quarters of an vnce of aqua vite a peny weyght of beaten saffron and a peny weyghte of beaten Cinamon half an vnce of Buglossen or Oxetunge water mixe these together let them stand a day and night then shall it be tempered the one with the other Thys doth warme hys stomack riseth into hys head dryeth hys moyst braynes wherof his disease commeth in the heade Let him eat meates of good digestion and not to muche at ones for so longe the stomack is colde and moyst can it not digest wel and if he eate much therof waxeth it full of slyme and filth and many diseases growe of it as payne in the head greuous couginges agues gripinges in the belly wormes payne in y e mother or matrice and many other and if the payne lieth in the heade then let him be bathed specially wyth these herbes Take of Valeriane and Fenell of eche a hand full Ootes straw two handfull a peck of Ootes but if thou hast no Ootes take the straw only Heysede of euerye one iij. handfull put thesame into a litle sack and seth it in a kettel wyth water bath therwith and when he is thorow warm and sweateth then rensch hym wyth louke or bloode warm water and cast a cloth or twayne ouer hym for coolinge laye hym doune couer hys body and head warme that he may also sweate in the bed afterwarde take some of the coueringe awaye let him slepe a litle in the bedde and after that geue him a good broth of a pollet or chycken or els a supping of yong beafe or veele that is not ouerfat or els the broth of graye peasen with beaten saffron the bignes of a pease but he maye nether eat nor drink to much then rest a litle If he can let him sweat a litle after it be alway still both in the bath and also bed as he is in the heat or sweating lest he become to fel. The head washen wyth lye wherin are sodden y e floures of Camomil taketh away the euill humors of the head and braines y t are gathered ther in with cold thesame doth also the water where in floures of Camomil are soddē put vpon the head But if y e head did thus ake by reason of a constipacion or stopping so y t ye could not wel take breth thē bye halfe an vnce of Cinomon vnbeaten and eate oft a litle thereof or els take a pece of bread stipe it in wine and strowe Cinamon beaten vpon it eate the same that taketh awaye the stoppinge minisheth the slyme of the whych the stoppinge is engendred This medicin doth also minish greatly and taketh awaye the payne in the head Take a pint of wine warme thesame then take four yolkes of egges beate thesame in the wine and moysten hys head well therewith thesame draweth out the heat and alayeth the payne But if the head ake were come of cold ayer or windes thē wash y e head with water wherin are sodden y e floures herle of Camomil after y t strake y e forhead tēples stomak wyth y e foresayd oyle or butter or els stipe soft clothes therin lay thē into the neck the same draweth out the euil moystnes cold warmeth y e head Water distilled of Betony a cloth dipped there in pressed wel out agayne and then wrapped or tyed hard about y e head restoreth the head that was distempered wyth cold moysture euen y t some fall into frensy ryght well to his former estate But if thou canst not get the water but canst haue the herbe then seth the same in wyne mixt wyth the third deal water and vse the same in stede of the distilled water A wounderfull experience for the headacke SEt a dish or platter of tynne vpon the bare head filled with water putte an vnce and an halfe or two vnces of molten leade therein whyle he hath it vpon the head Or els make a garlande of Veruayne and wear it daye and night that helpeth wounderfully Lykewyse mayest thou take two hand full of Veruayn thesame mayst thou chappe small seth them in a quart of wine put thē into a littel sack laye them hote vpon the heade twise or iij. tymes that healeth well A slouggish or slepery disease THys disease commeth gladly and lightely of colde much moystnesse specially to a good folke because their naturall heate is gone This disease is thus knowen they haue alway great heat whereof the cause is an impostumacion y t lieth in the head behinde and his vrine is pale and thick By reason of y t disease y e trublinge of his head braynes he lieth or sitteth makinge semblance as though he dyd slepe and yet doth not he wendeth waltereth happely his head fete do mete together thesame must be healed of thys wise Bye a litle nysing pouder or els take the sede of y e Nigella that is founde in the corne feldes beate and vse them in stede of the nysinge pouder or els vse the floures of mustarde sede or take beaten Mergerun gentle put any of these into hys noyse oft tymes and cause him oft to nyse Rubbe also the soles of his fete oft wyth warme water vinegre salt with a wollen cloth the palme of his handes also and kepe his belly louse wyth suppositories of alum or other as I haue taught before and let him be layd in a place where much light is let also much communication be had wyth hym to hinder him of his slepe and kepe him from slepinge But if he hath great heate then maye he be bathed in a bath that the vncleane heat and moystnesse maye auoyde from him and anoynte hys heade wyth water wherein are sodden Camomille Anis and Wormwood Roses drye or grene were good also of eche a few that the water be not to stronge for the washynge and bathynge doth muche good to the heade by reason it doth comfort the same To the patient may be gyuen Diapenidion Diagalanga or Pliris cum musco made in the Apothecarye But if the vrine is rede and the pulse beateth sore then commeth the disease by heate let him then vse colde medicines as confect of roses or violettes Also were it good ofte to burne the heyre of a man before hys nose and he so to receyue the sent thereof Galen sayth He that hath payne in the hindermost part of his head the same must be let bloode vnder the chynne speciallye on the ryght syde A medecin awaking a man sore and withstandeth slepe greatly SEth or boyle Rew or Herbe grace and vinegre of lyke quantite in a couered vessel and when it is sodden put a litle more vinegre to it and put y e Rew into a litle cloth put it then agayn into the vessel wher y e vinegre is when thou wilt awake hym then take the cloth holde it to his nose and browes to
