Distill all these together with a little Vrine of a Man childe and a little Frankincense and drop it into the Eyes at Night A Water for a Sore Mouth 8 R. Red Fennell red Sage Daisie rootes Woodbine leaves ana m. i. Roche Allome Ê’ i. English Honey one spoonfull boile them together in a pinte of Water and wash the mouth therewith A precious Water for Sore Legs and for the Canker in the Mouth or any other place 9 R. Of Woodbine leaves Ribwort Plantaine Abinte ana m. i. English Honey purified three spoonfulls Roche Allome a quantity put all these into a quantity of running Water and let it seethe to a Pottle or lesse then keepe the Water in a pure Earthen vessell well glased and wash the Sore therewith twice a day A Water for a Canker 10 R. The Barke of an Elder tree Sorrell Sage ana beate them and straine them and temper the Iuice with White Wine and wash the Sore therewith A Water to take away Pimples or Heate in the Face 11 R. A spoonfull of burnt Allome and put it into a sawcerfull of good white Wine Vinegar and stir it well together and when you goe to bed dip a linnen Cloth in the Vinegar and wet your Face therewith and it will dry up the Wheales and take away Rednesse A Water for to cleare the Face 12 R. Limons n. ii slice them and steepe them in a pinte of Conduite water let them infuse foure or five daies close covered then straine them and dissolve in the Water the quantity of a Hasell Nut of Sublimate some hold a Dram a good proportion finely powdered let the Patient wet a Cloth therein and rub her face every Morning and Evening untill the hewe doe please her you may make the same stronger or weaker as you please A Water for the Morphewe 13 R. White Wine Vinegar q. i. Distill it to a pint then put therein Egges with the shels n. ii râ—d Docke rootes scraped and sliced n. ii three spoonfulls of the flower of Brimstone so let it stand three dayes before you use it you must tye a little Wheat Bran in a Cloth and wash therewith Night and Morning nine daies together Another Water for the same 14 First to bring the Morphewe out R. every Morning fasting the quantity of a Nut of Treacle either in Strawberry or Fumetary water for nine or ten Mornings together Then R. Sulphur vivum â„¥ ss and as much Camphire finely beaten and searced infuse both in a pinte of the strongest white Wine Vinegar shake it twice or thrice for one day then use it to rub the place tainted A Water for heate in the Face and to cleare the Skin 15 R. The Iuice of Limons and therein dissolve common Salt and with a Cloth wet your Face when you goe to bed A Water to preserve the Face young a great while 16 R. Of Sulphur vivum â„¥ i. white Olibanum â„¥ ii Myrrhe â„¥ ii Ambre Ê’ vi make them all into fine powder and put them into one pound of Rosewater and distill them in Balneo Mariae and keepe the Water in a close vessell when you would use it wet a linnen Cloth therein and wash the Face before you goe to bed and in the Morning wash it with Barley water or Spring water The Water of Beane flowers Lillie flowers Water Lillies distilled Milke distilled Water of young Whelpes are good to wash the face and procure it lovely A Water to make the face Smooth and Lovely 17 R. Of Cowes Milk lib. ii Oranges and Limons ana n. iiii of the whitest and purest Sugar and Roche Allome ana â„¥ i. distill them together let the Limons and Oranges be cut into slices and infused in the Milke adding the Sugar and Allome then distill them all in Balneo Mariae and you shall have an excellent Water to wash the Face and about bed time you shall cover your face with clothes dipped therein Another for the same 18 R. Snails gathered in a Vineyard Iuice of Limons the flowers of white Mullaine mixed together in equall proportion with a like quantity of the Liquor contained in the Bladders of Elme leaves distilled all together is very good for the same purpose Also this 19 R. The crummes of white Bread lib. iiii Beane flowers white Roses flowers of water Lillies and Flower de luce ana lib. ii Cowes Milke lib. vi Egges nu viii of the purest Vinegar lib. i. distill them all in an Alimbeck of Glasse and you shall have a most excellent Water to wash your Hands and Face Another 20 R. A live Capon and the Cheese newly made of Goates Milke and Limons n. iiii Egges n. vi Cerus washed in Rose water â„¥ ii Boras â„¥ i. ss Camphire Ê’ ii Water of Beane flowers lib. iiii infuse them all for the space of foure and twenty houres and then distill them in a Limbeck of Glasse Also take Mutton bones severed from the flesh by boiling beate them and boile them in Water and when they are well boiled take them from the fire and when the Water is cold gather the fat that swims upon it and therewith anoint your Face when you goe to bed and wash it in the Morning with the formerly prescribed Water A Water for Rednesse and Pimples in the Face which for the Milky whitenesse is called Virgins Milk 21 R. Litharge of Gold â„¥ ii Cerus and common Salt ana â„¥ ss Vinegar and Plantaine water ana â„¥ ii Camphire Ê’ ss steepe the Litharge and Cerus severally in Vinegar for three houres and the Salt and Camphire in what Water you please and like best for your purpose then Filter them both severally and mixe them so Filtered when as you would use them To make a pretious Water 22 R. Cloves Cinamon ana â„¥ i. Mastick Mace Camphire ana â„¥ ii beate all these to fine Powder and let them stand in sixe spoonfull of good white Wine Vinegar the space of foure and twenty houres then put it into a Pottle of good Rose water and so let it stand two dayes in some warme place then put thereto three quarters of a pound of good hard Sugar and distill it with a gentle fire This Water is pleasant and good for the mouth it preserveth the Gums and scoureth the Pallate and keepeth white the Teeth and free from all corruption it maketh sweet the breath being gargarized in the Mouth wash the Face and Hands therewith and it will cleare the skin and adde much beauty to them and if you sprinkle a toste of wheaten Bread with three or foure drops of this Water and eate it a few Nights together last to bedward it will make the breath very sweet To make Aqua mirabilis 23 R. Galingale Cloves Quibibes Ginger Mellilot Cardemony Maces Nutmegs anaÊ’ i. of the Iuice of Celandine â„¥ viii powder the Spices and mingle them with the Iuice and adde thereto Aqua vitae one pinte and white Wine three pintes then put them all in a Stillatory
of Glasse and let them infuse all Night and in the Morning distill it with an easie fire This Water helpeth much the Lungs and healeth them if they be much wounded or perished it suffereth not the Blood to putrifie so that there shall be no need of Phlebotomy it is good against Phlegme and Melancholy and expelleth Rheume mightily and purgeth the Stomack it comforteth youth in his owne estate and gendreth a good colour and conserveth their Visage and Memory it destroyeth the Palsey of the Liver and Tongue and if the said Water be given to a man or woman labouring towards death one spoonfull relieveth of all Waters artificiall this is counted the best and in the Summer use once a weeke fasting the quantity of a spoonfull and in Winter as much more A Water for a Canker in the Mouth 24 R. The inner barke of an Elder tree and boile it with white wine Vinegar then straine it and put into it a good quantity of Honey and a race of Ginger grated boile them together a pretty while then take a Cloth and wash the Mouth therewith and it will heale the Canker A Water for sore Eyes 25 R. A good handfull of yong red Fennel as much Eyebright Sugar candy the quantity of a Walnut as much white Coperas as a Beane boile all these in a pint of running Water till halfe be consumed in a well leaded Earthen Vessell then straine it and let it settle then put the clearest into a Glasse and drop it into your Eyes as you have need For sore Eyes 26 R. An Egge and roste it hard then cleave it and take out the Yolke and fill the hole with white Coperas and presse it hard in a cleane Cloth and wash your Eyes with the Water A Water for a Webb or Pearle in the Eye 27 R. Strong Eysell or Vinegar and put it in a vessell of Brasse with black Sloes of the hedge Lead and Wormwood and let them stand well covered nine or ten daies then draine out the Water and keep it to your use and when you have occasion put a drop into the corner of the Eye To make Eysell 28 R. A quantity of Beane flower and knead it with Vinegar and bake it then take it out of the Oven and wash it all over with Vinegar and bake it againe doe thus twice or thrice and when it is well soked with Vinegar put it into Wine and it will turne it into Eysell A precious Water for dimnesse of Sight 29 R. Roche Allome and powder it small and put it into a quantity of faire running Water and let it stand an houre to dissolve then put a little Brasse pot into the Earth to the brim and cover it with a cleane linnen Cloth and let the Water with Allome run through the Cloth into the pot and then put to it a little quantity of Quicksilver to a pinte of Water halfe an ounce and alwaies keepe it covered then put another little vessell on the top of the Cloth and make in it a little easie fire with Coales for an houre then put this Water in a Glasse and put away the Quicksilver and with this Water anoint the Eyes A Water for the Humour which falls into the Eyes 30 R. Of red Rose water â„¥ vi white Wine â„¥ vi Eye-bright water â„¥ vi Lapis TutiaeÊ’ iii. Aloes Epaticke Ê’ iii. fine white Sugar powdered Ê’ iiii put all these in a Glass with a narrow mouth and Sun them for one Moneth and shake them once or twice a day make it in the hottest time of the yeare A Drinke to purge away Gravell breeding in the Kidnies 31 R. Greene Parseley white Saxifrage Pairestone hearbe Ashen leaves ana m. i. Eringoe Rootes m. ii sliced and pound beate all together in a Mortar and boile them with sixe Gallons of Ale or Beere wort as Beere and Ale is boiled then worke it as Beere and tunne it up in a vessell to draw out and after it hath stood three or foure dayes drinke a pinte every Morning only if it be too sharpe sweeten it with Sugar A Water to be used in extremity of the Stone when it stoppeth the Water 32 R. The small River fish called a Gudgin wash them cleane and boile them in Water with Parseley Harts tongue browne Fennell and Way-broad leaves till they be all to pieces then straine it upon a Table Napkin held between two men rubbing it up and down upon it till the Iuice be fully out set the Liquor on the fire and put therein a pennyworth of round Pepper two pennyworth of Sugar and a little sweet Butter boile it againe very well and give the Patient to drinke in extremity or take a little thereof Mornings and Evenings if the body be subject to Gravell A Water to destroy any Pearle or Webb or any Blood shotten in the Eyes 33 R. Of Maidenhaire Ground Ivy ana m. i. Archangell flowers a quarter of a handfull wash them and swing them cleane from the water and stampe them small and straine them with a little strong Ale and with a feather drop three or foure drops into the Eye three times a day at Morning Evening and Night A Water for the Stone 34 R. Halfe a Gallon of Milke from the Cow then take Saxifrage Parseley Pellitary of the Wall Mothertime greene Sage Radish rootes ana m. i. steepe them over Night and distill them in the Morning and take hereof vi spoonefulls as much white Wine and the third part of a Nutmeg rosted and drinke it in the Morning fasting Doctor Stevens his Aqua composita 35 R. A Gallon of Gascoigne wine Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cinamon Cloves Mace and Graines Aniseeds Fennell seeds and Carraway seeds anaÊ’ i. Sage red Mints red Rose leaves Time Pellitary of Spaine Rosemary wilde Time Camomill Lavender ana m. i. beate the Spices small bruise the hearbes letting them stand in the Wine twelve houres then distill them in a Limbeck and keepe the first Water by it self which will be about a pint then take the second Water which is good but not so good as the first This Water comforteth the Vitall spirits and cureth inward diseases engendred of cold and helpeth the Palsey the Contraction of Sinewes it maketh women apt for Conception and killeth Wormes in the body sendeth forth the Stone in the Bladder cureth the cold Cough and Toothache and calefieth a cold Stomack it is good against the Dropsie Stone in the Kidnies stinking Breath and preserveth youth and good colour very long if it be not used too often To procure Beauty and cleanse the Face or Hands 36 R. An olde Capon pluck him and take out his Garbage and make him very cleane within with a dry Cloth but wash him not then fill the body full of the Iuice and Meate of Limons then R. of Fennell m. i. Cloves nu xii bruised Camphire â„¥ i. lay your Camphire in water till it be dissolved then put one spoonfull of Water with all
the rest into the Capon then distil it in an Earthen distillatory and you shall have a precious Water A red Water to cure Vlcers 37 R. Of the Ashes of Ashe wood one Peck a Gallon and a halfe of water make thereof a Gallon of Lie put to it one Gallon of Tanowse not used with any Leather one pound of Madder crumbled smal into the Tanowse and roche Allome lib. ss boile these to the halfe upon a soft fire then let it run through a Canvasse bag and after you have washed the Sore therewith wet a Cloth therein and lay it upon the Sore it both cleanseth and healeth A Water to coole the Liver 38 R. Savory Endive Borage Sorrell ana m. i. Leekes Violet leaves Buglos Liverwort ana m. ss boile all these in running Water to the consumption of halfe then scum it and straine it then set it upon the fire againe and boile it gently and put thereto of Vinegar â„¥ ii as much Sugar as will make it pleasant to drink and keep it in a Violl for your use For sore Eyes 39 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris the quantity of a Walnut put it in the fire until it be red hot then quench it in a little white or Rhenish Wine and so doe for seven times then put it into a Marble morter and beate it exceeding small then put the same into sixe or eight spoonfulls of red Rose water in a small Glasse and take a little piece of a Spunge tyed to a thred and hang it in the Water and when you would use it shake it that the thicknesse in the bottome of the Glasse may run unto the Spunge then opening the Eye drop therein a drop or two out of the Spunge doe this two or three times a day and it will ease the Sorenesse and cure the Blood-shot A Water for a Sore Mouth to be made in May for all the yeare 40 R. Vnsett Hyssope Plantaine Violet leaves Cullumbine leaves Strawberry leaves Cinkefoile leaves Woodbine leaves red Rose leaves dryed ana m. i. a good piece of roche Allome burnt three spoonfulls of Hony a pottle of running Water bruise all the hearbes and put them into the Water and boile them in a Pipkin from a Pottle to a Quart then take blew Figs sliced in the middle nu ii put them into the Pipkin and cover it with a Paper and set it in the Sun foure or five daies or more and then straine it and put it into a Glasse A Water for a bruised Eye 41 R. The Iuice of Daisie rootes being cleane washed and dryed the Iuice of Fennell the white of an Egge well beaten ana Rose water a little temper all these together then take a little Pledget of Flaxe wet therein and lay on the Eye but first drop a drop or two of the Water into the Eye Another for dim Eyes 42 R. Ground Ivy Celandine Daisies ana Stampe them and straine them and put thereto a little Rose water and drop a little into the Eyes with a Feather It cureth Inflammations Spots Webs Itch Smarting or any other griefe in the Eyes To make Hydromell or Honied Water 43 R. Of Fountaine water lib. xv fine Honey lib. i. mixe all in one pot adding a little Fennell and a handfull of Eyebright tie all together with a thred and put it into the pot and let it seeth untill the third part of the Water be consumed and in the seething scumme it cleane To make a good Ptisan 44 R. A pot of Brasse or Earth and put therein a Gallon of faire water and one handfull of Hyssop and two spoonfulls of Honey then take Licoras â„¥ ss and beate it well and put it into the pot and boile them all together a quarter of an houre then straine it and let it stand untill it be cold and drinke thereof last when thou goest to bed and it will Coole and Moisten and drive the Phlegme from thy Stomack and profit thee very much A Water to heale any Sore Leg. 45 R. Running water one quart Allome roche as much as an Egge bay Salt a spoonfull or somewhat more if it be full of dead flesh Wheate flowre to the quantity of an Egge beate the white of an Egge the Flowre and bay Salt together and put it into the Water as it boileth with a branch of Rosemary stirring it continually In using this Water doe thus three times in the day wet Clothes and lay on the Wound in the Morning wet them with the Water to loosen them from the Sore and then dresse them and so againe at Noone and Night Water of Coperas 46 R. Coperas grinde it all to Powder then put a little Water to it and so let it stand a Day and a Night then straine it through a Cloth this Water is good for sore Eyes Canker in the Mouth and Noli me tangere For the Spots of the Morphew a Water 47 R. Foure Egges roste them hard and put them all broken into a pinte pot to a pinte of Vinegar and let it stand so three Dayes and three Nights well stopped and then cleanse it through a linnen Cloth and wash the Spots therewith till they be away To take away the roote of the Morphew 48 R. Of Fumetary m. viii Borage Scabious ana m. iiii bray them together in a Mortar and put thereto a Pottle of cleane Whey then straine them and set them on the fire till the scum rise then take it off and straine it and then set them over the fire againe and put thereto a good quantity of clarified Honey and boile them well together as long as any scumme will rise take hereof a good draught in a Morning An excellent Water to help Pimples in the Face and it is good for sore Eyes and Pearles in the Eyes or any Ache in the Head Shoulders or Knees 49 R. A pinte of white Wine white Coperas Ê’ ii Allome â„¥ ss Camphire and Brimstone anaÊ’ ii beate all these very small in a Mortar and then put it into the Wine and shake it all together halfe an houre and let it stand two dayes before you use it you may keepe it a whole yeare When you Bathe any Ache with it heat a little thereof in a Sawcer and with a Cloth bathe the Member at the fire A Drinke against the small Poxe or any Feaver 50 R. Of the herbe Scabious m. ss Figs dry nu vi Licoras â„¥ ss slice them and boile them in a pinte of Springwater to the consumption of halfe then adde a penniworth of Saffron hereof take three spoonfulls in the Morning warme A Drinke against the Plague Poxe Measells and other infectious Diseases 51 R. Three pintes of Malmesey and boile therein of Sage and Rue ana m. i. till one pinte be wasted then straine it and set it on the fire againe and put thereto one penniworth of long Pepper halfe an ounce of Ginger a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs all beaten together let it boile a little and
