a haire bagge and presse out the Oyle It is good to cleare the skin and restore haire and to cure maligne and fistulous Vlcers Oyle of Hypericon or S. Iohns Wort. 16 R. The tops of S. Iohns Wort that is full ripe ℥ iii. steepe them in odoriferous Wine three daies then boile them close stopped in a double vessell afterward presse it then put to it a pound more of fresh S. Iohns Wort and steep boile and presse it as before and likewise the third time and if the Wine diminish adde more lastly take of cleare Turpentine ʒ iii. old Oyle ℥ vi Saffron ℈ i. boile them in a double Vessell untill the Wine be consumed then presse it and separate the Oyle from the grosse bottome It is Hot and Dry Stiptick it consolides wounds and helpes incision of the Nerves and burning of fire asswageth the paine of the Thighes and Bladder and provokes Vrine and monethly visits Oyle of Whelpes for wounds made by Gunshot 17 R. Two Whelpes Earth-wormes lib. i. Oyle of Lillies lib. ii Venice Turpentine ℥ vi Aqua vitae ℥ i. boile the Whelpes alive in the Oyle untill the flesh part from the bones then put in the Wormes being first prepared in white Wine and boile them in the oile till they become dry then straine it gently through a Towell and lastly adde your Turpentine and Aqua-Vitae Oyle of Vitrioll 18 R. Of Vitrioll lib. x. and powder it and put it into an earthen pot and set it upon hot coales untill it be calcined that is when it becomes reddish when it is throughly cold breake the pot and powder it againe and calcine it againe and thus doe untill it be perfectly calcined and exactly red of colour then powder it and put it into an earthen retort adding for every pound of Vitrioll 1. quarter of Tile sheards or small pieces of Brick then set the Retort luted safely to the receiver in a reverberating Fornace alwaies keeping a strong fire for the space of eight and forty houres more or lesse according to the quantity of the distilling Liquor you shall know when the distillation is finished by the receiver which will recover his naturall colour and perspicuity Your receiver must be very large lest it break also it must be set in a vessell of cold water lest it break by being over hot This Oyle comforteth the belly and stirs up the appetite calefies the cold stomack consumes Phlegme and cuts tough viscous Humors it helps the Dysentery Celiack passion it mitigates the heat of Feavers and destroys the Hecocks Nauseousnesse and Loathing of meat it must be taken very carefully tempered with something else as five or sixe drops to 2. ounces of conserve of Roses so it may be safely taken also upon whatsoever it falls it burnes it An Oyle approved for the Sciatica 19 R. Plantaine Lavender-spike Fennell Wallwort red Sage red Nettles Camomill Wormwood Marigolds with the black head Briony ana wash them chop them seethe them in new strong Ale in an earthen pot to the consumption of the halfe then straine them and put to the decoction black Snailes reboile it untill it become an oyle Oleum Benedictum 20 R. Oyle Omphacine lib. ii of Storax Calamite Ladanum Olibanum Saffron Gum arabeck Madder Gumme of Ivy tree Aloes citrine Mastick Cloves Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebes ana ℥ ii Gumme Elem. lib. i. Myrrhe Bdellium ana ℥ i. ss Galbanum ℥ vi Spike Lignum Aloes ana ℥ i. Rosin of the Pine Oppoponax Armoniack anaʒ x. powder those that are to be powdered and mingle them with the said Oyle and put them in a Limbeck with his head and receiver well stopped with Lute sapient and distill them Secundum artem put the Alimbeck upon a soft fire the space of xii houres encreasing the same from six to six houres till all be stilled then powder the rest of the spices again and so with the distilled Oile distill thē again and at the last you shall have an Oyle like Balme Which is good for the Crampe the Falling sicknesse the Coronall commissure being anointed a Mundification with a strong Medicine premised it cureth great fresh Wounds and cold Catarres one drop put into the Eare with Cotton amendeth the hearing chiefly of a cold cause a Rose Cake moistened in the said Oyle and laid to the Temples easeth the Megrim and taketh away the Swimming of the head halfe an ounce of the said Oyle drunke with a little odoriferous Wine in the morning three dayes together comforteth and reneweth the Heart and Lungs taken with a little odoriferous Wine it is good for quartain Feavers the receit must be almost one spoonfull for foure dayes together one houre before day upon such daies as no Paroxysme is looked for taken the space of thirty dayes with a little Wine and a little Piony cureth the Falling sicknesse and paines of the grand Poxe it is good for stinging of venomous Beasts and weaknesse of Sinewes and may be compared to Balsamum The composition of Oleum Magistrale invented by Aparice a Moriscoe living in Spaine 21 R. A quart of the best and oldest white Wine of the oldest Oyle Olive lib. iii. to these adde the flowers and leaves of these hearbes following viz. Of Hypericon lib. sem Cardus Benedictus Valerian the least Sage ana ℥ iiii steepe these in the Wine and Oyle foure and twenty houres then boile them in a nealed pot or Copper vessell on a gentle fire till the Wine be consumed alwaies stirring it then take it from the fire and straine it and put to the straining of good Venice Turpentine lib. i. sem then boile it againe upon a soft fire a quarter of an houre then adde thereunto Olibanum ℥ v. Myrrhe ℥ iii. Sanguis Draconis ℥ i. then boile it till the Incense and Myrrhe be dissolved then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be