like much being mixed with Barrowes greace q. s. But such remedyes are too stronge for Children least it cause Agnes and hurt the soft and tender flesh of their bodies chiefly about the Necke it is to be auoyded Moreouer I read that to make a Playster of Nitrum and Lyme of each a like quantity and of Cardamonium Fenygreeke 4. times so to much and with Hony make héeroof a Plaister Aetius saith when Struma beginneth in children they must be molifyed and dispersed And for mollifying in children is approoued this remedy following â„ž Diachylon â„¥ iiii  Oesypi â„¥ i.  Radicum Ireos â„¥ iiii  Pulueriset Misce Another Recipe The Lées of white or red wine of stronge Vineger of each a quart Mallowe leaues 4. good handful Boile them till the leaues bee tender then stampe the leaues put them againe into the said licour with halfe a pound of swéet butter of barley meale of beane meale of each a good handfull Of Linséede Fenigrek of each 4. ounces Of the powder of red Rose leaues one good handfull Of yolkes of Egges 3. or 4. an of Saffron the waight of 3. d fiat cat ap las I might easily bring in a confused number of other remedies to the same end purpose out of diuers learned mens writings which héer to repeate were néedles and to no great vse sith I know these may suffice Wherefore I thinke it good to pretermit the nominating of the rest c. The third Intention Chyrurgicall by outward meanes THe third Intention is to ripen open and clense such Phlegmaticall Corruptions and Vlcerous Apostumes which do pertaine to Suppuration This néedeth no long discourse sith it plainely appeareth that these troublesome hard kernelly swellings be found so rebellious that they doe resist all emollientes and Diaphoreticall remedies before named by meanes wherof it can not be dissolued consumed as we happily would or do desire For which causes we are further constrained to alter our course with due consideration that is to wit Not to leaue the Patient helples but to vse stronger Medicamentes I meane Suppuratiues as is before said such as whose property is to bring superfluous humours to maturity and ripenes by these and such like Emplasticke remedies which as it is said doe by the closing of the pooers of the skin augment the naturall heate whereby the matter so enclosed causeth the generatioÌ„ of matter or Pus But I must confesse I haue not often times séene these hard Phlegmaticall abcessions easily brought to suppuration The matter being once colde dull Clammy hard and knotty and déeply seated and of a long continuance in a body whose skin is grosse and thicke the matter hardly compact These kindes I haue found do sildome come to maturity and ripenes vnlesse as Cornelius Celsus saith the said Tumours bee mixed and made of matter and bloud And Trincauel reporteth that some of these Nota. Tumours that haue â—eate in them doe ripen and come to matter suppuration But there be others that be more hard and doe resist suppuration and then they come néerer vnto the nature of a Scirrhus Now it followeth that I set downe those approoued remedies being in vulgar vse seruing for suppuration which are long agoe ratifyed and well allowed of by a vniforme consent both of olde late writers which were men of an industrious capacity of a most rare exquisite knowledge in the Arte. And first I wil begin with Iohannes de Vigo one of the chief Fathers true Patrones of al good learning knowledge in the Arte of Chirurgery As it in some sort may appeare by Master Bartholmew Traheron which first Translated Vigo in the English tongue In his Epistle Dedicatory whose iudgement therein I doe acknowledge hee sayth that although Nota. Vigo were not brought vp in the knowledge of the Tongues yet through his singular wit long experience and diligent study hee hath inuented and set foorth more notable things in the Arte of Chirurgerie then any other héeretofore and I thinke sayth he nothing can better testifye the cunning of this man then that he continued so long in Rome in such a company of pocky Curtezans neither Priests Bishops nor Cardinals excepted as it appeareth in his Booke for where such cariones béen the best Egles will resort c. A Maturatiue Playster Vigö â„ž Radices Althaeae Ana. lb. ss  Capit. Liliorum Let these boyle in a sufficient quantity of Water and after being stamped put vnto them of Garlicke and white Onions roasted vnder the coales of each â„¥ iij. Ol. Liliorum An. â„¥ ii Butyri Pinguedinis porcini An. â„¥ ii ss Anserinae Farinae Tritici An. q. s. Fenigreci Make a Playster at the fire adding in the ende the yolkes of two Egges There bee some I know doâ— little prize or value this Playster but I doe acknowledge it to be an infallible remedy Another D. F. â„ž Radices Bryoniae lb. ss  Ceparum No. ii  Rad. Althaeae recentiuÌ„ â„¥ iiii  Fol. Maluarum siccarum p. i.  