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A64906	The English-mans treasure with the true anatomie of mans body / compiled by ... Mr. Thomas Vicary, Esquire ... ; whereunto are annexed many secrets appertaining to chyrurgerie, with divers excellent approved remedies ...; Profitable treatise of the anatomie of mans body	Vicary, Thomas, d. 1561.; Turner, William, d. 1568. Of the bath of Bathe, in England.; Bremer, William.; Boraston, William. Necessary and briefe relation of the contagious disease of the pestilence.; Mondeville, Henri de, 14th cent.; Lanfranco, of Milan, 13th cent.; Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565.; Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.; Ward, William, 1534-1609.; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1641 (1641)	Wing V334; ESTC R13290	183,199	320

marke the spreading for as it is of the one so it is of the other as thus when the branch is in the Arme-pit there hée is divided into two branches The one Branch goeth along in the inner side of the arme vntill it come to the bough of the Arme and there it is called Bazilica or Epatica and so goeth downe the Arme till it come to the wrist and there it is turned to the backe of the Hand and it is found betwéene the little finger and the next and there it is called Salvatella Now to the other Branch that is in the Arme-hole which spreadeth to the vtter side of the shoulder and there he divideth in two the one goeth spreading vp into the carnous part of the Head and after descendeth through the Bone into the Braine as it is declared in the Anatomy of the head The other branch goeth on the outward side of the Arme and there he is divided into two also the one part is ended at the hand and the other part is folded about the arme till it appeare in the bouget of the arme and there is called Sephalica from thence it goeth to the backe of the hand and appeareth betwéene the Thumbe and the foremost finger and there it is called Sephalica Ocularis The two Branches that I speake of which be divided in the hinder part of the shoulders from each of these two I say springeth one and those two méete together and make one Veyne which appeareth in the bough of the Arme and there it is called Mediana or Coadialis or Commine And thus it is to be vnderstood that of Vena Sephalica springeth Vena Ocularis and of Vena Bazilica springeth Vena Salvatella and of the two Veynes that méete springeth Vena Mediana and in ramefying from these fiue principall Veynes springeth innumerable of the which a Chirurgion hath no great charge for it sufficeth vs to know the principals To speake of Arteirs you shall vnderstand that wheresoever there is found a Veyne there is an Arteir vnder him and if there be found a great Veyne there is found a great Artier and whereas is a little Veyne there is a little Artier for wheresoeuer there goeth a Veyne to giue nutriment there goeth an Artier to bring the spirit of life Wherefore it is to bée noted that the Artiers lye more déeper in the flesh then the Veynes doe for they carry and kéepe in them more precious blood then doth the Veyne and therefore hée hath néed to bée further from dangers outwardly and therefore God and Nature haue ordained for him to be closed in two Coates where the Veyne hath but one The Breast of Thorax is the Arke or Chest of the spirituall members of man as saith the Philosopher where it is to bée noted that there be foure things containing and right contained as thus The foure containing are the Skinne Musculus flesh the Pappes and the Bones The parts contained are the Heart the Lunges Pannicles Lygaments Nerues Veynes Artiers Myre or Isofagus Now the Skinne and the flesh are knowne in their Anatomy It is to be noted that the flesh of the Pappes differeth from the other flesh of the body for it is white glandulus and spongeous and there is in them both Nerues Veines and Artiers and by them they haue Coliganes with the Heart the Liver the Braine and the Generatiue members Also there is in the Breast as old Authors make mention lxxx or xc Muscles for some of them be common to the Necke some to the Shoulders and to the Spades some to Dyafragma or the Mydriffe some to the Ribbes some to the Backe and some to the Breast it selfe But I find certaine profitablenesse in the creation of the Pappes as well in man as in woman for in man it defendeth the spirituals from annoyance outwardly and another by their thicknesse they comfort the naturall heate in defiance of the spirits And in women there is the generation of Milke for in women there commeth from the Matrix into their Breasts many Veynes which bring into them Menstruall blood the which is turned through the digestiue vertue from red colour into white like the colour of the Pappes even as Chilley comming from the stomacke to the Liver is turned into the colour of the Liver Now to speake of the Bones of the Breast they bée said to bée triple or thrée fold and they be numbred to the seven in the Breast before and their length●s according to the breadth of the Breast and there extremities or ends be gristly as the Ribbes be And in the vpper end of Thorax is an hole or a concavity in which is set the foot of the Furkle-bone or Cannel-bone and in the nether end of Thorax against the mouth of the Stomacke hangeth a a Gristle called Ensiforme and this Gristle was ordained for two causes One is that it should defend the stomacke from hurt outwardly The second is that in time of fulnesse it should giue place to the stomacke in time of néed when it desireth c. Now to speake of the parts of the Backe behind foorth There be twelue Spondels through whom passeth Mynuca of whom springeth twelue paire of Nerues bringeth bath féeling and mooving to the Muscles of the Breast aforesayd And héere it is to be noted that in every side there be twelue Ribs that is to say seven true and fiue false because these