ss Oleum vitrioli q. s. to make it tarte like a Pomegranate The next day she was let bloud in maner aforesaid about ℥ x. After she had bled she tooke this potion following fiue daies together morning and euening which caused her to sweate well and thereupon she was quicklie cured The Diaphoreticall decoction REcipe Cardui Benedicti M ij liquorice scraped ℥ iij figs v. Raisens ℥ ij sugar candie ℥ i ss boile them in a sufficient quantitie of water and straine them to drinke A plurisie broken with a potion FOr the breaking of his Aposteme there was ministred vnto him Aromatico Leonardo with honied water The next day the basilicke vaine 〈◊〉 the Pleuciticall side was opened His drinke at dinner and supper was this decoction Take Isope dried M j Violets P ij sixe Figs liquerice scraped ℥ ss Raisens ℥ iiij boile them in ix pound of water till one pound be wasted then straine this pectorall decoction and vse it Another cured in this manner FIrst he tooke Aromatico Leon. and therevpon dranke the water of Carduus Benedictus The next day they let him bloud on the same side where the paine was His diet was moist and cooling and he dranke Barlie water mixed with sirupe of Roses and oleum vitrioli and shortly after was cured CHAP. XXIX An inward impostume or bastard plurisie cured by W. M. A Man hauing an impostume in his side which would haue turned to the plurisie was thus cured Take a good sweete Apple and cut off the crowne take out the core and fill it with powder ' of Olibanum binde on the crowne againe and roste it vnder the embers till it be soft Then mixe with it three or foure drops of Oleum vitrioli and let the patient eate it and sweat thereon Also with the same medicine at the same time there was a boye helped that had a plague sore on his neck Paine in the side with a cough cured by W.T. after this manner REcipe Floris Sulphuris ʒ ij the extract of Enula Campana ʒ j Ireos and Liquorice ana ℥ j. honie q. s. to make it in forme of an electuarie Before it be made vp put thereto ℈ ss of Oleum sulfuris and vse it morning and euening CHAP. XXXI Paine and winde in the bodie cured by I. H. A Certaine woman 28. yeares of age being often troubled with a griping paine and winde in her bodie was presently eased by taking foure or fiue graines of Laudanum nostrum in Malmesey with two or three drops of oile of Aniseeds After this manner diuerse persons haue beene cured Prouided alwaies that the bodie be loose else must it be mooued either with some gentle clister or suppositarie The expelling of winde out of the bodie by L. F. THis course following hath beene diuerse times prooued most effectuall against winde in the stomack and other parts of the bodie First let them take a dose of Aromat Leonardo Then let them take morning and euening halfe a dream of this composition three or foure daies togeter either in potion or pilles ℞ the essence of Gentian ʒ ij the essence of Ginger oile of Aniseed Fennell seed ana ℈ ss make thereof a masse and keepe it to your vse CHAP. XXXII The cure of the Dropsie performed by W. T. A Man of three and fortie yeares old troubled with the Dropsie was in this manner cured Take the rootes of blew Flower de Lilce sliced and steeped in vinegar three or foure houres and then dried ℥ ss the barke of Laurell rootes so prepared as much the leaues of Sena in pouder one spoonfull Aniseed and Ginger anaʒ i mixe them and take of that pouder euerie morning from the waight of foure pence till it giue you foure stooles a daie continue herein so long as you shall thinke it good CHAP. XXXIII The killing and expelling of wormes in the stomacke or elsewhere by I. H. AN infinite number of people both young and old haue beene cured thereof with this composition following Take the seed of Carduus sanctus Wormeseed Dittanie Semen Caulium cornucerui vsti coralline vermium terrestrium ana ℥ ss mixe them in fine pouder and giue thereof ʒ ss either with honie or sweete milke in the morning and euening Anoint also the stomack and bellie downward with this vnguent following and applie a little vnto the nauell with browne paper and no doubt of it within two or three daies the patient shal be cured For it doth not onely kill the wormes but causeth them to come forth by siege making the bellie soluble so