Hidropiperis M. i.  Ficuum An. â„¥ j.  Passularum Enucleatarum Boyle them well then adde vnto them Fermenti An. â„¥ ii Axungiae suillae Insulsae Euphorbij pul â„¥ i. Misce et fiat Emplastrum secundum artem This playster worketh miraculous effectes in this Cure Another Playster Paulus Aegineta â„ž Mirrhae â„¥ x.  Ammoniaci Thymiamatis â„¥ vii  Visci Quercini â„¥ viii  Galbani â„¥ iiii  Propolis â„¥ i. Misce et fiat Emplastrum secundum Artem. A Maturatiue Cataplasme Recipe Rye-bread lib. i. White Onions of Lilly Rootes roasted vnder the Ashes of each 4. Ounces A Bryony Roote and Figges boyled in Malmesey of each 6. Ounc Fenygreke Lynséede of each 3. Oun. Barlye meale and Beane meale of each 4. Oun. Oyle of Roses Camomill and Wormewood of each 3. Oun. Hony 4. Oun. The yolkes of 4. Egges hard roasted Saffron the waight of 4. d. Boyle all these together to a laudable consistence and apply it thicke vnto the gréeued partes morning and euening warme Also I read in Iohannes Libaulty his Booke Intituled This medicine Mercurialis alloweth likewise cap. de Struma Le Meson Rustick and also in other Learned Writers that the dung of a Cow heated vnder the Ashes betwixt Vine or Colwort leaues mingled with vineger hath the property to bring Scrophulous swellings to ripenes c. Nothwithstanding if all these chaunce to faile then haue recourse to that which followeth in the Fourth Intention which is perfomed by Section or Incision when wee finde the matter before rehearsed vnfit to yéeld eyther to Resolution or Suppuration c. The fourth Intention Chyrurgicall by outward meanes THe fourth Intention of these Strumous Tumors which are not cured by former remedies yet are gentle obedient and tractable is to cut them off and then to pull them out In the vse
of these outward incisions this scope ought chiefly to be regarded that is to be very circumspect in your handy operations attempted done coÌ„cerning the cure of this great Malady That is the apertion or opening by launcing or Incision of those glandulous Tumors For as it is said bloud is the treasure of life and habitation of the soule Moreouer it is surely very hard and difficult especially when there is in the affected place eyther Nerue great Vaine or Artery c. Therefore such persons as are to endure this painfull action ought to haue much patience and to be of a good courage Then it may bee the better attempted and done by a cunning and skilfull Chyrurgian which there is no doubt but he will be so prouident that nothing shall offend How best it is not necessary or sufferable ouer curiously to search and attempt the cutting them out by Incision For that many of them are subiect to violent and inordinate bloudy Fluxes and other euill accidents which doubtlesse will much amaze you and hinder your handy operation I meane when these Tumors bee désply planted and secretly lodged amongst the great vaines and Arteries called Carotides or otherwise néere the Nerui recurrentes which is often times the cause that some bee come spéechlesse there by And it cannot be iustly denyed but that these Incisions haue often times béen attempted with a launce by our Ancestors Fore-fathers But amongst a number of those worthy men Wickar being a man of good knowledge skill in the Cure of the foresaid Euill his counsaile is that before we doe attempt the said action by Inscision the Patient be first layde vpon his Bed and so both his féet must be strongly iyed vnto the bed poasts his head both his hands must also be fast held by men of strength and skilfull in holding In such sort as we doe in cutting those which haue the crooked or wrye neckes And he that is chosen to be the Operator of the said action must prudently and wisely saith Vigo and other learned men coÌ„sider the greatnes smalnes of the said Tumor which must be incised cut froÌ„ one length of the Tumor to an other Then by litle litle seperate diuide vndermine the whole Cistis round about to the very bottome roots therof not rashly nor by violence but orderly by degrées seperate with your fingers other seruiceable instrumeÌ„ts as you vse to diuide the forenamed Wennes called Steatoma Atheroma and Meliceris And confessed it is for a certaâ—â—â—â— that if any portion or part of the said Cistis or bagge chaunce to remaine behinde and not cléere taken away by the rootes it will doubtlesse bréed and increase againe But to preuent such gréeuances me thinkes I cannot speake too sufficieÌ„tly therof wherfore if any part remain behinde then lay vpon it the powder of Mercury precipitate or if that bee too weake adde to it of Alumen Combust or Vitriolum Album combust of each equall