fiue bée not so long as the other seven be and therefore called false Ribs as it may be perceived by the sight of the Eye Likewise of the parts that be inwardly and first of the Heart because hée is the principall of all other members and the beginning of life hée is set in the middest of the Breast severally by himselfe as Lord and King of all members And as a Lord or a King ought to be served of his Subjects that haue their living of him so are all other members of the Body subjects to the Heart for they receiue their living of him and they doe service many wayes vnto him againe The substance of the Heart is as it were Lazartus Flesh but it is spermaticke and an officiall member and the beginning of life and hée giveth to every member of the Body both blood of life and spirit of breath and heate for if the Heart were of Lazartus flesh his mooving and stirring should be voluntary and not naturall but the contrary is true for it were impossible that the Heart should be ruled by Will onely and not by Nature The Heart hath the shape and forme of a Pine-apple and the broad end thereof is vpwards and the sharpe end is downewards depending a little towards the left side And hée it is to be noted that the Heart hath blood in his substance whereas all other members haue it but in their Veines and Arteirs Also the Heart is bound with certaine Ligaments to the backe part of the Breast but these Lygaments touch not the substance of

alwayes when the Physitians or Chirurgions doe offend the Wound for alteration or corruption Nature it selfe will worke very well and heale it without any ayde But with our Medicines they may be holpen with much more spéed because they let the alteration and defendeth them from Putrifaction and mittigateth the paine And the order to Cure those kind of wounds are thus The first thing that is to be done in those Wounds is to joyne the parts close together and dresse them vpon the wound with our Oleum Benedictum and vpon the Oyle lay cloathes wet in our Magno Licore as hot as you can suffer it And so with these Remedies thou shalt helpe them quickly because our Oleo Benedicto taketh away the paine and kéepeth it from putrifaction and creposueth Our Magno Licore digesteth mundifieth and incarnateth and healeth And therefore this is the best Medicine that can be vsed in these wounds For hereof I haue had an infinite of Experiences the which hath béene counted miracles and therefore I haue let the world to vnderstand thereof that they may helpe themselues it néed shall serue Of Wounds in the Head where the Bone is not offended VVOunds in the Head where the Bone is not hurt are not of so much importance but are easily to be holpen for you shall doe nothing but to kéepe it from putrifaction and defend it from inflamation which are easie to be done and so Nature will worke well with great spéed To kéepe the wound from putrifaction you must annoynt it round about with our Oleum Philosophorum Deterebinthina and Sera And to kéepe it from inflamation you shall wash it with our Quintessence and upon the wound dresse it with our Magno Licore thus doing thy cure shall prosper happily and shall not néed to take away any blood nor yet to kéepe any dyet nor yet to kéepe the house but to goe where you thinke good without any perill or danger and this order haue I vsed a long time as diuers of my friends can testifie Of Concussions or Bruises as well in the Head as any other place COncussion or Bruises in the head or any other place of the body of the antient Physitians hath béene counted dangerous to heale for they say that Concussions must be brought to putrifaction and turned into matter which opinions I doe allow for by me those Concussions or bruises is very easie to bée dissolved without maturation And that I doe with our Oleo Benedicto and Magno Licore as much of the one as of the other mixt together and made very hote as you can suffer it and then wet cloathes twice a day and in thrée or foure dayes at the most they shall be dissolved and this it doth because this Remedy assubtiliateth the humours and openeth the Pores and draweth foorth the matter that is runne into the place offended and so by those meanes they shall be holpen with this remedy I have cured hundreds when I was in the warres of Africa in Anno 1551. when the said City was taken and destroyed by the Campe of Charles the fifth Emperour Of Wounds in the Necke and the order to be used in curing them VVOunds in the necke are very hard so be cured and long before they heale and this commeth because next are all the ligaments of the head as bones sinewes veynes flesh and skinne all instruments that hold the head and the body together without the which a man cannot liue and therefore those wounds are so perillous to be healed séeing thereunto runneth so great a quantity of humours that they will not suffe● the wound to be healed The true way therefore so helpe those wounds is to stitch them well in his place and dresse it vpon the wound with clothes wet in Oleum Benedictum one part and Magno Licore thrée parts mixt together as hote as you can suffer it And vpon the cloath lay the powder of Mille-foyle and this thou shalt doe once in 24 houres and so that shall helpe them quickly giving you great charge that you change not your Medicine For it mundifieth incarnateth and healeth the wound without any further helpe for I have proved it an infinite and many times Of Wounds in the Armes and their importances and Medicines VVOunds in the Armes are dangerous for that there also are a great number of Sinewes Cartylagines Veynes Mus●les and other dangerous things as it is well séene in wounds in the armes how that thereunto runneth abundance of Humours and there commeth alteration Inflamation and Impostumation which hurteth the Patient much Therefore in this case I will shew thée a rare secret wherewith th●n shalt helpe any sort