cold then put it into a glasse bottle and set it 8. or 10. dayes in the Sun and the longer you keep it the better The true application of this Oyle according to the qualities of the Wounds and Diseases doth consist in these points following viz. To the Patient to the Preparative to the Wound or Diseases to the Plaister to the diseased Part. 1 FIrst let the Patient eate and drinke freely what hee will he may eate to his dinner new laid Egges Mutton wilde Foule of the Woods if they have bled at night roast any of these he need not forbeare grosse Meates nor Wine if before he used them but if his body be plethorick or subject to a Feaver he must be carefull in his dyet and if he drinke any Wine it must be allayed with Water 2. If the Wound be great he must keepe his Chamber if not his Bed for feare of taking the aire 3. He must lye as well on the one side as on the other and also on the wounded side especially an houre before he be drest that the Humors may descend to
therewith it helps them presently it expelleth the Wind in the Guts and stayeth the running of the Reines it is good against the Water betweene the Skin and the Flesh it killeth Worms and helpeth all sick Members pain in the Hips Gout and Cholick and Chops in the Hands or Feet Oyle of Rue 54 Being drunke with VVine availeth much against Poisons being taken twice or thrice in three daies it helpeth all diseases of the Eyes from what cause soever they proceed if the apple be not perished if you anoint the Eye twice a day therwith it restores Members nummed with the Palsey if they be anointed therewith Oyle of Aniseeds 55 Being drunke with Wine in a morning fasting causeth a sweet Breath it is good against Winde in the Guts and Stomack and causeth the Pain to cease if you drinke three or foure drops and anoint the Stomack therewith it purgeth Phlegme upwards it inciteth to Venery and driveth forth Poison by sweat it is most excellent for shortnesse of Breath and comforteth the Lungs and breaketh the Stone in the Reins and Bladder Oyle of Fennell seed 56 It is most excellent for the Eyes to drink thereof once a day and to put a drop in the Eye morning and evening it helpeth the Dropsie and yellow Iaundise in hot diseases administer it with cold Waters and in cold diseases with Wine This Oyle breaketh the Stone in the Reines and provoketh Vrine and Moneths and breaketh winde being taken in Manus Christi Oyle of Parceley seed 57 Opens the obstructions of the Liver and Kidnies and provoketh the Moneths if it be drunke with convenient Medicines it causeth good digestion and comforts the Stomack and expells the Gravell and Stone and is good against all Poisons Blastings and Windinesse Oyle of Radish seed is made by expression 58 R. The seed of Radish and stamp it small and to every pound of seed put two ounces of good Wine then stamp it againe untill it be mixed and put it into a Copper or Iron vessell and set it over the fire continually stirring it untill it be scalding hot then put it into a Canvasse bagge and presse it forth and separate the Oyle from the Water This Oyle causeth good Digestion and provoketh Vrine breaketh Winde in the Stomack and also the Stone in the Bladder it expelleth Oyle of Mustardseed 59 Is made by expression as aforesaid It provoketh the Termes if you anoint the Reines and without the Matrice and also drinke it it dissolveth the paines in the Side and of the Mother and expelleth Gravell and Stone Oyle of Colewortseeds 60 Is made as aforesaid It is good against Wormes and all Inflammations in the Body and preserveth Armour from rusting Oyle of Linseed or Flaxe seed 61 Is made as before It is good in a Pluresie and dissolveth it if you give foure ounces thereof to drinke it is used for Painting and to make Vernish Oyle of Mans-skull 62 You shall buy this Oyle of the Chymists it is good against the Falling sicknesse giving three graines at a time thereof to drinke Oyle of Saturne and Iupiter that is of Lead and Tin 63 It is the most excellent of all Oyles to heale Wounds so as no bones be broken or cut Oyle of Mercury or Quicksilver 64 Is marveilous good in fresh Wounds and to be used outwardly for the Poxe anointing the Sores therewith Oyle of Hempseed 65 If any one drinke one ounce of this Oyle at a time it maketh him pleasant and merry it is profitable for Women it maketh them merry and comely to see to and maketh Souldiers couragious it is made as the Oile of Linseed Emplaisters CHAP. XXXIV Emplastrum de Ianna R. The Iuice of Smalladge Plantaine and Betony ana lib. i. Waxe Pitch Rosin Turpentine ana lib. ss let three of the Simples be concocted in the Iuices stirring them easily till the Iuices be consumed then take it from the fire and put in the Turpentine It is marveilous effectuall in Wounds and greene Vlcers it pacifieth Inflammation Detergeth Agglutinateth Incarnateth and also Cicatrizeth Emplastrum Divinum 2 R. Of Galbanum Myrrhe ana â„¥ i. Ê’ ii Ammoniacum â„¥ iii. Ê’ iii. Oppoponax Mastick long Aristolochia Verdigrease ana â„¥ i. Litharge common Oyle ana lib. ss new Waxe â„¥ viii Frankinsence â„¥ i. Ê’ i. Bdellium â„¥ ii Loadstone â„¥ iii. the Litharge by stirring is mingled with the Oyle after it is boiled untill it become thicke then adde the Waxe in small pieces and as soon as it is melted take it off the fire and put in the Galbanum Oppoponax Ammoniacum and Bdellium dissolved in Vinegar and Wine boiled and strained after adde the powdered Myrrhe Mastick Incense and Aristolochia and Loadstone next strew in the Verdigrease lest that if it should be boiled any