that they shall haue two or three stooles in a day The cataplasme or vnguent is this ℞ Farinae lupinorum Aloes centauriae myrrhae theriacae optimae ana ℥ ss beat them into fine pouder and make thereof an vnguent with the iuice of peach leaues and keepe it to your vse Also two or three drops of Oleum vitrioli being dronke with water of gramen or such like for three or foure daies killeth wormes Also ʒ ij of Quintessencia solutiuo Phiorau dronke with ℥ j of sirupe of Roses killeth the wormes and expelleth them by siege CHAP. XXXIIII A quartaine of long continuance cured by L. F. FIrst the patient was purged with 12. graines of La petra Philosophale Leon. Phiorau mixed with ʒ ss of good Mithridate the next day he tooke of this decoction warme ℥ vj and so continued 14 daies morning and euening ℞ Chamepiteos lb j white wine lb viij white honie lb j distill them with a gentle fire till fiue pound be come forth Then let it coole and filter that which remained in the vessel mixe it with that which was distilled afore keepe it in a glasse close stopped and vse it Also the raines of the backe was anointed euery night with Balsamum artific Leon. Phior and so he was well cured CHAP. XXXV An approoued remedie against the pestilence plurisie and quartaine DIuers people haue beene cured of these foresaid diseases by taking a dose of Turpetum Diaphoreticum Paraceli either with Amuletum Palmarij or with some excellent good Mithridate in the morning fasting and sweating therevpon Sometime it is giuen with other potions or compositions according to the disease CHAP. XXXVI The swelling of the spleene in a melancholick person cured by W. T. A Certaine melancholie man was much grieued in his milt heart and head but he was thus cured First he was twice purged with ℈ j. of Panchimagogon and one ℈ of the extract of Sena mixed with sirupe or Roses and two or three drops of oile of vitrioll That done he tooke a quart of posset Ale made of white wine and Burnet and dranke thereof morning noone and night a good draught with halfe a spoonfull of Aqua Balsami Fiorauan Also now and then he tooke morning and euening a toste of white bread stieped in Aquam Preseruans and within ten daies after he purged againe and so remained in good health CHAP. XXXVII Franticke feauers for want
or three houres alway wiping it away with warme clothes Euery sweating tyme they changed their shirtes When this medecine was ministred to a woman she tooke but ℥ ij thereof To a child he gaue ℥ ij In this sort he cured not onelie Tumors but sores pustules feuers laundies c. CHAP. VIII Swelling of the coddes mitigated and resolued by R. A. A Certaine man riding on a trotting horse had his stones swolne as big as ones fist who was thus holpē First he was purged once or twise with Pāchimagogon thē this Cataplasme was applied warme vnto the part twise or thrise a day ℞ the crums of browne bread beane flowre ana as much as is sufficiēt boile them with new wort when it is almost boiled put thereto a litle Comminsced and a dish of fresh butter and so applie it warme I haue seene the fat of an horse to haue cured the foresaid griefe Another for the same Take a pint of pure honie as much beane slower and two spoonfuls of vineger of Comminseed ℥ ij mixe them well together and spread it on a cloth and warme it a litle against the fire and applie it CHAP. IX The cure of a painfull Ischiatica by I. H. A Certaine man that was grieuously troubled with the Ischiatica was healed in this manner First he was purged with Aromatico then he tooke for fiue or six mornings together two drammes of Quintaessence solutiue with sirupe of roses and after the taking therof he dronke a litle sweet broth That done he drew a blister with Cantarides and when it had runne inough he annointed the place with oleum de terebinth cera and in short time he was holpen Since which time I haue knowen three or foure persons holpen in the same manner by annointing the grieued parts with Aqua balsami Fiorauante CHAP. X. An excellent remedie against the crampe proued often by R. G. THey that were affected therewith did vpon their bare skin places grieued weare the roote of cōmon Flagge Also the skins of twentie siluer eeles new fleane and chopped small boiled in two pound of May butter and