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A nevv booke of spirituall physik for dyuerse diseases of the nobilitie and gentlemen of Englande, made by William Turner doctor of Physik
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Turner, William, d. 1568.
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1555
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STC 24361; ESTC S118750
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praesenti seculo ne sitis elato animo neque spem ponite in diuitijs incertis sed in Deo viuente qui praebet nobis omnia affatim ad fruendum Benefacite vt diuites sitis bonis operibus Estote faciles ad impertiendum libenter communicantes recondentes vobis ipsis fundamentum bonum in posterum Psa 39. vt apprehendatis vitam eternam Spera in Domino fac bonitatem inhabita terram pasceris in diuitijs eius Delectare in Domino dabit tibi petitionem tuam Nouit Dominus dies immaculatorum hereditas eorum in aeternum erit Inimici vero Domini mox vt honorificati sunt exaltati deficientes quemadmodum fumus deficient Iunior fui Psa 36. senui non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius querens panem Psa 118 Iniusti puni entur semen impiorum peribit Inclina cor meum in testimonia tua non in auaritiam I haue wrytten thys in latin for theyr sake that had leuer read their confortatiue and diet in latin then in Englyshe But yf I shoulde leue thys latine not turned into English I wolde be aferde that some vnlearned persones shulde abuse thys my wrytyng as the Popyshe sacrificeyng prestes and the coÌ„mon popyshe sorte of the vnlearned people abuse the physicke of Christ written in latin For when as Christ had made many noble medecines against dyuers diseases and the Apostles and Euangelistes had written the same in Greke and learned men hadde turned them out of Greke into latin some of the coÌ„mon people beleuyng that Christes medicines was very good desyred the prestes to reade vnto them Christes preparatiues purgations confortatiues and diet to their comforte and for the same cause they came euery sondaye vnto the churche But the Popyshe prestes rede ouer the sicke ê‘sons heades Christes aboue named medicines iÌ„ latin as though the bare redynge of the phisicians byll in a straunge tonge shulde helpe the syck men when as they vnderstande neuer one worde thereof And the same prestes nether taught the people howe they sholde vse theyr preparatiue nether theyr purgation nor confortatiue nether dyd they declare what diet the people shulde holde but read the diet other medicines in a strauÌ„ge tonge I wyll therfore make my hole counsell and my other medicines in Englyshe for them that vnderstande no latin and yet I counself them that are sycke in thys disease when as I couÌ„sell them that they daylye reade thys confortatiue and preseruatiue that they loke for no helpe of the only readynge of them but that they shoulde do those thynges that are wrytten not onely heare them or se them or saye them but also order theyr lyfe according vnto the coÌ„fortatiue the foreappointed diet The sonne of maÌ„ came to seke out and to saue that which was lost I came not to call the ryghteous but synners vnto repentaunce Repente you for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande Come vnto me all ye that labour and are ladeÌ„ and I shal refreshe you So God loued the worlde that he gaue hys onely begotten sonne that all whych beleue in hym sholde not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastynge I wyll not the death of a synner but rather that he conuert and lyue The preseruatiue Thou shalt not desire thy brothers wyfe nor hys house nor hys lande nor hys seruauÌ„t nor hys mayde nor hys oxe nor his asse nor any thynge that is hys Be ye not carefull what ye shal eate nor what ye shal drynke or wherwyth ye shal be clothed Fyrst seke the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof al these thinges shal be gyuen you The Lorde shall not suffer the soule of the ryghteous to be greued wyth honger The yonge Lyons are greues wyth penurye and honger but they that searche out the Lorde shall lake nothyng that is good When thou shalte be made a kynge thou shalte not purchace vnto thee many horses thou shalte not haue many wyues nether exceadynge greate weyght of golde and syluer A ryghteous kynge setteth vp the laÌ„de but a couetus man destroyeth it Extreme pouerty nor great ryches gyue not vnto me giue me necessary thinges for my lyuyng leste paraduenture I beyng fylled shal be intysed vnto the deniyng of thee and