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         Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
      
       
         
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             A treatise of cleanness in meats and drinks of the preparation of food, the excellency of good airs and the benefits of clean sweet beds also of the generation of bugs and their cure : to which is added, a short discourse of the pain in the teeth shewing from what cause it does chiefly proceed, and also how to prevent it / by Tho. Tryon.
             Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
          
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             1682.
          
           
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           A
           TREATISE
           Of
           CLEANNESS
           in
           
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
          
           OF
           THE
           PREPARATION
           of
           FOOD
           ,
           THE
           Excellency
           of
           Good
           Airs
           ,
           AND
           THE
           BENEFITS
           of
           Clean
           Sweet
           BEDS
           .
           Also
           of
           the
           
             Generation
             of
             Bugs
             ,
          
           AND
           THEIR
           CURE
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           A
           SHORT
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           THE
           PAIN
           in
           the
           TEETH
           ,
           Shewing
           from
           what
           Cause
           it
           does
           chiefly
           proceed
           ,
           and
           also
           how
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
           By
           
             THO.
             TRYON
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           
             L.
             Curtis
          
           near
           
             Fleet-Bridge
             .
          
           1682.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           
             Of
             Cleanness
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             .
             Of
             the
             Excellency
             of
             Good
             Airs
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             contrary
             .
             Of
             the
             Benefits
             of
             Clean
             Sweet
             Beds
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Inconveniences
             of
             Feather-Beds
             .
             What
             Matter
             it
             is
             that
             does
             occasion
             the
             Generation
             of
             that
             pernicious
             Vermin
             called
             Bugs
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             Hundreds
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             and
             other
             great
             Towns
             ,
             are
             infested
             with
             ;
             more
             especially
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
               Italy
               ,
               New-England
               ,
               Barbadoes
               ,
               Jamaica
               ,
            
             and
             in
             many
             other
             Places
             .
             That
             they
             are
             never
             bred
             but
             where
             Beds
             are
             :
             And
             that
             their
             being
             generated
             from
             Wooden
             Bedsteads
             ,
             or
             from
             Hogs
             Hair
             in
             the
             Plaisterings
             of
             the
             Walls
             ,
             is
             a
             meer
             Story
             ,
             promoted
             inconfiderately
             by
             Persons
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Productions
             of
             Nature
             :
             Also
             ,
             How
             all
             such
             Persons
             as
             are
             troubled
             with
             them
             may
             be
             cured
             without
             using
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             Directions
             how
             to
             avoid
             ever
             having
             them
             again
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Of
             Cleanness
             in
             Food
             .
          
           WHat
           is
           more
           profitable
           for
           all
           Lovers
           of
           Health
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           than
           Food
           that
           is
           Radically
           Clean
           ?
           And
           as
           Bread
           hath
           deservedly
           the
           first
           Place
           ,
           together
           with
           Herbs
           ,
           and
           various
           sorts
           of
           excellent
           Fruits
           ;
           so
           the
           next
           is
           Milk
           ,
           which
           of
           it self
           is
           a
           brave
           ,
           mild
           ,
           and
           most
           friendly
           Food
           to
           Nature
           ,
           very
           fit
           and
           profitable
           for
           all
           Ages
           and
           Complexions
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           do
           not
           agree
           with
           some
           People
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           their
           Stomachs
           are
           made
           sharp
           and
           sowred
           by
           superfluity
           of
           dainty
           Food
           ,
           and
           the
           continual
           use
           of
           strong
           Drink
           .
           Also
           Milk
           being
           altered
           ,
           it
           makes
           many
           sorts
           of
           
           wholesom
           healthy
           Food
           .
           Next
           to
           these
           ,
           are
           various
           sorts
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           being
           killed
           in
           their
           proper
           Times
           and
           Seasons
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           free
           from
           their
           Uncleannesses
           ,
           Surfeits
           ,
           and
           other
           Inconveniences
           ,
           which
           most
           Beasts
           are
           subject
           to
           ;
           and
           if
           care
           be
           taken
           also
           that
           they
           be
           well
           and
           moderately
           seasoned
           with
           Salt
           ,
           and
           boyled
           in
           plenty
           of
           River
           or
           Spring-water
           (
           which
           is
           the
           best
           of
           all
           Waters
           except
           Rain-water
           )
           they
           become
           wholesom
           Nourishment
           .
           For
           ,
           River-water
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           running
           through
           various
           sorts
           of
           Earth
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           sucks
           into
           it self
           a
           fat
           ,
           oylie
           ,
           and
           saline
           Quality
           ,
           which
           the
           Surface
           of
           the
           Earth
           does
           plentifully
           afford
           ;
           which
           also
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           Vegitation
           ,
           and
           the
           lovely
           Green
           Colour
           which
           all
           Vegitables
           are
           cloth'd
           with
           ,
           does
           arise
           from
           this
           Saline
           Quality
           .
           For
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           River-water
           will
           Brew
           ,
           Boil
           ,
           and
           Wash
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           more
           profitable
           in
           all
           Uses
           in
           Houswifery
           ,
           than
           Spring
           or
           Pump-water
           ,
           and
           far
           wholesomer
           for
           Men
           and
           Beasts
           to
           drink
           .
           Also
           your
           Vessel
           in
           which
           your
           Food
           is
           boyled
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           uncovered
           all
           the
           time
           it
           boyls
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Air
           have
           not
           its
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           ,
           the
           pure
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Food
           become
           as
           it
           were
           suffocated
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Food
           so
           prepared
           becomes
           dull
           and
           heavy
           ;
           for
           the
           Air
           is
           the
           Essential
           Life
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           all
           Food
           that
           hath
           not
           plenty
           of
           Water
           ,
           and
           the
           free
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           in
           its
           Preparation
           ,
           does
           certainly
           lose
           its
           natural
           Colour
           ,
           with
           the
           pure
           Smell
           and
           Taste
           :
           for
           if
           those
           three
           Qualities
           be
           not
           preserved
           in
           all
           Preparations
           of
           Food
           ,
           then
           the
           genuine
           Vertue
           and
           lively
           Tinctures
           are
           in
           part
           lost
           .
           The
           same
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           all
           Physical
           Operations
           .
           And
           if
           the
           above-mentioned
           Order
           be
           not
           observed
           ,
           then
           the
           Food
           is
           not
           so
           pleasant
           to
           the
           Pallate
           ,
           nor
           so
           easie
           of
           Concoction
           ;
           it
           lies
           heavy
           in
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           dulling
           and
           stupifying
           the
           Senses
           ;
           it
           generates
           a
           gross
           Nourishment
           ,
           and
           bad
           Blood
           ,
           whence
           does
           proceed
           many
           Diseases
           :
           Whereas
           if
           the
           above-mentioned
           Rules
           be
           observed
           ;
           and
           your
           Fire
           quick
           ,
           that
           your
           Food
           do
           not
           stand
           still
           ,
           or
           cease
           from
           boyling
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           sufficiently
           done
           ,
           the
           Effects
           are
           contrary
           .
           It
           is
           also
           much
           better
           the
           Food
           should
           be
           a
           little
           under-prepared
           ,
           than
           too
           much
           :
           For
           when
           the
           gross
           plegmatick
           Body
           of
           any
           Food
           is
           by
           Preparation
           digested
           ,
           then
           presently
           the
           lively
           spirituous
           Quality
           is
           set
           at
           liberty
           ,
           whence
           does
           proceed
           a
           most
           pleasant
           Smell
           and
           Taste
           ;
           which
           pleasant
           Quality
           ,
           before
           the
           Preparation
           ,
           lay
           hid
           or
           captivated
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           Phlegm
           ;
           but
           so
           soon
           as
           this
           phlegmatick
           Body
           is
           in
           part
           destroyed
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           
           becomes
           Volatile
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           if
           the
           Preparation
           be
           continued
           ,
           those
           pure
           Spirits
           do
           either
           become
           suffocated
           ,
           or
           evaporate
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           sweet
           Balsamick
           Body
           turns
           as
           it
           were
           sowr
           .
           For
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           Food
           ,
           either
           over
           prepared
           ,
           or
           twice
           prepared
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           strong
           fulsom
           taste
           and
           smell
           ;
           as
           all
           Meats
           heat
           again
           ,
           and
           also
           Pottages
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           things
           ,
           do
           obstruct
           Nature
           ,
           and
           generate
           many
           Diseases
           .
           But
           if
           the
           forementioned
           Rules
           be
           observed
           ,
           the
           Food
           so
           prepared
           is
           not
           only
           more
           pleasant
           to
           the
           Pallate
           ,
           but
           far
           lighter
           of
           Digestion
           ,
           and
           breeds
           better
           Blood.
           For
           that
           Universal
           Distemper
           (
           the
           
             Scurvy
             )
          
           which
           reigns
           so
           much
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           is
           chiefly
           caused
           by
           Food
           ill
           prepared
           ,
           and
           the
           eating
           of
           too
           much
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           Fat
           things
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           improper
           Seasons
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           from
           
             Iuly
          
           to
           the
           last
           of
           
             November
             .
          
