The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued

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The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued
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Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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[Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress.],
1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.
Health -- Early works to 1800.
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"The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69278.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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❧ THE TABLE ▴

IT MVST BE remembred, that the noumber in the Table, dothe sygnifye the leafe, and the letter A, dothe sygnifie the fyrst page or syde, the letter B, the se∣conde page or syde.

A
  • ANexed to thin¦ges naturall. fol. 1. a.
  • Ages. fo. 10. b. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 40. b
  • Ayre. fol. 12 a
  • Appuls. fol. 21. a
  • Almondes. fo. 22. b
  • Anyse sede. fo. 25. b
  • Ale. fol. 36. b
  • Abstinence. fo. 55. b
  • Affectes of the mynde. folio. 64. a
B
  • BLoudde. fol. 8. a
  • Beetes. fo. 24. b
  • Byrdes. 30. a
  • Brayne exceedynge in heate. fol. 3. b
  • Brayn exceedynge in colde. ibidem.
  • Brayne moyst. ibid.
  • Brayne drye. 4. a
  • Brayn hot & moist. ibi.
  • Brayn hot & dry. ibid.
  • Brain cold & moist. 4 b
  • Brayn cold & dry. ibid.
  • Beanes. 25. b
  • Breakefast. 43. a
  • Bloud suckers. 63. a
  • Bourage. 27. a
  • Breadde. 28. b
  • Blacke byrde. 30. b
  • Bustarde. 31. a
  • Byttour. ibid.
  • Brayn of bestis. 32. a
  • Butter. fo. 33. a
  • Biee. fo. 36. b
C
  • COnsyderations of thinges belō∣ging to helth. 1. a
  • Complexion of mā. 2. a
  • Colerike body. 2. b
  • Coler. fo. 8. b
  • Coler naturall. fol. 9. a
  • ...

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  • Coler vnnaturall. ibid.
  • Colour. fo. 11. a
  • Colour of heare. 11. b
  • Custome. 17. b
  • Cucumbers. 19. b
  • Cherics. 21. a
  • Chastnartes. 22. b
  • Capers. 23. a
  • Colewortes and caba∣ges. fol. 23. b
  • Cyhorye. 24. a
  • Cheruyle. 25. a
  • Considerations in ab∣stynence. 55. b
  • Cloues. 28. b
  • Cnyc. 29. b
  • Capons, hennes, and chyckens. 30. a
  • Crane. 31. a
  • Chese. 33. a
  • Cyder. 36. b
  • Confortaryues of the harte. 69. a
  • Cruditit. 75. b
D
  • DAtes. fol. 20. a
  • Dueke. 31. a
  • Dyuersytie of meates. 44. a
  • Dygestiues of choler. folio. 59. b
  • Dygestiues of fleume. folio. 60. a
  • Domynyon of condry complexions. 70. a
  • Diete of sanguine per∣sones. 72. b
  • Dtete of cholerike per sones. ibid.
  • Dyete of fleuinatycks persones. 73. b
  • Dyete of melancolyke persones. 74. a
  • Dyete of them, whiche be redye to falle into syckenes. 78. b
  • Diete in tyme of pesti∣lence. 89. a
  • Drynke betwene mea∣les. 43. b
  • Drink at meales. 46. b
  • Dygested. 55. a
E
  • ELementes, fol. 1. b
  • Endyue. 24. b
  • Egges. 33. a
  • Exercise. 48. a. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 50. a
  • Euacuation. 54. b
  • Exetementes. ibidm.
F
  • FLematih body. 2. b
  • Fleume. 8. a
  • Fleme natural. ib.
  • Fleme vnnaturall. 8. b
  • ...

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  • Fruites. 19. a
  • Fygges. 20. a
  • Fenell. 25. b
  • Fylberdes. 22. a
  • Flesshe. 29. a
  • Fesaunt. 30. b
  • Fete of beastes. 32. b
  • Fylhe. ibidem.
  • Frytasyes or rubbyn∣ges. folio, 49. a
G
  • GEnytours hote. folio 7. a
  • Genytors cold. ibidem.
  • Genitours moist. ibid.
  • Genytours drye. ibidē.
  • Genytours hotte and moyste. 7. b
  • Genytours hotte and drye. ibidē.
  • Genytours colde and moyst. ibidem.
  • Genytoures colde and drye. ibidem.
  • Gourdes. 19. a
  • Grapes. 20. b
  • Garlyke. 26. b
  • Gynger. 28. a
  • Goose. 31. a
  • Gysar of byrdes. 31. b
  • Gestation. 51. b
H
  • HArte hot distem∣pered. 4. b
  • Harte colde dy∣stempered. 5. a
  • Harte moyste dystem∣pered. ibidem
  • Harte drye dystempe∣red. ibidem.
  • Hart hot & moyst. ibid.
  • Hart hote and dry. 5. b
  • Hart cold & moist. ibid.
  • Hart cold and dry. ibi.
  • Humours. 8. a
  • Herbes vsed in potage or to eate. 23. b
  • Hate. 29. b
  • Hearon. 31. a
  • Hart of beastis. 32. a
  • Heed of beastis. ibid.
  • Honye. 37. b
  • Hemorroides or pyles. folio. 63. b
  • Heatnes or sorow. 66. a
I
  • ¶ Icope. 27. a
  • Joye. 69. b
K
  • ¶ kydde. 29. b
L
  • LJuer in heate di∣stempred. 6. a
  • Lyuer colde dy∣stempered. ibidem.
  • ...

