three drams Costi Of each three drams Cyperi Of each two drams and halfe Scaenanthus Of each two drams and halfe Piperis longi Of each two drams and halfe Nigri Of each two drams and halfe Sabinae Of each two drams and halfe Pyrethri Of each two drams and halfe Olei three pounds Vini Hispanici two pounds Dissolve the Galbanum and Oppoponax in the Sack and beat all the rest and put them and the Oyle altogether into the Sack and boyle them in a double vessel then straine them and put to the Liquor the Gummes being dissolved and strained and boyle them againe often stirring them that the Gums may not stick in the bottome let the storax be dissolved in wine by it selfe and then put to it one dram and a halfe of Turpentine and so mingle them altogether Oyle of Euphorbium OYle of Euphorbium is very excellent in all cold griefes of the Nerves and pains in the joynts caused by cold it helpeth the pains of the Liver and spleen and is a good head purge against the megrim Lethargy and swimming in the head and is thus made ℞ Stavidis agriae of each halfe an ounce Struthii vel saponariae of each halfe an ounce Pyrethri six drammes Calaminthes Montani siccae one ounce half Costi ten drammes Castorei five drammes Bruise them and macerate them three daies in three pintes and a halfe of sweet wine then boyle them with one pint and a halfe of the oyle of wall gilly-flowers untill the wine bee almost wasted then sprinkle into it of white fresh Euphórbium finely powdred halfe an ounce Mingle them well together and boyle it to the just consistence Oyle of Amber THis Oyle is made by distillation and is very good for the pain of the head resolution of the sinnewes and falling evil if one drop or two be taken with water of Betony or Lavender or in fair water it preserveth from poyson and mixed with parsley water or malmsey it is a singular remedy in discussing diseases of the Reines and Bladder bringing foorth the stone and opening the passage of the urine it profiteth in the Collick and strangullion four drops put into a little Angelica water and so given to a woman in travel refresheth all the weake faculties of the body confirmeth and openeth the braine and is extolled by CROLLIUS for the admirablest medicine in the Apoplexy and Epilepsie also for the Plague if one drop be rubbed on the nosthrils morning and evening it preserveth the party to one infected it is given from one scruple to two in Cardus water you may also make up little cakes with sugar and some appropriate water as Lavender water betony water water of liv'd flowers and mingle with it some few drops of this oyle and let them be eaten by those that have the palsie apoplexy or falling sicknesse In the fit of any of the aforesayd diseases it is good to anoint the nape of the necke and nosthrils or to cast a drop or two upon the coals and hold the patients head over them if you anoynt a few drops of it upon the breast and nosthrils of women affected with the diseases of the mother it helpeth it and keepeth it in its place and this the aforesayd cakes will doe being eaten it is availeable in fainting or the passion of the heart in agues three drops being taken in Cardus water at the comming of the fit and so sweat upon it and the ague wil be gone it is good to dry a catarrhous rheume it cures the toothache proceeding from cold defluxions if you mingle it with plantain water and gargarise it In the yellow jaundise given with water of endive chicory or selandine in retention of womens months seven or eight drops in balme water helpeth in vomiting of bloud three drops given in colts foot water turmentill water or water of sloes it stayeth it it cures the vertigo in the head the megrim and astonishtnes taken in fennel water it mendeth the sight and it helpeth the stitch in the side and is thus made ℞ Amber powdered twelve drammes Put it into a large glasse or a retort and powre to it as much of the sharpest white wine vineger let them digest in horsedung for eight dayes then put to it twice so much dry sand or stints out of the river beaten to powder and distill it according to Art with your retort in sand increasing your degrees of fire as you see cause This oyle must be rectified out of sand or salt and then washed with raine water Oyle of Nutmegs THis oyl being drunk with wine driveth down womens months and also the quick and dead fruit the same it doth if it bee given in a spoone with a little sugar being taken with wine it takes away all paines of the head comming of cold it comforts the maw and opens the liver milt and kidneyes it is excellent against beating of the heart and faintnesse and swounding if yee drinke thereof and anoint the region of the heart therewith it makes good bloud and expelleth flegmaticke and melancholick humours and makes a man merry being used at night it takes away all fancies and dreames if any had a wound or a broken ribbe by a fall or stroke let him drink this oyl with any wound drinke and it will help marvellously it is good in all filthy sores and for all cold diseases of the joynts and sinewes it makes sweete breath it helpes the spleene if the left side bee anoynted it helps all affects of the bladder if it bee drunke and is thus made ℞ Nucis moschatae contusae five pounds Aquae fontanae fifty pounds Macerate them the space of four and twenty hours then distill them in a large Limbecke with a cooler Oyle of Costus THis oyle warmeth and comforfeth the nerves and sinewes and opens their opilations it also comforts all the nervous parts it is good for the stomack liver and the falling of the hayre hinders baldnesse and makes a good colour and smell of the whole body it is made as followeth ℞ Costi amari two ounces Cassiae ligneae one ounce Summitatum sampsuci eight ounces Bruise them and macerate them two dayes in sufficient wine then boile them in three pounds of oile olive washed with wine in a double vessell untill the wine be wasted Ole of Wax OYle of Bees waxe healeth wounds contused and incised laying a cloth wet therein on the wound being first joyned together by stitching taken one dramme with white wine it stayeth the shedding of the hayre on the head or beard the place being anointed therewith it provokes urine being stopped it helpes stitches and paines in the loynes taking the sayd quantity in white wine it helpeth the cold gowt or sciatica and all other griefes comming of cold and is thus made R. Yellow waxe one pound Melt it and put to it powder of tile shards three pound mingle them and put them in a retort and draw out the oyle with a convenient heat you
