and halfe Scillae Of each 12 drams and halfe Oesypi vel Olei ex pedibus ovillis Of each 12 drams and halfe Terebinthinae three ounces Resinae pinae Of each two ounces Cerae flavae Of each two ounces Mingle them and make up your Emplaister S. a. then â„ž these gummes following Bdellii Of each one ounce Sagapeni Of each one ounce Amoniaci Of each one ounce Dissolve the gummes in Wine straine them and boyle them to the thicknesse of honey and put them to the aforesayd lump of Emplaister and so you have Diachylon magnum cum gummis Emplastrum Oxycroceum IS avodine attracting mollifying and comforting asswageth paines of the Gout proceeding of a cold cause and is good in cold aches and by the attracting vertue it hath it draweth out vapours per poros cutis or the sweat vents in the skinne whereby it often unladeth the body of vicious and naughty humours which otherwise might endanger the Patient It is thus made â„ž Croci Of each foure ounces Picis navalis Of each foure ounces Colophoniae Of each foure ounces Cerae Of each foure ounces Terebinthinae Of each one ounce and three drammes Galbani Of each one ounce and three drammes Ammoniaci Of each one ounce and three drammes Myrrhae Of each one ounce and three drammes Olibani Of each one ounce and three drammes Mastices Of each one ounce and three drammes Compound it after this manner first melt your Wax Colophony and Turpentine together then take it from the fire and put in the Pitch while it is yet hot then adde your Galbanum ammoniacum Frankinscence and Myrrh dissolved in vineger next put in your Mastich in fine powder and lastly your Saffron steeped in vineger and powdred and so make your Emplaister according to Art Emplastrum de minio THis red Lead plaister discusseth humours asswageth paines mollifieth repelleth and is commonly used upon wounds and ulcers to further good healing and induce a cicatrize it is used in bruised and wrenched joynts if you use Mr. GALES composition which I have made use of severall times and also both to mundifie incarnate and cicatrize The composition of the ordinary Minium Plaister sold in shops is as followeth â„ž Minii nine ounces Olei Rosati one pound and halfe Aceti vini albi six ounces Boyle them to the just consistence of an Emplaister let your red Lead be beaten and fearced very fine boyle your Oyle and vineger together till halfe the vineger be wasted then put in your Minium and boyle it til the vineger be quite consumed and the Plaister looke blackish It is also prepared without Vineger in this manner â„ž Minii one pound Olei Rosati one pound and halfe Wax foure ounces First put your Oyle on the fire with your Minium finely powdred boyling it with stirring until the colour change to blackish then slice in the Wax and boyle it to the just consistence The other of Vigoe is thus â„ž Olei Rosati oderiferi one pound and halfe Olei myrtini Of each foure ounces Unguenti populei Of each foure ounces Pinguedinis Gallinae two ounces Sevi castrati Of each halfe a pound Vaccini Of each halfe a pound Axungiae porcinae seven ounces Lithargyri auri argenti three ounces and half Cerussae foure ounces Minii three ounces Teribinthinae ten ounces Cerae as much as shall suffice Melt all your fats in your Oyles then put in your mineralls finely fearced and boyle them untill they begin to turne blackish then adde your Turpentine and Populeon and lastly scrape in your Wax and boyle it up Emplaistrum Ceroneum THis Emplaister is very good against any griefe of the shoulders or breast it easeth the Liver Spleene and guts helpeth the three sorts of Dropsies cures the paines of the upper guts and the extreame fits of the Collick comforts the reines and bladder applyed to the Loines and breast often it amendeth the distempers of them it availeth much in the griefes of the matrix it helpes the Gowt Sciatica and paine in the joynts apply it to the stomack of those that have cold Feavers and it helpes them it cures the bitings of mad Dogs and the stingings of Serpents Snakes or other venomous creatures and is made as followeth â„ž Picis Navalis i. ex navibus vetustis derasae quae multiplicem aquae marinae loturum sunt expertae Cerae flavae illotae of each seven drams Sagapeni six drams Ammoniaci Of each foure drams Terebinthinae Of each foure drams Colophoniae Of each foure drams Croci Of each foure drams Aloes Of each foure drams Thuris masculi Of each three drams Myrrhae Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Mastiches Oppoponacis Of each two drams Galbani Of each two drams Alluminis Of each two drams Sem Fenugreci Of each two drams Confitae i. faecis liquidae Styracis Bdelli of each one dram Lithargyri halfe a dram The manner of compounding I need not set down because there is not any ingredient in this nor any the ensuing Emplaisters which is not repeated in the former Recipes with the ordering of them severally Basilicon magnum Vigo THis Emplaister of Vigo I have found singular for fresh cuts and very incarnative in Ulcers and all sorts of wounds and is good in fractures after the seventh day and is made as followeth â„ž Pinguedinis porcinae Sevi vitulini Castrati of each halfe a pound Sevi Hircini Vermium terrest prae Picis navalis Resinae pineae of each two ounces Olei Rosati eight ounces Succi mellifolii Caprifolii of each three ounces Foliorum sem Hyperici of each one handful Seeth them untill the Juices be wasted then strain them and put to the Liquor Minii Terrae sigilatae finely beaten of each one ounce and half Lithargyri utriusque of each three ounces and halfe Seeth them ever stirring them untill they become blackish and then adde to them Terebinthinae opt six ounces Mastiches tenuis pulv ten drams Cerae albae as much as shall suffice And boyle it to an Emplaister or cerot which you will for indeed VIGO calls it a cerot but I use to put in as much wax as will make it an Emplaister Emplaistrum Diasulphuris THe Emplaister Diasulphuris is most excellent in the cure of all ulcers of what sort soever and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Sulphuris three ounces Cerae halfe an ounce Colophoniae three drams Myrrhae as much in weight as all the rest Melt the Wax and Colophony in the Oyle and mix them well then sprinkle in your Myrrhe finely powdred and boyle them with a gentle fire ever stirring it with a spatula untill they are well mingled then take it from the fire and make it up Emplaistrum necotiani THis Emplaister is hot and drye it digesteth resolveth and dryeth up humours that are cold moyst thick and clammy in the Scrophula and other hard tumours springing from a cold cause it mightily softens and resolves the Strumae and all other hard tumours having
