good handfuls Sena 4. ounces boyl all in Water for a Bath to bathe in and give the Patient half a pound of each of Lupine Flower and red Cycers into the Bath to rub himself withall A Receipt to bring out the Small Pox. TAke two Figs sliced a spoonfull of Harts-horn steeped a few Mary-gold-Flowers and Tops one Leaf of Carduus Benedictus and a little Saffron boyl them in Posset-Ale and give the Patient to drink thereof To hinder Dinting TAke Beef-broth and bathe the Scabs therewith after take the Fat of Calves-Feet boyled and beaten white with May-dew and Rose-water anoint the face withall Or take white-wine and Butter of each a quarter of a pound boyl them together and use to bathe the Face often or melt salt-butter put into cold-water so anoint the Face withall A Bath for cold Diseases or Palsies BOyl Juniper-berries Broom-seed 20. good handfuls Penny-royall Origanum Hysop Time Sage Satureia Bayberries Rose-mary Camphery Pellitory of Spain of each 2. good handfuls Guaicum Sassafrass of each 1. pound boyl them in water enough to bathe them A Lotion for the Feet to induce Sleep TAke Malloes and Lettice of each 2. good handfuls Poppy-heads in number ten the rindes of Mandrake-roots Baum of each 1. oun Flowers of Water-Lillies Mellilot of each a good handful Dil-seed half an oun boyl them in water wherein wash and bath the feet bed-ward but do not dry them and wrap them up in a cloth wet in the same A good Restorative for weak Convalescent persons after a long and tedious sicknesse TAke Pine-Apple-Kirnels Pystaches of each 4. ounces fine White-Sugar half a pound Red Corall 1. drachm and half Cynamon 1. drachm species de gemmis Frigide 2. drachmes Nutmegs half a drachm Mace 5. grains Conserve of Burrage Cytron-Pils preserved of each 1. ounce and half Pearl 1. dram and half white burrage-Burrage-water make paste and yce it over with Sugar Cynamon To make a Caudle for restoring good Blood TAke white-wine and water of each a like quantity rose-Rose-water one spoonfull two Yelks of Egs sweetened wel with Sugar together with some Cynamon boyl it a while so drink thereof A Powder against the winde in the Womb. TAke Cynamon 1. dra Saffron half a drachm Cassia Lignea 2. scr white Amber 1. scruple mingle them make a Powder and give it in white Lillie-water or Lark Spur. Another for the same TAke Cynamon Saffron of each 1. scruple Borax 4. scr give it in Mugworth-water A Pultes to binde the Belly in Fluxes proceeding from a cold Cause to be applyed to the Belly TAke Tostes of bread steeped in Vineger 6. ou beat it in a morter and add Mace Mastick Mirtle-berries Stones of Rasins Cloves Galany Flowers of Pomgranats of each 1. ounce Oyl of Worm-wood and Mints of each 2. ounces make a Cataplasm A Pultes to soften the hard swelling of the Liver and Splene TAke Marsh-Mallow-roots of each 3. oun Malloes Violets Holy-oaks or each 3 good handfuls Flowers of Camomile Mellilot of each 1. good handfull Figs six Tops of wormwood 2. small handfuls boil them in water untill they be tender and strain them in a course searce then add Flower of the Flowers of Camomile Anise-seeds of each 1. ounce Flowers of Lin-seed Fenny-greeke Goose-grease and Oyl of Camomile Lillies Fresh-butter Marrow of a Calf Oyl of Flowers de Luce of each 1. ounce mingle them make a Pultes whereunto add a little Vineger A Pultes to ripen and supporate Biles and Tumors TAke Marsh-Mallowes and Mallow-Roots half a pound Mallowes 1. good handful Bread 1. pound Boyl them in water and strain them through a searcer and with 4. oun of Barrowes-grease make a Pultes A Pultes for Bruises TAke of both the Camphery-roots of each 3. ounces Camomile and Mellilot of each 2. good handfuls Saffron 1. scruple Beanâ—-flowers 2. ounces Fennegreek 1. ounce boyl them in water and add Worm-wood and Comin-seed of each half an ounce make a Pultes A Pultes to allay heat and Inflammation in any part TAke Marsh Mallow-roots 3. ounces Malâ—lowes with the roots Violets Blank Vâ—sâ—â— Chick-weed of each a good handfull Flowers of Camomile Violets powdered and Boâ—â— 1. small handfull boyl â—hem in fat Mutter-broth or water and add Hoggs-grease half a pound make a Pultes A Gargle for inflammation in the Throat c. TAke Plantine Cinque-foil Bramble-Leaves Columbine Straw-berry-Leaves Honey-suckles Red-Rose-leaves Jewsears Sage of each half a good handful Barley one ounce Licorish half an ounce boyl them in water and to one pound ad Melcosatum four ounces Allom one dr make a Gargle to be used luke-warm And for sore throats you may put to the aforesaid one dr of Salpruneliae to cool cleanse and dry more This Salpruneliae in Ale with Honey will cure Sore-throats very well If the sore in the Mouth or Throat be foul and Sordid to this Gargle you may add Aegyptiacum allayed first with Vineger and Honey of Roses or take Plantine water half a pound Syrrop of Mulberries 3 ounces and a little Oyl of Vitriol to make it a little tart For foul and Eating Sores TAke Sublimate 4 grains Plantine Rose-water of each 3 ounces dissolve it and touch the place and Gargle sometimes luke-warm A Gargle to draw Fleam TAke Sage Rose-mary Time Origan of each one good handfull boyl them very well and to half a pound put Oxmiel three ounces Mustard one or two good spoonfuls or else boyl Sage in Vineger and put to it Mustard and Honey A Gargle for Sore Throats called in the shops Mouth-water made but once for all the year in the spring TAke Woodbine-leaves and Flowers halfe a peck Salendine Lawrell or Spurge Sage Rue Mary gold-tops Cytron Rose-mary-tops Cinquefoile Valerian Agrimony Perry-winkle St. Johns-wort Veronica or Speed-well white Collumbine leaves Scabious Scrophulania of each a good handfull Boyl them in a Galon of running water to the East into two parts standing first