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         Venner, Tobias, 1577-1660.
      
       
         
           1628
        
      
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             The baths of Bathe: or, A necessary compendious treatise concerning the nature, vse and efficacie of those famous hot vvaters published for the benefit of all such, as yeerely for their health, resort to those baths: with an aduertisement of the great vtilitie that commeth to mans body, by the taking of physick in the spring, inferred vpon a question mooued, concerning the frequencie of sicknesse, and death of people more in that season, then in any other. Whereunto is also annexed a censure, concerning the water of Saint Vincents rocks neere Bristoll, which begins to grow in great request and vse against the stone. By To. Venner, Doctor in Physick in Bathe.
             Venner, Tobias, 1577-1660.
          
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           THE
           BATHS
           OF
           BATHE
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           NECESSARY
           COMPENDIOVS
           TREATISE
           CONCERNING
           THE
           Nature
           ,
           vse
           and
           efficacie
           of
           those
           famous
           hot
           waters
           :
           PVBLISHED
           FOR
           THE
           BENEFIT
           OF
           all
           such
           ,
           as
           yeerely
           for
           their
           health
           ,
           resort
           to
           those
           Baths
           :
           With
           an
           Aduertisement
           of
           the
           great
           vtilitie
           that
           commeth
           to
           mans
           body
           ,
           by
           the
           taking
           of
           Physick
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           inferred
           vpon
           a
           question
           mooued
           ,
           concerning
           the
           frequencie
           of
           sicknesse
           ,
           and
           death
           of
           people
           more
           in
           that
           season
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           Whereunto
           is
           also
           annexed
           a
           censure
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Water
           of
           Saint
           
             Vincents
          
           Rocks
           neere
           
             Bristoll
             ,
          
           which
           begins
           to
           grow
           in
           great
           request
           and
           vse
           against
           the
           Stone
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           To.
           Venner
           ,
           
             Doctor
             of
             Physick
             in
             Bathe
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Felix
             Kyngston
          
           for
           
             Richard
             Moore
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Saint
           
             Dunstans
          
           Churchyard
           in
           Fleet-streete
           .
           1628.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               Effigies
               Tobiae
               Venner
               Med.
               Dr.
               Anno
               Dom
               :
               1660.
               
               Aetatis
               suae
               85.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           SERENISSIMAE
           PRINCIPI
           MARIAE
           ,
           ANGLIAE
           ,
           SCOTIAE
           ,
           FRANCIAE
           ,
           ET
           HIBERNIAE
           REGINAE
           ,
        
         
           HOC
           DE
           THERMIS
           BATHONIENSIBVS
           OPVSCVLVM
           HVMILlimè
           dedicat
           &
           consecrat
        
         
           
             THO.
             VENERVS
             
               Med.
               Dr.
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           GOod
           Reader
           ,
           seeing
           in
           the
           few
           yeeres
           that
           I
           haue
           exercised
           Physicke
           at
           the
           Baths
           ,
           the
           yeerely
           concourse
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           and
           Fall
           ,
           of
           people
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           those
           famous
           Waters
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           benefit
           that
           many
           after
           great
           expence
           and
           trouble
           receiue
           thereby
           :
           I
           was
           induced
           to
           publish
           this
           ensuing
           Treatise
           ,
           wherein
           I
           haue
           very
           briefely
           shewed
           the
           nature
           and
           efficacie
           of
           those
           Waters
           ,
           touched
           the
           causes
           that
           many
           finde
           not
           comfort
           ,
           but
           oftentimes
           rather
           hurt
           ,
           that
           resort
           to
           them
           ;
           with
           such
           aduertisements
           concerning
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           said
           Waters
           :
           which
           if
           they
           be
           rightly
           obserued
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           few
           will
           hereafter
           complaine
           that
           they
           haue
           beene
           at
           the
           Baths
           in
           vaine
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Waters
           regaine
           that
           esteeme
           which
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           singular
           Vertues
           they
           are
           worthy
           of
           .
           But
           here
           you
           must
           take
           from
           me
           this
           one
           aduertisement
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             That
             Sickenesse
             is
             a
             Symptome
             of
             Sinne
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           first
           ,
           
             Poenitentiam
             agendo
             ,
          
           before
           your
           departure
           from
           home
           ,
           make
           peace
           betwixt
           God
           and
           your
           conscience
           ,
           and
           then
           repaire
           to
           the
           Baths
           ,
           
             quò
             te
             faustum
             ducat
             ,
             atque
             sanum
             reducat
             ,
             qui
             solus
             id
             potest
             .
          
           Vale.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           BATHS
           OF
           BATHE
           .
        
         
           BAthe
           ,
           so
           called
           from
           the
           Baths
           in
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           little
           well-compacted
           Cittie
           ,
           and
           beautified
           with
           very
           faire
           and
           goodly
           buildings
           for
           receit
           of
           strangers
           .
           Although
           the
           site
           thereof
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           vicinity
           of
           Hills
           ,
           seeme
           not
           pleasant
           ,
           being
           almost
           inuironed
           with
           them
           ;
           yet
           for
           goodnesse
           of
           ayre
           ,
           neerenes
           of
           a
           sweet
           and
           delectable
           Riuer
           ,
           and
           fertilitie
           of
           soyle
           ,
           it
           is
           pleasant
           and
           happy
           enough
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           hot
           waters
           that
           boyle
           vp
           euen
           in
           the
           middest
           thereof
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           delectable
           and
           happier
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           in
           it
           foure
           publike
           Baths
           ,
           so
           fairely
           built
           ,
           and
           fitted
           with
           such
           conueniencie
           for
           bathing
           ,
           as
           the
           like
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           is
           not
           else-where
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           besides
           a
           little
           Bath
           for
           Lepers
           ,
           called
           The
           Lepers
           Bath
           .
        
         
           They
           all
           haue
           the
           originall
           of
           their
           heate
           from
           one
           matter
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Sulphur
           ,
           burning
           in
           the
           cauities
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           thorow
           which
           the
           waters
           flowing
           receiue
           their
           heate
           .
           They
           partake
           of
           no
           other
           minerall
           that
           I
           can
           finde
           :
           what
           may
           lye
           hid
           
             in
             visceribus
             terrae
             ,
          
           I
           know
           not
           :
           of
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           that
           such
           diseases
           as
           cannot
           receiue
           cure
           else-where
           ,
           here
           doe
           .
        
         
           These
           Baths
           as
           they
           differ
           in
           their
           heate
           ,
           
           so
           in
           their
           operations
           and
           effects
           .
           The
           Kings
           Bath
           is
           the
           hottest
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           for
           beautie
           ,
           largenesse
           ,
           and
           efficacy
           of
           heate
           ,
           a
           Kingly
           
           Bath
           indeed
           ,
           being
           so
           hot
           as
           can
           be
           well
           suffered
           .
           This
           Bath
           is
           of
           strong-heating
           ,
           opening
           ,
           resoluing
           ,
           attracting
           ,
           and
           exiccating
           facultie
           ,
           and
           therefore
           onely
           conuenient
           for
           cold
           and
           moist
           bodies
           ,
           and
           for
           cold
           and
           moist
           diseases
           .
        
         
           
           Next
           to
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           for
           efficacy
           of
           heate
           ,
           is
           the
           Hot
           Bath
           ,
           and
           the
           difference
           in
           their
           heate
           is
           so
           little
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           scarcely
           to
           be
           discerned
           .
           This
           Bath
           is
           good
           for
           the
           same
           infirmities
           that
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           is
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           effects
           which
           it
           worketh
           ,
           I
           cannot
           finde
           it
           to
           be
           inferiour
           vnto
           it
           .
           They
           are
           two
           excellent
           Baths
           for
           cold
           and
           moist
           diseases
           ,
           and
           for
           very
           cold
           and
           moist
           bodies
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Queenes
           Bath
           is
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           ,
           a
           wall
           onely
           going
           betweene
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           passage
           therein
           to
           goe
           from
           one
           to
           the
           other
           .
           This
           Bath
           is
           not
           altogether
           so
           hot
           as
           that
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           vse
           of
           it
           is
           conuenient
           for
           them
           that
           cannot
           well
           endure
           the
           heate
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Crosse
           Bath
           is
           for
           heate
           the
           mildest
           ,
           being
           very
           temperately
           warme
           :
           it
           is
           a
           dainty
           Bath
           for
           young
           ,
           weake
           ,
           and
           tender
           bodies
           ,
           that
           cannot
           endure
           the
           heate
           of
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           ,
           or
           for
           whom
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           may
           not
           be
           conuenient
           .
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           Bath
           for
           temperate
           bodies
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           preseruation
           ,
           because
           such
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           may
           soone
           distemper
           ,
           and
           occasion
           hurt
           :
           Neither
           is
           this
           Bath
           good
           onely
           for
           such
           as
           are
           of
           a
           temperate
           state
           and
           constitution
           of
           body
           by
           way
           of
           preseruation
           ;
           but
           for
           them
           and
           others
           also
           by
           way
           of
           curation
           ,
           in
           some
           cases
           ,
           where
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           bee
           vsed
           .
           This
           Bath
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           mildnesse
           of
           its
           heate
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           notable
           mollifying
           and
           relaxing
           facultie
           :
           good
           therefore
           in
           contractions
           of
           any
           member
           ,
           in
           obstructions
           of
           the
           brest
           ,
           spleene
           ,
           liuer
           ,
           and
           kidneys
           ;
           and
           effectuall
           also
           for
           Aches
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           in
           its
           prime
           and
           vigour
           of
           heate
           ,
           especially
           for
           such
           ,
           whose
           temper
           or
           habit
           of
           body
           shall
           prohibit
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           .
           This
           Bath
           attaines
           not
           to
           its
           perfection
           of
           heate
           ,
           till
           the
           weather
           grow
           to
           be
           constantly
           hot
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           other
           Baths
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           feruor
           thereof
           ,
           cannot
           be
           vsed
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           whose
           diseases
           ,
           and
           state
           of
           body
           are
           impensiuely
           cold
           .
        
