Motiue.

THe first sunday, after Twelftide, now foure yeares past, a certain godly graue preacher, being at my house, and making him readie, that morning, I fortuned to salute him in his chamber, taking a Pipe of Tabacco: who eftsoones, earnestly intreated, and at length with much adoe, enduced mee, to harpe vppon his instrument, Ad vnum vsque aut alterum simplicem haustum, wherevnto I assented, but disdain­fully.

[Page]Againe after a pause, resorting to his Lodging, I hapt to finde him doing as before: Then hee de­maunded mine opinion of Tabacco. And hearing of no dislike from me, he importuned me most instantly, to trie some few sippes more, wherevnto I yeelded, yet very scornefully. Affirming withall neuerthe­lesse, that it seemed tollerable, and might prooue no lesse profitable (doubtlesse) not onely, to many others, but to my selfe especially, (circumstan­ces considered,) I being a Man, leane, feeble, full of defects, and infirmities, full of sleame and rheu­maticke humidities; if euer it prooued profitable for any manne vnder the Cope of Heauen, compar­ing my selfe, in that daintie conceit, vnto a Madde Dogge, (and no better,) whose propertie is, to shunne, flee, and refuse, the fresh running waters, his principall and chiefest comfort. Then, after Seruice and Ser­mon done; at dinner time, in company of diuers good merry Gentlemen (my friends,) I hapt to forget my selfe a little, in eating and drinking, somewhat beyond my wonted measure and manner, expecting nothing more consequent, then due deserued torments, for that same daies delight. And at supper, finding my self vnfit, I did of purpose abstaine, (for it needed not) but yet I conueighed ouer frankely, and freely, a good cup of sacke. Since which my first acceptance of Ta­bacco, vntill this instant, I protest I neuer felt any more of any my former pitiful and painful greeuances; And those manifold and dolorous of me, 50. yeeres space, & aboue, discomfortably endured. And for further te­stimony [Page] hereof, How, in the state of my body, it fared with me many yeeres at Oxford, in the time of Maister D. Marbecke, where I continued Multum diúque Valetudinarius, I appeale to his report and others that do know, Quod non mentiar.

Affectus.

ABout twelue yeeres of age, by meanes of a moist shirt, I was so dainly cast in Ptysin, [...], the ptisicke and straightnesse of breath, with a continuall destillation from head to lunges, encreasing daily, and hourely more and more: till, in the ende, I was constrained to change my studie, from Diuinitie, vnto Phisicke, for healths sake; yet for all mine owne painefull labours, and all other friendly helpes, euen of the best learned Phisitians in our time, I preuailed not, to any purpose, or effect: So that, I became dwined & pined, & finally, brought to such a pickle of leanenes, and feeblenes, throughout all the region and limmes of my body, that I could not ride foure mile end-way at any time, but incontinent, I became bed-rid for six daies space after; insomuch, as I was scarce able to walke ouer mine owne chamber, without some rest, or staie. Neither could I receiue any drinke at any [Page] hand, were it Beere, or VVine, hote or cold, neither yet the very common aire at my mouth, but that immedi­ately, I should be forced to cough, reach, striue, straine, and toile my selfe laboriously, and most lamentably, Ad vsque sudorem & dolorem non vulgares. Moreouer my meat, by the space of xiiij. yeares next before the taking of Tabacco, commonlie neuer staied with mee much aboue one quarter of an houre, or an half houre at the most, (and yet I durst not forbeare my meate vt­terly, lest I should haue disused Nature:) And then, af­ter a little slumber, at my first lying downe, I reiected my supper continually: Insomuch as, I was forced eue­ry night in bed, to receiue a draught of warme posset Ale, for to loose it with ease. Then moreouer, after my first sleep, about 12. or one at midnight, lo, I did vsual­ly cough, with euery drop of sweate vpon my bodie like a Bell, that euen fountaines of blood would spring from my nose, and streames, or streikes of blood like­wise issued from my lungs Empyematicè, in spitting & streyning, together with a shortnes of breath, sorenesse of breast, and a generall faintnes throughout all the chest, and region of my bodie and limmes, in such sort, that I did seeme vnto most men, destitute, and de­priued of all earthly comfort. And, as I may speake it, to be Nec animans, nec amans, both liuelesse and loue­les, fearing and suspecting, not alitle, for diuerse yeares together, the vtter ruine and decay of all the seruicea­ble partes of office within mee; the head, lungs, li­uer, and such other praedominant members. Ne­uerthelesse ( vt verum fatear) since the first taste of [Page] Tabacco, all those formerly most pittifull and paine­full affections, are vanished and departed from mee, miraculously, cleerely, and vtterly, I praise God: So that from the first day I receiued this noble Tabacco, vntill this houre, I neuer felt any of those former grie­uances any more, neither yet shall heereafter, I trust, through good guidance. Yea further, will you haue me to tell you ingenuè, merily, and vnfainedly, a truth? Lend mee your eares alittle while, not long. The first night that I tooke Tabacco, being demaunded vppon my waking, how I felt my selfe; I did directly aun­swer: That me thought my breast was slitte, clouen, and diuided, (as it were) from throate to nauill, and I my selfe at large happily redeemed from captiuity to liberty, from sickenesse to health, from paines to de­light, from continuall discouragement, to comfort and consolation: And so it seemes to mee still, God wottes, Wherefore, Lauda anima mea Dominum, and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

Effectus.

