The haven of health Chiefly gathered for the comfort of students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6. Labour, cibus, potio, somnus, Venus. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence, with a short censure of the late sicknes at Oxford. By Thomas Coghan Master of Arts, and Batcheler of Physicke.
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The haven of health Chiefly gathered for the comfort of students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6. Labour, cibus, potio, somnus, Venus. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence, with a short censure of the late sicknes at Oxford. By Thomas Coghan Master of Arts, and Batcheler of Physicke.
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Cogan, Thomas, 1545?-1607.
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London :: Printed by Anne Griffin, for Roger Ball, and are to be sold at his, [sic] shop without Temple-barre, at the Golden Anchor next the Nags-head Taverne,
1636.
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Health -- Early works to 1800.
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"The haven of health Chiefly gathered for the comfort of students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health, amplified upon five words of Hippocrates, written Epid. 6. Labour, cibus, potio, somnus, Venus. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence, with a short censure of the late sicknes at Oxford. By Thomas Coghan Master of Arts, and Batcheler of Physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19070.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2025.
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CHAP. 159. Of Partrich.
* 1.1PArtrich of all foules is most soonest digested, and hath in him much nourishment. It driveth a∣way the dropsie, it comforteth the stomacke, it ma∣keth seed of generation, and encreaseth carnall lust, and it is said that customable eating of this flesh com∣forteth the memory. Wherefore it were a convenient meat for students, & such as be weak, and I would that every good student twise in a weake instead of his commons might have a Partrich to his supper.* 1.2 Nei∣ther
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doe I marvell considering the goodnesse of the flesh, that Gentlemen be at such cost to keep hawkes,* 1.3 and take such toyle to kill Partriches and Fesants. For beside the pleasant pastime in hawking, the flesh of these birds is very precious, and every morsell worth gold.