VPocras most connynge of all Physycions, commaūded that the Analogy of all his workes of phesycke, shulde be layde in his Sepulture vnder his heed, whiche was so done. And where as the Emperour of rome commynge by his Tombe sawe it rychely wrought, supposed that great treasour was hydde in it. For the people in those dayes vsed moche to hyde theyr money in tombes. And when it was openyd he founde the sayde Analogy, there vnder his heed, in whiche all his workes were, he toke it awaye and shewed it to no man, but to Anadestus a Physycion. And in it they founde medycynes moste holsome for disseases of mannes body, And fyrste of al was specyfied y e tokens, which foloweth, that doth Pronostyke whether a sycke persone beynge in peryll, shall dye or lyue. &c. ☞❧
¶The fyrste token of deth.
¶Yf a man haue swellyng in his face, or payne in his heed without cowghe and putteth his lefte hande ofte vpon his breste, and is besye in clawynge of his nosetrylles, betoken deth.
¶Also an experyment to proue lyfe or death.
¶Put his spettyll vpon burnynge colys, and yf it styncke he shall dye, and yf not he shall lyue.
¶Another experyment of the same.
¶Cause the sycke person to spytte in a vessell of water, and yf it go to the bottome, he shall lyue, and yf it swymme aboue he shall dye.
¶Also the fourth token.
¶Yf a man swete moche in any maner dissease, it is good, yf he dispayre not.
¶Another and the fyfte.
¶If the sycke tourne hym ofte to the wall, it is an euyll sygne.
Another and the syxte.
[Page]¶If the pacient haue thyn nosetrylles or the tippe of his nose sharpe, or a sharpe loke, and holowe temples, hangyng lyppes, and colde eares, and tourneth his heed where his fete were, it sygnyfieth soone deth.⚜❧
¶Another and the seuenth.
¶If the pacyent put his handes ofte to his heed, & drawe his fete vp to hym betoken that he shall escape.
¶Also other tokens of deth, whiche the connyng physycion Galyen set forth as foloweth.
¶He sayth y t these are tokens of death whan the forehed is red, the browes hā geth downe. The lefte iye is lasse and wateryth. The y e typpe of the nose whyte, the chyne falleth, the fete coleth and the bely decayeth, is sygnes of deth.
¶Also the nynth experyment to knowe lyfe or deth.
¶Take the pacyentꝭ vryne and a woman mylke, that noryssheth a man childe, and medle them togyther, & yf they [Page] go into one, he shall lyue, and yf they departe he shall dye.
¶For to knowe whether ye shall dye within .xij. monthes or not.
☞Lette a droppe of your blode falle in to a dysshe of water. And yf it descende hole into y e bottombe, he shall lyue that yeare, and yf not, but go abrode not.
¶Also another maner.
¶If ye rubbe also wel the forhed of the sycke with a tablet, or other suche of copper fro the one eare to the other, & yf he slepe after, he shall lyue, or els not.
❧ Also of the sharpe ague an experyment ofte prouyd.
¶Take a curtesy of the pacyentꝭ blode and vryne and medle it with the mylke of a woman that noryssheth a man childe, and yf they myx togyther, he shall lyue or els he shall not.
❧Also another and the leuynth.
¶If a frantyke man haue harde swellynge without disgestion, he shall dye the .ix. daye.
☞Also anoher and the twelfe.
¶He that vometeth blode, and haue swellynge in any lymme, as toghte as a trumpet lyke a egypcian beane, shall dye the .xl. daye after.
❧Also another & the .xiij.
❧If the iyes be holowe, and y e mouth open whan he slepeth, and yf he be not accustomed so, and yf his lefte iye water he shall dye the thyrde daye.
☞Another and the .xiiij.
¶If the pacyent bydde the Physycion farewell, or stretche forth his fete, and caste his handes vpon his bely, he shall dye the thyrde daye.
☞Another and the .xv.
☞If the pacyent bydde the physycion farewell and put his handes to his hed and drawe vp his fere, he shall escape.
❧Also the profe of a sycke man that can not slepe.
☞ Stampe hen bane & mynte and lay it on his forehede playsterwyse, and yf he stepe not soone after he shall dye.
❧Also another Treatyse of Ypocras begynneth.
WHo that falleth sycke the fyrst day of the Moneth, it is to be feryd of hym the seconde daye, the whiche yf he escape, he shall escape tyll the .xxx. daye And yf he fall sycke the seconde daye, it is to feare of hym the .x. daye, and yf he escape that he shall belonge sycke, notwithstandynge he shall escape.
And yf he fall sycke the thyrde daye, he shall be delyueryd without doubte.
