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A81145	Culpeper's last legacy left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publicke good, being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially, in chyrurgery and physick, viz. compounding of medicines, making of waters, syrrups, oyles, electuaries, conserves, salts, pils, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises; the one of feavers; the other of pestilence; as also other rare and choice aphorisms, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. Never publisht before in any of his other works. By Nicholas Culpeper, late student in astrology and physick.	Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7518; Thomason E1464_2; ESTC R22796	103,545	286

stood and hang it up if the weather be hot and dry upon a white thorn else in the chimney corner and as fast as that dries the swelling will cease and the pain go away 184. The water wherein Lavender hath been boyled will take away any spot or stain out of any cloth 185. Let the Image of a Lyon be engraven in a plate of Gold Andreas Cordulensis when Sol is in Leo let not the Moone behold the sixt house nor yet the Lord of the Ascendant behold Saturn nor Mars if it be not a Systeam too rare to find neither let the Moon behold them this strengthens the heart being worn against it as also pains in the back being worn against that 186. Also if Trochisks be made with Olibanum Goats blood Idem and sealed with the said plate and afterwards dissolved and drunke in White-wine it breakes the stone in the Reins and Bladder 187. The whitest of Frankincense Razis Mizaldus beaten in powder and drunk in White-wine wonderfully encreaseth the memory and is profitable for the brain and stomack 188. Any part of the bone of a mans arm with the biggest end of a goose-wing being born about one that hath the quartane Ague Mizaldus Geber cures them 189. The powder of earth worms of mice dung and of a Hares tooth put into the hol● of a rotten tooth it will drop out without any instrument 190. There is a stone to be found in the head of a long Snaile Mizaldus which being beaten into fine powder and blowne into the eye takes away the web spots or other infirmities that anoy it 191. A spoonfull of Aquavitae Lemnius sweetned with sugar and a little grated white-bread put in it that it may not anoy the brain nor harme the liver taken every day preserves folke not onely from Lethargies and Apoplexies but also from all cold diseases 192. Take one part of Gentian and two parts of Centaury bruise them and infuse them five days in a convenient quantity of Wine then distill them This water being drunk preserves the body in health Julius Euonimus resisteth the plague causeth a good colour cureth Imposthumes and Ptisicks stuffings of the stomack and spleen provoketh the terms purgeth choler and corrupt blood healeth inward wounds the biting of venemous beasts and cleers the sight 193. A most excellent remedy for the Plague is this Take Ivy-berries when they are ripe ●lexis and dry them then take halfe a dram of the powder of them in Plantane water and sweat upon it 194. Stamp Chelondine and apply it to any tetter or Ringworm and it will quickly cure it 195. The same hearb by like usage will take away any black spot from any part of the body 196. Let the party that is troubled with the tooth-ach lie on the contrary side and drop two or three drops of the juyce of Rew into his eare on that side his teeth ake and let it remain there an hour or two it will not only take away the pain for the present but he shall never be troubled with it after 197. For womens breasts that are sore beat a handfull of figs well and mix them with a little hogs greace and apply it to the breast as hot as can be suffred if the breast be ready to break it will break it else not 198. Take good saffron in powder and mix it with as much black sope and spread it on the fleshy side of a peice of leather and lay it to the navel of one that cannot make water and in one hour you shall see the effects of it 199. The Roots of Holly-okes Pet. Hisp stamped with hogs greace and applied to the Gout helps it in three dayes 200. Verjuyce sod and put hot into a tin bottle with a narrow mouth and the mouth of the bottle held to the eare that the fume may go up into the head helps the head-ach and noyse in the eares and if any quick thing be gotten into the eare it will quickly bring it out FINIS A TREATISE OF THE PESTILENCE With its PREVISION PROVISION PREVENTION By NICHOLAS CULPEPPER Student in Astrology and Physick Printed in the Year 1655. A TREATISE OF THE PESTILENCE COnsidering the reigning and raging of this Disease in London and divers other Townes and Cities in England and that large experience I have had in it now these ten yeares considering also the terrible horrour and affright that seizeth on most men and women to this day though the disease have beene no stranger to London this twelve yeares if the disease be but within a House or two of them yea some if it be but in the Street as though they were all dead men I thought good to write a small Tractate of the Disease studyed from the grounds of Physick and confirmed by dayly experience to leave behind me for the benefit of Posterity or my Survivers be they who they will which may be as a Present and a more honest helpe to them then running away for hereby their minds being guided by more true charitable and neighbourly principles they may doe good to themselves and others and benefit their owne experience in Physicke as I have done before them Galens three adverbs Citò Longè Tardè And this small treatise for I hate prolixity may stand them in as much and more stead then Galens three adverbs Citò Longè Tardè to runne away quickly and farre and to returne not in a long time which he saith though untruly is worth three Apothecaries