the same hearbes rootes and séedes which be named in the last sirupes and one is onely to receiue the vapor and sweate withall or make this ensuing Take Bay berries Iuniper berries and Pepper of each as much as you please stampe it to grosse powder and set the patient in a drie bath powre of this powder on hot irons tempred with Lauander water to the end he may sweate well with the vapor thereof then rub all his members infected with Venice Sope vntill the Sope be drie againe Also his bodie is not to be made wet at any time with any thing but onely as he steppeth out of the bath with Lauander water which is to be powred on a glowing Iron and so moisten him with this vapour And after bathing tarying in a warme place the lame ioynts are to be rubbed hard with the grease of Storkes vntill they be drie and afterwards with the sewet of a Wether and lastly with Buckes sewet This being continued so the space of foure dayes the great veine on the foote is to be opened and boxing cups set vpon the armes then will he be holpen An especiall Bath TAke a Foxe vncase him and the bowels being taken out séeth him in a sufficient quantitie of water and bath the sicke person with it but yet not before that the bodie be purged it is not otherwise permitted Fomentations in steade of Bathes TAke Sage sixe M. Iuniper berries foure M. the strong wine lées seuen quarts let them séeth together by a small fire afterwards put it all together in a necessarie kettle or pot to the end the vapor thereof may euaporate and ascend vnto the lame member and vse this so twice euery day Item take drie Sage thrée M. séethe it in a pint of raine water vntill the third part be sodden away at the length cast therein one ounce and a halfe of Stechados let it séeth a waume or two then temper amongst it halfe a pint of wine or salt water with halfe so much white wine clarified honie two ounces annoint and rub therewith the lame members This and other moe which follow hereafter is approoued for this disease if one cannot get the naturall bath or will not vse artificiall bathes which is alwaies to be vsed before the annointing therewith before hand to open the pores Take a hote Tile sprinkle it with good strong wine receiue the vapors vnto the lame members when they then be warmed and besweated drie them with warme clothes and annoint them with some of the foresaid things now with the one then with the other and couer well the lame members with a good woolfes furre or with somewhat like vnto it In like manner it is also good to rub the lame side with good burnt wine or spirit of wine onely or halfe so much white wine tempered amongst it but if you will haue it yet more forcible then take in the stead of the spirit of wine one of these Elixers vitae following A water for Inunction TAke Rosemarie Marioram gentle and Bay berries of each one handfull Venice Sope as much as the yolke of an egge sixe ounces of Lauander water temperall these together in a mortar and let it stand a day afterwards wring it through a cloth the which is thus to be vsed First rub the member well with a warme cloth and annoint the water vpon it Also he is twise a wéeke for to swallow or slide downe 9. or 11. prepared Mustard séedes and to drinke thereupon two or thrée ounces of Lauander water and so to continue this the space of thrée weekes otherwhiles he may annoint the lame side with the oile of Iuniper but not too often for thereby might come great hurt The oile of Costus is also especially recommended for this vse which is thus made Oile of Costus Take the rootes of Costus one ounce Pepper Pieretrum Euphorbium of each eight scruples Beuer cod halfe an ounce melt these all together in sixe ounces of the oile of Wall flowers or in oile of Bay which is more forcible Another TAke powned Pieretrum half an ounce seeth it in sixe ounces of Sallad oile vntill the third part be consumed let the sicke person be annointed therewith foure times in fower and twentie howers it is much commended of all auncient and later Phisitions A maruellous Oile called Hypobalsamus THis oyle is most highly commended for the dead palsey and for all resolutions of the sinewes and is thus made Take cleare Turpentine sixe ounces oyle of Bayes one ounce Galbanum Gummi Helenij of each thrée ounces Gummi Hederae Olibanum Lignum Aloes of each one ounce Masticke one quarter of an ounce Myrrhe Laudanum Aloes Beuer cod of each thrée dragmes powne it grosse then ad vnto it two ounces of spirit of wine let it stand thrée dayes afterwards take Galingale Cloues Cinnamom Nutmegs Zeduarie Cucubes of each one quarter of an ounce Diptamus Comfrey of each one ounce and a halfe powre theron two ounces of spirit of wine let it stand so foure dayes stirring it oftentimes about distill it afterwards in a glasse helme This water is called also Balme water which must be preserued alone so also do with the oyle for it swageth and strengtheneth all the sinewes maruellous much For this is also méete the oyle of Marierom gentle the oyle of Iuniper of wild Cucumbers of Tyles and two precious balmes which shall be hereafter described in the eight part which are especiall good for the lame members This salue following is very good for all lame hands Take Lauander Sage of each one handfull Iuniper berries thrée ounces séeth all togither in wine and rub the fingers and other members with it And if you will haue this more forcible temper it with the former oyles vnto a thin salue which is wonderfully commended Another TAke Squils Rue Calmus Nettle rootes Agrimonie Cowslips of each a handfull powne them all togither and powre oyle of Nuts vpon it and old Sallad oyle foure and twentie ounces and well salted water or wine as much also let these séeth togither vntill the moisture be wasted away wring it hard through a cloth and temper amongst it Saltpeter Euphorbium Pepper oyle of Bay of each one ounce and a halfe Galbanum Turpentine of each two ounces Waxe as much as is néedefull for to make a salue thereof This is maruellous good against the Crampe against the cold Gowte and whatsoeuer ache else may procéede of cold Also you may make of all the foresayd oyle salues if you temper amongst it any grease of Beares of Badgers wild Cats Hens and Géese of which you will Item take Calmus the rootes of Lillies rootes of Costus of each halfe an ounce Pepper Pieretrum Beuercod of each one quarter of an ounce Sage thrée dragmes Stechas one dragme and a half Spicanardi Squinant of each one dragme and the iuice of Cowslips which is well setled one ounce of the oyle of Indie nut kernels of the oyle of crabs
euery time a dragme or more fasting in the morning with the water of Lillies and women may drinke it with wine or any thing else in stead of Lilly water The stone which is cut out of one beaten small and halfe a dragme thereof taken euery day with the water of Saxifrage or Radish water doth also breake the stone of the bladder Item take Licorice one quarter of an ounce Sponge stone and Iewes stone of each ten graines Fennell seed Ameos Mirrha Annys the seed of Mallowes péeled Melon seed Pompeon séede chopt small together of each halfe a dragme Cinnamome one dragme beaten small together there is the waight of a dragme thereof to be taken with any of the foresaid waters There may also be prepared for this these pilles ensuing Take burnt glasse ashes of a Hare Sponge stone and Iewes stone of each a like much make pils thereof with the water of Saxifrage also thrée round slices of Radishes eaten euery morning be very good In like sort also the small bird the Wagtaile rosted powdered or taken as one will is maruellous good for this like as here before is specified already It is also taken for a certaine experiment if one do accustome to eate Nettles that thereby he should be freed of the stone and grauell Now we will write of certaine potions which be méete for the stone and the grauell Potions for the stone Take Turpentine which is washed with Mallowes water thrée quarters of an ounce Species Iustini two scruples Benedicta Laxatiua halfe a dragme let the Turpentine and decoction melt afterwards temper the rest with it and so drinke it as warme as you can Another Take Rubarbe one quarter of an ounce Iuniper berries one ounce the barke of the Cassie thrée dragmes Iewes stone halfe an ounce Agaricus Ginger Cinnamome Galmgall and Masticke of each one dragme Mithridate thrée dragmes Mace Cloues of each halfe a dragme spirit of Wine one pint and Malmsey three pints set them all together the space of three moneths in the sunne there to distiâ—l and of this distillation giue two ounces early in the morning or being in the bath it is a maruellous and approoued remedy Another Take Rubarbe Gâ—nger berries Cassie wood and Fennell of each one quarter of an ounce Annis one dragme Licorice fiue dragmes Iewes stone halfe an ounce Agaricus Ginger Cinnamome and Cloues of each one dragme Mithridate thrée dragmes Mace and Nutmegs of each halfe a dragme Mastick one dragme put all these together beaten in a glasse and poure thereon thrée pound of the spirit of Wine or Aqua vitae then stop it tight and set it the space