The Newlanders cure Aswell of those violent sicknesses which distemper most minds in these latter dayes: as also by a cheape and newfound dyet, to preserue the body sound and free from all diseases, vntill the last date of life, through extreamity of age. Wherein are inserted generall and speciall remedies against the scuruy. Coughes. Feauers. Goute. Collicke. Sea-sicknesses, and other grieuous infirmities. Published for the weale of Great Brittaine, by Sir William Vaughan, Knight.

The sixt SECTION.

The Effects and Fruites of this admirable Dyet.

THe Effect of this New-found Dyet, is singular great, and the Fruites in∣estimable: For thereby Old Age, which is held to be an incurable sick∣nesse; and a tedious misery, becomes fresh, greene, liuely, sprightfull, and flourishing. Now, after long Experience which a man hath learned in the World, hee is able to iudge by comparing his present estate with the Vanities of his fore-passed man∣ner of liuing, of the Causes, why GOD, sent him into the World, and by what meanes hee may thence forwards recouer and redeeme the idle time which hee hath spent, to the glory of God, and the safe∣guard of his Soule, which but for the great mercy of his Sauiour, hee hath foo∣lishly forfeited. Then, he cannot but con∣temne earthly thoughts, and with a braue resolution scorne to fixe his Minde on

things, which like a Dreame will passe a∣way suddainly, remembring that saying in the Gospell: O Foole, this night will I take away thy Soule, and then whose shall those goods be which thou hast prepared, and hea∣ped together? Then, hee will acutely see, that there is no cause for him to ioyne Fie••d to Field, Farme to Farme, or Lord∣ship to Lordship. For if he obserue this Dyet, hee needes not bee at such former charge for Gut-worke, or to please his sen∣suall Pa••a••e, as hee hath beene at to the ha∣zard of his Health, and more of his Soule. He will find that a very final reuenew will s••••••ice him, and that now hee shall be the better able to distribute the ouer-p••us to his Christian Neighbours, or bestow the same on some monuments for the honour of his Redeemer, who gaue him the grace and power to leaue off his former super∣fluities and noysome Varieties: Then, he shall perceiue that ten yeares redeemed and conferred in this order of life, will better him more then 20. yeares in such irregular vame courses, as he before had fruitlessely consumed. Then, seeing himselfe at more ease and contentment in spirit, with a well composed nature without rashnesse, or in∣perate

Passions, hee may accommodate his Minde to Prayers, to the seruice of God, and to doe workes of Charity. For no extrauagant businesse can fall out to in∣terpose betwixt him and Heauenly cogita∣tions, as he vsed to haue when hee dealt a∣bout matters of worldly profit. But per∣haps some will say, who will pine him∣selfe, and loose so many dainty morcels, to enioy a few yeares longer then our fore-Fathers?

Heu non est tanto dig••a dolore salus.

To these I answere, that the addition of a few yeares more to a man that begins to leaue off sinne, and to bee borne a new man Regenerated vnto God through Christ, ought to be dearer then all the de∣licate cheare of the World, which cannot come to passe, while the Body is heauy, and pressed downe with a load of fat, and grosse Humours. For of all the meate, which a man eates, let him consider how little of it turnes to nourishment or Chyle within the Body, and how much goes to excrements, to superfluous Blood, and to those humours, which one day, and in processe of time will cause some grieuous sicknesse, if not mortall, and hee will

iudge my Counsell for Sobriety to be from God, and sent from Heauen in these latter dayes, to assist him in his Christian Pro∣gresse to Saluation.

At first is all the difficulty and hardest labour, by reason of the contrary custome, and for that the Stomacke is stretched out at large, and as the French man sayth, as Hollow as Saint Benets Boote. But this difficulty is quickly taken away, if euery day by leas••re he with-draw and diminish somewhat of his vsuall Dyet, vntill such time, as hee comes to the stinted measure. And after that the Stomacke is once con∣tracted and made narrower; then there is no more difficulty nor trouble, but that hee may easily continue his Sober Dyes, because that small Quantity doth answere and well agree with Nature, and the ca∣pacity of the Stomacke, onely the danger is, that after the Dyet is accustomed, it must be continued still, for Alteration is somewhat dangerous.