one night in infusion then being boyled strain them hard and adde one ounce of Alom of the Cork and four ounces of Honey Then boyl it again and skim it as long as any that riseth afterward let it settle one night In the morning pour out the clearest which keep for use putting thereunto about 4 ounces of Vineger A Gargle for an unsavory breath TAke Rose-water Mirtle water Orenge-Flower-water of each 2. oun Musk 3. gra Amber-grease 6. grains Salt a little more Musk and Amber-grease you may put in for greater persons A Moderate suppository to loosen the Body TAke Honey thickned 1. ounce hieriae species Hierae picrae aloes or Agarick 1. scruple Salt half a scruple or add Salgem or Mustard 2. scruples make a Suppository A stronger Suppository TAke Honey thickned half an ounce Scamony Salt of each 1. scruple or take Honey concrete 2. ounces Euphorbium half a scruple powder of Colloquintida 5. gra powder of white Hellebore 2. ounces Salt 1. ounce Hierae picrae half an ounce make a
a gentle fire of small coles in a glazed Pipkin So let it vapour away til it be too thick to stir with a Spatter Then put more Juice of Damask-Rose or Rose-water to it and do as is already said still reiterating the same till seven pounds of the Juice or Rose-water it self be spent and the Masse at last conduced keep for use The Dose is from 1. scruple to 2. or 3. scruples Against Winde in the Stomach TAke a pound of Sugar a quarter of a pound of Anise-seeds and the like quaintity of Coriander-seeds beat the seeds to a powder and sift them through a fine searcer Then take four or five spoonfuls of Rose-water and boyl these to a Paste so make them up in the manner of Lozenges A Water for Sore Eyes FIll a shell with white or Red-rose-water and therein dissolve four graines of white Copperas over the fire put therein ten seeds of Comin and keep it for use dropping now and then two or three drops in the Eyes A Physicall Course for Sore Eyes TAke of the Pils of Aureae Lucis and Cochiae of each 1. scruple mingled well together In the Morning and Evening eat the powder of Olibanum and Mastick in the â—ap of an Apple or Olibanum with the Conserve of Roses Also wash the Eyes with Eye-water made with Tutty quenched in Eye-bright-water and a little Sugar-Candy Another approved Water for the Eyes TAke halfe a quarter of Red-rose-water and five Kirnels of a Quince sliced very thin Let them lie in the water two hours then strain the water and put therein half a dra of Tutty prepared and two spoonfulls of Womans Milk Drop a little now and then into the eyes A Receipt for the Mother TAke 2. ounces of Bayberries the outward rinde being taken off and being dryed reduce them into a fine powder which mingle with half a Pint of honey and so take morning and Evening a spoonfull at a time A Physical Course for provoking the Courses FIrst purge thus Take of the Powder of Hiera Picra simplex of the Pilles de tribus Fernelii of Agarick trochiscated of each 1. scruple of Castorium half a scruple of Chymical Oyl of Time four drops make these up into Pilles with the Syrrop of Mogwort to the number of six or seven Let the Patient take them immediately after her first sleep Then sleep again The next day after let her take this Decoction Boyl in Ale and white-wine of each a Pinte half unset Hysop unset Time Penny-royall Mugwort Germander of each a good handfull Madder Smalledge Parsley and Fennell-rootes steeped in wine of each an ounce Juniper and Cynamon of each half an ounce After they be well boyled strain them hard and sweeten the same with 3. ounces of the Syrrop of Mugwort drink of this twice a day in the morning and after noon about four of the clock and four dayes after their accustomed time of flowing open the Saphaena vein and bleed the quantity of three or four ounces to incite them downward The Saphaena vein is running about the Inner Anckle upon the foot towards the great Toe Receipts for Vomits TAke of the Glasse of Antimony pounded as small as may be 5. grains Infuse the same all night in 4. ounces of White-wine shaking it divers times early in the morning pour out all the cleer part whereunto add one ounce of Oxmiel Julinizans so take it drinking after every vomit a draught of Posset-Ale Or take of Mercurius Vitae 5. graines in a spoonfull of White-wine Or take 2. ounces of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum or take Warm-water wherein a Reddish-root hath been boyled adding to it a little Sallet-oyl also a little Oxmiel of the squill may be added This vomit is taken specially for the weaknesse of the Stomach and for four or five dayes together it is taken for expelling the Flegmatick and Malign humours A Receipt of a Pessary for the Mother TAke Benjamin Storax Cloves of each 1. dr Musk 6. graines Civet 4. graines powder them with Bumbast make a Pessary anointing with oil of Mase A Fomentation to provoke the Courses TAke the Rootes of Madder Eringus Fennel Smalledge Parsley Grasse Lillies and Marsh-Mallowes of each 4. ounces Penny-royall Fetherfew of each a good handfull of Parsley Smalledge Cessely Feunegreeke Althea of each one ounce of Comin Flowers a good handfull boyl these in two parts one part Water and one part Wine Foment the region of the Womb very well An heating Fomentation for a cold Stomach TAke Red-roses Mints Worm-wood Time Sage Marjorum of each a good handfull Ginger Cloves Cynamon of each 2. ounces Citron-Pilles half an ounce boyl these in a quart of Red-wine and foment the Stomach with it hot dipping in the same a piece of scarlet-cloth pressing out the Liquor with two Trenchers Also this may be made more comfortable by putting to it 1. drachm of the Spices of Aromaticum rosatum A Cooling Fomentation for an hot Liver TAke of Oyl of Roses 2. ounces Oyl of Camomile 