of wound in the Arme without any alteration and with a little paine and the secret is this Dresse the Wound vpon the vpper parts with our Magno Licore very warm● without any tenting at all and this doe once a day and no more and in no wise change your Medicine for with this thou mayest helpe all Wounds in the Armes with great spéed and it is one of the greatest secrets that can be vsed for the wounds in the armes and proved by me infinite times Of Wounds in the Legs and their parts VVOunds in the Legs are in a manner of the same quality as those in the armes because the Legs are of their proper quality and nature compounded of the like substance that the armes are that is in Skinne flesh Muscles veynes sinewes and Bones And these when they are offended or wounded are very perillous because vnto them runneth great quantity of humours and in the Legges are certaine places deadly as men say as the hinder part of the calfe of the Leg and the middle of the inner part of the thigh the ankle and the foote are all places troublesome and curious to heale when they are wounded and therefore to heale them according to the manner of the Antients it were great trouble to the Chirurgion and pity to sée the paine of the Patient Wherefore in any wise vse not the Medicines of the Antients But when thou hast occasion joyne vnto the skill of thy Art the vse of these Medicines our Quintessentia Balsamo Magno Licore Oleo di Rasa Oleo Benedicto Oleo Philosophorum Any of these or such like which are incorruptible which by their proper quality assubtiliateth concussions pierceth to the bottome of the Wounds kéepeth the flesh in his naturall Caliditie and humidity preserveth from Putrifaction and naturally maketh the Flesh to joyne and grow together and that in a short space Therefore consider well which worketh better Effect ours or the Antients and vse them at thy discretion A Discourse upon old Wounds which are not yet healed with their Remedies VVHen that Wounds are ill healed and that therein commeth Impostumations and that the part of the wounds be indurated and full of paine then vse this secret of our Invention which was never yet séene nor heard of the Antients nor yet of our time but

the concavity of the bladder and the more that the Bladder is filled with Vrine the straiter bée the two Pannicles comprised together for the holes of the Tunicles be not even one against another and therefore if the bladder be never so full there may none goe backe againe The forme of it is round the quantity of it is a Pitcher full in some more in some lesse c. Also there is found two other vessels called Vaza Seminaria or the Spermaticke Vessels And they come from Venakelis bringing blood to the Tostikles as well in man as in woman the which by his further digestion it is made sperme or nature in men they be put outward for the Testikles be without but in women it abideth within for there Testikles stand within as it shall be declared hereafter Next followeth the Matrix in women the Matrix in women is an officiall member compound and Nerveous and in complexion cold and dry and it is the field of mans genertion and it is an instrument susceptiue that is to say a thing receiving or taking and her proper place is betwéne the Bladder and the Gut Longaon the likenesse of it is as it were a yard reversed and turned inward having Testikles likewise as aforesaid Also the Matrix hath two Concavities or Selles and no more but all Beastes haue as many Selles as they haue Pappes heads Also it hath a long Necke like an Vrinall and in every Necke it hath a mouth that is to say one within and another without The inner in the time of conception is shut and the vtter part is open as it was before and it hath in the middest a Lazartus Pannicle which is called in Latine Tengito And in the creation of this Pannicle is found two vtilities The first is that by it goeth forth the Vrine or else it should bée shed throughout all the Vulva The second is that when a woman doth set her Thighs abroad it altereth the ayre that commeth to the Matrix for to temper the heate Furthermore the Necke that is betwéene these two aforesaid mouthes in her concavity hath many involusions and pleates joyned together in the manner of Rose leaues before they be fully spread or ripe and so they be shut together as a purse mouth so that nothing may passe forth but vrine vntill the time of childing Also about the middle of this necke be certaine Veynes in Maydens the which in time of deflowring be corrupted and broken Furthermore in the sides of the vtter mouth are two Testicles or Stones and also two vessels of Sperme shorter then mans vessels and in time of Coyt the Womans sperme is shead downe in the bottome of the Matrix Also from the Liver there commeth to the Matrix many Veynes bringing to the Child nourishing at the time of a womans being with Child and these Veynes at such time as the Matrix is voyd bring thereto superfluities from certaine members of the Body whereof are engendred womans Flowers c. And forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to giue the knowledge of these his Misteries and Workes vnto his Creatures in this present World Héere I ●●ppose to declare what t●ing Embreon is and his Creation The noble Philosophers as Galen Avicen Bartholmeus and divers others writing vpon this matter say That Embreon is a thing engendred in the Mothers wombe the originall whereof is the Sperme of the Man and of the Woman of the which is made by the might and power of GOD in the mothers wombe a Child as hereafter more at large shall bée declared First the field of Generation called the Matrix or the Mother is knowne in the Anatomy whose place is properly betwixt the Bladder and Longaon in the Woman in which place is sowne by the Tillage of man a covenable matter of kindly heate For kindly heate is cause officient both of doing and working and