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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50847	The countrymans friend, and no circumventing mountebanck But a rare method of chyrurgery and physick, teaching the country people excellent cures, the likewas [sic] never laid open in any age before. Besides here are four arts, three, of them concerning horses, and the fourth an art to keep a field of corn from any manner of fowles, that devour grain, this art is only by anointing a few crow feathers, for neither pidgeon, sparrow, rook nor crow will endure the field where they stick. By Abraham Miles.	Miles, Abraham.	1662 (1662)	Wing M2041; ESTC R217818	15,363	40

sixteen take it oftener in the day time And likewise take three thin rashers or slices of Martelmass-beef And put these three slices of Beef upon the Chaffing-dish of coals and the Caffing dish into a close stool and so it over it and this is so strong and of such vertue that it will go quite through the body when you breath you will tast the sent of it in your mouth do this often and with the help of God you will not miss of the cure The Author of this book hath cured them that hath been far and near before and could get no help and this hath cured them Probatum est An excellent way to cure desperate bleeding at Nose IF you be passing along on the high way and 〈◊〉 bleed at Nose by reason of heat of travel or by the heat of the Sun take green nettles or the roots and bruise them and put them to your Nose and snuf up the juice or sent into your head and this will stop it but if you be at home and at no hard work or labour and your Nose do fall a bleeding take the herb above mentioned and apply first to the Nose and if that will not stop it tie thy left finger for thy right nostril and thy right finger for thy left nostril if an occasion serve tie both if that will not do let the party lie down backward and have a cloath dipt in fair spring water and applie to the private parts of the body 〈◊〉 mean to lay it close too If that will not do take a toad dried in the sun and lay it on the bare chest of man or woman if the party be a little fearful as some maids are to loose their maidenheads but very few wrap the toad in a fine thin white rag and if it be for a woman or maid they will like it the better my reason is the female sex delighteth in clean linnen But friends whosoever you are that makes use of this book these rules before mentioned will not fail you in time of need Probatum est A rare way to cure the Spleen or stiches in the side TAke black double refined Rosin it is clear like glass when you hold it against the light take a little quantity of it a time and beat it to a powder and take up as much of the powder at a time as willie upon a four peny piece called a groat and put it into a quarter of a pint of sack or strong beer or ale and drink it quick and it will give you ease immediately after you have taken it and it will cause you to break wind immediately and give you case and this helpeth either man or woman at a convenient time with speed Probatum est Here is a sure and speedy way to cure the Plurisie in man woman or child THE impediment of the Plurisie is desperate and will kill either man woman or child without they have a speedy remedy but this which I shall here prescribe it is most certain and true Take Stone-horse dung press forth the juice of it and take one spoonful of it and two spoonfuls of Aniseed water and stir them together in a little earthen cup or porringer and let the ●arty drink it up presently and it will give them ease and taking of it three times one after another it cureth either man woman or child of a Plurisie speedily without leting blood Probatum est A most sure and speedy way to cure children of the worms TAke a handful of the young buds of Ashen-trees you may know them from any other buds for the outside shews as black as Seacoal take a handful of the buds before mentioned and a handful of unset Hysop and half a handful of wormwood mix these together and heat them very hot in a Fire-shovel or between two tyles then lay it to the childs belly as hot as the child may suffer it and bind it on with a cloath at night and let it lie till the morning and in the morning give the child three spoonfuls of new milk and put a little of the seeds of Worm-wood into it and bruise it before you put it into the milk and stir them together then give the child the milk and worm-seed stirred together the quantity of three spoonful I mean the seeds of the common worm-word that growes almost in every place this art cures children of the worms and cleanseth the body and causeth children to thrive very lustily after the taking of it Probatum est A fine art to cure and kill all manner of Warts that groweth on the hands of men women or children THere is an herb grows by the high wayside it is called Arssmart one sort of it hath a little black spot grows on it I judge that the Planet Saturn hath some influence over it but I mean the Arssmart that bears a green leafe and it bites if you bruise it and it toucheth any sore all you that have Warts bruise the herb and rub the Wart with it and this will kill all Warts whatsoever Frobatum est A rare way to cure the Ioynt-evil or other foul running sores TAke a handful of the buds of Broom and halfe a handful of Fenel and half a handful of Thime mother Thime or field Thime and half a handful of unset Hysop and a quarter of a handful of Balm and half a handful of Sage boyl these in five ale quarts of fair spring water until it be boyled to five pints and let it boyl gently over a wood fire and when it is cool put it into some manner of Vessel that will keep it closs as a small Firkin or closs Pitcher and take of this five spoonful in the morning and three at noon and five at night after supper This hath cured three or four in a house that have the disease they call the Kings-evil before his Majesty came into the Land and now it doth cure the Joynt-evil the Gout in the Joynts and other foul diseases in the body this hath cured several of these impediments that never could get any help before Probatum est A rare art to cure the Morbus Gallicus or the French Pox. IN he first place purge your self and that you may do and take but a dram of pulvus sanctus in halfe a pint of clear posset-drink and the quantity of five pints of clear posset-drink to to drink after and if you are of a stronger constitution take a dram of the extract of Rudi and make it into five or six pills acording as you can Swallow them and drink about five pints of good strong beer luke warme or as warm as milk from the Cow that you may easily do and set it against the fire now after purging your selfe do this take the barke of an Ashen tree and pare off the outside and take the middle bark as the Tanners do of Oake bark if it be winter dry your bark in an Oven but if it be

