of your fayrest and best coloured Peaches and with a wet linnen cloth wipe of the white hoare of them then perboyle them in halfe a pint of white wine and a pine and a halfe of running water and being perboyled pill off the white skin of them and then weigh them take to your pound of Peaches three quarters of a pound of refined sugar and dissolue it in a quarter of a pint of white wine and boyle it almost to the height of a Syrope and then put in your Peaches and let them boyle in the Syrope a quarter of an houre or more if neede should require and then put them vp and keepe them all the yeare To preserue Eringus Rootes TAke your Eringus Rootes fayre and not knottie one pound and wash them cleane and when they be washed set them on the fire and boyle them very tender pill off the outermost skinne of them but see you breake them not and as you pare them put them into cold water and let them remaine there till all be finished and then you must take to euery pound of Rootes three quarters of a pound of clarified sugar and boyle it almost vnto the height of a syrope and then put in your rootes but looke that they boyle very gently together with as little stirring as may bee for feare of breaking vntill they be ynough and when they bee cold put them vp and so keepe them To preserue Barberies TAke your Barberies very faire and well coloured and picke out euery stone of them and then weigh them and to euery ounce of Barberies you must take three ounces of hard sugar and with halfe an ounce of the pulpe of Barberies and one ounce of red Rose water you must disolue your suger and then boyle it to a syrope being so boyled put in your Barberies and let them boyle a quarter of an houre and then take them vp and as soone as they begin to waxe coole put them vp and they will keepe their colour all the yeare To preserue Goos-berries TAke of your large Berries but not thoroughly ripe and picke off all the staulkes from them and wash them cleane take a pound of them and set them on the fire till they bee hot and then take them off and let the liquor run from them then take ten ounces of hard sugar and foure ounces of suger Candie and clarify it with a pint of water and the white of an egge and boyle it to a thicke Syrope and then put in your Goos-berries and let them boyle one walme or two and so betwixt hot and cold put them vp keepe them all the yeare To preserue Damsins TAke of your Damsins large and well coloured but not thorough ripe for then they will breake and picke them cleane and wipe them one by one then weigh them and to euery pound of damsins you must take a pound of Barbery sugar white good dissolued in halfe a pint or more of water and boyle it almost to the height of a Syrope and then put in your Damsins keeping them with continuall scumming and stirring and that with a siluer spoone and so let them boyle vntill they be ynough vpon a gentle fire and when they be ynough take them vp keepe them all the yeare To preserue Raspises TAke of your fayrest and well coloured Raspises and picke of their staulkes very cleane then wash them but in any case see that you bruise them not then weigh them and to euery pound of Raspises you must take sixe ounces of hard sugar and sixe ounces of Sugar-candy clarifie it with halfe a pint of faire water and foure ounces of iuyce of Raspises being clarified boyle it to a weake Syrope and then put in your Raspises stirring them vp and down and so let them boyle vntill they bee ynough That is vsing them as your Cherries and so may you keep them all the yeare To preserue Enula Campana rootes TAke of your Enula Campana rootes wash them scrape them verie cleane and cut them thin vnto the pith the length of your little fingar and as you cut them put them into water and let them lie in water thirtie dayes shifting them twise euery day to take away their bitternes weigh them and to euery pound of rootes you must take xij ounces of clarified sugar first boyling your rootes as tender as a Chickin and then put them into your clarified sugar and let them boyle vpon a gentle fire vntill they be ynough and so let them stand off the fire a good while and betwixt hot and cold put them vp to your vse To preserue Saterion Rootes TAke your Saterion Rootes and picke out the faire ones keepe them by themselues then wash them and boyle them vpon a gentle fire as tender as a quodling then take them off and pare off the blackest skinne of them and put them as you pare them into faire water and so let them remaine one night and then weigh them and to euery pound of rootes you must take xj ounces of clarified sugar and boyle it almost to the height of a syrope and then put in your rootes but take heede they boile not too long for then they Will grow hard and tough and therefore when they bee boyled ynough take them off and set them a cooling and so keepe them according to the rest Heere endeth the Preseruatiues To make Manus Christi TAke halfe a pound of refined Suger and some Rose water and boyle them together till it come to sugar againe then stirre it about while it be somewhat cold then take your leafe gould and mingle with it then cast it according to art That is in round gobbets and so keepe them To Candy Ginger TAke very faire and large Ginger and pare it and then lay it in water a day and a night then take your double refined suger and boyle it to the height of Suger againe then when your suger beginneth to bee cold take your Ginger and stirre it well about while your suger is hard to the panne then take it out race by race and lay it by die fier for foure howers then take a pot and warme it and put the Ginger in it then tye it very close euery second morning stirre it about roundly and it will be rocke Candied in a very short space To Candy Rose leaues as naturally as if they grew vpon the Tree TAke of the fayrest Rose leaues red or dammaske and on a Sun-shine day sprinkle them with Rose water and lay them one by one vpon faire paper then take some double refined suger and beat it very fine and put it in a fine lawne searce when you haue layd abroad all the Rose leaues in the hottest of the sunne searce suger thinly all ouer them then anon the Sun will candy the suger then turne the leaues and searce suger on the other side and turne them often in the Sun sometimes sprinkling Rose water some times searsing
Canker that eateth mans flesh TAke wheate branne of the smallest powder the iuyce of smallege the iuyce of woodbine and burnt allam beate into powder and a little hony mingle all these together and make a plaister of it and lay it to the sore and it shall destroy the Canker For a bruise TAke Virgin waxe and commen seede well beaten mixe them together and lay it to the bruise plaster wise For a white scalde TAke sallet oyle beaten with the whites of egges till they be thorowly wrought together cut away the heare and so annoynt the head and lay a bladder vpon it A medicine against all stiches TAke linseede and boyle it in newe milke and make a plaster thereof and lay it to the place grieued A medicine for a sore breast TAke groundsill and chop it small the grounds of small beere wheaten branne and sheepes suet beaten in morter and boile them altogether and lay it plaster wise to your breast A medicine for swelled brests TAke white wine wheat bran new bolted rose leaues old and new seeth them vntill they be thicke then lay it to the brest as hotte as she may suffer it from euen till morning and shift it againe To breake the fleame of the brest TAke butter without salt and hony of each a quantitie faire bitter Almonds blanch them and beat them fine and eate a little euery day A very good medicine for any ache or sore brest often approued TAke Frankinsence fine wrought Waxe Bores grease and Rosin of euery one of them a like quantitie and seeth them together to a cake spread it on a cloth as broad as the sore or paine is and lay it too foure and twenty houres or twelue at the least An approued medicine for a sore brest TAke a handfull of mallowes seeth them very soft in faire water and then let the water runne away from the mallowes then choppe or shred them then put them in a dish with bores grease and heate them very hot and lay it in a plaster of linnen cloth to your breast as hotte as you can suffer three or foure times a day heating it this hath beene approued very good A remedie for the paines of the breast TAke hysope parsley sage stamp them together and lay them to the breast and they will be whole Another for the sloping of the breast TAke Rewe and seeth it with allegant and drinke it three or foure times A medicine for the bloody flixe TAke as much fine linnen cloth as wil make a suppositary being rapped together button wise then wet the same in the best aqua vitae or aqua composita and let the partie greeued conuey the same into his fundament and it wil helpe them by the grace of God within three or foure dressings this is approued and hath holppen many that haue beene brought low and thought past cure Doctor Smithes medicine for the collicke and stone TAke posset ale made of Rennish wine boyle Camamill running time parcelie pellitorie of the wall with a good spoonefull of commen seedes till the thrid part and more be consumed then strain them with suger sufficient drinke a good draught warme and vse it as occasion serueth A medicine for the Chin-coffe for a child TAke boares grease and warme the soules of the feete to the fire and chafe them with that and go to bed and keepe it warme and lappe cloths to it To stay a Laxe TAke halfe a quarter of a pound of almonds and parch thē vpon two new tiles beate them in a morter and take a quarter of faire water and set it on the fire and put halfe a handfull of knot-grasse and halfe a handfull of plantine leaues and let them seeth a good while then take the water and straine the foresaid almonds therewith and make an almond milke thereof put in a peece of suger then take date stones and beate them to pouder as smal as may be and put some of that pouder into the almond milke so drinke it luke warme An excellent medicine for a child that cannot part with his water or vrine TAke three or foure hiue bees kill them then drie them vpon hot flat being thorough drie bruise them to smal pouder then put the pouder into a quarte of small ale giue the sicke to drinke and he shall haue present remedie A medicine for the paine of swelling in the stomacke TAke a good quantitie of rosemary flowers boyle them in whit wine and as hot as may be suffered applie it to the stomacke An approued medicine for the spleene TAke a quarte of claret wine a pint of oyle of oliffe