yolks of egges mix them and make your plaister A Plaister or Searcloath for fractures or bruises TAke Rosin and Wax ana viij â„¥ black Pitch iiij â„¥ Perosine ij â„¥ oyle Olive viij â„¥ melt them and put thereto Cummin seed â—ne powdred and searced ij â„¥ mix c. A Plaister to heale Sores and Scabs TAke the juyces of Celendine Fumitory Scabius and red Docks ana iiij â„¥ Letharge and Ceruse ana iiij Ê’ fine powdred mix them with Vinegar and Hogs-grease ana set them on the fire and in boyling mix your powders by little and little at once stirring them and so use it A Plaister for the Cramp in arme or legge TAke great Onions roast them tender make a plaister and apply it where the paine is very hot and in thrice dressing it will be well A good Plaister to heale and cleanse old sores TAke Rosin xij â„¥ Perosine iiij â„¥ Wax viij â„¥ Galbanum j â„¥ Mastick sang Drac ana iiij Ê’ Frankincense j â„¥ all powdred small honey and Boares-grease ana iiij Ê’ Verdigrease i Ê’ melt them stirre them and put it up to use Another Plaister to dissolve and ripen TAke Mallow roots Lillies Henbane and Smallage seeth them tender stamp them and boyle them with May Butter and oyle of Linseed ana in boyling put some Honey therein stir them wel together then thicken it with the powders of Linseed and Fengreeke when you heat it put Milk and May Butter thereto quod sufficit A good Plaister deficative and clensing lately used TAke Rosin Wax Hogs-grease ana ij â„¥ honey clarified i â„¥ dj put not in your honey till the Rosin and Wax be melted then stirre them well and in stirring put in the powder of white Copperas what you think fit for the Cure A Plaister to skinne and heale very fast TAke oyle of Linseed viij â„¥ new Wax iiij â„¥ melt them at a soft fire stirre them then put thereto Lapis calaminaris j â„¥ fine powdred still stirre it in the cooling put in one spoonfull of white wine vinegar so make it let it be well mixed A Plaister to heale and dry TAke oyle Olive and new Wax melt them put in fine powder of Calaminarum make it red with the powder of red Lead if the sore be cleane dresse it but once in three dayes Another of the same nature TAke Lapis Calaminaris grinde it fine on a Painters stone put thereto fresh Butter and Oyle of Linseed a little Bole and Ceruse grinde them on the stone A Plaister to asswage heat and inflammation of the liver TAke Barly meale mixed with the juyces of Sengreene and Orpius and Vinegar mix them with Populion and the cold white oyntment make a plaister and lay it to your right side A powder to correct and abate spungie flesh or mortifie it TAke fine Allom Verdigrease ana ij â„¥ Bole iiij â„¥ all fine powdred and searced mix them and use it A Powder to destroy Warts any where TAke Savine dried and powdred if it be not strong enough mix powder of Mercury sublimat which will destroy Itch Canker Pox or Cornes Item burn'd Allom or burn'd Copperas or the greene powder of Hollyworth c. A Powder praised of all Chirurgeons for it scales bones and stops the watring of Nerves or sinewes TAke burn'd Copperas j â„¥ Auri Pigmentum fine Combust i â„¥ Verdigrease fine searced j â„¥ burn'd Allom fine powdred and searced iij â„¥ mix them together it is excellent in operation The Powder of Mercury sublimat TAke Mercury powder sublimat put to it Bole so that in the mixing the powder may be but pale a little redâ—ish this kills all Pox Cankers old sores c. Pox or Plague or any thing else to purge out TAke the waters of Scabius and Fumitory ana first and last with Triacle Diatessaron and Sugar quod sufficit A Purgation which wrought good effect TAke one pinte of white Wine boyle therein Borage flowers Violet flowers Succory and red Roses ana dj M boyle them close covered till halfe the Wine bee wasted then straine it and put to it Allosuccotrine fine powdred iiij Ê’ Anniseed powdred ij ℈ take of this vj spoonefulls at once it purgeth well with Sugar Another gentle Purgation that is good against melancholy and comforts the spirits TAke the juyces of old Pippins and Borage ana as much as wil make a draught heat it seething hot then infuse therein aâ— night Senna iiij Ê’ Manna and syrup of Roses ana j â„¥ Anniseed bruised iiij Ê’ next morning straine it and drink it warme Paine or Pustulls rising any where TAke white Wine the Whay of Butter milk ana dj pint Damask Rose leave dried and Beane flowers or blosomes Mâ— boyle them close covered a little while then take it from the fire and presently mix dâ— pint of oyle of Tartar made of white wine so let it stand close covered till it be neeâ—e cold then straine it and foment the place very hot with double cloathes a quarter oâ— an houre this hath cured and eased many A Plaister of Adders tongue and sweet Mandlin all greene which cureth greene wounds and old sores TAke Linseed oyle j pint Adders tongue and sweet Maudlin both greene in May and June ana iij M strip forth their stalks and bruise them then boyle them in the oyle adde thereto white wine viz. let them all boyle till the hearbs bee very loft then straine them out and put the liquor to the fire againe adde thereto Rosin and Wax small broken viij â„¥ boyle them till all bee melted still stirring it then take it off presently mix therewith Venice Turpentine vj â„¥ liquid Storax j â„¥ so it is made Paine in the belly or any part to cure BOyle in a quart of Posset Ale Maydenhaire j M Anniseed and Liquorice mundified and bruised ana iiij Ê’ Jvorie shavings one spoonfull boyle them well straine it and drink it warme A Pectorall Electuary that comforts memory the sight and all griefes TAke red Sage Carduus Benedictus and Rosemary dried and powdred ana j â„¥ Lavander Penyryall Balme Marjorum Stoecados Sothernwood and Thyme ana iiij Ê’ all dried powdred and searced Ginger and Liquorice mundified Cloves Cinnamon Mace Annis Caroway Fennell Coriander seed Cardimonium Cubebs Calamus Aromaticus Ireos Florentine Galingale Myrrh lignum Aloes long Pepper Zedoria ana iiij Ê’ all powdred shake and stir all these powders in a quart of spring water wherein hath been boyled dj lb of Raisins of the Sunne stoned and strained forth then put in iij lb of English honey put it to fire againe let them boyle a quarter of an houre still stirring it with a spatula then take it againe from fire and put in the fourth part of a pinte of Rosewater and Nutmegs viij powdred when it is cold put it in close pots the Dosse is j Ê’ at once alone or better with Balme water or drink a little Balme water with Sugar Also boyle with the former simples mirabolans embellick and Bellerick stoned powdred and
â—j ℈ Cinnamon Mastick Ginger ana i ℈ let all these be fine powdred the Dosse is i Ê’ in white wine or Posset Ale three dayes together Then take Hysop Violets Rosemary Vervine Bettony St. Johns Woort Mouse-eare Plantaine Avence Sage Fetherfew ana i M. wash them cleane then dry them and bruife them in a Morter then put it in a new glassed Pipkin put to it one gallon of white wine so let it stand all night close stopped and on the morrow seeth it to one Pottle then straine it thorow a haire Sive and put it up close then drink it first and last nine dayes together at night hot at morning cold halfe a pinte at a time Dropsie a Medicine TAke Dragons Spiknard ana i â„¥ Alchenet di â„¥ powder them drink of this powder in Ale or Beere as much as will lye on six pence at one time Dropsie a Dyet-Drink TAke Iuniper thinne shaved and the berries bruised Ash Bark Sassafras roots Wall wort roots Caper roots Camock roots Marsh Mallow roots ana i M. Parsly roots Eringo roots Fennel roots all bruised ana ij â„¥ Parsly and Fennell seeds bruised ana ij â„¥ put all these in a Pipkin close covered put upon them as much scalding water as will cover them then put it up and paste it close so let it stand in hot Embers and not boyle xxiiij houres then put all these in a Ferkin of new Ale of seaven gallons so let it work together till the Ale be stale drink no other drink during the cure drink this at all times Dropsie or any other Disease a Treakle to cure TAke the powders of Rue and Bettony ana x â„¥ Wormewood and Centory ana iij Ê’ Gentian Myrrhe Aristolochia rotunda and Ivory ana i â„¥ Pulverize and Cearse all these mix them with clarified honey to a Treakle Dropsie an excellent Potion TAke Rue Sage Bettony Polypodij of the Oake Water-cresses green Broome Hysop Parsly and Fennell roots pithed roots of Lovage of Flower-de-Luce Gladwine the middle take of the Elder the small clot burre ana i M. boyle them in Barly water and white wine ana mix it with pure honey qd sufficit let the Patient drink of this first and last till he be well Deafenesse a pretions Medicine TAke honey the juyce of Singreene the water that droppeth from a greene Ashen Batt in the fire ana compound them together infuse it warme in the deafe eares A Defensive to stay Impostumes or Inflammations from all grcene Wounds apply it both sides the wound TAke the white of two Egs well brayed put thereto Wheat flower powder of Bole-armoniack and powder of Sanguis Draconis mix all these well together and apply it as before this stayeth repercusseth all humors if any heat happen in the wound then adde thereto Vinegar Rosewater and Singreene or Plantaine juyce this will dissolve all Inflammations or heat quickly A Defensive for greene Wounds TAke oyle of Roses Bole-armoniack ana ij â„¥ Terra sigillata and Vinegar ana i â„¥ Camphire ij. d Nightshade and Singreene ana i M. beat the hearbs straine the juyces mix all together cold so apply it if it be too thinne thicken it with Barly meale Dropsies Pox Consumption or any Disease TAke a pinte of spirit of wine infuse therein Zarza perilla thinne sliced so much as will colour the spirit of wine yellow as gold theÌ„ dissolve in it Gum of Guaiacum ij â„¥ straine it and adde thereto naturall Balme di â„¥ take hereof one spoonfull in a draught of small Beere or Ale morning and evening till you be well Diascordium an excellent Cordiall to make TAke Cinnamon Lignum Cassiae ana iij Ê’ Scordid or water Germander j â„¥ Dittany or Candy Tormentill Bistorta or Snakeweed ana iiij Ê’ Galbanum Arabis or Candy Mustard-seed j Ê’ dj Gentian iiij Ê’ Bolarmoniack j â„¥ dj Terra Linnen iiij Ê’ Opium j Ê’ dj Storax Calamint iiij Ê’ dj Sorrell-seed j Ê’ dj long Pepper Ginger ana ij Ê’ pure honey ij lb dj lb Conserve of red Roses j lb Aromaticall wine dj lb boyle all these two walmes to an Electuary E Eyes red and watering the Cure SPread the white of a new layd Egge on a red Colewort leafe when you goe to bed plaister the eyes therewith or the gall of a Partridge or the gall of a Turtle put into the eyes helpeth the dimnesse Eyes that seeme blinde the Cure TAke Smallage red Fennell Rew Vervine Egrimony Bettony Sage Sink-foyle Pimpernell Eufrage Celendine ana j M. wash them stamp theÌ„ wel put them in some vessell take powder of xv pepper cornes well searced one pint of wine three spoonfulls of boyes urine that is very young boyle them together till the juyce of the hearbs bee in the wine then straine it out hard and put it in a Vyall close stopped and with a feather drop it in the eyes cold for fifteene dayes during the Cure drink Beere wherein is infused over night to drink next morning Tormentill and Penny-grasse Egiptiacum to make TAke Verdigrease iiij Ê’ powdred Allom ij Ê’ Vinegar vj Ê’ Honey j â„¥ boyle all these till it be red this clenseth and siccatriceth old sores Emrods the Cure TAke two Handkerchiefes viij double put them on a Chafing dish of coales in a dish of white wine ready to boyle or seething hot then wring out one of them hard and lay it on the griefe as hot as hee can suffer it let it so lie till it waxeth cold then put that in the dish and so doe one after another for halfe an houre at once use this till it be well which will be some three times during the Cure some drink Milk-foyle in white wine with the powder of Egshells whence Chickens were hatched Emrods or any other Swelling in the place TAke Scabius and Mulline stamp them with fresh Butter and Hogs grease and make it yellow with powder of Saffron lay it to the griefe warme Or take the powder of burn'd Anniseeds Honey and Saffron make a plaister thereof and lay it to the griefe every dressing wash it with white wine wherein Scabius hath boyled Emrods to Cure 1 TAke the juyce of the root of the great Burre boyle it and bathe the Emrods therewith very hot then presently strew thereon the powder of red Archangell 2 Or take the powders of Lovage and Rew mixed with Honey make a plaister thereof and use it 3 Also boyle the leaves of Mercury very tender apply it thereto as a Poultis very hot dresse it twice a day and be whole 4. If they bleed or water much cast on them the fine powder of Letharge of gold it drieth them 5 Or stamp unset Leeks small put thereto honey and flower lay it on warme 6 Or stamp in a dish of the best Sope with some garden Snailes without shells and the powder of some Muscle shells mixed and applied thereto twice Eyes to preserve by Medicines Locall 1 THe smell of Marjorum is good to preserve the sight to
hearbs For a Trush in a sucking Childs mouth or any sore MAke a hole in the crowne of a new laid egge take out all the meat fill the shell with Honey burn'd Allom mixed let it boyle on the fire still stirring it with a Bodkin then take it out and dresse the sore Foule festred Sores and Cankers TAke Ink Auripigmentum quick Brimstone Salt Gem ana dissolve them all in Vinegar and put them in an unglassed Pipkin and close it well that the fume goe not forth and burne it therein till all come to ashes then powder it and wash the powder in Vinegar or infuse it in Vinegar that is warme and put thereof presently on the Sore as soone as it is quenched in the Vinegar then lay this oyntment following thereon viz. red Lead the fat of a Goat filings of Copper mix them and make an Vnguent thereof For fretting Sores a Cure TAke oyle of Radish roots Salt bray them together and plai ster them on Flesh superfluous in wounds or proud flesh LAy on the flesh the powder of Assa faetida it taketh it away the ashes of burnt wooll doth the same Also the powder of wilde Calamint or Scordium will consume the proud flesh and kill the wormes G Gowt a Medicine TAke Mutton sewet untried iiij lb the kidnies j lb dj lb greene Bay leaves Wormewood and Rew ana j lb red Sage â—nd Mercury ana j M let the hearbs be all â—reene gathered in the midst of May and â—eat in a stone Morter by little at once as you may well beat them small like greeneâ—awce then boyle them in a close Pipkin â—alfe an houre softly adde thereto Salletbyle j quart let it boyle one walme when it is neere cold straine it hard and put it in Gally pots and with this anoynt the Gowt â—old without heating it then lay on this Searcloath following viz. Perosine dj lb virgin Wax ij Ê’ melt them on the fire in a Piokin adde thereto oyle of Roses and red Rose leaves powdred ana ij Ê’ boyle them all one walme make your Searcloath lay it on the Griefe three dayes without removing Gowt Medicine the King used 1 TAke so many Raisins of the Sunne stoned as wil make a plaister for the griefe pound them like morter then plaister there if the Griefe be extreame miâ— some Opium therewith it will ease the paine 2 Item anoynt the Griefe with oyle oâ— Wax it easeth much 3 Item the Gall of an Ox and Aqua-vitâ— ana as much oyle of Exeter as all the other mixed together and anoynt the place therewith warme and wet a double cloath therin and apply it thereto Gonorrhaea a Pill that cureth TAke Bolearmoniack Turpentine wash'd in Plantine water Mastick Borax dried Eggeshells ana ij Ê’ Annifeeds Dragons bloud red Corrall ana ij Ê’ all pulverised and searced then compound them to a Masse for Pills give thereof morning and evening first and last ij Pills drink oft red Wine or Alegant Gonorrhaa or womens Whights TAke the powders of Sanguis draconis Corrall Cresses seeds Alchenet Acorn cups Terra sigillata and Venice Turpentine all powdred ana iij Ê’ confect them up with Triacle and â—â—â—serve of red Roses to â— consistence take thereof first and last morning and evening one or two drams till you be well Gonorrhaea a Julip to strengthen the back TAke Capdates twelve small Nuts five pints stamp the kernels by themselves and the shells by themselves take Brocklime Nepe Clary Dazies Dandelion and Plantine ana j M. the pith of an Ox back the pizle and stones of a young Ram slit them and make them cleane and boyle them in five quarts of Alegant to the consumption of halfe make it fit for your taste with Sugar straine it and drink thereof first and last Gonorrhaea Pills to cure it TAke Pearle and Comfrey roots dried and powdred Corral Amber ana iiij Ê’ Bolearmoniack bark of Guiacum Terra sigillata terra Lemnia ana iij Ê’ make them up to a Masse for Pills with Venice Turpentine washed in Plantine water take of this seaven Pills as small as Cherry stones first and last morning and evening fast three houres after in the morning Greene sicknesse the Cure 1 TAke clarified honey one pint Rew red Sagé ana j M stamp them and straine out the juyces mix them with the honey stirre them all together then boyle them one walme put to them a little powder of Pepper drink every morning hereof one spoonfull dj warme and fast ij houres after and last at night the like In the day eat Raisins of the Sunne and use some exercise during the Cure eat twice every day Pottage made of Water-Cresse and Brocklime 2 Sometime use this Almond milk take Succory Egrimony Cardus French Wormwood and yellow Dock roots ana boyle them in faire water then blanch bitter Almonds take their milk and mix all together this Decoction drunk in the morning fasting cureth 3 Item six bitter Almonds eaten in a morning for one weeke and fast one houre after is good Item your Ale must be reasonable in the Wort whereof must be boyled Egrimony garden Wormwood Costmary Succory and yellow Dock roots Greene sicknesse or any other griefe an Ale to drink in the Spring TAke Senna vj â„¥ Wormwood Balme ana ij M Anniseed and Fennell seed ana iij â„¥ the juyce of Scurvy grasse iij pints water-Cresses and Broke lime ana j pint let these be bruised and put in a thinne linnen bagge with a stone to sink it into foure Gallons of new Ale out of the Tun so let it all work till it be foure dayes old then drink thereof in the morning fasting dj pint if it â—urge not three or foure Stooles a day then drink as much at night use it till you bee well Gonorrhaea all Fluxes of Bloud whatsoever and Womens Whights TAke of the foure cold seeds husked the seeds of white Poppy of Mallowes Quinces Purslayne and Mirtles Pine kernels Gum Arabick Gum Dragaant white Sugarcandy Liquorice mundified Penides French Barly Psilium sweet Almonds ana iiij Ê’ fine Bole red Roses Sanguis Draconis Spodij Mirrhe ana j Ê’ mix all these being fine searced with so much Hydromill as will make it a Masse for Trochis make them all of the waight of dj Ê’ a peece when you use any of these dissolve one of them in sixe spoonefulls of very hot milke if they grow so hard that they will not dissolve then grate or beat them in fine powder and put them in the milk drink or eat this Dosse first and last it cures in five or six dayes often proved the body being before duly prepared Glysters to loose and fasten BOyle a Sheeps head with the leaves of Hollyhocks Mallowes and Mercury ana j M the seeds of Fennell and Parsly bruised the roots of both pithed Linseed all the seeds powdred put in some Butter or oyle then straine out x â„¥ thereof mix therewith Diaphenicon ij Ê’ or of Diacotholicon ij Ê’ as
