A
breefe
Treatise
concerning
the
preservation
of
the
eie
sight
.
THe
preseruation
of
the
sight
doth
consist
,
partly
in
good
order
of
diet
,
partly
in
vse
of
medicines
.
Concerning
diet
:
Meates
are
best
which
are
easie
to
bee
digested
,
&
which
doe
not
stay
long
in
the
stomacke
:
amongest
such
a
young
henne
is
greatly
commended
:
so
is
Partridge
and
Pheasant
,
Rasis
praiseth
the
young
starue
,
&
the
quaile
:
so
doe
all
writers
the
Doue
both
tame
and
wyld
,
but
chiefly
the
wyld
Doue
,
which
(
as
Zoar
writeth
)
hath
especiall
vertue
against
the
weakenesse
of
the
sight
,
which
commeth
by
defect
of
spirites
,
and
the
rather
,
if
the
same
be
sod
with
rape
rootes
,
and
turnep
rootes
:
for
it
is
accorded
by
all
writers
,
that
the
turnep
hath
greate
facultie
to
doe
good
to
the
eies
,
and
to
preserue
the
sight
.
Grosse
and
slimy
meates
,
and
all
water-foule
are
dispraised
.
Of
small
birdes
,
the
martin
,
the
swallow
,
the
iay
and
pie
,
the
witwall
,
the
specht
are
noted
very
hurtfull
to
the
sight
:
and
albeit
these
birds
are
seldome
,
or
not
at
all
vsed
of
the
better
sort
,
yet
common
people
happyly
may
be
compelled
to
eate
them
.
No
fish
is
accompted
good
:
yet
some
fishes
,
which
doe
Milke
and
all
thinges
made
thereof
are
Of
sauces
,
veriuice
,
viniger
of
wine
,
and
Of
spices
,
cinnamon
is
commended
by
Avicenna
,
as
speciall
good
for
the
webbe
of
the
eie
,
and
for
dimnesse
of
the
sight
:
so
is
saffron
;
ginger
,
both
inwardly
taken
,
and
outwardly
applyed
,
doth
singularly
cleare
the
sight
:
cloues
,
mace
,
and
nutmegs
,
and
all
three
kindes
of
peppers
,
may
bee
vsed
.
Suger
is
convenient
to
condite
things
,
but
Albeit
few
raw
hearbes
in
common
vse
The
most
kindes
of
fruits
are
hurtfull
to
the
sight
:
yet
peares
and
the
better
kindes
Venus
,
then
for
the
eies
:
dates
are
not
commended
,
nor
mulberies
.
Cōfectes
made
with
fine
sugar
&
thinly
incrusted
about
with
turnep
seedes
,
&
navew
seeds
,
fenil
seeds
,
anise
seeds
almonds
,
pine
aple
kernels
,
ginger
,
cinamon
,
the
powder
of
eiebright
,
&c.
are
reputed
as
very
good
meanes
to
continue
the
sight
:
likewise
in
the
preservation
of
the
sight
,
amongst
other
things
,
such
drinkes
,
as
are
in
common
vse
and
accustomed
,
are
to
be
allowed
:
And
in
this
respect
it
is
not
amis
at
meat
to
drinke
wine
,
for
them
which
haue
been
The
simplest
and
most
written
of
,
is
Adhill
,
in
Latine
Euphragia
,
in
English
Eiebright
,
of
whose
miraculous
vertues
in
preservation
of
the
sight
:
Arnoldus
de
villa
One
(
saith
he
)
which
was
blind
,
and
did
see
nothing
in
long
time
,
by
vsing
this
wine
one
yeare
,
was
restored
to
his
fight
.
The
herbe
is
hot
and
drie
,
and
hath
by
propertie
of
substance
,
to
remove
affectes
of
the
sight
.
And
so
the
powder
of
the
herbe
taken
In
countries
which
for
their
common
drinkes
do
vse
wine
and
water
,
they
alway
do
mingle
things
for
the
sight
in
wine
,
and
not
in
water
:
for
wine
in
truth
is
a
fitter
liquor
to
receiue
the
qualities
and
to
carie
the
same
to
the
eies
,
then
water
:
which
thinges
they
do
put
in
the
muste
,
and
so
let
it
stand
,
vntill
the
wine
be
ripe
,
and
ready
Notwithstanding
in
other
countries
which
haue
other
vsuall
drinkes
,
the
same
things
may
be
put
in
their
common
drinks
.
So
some
haue
put
them
in
ale
,
some
in
beere
,
and
some
in
meade
,
and
no
doubt
but
all
these
meanes
are
very
good
according
to
the
vsage
and
disposition
of
the
partie
.
