Electuary Take Silver Mountain-Seed Eye-bright Fennel and Cinabes of each one dragme Cardamome and Mace of each one dragme and a half Seeds of Rue and Celendine of each one quarter of an ounce Rosemary one ounce Annis-Seed Lignum Aloes Caraway Consolida Saracenica of each half an ounce make a Confection thereof with Sugar or Honey This also strengtheneth the brain restoreth lost sight and maketh the Spirits of the sight subtiller and stronger Another Confection to preserve and strengthen the sight Take dryed Betony Celendine Eye-bright Hysop Penny Royal of each 1 dragme Fennel Silver Mountain Coriander prepared Marjoram Seeds Basil Seeds Cardamom Cynamon Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cloves Long Pepper Lignum Aloes Mastick Spikenard of each half a dragme Preserved Citron Pills 3 dragms Conserves of Borage and Rosemary of each 6 dragms make them all into a Confection with Sugar Decocted in Fennel and Rose-water and take hereof as you have occasion Tabulats to strengthen the sight Take Species Diambrae a dragme and a half Eye-bright Celendine Fennel Vervain of each one scruple Seeds of Rue and Silver Mountain of each half a dragme Sugar 5 ounces boyl them all in Eye-bright water and make Tabulats thereof whereof take one every night after supper An excellent Water for the Eyes Take the Waters of Rue Celendine and Eye-bright of each 2 ounces Fennel and the Juyce of Vervain of each 1 ounce the Gall of a Pickerel three dragms Lignum-Aloes beaten small half a dragme The Seeds of Rue of Celendine and Marjoram Gentle of each one dragme put them together in a glasse close stopt and luted with Dough Let it stand a day in an Oven after the Bread is taken out the next day take of the past and set it 12 dayes in the Sun strain it and keep it in a glasse close stopt for your use when you will use it put a drop thereof into the Eyes morning and evening lying on your back A Potion to purge for a weak sight Take Treacle half a dragme mix it with white-Wine Water of Rue or Fennel take it once a week A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Eye-bright half an ounce Caraway sodden in Vinegar and dryed and Marjoram Gentle 3. quarters of an ounce Lignum Aloes Spica Indiae of each 1 ounce Sorrel Seeds 5 scruples Coriander prepared Cinamon Fennel of each 2 dragms Make thereof a Powder with Sugar as much as you please And hereof you may take a dragme after Supper with a little Julip of Roses A Medicine to strengthen the sight and for those that be purblind Take the Liver of a Buck take out the Gall and cut the Liver in pieces laying thereon whole long Pepper cover it with another piece of Liver and Pepper as before thus continuing till all the pieces be layd one upon another and above and beneath be nothing but Liver put this in an Oven and dry it well then take off the Pepper beat it small and mix some Musk amongst it And with the moisture that droppeth from the Liver moisten the Powder and make Lozenges thereof And keep them till you have occasion for to use it then temper it with Eye-bright water and eat thereof two or three mornings together In all diseases infirmities of the eyes whatsoever have a special respect unto your dyet avoyd Salt and grosse meats strong drinks and venery especially excesse in either use temperance and moderation in all things for in mediocritate salus The Mirrour of HEALTH Of Aches Meagrims and other Diseases in the Head A Drink for the Head-ach TAKE Betony Vervain Worm-wood Celendine Walwort Rue Bark of an Elder Tree Honey and Pepper of each equal parts stamp them together and seeth them in Water and drink thereof morning and evening Another for the same Take Rue Vervain Worm-wood Sage Walwort Alehoof red Fennel Planten inner rinde of Elder of each a handful stamp them small and put them in a new earthen pot with a quarter of an ounce of Pepper in Powder put thereto a Pottle of red Wine and another of Stale Ale and seeth it till half be consumed strain it and drink thereof 8 spoonfulls at a time 9 mornings together And wash thy Head with this liquour following A Water for the Head-ach Take Rue Alehoof Betony Vervain Mints red Fennel Worm-wood Southern-wood of each a handful wash them and shred them small and seeth them in Water in an earthen pot and wash thy Head with some of the Water and mix the Herbs with wheat-bran and apply it to the mold of the Head as hot as may be suffered binding it on with a Cloth To cleanse the Head Breast and Stomack and cause a good appetite Take 3 handfulls of Centaury and seeth it in a Gallon of Water till half be consumed then strain it and put to it a pinte of clarifyed Honey then seeth it softly to a quart and drink thereof two spoonfulls morning and night first and last To cease Aches and swellings causâ—d of Sores and Wounds in the Head Take Mallows Worm-wood Mugwort Betony and Egrimony of each a handful wash them and stamp them put thereto 3 ounces of fine wheat-Flower as much Honey and as much barrows Grease stamp them together and put thereto red Wine a little quantity and fry them and lay them warm to the sore but lay a Colewort-leaf between the Plaister and the wound and it will cease the ach and put away the swelling For the Meagrim in the Head Imposthume Dropsie Feaver and all Aches in the Head Take 4 penny weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain a half penny weight of Spikenard and grinde them and boyl them in good Vinegar and when it is cold put thereto a spoonful of Honey a Sawcer full of Mustard and mingle them well together and hold thereof in thy mouth a spoonful at once as long as a man may be saying 2 Creeds if you have not forgot how to say the Creed then spit it out into a Vessel and take more and do so 9 or 10 times together Take it after Dinner and going to bed and wash thy mouth after it and use this Medicine 3 dayes together Probatum For the Meagrim Take Galingale half a dragme Ginger one dragme Nutmegs half a dragm Cloves two dragmes Elecampane two dragmes Annis a dragme Licoris and Sugar of each half a dragme make them all into fine powder and take thereof a dragme first and last in some Betony Water For the Head-ach that proceedeth from hot and Cholerick causes If heat be the cause of the Head-ach it is known by the swiftness of the Patients pulse redness of the Urine much thirst dry'th of the Mouth Tongue and Nostrils no sleep little appetite to meat heat over all the Body Outward Applications for the Head-ach proceeding from hot causes Take Oil of Roses Rose-water and Vinegar of Roses of each a like quantity dip double linen Cloths herein and lay them to the temples and the fore-head refreshing
of each one dragme Rose-water 3 ounces temper them together and use them as the other before But to conclude Take Album Graecum Anglicè a white Doggs Turd beat it to powder and mix it with Syrrup of Mulberryes Black-berryes or Honey and give it to the Patient to swallow by little and little Probatum To strengthen the Memory an Experiment of Johannes Coletus taught him by a Jew A Gargarisme to cleanse the Head for the Memory TAke Pieretrum Marjoram Galingale Ginger Caraway Broad Planten-Seed and Mustard-Seed beat them grosse together and put two ounces of this powder to one quart of Water into a Vessel close stopt and boyl it in Balneo then when it hath well sodden put a quart of strong Wine to it and an ounce of cleer Honey and let it seeth again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted herewith gargarize the mouth well and many times together every morning holding it hot a good while in the mouth that the fume may ascend up into the Head but use it only when the Moon is increasing Then use this Drink for the Memory to draw superfluous Moisture out of the Head Take Ginger long Pepper of each one dragme Galingale one scruple Cloves Cubebs of each one dragme and a half beat them all together to powder and ty them up in a linen Cloth and boyl them in Balneo in a pot close stopt with 2 quarts of Wine then let it stand covered till it be cleer then drink a good draught thereof morning and going to bed Kemb your Head a good while together in the Sun or by the fire as the season of the year is to open the pores then wash your Head with Rue-Water and drink a draught of Wine after it and eat a bit of bread steeped in the Wine eat light suppers be moderate in your sleep and dyet And continue this use many dayes together And then anoynt the Head and Temples with this Oyntment following Take white Lillyes Colewort-Leaves Balm of each one dragme pound them together and put them in a pot pour therein 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil fresh Butter as much as all the rest Spirit of Wine 4 times rectified 3 spoonfuls of water of Rue Sage and Celendine of each 2 spoonfulls white-Wine 5 spoonfuls incorporate and mix them all well together then set them 6 or 8 hours in a warm place strain it and seeth the liquour till it be as thick as Honey and set it in the Sun afterwards till it look red as Copper This Salve will keep two years The best time to make it is about June And after the Head is purged as before is directed anoynt the hinder parts of the Head Temples with this Salve and keep the Head warm with a leather Cap that it may have the better operation wash the Head with warm Wine at night let your meat be easy of digestion and especially forbear excessive drinking use this at first four dayes together and then two or three dayes together every eight weeks for a year every three months the second year and once every year afterwards as long as you live Let the Moon be increasing when you use it A Potion to procure steep in Frantick people Take white Poppey-seeds half an ounce Roots of Mandragora Henbane-seeds of each half a dragme Saffron 4 grains bruise them all together and bind them up in a Cloth then steep them 6 hours in 5 ounces of Water-Lilleys then strain it and give to the Patient of this water from one ounce to three according to the quality of the Disease and strength of the party Another for the same Take 12 ounces of Water-Lilleys Opium one dragme steep them together in 3 pints of Malmsey 24 hours then cast therein one quarter of an ounce of Salt as much Henbane-seeds Lettice-seed 3 dragms and distill it in Balneo and give hereof from half a dragme to a dragme at night when the Patient goes to bed An Oyntment or Salve to cause sleep Take one ounce of Poplar Salve That is the Oyntment which the Apothecary calls Unguentum Populeon half an ounce of Oil of Violets Henbane-seeds and Mandragora Roots of each half a dragme Saffron Cassia-wood of each one scruple mix them together and apply it to the privityes of Men and the Breasts of Women For the same Take Willow-leaves