A. ¶Of the nature of waters.
THou ought to knowe y• clere rēnynge waters that ben nyghe to cytees in pure grounde as small brokes be the best and lyghtest. water that co∣meth
[Thus endeth the secrete of secretes of Arystotle]
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- [[London] :: Imprynted by Robert Copland at Londo[n] in the flete-strete at the sygne of the Rose garla[n]de,
- The yere of our lorde. M.CCCCC.xxviij. the. vij. day of August the. xx yere of the reygne if our moost dradde souerayne and naturall kynge Henry the. viij. defender of the fayth. [1528]]
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"[Thus endeth the secrete of secretes of Arystotle]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21368.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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out of stony erthe where as is moche fumosy∣tees is heuy / cōtagyous / & noysom. water of puddles or fenne full of frogges / addres / and other venymous wormes be vnholsom. The sygnes of good water is to be clere / lyght / & of good colour / yt lyghtly dooth se the and lyghtly coole. In suche waters nature dely¦teth salt. water of ye see is fumysshe and laxeth y• wō∣be / & water of ye see is hote and heuy bycause it moe∣ueth not / & the sonne is dayly ouer it / and it bredeth coler / and creaseth the mylt and the sunges. The drȳ¦kynge of waters with a colde stomake fastynge afo∣re dyner greueth the body / and quencheth the heate of the stomake. But drynkynge of water after dyner warmeth the stomake and bredeth flewme. And mo¦che of it corrupteth the meate in the stomake. Thou oughtest to drynke colde water in somer and warme water in wynter / and not cōtrary wyse. For warme water in somer molly fyeth and weyketh the stoma∣ke / and wasteth the appetyte. And in wynter colde water quēcheth the heate / and destroyeth the instru¦mentes of the brest / it noyeth the lyghtes and lūges and bredeth many greues.