Spirit that giveth vertue to the Body and governeth and ruleth that vertue the which Séed of generation commeth from all the parts of the Body both of the Man and Woman with consent and will of all Members and is shead in the plac● of Conceiving where thorow the vertue of Nature it is gathered together in the Celles of the Matrix or the Mother in whom by the way of the working of mans Séede and by the way of suffering of the Womans Séed mixt together so that each of them worketh in other and suffereth in other there is engendred Embreon And further it is to bée noted that this Sperme that commeth both to man and woman is made and gathered of the most best and purest drops of Blood in all the body and by the labour and cha●ing of the Testikles or Stones this Blood is turned into another kind and is made Sperme And in man it is hot white and thicke wherefore it may not spread nor runne abroad of it selfe but runneth and taketh temperance of the Womans sperme which hath contrary qualities For the womans sperme is thinner colder and féebler And as some Authors hold opinion when this matter is gathered into the right side of the Matrix then it happeneth a Male kind and likewise on the left the Female and where the vertue is most there it favoureth most And further it is to bée noted that like as the Renet of the Chéese hath by himselfe the way or vertue of working so hath the Milke by way of suffering and as the Renet and milke make the Chéese so doth the sperme of Man and Woman make the generation of Embreon of the which thing springeth by the vertue of kindly heate a certaine Skin or Caule into the which it lappeth it selfe in wherewith afterwards it is tyed to the Mothers wombe the which covering commeth foorth with the byrth of the Childe and if it happen that any of the Skinne remaine after the byrth of the Child th●● is the Woman in perill of her life Furthermore if is said that of this Embreon is ingendred the Heart the Liver the Braynes Nerues Veynes Arteirs Cords Lygaments Skins Gristles and Bones receiving to them by kindly vertue the menstruall blood of which is engendred both flesh and fatnesse And as writers say the first thing that is shapen be the principals as is the Heart Liver and Braine For of the Heart springeth the Artiers of the Liver the Veines and of the Brain the Nerues and when these are made Nature maketh and shapeth both Bones and Gristles to kéepe and saue them as the bones of the head for the Brain the Breast Bones and the Ribbes for the Heart and the Liver And after these springeth all other members one after another and thus is the Child bred forth in foure degrées as thus The first is when the said Sperme or Séed is at the first as it were Milke The second is when it is turned from that kind into another kind is yet but as a lumpe of Blood and this is called of Ipocras

the simple are of small importance if they keepe them cleane and close shut Nature will heale them without any kind of medecine but those where veynes are cut had néede of some Art or Practise with the which they must stop the blood and in any wise not to suffer the wound to remaine open but to sow it vp very close so that the veyne may heale and those where sinewes are hurt are of great importance and would be healed with great spéed so the Sinewes may joyne with more ease But those where bones are hurt are of great importance for if the Bone be seperated from the other of necessity it must be taken foorth before the Wound be healed So that by this meanes euery one may know what Wounds are and their kinds In the Curing of greene Wounds consists a five-fold scope or intention THe first is to draw out that which is sent into the Body whether by Bullet Wood Bone or Stone or Arrowes Darts and such like The second is a Conjunction and vniting of parts divided The third is a retaining of those parts vnited in their proper seate The fourth is a Conservation of the parts of the substance The fifth is a Prohibition and mitigation of accidents For the first intention it is performed eyther with fit and convenient Instruments or with attractive Medicines whereby things that are infixed are drawne out Which Medicines are these Radix Aristolochiae Arundis Anagallis Thapsia Ammoniacum Saga Poenum Dictamnum Ranae combustae Or Emplastrum Avic●●nae so much commended by G●ydo The second and third intention is performed by binding and Ligature if the Wound be simple and small and in a place where it may fitly be performed yea although it be la●●● so it may be easily bound as in the Muscles of the Arme and such like but if it happen that Ligature will not serue then must be added the helpe of the Needle being very carefull to handle the party gently and to place it in his due seate The fourth intention is performed and accomplished by appointing of a fit and conuenient Dyet according to the strength of the Patient and greatnesse of the affect and disposition of the whole body for a thin Dyet and cold doth very much auaile in resisting of Symptoms we also adde Blood-letting and Purging of humors to avoide accidents also the part is to be contained in his due place and a Cataplasme fra●ed with the whites of Egges and other cooling things are to be applyed and sometimes to be fomented with astringed Wine The fift intention is in the correcting of accidents which is Fl●x of blood Dolor Tum●r Paralysis Convulsion Feuer Syncope Delerium and Itching But this is to be obserued in the Flure of blood whether it hath flowne sufficiently or no if otherwise the Fluxe is to be suffered for after a sufficient Fluxe the wound doth remaine dry and is so much the nseacute erer cured and the lesse Symptomes follow as Phlegmon and such like and if the wound bleed not sufficient we must open a veyne for revulsion according to the greatnesse of the affect and the nature of the wound especially when through paine or other cause we feare