an̄ ℥ ii ss of burnt leade of antimoniū ana ʒ x. of tucia alexandrina ℥ i. ss of brayed cāphore ʒ i. make a soft cerote addynge suffyficient whyte waxe Ye must melt the waxe with the straynyng and afterwarde incorporate the mineralles straynynge them about the space of .ii houres in a mortar of leade Vnguentū albū camphoratum of our descriptiō is made thus ℞ of oile of roses odoriferous ℥ viii of the tallowe of a calfe and of a kydde ana ℥ iiii ss of Galenes oyntment ℥ ii of wyne of pomegranades water of roses plantayn an̄ ℥ iii. seeth thē all tyll the water and wyne be consumed than strayne them and put to the straynynge of whyte waxe ℥ ii of ceruse ℥ iiii of brayed camphore ℥ i ss the whyte of two egges whan the waxe is melted with the straynynge take it from the fyre and labour it til it be luke warme than put in the whites of egges and afterwarde the cāphore and ceruse and afterwarde incorporate them wel togyther It is a good oyntment in all hote matter An oyntmente of a dogges tourde which is good for maligne corrosiue and gnawyng vlcers ℞ the tourde of a dogge that eateth bones stāped an dryed in an ouen and poudred ʒ vi of ceruse litarge of golde and syluer ana ʒ ii of myrobalane citrine of floures of pomegranades brayed an̄ʒ vi of brent leade of tutia preparate ana ℥ ss of gootes mylke li. ii of the floure of lentilles ℥ iiii ss the maner to make this oyntment is this Ye must quenche peces of brenning yron in the mylke and incorporate floure the dogges turde with the sayd milk and seeth them tyll they be thycke addynge of oyle of roses omphacyne ℥ ii of oyle myrtine ℥ i. ss of white wax ℥ i. seeth them agayne a lytle styrring them euer about and than put in the mineralles and take them from the fyre and incorporat them in the forme of an oyntment Here foloweth a fomentation and a cerote very good to heale the hardnesse of the synowes and ioyntes ℞ of camomyll mellilote ana m̄ i. of the rootes of holyhocke li. i of the seed of fenugreke and lyneseede ana ℥ iiii seeth them in sufficyent quantitie of broth wherin a shepes heed hath ben sodden tyll halfe be consumed and foment the place therewith and after applye this cerote ℞ of the oyle of a foxe lyllyes swete almondes ana ℥ ss of agrippa and dialtea ana ʒ vi of the marye of the legges of a calfe and a cowe ana ʒ ii of duckes grese and hennes grese ana ʒ v. of the fatte of a beer and of a badger of gose grese of euery one an ounce of armoniake dissolued in vynegre ʒ iii. ss of terebentyne ℥ i. ss seethe them with a lytle of the sayde decoction tyll the decoction be consumed and than put thereunto as moche whyte waxe as shall suffyse To heale the tong skorched through catarrhouse sharpe or salte matter descendyng from the brayne ye shall vse this ordynaunce ℞ of vnguentū egiptiacum an ounce of syrupe of roses syrupe of myrte ana ʒ ii rubbe the tonge thre dayes with this remedye often tymes a daye The water folowyng is for the same purpose ℞ water of plātayn ℥ viii of syrupe of roses hony of roses wyne of pomgranades of euery one an ounce of roch alume ʒ i ss seeth thē a litle In this case it is good to chaw the leaues of lettuse A singuler decoction for woundes that perce into the brest ℞ of fygges nombre syxe of reysons an ounce of licorice ʒ x. of cleane barly m̄ ii of lētilles m̄ i. of melissa halfe an handful of redde sugre halfe a pounde seethe them all togyther in eyght poundes of water tylle two partes of thre be consumed than strayne them and yf ye wyll haue it more abstersyue adde of honye of roses thre ounces ¶ A Chapter of necessary medicines for chirurgiens that vse the see WE declared in the foremer booke with what medicines as wel simple as compounde chirurgiens muste be furnysshed which vse the see Nowe we wyll brefelye speake of those that chirurgiēs must carye with them in barkes and lytle shyppes Fyrst they must haue bolearmenye myrrhe frankensence aloes sanguis draconis for broken boones woundes and fluxe of blood And to make vnguentum egiptiacum and water of alume they must haue roch alume verdegrese and honye Moreouer terebentyne and hony of roses to make mundificatiues of woūdes and vlcers And they must cary with them minium litarge of golde and siluer ceruse whyte waxe cōmen oyle to make an oyntment of minium Of cerotes and oyntmentes it shall suffice to beare with them a cerote of betonye or of gūme elimi of our description and vnguentum album of Rasis descryption oure sparadrap with diaquilon and vnguentū apostolorum Of syrupes these ben conuenyent A syrupe of vynegre called acetosus simplex a syrupe of the iuce of endiue or de duabus radicibus without vynegre hony of roses in smal quātitie Of waters these shall suffyce water of endyue of hoppes borage wormewood fumiterrye Of electuaries they shall haue with them cassia diafinicon electuarium of Roses after Mesue and diacatholicon Of pilles they must haue pylles of hiera cumagarico pylles of fumiterry the