of fiue dayes in the sunne stirre it all together very well then poure as much Malmsey vnto it and let it stand againe eight or foureteene dayes in the sunne stirring it euery day well about afterwards straine it and kéepe it well when as the grauell beginneth to pricke then take a spoonefull thereof euery day and you shall find amendment out of hand This same may be distilled like as the former Another Take a pint of Aqua vitae more or lesse as you will Malmsey foure ounces Sugar-candy eight ounces the water of Strawberries foure ounces Parsley water two ounces mixe them together and take a spoonefull thereof or as much as you please It is also here to be marked that you need not be afraid of Aqua vitae burnt Wine or any other strong wine for all learned do require to drinke strong wine as Vinum punicum Malmesey Muscadell and such like against the grauel or the stone yea when the paine is at the extremest yet with moderation Some that loue distillations do very much commend this potion following against the grauell Take oyle of Mace and cléere Turpentine of each ten or twelue drops Annis water and Fennell water of each one quarter of an ounce the sirupe of Licorice one ounce oile of Vitrioll thrée or foure drops then temper them well together afterwards proue it and if so be that it be not so sower that it set the téeth on edge then it is méetly and if it be not sower enough then put two drops of the oile of Vitrioll more into it It is somewhat perillous to deale with the oile of Vitriol therfore good héed is to be had and taken like as is declared in his description Take Nettle seed two ounces and a halfe poure wine vpon it and drinke thereof This wine is accounted maruellous good for the grauell and for the stone Here before is oftentimes admonshed of Beane water which is thus made The water of Beanes when they begin to be ripe or when they be in their full iuice then is onely the outtermost gréene pods or péeles to be taken where the Beanes do lie and the leaues and all their moisture is to be distilled out of them in séething water This being done then take one ounce and a halfe thereof prepared Bucks blood one dragme or foure scruples and giue the patient therof in the morning when he riseth and at night when he goeth to bed And this is he to obserue and continue so long vntill that the stone or grauell be cleane expelled and no more grauell can be perceiued this is of all auncient and latter Phisitions taken to be a famous and certaine experiment Item take womans milke about two ounces stéepe therein cut sprigs of Cipers and let them stand and stéepe the space of thrée or foure houres in a warme place and then drinke it Item take Knotgrasse halfe an ounce red Pease and peeled Melon séede of each one ounce let them séeth in twelue ounces of water euen vnto the halfe and giue thereof one ounce at once tempered with a little Sugar the meade or honywater is an especiall medicine against the grauell and the stone In like manner also wine or water wherein Harts toong and Mallowes be decocted and also of both these distilled waters Item take a good handfull of Watercresses séeth them in a pint of water vnto the halfe and drinke thereof morning and euening each time thrée or foure ounces and do this the space of eight or ten dayes together Some do also much commend Limons water Take the rootes of Cheruill and Saxifrage of each a like quantitie séeth them in wine and drinke oftentimes thereof it breaketh the stone and causeth well to make water Or take Maidenhaire one handfull winter Cherries and Gromell séed of each two dragmes boile them in a pint of white wine vntil two thirds remaine take three or foure ounces at once and especially after a bath the water of Larkes spurre Likewise also the water of Carduus Benedictus if one do drinke thrée or foure ounces of it is very good for the stone Item so are all these waters insuing good therefore viz. the water of Saxifrage of Pellitorie of Cinqfoile of Watercresses of Fennell of Radishes of Maidenhaire of Strawberries and of Cammomill Item take a fresh Radish
not séeth long that they do not breake and get a bad tast They haue the same power as the Barberries The ripe Grapes are to be confected like as we haue written of Peares Of that which commonly keepeth all fruites fresh §. 44. AL that is laid in Honie whether it be Flesh Fruite and Plants or any other thing doth remaine a long time before it spoile therefore haue dead carkasses before time bene powred full of Honie If you haue then any Fruite Fowles Venison or any other such like things that you will kéepe good the space of a yeare or any Plants or Flowers and such like throughout the winter then looke into M. Tristrams water whereof all auncient Phisitions haue had a good opinion The same also do all vitall and golden waters which follow immediatly hereafter The sixt Chapter Of the golden and vitall waters and Elixers of life THese kinds of potions and artificiall waters are ordained most to this end for that they should strengthen the most principall parts of the bodie as the head and the heart to kéepe it from debilitie and swouning especially if the same procéed of cold Thus we will describe some of them whereof there be two which the auncient Phisitions call golden waters for their especiall vertues Take fine Sage seuen ounces Nutmegs Cloues Ginger and Greins of each halfe an ounce Cinnamom péeled Bayberries and Beuercod of each one ounce Spikenard one dragme péeles of Citrons one quarter of an ounce temper them all together grossely beaten then powre two quarts of wine vpon it and so let al together stand the space of fourtéene daies stopped close stirring it well about euery day Afterward distill it in water in an Helme luted well and tight This water doth kéepe all manner of meates by their naturall tast and vertue it expelleth all bad humors of the bodie it maketh all wine cleane and of a good tast if one temper a little amongst it annoynted outwardly vpon one or vsed It is very good for all inward parts as the Stomack the Spléene the Lyuer and the Lights It is also good for all bruses and to annoint the bruses with it In like manner it is good for all falles for all byles and all paines of the head It is good namely at the first against all Dropsies against the Palsey and also against all venime If one haue any thing in the stomacke that he cannot digest then will it be consumed thereby it maketh a good memorie and withstandeth the Leprosie it healeth all scabbines and also all vlcers if one drinke it or lay it vpon them Another Take Lauander flowers Hyssope and Sage of each foure ounces cut them very small Nutmegs Ginger Cinnamom and Cloues of each halfe an ounce Greines two drag beate all small afterwards powre vpon it thrée quarts of the best wine and set it the space of fourtéene daies in the Sunne stopped very close Thus may you vse the first Item take good Malmsey two quarts and stéepe these things ensuing in it being stopt very close and then set it in a dunghill which lyeth in the East the space of thirty daies afterwards distill it as is before said Take fine Sage with the flowers of each halfe an ounce Burrage flowers one ounce one Orange Rue thrée dragmes Rosemarie thrée ounces and a halfe Rosemarie flowers half an ounce the toppes of Marioram gentle foure ounces the flowers of Buglosse thrée quarters of an ounce red Roses two ounces and one quarter Hyssope halfe an ounce Carduus Benedictus halfe an ounce Ireos thrée dragmes Camfere thrée quarters of an ounce prepared Perls halfe a dragme oyle of Spike and liquide Storax of each halfe a dragme powned Cinnamom foure ounces Galingall thrée dragmes long Pepper and Greines of each halfe an ounce Cucubes and Cardamome of each one ounce and a quarter Zeduarie thrée dragmes Ginger one ounce beate this all together grosse Here is to be noted that there will be too little wine and that fréely there may thrée or foure quarts of wine be taken for it Now followeth here a water called the elixer of life and is thus made Take Cinnamom and Cloues of each one ounce and a halfe Nutmegs one ounce red Roses ten handfuls white Roses as many Hyssope two handfuls Lauander flowers seuen handfuls powre vnto it a quart of Malmsey and so let it stand the space of nine daies and distill it afterwards as is said before Now for to distill a common vitall water is thus to be done Take Cinnamom one ounce and a halfe Ginger one ounce Cloues Nutmegs and Greines of each halfe an ounce Lignum Aloes Mastick Mace and long Pepper of each two dragmes Sage sixtéene ounces Cardamome Cucubes and Galingall of each two dragms and a halfe Roses one quarter of an ounce Balme thrée dragmes Citron péels thrée quarters of an ounce Rue Bayberries and Stechas of each halfe an ounce Rosemarie Marioram Lauander and Betony of each thrée quarters of an ounce Spica and Beuercod of each one dragme stéep it in thrée quarts of Malmsey and so let it stand the space of ten daies then distill it like as is taught of the other Some haue also an especiall water which is called Aqua spiritualis for that it strengtheneth much the vitall spirits