borne I perceiue not that I haue as yet done anie good thing worthie of memorie for the benefite of my Countrey and Common weale beeing by this reason heereunto perswaded that I know no man in all Athens that hateth or beareth me enuie Now sith such a famous and most valiant Captaine supposed it better to be enuied and hated of the malicious than to liue in idlenesse of life and basenesse of minde without dooing of some good thing woorthie of memorie for the profite and benefite of his Countrey and Common wealth wherein hee liued then let none of our proclaimers of infamie which are destitute of truth and godliâ—esse once dismaie you with their iniurious vexations which are neither pleasant in the hearing nor yet profitable in the answering for it is not theâ—r boorish or caluish bleatings neither yet their impudent facings vpon their rotten and confused Pamphlets that so pleasantlie they sporte themselues withall and which now shortlie shall come foorth like monsters without perfect shape at least if they proceede according to their boasting can hurt any for they are lanternes void of light moued with malice and defame and doo but decke their crowe with other birdes feathers Although they counterfeit what they can their long eares will discouer them to come of Midas progenie And when their time serueth they will trie the dignitie of their wits therein for they pretend we shal be shortlâ—e vtterlie drowned in an vnknowen whirlepoole But let such idiots resemble themselues it skilleth not sith manie of our ancients haue tasted of such slanderers furious rages And therefore they shall walke with Antiphilos as bondslaues all the daies of their life And heere I protest my selfe an open enemie to all such your wicked aduersaries whatsoeuer and I must confesse that I am bound manie waies so to doo not onelie in respect of our olde acquaintance or for that it hath pleasâ—d God to prosper blesse our labour being oftentâ—mes called to diuers great and dangerous cures but chiâ—felie for that we both do serue vnder the right Honorable Earle of Warwicke our verie good Lord Master whom God long preserue in health to his good will pleasure These causes aforesaid doo binde me in faithfull and vnfeined friendship vnto the vttermost of my power the which I will performe if it so please the Lord who prosper al your lawfull proceedings in this our Arte of Chyrurgerie Amen Yours WILLIAM CLOVVES An Antidotarie of all sorts of Medicines seruing to the Chirurgions vse gathered out of the best practises and Authors whoâ—e names are set to euerie Receipt Balmes A Balme for all tumors comming of cold and windie matter REc. Olei aneti â„¥ .viij. olei laurini rutacei spicae masticis ana â„¥ .iij. olei communis â„¥ .vj. absynthij origani calamenti centaurij agrimoniae ana.m.ss. seminis anisi faeniculi carui cumini ameos gariophylorum baccarum lauri radicum gentianae rubiae tinctorum ana Ê’.j.ss aquae vitae â„¥ .iiij. croci Ê’ iij seminis dauci Ê’ j seminis petroselini ℈ .ij. Bruse the herbes and seede together and mixe them all with the rest and let them boyle as if it were in Balneo when it is colde straine it stronglie and distill it in a glasse bodie A Balme for greene wounds Rec. Terebinthinae lib.j. gummi elemi galbani ana â„¥ .ij. gummi hederae thuris masticis myrrhae ana â„¥ .ij. aloes xyloaloes gariophylorum galangae cinamomi nucis moscatae cubebarum ana â„¥ .j. aquae vitae â„¥ .iij. Powder those which are to be powdred and let them infuse together one daie and a night Afterward distill them twice and keepe the Oyle distilled as a pretious Balme A Balme that in eight daies healeth any indifferent wound Rec. Terebinthinae purgatae lib. ij olei de semine lini lib.j. resinae pini â„¥ .vj. thuris myrrhae aloes masticis sarcocollae ana â„¥ .ij macis croci ligni aloes ana Ê’.j.ss Mixe them together and put them into a narrow mouthed vessell and distill them with an easie fire till the water bee extracted then make a stronger fire till the oyle be