strew some of it upon coals for a Fume If you add Ê’ ij or Ê’ iij. of Amber to the â—…foresaid Powder though it will not be the gratefuller yet it will be the more efficacious Trochises to Fume the Kings Shirts and Cloaths â„ž Damask Roses gathered after the Sun-rising lb ss Benzoin â„¥ ij Mix them and make them into a Paste by â—…ong beating them together in a Mortar of which form Trochises to be dryed in the â—…hade â„ž Of these Trochises reduc'd to a Powder â„¥ j. Musk gr j. Civet gr iij. Caraman Balsom ℈ ss Make Trochises with Rose-water and a little Gum Tragacanth to be dryed and kept in a â—…ox close shut to be used in the mornings II. Trochises â„ž Trochises of Roses â„¥ vi Powder of Benzoin â„¥ ij Musk gr j. Civet gr xvi Rose-water as much as is sufficient Make a mass The III. Perfume â„ž Very fine Powder of Juniper-wood Benzoin an Ê’ vij Musk ℈ j. Rose-water q. s. with the Muscilage of Gum Tragacanth Make a mass It will be convenient to sprinkle his Hankerchief with Aqua Angeli let the settling of this Water be made up into Pastills for to fume the Chamber Shirts and other Vestments Aqua Angeli â„ž Wood of Aloes Storax Calamita an â„¥ ss Benzoin â„¥ iv Nutmegs Yellow Sanders Cloves an Ê’ ij Boil them in rose-Rose-water such a quantity aâ—… may cover them four fingers do this in 〈◊〉 close Vessel with a gentle fire in Sand oâ—… Ashes continue the boiling for a day and 〈◊〉 night then strain it and add to it Of the best Rose-water lb iij. Orange flowers Jessamin flowers Musk an ℈ j. Of the remaining mass being warm make Pastills The Balsom for the Nostrils â„ž Balsom of Peru Ê’ iij. Distill'd Oyl of Angelica or if you have it that which drops from the Stalks being cut Oyl of Citron-peels an Ê’ ij Rosemary Juniper an Ê’ j. Roses distill'd Ê’ ss Orange Butter Jessamin Butter an â„¥ ss Ambergrease ℈ iv Oriental Musk Civet an ℈ ij Mix them all together as they should be and by grinding them upon a Porphiry make a Balsom for the King to anoint with in a morning before he go out of his Chamber Oyl of Amber often rectified with Spirit of Wine is excellent good Mathiolus's Oyl of Scorpions is very efficacious if our Lord the King anoint his Pulses and the region of his Heart with it when he hears a Sermon or admits a crowd of people to come to him Let his Diet be refrigerating and drying let him change the Air and avoid the concourse of people Besides these Prophylactick for the cure of the disease when it is present have these following ready prepar'd Aqua Theriacalis described in the London Pharmacopoea p. 12. Antidotus Saxonica vera Electuar de Ovo Vegetabile ac Minerale Pulvis rubaeus Pannonicus alter Pharmac Aug. p. 114 Pulvis griseus Caesaris ibid. p. 3. Species Liber ibid. p. 137. Diascordium Magistrale Mayernii Diascordium Fracastorii Theriaca Andromachi Londinensis Antidotus p. 91. Mithridatium Damocratis Confectio Alkermes Confectio Hyacinthina Salts of Butter-Burr Meadow-Sweet Elder Rue Scordium Iuniper Pope Leo's Oyl of Scorpions Species for Emulsions composed of Citron Seeds Mustard Seeds â—…actis â—…erlurum or Milk of Pearls Let these Purges be in a readiness Tryphera Persica Mesusi vel Iohannis Damasceni Pharm Aug. p. 56. Pilulâ—… Ruffi Mastichinae Fernel Angelica Seeds with other Cordial Herbs Another Councel or Advice in the Plague Written in French and presented by the Kings Physicians to Lewis the XIII the French King The Curative Part. THese are the signs of the simple Plague when it is alone and it is joyn'd with no other kind of Feaver a small Pulse Lâ—…nguid low unequal decay of strength Fainting Vomitings and Anxieties but nevertheless the heat is so moderate that the Feaver is insensible there is no Thirst no Pain the Urine is like healthy peoples But the sick dye in this gentle state of the Disease contrary to hope and opinion If the Pâ—…st be joyned with a putrid Feaver then there are these Symptoms a most sharp pain of the head drousiness ravings difficulty of breathing with a stinking breath unextinguishable Thirst loss of the Appetite urgent Vomiting burning heat of the inward Bowelâ—… with coldness of the extreme parts turbid confused and flame colour'd Urine the excrementâ—… of the Belly extremely stinking If the Plague be simple let this Composition be made use of â„ž A new lay'd Egg pour out the White and fill it with Saffron rost it under hot Ashes till it be almost hard then the Shell being taken away beat the Egg with these things added to it White Dittany Tormentil Angelica Juniper-Berries an Ê’ ij Camphire gr iij. Mix them all in a Mortar with the weight of all of them of the best Turpentine or Mithridate Let there be taken gr xx in equal parts of Spring-water and White-Wine reiterate this Dose thrice in an hour if it happen that the Stomack cast it up by Vomit but after that hour is elapsed give a simple Glyster to expell the Excrements in which oftentimes the Contagion is lodg'd which being voided presently procure Sweat by giving of the folâ—…owing Water â„ž Of the roots of Sorrel Gentian White Dittany Tormentil an â„¥ ss Juniper-Berries â„¥ ss Seeds of Carduus Benedictus Citron an Ê’ ij Old Mithridate â„¥ j. Shaving of Guajacum-wood â„¥ ij Water of Sorrel Meadow-sweet Carduus Benedictus an lb j. Let there be taken of the foresaid Water two or three Ounces with â„¥ ss of