The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1652
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    my Lark above his deferts, I pray trim his Feathers for him (eprreft the Errors by the Srrata) elf? will he make but unpleafmg Mu- hek Thus remain yours, &c. 1 the richer eh^e this Figure to judg of, becaufc none fliould have juft occafion to fay of us Aftrologers that we do as Phyfitians vul¬ gar pradice is, when they judg of Pifsj firft pump what they can out of • the Querent, and then judg by his words ; of “which J will re- hearfe you one merry ftory, and fo I will con¬ clude the Book. , A Woman whofe Husband'had bruifed him- felfj took his Water, and away to the Do^ior trots (he i the Doftor takes the Pifs and fliakcs it about. How long hath this fmy been ill (faith he) Sr. faith the Woman, He hath been ill theie two daies. This is a mans.,w»ter qapththeDodor prcfently, this he learned by the word H£j then looking on the water he fpied blood in it, the man hath had a bruife faith he, I indeed faith the woman, my Huf- band fell down a pair of flairs backwardsjthen the Dodor knew well enough that what came firft to danger mull needs be his back and’ fhoulders, faid, the Bruife lay there } the wo¬ man Ihe admired at the Do ft or s slfil, and told him, that if he could tell her one thing more flie would account him the ablell Phyfitian in Europe 3 well, what was that ? How many her Husband fell down, this was a hard Queftion indeed, able to puzle a flron^rer Brain than Mr. Dodor had, to pumping goes he,, and having taken the Urinal and given it a lliake or two, enquires whereabout flie lived and knowing well the place,and that the Hou- fes thereabouts were but low built Houfes made anfwcr (after another view of the Urine for faihion fake) that probably he might fall down fome feven or eight flairs s ah, quoth the woman, now I lee you know nothing, my Husband fell down thirty 5 thirty! quoth the Dodor, and fnatching up the Urinal, JsBere all the water faith he ? no faith the woman, I fpilt fome in putting of it in, look you there quoth Mr.^ Dodor, there were all the other flairs fpilt. Yet miftake me not, I do not deny but: fuch whofe daily experience is to judg Waters, and ufually judg a hundred in a day may know fomthing by them: If any thing may be known by Urine, lam fure it may by Art, put them both together, vis imita fortiori Thus I take my leave of you 3 be diligent and I am yours. I A a a 2 ]S^ch,