hordeaceae subtilissimae Vncia Vna And if thou nede this mundificatiue for woundes in sinewye places adde therto Terebinthinae lotae quartam totius partem Againe if thou wouldest it should mundify more stroÌ„glye adioyne therewyth Sarcocollae myrhae sextam totius partem And note that the medicynes regeneratiues here to be mentioned are not wythoute some mundifyinge facultye But yet are they more desiccatiue Vnguentum Apostolorum WHiche mundifyeth mortifyed Fistules and Crustous vlcers and allmoste all oulde vlcers whose confection is thys Rec. Ceraealbae Picis Resinae Hammoniaci ana drachmas .xiiii. Mirhae Galbani ana drachmas quatuor Opopanacis drach duas Bdelii Aristolochiae longae Thuris ana drachmas sex Litargirii drach nouem Floris aeris drach tres Olei libras duas Let suche gummes as will not be poudered be infused in vineger and after that put them in a Calderon melting also therwyth your wexe and resine in your oyle and then streine them all addynge afterwarde the pouder of youre triable thinges and stirre it strongly wyth a Spatula As medicines aggregatiues Conglutinatyues which are al one do differ from regeneratiues and incarnatiues whych are bothe one So also bothe the one the other doe differ from Consolidatyues Citrikatiues and Sigillatiues whiche are all one and the same Of Conglutinatiues Cap v. FIrste therfore medicines Conglutinatyues are suche as gather together the lippes of wouÌ„des wherin ther is no losse of substance and they are desiccatiues wyth a maner of Conglutinosity wythout Abstersion And ther are certeyne symples whyche doe thys meruailouslye as Calx Folia Segetis syluestris Folia Liliialbi Folia Plantaginis Folia Malorum Folia Cypressi Wyth manye other Of Compounde medicynes there is one made de Calce before described in the cure of woundes An other common medicyne in Conglutination and Consolidation of the brymmes of woundes Rec. Rasurae panni linei veteris albissimi ad Libitum Then take Oleum Rosatum and infuse therin Parum Galbant And wyth these incorporate thy â—nte in forme of an vnguente and it will worke the stronglier if thou adde parum corticum Thuris Of medicynes Regeneratiues Cap. vi MEdicynes Regeneratyues or incarnatyues it behoueth to haue Abstersion wyth Exiccation namelye to scoure awaye grosse superfluityes to exiccate the subtiller which ii kindes are the grosse superfluityes of the thirde digestion whiche are of necessitye ingendered in euery holowe wounde But this doe they differentlye For in woundes of moiste bodies as of women children evnuches or of suche as are naturallye fatte medicines of lyttle dryinge are necessarye as Thus. Vernix Foenumgraecum Litargirum Mastiche Aloe Farina Fabarum And suche lyke But woundes of drye bodies will of consequence require dryinge medicynes As are these Aristolochia Iris. Farina orobi Farina Lupinorum And these are muche the dryer if they be burned And farther if the wounde haue muche quitture it neadeth the stronger oxiccation but if it be litle lesse is required Of Compounde regeneratyues thys pouder is verye good Rec. Thuris vnciam vnam Vernicis Foenograeci ana vncias duas Make of these a moste fine pouder and put therof into the wounde abundantlye Litargirium nutritum also ingendereth excellentlye good fleshe corrodeth the euel and remoueth the scabbe of the eye lidde and is nurished thus Reci Litargirium ad libitum in very fine pouder and putte therto firste de Oleo Rosato and after de Aceto by litle and litle beatynge it continually in a morter vntyll it be much augmented and hathe receiued the force of an Unguente and thys rectefyeth whott veterate Ulcers Of the symples aforsayde thou mayste also make an Unguente by adioyning Vnciam Vnam de puluere pradictoruÌ„ Olei Vncias quatuor Cerae Vnciam Vnam in Semmer or Vnciae dimidium in Winter Of Consolidatyue medicines Cap. vii MEdicynes Consolidatyues Sigillatiues and Ciâ—atrizatiues whiche ingender skyn are these and suche lyke Litargirium CeÌ„taurium minus Ossa Combusta Cerussa Cortices pini Resina sicca Abrotonum assatum Cortices Olibani Gallae Nuces Cupressi Curcuma Balaustia And manye others Of compoundes the best in Sommer is Vnguentum Rasis de Cerussa which is good to ingeÌ„der skin for burnyng of fyer whotte water and Oyle For all excoriations all whotte vlceratynge Pustules To the alteration of anye parte into heate wyth many other And thus maye you make it Rec