the disease requireth minister it no warmer then you may abide the bladder on your cheeke Glyster for the winde Collick TAke Malmsey j pint boyle therein the seeds of Parsly and Fennell bruised ana iij ʒ mother of Thyme Penyroyall let them boyle a good while then put thereto Ginger Cummin and Enula Campaine all bruised ana j ʒ Sugar Oyle quod sufficit for a Glister Gowt paine to ease quickly on warrantize STamp red Archangell in a Morter with Vinegar and binde it to the place grieved it will presently ease if it do not mix a little Opium therewith it failes not A Gargarizme to wash and cleanse a sore mouth TAke Plantin burn'd Strawberry leaves and Knotgrasse ana j M. Sorrell and Sage ana j M. red Rose leaves j M. dj mix therewith long Pepper Pellitory of Spaine ana j ʒ ℈ ij boyle them in a pottle of water to the consumption of halfe then straine it put thereto honey of Roses i ℥ dj and Oxymell Squilliticum so it is made Another good one TAke Hyera picra simplex iiij ʒ Oximell Sillitticum ij ℥ the distilled waters of Hyssope Bettony and Organy j ℥ dj mix them and make your Gargarizme minister it warme to draw humors but when you will stop them use cold things in your mouth as vinegar or Fountaine water H Head ache of Rhewme the Cure TAke one Nutmeg Cubebs Piony seed Setwell roots Marjorum Angelica roots ana ij ʒ dry all these and powder them fine and make them up with honey to a Masse for Pills whereof take every morning five small ones Item fry fresh English Hops in Muscadine and bind them as a Poultis very warme to the Nape of the Neck renew it as occasion serveth this helpeth Item oyle of Cloves to anoynt the temple is very good Item two plaisters of Flos unguentorum laid to the temples like Mastick plaisters and on the Nape of the neck helpeth Head beating or noyse to purge away by the nose PVt the juyce of Beets Bettony Dazie roots ground Jvie or any of them put in a Sawcer and with a quill snuffed in the Nosthrill let your mouth be full of warme water every time you doe it then drop two drops of oyle of Amber into your eares be eating some Crust in your mouth when you doe it it will enter the better Head ache the Cure TAke oyle of Roses oyle of Camomile ana ii ℥ wax ij ʒ Rose vinegar sixe drops dissolve them on the fire when it is cold anoynt the temples therewith Item if the paine bee hot adde thereto oyle of Violets white Poppy unguentum Populeon ana ij ʒ and ij d. of Camphire mixed Head a Gargarizme TAke Bettony j M. Vinegar j pint a little Cinnamon as much Stavesacre both bruised boyle them together to the consumption of halfe Gargarize with one spoonfull therof but if the pain come from the stomack boyle the afore-said simples in good Gascon wine and drinke it with Cinnamon Or take Frankincense Pidgeons doung Wheat flower ana j ℥ temper them with the white of an egge and binde it to the aking place Humors from any place being setled TAke Bullocks Lights and parboyle them and then very hot slit them and lay them to the place grieved it will draw it away Haire to bring againe TAke Bulls Tallow honey and oyle of Tartar ana j ℥ boyle them together anoynt the bald place therewith Haire to cause to fall or take away TAke bloud r suckers burn'd to ashes mix the ashes with strong Vinegar washany hairy place therewith it will fall away Or the bloud of a Bat suffereth no haire to grow For all diseases in head as Megrom Impostume Dropsie Feavers Headache and corrupt stomack TAke the roots of Pellitory of Spaine Spiknard ana iiij ʒ powdred Vinegar and Mustard mixed with the powders well together keepe it in a close Gally pot hold halfe a spoonefull thereof in the mouth a good while and spet from him the rhewme in a Bason as often as he needeth or for six dayes then take this powder for foure dayes Take Galingale j ℥ Nutmeg iij ʒ Cloves and Cinnamon ana ij ʒ Liquorice iiij ʒ Sugar ij ʒ all powdred take thereof first and last in good liquor the Dosse is halfe a spoonfull Hearing lost to renew againe TAke the Brine of Beefe the elder the better boyle it well scum it cleane often keepe it in a Glasse take the clearest thereof and wrap it warme to the eares deafe Heat in the Body or Liver a Iulip TAke pure French Barly ij M boyle it in a pottle of water put therein Raisins of the Sunne and Prunes ana j ℥ Fennell and Parsly roots cleansed and pithed ana j ℥ Endive Harts tongue Liverwort Sowthistle crops of Wormwood Mercury Mallowes ana iiij ʒ boyle them well together in a close Pipkin then straine it out hard put the liquor to the fire againe and put to it red Saunders powdred j ʒ Sugar to sweeten it to a Julip what sufficeth adde to it Musk three graines use the drink thereof warme Item if you wil have it more cooling add thereto Violets Lettice Sorrell Borage and Clivers the like quantity Dianthos which helpeth all feeblenesse of the body the Tissick the griefe of the heart and liver after long sicknesse TAke Cloves Galingale Ginger Spick Nutmegs ana ij ʒ dj Carraway Annis Cardamonium ana ij ʒ Liquorice red Roses Violets and Rosemary flowers ana iiij ʒ honey cleansed and Rosewater sufficient let them be all fine searced then mix it with the honey and Rosewater or simpred on the fire to a confection the Dosse is iij ʒ Head Megrome or paine the Cure on warrandize TAke gray Sope iiij ℥ bray therein the whites of two Egges and put it in a Box when you use it spread it on a double cloath and lay it to the forehead even to the eares dresse it twice a day for five dayes together you shall finde ease at the first two dressings To cure any heat or Feaver a Iulip TAke Rosewater or Violet water one pint Sugar dj lb boyle them together by a soft fire clarifie it with the white of an egge colour it with red Sanders so straine it and use it Humors to stay that floweth out and will not be stayed TAke the waters of Endive Sorrell Lettice and Vinegar one pint of each boyle them together by a soft fire with sufficient Sugar drink thereof often Hemrods a plaister to cure them TAke Lovage and Rew powdred small mixed with honey make a plaister and apply it Head paines very old to cure TAke Gum Arabick Myrrhe Saffron and Euphorbium ana iij ʒ bray them together with the white of an egge well beaten then applied plaister-wise on the temples and forehead this presently cures Hurts in the Seull TAke the juyce of Pimpernell and wet therein peeces of linnen cloath and apply it oftentimes thereto it will healeit quickly Head Megrome paine or winde PVt a lump of the best Mithridate in
Starch j â„¥ dj bruise all these together â—n a Leaden morter some houres together use this foure times every day till it be well Or take the juyces of Hazell leaves j â„¥ and Bettony iiij Ê’ mixed and with a quill drawne up into the nose divers times in the day is likewise good Item let the Patient purge with Pillulae cochiae or Hierae picrae or such like O Oyle of Swallowes to make TAke ten young Swallowes put them quick in a Morter put to them Lavander Cotton Spike Camomile Knotgrasse Ribwort Balme Valerian Rosemary tops Woodbine tops strings of Vines French Mallowes tops of Alchow strings of Strawheries Tutâ—anie Plantainâ— Walnut leaves tops of young Bayes Hyâ—â— sop Violet leaves and Sage Romane Wormewood ana j M. Camomile and reâ—â— Roses ij M. of each stamp all these together put to it one quart of Neats-foot oyle or May Butter Cloves fine powdred j â„¥ put all these in a new red Pipkin close stopped and laid for nine dayes in a Cellar under ground then boyle them in Balneo sixe houres adde thereto Wax dj lb and one pint of Sallet oyle Oyle of Saint Johns Wort to make of the best TAke j lb of the flowers and leaves of St Johns Wort put them in a broad Vial with so much white wine as will cover the hearbs set them in the Sunne ten dayes then put thereto Sallet oyle ij lb let them stand in the Sunne other ten dayes put thereto of Venice Turpentine iiij â„¥ Saffron powdred j Ê’ Nutmegs Cloves and elect Myrrhe ana iiij Ê’ Frankincense powdred j â„¥ put them in a great bottle close stopped let them boyl in Balneo till no more vapours will ascend into the head which wil be some 24 houres then take it forth and straine it while it is â—â—â—t put it in a glasse close stopped so is it â—â—â—de up this oyle must bee used alwayes â—â—arme tent no wound therewith but dresse â—â—â—em all with cloathes wet therein and â—â—â—d thereon so it heales best and quickliest Another oyle of Saint Johns Wort for aches and bruises TAke Sallet oyle one pint in a Viall put thereto of Saint Johns Wort flowers â—eaten ij M. of the leaves of red Rose buds â—he white ends cut off the flowers or tops â—â—f Rosemary and Camomile flowers ana 〈◊〉 M. set the Viall in the Sunne till the oyle â—e blood red put thereto the powder of Alkanet iiij Ê’ so it is made Oyle of Snayles for any ache to make TAke in May black Snayles one pint put them in a great Ox bladder with one pint of Aqua-vitae and the substance of all the Ox gall let run into the bladder to the rest oyle of Peeter ij â„¥ oyle of Spick ij â„¥ tye the bladder fast and put into another great bladder and hang it up fast tyed for twenty dayes where no Rats nor Mice may coâ—â— then straine it and keepe it to your use pâ—â—â— with it liquid Storax j â„¥ it giveth a good smell and is also good Oyntment to expell winde paine in the backe stone in the kidnies Sciatica or any ache anoynt the place warme being first rubbed with a dry cloath TAke an Ox gall slit in the bottome let it runne out into a Pipkin adde thereto Neatsfoot oyle j lb ground Jvie Rew Camomile and Thyme ana j M pound them in a Morter together adde thereto Aqua-vitae j â„¥ boyle them all at a soft fire three quarters of an houre stirre it often in the boyling then straine it and so is it made Oyle of Egges to make TAke the yolks of thirty Eggs sodden very hard put away the whites then put the yolks in a Morter beat them smal then put them in a broad Pipkin cover them with a round Trencher with a hole in the top and with a rowling pin thorow the hole still stirring them as they boyle till â—â—ey be all turned soft then straine out the â—â—llow yolk Oyle of Bever-cod good for paine in sinewes and joynts Palsie and stifnesse of the neck it allayes the cold of Agues if you anoynt the back-bone therewith TAke Bever-cod j â„¥ Euphorbium iij Ê’ Myrrhe ij Ê’ strong white wine viij â„¥ Sallet-oyle xij â„¥ let them boyle close overed till the wine be cleane spent then traine it and keepe it to your use Oyle of Camomile is good to open the pores and sweatevents it expells vapours and is good for paine in sinewes joynts and guts TAke sweet Camomile flowers as much as you will put it in a preserving glasse and cover it with sweet oyle then stop it and set it in the Sunne foureteene dayes afterward boyle it in a Balneo then straine out the Camomile and renew the oyle with fresh flowers so often til it be erfect in 〈◊〉 and colour then use it as aforesaid Oyle of Dill asswageth all pain opens the poresâ— consumes wind and all hard swelling it takeâ— away all shaking of Agues causeth sleepâ— eases the paine of the head in hot Agues iâ— you anoynt the back bone therewith THis oyle is made of the hearb and fowers as you make oyle of Camomile with old oyle Oyle of Lillies healeth all paine of cold in brest reines bladder matrix and guts it digesteth and asswageth the Cough ripens all Impostumes drieth all foule sores in the head diminisheth all sweatings if you mix Saffron therewith TAke the white leaves of Lillies and prepare the oyle as aforesaid Oyle of Wax to make MElt j lb of Wax small chop'd mix therewith some ij lb of well burn'd Bricks small powdred or as much as will serve to work it up like soft paste then put it all up in an earthen pot to distill with a glasse lying along according to Art Opiats to procure sleepe in a melancholy madnesse FIrst let the Patients hands and feet bee washed with a Decoction of Dill Camomile Lettice Poppy Mallowes and Willow leaves and after anoynt them with oyle of Poppy-feed by expression or let him smell to this Opiat following Take i Ê’ of Mithridate five graines of Opium three of Saffron with one spoonefull of Malmsie and two graines of Camphire put all into a Lemmon Pill emptied of the juyce and smell thereto often about your houre ordinary to sleepe If this faile swallow twenty graines of Moglosse or take dj Ê’ of Philonium to bed or some other wholsome Opiat going to bed well corrected P Palsie the cure TAke Cowslip flowers or roots red Mints Lavander Sothernwood ana j M. stamp them small and boyle them in strong Ale one pint put to it Bay salt j â„¥ dj when your liquor is halfe wasted take out the hearbs and stamp them againe then put thereto as much good Mustard as halfe your hearbs thereof make a plaister If the disease be in the tongue lay it to the Nape of the Neck If in the jawes toward the eares or cheeks if in the hand to the pulse and let it lie 12 houres wash your hands where Sage hath beene Another by Potion TAke
