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❧Places of scrypture which seme to make for the prayse of Physyke.
MOses broughte forth Israell frome the reddesee and they wente to the wyldernesse of sur,* 1.1 and they wente thre dayes in the wylldernesse and could fynde no water, and at the laste they came to mara but they coulde not drinke of the waters for ye byttern••s therof, and Moses cried vnto ye lord and he shewed hym a tre, and he caste it into ye waters and they waxed swete.
Also if you r••de ouer the .xiii.xiiii,xv, chap¦ters of Leuiticu•• (where the prestes be taught to dyscerne the Leprosy frome all other dysea∣ses) you shall fynde many thynges that make for the prayse of Physycke.
H••zekish was sycke to the death, and after he had prayed to the lord he sent Isayahe vnto hym,* 1.2 who put a lumpe of fygges vpon the sore and he recoueryd.
Helyf••us the Prophete healed the noughte and bytter waters of Ierycho and the baren∣nesse of the ground,* 1.3 wyth castyng salt into the spryng thereof, he healed also Naaman of hys leprosy and the potage that was made of col∣lyqu••ntyda.
The harte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauour,* 1.4 but a stomake that can geue good coun¦sell reioyceth a mans neyghbour.
The angel sayd vnto Tobias, take out the bowels of thys fysh and as for the hert, ye gall and the lyuer kepe them by the for these things ••re necessary for medecyne.