the Grekes name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heateth either soÌ„what beyoÌ„d that secoÌ„d degre or within the third drieth either in the ende of the first degre or in the beginninge of the second And therfore being boiled in Oyle it deuideth asswageth paine causeth sleape digesteth raw humores Antimonium CAlled also Stibium and Stiâ—â—i is a veyne of earth fouÌ„d in siluer mines like in colour vnto leade but it differeth from leade whiche wil melt not be pouldered AntimoniuÌ„ wil be pouldered but rather wil it burn theÌ„ melt otherwise theÌ„ by a certein art then not easily as lead wil. It hath saith Galen with his desiccatiue facultye beinge vnwashed a mighty adstriction which by washing is made wel nere vtterly wythout biting it is necessarily vsed with medicines for the eies for his vertues therin obteined to he called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because it openeth the eyes Anthrax ALthough many haue ignoraÌ„tly deuided AnthraceÌ„ from Carbunculo as though they were sondry and seueral tumores it is moste euident that it is one thinge that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the same in greke wherof Carbunculus is that name in Latyne â–ª and signifyeth a burnyng cole whyche thys tumore dothe verye muche resemble in the augmentation bothe in colour and nature hauing also in the declination a blacke crustons eschare made by aduâ—â—ion representinge a quenched cole whiche euidentlye sheweth howe excessyue heat ioyned for the moste part wyth venemous matter is cause of this tumore Yet is it notwythstandynge deuided into kyndes wherof the greatest and most dangerous sort appeareth commonlye in the time of Pestilente infection and consysteth as saythe Galen of melancholye aduste The other sort beinge not so fearfulle and comminge at other tymes is made of whotte boylinge or burned bloude â–ª whiche semeth to be made or turned into Melancholy or as he sayth in an other place of whotte bloude turned by adustion into the nature of Melancholye And surelye thus is Lanfrancus and other wryters of his time to be vnderstanded when they speake of Anthrax or Carbunculus for so shall they in the reste agree wyth Galen and other aunciente wryters Apium Palustre Risus Haemorrhoidum APium is of diuers kindes But where Apium is founde in Receptes or otherwyse wythoute anye other addition in the name it is onlye mente of Persly thoughe Smalache haue abusiuelye bene vsed for it And for the better vnderstaÌ„ding of Apium hys kindes take this note 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium Hortense Persley or gardin persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium Syluestre Wylde Persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium MoÌ„tanum uel Montapium Mountaine Perslye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium Palustre Paludapium Siue Apium Rusticum Smalache Marche or Marshe Persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium AquaticuÌ„ Water Persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ApiuÌ„ Saxatile uel SaxeuÌ„ SaxapiuÌ„ aut Petrapium Stone Persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium equinum Equapium siue Olus atrum Alexanders or greate Persley 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apium sepis uel Apium sepiculare Hedge Persley And whersoeuer thou fyndest anye kinde of Apium disagreinge whether in sense or InterpretatioÌ„ to this order holde it for false As for Apium Haemorrhoidum and Apium Risus It is but an abuse and confusion to recken them emonge the kindes of Apium amonge whome either in forme or faculties they can haue no place But are kyndes of Ranunculus called in Greke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in English Crowfote and Frogmarche wherof also ther are very manye kindes and all of whotte and blistering property wherof loke more in Flâ—nula Apium saythe Galen is so whotte Vt Vrinam menses câ—eat It breaketh wynde but that dothe the sede more then the herbe and is to the mouthe of the stomacke moste acceptable The seade of Oreoselinum and Hipposelinum are of lyke vertues but Oreoselinum is the stronger hitherto Galen Apium is whotte in the seconde degre and dry in the middes of the thirde Apostema AS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hoc est Spatium siue interuallum whyche signifyeth distance or space is the same whyche the Latines caule Abscessum of Abscedo And Galen calleth it Particularum diductionem and are certayne dispositions wherin suche bodyes as before touched together are nowe distante and seuered one from an other Wherof saythe Galen there must nedes be made a void space contening some substance eyther flatuous or moyste or compound of bothe Whiche if it hange or tarye longe therin receiueth diuers alterations Wherof the greater is vsuallye called Apostema and the lesse Pustula So is for Exitura in LaÌ„franke and others of that age and also of a Auicenna to be vnderstaÌ„ded Tumor suppuratus that is a suppurate aposteme or riped tumore But of these I nede here make the lesse declaration for so muche as master Gale hathe so worthilye and moste exquisitly in his Institution of