Water-Lilleys Vine-leaves and Lettise boyl them in water and with the Decoction bath and wash the privy Members hands and feet A Clyster against the shaking Palsey Take Centaury Sage Rue Cowslips St. Johns-wort Mercury of each half a handful Saffron-seed Rue-seed Silver Mountain-seed Basil-seed of each half an ounce Agarick 5 dragmes Stechas Amaranthus of each half an ounce Seeth them together in sufficient water then take 12 or 16 ounces of this Decoction Honey and Oil of Lilleys of each one ounce and a half Salgem and Pill Cochiae of each half a dragm temper them well and administer it for a Clyster A Powder for the Head against the shaking Palsey Take Field-Cypres Cowslips Lignum Aloes Ireos Hermodactils Stechas Marjoram Mints of each half adragme Spica Indie Grains Rue of each one scruple Beat every one by himself to a subtil Powder then temper them together and bestrew the Head with it when it is new shorn An excellent Confection which resisteth Poyson and defendeth the Heart against all Contagion and Infection comforteth the Stomack helpeth the Palsey or the trembling of the Joynts Take Cynamon Lignum Aloes Cloves Spica Indie Galingale Licorice Trochis de Vialis sive Scammonio Diarrhodon Abbatis of each 5 dragmes Nutmegs Aliptae Muscatae Sedoary Spikenard Mace Rhabarbe Red Storax of each half an ounce Pearles prepared Burnt Ivory Harts Bones Ginger Blatia by Zantia of each 2 dragms and a half Muske Amber Cardamom Lovage-seed Basil-seed of each one dragme and a half Camphire one dragme Make them all into a Confection with 3 ounces of clarifyed Honey take thereof every morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg You may if you please for your better conveniency make Lozenges thereof by adding 12 ounces of Sugar boyled in Buglosse-water to one ounce of the fore-mentioned ingredients For the dead Palsy Take Nutmegs sliced Licorice and Annis-seeds of each one ounce Piony Roots one dragme Elecampane Roots half an ounce Spirit of VVine 16 ounc Honey 8 ounces mix these all together and make a Conserve thereof and if you use it in VVinter put thereto a quarter of an ounce of long Pepper and give the Patient about a spoonful thereof every morning Pills to purge for the dead Palsy Take Agarick one scruple Assa-Faetida half a scruple Ginger 13 grains Diagrydion 1 grain make Pills thereof with the Juyce of Hysop and after the Patient is purged let him take this Drink following for eight dayes together Take Egrimony-water and Southern-wood-water of each 2 ounces and sweeten it with Sugar Drink it in the morning and fast four hours after it A Syrrup for
blew flower de Luce 2 ounces mix them all together and drink it Pills for the same Take the Root of Laureola one scruple steep it 5. dayes in Vinegar Sulpher Vive 4 grains burnt Copper 2 grains Licoris Annis and Dragagant of each 4 grains make pills thereof with Juyce of Roses and take them all at once To provoke Urine in this case is requisite for which use these things following To move Urine TAke red Pease 6 ounces 2 Fennel Roots boyl them well together and take 5 ounces of this Decoction at a time For the same Take smallage-Smallage-water and Melilot-water of each 2 ounces and a half sweeten it with Sugar and drink hereof a week together Or for the same drink Broom-water about 5 ounces at a time To strengthen the Liver use this Confection Take Trochiscos Diarhodon Species Diacynamomi of each 1 dragme burnt Ivory one scruple 4 ounces of white Sugar seeth it in fennel-Fennel-water and make Tabulats of it and take of these a quarter of an ounce before meat A Fomentation for the Rupture Take Seseli Cumin Camomile and Melilot of each one ounce seeth these together in a quart of Water until the third part be spent and therewith bathe and foment the Rupture and then lay this Plaister following upon it binding it on warm A Plaister for the watery Rupture Take Roots of blew flower de Luce and Roots of wild Cucumers of each 3 ounces Pease-meal and beane-meal of each 2 ounces Oil of Rue and Juyce of Bay-leaves of each 2 ounces seeth this together to the thickness of a Plaister and then spread it on a Cloth and bind it warm upon the Rupture Another Plaister for the same Take Mastick one ounce Cypres-Nuts half an ounce Dragagant Gum of each one dragme temper these together with Oil of Roses unto a Plaister and so apply it If the Rupture be caused of Phlegmatick humours then use these Purgations which follow A Purge for a Rupture caused through blood or Phlegme TAke Turbith 1 quarter of an ounce Ginger one dragme white Sugar 3 dragmes temper them together Let the Patient take a dram hereof every fourth day with Worm-wood-water and the other mornings between them take this Potion following A Drink for the same Take Water of Balme Betony and Worm-wood of each one ounce and a half Sugar half an ounce Vinegar of Squills one ounce mix them together and so drink them A Plaister for the same to take away the Phlegmatick matter Take Sandaracha two ounces Sarcocolla one ounce Ashes of Bean-straw or Vine-stocks 6 ounces Vinegar of Squills 2 ounces Water as much as is needfull to seeth them all together till they come to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it upon the place binding it on warm as before is directed If the Rupture be fleshy that is a fleshy excresence growing in the Cods which may be caused through overmuch heat and moisture in the Cods whereby the blood turneth into flesh which much weakneth and infeebleth this member in this case such meats and drinks must be refrained which do over-much heat or moisten such as sweet Wines Sugar delicate meats and the like and on the contrary the Patient must eat such meats as are cooling and drying The Hemorrhoids in the fundament must be opened together with the Liver or Median Veyne and outwardly apply these Plaisters following A Plaister for a fleshy Rupture Take Leutil Night-Shade Roses Plantayn of each 6 ounces Barley-meal 12 ounces Boyl these together in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar and thrice as much water adding thereto 3 whites of Egges boyl it to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it all over the Cod renewing it every day 5 or 6 dayes one after another Of the Melancholy blood putrifying in the Cods which is called Buris THis is the falling of Melancholy blood down into the Cod which causeth great swelling there and sometimes if the Cod be full of matter and corruption and it remain long it putrifyeth the Stones and spoileth them therefore care is to be taken speedily to purge away and draw out the Melancholy humours to effect which it is necessary that the Liver-Vein be opened and the next day afterwards give the Patient this purging Potion viz. Catharticum Imperiale with Violet-Water or Lilly-water and take 6 or 8 dayes following after these Potions following Take Violet-water Lettice-water and Hop-water of each one ounce Syrrup of Cytron-Pills one ounce and a half drink it warm in the morning And outwardly to asswage the swelling take these Medicines following viz. Take Bean-meal 3 ounces Muscilage of Holly-hocks Camomile Annis Seeds Fenegreek Seed Raisins stoned of each half an ounce Temper them with yolks of Egges and apply it to the grieved place A Pultis for the same Take Cow-dung Crums of Rye-bread Cumin Night-shade Bean-meal Melilot Camomile and Oil of Lillies pound and seeth them all together and lay them on the place grieved For the same Take Bean-meal Lilley-Roots Colewort-Leaves Figges and Fenegreek-meal of each a like quantity and seeth them together being bruised into the form of a Pultis and so apply it Of the falling of the Bowels or Guts into the Cod. THE first thing in this case as before is generally directed is diligently to endeavour the putting up of the Bowels again into their due place by taking hold of the lower part of the Cods gently thrusting them up the Patient lying on his back with his buttocks somthing higher then the other part of his Body that thereby the Bowels may the easier be reduced to their due place Then foment and bath the whole Cods and parts about it with such Lotions as before are directed then lay this Plaister following thereupon and bind it on with a good Trusse Take Cypres-Roots 2 ounces Mil-dust 3 ounces Comphrey-Roots Daisy-Rootes of each 1 ounce Isinglas 1 ounce and a half Dragagant Gum Mumey Burnt Ivory of each half an ounce Dragons blood Sagapenum Sealed-earth Fine Bolus of each 5 dragmes Pound the Roots and seeth them with the meal in 2 parts of Water and 1 part of red Vinegar until it be thick enough then mix molten Wax amongst it as much as is needful stir it well together with dissolved Gum till it be cold so spread it and apply it as before is directed To asswage the pain of the falling down of the Bowels Clysters are very commodious to be used for which these following are very good Take white Sesamum Seeds grosly beaten Linseed and Fenegreek make a decoction thereof and mix therewith Butter and Oil of Violets and administer it warm For the same Take broth made of a Hen or Cock and Oil of Sesamum of each 6 ounces Salgem half an ounce temper them together for a Clyster Another Take sweet Wine 12 ounces fresh butter and Oil of sweet Almonds of each 2 ounces Benedicta Lax half an ounce temper them all together for a Clyster To strengthen the broken place where the Bowels come
