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longeſt :for hée loueth chaſtitie, and vſeth lecherie but ſeldome. Huc vſque Ariſtoteles.
Auicen, and Solinus, and Iſaac in dietis vniuerſalibus, treateth of beaſtes, in that they be féeding and noriſhing for mans body: for ſome beaſtes accorde to mans complection, as Lambe, Kidde, Shéepe and Swine among tame beaſts: Hart and Hindes, Backes and Roes among wilde beaſtes. And ſome be all contrary to mans complection, and that for great heate, as the Adder Tyrus, and other Serpents: or els for too great cold, as Spiders and Scorpions. And ſome are vnlyke to mans kinde, but they be not all contrary, neither poyſon: as Irthins, Hares, and Foxes, & other beaſts with fleſh of heauie ſmell, for of ſuche beaſtes, commeth worſt nouriſhing of mans body. And wilde beaſts be more hot and drye, & leane, than tame beaſts, and that for continuall mouing, and for heate of the ayre that they be in, and alſo for drineſſe of their meate and nouriſhing, and therefore their fleſh is more hard, and harder to digeſt, and that is knowen, for when they be ſlaine, theyr fleſh rotteth not ſo ſoone as the fleſh of tame beaſts.
Therefore all fleſh of wilde beaſtes, is leſſe ſauoury and noriſheth leſſe, than fleſh of tame beaſts, except the fleſh of wilde Roes, that is much more ſauorie than other, and better, and more nouriſhing. Their bodies be made ſofte by mouing, and humours be made ſmall & thin, and the pores be opened, and humours that be cauſe of heauie ſmell, be diſſolued and amended, and ſo becauſe of mouing and of trauaile, they be accidentally made more ſauourie, for by ſuche running and mouing about, theyr kinde coldneſſe is tempered: and therefore in wild beaſts that run and trauaile much, the heauie ſmell and ſauour is taken awaye, and their fleſh is made the more ſender, for their pores be opened, and the humours are tempered, that their fleſh may be the better and ſooner diſſolued, & corporate into members, and becauſe of kinde drineſſe, their fleſh is the later diſſolued in the members.
Alſo ſome beaſts are fed and nouriſhed in moiſt places and watry, and their fleſh nouriſheth ſoone, and is ſoone digeſted, but it is ſoone diſſolued of the members. And ſome are fed in mountaines and in drye places, and their fleſh is better in kéeping and gouerning of health, and more according in comforting, and more perfect in during in the members.
And other beaſts that he made tame and fed in houſes, haue more gleymie & great fleſh, becauſe of great eating, and of corrupt meate, and therefore theyr fleſh is hard nouriſhing, and diſſolueth ſlowly both in the ſtomacke, and in the liuer: for as Hippocrates ſaieth, To know goodneſſe of kinde of beaſtes, as touching nouriſhing and féeding of the body, it helpeth to know place & paſture where they be fed, and aire moyſt or drie where they dwell, and quantitie of mouing and of reſt, and how they are diſpoſed accidentally or kindlye in idleneſſe or in trauaile. And beaſts that are kindly tame, be leſſe hot & more moiſt than wilde beaſts, and therefore ye fleſh is more ſofte, and the ſooner digeſted, for by great reſt and eaſe the pores be cloſed, and the thicke humours be tempered by heat that is cloſed within, and ſo the fleſh ſofteneth and tendereth. And for they eate and drinke much, their ſuperfluitie of humours increaſeth ſoone, and fatneſſe is increaſed, and therefore the bodyes of ſuch beaſtes, are much nouriſhing and ſauoury, and paſſeth ſoone into the members and into the veynes.
And for multitude of gleamineſſe and of moyſture, ſuch fleſh rotteth ſoone, and gendereth ſuperfluitie of humours. And though it féede kindly and much, yet for paſſing moyſture it is ſoone diſſolued, and paſſeth out of the members. And ſo accidentally it nouriſheth the body leſſe then fleſh of wilde beaſts. For though ye fleſh of wilde beaſts nouriſheth but little: yet for it is hard to diſſolue and ſlow, it abideth longer in the members, in which it is incorporate. Therefore men in olde time ſayd, that it noriſheth the members accidentally.
Alſo in all manner kinde of beaſtes,