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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❧ What distemperance hapneth by the excesse of sondry qualities in meates and drynkes. Cap. 5.

Meates.
  • Colde, do congele and mortifye.
  • Moyste, do putrifie and hasten age.
  • Drye, sucketh vp naturall moysture.
  • Clāmy, stoppeth the issue of vapors and vrine, and ingendreth toughe fleume and grauell.
  • Fatte and oyly, swymmeth longe in the stomake, and bryngeth in loth∣somnesse.
  • Bytter, doth not nouryshe.
  • Salte, do frette moche the stomake.
  • ...

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  • ...
    • Harrys she, lyke the taste of wylde fruytes, do constipae, and restrayn. Swete, chauffeth the bloudde, and causeth opilations or stoppynges of the pores and cundytes of the body. Sower cooleth nature, and haste∣neth age.
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