dissolve the humour and digest it by the serosity of the blood Approved A Medicine to cure the Ague either in old or young TAke as much milk as will make you a quart of posset-ale and then take the young tops of Rosemary Marygolds Plantine and young Bay leaves of each two drams cut them small and boyl them in the posset-ale untill all the strength be out then drink a great draught thereof ever before the fit cometh and sweat upon it do this three times and it will cure Approved by many Another approved Medicine for an Ague and Feaver TAke of Dragon water and of aqua composita to the quantity of a quarter of a pint of each and put therein a pennyworth of London Treakle and half a quarter of an ounce of gross beaten Pepper warm all these together and continue stirring it with a knife and give it the Patient to drink as hot as he may suffer it a little before the fit cometh and let him lie down and sweat very well This hath cured many Another for the same TAke an Oxe-gall and as much aqua composita and put unto it a quarter of an ounce of pepper a little bruised and adde to it two pennyworth of Treakle and anoint the hands and wrists and stomack with the things aforesaid being all mingled together let this be done half an hour before the fit cometh and applied as hot as the Patient can suffer it and let him sweat well upon it and it will speedily cure him Prob. est An excellent Plaister for the same TAke red Rose water Venice Turpentine and Frankincense of each of them two pennyworth and mingle them well together then take a piece of white sheeps leather sit for both the wrists and strike the same upon them and apply them hot to both the wrists of the party grieved and let the same remain till it fall off of its own accord This hath cured those that have been troubled therewith two years who have taken the disease in forreign Countries For the tooth-Ach TAke a little cotton and dip it in the essence of Cloves which you may have at the Apothecaries and thrust it into the hollowness of the tooth and it will appease the pain presently and you will be well Prob. est To cause a good Appetite TAke Centory and boyl it in fair water and put into it one ounce of Sugar-candy Sugar and Anniseeds of each a like quantity boyl these well together and let the Patient drink thereof lukewarm every morning for six mornings together three spoonfuls at a time this will help although the party be never so farre spent A good Plaister to ease pain or a crick in the Back TAke white Archangell flowers and leaves a good quantity and of Comfry leaves and roots of Plantine one ounce bursa pastoris one ounce beat them altogether very well and put unto them a spoonfull of honey and fry them in a pan and divide it into four parts and make of every part a Plaister and lay it on the back of the Patient in four nights when he goeth to bed Prob. est A Remedy for one that is bound in his Belly TAke a good quantity of Hempseed and seeth it in fair running water and then strain it through a fair linnen cloth and let the Patient drink a good draught when he goeth to bed and it will make him laxitive Another for the same TAke a chicken and a pretty quantity of Cassula fustula and seeth them together in fair running water and let the Patient drink the broth and it will make him laxitive without pain A marvellous good Water to break the stone in the Bladder TAke two pints of the juice of Saxifrage the juice of Gromell and of the juice of Parsly each of them a pint and put thereto a quantity of eight or nine ounces of the best Vineger that is made of pleasant Wine and distill all these together and then put the distilled water into some glass or other vessel with a narrow mouth and let the Patient take one ounce at a time three times in a day morning noon and at night a little before he go to bed Prob. est Another drink to take after the stone is broken to avoid it in slivers TAke Rosemary and wilde thyme of each a handfull and seethe them in a quart of rain water untill the one half be consumed and then put in as much Sugar as will make it sweet and let the Patient drink often thereof every day untill he see his water being thick grow thin A good Medicine to staunch Bleeding at the Nose TAke a linnen cloth and wet it well in Vineger and wrap it about the members of him that bleedeth and his bleeding will soon cease Another for the same TAke Centory green Rue and red Fennel of each a like quantity and stamp them all together and strain them into ale and let the Patient drink thereof lukewarm and this will stop the bleeding of any wound cut or bruise A good Medicine against spitting of Blood TAke the juice of Betony and temper it well with Goats milk and give it the Patient to drink three daies together Prob. est Another for the same TAke Betony Mints Smallidge and Rue of each a like quantity and seeth them all together in new milk and let the Patient drink it as hot as he can suffer it Prob. est A singular good Oyl for all manner of Bruises Spleens Swellings in the legs or arms TAke a pint or somewhat more of pure Sallet Oyl and bruise a good quantity of Cammomill and put therein and put it into a glass and set it into some place where the Sun cometh that it may stand safe for ten or twelve daies but when it hath stood five daies then take it and strain it through a fine linnen cloth and set it again into his place aforesaid the remainder of the time aforesaid and then strain it again and set it the third time and let it stand till it be clean purified from any drugs and then put it into a clean glass and stop it close untill you have use for it and then anoint the place grieved two or three times a day chafing it before the fire and it will help you This Oyl stopped close will continue good twelve years A good Medicine for a Bruise or Cut. TAke roots of Loveage Alchoof Parsly and Anniseeds and beat them very fine in a mortar then take Barrows grease and boyl them together and then strain them and put to them as much unwrought wax as contains a Walnut and half as much rosin and then boyl them all together again and having so done strain it through a fine linnen cloth into a pan of water and let it stand till it be almost cold then take it and work it well in your hands till it be something short then put it into a piece of leather and keep it for your use A Drink to heal all manner
of Bruises TAke Egremony Betony Plantine Sage Roses Jvyleaves and Parsly of each a like quantity and stamp them altogether and mingle them with white-wine and let the Patient drink thereof and it cureth Prob. est A Medicine for a Burning or Scalding approved TAke the inner-bark of Elder the leaves of Alexander and the leaves of Dasies boyl them in Hogs-grease then strain them well and anoint the grief with a feather and cover it with a red Colwort-leaf and you will be well A speedy Remedy for a Woman in Child-birth TAke a Date-stone and grate it to powder and give a woman in travell to drink in white-wine and she will have a speedy deliverance Another for the same TAke Polipodium or Oke-fearn and stamp it very well and make thereof a Plaister and apply it to her feet that is in travell and it will cause a speedy deliverance of the child dead or alive Prob. est A good Medicine for to help the Kidneys and to cause the reins of the Back to grow strong TAke Buglas water that is distilled and put thereto a good quantity of clean Rose-water and a good piece of fine Sugar and drink thereof every morning fasting this will restore nature and strengthen Very much approved An excellent good Salve for any new cut or wound that will not cease Bleeding TAke a good quantity of the blades of Leeks and stamp them very well and put thereto a good quantity of Wheat-flower and a good quantity of honey and mix them well together but let it not come near the fire and lay it cold upon the cut or wound this will staunch the blood immediatly and will also draw forth all the bruised blood and make clean the wound Pro. est A very good way to make a salve called the Black salve which cureth all old sores and ulcers be they never so foul TAke a gallon of stale Ale which is strong two handfuls of Woodbine leaves half a handfull of seeded Nettles as many Colworts which have ragged leaves upon them red Onions and Garlick pilled of each half a pound one pound of unset Leeks one handfull of the powder of a rotten post which is of Oak and stamp all these well together in a mortar and put them altogether into the Ale with half a pound of Roch-allum and then set them over a soft fire to boyl till the one half be consumed or more then strain the same through a fine linnen cloth into an earthen pot that is clean then take one pound of Virgins wax half a pound of Rosin half a pound of nerve oyl that is good and green and a good quantity of stone honey and put them and mingle them with the rest then let it stand four or five daies then take it and boyl it again till it be half consumed then take it off the fire and put it up into a clean pot and stop it close for your use Prob. est A perfect way to set a bone or to heal a broken bone in man or beast TAke the juice of Comfry roots and wilde Daises boyl them with Turpentine and yellow wax and make a flat Plaister therewith and lay it to the grief and set splinters about it and rowl it to keep it stiff once in five daies untill it be whole also let the Patient drink the juice of the roots nine daies with the use of the Plaister Prob. est A proved Medicine against the grief of the lungs and spitting of Blood TAke of the herb Tussilago called at the Apothecaries Vngula Caballina in plain English Coltsfoot incorporate it well with the Lard of a Hog chopped with a new laid egge boyl all together in a pan and give this to the Patient nine mornings to eat this will also make one fat Against a stinking Breath TAke Rosemary leaves with the blossoms if you can get them and seeth them in white-wine with a little myrrh and Sinamon and use it often in your mouth and you shall finde a marvellous good effect And Commin powdred and boyl'd in white wine half the quantity boyld away and take half a pint at a time mornings and evenings This will cure in fifteen daies A proved Medicine for an ach or sore Breast TAke Frankincense fine wrought wax Boars grease and Rosin of each of them a like quantity and seeth them together to a cake and spread it on a cloth as broad as the sore or pain and let it lie twenty four hours or twenty or twelve at least Another for the same TAke a handfull of Mallows seeth them very soft in fair water and then strain them from the water and shred them smal then put them in a dish with Boars-grease and mingle them together and heat them very hot and lay it on a linnen cloth and apply it plaister-wise to the breast hot as you can three or four times a day and this will help you as hath been proved A Remedy against the Biting of a mad dog and the raging of madness which will follow the party bitten TAke the blossoms of flowers of wilde thistle dried in the shade and beaten into powder and take the quantity of half a nutshell full in a smal quantity of white-wine and drink it and in thrice taking of it you will be whole Approved A Remedy for one that spits blood by the breach of a Vein in the Breast TAke Mice-dung beaten into powder as much as will lie upon a groat and put it into half a glassfull of the juice of Plantine with a little Sugar and give the Patient thereof to drink morning and evening continuing it with Gods help he shall in a short space be sound Prob. est A good Oyntment for a Bruise TAke a pound of May butter without salt and set it on the fire and when it is boyled scum off the froth and then put into it one handfull of Rosemary Bayleaves Fennell Wormwood Smallidge of each a handfull shred them smal and boyl them in the butter till it look green then put into it Bees-wax Rosin Frankincense of each one pennyworth and let them melt but not boyl in it when they are melted strain them it is good for a Sprain or Bruise or any old Ach. An approved Medicine to staunch Blood at the nose or any Vein that is cut TAke feathers and burn to powder and lay upon the Vein that is cut and take a wet cloth and lap it round about the members and lay it on cold three times and it will staunch blood wherever A Composition of a most excellent and pretious Oyntment to heal presently any Scalding or Burning with fire hot water or powder or whatsoever else being presently applied at which time it will work the best effect and hinder all blistering and breakings out the excellency of it cannot be parellelled TAke a wine pint of Oyl-olive and put into a clean pipkin then gather some of the Elder tree sprigs no bigger then the top of your finger and a