portions notwithstanding I beléeue confidently hold that the worke of your hands is the best instruments you haue to trust to and to relieue you in this distresse Moreouer Mercurialis he further sayth these words Mercurialis for the curing and effecting of this matter First saith he choose some light place let the Patient lye on his bed for in sitting he wil soone sound therfore binde his legges together and after binde them to the Bedside and let one holde his head fast and then the Chirurgean taking the swelling in his left hand let him make an Incision eyther right or straight or somewhat crooked on the necke vnder the Jaw-bones vntill he come to the matter inclosed in the Bladder which is sometimes one and single as in the lesser swellinges and sometimes double like the Mirtle leafe in the greater swellinges So that conueniently eyther by the fingers or other Instrumentes the Bladder may bee by little and little separated and drawne from the next partes together with the matter inclosed in it But take good héede that the Bladder be not cut because it is hardly drawne away and much hindreth the Cure and the euill will come againe But if any such thing chaunce it were good to consume it with eating Medicines Great care must also be had that neyther the Arteries vaines nor notable Nerues be hurt but by little and little gently put it aside Yet it in the cutting some vessell be diuided and the issue of bloud trouble and hinder the worke then apply some méete thing to stay the bloud and so come againe to your worke For if the lippes of the Iâ—â—â—sion he inflamed and the swelling or Struâ—a bee not safely dissolued away then lay on a Stupa beaten with the White of an Egge and such things as be good for stopping of bloud After apply Medicines that wil a little concoct and then vse abstersiues and next such as causeth fleshe to growe and heale vp the scarre The fifth Intention Chyrurgicall by outward meanes THe fifth Intention is those which are vnmooueable and déepely rooted within Corrode them about and clense them throughly I graunt it tollerable and very conuenient to vse in this Cure the due applycation of Potential Cauteries such as whose propertye and seruice is to corrode the flesh the skin and may with very good circumspection very safely be attempted being administred vpon a body that is of a reasonable constitution in such sort that his strength is able to holde and endure the same A 〈…〉 re I will make further demonstration thereof that is tosay that your Cautery benot applyed vpon any Sinnewy part neither vpon the great Vaines nor Arteries for that these bee accompted indéede principall and chiefe vessels Also you must consider the quallity and quantity of the Causticke you doe administer for that some are more violent and stronger then other and some wil run and spread more then another Iaques Guillâ—mean Chyrurgian vnto the now French King which now is saith truely it is not necessary nor allowable to apply the Caustick vpon the endes or beginnings of Muscles for if your Patient that is to bee Cauterized haue an vnsound and sickly body you must first of all bee sure before you administer the sayd Cautery to Phlebotomize purge him The reason is least in the Cauterized parts there chaunce to come concursion or gathering together of humours Also it is further sayd that a small part of your potentiall Cauteryes doth and will worke as forcibly on a soft and tender bodye as a great quantity thereof will doe vpon a stronge and grosse obdurate person Ouer and besides the greater abcessions are to bee Cauterized one way and the lesser an other way and that with good consideration And héere to put you in memory that you must bee very carefull and circumspect in defending the partes round about the sayd Tumors for feare as I haue said that your Cautery doe run and spread too
thought but marke hereafter the end of the Master and the man and now I come againe to my owne procéedings that is The morning after Ma. Story was gone I administred vnto this Gentleman a Glister made of new Milke Suger and Oyle of Almonds which could in no wise haue been lawfully prohibited by reason of the great restriction and torments of his belly for hee had not a stoole in fiue dayes before Now I suppose some vpon a spleane will obiect against me and say that I goe here and in other places of this booke beyond my latchet in the publishing administring of phisical remedies vnto my Patients But I must craue pardon to answere with fauour this obiectioÌ„ for be it without offence spokeÌ„ I say where the learned Phisitian is not to be had be it either by sea or land far or néer I wil theÌ„ vse al honest lawful meanes bath in Phisicke Chirurgery to the vttermost