of Berberries DOth refrigerate and is astringent it quencheth thirst and the heat of the stomack and bowels it causeth appetite removeth the waterish humor of choler cureth the bloudy flux the flux of the Liver the often gnawing and wringing of the guts caused by choler healeth the small pox and resisteth drunkennesse and is made by stewing the fruit picked from the stalks in a pot set in a skillet of water afterwards strained and the pulp set in an earthen and wel glased vessel on the fire that the watrish humidity may gently evaporate stirring it with a woodden spatula then put to it for every six pound of pulp ten pound of sugar according to Art boyle it to a good consistence Conserve of Quinces THe conserve of Quinces doth bind and comfort the stomack is good for choler stoppeth all kinde of bloudy fluxes and helpeth digestion and is thus made Juice of Quinces clarified six pounds Boyle it untill two parts be wasted then put to it Of white sugar two pounds Then boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey Conserve if Wood-sorrell THis Conserve doth recreate and comfort the heart removeth putrid humours refrigerateth and profiteth much in continuall and contagious Feavers being very cordiall and is made of the herb as the Conserve of Roses Conserve of Sloes THe conserve of Sloes is of a stiptick comforting force very profitable to comfort a weak stomack oppressed with crudities it is good against all fluxes of the belly and also good to heale all inflammations or excoriations occasioned by the same either taken on a Knife in forme of a bolus or given in Clysters and is made as Conserve of Berberries Of Electuaries And first of London Triacle THis was first appoynted by the Doctors of the Colledge of London as a thing very requisite for that the price was reasonable for the poorer sort the ingredients thereof being neverthelesse cordiall and yet such as are easie to get it may be used well in place of Mithridate but because the fresh is the best I hold it most convenient for the Artist to keep the species ready and when he hath occasion to use any of it he may put to every ounce three ounces of Hony and warme it upon the fire stirring it well untill it be perfectly incorporated it is thus made ℞ Cornu cervini lima derafi two ounces Sem. citri of each one ounce Oxalytis of each one ounce Paeoniae of each one ounce Ocymi of each one ounce Scordii Corallinae of each six drams Rad. Angelicae Tormentillae Peoniae Foliorum dictamini Baccorum Juniperi Lauri of each halfe an ounce Flor. Calendulae Caryophyllorum seu vetonicae rubrae Anthos Summit Hiperici Nucis moschatae Croci of each three drams Rad. Gentianae Zedoariae Zinziberis Nucis Myrrhae Foliorum scabiosae Succisae Cardui benedicti of each two drams Cariophilorum Opii of each one dram Vini canarini as much as shal suffice to incorporate them Mellis triplum Mingle them on the fire as I shewed you before Triacle Andromache THis Triacle doth the effects of Mithridate Dimocrati and is good against the hoarsnesse of the voyce against the Jaundise Dropsie for wounds in the intestines to bring forth the yong birth dead to expell and take away the Leprosie and Measels to revive every decayed sense to confirme wounds healed to kill all kindes of wormes to dissipate winde to comfort the heart and stomach and to keep the body incorrupt and sound and is thus made ℞ Trochiscorum scilliticorum 48 drams Trochiscorum è viperis of each four and twenty drams Piperis longi of each four and twenty drams Opii Thebacii of each four and twenty drams Magmatis Hedychroi sicci of each four and twenty drams Rosarum siccarum resectis unguibus Iridis illiricae odorae Succi glycyrrhizae Sem. napae dulcis Comarum scordii Opobalsami Cinamoni Agarici of each twelve drams Myrrhae Costi odorati seu zedoariae Croci Cassiae ligneae verae Nardi Indicae Schaenanthi Piperis albi nigri Thuris masculi Dictamni Cretici Rhei Staechados Marrubii Sem. petroseluci macedonici Calaminthes siccae Terebinthinae Rad. pentaphyllae Zinziberis of each six drams Comarum polii cretici Chamaepyteos Nardi celticae Amomi Styracis calamitae Rad. Mei Com. chamaedryos Rad. Phu Pontici Terrae lemniae Foliorum malabathri Chalcitidis assae vel ejus Loco calcanthi romani usti Rad. gentianae Gum. Arabici Succi Hypocistidii Carpobalsami vel nucis moschatae vel cubebarum Sem. anisi fricti Cardamomi Sem. faeniculi Seseleos Acaciae vel ejus loco succi Inspissati prunellorum acerborum Sem. Thlaspeos Succ. Hyperici Sem. Ammeos Sagapeni of each four drams Castorei Rad. Aristolochiae longae Bituminis Judaici Sem. dami Opoponacis Centauri minoris Galbani pinguis of each two drams Vini antiqui canarini as much as shall suffice to dissolve the ingredients Mellis optimi thrice the weight of the dry species Mingle them according to Art Triacle Diatesseron TRiacle Diatesseron or the poor mans triacle is good against poyson drunken and against the bitings of venemous beasts or worms It is also good against all the cold affects of the brain as convulsions resolution of the sinews falling-sickness cramp spasme the inflation of the ventricle or stomach against the defect of concoction therein and against venemous wounds both inwardly drunk and outwardly applied also it openeth the obstructions of the liver and spleen and thereby preserveth the body from the disease called the scurvy It procures sweat very well being taken in sack but is mighty hurtful to women with child as may be easily known by the ingredients which are as follow ℞ Gentianae baccarum lauri of each two ounces Myrrhae of each two ounces Aristolochiae rotundae of each two ounces Husk your Berries and powder and searce them and your gentian and Aristolochie must be slicked and dried in a folded paper and so powdered and searced then dissolve your myrrhe in a little sack and put to it Mellis optimi dispumati two pound And then sprinkle in your powders and incorporate them well on the fire Confection of Alkermes THis Confection is a preservative from Apoplexies arising from cold and melancholy humors doth very much comfort the brain and heart and is sometimes used very profitably for them that languish away by reason of a long sickness and are subject to swounings but beware you give it not to any having a flux of the belly by reason of the azure stone that is in it which is purging It is thus compounded ℞ Succi pomorum fragantium of each one pound and half aqua rosarum odoratissimae of each one pound and half In the which you shall infuse for four and twenty hours Scrici crudi four ounces Then strain it hard and put to the liquor Succi granorum kermes ad nos adjecti puri one pound Sugar two pound Boyl them to the thickness of honey then take it from the fire and
