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. . first I will begin with the dyet for every day.
[In the beginning] when you arise from the bed, Stretch your limbs, extend forth all your members, for by this meanes the animal spirits are drawne to the outward members, the [* Page 36.] *braine is made subtill, & the body strengthened. rub your body Then rub the whole body somewhat with the palmes, the brest, back and belly gently, but the armes and legs with the hands, either with warm linnen: and head; next, the head is to be scrubbed from the forepart to the hinderpart very lightly. After you are risen, I will that you protect yourself from cold; defend with all care and diligence your head, necke, and feet, from all cold in the morning; for there is no doubt, but in the morning and euening the cold doth offend more, then it doth about noone tide, by reason of the weaknes of the Sun-beames. dress, washing in Summer, Put on your clothes neat and cleane: in the Summer season, first wash with cleane pure water, before described; warming yourself in Winter. but in the Winter season sit somewhat by the fire, not made with turfe or stinking coale, but with oake or other wood that burneth cleare, for our bodies are somewhat affected with our clothes, and as strength is increased by the
vse of meat and drinke, and our life defended and preserued; and so our garments doe conserue the heat of our hodies, and doe driue away colds: so that as diet and apparel may seeme alike, so in either of them a like diligence is to be preferred.
[In the Summer-time] I chiefly commend garments of Harts-skinnes, and Calues-skins, for the Hart is a creature of long life, and resisteth poyson and Serpents; therefore I my selfe vse garments of the like sort for the winter season, also neuerthelesse lined with good linnen. Next I doe iudge it not to bee much amisse to vse garments of Silke or Bombace, or of purple: in Winter, wolf and fox skins. also of Martyn or Wolfe-skinnes, or made of Fox skinnes, I suppose to be good for the winter; notwithstanding in the time of Pestilence, apparell of Silke and skinnes is condemned, because it doth easily admit and receiue the contagious ayre, and doth retain it long. After the body is well clothed, Comb your head 40 times, kembe your head wel with an Iuory comb, from the forehead to the backe-part, drawing the comb some forty times at the least; wash your face, then wash all the instruments of the sences, as the eies, the ears, the nostrils, the mouth, the tongue, the teeth, and all the face with cold water; and the eyes are not only to be washed, but being open plainly, immerg’d: clean your eyelids, and the gumme and foulnes of the eie-lids that do there stick, to remoue; somtimes also to besprinkle the water with Rose-water or Fenel-water, rub your neck well. also rubb the neck well with [* Page 38.] *a linnen napking somewhat course, for these things doe confirme the whole body; it maketh the mind more cheerefull, and conserueth the sight. In this place it pleaseth me to adioyne some Dentifrices or clensers of teeth, waters not only to make the teeth white, but also to conserue them, with some medicines also to conserue the sight. . . . .
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