also sublimated and reserue it to your vse A Balme for wounds Rec. Resinae lariceae Ê’ ij Dissolue it in white wine and straine it through a cloath after melte them on the fire together with olei oliuarum lib.j. Then adde to them amoniaci galbani oppoponacis ana â„¥ .j. guÌ„mi AEthiopici â„¥ .ij. Distill them with an easie fire till the Balme be extracted A Balme that healeth wounds speedilie Rec. Terebinthinae purgatae lib.j. resinae purae lib.ss. thuris masculi â„¥ .iiij. masticis myrrhae ana â„¥ .j. olibani â„¥ j.ss sarcocol â„¥ .j. guÌ„mi elemi â„¥ ss aloes epaticae Ê’ j euphorbij Ê’.ij ammoniaci Ê’ iij galbani â„¥ ss aloes â„¥ .iiij. nucis moscatae â„¥ .j. galangae Ê’ j macis Ê’.ij cinamomi Ê’ j.ss laudani Ê’ j croci Ê’ ij.ss gariophylorum â„¥ ss spicaenardi ℈ .j. cubebarum ℈ .ij. Iridis â„¥ jâ— saluiae virescentis contusae m.j. olei magistralis â„¥ .v. olei liliacei lib. ss olei communis â„¥ .xii. olei laurini â„¥ iiij.ss olei lumbricorum â„¥ .ij. mellis â„¥ iiij.ss aquae coÌ„positae â„¥ .iij. Pouder those which are to be powdred and infuse them altogether foure twentie houres separating the water from the oyle distill them according to arte A Balme to conglutinate wounds with speede Rec. Terebinthinae lib.j. masticis â„¥ .j. olibani â„¥ .iiij. gummi hederae â„¥ .ij. sarcocollae â„¥ .iij. aloes epaticae â„¥ ss myrrhae â„¥ .ij. aloes cicatrinae â„¥ ss galbani â„¥ j.ss gummi elemi â„¥ .iiij. ammoniaci â„¥ ss nucis moscatae galangae radic gentianae tormentillae symphiti maio cubebarum mummiae ana.Ê’.ij. olei communis lib.ij. Powder what are to bee powdred and dissolue the gummes in white wine after mixe â—hem together and let them boyle in balneo mariae foure and twentie houres then distill them in a Copper Still seperating the Water from the Oyle A Balme to heale greene wounds very speedilie Rec. Aquae vitae lib j. vini cretici lib.ss. terebinthinae venetiae lib. ij.ss. ammoniaci â„¥ .iij. sarcocollae â„¥ .iiij. masticis â„¥ .ij. olibani â„¥ .j. myrrhae â„¥ ij.ss laudani Ê’ j belzoini styracis calamitae aloes epat ana Ê’.iij gummi elemi â„¥ .j. gummi hederae â„¥ ss resinae pini â„¥ .iij gummi arabic dragaganti ana Ê’.ij.ss oppoponacis â„¥ .j. nucis moscatae gariophylorum macis galangae cinamomi zedoariae ana ℈ j.ss mummiae Ê’ iij cubebarum â„¥ .j. mellis puri lib. ss croci Ê’ ij symphiti ma. mi. med ana â„¥ iij.ss Bruse the herbes powder that which is to bee powdred dissolue the gummes in aqua vitae and infuse them altogether foure and twentie houres then put them into a copper Still well luted and let the Balme bee extracted augmenting and diminishing the fire according to arte till the Balme and Oyle be seuerallie
they laid vpon anie man hauing alwaies for his wicked precept this proper reason for howsoeuer saith hee the wound healeth againe yet there alwaies remaineth some scarre the Quaile is said to bee most delighted to feede on venimous seedes and so is the euill tonged man in casting forth venimous speaches thus envie alwaies traceth vertue and treadeth vpon her heeles Arrogancie also feareth lest euerie praise that another deserueth diminisheth somewhat of theirs and obscureth their glorie those therefore that are sicke of this disease will detract from you what they can but this arrogancie commonlie springeth of ignorance for as the wheat eare while it is greene and vnripe is most ful swelling and looketh hie but wheÌ„ it is replenished with ripe graine then it is more shrunke in and hangeth downe the head euen so shall you see him that is emptiest of good gifts or rawest in knoweledg euer lift his crest higher and beare the stouter shewe but he contrariwise that is best laden holdeth his head lower hauing indeed the substance of graine when he is triâ—d Plinie saith the Camelaeâ—n hath verie great lunges but nothing els within her bodie so saith hee there be some that beside their bosting swelling ostentation haue nothing to be found in them these are a kind of men that I hope you will not care for if they will