Rules to be obserued in bleeding.
SOmtime bleeding is vsed for the preseruation of the bo∣die [ 1] from sicknes as yee haue hearde,* 1.1 which is not commonlye done in Children afore Fouretenth yeares of age, nor in old people after Fourescore, because the abun∣dance of blood is not great, nor the forces strong, neuer∣thelesse for the healing of sicknesses, which is the seconde commoditie of bleeding,* 1.2 wee let blood both Chil∣dren and old folk, and sometime rather the olde than the yong, as one of Threescore, will sometime better endure bleeding, than one of Thirtie, and a Chi••••e of a yeare olde twise in one day, and one of Thirtie Ten times in a daye. Secondlye wee must weigh the strength, for in strong [ 2] people wee bleede largely,* 1.3 those that are feeble and extinuat not so much, although Gaelen & others coūsell in vehement dolor & carbuncles,* 1.4 to draw blood vsque ad a∣nimae defectū, the which come great accidēnts, so not to be done.* 1.5 If the blood be euil & intēperate aduise for the cor∣rectiō hereof, with some l••arned Phisitiā, & also with Hen∣ricus.* 1.6 If the body be of good habitud nourished with good [ 3] iuyce, the veines great & full of blood, we drawe largely,