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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

of the same then take the Hearbes finely beaten and mingle with them and the juyce a quantity of English Honey and vnwrought Waxe so boyle them together till it be all of one colour then take them from the fire and let them stand a while then put it into a Bason of faire water and so worke it out into rowles and lay it on Plaisters once or twice a day Another for the same approved TAke the Hearb Salendine and House looke of each equall quantity then bruise them in a Morter and take the myre of them and put it into the wound and annoynt the same therewith that done fill the wound with part of the bruised hearbs and so bind it vp and in short time it will heale the sore as by proofe hath beene seene A Plaister for the Stiche ANnoynt your side with the oyle of Mellilote then make a Plaister for the same Mellilote vpon a piece of Leather and change it but one a wéeke A Playster for the Ph●rifie STampe well in a Morter foure ounces of the rootes of wild Mallowes well sodden put to it an ounce of Butter and an ounce and a halfe of Honey of Pigeons dung two drains mingle all together and ●●nt right hot vpon the pai●e and soone after the corruption will breake A Plaister for the Collicke and Stone TAKe Peritory Camomill ground I vie leaves Cummin stampe them and boyle them in white Wine and make a Plaister thereof and put it about the Reines 〈◊〉 hot as may be suffered and see that it lye close round about behind and before A Plaister for the Head-ache and for hot Agues TAke red Mintes Leavened Bread of Wheate and white Vineger Make thereof a Plaister and say it to your Forehead for it helpeth ●i●eases in the Head and also hot Agues A hot drawing Plaister called Flowis TAke Rozen Perosine of each halfe a pound white Waxe foure ounces Frankensence foure ounces Masticke one ounce Déere suet foure ounces Turpentine foure ounces Camphere two drams white Wine a Pottle and so make a Plaister A Plaister called the vertue of our Lord. TAke oyle Olive one pound white Waxe two drams Galbum Ermony Opponacke two ounces Litarge halfe a pound Almons one dram Verdigreace one ounce Aristoligam Longuam one dram Myrrhe Masticke of each one ounce Lorell bayes two Drams Increse white one Dram Make the Plaister in this manner take and temper the Galbum Opponacke Ermony in good Vineger two dayes naturall and the other things to bée provided each by himselfe then take the Waxe and melt it with Oyle in a Kettle and the Gummes dissolved in Vineger in another vessell vpon the fire till the Vineger be sodden away then straine it vpon the said Oyle as strongly as you can stirre it well and then put in the Verdigreace the Astrologium and the other Gummes that were not put in before then it is made It healeth all wounds new or old and it doth heale more then all other Plaisters or Oyntments A Plaister for a sore Brest that must bee broken TAke one handfull of Groundsill a pinte of swéete Milke and a handfull of Oatemeale and séethe them together Make a Plaister thereof and lay it to it as hot as the Patient may suffer it and at every Dressing put too more Milke this vse no longer then it breakes A Plaister to heale it TAke one pound of Bores-greace and thrée Garlicke heads stampe them in a Morter till they be fine and put bath into a boxe and put thereto Beane flower to the quantity of two Egges bray them together and lay them to the Brest To make a Seare-cloath TAke Rozen and Perosine of each foure ounces Waxe two ounces Ollibanon two ounces Masticke halfe an ounce Turpentine two ounces and so make your Plaister OF MEDICINES and Remedies PART XI Here followeth divers Medicines and Remedies for to heale all Diseases curable by the grace of God as also the nature and property of certaine Hearbes and Plants belonging thereunto And first a most excellent Remedy to helpe the Fluxe of the Body with a certaine discourse thereon THE Fluxe of the Body is caused of superfluous heate conceived in the Stomacke the which maketh a continuall solution inwardly as yée may sée by experience of those that are troubled therewith for so long as the cause is not taken away all their meat doth runne into the matter the which if it be so that is true which I do say that the fluxes are a distemperance of the body caused of hot and corrupt humours in the stomacke and therefore if thou wilt cure it it were necessary to extinguish the heate and so take away the corruption the which thou shalt doe with the rednesse of Marte Mylletare written in this Booke following for that is the most soveraigne remedy that can bée found But first yée shall take twelve graines of our Petra Philosophalla with halfe an ounce Mel Rosatum and then take foure mornings together one scruple of the rednesse of Marte with halfe an ounce of Sugar Rosate and therewith thou shalt worke miracles For Perbreaking and for Fluxe SEeth Roses in Vineger or Tamarindes or Gaules and while it is hot wet therein Wooll and lay it on the stomacke for Vomit and on the Navill for Fluxe and on the Reines for appetite Aleanet is to sooder Wounds Aspaltum is Tarre of Indie it hath vertue to draw and sooder for if the powder thereof be strowed on a dry Wound it will soone close it though it be both broad and déepe Oates hath vertue to abate swelling and to make things soft Asarum maketh women to haue their tearmes openeth the Veynes of the Vrine and maketh a man well to pisse Asarum with Honey sleyeth Wormes dissolveth Winds and warmeth the stomacke clenseth the Liver and Veynes of the Guts and reynes of the Mother it putteth away Fever quotidian and helpeth the stinking of venomous Wormes Bolle if it be good is as it were white redded Ballestianes is the flow● of the Powgraner and Psidia is the rinde and it hath vertue to restraine as Bolle hath Brancha Urona hath vertue to make soft or to rypen Empostumes Bistorta or Tormentill hath vertue to straine together comfort and confound Bedellion hath vertue to constraine together it helpeth the Empostume both within and without it breaketh the stone and beateth the Cough Cadamen is the rootes of Parcely that hath vertue to dissolve to consume and to draw Camfere ought to bée kept in Marble Alablaster Lyntséed or Anyséed it is good for the Gomora and to abate a mans courage Coloquintida hath vertue to purge Flegme and Melancholy and for the Tooth-ache séethe it in Vineger Cassia fistula a Gargarisme made thereof and of the Iuyce of Morell dissolveth the Empostume in the Wezend and also for swelling in the Chéekes Ceruse is good to engender good flesh and to fret away evill flesh Capers is good to de●te cold Humours in the mouth and stomacke Concube and Quibebes