handfull of the smallest and young leaves scrape off lightly the upper rinde of the sprigs and cast it away then scrape off the second rinde which is green and reserve about a handfull of that which together with the leaves put into a pipkin with the oyl take also a few Plantine leaves and leaves of Sengreen and put them in also and adde also a sixth part of strong white-wine Vineger two or three spoonfuls of Urine about two inches of a cotton candle without the wick let all these boyl together at a soft fire stirring it now and then then strain it through a course linnen cloth and put that which you strain out into the pipkin again and put to it a little yellow wax and let it melt together still stirring it till it come to an ointment or salve which you may keep in a Vial or box when you will use it spread it thin upon a paper or linnen cloth and lay it to the place burned and let it lie twenty four hours if you do apply it in this sort presently upon the scald or burning it will take out the fire and hinder blistering and redness and healeth it in half a quarter of an hour it is also soveraign against the swelling or inflammation of the legs and also for any heat whatsoever Prob. est Doctor Matthias or the Lukatella Oyl or Balsom called Cordius Balsom THe vertues of it are many as followeth 〈◊〉 It is very effectual against the watering of the Lungs taking the quantity of a hazel nut in the morning fasting It is also good to heal a wound inward or outward being searing inwardly and applied to the outward with fine linnen cloth or lint as hot as may be indured It doth draw forth broken bones or any thing which may putrifie or fester if the brain be not touched It is good against burnings scaldings bruises or cuts It taketh away pains or griefs that proceed of moisture as Aches in the bones or sinews first anointing the part grieved and then applying a warm cloth It also helpeth the headach anointing the temples or nosthrils therewith and taking a little quantity inward It is also good against the winde chollick or a stitch in the side applying thereto warm with hot clothes a quarter of an hour It expelleth poyson and helpeth a surfeit by taking one ounce at once four mornings together It helpeth the biting of a mad dog or any other mad beast the quantity of one ounce taken in a little warm Sack It is also good against the Plague anointing the lips and nosthrils in the morning It is also good for a Fistula or Ulcer It is good for one infected with the Plague or smal Pox or Measels presently taken in hot broth a quarter of an ounce four mornings together sweating after it It is good also for worms or a canker It doth help digestion anointing the stomack and navil therewith going to bed It stauncheth the bleeding of fresh wounds laying a Plaister of lint upon the wound and tying it hard on This Balsom will do no good if any thing be applied before or between it to the wound or grief you may keep it twenty years the longer the better Prob. est for all these things The way to make this Balsom Take a pint and half of Sallet-oyl and beat it with one pint of Sack Venice Turpentine one pound beat it in Damask-rose water still pouring it out till the Turpentine look white yellow wax four ounces melt it in a great earthen pot or pipkin and adde to it the former ingredients stirring them altogether till they boyl then take it from the fire put in one ounce of red Sanders then let it boyl one hour then take it off and keep it in a gallypot for your use which you may do by Plaister as well as by fommatation and tents Prob. est for the griefs aforesaid The way to prepare your Sanders is thus Take your quantity of Sanders and make paste thereof with the sharpest wine Vinegar you can get and roul it round and bake it with white bread and let it after stand a while to dry and when it is thorow dry pound it well and searce it for your use Another direction Take your Sack set it on the fire put into it the wax and let them boyl together till the wax is well melted then put into it half your Oyl but let it not boyl after the Oyl is in then take it off and let it cool and when it is cold put from it the Sack and pour in the rest of your ingredients letting them well melt but not boyl then take it off again and as it is cooling put in your red Sanders and put it up into a new vessel which was never used if you have any of the naturea Balsom put some of it therein A special good black Plaister or sear-cloth to lay to any wound or to ease any ach or swelling or to draw out any thorns approved by the Lady Grimstone TAke Sallet oyl and Neatsfoot oyl of each half a pint and put therein half a pound of red lead beaten very smal and as you strew it in a little at once stirre it well then set it on the coals of a soft fire and let it boyl till it look black then put in as much rosin as contains the bigness of an egge beaten smal stirre it well all the time it is boyling let it not boyl too fast least it boyl over drop a little upon a pewter dish and if it rowl off without hanging then it is enough and so may you make plaisters or dip in clothes without fremes for sear-clothes take Sallet-oyl in want of Neats-foot Prob. est Another for a combustion or Burning with Gun-powder TAke out the fire first by linseed-oyl and water beaten together more water then oyl Plantine water is best you may for your use dip in lane or fine Holland clothes Then take of Vnguentum album half an ounce and Vnguentum poppillion and warm them in a porringer and with a feather anoint the combustion then lay on dry clothes upon the combustion And then if any spungy flesh arise Take spirit revinum one ounce and put in seven drops of oleum vitriolum and with a probe armed with lint dip it in the medicine and wash the Ulcer therewith spreading a cloth with Vnguentum album and lay over it and so do till your cure be done A special Remedy for a weak Back TAke a new laid egge and put out al the yeolk and then take as much white amber as will lie on a groat heapt and put it into your egge with Muskedine and drink it in the morning as soon as you can and lie one hour or two after it and if you can sleep and at the two hours or thereabouts and after you have taken it take a draught of candle made with whites of egges and no yeolks A Direction how to make a wholsom mess of Broth
one for the same TAke fine powder of Virga aurea and put one spoonfull of it into a new laid egge soft rosted and give it the Patient in a morning fasting and let him fast four hours after it and he will suddenly make water use this for ten or twelve daies and the Patient will void the Stone without any pain Prob. est To cure a Cough that comes by cold suddenly TAke aqua vitae and Sallet-oyl and loaf Sugar mingle them together when you go to bed take a quantity of it and in the morning when you arise also it will take away your cough and ease your lungs Proved To cure the Wind chollick TAke Sea-horse pisfle Harts horn and enula campana of each one dram finely powdered take as much of this in a morning fasting as will lie on a groat or somewhat more in a cup of Anniseed water Prob. est Consumption a noted Cure TAke a quarter of a pound of Jordan Almonds blanched and beat small adding thereto in the beating some Rosewater one or two spoonfuls then take the thigh of a rosted Capon flay off the skin beat it in a mortar alone then take fourteen Dates stoned skinned and picked and beat them alone then put them all in a pint of Rosewater with some Sugar and boyl them three walms then take Sinamon two drams Lignum and Aloes both powdered one dram put them in your Decoction and stirre them well together and put it up into some Viall and take the quantity of a Walnut at once in the morning fasting the first three mornings adde to it every time two grains of Bezor A Diet-drink for the same THe first week in May infuse in your usual drink Succory Devils bit Scabions water cresses Lungwort Polipodium Coltsfoot Pennyroyal Liverwort of each two handfuls bruised and put in a fine linnen cloth bag and so put it in your drink when it is new tunned to work therein and this you will finde very good drink no other drink for fourteen daies To make an Incision to take out a corrupt Coar TAke Rose alger and powder it fine and mix it with Hogs-grease and lay it on so broad as you will have the Coar come out A perfect cure for a Canker TAke a pint of white-wine Vinegar and take Strawbery leaves Colibine leaves red Sage leaves Woodbine Violet and red briar leaves of each a handfull and set your Vinegar upon a soft fire and put in your herbs and let them boyl till they be soft then strain your leaves hard out and keep it in a Viall for your use Another for the same TAke running water a pint Woodbine Bramble Colibine leaves of each a handfull and a little Rosemary boyl all these together till half the water be wasted then strain it and adde thereto two or three spoonfuls of Honey and a little of Roach-allum three or four spoonfuls of white-wine Vinegar and so wash the mouth with the herbs three or four times a day Chollick the cure TAke Gum hederue warm it that it may spread and spread it upon a piece of Scarlet as big as a shilling or broader and apply it to the navil Your best Gum is sweet clear and soft Prob. est For the Consumption Proved TAke Diascordium Flower of brimstone Conserve of red Roses and make this into little bals and lay one of them under your tongue when you go to bed and let it dissolve in your mouth also take Coltsfoot and white amber and Anniseeds altogether in a pipe mornings and evenings A good Remedy for the biting of a mad Dog TAke Nightshed Bettony and wilde Sage each of them a handfull and one pint of fair running water and stamp the herbs and strain them with the water and then put thereto a pennyworth of good Treakle and give it the Patient to drink three or four mornings together fasting and this will help him speedily Prob. est An excellent Diet-drink for any disease TAke a new earthen pot and fill it full of fair running water only wanting about a quart of being full and then adde thereto about a quart of white-wine and set the pot over a soft fire of coales and put into the pot a pound of good Licorish scraped clean and sliced and half a pound of Anniseeds bruised half a pound of Lignum vitae which you may have at the Turners and one ounce of the bark which is of the same tree which you may have at the Apothecaries adde thereto a small quantity of China and Saxifrage and a little Centory let all these boyl on the fire about two hours or untill you see a good part of the liquor consumed then strain it into another clean earthen vessell and stop it close and drink a good draught thereof morning and evening and at noon a while after dinner Prob. est A most excellent Wine made of Sage for to be drunk at all times if you wash your mouth therewith it will help the Tooth-ach and pains of the gums it is good for the Palsie and for the Cramp and for Lunatick persons it restoreth sinews shrunk it expelleth ill humors out of the body it is also good against the Plague and Pistilence TAke a good quantity of Sage both white and red and boyl it very well in Muskedine and then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and with a tunnell put it into a glass and stop it close and when the Patient will use it let him drink a good draught thereof morning and evening for a certain space and according to the grief wherewith he is troubled and this will perfectly heal all the diseases aforesaid Prob. est An excellent Medicine for the Dropsie TAke roots of kneeholm and Parsly roots and Fennell roots of each of them finely scraped and sliced a good handfull of Juniper Berries half a handfull and of Anniseed and Alexander seed each of them a spoonfull boyl all these together in three pints of clear posset-ale boyling to a quart then take a handfull of dead Bees and stamp them in a wooden dish and strain them into this posset-ale and so let the Patient drink every five hours a good draught thereof and this will help him in a short space A Medicine for a deaf and pained Ear. TAke earth-worms and fry them with Goose-grease and drop a little thereof warm into the ear grieved this used nine or ten times will cure Prob. est Another for the same and hath cured some which could not hear almost at all and were troubled therewith twenty years TAke a Hedgehog and flay him and rost him and let the Patient put some of the grease or fat that comes from him into his ear and he will recover his hearing in a short space Prob. est A comfortable powder to cause one to Digest his meat TAke Pellitory of Spain Centory Anniseeds Licorish grains of Paradise Ginger Cinomon of each of them a like quantity and beat them and searce them into fine powder and
