yet iâ— it a thing greatly to be regarded For many great personages that liâ—e easily and are tormented with the gout have also this grief in those parts but the order to cure them is this First you shall cut the nail on that part where it most grieveth them then take it away which you may do easily without any great pain to the patient for the nail is already separated from the grieved place Thus when the nail is taken away touch it with our Caustick whereof mention is made in our treatise of the plague Let it so remain thrée days together then dresse it every day with Magno licore untill it be whole which will be in a very short time CHAP. CXIX Of Eriâ—ipcla or tumour in the face or any other part of the body and the cure thereof THis disease as experience sheweth is caused of an hot and fiery moisture arising in the face arms and legs for where it is the pores are stopped yâ— the said moisture cannot have expiration whereupon cometh tumor as also a shutting and closing up of those pores by means of the ordinary anointing them with fats oils c. or other cold things a common course of common Chyrurgians Against this there cannot be found a more present remedy then the spirit of wine or Aqua ardens or bathing it with hot water and if you wash the parts afflicted with our Quintaessence the pores will be opened and it penetrateth and assubtilateth that humidity causing it to come forth Also you shall find that by drinking our Quintaessence and anointing the stomack with oleum cerae divers are cured of a certain heat retained in the stomack CHAP. CXX The cure of Warts THere is an herb called Herba di vento in the juyce whereof if you wet a cloath and bind it upon the warts they will wear away in short time after CHAP. CXXI For giddinesse in the head TAke the juyce of Prim-rose leaves or the flowers in the Summer or of the juyce of roots in Winter and put into your ear and stop it with black Wooll and lie down upon it CHAP. CXXII To help one that is deaf TAke the inner bark of an elder bough stamp it and strain it and put the juyce into your Ears stop your Ears with Wooll and keep you warm with it CHAP. CXXIII For Ears that run and are full of water TAke two parts of the Gall of a barrow hog half as much of the best honey boil these together in thick glasses in hot ashes till half be consumed and so use it prescribed by Dr. Nicholas for Henry Medlex CHAP. CXXIIII For sore Ears TAke the juyce of Knot grasse and seeth it with honey and wine and pour a quantity thereof into the patients ear and stop the ear with cotten and lie down on the contrary side In the next place I shall shew you many rare and hidden secrets for the making and use of our Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome often mentioned before and severall other excellent Balsomes Oyles and Ointments with the rare effects thereof CHAP. CXXV The making of Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome with a declaration of the effects and virtues thereof TAke of Uenice Turpentine one pound of perfect oil of Bays four ounces oil Galbanum three ounces of Gum Arabeck four ounces of Lignum aloes Galingal Cloves Consolida major Cinamon Nutmegs Zedoana Ginger Diptanum album of each one ounce of Olibanum Mirrha elected Gum Hedera of each thrée drams of the best Musk and Amber of each one dram of rectified Aqua vitae sir pound put all these in a new earthen pot and let them stand seven days close stopped that no air goesin then distill them in a glasse retortive in sand And the first water that cometh is white mingled with oil after you have drawn a sufficient quantity of this increase your fire and there will come a black oil and water which you are to take in another Receiver increasing your fire according to Art til it drop no more then separate the oils from the waters and the black oil is the Artificial Balsame The inventor of this Balsom will never want praise so long as Letters are printed and mens bodies subject to griefs and infirmities for besides the many great and rare virtues you find it hath in the various applying thereof according to the rules set down in the severall places of this Book The first water is excellent good to clear the eyes and preserveth the sight the face also being washed therewith it makes it fresh smooth and young The white oil breaketh and dissolveth the stone or gravel in the kidneys it being drunk it provoketh urine cureth all kind of wounds Sciatica's pains and aches in the joints The black water is called the mother of Balsame and cureth scabs botches scurffs and all sorts of Ulcers in any part of the body in a very short time There is an Artificial Balsomsold by the Apothecaries very good for most of the things before specified CHAP. CXXVI Another most excellent Balsom which cureth all wounds in a very short time it is good for all pains and aches for the Cramp stiff members shrunk sinews c. TAke of swéet