a Chirurgien opened these thinges at large Where thou maist bothe in thys many other maters be right sufficiently satisfied Aqua WAter is of temperament cold contrarye to fier and of all other thinges saithe Galen the moistest and that as it is vtterly without qualities as wythoute taste without sauor and moste cleare so is it moste pure And as it beÌ„deth from this so receiueth it qualities to heat or coole according to the thinges therwith mixed Aristolochia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is of .iii. kindes as Dioscorides saith obteineth that name of the precious helpe that women receiue therby in their hard labours of children which doctor Turner hathe therfore moste aptly called in English Birthworte The first is called Aristolochia rotunda The second Aristolochia longa The thirde Clematitis bisyde these Plinius addeth a fourthe kinde called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Apothecaries haue of longe time erred in sellinge Holoworte for Aristolochia rotunda but some of late haue in the selues reformed this euel doe sel the true thing But surely many women midwiues do erre muche more greuously in my iudgment who plaÌ„t in their gardens vse in womens laboures Bistorta in the stead of Aristolochia calling it Astrologia whyche is of a coolynge and verye astringente nature therfore causeth rather retention theÌ„ expulsion I aduertise all good women therfore that are willynge to helpe them selues and others to seke for the true thynge whiche they maye be sure to obteine by the aduise of some learned Phisicien or experte Chirurgien at the trusty Apothecaries hand It groweth plentiouslye in Italye and Aristolochia longa or at the leasre Clematitis groweth nowe in diuerse gardens in Englande as in London in a garden of master Holande late Chirurgien to the Quenes highnesse of whome I had rotes whiche growe nowe in my gardeÌ„ at Maidstone Of Aristolochia and
passeth by the yarde and afterwardes the nauell hathe no office that we reade of in Anatomye Nexte vnder the skin of the belly is ordeined fatnesse and also vnder that fatnesse viii muscles whych accorde to the necessitye of that place the makynge and office wherof we wil anon declare And note that all this whole substance of muscles fatnesse and the skin together vpon the regyon of the bellye is called of the Arabians Myrach of the Grekes Epigastrion and of the Latines Abdomen de Abdendo that is of coueringe because it couereth and closelye hideth all the entraels Wherin by the waye their errore is to be noted that take Myrach to be a symple and particulare pannicle wheras in dede noe suche pannicle as they imagine can be founde by Anatomye And farther Galen councelleth that in all woundes of the bellye wherin Siphach is cutte that in stitchinge of the wounde we shoulde sewe or take holde in the stitchynge of Syphach wyth Myrach whiche councell can stande wyth no reason if Myrach be anye other wyse to be vnderstanded then as I haue sayde before And vnderâ—â—â—ese muscles in the forepart is ordeyned an other skyn or paÌ„nycle vnder the whych is the calle which is called in Greke Epiploon in latine Omentum or barbarouslye zirbus adipinus and also the guttes vnto the testycles coddes And this pannicle or skin is called Siphach or Peritonaeum of the breakinge of which Siphac it happeneth that zirbus and the guttes fall out into the codde But sometyme of the sayde goynge oute of zirbus and the guttes there falleth onlye a swellynge in the flanke and then may the chirurgien knowe that the rupture or breakinge of Siphac is not great Which may lightly be holpen wyth emplasters conuenyente and restynge by lyinge vpon the backe wyth vnder shorynge and proppyng of the body as for that cause and place shall seme conuenyente And vnder this Siphac is ordeyned the bones of the share called Ossa pectinis or Coxendices whyche bones are made after the forme of a halfe circle or compasse sauynge in the vpper parte towarde the nauell they haue some going out And in the share the endes of them are bound and knytte wyth the hanche and there they become sundrye that they maye susteyne those partes wyth their hardnesse The. ii Chapiter ⧠Of the yarde and the coddes and of the matrix VNder or betwene the lower partes of these bones is placed the yarde or instrument of generation which the grecians call Caulon the latines Caulem Virgam penem and consysteth in substance partlye of ligamentes namely ii and they holowe eche waye as it were all one thinge suche as else where are not founde These being replete wyth spirites doe erecte the yarde wyth the helpe of two muscles lyinge to the sides of the same Partlye of notable veynes and arteryes commynge from the greate vesselles aboute Os amplum and of synewes that sprynge from the common