bigger then need shall require to get out the White from the Yolke which doe as cleane as cleane as may be and if the Yolke come out put it in againe then with a little sticke of wood ram the Egge as full of the best English Saffron as may be then cover the hole with the top of another Egge-shell and a litle white of an Egge so as nothing may breathe forth lay the Egge in an Oven when the Bread is newly drawne lay it upon a Potsheard or such like to keepe the shell from burning stop the oven close and let it lie untill the shell be browne and that the Saffron and Yolke be so well dryed as you may beat it to fine Powder first pill off the shell and cut the substance into two parts long wayes and if any part within it be not well dried you may dry it on a Chafingdish coals in a pewter dish untill it be well Then beat the said substance to fine Powder weight it and put therto as much white Mustard seed finely beaten as the Egge doth weigh Then take the roots of white Ditanie and Turmentill Ê’ ii the Powder of Myrrhe Harts-horne Nux vomica ana Ê’ i. the Powder of the rootes of Angelica wilde Burnet Iuniper berries Setwall and Camphire ana â„¥ ss mixe these all together being finely beaten weigh them all together and put them in a good large Iron or Stone Morter with as much of the purest and best Triacle Andromecha as all the said things doe weigh then worke and bray them together a good while then put into your Mortar to all the said things of the best and purest Honey clarified that you can get in this proportion if your Egge weighed an Ounce then one pound of Honey at the least more or lesse according to the proportion of your Egge or you may put as much Honey as all the said things doe weigh and bray and stirre all those things together for three houres at the least by a good Houreglasse Your Electuary being thus made put it into a Glasse or Gally pot close stopped set it not where heat or Sunne commeth to it and it will last thirty yeeres Give it to the Patient infected the quantity of a reasonable Walnut at the most and to a childe lesse as you shall thinke meet give it luke warme in Dragon or Cardus water distilled for want of these in white Wine If the infected brooke it not thus then in Sacke if he cast it give it him again in Sack and if he brook it not then the third time if then he cast it then God have mercy upon him few scape unlesse they brooke it and presently breake out in Sores and if he brooke it give him no more that night but the next day if need require give him halfe the said quantity as if the Sore be comming and doth not readily come forth let not the sicke drinke for two houres after let those that goe to the infected take as much as a little Hasell Nut and let him if he can drinke once in a weeke a good quantity of white Wine and Sallet Oyle aire Houses and Cloathes with Frankincense This is also good for such as are taken with some sudden fit being taken as last before An Electuary to purge Melancholy 8 R. Of Rubarbe Ê’ ii Agaricke Ê’ iii. Caraway seedes and Coriander prepared â„¥ ii Cummin prepared â„¥ i. Aniseedes â„¥ i. London Treacle â„¥ i. Sene â„¥ i. Muske gr ss Ambergreese gr i. Cinamon Ê’ ii Mirabolans Cebuli Mirabolans Embici ana â„¥ i. Ginger â„¥ i. Nutmegs â„¥ ii Mace â„¥ ii Diacridium â„¥ ii Powder Sugar and Rosewater as much as will serve to make a Sirrup to compound these Powders into the forme of an Electuary An Electuary for the Ptisicke 9 R. The roote of Enula Campana in May drie it and beat it small and put it in Vinegar untill it be soft then dry it againe and when it is dry boyle it to an Electuary with pure Honey and keepe it in a boxe to eate now and then the quantity of a Hasell Nut. Sirrups CHAP. XLII To make a most excellent Sirrup of Damaske Roses made by that worthy and famous Doctor Andreas de Languina a Spaniard and commonly used by the Princes of Spaine Germany Italy and France and by the best learned men in those Countries R. Of Damaske Roses gathered in the dew if it be possible lib. vi cut away all the white in the bottome then boyle of faire Spring water in a well glased pot with a narrow mouth lib. xviii and being sodden a little put in your Roses and stop them close the space of sixe houres then with your hands being cleane wring the Water from the Roses and then seeth the same water againe and put in as many fresh Roses as you did before and thus doe nine times till the Water be of the colour of the Roses and the very taste and savour of them then take of that Decoction lib. vi thus prepared and to it put of the finest Sugar lib. iiii and make thereof a Sirrup according to Art of which Sirrup you may give to a strong nature the quantity of â„¥ v. mixed with the Broth of a Henne sodden without Salt or else with Buglos Water this Sirrup purgeth without offending of the Stomacke with great gentlenesse better then either Rubarbe or Manna it will give twelve or fourteene stooles at a time of a very filthy humour whereby it eases all the heavie paines and loathsomnesse of the joynts and of the head and of the whole body and is the most pretious and wholesomest purge of all for it comforteth the stomacke refresheth the Liver and Heart and taketh away from them their superfluous humours When you have done as aforesaid you must clarifie it with the white of an Egge in this order let it boyle softly on the fire and then beat the whites of two or three Egges till they foame and put into the pot a spoonefull and as the skumme doth rise skumme it off a good pace till you have used all your Egges and no more skumme will rise when you have done all to the putting in of your Sugar you must see that your Panne or Pot be very cleane and let it seeth then put in your Egges as before and let it seeth untill it be thicke To make Sirrup of Vinegar simple 2 R. Of pure Spring water lib. iiii of white Sugar lib. v. boyle them untill they cast up a foame and halfe the Water be consumed then put to it of white Wine Vinegar lib. iii. and boyle them againe untill they come to a Sirrup This Sirrup is common to all humours and doth prepare them it digesteth Choler Phlegme and Melancholy and doth attenuate grosse humours by reason of the Vinegar it mitigateth the heate of Choler and asswageth the burning of Agues and Thirst and scoureth the passages of the Body that are stopped it provokes Vrine is an enemy to corruption
then keepe them cleane and from moulding untill Michaelmas that you make your Metheglin Saxifrage Egrimony Sentory Time browne Mints Rosemary Betony ana but of Saxifrage and Egrimony a greater quantity boile all these in Water untill it looke like Malmesey then take it from the fire and let it coole then take your poulst or combes wrought as it is and put into the Wort being blood warme temper them well together and let them run through a cleansing sieve and skumme the Waxe off very cleane then put in a new laid Hens Egge into the Wort and if it beare not the Egge put in more Combes untill it beare it then seethe it again three or foure walmes and skumme it cleane then take it off the fire and when it is cold put it into a Barrell and when it hath worked stop it up close To make Cider 14 Grinde your Apples or beate them small and straine them let the Liquor stand a while as you doe Wort then tunne it up and let not the Barrels be stopped untill it hath done working and casting out all the dregs then stop it up close if you will have it compounded with Spices you must boile such Spices in it as you have a minde to and then tun it as before Perry is made after the same manner with Peares An excellent way to wash Aloes 15 R. Of the best Aloes â„¥ ii put thereto a quarter of a pinte of the Iuice of damaske Roses and as much of the Sirrup of Violets two spoonefulls of Vinegar then set it in a warme Oven after the bread is drawne and let it so remaine untill it be dissolved then straine it hard through a faire Cloth and set it on faire Embers untill it be thicke like a Conserve stirring it divers times then R. Nutmegs Cinamon Ginger Cloves Mace Agaricke Cubebs ana one Duccate weight and as much Rubarbe bruise all these as you would for Ipocras and lay them in three quarters of a pinte of very good Muskadine three daies then straine it and after beate the Spices as small as you can and grinde them with the said Wine againe then straine it and wring it out as hard as you can then put your Wine to your Conserved Aloes and let it stand so long on warm Embers till it have drunke up all the Wine and is turned to a Conserve againe stirring it divers times then put it in a close Pot and keepe it for an excellent purging Pill to be taken once a weeke the quantity of a Beane made in Pills one houre before supper it doth cure the Headache comforteth the Stomack and hath many good and approved operations To make Lute sapientiae to lute the Receivers in distillations or to lute Pots in any decoction 16 R. Of Potters earth two parts Horse dung one part a little fine powdered Bricke and a little of the filings of Iron quick Lime with salt Water and the yolkes of Egges temper them very well together and use it If you wet a linnen Cloth in salt Water and let it dry of it selfe then wet it in the yolkes of Egges well beaten and lay it over with a little of the former lute thin and cover the pot the whites of Egges with Lime is also good 17 Bread and Honey eaten every Morning cureth a Consumption To make Honey of Roses 18 R. Of red Rose buds lib. ii of the best Honey lib. vi boile them according to art To know the vertues of hearbes in all Seasons Gather hearbes and leaves in March April May Flowers in May Iune Iuly August Seeds in September October November Rootes in December Ianuary February Preserves and Conserves CHAP. XLVI To preserve Cherries 1 GAther your Cherries in the morning and let them not be too ripe cut off the tops of the Stalkes and lay the Cherries in a pan upon a thin bed of Sugar to every pound of Cherries take a pound of Sugar and beate it very fine and ever as the Cherries boile up cast Sugar on them and scumme them not untill the scumme be ready to seethe over let them boile with a quick fire for so they will be the fairer you need not feare the breaking of them for as they coole they will close againe and seethe not above two pound at once the fewer the better and boile them rather too little then too much being sodden put them into a faire dish and let them stand till the next day and if there come any Water from them then seethe them a little more you must use a silver spoone about them which must be scoured very cleane for if you use either Ladle or knife that hath been used about flesh it will cause Mites to breed in your Cherries To preserve Quinces 2 Take Quinces and wipe them cleane and coare them into a faire platter that you may save the seeds then take cleare Conduit water and put it into a faire Earthen pot that is somewhat broad in the bottome that the Quinces may lie one by one then put in your Quinces with the Kernels and Ielly about them but no part of the Coares for it will make the Sirrup bitter then set them on the fire and let them seethe gently till the Quinces be soft and breake not then take them out and lay them in a faire dish and when they are cold pare them but let the Kernels and the Water seethe a while after the Quinces are out then take the Water and straine it cleane from the Kernels and to every pound of Quinces put a pinte of that Water and a pound of fine beaten Sugar and put the Sugar into the Liquor and stir it well untill the Sugar be melted then let it seethe and when it hath sodden a while and is scummed put in your Quinces and let them seethe very softly a good while till they be red for with long seething they will be red of themselves you must turn them often that they may be all of one colour and when you thinke they be red enough skin them cleane and when they be cold put them up To preserve Damsons Peareplums or any other kinde of Plummes 3 Gather your Damsons in a faire dry day and let them not be bruised but let them be ripe or else they will not be well coloured to every pound of Damsons take a pound of fine beaten Sugar and one spoonfull of Rosewater you must put your Damsons in a faire great pan one by one and not above a pound at once then set them upon a Chafingdish and Coales but let not your fire be too hot at first then set on your Plummes and cast in as much Sugar as the Rosewater will melt before you set them on the fire and when you feele your pan warme cast on halfe your Sugar and let the pan be no hotter than you can suffer your hand on it for the space of a quarter of an houre you must not turn them untill there be as much Sirrup as will
their weight of Sugar clarifie it boyle it neere to Candy height dry your Pippins with a faire cloth then put them into the hot Sugar and let them boyle as fast as you can when they rise up take them off the fire and scumme them turne them and set them on the fire againe and let them boyle apace and scumme them againe so doe sixe times when the Sugar is Candy height take out the Pippins lay them on a board and put them into a warme oven within three houres you may turne them within three dayes they will be dryed enough To dry Apricocks very Orient and cleare 16 Take Apricocks which be not over ripe take out the Stones put them into as much clarified Sugar as will cover them boyle them leasurely often stirring them then take them off the fire and let them stand all the night in the Sirrup the next day warme them againe in that Sirrup when they be through hot set them to draine then take another fresh Sugar and boyl it a little higher boyle them in it leasurely and turne them now and then and scumme them so let them stand untill the next day in that Sirrup then warme them throughly and lay them again to dry take the third fresh Sugar boyle it to a Candie height put in your Apricocks to that hot Sugar boyle them now and then taking them off to skumme them your Sugar being boyled to a Candie height take out your Apricocks lay them upon a faire board then put them into a warme Oven the next day turne them and put them againe into an Oven within one weeke they will be dry and as yellow as gold To dry Plummes or Cherries 17 Gather them in the heat of the day and pricke them with a Pinne lay them upon the bottome of a Sive put them in an Oven after the Bread is drawne when they beginne to wither let not your Oven be so warme as at the first putting them in within one week they will be dry then boxe them up To dry Peares without Sugar 18 Take the Norwich Peares pare them save on the stalke and the Peepe pricke them with a knife and put them in an earthen pot and bake them in an Oven but bake them not too soft put them into a white Plate Panne put dry Straw under them and lay them into an Oven after the Bread is drawne and every day warme the Oven to that degree of heat as when the bread is newly drawne within one weeke they will be dry To dry Peare-Plummes or other Plummes 19 Take Plummes pricke them put to them as much Sugar as will cover them set them on the fire untill they crack a little then take them up and put them into fresh Sugar added to the first Sirrup and let them boyle higher then before take them off the fire now and then to skimme them then put in your Plummes againe and let them warme againe in that Sirrup halfe an houre then put them into a Glasse for three or foure houres in that Sugar then warme them againe and set them to draine then take as much fresh Sugar as will cover them and boyle it to a Candy height then put in your Plummes againe into that Sugar and let them boyle leasurely halfe an houre now and then turning them for that will make them to take Sugar take them up betweene hot and cold lay them on a Board to dry boxe them up To dry Orenges or Lemmons 20 Raspe off their outward skinnes cut them into halves take out their meate and lay them in Water three or foure dayes then take them out of that water and lay them into a fresh Water and boyle them tender shift the Water five or sixe times to take away their bitternesse when they are tender then take them up and wipe them with a faire cloth and put them into as much clarified Sugar as will cover them and let them boyle leasurely two houres take them off the fire put them into an earthen Pipkin for foure dayes then set them on the fire untill they be through hot then set them to draine and when they are drained take fresh Sugar boyle it to a Candy height then put in your Orenges to that hot Sugar so let them boyle till they come to a Candy height then take them out lay them upon a Sive and dry them in an Oven within ten dayes they will be dry To dry Lettice Stalkes Arcichhcke Stalkes or Cabbage Stalkes 21 Take the Stalkes pill them to the Pith put the Pith into a strong Brine three or foure dayes then take them out of the Brine boyle them in faire Water very tender then dry them with a cloth put them into as much clarified Sugar as will cover them so preserve them as you did your Orenges then take them up and set them to draine then take another fresh Sugar and boile it to the height of a Candy when it commeth to a Candy height take them out and dry them To Candy Barberries Grapes or Gooseberries 22 After you have preserved them as aforesaid dip them in warme Water very suddenly to wash off the ropy Sirrup then strew them over with sersed Sugar as you would doe Floure upon Fish to fry and so set them into a warme Oven or Stove three or foure times and never let them be cold untill they be dry and they will looke like a sparkling Diamond To dry any fruits after they are Preserved 23 Take Pippins Pears or Plummes and wash them out in warme Water from the Sirrup they are preserved in and strew them over with searsed Sugar as you did before then set them in a broad earthen Panne that they may lye one by one then set them in a warme Oven or Stove to dry if you will Candy them withall you must strew on Sugar three or foure times in the drying To make cleere Cakes 24 Take Plummes of any sort but Raspices are the best put them into a stone Iugge put the Iugge into a Pot of seething Water and when they are dissolved straine them thorow a faire cloth and take to every Pint of that a pound of Sugar put to the Sugar as much water as will melt it and boyle it to a Candy height boile the Liquor likewise in another Panne by then put them seething hot together boile them a little together with Stirring then put them in Glasses made like Marmalade boxes and set them in a warme Oven or Stove in a drying heat let them stand so a fortnight or three weekes and never be cold and remove them from one place to another while the cold places are heating that they may not be cold they will turne in a weeke beware you set them not too hot for that will make them tough and so every day turne them untill they be dry and they will be very well Candied without and moist within To Candy the cleare Rocke Candy 25 Take Spices or Flowers or