           In
           this
           Season
           the
           Sun
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Life
           and
           Power
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           declines
           ;
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Herbage
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Food
           of
           all
           Beasts
           that
           are
           generally
           eaten
           ,
           doth
           the
           same
           :
           The
           Grass
           all
           this
           Season
           is
           fraught
           with
           a
           gross
           phlegmatick
           Matter
           ;
           besides
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fainty
           hot
           time
           ;
           the
           Air
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Cherishing
           Life
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           is
           more
           gross
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Humidity
           ,
           than
           all
           other
           times
           of
           the
           Year
           ;
           the
           Spirits
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Creatures
           are
           also
           weak
           ,
           and
           on
           any
           Accidents
           are
           quickly
           wounded
           ,
           or
           evaporated
           ,
           more
           especially
           those
           Beasts
           that
           come
           from
           remote
           Parts
           to
           great
           Cities
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           the
           principal
           time
           of
           their
           Generating
           ,
           which
           renders
           them
           unclean
           .
           Are
           not
           the
           People
           ten-fold
           as
           sickly
           in
           this
           Season
           ,
           and
           double
           the
           number
           die
           ,
           than
           they
           do
           at
           other
           times
           ?
           Also
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           That
           the
           Rots
           amongst
           Sheep
           ,
           and
           Murrains
           that
           attend
           other
           Beasts
           ,
           are
           all
           or
           most
           of
           them
           in
           this
           Season
           :
           Therefore
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           careful
           of
           their
           Health
           ,
           both
           in
           Exercises
           ,
           Meats
           ,
           and
           Drink
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           exceed
           either
           in
           quantity
           ,
           nor
           eat
           things
           that
           are
           improper
           in
           quality
           .
           This
           is
           the
           time
           that
           all
           Shepherds
           ,
           and
           also
           those
           that
           are
           Drivers
           of
           Horses
           ,
           and
           indeed
           all
           that
           have
           the
           Government
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           and
           use
           double
           the
           prudence
           in
           the
           management
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           at
           other
           Seasons
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           more
           largely
           discoursed
           in
           a
           small
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           I
           intend
           to
           put
           forth
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           permitted
           ,
           of
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Sheep
           from
           the
           Rot
           ,
           and
           Horses
           from
           Surfeits
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           Marks
           by
           which
           every
           one
           may
           know
           whether
           the
           Flesh
           be
           good
           The
           first
           is
           by
           its
           pure
           White
           and
           brisk
           Red
           Colour
           ,
           when
           Raw.
           The
           second
           is
           by
           its
           continuing
           its
           firmness
           ,
           
           being
           plump
           or
           swelled
           when
           boyled
           ,
           having
           a
           brisk
           and
           lively
           Taste
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           eating
           it
           feels
           easie
           and
           pleasant
           in
           the
           Stomach
           .
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           by
           its
           taking
           Salt
           well
           ;
           for
           if
           your
           Flesh
           be
           free
           from
           Heat
           and
           Surfeits
           ,
           and
           not
           over-fed
           ,
           which
           charges
           the
           Body
           with
           gross
           Phlegm
           ;
           as
           also
           if
           it
           be
           not
           kept
           longer
           after
           it
           is
           killed
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           ought
           not
           )
           than
           it
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           cold
           ,
           before
           it
           is
           salted
           ;
           all
           such
           Flesh
           will
           take
           Salt
           greedily
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           not
           only
           keep
           longer
           from
           Putrifaction
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           eat
           much
           sweeter
           ,
           and
           breed
           better
           Nourishment
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           any
           sort
           of
           Cattel
           be
           over-fed
           ,
           furfeited
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Inconveniency
           attends
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           be
           killed
           before
           they
           have
           recovered
           themselves
           of
           those
           Injuries
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           be
           in
           
             August
             ,
             September
             ,
          
           or
           
             October
             ,
          
           this
           Flesh
           will
           not
           take
           Salt
           so
           well
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           neither
           will
           the
           Salt
           preserve
           it
           half
           so
           long
           from
           Corruption
           .
           Also
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           before-mentioned
           ,
           if
           Flesh
           be
           kept
           too
           long
           after
           it
           be
           killed
           ,
           such
           Flesh
           will
           not
           receive
           Salt
           into
           it
           ,
           as
           other
           will
           ,
           which
           is
           salted
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           is
           cold
           :
           For
           by
           keeping
           it
           does
           certainly
           lose
           its
           pure
           Spirituous
           Quality
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Body
           becomes
           heavy
           ,
           gross
           ,
           and
           dull
           .
           Does
           not
           the
           Life
           and
           Spirits
           of
           most
           sorts
           of
           Food
           waste
           and
           evaporate
           by
           keeping
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           proper
           way
           of
           Preservation
           used
           ?
           If
           Flesh
           ,
           by
           any
           Inconveniencies
           ,
           have
           lost
           its
           pure
           lively
           Spirits
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           Salt
           then
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           preserve
           such
           Flesh
           from
           Putrefaction
           :
           For
           Salt
           cannot
           preserve
           the
           Body
           from
           Corruption
           ,
           but
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           pure
           subtile
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           pleasant
           Habitation
           for
           the
           Salt
           to
           incorporate
           it self
           with
           :
           For
           Salt
           will
           not
           preserve
           Flesh
           from
           Putrifaction
           ,
           any
           longer
           than
           the
           Vertue
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Spirit
           does
           continue
           ,
           as
           it
           does
           appear
           by
           all
           salted
           Flesh
           and
           Fish
           :
           For
           through
           length
           of
           time
           the
           Spirits
           become
           either
           suffocated
           ,
           or
           evaporated
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           presently
           falls
           into
           Putrifaction
           :
           And
           yet
           this
           same
           Flesh
           does
           still
           continue
           Salt
           ;
           for
           Salt
           does
           not
           destroy
           and
           purge
           the
           Flesh
           from
           its
           Corruption
           ,
           but
           incorporates
           it self
           with
           the
           Essential
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           those
           two
           do
           as
           it
           were
           tie
           or
           hold
           the
           corrupt
           Part
           Captive
           ,
           till
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Life
           of
           the
           Flesh
           be
           spent
           or
           wasted
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Flesh
           falls
           into
           Putrifaction
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           recovered
           ,
           eitheir
           by
           Salting
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Art
           ,
           to
           its
           first
           state
           :
           But
           if
           the
           Salt
           had
           purged
           or
           destroyed
           the
           Humidity
           and
           gross
           part
           ,
           then
           there
           would
           have
           been
           no
           Room
           nor
           Matter
           for
           Putrifaction
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           would
           have
           continued
           firm
           and
           sound
           ,
           as
           many
           other
           things
           do
           ,
           which
           are
           freed
           from
           that
           
           gross
           humid
           Matter
           from
           which
           Putrifaction
           does
           proceed
           .
           Therefore
           Flesh
           is
           naturally
           the
           most
           unclean
           of
           all
           Food
           ,
           it
           being
           of
           a
           gross
           phlegmatick
           Nature
           ;
           and
           if
           Care
           be
           not
           taken
           ,
           and
           Order
           and
           Temperance
           observed
           in
           the
           Eater
           ,
           it
           generates
           abundance
           of
           crude
           and
           noxious
           Humours
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Cleanness
           in
           Houses
           ,
           especially
           in
           Beds
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Preserver
           of
           Health
           .
           Now
           Beds
           for
           the
           most
           part
           stand
           in
           Corners
           of
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           being
           ponderous
           close
           Substances
           ,
           the
           refreshing
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           have
           no
           power
           to
           penetrate
           or
           destroy
           the
           gross
           .
           Humidity
           that
           all
           such
           Places
           contract
           ,
           where
           the
           Air
           hath
           not
           its
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           .
           In
           these
           shady
           dull
           Places
           Beds
           are
           continued
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           and
           hardly
           see
           the
           Sun
           or
           Elements
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Beds
           suck
           in
           and
           receive
           all
           sorts
           of
           pernicious
           Excrements
           that
           are
           breathed
           forth
           by
           the
           Sweating
           of
           various
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           have
           Leprous
           and
           Languishing
           Diseases
           ,
           which
           lie
           and
           die
           on
           them
           :
           The
           Beds
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           receive
           all
           the●●
           several
           Vapours
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Beds
           are
           often
           continued
           for
           several
           Generations
           ,
           without
           changing
           the
           Feathers
           ,
           until
           the
           Ticks
           be
           rotten
           .
           Besides
           ,
           we
           have
           many
           Feathers
           that
           are
           Imported
           from
           several
           Countries
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Drivings
           of
           old
           Beds
           ,
           the
           Uncleanness
           whereof
           is
           not
           considered
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           Feathers
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           a
           strong
           ,
           hot
           ,
           fulsom
           Quality
           :
           for
           ,
           Fowls
           ,
           of
           all
           Creatures
           ,
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           the
           hottest
           ;
           and
           their
           Feathers
           contain
           the
           same
           Nature
           :
           Therefore
           the
           constant
           lying
           on
           soft
           Feather-beds
           ,
           does
           not
           only
           over-heat
           the
           Back
           and
           Reins
           ,
           weakning
           the
           Joynts
           and
           Nerves
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           power
           also
           not
           only
           to
           receive
           but
           retain
           all
           evil
           Vapours
           and
           Excrements
           that
           proceed
           from
           ,
           and
           are
           breathed
           forth
           by
           various
           Diseased
           People
           .
           Hence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           sundry
           Distempers
           are
           transferred
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           lying
           upon
           or
           in
           such
           Beds
           ,
           which
           Distempers
           do
           secretly
           steal
           on
           a
           Man
           by
           degrees
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           cannot
           imagine
           whence
           the
           disorder
           proceeds
           ,
           or
           what
           the
           Cause
           thereof
           should
           be
           .
           But
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Reader
           mistake
           me
           ;
           all
           People
           are
           not
           subject
           to
           get
           Diseases
           this
           way
           :
           There
           are
           some
           whose
           Constitutions
           are
           strong
           ,
           and
           their
           Natural
           Heat
           and
           Spirits
           are
           vigorous
           and
           lively
           ,
           by
           the
           Power
           and
           Vertue
           whereof
           they
           withstand
           and
           repel
           all
           such
           evil
           Vapours
           and
           Scents
           as
           do
           proceed
           from
           such
           Beds
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           hot
           and
           sweats
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           power
           to
           seise
           the
           Spirit
           :
           But
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           when
           