         
         
           I
           cannot
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           diuersity
           of
           bodies
           ,
           insist
           vpon
           euery
           particular
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           these
           Baths
           :
           wherefore
           I
           will
           onely
           for
           your
           better
           instruction
           and
           direction
           herein
           ,
           giue
           you
           some
           speciall
           aduertisements
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           leaue
           you
           to
           some
           Learned
           Physician
           ,
           that
           can
           accordingly
           guide
           you
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           famous
           hot
           Waters
           are
           of
           singular
           force
           ,
           
           not
           only
           against
           diseases
           gotten
           by
           cold
           ,
           or
           proceeding
           from
           a
           cold
           and
           moist
           cause
           ,
           but
           also
           bring
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           health
           ,
           exceeding
           comfort
           and
           profit
           to
           all
           cold
           ,
           moist
           ,
           and
           corpulent
           bodies
           :
           for
           they
           open
           the
           pores
           ,
           resolue
           ,
           attenuate
           ,
           digest
           ,
           consume
           ,
           and
           draw
           forth
           superfluities
           ,
           and
           withall
           strongly
           heale
           and
           drie
           the
           whole
           habit
           of
           the
           body
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           of
           excellent
           efficacy
           against
           all
           diseases
           of
           the
           head
           and
           sinewes
           ,
           proceeding
           of
           a
           cold
           and
           moist
           cause
           ,
           as
           Rheumes
           ,
           Palsies
           ,
           Epilepsies
           ,
           Lethargies
           ,
           Apoplexies
           ,
           Cramps
           ,
           Deafenesse
           ,
           Forgetfulnesse
           ,
           Trembling
           ,
           or
           weakenesse
           of
           any
           member
           ,
           Aches
           ,
           and
           swellings
           of
           the
           ioynts
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           They
           also
           greatly
           profit
           windie
           and
           hydropicke
           bodies
           ,
           the
           paine
           and
           swelling
           of
           any
           part
           of
           the
           bodie
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           proceed
           not
           from
           an
           hot
           cause
           ,
           the
           sluggish
           and
           lumpish
           heauinesse
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           numnesse
           of
           any
           member
           ,
           paine
           in
           the
           loynes
           ,
           the
           gout
           ,
           especially
           the
           Sciatica
           ,
           cold
           tumors
           of
           the
           Milt
           and
           Liuer
           ,
           the
           Yellow
           Iaundies
           in
           a
           body
           plethoricke
           or
           phlegmaticke
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           also
           very
           profitable
           for
           them
           that
           haue
           their
           lungs
           annoyed
           with
           much
           moisture
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           slender
           such
           bodies
           as
           are
           too
           grosse
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           effectuall
           ,
           then
           the
           often
           vse
           of
           these
           waters
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           those
           that
           feare
           obesitie
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           would
           not
           waxe
           grosse
           ;
           bee
           carefull
           to
           come
           often
           to
           our
           Baths
           :
           for
           by
           the
           vse
           of
           them
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           learned
           Physician
           shall
           direct
           ;
           they
           may
           not
           onely
           preserue
           their
           health
           ,
           but
           also
           keepe
           their
           bodies
           from
           being
           vnseemingly
           corpulent
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           also
           singularly
           profitable
           to
           women
           ;
           for
           they
           helpe
           them
           of
           barrennesse
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           diseases
           and
           imperfections
           of
           the
           Matrix
           ,
           proceeding
           of
           a
           cold
           and
           moist
           
           They
           also
           cure
           all
           diseases
           of
           the
           skin
           ,
           as
           Scabs
           ,
           Itch
           ,
           old
           Sores
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           which
           to
           bee
           true
           ,
           wee
           daily
           find
           with
           admiration
           ,
           to
           the
           exceeding
           great
           comfort
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           with
           deplored
           diseases
           ,
           and
           most
           miserable
           bodies
           ,
           resort
           to
           these
           Baths
           ,
           and
           are
           there
           ,
           by
           the
           helpe
           of
           wholesome
           Physicke
           ,
           and
           vertue
           of
           the
           Baths
           ,
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           recouered
           to
           their
           former
           health
           .
        
         
           
           But
           Baths
           naturally
           hot
           (
           as
           these
           our
           Baths
           are
           )
           to
           bodies
           naturally
           hot
           and
           drie
           ,
           are
           generally
           hurtfull
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           as
           the
           body
           is
           drier
           ,
           and
           the
           Bath
           hotter
           ,
           because
           it
           distempereth
           and
           consumeth
           the
           very
           habit
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           maketh
           it
           carrion-like
           leane
           .
        
         
           Wherfore
           seeing
           that
           these
           our
           Baths
           are
           not
           indifferently
           agreeable
           to
           euery
           constitution
           and
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           I
           doe
           aduise
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           one
           goe
           into
           them
           rashly
           ,
           or
           vpon
           a
           preposterous
           iudgement
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           bee
           first
           aduised
           by
           some
           faithfull
           ,
           iudicious
           ,
           and
           expert
           Physician
           ;
           and
           to
           him
           expose
           the
           state
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           whereby
           he
           may
           vnderstand
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           may
           be
           expedient
           for
           him
           to
           attempt
           the
           same
           .
           And
           whereas
           there
           are
           in
           Bathe
           diuers
           Baths
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           shewed
           ;
           and
           they
           differing
           in
           their
           heate
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           in
           their
           effects
           ,
           he
           must
           also
           from
           the
           learned
           Physician
           be
           directed
           in
           which
           to
           bathe
           :
           neither
           must
           he
           only
           vnderstand
           which
           Bath
           to
           vse
           ,
           as
           most
           conuenient
           for
           his
           state
           of
           body
           ;
           but
           also
           when
           and
           how
           often
           to
           vse
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           how
           long
           to
           abide
           therein
           at
           a
           time
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           he
           must
           take
           speciall
           care
           ,
           not
           to
           goe
           into
           the
           Bath
           without
           fit
           preparation
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           grosse
           error
           of
           many
           )
           but
           must
           be
           first
           purged
           ,
           as
           his
           state
           of
           body
           shall
           require
           ;
           and
           be
           also
           directed
           in
           other
           things
           how
           to
           order
           himselfe
           ,
           before
           he
           goe
           into
           the
           Bath
           ,
           
           while
           he
           is
           in
           the
           Bath
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           he
           is
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Bath
           ,
           and
           when
           hee
           leaueth
           the
           Bath
           :
           and
           must
           also
           with
           his
           bathings
           and
           sweating
           vse
           such
           physick-helpes
           ,
           as
           may
           worke
           with
           the
           Baths
           ,
           according
           as
           his
           disease
           and
           present
           state
           of
           body
           shall
           require
           ;
           not
           relying
           wholly
           vpon
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           water
           for
           his
           cure
           ,
           as
           many
           ignorantly
           ,
           and
           some
           basely
           doe
           ,
           to
           saue
           their
           purse
           .
           The
           neglect
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           or
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           either
           
           through
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           voluntarie
           wilfulnes
           ,
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           some
           that
           take
           great
           paines
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Baths
           ,
           are
           not
           by
           them
           healed
           of
           their
           infirmities
           ,
           but
           oftentimes
           neuer
           returne
           to
           their
           homes
           againe
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           doe
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           commonly
           with
           new
           diseases
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           worse
           then
           euer
           they
           were
           :
           whereas
           of
           a
           generous
           and
           religious
           vnderstanding
           ,
           vsing
           the
           true
           helpes
           of
           physick
           with
           the
           Baths
           ,
           are
           of
           their
           diseases
           perfectly
           cured
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           may
           not
           omit
           a
           special
           reason
           ,
           why
           many
           receiue
           little
           benefit
           by
           the
           Baths
           ,
           but
           oftentimes
           much
           hurt
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           take
           not
           the
           aide
           and
           directions
           of
           a
           Physician
           present
           ,
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Bath
           ;
           but
           bring
           their
           physicke
           and
           directions
           with
           them
           from
           some
           Physician
           in
           the
           Countrey
           where
           they
           abode
           ;
           perhaps
           ,
           one
           that
           well
           vnderstands
           not
           their
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           much
           lesse
           the
           nature
           and
           true
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           .
           But
           admit
           that
           they
           haue
           their
           directions
           from
           an
           vnderstanding
           Physician
           ,
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           many
           accidences
           fall
           out
           oftentimes
           in
           bathing
           ,
           that
           require
           the
           helpe
           of
           a
           present
           Physician
           .
        