Summer dry it in the heat of the sun and when it is dry sweep your hearth clean and set the ends of the bark upright leaning one against another then with a candle or a peice of paper set your Ashen-bark on fire and if you looke to the burning of it well it will burn as white as chalk and take these Ashes and have them ready about you in a box in your pocket and you must have Apples any manner of Apples ready rosted and ever and anon then dip an Apple into the ashes and eat it and in a short time this will cure you of the French Pox and none can tell for what disease you take it this art hath cured them of the foul disease the French Pox that hath been at the Hospital and could not have cure Probatum est For a Hoarse cough or a hooping cough or other chin cough THere grows a stone very common on many plowed lands some call it a hauk-bill stone some call it a hod-mondod some call it a kicks-foot stone it growes in the manner of an oyster shell like to the great welflead oyster-shel take this stone and burn it in the fire for the space of five or six hours then take it out and beat it and sift it to a pure fine powder and put to it half a penyworth of horse spice and put to it three half peny worth of white sugar and mix these together and let the party that is afflicted with the cough either man or woman or child take this and eat of it as often in the day time as you will and it will cure them in a short time this is far better then a Apothecaries Lohosamim that they sell for eight pence an ounce Probatum est A rare way to cure the dropsie TAke a wine quart of the ashes of broom and boyl them in four quarts of wormwood beer or ale and let it boyl until it comes to two quarts then let it settle and let the clear be poured out from the thick and put to it two peny worth of the power of Cinamon and take five spoonfuls fasting in the morning and five spoonfuls at night if you be very far gon take likewise three at noon and this will cure you in a short time Probatum est For the Wind-chollick TAke Lozanges Rute or Dietrionpeperion it is in English Lozenges three poppers aet these and you wild quickly find ease Probatum est A rare way to cure a womans breast of a Wolf TAke a little Romanviteral and beat it to powder then take a live Pidgeon and slit it in two then take your celestial stone being beat to a power strew the Romanviteral all over the inside of one half of your Pidgeon and lay that presently to the Wolfe to feed on let it lie about an hour and then take the other half of the Pidgeon the feathers being pickt off clean and lay it on a Chaffin dish of coals then hold the brest over it and the Wolfe will sever immediately from the breast by vertue of the Celestial stone and drop into the Chaffin-dish then after this you may soake a little of the same Romanviteral in a little fair spring water and wash the breast morning and evening and lay a primrose leafe to it dipt in the oyl of St. Johns-wort and Sallet oyl mixt together and you must be sure to keep your breast warm and when you try this art think of the Author of this book for this hath cured many of this impediment to the admiration of many people Probatum est A fine art to cure the Itch. TAke one peny worth of the Oyl of Roses and two peny worth of Sallet oyl and mix these both together in a little gally pot or drinking pot take green glass and beat to a pure smal powder and mix this with brimstone beat to a powder take these two powders and tie them up fast in a little holland rag together and let the powders tyed up in the rag lie and soak in the oyles and when you go to dress your selfe take out the ball or rag tied up round like a ball and gently rub the wrists and the bow of the arm and the share that is betwixt the lower part of the belly and the upper part of the inside of the thigh and anoint under your hams do this morning and evening and this will kill an itch in a very short time if it be to the bone Probatum est Remedies for Horses Here is a rare way to make a drink to keep Horse or Mare from any disease TAke three or four penyworth of squch ingreale and in small brass morter bruise it a little and put it into a Skillet of strong beer the quantity of a quart take a little Rosemary and Hyope and a little green balm and a little Fennel and Time and shred all these together and put them into the Skillet and half a pennyworth of Anniseeds let these boyl together for the space of half an hour then take it from the fire and when it is cold enough give it to horse or mare it prevents the Plague in the guts or any other diseases if they have stood in stables that are infected All you that are masters of horses and shall make use of this you will have little need of the Farrier to drench your horses after you have made trial of this a little while this is approved of by some gentlmen to be the best drink now in England and a sure defensive for the heart Probatum est A rare art to cure a horse of the Red-water some cals it the stronge gullion VVHen you see the horse have this disease he will lie on his back and kick with all four of his legs and very much swell in his body take two quarts of Chamber-lye our stale and bruise some Burdock-seeds as many as will lie on a shilling and put into the Chamber-lye and give the horse this with a horn as soon as possible may be then swich him up and ride him for the space of three quarters of an hour then set him in the stable and as soon as he doth ftal he hath his cure Probatum est Here is a rare way to cure either horse or mare of the mourning of the chine if they are not too far spent TAke a pennyworth of Towsillagine and a pennyworth of Uripigmentum and as much of the powder of both of them as will lie on a shilling put this to two spoonfils of barly flower and make it into three ●●kes about the bigness of three half crowns ●ay these on a chaffing dish of wood coals and cover them with a Tunnel that the pipe of the Tunnel may convey the smoake into his nostrils then ride him for half an hour do this morning and evening and in short time the cure will be perfect Probatum est Here is a rare way and necessary for country men to keep their corn from all manner of fowl that do devour corn in the field TAke two pennyworth of Stavesacre and one pennyworth of gun-powder and half a penyworth of Sulphure or brimstone and half a pennyworth of common Terpentine mix all these together and anoint it at the end of crowes feathers and stick here and there a crow feather at a lands end and some tie at the end of a long straw close under the ear of corn and them that you stick on the ground you must stick with the quil end downward This will fright all the fowls that devour corn neither Pidgeon Rooke nor crow nor Sparrow will endure the field nor close where these feathers stand but will flie over the place as if they were frighted Probatum est FINIS