two good handfulls of camamill being shred small and boyle the wine and camamill together from a quarte to a pinte and annoynt the hardnes of the spleene morning and euening therewith and it will dissolue A medicine for a fellon or and come TAke Rustie bacon and Colewort leaues stamp them together then take a peece of dogges leather being pricked full of holes and spread it vpon the lether laying it to the soare twice a day and when it beginneth to heale but once a day A medicine for the ytch of the body TAke sweete butter vnwrought waxe vineger brimstone a little Rose water red cloues hole boyle them together till they be like a salue then annoynt the flesh three sundry nights by the fire therewith and no more A medicine for the Canker in the body TAke bollarmoniacke roch allom and hony then beate them to pouder take twise as much of the allom as of the bollarmoniacke and stirre them together till they come to a salue and so annoynt the soare A medicine for the heate or ache in the body or legges or else where TAke red docke rootes and take out the ouer pith and seeth them in running water then draw the water from them and beate it with thick creame and so annoynt the place that is greeued or with a cloth dipped in the same and layd ouer the place A medicine good to clense the body TAke bawme and lay it in white wine till it be well steeped and then distill it the water thereof is good for any disease that is in the body but you must distill the wine and all together drinking a spoonefull or two in the morning prooued A medicine for a fistula TAke veruon and dry it vpon a tile and make pouder thereof make cleane the soare with a linnen cloth and fill the hole full of the pouder A remedie for one that vometeth to much TAke coliander seedes fine beaten in powder and drink it with minte water To make a scare cloth for all manner of aches TAke a pound of vnwrought waxe halfe a pound of rosin two ounces of frankinsence a pounde and halfe of sheepes suet and boyle them altogether and straine them in a faire bason and then put them in a chafindish of coales and dip a lynnen cloth therein and so lay it to the soare A medicine for
A CLOSET for LADIES and GENTLEVVOMEN OR The Art of preseruing Conseruing and Candying With the manner howe to make diuers kinds Syrups and all kind of banqueting stuffes Also diuers soueraigne Medicines and Salues for sundry Diseases AT LONDON Printed for Arthur Iohnson dwelling neere the great North dore of Pauls 1608. ⧠An especiall note of CONFECTIONARY To preserue Pippyns red TAke your best coloured Pippins and pare them then take a percer and bore a hole through them then make syrupe for them as much as wil couer them and so let them boyle in a broad preseruing pan put into them a pece of Cynamon sticke and so let them boyle close couered verie leasurely turning them very often for if you turne them not very often they will pot and the one side will not bee like the other and let them thus boyle vntil they begin to gelly then take them vp and pot them and you may keepe them all the yeare To Preserue Pippins white TAke faire large Pippins and after Candlemas pare them and bore a hole through them as you did for the red ones then make a weake Syrope for them and so let them boyle till they be tender then take them vp and boyle your syrope a little higher then put them vp in a Gally pot and let them stand all night and the next morning the Syrope will be something weaker then boyle the Syrope againe to his full thickenesse and so pot them and you may keepe them all the yeare If you please to haue them taste a pleasant taste more then the naturall Pippin put in one graine of muske and one droppe of the Chymicall oyle of Cynnamon and that will make them taste a more pleasant taste To preserue Pippins greene TAke Pippins when they be small and greene of the tree and pare three or four of the worst and cut them all to pieces then boyle them in a quart of faire water till they be pap then let the liquor come from them as you do from your quodiniacke into a bason then put into thē one poūd of sugar clarified and put into this as many greene Pippins vnpared as that liquor will couer and so let them boyle safely and when you see they be boyled as tender as a quodling then take them vp and pill of the outtermost white skinne and then your Pippins will be greene then boyle them in your Syrope againe till the Syrope be thicke and so you may keepe them all the yeare To preserue Apricockes TAke a pound of Apricockes and a pound of sugar and claryfie your sugar with a pint of water and when your sugar is made perfect put it into a Preseruing-pan put your Apricockes into it and so let them boyle gently and when they bee boyled ynough and your Syrope thicke pot them and so keepe them In like maner may you preserue a Pear-plum To preserue Mirabolans or Malacadonians TAke your Malacadonians and stone them and per boyle them in water then pill of the outward skin of them they will boyle as long as a peece of beefe therefore you need not feare the breaking of them and when they be boyled tender make Syrope for them and preserue them as you doe any other thing and so you may keepe them all the yeare To preserue Pomcitrons TAke your Pomcitrons one pound and a halfe and cut them some ◠halfes some in quarters and take the meate out of them and boyle them tender in faire water then take two pounds of sugar being clarified and make Syrope for them ahd let them boyle in syrope a quarter of an houre very gently then take them vp and let your Syrope boyle til it be thicke and then put in your Pomcitrons and you may keepe them al they yere If you please you may pare some of them forsome delight the skin and some pared To preserue Cherries TAke of the best and fayrest Cherries some two pound and with a paire of sheeres clippe of the stalkes by the midst then wash them cleane and beware you bruise them not then take of fine barbarie sugar and set it ouer the fire with a quart of faire water in the brodest vessell you can get and let it seeth til it be somewhat thicke then put in your Cherries and stirre them together with a siluer spoone and so let them boyle alwayes scumming and turning them very gently that the one side may be like the other vntill they be ynough the which to know you must take vp some of the syrope with one Cherrie and so let it coole and if it will scarce run out it is ynough and thus being cold you may put them vp and keepe them all the yeare To preserue red Rose leaues TAke of the leaues of the fairest buds halfe a pound sift them clean from seeds then take a quart of faire water and put it in a earthen pipkin and set it ouer the fire vntill it bee scalding hot and then take a good many of other red Rose leaues and put them into the scalding water vntill they begin to looke white and then straine them and thus do vntill the water looke very red then take a pound of refined sugar and beat it fine and put it into the liquor with halfe a pound of Rose leaues and let them seeth together till they bee ynough the which to know is by taking some of them vp in a spoone as you doe your Cherries and so when as they be thorow cold put them vp and keepe them very close To preserue Oranges and Lymonds TAke your Oranges and Lymonds large and well coloured and take a raspe of steele and raspe the outward rind from them then lay them in water three dayes and three nightes then boyle them tender and shift them in the boyling to take away their bitternesse and when they bee boyled tenderly take two pound of sugar clarified with a pint of water and when your syrope is made and betwixt hot and cold put in your Lymonds and Oranges and there let them bee infused all night the next morning let them boyle two or three walmes in your Syrope let them not boyle too long in the sugar because the rinds will be tough take your Lymonds out and boyle your Syrope thicker and so when it is colde put them vp and keepe them all the yeare To preserue Quinces TAke your Quinces two pound core them then perboyle them pil off the outtermost white skin and then weigh them and put them into claryfied sugar one pound and then boyle them closly couered vpon a very gentle fire putting vnto them a sticke or two of good Cynnamon cut into small pieces and so stirre them continually that they may be well coloured on euery side and when the syrop is come to the height of a perfect gelly take them off the fire and so keepe them for the higher your syrope is the better will your Quinces keepe To preserue Peaches TAke a pound
suger on them vntill they be ynough and come to your liking and being thus done you may keepe them To Candy Marigolds in wedges the Spanish fashion TAke of the faire yealow Marigold flowers two ounces and shred them and dry them before the fire then take foure ounces of suger and boyle it to the height of Manus Christi then poure it vpon a wet Preplate and betwixt hot and cold cut it into wedges then lay them on a sheete of white paper and put them in a stone To Candy all manner of flowers in their naturall colours TAke the flowers with the staulkes and wash them ouer with a little Rose water wherein Gum-arabecke is dissolued then take fine searsed suger and dust ouer them and set them a drying on the bottome of a siue in an ouen and they will glister as if it were Suger-candy To Candy all sorts of flowers fruits and spices the cleare rocke Candy TAke two pound of Barbarie Suger great grained clarified with the whites of two egges and boyle it almost as hie as for Mantus Christi theÌ„ put it into a Pipkin That is not very rough then put in your flowers fruits and spices and so put your Pipkin into a still and make a small fire of small coales vnder it and in the space of twelue dayes it will be rocke candied To Candie Eringus rootes TAke your Eringus ready to be preserued and weigh them and to euery pound of your rootes you must take of the purest suger you can get two pound and clarifie it with the whites of egges exceeding well that it may be as cleere as Christall for then it will be very commendable it being clarified you must boyle it to the height of Manus Christi then dippe in your rootes two or three at once till they be all candied and so put them in a Stow and keepe them all the yeare To Candie Elecampane TAke of your fairest Enula Campana rootes and take them cleane from the Syrupe and wash the suger off them and drye them againe with a linnen cloth then weigh them and to euery pound of rootes you must take a pound and three quarters of suger and clarifie it well and boyle it to the height of Manus Christi and when