together and let the pacient or diseased party drinke it euery night going to bed and there wyll not ten dayes passe but the patient wyll be cured of the passion or griefe of the harte THis following is a notable tryed medicine for the gowte and for the swelling of ioynts for knobs or knots comming of the French pocks Take May butter a quarter of a pound halfe a pound of coomyn seede beaten in fyne powder a quarter of a pound of blacke Sope one handfull of Hearbe grace halfe a handfull of clarifyed sheepe suet stampe all these together in a morter then take the gall of an Oxe and a spoonefull of bay Salt and frye them all together tyll it be thycke then laye it on a woollen cloath and so apply it to the ache as hotte as it maye be suffred and let it lye vnremoued a whole weeke and then laye another plaster thereof to it and let it lye vnremoued as long then lay the thyrd plaster therto and let it lye therto as long as the other which wyll be in the whole three weekes and without doubt it wyll helpe him I haue seene it proued This I had out of a verie olde booke THere be and truly with proued successe that doo hang the rootes of Sorrell at theyr neckes for the Swyne pockes and also in lyke case of Planten Mizaldus WHosoeuer hath the bloudy Flyxe be it neuer so great nor greeuous let them drinke the wine wherin the rootes of Hollyocks cut in peeces is sodden and streined if the party haue an ague for then let the rootes be sodde in water with some Planten leaues and so streyned which is an approued sure medicine for that disease whether the party haue an ague or not A Ring made of an Oxe or Cowes horne worne or carryed vpon them that haue the crampe It puts the same away This is proued to be true of many And Mizaldus affyrmes it IF the Lorde of the seuenth house be in the thyrd or nynth house and any euyll Planet beholde him he that is then borne wyll fall from some buylding or else hee wyll dye of some thing that shall fall vppon him Ptolomeus IF you seethe Bryonie in water and vse to drinke the same It helpes and cureth them that haue the Dropsie Proued MAruelous and notable vertues of the Eybright do followe Let the leaues stalkes and flowres with the whole substaunce be distylled when it beareth flowres the water wherof stylled dropped and streaked about the eyes causeth cleare eyes sharpneth the syght and seaseth the paynes of the eyes The water dropped into the eyes an howre before night and stryked about them and drunke to the quantitie of three ounces at one tyme comforteth strengthneth and preserueth the syght especially in aged persons and in stematick complections The hearbe dried and brought to powder eaten euery day in a poâ—ched Egrere for a certain time together restoreth sight lost the water mixed with half a dram of the powder and drunk euery euening for a month or forty dayes together recouereth a weake syght THis precious medicine folowing wyll bring forth a Cankaâ— and plucke it vp by the rootes out of any sore where 〈◊〉 bee eyther in man or woman Take Bosâ—alger and make powder therof then take Bâ—rrowes or Hogges grease that is new and fresh fyrst melted and aâ—ter colde then myâ—e the powder there with very well then put therof vpon a peece of whyte lether which may couer the â—ore theÌ„ sprinckle on the sayd plaster fyne flowre of pure wheete then vpon the same spreade Honny and then put vpon the sayd Honny womans mylke and whâ—n all this is done put the sayde plaster vpon the sore where the canker is and put the neather crust of a new whyte loaâ—e vpon the sayde plaster and tye it fast vpon the same that it remoue â—â—t And in the morning thou shall finde the cankar dead on the said plaster this is most true This I coppyed out of an olde wrytten Booke LEt a woman make water in an Urinall that is â—ayre and cleane or rather newe vppon certaine cornes of Barly and set the same in a colde place for the space of eighte dayes and if tâ—e sayde Barlye cornes wyll growe agayne or bring foorth newe corne then the fault is not in the woman that shee conceaues not but rather in the man Yf otherwyse then the lette of conception is in her STampe Crystall in a stone Morter of Marble and make thereof a very fyne powder then put thereto so much of the white of an egge that you may write therewith mixte them well together with a little goome or goome water then write therewith in paper what you wyll then rubbe the same Letters with what mettall you wyll and the wrytynge wyll bee of the coullour of that mettall wherewith you rubbed them This I had out of an olde booke and Mizaldus affyrmes it withoute the Goome water THe iuyce of Lylly Rootes and Uynegar of eyther lyke