         
           Another
           speciall
           reason
           why
           many
           find
           little
           good
           by
           the
           Baths
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           make
           not
           such
           stay
           at
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           infirmities
           ,
           or
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           is
           meete
           :
           for
           some
           goe
           away
           before
           the
           Bath
           (
           in
           regard
           of
           a
           dense
           habit
           of
           body
           )
           hath
           wrought
           any
           manner
           of
           effect
           at
           all
           on
           them
           :
           others
           euen
           then
           when
           the
           Bath
           begins
           to
           shew
           its
           force
           and
           efficacie
           on
           their
           bodies
           :
           and
           some
           too
           soone
           vpon
           much
           benefit
           receiued
           :
           by
           meanes
           whereof
           they
           easily
           incurre
           a
           relapse
           .
           Wherefore
           my
           counsell
           herein
           vnto
           you
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           limit
           not
           your
           stay
           at
           the
           Baths
           ,
           before
           you
           depart
           from
           your
           homes
           ;
           but
           in
           that
           bee
           aduised
           and
           ruled
           by
           your
           Physician
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           at
           the
           Baths
           ,
           according
           as
           hee
           shall
           find
           to
           bee
           meete
           for
           your
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           state
           of
           body
           :
           and
           thinke
           not
           to
           receiue
           in
           foure
           ,
           fiue
           ,
           or
           sixe
           weekes
           an
           absolute
           cure
           for
           an
           infirmity
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           you
           haue
           borne
           two
           or
           three
           yeeres
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           helpes
           and
           meanes
           you
           haue
           vsed
           for
           the
           same
           in
           your
           owne
           Countrey
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           your
           abode
           at
           the
           Baths
           bee
           ,
           as
           it
           shall
           bee
           requisite
           for
           your
           state
           
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           limit
           not
           the
           time
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           to
           a
           Spring
           ,
           or
           a
           Fall
           ;
           for
           it
           may
           bee
           needfull
           for
           you
           to
           reside
           there
           the
           whole
           yeere
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           more
           :
           for
           otherwise
           by
           your
           vntimely
           departure
           ,
           you
           may
           lose
           the
           good
           that
           you
           haue
           gotten
           by
           the
           Bath
           ,
           before
           the
           time
           come
           that
           you
           shall
           thinke
           to
           be
           fit
           for
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           againe
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           I
           know
           you
           will
           obiect
           against
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Is
           it
           good
           to
           make
           vse
           of
           your
           Baths
           in
           the
           Summer
           and
           Winter
           ?
           Are
           not
           those
           times
           by
           all
           learned
           and
           iudicious
           Physicians
           prohibited
           for
           bathing
           in
           hot
           Baths
           ?
           Whereupon
           grew
           the
           custome
           of
           frequenting
           them
           in
           the
           temperate
           seasons
           of
           the
           yeere
           ,
           namely
           ,
           in
           the
           Spring
           and
           Fall
           ?
        
         
           Whereunto
           I
           answer
           ,
           and
           first
           ,
           that
           bathing
           in
           our
           Baths
           in
           Summer
           ▪
           taking
           the
           coole
           of
           the
           morning
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           season
           shall
           bee
           hot
           and
           Summer-like
           ,
           brings
           much
           more
           benefit
           to
           the
           body
           ,
           the
           disease
           being
           of
           a
           cold
           nature
           ,
           and
           proceeding
           from
           a
           cold
           and
           moist
           cause
           (
           for
           so
           you
           must
           conceiue
           me
           )
           then
           in
           the
           Spring
           or
           Fall
           ,
           when
           oftentimes
           the
           coldnesse
           and
           variablenes
           of
           the
           aire
           takes
           away
           the
           benefit
           of
           your
           bathing
           :
           for
           cold
           ,
           or
           vaporous
           aire
           entring
           into
           your
           body
           after
           bathing
           ,
           the
           pores
           being
           open
           ,
           doth
           not
           onely
           very
           greatly
           annoy
           the
           spirits
           ,
           and
           principall
           parts
           ,
           occasion
           winde
           and
           tortures
           in
           the
           bowels
           ,
           but
           also
           induce
           oftentimes
           irrecouerable
           effects
           to
           the
           sinewes
           and
           ioynts
           .
           But
           if
           seasons
           that
           are
           constantly
           warme
           ,
           be
           best
           for
           bathing
           in
           our
           Baths
           ,
           and
           cold
           times
           hurtfull
           ,
           why
           should
           any
           reside
           at
           them
           in
           the
           Winter
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           good
           for
           thē
           that
           are
           in
           the
           way
           of
           cure
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           former
           bathings
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           waters
           are
           in
           their
           nature
           as
           effectually
           hot
           in
           the
           winter
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           other
           time
           of
           the
           yeere
           ;
           onely
           the
           superficies
           ,
           or
           vpper
           part
           of
           the
           Bath
           is
           cooled
           by
           the
           windes
           .
           But
           in
           the
           Winter
           there
           are
           some
           calme
           dayes
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           diseased
           body
           lying
           neere
           to
           the
           Baths
           ,
           may
           well
           and
           safely
           bathe
           ,
           without
           any
           offence
           or
           danger
           in
           taking
           of
           cold
           after
           :
           for
           hee
           may
           keepe
           himselfe
           in
           a
           warme
           chamber
           ,
           hauing
           nothing
           else
           to
           doe
           ,
           or
           take
           care
           for
           ,
           but
           for
           his
           health
           .
        
         
         
           And
           heere
           I
           cannot
           but
           reprehend
           the
           error
           of
           most
           people
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           end
           of
           May
           depart
           from
           our
           Baths
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           moneth
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           out
           of
           what
           preiudicate
           opinion
           ,
           altogether
           refraine
           to
           come
           to
           them
           ,
           till
           the
           Fall
           :
           perhaps
           they
           doe
           this
           ,
           supposing
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Spring
           ,
           till
           the
           Fall
           come
           againe
           ,
           the
           Baths
           lose
           their
           vertue
           .
           I
           must
           tell
           them
           ,
           if
           this
           bee
           their
           conceit
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           a
           great
           error
           ;
           for
           the
           waters
           lose
           not
           their
           vertue
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           only
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           ambientaire
           may
           make
           them
           lesse
           fit
           to
           be
           vsed
           at
           one
           time
           then
           at
           another
           .
           But
           I
           would
           haue
           you
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           haue
           afore-shewed
           ,
           that
           our
           Baths
           ,
           may
           as
           profitably
           be
           vsed
           in
           Summer
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           and
           most
           commonly
           with
           farre
           better
           successe
           in
           the
           whole
           moneth
           of
           Iune
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           of
           the
           former
           moneths
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           constant
           temperature
           of
           this
           moneth
           ,
           and
           the
           variable
           disposition
           of
           the
           moneths
           preceding
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           this
           vntimely
           going
           from
           the
           Baths
           at
           the
           very
           approach
           of
           Summer
           ,
           hurts
           many
           ,
           and
           ouerthrowes
           the
           good
           they
           haue
           receiued
           by
           them
           .
           Wherefore
           my
           aduertisement
           herein
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           which
           resort
           to
           the
           Baths
           for
           preuention
           of
           sicknesse
           ,
           or
           such
           hereditarie
           diseases
           ,
           as
           they
           feare
           will
           befall
           them
           ,
           depart
           from
           the
           Baths
           about
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Spring
           :
           but
           such
           as
           goe
           to
           them
           for
           diseases
           already
           fixed
           ,
           abide
           there
           the
           whole
           Summer
           ,
           and
           longer
           too
           ,
           if
           there
           shall
           be
           occasion
           .
        
         
           And
           admit
           that
           after
           the
           moneth
           of
           Iune
           the
           weather
           be
           too
           feruently
           hot
           to
           bathe
           in
           the
           hotter
           Baths
           ;
           yet
           the
           Crosse
           bath
           ,
           which
           for
           heat
           is
           the
           mildest
           ,
           being
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           in
           its
           nature
           temperately
           hot
           ,
           attaines
           not
           to
           its
           efficacie
           and
           perfection
           ,
           till
           the
           weather
           be
           constantly
           warme
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           happens
           not
           till
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           May
           ,
           or
           the
           beginning
           of
           Iune
           .
           The
           vse
           of
           which
           Bath
           is
           of
           excellent
           efficacie
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           Iune
           ,
           but
           after
           also
           ,
           yea
           ,
           all
           the
           Summer
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           state
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           disposition
           of
           the
           season
           shal
           permit
           :
           wherein
           I
           leaue
           you
           to
           the
           counsell
           and
           direction
           of
           some
           learned
           Physician
           resident
           at
           the
           Baths
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           also
           I
           must
           aduertise
           such
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           declining
           ,
           
           or
           Fall
           of
           the
           yeere
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Autumne
           ,
           shall
           for
           the
           health
           of
           their
           bodies
           repaire
           to
           our
           Baths
           ,
           that
           they
           deferre
           not
           their
           comming
           till
           the
           middle
           of
           September
           ,
           or
           after
           ,
           as
           many
           ignorantly
           doe
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           rather
           bee
           there
           shortly
           after
           the
           middle
           of
           August
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           haue
           time
           sufficient
           for
           bathing
           ,
           before
           the
           aire
           grow
           to
           be
           too
           cold
           ,
           as
           commonly
           it
           is
           in
           October
           ,
           especially
           towards
           the
           end
           thereof
           .
           But
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           some
           out
           of
           an
           ignorant
           timorousnes
           will
           obiect
           ;
           That
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Baths
           before
           the
           Dogge-dayes
           are
           gone
           ,
           or
           too
           soone
           vpon
           them
           ,
           is
           hurtfull
           ?
           Herein
           they
           are
           more
           scrupulous
           ,
           then
           iudicious
           :
           but
           to
           yeeld
           them
           some
           satisfaction
           ,
           I
           answer
           ;
           Besides
           the
           alteration
           of
           seasons
           from
           their
           ancient
           temperature
           ,
           in
           this
           decrepit
           age
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           middle
           part
           of
           the
           day
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           August
           shall
           be
           hot
           ,
           yet
           the
           mornings
           and
           euenings
           (
           which
           are
           the
           times
           for
           bathing
           )
           begin
           then
           to
           be
           cold
           ,
           and
           decline
           to
           a
           temperature
           ;
           and
           the
           heate
           of
           the
           day
           growing
           on
           vpon
           the
           bathing
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           we
           specially
           respect
           for
           the
           health
           of
           our
           patients
           ,
           for
           whom
           we
           approue
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           .
           Wherefore
           such
           as
           for
           the
           health
           of
           their
           bodies
           repaire
           to
           our
           Baths
           ,
           shall
           (
           if
           they
           be
           there
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           August
           )
           receiue
           a
           double
           commodity
           :
           for
           first
           ,
           they
           shall
           haue
           the
           whole
           moneth
           of
           September
           very
           conuenient
           for
           bathing
           ,
           and
           Physicke
           also
           ,
           as
           shall
           bee
           occasion
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           October
           ,
           as
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           season
           shall
           permit
           :
           next
           ,
           sufficient
           time
           for
           their
           returne
           to
           their
           homes
           ,
           before
           the
           aire
           grow
           too
           cold
           ,
           or
           the
           weather
           distempered
           :
           for
           to
           take
           cold
           betwixt
           the
           bathings
           ,
           or
           to
           expose
           the
           body
           to
           trauell
           in
           foule
           and
           intemperate
           weather
           ,
           vpon
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           ,
           induceth
           (
           the
           pores
           being
           open
           )
           besides
           Feuerous
           distemperatures
           and
           ventosities
           ,
           oftentimes
           very
           great
           and
           dolorous
           affects
           of
           the
           Braine
           ,
           Brest
           ,
           Sinewes
           and
           Ioynts
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           not
           let
           passe
           how
           certaine
           accidences
           now
           and
           then
           befall
           some
           in
           their
           bathing
           ;
           as
           weakenes
           and
           subuersion
           of
           the
           stomake
           ,
           faintnes
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           swounings
           ;
           and
           these
           the
           Physician
           must
           take
           speciall
           care
           to
           preuent
           ,
           
