A briefe and short discourse of the vertue and operation of balsame with an instruction for those that haue their health to preserue the same. VVhereunto is added Doctor Bullins diet for health. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A20496 of text S115969 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 6905). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A20496 STC 6905 ESTC S115969 99851186 99851186 16450 2240851622

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A20496) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 16450) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 496:08) A briefe and short discourse of the vertue and operation of balsame with an instruction for those that haue their health to preserue the same. VVhereunto is added Doctor Bullins diet for health. Bullein, William, d. 1576. [16] p. [By G. Robinson?] for Iohn Perin, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, Imprinted at London : Anno Domini. 1585. Printer's name suggested by STC. Signatures: A. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Medicine -- Early works to 1800. eebo A briefe and short discourse of the vertue and operation of balsame, with an instruction for those that haue their health to preserue the same. VVhere [no entry] 1585 18 2081 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.61 B The rate of 9.61 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2004-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2005-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-03 Sampled and proofread 2006-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A briefe and short discourse of the Vertue and Operation of Balsame , With an instruction for those that haue their health to preserue the same .

Whereunto is added Doctor Bullins Diet for Health .

Imprinted at London for Iohn Perin , dwelling in Paules Church-yard . Anno Domini . 1585.

The vertue and operation of this Balsame .

HOWE this Balsame may be vsed to the health and profit of the byers , it must be alwaies kept close , and the vessell wherein it is , must be very wel stopt , for els it will consume and wast awaie .

ANy person which hath his sight beginning to fayle him , let him continually smell vnto this Balsame , and they shal be holpen , and their sight shall be preserued .

Make this Balsam warme , and rubbe therewith the Nose within and without of all those which haue a moiste and colde braine , so shall they be preserued in greate health thereby .

And whosoeuer hath a coldrume discending from the braine , let them vse to rubbe their Nosethrils with thys Balsame three times a daie , morning , noone , and night , and it helpeth them .

SUch as are heauie hedded , dull witted , & forgetfull , let al those vse to anoint the hinder parte of their head with the Balsome , and it comforteth the wit , and refresheth a man exceeding well .

GIue one drop of this Balsame in a sponeful of wine , Beere , or Ale , fasting , to all those which hath no apetite , and it helpeth them . Also all they which vse to drinck of it are long preserued in good liking : And causeth a mans heare to keep his colour , and not to waxe white :

IF any person haue a slimie stomacke , let them vse euery morning fasting to take one drop of this balsam , in wine , beere , or ale , and it expulseth the fleame , and comforteth the stomacke . Also whosoeuer hath abundaunce of coruption in their stomacke , which is cause of greate feeblenes , let them vse as it aforesayd , euerie xii . or xiiii . daie to purge himsefe , so may one shortly be holpen , whiche myght their life time liue and suffer great paynes .

Being taken euery morning one drop in a sponefull of wine , beere , or ale : It preserueth one from poysoning the whole daie after : Also , it preserueth a man from corupte or poysned ayre , and is especiall good to bee vsed in the time of Pestilence .

SUch as are poysoned , let them incontinent take one droppe of this Balsame in a sponefull of water , & so continue in taking of this Balsam xii . howers after , that is euerie houre a drop , so shall they be holpen .

ANy person which by chaunce falleth and is brused on any part of the bodie , let them straight waye annoynt the same place therewith , and it aswageth the swelling , & putteth awaie the blacknesse of the sore , also when a man hath a stitch in the side , annoint it therwith and it helpeth .

NEither any olde or yong folke which haue a stinckking breath , so that the stench come out of the stomacke , but it helpeth , if it be receiued euerie morning fasting one drop with a sponefull of wine , the space of xiiii . daies , and fast ii . houres after thei haue taken it .

ONe drop of this Balsame put into a Fistel euery day the space of xx . dayes , healeth and stoppeth the fistell , also it healeth all wounds old & new , laide into them twise a daie according to the quantitie of the wound .

FOure drops of this balsam put vppon a broad Pustel which commeth of colde and grosse humours , in the space of xii . daies it will bee made whole .

MAny which are sick by occasion of cold and dry humours , which causeth consumption , may drinke euerie morning & euening one drop of this Balsame with wine , and they shall recouer their health again .

ANy body which hath apostimation which commeth of wind and moysture , which would settle it selfe in anie place of the bodie , anoint the said place with this Balsam three times a daie , and in the space of eight dayes it will be healed .

REadely doth this Balsam helpe al sores which chaunceth in the hands , legs , armes , or any part of the body , if thei bee annoynted with it three times a day .

PEaceably and verie quickly this Balsam swageth al swellings which is not of the dropsy , if the swelling be annointed three times a daie with it , and Linnin clothes laid vpon them wet with the said Balsam .

EUery person that is taken with the Palsey , let them morning and euening drinck a drop of this Balsame in a sponefull of wine , and also anoynt the part which is taken with the said Palsey ii . times a daie , and theyshall bee healed , and it comforteth that parts maruelously .