oil Olive ten pound white Wine one pound boil these together till the wine be consumed let it cool and put it into a stone pot then adde unto it of the flowers of rosemary one pound and a half of Lignum aloes thrée ounces of Olibanum of Bdellinum of each five ounces then stop your pot well with cork pitch and bladders and bury it in the earth about the begining of August and there let it remain about half a year then take it out and put in these following things Take of Sage Rosemary Betony Rue Yarrow of the roots of Consolida major of leaves of Viâ—icella otherwise called Balsamina of the flowers of Tapsus Barbatus of each thrée handfuls of Galingal Cloves Nutmegs spica nardi Saffron of each half an ounce of Sarcocolla fanguis draconis Mastick of each one ounce of Aloes Epatica rosin of the Pins of each four ounces of Colophoina half a pound of the tops with the séeds of Hypericon of musk half a dram of yellow war of Hogs grease of each nine ounces of oil of wax and mans grease of each three ounces The hearâ—â— yâ— shal cut smal stamp the rest of the things to powder and put them all into the oil mingle them well and set them all the Summer in the Sun then boil them till the hearbs be dry then strain the oil put in some of the Apothecaries Artificiall Balsame the quantity of ten ounces and in the moneth of September put in of the fruit of Balsamina when it is red one pound then kéep it close stopped In defect of Balsamina you may take yâ— tops of the Madelin with the flowers it is not amisse to adde to your Balsame Gum Elemin or the oil of Gum Elemin distilled
cold cause by which means thou art in a good measure enabled to find out the grief or disease and apt to prescribe a proper remedy against iâ— If thou findest it convenient and profitable for the Patient to be let bloud thou must have respâ—ct to the time of the year the age of the party the sign that governeth the strength of the Patient and the disease In purging also thou art to take notice and consider what humour is to be purged and how far it aboundeth and have as speciall regard to suit the medicine to the humour that thou wouldest purge as to the time and the quantity thou givest thereof But chiefly and above all I hold it necessary in all sicknesses or diseases you should observe the time when the Patient falleth ill and what Planet governs and what the aspects are for by that you may judge whether it be a convenient time to minister Physick as for example R. H. findeth himself ill this present day being the first of Aprill 1651 and seeketh unto me for remedy I find at this time Saturn in opposition with the Moon and Mars with a quartille 12 degrées a sextile with Venus 6 degrées by which I adjudge if not a good time to minister Physick and the next day like unto it therefore unlesse I perceive the Patient to be in great necessity I perswade him not to take his Physick untill the third day which I find favoured with better aspects These kind of observations are of great antiquity and were in high esteem among the most learned Philosophers the practise whereof is of that singular use in these times that some in London and other places which soar with the highest on the wings of same give judgements this way rather then by the vrine and therefore I suppose thou wilt not think it losse of time if I am the more large on this point If thou wilt therefore be expert in this art thou must be throughly informed concerning the course of the heavens and the celestial bodies and what the signs and aspects be which thou hast more lively represented by this Figure An Aspect of any of the Planets is a certain distance betwéen the centers of two Planets wherein they notably help or hinder prosper or afflict for by good aspects as the Sextile and Trine they assist and prosper but by a Quartile and opposition they vex hinder and aflict so that by this thou mayest perceive the conjunction is good with good and evill with bad By a Trine you are to understand a third part of the Air a Quarilâ— is the fourth part of the air a Sextile a sixth part of the air An opposition is when one Planet is right against another the half part of the air and a conjunction is when they méet But that which is of the chiefest use in matter of thy study and practiseis the knowledge of the twelve houses which Astronomically are deciphered thus In each house thou findest characterized one of the 12 Signs yet note that they do alter and change according to the Quotidian and course of motions Thrée of these signs be of the nature of fire three of air three of water and three of earth The thrée fiery Signs are Aries Leo Sagitarius the thrée of the ayr be Gemini Libra and Aquarius the three of the water are Cancer Scorpio and Piâ—ces and those of the earth are Taurus Virgo and Capricornus And when 2 Planets are in one sign and one degree of the Zodiack there is a conjunction Therefore as it is