much mixed togeather and the sawse fâ—eame or redde pympled face annoynted therewyth euerye euenyng for the space of nyne or tenne dayes dooth helpe it perfectly YOu shall knowe whether the dropsye be hotte or colde by this that followeth Yf the swellynge beginne fyrst at the feete and go vpwarde then it comes of a hotte cause If the swellynge begynne fyrst in the face and goe downewarde then it comes of a colde cause This lykewise I had out of an olde wrytten Booke wherein were many things credyble CAst the water of any sicke person newly made at night on red nettels if the nettels be withered or dead in the morning after then the sicke party is lyke to dye of that disease if they be greene styll then he is lyke to lyue A Certayne wicked fellowe that kylled his Father dyd syt in coÌ„pany with his companions eating drinking ouer whose heads there was a swalowes nest with young swallowes in the same at which time the sayd swallowes made a great noyse chittering when suddenly the sayd wicked fellow got a long powle brust the swallowes nest wherby the swallowes fel down he trode on them and crushed them in peeces Being asked of one of them why he dyd so I haue good cause so to doo sayde he for dyd you not heare sayde he how they tolde that I kylled my Father Whervpon he was suspected examined and so confessed and therfore executed Plutarchus DRye a Gotes Sheeps or Neates blather make powder therof let them drinke therof with Uineger or water wheÌ„ they go to bed that cannot hold their water and it wyll helpe them Galen affyrmes this IF the Sun the Moone the Alumten or the Lorde of the Ascendent be all safe and not with the Lord of the eyght house or in his aspect without doubt the sicke person shal be ryd of his diseases and recouer the same If two of them be so he is like to escape lykewise If contrary
or other place or rowme wyl geue such a light in the darke as the Moone doth when she shines in a bright night Iohannes Baptist. A Peece of a chyldes Nauell string borne in a ring is good against the falling sicknes the paynes of the head and of the collyck Mizaldus BAptista Fulgosus reports that nie to Sirminū a Citie of Pamony sometymes there hath bene Tendrals of Gold found in the Uines wherof there hath bene money coynd Which many haue seene sayth Gandeut Meruba in his tyme And Alexander Neapolitanus sayth that he hath founde in Germany within Daunby Uines that dyd beare lytle nayles and leaues of pure golde which was geuen for presentes to Kings and Dukes Mizaldus IF any doeth aske thee hauing knowledge in Astronomie whether that place where he dwelles is better for him then that to which hee meanes to go beholde and if thou dost finde the Moone seperate from Infortunes that is from an euyll Planette or from an Infortunate Planette tell him that his going is better then his tarying But if you finde the Moone seperate from a good or fortunate Planet then it is better for him to tarry there styl then to go from thēce to dwel And to be briefe if one shall aske thee saying thus I must needes doo a certaine thing or I haue certayne busynesse to doo whether maye I doo it or not then marke thou the Lorde of the Ascendent and the Moone and if thou finde them seperate from euyll Planets or euyll fortunes applying to good or fortunate Planets byd him do that that he is determined to do and spare not But if thou finde them seperate from good Planets or fortunate and applying to euyll Planets byd him that he doo it not neyther take it in hande Haly Abenragell THat Woman is lyke to be barreyn in whose Natiuitye the Moone and Venus being in barreyne signes are Infortunate of Mars and Saturne Or if Saturne be in the seuenth or tenth house Infortunating 〈◊〉 and the Moone or if Venus be with Saturne and the Moone then in the syxt or twelfth house Infortunate Iatromath Guat Ryff THe seedes of Roses with Mustarde seede and the foote of a Wesell all together tyde in some thing hangde among the bowes or branches of a tree that beares but lytle fruite It is sayde that it wyll make that tree to beare well and to be maruelous fruitfull Mizaldus PAre the nailes of one that hath the quarteyn ague which being put into a lynnen cloath and so tyed about the necke of a quicke Eele and the same Eele put into the water thereby the ague wyll be dryuen away Geber et Alb. IF any lyst to sleepe and laye by him the braunches of moyst Hempe Gnats wyll not trouble him nor come neare him Myzaldus IF the Lorde of the twelfth house be in the twelfth house many debates and enemities wyll happen vpon the day belonging to that Planet to the childe then borne Taisnier COoluer dunge stampt and vsed for a plaster with