inflamation or a Feauer How a sicke man should Dyet himselfe being Wounded A Wounded man or a man sore beaten being sicke must be kept from Milke Butter Chéese Hearbes Fruites Fish except fresh water Fish Women Garlicke Onions Leekes Peason c. also diuers sorts of meate must hee not eate as Béefe water Fowles Goose or Ducke nor drinke to much strong Wine But may eate Porke Mutton Chicken Henne or Capon REMEDIES FOR all Captaines and Souldiers that Travell eyther by Water or by Land PART IIII. THere are thée Infirmities that offend the Souldiers in the Campe above all the rest the which are these Fevers Wounds and Fluxes of the body the which thou mayest helpe in this order following with these Medicines That Quintessence of Wine our Balsamo Magno Licore Quintessentia and Spice Imperiall And the order to vse them is thus When any hath a Fever or Fluxe then presently when the Disease beginneth let him Blood in one of the two Veynes vnder the Tongue cuffing it ouerthwart and this thou shalt doe in the Evening then the next morning take a Doze of your Imperiall powder mixt with Wine and this you may doe without any Dyet or straigth order that being done giue him thrée mornings together halfe an ounce of our Quintessence solutive with Broath but if it bée a Fluxe and that the Pattent is not cured let him stand in a cold Bath of Salt water of the Sea thrée or foure houres or more and he shall be perfectly holpe Than as concerning Wounds as well as Cuts as thrusts and as well Galling with Arrowes as Harquebush-shot and other sorts thou shalt cure them thus The first thing that thou shalt doe to them is to wash them very cleane with Wine and then dry them well then put therein our Quintessence of Wine and presently joyne the parts together and sowe or stitch them close then put thereupon fiue or sixe drops of our Balsamo and vpon the wound lay a cloth wet in our Magno Licore as hote as yée may suffer it and this yee shall do the first day then the next day follow this order First put thereon our Quintessence and a little of our Balsamo and then our Magno Licore very hote and neuer change that medicine And this done the wound shall be whole with great spéed and in a quarter of the time that the common Chirurgions is able to doe it by the grace of God A rare secret the which this Author did send to a very friend of his being in the Warres the which helpeth all wounds eyther by Cut Thrust galling with Arrowes or Hargubush-shot or otherwise THe first thing that yée shall doe is to wash the Wounds very cleane with Vrine and then dry it very well then put therein Quintessence of Wine and presently joyne the parts close together and stitch or sow them well but in any wise sowe nothing but the Skinne for otherwise it will cause great paine Then put thereon five or sixe drops of our Balsamo and vpon the Wound lay a cloth wet in our Magno Licore as hote as they can suffer it and this doe the first day Then the next day follow this order First put thereon our Quintessence and then a little of our Balsamo and then annoint it very well with our Magno Licore as hot as it may be suffered Never changing this Medicine vntill it be whole Of Wounds in the Head with fracture of the Bone VVOunds at the Head with fracture of the Bone of the common Physitians and Chirurgions are counted ●i●●icile to be healed because thereunto belongeth great Art or Cunning For they open the Flesh and raise the Bone with many other things of which I count it superfluous to entreat of because that many be holpen without them For

of vs. When thou findest such a cause wash the Wound well and make it cleane round about and then wash it with our Quintessentia Vegetabile and Bathe it well thorow for that the said Quintessentia doth open the Pores and assubtiliateth the matter and causeth the humour to come foorth This being done annoynt it all ouer with our Magno Licore and this done within thrée dayes the Patient shall féele great ease and in short time after he shall be whole This is one of the most noblest Medicines that can bée made For it takes away the hardnesse healeth the Wound and comforteth the place offended A rare secret to heale Wounds of Gunshot Arrowes or such like in the Wars when hast is required IF thou wilt cure these Wounds presently joyne the parts together and wash it with our Aqua Coelestis and Oleum Balsamo of our invention and lay a Cloath wet in the same thereon To heale a Wound quickly VVAsh the Wound well with our Aqua Balsamo and close it vp and thereupon lay the cloath of the Oyle Frankensence and so by this meanes thou shalt heale any great Wound quickly For I have proved it infinite times to my great credit To heale a Wound quickly that is in danger of any Accidents VVOunds in some parts of the Body are very dangerous of Life and especially where the Sinewes or Veynes bée cut or pierced or Veynes or Muscles be hurt or Bones broken and by an infinite of other particulars which being open or ill-healed the Patient may be in danger of life because the winde entreth in and causeth paines and inflamation and therefore to avoyd all these aforesaid matters so that the wound shall haue no detriment vse this remedy First joyne the parts close together and put therein our Quintessence and lay a cloth wet in our Baulme and binde it fast that the ayre come not in for it is very hurtfull You shall vnderstand that these be two of the best experienced Medicines that may be found because our Quintessence doth assubtiliate the Blood and taketh it foorth and taketh away the paine And the Baulme doth warme and comfort the place offended And will not suffer any Matter to runne thereinto by any meanes for this is most true as I haue prooued diuers and sundry times and alwayes haue had very good successe To stay the fluxe of Bloud in Wounds VVHen there is a fluxe of Blood in any wound by reason of some veyne that is cut and