necessary that theu shouldest know what the sign is when thy Patient falleth sick so must thou likewise know what Planet is Lord of the house then observe what the Aspects are described in the first Globe or Sphear and it will not a little direct thy iudgment both concerning the disease the remedy and the time of continuance or abatement thereof Also the knowledge of the Planets is the more desirable for that it is the â—udgement of the wise Philosophers that they have not onely influence upon the bodies of men c. but also upon all Hearbs Plants and Vegetables for the Sun hath a speciall influence on the Bay-trée and other trées of that nature and we find by good experience the effects answerable of which more in the virtues of herbs the study whereof will very much enable thée in the right ministring and applying such things as in thy practise thou shalt find requisite to be made use of for Aâ—comes the Phylosopher chose to make his powders whereof he giveth such large commendation when the Sunne entered the first degrée of Aries I shall now therefors procéed to set down certain generall remedies by way of Purgations Vomits Glisters Drinks and Waters with divers other hidden secrets for the curing of any disease or malady of the body either internall or externall CHAP. CLVIII An excellent Purge TAke Diacatholiacon one ounce Confection of Hameck one ounce mixe them very well together and put them into half a pint of White-wine and drink it CHAP. CLIX. Pills to purge Melancholy and Choller TAke half an ounce of Aloes Sackatrina and beat it to powder very small then take a dram of Rubarb and slice it very thin and dry it in a sancer upon embers then beat it to a fine powder and of powder of Steel half as much in measure as the Rubarb and with a little Claret-Wine temper them together till they be like past and then make them into pills whereof take one every night 2 hours after supper and in the morning drink some broth CHAP. CLX To purge the head of grosse Choller and Phlegm TAke Pillule Masticka Fermely I dram and a half of oyl Teijme Chymicall seven drops of the spices of Aromatica seven grains mix these well and make them into ten pills an hour before dinner and an hour before supper and use them as you have need CHAP. CLXI A Speciall powder for the Memory and to purge the Brain TAke thrée ounces of Senae leaves Sednarij Commiâ— Parsley and Dill séed of each an ounce Ginger one ounce and a half Cloves Nutmegs Calimus Galingal Pimpernill Roots Sage Rue Valerian Annis-seeds of each one quarter of an ounce Sagar three ounces pound all these small and temper them together and take thereof morning and evening one dram at one time CHAP. CLXII Another excellent Purgation Take the flowers of the Peach-tree infused in warme water for the space of ten or twelve hours then strain them and put thereto more of the flowers and put to the said liquor to infuse after the same manner six or seven times then put thereto as much Suger as it will require and boil it to the thicknes of a sirrup whereof take two spoonfuls in the morning and it purgeth the belly better then Rubarb or Agrick for it worketh exceedingly upon moist and waterish humors without pain or gripings CHAP. CLXIII To make Pills of Liquoris to be taken
well with the other powders before you put them to the water this water cures all old sores principally Fistulaes Tetters Boils Canckers in the mouth scabs or scalls in the head gréen wounds or any thing else in this kind CHAP. CC. To draw a Quintaessence of mans bloud TAke the bloud of a young sanguine man and chollerick man at the Barbers shops as thou mayest have it and namely of such men as use good wines then put away the water after it hath stood and paste and bake it with ten parts of Common salt prepared to the use and medicine of man then put it in a glasse vessell and put it in horse dung til it be rotted and putrified all the bloud into water and that may be within ten days sometimes more and sometimes lesse Then put it in a limbeck and distill it by a good fire and take thereof the water as much as thou may and grind the dregs that it leaveth on a marble stone and put all the water thereto and grind it again together and then distill it and so continue grinding and distilling as before many times untill thou have a noble water of bloud of the which Quintaessence may be drawn thus Take the same water and put it in the Stillatory of circulation and let it ascend and descend till it be brought to the great swéetnesse and marvellous odour and smelling as Aqua vitae as is taught in the book of Quintaessence and this is a marvellous and miraculouâ— Quintaessence as thou shalt well know and find by making use thereof CHAP. CCI. To draw a Quintaessence from all Fruits Leaves Roots and Hearbs GRind all Fruits Leaves Roots and Hearbs with the tenth part of prepared salt then purifie it and distill it circumspectly till