also to se vewe y e vrin fele y e pulse to behold the patientes phisiognomy Thē may the Physicion minister to y e patiēt so much y e more boldlier medicins according to y e sciēce to such a Physicion maye a man trust so much the better for he may be called a true Physicion For apostemes in y e brest are dangerous therfore is it true necessary to know by what complexion or tēperatur y e diseases are caused If y e disease cometh of read Colera or blood thē ought ye to minister y e patiēt al such thinges as I haue taught in y e precedēt chapter But if it is caused by flegma or cold then make him thys salue and anoynt hym about the brest Take an vnce of butter capon or hennes grece an vnce oile of Baye or sorel half an vnce and mixe them together anoynt him about the brest therwith and laye vnwashen wolle therevpon that is black But he must refrayne from salt meates and of all soure meates ¶ Agaynst breakinge vp and vomiting TAke a pece of bread stiped in salt and vinegre bruse it and make it lyke a thicke playster laye it vpon y e cheste or hartes holownesse wher the mouth of the stomake is And if ye strake it about y e patientes mouth y t comforteth him and geueth hym strength Item y e water wherein karnels of quinches haue lyen or stiped y e same refrayneth the breaking vp of the stomake for it comforteth y e stomak maketh good digestion But whē y e tyme of the quinches is then maye they be sodden alone without sucker hony in stede of confect for y e hart so vsed ¶ The ryght makinge of Ptisana that is Barly water Barly water communly called Ptisana is praysed and commended of all Physicions and is a souerayne medicine agaynst all colerik and subtile heate it openeth the oppilacion or stopping it moueth sweat vrine it mollifyeth y e belly boūd with hard fylth it causeth slepe alayeth thyrst it doth also partly norish it is conuenient for al partes of the breste the poulmon Ptisana is taken somtyme warme to cause sweat somtime cold to alay thyrst somtyme w t suker somtyme without suker somtyme much somtime litle The ministratiō therof at one time is is a cruys full that is iiij vnces howbeit it must be ministred to an emptye stomake or at the lest not ouercharged It is somtyme taken by daye of the thirsty diseased and is conuenient in feruent agues and many other diseases Take fulgrowen barly that is heuy not wythered take also clere running water y t hath his course toward the East whose grounde is stony or sandy Of this water take x. partes of the barly one parte put them together into a clene pot make a slowe fyre vnder it of wood twelf houres long tyll the water is colored of the barly yalow rede like to bier after that take it of and let it coole and vse it ¶ Howe he maye be holpen that speweth blood HEmoptoica is a disease whē a man speweth blood at y e mouth wherof the cause is superfluity of blood thys shall be knowē of this wise he is full of body redish his veynes are great Somtyme commeth it out of the stomake then hath the patient payne in y e brest before But if it commeth of the leuer then hath he payne in the ryght side And if it commeth of the lunges or lightes then hath he payne in the left syde cougheth muche Somtyme doth it also come of falling or ryottinge and thē must he be holpen of thys sorte He must beware of anger of long fasting of sour or bitter meates and drinkes and of surfetting He ought to be let blood on the same hande where the disease is If it is of the leuer then must he be let blood in the right hand but if it is of the lunges then ought he to be let blood on the left hande and geue hym thys medicine Take Plantayn wild Tasil wyth y e water y t stādeth in the Tasil put thereto reyne water streyne it through a cloth of this geue the patient to drinke in the morning fasting and to bedward But if the wild Tasil haue no iuyce then seth it in reyne water bray it strayn it through a cloth cast the herbe away then take the broth put suker therto geue it the patiēt to drinke Geue him also in the morning and euening to drinke goates milke or pouder made of moulberries or els geue him to drinke reyn water wherin are sodden shepeherdes purse knotgrasse and waybred braye them whē they are sodden streyne them through a cloth geue him to drinke thereof thre tymes in the daye euery tyme a good draught Geue him also thre dayes one after the other to eate wheat wyth water and butter ¶ If one speweth oute mater Thesame may he holpē of this wise Geue him Diapenidion or diagagātū Ye must marke also that if ye laye the matter or corruptiō that he voydeth vpon hote coles and it stynketh then signifyeth it the rotting of the poulme or lightes whych is very euill and deadly to such one ought no man to minister medicine for he is to sore sycke But if he haue great heat in hys sycknesse then saye al Physicions that nothynge is better then to geue him to drinke barly water Thys heate is knowen by the vrine whether it be great or not by the chaunce of the vrin and the thycke of it synketh to the bottom But if the disease will last longe then geue the pacient what he lysteth and if he waxeth a litle stronger ther of then geue hym more if not geue hym no more Ye must marke also that if he be sycke of an ague or lyke disease then lette hym be geuen what he listeth whyle the disease lasteth ¶ When one woulde gladly perbreake and can not do it THe perbreakinge happeneth manye wayes somtyme by the disease of the stomake as namely when the stomake casteth from the bottom y t meate and can not kepe it whyche happeneth that the nethermoste part of the stomake is stronger then the vppermost The cause of thys must be consydered by thesame that is wyded Somtyme commeth it by the grefe of the stone or els the corruption then will growe to matter that ther of he doth perbreake Thissame is wel perceyued by the vrine and also whether he hath payne in the loynes bladder or back If the perbreaking commeth of cold moistnesse or humors then is it yelowe It is to be knowen that ye ought not to staunche that perbreakinge vntill the stomack be clensed of the euill humors after that oughte it to be prouided If the perbreakinge be sounde and harde that the patient can haue no sieges then geue him Cassia fistula and clense him