of my knowledge and skill before I will any way permit and suffer my Patient to perish for want of all helpe Notwithstanding what soeuer is said and spoken to the contrarie by any malicious aduersary I assure my selfe the graue wise and learned will not take offence at these my sayings but passe it ouer with modesty silence Secondly though he were weake by reason of his extreame sweates paines and burning heate of his mouth throate and whole body for which cause I did let him bloud on the Caephalica vaine on the right arme that was 4. Ounc of bloud in the morning and 3. Ounces of bloud more at foure of the clocke in the after noone the same day And thus by intermission of time I took away 7. Oun. of very corrupt and impure bloud this done I vsed frications and I set strong cupping glasses vpon his shoulders and hippes and at sundry times I did administer vnto him certaine comfortable cordials And then with excellent Gargarismes and Lotions I brought away many foule and filthye Askers from his mouth and throate thus within the space of sixe daies hee did confesse some little ease and amendment by these inward and outward medicaments And at the full end of 18. daies after following I made him perfectly whole in the meane time hee did cogitate as it were and bethought with himselfe how cunningly he had dealt with his two former Chyrurgians and did greatly reioyce in this sending them away vnsatisfied Then I tolde him it was to Master Stotyes great detriment hurt vnto his body and hindrance to his liuing being a poore man but hee would not heare on that side Notwithstanding it is a true saying It is an ill winde that bloweth no man good I meane happy is hee that commeth in the declination and ending of a Cure and so I let him alone with his humours sith my reasons was not of force to perswade him howbeit in conclusion he vsed me very kindly willed me to goe abroad with him to sée his Riuers wherein were many goodly Trowâ—es and other fine fishes and after shewed me his mighty high woods and a number of Heronshew-nestes But truely I tooke as much pleasure at the sight thereof as Iacke an Apes doth when he hath a whip at his tayle After all these sightes he returned to his house and by the way he said Master Clowes I will holde you no longer with me but I will send you with my men to London for I must confesse I haue stayed you longer time then I meant to haue done and in conclusion he gaue me 20. pound and promised mee to rest my assured good friend during his life But to conclude I note his vnfortunate end wherby it presaged he was borne vnder some vnluckie Planet or Crosse day For within fewe yéeres after he took occasion to ride abroad as at many other times he vsed to doe but in returning home to his owne house it was said he entring into a Lane and attempting to open a great gate sodainly his horse started aside and fled away He liued wickedly dyed miserably whereby the Gentleman fell from his horse vnto the ground and there sodainly brake his owne necke So his horse ran home and he being left behinde the seruants went and sought for him and found him stark dead and his necke broke Thus far of the end of the Master now to the end of his man which he appointed to be Master Storyes guide the onely Phoenix whom to déerely loued but not for his good conditions Within a yéere after his Ma came to his vntimely death whose end was onely to God foreknown prefixed this swaggering fellow did sodainly grow into great misery so vpon a time hee came to London and there I saw him presently hee craued of mee some reliefe for hee said for want of seruice hee was brought into great pouerty Indéede I must confesse I had small deuotion vnto him but yet I gaue him some what to be rid of his company thus he went his waies saying he did hope it would be better or worse with him shortly Indéed it was reported that not long after he did consort with a crew of his old coÌ„panions they together immediatly robbed certain Cloathiers of the west country being al takeÌ„ were at the Assises hanged on the gallows at Ailesbury A fit Pulpit for such a Prophet or there abouts for the said fact Thus friendly Readers you haue heard as it were the tragical history of the foresaid Gentleman and his man The cause which hath mooued mee to publish the same is to forewarne al young practisers of this faculty of Chirurgery being indéed truely called filius Artis to beware and take héede how they goe and where and with whome they goe especially into strange and vnknowne places and vnto meÌ„ of such extraordinary strange qualities which make but a iest pastime at the abusing of any man be he of neuer so much worth honesty skil in his profession An obseruation for the Cure of