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C. ¶An epystle of grete value.
MOost dere sone Alexāder sythe it is so that the body of man is corruptyble by dyuer∣syte of cōplexyon / & of contrary humours that ben in it / wherby oftē there cometh corrupcyō to it / I thought to delyuer the some thyng y• shall be necessary & prouffytable to the. In the whiche I wyll treate of the secretes of physy¦ke whiche shall please the. For certayne dyseases co∣me to a kynge whiche be not honest to shewe to phy∣sycyens. And yf thou wylt obserue this lesson / thou shalt haue no nede of physycyens / except in causes y• may come in batayle / the whiche may be exchewed. Alexander fayre sone / whan thou rysest frome thy sle¦pe / walke and stretche thy membres egally and com¦be thy heed / for stretchyng of the lymmes gyueth for∣ce / and combynge reyseth the vapoures that ben co∣me in slepynge and putteth them frome the stomake In somer wasshe thy heed in colde water / whiche shall yelde the naturall heate / and shall because of ap¦petyte to meate. Than clothe the with goodly and ry¦che apparell. For the hert of man delyteth in the be∣holdyng of precyous meates & clothȳg. Than rubbe thy tethe with some cours lynnyn / or other thynge that is note and drye of cōplexcyon / and swete of smell for it is holsom for the tethe / and kepeth them clene / clenseth the stenche of the mouth / and clereth the voy¦ce / and gyueth appetyte to eare. And rubbe thy heed often in the same wyse for it openeth the claustres of the brayne / and thycketh the necke and other mem∣bres / and clenseth the face and the syght / and prolon∣geth stowpynge of aege / and amendeth the blode.