¶ The Boke of Knowledge / Whether a sycke person beynge in perylle / shall lyue, or dye. &c.
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YPocras most connynge of all Physicions, cōmaunded that the Analogie of al his workes of Phesycke shulde be layde in his Sepulture vnder his heed whiche was so done. And where as the Emperoure of Rome commynge By his Tombe sawe it t [...]helye wrought, supposed that great treasure was hydde in it. For the people ī those dayes vsed moch to hyde theyr money in tombes, And when it was opened he foūde the sayd Analogy, there vnder his heed, in which all his workes were he toke it away & shewed it to no mā, but to Anadestꝰ a Phisicion. And in it they foūde medicines most holsome for diseases of mannes body. And fyrste of al was specyfyed the tokens, which foloweth, that doth Pronostyke wh [...] [...]her a syeke person beynge in peryil, shall dye or lyue. &c.
¶ The forste token of death.
¶ yf a mā haue swettynge in his face, or payne in hie heed without cowghe / and putteth his lefte hande ofte vpon his brest, & is besy in clawyng of his nosethryle, betoken deth.
¶ Also an experyment to proue lyfe or death.
[Page] ¶ Put his spytell vpon but [...]ynge roses, & yf it stinke h [...] shal dye, & yf not he shal lyue.
¶ Another experyment of the same.
¶ Cause the syeke person to spytte in a vessell of water, & yf it go to the bottom, he shal lyue, and yf it swymme aboue he shall dye.
¶ Also the fourth token.
¶ If a man swete moche in any maner dysease, it is good, yf he dyspayre not.
¶ Another and the fyfte
¶ If the sycke tourne hym ofte to the wall, it is an euyll sygne.
¶ Another and the syxte.
¶ If the pacient haue thyn nosethrylles or the typ of his nose sharpe, or a sharpe loke, & holowe temples, hangynge lippes. & colde eares, & turneth his heed where his fete were it sygnyfyeth soone death.
¶ Another and the seuenth.
¶ If the paci [...]nte put his handes ofte to his heed and drawe his feete vp to hym, betoken that he shall escape.
¶ Also other tokens of death, whiche the connynge physyon Galyen set forth as foloweth.
¶ He saith that these are tokens of deth whā the forehed is red, the browes hāgeth downe. [Page] The lefte eye is lasse & watereth. The typ of of the nose whyte the chynne falleth, the fete coleth, & the bely decayeth, is sygnes of deth.
¶ Also the nynth experyment to knowe fyfe lyfe or death.
¶ Take the pacientes vryne, & a woman [...] mylke, that noryssheth a man chylde, & medle them togyther, & yf they go in to one, he shall lyue, and yf they departe he shall dye.
¶ For to knowe whether ye shall dye within .xii. monthes or not
¶ Lette a droppe of your blode fallin to a dysshe of water. And yf he descende hole in to the botom, he shal fyne that yere, and yf not, but go a brode, not.
¶ Also another maner.
¶ If ye rub also well the forhed of the syeke with a Tablet, or other suche of Copper fro the one ere to the other, and yf he slepe after he shall lyue, or els not.
¶ Also of the sharpe ague an experymente ofte proued.
¶ Take a curtesye of the pacientes blode & vryne, and medle it with the mylke of a woman that noryssheth a man chylde, and yf they myxe togyther▪ he shall lyue, or els he shall not.
¶ Also another and the eleuenth.
¶ If a frantyke man haue harde swellynge without disgestyon, he shal dye the .ix. daye.
¶ Also another and the twelfe.
¶ He that vometteth blode, and haue swellynge in any lymme, as toghte as a trumpette lyke an egipciane beane, shall dye the .xl. daye after.
¶ Also another and the thyrtene.
¶ If the eyes be holowe, and the mouth open whan he slepeth, and yf he be not accustomed so, and yf his left eye water he shall dye the thyrde daye.
¶ Another and the fourtene.
¶ If the pacient bydde the Physyion farewell, or stretche forth his feete, and caste his handes vpon his bely, he shall dye the thyrde daye.
¶ Another and the .xv.
¶ If the paciente bydde the Physyon farewell and put his handes to his hed, & drawe vp his feete, he shall escape.
¶ Also the profe of a sycke man that can not slepe.
¶ Stampe henbane and mynte, and laye it on his forehed playsterwyse, and yf he slepe not soone after he shall dye.
¶ [...]of Ipocras begynneth.
WHo that falleth sycke the fyrste daye of the month, it is to be fered of hym the .ii. daye, the whiche yf he escape, he shall es [...]e [...]ll the .xxx. day.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the seconde daye, it is to feare of hym the .x. daye, and yf he escape that he that be longe sycke, notwithstandynge he shall escape.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the thyrde daye, he shall be delyuered without doubt.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the fourth daye, he shall be sore in payne tyll the .viii. daye and then he shall very well escape
¶ And yf he fal sycke the fyfth day, he shal be sore sycke, yet he shall escape.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the syxt day, he shal seme to be hole, yet he shall dye some day of the next month.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the seuenth daye, he shall be delyuered without grefe.
