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¶ Here followeth the Flubothomy, wyth the names of the vaynes, and where they rest, & how they ought to be letten blood.

HEre I do you to wit, that the vayne in the middest of the foreheade would be letten blood for the ach, & payne of the heade, and for Feuers (Lytargy) and for the me∣grime in the head.

About the two eares behinde is two vaynes the which be let blood to geue cleare vnderstanding, and vertue of light hering, & for thick breath, and for doubt of Meselrye or Leprye. In the temple bene two vaynes, caled the Ar∣tiers for that they beat, which ben let∣ten blood, for to diminish and take a∣way the greate replection and aboun∣daunce of blood that is in the brayne, that might noy the head and the eyen,

and it is good agaynst the gowte, the megrime, and dyuers other accidents that may come to the head.

Vnder the tonge bene ii. vaynes, that ben letten blood for a sicknes caled the Sequamy, and against the swelling & apostumes of the throate, and agaynst the Equinancye, by the which a man might dye sodaynly for default of such bleeding.

In the neck ben ii. vaynes caled origi∣nals, for that they haue the course and abundaunce of all the blood that go∣uerneth the body of man, and princi∣pally the head, but they ought not to be letten blood wythout the counsayle of the Phisition, and thys bleeding auai∣leth much to the sycknesse of Leprye, when it cōmeth principally of y^e blood. The vayne of the hearte, taken in the arme profyteth to take away humors, or euill blood that might hurte the chā∣ber of the heart, or the aperteinance, &

is good for them that spitteth blood, & that ben shorte winded, by the which a man may dye sodaynely for defaulte of such bleeding.

The vayne of the liuer taken in the arme swageth the greate heate of the body of man, and holdeth the body in health, and this bleeding is profytable, also agaynst the yelow axes, and Apo∣stume of the liuer, and agaynst the pal∣sy, whereof a man may dye for default of such bleeding.

Betweene the maister finger and the leth finger to let blood, holpen the dol∣lors that commeth in the stomack, and sydes, as botches, and apostumes, and diuers other accedents that may come to these places, by great abundance of blood and humoures.

In the sydes betweene the wombe and the braunch, bene two vaynes of the which that of the right syde is let∣ten blood for the dropsy, and that of the

lefte side for euery sicknes that cōmeth about the milte, and they should bleede after the persons be fat or leane, take good heede at foure fyngers nighe the insicion, and they ought not to make such bleeding, wythout the counsaile of the Phisition.

In euery foote bene three vaynes, of the which three, one is vnder the ancle of the foote named sophan, the whiche is letten blood for to swage & put oute dyuers humours, as botches and apo∣stumes that cōmeth about the groines and it profiteth much to women for to cause their menstruosity to descend, & delaye the Emerodes that commeth in the secret places and other lyke.

Betweene the wrestes of the foote, and the great toe is a vayne the which is letten blood for dyuers sickenesses, & inconueniences, as the pestilence that taketh a person sodaynely, by the great superabundance of humoures, & thys

bleding must be made wythin a natu∣rall daye, that is to say, wythin xxiiii. howers after that the sycknesse is ta∣ken of the pacient, and before that the Feuer come on him, and this bleeding oughte to be done after the corpolence of the pacient.

In the angles of the eyen, bene two vaynes, the which bene letten blood, for the rednes of the eyen, or watry or that runneth continually, and for dy∣uers other sicknesses that may happen and come by ouer greate abundaunce of humoures and blood.

In the vayne of the ende of the nose, is made a bleeding, the which is good for a red pympled face, as bene redde drops, pustuls, small scabs, and other infections of the heart, that may come therein by to great replection, and a∣bundaunce of bloud and humoures, & it auayleth much agaynst pympeled noses, and other like sicknesses.

In the mouth in the gummes ben iiii. vaynes, that is to say, two aboue and two beneth, the which ben leten blood for chaufing and canker in the mouth and for toothack.

Betweene the lip and the chin is a vayne that is letten blood to geue a mendement vnto them that haue an e∣uill breath.

In ech arme bene iiii. vaynes, of the which the vayne of the head is the hy∣est, the second next is from the hearte, the thyrd is of the liuer, and the fourth is from the mylte, otherwise called the low liuer vayne.

The vayne of the head taken in the arme, ought to bleed for to take awaye the greate replection and aboundance of blood that may annoy the head, the eyen and the brayne, and auayleth greatly for chaungeable heates, and swelling faces and red, and for diuers other sycknesses that maye fall and

come by great abundaunce of blood.

The vayne of the mylte, otherwyse called the lowe vayne, should bleed a∣gaynst feuer tercians and quartaynes, and in it ought to be made a wide and a lesse deepe wound then in any other vayne, for feare of winde, that it maye gather, and for a more incenuenience, for feare of a smowe that is vnder it, that is called the Lesard.

In eche hande bene three vaynes, whereof that aboue the thombe ought to bleede, to take away the great hete of the visage, and for much thick blood and humors that ben in the head, and thys vayne delayeth more then that of the arme.

Betweene the little fynger, and the leche fynger, is letting of blood that greatly auayleth agaynst all feuer ter∣tians, and quartaynes, and agaynste flumes and diuers other lettinges that commeth to the paps and the milte.

In the thigh is a vayne, of the whych bleeding auayleth agaynst doloure of the genitoures, and for to put out of mans dody humoures that bene in the graynes.

The vayne that is vnder the ancle of the foote without is named Sciot, of the which bleeding is much worth agaynst the paynes of the flancks, and for to make auoyde and issue diuers humoures which would gather in the sayde place, and it auayleth greatly to women to restrayn their menstruosity when they haue to great abundance.

¶ Thus endeth the Flubothomye.

BE it to vnderstande, that there be in the yeare fower Quarters, the which be named thus, Vere, Hyems, Estas, and Autumnus. These ben the fower seasons in the yeare, as Pryme tyme is the spring of the yeare, as Februarye, March, and Aprill. In

these three months euery greene thing growing, begynneth to budde and floorishe.

Then commeth sommer, as Maye, Iune, and Iuly, and these three mo∣nethes euery herbe, grayne, and tree, is in his kinde, & in hys most strength, and beauty, and then the sunne is at the highest.

Then commeth Autumne, as Au∣gust, September and Detober, that al these fruites waxen rype, and bene ga∣thered and housed.

Then commeth nouember, Decem∣ber and Ianuarie, and these three mo∣nethes be in the winter, that time the sunne is at the lowest, and is at the tyme of little profite, as we Astrono∣mers saye, that the age of man is lxxii. yere, and that we lyken but one whole yere, for euermore we take syxe yeare for euery moneth, as Ianuary, or Fe∣bruarye, and so forth. For as the yeare

chaungeth by the xii. monthes into xii. diuers manners.

So doeth man chaunge hymselfe xii. tymes in his lyfe by xii. ages, and euery vi. times vi. maketh xxxvi. And than man is at the best, and also at the high∣est, and xii. times vi. maketh lxxii. and that is the age of man.

Thus must you counte and recken for euery month vi. yeare, or else it may be vnderstand by the foure quarters, and seasons of the yeare, so man is deuided into foure parts, as to youth, strength, wysedome, and age. He so to bee xviii. yeare yong, xviii. yeare strong, xviii. yeare in wisedome, and the fourth xviii. yere to goe to the ful age of lxxii.