drop from it as fine as the haire of your head To boile Sugar to a Candy height 37 Boile Sugar untill it will draw like a thred betweene your Finger and your Thumbe Preserve all your white Fruits in a Copper preserving Pan tinned within for any Mettall else will change the colour of your Fruits To make Marmalade of Oranges or Lemmons 38 Take faire Oranges or Lemmons cut them take out the meate and boile them tender in faire water shifting the water seven or eight times to take away the bitternesse then take them up and wring all the water from them and beate them in a stone Mortar with the pulpe of three or foure yellow Pippins then straine it and boile it with stirring untill it become thick then take it from the fire and lay it upon white Paper and take as much refined Sugar as that pulpe doth weigh and put it into a Pan with as much Rosewater as will melt it boile it to a Candy height and then put in your pulpe into the Sugar and boile it untill it rise from the bottome of the Pan ever stirring it then boxe it and put it into a Stove uncovered and when it is dryed cover it Miscellanea CHAP. XLVII To make Ielly of Flesh 1 TAke a red Cocke and a knuckle of Mutton or the sinewes and knuckle of Veale and a little Mutton Raisons of the Sun stoned boile all these to pieces then take it from the fire and stampe the meate and all together in a Mortar and let it run through a woollen strainer and when it hath stood all night skumme off the top and season the rest with Sugar and a little Nutmeg sliced and a sticke of Cinamon and a blade of Mace boile it up and straine it through a Ielly bagge To make Harts-horne Ielly 2 Put to foure ounces of Harts-horne a quarte or three pintes of Water and infuse it twelve houres in a Pipkin very close and when it is almost enough put to it a few Cowslip flowers Borage and Violet flowers and a blade of Mace then let it run through the strainer and season it with Sugar put to it the Iuice of a Lemmon and a little Nutmeg sliced and boile it untill it will Ielly in a spoone then put a sprig of Rosemary a little while into it and so run it through your Ielly bag To make the Court Ielly 3 Take three Calves feete water them all one night then scald them as you would doe a Pig and slit them and take out the long bones then take a young Cockerell and dresse him and after he hath layen one night in water boile him and the feete together in foure pintes of white Wine and as much faire Water untill it be enough then let it run through a faire strainer into a Bason letting it stand untill it be through cold and then take a Knife or a Spoone and cut or skumme off the purest from the drosse in the bottome and put the same into a cleare Pot with three quarters of a pound of Sugar two ounces of Cinamon scrapt and a little bruised one ounce of Ginger pared and sliced two Nutmegs sliced and ten Cloves cut all these being put together set them on the fire and boile them untill it be almost enough then take the whites of sixe Egges and beate them well together and put them into your Ielly on the fire stirring them altogether letting them boile a good walme and so take it off the fire letting it stand untill the heate be well off it and then take off the uppermost cleane and let the rest run through a Ielly bag with a branch of Rosemary twice or thrice untill it be very cleare A remedy for the Fluxe 4 R. The inward Rinde of an Oake sapling boile it in the milke of a red Cow herewith make Rice pottage and season it with Cinamon and some Sugar and use to eate of it For an old Cough or Ptisicke 5 R. Auripigmentum made into fine Powder Ê’ i. mixe it with Wort or the Yolke of an Egge to the thicknesse of a Plaister and spread it upon Coltsfoote leaves or new Canvasse cut into small pieces and burne them one after another upon a Chafingdish and Coals and receive the fume into your mouth with a Funnell For a Consumption 6 Boile in running Water a legge of Veale or Beefe or a Capon cut in small pieces skumme away the fat and froth as fast as it riseth boile it the space of an houre then R. Parseley rootes Fennell rootes Tamarisse rootes Rosemary brances Hartstongue leaves ana nu v. Borage m. ii Spearemints Sowthistle Sorrell Dandelion Violet leaves Hyssop ana m. i. cut the rootes and stuffe your Capon with the hearbes the residue of you hearbes binde in a bundle and boile with your rootes in the same Earthen vessell adde thereto a few crusts of Manchet Raisons of the Sun lib. ss Currans â„¥ iii. whole Mace Ê’ i. bound in a Cloth Dates quartered nu viii boile all these together with the flesh untill the Broth be thick and clammy adde more Water in the boiling that the flesh boile not drie then run it through a Ielly bag after that put it on the fire againe to clarifie hereof let the Patient take foure or five spoonfulls at a time To make a good Searecloth to skin and heale 7 R. Of Deare suet and May butter ana lib. ss Waxe â„¥ iii. when these are molten put to them of Lapis Calaminaris beaten and searsed when it hath boiled a little while take it off the fire and let it run through a thinne Cloth then dip your Clothes into it and stroake them smooth when they be cold sleeke them A Medicine for the Spleene 8 R. White Wine Vinegar and the Gall of an Oxe ana mingle them together and set them on the Embers all night to infuse on the morrow take a blew Cloth well woaded and wet it in the Liquor and apply it reasonable warme to the Spleene and in few daies you shall have helpe For an Apostume in the Head 9 R. Barley flower and Cummin seeds beaten ana make thereof a Cake with a little Water and bake it then whiles it is hot make a hole in the top and fill it with Treakle and hold it to your eare that the breath may goe into your head For a weake Backe 10 R. The pith of an Oxe back â„¥ iii. Dates sliced â„¥ ii boile these in a pinte of Muscadine and eate thereof in a morning For the small Poxe 11 When you perceive the Poxe comming out either on the Patients Breast or Face make this Posset R. Of Ale or Beere which the Patient likes best make a Posset with new Milke and take off the Curde and boile in the drinke one spoonfull of raspt Harts horne and as many Marigold flowers sixe or eight leaves of Sorrell a little Licoras sliced and scraped a few Figs cut in pieces take this blood-warme and drinke no other drinke for two
or three daies untill they come out then have a great care to keepe the Chamber warme but not too hot in any case let them eat no fresh meat if a Feaver accompany the Poxe untill it be past nor any broth with Spice but thinne thicken'd broth boiled with a white Crust when the Feaver is past and the Poxe begin to fall let them eate Bread and Butter or a potcht Egge in all this time let their Beere be warmed with a Toste and sweetned with Sugar and when they have drunke let them eate the Toste to cleanse their mouth and throate if the Poxe be in the Eyes then take red Rosewater and womans Milke ana and a little loafe Sugar finely beaten everyday fresh and with a feather dresse them often in a day or you may tye a little bruised Quince seed in a cloth and soake it in white Rose water and wash the Eyes but not above thrice a day lest you feed the Poxe neither wash the Eyes except the Poxe be in them deny them not drinke at any time when the Poxe begin to look black on the heads then minge Parmacetae and Oyle of sweet Almonds together to an Ointment and with a feather anoint the Face at night therewith being a little warmed this will cause them to scale then anoint the Face every night with the Ointment of Bacon described before in the Vnguents and in the morning wash your Face with water of Beane flowers when they are quite well it is good to give them an ounce or two of Cassia newly drawne in some Posset drinke to purge them if the Poxe come not out kindly at first you shall give the Patient of Bezoar powdered small in Posset drinke according to the strength and age of the Patient from three to eight graines For a Fellon 12 R. Fine Malt flower m. i. Sope as much as a Wallnut boile them together in some Beere untill it be thicke lay this to the place and change it twice or thrice in a day For buzzing in the Eares 13 R. A clove of Garlick pill it and pricke three or foure holes in the midst of it and dip it in fine English Honey and put it into your Eare and stop your Eare with a little blacke Wooll and lie upon the contrary side thus let it rest seven or eight daies To stay a Laske 14 R. A good quantity of Burre rootes and wash them cleane with running Water then seethe them in faire Water till halfe the Water be consumed when you goe to bed wash the soales of you Feete herewith and if that stay not enough then wash higher and it will stay it For the Goute 15 R. A gallon of thy owne Vrine and a pound of Virginwaxe and of houseleeke lib. v. set those on the fire together and let them scald untill the Houseleeke be tender then bathe thy legs and feete therein thus take a dishfull of this decoction and by the fire wash thy feete with this Liquor very hot and let the remnant of the Liquor stand on the fire to keepe hot when that dishfull is cold put it into the hot Liquor and take another dishfull and bathe as you did before doe this for halfe an houre alwaies with hot broth then take the residence in the bottome of the Pot and lay it upon a blew Cloth that is well Woaded either Woollen or Linnen and lay it to the soare place and wrap it well up and let it lie a day and a night doe thus untill it bee whole this will drive the paine downewards and when it is in thy foote lay the Plaister all over the Foote and Toes if the disease be in the Hands doe as you did to the Feete For Earewigges or any Worme crept into the Head 16 R. Of the Garlicke that is called S. Mary Garlicke three or foure Cloves stampe in a Mortar and lay them in a little cleane Water a good while then wring out the Iuice with a Cloth very hard then put of that Liquor into the Eare and hold that Eare upwards and it will kill the Worme or else cause him to come out at the Nose For a Fellon 17 R. Smallage pu i. wheaten Leaven black Sope and the white of an Egge and wheate Flower stampe them together and lay them on a Cloth to the Fellon For the stinging of a Waspe or Bee 18 If the Sting sticke in the flesh pull it out and then take an Almond and cut it over-thwart and lay the one halfe upon the Soare and it will cease the swelling and ease the paine For a Stitch in the Side 19 R. A pretty big Dish fill it full of Embers and lay the reon a handfull of Rosemary leaves and then lay a Cloth on the Rosemary to keepe it close and so lay it to the grieved place as hot as can be suffered To stay the immoderate Fluxe of Women 20 R. A good piece of Allome and seethe it in faire Water till it be dissolved then take sodden Milke and with the said decoction make a Posset presse the Curde from the Whey and lay the Curde to the secret place and it will stay it A speciall Medicine for the Goute 21 R. A spoonfull of bay Salt and as much gâ—ay Sope and the quantity of a Wallnut of Boares grease Rue and the hearbe called Rage ana m. ss beate all these in a Mortar untill they come to a Salve then lay it on a Cloth to the griefe and renew it once a day For the Megrim 22 R. Of the Iuice of Seagreene Aquavitae and the Gall of a Steere ana put together on the fire to warme then take a linen Cloth and bathe your forehead therewith and your Temples at night when you are going to bed then dip a double linnen Cloth therein as much as will cover the Forehead and binde it to the Patients head all night for two or three nights together To stay the bloody Fluxe 23 R. A great red Onyon take out the coare and fill the hole full of Frankincense and English Saffron ana then put on the top and set the Onyon in the Embers and when it is tender spread it on a linnen Cloth and lay the one halfe to the Navill and the other to the Fundament as hot as may be To cleare the Eyes when they are blood-shotten or sore 24 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris â„¥ ss Sugar Candy â„¥ ss white Wine â„¥ i. heate the Stone almost red hot in a cleare fire then beate it very fine in a cleane Mortar and mingle it with the Wine and straine it through a linnen Cloth then put in the Sugar Candy very finely beaten put this Water in a Glasse and when you would use it shake the Glasse that it may mingle and so drop a drop or two into the Eye lying upwards Evening and Morning and lie so a while after Note that this Stone must bee cleare without red spots or else it is hurtfull For wilde Fire 25 R. Olde hard
with halfe a pinte of faire running Water or Hyssope water put in your Powder of Licoras and boile it and stirre it untill it be as thicke as good Creame then straine it through a fine Strainer and set it againe on the fire and let it seethe a good space after ever stirring it untill it be very thicke then put in of red Sugar Candy â„¥ iii. or iiii and boile them untill they puffe up from the bottome of the Bason For a Fellon 52 R. Raggewort Rue Hyssop ana pu i. one clove of Garlicke a little pieces of sowre Leaven a spoonfull of Bay salt and a piece of rusty Bacon beate all these together and lay it to very thicke for foure and twenty houres space For those that are troubled with Rheume distilling downe their Throate in the night 53 Of Cumminseeds â„¥ ii bruised Nutmegs sliced nu ii Cloves bruised the same quantity the yolkes of two Egges or two Egges hard roasted mingle these together and quilt them in a linnen bagge and sprinkle the said bagge with very good Aquavitae and lay the said bagge every night to the nape of your Necke For a Bruise 54 R. Of the blood of a Pigge â„¥ iiii of Vinegar â„¥ ii a few crummes of browne Bread boile all these together untill they be something thicke and so warme lay it to the place for the space of foure and twenty houres doe thus twice or thrice if need be To take away the Morphew and other filth from the Face and Hands and to make a new skin 55 R. Of white Mercury sublimated Ê’ i. Camphire Ê’ ii Lemons nu ii white Sugar â„¥ i. faire water one pinte and a halfe put all these into a Glasse and so let it stand eight or ten daies and then straine it and keepe it in a cleane Violl and when you will use it wet a cleane linnen Cloth therein and then put it softly upon the Face or Hands where the Morphew or Filth is and will take it off in short time To make the Skin soft and white after the said Medicine 56 R. A black Sheepes head or two and cut off the Hornes and Skin and throw them away with the Brain and eyes then seeth the Heads in faire water and skum off the Oyle very cleane put to this Oyle a little Rose-water and anoint the Face therewith and it will make a smooth Skin soft white and faire To breed Blood and bring a good fresh Colour in the Face 57 R. A new Pipkin with a Cover that will hold a pinte fill it with good olde Muscadine and halfe a pound of great blew Currans and the weight of a Shilling of the best Rubarbe cut in slices and three slices of Ginger let these stand all night upon the hot Embers and eate every morning a spoonefull or two of the Currans and Sirrup For the Spleene 58 R. Ashen keyes and the Greenewood burne them make Lye of the Ashes after it hath stood three dayes cleare it then take Barrowes grease and wash it in white Wine and dry it and beate it with a rowling pin and when it is well beaten put it into the Lye and seethe the Lye and it to an Oyle then put into it a spoonefull of Doctor Stephens water and and as much Rose-water beate it well together and so put it up to anoint the Side downewards if you use to drinke Bedward Posset drinke wherein the greene barke of Ashe is boiled it will much profit it is also good to use Oyle of Tamariske and Oyle of Capers to anoint the Side with it An approved laxative Whey for the Spleene 59 R. Of the inner barke of the Ashe tree Maidenhaire Hartstongue Licoras Aniseeds Parceley rootes Sene leaves and coddes ana m. i. boile them in a pottle of cleane Whey untill almost the halfe be consumed then straine it and use it first and last every day untill you finde health forbearing to eate or drinke the space of two or three houres after all the while you doe this you shall anoint your Side with the aforesaid Ointment To stanch Blood in Veine or Artery 60 R. Olibanum â„¥ ii Aloes Hepaticke â„¥ i. haires of a Hare a little cut whites of Egges as much as will serve to incorporate them make a Stuphe of Flax and dip it in the Medicine and apply it cold let it lye three or foure dayes then if it sticke fast apply the white of an Egge and Oyle of Roses untill the next day To provoke Vomit and to purge the Belly 61 R. The rinde of the roote of Elder tree chopped in small pieces steepe it in Wine the space of a night and drinke the Wine in the morning For the Dropsie 62 R. Raisons of the Sun stoned lib. i. put them into a pinte of good white Wine and so let them stand covered nine or ten dayes then eate thereof three or foure times a day eight or nine at a time For the Ptisicke 63 R. The tender crops of Mallows boile them and butter them as a Sallet with Butter and Vinegar and eate them with your meate For women with Childe that are subject to Miscarrying 64 R. The whites of two Egges beate them well with cleane Water and sup them up when you feele any fright or sudden alteration For the Cholicke 65 R. Of the Oyle of sweete Almonds drawne without fire â„¥ iii. mixe it with a little white Wine and Pellitary water and drinke it then swallow a Leaden Bullet besmeated with Quicksilver and the Bullet comming presently forth at his Fundament will cure him For the Sciatica 66 First raise a Blister and let out the Water in it then R. ground Ivy and stampe it and apply it to the Blister with a cloth sufficiently doubled then R. a Cat and flea it and put into the Belly the garbage being taken out twenty Snailes shels and all and so roast it and to the dripping put of Oyle of Spike one penny-worth halfe an Oxe gall Neats-foote Oyle two spoonefulls Badgers grease one spoonefull Oyle of Turpentine two penniworth A quavitae one penniworth mixe them and therewith anoint the griefe and keepe it warme FINIS A Table of the principall matters contained in this booke A TO make Aegyptiacum part 2. page 8. For an Ache part ibidem page 10. num 9. page 11. num 10 page 12 num 15 page 13. num 18. page 17. num 16. page 49. num 6. page 51. num 10. page ibi num 11. page 52. num 13. page 55. num 19. page 48. num 8. page 45. num 5. page 167. num 41. page 84. num 49. Actions what they are part 1. page 52. Ages part 1. page 9. Agues cured part 2. page 63. num 7. page 104. num 2. page 110. num 2. Aloes Rosatum made part 2. page 133. num 9. Aloes washed part ibidem page 135. num 15. Apoplexie cured part 2. page 36. num 33. Apostemes cured part ibidem page 49. num 6. in the head page 158. num 9.
