fire till the skum arise then take off the skum and take it from the fire then put thereto the powder of Coltsfoot and make it as thick as Conserves of Roses which use at your pleasure A precious Water for a Consumption Take a quart of Rosewater as much of womans milk Goats milk or Cowes milk put unto it twenty yolks of Eggs and mix them well together and thereof distil a Water and give the Patient thereof to drink first and last with a Cake to eat made with Gold and Pearle A Water good for a Consumption or weaknesse Take a gallon of new milk of a red Cow and the yolks of twenty eggs beat them very wel together and put thereto a pint of good Red Wine and two Manchets sliced so mingle all these things together and put them in a plain Still and still it with a soft fire and now and then stir it or else it will have a crust on it the Water may be taken at any time three or four spoonfuls with some Sugar the oftner the better COUGH For the Cough be it never so extreme Take a quart of new milk and a pint of strong Ale and make a posset thereof then take off the curd then take a quarter of a pound of Raisons of the Sun stoned and two big sticks of Licoras and two spoonfuls of Anniseeds bruise them and seeth all in the posset Ale until half be sodden away then take it from the fire and put therein so much sweet Butter as the bignesse of a Hasel Nut but let it not seeth after and let the party drink thereof evening 〈…〉 or eight spoonfuls at a time as hot as he can Probatum For the Cough Take a head of Garlick and prick it full of Cloves then take half a handful of three leaved grasse and as much Goats grease put the Garlick head therein and wrap it in russet paper and so roast it in the ashes till it be soft then beat it in a Mortar and straine it then drink it in some Ale or Beer it is good for the Cough A Tisan for the Cough Take a quart of good old Ale and set it on the fire and skim it clean then take half a dozen of good Fennel roots and scrape them and take out the pithes and bruise them in a Mortar and put them in the Ale then take a quantity of Licoras scraped and bruised and put it to the rest then take a handful of Anniseeds and sift them cleane and bruise them in a Mortar and put it into the Ale and let it seeth together a pretty while and take a handful of smal Raisons wash and pick them clean and bruise them in a Mortar and put it into the Ale and let it seeth a walme or two after then take a penny worth of Sugar candied and put into it when it is almost sodden from a quart to a pint and when it is full sodden to a pint take it off and strain it and drink it at times convenient and put to this Tisan Sugar Honey and Powder of Elicampane root of each a little and some great Raisons the stones taken out and Parsley roots and two or three Figs. For the Cough if it be of the Lungs Take half a pint of Aquavitae of Anniseedâ—â— half penny worth and as much English Licoras scrape it and slice it thin run the Anniseeds very well and fan the dust out of them and put them in together and let them boil on a soft fire till half be consumed then strain it out and wipe the pot and put it in again and put to it three ounces of brown Sugar candied and set it against the fire till it be melted then take it off and use as often as you will drink For the Cough or Cold. Take a quart of Ale and put thereto a good sprig of Rosemary and boil it then put to it a spoonful of Sugar and as much butter as an egg and brew them together and let the Patient drink thereof to bedward and keep warm For the Cough Stamp two handfuls of Centory and seeth it in three quarts of Ale to the half then stamp it again and seeth it and put thereto a pint of honey and so take every morning thereof three spoonfuls Another The Cough is a Messenger of all Diseases of the Lights and Brest through the grosness drought moisture spittle and other excrements for the Cough is a motion of the Lights the which by the aire and moving vertue of the Muscels that are within the brest is meet and made for to cough up all that which hurteth the lights and the Rhume provoketh the Cough most of all There are often perillous Coughs through Rhume that falls down out of the head upon the lights and into the brest which is very ill to get out It is good to purge the head with Cochia Pills and to drink sometimes a draught of Barly Water in the morning and eat something after it Then take this Potion Take Syrrup of Endive Honey of Roses and Sirrup of Steches of each half an ounce Water of Succory and Endive of each one ounce and half tempered together This Powder is approved to stay the Rhume Take Spica of the Indies one quarter of an ounce Cinnamon one quarter of an ounce of the Scull of a man that dyed through violence three quarters of an ounce take every time it cometh one dram after meat in Wine or any decoction Physicians do commend Barly Water mixt with Julip of Violets CORNES For to take away Cornes First cut away the Corne and root him out then drop into the hole a drop or two of a black Snail and put thereto the powder of Sandyfer and it will wear the Corn away Also cut your Cornes away and lay a little piece of the red Cerecloth upon the hole and in three months it will wear it clean away CRAMP For the Cramp Take the little bones of the Hares hinder legges which are in the knee joints if you touch the place grieved therewith it helpeth Also take Hollioaks Oyl of Violets and of Swines grease of each a little quantity and make an Ointment of them and annoint the place Another Take the Flank wool of a sheep carded in flakes and dipped in Sallet Oyle and wrap it about your leggs or where it taketh you and it will heat the Cramp and ease it DEAFNESSE For Deafnesse an excellent Medicine TAke the juice of Betony with the most part of Camomile wet in it a lock of wool and stop it in the deaf ear and Water stilled of the same Herbs to be powred into the ears is a help for deafness For the Hearing Take Oyle of Roses and White Wine Vineger of each alike and mingle them together and at night in bed put one drop into the ear and stop it with black wooll and lye on the other side DROPSIE A very good Drink to cure the Dropsie Take of Peperitis Roots otherwise called
or a month at both times of the year as you see cause and take it every day or second day as you finde it work A Dyet Drink to heal Wounds Take of Egrimony two handfuls of Daisie leaves and roots Wild Angelica Ribwort Mugwort Wormwood Comfry Mints Canapit Speedwel Avens Bramble leaves Arcamilla or Sincle Scabious Betony and Dandillion of each of these a handful boil them all together in two gallons of running water some three hours till half be consumed then put into it a pint of White Wine and half a pint of honey then strain it out and so keep it letting the party drink thereof two or three times a day EYES A good Medicine to preserve the Eye-sight TAke green Barly before it be eared and distil it and use daily now and then to lay a little on your eyes of that Water and it will continue the sight A special good Poultice for sore Eyes that be much swelled and cometh by the Rheume Take a quantity of Bean flower some of an Apple finely scraped a little womans milk of Sorrel Water red Role-Water Plantane Water of each a little quantity mix all these together and make a Poultice thereof then spread it upon a fine linnen cloth somewhat thick and put it to the Patients Eyes cold A Plaister for sore eyes Take of the pap of a roasted Apple two spoonfuls the like quantity of new laid eggs of Saffron thirteen chives dryed and made into fine powder work these together to one substance and put thereto of Womans milk of a maiden child one spoonful of Rose water the like quantity of these make your Plaister and lay it to your eyes morning and evening and have in a readiness the powders of these stones following Lapis Calaminaris quenched nine times in White Wine Aloes Hepatica white Sugar candied Tucia prepared Camphire of each of these half a dram made fine to powder sow these in a fine cloth or fine silk and put it in a glasse of water and of this Water drop into your eyes morning and evening and lye upon your back when you drop it into your eyes Make your Water as followeth Take Roses Marigolds Plantane brown Fennel Eyebright Cellendine Tormentil Betony Scabious Fumetory Oaken buds of each of these two ounces mix all these in a glasse and put in the powders above said A very good Medicine for Eyes that be troubled with Pin or Web or other dimnesse Take the yolk of a new laid egg or two and beat it well until it cometh unto a great froth then let it stand so a little while and let the Oyl run into a sawcer and put the juice of Daisies with the blossomes leaves and roots being stamped and strained into the Oyl of Eggs and put a little clarified honey unto it and mix all these well together and let the Patient take every morning and evening into the ey that is grieved a drop put in with a feather let this be used so long as the pain lasteth Another for sore Eyes Take a little Rosewater and womans milk and mix them together whereof the Patient may use a drop at a time as above said And if the Patient be a man the womans milk must be of her that hath a daughter and if the Patient be a woman she must have the milk of her that hath a son sucking upon her For a Pearle Pin or Web in the Eyes Take a little Hony clarified as it cometh from the Hive and so drop it into your eye evening and morning and it will help Probatum A very good Medicine for sore eyes that cometh of the Megrim Take the white of an egg and beat it well then skim it and put to the Oyle some case Ginger finely beaten and some White Wine Vineger then take flax and dip it in the Oyl and lay it on your Temples and take heed that no part thereof come into your eyes Do this four or five nights or more when you go to bed and every time wash your eyes with the water that cometh of cutting of Vines Probatum A Water very comfortable for the Eye-sight Take of Rose leaves red Fennel Vervain Rew Cellendine and Eyebright of each a handful and so still them all together and you shall have a good Water for the eye sight Probatum To recover the Eye sight Take Smallage Rew Fennel Vervain Egrimony Betony Scabious Avens Houndstongue Eyebright Pimpernel and Sage of each a like quantity and distil all these together with a little Urine of a man-child and five grains of Frankinsence and drop of this water every night into the eyes and the sight will recover by Gods grace Probatum by Mr. Whaley For sore eyes and blind Take the white of a new laid egge strained from the yolk beat it well to an Oyl and take off the froth and put to the Oyle a spoonful of good White Wine Vineger and a spoonful of Rose water beat them all well together and with a little flax lay to each temple a Plaister but take heed it touch not the eyes use this three or four times to bedward it hath brought them to sight that were seven weeks blind Probatum For red Eyes Take a new laid egg or two and roast them very hard then without taking away the shels cut them in sunder and take out the yolks and scrape a little white Copperas and put it where the yolks were as much Copperas as a little pease is enough for one egg then strain the whites with the shels through a cloth into a sawcer and with this Oyl annoint your eyes when you go to bed For Eyes that be Bloodshed or have Pushes in them Make a toast of fine leven bread and lay it in Wine till it be soft then put it in a cloth and to bedward lay it in the cloth to the eyes and it will heal them For an Eye that hath been hurt so that the Ball was ready to fall out being swolne as big as an egge Take a rotten Apple that is throughly rotten and take it from the core then bear the white of an egg well and drop the juice of the Apple therein and bind it with a cloth to the eye and so dresse it twice a day till it be whole The gall of a Hart and clarified Hony well mingled together is very good for the Web in the eye it must be laid on with a feather For a Pin or Web in the eye Take White Wine and put it in a Bason that is bright and put Bay salt unto it and let it stand for nine dayes two of the dayes shake the Bason and at the ninth dayes end put it into a glasse and keep it for your use it is also good for red eyes An excellent Water for sore Eyes by Pearle Pin and Web Lash or Prick Take of Cellendine Herb-grace Betony brown Fennel Eyebright red Rose flowers Maidenhair or as many of those as you can get distil of each alike much