shops well furnished Cause threefold The causes of this disease are three yet all subservient the one to the other The first cause is the great conjunctions of the superiour Planets meeting in Signes Cause 1 ruling such and such Countries and Cities or in Signes opposing or squaring such Signes The second is a corrupted and unwholsome Aire Cause 2 which is caused by such meetings of the Planets The third is putrified humours hot blood addust and burned Cause 3 caused by breathing in such corrupt Aire and if the diet before were perverse it addes fuell to the fire and fills the body with superfluous humours A word or two now to satisfie men concerning the common feare of infection which makes many rich men which might and ought to maintaine poore visited people yea many Physicians whose duties it is to administer physick to them to fly away so that in time of great infection you may heare more cry out for lack of bread and meanes necessary then for anguish of the disease Hence also came that unnaturall and inhumane custome of shutting up houses that are visited thereby sadding and dejecting their spirits and thereby making way for the disease as I shall shew anon and taking men from their usuall imployments which is a digester of humours and a preserver of health Nay if the disease be infectious as in their opinions it is it is plaine murder to shut

seame of their head or os triquetrum Cure by unction with oyle of fleabane see Chap. 2. mixed with oyle of sweet almonds or alone by it selfe Let their body be kept soluble Also they may bath their head in water in which strawberry leaves Stoole Bath violet leaves and flowers mallowes and other hearbes that have a moistning vertue have beene boyled CHAP V. Of Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of plentitude or blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of blood HItherto I have written of Head-ach comming through alteration of the bare quality only I now come to Head-ach caused of fulnesse and abundance of blood I call fulnesse in this place that which the Greekes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is when all the four humours abound and be encreased in their proportion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or when blood onely abounds The cause This is caused commonly of eating all such things as ingender abundance of humours in the body as meates and drinkes of great nourishment plentifully taken as also the neglecting and omitting exercises bathes sweatings and usuall purgings bleedings and evacuations The signes be these Signes the face and the eyes be ruddy the veines be swoln so that the least and smalest may be easily seene the pulse is great and vehement the urine reddish and thick the veines of the temples beate more hard strong and vehement then those at the wrest the paine of the head is heavinesse Let the sick be in a cold and dry aire if you can get no such place naturall Cure make it so by art Let his diet be spare Aire let him avoyd things that nourish plentifully as egges flesh c. Let his drink be barly water in which cold hearbs have been boyled as endive Meat succory purselane lettuce Drinke or only barly water with a little Cinnamon Let him use meane exercise Exercise rubbing his body often if his body be soluble and no feaver let him bath often In the beginning of the disease let him blood in the cephalica of that arme on which the griefe lies most if that appeare not take the middle veine Bleeding if bleeding in the arme suffice not let them bleed in the forehead If age or weaknesse or both prohibit bleeding use cupping glasses to the shoulders to draw backe the blood Cupping These done use medicines externall that are cold and astringent Vnction wherewith you are furnished in the second Chapter You must in this disease have a special care that the body be kept soluble if necessity require and neither feaver nor weaknesse hinder Purging give a decoctum Sennae with rubarbe and agricke at i. ʒ iv ℥ After this you may apply such medicines to the head Repelling as disperse the disease and dissipate and repell the humours such be mallow seedes fenugreck seeds chamomel flowers melilot flowers either in bathes liniments or oyles as you think fit Also you may bind the lower parts of the body hard Bindings as the things to call or draw back the humours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Choler CHAP VI. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of Choler The cause HEad-ach comming of cholericke humours is caused of all such things as heate and drye the head unnaturally as care anger paine labour watching fasting eating of meates that be cholericke as Garlique Onions pickled herrings and other meates extraordinary salt c. The signes be these the pains be like his that hath headach by reason of heat Signes but that only they have a more sharp and pricking pain as though awles or bodkins were thrust into their heads their face is pale and wan their head is moderately hot bitternesse of the tongue drinesse of the eyes nose and tongue this disease chanceth most to young and flourishing yeares to such as are cholericke of complexion to them that take overmuch businesse in hand and the like Let the sicke abide in a cold and moist aire which may be procured by the Art specified in the second Chapter Cure as by sprinkling the Chamber with cold water Aire by strewing the Chamber with cold herbs and moist flowers and branches of trees their mentioned Let his whole diet be moist let him eat meates that be moist and of good juyce Meates give them Endive Succory Lettice Purslaine small fishes that live in gravelly Rivers Let his drinke be water only Drinkes in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled but let him altogether abstaine from Wine and strong drinke Let him be kept quiet Sleepes and have long