           which
           maybe
           occasioned
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           Sulphurous
           vapours
           of
           the
           Bath
           :
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           these
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           accidences
           our
           Baths
           doe
           seldome
           occasion
           ,
           especially
           the
           crosse
           Bath
           ,
           but
           in
           them
           that
           are
           weake
           by
           Nature
           ,
           that
           are
           subiect
           to
           swouning
           ,
           or
           goe
           into
           thē
           preposterously
           ,
           without
           fit
           preparation
           and
           direction
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           our
           Baths
           being
           large
           ,
           &
           hauing
           not
           sulphur
           in
           them
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           cauities
           neere
           adioyning
           ,
           the
           vapours
           are
           the
           lesse
           noysome
           ,
           not
           so
           grosse
           and
           adusted
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           quickly
           offensiue
           ,
           but
           to
           them
           that
           are
           very
           weake
           by
           nature
           ,
           or
           as
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           goe
           into
           them
           without
           fit
           preparation
           ,
           or
           make
           longer
           stay
           in
           them
           then
           is
           meete
           .
        
         
           And
           heere
           I
           cannot
           but
           lay
           open
           Baths
           Technologie
           ,
           
           with
           such
           as
           for
           the
           health
           of
           their
           bodies
           resort
           to
           those
           Baths
           ,
           wherein
           I
           am
           sure
           to
           gaine
           little
           thanke
           .
           But
           I
           passe
           not
           for
           it
           ,
           my
           purpose
           being
           to
           discharge
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           my
           Countrie
           good
           .
           The
           thing
           therefore
           that
           I
           would
           haue
           you
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           how
           the
           people
           of
           that
           place
           that
           keep
           houses
           of
           receit
           ,
           
           and
           their
           Agents
           (
           for
           such
           they
           haue
           in
           euery
           corner
           of
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           also
           before
           you
           come
           to
           the
           Gates
           )
           presse
           vpon
           you
           ,
           importuning
           you
           to
           take
           your
           lodging
           at
           such
           &
           such
           an
           house
           ,
           neere
           to
           such
           and
           such
           a
           Bath
           ,
           extolling
           the
           Baths
           neere
           which
           they
           dwell
           ,
           aboue
           the
           rest
           ,
           respecting
           altogether
           their
           owne
           gaine
           ,
           not
           your
           good
           or
           welfare
           .
           And
           when
           they
           haue
           gotten
           you
           into
           their
           houses
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           fit
           you
           with
           a
           Physician
           (
           perhaps
           an
           Emprick
           or
           vpstart
           Apothecary
           ,
           magnifying
           him
           for
           the
           best
           Physician
           in
           the
           Towne
           )
           that
           wil
           not
           crosse
           them
           in
           remouing
           you
           to
           another
           Bath
           ,
           though
           the
           Bath
           neere
           which
           you
           are
           placed
           ,
           be
           altogether
           contrary
           to
           your
           infirmities
           and
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           not
           so
           conuenient
           as
           some
           other
           .
           And
           this
           is
           also
           a
           special
           reason
           ,
           why
           many
           oftentimes
           receiue
           rather
           hurt
           then
           good
           by
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           .
        
         
           My
           counsell
           therefore
           to
           the
           learned
           Physicians
           shall
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           so
           tender
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Patients
           ,
           and
           their
           owne
           worth
           and
           reputation
           ,
           as
           that
           for
           base
           gaine
           they
           subiect
           not
           themselues
           to
           these
           kind
           of
           people
           ,
           in
           hope
           
           to
           get
           Patients
           by
           their
           means
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Patients
           ,
           that
           they
           fall
           not
           by
           any
           meanes
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Empericks
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           their
           ill
           qualified
           Physicke
           ,
           will
           spoile
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           pragmaticall
           nature
           ,
           perswade
           and
           put
           them
           to
           vnnecessary
           and
           preposterous
           courses
           ,
           which
           cannot
           but
           produce
           disastrous
           effects
           .
        
         
           But
           seeing
           that
           no
           calling
           is
           more
           disgraced
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           men
           of
           the
           same
           calling
           ,
           I
           wish
           all
           professors
           of
           Physicke
           to
           carrie
           themselues
           worthy
           of
           their
           calling
           ,
           to
           be
           faithfull
           and
           honest
           in
           their
           courses
           ,
           not
           to
           insinuate
           with
           any
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           our
           Bath-guides
           ,
           presse
           vpon
           them
           to
           be
           retained
           .
           If
           an
           Empericke
           or
           Mountibanke
           seeke
           about
           for
           work
           ,
           I
           blame
           them
           not
           ;
           let
           them
           deceiue
           those
           who
           wil
           be
           deceiued
           ;
           but
           for
           such
           as
           are
           graduated
           in
           the
           noble
           faculty
           of
           Physicke
           to
           doe
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           Fiddler-like
           :
           a
           note
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           some
           vnworthines
           in
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           of
           a
           base
           mind
           .
           Let
           those
           therefore
           that
           are
           Physicians
           indeed
           ,
           striue
           to
           maintaine
           the
           reputation
           of
           their
           Art
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           a
           base
           insinuating
           carriage
           ,
           or
           Mountibank-like
           tricks
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           note
           and
           repute
           ,
           vilifie
           their
           owne
           worth
           ,
           or
           disgrace
           so
           noble
           a
           facultie
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           draw
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           when
           you
           shal
           for
           your
           health
           repaire
           to
           the
           Baths
           ,
           be
           cautelous
           ,
           and
           suffer
           not
           your selfe
           to
           be
           taken
           vp
           by
           such
           as
           will
           presse
           vpon
           you
           ;
           but
           rest
           your selfe
           at
           your
           Inne
           ,
           and
           be
           well
           aduised
           by
           a
           Physician
           that
           knowes
           the
           nature
           and
           vse
           of
           the
           Baths
           ,
           and
           can
           well
           iudge
           of
           your
           infirmities
           and
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           what
           Bath
           shall
           be
           fitting
           for
           your
           vse
           ,
           and
           then
           vp
           your
           lodging
           accordingly
           :
           which
           course
           if
           it
           were
           obserued
           ,
           and
           the
           Physician
           carefully
           and
           learnedly
           performe
           his
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           many
           mo
           then
           now
           doe
           ,
           would
           ,
           for
           their
           infirmities
           ,
           finde
           remedie
           at
           the
           Baths
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           honour
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           that
           scarcely
           any
           would
           depart
           thence
           ,
           but
           much
           eased
           and
           bettered
           in
           their
           state
           of
           body
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           I
           thought
           fitting
           to
           aduise
           and
           publish
           ,
           concerning
           the
           nature
           and
           vse
           of
           our
           Baths
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           preposterously
           vse
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           greater
           part
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           doe
           ,
           that
           resort
           vnto
           them
           ,
           may
           not
           erroniously
           
           detract
           from
           the
           admirable
           vertues
           of
           them
           :
           for
           vnto
           vs
           it
           doth
           yeerely
           appeare
           ,
           by
           the
           miraculous
           effects
           they
           worke
           ,
           of
           what
           excellent
           efficacie
           they
           are
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           rightly
           and
           iudiciously
           vsed
           .
           And
           seeing
           that
           in
           the
           true
           vse
           of
           them
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           things
           to
           be
           considered
           ;
           I
           doe
           therefore
           againe
           aduise
           all
           such
           as
           are
           respectiue
           of
           their
           health
           ,
           that
           they
           enterprize
           not
           the
           vse
           of
           them
           ,
           without
           the
           counsell
           and
           direction
           of
           some
           honest
           and
           learned
           Physician
           resident
           at
           the
           Baths
           :
           which
           if
           they
           doe
           ,
           the
           
             incommodum
          
           may
           be
           
             maius
             commodo
             .
          
           And
           so
           I
           conclude
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ADVERTISEMENT
           OF
           THE
           GREAT
           VTILITIE
           THAT
           COMMETH
           to
           mans
           body
           ,
           by
           the
           taking
           of
           Physick
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           inferred
           vpon
           the
           insuing
           Question
           .
        
