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A01831	The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre; Sommaire et entretènement de vie. English	Goeurot, Jean.; Phayer, Thomas, 1510?-1560.; Houssemaine, Nicolas de, d. 1523. Régime contre la peste.	1550 (1550)	STC 11970; ESTC S109504	120,493	394

depth botome of mine hert go not awaye from me my maker redemer but heare the supplicaciō of my praier For thou arte mine onelye hope and myne enheritaunce in the lande of liuers I haue sinned I haue sinned O Lorde and heaped vp iniquitie euen agaynste heauen and afore the. But I knowledge myne offences and desyre mercye according to thy goodnesse Destroy me not O Lord among siners nor let me not descend into the lake of deathe that I vnworthy creature being made worthy onely by the bounteousnesse of thy grace may from henceforth lyue in thy commaundementes loue honour and praise thee For al heauenly powers angels thrones and dominacions laude and praise thy holy name ▪ world without ende Amen Thus endeth the Regiment of lyfe ¶ Here beginneth a goodly bryefe tretise of the Pestilence with the causes signes and cures of the same composed and newly recognised by Thomas Phayer studious in Philosophie and Phisicke to the ayde comfort and vtilitie of the poore ¶ To the good reader a preface of the authour AFter that God almightye father and creatoure of all thynges had by his vnsearchable prouidence ordeined mankind to eternall felicitie and ioye at the beginning he thought it not ynoughe to haue created him of nothīg a bodye moost excellent perfect ●ure both in mēbres and senses aboue al other his creatures here in earth but also of his inestimable goodnesse endewed him with diuers sondry gyftes of grace as wi●te vnderstandyng minde reason wherby he myghte not onelye as nere as is possible approch vnto him in the knowledge of his heauenly maiestye as concernyng soule but aswel ymagine searche and fynde out by all maner wayes aydes comfortes remedyes wherby also the body mighte be saued and defended agaynst all assaultes of any thyng that shulde anoy it so bounteous and plentifull are his giftes implāted in our nature that o● al creatures we myghte haue bene th● happiest But after that synne had entred into y e world and by synne deat● as saint Paule sayth our corrupt lyuynges haue made vs more corrupt 〈◊〉 y t nowe the life whiche we leade here is not onlye not very pleasaūt vnto ● moost of men and yf it be to some ye it is vncertayne mutable and shorte but to many other it is excedyng greuous sorowfull and tedious subiecte to dyseases infortunes and calamytyes innumerable which for the most parte doe encrease daylye euer the iuste vengeaunce of God fallyng vpon vs for our greate abhominacions and wythoute doubte wyll euermore endure vnlesse we doe repente and liue in his commaundementes And to passe ouer al the hole swarmes of so many both olde and newe dyseases wherewith the body of man alas for oure synnes is continuallye tourmented and vexed to speake nothynge of these common and familier infyrmytes as lepryes agues cancars pockes goutes palseys dropsyes rumes phtisys and other oute of number which as yf they had conspyred to fight against phisicions can scantly be appeased with anye cure of medicine what payne or punishement can there be imagined to put vs ī remembraūce of our own wickednes cause vs to detest our abhominable liuinges and to cal for mercy with lamētable heartes more then this only plage and scourge of god commōly called the pestilence Is ther any syckenesse that is halfe so violent so furious and so horrible as this sickenes is What disease is ther in the world so venemous ī infecting so full of payne in sufferynge so hastye in deuouryng and so di●ici●e in curing as the plage is And yet are we nowe a dayes so stubburne and so froward or els so drowned in the myre of fylthy and carnall appetites that wee nothynge doe regarde these open and manifeste tokens of our condemnacyon in the syghte of God but apply our hole studyes to perseuer in our synnes euer worse and worse wherefore it is no meruayle though the sayde disease encreaseth but rather to bee feared that almyghtye God wyll poure hys indignacion vpon vs with some other kynde of plage more violente and terrible then the same is But to them that doe repente and put their onely truste in him who can doe but wonder at his infinyte benygnitie and goodnes that euen in the middeste of al the saide affliccions prouydeth them of remedyes lest thei should dyspayre