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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❧ Of breade. Cap. 11.

Breade of fyne floure of wheate, hauynge no ••••uyn, is slewe of digestion, and maketh 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈…〉〈…〉nours, but it nouryssheth moche: yf it be l••••yned, it dygesteth sooner: breade 〈…〉〈…〉ynge moche branne, fylleth the bealye with excrementes, and nouryssheth lyttell or nothyng, but shortely descendeth from the stomacke: The

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meane betwene bothe, suffyciently leuyned, well moulded, and moderately baken, is the most hol some to euery age. The greatest loues do norishe moste faste, for as moch as the fyre hath not ex∣hausted the moysture of theym. Hotte breadde, moche eaten, maketh fulnesse and thyrste, and slowely passeth. Barley bread clenseth the body, and doth not nouryshe so moche as wheate, and maketh colde iuyce in the body.

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