it have the odour as is before said CHAP. CCII. To draw a Quintaessence of every of the four Elements by it self TAke thin grounds with ten parts of prepared Salt and put it to putrifie and thereof draw a Water as is before rehearsed by bloud and other things take that Water and distill it in Balneo till there arise no more water and then hast thou one pure Element in the glasse Then put the said â—ater thus drawn upon the effects in the glasse in Balneo somewhat warm that the effects and the Water may mingle well together during right or ten dayes the glasse well stopped that no air may go out And then take it up and shake it well together and put it in a Furnace with ashoâ— and make a good fire under it and thou shalt distill a Water in form of oyl red as Gold then hast thou two Elements Water and Fire and to seperate Water and Fire distill that red Water in Balneo and the Element of Water will arise and the Fire will remain in the very bottome of the Stillatory a red Oyl Then to part fire from earth take seven parts of the Element of Water and put it upon one part of the effects as you did before by the space of eight or ten days and do as thou diddest in separating the two first Elements But thou must make a stronger fire and there shall ascend a red water which is the Element of the fire and water together separate them in balneo as you did before and in the Stillatory shall remain the Element of fire And the Element of earth is that black Water that thou leavest when the fire is drawn by virtue of the Element of water as all others are before Thus hast thou every Element by himself now mayest thou bring every of these Elements by himself into an oyntment by the vessell of circulation or else distill every of them seven times But the black-water must first be vapoured and in a furnace of Reverberation during twenty four or thirty dayes according to Art The use and effects of this Quintecence is sufficiently declared in the foregoing Chapters of this book CHAP. CCIII Here I shall shew you how to draw a Quintaessence of all minerals by example of Gold BRing thy Sol into a Calx in this manner â—each thy Sol with quick-silver and then vapour away thy quick-silver and in the vapouring away stir it all the while with a stick and the Sol will be a subtil powder the which calx put in a glasse and put thereto wine vinegar distilled or old Urine distilled thrée fingers bredth above the calx of Sol and set it in the hot Sun and thou shalt see a froth of Sol gathered like unto a scum upoÌ„ the vinegar gather that off with a feather and have by thee another vessel of glasse with fair water and wash the froth from off the feather in that water and then gather more and thus do as long as any scum will arise upon the vinegar Then vapour away the water with fire and there will remain the Oyl of Sol which is called Oleum in combustibule which is the very Quintaessence of Gold And if thou use this Quintaessence according to Art it shall restore Nature and bring again Youth and preserve mans life unto the day that God hath prefixed for him which day shall no man passe Also Quintaessence of Gold hath great swéetnesse and vertue to asswage aches and maladies of wounds and to heal wounds and â—otches and many other infirmities I have already given you many secrets and rare experiments concerning Chyrurgery Physick and Chymistry There remaineth some other things most worthy of observation and as necessary to be understood as any thing which hath hitherto been communicated I have proceeded to Plaisters Distillations Extractions Quintaessences Purges Incisions Minerals and other things very admirable the effects whereof have been sufficiently approved Yet there remaineth some other things concerning the vertues and effects of Plants Herbs and Gums without the knowledge whereof no Artist can effectually undertake any cure therefore I shall proceed to that which followeth CHAP. CCIIII The Vertues of Sage SAge is hot and dry in the third degree It is singular good for the head and brain it qâ—ickeneth the sences and memory strengtheneth the sinews restoreth health to those that have a palâ—ie that cometh of moisture it taketh away shaking or trembling of the members The juyce of Sage taken with honey is good for those that spet bloud it expelleth wind dryeth the dropâ—â—â— and purgeth the bloud The leaves of Sage boyled with Woodbine Plantan Rosemary Honey Allome and a little white Wine maketh an excellent water for a Canker Soremouth c. Sage maketh an excellent and very wholsome Ale if you adde thereto Bittony Egrimony Scabius a little Spike and Fennel The distilled water of Sage of Couslips and of Primrose are good against the Palsie being drank and to wash and bath therewith A conserve made of the flowers of Sage and Couslip-flowers is exceeding good against Palsies Convulsions Cramps c. The vertues of Clary THe séeds of Clary made into fine powder and mixed with Hony taketh away