strong Uineger and applyed to the Nauell byndeth incontinent all Fluxes of the belly Macer THe roote of a Goorde tyed to the reynes of the backe of Women that is in labour or trauell of chylde doth cause speedy delyueraunce thereof But let it be taken away as soone as the chyld doth come foorth least the Matrix go out after the chylde Trotula de passionibus mulierum HEre foloweth an Electuary of a wonderfull vertue in the tyme of Pestilence this Electuary is of so great a vertue in them that do receyue it once in .xxiiii. howres that they may be sure from all euyl infections of corrupt and contagious ayres all the daye after But in them that are infect already and are taken with the Pestilence if they drinke of it but one spoonefull as shall be sayde hereafter especially after letting of bloud if it be conuenient to the patient and laye him downe and sweate vpon the same if the venyme hath not vtterlie ouercome the hart he shall vndoubtedlie recouer It hath bene lately proued that after drynking of the same medicine when the patient made his water in an vrinall the glasse hath burst in peeces by reason of the venime that it purged out This is the making of the sayde Electuary Take Cynamom elect one ounce Terra sigillata sixe drams fyue Myrre three drams Unycornes horne one dram the seede rynde of Cytron rootes of Dyptanny Burnet Turmentyl Zedoary red Currall of each two drams yellow Saunders fowre scruples red Saunders two scruples whyte Been and red flowres of Marygooldes of each one dram Yuery rased Scabius Veroincitunici seede of Basyll the bone of a Stags harte Saffron of each two scruples make a syne powder and ad vnto it of bole Armoniacke preparate two ounces whyte sugar three pound and with a syrrup of Acetositate citri make a goodly Electuary and keepe it in a glasse If the Pestilence commeth with great excesse of heate drinke it in Rose water Uineger but if you feele it colde take it in a draught of Wine and couer you with cloathes so that you maye sweate as long as is possible for without doubt it is a present remedy as I my selfe haue nowe of late proued Thus much Thomas Phayre in his Treatyse of the Pestylence THe teethe of a mad Dogge that hath bytten a man or woman tyed in leather and then hangde at the shoulder doeth preserue and keepe the partye that beares it from being bytten of any madde Dogge Diascorides by the report of Mizaldus THe Seedes of Carduus Benedictus stamped and drunke doth helpe the griefe paynes prickings and stitches of the syde and the gryping in the guts and the lower parte of the belly This is proued for trueth IF any doth sprinckle his head with the powder of the skinne that a Snake doth cast off gotten or gathered when the Moone is in the ful being also in the fyrst part of Aries the Ram he shall see terryble and fearefull dreames And if he shall haue it vnder the plant of his foote he shal be acceptable before Magistrates and Princes Cardanus WHosoeuer beginnes theyr iourney in the howre of Venus he shall haue good and profyte on the behalfe of Women or some such lyke thing Haly Abenragell IF Woormes gnawe vpon or hurt the mouth of the stomacke put Honny combes into the mouth fasting and holde them there and the Woormes wyll draw vnto the Honny and so voyde by the mouth It hath bene proued IN the fyrst beginning of any sycknes or at the time of any question for the sycke if the Moone be Orientall nye to the Sunne within twelue degrees it is sygne of death and the nearer to the Sun and in Combusyon the woorse Iohannes Ganiuetus WIth this Secrete following Benedictus victorius had alwayes good successe in passions and griefes of the harte Take of the iuyce of Buglosse cleansed or putrified at the fyre two ounces of white Sugar two drams myxe them
sure that she is not barren of her selfe Hidpocrates Aphor. WHosoeuer is greued tormented with the stone let them take one ounce of the rootes of Radishe cut in slyces and lay the same to stiepe in halfe a pint of good whyte Wine all night then streyne the same well and put therto of the Electuary called Lithontripon of the description of Nicholas and also Iustinum one dram myxe them with the sayde whyte Wine wherein the Radish was infused and let him that is grieued with the stone receyue all the same at one tyme and you shall see a maruelous woâ—ke thereof If neede be let him receyue the lyke quantitie thereof three or fowre dayes together This is proued to be a sure an excellent thing for breaking and auoyding the stone and grauell Be sure that the Apothecaries make it of good stuffe A Head of Garlycke the skyns pulled off and a lytle brused layde by equall partes to the hollowe partes of