symptomes appeare he may expect natures worke by which he shall perceive the skull depressed to rise and scale admirably It may also serve many times to take off a scale of a bone after amputation of the fingers or toes Of the stitching Quill and Needles THese are instruments that cannot be missed in your Plaister-box you shall therefore have in your stitching Quill at least three needles of severall sizes or bignesse with square points well set and ready armed with green or red silk oyled your needles alwayes kept oiled and cleane from rust in want of silk at any time upon necessity you may use thread rubbing it with some kinde of emplaister You must also have in your said stiching Quill a Taylors needle or two with thread to sow your rollers make them fast in the rolling of wounds fractures or dislocations Of the Director THe Director is an Instrument to guide and direct the Incision knife in dilation or inlarging a wound when you are neare any vessels They are also used in cutting for the stone Of the Forceps THese are used to take of Emplaisters Pledgets and Tents to take out a spill of a bone to hold up any peice of superfluous flesh or skin thereby the better to cut it with the sizzers or incision knife to take out any thing that may chance into the eare nostrils mouth or throat to take out a bullet lying within reach or any thing that is offensive in a wound and is an Instrument of continuall and very necessary use in Chyrurgery Spatula Linguae THe Spatula linguae or speculū linguae is much like an ordinary spatula at one end only it is perforated and cut through the better to hold the tongue downe without slipping off the other end is made to scrape the tongue that is furred in Feavers Cankers or other affects of the mouth it is used to hold downe the tongue when you inject any liquor into the throat or apply any medicine to the mouth or throat or when you would make inspection into the mouth or throat in any affects of the Uvula or in Quinces Cankers or excoriations of the mouth or gums The Flegme IS an Instrument used to open the gums and separate them from the tooth you intend to pull out compassing the tooth with the round sharpe end thereof close to the tooth piercing deeper by little and little untill you feele it as low as the jaw bone Some use to open a veine with this instrument but for mine owne part I do disalow it as very uncertaine and dangerous for touching the Nerves or greater vessels Next we must look into the Salvatory to see what Vnguents we have there to declare the Composition of them their Vertues and Uses Of first of Basilicon BAsilicon is an Unguent used almost in all kinds of wounds ulcers apostumes either per se or mixed with other unguēts for it hath the vertue to heat humect and mitigate pain it digesteth incarnateth wounds and ulcers and suppurateth apostumes either hot or cold being somewhat thick spread upon cloath or leather and it mitigateth the paine thereof It is likewise very fitly used with Praecipitate Aegyptiacum or any corroding medicine making them work with more case and better mundifies it is also good for burnings and scaldings and is thus made ℞ Cerae flavae Resinae pinguis Picis graecae of each half a pound Olei two pounds four ounces Melt the Rosin and the Pitch in the Oyle then adde the Wax and boyle them to a just consistence Liniment of Arcaeus THis Arcaeus Liniment is a soveraigne balme not to be sufficiently commended in all wounds whatsoever especially in those of the head where it doth meerly of it selfe all the intentions of healing the Flux of bloud being first stayed for it digesteth mundifieth incarnateth and cleatrizeth it defendeth from accidents and is very avodine I have divers times applyed it mixed with other unguents to painfull ulcers and fistula's with good successe it is made as followeth ℞ Gummi elemni Of each 1. ounce and halfe Teribinthinae abietinae Of each 1. ounce and halfe Sevi veruecini antiqui liquefacti 2 ounces Pinguedinis Porcinae antique liquefactae one ounce Dissolve the Gum in Sack and evaporate the Sack then put in the fats and lastly the terebinte and mingle them well together The golden Oyntment THis unguent is used to incarne wounds and ulcers being first mundified and it is a most precious balme to heale them it is a good healer of burnings and scaldings the fire first taken out the composition is as followeth ℞ Cerae flavae one pound Olei two pound and halfe Terebinthinae two ounces Resinae pinae Of each one ounce and halfe Coloplioniae Of each one ounce and halfe Thuris Of each one ounce Mastices Of each one ounce Croci one dramme Dissolve the Mastick in Sack then put in the Oyle Rosin Colophony and Frankinsence and when they are well melted scrape in the Wax melt that and then adde the Turpentine and lastly the Saffron when you take it off Vnguent Apostolorum VVEE commonly use this Unguent to cleanse and scoure foule Ulcers and Fistula's and to make a good ground for healing it abateth spongeous flesh and is of temperature hot and dry and is made as followeth ℞ Terebinthinae Of each fourteen drams Resinae Of each fourteen drams Cerae albae Of each fourteen drams Ammoniaci Of each fourteen drams Rad. Aristolochiae longae of each six drammes Thuris masculi of each six drammes Bdellii of each six drammes Myrrhae Galbani Of each halfe an ounce Oppoponax Floris aeris Of each two drammes Lithargyti Nine drammes Olei If it be Summer two pounds If Winter three pounds Aceti as much as will suffice to dissolve the Ammoniacum Galbanum and Oppoponax Make the Oyntment according to Art Lukatullies Balsome IT is good for burnes inflammations fresh wounds ulcers fistulaes being powred in scalding hot for so I use it to incarne fresh wounds In bruises ulcers of the reines stone in kidneyes or bladder with difficulty of making water I use to give one drachme in Sacke for bruises in white wine for tha stone it is made as followeth Olei one pound and halfe Vini Hispanici one pound Boyle them to the consumption of halfe the Sack then scrape in Cerae albae three ounces Boyle them untill all the wine bee consumed take it from the fire and put in Terebintinae Venetae purae washed in Rose water six ounces Boyle them a little then take them from the fire sprinkle in half an ounce of red sanders in powder and stir it until it be cold lest the Sanders lye in the bottome Vnguent Diapompholigos IS good to heale painfull ulcers in any part of the body especially of the yard or betwixt glans and preputium as also any fretting or painfull ulcers of the legges or elsewhere It is very much used before all other unguents in ulcers of
