thinke it very necessarie for Citizens and such as liue in a close ayre now and then to assemble themselues together in the fields in some sweete and open place there also to vse moderate exercise which will greatly purifie their bodyes and in the meane time to leaue a good huswife at home to see the house made cleane sweete by sweeping by strowing good Hearbes by ayring the bedding by opening the windowes to let fresh ayre into euery roome c. Thirdly I wish that through all London in euery Ward there may be certaine appoynted to see that no House or Roome within any house be ouer pestered with lodgings or people and to driue out of the Citie such as vpon examination they shall finde to be vagabondes or vnnecessarie members For this is no lesse requisite for such a Citie then a Purgation for him whose body is full of corruption For cure take Endiâ—e water a quart Centuarie water a pint Iuie berries halfe an handfull bruised Boyle these together gently a quarter of an houre and when you take it froÌ„ the fire dissolue therein as much Treacle as a Nut and a litle Sugar also put thervnto three spoonefuls of Uineger As soone as euer the patient doth complaine nature being yet strong giue him fasting one good draught thereof warme and let him keepe his bed and sweate ten houres or lesse as the strength of the patient will beare And in his sweating giue him now and then Ale clarified and into euery draught put two or three spoonefuls of the decoction When he riseth giue him some Broth not made ouer strong neither with much Spice and be very carefull to keepe him from the ayre This decoction thus vsed will either force out the sore or else if the patient sweate throughly well cure him without any sore And if thou find he be not greatly eased within viii houres after his sweating the next day vse the like order But whereas in this and diuers other diseases heretofore I haue prescribed the patient to drinke in his sweating I know it doth not agree with many Writers neither do I take it to be absolutely good but herein rather I admit a small euill to auoyde a greater For the Crampe The 21. Chapter FOr the Crampe I wish you to vse Vnguentum Brioniae by which name aske for it of M. Clapham warme it well and annoynt the place where you are commonly troubled and rub it vntill it be dry by the fire side It is a very present helpe once or twise annoynting will serue for a long time This is also of marueylous force for Sinewes that are shrounke and stiffe Ioyntes and good for those which haue their Faces drawne awrie or any other Conuulsion For Burning and Scalding The 22. Chapter TAke of your ordinarie gray Sope aâ—d annoynt the place burned or scalded presently once annoynting will serue if you take it as soone as it is done both to take away the Fire and to heale it without any further matter Assuredly it farre excelleth all other Medicines I haue often seene such helpe hereby onely as before I thought impossible But if it be not within a quarter of an houre or lesse annoynted with Sope then take Goose-grease which hath been kept from Salt for it must be such in any wise annount the place therewith well warmed twise a day for this alone will heale it and so that it shall neuer be seene except it be burned very deepe For a Fellon and Whitblow The 23. Chapter TAke Wine-vineger and Wheate branne boyle them together in such quantities as you thinke good till it be thicke alwayes stirring it well it is made in halfe a quarter of an houre Spread it thicke vpon a linnen cloth lay it to the Fellon and aboue it as hot as the patient can wel abide dresse it once in xii â—oures vse it iii. or iiii dayes or longer if the Fellon hath been of long continuance The like order but lesse time will serue to cure the Whitblow or an angry burning Swelling it draweth out the corruption being applyed hot and driueth it not in although the Uineger be cold If the Uineger be very sharpe so that it will get off the Skinne annoynt the place first with a litle sweete Oyle lightly ouer For the Ring-worme Tetter and such like The 24. Chapter TAke the iuice of Celendine and bath the place twise or thrise a day and in very short time it will helpe thee For the Tooth-ach The 25. Chapter TAke the iuice or rather milke of the garden Spurge and temper it with Wheate flower vntill it be an hard Past or Dough. If thy Tooth be hollow put the quantitie of a Barly corne thereof into it also put of it in a cloth and lay it to thy Iaw or Gummes But if thy body be very moyst and Rheumaticke withal then I referre thee to that Chapter where I haue spoken of the Rheume for in that case is required a more generall euacuation or emptying of thy body Of the Disease wherewith our wantons of England are troubled The 26. Chapter THere is yet one other disease whereof it is very requisite to speake wherewith our Wantons of England are much troubled For not respecting the force or helpe of Nature if they