1. ounce Juice of Succory and Orenges of each 1. ounce and half Claret-tart-wine 1. ounce mingle these and with a spunge or linen clout foment the region of the Liver it 's good in hot Fevers An Epithem for the forehead to drive away head-aches TAke Rose-water four ounces Oyl of Roses 〈◊〉 ounce Rose-vineger half an ounce the white of an Eg beaten in the same wherein dip Linen clothes cold or but milk warm and apply them to the forehead to asswage head-aches and repell hot vapours An Epithem to Cool and open Obstructions of the Liver TAke Agrimony Endive Succory with the roots of each a good handfull Wormwood half a handfull Succory-Flowers 2. small handfuls of the four cold great and lesserseeds of each 1. drachm and half Lupines 3. drachmes Copper as all the Saunders of each 1. d. Vnicusodoratus 1. scruple put these into a Bag and boyl them in half a pinte of Endive-water add 2. ounces of each Vineger and Wine and apply it to the Liver luke-warm pressed with your hand An Epithem to cause Sleep TAke Henbane Lettice-leaves Flowers of water-Lillies Violets of each a good handfull seeds of Poppy Lettice Dill Henbane of each half an ounce bruise all and sowe them between two linen clothes and apply them to the forehead An Incesse for the Piles swelling hard and painfull TAke Henbane-Leaves 4. good handfuls Mullet and Plantane of each two good handfuls Linseed 2. ounces boyl it in a Gallon of Milk strain it and set the Fundament to bathe in it upon a close-stool afterwards apply dubble clothes dipped therein A Bath to clense the skin of Scabbs Scurse and such like TAke Red-dock-roots Bryony-roots Elycampany Wake Robbin-roots Serpentary or Dragon-roots of each a pound Mallowes Violets Branck urcyn Mercury Beets Scabius Fumitary Burrage Sapomana Hastalaregis Succory of each a good handfull Centary-flowers and roots of each a good handfull Lupines Beanes and Pease of each 2. ounces Barly two
sufficient quantitie of water till half be consumed so use it A very good Syrrop to be taken against cold diseases of the Brain and Sinews as the Palsey Falling-sicknes the Cramp and water distilling out of the head lying TAke of the Flowers of Stechados 4 ounces of Time Calamint Origanum of each 1. ounce and half of Sage Bettony-flowers and Rosemary of each half an ounce of the Seeds of Rue Pyony Fennel of each 3 drachms Boil them in 10 pound of water till half be consumed When the decoction is strained boil it again to a syrrop with sugar and honey of each 2 li. and candie it with Cynamon Ginger Calamus aromaticus or Nutmeg of each two drachms which being bound up in a course cloth with open threeds must be hanged in the syrope To binde in Fluxes of the Belly and to comfort withall the Stomack TAke a quarter of an ounce of Ising-glasse which lay to steep in water 12. houres after boil the same in a quart of milk wherunto put a slack or two of Mace two Dates sliced in the middle with the stones keep it stirring till the one half be consumed take hereof 7. or 8. spoonfuls morning and evening use to take the same for a week or ten days together if occasion so require you may therefore provide a better quantitie of the aforesaid things as 1. ounce of Ising-glasse half an ounce of Dates 3. or 4. penyworth of Mace So long as you may use hereof take withall these Waters mixt together as followeth Of Baum-water half a li. and a like quantity of Hysop-water dissolve therein a quartern of Sugar over the fire strain and take thereof five spoonfuls one houre after dinner wherunto put 4. or 5. drops of cynamon-Cynamon-water If the aforesaid do not sufficiently binde put a little Cynamon or the cups of Akhorns powdered therein Against Winde in the Body TAke of Ginger half a ounce Anise-seeds 2 drachms Coriander prepared 1. ounce and half Mace Galingale Cabebes of each a drachm make all into fine powder well searced adding as much sugar as you please Take 1 dram of this powder in four ounces of sweet wine either Muscadine or Malmsie in the morning fasting and afterwards walk awhile Against Pain in the Back TAke the slimie substance of the Camphery root in posset drink and take the same 4. or 5. days together Or take Knotgrasse shread it and mix it with butter make a tansey with all It much profiteth for the said Cure For the Stone in the Kidneys TAke the distilled water of Parseley what quantity you please for one draught whereunto add half a spoonful of the whitest Snail-shels finely powdered with 4. or 5. drops of the Oyl of Turpentine drink it fasting and walk after it for an houre or more For cleansing the Blood TAke the leaves of Sena Polypody of each 3 ounces seeds of Fennel and Anise of each 1. ounce Hermodactils 2. ounces and half Salsaparilla 3 ounces Sassafrasse thin sliced 2 ounces Agarick sliced 1 ounce Rhuberb half an ounce Ginger a quarter of an ounce Scurvy-grasse Brooklime Watercresses of each 3 good handfuls Red dock-roots 2 ounces put these into a Boultering-bag and boil it in 4. gallons of Ale or Bear and let the bag hang in the vessel Take every morning the quantitie of 4 ounces or more according to the nature and condition of the body A Julip for a Tertian Fever TAke Endive Succory Sorrel Strawberry-leaves violet-leaves of each a good handfull French barley a good handfull Rasins stoned half a pound Aniseseeds 1 ounce one stick of Licorish decoct these in a pottle of faire water to the consumption of half Take hereof 7 or 8 ounces in the morning at a time A Purge for the same TAke the Pills of Cochi aureae of each half an ounce mix these together and make a Masse and take the weight of nine pence for the Dose A Dyet Drink to open and temper the Liver TAke the Roots of Fennel Parsly Dock Coroch Knee-holm of each half a good handfull the leaves of Endive Buglosse