greter and the lesse Agaynste the disease ophtalmia they must haue water of roses and a syef without opium Of oyles these ben necessary oyle of roses of myrte camomyll and oyle omphacyne and it is conuenyent that they haue with them the floure of beanes orobus lyneseede fenugreke and aqua vite to heate the woūdes of the maryners and other Thus by the grace of God we haue ended this present boke whose name be praysed for euer and euer AMEN FINIS The interpretation of straunge wordes vsed in the traslation of Vigon ABietis Vigo in one or .ii. receytes cōmaūdeth to take of abietis ʒ ii ss where he meaneth the rasyn of the fyrre or sapyne tree I haue red also that the apotecaries call palmam Elatē wherof the oyle called oleū elatinū is made palmā abietē Palma is a date tree abies a fyr tree Aborcement Aborcement is when a chylde is borne out of season Abstersiue Abstersiue is that which hath power to scoure Acacia Acacia is a thornie tree growyng in Egipt which hathe a whyte seede cloosed in coddes whereout a medicenal iuce is pressed And there issueth also a gūme out of this tree cōmenly called gūme arabike howebeit in the stede of true acacia they commenlye vse the iuce of sloes And therfore we haue so translated it sometymes Accidentes An accident is that that maye be in a thyng and away frō the sayd thing the selfe same thing remaynyng styll vndistroyed As vehemēt payne may be an aposteme or from it withoute remouyng of the aposteme It soundeth worde for word chaunsyng to Acetositas citri I dyd translate it ones or twyse the
and with a decoction of mallowes make a styffe playstre adding in the ende of the decoction of oyle of roses of oyle of Camomil Ana ℥ ii of buttyre of cōmune oyle ana ℥ i. ss the yolkes of two egges put in whā the decoction shall be taken from the fyre This playstre is of good operation in appaysing griefe in drawing mater to the incision or opened place and suffreth not the sides therof to be rawe After digestion ye must mundifye the place and so incarne it and seale it vp after the doctryne declared in the Chaptre of Flegmon whervnto resorte as the case shall requyre ¶ The xxii Chapter of Frōcles and of theyr cure A Froncle is a lytle Aposteme A Froncle engendred of grosse bloude causyng griefe whan it cometh to maturation and it is with pulsation hauynge the accidentes lyke to the accidentes of Flegmon Neuerthelesse it hath one signe that is not in Flegmō and that is that there issueth out of it without openyng a grosse mattier lyke a rotten synnowe ☜ Note that yf a froncie be not spedelye remedyed it wyll be chaunged into a carbuncle To the cure of a Froncle there belonge thre intentions The fyrste is to ordre diete The seconde to purge the mattier antecedente The thyrde to take awaye the mattier conioynct The fyrst and seconde intention ben accomplysshed after the doctrine declared in the Chaptre of the cure of Flegmon The thyrd intentiō which is to take away the mattier cōioynct is accomplysshed by application of medicines maturatyue For this aposteme commeth euer to maturation and neuer to resolution A maturatyue This is the fourme of a good maturatyue Take of the rotes of white lyllyes ℥ vi of the rotes of tendre buglosse ℥ ii of mallowes vyolettes an̄ m̄ i. whan they bene soddē presse out the water and stāpe them and afterwarde in the decoction of the foresayde thynges make a styffe plaister at the fyre with the floure of wheat barly addyng in the ende of the decoctiō of buttyre ℥ ii of swete oyle ℥ iiii of swynes grece ℥ ii and ss the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. thā mēgle them with the foresayde thinges stamped and laye it to after the maner of an hote Playstre whan ye chaunge this playstre laye vpon the sore this liquide Cataplasma ℞ of the foresayde decoction li. iii. of the floure of barly It is ℥ i ss in the Frenche and wheate ana ʒ i. ss of cōmune oyle of buttyre of swynes grece melted ana ℥ ii wyth the yolkes of foure egges let them seeth all togyther except the yolkes of the egges to the consūptiō of the fourth parte than put to the sayd yolkes of egges This cataplasma is very euaporatyue it muste be applyed hote with cloutes steped in the sayd decoction It helpeth maturation and procureth the mattier to issue oute and appayseth the payne whan ye perceyue that the froncle is come to maturation and that the grosse matter is purged that with the fornamed plaistre it is good to ayde digestyon Amfidificatiue laying a lytle pece vpō the openyng of the froncle of this abstersiue ℞ of clere terebentine ℥ ii and. ss of hony of roses ℥ i. of the iuce of smalage ʒ vi Let them seeth al togyther vnto the consumption of the iuce thā put to of the floure of barly wheate and veanes an̄ ℥ ii and. ss of saffron ℈ ss the yolke of a newe layed egge This mundificatyue with the plaistre aboue named is verye good to purge grosse matter engendred in froncles After that the grefe is apppaised and