the powder héereof with the juyce Borage is good for the cold Rhume and to comfort the Braine Dragagant is of three kindes and the white is the best in cold Medicines and the red in hot Euphorbium his vertue is to dissolve to draw to ala●e to consume to purge Fleame and Melancholly Esula is the rinde of Eleberus Albus or Peritory of Spaine it hath vertue to purge Fleame and Melancholly and it is the best that purgeth next to Scamonie Take Esula five drams Canell Fennell-séedes Anyséedes and vse this with warme Wine or other broth Gum Arabic the white is cold the red is hot in Medicines Gariofiolate is Ade●●●e his vertue is to open dissolve and consume whilest hée is gréene the Gollicia passie Hermadactilus the whitest is the best it hath vertue to dissolve consume and draw and they principally purge Fleame Jarus Barba Aron Calves féete Cuckoo pintell the leaves and the rootes and the gobbets about the rootes bée of good vertue and the Roote should be cloven and dryed they haue vertue to dissolve and lake Ipaguistidos is Gobbets that are found by the roote of the Dog bryer it hath vertue to straine together Jempus is the fruit thereof it hath vertue to dissolve and consume for the Strangury Illiaco drinke Wine wherein it was sodden Licium is good with the juyce of Fennell for sore Eyes Litarge is good to close together and to clense Lovage séed with Cinamon is good for the Liver and Spléen and wind in the Guts and stomacke Mamia is good to make Bloud cleane Mumia hath vertue to straine together Medeswece gréene or dry bringeth Menstruum and clenseth the Mother Mora is the fruit of the Cicomore Trée it hath vertue to dissolue consume and make cleane it is good for the Ovinffe and for costiuenesse Nitrum the whiter the better it hath vertue to dissolve and wipe away filth Opponax if it be cléere and draw to Cytrin colour it is good it hath vertue to dissolve and consume Oppium that is not hard nor soft is good it hath vertue to make one fléepe Organum flowers is good powdered to make Luxe to dissolue and to consume and the powder put within and without abateth blowne chéekes Oxificentia Phenicon Dactilus Indie Tamarindus they that bée good be neyther too moyst nor too hard and be some what blacke and some what sower the Ryne nor the Séed shall not be vsed in Medicines it hath vertue to purge Choller to make Bloud cleane and to abate vnkind heate Os de corde Cervi is the bone of the Hearts heart on the left sidé it is good to purge Melancholy Bloud and Cardiacle and Sinicapos or Sincapos with the Iuyce of Borage and Os Sexi will make the Téeth white Periatory or Pellatory shall be gathered in Winter and his vertue is to dissolue consume and draw Dog Fennell the roote is good for the Strangury Oissury and stopping of the Liver and Spléene Pineapples the Kernels doe moysten and open and is good for the Disease in the Brest or Cough or Etike or Consumption and to increase good bloud Damsons bée cold and moyst in the third degrée gather them when they bée ripe and cleane them in the Sunne and spring them with Vineger aboue and then yée may kéepe them two yeare in a vessell their vertue is to coole a man and make his Guts light and therefore they be good in Fevers against the costivenesse that commeth of drynesse or of Cholericke humors in the Guts when they be ripe to cut and when they be dry soake them in water and eate the Prune and drinke the water Psilium is cold and moyst in the third degrée his vertue is to make soft and light and to coole a Mans body and to straine together Periatory while it is gréens hath vertue to dissolve and consume the windes in the stomacke Purslene is good both raw and sodden to abate vnkind heate in Chollericke men Pitch liquide hath vertue to dissolue and consume Ponticum is good for the stopping of the Liver and Spléene that commeth of cold Storax hath vertue both to comfort and consume and to fasten Teeth and comfort the Gummes Squilla is a Sea Onion and that is found by himselfe is deadly his vertue is to purge and to dissolue but the outer and Inner parts shall be cast away for they be deadly and that which is in the middest shall be put in Medicines and it hath more vertue rawe than sodden Sedes within the berries of Elder is good to purge Fleame Sravisacre hath vertue to dissolve consume draw and purge Fleame and Lytarge and to put away heavinesse of the heart and if it be put in his nose Seapium is good and hath vertue to dissolve consume draw and laxe and heale it is good for fallins downe of the Mother with suffumigation or supositor and for the tearmes of secondine dead Childe Saracoll if it bée with sad it is good it hath vertue to straine together and to sooder Drinke Calamint sodden in Wine for coldnesse of the stomacke and stopping of the Liver and Spléen Reynes and Bladder and Illaco passie Saterion his root is gréen hath vertue to vnloose mans nature Saligem his vertue is to dissolve and consume Scabiouse while he is gréene hath vertue to dissolve consume and cleanse Dragons take the roote and cleave it and dry it in the Sun yée may kéepe it two yeares meddle the powder of Dragons with Sope and wet a Tent therein and put it déepe into a fester and it will clense and enlarge it and if there bée a bone in it it will draw it out or else loose it that yée may take it out lightly Sene is to purge Melancholy and Epilencie and Fever quartaine and Emerodes for the Spléene Liver and Cardiacle sodden in water and put to Sage and make a Syrope or the Iuyce of Borage and Suger Terra sigillata terra sarasincia trara argenta is all one manner of earth his vertue is to constraine together Turbith if it be hollow small and of an Ash-colour and gummie it is good it hath vertue to dissolve and draw humours from the vttermost part of a mans body and namely Fleame for the Gout and Illiaca and Podegra and Chiragra giue him fours scruples of Turbith mingled with some other Medicine Taplia or faiters Hearbe his vertue is to purge aboue and beneath both gréene and dry for it is never given by himselfe hée that stampeth it let him hide his Face and eyes that hée sée not Also heale or kéepe close his Testacles or else they will swell with this Hearbe beggers doe make them séme on the Dropsie and be nothing like Tartar is the Lées of Wine and hath vertue to dissolve and wipe away filth and to abate away a mans fatnesse Take small powder halfe of foure drams and cast thereto the powder of Masticke to abate his egernesse and give the powder with Dia Penedion or with same

