Canker that eateth mans flesh TAke wheate branne of the smallest powder the iuyce of smallege the iuyce of woodbine and burnt allam beate into powder and a little hony mingle all these together and make a plaister of it and lay it to the sore and it shall destroy the Canker For a bruise TAke Virgin waxe and commen seede well beaten mixe them together and lay it to the bruise plaster wise For a white scalde TAke sallet oyle beaten with the whites of egges till they be thorowly wrought together cut away the heare and so annoynt the head and lay a bladder vpon it A medicine against all stiches TAke linseede and boyle it in newe milke and make a plaster thereof and lay it to the place grieued A medicine for a sore breast TAke groundsill and chop it small the grounds of small beere wheaten branne and sheepes suet beaten in morter and boile them altogether and lay it plaster wise to your breast A medicine for swelled brests TAke white wine wheat bran new bolted rose leaues old and new seeth them vntill they be thicke then lay it to the brest as hotte as she may suffer it from euen till morning and shift it againe To breake the fleame of the brest TAke butter without salt and hony of each a quantitie faire bitter Almonds blanch them and beat them fine and eate a little euery day A very good medicine for any ache or sore brest often approued TAke Frankinsence fine wrought Waxe Bores grease and Rosin of euery one of them a like quantitie and seeth them together to a cake spread it on a cloth as broad as the sore or paine is and lay it too foure and twenty houres or twelue at the least An approued medicine for a sore brest TAke a handfull of mallowes seeth them very soft in faire water and then let the water runne away from the mallowes then choppe or shred them then put them in a dish with bores grease and heate them very hot and lay it in a plaster of linnen cloth to your breast as hotte as you can suffer three or foure times a day heating it this hath beene approued very good A remedie for the paines of the breast TAke hysope parsley sage stamp them together and lay them to the breast and they will be whole Another for the sloping of the breast TAke Rewe and seeth it with allegant and drinke it three or foure times A medicine for the bloody flixe TAke as much fine linnen cloth as wil make a suppositary being rapped together button wise then wet the same in the best aqua vitae or aqua composita and let the partie greeued conuey the same into his fundament and it wil helpe them by the grace of God within three or foure dressings this is approued and hath holppen many that haue beene brought low and thought past cure Doctor Smithes medicine for the collicke and stone TAke posset ale made of Rennish wine boyle Camamill running time parcelie pellitorie of the wall with a good spoonefull of commen seedes till the thrid part and more be consumed then strain them with suger sufficient drinke a good draught warme and vse it as occasion serueth A medicine for the Chin-coffe for a child TAke boares grease and warme the soules of the feete to the fire and chafe them with that and go to bed and keepe it warme and lappe cloths to it To stay a Laxe TAke halfe a quarter of a pound of almonds and parch thē vpon two new tiles beate them in a morter and take a quarter of faire water and set it on the fire and put halfe a handfull of knot-grasse and halfe a handfull of plantine leaues and let them seeth a good while then take the water and straine the foresaid almonds therewith and make an almond milke thereof put in a peece of suger then take date stones and beate them to pouder as smal as may be and put some of that pouder into the almond milke so drinke it luke warme An excellent medicine for a child that cannot part with his water or vrine TAke three or foure hiue bees kill them then drie them vpon hot flat being thorough drie bruise them to smal pouder then put the pouder into a quarte of small ale giue the sicke to drinke and he shall haue present remedie A medicine for the paine of swelling in the stomacke TAke a good quantitie of rosemary flowers boyle them in whit wine and as hot as may be suffered applie it to the stomacke An approued medicine for the spleene TAke a quarte of claret wine a pint of oyle of oliffe two good handfulls of camamill being shred small and boyle the wine and camamill together from a quarte to a pinte and annoynt the hardnes of the spleene morning and euening therewith and it will dissolue A medicine for a fellon or and come TAke Rustie bacon and Colewort leaues stamp them together then take a peece of dogges leather being pricked full of holes and spread it vpon the lether laying it to the soare twice a day and when it beginneth to heale but once a day A medicine for the ytch of the body TAke