red barke of an Ivie tree dryed and beaten into fine powder and after sâ—arse it through a fine Searse also take a like quantity of blacke Jeat beaten and searsed in like manner and being mingled together drinke thereof with Wine or Ale blood warme five or sixe times Divers Medicines for the Stone and Strangulion TAke a quart of Milke and a handfull of Bay leaves another of Time of red Sage and of Parcely of each a handfull and a quart of Malmesey a little Rosemary and boyle them all together from a quart to a pinte but yet let the Milke and the Herbes be boyled all whole together from a quart to a pint before the Malmsey come in and then use it Another Take Reddish leaves and seethe them in Ale and give it the Patient to drinke and it will cause him to make water Another Take red Bramble-berries before they be blacke and Ivie-berries and Acornes put them in a Pot and dry them untill they be ready to be beaten to powder then take Alisander seed Parcely seed Gromell seed Coriander seed Broome seed and the seed of the Nut-tree the inner pithe of Ash-keyes take of all these a like quantity also and beat them to powder and mingle them together with Liquor of a double quantity then use to drinke it Evening and Morning sodden in posset Ale made with white Wine and put of this powder often in your Pottage when you eat them and so use it continually till you find ease Excellent Remedies for the Stone in the Bladder and to provoke Vrine TAke life Hony and Rhenish wine of each a quart Saxifrage Phillipendula and Pellitorie of the wall of each a handfull distill all these in Balma Maria with a very slow fire keepe it in a cold place in Pewter or earthen vessels and drinke thereof the quantity of halfe a pint every morning fasting and afterwards eate the quantity of a Walnut of life Honey and use to fast and walke an houre after it Another Take a pint of Milke and put into it a pint of wilde Mallow leaves let them boyle together a quarter of an houre then make a Posset drinke of Ale or Beere take off the Curds and Mallow leaves then set your Posset to boyle againe and put into it a good stick of Licorice well bruised one spoonfull of Anniseeds and halfe a spoonfull of Parcely seeds well bruised and so of Suger Candy the quantity of a small Walnut boyle all these to the quantity of half a pint or lesse then straine it and at your going to bed drinke it blood-warme putting into it a quarter of a grated Nutmeg It is approved Another Take a pottle of Ale and a Flint stone taken from the Chalke and beaten to powder and a pennyworth of Reddish rootes boyle all these together to a quart then straine it thrice and drinke thereof Evening and morning Another Take Saxifrage and Rosemary of each a like quantity and seethe it in white Wine till all the herbes bee throughly sodden then straine it and drinke it cold Evening and morning Another Take Gromell Parcely Violets and red Nettles put them into a Morter and bray them then take the Kernels of Cherry-stones and bray them by it selfe and seethe all together in white Wine and drinke it Morning and evening Another Take Perstone unset Leekes and Damsons of each a like qu antity boyle them and clarifie them with the whites of Egges then take the juyce and drinke it with Wine or Ale in quantity double so much as the juyce is Another Take a handfull of Bay-berries and the shell of an Egge when the Chicken is new hatcht out of it and beat them together then take the powder and put it into Ale or Wine and give it the Patient to drinke and by the grace of God it shall helpe him For the Stone in the Reynes or Bladder MAke a Bath with Parcely Alisanders Pellitory Fennell and Saxifrage and let the Patient sit therein up to the Navill then let them drinke the Powder of these seeds and the Herbes with warme white Wine for this is a principall practice for this disease Probatum est An Injection for the Stone TAke a quart of Barley water and boyle therein a handfull of Mallow leaves and as much of Violet leaves till halfe the water be consumed then put thereto three spoonfuls of Mel Rosarum and let the party take it as an Injection with a Searinge For any evill in the Bladder TAke Ashe Parcely and Fennell of all alike put them and temper them with water and drinke it and it shall helpe thee well to Pisse and it shall cast out the Stone and heate well thy stomacke A Powder to breake the Stone TAke the blood of the heart of a Kid and of a Foxe the blood of the heart of both a like quantity take the bladder of a Boare and all that is therein and put this blood thereto take the juyce of Saxifrage and juyce of Parcely of each a like quantity and put these in the Bladder also and hang up the Bladder in the smoake over the fire untill such time it be congealed together as hard as a stone and make powder thereof and drink it with hote Licour when thou wilt first and last and this shall breake the stone to powder and make it voyd away To ease the paine of the Stone BEate the stones of Medlers into powder and drinke it with stild Milke or with white Wine Another Take Turpentine of Jeane make it in little balls and rowle it in fine Suger and swallow it downe whole Against the new Ague by Doctor Langdon TAke Sorrell Sowthistill Endine Dandelion Succorie croppes of Fennell with Mallowes with Violet leaves of each one handfull and seeth them all in a gallon of stale Ale to a pottle with skimming that done straine out the liquor and make thereof an Ale posset and let the Patient drinke thereof as oft as he is a thirst putting into every dra ught as much Treacle as the bignesse of a Beane and ye shall be healed For an Ague By Doctor Turner TAke Featherfew Worme-wood and Sorrell of each a good great handfull stampe them and straine them â—ard and put thereto as much Suger in weight as the juyce weigheth and put them in a strong Glasse in a Skillet of warme water the space of foure and twenty houres before you give it to the Patient and then give it twice a day two spoonefuls at a time in Ale or Posset-ale A very good Drinke for an Ague if one shake TAke a quart of strong Ale and put therein nine Bay-leaves and seethe it till it come to a pinte and then take out the Bay-leaves and put therein one penny-worth of Treacle a halfe-penny worth of Pepper stirring it well together and let it then seethe againe one walme and so take it off the fire and let the Patient drinke it as hote as he can and be covered as warm as he may abide
and darke with a blacke Skin within betokeneth a prolonging of death Urine that is the colour of water if it have a darke Sky in an Axes it betokeneth death Urine that hath dregges in the bottome medled with blood it betokeneth death Urine blacke and thicke and if the sicke loath when he goeth to the stoole and when he speaketh overthwart or that he understandeth not aright and these sicknesses goeth not from him it betokeneth death Of VVounds PART IV. A Definition of Wounds by their causes A Wound is a solution seperation and recent breach of unity of that that before was a continuity with out putrified matter which corruption giveth the name of an Ulcer to the solution and no more a Wound The causes of Wounds are duall viz. First by the violence of bodies without life as we simply call an Incised wound as when it is caused by edged Instruments Secondly we call it a Stab or puncture caused by theforce of Daggers and the like Thirdly we call those Contused wounds caused by violent use of the object being some weighty thing cast as a Stone or stroake with a Staffe or their similies against the subject receiving their forces differing in their appellations by the diversity of their causes Or secondly wounds are caused by living things as a wound that is of Biting scratching and the like and for these causes they differ in their appellatious Also the differencie of Wounds are taken eyther from their causes by which they are inflicted or from their accidents viz. the indication of the place wherein they are scituated Also the place maketh difference thus eyther they happen in the similar parts as the Flesh Artery Veyne c. or in the organicall or instrumentall parts as some intire and whole bulke truncke or fully compleat member or limbe viz. The Head Necke Brest Belly c. Wounds of the Head grow more particular because that parts belonging thereto be of more note as the Face Nose Lippes Eyes and Eares wounds of the limbes arc of the Shoulders Armes Thighes and Legs Of the similar parts also some are Sanguine as the flesh whose wounds are eyther simple deepe hollow plaine or proud with flesh The Spermaticke likewise are eyther hard or soft the soft parts as the Veynes Arteries and Sinewes being wounded we call them wounds of the hurt part the hard are the Bones a breach of which we call a wound in the Bone So Wounds derive their Nominations from the cause place and simisitudes thereof What Wounds are WOunds are these Which in Latine are called Vulnus of the vulgar Vulner and they are of two kinds that is Simple and Compound the simple are those that are onely in the Flesh the compound are those where are cut Sinewes Veynes Muscles and Bones and these are of divers and sundry kinds and the difference that is among them is by the variety of the place where they are wounded and by the difference of the weapon wherewith they were hurt For some goe right some overthwart that offend divers places of the body The simple are of small importance if they keepe them cleane and close shut Nature will heale them without any kind of medecine but those where veynes are cut had neede of some Art or Practise with the which they must stop the blood and in any wise not to suffer the wound to remaine open but to sow it up very close so that the veyne may heale and those where sinewes are hurt are of great importance and would be healed with great speed so the Sinewes may joyne with more â—ase But those where bones are hurt are of great importance for if the Bone be seperated from the other of necessity it must be taken forth before the Wound be healed So that by this meanes every one may know what Wounds are and their kinds In the Curing of greene Wounds consists a five-fold scope or intention THe first is to draw out that which is sent into the Body whether by Bullet Wood Bone or Stone or Arrowes Darts and such like The second is a Conjunction and united of parts divided The third is a retaining of those parts united in their proper seate The fourth is a Conservation of the parts of the substance The fifth is a Prohibition and mitigation of accidents For the first intention it is performed eyther with fit and convenient Instruments or with attractive Medicines whereby things that are infixed are drawne out Which Medicines are these Radix Aristolochiae Ammoniacum Arundis Saga Poenum Anagallis Dictamnum Thapsia Ranae combustae Or Emplastrum Avicennae so much commended by Guydâ— The second and third intention is performed by binding and Ligature if the Wound be simple and small and in a place where it may fitly be performed yea although it be large so it may be easily bound as in the Muscles of the Arme and such like but if it happen that Ligatute will not serve then must be added the helpe of the Needle being very carefull to handle the party gently and to place it in his due seate The fourth intention is performed and accomplished by appointing of a fit and convenient Dyet according to the strength of the Patient and greatnesse of the affect and disposition of the whole body for a thin Dyet and cold doth very much availe in resisting of Symptoms we also adde Blood-letting and Purging of humors to avoide accidents also the part is to be contained in his due place and a Cataplasme framed with the whites of Egges and other cooling things are to be applyed and sometimes to be fomented with astringed Wine The fifth intention is the correcting of accidents which is Flux of blood Dolour Tumor Paralysis Convulsion Fever Syncope Delerium and Itching But this is to observed in the Fluxe of blood whether it hath flowne sufficiently or no if otherwise the Fluxe is to be suffered for after a sufficient Fluxe the wound doth remaine dry and is so much the neerer cured and the lesse Symptomes follow as Phlegmon and such like and if the wound bleed not sufficient we must open a veyne for revulsion according to the greatnesse of the affect and the nature of the wound especially when through paine or other cause wee feare inflamation or a Feaver How a sicke man should Dyet himselfe being Wounded A Wounded man or a man sore beaten being sicke must be kept from Milke Butter Cheese Hearbes Fruites Fish except freâ—h-water Fish Women Garlicke Onions Leekes Peason c. Also divers sorts of meats must he not eate as fresh Beefe water Fowles Goose or Duck nor drinke too much strong Wine But he may eate Porke Mutton Chicken Henne or Capon Of Wounds and their Cures happening in severall places of the Body And first of infirmities incident to Souldiers in a Campe. COmmonly there are three Infirmities that offend Souldiers in a Campe above all the rest the which are these Feavers Wounds and Fluxes of the body the which thou mayst helpe
Honey two pound Oyle two pound Turpentine foure Ounces Verdigrease and Ceruse foure Ounces and so according to Art worke it To make Vnguentum Dunsinnitive TAke two Ounces of Litarge of Gold two drams of Lapis Calaminaris and foure ounces of Terra sigillata and powder them small then take a pinte of Oyle and put thereto halfe a pound of Waxe and melt it with your Oyle and then take it off the fire and put in your powders and when it is cold almost put in foure drams of Camphere in fine powder To make an Vnguent for the Skerby TAke a Gallon of red Vineger and one pound of the roote of Briony and seeth therein till it bee consumed then take the roote thereof and beate it with Oxsingie and beat it very fine then take one ounce of Arguentum vivum well killed and labour them altogether very fine and so annoint therewith To make an Vnguent for Vlcers in Childrens faces TAke Litarge and Ceruse of each five ounces the leaves of Ashe and Vine leaves of each three ounces oyle of Roses one ounce Waxe halfe an ounce relent your Oyle and Waxe together and beate your Litarge and Ceruse and mingle them with two yolkes of rosted Egges and so use it To make the Sinnitive Oyntment TAke Turpentine foure Ounces Hartsgreace or the Marrow of a Heart two ounces oyle of Roses one ounce white Frankensence halfe an ounce oyle of Spike two drams and halfe a dram of Mynium and so worke it To make an Vnguent for the Itch. TAke three handfuls of Allecompanerootes seethe them in three Gallons of water till they be soft then take the Roots and scrape them and take the white of them to the quantity of a pound and beate them with one pound of Barrow-hogges greace and a quantity of Salt and a little Saffron and so bring them to an Oyntment To make an Oyntment for the Morbus TAke two ounces of Vermillion two ounces of Quick-silver two ounces of Oyle of Bay two ounces of Bores-greace halfe an ounce of Vineger foure yolkes of Egges and let them all be wrought very well together before you use them To make the Dunsymitive Vuguent TAke Oyle Olive one pound Rozen one pound Lapis Calaminaris one pound Waxe halfe a pound Turpentine and Sheepes suet of each a quarter of a pound and 〈◊〉 use it To make Vnguentum Dulsum TAke Sheepes suet five pound Rozen in powder one pound roch Allom in powder one pound and a quart of white Wine boyle them altogether And if you will make it red you may put into it one ounce of Vermilion in powder To make Vngnentum Basilicon TAke Waxe one pound the best Pitch one pound Rozen halfe a pound Colophonie one pound Cowes suet one pound Oyle two pound May-butter halfe a pound Turpentine foure ounces the yolkes of foure Egges make all these in an Unguent and so use it To make a Mundifigitive TAke Smalledge a little bagge full one pouad of Oxingie three pound of Rozen a quarter of a pound of Waxe Stampe your Smalledge and Oxingie together in a stone Morter then put it into a Panne and set them upon the fire till it be hot then straine them through a cloth into a faire panne till they begin to waxe cold then fleete it off with a slice till you come to the water then put in the Rose-water and Waxe all together upon the fire and let them boyle altogether then straine them through a Linnen cloth and so make your Mundifigitive To make Vnguentum Rosine TAke Honey two pound Rozen one pound and a quarter Turpentine two pound Frankensence one ounce Fenecrike Semminis ben of each two ounces Myrrhe and Seacole of each two ounces in fine powder To make Gibsons Incarnative TAke greene Broome two pound Waxe and Rozen of each halfe a pound Deere suet foure ounces Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two ounces Turpentine and the yolkes of Egges as much as neecs To make a yellow Incarnative TAke one pound of Rozen halfe a pound of Frankensence a quarter of a pound of Waxe halfe a pound of sheepes suet halfe a pinte of oyle Olive halfe a pound of Turpentine and so make your Unguent To make another Inearnative TAke oyle of Roses twelve drams Rosen two ounces Turpentine eight ounces Waxe sixe ounces melt the Waxe Rosen and Oyle together and in the boyling put in your Turpentine and the Juyce of Valerian and so let it bee cold and as you occupy it put in oyle of Turpentine and so keepe it To make an Vnguent for the Piles TAke Barrowes grease halfe a pound burnt Allome one ounce and the yolke of an Egge hard rosted put these together and make an oyntment and annoynt your sore as hot as you can abide it Another fumetive Vnguent TAke halfe a poond of Deere suet a pound of Waxe one pound of oyle of Roses halfe a pound of oyle Olive of Lapis Calaminaris and Camphere two ounces and so make your Vnguent according to Art To make Vnguentum Foscovem TAke oyle Olive one pound Saffron foure drams Colophonie Pitch Naviles Gum and Seropine of each two ounces Mastick Olibanon and Turpentine of each one ounce Wax a quarter of a pound melt your Oyle and then your Wax and then put in the Colophonie and after stirre your Pitch Naviles and your Gum and Serapine together and last of all your Turpentine Masticke and Olibanon every thing being bruised except your Pitch and Turpentine when you put in your Powders bee ever stirring it with your spittle till it be full dissolved and so use it An Oyntment for the Stone and Collick to bee made in May. TAke the buds of Broome-flowers neare the shutting half a pound of them picked from the stalkes and beat them in a morter very small that done mingle them with clarified May-butter as much as you shall thinke fit and so keepe it close in a vessell eight dayes then seeth it and straine it and therewith annoynt the Patients griefe very warme Evening and morning OF WATERS PART VII Here followeth the making of divers precious Waters but more especially of tenne and their vertues I. And first of the Philosophers water TAke Hysop Penny-riall Avence and Centurie and breake them in a morter then put them under the cap of a Stillatory and distill them and that water hath many vertues as hath beene proved by experience As first take Pimpernell Rew Valerian Sedwall Alloes and the Stone called Lapis Calaminaris and breake them and lay them in the water of Philosophers and let them be boyled together untill the third part of the Water be wasted and after let the said water be strained thorow a linnen cloath then shutit up close in a Vyoll of glasse the space of nine dayes This is a precious water to drinke foure dayes together with a fasting stomacke for him that hath the Falling sicknesse but let him bee fasting six houres after and this Medicine is in our judgement the truest medicine
