purely Vesalius his Balsame 5 R. Of the best Turpentine lib. 1. Oyle of Bay â„¥ iiii Galbanum â„¥ iii. Gumme Elemi â„¥ iiii ss Frankincense Myrrhe Gumme of Iop great Centory wood of Aloes ana â„¥ iii. Galingale Cloves Comfrey Cinamon Nutmegs Zedoary Ginger white Ditanie ana â„¥ i. Oyle of Earth-wormes â„¥ ii Aqua vitae lib. vi beate all these small and infuse them three daies in Aqua vitae then distill them in a Retort of such largenesse that three parts thereof may remaine empty then place the Retort in an earthen Pan filled with sifted Ashes and set it upon the Fornace and to the neck thereof fit and closely lute a Receiver Lastly kindle under it a soft fire at the first from hence will flow three Liquors the first waterish and cleare the other thinne and of a pure golden colour the third of the colour of a Carbuncle which is the true Balsame the first Liquor cuts flegme and discusses Flatulencies is good against the weaknesse of the Stomack comming of a cold cause the second helps hot and fresh bleeding Wounds the third is chiefly effectuall against these same affects Fallopius his Balsame 6 R. Of cleere Turpentine lib. ii Linseed Oyle lib. i. Rosin of the Pine â„¥ vi Frankincense Myrrhe Aloes Masticke Sarcocoll Mace Wood of Aloes ana â„¥ ii Saffron â„¥ ss let them be put in a Glasse retort set in Ashes and so distilled there will come forth a cleere Water and presently after a reddish Oyle most profitable for Wounds A very good Balme 7 R. Of Turpentine lib. i. ss Galbanum â„¥ ii Aloes Cicatrine Masticke Cloves Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebs ana â„¥ i. Gumme of Iop â„¥ ss beat them all and mixe them together and distill them in a Glasse with a slow fire first and receive the first Water severally by it selfe then encrease the fire and you shall have a Water more reddish then encrease your fire and you shall have a red Oyle your Receiver must be thrice changed This Oyle hath all the vertues of true Balme for it burneth in the Water and curdeth Milke the first Liquor is called the Water of Balme the second Oyle of Balme the third Balme Artificiall the first is good against the running of the Eares if two drops Morning and Evening be put into them dropt into the Eyes it helpeth the Blearednesse and consumeth the Teares it is good to wash the mouth against the Toothache and Wormes in the Teeth the third Liquor is good against Venome and poyson if two or three drops be laid upon it and if you inclose any venemous thing within a Circle made herewith the Creature will rather die then come out it is good against Impostumes Fistulaes and Noli me tangere and all cold Flegmaticke humours if a cloth be wet therein and laid upon it it availeth against the Palsey and trembling of the Members Bathes CHAP. XXXIX A Bathe for a Rupture 1 R. Of the Barke and Flowers of Pomegranates Cups of Acornes Shumac ana â„¥ i. Larkes spurre Comfry ana m. i. Hypocistis Galls Allom ana Ê’ ii Roses Camomill anise ana p. ii boyle them in equall portions of Red Wine and Smithes Water with the Decoction Bathe the place affected A Bathe for Diseases in the Legs called Malum mortuum 2 R. Of sowre Sorrell of Fumetary ana m. ii nip m. i. Barley Branne Lupines ana m. i. ss Violets Mallowes ana m. ss white and black Elebor ana â„¥ i. ss Hony â„¥ ii let them boyle in a sufficient quantity of Water till the third part be consumed A Bathe for the Stone 3 R. Of Hyssop Mallowes Parseley Pellitory of the Wall ana m. i. Linseed â„¥ ss Saxifrage m. i. put them in a cloth and boyle them in a sufficient quantity of Water and make a Bathe A Bathe for a Consumption 4 R. Of new Calves Heads nu vi with the Gathers and Feet as many Sheepes Heads all as well dressed as if they were to be eaten boyle them in Water in a great Vessell or for need in two and make a Bath which let the Sicke use every other day at Evening and Morning an houre at a time thus use it every time fresh for nine times together A Bath for the retention of Womens Visits 5 R. Of Mallowes halfe a Pecke as much Plantaine as much of Elder leaves Mugwort and Motherwort ana m. iiii Wormwood Rue Featherfew ana m. ii Camomill halfe a Pecke as much Red Sage boyle them in Water untill they be soft then put into it Bay-berries â„¥ ii Cominseeds â„¥ ii make a Bath wherein let the Patient sit up to the Pappes A Bathe to soften and mollifie the Skinne 6 R. The Rootes of white Lillies and Marshmallowes ana lib. ii Mallowes Pellitory of the Wall Violets ana m. ss Linseed Fenugreeke Marshmallowes ana lib. i. Flowers of Camomill Melilot and anise ana p. vi boyle them in a sufficient quantity of Water after adde Oyle of Lillies and Flaxe ana lib. ii make hereof a Bath that the Sicke may swimme therein a good while You may see the Figure of your Bathing Tub in Parreye's Chirurgery with the double Personated Bottome to which I referre you Observations for those that Bathe 7 It is not good to use Bathing too often for it offendeth the Heart causeth Sincope taketh away the Appetite looseth the Ioynts resolveth the Spirits and moveth the Humours After what manner soever your Bathes be made they must alwayes be warme for warm Water humects and mollifies the solid parts if at any time they be too dry or hard it is good against Sun-burning and Wearinesse also if we finde our selves too hot or too cold or loathing of Meats we find great profit in Bathes made of sweet warme Water Herein wee usually adde Oyle because Water alone will not so long adhere to the Body they are good in Hecticke Feavers and in the declension of all Feavers and against raving and talking idlely for they procure sleepe against inflammation of the Lungs and Sides for they mitigate paine For Bathes we chuse Raine Water rather then River Water so it be not muddy and then Fountaine the Water of Lakes and Fennes is not to be used First you must fill your Vessell with your Decoction warme almost full and so let the Sicke goe into it in the Morning fasting or sixe houres after Meat cover the Tub close with a Goverlet or Blanket all but the Patients Head that he may take breath For the time of the yeare chuse the Spring and latter end of Summer a cleare warme day a close quiet roome and warme Whiles the Patient is in the Bathe he must abstaine from all meate unlesse to comfort his heart and keepe him from fainting he take a little sop in Wine or the Iuyce of an Orenge or a stewed Pruine or the like to quench his thirst The strength of the Patient will shew how long he may stay in the Bathe for he must not stay in to the
resolution of his powers comming out of the Bathe he must be taken up in a cleane warme Sheet and so laid in a warme bed and cloathes enough upon him to make him sweat easily after hee hath sweat so long as he can well endure take the Sheet from him and dry him well with warme Napkins chiefly his Head under his Armes Breast and Root of his Thighes then let him rest in his Bed an houre or two and when he is well refreshed give him a cleane Shirt that is dry and warme and let him rise and walke but let the Chamber be kept very warme then let him feed upon meates of good juyce and digestion after Bathe use not Venery for Bathing use such Hearbs as are most convenient for the Disease the Patient is affected with the Ordinary sort of Hearbes which are used in the Spring are these Mallowes Marshmallowes Violets Pellitory of the Wall Fumetary Angelica Roses Betony Fennell Barefoote Dragon Plantaine Buglosse Agrimony Harts-tongue which are sodden in Water and made into a Bathe after the Bathe dry well the Head and eate not of two houres after CHAP. XL. Of Stoves and Hot-houses SToves are either dry or moist dry by making a fire underneath or moist by causing a moist Vapour or heate from some decoction of Leaves Hearbes Flowers or Seedes in Water or Wine or both together the dry Stoves are used in many places in London by making a cleare fire underneath that presently heates all the roome by reason of a vaulted Furnace wherein the fire playes of this kinde every one may make himselfe one as