the inflāmation hath ceased so that the grosse matter be somewhat purged perfectly to heale the froncle vse this oyntment An oyntmēt ℞ of whyte Diaquilon without gūmes ℥ ii of clere terebentyne of swynes grece ana ℥ ii ss of litarge of golde and syluer of minium ana ʒ ss of Cerusse ℥ i. of oyle of roses ℥ i. and. ss sturre them about at the fyre and make a cerote adding of white waxe asmoch as shal suffice A sygne of perfect decoction is whā the oyntment receyueth a blacke colour This is our shorte curation of froncles which we haue oft proued with good lucke Thus we ende the fyrst parte of the second boke for which god be praysed and thanked ¶ The seconde treatyse of the seconde boke of colde Apostemes in generall ¶ The fyrst Chaptre OF cold humours Apostemes are wont to chaunce in euery parte of mans bodye Symple◠colde apostemes of sondry qualities and quantityes aswell in composition as in symplycitie Symple colde Apostemes bene these glādules or kernelles scrofules nodys or knobbes sephiros vndimies a canker wyndy apostemes and full of water Neuertheles some of these through adustion bene made compounde as it chaunceth in a canker and in sephiros Some of these also are made compounde throughe the admixtiō of humours as it chaūceth in Vndimia These harde Apostemes scrophules glandules bene engendred of gros steame or of indurated melancholy Sometymes certayne colde Apostemes ben engendred of subtyle matter as vndimious Apostemes Sometyme an imposteme is engendred of subtyle watrye fleame as the hydropsye Sometyme of vaporous fleame a wyndye aposteme is engendred And oftentymes in the bodyes of chyldren there is engendred a kynde of colde exitures in whyche mattier is founde lyke the iuce of floure tempred wyth water And oftentymes it produceth quytture without payne and without pulsation of the place and without chaungyng of the place frō his proprecolour whiche thynge is agaynste Auicenna sayinge be ye assured that oute of an Aposteme in the exterior partes in which there is no pulsation neuer cōmeth any corruption But ye must vnderstande Auicenne of hote Apostemes and not of colde For as we sayde before we haue sene many colde apostemes vtterynge quytture or fylthe withoute payne and pulsation Of whiche one after an other we wyl speake in this present Chaptre ¶ The seconde Chaptre of Vndimia Vndimia VNdimia as Galene wytnesseth is a Flegmatyke apostem of white colour softe in felynge withoute heate chefelye whan it is pure How this aposteme is compounde it is suffycientlye declared in the chaptre of Flegmonyke Apostemes A true and symple Aposteme called Vndimia is engendred of naturall fleame whiche as Auicenne declareth in the chaptre of humours is nothyng els but bloude vnperfectlye decocted this Aposteme is wyth lytle payne chefelye whan it cōmeth of a cause antecedent Sometymes after Auicenne this Aposteme is engēdred of a cause Primitiue and than it is not without payne howbeit vndimia cōmeth not ofte of a cause prymitiue The reason is bycause the humours that resort to the hurted placebe not colde but hote For nature sendeth bloude or cholere and spirytes as seruitoures to succour the hurted place Of whiche humours an hote Aposteme is engendred Note that the truest sygne of simple Vndimia is Signe of Vndimia yf
space of .ii. houres and make a soft cerote with whyte waxe theÌ„ take theÌ„ froÌ„ the fyre styrre theÌ„ about til they be luke warme theÌ„ put therunto of quickesiluer queÌ„ched â„¥ vi of liquide storax Ê’ vi incorporate theÌ„ and styrre them wel together Here foloweth a purgation which is good after the patient hathe vsed the last potion .xii. dayes R. of diacatholicoÌ„ of cassia ana â„¥ ss of electuarii indimaioris Ê’ ii of trifera ê‘sica Ê’ i. ss make a smal potion wyth the comune decoction addyng of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. Here ye shall note that the sayde diseases is not contagious but at the begynnynge when it is the fourme of scabbes Item it is verey good at the begynning that the patient take soÌ„time the purgation folowynge Digestion wyth the lesse syrupe of fumiterrie and the iuyce of endyue wyth waters of endyue fumiterry hoppes presupposed R. of diacatholicon cassia anÌ„ â„¥ ss of an electuary of roses after Mesue Ê’ ii of the confection of hamech Ê’ i. of good reubarbe Ê’ ss make a small potion with the comune decoction adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. or make it thus R. of diacatholicon Ê’ vi of electuary of psilium of trifera persica diafinicon ana Ê’ ii of the coÌ„fection of hamech Ê’ ss make a smal potion adding of syrupe of violettes â„¥ i. A playster for apostemous woundes of the synnowes R. of husked beanes li. ii seeth them in the broth of a shepes heade or in barbours lye tyl they be wel soddeÌ„ Then stampe them and put vnto theÌ„ of oyle of roses odoriferous and camomylle ana â„¥ ii seeth them agayne tyll they bene thycke addynge the yolkes of