Bdellium Ammoniacum 3 The putrifaction for there is no wound without accidents but is subject to putrifaction as wormes and evill flesh growing up which is taken away and hindred by those things which doe so greatly consolidate at the mastick myrthe and the like 4 That the part be preserved from filth sands dry scales cramp convulsion Rupor and the like accidents which is done through the strength of the minerallâ— to wit the Litharge and Lead Antimony Cerase Merchasâ—e Calaminaris and the like And so much comming concerning Paâ—â—â—elsi Diacalciteos or Diapalma IS an Emplaister that mitigateth paine and is a good defensative against all venemous humours and is used last in wounds and ulcers to induce a cicatrice which it is very good for also it hath a very good quality to asswage the pain in the small of the back proceeding from distempered kidneyes comming of a hot cause as well concerning the stone and gravell as in the gonorrhea and dissolved or relented with oyle of roses or elders or of linseed it is a very good medicine to heale burnings and scaldings I doe use it in fractures after the first opening covering the member at least two hands breadth upon the fracture with the Emplaister spread upon cloth and in great inflammation in summer time I doe dissolve it in oyle of roses and so apply it to the fracture it is thus made â„ž Axungiae porcinae insulsae vetustae à membranis purgatae two pounds Olei veteris argenti spumae ritae cretae of each three pounds Chalcitidis ustae levigatae foure ounces Make it after this manner First boyle the litharge oyle and fat a good while ever stirring it with an oaken sticke newly cut and the skin peeled off and when it is grown thicke then take it from the fire and put in the white vitrioll in want of true Chalcites and work and incorporate them wel together and thou shalt have a good Emplaister which mus be cooled and made up in rowles Emplaister of Bettony IS an especiall plaister for wounds in the head It is good in greene wounds and ulcers in any part of the body It mitigateth inflammation It detergeth agglutinateth and incarneth and also cicatrizeth and is thus made â„ž Succi Bettonicae Of each one pound Plantaginis Of each one pound Appii Of each one pound Cerae Of each halfe a pound Picis Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Terebinthinae Of each halfe a pound Boyle the Wax and Rosin in the juices alwayes stirring them untill the juices be wasted then adde the Teribint and Pitch incorporating them well by stirring Emplaistrum Griseum or of Lapis Calaminaris THis Emplaister I doe commonly use in healing Ulcers which are hard to be cicatrized and it is marvelous good in curing Buboes as well Veneriall as Pestilentiall It is also the most incarnative of any Emplaister that is in use The composition is after this manner â„ž Lapidis calaminaris prae one ounce Lithargyri two ounces Caerussae halfe an ounce Tutiae one dramme Terebinthinae six drammes Cerae albae one ounce and halfe Sevi cervini two ounces Thuris electi five drammes Mastiches three drammes Myrrhae two drammes Caphurae one dramme and halfe Cerae Sevi Cervini as much as will serve of each to reduce the rest of the ingredients into forme of an emplaister Of the compound Mellilot Emplaister THis Emplaister is good in green wounds for it draweth and healeth well also it attracteth and bringeth forward a cold apostume and the Emplaister Mellilot Simplex which is made of the juice of Mellilot Camomile and Wormwood with Rosin Turpentine and Wax is an especiall secret and the best and onlyest thing I ever knew in curing kybed heeles and chilblaines either broken or before they are broken I doe use it often upon gun-shot wounds to keepe the orrifice open and to warme and comfort the part The compound Emplaister is made as followeth â„ž Florum Meliloti six ounces Florum Camomeli Of each three drammes Seminis Faenugraeci Of each three drammes Baccaram Lauri Of each three drammes Radicum altheae Of each three drammes Majoranae Of each three drammes Comarum absinthii Of each three drammes Sem. appii Of each one dram and halfe Ireos Of each one dram and halfe Cyperi Of each one dram and halfe Spicae nardi Of each one dram and halfe Cassiae ligneae Of each one dram and halfe Sem. ameos Of each one dram and halfe Amoniaci ten drams Styracis calamitae Of each five drams Bdellii Of each five drams Terebinthinae one ounce and halfe Ficuum pinguium N. twelve Sevi Hircini Of each two ounces and halfe Resinae Of each two ounces and halfe Cerae six ounces Olei Sampsuchini nardini Of each as much as shall suffice â„ž Meliloti novi Of each as much as shall suffice Fenugraeci Of each as much as shall suffice Camomeli shall suffice Boyle them in two pound of water to the halfe then straine them and put to the Liquor those of the former ingredients finely powdred which are to be beaten adding the roots and Figs first boyled and pulped then boyle them againe continually stirring them lest they burne lastly adde your Oyles Turpentine Wax Fat and Rosin all first melted together