           such
           People
           shall
           lie
           on
           such
           Beds
           ,
           whose
           Natural
           Heat
           is
           weak
           ,
           their
           Spirits
           few
           ,
           and
           whose
           Central
           Heat
           is
           not
           able
           to
           withstand
           or
           repel
           those
           Vapours
           and
           Scents
           which
           such
           Beds
           send
           sorth
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           hot
           in
           them
           ,
           this
           last
           sort
           of
           People
           are
           subject
           to
           receive
           Injuries
           ,
           and
           contract
           Diseases
           :
           For
           those
           evil
           Vapours
           do
           powerfully
           penetrate
           the
           whole
           Body
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           are
           not
           withstood
           by
           the
           Central
           Heat
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           then
           these
           evil
           Vapours
           do
           seise
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           incorporate
           themselves
           with
           their
           Likenesses
           :
           For
           every
           particular
           thing
           does
           sensibly
           and
           powerfully
           seek
           out
           its
           Likeness
           ,
           and
           wheresoever
           it
           finds
           its
           Simile
           ,
           it
           hath
           power
           to
           incorporate
           ,
           and
           become
           essential
           .
           These
           are
           the
           chief
           Reasons
           why
           one
           Man
           gets
           Diseases
           by
           lying
           with
           Diseased
           Persons
           ,
           and
           in
           unclean
           Beds
           ,
           and
           others
           not
           .
           It
           is
           a
           general
           Custom
           ,
           when
           Men
           go
           abroad
           or
           travel
           ,
           to
           desire
           clean
           Sheets
           ,
           imagining
           them
           to
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Bulwark
           to
           defend
           them
           from
           the
           pernicious
           Fumes
           and
           Vapours
           of
           old
           stale
           Beds
           ;
           bu●
           it
           is
           too
           short
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           most
           or
           all
           Beds
           do
           perfectly
           stink
           ,
           not
           only
           those
           in
           Inns
           and
           Houses
           of
           Entertainment
           ,
           but
           others
           :
           Not
           but
           that
           every
           ones
           Bed
           does
           smell
           indifferent
           well
           to
           himself
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           lies
           in
           a
           strange
           Bed
           ,
           let
           a
           Man
           but
           put
           his
           Nose
           into
           the
           Bed
           when
           he
           is
           thorowly
           hot
           ,
           and
           hardly
           any
           Common
           Vault
           is
           like
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           sort
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           which
           does
           proceed
           from
           old
           Beds
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           the
           greatest
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           most
           injurious
           to
           the
           Health
           and
           Preservation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           care
           is
           taken
           to
           prevent
           it
           :
           Every
           one
           that
           can
           ,
           will
           have
           plentiful
           Changes
           both
           of
           Linen
           and
           Woollen
           Garments
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           have
           not
           ,
           Experience
           does
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Excrements
           and
           Breathings
           of
           the
           Body
           will
           generate
           Vermin
           .
           Also
           do
           not
           most
           People
           take
           care
           that
           their
           Furnitures
           are
           daily
           brushed
           and
           rubbed
           ,
           and
           their
           very
           Floors
           washed
           ,
           as
           though
           they
           were
           to
           eat
           their
           Food
           on
           them
           ?
           But
           all
           this
           while
           they
           lie
           on
           Beds
           that
           have
           not
           been
           changed
           ,
           or
           hardly
           aired
           ,
           in
           several
           Years
           .
           Let
           any
           indifferent
           Person
           judge
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           pleasurable
           and
           healthful
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           clean
           Floor
           to
           tread
           on
           ,
           which
           costs
           many
           hard
           days
           Labour
           to
           keep
           so
           ,
           and
           is
           dirtied
           in
           a
           Moments
           time
           ;
           or
           to
           have
           a
           clean
           sweet
           Bed
           to
           lye
           on
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Comparison
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           the
           difference
           is
           so
           great
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           essential
           either
           to
           Health
           or
           Sickness
           ;
           the
           other
           an
           indifferent
           thing
           .
           If
           there
           was
           but
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           Care
           taken
           to
           keep
           Beds
           clean
           and
           sweet
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           of
           Clothing
           
           and
           Furniture
           ,
           then
           there
           would
           be
           no
           Matter
           for
           the
           getting
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           nor
           for
           the
           Generation
           of
           Bugs
           .
           I
           would
           have
           all
           Housewifes
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           consider
           the
           Reasons
           of
           these
           things
           .
           Are
           not
           Lice
           ,
           that
           troublesom
           Vermin
           ,
           bred
           from
           the
           Breathings
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           often
           Change
           both
           of
           Linnen
           and
           Woollen
           ?
           And
           will
           not
           Fleas
           breed
           from
           the
           very
           Dust
           of
           Chambers
           where
           People
           lie
           ?
           Also
           any
           Woollen
           that
           hath
           been
           used
           about
           Beds
           ,
           although
           the
           cold
           Winter
           hath
           destroyed
           them
           ,
           yet
           if
           these
           Clothes
           lie
           in
           any
           close
           place
           ,
           where
           the
           Air
           hath
           not
           its
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           ,
           these
           very
           Garments
           will
           generate
           Fleas
           the
           Summer
           following
           :
           but
           if
           these
           Clothes
           had
           never
           been
           used
           about
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           bred
           Fleas
           :
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Matter
           of
           Element
           in
           Wooll
           or
           Cloth
           for
           the
           Generation
           of
           such
           Creatures
           ;
           but
           Wooll
           ,
           Cloth
           ,
           Furs
           ,
           and
           Hair
           are
           chiefly
           the
           Eliment
           of
           Moths
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           of
           small
           Worms
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           such
           things
           are
           kept
           in
           Places
           where
           the
           refreshing
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           have
           not
           their
           free
           egress
           :
           for
           all
           such
           Places
           do
           contract
           great
           store
           of
           Moisture
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           hot
           Weather
           comes
           ,
           causeth
           Putrifaction
           ,
           whence
           all
           such
           Vermin
           do
           proceed
           .
           But
           if
           those
           things
           be
           in
           daily
           use
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           the
           open
           Element
           ,
           they
           never
           breed
           any
           Vermin
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Generation
           of
           those
           things
           are
           generally
           caused
           by
           Accidents
           ;
           not
           but
           that
           there
           is
           Matter
           in
           the
           Radixes
           of
           such
           things
           for
           the
           Generation
           of
           such
           Vermin
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           From
           the
           pernicious
           Smells
           and
           putrified
           Vapours
           that
           do
           proceed
           from
           old
           Beds
           ,
           are
           generated
           the
           Vermin
           called
           Bugs
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           neither
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           nor
           the
           Modern
           Writers
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           have
           taken
           any
           notice
           )
           according
           to
           the
           Degrees
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           Nature
           of
           the
           Excrements
           ,
           and
           the
           Closeness
           of
           the
           Places
           where
           Beds
           stand
           :
           for
           some
           Peoples
           Excremenes
           are
           not
           so
           unclean
           as
           others
           :
           Also
           in
           all
           close
           Places
           ,
           especially
           in
           Cities
           and
           Great
           Towns
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           and
           thin
           Vapours
           of
           the
           Air
           are
           suffocated
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           same
           Air
           Sulphurous
           and
           Humid
           ,
           whence
           does
           proceed
           Putrifaction
           .
           Therefore
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           General
           Rule
           ,
           
             That
             all
             old
             Beds
             should
             breed
             Bugs
             ,
          
           as
           some
           (
           who
           are
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Operations
           of
           Nature
           )
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           
             If
             one
             Bed
             do
             breed
             them
             ,
             why
             not
             all
             ?
          