it is so boyled dippe in your rootes three or foure at once and they will candie very well and so stone them and keepe them all the yeare To Candy Violet flowers TAke of your Violet flowers which are good and new and wel coloured and weigh them to euery ounce of your Violet flowers you must take foure ounces of refined suger which is very white and faire grained and dissolue it in two ounces of faire running water and so boyle it til it come to suger againe but you must scum it often least it be not cleare ynough and when it is boyled to suger againe then take it off and let it coole and then put in your Violet flowers stirring them together till the suger grow hard to the pan this done put them into a boxe and keepe them in a stoaue To Candy Goos-berries TAke of your fairest Berries but they must not bee two ripe for then they will not bee so good and with a linnen cloth wipe them verie cleane and picke off all the staulkes from them and weigh them and to euery ounce of Berries you must take two ounces of suger and halfe an ounce of Suger-candy and dissolue them in an ounce or two of Rose water so boyle them vp to the height of Manus Christi and when it is come to his perfect height let it coole and put in your Berries for if you put them in hot they will shrinke and so stirre them round with a wooden spatter till they bee candied and thus put them vp and keepe them To Candy Rosemarie flowers TAke of your Rosemarie flowers readie pickt and weigh them to euery ounce of flowers you must take two ounces of hard suger and one ounce of Suger-candy and dissolue them in Rosemarie flower water and boyle them till they come to suger againe which done put in your Rosemarie flowers when as your suger is almost cold and so stirre them together vntill they be ynough and then take them out and put them in a boxe and keepe them to your vse in your stoaue To Candy Borrage flowers TAke your flowers picke them very cleane weigh them vse them in euery respect as you did your rosemary flowers saue this that who they be candied you must set them in a still so keepe them in a sheete of white paper putting euery day a chafindish of coales into your Still and it will be candied very excellently and that in a short spare Here endeth the sorts of Candying To make Past of Pippins the GENVA fashion some with leaues some like Plums with staulkes and stones in them TAke your Pippins and pare them and cut them in quarters then boyle them in faire water till they be tender then straine them and drie the pulpe vpon a Chafindish of coales then weigh it take as much suger as it weigheth and boyle it to Manus Christi and put them together then fashion them vpon a Pie-plate and put it into an Ouen being very sleightly heat the next morning you may turn it and put them off the plates vpon sheetes of paper vpon a hurdle and so put them into an Ouen of like heat and there let them remaine foure or fiue dayes putting euery day a Chafindish of coales into the Ouen and when they be thorow dry you may boxe them and keepe them all the yeare To make Past of Eglantine of the colour of thrred Corall TAke your Eglantine Berries otherwise called Hips and stampe them in a morter with Gum-tragacant and Rose water then strayne it thorough a strayner then take halfe a pound of refined suger beaten and searsed and worke it vp into Past with this strayning then print it with your moulds then stoaue it and then guild them To make Past Royall white TAke a pound of refined suger beaten and searsed and put into an Alabaster morter with an ounce of Gum-tragacant steeped in Rose water and if you see your Past bee too weake put in more suger if too drie more gumme with a droppe or two of oyle of Cynamon so that you neuer deceiue your selfe to stand vpon quantities beat it into perfect Past and then you may print it with your moulds and when it is drie guild it and so keepe them To make Past royall in spises TAke of Cynamon and Ginger of each a like quantitie being finely searsed mingle it with your searsed suger and Gum-tragacant steeped in Rose water and worke it into Past as you did your Past royall white and then you may turne it vpon stickes made of peeces of arrowes and make them hollow like Cynamon stickes in like sort you may make it tast of whâ—â— spices you please To make Past of Genua the
a dram Aniseeds in fine pouder one ounce mingle with the rest then take of suger sixe ounces of Pennits an ounce and halfe Suger-candy one ounce powdred mingled with the former powder then take Gum-tragacant steeped in Rose water and bear it into past and so make it into long rowles and so drie them and keepe them To make Conserue of Borage flowers TAke of your Borage flowers well colored and picke the blacks from them then weigh them to euery ounce of flowers you must take three ounces of suger and beat them together in an Alabaster morter with a wooden pestle vntill they be verie fine so that you cannot discerne any suger in Iumps then take them out and put the conserue into a pipkin and heat it through hot and hauing thus done put them vp keepe them all the yeare To make conserue of Rosemary flowers TAke your Rosemary flowers fresh and good and picke them from the greene tuske weigh them and take to euery ounce of flowers three ounces of Suger-candy and beate them very fine vsing them in euery respect as you did your other Conserues To make Conserue of Buglosse flowers TAke your buglosse flowers and picke them as you did your borage flowers and then weigh them and to euery ounce of flowers you must take two ounces of hard sugar and an ounce of sugar Candie and beate them together till they be exceeding fine and then set them one the fire to dissolue the sugar and when it is dissolued and the conserue hot put it vp and keepe it all the yeare To make a Pomaunder TAke of Beazou in one dram and halfe of storax halfe a dram of Lignum aloes in fine powder halfe a scruple of Labdanum halfe an ounce powder all these very fine and searse them through laune and then take of muske a dram Amber greese ten graines Ciuet ten graines and dissolue them in a hot morter with a little rose water and so make them into a pomander putting into it six graines of Ciuet. To make Consaure of Barberies TAke of your Barberies which are very red and ripe and picke them from the stalks and then wash them and put vnto them a prettie deale of faire water and set them on the fire in an earthen pan and so scald them and being throughly scalded pulpe them thorough a fine searce and to euery pound of pulpe take a pound of pouder suger and boyle them til it be ynough that is till it wil cut like marmelade To make Consarue Cichorie flowers TAke of your Cichory flower new gathered for if you let them lie but one hower or two at the most they will loose their coulour and doe you very little seruice therefore ware them presently and to euery ounce of flowers you must take three ounces of dubble refined suger and beate them together in a morter of Alabaster and a wooden pestle vntil such time as they be thoroughly beaten for the better the flowers and suger be beaten the better will your Conserue be let this alwayes be for a generall rule and being very well brayed you must take them vp and put it into a chafer cleane scoured and set it on the fire til it be throughly hot and then take it off and put it vp â—nd keepe it all the yeare To keepe Cowecumbers in pickle all the yeare TAke foure gallons of Conduit water and put vnto it three quarts of bay salt two handfuls of Sage one handfull of sweete Marioram and foure handfulls of Dill let these boyle til it come to three gallons and then take it off and when it is almost cold put in a hundreth of Cowcumbers into that liquor into a butter barrel keepe them al the yeare but looke that alwaies the herbs lie vpon them and thus done it will be a most excellent sallet with oyle vineger and pepper An exceeding fine pill vsed for the goute TAke of Aloes two ounces Mastick three drammes Agricke halfe an ounce Ginger halfe a dramme let these be poudred very fine then take of the extraction of Rhubarbe three drammes and with white wine let them be incorporated into a masse of pills adding vnto them a droppe of oyle of cloues and as much or Nutmegges A Medecine for the Goute TAke of the slippes of starres to the number of foure and then take to euery stippe foure snayles and put them into an earthen pot sprinckle foure or fiue handfuls of salt vpon them and then put to them Sage Rue Wormewood and Hyssope of each foure handfuls and so distill them and when you haue distilled them put to them a quart of wine Vineger wherein an ounce of white Mercury is dissolued and so bath the place infected with the goute and it will ease them presently To make Syproupe of Pomcitrons TAke of Pomicitrons and cut them in halfes and iuyce them but beware you writing them not too hard least it be slimie and then take to euery pint of iuyce three quarters of a pound of refined suger and boyle it in an earthen pipkin till it come to the height of a Syrupe and take heed in any case that you boyle it not on too hot a fire least it burne and then when it is boyled ynough put it vp and keepe it all the yeare To make Syrupe of Violets TAke your Violets and pick the flowers and weigh them and then put them into a quart of water and steepe them vpon hot embers vntill such time as the flowers be turned white and the water as blew as any violet then take to that quart of infusion and take foure pound of clarified Suger boyle it till it come to a syrupe scumming them and boyling them vpon a gentle fire least it turne his colour and being boyled put the Syrupe vp and keepe it To make Syrupe of Liquorish TAke your Liquorish eight ounces and scrape it verie cleane and briuse it verie well and mayden haire one ounce Any feede and Fennell seede of each halfe an ounce steepe these in foure pintes of raine water halfe a day and then boyle it to a quart then take a pound and a halfe of clarified suger and boyle it with that liquor till it come to a Syrupe and then put it vp and keepe it To make Syrupe of Hore-hound TAke of Hor-hound two handfuls of Coults foote a handful of time peneriall and Calamint of each two drams of Liquorish one ounce and a halfe of figges and raysons of the sunne of each two ounces Pionye kernels a quarter of an ounce Aniseeds and Fennell seeds of each a quarter of an ounce boyle these in a gallon of faire water till it come to a pottell or three pintes and then straine it and take three pound of Suger and three egges and clarifie that liquor and so boyle it to a Syrupe and so keepe it all the yeare To make Syrape of Mayden haire TAke of Maiden heare sixe ounces of Liquorish one ounce scraped and sliced steepe these