to speak more plain set the broken Bone before you roll up the member mix some Oil of Roses and the white of an Egge together and dip therein a soft linen cloth and lay it all over the place that it may compasse it all about and above and below it and then roll up the member but not too hard so as to compresse it draw humors causing inflammation therein nor so slack that the broken Bones separate again but alwayes remember that in measure resteth virtue Begin your roller smoothly upon the broken place going three or four times about it untill you have compassed about the sound place above and below it Wet your rollers well in Water and Wine before you use them and if the place be much afflicted with any Vehement pain or inflammation then the member ought to be wrapped about with fine Wooll or towe well carded and wet in Oxicratum or Oil of Roses Then to defend the member from accidents and to keep it together and strengthen the same lay upon the rollers a plaister or Cerecloth made of Wax melted in Oil of Roses but if there be besides the broken Bone any bruise or hurt in the flesh then do not apply any Oil or Cerecloth to it but in stead thereof Cloths dipt in red and Stiptick Wine Also to keep the member from pain and accidents there must be splints prepared to put about the broken member which splints must be smooth and equal without ruggedness or crookedness and are to be thus applyed First wet cloths in Rose-water and then lay them upon the Roller three or four times double then roll Wool or Cotton round about the splints and place them about the member about the bredth of a finger one from another and bind them gently on taking heed that you do not compresse the member nor touch any joynt if the broken Bone be neer a joynt lest the joynt do thereby become inflamed and ulcerate but make your splints the shorter and smaller if the fracture be neer to any joynt Now after this progresse if the Patient receive ease no pain inflammation or itching be fell in the fractured part then let the splints remain on and unopened twelve or fifteen dayes but if on the contrary any of the forementioned accidents happen then you must unrole the Member the third day at the furthest and foment and wash the place with warm water to put away the pain and itching It is likewise good to prevent and remove such accidents as usually attend these mischances as gangrenes ulcers inflammation itchings caused through immoderate dryness or moisture and for the most part extream pain which the Patient will quickly be too sensible of then must you speedily loose the binding about the broken place and take off your roller which being done foment and bathe the place with Oil of Roses Vinegar before and hereafter mentioned and also use Unguentum Album and Unguentum Populeon or either and do not either roll or splint up the Member again till the pain abateth and the inflammation ceaseth but only endeavour to strengthen and keep the Member together and afterwards roll it and splinter it as before and to strengthen the weakned Member this following is very good A special Oyntment to resist accidents and strengthen a broken Member TAke Camomile Mallows Balme and the Rootes thereof of each one handful Chop and stamp them very small and then take May-Butter 2 pound Doggs Grease 1 pound and a half and therein boyl the Herbs very well strain it and then Take Wax five ounces and a half Ammoniacum Galbanum of each 2 ounces Dissolve the Gum in Vinegar and strain it and then boyl it till the Vinegar be wasted away then melt the Wax amongst it then put amongst the strain'd Herbs before and when it is almost cold Take Bevercod 1 ounce and a half Oil of Camomile 2 ounces and a half Oil of Bayes 16 ounces Mix all this together into an Oyntment and reserve it as a special secret for your use And when you have occasion to use it melt a little of it and therewith anoynt the grieved place and afterwards apply thereon this Cerecloth following A Cerecloth for broken Bones Take Frankincense Galbanum of each 3 quarters of an ounce Mastick 1 ounce Wax 3 ounces Rosin 1 ounce and a half Oil an ounce Dissolve the Galbanum in a little Vinegar and then melt all together in the Oil and afterwards strain it through a Cloth and then dip your Cerecloth therein and apply it after the anoynting Another for the same Take Sallat-Oil 4 ounces Wax half an ounce Mastick half an ounce Beat the Mastick to powder and melt the Wax in the Oil and when it is almost cold put in the Mastick and temper them well together and use it as before is directed For the same Take Virgins-Wax Frankincense of each half an ounce Linseed Oil 4 ounces Melt and incorporate them all well together and dip a Cerecloth therein and use it as the other Also for the same because if you have not one Medicine in readiness I prescribe many that you may speedily apply what remedy is next at hand Take Wax and fresh Butter and melt them together and apply it Another for the same Take Fenegreek meal as much as you think good and Comphrey pound the Comphrey small and boyl them together in Water till they be as thick as grout and apply it moderately warm to the fractured place For the same Take Litharge of Gold Bolus Comphrey of each 3 ounces Bean-meal one ounce and a half Beat them all together and infuse them in good Vinegar one night then Take Wax Rosin of each 3 ounces Sallad-Oil 12 ounces Incorporate them all well together on the fire and let them boyl till all the Vinegar be consumed Then when it is almost cold stir into it two ounces of Dragagant in powder that hath been well steeped in Wine and so make it into a plaister and apply it Another very good for the same and for other Ruptures Take Saffron Euphorbium Long pepper of each 1 Dram. Rosin five ounces Aquavitae 1 ounce and a half Dissolve the Rosin in Aquavitae and beat all the rest to powder and then boyl them all together till the Aqua-vitae be consumed and afterwards add to it as much Wax as is sufficient to make it into a plaister and reserve it for the use aforesaid Another plaister for the same Take Ammoniacum half an ounce Galbanum 3 quarters of an ounce Wax Turpentine of each 4 ounces Myrrhe a quarter of an ounce Dissolve the Gums in Wine and then melt them all together and when it is almost cold put in the Myrrhe and make thereof a plaister for your use But if together with the breaking of the Bone there happen any wound or flux of blood then indeavour to stanch the blood for which you may use this powder following A Powder to stanch blood in a wound Take of
Frankincense Arsenick Aluminis Succarini of each two ounces Calcis Vivi 6 ounces Mix them all together into fine powder and add thereto a pinte of Vinegar and boyl them together till the Vinegar be consumed then let it dry in the Sun or against the fire and make it again into fine powder then to 3 ounces of this powder add half an ounce of Bole-Armoniack and one ounce of Pulvis Alcamistinis and mix them all together into a very fine powder and reserve it for your use to stanch any flux of blood in a wound And when you have any occasion to use it take 4 ounces of this powder and incorporate it with whites of Egges then take a bolster of towe bigge enough to cover the place where the wound is and dip the towe in Vinegar and press it out again then spread your Medicine on the towe and after strowe a little of the dry powder upon it and apply it and after lay upon this many more little bolsters of towe as much as is needfull to stanch the blood And proceed in the cure as you do in the cure of green wounds if there be no Ulcer or inflammation or putrifaction in the Bones but if the Bones ulcerate or putrify then to resist the same use these Medicines following For putrifaction of the Bones Take burnt Lead 2 ounces Myrrhe half an ounce Aloes Opopanacum Iron Drosse Burnt Squinant Rindes of firre-Tree of each 1 dram Make them all to a powder and strew thereof upon the putrified Bone it separates the putrifaction and heals the place very much Also wash the place with water wherein Sal Armoniak hath been decocted If there be any ulcer therewith then have a care you use no Oil thereunto for Oiles bring putrifaction in Ulcers but wash the Ulcer with this Medicine following For Ulcers in broken Bones Take White-wine 4 ounces Rose-Water two ounces Burnt Allom 1 quarter of an oun Verdigrease 1 dram The White of an Egge sodden hard Bruise the white of the Egge small boyl them all together a little gently then strain it and keep it well stopt for your use and afterwards if it be too thick or too strong add some more Wine and rose-Rose-Water unto it and use it as before is directed And afterwards lay upon the sore this plaister following A Plaister for Ulcers Take Oil of Roses 3 drams Oil of Camomile 1 dram Ceruse 1 quarter of an ounce Dragons blood Bolus of each half an ounce Camphire 1 dram Litharge of gold half a dram Tutty prepared a quarter of an ounce Coral 1 dram Make them all into a plaister with Wax as much as is sufficient spread it on leather and lay it upon the Ulcer But if these accidents happen not or at least be removed then endeavour to strengthen and Conglutinate the fractured Bones which is done by a certain Nutriment or substance that groweth out of the Bones which gleweth them and causeth to Unite and grow together This nourishment is called Callus which must be increased by all means When once it begins to grow you shall perceive it by these signs the inflammation ceaseth and the pain is abated and the member again reduced to it's natural Colour To ingender Callus let the patient use meats that are grosse and viscous and breed good juyce and that the Callus may be ingendred neither too big nor too small have respect to the dyet fomentation and plaisters If the Callus grow but slowly that there be need to increase it use plaisters that do moderately heal of which sort here be many directed in this book And on the contrary if it appear too big use Astringent Medicines a compressing ligature or binding apply also a plate of lead upon the place And use fomentations made with Oil Salt-Peter or Water and Salt made hot But if the member appear smaller and leaner then ordinarily and naturally it was before then apply unto the affected member hot attractive Medicines Let the patient use large dyet and voyd all things causing Melancholy Of eluxation of the joynts and to set a Bone put out of joynt THE Greeks call this Exarthrema the Latines Eluxatio which is asmuch as to say a Joynt writhen or started aside out of its natural place into another so that the free natural motion thereof is thereby hindred so that if the Bone be quite out of joynt then this is called an eluxation or a luxation only without a compound you may call it if you please but if it be only a little extorted and strained aside that is not properly a luxation but only a strain or wrench If the joynt be luxated then must manual operation be used to set the same and reduce it to its proper place which is the first intention to be used in this case And the manner of this operation must be in this manner to reduce the bone out of his socket into his natural seat extend the member decently and tenderly with the hands till you feel the Bone brought again into his proper place but sometimes the operation of the hands sufficeth not to perform this work alone but instruments and bands prepared fit for that purpose must be used as Hippocrates teacheth Hippocrates lib. de Luxatis fractis The Luxated member being well reduced again to his natural place your next intention must be to endeavour to strengthen and confirm the affected joynt and keep the Bone that it slip not out of its place again for which purpose have Rollets and Splints in readiness to bind up the member and keep it from hurt and motion But before you roll or bind up the same anoint it with Oil of Roses and lay upon it some old fine Linen-cloths wet in Oil of Roses or whites of Egges and apply them to the joynt then gently roll up the member having first wet your Rollers in Water and Vinegar mixed together then apply your splints about the joynt if there be necessity and they may be made of leather or pastboard This being done if the patient be at ease and no accidents happen open it not again in ten dayes if any inflammation happen some refrigerating Cerecloth is good to be used And to prevent and stop defluxions of humors which may chance to fall down and weaken the joynt this plaister following is very good to withstand the same Take Colophonia Pitch of each 1 ounce Galbanum Myrrhe Ammoniacum Frankincense of each 3 drams The Muscilage of Holly-hocks 3 quarters of an ounce Polypody Roots Misleden Heartwort of each 1 quarter of an ounce Wax 1 ounce Turpentine 3 quarters of an ounce Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar and then put to it the Wax Pitch and Turpentine melt them together and boyl them over a gentle fire till the Mussilage and Vinegar be consumed then temper the other things being beaten very small amongst them and then make it into a plaister Spread of this Plaister upon a cloth or peece of leather and lay
