things which are very hot as Wines Spices Salt and salt meates c and also from raw fruites greene hearbes and all cold thinges or at the least vse of these as little as thou maiest For thy body being emptied it is very requisite thou make supply with those thinges which are of good nutriment and fittest to breed good blood For otherwise it is but vaine to take away that which is bad and to fill the place with that which is worsse Wherefore let thy Drinke be Ale thy Bread of the finest of good Wheate whereof also eate very little thy Meates for the most part boyled and such as are fine and light of digestion 14 In any wise read and marke well these rules before thou take of the potion For the Head-ach and for such as are much bound and haue their excrement alwayes hard and dry also for the swimming of the Head and for red and sore Eyes The fourth Chapter THe Head-ach proceedeth of diuers causes First of heate and chiefely of the Sunne which heateth the Braine and blood about the Head and this kind of Head-ach is sayd to be of heat alone without the mixture of any Humour causing the same 2 The second kind of Head-ach contrarie to the first is of cold alone and happeneth most vnto those who hauing long vsed to keepe their heads warme suddainly take cold But because these two kindes happen seldome also for the most part stay not long and the causes being knowne may easily be preuented I write nothing touching the cure of the same There are also diuers other griefes of the Head but mine intent is to speake here onely of the cure of those which follow 3 The third kind of headach is of fulnes when the partie liuing in great securitie some some feedeth his bodie excessiuelie euen vntill his Eies swell with fatnesse and his whole Bodie be puffed vp like a bladder 4 The fourth kind is of corrupt humors which abounding in great quantitie are the verie present cause alone of the Headach without any other accidentall matter For cure of this third fourth kind take of my Potion so much as shall giue thee three foure or fiue stooles a daie for eight daies or longer vntill thy head and bodie be well emptied In this sort shalt thou vse the potion for the cure of the swimming or giddinesse of the head and for sore and red watering eies 5 The fift kind is of the fume of corrupt humors not of the humors themselues for that the corruption lying in the stomach onely casteth vp to the braine euill fumes which offende the same being of all other partes the most sensible For cure of the fift kind take of my Potion so much as shall giue thee foure or fiue stooles a day for three dayes and keepe thy bed one houre after the same but sleep not 6 There is also one other kind of head-ach which proceedeth of the excrement continuing ouer-long in the body whereof I thinke it very necessarie to speake After thou hast receiued thy food first Nature sucketh from it that which is thin and pure leauing the rest as grosse corrupt And if then it remaine longer in the body the noysome fumes thereof it being now an excrement and hauing lost the nature of a nutriment ascend vp to the Braine and cause the Head-ach also otherwise nature being as yet forced to feede thereupon it greatly infecteth the body So that it is in reason a thing vnpossible for him to be long in health who is much costiue or bound in his body For cure of this sixt and last kind take for ten or twelue dayes together or longer euery morning fasting so much of my Potion as shall giue thee one stoole a day more then ordinarie And when thou hast brought thy body to good order take alway lesse and lesse for by that meanes thou shalt toll nature on to doe her worke without helpe And in any wise remember that euery morning both whilest thou vsest the Potion and afterwards also thou offer thy selfe to the Stoole although thou feele no prouocation For Pimples or other itching humors rising in the face and for all itches of the bodie a verie rare ointment The fift Chapter FOr the Pimpies or other itching humors rising in the face when you goe to bed annoint the place lightlie euery night and in the morning moisten it with a litle new milke and wipe it for your bodie annoynt when you go to bed by a fire foure or fiue nights which will kill an itch be it neuer so olde For those that are troubled with Biles itches scabs and such like proceeding of inward infection The sixt Chapter SOme by nature from their Parents some by long and euill diet others by companie haue their bodies inclined to Biles Scabs itches and such like all which I will teach thee to cure euenin as perfect an order as thou maâ—est wash a foule vessell with faire water Take of the potion so much as shal giue thee foure stooles a daie for three daies The fourth day take of the rootes of Briony which thou shalt haue at maister Claphams and boile halfe an ounce thereof and one whole mase in a pint of ale gently halfe an houre then adde thereto a little Sugar And let the Patient drinke a good draught thereof warme and keepe his Bedde and sweat three houres aud during his sweat now and then let him take more of this Ale vntill he haue taken the whole pint but if it be a Child lesse as the age dooth require Use this order three daies together and longer if the disease haue beene of long continuance Note that in Sweating the patient must rubbe his bodie with warme