two egges of saffran ℈ i. Here foloweth the ordinaunce of pilles of master Nicholas de Furnariis whych ben good agaynst the migryme ophtalmia and swimmyng of the heade R. of myrrhe Ê’ iii. of aloes epatyke Ê’ vi ss of saffran Ê’ ii of all the mirobalanes ana Ê’ ss of agaryke in trociskes Ê’ iii. ss mengle them make pilles wyth water of fenell the receit is Ê’ i. Ê’ i. ss If ye adde to these thinges of trifera perfica Ê’ v. electuarii indi electuarii rosarum Mesue ana Ê’ iii. of triacle Ê’ i. of carduus bnÌ„dictus tormeÌ„tylle Doronike ana ℈ ii they shall be good in the frenche pockes agaynste the pestilence A potion agaynst the styngynge of serpentes bytynge of wood dogges the pestilence R. of tormentylle ditany cardus benedictus ana Ê’ i. of Galenes triacle Ê’ ss of saffran graynes i. of Citron seed ℈ i. of a smaragde one grayn of doronike Ê’ i. of syrupe of the iuce of sorell water of buglosse ana Ê’ vi of the wyne of pomegranades of doriferous wyne anÌ„ Ê’ ss mengle theÌ„ Here foloweth the ordinauÌ„ce of vnguentum basilicum the greater Vug. basilicum R. of oyle of roses odoriferous li. ii of cowes tallowe and calues talowe ana li. ss of swynes grese â„¥ iii. of oyle of camomylle lynseede swete almons of hennes grese and goose grese ana â„¥ ii of anthos yarrow centaury the greater woodbynde saynt Iohns worte ana mÌ„ i. of rootes of madder â„¥ iii. of fyne grayne â„¥ i. ss of the leaues of plaÌ„tayn and ribworte anÌ„ mÌ„ i. of comune oyle li. i. ss stampe these thynges and leaue theÌ„ together the space of a weeke then seeth them wyth a cyath of good wyne and thre ounces of earthe wormes tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them and put to the streynyng of rosyn of the pyne tre Ê’ iii. of colophony of mastyke anÌ„ â„¥ i. of shyppe pytch Ê’ x. of litarge of golde and syluer ana â„¥ iii. of minium asmuch seeth them tyl they be verye blacke euer styrryng theÌ„ about addyng in the ende of terebeÌ„tyne â„¥ xiiii a sufficient quaÌ„titie of whyte waxe seeth them agayne a lytle and make a softe cerote Thys is the ordinaunce of vngueÌ„tum basilicum the lesse whyche swageth peyne more then the other and is conuenient in woundes of the synnowes R. of oyle of roses â„¥ iiii of comun oyle li. i. of freshe buttyre li. ss of swynes grese calues suet and cowes suet anÌ„ â„¥ v. of yarrowe plaÌ„tayne wood bynde verueyne ana mÌ„ i. of the rotes of madder of earth wormes ana â„¥ ii of shyppe pytche of rasyn of the pyne anÌ„ â„¥ ii ss stampe the herbes and incorporate them wyth the oyles fattes so leaue theÌ„ the space of a weke then seeth them with a cyathe of odoriferous wyne tyll the wyne be consumed so streyne them put to the straynyng of miniuÌ„ â„¥ iiii of litarge of syluer â„¥ iii. seeth them agayne tyll they be black and put to them of clere terebentyne â„¥ vi suffycieÌ„t whyte waxe and make a softe oyntment Here foloweth a liniment good to remoue corrupt flesshe of formica procedyng of the frenche pockes and to drye vp redde buddes in the foreheed or in the necke coÌ„mynge in the sayde disease and to remoue wartes â„ž of the iuce of lettuse and plaÌ„tayne of euery one two ounces of Galenes oyntment â„¥ i. The whytes of .ii. egges of sublimate well brayed Ê’ one beate them togyther and labour theÌ„ a good whyle in a mortare of leade This water is good for the same purpose â„ž of roche alume .iii. draÌ„mes of sublimate Ê’ i of sall armoniacke Ê’ ii of barbours lye a pounde of water of roses â„¥ iiii sethe them all tylle the thyrde parte be consumed And yf ye wyll haue it of greater desiccation adde a lytle verdegrese when y take it from the fyre The iuce of the herbe verucaria whereof we spake in the boke of symples is good for the same purpose Auicenne sayeth that the thyrde parte of a dramme of Squinantum with a lytle pepper comforteth the synowes and muscles And yf ye put thereunto of water of camomylle â„¥ v and make a potion it shal be more coÌ„fortatiue it shall take awaye youxynge commynge of replecyon and werynesse of the membres and wyndynesse of the guttes And therfore the decoction folowynge is good for the same intention And moreouer it swageth paynes of the pockes and breaketh wyndynesse of the matrice â„ž of squinantum Ê’ i. of anthos Ê’ ii of swete fenelle of anyse ana Ê’ ss of lyqueryce Ê’ v. of mugworte nepte ana halfe an handfull of cinamome nuttemigges cloues cubebes ana ℈ i. of good honye â„¥ iiii of syrupe de duabus radicibus without vynegre of sugre taberzet of euery one fyue ounces of water of camomylle wormewoode of euerye one two pounde of water of endiue and fenelle ana l. ss seeth them togyther tylle the fourthe parte be consumed then strayne them and gyue halfe a cyathe of the straynynge actuallye hoote The roote of squinantum comforteth a weake stomacke and the lytle leues that grow aboute the rote are good agaynst venemous bytynges An vnction for a weake stomacke â„ž of Squinantum Ê’ i. of