cureth and amendeth all theyr grieuous sores languours and diseases he created medicine euen out of the earth and of the wyse manne it shall not bee dyspysed And surelye amonges all other sickenesse is there none so daungerous ▪ as is the foresaid plage for any man to cure by the way of medicine for it turneth it selfe in so many maner of kyndes likenesses and fashions y t thei y t are infected are many times dead afore it can be knowen that thei haue y e same disease Whiche thing although many noble and moste excellente learned men haue in times paste worthely considered and therevpō according to their singuler knowlage and industries geuen to them of God haue written vpon the causes sygnes and cures of the said dysease so exactly so learnedly and with so great eloquence and cunnyng that there semeth nothyng either to be omitted or possible to be added to the perfect curacion of thesame and so it would bee hard for a man of my slender witte to inuent the thing that thei haue not inuented much more in vayne should I goe about to write thesame thynges y t they haue written alreadye Yet notwythstandyng forasmuche as this disease when it once beegynneth enfecteth none so much as the commō people among whome it is not geuen to all men to vnderstande the foresayde volumes yf they hadde them present muche lesse can they get theyr healthe by theyr owne imaginacions or experimentes speciallye when almoste no phisicion wyll vouchesafe to visite any suche infected of the common sorte so great is the daunger of this cruell syckenes by reason whereof the pacientes caste themselues oftentimes into despayre and so manye of the poore people creatures of God whiche by good medicines myght well ynoughe recouer for lacke of suche knowelage are vtterly destroyed and caste awaye to the great pitye of al christē heartes continuall ruine of the cōmon weale with diuerse other greuous and huge incommodityes as is daylye seene where the sayde dysease raigneth I therefore at the reuerence of almyghtye God and for the loue that I beare vnto myne euen christen accordyng to the talent wherwith the lorde hath endewed me vnder the correccion of my frendes the phisicians haue taken out of diuers sondry volumes of the moste famous authours that haue most exactly written of the saide dysease one peculier certain and compendeous treatise addinge thereunto such holsome singuler remedies as I my selfe haue proued and knowe to be effectuall in curyng of thesame Desyring god almighty the onelye author and restorer of all health so to gyde the heartes of hys suppliauntes that the sayd medicines maye take

of the brayne Take fyne frankensence sandrake and mastike of euery one an ounce lignum aloes a dramme make them all in grosse pouder and perfume therewith stoupes made of flaxe or of cottē and laye vpon the head And when ye haue by thys meanes well and duly comforted the braine de●ended of the original cause of the sayde disease ye shall procede to take away the matter conioynt that is descended vnto the synowes and ye shal begynne thus Fyrst ye must preserue the body from engendring of humours in takīg euery mornīg next your heart a conserue made of akornes of floures of rosemary mengled with a litle nutmigge and mastike and yf ye be of power ye may drīke a good draught of ypocras or other spyced drynke after meate at dynner and at supper Secondarily ye shall vnderstande y t whosoeuer doth entend to be holpen of the gout he must euery yere be purged two tymes preparing fyrste y e matter to digestion with sirupe of sticados and duabus radicibus with the one halfe of waters of sage prymroses and margerim in maner of a spiced iulep with cinamon taken .v. continual mornynges .ii. houres afore ye eate any other meate And after y t ye muste receyue a dramme of pylles called arthretikes or hermodactiles or of both togyther egal porcions Or take halfe an ounce of diacartami two houres after night and of diaturbith of euerye one two drammes with a lytle syrupe of hisop The reste of the sayde curacion shall be accōplished with the applyinge of diuers local remedies wherof ther be sondry kindes sortes here declared Ye ought to rubbe the place that is sore wyth oyle of roses and a litle vinegre after sprinkle vpon the same fyne pouder of myrtylles Another playster also as hereafter foloweth ¶ A playster for the goute Take of the emplayster called mellilote .ii. ounces populeō an ounce and a halfe redde roses mirtilles and floures of camomyl of euery one a dramme make a playster