           No
           ,
           it
           is
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Uncleanness
           ,
           and
           other
           Accidents
           that
           do
           happen
           :
           For
           where
           (
           as
           is
           said
           before
           )
           the
           thin
           pure
           Air
           ,
           with
           the
           refreshing
           
           Influences
           of
           the
           Sun
           and
           Elements
           ,
           have
           their
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           ,
           all
           such
           Matter
           is
           destroyed
           whence
           such
           Vermin
           is
           produced
           .
           The
           Original
           of
           these
           Creatures
           called
           Bugs
           is
           from
           Putrifaction
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           stinking
           Scents
           and
           Vapours
           which
           do
           proceed
           from
           the
           Bodies
           and
           Nature
           of
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           and
           the
           mixing
           or
           incorporating
           of
           these
           Vapours
           with
           moist
           and
           sulphurous
           Airs
           :
           For
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Heat
           nor
           Humidity
           ,
           there
           can
           begin
           no
           Putrifaction
           .
           Therefore
           all
           that
           have
           attributed
           the
           Generation
           of
           this
           Vermin
           to
           Wood
           ,
           as
           Bedsteads
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           are
           grosly
           mistaken
           in
           the
           Productions
           of
           Nature
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Matter
           in
           Wood
           that
           can
           generate
           such
           a
           Vermin
           ,
           it
           being
           productive
           only
           or
           chiefly
           of
           two
           Creatures
           in
           
             England
             ,
             viz.
          
           of
           Wood-Lice
           ,
           and
           a
           small
           Worm
           .
           These
           Wood-Lice
           are
           never
           generated
           but
           in
           Places
           where
           the
           Sun
           and
           Air
           have
           not
           their
           free
           Influences
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           store
           of
           Humidity
           contracted
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Sun
           comes
           to
           such
           Degrees
           of
           the
           Zodiack
           ,
           this
           Creature
           is
           generated
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           as
           different
           a
           Nature
           from
           Bugs
           ,
           as
           sweet
           Wood
           is
           from
           a
           stinking
           Bed.
           Also
           Wood
           does
           breed
           a
           certain
           small
           Worm
           ,
           but
           never
           till
           the
           Salts
           Nature
           and
           Power
           is
           decayed
           through
           length
           of
           time
           ;
           then
           the
           Air
           enters
           it
           ,
           which
           does
           presently
           cause
           it
           to
           contract
           a
           humid
           Quality
           ,
           from
           whence
           proceeds
           Putrifaction
           ,
           whereof
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           powerful
           ,
           this
           Worm
           is
           bred
           .
           But
           so
           long
           as
           Wood
           continues
           sound
           ,
           and
           is
           kept
           dry
           ,
           the
           Air
           having
           its
           free
           Influences
           on
           it
           ,
           I
           affirm
           ,
           That
           no
           sort
           of
           Wood
           ever
           breeds
           any
           kind
           of
           Vermin
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           There
           are
           many
           also
           that
           attribute
           the
           Generation
           of
           this
           Creature
           to
           Hogs
           Hair
           ,
           which
           being
           mixed
           with
           Lime
           ,
           and
           Houses
           Plaistered
           with
           it
           ,
           does
           occasion
           (
           say
           they
           )
           the
           Generation
           of
           Bugs
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           in
           Nature
           for
           this
           Production
           :
           For
           no
           kind
           of
           Hair
           ever
           breeds
           any
           Living
           Creature
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           put
           into
           Water
           or
           Mud
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           powerful
           ,
           and
           then
           this
           Creature
           ,
           thus
           generated
           ,
           retains
           its
           first
           
             Species
             ,
             viz.
          
           a
           Hair
           ,
           with
           a
           live
           Head
           ,
           which
           was
           its
           Element
           whence
           it
           proceeded
           :
           but
           if
           you
           take
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           it
           presently
           dies
           :
           So
           also
           it
           doth
           when
           the
           Sun
           declines
           in
           Heat
           ,
           as
           most
           sorts
           of
           Vermin
           that
           are
           bred
           through
           Heat
           and
           Moisture
           do
           .
           But
           Hair
           being
           mixed
           with
           Lime
           ,
           all
           Matter
           of
           Generation
           is
           thereby
           totally
           destroyed
           :
           For
           Lime
           does
           chiesly
           contain
           a
           harsh
           ,
           fiery
           ,
           keen
           ,
           sharp
           ,
           corroding
           Quality
           ;
           it
           is
           so
           sharp
           ,
           that
           it
           
           does
           destroy
           all
           Life
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           Light
           is
           to
           Darkness
           ;
           the
           predominant
           Quality
           in
           it
           is
           the
           Salts
           Nature
           ,
           from
           which
           no
           Living
           Creature
           can
           be
           produced
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           never
           so
           much
           Matter
           in
           Hair
           for
           the
           Generation
           of
           such
           Vermin
           ,
           Lime
           would
           destroy
           it
           ;
           for
           in
           Lime
           there
           is
           only
           a
           Sal-nitral
           fiery
           Vertue
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           the
           Reasons
           before-mentioned
           be
           not
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           the
           Ignorant
           of
           their
           erroneous
           Opinions
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           then
           I
           hope
           the
           following
           one
           will
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           familiar
           to
           every
           one
           .
           It
           hath
           never
           been
           known
           ,
           that
           this
           troublesom
           Vermin
           was
           ever
           seen
           in
           Warehouses
           ,
           Kitchens
           ,
           Parlours
           ,
           Dining-rooms
           ,
           or
           any
           Places
           where
           Beds
           have
           never
           been
           ,
           except
           they
           have
           by
           accident
           been
           brought
           into
           such
           Rooms
           or
           Warehouses
           ,
           by
           Furniture
           of
           Chambers
           that
           have
           been
           troubled
           with
           them
           ,
           though
           all
           such
           Places
           have
           the
           same
           Furniture
           as
           Chambers
           ,
           except
           Beds
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           From
           the
           same
           Substance
           or
           Matter
           whence
           Bugs
           are
           bred
           ,
           is
           also
           occasioned
           the
           Generation
           of
           many
           nasty
           Diseases
           in
           the
           Blood
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Matter
           that
           breeds
           them
           ,
           is
           of
           greater
           Consequence
           than
           most
           People
           are
           sensible
           of
           :
           And
           if
           these
           following
           Rules
           be
           observed
           ,
           I
           dare
           affirm
           ,
           That
           the
           Generation
           of
           Bugs
           will
           cease
           ,
           and
           also
           many
           other
           Inconveniencies
           and
           Distempers
           ,
           that
           are
           got
           by
           this
           sort
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           will
           be
           avoided
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           You
           are
           to
           destroy
           all
           Press-Bedsteads
           which
           stand
           in
           Corners
           of
           Rooms
           ,
           being
           made
           up
           with
           Boards
           so
           close
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           cannot
           penetrate
           or
           dry
           up
           and
           consume
           the
           moist
           sulphurous
           Vapours
           that
           are
           contracted
           .
           These
           sorts
           of
           Beds
           ,
           that
           stand
           so
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           have
           them
           more
           than
           others
           .
           Also
           you
           are
           to
           set
           your
           other
           sorts
           of
           Beds
           as
           near
           as
           you
           can
           in
           the
           most
           Airie
           Places
           of
           your
           Rooms
           ,
           exposing
           them
           to
           the
           Air
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           with
           your
           Chamber-Windows
           open
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           may
           freely
           pass
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           excellent
           Element
           ,
           that
           does
           sweeten
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           prevents
           Putrifaction
           .
           In
           the
           Night
           also
           you
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           your
           Window-Curtains
           drawn
           ,
           nor
           your
           Curtains
           that
           are
           about
           your
           Beds
           ;
           for
           it
           hinders
           the
           sweet
           refreshing
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Air
           of
           all
           close
           Places
           becomes
           of
           a
           hot
           sulphurous
           Nature
           and
           Operation
           ;
           the
           thin
           pure
           Vapours
           ,
           which
           do
           wonderfully
           refresh
           Nature
           ,
           are
           as
           it
           were
           suffocated
           :
           
           And
           this
           preventing
           the
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           is
           in
           an
           especial
           manner
           observable
           ,
           when
           People
           are
           sick
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           order
           ;
           as
           though
           the
           sweet
           pleasant
           Air
           had
           been
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           Disease
           :
           such
           Rooms
           being
           so
           very
           close
           ,
           with
           great
           Fires
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           healthy
           Person
           do
           but
           continue
           three
           or
           four
           Hours
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           fulsom
           Steams
           and
           thick
           Vapours
           will
           much
           disorder
           him
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           the
           edge
           of
           his
           Appetite
           :
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           what
           will
           the
           Operation
           be
           on
           those
           whose
           Spirits
           are
           weak
           and
           disordered
           with
           Distempers
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           more
           pleasant
           and
           healthful
           than
           good
           Air
           ?
           It
           chears
           and
           comforts
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           it
           opens
           the
           Passages
           of
           the
           Joynts
           and
           Nerves
           ,
           it
           purifies
           the
           Blood
           ,
           creates
           an
           Appetite
           ,
           increasing
           Strength
           and
           Vigour
           :
           But
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           hot
           ,
           thick
           ,
           sulphurous
           Airs
           do
           not
           only
           obstruct
           the
           Passages
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           but
           suffocate
           them
           ,
           loading
           the
           Joynts
           and
           Nerves
           with
           evil
           Juices
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Limbs
           and
           Members
           become
           full
           of
           pain
           ,
           causing
           a
           general
           Tenderness
           to
           possess
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           and
           destroying
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Digestive
           Faculty
           in
           the
           Stomach
           .
           Also
           ,
           do
           not
           all
           Houses
           and
           Places
           grow
           musty
           ,
           and
           contract
           too
           great
           store
           of
           Moisture
           ,
           if
           the
           Air
           be
           any
           way
           prevented
           ,
           by
           Window-shutters
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           have
           its
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           ?
           Therefore
           moderate
           Clothing
           ,
           hard
           Beds
           ,
           Houses
           that
           stand
           so
           as
           that
           the
           pleasant
           Briezes
           of
           Wind
           may
           air
           and
           refresh
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           Houses
           that
           are
           full
           of
           Windows
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           :
           For
           where
           the
           Air
           hath
           not
           its
           free
           Influences
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           becomes
           dull
           and
           heavy
           ,
           this
           being
           the
           true
           Life
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           every
           thing
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Now
           the
           certain
           Means
           and
           Way
           not
           onely
           to
           prevent
           the
           Generation
           of
           this
           Vermin
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           preserve
           ▪
           Health
           and
           Strength
           ,
           are
           Straw
           ,
           or
           rather
           Chaff-Beds
           ,
           with
           Ticks
           of
           Canvas
           ,
           and
           Quilts
           made
           of
           Wooll
           or
           Flocks
           to
           lay
           on
           them
           ;
           which
           certainly
           is
           the
           most
           easie
           and
           pleasant
           Lodging
           that
           can
           be
           invented
           :
           and
           a
           little
           Custom
           will
           make
           it
           appear
           friendly
           to
           Nature
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           respect
           far
           beyond
           the
           softest
           Feather-beds
           ,
           on
           which
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           lies
           down
           ,
           he
           sinks
           into
           them
           ,
           as
           into
           an
           Hole
           ,
           with
           Banks
           rising
           on
           each
           side
           of
           him
           ;
           especially
           if
           two
           lie
           together
           ,
           when
           first
           they
           go
           to
           Bed
           they
           lie
           close
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           hot
           or
           sweat
           ,
           they
           are
           generally
           willing
           to
           lie
           a
           little
           further
           off
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           cool
           themselves
           ,
           but
           
