The rules of the medical school at Salerno remained for centuries a popular source of advice for how to regulate one's life and diet There were even verse translations designed to make the rules easier to remember, including the following lines from an English translation attributed to Sir John Hanngton (1561-1612) ("Closing the stomach" means finishing a meal and starting the process of digestion )

Although you may drink often while you dine,
Yet after dinner touch not once the cup,
I know that some Physicians do assign
To take some liquor straight before they sup
But whether this is meant by broth or wine,
A controversy 'tis not yet ta'en up
To close your stomach well, this order suits,
Cheese after flesh, Nuts after fish or fruits,
Yet some have said (believe them as you will),
One Nut doth good...