against all manner of Gouts and against Palsies as long as it is not dead in the limbes or members of a man Item this water drunke in the Morning is much helping to Wounds that is festered so that they be washed therewith Item this water drunke fasting will destroy all manner of Feavers or Aches of what kind soever they come to a man Therefore trust to this medicine verily for it hath been oftentimes approved of for a very good Water for these diseases aforesaid by many who have made experience of it 2. The second Water is called Poetalis et aqua Dulcedimus Occulorum and is made in this manner following TAke Egrimonie Saturion Selendine and Tuttie and the stone called Lapis Calaminaris and beat it all to powder and then put them under the cap of a Stillatorie and distill thereof water by an easie fire and this Water hath many vertues in it for be the Eyes never so sore this water will cure and heale them Item this water drunke with a fasting stomacke destroyeth all manner of Venome or poyson and casteth it out at the mouth Item this water quencheth the holly Fire so that there bee linnen cloathes wet therein and layd on the sore but you must also note that this water in fire is of blacke disposition 3. The vertue of the third Water TAke Mustard-seed Pimpernell Crow-foot and the clote of Masticke and let all these be well bruised and mingled together with the blood of a Goat and put thereto good Vineger a little and so let them stand three dayes and then put them under the cap of a Stillatorie and still it and this water will helpe a man of the Stone if he drinke thereof and if he drinke thereof every day fasting the stone shall voyd from him as it were sand Jtem this water drunke fasting maketh good blood and good colour both in man and woman Jtem this Water drunke with Castorie destroyeth all manner of Palsies if it be not dead in the Sinewes or members Jtem it will heale a Scald-head and make the haire to grow if it be washt therewith Jtem if a man be scalded wash him with this water and in nine dayes he shall be whole and of all other Medicines it comforteth best the Sinewes for the Palsie 4. The vertue of the fourth Water TAke young Pigeons and make them in powder and meddle them well with Castorie in powder and a little Aysell and lay it under the Cap of the Stillatorie and distill water thereof this water drunke with a fasting stomack helpeth the Frensie and the Tysicke within nine dayes it will make them whole Jtem this water drunke fasting is a very good medicine against the falling Evill if the Sicke have had it but few yeares it shall helpe it on warrantise Give it him to drinke three dayes in the morning fasting as is aforesaid and he shall be whole by Gods grace of what manner of kinde soever it come Jtem this water drunke fasting maketh a good colour in the face of man or woman and it clenseth the wombe the stomacke and the breast of all evils that is congealed within them and comforteth all the veynes and draweth the roote of the Palsie out of the sinewes and out of the joynts and nourisheth nature in him Jtem if a man or woman before failed in a sinew or joynt it healeth them againe Jtem this water being drunke fasting healeth any man or woman of the continuall Fever but take heed that no woman with child drinke of this Water Jtem this water drunke with Isope putteth away all sorrow from thy heart and causeth a man or woman well to sleepe well to digest his meate well to make water and well to doe his â—ege Jtem if a man will wash himselfe with this Water it will draw away the haire from any place of man and destroy it 5. The vertue of the fift Water called Aqua Lasta TAke Isope Gladion Avence Sothernwood of each a like quantity and stampe them in a Morter and put them in a Stillatorie and still them to water and this water drunke in morning fasting is good against all manner of Fevers hote or cold Jtem this water being drunke fasting is the best medicine against the Fluxe of the wombe and clenseth the belly of all ill humors and keepeth a man in health and helpeth the Palsie but it must be drunke fasting and as hot as may be suffered 6. To make the sixt water called Dealbantium TAke Molewarpes and make them in a powder with Brimstone and take the Juyce of Selondine and so let them stand certaine dayes and after lay it in a Stillatory and still water of the water of it and this water will make any black Beast white that is washed therewith nine times in nine dayes or any place in him that a man will have white Also this water medled with Waxe and Aloes it healeth all manner of Gouts if the Patient be annoynted therewith Also this water helpeth the sicknesse called Noli me tangere but a plaister thereof must be laide to the sore Also it helpeth a man of the Strangle if a plaister thereof be laid to the sore Jtem it healeth scald Heads if they apply a plaister thereof to the sore Jtem a plaister thereof healeth burning with fire Jtem this with Lapis Calamniaris helpeth perfectly a â—icknesse called the Wolfe but the plaister must be changed two times in a day but let no man nor woman drinke any of this Water 7. This Water is called Aqua Consuitivae TAke Pimpernell and stampe it in a Morter and lay it in a Stillatory and still water thereof Jtem this Water washeth away all Wounds in a mans body Jtem this water drunke fasting with Ginger is a good Medicine against the Tysicke and will cleanse the Breast from all evill Humours 8. The eight Water called Aqua Huplaciam the double Water TAke Mustard-seed Pepper and Sinamon of each a like and beat them in a Morter and put therto Aqua Consuetudo and lay them under the Cap of the Stillatorie and distill Water thereof and these be the vertues therof and if it be drunke fasting it is the best Medicine against the Tysicke and all diseases of the brest and it must be drunke in the morning cold and at Evening hot as yee may suffer it and it will make one to sleepe and take good rest that night Jtem this water being drunke with Castorie is good against the Sicknesse called Epilentiâ— viz. the Morbus Galicus Jtem this water being drunke fasting comforteth all the Members that be strucken with the Palsie and comforteth the sinewes of the Head and the braine 9. Water of Pimpernell the ninth water TAke the seed of Pimpernell and put it in red wine and then after put it in the Sunne and then breake it in a Morter and then presse out the Oyle through a cleane cloth this water or oyle being drunke fasting healeth a man
or so much of delaied or watred wine as much as can be holden in a spoone or a few Prunes sodden and steeped in water or two spoonfuls of crummes of bread washed oftentimes with water or wine tempered as J told before or a toste put into such water but let no man drinke in the Bath except he swound in the bath or bee in danger of sounding or else ye must all the time that ye be in the bath abstaine from all meate and drinke As long as you are in the bath you must cover your head well that you take no cold for it is very perilous to take cold in the head in the Bath as divers reasons may be laid to prove the same When you come out of the Bath see that yee cover your self well that ye take no cold and dry off the Water on your body with warme clothes and goe by and by into a warme bed and sweat there if you can and wipe off the sweat diligently and afterwards sleepe but yee must not drinke any thing untill dinner time except ye be very faint then ye may take a little Suger-candy or a few Raisins or any such thing in a small quantity that will slake thirst for Galen in the 14 De Methodo medendi commandeth that a man shall not eate nor drinke by and by after the Bathe untill he hath slept after his bathing After that yee have sweat and slept enough and be clearely delivered from the heate that you had in the Bathe and afterwards in the Bed then may you rest and walke a little and then goe to dinner for by measurable walking the vapours and windinesse that is come in the Bath is driven away If the Patient cannot walke then let him be rubd quickly and if hee can suffer no rubing then at some time it were good to take a a Suppositorie either of Roote or of a Beete with a little Salt upon it or a Suppository of Honey or a Suppositorie of a Flower deluce or of salt Bacon or white Sope. After all these things then shall you goe to dinner but you must neither eate very much good meate nor any evill meate at all Wherefore you must rise from the Table with some good appetite so that you could eate more if you would The meates that are commonly of all Physitians allowed that write of Dyet that belongeth to Bathes are Bread of a dayes baking or two at the most well leavened and throughly baked small Birds and other birds of the fields and mountaines that are of easie digestion but Waterchanters yee must not touch Kids-flesh Veale and Mutton or a Lambe of a yeare old new laid Egges Pheasants Partridges Capons Chickens and young Geese The meates that are forbidden are salt Beefe and Bacon Pidgeons Quailes Pyes and Pasties and such like meates Cherries and all such fruits Garlicke Onions and all hot spices and all cold meates as are the most part of Fishes howbeit divers may be well allowed so they be well dressed Milke is not to be allowed much but if that the Patient be so greedy of it that in a manner he long for it then let him take it two houres or thereabout before he take any other meate and he must drinke after it White wine that is small is allowable or Wine delayed with the third or fourth part of sodden water according to the Complexion of the Patient Some use to steepe bread in strong Wine when as they can get no other Wine Beware that in no wise ye drinke any water and especially cold water and so should yee forbeare from all things that are presently cold namely when ye begin first to eate and drinke Let therefore both your meate and drinke be in such temper that they be not cold but warme lest when as yee are hot within by your Bathing and sweating the cold strike suddenly into some principall member and hurt it They that are of a hote Complexion and of an open nature and not well fastened together ought not to tarry so long in the bath as other ought that are of colder and faster complexions If that any man betweene meale times be vexed with thirst he may not drinke any thing saving for a great need he take a little Barley water or Water sodden with the fourth part of the juyce either of sowre or milde sweet Pomgranats with a little Suger a man may use for a need a little Vineger with Water and Suger if he have no disease in the Sinewes nor in the Joynts A man that is very weake or accustomed much to sleepe after dinner an houre and a halfe after that he is risen from the Table he may take a reasonable sleepe All the time that a man is in them he must keepe himselfe chaste from all women and so he must doe a moneth after after the counsell of divers learned Physitians and some for the space of forty dayes as Pantheus and Aleardus would namely if they come out of the Cauldron It were meete that in every foure and twenty houres the Bath should be letten out and fresh water received into the pit againe for so shall you sooner be healed and better abide with lesse jeopardy abiding in the Bath It is most meete for them that have any disease in the head as a Catliaire or Rheume comming of a moyst cause and not very hot For them that have Palsies or such like diseases that they cause a bucket to be holden over their heads with an hole in it of the bignesse of a mans little finger about foure foote above their heads so that by the Reed or Pipe made for the nonce the water may come downe with great might upon the mould of the Head if they have the Cathaire and upon the nape of the necke if the Patient be sicke of the Palsie or any such like disease The clay or grounds of the Bath is better for the Dropsie then is the water alone It is also good for shrunken swelled and hard places and for all old and diseased places which cannot well be healed with other medicines The matter is to lay the grounds upon the place and to hold the same against the hote Sunne or a warme fire untill it be something hard and then to wash away the foulenesse of the Clay with the water of the Bath this may a man doe as oft as he list Some Physitians counsell that betweene the Bathings when a man is twice bathed upon one day in the time that the Patient is out of the bath to use his plaistering with the Clay but if the person be any thing weake J counsell not to goe twice into the Bath but either once or else to be content with the plaistering of the mudde or grounds of the Bath It were good wisedome for them that cannot tarry long at the Bathes either for heate or for cold to take home with them some of the grounds and there occupie it as is afore-told There are
on the Stomacke for Vomit and on the Navill for Flux and on the Reynes for appetite The vertue of certaine Herbes and Drugs MAllowes the Leaves boyled being eaten doth take away Hoarsnesse and being pounded with Sage they make a singular plaister for Wounds and other Inflamations St. Johns-wort the Seed thereof being drunk with Wine voideth the Stone out of the body Wormwood is good against the Dropsie taking often the leaves thereof confected with Suger Hysop being boyled with Figges Water Honey and Rew taken in drinke is good for inflamation of the Lungs it avoydeth flegme and easeth an old Cough Sage is good against all Cold and flegmatick diseases in the Head and against all paines in the Joynts being taken in drinke or applyed in fomentation It is good for great bellied women to eate which are subject to travell before their time Mynt beaten and made into a Plaister comforts a weake Stomack it is very good to restore the smell or the Feeling if it bee often held to the nose the Leaves dryed and beaten to powder kill wormes in Children also it applied to the forehead helpeth the Head-ach Time taken in drinke is good to purge the Intrailes or to make one spit out the evill humours of the Lungs and in the Brest Rosemary is very good against the Collick and casting up of Meat by eating it in bread or drinking it in powder in Wine Camomill The leaves beaten and put into white Wine is good drinke against Quotidian and quartern Agues the decoction thereof drunk healeth paines in the side good against Feavers and also to avoyd Urine Lillyes The leaves thereof being boyled heale burnings and confected in Vineger and mingled with Saffron and Cinamon is good for Women that are delivered of Child with great difficulty and voydeth the after burden Baulme The property of it in Wine is to comfort the Heart to helpe digestion to heale the feeblenesse of the heart especially if the weaknesse be such that it causeth to breake sleepe in the Night it stayeth the panting of the heart and drives away cares the leaves thereof taken in drinke is good against the biting of a Dog or outwardly applyed is good to heale the Wound with the decoction of it Dogs tooth The decoction of the leaves taken in drinke helpeth the wringing of the belly hard making of water and breaketh the Stone or gravell in the Kidneyes the seed thereof doth greatly provoke Urine Periatory or Pellatory Gathered in winter hath vertue to dissolve consume and draw and while it is greene it breaketh wind in the stomack The juyce thereof held within the mouth allayeth the Tooth-ach the leaves thereof being applyed healeth Burnings swellings and Inflamations being fryed with fresh Butter or Capons grease and layd unto the belly it cureth the Collick and being mixed with Goats or Kids grease is good to ease the Gout the Juyce also mixed with like quantity of white Wine and oyle of sweet Almonds newly made is very good against the Stone and dropped into the Eares with oyle of Roses helpeth the paine Aleanet is to sooder Wounds Aspaltum is Tarre of India it hath vertue to draw and sooder for if the Powder thereof be strowed on a dry Wound it will presently close