it on the grieved place Another Plaister for the same Take Holly-hock Roots 3 ounces Acorn-budds 3 quarters of an ounce Flowers of Self-heal 1 ounce and a half Sallet-Oil Oil of Mirtles of each 3 quarters of an ounce Red Wine 24 ounces Self-heal Water 12 ounces Frankincense Myrrhe of each 1 dram Deeres suet 1 scruple and a half Turpentine half an ounce Sealed earth half a dram Mumy two Drams and a half First bruise the Holly-hock roots Self-heal flowers and Acorn-budds very small and beat them to pap then add thereunto the Wines Oils and Self-heal Water and boyl all together till the Wine and Water be consumed then strain it out hard and put in the Frankincense Myrrhe Deeres-suet and Turpentine then seeth them again till the moisture be consumed then put in the Sealed-earth and Mumy and as much Wax as is sufficient to make it into a Plaister which is very good for all Luxations and broken Bones to asswage the pain and strengthen the sinewes In all such accidents as broken and dislocated Bones and joynts have a care to defend the afflicted Member from inflammation and humours that are apt to flow thereunto To prevent which a moderate dyet must necessarily be used and that not only in this but in all other distempers for health consists in mediocrity and also if need require purging and letting blood are not amisse to be used It will not be here amisse to add some remedies fit to be used for the shrinking of sinewes and withered joynts and contractures which oftentimes happen after Luxation of the joynts or fractures of the Bones which many times happens after such mischances if the same be long before they be cured A Salve very good for an extenuated or withered Member Take Cats Grease Deers-suet Bears-Grease Hogges-Grease The marrow of Neats feet Honey Doggs-Grease Badgers-Grease of each a like quantity Boyl them all together in Wine to an oyntment then strain it and therewith anoynt the place affected before the fire twice a day Another for the same purpose Take Sage Mallowes Nettles and their Roots Camomile Sprigges of Juniper of each one handful Dogs-Grease and fresh Butter of each 3 ounces Chop the Herbs small and boyl them to a grout and then strain them through a Course-cloth then put the Grease and Butter to it and seeth it again to an oyntment then reserve it for the uses before mentioned And thus have we done with the first part of Luxated dislocated and broken Bones and withered members and shrinking sinews next follows an accident many both old and young languish under namely Ruptures or broken Bellyes Of Ruptures THIS Disease is generally called in Latine Hernia although there be several causes degrees and distinctions thereof but generally is that which falleth down into the Cod. There is a kinde of Rupture that cometh about the Navel or privy parts both of Man and Woman the Rupture of the Navel swelleth and hangeth out of the forepart of the Belly for a remedy whereof these following Medicines are convenient Take Comphrey well stamped 1 ounce then melt half an ounce of Wax then mix them well together in the form of a Plaister and lay it on the Navel But if the Rupture be great then anoynt the back-bone of the party with Bears-Grease The Herb Perfoliata in English called Thorough Wax is very profitable for all Ruptures either in Children or other people if the Herb and Seed thereof be sod and laid upon the Rupture A dragm of the Decoction thereof in Water or Wine given to drink is good or the Herb and Seed stamped and the weight of a scruple and a half thereof given to a Child in Pap. The groyn and privy places be likewise subject to tumors and swellings with heat hardness and by reason of the tenderness and sensibility of those parts afflicted with great anguish and pain for which it is not besides the purpose to prescribe these following Remedies For a Tumor or smelling in the groyn or privy parts TAke Muscilage of Elecampane Roots Linseed Figges and Sebestes of each six ounces and as much Oil of sweet Almonds Litharge of gold prepared three ounces seeth it untill the Muscilage be consumed alwayes stirring it then put thereto an ounce of Wax make it into a Plaister and lay it on the place grieved A Salve for the same Take Rosin and Wax of each 1 ounc a great Onion and two Lilly-Roots stamp them and seeth them in Goats Milk then strain them through a linen Cloth and let it seeth well again then stir it about until it be cold and so reserve it for the use aforesaid If there be any open Ulcer then use this following Take Tutty prepared 1 ounce Mastick Frankincense of each 1 quarter of an ounce White Wax half an ounce Oile of Roses a sufficient quantity to make it into a Salve If the place be raw and in great anguish then anoynt the same with Oil of sweet Almonds Also take Argal and put it into a new pot and burn it till it be black then beat it small and strew it on the sore These are only for outward swellings and Ulcers if there be any inward sore or Ulceration in the conduit of the yard stoppage or inflammation then use this injection following spouting it in gently with a Syrringe Take White-Wine one pinte Burnt Allom 2 dragms and a half Verdigrease 1 dragm and a half Boyl them well together then strain it through a Cloth and inject it with a Syrringe A Salve for the same to anoynt the whole member Take the Juice of Tassels of Planten and Comphrey of each two ounces Camphire 4 Starch and Ceruse of each one ounce Litharge of Gold half an ounce Tutty prepared with Rose-water 1 dragm and a half the whites of three Egges well beaten bruise the Champhire very small then incorporate them all together in a leaden Morter and make a Salve thereof for the use aforementioned But to return to speak of the Ruptures falling into the Cods of which there are several causes and kinds one is a swelling or puffing up of the Cods through wind Another and that is most properly called a broken belly when the Rym of the belly is broken and the bowels or guts fall down into the Cod little or much sometimes in one side only and sometimes into both And another kind with is improperly called a Rupture is a swelling of the Cod with water and superfluous matter of moisture to which Hydropical persons are subject And that Disease is very well known by the swelling of the Cods But first we come to speak of the Hernia or broken belly with hapneth above the Cod the cause hereof is oftentimes in Children crying some loud-hooping-cough or extream blowing with wind in older persons as well as the former falls thrusts blows much labour or heavy burdens A speedy remedy is necessary to be sought after for this Rupture for the older it grows the more difficult it will
into a Bason on a whet-stone put thereto as much white Salt and grinde them together on a Marble-stone and when it is small ground add thereto white-Wine and then temper them well together and let it stand so a day and a night then pour out the thinne cleer liquor that standeth above and put it in a Vyal And when the sick goeth to bed anoynt well the Eyes with a clean feather Probatum For Eyes that run with Water Take a Colewort leaf and anoynt it with the white of an Egge beaten well and lay it to thy Eyes when thou goest to bed and let it lye all night and it shall help thee by the grace of God To cleer the Eyes a Drink Take Celendine and stamp it and temper it with fair water and drink it three dayes and it shall heal the head and cleer the sight marvelously For the Perle in the Eye at first Take white Ginger that is good and fine and rubbe it on a whet-stone of Norway into a sawcer of â—ewter and put thereto white-Wine but let it be muddy of the Ginger and with a feather do it into thy Eyes A precious Water for Eyes called the Water of Mr. Peter of Spain Take Fennel Rue Celendine Vervain Eye-bright Clary Rosin or the water of Rosin and stamp them by the space of a natural day in white-Wine and then put all together in a Lymbeck and distill a water thereof wherewith wash the Eyes it clarifyeth and comforteth them greatly The Powder of Master Peter de Villa Nova Take Tutty prepared one dragme Antimony one dragme and a half Marjoram 2 dragmes Flower of red Coral one dragme and a half Raw Silk of the Silk-worm cut small as may be half a dragme make hereof as subtil a powder as may be made and keep it in a box of Metal This powder dryeth tears and rectifieth redness of the Eyes And was made for Bishop John A Powder for the Eyes called Bonaventure Take a dragme of Sugar-Candy Tutty prepared half a dragme powder them and wash them with water of Roses and spread them abroad on a Bason and fumigate the Bason with the fume of Lignum Aloes and Frankincense dry it and powder it subtily and keep it in a box of brasse or pewter And put it in the Eyes with a Pencil of Silver This powder is good for all manner of spots in the Eyes A precious Powder for a pin and Webbe in the Eye Take two dragms of Tutty prepared of Sandragon one dragm of Sugar one dragme beat them together to a very fine powder whereof put into the Eye a little at a time approved For a hurt in the Eye with a Thorn Stubble or any other thing Take Monsear and stamp it and drink the Juyce thereof and lay three drops upon the Eye and stamp Egrimony and lay it on the hinder part of the Eye For the Webbe in the Eye Take ground Ivy and dresse the Eye with the Juyce thereof once a day and it will destroy it Another for sore Eyes Take Centory and make thereof an Electuary with Honey very thick and eat thereof It is good for the stomack and will make a man to have a good talent to his meat And therewith anoynt the Eyes it is very good for sore Eyes A Soveraign Medicine that helpeth the