strain it through a clean cloth and let the Patient drink thereof first and last for four or five daies together Prob. est For the Itch. TAke five or six spoonfuls of Barrows grease and a penny-weight of quicksilver and a handfull of bay Salt and six spoonfuls of fasting spittle and bray them altogether untill the quicksilver be consumed away let the Patient anoint himself therewith and it will destroy the Scabs Prob. est Another for the same TAke sweet butter unwrought wax Vinegar Brimstone a little Rose-water red Cloves whole boyl them together till they be like a Salve and anoint your body therewith three sundry nights and no more Yellow Jaundies a sure and quick cure TAke Plantine water one pint Ivory powdered two drams Saffron so much as will make it yellow boyl them all two or three walms then strain it and drink a good draught morning and evening A pretious Medicine to destroy an Imposthume in the body TAke Tanzy one handfull and wash it Maiden-hair flowers that grow in wheat one handfull bruise them alone take either of their juices one spoonfull mix them with three ounces of Camomill water distilled drink thereof warm very early a pritty draught this will purge the disease downward without pain take of the powder of Maidenhair in your ordinary broth three times a day also the roots of Scabions half a pound stamped and mix therewith some powder of Boral well together and drink thereof a draught in Camomill water three times a day and the Imposthume will break and spit forth Prob. est To ripen and maturate an Imposthume TAke the roots of Mallows and Lillies and boyl them in water till they be tender stamp them with fresh Hos-grease and meal and apply it hot To kill the Itch. MOrtifie Quicksilver with fasting spittle and mix it with as much Hogs-grease as will make it blackish anoint the palms of your hands and the soales of your feet when you go to bed and in the morning wash it with this water Take Indive water and Vinegar of each a like Roch-allum powder of Enula campana boyl them together and wash the grief therewith and this will cure and stop the fluxion of blood Jaundies Black and Yellow the cure TAke Earth-worms wash them in four or five waters very clean strip all the earth out with your finger and stamp them small put stale Ale unto them and stamp them hard out and drink it with Saffron it cureth at three times How to know the Kings-evil or a Disease so called and also the Cure TAke one ounce of pure yellow wax or somewhat more and one ounce of Turpentine and a good quantity of sheeps suet clarified and made pure boyl all these together very well and then put therein the quantity of two good handfuls of the finest and purest Barley-flower very clean without any pulce or seeds of any manner of weeds temper this flower and the other things together then put therein the quantity of three spoonfuls of the Urine of a male Childe being not above three years old then boyl it again with the residue of the things before mentioned then let it cool and put it into some Gallypot for your use and stop it close when you do use it take it and spread it upon a fine linnen cloth or a piece of leather and lay it to the grief and this will cure Prob. est You may know it certainly by this following rule TAke a ground-worm and lay it alive upon the place grieved then take a green Dock-leaf or two and lay them upon the worm and then binde the same about the neck of the Patient at night when he goes to bed and in the morning when he riseth take it off again and if it be the Kings-evil the worm will be turned into powder or dust or else he will be and remain dead in his own former form A soveraign Medicine for the Cough of the Lungs TAke a handfull of Raisins of the Sun and let them be clean washed and stoned and a pennyworth of Maidenhair and one spoonfull of Anniseeds bruised smal ten or twelve Figs and three quarters of a pound of Portugall Sugar and three pints of fair running water boyl all these together till half be consumed then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and every morning drink thereof two spoonfuls luke-warm Prob. est A good Medicine for a sore Leg that doth fester or rankle TAke Smallidge roots and Southernwood Houseleek and Violet-leaves and roots and Waybroad leaves of each a good quantity and a good quantity of Honey and temper it well wich the hearbs and strain them through a fine linnen cloth and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and renew it twice every day and alway before you lay on your plaister wash the sore well with white-wine or oyl of Roses and in time of your cure put alwaies into your drink daily two or three Sage leaves this hath cured many Prob. est Another for the same TAke two white Herrings out of the pickle and open them and lay the insides of them to the soles of your feet when you go to bed and renew them in the morning use this five or six times and it will cure Prob. est A very good drink made of whey which will cool the extream heat of the Liver and Stomack TAke Violet leaves Sinckfoil Succory Endive Scabions and Femitory leaves of each a good handfull and seeth them in a pottle of good whey which hath been boyled and let it continue till the third part be consumed then strain it through a fine cloth and let the Patient drink a good draught thereof morning and evening for a certain time and this will cure For any disease in the Liver TAke the Liver of a Hare well dried and beat into powder and drink it in Ale or Beer or Wine and this will do much good To preserve the Lungs TAke the Lungs of a Fox and dry it well and bâ—â—t it into powder and then put a quarter of a spoonful thereof into Almond milk or into Veal or Mutton broth and let the Patient eat it and this will mightily preserve the Lungs For the Cough of the Lungs TAke green Box and dry it and powder it and searce it take so much at once as will lie on a groat in a draught of warm white-wine morning and evening till you be well which will be as soon as you see your self avoid blood then leave taking your Medicine For heat in the Liver the cure TAke Liverwort Maidenhair and Harts-tongue and Scabions and Strawberry-leaves of each two handfuls Egrimony and Hop buds of each half a handfull boyl all these in a gallon of wort to the consumption of a quart then strain it and put it to the fire again with the white of an egge and one spoonfull of pure Honey let it boyl again then with a spoon scum off the white of the egge and put in some
Sugarcandy and take it fasting till you be well A plaister for the distemper of the Liver TAke Oyl of Roses two ounces Wax three ounces Vnguentum Populion half an ounce melt them together on the fire well mixed then take it from the fire and put it in a mortar and adde thereto red Sanders steeped in Rose-water one spoonfull and Camphire prepared one dram work all these together with pestel till they be wrought together when it is cold make a plaister thereof and lay it on the right side against the Liver Prob. est A Leglifium for a Gunshot BOyl up with St Johns wort Centory Bayes Wormwood and Rosemary of each one handfull and to a gallon of water adde a quart of Aqua vitae and use it in this manner As for a Fomentation heat it hot and dip red clothes of cotton into it and lay upon the wound as big as will lie on the wound or member as hot as the Patient can endure it and that will bring out and evacuate all that intused blood that is in the wound For the Cough of the Lungs or Tisick Proved TAke four ounces of double refined Sugar and two ounces of the flower of Brimstone half an ounce of Gum-dragon steep the Gum in Rose-water all night the next morning beat the Sugar very small and put the Sugar and flower of Brimstone into the Gum-dragon and Rosewater and work them well together till they come to a paste then make it into little cakes as big as a six pence then put them into a pewter dish and dry them in a window by the Sun or by the shelving of the fire and when they are so dry put them in Papers and lay them where they may have the ayr of the fire eat this at your pleasure An approved Medicine for one that is molten within by travel or any other labour TAke a quart of good Claret wine and seeth therein a good quantity of avence and make a posset with the same Wine and let the Patient drink three or four times thereof warm when he goeth to bed and it will cure him Prob. est For the Morphew TAke Mustard-seed and Salt and stamp them together with Vinegar and let the Patient anoint the place where the grief is and it will cure in a short space For the same TAke green Copras and put it to steep in fair running water and let it remain a day and a night and then strain it through a fine cloth and when occasion serveth anoint the place often where the Morphew is and it will cure Prob. est An excellent Medicine for a woman troubled with the Mother TAke Lovage and Elisanders of them an ounce roots and leaves of Smallidge one ounce and of the roots of Buglass Burâ—â—ge and Parsley Fennell and Succory of each of them one ounce of Maidenhair Harts-tongue wilde thyme and wilde marjerum of each of them 2 ounces of Cummin seed Coriander seed Carroway seed Smallidge seed and Dill seed of them 3 spoonfuls and a good quantity of Raisins of the Sun and bray them altogether and steep them in white-wine or ale for the space of twenty four hours together and then strain them and let the Patient drink this first and last for a certain space this will cure Prob. est For a sharp humour in the Matrix after a miscarriage TAke a quart of posset-ale boyl therein Motherwort Mugwort Mother of thyme Camomill of each one handfull mader-root one ounce boyl these together till half be wasted and close covered be sure when it is boyled put in a pint of white-wine and drink a porringer full night and morning so soon as the Patient hath miscarried and this will cure Prob. est An excellent remedy for a Canker in the Mouth TAke a good quantity of red Sage and twelve crops of Rosemary and a like quantity of Honey-suckles white Dasies and Sinkfoyl and boyl them altogether in a pint of fair water untill it be half consumed then take a little Roch-allum and burn it to powder put half a spoonfull of Honey therein and then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and when it is cold put it into some glass or earthen thing that it may be stopped close and let the Patient wash his mouth therewith and it will cure To increase Milk in a womans breast TAke Crystall and beat it fine into powder mingle it with as much Fennell seed likewise beaten into fine powder and a little fine Sugar and let the woman drink thereof often warm with a little white-wine and this will restore her milk again although it be clean gone from her Prob. est An excellent good water to kill the canker and scurf in the Mouth TAke a good quantity of white-wine and Solendine red Sage Rosemary stripped and Hysope and Woodbine leaves of each of them one handfull and boyl them in white-wine untill one half be consumed then strain it and wring forth the juice clean and then take half an ounce of Allum a quarter of an ounce of white Copras and two or three spoonfuls of Honey and mingle it with the juice aforesaid and set it one the fire again and let it seeth a little while and take it off and strain it again and then put it into a Viall and when you will use it wash the grief two or three times a day either with a fine cloth upon the end of your finger or else upon a sticks end if the place cannot be come at other waies This hath holpen many Another for the same Approved TAke a quantity of running water and a handfull of Woodbine leaves Bramble leaves and Colibine leaves as many and a little Rosemary and boyl them together till the water be half consumed then put in two or three spoonfuls of Honey a piece of Roch allum three or four spoonfuls of Wine Vinegar and wash your mouth with the sodden hearbs three or four times a day this will cure Prob. est For Numness in the Joints LEt the Patient drink every morning fasting one ounce of Camphire in a draught of Bettony water wherein infuse a little Stechadoes this will cure in a moneths time To provoke womens Menstrues TAke so much of the powder of Aristolochy rotunda Myrrh and â—avine mixed as will he on a shilling in warm wâ—iâ—e-wine adde thereto one race of Ginger grated To stop their much flowing TAke the shels of new laid egges and pill off the inner filme boyl it one hour in water and drink that powder at twice in red wine when it is dried and beaten to powder and at every time of drinking let her go to the newest mole-hill and put away the earth with her foot and sit down on the place and make water in the hole so made and during the cure let her eat Ising-glass let her use this till she be well A singular good Oyl for all manner of bruises spleens and swellings in the legs or arms TAke a pint of pure Sallet-oyl