clothes to take away such corruption as commeth out by sweating Note also that by this meanes thou maiest preuent the Pockes and Meazels in Children and others in such sort as they shall be vnapt to take them as they which haue had them For those that are full of Flegeme also for the Cough and shortnesse of breath for such as haue taken an heat and cold and for those which are towards the consumption of the Lunges The Seuenth Chapter THey whose bodyes are full of flegme and haue their Lunges stuffed with the same or other corruption so that thereby they are troubled with the Cough are thus to be cured Take of my Potion for three dayes euery morning fasting so much as will giue thee foure or fiue stooles a day for thereby thou shalt finde thy body vnladen of much Flegme Then take one handfull of the hearbe called Tussilago or otherwise Vngula caballina Lickerish scraped and brused 2. ounces Aniseed brused halfe an ounce I soppe foure branches boyle these in three pintes of water gently vntill halfe bee consumed then straine put therto three ounces of Sugar or Sugar-candie which is better Drinke hereof a reasonable quantitie well warmed euery morning one houre before you rise for ten
digest next that he eate not at anie time much in quantitie But if the matter passe the stomach with verie slight or no digestion so that a Uomit will not pleasure him giue him a draught of sacke fasting well burned putting thereto as much Trâ—acle as an Hazell Nut and Sugar as you thinke sufficient and let him keepe his bed and sweat foure houres more or lesse as you thinke good according to the strength of the patient and in his sweat now and then let him take Ale clarified with a little Mace wherein also dissolue some sugar for thus shall you make perfect digestion through the whole body of that whereof he did surfet For the Heartburning The ninth Chapter I Thinke it good togither with the multitude to content my selfe with the ordinarie name of this disease which is the heart burning although it be a disease of the Stomach and not of the Heart They which are troubled with this griefe are for the most part at ease after they haue eaten but when their meat is digested they feele a continual heate or bitternes in the mouth oâ— their stomaches they often belch and haue a continuall readines as it were to vomit In some it is of long continuance in others it riseth vpon euery light occasion especiasly by eating of fat salt and cholericke meates As touching the cure first I wish thee to marke verie diligentlie after what meates and drinkes thou art most troubled with this disease and forbeare the same for assure thy selfe that they are either very vnfit to make good blood or otherwise thy nature hath some speciall mislike thereof I wish thee also to take this for a generall rule that what griefe soeuer thou mayest helpe by good diet or abstinence in any wise take no Physicke for the same But if thy long euill diet hath laden thy stomach with hot salt cholericke humors which doe cause the heart burning then take of my Potion for three dayes euery morning so much as shall giue thee foure or fiue stooles so shalt thou cleanse thy stomach perfectly which is a very sufficient and perfect cure For those which Vomit continually after meat THere are two speciall causes of this Disease the one is when the first veines which receiue the nutriment from the stomach are stopped the other when the body is long bound and the excrement very hard so that the patient goeth scarsely once in ten dayes to the stoole In some it groweth to such extremitie that they neuer goe to the stoole but that which remayneth after digestion passeth from them by Uomit For cure take foure spoonefulles of my Potion fasting and if that worke not take more the next day and so foorth alwayes increasing the quantitie vntill it worke The next day after it hath wrought boyle a pint of good White-wine with one handfull of Parsely a quarter of an houre or better then straine it and put thereto a litle Sugar and let the patient drinke a reasonable quantitie thereof warme and keepe his bed and sweat three houres and during his sweat let him take now and then more of the same vntill he haue taken all Afterwardes let him take fasting so much of my Potion as will giue him one Stoole a day This hee must continue in such sort that he suffer not his excrement to stay long or to dry in his body but that he be alwayes soluble Note the White-wine thus prepared together with the sweating openeth the first veine and maketh good passage into the body The purging dissolueth draweth downe the excrement and some some bringeth nature to her vsuall course also cleanseâ—h the stomach of such corruption as happely is some cause of the griefe For those that haue no appetite to Meate The tenth Chapter THere are diuers causes of this Disease but I will rehearse onely two which are most vsuall The one is when the first Ueines doe not sucke which is their naturall action whereby they receiue food for the whole body and this is found in men of diuers constitutions The other is proper vnto fatte and grosse bodyes which are alwayes stuffed as it were and so full that nature seemeth contented with that she hath and hath little desire of more For cure take of my Potion euery day as much as will giue thee two or three Stooles and in few dayes