Oyle ana â„¥ iii. new Waxe â„¥ i. Quicksilver extinct Turpentine washed ana â„¥ ii common Salt beaten â„¥ ss Melt the grease and waxe in the Oyle then adde the Enula campana Quicksilver and Salt lastly the Turpentine kill the Quicksilver with a little Grease and Turpentine This ointment is marvellous effectuall against the Itch or Scabs either dry or moist Vnguentum Populeon 3 R. Of the buds of Popular fresh gathered lib. i. macerate them in lib. iii. of fresh swines greace prepared for the space of two months then R. of the leaves of red Poppy leaves of Mandrake leaves of Henbane tender crops of Brambles Nightshade Lettuce Houseleeke Stone crop great Burres Penny grasse ana â„¥ iii. good Wine lib. i. bruise them mixe them with the buds of Popular then set them in a warme place for eight daies then adde one pinte of strong Vinegar and boile them till it be consumed which may be perceived by casting a little thereof into the fire then straine it forth and put it up This Vnguent asswageth Phlegmons burning of Agues heat of the Head and Kidnies and anointed upon the Temples procureth sleepe Vnguentum Aegyptiacum 4 R. Verdigreace â„¥ v. good Honey Ê’ xiiii strong Vinegar Ê’ vii all these being boiled together untill it be thick and of a purple colour this doth forcibly cleanse ulcers inveterate and fistulous and doth consume proud spongious and dead flesh Vnguentum Apostolorum 5 R. Turpentine white Waxe Rosine anaÊ’ xvi Opponaxe Verdigreace anaÊ’ ii Ammoniacum Ê’ xvi long Aristolochia great Incense anaÊ’ vi Myrrhe and Galbanum anaÊ’ iii. Bdellium Ê’ vi Litharge Ê’ ix Oyle lib. ii make an ointment mingle the Litharge with two ounces of Oyle and let them stand five houres then boile it gently untill it be thick as Honey alwaies stirring it then take it from the fire and put to the Waxe and Rosin being dissolved with the rest of the Oyle then whiles it is cooling put to the rest of the Gummes dissolved in Vinegar boiled and incorporated with the Turpentine then the Aristolochia Myrrhe and Frankincense are to be mingled and lastly the Verdigrease finely powdered and sprinkled in This Vnguent doth by detersion purge Wounds and rebellious Vlcers and Fistulaes wasteth dead Flesh and encreaseth new Vnguentum Album 6 R. Cerus â„¥ iiii Litharge â„¥ ss lay them a good space in Rosewater then put them into a Mortar and by little and little poure in so much Rose oyle as they can drinke up continually stirring and tempering them untill they come to the forme of an Vnguent then adde thereto a little white Vinegar and of Camphire Ê’ i. ss It is cooling asswageth Paine and Inflammation and is good for Scabs Itch and Excoriation Vnguentum Vulpinum or Ointment of a Foxe 7 Take a Foxe and draw out the Entrailes then take Sage Rosemary Iuniper leaves and berries Dill wilde Marjoram of the Garden Lavender Camomile of each halfe a pound stampe these herbes in a Mortar of stone very finely then cut the Foxe in pieces and put him with the herbes into a vessell of eight gallons and put to foure pintes of Oyle Olive Oyle of Neats feete one pound Calves suet Deere suet Goose grease Brockes grease of each one pound and a halfe of Sea-water three quarts and as much of good Malmesey set all together on the fire and boile it till the Wine and Water bee consumed and that the flesh and bones bee separated asunder then take it from the fire and straine it and presse it through a strong Canvasse cloth and so reserve it to your use as a most precious oyntment against all Aches and to restore Limms and Ioynts lamed through paine of the Gout Vnguent of Saint Cosme and Damian 8 R. Pimpernell Vervine Betony ana m. i. stampe them and put to them of white Wine lib. ii ss boile them together in a tinned vessell to the wasting of three parts then straine them and set the decoction over the fire againe in a glased vessell then R. Turpentine washed â„¥ vi Rosin washed lib. i. new white Waxe â„¥ iiii when they are melted altogether in the same glased pot add to them Mastick powdered â„¥ i. of the Milke of a woman giving suck to a Male and a Female Childe ana â„¥ ii boil them to a perfect body it availeth for all Wounds and namely of the Sinewes also for Cankers Fistulaes and S. Anthonies fire A very good ointment for any Ach or Bruise for any Noise in the head or to draw out a Thorne 9 R. Rosin and a little red Deeres suet and a little Camphire and a little white Wine let them boile a walme or two after all the Suet is melted then straine it into white Wine and beate it untill it come to an ointment then put it up in pots and when you use it you shall chafe the Part before the fire very well and then anoint it An Ointment of the Wormes of the earth good to strengthen the Back to coole it and take away the Ache. 10 R. A great platterfull of long Wormes of the earth lay them upon Fennell or such like to scoure the space of foure and twenty houres then chop them small and put to them a quart of Neats-foot Oyle then take a platterfull of field Daisies chopped very small all save the rootes let them be a platterfull when they are chopped and put them to the Oyle and Wormes then boile them together upon a soft fire for two houres then strain it and keepe it for your use it is to be made either in April or about Michaelmas An Ointment for a Bruise and Swelling also for the Piles 11 R. Of red Sage â„¥ vii of Rue â„¥ iii. of Camomill Bayes Wormewood ana â„¥ iiii of Mutton suet lib. i. bruise all these well together in a Morter then set them in an earthen Pot nine daies well and close stopped in the earth then boile them in a quart of Oyle and strain it forth and keep it for your use An Ointment which I used with good successe to a woman who had a paine in her Hip without any tumour proceeding from the retention of her monthly Visits 12 R. Camomill Rosemary ana m. i. twinings of Vines m. ss Plantaine p. stamp them together and put them into a jarre Glasse and put on it a quart of good Oyle Olive and let it stand a day or two in the Sunne then set a skillet of water on the fire and when it is scalding hot stop the jarre Glasse close and put it into the water and keepe the water ever scalding hot but when it hath been in almost an houre then let it boile a little and then take it out and straine it and annoint the place every night and after bathing the manner of the Bath I shall speake of hereafter An ointment for the face after the Foxe are dryed to cause them to fall off without leaving any Markes 13 R. Of Oyle of bitter Almonds â„¥ ii
put thereto of Parmacetae â„¥ ss and anoint the face with a feather Another for the same and which mightily cleares the skin 14 R. Of fat Bacon lib. i. cut it in thin slices and hang it in a string before the fire that it may melt and let it drop into a quarter of a pinte of Plantaine water and when it is all melted let it coole and then beate it out of the water with a cleane spatula and wash it in three or foure severall waters more of Plantaine then put to it a peny weight of Parmacetae and a penniworth of white Rose water and beate them well together and annoint the face with a feather An ointment for Aches and Bruises Stitches Goute and Lamenesse 15 R. Sage Rue ana lib. i. crops of Wormwood Bayleaves Rosemary ana m. i. Sheeps suet cleane picked from the skin lib. ss Oyle Olive a pottle shred the hearbes and suet small and then stamp and work them together very small then put in the Oyle and temper them well and let them stand close stopped the space of seaven daies then set it to the fire and as it melteth stir it till the hearbes are parched then take it off and straine it and with this anoint the place An ointment for a burne or scald 16 R. Incontinently the white of an Egge beaten with Oyle of Roses Omphacine and a little juice of Plantaine Night-shade and Houseleeke and with a feather anoint the place Vnguentum de Calcantho good for old Vlcers Mundifieth evill flesh and Incarnateth 17 R. Of Swines grease Calves and Cowes suet ana lib. ss Celidony Alleluia Plantaine Woodbine Houndstongue ana m. i. Lime thrice quenched with water lib. ss Calcantum Pulverizatum â„¥ i. Verdigrease Ê’ x. stamp them and leave them together seaven daies then put thereto water of Plantaine Wine of Pomegranates â„¥ iiii then seethe them with a soft fire till the Water and Wine be consumed and so straine them with a thick cloth then put to it Litharge Auri Argenti â„¥ iiii Bolearm Terr sigillat Minii ana â„¥ i. cleere terebent â„¥ iii. let them seethe againe and make a blacke ointment with sufficient white Waxe An ointment for an Ache. 18 R. Two or three nests of quick Swallows tendrings of Straw-berries Rue Lavender-cotton Bay-leaves Wormwood Horehound Rednettle crops ana m. i. the gall of an Oxe black Snailes n. 6. Oyle Olive halfe a pinte then stamp the Swallows whole feathers and guts with all the aforesaid things very small then you shall melt a quantity of May-butter in a frying pan and then put in all the other things and fry them well together alwaies stirring it that it may not burne Lastly straine it through a linnen Bagge and you have the ointment A precious Oyntment against all Pains and Griefes 19 R. Rosemary leaves Sage Time Polimountaine Hyssope Marigolds Rue Wormewood Marjoram Valerian Mouseare Harts-tongue Bloodwort Merch Seagreene gather these Hearbes with the Flowers and Blowings of each m. iij. seeth them in iij quarts of Water untill the Water be consumed to a quart then put to them a pound and a halfe of Barrowes grease Deeres Suet lib. i. Dogges fat lib. ss Cats fat lib. ss Rosewater pint i. Aquae composita â„¥ vi seeth these a good while stirring them well then strain them through a rough cloth and take off the scumme with a Feather and let it stand till the morrow then seeth it once againe and straine it and keepe it for thy use A good Oyntment to cleanse a Sore both old or new 20 R. Turpentine â„¥ ii washed well in Barly water lib. ss put to it Yolkes of new laid Egges nu vi Hony of Roses or common Honey â„¥ iiii mingle them and make the Tents or Pledgets therewith An Oyntment for Scabbes Ring-wormes or any other breaking out 21 R. Oyle of Roses â„¥ iiii Waxe iiii d. weight melt them together then take Litharge of Gold Ceruse ana â„¥ ss Powder them and mingle them with the Oyle and Waxe in a Morter then put thereto the white of a new laid Egge and halfe an ounce of Quicksilver mortified and use it every Morning and Evening To mortifie the Quicksilver you shall put it into a Violl with fasting Spittle and worke it up and downe untill it become like ashes then put it to your stuffe A good Oyntment for the Spleene 22 R. Bryony rootes the pith taken out Marsh Mallow rootes or red Holly-hocke rootes the pith taken out ana lib. i. seeth them in Water untill the Rootes be soft stampe them in a Morter and straine them through a Strainer till the thicknesse be come through then take of sower leavened Bread â„¥ iiii Bores grease li. ss mingle them altogether well in the Morter with white Wine Vinegar iiii spoonefuls First in the morning rub your Spleene with a course warme Cloth untill the skin wax red then lay upon it a peece of blue wollen cloth wet in the Water of a man childe as hot as may be suffered and when the Cloth waxeth cold take it away and dry the Skin with a warme cloth and annoint the place with some of the ointment aforesaid warmed in a Sawcer and rub it well in then lay upon it a Quilt of blacke wooll and doe thus every morning till it be well An Ointment for burning or scalding 23 R. Sweet Creame q. i. Ferne rootes m. i. washed and cut in small peeces boyle them in the Creame in an earthen Pot untill they jelly when you will use it chafe a little in your hand with a Spatula and apply it to the Sore untill it be whole Vnguentum Aleblastrum 24 R. Crops of the red Bryer stamped small m. vi adde thereto of white Wine one pottle of Rue m. i. of the flowers or leaves of Camomile â„¥ i. powder of Aleblaster â„¥ ii Fennell seed â„¥ i. Oyle of Roses lib. ss Wax Ê’ ss put all together except the Camomill and the Waxe then put them on the fire to infuse and when it seethes put in the Waxe and Camomill and boile it well untill the Wine be consumed and when it is cold take the whites of five Egges and mingle them with all the aforesaid things and then straine it through a faire linnen cloth and put it into a cleane vessell It is good for webbs in the Eyes Megrim and Headache if a woman have paine in her Matrice let her take thereof as an Electuary and it will help her also for those that are diseased in the Stomack let them anoint the Stomack Hands Feet and Reines therewith anoint the Temples for the Megrim it is also good for the Gout An Ointment to asswage paine and coole 25 R. Of white Cerate â„¥ iiii Oyle of Roses â„¥ x. red and white Sanders red Roses Myrrhe Olibanum Mastick anaÊ’ ii Camphire Ê’ ss Turpentine â„¥ ii ss make an Vnguent in a leaden Mortar To make Flos Vnguentorum 16 R. Rosin Perosin ana lib. ss Virgins waxe Frankinsence ana â„¥
fire of Coales for one houre and a halfe ever stirring it then encrease the fire untill the red turne to gray and so continue the stirring untill the matter become of the colour of Oyle and somewhat darke dry it on a Trencher if it cleave not thereto it is enough dip your linen Clothes therin smoothe them with a Sleek-stone it wll last thirty yeeres This Plaister laid upon the Stomacke provoketh Appetite and taketh away any Griefe from the same laid to the belly it easeth the Cholicke speedily laide to the Reines it stoppeth the Bloody Fluxe the running of the Reines the heat in the Kidneyes and weaknesse of the Backe It healeth Swellings Bruises Aches It breaketh Swellings Bruises Apostemes and healeth them It draweth out Humours without breaking the Skinne It healeth the Diseases of the Fundament laid upon the Head it healeth the Headach Vvula and Eyes laid to the Belly it bringeth Womens monthly Visits and maketh the Matrice apt for Conception A most approved Plaister for a Rupture 7 R. Of Aloes Citrine â„¥ i. Dragons blood â„¥ i. Myrrhe â„¥ i. Masticke Bole Armenicke Gumme Dragant ana â„¥ iii. powder them all very finely and make an Emplaister with the Slime of Red Housesnailes A Plaister very excellent for the Sciatica 8 R. Yellow VVaxe Rosin Rosin of the Pine ana lib. i. Colophony lib. ss Masticke Frankincense ana â„¥ ii Myrrhe â„¥ i. Sheepes Suet lib. ss Cloves Mace ana â„¥ i. Saffron â„¥ ss Galbanum Oppoponax Bdellium ana â„¥ i. Red VVine lib. ii running VVater lib. i. Camphire Ê’ iii. make an Emplaister A Plaister to heale Cicatrize and asswage paine 9 R. Oyle of Roses lib. i. Cerus red Lead ana â„¥ ii Litharge of Gold and Silver Dragons blood Lapis Calaminaris Bolearmenicke ana â„¥ ss Camphire â„¥ iii. powder them that are to be powdered and make a Plaister with white Waxe To make Oxycrotium good for old Bruises and Ache in the Limmes and to dissolve hard Impostumes also for broken Bones and Wounds that have beene healed faire without but rankle within 10 R. Of good Waxe â„¥ iiii as much Colophonie as much blacke Pitch purified Saffron â„¥ i. ss powdered Masticke Frankincense ana â„¥ ii Myrrhe â„¥ iiii Gumme Ammoniac Galbanum ana â„¥ ii steeped all night in Vinegar and strained and boyled againe untill two parts of the Vinegar be wasted then take the Pitch melted and put to the Gummes and Vinegar then melt the Waxe and put thereto and then the Colophony in Powder next the Masticke and lastly the Frankincense Myrrhe powdered stirring all together very fast then adde of Turpentine â„¥ ii but let the Plaister be no more then warme and stirre it continually untill all be very well mingled but before you put in your Turpentine you must put in your Saffron mingled with the Yolke of three or foure Egges then straine it into warme water and anoint your hands with Oyle of Bay and make it up and strike it on Cloth or Leather Another Oxycrotium for any other Ache in the Body or paine in the Breast or for the Sciatica 11 R. Of the finest Olibanum searced lib. i. of Rosin beaten and searced lib. i. of Ship Pitch strained lib. i. Sheepes Tallow lib. ss tried Colophony â„¥ iiii Comin â„¥ iiii Ladanum â„¥ ii Cloves Mace ana â„¥ i. Saffron â„¥ ss powder all the Spices then take a cleane Panne and melt the Rosin on a soft fire and let it not seeth then put in the Olibanum by degrees untill it be all molten then put in the Tallow scraped small and then the Ladanum when all is melted and brayed in a hot Morter with a hot Pestle take your Cloves Mace Saffron and Comin all in fine Powder and mingle them well together and take your Panne off the fire and put in the Spices stirring it well and looking that it seeth not over then strike your * Sheepes Skinnes finely tawed Skinnes whiles it is hot and the rest make up in Rolls anointing your hands