the seethyng put to it a litle Comyn braied y e pouder of a hartes horne the yolkes of two egges and safroÌ„ a lytle stirre theÌ„ wel about and lay a plaister hote ouer al his forehead and temples Thys is an excellent remedy also for the meygryme It shall perce the better yf ye adde a lytle vineger ¶ An other Make a plaister of bean floure lineseed oyle of Camomylle or in lacke of it goose grece or duckes grece and rubbe the place with Aqua vite and after lay the playster hote vpon it ¶ An other Take a sponeful of mustardseed and another of Bay buryes make them in pouder and stampe them with a handful of earth wormes splitte and skraped from their earthe and a litle oyle of Roses or of Camomyll or capons grece and lay it on the grefe Also it is good to take the iuce of Iâ—ie leaues mixt wyth oyle and vinegre to rubbe therwyth your temples and your nosethrilles Also the chestwormes that are found betwene the barkes of trees whyche wil turne them selues togyther like a beade wheÌ„ they be touched yf they be taken sodden in oile it maketh a singuler oyntment for the meigryme ¶ The seconde chapter howe to cure diseases chauncyng in the face FYrste as touchynge a disease called Gutta rosacea or copperface in english it is an excessiue rednesse about y e nose or other places of the face commynge of brente humours or of salte phlegme whyche can not be holpen yf it be rooted and olde ¶ Remedye for the same yf it be curable YE must giue hym a purgacion as is said in y e paine of the head commyng of cholere theÌ„ dippe lynnen clothes in alume water which shal be made thus Take a pouÌ„d of alumeglasse y e iuce of purcelane of plaÌ„tain vergiouce of grape or crabbes of eche a pint a halfe with y e whites of .xx. egges beat them wel together with y e said iuice theÌ„ mixe all together and distil it in a commune stillatory keepe the water for to vse agaynste all pymples scurses wheales chafinges and heates that chaunce in the skinne The clothes dipt as is aforesayd must be layed to the rednesse and ofteÌ„times renewed with other fresh cloutes dipped in the same ¶ Another remedy Take lytarge of syluer and brymstone of eche like muche and seeth theÌ„ in rose water and vineger then with a lynnen clout wette in the said vinegre lay it to the sore ¶ Remedye to pallifye the coppred face that is vncurable MAke a bath wyth the floures of camomyll violettes roses and floures of water lillies theÌ„ annoint y e place with vnguentum album caÌ„phoratum and mixt that ointment with a lytle yelowe brymstone and quycksyluer kylled wyth fastyng spitle and annoynt the place withal ¶ A water for the same A water called lac virginis is very good rose water mixt with sulphur oile of tartare and oile of wheate Also these thynges are good for tetterâ— other ruggednesse of the skinne The sayd lac virginis claryfieth the face dryethe vp moyste pymples takethe awaye frekels of the vysage is thus made Take .iii. ouÌ„ces of litarg of siluer fine poudred halfe a pinte of good whyte vinegre mixt them togyther distylle them by a fyltre or through a litle bagge or by a pece of cloth Then take of the same water and myngle it wyth water of salte made wyth one ounce of salte poudred halfe a pouÌ„d of rayne water or wel water mingle these waters togyther and it wyll be whyte lyke mylke and wyth thys rubbe the corrupt place Some adde a lytle ceruse wyth the litarge which is good for all rednesse of the face ¶ Here foloweth a general diete for al copperous faces ABstayne from all salte thinges spices fried meates and rosted meates Also from drinking of wyne for it is verye euill Also onions mustarde garlycke are very noughte In stede of whyche ye muste take purcelane sorel lettuce hoppes borage with succory or endiue in porrige or otherwise Also it is necessary to be laxatiue in slepiÌ„g to lay your head hye For rednesse of the face that is not copperosed TAke a pynt of goates mylke the cromes of one whyt lofe hote the white of sixe egges camfere two draÌ„mes and the iuyce of syxe cytrons mixte all these togyther wyth the said mylke then take al the thre kindes of plantayne and put them in the stylle vnder the sayde drugges and after it an other bedde of the same .iii. sortes of plantayne and distylle them with an easy fyre as ye wolde distille rose-water and kepe it in a glasse vessel And after .xv. daies take a white lynnen cloth and dippe in the said water and lay it to the rednesse An other for the same Water of lylyes stylled wyth the blood of an oxe and a litle camphere is very good ¶ For chopped or skabbye lyppes ¶ Annoynte them wyth vugentuÌ„ album caÌ„phoratum and yf there be any corrupt blood or matter ye must wash the place wyth water of Plantayne wherin hath bene sodde a lytle alume afore ye put on the sayde oyntment For the same ¶ Vnguentum de tutia and oyle of yolkes of egges be verye good for it Also it is good to wash y e place wyth plaÌ„tain water barly water togither ¶ For cankers vlcers and Noli me tangere FOrasmuch as Noli me taÌ„gere chaunceth often in the nâ—se or aboute the face begynnyng of a lytle harde and rouÌ„d kirnel or knobbe and ful of paine declyning toward a pale and leady colour ye may iudge that disease verye perilous notwithstaÌ„ding it is good to annoynte it as hereafter foloweth and also to applye therto other remedies as thus ¶ Take Vnguentum album two or thre ounces the iuce of plantayne and nightshade of eche halfe an ounce Tutie the weyght of halfe a crowne mingle them togyther and make an oyntment whyche is good for y e same disease ¶ For wormes in the face ALthough that wormes in y e face maye not be had out but wyth great difficultie and by long processe bycause of the colde humour whereof they come neuertheles forasmuch as oftentymes they happen vnto poore folkes here shall bee recited a receipt proued for the same disease whiche is an oyntment of a singuler operacion and is thus made ¶ Take the leaues rootes of lekes iuce them all togyther take therof a pint a half and put it in a glasse wyth an ounce of pouder of pellitory and a scruple of verdegrece and stirre them all togyther and euery day bath the sayde wormes and wheles wyth cotten moisted in the said iuce stirre it often in the glasse thys is good also for wormes in any other meÌ„bres and breedynge in the syckenesse called in Fraunce the kynges euyl ¶ A purgacion whiche ye oughte to take before the sayd bathyng ¶ Take halfe a dramme of good turbyth and a
scruple of gynger halfe an ounce of suger a lytle whyte wyne mixt all together and drynke it in the mornyng twyse a weeke warme and renewe it euery thre wekes ¶ For an vlcered face through wormes Ye must fyrste mundifie the deade fleshe wyth Vnguentum egyptiacum or the pouder called precipitatus and for the perfecte curacion ye muste dry it well wherfore it is good to wasshe the place often wyth alume water put therin lynte and yf there be great moistnes at the time of desiccation ye must dippe the same lynte in vnguentum apostoloruÌ„ or ceraseos with a litle of the oyntmeÌ„t y t foloweth which ye maye safely applie from the beginning to the ende of y e cure for it hath vertue to clense and incarnate with a gentle mundificacion and dryeng ¶ A singuler oyntment for wormes that matter Take oyle of lyllyes oile of linseed ana ounces .iii. oyle of roses oile of myrtylles ana ounces .ii. litarge of golde and syluer and redde lead ana i. ounce diaquilon white with gummes iiii ounces goates tallowe hogges grece of eche two ouÌ„ces a halfe blacke pytche and colophonye of eche ii ounces of the iuce of houÌ„destonge â–ª iiii ounces Seeth al togyther til they be blacke and the iuyce be cleane consumed then streyne it thorow a thycke canuaâ—e and after seeth it againe til it be exceding blacke in colour and then adde to it cleare turpeÌ„tine .iii. ounces guÌ„me oppoponax .ii. ouÌ„ces an halfe white waxe as much as shal suffice to make a plaister not ouer hard put the turpeÌ„tine oppoponax in when ye take it froÌ„ y e fyre This is an excelleÌ„t plaister also both for wouÌ„des vlcers For the same It is very good to lay vpon them the herbe called houndstong staÌ„ped with a litle hony ¶ Regyment or diete for the same sicknes ¶ The pacient in al diseases of y e face must endure huÌ„ger as much as is possible and eate not much at ones Also he muste holde his head vpryghte and slepe not on his knees nor elbowes nor wyth hys face bowed downe Also he must forbeare much laughynge speakynge and great anger ¶ For the eyes Hereafter foloweth diuers medicines for the eyes whyche are the windowes of the mynde for both ioy and anger and the moost of our affectioÌ„s are seene knowen openlie throughe them and they are ordeined and made to lyghten al the body wher vnto nature hath geuen browes and eye lyddes to defend them and kepe them in safetye and the better to resist thiÌ„ges contrarye and hurtfull vnto them Yet notwythstandyng besyde many other chauÌ„ces there happeneth soÌ„tymes a debilitye in the syght which must be holpen as herafter foloweth Take fenell verueyne celydone rue eyebryght and roses of euery one of them a lyke muche and distylle them as ye wold distille rosewater and vse a litle therof in your eyes both in the mornynge when ye go to bedde ¶ A water proued to clarifye the dymnes of the syght ¶ Take the iuyce of fenell of celydonye rue and eyebryght of eche .ii. ouÌ„ces hony an ounce and a halfe aloes tutye and sarcocolle of eche halfe an ounce the galle of a capon cheken or cocke two drammes nutmygges cloues and safron of eche a dramme suger candy .vi. drammes put al in a leÌ„bike of glasse distille it And of this water put in your eies ones iÌ„ the day And if ye could gette the liuer of a he goate and mixt wyth the said thinges in the distyllacion the water wil be of muche greater vertue and all moste wyth out comparison For the same Ye must vse euery daye to eate nutmygges and to take ones in a weke a mirabolane condyte For the same Take a pie and burne her and beat her to pouder and mingle it with fenel water and put it in your eies Also water of younge pyes stilled is verye good Lykewise water of rotten apples put .ii. or .iii. droppes in y e eies helpeth very muche A singuler water for diseases in the eyes and to clarifye the syght Take the grene walnuttes huskes and al from the tre with a feawe walnut leaues and distylle therof a water to droppe within your eyes Pylles good for the syght The pylles sine quibus assagareth with trosciskes of agaryk and pillule lucis are excellente good to purge the brayne and comfort the syght For payne of the eyes Somtymes payne of the eyes commeth of bloud and then the vaines of the eyes are redde and swollen wherfore it is conuenient to be let bloud of the heade veine on the syde where the payne is For bloodeshoten eyes The bloode of a stockedoue or in lacke of it an other doue or pigeon dropped a litle in the eie and a wete cloute thereof layde vpon the same healeth bloodshoteÌ„ eies whether it be of stroke or any other cause Sometime the said peyne commeth of cholere then the pacieÌ„t feleth great heate sharpe prycking much peine commonly ther appeareth no gumme in the eyes and yf it do it is yelowe Therfore ye ought to giue him a purgacion purgyng cholere as hath bene sayde in the remedye of the head procedyng of the cause of cholere ¶ For swellynge of the eyes Take a quynce and seeth it in water tyl it be softe then pare it and bruse it myxe it wythe the yolke of an egge and the cromes of wheaten or white bread steped in the said water and put therto a litle womans milke and two peny weyght of safron braye them all togyther and lay it ouer the forehead and the eies Sometimes such paines chaunce because of fleume and theÌ„ the pacyente feleth greate heuynes in hys eyes wyth abundaunce of gummye matter or water descendyng into the eyes And in thys case ye must purge the fleume as it hathe bene said in the remedye of the heade greued by the excesse of fleume ¶ To resolue the gumme ye shall vse to washe your eyes often tymes wyth the iuyce of housleke otherwyse called senegrene And some tymes the same peyne coÌ„meth because of ventositye or winde and then the pacient feleth suche peynes as if one beat on his eare with an hammer for whych it is good to make a decoccioÌ„ of camomille floures mellilote fenell seed in water whyte wyne therein wette a foure double lineÌ„ cloth the licour wel pressed out laye it often vpon the eye Otherwhyles there chauÌ„ceth peine of the eyes because of exterior thiÌ„ges as of wynd duste or heate of the suÌ„ne and then it is mete to lay therto womannes mylke wel beaten with the whyte of an egge And sometyme the saide peyne coÌ„meth by percussion or strykynge and then ye muste droppe into the eie of y e bloud of a pigeons winge or of a partryche whyche bloud hath like vertue to take awaye spottes markes and rednes of the eyes For very great payne of the eyes Take an ounce and