he shall judge best and fittest the most necessary for private uses I shall delineate to you in this Figure following The Figure of a Stove to sweat in with a hole to put out the Head and a drawing Boxe underneath to put in Coales or a hot Wedge of iron it must have a seat within for the Patient to sit on so high that his feet touch not below for feare of burning A shewes the hole in the top B the dore to shut in the Drawer with Coales and C shewes the little doore whereat to give the Patient warme Clothes to dry off the Sweat The moist Stoves are made in an ordinary Bathing Tub by putting the decoction into a Pot and setting it over the fire well luted with a Pipe that shall come into the Bathing-tub standing neere thereto which Tub must have a double bottome the uppermost being full of holes whereupon the Patient sitting may receive the Sudorificke Vapour now that the heat may be mitigated when it is too hot you must have a hole in the top of your Pipe to be stopped opened at your pleasure Let the Tub be covered all but the Patients Head Electuaries CHAP. XLI To make an Electuary of the Iuyce of Roses 1 R. Of the Iuyce of fresh dry Roses white Suger ana lib. i. ss boyle them into a solid Electuary with an easie fire and in the end sprinkle powdered Sanders Masticke Cinamon all finely powdered ana ʒ ii Diacridium ℥ i. ss Camphire ℈ ss make Tablets in weight ʒ iii. ss the Dose is one Tablet the whole composition is ℥ xxii the Doses be about 70. It doth draw Choler very strongly and also thinne and watrish humours very good for those that have the Gout if they have not a vehement Ague withall To make Diaphaenicon 2 R. Of the Pulpe of Dates cleansed boyled in Hydromell and fined in a Sive fresh Penids ana lib. ss blancht Almonds ℥ iii. ss when they be bruised and mingled all together put into them clarified Hony lib. ii boyle them a little and then sprinkle Ginger Pepper Mace Cinamon Leaves of dry Rue Fennell seed and seed of wilde Carrets ana ʒ ii Turbith finely beat ℥ iiii Diacridium ℥ iiii ss the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss the whole composition is about lib. iiii the Doses about 130. This Electuary doth mildly purge Choler Crude and slimie Flegme agreeable and convenient in continuall Agues and Diseases arising of Crudity and also for the Cholicke To make the Electuary called Benedicta 3 R. Of Turbith ʒ x. Diacridium Hermodactills red Roses anaʒ v. Cloves Ginger Saxifrage Parseley seed Salt Gemme Galingall Mace Carrawayes Fennell-seed Sparagus seed and Seed of Kneeholme or wilde Myrrhe Millet the four great cold seeds Licoras ana ʒ i. of the best clarified Honey lib. i. make it up according to Art the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss the whole composition is almost lib. ii the Doses be about 50. It draweth forth Phlegmaticke Humours it purgeth the Rheines and expelleth the Stone and Gravell To make the Electuary called Confectio Hamech 4 R. The Barke of yellow Mirabolanes ℥ ii little Onions black Violets Coloquintida Polipody of the Oake ana ℥ i. ss Woormewood Thyme ana ℥ ss Aniseed Fennell seed red Roses anaʒ iii. bruise them all and soake them in Whey lib. ii then boyle them to a pound rub them in your hand and wring them to the strained decoction adde the juyce of Fumetary the Pulpe of Pruines and Raisins ana lib. ss white Sugar clarified Honey ana lib. i. boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey sprinkling in the end Agaricke and Sene beaten fine ana ℥ ii Rubarb beaten ℥ i. ss Dodder that groweth upon Thyme ℥ i. Diacridium ʒ vi Cinamon ℥ ss Ginger ʒ ii Seed of Fumetary and Anise Spikenard ana ʒ i. the Dose is from ʒ iii. to halfe an ounce the whole composition is lib. iii. and ℥ viii the Doses be about 80. This Electuary purgeth Melancholy and other humours adust and is good against Madnesse Melancholy Giddinesse Forgetfulnesse and all faults of the Skinne as Scabbes Morphew Canker Tetter and Elephantiasis To make an Electuary called Hiera Simplex 5 R. Cinamon Mace A sarabacca Spikenard Saffron Masticke ana ʒ vi Aloes unwashed ʒ 100 or lib. i. ss the best clarified Honey lib. iiii the Powder alone is ministred from ʒ ii to ʒ iii. but being taken in Honey from ℥ i. to ℥ i. ss It is more comfortable then purging it purgeth Choler and Phlegme from the stomacke and Intrailes it doth mildely helpe all Diseases proceeding of Crudity and also the Palenesse of the Face An Electuary for a Cough or Cold. 6 R. Of Germander Hyssop Horehound Maidenhaire Agrimony Betony Liverwort and Harts-tongue ana m. i. boyle them in nine pints of water to the consumption of sixe then let it coole and straine it to this decoction put of clarified Honey lib. ss fine Powder of Licoras ℥ v. Enulacampana roote powdered ℥ iii. boyle them to the thicknesse of an Electuary take of this at any time but especially in the morning fasting and at night when you goe to bed or two houres after Supper the quantity of a Nutmeg The Electuary of an Egge commonly called Electuarium de ovo against the Plague 7 R. A new laid Hennes Egge make a little hole in the least end of it no
a haire bagge and presse out the Oyle It is good to cleare the skin and restore haire and to cure maligne and fistulous Vlcers Oyle of Hypericon or S. Iohns Wort. 16 R. The tops of S. Iohns Wort that is full ripe ℥ iii. steepe them in odoriferous Wine three daies then boile them close stopped in a double vessell afterward presse it then put to it a pound more of fresh S. Iohns Wort and steep boile and presse it as before and likewise the third time and if the Wine diminish adde more lastly take of cleare Turpentine ʒ iii. old Oyle ℥ vi Saffron ℈ i. boile them in a double Vessell untill the Wine be consumed then presse it and separate the Oyle from the grosse bottome It is Hot and Dry Stiptick it consolides wounds and helpes incision of the Nerves and burning of fire asswageth the paine of the Thighes and Bladder and provokes Vrine and monethly visits Oyle of Whelpes for wounds made by Gunshot 17 R. Two Whelpes Earth-wormes lib. i. Oyle of Lillies lib. ii Venice Turpentine ℥ vi Aqua vitae ℥ i. boile the Whelpes alive in the Oyle untill the flesh part from the bones then put in the Wormes being first prepared in white Wine and boile them in the oile till they become dry then straine it gently through a Towell and lastly adde your Turpentine and Aqua-Vitae Oyle of Vitrioll 18 R. Of Vitrioll lib. x. and powder it and put it into an earthen pot and set it upon hot coales untill it be calcined that is when it becomes reddish when it is throughly cold breake the pot and powder it againe and calcine it againe and thus doe untill it be perfectly calcined and exactly red of colour then powder it and put it into an earthen retort adding for every pound of Vitrioll 1. quarter of Tile sheards or small pieces of Brick then set the Retort luted safely to the receiver in a reverberating Fornace alwaies keeping a strong fire for the space of eight and forty houres more or lesse according to the quantity of the distilling Liquor you shall know when the distillation is finished by the receiver which will recover his naturall colour and perspicuity Your receiver must be very large lest it break also it must be set in a vessell of cold water lest it break by being over hot This Oyle comforteth the belly and stirs up the appetite calefies the cold stomack consumes Phlegme and cuts tough viscous Humors it helps the Dysentery Celiack passion it mitigates the heat of Feavers and destroys the Hecocks Nauseousnesse and Loathing of meat it must be taken very carefully tempered with something else as five or sixe drops to 2. ounces of conserve of Roses so it may be safely taken also upon whatsoever it falls it burnes it An Oyle approved for the Sciatica 19 R. Plantaine Lavender-spike Fennell Wallwort red Sage red Nettles Camomill Wormwood Marigolds with the black head Briony ana wash them chop them seethe them in new strong Ale in an earthen pot to the consumption of the halfe then straine them and put