with Oyle when it beginneth to be hard This is the best Plaister for Gouts and Aches especially if they come of cold Rhumaticke matter or the like cause that is to be had removing it after the paine as the paine removeth Doctor Morsus Plaister called Oxecrotium 12 R. Ship Pitch Saffron Colophony Bee Waxe an â„¥ iiii Turpentine Galbanum Ammoniacum Myrrhe sine Frankincense Masticke ana â„¥ i. Ê’ iii. lay your Galbanum in Vinegar all night and theâ— boyle it and straine it and melt all your Gummes and mingle them by stirring them and put in your Turpentine last continually stirring it and after make it up in Rolls An Emplaister for an Ache. 13 R. Euforbium mingle it with twelve times so much of the best Oyle Olive and a little Waxe and make an Emplaister It is good against all Paines and Aches in the Ioints sudden takings Lamenesse Palsies Crampes and shrinking of Sinewes and is exceeding good for benummed and dead Limbes or Members having the Hearb Agnus Castus or Tutsane infused in the Oyle before A Salve to Draw and Heale 14 R. Of Turpentine one peniworth Virgins Wax as much as a Walnut fresh Butter as much Honey one spoonfull melt all these together in a Panne then strain it into faire Water and keepe it for your use A good Emplaister for old Sores or new 15 R. Of Rosin â„¥ iiii melt it in a Panne then take of Waxe â„¥ ii Turpentine a little and a quantity of Sheepes Suet chopped small and a spoonefull of Oyle Olive and boyle them all together then straine it into Water and make it up if there be any Core in the Sore that may hinder the healing take a little Mercury and put it into two spoonefuls of Water and when it is melted and congealed together take a Feather and drop in two or three drops and so lay on the Plaister An Emplaister called Gratia Dei. 16 R. Of Rosin lib. ss boyle it and scumme it clean then take of unwrought Waxe â„¥ iiii and put it to the Rosin and boyle them together then take of Turpentine Sheepes Suet ana â„¥ i. Oyle Olive a spoonefull put them all together to the Rosin and Wax and boyle them till the Scum be gone and it waxeth black then take it off the Fire and cleanse it through a faire linen cloth into Water then worke it in your hands and pull it out as you doe Birdlime a quarter of an houre and make it up in Rolls This Salve is good for any old Sores or for fresh Wounds An Emplaister for a Bruise in the Leg or Arme or elsewhere 17 R. Water Cresses and wash them cleane and seeth them soft and beat them small in a Morter then put them in a Panne and put thereto Sheepes Suet or Deeres Suet and Wine Lees as much as shall suffice and Wheat Branne and fry all together and make a Plaister and lay it warme to the Sore and so use it often as need shall require To make a
and such Cloth as hath been starched A Salve to heale any Wound 29 R. Virgin Waxe lib. ss sweet Butter clarified â„¥ iiii Turpentine â„¥ iiii yolkes of Egges nu ii beaten to Froth red Rose water â„¥ iiii Sugar Candy Ê’ ii Flowre as much as shall suffice boile all these together with a soft fire stirring it well together as you put in the Flowre untill it come to a perfect Plaister A Plaister for the Gout or Ache in the Ioints 30 R. Of Waxe Rosin ana lib. ss Olibanum â„¥ i. white Lead â„¥ ix Litharge of Gold finely beaten and searsed â„¥ ix Neats foot Oyle pi i. set the Oyle on the fire with the Waxe and Rosin when they are melted put in a pint of white Wine a while after put in the other Powders and stir it fast with a stick then drop a little and when it is cold if it be hard it is enough then take it off and anoint a faire board with Neates foot Oyle and when it is almost cold worke it thereon like Waxe and make it up in great rowles when you use it spread it upon linnen Clothes or Leather and lay it warme on where the paine is so renew it Morning and Evening untill it be whole beware of cold and hot Wines The black Salve good for any fresh Wound 31 R. Of Oyle Olive pi i. red Lead â„¥ ix stir them well together and set them on the fire and boile it fast untill it looke black and if a drop stick to you finger it is enough beware lest any sparke of fire flie into it in the boiling A very good Salve to heale an old inveterate Sore 32 R. A pint of strong Ale and set it on the fire and put into it a quarter of an ounce of roche Allome and a spoonfull of good Honey and as much Deere suet or Sheepes suet and a Crab and let them seethe together till the fourth Part bee consumed then take three or foure spoonfulls of wheate Flower and mingle them together and after put them into the rest of the Liquor and set it on the fire and stir it till it be thick then take it from the fire else it will be thin againe and put it into a pot and when you will use it spread it on a linnen Cloth a quarter of an inch thick and let it lie foureteene houres and when you take it away wipe away the corruption very cleane then lay on another alwaies warme A Salve for all manner of Wounds and Sores that be curable 33 R. Of Betony Plantaine Smallage of each lib. i. of the Iuice and put it in a pan adde to it of cleane new Waxe â„¥ ii of cleanest and whitest Incense â„¥ ii melt these by themselves with a soft fire then put the Iuices thereto and boile them together untill all the Iuices be wasted ever stirring it then take it from the fire and straine it through a Cloth then take of Turpentine â„¥ iii. and temper them together when it is cold put it up when you use it chase a little in your hand and spread it upon a Cloth broad and long enough to cover the Wounds first washing the Wounds with white Wine and Honey sodden together blood warm and dressing them Morning and Evening the Plaisters being warme if you wet a Tent in the said Wine and put into the bottome of the VVound it will draw out the corruption if the VVound ake poure in a little Oyle Olive Powders CHAP. XXXV A Powder for Hollow Vlcers 1 R. Frankincense Masticke Myrrhe Sarcocoll Bolearmenike Dragons blood Barley meal ana mixe them in fine Powder and sprinkle upon the Wound A Powder to incarnate Wounds 2 R. Of Hogge Fennell â„¥ ss Flouredeluce Ê’ v. Myrrhe Ê’ iii. the greater and lesser Centory anaÊ’ ii round Aristolochia Tuttie Oppoponax Meale of Orobus anaÊ’ ii ss make all in fine Powder A Powder to stay bleeding of a Wound 3 R. Quicke Lime Dragons blood Aloes Frankincense Copperas ana Incorporate them being finely powdered with the white of an Egge and Cobwebbes and apply it A Powder Adstrictive to be used in stitching of Wounds with Clothes 4 R. Of Mill dust Ê’ iii. Bolearmenicke Frankincense ana â„¥ ss Olibanum Masticke myrrhe anaÊ’ ii ss Dragons blood â„¥ iii. ss Blood-stone Ê’ i. make them in fine Powder which yee shall use with the white of an Egge and spread it upon a cloth and lay it over night upon each side the Wound one even with the edges and on the morrow you may joyne the edges by stitching the clothes and drawing them close Hollands Powder for the Cholicke 5 R. Anniseed ana â„¥ ss Bay Berries â„¥ ss Fennell Seed  Coriander Seed  Smalladge Seed Sene the weight of all the rest make a powder of them and give it in white Wine Ê’ i. ss at a time Parseley Seed Commin Seed Graine of Paradise Agat Stone Milfoile  Seed of Carrawaies  Seed of Broome  Ginger  Long Pepper  Nutmegs  To make the Powder called Pulvis sanctus to Purge the Dose whereof is Ê’ i. ss 6 R. Of the leaves of Sene white Tartar ana â„¥ ss Cloves Cinamon ana â„¥ ss DiagrediuÌ„ ℈ ii gr Galingale Ammi viii good Rubarbe Ê’ i. Salt Gemme gr 20. Ginger ℈ ss Agaricke ℈ ii beat all into fine Powder and mingle them A Powder for an Ague 7 R. Carduus Benedictus the Hearbe Mercurie Plantaine leaves Centaury Rue ana powder them and drinke it in Posset drink two or three nights together before you goe to bed and sweat upon it the Dose is Ê’ i. at a time Powder of Turbith to purge Phlegme for Women Children or old Men or for delicate Persons that live without labour 8 R. White Ginger Masticke ana Ê’ x. Turbith finely powdered Ê’ v. Sugar as much as all the rest mingle them together in fine powder A dredge Powder that purgeth Choler Phlegme and Melancholy 9 R. Turbith â„¥ i. Ginger Cinamon Masticke Galingale Graines of Paradise Cloves Anniseed the Hearbe called Mercuries Finger Diagredium ana â„¥ ss leaves of Sene â„¥ ii Sugar â„¥ iiii mingle them and powder them finely A Sneezing Powder 10 R. Rootes of Sneezing Wort or Bartram â„¥ i. Castoreum â„¥ ss white Elebor and black Elebor ana â„¥ i. Marjorame m. i. mingle them and make them into Powder A most excellent Powder to provoke Vrine and to send forth the Gravell and Stone 11 R. A Flint Stone and beat it in a Morter to a most fine and subtill Powder scarce it and keep it in a Bladder till you have occasion to use it then take halfe a Dramme at once fasting at time of need in white Wine or â—osset Ale or such like To make white Damaske Powder 12 R. Of Scuttle bone in fine Powder lib. ss adde thereto of Muske cod â„¥ ss or pure Muske Civet and Amber Greece ana Ê’ iii. To make common sweet Powder 13 R. Of Ireos â„¥ iiii Calamus Aromaticus Ciprus Sweet Marjoram
then put to it foure penniworth of Treacle and a quarter of a pinte of the best Angelica water Take every Morning and Evening halfe a spoonfull at a time for a preservative against infection and if you be infected take two spoonfulls and sweat thereupon A pretious Water for the Stone 52 In May take the hearbe called Ramsins and distill it put unto your Water the same proportion of white Wine and distill them againe together A Water to make the Face and Hands white 53 R. The leaves of Nettles dry them and make thereof Powder and put that Powder in Water and boile it and therewith wash your Face and Hands gather your Nettles in May before the Sun riseth and you may keep them all the yeare A Water for Pimples and heate in the Face 54 R. A spoonfull of burnt Allome put it into a Sawcerfull of white wine Vinegar and stir it well together and at Night when you goe to bed dip a Cloth into it and wet the Sore places A Water to make the Stone slip and to provoke Vrine 55 R. Halfe a pinte of white Wine and boile it and in the boiling put in half an ounce of castle Soape sliced thin when it is dissolved drinke thereof blood-warme For a Pearle or Web or Blood-shotten Eye 56 R. Of Maidenhaire and ground Ivy m. i. Archangel flowers pu i. wash them cleane and swing them dry then stamp them and straine them with a little good Ale and with a feather drop a drop or two into the sore Eye thrice in a day if the Eye be much Blood-shotten take more of the Ivy. A Water for an olde Sore 57 R. Flint stones nu iii. vel iiii burne them to Lime and slake them in Running water then take Allome and doe the like therewith boile them two houres then put thereto Bolearmenick greene Coperas Camphire ana q. s boile them all one houre after they are dissolved and then straine it and put it up To make Aqua coelestis the Celestiall Water 58 Aqua coelestis is of two kindes if you mingle with it as much of the Water called Mother of Balme and distill it againe you have the Treasure of all Medicines First of the Vertues of these two Waters the first Water is of such Vertue that if you put it into a fresh Wound it healeth it in foure and twenty houres so it be not Mortall and it healeth maligne Vlcers Cankers Noli me tangere and olde Wounds within the space of fifteene dayes if you wash it with the said Water every third day and if you put a drop of it upon a Carbuncle it mortifieth the malignity thereof shortly also if you put of the same Water into the Eye that hath lost his sight if not utterly it shall be recovered within eight daies at the uttermost and if a Man drink a drop of it with a little good Wine it breaketh the Stone in the space of two houres in the Reines or Bladder it mollifieth hardened Sinewes if you wash them therewith This Water must be used from November to April and but halfe a spoonfull at once once a weeke It is thus made First you must have a vessell of Glasse a Cubite high or thereabouts and fill it with Aqua vitae made of good Wine and see that it be well luted and then cover it in Horse dung or Doves dung so that it be not too moist nor too hot lest the Glasse breake leave the neck of the Glasse without in the aire this will boile mightily and so let it stand thirty daies then draw out the Glasse and put these things following into the Water and stop the mouth close and so leave it eight daies lastly put the Glasse in Balneo Mariae with Sand setting on a head with a receiver well luted and make a slow fire and gather the first Water whiles it seemeth to drop downe cleare but when it turneth red then change the receiver for this is the second Water which you shall keep in a Glassewell stopped The Spices to be put in are these good Cinamon Cloves Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Zedoary long Pepper and round rootes of Citron Spikenard Lignum Aloes Cubebs Cardamomum Calamus Aromaticus Germander S. Iohns wort Maces white Frankincense round Turmentill Hermodactills the pithe of white Wallwort Iuniper Laurell berries the seed of Mugwort Smalllage Fennell Anise flowers of Basile Rosemary Sage leaves Margerome Mints Penniroyall Sticados flowers of Elder red Roses and white Rue Scabious Lunary Centaury the lesser Egrimony Fumitary Pimpernell Dandelion Eufrage Maidenhaire Endive seeds of Sorrell yellow Sanders Aloes Epatich ana â„¥ ii Ambrosine fine Rubarb ana â„¥ ii dry Figs Raisons Dates without stones sweete Almonds Pine kernels ana â„¥ i. Aqua vitae made with good Wine to the quantity of them all and foure times as much Sugar as they be all of white Honey lib. ii then put to the underwritten Rootes of Gentian flowers of Rosemary Nigella that growes in the Corne Bryony roote of the hearbe called Panis Porcinus Hogs bread seed of Wormwood anaÊ’ ss before you distill the Water you must quench in it a hot plate of Gold oftentimes and put to it Orientall pearles which must lye covered with Water else they lose their colour and so distill it Cataplasmes or Poultisses CHAP. XXXVII An excellent Cataplasme for any Swelling Apostume rankling Wound or broken Bone R. Of new Milke one pinte seethe in it untill it be thicke the crums of fine white bread then take it from the fire and put into it the white of an Egge and one spoonfull of Sallet Oyle first well beaten together and stir it well and lay it to the place as hot as can be suffered it will serve twice A Poultis for a sore Breast 2 R. Of Neats foot Oyle pi i. of Marigold leaves m. i. make it thicke with wheaten Bread and put into it a little Saffron and boile it to a Poultis A Poultis for a sore Throate 3 R. A Swallowes nest and boile it in Water to a Poultis and binde it to the Neck and Throate as hot as you can A Poultis for any Swelling that comes of a hot cause 4 R. A Lapfull of wilde Mallowes boile them in running Water untill they be tender then swing them in a Cloth and chop them small then take a penniworth of sweete Butter and the crums of Manchet and put the Mallowes and all into a quart of Milke and boile it untill it be thicke and lay it to the griefe as hot as can be suffâ—red A Poultis to be applyed to the bottome of the Belly to breake Winde and move Vrine 5 R. Figs and the herbe Grownsell ana m. i. boile them in running Water to a Poultis Another for the same 6 R. The dung of a Ston'd horse boiled in white Wine to a Poultis and applyed to the bottome of the Belly Another 7 R. Hemlock boile it in a sufficient quantity of fresh Butter and lay it to