vsed in makynge of playsters oyntmentes lynimentes embrocatiōs c. For to wryt of all the symples it requyreth a man of greater learnynge and eloquence then I am of Wherfore I wyll declare onelye those that are in vse by the order of the. A.B.C. whervnto I wyl adde the compositions of playsters oyntmentes and the vse of the same folowynge Dioscorides Serapion Galien Paule and Auicenne wyth other auncient doctours whych boke I councell all them that are studious in surgerye to reade diligentlye that they may more surely procede in theyr workynge c. And thus we begynne our booke ACetum or vynegre is cold in the fyrst degre and drye in the thyrde hath compoūd vertues wyth great percynge The opinions of philosophers agre in the drienes of it but they varye in the heate and the colde for some saye that it is colde for that it represseth choler and other saye that it is hote bycause whē it is poured vpon the grounde it boyleth and breaketh stones wherfore it is better to saye that it is hote and that afterwarde it is colde and sharpe And therfore when it is made of stronge wyne it is of hote complexion and when it is made of small wyne it is of a colde and drye qualitie Aloes epatike is hote and drye in the seconde degree and it is conuenientlye administred in the vlceres of the priuye membres and of the matrice chyeflye when it is stamped wyth burned dille also it incarneth freshe woundes effectuallye clarifyeth the syght and beynge myngled wyth rose water waterof myrtylles and aplyed wythin the eys restrayneth the droppynges of the eyes Agaryke is hote in the seconde degre and drye in the thyrde when it is poudred and myngled wyth lytarge honye terebentyne and the floure of lupines wyth a lytle salte and lyes of wyne it healeth all kyndes of morphewe and chyeflye when the place is a lytle scarifyed Also it draweth out and mundifieth rotten bones beynge put in wyth a lytle paucedinis and aqua vite Item it is of good operation to heale fystules myngled with the rootes of dragons and our pouder of mercury and a lytle salte and a lytle tartare or lyes of wyne Assarum bacar is an herbe of hote and drye complexion in the thyrde degre whose goodnes semeth to consist only in hys roote it is good for lotions of the heade to cōforte the same All other auctours say that it is moyst not dry Argentum viuum or quycksyluer as Paule sayeth is hote and drye in the fourth degre And it is knowē by hys effecte for it cutteth and perceth in dyssoluynge through hys heate Howe be it some saye that it is colde in the fourth degre Alume is hote and drye in the .iiij. degre it kepeth of flegmatyke matter descendynge towarde some member and when it is mengled boyled wyth water of plantayne it healeth vlceres of harde curation Amigdale amare or bytter almandes are hote drye in the seconde degre theyr oyle is of the same nature Swete almandes are hote moyste in the fyrst degre theyr oyle and the oyle of bytter almandes ben good agaynst deafnes But the oyle of swete almons cureth the payne of the eares caused of myxte matter moreouer bytter almons brayed and thycked at the fyre after the maner of a cerote hauing added a lytle aloes caballine dooeth maruelously kyll wormes beyng layed vpon the nauyl Anyse is hoote and drye in the .iii. degre and hath vertue to break wind Antimonie is colde and drie in the thyrde and yf it be myngled with the whyte of an egge wyth the herbe called lingua passerina or knotgrasse beane floure frankensence the heere 's of an hare cut in smal peces it is a singuler remedye to staunche bloude of the nose beynge put into the same It maye also conuenyentelye be admynystred in colliries for as Almāsor saith it conserueth the eyes It consumethe morouer superfluous flesh in vlceres without mordication or bytyng and it mundifieth and incarneth maligne and corrosiue vlceres Arsenick and orpyment are hot in the thyrde degre drye in the seconde They haue vertue to mortifie and putrifie a member Howebeit auripigmētum is of lesse strength Absinthium or wormewod is hote in the fyrste degre and drye in the seconde And throughe hys bytternes it is stypticke and it hathe contrarye vertues in operatiō wormewood beynge stamped and heated vpon a tyle and sprincled with odoriferous wine healeth brusynges and taketh awaye the blewe spottes of any stroke and when it is sodden wyth branne camomill malowes mellilote and wyth sapa in sufficient water and wyth oyles whych take awaye payne as oyle of roses of myrte camomill it is meruelous good to take awaye the payne of brusednes and of attritions of lacertes Althea or holihocke after the comō opiniō of doctours is hote and moyst temperatly but some iudge that it is hote and drye and therfore Serapion affyrmeth that it is stiptyke and hath vertue to bynde Galien sayeth that it hath vertue to scoure to digeste and to loose and to swage payne And therfore when it is myngled wyth wheate floure and sodden in the brothe of a henne wyth