Take the herb Lauander with the flowers and Liriconfancie of each two ounces Rosemary flowers and Betonie of each thrée dragmes Sage and Marioram gentle of each one ounce Balme halfe an ounce Hyssope Mints the greater Pimpernell Tormentill Rapontica Angelica and Bistorta of each one quarter of an ounce Piony rootes and of Valerian of each one dragme Auence and Iuniper berries of each half an ounce Bayberries and Beuercod of each one drag cut the rootes and powne them grosly The herbs are you to take drie and to cut them small and then put them in a glasse which is narrow aboue afterwards powre fiue pints of the spirit of wine vpon it and stop it tight then set it the space of eight dayes in the Sunne or in another warme place and distill it afterwards as is said in the beginning In all that which is distilled out are you to lay in steepe Ginger and Galingall of each one quarter of an ounce Cloues halfe an ounce Cucubes one quarter of an ounce Cardamome and Nutmegs of each halfe a dragme Greines one scruple Citron peeles one quarter of an ounce Pomegranate péeles halfe a dragme Lignum Aloes and white Mustard séede of each one scruple Saffron halfe a dragme Indie Spica one scruple Annis halfe an ounce Fennell one quarter of an ounce Treacle one ounce Turpentine thrée dragmes prepared red Corall one dragme Manus Christi with Pearls halfe an ounce conserue of Roses one ounce clarified Hony foure ounces then powne it all grosse that is to be powned and so let it stand the space of foure daies in a warme place afterwards you shall distill it and then temper amongst it Muscus and Ambra of
two dayes together in the morning and euening eight or ten times together Take Marierom gentle one handfull Licorice halfe an ounce seeth them in a pint of water vnto the halfe take a good cruse full thereof temper amongst it one dragme and a halfe of Hiera Picra gargarise with it as is said it is very requisite but bitter After supper take one of these Tabulates Take Spec Diambrae one dragme and a halfe Eyebright Celendine Fennell Verueine of each one scrup the seed of Rue of Siluer mountaine of each halfe a drag Sugar fiue ounces séeth all these with Eyebright water and cast Tabulates of it Lastly take Rue Celendine Eyebright water of each two ounces Fennel and the iuice of Verueine of each one ounce the gall of a Pickerell thrée drag Lignum Aloes beaten smal halfe a drag the séed of Rue of Celendine Marioram gentle of each one dragme temper them with the foresaid water stop it tight in a glasse and sement it with dow afterwards set it in an ouen when the bread is taken out and let it stand a whole day therein The next day take of the dow againe and set it the space of twelue days in the Sunne afterwards straine it through a tight cloth but wring it not out and kéepe it in a stopt glasse whereof put euery morning and euening one drop in the eye and lie vpon your backe then shall you perceiue an apparant amendment of the sight Pillulâ—e Pilles TAke white beaten Eyebright half an ounce Caroway sodden in vineger and dried Marioram gentle thrée quarters of an ounce Lignum Aloes Indie Spica of each one ounce the séeds of Sorrell fiue scrup temper them with the Iulep of Roses whereof you are to take at one time a halfe or a whole drag once in thrée or foure dayes in the euening when you go to bed Will you then make a powder thereof put thereto prepared Coriander Cinnamom and Fennell of each one quarter of an ounce Sugar as much as you please This may you take after supper The conâ—â—ction of Montagnana for a bad sight This following is a costly confection and strengtheneth the sight therefore it is called of Montagnana Electuarium Occulistae because it is very profitable for the abating of the sight which proceedeth through flegmaticall humors for besides that it strengtheneth the braines it restoreth the lost sight againe and maketh also the spirits of the sight subtiller and stronger Take Siluer mountaine séed Eyebright fennell and Cucubes of each a drag Cardamome Mace of each one drag and a half the séed of Celendine of Rue of each one quarter of an ounce Rosemary one ounce Annis séed Lignum Aloes Caroway Consolida Sarracenica of each halfe an ounce sugar or hony as much as is néedfull for to make thereof a confection Another TAke dried Betony Celendine Eyebright Hyssope Penniroyall of each one drag fennell Siluer mountaine Annis prepared Coriander and Marioram gentle seeds Basill séeds Cardamome Cinnamom Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cloues long Pepper Lignum Aloes Masticke Spikenard of each halfe a drag preserued Citron pils thrée drag conserues of Borage of Rosemarie of each one quarter of an ounce Sugar decocted in Fennell and Rosewater as much as is néedfull for to make a confection This patient shall take also after purging the second or third day one drag of Treacle Aurea Alexandrina or Mithridate Or make a potion Take halfe a dragm of Treacle breake it in wine water of Rue or Fennell and take it once euery wéeke yet this is best of all that one may vse for a weake sight preserued Chebuli eaten fasting doth much strengthen the sight some chew euery morning Iuniper berries spetting it afterwards into the hands and letting the fume go into the eyes the which can also strengthen the sight much The same vertue hath also chewed Annis Cumine and especially Fennell séede whether they be confected or no. All later and auncient writers do commend this remedie following as well for the strengthening of the sight as for those that be purblind Take the liuer of a Bucke take off the Gall cut broad peeces out of it lay therein whole long Pepper couer it with another peece of liuer and Pepper as before thus continuing till all the péeces be laid one vpon another so that aboue and beneath be nothing but liuer Put this then into an ouen and drie it well away then take of the Pepper beate it small and mixe some Muscus amongst it and with the moisture which droppeth from the liuer moisten therewith the powder and make losinges thereof preserue it vntill you haue néede of it then temper it with Eyebright water or such like and vse it as the other To these spices of medicines are thrée kinds of commodities ascribed the first to drop fatnesse into the eyes the second to receiue the warme vapour into the eyes thirdly that the patient eate thereof many times a yeare euery time three daies together One more which is almost like vnto it doth hereafter follow Rost a hogs Liuer wet the eyes with the dampe of this rostmeate and rub the fatnesse on the eyelids Take a slip of Rue drinke the infusion of it at your meale it is also very good for this Take Cinnamom Cloues Mace of each a like much powre Malmesey vpon it and vse it as you please When one hath then vsed a good deale of these foresaid things and there be yet perceiued much more moisture in the eyes there is sometimes to be vsed for to drie the braines of this iuice following drawing it vp through the nose to wit of Marioram gentle and Dane wéede There are also twise a wéeke two of these pils following to be taken after supper Take Paula lucis Rubarbe of each one scrup and a halfe and make thereof fiue or seuen pils Of all those that after the rising of the Sunne do see nothing at all or very badly §. 21. THis infirmitie of the sight is of two kinds The first is when one can sée well in the day time but against the euening and night can sée nothing or very badly The other to the contrarie when one in the day time doth sée little or badly moouing the eyes vp and downe when he doth come into the clearenesse without holding them open therefore be they commonly called in Dutch blind Cats but when it groweth towardes euening then begin they to amend and can sée much better Both these infirmities do procéed of like causes and according as the spirits of the sight be formed whereof the Philosophers do dispute much The Grecians do call them Nyctilopas the Latinists Lusciosos in English purblind whereof Galenus speaketh generally that it is a disease which procéedeth of no manifest cause Others write that it is incident rather to blacke eyes then to other what concerneth the signes they are to be inquired of them that haue this infirmitie First for this is reputed good if the partie be