foure handful of Rue scumme it well and annoint the place therewith worke the same effect A worshipfull Gentleman that had diuers times proued the same sent these notes vnto me CHAP. XI Contraction or shrinking of sinewes vvith consumption of the partie holpen by W. H. A Man 26. yeares old hauing a sore and grieuous vlcerated legge fell into the handes of inexpert Surgeons who with their corrosiues shrunke vp his sinewes that he could neither go nor stand but in short time after he was cured in this manner He was once purged with Aromatico then he tooke Quintaesse solutiue two or 3. dayes together in sirupe of roses and dronke thereupon a litle broth Then did he vse the bath following diuers times annointed him with the ointment against contraction of sinewes described by Leonardo Fiorauāte Another man hauing his hand shrunke together vpon the like occasion was healed in the same order This is the description of the bath Take two or three young whelpes that cannot see boile them in water with mallowes Hollihock mellilot walwort Camomill ana one handfull boile the whelpes till the flesh fall from the bones this done strayne it and vse to bath therewith very warme CHAP. XII The cure of one vvhose necke vvas drawen awrie performed by W. T. A Child had her necke drawen awrie with a kinde of conuulsion or crampe called Tetanus and was thus cured First she dronke euerie morning and euening a litle Aqua balsami Fiorauante then was her necke annointed with some of the sayd water mixed with Magno licore Fiorauante and in ten dayes she was cured Another of the same by W. T. TAke Oleum de lateribus ℥ i Oleum Terebinth ℥ ss of Iuniper berries ʒ ij of Cloues ʒ j Nutmegs Maces Ana. ʒ ss mixe them with Oleum Cerae q. s. to make it in forme of a liniment and therewith anoint the parts CHAP. XIII The Squinancie cured by I. P. THis medecine following did helpe one that was so swolne and grieuouslie pained that he could scarcelie eate or drinke ℞ Olei philosophorum de lateribus ℥ ij olei lini ʒ vj olei cerae ℥ j mixe them warme and anoint the place affected oftentimes in the day Also one dram of the tooth of a wilde Boare being drunke with ℥ iij of oile of Lineseed doth helpe it presently Also another man was forthwith cured thereof which drunke one spoonefull of Aqua balsami and wetting a cloth therein applied it to his throate CHAP. XIIII The cure of Alopecia by I.P. MAgno licore Fiorauante being annointed on the head causeth the haires to grow againe aboundantly which are falne away and to waxe black Balsamum sulfuris also doth the same CHAP. XV. A gargarisme to purge the head by I. S. TAke Spikenard Alizander seed ana ℥ j. beate them into powder and boile them in vinegar till halfe be consumed Then straine it and put thereto lb ss of Mustard and ℥ iiij of Rose water boile it a little keepe it close to thy vse and when you will you may take a spoonfull warme in the morning and gargle therewith CHAP. XVI The Pinne and Web cured by M. R. HE tooke an handfull of Centumpedes or Sowes stamped and strained them with Ale and gaue the patient to drinke thereof three or foure mornings and willed the patient to stop his nose and mouth and to hang downe his head and therewith hee was healed as I was crediblie certified CHAP. XVII A water for sore eyes prooued by M. E. A Gentlewoman with this water hath cured a very great number of sore eyes Shee tooke an Egge hard sodden cut it in the midst and tooke forth the yoalke and put thereto as much white Copperose as a Nutte Then shee closed it together and wrapped it in redde Fennell and laide it to steepe foure and twentie houres in Rose water then she strained it hard thorow a cloath and dropped it into the eyes morning and euening it was held for a great secret Another maner or vvaie to heale the Pinne and Webbe in the eyes TAke nine of the VVormes called Centumpedes or Sowes stampe and straine them with the iuice of VVoodbine or Betonie for three or foure mornings together warme which being drunke will consume the VVebbe in the eye CHAP. XVIII The staying of the bleeding at the nose done hy M. R. TAke burnt Lome M ij sharpe vinegar lb ss mixe them well and lay it betweene a linnen cloth and binde it to the forehead cold and in short space it will stint Another for the same I. H. A Man of fiftie yeares of age had a great fluxe of bloud at the nosethrill which had continued a long time and could finde no remedie till he vsed this order and medicine following First his ring finger was bound hard with a thred then was this cataplasme following applyed to