it though it be both broad and deepe Oates hath vertue to abate Swelling and to soften things being made hot in a pan Asarum maketh Women to have their termes openeth the veynes of the Urine and maketh one to pisse freely It mixed with honey killeth Wormes dissolveth Winds and warmeth the stomacke clenseth the Liver and veynes of the Guts and reynes of the Mother it putteth away Feaver quotidian and cureth the stinking of venemous Wormes Bole-Armoniacke if it be good is as it were white redded Ballestianes is the flower of the Pomgranet and Pâ—idia is the rinde and it hath vertue to restraine as Bolle hath Brancha Vrona hath vertue to make soft or to rypen Empostumes Bistorta or Tormentill hath vertue to straine together comfort and confound Bedellion hath vertue to constraine together it helpeth the Impostume both within and without it breaketh the stone and breaketh the Cough Cadamen is the rootes of Parcely that hath â—ertue to dissolve to consume and to draw Camfere ought to be kept in Marble or Alablaster Lynseed or Anniseed is good for the Gomora and to abate a mans courage Coloquintida hath vertue to purge Flegme and Melancholy and for the Tooth-ache seethe it in Vineger Câ—ssia fiâ—tula a Gargarisme made thereof and of the Juyce of Morell dissolveth the Empostume in the Wezend and also swelling in the Cheekes Ceruâ—e is good to engender good flesh and to fret away evill flesh Capers is good to defie cold Humours in the mouth and stomack Conâ—ube and Quibebes the powder heereof with the juyce of Borage is good for the cold Rheume and to comfort the Braine Dragagant is of three kinds and the white is the best in cold Medicines and the red in hot Euphorbium his vertue is to dissolve to draw to allay to consume to purge Fleame and Melancholly Esulâ— is the rinde of Eleborus Albus or Peritory of Spaine it hath vertue to purge Fleame and Melancholly and it is the best that purgeth nekt to Scamonie Take Esula five drams Canell Fennell-seeds Any seedes and use this with warme Wine or other broth is a very good purge Gum Arabic the white is cold the red is hot in Medicines Gariofiolate is Avence his vertue is to open dissolve and consume whilest hee is greene it helpeth the Collicia passio Hermadactilus the whitest is the best it hath vertue to dissolve consume and draw and principally to purge Fleame Jarus Barba Aron Calves feet Cuckoopintell the leaves and the rootes and the gobbets about the rootes be of good vertue and the Rootes being cloven and dryed they have vertue to dissolve and asswage Ipaguistidos is Gobbets that are found by the roote of the Dog bryer it hath vertue to draw together Jempus is the fruit thereof it hath vertue to dissolve and consume for the Strangury and Illiaco drinke Wine wherein it was sodden Licium is good with the juyce of Fennell for sore Eyes Litarge is good to close together and to clense Lovagâ—-seed with Cinamon is good for the Liver and Spleen and wind in the Guts and stomacke Mamia is good to make Bloud cleane Mumia hath vertue to straine together Medeswete greene or dry bringeth Menstruum and clenseth the Mother Mora is the fruit of the Cicomore Tree it hath vertue to dissolve consume and make cleane it is good for the Ovinsie and for costivenesse Nitrum the whiter the better it hath vertue to dissolve and drive away filth Opponax if it be cleere and draw to Cytrin colour it is good it hath vertue to dissolve and consume Oppium that which is not hard nor soft is good it hath vertue to make one sleepe Organum flowers is good powdered to make Laxe to dissolve and
leaves and Rootes and stampe them very small then mingle them well with old Decres Suet then besmeere or annoynt the grieved place therewith very warme and after rowle it up hard To heale in foure dayes the scalding with water or any other liquor without Plaister or Oyntment TAke an Onyon and cut him overth-wart and wring out the juyce upon the scalded place doing so every day twise it will heale it quickly Probatum est To heale the Itch. TAke of Lapacinum Acutum or of Sorell and boyle it in water and wash therewith the diseased person or else take the rootes of Lawrell and being well brayed with Salt and bread annoynt therewith the body The like effect is done with the decoction of Egrimony and Sage made with Raine water and washing therewith the sicke person To heale Sores or Tetters TAke of Waxe of Ganabrinum in powder and of Oyle of Roses as much as shall be sufficient Make thereof an Oyntment Or else bray Cockle and Brimstone and mixe them with Vineger and make an Oyntment For the hardnesse of Hearing TAke an Onyon and coare it and fill it with the Oyles of Rew and bitter Almonds then rost it soft and drop thereof into the contrary Eare lying still after one houre keeping your selfe warme it will both purge the Head and quicken the Hearing An easie Remedy for the Tooth-ache TAke a slice of the Root Acorus of some called in English Gladen of other Galanga which groweth in waters and marishes this must be laid green upon the Tooth Or a piece of the greene roote of Tormentill doth it likewise For the swelling in the Throat TAke white Frankensence and cast a piece of it upon hot coales then put a Funnell over it and let the smoake thereof goe into the Throate that helpeth and is oft times experimented and proved To cause a Womans speedy deliverance TAke whites of Egges and Castle sope and make Pills adding to every pill one drop of the oyle of Savin and in time of need give her five Pilles of it To make a womans Milke increase TAke Fennell-seed and seethe it in Barly-water and give the woman of it to drinke and her milke will increase abundantly For the Rickets and weaknesse of the limbes in Children TAke a little quantity of the best English Honey mix it with Beere and let them use no other drinke till they recover their strength This hath bin tryed and approved To fasten the Gums or loose Teeth TAke a little Myrrhe temper it with Wine and Oyle and wash your mouth therewith and you shall see a rare experience Myrrhe also killeth the Wormes in a mans body and chew it in the mouth ma kes the breath sweet For one that cannot hold his Water TAke the clawes of a Goates feet burne them to powder and take a spoonfull of it in Pottage or broath wherein a little Knotgrasse and Hypoquistidos may bee put and take of it twice a day For the Dropsie made for the Queenâ— by D. D. Adryan TAke Polipodium Spikenard Calamus odoratus Marjerum Galingall Selwall ana vj. d. weight Anniseeds Saxafrage Plantane vij d. weight Cynamon xij d. weight Seenie so much as of all the rest put them into a bagge hanging in two gallons of Ale cover it with new Yest every fourth day and drink no other drinke for a weeke and be whole For the stinging of Waspes and Bees TAke Mallowes and rub them on the place where it is stung or else take Flyes stamped with a little durt For the falling downe of the Tuell SIt over the fumes of Ginger and Frankensence For the swelling of the Legges TAke the Juyce of Walwort of Waxe of Vineger and of Barley Meale of each a like quantity Boyle it and make a Plaister and bind it upon the sore For the Canker in the mouth TAke halfe a pinte of Ale and a sprig of Rosemary and seeth them together and skim your Ale And then put in a piece of Allom as much as a Nut and a spoonefull of Honey and two spoonefuls of Honey suckle water and wash the mouth with it To make the Face faire and the Breath sweet TAke the Flowers of Rose-mary and boyle them in white Wine then wash your face with it and use it for to drinke and so shall you make your Face faire and your breath sweetâ— A Remedy for a red face or a red nose TAke Litarge of Silver and Brimstone of each like much and seeth them in Rose-water and Vineger and then with a linnen cloath wet in the said Vineger lay it to the sore A Remedy to qualifie the Coppered Face MAke a Bath with the flowers of Cammomell Violets Roses and Flowers of water Lillies then annoynt the place with Vnguentum Album Champherarius and mixe that oyntment with a little yellow Brimstone and Quicksilver killed with fasting spittle and annoynt the Face withall A speciall good dyet for all fiery Faces ABstaine from all salt things spiced fryed meates and rosted meates also from drinking of Wine for it is very evill also Onyons Mustard and Garlicke are very naught in steed of which you must take Purslaine Sorrell Lettice Hops of Borrage with Succory or endive in Pottage or otherwise Also it is necessary to be laxative and in sleeping to lay your head high An easie Remedy to make the Teeth white TAke Vinger of Squiles and dip a little piece of Cloth in it and rub the Teeth or Gummes withall the said Vineger fastneth the Gummes comforteth the rootes of the Teeth and maketh a sweet breathe To take away the stinking of the mouth YEe must wash your mouth with Water and Vineger and chew Masticke a good while and then wash thy mouth with the decoction of Annis-seeds Mints and Cloves sodden in Wine If the stincking of thy mouth commeth of a rotten tooth the best is to have it drawne out A Remedy for sore Eyes TAke the Juyce of Fennell and drop thereof into the Eyes Evening and Morning and it shall heale the griefe and paine A proved Medicine for the bleeding at the Nose called the Ladie Maries Medicine TAke the shell of an Egge the meate being very cleane out and put it into the fire till it be burnt very blacke and ready to breake then take it out and make thereof fine Powder whereof yee shall blow through a Quill part thereof into the Nose that bleedeth and it shall stanch Against a stinking Breath MElt Hony Salt and Rye flower well together and therewith rub the Gumâ— twice or thrice then wash it with faire water and it will helpe thee For an evill breath SEeth two ounces of Commin in fine Powder in a pottle of white Wine unto a quart Then keepe it using to drinke a little thereof warme at Night the space of fifteene dayes and it will helpe For the Head-ache and clensing of the same CHew Pellitory of Spaine in thy mouth it will cleanse the Head and also take away the Ache or paine To heale
foure times together Another for the same TAke a quantity of Broome-seed Grouncel-seed Parcely-seed Alexander-seed Ashenkey-seed Lepthorne-seed or Berries Phillipendula dryed Saxifrage dryed Mouseare dryed Growobicke dryed mixe all these together in your drinke and drinke it Morning and Evening fasting Another Take Civet and rub your Navill therewith and champe Rosemary in your mouth and it easeth the Collick incontinently A most excellent Medicine for the Collicke and Stone with other vertues TAke Pimpernell Mustard Crowfoot Gauriophe Mastick and bruise them all well together and then mingle them with the blood of a Goat and put thereto good Vineger or a little Alligre and let them stand certaine dayes after your discretion and put them into a Stillatory and distill a water thereof this water is good for the Stone or gravell whether that it be red or white plaine or sharpe or if it be hardened If the Patient doe drinke thereof every day fasting the Stone will breake and goe away like sand Also if Scald heads bee washed therewith it will heale them and there shall grow new haire and if the Scabs be washt therewith of what nature soever it bee hee shall be whole with three dayes or nine at the furthest Also this Water drunke fasting makes a man to have a good colour and good blood Also this water drunke with Castorie twice in one day destroyeth all Palsies which is not dead in the sinewes and members before for it comforteth the sinewes principally This water is very much approved For the Collicke and Stone TAke halfe a pint of white Wine and a good quantity of white Sope scrape it and put it into the wine and make it luke warme and then drinke it once twice or thrice or as often as the Patient needs A Powder for the Collicke and Stone TAke Parcely-seed Saxifrage Alisander and Coriander-seeds the kernels of Cherry-stones Smallage-seed Lovage the rootes of Phillipendula of each a dram Bay-berries and Ivie-berries of each a dram put to all these as much Ginger as they all weigh and adde thereto half an ounce of Commin this powder is to be taken in Ale halfe a dram at once thrice a day A speciall Remedy for the Stone TAke the stones of Medlers lay them upon a hot Tyle-stone and after that you have rubbed and dryed them in a faire linnen cloth then being thorowly dryed beat them into a powder and put to it a quantity of Time and Parcely and place it upon the fire with Beere and Butter and throw in halfe a spoonefull of the said powder and hereof you must drinke a good draught fasting in the morning and eate nor drinke nothing else for the space of three houres after Another Take a quantity of Anniseeds Lycorice Fennell-roots and Parcely-rootes Raysins and Currans and let all these be boyled in Whey from a pottle to a quart and so strained and drinke it A Powder for the Stone TAke the Seed of Gromell Broome Saxifrage Alisander Parcely and Fennell of all these seeds a like quantity beat them very well together and so drinke halfe a spoonfull of that Powder or a spoonfull at a time in a draught of good Ale making it luke warme in any wise before you drinke it To make the Stone slip downe the narrow passages betweene the Kidney and the Bladder TAke a great handfull of Pellitory of the wall and the like quantity of Mallowes boyle them in a frying-pan with a good quantity of fresh Butter so that they be not parched nor dry And when you see by the frying that some good part of the vertue of the herbes is gone into the butter take the hearbes so fryed somewhat fat with the butter and lay it the length of halfe a yard or more betweene the fold of a Napkin and in bredth about 6 or 7. Inches then clap the fattie side of the napkin all along from the back-bone to your flanke above the hippe especially on that side where the paine is as hot as may be suffered when it is cold apply a fresh one and in three or foure times doing the passage will bee inlarged whereby the Stone will slip downe and the paine cease A Posset drinke against the Stone TAke Pellitory of the wall three crops of Lavender Cotton three Parcely roots and one Fennell root the pithes taken out and they scraped and washed stampe the hearbes and rootes together then put thereto one pinte of Rhenish or white Wine straine the wine from the herbes and with a pint of new Milke make a posset thereof drinke freely of it Morning and evening first and last at the new and full of the Moone and walke well upon it Also take the hearbe Hartshorne boyled in white Wine and drunke in the morning fasting is good against the Stone and strangurie To make haire grow TAke and seeth Mallowes rootes and all and wash the place where Haire lacketh and it shall grow For to take away Haire TAke Horsleeches and burne them to powder and mingle it with Eysell and touch the place where the Haire groweth and it shall grow no more there Approved To make a barren woman beare Children TAke of these little Sea fishes called in Latine Pollipodes and roste them upon the coales with Oyle and let the woman eate of them and it shall profit and helpe very much having in the meane time the company of a man To make a woman have a quicke Birth TAke leaves of Dictarij and stampe them or else make powder of them and give the woman that laboureth drinke of it with a little water and she shall be delivered incontinent without any great paine or griefe For all manner of Lamenesse or swellings TAke a handfull of Time a handfull of Lav ender cotten and a handfull of running Strawberies that be like to a string and so cut them small then beate them in a Morter with foure or five young Swallowes taken out of the nest very fligge and quicke beat them together untill ye see never a feather of them whole that done take a penny-worth of May butter clarified and mingle it in the Morter with Hearbes and so let it stand foure and twenty houres before they sceth when you ha ve sodden it use it as before you are taught as well in preserving of it as in using of it For to stay the Laxe or Fluxe TAke Plantane otherwise called Weybred-leaves and rootes and wash them in faire water and then stampe them and take a good quantity of the Juyce and put it to old Ale and make a Posset therewith and after take the ale Posset and clarifie it upon the fire perfectly and then let the Patient drinke it blood warme in the morning and evening without taking of othtr drinke the space of two houres either before or after For the sweating Sicknesse YEe must take a good spoonfull of Treacle three spoonfuls of Vineger five spoonfuls of water and two spoonfuls of the juyce of Sinckfoyle swing them together and drinke