and the gums dissolved in vinegar and so boyle them altogether a little incorporating them well with your spatula Of Dyachilon parvum THis Emplaister is very good to dissolve schirrhous tumours of the Liver spleen reins belly or else where as the composition will shew being all of molifying and discussing ingredients it serveth generally for hot or cold causes but chiefly for hot It is much used to womens brests in childbed when they desire to dry up their milke being spread upon linnen cloth and applyed over all the brest and towards the armepit It is thus compounded â„ž Mucilaginis Faenugraeci Of each 1 pound Sem. Lini Of each 1 pound Rad. Altheae Of each 1 pound Olei veteris clari three pound Lithargyri one pound and halfe Let the Litharge be finely beaten and put to the Oyle and boyled with a gentle fire stirring it wel with a splatter until they bee wel mixed take them from the fire and let them coole a while then powre into the pan your mucilages and mingle them well and boyle them to an Emplaister of good consistence Dyachilon magnum with gummes THis Diachylon dissolveth maturateth and mollifieth hardnesses and is principally good in apostumes and is compounded after this manner â„ž Lithargyri auri tenuissime pulverissat one pound Olei Irini Of each eight ounces Avethini Of each eight ounces Camomelini Of each eight ounces Mucilaginis rad Altheae Of each 12 drams and halfe Sem. lini Of each 12 drams and halfe Fenugraeci Of each 12 drams and halfe Uvarum passarum Of each 12 drams and halfe Caricarium pinguium Of each 12 drams and halfe Icthyocollae Of each 12 drams and halfe Succi Ireos Of each 12 drams
of the mouth throat or uvula that resist ordinary medicines touch the ulcerated part but once with this oyle and the ulcerations will heal very fast afterward with any ordinary medicines and helps remembring as cause shall require to use due evacuations or phlebotomie It is good in the squinancy or augina used certain drops in a fit gargarisme or lotion namely to make it somewhat sour and then gargarise warm therewith for it mightily quencheth inflammations and tempereth well the blood and being likewise a little thereof given to drink namely six drops in such a case it is much the better alwayes remembring that in all such diseases there be loosness of the belly and sometimes phlebotomie Moreover in Ulcers and Fistulaes scarce a better medicine is found to enlarge a strict orifice remove a calow or truly to correct and prepare any inveterate Ulcer to good healing onely by touching it with lint on the end of a probe thereby putting the medicine to the place where the cause is It is a good corrective in all purging medicines and helpeth them to do thei office for it comforteth the whole body and giveth a grateful taste almost to any medicine It is also good to a weak stomach oppressed with phegme or slime and helpeth appetite taken in Conserve of Roses There is no medicine more precious in pstilential Feavers The true and utmost dose cannot justly be set down but must be made by the taste putting in so much as may make the vehicle or medicine sharp or sourish for your purges they shall onely b a little sharpned with certain drops thereof onely to alter a little the taste but in the Callenture strong Feavers or pestilentiall Feavers a greater dose may well be taken according to discretion and judgement but note this That if you put any of it into any liquid medicine as Barly-water Juleps or such like which you intend to divide in several doses let the glass be alwaies shaken well before you pour it out els the oyl will ly all at the bottom and make the last dose not onely too sharp to be taken but also dangerous The making of it is as followeth â„ž Of Hungarian-copperas or of the best English-copperas what you will Melt it in a skillet then divide it into thicker pieces which you shall calcine upon the coals untill they look a little reddish and then powder them and sprinkle them with the best spirit of wine then put it into a retort that will endure the fire and keep your fire by degrees to the height of heat for three dayes or untill the receiver being before full of fumes do become clear let the distilled liquor be rectified and seperate them one from another that is to say the spirit of wine the sharp spirit of vitriol and the strong heavy oyle Oyle of Sulphur THis Oyle is good to make the teeth white to take away the morphew cureth venereal ulcers expelleth diseases arising from wind or cold It is good against the falling-sickness shortness of breath evill affections of the lungs easeth the Tooth-ach and is being well prepared a true cordial medicine The manner of making it is after this sort â„ž A bell of glass holding at the least sixteen pints for the larger it is the better put it upon a great earthen vessel containing about\ nine or ten gallons with three or four stayes to rest the bell upon let your earthen-pot be so well nealed as that it will endure the fire then put in your brimstone into the pot and set it on fire and whelm over it the bell casting in now and then fresh brimstone as the first wastes you shall have more store of oyle if you put your earthen vessell into a furnace with fire under it that the brimstone may be alwayes melted This must be done best in rainy-weather and in a cellar and before you kindle your brimstone you shall smoak your bell with sage Oyle of Brick-bats or Tyle-stones THis Oyle is also called Oyle of Philosophers the oldest is the best it doth attenuate and penetrate upward digesteth and consumeth all excremental matter and is profitable for cold affections of the spleen veins bladder nerves womb joynts and for the Lethargy Apoplexy and Falling-sickness and many other the like griefs and is thus made â„ž Old bricks digged out of the ground and broken in peeces to the bigness of an apple heat them red hot in