Timothe Bright, doctor of phisicke : a memoir of "the father of modern shorthand" / by William J. Carlton.

  • Carlton, William J. (William John), 1886-1973.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Timothe Bright, doctor of phisicke : a memoir of "the father of modern shorthand" / by William J. Carlton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are few and far between, is wholly devoted to this ques- tion of the adequacy of home-grown herbs and home- made physic. There being no press in Cambridge at that time, Bright took his manuscript to London, and early in 1580 an anonymous little book issued from the press of Henry Middleton, on behalf of Thomas Man, bearing this lucid though long-winded title : A Treatise : Wherein is declared the sufjiciencie of English Medicines, for cure of all diseasescured with Medicine. The exact date when it was licensed for the press is determined by the following entry in the register of the Company of Stationers : “ ix° die ffebruarij [1580] “ Thomas Man. Licenced vnto him vnder th[e h]andes of the wardens A Treatyce wherein is Declared the sufficiencye of English medycines for cure of all diseases cured with medicine vjd.”1 The only apparent clue to the paternity of this little tractate—it consists of but forty-eight duodecimo pages —lies in the dedication, which begins : “To the right honourable, the Lord Zouch. T. B. wisheth prosperitie in this world, and eternall life in the world to come.” The author refers to the “ especiall fauour ” which his lordship had shown him, “ both by benefites and other- way es,” and begs his patron to accept this my simple Newyeres gift, being a defence of our natiue medicines, with disprofe of those of foreigne nations.” “ The ques- tion I once disputed in open place,” he continues, “ and 1 Arber’s Transcript op the Registers op the Company op Stationers op London, vol. ii. (1875), p. 365.