cause opened all obstructions in the bodie so that in a moneth he remained perfectly cured CHAP. XXV Cough of the lungs cured by W. T. after this maner REcipe Aquae Marrubij ℥ vj sirrup of Iuiubes ℥ iij mixe them and make thereof a Iulepe whereof the patient tooke foure spoonfuls with ʒ j of Balsamum sulfuris euery foure howres till he was well Another cured by W. T. which had also a sore stitch in the side FIrst he tooke Aromat Leon. and then tooke this potion following for certaine dayes ℞ Carduus Benedictus Hypericon Folefoote a little Enula compana make thereof a decoction with Ale and he dranke euery morning ʒ j of Balsamum sulfuris and a spoonfull of Aqua Balsami Fiorauante morning and euening till he was cured CHAP. XXVI Shortnesse of breath with a cough remedied by M. R. FIrst he was purged with Aromatico Leonardo then he vsed this diet with hote and drying meates roste or sodden Enula campana Hisop and Liquerice were infused in his wine Also he vsed euery morning to drinke or eate in a rere Egge ℈ ss of Balsamum sulfuris and thereby was safelie and quicklie cured Another remedie for shortnesse of breath THe wormes called Centumpedes or Sowes are of great vertue to discharge the lungs that are stuffed with grose fleame CHAP. XXVII An approoued remedie to slaie vomiting by M. R. A Man of thirtie yeares old was troubled a long time with sore vomiting throwing vp presently whatsoeuer he ate or dranke and was thus relieued ℞ Malmesey ℥ vj. Oleum vitrioli vj. drops or more mixe them together and take thereof euery morning fasting ℥ j or there about and in short time it will stay the vomite To staie vomiting of bloud TAke fiue or sixe drops of oile of Mastick and drinke it in Cinamon water To stay vomiting another waie A Pultus thus made as followeth and applyed to the stomach staieth vomiting Take Rie leauen and mixe it with the iuice of mints and a little vinegar ouer the fire in forme of a pultus when you do applie it to the stomack strew thereon the powder of Cloues and so oft as it cooleth applie it warme Also a Rie toste stieped in vinegar is profitable for the stomack The oile of Wormwood that commeth by distillation being drunke with conuenient liquors or potions and the same compounded with other conuenient things and applyed to the stomack doth worke notable effect this way and is good against manie other maladies CHAP. XXVIII Vomiting of bloud with a cruell fluxe of the bellie staied by M. R. A Man 45 yeares old that had congeled bloud in his bodie did vomite aboundance of bloud and auoided downward a certaine blacke matter like vnto pitche He had a great stitch in his side without a feauer and alwaies when he vomited it was thought he would haue died this man was by Gods helpe thus cured First hee tooke this potion Take the water of Nettle rootes ℥ viij Oleum vitrioli as much as will make it tart He dranke thereof cold which presently mitigated both the fluxes Then vnto the stomack and throate was applyed this pultus warme both morning and euening which wrought an excellent effect ℞ the crummes of Rie bread M xij Red wine or Aligant strong Vinegar ana q. s. boile them to the forme of a pultus Then hee tooke at the mouth and nose the sume of Succinum or Amber which strengthened the vitall and animall spirits His side was annointed with this ointment which tooke away the pricking and paine ℞ Vnguent de Althea ℥ 4 amigdalarum dulcium ℥ j mixe them and therewith annoint the side morning and euening His diet was this all his meate was boiled in Red wine or Smithes water His drinke was the decoction of Nettle rootes or Red Wine wherein Steele had beene quenched diuerse times Vomiting ioyned with a Feauer A Gentlewoman affected with these greefes was in this manner comforted ℞ Aquae balsami ʒ j Aquae preseru ʒ ij oleum piperis Graines vj mixe them well with a good spoonfull of the sirupe of Quinces and so she dranke it at the beginning of the heate CHAP. XXIX A great and sore plurisie cured