Fumitary Harts-tongue Agrimony Garden wormewood Cetrach of each a good handfull the back of the roots of Capers half an ounce Boyl these in a convenient quantity of Whey till a third part be spent then clarifie the same whereof drink in the morning fasting at the least half a pound at a time A Receipt to make purging Prunes Rasins and Currents TAke of Prunes half a li. of Sena 1 ounce Mechoacon 3 drachms Turbeth 3 dr of Borage-water Baum water and Rose-water of each 4 ounces boyl them a little then strain them whereunto add Manna 2 ounces and Sugar a sufficient quantity to make the Liquor into a Syrope A Restorative Broth for weak and consuming Bodies TAke half an ounce of the best China thin sliced infuse the same the space of foure and twenty houres in four Pintes of fair Spring-water in a Pipkin close stoped standing upon hot Embers Then put therein a small Chickin or a little peece of the Rack of Veal and so set it over the fire made of Charcoals to boyl gently and put therein a Succory-root the pith taken out of the Leaves of Agrimony Buglosse Cetrach and Edive of each a good handfull of Hartshorn a quarter of an ounce at the least scraped and a crust of White bread the which boyl till half the Liquor be consumed then strain it and with a convenient quantity of fine Sugar make the same fit for the taste Hereof let the party take in the morning early and in the afternoon about four of the clock at every time the third part of a pinte warm and so every day for the space of three weeks Remedies for the Hemorrhoids TAke the third part of a pinte of Milk and so much of Smiths-water wherein quench Gads of Steel Oftentimes put into the same 2 ounces of the juice of Clary so inject luke warme Take a pinte of Milk and boyl it in boyling slack it often when it riseth with Plantine-water so continue doing till a pinte of Plantine-water be put in about the slacking of the Milk Then take it off the fire and put thereunto 3 ounces of Mel rosarum wherof drink at your pleasure Take the white of an Egge 4 ounces of Fresh Butter out of a Chirne well washed and of Saffron a scruple work these together whereof at times put up a little into the fundament for ceasing paine but if the pain continue to the aforesaid add 2 good handfulls of Night-shade and then it will be much more effectuall for the said purpose Also take Mastick and Frankincense of each a good handfull powder and straw it upon coals of fire in a Chafindish put it into a close stool so fit over it to take the fume thereof and apply an Hagtaper-Leaf to the place Also take the Roots of Pilewort and Mutton-suet and shred them both together small then boyl the same and strain them so keep them for use to
anoint the Piles withall A speciall Receipt for the making of Aquavitae TAke of Tops of Rosemary Sage Marjorum Origaum Time Wormwood Sparemints Baume of each a good handfull of Ginger scraped clean 1 ounce of Nutmegs and Cynamon of each half an ounce of Cloves Mace Pepper and Graines of each a quarter of an ounce of Galleangle-Roots sliced 1 ounce of the Rasins of the Sun cut through the middle 1 pound of Fennel-seeds and Annise-seeds of each 2 ounces of Licorish scraped clean and cut into thin slices half a pound Bruise the Spices and the Seeds a little and break the Herbs between your hands then put all together into a Gallon or two of Muskadine Sack or such like strong Wine and so let them infuse in a Limbeck-pot close stopped 24 hours upon hot embers and the next morning distil them with a very temperate fire and take speciall care that the head of your Limbeck be kept cold continually with fresh Water and that the bottom thereof be fast Luted that none of the Vapours breath forth Out of a Gallon of Liquor you may draw a quart of excellent Aquavitae and if then to the Fleeces in the Pot you will add a Gallon of strong Ale or Lees of Wine or of them both with half a pound of Licorish foure ounces of Aniseseeds and one ounce of Graines and distill it again you shall draw an Aquavitae good for your Families and poor Neigbours in their necessities There is not a Water in use which can better fortifie Life then the aforesaid Aquavitae for it greatly comforteth a weak stomack expelleth Winde putteth off Melancholy passions preserveth the humors from Corruption and exceedingly prevaileth against sownding But the use thereof is not alike wholsome and good for all Bodies for unto them that are Lean and of a dry Nature and in the Summer it is rather hurtful then good because it drieth too much the inner parts especially the Liver and radicall Moisture But to old men to grosse and moist Bodies it is very profitable for it fortifieth the Stomack comforteth excremental humors discusseth Winde and defendeth them from the Lethargie Apoplexy and other cold diseases unto which by reason of their moist habit of Body they are very subject Wherefore the moderate use thereof is to be permitted to cold and flegmatick bodies especially in cold and moist seasons upon taking too much meat and when the Stomack shall be troubled with Winde the quantity of a spoonfull or two at a time well sweetned with Sugar and if it be taken with an equal portion of Wormwoodw-ater as a spoonfull or two of the one and so of the other with Sugar also comforteth the Stomack exceedingly helpeth the Concoction and discusseth Winde without causing any manner of hurt to the Liver And being taken in this manner after a great Meal or whensoever the Stomack shall be ill-affected by reason of Windinesse or otherwise It is not only good for the Flegmatick and such as are cold by Constitution but agreeable and wholsome for all other Bodies But such as are intensively hot and dry in their state of Body If they stand in need of the help thereof it is best to take