eye with a knife healed by W. H. A Child of seven years of age had a pundure in the eye with a knife which was cured by dropping therein balsamum sulfuris warm and laying a defensative round about it Another cure performed in like manner by W. H. ONe George Clark servant to the right worshipfal M. Butler of Denham then high Sheriff of Bedford was healen of a puncture in the eye with the foresaid medicine CHAP. XVII An hand flat squatted and contused healed by W. H. AN old man called Thomas Smith of Carlton in Northamptonshire husbandman in lopping of a trée had his hand caught betwéen two boughs and was squatted in pieces this contused hand was presently put close together and anointed with oleum philosoporum de Tereb cera and through Gods goodnesse was perfectly cured in eight days CHAP. XVIII A wound or puncture through the Arm I. P. A Young man called Hudson a Carpenter of Carlton in Northamptonshire being thrust through the arm with a pitchfork was thus cured First there was infected magno licore as hot as he could avide it into the woūd Then there was a linnen cloath wet in the same oil applied unto the wound upon the which cloath was also laid a pledget of cerocum magistrale this wounded man was healed in five or six days CHAP. XIX Five wounds in the brest A Certain man that had five stocadoes into the body was thus cured First there was put into the wounds the Quintaessence of wine then were the wounds dressed with balsamo artific which caused him to vomit and to avoid much bruised blood After that he drank every morning a little aqua balsami and in short time by Gods help was perfectly cured Verbum sapienti sat est and a man may know by the half what the whole means By these few experimented secrets you may proceed unto the cure of any wound contusion or puncture in what part of the body so ever they shall be The things wherewith you are to work as balsamum sulfuris oleum philosophorum de Terebinthinae cera cerotum magistrale c. therefore let us proceed unto the experimented secrets concerning Ulcers and Sores either simple or complicate with diseases as they have been observed by those which have proved them CHAP. XX The healing of sore mouthes THe Ulcers and Sores that have béen in the mouths of young and old have been healed by the lotion or gargarism made with plantain water honey suckle water and barley water mixed with saccarum Saturni CHAP. XXI An Ulcer in the upper lippe A Certain Porter of London having an Ulcer on his upper lip which was like a Cancer some called it Noli me tangere continually running with filthy stinking sanies was thus cured First he was purged with Turpetum minerale then was the sore dressed with this medicine Take Aloes lotae half an ounce salis preparati two drams Mellis four ounces misce utere CHAP. XXII An Ulcer in the throat ex Morbo Gallico A Young woman that was much troubled in the throat with a grievous Ulcer was thus cured First she was purged with Aromatico and twice or thrice with our Quintaessence solutive mixed with syrup of roses then was the sore touched with aqua realis two or thrée times with a little lint lastly she used this gargarism Take Mellis rosarum two ounces Diamorum two ounces and a half of honey suckle water sixe ounces oleum vitrioli as much as will suffice to make it tart this hath been often proved in dangerous cases CHAP. XXIII The healing of a scald head A Woman had all her head covered with a most filthe scab which was dry above and moist underneath very noisome to behold who could neither be healed by purging or locall medicines that were used till this medicine was applied unto her Once in a day oleum ligni guaiaci was applied and in short time the scal fell away like a scull of an head and there began hair to grow underneath it this cure was performed in twelve days Another cure performed upon a scald head A Maiden of eighteen years of age having a huge great scal upon her head was cured after she had taken one dose of Aromatico by often washing the part affected with Mater balsami Fioravante CHAP. XXIIII An Ulcer on the thumb ONe had such a filthy stinking vlcer on the thumb that the Chyrurgians would have cut off the whole thumb This party was afterward cured by the application of Fodicationum emplastri CHAP. XXV An Ulcerated legge swoln A Young boy that had an ulcerated leg wonderfully swoln was thus cured He received at two several times Quintaessence solutive with syrup of roses Then were the sores washed with salt of vitrioll dissolved in plantain water a cloth being wet therein and applied thereto morning and evening CHAP. XXVI Two putrified Vlcers on the leg healed by I. P. FIrst this patient was purged with Aromatico Leon once or twice then his ulcers were dressed with this unguent made of rubified vitriol and a cerot called the great Cerot This was applied unto the ulcers with a pledget of