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

compound Medicines A Locion for a sore Mouth YOu must take of Honey-suckle-water halfe a pinte Planten and Rose-water of each foure ounces Hony of Roses two ounces Alloes one ounce white Copperas and Vineger of each halfe an ounce A Water for a sore mouth TAke Lapis Calaminaris beaten into fine powder and put in a pinte of white Wine then take a pottle of water and Rosemary boyle it in the water till it be halfe sodden away then straine the water from the Rosemary and put it into the white Wine and so it is done A compound Water TAke first Pimpernell Rew Valerian or Sedwall Alocelipis cap and breake them and lay them in this said water following Take Isop Pelyall R●yall Anyséedes and Cenforie and beate them in a morter and after put them in a Stillatory and distill water of them which is vertuous and let them boyle together and after that straine them that the water may goe from them and close this water in Vials of glasse by the space of nine dayes and give to him that hath the Falling evill foure dayes fasting sixe houres and this is the truest medicine for this Disease that wée can finde except the mercy of God and this Water drinking is good for the Palsie if it be drunke fasting also it is good for all Gowtes like wise in the time that they be mortified in the members and limbs of a man it is very helping to Wounds that are festered it they be washed therewith it destroyeth all manner of Fevers Behly Water TAke Water a pottle Suger-Candy foure ounces let them séethe then put in foure ounces of Verdigrease in fine powder and let it séethe A good Barley water for all Diseases of the Lungs or Lights TAke halfe a pound of faire Barley a gallon of Water halfe an ounce of Licorice Fennell séed Violets and Parsly-séed of each a quarter of an ounce red Roses a quarter of an ounce dry Hysop and Sage of each a penny weight sixe leaues of Harts tongue a quarter of an ounce of Figg●s and Raysins Séethe all these in a new pot of cold Water and then straine them cleare from it and drinke it the same cooleth the Liver and all the members driveth away all evill heate slaketh thirst causeth to cast out much purgeth the Lights and Spléene the Kidneyes and Bladder and causeth to make water well and especially it is good for all Agues that come of heate A good Drinke for the Poxe TAke Selendine and English Saffron the weight of a halfepeny and a farthing worth of Graines a quart of long Pepper a penny weight of Mace and stale Ale stampe your hearbe and pound your Saffron and mingle them together and then drinke it Doctor Stevens Water TAke a Gallon of Gascoigne wine then take Ginger Galingall Cammomill Cynamon Nutmegs Graynes Cloues Mace Anniséeds Carraway séed of every of them a dram then take Sage Mynts red Roses Tyme Pellitory of the wall wild Margerum Rosemary Peny-mountaine otherwise wilde Tyme Cammomill Lavender of every of them a handfull then beate the Spices small and bruise the hearbes and put all into the Wine and let it stand 12 houres stirring it divers times then distill it in a Limbeck and kéepe the first pinte of the water for it is the best and then will come a second water which is not so good as the first The vertues of this Water be these it comforteth the spirits and preserveth the youth of a man and helpeth the inward diseases comming of cold against the shaking of the Palsie it cureth the contraction of Sinewes and helpeth the conception of women that be barren it killeth the wormes in the belly it helpeth cold Goutes it helpeth the Tooth ach it comforteth the stomack very much it cureth the cold Dropsie it helpeth the Stone in the Bladder and the reines in the back it cureth the Canker it helpeth shortly a stinking breath and whosoe●er vseth this said Water it shall preserue him long Take but one spoonefull of it once in seauen dayes for it is very hot in operation it preserued Doctor Steven very long who lived a hundreth yeares lacking but two and tenne of them he lived bed rid A very good drinke for the Cough TAke a quart of white Wyne and boyle it with Lycorice Anniséeds and Sugar-candy of each a like quantity putting therein tenne Figs of the best till it be halfe consumed and so preserue thereof to drinke Evening and morning thrée or foure spoonefuls warmed A restorative made of the Herbe Rosa Solis with other things and gather it in June or Iuly THis herve Rosa Solis groweth in Marish ground and in no other place and it is of a hoary colour and groweth very lows and flat to the ground and it hath a meane long stalke growing in the midst of it and seaven branches springeth out of the roote round about the stalke with leaves coloured and of a meane length and breadth and in no wise when this Hearbe should be gathered touch not the Hearbe it selfe with your hands for then the vertue thereof is gone yée must gather and plucke it out of the ground by the stalke yée must lay it in a cleane basket the Leaves of it is full of strength and nature and gather so much of this hearbe as will fill apostle pot or glasse but wash it not in any wise then take a pottle af Aqua Composita and put them both in a large pot or vessell and let it stand hard and fast stopped thrée dayes and thrée nights and on the fourth day open it and straine it through a faire linnen-cloath into a cleane glasse or pewter pot and put thereto a pound of Sugar small beaten demi pound of Licorice beaten to powder and demi pound of Dates the stones taken out and they cut in small péeces and mingle them altogether and stop the glasse or pewter yot well so that no ayre come into it in any wise Thus done yée may drinke of it at night when yée goe to bed demi spoonefull mixt with Aqua vitae or stale Ale and as much in the morning fasting and there is not the weakest body in the world that is wasted by Consumption or otherwise but it will restore him againe and make him to be strong and lusty and to have a good stomacke and that shortly and hée of shée that vseth this thrée times together shall finde great remedy or comfort thereby and as the patient doth féele himselfe so he may vse it OF VNGVENTS PART IX The making of Oyntments and first of Vnguentum Basilicum TAke Oyle halfe a pound Waxe Colophonie of each two ounces Turpentine Pitch Perosine and Cowes suet of each two pound and a halfe Frankensence Myrrhe of each halfe an ounce and so make your Vnguent The golden Unguent called Vnguentum Aureum TAke yellow Waxe foure ounces Oyle one pound Turpentine Colophonie and Rozen of each one ounce Frankensence and Masticke of each halfe an ounce