or somewhat more and bruise a good quantity of Camomil and put therein then put it into a glass and set it to stand in the Sun in some place where it may be safe ten or twelve daies but at the five daies end then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and set it to stand in the Sun again the other five daies and then strain it again and set it in the Sun again the third time and let it stand till it be clean purged from any dregs and then put it into a clean glass and stop it close untill you have use for it and when you have occasion to use it anoint the place grieved two or three times a day chafing it before the fire and it will help the grief Prob. est This Oyl stopped close will continue good twelve years A speciall Oyl to heal bruises swellings wounds and burnings and what not TAke Camomill Peniroyall Sage-royall or red great Sage Southernwood Boneset Setwell Charity Self-heal Knotgrass St Johns wort and Lavender when it is blown of each one handfull the leaves of red Roses one handfull wipe all these in a clean cloth cut them all at one length one inch long lay every hearb by it self in a bason and put thereto three pints of the best Oyl-olive and half a pint of the best Aqua vitae of the second distillation stirre them together and cover them close and so let them stand two daies and two nights then boyl them together with as soft a fire as may be five or six hours then strain it and when it is cold put it up in glasses for your use Prob. est Sciatica Gout or Ach an excellent Oyl to cure TAke Sallet-oyl one pottle put it into a broad gallon glass infuse therein Rosemary flowers bruised one pound let them stand in the Sun close covered till Midsummer then take red rose buds one pound take out the whites Dill half a pound St Johns wort one pound and a half Vervine half a pound bruise all these hearbs then put them into the glass of Oyl stop it close again and set it in the Sun for ten daies more then after a shower of rain gather one quart of earth-worms cleanse them in white-wine and wipe them hard in a course linnen cloth and take Lavender Spike half a pound and ten young Swallows out of the nest beat them so small till you discern neither bones nor feathers nor guts and then put these worms oyl and swallows into the glass of oyl also and so let it stand in that place again one night or more then pour out all these ingredients into a pipkin and cover it close adde thereto one pint of malmsie and half a pint of Aqua vitae let these simper softly till the wine and Aqua vitae be wasted then strain it hard and put it into a double Viall and stop it close boyl it in some Balneo with some powdered Cloves and Mastick powdered of each two drams let them boyl half an hour softly then set it in the Sunne again ten daies and then put it up and let it stand ten weeks before you use it and then use it Another for the same TAke a pint of old Malmsie and half a pound of unsalted butter out of the churn and boyl them together till they come to be a salve and anoint the grief or any other pain therewith A special Oyl for all Aches and Bruises called Nerve-oyl TAke Camomil white Archangel Plantine young Wormwood Mints Waltnut tree leaves Sage Violet leaves Mallows Rue Chickweed Brooklime Water-cresses Sovern-wood Smallidge and young Bay-leaves of each one handfull bruise them all in a mortar then boyl them in a pint of white-wine close covered till the wine be near wasted then adde thereto Hogs-grease and Dear-suet of each one pound Linseed oyl and Neatsfoot oyl of each one pint Rosin powdered six ounces Galbanum prepared two ounces boyl all these covered close upon a soft fire till the Vnguentum be green then strain it out till it be hot mix therewith liquid Storax and oyl of Spike of each one ounce mix and stirre it till it be cold and so use it To make Oyl of Snails for any ach TAke in May black Snails one pint put them in a great Ox bladder with one pint of Aqua vitae and let the substance of the Ox gall run into the rest then adde oyl of Peeter two ounces oyl of Spike two ounces and tie up the bladder as hard as you can and put it into another bladder and hang it up fast tied for twenty daies where neither rat nor mouse cometh at the end of that time strain it out and keep it in a Vial for your use only adde liquid Storax one ounce for that is good and giveth a good sent To make a good Oyntment or salve for any sore TAke a good handfull of Sage as much of Plantine as much brown wort as many honey suckles as much Turfame as much Valerian boyl all these in May butter till it be brown then strain it and put in a good quantity of Virgins wax and then boyl it again a little more and keep it An Oyntment good for Sprain Ach or green Wound or old Vlcer Keep a good Plaister also upon the wound TAke four handfuls of Detainder and as many Elder buds and two pound of May butter the Detainder and buds must be stamped together before you put them to the butter which must be first melted in a skillet then put in your other things and let it simper upon the fire about six hours then strain it into a pot and keep it for your use To make flower of Oyntments which cleanseth old wounds and new and gathers good flesh it helpeth headach and Imposthumes in the head or in the body it helpeth swollen ears or cheeks or the jaw fallen in the face it helpeth cut sinews and bitings of mad dogs it helpeth pricks or sprains in travell it helpeth rheumes it draweth out iron thorns and it helpeth all manner of botches and swellings it helpeth aches in the cods or in other members it helpeth the flux of the emrods it is good to make a sear-cloth for all manner of griefs it helpeth the flux and menstrues in women being laid to the navill TAke Rosin and Perrosin of each a handfull and half Virgins wax and Olibanum of each a quarter of a pound Mastick one ounce Sheeps tallow a quarter of a pound Camphire two ounces Turpentine two ounces make your gums into fine powder and searce them melt your wax and tallow and mix your powders well therewith and boyl them together then strain it through a canvas bag into white-wine let it cool till it be blood warm then adde to it your Camphire and Turpentine by little and little stirring it till it be cold and then make it into rouls A soveraign drink to open the Pipes stopped TAke Indive Succory Parsley Fennell Burradge Hysope Thyme Pennyroyall
consumed then strain it and put into it one pennyworth of long Pepper Ginger half an ounce a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs boyl them altogether a little while beat your Ginger and Nutmegs to fine powder adde thereto also two penny-worth of Treakle four pennyworth of Methridatum and a quarter of a pint of good Angellica water keep this secret as your life If the party be infected take two spoonfuls warm and let him sweat well upon it if not one spoonfull every day is sufficient half in the morning the other at night this never failed any that took it For the Plurisie TAke a fair Pippin cut off the top and take out the core and fill it half full of the powder of Olibanum and then lay on the top again and roast it leisurely upon the embers see it do not burn and when it is enough roasted cut it in four parts with the Olibanum in it and give it to the Patient to eat and it will suddenly cause the Imposthume to break and it will cleanse it To make Oyl of Puppy which is good for any strain or bruise TAke a fat Spannell puppy if you can get one but let it be what puppy it will it must be fat and dress him as you dress a pig then take half a dose of yeolks of egges and two handfuls of Roman nettles cut very small three ounces of Venice Turpentine and three penny-worth of Saffron and beat them altogether and put them into the belly of the Puppy and sow it up and roast it and what droppeth from it save and it will become perfect oyl for the former uses A Poultis that will break a sore in twenty four hours TAke black-berry leaves and Mustard seed and beat them together till it be a Poultis Prob. est A Preparative to take before a Purgation the night before it is taken the dose is one dram in Diaprunis or posset-ale TAke Senna Turbith Diagredii of each three drams Epithimum Galingal of each one dram Salt gem six grains all fine searced and mixed and taken as aforesaid A Purgation which purgeth all aqueous humours TAke Rewbard Turbith Hermodactils Diagredii Senna Agarick Mechoacan Sugar of each two drams Cloves Fennell Ginger Anniseed Mastick of each one dram Saffron and Cinamon of each two scruples searce all these the dose is one dram in Succory water or Posset-ale To make Pils that purge the four humours TAke Mirabolaus and Rewbard of each four drams the juice of Egrimony and Worm-wood of each two ounces Hermodactils Agrick Coloquintida Aloes of each six drams Mastick red Rose leaves Salt gem Epithimum Annis and Ginger of each one dram searce them and mix them and compound them in a mortar with syrup of Roses to a mase for Pils the dose is one dram in five Pils taken in the pap of a roasted apple Pils of excellent vertue to purge all Flegmatick Feavers or Agues TAke Agarick Aloes Acorus Turbith of each one dram Esula half a dram Coloquintida one grain Salt gem Mastick Ginger Wormwood Lettice Raisins mundified Bdellium of each three drams let syrup of Roses be made up with these Pils the dose is two drams more or less according to the strength of the Patient if you adde these following they are good in tertian Agues Rubard two drams Spicknard half a dram Diagredii Mastick of each one dram mix these with those aforesaid the dose is half a dram more or less according to the strength of the Patient and the vehemency of the Feaver A Purgation that cleanseth the head brain and all the body of Melancholly TAke Senna six drams Ginger one ounce Bugloss one dram flowers thereof two drams infuse all in a close stopped ale-bottle of stone with a pint of whey of Goats milk boyl them in Balnea one hour and let it cool when it is boyled warm it in the morning and give it the Patient and it preserveth against all passions of the brain it also helps hearing smelling and seeing and strengtheneth all the body and doth unburthen the body of all humours that abound as choller fleam and melancholly this was the practice of Mathiolus Riolanus and Achaius For the Palsie TAke Rosemary Sage Herbmandlin of each a handfull Camomil-flowers three handfuls and with Sallet-oyl make oyl thereof as you make oyl of Roses and anoint the grieved parts therewith Purgations with Senna TAke Senna in some quantity with some Ginger in your broath for the pain of the head four drams may be given to children and to women with childe An Vnguent for the Piles BOyl in fresh butter Pilewort and Elder leaves or buds till it be a Salve make it yellow with Saffron and use it An excellent healing and cooling Plaister TAke Wax and Deer suet of each four ounces Lapis Caluminaris two ounces May butter two ounces Camphire one dram Oyl of Roses eight ounces mix them and melt them together and make your liquid Plaister A Plaister of Adders-tongue and sweet Maudline all green which cureth green wounds and old ulcers TAke Linseed oyl one pint Adders-tongue and sweet Maudline both green in May and June of each three handfuls strip forth their stalks and bruise them then boyl them in the Oyl adde thereto white-wine let them all boyl till the herbs be very soft then strain them out and put the liquor to the fire again adde thereto Rosin and Wax bruised eight ounces boyl them till all be melted still stirring it then take it off presently mix therewith Venice Turpentine six ounces liquid Storax one ounce and so it is made A gentle Purge for Melancholly and to comfort the spirits TAke the juice of old Pippins and Burradge water of each as much as will make a draught heat it seething hot then infuse therein all night Senna four drams Manna and syrup of Roses of each one ounce Anniseed bruised four drams next morning strain it and drink it warm For the Rickets a disease common to Children TAke Egremony Scabions Coltsfoot Charnill Tamaris of each one handfull one pennyworth of Maidenhair a smal handfull of unset Hysop six tops of Spermint six leaves of Harts-tongue a little Liverwort and opening roots as Fennell Parsley Succory Spergrace scrape them clean and take the pith out of them sprinkle them with wine Vinegar when you have so done slice them and about half an hour after put them to the rest of the herbs and adde licorish half an ounce Anniseed a quarter of an ounce Raisins of the sun stoned and Currants and Figs of each two ounces boyl all these in a pottle of running water untill it come to a quart and let the childe drink thereof twice a day morning and evening constant and for a time at four a clock in the afternoon if the child be hot you may boyl in it two ounces of French barley A Beer for the same TAke Tamaris two handfuls Brooklime and Scurvy-grass and Watercresses of each four handfuls Egrimony Scabions Bettony of the