butter and made in the fourme of a playster it rypeth apostemes of harde maturation and of rawe and grosse humours Item it is conueniently added to other agreable medicines for fractures of bones for it gleweth broken bones by reason of hys slymynes Acorus is hote and drye in the seconde degre it is vsed in medicines for the mylte bothe wythin and wythout Acetosa or sorell is colde in the fyrst and drye in the seconde degree when it is stamped wyth lettuse and wyth knotgrasse and the whyte of an egge beaten wyth oyle of roses omphacine it easeth cholerike apostemes whych passe from membre to mēbre Agrymonye is hote and drye in the seconde degre and the iuyce therof entreth into cerotes made for woundes in the heade and a syrupe made therwyth healeh the crampe the epilepsie and the palsye And it is made after thys sorte ℞ of agrimonye of mugworte of pympernell of primerose of the floures of rosemary of euerye one m̄ i. of sage nepte and wyld myntes of euery one m̄ ss of the seede and roote of pyonye of euerye one ʒ ij of maioram of fenell of euerye one m̄ ss of cinamome of nutmegges of quibibbes of euerye one ʒ i. ss of agaryke in trociskes ʒ ij stampe them al together and let thē seeth wyth water of fenel and sage vnto the thyrde parte be consumed then strayne them and make a syrupe wyth sufficient hony and sugger and let the bodye be afterwarde purged with pylles aggregatiue and with pylles called fetida For the sayd syrupe taken wyth water of wormewood and sage resolueth swageth all paynes of sciatica and the crampe and comforteth the membres Allium or garlyke is hote and drye aboute the fourth degree and when it is rosted wyth oynions and
this ℞ of oyle of roses omphacine oyle of violettes oyle of roses odoriferous ana ℥ ii myngle them labour them in a morter of leade the space of .ii. houres anoynte the place with fethers moysted in this oyle The third forme is after this sort ℞ of malowes violettes barlye and lettuse ana m̄ i. ss of branne m̄ ii of husked beanes ana m̄ ii ss seth them al with sufficient brothe of vnsalted flesshe tyll the barly breake and then epitheme the place with hote cloutes The remedies which swage peyne caused of hote moyst matter are after iiii sortes wherof the first is in the forme of a linimēt ℞ of oyle of roses odoriferous oyle of camomyll ana ℥ ii of the iuice of plantane ℥ ss the yolkes whytes of .iij. egges of saffron ℈ i. mingle them laboure them in a morter of leade the space of an houre and an halfe The seconde fourme is this ℞ of the cromes of bread steped in the broth of flesshe .li. j. ss of oyle of roses odoriferous oyle of camomylle ana ℥ ii the yolkes of ii egges of saffran ℈ i. make a stiffe playster The third forme is thus ordeyned ℞ of the leaues of mallowes of husked benes ana m̄ ii of the leues of violettes of clene barly ana m̄ i. of the crōmes of broune bred .li. i. of camomil melilote ana m̄ ss seeth them al with broth or sufficient rayne water til the barly breake then stampe them streyn them put to the streining of oyle of roses and camomyl of barlye floure ana ℥ ii seth them all agayne tyll they be thicke The fourth fourme is a fomentation in a hote and drye cause Wherevnto there is added of camomyl and mellylote ana m̄ i. Furthermore remedies ordeyned to swage peyne caused of coolde mattier are in fyue fourmes whereof the fyrste is a playster of sapa thus ordeyned ℞ of beane floure .li. i. of camomylle mellylote stamped ana m̄ i. of brayde branne m̄ ii seethe theym all togyther with suffycient sapa a lytle barboures lye and a lytell odoriferouse wyne tylle they bene thycke addyng of oyle of camomylle roses and myrte ana ℥ i. The seconde is this ℞ of husked beanes of the cromes of broune bread ana .li. ii seeth them with the broth of a wethers head tylle the beanes be sodden then make a styffe playster with oyle of roses camomylle and dille The .iii. fourme is cromes of bread steeped in mylke and after made in a playster with oyle of roses camomyl yolkes of egges and a lytle saffron The fourth is a fomentation administred with a sponge or with vnwasshen wolle after this description ℞ of cammomyl mellilote wormwod roses sticados ana m̄ i. of the sede of fenugreke of lynsede ana ℥ i. ss of hony ℥ iii. of rosemary floures m̄ i. of sapa .li. ii seeth them all with sufficiente water and a lytle odoriferous wyne tyll the thyrde part be consumed The fifte is an oyle magistral whiche is excellent to swage peyne caused in woundes thorough the coldnes of the ayer and is thus ordeyned ℞ of oyle of ipericon camomyll dylle and spike ana ℥ ss of agrippa and dialthea ana ℥ i. of foxe oyle ʒ x. of anthos iuamuscata mugworte maioram sticados ana m̄ ss of earth wormes wasshed with wyne ℥ ii of the rotes of enula campana of the rootes of wallwoorte ana ʒ i. seth theym all togyther with a pint of odoryferouse wine one ciath of water of camomil sage tyl halfe the wyne the water be consumed then strayne