that the Chirurgion would stop it it is necessary that he put into it our Quintessence and then so stitch it by very close and hard and vpon the wound strowe the blood of a Man dried made in powder and lay vpon the wound a cloath wet in our Baulme artificially very warme and vpon that binde the wound very straight with Ligaments and twice a day wash it with our Quintessentia and round about it annoynt it with our Baulme and also cast thereon our secret powder for wounds and that doe Morning and Euening euery day without opening the wound and in short time it will remaine well giving you charge that the wounded person doe kéepe no straight Dyet because Nature being weake relaxeth the Veynes and that causeth the fluxe of blood Another for the same FIrst stitch the Wound close then cast thereon mans blood and binde it somewhat hard so let it remaine foure and twenty houres And when you vnbind it take héed you remove nothing and cast thereon more dryed blood and annoynt it round about with Oleum Philosophorum Deteribinthina and Cera and binde it againe other foure and twenty houres and then binde it gently and annoynt the wound with Oyle of Frankensence and in short time it will be perfectly whole A defence to be layd upon Wounds TAke perfect Aqua Vitae of good Wine what quantity you will and put therein Hipericon Mill-soyle Viticella and Bitonie and then let it stand certaine dayes close stopped and when yée will vss it wet a cloth therein and lay it round about the Wound and thou shalt have thy intent to the great satisfaction of the Patient A secret Powder for Wounds TAke Hipericon flowers and leaves Mill-soyle and Viticella and stampe them well together and strew it vpon the Wound and round about the wound when it is dressed and it doth defend it from accidents To make a resolutive Plaister of great vertue This Playster is to resolve Tumours and hardnesse if it bee layd thereon very hote and when it is cold to lay on another and this you shall doe till the hardnesse be resolved and it is made in this Order TAke common Ashes that are well burnt and white and finely searced one pound Clay beaten in fine powder halfe a pound Earab one ounce mixe all these in an earthen dish on the fire with oyle of Roses in forme of a liquid Vnguent and that yée shall lay vpon the place grieved as hot as yée may suffer it and change it Morning and Evening and yée shall sée it worke a marvellous effect Moreover when the Pelechie commeth foorth of a diseased let him be folded in the same remedy very hote and in foure and twenty houres yée shall be holpe if yée be first well Purged for this is a great secret which I have revealed This word Pelechie is as it were certaine spots like those which wée call Gods tokens the which commonly come to those that haue the Pestilent Fever To make a maturative Plaister of great vertue This maturative doth open an Impostume without Instrument or paine And the order to make it is this TAke the yolke of Egges two ounces white Salt finely ground one ounce Hennes ●ung that is liquid and red like Honey one ounce Mixe all these well together without fire and when you will bring an Impostume to superation and breake it lay on this Plaister morning and Euening a little and in short time it will draw foorth the Impostume and breake it and heale it without any other help● Kéepe this as a secret A Composition of great vertue against all Ulcers and Sores TAke Oyle of Vyfrioll that is perfect as much as you will and put it into a Glasse with as much Oyle of Tartar made by dissolution and so let it stand tenne dayes Then take one scruple of that and one ounce of pure Aqua Vitae and mixe them together and therewith wash the hollow Vlcers and they will heale in short time It helpeth any crude kinde of Scab or sore that is caused of the evill quality or nature A Note of a certaine Spanyard wounded in the head at Naples There was a certaine Spanyard called Samora of the age of foure and thirty yeares of complexion Cholericke and Sanguine the which was wounded in the left side of the head with incision of the Bone Also yée shall vnderstand that in Naples the ayre is most ill for wounds in the Head by reason that it is so subtill and for that

drinkes and good savours Summer doth begin the Eight Ides of May and endeth the Eight Ides of Iune at which time beginneth the bitter juyce of Choller then vse cold meates and drinkes and forbeare women Autumne Harvest beginneth the Eight Ides of Iune and endeth the Eight Ides of November at which time waxeth Melancholy then bée purged by a Medicine Laxatiue and afterward vse light and disgestible meates and drinkes such as encrease Sanguine Hiemps Winter beginneth the Eight Ides of November and endeth the Eight Ides of March at which time waxeth fleagme through weakenesse of humours and corruption of Ayre then the pose beginneth to grow then heate is in the veyn then is pricking in the sides then vse hot meate and drinkes as Pepper Ginger and wash not thy head Letchcraft is Chirurgery to heale man of all manner of sicknesse and to kéeps him whole so farre as craft may Letchcraft is in two manners that is both Physicke and Chirurgery Letchcraft and Chirurgery each of them hath two parts viz. Theoricke and Practique Theoricke to know and practise to worke the ground of Theorique Theoricke is to know the Elements and humours that commeth of them which is for mans health or against it Letchcraft teaches vs causes effects and Signes Signes to know the causes and effects and therefore I treate of signes and many signes doth belong to Physicke and Chirurgery as Crisses Vrine Pounces Vomits Sege and other Chirurgery is in Woundes Impostumes and Algebro and Chirurgery holdeth foure parts viz. wounds and Impostumes Algebra and Anthonte Antidotary is the fift which is a kind of Salues against all kind of Sores that belongeth to Chyrurgery Algebra is broken bones