Lauendercotten Valeriane Woodbine Strawberrystrings ●utson●leaues Walnutleaues the tops of Burrage Sage vertue Romane worme wood Water-●ittonie Cardus Benedictus Smalledge Camomill eight ounces Red Risi eight ounces vnset Tims fiue ounces of all these Hearbes let there be taken foure ounces of every hearbe which may be two handfuls of every one when they be picked cleane for all these hearbes the best time is in May or Iune and being gathered cleane picked and stamped you are to put them into thrée quarts of Neates f●●te Oyle eight ounces of S●●le● oyle which is halfe a pinte eight ounces of May-butter foure ounces of Cloues to make it smell this being ●one let them stand a fortnight or thrée Wéekes till you may get twenty foure liue Swallowes-young or old and as soons as you haue them kill them and cut off the top● of the taile feathers and wing feathers and then st●●pe them and put them into your Oyle this being done take a close Kettle of Copper with a close Cover and put in all these things and then the said Kettle with all before written to be set on the fire in another Kettle of boyling Water and to boyle in the water the sp●r● of fenn● haures Then take it off and straine it hard through a strong Ca●●as cloth as hard as may be being hote from the fire but better it were to have a Presse for the same purpose This being prest out put it againe ouer the fire as before then boyle it fiue or sixe houres then take a pound of vnwrought Waxe cut it and shred it fine and boyling ouer the fire put in the Waxe to the rest and so boyle it two houres and in the boyling you may take 〈◊〉 some with a spoone and put it into a Saw●er till it be cold so shall you sée if it be thicke enough by tasting it in your fingers if it be too thinne put in more Waxe at your pleasure and being boyled the time aforesaid then powre it foorth into a faire large Earthen pot to ●●le then take it and cut it in pieces and take it out that the water in the bottome may be powred out then boyle it once more an houre or a little more and so powre it into Gally pots and kéepe it for it is good for all Aches A Remedy for Deafenesse of the Eares TAke old Sallet oyle of Oli●es and take young Mice that be naked fresh cast without haire and put them in the same Oyle and let them lye 〈◊〉 in the same till they be rotten and take a piece of bombaste and dippe the same in the Oyle and put it in the Pat●ents ●ares A Medicine for the Collicke and Stone TAke Nettles the leaues and stalkes of the same Nettles séethe the same vnto the third part in a new Pot and then straine the same liquor through a fine linnen cloth and drinke of the same every Morning and Night a Cup or Glasse full for the space of nine dayes After the same take the bloud of a 〈◊〉 G●●te and distill the same and drinke of it nine dayes as beforesaid A Remedy for a Cold. TAke a pound of Raisons of the Sunne and stone them foure ounces of white Sugar and beate them in a morter of stone and in the beating you must cast in some fine Licorice powder and halfe a spoonfull of Rosewater and then it will be like a Marmelade and eate it at sundry times A Medicine for the Cough TAke two spoonefuls of Aqua-vitae one spoonefull of Honey halfe a spoonefull of White Sug●r-Candy a little Sinamon and thrée cornes of long Pepper beaten altogether and boyled till it be like a Treacle An Oyntment that will drive away Lice from a mans body TAke an ounce of the groundings of oyle Oliue and two ounces of the groundings of Renish-wine and one ounce of Aruement and sure are thy body with it A very good Drink● for an Ague if one shake TAke a quart of strong Ale and put therein nine Bay-leaues and séethe it till come to a pinte and then take out the Bay-leaues and put therein one pennyworth of Treacle a halfe-penny worth of Pepper stirring it well together and let it then séethe againe one walme and so take it off the 〈◊〉 and let the Patient drinke it as hote as he can and be couered as warme as be may abide the space of sixe or ●●uen houres Probatum est Another Drinke for the Ague TAke a pinte of Ale and put therein one penny-worth of long Pepper and foure or fiue field Daysie rootes and then séethe the same well together and then let the Patient drinke the same as hote as he may suffer it and walke till he sweat it he be able or else layd downe and covered very warme that he may sweat well Also Burreleaues and Baysalt beaten together and bound about the wrist of the Patient is good for the same A drinke for one which is troubled with a paine in his Backe and maketh water that one may cut it with a knife which the Doctor saith is by reason he is troubled with a Worme in the bottome of his belly TAke the tender tops of Broome the rootes of Parcely Fennell and Smalledge of each one handfull a handfull of Purselaine wash them ●leane and then séethe them in a gallon of new Ale till a quart thereof be cousumed the which being so done take it off the fire and straine it into a vessell and kéepe it close stopped three or foure dayes and then let the Patient drinke no other drinke for the space of a wéeke For an Ague By Doctor Turner TAke Featherfew Wormewood and Sorrell of each a good great handfull stampe them and straine them hard and put thereto as much Suger in weight as the juyce weigheth and put them in a strong Glasse in a Skillet of warme wator the space of foure and twenty houres before you giue it to the Patient and their giue it twice a day two spoonefuls at a time in Ale or Posset-ale For the Backe CLarie is good for the Back and pills named Pillula agretiva majores pillula de serapino And these oyles be good for the backe Olium de piperibus Olium philosophorum cerotum Andromachi And I haue prooved these Oyles to be good the oyle of Mardine the Oyle of Alablaster and the oyle of water Lillies in hote causes the oyle of Poppy is very good in cold causes For a Scurffe in the Body THis infirmity doth come of a chollericke and Melancholy humour For this matter I take two ounces of Boares grease then I doe put in one ounce of the powder of Oyster-shells burnt and of the powder of Brimstone and thrée ounces of Mercury mortified with fasting spittle compound all these together and annoynt the body thrée or foure times and take an easie Purgation A worthy Balme REcipe Aqua-●ite foure ounces Terobinthine one pound oleum vitre Romane foure ounces and draw this Balme well in Limbecke glasse for this will doe