helpe then set him a clister therwith Take milke and halfe an vnce of FraÌ„kincense put thesame into a new pot wherein are put hote koles put thesame vnder a stole wyth a hole and set the pacient thereon that the vapoure maye go vp into hym as hote as he can suffre it But before ye set the potte wyth the coles vnder the stoole laye an houre or twayne thys playster vpoÌ„ the pacientes bodye Take Malowes wyth the rootes washe them clene chap them small seth them in water vntill they waxe weake then presse theÌ„ well and frye them in a pan in a pint of butter or fat till it waxe a litle dry and then let it coole And when it is so dressed than put it into a fyne linnen bagge lyke a cussin And the sack must be a quarter of an elle broad and sowed together and laced lyke a pillowe And when ye haue nede of this kussin then put it into a kettel wyth water and seth it tyll it waxeth hote theÌ„ presse it oute that it do not droppe and laye it about the pacientes body as warme as he can suffre it and set hym there wyth vpon a stoole and sette the potte there vnder as is sayde before this weakeneth the swelling with in and wythout and causeth an easy siege wythoute hurt This were good for them that haue harde sieges and haue the matter burnte within them whereby they voyde it wyth payne To suche oughte to be ministred in a draught a syrope of Violettes and in the morninge halfe an vnce of succus Rosarum If thesame doth not worke within a houre then laye the forsayd playster thereon and set hym vpon the stoole wyth the pott vnder it as is specifyed before and then shall he haue sieges wythout any smarte ¶ To clense the guttes TAke halfe an vnce of meel of Fenugrecum seth that with a pint of water and poure of the clere mixe to thesame an vnce of hony and drinke thereof in the morning and eueninge ¶ For them whose guttes are gnawen or wounded THesame shal be marked thereby in his sieges issueth bloude also and that happeneth by two causes the one is outwarde the oâ—her inward The inwarde cause is by reason of an vnclene and pearsynge moystnesse caused by a salte Flegma and thesame wouÌ„deth or fretteth the guttes But the outwarde cause is some greate laboure which a man doth and strayneth hym sore so that the guttes are thereof so fretted that the bloude foloweth thereafter If ye will knowe whereof it is then take hede to the matter that issueth from him wyth the bloude If it be reede then is it of Colera but if it is as the vnclennesse of the nose then is it of Flegma After that must ye take hede whether the bloude commeth of the vpper guttes or of the nethermost guttes or els the middelmost guttes If it commeth from the vppermost guttes then hath he payne aboue the nauel if it issueth from the nethermost guttes then hath he payne beneth the nauel When now the bloud commeth from the vpyermoste guttes then geue the pacient his medicine into his mouth Is it of the reed Colera then geue him gumme Arabick wyth the iuyce of Porcelen wyth a syrop of Mirtill and geue him syrop of Roses and geue him bread styped in Almondes beaten and geue him to drinke water sodden wyth small rasins But when the bloud commeth from the nethermost or middelmost guttes and that of the reed Colera then geue him a clister wyth these thinges Take Roses yolkes of Egges Porcelene and pilled Barly sodden in water and make a clister hereof Somtyme happeneth a restraynt in the small guttes by reason the slimye matter strayeth because she can not voyde beneth and then riseth it vp toward the throte wyth perbreakinge This disease happeneth somtyme of an hote aposteme in the stomake It commeth also of a colde humor that is gathered in the stomake The restraynte caused by an aposteme is knowen thereby that the belly is swollen and he draweth winde or breth vneasely he getteth also an ague and great thyrst But if the restraynt were of a cold humor thesame is not swollen in the bellye and he is withoute an ague or thyrste his handes and fete are colde he is heuy and waketh much nother can rest in one place somtyme will he haue thys somtyme that He that is thus diseased dyeth lightely the third daye and he is paynfull to heale If ye will take in hand to heale such a disease then take hede first wher of such restraynte is caused If it is caused by an aposteme then geue hym Cassia fistula with Iera picra tempered w t oyle of Violettes If the siknesse is strong theÌ„ let him bloud in the liuer veyne and make hym a clister wyth Malowes Barly Lentils and oyle of Violettes But if the restrainte is come by cold humors theÌ„ clense the pacient Benedicta wyth Iera picra thesame do expel and make him a clister of Dill Fenegreke Oyle of Camomille and oyle of Holder Or els take the floure of Fenegreke halfe an vnce and hony a quarter of an vnce mixe thesame together with warme water so much as nede is and geue him thesame to drinke fasting to bedwarde thesame purgeth the guttes of the superfluous slyme wherof is caused somtyme greate payne and grepinges But for the greping as in the great guttes take y e bladder of a Swine and put it full of warme wyne laye it vpon the nauel as hote as ye can suffre it do it oft and it shall take awaye the payne thesame hath oft ben experimented and proued Or els take a black Henne and laye her warm vpon the nauel cut it in two peces or sliced quicke Agaynste anye maner of other grepinge take the harte of a Wolffe and the guttes drye them make pouder of them put thesame into a boxe In that pouder growe litle wormes let thesame therin when ye will vse theÌ„ take theÌ„ one after the other bray or breake theÌ„ wyth wyne and geue it him to drinke Or els take half an vnce of oyle of Benedicta oyle of Camomil oyle of Melissa or Baume of eche a quarter of an vnce mixe them together bid the pacient lye vpon hys backe and put foure or sixe droppes of the oyles in to the pacientes nose as warme as he can suffre it wyth a fether or other thynge laye a whot cloth vpon it and let it lye stil Do thys oft and let him beware of cold thynges in his meates or drinkes Or els take whyte cattes dounge brayed and made fyne to pouder stere that wyth whyt wyne and geue it him to drinke thre tymes Or els take reed nettels that haue reed floures wyth the rootes a good handfull seth them well wyth a pint of good wyne coole it and geue him it to drinke ¶ Howe to dryue awaye the wormes in the bellye THe wormes called Lumbriciin Latin growyng in