them and presse them strongly and let them seth agayne tyll the wyne and waters be vtterly consumed then adde of most clere terebentyne ℥ i. ss let them sethe agayne a lytle and vse thys decoction actually hote wyth hote cloutes boūd vpon the member when ye shall perceyue that the aposteme cometh to maturation ye shall resorte to the former boke to the peculier chapters ¶ A chapter of venemous woūdes of the styngynge of venemous beastes and of a wounde by a gonne and remotion of the .vi. fynger IN our former boke we haue declared that the clawes and teeth of beastes are venemous and that a wounde caused by a gōne hath parte of venymenes by reason of the pouder The cure of the sayd woundes dyffer not from other woundes but in as muche as they be more or lesse venymous To come to the cure yf the woūde be caused by an horse an ape a madde dogge c. ye shal bynde the mēber streytlye in the ouer part cauterise it with an hote yron afterward with hote oyle of elders whervnto a lytle of Galienes triacle is added And then ye shall laye vpon the place after the maner of a playster with the lefe of a black colewort scabiouse stāped with butter yolkes of egges onyons boyled in an ouē anointynge the partes lyeng about with triacle vynegre terra sigillata thus ye must do vnto the .vij. daye And after the vij daye let the place be dygested with thys dygestiue ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ ij of the iuyce of scabious ℥ i. seth them al together tyl the iuyce be consumed and then put thervnto the yolke of an egge After dygestion let the place be mundifyed wyth this mūdifycatiue ℞ of terebentyne ℥ iij. of the iuyce of smallage scabiouse and wormewood ana ℥ ss seeth them all together tyll halfe be consumed and then put thervnto of the floure of lupynes lentilles well bulted ana ʒ vi of sarcocolle ʒ v. of saffran ℈ i. When the place is mundifyed for incarnation ye shall adde to the sayd mundificatiue of myrrhe aloes ana ʒ v. Finally for cicatrisation ye shall procede wyth an oyntment of minium water of alume our pouder cicatrisatiue wrytten in the additions But yf the woūde be venemose large caused of an horse or dogge or some lyke thynge it shall be sufficient to cauterise the place wyth the forsayd oyle and triacle But yf the wounde be caused of a gonne then ye shall only cauterise it wyth oyle of elders or oyle of lynseed And successiuelye ye shall fyl the wounde .iij. dayes wyth vnguentū egiptiacū made with out arsenike leynge vpon the hole mēber to auoyde cancrenositie thys playster folowynge that many dayes ℞ of the floures of beanes barlye and lupynes ana .li. ij of the iuyce of wormewood smallage and scabious ana ℥ ij seeth them all together wyth sufficiēt sapa barbours lye tyl they be thyck and vse thys ordinaunce vnto the .xiiij. daye or more and vse the sayd vnguentum egiptiacum vnto the fourth daye And afterwarde let the place be mundified incarned and cicatrised as it is aforesayd Item it is very good to vse the potion wrytten in the additions agaynst the styngynge of aspys and bytynge of a madde dogge Concernynge the remouyng of the vi fynger and cure of a hande
cutte of incontinentlye after incision ye shall cauteryse the place wyth comune oyle wherin earth wormes haue ben sodē wyth a lytle terebentyne and afterwarde ye shall dygeste the place with thys oyle myngled wyth the yolkes of egges and terebentyne And ye shall anoynt the partes adioynynge wyth oyle magistral and bynde vpon it the sparadrap wrytten in the chapter of hurted synowes After the remotiō of the escare and whē good quytture is engendred let the place be mundifyed wyth thys mundifycatiue ℞ of clere terebentyne ℥ vi of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ij of water of barly one cyath of syrupe of roses ℥ i. ss seeth them al together tyll the water and the iuyce be consumed then streyne them and put to the streynynge of barlye floure ℥ ij ss the yolke of an egge of sarcocolle ʒ ij For the other intencions ye shal procede as is aforesayd As touching dyet and preseruatiues we haue sufficientlye spoken in our former boke ¶ A chapter of the cure of woundes caused by arowes dartes c. WHen a man is wounded wyth an arowe or darte or lyke thynge ye shal enlarge the place with sharp yron as sone as may be except ther be daunger of cuttynge synowes veines and arteries and then ye shall drawe out the darte or arowe wyth tenacles or some other conuenient instrument Howbeit some commaunde to mollifye the place wyth dygestiues whych thynge is very daungerous Yf the arrowe be not venemose it shal suffice to cauterise the place with hote oyle of elders afterward ye shal procede with remedyes ordeyned in the former boke in the chap. of a fleshye woūde Yf the arowe or dart be enuenimed whych is knowen by swellyng blackenes of the place than ye shall burne awaye the venemouse flesshe wyth an hote Yron and scarifie the place about and lay on bloodsuckers