the fire and quench them in Oyl of Rosemary or clear old Oyl-olive until they be full of Oyl then beat them small and put the powder into a glass retort or cucurbite well fitted in a furnace and surely luted and distill it by sublimation Oyle of Turpentine OYle of Turpentine is taken inwardly for shortnesse of breath the Ptisick against the Stone the Collick cold and windy affections of the breast it is outwardly used to heale sinnews wounded or troubled with any intemperature also to fill ulcers with flesh and knit them up leaving no cicatrize in them it is made in this manner â„ž Venice turpentine twenty eight pound Fayre Water ninety six pound Put them into a copper vessell with a cover and a cooler and distill a thin white oyle increase the fire and you shall have it yellow make your fire yet hotter and it wil come red these three liquors would be separated by distillation againe Oyle of Spike OYle of Spike doth calefie attenuate discusse and is very profitable to them that have the gowt proceeding of a cold cause or to comfort any member benummed also it is good against the falling sicknesse and convulsions the temples and nape of the neck yea and the whole head to bee anoynted therewith is very profitable it is made as follweth â„ž Lavender Spike â„¥ iij. Sweet Oyle lb j. ss Wine and water ana â„¥ ij ss Boyle them in a double vessell to the consumption of the wine and water and keep it for thy use Oyle of Antymony THis oyle is good for them that have convulsions or any astonishing disease and other evill affections of the braine foure graines thereof drunke it asswageth the paine of the gowt and chollicke cureth feavers helpeth the bladder ulcerate and wonderfully helpeth the canker fistula phagadena the fretting or eating pox the wolfe and all other sorts of ulcers and it is thus made â„ž Crude Antimony of each one pound Mercury sublimate of each one pound Make them into powder and put them into a glasse retort with a large neck and set it in a furnace of reverberation well and close and make your fire by degrees and a fatty substance will distill into the receiver hanging to the necke of the retort which by putting under a gentle fire will melt that fatty liquor must be rectified and put up close Oyle of Myrtiles OYle of Myrtiles refrigerateth astringeth and comforteth but properly the heart stomack and braine and the nerves it is good in fractures for it cooles and resists putrifaction it is made as followeth â„ž
the yard and against all violent painfull and corrosive ulcers there is scarce a better knowne In Noli me tangere in the face it hath beene well experienced and is very usefull in divers occasions it is made as followeth Olei Rosati sixteen ounces Succi Solavi six ounces Boyle them until the juice be consumed then adde Cerae alba five ounces Cerussae lotae two ounces Plumbi usti loti One ounce Pompholigos prae One ounce Thuris puri One ounce Make them into the forme of an Unguent according to Art Unguent Nutritum or Triapharmacum THis Unguent is used in curing Erisipula's excoriations or bladderings of the skin and such as are called the shingles It is good to take out the fire in burnings and scaldings and it hindreth the falling downe of any moyst humour to any ulcer in any part of the body being spread upon cap paper thin and layd over the whole distempered part also against any slight scabbiness or itching humour whencesoever it is It is an especiall good defensative against any scalding or vicious humour flowing to any ulcer I do often mix it with other unguents in curing ulcers the composition is as followeth Lithargyri auri searced very fine halfe a pound Olei Rosati one pound Aceti foure ounces Put the Litharge into a morter powre into it now a little Oyle then a little Vinegar working them up and downe very well until the Litharge hath drunk up all the liquor and come to the consistence of an Oyntment and white Desiccativum rubrum IS used to dry up and siccatrize ulcers that by reason of their moisture are hard to siccatrize it is used spread on Lint either by it selfe or mixed with a little Diapompholigos it is thus made â„ž Olei Rosati omphacini one pound and halfe Cerae albae five ounces Melt them together and put them into a leaden mortar and sprinkle into them Terrae lemniae or boli armeni of each foure ounces Lapidis calaminaris finely beaten of each foure ounces Litargyri auri Cerussae of each three ounces Camphorae one dramme Worke them all very well together in the mortar to the forme of an Unguent These are for the Salvatory next I shall shew you the making of the Emplaisters and then take the rest in order Emplaisters And first of Sticticum Paracelsi IT is an admirable Emplaister for the curing wounds and stabbes and also in the cure of all dangerous wounds whatsoever it hath the precedence aswell for contused wounds as incised for it asswageth paine defendeth from accidents discusseth mollifieth attracteth incarneth digesteth consolidates and is good for any old ache proceeding of a cold cause it is especiall good for ulcers on the legges or elsewhere in any part of the body It is very excellent in wounds of the head it separateth the foule from the good flesh as I have experienced in members amputated in the putride part and hinders the growth of that which is naught It is a sure remedy for cut nerves or bruised It drawes out iron wood or lead from wounds being only layd upon them It cures the biting and sting of venemous beasts and drawes out the poyson It maturates apostumes of any sort being layd upon them It is an especiall remedy against cancers fistulaes scrophula Ignem Persicum It easeth all paines of wounds or strokes It is good for ruptures Where the head is inflated shave away the hairs and lay on this Emplaister and it cures it It easeth the paines the backe being applied It will last in full force at lean