but take héed that no woman with child drinks of this Water Item this water drunke with Isope putteth away all sorrow from thy heart and causeth man or woman well to sléepe well to digest his meate well to make water and well to doe his sege Item if a man will wash himselfe with this Water it will draw away the haire from any place of man and destroy it that it shall not grow there any more on warrantise The vertue of the fift Water called Aqua Lasta TAke Isope Gladion Avence Sothernwood of each a like quantity and stampe them in a Morter and put them in a Stillatorie and still them to water and this water drunke in a morning fasting is good against all manner of Fevere hote or cold Item this water being drunke fasting is the best medicine against the fluxe of the wombe and clenseth the belly of all ill humours and kéepeth a man in health and helpeth the Palsie but it must be drunke fasting and as hot as may be suffered To make the sixt water called Dealbantiums TAke Mole warpes and make them in a powder with Brimstone and take the Iuyce of Selondine and so let them stand certaine dayes after lay it in a Stillatorie still water of water of it this water will make any black beast white that is washed therewith nine times in nine dayes or any place in him that a man will haue white Also this water medled with Waxe and Aloes it healeth all manner of Gouts if the Patient be annoynted therewith Also this water helpeth the sicknesse called Noli me tangere but a plaister thereof must be laide to the sore Also it helpeth a man of the Strangle if a plaister thereof be laid to the sore Item it healeth scald Heads if they apply a plaister thereof to the sore Item a plaister thereof healeth burning with fire Item this with Lapis Calumniaris helpeth perfectly a sicknesse called the Wolfe but the plaister must be changed two times in a day but let no man nor woman drinke any of this Water The seuenth Water called Aqua Consuitivae TAke Pimpernell and stampe it in a Morter and lay it in a Stillatory and still water thereof Item this Water washeth away all Wounds in a mans body Item this water drunke fasting with Ginger is a good Medicine against the Tysicke and will cleanse the Breast from all euill Humours The eight Water called Aqua Huplaciam the double Water TAke Mustard-séed Pepper and Sinamon of each a like and beate them in a Morter and put thereto Aqua Consuetudo and lay them vnder the Cap of the Stillatorie and distill Water thereof and these be the vertues thereof and if it be drunke fasting it is the best Medicine against the Tysicke and all diseases of the brest and it must be drunke in the morning cold and at Evening hot as yée may suffer it and it will make him to sléepe and have good rest Item this water being drunke with Castorie is good against the Sicknesse called Epilentia viz. the Morbus Caducus Item this water being drunke fasting comforteth all the Members that be strucken with the Palsie and comforteth the sinewes of the Head and the braine Water of Pimpernell the ninth water TAke the séed of Pimpernell and put it in red wine and then after put it in the Sunne and then breake it in a Morter and then presse out the Oyle through a cleane cloth this water or oyle being drunke fasting healeth a man of the sand or gravell in the bladder for it will breake the Stone within him Item this water being drunke sustaineth and lightneth all the members of man of what disease soever he be grieved with To make water of Sage the tenth Water TAke Sage and Pollyon of each a like quantity and breake them in a morter and put them in a Stillatorie and distill water thereof this Water drunke fasting eateth away all manner of sicknesse Item this water sodden with Castory and drunke fasting of all Medicines in the world if prolongeth most a mans life Item if a man before called doe this nine dayes and he shall be whole but it must be taken with warme water Item this water being drunke fasting draweth away all evill in the stomacke or wombe Item it is good against the Scabbes and causeth a man to haue good blood and good colour in the face Item this water being drunke hote in the morning or in the day healeth any manner of evill in a man within thrée dayes if the Patient be in any wise curable The making of Waters and first of greene Waters TAke white Wine a pinte the waters of Roses and Planten of each sixe ounces Orpiment one ounce Verdigreas● halfe an ounce c. Another greene Water TAke the waters of Honey suckles Planten and Roses of each halfe a pinte Orpiment Allome Ceruse and Verdigrease of each two drams white Wine Iuyce of Planten of each halfe an ounce and it is done Waters for old Ulcers TAke white Wine and running Water of each a pinte Frankensence and Allome of each one ounce Deco●ted in Balmarn for thrée houres space and it is done A good Drinke for the Gummorium Passio TAke Bursa Pastoris Planten of each two handfuls take the Iuyce thereof in a pinte of good Ale and drinke if thrée times in a day for thrée dayes A water for old Vlcers in the Armes TAke Smiths water a quart burnt Allome one pound Salarmoniac one ounce Galls two ounces Tartary Copperas of each one ounce distill all these with ●hreds and so kéepe the water to your vse A Water for a Canker TAke Bugle Fennell and Rosa-Solis of each a like and take as much in quantity of Honey-suckle flowers as also all the other hearbes and let them be cleane picked and so distilled in a Stillatorie and so kéepe it close for it is a precious water A Femicorie Water IS to be drunke in the Morning at Noone and at night it is much worth against Dropsies and Sweating sicknesse it purgeth Fleame and Choller and Melancholy and it bringeth foorth heate and dry Sicknesse and it is good for the paine of the Head to wash it and drinke it A Water of Rosemarie IT hath more vertues in it then a man can tell one is if a man haue an Arrow or Iron within him wet a tent and put into the wound and drinke the same water and it shall avoyd out and it helpeth all Wounds inward and outward the Canker the Fester and it killeth the Wormes in man or Child and all manner of Impostumes inward and outward it helpeth the ●ysicke and Fluxe white or bloody it is a great helpe for a woman with Child to drinke thereof it maketh cleane the Face or any where it yée wash it therewith Water of Verven IF it be distilled in the later end of May it hath vertue to spring Choller and to heale Wounds and to cléere the Eye-sight it is a principall thing to