them luke warme For him that pisseth Blood TAke a good quantity of Rew otherwise called hearbe Grace and dry it so that you may beate it to powder and then take the powder and and drinke it with Ale and it will change the Urine For the Canker in the Mouth TAke white Wine and a penny-worth of Ginger in powder and let them seeth a walme together and wash the sore place with a feather and drinke not in one houre after and yee shall have helpe in seven dayes or warrantise A powder for the same TAke Sage Pimpernell of each a like and quantity and halfe so much Parcely as of them both shred them and stampe them small and put thereto a little burnt Allome and then take it up drie it and beate it to powder and keepe it for it never failed To know the Fester and Canker HEere you may learne whereof and of what manner the Fester commeth and also the Canker it commeth of a sore that was ill healed and breaketh out againe and if it bee in the flesh there doth come out water if it be in the sinewes there commeth out browne lie and if it be in the bone there commeth out as it were thicke blood A Fester hath a narrow hole without and within and a Fester is seldome seene but it hath more holes then one and the Canker hath alwayes but one hole For a Canker in the body TAke the rootes of Dragons and cut them in small pieces and lay them to dry and make powder thereof and take a penny weight of that powder and put it in water all Night and on the morrow powre out that water and put thereto white-white-wine and then seeth it well and let the Patient drinke thereof warme and in three day es he shall be whole For a Canker in a womans Pappes TAke the Dung of a white Goose and the juyce of Salendine and bray them together and lay them to the sore and it will kill the Canker and heale the Pappe A good powder for the Canker TAke Copperas and Roch Saunders and Verdigreace and Sal-armoniac and beate them to powder in a brasen Morter of each â— like quantity by weight and put the powder in a vessell and seethe it on a charcole fire till it glowe and then take it downe and let it coole and after make powder thereof and that powder shall destroy the Canker on warrantise To kill the Canker or Marmole TAke a pecke of the ashes made of Ashen-wood and ashes of Oate straw and put hot water on them and make a gallon of Lye and put thereto two handfuls of Barke-dust and let it stand a day and a night and then straine it thorow a canvasse then take the same dust and put it in againe and put thereto as much Allome and halfe as much of Madder crops and put them in a pot and let them boyle almost to halfe and ever stirre it that it grow not to the bottome nor run over and after clense it through a cloth and let it coole and when it is cold take a quantity thereof and wet a linnen cloth therein and lay it to the sore place For the Canker in the Mouth TAke seaven spoonefuls of Honey and clarifie it in a pewter dish then put to it one pint of white Wine Vineger and roch Allome the quantity of a Hazell nut and a spoonefull of Bay-salt and let all these boyle together a quarter of an houre and then take of dryed Rose leaves and Sage a handfull letting them seethe together for the space of a quarter of an houre and let the Patient wash his mouth therewith and lay the leaves to the sore and if the liquor bee too thicke to wash your mouth with then take running water and white wine Vineger and a spoonfull of Honey and boyle them well as before and then use it Another Take Hearbe Grace Lavender-Cotton Sage Honey-suckle leaves of each a like quantity wash them and stampe them with a little roch Allome and a little English Honey and put them into a faire Dish and when yee dresse a sore mouth therewith take as much as yee thinke will serve and take a few Sage leaves and wash thy mouth and lay it to thy Gums and if yee put thereto a little Pepper and Bay-salt it will be the better Another Take Plantane Bittony Egrimony Violets and Woodbine boyling them in Wine or water with Hysop Piony Pimpernell and greene Walnuts and therewith wash foure times in a day and hold it in your mouth pritty hot and therewith wash it To make a red Water to kill the Canker TAke three handfuls of Rew bray it in a Morter and put thereto a quart of Vineger and Madder one ounce and take halfe a penny-worth of Allome and beate it to powder and put thereto and let it so rest nine dayes or more and then take them out and so straine them through a cloth into a cleane glasse and stop the vessell close and keepe it To take away the Canker TAke Martlemasse Beefe that hangeth in the Roofe and burne it to powder and put the powder into the Sore and it will kill the Canker A powder for the Canker TAke one quarter of a pound of Roch Allome and burne it in an earthen vessell that there come no ashes thereto then take Argâ— one halfe ounce and one quarter of an ounce of Bolearmonracke and make all these in fine powder alone and then mixe them altogether and put them into a Bladder and keepe it close and when yee will minister it wash well the sore with the water and then lay on the Powder and so dresse it once in the day and it shall helpe him A good Medicine for the Canker and Sores TAke a pottle of cleane running water or white wine Sage Rosemary and Sinkfoyle of each a handfull Allome one ounce boyle all together till halfe a quarter be consumed and if it be for the Canker put in a little white Coperas and Camphere For a Canker old or new or Marmole TAke Smalledge Wormewood greene Walnuts Lillies Broome Croppes white Hazell red Nettle Sage Selfe-heale Pimpernell the roote of Floure-de-Iuce Planten ground Ivie Wall-woort Mouse-eare Celondine Mintes Bittony Egrimony Violets Charvell Colwortes and Avence stampe all these together and fry them in Barrowes grease Sheepes tallow and Honey and make thereof an oyntment with Turpentine Waxe Rozen Pitch Gum Frankensence burnt Allome and powder of Tanners barke and so use it For the Canker TAke the powder of Saven Honey and Creame and white Wine and mixe them altogether and melt them over the fire and when it is hot with a linnen cloath wash therewith thy mouth and when the Sore is well washed put thereof into the griefe with Lint as hot as may be suffered two times a day and bee whole For a Canker in a mans body and to save the man TAke the rootes of Dragons and cut them and dry them in gobbets and make powder of
est Remedies to provoke Menstruum Mulieris TAke powder of Peeter Bittony Yarrowseed in white Wine and drinke it Another Take Mugwort Selondine Marigold Verven Nippe of each nine crops three dayes before the change and three dayes before the full of the Moone Another Take Germander and the rootes of red Madder and seethe it in Ale and give it her to drinke or else take Radishes Et semen pionae red Sanders and Suger and use it as aforesaid Another Take Cotula Fetuda the which is like Camomill but it stinketh and make a fomentation thereof Another Take the Juyce of Mercury and Honey and flower of Cockle as much as will incorporate it and make thereof little balls and give her one or two of them and she shall have Menstruum also it shall after dispose her to conceive for it hath seldome failed and is well proved Another Take the blacke seed of Pionie and bruise them one by one to the number of nine and picke of the blacke huskes and in a Morter breake them to powder eate and drink the said powder at times afore said in the second Medicine Pro eadem Another Take the rootes of Gladion and Arsmart and seethe them in good white Wine or Vineger and when they be well sodden take them from the fire and let the woman sit over it so that the ayre may strike up and none goe away for this is proved Another Take Bittonie Puliall Royall Centory of each a handfull seethe them with Wine or water till the two parts be wasted and then clense it thorow a cloth and drinke it Another Take Balme Margerom Isope and Marigolds a handfull seethe them from a pottle to a quart upon a soft fire and so take it and drinke it every morning fasting and if it be bitter put thereto Suger and use it Remedies to stop Menstruum Mulieris TAke the blackest holly-hocks that yee can get and take the flowers thereof and make them in powder and drinke them and wash the place with the water of Lovage Another Take the water of Oake leaves distilled halfe a pinte of Rose-water and Syrrupe of Quinces sixe ounces and let her drinke thereof first and last Another Take Horse-dung and seethe it in good Vineger and put it into little bagges of linnen cloth and lay the one upon the Reines of the backe and the other betweene the Navill and the privie place as warme as shee may suffer it and let her drinke it every Morning and Evening with a little Synamon till shee be whole Another Take the rootes of Gladium and seeth them well in Wine or water and receive the fume thereof It never failed To stop white Menstruum and red TAke the Juyce of Planten and of Bursa Pastoris and two whites of Egges well beaten among the Juyce and put thereto Bole-armoniack one ounce and of Terra sigillata one ounce and a portion of Beane flower and make it thicke upon the fire and draw thereof a Plaister upon thin cloth and lay it to her Backe and Navill Another for the white TAke the inner rinde of the Sloe tree Sumatch Balestianes the rinde of the Pomegranate Planten Knot-grasse the inner rinde of the red Bryer and a little French-Bolearmoniack and boyle all these in red Wine till halfe be consumed and let her drinke it fasting Et restringet fluxum Menstruum Another Take the foote and Legge of a Hare and bake it to powder haire and all and drinke it and it restraineth the same The vertue of Fearne THe Root is good to be drunke and laid to Plaister-wise for the Wounds that are made with Reedes and in like manner the roote of the Reede drunke and laid Plaister-wise to the sore where Fearne sticketh The Powder is good to be strowed upon moyst Sores which are hard to be covered with skin and ill to be healed the Juyce pressed out of the Fearne roote laid to with Rose-water or other cold water is good for all manner of burning or scalding perfectly and sure To take away heate and inflamation of a Member TAke the waters of Planten and Purslaine of each two ounces and the water of a little hearbe called Verniculaâ—is two ounces Litarge and Ceruse in fine powder of each foure drams and Camphere three graines mixe all these together and so use them A Locion for a sore Mouth TAke running water a pinte Vineger halfe a pinte Honey foure ounces Bay leaves one ounce Galingale one dram Let all these be decocted to the forme of a Syrope A preparative TAke Syrope of Violets Endiffe and of Femitory of each two ounces and of common Decoction foure ounces To make Vergent milke by D. Yaxley TAke Litarge of Leade one pound with Vineger a pinte laid in fuse three dayes and then drawne with woollen shreds and so keepe it in a Viall by it selfe close then take foure ounces of Conduit-water and one ounce of Allome and one dram of Camphere and melt all over the Fire and keepe the water by it selfe in another Viall and when you will use it put both these waters together of each a like quantity and it will be like milke It taketh away the spottes and Freckles in the Face if it be often applyed thereto A comfortable Powder for the Heart TAke Synamon Ginger of each three ounces graines of Paradice long Pepper of each two drams Saffron one dram Suger foure ounces and so make your Powder A Remedy that breaketh the Stone TAke a pound of Grâ—mmell a pound of Saxifrage seed and a pound of Coriander with a quarter of a pound of Soras white and red and grinde all these in a Morter very small and so keepe it using to eate thereof in your Pottage every day a spoonefull Another Take Time Damsons Beane-Cods Pellitory of the wall Saxifrage a like quantities and sleepe them one night in white Wine then distill them and use to drinke thereof Another remedy for the Stone and to cause the voydance of Vrine TAke Pellitorie of the Wall Sothernwood and seeth them in Water or white Wine with a quantity of Sheepes Suet till it bee tender then put the hearbes and tallow in a linnen bag and lay it warme to the bottome of the belly using this you shall finde remedy A proved Medicine to avoid the Vrine that hath beene long stopped TAke Radish rootes one if it be of bignesse and strong is sufficient and scrape it very cleane and lay it in white Wine a night in steepe then straine the Wine and give the Patient to drinke and he shall voyd water A very good water for the stone proved THe water of Strawberries with the leaves distilled and so used by draughts as other drinke To breake the Stone DRy the stones of a Cock a yeare old and â—eate them into fine powder and give the diseased thereof to drinke in white Wine but if he have the Charward then give it to drink with good water Doctor Argentines Medicine for the Stone TAke the
quantity boyle all these together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the griefe Another Take a lapfull of Nettles another of Neppe seethe them in Chamber-lye and put therein a handfull of Bay-salt and a quantity of blacke Soape and let them boyle well together and lay it to the griefe For Sore Eyes TAke Fennell rootes white Daisie rootes and leaves and lay it in white Wine and wash your Eyes with it To stoppe a great Laske TAke a pottle of faire water and put therein a Cony fleyed well washed and quartered and let it be well skimmed when it doth seethe then take a good handfull of Almondâ— unblanched and the stones of great Raisins and beat them in a Morter with some of the broth in the Pot and unâ—trained put them in then take halfe an ounce of whole Cinamon a handfull of Blackberry leaves a handfull of Planten with the rootes thereof the Pot being cleane skimmed put the aforesaid gredience therein and let all boyle till it come to a quart then straine the broth and let the Patient drinke thereof Morning and Evening or at other convenient times in the day Analliter if the aforesaid Broth be warmed with a gad of Steele when it is cold it is so much the better To cause one to make Water TAke Parceley and seethe it in white Wine and drinke it Morning and Evening For the Wind Collicke TAke Commin-seede or fine Cod seede and beat them to Powder and put it into Ale Beere or white Wine and drinke it and it will make one Laxative For to make a Water for the same TAke Broomeseed and beate it to Powder and drinke it with Muskadine or any other Wine For to bind on from the Laske TAke a penny-worth of Roch Allome and seeth it in a pinte of white Wine and drinke it For to skinne a sore Finger TAke Nervall Oyle or Rose Oyle or Camomill Oyle or Pompilion and annoynt your Finger or shinne with it and it will be whole For a vehement Cough in young Children TAke the Juyce of Parcely powder of Commin Womens milke and mixe them together then give the Child to drinke thereof and afterward make this Oyntment following Take the seed of Hempe or Flaxe and Fennycrick and seethe them in common water then presse out with your hands the substance of the Hearbs which you shall mingle with Butter and so annoynt the Childes brest with it as hot as may be For a broken Head TAke unwrought Waxe and a little Sugar and running Water and boyle it in a Sawcer and make a Plaister and be w ho le For Chilblaines in the Feet or Hands TAke Sheeps Suet and unwrought Wax and Rozen and boyle it in a Sawcer and make a a Salve and it will heale them To kill the Tooth-ache or a Ring worme or a Tetter TAke Oyle of Broome and annoynt the Gums at the roote of the Tooth where the paine is It must bee used after this manner Take a piece of old Broomesticke the older the better and light it and hold it downeward and it will drop that which is yellow and annoynt your Gummes with it or put it in the hollow Tooth For a Stitch. TAke Groundsill and dry it and put sweet Butter into it and put it where the paine is as hot as may be suffered Or take Oates the blackest that you can get and fry them with red Vineger and lay it as hot as may be suffered where the paine is For an Ache or a Bruise TAke oyle of Peeter it must be used after this manner Take a stoole and when that you are Rising or going to Bed sit with your Backe towards the fire you must have a great fire and where the paine is you must rub it with some of the Oyle all downewards and they that doe dresse you must dry their hands well against the fire and chafe it To make white Teeth TAke Lemmons and make stild water of them and wash your Teeth with it for it is a soveraigne thing Or if you will not make the water take the Liquor of them which is also good for the same purpose but the water is better because it is finer so that in the Stilling it lose not his force A Medicine for a swelling in the Cheekâ— TAke a pinte of white Wine and halfe a handfull of Camomill flowers and seethe them in the white Wine and wash your cheeke both within and without as hote as you can suffer it To make a Perfume suddenly in a Chamber where a sicke man lyeth TAke a little Earthen Pot and put into it a Nutmeg two scruples of the sticke of Cloves and two of the sticke of Cinamon and foure of storax Calamint Rose-water or water of Spike or some other sweet water and seethe it then put it into a pot-shard with a few hot Ashes and coales under it and set it in the Chamber and the smoake thereof shall give a sweet amiable and hearty savour To make a cleere voyce TAke Elder-berries and dry them in the Sunne but take heed they take no moysture then make powder of them and drinke it every Morning fasting with white Wine A Medicine for the Mother TAke a pinte of Malmsie a little quantity of Commin-seede and Coriander-seed and a Nutmegge beate these together and then seethe them to halfe a piâ—te with a little white Suger-candie you must take a spoonefull at a time A Medicine for a Stitch or Bruise TAke three quarts of small Ale and one penny-worth of Figs and one pennyworth of great Reisons and cut the stones out of them and one penny-worth of Licorice of Isope of Violet leaves and of Lettice of each one handfull and seethe them from three quarts to three pints and straine it and so let the person drinke it and after make this Plaister following Take a quantity of horse dung and a quantity of Tarre fry it and put a little Butter and Vineger into it and make a Plaister and lay it to the side For the bloody Fluxe TAke of Suger rosset made of dry Roses of Trissendall of each one ounce and a half mixe these together and eate it with meat or drinke it with drinkes but the best remedy J could find is to take three handfuls of St. Johns woort as much Planten and as much Cressis and seethe these in a gallon of Raine water or red Wine to a pottle and straine it then put to it two ounces of Sinamon beaten and drinke thereof often Also take a Spunge and seethe it in a pint of Muskadine and wring it and let the Patient sit over it close as hot as they can suffer it and cover them warme Remedies for the Itch. TAke of Salt-water a gallon and seethe it with three handfuls of wheaten bread crums that is leavened and wash your body with the water Or wash your body in the Sea two or three times Or else take the bran made of Cockle-seeds three handfuls and of the powder of
