tMedicinaU Phyfttl:e. Memb.'subf.t.· and tho(e other Gods were confined and adored alone in (ome peculiar pia- ,~ 1 ces, o/EflulapiH4 had his Temple & Altars every where,in Corinth,Lace. -;:;-- ""mon,.4the,.s,Tpe~es,EpidAtm,&c. as Paufonitn records , for the latitude ;iu~ ,::;;~,; of his arc, deity , worth , andneceflity. V'v'ith all vertuous and W!(e men m01bum ••~< therefore I honour the name, and calling, as I am enjoyned tu honottr the~;;;;~-~·!:,~~: PhyjitiAnfor necef!itit!foke. The knorPiedge.~(the Phyfttian lifieth up hu einoliiulf,_1" !Z hwl, Antiin the ftghtofg~wmenhe fhaUbe llmtrtd. The Lord hath createdP~rumeJ"i 'lfJtdicines ofthee.rth, andhe that it wife wiUnet abhorre them, Ecc!ef. 58.1. ~'::ul,un~ But of this noble fubje& how many panegyricks arc worthily Written~ For potefl per • li" my part, as SA!fljf faid of Carthage,pr".ftat jiltre,quam pauca dicere 1 I have ~'"·~·;:J.."~' faid,yet One thing I will adde, chat this kinde ofPhyficke is very mo- -=~~~ftp~:,_ . . derately and advifedly to be ufed, upon good occafion,when the former of'"' ufus mtdi~ diet will not ~ake pla~e. And 'tis ~o other which I fay, then that wh.ich Ar- ~"':,7:}'.;'· mldm prefcnbes mh1s 8. Aphonf. 'A diflreet andgodly Phyjittan·a,thjr{f & (apiens endeavour to expeHadife•fo by medicinaHdiet, then by pttre medicine: and in "''"''"'• •••- his ninth, u hethat "'•Y becuredby diet, mt~ft not meddle with Phyftcke. So in z~·:,:~;~~~~ II .Aphorif.x A modijf and wifl Phyftti•n, willnever haft en to rift medicines, m•eiam,nifi but upon urgent nece!Jity, andthat fparingly too: becaufe (as hee addes in his '/ff:,~enece( IJ. Aphorif.J YWhofoevertakes muchPhyftcke inhisyotlth f/141/fione bewail y~ieun\1 it in his old age:.Purgative Phyficked~ecially,,~hich doth mudidehilitate f:;;~::::::. natu re. For wh1ch caufes forne Phyfiuans reframe from the ufc of Purga. Jeflebir in(etiv~s,or elfefparingly ufethem.• Henricm .tlyrerm in a confultation fora ne/lure, . melancholy per!on, would have him rake as few purges as heecould, be- ~~~~1fP/" caufi therehe no fuch medicines,which d.~< mt ftea!e away {~me of1ur flre'ngth, •1!. ~u~ · androb theparts ofDUr body, weaken Nature, andcaufe that GA&hochymia dilfirm~mewhich • Celfiu and others obferve, or illdige!l:ion, and bad juyce throughg:,:;~::;-.,. all the parrs otit. Galen himfelfe confe!Ceth, b that pt.rgative Phy{icke u aliqaa,Jevicon:rary to naturt, t~kts away fome ofour bift (pi!its, .and confomes the very ~::::',~ !:Z~~ fi,b,!anceofot<r hodw: But this Wlthout que!l:wn, IS to bee undcrfiood ofJepr.J.J'ur. fuch purgesas:ireunfeafonably or immoderatelytaken,they have their ex- a Lib.•. . (!J" cellent ufe in this, as well as moft other infirmities. Of Alteratives and!~~·~~··· Cordials no man doubts, bee they fimples 9r compounds. I will amonoft b •. v evifl, rhat infinite variety ofmedicines, which I finde inevery PhArmMopt!:a, e~e- •• -.r. omne . ry·Phyfirian,Herbali!l:, &c. fingle out fome of the chiefe!l:. f:~;":.::Jr- 'orporipur .. SUB s B c • .2. gaJocontuni~ fl.m&c:focSimples pr~per to c.Melanchoty, Ag4inft ' <er .& !firiEx~tick Stmples. {u;l:;;:'};.• 1,orporisau. Edicines properly applyed toMelancholy ,ate either s implc or f'r'· Comp1und. Simples are .Alterative or PurgAtive. AlterAtivu 'ar~ fuch asc~>rreet,ftrengthen nature, alter, any ·~ay hinder or re) lift the difeafe, and they ·be hearbes, fiones, minerals,&c. all . properro this humor. For as there be diverfe dl!Hntt iafi1mi~ ties, continually vexing us, · tNia;l/t"4,3-ptl 'o'g~,, ~~pfiJil' im ,ux'll Av~TOI. .~oi'Tiln ~ :}rrr7iiur "''me' :W)ii, t:n,f*r!.W ~~,:At7D ~A~t'TitnJ:J:,. <Hejio~p. Di(cafes
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