needs meddle with you allow them but time and their owne course will confound themselues the Aspe were an inevitable euill if shee were not by nature dimme sighted so I graunt were your enemie pestilentlie dangerous if according to their wicked desire they had also other answerable partes whereby they might approch you but like as the herbe Maidenhaire though it bee sprinkled or dipped in water wil neuertheles look still as though it were drie no more shall reproch and infamie though it be notablie attempted cleaue or sticke vnto a good man These thinges had I good Master Banester at the publishing of your Antidotarie to write as an Antidote vnto your selfe desiring that according to the nature of such medicines which both expel poysons alreadie receiued and also keepe and preserue the heart against all new infections so this may both ridde you of the present perplexities and likewise defend you from future against all your enimies Your louing and assured for euer W. Goodrus Salutem in Christo Gulielmus Clowes I Read that Seneca the wise Philosopher demandeth What man is he that would wish to liue in this transitorie worlde so full of mischiefes calamities and miseries without faithfull familiaritie and vnfeined friendship It may be answered in a word None but the proud person and the malicious and enuious man whose words and deedes discouer the euill that is hatched in his heart So that no firme friendship nor stedfast amitie can once so much as appeare in his life and conuersation but frameth himselfe with euerie mocking Parasite to throw out the venime and poyson of his heart to the discrediting of those that anie thing excell him either in knowledge or practise Such a vile person was one Antiphilos said to be who professed great friendship to Apelles seeming both to reuerence him for his skill and honour him for his Art yet when he did see that he grew in fauor with all so that his fame spred to the Court of Alexander who hearing of his skill in Painting gaue foorth a commandement that none should paint his Picture but onelie Apelles this wicked Antiphilos the verie shape of shame and fellow to all dissemblers flatterers with forged false accusations practised priuely to bring Apelles into displeasure and disgrace with King Ptolomeus who also deerelie loued Apelles and had him in great estimation Yet he could not bring to passe his purposed practise for the King through his deepe wisedome examined the thing by the rule of reason and soone found out the secret purpose and vnhonest attempt of that perillous Pick-thanke which sought by vniust meanes to haue Apelles banished and so to liue as a man defamed therefore vpon due consideration had of the innocencie of Apelles cause the King neither satisfied the leaud â—xpectation of Antiphilos nor winked at his iniurious and wrongfull accusations but perceiuing the â—ilthie liquâ—r that came forth of that stinking vessel presently he tamed his tongue with the bridle of bondage and beate downe his malicious proud heart with the sharpe scourge of continuall slauerie condemning him iustlie and commandâ—ng him straightlie to serue as a bondslaue to Apelles all the daies of his lifeâ— In like manner Master Banester my deeâ—e and louing friendâ— it is not vnknowen vnto manie good men how vnder the colour of faithful friendshipâ— you haue been as it were compassed about and deepelie bitten with such like Antipholoses whom you haue nouseled in your bosome whose ill behauiour is such that no good wholsome lawes can bridle or tame their piercing tongues And one chief cause of their great impatience is for publishing of such like workes as is this your Antidotarie saying forsooth that onely their meere practise is sufficient without so manie bookes as if amongst blind-men he that hath but one eie might bee a King But contrariwise to the good liking of the learned and men of iudgement you haue performed and publâ—shed this your Antidotarie to your great fame and commendation It is most