Trocisci are very good taken with halfe an ounce of the spirit of wine They are also to be fed with light meates which haue but little moysture and superfluitie Also their meate must be strewed with Galingall Pepper Ginger Cloues Ameos and such like Before meate the patient is to exercise himselfe well they that vse this water must alwaies drink more thereof after meate than before After meate he must sléepe much drink neate old Renish wine but eate lesse than he was woont for the weaknes of the stomacke cannot digest much meate Meates which be requisite for him are Muttons Kids Hens Pullets fowles Partridges Fesants Pigeons Quailes and such like yet rather rosted than boyled and drest with spice also rere egs and such like But if this weaknes of the stomacke hath long continued then may be vsed one of these Sugar plates following which one will one quarter of an ounce or more at once Or if so be that it be made after the maner of a conserue then to take one ounce at a time daily with wine viz. Diatrion Pipereon Diagalanga Dianison Diamentha Caryophilatum Rosata nouella Diacyminum Diaolibanum also the warme Dragagant cakes the which also do strengthen the stomack and procure digestion But especially is the Confection Diacinamomum commended for a blessed medicine for all moyst bad and spoiled stomacks as that consumeth all superfluous humiditie helpeth digestion and strengtheneth the eyesight therefore be there two sorts here described Confectio Diacinamomi Diacinamomum TAke of the most purest Cinnamom fiftéene drag grosse Cinnamom Comin and Elecampane of each halfe an ounce Galingall seuen drag Cloues long Pepper Cardamomum Greines Ginger Lignum Aloes Mace and Nutmegs of each thrée drag Saffron one drag white Sugar fiue drag When you will make Tabulats thereof then take one pound of Sugar one ounce and a quarter of the foresaid spices and séeth the Sugar in Wormewood water as behooueth Another with Rubarbe Take excellent Rubarbe one quarter of an ounce Angelica Rapontica of each halfe a drag Cinnamom thrée drag Nutmegs one drag and a halfe Cardamome long Pepper white Diptamus and Zeduary of each halfe a drag Galingall two scruples Calmus halfe a drag Ginger two scruples Pimpernell rootes Masticke and Cucubes of each one scrup Saffron ten grains Sugar eight ounces boyle the Sugar with Wormewood water and cast a plate of Sugar of it In like manner is the confection of Aromaticum rosatum not only commended for the debilitie of the stomack but also for many other diseases like as here and there the same be discouered for which purpose it is also prepared after sundry sorts like as be some héere expressed Confectio Aromatici rosati TAke fifteene dragmes of red Roses Licorice seuen dragmes Lignum Aloes and yellow Saunders of each thrée dragmes Cinnamome Mace Cloues of each two drag and a halfe Gummi Arabicum and Dragagant of each one quarter of an ounce Nutmegs Cardamome Galingall of each one dragme Muske one scruple Indie Spica and Amber two scruples temper them all together and if you will then cast a plate of Sugar of it take one ounce of these Species and twelue ounces of Sugar decoct them in Rose water as is accustomed Thus is this confection at the Apothecaries made and not only for his pleasantnes but also for his commodiousnes vsed daily for that besides that it doth strengthen the weake stomacke and comforteth the hart the braines the head and the Liuer it driueth out also the bâ—â— and superfluous humors of the stomacke it helpeth the digestion of the stomacke and especially in them which be a foote againe after a long continued and lingring sicknes Another which is common at Augusta Vindelicorum TAke Roses one ounce Licorice thrée dragmes Cinnamome two dragmes and a halfe Cloues Mace of each one dragme and ten graines red Corall Cardamome Galingall of each halfe a dragme Spec. Diarrhodon Abbatis one scruple Indie Spica long Pepper of each ten graines Lignum Aloes one dragme and a halfe Greynes eight graines shauen Iuorie one dragme Gum Dragagant of each thrée scruples and a halfe Nutmegs 2. scruples Muske ten graines Amber one scruple make a subtle pouder thereof Or if you will haue Sugar plates of it then do as before Item take beaten Calmus halfe an ounce the iuice of Wormewood as much as is néedfull to make plates of Sugar and if you desire to haue this strong then séeth it in Wine and giue it him at two or thrée times Or take Cinnamome one quarter of an ounce Ginger Nutmegs Cardamome Galingall Cloues of each one dragme Mace Lignum Aloes of each halfe a dragme Annis one dragme the skins of Hens mawes washed with Wine and dryed thrée dragmes white Sugar 34. ounces séeth the Sugar in good Wine and thereof cast Sugar plates Another TAke Cinnamome thrée dragms Galingall one dragme Sugar sixe ounces but boyle the Sugar with one ounce of Rose water this Confection doth make also good appetite to meate In like manner you haue also in the first part the twelfth Chapter and 12. § a confection Diamargariton calidum which is very good for this Item take Ginger one dragme Cloues and Galingall of each halfe a drag Pepper prepared Coriander of each one scruple Annis Fennell Ameos Spicanardi Cardamome of each thrée scruples and a halfe confected Citron pils one ounce Rose water one ounce and a halfe Licorice halfe a dragme Sugarcandie halfe an ounce Currans one ounce powne all that is to be powned but chop the Citron pils and Currans very small then seeth the Sugarcandie and ten ounces of white Sugar with Rose water and so make tabulats thereof Confected Annis seeds are also very good for all debilitie of the stomacke it helpeth digesture it expelleth the paine and winde of the stomacke the same doth Fennell séed also But there is yet a better for this to wit confected Comin and Caruway seed for that the same haue also power to warme the stomacke Certaine Powders for meate TAke prepared Coriander and Cinnamome of each halfe an ounce long white and black Pepper Cloues Galingall and Ginger of each one dragme and a halfe Annis Fennell of each thrée dragmes Saffron one dragme Sugar as much as all the rest make a powder thereof or a confection which you had rather haue Item take Cinnamome Mace Cloues Pepper Cypers rootes of each alike much Sugar as much as you please Item take Cinnamome two ounces Nutmegs one dragme prepared Coriander séeds Roses red Corrall of each one scruple Sugar fowre ounces temper them all together it is of a temperate nature For this may also things be vsed which are described in Aromatico rosato beaten to powder Heere follow now certaine stomachicall medicines against all coldnes windines and humidities of the stomack and all other inward parts of the bodie Take Annis Fennell and prepared Coriander of each one ounce Caruway halfe an ounce Licorice beaten small one ounce
woman with child be burthened with an Ague and that a mischance be doubted then take Barley meale the iuice of Sloes and of Housleeke as much as you please make it to a plaister with vineger and then lay it oftentimes vpon the belly this plaister doth defend the fruite from all accidents in the Ague this sayd plaister is also to be layd vpon the liuer In case that now the woman with child be assayled with pricking then haue you before in the second part the fourth Chapter and 12. § how that might be remedied stamped Crabs the iuice thereof wroong out and tempered amongst womans milke it defendeth also the vntimely birth of women and it is said that it is a sure remedy for it If so be that a mischance be feared through much wind then giue one dragme of good Mithridate with the water wherein Comin hath bene decocted twice a weeke for thereby will the fruite be preserued and retained These confections or tabulats following are to be vsed Take Pearles and Pyretrum of each one dragme Ginger Mastick of each halfe an ounce Zeduary Doronicum the séed of Smallage Cassie wood Cardamome Nutmegs Mace and Cinnamome of each one quarter of an ounce red and white Behen long and black Pepper of each three dragmes Saffron one dragme sugar eighteene ounces or lesse decocted with the water of Buglosse or water of Mints How a dead child is to be expelled out of his mothers wombe §. 11. FOr this we wil first haue remembred all that is described before in the 19. chapter and 14. § of the vnnaturall excrescence Mola in the Matrix whereof that in the second § of prouoking the termes and before of the mischances and all that is discouered of the preferring of the birth is also meete for the expulsion or deliuery of a child so that betwéene these is none other difference than that this following is ordained rather for perfect children of which women do commonly lie in within fiue or sixe moneths Now for to preuent the same are these remedies following commanded to be presently vsed but first of all you must know whether the child be dead or not to the end there be not a sicke child expelled for a dead child the which is to be knowne by this and especially if it hath bene dead two or thrée dayes First the mother doth get a great paine in the sinewes of the eyes which be Optici nerui Secondly she doth also féele paine behind in the necke stretching downeward along the backe bone because that the Matrix is fastened vnto it Thirdly shée doth féele great anguish and paine beneath Fourthly if a woman lie from one side vnto another then doth the burthen alwayes follow towards the lower side which is of all other a sure token of a dead child and that the ligaments of the secundine haue no more force to hold the dead fruite in one place Fiftly there is a great paine about the priuities and ouer all the necke of the Matrix Sixtly the thicknesse of the belly which was aboue is wholy sunken downe Seuenthly they do féele continually a cold about the priuities Eightly if one hold a warme hand long vpon the belly and féele no stirring then it is a sure token that the child is dead These be now the signes of a dead child before it begin to