Wormewood ana â„¥ ij Hermodactils Agarick Coliquintida Polypody ana j Ê’ Diagredij Turbith Aloes ana vj 〈◊〉 Mastick red Rose leaves salt Gem. Epithimum Annis and Ginger ana j Ê’ mix them and searce them compound them in a Morter with syrup of Roses to a Mass for Pills the Dosse is jâ— in five Pills taken in the pap of a rosted Apple â—â—r any syrup Plaister Basilicon to draw and heale TAke Wax Rosin Cowes tallow Pitch Birdlime elect Myrrhe Tarre and Oliâ—anum ana vj Ê’ melt the Rosin Tallow Pitch and Wax then straine them powder â—ine your Olibanum and Myrrhe then put them in and last put in the rest stirre them well till they be cold Plaister gratia Dei TAke Bettony Vervine Pimpernell Dazies Plantaine Centory Ribwort and Avens ana j M. hearb gratia Dei ij M. both crops and roots wash them cleane and bruise them small in a Morter then put them in an earthen Pot and put to them a pottle of good red Wine or white cover it and boyle it from a pottle to a quart being boyled let it stand twelve houres then straine it thorow a cloath then wash the pot again with white Wine and put in the liquor againe and boyle it then take Wax dj lb. Rosin dj lb Galbanum j â„¥ Mastick j â„¥ smâ—â— powdred let it boyle well still stirring a quarter of an houre then take it from thâ— fire put thereto Turpentine iiij â„¥ stirreâ— till it be well compounded then straine thorow a strong canvasse cloath the neâ—â— morning put some womans milke of a mâ—â— childe to it melt it on the fire againe reacâ— to boyle then anoynt your hands with Oylâ— or Butter make it up in rowles Plumbeous plaister or of Lead to heale and finish a sore TAke Chalke ij â„¥ Hogs-grease ij â„¥ Cerusa j â„¥ Lapis calamniaris j â„¥ then beat and mix the Ceruse and Chalke in a hot brasse Morter with a hot pestle halfe an houre adding some Hoggs grease thereto in beating them then make it up in small rowles when you use it spread it on leather a good thicknesse let it lie 24 houres unremoved so use it till you be whole Plaister greene to cure greene and new wounds TAke clarified Sheeps-sewet the leaves of greene Tobacco Hounds-tongue â—â—nt Johns Wort Valerian Plantaine Ribâ—ort Selfe-heale and Tutsane leaves ana 〈◊〉 lb Hogs grease dj lb chop the hearbs â—en boyle them in the sewet and grease â—â—l the greennesse be out of the hearbs then â—â—aine it out and presently mix therewith â—enice Turpentine and Wax ana ij â„¥ first â—elt the Wax and put it in so hot mix all â—ell together Plaister that cureth all waterish stinking humours TAke Chalke fine powdred j lb Hogs-grease xij â„¥ compound them together with your hands till they bee thick like rung then lay it on the sore dj inch thick till it be well Black plaister mundifieth all sores and taketh away all paine TAke Sallet oyle and white vinegar aâ— xij â„¥ white Lead and red Lead ana ijâ— Wax iij â„¥ boyle all together till they bâ— black then adde thereto Camphire prepareâ— iiij Ê’ when it is taken from the fire anâ— mix it well Plaister of Tapsus barbatus that cures all Cankers Fistulaes Plague-sores hot bruises botches or fellons TAke the juyces of Smallage Carduus young Wormwood Mullin Walwort Pimpernell Dovefoot Plantain Egrimony Mugwort Sage Dazies Nightshade anâ— Fluellin ana j Ê’ Woodbine iiij M. when they be stamp'd and strained put to as much Honey in measure as you have in juyces then boyle them together in a new red Pipkin close covered let them boyle simpering still stirring it till it come to the thicknesse of Honey then take it from the fire and keepe it in a new â—â—then pot close covered When you make a plaister for any the 〈◊〉 aforesaid then take of this Honey iiij â„¥ â—â—eat meale ij â„¥ boyle all these together 〈◊〉 walme stir it still for feare of burning 〈◊〉 take it from the fire put to it presently â—â—nice Turpentine ij â„¥ mix it wel with the 〈◊〉 when it is almost cold powre the white 〈◊〉 two Egges well beaten thereto mix â—â—em together till it be cold now the plaiâ—â—er is called Diaflosmos A Lotion to wash the griefe before you plaister it dresse it twice a day bathe it hot or seringe it before the plaister be applyed TAke Nightshade Smallage Egrimony Fluelline Sage Carduus ana M. Woodbine ij M. Allom iiij Ê’ Honey ij â„¥ Plantaine water and white wine ana one pinte boyle all these hearts small cut till their substance be forth with the Honey Allom Wine and water straine it to your use A Potion to drink warme first and last during the Cure with the Plaister and Lotion TAke Sanicle Fluellin Pimpernelâ— Cransbill wilde Tansie Egrimoniâ— Valerian and Mouse-eare ana j M. bruiâ— them then put to it Cloves bruised i Ê’ boyle them all in one quart of white Wine and one pint of water with three spoone fulls of Honey then strain it and mix there with one pint of Carduus water Plaister for any Ache Griefe Sore swelling or Paine TAke Rosemary Camomile Sage Elder buds Sothernwood Lavander Wormwood Costmary red Mint Rew Lavander-cotton Buglosse and Brocklyme ana ij M. black Snailes one quart Frankincense iiij â„¥ Wax Rosin ana ij â„¥ Hens dung and Cowes dung dj lb of each Butter out of the Churne unsalted iij lb Mace Cloves Nutmeggs and Cinnamon ana iiij Ê’ fine powdred boyle all these together close stopped straine it and put it in Gally-pots to your use Plaister for old sores TAke Olibanum lapis Calaminaris Letharge of Lead and Bole ana j â„¥ powdred and searced Wax ij â„¥ and oyle of Roses j â„¥ boyle them to a plaister Pleurisie the Cure BOyle Mallow roots iiij â„¥ in water till they bee tender then take them forth and stamp them with Butter Honey and Pidgeons dung ana ij â„¥ mix them well and apply it to the side affected Poyson and Plague to prevent TAke the leaves of Rew Figs Juniper berries ana iiij Ê’ Walnut-kernells ij â„¥ mix all these together in Wine-vinegar infuse it therein all night next day begin to take thereof ij Ê’ every morning Item Bezar Harts-horne Jvory any of these in Dragon-water or with Mithridate doth the like A Pill to give sleepe and ease in all extreame paine TAke Cinnamon Cassia lignea Opium ana ij Ê’ Myrrhe both the Peppers ana j Ê’ Castor dj Ê’ Saffron j ℈ fine powdred and made to a Masse for Pills with Honey the Dosse is two Pills no bigger then small Tares either A Purgation that cleanseth the head braine and all the body of melanc holy TAke Senna vj Ê’ Ginger j Ê’ Buglosse j Ê’ flowers ij Ê’ infuse all in a close stopped Ale bottle of stone with a pint of Whay of Goats milk let them boyle in Balneo one houre then let it coole give it to drink warme in the morning this preserveth against all passions of the
braine it helps hearing smelling and seeing and strengthens all the body and unburthens the same of every humour that abounds as Choler Phlegme and Melancholy this was the practise of Mathiolus Riolanus Achiaius A Diet that cures all Pox Scabs and Lamenesse TAke Zarsa perilla and Hermodacts ana vj ℥ Calaminaris iiij ℥ Senna iij ℥ Turbith ij ℥ Guiacum viij ℥ bark of Guiacum iij ℥ Bole ij ℥ Liquorice iiij ℥ mundified French Barly vj ℥ Fennell and Aniseeds ana iiij ℥ put all these in a Diet-pot with foure gallons of water stop it close and infuse them all night in the hot embers then boyle it on a soft fire foure houres in the end of the boyling put therein Laudanum Paracelsus purified ij ʒ Mithridate j ℥ mix them all together drink thereof often a good draught especially first and last this cureth all aches in the limbs or body French Pox or any disease strengthens the spirits if you use it for the Dropsie put in good store of Mechoachan if for Paine in the head put in Staecades or Bettony ana iij ℥ when it is strained put to the simples againe so much water againe boyle it as before for small drink at meales Another Diet for Pox. TAke Sarsa perilla iiij ℥ Guiacum viij ℥ bark of Guiacum iij ℥ bruised not to small stoecados iij ℥ Liquor is mundified and thin sliced Anniseed bruised ana ij ℥ infuse all these in a Diet pot all night close stopped with nine quarts of water next day boyle it on a soft fire till a third part bee spent then straine it drink a good draught thereof first and last use your selfe as aforesaid A Plaister sanative and defensive for Pox or old Sores TAke oyle of Olive one pinte Virgin-Wax Olibanum gum Elemni Lapis calaminaris and Rosin ana iiij ʒ fine powdred dissolve all these on a small fire then straine them adde thereto Bole Terra sigillata sanguis Draconis all fine searced ana ij ℥ Venice Turpentine iij ℥ mix all these on the fire againe still stirring it till it be cold this is very excellent for all ulcerations A Plaister attractive or drawing to heale sores or wounds TAke Plantaine Bettony Dazies Mouse-eare Orpius Mallowes Ribwort Vervine and Sanicle ana ij M. stamp them with Sheepes sewet sufficient to boyle them let them so boyle covered till the sewet bee greene then put therein Rosin small powdred j lb Wax small cut dj lb boyle them one walme then straine it put it to the fire againe melt therein some oyle of Roses Mastick and Olibanum ana j ℥ Myrrhe iiij ℥ Aloes Succotrine vj ʒ then take it off the fire and put to it Turpentine iiij ℥ mix it and stirre it till it be cold Some slight Purgations of Senna IN primis take Senna in your Broathes in some quantity with some Ginger for paines of the head Item some iiij ʒ with Ginger and Annis may bee given to women with childe and children Item it may bee powdred with Ginger and mixed with syrup of Roses Laxative or Cassia in a reasonable Dosse Item iiij ʒ infused all night in seething hot posset or white wine with Sugar and Ginger purgeth gently A good Plaister to heale and dry a sore being cleansed TAke Hogs-grease viij ℥ oyle of Roses iij ℥ white Lead ij ℥ Olibanum Mastick and Rosin ana ij ℥ fine powdred Camphire j ʒ mix them altogether and make a plaister thereof A Plaister of Musalage which healeth and skinneth much and is pretious and comfortable for veines and Nerves TAke Letharge of Lead v lb of white Lead j lb of Wooll oyle one pottle of Fengreeke viij ℥ powder all these and searce them take also Linseed and Mallowes ana iiij ʒ boyle them in white wine and water very soft and tender then take them up from the liquor straine them then set your oyle and powders on the fire put in your powders by little and little at once then stirre them well put in the Musalages when it is off the fire and stirre them till they be neere cold then make it up in rowles Plaister healing called Jacobs Plaister TAke Lapis Calaminaris Lapis Sanguinaris Letharge of gold Terra sigillata Ceruse ana j ℥ Bole ij ℥ all fine powdred and searced oyle of Linseed dj pint Wax v ℥ Rosin iiij ℥ Turpentine j ℥ melt all together then straine them mix in your powders before set downe by little and little stirre them well together and make your plaister Another of Jacobs Plaister TAke Lapis Emery Adamants Letharge of gold Ceruse Letharge of silver Lapis sanguinaris Bole sanguis Draconis Ox bones burn'd ana ij ℥ Camphire j ʒ Wax j lb Sheeps sewet and Turpentine ana dj lb oyle of Roses iiij ℥ fiat emplastrum An excellent healing and cooling Plaister TAke Wax and Deares sewet ana iiij ℥ Lapis calaminaris ij ℥ May-Butter ij ℥ Camphire j ʒ oyle of Roses viij ℥ mix and melt them together and make your liquid Plaister A very good Plaister called the black Plaister TAke red Lead viij ℥ white Lead viij ℥ oyle of Linseed viij ℥ red Vinegar iiij ℥ stirre all together in a panne of a gallon boyle them on a Charcoale fire till they bee black try one drop on a bright sawcer if it be black and well powre it out in cold water wet your hands in oyle and so rowle it up A Plaister cold called Colemanes Plaister TAke oyle Olive one pinte Wax iiij ℥ Pitch iij ℥ melt them all together and straine them then put therein Ceruse white Lead Letharge of gold Lapis calaminaris ana iiij ℥ all powdred then put therein the Gums melt them together and stirre them well then take them off and still stir them till they bee almost cold then powre it in cold water and make it up A good Plaister to dissolve and cleanse a sore TAke Galbanum j ℥ infuse it all night in white Wine wash the sore therewith then mix the Galbanum working it in your hands and so plaister it on A good Sanative Incarnative and Desicative Plaister for ulcers TAke a pinte of oyle Olive and Wax iiij ℥ in small pieces boyle them on the fire till the Wax bee melted then put them in a Bole dish put therein Lapis Calaminaris powdred mix and stirre them together with a rowling-pinne till it bee cold so make it to a plaister Powder to Incarnate and dry up sores TAke Frankincense Dragons blood quick Lime ana make powder thereof Another powder to encrease flesh and heale TAke Dragons blood Aloes Olibanum sarcacolla ana j ℥ powder it and apply 〈◊〉 A Plaister to incarnate and mundifie TAke Rosin and Wax ana ij ʒ Turpentine iij ʒ Frankincense and Mastick an◠j ʒ Saracole Mummy ana iij ʒ oyle of Mastick and Honey of Roses ana iiij ʒ Barly meale ij ʒ mix them on the fire and make a plaister A Plaister maturative and ripening TAke the juyce of Smallage honey flower of wheat and the
till they be tender then bruise them till they be small boyle them again in Sheeps suet and apply it as a Pultis To skin a Sore or heale a wound TAke oyle of red Roses infuse therein a little Gum-dragant and a little powder of Alkanet let it stand till the Gumme be like a gelly then strain it and anoint therewith Scabs the cure over all the body TAke Devils Bitt Scurvy-grasse Water-cresses Brocklime and Fumitory ana j M. Rosemary tops di M. bruise them and infuse them in clarified Whay drinke no other drink for vj dayes Scabs an unguent with the former drinke TAke the juice of Scabius j â„¥ Enula campowdred j Ê’ oyle of red Roses j â„¥ boyle them in ij â„¥ of Vinegar til it be thick anoint Stomack to cleanse TAke Centaury Scabius Devils Bitt and Egrimony ana di M. sprigs of Rosemary tops foure or one race of Ginger grated three large Mace boyle them all in a quart of claret Wine sweetned with Honey drinke thereof first and last till you be well Scal'd head the cure MIx with Hogs grease the juyce of Alexander and a little Auri pigmentum fine powdred to make it looke yellowish melt it put in the powder while it is on the fire make an oyntment therewith and anoint the griefe Or take Soute Oyle-Olive a little Wine Vinegar Feltery Grasse boyle them together till the Feltery be hard and like a coal then strain it and put thereto one spoonfull of Tarre stirre it till it be almost cold Or take of the worst Salt-butter j lb. the juyce of Celendine fry them together till it become black strain it and anoint Swelling or pain between the skin and the flesh TAke the dung of a Deere Goate or Sheepe fine powdred boyle it in Malmsy and Wine Vinegar ana adde thereto some powder of Cominseed boyle them to the thicknesse of a playster apply it hot and dresse it every xxiiij houres Speech lost to cure TAke the juice of Sage and Primrose boyle it in white Wine and Gargarize the mouth therewith Strangury and Stone to cure TAke j quart of white wine infuse therein all night the roots of Parsnips and Carrets thinne sliced ana j â„¥ the next day strain the wine out and infuse therein the powder of a Hares haire the powder of a Filberts shell Licorice cleansed and powdred ana j spoonfull Cinnamon Nutmegs white Ginger Ivy-berries Parsly seed Caroway Coriander and Fennill all fine powdred halfe a spoonfull Sugarcandy powdred ij â„¥ shake all these together in the pot with wine so let it stand drinke a good draught of it first and last fast two houres after in morning Sores running to dry and heale TAke the Mosse that growes on the black thorn powder it fine the bark of Guiacum powred powder of old rotten oaken post powder of the burnt bones of the jawes of a Pig the powder of calcined Vitriall and burn'd Allom ana j Ê’ compounded with Honey to a playster Stitch to cure APply to the place grieved crummes of Ry-bread wet with verjuice as a Pultis very hot if the paine run on follow it with the hot Pultis till it be gone Stone to breake TAke the shell or thinne rindes of Acorns the hips of the Briar red Holly-berries and Nutmegs ana all dryed and powdred drink hereof first and last in warme white wine di spoonfull at once for six dayes or more it helps For all Sicknesse Fevers Impostumes or any other disease in Mans body TAke Hysop Betony Rosemary Violets Vervine Saint Johns Wort Avence Mouse-eare Plantain Feverfew ana j M. clean washed and stamped in a morter then put them in a new earthen pot with one gallon of white wine so let it stand close covered to infuse all night in the morning boyle it close covered to the consumption of halfe then straine it through a ha re Sive into a double Viall then give the sicke to drinke thereof evening hot and morning cold a great draught every time this powder following to be drunk therwith Take Gallingale and Nutmegs ana iiij Ê’ Ginger j â„¥ Cloves Cinnamon Spikenard Enula Campain ana ij Ê’ Licorice vj â„¥ Sugar foure â„¥ all fine powdred and searced then mixe one spoonfull of this powder in one pinte of the liquor afore-said so morning and evening drinke a great draught as is set downe Take first the simple liquor vj days and vj nights and then other foure dayes and nights take it with the powder this will cure you if ever you be cured Stitch a remedy in the Spleene or any part of the body CVt a a thin Turffe having some short giasse thereon broyle it on a Gridiron still basting it with vinegar put it in a double cloath and apply it very hot Of the leaves of the smoothest Holly dried and powdred fine drink thereof so much as wil lye on a six pence in any warme drink A Stone that maketh water for any sore to bathe it or heale any Canker in the face TAke Allom and white Copperas ana j â„¥ fine powdred then put them in an earthen dish make the powder hollow or a hole in the midst of it powre on a litle white wine to moisten the powders so let them boyle till they be almost dry then put to it white and red Lead powdred ana ij Ê’ stirre and mix them wel together till they be dry then make the hearth very cleane where the fire was lay the dish and powders with the bottomes upward thereon then cover the dish with hot embers so let it he till the Powders dry and the dish be cold then take out the stone made of the powders and put iiij Ê’ thereof into a pint of Plantaine water or white wine and water and bathe the sore therewith warme and lay lint wet therein all day and all night lay a plaister made with some of this stone powdred mixt with Honey and Camphire but first bathe it with the water so use it till you be well Sciatica an approved medicine TAke Malmsie and Neats-foot oyle ana dj pint the youngest tops of Rosemary the young tops of Bay leaves and Lavander Spick ana dj handfull all cut small boyled till the hearbs be tender then stamped very small mixed with ten spoonefulls of Aqua-vitae then mix it to a Salve and anoynt therewith To skin a sore and make it perfectly whole TAke Lapis Calaminaris powdred and searced mix therewith fresh Butter out of the Churne and Linseed oyle ana a little Bole and Ceruse fine powdred mixt altogether and apply it Sciatica Gowt or Ache an excellent oyle to cure it TAke Sallet oyle one pottle put it in a broad gallon glasse infuse therein Rosemary flowers bruised j lb let them so stand in the Sunne close covered till Midsommer then take red Rosebuds j lb take out the whites Dill dj lb St. Johns Wort j lb dj lb Vervin dj lb bruise all these hearbs then put them into the glasse of oyle stop it close againe and