two parts of Wormwood water and one of Aqua-vitae mingled with Sugar and so they may securely and profitably use it A Receit for making of Cynamon-water TAke of Cynamon grosly beaten 1 li. of white Sugar 1 li. one Gallon of Sack and a quart of Rose-water steeped together four and twenty houres of this aforesaid is drawn by distillation a Water of singular efficacy against sownding debility of the Spirits and principall parts Physicians do advise all that are respective of their healths especially such as are of weak Natures never to be without it and take now and then a spoonful or two especially when occasion shall invite the use of it A Receit for making the Pills called de tribus Fernelii TAke of Mastick Rhubarb of each 2 ounces Aloes 4 ounces Agarick tâ—ochiscated Powder of Hidra of each 1 ounce and half Cynamon half an ounce with Syrop of Succory and Canary Wine make it into a Masse of Pils A Receit for curing the Bloody Flux and for healing the Ulcers in the Guts caused thereby TAke the inner Rind of a sapline Oak about 20 yeers growth put 2 handfuls of the said Rind being cut into small peeces in a quart of Milk Boyl the same till it be ready to run over then slake it with cold Milk and Plantine-water So boyl and slake it five or six times which maketh more astringent Let the Patient take half a pinte at a time adding to it a little grosse Pepper Put the same back in water and boyl it with a little Cynamon and drink at Meals together with the aforesaid An approved Remedy by many for an Ague TAke of Smalledge one handfull and bruise the leaves by it self then take of white Frankincense 1 d. and break it small with one handfull of Bay-Salt the which mingle together with the Herbs and make a Plaister thereof And a little before the Fit cometh apply it to the wrists of each Arm and likewise to the bowing of his Arms so let them lye on till they be dry continue so doing four or five times and it helpeth An Almond-Milk to cool and induce sleep TAke sweet Almonds blanched 5 li. beat them in a stone-mortar by sprinkling them now and then with a little Barly-water at last put a quart of Barly-water to them and four ounces of fine Sugar Then strain it adding two ounces of Rosewater this may be drawn out with Chickin broth and sweetned with Sugar-candy instead of other Sugar To make a Barly Cream TAke 3 ounces of Barly boiled till it break off blanched Almonds 2 ounces draw it out with half a pint of Barly-water and strain it And put so to it 1 ounce of the Julip of Roses and a little sugar Make a draught of Barly Cream to be taken bedward to bring sleep in Fevers and to cool hot and sharp Urine An excellent approved Water for Sore Eyes to preserve the Eye-sight and to recover it being hindred by any cause or means whatsoever TAke 3 dr of Tuttia beaten into small powder and as much Aloe Epaticum 3 dr of fine Sugar 6 ounces of Rose water and as much White wine Mingle all together and put them into a glass and stop it close and let it stand in the Sun for the space of a moneth stirring it together once every day then take the same and distill it and when you will use it take the quantitie of 5 or 6 drops at a time of the same Water and drop it into your eyes both morning and evening and so continue it for a short space and it will preserve your sight and cause it to come again being hindred and gone and to be as clear and as perfect as ever it was before This hath been truly proved by divers that have lost their Eye-sight
and Harts-horn of each 1. dra Rhubarb 2. drachmes dry Rue 3. drachmes mingle them together The Dose is 2. drachmes at a time A very good Powder to be taken Evening and Morning and at Bed-time against the Epilepsies TAke Pyony-seed and Mistletoe of the Oak of each 1. dra of the great beast an ounce and half Red Corall Nutmegs Mustard-seed Clarified and the Root of white Dictamne and Corianders prepared of each 1. drachm mingle them and take a little at a time A Powder or grossely prepared Dredge to be taken in the Morning and after meales to help Concoction to comfort the Brain to break Wind and to make a sweet Breath TAke Licorish cut small Anise-seed-Comfets with one skin of Sugar of each 2. ounces Comfets of sweet Fennel-seeds with one skin of sugar Coryanders prepared and Carua-seeds of each 1. ounce White Ginger Cynamon Calamus Aromaticus Nutmeg of each 1. dra cut very small of the Lozanges of acomaticum rosarum of Manus Christi with Chymical Oyl of Cynamon Cloves and Lozanges of Dyambra of each alike cut into small peeces half an ounce to be taken about a spoonfull at the times aforesaid A Confection for the same TAke Anise-seeds Fennel-seeds Carua-seeds Coriander-seeds White Ginger of each 3. Drachmes and half Calamus aromaticus Nutmeg of each 1. drachm Cynamon Licorish small cut of each 2. drachmes White-sugar dissolved with rose-Rose-water one pound and half Musk 2. grains Make hereof a Confection to take in little morsels A Powder for Bruises and against Congealed blood TAke Mummy and Dragons blood and Terra sigillata or Lemnia of each two drachmes Sperma Caeti 1. dra Rhubarb half a drachm Make hereof a Powder The dose is 1. drachm 4. scruples A good Conserve in hot Pestilent Fevers restoring the spirits consumed with heat TAke the tart flesh of Cytrons quite from the seeds with a wooden Instrument 3. pound Water 1. pound Sugar well refined 3. pound and a half Boyl it in a glazed Pipkin stirring it with a wooden Spatter untill it comes to the consistance of a Conserve A Physicall Bag to dry up and stay Rhumes TAke Milletseed half a pound Anise-seeds Fennel-seeds Carua-seeds Comin-seeds Camomile-flowers Tops of Dill of each 1. oun make them hot in a pot and put them into a Bag and apply it hot to the head or any part that hath a cold