folowyng ¶ Remedye for all paynes of the stomake TAke camomil melilote wormwoode mallowes with theyr rootes leaues of bayes parietary and peyryalle of eche a handful lineseed a pounde fenugreke halfe a pound anees and fenel seed of eche halfe an ounce The sayde thynges brused and well sodden in water wet therin ▪ sponges and the licour wel pressed out and applied vnto y e stomake one after an other and warmyng them againe whē they begynne to cole swage all maner paynes of y e stomacke And afterward ye must annoīt the stomake with oyle of dylle and camomylle ¶ An other remedye Take an hogges bladder and fyl it of the sayde decoction and lappe it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the stomake and warme it agayne when it is cold But after ye haue made dyuerse suche applicacions Ye muste annoynte the stomake wyth the oyle aforesayde Yf the payne be remouing from place to place it signifieth it commeth of ventositi Therfore lay vnto it a bagfull of meale salte and commin dried togyther ¶ An other remedye Take a sponeful of hote asshes dewe them wyth good wyne and couer thē wyth a linnen cloth that it goe round aboute the spoone and laye it to the stomake ¶ An other remedye Take a sheue of breed metely thycke toste it and wete it in hote oyle of camomyl as hote as it commeth from y e ouen or in oyle of spyke and wrappe it in a linnen and lay it vpon y e paine ¶ An other remedye Put a great boxyng glasse vpon the nauyll and let it be there .i. houre ¶ An other remedye for payne of the stomake Take two drammes of diaciminon of dianisi of diagalanga drynke it with a litle good wyne an houre or .ii before meat To drinke two oūces of maluesye with a litle of one of y e sayd electuaries is very good for such paines as procede of coldnesse or vētosite ¶ An other remedye Take a drāme of galingale in pouder and giue it to drinke with a litle hote wyne and aboue al thynges for paine of ventositie a singuler remedye is to drinke a litle Castor with good wine ¶ An other Lykewise to drynke two houres before meate thre or foure ounces of the decoction of mītes anneis seedes comyne and fyne frankensence Also it is good to drynke an electuarye called aromaticum whereof ye maye receiue one lozenge euery mornyng fastyng ¶ An other speciall medicyne Take halfe an ounce of iuce of mintes two drāmes of y e iuice of wormwoode lignum aloes and cloues and xilo balsamum of eche in poudre half a scruple all myxt togyther dronke warme .ii. or thre houres before meat are excedyng profytable ¶ The syxt Chapter of remedyes for diseases of the liuer THe liuer is one of y e principall mēbres chefe instrumente of generacion of blood of other mēbres it lyeth on the ryght syde vnder the short rybbes y e whyche is ordeined to digest the meate the secōd tyme and thereof to make humours that nourysheth al y e membres of mānes body by his natural heat cōforted by heat of the hert But somtymes it is greued by blood in to much aboundaūce or by cholerik humours which cause to greate heate or els by fleume that doth diminysh the same ▪ A remedie for an hote lyuer Yf the lyuer be to hote bycause of to moch blood the person hath red vrine hasty pulse his veines great ful and he feleth his spattle mouth and tonge sweter then it was wont to be wherfore it is good to be let blood of the liuer veine on the right arme and to vse letuse sorelle purcelane hoppes in pottage and sometymes to drynke of y e waters of the said herbes fasting or els endiue water to refreshe y e liuer Regiment for disease of the liuer comming of blood YE muste abstaine frō drinkyng wine and eatynge of flesh and yf at meat or drīk ye muste otherwyse y e wine ought to be watred and the fleshe boiled with lettuse and sorel It is better to drinke ptysan or stale cydre eate brothe of peason almon mylke hulled barlye or rosted apples and damaske prunes whiles y e heat be diminysshed And ye ought euery daye to prouoke the duty of y e womb either by meanes of suppositorie or els other wyse Yf the liuer be ouer hote by cholere the pacient hath hys vryne cleare and yelowe wythout measure great thirst wythout appetyte feleth great burnyng in hys bodye and cōmonly hath his bellye bounde and hath the face yelowe This disease of the liuer chaunceth mooste in somer for it ye muste take twyse a daie an ounce of syrupe of endiue or violettes with a good draught of ptisane drynke it two or thre houres before meate and also at nyght to bedwarde and so continue thre or foure dayes In stede of the sayd syrupes ye may take thre oūces of ptisane or thre oūces of water of endiue cicorye and sorell meddled togyther for eche tyme. Then the fyfth daye in the morninge early it is good to drynke a purgaciō that pourgeth cholere whiche shal be made as foloweth An excellente purgacion for to auoyde cholere and may be gyuen to men of al ages TAke half an oūce of cassia newly drawen a drāme of good rubarbe infused a night in water of endiue wyth a lytle spikenard and an ounce of syrupe of violettes mixe all the sayd thynges with thre ounces of ptisane or whaye and drynke it warme as afore is said in the other Boles for the same In stede of the said medicine which is to costlye for poore folkes ye maye make boles of halfe an ounce of cassia and thre drammes of electuarium de succo rosarum and eate them thre houres after mydnyght and slepe after it but al the day ye must kepe y e chāber yf ye had rather drynke it thā eate it mixt the said boles with whay or endiue water drīke it at v. of the clock in y e mornyng but sleape not after it Other medicines laxatyue Take halfe an ounce of diaprunis laxatyue mixt with .iii. ounces of decocciō of french prunes water of succorie and drinke it warme at fiue of y e clocke in the mornyng or els sixe houres afore meate In steade of the sayde diaprunis ye maye take halfe an oūce of electuarium de succo rosarum and make a laxe as afore is sayde And it is to be noted yf the pacyente be very weake or easye to worke vpō ye maye take away a drāme both of y e diaprunis also of succo rosarū After the sayd purgaciō it is good to refresh the liuer with laying to without on the right side vnder the nether ribbes a playster of cerotum scandalinū spred vpon a linnen clothe of the bygnesse of .iiii. fyngers or bath the sayde place with a lynnen cloth wet ī water of endyue plantayne and roses warmed togyther Moreouer it is
aâ— halfe white corall and redde ana one dramme make a confeccion with syrupe of myrtilles geue it to drinke mornyng and euenyng two houres afore meate at euery tyme the quantity of a meane chesnutte ¶ For thesame Applye ventoses vnder the breastes twyse a daye beefore dinner and supper and vse to beare about your necke or hold alwaies in your hande red coral â—aspis or a stone called hematites which is a singuler remedy for to stop euery kynde of bloudy fluxes yf it bee borne or tempered in wyne dronke or make thereof a pouder and vse of it euery mornyng with a litle wyne ¶ For reteyning of the floures Sometimes ther chaunceth vnto women when they can not haue their due purgacions to fall in greuous kindes of sickenesses for y e auoydaunce wherof it is good to helpe theÌ„ and prouoke the saide purgacions by suche thynges as open whiche must be geuen at such time of the moone as the sayd women were wont to haue thesame And yf ye see the womans bloud to bee to grosse and thicke so that she can not haue any suche purgacion ye must euerye monethe geue her the syrupe of fumetorye with the decoction of borage and buglosse and lette her bathe her selfe with freshe water hoat And when she goeth out of the bath in to the bedde she must receiue the foresayd syrupe and decoction of the herbe called rubea tinctoruÌ„ or madder sodden in cleare water In steade of syrupes ye maye take the verye iuyce or decoction of the herbes And if the womans bloud be slimye colde and flegmatike then she muste drinke sirupe of sticados and of oxyniel diuretike and afterward take the pilles called setide and of agarik And euery mornynge after that she muste take a draÌ„me of trosciskes de mirâ—ha â–ª with two ounces of y e decoction of Iuniper beries or two drammes of trifera magna and thervpon drynke two ounces of water of Mugworte And yf perchaunce ye can not haue these thinges at nede ye maye take .iii ounces of the decoction of alisaunders the roote of smallache cinamome and a litle saffron and let her drinke therof two tymes a daye and eat no meate thereafter duryng foure houres Moreouer it is a proued and expert medicine to geue the first day of y e new mone a dramme of pouder made of borax which the goldsmithes do occupy wyth asmuche cinamome and a lytle water of smallache Also it is verye good to haue the veine opened whych is called saphena that lyeth outwarde betwene the insteppe and the heele And yf case so be that the saide retention come of superfluitye or to muche aboundaunce of fat then the chiefe remedye is to suffer much hunger and to eate verye litle muche exercise and labour to prouoke sweate and to sleape as litle as maye be possible But if it come of great debility and weakenes of the body when the natural strengthe is ouercome by reason of some sickenes or after a longe ague in this case ye maye not go about to prouoke the sayde purgacion but with al your endeuoure seke to restore nature and geue the pacient thynges of much nourishmente as potched egges good fleshe and good wyne with other lyke Sometime the saide retencion commeth of the excessiue heate of nature in some women specially suche as bee valiaunt and strong as men and those that are wont to much labour by reason wherof the heate of theyr bodyes is so strong that they nede none of the sayde purgacions for the superfluities of theyr bodyes are sufficientelye consumed of the heate alone therfore thei haue no nede of the saide remedyes ¶ For chokyng or suffocacion of the matrice THe matrice or mother in a woman oftentimes mounteth vp towarde the midrefe and the stomake with intollerable paines and is called suffocaâ—ion because that it is choked or ouercharged with some euyll and superfluous matter as by stoppyng of the due purgacions or to muche abstinence of Venus whereby is often chaunced shortnes of breath payne of the head swownynge tremblinge of the hearte contraccion of members and otherwhyles death without remedy ¶ A medicine for the sayde dysease Ye must rubbe the legges and wrestes of the armes vehementlye and bynde them with cordes or with garters tyl thei waxe sore then set ventoses vpon the legges and al to chafe the stomakâ— specially beneth round about y e nauill And then ye muste constraine her to smell stinkyng thynges as assa fetida galbanum pertriche fethers brent and the quenchyng out of candels with other suche but beneth ye muste applye thinges of swet odour as gylofloures maiorim lignum aloes amber ciueâ— and a trociske of gallia muscata and let her drinke a draught of this receyt that foloweth ¶ A drynke for payne of the mother Take one dramme of mithridatum and dissolue it in an ounce and an half of water of wormewod and geue it to her to drinke afore she go to meat .iiii houres Diuers goodly medicines for diseases of the mother whatsoeuer be the cause Take the rasing of iuery and the rasing of an hartes horne with the heare of an hare dryed and made in pouder and asmuche of goates clawes brente and poudred yf they may be gotten or in stede of it shepes clawes take all these and vse to eate them in your potage or otherwyse to stoppe the fluxes of the matrice An other to prouoke them Seeth marigoldes nept and sauyne in good ale and drinke it with a good quaintitye of saffron and a lytle honie or suger Item .xv. blacke seedes of pionie dronken in wine with saffron purgeth the matrice of humors and other .xv. of the red seedes stauncheth it agayn or any other fluxe of the mother An other These herbes are good to purge the matrice Rue peony sauyne betonye nept valeâ—ian maidenheere horehounde sauery percely gromel alisaunder marygoldes smallache and tyme. ¶ The .xi. Chapter of the cure of the stone in the reines and in the bladder PAine of y e stone is one of y e most enormous paines that the bodye of man is vexed with for by it many times y e natural vertues are distroied womeÌ„ lose their fruit afore y e time cruel perillous accidentes coÌ„moÌ„ly do encrease yea ofteÌ„times death without remedy Wherfore it shalbe expedient to the comfort of the poore folkes and other that be greued to write some good and holsome medicines for auoydynge of the stone ¶ And seeyng that all authours doe affyrme the stone to bee engendred by reason of the great heat that is about the reines streitnes of the condites aboundaunce of grosse slimy fleume or of brent choler whiche by the sayde excesse of heate is as one woulde saye baken or dryed as claye is in the furneis and so at last becommeth an hard stone therefore it is chiefly to be noted that without amendyng of the forsaid causes all that ye dooe minister for to breake the stone is eyther hurtefull to