           cannot
           do
           it
           without
           great
           difficulty
           and
           trouble
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           softness
           of
           the
           Bed
           ,
           and
           those
           Banks
           that
           rise
           on
           each
           side
           .
           Besides
           ,
           such
           soft
           Feather-Beds
           do
           over-heat
           the
           Reins
           and
           Back
           ,
           making
           all
           the
           Parts
           tender
           ,
           and
           causing
           Sweatings
           and
           many
           other
           Inconveniencies
           to
           attend
           the
           Body
           .
           Feather-beds
           also
           are
           nothing
           so
           easie
           as
           Quilts
           ,
           after
           a
           little
           time
           being
           accustomed
           to
           them
           ;
           they
           are
           also
           extream
           fulsom
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Heat
           they
           do
           powerfully
           dry
           up
           the
           Radical
           Moisture
           ,
           causing
           a
           general
           Faintness
           to
           attend
           the
           whole
           Body
           .
           But
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           hard
           ,
           even
           Beds
           ,
           that
           lie
           smooth
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           easie
           through
           custom
           ,
           as
           is
           mentioned
           before
           ;
           but
           a
           Man
           may
           turn
           freely
           ,
           both
           sleeping
           and
           waking
           :
           They
           harden
           and
           strengthen
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           especially
           the
           Back
           and
           Reins
           ,
           make
           the
           Nerves
           and
           Sinews
           strong
           ,
           preventing
           the
           immoderate
           Evacuations
           by
           Sweating
           ,
           and
           keeping
           the
           Body
           in
           a
           temperate
           Heat
           .
           Besides
           ,
           such
           Beds
           may
           be
           often
           changed
           ,
           with
           but
           little
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           less
           Cost
           ;
           they
           send
           forth
           no
           stinking
           Fumes
           or
           Steams
           ,
           as
           Feather-beds
           do
           ;
           but
           are
           sweet
           and
           clean
           .
           Certainly
           nothing
           is
           more
           healthy
           ,
           next
           to
           Temperance
           in
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           than
           clean
           hard
           Beds
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           All
           sorts
           of
           Beds
           ,
           especially
           Feather-beds
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           changed
           ,
           driven
           ,
           or
           washed
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           three
           or
           four
           times
           in
           a
           Year
           ;
           or
           else
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           keep
           them
           sweet
           and
           clean
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           Generation
           of
           Vermin
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           Inconveniencies
           before-mentioned
           .
           Would
           not
           every
           one
           condemn
           a
           Man
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           wear
           a
           Shirt
           a
           Year
           ,
           and
           lie
           in
           Sheets
           seven
           Years
           ?
           Which
           if
           any
           should
           do
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           either
           endanger
           his
           Health
           ,
           or
           bring
           half
           the
           Inconveniencies
           on
           his
           Body
           ,
           as
           old
           stinking
           Feather-beds
           do
           ;
           which
           possibly
           stunk
           before
           ever
           they
           were
           lain
           on
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           fulsom
           Excrements
           that
           the
           Quills
           of
           the
           Feathers
           contain
           .
           Also
           Feathers
           do
           certainly
           contain
           an
           unclean
           putrified
           Matter
           ,
           that
           hath
           a
           near
           affinity
           with
           the
           Nature
           of
           Bugs
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Feather-beds
           are
           more
           apt
           to
           breed
           them
           ,
           than
           Wooll
           ,
           or
           Flocks
           ;
           though
           both
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           forementioned
           Rules
           be
           not
           observed
           .
           But
           if
           you
           are
           not
           willing
           ,
           or
           so
           lowly-minded
           ,
           to
           have
           Straw
           or
           Chaff-Beds
           under
           your
           Quilts
           ,
           then
           you
           may
           have
           Flock-Beds
           ,
           with
           Canvas
           Tickings
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           both
           aired
           and
           washed
           as
           often
           as
           you
           please
           ,
           with
           little
           Trouble
           and
           Charge
           .
           If
           any
           shall
           question
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           I
           have
           alledged
           concerning
           Beds
           ,
           I
           desire
           they
           would
           please
           but
           to
           
           try
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           by
           filling
           a
           Bed
           with
           the
           freshest
           and
           cleanest
           Straw
           or
           Chaff
           ,
           which
           will
           smell
           very
           pleasant
           ;
           and
           having
           so
           done
           ,
           let
           them
           lie
           on
           it
           half
           a
           Year
           ,
           in
           a
           corner
           of
           a
           Room
           ,
           as
           Beds
           generally
           stand
           ,
           and
           then
           smell
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           sending
           forth
           a
           pleasant
           Scent
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           at
           first
           ,
           it
           will
           send
           forth
           a
           strong
           ,
           fulsom
           ,
           musty
           Steam
           or
           Fume
           .
           And
           if
           this
           will
           do
           so
           ,
           what
           will
           Feathers
           do
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Root
           of
           Nature
           are
           unclean
           fulsom
           Excrements
           ,
           of
           a
           hot
           strong
           Quality
           ?
           Therefore
           they
           have
           the
           greater
           power
           not
           only
           to
           attract
           and
           suck
           in
           to
           themselves
           the
           fulsom
           Excrements
           that
           are
           breathed
           forth
           of
           the
           Body
           by
           Sweatin̄gs
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           also
           power
           to
           retain
           such
           evil
           Vapours
           :
           and
           when
           others
           come
           to
           lie
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           throughly
           hot
           ,
           it
           awakens
           those
           pernicious
           Steams
           ,
           which
           often
           bring
           many
           Inconveniencies
           on
           the
           Body
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           unpleasant
           to
           lie
           in
           such
           Beds
           ;
           a
           Man
           must
           always
           be
           forced
           to
           keep
           his
           Nose
           above-board
           .
           Indeed
           each
           Mans
           own
           Bed
           does
           not
           stink
           or
           smell
           strong
           to
           himself
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           accustomed
           to
           it
           ;
           neither
           does
           a
           Tallow-Chandler
           smell
           those
           horrible
           Scents
           and
           pernicious
           Fumes
           that
           old
           Tallow
           sends
           forth
           when
           it
           is
           melted
           :
           But
           let
           any
           other
           Person
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           accustomed
           to
           it
           ,
           be
           near
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           very
           offensive
           to
           him
           .
           Even
           so
           it
           is
           in
           all
           other
           stinking
           Trades
           ,
           and
           things
           of
           this
           rature
           :
           so
           that
           the
           greatest
           Slut
           in
           the
           World
           does
           hardly
           smell
           her
           own
           House
           or
           Bed
           stink
           :
           For
           in
           Man
           is
           contained
           the
           true
           Nature
           and
           Property
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           both
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ;
           therefore
           he
           is
           both
           liable
           and
           also
           apt
           to
           receive
           all
           Impressions
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           wrought
           on
           by
           all
           things
           he
           shall
           either
           communicate
           with
           or
           joyn
           himself
           to
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           Cleanness
           ,
           or
           the
           contrary
           .
           Also
           by
           Meats
           ,
           Drinks
           ,
           and
           Communication
           ,
           all
           things
           have
           power
           ,
           by
           a
           Sympathetical
           Operation
           ,
           to
           work
           on
           Man
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           like
           unto
           all
           ,
           bearing
           a
           proportionable
           Nature
           unto
           all
           things
           .
           If
           People
           did
           understand
           this
           ,
           they
           would
           prefer
           Sobriety
           and
           Temperance
           ,
           with
           Cleanness
           ,
           far
           beyond
           what
           they
           do
           ;
           and
           then
           Men
           would
           not
           be
           subject
           to
           so
           many
           Diseases
           as
           now
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Heat
           and
           Moisture
           is
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           Putrifaction
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Bugs
           are
           bred
           in
           Summer
           :
           but
           they
           live
           all
           the
           Winter
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           not
           then
           so
           troublesom
           .
           They
           harbour
           in
           Bedsteads
           ,
           Holes
           ,
           and
           Hangings
           ,
           Nitting
           and
           breeding
           as
           Lice
           do
           in
           Clothes
           :
           But
           all
           Men
           know
           ,
           that
           Woollen
           and
           Linnen
           are
           not
           
           the
           Element
           of
           Lice
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           bred
           from
           the
           fulsom
           Scents
           and
           Excrements
           that
           are
           breathed
           forth
           from
           the
           Body
           .
           The
           very
           same
           Radix
           have
           Bugs
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           difference
           ,
           they
           are
           from
           a
           higher
           Putrifaction
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           a
           more
           noisom
           stinking
           Creature
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           whole
           Preservation
           of
           Mens
           Health
           and
           Strength
           does
           chiefly
           reside
           in
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Temperance
           of
           Women
           .
           Therefor
           the
           ancient
           Wise
           Men
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           did
           direct
           and
           accustom
           their
           Women
           to
           a
           higher
           degree
           of
           Temperance
           than
           the
           Men.
           Which
           Customs
           of
           Sobriety
           the
           Women
           of
           several
           Countries
           do
           maintain
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           great
           part
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           many
           great
           Countries
           under
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Seignior
             .
          