Syrup of Lemons sustaining the sweet for 5 or 6 hours according to the strength of the Patient avoiding Sleep whilst it is breaking forth in the interim giving the Patient slices of Citron to suck infused in cold Water the Berries of ever-green Thorn and wash'd Cherries and the like that he may cool his Mouth The Heart being thus fortify'd the Excrements voided and the Venom expell'd by Hidroticks or procurers of sweat let there bâ—… given to the sick Broaths made with Sorrel Lettice Cichory season his Meat with the juice of Sorrel Oranges Lemons give fooâ—… often but little in quantity lest the stomack be burthen'd Let Drink be allow'd morâ—… freely for Thirst is hurtful Let there bâ—… given Spring-water in which is infused Liquoris and a good many slices of Citron noâ—… omitting to boil it But our opinion is Wiâ—… may be allowed notwithstanding the heat to defend the Heart which is destroy'd by often â—…aintings But let the Wine be small and thin and a little rough according to the height of the Fever if the Patient be desirous of it Let his Sleep be little and every hour to temper the heat of the Mouth Gargule with simple Water or diluted with a little Wine in the mean time make the Patient chearful nourishing the hopes of health in him for nothing is so pernicious in these kind of Diseases as terrour and fear is Also let the sick be in a temperate
Swallows also Rulandus his Aqua Benedicta and for the cutting of Phlegm which produceth the Snorting there may be given one spoonful of Oxymâ—…l of Squils or Sea-Onions with the like quantity of Oil of sweet Almonds Let there be joyn'd to these Medicines an exact rule of living eating of the most wholsome food let the Dinner be larger then Supper which ought to be a good while before going to Bed walking gently after it that the digestion may be the better let her abstain from all hot nourishments Saeces Spices from all sort of Pulse Parsniâ—…-roots Cabbage Garlick Onions Leekâ—… Châ—…s and other flatulent and vapourous Meats and suchas are of difficult digestion As to Drink abstain altogether from pure and good Wine for some time because it is a high incentive of these kind of Diseases in the place of which let her use the Decoction of the Roots of China Paeony and a little Calamus aromaticus and a few Leaves of Bettony Let her avoid the Crepusculum that is the dâ—…wn of the day and Twilight and all external injuries of the Air let her beware of violent exercise Passions of the Mind chiefly Fear and Grief which sâ—… she avoid as much as is possible The Series or course of the designed Medicines â„ž Crocus Metallorum truly prepar'd gr v. White-Wine â„¥ j. ss Cinnamon gr XV. Make an infusion for a Night and afterwardâ—… add â„¥ ss of Sugar Let it be boil'd to the consistance of a thiâ—… Syrup use it as is prescrib'd and sign it 〈◊〉 â„ž Of the roots of Polypody Cichory Scorzonerae Paeony The Bark of Tamarisk an â„¥ ss The Leaves of Bettony Germander Fumaterry an M. ss The Flowers of Lillies of the Valleys Bugloss Sweet Primerose Leaves of Sage Hyssop The Leaves of Spleenwort an P. j. Calamus aromaticus Misselto of the Oak an Ê’ j. Boil them for two hours in a sufficient quantity of Water they having been infused a whole day before afterwards strain them and sweeten it with lb ij of Sugar and clarifie it with the White of an Egg Note it B. â„ž Of clean Senna Leaves Ê’ ij Trochises of Agarick The Bark of black Hellebor an ℈ ij Annis-Seeds Ê’ j. ss Salt of Tartar ℈ j. Spirit of Wine a few drops Infuse it for a Night in lb ss of the former Decoction upon warm Embers dissolve in four â„¥ of the Expression of it King Sabors Syrup of Apples with Senna â„¥ j. Cathol opt Ê’ ij Mark it with the Letter C. If this Purge doth not work sufficiently repeat it the day following adding ℈ iv of Confect Hamach â„ž The Monpelier Powder called puler de Gutteta â„¥ j. Misselto of the Oak Mans Scull rasped an Ê’ ij Mix them and make a Powder of which take half a Dram or ℈ ij with ℈ j. of Sugar and drink upon it one or two spoonfulls of Langius Epileptical Water or Rondeletius Aqua Epilepticae Hirundinum Sign it with the Letter D. Let it be used every Morning two or three hours before Dinner But in the Evening about the time of going to Bed let her take one of the Candied Morsules following or Ê’ ij or â„¥ ss of it â„ž Of the solid Conserve of Roses â„¥ j. ss Candied Citron-peel Bettony flowers an â„¥ ss The aforesaid Powder de Gutteta Monspel Ê’ ij Coral White Amber prepar'd an Ê’ j. Sugar the weight of them all â„ž Aquilae alâ—…e Quercetani that is the white Eagle of Quercetanus which is Mercurius Dulâ—…is six or seven times sublimed gr XV. Rosin of Scamony gr V. Wrap it up with a little pulp of a roasted Apple artificially and so take it Let this Medicine be noted with the Letter E. Let her use these Medicines according to the Rules I have prescribed as also the Peacocks Dung if necessity require it at a proper time which I am to acquaint you of But I had forgot to tell you that for the greater diverting of the diseasie bunâ—…ours after the exhibiting the Purge noted with the Letter C. there is to be let out some ounces of Bloud from those veins about the Ancles of either of her Feet which shall appear most Turged or swelled and this Bloud-setting being perform'd the two Issues are to