and halfe Scillae Of each 12 drams and halfe Oesypi vel Olei ex pedibus ovillis Of each 12 drams and halfe Terebinthinae three ounces Resinae pinae Of each two ounces Cerae flavae Of each two ounces Mingle them and make up your Emplaister S. a. then â„ž these gummes following Bdellii Of each one ounce Sagapeni Of each one ounce Amoniaci Of each one ounce Dissolve the gummes in Wine straine them and boyle them to the thicknesse of honey and put them to the aforesayd lump of Emplaister and so you have Diachylon magnum cum gummis Emplastrum Oxycroceum IS avodine attracting mollifying and comforting asswageth paines of the Gout proceeding of a cold cause and is good in cold aches and by the attracting vertue it hath it draweth out vapours per poros cutis or the sweat vents in the skinne whereby it often unladeth the body of vicious and naughty humours which otherwise might endanger the Patient It is thus made â„ž Croci Of each foure ounces Picis navalis Of each foure ounces Colophoniae Of each foure ounces Cerae Of each foure ounces Terebinthinae Of each one ounce and three drammes Galbani Of each one ounce and three drammes Ammoniaci Of each one ounce and three drammes Myrrhae Of each one ounce and three drammes Olibani Of each one ounce and three drammes Mastices Of each one ounce and three drammes Compound it after this manner first melt your Wax Colophony and Turpentine together then take it from the fire and put in the Pitch while it is yet hot then adde your Galbanum ammoniacum Frankinscence and Myrrh dissolved in vineger next put in your Mastich in fine powder and lastly your Saffron steeped in vineger and powdred and so make your Emplaister according to Art Emplastrum de minio THis red Lead plaister discusseth humours asswageth paines mollifieth repelleth and is commonly used upon wounds and ulcers to further good healing and induce a cicatrize it is used in bruised and wrenched joynts if you use Mr. GALES composition which I have made use of severall times and also both to mundifie incarnate and cicatrize The composition of the ordinary Minium Plaister sold in shops is as followeth â„ž Minii nine ounces Olei Rosati one pound and halfe Aceti vini albi six ounces Boyle them to the just consistence of an Emplaister let your red Lead be beaten and fearced very fine boyle your Oyle and vineger together till halfe the vineger be wasted then put in your Minium and boyle it til the vineger be quite consumed and the Plaister looke blackish It is also prepared without Vineger in this manner â„ž Minii one pound Olei Rosati one pound and halfe Wax foure ounces First put your Oyle on the fire with your Minium finely powdred boyling it with stirring until the colour change to blackish then slice in the Wax and boyle it to the just consistence The other of Vigoe is thus â„ž Olei Rosati oderiferi one pound and halfe Olei myrtini Of each foure ounces Unguenti populei Of each foure ounces Pinguedinis Gallinae two ounces Sevi castrati Of each halfe a pound Vaccini Of each halfe a pound Axungiae porcinae seven ounces Lithargyri auri argenti three ounces and half Cerussae foure ounces Minii three ounces Teribinthinae ten ounces Cerae as much as shall suffice Melt all your fats in your Oyles then put in your mineralls finely fearced and boyle them untill they begin to turne blackish then adde your Turpentine and Populeon and lastly scrape in your Wax and boyle it up Emplaistrum Ceroneum THis Emplaister is very good against any griefe of the shoulders or breast it easeth the Liver Spleene and guts helpeth the three sorts of Dropsies cures the paines of the upper guts and the extreame fits of the Collick comforts the reines and bladder applyed to the Loines and breast often it amendeth the distempers of them it availeth much in the griefes of the matrix it helpes the Gowt Sciatica and paine in the joynts apply it to the stomack of those that have cold Feavers and it helpes them it cures the bitings of mad Dogs and the stingings of Serpents Snakes or other venomous creatures and is made as followeth â„ž Picis Navalis i. ex navibus vetustis derasae quae multiplicem aquae marinae loturum sunt expertae Cerae flavae illotae of each seven drams Sagapeni six drams Ammoniaci Of each foure drams Terebinthinae Of each foure drams Colophoniae Of each foure drams Croci Of each foure drams Aloes Of each foure drams Thuris masculi Of each three drams Myrrhae Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Mastiches Oppoponacis Of each two drams Galbani Of each two drams Alluminis Of each two drams Sem Fenugreci Of each two drams Confitae i. faecis liquidae Styracis Bdelli of each one dram Lithargyri halfe a dram The manner of compounding I need not set down because there is not any ingredient in this nor any the ensuing Emplaisters which is not repeated in the former Recipes with the ordering of them severally Basilicon magnum Vigo THis Emplaister of Vigo I have found singular for fresh cuts and very incarnative in Ulcers and all sorts of wounds and is good in fractures after the seventh day and is made as followeth â„ž Pinguedinis porcinae Sevi vitulini Castrati of each halfe a pound Sevi Hircini Vermium terrest prae Picis navalis Resinae pineae of each two ounces Olei Rosati eight ounces Succi mellifolii Caprifolii of each three ounces Foliorum sem Hyperici of each one handful Seeth them untill the Juices be wasted then strain them and put to the Liquor Minii Terrae sigilatae finely beaten of each one ounce and half Lithargyri utriusque of each three ounces and halfe Seeth them ever stirring them untill they become blackish and then adde to them Terebinthinae opt six ounces Mastiches tenuis pulv ten drams Cerae albae as much as shall suffice And boyle it to an Emplaister or cerot which you will for indeed VIGO calls it a cerot but I use to put in as much wax as will make it an Emplaister Emplaistrum Diasulphuris THe Emplaister Diasulphuris is most excellent in the cure of all ulcers of what sort soever and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Sulphuris three ounces Cerae halfe an ounce Colophoniae three drams Myrrhae as much in weight as all the rest Melt the Wax and Colophony in the Oyle and mix them well then sprinkle in your Myrrhe finely powdred and boyle them with a gentle fire ever stirring it with a spatula untill they are well mingled then take it from the fire and make it up Emplaistrum necotiani THis Emplaister is hot and drye it digesteth resolveth and dryeth up humours that are cold moyst thick and clammy in the Scrophula and other hard tumours springing from a cold cause it mightily softens and resolves the Strumae and all other hard tumours having