And yf he fall sycke the fourth daye, he shall be sore in payne tyll the .viij. daye and then shall very well escape.
And yf he fall sycke fyfth daye, he shall be sore sycke, yet he shall escape.
And yf he falle sycke the syxte daye, he shall seme to be hole, yet he shall dye some daye of the next moneth.
And yf he fall sycke the seuenth daye, he shall be delyueryd without grefe.
And yf he fall sycke the eyght daye, he shall be in merely helth tyll the leuenth [Page] daye, and then after soone shall dye.
And yf he fall sycke the nynthe daye, he shall escape w t meruaylous great paine And he that falleth sycke the tenth day, he shall dye without doubte.
And he that falleth sycke the leuenth daye, he shall be delyueryd the next day And yf he fall sycke the twelfe daye, he shall dye the .xv. daye.
And yf he fall sycke the .xiij. day, he shal be sore vexed tyll the .xviij. daye, and yf he escape, then he shall be delyueryd.
And yf he fal sycke the .xiiij. day he may escape, yf he lyue tyll the .xv. daye.
And he that taketh syckenes y e .xv. daye excepte he recouer within .xviij. dayes, he shall dye, shortly after.
And yf a man fall sycke the .xvi. daye, he shalbe sycke tyll y e .xxviij. daye & escape. And yf a man take syckenes the .xvij. daye, he shall dye the .x. daye.
And yf a man take syckenes the .xviij. he shall be delyueryd at length.
And yf a man take syckenes y e .xix. daye [Page] he shall be delyuered at length.
¶And yf a person fall sycke the .xx. day the pacyent shall dye the next monthe.
And he that fall sycke the .xxi. daye, and he dye not the .x. after he shalbe in great peryll, yet he shall be delyuered the next moneth after.☞☞ ⚜
¶If a body fall sycke the .xxij. daye although he be ingreuous payne tyl the .x. day he shal not dye tyll y e next mōthe. If a person take syckenes .xxiij. daye he shall be delyuered though it be w t greuous payne the other monthe.
If a person fall sycke the .xxiiij. daye, he shall dye the next monthe.
If a body fall sycke the .xxv. daye albeit he shall haue some payne, yet he shall well escape that daunger.
If a body fall sycke the .xxvi. daye, yet he shall well escape.
If a person fall sycke the .xxvij. though he be at poynte of deth, he shall be delyuered the next monthe.
If a person fal sycke the .xxviij. daye, he [Page] is threttyn to dye, yet he may escape.
If a body fall sycke the .xxix. daye, yet he maye be delyuered the next monthe by lytell and lytell.☞❧
If a person fall sycke the .xxx. daye it is in doubte yf y e pacyent shall dye or lyue. And also the .xxxi. daye lykewyse.
¶Nowe to knowe whether a woundyd man shall dye or lyue.
¶Stampe pympernell and distempre 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 whyce Lettuse to drynke with water, & yf he perbrake it, he shall dye, yf not he shall lyue.
⚜A Pronosticacion set forth, by the sayd Galien of the daunger of Pestylenciall Impostume, after the partye of the body y t it is in, howbeit in god is al.
¶Another begynneth of the spottes; called goddes markes.
[Page]☞Whan the Impostome is in the pacientꝭ face so paynfull, that it may not betwoched, and he leyth his lefte hande ofte vpon his brest, knowe that he shall dye the .xx. daye, and specially whanne he handleth his nosetrylles in begynnynge of his syckenes, whan great Impostumes are in any of both knees, it is to knowe he shall not dye tyll after the viij. daye, and then he maye escape, and esspecially yf he swete moche at the beginnynge of his knees. whan it chaunseth that lytell whelkes cōmeth vpon y e vayne, whiche is on the nape of the necke, and vpon as it were a maner of powder, knowe that he shall dye the .ij. daye of his syckenes, and esspeciall token is yf he haue great thurste at the begynnynge of his syckenes, whan whelkes are vpon his tonge lyke dogges fleys, knowe that he shall dye the same daye, and the tokens is y e begynnynge of his syckenes, he desyreth thyngꝭ which are naturallye hote, Whan lytell blacke [Page] whelkes are vpon any of his fyngers, that are sore, knowe that he shall the next day after dye of that syckenes, and an esspeciall token is yf he be paynfull and heuy in his body. Whan lytell whyte whelkes are in the thombe of the paryentes lefte hāde lyke browne beanes of coloure or pale, whiche are not sore. Then knowe that the pacient shall dye the .iiij. day of his syckenes. Another token is that at on the myddell too of the lefte feote. ☞ ❧ ❧