by M. R. A Certaine man of xxiiij yeares old was vexed with a most greeuous plurisie with pricking shooting and a cough with a continuall feauer and inflammation of the tongue First there was good store of bloud taken from the liuer vaine on that side where the paine was Then were these sirups that do decoct and purge ministred vnto him ℞ Syrupi de liquericia de Hysopo acetosae ana ℥ j Oximellitis squillitici aceti squillitici anaʒ iij make thereof a loche whereof in the morning he licked with a Liquorice stick which caused him to spatte easilie and tooke away the heate or burning of the tongue being vsed with this decoction ℞ French Barlie ℥ iij Carduus Benedictus M j Roses Violets ana lb j Licorice scraped ʒ iij Figs iij Raisin ℥ j ss Sugar Candie ℥ ij boile them in xvi lb. of water till two pound be wasted and so drinke it colde Also his diet was light and thinne as broth and drinke c. Plurisie with spatting of bloud cured by M. R. FIrst there was made this purging preparatiue ℞ Senaeʒ vj Carduus Benedictus M ss Sugar ℥ ss Ginger ℥ ss laie them to infuse one night in warme whaie made of Goates milke lb j ss whereof yee shall giue morning and euening ℥ iiij warme this purgeth gentlie and causeth to spat easilie Then three daies after they must bleed well on the liuer vaine and their drinke at meales was the decoction of hysop violets liquerice and raisins with sugar Plurisie with inflammation of the tongue and costiuenesse of the bodie M. R. FIrst they were purged with Aromatico and then vsed this gargarisme ℞ Semperuiue or howsleeke M ij boile them in a quart of water till a third be wasted Then straine it and put thereto ℥ ij of wine vinegar wherewith they gargarised warme oftentimes Then they vsed Mel rosarum which tooke away the blacknesse of the toung Their diet was moist and cooling as followeth ℞ French Barlie ℥ ss Figs vij Raisens ℥ iiij boile and straine them and put thereto oleum vitrioli q. s. to make it tart and so drinke thereof Plurisie in a woman cured FIrst she was purged with Arom Leonardo then vnto her side there was applyed this vnguent seauen or eight times a day which tooke away her paine ℞ vnguenti de Althea ℥ ij oile of sweete Almonds ℥ ss mixe them together the next morning shee was let bloud in the basilike vaine on that side where her paine was Her diet was the same that was spoken of before After meate shee vsed a Lochsanum sit for the purpose and so in short time she was cured Another woman cured of the same disease by M.R. FIrst there was ministred vnto her this potion ℞ the water of Carduus benedictus lb
or few wordes I haue said all Now of the cure of this disease as I haue experimented the same an infinite sort of times in my life which way soeuer the cause commeth worke thou after this manner and thou shalt neuer sustaine blame or discredit When the payne in the head is confirmed and that thou canst finde no helpe by common Theorick or Practike do these things following First let them bloud on Leonichie cutting it ouerthwart and let the patient spat as much as he can Then the next morning let them take our Aromatico fasting The next day let the head be shauen and lay thereon an attractiue plaister drawing out the humiditie whereof I haue made mention in my Caprici medicinale In the end cause them to neese and hereby all the payne in the head will cease CHAP. II. Of the Catarrhe and rume in the head THe Catarrhe is a moist vapor which assaulteth the head and afterward falleth downe agayne into the stomacke where it ingrosseth and corrupteth This moisture hath his beginning of the moisture of the lungs and vntill such time as the lungs be discharged thereof the Catarrhe will continue in his force This infirmitie raigneth more in flegmaticke and melancholike bodies then in any of other constitutions Such as are troubled with it are not long liued because their lungs consume by little and little and thereupon they are troubled with the Ptisicke and consequently they perish if they be not quickly releeued I will now shew thee a rare secret to cure the same Take Pulmonaria and Sena that is fresh and new infuse them in wine and water ouer a small or gentle fire till the wine haue drawne out the vertue Then straine it and put thereunto our Quintaessence keepe