So
even
in
this
our
countrie
,
they
which
either
by
vse
or
by
constitution
of
body
,
may
wel
beare
the
drinking
of
wine
,
may
well
compound
the
same
with
things
good
for
the
sight
:
others
of
hot
complexions
and
drie
,
not
greatly
accustomed
to
wine
,
may
of
ale
,
beere
,
and
meade
make
such
drinkes
,
because
in
the
North
countries
,
ale
and
beere
are
the
vsuall
and
common
drinkes
,
and
in
some
places
,
meade
also
is
much
vsed
:
therefore
in
mine
opinion
it
is
convenient
for
most
men
,
to
make
these
drinkes
with
ale
,
beere
,
and
meade
,
rather
then
with
wine
:
and
meade
assuredly
is
a
very
convenient
thinge
for
them
which
can
well
away
with
hony
.
Touching
the
direction
of
those
which
I
thinke
it
best
to
begin
with
the
simplest
order
to
compound
ale
or
beere
to
ech
mans
best
liking
with
eiebright
onely
,
taking
to
every
gallon
of
the
drink
a
great
handfull
of
the
herbe
,
and
bind
it
togither
,
I
can
witnes
,
that
many
by
this
simple
M.
Hoorde
,
aboue
the
age
of
84.
yeares
,
who
had
at
that
time
perfit
sight
,
and
did
read
small
letters
very
wel
without
spectacles
:
he
tolde
me
that
about
the
age
of
40.
yeares
,
finding
his
sighte
to
decay
,
he
did
vse
eiebright
in
ale
for
his
drinke
and
did
also
eare
the
powder
thereof
in
an
egge
three
daies
in
a
weeke
,
being
so
taught
of
his
father
,
who
by
the
like
order
continued
his
sight
in
good
integrity
to
a
very
long
age
.
I
haue
heard
the
same
confirmed
by
many
old
men
.
Rowland
Sherlooke
an
Irish
man
,
Phisition
to
Queene
Marie
,
did
affirme
for
trueth
,
that
a
Bishop
in
Ireland
perceiuing
his
sight
to
wax
dimme
,
about
his
age
of
fifty
yeares
,
by
the
vse
of
eiebright
taken
in
powder
in
an
egge
,
did
liue
to
the
age
of
80
yeares
,
with
good
integrity
of
sight
.
We
do
reade
of
many
prinkes
to
preserue
p●perion
,
which
hath
fewest
simples
because
(
as
he
writeth
)
that
is
soonest
&
with
lesse
trouble
to
nature
digested
:
surely
the
drinkes
for
the
sight
,
which
are
compounded
of
fewest
thinges
,
are
most
to
bee
commended
,
especially
when
we
meane
to
vse
the
same
with
meate
,
as
all
our
authors
do
counsel
vs
.
Wherfore
,
for
my
part
at
this
time
,
I
will
onely
advise
to
haue
for
vse
,
either
wine
,
or
ale
,
or
beere
,
according
to
ech
mans
best
liking
,
made
as
is
before
prescribed
with
eiebright
and
fenell
seeds
,
&
to
drinke
of
the
same
in
the
morning
,
or
if
it
so
like
with
meate
,
as
other
drinke
.
It
is
holden
better
to
drinke
oft
&
small
When
you
drinke
wine
,
if
you
meane
to
Bread
in
our
intention
is
to
bee
made
of
fine
flower
of
chosen
wheat
,
alwaie
leuened
As
generally
in
the
preservation
of
Nothing
is
more
hurtfull
to
health
then
Exercises
are
needfull
:
the
same
best
,
after
Mirth
,
ioy
,
&
pleasantnes
of
the
minde
is
good
:
a
little
anger
doth
not
hu●●
:
i●moderat
To
preserue
the
sight
by
medicines
.
THE
order
to
preserue
the
sight
by
medicines
,
doeth
consist
of
things
outwardly
vidilicet
,
corall
,
pearle
,
the
stone
called
Lapis
Armenius
,
spectacles
of
Christalline
or
clear
&
pure
glasse
,
green
&
skie
colours
,
to
dip
the
eies
in
colde
water
,
to
which
purpose
,
many
haue
cups
made
in
the
forme
of
an
eie
,
called
eie
cups
:
&
to
wash
the
eies
with
lignum
alaes
,
beaten
into
fine
powder
,
and
Lignum
aloes
good
for
the
sight
.
let
it
stande
other
fifteene
daies
in
the
sun
.
Then
straine
it
twise
through
a
thick
cloth
and
keepe
the
clearest
in
a
vessell
of
glasse
to
your
vse
:
you
may
drop
a
little
hereof
into
your
eies
to
cleare
the
sight
.
And
some
do
distill
,
this
wood
in
a
stillatory
of
glasse
and
put
the
water
thereof
into
the
eies
and
holde
this
for
a
greate
secrete
as
miraculous
to
preserue
the
sight
.