it with Oxsingie and beat it very fine then take one ounce of Arguentum vivum well killed and labour them altogeter very fine and so annoint therewith To make an Vnguent for Vlcers in Childrens faces TAke Litarge and Ceruse of each fiue ounces the leaues of Ashe and Vine leaues of each thrée ounces oyle of Roses one ounce Waxe halfe an ounce relent your Oyle and Waxe together and beate your Litarge and Ceruse and mingle them with two yolkes of rotted Egges To make the Sinnitive Oyntment TAke Turpentine foure Ounces Harts greace or the Marrow of a Heart two ounces oyle of Roses one ounce white Frankensence halfe an ounce oyle of Spike two drams and halfe a dram of Mynium and so worke it To make an Vnguent for the Itch. TAke thrée handfuls of Allecompany rootes séethe them in thrée Gallons of water till they be soft then take the Roots and scrape them and take the white of them to the quantity of a pound and beate them with one pound of Barrow hogges greace and a quantity of Salt and a little Saffron and so bring them to an Oyntment To make an Oyntment for the Morbus TAke two ounces of Vermillion two ounces of Quick-silver two ounces of Oyle of Bay two ounces of Bores greace halfe an ounce of Vineger foure yolkes of Egges and let them altogether be laboured To make the Dunsymitive Vnguent TAke Oyle Olive one pound Rozen one pound Lapis Calaminaris one pound Waxe halfe a pound Turpentine and Shéepes suet of each a quarter of a pound To make Vnguentum Dulsum TAke Shéepes suet five pound Rozen in powder one pound roch Allom in powder one pound and a quart of white Wine boyle them altogether And if you will make it red you may put into one ounce of Vermilion in powder To make Vnguentum Bassillicon TAke Waxe one pound the best Pitch one pound Rozen halfe a pound Colophonie one pound Cowes suet one pound Oyle two pound May-butter halfe a pound Turpentine foure ounces yolkes of foure Egges Make all these in an Vnguent according to Art To make a Mundifigitive TAke Smalledge a little bagge full one pound of Exingie thrée pound of Rozen a quarter of a pound of Waxe Stampe your Smalledge and Oxingie together in a stone Morter then put it into a great Panne and set them vpon the fire till it be hot then straine them through a cloth into a faire panne till they begin to waxe cold then fleete it off with a slice till you come to the water then put in the Rose-water and Waxe all together vpon the fire and let them boyle altogether then straine them through a Linnen cloth and so make your Mundifigitive To make Vnguentum Rosine TAke Honey two pound Rosen one pound and a quarter Turpentine two pound Frankensence one ounce Fenekrike Semminis ben of each two ounces Myrrhe and Sercole of each two ounces in fine powder To make Gibsons Incarnative TAke gréene Broome two pound Waxe and Rosen of each halfe a pound Déere sust foure ounces Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two ounces Turpentine and the yolkes of Egges as much as néeds To make a yellow Incarnatiue TAke one pound of Rosen halfe a pound of Frankensence a quarter of a pound of Waxe halfe a pound of shéepes suet halfe a pinte of oyle Oliue halfe a pound of Turpentine and so make your Vnguent To make another Incarnative TAke oyle of Roses twelve drams Rosen two ounces Turpentine eight ounces Waxe sixe ounces melt the Waxe Rosen and Oyle together and in the boyling put in your Turpentine and the Iuyce of Valerian and so let it bée cold and as you occupy it put in oyle of Turpentine and so kéepe it To make an Unguent for the Piles TAke Barrowes grease halfe a pound burnt Allome one ounce and the yolke of an Egge hard rosted put these together and make an oyntment and annoynt your sore as hot as you can abide it Another fumetive Vnguentum TAke halfe a pound of Déere suet halfe a pound of Waxe one pound of oyle of Roses halfe a pound of oyle Olive of Lapis Caluminaris and Camphere two ounces and so make your Vnguent according to Art For the blacke Iaundies TAke a quantity of great Wormes a quantity of Herbe-grace a quantity of Arsmart and the gréene of a Goose turd To make Vnguentum Foscovem TAke oyle Olive one pound Saffron foure drams Colophonie Pitch Naviles Gumme Seropine of each two Ounces Masticke Oblibanon and Turpentine of each one ounce Waxe a quarter of a pound melt your oyle and then your Waxe and then put in the Colophonie and after stir●e your Pitch Naviles and your Gumme Serapine and last your Turpentine Masticke and Olibanon every thing being bruised except your Pitch and Turpentine when you put in your powders he ever stirring it with your spittle till it bée full dissolved Vnguentum Veride TAke Small-gemme two ounces Verdigreace two ounces Masticke one ounce Olibanon one ounce May-butter one pound oyle Olive one pound Waxe one pound and so make your worke Vnguent Posteleris TAke Galbom one ounce Gumme Armoniac one ounce Mera one ounce Masticke one ounce Apopany one ounce Litarge Aure foure ounces Arestologia one ounce Olibanon on ounce Bidelion one ounce Verdigreace halfe an ounce An Oyntment for the Stone and Collicke to be made in May. TAke the buds of Broome-flowers néere the shutting halfe a pound of them picked from the staikes and beate them in a morter very small that done mingle them with clarified May-butter as much as you shall thinke méete and so kéepe it close in a vessell eight dayes then séethe it and straine it as the other before and there with annoynt the Patients griefe very warme Evening and Morning OF PLAISTERS PART X. To make a resolutive Plaister of great vertue This Plaister is to resolve Tumours and hardnesse if it be laid thereon very hot 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 Carab 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 may suffer it and change it Morning and Evening and yée shall sée it worke a marvailous effect Moreover when the Pelechie commeth foorth of a diseased let him bée folded in the same remedy very hot and in foure and twenty houres yée shall bée holpe if yée bée 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 have the Pestilent Feaver To make a maturative Plaister of great vertue This maturative doth open an Impostume without Instrument and paine And the order to make it is this TAke the