it close in a glasse let the patiēt drinke thereof euery morning ℥ iij luke warme for twentie dayes together let him eate good nourishing meates for they agree well with this disease If the patient be not too farre spent you shall see your cure performed in short time In the meane while if the patient be weake you shall giue him new layd egges and good white wine If the humiditie be perceiued not to be quite expelled and euacuated then giue him our Aromatico afterward comfort him agayne with restoratiues and cordials to make him strong and no doubt by the helpe of God he shall be cured This methode of curing this infirmitie differeth from the common course that Phisitians take which would cure it with diet bleeding and mollifying liniments and causing them to spat and such like which are meanes rather to augment the Catarrhe then to diminish the same The second course to cure the descension that commeth from the head to the stomacke VSe these fiue things if you will cure this disease first our Electuario Angelica 2 Quintaessence solutiue 3 our pillulae pro descenso 4 Vnguents for the stomacke and head 5 our Quintaessence vegetable The electuarie clenseth the head and stomacke the Quintaessence solutiue euacuateth the body the pilles take away the cause of the descension the vnguents drie and the vegetable Quintaessence preserueth the body from all ill and noisome infirmities The Electuarie must be taken first in the morning of the Quintaessence solutiue you must take a spoonfull in the morning in a little broth and suger keeping a reasonable good diet and do this foure or six dayes Then take the pilles in the euening and in the meane time annoint the head and stomacke with Oleum cerae and drinke euery morning a little of our Quintaessence which if you do vse continually by the blessing of God vpon it there is no doubt but the body shall be free from many troublesome maladies There was a certaine woman of the age of 58. yeares who being greatly troubled with a Catarrhe was cured by the vse of our Aqua preseruans morning and euening and by annointing the stomacke with balsamo One that was affected with a Catarrhe and a stitch in the side was thus cured He tooke our Aromatico twise Then he tooke euery morning a spoonfull of our Quintaessence solutiue with the broth of a capon for seuen or eight dayes together and euery night when he went to bed he annointed his stomacke with oleum incompostibile and thereby was soone after cured A woman that had great payne in her head and stomack and had her menstrues stopped with losse of her appetite was thus helped First she tooke two doses of our Pillulae Angelica that done she tooke euery morning a spoonfull of Quintaessentia solurtuo with broth and suger for fiue or sixe mornings together After that she tooke euery morning one spoonfull of our Aqua preseruans whereupon in short time after she was cured A contusion in the head A Certaine man had a great fall from an horse wherewith he bruised his head most greeuously who was cured in foure dayes by annointing the place with Oleum benedictum nostrum The taking away or healing of the white scall THis noysome maladie is perfectly cured by purging the patients with our Aromatico and annointing the head with our Oleum Philosophorum Also the Artificiall balsame of our description doth the like and Oleum benedictum nostrum effecteth the same Payne in the eyes with great dimnesse of sight A Certaine man that had great payne in his eyes and was almost blind recouered his sight by letting bloud vnder the toung The next day he tooke Aromatico once after that he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue seuen or eight dayes together and euery night he annointed his stomacke with Oleum cerae rectified then was dropped into his eyes our Quintaessence for the eyes and thereof was he well cured An vnguent for sore eyes TAke rose water fenell and cufrage water ana put therein a small quantitie of Verdi grece boile it a little on the fire Then let it settle till it be cleare and powre it of With this water see that you wash Anxungia porcinae seuen or eight times and of that put a little into the eye when ye go to bed To cure or stay the spatting of bloud ONe that spat bloud was cured in ten dayes by drinking