to the decoction black Snailes reboile it untill it become an oyle Oleum Benedictum 20 R. Oyle Omphacine lib. ii of Storax Calamite Ladanum Olibanum Saffron Gum arabeck Madder Gumme of Ivy tree Aloes citrine Mastick Cloves Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebes ana ℥ ii Gumme Elem. lib. i. Myrrhe Bdellium ana ℥ i. ss Galbanum ℥ vi Spike Lignum Aloes ana ℥ i. Rosin of the Pine Oppoponax Armoniack anaʒ x. powder those that are to be powdered and mingle them with the said Oyle and put them in a Limbeck with his head and receiver well stopped with Lute sapient and distill them Secundum artem put the Alimbeck upon a soft fire the space of xii houres encreasing the same from six to six houres till all be stilled then powder the rest of the spices again and so with the distilled Oile distill thē again and at the last you shall have an Oyle like Balme Which is good for the Crampe the Falling sicknesse the Coronall commissure being anointed a Mundification with a strong Medicine premised it cureth great fresh Wounds and cold Catarres one drop put into the Eare with Cotton amendeth the hearing chiefly of a cold cause a Rose Cake moistened in the said Oyle and laid to the Temples easeth the Megrim and taketh away the Swimming of the head halfe an ounce of the said Oyle drunke with a little odoriferous Wine in the morning three dayes together comforteth and reneweth the Heart and Lungs taken with a little odoriferous Wine it is good for quartain Feavers the receit must be almost one spoonfull for foure dayes together one houre before day upon such daies as no Paroxysme is looked for taken the space of thirty dayes with a little Wine and a little Piony cureth the Falling sicknesse and paines of the grand Poxe it is good for stinging of venomous Beasts and weaknesse of Sinewes and may be compared to Balsamum The composition of Oleum Magistrale invented by Aparice a Moriscoe living in Spaine 21 R. A quart of the best and oldest white Wine of the oldest Oyle Olive lib. iii. to these adde the flowers and leaves of these hearbes following viz. Of Hypericon lib. sem Cardus Benedictus Valerian the least Sage ana ℥ iiii steepe these in the Wine and Oyle foure and twenty houres then boile them in a nealed pot or Copper vessell on a gentle fire till the Wine be consumed alwaies stirring it then take it from the fire and straine it and put to the straining of good Venice Turpentine lib. i. sem then boile it againe upon a soft fire a quarter of an houre then adde thereunto Olibanum ℥ v. Myrrhe ℥ iii. Sanguis Draconis ℥ i. then boile it till the Incense and Myrrhe be dissolved then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be cold then put it into a glasse bottle and set it 8. or 10. dayes in the Sun and the longer you keep it the better The true application of this Oyle according to the qualities of the Wounds and Diseases doth consist in these points following viz. To the Patient to the Preparative to the Wound or Diseases to the Plaister to the diseased Part. 1 FIrst let the Patient eate and drinke freely what hee will he may eate to his dinner new laid Egges Mutton wilde Foule of the Woods if they have bled at night roast any of these he need not forbeare grosse Meates nor Wine if before he used them but if his body be plethorick or subject to a Feaver he must be carefull in his dyet and if he drinke any Wine it must be allayed with Water 2. If the Wound be great he must keepe his Chamber if not his Bed for feare of taking the aire 3. He must lye as well on the one side as on the other and also on the wounded side especially an houre before he be drest that the Humors may descend to
the Wound 4 He must endure the Oyle as hot as can be possibly for it is the stronger in his operation if it be applyed scalding hot also he must abstaine from women both in the time of his cure and for twenty dayes after if the wound be great To prepare the Wound you shall take good white Wine and boile in it one handfull of Incense which is only to comfort it and herewith wash the Wound within and without as hot as the Patient can suffer it then wipe it very dry before you apply the Oyle If the Wound come by biting or contusion he shall be dressed twice a day in Winter at 8. in the morning and 3. in the afternoone in summer at 9. in the morning and 4. in the afternoone but if they be green Wounds then change not the plaister after the first dressing untill the next day If the wound be in the head you shall shave away the haire 2. or 3. fingers broad round about the wound and then stay the blood with Lint or Towe dipt in the said Oyle with which you shall fill the wound then lay on a cloth 2. or 3. doubles dipt in the prepared Wine and rung hard out so broad as you have cut away the haire then rowle it up Note that at the first dressing the Wine ought not to be used lest a fluxe of blood follow if the wound be large dresse it but once a day for feare of bleeding for 2. or 3. dressings afterward you may wash the wound with the Wine as aforesaid then fill the wound with Oyle and cover it with Lint steeped in the same and upon that a compresse of Linnen 3. double round about dipt in the Oyle and upon that a compresse dipt in the said Wine as aforesaid when you perceive the wound neare Cicatrizing use only this unguent following R. Of the aforesaid Oyle Venice Turpentine new Waxe ana Set it on a fire in a pan and alwaies stir it for a quarter of an houre then let it coole and when it is cold put it up for your use And when you use it let it serve both for the Vnguent and Emplaister the Vnguent you must apply with Lint and upon it a little dry Lint and upon that an Emplaister of the aforesaid Vnguent When a wound is made in the Head by contusion and healed up so that there is ingendred an Impostume or other accident which may be an offence to the braine then you shall shave it wash it and wipe it as before then anoint it with the said Oyle round about and lay upon it compresses wet in the said Oyle and Wine as before doe this for the space of v. or vi dayes If the wound be in the Legs or any sinewy and musculous Part overthwart it must be stitched or if there be any dislocation it must be placed in due order and then wash the wound as before and if you feare any Symptomes then wash also the whole Member afterwards anoint the whole member with the said Oyle and lay round about it a linen cloth steeped therein and upon that a double cloth steeped in the said Wine and then roll it gently doe the rest as in wounds of the Head if there be loose bones or any thing against nature in the wound then put in a Tent to keepe it open untill such time as you have taken them forth If the wound be made by Gun-shot Sword or Pike then first stay the blood and wash and wipe the wound as before and if the member be pierced through then Tent it on both sides according to the depth thereof that the bruised blood may evacuate and so dresse it twice aday both sides alike both washing and wiping and anointing if the wound pierce into the body then tie the Tent with a thred lest it slip into the body and day by day you shall shorten the Tent as occasion shall serve If any part where there chanceth any Apostumation or swelling whether it will maturate or resolve thou shalt bathe the place with the said Wine warme and lay thereon linen clothes steeped in the said Wine and wrung out a good breadth round about the place and if it resolve then apply the said Wine and Oyle untill it be whole but if it come to suppuration then use it as other wounds For the Haemorroids First wash them with the Wine and lay on linen clothes wet with Oyle and upon them other clothes wet with Oyle and upon them other clothes wet in Wine as before For the Gouts First anoint all the grieved place with the Oyle then apply linen clothes upon it steeped in scalding Water and wrung out hard this done three or foure times will ease the paine For Cankers If the Canker be not opened the washing with the said Wine and the pledgets steeped in the Oyle and