be made 'T is also very conducive that a good Concoction be procured and that vapours be suppressed and therefore after every meal let her take one spoonfull of the following digestive Powder â„ž Bisket bread â„¥ j. Powder of Coriander-seeds Caraway-seeds an Ê’ iij. Red Roses Red Coral an Ê’ ss Sugar the weight of them all Mix them and make a Powder for the foresaid use The Chymical Medicine consisting of Quercetans Aquila alba and Rosin of Seamouy or its Extract prepar'd with Spirit of Wine according to Schroder is the Calomelanos Turqueti it is to be repeated every month before every New Moon either increasing or lessening the Dose of the Rosin of Scamony or the Aquila alba as it works more or less These things being strictly observed this Noble Virgin was delivered from this grievous Disease ERRATA Correct literal faults as you find them And read p. 88. l. â—…2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS Air. WArm Air beneficial for those in Consumptions p. 9. A Fistula Cured by it p. 14. Apozem To prepare Melancholly p. 31. To prepare Phlegm in the Brain p 132. Balsom Of Batts p. 36. Cordial against the Plague p. 111. Bisket Made of Citron-Peels p. 99. Brain How to free it when it is loaded with Humours p. 27. To strengthen it in a Consumption p. 6. Bran. In the Urine not always a sign of a Scabby Bladder p. 83. Broath Medicinal in the Plague p. 97. Bubo In the Plague the Cure p. 118. Carbuncle In the Plague p. 119. Caruncles vid. Yard Cataplasme Easing pain and ripening p. 58. Cleansing and resisting Putrifaction p. 59. Caâ—…teries In Consumptions where to be apply'd p. 5. 19. In the Shoulders p. 36. China The Decoction in a Consumpâ—…ion p. 16. Conserve Cephalick in the Falling-sickness p. 134. Consumption Hereditary hardly to be Cured p. 12. Curative Indications p. 4. Remedies p. 5 6. Diet p. 7 8. One in a Consumption cured by removing into warm Air p. 9. Strong Purges hurtful p. 18. How to let Blood in it p. 18. Decoction Traumatick p. 60. Diet. Sudorifick useful after consuming the Caruncule in the Yard p. 91. Dung Of Peacocks in the Falling-sickness p. 3 1 135. Epilepsie From the lower Belly the signs p. 128. Indications for the Cure p. 129 130. Specificks for it p. 131 135. Diet against it p. 131. Fistula In the Fundament how to Cicatrice it p. 28 29. Fume To dry the Brain p. 95. Moist Fume in the Plague p. 107. Dry Fume in the Plague p. 108. Fundament The healing of a Fistula there p. 28 29. Pain not always there where the Prostata's are affected p. 85. Gargarisme Which draws Phlegm from the Head p. 95. Gout Gout and Stone Diseases of the same kind and proceed from the same cause p. 73. Gonorraea If that which drops out of the Yard be always Seed p. 84. The use of Spirit of Turpentine p. 86. If mineral Waters be beneficial in it p. 86. If useful in the Gout p. 75. Guajacum Wood. The Decoction good in Consumptions p. 16. Haematites Its virtues against spitting of blood p. 17. Hydromel A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7 15. Hypochondries A Fomentation against its obstructions p. 33. Hypochondriacal Fits What Vein to open in it p. 26. Remedies against it p. 31 32 33 34. Signs p. 121 124 125. Iscuria Remedies against it p. 71 72. Iulep A Cordial one p. 52. Liquor 〈◊〉 in the Plague p. 104. Lungs Ulcerated hard to cure them p. 12. Meath A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7. 15. Medicines Proper in the Plague p. 98 ad 119. Melancholly The signs of it p. 23. It rejects slight Medicines p. 25 ad 45. Milk Cows Milk in a Consumption p. 16. The virtues of Asses Milk ibid. Mouth The cause of dryness of the Mouth p. 23. Nephritick Wood. It s decoction in a Consumption p. 16. Palsie The Cure of a spurious one p. 27 35. Parotis Stubborn ones how to ripen them p. 47. Pastills Bezoartick ones p. 53. Perinaeum The curing of its Ulcers p. 58 ad 〈◊〉 Phlegmon Of the Perinaeum p. 57. Plague It s Cure p. 114 ad 119. If fit to open a vein in it p. 117. Pomeamber In the Plague p. 103. Potions Vulnerary ones useful in Consumptions p. 15. Melanagogal p. 50. Powders Antiepileptick p. 133. Purging in the Epilepsie p. 134. Digestive p. 135. Purgations Drawing away Phlegm and Melancholly froâ—… the Brain p. 130. Malanagogal p. 125. Ptisan Laxative p. 122 123. Scabios It s effiâ—…cy in the Plague p. 118 119. Sleep How to procure it in Consumptions p. 11â—… Sweat How to procure it in the Plague p. 115 11â—… Sulphur The use of its Milk in Consumptions p. 7. Syrup Cordial p. 110 To prepare Melancholly p. 45 49. In a Consumption p. 7 16. Tabellets To hold under the Tongue in the Plagâ—… p. 101. Tobacco The use of it in a Consumption p. 7. Trochises Bezoartick p. 102. To fume the Kings Cloaths in the Plague p. 109 110. Trupentine It s usefulness p. 62. Whether to be washed or not p. 73. Veins To open under the Tongue the usefulness p. 27. Vomits Their use in the Epilepsie p. 129. in Hypochondriack Fits p. 25. The use of Crocus Metallorum p. 25 30 132. Vomiting How to prepare the Stomach for vomiting p. 30. Urine The cause of Branny Urine p. 83. Wine Hurtfull to the Epileptick p. 131. to the Consumptive p. 15. FINIS Cassolet is a perfuming pot with fire under it
