¶Howe a man shall behaue himselfe that is thus diseased.
OF thys wyse must he guide himselfe that is diseased of thys sycknesse:* 1.1 he must beware of chese / milke / porke and freshe befe / of all fruyt new or olde. Let him eat potages made wyth Bethes / Spinage / Oetmeel / Bar¦ly / and alwaye put a fewe Almondes beaten thereto: on flesh dayes a quar∣ter of an Henne / or Chikens sodden in water / with Percely / and foure lea∣ues of Lettis. He must beware also for moyst meates and surffettinge. On fishe dayes let him eate Crabbes or Perches / somtime an egge potched in water. Let him drinke no wine / without it be at meale tymes / and that so∣berly / and mixte with ye aforesayd Barly water / or clene water / if the made water were agaynst his stomake: but out of meal tyme let him drinke none other water nor wine / then the aforesayd.
When a man knoweth that he shall haue the ague / if it is at after none / then maye he eate somwhat in the morninge about sixe of the clocke / and ta¦ry so / tyll the heat hath forsaken him. If it shall come before breakfast / then let him not eat / tyll the heat be past.
Some agues there be / in the which it were good to let bloude after the third daye / accordinge to the pacientes strength / and the season.
This is now spokē of the commune agues / and of the Tertiane or third dayes feuer / though there be many kindes of it.
If a man hath vsed suche water / as is spoken of before / then let him be∣ware of excesse of meate / and take fastinge the herbe / or the herbe made to pouder / called Centaurea / in English Centory / the bignesse of a walnutt or chest nut / tempered wyth wine / and he maye drinke a litle wyne vpon it / to