feele neuer so small or litle a griefe they must presently to Physicke vntill they haue so filled their bodies with drugs that they are sicker of their Physicke then of any Disease In this griefe a litle more witte will be a present helpe for so shall they haue heauier Purses lighter Hearts and sounder Bodyes For the Wormes of all sorts The 27. Chapter TAke of the pouder of Centuarie leaues one ounce pouder of Sen. Alex. halfe an ounce Wormeseed finely beaten one ounce then take good Malmesie a quarter of a pint or better of the best Honie three ounces dissolue the Honie in the Wine with a gentle heat and then put in all the Powders anâ— stirre it well together which done put iâ— into a cleane Bladder knit iâ— close hang it in the chimny vntill it be an hard lumpe You may vse it as the Worseseed alone is commonly vsed giue a Child the weight of a groat at a time to the elder sort more as you thinke good it killeth the Wormes and causeth them to voyde For those which haue their health The 28. Chapter HE which hath his health and would so continue I wish him either to forbeare or litle to vse those things which greatly digresse from that constitution or mediocritie in which man is created Our Physitians doe call euery thing hot or cold in respect of the nature of man For if it be some what hotter then his nature then it digresseth and they tearme it hot in the first degree if yet hotter hot in the second degree and in like manner to the third and fourth Which because it doth so farre exceed his constitution by dayly proofe is found to be vnto him
things which are very hot as Wines Spices Salt and salt meates c and also from raw fruites greene hearbes and all cold thinges or at the least vse of these as little as thou maiest For thy body being emptied it is very requisite thou make supply with those thinges which are of good nutriment and fittest to breed good blood For otherwise it is but vaine to take away that which is bad and to fill the place with that which is worsse Wherefore let thy Drinke be Ale thy Bread of the finest of good Wheate whereof also eate very little thy Meates for the most part boyled and such as are fine and light of digestion 14 In any wise read and marke well these rules before thou take of the potion For the Head-ach and for such as are much bound and haue their excrement alwayes hard and dry also for the swimming of the Head and for red and sore Eyes The fourth Chapter THe Head-ach proceedeth of diuers causes First of heate and chiefely of the Sunne which heateth the Braine and blood about the Head and this kind of Head-ach is sayd to be of heat alone without the mixture of any Humour causing the same 2 The second kind of Head-ach contrarie to the first is of cold alone and happeneth most vnto those who hauing long vsed to keepe their heads warme suddainly take cold But because these two kindes happen seldome also for the most part stay not long and the causes being knowne may easily be preuented I write nothing touching the cure of the same There are also diuers other griefes of the Head but mine intent is to speake here onely of the cure of those which follow 3 The third kind of headach is of fulnes when the partie liuing in great securitie some some feedeth his bodie excessiuelie euen vntill his Eies swell with fatnesse and his whole Bodie be puffed vp like a bladder 4 The fourth kind is of corrupt humors which abounding in great quantitie are the verie present cause alone of the Headach without any other accidentall matter For cure of this third fourth kind take of my Potion so much as shall giue thee three foure or fiue stooles a daie for eight daies or longer vntill thy head and bodie be well emptied In this sort shalt thou vse the potion for the cure of the swimming or giddinesse of the head and for sore and red watering eies 5 The fift kind is of the fume of corrupt humors not of the humors themselues for that the corruption lying in the stomach onely casteth vp to the braine euill fumes which offende the same being of all other partes the most sensible For cure of the fift kind take of my Potion so much as shall giue thee foure or fiue stooles a day for three dayes and keepe thy bed one houre after the same but sleep not 6 There is also one other kind of head-ach which proceedeth of the excrement continuing ouer-long in the body whereof I thinke it very necessarie to speake After thou hast receiued thy food first Nature sucketh from it that which is thin and pure leauing the rest as grosse corrupt And if then it remaine longer in the body the noysome fumes thereof it being now an excrement and hauing lost the nature of a nutriment ascend vp to the Braine and cause the Head-ach also otherwise nature being as yet forced to feede thereupon it greatly infecteth the body So that it is in reason a thing vnpossible for him to be long in health who is much costiue or bound in his body For cure of this sixt and last