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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Capons, hennes, and chyckens.
The Capon is aboue al other foules praysed, for as moch as it is easily digested, and maketh lyttell ordure, and moch good nouryshement. It is commodiouse to the breste and stomake. Hen∣nes in wynter are almost equall vnto the capon: but they do not make so stronge nouryshement. Auycen sayth, yf they be rosted in the bealy of a kydde or lambe, they wyl be the better. Chikens in sommer, specially yf they be ••o••k••elles, are ve¦ry conuenyent for a weake stomake, and noury∣sheth a lyttell. The flesshe of a rocke is harde of dy••••••••ion, but the broth, wherin it is boyled, lou∣seth the bealy, and hauyng sodden in it colewor∣tes,
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Polypodium, or Cartamus, it pourgeth yll huinours, and is medicmable agaynste goutes, ioynt aches, and feuers, which come by courses.
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