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  • Lyuer moyste dystem∣pered. ibidem.
  • Lyuer drye dystempe∣red. ibidem.
  • Letyse. 23. b.
  • Lekes. 27. a
  • Lambe. 29. a
  • Larke. 30. b
  • Lyuers of byrdes and beastes 31. b
  • Lunges of beastes. ibi.
  • Letting of bloud. 61. a
  • Leaches or blouds suc∣kers. 63. a
  • Lassitude. fo. 77. a and 78. a
M
  • MElancolike bo∣dye. fol 3. a
  • Melācoly. 9. a
  • Members instrumen∣tall. fol. 9 b
  • Meate and drink. 12. b
  • Meates makyng good iuyce. ibidem.
  • Meates makynge ylle iuyce. 13. a
  • Meates makyng cho∣ler. fol 13. b
  • Meates making fleme ibidem.
  • Meates ingendrynge melancoly. 14 a
  • Meates makyng thick iuyce. ibid.
  • Meates hurtynge the teethe. 14. b
  • Meates hurtynge the eyen. ibidem.
  • Meates makynge op∣pilations. 15. a
  • Meates wyndy. ibid.
  • Melons. 19. b
  • Medlars. 22. a
  • Malowes. 24. b
  • Mutton. 29. b
  • Moderacyon in Dy∣ete. 42. a
  • Meales. 42 b
  • Maces. 28. b
  • Members of byrdes. folio. 31. b
  • Melt or splene. 32. a
  • Marowe. ibid.
  • Mylke. 35. b
N
  • ¶ Nutmygges. 28. b.
O
  • OFfycyall mem∣bers. 9 b
  • Operatiōs. 10. b
  • Olyues. 22. a
  • ...

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  • Orenges. ibid.
  • Onyons. 26. b
  • Order in eatynge and drynkynge. 45. b
  • Opilations what they are. fol. 41. a
  • Olde men. 41. b
  • Ordure. 55. a
P
  • PRyncypall mem∣bers. fo. 9. b
  • Partes simila∣res. ibid.
  • Powers natural. 10. a
  • Powers spirituall. ibi.
  • Powers animall. ibid.
  • Peaches. 21. a
  • Peares. 22. a
  • Pourselan. 25. a
  • Persely. ibidē.
  • Purgers of coler. 59. b
  • Pourgers of flewme. folio. 60. a
  • Purgers of melanco∣lye. fol. 60. b
  • Preceptes of Diocles folio. 75. b
  • Pomegranates. 21. b
  • Prunes. 22. b
  • Peason. fo. 25. b
  • Parsnepes. 26. a
  • Penyryall. 27. b
  • Pepper. 28. a
  • Partryche. 30. b
  • Plouer. ibidem.
  • Pygeons. 31. a
  • Purgations by siege. 57. b. and. 58. a
  • Precyse dyete. 47. a
Q
  • QVantytie of meate. 16. a
  • Qualytie of meate. fo. 17. a and. 18. b
  • Quynce. 21. b
  • Quayle. 30. b
R
  • RAysons. 20. b
  • Rapes. 26. b
  • Radysshe. 26. a
  • Rokat. 27. b
  • Rosemary. ibid.
  • Repletion. 53. b
S
  • SAnguine body. 2. a
  • Stomak hot. 6. b
  • Stomake cold. ib.
  • Stomak moyst. ibidē.
  • Stomake drye. 7. a
  • Spirite naturall. 10. b
  • ...

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  • Spirite ttali. ibidem.
  • Spirite animall. ibidē.
  • Sorell. 25. a
  • Sauge. 27. a
  • Stomake in the which mete is corrupted. 88. a
  • Slepe & watche. 47. a
  • Sauerye. 26 b
  • Saffron. 28. b
  • Swynes fleshe. 29. a
  • Sparowes. 30. b
  • Shoueler. 30. a
  • Supper. 43. a
  • Sugar. 38. b
  • Scarifieng. 62. b
  • Sycknesses appropry∣ed to sondrye seasons and ages. 79 a
  • Significations of sic∣kenesses. 80. b
T
  • THynges Natu∣rall. fo. 1. a
  • Thinges not na¦turall. ibidem.
  • Thinges agaynste na∣ture. ibidē.
  • Thinges good for the heed. 15. b
  • Thynges good for the harte. ibidem.
  • Thynges good for the iyuer. ibidem.
  • Thynges good for the lunges. ibid.
  • Thynges good for the tyes. 16. a
  • Thynges good for the stomake. ibid.
  • Temperature of mea∣tes. 17. b
  • Turnippes. 26. a
  • Tyme. 27. b
  • Townesresses. ibid.
  • Trypes. 31. b
  • Tung of beastis. 32. a
  • Tyme. 39. a. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 40. a
  • Tymes appropryed to uery humour. 71. a
V
  • VVildes. 12. a
  • walnuttes. 22. a
  • Veale. 29. b
  • Venyson. ibid.
  • woodcockes. 31. a
  • Vdder. 32. a
  • water. 33. b
  • wyne. fo 34. b
  • wuaye. 36. b
  • Vociferation. 52. b
  • Vomyte. 56. b
  • Vrines. 84. a
  • Vertu of meates. 88. a
❧ Thus endeth the Table. ❧
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