TokeÌ„s of headake caused of bloode TokeÌ„s of headake caused of Cholera TokeÌ„s of headake caused of Flegma TokeÌ„s of headake caused of Melancoly Headake of blood Headake of Colera Supposiâ— Superfluity of blood To make the nose to bleth Heate in the head Headake of a mor. Headake of Melancoly Headake of flegma Nota. Headake of stoppinge Headake of coldâ— ayer A slepery disease To driue slype avvay and to avvak a man ij Thinges hinderinge slepe Headake vvhose cause is not knovven Headake of much nisinge ApostematioÌ„ in the head and braynes Phrenesis Beanes are not good for feable braynes nor lentilles VVhyrlinge in the head vvaking vnnaturall vvaking of melancolia vvaking of reade colera Nota. Cure of the vvakinge of colera vvaking of heate The palsey The causes of the palsey Supersâ—uitye moysture Supersluity of bloode A bathe for the Palsye To restore agayn meÌ„bres that be lâ—med or taken TreÌ„bliÌ„ge or shakinge of handes Dronkenesse To vvax dronken and yet drincke not ouer muche Dronkenesse of hote coÌ„plexion Nota. To slake thyrste Fallinge sicknesse Lib. 6. simpliciuÌ„ Pouder for the fallinge sicknesse Of ragiÌ„g Raginge caused by blood CoÌ„geled bloode Raginge caused by colde and droought Ragingâ— caused by flegma Sadnesse or heuynesse A drinke agaynste raginge Cure of raginge caused by flegma or colde Heate Ragyng vnknovven Ragyng of colde A drinke for ragiÌ„g of colde Speceâ— A sumigation Fuga dae monuÌ„ or Hypericon A cure generall Incubus or the Mare To gather vvittes stravved Disease of the eyen The cure Collyrium that is a medicin for sore eyes A bath for sore eyes Experience Reed eyes VVeke eyen or syght Spottes iÌ„ the eyeÌ„ Spurre blinde Runnige eyen Dymme syghte Read or running eyen Spottes or blemishes iÌ„ the eyen Duste in the eyen Diseas of the eares Cure SouÌ„ding in the eares Cure of deafe SouÌ„ding iÌ„ the heade Hearing euill SouÌ„ding in the eares Blething at the nose StauÌ„chiÌ„g of blood The profyte of blething Tokens of blethyng Nota. Spottes in 〈…〉 A fistula by the nose Scabbye chekes A fistula in the cheke Diseases of the mouth The vseâ— and diseases of the teth A sure medicin for tothake To make â— teth fall out vvith out smart SvvelliÌ„g in the throte Cure of squinacy Horsnes and the causes thereof A drinke for horsenesse Agaynst â—n olde horsenes The yexe and hys causes Fil of the stomake SuppuratioÌ„ in the brest A drye cough Cough vvyth payne in the brest Payne in the brest and head Experience The cause of apostemes A drinke for apostemes A salf for apostems AposteÌ„s of Colera AposteÌ„s for flegma or colde Agaynst perbreakynge Makingâ— of Barly vvater SpevviÌ„g of blood The curâ— Perbreaking of a diseased stomake Perbreakinge by grefe of the stone Perbreakinge of colde moystnesse Perbreaking that is harde Perbreakinge of read Colera Perbreakinge of black Colera Of Flegma Perbreakinge of colde Perbreakynge vvhose cause is vnknovven To cause perbreakinge To cause to ê‘breake vvithout payn The coughe and the causes thereof An humor in the brest An humor in the liuer Outvvar de occasions Drye cough Cure generall of apostems in the breste A consumynge cough Agaynst the cough caused of diseased lightes A cough vvith gripynge Cough of humors A drinke for the cough Hartes disease Stiche about the harte Faintnes of harte The maners of voyding the body Soudain alteracioÌ„ Nota for vvarmiÌ„g and confortynge the hart Voidnes in the nethermost meÌ„bres Faintnes of heate Faintnes by trouble and colde Of the accidences and diseases of the stomack Tokens of the euill digestion in the stomack To auoyde quasinesse and euell appetite Gredynesse to meat and drinke Cold humours in the stomake Of svveatinge Cure Tvvo maner of svveates naturall and vnnaturall Tokens of death Thinges causyng to svveat Floures causyng to svveat SvveatiÌ„g herbes hote of coÌ„plexioÌ„ Herbes causinge to svveat lightely To svvet easely An ointmente to cause to svveate A bath to make fruitfull A restoringe of mans naturall strength Another restoriÌ„ge bath A drinke to strengthen a man A drinke coÌ„fortiÌ„g the body A bath to dravv out euil heat and to strengthen A confection to streÌ„gtheÌ„ Meates streÌ„gtheninge Another to strengthen A StouiÌ„g or bathiÌ„g of colde legges Diseases caused by the lyuer Of the Splene Of the kidneys Remedy for the lyuer A confection to mollifye diseases Of the yalovve Iaundis and the causes thereof Iaundis vvith cosâ—ifnesse A pouder for the iaundis InflaÌ„macioÌ„ of the lyuer A pouder for invvarde heate InflaÌ„macioÌ„ of the liuer and the remedy therof Marke thys Liuer diseased of ouermuch moistnesse and the tokeÌ„s of it ApostematioÌ„ of the liuer Cure of the liuer vvith driÌ„kes and othervvyse Diseases of the lyghtes or lunges Asthma A playster for diseases of the lightes A drinke for the infect poulmon or lyghtes â–ª For a coÌ„sumpciâ—â— A special barly vvater for many diseases Payne or stiche in the syde and the tokens of it Dryenes of the digestion Fretting of guttes RestraiÌ„te in the smal guttes and the signes of it LuÌ„brici that is vvormes in the bellye To make sieges Agaynst perbreakinge of coÌ„fections takeÌ„ VvaÌ„bliÌ„g of the stomake of purgacions takeÌ„ â–ª RestraiÌ„te of ouermuch sieges or greping Of goiÌ„g oute of the gutt vvyth sieges Binding meates Flixe of the vppermost bovvels Flixe froÌ„ the middelmost bovvels Flixe of the nethermost guttes or bovvels Lienteria and the causes of it Payne in the Loynes Payne in the back and loynes Cure generall Cure of a vvomaÌ„ vvyth chylde Apostemes iÌ„ the loynes and the signes thereof A restraiÌ„t or bindynge vvyth apostemacion Pissinge of bloud Pissinge of bloud and hys causes and signes Pissinge of matter and his cure Disease of the bladder and the signes of it To pisse easelye The grauel or stone of a chylde Meates coÌ„uenieÌ„t for hym that hath the Stranguria A confection for the stone A good drinke for the Quotidian or dayly feuer An approued science for the ague Signes of an ague come of Flegma Hovve the diseased of a Feuer shall behaue himselfe A commun rule for agues coÌ„minge of the gall