sight and purgeth and clarifyeth the Eyes be they never so bleared Take a good quantity of Housleek and stamp it in a Morter and wring out the Juyce clean and put it in a broad Vessel a day and night till it be clear then take 20 Egges and seeth them very hard then take away the Yolk of every Egge and set the shell hot in wheat-bran and fill it full of the water of Housleek and so serve all the Egges while the water lasts and let them stand so a day and a night at the least a day then take the water and put it in Vials VVith this water anoynt the Eyes morning and night Also take a Pidgeon and let it bleed in the right Vein under the wings and anoynt thine Eyes with the blood 9 dayes and 9 nights and more if it be need for this Medicine hath been proved many times An excellent Oyntment for the Eyes Take new Hogges-lard 2 ounces Tutia prepared 1 ounce Lapis Hematis washed 1 scruple Aloes washed and powdered 12 grains Perles 3 grains Steep the Grease 6 hours in Rose-water then wash it 12 times in white-Wine powder the Tutia very fine and make it into an oyntment with a little Fennel-water and therewith anoynt the corner of the Eyes For Rheumatick Eyes First purge the Head and the Body and let the Patient sweat a little Then use this powder following for the Eyes Take Tutia prepared 1 ounce and a quarter red Coral yellow Myrobalaus of each 1 quarter of an ounce Pepper half a dragme powder them very fine and strew them in the corners of the Eyes A Water to wash Rheumatick Eyes Take Rain-water boyl therein Gal-nuts Myrtle-Seeds fine Bolus and Cypres-nuts And therewith wash the Eyes oftentimes To asswage and drive away the pain of the Eyes Take prepared Tutty Camphire bruised very small of each one scruple rose-Rose-water 1 ounce white-Wine half an ounce temper them well and when you have occasion to use it stir it well about and put a drop or two in the Eye For redness in the Eyes This oftentimes proceeds from superfluity of blood which floweth unto the Eyes it is necessary in this case to apply Cupping-glasses to the shoulders if need be to open the Head-vein on the contrary side and to purge the Body and outwardly to apply such things to the Eyes as may repercusse and drive back the humour offending as followeth For the redness of the Eyes Take the white of an Egge and bray it with Womans milk and apply it to the Eyes I mean drop a drop or two thereof into the Eye For the same Take Linseed and boyl it in water and wet a Sponge in that Decoction and lay it warm on the eyes or do in like manner with the Decoction of Fenegreek or Camomile For the same Take the Juyce of Night-shade and mix it with the white of an Egge well beaten and Oil of Roses make a cloth wet in it and lay it on the Eye For blood-shot Eyes Take the Juyce of Worm-wood bray it well with the white of an Egge and drop thereof into the eye Another for pain or redness in the Eyes Take broad Planten water 1 pinte small bruised Verdigrease 1 ounce fine Bolus Dragons blood of each half an ounce Camphire 1 quarter of an ounce distill this in a glassen helm in Balneo This water taketh away redness of the Eyes and pains thereof and helpeth swollen Eye-lids that have long continued And is also good for all sore mouths and stinking imposthumations therein and especial for all Ulcerations in the privy members For the same Take water of Vervain Eye-bright Marjoram of each half an
them all together then steep them in Womans milk and drop thereof into the Eye A Salve for running Eyes and for all Imposthumes and Pains Scabs Wounds and Bloud-shots in the Eyes Take Tutia prepared in Rose-water half an ounce fresh Hogges-grease one ounce Starch 3 quarters of an ounce bruise and temper them well together in a Morter then wash it three times in the Water of Night-shade and with this anoynt the fore-head the Temples and the Eye-lids both within and without A precious Water to strengthen the sight Take Rue Roses Endive Betony Vervain Maydenhair Egrimony Clevers Yarrow Eyebright Pimpernel Sage of each two handfuls Cut the Herbs small and steep them a day and a night in good white-Wine then strain them out and let the Moisture run from them then bruise them grosly in a Morter then distil them in Balneo and keep the water for your use close stopt For spots in the Eye Take Prepared Blood-stone 3 dragmes Burne Copper a quarter of an ounce Perles Red Coral of each 1 dragm Gummi Tragacant of each 3 dragmes Pepper 30 grains Washed Ceruse 1 dragme Dragons blood Saffron Amber of each half a dragme Make it into the form of trochises of a dragme apiece and when you have occasion to use it bruise one of them and infuse it in Womans milk and drop a drop thereof into the Eye Another for spots in the Eyes Take Frankincense 5 dragmes Saffron one dragm Ammoniacum Sarcocolla of each two dragmes and a half beat them all into very fine powder and make it into Trochises with Muscilage of Fenegreek then when you will use it bruise it into Womans milk and therewith wash the Eyes this doth mundify and deer the sight For mists and clouds before the Eyes It oftentimes happens in them that have the small Pox afterwards some clouds or white spots remain in the Eyes endangering the sight thereof for which take the Juyce of Corn-roses the Juyce of Centory each apart or mixt together and therewith anoynt the Eye A powder for the same Take the dryed Juyce of Celendine 3 dragmes Ameos one quarter of an ounce as much white Sugar-Candy make a fine powder thereof and blow a little into the Eye when you go to bed Probatum With this Medicine I cured my self of a spot of whiteness that grew over the sight of my left Eye immediately after my recovery of a grievous sickness of the small Pox in October 1646. by putting a little thereof into my Eye going to bed with a piece of clean Paper rolled in form of a quill which in a short time took the spot clean away not putting the Eye to any pain Gloria Deo in excelsis Turner Another Powder much commended for the same Taste Pumice-stones Cuttle-bones prepared Sarcocolla Aristolochia red Coral Boras of each one dragme white Sugar-Candy 6 dragmes make them all into a fine subtil powder A Honey to be prepared for the mists before the Eyes Take clarifyed Honey 2 ounces the Juyce of Fennel the Juyce of Centory of each 1 ounce and a half seeth it a little and scumme it till it be cleer and drop thereof on the cloud or white spot in the Eye A Plaister for swollen and extuberated Eyes as if they would fall out Take Shepherds Purse Planten Housleek make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Eye but if it proceed of weakness of the sinews then it is needfull to purge the Head with Hiera or pill Cochie use Gargarismes wherewith foment the mouth and lay to the Eyes this Plaister Take Juyce of Sloes Frankincense Mastick Cypres-Nuts and the Leaves of each if you can get them of each a like quantity beat them very small and mix them with the Oil of Camomil and lay it on the Eyes A Pomander for to strengthen and help a feeble and dim sight Take Rosemary Nep Marjoram Penny-royal of each 1 dragme Lignum Aloes Marjoram Gentle Mace of each 2 dragmes Muske Amber of each 2 grains Make thereof a powder and bind it in a piece of red Silk and smell often to it All odoriferous Herbs as Rosemary Lavender Gillo-flowers Roses and all sweet smelling Fruits are good for the Eyes so also doth the sight of green Fields green Trees the precious stone Smaragdus green Glasse green Linen set before the Eyes strengthen and quicken the sight on the contrary lechery and unmeasurable Venery Drunkenness sleeping on a full stomack much reading small prints or writing vaporous Meats moist Fruits dark misty weather Smoke Wind Dust Idleness and grosse Meat weakens and diminisheth the sight A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Tutia prepared 10 dragmes make it into Past with the Juyce of Marjoram Gentle when it hath stood a night and be well setled Let it drye well then beat it again and add to it Ginger long and black Pepper and Celendine of each 1 dragme sal Armoniack half a dragme all beaten small and made Moist with the Juyce of Fennel let it dry again and so preserve it when you will use it beat it into a very fine powder and put thereof into the Eye A Powder to be strewed upon the Head to strengthen and preserve the sight Take Cloves Lignum-Aloes Betony Sandarac burnt Ivory Styrax Calaminta of each half a dragme make them into powder and strew all the Head therewith and when you will renew it kemb the Head that the first may come off afterwards use twice a month before you go to sleep one quarter of an ounce of Trochises of Diambra and hold them in your mouth till they be dissolved A Water to preserve and strengthen the sight used by the Emperour Frederick the third Take green Betony Rue Vervain Celendine Eye-bright Roses of each 6 handfulls Long Pepper Cloves of each half a dragme Aloe one ounce Wood-bind and the flowers 3 handfulls Chop all the Herbs small and distill it through a glasse body drop of this Water into the Eyes and anoynt the Face therewith Another to preserve the sight Take Fenegreek Holly-hock Roots of each 2 ounces cleanse them well and boyl them in fair water by a mild fire till half be consumed then strain them out and add thereto Aloes 2 dragmes Sugar-Candy or Sugar of Roses 1 ounce strain it with Rose-water through a Cloth and let it seeth unto a Syrrup keep it in a glasse close stopt And when you have occasion use it as other Eye-waters Another for the same Take Rose-water and white Sugar-Candy of each what quantity you please And infuse them in a glasse together and let them stand in the Sun two or three dayes or more before you use it The Galls of all Ravening Birds as also of partridges of Bulls Hares Wolves Foxes and especially the Gall of a Bucke doth cleer the Eyes and sharpen the sight if any one of them be decocted with Juyce of Fennel and clarifyed Honey and dropt into the Eyes A Confection for a bad sight called Electuarium Oculiste or the Oculists
