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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50847	The countrymans friend, and no circumventing mountebanck But a rare method of chyrurgery and physick, teaching the country people excellent cures, the likewas [sic] never laid open in any age before. Besides here are four arts, three, of them concerning horses, and the fourth an art to keep a field of corn from any manner of fowles, that devour grain, this art is only by anointing a few crow feathers, for neither pidgeon, sparrow, rook nor crow will endure the field where they stick. By Abraham Miles.	Miles, Abraham.	1662 (1662)	Wing M2041; ESTC R217818	15,363	40

help you and the Author of this book hath cured them with this art that hath been almost blind with Rhume Probatum est Another rare medicine for the eyes TAke the juice of plantan the herb is governed under Venus and a peny worth of eiebright water take of each a like quantity and put these into a little Vial-glass and then put therein a little Romanviteral or the Celestial stone as much as the quantity of a gray pease and put it into the glass or vial and let it dissolve in the juice and water then when you go to dress your eyes shake the Vial a little dress your eies as occasion shall serve and your own discretion uide you you may dress your eyes at morning and at noon and at night if your eyes be very hot dress them more oft this is a curing sovereign medicine for the eyes and hath done good to many both men women and children Probatum est A rare way to cure a green wound TAke two peny worth of good sack and wash the sore with it twice a day morning and evening and dip your lint into the oyl of St. Johnswort and bind it up and this will heal a green wound that is cut deep more firm and sound then balsum Probatum est Here is a rare way for the curing the Gonorhea or Running of the reins IN the first place if you mistrust you have caught the Running of the reins by keeping company with any foul or unclean person go this way to work first either to help your selfe or your friend Take a dram of Pulvus-sanctus In English holly powder and put this powder into half a pint of dear posset drink and sur it about with a knife and then drink it up and then take good store of posset drink after that it may cause the purge to work lustily you must begin alwayes to take a purge in a morning fasting but if you are of a strong constution I would wish you to take a dram of Extractum ●rudi and make it into four or five little pils and drink either posset-drink or strong Ale or Beer to cause it to work then after it hath worked well take some warm broath made on purpose these purges purge choller from the chest and slime from the guts and wrinseth and washeth the reins of the back prepares the body fit for that which is restraining or restringing Now in the second place if you would seek to stop this flux called the Running of the reins take a good handful of Yarow Milfoyl Nose-bleed or Thousand leafe it hath all these names but it is commonly called Yarow take a good handful of this green herb and put it into a Morter and bruise it with a pestle and when you have well beat it or bruised it put to it the quantity of a pint of good fresh small beer and stir it altogether then take a thin cloath and strain it thorow and then put it into a Vialglass or a little close jug bottle and put to it two ounces of the best hard Sugar and let the Sugar dissolve in it and when you go to use it shake it together and the quantity that you must take is as followes if the day be very hot take a spoonful at a time often in the day time or otherwise three times a day The Author of this book hath applied this medicine as fasting in a morning three spoonfuls three spoonfuls at noon after diner and three spoonfuls after supper this hath cured men and women that several noted Physitians hath left and could not cure Probatum est Here is another way for to cure the Gonorhea or the running of the reins TAke Cipress Turpentine or Venus Turpentine to the quantity of two ounces and put to it the quantity of three measured spoonful of clear spring water and then stir it well together with the point of a knife until it be white this is called washing of Turpentine or if you be so well provided instead of washing it with water wash it with the juice of Lemond and you must wash it in a little white Gally pot and let it stand in the same pot covered with a white paper so you may take it three times a day at the end of a knife point an indifferent quantity at a time or you may take it in little pils rolled in Sugar upon a trencher and if you will you may add to it Sanguis draconis or the blood of a Dragon beat to powder and so you may mix it with the pils and these pils worketh a gallant effect in man or woman and it will do the cure Probatum est Another way to cure the Gonorhea or running of the Reins TAke every Morning fasting and every Evening after supper as much as will lie on a shilling of the hard row of a red Herring dried and beat to powder and put it into a quarter of pint of beer and drink it up and often in the day time drink your black double refined Rosin it is clear like a glass let it be beat to powder and drink it this hath cured the foul disease of the running of the Reins it self The Author of this book giveth notice to all people both men and women to observe this rule those that shall have occasion to make use concerning this cure if it be in winter to wear a warm red cloath next to the reins of the back and if it be in Summer wear next to the Reins of the back a plaister of Dioccula spread upon a linnen cloath about the length of your hand and four fingers broad one plaister will stick on a week this plaister is drying and by Gods help performeth the cure Probatum est Here is a most excellent and rare way to cure the falling at the fundament never the like laid open before for the good of the Country IN the first place for either man or child or what party soever that hath the impediment of the fundament falling down when they go to stool they always void a great deal of blood take the hearb knot grass it is as common as the high way because it groweth by the high way side but the herb is as honest as if it grew in a Ladies garden and as full of vertue there is another herb groweth close by it is called Planten not Bucks-horn Planten but Webroad Planten it is governed under Venus and under the sign Libra a very honest herb and helpeth Venus girls of many a loose disease But concerning our cure before mentioned Take Planten and Knot-grass and beat them in a morter with a pestle then strain out the juice and put it into a vial-glass then that is ready for use then the party afflicted with the disease before mentioned let them take two spoonful of the juice and a spoonful of good strong sack mix them together and drink this quantity morning and evening and after dinner if the party be past