their beginning from cold humours The composition follows â„ž Succi Necotianae majoris halfe a pound Succi absinthii pontici majoris three ounces Oleorum hyperici Irini vel sambuci of each one ounce and halfe Foliorum absinthii pontici majoris Prunellae Scrophulariae majoris matthioli of each one handfull Vini albi one ounce and halfe Boil them altogether to the consumption of almost all the wine and juices in a vessel of brasse always stirring it with a wooden spatula then straine it in a presse then melt together these things following Cerae flavae foure ounces Sevi Hircini Terebinthinae of each two ounces Mastices of each one ounce finely powdred Myrrhae of each one ounce finely powdred Thuris of each one ounce finely powdred and put them all together to the other Liquor and boyle them a little then coole it and make it up Sir Philip Paris Emplaister THis Emplaister is excellent for divers things if you lay it upon the stomack it provoketh appetite and taketh away any griefe from the same layd to the belly it easeth the Collick speedily layd to the reignes it stoppeth the bloudy flux running of the reines heat of the kidneys and weaknesse of the back it healeth swellings aches bruises it breaketh fellons and aposthumes and healeth them it draweth out humours without breaking the skin it healeth the diseases of the fundament layd upon the head it helpeth the head-ach uvula and eyes layd to the belly it provoketh the months and apteth the matrice for conception The composition is as followeth â„ž Olei communis two pounds Minii of each one pound beaten small Cerussae of each one pound beaten small Saponis castiliani twelve ounces Incorporate these well together in an earthen pan Well glased before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle fire of coales for one houre ever stirring it with a spatula then encrease fire till the red turne grayish continuing your stirring drop a little upon a trencher if it cleave not thereto then it is enough dip linnen cloathes therein and smoth them with a sleekstone the rest make up in rolles it wil last twenty yeares Let the Artist observe a true boyling of all Emplaisters for over much boyling not onely makes the Emplaister too hard but also evaporates the vertues of divers ingredients likewise too little boyling doth not incorporate them neither will they stick upon the place besides the inconvenience of carrying them let all your gummes in any Emplaister be finely powdered dissolved in sacke or Vineger and strained through a canvas and the vineger or sacke evaporated at the fire and then put to the rest where turpentine or saffron are added it must be when the rest are boyled enough giving them but two or three walmes after you have put them in and with those emplaisters which I have heere set downe you need not feare to dresse any wound whether incised or contused or any ulcer of what sort soever Next I shall shew you what oyles and unguents it is needfull to have in readines for store and how â—ou shall make them and they are these Unguentum Aegyptiacum Album camphoratuÌ„ Populeon Mel saporis Dialthaea Arregon Martiatum Agrippa Tutia Spleneticum And first of Aegyptiacum THis unguent doth scoure and mundifie all rotten ulcers and is best used scalding hot for then the usuall paine and corrosion it procureth wil be the sooner past over in like manner it is to be used in any venomous wounds made either with poysoned shot or bitten with mad dogs or any other venomous creature or in great contused wounds wherein for preventing them from the feare of a gangrene it excelleth it serveth also to be used alone or mixed with any lotion for ulcers of the mouth or throat especially in the scurvy This unguent dryeth vehemently and is abstersive of temperament hot and dry and is made as followeth â„ž Eruginis five drams Mellis fourteen drams Aceti fortis seven drams Boyle them altogether to an oyntment thick and red Album Camphoratum THe white oyntment with Campheire is good to coole and heale any hot moyst pustles it cureth excoriation of the skin in any place but chiefly in the yard betwixt glans and praputium it also healeth burnings and scaldings very well and is good to be applyed to any painfull ulcer for it asswageth paine and healeth well it is cold avodine molificative and attractive It is made as followeth â„ž Olei Rosati nine ounces Cerussae bonae in aqua rosarum lotae 3 ounces Cerae albae two ounces Make it into an oyntment according to Art if you will have it with Camphire then adde to this proportion of Camphire two drams Vnguentum Populeon THis Oyntment serveth well to asswage the paines of the Scurvy by annoynting the parts grieved therewith it asswageth paine in any part of the body and it easeth the dolour of a caustick medicine by being applied cold upon a plegent to the place grieved It procures sleepe in Fevers if you annoynt the temples palmes of the hands and soles of the feet therewith it is cold and moyst and is made as followeth â„ž Occulorum populi arboris one pound and halfe Recentium one pound and halfe Axungiae porcinae recentis insulsae three pounds Beat the buds and macerate them in the greace untill such time as you may get these herbs following Foliorum papaveris nigri Mandragorae Cimarum rubri tenerimarum Foliorum hyosciami of each three ounces Solavi of each three ounces Lactucae of each three ounces Vermicularis of each three ounces Sedi seu sempervivi majoris of each three ounces Violarum of each three ounces Umbilici Veneris of each three ounces Burdanae of each three ounces Beat them all and mingle them with the fat and buds and so let them stand ten dayes then powre to them a pint of Rosewater and boyle them with a gentle fire until the water and all the Liquor be consumed coole it a little and strayne it and if need bee boyle it againe untill it come to an ointment In want of Mandrake take a double quantity of Henbane Unguentum Dialthaea THE Unguent of Draschaea or Marshmallows is good against all paines of the breast of a cold cause and against the plurisie it warmeth mollifieth and comforteth all parts of the body which are evill disposed through cold infirmities it is good against stiffenes and paines in the joints in the scurvey It is good for cut nerves paines in the sides and hardnesse of the sinewes and is resolutive and is thus made â„ž Radicum altheae two pounds Sem. Lini Faenugraeci of each one pound Scillae pulpae halfe a pound Olei foure pounds Cerae one pound Terebinthinae of each two ounces Gummi hederae of each two ounces Galbani of each two ounces Colophoniae Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Let the Roots be well washed and bruised as also the Fenugreeck seed Linseed and sea Onion