Struma performed by me vpon a woman dwelling in the County of Essex 1602. AMongst others that I haue cured this present yéere Anno 1602. there repayred vnto me a woman being about the age of thirtye yéeres dwelling in the County of Essex thrée miles from my now dwelling house at Plasto in the parish of Westham within the said County which woman was a long time molested and troubled with certaine Carnosityes and hard Strumous swellinges vnder her Chinne some mooueable and some vnmooueable the which woman I did take in cure for the said infirmity and after spéeches had I perswaded her that shee would permit mee to take her Strumous swetlings away by Incision but it fell out shee shewed her selfe faint-hearted and so vnwilling to suffer that action by Incision Notwithstanding she hauing an ardent desire and affection to bee cured by mee was very willing to indure and abide the force and painfull working of the Causticke which was performed as
followeth The incredible operation of this simple Causticke now following is aboue beliefe being indéed made but onely of the powder of new quick burnt Lime-stones as they come out of the Kyll and of Sope well mixed together An. q. s. Héere some peraduenture wil say it is a great vanity in mée to commend a remedie which is well knowne already it will doe that it is prescribed for but I will leaue to answere such obiections and will procéede with matter of more importance that is to wit After I had well defended the partes about then I applyed vpon these swellinges the aforesaid Cansticke which she reasonable well endured for the space of thrée houres and then I remooued it and in place thereof I applyed other medicaments onely to mollifye and loose the Askers which was made by the said Causticke and also I gaue with her of the same remedy home to her house to dresse her selfe with all where shee remained for the space of fiue daies in the end yée shall note she returned againe to me being very faint pale and ill coloured thereat I much maruailed to sée so sodaine an alteration then I demaunded the reason of her shee answered and said it was by reason of the bad sent and ill sauours of the Askers and of the filthy corrupt matter which did run from the foresaid Cauterized Strumous swellings that greatly offended her stomacke and by reason of the sensibilitie of the grieued partes which were sharpe mordant and byting and that 〈…〉 and further the confessed in the end that He was 〈…〉 with oâ—ilde which troubled her greatly all which â—onses being considered I very much 〈◊〉 an vnâ—â—â—ely birth but I tolde her she was much to a blame that she did not acquaint me there with before I tooke her in cure Howbeit God did so open my knowledge and vnderstanding that all thinges fell happily out better then we looked for So after I appointed her to bee drest twise a day with conuenient remedies and then by the vse of some metalline instruments onely to apprehend and to pull out part of the foresaid Strumous swellings So according as I haue said before those which are Masters and Professors chosen to performe the like operation ought indéede to haue a Lyons heart a Ladies hand and a Haukes eye for that it is a worke of no smal importance Then by the applycation of these two noble compositions being irreprooueable and most iudicially penned and of great truth and probability in this cure that is VnguentuÌ„ ApostoloruÌ„ mesuae Vnguentum Aegiptiacum with other worthy Agglutinatiues and drying medicaments often times before named and thus she was perfectly cured within the space of 10. wéeks Friendly Reader the cause chiefly which hath mooued mee to publish this obseruation amongst the rest is partly as I haue before said to render some fruites of my labours studies and time spent which as it may héere appeare is no afternoone mans worke as some rake-shames belly Gods haue falsly and slaunderously so reported but the troth is I haue carefully laboured héere also to admonish euery young practiser of Chirurgery which is rightly called filius Artis that hee in no wise attempt the like cure vpon any woman with childe without some sage aduise for great was the troubles and daungers that was like to haue followed but happily were they preuented through the helpe of Almighty God c. Now héere I will forbeare any further to discourse héerein but I will set downe certaine Prescriptions worthy of obseruing which I haue gathered out of Plinie a most worthy writer for the cure of the fore named Euill the which I wil heere set downe word for word as followeth The cure of the King or Queenes Euill after Plinius Secundus description THe bloud of a Weizell is good for the Wennes called the King or Quéenes Euill when they be exulcerate