and lay it warm to the eyes Also if deflux cause much pain take unwashed sheeps wool burn it to ashes in a close stopped pot bruise it as small as may be and mix it with the white of an egge and lay it on your forehead and temples This asswageth the Catarrhe very quickly and abateth the pain A Plaister for the Temples or sore Eyes Take Alloes Mirrhe Mirtle leaves Acatia of each one dram Mastick and Frankinsence of each half a dram beaten small together and make it to a Plaister with the white of an egg Likewise he ought to purge with Pills of Cochia which be sharpned with the Trocisies of Alhandaly Also with the Confection of Hierâ— and such like Oyle of linnen being made thus is very good for sore Eyes viz. set it a fire with a candle and lay the linnen upon an even piece of iron tin or silver and put it out quickly and you shall find a drop of Oyle the which take up with a feather This healeth marvellously well the Imposthume of the eyes taketh away the pain and is good for a Fistula and Wounds in the Eyes FACE To take away the Scars or Pockholes or redness in the Face TAke a good quantity of Lemmons and slice them rinds and all and distil them laying them on fair sticks that they touch not the bottom of the Still and with the Water that cometh thereof annoint the face and it will soon take away the rednesse and scars of the face For a sawcie Face Take a pottle of White Wine and a quarter of a pound of Cinnamon cleane rubbed and winnowed then seeth it in the White Wine till it be half sodden away and then put it into a pot and drink it evening and morning till the Patient be cured Probatum An approved good Medicine to cool and repel the redness of the face that proceedeth of heat Take a quantity of running water and a quantity of Brimstone and as much Allome beaten small together put them with the water into a glasse fast stopped and so let it stand every morning and evening take a little out into a sawcer and with a linnen rag wash your face therewith and so let it dry in with wiping For Spots in the Face For a mans or a womans face that seemeth as they were drunken take Water-cresses and cut them small and put them in a small earthen pot and put fair Spring water thereto and let them boil together and drink of that water morning and evening To make the Face fair Take the flowers of Beanes and distil them and wash the face with the water Some say that the Urine of the party grieved is very good to wash the face and to keep it from blemishing If the face be washed with the water that Rice is sodden in it taketh away the Pimples and cleanseth the face For heat in the face Seeth white Copperas in running water and let it stand till it be cold and then put in a little Camphire and every morning and evening take a little of that water in a sawcer and with a little cloth dipt in it wash and bathe your face therewith and let it dry in of it self A Drink for the Heat or Rednesse in the Face Take four handfuls of Wild Tansie and boil it in two Gallons of small wort let it stand until it be almost cold then put to it a little Barme and let it work and when it is ripe put it in a close vessel and so let it stand three or four dayes then you must drink of it every day twice so long as you use it An excellent Water for the same Take twelve Lemmons and pare them to the very juice four new laid egges shells whites and yolks beaten all together six spoonfuls of pure English Honey Temper all together and distil them with a very soft fire and receive the water thereof in a glasse for your use putting thereto a little Mercury to make it keep and continue An excellent Lac Virginis to make the Face Neck or any part of the Body fair and white Take of Alumen Plumosi half an ounce of Camphire one ounce of Roach Allome one ounce and a dram Sal gemmi half an ounce white Frankinsence two ounces Oyle of Tartar one ounce and a half make all these into most fine powder and mix it with one quart of rose-Rose-water then set it in the Sun and let it stand there nine dayes often stirring it then take Littarge of Silver half a pound beat it fine and fearse it then boil it in one pint of White Wine Vinegar until one third part be consumed ever stirring it with a stick while it boileth then distil it by a Filter or let it run through a thick Jelly bag then keep it by it self in a glass Vial and when you will use these Waters take a drop of the one and a drop of the other in your hand and it will be like milk which is called Lac Virginis wash your face or any part of your body therewith It is most precious for the same Probatum Dr. Walmesley For the Pimples in the Face Take Wheat-flower mingled with honey and vinegar lay it upon them and it cleanseth them To dry up any Pimples or heat in the Face Take Virgin Wax one ounce and a half May Butter three ounces meâ—â— them then put to them Cerus half an ounce Bole Armoniack a scruple a little Rose water to wash it after these are melted together annoint the Pimples with it twice a day FELLON To ripen a Fellon or Boil Take Rue Sage and the fat of rusty Bacon of each a like quantity and stamp them all together and lay it on a linnen cloth warm to the Grief Another Take an Onion roasted put thereto Honey and Wheat flower and so beat it all together and lay it to the sore To kill a Fellon Take an egg and roast it hard and take the yolk thereof and take an Onion and roast it soft and beat the yolk and the Onion together and lay it to the sore and it will kill the Fellon A Soveraign Salve to heal the Fellon Take of the Soot of a house that is on the Beams and break it to powder and take the yolk of an egg and bray them together then lay it on a clean cloth and lay it on the sore and this will heal it An excellent Poultice to take away the anguish of a Fellon and to break it speedily Take milk and put therein crumbs of White Bread and boil them together very tender to a Poultice then take it from the fire and put therein the yolk of an egg and have ready some white Lilly roots wrapped up in a brown paper and roasted very tender first bruise the roots into a pap then mingle them well with the other things and so apply it warme to the griefe and when it is broken use healing Salve For a Fellon Take Verjuice and crumbs of browne bread
palenesse with full vaines stuffing of the head or nose swelling of the eyes pain in the throat motion to vomit swelling of the Almonds the Remedy is to use dry and warm Herbs as Sage Fennâ—â— Mints Rosemary Marjerom Time c. and after meat use something to close the stomack as prepared Coriander toasted Bread c. and walk in a morning fasting Hot Rheume the signes thereof are these viz. the face is red mixt with a pale or black colour great heat in the nose with itchings when the mouth and the throat is full of bitterness and sharpnesse and if the head be hot in feeling it s thus to be cured he must be let blood and use this Gargarism Take Sirrup of Jaunbes of Violets and Poppy seeds of each alike temper them with Barley water Or take Jaunbes Sebestians Violets white Poppy seeds and Quince kernels decocted in Barley water use it in the evening after meat it is passing good Also take Sirrup of Poppy seeds Sirrup of Mulberries of Roses and well water of each three ounces of Wine of Pomgranats one ounce make it warm and gargle therewith RICKETS For the Rickets in Children Cut the middle gristle of both the ears and with the blood annoint the belly and the Navel with a little Cotton wool then boil Harstongue and Liverwort in Milk or Broth for their usual Dyet Another Take Bay berries bruised and sweet Marjerom of each a handful and boil it in Beer with three or four blades of Mace and so drink it often Another When the former will not help take Fennel seeds and Dill seeds of each alike but most of Dill boile them in Beer and strain it and sweeten it with Sugar and drink often Probatum RUPTURE A Plaister to keep up the Rupture Take Knotgrass and Shepherds Purse of each one handful of Comfrey and Solomons seale of each half a handful beat them into an Oyl and thereof make your Plaister This Oyl will be preserved all the year in a Gally pot A Drink for the Rupture Take long Plantane Yarrow and Knotgrass of the redest colour of each a great handful Daisie roots Dovefâ—ot Mousear and Borage of each a small handful wash them very clean and shred them grosse then take three quarts of milk and two quarts of White Wine set the milk on the fire and when it doth seeth put in the Wine and as the Curd ariseth take it away and being clean put in the Herbs and let them boil gently a quarter of an hour then take it off and straine it and preserve it in Glasses and let the Patient drink thereof in the morning fasting and so in the evening almost a pint at a draught and do so one week Another Take Comfrey roots Daisie roots and Pollipodium of the Oak make them into fine powder and drink thereof every morning the weight of six pence the space of a fortnight fasting an houre after it For the Rupture in Children Take Frankinsence half an ounce Aloes a quarter of an ounce beat it small and mix it with the white of an egg unto an Oyntment and therewith annoint the child upon his Rupture morning and evening Also take the root of Aron halfe a pound in powder and give thereof unto the child every day for nine dayes together one dram with water of Parfoliata and tye the Rupture with a Boulster close upon it and unto it RESTORATIVE A Restorative Take Treakle Sallet Oyl Sugar candied Cinamon powder made with Licoras and Sugar of each a penny worth mingle all these together and take a quantity thereof as much as a Nut both morning and evening Another Take a quantity of Ale or Beer and put therein over night three or four sprigs of Rew and drink thereof evening and morning for a good space and it will keep your stomack in good order A restoring Medicine for any decay of the inner parts Take Live Honey and put thereto tops of Balme Cowslip flowers Borage flowers Bugloss flowers and tops of Gilly flowers and set this remain in the Honey the space of a Month stopping the pot very close that no aire come in let it stand all the said time in some warm place either in the. Sun or by the fire side then distil it in a glass Still with a little water and drink thereof every morning a good draught A Restorative made of an Herb called Rosâ—solis This Herb groweth in the Meadows in low Marish grounds and in no other places it is of Horseflesh colour and groweth very long and flat to the ground with a main long stalk growing in the midst of six branches springing out of the roots round about the stalk with a hoar colour and a main breadth and length and I do warn you in any wise not to touch this Herb when you gather it with your hands for then the vertue is gone you must gather it by the stalk and so pluck it out of the ground and put it in a glasse or pewter pot the leaves of this Herb are full of strength and vertue Take of this Herb as much as will fill a pottle pot but wash it not in any wise then take a pottle of Aqua vitae and put them both together in a large vessel and let it stand being chopped just three dayes and three nights and on the fourth day strain it through a clean cloth into a glasse or pewter pot and put to it half a pound of Licoras beaten to fine powder and half a pound of Dates take out the stones of them and cut them into fine slices and mingle all these together and stop the glass or pewter pot close that no Aire come into it and drink of it at night to bedward half a spoonful with Ale and as much in the morning fasting for there is not the weakest man or body in the world that wanteth nature or strength or that is cast into any Consumption but it will restore them again and cause them to be strong and lusty and have a marvellous hungry stomack and that very shortly for he that useth this Medicine three times shal find a great change and comfort in it and as he feeleth himself so he may use it It cured one Mr. Stubbs who dwelt in Westminster and was in a great Consumption and very neer unto death being sick continually for eighteen weeks and all the Physicians in London had forsaken him and these things were sent him to drink from an outlandish man and in three times drinking of it he walked upon his feet RULES for Health A very good Rule for Mans Health to be used in every Month of the Year written 1607. In January use no Physick but warme clothing cat warm meats and drink White Wine fasting it is wholsom In February forbear Physick and letting of blood take no cold for fear of Agues which are easily gotten In March forbear grosse feeding purge by Potions Bathing or Blood-letting In April Physick is good upon occasion