AN ALPHABETICAL BOOK OF Physicall Secrets For all those Diseases that are most predominant and dangerous curable by Art in the Body of Man Collected for the benefit most especiall of House-holders in the Country who are either farre remote or else not able to entertaine a learned Physician as likewise for the help of such Ladies and Gentle woman who of charity labour to doe good Whereunto is annexed a small Treatise of the judgement of Vrines By OWEN WOOD. Printed at London by JOHN NORTON for WALTER EDMONDS and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Crowne neer Ludgate 1639. To the courteous Reader IN all civill and well ordered Common-wealthes even where best Schooles of Learning and famous Vniversities are you shall finde published not onely methodicall discourses concerning the curation of infirmities of the body of man but Treatises also containing parable medicaments which any one who is endued but with a meane judgement may apply to himselfe whereas neither Physician nor Apothecarie can bee had Great plenty of such Bookes are published in the German tongue for the Germans delight in uttering of Pamphlets promising the revelation of secrets in Physick which prove nothing else but triviall toyes England in like manner is reasonably ill stored with such stuffe which emboldeneth no small number of bold Knaves and impudent Queanes to meddle with the Practise of Physick to the utter ruine of no small number of rude and improvident persons who commit themselves to the Skill and Cure of such unworthy persons That this is a truth the manifold complaints which come to the Physicians Colledge when the Fellowes sit doe make good So that it might seeme requisite rather to suppresse noâ—t of these I reateses then to publish any more of this kinde But this Booke may bee priviledged to come abroad if you either respect the method or matter The Remedies may easily be found out the Diseases being set downe Alphabetically The Remedies are not to be rejected but seeme to have beene set downe by one who was no Stranger in the Practice of Physick The Printer having beene enformed of so much was not willing to keepe the Treatise within is private walls but to Print some Copies of it and to present them to the publick view and censure Hee onely desireth that his good intention and purpose to further the publick good may be taken in good part of those who have not too consuring Spirits If he shall finde thy favourable acceptance of this Treatise hee will not spare to publish Bookes of the like Subject come to his hands if they shall bee thought worthy of the Presse 25 March 1639. ALEXANDER READ Doctor of Physick Martii 21. 1638. IMprimatur sed intra quatuor menses sin minus haec licentia sit irrita JO. ALSOP AN ALPHABETICAL Booke of Physicall Secrets A An Vnguent for Ache Bruise or Spraine TAke Rue Vervayne Dill selfe-heale Yarrowe Mugwort Comfrey Adders-tongue red 〈◊〉 red-Fennell red-Nettles red-Dock-leaves Valeryan and Carduus Benedictus ana M ij bruise all these in a Morter boyle them in lb. i d. of May Butter for a quarter of an houre still stirring it adde thereto oyle of Exeter oyle of Dill ana i Ê’ let them boyle one walme more first straine out the hearbs then boyle the oyles and anoynt therewith Ache in any Member BOyle Ox-gall Aqua-vitae of each a like in a Pipkin scum it and therewith anoynt the Member grieved with great labour and hardnesse then cover it warme with a piece of Furre till it be well Another for the same BOyle fresh Butter not salted in Malmesey bathe the griefe very hot therewith make it up warme as before For any Ague falne into the Leggs and swolne the Cure TAke Plantine Marigolds Hounds-tongue S. Johns Wort Bettony red-Fennell Southistle Dandelion Smallage and Plumtree-leaves ana M i shred them with Wheat-meale then seeth them in hot Cowes milke to a Plaister so apply it this will dissolve the humour and digest it by the serositie of the bloud approved Aspasmus or Numnesse in Ioynts or else-where to Cure LEt the Patient drink every morning fasting one Ê’ of Camphire in a draught of Bettony-water wherein infuse some Stoechados this cureth in one moneth with the use thereof Argentum vivum to Mortifie FIrst beat an Almond in your Morter then put thereinto so much powder of Verdigrease as a Beane then put in your Quicksilver with a spoonfull of strong Vinegar incorporate them all well together this will Mortifie it well for any use Apoplex to Cure TAke Melilot Pennyryall Wilde-Tyme Marjorum Balme Marjorum gentill ana i M boyle them in water and bathe or â—oment the head therewith warme stampe the hearbs put to them oyle of Rue and of Lyllies and i â„¥ apply them warme to the head if the weather be cold then anoynt the head with warme oyles as oyle of Dill. Bever-cod or Pyretrum or such like not onely the head but also the Neek and whole Back A Salve for the Apoplex TAke Calamus Costus roots ana iiij â„¥ Siler or siler Mountaine Bazill seed ana iij â„¥ melt and boyle all these together on a small fire of Char-coale in white wine vntill the wine be consumed then mix the oyles with it anoynt the whole head and the back bone all the length thereof downe to the end if this cure not then shave all the head and apply this plaister following spread on a piece of Leather that all the head may be covered therewith Take Galbanum Sagapenum Opoponax ana i â„¥ Aloes succotirn i Ê’ Turpentine i â„¥ melt them and mix them together to a plaister Aqua Composita good for head Memory and all Diseases TAke the roots of Saxifrage and the leaves Parsley Alexanders Fennell Tyme Hysope Pennyryall Rosemary Lavander Primroses Mints Origan Sage Calamint Avence Bettony Savine Pennyryall Lettice and Violets ana one small handfull then take Galingale Pepper of both sorts small and long Cloves Mace Nutmegs ana i Ê’ Cynamon Cubebs Setwall Pellitory of Spaine Lignum Aloes ana i â„¥ di stampe small the hearbs and pound the spices then infuse them all night in sixe quarts of red Wine the next day distill them in a Lymbeck so is it finished Another Aqua Composita TAke Wormewood ii M. Enula Campane a great root ii Crops of Horehound Mints Parsley and Centory ana i M Infuse all these powdred bruised in three gallons of strong Ale or wine Lees adde therto of Annis seed and Lycorice ana iiij â„¥ bruised with some powder of Ireos and Calamus Aromat distill them as before is set downe Aches or Lamenesse in Members or Joynts TAke oyle of Exeter Aqua-vitae and Oxe-Gall ana part aequales Mix them together in a great bladder shaking them well anoynt therewith warme twice a day till you are well Aches olde the Cure TAke oyle of Turpentine d i lb oyle of Bayes iiij â„¥ Mace Cloves Nutmegs Cinnamon ana i Ê’ oyle of Spike i â„¥
Iuniper-berries viij Ê’ Castor Euforbium ana i Ê’ Brocks grease iij â„¥ Mummy i Ê’ d. digest them for one moneth in horse-dung then distill them artificially and anoynt the griefe therewith Ache in Bones or Ioynts the Cure TAke black knobs of the Ash tree in the Spring time grinde them small and boyle them over a soft fire with fresh Butter in an earthen pot sufficiently then take them from the fire let them coole and keepe them close stopped then take as many of Broome flowers in May grinde them as the other then mixe them all together and boyle them againe with a quarter of a pinte of Malmsey then keepe it to anoynt the griefe therewith For all Aches in generall TAke young red Sage and Rue ana i lb young Bay-leaves iij â„¥ Wormewood viij Ê’ wash them not shred them small Sheeps sewet hot out of the Sheepe iij lb mixe the sewet and hearbs together beating them in a Morter by a little at once with the hearbs till it be all greene and no white seene of the sewet then mixe all in a Panne with your hand in one pottle of oyle then cover the Panne close and set it in some private place for eight dayes then boyle it simpering still stirring it with a spatula when it is halfe boyled adde therto oyle of Spike iiij Ê’ when it is boyled enough drop one drop on a bright Sawcer it will be very greene then it is well boyled then strayne it out very close rub the small of the back therewith it helpeth the Stone as much as a Pease put into the eare with black wooll cureth all griefes thereof and all Aches are cured therewith An Oyle that cureth all Aches in Man or Beast TAke of pure Sope ij Ê’ Aqua-vitae iij Ê’ liquid Storax ij Ê’ and boyle the Aqua-vitae and boyle the other Simples therein stirring it with a spoone till it come to a thick Vnguent anoynt the griefe therewith twice a day rubbing itvery well and cover it warme with Furre or Cotten Ague or burning Feaver to coole or helpe MAke a posset of new Milk and Butter-Milk of a pottle take off the Card let the Patient drink so much thereof cold as he can use it two or three times it cooleth the body and taketh a way the fit Item after the Posset-Ale is disgested let him to comfort his stomack drink Mace-Ale made with small Ale Item also let him eate either great Peares or Wardens cold being baked they comfort the stomack and coole the body Ague a Medicine to binde to the wrest to Cure it MAke a plaister of Leather fit for the wrist pricked full of holes and spred it over with Venice Turpentine then strew it all over with powder of Rue and Frankincense ana mixe as much as will stick thereon lay it to the wrist a little before the fit commeth and let it â—ye untill the fit be gone Ague hot a cooling Iulyp MVndifie French Barley i M. then boyle it in a gallon of raine-water put therein Raysins of the Sunne stoned iiij Ê’ Damask-Prunes iij Ê’ boyle them to the Consumption of halfe then strame it hard out and put them to the fire againe and put therein Succory Violet-leaves Sanickle Spinage Strawberry-leaves Borage Colts-foot Maydenhaire Buglosse Liverwort Sinckfoyle Endive Longwort-leaves Ribwort ana di M. cut somewhat smal and boyled till half be consumed then straine it hard for they commix therewith syrup of Vinegar the syrups of Lemmons and Roses ana iij Ê’ drink thereof cold at any time it both cooleth and comforteth very much Ague to heale both in old and young proved MAke a quart of posset Ale of Milk and Ale thâ—n take the young tops of Rosemary Marigolds Plantine and young Bay leaves ana ij Ê’ cut them small and boyle them in the posset Ale untill all their strength be forth and drink a great draught thereof warme a little before the fit commeth and sweat upon it doe this some iij times it will cure being proved on many Aromaticum Rosatum which healeth the weaknesse of the stomack comforteth all parts of the Body cleanseth corrupt humours in the Breast comforteth the Braine and Heart and causeth good digestion TAke pure red Roses xv Ê’ Lycorice mundified i Ê’ lignum Aloes and yellow Sanders ana iij Ê’ Cinamon v Ê’ Mace Cloves ij Ê’ dj gum Dragant ij Ê’ di Nutmegs graines of Paradise and Galingale i Ê’ Spikenard Amber greese and Musk ana di Ê’ white Sugar as much as sufficeth and dissolve altogether in syrup of Roses Ague Tertian the Cure TAke Burre roots i Ê’ three cornes of long Pepper stamp the roots and Pepper boyle them in a pinte of Ale with ij Ê’ of Triacle till halfe be wasted drink it warme and sweat two houres Ague or Fever hot a Iulyp TAke Succory Endive Violets Borage ana Mj Fennell-roots pithed iM Lycorice mundified i Ê’ French Barley ii Ê’ boyle them in a gallon of water to a pottle and drink thereof it cooleth much Ague Tertian the Cure TAke ix young red Sage-leaves ix sprigs of Yarrow three Bay-leaves three sprigs of Rue boyle all these in one pinte of posset Ale to the consumption of a third part then straine it hard let the Patient drink a good draught thereof very hot before the fit come and sweat well after it use this three times Ague Tertian the Cure TAke dry Orenge Pills Nutmeggs roche Allom ana iiij Ê’ ten Cloves all powdered together give of this pouder to the sick as much as will lye on a shilling to drink in iij spoonfulls of wine vinegar two houres before the fit commeth if you take therewith Bezor iij graines it is the better then take nine roots of Maydenweede for a Man and six for a Woman put in a little bagge and hanged nine dayes about the Patients neck and six dayes about a Womans neck then burne the bagge and roots and let the Patient be purged Ache Griefe or Paine an Vnguent the Cure TAke Cammomint Mallowes Sage Dill and Marigold-leaves ana i M stamp them and boyle them in Malmsey and Linseed oyle ana di pinte and fresh Butter out of the Churn i lb let them be wel boyled strain them and anoynt therewith For any Ague sore in Knee or Ioynt for Swelling or Sciatica FRy Alehoufe with fresh Butter in a frying-pan till it be soft and not too moyst apply it very hot to the griefe or swelling till it be well renew it every twenty foure houres Ague or Feaver of Phlegme Diary or Quotidian TAke red Roses Ivory Buglos flowers Coriander Orenge Pills ana iij Ê’ infuse rhem in Vinegar and white wine ana iij Ê’ of Penides i lb of Sugar or honey i lb di Your syrup if the stomack be empty or weake or the Guts empty then put in all Wine and no Vinegar this is an excellent syrup for either by adding or deminishing Simples here unto according to the Infirmities and nature thereof it may serve for any grosse
all powdred together take them mixed in the syrup of Mirtles as an Electuary on the point of a knife as oft as you see cause Consumpsion a Medicine TAke good Malmsey a pottle put therein as much crums of Manchet hot out of the Oven as will suck up all the Wine adde thereto of Cinnamon powdred iiij Ê’ tenne Cloves bruised distill this and put thereto so much Sugar as fits your Taste with two graines of Musk the Dosse is three spoonfulls morning and evening first and last Chollick a present remedy TAke Gum Hederae warme it that it may spread on a peece of Scarlet the breadth of a shilling or broader apply it hot to the Navill your best Gum is sweet cleare and soft Cough and strong Consumption a Potion TAke Malmsey one quart roots of Mallowes Fennel pithed Lycorice mundified Anniseed bruised ana ij â„¥ Colts foot Long wort Violet-leaves Hysop red Sage Raysins of the Sunne stoned Figgs shred white Sugarcandy ana iiij â„¥ boyle all these in a Pipkin close covered to halfe then straine them out hard adde thereto white Sugar iiij â„¥ of the roots of Ireos Florentine ii Ê’ let it boyle one walme more then straine it and take of this first in the morning fast two houres after and last to bedward if you need to purge infuse in a draught thereof over night Sena iiij Ê’ strain it and drink it in the morning Chollick and Stone the Cure TAke Parsly-seed Gromell-seed long Pepper Ieat Amber Corall Ginger Nutmeg Bay-berries Enula Campana ana ij Ê’ fine powdred drink of it warme in a morning as much as will lie on six pence in white Wine or Broath fast two houres after Chollick of Winde TAke Seahorse Pizell Hartshorne and Enula Campana ana i Ê’ fine powdred take so much of this as will lie on a shilling in Anniseed-water fasting or as you need Chollick and Stone the Cure TAke a pottle of white Wine in a Pipkin put two faire flint stones in the fire till they be red-hot quench them one after another twenty times in the Wine then put therin Speare-Mints Polypody of the Oak Hysop Sage and Rosemary ana i M. boyle them a good while then strain it and put it in a Viall close stopped In the morning fasting drink a draught with these powders Parsly Fennell and Carroway seeds Phily-pendula Saxafrage roots Grommel Brome and Alexander seeds the kernel of Cherry-stones dried the round bones of the Thornback all powdred together ana iiij Ê’ drink of this powder every morning in your wine one spoonfull fast two houres after and last at night take this syrup of Spiknard of Iuniper berries of Grashoppers the head and feet cut off powdred ana ij Ê’ compound them together and drink ij Ê’ in a little warme white Wine Collick the Cure EAt fasting every morning hot Broaths made of Alexanders and drink the compound water of them Aqua-vitae ana ij â„¥ Also drink the powder of Iuniper berries in Alexander water and stale Ale ana warme is good Also S. Iohns wort small chopped and put thereto Pidgeons dung a good quantity of honey fry them in fresh Butter and very warm bind it to the navil Cramps Convulsion or shrinking Sinewes TAke oyle of Turpentine i lb Turpentine di lb oyle of Bayes iiij â„¥ oyle of Spick i â„¥ Iuniper berries di lb Castor Euphorbium ana i â„¥ Cloves Mace