stocke of suche as descend to the mouing of the inferior partes The head or extreme ende wherof is thoughte to be pure and symple fleshe and is called in greke Balams in latine Glans beinge couered wyth a double skin named Posthe Praeputium To the end that the sayd fleshye heade maye be preserued from hurte and also that by rubbynge vp and downe or forewarde and backward of the skin vpon the heade of the yarde there be prouoked and styrred the greater and more aboundante appetite in the acte of generation And that by suche rubbynge and mouynge of the skyn vppon the heade of the yarde the seede by the swellynge of the same maye be the more aptlye and better cast out into the vesselles of generation in women in tyme of the sayde acte Farthermore from the Syphach goe downe two pipes the lower partes wherof be made and becommeth there a double bagged pannicle or skin in the codde conteyninge the stones and is therfore called Didymos Whych stones or testicies called in Greeke Orchees in Latine Testes are of substance saythe Galen holowe lose fleshy and softe Whos 's firste coueryng is white and bloudlesse called Dartos Under the whyche as some wryte is an other tender whyte tunicle or couering whiche they call Erythroeida Whervnto belonge sundry vessels of substance for the most parte harde thicke and stronge As some to bring bloude and spirit from Venacaua Arteria maxima to the testicles and called therfore Vasa semen adferentia and also Praeparantia because they doe not a little alter suche bloude as they brynge and prepare the same But yet worke they it not to perfectyon for so shoulde the testicles be depriued of theyr office of in genderinge sperme for the whiche errore Galen reproueth Aristotle Whiche vesselles as they enter the substance of the stones doe passe throughe a manifest glandule cleuing to the vpper parte of eche stone whyche helpeth muche the preparatiue facultye and is called Epididymis and of some also Didymos Other vesselles also there are to the stones belongynge called Vasasemen deferentia or rather Eiaculatoria that carry the sede nowe labored to the yarde and there and thence throughe the vrine passage out of the same c. Leaste anye man shoulde iudge two passages to belonge to the same one for sperme and an other for vrine Yet are there notwithstandyng two holowe ligamentes and they not with oute deuisyons whyche by receiuinge spirite into them selues doe erecte the yarde as before Ouer those pipes or conduictes comminge from Peritonio and also the stones is appoynted the vttermoste skyn or purse of the testicles called in Greeke Oscheon in Latyne Mentula Scrotum And in women in steade of the yarde is the necke of the Matrix called Ceruig Vteri whose porte or entrance is called Vulua Whyche is made of a stretchyng synewye substance That it maye conuententlye stretche in the tyme of childe bearinge as nede requireth And it hathe inwardlye therewyth as a manne hathe outwardlye two testicles or stones Neuerthelesse they be smaller flatte and rounde in forme of an Almonde and the necke of it in comparison to the testicles or coddes is of the forme and shape of a mannes yarde as it were turned inwarde And the heade of thys necke in the tyme of castynge forthe of the seede toucheth theese testicles moueth them to cast forth theyr seede the better into the holownesse of the matrix And next after this necke inwardly is the matrix it selfe or the wombe called in greke Metra and in Latine Vterus whyche is the fielde of generation of mankinde and is placed betwene the gutte Longaon and the bladder and is much lyke the bladder in forme and inwardlye as some will lyke a paynted hearte Of compounde substance as sinewye veinye and of arteries The rest of the makynge wyth the offices and propreties wherof as in Coitu and conception
Venae emulgentes 79 Venae iugulares 57 Venae mesaraicae 78 Vena humeralis 63 Uenall arterie 9. 69 Vena ischiatica 88 Vena magna 11 Vena malleolaris 88 Vena popletica 88 Vena porta 11. 78 Vena ramosa 78 Vena renalis 88 Vena Saphena 88 Venosa arteria 9. 69 Venter 71. 72. 90 Venter exterior 72 Uentosing 58 Uentricles of the braine 36 Ventriculi ostium 67 Ventriculus 80 Venniculi forma 39 Vermiformis epiphysis 39 Vertebra 4. 67 Vertebrae ceruicis 54 Vertebrae lumborum 67. 76 Vertebrae â–ª metaphreni 67 Vertex 89 Uertue cogitatiue 39 Uertue imaginatiue 39 Uertue memoratiue 40 Uertue of smelling 46 Vesica â—â— Vesicula fellis 79 Vestigium 90 Ueyne 10. 11 Ueyne arteriall 69 Ueynes numbered â—â— Ueynes of the arme 63. â— Ueynes of the 〈◊〉 â— Ueines of the necke 55 Ueines of the legges feete 88 Ueines vnder the tungue 53 Vinculum 5 Virga uirilis 73. 90 Uisible spirite 47 Visiuus neruus 47 Vitreus humor 48 Vmbilicus 72. 90 Vngues 14. 15 Vnio naturalis 2 Upper iawe 49. 