quantity of Beets and a quantity o Mercury one ounce of Coriander seeds one ounce of Cummin seeds bruise the seeds and seeth them and the Herbs all together in a pottle of running water and let it seeth till halfe be consumed then strain it and take three spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl and three spoonfuls of Honey and half a handful of Bay salt bruised so put it into a Glister pipe and use it For the Stone Take the inner bark of Elder and seeth it in Beer or Ale til it have a good strength of the Elder then strain it and drink it morning and evening and it will break the Stone A very good drink for the Stone Take a pint of White Wine and half a pint of Ale and make thereof with milk a pottle of posset drink and take away the curd very clean and boil in it two or three roots of Mallowes Marsh Mallowes are the best and some Licoras till a quarter be boiled away then drink half in the morning and the rest at night For the Stone or strongurion Take half an ounce of Anniseeds a quarter of an ounce of Licoras Calamus Aromaticus French Gallingal Mirrh Gum Arebeck Gum Traganthum Diatria Papira or Piperion Pine Apple kernels white Orris roots Storax Benjamin Cipresse and Labdanum of each a small quantity then beat them all together take also half an ounce of large Mace white Archangel Mead Parsley and Garden Parsley Camomile Mallowes Fennel and Spiere Mint of each halfe a handful then take three quarts of White Wine and put them together in a brasse pot or a Posnet and boil them a pretty while then take it off and strain it through a cloth and put it in earthen vessels and keep it cool it will drink the better and take six spoonfuls morning and evening for three dayes together when you find your self ill and do not foreslow the taking of it Probatum A Plaister to apply to the side for the Stone Take Mallowes Herb grace Pellitory of the wall the green tops of Fennel and Camomile of each two handfuls seeth them in water till they be tender then presse out the water from them then stamp them very small and put in Oyle of Lillies Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Dill Oyl of sweet Almonds and Oyle of Scorpions of each one ounce let them boil on a Chafingdish and coals a good while then put to it as much wheat flower as wil make it thick like a Plaister spread it between two cloths and apply it to the Patients side as hot as may be endured For the Stone Take the weight of a French Crown of Pulvis Hollandi drink it in a quantity of White Wine stirring it well in the cup that it may not curd drink it in the morning betimes or at what time the Patient pleaseth keeping himself warme in his chamber all that day for it will give him three or four stooles and drink some warm broth after it and use this once a Month. More belonging to the former Medicine Take once a week after the former eight spoonfuls of Deal Wine and eight spoon fuls distilled from the berry of the Hawes make it sweet with Sugar and slice half a Lemmon into it and some sliced Ginger For the Stone in the Kidneyes There is great pain in the raines of the back which draweth downwards stirring encreaseth the pain they are much inclined to vomiting the body is bound Urine raw and watrish often provoking to pisse but not without pain the Urine avoids with gravel sand and slime yea sometimes mixt with blood To know it from the Chollick first it s not so sharp as the paine of the Chollick Secondly The Chollick doth appear beneath on the right side and stretcheth from thence upwards towards the left side but the pain of the Kidneyes begins above and stretcheth downwards and a little more towards the back Thirdly the pain is most of the Kidneyes fasting the Chollick otherwise All Saxifrage and other things good for the Stone are good for the Kidnies but not for the Chollick Lastly there is found in the Urine gravel or sand and not in the Cholick or pain of the guts To restrain the growing of the Stone or Gravel Take Turbith one dram and an half Hermodactilus one dram Diagridy six graines Salt of India two grains Ginger half a scruple Annis and Mastick of each three grains Sugar Pellets one ounce white Sugar half an ounce steep them together in three ounces of Water of Smallage or Maidenhair all night and wring it out well and drink it if the matter be in the stomack then take a Vomit that it run not towards the Rains This Vomit may be made of reddish Orange seeds the middlemost rind of Elder and Nux Vomica SIRRUP To make a Sirrup for one that is short winded Take a good handful of Hisop a handful of Horehound and seeth them in a quart of running water to a pint then strain it through a fair cloth and put in Sugar to make it pleasant Use this morning and evening with a Licoras stick some three spoonfuls at a time To make Sirrup of Roses Your liquor must be ready to seeth then put therein as many Roses as will be well steeped in the same water and cover it close and when the Roses be throughly white then strain it and set it on the fire again and so you must use it thirteen times and to every pint of your water or liquor you must put into it a pound of Sugar and let it stand together for the space of one night steeping and skim it clean and seeth it over a quick fire a quarter of an hour then take the whites of egges and beat them well together then take the pot off the fire and put into it the whites of your egges and then set it on the fire again and let it seeth a good space then let it run through a Jelly bag til it will stand still upon your nayl To make a comfortable Sirrup Take a handful of Egrimony and seeth it in a pint of Water till half be confumed then take out the Egrimony and put in a good handful of Currans seeth them till they be ready to break then strain them and make a Sirrup of them then set it on a chafingdish and coales and put thereto a little white Saunders and drink it either hot or cold Sirrup of Sugar candied Take Sâ—gar candied and put it into a clear bladder and tye it but so as it may have some vent then put it into a bason of water so that the water come not over the top of the bladder and cover it with a pewter dish and let it stand all night and in the morning take of it with a Licoras stick Doctor Deodates Scorbuttical Sirrup Take of the juice of Garden Scurvigrass Brooklimes and Watercresses of each six ounces and after it hath stood till it be clear take sixteene ounces of the clearest and of the juice
of each one handful of Auni-seeds Fennel seeds Hysop seeds and the root of Elicampane about two ounces seethe them in two pound of water until the third part be consumed drink this and it loseth all congealed blood in the body and expelleth it in the Urine An excellent Balme to cure any bruise though Bones be broken therein and it is very good to cure wounds Take of Scala Coeli one pound Rosemary flowers four ounces Pomgranat rinds two ounces Sallet Oyle two pound White Wine halfe a pint bruise the Scala Coeli and the Pomgranate rinds and in the Oyle and the Wine with the Rosemary flowers infuse them ten dayes in the Sun after that boil them till the Wine be consumed then strain it and unto the Oyl being strained put these things following Mastick Olibanum of each four ounces Aloes one ounce Cassia four ounces Venice Turpentine twelve ounces Verdigrease one ounce boil these in the Oyle until the Gummes be dissolved then straine it and keep it to use and remember that in the end of the boiling the Verdigrease be put in and let the Turpentine be put in last not letting it boil after but only with the heat dissolve it self For any Bruises Aches or any such like pain Take Rosemary tops Toutswaine leaves Plantane leaves of each two handfuls Stone pitch and Turpentine of each one pound a pint of Sallet Oyl a quarter of a pound of Wax two ounces of Olibanum the Herbs must be beaten very small in a Mortar and then boile them together in a Pipkin six or seven hours till it come to be as stiff as Soap and when it is so boiled it must be strained through a linnen cloth and so put up in to Gally pots the Olibanum must not be put in till the other be boiled sufficiently For a Bruise or Strain or Green Wound Take half a pint of Sallet Oyl a quarter of a pound of White-lead two ounces of Cerus First set the Oyl on the fire in an earthen pan and when it is ready to boil put in the White-lead being in fine powder so let it boil a quarter of an hour then put in your Cerus being beaten small and stir it while it seethes then drop a drop in cold water and if it will roll it is boiled enough then powre it all into a Bason of cold water and when it is cold enough to touch annoint your hands and roll it up in little rolls An excellent Remedy for Bruises and Aches which come of cold Take young Bay-leaves and Wormewood of each a quarter of a pound a pound and a half of Suet of a Loyne of Mutton a quart of Oyle Olive of Oyle of Spike two ounces shred your Herbs smal and your Suet then put them in a stone pot and powre the Oyles upon them and cover it very close and so let it stand close covered two dayes then boil it till the Liquor be very green that the goodnesse is out of the Herbs then strain it and reserve it for your use Another Take a pound of Butter out of the Charn-milk and set it on the fire and clarifie it then take a handful and a half of red Sage as much Camomile as much Herb-grace and half as much Smallage some young Bay-leaves chop all the Herbs small and put them into the clarified butter and boile them on a soft fire stirring it until it be green then strain it and keep the Liquor for your use For a Bruise or Strain Take the grounds of Ale or Beere Wheat Bran and Chickweed and lay it to the grief three or four times a day upon a red cloth For a Bruise or Sore unripened Take Oatmeal and seethe it in sweet Cowes milk until it be as thick as pap and put it into a pan with a quantity of Sheeps suet and boile them well and then make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the grief as hot as you can suffer it BREATH A good Medicine for a stinking Breath Take two handfuls of Cumin seeds and seeth them in good Wine from a pottle to a pint and then drink of it fifteen days together morning and evening Of a stinking Breath how it cometh This Infirmity proceedeth First when the Gums are putrified Secondly from hallow teeth Thirdly Stinking humors that fall downe from