and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
being applyed upon Lint it is given in pills against the French pox but not without great danger unlesse it be done with good advise Quicksilver IT corrodeth killeth Lice and Nits and also the itch woundeth the intestines suppresseth urine swelleth the body hurteth the stomach and belly resolveth penetrateth and purgeth Lapis medicamentosus THis stone being dissolved one ounce of it in a pint of Rain-water or River-water not Well-water and filtered from the dregs so as it remain cleare and so wash any old sore with it morning and night and a linnen cloth wet in it and layed upon it and it will heale it in what part soever it be it stayes all defluxions cleanseth and comforteth the part affected it fastens the teeth and keeps the gums from putrifaction it is good for rednesse and heat in the eyes or humours if the corners of the eyes be moystened with a feather it taketh away St. Anthonies fire Shingles c. if a cloth wet in it be layd upon them and renewed as soone as it is dry it heals the scabs of the hands or body it they be washed at night it is good against the Cancer in the breast or mouth or any ulcers of the mouth or throat being gargarised it dryes Blisters or wheales on the feet it heals all sorts of burninqs if a cloth wet in it be layd upon them it is thus made â„ž Vitrioli virid one pound Vitrioli albi halfe a pound Alumnis one pound and halfe Salis nitri of each three ounces Salis communis of each three ounces Salis Tartari Absinthii Artimesiae Chicoriae Persicariae Plantaginis of each halfe an ounce Put the mall into a new earthen pot and put to them a little Rose Vinegar and boyle them on a gentle coale fire ever stirring them untill they begin to grow thick then adde Venice Cerusse halfe a pound Bole armeny foure ounces Mingle them well together until it grows to the hardnesse of a stone then let it coole and break the pot and take it out and keep it to your use If you will put in gummes as Myrrh and Frankinscense you must boyle them very gently lest they burn and the strength vanish away Burnt Coperas IS made as burnt Alom is of any sort of Coperas and is used to abate spungy flesh in ulcers and also in all restrictive powders for staying of fluxes and it helpeth well with other fitting Simples to cicatrize and also in lotions and gargarismes it is of good use Honey ENglish Honey being yellow the favour and odour pleasant sharp pure sincere cleare fast or stiffe yielding little scum in decoction is good and very profitable for those that are coctive as also for the stomack if one drinke it with water it helpeth the bladder and reines it is good for the eyes it mundifieth openeth and healeth as for burnings and scaldings it cureth them without scar and is very good to heale ulcers of the eares Beane meale IS cold and moyst dissolveth all swellings is very good for ulcers evils and blastings of the genitors and taketh away inflammation of womens paps made into a poult is with beer and vinegar it helpeth the swelling of the legs Barley meale IT is cold and dry in the first degree dissolveth hot and cold tumors digesteth softeneth and ripeneth hard swellings stoppeth the lask and humours falling into the joynts discusseth wind is good against the scurfe and leprosie and allayeth the inflammations of the Gout Wheat flowre IS hot in the first degree stoppeth spitting of bloud distillations of subtil humours helpeth the cough and roughnesse of the sharp artery dissolveth tumors and cleanseth the face from Lentils and spots appeaseth hunger and thirst and is the principall naturall upholder of the life and health of man Mill-dust MIll-dust is used in compositions to stay fluxes of bleeding wounds Wheat-bran IS good against the scurfe itch and spreading scab dissolveth the beginnings of hot swellings doth swage and slake the hard swellings of womens breasts and the decoction thereof is singular good to cure the painful exulcerations in the intrails given by Clysters Of the Crows-bills Catch-bullets and Terebellum THese Instruments are used severally to draw out bullets arrow-heads broken bones pieces of Armour or Mail or whatsoever else of unnatural things gotten into any part of mans body In the use of them great care and respect must be had not to use extreme violence on the sudden to draw out the offending thing for it is not alwayes necessary to draw it out by the way of the first wound but perhaps it may with far lesse danger be thrust quite through the member and taken out on the other side Sometimes a bullet or arrow-head may be fixed in a bone or between bones and then it is far better not to move it then to offend the part wherein it is lodged or setled for in such cases oftentimes nature doth better cast it forth then the Artist can devise to do Incision-sheers THis Instrument is to dilate and inlarge the orifice of a wound for divers respects though many instead thereof do use the Incision-knife yet upon several occasions you shall finde the Incision-sheers to be needful and necessary The Scrue-probe IS an Instrument as long again as an ordinary probe made to unscrue in the middle and is used where the small probe is too short to make sufficient probation Dismembring-knife THis Instrument is used in dismembring as namely to amputate or cut any offensive part or member in mans body I mean the fleshy parts or whatsoever else may be incised close to the bone or between the bones the better to make way for the same having alwayes in a readinesse an Incision-knife to cut asunder in all places as the knife cannot come at Of the Trafine THis Instrument was first devised by Mr. John Woodal a very learned man whom I do chiefly follow in the method of this Book as I have declared in my Preface and is of more use then the Trapan as I have divers times experienced and I use it according to the said Mr. Woodals direction in his book which because it is not in every place therefore I shall rehearse his own words whereby the Artist may finde the use of it and by practise come to gain more knowledge of it It is first to be considered that the pinne thereunto belonging which is in the middest of the head being placed truly in the Center be artificially made of good steel and that it be triangular also that it be sharp each way well pointed and stand fast in the instrument and also that it stand no lower but alwayes somewhat higher then the circumferent teeth of the head of that instrument do for because the said pinne in the center guideth the circumferent tooth-headed-saw to the beginning of the work and in the agitating and moving the Trafine with the hand to and fro in this work the said pin may first take hold ere the teeth of