good to take euery morning before meat a lozenge of triasandaly and to drinke after it endiue water .iii ounces Regiment for heate in the liuer The pacient must abstayne froÌ„ flesh salt fish strong wine garlike onyons mustarde and such other hote meates It is good to vse broth of pease and veriuce lettuce popie spinage and borage and sometyme a litle vinegre yf he be not greued in the stomacke This regimente is good also in tyme of pestilence and of to great heate A Iulep for the heate of the liuer TAke halfe a .li. of rosewater one quarter of water of endiue and v. ounces of sugre make a iulep of which ye shal drynke fasting a good draught And yf ye wyl nedes drynke for thyrst betwene meales let it be myngled wyth .ii. partes of water of the well And yf ye wyll haue it more colynge adde vnto it two ounces of vinegre or the iuce of a pomegranade Yf the lyuer be colde for the phlegmatike matter that is in it the person hath his water white out of colour the face pale and his mouth watry litle bloode and feleth heuynesse about hys lyuer ¶ Remedye He oughte to drynke in the mornynge earlye .iii. or .iiii. times a sirupe called oximell diureticum wyth the decoccioÌ„ of smalache and perselye or with waters of smalache and fenell and after he must take to purg the fleume a medicine made as foloweth Take syxe drammes of diafinicon if the persoÌ„ be stroÌ„g or halfe an ounce if he be weake and distemper it in .iiii. ounces of the decoccion of the rootes of smalache percely fenell drinke it luke warme v. or .vi. houres afore meate In steade of the sayde medicine one maye gyue .ii. drammes of agaryke in trosciskes wyth water of smalache or els good fenel An other medicine laxatiue Take halfe an ounce of diacarthami or halfe an ouÌ„ce of diaprunis laxatiue or asmuche of electuarium dulce with thre ouÌ„ces of percely water smallach ysope or fenell take it fyue houres afore meate Regiment The pacient must drinke good wyne and vse ginger cinamome graynes of paradyse anyse and fenelle and hote herbes in pottage as sage ysope time maiorym and auoide all rawe frutes and also rawe herbes Moreouer it is verye good to make a playster of smallache wormewoode spikenarde in pouder with oile of dil myngle it and laye it vpon the lyuer Agaynst stoppyng of the lyuer called oppilacion OPpilation or stopping commeth sometyme in the holownesse of the lyuer and it is knoweÌ„ by coÌ„passion and payne of the stomake and is healed by medicines laxatiue as it is declared before And sometyme the oppilacion is in the veines of the holowe parte of the lyuer and is perceiued theÌ„ by y e griefe which the pacient feleth in his backe and in his reines And it is healed by thynges that opeÌ„ as by sirupes of the three rootes sirupes of bisantius syrupes of maydenheere and by drynking y e decoction of raysins fenel percely smallache cicory or waters stilled of thesame herbes Also rootes of alisaunder is good for the same c. Sometimes the said oppilacion commeth of grosse bloude earthy and melancholike whiche the members send vnto the liuer and beecause that suche engendred bloud can haue no issue nor hath any way to departe to any other meÌ„bers therfore be y e veines of the liuer stopped vp by the grossenes of the saide bloude And it is knowen by the water y t is very hie coloured cleare ¶ Remedie Geue the pacieÌ„t medicines that perce subtile as is wine of pomegranatâ—s syrupe of endiue wyth the decoctioÌ„ of cicers TheÌ„ let him bloud on the liuer veine and eueri morning eat a lozenge of triasandaly Sometime y e said oppilacion coÌ„meth of aboundauÌ„ce of some humoure viscouse cold and flegmatike stoppyng the veines of the liuer and theÌ„ y e vrine is as clere as clere water Remedy The pacient must drynke euery mornyng the sirupe of oximel squilityke with half a draught or more of the decoctyon of rootes of smallache fenel percely Sometimes vnto women coÌ„meth oppilacions of y e lyuer by reteynyng of their puâ—gacioÌ„s Wherfore it is good to let them bloud on the veine called sapheâ— whiche is aboue on the hyer syde of the â—steppe And let them take after the chaunge of the â—one seuen or eight morninges any pâ—ate called Trifera magna eueri tyme an ounce And after drynke thre ouÌ„ces of waters of mugwort hysope and fenell or the decoction of these â—erbes or elles the rootes aperityue which be smallache percely fenel alisaunder and asperage boyled in water wyth the thirde parte of odoryferous whyte wyne ¶ Medicines for the lyuer that may be easely had at al times Take a good handeful of liuerworte that groweth vpon the stones and an other of fumetorye wyth as muche of hartestonge and seeth them in whaye clarefyed and drinke them euery daye twyse The liuer of an hare dried and made in pouder is good for all diseases of y e liuer as affirmeth Auicenne and other of the Arabians Also for heate in the liuer seeth barberies in whey and drinke them ¶ The .vij chapter againste the dyseases of the gall THe gal is placed in the holownesse of the lyuer to receyue the superfluitye of cholere and to sende it to the bowels to be auoided with the grosser excrementes to thintente to clense the bloud of the saide cholere To the which there commeth oftentymes oppilacions in the parties about by the liuer or beneth in it selfe next the bowels causyng great paine by reason whereof the cholere turneth agayn vnto the lyuer and there is meÌ„gled with y e bloud and spred abrod into all the veines of the body and bredeth a dysease named iaundis ictericia in latin wherof be thre kyndes â–ª y t is to saye yelowe iaundis that procedeth of cholere called citrine or yelow grene iauÌ„dis which procedeth of grene cholere and blacke iaundis that proceth of blacke choler whiche is called melancholy and commonly commeth of the oppilacion of the splene Remedye for iaundis Yf the iaundis happen in an ague before the seuenth daye the pacient is in great daunger of his lyfe as Hipocrates sayth But yf it appeare in the sixth daye being a day iudicial or cretike of the ague or after it is a verye good sygne And then ye must succoure nature in refreshyng and digesting the choler with sirupe of violettes geuen in the morning wyth water of morel or syrupe of endiue with water of cicorye After this purge the cholere as is sayd in remedies of the liuer And thaÌ„ geue him a lozenge of triasaÌ„dali with reubarbe euerye morning two houres before meat and drinke a litle waters of endiue and cicorye afore the sayde lozenge Moreuer it is good to bathe the liuer as it is saide afore and washe the pacientes eyes with vinegre and womans mylke drinke a ptisane made of barly liquirice prunes and y e rootes of
is good to vse capars asparage hoppes brothe of dryed peason wyth perselye or his rootes smal byrdes of the fielde kyddes fleshe yong mutton lambe chickins feysauntes snytes partriches scaled fyshe of swete runnyng water with percelye and vynegre Newe layd egges potched in water are very holsome ye may drynke white wine or claret onely at meales Also it is good to vse cresses sage isope mintes fenell and percelye succorry scariole and beetes and singulerly to take fastyng halfe a sponefull of redde colewortes sodden and to eat often anyse seedes and fenel The nynth Chapter for diseases of the bowelles IN a persoÌ„ be sixe guttes three small whiche are situate ouer y e nauil and three greate whiche are placed vnder the nauil The fyrst is called dudenum because it is .xii. inches long The seconde is called ieiâ—num for that nothing remaineth in it The thyrde is called ylis because it is longe and small The fourth which is the fyrst of the greate ones is called monoculus beecause it is like a sacke hathe but one mouth in that same sometymes are wormes engendred or ventositye that causeth peyne of the belly on the right syde whiche is not the very colicke The .v. thei cal colon because it hath many holowe places and it procedeth from the right syde vnder the lyuer it maketh his reuolucion vnto the left syde wherein is engendred the colyke whiche is despersed by all the bellye more then any other dysease The .vi. is called rectum because it is nye vnto the left kydney and goeth euen right doun into the foundament Hipocrates calleth the thre bowels that are nexte the stomake ilia that is to say smal guttes and the peyn of one of them is called yliaca passio a verye sharpe peyne Rasis calleth it domine miserere Lykewyse also colica passio is called of the gutte colon whiche .ii. dyseases are sisters forasmuch as they come oftentimes bothe of one cause y t is to say of y e oppilacion of y e bowels Remedye for the collike and of yliaca passio FOrasmuche as those diseases are excâ—dynge egre sharp and almoste importable of peyne whereof many times foloweth defeccion of the strength with varietie of medicines ye ought in continently for to helpe them Fyrste when the sayde peynes come by the stoppyng of the belly ye muste geue hym a glister mollificatiue made of the decoctioÌ„ of mallowes violetes beetes anyse seed and fenugreke with cassia and common hony oyle oliue and afterwarde the herbes of the sayd glister brused and fried laid hote betwixt .ii. linins applied to the belly And yf by this meanes the peine cease not let the pacient sit vnto the buttockes in the sayd decoction and after with dialthea â–ª butter annoint the nauyl And if the said glister do not worke sufficiently make another of thesame or els geue hym a suppositorie which is long ynough made of pure hony and â—al gemme ¶ For the wyndy collyke Thorow wyndines oftentymes coÌ„meth the colica passio or iliaca then it appereth that the peyne is chauÌ„geable and mouyng from place to place and is knowen also by the romblynge which is a noise in the bowelles with grypynges and great peyne Remedye Take mallowes beetes mercury of eche a good handful margerim rue bayes and camomyll of eche a lytle handeful anyse seedes comyn â–ª of eche an ounce make a decoccion and take therof a pynt and a halfe and dissolue in it an ounce of cassia halfe an ouÌ„ce of triacle and .iii. ounces of oile oliue or of camomyl and make a glister the which must be gyuen warme vnto the pacient long before or after meate In stede of the sayde glyster ye maye giue him a pouÌ„de of oyle of lineseede whych is a synguler thynge to take away al diseases of the belly Also it is good to make a myxture with oile of hempe seed ¶ For to appease the peyne caused of wynde Fyrste make a glyster of maiuesaye oile of camomyl or dyl If for the said glysters the peyne cease not or els the pacient wyl not take theÌ„ take a great spong or els a felt of a hatte and stepe it in wine of y e decoccion of rue camomyl maiorym anyse seedes and commyn And afterwarde laye it vpon the peyne as hote as y e pacient can suffre and .iiii. tymes in y e daye it is good to let him drynke wyne wherin hath ben sodden rue seedes careawayes comyne Drynke at euery tyme a lytle draught eche daye kepe abstinence from eatynge and drynkyng moch of other thynges til ye be perfectly hole ¶ A supppsitorye for the wyndye colyke Take a dramme of rue in fyne pouder and halfe a draÌ„me of comyne dried and poudred and with honye skuÌ„med make a suppository ¶ A playster for wyndye colycke Take two handfulles of rue in fyne pouder myrre and comine poudred of eche half an ouÌ„ce foure egges yolkes and make two playsters with honye and lay on the one at night and the other in the mornyng vpon the belly Water of camomyl or a decoccion of the same dronken is good for them that haue suche diseases Also a dryed acorne in pouder and gyuen to drinke wyth whyte wyne is very good If ye knowe that the peyne of the bellye commeth thorough wynde applye vpon it a greate ventose without incisyon for by that meanes the sayd peyne wyl surely go awaye or dymynyshe If not it sheweth that there is some humours that causeth the sayde peyne as fleume or cholere If by fleume it commeth ye muste make a glister of a pint of the decoctioÌ„ of camomyll rue wormwood maiorim mellilote centaurie anise seedes â–ª and fenell and in the same decoccion put halfe an ounce of hiera picra or halfe an ounce of diafinicon and .iii. ounces of oyle of dil or of lillies Also ye ought to giue to the pacient sirupe of wormwood and to make applicacion vpon his bellie as hath bene sayde afore or to laye vnto it gromyll seed baye salt dryed togither which laied vpon the bellie is likewyse good for the wyndye collicke If after the sayde thinges the sayde peine continueth ye must make a purgacion as foloweth ¶ A purgacion for colike commynge of fleume Take .v. drammes of diafinicon .iii. ounces of wormewood watâ—r make a drynke the whych receyued fasting iiii or .v. houres afore meate is verye profitable For peyne of the colicke commynge of choler If the sayde peyne cometh of choler which is knowen when by the applicacion of hote thynges y e peine encreaseth ye must make a glister of violets or giue him halfe an ouÌ„ce of succorosarum with ptisan endiue water or wine And the next mornyng let hym drynke a ptisane of the decoction of prunes and violet floures and anoint y e belly with oile of violettes or wete a lynnen cloth in colde water and lay it therupon If it do continew stil the patient must be sette in