         
           The
           Spring
           being
           the
           most
           reuiuing
           ,
           flourishing
           ,
           and
           temperate
           season
           of
           the
           yeere
           ;
           whence
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           sicknesses
           are
           more
           frequent
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           people
           sooner
           dye
           therein
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           other
           season
           ?
        
         
           THere
           may
           bee
           two
           reasons
           yeelded
           for
           the
           same
           :
           the
           one
           taken
           from
           the
           Winter
           preceding
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           moisture
           ,
           filleth
           the
           body
           with
           crude
           and
           excrementall
           humors
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           coldnesse
           ,
           thickning
           ,
           and
           compacting
           the
           same
           ,
           quieteth
           them
           from
           fluxion
           .
           But
           the
           heate
           of
           the
           Spring
           approaching
           ,
           and
           working
           on
           those
           humors
           ,
           rarifieth
           and
           dissolueth
           them
           ;
           which
           thereupon
           fluctuating
           and
           putrifying
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           are
           the
           cause
           of
           sicknesse
           ,
           vnlesse
           they
           are
           expulsed
           by
           the
           force
           of
           nature
           ,
           or
           timely
           helpe
           of
           Physicke
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           reason
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           inconstancie
           of
           the
           Spring
           it selfe
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           is
           cold
           ,
           sometimes
           hot
           ,
           sometimes
           moist
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           drie
           :
           which
           sudden
           alterations
           cannot
           but
           produce
           feuerous
           distemperatures
           ,
           and
           other
           infirmities
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           matter
           congested
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           the
           Winter
           preceding
           .
           From
           which
           it
           may
           be
           concluded
           ,
           that
           the
           sicknesses
           and
           death
           
           of
           people
           ,
           which
           happen
           more
           frequently
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           other
           season
           of
           the
           yeere
           ,
           are
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           Spring
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Winter
           which
           hath
           filled
           the
           body
           with
           superfluities
           ,
           and
           prepared
           it
           for
           sicknesse
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           whosoeuer
           will
           bee
           so
           prouident
           ,
           
           as
           by
           the
           timely
           helpe
           of
           Physicke
           ,
           to
           free
           his
           body
           ,
           as
           his
           state
           and
           constitution
           shall
           require
           ,
           of
           the
           superfluities
           congested
           in
           it
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           winter
           going
           before
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           farre
           more
           liuely
           ,
           healthy
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           sicknesse
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           other
           season
           of
           the
           yeere
           ,
           so
           as
           he
           erre
           not
           ouermuch
           in
           other
           things
           .
           And
           this
           purging
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           purifying
           of
           the
           bloud
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           will
           not
           onely
           preserue
           from
           sicknesses
           that
           commonly
           raigne
           in
           the
           Spring
           ;
           but
           also
           be
           a
           meanes
           to
           keepe
           the
           body
           in
           a
           perfect
           integrity
           the
           whole
           yeere
           after
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           commend
           the
           taking
           of
           Physicke
           in
           the
           Spring
           to
           all
           generous
           people
           ,
           to
           them
           that
           leade
           a
           geniall
           sedentary
           kinde
           of
           life
           ,
           especially
           to
           such
           as
           are
           subiect
           to
           obstructions
           or
           any
           yeerely
           disease
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           here
           demand
           of
           me
           ,
           
           what
           time
           of
           the
           Spring
           is
           fittest
           for
           Physicke
           by
           way
           of
           preuention
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           for
           them
           that
           are
           wont
           to
           bee
           affected
           with
           sickenesse
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           and
           whose
           humors
           are
           too
           cholericke
           and
           thinne
           ,
           and
           consequently
           subiect
           to
           fluxion
           ,
           it
           is
           best
           to
           take
           Physicke
           at
           the
           very
           beginning
           thereof
           ;
           but
           for
           others
           ,
           about
           the
           middle
           ,
           or
           after
           ,
           especially
           if
           the
           precedent
           time
           shall
           be
           cold
           ,
           and
           not
           Spring-like
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           also
           here
           demand
           of
           me
           ,
           
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           so
           necessary
           to
           take
           Physick
           in
           the
           Autumne
           ,
           which
           we
           commonly
           call
           the
           Fall
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Spring
           ?
           Whereunto
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           a
           generality
           ,
           I
           must
           answer
           no
           :
           because
           the
           Summer
           prepareth
           not
           the
           body
           for
           sicknesse
           ,
           filling
           it
           with
           superfluities
           ,
           as
           doth
           the
           Winter
           ;
           yet
           for
           some
           bodies
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           for
           them
           that
           naturally
           abound
           with
           crude
           and
           phlegmaticke
           humors
           ,
           that
           are
           subiect
           to
           obstructions
           ,
           to
           cold
           winterly
           diseases
           ,
           or
           any
           melancholicke
           affects
           ,
           as
           necessary
           
           to
           take
           Physicke
           by
           way
           of
           preuention
           in
           the
           Fall
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Spring
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           auoiding
           the
           superfluities
           before
           the
           Winter
           ,
           for
           opening
           the
           obstructions
           ,
           and
           freeing
           the
           body
           of
           superfluous
           melancholy
           ,
           which
           then
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           season
           encreaseth
           .
           And
           the
           fittest
           time
           for
           the
           doing
           thereof
           ,
           for
           such
           as
           are
           subiect
           to
           melancholy
           and
           Autumnall
           diseases
           ,
           is
           soone
           after
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Fall
           ;
           but
           for
           others
           ,
           towards
           the
           middle
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
           But
           here
           I
           must
           aduertise
           you
           that
           you
           expose
           not
           your
           body
           to
           the
           vnlearned
           Empericke
           ,
           that
           can
           neither
           finde
           out
           the
           peccant
           humors
           ,
           nor
           parts
           affected
           ;
           but
           to
           such
           as
           are
           learned
           in
           that
           Art
           ,
           that
           can
           well
           iudge
           of
           your
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           prescribe
           you
           remedies
           ,
           as
           your
           constitution
           and
           affected
           parts
           shall
           require
           .
           Many
           men
           thinke
           ,
           yea
           some
           of
           a
           generous
           note
           ,
           wherein
           they
           bewray
           their
           carelesnesse
           ,
           if
           not
           their
           stupiditie
           to
           ,
           that
           whilst
           they
           are
           in
           health
           ,
           they
           may
           for
           preuention
           ,
           take
           Physicke
           from
           any
           one
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           from
           whom
           it
           bee
           ,
           nor
           what
           Physicke
           it
           bee
           ,
           so
           it
           worke
           with
           them
           .
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           many
           ouerthrow
           their
           bodies
           hereby
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           lesse
           art
           and
           iudgement
           required
           for
           preseruing
           the
           body
           in
           health
           ,
           then
           for
           curing
           of
           it
           being
           sicke
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           but
           know
           how
           the
           foure
           humors
           are
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           proportioned
           in
           their
           bodies
           ,
           for
           enioying
           according
           to
           their
           constitutions
           a
           sound
           and
           healthy
           state
           ,
           they
           would
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           be
           more
           cautelous
           then
           to
           commit
           themselues
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           vnlearned
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           their
           inconsiderate
           courses
           ,
           take
           humors
           from
           them
           at
           an
           aduenture
           ,
           so
           well
           those
           which
           are
           not
           offensiue
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           are
           ,
           to
           the
           vtter
           subuersion
           of
           the
           Oeconomie
           of
           the
           body
           :
           whereof
           though
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           strengths
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           by
           and
           by
           sensible
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           which
           onely
           cloaketh
           the
           errors
           of
           Empericks
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           vaile
           ,
           masketh
           many
           mens
           eies
           and
           vnderstanding
           herein
           :
           yet
           they
           will
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           in
           diuers
           obserued
           to
           their
           perill
           ,
           by
           little
           and
           little
           incurre
           a
           lapsed
           state
           of
           body
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           see
           the
           ignorance
           of
           most
           people
           ,
           how
           
           backward
           they
           are
           to
           giue
           to
           the
           learned
           Professors
           of
           Physicke
           their
           due
           ,
           ready
           to
           lay
           scandals
           vpon
           them
           ;
           but
           forward
           to
           magnifie
           Empericks
           ,
           their
           Physicke
           ,
           their
           honesty
           ,
           their
           care
           ,
           willing
           to
           excuse
           and
           passe
           ouer
           their
           grosse
           slips
           and
           absurdities
           .
           
             O
             mira
             hominum
             stupiditas
             !
          
           But
           proceeds
           this
           altogether
           out
           of
           ignorance
           ?
           I
           suppose
           no
           :
           for
           doubtlesse
           many
           seeke
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           magnifie
           their
           Physicke
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           cheape
           :
           but
           such
           are
           fooles
           and
           Gulles
           indeed
           ,
           for
           they
           wrong
           ,
           and
           euen
           poyson
           their
           bodies
           with
           grosse
           and
           ill-qualified
           Physicke
           ,
           to
           saue
           their
           purse
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           answer
           the
           reasons
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           words
           which
           they
           produce
           and
           alledge
           in
           the
           fauour
           and
           behalfe
           of
           Empericks
           :
           To
           what
           purpose
           is
           the
           working
           of
           that
           Physicke
           which
           respecteth
           not
           the
           peccant
           humors
           nor
           parts
           affected
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           ouerthrow
           of
           the
           body
           ?
           What
           is
           a
           supposed
           honesty
           in
           a
           Physicion
           without
           learning
           ,
           but
           a
           snare
           wherein
           the
           ignorant
           doe
           voluntarily
           entrap
           themselues
           ?
           I
           say
           supposed
           :
           for
           I
           cannot
           thinke
           that
           man
           to
           be
           honest
           ,
           that
           vsurps
           a
           calling
           ,
           which
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           he
           is
           not
           able
           to
           discharge
           .
           Or
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           the
           care
           that
           Empericks
           take
           about
           their
           preposterous
           and
           ill-composed
           medicines
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           vtter
           ruine
           of
           the
           patients
           body
           ,
           as
           it
           too
           too
           vnluckely
           happened
           of
           late
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           good
           worth
           and
           note
           ,
           who
           taking
           Physicke
           by
           way
           of
           preuention
           of
           a
           Pil-boasting
           Surgeon
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           space
           ,
           by
           his
           ill-qualified
           and
           preposterous
           Physicke
           ,
           incurred
           an
           incureable
           and
           mortall
           lapse
           of
           his
           stomacke
           and
           Liuer
           ,
           being
           in
           his
           constant
           age
           and
           perfect
           strength
           of
           body
           .
           Vaine
           therefore
           and
           very
           absurd
           is
           that
           conceit
           ,
           which
           many
           haue
           in
           fauour
           of
           Empericks
           ,
           
             viz.
             If
             they
             doe
             no
             good
             ,
             they
             will
             doe
             no
             harme
             .
          
