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WHan thou hast taken thy refeccyon and hast iuste to slepe / lye downe on a softe bedde and slepe temperatly. Aud fyrst lye downe on the lyfte syde / and slepe theron a reasonable space / for the lyfte syde is colde and hath nede to be warmeth. And yf thou fele ony payn in thy bely or in thy stomake / thā
lay therto a souerayne medytyne / that is a warme lynnen cloth layde theron. Wyte yu dere sone that tra∣uayle is good / and gyueth heate to the stomake. But after dyner it is a noughty thynge / for the meat aby∣deth vndygested in the botome of the stomake / and therof be bredde many dyseases. And slepe before fe∣dynge is not good / for it maketh the body leaue and dryeth the humoures. But slepynge after fedynge is good / for it fulfylleth y• body & gyueth force / & ••no•••• yf shyng therto. For whā y• body of mā resteth / thā y• na¦tural heat draweth y• heat yt was spredde in all y• mē¦bres in to y• botō of y• stomake / & gyueth strēgth ther∣to vpō y• refeccyō of y• meat. And heat requyreth rest. Therfore some phylosophres haue sayd y• it is better & holsomer to eat at nyght than in the mornyng / for the eatyng in y• mornynge bycause of y• heat of y• day greueth y• stomake / & y• body is more trauayled ther∣wt. And moreouer y• {per}sone chauffeth ī trauaylyng do∣ynge his besynesse / in goyng & spekȳg / & many other thȳges y• belōgeth to y• body of mā / by y• which heat y• is outwarde towarde none / ye naturall heat y• is in warde is weyked & appeyred / & y• meate is harde to dygest. But at nyght it is more easy & lesse greued wt y• heat of traueyle. And y• hert & mēbres of mā bē more in quyet by y• coldnesse of ye nyght / that gyueth natu¦rall heat to the stomake.