89 Vretheres 83 Vreticus porus 83 Vrina 83 Vrinarii meatus 83 Use of chordes or TeÌ„dons 8 Use of fatte 12. 13. 29 Use of fleshe 12. 29 Use of gristles 4. 28 Use of nayles and heares 15 Use of sinewes 7. 29 Use of the skinne 14. 29 Use of veines 11. 29 Vtilitas membrorum 28 Utilities of arteries 9. 29 Utilities of bones 2. 28 Utilities of members 28 Utilities of the nose 46 Utilities of the tungue 53 Vuea 57 Vuea tunica 47 Vuula 57 VV Waste 90 Water pipes 83 Watry humor in the eies 47 Wayes of vrine 83 Will in muscles 8 Wormy body or wormlyke processe 39 Wosen 9 Woundes in the belly 77 Wreste 62. 90 Wynde pipe 69 X Xyphoeides 66 Xyphos â—â—ensis 66 Y Yarde 73. 82. 90 Ymen 9 Z Zirbus adipinus 72 ¶ An historiall expoSTVLATION AGAINST THE beastlye abusers bothe of Chyrurgerâ—e and Physyke in oure tyme with a goodlye doctryne and instruction necessarye to be marked and folowed of all true chirurgiens gathered by Iohn Halle Chyrurgyen EOr as muche as in the Epistle and Prefaces I haue declared the dishonor that the noble arte of medicyne susteyneth by deceauynge Fugitiues and other false abusers I thinke it good here to blasen the dedes of some in this our tyme that it maye apere that not withoute a sufficiente cause I haue so there of them complayned FYrst there came into the towne of Maydstone In the yere of our Lorde 1555. a woman whiche named hir selfe Jone hauyng with hir a walkyng mate whome she called her husbande This wicked beast toke hir Inne at the sygne of the Bell in the towne aforesayde Where she caused within short space to be published that she could heale all maner bothe inward and outward diseases One pouder she caried in a blader made of the herbe Daphnâ—ydes and Anise sede together whiche shee as an onelye sufficient remedie for all grefes administred vnto all hir folishe patientes in lyke quantite to all people neyther regardyng tyme strengthe nor age Al the tyme of her being there whiche was about .iii wekes there resorted to her company diuers Ruffians and vacaboundes vnder pretence of being diseased sekyng to her for remedye so that hir false profession was vnto their wicked behauioure for the tyme in that to wae a safe supportation This is beastlie deceauer amonge manie others tooke in haÌ„d an honest maÌ„s child who had a suppurat tumor in his nauell percynge dangerouslye the panicles of the belye to whome she administred the sayde pouder in great quantitye in so muche that the childe dyd vomyte continuallye for the space of halfe a daye and more withoute ceassynge whereby the sayde aposteme brake The parentes of the chylde then feared much by the grenousnesse of the syghte that his stomache woulde breake whiche may be thought that in very dede it so dyd For in processe of tyme ther issued out by the orifice of the same vii wormes at .vii. seuerall tymes suche as children are wont to auoyde eyther vpwarde or downwarde from the stomache and gutteâ— called â—eretes .i. Rotunâ— with also a certayne yelowe substance not stinkynge suche as we sometymes fynde in the stomaches of dead men when we open them This fearfull syght I saye caused the childes parentes to sende for me to knowe therein myne opinion and counsell vnto whome I prognosticated as I sawe good cause that the mater was very dangerous and not lyke to be cured But this beastly forme of a woman hearynge me so saye answered that she douted therein no daunger and farthermore offered hirselfe to be locked vp in a chamber with the chylde and that yf she healed him not shee myghte be punished with a great deale more circumstance of prating and deceytfull braggynge wordes Unto whose moste wicked and diulyshe boldnes I thus answered Wher as you saye that ye doubte not any daunger in this childe I verye well beleue you for ignorante fooles can doubte no perils and who is bolder then blynde bayerd howe shoulde they doubte that knowe not what a doubt meaneth Notwithstandyng this preheminence you deceauynge reâ—negates haue ye maye bragge lye and lace tyll ye haue murdered or destroyed suche as credyte you and then are ye gone ye shewe your heles and that is onelye your defence But honest menne of arte muste haue truthe for theyr defence and experience of their true worke and maye promyse no more then they may performe What shoulde I make manye wordes the parentes of the child all to late discharged this deceauer And the child notwithstandyng the counsell had of dyuers learned men dyed afterwarde of the sayde grefe But the sayde deceauer accordyng to my Prophecie after .iii. dayes ran away she and her walkyng mate robbynge their hoste where they lay of the shetes pillowheres and blankets that they laye in And by their entysement of one of the mayd seruauntes of their sayd hoste They hadde muscadell serued them in steade of bere