the pacient or els of smal effecte For the whiche cause it is very necessarye that the pacient kepe a sober dyet And for the better vnderstandyng ye shal know that all wynes whether they be swete or sharpe grosse or subtyl white or redde are in this case vtterly reâ—ected Pulses also of what kinde soeuer they be as pease beanes and such and al grosse fleshe and water foules and foules of greate bodies as bustardes cranes and suche lyke are in this case very daungerous and noysome Also ye may eat no kynd of fruites except it be a few melons ripe prunes in smal quantitie and pomegranades with a litle suger and coriandres Of herbes ye maye eat borage buglosse percely lettuse mintes â–ª spinach and succorye in broth of veale or of a yonge chicken Nepes also and rapes and radyshe in a smal quantitye maye be wel inough permitted Potched egges are verye good in this case with a litle vergeous but in anye wyse beware of hard chese for that is oftentimes the onely cause of the sayd stone All shell fishes are to be auoided excepte it be a creuyshe or a shrympe measurably taken Ye muste also take hede that ye eat no pepper nor hote spices â–ª nor no meates that are salte soure or heauye of dygestion and that ye lye not on youre backe on nightes when ye are aslepe And ye ought to kepe your raines cold and moyst and to let youre backe bee vntrussed in the sommer After ye haue vsed this regiment or dyet by a certain season it shalbe good for you to take an ounce of cassia newlye drawen out of the cane and eate it with a litle suger in the morning This ye muste vse euery seconde weke til in time your reines be metely wel cleansed of the same and euerie daye eate a litle cassia vpon a knifes poynte to kepe your bellye moyst for that is one of the thynges that are moste required in the sayd cure And at diuers other times when ye be disposed ye may take a litle of this receite hereafter whiche hathe greate vertue to mundifye the raines and to bring the humours to equalitye with releasyng of the payne and bringynge out the grauell ¶ A goodly sirupe to mundifie the reynes Take the broth of a yonge chicken sodden tyl the bones fal a sondre thre pounde melon seedes a litle brused an ounce percelye rootes and alisaundre rotes .iii. ounces damaske prunes sepesten of eche .vi. in nombre greate raysyns halfe an ounce cleane licorice x. draÌ„mes waters of borage endiue and hoppes of eche .iii. drammes and wyth sufficient white suger boyle theÌ„ al vnto the consumpcion of the halfe and more and afterwarde streine theÌ„ and make a goodly sirupe This is a thyng of excellent operation and an hye secrete in mundifying of the reines if ye kepe the diete as is afore described The dose of it is one cyath or a lytle cupful in the morning earlye and slepe after it a lytle If ye wold haue the forsayd sirupe to purge more choler then put in it a dramme of fyne reubarbe with a lytle cassia ¶ Hereafter foloweth a pouder of excellent operacion in breakynge of the stone â–ª TAke the kernels that are within sloes drye theÌ„ on a tyle stone then make of them a pouder by it selfe after that take the rotes of alisaÌ„der percely parietarie and hollihocke of euerye one a like moch and seeth theÌ„ al in whyte wyne or els in y e broth of a yonge chicken then streine them out into a cleane vessel and wheÌ„ ye drynke of it adde as moch of the said pouder as ye thynke conuenyent halfe a syluer spoonefull or more for wythout doute it hath great effecte in bryngyng out the grauell ¶ An other experte medicine for them that haue the stone There groweth in the galles of some oxen a certayne yelowe stone some tymes in bygnesse of a walnut somewhat longe bryttle Yf ye take that stone make of it a pouder eate it in your pottage the weyght of one scrupule or more accordiÌ„g to your streÌ„gth it is a singuler medicine to them y t can not pisse for stopping of y e conduites ¶ An other singuler medicine for the stone Take the seedes of smallache percely louage and saxifrage the rotes of philipendula chery stones gromell seede and brome seede of euerye one a lyke moche make them in fine pouder and when ye be diseased with y e stone eate of this pouder a sponefull at ones in pottage or in brothe of a chycken and eate nothyng after .ii. or .iii. houres ¶ The .xii. chapter of remedyes for the goute THe paine in y e ioiÌ„tes of a mans body as in y e handes feete is generally called arthritis or goute which procedeth som time of debility of y e synowes being lasshe vnable to coÌ„sume the humours that continually do flowe vnto them And for the mooste parte they are all deriued from the membre mandant y t is to saye the brayne for he is verye grosse and engendreth euer humours in him selfe by reason wherof moche of the sayde humours are deriued into the nuke and muscles of the backe fro thence they descende into y e feete and then it is called podagra or to the huckle boone and theÌ„ it is sciatica or els into y e haÌ„des ther it is chiragra ¶ Remedy Forasmuch as all the sayd kyndes commeth of one begynnyng as is shewed afore and for the better expedicioÌ„ in that we wyll be brefe ye shal fyrste take awaye the superfluous moysture of the brayne whiche is the roote and fountayne of al the sayd diseases and that ye may do foure maner of waies The fyrst is obseruaunce of dyete inclynyng towarde drynesse to auoide all fulnesse of meate and drynke and not to slepe in any wyse shortlye after meate And ye muste beware y t ye eate no vaporous meates nor thyn wyne nor drynke moch after supper And yf perchaunce y e peyne be very sharpe it shalbe moche holsome to the pacient to abstaine from all kyndes of wine to vse hym selfe to smal drinke which thyng yf he can not do then let hym drinke claret wine mixed with a good quantitye of water The second is to purge the brayne ones a moneth wyth the one halfe of pilles of cochies and an other halfe of pylles assagareth And in tyme of haruest of somer with pilles sine quibus and pilles imperiall whereof ye shal gyue one dramme y e night before the full moone and the daye folowing ye may gyue hym to eate a litle broth of cicers with a litle quantitie of raisins of the sunne The thyrde is to represse the fumes that ascend into y e brayne after meate which thyng may wel be done by eatynge of a lyttle dredge â–ª made of anis seed and coriander The fourth is to perfume the braine with certeyne thynges confortatyue as for example thus ¶ A good perfume agaynst moistures
depth botome of mine hert go not awaye from me my maker redemer but heare the supplicacioÌ„ of my praier For thou arte mine onelye hope and myne enheritaunce in the lande of liuers I haue sinned I haue sinned O Lorde and heaped vp iniquitie euen agaynste heauen and afore the. But I knowledge myne offences and desyre mercye according to thy goodnesse Destroy me not O Lord among siners nor let me not descend into the lake of deathe that I vnworthy creature being made worthy onely by the bounteousnesse of thy grace may from henceforth lyue in thy commaundementes loue honour and praise thee For al heauenly powers angels thrones and dominacions laude and praise thy holy name â–ª world without ende Amen Thus endeth the Regiment of lyfe ¶ Here beginneth a goodly bryefe tretise of the Pestilence with the causes signes and cures of the same composed and newly recognised by Thomas Phayer studious in Philosophie and Phisicke to the ayde comfort and vtilitie of the poore ¶ To the good reader a preface of the authour AFter that God almightye father and creatoure of all thynges had by his vnsearchable prouidence ordeined mankind to eternall felicitie and ioye at the beginning he thought it not ynoughe to haue created him of nothiÌ„g a bodye moost excellent perfect â—ure both in meÌ„bres and senses aboue al other his creatures here in earth but also of his inestimable goodnesse endewed him with diuers sondry gyftes of grace as wiâ—te vnderstandyng minde reason wherby he myghte not onelye as nere as is possible approch vnto him in the knowledge of his heauenly maiestye as concernyng soule but aswel ymagine searche and fynde out by all maner wayes aydes comfortes remedyes wherby also the body mighte be saued and defended agaynst all assaultes of any thyng that shulde anoy it so bounteous and plentifull are his giftes implaÌ„ted in our nature that oâ— al creatures we myghte haue bene thâ— happiest But after that synne had entred into y e world and by synne deatâ— as saint Paule sayth our corrupt lyuynges haue made vs more corrupt 〈◊〉 y t nowe the life whiche we leade here is not onlye not very pleasauÌ„t vnto â— moost of men and yf it be to some ye it is vncertayne mutable and shorte but to many other it is excedyng greuous sorowfull and tedious subiecte to dyseases infortunes and calamytyes innumerable which for the most parte doe encrease daylye euer the iuste vengeaunce of God fallyng vpon vs for our greate abhominacions and wythoute doubte wyll euermore endure vnlesse we doe repente and liue in his commaundementes And to passe ouer al the hole swarmes of so many both olde and newe dyseases wherewith the body of man alas for oure synnes is continuallye tourmented and vexed to speake nothynge of these common and familier infyrmytes as lepryes agues cancars pockes goutes palseys dropsyes rumes phtisys and other oute of number which as yf they had conspyred to fight against phisicions can scantly be appeased with anye cure of medicine what payne or punishement can there be imagined to put vs iÌ„ remembrauÌ„ce of our own wickednes cause vs to detest our abhominable liuinges and to cal for mercy with lameÌ„table heartes more then this only plage and scourge of god commoÌ„ly called the pestilence Is ther any syckenesse that is halfe so violent so furious and so horrible as this sickenes is What disease is ther in the world so venemous iÌ„ infecting so full of payne in sufferynge so hastye in deuouryng and so diâ—iciâ—e in curing as the plage is And yet are we nowe a dayes so stubburne and so froward or els so drowned in the myre of fylthy and carnall appetites that wee nothynge doe regarde these open and manifeste tokens of our condemnacyon in the syghte of God but apply our hole studyes to perseuer in our synnes euer worse and worse wherefore it is no meruayle though the sayde disease encreaseth but rather to bee feared that almyghtye God wyll poure hys indignacion vpon vs with some other kynde of plage more violente and terrible then the same is But to them that doe repente and put their onely truste in him who can doe but wonder at his infinyte benygnitie and goodnes that euen in the middeste of al the saide affliccions prouydeth them of remedyes lest thei should dyspayre cureth and amendeth all theyr grieuous sores languours and diseases he created medicine euen out of the earth and of the wyse manne it shall not bee dyspysed And surelye amonges all other sickenesse is there none so daungerous â–ª as is the foresaid plage for any man to cure by the way of medicine for it turneth it selfe in so many maner of kyndes likenesses and fashions y t thei y t are infected are many times dead afore it can be knowen that thei haue y e same disease Whiche thing although many noble and moste excellente learned men haue in times paste worthely considered and therevpoÌ„ according to their singuler knowlage and industries geuen to them of God haue written vpon the causes sygnes and cures of the said dysease so exactly so learnedly and with so great eloquence and cunnyng that there semeth nothyng either to be omitted or possible to be added to the perfect curacion of thesame and so it would bee hard for a man of my slender witte to inuent the thing that thei haue not inuented much more in vayne should I goe about to write thesame thynges y t they haue written alreadye Yet notwythstandyng forasmuche as this disease when it once beegynneth enfecteth none so much as the commoÌ„ people among whome it is not geuen to all men to vnderstande the foresayde volumes yf they hadde them present muche lesse can they get theyr healthe by theyr owne imaginacions or experimentes speciallye when almoste no phisicion wyll vouchesafe to visite any suche infected of the common sorte so great is the daunger of this cruell syckenes by reason whereof the pacientes caste themselues oftentimes into despayre and so manye of the poore people creatures of God whiche by good medicines myght well ynoughe recouer for lacke of suche knowelage are vtterly destroyed and caste awaye to the great pitye of al christeÌ„ heartes continuall ruine of the coÌ„mon weale with diuerse other greuous and huge incommodityes as is daylye seene where the sayde dysease raigneth I therefore at the reuerence of almyghtye God and for the loue that I beare vnto myne euen christen accordyng to the talent wherwith the lorde hath endewed me vnder the correccion of my frendes the phisicians haue taken out of diuers sondry volumes of the moste famous authours that haue most exactly written of the saide dysease one peculier certain and compendeous treatise addinge thereunto such holsome singuler remedies as I my selfe haue proued and knowe to be effectuall in curyng of thesame Desyring god almighty the onelye author and restorer of all health so to gyde the heartes of hys suppliauntes that the sayd medicines maye take