applied will open it then performe the rest of the Cure as aforesaid For paine in the Reines You shall anoint the Reines very well with the said Oyle from the ridge of the backe to the belly then lay on a linnen cloth steeped in seething Water and wrung out hard and upon it a great Pledget of Towe and wrap his Legs very warme with cloathes and let him lye downe on his Bed and warme covered let him sweat For old Vlcers First cut the Lip thereof with a sharpe Razor then wash it and anoint it as aforesaid To make Oyle of Snailes 22 R. A quart of garden-Snailes in the shels wash them cleane and breake the slimie skinne at the mouth of the shell then put them in a cloth with a handfull of Bay Salt and hang them up with a dish underneath to receive the Oyle which drops from them This Oyle being anointed upon the hollow of the necke and so downe the backe bone and from the throat downe to the end of the breast bone cureth a consumption if taken in time To make Oyle of a Dogge for the Gowt 23 R. A fat Dogge and kill him and take out his Guts and Bowels and Gall but keepe in the Heart and Lungs and Liver then fill the body full of Frogges and blacke Snailes and sowe him up strongly and rost him on a Spit as long as he will drop one drop then put the Liquor in a cleare Vessell and put thereto a pint of Oyle of Bay and blacke Soape â„¥ i. and temper them together and anoint the grieved Part therewith An Oyle for the Palsie 24 R. A new earthen pot and fill it full of Camomil and stop it well and set it in another Pot under ground for x l. dayes then take it up and you shall finde Oyle therein and anoint the place therwith if it be thy head anoint thy forehead if thy hands anoint thy Wrists To make Oyle of Swallowes 25 R. Ten Swallowes beat them quicke in a Morter with Spike Lavender Cotten Knot-grasse Ribwort Balme Valerian Rosemary tops Woodbine tops strings of Vines French Mallows tops of Alehooe
Strawberry strings Tutsane Plantaine Walnut leaves Bay toppes Hyssope Violet leaves Sake of Vertue Roman Wormwood ana m. i. Camomill m. ii Red Roses m iii. then put to them a quart of Neats-foot Oyle or May Butter and grinde them together with an ounce or two of Cloves then put them in an earthen pot stopped close with lute sapientiae and set them nine dayes in a Cellar then take them out and seeth them seven or eight houres on the fire or in a pan of water but first open your pot and put in white or yellow Waxe and a pint of Oyle or Butter An Oyle for a noise in the Head 26 R. A Silver Eele roste it but baste it not then take the dripping and put it into a Pipkin with some Commin seedes infuse it all night in the Embers then take the Oyle and pretty warme drop a little into the Eare that most troubles you and you shall finde helpe in a short time An Oyle for the dead Palsie 27 R. Sheepes feet and boyle them with the Wooll a great while then take the Oyle of them and red Sage and boile them together well then when you use it take a little Aqua vitae and Pepper and warme them together and anoint the place therewith and after with the Oyle Because it will be a great deale of trouble and charge in a private house to distill and draw Oyles from Gums Spices Seeds Roots Hearbes c. except they had occasion for greater Quantities and for such Portions as they shall use they may buy at the Chymists I will therefore only set downe the names of the Oyles and the vertues thereof for such as are desirous to learn the Art of Extracting may finde divers Authors to that purpose Oyle of Mastick 28 It is excellent against all cold-Diseases of the Mawe comforteth the Liver Lights and all inward Parts of the Body being drunken it helpeth those that Vomit and Spit Blood it consumeth and breaketh all inward Sores this Oyle being anointed on the Belly stoppeth the Fluxe and womens Termes and is also good for the Mother that is fallen downe if you anoint it therewith and the underpart of the Belly it is good for young Children whose Arse gut commeth forth if you anoint it therewith and put it up againe it is also good for those that are Burst if you anoint them therewith and let them weare a Truss being anointed on fresh Wounds it helpeth them soone laying thereon a Cloth wet in the same anointing the Gums fasteneth the Teeth and causeth a good Digestion if you anoint the Stomack therewith Oyle of Storax Calamite 29 Three or foure drops of this Oyle being drunke comforts the Lungs it helps the paines of the Mother being drunke and the place anointed therewith beware you take not too much of this Oyle for it is dangerous if you put a drop or two into the Eares it takes away the buzzing noise Oyle of Galbanum 30 Is good against an old Cough and for such as are Short-winded and cannot easily draw their breath this Oyle being taken with Oyle of Myrrhe in a little Wine is good against Venome drunken likewise being thus taken it procures womens Naturall sicknesse and driveth downe the dead Childe if you make a perfume thereof into the Wombe it is held very good for the rising of the Mother being laid to the Navell it settles the Womb that hath beene misplaced this Oyle is Mollificative and being mixed with any convenient Vnguent it draweth forth Thornes or cold Humours mix this Oyle with the Root of Angelica or the Seed or Roote of Spondilium and if you touch any Serpent or Venemous Beast therewith it will die in fine it is so opposite to Venome that the Perfume of it being burned drives away Serpents from the place Oyle of Myrrhe 31 This Oyle preserveth all things from Putrefaction and if you anoint the Face and Hands therewith it causeth them to looke young a great while if you mixe it with Wine and wash the Mouth it will fasten the Teeth it stoppeth the Laske and helpeth the Stitch in the side if you drinke thereof one Dramme it helpeth all stinking Sores and is good for Wounds in the Head and Paines in the Eares if it be put therein also if you put one or two drops thereof into the Eyes it preserveth the sight it helpeth all the Paines of the Mother if it be anointed therewith also it dryeth and consumeth all Accidents after birth and is marveilous good against a Feaver if the Patients body be anointed therewith and laid to sweate Oyle of Sagapenum 32 Is good for the Stitch in the side and an olde Cough it is very good against the Crampe and all Paines of the Hips and Ioynts comming of Cold if you anoint the Nosthrills of women in Childbed therewith it availeth much and eases their Paine for it driveth forth the Childe quickly whether alive or dead being drunke with Wine it is good against Poyson but by any meanes let women with Childe take heed of this Oyle Oyle of Castoreum 33 Being anointed on the Neck and drunke with Wine availeth much to those that have the Falling sicknesse it is also excellent against Apoplexie it helpeth the Cholick and suffocation of the Matrix Oyle of Ambre 34 It is good against the Cholick and suffocation of the Matrix if you anoint the Parts therewith if a woman drinke three or foure drops thereof it causeth her to be fairely delivered it is good against Paines and Fluxes of the Head resolution of Sinewes and Falling sicknesse if ye drinke thereof in a Morning three or foure drops in Piony Water it preserveth from all poisons and pestiferous Ayres It driveth forth the Stone in the Bladder or Reines if it be drunke with Malmesey or Parseley Water Oyle of Ammoniacum 35 Being taken three or foure drops in the Yolke of an Egge it helpeth Vlcers in the Breast it dissolveth all hardnesse and swellings and taketh away the paines of the Milt if you mixe this Oyle with as much Oyle of Galbanum and a very little Oyle of Wormwood and anoint the place also being mixed with Oyle of Wormwood and anointed on the Navell it killeth Wormes Oyle of Waxe 36 Is good in all Wounds made by Contusion if a cloth wet in the same be laid thereon being taken inwardly it provoketh Vrine and easeth Stitches the dose is a dramme at a time with white Wine it helpeth the cold Gout and Sciatica comming of cold in fine it is an Oyle that is miraculous in his operation and is as it were a divine Medicine Oyle of Butter 37 If you anoint your hands and face with this Oyle it will preserve them faire it is also good for them that have a Catarre if they take an ounce fasting The quintessence of Honey 38 Dissolveth Gold or any Iewel put therein it helpeth the Palsey Falling sicknesse Cough Catarre and paines of the Milt and many other diseases and two or three