foure and twentie houres in foure pintes of Conduit water and then boyle them to quart and then take two pound of clarified Suger and boyle it with that liquor vpon a gentle fire vpon Charcoales vntill it come to a Syrupe scumming it very often that it may be the clearer for the clearer it is the better it is and being boyled ynough put it vp To make Syrupe of Hyssop TAke of Hyssop one handfull of Figges Raysins Dates of each an ounce of Calamint halfe a handfull of French barley one ounce boyle these in three pintes of water to a quart and then straine it and then clarifie it with the whites of two egs and two pound of Suger and so boyle them to a Syrupe and being boyled ynough keepe them all the ye are To keepe Cherries all the yeare to haue them at Christmasse TAke of your fairest Cherries you can get but be sure that they bee not bruised and take them and rub them with a linnen clothe and put them into a Barrell of hay and lay them in rancks first laying hay in the bottome and then Cherries and then hay againe and then stoppe them vp close that no ayre may come neere them and lay them vnder a fetherbed where one lyeth continually for the warmer they are the better yet neere no fire and thus doing you may haue Cherries at any time of the yere To make a Syrupe of Mulberries TAke your Mulberries which are very ripe presse out the iuyce from them thorough a linnen cloth betweene two stickes and then to euery pint of iuyce take a pound of suger and boyle it to the height of a Syrup and then keepe it all the yeare long and if it waxe any thing thinner a moneth after you put it vp boyle it againe and then put it vp To make Syrupe of Lymonds TAke your Lymonds and cut them in halfes and betwixt your fingers iuyce them and the liquor that runnes from them wil be very cleare then take to a pint of iuyce a pound and a quarter of hard suger which is very white and boyle it to a Syrupe and it will keepe excellent well To make Syrupe of Roses sollitiue TAke of Dammaske Roses and pull them then take a gallon of water and when the water is hot put a good many Damaske Rose leaues and take them out when they looke white and doe so ten times and then the water will looke red and then to euery pinte of that liquor put a white of an egge and a pound of suger and clarifie it and boyle it to a Syrupe and keepe it all the yeare the thicker the Syrupe is the better it will keepe To make Syrupe of drie Roses TAke of red Roses dried foure ounces infuse them in a quart of faire water vpon hot embers till the roses haue lost their colour then take a pound and a halfe of Suger and clarifie your Liquor and Suger with two egges and then boyle it to the height of a Syrupe but take heed in any case that you set not your Syrupe vpon too hot a fire for then it will loose his colour and bee worth naught A Medicine to giue a woman in trauel to make her haue throwes TAke Coral amber date stones Pearle Piony seedes Saffron Commine beate all these in powder and put it into Malmesey and take Vnicornes home and put it into a spoone with a little Malmesey and giue it to her and presently let her drinke a draught of the Malmesey with the powders aforesaid warming of it a little A Medicine for the falling downe of the matrisse to the bearing place TAke Chicke-weede and seeth it in an earthen pot then lay of it vpon a peece of scarlet as hot as the partie may suffer it let her take it to the priuie place and as one plaster coooleth so lay another and vse it Another for to be taken to the Nauell and to the backe right against the Nauell for the same TAke a redde Onyon and roast it very tender then take of Allysander seedes and bruise them in a wooden dish and mingle the Onyon and the bruised seedes together and lay it vpon a peece of linnen cloth so lay it to the Nauell a little warme rowle that on and let it lie on xxiiij houres then change it and take a new one till it be whole It is good for the Midwife to hold muske belowe tyed in a little Lawne to draw downe the Child Take Torch-wort and lay a leafe of it to the Crowne of a womans head warme to stay other flowers A Medicine for a woman after burden if neede be to bring it downe TAke Sowtherwood and wash it cleane and stampe it and straine it in strong Ale and giue it her to drinke warme To stop the Whites in women FRy Hemlock in fresh swines grease lay it as hotte as shee may suffe it to the secret place For a Teter TAke Oates and seeth them in water and where the Teter is hold ouer the reeke thereof as hot as may be laying a cloth ouer it to keepe in the reeke so that the cloth doe not touch the Teter vse this fiue times morning and euening To make a Seare-cloth for an Ache that is nextly come TAke Boares grease Camphire and waxe and boyle them altogether and so make a Seare-cloth thereof and lay it to the griefe For a Felon or an Andcome TAke Hearbe-grace rustie Bacon sower leauen and Snayles that be with shel on their backes taking them out of their shels and beate all these together lay it to the greefe For to heale any if they be scalded with hot liquor TAke Alehose and Auens Sheepe suet and Sheeps dunge and Goose dung and when you haue washed the hearbes breake them altogether a little and so frie them together and then straine it make plasters thereof and lay it to the griefe warme it a little when you lay it too laying new plasters to it twise a day you may take the iuyce of Houseleeke and Sallet oyle and water and beat them together and wash the grease before you vse this plaster A Medicine for the Whites TAke a quart of new milke of a red Cow x. spoonfuls of red Rose water a Pomgarnet pill beaten and a little Cynamon beaten and seeth it halfe away sweeten it with suger and drinke a draught morning and euening two Whites of egs beaten A Medicine for them that are giuen to bleeding MAke a posset take of the curd and take Liuer-wort and beat it and put the iuyce thereof into the Posset drinke and drinke it morning and euening warme For the heate in the Kidneys TAke Houseleeke and Plantine and not wash them but wipe them with a cloth and beate them and straine them and put to the iuyce thereof red Rose water and wine Vineger and womans mâ—lke and take the hearbs and put them into clothes and tye the clothes with thread like a couple of balles and you must when you
an old body then take three spoonfulls of good ale and two spoonfulls of the Syrupe of roses To make a fresh Cheese TAke a quantitie of new milke and set it on the fire and let it boyle and take halfe a dozen yolkes of egs and beat them and stirre them in the milke on the fire then take it off the fire and keepe it stirred vntill it be luke warme and then put runnet into it and stirre it and let it stand vntill it be gathered together take vp the curd and put into it Cinamon and Ginger and stir it about make dishes of it as you thinke good A Medicine for a Pestilent Ague or to driue any thing from the heart MAke a posset with white wine and take away the curd take horse dung of a stone Horse as hotte as you can get it from the horse and straine it with the Posset drinke and put a little Meâ—hâ—idate and Cardus Benedictus water and Vnicornes horne and if you haue no Vnicornes horne then put Iuorie or Sea-horse tooth and giue it to the sicke to drink fasting in the Morning warming it and you must put the Vnicornes horne into the spoone and take it with some of the Posset Drinke and so drinke the Posset presently after it and vse this two or three mornings A Medicine for the sorenesse in the throat that commeth with the Rhume TAke halfe a pint of Hony-suckle water and two Iewes eares of Plantane Sinckefield halfe a handful and a few columbine leaues these must bee sodde with as much white Suger-candy as will bring the liquor to a Syrupe you must put in a little Howell Cynnamon and so take it in the morning and in the euening and at such times as your throat is drye Another for the falling of the Eualow or other paine in the throat TAke a handfull of redde Sage a spoonefull of Dill seede a piece of leauen boyle these in a little newe milke vntill it be thicke then lay it on foure fine clothes lay one cloth to the nape of the neck and another to the throat and to each temple one and bind the clothes and doe this as often as neede shall require for it hath bene proued A salue for a greene wound TAke a pound of Rosin halfe a pound of wax foure ounces of old Swines grease one ounce of Verdigrease boyle them altogether vpon a soft fire and straine them A Water to beale all sores in legges and Vlcers TAke a pound of roch-allom foure ounces of greene Coperas beate them somewhat small and put them in a pan on the fire euer stirring them vntill they bee molten and dryed againe readie to be powdred and beat them againe in fine powder and keep them to your vse When you will make your water set a pottell of faire Conduit water ouer the fire vntill it boyleth fast then take it away and assoone as it leaueth boyling cast abroad your powder vpon the water the which will make it to boyle as long as your water riseth so long cast your water in and when it leueth rising and is black in the bottome then it is perfect then if you see a dangerous sore Legge first cast you powder presently thereon and lay thereto three or foure fold of linnen cloth wet in the water and rowle it vp doe so till the vlcer be cleane A very good water for a sore mouth TAke of Conduit water a pint one handfull of Hyssope of whit wine and of Almonds a pound of Roses three ounces seeth them altogether till the hearbs be tender then take it from the fire and straine it and keepe it and keepe it for your vse you must alwaies wash your meat and rubbe it after meate and in the morning A Castile to breake any swelling that is readie to breake TAke of Commine of Hyssope and of quick lime a like quantitie bray them together in a morter till it bee verie fine when you would open an impostume lay it as bigge as an haysell Nutte vpon the next place and binde it very hard and let it remaine there foure houres then take it off for it will make the place dead and then you may let out the matter without griefe to the patient A Catitus Plaster TAke of Litrage of gould powdred verie fine coÌ„mon oyle hogs grease a pound white Coperas foure ounces put them all together in a brasen panne and seeth it ouer a verie soft fire of coales and trie it continually vntill it come to a bodye and in the boyling you must cast into it one ounce of good Rose water or two and now and