good to be taken inwardly upon the point of a knife for the Lungs TAke a quart of Ale and two pennyworth of fresh butter one pennyworth of good honey boyl all together till half be wasted keep it close covered while it is boyling Use this as a treasure Another plaister for a green Wound or for a Wound that is over-healed and sore underneath TAke a good quantity of Barly-meal and the white of an egge and honey and mingle them well together and lay it plaister-wise to the wound and it will cure immediatly For one that is brought low in sickness TAke Egrimony Bettony red Sage Fennell roots the inside Liverwort Indive and Succory of each of these one handfull boyl them in four pints of milk till half be consumed then strain it and let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint at a time morning and evening lukewarm For Weakness in the back TAke Clary Dates the pith of an Ox Cream and Egges and bread grated mingle them all together and fry them mix with them white Sanders strew Sugar upon them and give it to the Patient fasting in the morning A salve for a green Wound TAke a pound of Rosin half a pound of Wax four ounces of old Swines grease one ounce of Verdigrease boyl them all together upon a soft fire and strain them for your use A good remedy for one that cannot make Water TAke three or four hive Bees kill them and dry them upon a hot slate then bruise them to fine powder then put the powder into a quart of Ale and give to the Patient a pritty quantity at a time Prob. est To heal Wounds and sores and also to draw TAke Rosin Frankincense of each four ounces white wax and Olibanum of each three ounces Harts-suet and Mastick of each one ounce Venice Turpentine half an ounce white-wine a pint melt the Rosin Frankincense and Suet together then strain it into a pan and adde to it then the white Wax the Olibanum and the Mastick powdered and the Wine then boyl 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 up in a roul and keep it in parchment or leather A Water to heal all sores and ulcers TAke a pound of Roch-allum four ounces of green Copras beat them and set them on the fire untill they be melted then let them dry again then beat them into fine powder then set a pottle of spring-water over the fire till it boyleth fast then take it off and when it ceaseth boyling cast your powder abroad on the water so long as the water shall rise till it appear black in the bottom then it is perfect wherein dip a cloth and lay it double to the ulcer or wound first laying on the wound some of the powder and roul it up A Medicine to kill all manner of Worms in the body TAke Plantine leaves and roots and groundsel of each a like quantity stamp and strain it and give it the Patient to drink mixed with a pint of good Malmsie warm together give this to the Patient for the space of three or four daies together and this will kill worms in the maw or elsewhere Another for the same which will speedily kill the Worms TAke Aqua Composita that is made of herbs and wash the Patients breast therewith then take a little powder of myrrh and beat it very small and searce it fine and strew that also upon the breast after it hath been well washed and then lay on a warm cloth upon the breast and set it remain twenty four hours together This hath been proved For Winde and shooting in the head TAke Egrimony and Cinamon bray them and put them in Ale and lay it it to the temples of your head and as the pain removes so remove your medicine An unguent to heal a green Wound at the first dressing TAke Aloes siccatrine fine powdered and the powder of perrosin of each a like quantity mix them and grind them with the white of an egge and lay it on a pleget of lint and apply to the wound A plaister to cure and heal a Wound TAke Letherage of Gold one pound Oyl of Roses two pound white-wine Vinegar and old Urine of each half a pound let them boyl till the Vinegar and Urine be consumed adde to it in the boyling Wax two ounces Frankincense one ounce mix it well and apply it Prob. est For a Woman in Travell TAke a Date-stone and grate it into fine powder and give it the Patient with white-wine and God willing she shall be dclivered without danger Prob. est Thus have I discharged my Conscience to my Countrey not hiding any thing from them which hath been imparted unto me I have given you the generall Method of Physick and Chyrurgery with three hundred rare Receipts suitable for to cure any Disease incident to the body of man which secrets have most of them been kept from the sight of the world still to keep creatures in blindness and to advance their own interest which in this Treatise I have endeavoured to take off and that the poor may not perish for want of help by reason of their poverty here is a Garden to which they may go and cure any Disease curable with small cost FINIS Courteous Reader THese Books following are Printed and sold by Simon Miller at the Star in 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much like unto a little lamprell wherein are to be beheld and seen three stings or acuities proceeding out of three corners which so violently and strongly prick that therewith they can pierce the skins of all creatures and thereon they will hang fast untill such time as they have sucked themselves round and full of blood of their own accord They live and are ingendred in the water especially in standing waters because they delight and are solaced in all filthy and muddy places I suppose there is no Chyrurgion but doth well know them because of all men they are known but every man doth not know which are venomous and which are not venomous which is very necessary to be known by reason of the many accidents and mischances which might happen thereof As for example great tumors inflammations and venomous ulcerations through their venomous momorsions and bitings yea also and death it self doth insue As for example one was bitten on his knee by one that was venomous and died thereof You shall know them by their greatness and colour and by the place where they are caught For those which are thick and have a head thicker then the rest of their whole body shining like unto glistering worms and are greenish and have on their back blew or black strokes or lines and were caught in standing pools where all manner of stinking carions and other filthiness is thrown they are all venomous therefore in no case use them But those which are small round and have a little head and are of colour much like unto a liver a round belly and the back stroaked with gold yellow strokes and live in clean running water they are not venomous but you may safely use them yet not so soon as they are caught but first of all keep them two or three weeks in a glass of fair water because therein they may void the viscosity and impureness And be sure to refresh the aforesaid water every three daies and wash the said horse-leeches with your hand from all their filth and sliminess Galen doth counsell the first day to keep them in blood and then put them in fresh water and thus we may preserve them a whole year or longer if we please to use them when need requireth The use of them was invented in stead of scarifying we may apply them on such places of the body where we cannot set any boxes at all As for example in the privities on the gums on the lips and sometime on the raw flesh of any wound or on the nose or above on the hand or fingers or on the legs or thighes also And when the Patient feareth boxing or else when we desire to draw and extract any venom out of a thrust or bite of any venomous creature before we apply them and because they might be hungry and not to retain any thing in their bodies and because they should the sooner lay hold we must take them out of the water three or four daies before we use them and put them in a little new box of wood and keep them so till we use them We must first wash that place where we intend to apply them very clean and if the place by reason of salve or plaister be faulty you must wash it off clean also because they are enemies unto all pinguedity and fatness this being done we must take them one after the other in their middles with a white clean cloth for if we touch them with our bare fingers it will hinder their biting or placing their heads to that place where we would have them suck if they will not at the first lay hold we must then anoint the place with pigeons or hens blood or cause the place either with the point of a Lancet or with the point of a pin to bleed and then immediatly she will begin to suck And if she do not suck so violently as we do desire or if we would have her suck more then she is able to hold we must then with a pair of cisers clip her asunder above the third part of the body whereby she will begin to suck farre stronger and with more violence and as fast as she sucketh the blood departeth from her through the hindermost parts which is cut away If they be not cut when they have sucked themselves full they will fall off and when one is fallen off you may apply another on the same place for when they are satisfied they will of themselves fall off And if we would have them fall off before they are satisfied we may then strew a little salt or ashes of wood and they will immediatly fall off If when they are fallen off blood doth drop from the bite it is a sign that they have drawn blood from farre which blood we must not on the sudden stop because that part may be the better purged and purified from all venomous humours if any be at hand For which cause some do apply small boxes upon the place sucked or else they wash that place with hot water being salted and so cause it to bleed somewhat longer if cause require and the Patient be able to suffer it And if the blood runne out too long and will hardly be restrained through comprese we must then apply thereon a little adusted or burned linnen with his finger or a cloven bean retaining the same with his finger so long thereon till he can come to lay on a small comprese and binde the same thereon if possibly it may be done And so I have been as good as my word to give you the method of bleeding with Horse-leeches Here follows a Catalogue of such Medicines as are good to Cure all or most Diseases incident to Mans body from the Head to the Foot as well Inwardly as Outwardly An excellent Medicine for that Grief we call an Ach in the Bones TAke Aqua vitae Neats-foot oyl Oxe gall and oyl of Camomill it self and boyl them all together and stirre it well untill it be well boyled and consumed to a pint then strain it and when you will use it anoint the place grieved therewith and this will asswage the pain immediatly Probatum est Another for the same TAke a good quantity of Scurvy-grass and put thereto a good quantity of Barrows-grease and stamp them together and then boyl them together and when it is well boyled then strain forth the liquor into some Gallipot and stop it close and when you have an occasion to use it anoint the place grieved often therewith before a good fire and this will cure the Ach in a short time Prob. est Another for the same TAke a pint or somewhat more of good malmsie one pint of Capons grease and one penyworth of Frankincense finely beaten to powder and sifted very fine boyl all these together till one half be consumed and then strain it and so keep it close for your use in some gallipot and anoint the place grieved often therewith and
