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 grapes and raysons.
GRapes do not nouryshe so moche as fyg∣ges, but beinge type, they make not moch * 1.1 yll iuyce in the body: all be it newely ga∣thered, they trouble the bely, & fylleth the stomake with wynd, therfore yf they be hanged vp a whyle, er they be eaten, they are the lasse noyfull. Sweete grapes, are hottest, and doo lowse somewhat, and make a manne thyrstye, Sowre grapes are colde, and do also lowse, but * 1.2 they are harde of digestyon, and yet they do not nouryshe. They which are in taste bytter or har∣ryshe, be lyke to theym that are sowre. Raysons do make the stomake firme and stronge, and do prouoke appetite, and do cōfort weake bodies, being eatē afore meales, they be hote in the first