The York-shire spaw, or, A treatise of foure famous medicinal wells viz. the spaw, or vitrioline-well, the stinking, or sulphur-well, the dropping, or petrifying-well, and S. Mugnus-well, near Knare borow in York-shire : together with the causes, vertues and use thereof : for farther information read the contents / composed by J. French, Dr. of Physick.
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- The York-shire spaw, or, A treatise of foure famous medicinal wells viz. the spaw, or vitrioline-well, the stinking, or sulphur-well, the dropping, or petrifying-well, and S. Mugnus-well, near Knare borow in York-shire : together with the causes, vertues and use thereof : for farther information read the contents / composed by J. French, Dr. of Physick.
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- French, John, 1616-1657.
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- London :: Printed for Nath. Brook ..,
- 1654.
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- Mineral waters -- England -- Yorkshire.
- Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.
- Health resorts -- England -- Yorkshire.
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"The York-shire spaw, or, A treatise of foure famous medicinal wells viz. the spaw, or vitrioline-well, the stinking, or sulphur-well, the dropping, or petrifying-well, and S. Mugnus-well, near Knare borow in York-shire : together with the causes, vertues and use thereof : for farther information read the contents / composed by J. French, Dr. of Physick." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a40451.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2025.
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Celeberrimo viro, THEO∣DORO de MAYERNE, Equiti Aurato, triumque Monar∣charum Archiatro 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
CUi nisi Medicorum Monarchae, Monarcharumque medico dicare liceat opellam hanc de eo elemento elucubratam, guod Germanum Jovis, ac Nepotem Saturni ingeniosa finxit antiquitas, cunabula rerum depictu∣ra? Hanc dextrâ omnibus porrectam si tua passim celebrata claritas serenio∣re fronte decorari dignetur, nubilo∣sa
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Momorum supercilia non est quod vereor. Tenera quidem proles est, sed si coruscantes Phoebei tui laminis radios irretortè contueri polleat, non dubitan∣dum est, quin genuina agnoscetur, nec ut adulterina a Medicinae Mystis abdi∣cabitur, nec a me illius susceptore abne∣gabitur, repudiabiturve. Et quid tibi Philosophorum Cynosurae justius deferri poterit, cum Universi penè Philosopho∣rum, sive flores, sive faeces, hoc argu∣mentum meum extitisse primam mate∣riam, ex qua exoriuntur Universa, nec contradicente plebeculâ, & imbi∣berunt, & tradiderunt? Quid enim creatum complectitur natur a rerum non ex aqua humectante, & coalescente
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adultum, & animatum? Ignem quid humoris expers pabulatur? Aërem ve∣rò nuncupari attenuatam aquam quili∣bet cerdo se explorâsse gloriatur. Ter∣ram quoque exuccam in pulverem re∣digi, & fatiscere omnis tressis agas•• deblasterat. Quid spirat, vernat, crescit, consistit sine suo fluore? Ani∣malia, plantas, lapides, metalla testor. Sed haec prolixius tuae eruditioni multi∣fariae philosophari, perinde est ac no∣ctuas ad Athenas deferre, & Cramben bis coctam apponere, vel capulam unde in Oceanum (〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 velut viror ab ef∣fectu dictum) instillare satagere, qui∣bus minutiis supersedere consultius au∣tumo.
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Digneris itaque in hisce nostris scatu∣riginibus, dulcibus, salsis, & mediocribus, in Oceanum, veluti tuae censurae influen∣tibus, Candoris tui tridentem intingere, ut, tejubente, effluant puriores, hy∣dropotisque gratissimae. Hoc mihi vo∣tum si dederis concessum, ad majora ibo alacrior, quae tuae tutelae (si cui) com∣mendare gestiam, & interim ipse audire
Tuae Amplitudini devotissimus JOH. FRENCH.
Londini Maii 21o. 1652o.