           Their
           Women
           do
           always
           drink
           Water
           ,
           their
           Food
           being
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           a
           mean
           and
           simple
           Quality
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           Reason
           neither
           they
           nor
           their
           Children
           are
           subject
           to
           several
           Diseases
           which
           our
           Women
           and
           Children
           are
           .
           Wine
           and
           strong
           Drink
           should
           be
           sparingly
           drunk
           by
           Women
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           past
           Child-bearing
           ;
           because
           the
           frequent
           and
           common
           drinking
           of
           strong
           Drinks
           ,
           does
           generate
           various
           Distempers
           in
           the
           Female
           Sex
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           discoursed
           of
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           which
           their
           Children
           often
           bring
           with
           them
           into
           the
           World.
           If
           the
           Seed
           be
           good
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           Ground
           be
           bad
           ,
           it
           seldom
           brings
           forth
           good
           Fruit.
           Also
           Women
           are
           our
           Nurses
           for
           fifteen
           or
           sixteen
           Years
           ;
           and
           they
           do
           not
           only
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           Gluttons
           ,
           by
           letting
           us
           eat
           and
           drink
           often
           ,
           of
           their
           ill-prepared
           Food
           ,
           beyond
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Digestive
           Faculty
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           the
           Stomach
           can
           bear
           ;
           but
           many
           of
           them
           will
           entice
           us
           to
           Gluttony
           ,
           and
           some
           will
           force
           their
           Children
           to
           eat
           even
           against
           their
           Stomachs
           ,
           till
           they
           cast
           it
           up
           again
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           a
           difficult
           Point
           for
           a
           Man
           of
           Age
           and
           Experience
           to
           observe
           the
           necessary
           Rules
           of
           Temperance
           ,
           how
           careful
           then
           ought
           Mothers
           and
           Nurses
           to
           be
           in
           ordering
           their
           Children
           ?
           A
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Children
           that
           die
           ,
           especially
           in
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           ,
           is
           occasioned
           either
           by
           the
           Intemperance
           of
           their
           Mothers
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           they
           go
           with
           Child
           ,
           or
           afterwards
           by
           their
           unnatural
           and
           badly-prepared
           Food
           ,
           and
           suffering
           them
           to
           eat
           to
           excess
           ;
           also
           by
           their
           keeping
           of
           them
           too
           warm
           ,
           and
           too
           close
           from
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           lapping
           of
           them
           up
           in
           several
           Double
           Clothes
           and
           Swathes
           ,
           so
           tight
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           write
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           putting
           them
           into
           warm
           Beds
           ,
           and
           covering
           them
           up
           close
           .
           If
           a
           strong
           Man
           was
           so
           boand
           
           up
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           endure
           it
           ,
           without
           great
           injury
           unto
           his
           Health
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Window-Curtains
           are
           drawn
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Curtains
           about
           the
           Bed
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           the
           Air
           becomes
           so
           hot
           and
           sulphurous
           ,
           that
           it
           causes
           great
           Disorders
           to
           attend
           both
           the
           Mothers
           and
           the
           Children
           .
           This
           ill
           kind
           of
           Management
           does
           also
           cause
           such
           a
           Tenderness
           both
           in
           the
           Mother
           and
           the
           Child
           ,
           that
           on
           every
           small
           occasion
           they
           are
           liable
           and
           apt
           to
           get
           Colds
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           Distempers
           .
        
         
           Also
           Women
           have
           the
           entire
           Management
           of
           all
           things
           that
           concern
           our
           Healths
           ,
           during
           the
           whole
           time
           of
           our
           Lives
           ;
           they
           prepare
           and
           dress
           our
           Food
           ,
           and
           order
           all
           things
           in
           our
           Houses
           ,
           both
           for
           Bed
           and
           Board
           .
           There
           is
           not
           one
           Man
           of
           a
           hundred
           that
           understands
           or
           takes
           any
           notice
           whether
           his
           Food
           be
           well
           prepared
           or
           not
           ;
           and
           if
           his
           Bed
           stinks
           ,
           he
           is
           used
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           counts
           it
           all
           well
           .
           Mens
           Time
           and
           Study
           is
           chiefly
           taken
           up
           about
           getting
           a
           Livelihood
           ,
           and
           providing
           things
           necessary
           for
           themselves
           and
           Families
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           among
           a
           thousand
           that
           understands
           any
           thing
           what
           belongs
           to
           the
           Preservation
           of
           his
           Healt●
           Whatever
           t●e
           Women
           do
           and
           say
           touching
           the
           Preparation
           of
           〈◊〉
           and
           other
           ordering
           of
           Families
           for
           Health
           ,
           most
           Men
           believe
           ,
           〈◊〉
           making
           the
           least
           scruple
           or
           question
           of
           the
           truth
           thereof
           .
           And
           well
           they
           may
           :
           For
           the
           chiefest
           Doctors
           of
           our
           Times
           do
           bow
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           altogether
           as
           subject
           to
           the
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           of
           Women
           ,
           as
           other
           Men.
           Where
           are
           your
           Doctors
           that
           teach
           Men
           Sobriety
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           or
           the
           proper
           and
           natural
           way
           of
           preparing
           Meats
           fit
           for
           the
           Stomach
           ?
           Which
           of
           them
           adviseth
           against
           the
           evil
           Custom
           of
           keeping
           their
           Chambers
           so
           over-hot
           ,
           when
           People
           are
           sick
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Womens
           lying
           in
           Child-bed
           ?
           Why
           do
           they
           not
           advise
           them
           not
           to
           have
           their
           Curtains
           so
           close
           drawn
           ,
           both
           before
           the
           Windows
           and
           Beds
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           they
           are
           oftentimes
           in
           a
           manner
           suffocated
           for
           want
           of
           the
           fresh
           Air
           ?
           For
           ,
           I
           affirm
           ,
           That
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           that
           do
           keep
           their
           Beds
           ,
           let
           the
           Occasion
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           have
           ten-fold
           more
           need
           of
           the
           refreshing
           Influences
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           than
           others
           that
           are
           up
           :
           For
           ,
           the
           Bed
           being
           much
           hotter
           than
           a
           Mans
           Garments
           are
           when
           he
           is
           up
           ,
           the
           thin
           ,
           refreshing
           ,
           moist
           Vapours
           ,
           that
           do
           penetrate
           the
           whole
           Body
           more
           powerfully
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           up
           ,
           are
           thereby
           hindred
           .
           This
           is
           one
           chief
           Reason
           why
           a
           Man
           cannot
           digest
           a
           Supper
           so
           well
           in
           Bed
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           sits
           up
           .
           All
           Men
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Bed
           destroys
           Appetite
           .
           If
           a
           Man
           go
           to
           
           Bed
           at
           Eight
           a
           Clock
           ,
           and
           lies
           till
           Eight
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           hungry
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           goes
           to
           Bed
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           rises
           at
           Four
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           though
           he
           sits
           still
           without
           Action
           ,
           yet
           by
           Eight
           he
           shall
           have
           a
           good
           stomach
           to
           eat
           and
           drink
           ;
           so
           great
           is
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Air
           :
           For
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           up
           ,
           his
           Body
           is
           cool
           ,
           and
           the
           pure
           Spirits
           and
           thin
           moist
           Vapours
           of
           the
           Air
           have
           power
           to
           penetrate
           the
           Body
           ;
           which
           Element
           the
           Body
           sucks
           in
           like
           a
           Spunge
           thorow
           the
           Pores
           ;
           and
           this
           does
           not
           only
           cool
           and
           refresh
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           but
           also
           powerfully
           strengthens
           the
           Action
           of
           the
           Stomach
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           pity
           the
           young
           Children
           most
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           tender
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           delicate
           a
           Nature
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           Body
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           every
           Disorder
           does
           wound
           them
           to
           the
           very
           Heart
           .
           Nothing
           is
           more
           grateful
           and
           refreshing
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           pleasant
           Air
           :
           It
           comforts
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           causeth
           a
           free
           Circulation
           of
           the
           Blood
           and
           Radical
           Moisture
           ,
           begets
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           grow
           in
           Strength
           :
           But
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           hot
           sulphurous
           Airs
           ,
           with
           great
           Fires
           ,
           and
           warm
           Clothing
           ,
           do
           not
           only
           hinder
           the
           Circulation
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           but
           suffocate
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           causing
           an
           unnatural
           Heat
           to
           possess
           the
           whole
           Body
           ;
           whence
           does
           proceed
           various
           Disorders
           and
           Diseases
           ,
           making
           them
           to
           cry
           ,
           and
           be
           very
           froward
           .
           Also
           close
           Bindings
           ,
           and
           over-warm
           Clothings
           ,
           and
           thick
           hot
           Airs
           ,
           do
           oft
           in
           weak-spirited
           Children
           cause
           Convulsions
           ,
           Vapours
           ,
           and
           Fumes
           to
           fly
           into
           the
           Head
           ,
           sometimes
           occasioning
           Vomiting
           ,
           which
           People
           call
           Windy
           Diseases
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           The
           Food
           of
           most
           Children
           ,
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           is
           so
           enriched
           with
           