certaine that the thing of it selfe deserueth praise for they that read it with consideration shal finde in it varitie breuitie sound iudgement and varietie beeing full fraught and sâ—uft with manie singular good and approoued practises so that you iustlie merit praise of al true and faithfull professors of this noble Arte of Chyrurgerie yet you know full well it will be hard for you to cast off the burthen and yoke of leawd reproaches For no work can be so eloquentlie handled but some Aristrachus or other whose filthie stomackes beeing inflamed with cholar will improue the same either for the slendernesse of the argument impropernesse of the phrase heauie and obscure reasons false ortographie faultes escaped incke-horne tearmes or some imperfection for want of knowledge in tongues yet you for your parte haue preuented such vaine pratlings and I haue good hope that this your Antidotarie will yeelde a sufficient medicine to cure that olde vlcered maladie which hath so farre infected their mouthes and tainted their tongues insomuch that if now they finde faults you and all may thinke that either it is the vaine humours of certaine scoffing spirites or els too much frequenting the hot-house hath sweat out all their wittes Themistocles a renowmed Captaine of the Greekes beeing vpon a time verie pensiue and heauie there came vnto him a verie familiar friend of his and in secret manner demaunded of him what might bee the cause that he was at that time so sorrowfull and sad If you will needes know said he the cause of this my present sadnesse it is for that manie yeeres being past since I was
lib.ss. vng albi â„¥ .vj. vng populeon â„¥ .iiij. olei laurini â„¥ .iij. salis nitri â„¥ .ij. mercurij sublimati Ê’ ij gum Karabe masticis myrrhae olibani ana Ê’ ij lithargyrij auri â„¥ j.ss cerusae â„¥ .j. aluminis vsti vitrioli combusti ana ℈ .ij. mercurij crudi extincti cum succo limonum â„¥ .v. cerae albae â„¥ ij.ss Fiat vnguentum An vnguent of the iuice of Ebulus for all paines of the ioynts proceeding ex morbo Gallico Rec. Granorum ebuli nigror maturor â„¥ .iij. foliorum ebuli fol. betonicae ana m.iij. yuae artheticae yuae muscatae rorismarini lumbricorum terrest lotorum cum vino albo lib. ss terebinth quinquies lotae cuÌ„ aqua saliuae â„¥ .ij. radicum althaeae â„¥ .iiij. olei communis lib.j.ss. vini optimi lib.iij. Bruse all your hearbs and wormes and boile them in the wine and the rest vntill the iuice wine be consumed then straine it adding theretoo so much waxe as will make an oyntment An vnguent against â—eâ—tars and ringwormes proceeding ex Lue Gallica Rec. Cepi ceruini â„¥ .ij. saponis veneti ol amyd amarar olei de iuglandib ana â„¥ ss terebinthinae â„¥ .vj. salis communis ellebori nigri ana Ê’ j lithargyrij praeparati tartari sulphuris praeparati ana Ê’ ij argenti sublimati â„¥ .j. Powder that which is to bee powdered verie fine and mix them together according to Art An vnguent to cauterize a veine that will not otherwise stay bleeding Rec. Vngu populei â„¥ ss vitrioli vsti Ê’ ij mercurij sublimati Ê’ iij Fiat vnguentum An vnguent that doth coole cease paine and defend humors flowing to anie part Rec. Cerati albi â„¥ .iiij. ol rosac â„¥ .x. santali alb rubr rosarum rubr myrrhae olibani masticis ana Ê’ ij caphurae Ê’ ss terebinthinae â„¥ ij.ss Fiat vnguentum An vnguent that doth drie and healâ— Rec. Olibani masticis aloes ana â„¥ ss colophoniae â„¥ .iij. aristolochiae longae torrefactae Ê’ iij ol rosac â„¥ .vj. terebinthinae cerae albae ana â„¥ .iiij. Fiat vnguentum An vnguent that doth mundifie where the matter is grose and slymie Rec. terebinthinae venetae â„¥ .vj. mellis rosacei â„¥ iiij.ss myrrhae iridis aristoloch longae ana â„¥ ss farinae hordei q.s. Fiat vnguentum An excellent vnguent for vlcers in the ioynts Rec. Vini gypsati lib.ij. mellis rosati li. j. zacchari candi albiss lib.j. myrrhae â„¥ .iiij. masticis â„¥ .ij. Powder those which are to be powdered and mixe them An vnguent with the vse of it to roote out the