fifty yeeres the composition which I use is thus made â„ž Minii of each halfe a pound Lapidis calaminaris of each halfe a pound Lithagyri auri argenti of each three ounces Olei lini olivi of each one pound and half Olei laurini halfe a pound Cerae Colophoniae of each one pound Vernicis terebinthinae of each half a pound Oppoponax of each three ounces Galbani of each three ounces Serapini of each three ounces Ammoniaci of each three ounces Bdellii of each three ounces Succini flavi of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Myrrhe Alexandrinae of each one ounce Aloes epaticae of each one ounce Aristolochiae longae rotundae of each one ounce Mummiae transmarinae of each one ounce and halfe Magnetis Hematitis of each one ounce and halfe Corallorum alborum rubeorum Matris Perlarum of each one ounce Sanguis Draconis of each one once Terrae medicatae strigensis of each one ounce Vitrioli albi of each one ounce Florum Antimonii two drammes Croci Martis as much Camphurae one ounce The maner of preparing it is thus THE five gummes must be steeped in Vineger melted and the Vineger evaporated and the gummes strayned through a pretty thicke canvas then boyled againe and againe strayned and because of the dregges which will be strayned out therfore must the dose of your gummes bee increased being thus used let them bee put into a cleane pan upon a gentle fire untill they be thicke Put your Linseed oyle and Sallet oyle into another panne and put to them the litarge of gold and silver and let them boyle ever stirring them untill the oyle be coloured then put in the Calaminaris in powder and a little after adde the red lead working them together for almost two houres and untill they be almost boyled enough which you may prove by putting a drop upon your nayle and if it congeale and run not abroad then it is enough Then adde the vernish oyle of bayes waxe and colophony and when they be all well mixed and melted then warme your pan with the gummes and presently poure into it all that is in the second pan stirring it very fast that it may incorporate as it runnes into the gummes and let your panne stand all this while on warme coales but beware of boyling for then your gummes will goe one way and your oyles another afterwards put in the pouders by degrees still stirring it for about an houre Lastly adde your Camphyre dissolved in oyle of Juniper if it be too hard then put in a little more waxe and Colophony Yon shall know when it is boyled enough by putting a sticke with some drops of the Emplaister on it into cold water if it be soft and sticke to thy fingers then it must be boyled longer untill it wax harder Then take it from the fire and poure it into a great vessell full of fayre water and work it out with your hands anointed with the oyles of camomile roses juniper earthwormes Hipericon of each a like quantity mingled together work it thus about three or foure homes and make it up in rowles and keep them in soft leather In the composition of this Emplaister you shall according to Paracelsus observe three intentions viz. 1 The healing by reason of the waxe and Colophony 2 The taking away of accidents which is by gummes viz. Oppoponax Galbanum Sagapenum
their beginning from cold humours The composition follows â„ž Succi Necotianae majoris halfe a pound Succi absinthii pontici majoris three ounces Oleorum hyperici Irini vel sambuci of each one ounce and halfe Foliorum absinthii pontici majoris Prunellae Scrophulariae majoris matthioli of each one handfull Vini albi one ounce and halfe Boil them altogether to the consumption of almost all the wine and juices in a vessel of brasse always stirring it with a wooden spatula then straine it in a presse then melt together these things following Cerae flavae foure ounces Sevi Hircini Terebinthinae of each two ounces Mastices of each one ounce finely powdred Myrrhae of each one ounce finely powdred Thuris of each one ounce finely powdred and put them all together to the other Liquor and boyle them a little then coole it and make it up Sir Philip Paris Emplaister THis Emplaister is excellent for divers things if you lay it upon the stomack it provoketh appetite and taketh away any griefe from the same layd to the belly it easeth the Collick speedily layd to the reignes it stoppeth the bloudy flux running of the reines heat of the kidneys and weaknesse of the back it healeth swellings aches bruises it breaketh fellons and aposthumes and healeth them it draweth out humours without breaking the skin it healeth the diseases of the fundament layd upon the head it helpeth the head-ach uvula and eyes layd to the belly it provoketh the months and apteth the matrice for conception The composition is as followeth â„ž Olei communis two pounds Minii of each one pound beaten small Cerussae of each one pound beaten small Saponis castiliani twelve ounces Incorporate these well together in an earthen pan Well glased before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle fire of coales for one houre ever stirring it with a spatula then encrease fire till the red turne grayish continuing your stirring drop a little upon a trencher if it cleave not thereto then it is enough dip linnen cloathes therein and smoth them with a sleekstone the rest make up in rolles it wil last twenty yeares Let the Artist observe a true boyling of all Emplaisters for over much boyling not onely makes the Emplaister too hard but also evaporates the vertues of divers ingredients likewise too little boyling doth not incorporate them neither will they stick upon the place besides the inconvenience of carrying them let all your gummes in any Emplaister be finely powdered dissolved in sacke or Vineger and strained through a canvas and the vineger or sacke evaporated at the fire and then put to the rest where turpentine or saffron are added it must be when the