             West
          
           and
           
             East-India
          
           Ingredients
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           Sugar
           and
           Spices
           ,
           that
           thereby
           their
           Food
           becomes
           so
           hot
           in
           operation
           ,
           that
           it
           does
           not
           only
           breed
           too
           much
           Nourishment
           ,
           which
           generates
           Obstructions
           and
           Stoppages
           ,
           but
           it
           heats
           the
           Body
           ,
           drying
           up
           and
           consuming
           the
           Radical
           Moisture
           ,
           and
           infecting
           the
           Blood
           with
           a
           sharp
           fretting
           Humour
           ,
           which
           in
           some
           Complexions
           and
           Constitutions
           causeth
           Languishing
           Diseases
           ,
           contracting
           the
           Breast
           and
           Vessels
           of
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           hindering
           the
           Passages
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Joynts
           and
           Nerves
           become
           weak
           and
           feeble
           :
           in
           others
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           bad
           Diet
           ,
           and
           other
           Uncleanliness
           ,
           does
           cause
           Botches
           ,
           Boils
           ,
           and
           various
           sorts
           of
           Leprous
           Diseases
           .
           Also
           many
           that
           have
           wherewithal
           ,
           will
           frequently
           give
           their
           Children
           Sack
           ,
           strong
           Drinks
           ,
           and
           fat
           Meats
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           will
           eat
           ,
           
           which
           is
           abominable
           ,
           and
           absolutely
           contrary
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           Children
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           a
           hundred
           other
           Disorders
           and
           Intemperances
           that
           many
           Mothers
           and
           ignorant
           Nurses
           affect
           their
           Children
           with
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           no
           room
           in
           this
           Place
           to
           discourse
           of
           :
           Therefore
           I
           commend
           unto
           the
           Women
           Milk
           that
           is
           raw
           ,
           only
           made
           so
           hot
           as
           the
           Mothers
           or
           Nurses
           Milk
           is
           when
           the
           Child
           sucks
           it
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           Milk
           and
           Flower
           boyled
           together
           ,
           giving
           it
           the
           Child
           about
           the
           warmness
           of
           Breast-milk
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           neither
           Children
           nor
           others
           ought
           to
           eat
           any
           Food
           hotter
           .
           Also
           no
           Children
           ought
           to
           drink
           any
           kind
           of
           strong
           Drink
           :
           I
           could
           commend
           Water
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           wholesom
           ;
           but
           it
           being
           contrary
           to
           our
           Custom
           ,
           ordinary
           Beer
           may
           do
           well
           ,
           or
           rather
           small
           Ale.
           If
           Women
           did
           understand
           but
           the
           hundredth
           part
           of
           the
           Evils
           and
           Diseases
           those
           indulging
           and
           intemperate
           Ways
           do
           bring
           both
           to
           themselves
           and
           Children
           ,
           they
           would
           quickly
           be
           of
           my
           mind
           ;
           which
           I
           never
           expect
           ;
           
             They
             are
             too
             wise
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SHORT
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           THE
           PAIN
           in
           the
           TEETH
           ,
           Shewing
           from
           what
           Cause
           it
           does
           chiefly
           proceed
           ,
           and
           also
           how
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           THE
           terrible
           Pains
           and
           Diseases
           of
           the
           Teeth
           do
           chiefly
           proceed
           from
           two
           Causes
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ●rom
           certain
           filthy
           phlegmy
           Matter
           which
           the
           Stomach
           and
           Vessels
           do
           continually
           breathe
           and
           send
           forth
           ,
           which
           does
           lodge
           or
           center
           in
           the
           Mouth
           ,
           especially
           between
           the
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Gums
           ;
           and
           some
           People
           having
           fouler
           Stomachs
           than
           others
           ,
           such
           do
           breathe
           forth
           very
           sowr
           ,
           stinking
           ,
           phlegmy
           Matter
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           only
           increase
           the
           Pain
           ,
           but
           causeth
           the
           Teeth
           to
           become
           loose
           and
           rotten
           :
           And
           for
           want
           of
           continual
           cleansing
           and
           washing
           ,
           those
           Breathings
           and
           this
           Phlegmy
           Matter
           turns
           to
           Putrifaction
           ,
           which
           does
           eat
           away
           the
           Gums
           ,
           as
           though
           Worms
           had
           eaten
           them
           :
           And
           this
           Defect
           is
           generally
           attributed
           to
           the
           Disease
           called
           the
           
             Scurvey
             ;
          
           but
           it
           is
           a
           mistake
           :
           the
           Cause
           is
           chiefly
           ,
           as
           is
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           from
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           Cleansings
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           Distemper
           of
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           does
           also
           proceed
           from
           the
           various
           sorts
           of
           Meats
           and
           Drinks
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           from
           the
           continual
           eating
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           fat
           sweet
           things
           ,
           compounded
           of
           various
           things
           of
           disagreeing
           Natures
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           only
           obstruct
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           but
           fur
           and
           foul
           the
           Mouth
           ,
           part
           thereof
           remaining
           upon
           the
           Gums
           ,
           and
           between
           the
           Teeth
           .
           For
           all
           such
           things
           do
           quickly
           turn
           to
           Putrifaction
           ,
           which
           does
           by
           degrees
           
           corrupt
           both
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           .
           Besides
           ,
           our
           Beds
           take
           up
           near
           half
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           which
           time
           the
           Body
           is
           not
           only
           without
           motion
           ,
           but
           the
           Bed
           and
           Coverings
           do
           keep
           it
           much
           hotter
           than
           the
           Day-garments
           ,
           especially
           of
           those
           that
           draw
           the
           Curtains
           of
           their
           Windows
           and
           Beds
           so
           close
           ,
           that
           the
           pure
           Spirits
           and
           thin
           refreshing
           Vapours
           of
           the
           Air
           are
           hindred
           of
           having
           their
           free
           egress
           and
           regress
           ,
           which
           does
           dull
           and
           flatten
           the
           Action
           of
           the
           Stomach
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           chief
           Cause
           why
           Suppers
           lie
           hard
           in
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           require
           more
           than
           double
           the
           time
           for
           perfect
           Concoction
           ,
           than
           the
           same
           Food
           does
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           up
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           open
           Air
           :
           For
           this
           Element
           ,
           if
           it
           hath
           its
           free
           Influences
           ,
           is
           sucked
           in
           ,
           as
           by
           Spunges
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           Pores
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           does
           wonderfully
           refresh
           ,
           comfort
           ,
           open
           ,
           and
           cleanse
           all
           the
           Parts
           ,
           having
           power
           to
           assist
           and
           help
           Concoction
           :
           but
           hot
           ,
           dull
           ,
           thick
           Airs
           do
           destroy
           the
           Action
           of
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           suffocate
           the
           pure
           Spirits
           ,
           drying
           up
           and
           consuming
           the
           Radical
           Moisture
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Night
           does
           foul
           the
           Mouth
           more
           than
           the
           Day
           ,
           furring
           it
           with
           a
           gross
           slimy
           Matter
           ,
           especially
           those
           that
           hav●
           foul
           Stomachs
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           Years
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           well
           cleansed
           every
           Morning
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whatsoever
           are
           the
           Disorders
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Mouth
           does
           always
           partake
           of
           them
           ;
           besides
           the
           Evils
           that
           the
           variety
           of
           Food
           ,
           and
           the
           improper
           mixtures
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Fish
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           do
           foul
           and
           hurt
           both
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           .
           When
           any
           Person
           is
           disordered
           with
           inward
           Diseases
           ,
           does
           not
           the
           Mouth
           quickly
           complain
           of
           the
           Evils
           thereof
           ?
           This
           very
           few
           do
           consider
           in
           time
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           That
           most
           People
           do
           attribute
           the
           Diseases
           of
           the
           Teeth
           to
           Colds
           ,
           and
           Rheums
           ,
           and
           other
           outward
           Accidents
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           outward
           Accidents
           will
           further
           this
           Disease
           ,
           but
           then
           there
           must
           be
           Matter
           before-hand
           ,
           otherwise
           outward
           Colds
           can
           have
           no
           power
           to
           cause
           this
           Pain
           .
           The
           same
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           all
           Stoppages
           of
           the
           Breast
           ,
           and
           other
           Obstructions
           ,
           as
           Coughs
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           any
           Part
           be
           obstructed
           ,
           or
           there
           be
           Matter
           for
           Distemper
           ,
           then
           ,
           on
           every
           small
           occasion
           of
           outward
           Colds
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           Accidents
           ,
           Nature
           complains
           .
           If
           your
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           be
           sound
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           this
           Matter
           ,
           take
           what
           Colds
           you
           will
           ,
           and
           your
           Teeth
           will
           never
           complain
           ,
           as
           daily
           Experience
           
