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 7, 2024.

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Crane and bustarde.

Crane is harde of digestyon, and maketh yll iuyce, but beyng hanged vp longe in the ayre, he is the lasse vnholsome. Bustarde beinge fat, and kepte without meate a day or two afore that he be kylled, to expulse his ordure, and than dra∣wen, and hanged as the crane is, beynge roosted or baken, is a good meate, and nourysheth well, yf he be well dygested.

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