slepe by reason of the heat of y e braynes mouing somtyme by reason of the read colera whiche is hote and drye somtyme by reason of the black colera which is colde drye when melancoly is risen into the head somtime commeth it by reason of exceding heate that is risen into the head of swete moystinesse If the waking come of melancolia or sorowfulnesse then becommeth a man strayght about the cheste or stomake his heat is dry y e colour also of his skin is altered But if y e waking come of y e rede colera then waxeth hys skin rede colored also then gyue him barly water to drinke But if the waking come of the black colera then becommeth the skin of the patient pale and he hath muche carefulnesse anguish and pensisnesse But if it commeth of phlegma then becommeth the patient heuy and slouggish It is to be considered that if a man watche much it maketh him heauy of courage and that commeth by reason hys membres drye wherein lieth the power of the bodye and it hindreth also the digestion of the stomacke whereof are engendred euill moystures in the bodye If the weaking is caused by colera then washe hys head wyth water wherein are sodden leaues of violettes or els Lettis or the sede of it strake the heade wyth women milcke Alume the bignes of a great bean kept in the mouth draweth the moistnesse out of the heade after that washe the mouth with water and beware of all thynges that are hote of complexion If the waking be caused by reason of heate take whyte or black poppy sede braye thesame in a morter poure water therin and make a milke of it which geue him to drinke Or els seth the toppes of black poppye in milke and let him drinke it Take a dish of black poppy sede beate it well temper it wyth water blood warme that it waxe as a thick milke moysten therein a fyne linnen cloth a hand broade and as longe that it maye go aboute hys heade thesame doeth coole hys heade and if he awake aboute mydnighte do it agayne Howbeit ye must take hede that if he haue no sieges then geue hym to bedwarde halfe an vnce of syrope of Violettes wyth an vnce of warme water mixte together but let it be colde when ye wyll ministre hym thesame geue hym also to drinke creame or potage of peasen sodden wythout anye salte or fatnesse onlye peasen and let hym drincke thesame blood warme in the mornynge lett hym after thys lye hygh wyth the head well couered and let him fast herevpon sixe houres Neuerthelesse if he waxe faynte and hath had a siege then maye he eate and drinke a litle but beware of excesse The crounes vpon the poppy heades sodden in milke make of the same a pappe and thereof at night the same maye be geuen a yonge childe and it causeth to slepe fast and restlye Or els take Betony and laye it vpon hys heade If one slepeth vnrestly let him eat lettice but is it a chylde let the Lettice be well sodden in water and geue him the same to drinke Of one that hath the palsye THe palsey taketh men sundery wyse for somtime commeth the disease by anger somtyme by colde somtyme by superfluous eatinge and drinkinge whereof is engendred in man ouermuche slyme whereby the veynes are stopped or els that the blood encreaseth excessiuely and ouercommeth the harte or els strayth in the membres of the which is caused the palseye It taketh men also that be lecherous whose mary in the bones waysteth cooleth so that vnwares all his sorce fayleth and he finally doth dye Somtyme doth it take anye of the membres that haue ben maymed and not well healed whereof they waxe somtyme sere and can not suffre the heate of the harte whiche is cause of theyr death and destruction and the membre becommeth lame and wrye This disease taketh somtyme the one membre as hand or fote somtyme the halfe body or the tonge so that a man can not speake somtyme coÌ„meth it of ouermuche ioye heuinesse meate or drincke ouermuche laboure reste slouthfulnesse feare swounynge hartequake and of supersâ—uitye of bloode flegma colera or melancoly Somtyme is the cause that the two strynges comminge doune from the brayne through the backbone into the fete through the one goeth the naturall heate and through the other the colde that the same stringes I saye are stopped ether the one or both Wherfore in whatsoeuer membre is stopped thys stringe that the naturall spirit can not come into the same it waxeth lame Let euery Physicion or Chirurgeon therfore rule him after this and well and exactly knowe and serche the cause of the disease that he may the more certaynly knowe how to heale the patient If moysture is cause of the disease then muste the same be minished by suche thynges as consume it warme and comforte the bodye of thys wyse Take Lauender Sage Cousloppe called herba Paraliâ—is Ren Iuniper berryes of eche a handfull a pint of Aqua vite a quarte of stronge whyte wine putt all these into a greate potte and set it into a kettel wyth water and let it seth well Wyth thys wyne streke the lymmes greued twyse in the daye and let them drye agayne by them selues and drinke twyse in the day of this wyne at euery tyme so much as an egges shell conteyneth But if the disease is comme by reason of supersluitye of blood then must he be letten bloode incontinentlye And if the disease is in the righte syde then let him bloode in the lefte syde If it is in the lefte syde then lette him bloode in the ryght syde in the arme and geue hym halfe a dragme or triakle in a bath wyth warme wyne wherein Castoreum hath ben sodden But if thou haste not Castoreum then take Lauender or Sage water drinke that the same helpeth But if thou haste not the water also seeth the herbe ether of them in good wyne and drincke it Or els take fyne Sage Lauender of eche thre handfull let them stepe in thre pintes of wyne xiiij dayes after that styll and drinke it If ye can not stylle it then seth the wine wyth the herbes and geue hym to drinke of it If the palsey hath taken a man and his membres were so holyâ— taken that he doth not feale when he is touched vpon the same then let him be bathed drye of this wise COuer a bathynge vessell well and close laye brickestones in the fyre that they waxe glowynge hote Take also Iuniper berries Mullen called Tapsus barbatus and reade Organ of eche foure hand full seth the same well in a kettel well couered or els in a pot and putte sixe quartes of good wyne thereto put hote water in the bathynge vessell that it be well warmed And before thou entrest into the vessel take two tyles that be hoted put them
