¶That Guaiacus wyll not be myn∣gled. Cap. x.

FVrthermore this medycine wyll abyde nothynge to be putte to hit. Where at the phisitions be commenly a∣stonyed: whiche wolde we shulde haue none other me∣dicines in price, but suche as receyue theyr power frō the .iii. partes of the world, which think that they shuld lose al theyr auctorite, excepte they ioyned to gether for vs in their poticarye compositions, Indie, Aethiope, Page  [unnumbered] Arabie, and the Garamantes, that dwelle in the extreme parte of the worlde. For what wyll they allowe, that is not deere and costly? And I beseche god, that theyr counsell be neuer harde nor obeyed in the vsynge of this wodde Guaiacum. And that Stromer maye be in this thynge as a pro∣phete, and in my iudgement a trewe. For he feareth, and that very wysely, leest they at length wyll put theyr handes thervnto.

Therfore lette al men beleue me, that haue proued this medicine, that it is sufficient to heale this disease: and that of it selfe with∣out any other thynge. But as I sayde, a pur¦gation in the begynnynge, and agayn a lyt∣tell the .xv. day, and than in the laste ende, Whiche thynge I wold haue done with som¦one thynge, not with any medicine made of many thynges. For I verely beleue, that the phisitions loke than to theyr owne pro∣fyte and lucre, and not for the helth of men, whan they saye, they must serche, what ta∣keth away the cause of this infyrmytie, as thoughe this wodde dyd it not. And very∣ly this is euident, there is no other cause to vse suche purgations, but to clense the bely, and agayne with abstinence and hunger to drawe out and emptye the holle body. But Page  23 what saye ye therto: In that rude countrey where this Guaiacum groweth, are no phi∣sitions, no straunge nor ferfetched wayes nor rules of phisike. But perchaunce menne vse there some herbe or rote to purge with, and all do vse one thynge, not to take away the grefe, but that whan the bely is emptied Guaiacum may the better worke. wherfore in this, my coumsel is, that ye tourment not your belye with thynges costely prepared, and speciallye to auoyde the compositions made of many thynges.

¶In this mynde I stycke surely, that I wolde suffre nothyng to be poured into me, but onely cassia by it selfe, and yet they offe∣red me gladly many thynges, And I was also wont before to poure in not onely Reu¦barbarum but other thynges also more bar¦barous than Reubarbarum, but my counsel came to a very good ende. whiche counselle if any wyll folowe, he hathe an exaumple, commaundement he hath none. For we tea∣che not these thynges being our selfe taught of other, but we monyshe you, that whiche we haue proued, whiche thynge I wold all shulde remembre, that I teache nothynge here rasshely, but that whiche I haue ler∣ned by myne owne experience and proue, I Page  [unnumbered] delyuer vnto other. And if I hadde lerned ought els, it shulde not be kepte close: but nowe seinge by diligent serche and studious labour I haue founde oute the power and vertue of Guaiacū, whiche if I do not well perceyue, it is a faute. But if I haue lerned it, as it is in dede: I do not greatly couet re¦warde ne la•de, I wyl shew you al the hole faythfully. For that hath this medicine de∣serued of me, excepte I wolde be vnthank∣full for soo great benefites. And therfore seynge many well lykynge men of nature are corrupted through the diuersitie of me∣dicines, yea and some of them vtterly dy∣stroyed, my sentence is, that nothynge shall be added to helpe this medicine, for this wod of it selfe is sufficient to plucke vp this dysease by the rootes. If any thyng be put vnto if, specyally of these thynges, that are inwardely receyued, this medicine takethe no helpe therof, but rather is corrupted and lette from his workynge. This thynge muste be added thervnto, that they, which drynke of this Guaiacum, of whatte soo euer state they be, in this sycknes haue soo lytel nede of bathes, that they be vtterly for bede by them that be experte, to washe soo moche as theyr heed, as longe as they shall Page  24 be in this cure, and are permytted very sel∣dome to washe theyr handes, but neuer with colde water.