Alſo the preſence of fleame is néedfull with the bloud, yt the feruour & ſtrength of bloud may be tempered: and with the fléeting of fleame, the thicknes of bloud may be kept in temper: ſo yt the bloud may be borne about to the feeding of all the members more lyghtly & ſpeedelye. Alſo fleame is profitable to make moyſt the ioynts and other moueable partes, with the moyſture therof, that the ioynts and parts be not let of theyr office, by heate of mouing, neyther by hot bloud, neither by drineſſe that might fall. Ther be fome manner, of vnkindly, fleames. Same is ſower, colde and drye, through minglyng of melancholy: and ſome is ſalte, hot and drye, through infection of red Cholera: ſome is ſwéete, through meddlyng of bloud: and ſome is glaſſie, and ſo called for lykeneſſe of coulour of glaſſe: Such fleame is far from heat, and therefore it is thicker then other manner flemes, and harder to diſſolue, & to turn into bloud. If this humor be corrupt, it bredeth diuers ſickneſſes in ye body: ye ſuperfluitie of this fleme is knowen,[1] as Conſtantine ſaith by diuers tokens. For a very fleumaticke man is of body vnluſtie, heauie and ſlow, dull of wit, and of thought forgetfull, ſofte of fleſh and quauie, of coulour white in the face, fearfull of heart, full of ſpitting, sneuelyng and rooking, full of ſloth and ſleeping, and of lyttle appetite, and of lyttle thirſt, but if the fleame be ſalt. For then through medlyng of hot humour, a ſalt ſauour is felt in the mouth: ſoft, yeolow and ſtraight of haire: ſoft, great & ſlowe of pulſe: his vrine is white, thicke, raw, and euill coloured: in ſtature hée is fat, great and ſhort, and crooked in extremities, & his ſkin is playn & ſmooth without haire. He dreameth and hath ſodain appearances of great ouerflowing of waters and raine, and of ſailing and ſwimming in colde water.
Men of this complection haue ofte colde euills, and be payned with them, and namely in Winter for then the qualyties of fleame, coldneſſe and moyſture be ſtrengthened, as ſaith Conſtantine. Looke before for the properties of colde and moyſt.
¶Of Cholar. Cap. 10.
Isidore ſaith, that Cholera is ſayde, for that that in a cholarick humor, Calor, that is the heate, paſſeth temperance. Some Cholera is kindly. & ſome vnkindly. Naturall cholar is kindly hot & drye, ſubtill in ſubſtaunce, cléere & red in color. & bitter in ſauor, with a certain ſharpneſſe: the which the more hotter it is, the redder it is in colour, and ye more bitter: the which when it is dealed in two parts, of the which one paſſeth forth with the bloud, and the other is ſent vnto the cheſt of the gall. That that goeth with the bloud, entermixeth with the bloud, becauſe of neceſſitie and helpe. For it is needful, that it be mingled with the bloud, to make it temper & feede ye cholarick members: for in ye bloud it needeth yt there be red Cholera indéede, after the due proportion of theſe members. Alſo, Cholera helpeth and maketh the bloud ſubtill, that it may paſſe the more lyghtly by ſtraight wayes, to fade the inner parts of the body. That other parte of Cholera, is drawen to the Skybet of the gall, and is ſent thereto becauſe of neede and of helpe, for that is néedfull for clenſing of all the bodye, and feeding of the gall, and alſo to helpe the ſtomacke, and to heate the bowells, and to pricke them that they may diſcharge them of ſuperfluities. Therefore of it falleth gnawing and paſſion Colica: for the waye is ſtopped, that is betwéene the gall and bowels. Unkindly cholar is it that commeth of ſtrong humours medled therewith. For if redde Cholera be mingled with watrie fleame, then is bred Citrina cholera, that is leſſe hot & more noyfull then other Cholars: & if the fleame be more great and thicke, then is bread red and yeolow cholar. Theſe two manner of Cholers be notable. The thirde manner Cholera is called Praſsiua,[2] and is gréene of colour, bitter and ſharpe, as an hearbe that is named Marubium,[3] or Porrus in Latine: and that manner Cholera is bred in the ſtomacke of them, that vſe continually to rate hot hearbs, as léekes, onyons, garlyke, and of ſuch