and changing them again as often as it dryeth Another for the same more strong If the heat be very extream take the Water of Nymphea called in English white water Lilleys water of Endive of each 3 ounces Saunders red white and yellow of each one dragme or else 3 dragmes of one of them if you cannot get them all three Rose leaves beaten half a dragme beaten Camphire half a dragm mix them all together and use them as the other If there be any flux of the Belly or ague that causeth the Head-ach then for young or weak persons you may use these Medicines following with good effect Such as are Cassia Manna Syrrup of Roses or Sene-Leaves boyled with some cooling Herbs more stronger Bodyes may purge with Pill Cochiae or the like strong purge if they have no looseness with it If there be any great flux or looseness of the Body then let the Patient avoyd light and loosening meats but boyl his meat in steeled water which is thus made Take as much fair water as you intend to use set it on the fire then take a good peece of Steel heat it red hot in the fire then quench it in the Water repeating it over three or four times So likewise may you Steel Milk or Wine and prepare Gold Silver or flints for the same purpose but if the Patient hath no looseness then you may soon prepare for him this Decoction following Drink for the Head-ach Take Sene-Leaves 1 ounce Cinamon Anniseeds Fennel-Seeds and Currans of each one dragme Licoris two dragmes sweet Marjoram and Rosemary of both half a handful two or three Figges boyl them all in a quart of water with one ounce of Sugar till half be consumed then strain it And for the Dose give hereof to a Child 2 ounces at a time or weak Persons to stronger Bodyes 4 ounces If there be pain in the Head and the Body bound endeavour the first thing you do to open and make it soluble otherwise the ascention of vapours unto the brain will so distemper the Head with heat and pain that phrensies raging and madness will ensue to do this use Clysters Purgations and some purging Potions and Suppositories A Clyster to provoke the Body to go to Stool Take Mallows 3 handfulls Beets and Herb Mercury of each two handfulls boyl them well together in fair water then strain them Then take 12 ounces of this Decoction three yolks of Egges Oil of Sesamum or Linseed 4 ounces Salgem half a dragme temper them together and minister it warm Another Take Mutton-broth Veal-broth or Hen-broth of either of them 16 ounces melt therein fresh Butter and Ducks-Grease of each one ounce Saffron half a dragme Oil of Lilleys and Oil of Dill of each one ounce and a half Indie-Salt one dragme then temper them together and administer it A Decoction to open the Body for the same Take 12 Prunes Licorice Currans Annis-seeds and Fennel of each half an ounce Flowers of Burrage and Buglosse of each one dragme and a half boyl them in a quart of water till a third part be wasted strain it and drink thereof Another for the same and to coole the Body Take Currans Licorice Prunes Injubes Violets Barley Melon-seed Pompeon-seed Gourd-seed and Cucumber-seed of each one quarter of an ounce boyl them as the other Pills for the Head-ach Take Rhabarb 2 drames Mastick one scruple Scammony half a dragm make them into Pills with Juyce of Rue one dragme of them at a time A sweet Ball or perfume for the Head-ach Take Violets Water Lilleys Willow Leaves Roses of each one ounce Camphire 2 grains beat them all together and bind them up in a piece of fine Silk and wet it often in Rose-water and smell often to it If the Head-ach proceed from a cold cause it is good to use Gargarismes to draw forth the Rheume out of the Head for which this following is effectual A Gargarisme for the Head-ach Take Mastick Calamus Licorice Currans of each half an ounce Hysop Ireos of each 2 drams Pellitoty of Spain Ginger Saxifrage Mustard-Seeds of each one dram beat them all together and boyl them in fresh Water and gargle the mouth therewith three or four times a day warm A Clyster for the same Take Mallows Herb Mercury Dill Rue Bran of each one handfull boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water take of thiâ— Collature 12 or 16 ounces mix with it Hyera Picra and white Sugar of each half an ounce Salt two dragmes Oil of Dill and Rue of each one ounce and a half and give it warm A Conserve for the Head-ach Take Conserve of Roses 2 ounces and a half Conserve of Betony one ounce and a half Cinamon Cloves Annis-seeds of each one dragm green Ginger half an ounce Syrrup of Citrons a sufficient quantity to make it into an Electuary and take thereof every morning the quantity of a Nut. Another for the same called Electuarium Vitis Take Currans 6 ounces Licorice 2 dragmes boyl these in the Waters of Buglosse Scabious and Betony of each 12 ounces then strain it out hard and steep in the liquour warm 1 dragme of Rhabarbe Lavender 5 grains bound up together in a Cloth stop it close and boyl it a good while in Balneo then strain it out and add to it as much Rhabarbe and Spike as before and let it steep therein a night strain it again and then put therein one ounce of the Barks of yellow Mirobalaus then boyl it a little more and strain it and add to the Collature 6 ounces of Sugar and two ounces of Manna and boyl it to a Syrrup when it is almost cold mingle in it half an ounce of Cinamon Cloves Galingale and Nutmegs of each one dragme Seeds of Fennel and Annis of each half an ounce boyl them up to an Electuary and keep it for your use for the purposes before recited A good Drink for a Head-ach of cold Take Buglosse Roots 1 handful Chicory Roots Harts-Tongue Flowers of Buglosse Borage Roses of each half a handful Boyl them all in 4 quarts of white-Wine a quarter of an hour when it is cold strain it and add to it 4 quarts of white-Wine more and steep in it Sage-Leaves and Rosemary of each half a handful long Pepper Galingale Cloves Cubebs of each half an ounce Currans Cinamon and Coriander-Seeds prepared of each one ounce grosly beaten and tyed up all together in a Cloth boyl the Wine 3 or 4 walms and put up the Wine in a Rundlet and drink thereof as you please A Powder for a cold pain and Rheume in the Head Take Nutmegs Mace Rosemary Cloves Frankincense Mastick Lavender Myrrhe Marjoram and Stechas of each a like quantity beat them all to powder and rub the Head well therewith then cover and keep the Head warm with a Cap. A Lotion or Water to Bath and Wash the feet for the Head-ach Take Betony Roses Elder Flowers Sage Camomile and Marjoram of each 4 handfulls
Bran 2 handfulls as much Lavender seeth them all together in a sufficient quantity of Water and bath the Feet in it every night very hot holding them in it about half an hour and every three dayes cast away the old bath and make fresh For Deafness Take Betony and Horehound and stamp them in a Morter and strain out the Juyce and drop thereof into the Patients Ear when he is going to bed Another for the same Take a round piece of an Ash-Tree with the bark on and lay the midst thereof in the fire and keep the Water that droppeth out at both ends and take the Juyce of Monks Rhabarbe white-Wine and the fat of fresh Eel of each a like quantity mingle them all together and put a drop or two thereof into the Patients Ears when he goes to bed use it every night Another for the same Take the Gall of a Weather and Honey of each a like portion and mingle them together and put it into the Patients Ears For Pain in the Ears Purge the Head with Syrrup of Roses Cassia and Electuary de Succo Rosarum Then oftentimes take Oil of Roses Oil of Water-Lillies and Womans Milk and drop thereof into the Ears Another for pains in the Ears Take the Juyce of Strawberry-leaves of Pauls Betony Sage and Housleek of each one ounce Mastick and Frankincense a dragm and a half of the Decoction of Cole-worts two ounces temper them all together and drop thereof into the Ear. Against Noise and Hissing or Singing in the Ears Deafness usually follows after this if not timely prevented which to do it is necessary to purge the Brains with Pills de Hyera Mastichine Cochie or Hyera cum Agarico either or all of which you may have at the Apothecaries take of one of these Pills a dragme at a time If you take of the Pill Mastichine you may take a dragme thereof and form it into six little Pills more or lesse according as you can swallow them and take them at night going to bed if you take of any of the other Pills take a dragme thereof in the morning Afterwards take this Decoction which follows and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears A Fumigation for Noise in the Ears Take Marjoram Mints Wormwood Rosemary Sage Betony and Camomile of each half a handful boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water till half be consumed and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears To stanch bleeding at the Nose Take the Seeds of the Hazel-Tree and burn them to powder and let the Patient have some of it blown into his Nose through a quill and let him drink the Juyce of Planten The Juyce of Planten or Planten-Water and Milk made into a posset stanch and heal any bleeding inwardly To Ripen an Imposthume in the Ear. Take fine wheat Flower one ounce and a half the Muscilage of Linseed and Fenegreek Seed Eels-Grease Litharge of Gold Ceruse and Frankincense of each one dragme mix them all together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it all over the Ear and rub it into the Ear. Another for the same Take fresh Holly-hock Roots beaten small two ounces Linseed and Fenegreek Seeds beaten of each one ounce Dill-Seed and Camomile of each half an ounce boyl them in Butter to the consistence of a soft Plaister and lay it to the Ear. To draw out the matter cleanse and heal an Imposthume in the Ear. When the Imposthume is ripe and begins to break then to cleanse and heal the same use this Unguent following Take Sarcocolla Aloes Dragons-blood Myrrhe and Frankincense Iron Drosse and Verdigrease of each half a dragme incorporate them all well together with Vinegar and dip a taint therein and put it into the Ear. Another for all kinds of Imposthumes in the Ears Take Honey 5 dragmes Vinegar half an ounce Verdigrease 1 dragme bruised small seeth them together then dip Wool therein and lay it into the imposthumated Ear. The Oyntment called Unguentum Apostolorum which is to be had at the Apothecaries is also good for Imposthumes in the Ears to be used as the former For the Tooth-ach Take Allum and Brimstone of each what quantity you please thereof burn them on a Tyle-stone and make powder thereof and add thereto powder of Pepper a like quantity stamp them all together with a Clove of Garlick then ty them up in a little piece of linen and lay it between the Teeth where the pain is Another for the same Take Honey and seeth it and take off the scum as it ariseth and put thereto powder of Pepper and seeth it till it be black then put some of it on a Sage leaf lay it to the aking Teeth Another for the same Take Vinegar Mustard powder of Pepper and Pellitory of Spain of each what quantity you please the Kernel of a Gal-nut boyl them all together and if the Teeth be hollow put thereof into the Teeth or else lay it hot to the Gums Of the Tooth-ach that cometh of Worms If there be Worms in the Gums as it often happens there are which cause much pain in the Teeth and do imposthumate and perish them to kill them Take Pepper and beat it to powder and temper it with good Wine and sup thereof warm and hold it in thy mouth till it be cold and then spit it out use this often and thou shalt be delivered of all anguish in the Teeth Another to fasten loose Teeth Take Harts-horn and burn it and put the ashes that come thereof in a linen cloth and lay it to the Teeth and it will make them fast To make a Tooth fall out of it self Take the tallow of a Ram and Planten and stamp them together and anoynt the Teeth therewith and it will fall out of its own accord Turner So says my Author Verbatim I do not deviate from him the Medicine is easy to be made if it do no good I am sure it can do no hurt if you have occasion you may soon try it Here follows another receipt for the same purpose which you may use as you like it it will not cost you much Take a water-Frogge and a green Frogge and seeth them together gather the Grease that ariseth and therewith anoynt thy Gum and the aking Teeth I do not like this so well as the former For stinking Teeth Take two handfulls of Cumin-seed and seeth it in white-Wine and let them wash their Teeth therewith To make Teeth white Take Honey Salt and Rye-meal of each what quantity you please and therewith rub thy Teeth and Gums For an Imposthume in the Gums Take Honey of Roses one ounce and a half Vinegar half an ounce mix them together and therewith gargle the mouth when you spit it out take in fresh again using it often Likewise it is good to open the Gums if there be any sores and wash it three times a day with water wherein Allom Myrrhe and Salt have