TAbacco, in my conceit, dooth, not onely open and dry, Ratione caliditatis & siccitatis, but also, suapte virtute, dooth purge and expell, quicquid [Page] noxium, mightily and mainely. To giue you an in­stance or example in my selfe; In processe of weekes, well I wot, it hath forced out of my braines, through the great middle Suture of my scull, at an emuncto­rie, not much aboue the toppe of my eares, by times, more yellow, bitter, corrupt, choloricke moisture, I am sure, then three gill cuppes could containe, before it left that course of purging. This humour was the primarie and principall occasion (as I take it) of all my former inueterate fluxes and destillations, drop­ping from the head downeward, infecting the leights, and forcing withal, intolerable sorenesse, ptisicke, and many other such inconueniences, of the like graine and grime, sustained of me, by the space of seauen and fiftie yeeres continuall, and more. Now all these accidents notwithstanding, (blessed be God for his mercy, in the meanes of mans health) euen since the very first assay of Tabacco: There hath beene, and yet is, quietnesse in my head, comfort in my stomacke, li­berty in my lungs, strength and agility in my limbes, ( [...]) perfection in my liuer, rest in my bones, and in vniuersa carne mea, sanitas. Finally, al the powers and faculties within me, be they Naturall, Vitall, or Ani­mall, are so refreshed, and reuiued, that nowe beeing three score and nine yeeres of dayes compleate: my minde and body both, are made apt, nimble, and a­ctiue (neuer better erst) for studie and trauell, fitting and conuenient. The Lord be praised.

Rule.

AT the first brunt, sending to Durham, for some of this geere, to worke withall: two Tabacco pipes miscarried by the way, which might portend ali­quod malum, (Nam in primo limite titubare omino­sum:) Sending againe the second time, I spedde: Then Bonis auibus, I entertained Tabacco into request, and made triall of it actiuelie, as followeth. The first weeke, euery day once, I took one pipe only at a time; The second weeke, euery other day, one pipe onelie a day; The third weeke, euery third day, one pipe onlie a day: The fourth weeke, once only, and so forth, weekely, monthly, or quarterly, as occasion. The ma­ner of my vsage is thus; being a man leane of consti­tution and feeble, earely in the morning, being made ready, and my throate, lungs and stomach, scoured, by hauking, reaching, coughing, and spitting: Then I take my pipe of Tabacco, sitting close by a warme fire, the space of halfe an houre and more, vntill the giddi­nesse and swimming in my head be past, and the me­dicine also haue done it feate: then I vse to gargle my mouth with a cuppe of beere, well warmed with a toste. After that I receiue a good cuppe of Sacke. By meanes whereof, Tabacco, being, as it were, reuiued, nam vinum vires auget, beginnes afresh sensibly, to vi­site and salute, head, stomacke, breast, fingers, and feet, for a prettie season: And when all those stormes, and stowers are ouer-shot, then doe I feele my selfe [Page] light, and liuelie vnto any competent exercise, for­bearing neuertheles, both meate, and common aire; keeping also within my chamber some two or three houres at the least, lest I should either hasten appetite too quickly, or else, catch some cold disorderly, all the pores of my body lying open & apt to harme, through the vehemeut operation and force of the foresaid Ta­bacco. Now, if this be true, as true it is, (et ipse luce clari­us) that it is so comfortable to choloricke, leane, and spinie men, much more of force must it needes be pro­fitable for grosse, fat, and foggy bodies, repleat with hydropicall humours; so that consequently, I may con­fidently inferre hereupon, that Tabacco, (good order obserued) is comfortable and commendable, for most men of any age, degree, constitution, or condition so­euer; And thus did I vse, and yet by times do still vse Tabacco, with comfort and comoditie. Howbeit, of late, (not to dissemble,) hauing my whole bodie, ves­sels, and frame therof, sufficiently reformed and clean­sed, I do of purpose forbeare the frequent vse of it, lest I should seeme to haue forgotten what Galen sayed: scilicet,

And herevpon, whereas, before I did inferre, and a­uerre, that Tabacco is commendable for most men of any age, degree, constitution, or condition soeuer: I would not be mistaken (for my meaning is, and so my [Page] words import) chiefely men and women of riper age, in whom matter may appeare to worke vpon [...], a­dultos ac prouectiores, and those either leane, full of hu­morous superfluities accidental, or else, fat and foggie, hauing pleuthorica corpora, abounding with grosse mat­ters, excrementitiall, apt to putrefaction: But for chill youths, and such other, hauing corpora mollia & carnem halienosam, ac spiritum locupletem innatum, [...], tender & healthfull, I take it not fit, by the sence alleadged. A­pho: lib: 2. Apho: 36.