Rhume to trouble or Palsey it A Physicall Bag or Quilt for a cold Stomach TAke dry Wormwood Mints Anise-seeds 2. ounces Rynds of Cytrons half an ounce Galange Cipporus Cloves of each alike Mastick Corall Anise-seed-rootes of each 2. drachms make a Quilt for the Stomach For a Pain in the Side TAke one Pint of the Carminative Decoction of Diacatholicon half an ounce of Kitchin Sugar 3. ounces of Oyl of Camomile 2. oun of Salt a small handfull wherewith make a Glister at night take half an ounce of London-Treakle dissolve it in a draught of Camomile or Carduus-Posset so drink it bedward and sweat after it In your sweating now and then drink a little Mace-Ale also anoint the pained side with oyl of Dill hot or make a quilt of Camomile or Mellilot-flowers also the herb of Camomile and Pellitory of the wall of each 3 good handfuls of Dill-seed 4. ounces of the seeds of Anise Fennel Comin of each 2. ounces make a quilt about the bignesse of two Trenchers square Then boyl this quilt in milk for half an hour after presse it very well between two Trenchers so apply it as hot as may be endured to the pained side all night An Excellent Syrrop for a weak Stomach TAke Cynamon grossely bruised Sea-wormwood of each a quarter of a pound Red-Roses 1. ounce the Juyce of Quinces and Sherry Sack one pint and 3. quarters put them into a stone-bottle close stopt and set them to infuse in a pot of warm water four and twenty hours then take them out and give them one boyling or two then strain them after boil the same into a Syrrop with a pound and a quarter of fine Sugar Take hereof every morning two or three spoonfulls so likewise in the Evening either alone or in a little Mint-water This Syrrop is very effectuall to strengthen a weak Stomach Liver to excite a dejected Appetite to make the Bowels hardy and strong and to take away their weak wearish tendernesse and comfort their retentive faculties A comfortable Syrrop to be taken against Melancholy TAke the clear juyce of Burrage Buglosse and Pippins of each half a pound The Juyce of Sorrel Endive and Hops of each 2. ounces Cynamon and yellow Sanders of each 1. drachme clarifie them with the white of an Eg and boyl them into a Syrrop with a pound and half of fine Sugar then hang therein this tied in a Button Saffron half a drachm of Scarlet-Dye one drachm 6. grains of Ambergrease of Lignum Aloes one scruple For the Green-Sickness TAke of Sena half a pound Polipodie 4. ounces Epithymum 2. ounces Agarick Rhubarb of each one ounce sweet Fennel and Anise-seeds of each an ounce half Salsaperilla 5. ounces Sassafras one ounce Make a Bag for three Gallons of new Ale and about 2. or 3. dayes after it hath done working drink of it both evening and morning without intermission the quantity of 5. ounces about 2. or 3. dayes after the ending of this bleed in the Arm then rest one day after take the Steel-wine for a fortnight then rest for 2. or 3. dayes Lastly take the Pills de tribus Farnelii the quantity of half a drachm or somewhat more at a time one hour at least before Supper thrice a week Another for the Green-sicknesse FIrst vomit then for four or five dayes take Worm-wood-beer and Conserve of Worm-wood afterwards purge as before once then take the Steel-Electuary or Steel-wine using after that great exercise after the Electuary use Worm-wood-beer or Wine and once in five or six dayes purge with the Extract Rhudius a Pill so called or otherwise as before and seven or eight dayes before the time of the Courses or towards the new Moon bleed in the foot use the Steel-wine set down in London-dispensitory taking from half an ounce to an ounce or the Steel-wine thus In a quart of White-wine put half an ounce of prepared Steel and 1. drach of Cloves and Mace and more of this take 2. ounces at the first according by degrees unto 6. ounces A Cooling Julip TAke Barly-water Sorrel-water of each half a pound Julip and Syrrop of Violets Syrrop of the Juice of Cytrons of each 1. ounce Oyl of Vitriol two or three drops mingle them make a Julip very pleasing to Cool To make the Pills of Rosetta for Quitting the Stomach of soil and for helping Concoction TAke one pound of pure Aloes powdered and searced and put it into an Earthen vessel glazed whereunto put so much Juice of Damask-Roses or Rose-water as to make it of the consistance of Honey Then set it upon
dr make a Glisters Also the Corminative Decoction hath the same effect A Glister to purge Melancholy TAke one pint of the Common Decoction wherein boyl Burrage Buglosse Fumitary flowers of Camomil Mellilot and Dill to the which put Diacatholicon 1. ounce Hamech half an ounce Oyl of Dill Violets and Lillies of each 1. ounce make a Glister To stay bleeding at Nose PUt up Tents of Towe in powdered colcated Vitreol burnt red with the white of an Egg which doth presently cauterize the vein and sear it up A Powder outwardly applyed to bind astringe in Bleeding TAke of Frankincense 1. dr Aloes half a dr make them into powder which temper with the white of an Egg to the consistance of Honey Then put thereunto the soft hairs of a Hare and apply it to the bleeding wound Sore or vein plentifully and tie it on To take away red Spots Freckles and Pimples in the Face TAke of Mercury Sublimate powdered 1. dr the which dissolve in half a pound of fair water upon hot embers in a Pot put to it the â—uice of Lemmon so use it Of Nasalls deterging these are used to purge the Head by the Nose and are of excellent use in Apoplexical Diseases Lethargies or dead sleep TAke Barley-water a pound Honey Roses or Syrrop of Stecados 4. ounces mingle them and snuf into the Nose a moderate quantity at a time Liquid Nasalls for Fleam TAke the distilled water of Hysop Sage Marjoram Betony Piony half a pound White-wine 2. ounces Juice