the head to the Pannicles of the mouth and make the spettle to stink Fourthly Stinking slime of the stomack Fifthly the corruption of the Lights Sixthly Stinking matter and purulency Seventhly stopping in the Nose or some exulceration of the same If it be from any of these causes proceeding from the Head then it is of heat then purge the head and wash the mouth often with Plantane water Also take green Oaken leaves and dry them and beat them to powder and take one dram sod in Wine BURNING An excellent Medicine for Burning or Scalding Take Sage and seeth it in running water and wash the wound with the water as hot as you can suffer it and it will take away the heat immediately then take Sage and Hartstongue leaves and Sheeps dung and fry it with Sheeps suet and annoint the place therewith with a feather and let it lye still then take Sheeps dung and dry it to powder and strew it twice a day and annoint it twice a day but take heed of picking any of it away left there be holes in the skin ever after And to asswage the stiffness when you can abide it no longer then bathe it a little in Sage water but the less bathing the sooner it will be whole For a scalding or burning with fire Take black Soap about the bignesse of the sore and spread it upon a linnen cloth like a Plaister and so lay it upon the sore and within half a day it will draw out the fire and then lay healing Salve to it The Oyle of Cream and Snow water is good to wash the place so hurt For Burning or Scalding Take the whites of two Eggs and one yolk and beat them well together and scum off the froth then melt three spoonfuls of Barrowes grease and take three spoonfuls of the juice of Sage and put thereto and stir it well together till it be cold then make thereof a Salve To heal a Burning or Scalding Take the fat of dryed Bacon and hold it between a pair of Tongs red hot and let it drop into a pot of faire water and of the dropping make your Plaister For Burning in the fire Take the second pill of a young Elme tree and lay it in fair water the space of twelve hours or more then fill out the water and warm it on the fire and annoint the Patient therewith and let it drink in the water and when it is dry then take new with the juice of Plantane as much of the one as of the other and then annoint it therewith after the first water To make Oyle of Cream for Burning or Scalding Take a quart or a pint of new
Horse Rhadish three ounces slice them by the length very thin of Licoras scraped and bruised two ounces Winter Savory Time Penniroyal the tops of Nettles of each a small handful of Smallage roots Fennel roots of each one ounce of sweet Fennel seeds bruised three ounces infuse all these things one night in two quarts of fair water and three pints of Canary Wine then boil all together the next day one quarter of an hour then take it from the fire and let it run through a clean cloth and so drink a smal draught thereof in the morning fasting and as much in the afternoon at three a clock and fast two hours after it and so continue taking it until you be wel Mr. Smart An excellent Medicine for the Dropsie Take Scruvey grasse otherwise called Sold Mella and stamp it and straine it with White Wine drink every morning some four or five spoonfuls blood warm and fast one hour or two after it and do the like every evening this you must do two or three months together taking now and then a little Mithridatum upon the point of a knife and keep your self very warme and wash those parts of your body that are swelled with this that followeth Take Water-cresses and Brooklime and boil them and wash the places therewith that are detected and let it dry in For the Dropsie Take a pitcher full of two gallons of new Ale then take Setwal Calamas Aromaticus and Gallingale of each two penny worth of Spiknard four penny worth stamp all and put them into a big and hang it in the pot and when it is four dayes old then drink it morning and evening A Dyet Drink for a Dropsie Timpany or other Swelling Take one ounce of Sassaparilla cut in small pieces a quarter of an ounce of Sassasrasse Hermodactulus half an ounce sliced Anniseeds and sweet Fennel seeds of each half an ounce beaten Licoras one quarter of an ounce Raisons of the Sun two ounces the stones taken out boil all these in three quarts and a pint of fair water Wine measure then take it off the fire and put to it one ounce and a quarter of Cene and let it stand twelve hours then strain it and take at your rising in the morning and a little before Dinner and a little before supper and at going to bed a quarter of a pint to a draught and use it three dayes together or more if need require DRINK Dr. Deodates Scurbuttical Drink Take Roman Wormwood Carduus Benedictus Scurvy-grasse Brooklime Water-Cresses Water Trifoil of each one handful Dodder Cetrach Scolopendria Burrage Buglos Sorrel Vervain or Speedwel of each half a handful Elicampane root one ounce Raisons of the Sun three ounces slices of Oranges and Lemmons of each fifteen boil or rather infuse these in a double glasse with so much white Wine as will make a pint and a halfe of the liquor when it is done An excellent Drink for the Stomack and Brest grief of the heart the Palsie Jaundies the Rhume the sorenesse of the Throat the Ptisick all faintnesse about the Heart and Stomack and to make a good digestion and to be of a good colour Take the Powder of Pellitory of Spain and of Centory Anniseeds Licoras Graines of Paradise Callamus Ginger Cinnamon mix all these and use them evening and morning the quantity of halfe a spoonful in Wine or Ale A Dyet Drink to be taken in the Spring Take a quarter of a pound of Madder roots two ounces of red Dock roots of Scabious Egrimony Carduus Benedictus Liverwort of each a handful of Cene two ounces of Licoras Anniseeds Sassaparilla Sassafrass wood Lignum vitae and Hermodactilus of each one ounce put all these together into a rundlet of two gallons bruise all the Herbs and Spices then put to it two gallons of Beer or Ale and let it lye five or six dayes then take Rubarb the weight of a Groat and put it in a cloth and steep it in a draught of Beer all night and wring it into the Beer before you drink it A most excellent Diet Drink for the French Disease Take of good White Wine ten quarts of good strong Beer as much put thereto of the Bark Guacum two pound of Cene one pound of Licoras scraped and heaten to powder one pound of the root of Sassaparilla scraped and cut in pieces an inch long and slit in the midst one pound of Apples of Colliquintida the kernels taken out put all these things together into ordinary stone pots such as their mouthes may be so little as may be stopped close with corks or dough and being so stopped boil them in such a Vessel as they may be hanged in and not touch the bottome in the boiling and so let them be kept boiling continually without ceasing for the space of four and twenty hours from the time they begin to boil which you may do by having seething water ready in another vessel and being so well bruised strain the liquor from the dregs and put therein one ounce of pure Mithridatum and so let the Patient drink so much as he can possible and no other drink till he hath made an end of it and let him not eat any bread but bisket made without salt and every day a few Raisons of the Sun and nothing else for the space of ten dayes then if the Patient hath not drunk all this potion of drink let him if he be weak eat of a Chicken roasted or a rib of a neck of Mutton dry roasted once in four and twenty hours until he hath made an end of this quantity of drink the which being drank the Cure by Gods help is perfectly wrought This quantity of Drink hath been drunk in six dayes and it hath done the Cure after the Cure is done in any case keep a good Dyet for a quarter of a year and abstain from women and over much drink An Excellent Drink to prevent Physick being taken and used in the Spring and Fall and approved by many who have found the successe to be accordingly Take a gallon of Wort made of Malt and put into it a good handful of Egrimony and as much Goose-grasse let them seeth in the Wort almost an hour then strain it out and put into the Wort of good Cene clean picked and Anniseeds both bruised of each one ounce and half and let them seeth one hour and remain in the Wort after take a good pot ful of the Wort and put into it ten penny worth of the best Rubarb thin sliced then close up the pot with paste and let it stand to infuse upon embers twelve hours then put it again to the rest of the Wort and tun it up as other Ale and at the bunghole put in a good handful of red Dock roots scraped and sliced Drink of this in the Spring and Fall of the leaf a draught or two in the morning and fast after it two hours and use it for three weeks
apart by themselves and not altogether then take of each water a like quantity and put them together in a glasse and let the party grieved lye upright one half quarter of an hour in the morning at noon and at night and drop into his eyes at each time one or two drops and close the eys afterwards For sore Eyes Take a rotten Apple that is throughly rotten and cut out the core and then strain it through a fine cloth into some fair thing and of the juice of that Apple drop into your eye that is sore morning and evening A precious Water to clarifie the Eyes and to take away the Pearle in the Eye Take red Roses Smallage Rew Vervain Maidenhair Ewfrace Endive Seagreen red Fennel Hillwort and Cellendine of each like quantity then wash them clean and lay them in good White Wine the space of a day and then distil them the first water will be like Gold the second like silver and the third like Balme for any sore and it is precious for Ladies in stead of Balm water For heat in the Eyes Take a new laid egg open the top and let out all that is in the shell and divide the yolk from the white and then put in the white again into the shell and put thereto as much of the juice of Houseleek strained as there is of the white of the egge and so much Roach Allome as a hasel nut then set the egg shall with the things aforesaid in it upon some embers and so let it boil and when it is boiled the white will be smewhat hard then take it off and let all the water run from it and that water drop into eyes that be sore morning and evening The juice of Slowes being dropped into the eyes is as good a Medicine as may be and so is the juice of Cellendine but they must be severally used A very good Water for a Blast or Rheume in the Eyes Take Callaminaris stones and burne them well in the fire and when they be very hot quench them six or seven times in pure White Wine and Rosewater then leave the stones in the liquor two or three dayes and after apply it to your eyes Mrs. Meggs Receipt An Oyntment for sore eyes and such as be blasted Take the powder of Callaminaris and put thereunto the grease of a fat Pullet that never laid egg and some White Sugar candied finely beaten to powder and some Oyl of Almonds mix all these well together and use it as occasion is offered Mrs. Meggs For a Pearle in the Eye Take a quantity of Pearlwort as much Heyhowd and a less quantity of Ground Ivy and stamp them thereto put a spoonful of life Honey and about two or three drops of Rosewater strain these and drop the juice often in the eye Another for the same Take white Hemlock and Ground Ivy a little quantity sowre leaven and a little Bay salt and stamp them then put thereto a little Vineger and thereof make a Plaister upon Sheeps leather and lay it to the wrist of the contrary side To stay the hot Rheume in the Eye Take Bole Armoniack powdered the white of an egge well beaten and thereof make a Plaister and lay it to the temples Another for the same Wet a Cloth in the juice of House-leek and lay it upon the brow For heat in the Eyes Take White Wine wherein