Distill all these together with a little Vrine of a Man childe and a little Frankincense and drop it into the Eyes at Night A Water for a Sore Mouth 8 R. Red Fennell red Sage Daisie rootes Woodbine leaves ana m. i. Roche Allome Ê’ i. English Honey one spoonfull boile them together in a pinte of Water and wash the mouth therewith A precious Water for Sore Legs and for the Canker in the Mouth or any other place 9 R. Of Woodbine leaves Ribwort Plantaine Abinte ana m. i. English Honey purified three spoonfulls Roche Allome a quantity put all these into a quantity of running Water and let it seethe to a Pottle or lesse then keepe the Water in a pure Earthen vessell well glased and wash the Sore therewith twice a day A Water for a Canker 10 R. The Barke of an Elder tree Sorrell Sage ana beate them and straine them and temper the Iuice with White Wine and wash the Sore therewith A Water to take away Pimples or Heate in the Face 11 R. A spoonfull of burnt Allome and put it into a sawcerfull of good white Wine Vinegar and stir it well together and when you goe to bed dip a linnen Cloth in the Vinegar and wet your Face therewith and it will dry up the Wheales and take away Rednesse A Water for to cleare the Face 12 R. Limons n. ii slice them and steepe them in a pinte of Conduite water let them infuse foure or five daies close covered then straine them and dissolve in the Water the quantity of a Hasell Nut of Sublimate some hold a Dram a good proportion finely powdered let the Patient wet a Cloth therein and rub her face every Morning and Evening untill the hewe doe please her you may make the same stronger or weaker as you please A Water for the Morphewe 13 R. White Wine Vinegar q. i. Distill it to a pint then put therein Egges with the shels n. ii râ—d Docke rootes scraped and sliced n. ii three spoonfulls of the flower of Brimstone so let it stand three dayes before you use it you must tye a little Wheat Bran in a Cloth and wash therewith Night and Morning nine daies together Another Water for the same 14 First to bring the Morphewe out R. every Morning fasting the quantity of a Nut of Treacle either in Strawberry or Fumetary water for nine or ten Mornings together Then R. Sulphur vivum â„¥ ss and as much Camphire finely beaten and searced infuse both in a pinte of the strongest white Wine Vinegar shake it twice or thrice for one day then use it to rub the place tainted A Water for heate in the Face and to cleare the Skin 15 R. The Iuice of Limons and therein dissolve common Salt and with a Cloth wet your Face when you goe to bed A Water to preserve the Face young a great while 16 R. Of Sulphur vivum â„¥ i. white Olibanum â„¥ ii Myrrhe â„¥ ii Ambre Ê’ vi make them all into fine powder and put them into one pound of Rosewater and distill them in Balneo Mariae and keepe the Water in a close vessell when you would use it wet a linnen Cloth therein and wash the Face before you goe to bed and in the Morning wash it with Barley water or Spring water The Water of Beane flowers Lillie flowers Water Lillies distilled Milke distilled Water of young Whelpes are good to wash the face and procure it lovely A Water to make the face Smooth and Lovely 17 R. Of Cowes Milk lib. ii Oranges and Limons ana n. iiii of the whitest and purest Sugar and Roche Allome ana â„¥ i. distill them together let the Limons and Oranges be cut into slices and infused in the Milke adding the Sugar and Allome then distill them all in Balneo Mariae and you shall have an excellent Water to wash the Face and about bed time you shall cover your face with clothes dipped therein Another for the same 18 R. Snails gathered in a Vineyard Iuice of Limons the flowers of white Mullaine mixed together in equall proportion with a like quantity of the Liquor contained in the Bladders of Elme leaves distilled all together is very good for the same purpose Also this 19 R. The crummes of white Bread lib. iiii Beane flowers white Roses flowers of water Lillies and Flower de luce ana lib. ii Cowes Milke lib. vi Egges nu viii of the purest Vinegar lib. i. distill them all in an Alimbeck of Glasse and you shall have a most excellent Water to wash your Hands and Face Another 20 R. A live Capon and the Cheese newly made of Goates Milke and Limons n. iiii Egges n. vi Cerus washed in Rose water â„¥ ii Boras â„¥ i. ss Camphire Ê’ ii Water of Beane flowers lib. iiii infuse them all for the space of foure and twenty houres and then distill them in a Limbeck of Glasse Also take Mutton bones severed from the flesh by boiling beate them and boile them in Water and when they are well boiled take them from the fire and when the Water is cold gather the fat that swims upon it and therewith anoint your Face when you goe to bed and wash it in the Morning with the formerly prescribed Water A Water for Rednesse and Pimples in the Face which for the Milky whitenesse is called Virgins Milk 21 R. Litharge of Gold â„¥ ii Cerus and common Salt ana â„¥ ss Vinegar and Plantaine water ana â„¥ ii Camphire Ê’ ss steepe the Litharge and Cerus severally in Vinegar for three houres and the Salt and Camphire in what Water you please and like best for your purpose then Filter them both severally and mixe them so Filtered when as you would use them To make a pretious Water 22 R. Cloves Cinamon ana â„¥ i. Mastick Mace Camphire ana â„¥ ii beate all these to fine Powder and let them stand in sixe spoonfull of good white Wine Vinegar the space of foure and twenty houres then put it into a Pottle of good Rose water and so let it stand two dayes in some warme place then put thereto three quarters of a pound of good hard Sugar and distill it with a gentle fire This Water is pleasant and good for the mouth it preserveth the Gums and scoureth the Pallate and keepeth white the Teeth and free from all corruption it maketh sweet the breath being gargarized in the Mouth wash the Face and Hands therewith and it will cleare the skin and adde much beauty to them and if you sprinkle a toste of wheaten Bread with three or foure drops of this Water and eate it a few Nights together last to bedward it will make the breath very sweet To make Aqua mirabilis 23 R. Galingale Cloves Quibibes Ginger Mellilot Cardemony Maces Nutmegs anaÊ’ i. of the Iuice of Celandine â„¥ viii powder the Spices and mingle them with the Iuice and adde thereto Aqua vitae one pinte and white Wine three pintes then put them all in a Stillatory