the soles of theyr feete that are grieuously tormented with the toothe ache especially if it come of a colde cause and be on the neather iawe it wyll helpe them with speede by drawing the humors out of the soles of the feete I haue knowne them that haue taken this medicine and haue not ben troubled with the tooth ache of seuen yeares after THat man is lyke to haue fewe Chyldren in whose Natiuity Saturne is in the Ascendent opposyte to Venus or if Venus be in a barraine signe infortunate of Saturne or if Venus be in the house of Saturne especially Infortunate of him Iatromathematica Guat Ryff IF you rubbe or touch Wartes with the leaues of a Fygge tree the Warts wyll consume and vanish away so that the sayde leaues be buryed within the earth or grounde Some ascribes the same to the harte of a Pigion Mizaldus ELephants of all other Beastes do chiefly hate the Mowse So that if they shall see or perceyue that a Mowse hath once touched their meate that is before them they loathe the same and wyll not eate a bytte therof Plinius IF the Lorde of the Ascendent be Combust in the twelfth house he that is then borne wyll dye in prison or in captiuitie Taisnier THe powder of the berries of Bryony â–ª drunke in the water wherein water Cresses are sod doth maruelously heale the Strangury IF any Woman great with chylde shall take this drinke following euery other day in the morning three howres before she eate any meate begynning the same about tenne dayes or a fortnight before the tyme of the byrth the byrth shall not onely be made more easye but also she shall bring forth her chylde without payne Take of the great Treackle one scruple which is the weyght of .xxiiii. barly cornes the powder of Lycquerys and the powder of Cynamom of eyther three graynes of good whyte Wine one ounce and a halfe myxe all together and make there of a drynke and let it be geuen to the Woman with Chylde in such manner as is before sayde Benedictus victorius fauentinus in his Booke called Emperica THis following wyll stoppe the bloudy fluxe Take Yarrowe and Planten of eyther a lyke muche stampe them well together and put thereto redde Wyne and streyne it well and drinke a good draught thereof fyrst and last three or sowre dayes together and certaynly it wyll stay it It is an easy and precious thing IF you wyll prooue whether a Woman bee with chylde or not let her make water in a copper or brasen vessell and let a Needle lye therein a whole nyght that is bryght and cleane and if she be with chylde the Needle wyl haue redde spots on it If not then it wyll be blackish or rusty It is proued as Mizaldus was enformed IF a Crowe chaunce to eate of the rest of the fleshe wherof a Woolfe hath eaten before the same Crow wyll dye soone after Aclianus and Philes NEyther falling sycknes neyther deuyll wyll infest or hurt one in that place wheras a Bay tree is The Romaynes calles it the Plant of the good Angell c. Mizaldus WRyting Inke tempered with water wyne or vinegar wherein Woormwood hath bene stieped Myse wyl not eate the Papers or Letters written with that Inke And also cloathes wherein Woormwood is layde or wrapt is safe from mothes and if there be any there it wyll driue them awaye Diascorides THe howre of Mars is to be abhord in all thinges bothe in the begynning and when the thing is done Haly Abenragel Therefore you were best to take heede that you take no notable thyng or great matter in hande or beginne any long iourney in the howre of Mars if you can by any meanes knowe when it is But whosoeuer puttes theyr whole trust in GOD and guides theyr lyfe by the rule of his holye woorde be they neuer so symple and vnlearned hee wyll so guyde them and so instructe them that they shall auoyde all such daungers and pâ—rryllous tymes And contrarye the wycked learned yea though they know the tymes shall not haue power to auoyde them As I haue seene in many which afterwarde they dyd well consyder though to late And as I haue sayde of Mars so I say of Saturne For there is neuer a good of them both Yâ—t I doo not thinke that Saturne or Mars shewes such harme to them in whose Natiuities they are Sygnifyers or beares rule in the Ascendent but chiefly to such in whose Natiuitie they are Lords of the xii.vii.v or .viii. house But surely I haue markt it long and yet I neuer sawe any notable thing begunne in the howre of Mars or Saturne that came to a good ende Which they shall well finde that begins to set forwarde towards the Sea in Saturnes howre I speake by tryall as well as Haly doth which I shoulde not haue consydred so much but by his counsayle and proofe OXen Kyne Bullocks or Horsses shall not be troubled with any disease