           Admit
           that
           sometimes
           by
           their
           triuiall
           pettie
           medicines
           ,
           they
           doe
           no
           harme
           ;
           yet
           neuerthelesse
           for
           that
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           they
           doe
           much
           harme
           :
           for
           the
           sicke
           body
           relying
           vpon
           their
           skill
           ,
           and
           they
           being
           not
           able
           to
           direct
           and
           execute
           such
           courses
           as
           shall
           be
           fitting
           and
           effectuall
           to
           impugne
           the
           disease
           ,
           while
           there
           is
           time
           
           fitting
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           sicknesse
           gets
           the
           masterie
           ,
           and
           then
           (
           perhaps
           )
           when
           the
           strengths
           are
           too
           much
           weakened
           ,
           and
           the
           disease
           become
           incureable
           ,
           they
           seeke
           helpe
           of
           the
           learned
           Physician
           .
           So
           basely
           verily
           are
           most
           of
           our
           people
           affected
           to
           their
           health
           ,
           that
           vntill
           some
           practicall
           Minister
           ,
           Parish
           Clarke
           ,
           Apothecary
           ,
           Chirurgeon
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           haue
           done
           their
           vtmost
           hurt
           ,
           they
           seeke
           not
           to
           the
           Physician
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           to
           vindicate
           our
           Art
           from
           calumnie
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           taxe
           the
           most
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           that
           being
           affected
           with
           any
           great
           or
           difficult
           disease
           ,
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           nature
           thereof
           ,
           or
           contumacy
           of
           the
           peccant
           humors
           ,
           will
           haue
           such
           progresse
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           cannot
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           medicines
           and
           best
           endeuors
           of
           the
           learned
           Physician
           ,
           how
           forceable
           so
           euer
           ,
           be
           euicted
           ,
           will
           reiect
           their
           Physician
           ,
           and
           betake
           themselues
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           absurdity
           ,
           
             super
             omnem
             absurditatem
             ,
          
           to
           some
           ignorant
           sottish
           Empericke
           ,
           and
           euery
           good
           wiues
           medicine
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           hurt
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           vtter
           ouerthrow
           .
           But
           if
           it
           happen
           ,
           that
           they
           recouer
           thereupon
           ,
           they
           lay
           an
           imputation
           vpon
           the
           Physician
           ,
           and
           grace
           their
           Emperick
           with
           the
           cure
           ;
           whereas
           in
           very
           deede
           the
           matter
           of
           their
           disease
           was
           wholy
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           greatest
           part
           therof
           ,
           eradicated
           by
           such
           fit
           and
           powerful
           remedies
           ,
           as
           the
           learned
           Physician
           had
           formerly
           administred
           vnto
           them
           :
           wherevpon
           the
           residue
           of
           the
           cure
           was
           effected
           by
           the
           force
           of
           Nature
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           weake
           endeuors
           of
           the
           Empericke
           ,
           or
           triuiall
           medicines
           of
           any
           other
           whatsoeuer
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           of
           purpose
           enlarged
           this
           Aduertisement
           ,
           and
           doe
           leaue
           it
           for
           a
           memoriall
           and
           Caueat
           to
           all
           posteritie
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           this
           our
           age
           ,
           who
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           very
           greatly
           wrong
           their
           iudgements
           and
           vnderstanding
           ,
           in
           taking
           Physicke
           of
           the
           vnlearned
           ;
           and
           wherein
           they
           doe
           not
           only
           wrong
           themselues
           ,
           but
           also
           giue
           occasion
           of
           hurt
           vnto
           others
           :
           for
           the
           meaner
           sort
           of
           people
           following
           their
           example
           ,
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           whereby
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           likely-hood
           ,
           more
           vntimely
           perish
           
           (
           which
           I
           beleeue
           to
           be
           true
           in
           the
           Westerne
           parts
           of
           this
           kingdome
           )
           vnder
           the
           hands
           of
           Empericks
           ,
           then
           die
           otherwise
           ▪
           Such
           as
           will
           not
           take
           notice
           hereof
           ,
           
             in
             Empericorum
             manus
             incidant
             .
          
           And
           if
           any
           
             Asinus
             Cumanus
             ,
          
           or
           
             Terra
             filius
          
           shall
           obiect
           ,
           that
           diuers
           recouer
           vnder
           the
           hands
           of
           Empericks
           ;
           I
           answer
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           the
           recouery
           is
           not
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           their
           Physick
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           strengths
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           beares
           vp
           ,
           both
           against
           the
           disease
           ,
           and
           their
           preposterous
           courses
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           CENSVRE
           CONCERNING
           THE
           WATER
           OF
           SAINT
           
             Vincents
          
           Rocks
           neere
           Bristoll
           ,
           *
           which
           begins
           to
           grow
           in
           great
           request
           and
           vse
           against
           the
           Stone
           .
        
         
           
           THis
           water
           of
           Saint
           
             Vincents
          
           Rocke
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           very
           pure
           ,
           cleare
           cristalline
           substance
           ,
           answering
           to
           those
           cristalline
           Diamonds
           and
           transparent
           stones
           that
           are
           plentifully
           found
           in
           those
           Clifts
           .
           It
           is
           no
           lesse
           commendable
           for
           smell
           and
           taste
           ,
           then
           delectable
           for
           colour
           and
           substance
           ,
           and
           for
           its
           temperature
           ,
           excels
           any
           other
           of
           this
           kingdom
           ,
           being
           almost
           of
           a
           meane
           betweene
           heate
           and
           cold
           :
           I
           say
           almost
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           little
           more
           inclined
           to
           cold
           ,
           then
           to
           hear
           ,
           which
           maketh
           it
           the
           more
           effectuall
           for
           allaying
           the
           burning
           heat
           of
           the
           bowels
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           good
           temperature
           ,
           not
           quickly
           offensiue
           to
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           lapsed
           by
           cold
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           deliuer
           my
           censure
           and
           opinion
           concerning
           the
           nature
           and
           vse
           of
           this
           water
           ,
           
           it
           is
           fitting
           that
           I
           declare
           vnto
           you
           the
           matter
           frō
           whence
           it
           receiues
           its
           medicinable
           faculties
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           (
           for
           I
           haue
           twice
           made
           probation
           therof
           )
           from
           Sulphur
           and
           Niter
           ,
           and
           from
           both
           but
           in
           a
           small
           measure
           :
           for
           the
           water
           at
           its
           issuing
           forth
           ,
           carrieth
           with
           it
           but
           an
           obscure
           heat
           ,
           being
           scarcely
           lukewarme
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           thereof
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           &
           strength
           of
           the
           sulphurous
           vapors
           are
           qualified
           and
           abated
           in
           the
           passages
           thorow
           the
           earth
           ;
           or
           else
           it
           is
           ,
           because
           this
           water
           issueth
           but
           from
           a
           small
           veine
           of
           sulphur
           .
           And
           the
           note
           that
           it
           hath
           but
           little
           Niter
           in
           it
           ,
           besides
           the
           probation
           therof
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           because
           it
           can
           hardly
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           in
           the
           taste
           bee
           discerned
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           curious
           and
           skilfull
           pallate
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           I
           suppose
           that
           this
           water
           partakes
           of
           other
           good
           minerals
           :
           but
           I
           leaue
           that
           for
           a
           farther
           search
           ,
           or
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           shall
           hereafter
           liue
           more
           conueniently
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           then
           I
           doe
           .
           But
           whatsoeuer
           minerals
           shall
           lie
           hid
           in
           the
           passages
           of
           this
           water
           ,
           it
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           that
           it
           partakes
           of
           two
           so
           good
           as
           Sulphur
           and
           Niter
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           such
           a
           mixture
           ,
           as
           it
           makes
           it
           to
           be
           of
           an
           excellent
           temper
           ,
           and
           medicinable
           faculty
           in
           potable
           vses
           for
           diuers
           cases
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           hereafter
           shewed
           .
           It
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           the
           water
           issued
           forth
           in
           a
           more
           conuenient
           place
           ,
           aswell
           for
           accesse
           vnto
           it
           ,
           as
           for
           conseruing
           the
           heate
           thereof
           .
        