whyle they laye there for the moste parte whiche entyced seruant ranne awaye also with them and coulde not synce be herde of Secondly in the yere of our Lorde 1556. there resorted vnto Maydstone one Robert Haris professynge and pretendyng an hyghe knowlege in Physike vnder cloke wher of he deceaued meruaylouslie with vyle Sorcerie This deceauer could tel as the folish people reported of hym by only lokyng in ones face all secrete markes scarres of the bodie and what they had done and what hadde chaunced vnto them all theyr lyfe tyme before Wherwith he had so incensed the fonde and waueryng myndes of some that pitye was to here Amonge whome one woman whoe for hir yeares and professioÌ„ ought to haue bene more discrete When I reasoned with hir agaynste his doynges she ernestlie affirmed that she knewe well that he was then dystant from hir at the leaste .vii. myles and yet she verelye beleued that he knewe what she then sayde
Oh greate beastlynes and infydelitie specially in suche as haue borne a face to fauour the worde of God Well for iestyng a lyttell agaynste the madnes of thys deceauer I hadde a dagger drawne at me not longe after The wordes that I spake were to his hostes when I sawe him goe by in this wyse Is this quod I the cuÌ„nyng sothsayer that is sayde to sye at your house Sothesayer quod she I knowe no suche thynge by him therefore ye are to blame so to name him Why quod I suche men and suche enformed me that he can tell of thynges loste and helpe children and cattell bewitched and forspoken and can tell by lokyng in ones face what markes he hathe on his bodie and where and tell them what they haue done their fortune to come Yea and all this in dede he can doe quod she Why then he is a Sothesayer and a Sorcerer quod J. Well quod she yf he haue so muche cunnyng in his bellye he is the happyer and it is the more ioye of hym Nay quod I it were mere folyshnes for hym to carye his cunnynge in his bellye and why quod she Why quod I thynke you that men of lerning and knowledge cary their cunnyng in their bellies Wher els quod she and why not Mary quod I yf he should beare his cunnyng there he should alwayes waste it when he went to the priuye so in time he should lose all his cunnyng Thys beyng merylye spoken turned me afterwards not to a litle displeasure euen at their handes where I had deserued and loked for frendship as of dutie but I must cease to marueyle any longer at this when almoste euerie suche abhominable vylaine is defended vpholden and mayntayned by suche as of righte and according to the holesome lawes of this realme shoulde punishe them for these their abusions Yet surelie the grieffe were the lesse yf onely the blynde supersticious antiquitie had a regarde and loue to suche deceauers But nowe a great number that haue borne an outwarde shewe of great holynes and loue to Gods holie worde We see them seke daylie to suche oâ—â—elishe Wyches and Sorcerers If their fynger doe but ake as though they were Goddes and coulde presentlye helpe them wit wordes although they knowe that God in his Israell hath called them an abhominacion and hath farther commaunded that none suche should be suffred among them to lyue Thyrdlie in the year of our Lord a thousand syue huÌ„dred fyftie and eyght there came to Maydstone one Thomas Lufkyn by occupacion a Fuller and burler of clothe and had bene brought by by reporte of diuers honest men at the fullyng mylles there besyde the towne neuertheles he had ben longe absent from that contrie in whiche tyme he had by rouing abroade becomde a Phisicien a Chirurgien an Astronomier a palmister a phisiognomier a sothsayer a fortune deuyner and I can not tell what This deceauer was the beastliest beguiler by his sorcerys that euer I herd of making Physike the onely colour to couer all his crafty thefte and mischieues for he set vppe a byll at his fyrste commynge to publishe his beyng there the tenour wherof was in effect as followeth If anye manne womanne or childe bee sicke or would be let bloud or bee diseased with anye maner of inward or outwarde grefes as al maner of agues or feuers plurises cholyke stone strangulion impostumes fâ—stulas kanker goutes pocks bone ache and payne of the ioynes which commeth for lacke of bloudlettyng let them resorte to the sygne of the Sarazens hedde in the easte lane and brynge theire waters with them to be sene and they shall haue remedie Byme Thomas Luffkin Unto this Diuell incarnate resorted all sortes of vayne and vndiscrete persons as it were to a God to knowe all secretes paste and to come specially women to know how manie husbandes and children they shoulde haue and whether they shoulde burie their husbandes then lyuing And to be brefe there was not so great a secrete that he would not take vpoÌ„ him to declare vnto