sleepes you may provoke sleep by the rules in the second Chapter let him be merry and refraine from all perturbations of mind Purges You must refrain purging there be a feaver In the beginning of the cure you must purge the cholericke humour with medicines fit for the purpose such be Hiera picra Electuary of the juyce of Roses Rubarb Pillulae aureae Alephanginae c. ☞ But if it chance the cholericke humours do rest quietly in any part of the body as many times it doth and so becometh adust and burneth the place where it lyeth and maketh the man uncapable of receiving purging medicines you must use preparatives to alter and concoct the humour till it appear by the urine to be digested the best way of all to do this is to administer a spoonfull of Vineger of Squils every morning fasting and let the party walke a quarter of an houre after it if you find that too hot as you seldome shall administer it in an ounce of Julep of Roses or Syrupus acetosus Also you may give an ounce of pulp of Cassia at night when he goes to sleep or lenitive Electuary Bolus If they be very costive as it is the nature of choler ☜ to procure costivenesse administer clisters of the mollient herbs viz. Mallows Beetes Violets Clisters Pellitory and Mercury of each a handfull boyled in a quart of ☜ water to three quarters of a pint in which being ☜ strained mingle Diacatholicon i. ℥ Mel rosarum i. ℥ species Hierae picrae i. ʒ make it into a clister Also you may use Oyle of Fleabane for unction in the manner and forme prescribed in the second Chapter Vnct on Beware of ♂ If the disease for all these medicines continue still viralent and malignant Boxing you may apply cupping glasses between the shoulders and friction or rubbing of the armes and legs time and care convenient being used 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Wind. CHAP. VII Of the Headach coming of Windinesse The cause IT is a cause of eating abundance of windy things besides the nature of the body and other things were such as were apt to ingender wind It is known by a distention or stretching within the head Signes and that without heavinesse or beating as also by noise in the ears

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The dignotions of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke in Latin Cephalaea in English an old and invetterate headach it may be knowne from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by these notes it hath been of long continuance exceeding painfull hard to cease every light occasion as noise loud speech cleer light moving drinking of Wine strong smels or the like causes sharp or violent fits the diseased desires to lie in the dark to be quiet often supposing that their heads are stucke with a hammer also some doe feele those things that are about their head as though they were bruised or racked this disease sometimes doth continue painful alwayes sometimes it comes by fits with intermission so that sometimes they thinke themselves perfectly whole This disease doth vex Women ☜ more then men In some the pia Mater or skin that ☜ knits the senses together which lyeth round the braine within the dura mater is vexed in some onely the ☜ Pericranium or skin that covereth the skull round is vexed It is caused either by abundance of blood and other humours or by the sharpnesse of the humours Cause contained either within or without the scull inflaming the head also it is caused through weaknesse of the head If the pain invade the sicke with heavinesse Signes it sheweth the disease to proceed of fulnesse and abundance of humours if it come with pricking gnawing and shooting it betokeneth sharpnesse of humours if it beat like pulses it betokeneth inflammation if there be felt distention or stretching out without beating or heavinesse it comes of wind if there be beating with it it is a hot wind if heavinesse there are humours as well as wind if the paine be felt superficially or outwardly the disease lies in the Pericranium if inwardly it lies in the Pia Mater and then is there alwayes a paine in the rootes of the eyes for the tunicles of the eyes have their beginning from the brain ☜ As for diet and aire the cause being knowne Cure you may easily gather out of the former Chapter If it come through abundance of humours you may in the first place let blood Oyle of Vervaine used in Unction is an approved medicine unles there be inflammations or feavers joyned with it for them use Oyle of Fleabane both considered as in the former Chapters Have a great care that sleep be moderate and the body soluble You may also for fear of Relapsing purge the head with strong Gargarismes made with juyce of Leeks Pellitory of Spain long Pepper Mustard or the like Or by sneezing if the infirmity lie within the scull CHAP. XII Of the Megrim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek Description in Latin also Hemicranium in English the Megrim is a painfull evill lying in the one halfe of the head only the right side or the left and is distinguished by the seame that runneth all along the scull from the middle part of the forehead to the hinder part of the head or nape of the neck this pain cometh often by fits and in some the griefe is felt without the scull in some within and that deepe in the braine in some in the Muscles near the Temples It is caused by ascending or flowing of many vapours or humours Cause or by the Arteries or by both and sometime it proceeds from the brain it selfe thrusting out its excrements and superfluities when the passages are stopped The Signes whereby you may know whether vapours Signes or humours do abound whether they be hot or cold whether within the scull or without may be drawne out of the former Chapters only this I adde if the pain lie in the Pericranium the pain is so vehement that they canot suffer their heads to be touched with ones