Lapis Callaminaris hath been seven times quenched and drop it into the eyes when you go to bed with a feather For the black or white Pearle in the Eye Take a handful of Ground Ivy and stamp it and strain it with some fasting spettle and temper it with a little clarified Honey and drop it in your eye Take Sugar candied and beat it small and searese it fine and blow it with a quill into your eye Take Coperas and beat it very fine and blow it in the eye Take Wormwood and beat it then take the white of an egg and beat it and take off the froth then make a pellet of flower and wet it and warm it and lay it to the eye For sore Eyes Take the whites of two eggs and beat them with a spoon till they be as thin as water then take away the skum with a feather then take a piece of rough canvass as broad as ones forehead and put upon your canvass Tow or Flax then powre your egge upon it then take Bole Armoniack with Terra Sigillata and so bind it fast to your Temples when you go to bed but lye not upon the sore eye side and in the morning when you rise take it off suddenly but soak it first with fair water lest it grieve you when you take it off Do this three nights together Another Take the Oyle of a Goose wing a little English Honey and beat them well together in a sawcer then strain it through a clean cloth and drop it into the eye with a feather Probatum For heat in the Eyes Take a piece of a new white loaf and put it into running water and wrap it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the Eyes For a Pin or Web in the Eyes Boil in egg-shell water the stones of Raisons of the Sun and Goose dung new taken and strained therein is very good Capons grease washed in Plantane water and Tutia prepared mixt in it is very good for a sore eye For Bleare Eyes Take the juice of Wormwood and mingle it with the water aforesaid and put into your eye will take away the blood and aking For Blood-shotten Eyes Take the blood of a stock Dove or for want of it of a Pigeon and drop a little into your eyes and wet a cloth therein and lay it on the Eye helpeth the blood shotten eye whether by stroak or otherwise Sometimes the paine cometh of Choler and then the patient feeleth great heat sharp prickings much paine and commonly there appeareth no gumme in the Eye if there do it is yellow therefore the Patient ought to be purged as hath been said in the Remedies of the head proceeding of the cause of Choler And in the beginning of the redness lay Tow or Flax dipped in the white of an egg well beaten with Rose-water and Plantane water To recover the sight Take three drams of Tuttie made into very fine powder as much of Alge Epatum or Epaline in powder two drames of fine Sugar six ounces of rose-Rose-water as much of pure White Wine mixt all together and put it into some clean Vessel of Glasse and being well closed and stopped set it in the Sun a month together stirring it once every day then take four or five drops of the same water and put it into the Eyes morning and evening this in short space will cause the sight to come againe as faire as ever before For swelling of the Eyes Take a Quince and seeth it in water til it be soft then pare it bruise it and mingle it with the yolk of an egg
and the crumbs of white bread dipped in the fame Water and put thereto a little womans milk and two penny worth of Saffron bray them together and lay it over your forehead and the eyes Sometime such pain chanceth because of phlegme and then the Patient feeleth great pain and heavinesse in the eyes and in this case you must purge the phlegme as hath been said in the Remedies of the head grieved with the excess of phlegme To clarifie the sight or for redness of the eyes Take Salt and Ginger and make it in fine powder and temper it in White Wine and set it so stand a day and a night then take of the thinnest and wet your eyes with a feather when you go to bed to resolve the Gum you must wash your eyes with houselee sometimes the pain cometh because of ventosity or wind and then the Patiene feeleth such pain as it were beating between the ears with a Hammer for which it is good to make a Decoction of Camomile flowers Mellilote and Fennel seeds in water and White Wine and therein wet a fourfold linnen cloth well pressed down and lay it upon the eyes often Otherwhiles there chanceth pain in the eyes by outward accidents as wind dust or heat milk well beaten with the white of an egge is good and sometimes the same pain cometh of striking and then drop in your eye the blood of a Pigeons wing which blood will take away spotted marks and rednesse of the face For a great pain in the Eye Take half an ounce of Oyl of Roses the yolk of an egge and a quarter of an ounce of Barley flower and a little Saffron mixt together and put it between two linnen cloths and lay it to the pain or else take the crumb of white bread one ounce and seeth it with Nightshade and Morral water then mix with the same bread yolks of eggs Oyl of Roses and Camomile of each an ounce and a half of Linseed one ounce and use it as aforesaid A very good Water to strengthen the sight and to prevent a Catherick Take Eyebright Vervain Tormentill of each two pound Cellendine Egrimony Wood Betony Honey suckle flowers White or Red Roses Vine leaves Pimpernel Fennel Rue Oculus Christi Chickweed Smallage and Clover of each a pound beat them small and steep them in a gallon of White Wine twelve hours then fill your Still reasonable full and put to it three great spoonfuls of Honey a pint of new milk and half a pint of Urine of a man child then still it and draw about a pint and a half of a Still For an Eye that is very full of pain Take of Violet leaves a quarter of a handful of Daisies roots and all half as many wash them and dry them very well in a cloth then stamp them and put to it a spoonful of red Rose water and strain it then take the white of a new laid egg well beaten and take away the froth then put that to the things aforesaid with half a quarter of a spoonful of Honey and drop this in the eye morning and evening and twice or thrice a day and at night lay on the eye the pap of a roasted Apple or of a rotten Apple and put a little juice of Houseleek amongst it and a little fine Sugar candied lay it upon the Eye two or three nights if the pain be great lap upon it a piece of fresh Bief two or three hours and so again as you see cause Lay to your neck behind Elder leaves and Woodbetony dryed between two tiles sprinkled with a little Vinegar and strew on good store of beaten Pepper when it is hot lay it on a thin cloth and so lay it to the neck night and morning four or five times Also make blisters behind the ears if you see cause If there grow a skin upon the eye put in Allome Water with the juice of Cellendine in it or if it be much the juice of Ground Ivy drop this in twice a day and the white powder once a day For Blood-shotten Eyes If the Violet Water will not help take five or six cornes of Cummin seeds bruised as many blades of Saffron put in a fine rag let it soak in a spoonful of red Rose water strain it and put to it a spoonful of Womans milk and drop this often into the eye For a very great Pearle in the Eye Put in the Eye a little clarified Honey and a little fine Ginger in it and sometimes the powder of white Sugar candied half an hour before you put in either put in a little fresh grease For a Rheume in the Eyes Make Eggshell Water with the juice of Houseleek as much white Copperas as a pease twice as much Honey this is good if you perceive the Humour to be very hot also it is good with Snow water and if the Humour be cold make it with half stilled water and half Eyebright Water if between both make it with fair water To stay the Rheume in the Eyes Take Woodbind bruised and lay it to your Temples For a Pin or Web in the Eye Take Herb Christopher stamp it and strain it and put in a little honey drop it in twice a day also lay on his eye white bread milk and Violets made in a Poultice also take Cellendine Daisies roots and all brown Fennel Cliver Betony Plantane Sorrel twice as much as the rest there must be of each a handful a pint of new milk a dram of white Coperas in powder two great spoonfuls of Honey do not draw it dry drop it in the eye three or four times in two hours and lay a wet cloth upon the eye To bring away the Rheume from the Eye Set the feet in Camomile sod in water two houres if you can then lap them in a blanket two houres keeping it warme with warm clothes For any spot in the Eye Take the scraping of a whetstone and Bay salt made very fine and put thereof twice a day into your Eye For a Pin and Web. Roast an egg and put in a piece of Copperas as big as a Pease and nine Cummin seeds strain it and put in a little Honey Alloes Sicatrina made in powder and strained with a little Rose water is very good for any sore eyes Capons grease washed with Plantane water and Tutia prepared and mixt together is very good for sore eyes to annoint them with it To stay the Rheume in the Eyes Make water seething hot and wet a good big cloth in it and lay it all over the forehead when it beginneth to wax cool wet another and lay to it hot and do so half an hour together against the fire For a prick in the Eye with a thorne and to drive out the thorne or stubble Take he treddle of an egg and put it in your eye and biod it in For a Bâ—â—iâ—â— in the Eye Lay to the Temples a piece of raw fresh Bâ—ef and to the eye put
in Violet water and lay on the Eye the pap of aâ— Apple with some of that water a little Sugar and the yolk of an egg boile a together For an Ague in the Eye Lay on the eye a piece of fresh Biâ—â— two hours and drop on the Eye Alloâ—â— water and lay in the Temples leaverâ— Rosewater Vineger and Nutmeg to stâ—â— the Rheume For a Pin and Web. Take Ground Ivy stamp and straâ— with red Rose water and drop it oâ— in the eye A very good Powder for a spot in the Eye Take of Alloes Sicatrina Sugar candied or very good Sugar of each a like quantity make it into fine powder and put it often into your eyes when you go to bed and Eyebright water in the morning and once more in a day For red or yellow Eyes Take the juice of Parsley and the white of an egge mingled together and a little Rosewater dip flax therein and lay it over your eye and it will help you For Eyes that be blasted Take Plantane Water and the white of an egg mix them well together and wash your eyes therewith and lay it on 〈◊〉 our eyes To clear the sight Take Cellendine Eyebright red Fennel Roses Seagreene Maidenhair and Rue of each two ounces then put thereto half an ounce of Alloes stilling all these in a Stillatory then wash your eyes therewith For red Eyes and for the Pearle Take white Ginger and rub it on a whetstone into a dish then take as much salt as you have powder and put them in White Wine and let them stand a day and a night then take the juice and liquor thereof with a feather and annoint your eyes To take away the Web in the Eye Take the gall of a Hare and a little quantity of purified honey temper them well together then take a feather and annoint your eyes therewith A Water for the Eyes Take of Tutty and Alloes Sicatrina of each six ounces made in fine powder four drams of fine Sugar in powder of white rose-Rosewater and of the best white Wine unchanged twelve ounces mixt all together in a glasse stop it close and let it stand in the Sun a month let not your glass be ful shake it once a day turning the bottom upwards then strain it through a fine cloth from the dregs and when you use it one drop is sufficient at a time use it morning and evening and if one drop be too little take two For sore Eyes Take the whites of two eggs and beat them with a spoon till they be as thin as water then strike away the froth with a feather then take a piece of rough canvass tow or flax then powr your whites on it then take Bole