and bones out of joynt Antidotory of Chirurgery is in Waters Powders Oyles Oyntments and Emplaisters most principall some must bée repercussiue some Mole●●catiue some Maturatiue some generatiue and some Corosiue Anatomy is to know the Body of man thorow-out and all his members within and without two members hath every manner of man viz. principall and officiall and foure principall every man hath viz. Braine and heart Liuer and stones the Brains hath the head and necke the heart hath the Lungs Breast and Midriffe the Liver hath the stomacke and other members downe to the Reynes as Guts Gauls and the Kelle Veyne and Milt ●he Milt vpon the left side and the Gaule vpon the Liver the Stones hath Raines Bladders and other Privities and these are the foure principall members Braine Heart Liver and Stones and without Braine Heart and Liver no man may liue and without Stones may no man engender thrée things in the Stones is cause of engendring He●t Wind and Humors Heat commeth from the Liuer Spirit from the Heart and Humors from the Braines that man is made of if any of these foure bée faulty that man may not as hée should kindly engender These sixe vertues are rooted in the Liver viz. Attractiue Digestiue Deminsiue Expalsiue Retentiue and a Simulatiue that is in the English drawing and breaking out putting holding and liking For first Nature draweth in that which it néedeth to liue by and then all to breake it and then departeth the good from the bad and holdeth to it the good and then dealeth the good to all the members of the Body Officiall members bée those that haue certaine Offices in mans body where ever they bée as the Eye to sée the Eare to heare the Hand to touch the Mouth to speake the Féet to goe and many such other Also such are called members as branches from the principall to the officiall as the Arme or Legge that rooteth in the principall and brancheth to the officialls and so Nerues Artiers Veynes Lygaments Cords Bones Pannicles and Gristles Flesh and Skinne to teach them their Office But Nerues Veynes and Artiers bée most needfull for they bée Welles and Roo●es of all other Nerues comming from the Braine and Artiers from the Heart and Veynes from the Liver into all the body Nerues giveth to the Body féeling and mooving and Arteirs leaving and Veynes encreasing A Veyne hath but one Tunacle and an Artier hath two in the one runneth bloud and in the other spirits and all beating Veynes bée Artiers the which I call Pulses and all other bée simple Veynes and all such members saving Flesh alone are melancholieus and their nature is Sperme but flesh is Sanguine and therefore it may bée sodered bée it never so much cut but the other said members because their matter is Sperme may never be sodered if they bée much cut And thus much at this time I say of Anatomy And now will I speake of Wounds which is the second part of Chirurgery one of these foure intentions hath every Chirurgion The first is to containe that that is evill loosed The second is to loose that that is evill contained The third is to take away that that is too much The fourth is to increase that that is too little In these foure entents standeth all Chirurgery The first is in Wounds the second is Impostumes the third and fourth Algebra holdeth Wounds be in many manners Simple and Compound Simple in the flesh alone and compound in seven manners There the vi● things that letteth a wound not lightly to heale viz. Empostumes discrased hollownesse or bitten by a venemous Beast and these letteth a Chirurgion soone to heale a wound and it a Sinew bée cut or pricked or wound to the Bone or if the wound bée hollow or else dicrased with a Fever or bruised or made by venemous Beasts then mayest thou not as thou wouldest close vp a wound and if a wound lacke all these seven things then it is simple Medicine is Letchcraft both Physicke and Chirurgery to helpe and to kéepe mans body as craft and nature may and every one of them hath first his Theoricke perfectly to know and afterwards his Practique cunningly to worke the grounds of both his Qualities Elements and Humors and signes most néedfull both of Vrine and Pulses The Nine Tastes SAlt Sharpe and Bitter Sower Savory and Eager Swéet Walloweth and Fatty Thrée of them bée of Heat thrée of Cold and the last thrée be of temperature A cut chaseth heateth and fleyeth Temperature delighteth Lycorise A●nis Ginger Worme wood and Suger these bée Ensamples a cut raweth heateth and fleyeth and Nature there against ripeth and twineth and putteth out make your Medicine such that for one putting out double twining and foure-riping Melancholy is dry and cold sower and earthly coloured his Vrine is thinne and discoloured his Pulse is straight and short in digestion and full stomacke loathsomnesse and sower belching swelling wombe and sides heauy dead and fluggy limbes and Melancholious Vrine commeth of a young wench that faileth her flowers or haue them not as shée ought to haue Fleame cold and moyst white and weake in colours his Vrine is discoloured and thicke his Pulse is short and broad raw stomacke and full loathsome and vnlusty watry mouth much