putrifie When it hath bene dead thrée dayes then beginneth it to stinke the woman is full of agues and getteth a stinking breath out of the Matrix runneth a foule stinking matter the belly will be heauy and stinking winds which do arise in the mother cause swelling thereof and last of all there will be foule and stinking péeces of flesh expelled through the necke of the mother When al these things be séene then hath a Phisition none other thing to do but to driue out the dead child It is also néedfull before all other things to preserue and strengthen the heart from al filthy stenches which may be brought to passe with this powder following taking the same oftentimes with broths for that it strengtheneth the vitall spirits and also the heart it doth also withstand the ascending vapors Take white Diptamus one dragme and a half Citron péeles and the péeled séeds of the same of each halfe a dragme prepared pearles foure scruples prepared Coriander one scruple Roses two scruples sugar two ounces and a halfe temper them all together to powder and vse therof about one quarter of an ounce at once Or take this following Take white Diptamus and Zeduary of each one scruple prepared Pearles and Species de gemmis frigidis of each halfe a dragme mixe them together and giue it her to drinke at thrice it withstandeth all stenches that they infect not the heart The fine Treacle doth also driue dead children out of the mothers bodies In like manner also the iuice of Verueine or the herbe stamped and drunken with wine driueth forth also the dead fruite so doth Hyssope also Take Trociscos de Gallia one dragme giue it with small white wine they expell the dead child and the secundine and make an easie birth Item take the innermost skins of the mawes of Hens or of Capons wash the same in wine drie them and powne them to powder giue one dragme or one dragme and a halfe thereof with a draught of Wine or with some broth or with Rosewater Or take Betonie and Rue with the rootes of each one handfull poure thereto one ounce of the iuice of Salomons seale white Wine one pint let it séeth well then straine it through a cloth and so giue it her to drinke Séeth Iuniper berries in Hony temper some wine with it and so drinke it together Another Womans milke drunken should also expell the dead child likewise also the precious stone Iaspis This is a common medicine which followeth hereafter Take Boreas one dragme and a halfe Cinnamom and Saffron of each one scruple stamp them togither and giue it with swéete wine or Mugwort water to drinke it helpeth much to beare easily It is also said that Linséed passeth all things to make women to be easily deliuered for if they drinke the water which is decocted therewith and put the same with clothes beneath into the bodie or bath therein then must the dead fruit auoyd Or take Mirrha as much as the quantity of a hasell nut stampe it and giue it with wine or with water of Mugwort the same expelleth much whether that the child be dead or aliue The same doth also dogges milke tempered with hony Item take one ounce of Goates milke dissolue therein two scruples of Galbanum and so giue it it expelleth maruellously Or if the woman be strong then giue her as much of the iuice of Garlicke as will go into halfe an egshel with wine or hony If from a woman through frighting or otherwise the child auoid then take a Crab stampe it and wring out the iuice and then temper it with the water
be stopt Fourthly chew Linséede or the rootes of Woolblade Fiftly this disease is to be eased with a kind of fomenting of the members which haue bene annointed before with warme water wherein Rosemarie and Sage is decocted Sixtly it is néedfull that the patient liue very soberly and do vse good strong brothes and other forcible things and that all his meates and drinkes be also mixed with all that which doth strengthen and fortifie the heart Seuenthly there is to be vsed for this Conserues of Roses of Buglosse of Burrage Manus Christs with Pearles and such like things that strengthen the heart Eightly there is a common Clister to be set with Henbroth Sugar yolkes of egges and with Salt thereby to resist all accidents and obstructions of the bodie and in great weaknesse of nature is he to vse Sugar of Violets Ninthly prepare this salue Take Gum Beares grease and oyle of Roses of each a like quantitie temper them together with a little oyle of Balsam then is the patient to annoint therewith his face both the temples of the head and his hands for thereby shall he get againe his naturall colour Now to preuent those foresaid accidents giue the patient one ounce and a quarter of Cassie to wit after the fourth inunction And when he beginneth to slabber then hold againe from annointing vntill two daies afterwards then purge him againe after the third or fourth Stricado When you do preuent the matter in that maner then will the putrifaction of the mouth not be so hurtfull For the sore and foule gums is this following very good wash the mouth oftentimes with Vineger wherein some Allume is molten In the euening and morning be the téeth to be annointed with the salue of Egypt but beware of swallowing the same salue downe For the rotting or putrifying of the gums reade in the first Part the 13. Chap. and 7. § what is written there against the foule gums Item take hony of Roses and the iuice of Mulberries of each one ounce Plantaine water 8. ounces Allume one quarter of an ounce then temper them together and vse it to the washing of the mouth You may also set boxing cups vpon the shoulders For the Pockes that haue continued long §. 6. IF so be that this sicknes be so stale or old that it be not well to be holpen then giue the patient a Pill with Quicksiluer which is killed with the iuice of Limons and with as much Rubarbe viz. of each about one scruple if the paine be very great then temper therwith Opium and Saffron of each two graines This is to be done alwaies about the second day when he goeth to bed or that he let himselfe be annointed the space of eight daies where otherwise he ought to be annointed the space of three or foure daies But alwaies after the fourth inunction is the patient to be purged and to omit the same day the inunction and afterwards to go on with the inunction vnto the end of the same eight daies and when the eight daies be compleat and ended then is he to drinke the decoction of Guaiac made after the common manner When as the third part of this decoction is spent then put vnto it two ounces of Rapontica Turbith halfe an ounce Carduus Benedictus half a M. Agaricus half an ounce Sene leaues half a M. the rinds of Guaiac foure ounces good strong wine one quart then let so much thereof séeth away as there is wine put vnto it If so be that this will purge too strong then giue him rather the potion of Sene leaues which is described in the third part the eleuenth Chapter and 20. § euery second day These pils also ensuing may be vsed for purging Take Rapontica Rubarbe Manna and Aloe of each one dragme Ginger and Spica of Indie of each sixe graines temper them all together with the sirupe of Fumitorie and make sixe pils of one dragme waight and take thereof euery euening twaine The pils Aggregatiuae and de Lapide Lazuli are also good for this purpose If there be great paine with it §. 7. IF now there be great paine with it then take Frankinsence Litharge of gold Argall Masticke Ceruse and Allume of each one quarter of an ounce oile of Bay and Aqua vitae of each one ounce Barrowes grease fiue ounces mortified Quicksiluer one ounce and a halfe then temper them together vnto a salue This salue doth mellow all cores and cleanseth all vlcers Item take Sallad oyle the oyle of Foxes or oyle of Costus sixe ounces and seeth therein one drag of Quicksiluer the same flyeth away but the force of the Quicksiluer remaineth still This oyle swageth all paine of the Pockes maruellously Or take the spirit of wine which is foure times distilled sixe ounces Quicksiluer which is mortified in Coperas water one ounce and a half yellow Sanders thrée quarters of an ounce Allume two drag Lignum Aloes one drag Muscus eight graines Ambra fiue graines stéepe all these things together in the spirit of wine and make a cloth wet therwith and wash all the places where the paine is Or make a cloth wet and lay the same vpon it and especially vpon all the ioynts Another Take oyle of Roses foure ounces washt Earthwormes and Turpentine of each halfe an ounce Salt two drag let it seeth well together and so lay a cloth dipped in it vpon all the ioynts you may also temper the oyle of Foxes amongst it and then it is not onely good for the sinewes but also especially for all paine of the Pockes Of the Byles in the Pockes §. 8. IF there appeare any blisters or byles in this sicknesse vpon any then annoint the same thrée times a day with a salue which is before described in the first Chapter and twelfth § beginning thus Take small powned Litharge of Gold c. But the expert Phisitions for the Pockes do déeme that there is nothing better for the Byles of the Pockes than vnflect Lime tempered with blacke Sope for that this openeth the skinne and thereby will the paine also be taken away You haue also in the fourth part the sixt Chapter and second § in the description of Sciatica two very good safe salues made of Hollihocke rootes and Elecampane rootes for to mollisie all hard nodes or knots The gray plaister Diachilon may also be vsed very well for it But in case that the same be so hard and so irremediable that they must be opened by a potentiall cauterie we will put a meet Chirurgian in trust with the same yet we will here teach the making of a corosiue to be vsed at néede which is thus to be done Take Vine stickes burne them to ashes and ashes of Beechen wood of each a like quantity powre sufficient water vpon it and then let it run foure times through a bagge Of this ley take three quarts and put vnto it blew willow ashes vnsleckt Lime ashes of the Vine and of the