long space the Emplaister become red This Emplaister is marvellous good against maligne Vlcers for it detergeth and consumeth Quitture and corruption and ingendreth new Flesh and bringeth them to a Scar. The black Emplaister 3 R. Of red Lead lib. i. of white Lead lib. ss Oyle Olive lib. ii ss boile them together untill it looke black then take it off the fire and make it up in rowles It is a very good Salve for all manner of Sores or Aches To make an attractive Plaister for the Gout 4 R. Of Waxe lib. ss â„¥ iiii Rosin lib. ss Colophony lib. ss â„¥ iiii Bolearme â„¥ iiii Benjamin â„¥ ii Storax liquid â„¥ ss Storax calamite â„¥ ii Mastick â„¥ i. Olibanum â„¥ i. Myrrhe â„¥ i. Assafaetida â„¥ ii Galbanum â„¥ ss Saffron â„¥ ss Oyle of Roses â„¥ i. Cloves â„¥ i. Deeres suet lib. ss melt your Waxe and Deere suet upon a soft fire then put it to the Rosin Colophony and Bolearmenick and then put in halfe the rest of the Parcels reserving the Oyle of Roses Benjamin and Galbanum they must be last stir it continually upon the fire put it into a Canvasse bagge and strain it with a rowling pin then boile a good quantity of Plantaine in vi Gallons of Water two houres then straine it and when it is cold straine your Plaister into it and make it up in rowles An excellent Emplaister to heale any Wound or Ache. 5 R. Valerian Woodbine Isope Devils bit Adders tongue Hounds tongue Capons Feather S. Iohns wort Houseleeke Red Sage Brier leaves Diasie leaves Tutsane leaves Cumfrey Selfeheale anam i. House-snailes one Pint chop them and the Hearbes and boyle them according to Art in a double Vessell in a sufficient quantitie of May Butter and straine it adde of Frankincense â„¥ ii Myrrhe and Sacrocole ana â„¥ i. Alome Honey Waxe Rosin Turpentine ana â„¥ vi boyle it according to Art and reserve it for your use Sir Philip Parys his Emplaister 6 R. Of Oyle Olive lib. ii red Lead lib. i. white Lead lib. i. beat and searse them Spanish Soape â„¥ xii Incorporate these well together in an earthen Pot well glazed before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle
Cheese grate it and with Honey make an Oyntment and anoint the place till it bee whole For to stay the humour that flowes to the Teeth and Eyes through the Temples 26 R. Of Masticke and Frankincense powdered ana make a Plaister with sufficient white Wine and the white of an Egge and lay it to the Temples To give present ease to the goute 27 R. Milke and boile it and with Vinegar make a Posset and binde the Curde hot to the part For the Palsey 28 R. A new Earthen pot and fill it full of Camomill and stop it well and set it in another pot under ground for forty dayes then take it up and you shall finde Oyle there in and anoint the place with that Oyle if it be in thy Head anoint thy Forehead if the Hands anoint thy Wrists To stop a Laske 29 R. Wheaten Meale and with the juice of Yarrow make little Cakes and bake them and eate them Another 30 R. Rubarbe â„¥ i. grate it and mingle it with as much Conserve of Roses as will make it up hereof R. every morning Ê’ ss and presently after it drinke a good draught of warme Milk well boiled and fast two houres after it doe thus for three daies then R. every night before you goe to bed halfe a dram of Diascordium For one that is blasted 31 R. A Hens Egge and roast it hard and put the white only into a brasse Mortar and put to it of Copperas Ê’ ii and grinde them well together to an Ointment and anoint the Face and it will coole it and allay the swelling and when it is almost whole anoint it with Oyntment of Popular buds described before To stop womens immoderate Fluxe 33 R. A Hares foote and burne it to Powder and drinke it first and last in stale Ale till you be whole To provoke the monthly Visits 33 R. A piece of fresh Beefe boile it in faire Water and skumme it cleane when it is enough take it up and boile in the Broth these hearbes following being shred small untill they be soft Hartstongue Maidenhaire Borage red Mints Languebeufe Alisander and Water cresses ana eate these hearbes next your heart in a morning for nine daies and lie not long in bed For them that cannot hold their Water 34 R. The Pissle of a red Deare that is fallen from him as it doth every yeare dry the same in an Oven after the Bread is drawne then beate it to powder and give the Patient a little thereof in a draught of drinke blood-warme last at night and first in the morning and fast for three houres after it To stay a Laske 35 R. A Nutmeg made in Powder mixe it with a Yolke of an Egge in the shell the White done away then heate a Stone hot and drop a little hereof upon the Stone like little Cakes and let it bake and eate of them morning and evening the quantity of one Egge and a Nutmeg at a time For a Cough or Cold. 36 R. Aniseeds â„¥ i. Licoras â„¥ ss of the best dry Figs nu x. Raisons of the Sun nu xx bruise them small and boile them in a quart of running Water till halfe be consumed and give it the sicke to drinke warme morning and evening and fast two houres after and it will remove the Cold from the Stomack For the running of the Reines 37 R. Parsnips sliced thinne and boiled in red Cowes Milke till they be all Pap taken cold morning and evening if you adde in the boiling the water of Oaken buds it will be much better For any Carbuncle Plague Sore Botch Boile or Imposthume 38 R. Bay Salt well beaten to powder sifted and incorporated well with the yolke of an Egge and applyed and it will draw to it selfe all the Venome of the Sore and breake any Boile and heale it A singular Medicine for Bone ache in what place soever 39 R. Of