so you boyle them a good while and so drink the Broth or Milke as you like best they are exceeding strengthning and will do you great good if it please God to give blessing to it A Medicinâ— for one that is broken TAke a quantity of Comfrey a quantity of Knee-home a quantity of Knotted grasse a quantity of Ribervorum and a quantity of Polipody stampe them altogether and straine them in Ale and then give the patient the same to drinke cold and trusse him up with some bolster and let his dyet be but competent eschewing all slippery meats as Butter and such like provided alwayes that the pâ—tient keepe his bed sixe or seven dayes lying upon his Backe and sometimes hold his belly with his hand For the shrinking of the Sineâ—â—s TAke the marrowe of a Horse-bone and the crops of Elders and as much of Sage and chop them together and boyle them in the Marrow and then straine out the Hearbes and put to the liquor one spoonfull of Honey two spoonefuls of Aquâ— Compositâ— and a quantity of Pepper and boyle it againe and keepe it for your use For the staying of the fluxâ— TAke a new layd Egge and take off a little of the top of it and powre out a little of the white and fill up the Egge with Aqua-composita and stirre it together and rost it and sup up the Egge in the morning fasting till you be well use this A Medicine for a sore Thrâ—at TAke a pinte of Milke halfe a handfull of Collumbine leaves halfe a handfull of Gasell a dozen leaves of Sinkefoyle and two Jewes-eares and boyle them and so the partie must use it Evening and morning and gargale it in his throate For weakenesse in the Backâ— TAke Clary and Dates and the pith of an Oxe and put them together and then put to them Creame and Egges and grated bread and fry them together and strew Suger on it and eate it in the Morning fasting and you must put some white Sanders in it also when you temper it together For the Carbunckle or Impostume in the Head TAke Worme-wood Origanum Mayron by even portions and seeth them in sweet Wine and after that wring out the juyce and lay it to the Eares of the sicke with two spunges as hot as hee may suffer it use this two oâ— three times and he shall be whole To take away Pock-holes or any spot in the face TAke white Rose-water and wet a fine cloth therein and set it all night to freeze and then lay it upon your face till it be dry also take three Puppies the reddest you can get and quarter them take out the Garbage then distill them in quart of new milke of a red Cow and with this water wash your face For faintnesse in the Stomacke or the Morphew TAke a quantity of Amber beaten to powder and a quantitie of English Saffron in powder likewise and put it into white Wine and drinke it seaven or eight times A good Fumigation for the French Poxe confirmed TAke Synaper two ounces of Frankensence of Liquid Storax a dram and a halfe and mingle them the manner how to minister this suffumigation is this You must set your Patient naked under a straight Canopie and you must lay upon the Coales the first part of your aforesaid Receipt and the Patient must enforce himselfe to receivâ— the smoake keeping the fire betweene hiâ— Legges till he begin to sweate and so doing the space of foure dayes till his Teeth begâ—n to ake Pilles against Morbo TAke of all the Mirabulines three drams of Troskes of Colloquintida of Masticke of Digredium two drams of Nigula of Organy of Cummin two drams of blacke Elibore one dram of Spike of Euphorium of Hâ—rts-horne burnt of Sall-gemme halfe a dram of Mayden haire of the Coddes of Sâ—ney of Pollytricon of Galitricon of the flowers of Rosemary of Harts-horne of Epithiam one dram of Coryanders of Anniseed of Polipodium sixe drams of good Treacle sixe drams of Agaricke in Traskes and of washed Aloes tennâ— drams of the Spices of Hierâ— De octo Râ—bijs of the spices of Diarodam Albatis eight drams Make a paste of Pilles with the juyce of Femitory and honey of Roses one drâ—m To make your Drinke TAkâ— twenty ounces of Pock-wood being turned of a Turner very small which put into an Earthen Pot of two Gallons and put thereto eight pound of Running water the best you can get and let it stand in soake foure and twenty houres the Pot being covered then take and stop the Pot with Paste so close that no ayre may goe out you must keepe the â—treâ—gth in it and that is your chiefest helpe â—nd with the point of your Knife make a hole in the Paste and therein put a peg of wood which is to give it ayre at times in the boyling for breaking of the pot and thus let it boyle on a soft fire of Coales the space of sixe houres in which time it will be consumed to a pottle and that will serve you for your Drinke to take Morning and Evening for foure dayes against which time you must make more After the first seething seeth the same Wood againe with the like quantity of water and time likewise and that is for your common Drinke to serve at all times till you make new To make your Bisket TAke foure and twenty pound of the purest Wheat-flower which you can get and put thereto one pound of fine Sugar and so make your Bisket which will serve for your turne all the time of your Dyet A Receipt and a Soveraigne Dyet for the French Poxâ— Proved FIrst prepare a Chamber which make so close that no ayre â—â—ter into it and defend all ill savours out of it and therein to bee twelve dayes together before you doe begin your Dyet every day forbearing of eating of Flesh and drinking leese On the thirteenth day you must begin your Dyet and then to take a Purgation of Gassia Fistula or of Scamonia to make your Body empty keeping your Bed sweating temperately without any provoking which sweating is your greatest Remedy in the which your Sweate you shall drinke of your second drinke as often and as much as you list and of your first drinke you must drinke every Morning at five a clocke and Evening at eight a clocke eight ounces at a gulpe warme saving on the daye you take your Pugation On which dayes drinke all of your second Drinke desiring alwayes to be merry and light-harted in using often to smell to dryed Orenges hot Bread Vinâ—ger of Roses Mustard and Apples and after this manner you must keepe your Chamber thirty dayes together and never to take Ayre and at fifteene dayes you must take another Purgation like to the first and that day to drinke all of your second Drinke and in like manner another Purgation the thirtieth day on which day you may take Broth of a Chicken or of Mutton and by little and little take the Ayre
and drinke good drinke The order of your Fare EVery day take a quantity of a Chicken and seethe it in water and put thereto Borage leaves or Borage Flowers without other Spices or Salt or any other thing which Chicken eate to thy Dinner and every day eate three ounces of Bisket and no more that which yâ—u leave of your Bisket eate at night with a few Raisins of the Sun and your Dinner must be at tenne a clock before noone and your Supper at five a clock at afternoon and at your Dinner you may dip your Bisket in your Broth if you will and so drinke your Drinke as aforesaid and this is your Fare and Dyet for the space of thirty dayes and no other A marvailous Secret to preserve a man from the Plague and hath bin proved in England of all the Physitians in that great and vehemâ—nt Plague in the yeare 1â—48 which â—rept through all the World and the other in the yeere 1625. and there was never any which used this secret but hee was perserved from the Plague TAke Aloe Epaticum or Sicotrine fine Sinamon and Myrrhe of each of them three drams Cloves Mace Lignum Aloes Masticke Bole-armoniack of each of them halfe a dram let all these things be well stamped in a cleane Morter then mingle them together and after keepe them in some close vessell and take of it every Morning two penny weight in halfe a glasse of white Wine with a little water and drinke it in the Morning at the dawning of the Day and so may you by the grace of God goe boldly into all infection of the ayre and Plague A soveraigne Drinke to preserve one against the Plague or Pestilence TAke the quantity of a Dram and an halfe of Powder Imperiall a dram of Triakle and of Dragon water and Sorrell water of each of them an ounce and drinke it with Ale in the Morning fasting and if one have the Infection within 24. houres before yet by Gods grace he shall escape it This hath beene truely proved in the last great Visitation Another Take a dram of Methridatuâ— and give it the Patient with Dragon water white Wine or some other liquor to drinke when he supposeth himself to be first infected Another Preservative against the Plague TAke seven or eight leaves of Sorrell and wash them in faire Water and Vineger and steepe them in the said Water and Vineger a good while and eate them Fasting The Lady Gath her Medicine against the Plague TAke Abaunce Turmintell Sage Speremint and Violet leaves of each one handfull and stampe them in a Morter very small when you have so done straine them through a strainer with red Wine Claret or white whether you can most easily get and luke-warme and give of this water to the dito drinke seased An excellent Antidote against the Plague or Poyson TAke two Walnuts two Figs twenty leaves of Rew and one graine of Salt stampe them and mixe them all together eate it in the morning fasting and you shall be safe from the Plague or poyson that day An excellent Preservative against the Plaguâ— TAke Sage Hearbe grace Elder leaves and Bramble leaves of each a handfull take also a quart of white Wine and a good race of Ginger beaten small or grated stampe the Hearbs with the Wine and the Ginger then strain it through a cloth take a spoonfull of this Medicine every morning fasting for nine dayes together after the first spoonfull you shall be safe for twenty foure dayes and after the ninth spoonfull you shall be safe for two moneths But if it shall happen that you be stricken ere you drinke of this then take a spoonefull of the water of Bittony with a spoonfull of it mingled altogether and drink it it will expell the venome and if the sore dore appeare then take Bramble leaves and Elder leaves of each a like quantity stampe them and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and it will heale it with Gods helpe A good Drinke to be used to those that are infected with the Plague TAke Berries of Ivie that are ripe gathered on the North side of the Tree and dry them in the shadow then stampe them to powder then take a dram of the same Powder and temper it well with two ounces of planten-Planten-water or white Wine and let the sicke person drinke a good draught thereof and remaine in his Bed and sweate as much and as often as he can after hee hath taken it then warme a cleane shirt for him to put on and if his shirts may be shifted often it will bee the better after his sweating and likewise his sheets and Bed-cloathes if it may be if not at the least his sheets and shirt and in using of this for the space of three dayes together he will dye or mend without all doubt by Gods helpe This hath beene often and truely proved To provoke sleepe to the sicke person Take a good quantity of Womans brest Milke and put thereto a little quantity of Aqua-Vitae stirre them well together and moysten the Temples of the Head of the Patient and the Nostrils well therewith and let it be laid on with some Feather or some â—ine linnen cloth and this will doe much good It hath bin often proved And if it happen that the sicke person find himselfe greatly grieved and that any Swelling begin in any place to grow sore then take Elder leaves red Bramble leaves and Mustard seed and stampe them all together and make a Plaister thereof and lay the same to the Sore and this will both draw and heale Or take two handâ—uls of Scabious and stampe it in a Morter then temper it well with two ounces of Swines greace that is salted and the yolke of an Egge then stampe them all together and laid thereto Plaister-wise will draw exceeding well How to breake a Plague sore TAke blacke Snayles and leavened Bread stampe them very well together make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Sore and it will brâ—ake sodainly by Gods helpe When Medicines effect give all the glory to GOD. A Prayer O Eternall God and most sure comfort and consolation in all Afflictions which heâ—lest the sicke Soules oppressed with Sin which ministrest mercifull Medicines to the repentant Heart and doest refresh the sinfull sinnâ—rs that thirst after thy precious goodnesse most humbly we beseech thee have respect to our deadly Diseases and purge them with that spilling of thy most precious Blood that we may be made cleane and found in thy sight to receive the healthfull salvation of our Soules â—â—d to rest with thy holy Congregation and heavenly Fellowship in thy glorious and everlâ—sting Kingdome already purchased for us by thy onely Sonne CHRIST JESUS our onely Lord and Saviour Amen
Falling sicknesse For Remedy if the Disease be of salt Flegme give things sweet hot and dry thus saith Soramis And thus much for Remedies against the distemperance of each humour Notwithstanding where there is abundance of cold Flegme not mixt with Choller there things very sharpe and hot bee most convenient as tart Vineger with hot Roses and seeds or Wines strong and rough Honey being boyled in the one and in the other Or where Choller is mixt with Flegme sirrop made with Vineger and Suger boyled sometimes with Seeds Herbes and Rootes which may dissolve Flegme and digest it is very good Certaine Observations for Women WHen Womens brests diminish being with Child is a token the child is dead If a woman with Child bee sodainly taken with any grievous sicknesse her life is in great danger If a woman with Child be let Blood it killeth the child the nearer the birth the greater is the danger It is perilous for a Woman with Child to have a great Lax or loosenesse A woman having a Convultion in temperate times of her termes is perilous The Câ—alx of Egge-shels ministred in broth asswageth the paine and griping in a woman after her deliverance of child OF URINES A briefe Treatise of Urines aswell of Mans urine as of Womans to judge by the Colour which betokeneth Health and which betokeneth Weaknesse and also Death PART III. Of Bubbles resident in Vrine IT is shewed that in the fore-parts of the Body dwelleth Sicknesse and Health That is in the Wombe in the Head in the Liver and in the Bladder in what manner thou maist know their properties and thereof mayest learne to judge the better When Bubbles doe swim on the top of Urine they proceed of windy matter included in viscous humidity and signifie rawnesse and indigestion in the Head Belly Sides Reynes and parts thereabouts for in these especially huâ—ours are multiplied and doe ascend to make paine in the Head Reâ—ident Bubbles doth signifie ventositie in the Body or else a Sicknesse that hath continued long and will continue unlesse remedy be found but Bubbles not Resident but doth breake quickly signifieth Debility or Weaknesse Bubbles cleaving to the Urinall signifieth the body to be repleat with evill humours Bubbles doth also signifie the Stone in the Reynes of the Backe A Circle which is greene of colour of Urine doth signifie wavering in the Head and burning in the stomacke This colour in a Feaver doth signifie paine in the Head comming of Choller And if it continue it will cause an Impostume the which will ingender the Frenziâ— A blacke circle in Urine signifieth Mortification If any filthy matter doe appeare in the Urine it commeth from the Lungs and sometimes from the Liver and it may come from breaking of some Impostume but for the most part it commeth from the Vlcers of the Bladder or the Reynes or from the passages of the Urine then the urine is troubled in the bottome and stinketh he hath a paine in his lower parts and especially in the parts aforesaid when he maketh water and chiefly in the end of the yard and commonly there is with this the Strangurie which is hardly to be cured unlesse it be in the beginning If it come from the Reynes there is paine in the Loynes the Backe and the Flanke If from the Liver the paine is onely in the right side If in the Lungs the paine is from the Brest with a cough and the breath stinketh If from the Bladder the paine is about the share If a mans urine be white at morning and red before meate and white after meate he is whole and if it be fat and thicke it is not good And if the Vrine be meanly thicke it is not good to like and if it be thicke as spice it betokeneth Head ache Vrine that is two dayes red and at the tenth day white betokeneth very good health Vrine that is fat white and moyst betokeneth the Fever Quartaine Vrine that is bloody betokeneth that the Bladder is hurt by some rotting that is within A little Vrine all Fleshie betokeneth wasting of the Reynes and who pisseth Bloud without sicknesse he hath some Veyne broken in his Reynes Urine that is ponderous betokeneth that the bladder is hurt Urine that is bloody in sicknesse betokeneth great evill in the Body and namely in the bladder Urine that falleth by drops above as it were great boules betokeneth great sicknesse and long If white gravell doth issue forth with Vrine it doth signifie that the Patient hath or shall have the Stone ingendred in the Bladder and there is paine about those parts If the gravell be red the Stone is ingendred in the Reynes of the Backe and Kidneyes and there is great paine in the small of the Backe If the gravell be blacke it is ingendred of a Melancholly humour Note that if the gravell goe away and the Patient find no ease it sheweth that the Stone is confirmed Also know yee that if the gravell goe away and the paine goe away likewise it signifieth that the Stone is broken and voydeth away Womens Vrine that is cleare and shyning in the Vrinall like silver if shee cast oft and if she have no talent to meate it betokeneth she is with Child Womens Urine that is strong and white and also stinking betokeneth sicknesse in the Reynes in her secret receipts and her chambers is full of evill humours and sicknesse of her selfe Womens Vrine that is bloody and cleere as water underneath betokeneth Head-ache Womens urine that is like to Gold cleere and mighty betokeneth that she hath lust to man Womens urine that hath colour of stable cleansing betokeneth her to have the Fever Quartaine and shee to be in danger of death Womens urine that appeareth as colour of Lead if shee bee with Child betokeneth that it is dead within her To know a Mans urine from a Womans and a womans or mans from a Beast urine First a Mans water the nearer you hold it to the eye the thicker it doth shew and when you hold it further off the thinner it doth appeare but in beasts Urines it is not so for the nearer you hold it to the sight the thinner it is and the further the sight the thicker also beast water is more salter and of a stronger savour and of a more simple Complection and smelleth more raw then the urine of a man also mixe the water of a Beast with wine and they will part a sunder Hereafter followeth all the Vrines that betokeneth Death as well the Vrine of Man as of Woman IN a hot Axes one part red another blacke another greene another blew betokeneth Death Urine in hot axes blacke and little in quantity betokeneth Death Urine coloured all over aâ— Leade betokeneth the prolonging of death Urine that shineth raw and right bright if the Skin in the bottome shine not it betokeneth death Urine that in substance having fleeting above as it were a darke Sky signifieth death Urine darkly shyning