and dangerously The effect of the Medicine will never prove vain but you may accelerate it by adding of Mercurius praecipitatus but why do I light a Candle to the Sun receive this as a testimony of my kindness if you desire greater and more solid ones know that they shall not be denied you I answer nothing to your Questions if you require my Testimony concerning what you have advis'd or administred heretofore to the Noble Patient whoever calumniates you let them learn to know that Men experienc'd in the Art are to be believed and I do aver that you have done all things according to Art c. Dated London February the 5th An. 1616. COUNCEL the Tenth In a Catarrh For a Noble Person Written in French SIR I Participate in the evils which happen to my Friends and suffer by consent or sympathy with them chiefly if they be such to whose service I have devoted my self my Genius compelling to do so I hear that a troublesome Catarrh afflicts you which by Day gives you some respits but by Night is exasperated and very troublesome The disposition of these sort of disaffections is that they grow worse when the Night approaches at which time Phlegm predominates over the rest of the humours Now since your Body in general is sufficiently purged already it remains particularly to cleanse your Brain and afterward by means of drying Medicines to strengthen it To which intent I advise that in the Mornings two days together and again every other day for some time you use a Gargarisme composed of twelve spoonful of White Wine four spoonfuls of Vinegar three of Hony and two of Mustard distemper'd and as the custom is ground together let this Mixture be warm'd and take of it a spoonful or two Gargarising with it and carefully spitting out whatsoever Phlegm it draws from the Brain Reiterate this Gargarisme five six or seven times until you find your head emptied and made lighter if there remain any heat in your Iaws that will be removed by Garguling with a temperate Oxycrate or mixture of Vinegar and Water Cause to be prepar'd a Powder made of Mastick six Drams Yellow Amber three Drams Benzomin two Drams Red Roses and Coriander Seeds of each two Drams and a half fume those things you cover your Head with in a Morning and at Night going to Bed with this powder or rather a Cap made of Tow or Wool quilted and make a paper Coif to be worn perpetually putting over it the foresaid Cap 'T is absolutely necessary for the Cure of the present sickness and to prevent greater dangers which are ready to fall upon you that you defend your self the whole Winter against the injuries of the Cold In the Mornings use Frictions or rubbings of the upper parts of your Elboes and Arms and the whole length of your Back-bone with moderately warm linen Cloths Apply to your Pole hot Bread newly drawn out of the Oven and cut in the middle or rather a Mornings apply dry Cupping Glasses All these things being observed unless you go to Stool of your self your Belly is to be loosen'd to which purpose Glysters are useful But if you abhor them than at the beginning of your Meal use Prunes stewed with Senna If my advice prove effectual to you I shall be abundantly satisfi'd c. Precautions and Cure Against the Plague cruelly raging The Remedies Prescribed by the common consent and joynt endeavours of the King and Queens Doctors and Physicians in Ordinary in pursuance of their Duty and directed to their Majesties Apothecary July the 6th 1625. Preservatives against the Plague The Medicinal Broath FOr the Kings Break-fast let him sup this Broath Let his Majesty take Broath alter'd with the leaves of Wood-Sorrel threeâ—…eav'd Sorrel Porcelan Borrage Bugloss 〈◊〉 Baume Pimpernel the red flowers of Fluellin the fruit of Barberies shaving of Harts-horn in â„¥ viij of the straining of this â—…et there be dissolved of the sweet Majestery of Coral of Pearl of each ℈ j. Chrystals of Sorâ—…el and of small Oster of each Ê’ j. mix them If the Chrystals be wanting drop in as much Oyl of Sulphur made by a Bell as will render it moderately sower Let the King take this Broath before he come out of his Chamber having first been at Stool let him deferr Dinner for three hours after it If this Broath be troublesome to him and his Stomach require change of Break-fasts then every morning let this following be ready to be given at his Majesties command Gelly of Harts-horn â„ž Of the thin and broad shavings of Harts-horn made of the horns of a Beast newly kill'd â„¥ j. ss spring-Spring-water lb ij boil it till half be consum'd not taking away the Scum then presently strain it through a Tammy cloath to which whilst it is yet warm add as much as you please of Rhenish Wine juice of Limons or Pomecitrons a little cinnamon-Cinnamon-water and a few grains of Ambergrease it may be made of a yellow colour with two grains of Saffron made into a little knob by tying it up in a piece of Tiffany which being moistned with the liquor let it be often squeezed out Let the Gelly yet warm be poured into a Murrhy or a Chinâ—… Dish and suffer it to congeal in a cold place Another Gelly more Cordial â„ž Rasped Harts-horn â„¥ j. ss Flowers of Borrage Bugloss an Pug. iv Celandine Red Veronica or Fluellin an Pug. j. The tops of Baum M. j. Fountain Water lb ij The best Rhenish Wine lb ss Boil it till there remains lb j. to which add Of the Quiddenies of Mulberies Rasberies Currans an â„¥ ij Cinnamon Water one spoonfull Ambergrease gr iv Oriental Musk