if you hang a Harts horne vpon them Absyrtus IF you ioyne a Lyons skyn to the skyn of a Woolfe of any other Beast it wyll make them without heayre or cause theyr heayre to fal or consume away Mizaldus COâ—ewoorts and Rew called hearbe Grace are so contrary in nature the one to the other that they ought not to be sowne nye together Fracastorius IF any Sheepe or else heayry Beasts or els Man or Woman be full of woormes in any wound or sore take of the wooll of the same Sheepe or heair of that Beast or some of the heair of that Man or Woman and hyde the same before the rysing of the Sun vnder the barke of a tree called Trembla which is a kinde of black Popler tree Do thus certayn dayes and thou shalt see the woormes fall out of the wound or sore myraculously or else they wyll dye or leaue that place There be that ascribes the same to the Byrch tree and also to the roote of wylde Succorye hanged at the necke in manner of
laide to stiepe in Honny three dayes and then cast it among the chaffe and then a great sort of Pygiōs wyll resort to that Doouehouse LYn seede put into the rootes of Radyshe and by and by put into fatte or dunged earth it wyl bring forth an hearbe lyke Dragons whose taste wyll seeme lyke vynegar and Salt therefore it is maruelously desyred in Sawses for hauing this you neede neither vynegar nor Salt as one that is chiefe of the Kings gardens tolde me sayth Mizaldus FOxes being sodde and cutte in peeces and then geuen to Hens or Geese amongst theyr meate it makes them safe from being hurt of any Foxes after for the space of two monthes Mizaldus THe seedes of Docks tyde to the left arme of a Woman doth helpe barrennes or sterilyty Africanus THe Moone and the Ascendent are generally Signifyers of the hole shyppe of the state therof and the Lorde of the Ascendent is the Sygnifyer of them that sayles in the same wherof if all they be Infortunate the Shyp is broken and they that sayled in her are drownde vnlesse some one of them be receyued that is of the sayd Sygnifyers and then the Impedyment wyll chaunce in the drowning and some clymers of the Shyppe wyll escape but if all they be Fortunate all shall escape and be saued that is both Shyp and men chiefly if there be any reception Furthermore if the Ascendent the Moone be both fortunate the Lord of the Ascendent Infortunate the Shyp is safe the Saylers in her are destroyed but if the Ascendent the Moone be Infortunate and the Lord of the Ascendent fortunate the shyp is ouerwhelmed or lost the saylers in her are safe Haly Aben. GOates dung mingled with Uynegar bran and applyed as a plaster to a sore breast looseth wonderfully all swellings of the breast It hath bene proued BEttony stampt and applyed to any wounde of the heade doth not onely draw out the broken bones but also doth heale the same with speede A Speciall medicine to strengthen the back Take a quart of whyte Wine and the pythe that runneth in an Oxe backe and halfe a quarter of a pounde of Dates and of Marygooldes Planten Bettony Pearsley rootes and Fennel rootes of all two handfulles boyle all these together vntyll the Wyne bee halfe wasted away and then streyne them through a cloath and drynke nyne or tenne spoonefull thereof euerye morning and euenyng for the space of nyne or tenne dayes and it wyll strengthen the backe maruelouslye FYue leaued grasse sod in water which water if it be droonke and gulpt vp downe into the throte is an excellent helpe for sore throtes THey are diuellysh or possest with Diuels in whose Natiuityes Saturne is Lorde of the place of the Moone and the Moone then vnder the beames of the Sunne or if Mars be Lorde of the place of the Moone opposyte to the Sunne especially in Sagitary Haly Abenragel TO keepe Beastes safe that the blynde mowse called a Shrew do not byte them Enclose the same Mowse quicke in chalke which when it is hard hang the same about the necke of the Beast that you woulde keepe safe from such byting And it is most certayne that he shall not be toucht nor bytten as is before sayde Vegetius I Heare sayth Mizaldus that it is obserued proued that a Cowe an Ewe a she Asse a Bitche a she Catte and such other domesticall and tame Beastes of the Female kinde wyll cast theyr Calfe Lambe Colte or that that they go withall if the Male by whome they conceaued be kylled whyle they went with the same Such a strong and vehement concord or agreement of nature is betweene or among them IF the nynth house begynne in a fyxed sygne or if Saturne be founde in the same except it be Aries they that be then borne shall for the most parte see true Dreames but if in a moueable sygne his Dreames wyll be without effect c. Taisnier A