hand Their Dyet what they should eat and what they should eschew Diet. may be gathered out of the former Chapters according to the diversity of the causes yet let them by all meanes avoid all such things as send sharp vapors up into the Head as Garlique ☜ Onions Mustard Raddish roots c. If the Infirmity lie without the Scull Cure as most commonly it doth comb the head if the pain lie on the right side with a combe made of the right horn of a Ram I suppose it were best the Ram were killed when the Sun * Or at least when Mars is there is in Aries if it lie on the left side with a comb made of the left horn of a Ram and this for ought I know may do it if the disease lie within the Scull If it lie near the Temples among the Musces rub them often either with your hand or with a cloth till they be hot when the pain is over and that many times remedyeth the disease if it lie there Also Euphorbium mixed with Oyle and put into the ear on that side the paine lies take more or lesse Euphorbium according as the parties senses are dull or quicke a scruple of Euphorbium is enough for an ounce of Oyle and one drop is sufficient to put into the ear at one time Also Euphorbium dissolved in Vinegar and applyed by way of Unction to the grieved part of the head profiteth much But beware you use not Euphorbium if the disease come of hot Humours or Vapours Also Earthworms beaten to powder Snailes ☜ Peach kernels Goats dung mingled with Vinegar of Squils are medicinall If it comes of hot Humours use those medicines prescribed for the headach coming of hot humours If it come of plenitude use blood betting In fine purge the Humour that causeth the Disease CHAP. XIII Of Vertigo or swimming in the Head VErtigo is a Disease wherein a man thinketh all that he sees turnes round Description it is a Disease my selfe have been often for many yeares terribly vexed withall insomuch that at the last I many times fell down in a swoon and fainted This Disease often turneth to the Falling-sicknesse as it had almost done in my selfe though after much and vast expence of Physicke one Vomit absolutely cured me therefore I shall be more large in the signes of this Disease This Disease is caused through inordinate moving of Vapours that are windy Cause contained in certain parts of the Brain this Disease is caused either because the Brain it selfe is ill-affected or of Vapours ascending from the Stomack thither the Braine it selfe is offended by a Humour aeriall from whence a windy spirit moveth inordinately about and troubleth the apprehension so that all things the man seeth seeme to turne round also the Brain is offended by the mouth of the Stomack when windy exhalations are carried from thence to the Brain which happeneth by corruption or putrefaction in the Stomack the Vapours of which being penetrating move about the Brain Galen makes a great stir and so also doth Hippocrates to prove two sorts of

the Disease Keep the head and neck alwayes warm Also you may take inwardly such things as strengthen the braine such be Aromaticum Rosatum Diamoscum dulce Diambra Dianthon c. CHAP. XXIV Of Madnesse Difference betwixt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek is a Disease which the Latins call Insania and Furor in English Madnesse and Fury they that have this Disease be unruly like wild Beasts The difference betwixt this and the Frenzy is this A Feaver alwayes accompanies a Frenzy but never this Disease called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Madnesse It is caused of much blood flowing up into the Brain Cause sometimes this blood offends in quantity only and sometimes in quality when it is melancholy The super fluity of melancholly causeth alienation of mind and causeth the man to be foolish and beside ☜ himselfe I shall onely in this Chapter treat of madnesse coming of blood Signes There goeth before Madnesse weaknesse of the head tickling of the ears shinings before the eyes great watchings strange thoughts approach the mind heavinesse of the head a ravenous appetite a forwardnesse to bodily lust the eyes stare and seldome either winke or beckon If it come of blood only they laugh continually and the sicke thinketh he seeth before his eyes things to laugh at If any Choler be mingled with the blood then the pricking and swift moving of the brain makes them angry irefull moving and bold In the first place bleed them Bleeding ☞ and then by the colour of the blood you may discerne easily the quality predomnate If it be a Woman breath a veine in the ankles for ☞ that provokes the termes Let their Diet be such as breeds little blood till they are almost starved In many the humours is waxed grosse and setled by long continuance and such are worst to cure though perhaps they be patientest for the time yet looke for them to be furious enough when the humour is stirred and made thinner If it come of blood only you may draw away blood abundantly from the arm under the tongue from the forehead from the fundament with leaches If Choler be mixed with the blood I refer you to the Chapter of Frenzy If of Melancholy the next Chapter shall instruct you only let him eat little drink no strong drink nor wine sleepe much and go to stool orderly CHAP. XXV Of Melancholie BY Melancholie here I mean not the simple complexion for without that none can live but the alteration of the complexion in quantity quality or seat It commeth without a feaver Description and is engendred of melancholy occupying the mind and changing the temperature of the brain It is caused three waies Sometimes it is caused of the common vice of melancholy blood Caused 3 waies being in all the veines of the body and so hurteth the braine Sometimes the blood only in the brain is altered Had this been to do again I could have done it ten tim●s better the blood in other parts of the body being safe And sometimes it