gr j. All being melted with a gentle heat pour it out and put it into Murrhy or else China Dishes and permit it to cool for use Biskets of Pomecitron-peels â„ž Of fresh Citron peels both the yellow part and the white only removing the soure part take lb j. boil it in spring-Spring-water for the space of one hour and removing the Vessel from the fire suffer it to remain in infusion for xxiv hours in an earthen vessel pour off the water and dry the Peels well with a clean linen cloth beat them in a Stone-morter into a Past and then let there be added a double proportion of Sugar dissolved in Rose Orange and Baume Water boil it to the consistance of a solid Electuary adding Ambargrease ℈ j. Oriental Musk gr v. Majestery of Pearls and red Corals an â„¥ ss of Oriental and Occidental Bezoar-stone subtilly powder'd and ground upon a Porphery with Baume Water an Ê’ j. mix them and make Morsels or little Cakes like the solid Conserve of Roses Let his Majesty take one or two of them in a Morning for his Breakfast Let the King drink upon them a Draught of well wrought clear Beer in which hath been infused Pimpernell and Meadow sweet the flowers of Borrage Bugloss and the Tops of Baume The Cordial Syrup Cut off the
upper and inferiour parts do difficultly admit of Cure but all our endeavours must be made use of and the success submitted to God expecting from his will a happy event You have already been under the Cure of Experienc'd Men of Art which their own accounts testifie And amongst our rules this is the Chief If all things be done rationally and success do not presently follow the intentions and indications of Cure remaining still the same we are to insist upon the same Medicines without any alteration unless something happen which absolutely compells us to it But to satisfie your desire because you expect my advice I will having begun proceed farther submitting my Councel to the judgement and experience of those Learned men under whose hands you now are I being at so great a distance from you And in the first place I advise as soon as the Weather shall be more temperate That you try the Change of Air experimenting another and more propitious one without delay being carried in a Litter or otherways so that the motion may not hurt you beginning your Journey with the rising of the Sun and getting into your Inn before Sun-set Travel to Volcas Aurange Mompilier Bitteras c. breath dry Air the heat of whieh you may easily temper in the House according to the conveniencies the place allows Galen the Master of Physicians used to send Consumptive Patients to Tabias not that he might be rid of the care of them but to dry up the Ulcer and Defluction by drawing in of a more pure Air indow'd with a drying faculty and a Balsamick power from the Plants which grew there Some years since a Gentleman of these parts call'd Mr. Cotton who was in a confirm'd Consumption spit matter mix'd with blood and was extreamly extenuated being a mere Skeleton cover'd with a dry skin This Gentleman was sent to these parts and upon his return he was absolutely recovered he liveth healthy with his Family and is Father of many Children I have seen that I may discover the Efficacy of the Air in Diseases of the Lungs a Gentleman who having received a deep wound in his Breast he was twice Cured thereof by making an Aperture in the opposite side which necessity compell'd to be made betwixt his Ribs which Aperture became a Fistula He travel'd into Spain where after five years stay the Fistula healed up returning to his own Country which was a cold and moist Climate it open'd again of its own accord and he was healed again by going into Spain for the same number of years as formerly From hence it will plainly appear to you that the Air pervading all the Bronchia or Pipes of the Lungs and passing directly to the Heart is more efficacious in exerting the force of its native or acquir'd qualities and virtues than any other sort of remedy whatsoever The Second head regards Drink If you can forbear Wine altogether you will do very well to do so for whether you drink much or little it doth affect and will afflict your head I hear they make good Beer at Geneva if you can get that which is small and clear or else the Decoction of Barley well fermented and without Hops that may be commodious for you which moreover you may render Medicinal by the addition of China roots or the roots of the greater Canes or Reeds of Narbon and with Troâ—…matick or wound Herbs and Pectorals amongst which the Male Veronica Bugle and self hete are the best If you leave your native Soil and your own House which are not healthy for you to dwell in there may be prescribed a weak Hydromel or Meade or else a thin drink made with Raisons but well fermented and impregnated with the virtue of the foresaid simples and others as Pimpernal the greater Comfory AElurop Plantain Midlin broad leaved Lungwort which is a Moss of an Ash-colour growing upon old Oaks These kind of Drinks rendred familiar and ordinary and pertinaciously continu'd by their constant use work wonders they being endow'd both with a Nutritive and Medicinal Virtue Arcaeus an approved Author a Spaniard doth much commend Guajacum in Ulcers of the Lungs and I know by experience it is very successful nor is the use of it to be feared