man infected hath alwaies a desire to sléepe because the venome internall doth perturbate and trouble the spirits vitall so that it alwaies tendeth to rest by these si●nes and all others before related a man may alwaies perceiue himselfe to be infected If he will not giue credit vnto it let him make tryall for halfe a dayes space and presently he shall féele the Apostume vnder his Armes or about the groine or else about the Eares Therefore the chiefest remedy is if a man perceiue all these tokens in the time of Pestilence that he shake off sléepe as I haue said before for as by the reasons before also alleadged it is manifest that in sleepe the Spirits vitall doth rest but the venome is scattered through the membrands from one place vnto another as I haue often observed This being truly marked when a man findeth himselfe infected as soone as possible may be let him let blood in as ample manner that he almost faint thereon for the taking of small quantity of blood stirreth vp the venomous quality more forcibly If a man will not cut many veines at once then hée shall suffer to goe over the same veine incided as before said euen vnto the retardation and staying of the Blood Also he that is let blood whether he be infected or not hée must also shunne sléepe the whole day even till midnight And alwaies in the same part of the body that the Apostume shall appeare shall be made the incision of a veyne As for Example If the Apostume shall appeare vnder the right Arme Phlebotomie shall be made in the middle part of the same Arme from the veyne Mediana but if vnder the left arme the Apostume sheweth it selfe then must you open the Mediana as aforesaid in the same Arme or the Hepatica that is to say in the veyne about the middle finger If the Impostume be about the Groyn let a veyne be opened in the Foot about the Hée le on the same side If the Apostume be in the Neck Phlebotomize the Cophalica about the Thumbe in the hand of the same side or the Mediana of the same Arme or in the hand on the same side about the lesser finger If it shall appeare about the the Eare incide the Cophalica on the same side or the veyne which is betwéene the fore-finger and the thumbe least many venomous vapours invade the braine Or the veyne which is about the lesser finger or about the Article which of Physitians is called Basilica If the tumour shall appeare about the shoulder blades heart and Throat Vse scarifications with applicaton of Ven●osits And first let blood on the Median If the Apostume appeare on the backe open the veyne called Pedia Magna And all these may be let blood if a man haue not slept before the knowledge of the Apostumation But if he féele such Apostumations after sléeping then bléeding ought to be made on the contrary part as if the Apostume appeared in the right arme the Basilica or Liver veyne or Mediana in the left arme shall be opened And if the Apostume sheweth vnder the right arme let it be as it is spoken of the left arme and so of other places in which the Apostumation appeareth and whensoever blood-letting is to be vsed let it be alwaies done in opposite manner And if he that haue béene let blood be very weake then may he sléepe after the midst of the day and before the midst of the day hée ought to be in continuall motion either riding or moderately walking And if afterward the Botch increaseth feare not For it is a token that nature putteth out the venomous quality and restoreth a man to soundnesse then may you apply such remedies thereto as is aboue mentioned And if any there be that shall receiue benefit and recovery by these directions First let him thanke God that hath created Medicine of the Earth to heale his people and secondly pray for me a sinner the writer of this little Treatise for to that intent I tooke the paines A Medicine for the Plague or for sicknesse of the Soule TAke a quart of Repentance of Ninevie and put thereto both your handfuls of fervent Faith in Christs Blood with as much Hope and Charity of the purest you can get in Gods shop a little quantity of each and put it into the vessell of a cléere Conscience and let it boyle well in the fire of Loue so long till thou séest by the Eye of Faith the blacke foame of the loue of this World stinke in thy stomacke then skim it cleane with the spoone of faithfull Prayers that done put in the powder of Patience and take the Immaculate cloath of CHRISTS pure Innocencie and straine all together through it into Christs Cup then drinke it burning hote betimes next thy Heart this done rest from the beastly Conversation vsed in times past vpon the Bed of Christs pure Innocency and cover thée warme with as many clothes of Amendment of life as God shall strengthen thée to beare that thou mayst sweate out all the vile poyson of Covetousnesse Idolatry and the participation thereof with all kinde of Whoredome beggerly Pride Oppression Extortion Vsury Prodigality Swearing Lying and Slandering Envying Wrath Sedition Sects Theft Murther Drunkennesse Gluttony Sloth with such like sweat cleane out of thy Heart thy Head thy Bones and thy Body with all the other powers or parts of thée and ever wash thy Heart and Eyes with pure Humility mixed with the Feare of God and lay the swéet Camon-ill of good Conversation hard to thy Nose least then shouldst smell more then thine own And when thou féelest thy selfe altered from all those afore-named vices take the powder of Say well and lay it vpon the top of thy Tongue to savour thy mouth withall and the Eares of the hearer but drinke thrice as much Doe well daily And then take the Oyle of Good workes mixed with the same Mercy that God hath willed vs to vse and annoynt therewith thine Eyes thine Eares and thy Lips thine heart and thy Hands throughly that they may be light nimble qui●k and ready to minister vnto the poore and dispersed members of Iesus Christ ever as you are able and sée occasion but beware thou takest not Wind in the ministring therof least deadly dust of Vaine glory and Hypocrysie doe thée much harme and to kéep● a dyet for thy Heads sake vse the hot Broth of Holinesse and Righteousnesse continually and féed thy selfe well with the spoone of godly Meditations in Gods holy Word then annoynt thy selfe with the Oyle of Gods peace this done arise from Sinne willingly and take vp Christs Crosse boldly beare it thankfully and walke the course worthily and thou shalt liue everlastingly c. A Prayer O Eternall God and most sure comfort and consolation in all Afflictions which healest the sicke Soules oppressed with Sin which ministrest mercifull Medicines to the repentant Heart and doest refresh the sinfull sinners that thirst after