yolkes of Egges two ounces white Salt finely ground one ounce Hens dung 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 Evening little and in short time it will draw foorth the Impostume and breake it and heale it without any other helpe Kéepe this as a secret A Plaister Bessilicon TAke white Waxe Rozen Pine Cowes suet Stone pitch Turpentine Olibany of each these one ounce and of Oyle as much will serve the turne Another Plaister TAke Balme Bittony Pimperuell of each of them a handfull lay them in a Fuse in a pottle of white Vineger two dayes then let them be boyled strongly till the third part be consumed put thereto Rozen one pound white Waxe foure ounces Masticke one ounce Turpetine demi pound and so make your Plaister The Mellilote Plaister TAke Mellilote tenne handfuls let it be small stamped and laid in Fuse foure dayes in a pottle of white Wine and then boyle it strongly till the third part bée consumed then let it coole and put thereto Rozen two pound Perosine one pound demi Waxe one pound Déere suet demi pound Masticke one ounce Frankensence foure ounces and is make your Plaister according to Art The Musiledge Plaister TAke March Mallowes rootes Fenekrike and Lipséed of each one pound lay them in fuse in thrée quarts of water thrée dayes then boyle it over the fire a little and so straine it to a Musilage and take thereofore pound demi and of Lytarge of Lead foure pound of good Ole sixe pound put all over the fire in a great vessell and so let it boyle with a soft fire ever stirring it till it come to the forme of a Plaister according Another Plaister TAke the the Iuyce of Bittany Planten and Smalledge of each Demi pound Waxe Rozen and Turpentine of each demi pound Pitch foure ounces and so make your worke A plaister of Camphere TAke common Oyle demi pound Waxe foure ounces Seruse one ounce Camphers demi ounce and so make your worke A Spiced Plaister TAke white Waxe one pound demi Perosine one pound Colophony foure ounces Rozen demi pound Déere suet demi pound Cloves and Mace foure ounces Saffron demi ounce red Wine and water of each a quart boyle these together till they come to a Plaister A Plaister called Apostolicum TAke white Lead and red of each one pound Oyle foure pound stirre them altogether and boyle them with a soft fire to the forme of a Plaister according to Art A Drying Plaister TAke Oyle of Roses Déeres suet of each one pound Terra Sigillar Lapis Caluminaris Seruse of each one pound Sanguis Draconis thrée ounces and Incense of each one ounce Turpentine foure ounces Camphere halfe an ounce and so make a Plaister A Plaister for the Gowt Arteticke TAke Oxium Saffron of each one dram in fine powder tempered in the yolkes of thrée Egges hard boyled and oyle of Violets or Roses Plaister-wise applyed to the painfull place and it easeth A Plaister to slake paine TAke crummes of white Bread foure ounces temper them with swéet Milke and the yolkes of foure Egges hard boyled and take of oyle of Roses thrée drams and in the making put thereto a little Turpentine and Saffron two drams in fine powder A Plaister against the coldnesse of the Nerves TAke Waxe two ounces Euforbium Castoris of each halfe an ounce Shéepes suet and Pitch of each one ounce Turpentine ● dram and so make your worke according to Art A good cold drying Plaister TAke Oyle one pound Waxe ten ounces Seruse and Lytarge of Gold of each foure ounces boyled with a soft fire in Furnace wise A red Plaister TAke Waxe Déeres suet of each one ounce Lapis Calaminaris Bolearmony of each one dram Turpentine one ounce Camphere a dramme put altogether and so make a Plaister A blacke Plaister TAke Waxe and Oyle of each a pound Ceruse and Litarge of each five ounces Terra Sigillata one ounce boyle all together till it be blacke and like a Plaister A blacke Plaister for old Sores TAke Litarge of Gold and Ceruse of each one ounce the Cinders of Iron Quilled story fererie sixe drams Oyle of Roses foure ounces new Waxe one ounce strong Vineger two draws and so make it according to Art A Plaister to dissolve hard things TAke Gum Armoniac Serapine Boelium Oppopenacie of each one ounce oyle of Spike five drams Turpentine two drams the mell of Fennikrike and Linséed of each one ounce the mell of Lupianes as much as néeds and so make your Plaister Another blacke Plaister TAke Oyle one pound Waxe and Ceruse of each halfe a pound and so make a Plaister according to Art A Plaister against old Sores TAke Oyle twelve ounces Litarge of Gold halfe a pound Vineger sixe ounces Ceruse Colophonie Perosine Pitch Goates Suet of each two ounces Dragons bloud Terra sigillata of each one ounce Waxe two ounces and a halfe and so make a Plaister A cold Plaister TAke Litarge of Lead one pound Oyle foure pound Vineger two pound boyle them to a Plaister A Plaister to draw an Apostume TAke Galbanum and Gum Armoniac of each one pound dissolved in foure pound of Suger for foure dayes together and then boyled till the Vineger bée consumed with a soft fire according to Art A Plaister for the Lords marke de Wiser TAke Virgin Waxe two pound Perosine two pound Galbanum and gum Armoniac of each halfe a pound Pitch foure ounces Déeres Suet Ceruse of each halfe a pound Clovas and Mace foure ounces Saffron to the weight of twelve pence red Wine and water of each two pintes Boyle these things till the Licour bée wasted away and so make a Plaister thereof according to Art The white Musilage Plaister TAke pure good Oyle eight pound Litarge of Lead side pound and a halfe Mussilage of March mallow Rootes and of Fennekrike and Linséed two pound Boyle all together to the forme of a Plaister with a soft fire ever stirring it then take and wash it in thrée or foure waters and it will bée very white A Spiced Plaister TAke Waxe and Perosine of each one pound Crossine halfe a pound Colophony two Ounces Frankensence and Goates Suet of each foure ounces Cloves and Mace Oyle of Turpentine and Oyle of Spike of each one ounce Saffron halfe an ounce red Wine two pound and so make pour Plaister according to Art A Plaister for old Sores TAke Litarge of Gold one pound oyle of Roses two pound white Wine a pinte Vrine a pinte Vineger halfe a pinte Waxe Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two drams and so make your Plaister according A Sparadrope TAke Oyle a pound white Waxe thrée ounces Ceruse tenne ounces Litarge of Gold foure ounces boyle all these in forme of a Plaister A drying Plaister TAke Iacobs Plaister halfe a pound Unguentum Lapis Caluminaris one pound and so make a