thou shalt feele thy selfe exceeding hungry But if thou haue not good appetite presently after thy purging take White wine boyled in such sort as in the Chapter before is prescribed For those who are troubled with the gnawing of the stomach or guttes also for the collicke and wind and all corruption which causeth wind The xi Chapter THese griefes rise of such corrupt and slymie humours as cleaue to the inner part of the Stomach and Guts and are thus very easily to be cured Take of my Potion so much as shall giue thee three or foure Stooles a day for fiue or sixe dayes more or lesse respecting the age and body of the patient For when his Stomach Guts are cleansed hee is very perfectly cured Then learne to auoyde all windy and slimie meates whereby thou shalt be able to preuent these diseases I muse at the madnesse of such as in this case vse Pepper Ginger and other hot spices also Coriander seed or any thing of like nature for that in reason it is farre better to take away the matter of the Disease in such sort as I haue sayd then to ioyne one contrarie with another to let them both remayne These hotte thinges are fitter to warme a cold Stomach and to make it apt to digest beeing moderatly vsed then to clense it being full of corruption and good chiefly for those who are in yeares and haue naturall heat so decayed that by Arte they are forced to seeke helpe where Nature fayleth For the Rheume The twelfe Chapter FOr the Rheume I chiefly prescribe thee three Rules following for that the cure thereof consisteth more in the patientes owne good gouernment then in much taking of Physicke The first Rule Use labour and exercise for thereby thou shalt stirre vp naturall heat and consume the waterish humours which doe cause the Rheume but if the weather be such as thou canst not goe abroade either â—osse a great yarne Ball against a wall or driue a great woodden Top in some conuenient place for both these are very good exercises Use them twise a day and continue alwayes one houre but make an end an houre before meate and in the beginning as also a little before thou ende vse gentle labour that thou abate thy heat by litle and litle this is the chiefe and principall meane both to preuent cure this griefe Which dooth appeare manifestlie first for that they who labour much are neuer troubled with the Rheume next that students and such as vse litle stirring or motion of their bodies are most subiect thereto for while they sit still the outwarde partes of their
digested to the nature of a Stone which is done by two meanes also Either by Purgation and lexatiue Medicines or otherwise by those thinges which beeing of a very subtile thin and piercing nature do passe sodainely through the Liuer the Kidnies and the Bladder and violently carry with them such slimie and grosse humours as they finde by the way as White-wine Rhenish-wine with such like taken fasting which being not taken fasting worke not this effect For being vsed either with or soone after Meate they hasten the digestioâ— and carry grosse and raw humours into the body whereby they worke a very contrary effect and ingender the Stone being much vsed But the Stone beeing already ingendered by the vsuall meanes is to be cured chiefely by thinges which cause the Stone to breake voyde as Saxifrage Parsely Pellitorie of the wall Gromwell other thinges infinite whereof I haue named foure good pleasant easiest to be taken There are also diuers other meanes as letting Blood Purging Glisters Uomits and mollifying or distending the narrow and strict vessels with Oyles c. wherein the Stone sticketh But for breuitie sake all these I let passe The preuenting and curing of the Stone by a new meane latâ— deuised The fourth Chapter I haue hitherto briefly touched the causes of the Stone the differences of Stones and the vsuall meanes for preuenting and curing the Stone Now I minde to shew the way both to preuent and cure the same by the Quintessence of Goates blood The vse whereof for those that are from their father and mother or either of them naturally inclined therevnto or otherwise feare the Disease and would preuent the same is to take twentie or thirtie dayes in the Spring and likewise in the Fall of the Leafe two spoonefuls thereof in a good draught of their accustomed drinke fasting and to fast one houre after it which will without all question preserue them from the disease But vnto those who are troubled with the Stone and feele now then a passion thereof I haue thought good to prescribe this order Cause foure or fiue gallons of Drinke to be brewed tunned vp in a litle vessell fit for the same and when it is new tunned adde thereto bound togeather one good handfull of Parselie and one handful of Pellitorie of the wall but for want of Pellitorie take the more Parselie though the other were better And when your Drinke being either Ale or Beere as you like best is stale enough drinke therof euery morning fasting a good hearty draught adding thereto two spoonefuls or more of the Quintessence for in great quantitie you cannot erre and fast one houre after it as before But whiles you take it vse no violent motion of your body but gentle walking or such like least the Stone beginning to breake the peeces thereof fall into the narrow vessels betweene the Kidnies and the Bladder or from the Bladder into the Yard to