Aquavitae and Oyle of Bay ana mixe them well together and warme it in a Saucer and anoint the grieved place from the fire and keepe it warme For all old Aches and Paines in the Ioynts 40 R. The whole Horne that a Bucke casts off the later the better cast away the Scalpe and take nothing but the Horne then cut it in pieces and boile it in a Gallon of faire water untill it come to a pinte or something more then straine it and let it stand untill it bee cold when you use it warme some of it in a Saucer and anoint the grieved place by the fire and it will cure in nine or ten dressings To cause one to voide Winde 41 R. The cleare Iuice of red Fennell and make Posset Ale therewith and drink it A good Purge 42 R. Of Sene â„¥ i. Coriander seed â„¥ ss Cinamon Licoras Aniseeds Ginger anaÊ’ ii Sugar â„¥ ii beate them into powder and steepe them in a quart of Ale the space of foure and twenty houres then straine it and drinke the one halfe at a time if you will you may take the other halfe the next day To stay bleeding at the Nose 43 R. A linnen Cloth and wet it in cold water and wrap it about the Patients Cods and it will stay For the bloody Fluxe 44 R. As much linnen Cloth as will make a Suppositary make it up into the forme of a Suppositary and soake it well in Aqua composita and put it up into the Fundament To stay womens immoderate Fluxe 45 R. A pinte of Milke hot from the Cow put in as much Rennet as will serve to turne it to Cheese and immediatly drinke it up doe thus for three mornings if need be and it will stay For too much Vomiting 46 R. Of Speare Mint water â„¥ iiii put thereto of the Sirrup of Quinces â„¥ ss and Ê’ ii of Cinamon Water and take two or three spoonfulls at a time For Freckles in the Face 48 R. The blood of a Hare warme from the body and anoint the Face therewith and it will doe them away For an old Ioint sicknesse 49 R. Ants with their Egges stampe them and boile them in faire Water and bathe the member therein For a Botch Boile or Fellon 50 R. The curde of a Posset and lay to it to gather the corruption together remove it not in twelve houres and if once laying will not serve then doe so three or foure times then take quicke Lime and quench it with faire Spring water and mixe with it as much blacke Sope and lay a little thereof to the Sore when it is broken wash it with white Wine a little warmed and then heale it with Butter and powder of Sugar mixed together To make a Iuice of Licoras to stay the Cough comming of Rheume to be made in the beginning of May. 51 R. Of Licoras â„¥ iiii beate it small and searce it then R. of Hyssop m. v. or vi of Foales foote m. iiii Rosemary flowers m. i. stampe all these together in a Stone Mortar and straine them into a faire Bason
with halfe a pinte of faire running Water or Hyssope water put in your Powder of Licoras and boile it and stirre it untill it be as thicke as good Creame then straine it through a fine Strainer and set it againe on the fire and let it seethe a good space after ever stirring it untill it be very thicke then put in of red Sugar Candy â„¥ iii. or iiii and boile them untill they puffe up from the bottome of the Bason For a Fellon 52 R. Raggewort Rue Hyssop ana pu i. one clove of Garlicke a little pieces of sowre Leaven a spoonfull of Bay salt and a piece of rusty Bacon beate all these together and lay it to very thicke for foure and twenty houres space For those that are troubled with Rheume distilling downe their Throate in the night 53 Of Cumminseeds â„¥ ii bruised Nutmegs sliced nu ii Cloves bruised the same quantity the yolkes of two Egges or two Egges hard roasted mingle these together and quilt them in a linnen bagge and sprinkle the said bagge with very good Aquavitae and lay the said bagge every night to the nape of your Necke For a Bruise 54 R. Of the blood of a Pigge â„¥ iiii of Vinegar â„¥ ii a few crummes of browne Bread boile all these together untill they be something thicke and so warme lay it to the place for the space of foure and twenty houres doe thus twice or thrice if need be To take away the Morphew and other filth from the Face and Hands and to make a new skin 55 R. Of white Mercury sublimated Ê’ i. Camphire Ê’ ii Lemons nu ii white Sugar â„¥ i. faire water one pinte and a halfe put all these into a Glasse and so let it stand eight or ten daies and then straine it and keepe it in a cleane Violl and when you will use it wet a cleane linnen Cloth therein and then put it softly upon the Face or Hands where the Morphew or Filth is and will take it off in short time To make the Skin soft and white after the said Medicine 56 R. A black Sheepes head or two and cut off the Hornes and Skin and throw them away with the Brain and eyes then seeth the Heads in faire water and skum off the Oyle very cleane put to this Oyle a little Rose-water and anoint the Face therewith and it will make a smooth Skin soft white and faire To breed Blood and bring a good fresh Colour in the Face 57 R. A new Pipkin with a Cover that will hold a pinte fill it with good olde Muscadine and halfe a pound of great blew Currans and the weight of a Shilling of the best Rubarbe cut in slices and three slices of Ginger let these stand all night upon the hot Embers and eate every morning a spoonefull or two of the Currans and Sirrup For the Spleene 58 R. Ashen keyes and the Greenewood burne them make Lye of the Ashes after it hath stood three dayes cleare it then take Barrowes grease and wash it in white Wine and dry it and beate it with a rowling pin and when it is well beaten put it into the Lye and seethe the Lye and