it will help Prob. est Another for the same although it be a Sciatica TAke Neats-foot oyl and Aqua composita and mingle them both together and let the Patient anoint the place where the pain is and take new plucked wool from the sheeps back and lay it upon the grief and wrap it well with warm clothes and this will help him Another for the same and good for all manner of Aches and Bruises in the Bones TAke a good quantity of Wallwort and a certain quantity of Balm and Smallidge and stamp them all together then take a pound of May butter and temper them very well together then make them up in round bals and let them lie the space of eight daies after and then stamp them again as you did before then take it and fry it and put it into an earthen dish or pot and so use it and this will help a bruise though never so black Prob. est A pretious Plaister for all manner of Aches for as soon as the Plaister is warm on the flesh the pain is gone excellent for the Gout TAke unwrought wax two pound Deer suet half a pound perroson four pound mace and cloves of each two ounces and a half saffron one ounce rosin two pound pitch four ounces powder the Spices and melt those things which are to be melted powder your saffron with the Spices and searce them set your things which are to melt on a soft fire and when it is boyling pour in by little and little at a time a pottle of red wine stirring it well into the salve and when it is well melted strain it into a clean pan and then put in your powder of Cloves Mace and Saffron casting it abroad upon your ingredients stirring them well together and let them stand till they be cold then anoint your hands with oyl and grease and while it is warm make it up into good big rowls draw it with your hands till it be coloured like wax and wrap every rowl into a piece of oyled paper and keep it for your use Prob. est An excellent oyntment for all Aches Rickets Stiches bruised Shoulders and all Colds TAke of Sage and Rew of each one pound of Wormwood and Bayleaves of each half a pound one handfull of Rosemary chop these herbs as smal as may be adde thereunto the like weight of sheeps suet clean picked from the skin and cut smal bring these unto one substance and adde thereunto oyl-olive a pottle and a pint and work them together with your hands to one substance then cover them close that no ayr come to them for the space of nine daies then set it on a fire and boyl them softly alway stirring them till the herbs be purged then strain them and keep them for your use Another most approved Medicine for the same TAke half a pound of Mutton suet of the near and one pint of white-wine Vineger and one piece of rosell as big as an egge and one handfull of Elder leaves and one handfull of Camamill and shred them very small and boyl these altogether while they are boyl'd half away and with this make a Plaister and lay to the grief and it will cure approvedly A pretious Oyntment good for the Ach in the Bones or to take the Ague out of any part of the Body TAke Wormwood and Rue Vervine Dill and herb John and Balm of each a like quantity cut them very small and then boyl them in Mutton suet and fresh May butter of each a like quantity till it come to the substance of an oyntment strain it and keep it for your use Another for the same TAke a quantity of Rosin and a quarter of a pound of Mutton suet and a quantity of Bees wax and a quantity of Saffron and a quantity of Boneset and a quantity of Roman nettles and boyl them like a salve Another for the same or numbness in the Joynts TAke a linnen cloth and wet it in Dragon water and apply it very warm morning and evening or drink six spoonfuls of Dragon water and one dram of Methredatum three mornings together and sweat every morning two hours Cureth A pretious Vnguent for the same or Sciatica or to expell wind or to ease pain in the Back or stone in the Kidneys anoint the place therewith first rub it well with a dry cloth TAke an Oxe gall flit it in the bottom and let it run out into a pipkin and adde thereto one pound of Neats-foot oyl and ground Ivy Rue Camamill and Thyme of each one handfull pound them in a mortar together adde thereto one ounce of aqua vitae boyl them all at a soft fire threequarters of an hour stirre it often in the boyling and then strain it and so it is made An excellent remedy for the cure of that Disease so hardly to be cured viz. the Ague TAke two ounces of bay salt and two ounces of Frankincense and one handfull of Smallidge beat them together and lay them to the wrists of both your hands and to the bows of your arms let this be done two hours before the fit cometh Prob est For a burning Ague TAke one handfull of Strawbery leaves and one handfull of Violet leaves one handfull of Sorrel leaves and so stamp them and strain them into posset-ale and drink it as hot as you can suffer it when your fit is coming upon you Prob. est An excellent Medicine for an Ague or burning Fever It hath cured some which were thought past cure TAke two handfuls of Plantine and as much Ribleaf which is like Plantine but somewhat longer a pottle of running water but take it up against the stream two penny worth of Liquorish fine scraped and boyl them altogether till the liquor come to a pint then put it into as much Sugar-candy as you think fit to sweeten it and then strain it and let the Patient drink of this at all times refusing all other drink as near as he can till the Feaver leaveth him Prob. est A pretious Vnguent for an Ague bruise or sprain TAke Rue Yarrow Dill Self-heal Vervain Mugwort Comfry Adders tongue red Sage Fennell red Nettles red Dock leaves Valerian Carduus Benedictus of each two handfuls bruise all these together in a mortar and then boyl them in one pound and a half of May butter for a quarter of an hour still stirring it then strain out the herbs and add to the liquor oyl of Dill and oyl of exceter of each one dram let them be set upon the fire again and let it boyl one wallop and when it is cold anoint the place grieved therewith The Ague fallen into the legs which cause them to swell The Cure TAke Plantine Marygold Houndstongue St Johns wort Bettony red Fenill Southistle Dandelion Smallidge Plumtree leaves of each of them a handfull shred them small and adde to them wheat meal and seeth them in hot Cows milk to a plaister and so apply it this will
for a sick body whose stomack is not good TAke the yeolks of two egges put them in a little pipkin for that purpose squeese therein the juice of a lemon or two then take a good ladlefull of some broth out of another pot that boyls first beat the egges and lemon well together and put in the said broth make it not salt by no means then stirre altogether upon a soft fire at the first boyl take it off and when it is cool enough give it the Patient To staunch Blood TAke Sanguis Draconis bole armonick Vermillion of each a like quantity compound them with the white of egges beat it to the form of a plaister this hath staied the blood of a womans breast that was cut off To purge the Back and Brain TAke the powder of Bettony and English honey and make a dose of pils and take two pils thereof when you go to bed as big as a smal nut next morning you shall see the effect thereof For a pain in the Back TAke a plaister of Paracelsus and lay thereon warm and it cureth To scale a mortified Bone TAke honey of Roses and dip spledgets of lint therein and lay it on the bone till you finde the bone loose dress it every night for three nights if it do not then loosen by the sides in feeling then apply this unguent or ointment Take pure hogs-grease half a pound argentum vivum two ounces well mortified and brayed together warm the Unguent in a sawcer or porringer and with a feather anoint the bone morning and evening and lay thereon lint and rowl it up just let him keep his bed and take no cold and you shall see the bone arise then heal it up as you see occasion The Black plaister that mundifieth all sores and taketh away all pain TAke Sallet-oyl and white-wine Vineger twelve ounces white lead and red lead of each two ounces wax three ounces boyl them altogether till they be black and when you have taken it from the fire adde two drams of camphire prepared and mix it well A powder which scaleth Bones and stoppeth the watering of sinews TAke burned Copras one ounce auri pigmentum fine combust one ounce Verdigrease sinely searced one ounce burned Allum fine powdered and searced three ounces mix them together so use them it is excellent in operation Another for the same and to abate spungy flesh TAke fine Allum Verdigrease of each two ounces Bole four ounces finely powdered mix altogether and so use it A good Medicine to cure any Disease which proceeds from the Breast TAke Parsly roots Fennell roots and Succory roots of each a like quantity take out the piths clean and wash away the dirt and sand from them and then seeth them in white-wine till they be soft and then when it is well boyled strain them and adde thereto a little Pellitory of Spain and let the Patient drink hereof morning and evening for the space of eight or nine daies together this hath holpen those which could not fetch their breath at all hardly A Remedy for a Chin chough TAke Bores-grease and warm the feet of the Patient against the fire and chafe and rub in the said grease well and then let the Patient go to bed and be kept very warm specially his feet This may be done to little Children Prob. est Another for the same TAke a Mouse and flay it and dry it in an oven and beat it to powder and give it the Patient to drink in a quantity of Ale and it will help him and it is also good for those that cannot hold their water Prob. est Another for the same and for the straitness of the Pipes TAke dry Figges and Hysope and stamp them well together and boyl them well with Honey and let the Patient take it fasting and it will help Prob. est Another for the same a Syrup TAke Horehound and Hysope of each a like quantity and a little water and sugar and boyl these together till they come to be a Syrup let the Patient eat this morning and evening and at other convenient times Prob. est Another for the same a pure one TAke Ellecampany and Reddish roots a like quantity and shred them small and pears or wardens twice the quantity as of the other then put them together into an earthen pot and put as much clarified Honey thereto as will make it ready to overflow the said ingredients then cover it close that no breath issue out then set it in an oven bake it with a batch of bread and then when it is baked give of this morning and evening a spoonfull and at noon to the Patient Prob. est A perfect Syrup for the same TAke half a pound of white Sugar-candy and half a pint of Rosewater and a good quantity of Licorish clean pared and bruised boyl all these together untill you see it come to a Syrup then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and put it in a glass and keep it for your use Prob. est A Medicine to take away Corns TAke black Sope and Snails of each of them a like quantity and stamp them together and make a plaister thereof and spread it upon a piece of white leather and lay it to the Corn and it will take it away within seven or eight daies Prob. est A good Medicine to avoid Choller TAke half an ounce of Cassia which is new drawn and a dram of Rubarb and let them be infused for the space of a night with water of indive and a little Spiknard and one ounce of Syrup of Violets and mingle them together with the quantity of three or four ounces of whey and let the Patient drink it warm Prob. est A proved Medicine for the Strangury Chollick and Stone TAke Gromell seed Parsly and red Nettle seed Violet leaves Smalledge Cherry stones Philopendula Eli sanders Saxifrage Cummin seed and Fennell seed Anniseed and Coriander seed Sowthistle and Dill seed of each of them a like quantity beat them very small in a mortar and searce them fine then take the Gum of Ivy or else the Berries of Ivy dried and beaten to powder and mingle with the powder aforesaid and let the Patient drink this powder in white-wine or stale Ale or in his pottage morning and evening for eight or nine daies Prob. est A Clyster for the same TAke Mallows Pellitory of the wall and Carduus Benedictus Colworts Setrach and Oak-fearn and Alkabergi seeds of each a like quantity and make thereof a Decoction then adde oyl of Dill and Camomili and oyl of Lillies of each one dram and of Hiera simplex and salt and so apply it An approved Medicine against the grief of the Flank and the Chollick passion TAke half a glass or less of the juice of Barberies when they be very ripe and red and put into it as much red Corall in powder as will lie upon a groat and give the Patient to drink Another perfect
