Note 141:A — Chapter V
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"Aske Medicus counsell ere medcine ye make, And honour that man for necessitie's sake, Though thousands hate physick because of the cost, Yet thousands it helpeth that else should be lost."
"Five hundred pointes of good husbandrie," by Tusser, 1573. It will be noted that it is "ye make"; nowadays it would have to be written "ye take." The verse is from a section on "Good huswifelie physicke." The farmer's wife herself cultivates a goodly store of
"Cold herbes in her garden for agues that burne, That ouer strong heate to good temper may turne,"
such as "Endiue and Suckerie," "Water of Fumentorie, liver to coole." "Conserve of the Barbarie, quinces as such, With Sirops that easeth the sickly so much," must also be provided, to say nothing of "Spinnage ynough."