it to an Oyle then put into it a spoonefull of Doctor Stephens water and and as much Rose-water beate it well together and so put it up to anoint the Side downewards if you use to drinke Bedward Posset drinke wherein the greene barke of Ashe is boiled it will much profit it is also good to use Oyle of Tamariske and Oyle of Capers to anoint the Side with it An approved laxative Whey for the Spleene 59 R. Of the inner barke of the Ashe tree Maidenhaire Hartstongue Licoras Aniseeds Parceley rootes Sene leaves and coddes ana m. i. boile them in a pottle of cleane Whey untill almost the halfe be consumed then straine it and use it first and last every day untill you finde health forbearing to eate or drinke the space of two or three houres after all the while you doe this you shall anoint your Side with the aforesaid Ointment To stanch Blood in Veine or Artery 60 R. Olibanum â„¥ ii Aloes Hepaticke â„¥ i. haires of a Hare a little cut whites of Egges as much as will serve to incorporate them make a Stuphe of Flax and dip it in the Medicine and apply it cold let it lye three or foure dayes then if it sticke fast apply the white of an Egge and Oyle of Roses untill the next day To provoke Vomit and to purge the Belly 61 R. The rinde of the roote of Elder tree chopped in small pieces steepe it in Wine the space of a night and drinke the Wine in the morning For the Dropsie 62 R. Raisons of the Sun stoned lib. i. put them into a pinte of good white Wine and so let them stand covered nine or ten dayes then eate thereof three or foure times a day eight or nine at a time For the Ptisicke 63 R. The tender crops of Mallows boile them and butter them as a Sallet with Butter and Vinegar and eate them with your meate For women with Childe that are subject to Miscarrying 64 R. The whites of two Egges beate them well with cleane Water and sup them up when you feele any fright or sudden alteration For the Cholicke 65 R. Of the Oyle of sweete Almonds drawne without fire â„¥ iii. mixe it with a little white Wine and Pellitary water and drinke it then swallow a Leaden Bullet besmeated with Quicksilver and the Bullet comming presently forth at his Fundament will cure him For the Sciatica 66 First raise a Blister and let out the Water in it then R. ground Ivy and stampe it and apply it to the Blister with a cloth sufficiently doubled then R. a Cat and flea it and put into the Belly the garbage being taken out twenty Snailes shels and all and so roast it and to the dripping put of Oyle of Spike one penny-worth halfe an Oxe gall Neats-foote Oyle two spoonefulls Badgers grease one spoonefull Oyle of Turpentine two penniworth A quavitae one penniworth mixe them and therewith anoint the griefe and keepe it warme FINIS A Table of the principall matters contained in this booke A TO make Aegyptiacum part 2. page 8. For an Ache part ibidem page 10. num 9. page 11. num 10 page 12 num 15 page 13. num 18. page 17. num 16. page 49. num 6. page 51. num 10. page ibi num 11. page 52. num 13. page 55. num 19. page 48. num 8. page 45. num 5. page 167. num 41. page 84. num 49. Actions what they are part 1. page 52. Ages part 1. page 9. Agues cured part 2. page 63. num 7. page 104. num 2. page 110. num 2. Aloes Rosatum made part 2. page 133. num 9. Aloes washed part ibidem page 135. num 15. Apoplexie cured part 2. page 36. num 33. Apostemes cured part ibidem page 49. num 6. in the head page 158. num 9.
red Roses ana â„¥ ss Lavender Origanum Nigella anaÊ’ ii Orange or Lemon Peeles Ê’ ii Clove dust â„¥ ii make all in fine Powder and mingle them To make Damaske Powder 14 R. Of Orris lib. i. red Rose leaves dryed â„¥ iiii Cloves Ê’ vi Saunders Citrine sweet Marjoram â„¥ ss Calamus Aromaticus Ciprus Rootes Coriander ana Ê’ iiii Powder them and adde of Storax Calamint Ê’ vi and Muske Ê’ i. or of Muske Cod Ê’ iiii beaten into small pieces A Powder for the Falling sicknesse 15 R. A Mans Skull that hath been dead but one yeare bury it in the Ashes behinde the fire and let it burne untill it be very white and easie to be broken with your finger then take off all the uppermost part of the Head to the top of the Crowne and beat it as small as is possible then grate a Nutmeg and put to it and the blood of a Dog dryed and powdered mingle them all together and give the sick to drinke first and last both when he is sick and also when he is well the quantity of halfe a Dram at a time in white Wine A Powder for the Gout 16 R. Of fine Ginger the weight of two Groates Elecampane Rootes dryed twice as much Licoras the weight of eight Groates Sugar candy â„¥ iii. beat all into fine Powder searce them and mingle them and drink thereof all times of the day A Powder to rub the Teeth and keep them white 17 R. White Bread Corrall Harts horne ana â„¥ ss Allome Ê’ i. Sage and Roses ana m. i. Oyster shels and Egge shels ana m. ii make them into fine Powder and rub the Teeth also pieces of Cheiney dishes powdered is excellent to rub the Teeth A Powder to stanch bleeding at the Nose 18 R. Truboll Ê’ iii. Dragons blood Frankinsence Alloes Mastick anaÊ’ i. haires of the belly of an olde Hare small cut Ê’ ss make them in Powder and blow them into the Nose and make a Tent of Cotton to hold it in A Powder for the Greene sicknesse 19 R. Steele Powder â„¥ i. Nutmegs nu i. Licoras Ê’ ii powder them and take as much Sugar as the quantity of the Powder and mingle them then take thereof as much as will lie on a shilling every Morning fasting and an houre and a halfe after take some water Gruell or other thin Broth using some exercise presently after doe the like