Notable oyntment for the head ache comming of any cause wherwith you must annoynt the pulses of the temples and all the forehead Take of the iuyce of new or fresh Camamyle fowre ounces of the iuyce of new and fresh Roses two ounces of the iuyces of fresh Rew and Bettony of eyther one ounce and a halfe of the iuyce of the rootes of Hollyock two ounces of oyle Rosate Omphacine one pound and a halfe of the best and purest Alablaster three ounces powder the Alablaster finely and put it into the sayd oyle and let it lye therein a daye and a nyght then myxe them all together and with sufficient whyte waxe make it into an oyntment which oyntment is good for any payne of the head proceeding of any matter or cause And it may be vsed at any tyme of the fytte or payne except the begynning Emperica benedicti victorij fauenti AN excellent distilled water for hearing foloweth Take of the iuyce of Bettony of the iuyce of Onions of eyther of them syxe ounces of the leaues of Rosemary stamped one handfull of the oyle of bitter Almondes three ounces and one whyte grosse Eele chopt and cutte in small peeces myxe them all together and destyll them and the lycquor which cōmeth therof keepe in a cleane glasse droppe two or three droppes therof into your eare fowre or fyue nyghts together and it wyll helpe and amende the deaffnes IT is much to be marueled at that the lytle Byrde called a Wren being fastned to a lytle stycke of Hasell newly gathered doth turne about and rost him selfe Cardanus and Mizaldus THou mayst make fayre Pictures Uesselles and many other fyne thinges with small coast and expences as followeth Seethe the barke of the Elme tree and the toppes of the Populer tree and whyles they are very hotte put thereto most pure and fyme Lyme vntyll all the same be lyke cruddes of milke Afterwards put therto the whytest marble that is well and fynely beaten into powder and searced and then cast the same in what fourme you wyll then drie them in the shadow Hieronimus Gardanus HErmes doth saye that an euyll Planet in Gancer doth threaten short lyfe and continual sycknes to the mother of the chylde then borne BRymstone stampt with Wyne and plastered ouer the Dugs or Paps of Women breakes the hardnes of them Isac WAter Myntes stamped and layde to the myds of the browe and to the nape of the necke of one that is madde wyll much helpe and relieue him But fyrst tyckle him on the browe and it wyll dyspose him to sleepe and then apply it to him as is beforesayde But if he be farre gone that it wyll not helpe him then take a Tenche and cleaue the Tenche in the myddes and so warme lay the one part to his brow and the other to the nape of his necke and without doubt it wyll helpe him if euer he shall haue helpe This I tooke out of an excellent written booke FOr burning with syre Take oyle
For a colde Lyuer take a spoonefull of the whyte water with an ounce of the water of Sage For the breast and the cough of a cold Rewme take it with the water of Isope Louathe or Fennell For the harte with the water of Buglosse Burrage or Balme For the stomacke with the water of Woormwood For the Lyghts with the water of mayden heair or Polypode For the Splen with the water of Hartstongue For the Vertigo a gyddynes of the head or the Apoplexie with the water of Pyony of Fennell or of S. Iohns Woort For the Stone with the water of Radysh or winter Cherries For the retayning or holding of the water with the water of Cresses some Pearsley or Saxifrage For the eyes with the water of Fennell or Eybright For the retayning or withholding of Menstrues with the water of Mugwoort or with water of Radysh For the too much fluxe of the Menstrues with the water of Planteyn or of Nightshade For the Matrix hurt by the mydwyle or of any colde cause whereby she doth conceyue no more let it be vsed with the water of Ualeryan or Bettony Against the spottes of the face take of the water of Pympernell fowre partes of this whyte or fyrst water one parte myxe them together and annoynt the face morning and euening and drynke it twyse or thryse in the weeke with Endyue water It cures the Cankar being annoynted therewith and the Fystula if a droppe thereof many tymes put into it It helpes a colde gowte if it be annoynted therwith For the payne of the Matryx let this water be taken with the water of Mugwoort Also it is good against the quarten and quotidian Feuers The Cytryne oyle hath many vertues as the oyle of Balme if any griefe be annoynted therwith The blacke Oyle is of great vertue in the gowte if it be annoynted therwith as the moother of Balme being whyte called the golden Water Gratarolus HEre followeth an excellent medycine that wyll heale