and doe run so is the Weysell it selfe sâ—d in Wine and applyed Prouided alwaies that they run not by the occasion of any launcing or Incision made by the Chirurgians hand and it is commonly said that to eate the flesh of a Weizell is as effectuall for the cure so are the Ashes of a Weizell calcined vpon the fire made of Vinetwigs if they be incorporated with Hogs grease Item take a gréene Lyzard and binde it to the sore but after thirtie daies you must doe so with another and this wil heale them Some make no more a doe but in a little boxe of siluer kéepe the heart of a Weizell and weare it about them If a Woman or a Maide bee troubled with the Kings or Quéenes Euill it were good to make a Plaister or Linament of old shell Snailes and let them be stamped shelles 〈…〉 lly such as be sticking to the rootes of shrâ—â—â—â—es of bushes The Ashes of a Serpent Aspis calcyned are likewise very good for this disease if they be incorporated with Buls Tallow and so applyed Some vse Snakes grease and Oyle together also a Linament made of the ashes of Snakes burnt tempered with Oyle and Waxe Moreouer it is thought that the middle part of a Snake after the head and tayle bee both cut away is very wholesome meate for those that haue the Kinges Euill or to drinke the Ashes being in the same maner prepared burnt in a new Earthen pot neuer occupyed Marry if the said Snakes chaunce to be killed betwéene two Cart trackes where the whéele went the Medicine will worke much more effectuall Some giue counsell to apply vnto the affected place Crickets digged out of the earth with the moulde and all that commeth vp also to apply Pigeons dung onely without any thing else or at the most tempered with Barly meale or Ote-meale in Vineger likewise to make a Linament of Mouldwarpes ashes incorporate with Hony Some there be that take the Liuer of a Moule crushed and bruised betwéene their hands working it to a Linament and lay the same to the sore and there let it dry vpon the place and wash it not in thrée dayes And they affirme that the foote of a Moulde is a singuler good remedy for this disease others catch some of them and cut off their heads stampe them with the moulde that they haue wrought and cast vp aboue ground and reduce them into certayne trochesces which kéepe in a boxe or potte of Tinne and vse them by way of applycation to all Tumours and Impostumes which the Gréekes call Aposthemata and especiallie those that ryse in the Necke but then they forbid the Patient to eate Porke or any Swine during the Cure Moreouer there is a kinde of earth Béetles called Tauri or bulles which name they took of the little Hornets that they carry for otherwise in colour they resemble Tickes some terme them Pediculos terrarum or earth Lice these worke also vnder the ground like Wantes and cast vp moulde which serueth in a Linament for the Kings Euill and such like swellings also for the
Goute in the feete but it must not be washed off in thrée dayes space Howbeit this is to be noted that the medicine must be renewed euery yéere for the same moulde will continue no longer in vertue then one yéere In some there be attributed vnto Béetles all those medicinall properties which I haue assigned vnto Crickets called Grillj Moreouer some there be who vse in maner and cases afore said the moulde which Antes doe cast vp Others for the Kinges Euill take vp as many Maddes or Earth-wormes in number as there be Wennes gathered and knotted together and binde the same fast vnto them letting them dry vpon the place and they are perswaded that the same Wennes will dry and consume away together with them There be againe who doe get a Viper about the rising of the Dog-starre cutting off the head and tayle as I said before of the Snakes and the middle part betweene they burne the Ashes that come thereof they giue afterwards to drinke for thrée wéekes together euery day as much as may be comprehended and taken vp at thrée fingers endes and thus they cure the Kings Euill Moreouer there bee some which hang a Viper by a Linnen thréed fast tyed somewhat vnder the head so long till shee be strangled and dead and with that thréed binde the Wennes or Kings Euill aforesaid promising vnto the Patient assured remedye thereby They vse also the Sowes called Multipedae incorporate the same with a fourth part 〈…〉 be of that opinion that this Oy 〈…〉 or 〈…〉 sufficient to cure an 〈…〉 whatsoeuer Aetâ—us also sayth if a man should â—â—te a Viper it is a most notable thing whose authority others also â—â—â—â— followed in administring vnto Strumous persons Trochiscos Viperinos or the Pilles of Vipers with good happy successe Also it was said it was the experience in times past of countrymen that if any had eaten a