pestilence yf ye haue none other impedimēt to let you to receiue it ye may correct it accordyng to the nature of y e cause in suche wyse as may be cōfortable to the vital sprites of the harte Borage and buglosse are very good preseruatyues in this case and so is a lytle quantitie of saffron orenges lymons pomgranades citrons prunes of damaske other such in good conueniente quantitie addyng to them a lytle suger and cynamone for correccion A nutte is called the triacle of fishe shaled sugered with a lytle rose water and as sayth Isaac a nut a figge drye taken afore dynner preserueth a man from al maner of poisons The thyrde Chapter of slepynge and watchyng TO moche slepe engendreth many humoures in the body specially yf it be in the daye tyme it dulleth the memorye and maketh a man vnlusty and apte to receiue the pestilence Therefore ▪ created almighty god y e night wherin we shulde rest the daye for to kepe vs waking that we fal not into synne and slouth Surely to slepe on the day time is exceadyng hurtfull for when the sunne ryseth he openeth y e poores of the body and bryngeth the humors and spirites from within to the outwarde partyes whiche prouoketh a man to watching and excercyse or workes And contrary wise when the sunne goeth downe al thinges are closed coacted whiche naturally prouoketh a man to reste Moreouer the stomake by the vehemēt heat of the day is naturally dilated and spredde abrode so euer against ¶ The .v. Chapter of emptinesse and fulnes IT is holsome for you euery day once to procure the duety of the womb yf ye can not naturally yet at y e least waies seke some other meanes as by a glister or suppository for the long witholding of anye superfluities is in this tyme very daungerous and hurtfull And all the time the sayde disease endureth they that haue any fistules ought not to be cured And they that haue anye yssues by theyr hemoroides may not be restrained without the fluxe be sore excessiue they that had y e foresayd hemoroides and wer cured afore let them open thē agayne for feare of further daunger Also thei that are disposed to be scabbye hauyng great ytche and such dyseases of the skinne ought to bring the matter out by rubbyng and vehement clawing with their nales Excesse of women is exceadyng perillous but yf ye can not rule youre selfe take good hede ye do nothinge afore the firste digestion and tyl nature doeth prouoke you for euery such excesse weakeneth more y e body thē if ye should be let bloud .xl. times somuche as witnesseth Auicenna and is cause many times of pestilence of death ¶ The .vi. Chapter of accidentes of the minde YE must beware of a◠thinges that should make you to be pensife heauy thoughtful angry or melancholike for all suche thinges are inoughe to enfecte a manne alone Passe the time ioyfully ī good thinges honest and decent euery manne according to his owne heart and the estate that God hath called hym vnto ¶ The .vii. Chapter of medicines preseruatiues ALl they that are of good complexiō and of holesome dyete neede not to be purged For an hole bodye and voyde of all humours is not lyghtly taken of the pestilence as the other are But yf it be a bodye ful of humors or a greate eater without any exercise or trauayle suche ought to lette themselues be purged and thei that haue to much quantity of bloud or if y e bloude be anye thing corrupte they oughte to aske counsayle of some good experte phisicions and not to put theyr truste in any vayne bosters that detracte other which in al cases and at al times geue them mercury precipitant and other medicines corrosiue whiche for y e moste parte are venime of themselues and vnder coulor of an other medicine do disceyue the pacient a wōder to beholde how craftely they couer it some time in sirupe sometimes in suger otherwhiles in figges lozenges or raisins leste it should appeare as it is in dede that thei geue the pacientes very quickesiluer Some other affirme that the mercury is quenched or throughly mortified worketh none otherwyse but by secrete quality againste all dyseases in the bodie of manne for the excesse of elementes saye they is clerely corrected in precipitacion and adustiō of the fier How commeth it to passe if this be true that when a litle of it is set vpon a cole and a pece of fine gold adioyned to it we maie se plainely the verie quicksiluer cleuing to the golde and wil make it as brittle as if it had lien in verye raw mercurye Yea how chaunceth it that when it is mingled with hote creame it will bee crude agayne as it was afore And to saye the trueth the quicke siluer raw is better to be dronken then suche as is sublymed for y t hath bene permitted bothe of Dioscorides of diuers other But we neuer read of anye good phisicion y t euer gaue counsell to take the precipitate because of the copporose other venimous ingredience being with it And although that for the time peraduenture some escape fele not their effect in dede as mani other do that is to saye debility of the vertue radycall of the stomake other membres principal purging of the good humors and leauynge the euyll wythin the bodye wherof ensueth many times death yet they leaue a certaine euill qualitye or impression of the bodyes in al that do receiue them and so they make worke for good phisicions to the great hurte of them that haue beleued them Such galauntes should go proue their pouder made of quicksiluer amonge y e Turkes and Sarisins and not vpon theyr euen christen and theyr neyghbours But nowe to our entente The pylles called pylluse communes aboue other pylles preseruatiues are allowed to bee of hyest operacion by reason of a certayne propertye that they haue within them as Rufus the composer of them sayeth that he neuer sawe any manne that vsed them but he was preserued from the pestilence There goeth into their composicion ▪ myrre aloes whiche haue great vertue to kepe the bodye from putrefaction and are made thus Take of aloes epatik wel washed ▪ it drammes myrre washed and saffron of eche a dramme make them vp with white wine or the iuyce of lymons or of orenges and suger Some take them euery third day the weight of halfe a dramme in the mornyng .iii. pylles and euery daye one afore supper Let eueri mā do according to his nede and as his body is replete with humors but it is good to drinke after thē a good draught of wine tempered in a litle water of roses or of wormewoode and yf they be to hard let them be resolued in the sirupe of limons or a litle wine Some doctours ioyne vnto them other spyces after the complexion of y e person and the humour that they
which ye shall draw out al the white thereof and leaue the yolke within the shell which done fyll the same egge with good englysh saffron whole as much as may be stuffed in the shell than drye this egge against the fyer or in an ouen whan the bread is out so longe tyl the shell bee vtterlye blacke and brent and the rest sufficiently brittle and drie make it in pouder in a morter and adde to it asmuch pouder of mustarde sede as shall weye al the hole egge than take thys ingredience at the apothecaries Ditamy turmentille nux vomica of eche a dramme pouder euery one of them by it selfe then put them altogether and put to it rewe pionie roote zedoarye camphere and fyne tryacle of eche equal portion so that the weight of theÌ„ v. be asmuche as al the rest beat them in a morter by the space of .ii. houres tyll all bee incorporated together in a lumpe than put it in a glasse and kepe it couered with a lefe of gold in a cold place for it wyl laste thus .xxx. yeres without corrupcion and is a thing of inestimable value in this case the dose of it to preserue is but one halfe peny weight or lesse yea the weyght of one barlye corne hath in it a marueylouse strength in defendyng the body But yf one were infected alredy than he muste receyue afore lettyng blood ii or .iii. graynes after his bleedynge gyue hym in the name of god an hole scruple or ii or iii. yf his strengthe wyll serue tempered with wine for a hote takynge and in great colde with a litle aqua vite and therupon sweat ¶ I haue knoweÌ„ whan the sicke hath bene vtterlye desperate and could reteine nothing yet by the grace of god thorough y e meanes of two scrupules hereof myxte with a litle aqua vite bothe the vomyte immediatly ceassed and nature recouered escaped the daunger of death AS concerning swete waters to sprinkle vpoÌ„ your clothes and thynges of pleasaunt odoure to be caste vpon the coles when ye aryse on mornynges and also the makynge of good and holsome pomaunders to smel vpon in tyme of pestilence for the contentacion of them that are desyrous I shall here rehearse i. or .ii. of euerye sorte to the entent ye maye whan ye be disposed eyther vse them or deuise other of the same makynge as it shall be requisite accordyng to necessitye Fyrste a swete water that is made thus TAke water of roses violettes or nenuphar or one of them or of al togyther one pound good vinegre two ouÌ„ces maâ—ueseie muscadyne or other pleasauÌ„te wyne three ounces of bothe the saunders of eche one dramme an halfe â—amphore one scruple and yf ye haue any gallia muscata adde thereto halfe a dramme mingle them togither and sprinkle vpon your clothes wheÌ„ ye be disposed The ryghte excellente and famouse doctoure Iohannes Manardus also in the thyrde epistle of hys fyfth boke doeth shewe how to make in tyme of Pestilence two soueraigne perfumes the one for to serue in sommer whyche is made thus A Fumigation for Somer TAke redde ambre .ii. partes the leaues of mirte fâ—oures of nenuphar roses vyolets saffron maces yelowe saunders of eyther of them .i. part camphore ambre beniamin halfe a parte muske the tenth of one part myngle al togyther this is a pleasaunte and comfortable sauour in the tyme of somer ¶ But in winter season ye maye vse this TAke storax calamita yreos mastyke of ech two partes cloues maces nutmigges cinamome saffron of eche one parte aumbre the fyfthe of one parte mushe the tenthe of one parte mingle all togither and make a fumigacion And of these pouders ye may make litle balles or pomauÌ„ders to beare about with you at al times but the last receyte must be wel incorporate with a lytle storax liquida and lapdanum the other with lapdanum gumme dragagant and rosewater ¶ An other goodly pomaunder for gentlewemen and ladyes TAke the rind of an orenge cloues lignum aloes of eche one dramme calamus aromaticus half a dramme alipta muscata one dramme roses myrtylles of euery one half a dramme nutmigge cinamome beniamin of euery one a scruple make it vp in a morter with Storax liquida with sufficiente waxe and maluesey addinge in the ende of camphore halfe a scrupule or more ANd in the tyme of pestilence ye ought to kepe the house euery day til the sonne be vp and if it chaunce that ye go amoÌ„g a great multitude of people wher is any daunger to be feared ye may chew a litle zeddary in your mouth ones in an houre or two but hold it not coÌ„tynuallye for hurtynge of the gummes zedoarie as sayeth Auicenne in hys boke de viribus cordis coÌ„forteth the herte and engendreth good blood it is holsome for the stomake as affyrmeth Plinie maketh good digestyon and prouoketh appetyte ¶ Constantyne in his booke of degrees sayeth it hath a great power agaynste venyme and the stynkyng of the mouth it breaketh wynde and cureth y e bytinges of venemous beastes and serpentes When the sunne shinethe in a cleare day ye maye walke in gardeynes medowes hilles by riuers but beware of lakes standyng pooles and fennes for oftentymes the enfection of the ayre aryseth of the corrupte vapoures boylyng out of suche vnholsome places The seconde parte of the cure of one that is enfected with the pestilence alreadye Howe to knowe a man that is infected the fyrst chapter WE sayd in the beginninge how y e pestilence was engendred of the corrupt and noughtie ayer turning all the humoures of the body quycklye to corrupcion to venyme Wherefore we muste take hede be tymes lest the vital meÌ„bres be infected of the sayd poison for it euer seketh to the hert and yf it come vnto the hert afore the medicine then is there no recouery for not one amoÌ„g an huÌ„dred lyueth For the sayde venyme is so swyfte so fearce and so boystous of it selfe that it wyll not without greate difficultie be put out of possession but dryueth awaye the medicine from the herte agayne But yf the medicine come vnto the hert afore the venym hath the vpperhande then he dryueth it oute by the helpe of the vertue expulsyue of the spyrituall membres and that expulsioÌ„ commonly is by swette And for because somtimes a man is poysoned can not tell him selfe nor none that is about him wherof many dauÌ„gers doth arise for as y e prouerbe is one scabbye shepe enfecteth a hole flocke therfore it shalbe necessary that euery man take hede vnto hym selfe consydre all the signes tokens that shal be sayd herafter for the more care that he hath about that the soner shal he escape out of the daunger And yf a maÌ„ feleth hym selfe infecte aboue all thynge let hym remembre god for it is a sycknesse y t in a twinkliÌ„g of an eie may bring a maÌ„ to death Firste let hym loke whether in hys arme