Now you haue heard, and may conceiue, in what sorte I haue vnfolded and declared, pro posse, próque viribus, the true construction, and faithful interpreta­tion of my first two capitall termes

• Skill and
• Square.

And that geniculatìm in their subdiuision and mem­bers

Of

• Reading and
• Reasoning.

Of

• Motiue:
• Affect:
• Effect:
• Rule.

distinctly and cleerely.

Wherein some men perhappes may suppose, that I haue satisfied, in some sorte, and fully accomplished mine intended purpose, in the setting forth of the E­nargie, Vertue, and Valure of that worthy and twice re­doubted Indian Tabacco: Yet neuerthelesse, vppon reuiew, and further contemplation, me seemes I haue [Page] tript ouer, two of the most necessary reports, and repu­tations belonging to Tabacco, vtpote

• Vse.
• Application.

Whereof, the former I finde to be foure folde.

For it is pro­fitable to

• Reforme and rectifie what is amisse.
• Prouoke vomite vpward.
• Purge by siege, humors of any combina­tion.
• Cure wounds of euery condition.

Vses.

First, Taken (by Pipe) in fume, to draine vp all su­perfluous moisture, be it in ventriculo, hepate, cerebro, aut ipso etiam pulmone; or moreouer, to open and ease all the sluices, conduites, pipes, and passages, from parte to parte, in the whole frame and course of mans body, It is most soueraigne, and of singular operation.

Secondly, Taken for Vomite, it is a present meane, vsed mausticè [...], being chewed vp and downe in the mouth, three or foure small peeces of Tabacco leafe at one time, one peece after another, vntill foure or fiue droppes thereof be drilled into the stomacke: Then, well I wot, there will be anone olde tumbling, heau­ing, reaching, and flinging, whilest all matters offen­siue be forced thence vpward: Albeit it will require your patience.

Thirdly, Taken for Purge, a leafe stiept ouer night in a portion of white Wine or Rhenish, will giue a [Page] mighty purge, deducing & deriuing in short processe, humors of any combination and excrements of euery condition, Per loca conferentia.

Fourthly, Taken for Cure, the onely ashes thereof are profitable, and in most vse (no doubt) for greene wounds, vlcers, and olde sores of all sortes.

And, as the Vse, so is the Application of Tabacco.

First, when you take it by Pipe, mine aduice is, that you put into your box of prepared powder, one grain at the least, of the oile of Anniseedes, it will giue your powder a maruellous grace, and comfortable, both to the smell, and taste, of the taker, not only pleasant and delectable, but also profitable and commendable, e­specially to the daintier sort.

Secondly, when you vse it for Vomite, doe not, in any case, abridge, or restraine, the violent operation thereof, by apposition of any dilatory mixture: But, suffer it to expresse it owne force in action, secundùm libitum suum, & vim innatam, for the more effectuall and speedier dispatch, of a surcharged stomacke, by reiectation.

Thirdly, when you intend to Purge, omit not, for­get not, it will be very expedient, and no lesse conue­nient, [Page] for you, and euery man of euery condition, the night before you take it, to infuse together with your Tabaccoes leafe in white wine, or other liquor, some prety portion of Synamon, Ginger, and Nutmegs brui­sed, with two or three cheires of whole Mace: And (if you list) of Liquorice and Anniseedes likewise bruised, a small quantitie. These things are verè carminatiua, cordiall, & Alexipharmaca, and wil make your Tabac­co to become medicamentum benedictum.

Fourthly, When you apply it for Cure of wounds, you must remember to reserue the burnt ashes remai­ning in your Tabaccoes pipe. Of the same, sprinckle into your greene wound, vlcer, or sore, and you shall see it performe strange and admirable effectes (as it were) vnum idémque, drying, cleansing, filling, and reforming the part and place affected, as shall apper­taine. Many men doe diuersly report woonderfull ef­fectes, in this behalfe, brought to passe, onely by the vertue and operation of Tabacco. And some pretty helpes (I confesse) at home, haue I also seene there­by, to no small ease of diuerse, encouragement to o­thers, and tending chiefly to the inestimable praise of God, the Author of all gnod: Wherefore I wil con­clude with this Epiphonoema,

THus much then, finally, and aphoristicè, for con­clusion of mine owne experience and know­ledge, in the triall of Tabaccoes virtue, not mind­ing hereby, any way to offend, preiudice, or inter­rupt my superiors; But rather algates, by all my best meanes, to forewarne, and exhort, all followers and fauorites of Tabacco, to remember, Ne quid nimis, and circumspectly to foresee, Ne quid temerè attentetur ali­quando; and that due circumstances regarded, euery thing may rightly be ordered and marshalled, by skil­full direction of the learned, lest happly, vnhappily, through mens rash and inconsiderate vsage thereof, they themselues (sua ipsorum culpa) catch Cop­per for Coyne, and, insteade of vaine hoped for help, some due de­serued harme.

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