is ingendred through inflammation about the spleene and so sending up melancholy vapours thither The most common signes be fearefulnesse sadnesse hatred strange imaginations For some think themselves bruit beasts and counterfet their noise and voyce Signes my selfe knew one this present yeare 1645. that thought him selfe only a man and all other men beasts that came to devour him and stood with a staffe to beat every one that came neer him whom I perswaded that he was made of a black pot and if he did not speedily get him into his house I would throw a stone at him and break him which was so upon his imagination that he threw away his staffe and ranne in and would suffer none to touch him for feare they should break him Innumerable such fancies are mentioned by Authors which I forbear to mention This is according to the cause if the cause be fear then they thinke others will kill them if of grief they seek to kill themselves if of love the naturall blood is infected because the liver is the seat of love I want room guesse the rest by these As how one conceited he had a fish in his blood another durst not pisse for feare he should drowne the world a third conceited he had no head and a fourth that he was made of butter all which and the waies and meanes by which they were cured you may read in A. P. his Chirurgery but to proceed Many desire death and some do kill themselves others are afraid of death and thinke their best friends when they see them determine to kill them some laugh some weep some think themselves inspired with the holy Ghost and prophecie of things to come Also the state of their body is slender black rough dry and hard in touching and altogether melancholious This is caused through excessivenesse of some passion as love joy griefe c. or through much study watching stopping of the Hemoroides or Menstrua or the eating of wicked and melancholicke meats But in such in whom it is caused by the Spleen they have rawnesse much wind sharpe belchings burnings and greivousnesse of the sides the sides are drawn upwards and many times they have Inflammations there Also Costivenesse little sleep troublesome and naughty dreams swimming in the head and sound in the eares Let him abhor melancholy Diet. Diet Let the Aire he abides in be hot and moist Aire Let his Meat be hot and moist of good digestion and breeding good blood Young Borrage boyl'd and buttered is good meat for him Black Hellebore corrected with Cinnamon Purge is a good purge for him so is decoction of Epithimam Fumitory is a soveraigne hearb for the disease and so is betony If the infirmity lie in the whole body Bleeding you have no other remedy but you must bleed him often because all the blood is corrupted If it lie in the head only bleeding is needles only follow his humours and comfort him with Cordials and Cephaliques that strengthen the braine such be of simples Betony Red-roses Harts-tongue Endive ☜ Borrage buglosse and Violet flowers Of compounds Aromaticum rosatum Diamoscu dulce Anacardina Laetificans Galleni Dianthon species cordiales temperatae c. And his best Doctor is Dr Merry-man But if it proceed from the Spleen for Simples use Centaury Penyroyall Wormwood and Germander and Bay-berries apply to the region of the Spleen an Emplaster of Melilot for the Spleen Also you may provoke them to sneeze with Betony in powder snuffed up in their nose Sneezing There are divers other manners of cure which I omit here my scope being in this place to treat of it as it annoyeth the brain only I may happen to write of the redundance of all the complexions severally and distinctly by themselves to which I refer you CHAP. XXVI Of Trembling or shaking of

in strong Vinegar till they be soft then beat them in a Morter and make them into a Poltice with a little Mustard-seed and Cloves beaten into pouder spread this upon a cloth and apply it warm to the Region of the Stomach This in three or foure times doing will cure 9. To stay vomiting Take a toast and bake it very well then dip it in Vinegar chew a little of it in your mouth whilst it is hot and hold the rest to your nose and it will close the mouth of your stomach 10. For a weak stomach Take an ounce of Cinamon halfe an ounce of Galanga and as much Ginger beat them into powder and with syrrup of Hysop make them up into an Electuary of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg every morning fasting an houre or two after it if you cannot get syrrup of Hysop put halfe an ounce of Hysop in powder in it and make it up with clarified honey 11. For a stinking breath caused by the stomach Take the tops of Rosemary boyl them in wine and drink a draught of the decoction first at morning and last at night 12. For a watry Stomach Take an Oaken leafe and lay it upon your Tongue with the rough side downward shut your mouth close and it will draw the water from your Stomach CHAP. XIV Of the Liver and its Infirmities 1. A Caution IF the Liver be too hot it usually proceedeth from too much blood and is known by rednesse of Urine the Pulce is swift the Veines great and full his Spittle Mouth and Tongue seem sweeter than they use to be the cure is letting blood in the right Arme. 2. To cause the Liver well to digest Take Oyle of Worm-wood and so much Mastick in powder as will make it into a Poltice lay it warme to your right side 3. For heat of the Liver Take Liver-wort Cinkfoyle Endive Succory Borrage and Buglosse of each equall quantities boyl them in Clarified Whey and drinke no other drinke 4. Another Take of Sow-thistles Dandelion and Ribwort of equall quantities either boyl them in clarified Whey or else in faire water or if you will you may tunne them up in small Beer and drinke no other drinke 5. Stoppages for the Liver Take Ivie-berries Agrimony Harts-tongue Liver-wort and the bark of Ash Tree of all these a like quantity Pollypodium