house and when thou hast half bathed drinke a good draught of warme water This is oft proued Garlâ—k sodden and eaten maketh a cleare voyce and driueth away horsenesse and the olde cough ¶ Of the yexe or yexinge THe yexe commeth somtyme by reason of the superfluous emptynesse of the body somtyme of superfluous fyll of the stomak If it commeth by reason of the emptinesse that signifyeth the sick or patient sufficiently whether he hath a long season not eaten or dronken or els whether he hath had outragious sieges Him shalt thou hâ—lpe of this wise Seth an old hen with a quarter of an vnce of Cinamome a quarter of an vnce of Mastix geue hym that broth to drinke and the hen to eat Geue him also Hogges fete and whyte wyne If he be not hote geue hym confect of Quinches but if he hath great heat then geue hym sukar of Roses But if it is of superfluous eatinge and drinkinge then make him to perbreake wyth Oken leaues or els as I shall teach you hereafter in the chapter of vomiting Or els take a cake of roses and Wormwod of lyke quantitie of eche a handfull and seth that in read wyne and laye it waâ—me vpon the stomack Or els let him saye ought wherewyth he may be sore astonied and he shal be ridde of the yexinge But if a man doth yexe sore in a sycknes it signifyeth most communely death ¶ Of suppuration or matteringe in the breste HE that hath a mattering in y e brest caused of cold ought to beware for colde and eschue the ayer let him lye hygh or sitt vpright let him not slepe much in his slepe ought he be waked otherwhiles y t he may himme Make hym a butter suppe of halfe water and halfe butter let that be well sodden and putte not muche breade therein and eate that broth as hote as he can Thesame broth let hym drinke to bedwarde that weakeneth the corrupcion very well and maketh it apt to be cast out Also ought litle meat be geuen hym at ones and lytle drinke for the corruption groweth y e more of muche eatinge and drinkingâ— Let him alwaye be hungery and thyrstye nether eat any fishes nor speces nether drinke any soure drinke A syrop of Violettes were good for him but if ye haue not that syrop thaÌ„ make a milk of Hempsede of water and hempsede or els in stede therof take creme and eat that thesame cooleth and softeneth the harte wythoute hurte or daunger After meate ought he to walke a litle hauinge alwaye a warme cloth before hys mouth that the ayer do not hurte him for of the walkinge doth the corruption louse Ye must also take diligent hede that he haue good sieges Also were it good he dyd sweate in the bedde if he be so stronge or els to cause him to sweat wyth a bath made in a kettel and so to lay him to bed to sweat This bath ought to be made wyth Valerian and Ootstrawe and couered wyth warme shetes for these thynges weaken the corruption Item rost onyons and eate them a litle butter therin were very good He that hath a drye cough and doth not caste out it is an euident tokeÌ„ that thesame hath an euell stomack that doth not well digest whereby are caused many greueous diseases But if he voideth spatle that is whyt mixt wyth bloode and that wyth payne thesame is a signe of a priuy digestion and of a disease of the pulino or lightes and that is deadly But if he casteth out afterward wythout smarte whyche neuerthelesse is a litle redish thesame is a signe of apparance of digestion and nature beginneth to clense and is perfecte He that hath a cough wyth payne in y e brest the same ought not to bath in water nother eate nuttes nor oyle of nuttes nor poppye sede oyle but lette hym drinke water sodden If hys cough commeth by colde then lette hym drinke good wyne A man that hath great disease in the brest and also in the heade if thou wilt helpe hym and purge the head and breste wounderfullye of all slymye fleumes and fylth without any cost Take two or thre rotes of Betâ— wash them clene and drye them well then braye them small strayne theÌ„ through a cloth and a very blewe iuyce shall come out of them vpon that shall ye se a whyte fome blowe the same awaye and take of that iuyce thre or foure droppes in a quill and drawe it into thy head through the noses or els fyll a fylberts shell full of it and draw it so in through the nose Then clise thyne eyen and nose wyth both thy handes and wythin a quarter of an houre issueth a great deale of slymye moystnesse oute of thy mouth whereof a man maye maruayle I haue ones sene sixe vnces runne out of a mans mouth at one tyme. And out of myne oune mouth is of this wyse four vnces run out where I thought I shoulde haue had none at all ¶ Of an imposteme in the breste The cause of an imposteme is of superfluous euill flegma in the head or stomake wherefore when the head and stomake are purged of the flegma then go the apostemes awaye also by themselues Let the patient eate litle or nothinge and that meates of good digestion Make him this drinke Take Mayden heyre called also ColaÌ„der whyt Endiue Scabiose Morsus diaboli y t is Deuels bit of ech a handfull Barly pilled or puched an egges shel ful waters so much as is coÌ„uenient or els ij quartes seth these ij fynger bredth awaye After that streyne theÌ„ through a cloth of y t make a heÌ„psede milke with a good porenger ful of washeÌ„ heÌ„psede of y e same geue him half a good cruys ful to drinke blood warme in the morning at night But if ye haue not y e herbes then make a heÌ„psede milke wyth barly only and drinke that half a cruys of goblet full After that make him this salue and anoynte him therewyth aboute the brest Take fresh butter or creme or els both in like quantitie seth therin leaues the sede of Malowes streyne it than through a cloth and anoint his brest therwith If ye put capons grece therto y t were very good After that were it good to make him a clister or a suppository as is perteyning hereto And this oughte euery Physicion know serche of what coÌ„plexion y e patieÌ„t is whence y e disease commeth what medicine is conuenient for it For if the Physicion doth it not and ministreth to him that whych is contrary to hys nature or complexion than doth he misorder the patieÌ„t is gilty of hys payne or happely death For this cause ought no Physicion to truste to hys scieÌ„ce nor wysdome only but aske enquire of y e patieÌ„t or other al circuÌ„stances to what fashion y e disease doth encline He ought