Armoniack with Terra Sigillatum and scrape them both upon it and with a knife spread it Plaister wise as much of the one as of the other and so fast bind it to your forehead and in the morning when you rise take it not off suddenly but take it off with fair water Do this three nights together For Blood shotten Eyes Rheume or sore Eyes Take four spoonfuls of Rose water of white Copperas as much as a pease and of Allome and Sugar candied of each as much as a pease all in powder sometimes drop of this in the eye and sometimes wash the eye with it and lay Herbs to the wrists Also Rosewater Sugar and Saffron is very good Sugar candied is the best For a spot or itching in the Eyes Take Ground Ivy Cellendine and Daisies stamp them and strain out the juice then put to it a little Sugar and Damask Rose water and drop in the eye twice a day For sore eyes or for any part inwardly disquieted by any Ache Swelling Wound or Stroke Take the leaves of Woodbind and Plantane of each one handful also three or four Dittony leaves of Roach Allom well washed the quantity of an egg as much Verdigrease three spoonfuls of pure honey put all this into a vessel to be kept only for that purpose put to it a pottle of fair running water and after it hath boiled one quarter of an hour let it stand four or five hours powre out the clear and bury the grounds if it be too sharp put in some white Rose water If the lids be sore with Rheume or the eyes be red or burning drop in and wash the lids often with the white of an egge if it be for a horse put in more Verdigrease and Honey Another Take the Water of Roses Saxifrage and Fennel of each alike and put to them a small quantity of Verdigrease and boil it a little on the fire and when it hath setled take the clear and see you wash Auxungium Poecati seven or eight times and of that put in to your eye a little when you go to bed For Eyes blasted or swoln Annoint them with rape Oyle and lay to a Plaister of Flower Cream Hogs grease Rose water and Violet leaves bruised small and boil all to a Poultice and lay it to warm change it as waxeth dry Capons grease washed and Tutia prepared and mixed with it is very good to annoint sore eyes For Ache Strain or pain in the Head by sore Eyes Take of Plantane Wood Betony and Ragweed of each one handful put as much flower to it as will make it a paste the Herbs being first beaten small make it in a Cake and make it through warm on a Gridiron and lay it to the nape of the neck and let it lye twelve houres and lay fresh as you see cause A Purge for Choller when there is Pain in the Head or Rheume in the Eyes Take of Cene and of Ginger sliced one ounce two ounces of Cassia and six ounces of Sugar stamp them all together and boil them in a pint of Rose water till half be consumed then put in two ounces more of Sugar beat it well and keep it close Take of this Confection a quarter of an ounce in the morning and fast three hours after putting it into a draught of White Wine warmed strain it and so drink it and use it in the Spring and Fall once in ten days for two months or six weeks If you make but for one you need make but half this quantity It purgeth very gently For Eys that be troubled with sorenesse and rednesse Colewort leaves boiled in White Wine and Plaisters made of them and laid one the eyes is good for sore eyes that water much To wash them with the Water of Plantane is very good Also skivers or pricks of any kind boiled in fair water with red Roses amongst them save the fat and drop it in your eyes morning and evening is very good To take away spots of Blood in the Eye Take red Roses and seeth them and let them be set warm to your Eye it taketh away spots of blood it is good also for all Diseases in the Eye for redness in the eye that cometh with a blow or any other
leaves Camomile and Setwal of each a handful stamp them all together very smal then take a pint or more of May Butter and half a pint of Neats foot Oyle stirre them all together and then put them into a Pipkin or liltle earthen pot with a cover and close it well with Paste that no air issue out then put that earthen pot into a brasse pot with water in it and boil them two hours then take them out and set them as deep as you can in a muckhil two dayes then take them up and boil them two hours again then take them out and let them cool and straine them through a linnen cloth and when they be setled powre out the watrish bloud from them and keep them pure and clean and lay them warm to the place grieved LEPROSIE For curing the Leprosie Take half a pint of English Honey and a good handful of Herb-grace beat it very smal and put it into the Honey and boil them very well together till the one half be consumed then straine it through a clean cloth and with a feather annoint the sores therewith A Drink belonging to the same Medicine Take an ounce of Elicampane roots one ounce of Fennel roots when they be picked and pithed one ounce of Burrage roots picked and pithed one ounce of Niprial picked and pithed then take a pottle of stream water and boile all these roots till one half be consumed then put in so much English Honey as will sweeten it to your taste then straine it and put it in a glasse bottle then take a penny worth of Quicksilver and kill it well with fasting spittle and then put it into the Drink when it is through cold and let the Patient drink thereof five spoonfuls in the morning fasting and so much when he goeth to bed and by Gods help it will cleanse him LASK For a Lask Take a good quantity of Wheat flower and put it in a bag seeth it very well then take the same and put it out of the bag and so much as is soft scrape away with a knife the rest will be very hard scrape it and make pap with milk and give it to the Patient twice or thrice a day and it will help Probatum To stay a Lask or Bloody Flux Take a sew old Beanes and parch them over the fire in a pan and then beat them into a powder then make an Aleberry of Sack or Ale and put some of the powder therein and seeth them well together then let the Patient drink thereof warm and with twice drinking it will help Another Take milk somewhat hot and put it in a dish then take Red Wine and put it in another dish and let the Patient suck it out of both dishes with two quils or reeds both together and in so doing it turneth into a curd and stoppeth the Flux To stay a Scouring Take a handful of Rice wash it in red Rose water and dry it well and beat 〈…〉 powder and make pap of it and bod it with Cinnamon and eat it Another Take Virgin Wax and make it into Pills and give it in the pap of an Apple three at one time For a Lask or Flux Take the neather Jaw of a great Pike and beat it into fine powder and drink it in Beer or Ale or in your pottage and it will help To procure Looseness Seeth Mallowes and red Nettles in fair water and let the Patient sit over the hot fume thereof LIVER For cooling of the Liver Take French Barley and boil it in a quart of fair water when it is boiled take it forth of that water and put it in three pints of fresh water then take of Violet leaves Strawberry leaves of each a handful Succory Bugloss Borage of each half a handful one good stick of Licoras half a handful of Raisons of the Sun stoned one spoonful of Anniseeds let all these boil from three pints to a quart then take the Liquor and strain it and put a handful of Almonds into it and when you drink of it take a spoonful of Rosewater and drink with it and take it two hours before you eat in the morning at the least and likewise two houres before Supper For the heat of the Liver Infuse and steep Bread reasonably leavened in water and a little Vineger and eat thereof fasting an hour or two before other meats and use Sallets of Succory roots sodden till they be tender Doctor Hills counsel for cooling the Liver Take Barly one handful of Sorrel Succory and Endive of each one handful a stick of Licoros bruised Raisons of the Sun one handful Anniseeds half a handful seeth all these in a quart of faire water till halfe be wasted away then strain it and drink of it in the morning three times in a week at least A Drink to cleanse the Liver Take a quart of Rhenish Wine and put thereto one ounce and half of Cene seeth it from a quart to a pint then strain it and put thereto three branches of white Mint three penny worth of white Rose water two Nutmegs sliced with a knife six penny worth of white Sugar candied and four penny worth of Angel Gold and seeth it a little and let the Patient take it morning and evening A good Medicine for the Liver Take Ivory and burn it in a clean earthen vessel and when it is burnt take sweet Barly Wort and put therein of the Ivory as you please or put it into Ale and drink it nine dayes together Also drink the juice of Liverwort A Drink to mitigate all heat of the Liver and Spleen Take of Liverwort Maidenhair Endive the flowers of Winter Gilliflowers picked clean from the stalks great Comfrey Tarragon of each four ounces of Spinage Water a pottle of Licoras cleane scraped and thin sliced two ounces of Ginger clean scraped and thin sliced one ounce boil all these together stirring it now and then and then put in fine Sugar candied one ounce and half finely beaten to powder then let it boil half away alwayes stirring it and put it in some close glasse and reserve it to your use of this you must take a good draught every morning and fast an hour after it A Broth to cool the heat of the Liver Take Violets Time Parsley Water-cresses red Nettle Crops and Clivers and red Fennel of each alike but somewhat â—esse of the Water cresses red Nettle crops and Fennel then the rest shred all the Herbs and make broth with Chicken Capon or Mutton For the heat of the Liver Take three pints of Whey Egrimony Boâ—age and Bugloss of each one handful boil all together half an hour then stram it through a fine linnen cloth drink a good draught of this in the morning fasting and at three of the clock bâ—â— before you drink thereof take Smallage and stamp it and strain it and take two spoonfuls of the juice thereof and put it into your drink before you drink it Against