of the mouth throat or uvula that resist ordinary medicines touch the ulcerated part but once with this oyle and the ulcerations will heal very fast afterward with any ordinary medicines and helps remembring as cause shall require to use due evacuations or phlebotomie It is good in the squinancy or augina used certain drops in a fit gargarisme or lotion namely to make it somewhat sour and then gargarise warm therewith for it mightily quencheth inflammations and tempereth well the blood and being likewise a little thereof given to drink namely six drops in such a case it is much the better alwayes remembring that in all such diseases there be loosness of the belly and sometimes phlebotomie Moreover in Ulcers and Fistulaes scarce a better medicine is found to enlarge a strict orifice remove a calow or truly to correct and prepare any inveterate Ulcer to good healing onely by touching it with lint on the end of a probe thereby putting the medicine to the place where the cause is It is a good corrective in all purging medicines and helpeth them to do thei office for it comforteth the whole body and giveth a grateful taste almost to any medicine It is also good to a weak stomach oppressed with phegme or slime and helpeth appetite taken in Conserve of Roses There is no medicine more precious in pstilential Feavers The true and utmost dose cannot justly be set down but must be made by the taste putting in so much as may make the vehicle or medicine sharp or sourish for your purges they shall onely b a little sharpned with certain drops thereof onely to alter a little the taste but in the Callenture strong Feavers or pestilentiall Feavers a greater dose may well be taken according to discretion and judgement but note this That if you put any of it into any liquid medicine as Barly-water Juleps or such like which you intend to divide in several doses let the glass be alwaies shaken well before you pour it out els the oyl will ly all at the bottom and make the last dose not onely too sharp to be taken but also dangerous The making of it is as followeth â„ž Of Hungarian-copperas or of the best English-copperas what you will Melt it in a skillet then divide it into thicker pieces which you shall calcine upon the coals untill they look a little reddish and then powder them and sprinkle them with the best spirit of wine then put it into a retort that will endure the fire and keep your fire by degrees to the height of heat for three dayes or untill the receiver being before full of fumes do become clear let the distilled liquor be rectified and seperate them one from another that is to say the spirit of wine the sharp spirit of vitriol and the strong heavy oyle Oyle of Sulphur THis Oyle is good to make the teeth white to take away the morphew cureth venereal ulcers expelleth diseases arising from wind or cold It is good against the falling-sickness shortness of breath evill affections of the lungs easeth the Tooth-ach and is being well prepared a true cordial medicine The manner of making it is after this sort â„ž A bell of glass holding at the least sixteen pints for the larger it is the better put it upon a great earthen vessel containing about\ nine or ten gallons with three or four stayes to rest the bell upon let your earthen-pot be so well nealed as that it will endure the fire then put in your brimstone into the pot and set it on fire and whelm over it the bell casting in now and then fresh brimstone as the first wastes you shall have more store of oyle if you put your earthen vessell into a furnace with fire under it that the brimstone may be alwayes melted This must be done best in rainy-weather and in a cellar and before you kindle your brimstone you shall smoak your bell with sage Oyle of Brick-bats or Tyle-stones THis Oyle is also called Oyle of Philosophers the oldest is the best it doth attenuate and penetrate upward digesteth and consumeth all excremental matter and is profitable for cold affections of the spleen veins bladder nerves womb joynts and for the Lethargy Apoplexy and Falling-sickness and many other the like griefs and is thus made â„ž Old bricks digged out of the ground and broken in peeces to the bigness of an apple heat them red hot in the fire and quench them in Oyl of Rosemary or clear old Oyl-olive until they be full of Oyl then beat them small and put the powder into a glass retort or cucurbite well fitted in a furnace and surely luted and distill it by sublimation Oyle of Turpentine OYle of Turpentine is taken inwardly for shortnesse of breath the Ptisick against the Stone the Collick cold and windy affections of the breast it is outwardly used to heale sinnews wounded or troubled with any intemperature also to fill ulcers with flesh and knit them up leaving no cicatrize in them it is made in this manner â„ž Venice turpentine twenty eight pound Fayre Water ninety six pound Put them into a copper vessell with a cover and a cooler and distill a thin white oyle increase the fire and you shall have it yellow make your fire yet hotter and it wil come red these three liquors would be separated by distillation againe Oyle of Spike OYle of Spike doth calefie attenuate discusse and is very profitable to them that have the gowt proceeding of a cold cause or to comfort any member benummed also it is good against the falling sicknesse and convulsions the temples and nape of the neck yea and the whole head to bee anoynted therewith is very profitable it is made as follweth â„ž Lavender Spike â„¥ iij. Sweet Oyle lb j. ss Wine and water ana â„¥ ij ss Boyle them in a double vessell to the consumption of the wine and water and keep it for thy use Oyle of Antymony THis oyle is good for them that have convulsions or any astonishing disease and other evill affections of the braine foure graines thereof drunke it asswageth the paine of the gowt and chollicke cureth feavers helpeth the bladder ulcerate and wonderfully helpeth the canker fistula phagadena the fretting or eating pox the wolfe and all other sorts of ulcers and it is thus made â„ž Crude Antimony of each one pound Mercury sublimate of each one pound Make them into powder and put them into a glasse retort with a large neck and set it in a furnace of reverberation well and close and make your fire by degrees and a fatty substance will distill into the receiver hanging to the necke of the retort which by putting under a gentle fire will melt that fatty liquor must be rectified and put up close Oyle of Myrtiles OYle of Myrtiles refrigerateth astringeth and comforteth but properly the heart stomack and braine and the nerves it is good in fractures for it cooles and resists putrifaction it is made as followeth â„ž