sweete butter vnwrought waxe vineger brimstone a little Rose water red cloues hole boyle them together till they be like a salue then annoynt the flesh three sundry nights by the fire therewith and no more A medicine for the Canker in the body TAke bollarmoniacke roch allom and hony then beate them to pouder take twise as much of the allom as of the bollarmoniacke and stirre them together till they come to a salue and so annoynt the soare A medicine for the heate or ache in the body or legges or else where TAke red docke rootes and take out the ouer pith and seeth them in running water then draw the water from them and beate it with thick creame and so annoynt the place that is greeued or with a cloth dipped in the same and layd ouer the place A medicine good to clense the body TAke bawme and lay it in white wine till it be well steeped and then distill it the water thereof is good for any disease that is in the body but you must distill the wine and all together drinking a spoonefull or two in the morning prooued A medicine for a fistula TAke veruon and dry it vpon a tile and make pouder thereof make cleane the soare with a linnen cloth and fill the hole full of the pouder A remedie for one that vometeth to much TAke coliander seedes fine beaten in powder and drink it with minte water To make a scare cloth for all manner of aches TAke a pound of vnwrought waxe halfe a pound of rosin two ounces of frankinsence a pounde and halfe of sheepes suet and boyle them altogether and straine them in a faire bason and then put them in a chafindish of coales and dip a lynnen cloth therein and so lay it to the soare A medicine for
you will keepe it in and when it beginneth to be colde then put thereunto foure ounces of venis turpentine and stirre all together vntill it be through cold and keepe it close couered Another THe wine of eyebright is made for the eyes by putting the herbes into the muste vntill it be perfit wine whose vse make the eyes of olde men looke yong for it is hot and drie and the powder of it beaten with the yolke of an egge it worketh the same effect the powder receiued in wine if the wine be too strong put in fenell water or sugar A medicine against the stone in the backe or bladder or for the weakenesse of the backe which is called the running of the raynes TAke venis Turpentine and wash it in rose water either redde or damaske vntill it looke white then diuide it into small balles as you may easily swallow to the full quantitie of thret hasell nuts or there about then rowle them in sugar to make them the more esie to be taken then swallow them in the morning fasting and fast foure hours after them take these three or foure seuerall mornings together and in your water you shall finde much grauell To take away the pocke-holes or any spot in the face TAke white rose water and wette a fine cloth therein and set it al night to freeze and then lay it vpon your face till it be drie also take three poppies the reddest you can get and quarter them taking out the garbitch then still them in a quarte of new milke of a red Cowe and with the water thereof wash your face To make Snow TAke the whites of fiue or sixe egs a handfull of fine sugar and as much rose water and put them in a pottle of cream of the thikest that you can get beat them all together as the snow riseth take it off with a spoone you must beat it with a sticke clouen in foure then must you take a loafe of bread and cut away the crust and set it vpright in a platter then set a faire rosemarie branch in the loafe and cast your snow vpon it with a spoone A medicine for the Piles TAke the hearbe called Torchworte is groweth hie bearing a yellow flower blowing out of the stalke the leaues looke boare Take the iuyce boile it with fresh butter a little while keepe it close and vse it euening and morning If a cowes vdder be stung or bitte with a snake or such ltke Take Lauender and wash it cleane and seeth it in chamber-lye a good while and wash it euening and morning warm you may put a little fresh butter in it and milke out the milke when you doe it A medicine for a cold or burne or a sore approued TAke water-sucke leaues otherwise called Hogwort leaues alliehouse daisies rootes and leaues and all and a little Rosemary and wash them and stampe them and boyle them in creame vntill it is butter then straine them and apply it warme to the burne pricke the water-sucke leaues and lay them vpon it dressing it twice a day or three times if need To heale a sore put Turpentine Rosin wax in it dressing it with linte For the stich TAke stich-wort bay leaues holly without prickles of each a like quantitie the iuyce graines beaten drinke it in ale warme For the swelling TAke the grounds of good Ale glouers shreddes and white bread crumbes and sage boyle them