your great torment and this order I wish you to vse as long as you finde any Grauell to voyde But because oftentimes the Grauell doth voyde and yet not to be discerned as my late experience hath taught me I thinke it requisite here to shew the strange working of the Quintessence If you put into a cuppe of Wine a peece of light hollow soft Sugar the Wine presently entreth into all partes thereof and causeth it to fall like a sandie substance But if you put into the same cup of Wine a peece of white hard and perfect good Sugar it resisteth the Wine and suffereth onely the outwarde parts in long time some some to be dissolued So likewise if the Quintessence finde in the body an hollow soft grittie Stone it entereth presently into the same dissolueth it and causeth it to voyd in Grauell being not able to suffer the long action or working of the Quintessence But the Stone being hard long digested and hauing his substance fast and soundly compact together the Quintessence can not enter into the same but worketh vpon the outwarde partes thereof and the more strongly it abideth and resisteth the more perfectly the Quintessence resolueth the same For manifest prooâ—e thereof if in taking the Quintessence you find no grauell to voyde 〈◊〉 your Urine first mâ—de after the taking of the Quintessence in some open vessell vpon the Embers in a temperate heate and suffer it so to stand vntill all the Water be breathed away that which remayneth be perfect dry which you shall finde a grittie substance if you were troubled with the Stone And this is a very perfect tryall Now I thinke it good to note that if the Stone be great in quantitie and in the Bladder you must vse the Quintessence the longer and not looke to be cured miraculously with the vse thereof a weeke or two And against this kind specially I wish that Parsely be vsed as before for that it is a great opener and will helpe the Quintessence to passe more swiftlie vnto the Kidnies the Bladder where it ought to worke which otherwise continuing long in the stomach loseth part of his vertue and worketh noâ— so effectually But if the partie be very olde withall and hath his Kidnies and Bladder exulcerat or either of them yet chiefly the Bladder then I wish him not only to vse the Quintessence as before but also to obserue very diligently this Diet. Abstaine from all Wine Aqua vite Aqua-composita Beâ—re Ueriuice Uineger Aliger Perrie Cider Salt and salt Meates all Spices Orenges Lemmons Mustarde and all raw Fruites and generally from all thinges which cause the Urine to be hot sharpe or fretting For then although the Stone be cured yet the partie hath litle ease for that the sharpe Urine hauing accesse to the sorenesse and rawnesse of the Kidnies or Bladder wil not suffer the partes infected to heale but rather increaseth the griefe If you be troubled with the exulceration of the Bladder the manifest and continuall paine thereof will declare the same also the griefe in making water and hardinesse of making water which rather droppeth then runneth because the force expuisiue is decayed and if with the exulceration of the Kidnies then haue you paine in your Loynes But if you be grieued with either of any continuance with your Urin there voydeth often slimie corruption like the white of an Egge or filthy Blood such like I wish those who remaine in this case especially troubled with the exulceration of the Bladder not to torment their bodyes with much Phisicke For although eased yet cured they cannot be Onely I counsell them as before to remooue the Stone and to auoyde by abstinence from the thinges afore recited the sharpnesse of Urin which are the causes efficient of their griefe and that done to vse for healing of their sore Kidnies and Bladders as neere as may be a reasonable quantitie of Gotes milke euery morning fasting also the sirup of Plantine is a speciall thing in these griefes vsing one spoonefull thereof in the morning in Ale clarified And now to end this my short worke I let passe that which a number of writers set foorth of the nature of the Gote and the vertue of his bloud against the stone Only I alleadge one sentence of Fuchsius an excellent wise and learned Physitian which I finde in his Booke De medendis morbis Writing of the Stone and the cure thereof after he had shewed diuers remedies he endeth thus Sanguis denique hircinus ad calculos cùm renum tùm vesicae praesens remedium est Nam praeexistentes soluit per vrinam excernit vt alij ampliùs non generentur prohibet ac dolorâ—m sedat And to conclude Goates Blood is a present remedy both for the Stone of the Kidnies and the Bladder For it dissolueth those that are there already and voydeth them by Vrine and suffereth no more to ingender also taketh away the paine But least this most excellent Medicine should be slaundered I haue thought good to signifie that if any person hauing vsed the Quintessence in such sort as is requisite both for time and order finde not such remedie as I haue promised he looked for let him if it seeme good repaire to my house in Wickeham aforesayd where hee shall finde me readie without either penny 〈…〉 to doe what possible I may 〈…〉 cure And if by taking ought â—â—â—â—n I breake my promise let mee be rather thought a deceauer then one seeking to benefit my Countrie FINIS The Sirup of Lignum aloes Two causes the Stone