mention It is thus made â„ž Of good white Claret Wine or Sack which is not sowre nor musty nor otherwise corrupt that quantity which may serve to fill the vessell wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the nose or pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pintes out of foure and twenty then distill it againe in B. M drawing another third part which is two pintes so that the oftener you distill it the lesse Liquor you have but the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times Of Syrups And first Of Syrup of Wormwood THis Syrup corroborates the stomach helpeth concoction causeth an appetite discusseth wind openeth the veins moves urine and killeth worms and is thus made â„ž Absinthii romani sive pontici half a pound Rosarum rubratum two ounces Spicae Indicae three drams Vini albi antiqui generosi of each two pounds and half succi cydoniorum of each two pounds and half Macerate them in an earthen vessel four and twenty hours then boyl them until half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a syrup Syrup of Lymons THe Syrup of Lymons is cordial and refrigerating it doth please and profit the appetite and comforteth all that are sick of the pestilence or continual and contagious Feavers as also all diseases on which exceeding great heat attendeth it cheareth up the heavy heart and dispelleth sorrow therefrom and against all obstructions of the spleen it is a good help and also well approved in the cure of the Scurvy It is made as followeth â„ž Juice of Lymons purified by going through a wollen strayner without crushing 7 pounds White-sugar five pound Boyl them with a soft fire to a syrup Syrup of Poppies SYrup of White-poppies hath an astringent quality it procureth sleep helpeth the cough hindreth the humors which distill from the head into the throat causing a tickling and is of precious use against the palsey if it be used in the beginning thereof It is made thus â„ž Capitum cum seminibus of each fifty drams papaveris albi nigri of each fifty drams Capillorum veneris fifteen drams Glycyrhicae five drams Jujubarum in number thirty Sem. lactucae forty drams Sem. malvae cydoniorum in linteo raro ligatorum of each one dram and half Boyl them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pounds of liquor put of Penidiorum sacchari of each one pound Boyl them to a syrup Syrup of Roses solutine THis Syrup is used as a gentle safe purge both to old young when they are molested either with burning or pestilent Feavers or any ho distemper of the body and is thus made â„ž Of Damask-roses one pound Fair water four pound Infuse them together then strain them and adde as many fresh Roses do this nine times then take of the last infusion six pound Sugar four pound Boyl it according to Art to a syrup Syrup of Violets THis Syrup doth break the acrimonie of melancho y tempereth the heat of the bowels bringeth down the belly by purging it helpeth the diseases of the throat as hoarsness and the dry cough and is a chief aid to the curing inflammations of the breast it helpeth the plurifie and quencheth the thirst in Feavers being put in cooling Juleps and is cordial It is thus made â„ž Violet flowers picked one pound Spring water hot one pound and half Or a sufficient quantity Put them in an earthen vessel glazed and close covered and let them infuse four and twenty hours then strain them hard take of this liquor one pound white-White-sugar two pound Mingle them and dissolve the Sugar with a continual equal heat and put it up for your use Oxymel simple OXymel simple is of great use for the cure of inflammations of the lungs and throat helpeth expectoration and difficult breathing cutteth and attenuateth thick and slimy humors purgeth the entrails without trouble and is good both in cold and hot affections and is made as followeth â„ž Of the best Aromatick-honey dispumed four pound Clear spring-water and of the best vinegar of each two pound Boyl them according to Art untill they come to a liquid syrup but take heed you boyl it not too much lest you spoil the taste Diamoron THis syrup is profitable in gargarismes against the eating ulcers of the mouth it cutteth away phlegme and cleanseth the mouth and throat and by reason of the pleasant taste thereof it is the more comfortable to the diseased It is made after this maner â„ž Succi mororum celsi rubri immaturorum of each one pound and half Mellis two pound Boyl them with an easie fire to the thickness of honey Syrup of Sloes SYrup of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the stomach stoppeth Fluxes healeth the excoriations of the intrails and is made with the Pulpe of sloes and sugar Hony of Roses HOny of Roses strengtheneth and cleanseth the stomack purgeth clammy humours helpeth concoction with the temperate heat thereof allayeth and stoppeth hot fluxes the phlegmone of the mouth gums and jaws it is singular good with Oyle of Roses for wounds in the head and putting to them some Aqua vitae makes them good to heal wounds in the joynts where the joynt water gleereth out It is made as followeth â„ž pure white Honey dispumed ten pounds Fresh juice of red Roses one pound Put them into a skillet and when they begin to boyle throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked foure pounds and boyle them until the juice be wasted alwayes stirring it then straine it and put it up in an earthen pot Conserves And first of Conserve of red Roses THe Conserve of red Roses is good for the heart and head strengthneth and comforteth both as also the bowels mitigating their heat and stoppeth fluxions and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few drops of Oyle of Vitrioll be mixed therewith but beware of too much and is thus made â„ž Of red Rose leaves not fully blowed all the withered and corrupt leaves clipped away two pounds White sugar six pounds Put your leaves and halfe your sugar into a stone mortar and beat them til they be almost enough then put in the rest of the sugar and beat it up to a Conserve Conserve of Rosemary flowers OR Conserve of Anthos hath great force in comforting the brain and coroborating the sinnews and it is given with good successe in the falling sicknesse Apoplexy Lethargy dead and shaking palsey and is made as the Conserve of Roses is Conserve of Borage flowers THis Conserve is a great cordiall comforting the heart and all the vitalls it makes a man merry glad and chearfull and chaseth away all heavy sadnesse and dull melancholly and is made of Borage flowers picked and sugar as the former Conserve