lay it to warme it will swage the swelling and the ache it hath beene proued For the tooth-ache TAke organny that groweth close to the ground that tasteth like aqua-vitae bruise it lay it to the tooth Bursa pastoris will doe the like For a bite or Fellon or sore leg SEeth a pint of ale to two spoonfuls like a syrope pricke a piece of leather with a pin it wil heale it without breaking if it be broken take linte to the whole with some salue let it lie foure twenty houres lay it to cold For the scrathes of a horses leg TAke vineger mustard seede gunpowder boyle them wash it hotte three or foure times proued For the Gowt TAke Mallowes and sengren beate them and boyle them in water then straine them put oate-meale groats soked in vineger and sheepes suet vntryed then boyle it to a poltesse proued For the Ague TAke a red onyon cutte small sixe and fiftie graines of pepper beaten small bind it to the wrist halfe an houre before the sit proued For the Gowt TAke a fat whelpe of a hound scald him like a pigge garbage him in the side take then red nettles stamped with two ounces of brimstone and foure ounces of turpentine foure yolkes of egges stuffe the belly and sow it vp rost it with a soft fire saue the dripping oynt the place it is good for sinewes and crampe it will driue it away for the like effect oyle netles white wine boyle them apply them hotte For the Ciatica TAke the gail of a Bull a quart of wort boile it to a pint thē put in a pinte of vineger frankyncense one ounce in powder of hony halfe a pound of commin halfe a pound in powder boyle it thicke spread it on leather lay it to hot two or three dayes lay a linnen cloth betweene the skin and the plaister the plaister will serue many times proued For the tooth-ach ALlom as big as a walnut garlicke an handfull twentie beanes an handfull of bay salt pepper beate it together lay it to the wrestes twentie foure houres or more For to stoppe the bleding of a wound THe wooll of an incke-horne sanguis draconis boll armonycke and the whites of egs layd on towe For a Consumption either for old folke yong folke or children TAke longwort liuerwort hartes tongue of each an handfull red mints red sag mother of time of each an handfull parsley and fenell rootes the piths out of each halfe an handfull liquorish on ounce annise seedes on ounce sceeney two ounces turbet on ounce tappe dates two ounces synamon on ounce nutmegs two ounces white suger candy soure ounces rubarb on ounce sliced stamppe your spices and your seedes beate your other poite cary stuffe shred your herbs fine boile it in iij. quarts of renish wine to a pottell strain it drink foure times a day a quarter of a pinte at a draught warm put in a peniworth of aqua-vitae as much safron beaten fine after it is boyled if the patient be laxatiue leaue out your rubarb sceeney turbith boile it in wort it is best in wort for children for aged folkes that be weake boyle in the stone of a Bore or a ramme or a horse is best on stone is enough for one time you may take one to purge and another not to purge the second receipt is enough purge first To make one make water TAke the stones and kernels of peaches and medlers beat them fine sift them through a searce put in sugar drinke it in white
three ounces Comen three ounces Turpintine two ounces mingle all these well vpon the fire then spread it vpon a lynnen cloth and make thereof a playster and lay it hot to his head the which will asswage the swelling heale the hurte A secret remedie against the plurisie OPen a white loafe new baked in the middle and spread it wel with good Treacle on both partes vpon the crummy sides and heate it at the fire then lay one parte vpon the place of the disease and the other parte on the other side of his bodie directlie and so bind them that they stir not leauing them so a day and a night or vntill the impostume breake and then take away the bread and immediatlie the patient will spit forth the putrifaction of the impostume and when he hath slept a little let him eate and by Gods helpe he shall shortly be well A very good remedy for a wound with a sword staffe stone or such like TAke Taxus Barbatus stampe it and take the iuyce of it and if the wound bleede wipe it and make it cleane washing it with white wine or water then put the iuyce vpon the wound and the hearbe vpon it out of the which you tooke the iuice then binde vp the wound and in one day you shall see a wonderfull effect Against the disease or griefe of the flanks and the collicke passion experimented and prooued diuers times TAke halfe a glasse or lese of the iuyce of Barberies when they be very ripe and red and put into it as much red Corrall as will lie vpon ij groats well broken into powder and giue the patient to drinke thereof Another perfect remedy for the same