the liquour of honie morning and euening An other was healed by drinking the decoctiō of mint in vineger another by drinking of Crocus martis The description and cure of the Squinancie THis disease is a windie moisture and a suffocation of bloud as you may see by experience that such as are possessed therewith haue a great alteration or many chaunges of feuers with a swelling in the throte and many times if it be not quickly holpen it will choke them and this is the cure thereof You shall giue them ʒ j of the powder of a wild Bores tooth with ℥ iij of oyle of linseede and forthwith by the helpe of God they shal be greatly eased The description and manifold cures of the disease called Scrophulae or for unculi which some do call waxing
and dangerous infirmities then any other The liuer of a man Also from the liuer of a man will be drawen by distillation a water and an oile If the water be dronke euery morning together by the space of a moneth in the quantitie of Ê’ j with â„¥ ij of liuerwort water it will recouer such as are halfe rotten thorow diseases of the liuer and hath diuers other properties whereof I will not speake at this time Flesh of man From the flesh of man distilled there will come forth a stinking water and an oyle which is most excellent to annoint woundes withall when they are badly healed and that there remaine any hurt about those parts that they are out so sensible and pliant as they were wont to be before this resolueth them And it mollifieth and softneth all hardnesse of any tumor of what originall soeuer it shall come From the forepart of a mans scull Mansâ—â—ll there is drawen by distillation a water and oyle and a salt which is most profitably vsed against the falling sicknesse Finallie from ech other part of man there are medecines to be made for the cure of sundry diseases in man and woman as you may also read more at large in the spagiricke preparations of Iosephus Quercetanus published in English by Iohn Hester Practitioner in the Spagiricall art CHAP. XIII Of an henne and the Phisicall vse thereof SOme write that the flesh of an henne will dissolue gold and that the bones will calcine it easily Another told me that the ashes of hennes fethers Dâ—ssâ—lue and calcine gold being calcined white doth mundifie incarnate and cicatrise vlcers Also there is made A restoratiue an excellent restoratiue of an henne after this manner Take a good fat henne and pull her quicke and take forth the guttes onely and stampe her in a morter Then boile it in xij lb of faire water with â„¥ j of salt till lb viij be consumed That done passe it thorow a strainer and distill it in Balneo till all the substance be come forth Hereof you may giue vnto the sicke at all times with a little of a plaine and simple Iulepe When you finde any euill accident in the bellie you must adde thereunto a little oyle of sweet almondes newly made while it is warme for then is it one of the best restoratiues that can be found out or diuised in the world CHAP. XIIII Of Eeles and the medicinall vse them MAny haue vsed the fat of an eele against deafenesse but to small purpose But if you will distill the eeles with Aqua vitae Againstâ—â—easnesse you shall haue a most subtill oyle which doth most excellently preuayle against that infirmitie Also if you boile the skinnes of the eeles in strong ley vntill they be dissolued then strayne it and boile it to a thicknesse and it will be a most strong glew for wood or other workes Also if you annoint a corroding vlcer therewith it will greatly represse the rage thereof and comfort it CHAP. XV. Of the Barbill and to what vse she serueth in medecine Lose the bellie IN the moneth of May the Barbill hath egges which are of a soluble quality and of some those egges being eaten they shall be prouoked to vomite The vse and qualitie They haue a qualitie contrarie to other purgers they must be dried in the sunne mixed with a little Sena and theÌ„ ministred in wine or water that is sodden When it hath well wrought the patients must eate good meate to nourish them and may drinke wine and when they are disposed thereto suffer them to sleepe CHAP. XVI Of Bees and their medecinall vse BEes are of nature hote and moist hauing a generatiue propertie Sterelitie preuented To quicken