of Berberries DOth refrigerate and is astringent it quencheth thirst and the heat of the stomack and bowels it causeth appetite removeth the waterish humor of choler cureth the bloudy flux the flux of the Liver the often gnawing and wringing of the guts caused by choler healeth the small pox and resisteth drunkennesse and is made by stewing the fruit picked from the stalks in a pot set in a skillet of water afterwards strained and the pulp set in an earthen and wel glased vessel on the fire that the watrish humidity may gently evaporate stirring it with a woodden spatula then put to it for every six pound of pulp ten pound of sugar according to Art boyle it to a good consistence Conserve of Quinces THe conserve of Quinces doth bind and comfort the stomack is good for choler stoppeth all kinde of bloudy fluxes and helpeth digestion and is thus made Juice of Quinces clarified six pounds Boyle it untill two parts be wasted then put to it Of white sugar two pounds Then boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey Conserve if Wood-sorrell THis Conserve doth recreate and comfort the heart removeth putrid humours refrigerateth and profiteth much in continuall and contagious Feavers being very cordiall and is made of the herb as the Conserve of Roses Conserve of Sloes THe conserve of Sloes is of a stiptick comforting force very profitable to comfort a weak stomack oppressed with crudities it is good against all fluxes of the belly and also good to heale all inflammations or excoriations occasioned by the same either taken on a Knife in forme of a bolus or given in Clysters and is made as Conserve of Berberries Of Electuaries And first of London Triacle THis was first appoynted by the Doctors of the Colledge of London as a thing very requisite for that the price was reasonable for the poorer sort the ingredients thereof being neverthelesse cordiall and yet such as are easie to get it may be used well in place of Mithridate but because the fresh is the best I hold it most convenient for the Artist to keep the species ready and when he hath occasion to use any of it he may put to every ounce three ounces of Hony and warme it upon the fire stirring it well untill it be perfectly incorporated it is thus made ℞ Cornu cervini lima derafi two ounces Sem. citri of each one ounce Oxalytis of each one ounce Paeoniae of each one ounce Ocymi of each one ounce Scordii Corallinae of each six drams Rad. Angelicae Tormentillae Peoniae Foliorum dictamini Baccorum Juniperi Lauri of each halfe an ounce Flor. Calendulae Caryophyllorum seu vetonicae rubrae Anthos Summit Hiperici Nucis moschatae Croci of each three drams Rad. Gentianae Zedoariae Zinziberis Nucis Myrrhae Foliorum scabiosae Succisae Cardui benedicti of each two drams Cariophilorum Opii of each one dram Vini canarini as much as shal suffice to incorporate them Mellis triplum Mingle them on the fire as I shewed you before Triacle Andromache THis Triacle doth the effects of Mithridate Dimocrati and is good against the hoarsnesse of the voyce against the Jaundise Dropsie for wounds in the intestines to bring forth the yong birth dead to expell and take away the Leprosie and Measels to revive every decayed sense to confirme wounds healed to kill all kindes of wormes to dissipate winde to comfort the heart and stomach and to keep the body incorrupt and sound and is thus made ℞ Trochiscorum scilliticorum 48 drams Trochiscorum è viperis of each four and twenty drams Piperis longi of each four and twenty drams Opii Thebacii of each four and twenty drams Magmatis Hedychroi sicci of each four and twenty drams Rosarum siccarum resectis unguibus Iridis illiricae odorae Succi glycyrrhizae Sem. napae dulcis Comarum scordii Opobalsami Cinamoni Agarici of each twelve drams Myrrhae Costi odorati seu zedoariae Croci Cassiae ligneae verae Nardi Indicae Schaenanthi Piperis albi nigri Thuris masculi Dictamni Cretici Rhei Staechados Marrubii Sem. petroseluci macedonici Calaminthes siccae Terebinthinae Rad. pentaphyllae Zinziberis of each six drams Comarum polii cretici Chamaepyteos Nardi celticae Amomi Styracis calamitae Rad. Mei Com. chamaedryos Rad. Phu Pontici Terrae lemniae Foliorum malabathri Chalcitidis assae vel ejus Loco calcanthi romani usti Rad. gentianae Gum. Arabici Succi Hypocistidii Carpobalsami vel nucis moschatae vel cubebarum Sem. anisi fricti Cardamomi Sem. faeniculi Seseleos Acaciae vel ejus loco succi Inspissati prunellorum acerborum Sem. Thlaspeos Succ. Hyperici Sem. Ammeos Sagapeni of each four drams Castorei Rad. Aristolochiae longae Bituminis Judaici Sem. dami Opoponacis Centauri minoris Galbani pinguis of each two drams Vini antiqui canarini as much as shall suffice to dissolve the ingredients Mellis optimi thrice the weight of the dry species Mingle them according to Art Triacle Diatesseron TRiacle Diatesseron or the poor mans triacle is good against poyson drunken and against the bitings of venemous beasts or worms It is also good against all the cold affects of the brain as convulsions resolution of the sinews falling-sickness cramp spasme the inflation of the ventricle or stomach against the defect of concoction therein and against venemous wounds both inwardly drunk and outwardly applied also it openeth the obstructions of the liver and spleen and thereby preserveth the body from the disease called the scurvy It procures sweat very well being taken in sack but is mighty hurtful to women with child as may be easily known by the ingredients which are as follow ℞ Gentianae baccarum lauri of each two ounces Myrrhae of each two ounces Aristolochiae rotundae of each two ounces Husk your Berries and powder and searce them and your gentian and Aristolochie must be slicked and dried in a folded paper and so powdered and searced then dissolve your myrrhe in a little sack and put to it Mellis optimi dispumati two pound And then sprinkle in your powders and incorporate them well on the fire Confection of Alkermes THis Confection is a preservative from Apoplexies arising from cold and melancholy humors doth very much comfort the brain and heart and is sometimes used very profitably for them that languish away by reason of a long sickness and are subject to swounings but beware you give it not to any having a flux of the belly by reason of the azure stone that is in it which is purging It is thus compounded ℞ Succi pomorum fragantium of each one pound and half aqua rosarum odoratissimae of each one pound and half In the which you shall infuse for four and twenty hours Scrici crudi four ounces Then strain it hard and put to the liquor Succi granorum kermes ad nos adjecti puri one pound Sugar two pound Boyl them to the thickness of honey then take it from the fire and