bigger then need shall require to get out the White from the Yolke which doe as cleane as cleane as may be and if the Yolke come out put it in againe then with a little sticke of wood ram the Egge as full of the best English Saffron as may be then cover the hole with the top of another Egge-shell and a litle white of an Egge so as nothing may breathe forth lay the Egge in an Oven when the Bread is newly drawne lay it upon a Potsheard or such like to keepe the shell from burning stop the oven close and let it lie untill the shell be browne and that the Saffron and Yolke be so well dryed as you may beat it to fine Powder first pill off the shell and cut the substance into two parts long wayes and if any part within it be not well dried you may dry it on a Chafingdish coals in a pewter dish untill it be well Then beat the said substance to fine Powder weight it and put therto as much white Mustard seed finely beaten as the Egge doth weigh Then take the roots of white Ditanie and Turmentill Ê’ ii the Powder of Myrrhe Harts-horne Nux vomica ana Ê’ i. the Powder of the rootes of Angelica wilde Burnet Iuniper berries Setwall and Camphire ana â„¥ ss mixe these all together being finely beaten weigh them all together and put them in a good large Iron or Stone Morter with as much of the purest and best Triacle Andromecha as all the said things doe weigh then worke and bray them together a good while then put into your Mortar to all the said things of the best and purest Honey clarified that you can get in this proportion if your Egge weighed an Ounce then one pound of Honey at the least more or lesse according to the proportion of your Egge or you may put as much Honey as all the said things doe weigh and bray and stirre all those things together for three houres at the least by a good Houreglasse Your Electuary being thus made put it into a Glasse or Gally pot close stopped set it not where heat or Sunne commeth to it and it will last thirty yeeres Give it to the Patient infected the quantity of a reasonable Walnut at the most and to a childe lesse as you shall thinke meet give it luke warme in Dragon or Cardus water distilled for want of these in white Wine If the infected brooke it not thus then in Sacke if he cast it give it him again in Sack and if he brook it not then the third time if then he cast it then God have mercy upon him few scape unlesse they brooke it and presently breake out in Sores and if he brooke it give him no more that night but the next day if need require give him halfe the said quantity as if the Sore be comming and doth not readily come forth let not the sicke drinke for two houres after let those that goe to the infected take as much as a little Hasell Nut and let him if he can drinke once in a weeke a good quantity of white Wine and Sallet Oyle aire Houses and Cloathes with Frankincense This is also good for such as are taken with some sudden fit being taken as last before An Electuary to purge Melancholy 8 R. Of Rubarbe Ê’ ii Agaricke Ê’ iii. Caraway seedes and Coriander prepared â„¥ ii Cummin prepared â„¥ i. Aniseedes â„¥ i. London Treacle â„¥ i. Sene â„¥ i. Muske gr ss Ambergreese gr i. Cinamon Ê’ ii Mirabolans Cebuli Mirabolans Embici ana â„¥ i. Ginger â„¥ i. Nutmegs â„¥ ii Mace â„¥ ii Diacridium â„¥ ii Powder Sugar and Rosewater as much as will serve to make a Sirrup to compound these Powders into the forme of an Electuary An Electuary for the Ptisicke 9 R. The roote of Enula Campana in May drie it and beat it small and put it in Vinegar untill it be soft then dry it againe and when it is dry boyle it to an Electuary with pure Honey and keepe it in a boxe to eate now and then the quantity of a Hasell Nut. Sirrups CHAP. XLII To make a most excellent Sirrup of Damaske Roses made by that worthy and famous Doctor Andreas de Languina a Spaniard and commonly used by the Princes of Spaine Germany Italy and France and by the best learned men in those Countries R. Of Damaske Roses gathered in the dew if it be possible lib. vi cut away all the white in the bottome then boyle of faire Spring water in a well glased pot with a narrow mouth lib. xviii and being sodden a little put in your Roses and stop them close the space of sixe houres then with your hands being cleane wring the Water from the Roses and then seeth the same water againe and put in as many fresh Roses as you did before and thus doe nine times till the Water be of the colour of the Roses and the very taste and savour of them then take of that Decoction lib. vi thus prepared and to it put of the finest Sugar lib. iiii and make thereof a Sirrup according to Art of which Sirrup you may give to a strong nature the quantity of â„¥ v. mixed with the Broth of a Henne sodden without Salt or else with Buglos Water this Sirrup purgeth without offending of the Stomacke with great gentlenesse better then either Rubarbe or Manna it will give twelve or fourteene stooles at a time of a very filthy humour whereby it eases all the heavie paines and loathsomnesse of the joynts and of the head and of the whole body and is the most pretious and wholesomest purge of all for it comforteth the stomacke refresheth the Liver and Heart and taketh away from them their superfluous humours When you have done as aforesaid you must clarifie it with the white of an Egge in this order let it boyle softly on the fire and then beat the whites of two or three Egges till they foame and put into the pot a spoonefull and as the skumme doth rise skumme it off a good pace till you have used all your Egges and no more skumme will rise when you have done all to the putting in of your Sugar you must see that your Panne or Pot be very cleane and let it seeth then put in your Egges as before and let it seeth untill it be thicke To make Sirrup of Vinegar simple 2 R. Of pure Spring water lib. iiii of white Sugar lib. v. boyle them untill they cast up a foame and halfe the Water be consumed then put to it of white Wine Vinegar lib. iii. and boyle them againe untill they come to a Sirrup This Sirrup is common to all humours and doth prepare them it digesteth Choler Phlegme and Melancholy and doth attenuate grosse humours by reason of the Vinegar it mitigateth the heate of Choler and asswageth the burning of Agues and Thirst and scoureth the passages of the Body that are stopped it provokes Vrine is an enemy to corruption
will scarce appeare at all also if you take a little in a Spoone and let it fall if it make a thread it is enough else not when it is almost cold put it in a Pot and cover it with a Paper perforated with a Needle and when it is quite cold cover it with a leather and keepe it in a temperate place To make pulp of Dates 1 R. Of Dates lib. i. part them in two and pill off the white on the inside and the skinne all over put away the stones and cut the Dates into small pieces and put them into a Skillet and powre on them of cleere Water lib. ss let them infuse in some warme place the space of three daies then take them up and beate them into a paste in a Marble Mortar and pulp it through a pulping sieve This Pulp is used in Electuaries To prepare and correct Sene. 2 R. Of the best Sene lib. i. cleanse it from the stalkes and naughty leaves and to every ounce of Sene adde of fennell seed or Aniseed Ê’ i. and powder them first your seeds and when they are well beaten then adde your Sene and beat them all well together and searse them in a covered searce that which will not passe beat againe and searse it till all be finely searsed this is used in Pilles Electuaries Powders c. and is never used otherwise then with his Correctives When you powder Myrrhe or Saffron they must be done by themselves by dropping a drop or two of Oyle Olive into the bottome of the Mortar that it may not sticke the same way you shall powder Rubarb Aloes or Assa foetida and also Scamonie but Mastich must be powdered by dropping a little Rosewater into your Mortar Before you beat Camphire you must grinde ii or iii. sweet Almonds in your Mortar the like in beating Cinamon Oyles are boiled enough when if you throw a drop in the fire it burneth cleare and without cracking Plaisters are boiled enough when if you put a drop into faire water it runneth not abroad but riseth whole to the top of the Vessell those Plaisters that have Oile in them when you make them up wet your hands in faire water or white wine those that have none wet your hands in Oyle To wash and prepare Fat 's 3 R. The cakes of Fat and picke out the skin and bloudie Veines and wash it in severall waters untill the water runne from it cleere and neither fatty nor bloudie then cut it in pieces and melt it in a panne with a little water then straine it strongly through a linnen cloth and put it in a good great pot and when it is cold cover it with warme water and beate it together against the sides of the pot well then powre away that water and adde more thus doe nine times untill it hath lost the smell of Grease then wash it in Rose water and put it up To prepare Marrowes you must take them out of the bones in the beginning of Autumne and wash them and melt them and then use them as you did the Fat 's To make Hony of Raisons 4 R. Raisons of the Sunne