rest are boyled enough giving them but two or three walmes after you have put them in and with those emplaisters which I have heere set downe you need not feare to dresse any wound whether incised or contused or any ulcer of what sort soever Next I shall shew you what oyles and unguents it is needfull to have in readines for store and how â—ou shall make them and they are these Unguentum Aegyptiacum Album camphoratuÌ„ Populeon Mel saporis Dialthaea Arregon Martiatum Agrippa Tutia Spleneticum And first of Aegyptiacum THis unguent doth scoure and mundifie all rotten ulcers and is best used scalding hot for then the usuall paine and corrosion it procureth wil be the sooner past over in like manner it is to be used in any venomous wounds made either with poysoned shot or bitten with mad dogs or any other venomous creature or in great contused wounds wherein for preventing them from the feare of a gangrene it excelleth it serveth also to be used alone or mixed with any lotion for ulcers of the mouth or throat especially in the scurvy This unguent dryeth vehemently and is abstersive of temperament hot and dry and is made as followeth â„ž Eruginis five drams Mellis fourteen drams Aceti fortis seven drams Boyle them altogether to an oyntment thick and red Album Camphoratum THe white oyntment with Campheire is good to coole and heale any hot moyst pustles it cureth excoriation of the skin in any place but chiefly in the yard betwixt glans and praputium it also healeth burnings and scaldings very well and is good to be applyed to any painfull ulcer for it asswageth paine and healeth well it is cold avodine molificative and attractive It is made as followeth â„ž Olei Rosati nine ounces Cerussae bonae in aqua rosarum lotae 3 ounces Cerae albae two ounces Make it into an oyntment according to Art if you will have it with Camphire then adde to this proportion of Camphire two drams Vnguentum Populeon THis Oyntment serveth well to asswage the paines of the Scurvy by annoynting the parts grieved therewith it asswageth paine in any part of the body and it easeth the dolour of a caustick medicine by being applied cold upon a plegent to the place grieved It procures sleepe in Fevers if you annoynt the temples palmes of the hands and soles of the feet therewith it is cold and moyst and is made as followeth â„ž Occulorum populi arboris one pound and halfe Recentium one pound and halfe Axungiae porcinae recentis insulsae three pounds Beat the buds and macerate them in the greace untill such time as you may get these herbs following Foliorum papaveris nigri Mandragorae Cimarum rubri tenerimarum Foliorum hyosciami of each three ounces Solavi of each three ounces Lactucae of each three ounces Vermicularis of each three ounces Sedi seu sempervivi majoris of each three ounces Violarum of each three ounces Umbilici Veneris of each three ounces Burdanae of each three ounces Beat them all and mingle them with the fat and buds and so let them stand ten dayes then powre to them a pint of Rosewater and boyle them with a gentle fire until the water and all the Liquor be consumed coole it a little and strayne it and if need bee boyle it againe untill it come to an ointment In want of Mandrake take a double quantity of Henbane Unguentum Dialthaea THE Unguent of Draschaea or Marshmallows is good against all paines of the breast of a cold cause and against the plurisie it warmeth mollifieth and comforteth all parts of the body which are evill disposed through cold infirmities it is good against stiffenes and paines in the joints in the scurvey It is good for cut nerves paines in the sides and hardnesse of the sinewes and is resolutive and is thus made â„ž Radicum altheae two pounds Sem. Lini Faenugraeci of each one pound Scillae pulpae halfe a pound Olei foure pounds Cerae one pound Terebinthinae of each two ounces Gummi hederae of each two ounces Galbani of each two ounces Colophoniae Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Let the Roots be well washed and bruised as also the Fenugreeck seed Linseed and sea Onion
and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
may rectifie it in a retort without tiles by adding water Your fire shall bee made above the retort untill it leave hissing then make it under your retort Oyle of St. Johns wort compound THis is an admirable balme for wounds being used as hot as it can be indured and at the first dressing hotter it is a sure medicine for all venemous wounds all bitings of mad dogges or of venemous wormes very hot applied and the parts about anointed therewith warme and a good cordiall given inwardly it is good in wounds eyther incised contused or stabbed and is indeed so excellent that you need use no other oyle it is a comfortable medicine against all paines aches and witherings of the outward limbes proceeding of cold causes using it warme with good friction and a playster of Burgundy pitch spread on leather and applied thereon or rather the stiptict plaister of Paracelsus the composition is as followeth â„ž Vini albi potentis three pounds Summitatum Hyperici maturarum foure handsfull Bruise them and macerate them in the wine in a glasse vessell well stopped for two dayes then boil it in a double vessell and straine it hard and put to the liquor mote flowers and tops of S. Johns wort as you did before doe this three times and then straine it and put to the liquor for every pound Olei veteris foure pound Tereb nthmae six ounces Olei absinthii three ounces Dictamni of each two drammes Gentianae of each two drammes Cardui benedicti of each two drammes Tormentillae of each two drammes Carlinae vel cardui Mariae of each two drammes Calami aromatici of each two drammes Lumbricorum pluries in vino lotorum two ounces Bruise them all and put them to the rest and stop them close and scumme them forty daies then put them up Oyle of Elders THE