put into it of crude ambergreese cut small half an ounce and when it is well melted cast in these following finely powdered Cinamomi electi Ligni aloes optimi Lapidis lazuli usti in crucibulo Then powdered and washed first in fair water then in Rose-water or Burrage-water four or five times letting it dry between every washing untill the water come from it clear of each six drams Margaritarum pellucidarum Praeparatarum three drams Fol. auri Moschi optimi of each one dram Make it up according to Art The electuary of the Egge THis electuary is excellent above all other Antidotes in preventing and curing the plague and all pestilent disease in expelling the infection from the heart and is compounded after this manner â„ž A new laid Egge Draw out the white at a little hole in the top and stuffe the Egge full of the best saffron then cover it close with another Eggeshell then put it into an oven after bread is drawn out and let it lye so long untill the shel begin to look all over black but take heed the saffron burn not for then all that Egg is spoyled then take it out of the shel powder it very small and put to it as much white mustard seed in powder at it weigheth then Pulv. rad dictamni albi sive Fraxinellae Tormentillae of each two drams Myrrhae Cornu Cervini Rad. Petasitae of each one dram Rad. Angelicae Pimpinellae Gravorum Juniperi Zedoariae Camphorae of each one ounce Mingle them altogether in a mortar and adde to them of the best Triacle the weight of all the other and then mingle them well with the Pestle for at least three hours powring in now and then a little syrup of Lymons untill it come to the forme of an Electuary Mithridate MIthridate is in quality and vertue like unto Triacle but more hot and forcible against the poyson of Serpents mad Dogs wild Beasts creeping things being used as a plaister or drunk it cureth all the cold affections of the head helpeth the melancholick or those that are fearfull of waters them also that have the falling sicknesse Megrim pain in the bowels ears tooth-ach and weeping eyes helpeth the evils of the mouth and jaws being plaisterwise layed to the temples by discussion giveth ease to the troubled with the Squinancy Apoplexy Cough spitting of bloud Impostumes or inflammations of the Lungs or any griefs within the body and is good against the bloudy-flux flux of the stomach obstructions of the guts and against wringing and tortions in them being taken with Aqua vitae and the decoction of Baulastians it remedieth Convulsions and Palsey helpeth the Midriffe winde in the hypocondria the pains of the reins and bladder breaketh the stone provoketh Urine and monthly flowers expelleth other vices of the matrix yieldeth a singular benefit for the Gout profiteth not a little in quotidians and quartanes a quantity drunk in wine being first warmed and then taken an hour before the fit it is made as followeth â„ž Myrrhae Arabicae Croci Agarici Ziâ—ziberis Cinamomi Spicae nardi Thuris Sem. Thlaspeos of each ten drams Sescleos Opobalsami seu ol Nucis Moschat per express Junci odorati Staechados Costi veri Galbani Terebinthinae Piperis longi Castorei pontici Succi hypocystydos Styracis optimae Oppoponacis Fol. malabathri recentium vel in ejus defectu Macis of each one ounce Cassiae ligneae verae Polii Piperis albi Scordii Sem. dauci cretici Carpobalsami vel Cubebarum Trochisci Cypheos Bdellii of each 7 drams Nardi celticae purgatae Gummi Arabici Sem. Petroselinae Macedon Opii Cardamomi minoris Sem. Faeniculi Gentianae Fol. Rosar rubrar Dictamni cretensis of each five drams Sem. Anisi Asari Acori seu calami Aromatici Ireos Phu majoris Sagapeni of each three drams Mei Athamantici Acatiae Ventrum Scincorum Summitat Hyperici of each two drams and halfe Vini quantum sufficit ad solutionem gummi succoruÌ„ mellis deinde triplum ad omnia praeter vinuÌ„ Mingle them according to Art as before Diaphaenicon THis Electuary is most used in Clysters in long and sharpe Feavers purging Choler and phlegme it is good in the Cholick belly-ach and griefs of the ventricle that arise from crudities the dose is six drams and is thus made â„ž Pulpae Palmularum mundatarum ex hydromelitae coctae cribro cretae Penudiorum recentium of each hafe a pound Amigdalarum duleime expurgatarum three ounces and a halfe Bruise them and mix them with two pounds of clarified hony and boyle them a little then sprinkle in Zinziberis Piperis Macis Cynamoni Fol. rutae siccorum Sem. Faeniculi Dauci of each two drams Turpeti tenuissime triti foure ounces Diagredii one ounce and halfe Mingle them according to Art Diacatholicon DIacatholicon purgeth gently all humoure it is conveniently used in Clysters in Feavers and other diseases which arise from a certain evill disposition of the Spleene and Liver the dose is as the former the composition is as followeth â„ž Pulpae Cassiae Tamarindorum Fol. Sennae of each two ounces Polipodii Violarum Rhabarbari Sem. Anisi Pejudiorum Sacchari candi of each one ounce Glycirrhicae rasae Sem. Cucurbitae Citruli Cucumeris Melonum of each two drams Pound those that are to be pounded then take Polipodii recentis three ounces Sem. Faeniculi six drams Boyle them in foure pounds of raine water or ordinary water to the wasting of a third part strain them and put to the Liquor two pounds of the best sugar boyle them again with the Pulps and when it is almost enough adde the rest finely powdred and make it into an Electuary Of Opiats Of Diascordium DIascordium is helpfull in Feavers as well contagious as otherwise it is good for the head-ach and for the plague avaylet in fluxes of the belly and tertian Agues and is made after this manner â„ž Cinamomi Cassiae ligneae of each half an ounce Scordu veri of each one ounce Dictamni Cretici Tormentillae Bistortae Galbani Gummi arrabici of each half an ounce Opii one dram and half Styâ—acis calamitae four drams and half Sâ—m acetosae one dram and half Gentianae half an ounce Boli Armeni one ounce and half Terrae sigilatae lemniae half an ounce Piperis longi Zinziberis of each two drams Mellis aibi dispumati two pounds and half Conservae rosaâ—um one pound Vinii canaâ—ini aromatici half a pound Disolve the gums in the wine and then mingle the rest according to Art to the forme of an electuary Laudanum Paracelsi THis worthy Medicine I have often used as it hâ—â—h been commended by the Author himself and â—lso by Osnaldus Crollius and lately by that learned man Mr. John Wooddal who hath set down the vertues thereof at large in his Chyrurgeons Mate whose method I follow in this book as I have before shewed and because the aforsaid Authors are too great a price for every one and in such