the double quantity of any one of them bruise them well and either tunne them up in small Beer or else make a decoction of them in water then make the decoction into a Syrup with Sugar to be kept for your use 6. A Caution If the Liver be stopped the Face will swell and you shall be as fure to have a paine in your right side as though you had it there already 6. For Stoppage of the Liver Use garden-thime in all your drinks broaths it will prevent stoppages before they come and cure them after they are come 8. For the Liver The Liver of a Hare dried and beaten into powder cures all the Diseases of the Liver of Man 9. Gently to clense and cool the Liver Take of Liver-wort Fumitory and Harts-tongue of each equall quantities clarifie them in Whey and drinke a pinte of it every morning fasting two or three houres after CHAP. XV. Of the sides and their infirmities 1. A Caution IF you have a paine in your side and question whether it be a Plurisie or not take Wormwood and heat it hot against the fire between two Tile-stones and when it is very hot sprinkle it with a little Muskadell then put it in a Linnen cloath and lay it hot to your side if it be only winde it will take it away in two houres but if it be the Plurifie it will increase the pain and then you must seek other remedies 2. For winde in the side Take the leaves of holly and dry them well and beat them to powder take two drachms of it in Wine and it will give thee ease immediately 3. For a Stich in the side Take the Urine of him that is ill and boyl Worm-wood and Cummin seeds bruised very well in it and anoynt the sides going to bed with the Liquor 4. Another Anoynt thy side going to bed with Oyle of Bayes 5. For a Stich in the left side Take a quantity of Cummin seed and bruise them very well infuse them in Malmsey or Muskadell three or four houres then fry them in a pan till they be pretty thick put it in a Linnen bag and lay it to your side CHAP. XVI Of the Heart and its Infirmities 1. For a trembling of the Heart without a Feaver TAke the Maw of an old Cock dry it and beat it into powder and take a drachm of the powder of it in the morning in Wine 1. Another Take red Corrall and beat it into very fine powder and take a scruple of it first in the morning and last at night in Borrage water 3. For fatnesse about the Heart Take the juyce of Fennell and clarifie it and make a Syrup of it with Honey and take an ounce of it morning and evening 4. For knawing about the Heart Take Sage leaves and Yarrow beat them and presse out the juyce clarifie it and drink a spoonfull of it in every draught of Beer you drink 5. A Caution Things which strengthen the Heart are Saffron Rue Borrage Buglosse Harts-horne Mustard red Roses Violets Mace good Wine and Spirit of Wine moderately taken 6. For Heart Qualmes Take halfe a Drachme of Piony roots in powder every morning or a spoonfull of Syrup of Pionyes and to be sure you shall be free from it all that day CHAP. XVII Of the Belly and its Infirmities 1. For a hard Belly without pain TAke Mallows and Mercury and stamp them together the hearb Mercury I mean not Quicksilver and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Navill 2. Another Take Rew and presse the juyce out clarifie it dri●k a spoonfull of it in all the drink you drink 3. For a hard Belly that is sore Beat Penyroyall and mixe a little Ginger with it in powder and apply it Plaister-wise to the Belly 4. For a Bastard Chollick Take Worm-wood Rew Motherwort Lavender-cotton stamp them then mixe the Gall of an Ox with it warmed and apply it plaister wise to the Belly CHAP. XVIII Of the Navill and its Infirmities 1. For the swelling of the Navill TAke Cows dung and dry it to powder Barly flower and Bean flower of each a like quantity a little Cummin-seeds beaten into powder make it up into a Plaister with juyce of Knot-grasse and apply it to the Navill if it happen at such a time of the yeare when juyce of Knot-grasse canot be gotten add the leaves of Knot-grasse in powder in equall proportion to the rest and make it up into a Plaister with Ale boyled to the height 2. Another Take Cows dung and boyl it in the Milk of the same Cow into a Plaister and apply it to the

anger the Ague lesse In this Agu● you must have a great care of the Spleen for that is the receptacle of Melancholy Therefore you may anoint the left side with oyl of Capers Vng ex succis aperitivis or any opening splenetick Medicine CHAP. X. Of a Quotidian Feaver or Ague IT is caused of sweet Flegm Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 putrified without the Veins it is called of the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but if the Flegm that putrifies be glazen which is the coldest of all flegms it engenders a Feaver called Epialos In this Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Patient feeleth vehement heat and vehement cold both at one time in all parts of his Body In the beginning of a Quotidian Signs the Pulse is unequall slow little and weak nothing like neither Tertian nor Quartane neither for extremity of heat nor cold neither do they thirst much because the Vapour is moist and smoaky It most vexeth flegmatick persons But this also is compleatly perfectly and speedily cured by that excellent Herbe Cinquefoil so used as before was specified As for all mixed kinds of Agues I need not write but I commend this as a soveraign cure for them all And God-willing I intend to make proof of it in continuall Q●otidians Tertians and Quartanes CHAP. XI Of an Hectick Feaver AN Hectick Feaver is a Disease wherein an unnaturall heat is kindled throughout the fleshy and massie parts of the Body Hectica Febris quid They that have this Feaver feel no pain neither do they know the rules of Art excepted that they have any feaver at all because all the parts of the body are equally hot and so there is no reluctancy