THis Balsame healeth all paynes in that ioynts , so that ye wash the ioints therwith , and also plaister the said ioints with a linnen cloth , wet it in the sayd Balsame , this must be done twise a day .

HE or thei which haue their sinowes drawen together let them wash them with this Balsame , and they shal be restored with their former health and strength . Also it helpeth the Emroides when they are very greuous . Also it is good for the sicknes which chaunceth in the Arse Gutte which is named Tenasmos , if a linnen cloth be wet with the sayd Balsame and put therein .

For those which haue their Health .

HE which hath his health and would so continue , I wish him either to forbeare or little to vse those thinges which greatly digresse from that constitution , or mediocritie in which man is created . Our Phisitians do cal euerie thing hot or cold , in the respect of the nature of man . For if it be somewhat hotter than his nature , them it digresseth , and they tearme it hot in the second degree , and in like maner to the third and fourth , which because it doeth so far exceede his constitution , by daily proofe is founde to be vnto him flat poyson , the like consideration on the contrarie side haue they of colde things , wherby you may gather how like alwaies desireth like , and abhoreth the contrary . The thinges which are like , and best agree with the nature of man , are good holsome vsual meates & drinks , a dry fresh & sweet ayre , moderat sleepe and trauell or labor , which although it were alotted vnto vs as punnishment by GOD . Yet mercifully withall he hath made it a meane to preserue our health , the thinges which greatly disagree are wines , spice , salt meats , and al very hot thinges , which thou shalt know by tast , for either they bite like Peper , fret like salt , or els shewe some great manifest heat in the mouth . Also on the other , side , all rawe fruits and cold herbes , with diuers things of like nature , much vse of Sawses deuised by belly gods , whom God hath punished as much by want of appetite , hauing meate at wil : as the poore by want of meat hauing good apetite , to liue in a thicke foggy ayre , to liue idlely and to exceede in eating & drinking , sleeping watching or venery . I would not haue any man to thincke that I doe vtterly condeme al very hot and cold things , but seing they are rather of the nature of medecine then nutriment : I wish them to be verie discretly & moderatly vsed , for hot things are to be vsed when a mans bodie is very cold , and cold thinges when his bodie is ouer hot , but to vse either the bodie being not distempered , is mere madnes . Now further for asmuch as all men are subiect vnto death , and our bodies as yelding therunto , from time to time alwaies gather coruption , to preserue our health as much as may be , vntill wee haue run that race which God hath appointed . I comende vnto you this receipt .

Take Borage and Parsley in like quantity , boyle them in Whey clarified & kepe it in some earthen vessell , vse of it warme in the spring , especialy euery morning fasting a good draught , and in euery draught take so much of a polion as will geue thee two stooles a day more then ordinary , some may vse it ten dayes together some fifteene or twenty as the body doeth require , by this meanes thou maist preuent many disseases and kepe thy bodie in verie good state , it maketh women apt to conceiue , if during the taking thereof they liue chast , and it hath many other special vertues which for breuities sake I will omit . Their is yet one dissease wherewith our wantons here of England are much trobled for not resperting the force or helpe of nature , if they feele neuer so small or light a griefe , they must presently to Phisick , vntill they haue so filled their Bodies with drinks that they are sicker of their Phisicke , then of any dissease , in this griefe a little more wit will bee a present help , for so shall they haue heauier purses lighter hearts & sounder bodies .

Doctor Bullins Diet for Health .

BEware of coldnes both of the aire , as misses , wind , thin clothing , vncleane lodging , with open windowes in that chamber , or lying on thy back or nere the ground , but vse sweet warme aire with a smale fire not neare at hand , it wil help the matter to ripe , wheras coldnes will binde and driue back the matter and kill the pacient sodainly , suppe cleane broth of chickins , eate but little and oft , couit to sleep in the might vi . or vii . howers for sleepe is a great friend to nature , if sleepe come not in that night ▪ then refuse not sleep in the day , sitting in thy Chaire with thy head vpright after meate twoo houres , walke not much vp & doune , for rest with warmnes is a great nourisher of the humors specially bloud and choller , be rather laxatiue on the day , then the night . Beware of carefulnes for wordly things Looke not into the glasse of desperation , with Agony and heauines of mind . Hope euer for the best , for a good stomake driueth away many disseases : but when the spirit is vexed : who may abide it . A mery heart is the life to the body but rancor consumeth the bones . Heauines doth bring sicknes , and they whiche haue heauy countenaunces , with continuall agony , are either to rich , to poore , too sicke , too folish , or to sore opressed . Therefore commend gladnes , because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne , then to eate and drink betime and to leasure , and to be merie for that shall he haue for his labour , all the dayes of his life , which almightie God hath giuen him vnder the sunne , for there is nothing better then gladnes , honest● of life , loue to eache o●●er , and doe as we would be done vnto . Thus fare you well .