with fresh Hares bloud or with a young mans bloud which is very meet for this The annointing with this salue is to be done but once in thrée dayes and then to wash the partie with some water wherein Bran is decocted You haue also more at large of these things in the Chapter where the Pockes be discoursed of When as after all this the matter procéedeth well the space of two or thrée moneths then is one not to foreslow purging in the meane whiles but to take good heede to these two things ensuing First to the stopping of the nose which maketh an vnseemely spéech and for to let that make a long taint of Cotton annoint it with the salue of Citron which one findeth commonly ready at the Apothecaries strew theron small powned lytharge of gold or Hartwoort or in the stead thereof take the conâ—ection of Aurea Alexandrina Further you are to spout in the nose some lukewarme wine amongst which a little vineger of Squils is tempered Secondly because that the haire of the eyelids fallen out do giue a great deformitie therefore it is to be looked to that the same be made to grow againe whereof you may reade in the sixt Chapter and 8. § But this ensuing is especially commended in the deformitie to wit that the eyebrowes be rubbed vntill they be red and then are Leaches to be set vpon it and when as they be fallen off then haue this salue following prepared Take fresh Venus haire and Laudanum of each a like quantitie seeth the same in oyle of Bayberries and a little wine afterwards wring them out and therewith annoint the eyebrowes and all other infected places If so be that there euer appeare any new matter or any new impostume then must one begin to bath with the last foresaid decoction and in like manner also to annoint with the foresaid things for that in such lingring sicknesses must the remedies so oftentimes be reiterated as the diseases make returne For to strengthen the Hart the Liuer and the Braines in the Leprosie §. 10. BEcause that by the foresaid parts and other moe this Leprosie taketh her beginning therefore are the same to be strengthened for which this following is very good to wit the confection Laetificans Almansoris whereof giue euery day halfe an hower before noone one quarter of an ounce with Endiue water the water of water Lillies or with water of Agrimonie Secondly the great Treacle is very forcible for it strengtheneth the natural heate and the vitall spirits that it may the more mightier withstand all venime if one take halfe a dragme thereof with any distilled water Item take the confection Diambra Diamoschu and Manus Christie with Pearles likewise halfe a dragme of Lignum Aloes tempered with two ounces of water of water Lillies and drunk in the euening when one goeth to bed There is also highly commended to take oftentimes one scruple of Pearles with one ounce of Basill water What concerneth the skin §. 11. WHen as the sking through great vnnaturall heate is annoyed and hurt which may be perceiued by the corroding and by the sharpe matter then is the same place to be annointed with the iuice of Lettice of Purslaine of water Lillies and also with vnripe Sallad oyle but if it be caused through cold that thereby the vnnaturall heate be extinguished then is there no better thing than to bath the place with strong red wine warmed But if the disease of the skin do not import any thing then is it better that it be bathed with a mild Lye with Nepe or garden Mints and if this corroding do increase then vse this precious salue ensuing Take litharge of Gold and Ceruse of each two ounces oyle of Roses two ounces and a halfe the iuice of Rue foure ounces Starch as much as suffiseth then stirre it the space of certaine howers in a leaden mortar at last temper one quarter of an ounce of small bruised Camfere amongst it Of the actuall and potentiall cauterie §. 12. THese actuall and potentiall cauteries are both of them commended by the Phisitions in the extreamest néede to wit vpon the head and in the necke and in moe other places but because it may not be effected without danger of some other parts like as also they themselues do acknowledge therefore we will not write any ampler thereof at this present If any one be so hardly assailed of the Leprosie that he be no otherwise to be holpen but by cauterization he may take the aduice of those men that haue experience in it And because that all which we haue hitherto written is more meete for the Elephantiasis like as we haue declared at first notwithstanding it is also good for all species of the Leprosie therefore followeth hereafter all that which is commodious for all species of this sicknes What is requisite for euery sort of Leprosie §. 13. FOr this hath Treacle the highest commendation in like sort the confection of Hiera and Hedgehogs flesh whereof we haue admonished before whether it be rosted fryed or sodden Also the flesh of the venimous Snake Tyrus is commended by Galen and of other famous Phisitions moe But because that we God be praised haue not this Snake here in this Realme it is not néedfull for to write much therof but to speake rather of those things that are to be gotten in this countrie and may do ease as the powder of burnt Hares one dragme and a halfe with foure ounces of wine drunke thrée dayes together Take in like manner as much powder of Squils or the iuice of the same with the sirupe of Squils and then temper halfe a dragme more or lesse of Assa foetida with Honie amongst it and so take it Item take powned Comin fiue dragmes with clarified Honie There may also be more written yea a whole booke full of the Leprosie and how that euery accident of the same is at the beginning to be eased but if so be that the foresaid remedies will helpe the sicke person then be the accidents the easier to be holpen for which we haue also in many places written much of the foresaid diseases which altogether may and ought to be vsed for this and therewith we will conclude Of the bad vlcer Cacoëte §. 14. FOr a conclusion of these corrodings impostumes and vlcers we will also briefly write of those which the Grecians do call Cacoete which is a species of the Canker and so venimous that it continueth with a bodie all his life time for notwithstanding all the counsell which may be done for it yet is it all in vaine and it doth remaine incurable and moreouer like as is said is very long continuing yet do some commend this ensuing for some especiall thing Take Soldanella halfe a dragme powdred Rubarbe two scruples giue the same to drinke oftentimes with white wine when this is taken then giue to the patient the next day afterward the sirupe of Woormwood and of Cicorie with
as also to vse white prepared Mustard séede therewith For this is also very good the bloud of Turtle doues drunken This sicknesse commonly appeareth with a new and full Moone against which you are to prepare these things following Take good Treacle thrée quarters of an ounce Beuercod one quarter of an ounce and temper it with Lauander water and take it in the morning fasting But if so be there appeare any beginning of this sicknesse then do many aduise and that rightly that then the thumbe and great toe are to be hard rubbed chafed and stretched out and likewise to rub with warme clothes the necke and the backe bone downwards that the bloud may be drawne from the head and from the heart Also there must be a little Treacle thrust behind in his throate Beuercod holden in the mouth and vnder the tongue is also very good Some do also giue Beuercod and Pepper to drinke of each one drag For this is also much commended Asa foetida whether it be taken inwardly vsed on the outside or in gargarismes and if you would take the same then is one drag and a half enough with Pepper and Rue of each halfe a drag tempered with wine This is good for all diseases of the sinewes The distilled water of blacke Cherries is also much praised for this sicknesse at the first and especially if one put thereto as much Lauander water and so take thereof thrée or foure ounces at one time The common order of this sicknesse is that all remedies for this disease are applyed to the hinder part of the head and in the beginning before the fourth and seuenth or also before the fourtéenth day to vse no strong medicines but