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And is ſo ſent by the organe of ye lungs, to coole the heart: without coolyng wherof, the heart ſhuld be burnt and deſtroyed by too great heate. Alſo the mouth is néedfull to ſhape the voyce, and for that intent the roofe of the mouth is hollow, that the doubling of the tongue, maye moue the eaſelyer to ſhape the voyce, & moue vp and downe. Alſo it is profitable to put out and caſt off the great ſuperfluities, that come of the braine to the lunges: the which ſuperfluities, when they be caſt out by the dore of ye mouth, in the heart and the braine of the beaſt, the ſpirite vitall, doth his office more ſpéedelye. Alſo it is profitable to diſcharge the féeding members of ſuperfluitie: for when the ſtomacke is charged with rawe humours, kinde working by the vertue of out putting, cleanſeth the ſtomacke by the office of the mouth, as ſaith Conſtantine and Galen ſuper illud Aphoris, ſaith: In ſpewings & purgations that be haſtely made, if they be made as they ſhould, they profit & helpe: and the contrary falleth, if they are not made as they ſhoulde. Conſtantine in viatico ſaith, that the mouth is grieued ſometime by ſoreneſſe and ſickneſſe of the lymmes that be nigh thereto, and is grieued with pimples & blaynes, and with whelkes and botches, and with ſuch other, and with corrupt humours that fall to the mouth from other places. And if the mouth be red and ſome deale browne, and hot, and aking, and burning: the matter is of bloud and Cholera. And if it be much blacke, it is the worſe and the more grieueus, and the more to dread leaſt it bréede a canker. It happeneth that botches bréede in the mouths of ſucking children: the which botches come of ſharpneſſe of milke and of corruption thereof. Hetherto ſpeaketh Conſtantinus in viatico, &c.
¶Of the Teeth. cap. 20.
DEntes[1] in Gréeke be called Edentes, as it were cleauing & diuiding all that commeth betwéene them, as ſayth Iſid. And Conſt. ſaith, that the téeth be a certaine manner of plants ſticked and pight by rootes and mores in the bones of the chéekes & of the chin. And Con. ſaith that a man hath .xxxii. téeth: ſixtéene be ſet in the chéeke bones, foure of them be ſet in the formoſt part, and be called Pares;[2] and Quadrupli alſo. And theſe téeth bée broad and ſharpe, & Phiſitions call them forcutters; for they be able to carue all thing, and all thing that they reteyne, they bruſe and bite aſunder. And there be other two that are called Canini. & they be ſet beſide the téeth that are named Quadrupli,[3] and they be ſharp in the endes, and be able to bruſe and grynde harde meates. And Iſidore ſaith, That they are called Canini, Houndiſh, to the lykeneſſe of houndes téeth. And houndes with the ſayd téeth gnaw bones; and be ſtronger and ſharper, longer and rounder, than the téeth that be called keruers: and therefore ſome men call them the necke of a maide, and what the firſt téeth may not kerue and breake with biting, they betake it to theſe téeth, as to ye ſtrōger to bruſe & to bite. And there be other .x. in either part of the ouer iawe, that he ſet beſide the keruers: and theſe be broad and great, and they be Molares, grinders, and they be apt to grind meat, for the thing that is bitten and broke by the foretéeth in the mouth, commeth betwéene the grinders, as ſaith Iſid. Then in the ouer iawe are xvi. téeth: foure of which are called Quadrupli and Pares, keruers, and two; which be called Canini,[4] houndiſh, and x. which be called, Molares,[5] grinders: and ſo many be ſet in the nether iawe, or in the chin. Then touching their number and office, the téeth bée parted and diuided in foure manners, for ſome be keruers, which be foure, two aboue, & two beneth: & theſe be firſt ſéene. And ſome are Pares, & they be foure, two aboue & two beneath, & be ſet in eyther ſide beſide ye kerners, & touch each other. And ſome be called houndiſh, which are foure: two aboue & two beneath, ſtriking each other. Some are called grinders, which be .xx. ten aboue and as many beneth, & they touch each other, & grinde alway as milſtones, ye meate yt the other téeth began to kerue. And all theſe bée pight and rooted in the iawes, & be ſomewhat forked and twiſted, but diuerſlye.