t;ure ofMelancholy. Memb. 5• :__ _____ ____:::_~ Part.z.Setl.z. . 284 nowfettledat thebottome of the Jlomacke, and 'tugood to lye on the right fide ----jirjl, brca"fe at thatjite the ltver doth rejl rmder the Jlomacke,not molej!ing any way brttheatmg htm a< a fire doth a kettle, that if put to it. Ajier the jirftjleepe'ti< not amijfe to lye on the/eftfide, that the meat may the better deft end: and [ometimes againe on the belly, but never on the backe. Seven or eight houres is a competent time for a m~lancholy manto rdr,as Grato thinkes; but as Come doe, to lye in bed and nodleep,a day or halfe a day tQ• gether, to give alfent to pleallng conceits and vaine imaginations, is many wayes pernicious. To procure this [ wect moifining lleepe, is belt to takeaway theoccafions (if it bee pollible) that hinder it, and then to ufefuch m. ward or outward remedies, which may caufeit.Conjlat hodie (faith JJoi!Jar. drts in his Tralt de magi/i cap. 4· ) multos rta fofcinari ut no c1es intcura; exigantin(omnes, (te.mm£ inquietudin( animorum & corporum, many ca~not lleep for witches and fafcinations, which are too familiar in fome places; . . . they callit,dare alicrei malam noctem. Butthe ordinary caufes are heat and ~fc~;'t.~~;;,J:t dryneife,which mull !irll bee ret~oved,' a. hot and dry braine never lleepcs '" ni>mum ex- well: gnefe,fears, cares,expeCl:anons,anxietJes, great bufineifes,t Inarerem ~;'~Ji: ~;;;!~~ tttram~ otiofo ut dormia<, and all violent perturbations of the mind mufr io en'fur.Fici=. fome!orrbequah!ied, beforewecanhopeforany good repofe. Hcerhat lib. '·cap. '9· lleeps in the day time, or is in fufpenfe, feare, any way troubled inminde, !~;j;,.,a, orgoestobeduponafull' fiomacke,may never hopef~rquietrefrin th~ levu fit tibi «- night,nec emmmerrtoriajomnos admtttunt,as the xPoet [:urh,Innes and fitch ~·~:':."sat . . like troublefome places are not for lleep, one calls Oilier; another Tap!!er, 3 onecryes andfhoms,anotherfings, whoupes, hollows, t Hor.Ser.lib.t - t ab(etitem cantat amicam, Sat. 5· M~tft!i prolutus vappd nauta at_tf: viatQr·. Who not accullomed to fuch noyfes can lleepeamongfr them~ He that will intend to take his reil mull goe to bed animo (ecuro, qrtieto & libero, with a yS•P•fiti«uti< Y fecure and compofed minde, in aquiet place: omnia noc1i< ert~nt placidl ''?"'lm4,quan- compojla q11iete: and ifthat will not ferve,or may not be obtained, to feeke ':n:~;~?;;J/;: thenfuchmeansasarerequifite. To lye in clean linnenandfweer; before <m,(S'c.K.p!Ji. he goes to bed, or m bed to hear z jiveet Mufick, wluch Frcm11s commends fl .Mburam lib. r. cap.24.or as Joberttu med. praiJ.Iib. 3• cap. 10. 'to read(omeplcafant ;.:~;;~';:nti- A11thor till he be ajleep, to ha11e a ba(on of waterjliU dropping by hi<bedjide, ba~ &' fonu de- orro lienearthat pleafanr murmure, lenefonantro aqrere, Some floud-gates, ~~~~wjucuu- arches, falls ofwater, like London Bridge, or fome continuate noife which Ja,autftrmu, maybenum the[enres,lenrsmottu,jilcntium& lenebr£, tum &•pfa 'volrm- :i:~~~7ma::::;4 trU fomnos fo:ciunt; ~sa gentlenoyfe to fomeprocures ~eepe, fo, which Bcr- 'l!ertiwr, aut nardintu Ttlejitu llb. defomno well ob(erves, filence, ma darke roome,and aqua ah altu in the will it felfe, is mofi avai lable to others. Ptfo commends ftications, An- ~%'f~::;.ft~;- drew Borde agood draught offirong drinke before one goes tobed; I f.1y, a &c. oviJ. ' nutmeg and ale, or agood draught ofmufcadine,with a tofi and nutmeg,or a' polfet of the fame, which many ufe in amorning, but me thinks for fuch b Awi forbitiu as have drie braines,are muchmore proper at nig_ht;_Come prefcribe ab fup , Amnuatme- ofvineger as they go to b~d, a fpoonefull f.1ith .A:tttuTetrabrb. lrb. •· fer. la~chuliam, et 2.cap. ro.lib. 6. cap. 1 o.JEginetalib. )•Cap. '4· Pi(o, alittleafter meat,<be. adcuncilia,n- cartfeitrarijiesmelancholy, andprocure! M appetite to fleep. Donat. ab ;tltof::;.~mn•m mar. cap. 7. and Mermrialis approve of it, if the malady proceed from the · d$plcene.
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