at Night an houre before you goe to bed and use some exercise untill you goe to bed you must forbeare Milke and Fruits and Meates made of Milke A Powder for the Stone 20 R. Of Hollands Powder Ê’ i. a little long Pepper and the Seeds or Kernells that be in Ashe keyes powder them and put them into white Wine or stale Ale and drinke it first and last blood-warme A Powder for the Falling sicknesse 21 R. The Skull of a man that hath been dead but one yeare and bury it in the Ashes behinde the fire and let it burne untill it be marvellous white and so well burned that you may breake it with your finger then take off all the uppermost part of the Head to the top of the Crown and beat it as small as is possible then grate a Nutmeg and put to it then take Dogs blood and dry it and make Powder thereof and mingle as much with the other Powder as the Powder weighes and give it the sick to drinke both when he is well and when he is sicke first and last and it will help him by Gods grace A Powder for the black Iaundies 22 R. A platterfull of great Earth-wormes and wash them very clean then sprinkle them with Salt to scoure themselves to death then wash them very cleane againe and lay them one by one in a Platter then set them in an Oven after the bread is drawne and there let them stand untill they be so dry that they may be powdered then powder them very fine and put the Powder in a Bladder which you may keepe a whole yeare when you would use it take a spoonfull thereof and put it into a good draught of Beere or Ale then put in a little Powder of English Saffron and a little Iett powdered and as much Treacle as an Hasell Nut and a rase of Turmerick grated then warme it Blood-warme and give it the Patient to drinke and let him fast iii. houres after A Powder for a Stitch. 23 R. For a Man the Leaves of shee Holly for a woman of Hee Holly dry them and powder them and put thereof into your drinke or broth Waters CHAP. XXXVI A good Water for Heates and Inflammations of the Eyes 1 R. Of Aloes Epatick purest Sugar Turty stone powdered ana â„¥ i. red Rosewater white Wine ana lib. ii in a double Glasse set them in Balneo Maria five or sixe dayes often shaking it about A Water to cleanse a filthy cankerous Vlcer 2 R. Plantaine water red Rose water ana lib. i. Iuice of Night shade Houseleeke and Plantaine ana â„¥ iiii red Roses m. ss Myrtles Cypresse Nuts ana â„¥ ss of the rinde of the Pomegranate Ê’ iii. flowers of S. Iohns wort p. ii flowers of Molleyn p. i. Mastick Myrrhe Frankincense anaÊ’ i. Honey of Roses lib. i. â„¥ iiii powder that which is to be powdered and distill them all together R. of this distilled Water lib. i. therein dissolve conserve of Roses â„¥ vi and Sirrup of dry Roses â„¥ i. with Oyle of Brimstone xii drops and use it An excellent Water for the Vlceration of the Yard 3 R. Water wherein Iron hath been often quenched lib. ii red Roses â„¥ iiii Pomegranate Pills and Flowers anaÊ’ ii Plantaine Houseleeke ana â„¥ iii. ss Honey of Roses Turpentine ana lib. ss Allome â„¥ vi white Coperas Ê’ iii. boile them in a cleane vessell untill halfe bee wasted then straine it and adde Verdigrease â„¥ iii. boile them againe or if you will Filter it A Water for a Fistula 4 R. White Wine one pinte Iuice of Sage â„¥ i. Borace in Powder 3. d. weight Camphire powdered the weight of a Groate boile all together a pretty while on a gentle fire and with this Water wash the Fistula A Water for the Toothache 5 R. Red Rose leaves m. ss Pomegranate flowers m. ss Galls sliced thin n. ii boile them all in three quarters of a pinte of red Wine and halfe a pinte of faire Water untill the third part be wasted then straine it and hold a little thereof in your mouth a good while then spit out and take more also if your Cheeke swell apply the strainings betweene two Clothes as hot as may be suffered A Water for the Sight 6 R. Smallage Fennell Rue Egrimony Daffadill Pimpernell and Sage ana distill them with breast Milke and a little Frankincense and drop of it into your Eyes each night A precious Water for Sore Eyes and to restore the Sight 7 R. Smallage Rue Fennell Verveine Egrimony Scabious Avens Houndstongue Eufrace Pimpernell Sage ana
or three daies untill they come out then have a great care to keepe the Chamber warme but not too hot in any case let them eat no fresh meat if a Feaver accompany the Poxe untill it be past nor any broth with Spice but thinne thicken'd broth boiled with a white Crust when the Feaver is past and the Poxe begin to fall let them eate Bread and Butter or a potcht Egge in all this time let their Beere be warmed with a Toste and sweetned with Sugar and when they have drunke let them eate the Toste to cleanse their mouth and throate if the Poxe be in the Eyes then take red Rosewater and womans Milke ana and a little loafe Sugar finely beaten everyday fresh and with a feather dresse them often in a day or you may tye a little bruised Quince seed in a cloth and soake it in white Rose water and wash the Eyes but not above thrice a day lest you feed the Poxe neither wash the Eyes except the Poxe be in them deny them not drinke at any time when the Poxe begin to look black on the heads then minge Parmacetae and Oyle of sweet Almonds together to an Ointment and with a feather anoint the Face at night therewith being a little warmed this will cause them to scale then anoint the Face every night with the Ointment of Bacon described before in the Vnguents and in the morning wash your Face with water of Beane flowers when they are quite well it is good to give them an ounce or two of Cassia newly