dead bees For if they be giuen to any barren creature they shall conceaue in short time after Also if yon lay dead bees in a drie place to putrifie wetting them sometime with wine they will reuiue agayne though not as they were before but they will be much bigger and of an other forme These bees if you bring into powder with as much Cantarides boile them a little with oyle of Chamomill Cause haire to grow and annoint any part where the haire is fallen away and it shall quickly come agayne and in a short space a most straunge thing to behold CHAP. XVII Of frogges and their vse THe skinnes of frogges being boiled and made into the forme of a plaister with waxe and franckincense Hote affluctions is very profitable for such as haue any maligne or troublesome accident about their legges thorow heate The fat of frogges is a wonderfull medecine against Fuoco sacro or S. Anthonies fire S. Anthonies fire a disease hapning vnto children and others through the great heate that is in their bloud CHAP. XVIII Of Centumpedes called in English Sowes IF you minister the powder of these creatures in wine it hath many excellent properties but chiefly Stitch in the side it hath bene experienced greatly to preuayle against the stitch in the side for it will helpe that greefe presently If you burne the little crieking creature called a Cricket and minister the powder thereof in some Diureticke liquor Prouoke vrine it prouoketh vrine Mallowes Alkakengi Centum nodi Centumgrana and the rootes of Rapes are of like propertie being handled and vsed according to art These are oftentimes found in standing pooles and putrified waters certaine small creatures which are rounde like a cherry hauing a tayle and two feete which are in Lombardie called Comazzâ— Take these and distill thereof of a water or liquor Disolue Iron wherewith you may very soone consume or breake iron a very great secret obserued in nature CHAP. XIX Of the resine or gumme called Tacca Mahacca and the vse thereof TAke thereof as much as you will distill it in a retort of glasse from it there will come both oyle and water Of which I haue seene diuers medecines made against sundrie diseases Annoint the bellie with this oyle cold when you go to bed Cruditie of the Matrix and it helpeth against the cruditie of the Matrix If the genitall part of the man be annointed therewith before the act of generatioÌ„ Helpe conception the woman shall be the more fit for conception for by this meanes some kinde of sterilitie is taken away Payne in the head It helpeth and easeth payne in the head proceeding of a a cold stomacke Helpe digestion It helpeth digestion and resolueth payne throughout the body in what part soeuer they shall come specially when they haue their beginning of cold Wind in the stomacke The water hereof dissolueth wind in the stomacke helpeth digestion prouoketh vrine mitigateth all feuers that come of cold CHAP. XX. Of the gumme Carrana and the medecinall properties of it TAke it and distill it in a retort with the yolkes and whites of egges and there will come forth oile and water the oyle whereof will be blacke and the water red Chilblaines The water of Carranna helpeth Chilblaines and all choppes or clefts in the lippes arising of cold in the winter Sore breasts It is a great ease for the sore breastes of women that giue sucke The oyle worketh wonderfull effects Woâ—â— in woundes of the head arme or legges Annoint a simple wound therewith once or twise Heale quickly and it will very speedily be healed Take a quantitie of this gumme and mixe it with as much of the seede of water cresses and the white of an egge and make thereof a cerote to apply vnto a rupture Rupture wherewith it will in short time be healed all other circumstances being also obserued CHAP. XXI Of liquide Amber and the medecinall vertues thereof TAke liquide amber and distill it in a retort and from thence there will come a red oyle This oyle is vsed against all indispositions of cold Cold and windinesse and moisture or wind The same healeth scabs and is good for woundes Scabs If you annoint the stomacke therewith Comfort the stomacke it will exceedingly comfort the same for it is a thing vncorruptible and like vnto Balsamum The end of the Appendix vnto the former Collection