within him wold fayne be rid therof by perbreakinge or that his stomak did wamble let him take grene Oken leafe in hys mouth and chawe it If ye can haue no grene leafe then take a drye or seer oken leafe and laye it in water and then put it into thy mouth Do this twise thryse or foure times and it shall drawe much slyme and fylth And if he hath any matter within him then doth he cast it out by perbreakinge Or els take a litle springinge water and vinegre of lyke quantitie and drinke thereof as muche as an egge conteyneth If a man had gotten vnlustynesse that he had no appetite to meat and waxeth heuy faynt nether can tell wherby it commeth nor yet hath great heat then is nothing better for him then that he take thre hennes egges in the morning and let them be thorow warmed After y t let him breake them vp and take away the whyte therof and suppe out the yolkes and drinke therevpon a good draughte of wyne and faste thereon vntill the eueninge walke somtyme y t consumeth the euill humors whych cause vnlustinesse But if he had gotten this vnlustinesse after meate then let him eate no more after that vntill the euen and then lette him eate a thynne pappe of oetmeel made wyth wine and let him drincke litle for that is good And when he will go to bed then let hys fete be rubbed wyth vinegre wherein is sodden Wormwod thys wil happely cast him in a sweate that were very good If the vnlustinesse commeth by aduersitye and heuinesse then is he holye dismade and heauy and all what he doth that greueth him Thesame muste be cured of thys wyse Lette him resorte oft wher myrth is vsed and eate meates good of digestion and in all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put for that comforteth the harte but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke therefore oughte but a litle be put therein yet causeth it good blood and reioyceth the harte He that hath an vnmeasurable lust to meate or drinke the same hath also somtyme vnmeasurable sieges for the meat goeth oft from him not well digested seynge the stomake nedeth not ouermuch meate to digest well that it leaue not at the last euil humors Thesame ought to drink good read wyne and eat meates that do not ouerchafe the stomake They that haue many cold humors in their stomake let the same eat fasting rawe onyons wyth salte and course breade Garlike doth also coÌ„sume superfluous humors in the stomacke and helpeth it to digeste wherefore it is good for labourers that drinke much water and eate colde meates it driueth awaye also the dropsey But if the stomack had ouermuch slymy humors in it then oughte it he losed wyth Dâ—acartami or pilles of iera picra But if it hath ouermuch heat then purge it wyth Electuarium de sucro rosarum in the morninge wyth a peasebreth And after two or thre houres geue him yet peasebroth that is not salted nor sauoured and let him walke and not lye doune if he haue so muche strength Ye maye also eate grene ginger agaynst a slymy stomake the same warmeth it and maketh digestion Or els make a potage of yong Nettels thesame warmeth the stomake and consumeth euill humors in it and causeth good digestion Grene Calmus doth lykewise eaten in the morning and euening and purgeth the stomack But if it is in winter then eate in the morning and eueninge Anis sede vpon breade dipped in wyne thesame clenseth the stomak from slyme and maketh good digestion S. Ihons beries called in Latine Berberis slake thyrste specially that commeth of Colera or the gal and stoppe the flixe and make appetite to eate and drinke they be good for the quauering harte refrayne vomitinge and are good eaten agaynst blusters or reed pustuls agaynst the pestilence speciallye when they are rype stamped and strayned through a cloth and sodden to the thycknesse of a pappe kepe this through the whole yeare and take therof a Walnut shell full at ones ¶ When a man can not sweat or els sweateth ouermuche howe that maye be caused or refrayned SOme men sweat muche and when they sweat not then are they euill disposed and fynde none other grefe nor disease anoynge theÌ„ This sweate must be wythstande or els maketh it the membres feable and dryeth hym wythoute his knowledge He that doth so sweat be sure that it is a token that he is full of euill humors wherwyth he is chafed and warmed that he must nedes sweate Thesame ought to be cured of thys wyse he must be purged after that ye perceyue hys complexion and when he is in purgynge make hym a bath to drawe furth suche humors of thâ—s wyse Take a pounde of Gentiane rootes slyce them as small as grotes putte them into a litle bagge put thereto two vnces of salt and eyght quartes of water and let the Gentian be well sodden and if thou nedest more water take more of the fyrste water In thys bathe let him bath sixe houres in the morning fresh and fasting or according as he can suffre it And if he would gladly eate or drinke let him boldely eat a suppe and drinke ones to make hym stronge When he hath now bathed ynough then let him lye doune to bedde and rest or slepe well and if a sweate came vpon him withoute procuringe that were very good for hym and that he might euen so rest or slepe a litle Then let hym eate that wherto his minde standeth best whether it be Chekens or Pollets sodden or rosted Ryss potage and other good potages He must be sober in eatinge and drinkinge lest he take a surffet and the stomake be stopped whereof is caused a lothsomnesse to hys meat and consequently the yalow iayndes or other disease for the whiche he nedeth not to bath any more ¶ Of sweatynge ONe maner of sweate is naturall the other vnnaturall The naturall sweat commeth by it self so that a man sweateth ouer all his bodye and se that his nethermost partes are warme and that his sweat is warm and that man waxeth not faynte of it ye he resteth better after it and is lyghter than before This is a token that that man hath many humors with in hym and that hys nature is so stronge that it can expell and dryue oute thesame humors and therfore is sweatinge for suche one They are also naturall sweates when a man goeth in hote houses that are not ouer whore and that man doth than beginne to sweate or els when one batheth in waters that are not ouer hote and that he beginneth then to sweate aboute the head and eyen Thys ought not to be refrayned for it is wholsome Or els is it a naturall sweate when a man laboureth measurably and is not so sore chafed therewyth All these are good and holsome for they driue awaye from man the superfluous humors The vnnaturall or