in lean bodies for its accrimony and heat if you proceed by degrees to use it may be temper'd by adding the larger quantity of Water or it may be boyl'd in Barley Water or else the Roots of China or Reeds are harmless and without heat dry sufficiently moreover do not descend from the necessary advice given you about Diet by your Physicians Cows Milk is useful to condense and nourish well but to refrigerate and cool Asses Milk is more efficacious it detergeth and cleanseth better and carries off the watery Excrements by Urine to which intent also lignum Nephriticum conduces being added to your ordinary drink add to this that it leaves nothing untouched but brings it away with it self if only it pass well And this your own experience will make out to you there being this occasion given to make proof of its effect Follow what your Physicians advise you The force and virtue of the Milk will be augmented if the Beasts feed upon Herbs which are appropriate to your Grief I commend Sugar of Roses with which sweeten your Milk I firmly hold upon this account that a Syrup made with Vulnery Herbs and Wood Tortoises in Narbon call'd Garrige shell Snails the Tayles of Craw-fish green Froggs of which you have plenty will be of great use to you for the future dilating'an Ounce of it with a draught of Milk You may cast in a fourth part of Rose-water into the Decoction of the aforesaid simples being clarefi'd before the Sugar is put to it I would have to be added to the Tabblets of Sugar of Roses which you use some truly prepar'd Blood stone Harts-borne well and Philosophically calcin'd by the vapour of some Pectoral Water and I approve of Crabs Eyes prepar'd after the common way Concerning the Lapis haematitis or Blood stone read what is delivered of its virtues in your Disease by the most experienc'd amongst the Ancient Physicians Alexander Trailianus cap. 1. lib. 7. Practicae under the title of Such things as are convenient for those which spit blood from the defluction of an acrid humour which I also think useful for those which spit blood by reason of an Anastomasis and all sorts of Haemoptysis proceeding from the Breast let the Cause which produces it be what it will A Cough is the most troublesome Symptom of these kind of Diseases for it irritates and shakes the Lungs and will not permit the mouths of the Vessels to close nor grow together Take care therefore to prepare Becâ—…hical or Pectoral Tabblets of an Extract made without the least burning but perform'd with the vapour of water let it be made of the best Liquiris macerated in the waters of Fluellin and Mullin adding to it new made Penidies
to hinder defluctions These produce different actions according to the divers distemperatures of the receiving parts which Distempers they master and overcome by their particular efficacious impressions But enough for this time and I will only subjoin an orderly description of certain Medicines promised above If you please you may make use of Mr. Favonius the Apothecary who will be very careful in their preparation If your Fistula be healed and Cicatriz'd that it may long remain so it is necessary you go to Geneva c. In the first place prepare the Stomack for the space of two days before that so you may Vomit easily As â„ž Of simple Oxymel â„¥ iij. Oxymel of Squills â„¥ j. Mix them for 4 Doses taking them in a draught of Ptisan at a large distance from Meals Then â„ž Of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum made with Canary Sack proportioning â„¥ j. of the Crocus to â„¥ xvi or a Pint of the Sack take I say of this infusion philter'd through a Papire â„¥ j. Of the water of Carduus Benedictus â„¥ j. Simple Oxymel â„¥ ss Mix them and make a draught to be given in the Morning with observing a due and regular order in the time of its Operation Let this Medicine be repeated Thrice interposing the space of two or three days betwixt each time of taking according to the strength and disposition of the Stomack a regard being had to the Operation of the Medicine If there be occasion those that can bear the Operation well may increase the quantity of the infusion to Ten Drams or an Ounce and half In the days between it will be necessary to soment the Hypochondries and region of the Stomack with an emollient inciding and Opening Decoction by this means the humours which are to be discharg'd by Vomit will be render'd fluid and the Operation will succeed with the less trouble After taking the third Vomit a day or two being allowed for quiet let there be given the following Apozem â„ž Of the Roots of female Fers Cichory Lions Tooth The Middle-Barke of an Ash-tree the Roots of sharp Leav'd Docks an â„¥ j. Marsh-mallows â„¥ ss The Barke of Caper-roots Of Tamariske an Ê’ x. The fresh Roots of Polypody â„¥ iij. Of the Leaves of Fumaterry Germander Ground Pine Agrimony Bettony Of all the sorts of Maiden-hair an M. j. The Flowers of Cowslips St. Iohns wort an P. iij. Water-Lillies P. ij ss The Tops of Rosemary Marjarom an P. j. The Seeds of male Piony Ê’ iij. Of sweet Fennel Of Corryander prepar'd an â„¥ ss Of Carthamum fresh full and such as sink in water â„¥ ij Raisons of the Sun stoned Iujubs an Ê’ iv Sweet smelling Apples cut into bits with their peels on N. iij. Make a decoction of all these in a s. q. of water in which was steeped