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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Title: 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
Author: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Publication: [Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress.],; 1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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Subject terms: Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.; Health -- Early works to 1800.
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❧ Orenges

¶ The ryndes taken in a lyttell quantitie, doo comforte the stomake, where it digesteth, speci∣ally condite with sugar, and taken fastynge in a small quantitie. The iuyce of orenges, hauynge a toste of bredde put vnto it, with a lyttell pow∣der of myntes, sugar, and a lyttell cynamome, maketh a very good sauce to prouoke appetite. The iuyce eaten with sugar in a hotte feuer, is not to be discommended. The rynde is hotte in the fyrst degree, and drye in the second: the iuyce of them is colde in the seconde degree, and drye in the fyrste.