Snake hee should bee deliuered from Struma Thus much touching Pliny his manner and order which hee hath published for the Curing the Kings or Quéenes Euill The conclusion ANd thus friendly Reader it were a great argument of folly shameles impudency in me worthy to be laughed at once to think that I could héer any way instruct the learned PhisitiaÌ„ or Chirurgian in the Cure of the Kinges or Quéenes Euill before named I am not so full of childish toyes but if I were I doe full well know they might by their prouident wisedomes and learning easily circumuent mee though I doe confesse I am not altogether insufficient to performe this enterprize I haue héere set downe and taken in hand The onely cause why I haue done it is as I haue before said for the benefit of all young Students of Chirurgery who haue a long time expected the comming foorth and the publishing of this Booke whose honest zeale and affection towards me hath induced mee the rather to set foorth the same But before I would attempt it without good aduise I did first intreate diuers Phisitians and Ch 〈…〉 a 〈…〉 uerance in perusing and examming the same of whom I haue had a faâ—â—urable acceptation And this I did of purpose â—â—â—â— some might otherwise â—y â—umbling blocks in my way onely to â—mpeach these my painfull labors trauelâ— And so I do make a final end acknowledging as I did in the beginning That the gift of healing is the gift of God howbeit I doe not héere presume or once take vpon me to enter into the high cure of the said Euill vsually called Schrophula in such wise as God hath giuen diuine peculiar giftes vnto Princes but my full intent hath alwaies been onely to direct the true path-way of Artificial gifts with God of his great goodnes giueth to men of Arte knowledge skil in Phisick Chirurgery with is performed done by the applicatioÌ„ of interiall exteriall medicamentes appropriate approoued profitable therfore For it is a true saying God hath created medicines of the earth for the reliefe comfort of man and it is said He that is wise wil not refuse it And thus last of all I thought it not impertinent héerâ— to diuert digresse froÌ„ the matter wholy attribute all diuine honor reuerence for the great cure of the forenamed Euill by Gods gratious good gifts vnto our most prouideÌ„t wise vertuous Princesse the Quéenes most Royall Maiesty For whom 〈…〉 s all pray that the Lord God Almighty eternal Sauiour wil send her Highnes stil long and long to raigne ouer vs to our great toy happines comfort so that she may liue long and many happy yéeres daies to hold vp the Sâ—â—pter of this Kingdome in Christ Iesus Amen The Lord of Hoastes preserue these coastes Our gratious Queene defend And graunt her peace may still increase Vntill this world shall end FINIS
the Grecians as Historians make mention supposed it better to be enâ—yed of the malicious then to liue in Idlenes and basenes of minde without doing some good for the benefit of his Country and Common wealth wherein he was borne and bred Now to the second Intention and so in order with the rest as they doe lye and offer themselues vnto vs. The second Intention Chyrurgicall by outward meanes THe second Intention Chirurgicall is the right vse of those remedies which doe mollifye discusse and consume great abscessions which are not yet hard and inueterate And that the same is true may easily be gathered as followeth And for that I wold haue this second Intention made plaine as much as in me lyeth and also familiarly knowne vnto the studyous Reader I doe therfore say It is meete and conuenient that those Medicamentes which are to bee vsed be of the Nature and property to molifie and discusse and so to open the powers of the skinne by euaporating breathing and scattering abroad and make thinne the grosse matter and Phlegme Then for the better performance thereof without further discoursing I will héere presently set downe as it were a Store-house of diuers and sundry Montanus supposeth these Strumous Tumours somtime to proceede from Melancholy approoued Chirurgicall remedyes necessary for the curing and safe healing of the forenamed Strumacie and Phlegmaticall sicknesse The which from time to time I haue by experience the Mistris of all Aries and Sciences carefully obserued and faithfully also collected out of the famous writinges of sundry worthy Authors as also out of the fruitefull labours of diuers men famous in experience whose painful trauailes and studyes haue at this day most excellently refined this worthy Arte of Chyrurgerie from Barbarisme otherwise it is greatly to be feared a number at this day had not béen so skilfull and rich in knowledge and otherwise as they are said to be Therefore we ought not to thinke