The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge made by Andrew Borde, of physycke doctor : A compendyous regyment; or, A dyetary of helth made in Mountpyllier / compyled by Andrewe Boorde, of physycke doctour. Barnes in the defence of the berde: a treatyse made, answerynge the treatyse of Doctor Borde upon berdes / edited, with a life of Andrew Boorde, and large extracts from his Brevyary, by F.J. Furnivall.

  • Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge made by Andrew Borde, of physycke doctor : A compendyous regyment; or, A dyetary of helth made in Mountpyllier / compyled by Andrewe Boorde, of physycke doctour. Barnes in the defence of the berde: a treatyse made, answerynge the treatyse of Doctor Borde upon berdes / edited, with a life of Andrew Boorde, and large extracts from his Brevyary, by F.J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of all smale byrdes the larke is beste : than is1 praysed the blacke byrde & the thrusshe.2 Easis and Isaac prayseth yonge staares;3 but I do thynke, bycause they be bytter in etyng, they shuld ingercder colour. % The .xvi. Chapytre treatyth of flesshe, of wylde and tame beestes. Eefe is a good meate for an Eng- lysshe man, so be it the beest be yonge, & that it be not kowe- flesshe; Eor olde beefe and kowe- flesshe doth4 ingender melancolye and leporouse humoures. yf it be moderatly powderyd,5 that the groose blode by salte may be exhaustyd, it doth make an Englysshe man s.tro?2ge, the educacion of hym with it cowsyderyd. Martylmas beef, whiche is called “hanged beef” in the rofe of the smoky howse, is not laudable; it maye fyll the bely, and cause a man to drynke, but 6 it is euyll for the stone, and euyll of dygestyon, and maketh no good iuce. If a man haue a peace hangynge by his syde, and another in his bely, that the whiche doth hange by the syde shall do hym 7 more good, yf a showre of rayne do chaunse, than that the which is in his8 bely, the appetyde of mans sensu- alyte notwithstandynge. IF Of9 Yeale. IF Yeale is [a]10 nutrytyue meate, and doth nowrysshe moche a man, for it is soone dygestyd; wherupon many men doth holde oppynyon that it is the beste flesshe,11 1 then P. 2 thrasshes B. 3 starlings. 4 do AB. 5 salted.—F. 6 H .iii. back. 7 a man AB. 8 within the AB. 9 AB omit “ Of.” 10 is a AB. 11 flesse, orig. Lark. Blackbird. Thrush. Starling. Young Beef is good for Englishmen. Salt beef makes ’em strong. Martilmas or hanged beef is bad. Use it outside yourself, not inside. Veal is soon digested.