disease and to make a man pisse within halfe an houre that hath not made water in three or foure dayes and will breake the stone within ten or twelue dayes TAke fine pouder of Virga Aurea and put a spoonful of it into a new layde egge soft rosted and giue the patient thereof in the morning to his breakefast and let him not eate in foure houres after and then shall hee make water in lesse then halfe an houre and let him vse this for the space of tenne or twelve dayes as aforesaid the patient shall voyde the stone without any paine or griefe A remedy for spitting of blood occasioned by the breach of some vayne in the breast TAke mise dung beaten in powder as much as will lie vpon a groate and put it into halfe a glasse full of iuyce of plantane with a little sugar and so giue the patient to drinke therof in the morning and euening continuing the same he shall be found Against the griefe of the lungs and spitting of blood a remedy experimented and tryed TAke an hearbe called farfara or Tussilago of the Apothecaries Vngula cabellina in English called Colts foote in French pat de lion incorporate it well with the larde of a hogge chopped and a new layd egge boyle all together in a panne and giue the patient of it to eate nine mornings this is also good to make one fatte Against stincking of breath TAke Rosemary leaues with the blossoms if you can get them and seeth them in white wine with a little myrhe and Cynamond and you shall finde a marueilouse effect if you vse it often in your mouth Against the biting of a mad dogge and the rage or madnes that followeth the partie bitten TAke the blossomes or flowers of wilde thistles dryed in the shade and beaten into powder halfe a nut-shell full put into white wine and drinke it and in thrice taking it you shall be whole A thing tried and experimented A medicine for waterish eyes TAke a redde colelease and anoint the leafe with the white of an egge when you goe to bedde lay the same to your eyes A medicine for sore eyes TAke a litle ground Iuy and straine it womans milke together and let it be somewhat greene of the Iuy and then drop a drop or two into the eyes Another for the same TAke Fannell water stilled and liue hony and mingle them together and put a drop or two into the eye these are approued To make water for the eyes to kill the heat of any sore TAke redde sage and boyle it in Smithes water vntill the third part bee consumed then straine out the sage very hard and put into it a quantitie of the liquor a peny worth of Allome and as much of white coperas after you haue taken it from the fire and annoynt your eyes therwith Another for the same TAke the leaues of redde brambles and of plantan and hony-suckles and boyle all them in running water from a quart to a pinte and vse it to the sore A medicine for the pinne and webbe in the eye TAke the white of an egge being hotte take out the yolke cleane and put thereto a good quantitie of sugar-candy then straine it hard through a cloth and therewith make a water and euery day two or three times droppe it into the eyes A medicine to cleare the sight TAke red rosewater cleane mirhe as much as a nutte and breake it into powder and binde it in a linnen cloth and let it lie in the water xij houres then take of this water and put in your eyes and it will cleare your sight For a pearle in the eye TAke red Fennell and the leaues and roots of white dasies vse them without any liquor and put together three spoonfulls of either of them then take one good spoonfull of clarified hony and two or three spoonfuls of womans milke and drop this into your eye three or foure times a day and if there bee any sight in the eye this will cure it For eyes that are blasted TAke a tost made of broune bread and lay it in redde wine that is not mingled and let it lie vntill it be soked halfe an houre then put it into a fine cloth in two pieces for each eye one and the fine cloth must be betweene the eye and the tost dresse it when you goe to bedde at night To purge the head and eye sight TAke the iuyce of Hei-hoo and put it into your nostrels the fleame shall follow and the running water For the eyes that be red and sore TAke Fennell Verueine Roses Salendine and Rue of each two ounces and distil it all together and when neede is then put a droppe or two into the sore eye for it is good for all manner of diseases in the eye Against the payne of the eyes TAke the yolke of an egge rosted hard and layd to with rose oyle and saffron the iuyce of Basill put in For to see well TAke eye bright red Fennell of each halfe a handfull of Rue one quarter of a handfull cause these to be distilled and wash your eyes daily with the water For the taking in the legge TAke a peice of soure leauen and as much barme and as much blacke sope and temper them all together