vehement as well after meat as afore he maye wel drinke a draughte of sodden water with the iuyce of orenges limons citrons or of sowre apples wel miÌ„gled together to queÌ„ch y e venimous fumes that might ryse vp to the brayne And yf the paciente be younge and stronge hauyng a good stomake hole winded hoate of complexion and in tyme of heate not subiecte to the colike nor to none hydropsye nor apostomes in the bowelles he maye drynke a good draughte or twoo of cleare and colde water commynge out of a rocke or of a runnynge water or of a faire spring For when nothynge elles can mytygate the thyrste yet wyll cleare water by lytle and lytle dymynishe all the heate But ye must beware ye take no greate excesse Aptisane with suger of roses is verye good to drinke betwene meales The pacient oughte not for to sleape duringe the fyrste .xxiiii. houres and in the time y t he receiueth his medicines Afterward he mai slepe a litle at once to comforte the weakenesse of the spirites and he ought euery daye to go to syege once And aboue al other thynges let him not dispayre but bidde him be of good comfort and doubt not of his health so he take no thought but as much as is possible make him to reioise as wel by communicacion as by musike and bringyng in vnto hym good and holesome herbes fruites boughes and other thynges of coumforte but yet notwithstanding see that he remember God and notforget his own coÌ„science for in this sickenesse the worst is euer to be feared ¶ The thyrde Chapter of the cure of pestilence by the waye of medicine AS soone as euer ye fele your self infect take of y e poudre of bole armoniake in maner and forme afore declared or of y e blacke receite the weyghte of halfe a crown more or lesse according to the vertue of the pacient myngled with the water of roses and a litle vineger as is sayde afore and drinke it all at one draught And if ye can not get the foresaid pouder or paraduenture ye wil abhorre to take it theÌ„ drink a litle pocion of y e receit folowing which is very excelleÌ„t ¶ A receit against the pestilence TAke y e rote of turmeÌ„tile dryed in the shadowe of saffron and of mustarde sede asmuch of one as of an other make of them a pouder and incorporate it with the thyrde part of mithridatum or of fyne triacle wyth a lytle stronge venyger iÌ„ maner of an opiate kepe it in an earthen vessell close and in tyme of nede vse it The weighte of it at once is froÌ„ halfe a dramme vpwarde â–ª This receite woorketh more vpon the venime then it doth vpoÌ„ the feuer And euery daye folowing it is good to take a litle sirupe of limons with water of sorell or of matfeloâ— or of oure lady thistle And he that hathe none of the sayde sirupes let hym vse the waters of the same herbes or the good water that I haue discribed in the chapter of medicines preseruatiues Auicenne sayeth that whosoeuer taketh an onyon drynketh it in mylke fastyng in a mornyng he shal bee safe that daye from all infeccyons of the pestilence Therfore some are wont to rost two or thre onions and to eat theÌ„ with vineger and browne bread nexte their heart afore they enter into anye suspecte ayre And haue founde health in their so doinge IOhannes Manardus â— man of hye knowlage in the arte of medicine and of greate auctorytye amonges al learned men describeth in his boke of Epistles a very good receit aswel preseruatiue as curatiue deuised by himself for lacke of good triacle and is of merueilous operacion as well in this disease as in healing all maner venymous wouÌ„des both of adders snakes and other kinde of serpentes The receit of this noble medicine is this ¶ Manardus medicine for the pestilence TAke the dried bloud of a drake and of a ducke of a gose and of a kid rue fenell seede the seede of cumine dylle and of wylde nepes or gardeÌ„ nepes or rapes of euery one .iii. drammes the roote of geÌ„tiane trifoile squinantum frankeÌ„sence roses dried of ech .iiii drammes White pepper and long cost valerian anyse cinamome of eche .ii. drammes myrrhe nard of eche .vi. draÌ„mes beniamin assarum gumme armoniake of eche thre drammes aloes agarike of eche two drammes carpobalsami .xx. graynes ireos saffron reubarbe and reupontike gynger mastike of ech one dramme sticados fiue drammes Make a fyne pouder of these and with foure times asmuche of claryfied honye mingle all together and kepe it in a siluer vestel or a glasse stopped for it is an hie treasure iÌ„ such a case The dose of it is two drammes in wine or water of sorel ¶ Here foloweth an electuarye of a wonderful vertue in the tyme of pestilence THis electuarye is of so great vertue in theÌ„ that do receiue it once in .xxiiii. houres that they maye be sure from all euil infeccions of corrupte ayres and contagious all the daye after But in them that are infecte alreadye and are taken with the pestilence yf they drynke of it but one sponefull as shal bee sayde hereafter speciallye after letting bloude yf it bee conuenyent to the pacient and laye him down and sweat vpon thesame yf the venim hath not vtterly ouercome the hearte he shal vndoubtedly recouer It hath bene lately proued that after drinkynge of thesame medicine whan y e pacient made his water in an vrinal the glasse hath bruste in pieces by reason of the venime that it purged out ¶ This is the makyng of the sayde electuarye Take cinamome electe one ounce terra sigillata .vi. draÌ„mes fine mirrhe iii. draÌ„mes vnicornes horne .i draÌ„me the sede and rinde of citron rootes of diptany burnet turmentille zedoary redde corall and drammes .ii. yelowe saunders .iiii. scrupules red saunders ii scruples white ben and red floures of marigoldes ana one dramme iuerye raced scabiouse beronici tunici anyse cinamome of eche .ii. drammes myrrhe nard of eche .vi. draÌ„mes beniamin assarum gumme armoniake of eche thre drammes aloes agarike of eche two drammes carpobaâ—sami .xx. graynes ireos saffron reubarbe and reupontike gynger mastike of ech one dramme sticados fiue drammes Make a fyne pouder of these and with foure times asmuche of claryfied honye mingle all together and kepe it in a siluer vestel or a glasse stopped for it is an hie treasure i such a case The dose of it is two drammes in wine or water of sorel ¶ Here foloweth an electuarye of a wonderful vertue in the tyme of pestilence THis electuarye is of so great vertue in theÌ„ that do receiue it once in .xxiiii. houres that they maye be sure from all euil infeccions of corrupte ayres and contagious all the daye after But in them that are infecte alreadye and are taken with the pestilence yf they drynke of it but one sponefull as shal bee sayde hereafter speciallye after letting bloude yf it bee
it is more easye I fynde that manye thynges haue a natural vertue against y e falling euill not of any qualitye elementall but by a singuler propertye or rather an influence of heauen whiche almyghtye god hathe geuen vnto thynges here in earth as be these and other Saphires smaragdes redde coral piony mystletow of the oke takeÌ„ in the moneth of March and the moone decreasynge tyme sauein dylle and the stone that is founde in the bellye of a yong swallow being the first brood of the dame These or one of them hanged about the necke of the child saueth and preserueth it from the sayd sickenes Now wil I describe some good holsome medicines to be takeÌ„ inward for thesame disease If the chylde be not very young the mawe of a leueret dronke with water and honye cureth thesame ¶ A medicine for the fallinge syckenesse Take the roote of pionye and make it into pouder and geue it to the childe to lycke in a litle pappe and suger They that are of age maye eate of it a good quantity at once and likewise of the blacke sedes of the same piony Item the purple violettes that creapeth on the ground in gardeines with a longe stalke and is called in englishe and fryed meates but abstaine from mylke and al maner fyshe And it shall be good for her to eat a lectuary made after this sorte Take nuntis cinamone cumine rose leaues dryed mastike fenugreke valerian ameos doronisi zedoarye cloues saunders and lignum aloes of euerye one a dramme muske half one draÌ„me make an electuary with clarified hony and let her eat of it and geue the chylde as muche as halfe a nut euerye daye to swallow A plaister Take an ounce of waxe and a dramme of euphorbium at the potecaries and temper it with oyle olyue on the fyer and make a serecloth to coumforte the backe bone and the sinewes ¶ A goodly lauatorye for the same purpose Take lye of ashes and seeth therein baye buryes and asmuch piony sedes in a close vessel to the thyrde parte and washe the childe often with thesame Item a bathe of sauerye maiorym tyme sage nepte smallage mintes or some of them is verye good and holesome Also to rubbe the backe of the chylde and the limmes with oyles of roses and spyke myxte together warme and in stede of it ye mai take oyle of baies ¶ Of the crampe or spasmus THis disease is often sene amoÌ„g chyldren and commeth verye lyghtely as of debilytye of the nerues and cordes or elles of grosse humors that suffocate thesame the cure of y t whiche is declared of authours to bee doone by friccions and oyntmentes that comfort the sinowes dissolue the matter as oile of floure-deluyce with a litle anyse saffron and the rootes of pionie Item oyle of camomil fenugreke and mellilotâ— or the herbes soddeÌ„ betony wormewood verueyne and tyme are exceding good to washe the chylde in Item the plaister of exphorbium written in the cure of palsey Of the stifnes or starknes of limmes SOmetime it happeneth â— the lymmes are starke â— can not well come together withoute the greater peyne whiche thyngâ— procedeth mani times of cold as whan a chylde is found in the frost or in the streete caste awaye by â— wycked mother or by somâ— other chaunce although I am not ignoraunâ— that it maye procede of manye other causes as it is sayde of Rasis and oâ— Arnolde de villa noua in his boke of the cure of infantes And here is to bee noted a wonderfull secret of nature manye tymes approued written of Auicenne in hyâ— fyrste Canon and of Celius Antiquarium electionuÌ„ libro .xiii. capit .xxxvii â–ª that whan a meÌ„ber is vtterly benum 〈◊〉 and taken thorough colde so thaâ— the paciente cannot feele hys lymmes nor moue them accordynge to nature by reason of the vehement congelacioÌ„ of y e bloud in such case y e chiefest helâ— or remedy is not to set them to the fyer to receiue heat for by that meanes lightly we se that eueri one swowneth and manye dye outeryghte but to sette the feete legges and armes in a payle of clere colde water whiche immediatly shal dissolue the congelacioÌ„ and restore the bloude to the former passage and fredome after that ye maâ— lay the pacient in a bed to sweate and geue him hote drinke and caudels or a coleis of a capon hote with a litle cinamome saffroÌ„ to coÌ„fort the hart An argument of this cure ye may se thus When an apple or a pere is frosen in the winter sette it to the fyer and it is destroyed but yf ye putte it into colde water it shall as well endure as it did afore whereby it doth appere that the water resolueth colde better with hiâ— moysture than the fyer can do by reason of his heate for the water relenteth and the fyer draweth and dryeth as affyrmeth Galene in hys booke oâ— elementes Hitherto haue I declined by occasion but I trust not in vayne to the reader now to my purpose When a yonge childe is so taken with a colde I esteme it best for to bath thâ— bodye in luke warme water whereiâ— hath bene sodden maiorim and time â— sope sage mintes suche other gooâ— and comfortable herbes theÌ„ to relieuâ— it with meates of good nourishment accordyng to the age and necessity and yf neede be when ye se the limmes yâ— to be starke make an oyntmente after this fourme ¶ An oyntment for styffe and stoyned limmes Take a good handefull of nettles and stampe them then seth them in oyle â— the thirde part in a double vessel kepâ— that oyntmeÌ„t in a drye place for it wâ— last a great while and is a singuler râ—medy for the styfnes that commeth of cold whoso anoynteth hys handes fete with it in the morning shal not be grieued with colde al the daye after The sedes of nettles gathered in harueste and kepte for thesame entente is excedyng good sodden in oyle or fryed with swines grece which thing also is verye good to heale the kybes of heeles called in latin Perniones The vrine of a goate with the donge stamped and layed to the place resolueth the stifnes of limmes When the cause commeth not by extreme cold but of some other affeccion of the sinowes and cordes it is best to make a bath or a fomeÌ„tacioÌ„ of herbes that resolue and comfort the sinowes with relaxacion of the grosse humors to open the pores as by exaÌ„ple thus Take malowes holyhocke and dyl of eche a handful or two seth them in the water of netes fete or in broth of flesh without salt with a handful of branne â—nd comine in the which ye shall bath the chyld as warme as he may suffeâ— and yf ye see necessitie make a plaistâ— with the same herbes and lay it to thâ— griefe with a litle gosegrece or duckâ— grece or if it may be gotten oyle of câ—momil of lylyes and of dyll