         
           This
           water
           is
           frequented
           for
           no
           other
           vse
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           drinking
           of
           it
           against
           the
           Stone
           :
           it
           hath
           also
           other
           excellent
           faculties
           ;
           but
           I
           suppose
           (
           such
           is
           the
           vanity
           of
           our
           time
           )
           that
           the
           fame
           thereof
           wil
           not
           long
           hold
           ,
           but
           wil
           in
           a
           short
           time
           haue
           an
           end
           ,
           as
           some
           other
           waters
           of
           good
           force
           and
           efficacy
           against
           sundry
           infirmities
           ,
           in
           diuers
           places
           of
           this
           kingdome
           haue
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           absurdand
           preposterous
           vse
           of
           it
           :
           for
           vpon
           notice
           and
           experience
           that
           this
           water
           hath
           done
           some
           good
           against
           the
           Stone
           ,
           people
           of
           all
           sorts
           repaire
           vnto
           it
           ,
           so
           wel
           such
           as
           haue
           not
           the
           stone
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           haue
           ,
           or
           stand
           in
           feare
           thereof
           ,
           and
           abundantly
           glut
           and
           fill
           themselues
           therewith
           ,
           till
           they
           vomit
           and
           strout
           againe
           ,
           scarcely
           one
           of
           fifty
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           hauing
           the
           opinion
           of
           a
           iudicious
           Physician
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           preparing
           their
           bodies
           for
           it
           as
           is
           meete
           ;
           which
           cannot
           but
           bring
           a
           disgrace
           to
           the
           water
           :
           for
           admit
           that
           a
           few
           chance
           to
           receiue
           benefit
           thereby
           ,
           some
           will
           not
           ,
           
           but
           many
           much
           hurt
           .
           Neither
           can
           the
           water
           be
           good
           for
           all
           bodies
           that
           are
           troubled
           with
           the
           Stone
           ,
           or
           subiect
           thereunto
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           would
           haue
           you
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           ill
           and
           preposterous
           vse
           thereof
           will
           weaken
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           subuert
           the
           liuer
           ,
           annoy
           the
           head
           and
           brest
           ,
           occasion
           Cramps
           ,
           paine
           in
           the
           ioynts
           ,
           breed
           crudities
           ,
           rheumes
           ,
           Coughs
           ,
           Cachexies
           ,
           the
           Dropsie
           it selfe
           and
           Consumption
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           proceed
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           faculties
           and
           true
           
           vse
           of
           the
           water
           .
           It
           notably
           cooleth
           the
           inflammations
           of
           all
           the
           inward
           parts
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           not
           quickly
           offending
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           as
           other
           Waters
           doe
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           withall
           of
           a
           gentle
           mundifying
           facultie
           .
           
           It
           is
           therefore
           very
           effectuall
           against
           the
           burning
           heate
           of
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           inflammations
           of
           the
           liuer
           and
           reines
           ,
           and
           adustion
           of
           the
           humors
           ,
           being
           taken
           with
           fine
           Sugar
           in
           this
           proportion
           ,
           as
           halfe
           an
           ounce
           of
           Sugar
           or
           thereabout
           to
           a
           pinte
           of
           the
           Water
           .
           In
           such
           as
           haue
           had
           hot
           liuers
           ,
           red
           pimpling
           faces
           ,
           and
           adusted
           humors
           ,
           I
           haue
           caused
           a
           Tincture
           of
           Roses
           and
           Violets
           to
           be
           taken
           therewith
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           singular
           successe
           .
           It
           may
           be
           giuen
           with
           other
           good
           conuenient
           Adiuncts
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           onely
           make
           it
           the
           more
           gratefull
           to
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           but
           also
           more
           effectuall
           for
           the
           cases
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           I
           leaue
           to
           the
           Physician
           to
           finde
           out
           ,
           and
           direct
           as
           shall
           be
           best
           fitting
           for
           his
           patients
           body
           .
           In
           inflammation
           and
           siccity
           of
           the
           intestines
           ,
           it
           is
           good
           to
           giue
           with
           this
           Water
           ,
           syrrup
           or
           
             mel
             Viol.
             Sol.
          
           In
           inflammation
           of
           the
           kidneys
           with
           obstruction
           also
           in
           them
           ,
           I
           haue
           giuen
           it
           to
           such
           as
           had
           withall
           hot
           liuers
           ,
           with
           
             Chrystallo
             minerali
             ,
          
           with
           wished
           effect
           :
           for
           the
           distemper
           of
           the
           kidneys
           was
           not
           onely
           quickly
           allayed
           therewith
           ,
           but
           also
           abundance
           of
           sand
           and
           other
           drossie
           matter
           stopping
           in
           them
           purged
           forth
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           Water
           is
           good
           against
           the
           Stone
           ,
           Strangury
           ,
           and
           purulent
           vlcers
           of
           the
           kidneys
           and
           bladder
           ,
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           mundifying
           and
           clensing
           faculty
           ,
           to
           be
           taken
           with
           Sugar
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           or
           with
           some
           good
           and
           effectuall
           Adiunct
           ,
           for
           the
           speedier
           carriage
           of
           it
           to
           the
           affected
           places
           ,
           &c.
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           diuersity
           of
           bodies
           ,
           I
           cannot
           here
           describe
           ,
           but
           must
           leaue
           you
           therein
           to
           the
           aduice
           and
           counsell
           ,
           not
           of
           a
           vulgar
           ,
           but
           of
           some
           learned
           iudicious
           expert
           Physician
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           this
           Caution
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           bee
           not
           sure
           of
           the
           accurate
           iudgement
           and
           skill
           of
           your
           Physician
           ,
           that
           you
           take
           the
           Water
           onely
           with
           Sugar
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           mixture
           with
           it
           .
           This
           Water
           is
           also
           good
           in
           the
           vlcerations
           of
           the
           intestines
           ,
           with
           this
           Prouiso
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           taken
           with
           some
           conuenient
           Adiunct
           ,
           as
           
           
             Mel
             Rosat
             .
          
           &c.
           to
           occasion
           the
           passage
           thereof
           thorow
           the
           belly
           ,
           diuerting
           it
           from
           the
           veines
           .
        
         
           As
           concerning
           the
           vse
           of
           this
           Water
           ,
           
           and
           first
           ,
           for
           inward
           inflamations
           :
           The
           time
           of
           the
           yeere
           best
           for
           taking
           thereof
           by
           way
           of
           cure
           or
           preuention
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           moneths
           of
           April
           ,
           May
           ,
           and
           Iune
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           morning
           fasting
           ,
           the
           body
           being
           first
           prepared
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           gently
           purged
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           constitution
           thereof
           shall
           require
           ;
           but
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           taken
           at
           any
           other
           time
           ,
           respect
           being
           had
           of
           the
           season
           ,
           age
           ,
           and
           present
           state
           of
           the
           body
           .
           As
           for
           the
           quantity
           that
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           euery
           morning
           ,
           and
           how
           long
           to
           be
           continued
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           diuersity
           of
           bodies
           ,
           I
           must
           leaue
           you
           to
           the
           discretion
           and
           iudgement
           of
           your
           Physician
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           this
           Water
           against
           the
           Stone
           ,
           
           tenne
           Rules
           are
           to
           be
           obserued
           in
           the
           vse
           thereof
           .
           The
           first
           is
           the
           preparation
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           exquisitely
           purged
           ,
           before
           you
           attempt
           the
           vse
           thereof
           :
           for
           the
           passages
           being
           cleared
           ,
           and
           the
           ill
           matter
           diuerted
           by
           Stoole
           ,
           the
           Water
           will
           the
           more
           freely
           ,
           and
           with
           greater
           force
           penetrate
           vnto
           the
           reines
           .
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           morning
           fasting
           ,
           the
           excrements
           of
           the
           belly
           being
           first
           deposed
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           diuers
           draughts
           ,
           allowing
           betwixt
           euery
           draught
           or
           two
           draughts
           taken
           the
           one
           after
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           space
           of
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           houre
           ,
           or
           some
           what
           more
           ,
           till
           you
           haue
           taken
           the
           whole
           portion
           of
           Water
           that
           is
           intended
           to
           be
           taken
           each
           morning
           ,
           walking
           and
           stirring
           gently
           your
           body
           betweene
           euery
           taking
           :
           for
           that
           will
           cause
           the
           Water
           to
           be
           the
           sooner
           distributed
           thorow
           your
           body
           ,
           refraining
           to
           goe
           abroad
           in
           the
           aire
           betweene
           and
           vpon
           the
           takings
           thereof
           ,
           if
           the
           weather
           shall
           be
           any
           thing
           cold
           ;
           for
           cold
           will
           hinder
           the
           distribution
           of
           the
           Water
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           the
           quantity
           of
           the
           Water
           that
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           euery
           morning
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           directed
           by
           your
           Physician
           that
           knowes
           your
           age
           and
           state
           of
           body
           .
           The
           fourth
           is
           ,
           how
           many
           mornings
           together
           it
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           as
           eight
           or
           tenne
           more
           or
           lesse
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           abilitie
           of
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           strenghts
           and
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           wherein
           you
           must
           likewise
           
           be
           directed
           by
           your
           Physician
           .
        
