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
Author
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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Of the genitories or sto∣nes of generation.
The genytories hote distempred
Great appetite to the acte of generation.
Ingendrynge men chyldren.
Heare soone growen aboute the membres.
The genytories colde distempred
Small appetite to the acte of generation.
Ingendryng women chyldrē.
Slowe growthe of heare a∣bout the membres.
The genitories moist distempred
Sede abundant but thynne and watrye.
The genitoryes drye distempred
Sede lyttel but metely thick in substance.
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Genytories hot and moyste
Lasse appetite to lecherie than in them, whiche be hote and drye.
More puissaunce to do it, and without lasse damage.
Hurt by absteynyng frō it.
Lesse herines thā in hot & dry.
The genytories hote and drye
The sede thycke.
Moche fruitefulnesse of Ge∣neration.
Great appetite and redynesse to the acte.
Heare about the membres soone growen.
Swyftenesse in spedynge o•• the acte.
Soone therwith satisfyed.
Damage by vsyng therof.
The genytories colde and moyst
The sede watry and thynne.
Lyttell desyre to the acte, but more puissance than in them whiche be colde and drye.
Lyttell heares or none about the membres.
The genytories colde and drye
Heares none or fewe.
Litle apetit or none to lecher••
Lyttell puissance to do it.
Ingendrynge more females than men chyldern.
That litle sede that is, is thik¦ker than in colde and moyst.
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