their beginning from cold humours The composition follows â„ž Succi Necotianae majoris halfe a pound Succi absinthii pontici majoris three ounces Oleorum hyperici Irini vel sambuci of each one ounce and halfe Foliorum absinthii pontici majoris Prunellae Scrophulariae majoris matthioli of each one handfull Vini albi one ounce and halfe Boil them altogether to the consumption of almost all the wine and juices in a vessel of brasse always stirring it with a wooden spatula then straine it in a presse then melt together these things following Cerae flavae foure ounces Sevi Hircini Terebinthinae of each two ounces Mastices of each one ounce finely powdred Myrrhae of each one ounce finely powdred Thuris of each one ounce finely powdred and put them all together to the other Liquor and boyle them a little then coole it and make it up Sir Philip Paris Emplaister THis Emplaister is excellent for divers things if you lay it upon the stomack it provoketh appetite and taketh away any griefe from the same layd to the belly it easeth the Collick speedily layd to the reignes it stoppeth the bloudy flux running of the reines heat of the kidneys and weaknesse of the back it healeth swellings aches bruises it breaketh fellons and aposthumes and healeth them it draweth out humours without breaking the skin it healeth the diseases of the fundament layd upon the head it helpeth the head-ach uvula and eyes layd to the belly it provoketh the months and apteth the matrice for conception The composition is as followeth â„ž Olei communis two pounds Minii of each one pound beaten small Cerussae of each one pound beaten small Saponis castiliani twelve ounces Incorporate these well together in an earthen pan Well glased before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle fire of coales for one houre ever stirring it with a spatula then encrease fire till the red turne grayish continuing your stirring drop a little upon a trencher if it cleave not thereto then it is enough dip linnen cloathes therein and smoth them with a sleekstone the rest make up in rolles it wil last twenty yeares Let the Artist observe a true boyling of all Emplaisters for over much boyling not onely makes the Emplaister too hard but also evaporates the vertues of divers ingredients likewise too little boyling doth not incorporate them neither will they stick upon the place besides the inconvenience of carrying them let all your gummes in any Emplaister be finely powdered dissolved in sacke or Vineger and strained through a canvas and the vineger or sacke evaporated at the fire and then put to the rest where turpentine or saffron are added it must be when the rest are boyled enough giving them but two or three walmes after you have put them in and with those emplaisters which I have heere set downe you need not feare to dresse any wound whether incised or contused or any ulcer of what sort soever Next I shall shew you what oyles and unguents it is needfull to have in readines for store and how â—ou shall make them and they are these Unguentum Aegyptiacum Album camphoratuÌ„ Populeon Mel saporis Dialthaea Arregon Martiatum Agrippa Tutia Spleneticum And first of Aegyptiacum THis unguent doth scoure and mundifie all rotten ulcers and is best used scalding hot for then the usuall paine and corrosion it procureth wil be the sooner past over in like manner it is to be used in any venomous wounds made either with poysoned shot or bitten with mad dogs or any other venomous creature or in great contused wounds wherein for preventing them from the feare of a gangrene it excelleth it serveth also to be used alone or mixed with any lotion for ulcers of the mouth or throat especially in the scurvy This unguent dryeth vehemently and is abstersive of temperament hot and dry and is made as followeth â„ž Eruginis five drams Mellis fourteen drams Aceti fortis seven drams Boyle them altogether to an oyntment thick and red Album Camphoratum THe white oyntment with Campheire is good to coole and heale any hot moyst pustles it cureth excoriation of the skin in any place but chiefly in the yard betwixt glans and praputium it also healeth burnings and scaldings very well and is good to be applyed to any painfull ulcer for it asswageth paine and healeth well it is cold avodine molificative and attractive It is made as followeth â„ž Olei Rosati nine ounces Cerussae bonae in aqua rosarum lotae 3 ounces Cerae albae two ounces Make it into an oyntment according to Art if you will have it with Camphire then adde to this proportion of Camphire two drams Vnguentum Populeon THis Oyntment serveth well to asswage the paines of the Scurvy by annoynting the parts grieved therewith it asswageth paine in any part of the body and it easeth the dolour of a caustick medicine by being applied cold upon a plegent to the place grieved It procures sleepe in Fevers if you annoynt the temples palmes of the hands and soles of the feet therewith it is cold and moyst and is made as followeth â„ž Occulorum populi arboris one pound and halfe Recentium one pound and halfe Axungiae porcinae recentis insulsae three pounds Beat the buds and macerate them in the greace untill such time as you may get these herbs following Foliorum papaveris nigri Mandragorae Cimarum rubri tenerimarum Foliorum hyosciami of each three ounces Solavi of each three ounces Lactucae of each three ounces Vermicularis of each three ounces Sedi seu sempervivi majoris of each three ounces Violarum of each three ounces Umbilici Veneris of each three ounces Burdanae of each three ounces Beat them all and mingle them with the fat and buds and so let them stand ten dayes then powre to them a pint of Rosewater and boyle them with a gentle fire until the water and all the Liquor be consumed coole it a little and strayne it and if need bee boyle it againe untill it come to an ointment In want of Mandrake take a double quantity of Henbane Unguentum Dialthaea THE Unguent of Draschaea or Marshmallows is good against all paines of the breast of a cold cause and against the plurisie it warmeth mollifieth and comforteth all parts of the body which are evill disposed through cold infirmities it is good against stiffenes and paines in the joints in the scurvey It is good for cut nerves paines in the sides and hardnesse of the sinewes and is resolutive and is thus made â„ž Radicum altheae two pounds Sem. Lini Faenugraeci of each one pound Scillae pulpae halfe a pound Olei foure pounds Cerae one pound Terebinthinae of each two ounces Gummi hederae of each two ounces Galbani of each two ounces Colophoniae Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Let the Roots be well washed and bruised as also the Fenugreeck seed Linseed and sea Onion
and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
