THE SYNOPSIS OF THE SECOND PARTITION. Cure of melancholy is Sect. 2. Diætetical, which con sists in re forming those six non-natural things, as in Such meats as are easy of digestion, well-dressed, hot, sod, &c., young, moist, of good nourishment, &c. Bread of pure wheat, well-baked. Water clear from the fountain. Wine and drink not too strong, &c. Herbs Matter Flesh Fish Diet rec tified. or 1. Memb. 2. Quan- Fruits Mountain birds, partridge, pheasant, quails, &c. Hen, capon, mutton, veal, kid, rabbit, &c. That live in gravelly waters, as pike, perch, trout, sea-fish, solid, white, &c. Borage, bugloss, balm, succory, endive, violets, in broth, not raw, &c. Raisins of the sun, apples corrected for wind, oranges, &c. parsnips, potatoes, &c. At seasonable and usual times of repast, in good order, not before the first be concocted, sparing, not overmuch of one dish. 2. Rectification of Retention and Evacuation, as costiveness, Venery, bleeding at nose, months stopped, baths, &c. 3. Air recti- (Naturally in the choice and site of our country, dwelling-place, fied, with a to be hot and moist, light, wholesome, pleasant, &c. digression of Artificially, by often change of air, avoiding winds, fogs, tem the air. 4. Exercise. pests, opening windows, perfumes, &c. Of body and mind, but moderate, as hawking, hunting, riding, shooting, bowling, fishing, fowling, walking in fair fields, galleries, tennis, bar. Of mind, as chess, cards, tables, &c., to see plays, masques, &c., 5. Rectification of waking and terrible dreams, &c. |