         
           The
           fift
           thing
           to
           be
           obserued
           in
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           take
           it
           so
           neere
           as
           you
           can
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           temper
           of
           heate
           as
           it
           issueth
           forth
           ,
           or
           else
           so
           hot
           as
           you
           shall
           be
           well
           able
           to
           drinke
           it
           :
           and
           herein
           euery
           one
           may
           gratifie
           his
           owne
           stomacke
           .
           But
           seeing
           that
           the
           place
           is
           vnfit
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Water
           seems
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           rawishnesse
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           to
           be
           colder
           at
           its
           issuing
           forth
           then
           it
           is
           otherwise
           :
           for
           being
           taken
           into
           a
           stone
           Iugge
           ,
           it
           warmeth
           the
           same
           ;
           I
           aduise
           that
           the
           water
           bee
           taken
           into
           stone
           Iugges
           ,
           or
           other
           conuenient
           bottles
           ,
           and
           the
           Iugges
           or
           bottles
           to
           bee
           immediately
           stopped
           ,
           to
           keepe
           in
           the
           vapours
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           water
           to
           be
           taken
           while
           it
           reserueth
           its
           heate
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           water
           shall
           waxe
           cold
           before
           you
           take
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           heate
           the
           Iugge
           in
           a
           kettle
           of
           hot
           water
           ,
           till
           it
           shall
           bee
           so
           hot
           as
           you
           shall
           like
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           keeping
           the
           Iugge
           close
           stopped
           all
           the
           while
           :
           and
           so
           you
           may
           doe
           such
           mornings
           when
           you
           cannot
           haue
           the
           water
           ,
           it
           being
           all
           ouercouered
           by
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Seuerne
           that
           floweth
           to
           the
           Cittie
           .
           If
           you
           demand
           of
           me
           ,
           whether
           the
           water
           loseth
           any
           thing
           of
           its
           vertue
           ,
           being
           so
           kept
           ?
           I
           must
           answer
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           likely
           that
           it
           loseth
           somewhat
           ,
           of
           its
           sulphurous
           ,
           but
           not
           any
           thing
           of
           its
           introus
           qualitie
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           may
           be
           well
           referued
           ,
           and
           vsed
           in
           manner
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           The
           sixth
           is
           the
           time
           of
           the
           yeere
           that
           is
           best
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           this
           Water
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           a
           season
           that
           is
           not
           cold
           ,
           or
           rainy
           ;
           but
           hot
           ,
           or
           inclining
           therevnto
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           May
           ,
           to
           the
           middle
           of
           September
           ;
           but
           after
           that
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           alterations
           of
           the
           aire
           ,
           and
           Winter
           approaching
           ,
           this
           Water
           is
           not
           good
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           weaken
           the
           stomacke
           and
           liuer
           ,
           annoy
           the
           brest
           ,
           breede
           crudities
           ,
           Coughs
           ,
           &c
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           already
           shewed
           .
        
         
           The
           seuenth
           is
           the
           diet
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           obserued
           all
           the
           time
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           bee
           but
           slender
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           meats
           of
           good
           iuice
           ,
           and
           easie
           digestion
           ,
           the
           dinner
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           till
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Water
           be
           auoided
           ,
           and
           the
           supper
           must
           be
           alwaies
           
           lesse
           then
           the
           dinner
           ,
           that
           the
           Stomacke
           may
           be
           the
           next
           morning
           emptie
           for
           receiuing
           of
           the
           Water
           againe
           .
        
         
           The
           eight
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           body
           be
           purged
           immediately
           after
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           an
           end
           is
           made
           of
           taking
           it
           ,
           for
           auoiding
           some
           reliques
           thereof
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           may
           abide
           in
           the
           body
           after
           the
           vse
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           the
           Physician
           must
           be
           carefull
           to
           do
           with
           a
           fit
           medicine
           .
           Afterwards
           a
           moderation
           in
           diet
           and
           all
           other
           things
           is
           to
           be
           obserued
           .
        
         
           The
           ninth
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           not
           giuen
           to
           children
           that
           are
           subiect
           to
           the
           Stone
           ,
           vnder
           twelue
           yeeres
           of
           age
           ,
           vnlesse
           they
           shall
           be
           naturally
           of
           a
           very
           hot
           constitution
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           to
           them
           in
           quantities
           proportionable
           to
           their
           age
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           are
           entered
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           old
           age
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           abbreuiate
           their
           life
           ,
           
             calorem
             innatum
             extinguendo
             .
          
        
         
           The
           tenth
           and
           last
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           this
           Water
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           not
           giuen
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           smalnesse
           and
           streightnesse
           of
           their
           veines
           ,
           cannot
           extreate
           and
           passe
           it
           away
           by
           vrine
           ,
           though
           the
           infirmities
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           Stranguries
           ,
           &c.
           may
           otherwise
           require
           the
           vse
           thereof
           .
           Neither
           is
           to
           be
           giuen
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           haue
           cold
           stomackes
           ,
           weake
           liuers
           ,
           feeble
           braines
           ,
           and
           subiect
           vnto
           Rheumes
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           not
           to
           phlegmaticke
           ,
           not
           to
           any
           that
           abound
           with
           crudities
           ,
           or
           haue
           a
           cold
           and
           moist
           habit
           of
           body
           :
           for
           in
           all
           such
           it
           will
           soone
           infringe
           the
           naturall
           heate
           ,
           breed
           Rheumes
           ,
           annoy
           the
           brest
           ,
           occasion
           Cramps
           ,
           and
           diuers
           other
           infirmities
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           afore
           shewed
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           obseruations
           must
           be
           kept
           in
           taking
           of
           this
           Water
           against
           the
           Strangurie
           and
           vlcerations
           of
           the
           bladder
           and
           kidneys
           ,
           as
           is
           directed
           in
           taking
           thereof
           against
           the
           Stone
           .
           In
           which
           affects
           it
           is
           good
           to
           giue
           therewith
           some
           lubrifying
           ,
           cleansing
           extract
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           .
           And
           heere
           note
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Water
           in
           all
           the
           aforesaid
           cases
           be
           giuen
           with
           a
           fit
           and
           conuenient
           Adiunct
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           onely
           be
           the
           more
           effectuall
           ,
           and
           sooner
           conueied
           to
           the
           affected
           parts
           ,
           but
           lesse
           quantities
           also
           may
           serue
           to
           be
           taken
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           stomacke
           will
           not
           be
           so
           ouerprest
           and
           charged
           therewith
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           common
           manner
           of
           taking
           it
           .
           But
           if
           it
           bee
           at
           
           any
           time
           fit
           to
           ouercharge
           and
           presse
           the
           stomacke
           therewith
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           cases
           of
           the
           Strangurie
           and
           purulent-vlcers
           of
           the
           bladder
           and
           kidneys
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           not
           omit
           to
           giue
           you
           notice
           ,
           that
           diuers
           symptomes
           or
           perillous
           accidences
           may
           happen
           oftentimes
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           this
           Water
           ,
           which
           ,
           because
           they
           cannot
           be
           well
           rectified
           or
           preuented
           without
           the
           presence
           of
           a
           Physician
           ,
           I
           here
           omit
           to
           nominate
           or
           treat
           of
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           diuers
           reasons
           afore
           nominated
           ,
           doe
           aduise
           you
           not
           to
           aduenture
           the
           drinking
           thereof
           ,
           without
           the
           aduice
           and
           presence
           of
           a
           iudicious
           Physician
           ;
           which
           if
           you
           doe
           ,
           you
           may
           haply
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           good
           you
           expect
           thereby
           ,
           receiue
           much
           hurt
           .
           As
           for
           outward
           vses
           ,
           this
           Water
           may
           sometime
           asswage
           the
           Itch
           ,
           mundifie
           and
           palliat
           old
           Sores
           ;
           but
           no
           matter
           of
           moment
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           it
           this
           way
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           concerning
           the
           nature
           and
           vse
           of
           this
           Water
           ,
           whose
           Vertues
           will
           be
           better
           knowne
           ,
           if
           people
           make
           a
           right
           and
           good
           vse
           thereof
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A14325-e320
           
             Kings
             Bath
             .
          
           
             Hot
             Bath
             .
          
           
             Queenes
             Bath
             .
          
           
             Crosse
             Bath
             .
          
           
             The
             vertue
             of
             the
             Baths
             in
             generall
             .
          
           
             Hot
             Baths
             hurtfull
             to
             hot
             and
             drie
             bodies
             .
          
           
             As
             not
             to
             goe
             thereinto
             vpon
             a
             full
             stomake
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Baths
               Technologie
               with
               them
               that
               resort
               to
               those
               Baths
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bathe
               being
               a
               place
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               Baths
               ,
               that
               many
               resort
               vnto
               for
               cure
               of
               infirmities
               ,
               that
               cannot
               receiue
               helpe
               elsewhere
               ;
               it
               were
               to
               bee
               wished
               ,
               that
               Empericks
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               whatsoeuer
               they
               be
               ,
               being
               not
               Graduates
               in
               the
               faculty
               of
               Physick
               ,
               were
               vtterly
               prohibited
               to
               practise
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               or
               neere
               to
               the
               consines
               thereof
               ,
            
             idque
             sub
             poena
             grauissima
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A14325-e760
           
             The
             vtilitie
             of
             Physick
             taken
             in
             the
             Spring
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             Springbest
             for
             Physicke
             .
          
           
             Whether
             it
             be
             so
             requisit
             to
             take
             Physicke
             in
             the
             Fall
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Spring
             .
          
           
             Aduertisement
             to
             beware
             of
             Empericks
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A14325-e990
           
             *
             
               Vrbs
               pulchra
               ,
               &
               Emporium
               celebre
               .
            
          
           
             The
             substance
             and
             temperature
             of
             the
             Water
             .
          
           
             From
             what
             Minerals
             it
             receiues
             its
             medicinable
             faculties
             .
          
           
             The
             hurst
             that
             are
             occasioned
             by
             the
             vnaduised
             vse
             of
             the
             Water
             .
          
           
             The
             Vertue
             and
             Faculties
             of
             the
             Water
             .
          
           
             The
             vse
             of
             the
             Water
             for
             inward
             inflammations
             .
          
           
             Tenne
             Rules
             to
             be
             obserued
             in
             taking
             of
             the
             Water
             against
             the
             Stone
             .
          
           
             For
             what
             bodies
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             Water
             not
             conuenient
             ,
             but
             hurtfull
             .
          
        
      
    
  