And
the
sam●
Montagnana
doeth
compounde
an
oth●●
medicine
more
abstersiue
to
remedie
th●●
dimnes
of
the
sight
,
dissoluing
in
an
oun●●
of
the
water
of
Rosemarie
flowers
,
tw●
I
am
here
also
in
this
place
for
the
clensing
and
strenghtning
of
the
eies
especially
to
commende
vnto
you
the
frequent
vse
of
olde
and
cleare
white
wine
,
in
which
the
Calaminar
stone
hath
beene
ofrentimes
extinguished
:
and
likewise
the
pure
liquor
of
good
sugar-candy
dissolued
in
the
white
of
an
egge
,
being
hard
rosted
and
the
yolke
taken
out
.
Also
our
authors
do
commend
the
washing
Av●cenna
in
his
thirde
sen.
third
book●
and
fourth
treatise
,
cap.
de
debilitate
visu●
abou●
all
other
things
doth
commend
th●
medicine
called
collyrium
de
fellybus
,
for
tha●
it
cleanseth
the
pores
of
the
eies
,
clearet●
Inward
Medicines
.
MEdicins
to
be
taken
inwardly
are
in
number
many
:
bu●
I
thinke
best
at
this
time
t●
mention
a
few
,
which
are
e●sie
to
be
had
,
&
as
of
gre●●
efficacy
most
commended
:
a●
of
such
the
powder
following
is
most
si●ple
:
yet
by
expe●ience
aproved
of
such
for●
Take
of
the
powder
of
eiebright
ʒ
.
iiij
.
of
mace
ʒ
.
j.
mingle
them
togither
,
and
take
thereof
the
weight
of
three
pence
before
meate
.
Montanu●
in
his
92
▪
counsel
giveth
great
-
Take
of
the
iuices
of
fenel
,
of
vervaine
,
of
roses
,
of
each
ʒ
.
ij
.
-
●he
leaues
of
the
herbe
eiebright
of
endiue
,
of
celendine
,
of
each
M.
S.
●oyle
the
herbes
in
two
pints
of
water
vn●●ll
the
halfe
be
spent
:
then
straine
it
hard
,
●nd
mingle
the
iuices
with
the
decoction
,
●nd
with
sugar
according
to
art
make
a
si●p
,
which
is
to
bee
kept
in
a
glasse
vessell
.
●ou
may
take
two
ounces
of
this
sirup
in
three
ounces
of
the
water
of
eiebright
in
●●e
morning
fasting
.
In
windy
bodies
hee
●aketh
the
sirup
thus
,
-
●ake
of
fenell
seedes
,
of
anise
seedes
,
of
each
ʒ
.
iij.
-
of
the
herbs
of
eiebright
of
vervaine
,
of
rose-leaues
,
of
each
M.
iij.
-
of
celending
▪
M.
j.
-
of
rhue
.
M.
j.
S.
boile
these
in
water
vntill
halfe
bee
consumed
:
straine
it
harde
,
and
with
sugar
siruppize
the
decoction
:
both
these
sirups
ar●
excellent
good
to
defende
the
sight
fro●
dimnesse
.
Mes●e
in
his
booke
called
Grabadin
,
wr●ting
of
the
diseases
of
the
eies
,
aboue
all
other
Hamaine
,
as
having
nob●●
vertues
to
preserue
the
eies
,
and
to
con●●nue
the
visible
spirites
in
their
cleareness●
which
he
compoundeth
thus
.
Take
the
herbe
called
Adhil
,
that
is
-
eiebright
,
ʒ
.
ij
.
-
fenill
seedes
,
Drams
.
v.
-
-
mace
,
-
cubebs
,
-
cinamom
,
-
long-peper
,
-
cloues
,
of
ea●●
Dra.
j●
beate
all
into
powder
,
s●arse
it
,
then
〈◊〉
of
good
hony
clarified
,
lib.
j.
-
of
the
iuice
of
fenill
boyled
and
clarified
,
ʒ
j.
-
-
of
the
iuice
of
rhue
-
of
celendine
both
boiled
&
clarified
,
of
each
ʒ
.
S.
boyle
all
to
the
height
of
an
electuary
,
and
then
put
to
it
the
powders
according
to
art
,
and
so
reserue
it
in
glasse
vessels
.
You
may
take
hereos
the
quantity
of
Dra.
iij
,
in
wine
as
Mesue
writeth
:
If
wine
seeme
too
hot
,
you
may
allay
it
with
fenill
water
,
or
with
eiebright
water
:
it
must
bee
taken
in
the
morning
fasting
:
and
you
oughte
to
forbeare
the
taking
of
other
thinges
,
by
the
●pace
of
three
hou●es
,
and
so
at
night
,
but
then
you
must
mak●
a
light
supper
,
&
sup
the
more
timely
.
Where
in
this
little
Treatise
mention
is
FINIS
.