Oyle of Elder flowers doeth lenifie and purge the skin ia good for the obstructions of the liver helpful for the joynts and nerves pained the parts grieved being anointed therewith given in Clysters it provoketh stools healeth the yellow-jaundise amendeth belly-ache and easeth the pains thereof and is made as followeth R. Elder-flowers and Oyle-olive infused as you do oyle of Roses Linseed-oyle LInseed-oyle or oyle of Flax-seed is avodine cureth convulsions mitigateth the hardness of the arteries muscles and nerves asswageth the pain of the piles or hemorroides and helpeth the unnatural clefts chaps and fussures of the fundament it is used with good success to anoint the secret parts in child-birth and in poultisses for womens sore breasts it is made by expression brusing your seeds and putting them in Balneo four or five houres and then straine them with a Scruepress Oyle of Eggs. THis Oyle cleanseth the skin and taketh away the filthiness and all the sears thereof occasioned by cuts and bitings or at the least much diminisheth them so that they can hardly be seen it cureth burnings killeth ring-worms healeth excoriations and is prevalent against any ulcer chaps or ill matter arising our of the flesh either in the hands feet armes or legges or in any other part of the body and is made as followeth R. Yolks of Eggs sodden hard put them into a glased vessel and heat them well at the fire but so as they burn not then hot as can be put them into a canvas bag and press out the oyl Note that whilst you heat them it will make your oyl the better if you sprinckle them with a little aromatick wine warm Oyl-olive is made of ripe olives by pressing them Oyle of Whelps THiS Oyl is of wonderful force to asswage pain to bring shot wounds to suppuration and cause the falling away of the escar it is thus made Olei lilliorum vel violarum four pound Boyl in it two Whelps newly whelped untill the flesh part from the bones then put into them of Vermium terestium praparat one pound Boyl them again and strain them hard and put to the oyl Terahinthinae veneta four ounces Spiritus vini one ounce Mingle them according to Art Oyle of Bayes OYle of Bayes is a Medicine callifying mollifying opening and discussing and doth much mitigate the Collick delivered into the body by Clister It is a present remedy against cold griefs of the brain nerves arteries and loins the parties anointed therewith It is good for the palsey sciatiea the hardness and pains of the spleen and is much used as well to cure the scab and ring-worm as the scurvie and is thus made R. Bay-berries ripe and fresh gathered q s Beat them and boyl them with sufficient water until the fat swimmeth on the top ten press them and seperate the oyle from the water according to Art Oyle of Sweet-Almonds DOth lenifie the roughness of the breast and throat as also the haroness and driness of the joynts It is good against the consumption of the lungs it is also of good use to be drunk in the hectick-feavers it stayeth the cough and asswageth the heat of urine healeth ulcers by injection is very good in collica or illica passio to be drunk and administred in Clisters and is thus made R. Sweet-Almonds dry not mouldy and well rubbed q. s Beat them well and put them in a Press and press out the oyle without heat Oyle of Bitter-Almonds THis Oyle doth open obstructions discusseth wind and vapours but chiefly it healeth deafness the hissing and pain of the ears lenifieth the hardness of the sinews and maketh the face and hands fair and is made as the oyle of Sweet-Almonds Oyle of Vitriol THis Oyle comforteth the stomach after a wonderful manner and stirreth up the appetite it defendeth the whole body from apostumes and inflammations and therefore it is used with good success in the plurisie and also in vulnerary drinks it is approved good It helpeth the infirmities of the lights taken with the water of fennel or fumetory it cutteth away the melancholy humors from the stomach being taken with balm-water It consumeth phlegm cures the cholick and the loosness of the belly It quencheth the thirst in feavers cures the hickock and loathing of meat It attenuateth the blood defendeth wounded parts grieved from fear of gangrene or putrefaction of the blood It conglutinateth ruptures as well of bones as veins and doth exceedingly comfort and corroborate all the parts of mans body and may well be numbred as a principal amongst cordial medicines It is also a very good medicine not only in preventing the scurvie taken inwardly but also in the cure of the scurvie many wayes both inwardly taken with any comfortable wine or with beer for need or to make a beverage therewith and daily to use is in small quantity namely four drops for a dose In the calenture it excelleth all other Medicines taken in plantain sorrel or any other water or onely in fair water It is good to rub foul black teeth to make them clean and white but use it not often for then it will consume them In ulcerations
Myrtle berries bruised and sprinkled with astringent wine lb i. Juice of the leaves lb ss Oyle of unripe Olives lb iij. Steep the Berries in the Oyle for the space of eight dayes then boyle them and straine them and put in more berries do thus three times in a double vessell after the third straining adde the juice and boyle it to the consumption of that juice and put it up Oyle of Origanum THis Oyle of Origanum cureth melancholly helpeth the dropsie and cureth the Cough the quartane Feaver and the tooch-ach and is made as the rest of the Oyles of Vegetables Of Waters And first of Mint Water MInt-Water doth warme and stengthen the Stomack Liver Spleene or Milt helpeth concoction stayeth vomit and is very cordiall and is distilled of speare mintes and white wine adding if you please a Clove or two and a blade of Mace Sassafras Water THis water openeth all obstructions or stoppings