Nutmegs Cinnamon Frankincense ana ij â„¥ Mummy i â„¥ Brocks grease iij â„¥ digest them all for one moneth in horse dung then distill them according to Art and therewith anoynt the place grieved this also healeth old Wounds and greene Sores Cramp the Cure TAke Brimstone and Verveyne binde it to the Pulse and be ever freed Cods swelling to Cure TAke Rue Bay leaves Purslay Beane meale Fengreeke and Linseed ana ii â„¥ boyle it in new Cream with a spoonfull of Hoggs grease to a Poultis so apply it Or take Rye Leaven mingle it with strong Lie and apply it this helpeth Camphire Water to heale TAke Camphire prepared with the white of an Egg infuse it in Fumitory water mix them well together use it to coole heale and skin Cornes in the Toes to Cure TAke Marigold leaves Hearbgrasse and the broadest Plantaine ana i M. stamp them in a Morter then put them in a close stopped Pot with ten spoonfulls of water so let it stand twelve dayes till it stink then straine out the liquor with it anoynt the Cornes and wet a double cloath therein and lay it on them till they be well so use it Carbunckles to ripen and breake POwder Bay-salt small mingle it with the yolk of an Egge and lay it on the sore it heales Cankers inward or outward to cure ROst Sorrell clensed of the stalks and strings take onely the pure leafe in a wet browne paper in the Embers when it is soft mix therewith halfe so much honey as much Wheat flower and as much burnt Allom compound all these together in a Morter to a plaister apply it to the Griefe cold if the Griefe be inward Minister three Pills thereof morning and evening wash the Sore with a Lotion made of Plantaine water burnt Allom and so much calcined Vitriall as will make it blood-red Cramp in Arme or Legge the Cure TAke great Onions roast them make a Plaister thereof and lay it warme about the joynt as hot as he can suffer it dresse it three times and cured Canker or Pock in any part of the Body to Cure MIx the fine powder of Mercury with the powder of Bole mix it so that the colour be very pale this killeth either of these griefes D Deafenesse to Cure TAke oyle of Castor ij â„¥ oyle of Roset and oyle of bitter Almonds ana i â„¥ Aqua-vitae ij â„¥ mix all together and boyle it till the Aqua-vitae be consumed then every night to Bedwards drop foure drops one after another in the Eare stop it with Cotten that smelleth of Musk. Another TAke a spoonefull of the liquor that fries out of a greene Ashen bough burning in the fire and the oyle of a silver Eele ana of the Gall of a Hare and black bony ana one spoonfull of Singreene boyle them all together and drop a little in your Eare as need requireth Diseases many and generall an Electuary TAke red Rose leaves dried red Corall Guiacum Acorus Carroway seed Ivory Cinamon Bolearmoniack Eg-shells all dried Rosemary powdred ana ij Ê’ Nutmegs Cloves and Mace ana i Ê’ Sugar powdred â—j â„¥ Iuyce of Plantaine Knotgrasse Shepâ—eards purse Houselecke young Bramble â—ops and Sorrell ana i M. or so much of the â—yces as will make it up an Electuary take â—â—e spoonfull thereof morning and evening warme If it be for the Gonorhoea first fumiâ—ate him upon a close stoole with Frankincense it stayeth bleeding is good against â—he Plague it is good for old Vlcers and all Fluxes Dropsie a Purgation for it TAke Mechoacan Sugar Diagrediij Rubarb Sena Spiknard ana i o Anniseed
of Galingale ij ʒ bruise your drugs and binde your hearbs in a bundle boyle them all in a gallon of water close covered till one pint bee consumed then let it so stand till you strain it six houres then let the Liquorice and Cardimonium remain still in your strained drink take thereof morning and evening at your pleasure this worketh mervailously in preserving strength Flux of blood to stop and Cure TAke the round mossie Bur that groweth on the Briar that is the wilde Rose dry it and powder it drink thereof in red or Claret wine morning and evening first and last Flux or Womans Menstrous to force or bring TAke Germander Mugwort Penny-ryall Balme Hyssop and Mallowes ana j M. Rew Sage Wormewood Soothernwood and Marjorum ana dj M. Saffron j d. Castor j ʒ thinne sliced Enula Campaine and Cinnamon ana j ʒ powdred boyle all these in a pottle of water to the consumption of a quart then strain it hard and put thereto white Wine one pinte drinke thereof first and last morning and evening Bloudy Flux to stay especially of Women MAke a paire of Beads of the Seahorsetooth and weare them on both your wrists let no young woman weare them but on xxiiij houres for feare of further danger Flux of Blood or Gonoria Pills to stay it TAke Marmalet of Quinces ij ℥ Corall Cinnamon Amber Shepherds purse Alchenet Acatia ana ij ʒ powdred and searsed mix them together to a Masse for Pills take foure of these Pills morning and evening first and last Fistula the whole Cure FIrst purge the humour offending then take the Soles of old Shooes dried burne them in a cleane hearth with Oaken wood to a bright coale then lay it where it may consume to Ashes alone then adde to the waight of the ashes so much greene Copperas fine powdred as the Ashes of the Sole waigheth and halfe so much waight of the powder of burned Allom as the Copperas waigheth and halfe so much of the powder of golden Seacoale as of the burn'd Allom then grinde all these together on a Painters Stone or in a Morter to fine subtle powder so put it close up till you use it either for Fistula or old sore when you are to use it take the Creame of the morning milke of one Cow set it by it selfe all night and one day the next day cast away the greenish water in the bottome of that Creame then lay a spoonfull of the Creame on a Trencher then mix so much of the powders therwith as wil make the Creame black and thick then make your Tents of one inch long and no longer if the Fistula be never so deepe and role the Tents well in the medicine and tent the Fistula therewith two times a day it wil work out in small pushes wheales from the bottome cover the Sore with a red Colewort leafe when it is well digested heale it up with plaisters fit for it A vulnary Potion for the Fistula BOyle in a quart of Springwater Cloves bruised Pimpernell Egrimony red Colewort Valerian Mouseare Doefoot and wilde Tanzie ana j M. washed and chopped boyled all in a Pipkin close covered till halfe bee wasted then put to it two spoonfulls of honey and one quart of white wine then let it boyle two walmes and straine it hard forth keepe it in a close Vyall drink of it morning fasting at three in the after-noone and last to bed In Summer cold and Winter hot untill the Potion commeth out of the Orifice of the Fistula which must be ever kept open with a Gentian tent Fistula or Cankers the Plaister to Cure TAke Letharge of gold j lb oyle of Roses ij lb white Wine Vinegar and old Vrine ana dj lb boyle it till the Vrine and Vinegar be consumed adde thereto in the boyling Wax ij ℥ Frankincense j ℥ mix it and it cureth Fistula a Lotion to wash or Seringe that cureth TAke Bolearmoniack iiij ℥ Camphire j ℥ white Vitriol iiij ℥ all powdred boyle the Copperas and Camphire in a close stopped Pipkin till they be melted still stirring them till they grow hard then powder them and the Bolearmoniack together very fine then put the powders up in a strong bladder when you use it take a pottle of running water put it to the fire till it begin to boyle then take it from the fire and put therein three spoonfulls of the powder as much as you can heape and presse on put all in a double Vyall shaking it twice every day for fourteene dayes before you use it let it stand and settle very cleare and apply it as hot as the Patient can suffer it if it be for a sore wet a double cloath foure times double and apply it if for a Fistula use the Seringe dresse it morning and evening till you be well this cureth old Sores Fistula's Pustuls Cankers Scabs in the head or body greene wounds if you will have it stronger put unto it burnt Allom j ℥ powdred Fistula in the corner of the eye or else where TAke Hempseed Southernwood Fennell Parsly Strawberry leaves and strings Ribwort Tanzie Smallage Garden madder red Colewort leaves ana j M. Nutmegs powdred j ℥ boyle all these in three pints of water then straine it adde thereto honey iiij spoonfulls therewith bathe the Fistula thrice a day at every dressing let the Patient drink of this Potion iiij spoonfulls warme if the Fistula be deepe use a Seringe and wet a red Coleleafe and lay thereon you need not tent it let the Patient sometime with his Potion drinke Triacle diatessaron j ʒ in a morning in his bed very hot and sweat two houres after it If humours flow much purge once in ten dayes Also keepe the Orifice open with Gentian tents that it close not Also after that make tents of linnen washed in a Buck and not in Sope scrape lint of them for tents wet them in fasting spettle then let them dry and dip them in the Creames and powder before set downe Fistula or sore mouth a Lotion TAke Guiacum iiij ℥ Plantine small Cranes bill Comfrey Knotgrasse Shepheards purse Woodbine and Briar leaves ana j M boyle all these in three pintes of Smiths water till halfe be consumed strain it in the liquor and mix it well keepe it to your use if you will have it stronger put thereto as much burn'd Allom as two Nutmegs use it alwayes warme Face heat the Cure 1 FIrst purge with Pillule aggregative j ʒ then take Camphire j ʒ prepared Cinnamon ij ʒ Brimstone Ceruse and Mastick ana ij ℈ all fine powdred and wrought up with oyle of white Roses to a Cerote anoynt your face with a bigge Pill made thereof as bigge as a Chesnut ten nights together to bedward in the morning wipe it hard with a dry linnen cloath but wash it not all the ten dayes then wash it foure mornings together with juyce of Lemmons and Buttermilk the Lemmors sliced therein 2 Also if you quilt bay salt
fine powdred in a paire of linnen Socks and weare it under your feet it helpeth much Abstain from salt meats Spices meat browne rosted or fried wine strong drink Onions Garlike or Mustard use in your Broaths Purslaine Sorrell and Violets and all other coole hearbs 3 Or take a quart of sweet Creame smal Ferne roots j M. cleansed and bruised very small boyle them in the Creame till it come to a Salve anoynt the face Face to cleanse a water that taketh away all deformity TAke Pippins pared and coared then sliced Lemmons thin sliced then take pure Manchet and crum it fine put it in new milk with all the other and j Ê’ of Camphire thinne shred then distill all these in balneo use this water as you need it Face Moles to take away TAke the meale of Fengreeke Honey and Water-cresses ana stampt and incorporate them together make a plaister thereof apply it to the Mole Falling sicknesse the Cure TAke powder of the Mistletoe of the Oake single Piony roots the powder of Mans scull dried hard in the fire ana j Ê’ Balm ij Ê’ Sage flowers Rosemary flowers Marigold flowers ana ij ℈ flowers of the line tree Lillies of the valley ana iij Ê’ powder all these and searse them take iiij Ê’ of this powder in the warme Julip following every morning fasting Take Cowslip water distilled j lb syrup of Cowslip iiij â„¥ mixed together to the likenesse of a Jelly Also take this syrup a day as occasion serveth roots of Piony Mistell of the Oake ana iiij Ê’ Cinnamon vj Ê’ Marigold flowers Lilly of the valley and Lavander flowers ana M. red Rose leaves ij M. all grosse bruised and put in a vessell with a narrow mouth put thereto so much Aqua-vitae as will cover them foure fingers over then stop it close and put it in a balneo for foure dayes till it be red in colour then straine it thorow an Hipograsse bagge then put to it Sugarcandy powdred dj lb mix it well together then put fire to it in the pot as you burne Sack and so let it burne to a syrup then put out out the fire so take it if he have any griefe in the head let him weare a Cap as followeth Take Marjorum Bettony Balme Rosemary Stoechados ana dj M. red Rose leaves the rinde of Citron ana iij Ê’ Cloves Mace Nutmegs Cubbes flowers of line tree ana iiij Ê’ all grosse powdred and quilted with Cotton bombasse covered with Taffaty or Holland make it in forme of a Cap and weare it on your head Face heat by humors flowing TAke Sorrell Succory Dandelion and Sowthistle ana j M. the buds of young Hops Parsly roots ana vj Fennell roots iij sliced and pithed and boyled in three Gallons of Alewort put Yest to it and drink it at foure dayes old drink no other drink while it lasteth Face very red pimpled and Sans phlegme to cure POwder the liver of a Hare being well dried drink of that powder in your usuall drink but better in an Allom Posset-Ale so much as will lie on a nine pence first and last morning and evening probatum est by a Gentlewoman much grieved with this Infirmity and cured herewith Flux to stop 1 MAke an Allom Posset boyled in milk drink of it first and last it cures 2 Or Make a Cake of Wheat flower with the juyce of Plantine and Comfrey with a little Alknet bake it hard sop it in good red Wine with powder of Cinnamon eat the Sops and drink the Wine it cureth Tents to make for Fistula's 1 MIx the powder of greene Copperas and Beane meale ana confect them together with hard scraped French Sope in a Morter tent therewith it will bring forth broken bones 2 Or the powder of Euphorbium and Mastick ana mixed boyle them in white Sope when it cooleth make tents thereof it consumeth all moystures Flesh to fret or eat away THe powder of Euphorbium will fret away flesh layd thereto For Fractures or Bruises a Searecloath TAke Rozine and Wax ana iiij â„¥ Perosen ij â„¥ oyle iiij â„¥ melt them hot together and adde thereto the fine searced powder of Cummin mix them well together then hot dip your Searcloath A strong Powder for Fistula or old Sores apply it with Tents or otherwise TAke Auripigmentum Verdigrease gals Salt Gem salt Armoniack Harts horne burn'd and powdred the bones of a Hare burn'd Mans dung burn'd Egshells Oyster-shells Muscleshels all burn'd Sanguis draconis Tartar Letharge of gold the shells of a water Crab burn'd unslaked Lyme Pepper white and black Ginger Frankincense Glasse Mastick and an old Shooe all burn'd and fine powdred ana then adde thereto the powder of burnt Allom as much as of all the rest in weight mix all well together and apply it as before Fire wilde or St. Anthonies fire TAke the Lees of Claret or white wine and the dreggs of Vinegar the whites and yolks of egges well brayed and mixed together and lay it to the griefe Fistula's or foule Vlcers a Lotion BOyle one quart of Spring water Rosemary Sage Dazies Dovefoote wilde Tanzie Egrimony and Plantine ana j M bruised Allom as much as a Walnut white wine Vinegar ten spoonefulls English honey foure spoonefulls then straine it hard and put to the liquor so much powder of burn'd Vitrioll as will colour it like bloud use this with Seringe or Lotion For the Fistula a Potion used by the Ancients TAke Barly mundified and the leaves of Celendine ana j â„¥ Centory Egrimony and Plantine ana ij â„¥ Aristolochia longa iiij Ê’ the leaves of Olive and Dropwort ana ij â„¥ cut them all then pound them and boyle them in white Wine with Sugar drinke a draught of this Decoction every morning fasting one houre after Fâ—lling-sicknesse the Cure TAke the bloud livers and hearts of Moales dried and powdred give j Ê’ of this powder in Piony water in the morning fasting two houres after use it sixe mornings Fistula a Tent. MIx the powder of Hermodactills with French Sope make a Tent. Flesh dead to fret away LAy the powder of Hermodactills on the Sore it will cleanse it The best Potion in the world to Cure the Fistula TAke twelve Cloves bruised Pimpernell Egrimony Valerian red Colewort Mouseare wilde Tanzie Dovefoote Strawberries Plantine red Madder and sharp Dock ana j M bruise all these in a stone Morter boyle them in two quarts of Spring water sufficiently then straine it â—ard out put the liquor to the fire againe â—dde thereto one quart of white Wine hoâ—ey vj â„¥ let the Patient drink thereof morning and evening first and last foy foureteen â—ayes this drink is of an incredible efficacie for it cleareth all corruption from the fistula in thirteene dayes and broken bones If the Patient vomit up this Potion three dayes together at the first taking hereof his Cure is to be doubted if he vomit not no doubt of his health in drinking thereof put Ginger thereto to allay the winde of the