Bdellium Ammoniacum 3 The putrifaction for there is no wound without accidents but is subject to putrifaction as wormes and evill flesh growing up which is taken away and hindred by those things which doe so greatly consolidate at the mastick myrthe and the like 4 That the part be preserved from filth sands dry scales cramp convulsion Rupor and the like accidents which is done through the strength of the minerallâ— to wit the Litharge and Lead Antimony Cerase Merchasâ—e Calaminaris and the like And so much comming concerning Paâ—â—â—elsi Diacalciteos or Diapalma IS an Emplaister that mitigateth paine and is a good defensative against all venemous humours and is used last in wounds and ulcers to induce a cicatrice which it is very good for also it hath a very good quality to asswage the pain in the small of the back proceeding from distempered kidneyes comming of a hot cause as well concerning the stone and gravell as in the gonorrhea and dissolved or relented with oyle of roses or elders or of linseed it is a very good medicine to heale burnings and scaldings I doe use it in fractures after the first opening covering the member at least two hands breadth upon the fracture with the Emplaister spread upon cloth and in great inflammation in summer time I doe dissolve it in oyle of roses and so apply it to the fracture it is thus made â„ž Axungiae porcinae insulsae vetustae à membranis purgatae two pounds Olei veteris argenti spumae ritae cretae of each three pounds Chalcitidis ustae levigatae foure ounces Make it after this manner First boyle the litharge oyle and fat a good while ever stirring it with an oaken sticke newly cut and the skin peeled off and when it is grown thicke then take it from the fire and put in the white vitrioll in want of true Chalcites and work and incorporate them wel together and thou shalt have a good Emplaister which mus be cooled and made up in rowles Emplaister of Bettony IS an especiall plaister for wounds in the head It is good in greene wounds and ulcers in any part of the body It mitigateth inflammation It detergeth agglutinateth and incarneth and also cicatrizeth and is thus made â„ž Succi Bettonicae Of each one pound Plantaginis Of each one pound Appii Of each one pound Cerae Of each halfe a pound Picis Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Terebinthinae Of each halfe a pound Boyle the Wax and Rosin in the juices alwayes stirring them untill the juices be wasted then adde the Teribint and Pitch incorporating them well by stirring Emplaistrum Griseum or of Lapis Calaminaris THis Emplaister I doe commonly use in healing Ulcers which are hard to be cicatrized and it is marvelous good in curing Buboes as well Veneriall as Pestilentiall It is also the most incarnative of any Emplaister that is in use The composition is after this manner â„ž Lapidis calaminaris prae one ounce Lithargyri two ounces Caerussae halfe an ounce Tutiae one dramme Terebinthinae six drammes Cerae albae one ounce and halfe Sevi cervini two ounces Thuris electi five drammes Mastiches three drammes Myrrhae two drammes Caphurae one dramme and halfe Cerae Sevi Cervini as much as will serve of each to reduce the rest of the ingredients into forme of an emplaister Of the compound Mellilot Emplaister THis Emplaister is good in green wounds for it draweth and healeth well also it attracteth and bringeth forward a cold apostume and the Emplaister Mellilot Simplex which is made of the juice of Mellilot Camomile and Wormwood with Rosin Turpentine and Wax is an especiall secret and the best and onlyest thing I ever knew in curing kybed heeles and chilblaines either broken or before they are broken I doe use it often upon gun-shot wounds to keepe the orrifice open and to warme and comfort the part The compound Emplaister is made as followeth â„ž Florum Meliloti six ounces Florum Camomeli Of each three drammes Seminis Faenugraeci Of each three drammes Baccaram Lauri Of each three drammes Radicum altheae Of each three drammes Majoranae Of each three drammes Comarum absinthii Of each three drammes Sem. appii Of each one dram and halfe Ireos Of each one dram and halfe Cyperi Of each one dram and halfe Spicae nardi Of each one dram and halfe Cassiae ligneae Of each one dram and halfe Sem. ameos Of each one dram and halfe Amoniaci ten drams Styracis calamitae Of each five drams Bdellii Of each five drams Terebinthinae one ounce and halfe Ficuum pinguium N. twelve Sevi Hircini Of each two ounces and halfe Resinae Of each two ounces and halfe Cerae six ounces Olei Sampsuchini nardini Of each as much as shall suffice â„ž Meliloti novi Of each as much as shall suffice Fenugraeci Of each as much as shall suffice Camomeli shall suffice Boyle them in two pound of water to the halfe then straine them and put to the Liquor those of the former ingredients finely powdred which are to be beaten adding the roots and Figs first boyled and pulped then boyle them againe continually stirring them lest they burne lastly adde your Oyles Turpentine Wax Fat and Rosin all first melted together and the gums dissolved in vinegar and so boyle them altogether a little incorporating them well with your spatula Of Dyachilon parvum THis Emplaister is very good to dissolve schirrhous tumours of the Liver spleen reins belly or else where as the composition will shew being all of molifying and discussing ingredients it serveth generally for hot or cold causes but chiefly for hot It is much used to womens brests in childbed when they desire to dry up their milke being spread upon linnen cloth and applyed over all the brest and towards the armepit It is thus compounded â„ž Mucilaginis Faenugraeci Of each 1 pound Sem. Lini Of each 1 pound Rad. Altheae Of each 1 pound Olei veteris clari three pound Lithargyri one pound and halfe Let the Litharge be finely beaten and put to the Oyle and boyled with a gentle fire stirring it wel with a splatter until they bee wel mixed take them from the fire and let them coole a while then powre into the pan your mucilages and mingle them well and boyle them to an Emplaister of good consistence Dyachilon magnum with gummes THis Diachylon dissolveth maturateth and mollifieth hardnesses and is principally good in apostumes and is compounded after this manner â„ž Lithargyri auri tenuissime pulverissat one pound Olei Irini Of each eight ounces Avethini Of each eight ounces Camomelini Of each eight ounces Mucilaginis rad Altheae Of each 12 drams and halfe Sem. lini Of each 12 drams and halfe Fenugraeci Of each 12 drams and halfe Uvarum passarum Of each 12 drams and halfe Caricarium pinguium Of each 12 drams and halfe Icthyocollae Of each 12 drams and halfe Succi Ireos Of each 12 drams