lint was suffered to lie 24 hours which mortified the sores Then was more of the same unguent applied with an instrument the escare was loosed round about and in three or four days the escare came away easily with a pair of Mullets then he healed it up with magno licore saccarum plumbi within a while after CHAP. XXVII Three Ulcers in the leg healed by W. H. A Certain woman of Bedford had thrée ulcers in her leg who had sought her cure at the hāds of divers the space of 4 years but could find no help yet she was afterward cured in this manner first she took in the morning fasting Aromatico Leonardo which evacuated her stomack and belly Then was there applied unto y◠sores saccarum plumbi thrée or four days together which caused every day a certain thin skin to come upon the ulcer◠much like the film of an egg the same skin was takē away every day With this medicine following it was dressed the fourth day which caused it to look fair and red the next dressing and so in short time it was perfectly cured To one spoonfull of magno licore was put as much saccarum Saturni as would lie upon a thrée pence and so it was incorporated warm ye sores were dressed therewith every day CHAP. XXVIII The cure of old rotten sores by W. R. A Certain old woman did in this manner help divers old sores in the body first she purged the patients and then she applied this unguent to the sores Take a pot of strong ale and set it to boil over a gentle fire till it was thick like a salve and then use it At the first this medicine will smart and be somewhat painful to bear neverthelesse it will cleanse and heal Also a
afflicted with these griefs was in this manner comforted Take Aquae balsami one ounce aquae preserv two ounces oleum piperis six grains mix them well with a good spoonfull of the sirrup of Quinces and so she drunk it at the beginning of the heat CHAP. LXXIII Plurisie with spatting of bloud cured by M. R. FIrst there was made this purging preparative Take Senae six drams Carduus Benedictus half a handfull Sugar half an ounce Ginger half an ounce lay them to infuse one night in warm whay made of Goats milk one pound and a half whereof ye shall give morning and evening four ounces warm this purgeth gently and causeth to spat easily Then thrée days after they must bleed well on the liver vein and their drink at meals was the decoction of hysop violets liquorice and raisins with sugar A great and sore Plurisie cured by M. R. A Certain man of twenty four years old was vexed with a most grievous plurisie with pricking and shooting and a cough with a continuall feaver and inflamation of the tongue First there was good store of bloud taken from the liver vein on that side where the pain was Then were these syrrups that do decoâ—â— and and purge ministred unto him Take Sirupi de liquericia de Hysopo acetole of each one ounce Oxâ—mmellitis squillitici acetisquillitici of each thrée ounces make thereof a loch whereof in the morning he licked with a liquorice stick which caused him to spat easily and took away the heat or burning of the tongue being used with this decoction Take French Barley thrée ounces Carduus Benedictus one handfull Roses Violets of each one pound Liquorice scraped thrée drams Figs three Raisins of the sun stoned one ounce and a half Sugar Candy two ounces boil them in sixteen pound of water till two pound be wasted and so drink it cold Also his diet was light and thinne as broth and drink c. Plurisie with inflamation of the tongue and costiveness of the body cured by M. R. First they were purged with Aromatico and then used this gargarism Take Sempervive or Howsléek two handfulls boil them in a quart of water till a third be wasted Then strain it and put thereto two ounces of wine vinegar wherewith they gargarised warm oftentimes Then they used Mel-rosarum which took away the blacknesse of the tongue Their diet was moist and cooling as followeth Take French Barly half an ounce Figs seven Raisins of the sun stoned four ounces boil and strain them and put thereto oleum vitrioli so much as will make it tart and so drink thereof Plurisie in a woman cured First she was purged with Aromatico Leonardo then unto her side there was applied this unguentâ— seven or eight times a day which took away her pain Take unguenti de Althen two ounces oil of sweet Almonds half an ounce mixe them together the next morning she was let bloud in the basilike â—ein on that side where her pain was Her diet was the same that was spoken of before After meat she used a Lochsanum before prescribed for this purpose and so in short time she was cured Another woman cured of the same disease by M. R. First there was ministred unto her this potion Take the water of Carduus benedictus half a pound oleum vitrioli enough to make it tart like a Pomegranate The next day she was let bloud in manner aforesaid about ten ounces After she had bled she took this potion