And yf he fall sycke the eyght daye he shall be in metely helth [...] tyll the eleuenth daye, & then after soone shall dye.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the nynth daye, he shall scape with meruaylous great payne.
[Page] ¶ And he that falleth sycke the tenth daye be shall dye without doubt.
¶ And he that falleth sycke the eleuenthe daye, he shall be delyuered the next daye.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the twelfte daye, he shall dye the .xv. daye
¶ And yf he fall sycke the .xiii. daye, he shal before vexed tyll the .xvii. daye, and yf he escape, then he shall be delyuered.
¶ And yf he fall sycke the .viiii. day he may escape, yf he lyue tyll the xv. daye.
¶ And he that taketh syckenes the .xv. day except he recouer within. .xviii dayes he shal dye, shortely after.
¶ And yf a man fall sycke the .xvi. daye, he shall be sycke tyll the .xxviii. daye [...] escape.
¶ And yf a man take sickenes the .xvii. day he shall dye the .x. daye.
¶ And yf a mā take syckenes the .xviii. day he shalbe delyuered at length,
¶ And yf a man take syckenes the .xix. day he shall be delyuered at length.
¶ And yf a person fall sycke the .xx. daye the pacient shall dye the nexte month.
¶ And he that fall sycke the .xxi. daye, and he dye not the .x. after he shalbe ī great peril, yet he shalbe deliuered the next month after.
[Page] ¶ If a bodye fall sycke the .xxii. daye all thoughe he be in greuous payne tyll the .x. daye he shall not dye tyll the nexte month.
¶ If a person take syckenes the .xxiii. day, he shall be delyuered thoughe it be with greuous payne the other month.
¶ If a person fall sycke the .xxiiii, daye, he shall dye the nexte month.
¶ If a person fall sycke the .xxv. day albeit he shall haue some payne, yet he shall well escape that daunger.
¶ If a bodye fall sycke the .xxvi. daye, yet he shall well escape.
¶ If a person fall sycke the .xxvii. thoughe he be at poynt of death, he shal be delyuered the nexte month.
¶ If a person fall sycke the .xxviii. day he is thretyn to dye, yet he maye escape.
¶ If a bodye fall sycke the .xxix. daye, yet he maye be delyuered the nexte month by lytell and lytell.
¶ If a person fall sycke the .xxx [...]ay it is in doubte yf the pacient shall dye or lyue. And also the .xxxi. daye lykewyse.
¶ Explicit.
¶ Nowe to knowe whether a wounded man shall dye or lyue.
Stampe pympernell, and dystempre it with water, and gyue it hym to drynke, and yf it go out at the wounde, then he shall dye or els not.
¶ Another for the same.
¶ Gyue hym whyte Lettuse to drynke with water, a yf he perbrake it, he shal dye, yf not he shall lyue.
¶ A pronostycacion set forthe, by the sayde Galien of the daunger of Pestolencial Impostume after the partye of the body that it is in, howbeit in God is all.
¶ Another begynneth of the spottes called goddes markes.
¶ Whan the Impostome is in the pacientes face so paynefull that it maye not be touched, and he leyth his lefte hande ofte vpon his breste, knowe that he shall dye the .xx. daye, and spec [...]allye whan he handeleth the nosethrylles in begynnynge of his syckenes, whan great Impostumes are in any of both his knees, it is to knowe he shall not dye tyll after the .xiii. daye, and then he maye escape, and especyallye yf he sweat moch at the begynnynge of his knees, whan it chaunseth that lytell whelkes commeth vpon the vayne whiche is on the nape of the [Page] necke, and vpon as it were a maner of powder knowe that he shall dye the .ii. daye of his syckenes, and especyall token is yf he haue greate thurste at the begynnynge of his syckenes, whan whelkes are vpon his tonge lyke dogges flyes, knowe that hee shall dye the same day and the tokens is the begynnynge of his syckenes; he desyreth thynges whiche are naturallye hote. Whan lytell blacke whelkes are vpon anye of his fyngers, that are soore, knowe that he shal the nexte daye after dye of that syckenes, and an especyall token [...]s yf he be paynfull and heuy in his body. Whan lytell whyte whelkes are in t [...]e thombe of the pacientes lefte hande, fy [...]e browne beanes of co [...] loute or pa [...]e, w [...]iche are not soore. Then knowe that the paciente shall dye the .iiii. day of his syckenesse. Another token is that at on the mydled toe of the lefte foote.
¶ Finis.