then a spoonefull and wheÌ„ it is come to a good body take it off the fire and stirre it till it be cold and readie to be made vp in a rowle and then make it vp To make Populier TAke of Populer buddes a pecke of Hogges grease foure pound seeth them both together a quarter of an houre then take it off straine it if it be two thin put in a little waxe Basilicon TAke Pitch Rosin Waxe sheepe suet common oyle a like quantitie beat these small and put them in a brasen panne and melt them all together then take them of the fire and straine them through a course linnen colth for the pitch will not be molten this is good for all manner of sores and when you will put in a tent mix it with the yolke of an egge Maturacum poultnis TAke Onyons garlicke dowe Lillie roots a like quantitie rost them all in a wet cloth vnder ashes and then put them in a morter and beat them small this is good for all impostumes to breake them out A Medicine to heale old sores TAke Plantine bramble tops Orpin Betonie Egremonie of each one handfull straine them and put thereto Rosin and waxe of each a quarter of a pound fresh Hogs grease and sheepe suet of each foure ounces boyle them all together till the iuyce be confirmed then straine it keepe it to raise flesh and heale old sores A Plaster to heale old sores after they be made cleane and filled with flesh TAke Sallet oyle halfe a pint Lead a quarter of a pound boyle these vntill they be blacke and keepe them for your vse To clense a sore and take away the dead flesh TAke Woodbinde flowers white Roses Plantine and still them together and when it is stilled then six pennsworth of Camphire and put it into a quart of the water and set it in the Sunne for ten or twelue dayes and so wash the sore withall A Medicine for a sore abroate TAke a pint of milke halfe a handfull of Collumbine leaues halfe a handfull of Gasell and halfe a score leaues of Sinkefield two Iewes eares and so the partie must vse it euening and morning and gargase it in his throate A Medicine that wil heale any wound or sore and keepeth it without proud flesh or dead flesh TAke halfe a pound of wax a quarter
salue and you must dresse it twice in the Winter dayes and thrice in the Summer dayes The Copie of Doctor Stephens water TAke a gallon of the best Gascoine wine then take Ginger Gallingall Cynnamon Nutmeegs Graines Cloues Aniseeds Fennell seeds Garaway seeds of euery of them a dram weight then take wilde Time Hisope Lauender Sage mynts red Roses garden Time Pellitorie of the wale and Rosmarie of euery of them one good handful bray the hearbs very small and stamppe the spices all together very small put all together into the wine and close it fast twelue houres and stirre it diuers times then still it in a Limbecke and keepe the first water for it is the best and then keepe the second for it is good but not so good as the first E. C. A dram weight of the seede of Colembyn brused with halfe a peny weight of Safron drunken with wine is good for the Ianders then goe to bed and prouoke sweat the flowers distilled is good for the same purpose and against swondings Pymypinell THis herbe is good against the pestilence to bee taken fasting in a morning and good against the stone the rootes sodden condited in suger may profit them that haue cold stomacks and are troubled with two much fleame the Collicke and stone this roote any way taken is good against poyson Mouseare is hot and drie some vse to giue the iuyce of this common Mouseare to hinder the colde of a quartan Ague some vse togather the roots in May and drie it and giue it to them that bee broken it is good for the bloody flix the great scouring of the Mother for wormes both outward and inward common flixes for vomitting of choller and spitting of blood and brusting and specially for breaking of the braine panne The Iuyce of Coste-mary drunken killeth both small and great wormes in the belly it is good for a colde Mother it strengthneth the stomacke whether it be drunken or laid to and stayeth vomiting the herbe of his nature whether it be strawed or else perfume be made thereof driueth away Serpents and it is good against their poysons and it helpeth and strengthneth the head To take out the heat of a burne TAke the fatte of hogges guts and Sheepes tirdles and boyle them and put them in a pot and this will heale the partie and take out the fire and will keepe good a hole yeare this hath beene prooued To take the heat out of the face TAke running water and elder flowers Plantane white Daysie rootes and herbe Robert put them in the running water and wash your face morning and euening therewith A Medicine for a canker in ones mouth prooued TAke running water a handfull of wood binde leaues a handfull of Bramble leaues a handfull of Collumbind leaues a little Rosemary and boyle them together vntill halfe the water be wasted then put two or three spoonfuls of hony and a piece of roch Allom three or foure spoonfuls of wine vineger and wash your mouth with the sodden hearbs therof three or foure times euery day The Diet drinke FIrst buy a diet pot of the common sorte such a one as will cost eight pence or tenne pence then put into it halfe a pound of Liquorish scraped and bruised halfe a pound of Aniseedes bruised three quarters of a pound of Lignum vitae bought at the Turners and one ounce of the barke of the same wood which is to be bought at the Apothecaries halfe a pound of Raysons of the Sunne the stones taken out a good handfull of Scabias an ounce of Chiny two ounces of Salyprilla a quantity of white wine then fill vp your potte with faire water sauing a pint then couer your potte with his couer and close it round about the brimme with past then set it on a soft fire of coales and let it boyle three houres till the fourth part bee wasted then strayne it and let it settle and then put the cleerest into bottles and drinke it Morning and Euening a good draught and so vse fourteene or fifteene dayes If you put a little of the wood into the fire and there fry out of it like oyle then you shall be sure it is good For the head ach TAke two handfuls of Veruine Betonie Camamill rootes Letcie Checmete of each sort two handfuls dride Roses put them to powder of Nutmegs boyle this in white wine take out the hearbs then and frie them in oyle oliue and straine them in a cloth and make an oyntment therof and therwith anoint the head To make the rhume medicine TAke fiue quarts of Hyssop water it must bee stilled when the Hysop beareth flowers and one pound of English Liquorish cleane scraped and cut in litle pieces bruise them then put it to the water and boyle them till halfe bee consumed away then straine it in shallow pans set it in the sun stir it now and then and somtimes set it ouer the fire vntil you see it wax blacke but do not boyle it and it will wax stife with standing in the Sunne that you may make it in little cakes A salue for a cut TAke sixe ounces of Deere suet foure ounces of Wax foure ounces of Rosin and stampe and straine Velerian and take the iuyce as much as you think wil make the saule looke greene and boyle them together till it come to a salue A medicine for the stopping of the liuer very good for them that haue the Ianders TAke Parsley rootes Fenell roots Asperigon roots Kneeham roots Succory rootes of each the weight of halfe a crowne in siluer of Docke roots the weight of xij pence a little Liquorish halfe a handful of Raysons of the sun stoned boyle this in three pintes of water vnto a quart and make Almond milke with the liquor and take two partes of sweete Almonds and one parte of bitter sweeten it with Suger or els with syrupe of Sucory and drink a draught three morninges togethere fasting three houres after it vse this euery moneth you may put in Batly husked Saxifrage Maiden-haire Liuerwoort For the Wormes THe powder of Coralina to the weight of three pence in siluer giuen in the water of Couchgrasse A Medicine for a quartan or a tertian Ague TAke the herbes and rootes called Harts-horne Plantan and Orpine and beat them with a little white wine and a little bay salt and so lay it on a cloth vpon your wrist but bee sure it lie on the pluces on both armes changing it euery twentie foure houres but be sure that you lay it two houres before the fit cōmeth and hang nine rootes of the Harts-horne about your necke in a silke bag so that it may lie vpon the hollow of your stomacke and let it hang till your Ague be gone you must not wash neither herbes nor rootes and you may take the roots whē you cannot get the herbs and vse them so For the Canker in the mouth or rawnesse or in the lower parte of
heale a broken bone in man or beast TAke the iuyce of Comfrey rootes and wilde Daysie roots and boile them with Turpentine and yellow waxe and make a flat plaster thereof and lay it to the griefe and set splinters about it and rowle it to keepe it stiffe once in fiue dayes till it be hole and you must drinke the iuyce of the roots nine dayes in some liquor either to man or beast when you vse the plaster For the Pyles TAke newe milke and chicken it with otmeale finely fifted through a fiue let it seeth till you make it vp like suppositaries then take it vp cut off the outside of a race of ginger and grate it and mingle it together and some of it make into a Plaster and the rest make like suppositaries and put them vp as you do suppositaries and then lay a plaster on the place and vse this vntill you be hole A medicine for a Rupture in old or yong TAke Knotwort Ribworte and Comfrey of each a like quantitie wash them and drie them and set them in the ouen when the bread is drawn so that they may drie then beat them to pouder them sâ—â—rce them finely through a searce â—â—â—siue and looke what quantitie you take of the herbs when they be dried take halfe so much Aniseede beat them with the pouder of the hearbs and searce them thus hauing made the pouder ready wheÌ„ you wil vse it take as much of the pouder as you can lay or take vpon a good broad six-pence and xiiij mornings together giue it to the partie to drinke with a little malmesey fasting anoynt the place first with oyle of spike mingled with any other thing and also take such hearbes as you make your powder of and seeth them in faire running water till they be tender wringing the water out of them apply them to the place as hot as the partie can suffer it and let not the trusse be too straight lest it force the place do rent further take the hearbes to make the powder with in May when the chiefe strength is in them the Knotwoort beareth a little wachet flower This hath beene prooued on children so borne and on olde