been sodden Another for the same Take half a pinte of the Water of Knot-grasse and half an ounce of Allom dissolve the Allom in the Water and therewith wash the Teeth and Gums For losse of Speech Take the Juyce of Southern-wood Sage and Pimpernel and put it under thy Tongue or take the Juyce of Wormwood and temper it with Honey and let the Patient hold it in his mouth The voyce is oftentimes spoiled and corrupted by hoarseness or weakened by long sickness for which this Electuary which follows is very good An Electuary for losse of Speech Take Ireos half an ounce Penny-Royal Hysop Licoris of each 3 drag Dragagant bitter Almonds Kernels of Pine-apples Cinamon Ginger and Pepper of each one dragme and a half Figges Dates Currans of each one scruple red Styrax 3 scruples and a half cut the fruits small beat all the rest to powder and to every ounce of this powder add 12 ounces of Sugar make it into an Electuary with Honey or Syrrup of Hysop or if you please you may make Lozengs thereof Another for the same Take Ireos half an ounce Sugar-Candy a dragm Cinamon Ginger and Pepper one dragme Sugar 12 ounces boyl it in hysop-Hysop-Water to the thickness of an Electuary then make Lozengs thereof these are good for a Cough a cold Rheume and a wheezing breath Against Hoarseness a dry Cough and all infections of the Lungs and Breast proceeding of heat and dry'th from whence a Consumption follows Take Dragagant 1 ounce Gum Arabick 5 dragms Starch 2 dragmes Licoris Melon-Seeds Gourd-Seeds Pompeon-Seeds Cucumber-Seeds of each 1 drag Camphire 5 dragmes Sugar Pennets one ounce and a half Beat all these to powder and add to an ounce of this powder 12 ounces of fine Sugar and boyl it in Violet water unto a Confection or make Lozenges of it if you please A hot Confection for a tough flegmatick and slymy Cough so that the Patient cannot get up any thing for a wheezing and short Breath Take Dragagant Hysop of each 2 ounces Kernells of Pine-Apples Sweet Almonds Linseed of each 3 dragmes Fenegreek Cinamon of each 2 dragmes Juyce of Licoris Ginger of each one dragme Boyl them all into an Electuary or Confection as the other or if you will you may make Lozengs thereof and every night when you go to bed dissolve one of them in sweet-Wine and add half a scruple of Saffron unto it this comforts the Heart and vital Spirits A Drink for the same Take five pints of fair Water half a pinte of Honey six Figges one ounce of Currans 2 dragmes of Licorice boyl it till one pinte be wasted and drink thereof every morning fasting a good Cup full warm To make the voyce cleer an Electuary Take Cabbage-Seeds Hysop Elecampane Roots Colts-foot Roots of Flower De luce Horehound of each half an ounce Annis-Seeds Fennel-Seeds Ameos Cubebs Aristolochy of each one dragme and a half Sugar Pennets 3 dragmes Oxymel Compositum Syrrup of Horehound of each 3 ounc Pine-apple Kernells 4 ounces Saffron 1 dragme Make them all together into a Confection or Electuary with 12 ounces of Honey clarifyed take hereof about 2 dragmes morning and night in a little of the Decoction of Nettle-Roots mixing a little Sugar with it For them that speak in their sleep Take the Juyce of Southern-wood 1 spoonfull and temper it in Wine and drink it going to bed Another for the same Take the Tops of Rue and Vervain of each a like quantity drink the Juyce thereof in Wine going to bed For them that spit Bloud Take Smallage Rue Betony Mynts and Planten of each a like quantity boyl them in good new Milk and drink thereof warm For a stinking Breath Take Butter the Juyce of Moonwort and the Juyce of Fetherfew of each a like quantity temper them with Honey and give the Patient every morning a spoonfull thereof Another for the same Take two handfulls of Cumin-Seeds and beat it to powder and boyl it well in white-Wine and drink of this decocted Wine 15 dayes together every morning sweetned with a little Sugar Another for the same Take three handfulls of Cumin Vervain Mynts and Rue of each three handfulls Licoris 1 dragme Ginger and Nutmegs of each half an ounce bruise them all in a Morter then boyl them in a Gallon of white-Wine till half be wasted Drink thereof morning and evening first and last for 15 dayes together as hot as you can suffer it Probatum For a cold and Cough Take Hysop Rosemary Planten and Radish Roots of each a like quantity and boyl them in white-Wine from a Pottle to a quart then poer out the Liquor and put the Herbs into a Morter and mingle them well together bruising them and strain them into the Liquor again then take a pinte of Life-Honey and boyl it and scum it and put thereto a quarter of a pound of May-Butter that is clarified and let it seeth together by the space that one may say the Psalm of Miserere mei Deus that is the 51 Psalme in English called in those dayes one of the 7 Penitential Psalms but now penitency is out of fashion The Psalm will not hurt you if you think it not too much superstition to read it neither will your Reading it do the Psalm any hurt at all nor your letting it alone will not alter its Religion Then strain it through a linen Cloth and take the Collature that is the Liquor or Medicine thus compounded and reserve it in a glasse Vessel close stopt And let the Patient take a little thereof first and last in a draught of stale Ale warm till it be whole for this is a proved Medicine saith my Author in Haec Verba For a Man or Woman that hath great sickness in the sides and cannot well draw their wind nor Cough for pain Take Hill-wort Alexander Parsly Lovage Smallage red Fennel Burnet Grommel of each a like quantity seeth them in sufficient quantity of white-Wine till half be wasted And let the Patient Drink thereof hot first and last For a Cough Take the Juyce of Sage and Rue and Hysop of each a like quantity of Cumin Pepper Licorice and sweet Fennel Seeds in powder of each a like quantity seeth them all in clarified Honey sufficient to make an Electuary thereof and let the Patient take thereof morning and evening Of the Tumor or swelling in the Throat called the Squinancy This is a dangerous Disease that cometh about the Troat-Boll and shutteth up the inward parts of the Throat so that thereby the breath is stopt which commonly proceedeth of grosse humours that fall from the Head into the Throat which is also increased by sleeping immediately after meals The Patient if he feel this infirmity approching ought to purge his Head well with Pill Elephanginae eat and drink but little and to eat light meats and Gargarize his mouth with Wine of Pomgranates and Barley-Water mingled together Also take Syrrup of Poppeys and Syrrup of Mulberryes
the dead Palsy Take Calmus half an ounce Cowslips 3 handfuls St. Johns-wort Sage Betony Balm Rue Bayleaves of each one handful Silver Mountain Balsam-wood Balsam fruit Bazil-seed of each 2 dragms Licorice Currans Lavender Flowers Amaranthus of each one ounce Boyl all these together into a Syrrup with six ounces of clarifyed Honey and a pint of Rain-water clarifyed with the white of an Egge A Clyster for the dead Palsey Take Sage Rue Stechas Mallows Centory Mercury Bran of each half a handful Seeth them all together then take 12 ounces of this Decoction of mix therewith Hyera Logodion half an ounce Salt one quarter of an ounce Sallet-Oil 3 ounces minister it warm A Powder to strew on the Patients meat in stead of spice that hath the dead Palsey Take Cynamon 1 ounce and a half Coriander Cloves Galingale Pepper Cubebs Mace Nutmegs Saffron of each one ounce Calmus 2 ounces Coutchenel half an ounce Temper them all to a fine powder with 6 ounces of fine Sugar A bath for the dead Palsey Take Bay-berryes Juniper-berryes and Pepper of each as much as you will beat them to powder and set the Patient in a dry bath and poure of this powder on hot Irons tempered with Lavender-Water and let him sweat well with the vapour thereof then rub all the infected Members with Venice Soap till the Soap be drye And after the Patient cometh out of the bath keep him in a warm place and rub the lame Joynts hard with Deers-suet An Oyntment for the dead Palsey Cramp and cold Gout Take Squills Rue Calmus Nettle-Roots Egrimony Cowslips of each one handful Pound them all together and put to it Oil of Nuts and old Sallet-Oil of each 12 ounc Wine as much seeth these all together till the moisture be evaporated away then strain it and temper amongst it Salt-Peter Euphorbium Pepper Oil of Bayes of each one ounce and a half Galbanum Turpentine of each 2 ounces VVax as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof and keep it for the use aforesaid A Powder against the falling sickness Take Pearls prepared Harts-bones of each 1 dragm Red Coral Piony-seeds and Roots of each half a dragm Misleden one dragme and a half Amber prepared 2 scruples White Sugar one ounce Six Leaves of Gold Make them all into fine powder and take hereof a dragme once a week in piony-Piony-water or Broth. A Clyster for the falling sickness Take Swines-bread black Hellebore Centory Daffadil of each one dragme Saffron-seed half an ounce seeth this in a quart of water till half be consumed take 13 ounces of this Decoction temper therein Hyera Logodion one ounce Oil of