Cr;reofMelancholy 368 tu ifupin«perlinaci.t •lt~mnBI,&c. nor wo,rrhy the name pt Phyfitians, for - - - want ohhefc remedics;and brags that by them he can make a man liue 1 6o • PiJe Erne. yeares orrothe worlds end, .with their ~ Alexiph•rm"'ums • P•ntce!li f:::,!:'fr:: MummiA' s ~rmguentam .A:-m•rium,and fuchMagnetical~ cures, L•mp.u vi: "'*'· s•. t£ & m~rfff,BAinwm Dran.t,Balfi1111u11t,Elelfmm Mtgrce,phyftum•, Amu- ;: ~-;,~~!: . let a 01! artiali•,&c. What will not he and his fo!lowers effect ~ He braggs "'Plus profici· moreover that he was prtmru meitcorum , and c!hd more famous cures then ttguua m:a, then all the Phyfitiaosin Er~rope bcfides, • a dr~p ofhis preparations Jhout.l quah 'rot eoril goe f•rther then a dram ,or 011nce •ftheirs ,thofe loathfome aAd fulfome fit. ::~:e~· .0'• thy potions,Heterocliticall pills(fo he calls them) hor!c medicincs,aa' qu•- kNonnuUi mm aJPer!um Cyclops P~lyphemus exhorrefceret,And though fome condemn :;~;J.::~~~ul· their skill,andMagneticall cures ~s rending ~o ~agicall luper!lirion, ~vir· gcnr,ufometfi chcry,charmes,&c.yetrhey adtntre,fi!ffiyvmdtcare neverrhelelfc,and mfi.· "'" aJco ,'"ag- nitely prefer them. But thele are both in ex,rreams,the middle ~rt a pproue ~j7c~;;t,:"1 ofMinerals,though not in {o high a degree. Lemniutlib ·3 .cap. 6, de 1ccult. conflo. n•t .mir .commends Gold inwardly,and outwardly ufed,as in Rings,excdl.Aufun dicere lent good in medicines; & fuch mixtures ns are made for melancholy men, :;;;,:::·;:~::: faith Wecker.ar;tid.Jfec.tib. I. ~o whom Renodeus fubfcribes, lib.z.c•p.l . ltntem ~";·""" Ficinru lib.z .cap. r 9· Fernel.meth.med.lib.) .c•p.u. de Cardiacu, Daniel ',';,~';~:fi;:~:~ Sennert~s lib, r .part.z.cap.9. Audmmus,Lib•~ius, f4!ercttiUiuf, O{w~ldus fitver{•rus. Crotl11u ,Euvonymru,Rt~heru,and U'I!Attht•lus 10 the fovrrh book ot hts EMo~bi chro: pifHes,Andrw a Blawen epijl. •J <Matthiolu;n, asc_ommended,and for- ::::/:~:~;. merly ufed by Avicenna,.drnotdM,and maoy others ': k <.Matthi1lus in the •••i• .Poffmt, fame plaee approues ofpotable gold, Mercury, with many fuchChymicall our ubcfi'•· confections,and goe~ fo far in approbation of them,that he holds 1 no 1111111 ~7~~::rr•m· can be an exce!lmt Phy{itianthat hath 1m fome skiDinchymifticaKJiflillMi. ons,& thatChronick difeafes can hardly be CliTia without mineral meJirines: Look for Antimony among Purgers. · Compormd Alter•tirm, cenfore o{Com. • poundJAndmixtPhyjhk. Liny lib.lf.C .I .bitterly taxeth all compound medicins. m Mens m.Pr•uderbo , knavery,impoflure,aniC4ptiotls wits haue invented the{e]hops, in mmum (J1' ••· 1vhich every m4ns life isJet to[ale: & by and by came in thlfe C9m• f;~;~;;::J;. pofitiom and inexplicable mixtures, far fetcht 1ut of India ami A· !•venlreiflM, rabi4,•medicinefort hotch muft ~e h'J a f•r d4 the red[ea, &•· , And 'tis '".~w;''.{u"" not without caufe which he faith, for out ot quefiion they are m,uch too ;:;"'~'~'"' n blame in their c6pofitions,whilfi they make infinite variety of mixtures, vita, sla.tim as o Fuchftus notes. They thil•k they get themfelvesgreat credit,txce!lothers -:;r:J:;;:~~ and 11 he more learnedthen the rejl ,bec4ufe theJ m•ke many variAtions ,but he i•explic.biles •ccounts themfools,and whilft they t,,.g oftheir skill, Andthink toget them- ;~~';~:;f feltm aname,they become ridiculous ,bewraJ their ign~rancetnd em1r.A few paMJo medicina d rubrJmari importat,.r. n ArnolJus ApbD'f. 1 s-F a/lax medicus qui pote'/11 meJeri flmpliciiut,comp~ Jitadoloft a~t fruftra qu.rit. o Lib. t .&efl. t .cap,S. Vumi'Rftnita med4tamenttJ wi(cent,l4uJemfibicoll!parare flutltnt $' in .bocftudio alter alterum {uper4re contJtur ~t4lm qui[$ quo plttr4 mifcunit 1 eo ft Jotriorem putet, 111Je fit ut {U411f prtd4nt inflitiam,dum ojient~nt peritia»J,& ftridiculos exbibea11t. (!)'&, fimplc5 .
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