folkes that haue beene foure and twentie yeares broken and doth helpe al sorts that with good vsage doe not abuse themselues through the grace of God A medicine to be vsed during all the time of the Plague good agaiast infection TAke a pint of white wine vineger and halfe a pinte of Iene Tickell and a quantitie of Bole Armonacke otherwise called Bolles verus and stirre all this together and take three spoonfuls in the morning fasting and fast an houre after it and take three spoonfuls an houre after supper Another medicine for paine in the head SEeth leaues of Agrimony with hony and giue them to drinke and draw it through a cloth and keepe it in a box and therewith anoynt your head and wash your head in the water that Celondine is sodden in For aking of the head SEeth Pulioll in Aysill and then put in thy nose Take Rue and Fennell and seeth them together in water and wash therewith the head For a Fellon of the head that swelleth the head of a man and that before written is for the same TAke the grease of an Hart and hony and barly meale and ote trest and moicell and stampe them together and after shaue thy head and then make a plaster and lay it to thy head as hotte as you may suffer and let it lie vntill it be whole For all Ebilles of the head TAke Rew and stampe it with strong Aysill mingle it and wash the head therewith For the Carbuckle or the Postume in the head TAke wormewood Origanum Mayron byeuen porcod seeth them in sweet wine and after that wring out the iuyce and lay it to the eares of the sicke with two sponges as hotte as he may suffer it and vse this two or three times and he shall be whole For the Mygrims Postume Dropsie Feuer and all maner of akings in the head TAke a penny waight of the roote of Pellitory of Spaine sixe pennie waight of Spicardy grind them together seeth them in good vineger and take a saucer full of honie and fiue of mustard and when the liquor that is boyled is cold doe thereto the hony the mustard stir them wel together let the sick vse therof halfe a spoonefull at once and hold it still in his mouth the space of two creedes saying and then spitte it out into a vessell and do so ten or twelue times a good while after he hath eaten at noone and a little before euen ten or twelue times and when he goeth to bed take and wash cleane his mouth and drinke a draught and go to bed vse this Medicine three daies and he shall be whole For the head-ache TAke and seethe veruine and betonie filles and wormewood and wash the parties head with the water thrice in the weeke and take the herbes and make a plaster and lay it vpon the vpper part of the head on this wife TAke the hearbes aforesaid when they are well sodden and wring out the iuyce of them and then stamp them in a morter and temper them with the water wherewith they were sodden and doe thereto the branne of wheate for to hold the iuyce of the hearbes that it goe not out and make a garland of linnen that may go about the head and binde the plaster vnder it as hotte as the sicke may suffer it doe this three times and hee shall be whole Another CLoues comfort the stomacke liuer and heart they helpe disgestion and stoppe the bellie they quicken the eye-sight and scowre away the cloudes and hawes of the eyes they are good against all cold diseases and they are hotte in the third degree the oyle of Cloues is verie good for a cold stomacke and for any other places that hath neede of warming as a rumaticke braine Another TAke of litrage of lead soure ounces of vineger of common oyle a like quantitie put the lytrage in a morter and put a little of the vineger and a little of the oyle and beat them together and so put in by a little and a little all your oyle and vineger you must beat them two houres together it must be as thicke as your greene salue Another TAke Camphorie harts-ease priuit plantan of each of them one handfull bruise these in a morter and put thereto of Harts suet of fine sallet oyle of each dimme a lib mingle them well together and let them stand foure and twenty houres then put them into a panne or brasse pot and put thereto of waxe and rosin broken in small pieces of each dim a lib let these boyle all together ouer a fire of coales vntill the iuyce of the hearbes be consumed and the oyntment greene then straine it through a canuase cloth into some pot that
doe vse it haue one to doe it for you in the morning when you are in your bed and the partie must take the balles and dippe them in this liquor and so bath your Kidneys and as soone as one of the balles is hot with doing of them take the other and so vse it an houre euerie morning A Medicine for the Stone TAke Pelitorie of the wall Smaladge Holihockes Mallowes Tansie Saxifrage of each a handfull chop them small and quilt them in a little linnen bag then take three pints of creame halfe a pint of Malmsey a quarter of a pint of running water and let them on the fire and when it doth seeth then put in the bag of hearbes into the potte and when the bagge is thoroughly hotte wring it betweene two trenchers ouer the pot to saue the liquor then lay the bag to the greefe as hotte as you may suffer it and as soone as it cooleth make it hot againe in the same liquor and so apply it to the greefe For the Woormes TAke a handfull of Basill mintes a handfull of Lauender Cotten as much of Wormewood Peach leaues as much Fertherfue a handfull of vnset Leeks a handfull and boyle them together in three spoonfuls of of wine Vineger and of his owne water as much and quilt them in a bagge and so lay it warme betweene his Nauell and his stomacke To heale a sore Breast that comes with the infection of the milke TAke Mallowes and Saffron and seeth them in milke and when it hath sodden a good while put in some crummes of leauen bread and boyle them well together and a little before you take it vp put some Salet oyle into it you must let it boyle till it comes to a Poultis and so lay it warme to your breast and if you perceiue this that will not helpe your breast without it be broke you must rost a Lillie roote and lay it to your breast where you will haue it breake and when it is broken you must tent it with leauen and milk sodden thick together and make a plaster thereof and lay it to the place where it is broken you must dresse it twise a day laying the Poultis all about your brest sauing the place that the plaster lyes on you must dresse it both with new Poultis and a new plaster twise euerie day vntil it beginneth to heale and then once a day is sufficient To stench bleeding at the Nose TAke Bolerminake and the white of an egge and Vineger and beate them together and make Plasters thereof and lay them to your Temples To stench Bleeding of a wound TAke of vnset Hyssope and bruise it a little and take the powder of the bone that is to be found in a Capers head and strew the same powder on the Hyssope and lay it to the wounde Another for to stanch the bleeding of a wound TAke Hogges dunge hot from the Hogge with Suger and lay it to the wound For the weakenesse in the backe TAke Clarie and Dates the pith of an Oxe and chop them together then put them to your creame and egges and grated bread and Frie them together and straw Suger on it and eate it in the Morning fasting and you must put some white Saunders in it also when you temper it together For the Wormes TAke Mares milke and drinke it as hot as you can haue it from the Mare in the morning fasting To know whether a Child hath the Wormes or no. TAke a peece of white Leather and pecke it full of holes with your knife and rub it with Worme-word and spread hony on it and starwe the powder of Alesackatrina and lay it on the Childs Nauell when he goeth to bed and if hee haue the wormes the plaster will sticke fast and if he haue them not it will fall off For one that is bruised with a fall TAke stone Pitch and beat it and drinke it with whit wine or Sack or Malmesey and if you haue none then take some other liquor then melt Parmacitie anoynt the place where the bruise is For the winde Collicke TAke Parsley seed bruise them and seeth them in Sack and drink it warne when you haue your paine For the Gout that is newly come TAke Rhubarbe and grate it and mingle it with Conserue of redde Roses and eate thereof query morning fasting a prettie quantitie A Water to wash a sore TAke of Plantane and Woodbind leaues and white Roses and still them together and when the water is stilled put a quantity of Camphire into it and so let it lye in the water continually For the shrinking of the Synewes TAke the marrow of a Horse bone and the crops of Elders and as much of Sage and chop them together and boyle them in the marrow and then straine out the hearbes and put to the liquor one spoonefull of hony two spoonfuls of Aqua composita and a quantity of Pepper boile it againe and keepe it for your vse For the Pyles TAke a quantitie of Ragwort and a quantitie of ground Iuie and the marrow of the hinder Legge of a Bullocke and beate the marrow and the herbes together and boyle them on a soft fire and straine them and keepe it for your vse A Salue to take dead flesh out of a sore TAke a spoonefull of Vineger and a spoonefull of hony and aquantitie of Verdigrease and as much Allom and boyle all these together and keepe it for your Vse For the staying of the Fluxe TAke a new layd egge and take off a little of the toppe of it and poure out a little of the white and fill vp the egge with Aqua composita and stirre it together and rost it and sup vp the egge in the morning fasting till you be well vse this Another for the same MAke Rise pottage with Almond milke you must not blaunch the Almonds and make little Balles of Virgines wax make them lesse than Pease and when you doe eate of the pottage take three or foure of the Balles and put them in euery spoonfull as you doe eate it For the Gowte TAke an earthen pot and put into it a quart of Aquacomposita and take two handfulls of Hen-bane and breake it and put it into it and set the pot in the earth all the month of May and it will come to an oyle and at the end of May you must take it vp and keepe it for your vse you must couer the pot verie close when you set it in the ground and when you annoint the greese therewith you must doe it against the fire For the Pyles TAke Martylmasse Beefe and drie it and beat it to powder and then put it into a Chasindish of coales and set it in a Chaire and sit ouer it For an Ague IF it be for a childe take two spoonfulls of good ale and seeth it and scum it and one spoonfull of the Syrupe of roses and let him drinke it luke warme If for