the Belly A Poultis for the Sciatica 8 R. Of Time m. iiii boile it in a sufficient quantity of white Wine unto the thicknesse of a Cataplasme and apply it hot A Cataplasme to suppurate a cold Tumour 9 R. Of the roote of marsh Mallows and Lillies ana â„¥ iiii the roote of Bryony and wilde Cucumer ana â„¥ iii. Oyle of Lillies lib. ss Oyle of Costus â„¥ iiii Wine â„¥ ii boile them untill the Wine be consumed and after it is strained adde thereto Meale of Linseed and Fenugreek ana â„¥ ii Leaven Ê’ i. ss Duckes and Goose grease ana â„¥ iii. mixe them to the forme of a Cataplasme A Cataplasme to asswage Paine and suppurate Tumours 10 R. Of the leaves of Mallowes m. ii Groundsell m. i. binde them in a linnen Cloth and boile them in Veale broth till they be tender then stamp them very small and adde thereto of new Creame lib. ss crums of white Bread â„¥ vii Sheepes suet shred small lib. ss Oyle of Roses â„¥ iiii boile them untill they be thicke and in the cooling adde thereto the whites of two Egges A Poultis for a Plague Sore or Carbuncle 11 R. Of Lillie rootes â„¥ ii Mallowes Marshmallowes Violets ana m. i. Meale of Linseed Barley and Wheate meale ana â„¥ i. two dry Figs of equall bignesse flowers of Camomill and Violets ana p. i. Elder flowers â„¥ ss boile them and straine them through a Cloth and adde thereto Sowes grease Hens grease and Calves suet ana â„¥ i. ss Oyle of sweete Almonds or Lillies ana â„¥ iii. Saffron Ê’ ss make a Poultis A Cataplasme for the Shingles to be applyed cold 12 R. Of fresh Doves dung q. ss mingle it with wheat Bran and apply it as a Poultis and cover it with a Colewort leafe for three daies and it cureth A Cataplasme for a Wrench or Straine 13 R. Of Brookelime Parsely Groundsell ana q. ss Sheepes suet as much as shall suffice for your herbes chop them small together and boile them in Vrine and so hot apply them upon a blew Cloth A Cataplasme for the Kings Evill or the Tumour called Scrophula 14 R. Of Weybroad called also Ribwort Plantain Woodbine Shepheards purse Betony wilde Camomill Scabious Nightshade Egrimony ana m. iii. beate them together in a Mortar and straine out the Iuice take as much Honey as of those Iuices also as much Iuice of Parseley as of all the rest and againe as much Honey as of that boile all together and put into it as much Barley branne as will make it into the forme of a Poultis A Cataplasme to stay Flux of Blood in any part 15 R. Frankincense Aloes Dragons blood Bolearmen ana equall parts mingle them with the white of an Egge and the haires of the Belly of an old Hare a little shred apply it A Cataplasme for a sore Breast 16 R. Frankincense and mixe it with Fullers Earth and Oyle of Roses and apply it for it helpeth the hardnesse and Inflammation of them after the women are delivered of Childe A Poultis for a sore Breast 17 R. Turnips nu iii. or iiii pare them pretty thick and boile the parings in new Milke and make a Poultis and lay to the breast hot use this and it will cure it A good Poultis for an Impostume or any sudden Swelling in any part of the Body Also for a sore Breast 18 R. Of French Barley a pinte beate it fine put to it halfe so much Linseed beaten fine then take a handfull of Mallowes shred small and put all these into a quart of new Milke and seethe them till it be thick then spread it on a linnen Cloth and lay it to hot as may be suffered and let it lie foure and twenty houres A Poultis for the Palsey 19 R. A great Onyon core it and fill the hole with Oyle Olive and Lavender small minced and set the Onyon on the fire untill it be soft and tender then lay it as hot as may be suffered to the top of the head Balmes CHAP. XXXVIII An excellent black Balme to agglutinate Wounds R. Mummy â„¥ iii. Aloes Epatick â„¥ ii Ship pitch â„¥ ss Sarcocoll Gum of Ivy tree Mastick ana â„¥ i. powder those which are to be powdered subtilly and mixe them with twelve ounces of Aqua vitae prepared for Wounds let them boile in a Glasse vessell in Balneo Mariae three daies which done adde thereto Oyle of Turpentine â„¥ ix Banisters Balsame distilled â„¥ iiii then boile them againe untill the Aqua vitae be wasted and reserve it to your use Banisters Balsame is thus made 2 R. Of the clearest Turpentine lib. viii black Wine lib. ii Iuice of Comfry lib. ss Quinces quartered nu x. wilde Prunell lib. ss Comfrey rootes â„¥ iiii Gum Ammoniack â„¥ ii Olibanum â„¥ i. Gum Elemi â„¥ i. ss Mastick Sarcocoll ana â„¥ ii Aloes Epatick Myrrhe Mummie ana â„¥ ii ss Cinamon â„¥ i. ss Cassia lignaÊ’ ii Dragons blood â„¥ i. ss Bolearmen â„¥ i. Ê’ vi Pomegranate Pills Ê’ vi flowers of Pomegranate Ê’ ii Hypocistis red Sanders anaÊ’ i. ss Nutmegs Cypresse Nuts anaÊ’ iii. Myrtles â„¥ ss powder those that are to be powdered and steep them in Balneo Mariae two daies and then distill them A good Balme against contraction and stiffenesse of members the water whereof cleareth the Eye-sight 3 R. Of common Oyle lib. iii. Turpentine lib. i. Gum of the Carobe rree â„¥ vi Mastick Myrrhe Olibanum Sarcocoll ana â„¥ ii salt Nitre â„¥ ii ss Aqua vitae lib. i. powder those that are to be powdered and distill them with a gentle fire and receive the Water with a thin Oyle swimming aloft which separate apart by it selfe but the thickest Oyle in the bottome separate by straining which is the Balme An excellent Balme of Earth wormes for the speedy curing of all manner of Wounds especially those of the Ioynts Sinews and Tendons and about the head it cureth prickes according to the first intention and is good for Palsies Cramps Lamenesse or Numnesse and such like 4 R. Oyle of Turpentine lib. v. long Earthwormes prepared lib. ii ss Myrrhe â„¥ ii ss Mastick Sarcocoll Olibanum â„¥ iii. Galbanum Gumme Ammoniack ana â„¥ i. Bdellium â„¥ ii Gumme Elemi â„¥ iii. Cloves â„¥ iii. common Oyle lib. ii Oyle of Wormes lib. i. of the purest Turpentine lib. i. put Oyle together except the Oyle of Wormes and common Oyle into the Oyle of Turpentine the Gummes being first finely minced and the rest powdered and so let them stand thirty dayes then poure out by it selfe the clearest part but the thicker part with all the grounds put into your boiling vessell together with a pinte of Malmesey or Sacke and the Oyle of Wormes and common Oyle boyle these together the space of three houres continually stirring it that it grow not to the bottome then when the thick parts swim above take it off the fire and put into it the Oyle of Turpentine that before was cleared from it lastly straine it
beare them up then turne them and cast on the rest of your Sugar but you must not let them seethe when you doe turne them because then they will breake on both sides but let them lie in hot Sirrup a while then turne the broken sides downewards againe and let them seethe softly a little while then may you turne them as often as you please and let them seeth reasonable fast till you think they be enough if you let them seethe long they will lose their colour and will be tough you must skinne them very cleane and when they be cold put them up in Glasses and put in foure or five Cloves and as many little slices of Cinamon of about an inch long thus you may preserve any Plummes but you must put neither Cloves nor Cinamon to your white Plummes To make Marmalade of Quinces 4 First take twelve quarts of fine running Water and put to it sixteene pound of Quinces well pared and coared and quartered into foure parts and put to them eight pound of Sugar and let all this seethe softly till it be more than halfe sodden away let them be close covered or else they will not be red when you see them of a good colour breake them with a spoone and boile them till they come to Marmalade You may dissolve a little Muske or a little Ambergreece in some Rose-water and put into it after the boiling to give it both a fine taste and smell when it begins to cleave to the spoone then take it from the fire and fill your Boxes and with a feather strike it over with Rosewater To preserve Grapes Barberies or Gooseberries 5 Take as much Sugar as they doe weigh and somewhat more and beate it very fine then take your preserving Pan or Skillet and lay a bed of Sugar and a bed of Fruit till you have laid all then take five or six spoonfulls of faire water as much as will wet the bottome of the Pan and boile them as fast as you can untill they be cleare then boile the Sirrup untill it will button upon the side of a dish and it is enough then put them up in pots To keep Quinces rawe all the yeare 6 Take some of the worst Quinces and cut them into small pieces and boile them in water untill it bee strong of the Quince put in the boiling to every Gallon two spoonfulls of Salt as much English Honey halfe a pinte of white Wine Vinegar then straine it and when it is cold put it into a woodden vessel and take as many of your best Quinces as will goe into that Liquor then stop them very close that no aire get into them and they will keep all the yeare To make Paste of Oranges and Lemons 7 Take your Oranges well coloured boile them tender in water shifting them sixe or seaven times in the boiling put into the first water a handfull of Salt then beate them in a wooden Bowle with a wooden Pestle straine them through a piece of Cushion Canvasse take the weight of them in Sugar and somewhat more then boile it and dry it and fashion it as you please and dry it in a warme Oven upon a Plate all night on the morrow turne it To make Paste of Genua the true way 8 Take Quinces and boile them in their skins then scrape all the pulpe from the coare straine it through a piece of Cushion Canvasse then take as much Sugar as the pulpe doth weigh put to it twice so much water as will melt it that is halfe a pinte to every pound of Sugar boile it to a candy height dry the pulpe upon a Chafingdish and Coales then put the Sugar and the pulpe hot together boile it with stirring untill it will lie upon a Plate even as you lay it and run no broader then fashion it some like leaves and some like letters so set your Plate in a warme Stove or Oven set it upon two billets of Wood up from the hearth of the Oven all one night in the morning turne it and so set it in the like heate againe and so every day turne untill it bee dry To make Paste of any tender Plummes 9 Take any tender Plummes and put them in an earthen Pot and put your Pot into a Pot of seething water and when they are dissolved straine all the thin water from them through a faire Cloth and set the Liquor by to make Quiddnie of then straine the pulpe through a piece of Canvasse then take as much Sugar as the pulpe doth weigh put to it as much water as will melt it and boile it to a Candy height Then boile the pulp of the Plummes very well upon the Coales and put it and the Sugar hot together so boile them with stirring then lay them upon a Pie plate and fashion it and dry it as before put some pulpe of Apples amongst the the pulpe of Plummes else it will be tough To make Marmalade of some of these Plummes 10 There is no more difference but in boiling it higher than your Paste till it come cleane from the bottome of the Skillet then boxe it To make conserve of any of these Fruits 11 When you have boiled your Paste beforesaid ready to fashion upon the Plate put it up in gally Pots and never dry it and that is all the difference betweene Conserve and Paste and so you may make Conserve of any Fruits this is for all hard bodyed Fruits as Quinces Pippins Oranges and Lemons To make Conserve of tender Fruits or Berries 12 First dissolve your Plummes as you did to make your Paste straine through the Liquor Pulpe and all and to every pinte of that take three quarters of a pound of Sugar and so boile it untill it be somewhat thicke that when you lay some of it upon a cold dish it will run no broader then put it up To Preserve Fruits greene 13 Take Pippins Apricockes Peareplummes or Peaches while they are green scald them in hot water and pill them the Peaches and Apricockes scrape the Furre off them then boile them very tender then take as much Sugar as they doe weigh and as much water as will make a Sirrup to cover them in then boile them something leisurely and take them up and boile the Sirrup untill it be something thick that it will button upon a dish side and when they are cold put them up together To Preserve these Plummes when they are ripe 14 Take as much Sugar as they weigh and put not so much water to them as you did to the greene for they will yeeld Liquor of themselves boile them not altogether so leasurely as you did the other if you doe the Sirrup will turne red and so when you have boiled them take them up and pot them as aforesaid To dry Pippins as cleare as Amber 15 Take yellow Pippins pare them and cut them in the middest and cut out the Core then put them into a Bason of Water then take
therewith it helps them presently it expelleth the Wind in the Guts and stayeth the running of the Reines it is good against the Water betweene the Skin and the Flesh it killeth Worms and helpeth all sick Members pain in the Hips Gout and Cholick and Chops in the Hands or Feet Oyle of Rue 54 Being drunke with VVine availeth much against Poisons being taken twice or thrice in three daies it helpeth all diseases of the Eyes from what cause soever they proceed if the apple be not perished if you anoint the Eye twice a day therwith it restores Members nummed with the Palsey if they be anointed therewith Oyle of Aniseeds 55 Being drunke with Wine in a morning fasting causeth a sweet Breath it is good against Winde in the Guts and Stomack and causeth the Pain to cease if you drinke three or foure drops and anoint the Stomack therewith it purgeth Phlegme upwards it inciteth to Venery and driveth forth Poison by sweat it is most excellent for shortnesse of Breath and comforteth the Lungs and breaketh the Stone in the Reins and Bladder Oyle of Fennell seed 56 It is most excellent for the Eyes to drink thereof once a day and to put a drop in the Eye morning and evening it helpeth the Dropsie and yellow Iaundise in hot diseases administer it with cold Waters and in cold diseases with Wine This Oyle breaketh the Stone in the Reines and provoketh Vrine and Moneths and breaketh winde being taken in Manus Christi Oyle of Parceley seed 57 Opens the obstructions of the Liver and Kidnies and provoketh the Moneths if it be drunke with convenient Medicines it causeth good digestion and comforts the Stomack and expells the Gravell and Stone and is good against all Poisons Blastings and Windinesse Oyle of Radish seed is made by expression 58 R. The seed of Radish and stamp it small and to every pound of seed put two ounces of good Wine then stamp it againe untill it be mixed and put it into a Copper or Iron vessell and set it over the fire continually stirring it untill it be scalding hot then put it into a Canvasse bagge and presse it forth and separate the Oyle from the Water This Oyle causeth good Digestion and provoketh Vrine breaketh Winde in the Stomack and also the Stone in the Bladder it expelleth Oyle of Mustardseed 59 Is made by expression as aforesaid It provoketh the Termes if you anoint the Reines and without the Matrice and also drinke it it dissolveth the paines in the Side and of the Mother and expelleth Gravell and Stone Oyle of Colewortseeds 60 Is made as aforesaid It is good against Wormes and all Inflammations in the Body and preserveth Armour from rusting Oyle of Linseed or Flaxe seed 61 Is made as before It is good in a Pluresie and dissolveth it if you give foure ounces thereof to drinke it is used for Painting and to make Vernish Oyle of Mans-skull 62 You shall buy this Oyle of the Chymists it is good against the Falling sicknesse giving three graines at a time thereof to drinke Oyle of Saturne and Iupiter that is of Lead and Tin 63 It is the most excellent of all Oyles to heale Wounds so as no bones be broken or cut Oyle of Mercury or Quicksilver 64 Is marveilous good in fresh Wounds and to be used outwardly for the Poxe anointing the Sores therewith Oyle of Hempseed 65 If any one drinke one ounce of this Oyle at a time it maketh him pleasant and merry it is profitable for Women it maketh them merry and comely to see to and maketh Souldiers couragious it is made as the Oile of Linseed Emplaisters CHAP. XXXIV Emplastrum de Ianna R. The Iuice of Smalladge Plantaine and Betony ana lib. i. Waxe Pitch Rosin Turpentine ana lib. ss let three of the Simples be concocted in the Iuices stirring them easily till the Iuices be consumed then take it from the fire and put in the Turpentine It is marveilous effectuall in Wounds and greene Vlcers it pacifieth Inflammation Detergeth Agglutinateth Incarnateth and also Cicatrizeth Emplastrum Divinum 2 R. Of Galbanum Myrrhe ana â„¥ i. Ê’ ii Ammoniacum â„¥ iii. Ê’ iii. Oppoponax Mastick long Aristolochia Verdigrease ana â„¥ i. Litharge common Oyle ana lib. ss new Waxe â„¥ viii Frankinsence â„¥ i. Ê’ i. Bdellium â„¥ ii Loadstone â„¥ iii. the Litharge by stirring is mingled with the Oyle after it is boiled untill it become thicke then adde the Waxe in small pieces and as soon as it is melted take it off the fire and put in the Galbanum Oppoponax Ammoniacum and Bdellium dissolved in Vinegar and Wine boiled and strained after adde the powdered Myrrhe Mastick Incense and Aristolochia and Loadstone next strew in the Verdigrease lest that if it should be boiled any long space the Emplaister become red This Emplaister is marvellous good against maligne Vlcers for it detergeth and consumeth Quitture and corruption and ingendreth new Flesh and bringeth them to a Scar. The black Emplaister 3 R. Of red Lead lib. i. of white Lead lib. ss Oyle Olive lib. ii ss boile them together untill it looke black then take it off the fire and make it up in rowles It is a very good Salve for all manner of Sores or Aches To make an attractive Plaister for the Gout 4 R. Of Waxe lib. ss â„¥ iiii Rosin lib. ss Colophony lib. ss â„¥ iiii Bolearme â„¥ iiii Benjamin â„¥ ii Storax liquid â„¥ ss Storax calamite â„¥ ii Mastick â„¥ i. Olibanum â„¥ i. Myrrhe â„¥ i. Assafaetida â„¥ ii Galbanum â„¥ ss Saffron â„¥ ss Oyle of Roses â„¥ i. Cloves â„¥ i. Deeres suet lib. ss melt your Waxe and Deere suet upon a soft fire then put it to the Rosin Colophony and Bolearmenick and then put in halfe the rest of the Parcels reserving the Oyle of Roses Benjamin and Galbanum they must be last stir it continually upon the fire put it into a Canvasse bagge and strain it with a rowling pin then boile a good quantity of Plantaine in vi Gallons of Water two houres then straine it and when it is cold straine your Plaister into it and make it up in rowles An excellent Emplaister to heale any Wound or Ache. 5 R. Valerian Woodbine Isope Devils bit Adders tongue Hounds tongue Capons Feather S. Iohns wort Houseleeke Red Sage Brier leaves Diasie leaves Tutsane leaves Cumfrey Selfeheale anam i. House-snailes one Pint chop them and the Hearbes and boyle them according to Art in a double Vessell in a sufficient quantitie of May Butter and straine it adde of Frankincense â„¥ ii Myrrhe and Sacrocole ana â„¥ i. Alome Honey Waxe Rosin Turpentine ana â„¥ vi boyle it according to Art and reserve it for your use Sir Philip Parys his Emplaister 6 R. Of Oyle Olive lib. ii red Lead lib. i. white Lead lib. i. beat and searse them Spanish Soape â„¥ xii Incorporate these well together in an earthen Pot well glazed before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle
blacke Salve that cureth all old Sores and Vlcers be they never so foule and stinking 18 R. Of good strong Ale one gallon of Woodbine leaves m. ii red seeded Nettles m. i. Colewort seeded with the jagged leafe m. i. red Onions lib. ss Garlicke pill lib. ss unset Leekes lib. 1. Barke dust a little dishfull stampe all these to Powder very small severally by themselves and put them into the Ale with Roch Allome lib. ss then boyle them on a soft fire untill more then halfe be wasted then let them stand three or foure dayes and straine them into a faire Vessell then adde to them of Waxe Rosin Nerve Oyle ana lib. ss English Honey the best one quart then boyle it againe on a soft fire untill halfe be consumed then keepe it in an earthen Vessell close stopped for your use A good Emplaister for an Ache. 19 R. Rosin lib. ss powdered Frankincense lib. ss powdered Ladanum Masticke ana â„¥ i. powdered Vnwrought Waxe Deeres or Sheepes Suet ana â„¥ ii Camphire â„¥ ii Turpentine â„¥ ii melt the Rosin Frankincense and Waxe in a pottle of white Wine and when they are molten put in your Masticke and Ladanum and then your Suet when all these are well melted together then grinde your Camphire and put it in and last of all your Turpentine then take it from the fire and stirre it untill it waxe cold then make it up in Rolls and keep it for your use When you use it for any Ache make a Plaister of new Sheepes Leather broader then the place you are to lay it to then spread on your Salve as thinne as you can upon the Fleshy side and pricke it full of holes and so lay it to but take it not off from the place untill it come off it selfe without pulling To make the greene Salve 20 R. In May or Iune these Hearbes following viZ. Plantaine Ribwort Yarrow Vrben Betony Egrimony Burnet Mugwort ana m. i. gather them clean without dust for you must not wash them then shred them small and stampe them till they be like a Salve then boyle them halfe an houre in a pottle of good white Wine then straine your Liquor and wring your Hearbes as hard as you can then after it hath boyled a walme or two take it off the fire and put to it Rosin Turpentine ana lib. i. Waxe lib. ss â„¥ iiii Masticke â„¥ ss finely powdered melt these and straine them into the aforesaid Liquor then boyle them all together untill it be neare enough and put into it a Porrenger full of the juyce of Parseley and stirre your Panne with a Sticke so fast as you can then boyle it a little and take it off the fire continually stirring it untill it be cold then worke it into Rolls and keepe it from the dust A very excellent Salve for Wounds and old Sores 21 R. Of pure Rosin lib. ss â„¥ iiii unwrought Wax â„¥ vi Sheepes Suet and fresh Butter clarified ana â„¥ iiii resolve all these upon a soft fire then put thereto of Verdigrease beaten into fine powder a quarter of an ounce then straine it into a pint of white Wine and stirre it untill it be cold then make it up in Rolls A Salve for fresh Wounds 22 R. Red Lead lib. i. boile them to the thicknesse of an Emplaister white Lead lib. ss boile them to the thicknesse of an Emplaister Castle Soape â„¥ vi boile them to the thicknesse of an Emplaister Oyle Olive one quart boile them to the thicknesse of an Emplaister A Plaister to ripe an Impostume 23 R. Of the Crummes of Bread well searsed lib. i. of the Broth of Veale or Mutton or of a Hen wherein the Rootes of Marshmallowes and Holliocke and the rootes of Lillies were sodden put the Bread into this Decoction while it boyleth then straine them all very hard and stampe them in a Mortar and when they are well stamped put to them of Oyle of Camomile Oyle of Roses ana â„¥ ii Oyle of Lillies Hennes grease and Butter anaÊ’ vi and of the decoction as much as shall suffice and set them on the fire againe stirring them untill they come to be stiffe hereof make Plaisters to bee laid upon the Phlegmatick Apostems twice a day Another for the same 24 R. The leaves of Mallows and of Violets ana m. i. Rootes of Langdebufe tender and fresh â„¥ ii Rootes of Hollihock â„¥ iiii boile them perfectly then chop them small stampe them and straine them finely then take a little Linseed and Fenugreeke well beaten and put them in the decoction with Barley flowre and make a stiffe Plaister adding of common Oyle â„¥ iii. fresh Butter â„¥ ii of fresh Swines grease â„¥ ii yolkes of Egges nu iii. mingle them againe with the Rootes strained and set them on the fire againe and stir them about and make a Plaister and use it twice a day A Gratia Dei for all Wounds and Vlcers 25 R. Of the greater and lesser Centaury Woodbine Alleluia Plantaine Ribwort ana m. ii the greater and lesser Comfrey Mouseare Clary Yarrow ana m. i. flowers of Rosemary Wormwood Mugwort ana m. ss Rootes of Madder â„¥ iiii Graines powdered â„¥ ii flowers and leaves of S. Iohns wort Egrimony Knot grasse Verveine Horse taile ana m. i. ss cut them and stampe them together and adde of fresh Swines grease melted lib. i. ss Oyle of Roses odoriferous lib. ii cleare Turpentine Cowes Tallow lib. ii ss Sheepes Suet lib. i. stampe these againe with lib. iii. of good Wine and so leave them the space of 9. dayes in the Sun then boile them on a soft fire till the Wine be consumed then add of cleare Turpentine â„¥ viii Mastick Rosin of the Pine ana â„¥ iii. Gumme Elem. â„¥ ii white Waxe sufficient make a stiffe Oyntment and malaxe it in good Wine then in Goates or Cowes milke lastly in Aquavitae An Emplaister to heale Cankers Fistulaes and maligne Vlcers 26 R. Of Litharge of Gold lib. i. and powder it fine Oyle of Roses qr i. white Wine pi i. old Vrine pi ss well clarified Wine Vinegar pi ss Virgin Waxe two penny weight as much Olibanum Myrrhe one penny weight these Gummes finely powdered and searsed then put all over the fire ever stirring it till it grow black then put in your Vrine and boile it one houre ever stirring it and it will be a most excellent Plaister A Plaister for shrinking of Sinewes 27 R. Of Water Cresses and Camomill ana grinde them small and fry them with wheaten Meale and Honey and lay it on a linnen Cloth to the Sore Plaister wise as hot as you can suffer it and change it twice a day The Tobacco Salve for fresh Cuts 28 R. Of the Iuice of greene English Tobacco qr i. Sallet Oyle pi i. a little Turpentine a little Waxe and a little Verdigrease boile them to a Consistence and make a Plaister Note that the best Cloth for Plaisters is new Lockeram never used the worst is Calicoe
resolution of his powers comming out of the Bathe he must be taken up in a cleane warme Sheet and so laid in a warme bed and cloathes enough upon him to make him sweat easily after hee hath sweat so long as he can well endure take the Sheet from him and dry him well with warme Napkins chiefly his Head under his Armes Breast and Root of his Thighes then let him rest in his Bed an houre or two and when he is well refreshed give him a cleane Shirt that is dry and warme and let him rise and walke but let the Chamber be kept very warme then let him feed upon meates of good juyce and digestion after Bathe use not Venery for Bathing use such Hearbs as are most convenient for the Disease the Patient is affected with the Ordinary sort of Hearbes which are used in the Spring are these Mallowes Marshmallowes Violets Pellitory of the Wall Fumetary Angelica Roses Betony Fennell Barefoote Dragon Plantaine Buglosse Agrimony Harts-tongue which are sodden in Water and made into a Bathe after the Bathe dry well the Head and eate not of two houres after CHAP. XL. Of Stoves and Hot-houses SToves are either dry or moist dry by making a fire underneath or moist by causing a moist Vapour or heate from some decoction of Leaves Hearbes Flowers or Seedes in Water or Wine or both together the dry Stoves are used in many places in London by making a cleare fire underneath that presently heates all the roome by reason of a vaulted Furnace wherein the fire playes of this kinde every one may make himselfe one as he shall judge best and fittest the most necessary for private uses I shall delineate to you in this Figure following The Figure of a Stove to sweat in with a hole to put out the Head and a drawing Boxe underneath to put in Coales or a hot Wedge of iron it must have a seat within for the Patient to sit on so high that his feet touch not below for feare of burning A shewes the hole in the top B the dore to shut in the Drawer with Coales and C shewes the little doore whereat to give the Patient warme Clothes to dry off the Sweat The moist Stoves are made in an ordinary Bathing Tub by putting the decoction into a Pot and setting it over the fire well luted with a Pipe that shall come into the Bathing-tub standing neere thereto which Tub must have a double bottome the uppermost being full of holes whereupon the Patient sitting may receive the Sudorificke Vapour now that the heat may be mitigated when it is too hot you must have a hole in the top of your Pipe to be stopped opened at your pleasure Let the Tub be covered all but the Patients Head Electuaries CHAP. XLI To make an Electuary of the Iuyce of Roses 1 R. Of the Iuyce of fresh dry Roses white Suger ana lib. i. ss boyle them into a solid Electuary with an easie fire and in the end sprinkle powdered Sanders Masticke Cinamon all finely powdered ana ʒ ii Diacridium ℥ i. ss Camphire ℈ ss make Tablets in weight ʒ iii. ss the Dose is one Tablet the whole composition is ℥ xxii the Doses be about 70. It doth draw Choler very strongly and also thinne and watrish humours very good for those that have the Gout if they have not a vehement Ague withall To make Diaphaenicon 2 R. Of the Pulpe of Dates cleansed boyled in Hydromell and fined in a Sive fresh Penids ana lib. ss blancht Almonds ℥ iii. ss when they be bruised and mingled all together put into them clarified Hony lib. ii boyle them a little and then sprinkle Ginger Pepper Mace Cinamon Leaves of dry Rue Fennell seed and seed of wilde Carrets ana ʒ ii Turbith finely beat ℥ iiii Diacridium ℥ iiii ss the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss the whole composition is about lib. iiii the Doses about 130. This Electuary doth mildly purge Choler Crude and slimie Flegme agreeable and convenient in continuall Agues and Diseases arising of Crudity and also for the Cholicke To make the Electuary called Benedicta 3 R. Of Turbith ʒ x. Diacridium Hermodactills red Roses anaʒ v. Cloves Ginger Saxifrage Parseley seed Salt Gemme Galingall Mace Carrawayes Fennell-seed Sparagus seed and Seed of Kneeholme or wilde Myrrhe Millet the four great cold seeds Licoras ana ʒ i. of the best clarified Honey lib. i. make it up according to Art the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss the whole composition is almost lib. ii the Doses be about 50. It draweth forth Phlegmaticke Humours it purgeth the Rheines and expelleth the Stone and Gravell To make the Electuary called Confectio Hamech 4 R. The Barke of yellow Mirabolanes ℥ ii little Onions black Violets Coloquintida Polipody of the Oake ana ℥ i. ss Woormewood Thyme ana ℥ ss Aniseed Fennell seed red Roses anaʒ iii. bruise them all and soake them in Whey lib. ii then boyle them to a pound rub them in your hand and wring them to the strained decoction adde the juyce of Fumetary the Pulpe of Pruines and Raisins ana lib. ss white Sugar clarified Honey ana lib. i. boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey sprinkling in the end Agaricke and Sene beaten fine ana ℥ ii Rubarb beaten ℥ i. ss Dodder that groweth upon Thyme ℥ i. Diacridium ʒ vi Cinamon ℥ ss Ginger ʒ ii Seed of Fumetary and Anise Spikenard ana ʒ i. the Dose is from ʒ iii. to halfe an ounce the whole composition is lib. iii. and ℥ viii the Doses be about 80. This Electuary purgeth Melancholy and other humours adust and is good against Madnesse Melancholy Giddinesse Forgetfulnesse and all faults of the Skinne as Scabbes Morphew Canker Tetter and Elephantiasis To make an Electuary called Hiera Simplex 5 R. Cinamon Mace A sarabacca Spikenard Saffron Masticke ana ʒ vi Aloes unwashed ʒ 100 or lib. i. ss the best clarified Honey lib. iiii the Powder alone is ministred from ʒ ii to ʒ iii. but being taken in Honey from ℥ i. to ℥ i. ss It is more comfortable then purging it purgeth Choler and Phlegme from the stomacke and Intrailes it doth mildely helpe all Diseases proceeding of Crudity and also the Palenesse of the Face An Electuary for a Cough or Cold. 6 R. Of Germander Hyssop Horehound Maidenhaire Agrimony Betony Liverwort and Harts-tongue ana m. i. boyle them in nine pints of water to the consumption of sixe then let it coole and straine it to this decoction put of clarified Honey lib. ss fine Powder of Licoras ℥ v. Enulacampana roote powdered ℥ iii. boyle them to the thicknesse of an Electuary take of this at any time but especially in the morning fasting and at night when you goe to bed or two houres after Supper the quantity of a Nutmeg The Electuary of an Egge commonly called Electuarium de ovo against the Plague 7 R. A new laid Hennes Egge make a little hole in the least end of it no
