The knowledge of things vnkowne. Apperteyning to astronomy, wyth necessary rules, and certayne speares contayned in the same. Compyled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultura Anglicatum.

¶ To knowe how a man shall keepe himselfe in health.

IF thou wilte keepe thee long in helth then holde this rule, that is to saye, flye anger, wrath, and enuie, & gyue

thee to mirth in measure, trauaile sad∣lye, so that thou sweate not to muche in the Sommer, and namely the Ca∣niculer dayes, flye al manner of strong drinkes, and hote spices, brenning meates namely to haue them vsandly. Faste not to long at morue. Suppe not to late at nighte, eate not haste∣lye, nor eate but little at once, and that that thou eatest, chew it well, euerye time that thou eatest, rest a little rather after, fleepe not thou vnder meale, namely but of these iiii. months. That is to say, Maye, Iune, Iuly, and Au∣gust. And yet the lesse that thou stepest then the better it is: to sleepe well in the waxing of the night, and be earlye up in the morning, tymelyer the bet∣ter. And, euerye daye beware of wic∣ked mystes, that none enter in thee ••asting, for thereof commeth great pe∣••tilences & great heate. And in greate ••old and in pestilences eate much gar∣lycke

euerye day .ix. Safforne chyues, it will doe thee much good. Eate yn∣nough in winter, eate ynough in Ver, but eate but little in Sommer, looke thy meate be well seasoned in Haruest beware of fruites, for they are not good, if it be giuen thee for medicine, of all manner of meates, sodden is the best, eate not to many hote spices, nor eate but little at once, for better it were to eate .vii. times on the day, then once thy fyll, fleshe is more nourishinge then fyshe, eate not to muche sowre meates nor salte, for they will make thy bones sore: looke thy drinke be not to newe, ne to olde, sweete pow∣dred meates be moste holesome. Of al thinges take measure, and no more, for in measure restes Vertue. And that Sayntes did holde them to.