and vpon the wounde ye shall applye the playster of meales wrytten in the chapter of cancrena If the arowe be barbed it is better to cause it passe thorough thā to drawe it backe It chaūceth sometymes that the arowe heade remayneth in the bellye longe tyme and afterward is sent of nature to the flankes and likewyse sometymes the pellettes of hagbuttes remayne fyue or syxe dayes in some member and comme oute in the ende of the membre The remedies conuenient to drawe out yrō thorne or other lyke are these The iuyce of the rootes of a cane or reede incorporated wyth newe leauē terebentyne armonyake the heades of lysardes cutte brent and stamped and made after the maner of a playster Item thys playster folowyng is good for the same purpose ℞ of great diaquilon of oure description ℥ iij. of armonyake serapyne Bdellium galbane ana ʒ vi of the iuyce of the rotes of a cane or reede ʒ x. of terebentyne shyppe pitche oyle of lynseed ana ʒ j. melte them all at the fyer and adde of wheate floure ʒ v. of newe leauen ʒ x. of oyle of elders ʒ vij myngle them and vse them after the maner of a cerote Thus endeth the first booke of woundes and begynneth the seconde booke of Apostemes ✚ The seconde booke of Apostemes ¶ The fyrst Chapter of the cure of hote and colde Apostemes THe remedies whiche are conueniēt in the begynnyng of apostemes vnto augmentatiō must be repercussiue whan they come to augmentacion ye muste procede wyth the remedies gyuen in theyr proper Chapter After maturation incision and digestiō ye shal applie this incarnatiue ℞ of cleare terebentyne ℥ iij. syrupe of rooses honye of rooses ana ʒ vj. of the iuyce of plantayne ℥ ss seth thē all together a lytle and whan ye take them from the fyer adde therunto of frankensence myrre sarcocolle aloes ana ʒ ss of the floure of barley lentilles and beanes ana ʒ iij. vse thys incarnatiue in a sanguine and flegmatyke aposteme In choleryke Apostemes ye muste not applye incarnatiue medecynes but rather suche as maye alter the Coleryke matter for whych purpose ye shall vse vnguentum de Minio wyth the iuyce of plantayne and nyghtshade or vnguentum de tucia of oure description For cicatrisation ye shal vse vnguentum Basilicū the greater and the lesse a lotion of water of alume and our pouder cicatrisatyue ¶ A Chapter of malygne pustules as Carbuncles ignis persicus and Froncles IN venemouse pustules it is necessary at the begynnyng to mortifie their venemousnes with an hote Yron or some other caustyke medicyne and ye must cut a veyne of the same syde to drawe euyll bloode towarde the Carbuncle that it be not deriued to the principall membres Afterward as Antonius Gaynerius saythe ye must gyue the pacient some purgation that hath vertue to resyste venyme as we haue declared in the chapter of the pestilence and of a carbuncle Item for the comfortation of the harte ye shall vse cordyall Epithimies and ye shall maynteyne the strength of the paciente wyth good meates and ye shall not laye vpon the place thynges repercussyue nor to much attractiue as some do that applye serapyne and galbanum c. After cauterisation to cause the escare to falle ye shall administre thynges mollificatiue and maturatiue as are butter swynes grese and a digestiue of terebentyne Whan the escare is remoued for mundification ye shal procede as it is sayde in the former booke The comune remedies conuenient in thys case are these that folowe Vnguentum Egyptiacum of our description wyth arsenyke water of arsenyke and sublymate to mortifie the Carbuncle whyche is wrytten in our additions a trocysque of Minium ruptorie of capitelle cauterisation wyth hote Yron all these mortifie the carbuncle After mortification ye shal applye the yolke of an egge beaten with salt and scabiouse a mundificatiue of smallage incarnatiue of sarcocolle terebentyne honye of rooses iuyce of herbes ordeyned in the additions vnguentū de Minio water of alume pouder cicatrisatiue blacke colewortes stamped wyth salt Thys playster folowyng is a synguler remedye agaynste ignem persicum ℞ of roses weybred mallowes lentilles clene barley ana m̄ ij of the cromes of broune breade .li. ss of the floures of pomegranates myrtilles ana m̄ ss sethe them al together with sufficient water tylle the beanes and barley be sodden than stampe them and streyne them and sethe the straynynge ageyne a lytle whyche done adde therunto of oyle of rooses and myrte ana ℥ ij of whyte waxe ℥ j. ss myngle them The plaister of two pomegranades and the liniment made in a morter of leade described in the Chapter of ignis Persicus in oure former booke are conuenient in thys case ¶ A Chapter of the cure of Froncles FOr the cure of Froncles ye shall sethe whete in water wyth the rotes of whyte lillies malowe leaues and stamped with swynes grese for it hathe greate strengthe to rype For the same intention ye may vse the playster folowynge ℞ of the rootes of Holyhocke and lillies ana ℥ iij. of wheate m̄ j. of