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

O•• powers

• Animall.
• Spiri••uall,
• Naturall.

Naturall power

• whiche do minister.
• To whome is ministred.

Which dothe mynyster.

• Appetiteth,
• Retayneth,
• Digesteth.
• Expelleth.

To whome is mynystred,

• Ingendreth,
• Nourysheth,
• Fedeth,

Power spiritual

• Warkyng, whiche delateth the harte and art〈…〉〈…〉es, and ••ftesones strayneth them.
• Wrought, which is sty••red by an exterior cause to wark wherof commeth anger, in∣dygnation, subtilitie, and care.

Power animall.

• That whiche ordeyneth, di∣scerneth, and composet••.
• That moueth by voluntarye motion.
• That whiche is called sen∣syble, wherof do procede the fyue wyttes.

Of that which or∣deineth do {pro}cede

• Imagination in the forhed.
• Reason in the brayne.
• Remembrance in the nodel.

Operations.

• Apetite by heate and drythe.
• Digestiō by hete & moisture.
• Retayning by cold & drythe.
• Expulsiō by colde & moysre.

¶ Spirite is an ayry substance subtyll, styryng the powers of the body to perfourme their ope∣ra••ions, whiche is dyuyded into

• Naturalle, whiche taketh his begyn∣nynge of the lyuer, and by the vaynes whiche haue no pulse, spredeth into all the hole body.
• ••••••all which procedeth from the hart, and by the arteries or pulses is sent in∣to all the body.
• Animalle, whiche is ingendred in the brayne, and is sente by the senewes throughout the body, & maketh sence or feelyng••.

Annexed to thynges naturall.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 be. ••ii••.

• Adolescencye to .xxv. yeres, hotte and moyste, in the whiche tyme the body groweth.
• Juuentute vnto .xl. yeres, hot and drye, wherin the bodye is in per∣fyte growth.
• Senectute, vnto .lx. yeres colde & drye, wherin the body begynneth to decreace,
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  • Age decrepite, vntyll the laste tyme of lyfe, accidently moyste, but na∣turally colde and drye, wherin the pdwers and strength of the body be more and more mynished.