The like examp ewe see in them, who in Lent do at the first finde it grieuous to abstayne from their Breake-fast or Supper, but after a few dayes they make nothing of it; no more then those doe, who are

commaunded by their Physitians to re∣fraine from some kinde of accustomed meate, which giues ill nourishment to some dangerous disease, although it bee very pleasing to their Appetite. In like manner doe not wee often see, that some of our Land souldiers hauing beene long at Sea, and there limitted in time of scar∣city to a set quantity of slender Victualls doe fall into Fluxes and languishing sicke∣nesses, if suddainly at their first Landing, they breake that limited and set measure? And how comes that to passe? But be∣cause the Stomacke hath beene kept for many dayes more straightned, narrower, and more contracted, whereby their sud∣daine falling into a larger Dyet without re∣gard had to that violent oppression of na∣ture, which ought not to bee so altered, but by degrees, is the chiefe cause of their Fluxe••.

Therefore men of experience will take heede at their Landing of this excesse, and reduce their Stomackes by little and little to receiue in such meate, and that in smal quan••ity at the first, as shall not offend them after wards. They will content themselues with Broathes and weake

meates for the first three or foure dayes, or if they feare such Fluxes, as they haue reason for it, they will take the iuice of ground Iuy, or the Broath of Rice, or the Syrup of Poppy, foure or fiue mornings after their Landing; yea, and perhaps they will Physicke themselues with Rheubarbe, aswell to purge themselues of that taint, which they got a Ship-board, as to streng∣then their Stomackes: Or else they will swallow two or three dayes together, (but not without a Preparatiue or Glister, before hand,) those which the Arabiaens call the Blessed Pi's of Aloes, which are compounded of Aloes, Mirrh, and Saffron, the which likewise beeing infused in some Liquor, to be taken in times of Pestience, or Calentures, are found miraculous. Or if they feare the Scuruy, a Disease sprung from Oppilations in the Stomacke, and now a dayes too common, dee seize on them, they will not negle••t in time to take the iuyce of Lemons, Turneps, or else the Sa••t of Scuruy-grasse, or the iuyce it selfe in some pleasing Liquour.

But to returne, where I haue digressed▪ admit, that this Dyet were somewhat grieuous at the first, let them consider.

how they are forced other-whiles to en∣dure a more grieuous Pennance at their Physitians hands, when they must take most loathsome Medicines, whereat Na∣ture trembles to thinke of, as our finest Gentle-women for the Greene-sicknesse are constrayned to take Powder of Steele, &c. whereas the troublesomnesse of our Dyet is recompeneed with wonderfull great commodities and singular fruite. For a Temperate Dyet makes the Body Light, Pure, Healthfull, preserues it from diseases and stinking corruption. It pro∣longeth life vntill extreame old Age. It makes one sleepe quietly, and pleasantly. It makes our meate taste the more sauou∣ring and acceptable. It brings soundnesse to the Sences, quicknesse to the Memory, cleare iudgement to the Wit, it asswageth the rage of vnruly Passions, beates downe and breakes the fury of vnlawfull Lust, and driues away anger and sorrow.

To conclude, it conioynes, cements, and as it were glues and scrues together the Soule and Body with such an harmonicall admired temper, that with a quiet Con∣science, Apostolicall patience, and with a Magnanimous sparkling spirit, partaking

equally of Mirth and Grauity, hee shall soone perceiue himselfe metamorphozed and changed of a sensuall Creature to bee a man of Reason; of a darke besotted ap∣prehension, now suddainly become one of the hopefull Children of God, illumi∣nated with Vnderstanding to ponder, iudge, & discusse of Caelestiall matters, tou∣ching the Mysteries of our Saluation, of Faith, Grace, the Resurrection, Beatitude, and the difference betwixt Humane and Diuine policy, betwixt Saint Michael the Archa••gell, and the Spirituall Dra∣go••; betwixt the Heauenly Ierusalem, and the most reformed Common-Wealth a∣mong mortall men. And lastly, hee shall be able to apprehend, how Sinne and the Prince of the Ayre, are linked in one, to confirme Mens hardned hearts in their owne accursed Courses.