stoned lib. ii infuse them xxiiii houres in in lib. vi of warme water then boile them to the consumption of halfe and straine it and presse it throughly and boile the decoction to the thicknesse of Honey or else to lib. iii. of the decoction adde two pound of dispumed Honey mingle it and boile it to the thicknesse of Honey Honey of Violets and Roses is thus made R. of red Rose buds lib. ii of the best and purest Honey lib. vi boile them as before To make dispumed Honey 5 You shall boile Honey that hath beene clarified with the white of an Egge untill it come to the thicknesse of Honey againe then take it from the fire and when it is coole put it up Rose Vineger 6 R. Red Rose buds almost blowne the whites and stalkes cut away gathered drie and dried in the Sunne three or foure dayes lib. i. Vineger * See this word in the Table of weights and measures Sextaries viii let them soake xl daies then straine it and adde other Roses doe thus until the savour and taste please you To make the decoction of flowers and fruits much used in purgations 7 R. Drie Figs nu v. Damaske pruines nu xv Iujubes Sebesten ana nu xx Tamarindes â„¥ i. Flowers of Roses Violets Borage and Buglosse ana Ê’ i. Venus haire Hops Endive ana m. ss Licoras Ê’ ii cut them and beat them all together and boile them in lib. iii. of Fountaine water to the consumption of the third part To make Iuice of Licoras 8 R. The Roots of Licoras full of Iuice and well cleansed and a little bruised what quantity you please macerate them three daies in Spring water in a Vessell wherein the water may stand three or foure fingers above the Licoras after this heate them at the fire and strain them then take the decoction and boile it gently untill it come to the just consistence then make it up into what fashion you will To make Aloes Rosatum 9 R. Of the best Aloes cicatrine and cleere powdered â„¥ iiii Iuice of Damaske Roses clarified lib. i. mingle them and put them in the Sunne or in a Balneo untill all the moisture be exhaled doe this foure times make it up in a masse and when you have occasion make small pilles thereof To make May Butter 10 R. Fresh Butter made in May and without salt put it in a broad earthen Vessell glased and set it in the Sunne to melt that which melts whilest the Sunne is hottest let runne through a thicke Cloth without pressing then put it againe to the Sunne doe thus untill it be white then put it up in pots To make Salt of Cerusse described in my receits for Beauties 11 R. A quantity of Cerusse grinde it into very fine Powder and infuse lib. i. in a pottle of distilled Vinegar for foure or five daies then Filter it then set that you have Filtred in a glased Earthen vessell over a gentle fire untill it concrete unto Salt The manner to prepare Goats blood wonderfull efficacious in Medicines for the Stone 12 R. A young Male Kid of a reasonable age not too young breed him up in the house with Pimpernell Smallage Parseley Fennell Bayes Ivy Lovage and all manner of hearbes that will breake the Stone and let him eate nothing else kill him in the moneth of August when the Sun is going into the signe Cancer cut his throate and receive the blood that comes out of the Arteries which you may know by the thicknesse let it congeale and throw away the water that swims on the top the rest of the blood put into an Oven when the bread is newly drawne and let it dry and then powder it To make Metheglin 13 Gather these hearbes following in the middest of Iuly and lay them to dry in the Winde
then keepe them cleane and from moulding untill Michaelmas that you make your Metheglin Saxifrage Egrimony Sentory Time browne Mints Rosemary Betony ana but of Saxifrage and Egrimony a greater quantity boile all these in Water untill it looke like Malmesey then take it from the fire and let it coole then take your poulst or combes wrought as it is and put into the Wort being blood warme temper them well together and let them run through a cleansing sieve and skumme the Waxe off very cleane then put in a new laid Hens Egge into the Wort and if it beare not the Egge put in more Combes untill it beare it then seethe it again three or foure walmes and skumme it cleane then take it off the fire and when it is cold put it into a Barrell and when it hath worked stop it up close To make Cider 14 Grinde your Apples or beate them small and straine them let the Liquor stand a while as you doe Wort then tunne it up and let not the Barrels be stopped untill it hath done working and casting out all the dregs then stop it up close if you will have it compounded with Spices you must boile such Spices in it as you have a minde to and then tun it as before Perry is made after the same manner with Peares An excellent way to wash Aloes 15 R. Of the best Aloes â„¥ ii put thereto a quarter of a pinte of the Iuice of damaske Roses and as much of the Sirrup of Violets two spoonefulls of Vinegar then set it in a warme Oven after the bread is drawne and let it so remaine untill it be dissolved then straine it hard through a faire Cloth and set it on faire Embers untill it be thicke like a Conserve stirring it divers times then R. Nutmegs Cinamon Ginger Cloves Mace Agaricke Cubebs ana one Duccate weight and as much Rubarbe bruise all these as you would for Ipocras and lay them in three quarters of a pinte of very good Muskadine three daies then straine it and after beate the Spices as small as you can and grinde them with the said Wine againe then straine it and wring it out as hard as you can then put your Wine to your Conserved Aloes and let it stand so long on warm Embers till it have drunke up all the Wine and is turned to a Conserve againe stirring it divers times then put it in a close Pot and keepe it for an excellent purging Pill to be taken once a weeke the quantity of a Beane made in Pills one houre before supper it doth cure the Headache comforteth the Stomack and hath many good and approved operations To make Lute sapientiae to lute the Receivers in distillations or to lute Pots in any decoction 16 R. Of Potters earth two parts Horse dung one part a little fine powdered Bricke and a little of the filings of Iron quick Lime with salt Water and the yolkes of Egges temper them very well together and use it If you wet a linnen Cloth in salt Water and let it dry of it selfe then wet it in the yolkes of Egges well beaten and lay it over with a little of the former lute thin and cover the pot the whites of Egges with Lime is also good 17 Bread and Honey eaten every Morning cureth a Consumption To make Honey of Roses 18 R. Of red Rose buds lib. ii of the best Honey lib. vi boile them according to art To know the vertues of hearbes in all Seasons Gather hearbes and leaves in March April May Flowers in May Iune Iuly August Seeds in September October November Rootes in December Ianuary February Preserves and Conserves CHAP. XLVI To preserve Cherries 1 GAther your Cherries in the morning and let them not be too ripe cut off the tops of the Stalkes and lay the Cherries in a pan upon a thin bed of Sugar to every pound of Cherries take a pound of Sugar and beate it very fine and ever as the Cherries boile up cast Sugar on them and scumme them not untill the scumme be ready to seethe over let them boile with a quick fire for so they will be the fairer you need not feare the breaking of them for as they coole they will close againe and seethe not above two pound at once the fewer the better and boile them rather too little then too much being sodden put them into a faire dish and let them stand till the next day and if there come any Water from them then seethe them a little more you must use a silver spoone about them which must be scoured very cleane for if you use either Ladle or knife that hath been used about flesh it will cause Mites to breed in your Cherries To preserve Quinces 2 Take Quinces and wipe them cleane and coare them into a faire platter that you may save the seeds then take cleare Conduit water and put it into a faire Earthen pot that is somewhat broad