to Clergy men, to Iudges, Schollers, or to such as are wholly addicted to their Bookes, to Maydes, and such sedentary or idle people, who vse not bodily exercise. Loao••i •• Cornarie, Father Lessius and ma∣ny others by late experience found this quantity to be sufficient.
Fourthly, as for the Quality of the meats, there is no great heed to be taken so that they exceede not in the quantity, if the meate distaste not the Appetite, and that the due measure be obserued. Among al the sorts of meates which we eate, those are commended, which are of least putrifacti∣on. For wee see, that Fish and Flesh will taint sooner then Pulse or Corne. And there∣fore Rice, Bread, or such as are made of them will agree best with Nature, for by experience it is sound, that the chiefe cause of the small Pockes, &c. comes of the eating of flesh too soone.
They which haue practised this Dyet, do highly commend Panades, or Gruell, which the Italians call Panat••llam, or Pul∣ticulam, which is compounded of Bread and Water, or Brewis, or the like diuersi∣fied with Butter, Oyle, Egges, Wine, Cur∣rents, Cynamon, Sugar, Hony, Pepper,