black and thick then make your tents of one inch long and no longer although the Fistula be never so deep and roul the tents well in the Medicine and tent your wound therewith twice in a day and it will work out in small pushes and wheals from the bottom cover the sore with a red Colwort leaf and when it is well digested heal it up with plaisters fir for it A vulnary potion for the Fistula TAke a quart of spring water and boyl therein Cloves bruised Pimpernell Egrimony red Colwort Valerian Mousear Dovefoot and wilde Tanzy washed and chopped of each one handfull boyl all in a pipkin close covered till half be wasted then adde to it two spoonfuls of Honey and one quart of white-wine then let it boyl one walm or two and strain it hard forth and keep it in a close Viall and drink of it morning and evening and at three in the afternoon in Summer cold and in Winter hot untill the Potion cometh out of the orefice of the Fistula which must be alway kept open with a Gentian tent A plaister to cure the Fistula TAke Latherage of Gold one pound oyl of Roses two pound white-wine Vinegar and old Urine of each half a pound boyl these till the Vinegar and Urine be consumed adde thereto in the boyling Wax two ounces Frankincense one ounce mix it and so use it A Lotion to wash or seering into the Fistula TAke Bolearmoniack four ounces Camphire one ounce white Vitrioll four ounces powder all these boil the Copras and Camphire in a close stopped pipkin till they be melted still stirring them till they grow hard then powder them and the Bolearmoniack together very fine and when you use it take a pottle of running water put it to the fire till it begin to boyl then take it from the fire and put therein three spoonfuls of the powder as much as the spoon will hold put all into a double Viall and shake it twice every day for fourteen daies before you use it let it stand and settle very clear and apply it as hot as the Patient can endure it if it be for a sore wet a double cloth four times double and apply it if for a Fistula use the searing morning and evening till you be well if you would have it stronger put into it one ounce of burned allum powdered This is approved either for Fistula or Pustels Cankers Scabs in the head or body and also green wounds Unto your Lotion for Fistula you may adde Strawberries Plantine red mader sharp dock of each one handfull let your Cloves be twelve in number and if you will six ounces of honey if the Patient vomit up his Lotion three daies together at the first taking there is fear of his cure but if he vomit not no fear of the cure let him drink it fourteen daies in his drinking thereof put in some Ginger to allay the winde of the hearbs An Implaister of Tapsus Barbatus which cureth all Cankers Fistulas Plague-sores hot Bruises Botches or Fellones TAke the juice of Smallidge and Cardus young Wormwood Mullin Walwort Pimpernell Dovefoot Plantine Egrimony Mugwort Sage Daises Night-shade and Fluellin of each one dram Woodbine four handfuls stamp them and strain them put to as much Honey in measure as you have in juices then boyl them together in a new red pipkin close covered let them boyl softly still stirring it till it come to the thickness of Honey then take it from the fire and keep it in a new earthen pot close covered And when you make a Plaister for any the things aforesaid Take of this Honey four ounces wheat-meal two ounces boyl altogether one walm or two still stirring it for fear of burning then take it from the fire and put to it presently Venice Turpentine two ounces mix it well with the rest and when it is almost cold pour the whites of two egges well beaten thereto mix them together till it be cold and so it is made The Plaister is called Diaflosmos A Lotion to wash or seringe the grief withall before you apply the Plaister dress it twice a day either by bathe or searing hot TAke Night-shade Smallidge Egrimony Fluelline Sage Cardus of each one handfull Honey two ounces Plantine water and white-wine of each one pint boyl all these hearbs small cut till their substance be forth with the Honey Allum Wine and water and so strain it for your use A perfect Remedy for the Flux TAke a good handfull of Beans dry them in an oven or upon a tilestone and let them be so hard as the huls will skale off them and then bray them to fine powder and searce them then take a plot of good red wine and set it upon the fire and put the powder into the wine and stirre it well least it should grow to the pan wherein you boyl it and so do till it be so thick that you may cut it in slices when it is cold and let the Patient take two or three slices thereof blood warm every morning and evening for a certain space and this will cure Prob. est Falling sickness the cure FIrst every full Moon and change purge one day and vomit another then kill a Jay and dress him fill his body full of Commin and Anniseeds bruised then put the Jay so dressed into an oven after bread is drawn forth untill he be so dry that you must beat his body and sides and all into fine powder then take of this powder one dram in any thing what you please morning and evening till you be well as in broth or such like only with it make two plaisters as you do of Mastick of Sanguis Draconis spread it with a hot knife and lay them to the temple veins Fistula the cure TAke Vervine and dry it upon a tile and make powder thereof and make clean the sore with a linnen cloth and fill the wound full with the powder For the Gout TAke Arsmart and wet it in fair running water and lay it to the place grieved and when you take it away then bury it in a moist place in the ground and as that wasts the grief will wast also Another for the same TAke Mallows and Sengreen beat them and boyl them in water then strain them put oatmeal grots soked in Vinegar and sheeps-suet untried then boyl it to a poultess Proved Another for the same TAke Archangell red stamp it in a mortar with Vinegar and bind it to the place grieved and if it go not away mix a little Opium with it and it will not fail A good cooling Clyster to apply where it needs TAke a pottle of running water and Succory leaves and Sorrill and Strawberry leaves and Violet leaves and Mallows of each one handfull one pennyworth of French-barley sweet Fennell seed and the four cold seeds of each one pennyworth boyl all these to a pint and strain it and adde one ounce of Syrup of Roses and a piece of butter
of the stomack Being laid to the belly it will cure the Cholick Being laid to the reins of the back helpeth the running of the reins It is also good for the bloody flux and for the heat of the kidneys and weakness of the back It healeth all swellings of the breast and taketh away all Imposthumes or any aches It breaketh all swelling pustils It draweth away all running ulters not breaking skin It being applied to the fundament it healeth all defects there And being applied to the head it helpeth all pains there and of the eyes TAke four pound of Oyl-olive of the best red lead and white lead of each one pound and twelve ounces of Spanish sope incorporate all these well together in a good glazed earthen pot over a soft fire the space of one hour and half untill the matter be turned something darker then the Oyl was by nature let it boyl till that by dropping it upon a trencher it will neither cleave to the trencher nor to your fingers then it is enough then take some long linnen clothes about eight fingers long and dip them therein and when they begin to be cold smooth them upon a Table with a slick-stone and keep them for your use they will keep twenty years the older the better Mrs Harris her black Salve good for any sprain or swelling TAke of Wax three quarters of a pound a pint of good Sallet-oyl melt them on a soft fire and then take them off the fire and adde to it white lead half a pound finely beaten and searced then set it on the fire again and let it boyl half an hour then take it from the fire again and adde to it Frankincense Mastick the finest drops of Olibanum of each two ounces and also Myrrh two ounces beat them all fine and searce them and put them in and set it on the fire again let them boyl half an hour more then put in half a quarter of an ounce of Camphire and let it boyl till it be black be alway stirring it then take it from the fire and stirre it till it be cold and keep it for your use It is good also for any wound Prob. est Another rare Sear-cloth for the same TAke a quart of pure sweet Oyl and one pound of red lead very finely beaten boyl it in a bel-mettle skillet upon a soft charcoal fire about half an hour stirring it with a wooden stick then dip a piece of linnen cloth in it and cool it if it stick not to your fingers then it is enough then dip in linnen clothes into it and hang them upon a pack thread in the shadow untill they be dry then lay papers between every sheet and so keep it for your use Approved Anoint the grief with that Oyntment wherein is Detainder four handfuls page 119. before you apply the Plaister To cure a Strain in the arm in a short time TAke some Wormwood and fresh butter and mix them together and anoint the grief therewith and bind the arm well and in a day or two it will cure To make a Balsom that will cure all manner of Sores or green wounds the best that ever was TAke two ounces of Venice Turpentine beat it in Rose water and Spring water together three or four times till it look white then take two ounces of Virgins wax cut small boyl them together in a pint of Canary Sack let it boyl half an hour then take it off and put in half an ounce of red Sanders beaten small so it is made The juice of an Onion will take away a Scald For a Stitch. TAke a dry Acorn beat it to powder and as much Treackle as a hazel nut mix them together and give them to the Patient in a quantity of white wine going to bed and it will help A good Pill to cause Sleep and ease pain TAke Cinamon Cassia ligna Opium of each two drams Myrrh and both the Peppers one dram Castory half a dram Saffron one scruple fine powdered and made to a mash for Pils the dose two Pils no bigger then a small tare To break a Stone TAke the shell or thin rinde of Acorns the hips of a briar red holy briars and Nutmegs all dried and powdered drink thereof morning and evening in white-wine half a spoonfull at once for six daies or more For all Sickness Feavers Imposthumes or any other disease in mans body TAke Hysop Bettony Rosemary Violets Vervine St Johns wort Avence Mous-ear Plantine Feverfew of each one handfull washed clean and stamped in a mortar put them in a clean earthen pot which is new with a gallon of white-wine let it stand close covered to infuse all night in the morning boyl it close covered to the consumption of half then strain it through a hair sive into a double viall and let the sick drink thereof morning and evening a good draught and this powder following is to be taken therewith Take Gallingall and Nutmegs of each four drams Ginger one ounce Cloves Cinamon of each two drams Licorish six ounces Sugar four ounces all powdered and searced mix one spoonfull of this powder with one pint of the liquor aforesaid take first the simple liquor six daies and six nights then other four daies and nights use this powder with it and this with Gods blessing will cure you if ever you be cured To help any hurt in the Skull TAke the juice of Pimpernell and wet therein pieces of linnen cloth and apply it often to the grief and it will soon cure To help shrunk Sinews or hard ach in them TAke Oyl of Roses four drams Spermaciti one ounce melt them together and anoint the grief therewith twice every day then lay on also plaister-wise clothes wet butter wax and Aqua vitae use this till you be well A drink to be made in the spring for the green Sickness or any other grief TAke Senna six ounces Wormwood Balm of each two handfuls Anniseed and Fennel seed of each three ounces the juice of Scurvy-grass three pints Water-cresses and Brooklime of each a pint bruise all these and tie them up in a linnen cloth with a stone to sink it put it into four gallons of new Ale out of the tun and let them work together till it be four daies old then drink thereof in the morning fasting half a pint and if it do not purge you three or four stools a day take as much at night use it till you be well Scurvy the cure First a Purge TAke Senna Alexandrum of each four drams Epithimum two drams Raisins of the Sun ston'd one ounce Fennell seed Anniseed and Ginger of each half a dram infuse them all night in warm whey pritty hot in the morning wring it out hard and give it to the Patient A drink to take after it TAke Scurvy-grass and Devils-bit Water-cresses and Brooklime of each one handfull Wormwood half a handfull stamp and strain them and take a quart of white-wine allayed with