drawne in some Posset drinke to purge them if the Poxe come not out kindly at first you shall give the Patient of Bezoar powdered small in Posset drinke according to the strength and age of the Patient from three to eight graines For a Fellon 12 R. Fine Malt flower m. i. Sope as much as a Wallnut boile them together in some Beere untill it be thicke lay this to the place and change it twice or thrice in a day For buzzing in the Eares 13 R. A clove of Garlick pill it and pricke three or foure holes in the midst of it and dip it in fine English Honey and put it into your Eare and stop your Eare with a little blacke Wooll and lie upon the contrary side thus let it rest seven or eight daies To stay a Laske 14 R. A good quantity of Burre rootes and wash them cleane with running Water then seethe them in faire Water till halfe the Water be consumed when you goe to bed wash the soales of you Feete herewith and if that stay not enough then wash higher and it will stay it For the Goute 15 R. A gallon of thy owne Vrine and a pound of Virginwaxe and of houseleeke lib. v. set those on the fire together and let them scald untill the Houseleeke be tender then bathe thy legs and feete therein thus take a dishfull of this decoction and by the fire wash thy feete with this Liquor very hot and let the remnant of the Liquor stand on the fire to keepe hot when that dishfull is cold put it into the hot Liquor and take another dishfull and bathe as you did before doe this for halfe an houre alwaies with hot broth then take the residence in the bottome of the Pot and lay it upon a blew Cloth that is well Woaded either Woollen or Linnen and lay it to the soare place and wrap it well up and let it lie a day and a night doe thus untill it bee whole this will drive the paine downewards and when it is in thy foote lay the Plaister all over the Foote and Toes if the disease be in the Hands doe as you did to the Feete For Earewigges or any Worme crept into the Head 16 R. Of the Garlicke that is called S. Mary Garlicke three or foure Cloves stampe in a Mortar and lay them in a little cleane Water a good while then wring out the Iuice with a Cloth very hard then put of that Liquor into the Eare and hold that Eare upwards and it will kill the Worme or else cause him to come out at the Nose For a Fellon 17 R. Smallage pu i. wheaten Leaven black Sope and the white of an Egge and wheate Flower stampe them together and lay them on a Cloth to the Fellon For the stinging of a Waspe or Bee 18 If the Sting sticke in the flesh pull it out and then take an Almond and cut it over-thwart and lay the one halfe upon the Soare and it will cease the swelling and ease the paine For a Stitch in the Side 19 R. A pretty big Dish fill it full of Embers and lay the reon a handfull of Rosemary leaves and then lay a Cloth on the Rosemary to keepe it close and so lay it to the grieved place as hot as can be suffered To stay the immoderate Fluxe of Women 20 R. A good piece of Allome and seethe it in faire Water till it be dissolved then take sodden Milke and with the said decoction make a Posset presse the Curde from the Whey and lay the Curde to the secret place and it will stay it A speciall Medicine for the Goute 21 R. A spoonfull of bay Salt and as much gâ—ay Sope and the quantity of a Wallnut of Boares grease Rue and the hearbe called Rage ana m. ss beate all these in a Mortar untill they come to a Salve then lay it on a Cloth to the griefe and renew it once a day For the Megrim 22 R. Of the Iuice of Seagreene Aquavitae and the Gall of a Steere ana put together on the fire to warme then take a linen Cloth and bathe your forehead therewith and your Temples at night when you are going to bed then dip a double linnen Cloth therein as much as will cover the Forehead and binde it to the Patients head all night for two or three nights together To stay the bloody Fluxe 23 R. A great red Onyon take out the coare and fill the hole full of Frankincense and English Saffron ana then put on the top and set the Onyon in the Embers and when it is tender spread it on a linnen Cloth and lay the one halfe to the Navill and the other to the Fundament as hot as may be To cleare the Eyes when they are blood-shotten or sore 24 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris â„¥ ss Sugar Candy â„¥ ss white Wine â„¥ i. heate the Stone almost red hot in a cleare fire then beate it very fine in a cleane Mortar and mingle it with the Wine and straine it through a linnen Cloth then put in the Sugar Candy very finely beaten put this Water in a Glasse and when you would use it shake the Glasse that it may mingle and so drop a drop or two into the Eye lying upwards Evening and Morning and lie so a while after Note that this Stone must bee cleare without red spots or else it is hurtfull For wilde Fire 25 R. Olde hard
