Avenae.
* 1.1 Oates termed by Galen the Asses and Horses proven∣der, are of the like nature with Barly, but more astrin∣gent, especially being old and thorough dry. Had Ga∣len
Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London.
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- Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London.
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- Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604.
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- London, :: Printed by Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, at the sign of the white Horse in Pauls Churchyard,
- 1655.
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- Diet -- Early works to 1800.
- Food -- Early works to 1800.
- Nutrition -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89219.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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seen the Oaten cakes of the North; the Janocks of Lancashire, and the Grues of Cheshire, he would have confessed that Oates and Oatmeal are not onely meat for beasts▪ but also for tall, fair and strong men and wo∣men of all callings and complexions: but we pardon the Grecians delicacy, or else ascribe it to the badness of their soile, which could bring forth▪ no Oates fit for nou∣rishment. Chuse the largest, heaviest, sweetest, fullest and blackest to make your Oatmeal groats of, for they are least windy and most nourishing.
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* 1.1
1 de alim. fac. cap. 14.