before for the space of four hours Sparkling Tartar of White Wine Ê’ vi Clean picked Senna Leaves â„¥ ij The small shings of true black Heâ—…or roots Ê’ iv After a sufficient decocting strain it which reduce by gentle Boyling to â„¥ xv in which dissolve Of the solutive Syrup of Damask Roses made with Agarick Of the Syrup of Cichory with a fourfold proportion of Rhubarb anÊ’ j. ss Spirit of Vitriel gut xii mix them and make an Apozem for three days to be taken a Mornings with care and keeping within doors either every day or every other day according to your strength and this to be done three hours before you take any Broath If it seem convenient either between or after these Purgations to open either of the Saphena Veins let that be committed to the pleasure of your Physician which is present with you Afterwards let the peccant juices be prepar'd again and again and the obstructions of the Bowels powerfully recerated by this following Medicine â„ž The Decoction of sweet seuted Apples Nephriteck wood adding a little 〈◊〉 â„ž iij. Small White Wine lb j. Spirit of Salt Vitriol an Ê’ j. Mix them exactly in a flat glass dish then â—…resently drop leisurely into it of Oil of Turâ—…ar made per deliquium q. s. to extinguish â—…ll acidity or sowerness add to thâ—… Syrup of the flowers of red fluelin with the Violet flower Syrup of Cowslips an â„¥ â—…j Clâ—…on water one spoonful Make a perfect mixture of them by long agiâ—…ating them together Take of this Liquor 〈◊〉 v for a Dosâ—… twice in a day at a good â—…stance from Meals do this eight days together which time being elapsed repeat Purging Thus. â„ž Clean pick'd and small cut Senna Leaves Ê’ iv Choice Rhubarb Ê’ ij The stringy fibers of true black Hellebor roots ℈ iv To these being strain'd pour such a quantity of the strain'd Decoction of Tamarynds and Tartar as is sufficient to make the infusion for a whole Night upon warm Ashes adding Of Lavender flowers ℈ j. One blade or flower of Mace In the Morning after a gentle boiling strain it in which reduc'd to a Dose dissolve Syrup of Damask Roses with Agarick Calabrian Manna an â„¥ j. Spirit of Vitriol gut iv Mix them for a Potion to be given in the Morning with a careful governing of yourself This being perform'd your Body is sufficiently fitted for the use of Steel the methoâ—… of taking which was sufficiently describ'â—… to you the first time In the interim Sir while you are at leisure betwixt making uâ—… of the prescriptions and that will take up good space of time but absolutely necessarâ—… to the right preparing of the peccant juice and the Cure of your Body In the mean spâ—… use these things which have a respect to tâ—… dryness of your Tongue As a Syrup made with the white of an Egg and Sugarcandy Trochisch's of Liquoris prepar'd from its Extract mix'd with Sugar of Roses adding a â—…ittle of the Mucalage of Gum Tragacant The distill'd Water of Milke with the Syrup de Mucilaginibus taken by a Spoon or put of a glass Bottle or out of a phyol with a narrow mouth The use of Rock Chrystal truly prepared with Conserve of Violets or Water Lillies is good An injection into the Iawes made with Barley water and Milke warm from the Cow either by it self or adding a little Sal pruâ—…lla Syrup of the Juice of the greater Semperâ—…uive or House-leek boyl'd with Sugar adding 〈◊〉 little of the same Sal prunella see that you â—…se them by turns lest Nature being too much accustomed to one frustrate or reject â—…eir effect I doubt not but those Symptoms which â—…hreaten a Palsie will either be diminished â—…r for the most part removed by the before â—…rescribed Medicines which Symptoms if they â—…ould persevere though but a little that â—…he fearful mind of the Patient may be satisâ—…'d by the advice of the Physicians which â—…re present let there be apply'd to the head being shaved Fernelius his Cataplasme against Catarrhs described in his Councels for divers days together Apply to the hinder part of the Neck a large Visicatory with which excite a Blister
Tops of the Stalks of Augelica cross ways whilst they yet remain fix'd in the ground then fill them up with white Sugar-candy finely powder'd and stop them up with Cotten and cover them on the top of that with Nut-shells and after two or three days pour the Sugar which is dissolv'd into a Syrup into a convenient Vessel and let there be prepared a sufficient quantity of the Syrup this way of which take â„¥ viij Syrup of Mulberries Rasberries and the sower Syrup of Citrons an â„¥ iv Ambargrease gr vj. Mosck tied up in a Cloath gr ij Oil of Sulphur as much as is sufficient to give it a pleasant sharpness keep it in a Viol close stopt for use which is to be taken in a Morning to the quantity of â„¥ ss in the stead of the foresaid Prophylacâ—…icks or Preservatives Let him eat sometimes new Butter spread upon Bread with the Leaves of Sorrel and three leaved Sorrel and a little Salt and let him drink upon it a Draught of Beer with the infusion of the before-named Herbs Tabella Hypoglottides or Tabellets to be put under the Tongue â„ž Of Bole Armenick wash'd in Rose-water â„¥ j. Sealed Lemnian and Strigoninan Earths an â„¥ ss Harts-born burnt white Ê’ x. Sweet Majestery of Pearls Coral Crabs-Eyes an Ê’ vj Bones of a Stags-heart Ê’ iij. Fragments of Iacinths Emrods Chrystals prepar'd