onely preparatiues And if so be that the sicke person will yéeld vnto it then it were not amisse that he drunke no other thing the first foure or fiue daies and did eate almost nought else but only hony water yea also if it be possible to suffer hunger and thirst with it The fourth day he is to haue giuen him one drag or a drag and a halfe of Treacle or Mithridate with waters méete for this disease It is also found by experience that all they that be burthened with this disease shall get great ease if they accustome to drinke euery morning thrée ounces of Rosemarie or Lauander water with three drag of the powder of Pieretrum tempered amongst it Item take the water of the blossomes of the Tillet trée of May Lillies and of blacke Cherries of each one ounce giue it him so to drinke In like manner also stilled womans milke is highly commended for it and all kinds of Aquae Compos Take â—â—ced Licorice and Annis seedes of each one ounce Elecampane halfe an ounce Pyonie rootes one drag Nutmegs one ounce Spirit of wine sixtéene ounces Hony eight ounces temper these all together and conserue them well In winter put thereto one quarter of an ounce of long Pepper vse thereof euery morning a spoonefull or twaine This is maruellous much commended for a speciall remedie Another TAke Lauander water sixe ounces water of the May Lillies thrée ounces Elixer vitae and the water of wild Poppey of each two ounces oyle of Beuercod one ounce and a halfe temper it in a glasse and then set it in the Sun the space of eight dayes whereof in time of néede take a spoonefull and annoint therewith the temples of the head M. Tristrams water is also very fit for this purpose Of Purging FOrasmuch as purging is very néedfull in this sicknesse therefore for example will we describe here a purgation But it is aboue all aduised that the sick body drink euery morning foure or fiue daies together fiue ounces of Rosemary water and fast foure houres vpon it Afterwards he is to take halfe an ounce of Hiera logodion tempered in two ounces of Agrimonie water in the morning and to fast fiue houres after it or to vse these pils following take Agaricus a scrup Asa foetida half a scrup Ginger twelue graines Diagridion one graine make pils thereof with the iuice of Hyssope When the patient is purged then he is to vse this potion following for the space of eight daies together Take the water of Agrimonie and of Sothernwood of each two ounces put some Sugar amongst it Other do rather aduise this following Take Calmus halfe an ounce Cowslips thrée M. Saint Iohns woort field and garden Sage Betonie Balme Rue Bay leaues of each one M. Siluer mountaine Balsame wood Balsame fruite and Basill séede of each one quarter of an ounce Licorice Corants Lauander flowers Amaranthus of each one ounce clarified Honie sixe ounces rayn water which is clarified with the white of an egge twelue ounces let all these séeth together vnto a sirupe Another TAke Calmus sixe ounces Sage thrée M. Stechas thrée ounces clarified hony sixe ounces white Sugar nine ounces séeth them together in eightéene ounces of raine water vnto a sirupe wherof you may take one ounce and a halfe or two ounces at once tempered with Sage water Also you may vse the sirupe of Stechas for all they be very commodious for this disease Afterwards take the former purgation againe or the pils of Euphorbium de Serapino de Opopanaco And if the patient by drinking of these potions do remaine bound in bodie then is he euery euening before supper to swallow one of these pils following Take of the pils of Alephanginae one drag Trocisci Alhandali Agaricus of each halfe a scrup Indie salt fiue graines whereof make sixtéene pils Clisters TAke Sage Rue Stechas Centorie Mallowes Mercurie and Bran of each halfe a handfull let them séeth all together and take twelue ounces of this decoction temper amongst it Hiera logodion halfe an ounce Salt one quarter of an ounce Sallad oyle three ounces minister it warme But for them that haue newly gotten this dead Palsey there is to be sodden in these Clisters halfe an ounce of rootes of Brionie or of Pyonie for both these are good for the disease Powder for sauce to meate THis powder is he to strew vpon the meate in stead of spice Take pickt Cinnamom one ounce an a halfe prepared Coriander Cloues Galingall Pepper Cucubes Mace Nutmegs of each one ounce Calmus two ounces Coutchenell halfe an ounce Sugar sixe ounces this is to be tempered together Another TAke Pepper two drag and a halfe Cloues Cardamome long Pepper Seduarie of each one dragm Indy Spica Mace Saffron of each one scrup Sugar as much as you please temper them well together Item about the third day is the patient before the rising of the Sun to take one dragm of Treacle tempered with the water of wild Sage This medicine is most highly commended of diuerse Phisitions Of Bathing IN this sicknesse is also bathing much commended whereof there be two kindes naturally as sea water or that is sulferish by nature Others which be prepared with herbes and such like For the herbe bath Take
each one scruple Spermaceti one drag good Rubarbe one quarter of an ounce Camfer ten greines Sugarcandy one ounce then wring it out oftentimes and kéepe it stopt close Another Take drie red Rose leaues halfe an ounce flowers of Sage of Rosemary of Burrage and Buglosse of each one quarter of an ounce Liriconfansy one ounce a halfe Balme Citron péeles Betonie and red Gilloflowers of each one ounce Nutmegs Mace of each one drag Cardamome Cucubes of each half a drag white yellow Saunders of each one quarter of an ounce powne all these things very small then take a pint of good spirit of wine and put therein 2. ounces of Cucubes the stones taken out then cast them to the foresaid small beaten herbs and let them all stand to steepe in a warme place vntill that the wine hath drawne the vertue of these herbes vnto it the which wil be done in the space of two moneths You may also set it in the Sun all the whole Sommer straine it at last thorough a fine cloth You may also put vnto this Muske pretious stones Amber Perls Vnicornes horne and such like things for to strengthen the same therewith These foresaid vitall waters be especially good against all swouning against all debilitie of the braines and of the heart they strengthen also the sinewes the memorie they warme the chilled and bad digesting stomack wherin is much slime if they be taken fasting If one perceiue any losse of his memorie then is he to annoint therewith the forehead the hinder part of the head and the temples of the same They be also good against all lamenes of the Palsy they be also good against trembling shaking against swimming in the head and such like diseases But note that here will be too little burnt wine but one may take more In like manner you haue also in the 1. part the twelfth Chap. and 5. § a very good water of May Lillies This following is also an elixer of life and is thus prepared Take Rose-water 4. ounces water of Burrage and of Buglosse of each 3. ounces Manus Christi 1. ounce and a halfe prepared Pearles one drag and a halfe temper them all together and so giue it him that hath great heate of the head and of the Liuer and where as is great faintnesse of the heart This vitall water ensuing is very common at Augusta in Germany Take culled Cinnamom thrée quarters of an ounce Ginger halfe an ounce Cloues Nutmegs and Greines of each one quarter of an ounce Mace Lignum Aloes and long Pepper of each one drag Cardamome Masticke Cucubes Galingall and Calmus of each halfe a dragm Balme flowers sixe ounces Citron péeles thrée dragmes péeled Bayberries and Stechas of each one quarter of an ounce Rue Rosemarie Marioram Lauander Balme and Betony of each halfe a handfull Indy Spica and Beuercod of each halfe a drag steepe them all together in two quarts of Muscadel or in any other strong wine and let it stand so 10. or 12. hours space Afterwards distill it in seething water then are you to hang Muske and Amber of each fiftéene graines to wit in a fine cloth and then kéepe it close stopt This following is a very odoriferous water to be vsed for what one will Take the flowers of Spike and Lauander flowers of each one handfull Cloues Cinnamom Nutmegs Mace of each one dragme and a halfe Muske the quantitie of a pease then powre vnto it thrée pints of Rosewater and so set it in the Sunne There is yet another odoriferous water in the sixt part in the fiftéene chap. and 5. § which may also be vsed for diuers purposes Cinnamom water is also exhibited to sicke folkes for a strengthening and they are annointed therwith and is to be further vsed for many Confections Marchpanes and other pleasanties the which is thus to be made Take foure ounces of good Cinnamome pown it very smal and put it into an helme afterwards powre a pint of water vpon it and lute it close then distill it in seething water and that which commeth out first is whitish and strongest and is onely to be kept and the rest to be receiued in another glasse The 7. Chapter Of Hand waters TAke Lauander or Spikenard where out the water is before distilled and powre as much raine water vnto it vnill the helme be more than halfe full afterwards distill it in seething water and set it in the sunne it smelleth strong enough and it remaineth good certaine moneths For to make May cheese §. 