in the bottome that the Quinces may lie one by one then put in your Quinces with the Kernels and Ielly about them but no part of the Coares for it will make the Sirrup bitter then set them on the fire and let them seethe gently till the Quinces be soft and breake not then take them out and lay them in a faire dish and when they are cold pare them but let the Kernels and the Water seethe a while after the Quinces are out then take the Water and straine it cleane from the Kernels and to every pound of Quinces put a pinte of that Water and a pound of fine beaten Sugar and put the Sugar into the Liquor and stir it well untill the Sugar be melted then let it seethe and when it hath sodden a while and is scummed put in your Quinces and let them seethe very softly a good while till they be red for with long seething they will be red of themselves you must turn them often that they may be all of one colour and when you thinke they be red enough skin them cleane and when they be cold put them up To preserve Damsons Peareplums or any other kinde of Plummes 3 Gather your Damsons in a faire dry day and let them not be bruised but let them be ripe or else they will not be well coloured to every pound of Damsons take a pound of fine beaten Sugar and one spoonfull of Rosewater you must put your Damsons in a faire great pan one by one and not above a pound at once then set them upon a Chafingdish and Coales but let not your fire be too hot at first then set on your Plummes and cast in as much Sugar as the Rosewater will melt before you set them on the fire and when you feele your pan warme cast on halfe your Sugar and let the pan be no hotter than you can suffer your hand on it for the space of a quarter of an houre you must not turn them untill there be as much Sirrup as will
or three daies untill they come out then have a great care to keepe the Chamber warme but not too hot in any case let them eat no fresh meat if a Feaver accompany the Poxe untill it be past nor any broth with Spice but thinne thicken'd broth boiled with a white Crust when the Feaver is past and the Poxe begin to fall let them eate Bread and Butter or a potcht Egge in all this time let their Beere be warmed with a Toste and sweetned with Sugar and when they have drunke let them eate the Toste to cleanse their mouth and throate if the Poxe be in the Eyes then take red Rosewater and womans Milke ana and a little loafe Sugar finely beaten everyday fresh and with a feather dresse them often in a day or you may tye a little bruised Quince seed in a cloth and soake it in white Rose water and wash the Eyes but not above thrice a day lest you feed the Poxe neither wash the Eyes except the Poxe be in them deny them not drinke at any time when the Poxe begin to look black on the heads then minge Parmacetae and Oyle of sweet Almonds together to an Ointment and with a feather anoint the Face at night therewith being a little warmed this will cause them to scale then anoint the Face every night with the Ointment of Bacon described before in the Vnguents and in the morning wash your Face with water of Beane flowers when they are quite well it is good to give them an ounce or two of Cassia newly drawne in some Posset drinke to purge them if the Poxe come not out kindly at first you shall give the Patient of Bezoar powdered small in Posset drinke according to the strength and age of the Patient from three to eight graines For a Fellon 12 R. Fine Malt flower m. i. Sope as much as a Wallnut boile them together in some Beere untill it be thicke lay this to the place and change it twice or thrice in a day For buzzing in the Eares 13 R. A clove of Garlick pill it and pricke three or foure holes in the midst of it and dip it in fine English Honey and put it into your Eare and stop your Eare with a little blacke Wooll and lie upon the contrary side thus let it rest seven or eight daies To stay a Laske 14 R. A good quantity of Burre rootes and wash them cleane with running Water then seethe them in faire Water till halfe the Water be consumed when you goe to bed wash the soales of you Feete herewith and if that stay not enough then wash higher and it will stay it For the Goute 15 R. A gallon of thy owne Vrine and a pound of Virginwaxe and of houseleeke lib. v. set those on the fire together and let them scald untill the Houseleeke be tender then bathe thy legs and feete therein thus take a dishfull of this decoction and by the fire wash thy feete with this Liquor very hot and let the remnant of the Liquor stand on the fire to keepe hot when that dishfull is cold put it into the hot Liquor and take another dishfull and bathe as you did before doe this for halfe an houre alwaies with hot broth then take the residence in the bottome of the Pot and lay it upon a blew Cloth that is well Woaded either Woollen or Linnen and lay it to the soare place and wrap it well up and let it lie a day and a night doe thus untill it bee whole this will drive the paine downewards and when it is in thy foote lay the Plaister all over the Foote and Toes if the disease be in the Hands doe as you did to the Feete For Earewigges or any Worme crept into the Head 16 R. Of the Garlicke that is called S. Mary Garlicke three or foure Cloves stampe in a Mortar and lay them in a little cleane Water a good while then wring out the Iuice with a Cloth very hard then put of that Liquor into the Eare and hold that Eare upwards and it will kill the Worme or else cause him to come out at the Nose For a Fellon 17 R. Smallage pu i. wheaten Leaven black Sope and the white of an Egge and wheate Flower stampe them together and lay them on a Cloth to the Fellon For the stinging of a Waspe or Bee 18 If the Sting sticke in the flesh pull it out and then take an Almond and cut it over-thwart and lay the one halfe upon the Soare and it will cease the swelling and ease the paine For a Stitch in the Side 19 R. A pretty big Dish fill it full of Embers and lay the reon a handfull of Rosemary leaves and then lay a Cloth on the Rosemary to keepe it close and so lay it to the grieved place as hot as can be suffered To stay the immoderate Fluxe of Women 20 R. A good piece of Allome and seethe it in faire Water till it be dissolved then take sodden Milke and with the said decoction make a Posset presse the Curde from the Whey and lay the Curde to the secret place and it will stay it A speciall Medicine for the Goute 21 R. A spoonfull of bay Salt and as much gâ—ay Sope and the quantity of a Wallnut of Boares grease Rue and the hearbe called Rage ana m. ss beate all these in a Mortar untill they come to a Salve then lay it on a Cloth to the griefe and renew it once a day For the Megrim 22 R. Of the Iuice of Seagreene Aquavitae and the Gall of a Steere ana put together on the fire to warme then take a linen Cloth and bathe your forehead therewith and your Temples at night when you are going to bed then dip a double linnen Cloth therein as much as will cover the Forehead and binde it to the Patients head all night for two or three nights together To stay the bloody Fluxe 23 R. A great red Onyon take out the coare and fill the hole full of Frankincense and English Saffron ana then put on the top and set the Onyon in the Embers and when it is tender spread it on a linnen Cloth and lay the one halfe to the Navill and the other to the Fundament as hot as may be To cleare the Eyes when they are blood-shotten or sore 24 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris â„¥ ss Sugar Candy â„¥ ss white Wine â„¥ i. heate the Stone almost red hot in a cleare fire then beate it very fine in a cleane Mortar and mingle it with the Wine and straine it through a linnen Cloth then put in the Sugar Candy very finely beaten put this Water in a Glasse and when you would use it shake the Glasse that it may mingle and so drop a drop or two into the Eye lying upwards Evening and Morning and lie so a while after Note that this Stone must bee cleare without red spots or else it is hurtfull For wilde Fire 25 R. Olde hard