The way to health, long life, and happiness, or, a discourse of temperance and the particular nature of all things requisit [sic] for the life of man, as all sorts of meats, drink, air, exercise, etc. ... Shewing ... whence most diseases proceed, and how to prevent them. To which is added, a treatise of most sorts of English herbs ... by Philotheos Physiologus [i.e. T. Tryon] / Communicated to the world for a general good, by Thomas Tryon.

  • Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
Date:
1697
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The way to health, long life, and happiness, or, a discourse of temperance and the particular nature of all things requisit [sic] for the life of man, as all sorts of meats, drink, air, exercise, etc. ... Shewing ... whence most diseases proceed, and how to prevent them. To which is added, a treatise of most sorts of English herbs ... by Philotheos Physiologus [i.e. T. Tryon] / Communicated to the world for a general good, by Thomas Tryon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the Melancholy Complexion. People of this Complexion, that have their Signi- ficator in their Radix weak, are flow^ and of dull heavy Difpofitiotis, fubjedt to be fur priz'd with fear and fiif- picions, apt to be froward, full of mental Referves, fel- dom forgetting Injuries, hollow hearted, giving fair Words, when their Thoughts are quite contrary, ad¬ dicted to Witchcraft or fore-fpeaking of things, which fometimes do take place, when they have low poor Spirits to deal with, whofe predominant Quality in Nature is weaker, and under the Dominion of their Spirits, other- wife not. For the awaken'd Evil and dark Wrath in this fort of People, viz. their vehement wilhes or evil words do carry the power of that Principle, whence they were conceiv’d, and enter the fame Principle in thofe to whom they are directed. And if thofe wrathful Spirits be not either through the ftrength of the predominate Quality in the Complexion, or through the power and virtue of the Holy Spirit and Faith in God0 withflood and overcome ( which often is done ) then thefe Evil Rapes, viz. fuch Wifhes and Words will take place, whether it be in Man or Bealt ^ for this evil, revengeful, dark Spirit not being fo with flood, enters into the dark Centre and Poyfons in the Body,and by fimile, incorporates there-with, awak¬ ening and flrengthening them, and then the Body and all the Senfesfall into Diftrefs,and moll terrible Difeafes, according to what Poyfons and Salts were kindled * This is called Witchcraft, and indeed is one fort of it (there is another, which is not fit for this place) and tins fort of People are called Vnlucky. -Tongu d. But on the contrary, if thofe People of the Melancholy Complexion be well dignified in their Radixes, then the fore-mention’d evil lignincations are abated ^ neverthe? lefs they are ponderous, flow in learning and conceiving of any thing, but when once obtain’d they make it their own, and improve it •, they are capable of great Learn? ing, but they mu ft have Rune -7 for this caufe, Youths C 4 borp