your mouth as bigge as a good Hazell-nut there let it melt without champing holding your breath as much as you can as it melts receive it into your stomack this will ventose at the eares and presently ease the head I Jaundies yellow a sure and quick Cure 1 TAke plantine water one pint Jvory powdred ij Ê’ Saffron so much as will make it yellow boyle them all two walms then straine drink a pretty draught thereof warme first and last 2 Or take the ashes of a Vine burn'd lay them thick on a bord foure square devide them in nine equall parts by making with a knife three cuts one way and three cuts another then with the finger make a deepe print in every one of them then fill every hole or print with the Patients owne water let it so stand nine dayes adding thereto upon the Vrine in every hole three shives of Saffron undried if you make nine cakes of the nine heaps with the Patients water and bake them and then lay the Saffron as aforesaid on every one of them for nine dayes it cureth 3 Or take Sheeps trickles new made infuse them in a pint of Malmsie twenty foure houres and one whole Burre root scraped then straine it and drink the Wine at three draughts three mornings one after another keepe a good Diet in the meane time refraine all Egges fresh Beefe Goose and Fish 4 Or take Malmsie one pint Saffron Honey one spoonefull Broome flowers stamp'd ana j M. infuse them in the Malmsie adde the juyce of Celendine a pretty quantity j M. of great knotted earth-wormes black or yellow striped and washed boyle all these one walme then straine it forth and drink thereof first and last Ioynts nummed or nummed Palsie TAke red Sage and Hyssope ana put them in two linnen Baggs in strong Ale on a Chafingdish of coales in a pewter dish let them boyle then very hot apply the Bags to the griefe one after another for halfe an houre at once use it every day till the griefe beasswaged after so dressing with the bags anoynt the griefe with the oyle of earth-wormes oyle of Peter and oyle of Spike ana then cover it warme with Furre till next day so use it Ioynt ache the Cure TAke Oxe marrow and Sheeps sewet melted together ana j â„¥ Aqua-vitae ij â„¥ oyle of Tiles and sweet Almonds ana j â„¥ all mixed together very warme anoynt the griefe therewith morning and evening till it bee well after anoynting apply a good Searcloath thereto A Bath for the grieved joynts before dressing TAke the inner bark of a young greene Oake red Sage and Balme ana j M boyle them all in strong Ale with j M of earth-wormes mundified let them all boyle together two houres bathe the joynt therewith warm ever before the other dressing A Potion to drink during the Cure DRink first and last a good draught of warme Ale Beere or Wine boyled with the roots of Cumfrey Knotgrasse Solomons seed Balme and Dazies ana j M. once in the weeke in the morning in his bed drink a good draught thereof very hot with j Ê’ of Triacle Diatessaron mixed therewith cover him warme let him sweat two houres Joynt ache the Cure 1 MIngle Oxe dung with Vinegar like a Poultis apply it hot thereto it swages paine and draweth out water 2 Item oyle of Roses and Aqua-vitae 〈◊〉 mixed and warme anoynt the griefe therewith then lay a linnen cloath wet in â—â—negar and water ana mixed and dried on â—â—â—ry warme Joynt numnesse and ache A Linnen cloath wet in Dragon water and applied very warme first and last elpeth Item drinke sixe spoonefulls of Dragon water with j Ê’ of Mithridate three mornings together and sweat every morning after it two houres this cureth Joynt numnesse or ache the Cure BOyle in water and vinegar ana towne Cresses Bettony Mallow roots and white Willow leaves ana j M. till halfe be wasted bathe the griefe therewith very hot by the fire halfe an houre then binde the hearbs thereto very hot for xxiiij houres so every xxiiij houres bathe it and dresse it till it be well Ioynt ache a medicine 1 BOyle dj lb of Goose grease in a quart of Malmsey till it be black and therewith anoynt the griefe if the paine remove follow it till it be well then purge the humor offending Item after the anoynting apply the plaister of Diaculon simplex thereto 2 Or take dj lb of thinne scraped Harts-horne boyle it in j lb of Linseed oyle and a pottle of white wine till the salve be black and the wine neere consumed then straine it and anoynt it therewith warme 3 Or cut Diaculon small and melt it with oyle of Roses Mallowes oyle of Lillies and Camomile boyle it to a plaister the first plaister must lie on three dayes the next two dayes and the third one day wipe the plaister twice every day warme it and lay it on 4 Or take great ground Mustardseed iij â„¥ Wine vinegar one pint three spoonefulls of Aqua-vitae boyle them to a plaister put in the Aqua-vitae last let the other be in manner boyled first apply the plaister hot to the griefe some three times it cureth 5 Beat a Sheeps head horns bones wooll and all to pieces boyle it with Mallowes ij M. and Balme ij M. in water till the bones fall out bathe the lame member with it often till it be well For ache or swelling in joynt or other parts STamp the seed of Mustard Fengreeke and Linseed ana j â„¥ Figs twelve all together to a Pomace then boyle them in oyle and Aqua-vitae ana dj pint to a plaister use it hot to the griefe some foure times Joynt swolne with winde and water to draw it out BOyle in a pint of strong Beere dj lb of strong black Sope to the thicknesse of a plaister spread it on Leather and apply it if it be too soft put to it in the boyling some Rozin stirre them well together Joynt or Gowt swolne to mollifie and ease BOyle the seeds of Cummin and Fengreeke ana j â„¥ Raisins of the Sun stoned dj lb all together in fresh Butter from the Churne in May oyle of Rew and oyle of Roses ana to a plaister apply it hot Item Rew Wormwood and Roses boyled in white wine with Mutton sewet to a Poultis and some Beane meale applyed hot helpeth all swellings specially in the Cods Item strong Ale and good Sope boyled together to a thick Salve spread on leather and applied hot helps all aches Boyle in Malmsie and Wine vinegar ana Deeres and Goats dung ana powdred to the hight of a plaister lay it on very hot renew it every foure and twenty houres till you be well which will be some foure times Item May Butter and Wax ana boyled together with a little Aqua-vitae dip double cloathes therein and lay it to the griefe very hot it drawes out the water and swages the swelling A speciall unguent for Aches Sciatica or any other paine TAke Ox
oyle of sweet Almonds and Camomile ana j â„¥ dj Camomile and Balme flowers ana j â„¥ Barly and Wheat meale quod sufficit to make a plaister compound all these together to pap this you may doe with all Impostumes apply it to the Kidnies on the back use it till you be well Kibes or Blood-falls in the feet to cure TAke Bay salt and a raw Turnip ana in water stamp them together that your Salt bee very small then make it up in a 〈◊〉 and lay it on a pewter dish whelming on the one side put that dish in another dish to receive the liquor that runnes from the Salt and the Turnip and therewith anoynt the Kibe or Blood-fall till it be well L Liver heat the cure TAke Liverwort Mayden-haire Harts tongue Scabius Strawberry leaves ana ij M. Egrimony and Hop buds ana dj M boyle all these in a gallon of good Wort to the consumption of one quart then straine it and put it to the fire againe with the white of an egge and one spoonefull of pure honey let it boyle againe then with a spoone scum off the white of an egge and put in it some Sugarcandy use to drink therof every morning fasting till you be well Liver distempered a plaister TAke oyle of Roses ij â„¥ Wax iij â„¥ unguentum Populion dj â„¥ melt them together on the fire well mixed then take it off the fire put it in a Morter adde thereto red Sanders steeped in Rosewater j spoonefull and Camphire prepared j Ê’ work all these well together with a pestle till they be well mixed when it is cold make a plaister thereof lay it on the right side against the liver use it till you be well Linseed oyle to purifie or prepare for medicine TAke fresh Oyster-shells wip'd cleane and small powdred put that powder into the oyle it will draw out all the filth from the oyle to the bottome then powre out the cleare oyle from the corruption Lapis infernalis to make Insition or Issue and Corrodates an Impostume TAke unslak'd Lime Vine and Willow ashes Orgale burn'd Salt-Peeter Mercury Sublimate Auripigmentum and Copperas ana all fine powdred then put them into a new red Pipkin put thereto of the strongest Sope-makers Lie as will cover them so let it stand covered to infuse for three dayes then filter it cleare or draine the lie cleane off then boyle it in a Pipkin close covered and powre all the substance on a boord to dry then frame or cut your stones to the bignesse fit for your purpose when you would eat a hole with one of them make a fit hole in the midst of a plaister right against the place you will open lay your stone in the hole and clap another plaister upon it to keepe it on till you have your issue or hole therein Legges swolne the cure BOyle the juyce of Walwort Wax Vinegar and Barly meale to a plaister apply it hot use it as you see cause Livers inflammation a Julip or a ptisan for it TAke three quarts of Spring water and husked Barly j M. boyle them together a good while then put therein Violets Lettice Harts tongue Liverwort Sorrell and Borage ana j M. Raisins of the Sunne ston'd Prunes ana ij â„¥ when they be well so put in some Sanders straine it and drink it warm Item the Conserves of Barberries Cherries Prunes or Roses or any of them are good Another to coole the inflammation of the Liver TAke syrup of vinegar simple Endive water Succory water mix them together with Sugar and drink it Liver all griefes the cure TAke Endive water Fumitory and Seabius waters ana j lb the syrups of Vinegar simple of Fumitory and Violets ana ij â„¥ Succa rosarum Confectio hamechana j â„¥ mix it and put them in a Vyall take thereof first and last at once j â„¥ or more if need be Liver and Milt oppilation the cure BOyle Smallage and Elder in Wine and drink it often it helpeth Item the Potion taken warme with a â—ew Radish seeds causeth vomit also Lethargie or Epilepsie the cure MAke an Electuary two parts of Lign Aloes and Cassia ligna and the third part of Euphorbium ana Cardium confect these with honey and give the Patient j Ê’ at once in the morning at two of the clock in the after noone and last at night in Balme water Liver and Milt oppilation the cure BOyle Jvie and Hipericon in wine and drink it often it cureth Lice and scabs in childrens heads the cure TAke red Sage chop it small and boyle it in fresh Butter with some Peppeâ— powdred let it boyle together then strainâ— it and anoynt their heads therewith cold Leprosie or Leper the cure TAke Mercury Sothernwood Oridonâ— Calimint Rew ana j M. the juyce of Beets iiij â„¥ Annis Fennell and Cumminâ— seed and Rew ana j â„¥ oyle of Bay ij â„¥ make your Decoction and therein dissolve Hieraâ— picra j â„¥ make a Glyster and minister it and anoynt the belly with oyle of Rew. Then digest the matter with Oxymel Squilliticum with the Decoction of Asarabecca and Valerian putting thereto Diagalanga Diapenth ana iiij Ê’ mix them all together A Purgation for the matter digested TAke Benedicta laxativa Hiera picra ana ij â„¥ Euphorbium Spicknard Mastick ana two graines make it up in Pills let the Euphorbium bee very grosse beaten and tempered a day and night in Vinegar or juyce of Orenges and oyle of sweet Almonds Lethargie the cure and first the unguent TAke the uyce of Purslaine white Vinegar oyle of Roses an Wax quod sufficit to make an unguent therewith anoynt the hinder part of the head A Glyster for the same DIssolve in your common Decoction for Glysters Benedicta Laxativa ij Ê’ and use it as need requires then rub the extreame parts with salt-water and Vinegar or with falt and vinegar strongly use this every day for three dayes together after that anoynt the hinder part of the head with this following oyntment The Oyntment TAke the juyces of Smallage Rew and Castor fine powdred ana ij â„¥ Wax and Oyle quod sufficit and continually smell to Assa foetida and Galbanum Lastly use Ruptories which must be laid to the hinder part of the head as followeth Take Mustardseed dry Figs ana j â„¥ Cantharides j Ê’ incorporate these together with strong vinegar and apply it Lungs Impostume the cure FIrst let blood on the veine Basilica on the right arme the next day open the same veine on the left arme then use this following Take the syrups of Maydenhaire and Endive ana dj lb of Succory the foure cold seeds ana ij â„¥ Liouorice Barly mundified Raifins stoned ana iiij Ê’ honey iiij â„¥ Sugar j lb make your syrup according to Art anoynt the Patients breast with this unguent viz. Take Fennell seeds bruised Linseed bruised and leaves of March Mallowes the leaves of Bear foot boyle them well together in water then stamp them adde thereto in the stamping Butter
unsalted and fresh Swines grease make your oyntment use a good diet with bread and broaths made with Barly or Oatmeale and Almond milk Chicken-broath wherein the foure colde seeds be sodden M Mad doggs biting the cure TAke powder of Crafish shells i Ê’ drink it in Dragon water with Mithridate j ℈ and apply to the sore the same powder mixed with Garlick bruised Meagrome in the head Impostume Feaver and all head aches TAke of the roots of Pellitory of Spaine j Ê’ Spicknard dj beat them together and boyle them in good Vinegar then let them coole put thereto honey and Mustard ana a sawcerfull mix them well together let the Patient put halfe a spoonefull thereof in his mouth and hold it there a good while then spet it forth renew it so twelve times when you goe to bed drinke a little downe use this three dayes and you shall be well Menstruous to provoke TAke so much of the powder of Aristolochia rotunda Myrrhe and Savine mixed ana as will lie on a shilling in warm white wine adde thereto one race of Ginger grated Menstruous to stop the much flowing TAke the shells of a new laid egge the inner skinne pilled off boyle it in water one houre then dry it and beat it to fine powder drink that powder at twice in red wine warme at every drinking goe to the newest Moale casting put away the earth with her foot and sit downe and make water in the Moale hole use his till you be wel during this cure let her eat Ising lasse Morphew to cure TAke the juyce of Orpinis mixed with strong vinegar and many times anoynt the same Morphew a Lotion TAke one spoonfull of Mustard Celendine and wilde Tanzie ana j M stamp them till they be thick like greene sauce then powre to them strong wine Vinegar soure spoonfulls mix them well together then straine the liquor hard out and therewith often bathe the griefe till it be well Mother suffocation the cure TAke the leafe of the great Burre lay it on the crowne of the head and lay upon that a hard rosted egge crushed thereon bind them fast on with warme cloathes first shave the crowne of the head Item take the powders of Harts-home Jvory the haires of a Hares skinne the clawes of a Sheepe or Goats burn'd to powder take of these powders in your Broath Mother the paine in a womans body TAke Motherwort Germander Hyssop Diptony Thyme Violets and Marigolds ana j M boyle them in ordinary Ale scum it cleane when it is halfe sodden put to it dj pint of Bastard and straine it drink thereof warme morne and evening Maturative to bring an Impostume to suppuration TAke the juyce of Smallage hony flower of Wheat and yolks of eggs mixed together and applied Maturative another TAke juyces of Dazies Plantine and Smallage ana put thereto honey clarified stirre them on the fire together and thick it with Wheat meale when it is almost cold put to the yolks of three egges mix them and lay it on with lint this is also good for womens breasts swolne Milt oppilation the cure TAke the juyce of Docks with Storax liquid and gum Armoniack and Vinegar infuse them three dayes then boyle them and straine them adde thereto Wax and Oyle make a plaister thereof and apply it to the griefe Item boyle the Dock in wine or water drink it it will cure Morphew spots or marks in the skin to cure presently TAke the flower of Brimstone j Ê’ infuse it all night in strong wine vinegar sixe spoonfulls mix them well together therewith anoynt the spote or wet them well and put linnen cloathes double and wet therein and apply them till it be well Mouth sore or sore gums and to fasten loose teeth TAke Rose mary burn'd Allom ana both powdred a little white Salt boyle them in water with English honey therewith dresse the mouth Mouth sore or any other part a Lotion most excellent TAke Celendine red Sage and Honey-suckle leaves and flower ana three handfulls pure English honey one quart Roche Allom j lb iiij â„¥ small beaten graines of Paradise j â„¥ grosse beaten or bruised boyle all these in one gallon of Spring water in a close covered P pkin from a gallon to a pottle then straine it and put it up in Vyals it is good to sunne it sixe dayes this Lotion cureth any sore being washed therewith Morphew or spots in the skinne or in any part TAke oyle of egges what quantity you please temper them with a good quantity of Letharge of silver bruised and anoynt the spots therewith Item the oyles of Juniper and bitter Almonds mixed and anoynt therewith Item take Hellebore ij Ê’ stamp it to pap and mix therewith as much juyce of Egrimony and a little Rose water anonyt therewith the spots Item Camphire powdred with two bitter Almonds then temper it with Rosewater anoynt Item in using any of these medicines eat morne and even syrup of Fumitory and â—urge with Confectio hameck Item let his drinke bee morne and even Fumitory and Centory in Claret wine boyled with a little powder of Jvory N Nerve oyle to make for all aches and bruises TAke Camomile white Archangell Plantaine young Wormewood Mints Walnut tree leaves Sage Violet leaves Mallowes Rew Chickweed Brocklime Water-cresses Sothernwood Smallage and young Bay leaves ana j M. bru se them all in in a Morter then boyle them in a pint of white wine close covered till the wine be neere wasted then adde thereto Hogges grease and Deare swet and j lb Linseed oyle and Neats foot oyle ana one pint Rozin powdred sixe â„¥ Galbanum prepared two â„¥ boyle all these on a soft fire close covered till the unguent bee greene then straine it out and presently as it is hot mixe therewith liquid Storax and oyle of Spicke ana one â„¥ mixe it till it bee cold Item if it be for beasts leave out the Storax and oyle of Spick and in their stead put in their waight of Sope you must make it in the midst of May. Noli me tangere to cure and coole TAke Stubwort and stamp it and temper it with honey make a plaister of it lay it cold on the sore within foure plaisters it will mortifie the griefe Neck botches or other place the cure TAke Dogs tongue shred it and stamp it small boyle it in Malmsie till it be thick then mixe therewith the Melilot plaister and plaister it to the griefe it will dissolve and heale it without breaking Neck and cheekes swolne the cure TAke the fine powder of Cummin seed dj lb Figs cut small boyle them together in white Wine till it be thick then mix therewith foure spoonfulls of Beane meale make a plaister therof lay it to the swelling â—â— continue till it be well Nose ulters to cure TAke small Hollyhock Plantine and Shepheards purse their juyces ana j â„¥ the white of two eggs Camphire small bruited iiij ℈ burn'd Allom Corall Amber ana 〈◊〉 ℈