saye who is the Lorde or I beynge compelled wyth pouerty shulde stele forswere the name of my Lorde God i. timo vi 1. tim 6 Seperate thy selfe from those whyche thynke gaynes to be godlynes for godlynes is great vauÌ„tage when a man is content in hys owne mynde for we brought nothyng into the world nether we can cary any thynge out therof but hauyng sufficient fode and clothynge let vs be content therwyth for those that wyll be ryche entre into many temtacions and snares and wycked desyres folyshe and hurtfull whyche drowne men cast them into death daunger and destruction For couetousnes is the roote of all euell You that are riche in this present world be not of an hyghe mynde 1. tim 6 and put not your hope in vncerteine riches but in the lyuyng God whych shall gyue you all thynges plenteously to inioye them Do you well that ye maye be ryche in good workes Be you easy to distribute gladly giuing parte layeng vp for your selues a good foundacion agaynst the tyme to come that ye maye take holde of euerlastyng lyfe Psal 37. Psal 37 Trust in the Lorde and do good and dwel vpon the earth and thou shalt be fed in the ryches of it Delyte or trust in the Lorde and he shall gyue the thy desyre The Lorde knoweth the dayes of the vndefyled and theyr inheritaunce shal be euerlastyng But the enemyes of the Lorde streyght way as they be honored and set vp they fadynge awaye do vanyshe as the smoke I was yonge and am olde and I haue not sene the ryghteous forsaken nor theyr sede beggynge their breade The vngodlye shal be ponyshed and the sede of the wicked shall peryshe Moue my harte vnto thy wytnesses and not vnto couetousnes So farre the preseruatiue After that they be ones perfytly healed they muste not onely vse thys foresayd dyet but they muste also exercise them selues leste they by to muche reste fall into theyr sycknes agayne For thys diet that I haue prescribed after Goddes phisik wyl not helpe except they be exercised in some good workes for the spirite of God sayeth Psal 33. declina a malo fac bonum flie euel do good But your chiefe exercyse shall stande in goynge walkynge and runnyng Exercise ye muste rune wyth Dauid Psal 118 which sayd viam manda torum tuorum cucurri I haue runne the waye of thy coÌ„maundementes ye muste also walke as Dauid sayeth in lege Domini in the lawe of the Lord and ye muste go as the same prophet sayd a virtute in virtutem from one vertue to another Althoughe there be many vertues wherein a
muste burne al these and caste the ashes of them into the water and drynke as muche of theÌ„ as coÌ„meth vnto your parte that is aboute the quantite that I haue prescribed afore Thys call I the confeccion of Moses because he begaÌ„ first to heale men after thys fashion How be it lest any scripturescorner which can abyde nothing but mans learnyng shulde dispise thys maner of healyng of sik folkes wyth the eatyng of suche thynges destroyed as haue hurte them before ye shall knowe that the moste excellent phisiciaÌ„s haue made a very souerayne medicine against all venum poyson euen of the moste poysoned beastes that is euen a Veper For the venemus Veper wyth other certain medicines the head and taile cut of eaten receyued both healeth them that are bitten of the Veper of other venemus beastes The vypers of EnglaÌ„d wold be thus serued preserueth men froÌ„ poysons that shal be taken afterwarde The Scorpion also a deathbryngyng beste kylled brused and layde to healeth his owne poysoned byttyng When he is rosted and eaten taken into the poysoned mans bodye he is a good remedye for the same poyson Diascorides and Galenus wytnes thys to be true that I haue tolde you Therfore dispyse not your medicin because it is both agreyng vnto the scripture and philosophye After that ye haue dronk vp this for sayd purgation the next daye after take as muche as ye caÌ„ of the noble sirup Letificantis Christi vse that euery day ones or twyse vntyl ye be ê‘fytly hole The medicine called LetificaÌ„s Christi is thys The sonne of man is comed to saue it that is loste It is a true sayeng and worthy by all meanes to be receyued Luce. 19. 1. timo 1. Iesus Christe came into thys worlde to saue synners Mathe. 11. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I shall refreshe you So hath God loued the worlde that he hath gyueÌ„ his onely begotteÌ„ sonne that al that beleue in him shulde not peryshe Ioh. 3. but haue lyfe euerlasting When ye are healed perfytly of thys disease leste ye catche it agayne as a thousande in EnglaÌ„de dyd of late whych appeared vnto al meÌ„ to be fre froÌ„ thys disease for the space of many yeares ye muste auoyde the company of all suche as are sik in that disease for it is an infectiue disease and froÌ„ the Romyshe wyne Math. 16. and from the leueÌ„ of the pharisees from Messes Diriges Letanies Legendes and all other sacrifices and seruices deuised by the hore of Rome From the whyche excepte ye absent your selues ye caÌ„ not chuse but be infected agayne wyth the Romyshe pokkes whych wyl bryng you from Christe to euerlastynge death at lengthe Exercise your selues in readyng of scripture and in hearyng of good sermons and by the grace of God ye shal be delyuered from thys foule death bringyng disease and ye shall neuer fall into it agayne 4. Of the Leprye AFter that I haue tolde remedies for the inwarde diseases of the nobilitie gentlemeÌ„ of thys realme I intende to shewe my counsel to them that haue outward diseases that they maye be healed also Amonge all outward diseases that I do perceyue the nobilite to be vexed wythal there is none fouller then the lepre or leprosye as some men call it I perceyue by many tokens that very many are sik in this disease The bodely lepre is taken diuers wayes ether by euel diet or by eatyng or drynkyng or kepyng coÌ„pany wyth them that haue the bodelye lepre But the spirituall lepre wherin our gentlemen are sik is taken by accompaniyng wyth them that haue the spiritual lepre The signes of the bodely lepre are taught in the scripture at lengthe Leui. 13. and also of dyuers noble phisicians Leui. 13. But at thys tyme I shal not nede to wryte any of the tokeÌ„s of the lepre that I intende to heale for it is wel ynough knowen already The lepre that vexeth you of the nobilite is the defamation and shame that coÌ„meth vnto you by the receyuyng into youre order felowship apparell leuerye suche persones as shame you your hole order and make you loke as euel fauored in the syghte of all wyse men as a bodelye lepre defaceth and maketh euel fauored the contenaunce of hym that hath that foule disease There are two sortes of meÌ„ whych brynge thys lepre vnto you proud stertvppes or selfe made geÌ„tlemen ii kyndes of stertuppes and lordely byshoppes Ther are two kynde of stertuppes or selfe made gentlemen nether promoted by God nor the kynge to the dignite that they take vpoÌ„ them The former sort are crafty witted felowes whych haue gotten vnder theyr masters muche golde and syluer wherwyth they haue purchased muche good lande and haue spoyled many a good personage and vicarage These although they haue commed to theyr ryches by deceiuing of their maisters and by bribeyng and poullyng of theyr poore brethren vnmercyfully yet forgetting that they cam late from the doughyl wyl be taken for gentlemen and wyl weare gentlemens apparell and suche do ye alowe and admyte into your companye and felowship as gentlemen when as they are the pestilent plages of the coÌ„mon wealth and the defacers and shamers of al true nobilite The other sorte of stertuppes whyche are ydle belly bestes come from the donghyll as well as the other but wheÌ„ as they can not otherwyse come to theyr desyred purpose which is to be gentlemen that is to go gayly to do nothynge and to be had in regarde they steale robbe dice and carde dance and syng and flater ryght gentlemen and turne them selues into all fashions to get wherwith that they maintayne the opinion of nobilite whych they haue taken vpon them These two kindes wyth the bastardes that are nether borne to a fote of lande nether haue any science nor honest occupacions to get theyr liuinges wyth al enter into the name felowship company and clothyng of gentlemen because the fyrste kynde that is the ryche stertvppes stealeth craftelye and the other two beggerly sortes rob openly and are ofte tymes takeÌ„ wyth roberies and are hanged they shame and dishonour the hole nobilitie and make men thynke that all gentlemen are nought because ther are so many that are called and gyue them selues for gentlemen and are taken for gentlemen that are theues robbers and ruffianes and very pesteleÌ„ces of the coÌ„mon welth For the helpynge of thys lepry that ye haue taken by suche thys is my counsell that ye that are ryght getlemen in dede yf there be any poore bastardes of your kin or name yf they be yonge put them to the scole and holde them at it vntyll they be ether preachers lawyers or phisicians or yf they be not fyt for learnyng then put them to occupacioÌ„s to be marchant men or of suche like calling Yf the beggerly stertvppes coÌ„e to any place where as ye haue any autorite to