folllowing five days together morning and evening which caused her to sweat well and there upon she was quickly cured The Diaphoreticall decoction Take Cardui benedicti two handfull Liquorice scraped three ounces Figs five Raisins two ounces Sugar candy one ounce and a half voil them in a sufficient quantity of water and strain them to drink A Plurisie broken with a potion For the breaking of his Aposteme there was ministred unto him Aromatico Leon with honied water The next day the basilick vein on the Pleuriticall side was opened His drink at dinner and supper was this decoction Take Isop dried one small handfull violets two handfuls six Figs Liquorice scraped half an ounce Raisins four ounces boil them in nine pound of water till one pound be wasted then strain this pectoral decoction and use it Another cured in this manner First he took Aromatico Leonardo and thereupon drank the water of Carduus Benedictus The next day they let him bloud on the same side where the pain was His diet was moist and cooling and he drank Barley-water mixed with syrup of Roses and oleum vitrioli and shortly after was cured CHAP. LXXIV An inward impostume or bastard Plurisie cured by M. R. A Man having an Impostume in his side which would have turned to the Plurisie was thus cured Take a good sweet Apple and cut off the crown take out the core and fill it with powder of Olibanum bind on the crown again and rost it under the embers till it be soft Then mixe with it thrée or four drops of oleum vitrioli and let the patient eat it and sweat thereon Also with the same medicine at the same time there was a boy helped that had a plague sore on his neck Pain in the side with a cough cured by W. T. after this manner Take Floris Sulphuris two drams the extract of Enula Campana one dram Ireos and Liquorice of each one ounce Honey so much as will make it in form of an slectuary Before it be made up put thereto half a scruple of Oleum sulfuris and use it morning and evening CHAP. LXXV Pain and wind in the body cured by I. H. A Certain woman twenty eight years of age being often troubled with a griping pain and wind in her body was presently eased by taking four or five grains of Laudanum nostrum in Malmsey with two or thrée drops of oil of Aniséeds After this manner divers persons have béen cured Provided always that the body be loose else must it be moved either with some gentle glister or suppositary The expelling of wind out of the body by L. F. THis course following hath been divers times proved most effectuall against the wind in the stomack and other parts of the body First let them take a dose of Aromatico Leonardo Then let them take morning and evening half a dramme of this composition thrée or four dayes together either in potions or pills Take the essence of Gentian three drams the essence of Ginger oil of Aniséed Fennellseed of each half a scruple make thereof a masse and kéep it to your use CHAP. LXXVI An excellent Electuary to expell wind revive the spirits it also purgeth melancholly and choller and comforteth the stomack with a most excellent and soveraign Plaister to be made by the Apothecary and applied outwardly to the stomack Administred and Applied by D. E. TAke Aq. melis menth of each sixe drams theriacal still cap. ceru of each three
eat of the root he shall in short space be helpen of that disease The virtues of Elder TAke the roots of Elder wash them clean and scrape them till you come to the wood stamp that sul stance and take the juyce and strain it boil it and scum it wel and for every ounce of the juyce take one ounce of Mel rosarum and drink it for it will cool the stomack help hot feavers quickly and purge the bloud The virtues of sweet Margerome TAke sweet Margerome and stamp it and take of the juyce one ounce oyl of bitter almonds one dram and one scruple of Mastich and snuffe it up at the nose thrée or four mornings together and anoint the head with oyl of egs This purgeth the head of all pains dissolveth tumorsrquickeneth the sight and provoketh sléep The use and vertues of Persicaria YOu shall understand that this herb doth work in a manner against all infirmities most strangely to behold For if you take the powder thereof and put it upon Copper molten it will in the projection become like gold and will draw if to a small quantity and make it malleable and soft like gold except the colour Also if you make a strong lie of the ashes of Perficaria and therein boil yellow brunstone it will draw out of it quick-silver which is the Phylosophers Mercury This herb doth also most notably preserve a man from many infirmities if one part thereof be taken whiles it is dry and one other part of Specia venetiane being both of them well incorporate together and used in your meats Of man and the Medicines that are made of him MAn is a rational or reasonable creature whereof we have written at large in our book called Phifica del