1. TAke a new earthen pot wash it well with hote water rub it with Salt within afterwards make a hole in the bottome and put in a small tap then take fresh milked milke and rennet it like as a Chéese is wont to be rennetted and so let it stand from morning to euening then plucke out the tap that the whay may runne out afterwards put euery day a saucerfull of new milke with it according to that there is much or little in the pot stirre it well about and then let euery euening the whay run out besides al this you are to salt the milk a litle in rennetting of it How to make wafers of Sugar §. 2. WHat the Wafers be which are woont to be set vpon the table a nights is well knowne to all men thus for to confect them and to make them onely of Sugar is to be done Take faire white Sugar powned very small and sifted thorough a fine sieue make past thereof with Dragagant dissolued in Rosewater the which is to be stamped in a mortar to the end you may make thereof thin flat wafers this being done then is the same beneath and aboue to be bestrewed with well powned Sugar that it cleaue not too then wind them on a round stick lay them vpon a sieue to drie to wit in a warme place but not in the sun if you will you may also put Muscus vnto it In like maner you may take for it powned Sugar Cinnamom tempered together roule the same also vpon a round staffe with dissolued Dragagant the which being bound to the space of fourtéene dayes may remaine good and they are made like Cinnamom pipes Hony water Hydromel §. 3. HOny water or our course Meade do the Grecians cal Hydromel and the Latinists Aquam mulsam this water is to be vsed for many things and especially in Phisicke for two kinds of things the first if one will loose the belly or procure vomit then temper the same with two parts of old raine water and one part of Hony and so let it stand in the Sunne This Hony water is to be tempered with oyle if the cause require it and being lukewarme vsed for vomiting the other Hony water is to be sodden and vsed also for many kinds of things as we in this booke haue in many places declared The eighth Chapter For to make Iuleps IVleps are made after
prosper well Sixtly although that the accustomed meate and drinke be such that it be not much to be commended notwithstanding it ought not slightly to be changed into other meates and drinks which be taken to be healthier The tenth rule requireth the dressing of meates to wit that each meate be boyled rosted and drest as it ought to be so that the stomacke get no loathing thereby and the same meate may the better be digested Thirdly delicate sawces for each meate in particular prouoketh one to eate more than is good for him therefore they ought to be omitted and forborne Fourthly stinking and putrified meates be it fruit flesh fish or whatsoeuer else howsoeuer they be drest can bring none other but badnes with them Hereof is now sufficiently spoken for the preseruation of good digestion and how the bad digestion of the stomacke is to be amended For that what might faile therein these sicknesses following sufficiently do declare Of the debilitie of the stomacke in generall §. 4. OF these debilities or infirmities of the stomacke there be thrée principall accidents vnder which are all other comprehended The first the Grecians do call Bradypepsian which is slowe digestion The second Apepsian which is when the stomacke cannot digest The third Dyspepsian which is when the digestion is vtterly spoyled and the meates do turne into bad humors which is when the stomacke is wholy weakened and departed from his natural actions and hath lost the same which default may be prouoked through inward and outward causes the outward causes be the motions of the minde as anger care sorrow rough windes and grosse meates which be hard of digestion as old beefe hard old and vnleauened bread Hasell nuts old Chéese cold herbs and fruites whereof hath beene vsed much a long time as Gourds Melons Mushromes and Apples c. Item all excesse windy meates and drinks pottages Mustes and all ouermuch watered wine or water dronken alone if it be not in great heate and to eate before the former meate be digested Item blowes or fals in and about the stomacke bathing in very hot or cold times also inward and outward heate and cold of nature great exercise extreme venerie which inféeâ—lâ—th much and weakeneth the naturall powers Likewise ouermuch sleepe and rest also to study too much and straight after meate The inward maladies of the stomacke be these ouer great heate cold drought moisture windes impostumes and such like Also through the infirmities of other parts as if out of the braines there do fall any rheumes into the stomacke or when the hart beateth the liuer is obstructed with any cholericke humors the Milt with melancholicke humors and the stomacke is too much ouer charged When as then the property of each member is weighed then may easily be discerned what annoyeth the stomacke If then the debility of the stomack be caused through heat that is to be knowen by the stomacke also there is euermore thirst with it and all cold things are welcome to the patient and hot things are loathsome Or if this debilitie do come through any slimines then is there heauynes in the stomacke drought bitternes and wambling When as this procéedeth of cold that may the stomacke finde for that the thirst is small the digestion little and no desire of meate warmth is welcome but cold is tedious vnto him If it be of phlegme it is knowen by drowsines swelling much spettle quicke passage of the meate through the body and almost after the maner of one that hath taken somewhat he doth belch with a sowre taste such like But if this infirmitie of the stomacke do come of any melancholy then is there also drought heauines and wambling with it the téeth will be loose the patient will be plagued with vnnaturall lust of eating the Milt doth swell whereof great heauines doth follow of the minde If so be that the same be caused through drought then insueth great thirst thereby drought of the toong binding in the bodie vnlustines and harme through drie meates If it be caused through moysture then is there litle thirst with it but loathsomnes of all moisture all drought doth good to the patient and there is much spetting with it Or if these humors be mixed that is easily to be perceiued through the signes aforesaid like as euery accideÌ„t bringeth with it a proper description But before we come to any particularities we will here discouer one thing which is so renowned that it can preserue the stomacke from all diseases and suffereth nothing to putrifie therein because it expelleth all humidity and vncleannes from the stomacke and clenseth the same they which vse it often get neuer any more paine in the stomacke it causeth mirth it strengtheneth the hart and head it clenseth also the raines and the wombe excéedingly which are the pils of Amber called de Succino which are thus prepared Pils of Amber Take the white or other Amber and Masticke of each one quarter of an ounce Aloe fiue dragmes Agaricus one dragme and a halfe right Aristology halfe a drag this being all beaten small and tempered with the sirupe of Wormewood make thereof a masse of pils and forme seuen pils of one drag Take alwaies two or three of them when you go to bed Of a weake stomacke through cold §. 5. FIrst this is to be noted that to speake naturally the stomacke in the summer and in the haruest is coldest of all and that by reason that the heate is drawen into the outward members and therefore is so much the weaker about the stomacke Contrariwise as we haue mentioned before the stomacke in the winter and spring time is hottest of all because the outward cold driueth the heate inward and therefore then people are to eate so much the more For in the debilitie of the stomack regard must be had of the times Now for to write of the coldnes of the stomack so it is that besides all the foresaid signes the meate will scarse settle it selfe in the bottome of the stomacke so that the same otherwhiles after the patient hath taken it hath no rest ere and before he hath vomited out the same againe vndigested and although it be digested yet happeneth it slowly Also if one féele with the hand thereon outwardly then may it be perceiued to be cold there It is also full of winde which is expelled vpwards and downewards There be yet moe other signes herebefore rehersed of a cold stomacke When as then the cold of the stomacke is small and of no continuance then is the patient euery morning to take Trociscos de Rosis two or thrée dragmes in an ounce of Miua cydoniorum wherein Comin and Ameos be boyled Trocisces of Roses The aforesaid Trocisci are thus to be prepared Take Roses thrée dragmes Lignum Aloes Masticke Indie Spica Cassy wood Squinanth and Wormewood of each one drag beaten altogither small and tempered with old wine and then formed These