the woe TAke red Fennell red Sage Hysop Hearbe-grace Rosmary Honysuckell leaues Fetherfewe and Daysie leaues of euery one a like quantitie in all two handfulls boyle these in a quarte of running water to a pinte and straine it and let it stand vntill it be cleere and put therein a spoonfull of English hony as much roch allom beaten as the bignesse of a beane and boyle it together you must take off the skumme as it doth arise when it is boyled put it into a glasse and keepe it for your vse you must warme it when you take it A good medicine for an Andicome or a Boch or a sore breast or Carbunckell to ripe or breake them TAke a quantitie of Herb-grace a quantitie of leuened bread well crummed halfe a spoonfull of sallet oyle or Capons greace and boyle these in good ale grounds and keepe it with stirring vntill it be thicke and when you doe vse it laye it vpon a cloth warme to the griefe this Medicine will resolue a breast without breaking of it without it need breaking you must change it euery day once A good salue to heale it when it is broken TAke a quantie of Barroes greace a quantity of Rosin of each a like quantitie you most scrape the waxe and beat the Rosin and boyle them together till they be melted then take Lapis calaminaris and Roch alom as much as a beane of each and beat them together then take a spoonfull of english hony and put them together and boyle them againe and when it is well boyled poure it into cold water and make it vp in rowles and keepe it for your vse A medicine for a bruse TAke a quantitie of stone pitch and as much gray sope and beat the pitch finely to powder and boyle them together with stirring vntil it be boyled then take it off the fire and let it coole and then spred it vpon a cloth and lay it to the griefe it must not be through colde for then it will not spred and if one doe not heale it then lay on another cloth spred with the same An Oyntment for an Ague sore or other sores and for swellings TAke a Bryome roote and cut off the outside thin some doe call it wilde Vine slice it and lay it all night in a pinte of sallet oyle and then boile it and and straine it keepe it for your vse for this is good to annoynt any Ague sore or any other swelling Then take halfe a pint of Sallet oyle and as much red leade as you can buy for two pence and boyle them together and keepe it stirring vntill it looke blacke and then take as many clothes as you thinke will drinke vp the oyle and the leade and then coole it and keepe it for your vse This oyle and lead is good for Ague sores and other sores Remember to annoynt the sores with the oyntment aforesayd first and then lay on the seare-cloth doing this twice a day vntill the sore be hole And for swelling you must vse the Bryome rootes and the oyle onely without the oyle and the leade An approoued good medicine for the Tooth ache TAke Rose water either red or Damaske take yellow wax a quantitie and fresh butter of either an equall quantitie and mingle them together in a dish vpon the coles and then take a linnen cloth and dip it therein and lay it vnto that side of your iawe where you are greened as hot as you can suffer it the hotter the better A midicine for the bloodie flixe TAke two tosts of cheat bread and tost them two egs and rost them hard and take the yolkes of them and the liuer of a chick and beat all this together small then put all this into a pinte of charne milke then take halfe an ounce of Cynnamon and beat it small and put it in the medicine and then take of it euening and morning fasting for so it most auayleth you but if your stomacke bee weak then put in some suger to sweeten it For the pin and web in the eye TAke the iuyce of Parsley and halfe as much Hony and with a fether drop it in the eye and after it you must put in some powder of white Suger Candye you must dresse it thus very often For to take the Ague out of any place where it doth fall TAke Succory a pretty quantitie of it and mingle it with some Bores greace and spred it vpon a cloth and warme it against the fire and lay it to the place A medicine for a greene wound TAke a quantitie of Venice Turpentine and wash it in faire water vntill it be white then take a Plaster therof and lay it to the wound vntill it be drawne then take the yolke of a new layde egge and adde thereunto a small quantitie of fine wheate flower and a little fresh butter and mingle them together and lay a plaster thereof vnto the wound after it is drawne with the Turpentine Another medicine to be taken inwardly for a greene wound to be taken in Ale or Beere it is likewise good for the shutting of a bone broken or cut either for man or beast TAke iuyce of an herb called Bonwort to the quantitie of iij. or iiij spoonfulls or more according to the stomacke of the partie that is hurt take the same quantitie and drinke it either in the milke or as before it is written three or foure seuerall mornings fasting or oftener as you will and it will free the partie when the hearbe is not to be gotten then you may vse the roote and it will auaile as much If the wound be but little either this drinke or the Medicine before written will helpe it but if it be great you must vse both together For to heale wounds and sores TAke Rosin and Frankinsence of each foure ounces of white waxe and Olibinum of each three ounces of Harts suet of Mastick of each an ounce Venice Turpentine halfe an ounce white Wine a pint melt the Rosin the Frankensence and the Harts suet together then straine it in a pan and put thereto all the white wax the Olibinum and the Masticke made into powder and the white wine boyle all together till the wine be consumed then take it from the fire and stirre it till it be almost cold then put in the Turpentine and make it in a rowle and keepe it in parchment or lether Another Take Callamint Penniriall of each a like quantitie Nigella romana seede a little bruised a French crownes weight boyle all these in posset drinke made of white Wine and ale a good draught euening and morning you must drinke A medicine for the head burning that long time hath beene TAke a quantitie of the gaule of a Hare and as much of hony mingle it together a good while till it turne redde and with it annoint the forehead and all the aking shall be taken away this is a precious oyntment For to set in a bone or
three ounces Comen three ounces Turpintine two ounces mingle all these well vpon the fire then spread it vpon a lynnen cloth and make thereof a playster and lay it hot to his head the which will asswage the swelling heale the hurte A secret remedie against the plurisie OPen a white loafe new baked in the middle and spread it wel with good Treacle on both partes vpon the crummy sides and heate it at the fire then lay one parte vpon the place of the disease and the other parte on the other side of his bodie directlie and so bind them that they stir not leauing them so a day and a night or vntill the impostume breake and then take away the bread and immediatlie the patient will spit forth the putrifaction of the impostume and when he hath slept a little let him eate and by Gods helpe he shall shortly be well A very good remedy for a wound with a sword staffe stone or such like TAke Taxus Barbatus stampe it and take the iuyce of it and if the wound bleede wipe it and make it cleane washing it with white wine or water then put the iuyce vpon the wound and the hearbe vpon it out of the which you tooke the iuice then binde vp the wound and in one day you shall see a wonderfull effect Against the disease or griefe of the flanks and the collicke passion experimented and prooued diuers times TAke halfe a glasse or lese of the iuyce of Barberies when they be very ripe and red and put into it as much red Corrall as will lie vpon ij groats well broken into powder and giue the patient to drinke thereof Another perfect remedy for the same disease and to make a man pisse within halfe an houre that hath not made water in three or foure dayes and will breake the stone within ten or twelue dayes TAke fine pouder of Virga Aurea and put a spoonful of it into a new layde egge soft rosted and giue the patient thereof in the morning to his breakefast and let him not eate in foure houres after and then shall hee make water in lesse then halfe an houre and let him vse this for the space of tenne or twelve dayes as aforesaid the patient shall voyde the stone without any paine or griefe A remedy for spitting of blood occasioned by the breach of some vayne in the breast TAke mise dung beaten in powder as much as will lie vpon a groate and put it into halfe a glasse full of iuyce of plantane with a little sugar and so giue the patient to drinke therof in the morning and euening continuing the same he shall be found Against the griefe of the lungs and spitting of blood a remedy experimented and tryed TAke an hearbe called farfara or Tussilago of the Apothecaries Vngula cabellina in English called Colts foote in French pat de lion incorporate it well with the larde of a hogge chopped and a new layd egge boyle all together in a panne and giue the patient of it to eate nine mornings this is also good to make one fatte Against stincking of breath TAke Rosemary leaues with the blossoms if you can get them and seeth them in white wine with a little myrhe and Cynamond and you shall finde a marueilouse effect if you vse it often in your mouth Against the biting of a mad dogge and the rage or madnes that followeth the partie bitten TAke the blossomes or flowers of wilde thistles dryed in the shade and beaten into powder halfe a nut-shell full put into white wine and drinke it and in thrice taking it you shall be whole A thing tried and experimented A medicine for waterish eyes TAke a redde colelease and anoint the leafe with the white of an egge when you goe to bedde lay the same to your eyes A medicine for sore eyes TAke a litle ground Iuy and straine it womans milke together and let it be somewhat greene of the Iuy and then drop a drop or two into the eyes Another for the same TAke Fannell water stilled and liue hony and mingle them together and put a drop or two into the eye these are approued To make water for the eyes to kill the heat of any sore TAke redde sage and boyle it in Smithes water vntill the third part bee consumed then straine out the sage very hard and put into it a quantitie of the liquor a peny worth of Allome and as much of white coperas after you haue taken it from the fire and annoynt your eyes therwith Another for the same TAke the leaues of redde brambles and of plantan and hony-suckles and boyle all them in running water from a quart to a pinte and vse it to the sore A medicine for