Fioravante But here we will onely write of certain medicines that may be made or derived from him which are for the ease help and remedy of divers infirmities which are in men and women The reason whereof is very good for every like rejoiceth with and helpeth his like and therefore man serveth for man The fat of a man is as every man knoweth hot and penetrative and mollifying if you anoint the parts therewith where the sinews be hard and drawn together or contracted therefore it will quickl resolve them I have made the Quintaessence of mans bloud rectified and circulated with the which I have done most wonderfull cures for if you give thereof one dram it will â—estore those that lie at the point of death It is most profitable against the infirmities that are in the bloud for it correcteth the malignity of the bloud and preserveth it as well as the spirit of wine If you put a little of it into an hogs head of Wine it will purifie it and preserve it along time more then any other thing whatsoever So that this Quintaessence worketh more effects for the cure of great and dangerous infirmities then any other Also from the liver of a man will be drawn by distillation a water and an oyl If the water be drunk every morning together by the space of a moneth in the quantity of one dram with two ounces of Liver-wort it will recover such as are half â—otten through diseases of the liver and hath divers other properties whereof I will not speak at this time From the flesh of man distilled there will come forth a stinking water and an oyl which is most excellent to anoint wounds withall when they are badly healed and that there remain any hurt in these parts that they are not so sensible pliant as they were wont to be before this dissolveth them And it mollifieth and softeneth all hardnesse of tumor of what originall soever it shall come From the forepart of a mans scull there is drawn by distillation a water an oyl and a salt which is most profitably used against the falling sicknesse Of Bees and their medicinal use BEes are of nature hot moist having a generative property For it they be given to any barren creature they shall conceive in short time after Also if you lay dead Bees in a dry place to putrifie wetting them sometime wt wine they wil revive again though not as they were before but they will be much bigger and of another form These Bées if you bring into powder with as much Cantarides boil them a little with oyl of Camomil and anoint any part where the hair is fallen away and it shall quickly come again and in a short space a most strange thing to behold The use of Frogs THe skins of Frogs being boiled and made into the form of a plaister with wax and frankincense is very profitable for such as have any maligne or troublesome accident about their legs through heat The fat of Frogs is a wonderfull medicine against Fueco sacro or St. Anthonies fire a disease happening unto children and others through the great heâ—t that is in their bloud The use and vertues of the resine or gum called Tacca Mahacca TAke thereof as much as you will distil it in a reâ—ort of glasse and from it there will come both oyl and water Of which I have séen divers medicines made against sundry diseases Anoint the belly with this oyl cold when you go to bed and it helpeth against the crudity of the Matrix If the genitel part of the man be anointed therewith before the act of generation the woman shall be the more fit for conception for by this means some kind of sterility is taken away It helpeth and easeth pain in the head procéeding of a cold stomack It helpeth digestion and resolveth pain throughout the body in what part soever they shall come especially when they have their beginning of cold The water hereof dissolveth wind in the stomack helpeth digestion provoketh vrine mitigateth all feavers that come of cold The virtues of the gum Caranna and the medicinall properties of it TAke it and distill it in a retort with the yolks and whites of eggs and there will come forth oyl and water the oyl whereof will be black and the water red The water of Carrana helpeth Chilblains and all chopps or clifts in the lipps arising of cold in the winter It is a great ease for the sore breasts of women that give suck The oyl worketh wonderfull effects in wounds of the head arm or legs Anoint a simple wound therewith once or twice and it will very spéedily be healed Take a quantity of this gum and mix it with as much of the seed of Water-cresses and the white of an egge and make thereof a cerot to apply unto a rupture wherewith it wil in short time be healed all other circumstances being also observed Of liquid Amber and the medicinall vertues thereof TAke liquid Amber and distill it in a retort and from thence there will come a red oyl This oyl is used against all indispositions of cold and moisture or wind The same healeth scabs and is good for wounds If you anoint