of the body namely of Liver Lungs kidneys and Spleen and thereby it is found by many experiences excellent against the Scurvy the French Disease and the Yellow-Jaundise it is an approved remedy against all cold Feavers and the Dropsie or for those that are inclining thereunto for it provoketh Urine and sweat in a very mild and naturall manner and driveth out many diseases by the pores of the skin it hath infinite more vertues ascribed to it for which I refer the Artist to Doctour MONARDUS his Booke and will only set down the making of it according to his description â„ž Of the bows of Sassafras halfe an ounce cut as swall as may be Water twelve pounds Put them into a new earthen pot and let them steep together two houres then seeth it until two parts be consumed and after it is cold let it be strained and kept in a glasse vessel and powre to the wood three pottles more of water and let it seeth untill halfe a pottle be consumed straine it cold and keep it as the former let the best water be taken in the morning fasting halfe a pint hot and then keep your self warme and procure sweat then change your self into hot clothing and rub off the sweat and eate of a Hen roasted and drink of the second Water at dinner and supper and in the day time eat no flesh at night but dry fruits and conserves and thus you may do so long as you find your selfe grieved Water of Cardus benedictus THis water easeth the paine of the head confirmeth the memory cureth a quartane provoketh sweat and comforteth the vitall spirits and is made by distillation Triacle Water Triacle Water is good in the Plague or Pestilentiall Feaver the French disease killeth Wormes helpeth the trembling of the heart and is good to be mingled in Diaphoreticks the manner of making it is as followeth â„ž Succi putaminis viridis nucum juglandium foure pound Succâ—rulae three pounds Succorum Cardui benedictae of each two pounds Calendulae of each two pounds Mellislae of each two pounds Rad. Petassitae recentium one pound and half Rad. Baâ—danae one pound Rad. Angelicae recentium of each six ounces Imperatoriae recentium of each six ounces Fol. Scordii foure handfull Theriacae Andromachi veteris probatae of each eight ounces Mithridatis of each eight ounces Vini canarini generosissimi twelve pounds Aceti vini albi accerrimi six pounds Succi limonum two pounds Digest them two dayes in horse dung or Balneo in a vessell well closed then distill it in sand Water of Damask Roses DAmask Rose water doth refrigerate and comfort the heart is good against swouning and causeth sleep Red Rose Water DOth refrigerate bind and corroborate the vitall and animall faculties benefiteth the head easeth the pained ears and eyes and doth good in inflammations and is profitable in medicines against Disentery White Rose water THe Water of White Roses is good to put in Colliries for the eyes Plantaine Water IS astringent and sanative good for them that are in a Consumption of the Lungs in a Dropsie or that have the bloudy flux good also against the quartane ague it cureth the Ulcers of the veines bladder and excoriations of the passage of the yard and being drunk helpeth against ardent urine or the sharpnesse of the water Balme Water THis water hath a great respect to the heart a great cordiall and of a good smell and tast it is more proper to women then men for it much respecteth the infirmities of the mother and is in the times of their paines very profitable to take a little of it for the safer provoking of a speedy delivery distill it with spirit of wine Angelica Water ANgelica Water may serve instead of Triacle and Mithridate for a preservative against the Plague or any infectious ayre for there is no one thing more commended by ancient and moderne Writers in that kind then angelica is whereof there is good experience it is also very stomachicall and cordiall and being truly made will retain his strength and virtue forty yeares and more it is made as the former Wormwood-water THis water is very grateful in the stomach for it is a balsome thereunto it consumeth and breaketh wind mightily and killeth worms hindreth vomiting provoketh appetite is very good against pains in the head proceeding of a cold cause and is very cordial It is made as the former Anniseed-water IS very excellent against wind in the stomach or elsewhere in the body and against Asthma Ptisick and shortness of breath it also breaketh phlegme and warmeth the stomach and is distilled from Anniseeds well macerated in Spirit of wine Cynamon-water CYnamon water doth comfort and strengthen the stomach the liver the milt the lungs the heart the brain and the sinews sharpneth the sight is good against venome as also the stingings and bitings of venemous beasts helpeth a bad or evill savouring breath is good against loathing of the stomach and where you desire to warm to open to attenuate digest or corroborate in all such cases this precious liquor excelleth and is made as the former Aqua-Coelestis THe Heavenly water is a principal antidote or preservative in all poysons or poysoned and infectious airs whatsoever for that either received into the body or but onely smelled unto it helpeth much against infection and doth very admirably restore again one faln either of the Dead-palsey or Falling-sickness and is also good either in the Collick or any gripings of the guts as also in any the weaknesses of the stomach and against any cold fluxes of the guts or belly two spoonfuls thereof given in a Clyster and hath many more special good uses and vertues It is made as followeth â„ž Cinamoni one ounce Zinziberis half an ounce Santalorum omnium of each six drams Caryophyllorum of each two drams and half Galangae of each two drams and half Nucis Moschatae of each two drams and half Macis cubebarum of each one dram Cardamomi utriusque of each three drams Sem. Melanthii of each three