Approved directions for health, both naturall and artificiall deriued from the best physitians as well moderne as auncient. Teaching how euery man should keepe his body and mind in health: and sicke, how hee may safely restore it himselfe. Diuided into 6. sections 1. Ayre, fire and water. 2. Meate, drinke with nourishment. 3. Sleepe, earely rising and dreames. 4. Auoidance of excrements, by purga. 5. The soules qualities and affections. 6. Quarterly, monethly, and daily diet. Newly corrected and augmented by the authour.

Of the foure Humours. CHAP. 4.

What is an Humour?

AN humour is a moist and running bo∣dy, into which the meate in the Liuer is conuerted, to the end that our bodyes might be nourished by them.

VVhat is the nature of the sanguine humour?

The sanguine humour is hot, moist, farty, sweet, and seated in the liuer, because it wate∣reth all the body, and giueth nourishment vnto it: out of which likewise issue the vitall spirits, like vnto small and gentle windes, that arise out of riuers and Wels.

VVhat is the flegmaticke humour?

The flegmatick humour is of colour white, brackish like vnto sweat, and properly placed in the kidnyes, which draw to themselues the water from the bloud, thereby filling the veines, in stead of good and pure bloud.

What is the Cholericke?

The Cholericke humour is hot and fiery, bitter, and like vnto the flower of wine. It ser∣ueth not onely to cleanse the guts of filth, but also to make the Liuer hot, and to hinder the bloud from putrifaction.

What is the Melancholicke humour?

The Melancholick humour is black, earth∣ly, resembling the lees of bloud, and hath the Spleene for a seat assigned vnto it. How∣beit Physitians say, that there be three kindes of melancholy: the first proceedeth from the annoyed braine: the second commeth, when as the whole constituion of the body is me∣lancholicke: the third springeth from the bowels, but chiefly from the Spleen and liuer.

Shew me a diet for melancholicke men?

First, they must haue lightsome chambers and them often perfumed. Secondly, they must eate young and good meat, and beware of Beefe, Porke, Hare & wilde beasts. Thirdly, let them vse Borrage and Buglosse in their drinke. Fourthly, Musicke is meet for them. Fiftly, they must alwayes keepe their bellies loose and soluble.