This Disease is caused two wayes Cause First through want of Physick or a skilfull Physitian in other feavers which having consumed the Humours seize upon the flesh Secondly they sometimes begin of themselves as of sorrow anger wearinesse burning of the Sun c. When these feavers consume and waste the body as indeed without speedy cure they alwayes do then Galen cals them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal. de inaequali intemperie and this Marasmos saith he is incurable and to make this seem as though it were true he tels a long tale of the snuffe of a candle which saith he being put out mutters to pieces but if you put Oyl to it it makes it burn with more violence so quoth he this feaver if you go about to extinguish the heat the party dyes instantly but if you add moisture to him his feaver burns more violently But Experience the best Artist makes no difference between Hectick feavers and Marasmus but shews plainly that all Hectick feavers are wasting and also curable therefore I shall leave Doctor Galen and follow Doctor Experience in this Disease and therefore now to the purpose The Signs of this Disease are these Signs Their eyes are wonderfull hollow as though they were sunk in their heads their moisture is consumed so that you may see the bones of their Eye-brows stick out there hangeth at the hair of their Eye-brows gum or filth as though they had gone a long journey in the dust their skin is hard and dry and their eyes wink often as though they were sleepy when indeed it is far otherwise with such as have this Disease for they can hardly be brought to rest they pine to skin and bone and if you look upon their Belly it looks as if it had no bowels in it the Pulse is weak and often and continually after meat the feaver is encreased and the Pulses are augmented in greatnesse The Cure consists in cooling and moistning Cure which must be done both outwardly and inwardly Let the Aire the Sick abideth in Aire be cold and moist if it be not so naturally make it so by Art whereof you have examples in my Treatise called Crit. Cephal Let his Meats be such as moisten Meats and breed good and active Blood such are Lamb-stones Cocks-stones Lobsters Prawns Eggs boiled soft Paritich Larks c. For Herbs Herbes let him use Lettuce Endive Succory Spinage Mallows c. Let his Drink with his Meat Drink be onely water wherein Cinamon hath been boiled Let him drink new Milk abundantly Milk provided he have no feaver of putrifaction or rottennesse joined with it Hee may eat freely Raisons of the Sun Fruits and Almonds Cherries Prunes Pomegranates and figgs Let him eat often Caution and but little at a time For Cordials Cordials he may use Diarrhodon abbatis Diatragacanthum frigidum Diapapaver and species Cordiales temperatae Diamargariton frigidum For Syrrups Sirrups let him use Syrrup of Violets Endive Lettuce Water-Lillies and Vinegar Let him nrink Emulsions made of Barly-water Emulsion Almonds the four greater cold Seeds and white Poppy-seeds sweetned with Sugar Lastly Unctions let his body be kept continually anointed with pure oyl Olive and nothing else Many in this Disease vomit up all their Meat so soon as they have eaten it Caution which indeed I forgot before in such cases make their Emulsion of Mint water instead of Barly-water as before for only by this Medicine alone have I known Galen's supposed incurable Disease cured FINIS Physical APHORISMS Reader Give me leave to begin and I will not be beholding to time for leave to make a Preamble APHOR. I THE whole ground of Physicke is comprehended in these two words Sympathy and Antipathy the one cures by strengthning the part of the Body afflicted the other by resisting the malady afflicting 2. Many People are troubled with strange Visions especially in the night time strange lights strange sights appeare and sometimes voyces are heard let such avoid drinking Wine and as much as may be strong Beer for Melancholy is the cause of this which strong liquor attenuates and makes it fly upwards 3. The ashes of Hens feathers or Hens bones burnt and applyed to the place is an excellent remedy to stop bleeding in any part of the body 4. Toads Spiders and Frogs or their Spawn have the same effects but they doe it by Antipathy because the blood flyes from its enemy and there if a dryed Toad be but held in the hand of one that bleedeth the blood presently ceaseth and retireth back to the Centre 5. Take two or three Toads and boyle them in Oyle very well and this Oyle will by unction quickly cure any red face or any rednesse of the skin out of question by the former reason 6. Take the Seeds of Red Nettles beat them into powder and take a dram of it at a time in white Wine it procures chastity they say and is a far better medicine to rout Asmodeus the leacherous Devil then the liver of a fish 7. The marrow of a Goose wing and the older the Goose is it is so much the better a little of it being

clenseth so much the more it hinders conglutination XII Therefore speciall regard must be had of the time that the clensing things be given at beginning and glutinative at the latter end XIII Thus you see what things are accidentally Pectorall viz. such as are Emollient or cut tough viscous flegm or make thick thin defluctions or qualifie sharpe humours or ease the roughnesse of the Artery XIV Such are Naturall Pectoralls whose Genuine property is to strengthen the Breast and Lungs CHAP. III. Of Cordialls I. AS the brain is the seat of the Sences so is the heart of the Affections it is also the fountaine of Life and the originall of Heat II. Its properties are two 1. To give Life to the Body by its heat 2. To give vigour to the Will by its affections III. Such things as cheer the minde strengthen the heart it selfe or refresh the spirits are called Cordialls IV. Yet are not all Cordialls of one and the same nature for