the pinne and webbe in the eye TAke the white of an egge being hotte take out the yolke cleane and put thereto a good quantitie of sugar-candy then straine it hard through a cloth and therewith make a water and euery day two or three times droppe it into the eyes A medicine to cleare the sight TAke red rosewater cleane mirhe as much as a nutte and breake it into powder and binde it in a linnen cloth and let it lie in the water xij houres then take of this water and put in your eyes and it will cleare your sight For a pearle in the eye TAke red Fennell and the leaues and roots of white dasies vse them without any liquor and put together three spoonfulls of either of them then take one good spoonfull of clarified hony and two or three spoonfuls of womans milke and drop this into your eye three or foure times a day and if there bee any sight in the eye this will cure it For eyes that are blasted TAke a tost made of broune bread and lay it in redde wine that is not mingled and let it lie vntill it be soked halfe an houre then put it into a fine cloth in two pieces for each eye one and the fine cloth must be betweene the eye and the tost dresse it when you goe to bedde at night To purge the head and eye sight TAke the iuyce of Hei-hoo and put it into your nostrels the fleame shall follow and the running water For the eyes that be red and sore TAke Fennell Verueine Roses Salendine and Rue of each two ounces and distil it all together and when neede is then put a droppe or two into the sore eye for it is good for all manner of diseases in the eye Against the payne of the eyes TAke the yolke of an egge rosted hard and layd to with rose oyle and saffron the iuyce of Basill put in For to see well TAke eye bright red Fennell of each halfe a handfull of Rue one quarter of a handfull cause these to be distilled and wash your eyes daily with the water For the taking in the legge TAke a peice of soure leauen and as much barme and as much blacke sope and temper them all together
a ring worme or Tetter TAke red docke rootes and slitte them and lay them in vineger and so wash the ring worme or tetter A medicine for the stich TAke wheat flower bake a cake and cut it in the midst then strike the dowe sides all ouer with tarre and lay it to the patient as hotte as may be you must lay the one halfe of the cake to the one side of the patiēt the other halfe to the other side A Poultis for all manner of swelling TAke a lapfull of wilde Mallowes and seeth them in running water till they be tender and then swing them and choppe them small then take a penyworth of sweet butter and the crummes of white bread and put the mallowes and all into a quart of milke and seeth it till it be thicke and stirre it well then lay it to the griefe as warme as can be suffered A medicine for the Cough TAke musterd seeds and put it into figs and seeth it in ale drinke it A medicine for the Mother TAke Rosin and beate it very fine and put into sallet oyle and white wine and drinke it and it will doe you good A medicine for the bloodie flixe TAke the pilles of Pomegranut beate them and drinke them with redde wine Morning and Euening blood warme and heat a bricke red hotte and lay it vnder a close stoole and cast rosemary and malmesey on it and let the patient sit ouer it A very good medicine for the Piles TAke the hard rowe of redde herring and rost it hard then take the seedes of nettles and beat them together small then beate them with barrowes greace and boyle them together and anoynt the piles therewith then take a chafindish of coales and set it vnder a close stoole and cast a little Frankinsence thereon and let the patient sit ouer it when they bee anoynted with the foresaid ointment A medicine for a burne TAke oyle of Roses and womans milke and put it into the open place and it will heale it Another for the same TAke a linnen cloth cleane washt and burne it and make a powder thereof and take the oyle of egges and anoint the sore then straw the powder thereon A medicine for the dropsie TAke Anny seeds cotiander seeds spignard of spaine vse this in your meate and drinke eight dayes together and it will doe you good A medicine to drie a sore TAke a pot of smiths water a quarterne of roch Allom halfe a pinte of oyle of oliues and put thereto a handfull of sage and boyle them together till they be halfe consumed then vse it to the soare and it will drie it A medicine for an ache that commeth against raigne TAke the hornes of a stag cut them in small peeces and boyle them in water till it bee consumed from a gallon to a quart then poure the water from the bones and it will gellie when it is cold and therewith annoynt the greeued place against the fire euening and morning A medicine for a burne or scald TAke mallowes smaleg and seeth them in water whē they be tender take them forth wring out the water cleane chop them small and set them on a chafindish of coales put to it a little sheepes suet and make of it a salue and lay it to the sore place thicke and lay a cloth vpon it and tye it on A salue for any olde sore TAke the inner rind of an oake that is not very olde and burne it to a coale then quench it and make therof a powder and temper it with the yolke of an egge and make thereof a salue To make a drinke for a burning Ague TAke a quart of running water and halfe a pint of vineger halfe a quarter of a pinte of Rose water a quarter of a pound of Suger and one sticke of Cynamond and boyle them all together let it coole and giue the sicke to drinke A medicine for the heate of the Liuer TAke wort of the first tappe and drinke it euery morning next your heart for a moneth together and it will helpe you A medicine to make a yong Child goe to stoole TAke May butter and chafe the Nauell therewith against the fire then take some blacke wooll that groweth betweene a blacke sheepes legges and dip it in the May butter and drie it then lay it to the Nauell it is good for an olde man also that cannot take no inward medicine An approued medicine for the Nauell when it commeth out with crying TAke waxe which is vsed no other way but to take the hony from it and when you haue an occasion melt some of the waxe in a Saucer and dippe blacke wooll in it and lay it to the Nauell and it will helpe it A medicine for the swelling of a Childs coddes TAke redde rose leaues and bray them and boyle them in red wine an houre then wette a cloth in it and lay it to the childs nauell as hotte as you can suffer it A medicine to staunch the flixe TAke a saucer full of the iuyce of Milfoyle as much of the iuyce of plantine and wheate flower and temper it with the iuyce of the herbs and so make a cake of it and bake it and eate it hotte For to slaunch blood at the nose or at a veyne that is cutte proued TAke feathers burned to powder and lay it vpon the vayne that is cutte and also take a wette cloth and lay it round about the members and wette the cloth three times and lay it to cold euery time and it shall stench wheresoeuer it be proued For to helpe a drunken Man or Woman for euer GIue him a purgation and after that giue him a swallow to drinke in powder for the space of twelue dayes and for a moneths space giue him euery day to eate iiij Almonds with foure leaues of wood beaten you must eate them in the morning next your heart proued For scabbes TAke snayles and pricke them and take the water that commeth out of them anoint the scabs therwith take vine leaues and bind them to the scabs do it euery morning and euening you shal be whole proued To drie Scabbes TAke gumme-arabecke and put it in rose water till it be consumed and wash them therewith proued For the palsey or shaking in the hands TAke Sell and Eysill seeth them together and wash thy handes therewith and eat sage with musterd fasting To restore a man to nature that is in a consumption TAke the oldest Cocke you can get scald him and draw him and cut him all in pieces in a glassen pot and stoppe him as fast as you can and put amongst these pieces cloues mace small reasons and salt then put this glasse into a great potte and let all these seeth together till they be a gelly and then straine it into a cleane vessell and giue it to the sicke first and last blood warme To restore the braine TAke powder of Bittany and vse it in your pottage it will restore the braine and destroy the stone For a perrilous Cough TAke Sage Rue and Commin and stampe them with pepper seeth them together with hony and thereof make an electuary and vse thereof a spoonefull Euening and Morning and by the helpe of God it shall doe you good For them that cannot see and haue red eyes TAke white vineger and rub vpon a whetstone in a faire bason and take as much salt as powder and grinde them well together in a bason and temper them with wine and let it stand a day and a night and put it in a violl of glasse you must take the thinnest that standeth aboue in the bason and put in your glasse and when the patient goeth to bed take a fether and wet therein and anoint your eyes To annoynt the face and to make it white TAke fresh Bacon grease and the whites of egges and stampe them together and a little powder of bayes and annoynt your face therwith and it will make it white For a fayre face proued another way TAke Plantane and white vineger and still them together and wash your face therewith fifteene dayes morning and euening and after this drinke a draught of vineger in the morning once in three dayes To make the face white and faire TAke Rosemary and boyle it in white wine and wash thy face therewith and you shall be faire then take Erigan and stampe it and take the iuyce thereof and put it all together wash thy face therwith prob To helpe the face with red pimples TAke Bay berries and plucke off the huskes and make fine powder thereof and temper it with hony and annoynt thy face therewith sixe times and it will helpe you To draw broken bones foorth of the head TAke Bittany Verueine and Rue and stampe them all together very small and put thereto Rye meale or wheate and the white of an egge and make a plaster and lay it to the head To quench ones thirst TAke the roote of Louege wash it cleane and stampe it and temper it with water and drinke a good draught of it fiue nights together and drinke not in two houres after it For one that speaketh in his sleepe TAke Southernwood and temper it with Wine and let the diseased drinke thereof in the morning and when he goeth to bedde For a woman that hath too much of her flowers TAke the foote of a hare and burne it to powder and drinke thereof with red wine and Cynamond first and last nine dayes and it will helpe her FINIS