may rectifie it in a retort without tiles by adding water Your fire shall bee made above the retort untill it leave hissing then make it under your retort Oyle of St. Johns wort compound THis is an admirable balme for wounds being used as hot as it can be indured and at the first dressing hotter it is a sure medicine for all venemous wounds all bitings of mad dogges or of venemous wormes very hot applied and the parts about anointed therewith warme and a good cordiall given inwardly it is good in wounds eyther incised contused or stabbed and is indeed so excellent that you need use no other oyle it is a comfortable medicine against all paines aches and witherings of the outward limbes proceeding of cold causes using it warme with good friction and a playster of Burgundy pitch spread on leather and applied thereon or rather the stiptict plaister of Paracelsus the composition is as followeth â„ž Vini albi potentis three pounds Summitatum Hyperici maturarum foure handsfull Bruise them and macerate them in the wine in a glasse vessell well stopped for two dayes then boil it in a double vessell and straine it hard and put to the liquor mote flowers and tops of S. Johns wort as you did before doe this three times and then straine it and put to the liquor for every pound Olei veteris foure pound Tereb nthmae six ounces Olei absinthii three ounces Dictamni of each two drammes Gentianae of each two drammes Cardui benedicti of each two drammes Tormentillae of each two drammes Carlinae vel cardui Mariae of each two drammes Calami aromatici of each two drammes Lumbricorum pluries in vino lotorum two ounces Bruise them all and put them to the rest and stop them close and scumme them forty daies then put them up Oyle of Elders THE Oyle of Elder flowers doeth lenifie and purge the skin ia good for the obstructions of the liver helpful for the joynts and nerves pained the parts grieved being anointed therewith given in Clysters it provoketh stools healeth the yellow-jaundise amendeth belly-ache and easeth the pains thereof and is made as followeth R. Elder-flowers and Oyle-olive infused as you do oyle of Roses Linseed-oyle LInseed-oyle or oyle of Flax-seed is avodine cureth convulsions mitigateth the hardness of the arteries muscles and nerves asswageth the pain of the piles or hemorroides and helpeth the unnatural clefts chaps and fussures of the fundament it is used with good success to anoint the secret parts in child-birth and in poultisses for womens sore breasts it is made by expression brusing your seeds and putting them in Balneo four or five houres and then straine them with a Scruepress Oyle of Eggs. THis Oyle cleanseth the skin and taketh away the filthiness and all the sears thereof occasioned by cuts and bitings or at the least much diminisheth them so that they can hardly be seen it cureth burnings killeth ring-worms healeth excoriations and is prevalent against any ulcer chaps or ill matter arising our of the flesh either in the hands feet armes or legges or in any other part of the body and is made as followeth R. Yolks of Eggs sodden hard put them into a glased vessel and heat them well at the fire but so as they burn not then hot as can be put them into a canvas bag and press out the oyl Note that whilst you heat them it will make your oyl the better if you sprinckle them with a little aromatick wine warm Oyl-olive is made of ripe olives by pressing them Oyle of Whelps THiS Oyl is of wonderful force to asswage pain to bring shot wounds to suppuration and cause the falling away of the escar it is thus made Olei lilliorum vel violarum four pound Boyl in it two Whelps newly whelped untill the flesh part from the bones then put into them of Vermium terestium praparat one pound Boyl them again and strain them hard and put to the oyl Terahinthinae veneta four ounces Spiritus vini one ounce Mingle them according to Art Oyle of Bayes OYle of Bayes is a Medicine callifying mollifying opening and discussing and doth much mitigate the Collick delivered into the body by Clister It is a present remedy against cold griefs of the brain nerves arteries and loins the parties anointed therewith It is good for the palsey sciatiea the hardness and pains of the spleen and is much used as well to cure the scab and ring-worm as the scurvie and is thus made R. Bay-berries ripe and fresh gathered q s Beat them and boyl them with sufficient water until the fat swimmeth on the top ten press them and seperate the oyle from the water according to Art Oyle of Sweet-Almonds DOth lenifie the roughness of the breast and throat as also the haroness and driness of the joynts It is good against the consumption of the lungs it is also of good use to be drunk in the hectick-feavers it stayeth the cough and asswageth the heat of urine healeth ulcers by injection is very good in collica or illica passio to be drunk and administred in Clisters and is thus made R. Sweet-Almonds dry not mouldy and well rubbed q. s Beat them well and put them in a Press and press out the oyle without heat Oyle of Bitter-Almonds THis Oyle doth open obstructions discusseth wind and vapours but chiefly it healeth deafness the hissing and pain of the ears lenifieth the hardness of the sinews and maketh the face and hands fair and is made as the oyle of Sweet-Almonds Oyle of Vitriol THis Oyle comforteth the stomach after a wonderful manner and stirreth up the appetite it defendeth the whole body from apostumes and inflammations and therefore it is used with good success in the plurisie and also in vulnerary drinks it is approved good It helpeth the infirmities of the lights taken with the water of fennel or fumetory it cutteth away the melancholy humors from the stomach being taken with balm-water It consumeth phlegm cures the cholick and the loosness of the belly It quencheth the thirst in feavers cures the hickock and loathing of meat It attenuateth the blood defendeth wounded parts grieved from fear of gangrene or putrefaction of the blood It conglutinateth ruptures as well of bones as veins and doth exceedingly comfort and corroborate all the parts of mans body and may well be numbred as a principal amongst cordial medicines It is also a very good medicine not only in preventing the scurvie taken inwardly but also in the cure of the scurvie many wayes both inwardly taken with any comfortable wine or with beer for need or to make a beverage therewith and daily to use is in small quantity namely four drops for a dose In the calenture it excelleth all other Medicines taken in plantain sorrel or any other water or onely in fair water It is good to rub foul black teeth to make them clean and white but use it not often for then it will consume them In ulcerations