some he prophecied death within a moneth who thankes be to God are yet lyuing and in healthe All this he boasted that he could do by Astronomie But when he was talked with of one that had but a yonge and smalle skyll in that arte He coulde make no directe answere no more then puppe my dogge This beaste coulde wyth a wodden face bragge face and set oute his maters wyth boulde taske that the symple people was by him meruelously seduced to beleue his lies and boastinge tales Amonge manye that talked with him one of mine acquaintance asked him this question sir quod he if you be so cunnynge as ye are named or as you woulde fayne be estemed to be Wherfore goe ye and trauaile ye from place to place For beinge so cunning ye can not lacke wheresoeuer ye dwell for people will resorte vnto you farre and nere sekynge vpon you so that you shoulde not neede thus to trauaile for your liuynge Unto whome he made thys beastlye answere I knowe quod he by Astronomye the influence of the starres and therby perceaue when and howe long any place shall be vnto me fortunate and when I perceaue by the starres that any euell fortune is like to chaunce to me in that place I streighte waye wiselye auoid the daunger and goo to an other place whereas I knowe it will be fortunate and luckye For what vse they to cloke theyr vilanies wyth but Astronomye Phisicke and Chirurgery as I shewed you before But thys false knaue had answered more truelye if he had sayd thus Though for a tyme as all newe â—angels are highlye sette by and meruailed at amonge the folishe and rude people so naughtye false merchantes wyth their craftye and vilainous feseightes maye for a time haue credits and successe accordynge to theyr wicked expectations yet in a whyle wyth vse the people will begin to smell oute and be werye of theyr doynges whiche they at the fyrste so gredelye did seeke for the strange newes For suche false deceauers perceaue and knowe that the fonde myndes of the common rude multytude of people at the fyrste in seekynge to see straunge thynges are madde of desire And as they are vnreasonable in seekynge the newes so are they sone werye of the vse therof for muche familiaritye engendereth contempte euen in good thinges Therfore when men begin to perceaue and to espye the crafte and subtilty of suche deceauers it is time for them to change their place that they maye the easilyer deceaue agayne where ther falshode is strange and newe and all together vnknowne If I saye he hadde thus answered he hadde sayde the very truthe Thys deceauer hadde sufficiente audacitye wyth talke to sette oute hys falshode and to beare downe all that be ignorante so longe as hys knauerye knackes were vnknowne Well the ende of hys being there was as it is common wyth them all wythoute anye difference for he
for remedy for suche as are bewyched or inchanted and as they coÌ„monly terme it forspoken What stuffe this is let the wyse and learned iudge And he hath so prospered with these doynges that in shorte space he hath been able bothe to purchase and buylde as I am credibly enformed of diuers men that doe knowe and haue seen the same For there are many that reporte and they no smal fooles that he hath cured suche as al the learned Phisitiens in England could doe no good vnto beleue it who wyll Not withstanding Cardanus a learned Philosopher in his worke De Subtilitate in the tenthe booke therof intituled of spirites or diuels seemeth to proue that there are certayne griefes chaunsing sometime to mans body by enchauntement or the workyng of cursed sciences Wherof for so muche as phisicke and chirurgerie knowe no cause they are also to seeke of a remedy For in these laudable artes there is a reasonable cause founde of euery disease vpon the reason wherof ther is ordeined a remedy But when through diuilyshe and wicked sciences there is any sycknesse procured wherof the laudable arte of medicine knoweth not the cause so can it procure no helpe But only by helpe of some of those sciences most detestable must the same be taken away agayne so that it seemeth to be a common composition among them the one to tormente the bodies both of man beastes that an other may be sought vnto to remedy the same So one beyng euer a workynge instrument to an other For the sayd Cardanus beyng a learned Phisitien and great Philosopher of our tyme of Mylayne citeth for an example a merueylous historie done in the same citie whiche I wyll here wryte that the gentyll reader may by comparing the same with others the better vnderstand the great subtilties and wicked workynges of such kynde of persons the historie is as foloweth Dygressing a whyle from that whiche we haue sayde we wyll now rehearse what we this last yere haue sene A certayne wyse in the citie of Mylayne beyng come of a noble