through the ordure passeth goeth out howe to set it in agayne VVhen the last or nethermost gut through the whyche the ordure voydeth from man goeth out of the bodye also whyche commeth of a siege and if that doth happeÌ„ oft it must be forsene or els doth it bringe to a man greate inconuenience Helpe hym of thys wise Take the herbe called in Latin Ononis or Resta bonis both herbe rote chappe it small seth it well in water tyll it waxe soft put it into a litle bag sitte vpon it whyle it is warme do thys thre tymes in the daye and when it waxeth colde warme it agayne in the former water of thys wyse remayneth it soft and thynne Or els bake him a litle cake wyth thys forsayd herbe or wyth hys read floure lyke to a pease floure or if ye will geue hym the same wyth a slyce of breade and thys hath ben experimented and founde true Thys must be vsed eyght dayes longe But if ye can not haue thys herbe take twelue hand ful of meel or pouder of Oken barkes put theÌ„ into a bagge seth them as before and sit theron and it goeth in agayne ¶ An other true and proued science when the basse or last gut issueth or is swollen TAke wormes chap them small and braye them well and put so muche oyle of roses thereto that it become as a thick broth stere it well strake it vpon a linnen cloth the thycknesse of a finger let the cloth be softe and a hande broade Laye thys vpon the sycke place as warme as the paciente can suffre it and when it is colde then laye strayght waye another thereon thesame helpeth well and continentlye It is good also to wette a softe cloth in milke and laye it vpon the sycke place where the gut is gone oute and when thesame is colde take it awaye and laye another warme in the steade of it If the place is swollen or waxed hard the gut shall returne into the bodye by litle and litle wythout anye harme Yet is it better to seth Malowes in goates mylke tyll they be weake and laye them warm vpon it thesame mollifye it wythoute anye hurte that the gutte entreth agayne easelye â–ª Towe dypped in the iuyce of Sloes is very good for hym whose basse gut is issued for layd vpon it driueth it in agayne wythout any hurt Or els take the pouder of burnt egges shales warm and strow it vpon it and lay a warme cloth vpon it and that helpeth ¶ When a man hath to manye sieges howe that maye be letted SIeges that are ouermuch are diuerse The one is that the stomak doth digest the meat and drinke of a man the better because he hath a faut in the power retentiue An other is by reason of superfluous moysture in y e stomake or guttes or els the power retentiue hath force in the stomack so in the guttes by reason of fylthy moysture that is hote and prickinge If the disease is in the power retentiue which shoulde retayn the meat in the stomake then must it be consydered what moysture or humors be gathered in y e stomake whence they come If the disease cometh of euil complexion then must the pacient be demanded whether he feleth any heate in hys stomack whether he hath great thyrst whether he haue a bulkinge or breakinge of winde for thereby maye it well be gessed whether the siege be of ouermuch heat or not If he haue no thyrste and eateth well but digesteth slenderly then is his siege caused of cold and therfore doth the stomak digest euill He that will staye that siege assuredlye must eat and drinke litle and vse two or thre dayes nomore but one kinde of meate and be still by that shall the stomacke be satled and also the fundamente and also the running staunched wythout hurte or daunger These meates do bind a man in his belly hard egges and Payst made wyth egges baken in the herth rosted Peeres bakeÌ„ meates Rice made wyth almoÌ„de milke potages of barly Barly water Beanes Peeres dried in an ouen Amilum Medlers Suger of roses Or els take the stones or carnels in the grapes beate them well put them in a cloth laye them in reyne water or springinge water a daye and a nyghte then strayne the water well out and drinke a good draught therof fasting in the morning and at euen to bedwarde thesame stoppeth the hote fluxe verye well Or els eate Sloes that stoppeth sieges whether they be of heate or colde Or els eate Moulberies dryed thesame stoppe sieges Lykewyse also do Bremble beries not fully rype and dryed and eaten stoppe all maner of sieges caused of greate heat ¶ A playster for sieges TAke a quarte of Akornes dryed and made to pouder mixte wyth the whyte of an egge and vinegre in maner of a playster vpon a cloth and layed about the loynes But it were better to lace y e playster vpon the belly vnder the nauel and so about y e body as warm as he can suffre it and when it is drye then refreshe it agayn wyth y e whyte of an egge and vinegre as is sayd before and pouder it fyne agayne Thys maye be done thre tymes ¶ A good science for the bloudye flixe and other sieges or flixes of what cause soeuer they be and it stoppeth veryâ— well TAke a Turtel put it in a potte and couer it set it in an ouen tyll it be burnt all to pouder and if any man hath a flixe let hym take an egge warme it well by the fyre open it and put awaye the whyte then take of the pouder as muche as a chest nutte mixe it wyth the yolke and eat it fastynge do thys thre mornynges and it shal be staunched and it is speciallye good for all maner of bloudy flixes Or els seth the Turtel wyth water salt her not to sore but let her be well sodden wyth a broth and geue it the pacient and it stoppeth him Disenteria is a bloody flixe coÌ„minge somtime from the guttes somtime from the liuer somtime from the stomacke If it is from the â—iuer then hath he payne in hys right syde then can he scarsely be holpen But if it is from the stomake then hath he payne in the holowe of the harte that is deadly for the small guttes are nearehande rased and gnawen through But if he hath payn beneth the nauel then commeth it from the great guttes and he maye be yet well holpen Ye must also marke that the bloudye flixe must not be staunched so sodenly till y e euill matter is voyded y e guttes be clensed After that helpe him thus Geue him whay of Goates milke and barly water of eche lyke much put a litle hony in the barly water and seth theÌ„ together and skomme them After that put the whey thereto and stere them together and then take it from the fyre and geue the pacient alway