Euphorbium 10 dragmes Salgem one drame and a half mix them all together for a Clyster A Confection for the same Take Diapenidium 3 dragmes Pliris Arcoticon 1 dragm Diambra half a dragm Cynamon 1 dragme and a half Nutmegs Cubebs of each 2 scruples Ginger one dragm Sugar 8 ounces Make a Confection thereof with Piony VVater Lozenges for the Cough and Rheume Take white Poppey-seeds Lettice-seeds and Purslain-seeds of each one dragme Dragagant Gum-Arabick and Saffron of each half a dragme Opium 5 grains pound all that is to be pounded and make it to a dough with Syrrup of Poppey make Lozenges therof as big as small Beanes and let one of these at a time dissolve in thy mouth this is for hot Rheumes Other Lozenges for a Cough Take Pine-apple Kernels steeped a night in Rose-water and bitter Almonds blanched of each 3 quarters of an ounce Juyce of Licoris 2 ounces powder of Licoris 3 dragmes make Lozenges thereof with Rose-water they are good against the Cough and rawness of the Throat that proceedeth thereof An Oyntment for pain in the back Take Oil of Spike and Oil of Lilleys of each half an ounce Oil of Camomile and Dill of each one ounce Saffron Lavender Madder and Egrimony of each one dragme Mastick and Squinant of each one scruple VVax as much as is needful to make it a Salve herewith anoynt the back-bone A Clyster for a pleurisy of heat and blood Take 16 ounces of broth made of a Calves-Foot or Lambs-Head put therein one ounce of brown Sugar the yolk of an Egge 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil Salt one dragme and a half temper them together for a Clyster An Oyntment for Scabs and breaking out in the Legges Take the red Dock-Root the Roots of Celendine and Worm-wood and the Leaves of Laurel of each a like quantity stamp them and seeth them in May-Butter unto an Oyntment strain it and keep it in a box for use How the Body is to be Governed against Pestilential and infectious Ayres The first and principal preservation is to avoyd all that may ingender any Feaver or Ague and forbear all manner of excesse either of meat or drink eat no grosse meat no Onyons Leeks Garlick nor fruit Abstain from venereous actions for that both openeth the Pores and destroyeth the kind natural and infeebleth the Spiritual Members and the Spirits of Man Also in time of Pestilence suffer no great thirst and drink but measurably only to slacken thy thirst and drink such drinks as will abate heat as Water of Borage Endive Lettice Violets Roses Scabious Tormentil Dittany either mingled or else severally alone by themselves For if the Pestilence reigne in the heat of the Summer these Drinks be profitable especially for those that be of a Cholerick Complexion Also when you sleep either in the afternoons or at night a-bed shut your Chamber-doors and Windowes close and cast on a Pan of Coles this Powder following Take of Laurel-Leaves and Rosemary dryed and Frankincense of each a like quantity make them into powder and strow about half a spoonful hereof upon the Coales Use also to burn in thy Chamber Juniper-wood or for want thereof Ash-wood and use to cast on the fire Frankincense Storax Calamint If one be infected with the Pestilence and a sore begin to arise between the thigh and the privy Members it is a sign that the Liver purgeth out the infection in that place then bleed on the Foot in the same side the swelling appears the Vein betwixt thy great Toe And if the botch be more outward to the side and further from the privy Members bleed then on the Vein between the Ankle and the Foot If the matter appear in the cleansing place of the Head then consider well in what side it appears and bleed on the Medium Vein of the Arm or the Vein of the Hand between the Thumb and the next finger of the same side but take good heed that you sleep not in 12 hours after bleeding It is good alwayes to have in your hand to smell to this Pomander following which comforteth the Vital Spirits Take Lapdanum purified an ounce Storax Calamita dissolved Roses Cloves Mace of each three half penny weight and make them into powder add thereto 5 spoonfulls of Oil de Bay an ounce of Virgins Wax mingle them well all
provoke sweat and expel the Venome of the Plague Take a glasse Bottle as big as you will fill it halffull of Elder flowers a third part of Holly-hock Flowers and uppermost a third part of the Flowers of St. Johns-wort filling herewith the glasse then put thereon old Sallad-Oil as much as the glasse will hold stop it very close and let it stand a sunning a whole Summer with this Oil rub the Body very warm 3 or 4 times a day it provoketh sweat abundantly Anoynt the sick Persons Breast or Heart with this Medicine following Take of the best Treacle one ounce Juyce of Lemmons and Vinegar of each half an ounce Saffron and Camphire of each one scruple mingle them together and spread them on a piece of Scarlet and apply it If a Plague-soar begin to appear with any redness and will not imposthumate then take a young Pullet pull off the feathers off her Belly then cut her open and hold it upon the swelling then shortly after take another and do as before Another to draw out the Plague-sore Take a great Onyon and roast it with Treacle therein and lay it upon the soar with a plaister of Oxicroceum and Diachilon cum Gummis Also take the common Plaister of Diachilor 3 dragmes and the Juyce of Celendine and make a Salve thereof with a little Wax or seeth Cole-worts with a little Bacon and lay it on the swelling and when you see it begin to imposthumate then use this following Take Holly-hock Roots Scabious and Mallows of each a like quantity seeth them and beat them to a Pap and make thereof a Plaister with Barrows-Grease And apply it to the swelling To kill the Plague-soar Take 2 or 3 yolks of new laid Egges and temper therewith about half an ounce of Salt pounded small and lay it on the place renewing it every quarter of an hour If the sore Corrode further take fine Bolus Dragons-blood Vinegar Rose-water and whites of Egges as much as you please lay the same Plaister-wise upon the sore When the Plague-sore is throughly killed take Scabious 4 handfuls Treacle one ounce Barrows-Grease one ounce and a half stamp the Herbs and make a Plaister thereof and refresh it often To clense the Ulcer and ingender new flesh when other accidents are past Take Turpentine washed in Scabious water 4 ounces Barly-meal one ounce two yolks of Egges Saffron Sarcocolla Mastick and Frankincense of each half a dragme mix them all together for a Plaister Lastly take Beaten half an ounce Honey of Roses a sufficient quantity to make thereof a Salve use it till the sore be perfectly whole Et Laudate Dominum A fulgure tempestate A Pestilentia fame a bello Caedibus A subitanea improvisa morte Abira tua a morte perpetua libera nos Domine Amen OF URINES IN the Judgment of Urines you must have regard to the Substance Colours Regions and Contents And these be the Colours of Waters that follow Urine white as Clay-water of a Well this Colour signifies ill Digestion a bad Stomack and a bad Liver if you see in this Colour many shining beams it denotes an Imposthume in the Milt Medicine Take Gromel Saxifrage Parsly and Sage boyl them in stale Ale and drink it Also use powder of them in thy Pottage If the Urine be white as Whey thick and little in quantity it betokeneth the flux Medicine Make Drink with white Poppy-Seeds and Lettice and use it A white Russet if it be thick in substance it betokeneth the Cholica Passio Medicine Take Water-Cresses and grinde them small and boyl them in white-Wine and drink thereof evening and morning Urine of the Colour as it were broth of flesh half sodden If it be little in quantity and fat as Oil and frothy above it betokeneth wasting Medicine Take the powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them with clarifyed Honey and make a Confection thereof and so use it Urine of the Colour of broth of flesh well sodden and thick in substance it denotes a quotidian Fever that comes of Flegme And this and all the other 5 colours are signs of bad Digestion Medicine Take Vinegar and Mustard and boyl them together and then take Treacle as much as a bean or two wash it with white-Wine and mix therewith and use it when the sickness taketh thee Urine of a yellow Colour as a yellow Apple with a thin substance and a salt savour betokeneth a double Tertian that comes of Melancholy Medicine Take Figges Licorice Hyssop Hore-hound and Elecampane and boyl them in water till half be wasted and drink thereof morning and night Colour of Urine red as Saffron if any yellow froth above it betokens the Jaundice Medicine Take Mirobalans Aloes Epatick Sene Sugar and Annis make them into powder and use thereof at night and morning Urine as pale Gold and thin in substance in a Child denotes a quotidian in a young Man a tertian in an old Man a double tertian and in a Woman a quartain Medicine Take Powder of Gete the seed of Cresses and seeds of Broom and use it in thy Pottage Of the Colour of red Gold thick in substance and shaddowing above betokens a lasting quotidian Medicine Take Satyrion-Roots Mustard-seed Pepper Annis and Cinamon and mix them with Honey to an Electuary and so use it Urine as red as a Rose and thick denotes a burning Fever Medicine Let him blood under the Ancle or on the Vein of the Arm And take Aloes Epatick 1 dragme and boyl it in a pinte of white-Wine and drink thereof a spoonful at evening and in the morning Urine as black Wine or rotten blood This in a lasting Fever betokeneth death if it be troubled fatty and stinking it betokens bursting of a Vein in the Reyns Medicine Take Osmond Savin and Gromel and boyl them with white-Wine and clarifyed Honey and use it first and last Urine green as worts and little in quantity betokens death Urine black as a Coal fatty and stinking betokens death Subrufus is like Gold Silver medly This Colour betokens a Fever and Imposthume If there be a Circle with small Bells in it as it were of rain-water it is a wind in th Head that riseth out of the Stomack Medicine Take powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them to a Confection with Honey and use it Albus like a cleer water it denotes wasting of the Spleen the Dropsie Madness pissing against ones will heat of the Liver Emrods and stopping of the Flowers Medicine Make a Drink of Gromel Saxifrage Pellitory Sage and Hemp seeth them in stale Ale and drink it When the Urine hath great contents and stink it betokeneth pain in the Reyns and the Spleen If it be bloudy and cleer and pure it denotes a Vein broke in the Liver if it be little with a strong savour and ly in Gobbets in the Bottome it cometh from the bladder If it be spotted as bloud and red the pain is in