of Mercury Anagalis of each 1. ounce Honey or Oxmiel Scilitium an ounce and half for a Nasall to be snuffed up warm will bring down Fleam in abundance and to increase more the drawing down of Fleam you may boyl in the waters 1. drachme and half of Agarick trochiscated A Nasall to draw down Choler TAke Barley-water wherein you may put 1 dr of Diagredium and 2. ounces of the Syrrop of Roses A Nasall to draw down Melancholy USe the Nasall for the Fleam wherein you may boyl Sena or black Hellebor or Polipody or Epithymum A Nasall against an ill smell proceeding from the Nose TAke the juice of Marjoram Rose water of each 2 ounces of the flowers of Orenges one ounce Honey of Roses strained half a dram Musk 1 grain Amber-grease two grains mingle these together and snuf them up into the Nose Directions how to Govern a Woman in her first conception before in and after the great work of labour that she may know how to foster it and hold it fast till time of Maturity then how with ease and good speed to bring it into the world and after how to reduce her selfe to her wonted state of health THerefore to preserve her Infant and prevent Abort or miscarrying this ensuing Remedy is commended to be taken Take of Coriander seed prepared 2 drachms of the root of Bistort the shavings of Ivory and red Corrall of each a drachm of White Amber Christal or each a scruple Alkermes half a scruple Sugar dissolved in 4 ounces of rose-Rose-water make Tabelets each of them weighing a drachm Let the patient take one every other day in the morning and in the Evening between whiles Let her sup up a rear new Egg thickned a little with Magisterium of Pearl or fine Powder or red Corral But if her Brests after their filling should begin to lessen and fall it is a presage of future Abort she must then apply these sear-clothes hereafter following Take the Root of Bistort of Corianders of each t o dr of unripened Gales of red Sanders and Hipecistidos of each one dr of Ladanum a Gum Mastick of each half an ounce of choice Frankincense of Bdellium the Gum of a Tree in Arabia of each two dr of Coral Amber of each one dr powder these which are to be powdered and with Oyl of Mastick Turpentine and Wax make two or three Searclothes Apply them sometimes to her Loyns and sides and sometimes too under the Navil she must avoid all sudden and violent motions both of the mind and body as Coughs Sneesings Frights also Spices and strong Wines and thus much before labour In Labour to procure ease and speed take of the Powder as followeth Take of the root of white Dictamne of the Stones of Dates of Borax of each 2. scruples of Cynamon Cassia Lignea Amber Fine Pearl of each 1. scruple of Saffron half a scruple make a small powder which divide into two equall parts and let her take one part in a draught of the Water of white Lillies or Posset-Ale made with Renish Wine and the other part let her take about six hours after if need require if she should be subject to fainting or swouning before or after Labor take now and then a spoonfull of this excellent Cordiall as followeth Take of Borage-water Rose-water Strawberry-water and Renish-wine of each 2. ounces of the Species of Diamargaricum Frigidum 1. scruple make a warm infusion for the space of an hour then strain and adde thereunto Manus Christi made with Pearl 4. ounces of the Syrrop of Baum 1. ou of the Syrrop of Lemons and the Syrrop of Gilley-flowers of each 2. ounces of Oriental Besar Vnicorns-horn and amber-grease of each 6. grains make a Cordial Julip After Labour Many times great pains and panges do follow women newly delivered for which this plain simple Remedy is very good Drink a good draught of bear boyled with a spoonfull of Camomile-flowers and in greater pains let her drink 6. ounces of the Oyl of sweet Almonds fresh drawn To dry up Milk a quick and safe Remedie is neu sponges wet in vineger wherein a handfull of comin-seed bruised is boiled tyed close to the Brests also anointing them with Vnguentum populeum To procure store of Milk use Posset-drink made and boiled with Fennel and the sweet seeds of Anise seeds and Fennel Also to cause speedy Labour take 3 or 4 drops of the distilled Oyl of Nutmegs in a spoonfull of white-wine These Remedies are approved to be safe sure and forceable to effect what is desired A Restorative-broth for weak persons TAke an ounce and half of very good Salsaperilla and half an ounce of China sliced a spoonful of Hartshorn scraped and a spoonfull of Ivory Infuse them 3 or 4 houres in 3 pints of chickin-broth upon hot embers and close stopt then boil it to a pint and a half with a few Rasins stoned and two or three Dates whereof drink every morning a glassefull Adde towards the end of the boiling half a spoonfull of Marigold-flowers A Cordial against Melancholy vapors c. TAke of Baum-water half a pound of Burrage and Rose-water of each 2 ounces make it a little tart with a few drops of the oyl of brimstone in which infuse cold 1 scruple of Saffron for 4 houres then put to it half an ounce of Burrage and Buglosse which let stand for 4 or 5 houres more then let it run thorow an hipocras bag whereunto put dulcified