ana nu xx Gourds boyled or their Seed lib. v. boyle them to them to the halfe and with lib. ii of Sugar make a Sirrup It mitigates the Catarrhe and hoarsenesse helpes the Cough and easeth the Plurisie and quencheth thirst Sirrup of Violets simple 15 The Sirrup of Violets simple is made by infusing the Flowers in water once or twice or thrice as you did in making Sirrup of Roses and with the Decoction make a Sirrup with Sugar It asswageth sharp humours and Plurisie good for Head-ach Watching and dreaming and against the heavinesse of the Heart also it is good to temper other Medicines Sirrup of Hyssop 16 R. Of dryed Hyssop â„¥ i. ss rootes of Oake Ferne of Fennell Licoras Seed of Bastard Saffron ana â„¥ i. clensed Barley white Venus haire ana â„¥ ss cleansed Raisins â„¥ i. ss dryed Figges fat Dates ana nu x. boyle them in sixe pound of Water to the consumption of halfe then straine it and adde to the Decoction of pure Honey lib. i. ss and Sugar as much and make a Sirrup It purgeth the Lungs gently and doth digest Phlegme by â—nuating it and is good against the Plurisie Sirrup of Horehound 17 R. Of white fresh Horehound â„¥ ii Licoras Polipody of the Oake Roote of Smallage and Fennell ana â„¥ ss white Venus Haire Hyssop Origan Garden Savorie Calamint Coltfoot ana Ê’ vi Seed of Anise and Cotton ana â„¥ iii. Raisins of the Sunne stoned â„¥ ii fat Figges dry nu x. boyle them in viii lib. of Hydromel delayed till the halfe be consumed then straine it and boyle the Iuyce into a Sirrup with Honey lib. ii and white Sugar lib. ii season it with â„¥ i. of the Powder of the Roote of the Florentine Flower-de-luce This Sirrup avayleth much in Ptisickes Coughes and all Diseases of the Breast and Liver for it cutteth attenuateth and purgeth all grosse and slimy Flegme and because it is composed of such a confused mixture of lenitive and cutting simples therefore in old inveterate Coughes and Ptisicks I usually prescribe with good successe a composition of this Sirrup with others more moderate as thus R. of Sirrup of Horehound Maiden-haire Coltsfoot Hyssop Violets ana â„¥ i. mingle them and take every morning and evening halfe a spoonefull and as much when you feele the Cough approach or the Flegme to rise Sirrup of the Iuyce of Buglosse 18 R. Of the Iuyce of Buglosse clarified lib. iii. white Sugar lib. ii boyle them to a Sirrup Thus you shall make the Sirrup of the Iuyce of Violets or Peaches which are all Cordiall Sirrup of Buglosse is not onely good to cheare the Heart and drive away swouning out also for Melancholy and Mad people Sirrup of Mint 19 R. The Iuice of sweet Quinces the Iuyce of Tarty sweet Quinces the Iuyce of sweet Pomegranates the Iuyce of Tarty sweet Pomegranates ana lib. i. ss mixe these together and infuse in them for the space of xxiiii houres lib. i. ss of dry Mint and of red Roses â„¥ ii boyle them untill halfe be consumed and then straine it and adde thereto of white Sugar lib. iiii and to sweeten the Sirrup boyle therein Ê’ iii. of Gallia Muscata bound in a cloth This Sirrup heates the stomacke moderately and corroborates it and helpeth concoction abateth Loathsomenesse Vomiting Chincough and Lientery Sirrup of Coltsfoot 20 R. Of Coltsfoot fresh gathered m. vi Maidenhaire m. ii Hyssop m. i. Licoras â„¥ ii boyle them in lib. iiii of Rain Water or Spring Water untill the fourth part be consumed then straine it and clarifie it and with lib. iii. of white Sugar make a Sirrup Sirrup of Maidenhaire 21 R. Of Licoras â„¥ ii Maidenhaire â„¥ v. infuse it in lib. iiii of Spring Water then boyle it and straine it and with lib. i. ss of pure Sugar boyle it up to a Sirrup Sirrup of Wormewood 22 R. Roman Wormewood lib. ss red Roses â„¥ ii Spikenard Ê’ iii. bruise them and infuse them xxiiii houres in old and well smelling white Wine and the Iuyce of Quince peares lib. ii ss boyle them with a gentle fire to the consumption of halfe then boyle them againe with lib. ii of white Sugar to the thickenesse of a Sirrup It purgeth and consumeth Choler out of the stomacke it recovereth a good and pleasant colour and helpeth the Iaundies Sirrup of Radish 23 R. Of the Rootes of Garden and wilde Raddish ana â„¥ rootes of Saxifrage Kneeholme or Butchers Broome Lovage Sea-Holly Pety Whin O Cammocke or Ground-Furze Parseley Fennell ana â„¥ ss Leaves of Betony Pimpernell Wilde Time tender Crops of Nettles Cresses Samphire Venus Haire ana m. i. the fruite of sleepy Nightshade and Iujubes ana nu xx the Seed of Basill Burre Parseley of Macedonia Carawayes Seseli Yellow Carrots Grommell Barkes of Baytree root ana Ê’ ii Raisins stoned Licoras ana Ê’ vi boyl them in lib. x. of Water till foure pound be consumed then straine it and with lib. ii of purified Honey and white Sugar lib. iiii make a cleare Sirrup season it with Cinamon â„¥ i. and Nutmegs â„¥ ss This Sirrup expelleth Gravell and Stone and scoureth the Kidneis and Bladder if it be mixed with other Lenitive and scowring things also it provoketh Vrine Sirrup of Mugwort 24 R. Of Mugwort m. ii Rootes of Flowerdeluce Elecampane Madder Piony Lovage Fennell ana â„¥ ss Wilde Time Origanum Calamint Nep Balmemint Savine sweet Marjoram Hyssop Horehound Germander Groundpine S. Iohns Wort Featherfew Betony ana m. i. Seed of Anis Parsley Fennell Basill Yellow Carrets Rue Nigella ana â„¥ iii. bruise them and infuse them xxiiii houres in lib. viii of Hydromel till three pound be consumed then boyle it with lib. v. of Sugar unto a Sirrup season it with Cinamon â„¥ i. and Spike Ê’ iii. This Sirrup of Mugwort doth provoke mightily the suppressed monthly Visits of Women which may be done by Sirrup of Maidenhaire or Hyssop but more mildely it also avayleth against the strangling of the Wombe Sirrup of Alchachenge or Morrell of the Hill 25 R. Of Alchachenge â„¥ i. ss Raisins Kernels of Pine Apples cleansed ana Ê’ vi of the three lesse Seeds ana Ê’ iii. rootes of Parseley Fennell Asperage Bruschus and Smallage ana m. ss Licoras Ê’ x. Damaske Pruines Sebestens Iujubes ana nu xii Flowers of Violets Heliotropion or milium solis and of Girus solis ana m. i. Saxifrage m. ss beate them and boyle them a little with Water of Endive Buglosse Fennell and a little Wine of Pomegranates till the third part be consumed then straine them and make a Sirrup with sufficient white Waxe and Ê’ i. ss of fine Rubarbe This Sirrup mundifieth and cleanseth the Reines from the Stone Haires or Branne comforteth the stomacke and breaketh wind An excellent Sirrup to preserve the Lunges and for Astma 26 R. Of Nettle-water and Colts-foot water ana pinte i. Aniseed and Licoras powdered ana ii spoonefuls Raisons of Sun m. i. Figs sliced nu iiii boile them untill
any dry Sucket or any Fruits after they are preserved and dry againe lay them upon round Wiers in an earthen Panne the Panne being narrow at the bottome and broad at the top and take as much Sugar refine or Brasill Powder you must neither take Barbary Sugar nor Maderous they are too fat put to it as much Water as will melt it that is halfe a Pint to every pound and something more and when your Sugar is melted take the white of an Egge and a dozen spoonfuls of faire Water beat them together in a Basen with a Birchin Rod till it come to a froth then put the froth of the Egg into the hot sirrup set it on the fire againe and when it boyles and riseth up drop a drop of cold Water amongst it then set it off the fire scum it then boyle ito to a Candie height that is when it will draw like a thred betweene your finger and your thumbe then poure it seething hot into your Panne amongst your fruits set it upon a Cushion in a warme Chimney corner and cover it close with a Blanket on the morrow poure out all the Sirrup that will run from it and then set your Pot in a warme place againe to dry pricke up your Wiers take off all the Fruits and lay them on Papers to dry then boxe them To Candy Eringoe Rootes 26 Take your Rootes new gathered without knots or joynts boyle them tender in faire Water let your Water boyle before you put them in then pill them slit them and pith them and wash them in two or three faire Waters dry them with a faire cloth and plat them then take twice so much as they weigh and refine your Sugar and boyl them in the one halfe till they be tender and cleare make your Sirrup first with halfe Rosewater and halfe faire Water when their be cleare make a Sirrup with the other halfe of your Sugar and boyle your Sugar to a Manus Christi that is when it will draw as fine as the haire of your head then put in your Rootes again and boyle them and shake them in a Basen till they be cold and so lay them upon Papers untill they be dry To Candy Suckets Orenges Lemmons Pome-citrons and Lettice Stalkes 27 Boyle them tender in Water and then Candy them as you did the Rootes aforesaid To Candy Flowers after another fashion used in Spaine 28 Take what Flowers you will and picke off the leaves from the Flower and make a Sirrup of Sugar and put in the Blossomes of your Flowers as many as will goe into the Sirrup boyle them with stirring untill it be turned to Sugar againe set them off the fire and with the backe of a Spoone stirre them and bruise the Sugar from them and they will be Candied and no Sugar seene upon them To make Lozenges of any of these Flowers 29 Make a Sirrup of Sugar as before and take the blossomes of what Flower you will and shred them on a Trencher or beat them in a Wooden Dish then put in as many as will colour the Sirrup of that colour the Flowers are of and boyle it with stirring untill it will come cleane from the bottome of the Panne and so thicke that it will scarce drop out of your spoone then poure it upon a wet board and with a wet Knife spread it abroad not very thinne when it is almost cold cut it in square Lozenges like Diamonds To make a Marchpane Ice it garnish it and gild it 30 Take Almonds and blanch them out of seething Water and beat them in a Stone morter in the beating drop in a drop or two of Rose Water to keepe them from oyling and now and then strew a handfull of searsed Sugar to bring it to a Paste when you have brought it to perfect Paste roll it as thinne as you will have it and set an edge about it as about a Tart then cut Flowers and Images to garnish it with of the same Paste then set it on Wafers and after on a double Paper and then on a Pie Plate and so put it into an Oven hot enough for Manchet and bake it when it is halfe baked take it out and with the white of an Egge Rose Water and searsed Sugar beaten together as thick as Batter for Fritters with a Feather Ice it by spreading it over then set it into the Oven againe and when the ice is risen take it out and whilest it is hot sticke in your long garnishing Comfits and when it is cold gild it over in this manner beate the white of an Egge very short and with a Pensill wet those places you would have gold when it is almost dry cut your Leafe gold in little pieces and with a Feather lay it on To make Rashers of Bacon 31 Take some of the Marchpane and knead it in Saunders untill it be red then roll abroad three Rolls of the red and foure of the white and lay together a white and a red Roll untill you have laid all then cut them overthwart in thinne slices and dry them and they will looke like Bacon To make Makeroones 32 Take of blanched Almonds a quarter of a pound and three ounces of searsed Sugar beate these in a Mortar with a little of the white of an Egge and Rose water so beat it untill it be a little thicker then Batter for Fritters then lay it a spoonefull at once upon Wafers and so bake it To make Naples Bisket 33 Take Almonds and Sugar as you did before for Makeroones to every quarter of a pound put one ounce of Pine apple seed bake it as before that is all the difference To make French Bisket Take halfe a pecke of Flower foure Egges halfe a pinte of Ale Yest an ounce and a halfe of Aniseeds make all these together in a loafe with a little sweete Creame and a little cold water make it in the fashion of a Dutch loafe something long when it is baked and a day or two old cut it in thin slices like toasts and strewe it over with pgwdered Sugar and dry it in a warme Stove then Sugar it againe when it is dry then dry it again and so doe three or foure times then box it To make Prince Bisket 35 Take a pound of Sugar and a pound of fine Flower beate your Sugar very fine then take eight Egges take out two of the Whites and beate all these together in a Bowle an houre then take Coffins made of Tinne and indosse them over with sweet butter within put to it halfe an ounce of Aniseeds finely dusted when you are ready to fill your Coffins for if it be put in before it will discolour your bread or you may lay Wafers all within your Coffins which is the best way and so bake it To boile Sugar to a Manus Christi height 36 Boile it untill it be almost Sugar againe and at the last drop of your spoone there will a haire
Cheese grate it and with Honey make an Oyntment and anoint the place till it bee whole For to stay the humour that flowes to the Teeth and Eyes through the Temples 26 R. Of Masticke and Frankincense powdered ana make a Plaister with sufficient white Wine and the white of an Egge and lay it to the Temples To give present ease to the goute 27 R. Milke and boile it and with Vinegar make a Posset and binde the Curde hot to the part For the Palsey 28 R. A new Earthen pot and fill it full of Camomill and stop it well and set it in another pot under ground for forty dayes then take it up and you shall finde Oyle there in and anoint the place with that Oyle if it be in thy Head anoint thy Forehead if the Hands anoint thy Wrists To stop a Laske 29 R. Wheaten Meale and with the juice of Yarrow make little Cakes and bake them and eate them Another 30 R. Rubarbe â„¥ i. grate it and mingle it with as much Conserve of Roses as will make it up hereof R. every morning Ê’ ss and presently after it drinke a good draught of warme Milk well boiled and fast two houres after it doe thus for three daies then R. every night before you goe to bed halfe a dram of Diascordium For one that is blasted 31 R. A Hens Egge and roast it hard and put the white only into a brasse Mortar and put to it of Copperas Ê’ ii and grinde them well together to an Ointment and anoint the Face and it will coole it and allay the swelling and when it is almost whole anoint it with Oyntment of Popular buds described before To stop womens immoderate Fluxe 33 R. A Hares foote and burne it to Powder and drinke it first and last in stale Ale till you be whole To provoke the monthly Visits 33 R. A piece of fresh Beefe boile it in faire Water and skumme it cleane when it is enough take it up and boile in the Broth these hearbes following being shred small untill they be soft Hartstongue Maidenhaire Borage red Mints Languebeufe Alisander and Water cresses ana eate these hearbes next your heart in a morning for nine daies and lie not long in bed For them that cannot hold their Water 34 R. The Pissle of a red Deare that is fallen from him as it doth every yeare dry the same in an Oven after the Bread is drawne then beate it to powder and give the Patient a little thereof in a draught of drinke blood-warme last at night and first in the morning and fast for three houres after it To stay a Laske 35 R. A Nutmeg made in Powder mixe it with a Yolke of an Egge in the shell the White done away then heate a Stone hot and drop a little hereof upon the Stone like little Cakes and let it bake and eate of them morning and evening the quantity of one Egge and a Nutmeg at a time For a Cough or Cold. 36 R. Aniseeds â„¥ i. Licoras â„¥ ss of the best dry Figs nu x. Raisons of the Sun nu xx bruise them small and boile them in a quart of running Water till halfe be consumed and give it the sicke to drinke warme morning and evening and fast two houres after and it will remove the Cold from the Stomack For the running of the Reines 37 R. Parsnips sliced thinne and boiled in red Cowes Milke till they be all Pap taken cold morning and evening if you adde in the boiling the water of Oaken buds it will be much better For any Carbuncle Plague Sore Botch Boile or Imposthume 38 R. Bay Salt well beaten to powder sifted and incorporated well with the yolke of an Egge and applyed and it will draw to it selfe all the Venome of the Sore and breake any Boile and heale it A singular Medicine for Bone ache in what place soever 39 R. Of Aquavitae and Oyle of Bay ana mixe them well together and warme it in a Saucer and anoint the grieved place from the fire and keepe it warme For all old Aches and Paines in the Ioynts 40 R. The whole Horne that a Bucke casts off the later the better cast away the Scalpe and take nothing but the Horne then cut it in pieces and boile it in a Gallon of faire water untill it come to a pinte or something more then straine it and let it stand untill it bee cold when you use it warme some of it in a Saucer and anoint the grieved place by the fire and it will cure in nine or ten dressings To cause one to voide Winde 41 R. The cleare Iuice of red Fennell and make Posset Ale therewith and drink it A good Purge 42 R. Of Sene â„¥ i. Coriander seed â„¥ ss Cinamon Licoras Aniseeds Ginger anaÊ’ ii Sugar â„¥ ii beate them into powder and steepe them in a quart of Ale the space of foure and twenty houres then straine it and drinke the one halfe at a time if you will you may take the other halfe the next day To stay bleeding at the Nose 43 R. A linnen Cloth and wet it in cold water and wrap it about the Patients Cods and it will stay For the bloody Fluxe 44 R. As much linnen Cloth as will make a Suppositary make it up into the forme of a Suppositary and soake it well in Aqua composita and put it up into the Fundament To stay womens immoderate Fluxe 45 R. A pinte of Milke hot from the Cow put in as much Rennet as will serve to turne it to Cheese and immediatly drinke it up doe thus for three mornings if need be and it will stay For too much Vomiting 46 R. Of Speare Mint water â„¥ iiii put thereto of the Sirrup of Quinces â„¥ ss and Ê’ ii of Cinamon Water and take two or three spoonfulls at a time For Freckles in the Face 48 R. The blood of a Hare warme from the body and anoint the Face therewith and it will doe them away For an old Ioint sicknesse 49 R. Ants with their Egges stampe them and boile them in faire Water and bathe the member therein For a Botch Boile or Fellon 50 R. The curde of a Posset and lay to it to gather the corruption together remove it not in twelve houres and if once laying will not serve then doe so three or foure times then take quicke Lime and quench it with faire Spring water and mixe with it as much blacke Sope and lay a little thereof to the Sore when it is broken wash it with white Wine a little warmed and then heale it with Butter and powder of Sugar mixed together To make a Iuice of Licoras to stay the Cough comming of Rheume to be made in the beginning of May. 51 R. Of Licoras â„¥ iiii beate it small and searce it then R. of Hyssop m. v. or vi of Foales foote m. iiii Rosemary flowers m. i. stampe all these together in a Stone Mortar and straine them into a faire Bason