kind take for ten or twelue dayes together or longer euery morning fasting so much of my Potion as shall giue thee one stoole a day more then ordinarie And when thou hast brought thy body to good order take alway lesse and lesse for by that meanes thou shalt toll nature on to doe her worke without helpe And in any wise remember that euery morning both whilest thou vsest the Potion and afterwards also thou offer thy selfe to the Stoole although thou feele no prouocation For Pimples or other itching humors rising in the face and for all itches of the bodie a verie rare ointment The fift Chapter FOr the Pimpies or other itching humors rising in the face when you goe to bed annoint the place lightlie euery night and in the morning moisten it with a litle new milke and wipe it for your bodie annoynt when you go to bed by a fire foure or fiue nights which will kill an itch be it neuer so olde For those that are troubled with Biles itches scabs and such like proceeding of inward infection The sixt Chapter SOme by nature from their Parents some by long and euill diet others by companie haue their bodies inclined to Biles Scabs itches and such like all which I will teach thee to cure euenin as perfect an order as thou maâ—est wash a foule vessell with faire water Take of the potion so much as shal giue thee foure stooles a daie for three daies The fourth day take of the rootes of Briony which thou shalt haue at maister Claphams and boile halfe an ounce thereof and one whole mase in a pint of ale gently halfe an houre then adde thereto a little Sugar And let the Patient drinke a good draught thereof warme and keepe his Bedde and sweat three houres aud during his sweat now and then let him take more of this Ale vntill he haue taken the whole pint but if it be a Child lesse as the age dooth require Use this order three daies together and longer if the disease haue beene of long continuance Note that in Sweating the patient must rubbe his bodie with warme clothes to take away such corruption as commeth out by sweating Note also that by this meanes thou maiest preuent the Pockes and Meazels in Children and others in such sort as they shall be vnapt to take them as they which haue had them For those that are full of Flegeme also for the Cough and shortnesse of breath for such as haue taken an heat and cold and for those which are towards the consumption of the Lunges The Seuenth Chapter THey whose bodyes are full of flegme and haue their Lunges stuffed with the same or other corruption so that thereby they are troubled with the Cough are thus to be cured Take of my Potion for three dayes euery morning fasting so much as will giue thee foure or fiue stooles a day for thereby thou shalt finde thy body vnladen of much Flegme Then take one handfull of the hearbe called Tussilago or otherwise Vngula caballina Lickerish scraped and brused 2. ounces Aniseed brused halfe an ounce I soppe foure branches boyle these in three pintes of water gently vntill halfe bee consumed then straine put therto three ounces of Sugar or Sugar-candie which is better Drinke hereof a reasonable quantitie well warmed euery morning one houre before you rise for ten
and cleanseth the Body of such corrupt humours as gather therein from time to time It is a very good preseruatiue against the Plague and may be taken from the quantitie of halfe a pint or better at one time vnto the quantitie of a quarter of a pint or lesse it is good to fast one houre after it and to vse it onely in the morning which being obserued I restraine you from no further libertie Maister Clapham the Apothecarie hath direction for the making hereof The 3. Chapter OUr Fathers long since were wont to vse a very sleight kind of Bathing Now and then they boyled Hearbes in water and therewith did bath and rubbe their bodyes towardes bed which now is greatly neglected It is a farre greater meane to preserue our health then that we should so lightly esteeme thereof For it taketh away such corruption as Nature casteth out by the pores which otherwise would happily cause Scabs Itches or such like and keepeth the body sweete from all rancke sauors of sweate Wherefore I prescribe one generall Bath in this sort and to that effect Take Rosemarie Balme Isop and Mallowes of each two handfuls boile these in foure gallons of Spring water vntill there be a third part consumed then straine and put thereto one gallon of new Milke bathe your body herewith warme by the fireâ— side two or three houres after supper It is very good to vse it foure times in the yeare at the least and in the Sommer once or twice euery month The 4. Chapter AFter your Bathing rub your body very dry with a Linnen cloth and presently vpon annoint it ouer very lightly with this Oyntment yet vse no more but that you may easily dry in Take Balme greene in the beginning of Iune or in May when you shall find it in chiefest strength and chop it very small take further