drams Zedoariae half an ounce Anisi of each one dram and half Sem. Faeniculi dulcis of each one dram and half Pastinacei silvestris of each one dram and half Ocymi of each one dram and half Rad. Angelicae of each two drams Caryophyllatae of each two drams Glyrynhicae of each two drams Calami odorati of each two drams Phu minoris of each two drams Foliorum sclareae of each two drams Thymi of each two drams Calaminthae of each two drams Pulegii of each two drams Menthae of each two drams Serpylli of each two drams Majoranae of each two drams Florum rosar rubrarum of each one dram and half Salviae of each one dram and half Rorismarini of each one dram and half Betonicae of each one dram and half Staechados of each one dram and half Buglossi of each one dram and half Boraginis of each one dram and half Corticum citri three drams Bruise what are to be bruised and macerate them for the space of fifteen dayes in twelve pounds of the best Spirit of wine in a glass vessel well closed then distill them in B. M. according to Art afterwards adde to the distilled water Specierum Diambrae Aromaticum rosat Diamoch dulcis Diarcargarit frigid Diaruhodon Albatis Electuaris de gemmis of each 3 drams Santali citrini contusi two drams Moschi of each 1 scruple Ambrae griseae in tela rara ligatorum of each 1 scruple Julepi rosati clari one pound Shake them all well together that the Julep may incorporate well with the water then stop up the glass with wax and parchment and let it stand untill the water be cleared Doctor Stevens his Water IT is a notable cordial-water comforts the head and heart yea and all the principal faculties of the body both annimal vital and natural if it be truly prepared it helpeth all cold diseases palseys convulsions barrenness tooth-ach It killeth worms cureth the dropsie stone stinking breath and prolongeth life and is made as follloweth â„ž Cinamoni of each one dram Zinziberis of each one dram Galangae of each one dram Caryophillorum of each one dram Nucis moschatae of each one dram Granorum paradisae of each one dram Sem. Anisi of each one dram Faeniculi of each one dram Carni of each one dram Herb. Thymi of each one handful Serpylli of each one handful Menthae of each one handful Salviae of each one handful Pulegi of each one handful Parictariae of each one handful Rorismarini of each one handful Flor. rosar rubrarum of each one handful Chamemeli of each one handful Origani of each one handful Lavendulae of each one handful Infuse them all twelve hours then distill them in a Limbeck and take of the strongest water three pounds The common Lotion IS used in ulcerations of the mouth or gums in griefs of the yard as well within the passage as also between glans and Praeputium there are divers sorts according as occasion offers but that which I mean here is onely made of Sage Rosemary Woodbine and brier tops boyled in water adding honey and allome fortifying it as you see cause with Mercury dulcified put a rag on your finger or on a stick and dip it into the lotion warmed and rub the gums hard therewith and the ulcerated parts untill they bleed or you may make a lotion for the mouth thus â„ž Copperas green white or blue â„¥ ij Water lb j. or thereabouts Honey one spoonful Boyl these to the consumption of one third or half then take of lapis medicamentosus or Salt-peter â„¥ sss and if you have no honey take sugar or juice of liquorice or liquorice boyled therein to make it pleasant in taste or without for a need you may well use it Strong-Lye THis is Capital-lees and is very necessary to mollifie the White-caustick when it groweth dry as also if need be by decoction to make a lapis internalis for to make Issues or break Apostumes The Liquid-caustick is made of unslaked-lime and capital-lees boyled together to the thickness of an unguent and applyed as hereafter shall be shewn Vinegar of Wine VInegar helpeth the unnatural swellings of the belly and also cureth the fluxes of the stomach the parts grieved being fomented therewith It stayeth the inordinate menstrual-fluxes the region of the liver or the bearing parts fomented therewith warm namely with stuphes wet therein It is good against vomiting the stomach outwardly fomented with warm stuphes wet therein It also discusseth and dissipateth violent hot tumors in their beginnings yea even those which are named Pavaritiae or as some tearm them fellons Good wine vinegar excelleth in Cataplasms as also in fomentations where avodine medicines are to be used provided the place be not excoriated as namely in hervia humorali in the falling down of the fundament it is approved good sometimes with wine used warm to foment the part withall as also to be cast on bricks to receive the fume thereof In the hot gout and in all inflammations as the Rose or Ignis sacer or as some call it St. Antonies fire by way of fomentation with wine vinegar it is a precious help also by way of gargarisme it is an approved remedy against Squinantia auginae or any sudden inflammation of the columella or the amygdales of the throat and if you mingle with it Oyle of Roses you make it the better for all the aforesaid uses and the more cordial Vingar of Roses VInegar of Roses is very cordial helps the stomach refresheth nature weakned and is good against the faintings and great weakness of the spirits but if the Artist have not Vinegar of Roses ready he may infuse in Wine-vinegar a little Rose-water and it will do almost as well It is thus made â„ž Red-rose-buds almost blown being fresh and the leaves clean picked from them that are clean withered and naught gathered very dry and then spread abroad in the shade to dry about three or four dayes lb j. Wine-vinegar eight sextaries Set them in the Sun forty dayes then strain the vinegar and put it up but if you will have it more strong of the Roses then make a second infusion of fresh leaves Spirit of Wine SPirit of Wine of all vegetables is the most precious thing it is the truest of all cordials it preserveth the body from putrifaction and in every cold oppression of nature it is a true helper for the cough and all distillations of Rhumes and Fluxes it is a perfect help it comforteth the stomack and provoketh appetite It helpeth those which are thick of hearing one drop dayly put into the eare it preserveth a man in health if every morning and evening he take certaine drops thereof and defendeth the body that taketh it from the oppression of infectious ayre and being sick almost in any disease it may safely be given as a true restorative medicine it is good in wounds Ulcers Fistulaes and Fractures of which another place hereafter will make