olde rotten incurable Ulcers very quickly Take of Turpentyne three tymes washt fyrst in fayre spring or well water after in Rose or Planteyn water three ounces the yolke of an Eg Oyle of Roses an ounce a halfe Mercury sublymate made in powder halfe a dram let them all be myxed well together and make therof an oyntment washe the Ulcers or sores with whyte Wine then spreade some of that oyntment or salue vpon flaxe apply it to the sore and dresse it with new salue twise euery day but before euery dressing annoynt with this following three or fowre fyngers bredth about the sore Take of the oyle of Roses two ounces of Uineger halfe an ounce of the powder of bole Armoniack a lytle myxe them together and annoynt it as is before sayd And when all the rottē or putrified flesh is eaten out then annoynt the Ulcer with butter and you shall see a woonderfull effect Proued FOr the burning or great intollerable heat of the vryne Take of the seedes of Purslane of the seedes of Lettys of the seedes of Endiue of the seedes of white Poppy two ounces of euery of them of the seedes of Hēbane half a dram Sebasten two ounces Saffern one drā Licqueres fiue drams Pineaple kernels ten drams foūtaine or spring water six pound myx them all together let them be sod vntyll the consuming of the thyrde part of the water then let it be strayned Wherof take one ounce in the morning mixed with one ounce of Inle◠of Uyolets and the fowrth day the effect worthy of maruell wyl appeare This is proued A Notable an excellēt Balme Take of Turpētine one pound a half Galbanum two ounces Aloes cicotrin Mastick Cloues Galangale Cynamō Nutmugs Cubebs of euery one of them an ounce gum of Iuy halfe an ounce when all is well beaten myxe them together and distyl them in glasse with a slowe fyre fyrst and receyue the fyrst water by it selfe seuerally then encrease the fyre a water more reddyshe wyll come then encrease the fyre more and an oyle wyl come of a redde cullour receiue that as long as any wyll come you must chaunge the receyuer thryse This oyle hath all the vertues of true Balme for it burneth in the water and curddeth mylke by by for if one droppe of it warme be put into a pynt of mylke it wyll forthwith become curdded The fyrst lycquor is called the water of Balme the seconde oyle of Balme the thyrde Balme artificiall The fyrst is profytable against the running of the eares if two drops morning and euening be put into them dropt into the eyes it amendeth the blearednes and consumeth the teares it doth maruelously restrayne superfluous humors in any parte of the body it taketh away the tooth ache if they be washt therewith and kylleth the woormes if there be any in them The thyrd lycquor wyl suffer no venom it is an vtter enemy and destruction to Spiders and Serpents Two or three drops thereof layde vpon any venemous byting doth make it whole strayght If thou drawe a cyrcle with this lycquor and shut a venemous Beast therin it wyl dye there rather then go out of it To be short it doth all the same things that Treacle doth but all things more effectually being powred or put vpon any Impostume within nyne dayes it healeth them and lykewise a Fistula be it neuer so euyll and also Noli me tangere All diseases bred of fleame and of colde humors it healeth if a lynnen cloath dypped in it be layde vpon the place where the griefe is It putteth away vtterly the Palsey and all trembling of members it strengthneth maruelously the Sinewes it is hotter then the fyrst or the seconde If a man put a drop of it in his hande it pierceth straight without griefe To conclude it doth many other things and all diseases rysen of a colde cause it healeth if they vse it ryght Lullius in his booke of waters But this is taken out of Euonymus IF you take the gall of an Oxe mans vrine Ueriuyce and the iuyce of Nettelles of each a lyke quantity and myxe them very dillygently together and after quenche steele red hotte therin fowre or fyue tymes together the same steele wyll after become as soft as paste This is affyrmed by the Schollers of Padua in theyr natural and Artificial conclusions c. A Most present remedy for them that are infect with the plague for Carbuncles pestelenticall Puslles holy Fyre and other of that kinde Take the ripe berryes of Iuy being dryed in the shaddow then stampe them and make them in powder of which powder take half a dram in two or three ounces of the water of Planteyn and remayne styl in the bed vntyl you haue sweat very well and after you haue sweat put on a cleane shert wel ayred at the fyre and if you may conueniently let the sheetes and the cloathes of the bed be shyfted There hath bene some healed with this