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Cap{itulu}m 1^m est ep{isto}la de laude sanitat{is}
& vtilitate bone diete.
Cap{itulu}m 2^m est de illis in quib{us} consistit dieta.
Cap{itulu}m 3^m de toci{us} co[r]p{or}is & p{ar}ciu{m} disposi{ci}one.
Cap{itulu}m 4^m est de Ayer{e} eligendo & corrigendo.
Cap{itulu}m 5^m de q{ua}ntitate cibi & potus sumenda.
Cap{itulu}m 6^m de ordine sumendi cibu{m} & potu{m}.
Cap{itulu}m 7^m de temp{or}e sumendi cibu{m} & potu{m}.
Cap{itulu}m 8^m de q{ua}ntitate cibi & potus sumendoru{m}.
Cap{itulu}m 9^m de pane eligendo.
Cap{itulu}m 10^m de gen{er}ib{us} potagior{um} sumendis.
Cap{itulu}m 11^m de carnib{us} vtendis & vitandis.
Cap{itulu}m 12^m de ouis sumendis.
Cap{itulu}m 13^m de lacticinijs vtend{is}.
Cap{itulu}m 14^m de piscib{us} vtendis & vitand{is}.
Cap{itulu}m 15^m de fructib{us} sumendis.
Cap{itulu}m 16^m de co{n}dime{n}t{is} & sp{eci}ebus vtendis.
Cap{itulu}m 17^m de potu eligendo.
Cap{itulu}m 18^m de regimi{n}e replec{i}o{n}is & inanic{i}onis.
Cap{itulu}m 19^m de vsu coitus.
Cap{itulu}m 20^m de excercic{io} & q{u}iete.
Cap{itulu}m 21^m de sompni & vigilie regimi{n}e.
Cap{itulu}m 22^m de vsu acc{ide}nciu{m} anime.
Cap{itulu}m 23^m de bona {con}suetudi{n}e diete tenenda.
Cap{itulu}m 24^m de medic{in}is vicissim vtendis.
Cap{itulu}m 25^m de adu{er}sis nature infortunijs p{re}cauendis.
Cap{itulu}m 26^m de deo semp{er} colendo vt sanitate{m} melius
tueatur.
[“Unpacked” text, omitting signs of abbreviations or ligatures:]
Incipit dietarium de sanitatis custodia preinclitissimo principi
ac metuendissimo domino, domino humfrido, duci Gloucestrie,
Alijsque preclaris titulis insignito, Scriptum & compilatum, per
venerabilem doctorem, Magistrum Gilbertum Kymer, Medicinarum
professorem, arcium ac philosophie Magistrum & in legibus
bacallarium prelibati principis phisicum, Cuius dietarij
colleccionem (?) dilucidancia & effectum viginti sex existunt
capitula, quorum consequenter hic ordo ponitur Rubricarum.
Sharon Turner (_Hist. of England_, v. 498, note 35) says euphemistically
of the part of this treatise printed by Hearne, that “it implies how
much the Duke had injured himself by the want of self-government. It
describes him in his 45th year, as having a rheumatic affection in his
chest, with a daily morning cough. It mentions that his nerves had
become debilitated by the vehemence of his laborious exercises, and from
an immoderate frequency of pleasurable indulgences. It advises him to
avoid north winds after a warm sun, sleep after dinner, exercise after
society, frequent bathings, strong wine, much fruit, the flesh of swine,
and the weakening gratification to which he was addicted. The last
(chapter), ‘De Deo semper colendo, ut sanitatem melius tueatur,’ is
worthy the recollection of us all.” It is too late to print the MS. in
the present volume, but in a future one it certainly ought to appear.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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