           doth
           shew
           .
           For
           all
           outward
           Colds
           ,
           and
           other
           Accidents
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           have
           no
           power
           to
           seise
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           except
           first
           there
           be
           some
           inward
           Defect
           or
           Infirmity
           :
           Suppose
           the
           Teeth
           be
           defective
           ,
           then
           the
           Disease
           falls
           on
           that
           Part
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           be
           the
           Head
           ,
           Eyes
           ,
           Breast
           ,
           Back
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Part
           or
           Member
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           that
           is
           obstructed
           ,
           the
           Evil
           is
           felt
           in
           that
           Part.
           Therefore
           if
           the
           Mouth
           be
           kept
           clean
           by
           continual
           Washings
           ,
           it
           will
           prevent
           all
           Matter
           which
           may
           cause
           Putrifaction
           ;
           and
           then
           Colds
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Accidents
           ,
           will
           have
           no
           power
           to
           seise
           this
           Part
           ,
           or
           cause
           this
           terrible
           Pain
           .
           Even
           so
           it
           is
           in
           all
           other
           Parts
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           If
           Temperance
           and
           Sobriety
           be
           observed
           in
           Meats
           ,
           Drinks
           ,
           and
           Exercises
           ,
           with
           other
           Circumstances
           belonging
           to
           Health
           ,
           then
           Stoppages
           ,
           Coughs
           ,
           Colds
           ,
           and
           other
           Obstructions
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           so
           frequent
           on
           every
           small
           occasion
           :
           For
           Temperance
           has
           an
           inward
           Power
           and
           Operation
           ,
           and
           does
           as
           it
           were
           cut
           off
           Diseases
           in
           the
           very
           Bud
           ,
           preventing
           the
           Generation
           of
           Matter
           whence
           Distempers
           do
           proceed
           ,
           increasing
           the
           Radical
           Moisture
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           Spirits
           lively
           ,
           brisk
           ,
           and
           powerful
           ,
           able
           to
           withstand
           all
           outward
           Colds
           ,
           and
           other
           Casualties
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           There
           are
           many
           various
           things
           ,
           of
           divers
           Natures
           ,
           prescribed
           by
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           Washes
           to
           preserve
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           ;
           but
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           to
           little
           or
           no
           purpose
           ,
           as
           daily
           Experience
           teaches
           :
           For
           ,
           all
           high
           ,
           sharp
           Salts
           ,
           and
           things
           of
           a
           sowr
           or
           keen
           nature
           ,
           do
           rather
           cause
           the
           Teeth
           to
           perish
           ,
           than
           the
           contrary
           ;
           as
           do
           all
           hot
           Spirits
           ,
           be
           they
           what
           they
           will
           :
           Many
           have
           destroyed
           their
           Teeth
           by
           the
           frequent
           use
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           hardly
           ever
           been
           known
           that
           any
           such
           things
           have
           ever
           cured
           or
           prevented
           the
           aking
           Pains
           of
           the
           Teeth
           ,
           but
           Water
           only
           .
           Many
           Examples
           I
           could
           mention
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           convenient
           .
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           do
           daily
           prescribe
           such
           things
           for
           the
           Cure
           and
           Prevention
           of
           this
           Disease
           of
           the
           Teeth
           ,
           which
           most
           of
           them
           do
           know
           by
           experience
           can
           do
           no
           good
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           contrary
           :
           But
           when
           People
           come
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           must
           give
           them
           something
           for
           their
           Money
           ;
           for
           Interest
           and
           Ignorance
           have
           more
           affinity
           with
           this
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           than
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           Things
           .
           Most
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Shepherd
           and
           Husbandman
           do
           know
           far
           better
           how
           to
           prepare
           the
           Meat
           for
           their
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           also
           how
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           Disorders
           ,
           
           than
           many
           Physicians
           do
           their
           Food
           or
           Physick
           :
           and
           a
           Man
           shall
           understand
           more
           by
           conversing
           with
           some
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           than
           with
           the
           Learned
           :
           For
           the
           Shepherd
           and
           Husbandman
           understand
           something
           of
           Nature
           ;
           but
           most
           of
           the
           Learned
           are
           departed
           from
           the
           simple
           Ways
           of
           God
           in
           Nature
           ,
           putting
           out
           their
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           then
           boasting
           what
           Wonders
           they
           can
           see
           with
           other
           Mens
           :
           They
           have
           invented
           many
           Words
           to
           hide
           the
           Truth
           from
           the
           Unlearned
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           get
           the
           greater
           esteem
           .
           This
           hath
           chiefly
           been
           done
           to
           advance
           Pride
           and
           Interest
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Divine
           Eye
           is
           departed
           from
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           never
           make
           any
           Inspexion
           into
           the
           true
           Nature
           of
           Things
           ,
           being
           contented
           to
           take
           other
           Mens
           Words
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           have
           Authority
           and
           Law
           on
           their
           sides
           ,
           wherefore
           should
           they
           trouble
           their
           weak
           Heads
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           best
           and
           most
           sure
           way
           to
           prevent
           the
           Diseases
           and
           Pains
           in
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           ,
           is
           every
           Morning
           to
           wash
           your
           Mouth
           with
           at
           the
           least
           ten
           or
           twelve
           Mouthfuls
           of
           pure
           Water
           ,
           cold
           from
           the
           Spring
           or
           River
           ,
           and
           so
           again
           after
           Dinner
           and
           Supper
           ,
           swallowing
           down
           a
           Mouthful
           of
           Water
           after
           each
           Washing
           :
           For
           there
           is
           no
           sort
           of
           Liquor
           in
           the
           World
           so
           pure
           and
           clean
           as
           Water
           ;
           and
           nothing
           doth
           cleanse
           and
           free
           the
           Teeth
           and
           Gums
           from
           that
           foul
           Matter
           which
           does
           proceed
           from
           the
           Breathings
           and
           Purgings
           of
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           various
           sorts
           of
           Food
           ,
           so
           well
           as
           Water
           :
           The
           use
           of
           other
           Washes
           is
           to
           little
           or
           no
           purpose
           ;
           but
           whosoever
           do
           constantly
           wash
           their
           Mouths
           with
           Water
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           shall
           find
           an
           essential
           Remedy
           .
           All
           hard
           Rubbing
           and
           Picking
           of
           the
           Teeth
           ought
           by
           any
           means
           to
           be
           avoided
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           injurious
           to
           them
           .
           Also
           whensoever
           you
           find
           your
           Mouth
           foul
           ,
           or
           subject
           to
           be
           slimie
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           it
           will
           more
           than
           at
           others
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           good
           or
           evil
           state
           of
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           after
           eating
           ;
           at
           all
           such
           times
           you
           ought
           to
           wash
           your
           Mouth
           .
           This
           Rule
           all
           Mothers
           and
           Nurses
           ought
           to
           observe
           ,
           washing
           the
           Mouths
           of
           their
           Children
           two
           or
           three
           times
           a
           day
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           cause
           their
           Children
           to
           swallow
           down
           a
           little
           Water
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           very
           refreshing
           to
           their
           Stomachs
           :
           For
           Milk
           does
           naturally
           foul
           and
           fur
           the
           Mouth
           and
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           not
           kept
           clean
           by
           continual
           washing
           ,
           it
           causes
           the
           Breeding
           of
           Childrens
           Teeth
           to
           be
           the
           more
           painful
           to
           them
           .
        
         
         
           7.
           
           To
           keep
           your
           Teeth
           white
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           best
           things
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           a
           
             China
          
           Dish
           ,
           or
           a
           piece
           of
           a
           fine
           
             Dutch
          
           Earthen
           Dish
           ,
           made
           into
           fine
           Powder
           ,
           and
           the
           Teeth
           rubbed
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Few
           there
           be
           that
           understand
           or
           consider
           the
           excellent
           Vertues
           of
           Water
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           Element
           of
           a
           mild
           and
           cleansing
           Nature
           and
           Operation
           ,
           friendly
           unto
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           of
           universal
           Use
           :
           But
           because
           it
           is
           so
           common
           ,
           and
           so
           easily
           procured
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           that
           many
           People
           will
           be
           like
           
             Naaman
          
           the
           
             Syrian
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Prophet
           
             Elisha
          
           advised
           him
           to
           
             wash
             seven
             times
             in
             the
             River
             of
             Iordan
             to
             cure
             his
             Leprosie
             ;
          
           it
           being
           the
           Ignorance
           and
           Folly
           of
           most
           People
           ,
           to
           admire
           those
           things
           they
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           and
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           despise
           and
           trample
           under
           foot
           those
           Things
           and
           Mysteries
           they
           do
           know
           ;
           which
           the
           Learned
           in
           all
           Ages
           have
           taken
           notice
           of
           :
           For
           ,
           should
           some
           People
           know
           what
           Apothecaries
           and
           others
           give
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           despise
           the
           Physick
           ,
           and
           have
           but
           little
           respect
           for
           their
           Doctor
           .
        
         
           All
           Housewifes
           do
           know
           ,
           that
           no
           sort
           of
           Liquor
           ,
           be
           it
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           will
           cleanse
           and
           sweeten
           their
           Vessels
           ,
           but
           only
           Water
           ;
           all
           other
           Liquors
           leaving
           a
           sowr
           stinking
           Quality
           behind
           them
           ,
           which
           will
           quickly
           cause
           Putrifaction
           :
           But
           Water
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           is
           clean
           and
           pure
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           all
           Uses
           in
           Housewifery
           ,
           and
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Health
           ;
           but
           the
           Saints
           and
           Holy
           Men
           of
           God
           have
           highly
           esteemed
           this
           Element
           ,
           by
           using
           it
           in
           the
           exteriour
           Acts
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           as
           having
           a
           Simile
           with
           the
           Eternal
           Water
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           does
           purifie
           and
           cleanse
           the
           Soul
           from
           Sin.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