a pint of water boyl them altogether six or seven walms adde to them in the boyling white Ginger powdered two drams Elna Campana one dram a little Saffron powdered drink thereof first and last at meals infuse therein Saxifrage For the green Sickness TAke a handfull of Cowslip-flowers dry them and beat them to powder and let the Patient drink one spoonfull of this powder in six or seven spoonfuls of Malmsie fourteen mornings fasting A Swelling the cure TAke May butter and wax a like quantity boyl them together with a little Aqua vitae dip double clothes therein and lay it to the grief very hot and it will draw out the water and presently swage the swelling Proved A Dianthos which will help all feebleness of the body the tisick the grief of the heart and of the Liver after long Sickness TAke Cloves Gallingall Ginger Spike Nut-megs of each two drams and a half Cara-way Anniseed Cardamonium of each two drams Licorish red Roses Violets and Rosemary-flowers of each four drams Honey cleansed and Rose-water a pritty quantity let those things which be to be powdered be beaten very fine and searced then mix them with the Honey and Rosewater and let it simper on the fire to a Confection the dose is three drams use this as a secret Prob. est A powder for Winde and Spleen TAke the rind of an Orenge Coliander seed Caraway seed Anniseed Fennell seed and Parsley seed of each one spoonfull dry all these and beat them to powder and searce it then mix them with fine Sugar take thereof in the morning fasting at noon before dinner and after dinner and before supper and after supper going to bed in a little Anniseed water and you will finde much good A rare Sear-cloth or Plaister for a sore breast or any other sore or sprain or ach which I have often had experience of TAke half a pound of Virgins wax and half a pint of Oyl of Roses and half a pint of Oyl-olive melt them altogether upon a soft fire of Char-coal then let it cool in a pan till it be half cold then take half a pound of white-lead and beat it fine and put it into the Oyl abovesaid and to the wax and stirre them together on the fire and cause them softly to boyl half an hour then take two ounces of Frankincense and two ounces of Myrrh and two ounces of Gum Olibanum and two ounces of Mastick beat them to powder very fine and put them into the abovesaid Oyl and Wax and cause them to boyl another half hour stil stirring it till it be black then adde a quarter of an ounce of Camphire when you have taken it from the fire so dip in your clothes for sear-cloths or work it up for plaisters for your use Proved often for what is abovesaid A white tost steeped in white-wine Vinegar applied to a strain is a speedy remedy for that grief For the Tooth-ach TAke a piece of the root of Crowfoot and put it into the hollow tooth if there be any if none be hollow apply it often to the tooth that aketh and that will cure Again take the powder of red Corall put it into the tooth that akes and it will soon fall out Again Take Organy that grows close to the ground and tastes like Aqua vitae bruise it and lay it to the tooth Also bruise bursa pastoris and do the same To make Teeth white and to fasten the Gums and to comfort the roots and to make the breath sweet TAke Vinegar of Squils and dip a piece of linnen cloth into it and rub the teeth and gums therewith For Lues Venera or French-Pox FIrst prepare the body with purgations as this Pulvis Arthreticus the dose is one dram augment as you see good not exceeding above a dram and half but a dram and a quarter is a good dose or a dram of that and half a dram of Jallop And then use this Diet-drink with Lignum vitae for every pint of water an ounce of Lignum vitae and put in some Carduus Benedictus let them drink half a pint at a time morning and evening let their diet be chicken or such meat And then next use Turbith Mellerares begin at three grains use it to a dram but no further till you make a Salavation or Flux at the mouth And then make a lotion for the mouth to wash that daily let the Salavation continue three weeks or a moneth till you be sure the ulcer be clean To stay Vomiting TAke Mints Shepheards purse Plantine and Knotgrass and Comfry of each one handfull shred them small and boyl them in a quart of red Wine or Claret drink of this Wine and plaister the herbs to the stomack in a double cloth A Vomit for any disease TAke and Elder bough and scrape off all the outmost rind clean then take some of the inside rind and stamp it and strain it into strong Ale which is old and drink it lukewarm this will soon cause the Patient to vomit To stay Vomiting TAke Mints Shepheards-purse and Comfry of each one handfull chopped small boyl them in a quart of red Wine or Claret drink of the Wine and lay the herbs plaister-wise to the stomack in a double cloth Prob. est To force one to make Water which is stept in Sickness INfuse and mix ten drops of oyl of Juniper in two ounces of Parsley water and drink it blood-warm it will cure at once or twice taking A Water to inject or serindge into the secrets of men or women TAke water and white-wine of each one quart Woodbine leaves and flowers of each two handfuls Sage Rosemary and Water-cresses of each half a handfull cut small boyl all these together half an hour then put in Allum powdered four drams and two small spoonfuls of honey and boyl them about two walms and keep it for your use To cause one to make Water TAke Saffron in powder and pure ball sope as much of one as another mingle it together spread it upon the fleshy side of white leather make thereof plaisters and lay upon the navill of the Patient and give him to drink as much of the powder of the herb golden rod as will lie on a six pence in a glassfull of Renish wine or white-wine An excellent salve for a deep Wound or cut which requireth tenting TAke the yeolk of a new laid egge and honey the quantity of a Wallnut the same quantity of pure Turpentine beat them altogether and lay them to the wound with fine lint and this will cure it in a short space Another for a green Wound TAke wheat-flower and milk and temper them well together seeth them till they be thick then take the white of a new laid egge and beat it well with the aforesaid stuff and it will keep it from rankling and heal it An excellent Medicine for a green Wound being applied plaister-wise or to make a sear-cloth for any Ach and it is
let the Patient drink half a spoonfull at a time thereof in white-wine ale or beer morning and evening for a certain space and this will do much good A Treakle to cure the Dropsie or any other Disease TAke the powder of Rue and Bettony of each ten ounces Centory and Wormwood of each three drams Gentian myrrh Oristolochia rotunda and Ivory of each one ounce pulverize and searce all these and mix them with honey clarified to a Treakle A Drink to be made in May good for many Diseases TAke Scabious Mugwort Smallidge Devils bit ground Ivy Wormwood Fumitory Fetherfew Spicknard of each two handfuls boyl them well in whey made in May and when they be well boyled put in the last walm the whites of six egges and some clarified Honey a little Saffron the powder of about a dozen Cloves then strain it and drink it fasting for some time in that moneth A drink for the Dropsie called roots drink TAke of Wormwood and of the tops of green broom Sear Bean shels of each two handfuls dry them in an oven and beat them to powder then put the powder into a quart of white-wine let it stand twenty four hours then strain it through a piece of white new cotton four or five times then let the Patient drink four or five spoonfuls in a morning and as many at noon and as many at night Prob. est A Purge for the same TAke Mechoachan Sugar Diagredii Rubarb Sena Spiknard of each a dram Anniseed two scruples Cinomon Mastick Ginger of each one scruple let all these be fine powdered the dose or quantity to take at one time in white-wine or posset-ale three daies together A Powder for the same TAke Dragons Spiknard of each one ounce and Alchenet half an ounce powder them and drink as much as will lie on a six pence in ale or beer fasting and at night A Diet for the same TAke Juniper thin shaved and the Berries bruised Ash-bark Sasafras roots Walwort roots Caper roots Camock roots Marsh-mallow roots of each a handfull Parsly roots Eringo roots Fennell roots all bruised of each two ounces Parsly and Fennell seeds bruised of each one ounce put all this in a pipkin close covered put upon them as much skalding water as will cover them then stop it close with paste and let it stand in hot embers and not boyl for twenty four hours then put all into a firkin of new Ale of seven gallons and let it work together till the Ale be stale and drink this at all times and no other drink till you with the blessing of God be well Prob. est Another excellent Potion for the same TAke Rue Sage Bettony Polipodium of the Oak Water-cresses green Broom Hyssop Parsly and Fennell roots Lovadge roots and Flower deluce Gladwine the middle and of the Elder the small clot burre of each of these a handfull your roots must be pithed or the pithes taken out boyl these in Barly-water and white-wine of each a like quantity mix it with pure Honey quod sufficit or as you shall see meet of this let the Patient drink first and last Prob. est For the Dropsie TAke a penny-wait of Scammony two penny-wait of Rubarb six penny-wait of Senny one dram of Setwell one penny-wait of Spiknard Cammomill-flowers one dram beat all these to powder and searce them and adde thereto one ounce of Sugar and take thereof every morning one spoonfull Prob. est An Oyntment for the same TAke a quart of Cream one pint of Hodman dods one handfull of Housleek one handfull of Brook-lime boyl all these together and anoint the grief and it will take down the swelling Dropsie the Cure TAke Tare half a pound Sallet-oyl two ounces Bay-salt beat to powder one spoonfull set them upon a soft fire and let them simper a while then take it off and keep it for your use anoint and bathe the grieved joynts therewith and binde it hard with a linnen cloth Approved A good powder to cause Digestion TAke Pellitory of Spain Centory Anniseeds Licorish grains of Paradise Ginger and Cinamon of each a like quantity beat them to fine powder and let the Patient drink a spoonful hereof in Ale Wine or Beer morning and evening for a good space Prob. est A good Medicine to destroy an Imposthume in twenty four hours or little more TAke of the Flower-deluce and Lilly roots of each of them a good quantity and stamp them together and put them into a quart of Honey and boyl them altogether in wine or strong ale and when they are well sodden then take the same liquor and strain through a fine linnen cloth and when you will use it let the Patient drink two or three spoonfuls of it morning and evening and at noon sometime let the Patient drink Plantine and Wormwood mingled together first and last Prob. est Another for the same TAke a good quantity of the juice of Mints and put it into a quill and let it run into the Patients ear where the grief is and let it lie with that ear upward and that will cause the Imposthume to break speedily A pretious water for sore Eyes which do run or look red Approved by my self many times TAke white Vitrioll or Copras a piece about the bigness of a good hasell nut and beat it to fine powder then take a pint of pure spring water and put it into a Viall then take a new laid egge and break it put only the white into a dish use the yeolk for what you please beat the white very well then put that with the Vitreol into your Vial of water and in two hours you may use it Prob. est Another for the same TAke the Celestiall stone or blew Vitrioll and steep the stone in fair spring water till the water be coloured then take out the stone and wash your eyes therewith this is also good to wash any sore Another to allay the heat of the Eyes TAke womans milk white Rosewater and eye-bright water and Plantine water of each a like quantity and dissolve in them one grain of Camphire drop this water into the eyes and lay liâ—â—le linnen clothes dipped in it and lay to the eyes all night Prob. est A pure water for a pin and a web or any film in the Eyes TAke roots and leaves of Daisies and Tunhoof and Solendine and ground Ivy of each a like quantity and stamp and strain them and save the juice and put into the juice a little piece of pure white Sugar and let it dissolve therein and drop in some of it into the eye grieved and in four or five times dressing it will take away the film A water for sore Eyes let it come either by inward or outward causes TAke two spoonfuls of the juice of Fennell and one spoonfull and an half of the juice of Solendine Honey twice as much as both boyl them a little upon a chafendish of coals scum away the dregs that you