stocke was sycke of a whote or burnyng vrine with a continuall desyre to expell the same About the whiche the moste famous Phisitiens of our sayde citie beyng seuen in number besyde other strange ones with also the Chirurgiens were conuocated I my selfe beyng present and yet we all could not well agree of the cause of hir griefe For some estemed it to be a stone one called it Erysipelas coÌ„monly called sayncte Antonies fyre an other an vlcer other named it an harde tumor called Scirrbus other sayde it was a Cancer some affirmed that it was an Aposteme some that it was certayne vessikes or blisters but remedies ther could none be founde against those affectes But through whotte fomentations there were certayne vessikes or blisters made which were cutte And through the vse of those violent tormentes there folowed an inuâ—luntary emission or lettyng goe of vrine wherof ther folowed to hir at .ii. tymes a dangerous accidence namely a spasme or crampe without pulse or strengthe Thus beynge tormented by this malady seuen whole monethes without remedy she was of the Phisitiens forsaken and in vtter despeyre of helth And certainly she did not feigne hir grefe consyderynge that she drunke so many bitter medicines with sufferyng so many fomentations and perfumes permittyng also that secreate place to to be seene of so great a nuÌ„bre of Phisitiens beholding it by a glasse obseruing also the diete so longe a tyme sufferyng bloudlettyng suffering the forsayde vessickes to be cutte and the application and working of so many corrostues or burning medicins which procured escares besydes Iron instrumentes and fyre Wherfore we beyng out of comforte and vncertayne of the sycknesse at the last they condescended to my sentence whiche was not the greatest absurditie of all as hereafter shall apere whiche sentence was grounded on this argument That the disease dyd waxe worse and grewe more and more through the medycines The payne was continually in the place where the necke of the bladder dothe ioyne with the necke of the matrix with a great extenuation or fallyng away of the bodie into leanes with suche a face as is described of Hippocrates The emission of vrine was not voluntary though ther were a continual desire to doe it There were vlcers also about the place which were made partly through the heate and sharpnesse of the medicines and partly through the importune attraction of IroÌ„ Neuerthelesse the burning of vrine did not onely remaine but increase she euermore hauing a feruent desire to make water in so much that some Phisitiens did thinke that ther was a stone in the bladder albeit the serching with an vrinary instrument called in Greke Catheter tooke awaye that opinion But nowe at the laste when it was published al abrode that this woman was extremely sick there stepped forth to hir helpe one Iosephus Niger a renouined professor of the Greke letters who was of some suspected to be an inchanter or worker in the wicked sciences This woman hauing a sonne of .x. yeres olde which was scoller to the said Joseph of him instituted vnto letters This Joseph broughte with him a glasse of Cristall in forme of a triangle wherin he caused the childe to looke who said that therin he sawe three foule ougly spirites standing on their feete before his mother when he had whistered other wordes in the childes eare the childe saide that he sawe an other spirite on horseback more high and great theÌ„ the other .iii. with a sceptour threforked or of three prickes who bounde the other three spirites one after an other and beinge so bounde he did them vnder his saddel whiche done he deliuered his glasse to be kepte Why should I stand so long rehersing this history This woman hauing some perswasioÌ„ by this arte doth fall on sleape hir grefe hir burninge and hir apetite to make water doth cease the rosiall colour came again in hir face hir flesh was restored vnto a good liking so that anon after she conceiued and thus was she well perfectly healed And for the proofe herof I haue to witnes all the familiars of the woman all the phisitiens conuocated and the effect it selfe For where as before she was a dead body now may eche one see hir in health And now it must folowe seyng that there can be founde none other cause that this woman was healed by a spirite or by imagination or by hope For if the childe spake the truthe Iosephus dissembling the matter for feare of the law she was healed by a spirite If the child were taught instructed before of Iosephus to speake al that he should require of him then it was a subtiltie wrought for the health of hys mother so it should apeare that she was healed by imagination or by confidence And surely this doyng were merueilous seynge Joseph woulde take no rewarde neyther knowe I to what ende suche a