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

Meate and dryn〈…〉〈…〉e.

〈…〉〈…〉 and drynke we must consyder syxt thynges,

• Substaunce.
• Quantitie.
• Qualitie.
• Custome.
• Tyme.
• Order.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 Substaunce, some is good, whiche maketh good 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and good bloud, some is ylle, and ••••gendi••th ylle iuyce and ylle bloudde.

Meates and drynkes makyng good 〈…〉〈…〉ce.

• ¶ Bread of pure floure, of good whete somewhat leuened, welle baked, not to olde nor to stale.
• Egges of fesauntes, hennes, or patry∣ches newe layd, poched, meane betwene rere and harde.
• Mylke newe mylked, dronke fastynge,
• Wherin is sugar, or the leues of mintes.
• Fesauntes.
• Pairiches or chykens.
• Capons or hennes.
• Byrdes of the feldes.
• Fyshe of stony ryuers.
• Veale suckynge.
• Porke yonge.
• Biefe not passynge .iii. yeres.
• Pygeons.
• Venyson of redde dere.
• Pease potage with myntes.
• ...

• Fate of swyne or calues.
• Fygges rype,
  • before meales.
• Raysons,
• Borage.
• Languedebiefe.
• Persely.
• Myntes.
• Ryce with almonde myshe.
• Letyse.
• Cykorye.
• Grapes rype.
• Wynes good moderatly takē, wel fined.
• Ale and biere syxe dayes olde, cleane brewed, and not stronge.
• Myrthe and gladnesse.
• The lyuer and braynes of hennes and chykens, and yonge geese.

Meates and drynkes makynge ylle iuyce.

• Olde biefe.
• Olde mutton.
• Geese olde.
• Swanne olde.
• Duekes of the kanell.
• Inwarde of beastes.
• Blacke puddynges.
• The hart lyuer & kydneys of all bestes.
• The braynes & mary of the backbone.
• Wodde cul••ers.
• Shell fyshe, excepte creuyse deaudoulce
• Chese harde.
• Apples and peares moche vsed.
• Fygges and grapes not rype.
• All rawe herbes, excepte letyse, borage,

• and cykorie.
• Onyons,
• Garlyke,
  • immoderatelye vsed, spe∣cyally in Cholericke sto∣mackes.
• Leekes.
• Wyne in muste or sowre.
• Feare, sorowe, and pensyfenesst.

Meates ingendrynge choler.

• Garlyke.
• Onyons.
• Rokat,
• Kersis,
• Lekes,
• Mustarde,
• Pepper,
• Houye,
• Wyne moche Dronken.
• Swete meates.

Meates ingendrynge fleume.

• All slymy and deauynge meates.
• Chese newe.
• All fysh, specially in a flematike stoma〈…〉〈…〉
• Inwardes of beastes.
• Lambes fleshe.
• The synewe partes of fleshe.
• Skynnes.
• Braynes.
• Lunges.
• Rapes.
• Cucumbers.
• Replecion,
• Lacke of exercis〈…〉〈…〉

Meates ingendrynge melancholy.

• Biefe,
• Gotes fleshe,
• Hares fleshe,
• Bores fleshe,
• Salte fleshe,
• Salte fysshe,
• Cole wortes,
• All pulse excepte white peason.
• Browne breadde course.
• Thycke wyne,
• Blacke wyne,
• Olde chese,
• Olde fleshe.
• Greate fyshes of the see.

Meates makynge thicke iuyce.

• Rye breadde,
• Muste.
• Breade without leuen.
• Cake breadde.
• See fyshe greate.
• Shelle fyshe.
• Biefe.
• The kydneys,
• The lyuer of a swyne,
• The stones of beastes.
• Mylke moche soden.
• Rapes.
• All rounde rootes,
• Cukumbers.
• Swete wyne.
• Deepe redde wyne.
• Garlyke,
• ...

• Mustarde.
• Origanum.
• Hysope.
• Basylle.
• Fenell.
• Chese.
• Egges fryed or harde.
• Cheste•• nuttes.
• Nau••wes.
• Fygges grene.
• Appulles not rype.
• Pepper.
• Rokat, moche vsed.
• Leekes. moche vsed.
• Oynyons moche vsed.

Meates whiche do hurte the teeth.

• ¶ Very hotte meates.
• Nuttes.
• Swete meates and dryntkes.
• Rodysshe rootes.
• Harde meates.
• Mylke.
• Bytter meates.
• Moche vomyte.
• Leekes.
• Fyshe fatte.
• Lymons.
• Colewortes.

Meates Whiche do hurte the eyes.

• ¶ 〈…〉〈…〉.
• ...

• Lechery.
• Muste.
• All poulse.
• Swete wynes and thycke wynes.
• Hempe sede.
• Very salte meates.
• Garlyke.
• Oynyons.
• Colewortes.
• Radyshe.
• Readynge after supper immediately.

Makynge great oppilations.

• ¶ Thycke mylke.
• All swete thynges.
• Rye breadde.
• Sweete wynes.

Meates inflatynge or Wyndy.

• ¶ Beanes.
• Lupynes.
• Cicer.
• Mille.
• Cucumbers.
• All iuyce of h〈…〉〈…〉
• Fygges drye.
• Rapes.
• Nauews rawe.
• Mylke.
• Honye not well clarified.
• Swete wyne.
• Muste.

Thynges good for the heed

• ¶ Cububes.
• Galyngale.
• Lignum alnes.
• Maioram.
• Baulme myntes.
• Gladen.
• Nutmygges.
• M〈…〉〈…〉e.
• Rosemarye.
• Roses.
• Pionye.
• Hissope.
• Spyke.
• Camomyll,
• Mellylote.
• ••ewe.
• 〈…〉〈…〉a••kyn〈…〉〈…〉se.

Thynges good for the harte

• ¶ Cyramome.
• Saffron.
• Corall.
• Cl••ues.
• Lignum aloes.
• Perles.
• Macis.
• Baulme myntes.
• Myrabolanes.
• Muske,
• Nutmigges.
• Rosemarye.
• The bone of the harte of a redde dere.
• Maioram.
• Buglosse.
• Borage.
• Setuall.

Thynges good for the liuer

• ¶ worme wode.
• With wynde.
• Agrymonye.
• Saffron.
• Clones.
• Endyue.
• Lyuer worte.
• Cyhorie.
• Plantayne.
• Dragons.
• Raysons greate.
• Saunders.
• Fen••lle.
• Violetres.
• Rose water.
• Letyse.

Thynges good for the lunges

• ¶ Elycampane.
• Hysope.
• Scabiose.
• Lyko〈…〉〈…〉.
• Raysons.
• Maydenheare.
• ...

• Penidies.
• Almondes.
• Dates.
• Pistacis.

Thynges good for the eies

• Eyebryght.
• Fenyll.
• Veruyn.
• Roses.
• Celandyne.
• Agrymonye.
• Cloues.
• Colde water.

Thynges good for the stomake

• ¶ Myrabolanes
• Nutmygges.
• Organum.
• Pystaces.
• Ouynces.
• Olybanum.
• Wormewode.
• Saffron.
• Corall.
• Agrymonye.
• Funitorye.
• Galyngale.
• Cloues.
• Lignum aloes.
• Mastix.
• Mynt.
• Spodium.
• The innermooste skyn of a hennes gysar.
• Coriander prepared.