drop from it as fine as the haire of your head To boile Sugar to a Candy height 37 Boile Sugar untill it will draw like a thred betweene your Finger and your Thumbe Preserve all your white Fruits in a Copper preserving Pan tinned within for any Mettall else will change the colour of your Fruits To make Marmalade of Oranges or Lemmons 38 Take faire Oranges or Lemmons cut them take out the meate and boile them tender in faire water shifting the water seven or eight times to take away the bitternesse then take them up and wring all the water from them and beate them in a stone Mortar with the pulpe of three or foure yellow Pippins then straine it and boile it with stirring untill it become thick then take it from the fire and lay it upon white Paper and take as much refined Sugar as that pulpe doth weigh and put it into a Pan with as much Rosewater as will melt it boile it to a Candy height and then put in your pulpe into the Sugar and boile it untill it rise from the bottome of the Pan ever stirring it then boxe it and put it into a Stove uncovered and when it is dryed cover it Miscellanea CHAP. XLVII To make Ielly of Flesh 1 TAke a red Cocke and a knuckle of Mutton or the sinewes and knuckle of Veale and a little Mutton Raisons of the Sun stoned boile all these to pieces then take it from the fire and stampe the meate and all together in a Mortar and let it run through a woollen strainer and when it hath stood all night skumme off the top and season the rest with Sugar and a little Nutmeg sliced and a sticke of Cinamon and a blade of Mace boile it up and straine it through a Ielly bagge To make Harts-horne Ielly 2 Put to foure ounces of Harts-horne a quarte or three pintes of Water and infuse it twelve houres in a Pipkin very close and when it is almost enough put to it a few Cowslip flowers Borage and Violet flowers and a blade of Mace then let it run through the strainer and season it with Sugar put to it the Iuice of a Lemmon and a little Nutmeg sliced and boile it untill it will Ielly in a spoone then put a sprig of Rosemary a little while into it and so run it through your Ielly bag To make the Court Ielly 3 Take three Calves feete water them all one night then scald them as you would doe a Pig and slit them and take out the long bones then take a young Cockerell and dresse him and after he hath layen one night in water boile him and the feete together in foure pintes of white Wine and as much faire Water untill it be enough then let it run through a faire strainer into a Bason letting it stand untill it be through cold and then take a Knife or a Spoone and cut or skumme off the purest from the drosse in the bottome and put the same into a cleare Pot with three quarters of a pound of Sugar two ounces of Cinamon scrapt and a little bruised one ounce of Ginger pared and sliced two Nutmegs sliced and ten Cloves cut all these being put together set them on the fire and boile them untill it be almost enough then take the whites of sixe Egges and beate them well together and put them into your Ielly on the fire stirring them altogether letting them boile a good walme and so take it off the fire letting it stand untill the heate be well off it and then take off the uppermost cleane and let the rest run through a Ielly bag with a branch of Rosemary twice or thrice untill it be very cleare A remedy for the Fluxe 4 R. The inward Rinde of an Oake sapling boile it in the milke of a red Cow herewith make Rice pottage and season it with Cinamon and some Sugar and use to eate of it For an old Cough or Ptisicke 5 R. Auripigmentum made into fine Powder Ê’ i. mixe it with Wort or the Yolke of an Egge to the thicknesse of a Plaister and spread it upon Coltsfoote leaves or new Canvasse cut into small pieces and burne them one after another upon a Chafingdish and Coals and receive the fume into your mouth with a Funnell For a Consumption 6 Boile in running Water a legge of Veale or Beefe or a Capon cut in small pieces skumme away the fat and froth as fast as it riseth boile it the space of an houre then R. Parseley rootes Fennell rootes Tamarisse rootes Rosemary brances Hartstongue leaves ana nu v. Borage m. ii Spearemints Sowthistle Sorrell Dandelion Violet leaves Hyssop ana m. i. cut the rootes and stuffe your Capon with the hearbes the residue of you hearbes binde in a bundle and boile with your rootes in the same Earthen vessell adde thereto a few crusts of Manchet Raisons of the Sun lib. ss Currans â„¥ iii. whole Mace Ê’ i. bound in a Cloth Dates quartered nu viii boile all these together with the flesh untill the Broth be thick and clammy adde more Water in the boiling that the flesh boile not drie then run it through a Ielly bag after that put it on the fire againe to clarifie hereof let the Patient take foure or five spoonfulls at a time To make a good Searecloth to skin and heale 7 R. Of Deare suet and May butter ana lib. ss Waxe â„¥ iii. when these are molten put to them of Lapis Calaminaris beaten and searsed when it hath boiled a little while take it off the fire and let it run through a thinne Cloth then dip your Clothes into it and stroake them smooth when they be cold sleeke them A Medicine for the Spleene 8 R. White Wine Vinegar and the Gall of an Oxe ana mingle them together and set them on the Embers all night to infuse on the morrow take a blew Cloth well woaded and wet it in the Liquor and apply it reasonable warme to the Spleene and in few daies you shall have helpe For an Apostume in the Head 9 R. Barley flower and Cummin seeds beaten ana make thereof a Cake with a little Water and bake it then whiles it is hot make a hole in the top and fill it with Treakle and hold it to your eare that the breath may goe into your head For a weake Backe 10 R. The pith of an Oxe back â„¥ iii. Dates sliced â„¥ ii boile these in a pinte of Muscadine and eate thereof in a morning For the small Poxe 11 When you perceive the Poxe comming out either on the Patients Breast or Face make this Posset R. Of Ale or Beere which the Patient likes best make a Posset with new Milke and take off the Curde and boile in the drinke one spoonfull of raspt Harts horne and as many Marigold flowers sixe or eight leaves of Sorrell a little Licoras sliced and scraped a few Figs cut in pieces take this blood-warme and drinke no other drinke for two