very sweete Oyle and the fact of a Bucke killed in the chiefe of Sommer or that which is better the fatte of a Stagge in equall quantitie let these stand in a very gentle heate together eight or tenne houres then straine and keepe the Oyntment in some cleaâ—e vessell It keepeth the Ioyntes souple making the Sinewes nimble and plainâ— also it cureth the drinesse of the Skinne They which vse it after Bathing as before shall find themselues the stronger and more lustie For it defendeth the body from coldnesse of the ayre and thereupon auoydeth Aches of the Ioyntes and Sinewes FINIS The Hammer for the Stone So named for that it sheweth the most excellent remedie that euer was knowne for the same Imprinted at London by W. White for the companie of Stationers 1609. TO THE READER COnsidering with my selfe gentle reader how common a disease the Stone is and how little helpe the parties grieued haue by vsuall meanes in this our time and of long time haue had and also hearing it diuers times obiected that the most learned PhysitiaÌ„ can neither preuent the Stone in those who naturally are inclined thervnto neither cure it in those in whom it is ingendred I did indeauour my selfe with all studie and diligence to finde out some speciall thing which might farre excell the remedies now daily vsed for the cure of that grieuous disease Whereupon taking mine inuention froÌ„ Etius who vsed very much the powder of Goates blood for cure of the same also being further perswaded thereunto by authoritie of diuers writing of the nature of Goates blood I did draw a pure cleere liquor out of the blood of the male Goate which I haue thought good to name the Quintessence for the Stone And hauing made experience thereof now two yeares and better with diuers I thought good to publish the same to the reliefe of many which are grieued with that infirmitie and that in such sort as it shal appeare vnto the world that I rather seeke herein to benefit my Country then any priuate gaine to my selfe For wheras no man troubled with that disease can haue the helpe of the Physitian without his great charge I haue deuised that meane that any man so diseased may haue such ease with very small charge as I dare boldly auouch can not be had by any vsuall meanes Butâ— for the commendation hereof I leaue it rather to be commended by the helpe ease of those who feare feele the passions of that most terrible disease then vse any long rethorical perswasioÌ„s knowing that the good Wine needeth no Garland and that the fairest Garland can be no long credit to sower Wine And now that this my Quintessence may take the better effect I thinke it very necessarie to signifie vnto such as are inclined to the Stone and to those that are already troubled with the same First the causes of the Stone and whereof it is ingendered Secondly the difference of Stones ingendred in mans body Thirdly the vsuall way both to preuent cure the Stone And fourthly the way or meane now late deuised for preuenting and curing of the same Wherein being somewhat instructed they shall be the better able to gouerne themselues in auoyding and curing the disease as not needing the Physitians continuall counsell but being Physitians to themselues Yet I would not haue any man think that I minde to make any long or curious discourse of the Stone touching all the deepest poynts of the same as indeauouring to make the readers perfect Physitians herein but onely to shew them a superficiall knowledge sufficient to direct them in the taking of my Quintessence And thus gentle Reader haue I deuided that whereof I minde to write into foure partes wherein I will not indeuour my selfe to speake whatsoeuer may conueniently be spokeÌ„ but rather to speake nothing that may conueniently be leâ—t out W. C. The Author to those that are vexed with the Stone in verse as followeth 1 THy Siluer Gold thy pretious Stone Thy Mucke thy worldly wealth Nought helpeth now thy greeuous grone No ease it giues to Health Now doest thou lie 2 Amidst thy friendes a prisoner a peece of pining Clay Thy hope for want of heartes desire Doth fayle and vade away Thou seek'st to die 3 Thy friends eye-teares thy hearts drops blood Thy limmes and ioyntes doe quake Thy stomach vomites that is good Whose force makes bedstead shake An endlesse woe 4 Thy dolefull life is but a death And death were life to thee For paine deth cease with thy last breath But life heapes miserie Come death why so 5 What what sendes God a maladie And not a meane for ease No Physicke good No remedie This raging griefe t' appease Though Physicke faile 6 Behold a faythfull friend vnknowne To doe his Countrie good Will ease this griefe and heauie grone With water of Goates blood Then doe not quaile 7 Though dreadfull Death an actien brought This Goate thy bale will bee And though the cause be slily wrought The verdict goes with thee Lift vp thy heart 8 His harme thy hope his woe thy wealth His heart