the distilled water of Sage iiij Ê’ Bettony water one spoonfull Triacle of Venice Conserve of Sage and Bettony ana dj Ê’ Conserve of Cowslips dj and Carduus water iiij Ê’ Chymicall oyle of Nutmegs vj drops powder of Castor dj Ê’ and Sugar quod sufficit take foure spoonefulls thereof first and last or at any time with the use of the foresaid plaister Palsie Gowt Cramp Convulsion Sciatica old aches and Contractions TAke oyle of Turpentine j lb Venice Turpentine dj lb oyle of Bayes iiij â„¥ oyle of Spick j â„¥ Juniper berries dj lb Castor j â„¥ Euforbium ij â„¥ Cloves Mace Nutmegs and Cinamon ana j â„¥ Lavander flowers Sage and Lillies of the Valley ana j M. Mastick Myrrhe Frankincense ana ij â„¥ Brocks grease iij â„¥ Mummy j â„¥ dj digest them for one moneth in horse dung then distill them and anoynt the griefe therewith Plague an Antidote TAke Setwell roots Calamus Aromaticus Bole Armoniack Tormentill roots ana j Ê’ Sanguis Draconis and terra Sigillata ana ij ℈ fine powdred mix them all with dj lb of Triacle so take it Piles the cure TAke burn'd Muscle-shells fine powdred mix it with Honey and Saffron anoynt your Piles therewith Item boyle in fresh Butter Pilwort Elder leaves or buds till it be a Salve make it yellow with a little Saffron anoynt therewith Item take Aniseeds burn'd and powdred Honey and Saffron mix them well together make a plaister thereof and apply it first wash it in white Wine wherein Scabius hath boyled Plague an Antidote TAke pure Triacle j lb dj put it in a Gally pot put to it Myrrhe Bay-berries husked Aristolochia rotunda Gentian Jvory and Hartshorne ana iiij Ê’ all fine searced and mixed with long Pepper Annis Carroway and Fennell-seeds ana iiij Ê’ stirring them with a Spatula in the pot of Triacle the Dosle is j Ê’ alone or with a Posset-Ale mixed Plague a Defensive TAke Rew Elder leaves Sinkfoyle or Tormentill red Sage red Bramble leaves Sorrell Marigold leaves and Angelica ana j M. stamp them all in a Morter then put to them white Wine one quart Wine vinegar dj pinte white Ginger powdred iiij Ê’ let it so stand in a Pot close stopped twenty foure houres then straine it hard forth let the elder people take every morning two spoonfulls fast two houres after and children one spoonfull use it nine mornings Plague to prevent and cure TAke Cinnamon j â„¥ Terra sigillata vj Ê’ Myrrhe iij Ê’ feeds rinds of Cytrons roots of Dittany Burnet Tormentill Zeduary and Corall ana ij Ê’ Vnicorns horne dj yellow Saunders and red ana j Ê’ white Beane and Marigold flowers ana j Ê’ Scabius Veroniack Basill seed bone of a Stags heart and Saffron ana ij Ê’ Sugar iij lb then with the vinegar of Cytrons make an Electuary the Dosse is every morning j â„¥ this prevents infection if one bee infected with cold take it in Wine if with heat in Rosewater and Vinegar and sweat two houres after Plague sore to ripen and bring forth TAke a great white Onion pilled and cut in pieces fresh Butter iij â„¥ leaven j Ê’ Mallowes and Scabius ana dj M. if you want the hearbs take Garlick j Ê’ boyle them soft to a Poultis apply it very warme Polypus a griefe in the nose TAke the leaves and branches of Buck-wheat distill it in Balneo the water thereof is perfect good to stay the spreading of the Canker although thought uncurable then with the Magistrall oyle heale it up Pox small the cure LEt the Patient sweat first then give him Mithridate iij graines or as much Saffron any of these expells them then when they are come to a scab and full ripe that is when they looke yellow then take a piece of fat Bacon roast it let it drop in faire water then take the droppings and wash it againe in three severall waters and wash it at last once in Rosewater then with this fat anoynt your face foure times every day this will defend the face from any deformity For want hereof anoynt the face with oyle of Roses iiij Ê’ and Spermaceti j Ê’ mixed Pleurisie or Stitch the cure MElt Dialthea ij Ê’ mix it with oyle of sweet Almonds iiij Ê’ warme it and anoynt the griefe then sprinkle on the place the powder of Cummin searced iiij Ê’ then warme a Colewort leafe and anoynt it with fresh Butter lay it hot to the place binde it fast on But the surest way is to let bloud presently and purge next day French Pox the cure MAke a Pill of Sarsa of Turbith minerall fine powdred and mixed with Mithridate let him keepe his Chamber the first six dayes sweat as he is able and drink for that six dayes nothing but Posset-Ale Pox great the soonest cure TAke Guiacum from the Turners the thinnest chips j â„¥ of the barke of Guiacum iiij â„¥ infuse them foure and twenty houres in a Diet pot with pure water eight quarts the next day boyle it soft simpering to the consumption of three quarts drinke off this warme morning and evening a good draught first straine it from the wood then put the pot with the wood to the fire with eight quarts of water againe to boyle till two quarts be wasted then straine it ouâ— let it bee his usuall drink at meales and all day to drink cold Let him every second day drink a great draught of the strongest first drinke very hot and sweat two houres after in bed and dry it with fresh linnen and change his shirt use this till all scabs aches c. be gone for till then he is not sound His Diet. EAt of the stalest white Bread or Bisket and some of the blewest Raisins of the Sunne for Breakfast and Supper his Dinner must be a neck of Mutton very dry roasted but once basted or a Chickin or Rabbet dry roasted Item before he entreth his Diet he must purge twice and let blood once and once a weeke purge during his Diet. Item the first foureteene dayes let him keepe his Chamber Item let him alwayes purge with ten graines of dulcified Mercury given in a Pill of Mithridate Purgations to prepare TAke Zenna Turbith Diagredij ana iij Ê’ Epithimum Galingale ana j Ê’ dj Annis Cinnamon Ginger ana j Ê’ salt Gem sixe graines all fine searced and mixed the Doss is j Ê’ in Dia prunis or Posset-Ale A Purgation which purgeth all Aqueous humors TAke Rewbarb Turbith Hermodact llâ— Diagredij Senna Agâ—rick Mechoacâ—â— Sugar ana ij Cloves Fennell Ginger Annis Mastick ana j Saffron and Cinnamon ana ij ℈ pulverize and searce all these the Dosse is j Ê’ in Succory water or Posset Ale Item for a Childe of seaven yeares old oâ— a Woman with childe between iij monethâ— and vij take Mechoacan fine searced and of this former powder ana j ℈ give it in Sugar-sops within dia prunis Pills that purgeth the foure humours TAke Mirabolaus and Rewbarb ana iiij Ê’ the juyce of Egrimony and
searced ana ij Ê’ mirabolans Kebule and Inde stoned powdred and searced ana j â„¥ altogether Tissick or infection of the Lungs BOyle the leaves and seeds of March Mallowes in Milk or Wine let the sick drink thereof Plague a defensive and cureth the sick of it BOyle in three pints of Malmsie Sage and Rew ij M. till it be well boyled then straine it put to the liquor againe boyle it two walmes with Nutmeg Ginger and long Pepper all mixed together j â„¥ then take it from fire and presently mix to it Mithridate j â„¥ Triacle ij â„¥ Aqua vitae iiij â„¥ mix them together while it is cold then put it up in a Vyall close stopped take halfe a spoonfull every second morning for a Defensive but if infected one spoonefull first and last and sweat three houres Purging Lozenges the Dosse is one or two drams TAke Senna iiij Ê’ Ginger and Liquorice ana ij Ê’ Turbith and Ruberb ana j â„¥ Diagredij ij Ê’ Hermodactills iij â„¥ Fragrariae folium j Ê’ Mace dj Ê’ white Sugar j lb powdred and searced Rosewater viij â„¥ compound them and so make them R Reines running or Gonorrhaea TAke Bole terra sigillata sanguis Drac ana j Ê’ conserve of red Roses iij â„¥ make it to a Masse for Pills the Dosse is the quantity of a Nutmegge morning and evening Another for the same FIrst purge well with new drawne Cassia j â„¥ in a draught of white wine â„ž Pearle Corall Cresses seed and Madder ana iiij Ê’ Cumfry roots dried and powdred Venice Turpentine dried and powdred Acorne cups powdred ana iiij Ê’ make all these with Venice Turpentine to a Masse the Dosse is vij Pills as bigge as Pease take it first and last Rupture to cure TAke the white of an egge beaten like oyle colour it red with Alkanet anoynt the back or place where the griefe is by a hot fire keepe it warme with a Lambs skin or take Dove-foote or Cranes bill powdred give halfe a spoonefull thereof in Claret wine or red warme for one and twenty dayes together morning and evening fasting two houres after if it be for old people adde to it nine Snailes shells powdred and dried during the cure weare a Trusse stir it not much and abstaine from windy meats or take Polypody of the old Horne beame tree stamp the roots thereof with the white of an egge and binde it against the place burst renewing it every foure and twenty houres for ten or twelve dayes all that time drink nought but small Beere or Ale and infuse Cumfry roots and Solomons seale bruised Ringworme Tetter or creeping sore the cure TAke of the rustiest yellow fat Bacon cut it thin fry the grease out of it then powre it cleane forth from the salt make cleane the Pan and put in the cleare grease againe fry therein * A plant Cup-Mosse till it be dry like coales then straine out the cleare grease and mix it with dj so much Tarre make an unguent of it and anoynt the griefe every day or red Dock roots unwashed and thin sliced steeped all night in strong Vinegar and with a clowt bathe it often For a Red gum or Sansfleame face old or new TAke the juyces of Sorell Smallage and Plantaine ana honey alike dj the white of an egge adde so much Wheat flowre as will compound them to a Salve mixed all rawe together and cold without fire and so apply it it will cleanse abate the paine and heale Or Pine nut kernels bray them in water make a Salve of it let it stand till a fat swim thereon and with the fat anoynt the griefe Rhewme or Tooth-ache the cure TAke Gum Armo. and Mastick ana j Ê’ dj boyle them in Aqua-vitae iiij â„¥ Wine Vinegar j â„¥ till the third part bee wasted then straine it adde thereto honey iiij Ê’ Saffron viij grains powdred incorporate them together and with a clowt on the top of a stick apply it to the griefe Or Staves acre Pepper Bay salt and Pellitory ana all pulverized together sowe them in a linnen cloath as bigge as a Nut steepe it in wine vinegar one quarter of an houre then put one of them in your mouth champ it and turne it from one side to another spet out the rhewme as it comes Or stamp some greene Rew with some Bay salt apply it to the gums grieved in a linnen cloath it takes away the paine To stay and dry the Rhewme TAke a piece of white bread dry and hard then soake it in Malmsie or Muscadine then strew on it Sugar powdred Wormwood and Mints powdred then dry it and eat it For Rhewme TAke Mustard seed boyled in Vinegar hold it warme in your mouth where the paine is spilt Ruptures or Dislocations BOyle Rocket roots in water very tender then bray them and plaister them to the griefe it cures S Sores a drying powder TAke Frankincense Vernish Fengreek Allosiccatrine the powder of burned bones ana ij â„¥ strew it thick on the sore Sores fretting or eating TAke the herbe Female Fluellyn bruise it and apply it to the sore and drinke the juyce of it in wine and water Sores running leprous and skin rugged TAke two parts of sope a third part of auri pigmentum fine powdred and mixed anoynt the griefe Sores old to dry up a Lotion TAke so much dulcified Mercury as will make xij spoonfuls of Plantain water as white as milke dip a feather in it and dresse the sore it cures For the same Sore a Plaister TAke white Lead ij â„¥ Camphine dissolved in the white of an egge j Ê’ Olibanum and Mastick fine powdred ana ij Ê’ incorporate all these in a morter with a pestle with oyle of white Rose and Virgins waxe thin scraped to the stifnesse of a plaister lay it to the sore after the water hath dryed it Sore a Corrasive TAke green Copperas small powdred and burn'd in a Crusible on a great fire for xiâ— houres till it be as red as bloud grinde it fine on a Painters stone lay this powder on the sore thin dresse it every xxiiij houres till the dead flesh be clean out Sores great and old a playster TAke Oyle of Roses j lb. di lb. Oyle of Myrtle ointment Populeon ana 4 â„¥ Hens grease ij Ê’ Oxe-tallow j lb. di lb. Hogs grease vij â„¥ Letharge of Gold and Silver ana iij â„¥ di â„¥ white lead and red lead ana iiij â„¥ Wax vj â„¥ boyle them altogether sufficiently then take it from fire and mix to it Turpentine Sores hollow a Lotion to mundifie TAke barbours lie j lb. hony of Roses iiij â„¥ Sarcacole iij Ê’ Smallage leaves Horehound ana di M. boyle them strain them use it Sores swelling to asswage BOyle in vinegar and verjuce sweet butter dip double linnen clothes in it use it hot Sores or ulcers to mundifie a water TAke Egrimony Saint Johns wort Centory Worm-wood Scabius Crassula major and Cumfry roots ana j. M. stampe all these together and boyle