of the sand or gravell in the bladder for it will breake the Stone within him Jtem this water being drunke sustaineth and lightneth all the members of man of what Disease soever he be grieved with 10. To make water of Sage the tenth Water TAke Sage and Pollyon of each a like quantity and breake them in a morter and put them in a Stillatorie and distill Water sthereof this waterdrunke fasting eateth away all manner of sicknesse Item this wate r sodden with Castory and drunke fasting of all Medicines in the world it prolongeth most a mans life Item if a man be fore-spoken doe this nine dayes and he shall be whole but it must be taken with warme water Item this water being drunke fasting draweth away all evill in the stomacke or wombe Item it is good against the Scabbes and causeth a man to have good blood and good colour in the face Item this water being drunke hote in the morning or in the day healeth any manner oâ— evill in a man within three dayes if the Patient be in any wise curable To make Aqua Vitae TAke Isope Rosemary Violet Verven Bitony Hearbe-Iohn Mouseare Planten Avence Sage and Fetherfoy of each a handfull and washing them put them in a gallon of white Wine and so let it stand all night cleane covered and then on the morrow distill it and keepe the water well This water is good for the Megrim in the Head and for the Impostume in the head and for the Dropsie in the Head and for the Fever in the head and for all manner of Aches and sicknesse in the Head To make Aqua Magistralis TAke the rootes of Pyonie the rootes of Turpentine the crops of Fennell of Egrimonie Honysuccle Celondine Rewe Chickweed Pimpernell Phillippendula the tender leaves of the Vine Eufraâ—e Sowthistle Red-roses Strawbery leaves and Verven of each alike quantity and bray them in a Morter and put them in good white Wine nine dayes and then put thereto a pinte of womans milke that doth nurse a Man-child and as much Urine of a man-child of a yeare old and as much pured Hony and put them all together and let them stand three dayes so and then distill them in a Stillatorie and keepe well this water in a Glasse vessell that no Ayre come thereto and if you will occupie this water wash thine eyes therewith and use it and if ever man be holpen of the disease of the Eyes this will helpe him in short time A precious Water for Eyes that seeme faire and yet be blind TAke Smalledge red Fennell Rew Verven Byttony Egrimony Sinck-â—oile Eufrase Sage Pimpernell and Selondine of each a quarterne and wash them cleane and stampe them small and put them in a brasse Pan and powder of Tuttie of Pepper of Ceruse and a pinte of white wine and put it to the Hearbes and two or three spoonfuls of Hony and seven spoonfuls of the water of a Man-child and temper them together and boyle them over the fire a little and straine it thorow a cloth and put it into a Glasse and stop it well till you will occupy it and when you will use it put it into thine eyes with a Feather and if it waxe thicke temper it with white wine and then use it often A Water that will helpe onâ— that is troubled with sore eyes being debarred of sight TAke of Rosemary Smalledge Rewe Verven Mather Eufrase Endive Houseleeke Fulwort red Fennell and Selandine of each a like half a quarterne and wash them cleane and lay them in white Wine a day and a Night and then distill them in a Stillatorie the first water will be like Gold the second like Silver and the third will be like Balme and that is good for all sores of the eyes To make another Aqua Vitae TAke Nutmegs Gallingale Spikenard of Spaine of each two penny-worth and of Cloves Graines Ginger of each one penny-worth two penny worth of Annys take and bray them all in a brasse Morter and then take a handfull of wild Sage and of the other Sage Rosemary Isope Savery puliall royal puliall of the Mountaine Sothernwood Hore-hound Worme-wood and Egrimony Bettony Jvie leaves of each a like handfull and two pennyworth of Quibebes and bruise all these in a Morter then take three Gallons of good red Wine and put it into a brazen pot and then put the Spices and Hearbes therein and set the Stillatory above and close it well and take faire Paste and put it about the brinkes hard with thy hand and make it cleave well and sadly thereto and when it doth begin to waxe hot put cold water above in the Stillatorie and when it doth waxe hot let the water runne out at the Conduite and put in new cold water and so doe as oft as yee shall thinke good but looke that the fire be not too great for if it be then will the water come up and if there come up smoake of the Stillatorie with the Water then is the fire too much and if it be not then it is well tempered The making of Waters in colours and first of greene Waters TAke white Wine a pinte the water of Roses and Planten of each sixe ounces Orpiment one ounce Verdigrease halfe an ounce c. Another greene Water TAke the waters of Honey-suckles Planten and Roses of each halfe a pinte Orpiment Allome Ceruse and Verdigrease of each two drams white Wine Juyce of Planten of each halfe an ounce and it is done Waters for old Vlcers TAke white Wine and running Water of each a pinte Frankensence and Allome of each one ounce Decocted in Balme for three houres space and it is done A good Drinke for the Gummorium Passio TAke Bursa Pastoris Planten of each two handfuls take the Juyce thereof in a pinte of good Ale and drinke it three times in a day for three dayes A Water for old Vlcers in the Armes TAke Smiths water a quart burnt Allome one pound Salarmoniac one ounce Galls two ounces Tartary Copperas of each one ounce distill all these with shreds so keepe the water to your use A Water for a Canker TAke Bugle Fennell and Rosa-Solis of each a like and take as much in quantity of Honey suckle flowers as of all the other hearbes and let them be cleane picked and so distilled in a Stillatorie and keepe it close for it is a precious water A Femitorie Water IS to be drunke in the Morning at Noone and at night it is much worth against Dropsies and Sweating sicknesse it purgeth Fleame and Choller and Melancholy and it bringeth forth heate and dry Sicknesse and it is good for the paine of the Head to wash it and drinke it A Water of Rosemariâ— IT hath more vertues in it then a man can tell one is if a man have an Arrow or Jron within him wet a tent and put into the wound and drinke the same water and it shall avoyd out and it helpeth all Wounds inward and
outward the Canker the Fester and it killeth the Wormes in man or Child and all manner of Impostumes inward and outward it helpeth the Tysicke and Fluxe white or bloody it is a great helpe for a woman with Child to drinke thereof also it maketh cleane the Face or any where if yee wash it therewith Water of Verven IF if it be distilled in the later end of May it hath vertue to spring Choller and to heale Wounds and to cleere the Eye-sight it is a principall thing to compound Medicines A Locion for a sore Mouth YOu must take of Honey-suckle-water halfe a pinte Planten and rose-Rose-water of each foure ounces Honey of Roses two ounces Alloes one ounce white Copperas and Vineger of each halfe an ounce and so use it A Water for a sore mouth TAke Lapis Calaminaris beaten into fine powder and put in a pinte of white Wine then take a pottle of water and Rosemary boyle it in the water till it be halfe sodden away then straine the water from the Rosemary and put it into the white Wine and so it is done A compound Water TAke first Pimpernell Rew Valerian or Sedwall Alocelipis cap and breake them and lay them in this said water following Take Isop Pulyall Royall Anniseedes and Centorie and beate them in a morter and after put them in a Stillatory and distill water of them which is very vertuous and let them boyle together and after that straine them that the water may goe from them and close this water in Vials of glasse the space of nine dayes and give it to him that hath the Falling-evill foure dayes fasting after it six houres and this is the truest medicine for this Disease that wee can sinde except the mercy of God and this Water drinking is good for the Palsie if it be drunke fasting also it is good for all Gowtes likewise in the time that they be mortified in the members and limbes of a man it is very helping to Wounds that are festered if they be washed therewith it destroyeth all manner of Fevers Behly Water TAke Water a pottle Suger-Candy foure ounces let them seethe then put in foure ounces of Verdigrease in fine powder and let it seethe A good Barley water for all Diseases of the Lungs or Lights TAke half a pound of faire Barly a gallon of Water half an ounce of Licorice Fennell-seed Violets and Parsley-seed of each a quarter of an ounce red Roses a quarter of an ounce dry Hysop and Sage of each a penny-weight sixe leaves of Harts-tongue a quarter of an ounce of Figs and Raysins boyle all these in a new pot of cold Water and then straine them cleare from it and drinke it The same cooleth the Liver and all the members driveth away all evill heat slaketh thirst is the cause of much evacuation it purgeth the Lights and Spleene the Kidneyes and Bladder and it causeth to make water well and more especially it is good for all Agues that come of heat A good Drinke for the Pox. TAke Selendine and English Saffron the weight of a halfe-penny and a farthing-worth of Graines a quarterne of long Pepper a penny-weight of Mace and a little stale Ale then stampe your Herbe and pound your Saffron and mingle them well together and so drinke it next your heart A very good Drinke for the Cough TAke a quart of white Wine and boyle it with Lycorice Anniseeds and Suger-candy of each a like quantity putting therein tenne Figs of the best and boyle it untill it be halfe consumed and so preserve thereof to drinke Evening and morning three or foure spoonefuls warmed A restorative made of the Herbe Rosa Solis with other things but they must bee gathered in June or July THis herbe Rosa Solis groweth in Marish ground and in no other place and it is of a hoary colour and groweth very lowe and flat to the ground and it hath a meane long stalke growing in the middest of it and seaven branches springeth out of the roote round about the stalke with leaves coloured and of a meane length and breadth and in no wise when this Hearbe should be gathered touch not the Hearbe it selfe with your hands for then the vertue thereof is gone yee must gather and plucke it out of the ground by the stalke yee must lay it in a cleane basket the Leaves of it is full of strength and nature and gather so much of this hearbe as will fill a pottle pot or glasse but wash it not in any wise then take a pottle of Aqua Composita and put them both in a large pot or vessell and let it stand hard and fast stopped three dayes and three nights and on the fourth day open it and straine it through a faire linnen-cloath into a cleane glasse or pewter pot and put thereto a pound of Sugar small beaten one pound of Licorice beaten to powder and one pound of Dates the stones taken out and they cut in small pieces then mingle them altogether and stop the glasse or pewter pot well so that no ayre come into it in any wise Thus done yee may drinke of it at night when yee goe to bed one spoonefull mixt with Aqua Vitae or stale Ale and as much in the morning fasting and there is not the weakest body in the worlâ— that is wasted by Consumption or otherwise but it will restore him againe and make him to be strong and lusty and to have a good stomacke and that shortly and hee or shee that useth this three times together shall finde great remedy or comfort thereby and as the patient doth feele himselfe so he may use it How to make Doctor Stevens precious Water which Dr. Chambers and others made tryall of and did approve the vertue of it TAke a gallon of Gascoigne wine then take Ginger Galingall Cinamon Nutmegs graines of Paradise Cloves Mace Anniseeds Fennell-seed and Carraway-seed of every of them a dram then take Sage red Mints Rose leaves Tyme Pellitory of Spaine Rosemary Peny-mountaine otherwise wild Tyme Camomill and Lavender of every of them a handfull then beat the Spices small and bruise the hearbes and put all into the Wine and let it stand the space of twelve dayes stirring it divers times then distill it in a Limbeck and keepe the first pinte of the water for it is the best and then will come a second kind of water keepe that close in a violl of glasse and set it in the Sun a certaine space The vertues of this Water be these It comforteth the spirits and preserveth the youth of a man and helpeth the inward Diseases commeth of cold and against the shaking of the Palsie It cureth the contraction of Sinewes and helpeth the Conception of women that be barren It killeth the Wormes in the belly It helpeth cold Gouts It helpeth the Tooth-ache It comforteth the Stomack very much It cureth the cold Dropsie It helpeth the stone in the Bladder and the Reynes in the back It
we make no partition between the Men and the Women whilest they are in Bathing but suffer them contrary both unto the law of God and man to goe together like unreasonable Beasts to the destruction both of body and soule of many First and before all other things my counsell is that every Bath have an hole in the bottome by the which the stopple taken out the Bath should be cleansed and scowred every foure and twenty houres at the least once and that I would advise to be done at eight a clock in the afternoone that against the Morning it might be full of fresh and wholesome water against the time the sicke folke come to it in the morning and so should they be a great deale sooner healed of their old diseases and in lesse jeopardie in taking of new which may easily come unto a man if he goe into a Bath wherein a sicke man namely if hee be sicke n a smiting or infective disease hath continued And for the Dyet that men should keepe at this Bath of Bathe hereafter ensueth with divers other necessary Rules needfull to bee observed of all those that enter into the said Bath or drinke the water of any Bath Certaine Rules to bee obferved in Dyet for all them that will enter into any Bath or drinke the water thereof THe counsell of Learned and wise Physitians is that no man should at any timâ— goe into any Bath to seeke remedy for any Sickneffe except it bee such a one as that the learned Physitians almost dispaire of the healing of it If God have smitten you with any Disease before you goe to any Bath for the healing of it call to your remembrance how often and wherein you have displeased GOD and if any of your sinnes come to your remembrance exercise the same no more but be heartily sorie for it and desire of God forgivenesse for it intending and promising by his mercy and grace never to fall into the same againe This counsell is agreeing with that which is written in the 38. Chapter of Ecclesiasticus which saith in this manner vers 9 10 12. My Sonne in the time of thy Sicknesse faile not to pray unto the Lord and hee will make thee whole Leave off from sinne and order thy hands aright and clense thy heart from all wickednesse Then give place to the Physitian and let him come unto thee as one that God hath sent unto thee And a little after hee doth plainly declare that Sicknesse commeth from the punishment of sinne where hee saith vers 15. Hee that sinneth against his Maker let him fall into the hands of the Physitian As Christ in the 5. of John doth also manifest when he said unto the blind man he had healed Goe and sinne no more lest worse things chance nnto thee Howbeit wee may judge no man to bee a greater sinner then another because hee is oftner sicke then the common sort be for God sendeth unto good men oftentimes sickneâ—se not for the sinnes they have done more then other men but to keep them in good order that the flesh rebell not against the spirit For if that many Infirmities had been a sure token that such a man were a greater