together and drink three spoonfuls of this every morning for the space of nine dayes together This preserves you from the Plague and if you be infected it wil expel it and if it come to a Botch stamp the leaves of red Brambles with Mustard and Honey and make a Plaister and lay it to the Sore Probatum An excellent thing to defend the Plague Take twenty leaves of Rue two Walnuts and two figs and a graine of Salt in the morning fasting with a little Wine A good Preservation against the Plague Take of the best Hungâ—ria or Roman Vitriol with a little Amber and dissolve it in Vineger of the best then take a litle Rosewater and mingle therewith and every morning take half a spoonful thereof and cast it on a brick made hot in the fire and let the chamber where any abide be perfumed every day and t will take away all corruption and poison out of the Chamber so that the Spiders will nor endure of all outward Medicines there is none better then this by the advice of Doctor Matthias a Germane and Doctor Butler of Cambridg A Water for the Plague Take Turmentile Scabious Betony of each a like quantity distil them together and they will make the best water for a Surfet or any manner of poisonoâ—s Disease if you drink it in the morning fasting A Water to be made in May good against the Plague or Surset Take Cellendine Rosemary Rue Pellitory of Spain Scabious Angelica Pimpernel Wormwood Mugwort Betony Egrimony Balme Dragon and Turmentile of each half a pound shred them somewhat smal and put them into a narrow mouthed pot and put to them five quarts of White Wine stop it close and let it stand three daies and nights stirring it morning and evening then take the Herbs from the Wine and distil them in an ordinary Still and when you have distilled the Herbs distil the Wine also wherein is vertue for a weak stomack Take of either of these three or four spoonfuls in the morning or any other time as occasion serveth walking after it till you shall feel your selfe inclining to sweat then go to bed or betake your self otherwise to rest An approved Medicine for the Plague Take a root or smal handful of Saxifrage or Meadow Parsley one good spoonful of Sassafrass wood smal beaten one half root of Tormentile or Setwal Elder berries one good spoonful or a handful of the leaves of Rue red Sage and red young Bramble leaves of each a handful two spoonfuls of old black Ivy berries Harts horne scraped very small as much eight Figs dryed eight Races of white Ginger and two Oranges stamp them all together in a Mortar steep them all at least twelve hours in a quart of White Wine and half a pint of White Wine Vinegar then strain them through a fine cloth and drink every morning a spoonful fasting and take nothing in two hours after and as much at night if you be to go abroad into any infectious place carry in your mouth one half root of Tormentil taking the wind as much as you can of all infectious persons and places This is to be done before you be infected and when you are infected you must keep your self warm and out of the ayre for twelve dayes drinking this as before and if there be any great danger you may drink a spoonful every three or six hours and it will with Gods blessing bring the Infection out in Sores which being done the worst is past only take heed of cold to drive in the Sores again and use warm Poultices which may draw them to a head ripen and so break them A Preservative against the Plague Take of Sage Rue Elder leaves and red Bramble leaves of each a handful stamp them all together and strain them through a cloth with a quart of White Wine then take a quantity of Ginger and mingle it together and drink thereof morning and evening a spoonful nine dayes together For the Party Infected If you be infected before you have drunk the aforesaid Medicine then take a spoonful of Scabious Water as much of Betony and a quantity of fine Treakle put it together and drink it and it will expel the Venom To break the Botch Take Bramble leaves Elder leaves and Mustard seed and stamp them all together then make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Sore A Medicine for the Plague Take three slips of Herb grace and siz spoonfuls of Vinegar and beat them together then strain them and put thereto one ounce of Treakle and one ounce of Sugar and stir them together and set it on the fire and make a Sirrup thereof then take a Sage leafe and every morning take as much as a bean upon the same leaf and eat it A Drink against the Plague Take one ounce of Sorrel Water as much Dragon water and a dram of Treakle and put thereto a dram and a halfe of Powder Imperial and give it to the Patient in Ale within four and twenty hours after he is infected Another Take a handful of Savory and boil it in a quart of Wine Vinegar with a spoonful of graines beaten being put therein and drink it every morning with Sugar fasting Another Take in the morning fasting one dry Figge one Walnut and four or five leaves of Rue chopt all together and eat it and after drink a cup of Wine PILES A good Medicine for the Piles or Emrods Take a very old and hard white Dogs turd which will be on the top of Mole-hills and seeth it in Sallet Oyl very thick and so put up the Piles therewith and it will help very quickly A Plaister to mitigate the pains of the Piles and Emrods Take the pap of an Apple and put thereunto the yolk of a new laid egge work them well together then put in nine cleaves of Saffron small ground of Linseed twenty cornes finely ground these boil all together on the Embers alwayes stirring it of this make a Plaister and lay it to your grief A Medicine for the Piles Take a good handful of Mullet leaves and a good handful of Elder leaves and stamp them very smal in a Mortar and boil them in fresh butter very well so that it may be very strong of the leaves then strain it and keep it for your use For the Piles Take a fair great Pippin or other Apple and cut off the top and take out the core then fill the same with Capons grease and the powder of Saffron and roast the apple in the Embers till it be soft then stamp it and make thereof a Salve and spread the same upon a piece of leather and lay it on the Sore being well warmed Another Take a pint of Sallet Oyl Rosemary tops Sowthernwood Hisop Lavender Camomile and Costmary of each almost a handful and a good handful of red Rose buds stamp all these herbs in a stone Mortar then put them into the Oyl and let it stand nine dayes then boil
draught in the morning be luke-warm fasting and at Dinner and at Supper what you think good for you must drink no other Drink till that be spent A Purging Ale Take of the juice of Scurvigrass foure pound of Watercresses two pound of Brooklime one pound of Water Mints half a pound of dry Wormwood four handfuls of the roots of Madder four ounces of the roots of Monks Rubarb three ounces roots of Horse Rhadish one ounce and a half the roots of Saxifrage one ounce of Cene four ounces of Juniper berries half an ounce of Anniseeds Coriander seeds and Ginger of each six drams Another Take a pint of the Whey of Goats milk of Cene half an ounce of Ginger clean scraped and thin sliced Anniseeds and sweet Fennel seeds well dusted and lightly bruised of each of weight of four pence let them stand one hour or one hour and half on warm embers in insuling the next morning to a draught hereof put a spoonful of Sirrup of Roses and as this agreeth with you so take it three or four dayes together or every other day Another Take a pottle of the same Whey boile therein of Betony Colts foot and Hisop of each one handful and drink there of as you have occasion A very easie Purgation Take halfe a pint of Malmesey or somewhat more and half a quarter of an ounce of Cene and two Races of Ginger sliced then put them both into the Malmesey and stir it well a good while and let it stand all night and then strain it and drink it and keep your Chamber and you shall have four or five stools Another Take clarified Whey and put into it a handful of Violet leaves and half a handful of Polipodium of the Oak called Oak fernes and drink a good draught of it luke-warm and wash after it To procure Looseness Seeth Mallows and red Nettles in fair water and let the party sit over the hot fume thereof A Purge Take Aron or Wakerobbin one dram of the powder thereof with two drams of Sugar is good to cut gross humours to purge the stomack of Phlegme and Melancholy Or else the root either green or dry one dram thereof being taken in drink with as much Treakle is a very special good Purgation To purge Phlegme and Melancholy Fetherfew dryed into fine powder and two drams thereof taken with Honey or sweet Wine purgeth by the stool Phlegm Melancholy and Sadness Also take Peniroyal with Honey and Aloes to purge Melancholy and for the Cramp To cleanse the Stomack from rotten Phlegm and Melancholy Drink the Seeds of Hollioaks Also Cene the cods and leaves in powder one dram doth purge Phlegm and Melancholy To purge Phlegme and Choler The great Garden Dock leaves drunk in Wine purgeth Phlegme Choler and Water A Purging Drink Take two gallons of new small Ale and put unto it a good handful of English Madder a handful of Dock roots bruised two handfuls of Scurvigrasse a handful of Scabious two ounces of Cene two ounces of Anniseeds two or three sticks of Licoras finely scraped and all those things bruised then put them into the new Ale and let them work therein so let it stand two or three dayes and then drink thereof morning and evening PAINE For pain in the Joints Take a pennoworth of Aquavitae Oyl of Exeter three ounces of Sage of Herb grace Clerk Robert of each a handful stamp them small in a Mortar then take your Aquavitae and straine them together a good while then take a spoonful thereof and annoint the Sore place against the fire For the pain under the side Take the toast of a Wheaten loaf and butter it and toast it again and butter it twice more then toast it againe and butter it with Soap and hold it against the fire till it lather then lay it to the side where the pain is For paine in the side that cometh of Wind. Take one handful of Cummin seeds as much of Anniseeds two handfuls of Rue seeth these together in running water from a pottle to a quart put to it half a pint of White Wine Vinegar before it be cold dip a Spunge in it and wring some of the liquor out of it and lay it to the Patients side as hot as may be suffered and when it beginneth to wax cold take a new POISON For the Poison of a Toad or other Poison Take a handful of Plantane and a handful of Parsley and stamp and strain them into a little raw Cream and mingle it well together and annoint the place grieved therewith PISSING For pissing a bed Take a Boares pisle and dry it and make powder of it and drink it in Ale or Beer POCKS A Medicine for the Small Pocks Take two handfuls of Salt and put it into a pint and halfe of water and stir it well together then set it upon the fire and let it boil well and in the boiling you must skim it so that there be not any skim seen and when the Small Pocks are come well forth and that the Swelling doth assuage you must take a fine cloth and both them with this Brine being warme three times a day And when they begin to grow brown use this Oyntment take a piece of Bacon and roast it upon a spit and set a dish of fair water under it putting thereto some Rose water and let the Bacon drop into it as it doth roast and when it is roasted take the dripping and the water and work it well together and it will be a very white Oyntment then put it into a Gally pot and twice a day annoint the places with a feather but in any case lay not on too much for that will make them moist and make them stay on the longer Another to take away the Redness Take fair water in a Posnet and put thereto half a pound of Butter then set it on the fire and let it boil softly and skim off all the froth very clean then take it off the fire and let it stand till it be throughly cold then powre the water from it and put it in clean water and set it upon the fire again skimming it very clean and do this nine times together but every time your butter must be cold before you put it into a new water and the last time being very cold take it clean away from the water and put Rosewater to it and work them very well together and put it up into a Gally pot and with a feather twice or thrice a day annoint the rednesse of the face and if these Medicines be used as they should be it will take away the rednesse and make the face not to have any holes in it For the Small Pocks in the Eyes Take red Rose water white Sugar candied beaten very fine and brest milk and temper these very well together and with a feather dresse the eyes and it will keep them from the Small Pocks If it be for a man you must take the