them in j gallon of water and j pottle of white wine with di lb Sugar till the liquor be half wasted then straine it and keep it to your use seringe this water as hot into your sores as may be if you would have it more cleansing adde thereto Melrosarum if of greater cleansing and cooling adde thereto Plantain or Night-shade water wherein is boyled a little Allom this water cleanseth from the deep parts of corrupt and filthy ulcers and humours makes other Medicines work the better Serpigo or Tetter to cure TAke sallet Oile ij â„¥ Camphire iiij Ê’ flowre of Brimstone and Sugar ana j â„¥ grinde all together in a stone morter and put it in a glasse in the day time anoint the griefe as often as you will with oile wherin the golden Sea-coal powdred is boyled but at night with the former oyle Serpigo or Tetter another sure one TAke the rustiest Bacon you can get only the fat thereof fry it in a frying pan till you have all the fat forth then powre it cleere out and wipe the pan clean put in the liquor againe and fry therin j M. of Feltory italias Cup-mosse cleane picked and cleansed fry it in the liquor till it be hard and blacke then straine it into some vessell and put to it ij spoonfuls of tarre and of liquid Storax iiij Ê’ stirre them well together till it be cold anoint the griefe therewith and lay a linnen cloth dip'd therein on the sore Sores Allom water that cureth TAke j pint of unslaked lime put it in a pipkin put thereto of the newest Tanners oose that never had leather in it very warm then scum it over clean let it settle till the water be cleere and therewith wash the sore with wet clothes foure double and lay them on Sores old and Vlcers an oile to heale and dry TAke oile or gumme of Guiacum ij Ê’ incorporate it in oile of Roses ij â„¥ Ceruse letharge of Tinne Allosiccatrine Turpentine ana ij Ê’ mix all these together in a morter of lead then with lint lay it on the sore this will dry and draw together the lips of sores Sores inflamed to coole much and ease the pain TAke oile of Roses and Violets unguentum rosarum ana ij â„¥ juyce of Plantain and Housleeke ana j â„¥ Letharge of Gold and Silver ana x Ê’ Tutia ij Ê’ Camphire j Ê’ all mixed together and well ground on a stone Stone an outward application TAke the crums of stale Rie bread boyle it in a pip in with so much verjuyce of Crabs as will boyle it to a thicke poultis spread it on a cloth and apply it on the griefe as hot as you can suffer it if the paine remove follow it with your medicine renew it hot till you be well Stone a distilled water for it TAke Epithimum Asparagus Rape Saxafrage Parsley Sea-thistle Carret Fenill-roots Maiden-haire Gromill Parsnips Pellitory of the wall ana j M. beat your herbs and slice your roots then beate cherry stones in a morter j M. infuse them all in three quarts of red Cowes milk a whole night then distill it drinke with white wine five spoonfuls of this at one time iiij mornings together Stone a powder TAke English Licorice mundified and bruised ij â„¥ Parsnip-roots Carrots March Mallows clensed and bruised ana j â„¥ put them in a pot poure thereon hot seething water one quart let it stand close stopped till it be cold then strain out a good draught put into it a soft rosted apple make it thicke as Lambs wooll drinke thereof a good draught first and last morning and evening it forceth urine and opens the uriters Stone straight passage of urine to helpe TAke Saxafrage Ashenkeys Broom-seeds Holly-berries Parsly-seed Hawes Bramble-berries Alexander-seed dry them and powder them ana j â„¥ the stones of a Boare j Ê’ take of this powder dj Ê’ in a draught of warm white wine use it at need Shingles the cure TAke the juyce of Rue Oile of Rose and Vinegar mixed with so much Câ—ruse to an unguent therewith anoint thâ— griefe Or the juyce of Night-shade with oil of Roses Ceruse letharge of gold as before or Cats bloud anoint it therewith Sinews and veines cut to cure TAke the great red wormes knit together lay then to the grief or Magistral oile with Wine and Olibanum doth the like Stitch a present cure SWallow so much of the powder of Roâ—n as will lye on a xij pence in a draught of Sack or Beere or the powder of a Boares tuske as much as will lie on iiij d. in warme white wine doth it or take Camomill Dazies with the flowres ana j M. Cominseed bruised j spoonfull boyle all these either in Malmsy or Sack thicken it with leaven bread to a Poultis lay it very hot to the griefe Sciatica the cure MAke a playster with Caranna or Taccha Mahacca with oile of Roses lay it on hot let it lie ij or iij dayes then take it off wipe it and apply it again warme Sweat to procure DRinke a draught of Sack-posset very hot with iiij Bay-berries husked and powdered therein cover him warme and wipe off the sweat Squinancie or any swelling in the throat TAke Camomill flowers red Rose leaves Rosemary tops ana j M. and xij Cloves fill two linnen bags therewith heat them betwixt two platters on a chafing dish and coales with a pint of white wine apply them to the griefe hard wrung out one after another as hot as he can suffer it as one cooleth put on another hot so continue it for one half houre at every dressing with warm white wine wherein is boyled Honey red Rose-leaves and Rosemary tops ana Scurvy the cure TAke Scurvy grasse Devils Bitt Water-cresses and Brock-lime ana j M. Wormwood di M. stamp and strain them with a quart of white Wine alayed with a pinte of water boyle them all together vj walms adde therto in boyling white Ginger powdred ij Ê’ Enula Camp j Ê’ a little Saffron powdred drinke thereof first and last let him infuse Saxafrage in his drinke at meals but let him first purge with this following Take Senna Alexandrine iiij Ê’ Epithimum ij Ê’ Raisins of the Sun stoned j â„¥ Fenell seed Annis and Ginger ana di Ê’ infuse them all night in very warme Whay in the morning wring it out hard and give it the patient Swelling or Inflammation a Pultis TAke Mallowes Camomill and Violet leaves ana j M. boyle them in fresh Hogs grease till they be tender then lay on the herbs hot for a Pultis if you adde the crums of Rye-bread it will cleanse any corrupt Ulcer Swelling or any ache an ointment TAke the marrow of an Oxe and new liquid Hens dung ana di lb. boyle them together adde thereto powder of Alkanet strain it out hard and fricate the grief warm by a fire with a cloth then anoint it Swolne or scabbed legs to heale TAke red dock rootes and Plantain ana boyle them
ana j M. Pomgranat Pils and Allom ana iiij ʒ boyle all these in two quarts of white wine to the consumption of a third part bathe the sore therewith and apply on it a plaister of Diapalmae Or black Sope Ginger and Pepper make an unguent of it and use it it cures Tympanit or Dropsie the cure TAke five pints of Rhennish or white wine and three porrengers full of the ashes of burn'd Broome Cinnamon iij ʒ infuse them all night together next morning runne it thorow a jelly bagge so often till it be cleare adde thereto so much Sugar as will fit your taste bottle it up close let it stand one day then drink it first and last and one houre before meales and after walke till you bee warme at each time take a good draught cold eate neither Milke Broath nor spoone meat salt meats nor fried drink but little at meales no wine at all except the stomack be weake Thornes with splinters and to draw them out TAke a peece of a Fox tongue steeped all night in vinegar bind it fast on for forty houres without removing it will draw it out Or take Ryce meale Hazell nuts black Sope Tarre Goose dung and Hens dung mix them and boyle them in milk to a poultis plaister it fast on Or stamp the roots of a Reed and lay it to the griefe Or stamp Bettony and use it Or take Egrimony the grease of a Hare and Rye meale mixt and apply it Or take honey the gall of a beast and chalk and use it Tooth-ache with rhewme the cure BVrne Ashen-keyes to ashes and put them in a fine linnen cloath bound hard together then dip it in wine vinegar and lay it in the hole behind the eare this raiseth a blister and easeth Or take Ginger and Liquorice mundified and Powdred ana iiij ʒ salt Peeter j ℥ fine powdred and mixed then with a quill blow it up in the contrary nostrill where the paine is this works hard but helps Tooth-ache stinking breath and loose teeth to cure DIp a linnen cloath in vinegar of Squils rub your teeth and gums therewith Tooth-ache of rhewme TAke English honey melt it in a dish then shred off the inner bark of a white Bullas tree Pepper and white Ginger as much as will make two little Pills so bigge as a black Cherry wrap each of them in a thin linnen cloath dip them in a dish of hot honey hold them in your mouth one after another when one cooleth take another doe this till the paine be gone Ptysick or any disease of the lungs TAke the roots of Parsly Fennell and Succory ana j M pithed the fresh tops of Rosemary and Bettony ana j M Anniseed bruised Liquorice mundified and thin sliced ana j ℥ dj ℥ Enula Campaine roots powdred iiij ℥ Raisins of the Sunne stoned iiij ℥ English Saffron ℈ j boyle all these in three quarts of running water one houre then straine out the liquor and put it to fire againe with three spoonefulls of honey when it boyles seum it let it coole and bottle it up for your use drink morning and evening eight spoonefulls thereof warme sometimes tost a Figge and eat it dipt in the powder of Bettony Of this make a syrup which eat a spoonfull often in the day and night Turne sole to make DIp linnen cloathes in Allom water let them dry againe then take Elder berries and Black-berries wring their juyces out then dip the Allom cloathes therein let them soke well and keepe them when it is well dried in For the Tooth-ache a medicine made by Doctor Butler of Cambridge TAke the rind of Caner roots of the black berry bramble the flowers of Poingranates called Balaustia ana ij ʒ Pellitory of Spain white Henbane seed the rind of Mandrake and Roche Allom ana ij ʒ dj ʒ Spurge of the garden j M boyle all these together in very hard white wine this is rough in taste therewith gargarize and wash the mouth often A Triacle or rather a pretty Mithridate TAke Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Bay berries husked elect Myrrhe and Jvory ana j ℥ Ginger Cinnamon red Roses Opium Spicknard Castor Opoponax Frankincense Fennell seeds Parsly Caroway Wormewood Calamus aromaticus Enula Campaine Scordium or water Germander ana ij ʒ Storax Hartswort Sothernwood Turpentine wash'd in Rose water ana vj ʒ powder all that are to bee powdred and searce them fine incorporate them with honey clarified quod sufficit this is excellent for any strong disease or other it expells poyson from the heart of any kinde it expells winde and venemous vapours it breakes the Stone it giveth quiet rest and sleepe it takes away all pain it causeth urine and cures all inward griefes and sicknesle the Dosse is j ʒ at a time A stomack drink that cures many diseases if it be made and drunk in May they are safe all the yeare after TAke Scabius Mugwort Smallage Divels bit ground Jvy Wormewood Fumitory Fetherfew Spicknell ana ij M. boyle them long in Whay made in May when they be well boyled in the last walm put in it the whites of six egges some honey clarified a little Saffron the powder of twelve Cloves then straine it and drink of it first and last Thighes ache or feet TAke the roots of Walwort scrape the inmost rinde stampe the middest and temper with Boares grease and plaster it on Thornes to draw out any where STampe j M. of Dazie roots tempered with yolkes of egges and wheat flowre and make a playster thereof and apply it dresse it twice a day For Tetters or any creeping eating Sores TAke honey clarified mix therewith of Daffadill and the roots thereof anoint the griefe or take white Sope j ʒ Orpment ij ʒ make an unguent therewith but first wash the place with warme water before you anoint it Or mix the powder of Salt Armoniack with Sope anoint and be whole probatum V Vein broken or spitting bloud TAke Mouse-dung powdred as much as will lie on a groat put it in a little draught of the juice of Plantaine warme with a little Sugar drinke thereof first and last till it be well Vein broken TAke Wormwood Hemlock Housleeke ana dj M. Hony Oyle of Roses ana j ℥ Bole and sanguis Draconis ana ij ℥ beate them together and playster it to the griefe Vlcers the cure TAke Roch Allom powder it and calcine it till the pot be red hot and the Allom pure white then adde thereto Wine Vinegar so much as will cover it then vapour away the Vinegar till the Allom be blacke then calcine it againe till it be as white as Snow then mixe it with Honey of Roses make a playster thereof and apply it Vlcers old to Siccatrize and cleanse STrew thin over the Ulcer calcined vitriall then lay on a playster of flos unguentorum Vomit easie with intermission TAke the syrrop of Mints and Violets ana foure ℥ boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey then draw away
the fire then mixe them with the seeds of Tompions Raddish and Nettles dryed and powdred and Rose water ana foure Ê’ the roots of Asarabacca dryed in the shadow pure chalke powdred Cinnamon and Feâ—â—ilseed all powdred ana j â„¥ confect them all together into an Electuary the Dose is iij Ê’ either in Barley Water Whay or Milk or honied water Vomit to stay TAke Mints Shepherds Purse Plantaine Knot-grasse and Cumfry ana j M. small chopped boyle them in a quart of red or claret Wine drinke of this Wine and plaster the hearbs to the stomack in a double cloth Vnguent mundifying TAke Rosin viij â„¥ Colophony foure â„¥ Wax j lb Oyle one lb Opoponax j â„¥ di â„¥ Verdigrease j â„¥ melt the Wax and Rosin together then strew on the Gummes being dissolved in Vinegar then boyle it a little on a soft fire take it off and stirre in your Verdigrease last in fine powder by little and little so playster it Vnguentum Neopolitanum to cure the French Pox. TAke Oyle of Spick Oyle of Tartar Oyle of Bay Peterolium and Swines grease ana j â„¥ Frankincense 4 â„¥ EuforbiuÌ„ j Ê’ di Ê’ ung dialtheae and Agrippa ana j â„¥ Quicksilver mortified with fasting spittle iij â„¥ mixe them well and compound an Oyntment thereof anoint therewith but hands and armes to the elbowes legs and feet to the knees Vnguent to heale a green wound at first dressing TAke Aloes Siccatrine fine powdred the powder of Perosine ana Mix and grinde them with the white of an Egge lay it on with a Spledget of Lint Vnguent for Ladies chop'd or sore Lips TAke Butter out of the Churne melt it with so much Waxe Rose-water and fine scraped Sugar compound them together to an Oyntment and anoint therewith upon the hands Vnguent for deep thrusts or Wounds TAke Hogs grease di lb. the juyce of Plantain Wormwood Marigold and Dazies put to your grease so much Sallet Oyle as grease melt and mixe them well together on the fire put therein so much fine searced powder of Alkanet as covers the unguent red this cureth without Tent and keepe it open Vnguent Incarnative and healing TAke English Honey and Turpentine melt them on the fire and scumme them with a feather then take it from the fire and stirre it and put to it the juyces of Dasies and Plantain ana the yolkes of three eggs stirre them well and mixe them to an Unguent Vnguent to heale the Hemrods and breake them TAke the finest Sope bray therewith Garden Snails without shels and the fine searced powder of burnt Muscle-shels all mixed and brayed together anoint therewith and in three dressings be whole and then lay on a desiccative powder Vnguentum defensivum repercussivum TAke Oyle of Roses foure â„¥ Bole two â„¥ Terra sigillata one â„¥ Vinegar one â„¥ Camphire di Ê’ Night-shade and Sengreen ana j M. pound the herbs and strain the juyces out mix altogether cold fiat unguentum Vnguentum digestive which brings a wound to faire matter TAke Honey and fresh Butter ana incorporate them well together with the flowre of Fengreeke Linseed and Wheat melt them and mixe them on the fire together make it so Vnguent to mundifie TAke Rosin Wax and Pitch ana iii Ê’ Deeres Suet j Ê’ melt them together on a soft fire strain them purely without pressing then set it on the fire and put there to Verdigrease vj Ê’ Allom fine powdred iiij Ê’ mix them well with vj. great spoonfuls of Sallet Oyle and so it is done Vnguent to cleanse and heale TAke white Copperas fine powdred foure Ê’ Allom fine powdred and Verdigrease ana iij Ê’ Honey fine powdred and Butter ana ij â„¥ Oyle of Roses ij â„¥ boyle all together to a liquid unguent then mix thereto Turpentine ij Ê’ lay it on with Spledgets Vnguent to skin any wound TAke Lapis Calaminaris powdred and searced j Ê’ fresh Butter Oyle of Linseed ana ij â„¥ Bole and Ceruse ana iiij Ê’ powdred and searced mix them all in a morter to an unguent anoint therewith and lay Spledgets wet therein on it Vnguent to force one to pisse in any sicknesse INfuse and mix ten drops of Oyle of Iuniper in ij â„¥ of Parsley water drinke it fasting bloud-warm use it till you be well which will be at one or two takings W Wounds and small Cuts TAke powder of Storax mixe it with Oyle of Hypericon and Alkanet it cures quickly Wounds green a Balsome to heale quickly TAke the oldest white Wine j pinte Oyle three pintes Hypericon Clownes Alheale and red Rose buds ana j M. fresh and small shread earthen wormes clensed di lb. boyle all these in the Oyle and Wine til the Oyle and Wine be consumed then strain it hard forth and put it to fire againe digest therein liquid Storax j â„¥ and Venice Turpentine j lb Wax cut in pieces ij â„¥ mixe them well together when it is cold put it in Vialls and Sun it ten dayes this is a good tenting Salve Wounds green a Salve to cure TAke the Oyle of Linseed pinte one infuse therein Adders tongue and sweet Maudlin small chop'd or cut all night so much as the Oyle will cover the next day boyle it close covered till the herbs have lost their colour then straine it put the Oyle to fire againe put thereto Wax and Rosin cut in small pieces ana ij â„¥ till it be well melted then mixe and stirre therein Venice Turpentine ij â„¥ being well mixed take it from fire put it up to your use Wounds or Sores a good Lotion TAke white Wine one pinte infuse therein so much calcined Vitriall as will make it bloud red then put thereto the powder of calcined Allom so much as a Walnut Wenne to cure RUb the Wen on a dead body a man on a woman and a woman the contrary prick the Wen with a Needle in the dead body to be buried with him Wormes to kill and cure TAke Cockle and with the flowre thereof make a playster temper it with the juyce of Wormwood lay it the Navell Or take the powders of Betony Savine Wormwood and Century ana mixed eat a little thereof in broaths or drinke it in drinke Winde Collick to cure TAke the powder of Setwell Roots and put it in white Wine it is very good Winde with pain and swelling in the Stomack TAke Avenice Licorice Annis cleansed and bruised Gallingale and Hyssop with the powder of Mace and a little Gentian boyle all these in white Wine the Dose is in discretion straine it and drinke it warme Or oyle of Roses Wax powders of Mastick and Mace melted together and apply it in a playster to the Stomack Wilde fire in the flesh to cure TAke the dregs or lees of red or Claret Wine or White and the dregs of Vinegar the whites and yolks of Eggs bray all these together and apply it Water to dry and heale a Sore and to dry a humour TAke white Copperas calcined and powdred fine seeth it in faire