â—inner then should Timothy which had many Infirmities and sicknesses as Paul writeth been a very great sinner but hee was not so therefore that argument is not true But whether Sicknesse come for to punish sinne or to hold a man in good nature and obedience all Sicknesse commeth from GOD Therefore for whatsoever cause it commeth of before ye aske any helpe of any worldly Physitian yee must make your Prayers to Almighty GOD as the good King Ezechias did and if it be meet for you to be healed you shall be healed as he was Then before yee goe into the Bathes in any wise ye must goe to some learned Physitian and learne of him by the helpe of shewing what Complexion you be of and what Humour or other thing is the cause of your disease and there after his Counsell use such Dyet as shall be most fit for your Complexion and sicknesse Let no man enter into any Bath before his body be purged or cleansed after the advice of some learned Physitian for if any man goe into the bath unpurged he may fortune never come home againe or if he come home againe he commeth home most commonly with worse Diseases then he brought to the bath with him Yee may not goe into the bath the first day that you are come to it but you must rest a day or two and then goe into the bathe There is no time of the yeare that is more fit to goe into the most part of all the bathes then are the Moneths of May and September but the Spring time is better then any other time is The best time of the day is an houre after the rising of the Sunne or halfe an houre but before yee goe into the bathe if your disease will suffer you yee must walke an houre or at the least halfe an houre before you goe into the bath But you must at no time goe into the bath except yee have beene at the stoole either by nature or by art yee may take a Suppository or a Glister and for a great need Savanorolla suffereth Pils but hee will not suffer that he that is so purged enter into the bath for the space of foureteene houres The same Author also would at the least every Bather should have a stoole once in three dayes wherefore if any man be hard of nature and cannot abide Suppositories and Glisters he pardoneth the Patient if he be once purged or goe to the stoole in three dayes which thing scarcely any other writer that J have read will doe neither would J counsell any Patient to deferre the going to stoole so long if there be any meanes possible to make a man goe to the stoole without his great paine If that he be counselled to goe twice on a day into the Bathe he must see he goe not into it till seaven houres be past after your dinner and tarry not so long in it in the afternoone as you did before The common time of tarrying in the bath is commonly allowed to be an houre or more or lesse according to the nature both of the Bath as also of the Patient Let no man tarry so long in the Bath that he be faint or weak but let him come out before that time Yee must alwayes goe into the bath with an empty stomack and as long as you are in it you must neither eate nor drinke except that great need require the contrary Some grant that a weake person may eate a little bread steeped in the juyce of Pomegranats Barberries or Rilts or in the Syrups made of the same Some Physitians suffer a man that cannot abide hunger so long to take ere he goe in two spoonfuls of Raisons well washed oftentimes with two parts of water one of wine
against the stone and stopping of the flowers A good Drinke to strengthen the heart and all the members if a man drinke halfe an Egge shell full of it morning and evening with as much good wine TAke the best Aqua Vitae that you can get and take a piece of fine Gold and make it glowing hot ten times and squench it again the more you squench it the stronger waxeth the water and better Then put it into the same Aqua Vitae and halfe a quarter of an ounce of Saffron and a quarter of an ounce of Cynamon both beaten let them stand foure dayes well stopped and stirre it every day once but when you will take it then let it stand still unstirred that it may be cleare This water warmeth a cold stomacke giveth strength to all the members specially to aged folkes that have beene over long sicke whose strength is consumed for it comforteth and strengthneth the heart out of measure A speciall Medicine to cause sleepe TAke a spoonefull of Oyle of Roses a spoonefull of Rose-water and halfe a spoonefull of red Vineger and temper them all together then with a fine linnen cloth annoynt the Patients head A discourse as concerning Cornes in the feet or else-where with their remedies THis Callowes matter is a certaine hot humour the which nature would discharge her selfe of and when that humour is driven forth of nature it goeth into the lower parts into the end of the Toes for in that part of the Toes that skin is called Epidarma is hard and will not suffer it to passe or exalate and there many times it engendreth a Tumor in the skin with great hardnesse and many times that Tumor doth increase and cause such paine that it doth not onely hinder their going but hinder them from their sleepe in the Night and this kind of Tumor is called commonly Callo or Cornes in English and J thought it good to call them Crest because they are alwayes growing and is of great importance among Chirurgions for an infinite number of persons are troubled therewith and therefore J will shew thee our secret to helpe them quickly and with great ease which secret was never knowne of any First ye shall pare them with a sharpe Knife unto the bottome and there ye shall find a certaine thing like matter ye shall pare it untill bloud doth appeare then touch it with the Oyle of Sulphure and then dresse it with Balsamo Artificio once a day untill it be whole Keepe this as a secret Of Medicines Remedies and Cures of divers Diseases of severall kinds As also the making of Powders and Plaisters c. PART X. The cause of our Sciatica and how yee helpe it SCiatica is a Disease so called because it commeth in that place of the Body called Scio and it is caused of an evill quality and grosse Humors that are strayed in that place because they cannot passe downe And this is seene by experience dayly for where that paine is there is alteration and the cure thereof is with Glysters Vomits Purgations and Unctions because the Glysters doth evacuate those places next unto it and so easeth the Humour the Vomit cleanseth the stomacke the Purgation doth evacuate the body downwards the Unctions dissolve the winde and by these meanes thou mayest helpe the Sciatica as J have done many times to my great credit and satisfaction of my Patient For Hoarsnesse AGainst Hoarsnesse goe into the Hot-house and when thou hast halfe Bathed drinke a good draught of warme water this is often proved Another Garlick sodden and eaten maketh a cleare voyce and driveth away Hoarsenesse and the old Cough If a man stand in feare of the Palsie LEt him eat every Morning two or three graines of Mustar-seedes and two Pepper cornes the same is assured for the same disâ—ase by many A Medicine for the Goute TAke a pinte of white Wine a quart of running water a quantity of Barley flower and let them boyle together then put thereto halfe a pound of blacke Soape and let all seethe till it be thicke then put thereto the yolkes of foure Egges and when yee will use it spred it on a cloth Plaister-wise hot Stubbes Medicine for the Goute TAke a quart of red Wine Lees a quarter of a pound of Beane flower half aquarter of a pound of Commine fine beaten a spoonefull of Bole-Armoniacke halfe an ounce of Camphere which must be put in at twice and boyle them all together till they be somewhat thicke then make it Plaister-wise and lay it to the paine Another Plaister for the Goute TAke Occy cronium Galbanum and Melitonum of each one a penny-worth and distill them take a pound of stone Pitch and another pound of fine Rozen one halfe ounce of Camphere one quarterne of Deeres Suet halfe a quater of a pound of Commin and boyle them on a soft fire together and thereof make a Plaister upon a piece of Leather using it as the other Another for the same TAke the Gall of an Oxe and Aqua Composita of each a like quantity as much of Oyle of Exeter as of both the other and labour them all together in a pot with a sticke the space of halfe an houre When you have so done annoynt your palme therewith then wet a linnen cloth therein and as hot as you can suffer it bind it to the sore For a pricke of a Thorne or any other thing TAke Honey and a good quantity of Chalke and of the Gall of a Beast and boyle them together and make a Plaister of it and as hot as you can suffer it lay it thereunto Let the Chalke be scraped very small Approved A Remedy for burning and Scalding TAke the white Wooll of the belly of an Hare and if it be raw lay it thereto and it will never away till such time it be whole Another Take a Thistle called St. Mary Thistle stampe it and strain it and take thereof two spoonfuls and put to this three spoonfuls of Creame mixe them together and annoynt the Patient therewith To kill a Tetter or Ring-worme TAke the root of a red Dock the roote is very red and slice it and lay it in Vineger a Night and after lay it upon the Tetter and tye it with a cloth hard and it will kill the Tetter Approved For a winde or a Collicke in the belly TAke a Rose Cake and toast it at the fire with Vineger throwen upon it and lay it as hot to your belly as you may suffer it Another Take Mustard Figges and Vineger stamped together and lay it to the belly of the diseased cold in manner of a Plaister and it shall helpe Against the Shingles ANnoynt the Shingles with the juyce of Mynts and it will heale them To heale a wound in ten dayes as by proofe hath beene seene STampe Camphere with Barrowes greace and put it into the wound and it will heale it Approved For ache in the Backe TAke Egremont and Mugwort both
them and take a 9. d. weight of that powder and seeth it in white Wine and let the sicke drink thereof warme fasting and in three dayes he shall be whole For the Head-ache TAke Hemlockes and seeth them till they be as thicke as Pappe and lay them where the paine is Let them lye all Night and on the morrow lay another of the same heat and doe so three or foure times and it is done Another Also take and make Lye of Verven or Bytton or Wormewood and therewith wash thy Head thrice a weeke and it shall doe the much good and take away the Ache. For the Head-ache and Tooth-ache TAke the Hearbe called Bursa Pastoris and bruise it and lay it to the hart of thy Foote and it helpeth both the Head-ache and the Tooth-ache A Drinke for the Head-ache TAke Bitton Verven Selondine Waybroad Rewe Wall-woort and Sage and a quantity of Pepper and Hony and seeth them all together in water and straine it through a cloath and drinke it Fasting Another Stampe Bittony and lay it on thy Head under thy Cap or bind it last to thy head For the Head-ache TAke Sage Bittony and Rewe with Worme wood seeth these in faire water then put out the same water into a vessell and beat the same Hearbs in a Morter very small and then take of them and of the liquor and temper them with Wheat Branne and with the rest of the liquor wash thy head and then lay a Plaister thereof upon the Mould and let it lye there a day and a night and do so three or foure times Also ye may take rootes and leaves of Primroses fresh Butter and Tarre boyled together is very good Another Take Avence Pigeons dung and Wheate flower one ounce and temper them with the white of an Egge and bind to thy griefe Another Take Bittonie and Camomill a handfull and seeth it in a pottle of Wine to a quart and wash thy head with the liquor and if it be the Megrim it shall helpe the. Another Take Frankensence Doves dung and flower of Wheat one ounce and remper them together with the white of an Egge and lay a Plaister thereof where the griefe is Another Take the white of an Egge and beate it well and take away the froth and put thereto Rose-water and the powder of Alablaster then take Flaxe and wet therein and lay it to the Temples and when it is dry wet it againe use it thus three or foure times For the Head-ache TAke Verven Bittony Worme-wood seeth them well and wash the Patients head and after that make a Plaister and lay on the upper part of thy Head on this manner take the same Hearbes beforesaid when they are sodden and wring out the Juyce of them then take the Hearbes and stampe them in a Morter and temper them with the water they were sodden in and put thereto Wheate branne to cover the Juyce of the hearbes that it goe not out then take a garland of Linnen cloth that will goe about thy head and bind the Plaister in it as hot as the Patient may abide it and then put on a cap over that Another If the paine come of hot humours take a quantity of Houseleeke and distill it as much as you please and with the same water wash thy Temples and thy Forehead and then dip a linnen cloth therein and lay it on thy Fore-head or thy temples Another Take Margerom and greene Juy leaves Bittony and Verven of every one two handfuls cut them small and beate them in a Morter and seeth it in two penny-worth of fresh Butter and stirre it till it waxe very greene and so let it stand nine dayes in an earthen pot then seeth it againe and stirre it well and straine it and keepe it in a faire vessell and when you need warme a little thereof in a Sawcer and annoynt your Temples therewith Another Take a quart of white Wine and Horehound two handfuls and Camomill one handfull and boyle them together and therewith wash thy Head then take Wheate-bran and put to the hearbes and boyle it and make a Plaister and lay it to thy head Another Take the Juyce of Selondine and good Vineger mingled and made hot and with a spunge or a linnen cloth lay it to thy fore-head it quencheth great heate and purgeth it that it will come no more Another Take the Juyce of Pimpernell and put thereto May-butter and frye them together with a soft fire and keepe it and therewith annoynt thy Head and Temples To cleanse the Head TAke Alloes one ounce Myrthe halfe an ounce Garlicke foure drams Saffron in powder halfe a penny worth and mingle them together in fine powder then take the Juyce of Coleworts and put them to your powder and make it as thicke as pappe and somewhat more stiffer and make Pills thereof as bigge as small Pease and when you goe to Bed take foure of them and roll them in fine powder of Lycorice and put them into your mouth and swallow them downe For the Head-ache comming of the stomacke TAke Fumitory Camomill and Roses and seethe them in white Wine and make a Plaister and lay it hot to the stomack For Ache in the hinder part of the Head STampe Sage with the white of an Egge and temper it with Vineger and lay it thereto A principall Medicine for the Head TAke Commin a quantity and lay in Vineger one night and on the morrow put out all the Vineger saving a little to keepe it moyst and fry it in a pan and bind it in a linnen cloth about thy head and by the grace of God yee shall be whole For a man that is diseased in the Liver and Spleene TAke Barrowes greace and ashes made of Ashen wood one pound and running water a Gallon and seethe them till they bee halfe wasted then straine them thorow a cloth into a vessell and let it stand so all night and then on the morrow scum off the greace and cast away the water and melt the greace and stirre it oft and put it into Boxes and when ye have need annoint the Spleene therewith A Drinke to be used after this Oyntment TAke the roots of young Ashen plants clean washed one handfull and Wormewood as much seeth them in Wine from a gallon to a pottle and let the Patient drinke thereof in the Morning cold and Evening hot A Plaister for the Spleene TAke dry Lillies March Mallow rootes and Alexander seed of each an ounce of the barke of an Elme tree the barke of an Ash and Broome seed of each two ounces all these being beaten to powder let them be sodden in strong Vineger and so let them seethe till they be sodden dry then put thereto the powder of Commin one dram powder of the barke of Capers one ounce powder of Rew three drams then afterward put thereto Gum Armoniacke one ounce or thre drams dissolved in Vineger then with Waxe and Turpentine as much as shall