an ounce Cyclaminis of each halfe an ounce Boyle them to the consumption of the juices and then adde these things following Ammoniaci aceto soluti two drams and halfe Pinguedinis gallinae of each halfe an ounce Medullae cruris vituli of each halfe an ounce Oesypi of each halfe an ounce Corticum rad tamarisci of each one dram capparum of each one dram Ceterach of each one dram Rad. filicis of each one dram Pulv sem Agnicasti of each one scruple Genistae of each one scruple Cerae as much as will serve to make them up in the forme of an Unguent These are all Unguents very necessary for a Surgeon to have continually in store for with these he may be able through his owne practice to dresse any wound from the first to the last Next wee wil looke what Oyles are fitting to be had and those I conceive may be such as follow that is Oyle of Roses THis Oyle is avodine and doth refrigerate and corroborate and therefore is good against hot diseases as Erysepilas c. also with Mel Rosarum it is a good balme for wounds in the head and elsewhere and hath divers other worthy uses in Chyrurgery and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound In the which you shal infuse foure ounces of red Roses gathered blowne and stamped in a mortar in a glasse vessel and set them in the Sun for seven or eight dayes then boyle it a little and straine it and adde as many more Roses and Sunne and straine them as you did the former shaking them every day do thus three severall times but let the last infusion stand forty dayes in the Sunne and then you may either set them up so or straine them out which you will Oyle of Dill IS avoydine and comforting it concocteth crude tumours causeth sleep mitigateth the head-ach refresheth the wearied members strengthneth the sinewes discusseth winde is profitable for Convulsions and asswageth aches easeth paines and hath many other good uses and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound Flowers and leaves of Dill foure ounces Make three severall infusions as you did your Roses to the last infusion you shall put foure ounces of the juice of Dill and boyle the Oyle gently until the juice be consumed Oyle of Camomile OYle of Camomile resolveth moderately and calefieth by annoynting the parts grieved it is good for the Collick Stone wearinesse and for Aches Feavers and for all other things with the former it is also very convenient in Clysters for all gripings and torsions of the guts and yieldeth grtat comfort to the intrayles by the good odour and warmth thereof It is made by infusion forty dayes with the flowers and oyle olive as before you did your Dill. Oyle of Wormes THis oyle of Earth-wormes helpeth the aches of the joints in any part of the body and doth strengthen and comfort well the sinewes weakned and pained and is good against convulsions and cramps and is also a good balme for wounded sinewes and is made as followeth â„ž Vermium terrestâ—ium halfe a pound wash them well in white wine and then put to them Olei communis two pounds Vini eight ounces Boyle them in a well gâ—afed vessell untill the wine be consumed then strain it and put it up Oyle of Lillies THis oyle doth moderately warme and resolve asswageth paine mollifieth hard tumors doth much mitigate the violence of diseases and is very effectuall against paines of the breast and stomacke and allayeth all the inordinate heat of the reins and bladder and is good with other unctious things to be used to anoint the lower parts of women in travell it is made as your former oyles of Lillie flowers and oyle but the yellow spikes in the middest of the flowers must be throwne away Oyle of Rue IS good for the paine in the knees and greines for the gowt paine of the head and midriffe sprung from a hot and dry cause It warmes and comforts the bladder matrice and sides and helps their griefes and is made of rue bruised and oyle olive as oyle of roses is made Oyle of Pepper OYle of pepper is good in any cold griefe of the nerves as the palsie cramp convulsion trembling and luxation it helpeth the falling sicknesse hip-gowt and paines in the joints it easeth the paines of rhe backe and cholicke opens obstructions and wonderfully helpes the matrice by calefying it and drying up the humidity therof it helpeth the cold griefes of the fundament the diseases of the kidneyes and bladder and breakes the stone and is made as followeth â„ž Piperis longi of each three drammes Nigri of each three drammes Albi of each three drammes Myrobal Chebularum of each five drammes Belliricarum of each five drammes Emblicarum of each five drammes Indarum of each five drammes Rad. Apii of each three drammes and halfe Faeniculi of each three drammes and halfe Sagapeni of each two drammes and halfe Opoponacis of each two drammes and halfe Ammoniaci of each two drammes and halfe Hyosciami of each two drammes and halfe Turpeti two drammes Zinziberis th ee drammes Surculorum Thymi recencium of each one handfull Rutae viridis of each one handfull steepe them according to Art in sufficient quantity of Aquavitae and oyle of walflowers two pound then boyle them to the consumption of the Aqua vitae Oyle of Fox THis Oyle is good for paine in the joints gowt sciatica and cureth the ache of the kidneyes and backe and is compounded after this maner â„ž The fattest Fox you can get of a middle age and well hunted and newly kild and garbish him quickly and fley him and cut him in small pieces and break all his bones well then boyle him in White wine and Spring water six pound Let him boyle thus untill halfe the liquor bee wasted very well scumming it at the first boyling then put into the vessell Olei antiqui dulcissimi four pounds Salis communis three ounces Florum salviae Thymi of each one pound Then boyle it againe untill almost all the water be consumed and then powre into it eight pound of water wherein hath beene well boyled one good handful of Dill and another of Time then boyle them altogether her with an easie fire untill all the water be wasted then straine it and separate the oyle from the moysture and keep it for thy use Oyle of Castoreum THE oyle of Castoreum or Beaver-cod is good in all cold affects of the braine and nerves if you anoint the backe bone with it it will cure the extreame shaking of Agues it avayleth much in the palsie cramp convulsions and all joint ache the composition is as followeth â„ž Castorei Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Of each three drams Galbani Of each three drams Euphorbii Of each three drams Cassiae ligneae Of each three drams Croci Of each three drams Opoponacis Of each three drams Carpobalsami sive cubebara Of each three drams Spicae nardi Of each