any study paines or trauaile too great wherein we hope of much benefit to our patients and also profit and commodity to our selues And héere I must néeds say according to my poore ability I haue my self béen very industrious for the common benefit and good of others truly to set downe diuers approoued remedies of mine own collection wherin to my knowledge I haue not in al this whole discourse published any superfluous and vnapprooued remedies or otherwise kept backe any worthy secret I had but as did the Euangelicall and heauenly womaÌ„ mentioned in the Scriptures who presented into the Lords Treasury al the wealth substance she had Notwithstanding I haue read the men in times past did with great care diligence consecrate kéep secret as a precious treasure vnto theÌ„selues al such chosen peculiar remedies with they had experienced approoued for the curing healing of any dangerous malady and as it is said bound themselues by oath one to another not to bewray their Secrets by their bookes or writings Howbeit I more regarding the publick vtility good of posterity did with great care diligence consider with my self what profit can there be to any maÌ„ to bury his labors in the lake of obliuion or otherwise to hide it in the denne of darkenesse And although I know the matter héer spoken of may séeme a paradox to some so of smal worth neuerthelesse although I am none of the greatest Clarks yet I know it wil be more auailable then some happily doe make account of For which cause I haue laboured with as much perspicuity plainnes as possible I could to deliuet the truth of my honest faithful good meaning so far foorth as God haâ—â— enabled me in knowledge skil memory Wherefore I meane héere presently to make publicke open testimony of the same though now and then I make a little digression and swarue from my matter by reason of certaine Crosbyters who haue héertofore behinde my backe and to my face also not a little abused me Howbeit I wil héere conclude this discourse concerning this Second Intention Chirurgicall doe confesse and considerately affirme that there is but few mens labors at the first made so perfect but that in processe of time further consideration they may be bettered corrected and amended Yet I cannot but much maruaile that wise men now a daies are growne to this passe that they do so seriously follow exorcismes and the Illusions of certaine Charmes of Clowtes and Rags which is very inhumane and barbarous neuer practised neither written of nor allowed by any learned PhisitioÌ„ or Chirurgian that euer I yet heard or read of Howbeit the world is as it were led in a stringe carried away to beléeue these vanities which make a shadow or shew of verity for the safe curing of diuers maladies sildome they say misse not But I know the contrary is true for I haue cured both old young persons when these Charmers of clowtes rags with their incredible operations haue failed them prooued flat foolery absurdities But to leaue this new Leach craft with their doting inuentions I wil here speake of diuers remedies very respectiue appropriate for the cure of the before named infirmity as a president and example for young practizers of Chirurgery to follow Now vnto the said Second Intention which is first to set downe those special remedies whose properties are to open the pooers of the skin to soften the hard parts by inseâ—cible transspiration A choyse and speciall mollyfying and resoluing plasster and serueth well for the curing of this gréeuance As my selfe haue many times approoued Iacobus Ruffus â„ž Serapini â„¥ iiii Ammoniaci â„¥ iii. Bdeilij â„¥ i. Galbani â„¥ i. Euphorbij â„¥ ii Let these be dissolued in good Malmesey and then adde thereunto Ol. Lilior An. â„¥ i. Ol. Amigdalar Propoleos â„¥ iiii ss Mise fiat Implastrum Another Clowes â„ž Galbani An. â„¥ iii.  Ammoniaci  Picis Albae  Cerae Citrinae â„¥ iiii  Ol. pedis Vaccini q. s. Misce I doe many times instéed of the Dyle take the Marow Then what profit doth ensue time will approue the same Another Haly the Abbot â„ž Farinae fabar An. â„¥ v. Farinae Hord. Liqueritiae An. Ê’ x Rad. Althaeae Picis Cerae Albae An. â„¥ x. Adipis Anserini Let there be added the Vrine of a Boy and of olde Oyle q s. And so boyle it to the forme of a Plaister Another Banister â„ž Gum. Ammoniaci lb ss  Rad. Brioniae in pul â„¥ i.  Turp Mineralis â„¥ i.  Cinnabrij â„¥ x.  Cerae â„¥ ii Let the Gumme Armoniacke bee dissolued in Vineger according to Artâ— and aâ—ter made vp in rowles Among a number of his memorable déedes which hee hath left vnto the minde and memory of posterity this his Plaister deserueth great commendations Another Mercurialis Mercurialis commendeth a Playster made of Lyme and Salt-Petre of each