full of matter and paynefull the beste shal be to annoint the sore place with the brayne of an hare capons grece equally myxt togither and after that ye haue vsed thys ones or twise annoynte the gummes and apostemacions with honye Thyrdlye yf this helpe not take turpentyne myxte with a litle hony in equal porcion And make a bath for the head of the chylde in this fourme Take the floures of camomylle and dyl of eche an handful seeth them in a quarte of pure rennyng water vntil they be tender and wasshe the head afore any meate euerye mornyng for se pourgeth the superfluytye of the braynes through the seames of the skull and wythdraweth humours from the sore place fynally coÌ„forteth y e braine and al the vertues animal of the child To cause an easie breedyng of teethe many thiÌ„ges are rehersed of auctours besydes the premisses as the fyrst cast tooth of a colte set in syluer borne or redde coralle in lyke maner hanged about the necke wher vpon the chylde shuld oftentimes labour his gummes and many other lyke whyche I leaue out at this time to auoide tediousnes onely content to declare this of coral that by consent of al authours it resisteth the force of lyghtenyng helpeth the chyldren of the fallynge euyll and is verye good to be made in pouder dronken agaynst al maner of bleeding of the nose or fundament ¶ Of a canker in the mouthe MAny tymes by reason of corrupcion of the milke venimous vapoures arising from the stomake of many other infortunes there chaunceth to brede a caÌ„ker in y e mouthes of childreÌ„ whose signes are manifest ynough y t is to saye by stinking of the mouthe peyne in the place contynual rennyng of spittle swellynge of the cheke and when the mouth is opened against the sonne ye maye se clereye where the canker lieth It is so named of the latter sort of phisicions by reason of crepynge and eatynge forwarde and backewarde and spreadethe it selfe abrode lyke the feete of a creues called in latine cancer notwithstanding I knowe that the Greekes and auncient latynes gyue other names vnto thys dysease as in callynge it an vlcer other whyles â—the neme carcinomata and 〈…〉 al in englyshe knowen by the 〈◊〉 of canker in the mouthe and although there be many kindes according to the matter wherof they be engendred therfore require a diuersitie of curing yet for the moste parte whan they be in childerne the cure of them al differeth very litle or nothing for y e chiefe entent shal be to remoue the malignitye of the sore and to drye vp the noisome matter and humours thaÌ„ to mundify and heale as in other kindes of vicers sores and woundes ¶ Remedies for the canker in the mouth of children TAke drye redde roses violettes of eche a lyke quantity make them in pouder and myxt them with a lytle honye thys medicine is verye good in a tender suckynge childe and many times healeth alone without any other thing at al. But yf ye se there be great heat burning in the sore with exceding paine ye shal make a iuice of purcelane lettuse nightshade wash the sore wyth a fyne pyece of sylke or driue it in with a spoute called of the surgions a sprynge This by the grace of God shall abate the brennyng aswage the peyne and kyl the venime of the vlcer But yf ye see the canker yet encrease with great corrupcioÌ„ matter ye shal make an oyntmente after this maner Take mirre galles wherewith they make ynke or in defaute of them oken apples dryed frankinsence of eche a lyke much of the blacke buries growynge on the bramble taken from the bushe while they be grene the .iii. part of al the rest make them al in pouder and mixt them with asmuch hony and saffron as is sufficient and vse it ¶ A stronger medicine for the canker in the mouth of children Take the roote of celidonye dryed the rinde of a pomegranate redde corall in pouder the pouder of a hartes horne of eche a lyke roche alume a litle Fyrste washe the place wyth wyne or warme water and hony and afterwarde putte on the foresayd pouder very fyne and subtyle An other singuler medicine for the canker in the mouth of al ages â„ž ysope sage rue of eche one good handeful seeth them in wyne and water to the thirde part then straine theÌ„ out and putte in it a litle white coperose accordyng to necessitye that is to saye whan the sore is great put in the more whan it is small ye maye take y e lesse than adde to it a quantitie of hony claryfied and a sponeful or twoo of good aqua vite washe the place wyth it for it is a singuler remedye to remoue y e malice in a short while which done ye shal make a water incarnatiue and healyng thus â„ž rybwoort betonye and daysies of eche a handefull seeth them in wyne and water and washe hys mouth two or thre times a day with the same iuce Moreouer some write y t christal made in fyne pouder hath a singuler vertue to destroie the canker and in lyke maner the pouder of an hartes horne breÌ„t with asmuche of the rinde of a pomegranade and the iuyce of nyghtshade is very good and holsome Of quinsye and swellyng of the throte THe quinsy is a dauÌ„gerous sicknes both in young olde called in latin angina it is an inflammacion of the necke with swellyng and greate peyne sometyme it lyeth in the verye throte vpon the wesaunt pype and than it is exceding perillous for it stoppeth the breath stranguleth the paciente anone Other whyles it breaketh oute like a bonche on the one syde of the necke and than also with verye great dyffycultye of breathynge but it choketh not so sone as the fyrst doeth and it is more obediente to receiue curacion The signes are apparaunt to syghte besides that the chylde can not crye neyther swallow downe his meat and drynke without payne ¶ Remedye It is good to annoynt the griefe with oyle of dyll or oyle of camomyll and lylies and to laye vpon the head hote cloutes dipte in the waters of rosemary lauender and sauery The chiefest remedy commended of authours in this outragious sickenes is the pouder of a swallow brent wyth fethers and all and myxte with hony whereof the paciente muste swallowe downe a litle and the reste annoynted vpon the payne They prayse also the pouder of the chyldes dunge to the chyld and of a man to a man brente in a pot and annointed with a litle hony Some make a compouned oyntmente of both the receite is thus â„ž of the swallow brent one porcion of the second pouder another make it iÌ„ a thicke fourme with hony and it wyll endure longe for the same entent Item an other experiment for the quinsy and swellynge vnder the eares Take the musherun that groweth vpon an elder tree called in englysh Iewes
eares for it is in dede croncled and â—at muche lyke an eare heat it agaynst the fyer and put it hote in anye drinke thesame drinke is good holesome for the quinsye Some hold opinion that whoso vseth to drinke with it shall neuer bee troubled with this disease and therefore carye it about with them in iorneys ¶ Of the cough THe cough in children for y e most part procedeth either of a cold or by reason of reumes descending from the head into y e pipes of the longes or the breaste and that is most commonly by ouermuche aboundaunce of milke corruptyng the stomake and brayne therefore in that case it is good to fede the chylde wyth a more slender dyete and to annoynte the head ouer with hony and now and than to presse his toungue wyth youre fynger holdyng downe hys heade that the reumes may issue for by y t meanes the cause of the cough shall runne oute of his mouthe and auoyde the chylde of many noughty and slimy humours whiche done many tymes the paciente am endeth wythout any further helpe of medicine ¶ For the cough in a chylde Take gumme arabike gumme dragagant quince sedes liquirice and peridies at the pothecaries break them al together and geue the childe to suppe a litle at once with a draught of milke newli warme as it commeth from the cowe Also stampe blaunched almons and wringe them out with the iuyce of fenell or water of fenell and geue it to the chylde to fede with a litle suger ¶ Against the great cough and heate in the bodye The heades of whyte poppye and gumme dragagant of eche a litle much long cucumer seedes as muche as al seth them in whaye wyth raysons and suger and lette the chylde drynke of it twyse or thryse a daye luke warme or colde ¶ Of straytnesse of wynde AGainst the straitnesse of breathyng whiche is no quinsie the consente of authours do attribute a great effecte to lyuesede made in pouder tempered with hony for the chylde to swallowe downe a lytle at once I find also y t the mylke of a mare newly receiued of y e chyld with suger is a siguler remedy for y e same purpose Which thing moreouer is excedynge holesome to make the belly laxe without trouble ¶ Of weakenes of the stomake and vomitynge MAni times the stomake of the child is so feble that it caÌ„not retain eyther meat or drinke in which case and for al debilitye therof it is verye good to washe the stomake with warme water of roses wherein a litle muske hathe beene dissolued for that by the odour and natural heate geueth a comfort to all the spirituall members And then it is good to rost a quince tender with a litle pouder of cloues and suger to geue it to the child to eat coÌ„serua quiÌ„ces with a litle cinamome and cloues is synguler good for thesame entent Also ye may make a iuice of quinces and geue it to the chylde to drinke with a litle suger ¶ An oyntmente for the stomake Take gallia muscata at the pothecaries .xx. graine weight myrrhe a verye litle make it vp in oyntment fourine with oyle of mastike and water of roses sufficient this is a very good ointment for the stomake ¶ An other singuler receit Take mastike frankinsence and drye redde roses as muche as is sufficient make them in pouder and temper theÌ„ vp with the iuyce of mintes and a sponful of vineger and vse it ¶ An other Take wheat floure and parche it on a panne tyll it begynne to brenne and waxe redde than stampe it with vineger and adde to it the yolkes of twoâ— egges harde rosted mastike gumme frankinsence sufficient make a plaister and laye it to the stomake To recouer an appetite lost Take a good handfull of ranke and lustye rewe and seth it in a pint of vyneger to the thyrde parte or lesse and make it very stronge wherof yf it be a chylde ye may take a tooste of brown bread and stampe it with the same vyneger and laye it plaisterwyse to the stomake and for a stronger age besides the plaister lette hym suppe morning and euenyng of thesame vineger This is also good to recouer a stomak lost by comming to a fyer after a long iourneye and hath also a singuler vertue to restore a man that swowneth ¶ An experiment often approued of Rasis for the vomite of chyldren Rasis a solemne practicioner amonge phisicions affyrmeth that he healed a great multitude of this disease onelye with the practise folowinge whiche he taketh to bee of great effect in all lyke eases Fyrst he maketh as it were an electuarye of pothecarye stuffe that is to saye lignum aloes mastike of euerye one half a dramme galles half a scruple make a lectuary with syrupe of roses and gallia muscata and suger Of this he gaue the children to eat a very litle at once often Afterwarde he made a plaister thus â„ž mastike aloes sloes galles frankensence and brent bread of ech a like porcion make a plaister with oile and sirupe of roses to be laid to the childes stomake hoâ—e ¶ An other oyntment for the stomake described of Wilhel Placentino Take oyle of mastike or of wormewood .ii. ounces waxe .iii. ounces cloues macis and cinamome of eche thre drammes make an oyntment adding in the ende a litle vineger The yolke of an egge hard rosted mastyke frankinsence and gumme made in a playster with oyle of quinces is excedyng good for the same purpose Of yeaxing or hicket IT chaunceth ofteÌ„tymes that a chyld yeaxeth out of measure Wherfore it is expedient to make the stomake eigre afore it be fed not to replenish it wyth to much at once for this dysease coÌ„monly procedeth of fuines for yf it come of emptines or of sharp humors in the mouth of the stomake which is seldome sene the cure is then very diâ—ficill and daungerous Remedye When it commeth of fulnesse that chylde yeaxeth incessauntlye without measure and that by a long custome iâ— is good to make him vomit with a feâ—ther or by some other lighte meanes y t the matter which causeth y e yeaxynge mai issue and vncomber the stomake y t done brynge it a slepe and vse to annointe the stomake with oyles of castor spike camomyll and dyll or twoo or iii. of them ioined together warme Of colike and rumblyng in the guttes PEine in the belly is a common disease of children it commeth either of wormes or of taking cold or of euyl mylke y t signes thereof are to well knowen for the chylde cannot rest but cryeth and fretteth it selfe and manye tymes cannot make theyr vryne by reason of winde that oppresseth the necke of the bladder and is knowen also by the member in a manne chylde which in thys case is alwaye stiffe pricking moreouer the noyse and rumblinge in the guttes hither and thyther declareth y e chylde to be greued with winde in the