suffice make thereof a Plaister for the Spleene Another Take the tops of Acornes Rose leaves Coriander seed and Commin seed prepared of each one ounce Strado Arabiae Galanga of each two ounces Salinter I. Saltpeeter one ounce terrified mixe them and put them in a bagge quilted or basted quadrantwise and lay it to the place grieved Another Take Camomill flowers wheat bran and a pint of white Wine boyle them all together and put them in a bag then take oyles of Violets of Linseed and of Lillies of each a penniworth annoynt therewith and put your bagge hot thereto A Drinke for the Spleene TAke the juyce of Licorice one ounce Fennell-seed Anniseed and Juniper of each an ounce pound them all in a Morter together and so drinke it in your drinke Another Take three spoonfuls of the juyce of Ivie leaves in white Wine or else of the Juyce of Egrimony and drinke of it three or foure mornings fasting and it will helpe you To dissolve the hardnesse of the Spleene AMoniacum dissolved in very sharpe Vineger and spred upon leather Plaister-wise and applyed to the Spleene will mollifie the hardnesse thereof and it may lye thereto seven weekes and never be removed A soveraigne Medicine for the Spleene and to clense the body TAke Harts-tongue wilde Hoppes Lettice and Borage with the flowers of Fumitory and Parcely rootes seethe all these in Whay and clarifie it with whites of Egges straine it and drinke it first in the morning and last at night during the space of a Moneth and by Gods helpe it will cure your Spleene and clense your blood and comfort you many wayes for your health For Ache in the Backe TAke a great Onyon or two and roast them in the embers then stampe them and straine them out of the Ju yce and mix it with as much Malmesie as Juyce and drinke thereof blood warme first and last Probatum To stay the Backe and helpe him that consumeth TAke the rootes of Parcely Fennell Camphere and of Borage Planten Bursa Pastoris and Knotgrasse and make broth with them of young Hennes Capon Mutton Rabbets and Veale and put thereto a Date or two and yee may seethe them in posset Ale made of white Wine Another Take white Archangell Cumfrey flowers white Lillies white Roses white Holly hockes Knot-grasse and Clary stampe them and take a pottle of Muskadine and a pint of Ale with the pith of an Oxe backe and three capped Dates the stones taken out and beating them in a morter small then put in some of your Muskadine and grind it with some of your Ale and stirre it and boyle the rest thereof take also the yolkes of three new layd Egges the strings taken out and beat them well together and put thereto of Sinamon two penniworth and of whole Mace one penniworth and seethe all these to a quart and so use it Another Take the pith of an Oxe backe and scald it then straine it out of the skin and shred Nippe and beat it in a Morter very small putting thereto a quart of Milke and straine it and then seethe it with five or sixe Dates and a graine of Amber-greece and the powder of Ginger and let the Patient use it very often It is proved To take away the paine of the Reynes of one that is low brought TAke three quarts of white Wine and boyl therein a red Cocke and put thereto a handfull of red Nip a quantity of Clary and the rootes of red Fennell Harts-tongue a sticke of Synamon bruised Dates great and small Raisins with a few Prunes seeth all these together till the strength of the Cocke be in the broath and put therein one ounce of Manus Christi and use this Morning and Evening luke warme For Ache in the Backe and Legges TAke the marrow of an Oxe and oyle Olive three spoonefuls and the yolkes of Egges and Butter Pepper one ounce then take the milke of a woman and mingle it together and anoynt the sicke therewith For the Bladder and the Reynes TAke the seedes of Planten beaten in a Morter and seeth them in Wine and drinke thereof alone A Plaister for the Reynes TAke Callamint Camomill Wormewood Peritory Holyhockes and bray them in a Morter with Oyle Butter or Deere and Sheeps suet and grease of a Boare or Barrow hogge with a quantity of Commin and lay it on a Plaister both behind and before For all Diseases in the Backe TAke the rootes of Daisies of Planten of Bursa pastoris of Centimodum and the Cups of Acorns a handfull and of Bole-armoniack two ounces and of Harts-horne burnt and also a Bucke Conie that is fat and let all these be sodden together in white Wine and water as much Wine as water till the Cony be consumed from the bones of the flesh then take away the flesh and the bones from the broth and so let the broth stand till it come to a jelly and when you are in your bed cause your Backe to be therewith annoynted by a Chafingdish of coales three nights together and lay thereon a warme linnen cloth and it shall helpe you by Gods grace For paine in the bladder and to make it whole for ever TAke three rootes of Smalledge and wash them faire and cleane and cut them small and seethe them in a quart of faire water till three parts of the water be consumed then straine it and take foure drams of the powder of Bittony and put thereto and drinke the said water Against running of the Reynes TAke one pound of Jordaine Almonds and blanch them and parch them and grind them very small and make Almond milke thereof with a pinte of Rose-water and a pinte of Planten water and then seethe it with Suger and Sina mon and when it is cold put thereto a dramme of Masticke in fine powder and use thereof to eate and be whole Probatum est A Syrope for the Backe TAke the rootes of Ennila Compana cleane scraped and slice them thin and lay them in faire running water three dayes and shift them every day then at three dayes end take them out and put them in a gallon of faire running water with a quart of Honey of Lycorice one ounce scraped cleane and sliced and of Anniseeds one ounce cleane rubbed from the dust let all these be boyled with a soft fire and take out the rootes out of the liquour washing them one by one and when they be cut lay them on a faire dish and so let them lye 24. houres and then take the rootes and weigh them and for every pound of your rootes take a pottle of Muskadine or white Bastard and put your rootes therein and put thereto two pound of fine white Suger two or three whole Maces boyle all these to a Syrope with your rootes and then put it into a Pot and when you will use it let the Patient eate of the rootes and drinke a spoonfull of the Syrope with your rootes after it Morning and Evening Probatum
Brimstone two ounces boyle these in a pottle of white wine Vineger and wash your body therewith three or foure times Or take a quantity of Brimstone and a quantity of Allome and burne them on a fire-shovell over the fire beat them very small and boyle them with Bores-greace and so annoint the Itch. To kill Lice or Itch. TAke Quicksilver two penniworth and kill it with fasting-spittle in a dish beating it well together and put thereto foure penny-worth of Oyle of Bayes and so annoint the place this receipt will kill both Itch and Lice in the head or body To cure the Crampe MAke a Ring of an Oxe or Cowes horn or of a Sea-horse tooth or of the Pizle of a Sea-horse and weare it It is proved For a paine or swelling in the Privie parts TAke white wine Vineger and Cow-dung boyle them to a Poultis and when it is ready put thereto oyle of Roses and if the griefe proceed of a cold cause put thereto some Camomill flowers applyed very hot Another Take Commin-seeds beaten into to powder Barly-meale and Honey of each a like quantity then fry them together with a little Sheeps suet heat it and bind it as a plaister to the Cods Remedies for Burning or Scalding TAke five or sixe spoonefuls of Sallet oyle and as much of Running water beat them together till they bee well incorporated then anoynt the place therewith and lay thereon a Doek leafe it will both coole and heale Another Take of the herbe Periwinckle fry it in a pan with fresh Butter fresh Greace and Sheepes dung newly made when it is well fryed straine it through a cloath and it will be like Salve then spred it on a Linnen cloth as broad as the sore is and apply it thereto It will cure it though it were scalded and burnt to the bone if it be taken in time renewing the plaister Morning and evening Remedies for the Piles TAke Martlemasse beefe dry it and beat it to powder then put it into a chafingdish of coales and set it in a chaire and sit over it Another Burne two or three Brickes red hote put them into a Pan in a close Stove and sprinckle Vineger upon them letting the party sit close over it that hee may receive the fume thereof into his fundament doing this three or foure times if need require will helpe it A Remedy for the Cappes TAke the oyle of sweet Almonds one ounce and anoynt the place therewith or any of these things following is good the powder of the rinde of Pomegranets the Marrow of a Calfe or a Hart the fat of a Capon Goose or Ducke and such like To kill a Tettâ—r or Ringworme TRose dâ— Arsmeg is good and if it come of Blood exhaust two or 3. ounces of blood or more if need require and that Age time and strength will permit and if it bee Lupte cut off the heads of them and rub them with Salt and Garlick stampt together and then lay over them a plate of Lead Approved remedies for the Shingles TAke rose-Rose-water planten-Planten-water and white Wine of each of them halfe a pinte put all these together and wash the place often therewith Or else take of red Wormes that come out of the Earth and bray them in a morter and put to them a little Vineger and so make plaisters c. Or else take flowers of Camomill Rose-leaves and Violets the weight of each of them one ounce of Myrtles and Sumack of each of them an ounce and a halfe seethe all these in white Wine and make a plaister and lay it to the place or else make aâ— oyntment of Ceruse J have taken Hous-leâ—k and have stampt it with a little Camphere and put to it white Wine and have layd it to the place and have healed the Patient also the Oyle of Roses or the Oyle of Violets is good for this impediment mixt together with thâ— whites of Egges and the juyce of Planten For the Colliâ—ke and gripings in the Belly GIve the patient Jeane Treacle and powâ—er of Cloves well sodden in good Wine anâ—â—â—t them drinke it very warne Or take the root oâ— Lilly and Horehound and seethe it in Wine and give the patient Probatum est A Plaister for tâ—e same TAke Lynseed and stâ—mp it and Dock leaves and seethe them well in water and make a plaister and lay it to the griefe very warme For a Scurffe in the Body THis Infirmity doth come of a Cholericke and Melancholick humour For this cure J take two ounces of Bores grease then J doe put in one ounce of the powder of Oyster shels burnt and of the powder of Brimstone and three ounces of Mercury mortified with fasting spittle compound all these together and annoynt the body three or foure times and take an easie Purgâ—tion A Remedy for a wild running Scab TAke Mercury mortified with fasting spittle three ounces incorporate it with oyle of Bayes and anoynt the body or else take Mercury mortified three ounceâ— and of the Powder of Brimstone two ounces the powder of Enula Campana two ounces confect these together with Barrowes grease and anoynâ— often therewith For a Timpany TAke a pinte of Broome Ashes eyther of greene or dry and a quarter of an ounce of Sinamon bruised sift the Ashes and let a pinte thereof and the bruised Sinamon lye in steepe all night in a pottle of White Wine then let it run through a gelly bag twice or thrice till it run cleere put in some Sugar and a tost unto it drinke thereof thrice a day in the Morning fasting and an houre before Supper and an houre after Supper For one that is in a Consumption TAke foure ounces of Shavings of Harts-horne one ounce of the Shavings of Ivory put it in a Pipkin with a Gallon of faire water let it stand on the fire twelve houres in fusing and boyling softly close covered then take twenty Egges in their Shells crack their Shells and put them in a dish with Salt and let them stand an houre and purge themselves then pull them from their shells washing them till they be cleane then put them in the Pipkin to the Harts-horne and let it boyle two houres then put in a good handfull of Raisons of the Sun stoned halfe an ounce of â—iquorice scraped and sliced and a blade or two of Mace boyle all these till it come to a quart of Liquor then put in halfe a pinte of white Wine sixe spoonfuls of Rose-water two penny-worth of Saffron powdered boyle all a little while then straine it or run it through a gelly bag if you please you may sweeten it as you like it put a little Salt in it when it is cold it will be a Jelly you may take it cold or warme three or foure spoonfuls at a time in the Morning fasting at foure of the clock in the afternoone and when you go to bed If you doe think this too troublesome you may boyle the Egges in Broth or Milke
to consume and the powder put within and without abateth swolne cheekes Oxificicentia Phenicon Dactilis Indie Tamarindus They that bee good be neither too moyst nor too hard and be somewhat blacke and somewhat sower the Rind nor the Seed must not be used in Medicines It hath vertue to purge Choller to clense the Blood and to abate unkind heat Os de cordâ— Cervi is the bone of the Harts heart on the left side it is good to purge Melancholy blood and Cardiacle and Sinicapos or Sincapos with the juyce of Borage and Os Sexi will make the Teeth white Dog-Fennell the root is good for the Strangury Oissury and stopping of the Liver and Spleene Pine apples the Kernels doe moysten and open and is good for the disease in the Brest or Cough or Eticke or Consumption and to increase good blood Damsons bee cold and moyst in the third degree gather them when they be ripe and cleave them in the Sun and spring them with Vineger above and then yee may keepe them two yeare in a vessell Their vertue is to coolâ— a man and make his Guts light and therefore they be good in Fevers against the costivenesse that commeth of drynesse or of Cholerick humours in the Guts when they be ripe to cut and when they be dry soke them in water and eate the Prune and drinke the water Psilium is cold and moyst in the third degree his vertue is to make soft and light and to coole a mans body and to draw together Purslene is good both raw and sodden to abate unkind heat in Cholerick men Pitch-liquid hath vertue to dissolve and consume Ponticum is good for the stopping of the Liver and Spleene that commeth of cold Storax hath vertue both to comfort and consume and to fasten Teeth and comfort the Gummes Squilla is a Sea-Onion and that is found by himselfe is deadly his vertue is to purge and to dissolve but the outer and inner parts must be cast away for they bee deadly and that which is in the middest may bee put in Medicines and it hath more vertue raw than sodden Seeds within the berries of Elder is good to purge Flegme Stavisacre hath vertue to dissolve consume draw and purge Flegme and Litargie and to put away heavinesse from the heart if it be taken and put in the nose Sâ—apium is good and hath vertue to dissolve consume draw and laxe and heale it is good for fallings downe of the Mother with suffumigation or supositor and for the tearmes of the secondine or dead Child Saracoll if it be right it is good it hath vertue to straine together and to sooder Drinke Calamint sodden in Wine for coldnesse of the stomack and for stopping of the Liver and Spleen the Reynes and Bladder and Illiacâ— passio Saterion his root is green and hath vertue to unloose mans nature Saligem his vertue is to dissolve and consume Scabius while hee is greene hath vertue to dissolve consume and cleanse Dragons take the roote and cleave it and dry it in the Sun yee may keepe it two yeares mingle the powder of Dragons with Sope and wet a Tent therein and put it deepe into a fester and it will clense and enlarge it and if there be a bone in it it will draw it out or else loose it that yee may take it out lightly Sene is to purge Melancholy and Epilencie and Fever quartaine and Emerodes for the Spleene and Liver take Cardiacle sodden in water and put to Sage and make a Syrope or the Juyce of Borage and Suger is very good Terra sigillata terra sarasincia terra argenta is all one manner of earth his vertue is to constraine together Turbith if it be hollow small and of an Ash-colour and gummie it is good It hath vertue to dissolve and draw humours from the uttermost part of a mans body and namely Fleame for the Gout and Illiaca and Podegra and Chiragra give him foure scruples of Turbith mingled with some other Medicine and it will doe the like Taplia or faiters Hearbe his vertue is to purge above and beneath both greene and dry for it is never given by himselfe he that stampeth it let him hide his face and eyes that he see not also keepe close his Testacles or else they will swell With this Hearbe beggers doe make themselves seeme to have the Dropsie upon them Tartar is the Lees of Wine and hath vertue to dissolve and dryeth away filth and to abate a mans fatnesse Terbentine a fugimation thereof is good for the subfumigation of the Mother Virga Pastoris or Shepheards rod hath vertue to straine together to coole and to fill that is empty and is good for the Fluxe Bryona or wild Neppe is hot and dry the roote thereof maketh a woman to have her tearmes and delivereth a dead Child or secondine Flower-de-Luce the Root of it washt and scraped cleane being dryed and finely beaten and put into a pint of new Milke made hote upon the fire and given the patient to drinke it helpeth the Greene sicknesse D. B. Ginger comforteth the heart and maketh good digestion Sugar is temperate hot and moyst his vertue is to moysten and nourish and to loose if it be mingled with cold things to coole The excellent vertues of Cardus Benedictus IT is very good for the Head-ache and the Megrim For the use of the juyce and powder of the Leaves preserveth and keepeth a man from the Head-ach and healeth it being present it quickneth the sight if the Juyce of it be layd on the Eyes The Powder stanches blood that flowes out of the Nose or commeth out of the Lungs the broath of it taken with Wine maketh an appetite It is good for any Ache in the body it strengtheneth the members of the body and fasteneth loose sinewes and weak It is also good for the Dropsie it breaketh also the Stone and breaketh an Impostume it preserveth one from the Pestilence if the powder be taken in water foure and twenty houres before a man come to the Infected place It is good for the dizzinesse of the Head It helpeth the memory It helpeth thicke hearing It is good for short winds and the diseases of the Lungs Some write that it strengtheneth the Teeth others write â—hat it bringeth down Flowers and provoketh sleepe and helpeth the Falling sicknesse It is also good for falls and bruises the Leaves provoke sleepe the Powder is good against all poyson the same put into the Guts by a Glyster It helpeth the Collicke and other diseases of the Guts and the wounds of t he same They write also that the water of Cardus Benedictus helpeth rednesse and the itching of the Eyes and the Juyce doth the same for Burnings and for Carbunckles There is nothing better for the Canker and old festering sores the Leaves are good for Fomentations and to be sitten over being sodden in water that the Vapour may come to the diseased places also it is good