an Ê’ ij The Stone call'd Lapis contra Yerva which is prepar'd of the juice of the Herb in the Indies â„¥ ss Oriental and Occidental Bezoar an Ê’ j. ss The roots of Zedoary Tormentil an ℈ v. Candied Citron-peels Ê’ ij ss Ambargrease Ê’ j. The best Mosck ℈ ss Let all of them be finely powder'd and made up into a Past with the Mucilage of Quince-Seeds extracted with Rose-water adding to these a double proportion of Sugar of which make Trochises and keep them for ordinary use drying them with a gentle heat Let them be held in the mouth and swallow'd by degrees and let them be dissolved as often as his Majesty goeth by suspected places Bezahartick Trochises â„ž Of the Chrystals of Wild-Sorrel of three-leav'd Sorrel an â„¥ j. Strigonian Earth Ê’ vj. Harts-horn burnt white The sweet Majestery of Pearls Corals an Ê’ v. Bones of a Stags-heart Ê’ iij. Roots of Contra Yerva Tormentil an â„¥ ss The Hearts and Livers of Vipers taken at a fitting time Ê’ ij Ambargrease Ê’ j. The best Musk ℈ ss White Sugarcandy the weight of them all make of them all a fine Powder which make into a Past with Baume Roses and Orange flower Waters of which form Trochises to be used as before a portion of which may be acuated with a few drops of Oil of Angelica or with that which drops out of the ripe Stalkes without pressing when they are cut The Pomeambar â„ž Of the best Labdanum â„¥ iv Benzoin Gum. Caranna Stirax Calamita Wood of Aloes Angelica roots Zedoary an â„¥ ss Sweet smelling Reed â„¥ j. Rhodium Wood Yellow Sanders Juniper Cedar anÊ’ vj. Lavender flowers Oris flowers Marjarom Citron-Peels Aurange-Peels an Ê’ xij Cloves Ê’ vj. Ambargrease Ê’ iij. Musk Ê’ j. Rub the Rosins and Gums to a fine powder in a hot Mortar bruise and mix them altogether and by adding as much as is sufficient of Balsom of Peru make a Past of which form round Balls to be carried about and smelt to The sweet sented Pestilential Liquor Because the King hateth to smell to Vinegar prepare this sweet sented Water following to infuse the species in â„ž Of Oris flowers lb j. the leaves of Marjarom M. iv Common-Time Wild-Time an M. iij. Basil M. iij. Baume M. v. Sage Rosemary Bayes an M. ij Of the flowers of Elder P. vj. Red Roses Red Fluellin Spanish Broom Pipe-Tree an P. viij Shaving of Cedar-wood â„¥ vj. Cinnamon â„¥ vj. Rose-water lb xviij Let all the simples be very new and fresh and put them in a double Vessel or a Body and Head and having poured upon them the Liquors distil it according to Art in a Balneo with a Refrigeratory Then â„ž Of the roots of Butter-burr Enula Campaine Gentian an â„¥ iv Winters-Barke â„¥ iij. Of the Roots of Angelica the great Valerian Master-wort Carlin Thystil an â„¥ ij Galangal sweet keed Zedoary Wood of Rhodium Juniper an Ê’ x. The leaves of dryed Scordium Baume Lemon Time Sage Marjarom Rosemary an M. j. Rue M. ij Dittary of Crete Malabarâ—…hrum an â„¥ ss Flowers of Elder P. iv Lavender French Lavender both sorts an P. ij Orange-Peels The yellow rind of Citrons â„¥ ij ss Cloves Ê’ xij Nutmegs Mace an Ê’ ij All of them being cut and bruised sprinkle them with Malago Sack afterwards put them in a Stone-Pitcher and pour upon them Of the before described Water lb viij rose-Rose-water orange-Orange-water Water of Jassemy flowers an lb ij Put them to digest in Dung or a Balneo for the space of four days strain some of it immediately for the Kings present use which Liquor may be made stronger sented by adding some grains of Ambargrease and Musk. Our Lord the King may carry about with him a Sponge dipped in this Liquor and put into an Ivory Box full of small holes You may pour Vinegar upon the remaining Mass and make another infusion for the Courtiers adding a greater quantity of Lavender flowers Citron-Peel and Cloves Also add Treacle and Mithridate that it may become an Acetum Theriacale The moist Fume for the Kings Bed-Chamber â„ž Of the Roots of Florentine Oris â„¥ vj. Enula Campaine Angelica an â„¥ iv Winters-Bark Storax Calamita an â„¥ iij. The inward Bark of Cinnamon â„¥ j. Sweet Garden-Reed â„¥ ij Rhodium Wood Juniper Wood an â„¥ j. ss Yellow of Citron-Peel Benzoine an â„¥ v. Zedoary Galangal an â„¥ xij The dryed leaves of Marjaram Sage Rosemary Time an M. ij Lavender-flowers P. vj. Cloves Ê’ x. All being bruised and cut put them in a Stone Vessel and pour upon them of the best Rose-water lb x. of the strongest Vinegar lb ij Let the Vessel be a fourth part empty and put it in a Balneo and let it infuse for three days then take it out again for use whilst it is in infusion let he Vessel be covered with a Bulls Bladder cast of this Liquor upon a hâ—… plate of Iron and thus fume the Kings Bed Chamber three or four times a day every day Or make with this that which they call Cassolets to boil in a Corner of the Kings-Chamber but then you may add stronger sents or perfumes as Benzoin Storax Calamita Ambargrease or you may pour this Liquor into a Spanish Cassolet with silver little Balls and so make it to boil according to Art The dry Fume for the Court-Chambers â„ž The Wood of Rhodium Juniper Cedar Pine an â„¥ iv Mastick Frankincense Sanderack Colophonium an â„¥ iij. Dry Balsom Gum Caranna Storax Calamita an â„¥ iij. ss Benzoin â„¥ x. Red Roses Winters Bark The inward Bark of Cinnamon an â„¥ ij ss Mix them all together and make a gross Powder