whereas the heart is variously troubled either with anger or love or fear or hatred or sadnesse or other affections it is refreshed either by temperating or taking away the same V. But although such things as cause Love or mitigaty Anger or take away Feare or Sadnesse c. may properly be called Cordialls yet belong they not to my scope at this time if my secrets in nature will not yet furnish you with them you may in time have those that may VI. The truth is these are afflictions of the Minde or that which I hold to be the Soule and therefore are of a higher nature than this Treatise aims at VII For I hold Man to consist of three parts a Spirit which goes to God that gave it a Soule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and a Body which is terrene and must returne to the Earth from whence it came VIII My scope is here to speak of those things which properly afflict the heart IX The heart is afflicted by too much heat by poysons by filthy vapours X. Against these the heart is assisted in a threefold manner viz. by cooling the heat of Feavers resisting poyson and strengthning the heart by a peculiar property XI Yet whatsoever cools is not Cordiall for Lead is as cool as Pearls yet is not a Cordiall as Pearls are XII Neither whatsoever resists Poyson is Cordiall but onely such as succour the heart oppressed by it XIII Such things as resist Poyson are called Alexiteria and Alexipharmica XIV N●ither doe they all operate after one and the same manner for some strengthen the heart against Poyson in generall others by a certain Antipathy are opposed to one particular kinde of Poyson XV. Such things as strengthen the heart doe it either by planetary Influence which Doctors call a hidden way because it is hidden from such who instead of viewing the wonders of God in the Creation are filling their pockets with his Dunghill XVI Or else they doe it by similitude of substance XVII Or else by a forcible drawing away of what offends it XVIII And indeed all Cordialls may be called by the name of Alexiteria or Antidotes or counter poysons because they strengthen the heart which is the nature of poysons to assault however it seemed otherwise to Physicians XIX So then as Smells refresh the Animall Spirits Aromaticalls the Naturall so such things as keep melancholly vapours from the heart refresh the vitall spirit of Man CHAP. IV. Of Stomachicals I. MEdicines appropriated to the Ventricle are called Stomachicalls although the Stomach be not the Ventricle but the Orifice of it or the inferiour part of the throat which you will II. The Ventricle is afflicted with three kindes of Maladies 1. Appetite lost 2. Concoction weakned 3. The retentive faculty viciated III. To provoke appetite Those things which provoke appetite are usually of a gratefull sharpenesse IV. These by the Latines are called Orectica after the Greek name V. But although appetite be hindred by diverse causes as the Stomach repleated by Chollar or putrefied humours c. yet those things which purge these are not properly called Orecticks but onely such things as by sharpnesse contract the Stomach and by a gratefull tast delight it VI. Those things further concoction Concoction which either cherish the Ventricle by convenient heat or Aromaticall faculty or strengthen it by Astrall propriety VII Of which latter take this one the internall skin of the * V●z he● G●zz●●d Ventricle of a Hen helpeth concoction exceedingly nothing like it and thereby resisteth all diseases proceeding from want of digestion which are as frequent as Atomes in the Sunne VIII The Retentive faculty being viciated Retention causeth belching vomiting and fluxes IX These are corrected by astringent Medicines and yet some astringent Medicines are very adverse to the Stomach therefore use onely such as are Stomachicall X. The way of use Orecticks ought not be given to a foule Stomach XI Such things as help Concoction the Greeks call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and they ought to be given before meat XII The reasons are 1. Because heat is to be stirred up in the inferior not in the superiour part of the Ventricle 2. Because the Ventricle ought to be made warm before it receive the food XIII The manner of administration of such things as binde the Ventricle is to be regulated according to the end of giving them XIV Against vomiting give them after repast against Fluxes before XV. For being given after they drive the nourishment downwards and are more subject to cause a Fluxe than to stop it CHAP. V. Of Hepaticals I. HEpaticks may be divided into these three divisions 1. Such as delight the Liver 2. Such as adde strength to it 3. Such as take away its vices II. Taste and Appetite are sent before and committed to the Tongue and Stomach for the dignotion of food by which both the quality and quantity is judged III. The Meseraick veins also have their office to draw convenient nourishment IV. Such things then are delightfull to the Liver which are delightfull to these V. I put all these together because many times Taste and Appetite affect that which the Meseraik veines dislike and that 's the reason many times men affect those meats which agree not with them VI. Also the Liver is delighted with some Medicines as well as nourishments VII For all such things as are sweet the Liver greedily draweth to it VIII Such things as strengthen the Liver doe gently binde IX For concoction requires adstriction to keep together both the heat and the humor to be concocted least it be dispersed X. Yet the Liver needs not so great adstrictions as the Stomach because the passages of the Ventricle are more open and large but the veines of the Liver by which it either draws the chyle or distributes the blood to the rest of the body therefore the adstriction must not be great least it obstruct the Liver or hinder the distribution of