mention It is thus made â„ž Of good white Claret Wine or Sack which is not sowre nor musty nor otherwise corrupt that quantity which may serve to fill the vessell wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the nose or pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pintes out of foure and twenty then distill it againe in B. M drawing another third part which is two pintes so that the oftener you distill it the lesse Liquor you have but the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times Of Syrups And first Of Syrup of Wormwood THis Syrup corroborates the stomach helpeth concoction causeth an appetite discusseth wind openeth the veins moves urine and killeth worms and is thus made â„ž Absinthii romani sive pontici half a pound Rosarum rubratum two ounces Spicae Indicae three drams Vini albi antiqui generosi of each two pounds and half succi cydoniorum of each two pounds and half Macerate them in an earthen vessel four and twenty hours then boyl them until half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a syrup Syrup of Lymons THe Syrup of Lymons is cordial and refrigerating it doth please and profit the appetite and comforteth all that are sick of the pestilence or continual and contagious Feavers as also all diseases on which exceeding great heat attendeth it cheareth up the heavy heart and dispelleth sorrow therefrom and against all obstructions of the spleen it is a good help and also well approved in the cure of the Scurvy It is made as followeth â„ž Juice of Lymons purified by going through a wollen strayner without crushing 7 pounds White-sugar five pound Boyl them with a soft fire to a syrup Syrup of Poppies SYrup of White-poppies hath an astringent quality it procureth sleep helpeth the cough hindreth the humors which distill from the head into the throat causing a tickling and is of precious use against the palsey if it be used in the beginning thereof It is made thus â„ž Capitum cum seminibus of each fifty drams papaveris albi nigri of each fifty drams Capillorum veneris fifteen drams Glycyrhicae five drams Jujubarum in number thirty Sem. lactucae forty drams Sem. malvae cydoniorum in linteo raro ligatorum of each one dram and half Boyl them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pounds of liquor put of Penidiorum sacchari of each one pound Boyl them to a syrup Syrup of Roses solutine THis Syrup is used as a gentle safe purge both to old young when they are molested either with burning or pestilent Feavers or any ho distemper of the body and is thus made â„ž Of Damask-roses one pound Fair water four pound Infuse them together then strain them and adde as many fresh Roses do this nine times then take of the last infusion six pound Sugar four pound Boyl it according to Art to a syrup Syrup of Violets THis Syrup doth break the acrimonie of melancho y tempereth the heat of the bowels bringeth down the belly by purging it helpeth the diseases of the throat as hoarsness and the dry cough and is a chief aid to the curing inflammations of the breast it helpeth the plurifie and quencheth the thirst in Feavers being put in cooling Juleps and is cordial It is thus made â„ž Violet flowers picked one pound Spring water hot one pound and half Or a sufficient quantity Put them in an earthen vessel glazed and close covered and let them infuse four and twenty hours then strain them hard take of this liquor one pound White-sugar two pound Mingle them and dissolve the Sugar with a continual equal heat and put it up for your use Oxymel simple OXymel simple is of great use for the cure of inflammations of the lungs and throat helpeth expectoration and difficult breathing cutteth and attenuateth thick and slimy humors purgeth the entrails without trouble and is good both in cold and hot affections and is made as followeth â„ž Of the best Aromatick-honey dispumed four pound Clear spring-water and of the best vinegar of each two pound Boyl them according to Art untill they come to a liquid syrup but take heed you boyl it not too much lest you spoil the taste Diamoron THis syrup is profitable in gargarismes against the eating ulcers of the mouth it cutteth away phlegme and cleanseth the mouth and throat and by reason of the pleasant taste thereof it is the more comfortable to the diseased It is made after this maner â„ž Succi mororum celsi rubri immaturorum of each one pound and half Mellis two pound Boyl them with an easie fire to the thickness of honey Syrup of Sloes SYrup of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the stomach stoppeth Fluxes healeth the excoriations of the intrails and is made with the Pulpe of sloes and sugar Hony of Roses HOny of Roses strengtheneth and cleanseth the stomack purgeth clammy humours helpeth concoction with the temperate heat thereof allayeth and stoppeth hot fluxes the phlegmone of the mouth gums and jaws it is singular good with Oyle of Roses for wounds in the head and putting to them some Aqua vitae makes them good to heal wounds in the joynts where the joynt water gleereth out It is made as followeth â„ž pure white Honey dispumed ten pounds Fresh juice of red Roses one pound Put them into a skillet and when they begin to boyle throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked foure pounds and boyle them until the juice be wasted alwayes stirring it then straine it and put it up in an earthen pot Conserves And first of Conserve of red Roses THe Conserve of red Roses is good for the heart and head strengthneth and comforteth both as also the bowels mitigating their heat and stoppeth fluxions and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few drops of Oyle of Vitrioll be mixed therewith but beware of too much and is thus made â„ž Of red Rose leaves not fully blowed all the withered and corrupt leaves clipped away two pounds White sugar six pounds Put your leaves and halfe your sugar into a stone mortar and beat them til they be almost enough then put in the rest of the sugar and beat it up to a Conserve Conserve of Rosemary flowers OR Conserve of Anthos hath great force in comforting the brain and coroborating the sinnews and it is given with good successe in the falling sicknesse Apoplexy Lethargy dead and shaking palsey and is made as the Conserve of Roses is Conserve of Borage flowers THis Conserve is a great cordiall comforting the heart and all the vitalls it makes a man merry glad and chearfull and chaseth away all heavy sadnesse and dull melancholly and is made of Borage flowers picked and sugar as the former Conserve