and laye vpon the goutye ioynte ¶ An other Take the iuyce of colewortes and of walworte and wyth beane floure and pouder of redde roses and the floures of camomyl make a playster and laye it to the sore ¶ An other Take oyle of roses crūmes of bread yolkes of egges cowes mylke with a litle saffron seeth thē togyther a lytle as ye wold make a pudding afterwarde sprede them vpon cloutes lay vpon the sore ¶ An other Make lye of the ashes of rosemarye or of oke or of beane stalkes boyle in it sauge moleyne prymrose camomil and mellilote and receiue y e fume vpon y e sore place or wette cloutes in y e sayde decoccion presse them and lay them vpon the payne Al the sayd remedies are verye good to swage the payne of the goute after the which done it is necessary to go about the comforting of iointes and sinowes and to that intent ye may apply the grese of pyes oyle of camomil of althea or holihocke oile of a foxe oyle of earthwormes oyle of prymroses turbentine oile of gromel brayde wherwythall or with one or two of them ye may annoynte the sore place and comforte both the synowes and y e ioyntes marueylously Also thys ointmente that foloweth is synguler good for the same purpose Take fyue or syxe handfulles of walworte and seeth them well in wyne then strayne them and with a lyttle waxe oyle of spike and aqua vite make an oyntment wherwith ye must annoynte the place mornynge and euenyng euery daye An other oyntment for the goute Take a fatte goose and plucke her and trymme her as yf she shuld be eaten then stuffe the belly within with two or thre yonge cattes wel chopped in smal gobbettes with an handful of baye salte then sowe her vp agayne let her roste at a small fyre and kepe the dryppyng for a precious ointment agaynst all kyndes of goutes and other diseases of the iointes Medicines for the gout appropriate in al cases Take cowes donge and seeth it in swete mylke and lay a playster to the goute hote Also the yolkes of egges womans mylke lyneseede and saffron al together in a plaister swageth the diseases of the goute And yf ye be disposed to brake thee skinne and to let y e humours issue as by suche manye one is eased ye shall make a lytle playster of blacke sope aqua vite which wil blister it without any greate payne Also very olde harde chese cutte and soddē in the broth of a gambon of bakon and afterward stamped with a lytle of the broth and made in maner of a playster is a singuler remedye for diseases of the goute and was fyrst practised of Galene the prince of all phisicians A prayer to God for helpe agaynst the perturbacions of the mynde O Lord my God almightye father ruler of my life my health my strēgth my redemer and protectoure sēde vnto me the heauenly beames of thy holy spirit to illumine the darkenesse of my synfull hert and to guide me to thy holy place Shewe me y e light of thyne aboundaūt mercy O Lorde that I may no lōger sleape in deedly synne O only father of light which in very dede dost lighten euery mā that commeth into this world for thy great mercies sake it maye please thee to lyghten the eies of myne hert and to endue me with the spyrite of grace that I maye loke vpon myne owne sinne the great offences wherewith I haue offēded thee and to know y t in my self ther is no maner strēgth for to wythstande ▪ the death but only throughe thee And I beseche thee o lord to couer these my carnall eyes y t they se no vanitie and gyue me thy grace y t I fal not into cōcupiscence to thend I may eschewe al euil thinges and gyue my mynde hollye to the obseruacion of thy commaundementes Lord God I beseche the that syn may neyther raygne nor tarye in me and that I be not subiecte to myne owne fleshly appetytes but y t I may expel out of my thoughtes as vnlawfull lustes so that my soule and al my mind maye be set holy vpon the. Lord God suffre not my soule to be oppressed ▪ but receyue me into the proteccion of thy holy hand and despise not me thy simple creature whom thou haste redemed with y e preciouse blood of thine onely sōne Iesu Christ Thy mercy O lord is aboue al y t thou haste made for thou doest differ the punyshmēt of the wycked yf perchaunce they would amende at last thou louest al that thou haste made hatest none but for their owne iniquities And whē the wicked turne agayne to the and crye vnto thy holye name with all theyr hertes by by thy mercye is ready to receiue thē euē as I moost detestable sīner come with hert cōtrite vnto thy mercy this day that I may obtayne remission of my synnes To the I cry out of y e veri