other delicate electuary Terbentine a fugimation thereof is good for the subfumigation of the Mother Virga Pastoris or Shéepeheards rod hath vertue to straine together to coole and to fill that is empty and is good for the Fluxe Bryona or wild Neppe is hot and dry the roote thereof maketh a woman to haue her tearmes and delivereth a dead Child or secondine Ginger comforteth the heart and make good digestion Sugar is temperate hot and moyst his vertue is to moysten and nourish and to loose if it be mingled with cold things to coole The excellent vertues of Cardus Benedictus IT is very good for the Headach and the Megrim For the vse of the juyce of the powder of the Leaues preserveth and kéepeth a man from the Head-ach and healeth it being present it quickneth the sight if the Iuyce of it be laid on the Eyes The Powder sta●ches blood that flowes out of the Nose or commeth out of the Lungs the breath of it taken with Wine maketh an appetyte It is good for any Ache in the body it strengtheneth the members of the body and fasteneth loose sinewes and weak It is also good for the Dropsie it breaketh also the Stone and breaketh an Impostume it preserveth one from the Pestilence if the powder be taken in water foure and twenty houres before a man come to the infected place It is good for the dizzinesse of the Head It helpeth the memory It helpeth thicke hearing It is good for short winds and the diseases of the Lungs Some write that it strengtheneth the Téeth others write that it bringeth down Flowers and provoketh sléepe and helpeth the Falling sicknesse It is also good for falls and bruises the Leaves provoke sléepe the powder is good against all poyson the same put into the Guts by a Glyster It helpeth the Collicke and other diseases of the Guts and the wounds of the same They write also that the water of Cardus Benedictus helpeth rednesse and the ●●ching of the Eyes and the Iuyce doth the same the Leaves bruised are good for the byting of Serpents for Burnings and for Carbunckles There is nothing better for the Canker and old festering sores the Leaves are good for Fomentations and to be sitten over being sodden in water that the Vapour may come to the diseased places against the stones and stopping of flowers A discourse as concerning Cornes in the feete or elsewhere with their remedies THis Callowes matter is a certaine hot humour the which nature would discharge her selfe of and when that humour is driven forth of nature it goeth into the lower parts into the end of the Toes for in that part of the Toes that skin is called Epidarma is hard and will not suffer if to passe or exalars and there many times it engendreth a Tumor in the skin with great hardnesse and many times that Tumor doth increase and cause such paine that it doth not onely hinder their going but hinder them from their sléepe in the Night and this kind of Tumor is called commonly Callo or Cornes in English and I thought it good to call them crest because they are alwayes growing and is of great importance among Chirurgions for an infinite number of persons are troubled therewith and therefore I will shew thée our secret to helpe them quickly and with great ease which secret was never knowne of any First yée shall pare them with a sharpe Knife vnto the bottome and there yée shall find a certaine thing like matter but if yee find no matter yée shall pare it vntill bloud doth appeare then touch it with the Oyle of Sulphure and then dresse it without Balsamo Artificiato once a day vntill it be whole Képe this as a secret An experimented Science for hoarsenesse though it hath long lasted TAke a soft Nightkerchiffe and warme it take also a Head-pillow warme the same also and bind it with the Kerchiffe about the Head all Night doe this thrée Nights o● after the other and kéepe thy selfe warme and beware of Cold Drinks and Ayre and it shall furely goe from thée without hurt this same is also good for the Flixe and Cough give the Patient also Lycorice in his mouth Against Hoarsenesse goe into the Hot-houss and when thou hast halfe Bathed drinke a good draught of warme water this is oft proved Garlicke sodden and eaten maketh a cleare voyce and driveth away Hoarsenesse and the old Cough If a man stand in feare of the Palsie LEt him eat every Morning two or thrée graines of Mustar séedes and two Pepper cornes the same is assured for the same disease Of the cause of our Sciatica and how yee may helpe it THE Sciatica is a Disease so called because it commeth in that place of the Body called Scio and it is caused of an evill quality and grosse Humors that are strayed in that place because they cannot passe downe And this is séene by experience dayly for where that paine is there is alteration and the cure thereof is with Glysters Vomits Purgations and Vnctions because the Glysters doth evacuate those places next vnto it and so easeth the Humour the Vomit cleanseth the stomacke the Purgation doth evacuate the body downwards the Vnctions dissolve the winde and by these meanes thou mayest helpe the Sciatica as I have done many times to my great credit and satisfaction of my Patient A Medicine for the Gowte TAke a pinte of white Wine a quart of running water a quantity of Barley flower and let them boyle together then put there●o halfe a pound of blacke Soape and let all séethe till it be thicke then put thereto the yolkes of foure Egges and when yée will vse it driue it on a cloth Plaister-wise hot A speciall Remedy against the Gowt TAke Turbit chosen a groate weight Ginger chosen and pared two penny weight Setwall Hermoda●till of each thrée penny-weight Powder Benedicta foure penny weight and make it in powder and vse it when you begin to waxe constipaty or bound Vse these Hearbes dayly in your Pottage or Broath take Herbon two handfuls Scabious Mectfellen Borage of each one handfull Aven Planten Langdebéefe of each a quarter of a handfull wash them and bind them and cast them into the Pot. A Plaister for the same TAke Vnguentum Merciatum Agrippe Dial●ée Ol●i Genesti Lauxi an ounce Emplaistrum Oxi croxi● one ounce Tero pariter R●●in● pim parissimi pariter sed resolvenda dissoluentur Et fac magdalione take your powder in dayes and times convenient at the first time two penny-weight and after as you thinke expedient Stubbes Medicine for the Gowte TAke a quart of red Wine Lées a quarter of a pound of beane flower halfe a quarter of a pound of Commine fine beaten a spoonefull of Bole Armoniacke halfe an ounce of Camphere which must be put in at twice and boyle them all together till they be somewhat thicke then make it Plaister-wise and lay it to the paine Another Plaister for the Goute TAke