caruncle Rec. Argenti viui â„¥ .iij. aquae fortis â„¥ .iiij. Set theÌ„ to stand together in a strong glasse vntill the mercurie be hardned which is in thrée or foure daies after breake the glasse and take it foorth Rec. etiam plumbi tenuissimè laminati in minimas particulas incisi lib.j. aquae fortiss lib.j. set them together bring it so to powder These things being thus prepared Rec. Mercurij superius praeparati â„¥ .j. plumbi praepar â„¥ .iij. pingued haedinae vel agninae â„¥ .vj. Boyle them softlie cum modico cereae virgineae fiat vnguentum Applie hereof vnto the caruncle euerie daie once for thrée or foure daies and after that but euerie third daie once vnto the end Although it happeÌ„ to bléed in the first daies yet goe forward An vnguent for wounds with burning Rec. Ol. vel pingued lardi â„¥ .iiij. ol butyri vel pinguedinis cremoris per ignem seperatae ol ouorum ana â„¥ .ij. ol sambuci â„¥ j.ss ol amydalarum dulc â„¥ ij.ss ol papaueris hyosciami ana â„¥ .j. salis nitri Ê’ ij cerae albae â„¥ .ij. Fiat An vnguent for filthie vlcers that mundifieth and healeth exceeding well Rec. Ol. rosarum â„¥ .iiij. ol ouorum â„¥ .ij. pinguedinis palmae â„¥ .iij. terebinthinae â„¥ j.ss ol myrrhae â„¥ .j. masticis â„¥ j.ss cerusae â„¥ ij.ss picis graecae siue colophoniae â„¥ .ij. cerae citrinae â„¥ .j. or lesse of the waxe if you sée cause so make an vnguent Vnguentum hyosciami for all paines inflamations of great vse Rec. Axungiae suillae lib. viij fol. summitatum hyosciami lib. viij Stampe the hearbe verie well then mixe them together and set your vessell in the heate of the sunne or in balneo mariae for ten daies after boyle it to the consumption of the watrish iuycines strain it and put too lib. vj more of fresh hearb Sunne them and boyle them as before then straine it to kéepe Vnguentum de Alabastro for wounds defluxions and cataractes in the eies of great vse commendation with some correction in the making Rec. Summitatum Rubi num 50. rutae m.j. alabastritae lib.ss. sem foeniculi â„¥ ss ol rosac lib.j. florum chamaemeli â„¥ .iiij. vini albi lib.ij. cerae â„¥ .j. albuminum ouorum nu vj. With a newe and cleane sponge crush through the whites of egges till they bee as water so kéepe them a part your alabaster grinde on a marble stone with aqua rosacea or foeniculi till it be as fine as a painters colour Now to compound them doo thus Take your hearbes flower and fenill séede being all well stamped powre vpon them your oyle of roses and wine boyle them to the wasting of the wine after straine them cléerelie into another faire vessell and set it on the fire againe put in your alabaster so ground as I haue said before and your wax Let it séeth againe softlie but alwaies stirring it vntill the watrishnesse be gone out Then take it from the fire to coole but cease not stirring till it be vtterlie colde When it is almost cold put in your whites of egges To some part of this would I also adde a little camfer and reserue that by it selfe An vnguent generallie good for all euills of the eies Rec. Butyri recentis 9. times washed cuÌ„ vino albo odorifero â„¥ .j. tutiae praeparatae pulu Ê’.j.ss caphurae trituratae ℈ .j. antimonij ℈ ss Mixe them al in a leaden morter according to Arte. The vse is to put a little thereof into the eyes when the patient goeth to bed An vnguent of Nicotian of verie great effect in healing wounds of gunshot and others also Rec. Balsami Nicotiani nostri lib.j.ss. cerae citrinae resinae pini ceui ceruini ana â„¥ iij. gummi elemi â„¥ j.ss succi Nicotianae â„¥ .iiij. pinguedinis porc â„¥ .ij. Mixe them according to Arte and boyle them to the consumption of the iuyces Vnguentum Ophioglossi a most excellent consolidatiue Rec. Ophioglossi as much as a peck will containe meliloti valerianae ana m.j. solidaginis saracenicae m.ss. saniculae prunellae virgae aureae Iacobaeae ana m.ss. Stampe them in a stone morter and put vnto them three quartes of oyle Oliue so let it stande all night in the morning boyle it gentlie vntill it haue