belly and colike ¶ Cure The nourse muste auoyde all maner meates that engeÌ„der wind as beanes peason butter harde egges and suche Than washe the childes bellye with hote water wherein hath bene sodden comine dyll and fenel after that make a playster of oyle and waxe and clappe it hote vpon a cloth vnto the belly An other good playster for thesame entent Take good stale ale and freshe butter seeth them with an handfull of comine poudred and after put it all together into a swines bladder bynde the mouth faste that the licoure yssue not out then wind it in a cloth turne it vp and doune vpon the belly as hote as the pacient may suffer this is good for the colâ—ke after a sodayne colde in all ages but in chyldren ye muste beeware ye applye it not to hote Of fluxe of the bellye MAny tymes it happeneth eyther by takynge colde or by reason of great pain in breadyng of teeth or els through salt and eiger steume or cholere engeâ—dred in the bodye that the chylde faâ—â—eth into a soodayne laxe whiche yf it longe continue and bee not holpen it may bring the pacient to extreme leanes and consumpcioÌ„ wherfore it shall be good to seke some holsome remedi to stop the runnynge of the fluxe thus Remedy for the fluxe in a chylde First make a bath of herbes that doe restrayne as of plantaine saint Iohns weede called ipericon knotgrasse bursa pastoris and other suche or some of them and vse to bath him in it as hote as he mai wel suffer then wrap him in with clothes and laye hym downe to slepe And yf ye se by this twise or thryse vsing that the belly bee not stopped Ye maye take an egges yolke harde rosted and grinde it with a litle saffron myrrhe and wyne make a plaister and apply it to the nauyl hote Yf this succede not then it shalbe necessary for to make a pouder to geue him iÌ„ his meat with a litle suger and in a smal quantitye thus Take the pouder of hartes horne breÌ„t the pouder of goates clawes or of swines clawes brent the pouder of y e sede of rose which remain in the bery when the rose is fallen of euery one a porcion make them verye fyne with good redde wyne or almon mylke and wheat floure make it as it wâ— a paste and drye it in litle balles tyll ye se necessitye it is a singuler remedye in all suche cases Item the mylke wherein hath bene sodden whâ—te paper and afterwarde quenched many hote irons or gaddes of stele is excedinge good for thesame entent to drinke And here is to be noted that a naturall fluxe is neuer to bee feared afore the seuenth daye and except there issue bloude it ought not to bee stopped afore the sayde tyme. Pouder of the herbe called knotgrasse or the iuce thereof in a possette dronkeÌ„ or a plaister of thesame herbe and of bursa pastoris bolearmeny and the iuyce of plantaine with a litle vyneger and wheate floure is excedynge good for thesame cause Also the rindle maw of a young suckynge kydde geuen to the chylde the weight of .x. graines with the yolke of an egge soft rosted and let the pacient abstayne from mylke by the space of .ii houres before and after in stede wherof ye maye geue a rosted quince or a warden with a litle suger and sinamome to eate Item an other goodly receit for thesame entent Take sorel seed and the kernelles of greate raysyns dryed acorne cuppes and the seed of white popie of eche .ii. drammes saffron a good quantytye make them in pouder and tempre theÌ„ with the iuce of quynces or syrupe of red roses this is a souerayne thyng in al fluxes of the woumbe Many other thinges are written of authours in the sayd disease whiche I here leaue out for breuitie also bycause the afore reherced medicines are sufficieÌ„t ynough in a case curable yet wyl I not omytte a goodly practise in the sayde cure The pesyl of an hart or a stagge dryed in pouder and dronken is of great wonderful effect in stoppyng a fluxe Which thing also is approued in the lyuer of a beast called in Englysshe an otter The stones of him dronken in pouder a litle at ones thirtye daies togyther hath healed men for euer of the sallyng euyl ¶ Of stoppyng of the bellye EVen as a fluxe is daungerous so is stoppynge hardenesse of the bellye greuous noyesome to the chylde and is often cause of the colycke and other diseases Wherfore in this case ye must alway put a litle hony into y e chyldes meate and let the nource gyue hym honye to sucke vpon her fynger and if this wil not helpe then the nexte is to myxe a lytle fyne and cleare turpentine with honye and so to resolue it in a saucer and let the chylde suppe of it a lytle This medicine is descrybed of Paulus Agineta and recited of dyuers other as a thyng very holsom and agreing to the nature of the child for it doeth not only losen y e bellye without grefe or daunger but doeth also purge the lyuer and the longes with y e splene and kidneies generally comforting al the spirituall membres of the bodye The gall of an oxe or a cowe layed vpon a cloute on the nauylle causeth a chyld to be loose bellyed lykewyse an emplayster of a rosted onyon the gall of an oxe butter layed vpon the belye as hote as he maye suffre Yf these wyl not helpe ye shal take a lytle cotten and roll it and dypped in the sayd gall put it in the fundament ¶ Of wormes THere be dyuerse kindes of wormes in y e belly as longe short rounde â—at and some small as lyce they be al engendred of a crude grosse or phlegmatike mater neuer of choler nor of melancholy for al bytter thynges kylleth them al swete meates that engendre fleume nourissheth and fedeth the same The signes dyffer according to y e wormes For in the long rouÌ„d the pacieÌ„t coÌ„monly hath a drye cough paine in the belly about y e guttes somtyme yeaxing treÌ„bling in y e nighte starte sodaynely and fal aslepe againe other whyles they gnasshe and grynd theyr teeth togither the eies waxe holowe with an eygre loke haue great delyte in slombryng and sylence very loth wheÌ„ they are awaked The pulse is incertayne and neuer at one staye somtyme a feuer with greate colde in y e ioyntes which endureth thre or .iiii â—oures in the night or day many haue but small desire to meate and when they desyre they eate very greedelye which yf they lacke at theyr appetyte they forsake it a great whyle after the hole body coÌ„sumeth and waxeth leane the face pale or blewe somtime a â—uxe somtimes vomite and in some the belye is swollen as styffe as a taberet The long and brode wormes are knowen by these sygnes that is to say by yelownesse or
whittishnesse of y e eyes intollerable hunger greate gnawinge and grypyng in the belly specially afore meat water commyng out at the mouth or at y e foundament continuall ytche and rubbing of the nosethrilles sonken eies and a stynkyng breath also when the person doth his easement there appeareth in the donge lytle flat substaunces moche lyke the seedes of cucumers or gourdes The other lesse sorte are engendred in the great gutte may wel be knowen by the excedyng ytche in the fundament within are oftentimes sene commyng out with the excrementes They be called of phisiciōs ascarydes ¶ Remedy for wormes in chyldren The herbe that is founde growyng vpon oisters by the seas syde is a synguler remedy to destroye wormes and is called therfore of y e Grekes Scolytabotan◠that is to say the herbe that kylleth wormes it muste be made in pouder and gyuen with sweate milke to the chylde to drynke The Phisicions call the same herbe coralino ¶ A singuler receyte for to kyll wormes Take the gall of a bull or oxe newlye kylled and stampe in it an handful of good comyne make a playstre of it and lay it ouer all the belly remouing the same euery syxe houres Item the gall of a bull with seedes of colocinthis called colloquintida of the pothecaryes and an handfull of baye beries wel made togither in a plaister with a sponful of strong vinegre is of greate effecte in the same case Yf the childe be of age or strong complexion ye may make a fewe pilles of aloes and the pouder of wormeseed then wynd them in a pece of a singing lofe and annoynte them ouer wyth a lytle butter and let thē be swalowed downe hole without chewyng ¶ Of swellyng of the nauill IN a child lately borne and tender somtyme by cuttyng of the nauyll to nere or at an inconueniente season sometyme by swadlynge or byndynge amysse or of moche cryinge or coughynge it happeneth otherwhyles that the nauyll aryseth and swelleth with great paine and apostemacion the remedy wherof is not muche differente from the cure of vlcers sauynge in thys that ye oughte to applye thynges of lesse attraction then in other kind of vlcers as for an example ye maye make an oyntmente vnder thys fourme Take spike or lauender halfe an ounce make it in pouder and wyth thre ounces of fyne and cleare turpentyne tempre it in an oyntmente addyng a portion of oyle of swete almons But yf it come of cryinge take a lytle beane floure and the asshes of fyne lynnen cloutes brente and tempre it with redde wine and honye and laye it to the sore ¶ A playster for swellyng in the nauill Take cowes donge and drye it in poudre barlye floure and beane floure of eche a porcion the iuyce of knotgrasse a good quantitie comine a litle make a playster of all and set it to the nauyl ¶ An other Take cowes donge and seeth it in the mylke of the same cowe and lay it on the grefe This is also marueylouse effectuall to helpe a soodayne ache or swelling in the legges Of the stone in chyldren THe tender age of children as I sayd afore is vexed and afflicted with manye greuous and peryllous diseases amōg whō there is fewe or none so violente or more to be feared in them then that whiche is most feared in al kindes of ages that is to say the stone an houge and a pityful disease euer the more encreasyng in dayes y e more rebelling to the cure of Physycke Therfore is it excedyng daungerouse whan it falleth in children for asmoch as neither the bodyes of them may be wel purged of the matter antecedent called humor peccans nor yet cā abide any vyolent medecyne hauyng power to breake it by reason wherof the said dysease acquyreth suche a strengthe aboue nature that in processe of time it is vtterlye incurable Yet in the begynning it is oftentimes healed thus Fyrste lette the nurse be well dyeted or the chyld yf it be of age abstaining from al grosse meates and hard of digestion as is beafe bacon salt meates and cheese than make a pouder of the roote of peonye dryed and myngle it with as muche hony as shal be sufficient or yf the child abhorre hony make it vp with suger molten a lytle vpon the cooles and gyue thereof vnto the chylde more or lesse accordinge to the strengthe twyse a daye tylle ye se the vryne passe easelye ye maye also giue it in a rere egge for without dout it is a synguler remedye in chyldren ¶ An oyntment for the same Oyle of scorpions yf it may be gotten is exceding good to annoint withal the membres and the nether parte of the bellye ryghte agaynst the bladder ye may haue it at the pothecaries ▪ ¶ A singuler bath for the same entent Take mallowes holyhocke lyly rootes lynseed and parietary of the wal seeth them all in the broth of a shepes head and therin vse to bathe the chyld oftentymes for it shal open the straytnes of the condites that the stone may issue swage the payne and brynge out the grauel with the vrine but in more effect whan a playster is made as shal be sayde herafter and layed vpon the raynes and the belly immediatly after the bathyng ¶ A playster for the stone Take parietarie of the wal one portion and stampe it doues donge an other porcion and grynde it than frye thē both in a panne with a good quātitye of freshe buttyre and as hote as may be suffered lay it to the belly and the backe and from .iiii. houres to .iiii let it be renewed This is a souerayne medicine in all maner ages Item an other pouder whiche is made thus Take the kernels or stones that are found in the fruyte called openers or mespiles or of some medlars Make them in fine pouder whiche is wounderfull good for to breake the stone without daunger both in yonge and olde The chestwormes dryed and made in fyne pouder taken with the brothe of a chycken or a lytle suger helpeth them that can not make theyr vryne ¶ Of pyssyng in the bedde MAny times for debility of vertue retentiue of the reines or blader as wel olde mē as children are oftentimes annoyed whan their vrine issueth out either in theyr slepe or waking against theyr wylles hauing no power to reteine it whan it cōmeth therfore yf they wil be holpē fyrst they must auoid al fat meates til y e vertue retentiue be restored againe and to vse this pouder in their meates and drynkes Take the wesande of a cocke and plucke it thā brenne it in pouder and vse of it twise or thryes a daye The stones of an hedgehogge poudred is of the same vertue Item the clawes of a goate made in pouder dronken or eaten in pottage If the pacient be of age it is good to make fyne plates of leade with holes in them and lette them lye often to the naked backe ¶ Of brustynge THe causes