throat or elsewhere TAke a handful of red Sage a handful of Cellendine and as much Woodbind leaves take a gallon of running water and put the Herbs into it and let it boil to a pottle then strain it and take the liquor and set it over the fire again then put thereto a pint of English Honey and a good handful of Roach Allome finely beaten a penny worth of graines grosly bruised and let them hoil all together three or four walmes and then skim it off with a feather and when it is cold put it in an earthen pot or bottle so as it may be kept close and for a green wound take of the thinnest of the water and for an old wound the thickest the Water first being well shaken together and after you have well cleansed the old sore with White-Wine then take fine lint and wet it in the water and oft times bathe the wound and with the lint cover the wound and if there be any holes in the wound fill them with lint made like a Tent and so cover the wound with a piece of bladder the more better to continue your lint with moisture and dresse your wound twice a day To make Barley Water Take a penny worth of Barley a penny worth of Raisons of the Sun a penny worth of Anniseeds a half penny worth of Licoras two quarts or more of water boil all together till halfe be consumed then strain it and when it is cold drink it your Licoras must be sliced into small pieces To make Doctor Stephens Water Take a gallon of good Gascoigne Wine then take Ginger Gallingal Cinnamon Nutmegs Graines Cloves Mace Anniseeds Fennel seeds Carraway seeds of each a dram then take red Mints red Rose leaves Garden Time Pellitory of the wall Smal Marjerom Rosemary Peniroyal Sage Wild Time Camomile Lavender Avens of each one handful then bruise them all in a Mortar and beat your Spices small and then put your Spices and Herbs into your Wine and let it stand twelve hours stirring it oftentimes and then still it in a Limbeck The first pint is the best the second is good The Vertue of this Water It comforteth the spirits and preserveth greatly the youth of man it helpeth the inward Diseases coming of cold it helpeth the shaking of the Palsie it cureth the distraction of the Sinewes and helpeth the Tooth ache it comforreth the stomack very much it cureth the Raines of the back the Canker and cold Dropsie it helpeth forth the Stone in the bladder also it helpeth a stinking breath and the Conception of a woman that is barren a spoonful of this Water to some is sufficient to others two or three once in ten dayes sufficeth A Water for a green Wound Take a gallon of fair running water a pottle of White Wine of Wormwood Motherwort Bramble buds Hawthorn buds Basil Mints Avens Egrimony Bovewort Wood Bugloss Woodbind Plantane Ribwort Daisie roots Betony Wild Angelica Sanicle White Bottles Scabious and Dandillion of each one handful and put them into the Wine and water and let them boil together till the half be consumed then strain out all the Herbs and boil the liquor with a quart of English Honey very softly till it be clean skimmed then take it from the fire and when it is cold put it into a glass and keep it for to wash any green wound which it will care although never so dangerous drinking also at a time three spoonfuls of it A Water to heal a Wound Take Woodbind leaves and Sage of each a handful boil them well together in a little water and put in a piece of Allome and a little Honey and wash the wound therewith laying a little lint to it and it wil heal it An excellent Water to wash any Sore withal and will be a means to gather skin Doctor Wheads Water Take brown Sage brown Fennel Rosemary Violet leaves Liverwort Harts-tongue Bryar leaves Plantane leaves Woodbind leaves five leaved grasse Egrimony Wild Tansie of each one handful take all these Herbs and boile them in an earthen pot with a pint of White Wine and three pints of running water till it comes to a quart then take the Herbs and strain them in a bason then take as much Allome as three Walnuts and put it in the water and let it boil up then take it and put it in a bason till it be almost cold then put in a quarter of a pint of live Honey and presently put it in bottles and stop it very close To make a cordial Water Take of the tender leaves of green Angelica four handfuls of the like leaves of Carduus Benedictus two handfuls of the like leaves of Balm and Sage of each one handful and an halfe let all be shred small Licoras bruised five ounces the seeds of Angelica two ounces the seeds of sweet Fennel three ounces let both be bruised well the Spices of Aromaticum Rosarum Diamoschum Dulce of each half an ounce infuse them all in six quarts of good Sack four and twenty hours then distil them in a Limbeck with a soft fire according to Art and draw forth of the best water a pottle whereunto after two dayes put half a pound of the finest Sugar dissolved in half a pint of good red Rose water in a fair pipkin on the fire when the Rose-water is hot with the Sugar then put in your hot water and let it stand over the fire till it be throughly hot then take it off and put it in glasses and keep it as excellent to comfort the spirits and against infection you may draw forth of good smaller water a quart A very precious Water made of Cinnamon Take one pound of good Cinnamon and bruise it a little and lay it a soaking four and twenty hours in four pints or four-pound of Rosewater a pint and half of Muskadine or white Wine then put it into a Limbeck glass to distil upon hot ashes or else in a pot of hot water This Water is good against the pain of the Spleen the pain in the head the Mother to provoke Urine to stay vomiting to expel all venemous colds You may take four pints of White Wine putting to it half a pound of Cinnamon and use it as aforesaid WEN A Medicine to put away a Wen or Curnel Take black Soap mixed with unslaked Lime made into powder lay it to the Wen or Curnel and by Gods grace it will help A Medicine for an unbroken Wen. Take the crumbs of Barley bread the bignesse of an egge and as much White Wine Vinegar as will make it into a soft paste and spread it upon a cloth then take an old wooden ladle and set it against the fire and it will sweat then take a feather and wipe the sweat off the ladle and annoint the Wen therewith then take a plaister of the paste and lay it on the Wen and dresse it three times a day after the Sun is risen and before the
you intend to preserves give them their Lees all in one day then that night 〈◊〉 them all upright and be careful to keep them right If they 〈…〉 in any 〈◊〉 they will 〈…〉 and spoil 〈◊〉 and August are most dangerous to keep the said Wines sweet For Sack that hath Flying Lees in it Draw it out into a fresh Butt with flesh Lees and make a good Parel with the whites of eight egges and beat them with a handful of Bay salt and put it into the 〈◊〉 and if it be any whit 〈◊〉 put thereto two gallons of new milk and 〈◊〉 the Wine wel then lay it upright stop it close and in two dayes Broach it A Note of all kind of Wines that prick with their perfect Remedies Imprimis For every Pipe take half a pound of Whiting to flavour your Wine Long-Pepper one ounce Cinnamon half an ounce the eightâ—â— part of an ounce of Orras as much Cloves a little Anniseeds the which must be bearch to powder and put them into a bag and hang it in the Wine with a piece of Lead to sink it two dayes and then take it out and see if it do not change let it hang one day long or then put four or five gallons of Bastard Sirrup which must be 〈…〉 into it How to make Sack white being otherwise coloured Take two pound of white 〈◊〉 and two gallons of milk boiled together the space of two hours then take it from the fire let it be cold and â—â—aff it and put it into at Butt that is clean and sweet then beat the Starch and milk together with two handfuls of white Salt and put into the Butt and beat it with a staff and it will fine and white To help Claret that is tawny Rack it and take halfe a pound of Turnsil two gallons of Red Wine one of Allegant two ounces of Red-wood small ground mingle them together and put them into the Hogshead and stop it close and in three dayes it shall have a most perfect colour For Sack that 〈◊〉 to be long Take three pennyworth of Roath Allome burn it then beat it small then take a pâ—nt of Burrage water and wring into it the juice of four Lemmons then beat the Allom and liquor together till it be 〈◊〉 and put it into the Sack and beat the Butt well and stop it close and in three dayes it shall be perfect For Malaga that pricketh Overdraw the Pipe two Gallons then put in the Pipe half a peck of Limestones and chalk and three pennyworth of Roach Allome burn it and strew it in the Pipe with a handful of white Salt and beat that gently and this only shal help it To give your Muskadine Malmsey Sack or Bastard a pleasant sweet taste and sent although it be very faulty Take a â—â—arter of a pound of Coriander seed Cloves Nutmegs of each half an ounce two pennyworth of Orras one pennyworth of Callamus Musk Manus Christi of each one grain beat them all well and put them into a bag then put a pint of Rosewater into a dish upon a Chasingdish of coâ—â—â— and when it is hot let the outside of the bag drunk it up then first put into the Butt or Pipe one gallon of Spanish Cute and roll it well then hang the bag into the Pipe neer to the bottom one day and night then draw it up towards the middle and let it hang there two dayes then draw it within a foot of the top for two dayes more then take it out and stop it close then roll it gently and in two dayes broach it To make good Hyppolgas Some make it of Sack so me of White Wine some of Rhemish Wine Take to every gallon of White or Rhenish Wine two pound of Sugar the worst is good enough three ounces of Cinnamon two ounces of Ginger one ounce of Lung Pepper three ounces of Licoras half a graine of Musk a half a pâ—nt of Damask Rose-water two pennyworth of Orras one pennyworth of Callamâ—s 〈…〉 of Auni-seeds The use and preparative of Hyppocras You must beat all the said things like gross Pepper save the Musk and Rose-water which use thus Take the Musk and with the back of a silver spoon bruise it in a little of the Rose water then mingle it with the rost of the Rose-water and shake it well together then if you will you may boile the Spices with two gallons of the same Wine you purpose to make it of and when it is cold strain it into the 〈◊〉 of your Wine and boile it 〈◊〉 an 〈◊〉 ever stirring it then after put in your rose-Rose-water and Must when it is bloud warm then stop it close and roll it well together then take Raisons of the Sun and Figs of each half a 〈◊〉 put them 〈…〉 and hang it in them doâ—e of the Butt till the Wine be out and as the Wine shrinketh let that bag downe Or you may put the same into the Hippocras bag and hang at aforesaid then put the Rose-water and 〈◊〉 by it self into that Wine and roll it gently and this is the easier and quicker way but the other will be sooner and readier to broach Note that if it should want of pleasantnesse put to every gallon a pint of Spanish Cute and that will help it and make it perfect The Knowledge and Choice of Wines with their Marks of their Gountries Muskadine See that your Muskadine be sweet and strong and of colour like Amber as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Bastard See that your Malansey be perfect and pleasant at the first well 〈◊〉 swoâ—â— fine quick and strong But let your Bastard be only quick and 〈◊〉 White Wine Must be fair and short and though that want colour if it be quick and not full it is not to be refused for it is easily helped Clarret See that your Clarret be very well coloured fair fine and 〈◊〉 for if they be long at the first meddle not with them for they will not hold for burnings Red Wine Your Red Wine you must use as you do your White and Clarret Shâ—rry Sacks 〈…〉 are white at the first and you 〈…〉 them by their work upon their Bâ—ng where you shall see the picture of a Cock burned and the longer they lye the better they are Graves Wine Great Royst out â—â— the best take of them to Mich 〈…〉 Potty Royston is the next take of 〈…〉 the Cask is hooped with half Hoops and the mark of the Bung is like three O's with a stroak through the middle the first being greater then the other two having a little 〈…〉 the top to the middle 〈…〉 three Daimonds Spain In Spain there is Bastard Sacks Hollocks and Spanish Cute that is the best to keep for all the year Gascoyne Wine There goeth four Hogsheads to the Tun and every Hogshead is sixty and three gallons and observe how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Gallon 〈…〉 and so 〈◊〉 pound the 〈◊〉 is worth Wines of 〈◊〉 Are good for all