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Preseruatiues and helpes for the Memorie: with meanes and wayes to remoue and take away all inconueniences, har∣mes and hindraunces thereof. The iiij. Chapter.
FOrasmuch as both ye distemperature that is Cold & Moyst, and that also which is Colde and Dry, growing into excesse and drawinge into extremitie, oppresseth and deadly woundeth the Memory: I haue thought good into this worke to inserte and enterlace some such notes as maye serue to the furtheraunce thereof and preseruatiō of it from all such myssehappes, harmes and discōmodities as in any wyse threaten thereunto annoyaunce. And howe the same is to be done and brought to passe, I purpose compendiouslye by the way to declare: sythens not to Studentes only, but to al sorts of men in general, it shal be a thing right expedient and profitable. For al the actions and dealinges either publike or priuate, which a man taketh in hand, and enterpryseth: all his affayres, cogitations, deuyses, meditations, cares, purposes and studyes, & all labour and in∣dustry ye is taken for doing and speaking, wherin is any exercise at all of ye minde,* 1.1 cānot be brought aboute and accomplished withoute the helpe of