The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre

The fourth Chapiter of the weakenes of the harte.

WEakenesse or feblenes of harte is caused when the bodye fayleth his vertue vital, wythout anye eui∣dēt cause▪ or whē the bo∣dye is consumed, & wax∣eth out of coloure, and that the ope∣racions vitall are weake, wythoute sensible hurtynge of any other mēbre, but the harte. And it maye chaunce of an aposteme, for the whyche there is no maner remedy, for al apostemacion ••f the harte is mortal. And debilitye ••f the hart may come of heat acceden∣tal, which one may knowe when there is great heat in the breast, & vehemēte thirst, & is quēched better in drawing cold ayre, thē in drinking cold water.

Remedye. Geue hym y^t hath a feble hert, & redy to faint, ether for feuer or for extreme heate, the weyght of a frenche crowne of trosciske of cāphore, with wyne of pomegranades, & laye vpon his breast towarde the lefte syde a sendal or lin∣nen

water of roses, purcelane, succorye, & sorelle. Moreouer the paciēt ought to smel thynges colde and swete, as dry∣ed roses, water lilies, violettes and vinegre of roses.

Also it is good to take an infusion or laxe of rubarbe, ordeyned of som good phisicion, after the whyche it shall be good, to applye vpon the lefte pappe, a lynnen cloth dipped in plātaine wa∣ter, roses, sorell, and a lytle vinegre.

For tremblyng of the hart wyth∣out a feuer, a remedye. The paciente muste take .ii. drammes of the electuary of diamargariton ca∣lidum, and the thyrde part of electua∣rium de gemmis, then drinke .ii. or .iii ounces of water of buglosse & bawme mixt togyther.

An other remedye. Take mastyke, lignum aloes, clo∣ues, cinamome, nutmigges, and cube∣bes of eche a scruple, pilles of citrons halfe a dramme, doronici romani, and perles, of ech .xv. graynes, basile seede,

ten graynes, amber grece, and muske, of ech two graines, with cōserued bu∣glosse or colewoorts and sucket of ci∣trons, of eche halfe an ounce, make an electuarye wyth .iiii. ounces of suger dissolued in white wyne, and buglosse water, and vse of thesame euery mor∣nyng .ii. drammes, and drynke a lytle good wyne after it.

¶Another remedy. Take water of buglosse, bawme, and borage, of all three together a pounde, of white wine halfe a pounde, pouder of cinamome, cloues and nutmigges, of eche two drammes, mingle them al wel together, and then heate it a litle, and dippe a linnen cloth in it, or elles a scarlet, and laye it to the left pappe.

¶Another remedye. Ye muste make a bagge of sendalle, of the sayde swete spices, or other cor∣dyall pouders and laye it hoote vpon the left pappe.

¶Another remedye. Take pomaunders made of lapda∣num,

lignum atoes, and citron pilles, maces, cloues, borage floures, storax calamite, amber of grece, and a lytle waxe, and lette the pacient beare that and smell it often.

¶An other medicine. The mawe of an olde cocke dried and made in pouder, is excedyng good to drinke in red wyne, or swete wine with a litle saffron.

For thesame. It is good to drinke euery mor∣ning thre oūces of water of buglosse, wherin hath bene sodden cloues. And it is good to drynke in a mornyng .iii. oūces of iulep, made of halfe a pounde of bawme water, and thre oūces of su∣ger. The confection of diaiacincthi, is singuler and excellent for tremblinge of the hearte, but it is for noble men, not for poore folke,

¶For swownyng. SWownyng is a takyng awaye of the feelyng and mouing of the bo∣dy, by weakenes of the heart, tho∣rough

to much auoidans of y^e spirites.

¶Remedye. In somer for sownyng, sodainelye ye oughte to caste into hys face colde water myngled with rosewater or vi∣negre. And yf ye stoppe hys mouthe, and nose, and bowe hys face vnto hys knees, so long as ye stoppe your wynd your selfe, ye shall foorthwith recouer hym. But yf the sayde swownynge come of the mother, ye muste laye to the nose all stynkyng thynges, and ab∣hominable sauours, as partriches fe∣thers brente, castor, and assafetida, or the snuffes of candelles. Moreouer ye ought to geue the pacient a litle good wyne, whiche is the chiefe thyng that quicklyest restoreth hym, as sayeth A∣uerrois in his seuenth colliget. After∣warde rubbe hys armes and legges, and bynde them harde, then prouoke hym to nese, puttynge a litle pouder of longe pepper, euphorbium, or castor, into hys nose. And yf by the saide medicines the pacient dothe not

amende, this disease is vncurable. And here ye maye note that yf swow∣ning come by great resoluciō of spiri∣tes, as after great euacuaciō, other by swette, fluxe of bloud, or laxe, ye ought not to caste cold water on his face, nor to bind his mēbers, for y^t shoulde do hī hurt, but kepe him in a place withoute mouing, and geue him to drinke a litle good wyne, & nourishe him with good light metes, as pullettes, chickins, ca∣pons partriches, veale, mutton, & kid. Whereof ye may make him good por∣rege, coleyses or restoratiues, distilled or otherwise as ye shal thīke cōueniēt.