bind it up Plague Eat so much of it as a Nutmeg every morning and put a little of it in your Nose Green-sicknes Eat so much of it as a Nutmeg every morning walk a good while after Note that when you apply a cloth dipped to any Wound Swelling or Bruise you must do it very hot A speciall good Receipt for the Falling-Sicknes TAke of Boxleaves 3 handfulls of Pionie-roots small and thin sliced 2 handfulls of Pionie-seed pilled 6 ounces Boil these in 3 Gallons of Ale or Bear to 2 Gallons then give of this drink to the Patient every day twice a good draught warm and by Gods blessing he shall recover A marvelous good Medicine for the Deafnesse in the Ear. TAke of the pulp of Colloquintida the seeds clean picked out and 〈◊〉 â—t away 1 scruple infuse it 6 hours in half an ounce of Oyl of Bitter Almonds and 5 grains of Civit being well incorporated let it stand in a Glass in Warm-Water 6 hours as aforesaid Reserve this and when you have use of it with a feather drop when you go to Bed thrice a week two or three drops into your ear lying upon the contrary ear and so sleep that ear being stopped with Wooll An approved Remedie for the Plague and to prevent infection TAke three Pints of the best Malmsey boyl therein one handfull of Rue and one handfull of Sage till one Pint be boyled away then strain it after set it over the fire again and put thereto Long-Pepper Ginger and Nutmegs all these three beaten together one ounce then boyl all these together a little more after take it off from the fire and put therein 1 ounce of the best Mithridatum and 2 ounces of the best Treakle a quarter of a Pint of the best Aquavitae So keep this as thy life above all other things or Medicines and make use thereof viz. Note this well If thou think thy self to be at any time infected of the Plague take every Morning and Evening one spoonfull at a time luke-warm if not infected take this but once or twice a week at the most and but half a spoonfull at a time In any Plague-time trust in God and next under God trust to this for there was never Man Woman nor Child that ever this Drink deceived if the heart be not clean mortified and drowned with poyson too long before It is not only good against the common Plague but also the next kin to the Plague as the Swelling-Sicknes Small-Pox Measels Surfeit and such like taking a spoonfull of it when thou first fallest sick and at all other times as need requireth Assure your selves this is better then Beazer-stone to draw away all infection from the Heart Where any sick Party drinks thereof they must lye down and sweat two or three hours in Bed and after be very well dried and very warm kept drinking nothing but warm drink and Caudles so shall the sicknes keep from thy Heart c. This Drink will keep half a year good being well covered An Aquavitae Bottle will keep this Drink very well This hath been proved of many and never failed but did good with Gods help An excellent and approved Medicine for the Piles TAke two handfuls of Souhern-wood and strip the leaves from the stalk then take new fresh Butter as it cometh from the Churne unsalted and a little Saffron Bruise the Herbs and fry them in a Frying-Pan with the aforesaid Butter untill they are become tender then take and spread them upon a fine linen Cloth and lay them to the sore place as hot as possibly it may be suffered and doubtles this will help A speciall Receipt to stanch the bleeding of the Piles TAke a good quantity of the Juice of Milfoil put thereto a pretty quantity of the powder of burnt Garlick and let the party grieved drink thereof either in Ale or Wine and the Piles will dye in a short space Another for the same TAke Leaves of Mullet and Leaves of an Elder-Tree and stamp them very well and mingle them with a Butter that is unsalted and anoint the place grieved often therewith before a good fire and this will cure you To Loosen the Body of one that is hard Bound TAke a Chickin and a pretty quantity of Cassia Fistula Boyl these in fair running-Water and drink the Broth there of and it will immediately procure loosenes without pain Another for the same purpose TAke the Juice of Southernwood and anoint your Belly well therewith and it will loosen your Body very gently A speciall Remedy for those that spit Blood TAke Betony Mints Smalledge Yarrow and Rue of each a like quantity Boyl them all together in new Milk and let the Patient sup it off as hot as he can endure it and it will help him An approved Receipt to stanch the Bleeding of any Wound TAke a linnen-cloth and burn it then take the powder thereof and spread it thick upon another cloth and lay it to the Wound and it will stanch the bleeding of it immediately Also take Pimpernel and hold it between your Teeth and you shall not bleed any more whilest you hold it there Another excellent Remedy to stanch Bleeding TAke a Toad and dry him very well in the Sun then put him into a linnen-bag and hang him with a string about the Neck of the party that bleedeth and let it hang so low that it may touch the Brest on the left side neer unto the Heart and this will certainly stay all manner of Bleeding at the Mouth Nose Wound or otherwise whatsoever A speciall Remedy to cure one that is bitten of a Mad Dog TAke Night shade Betony and Wild Sage of each a handfull and a pint of fair Running Water Stamp the Herbs and strain them with the said Water and then put thereto one peny-worth of Treakle and so give it the party to drink 3 or 4 mornings together fasting and apply the Herbs strained to the Wound and this will shortly help Another excellent Medicine for the biting of a Mad Dog Adder or Snake or any other Venimous Beast DRink in dragon-Dragon-water the powder of Crefish shels with Mithridatâ— and apply to the Wound Garlick and powder of Crefish-shels mixed and strained together To avoid the stinging or biting either by Wasps or Bees TAke a good quantity of Mallows stamp them and mingle them with Oyl-Olive and whatsoever part of your Body is anointed therewith neither Wasps nor Bees will touch there A speciall Receipt to destroy Lice TAke Frankincense and beat it into fine powder and a good quantity of Bores-grease Boil them together in an Earthen Pan and when it 's boiled anoint therewith the place where the Lice are and you shall be suddenly rid of them Another for the same purpose TAke two peny-worth of Staves-acre beat it into very fine powder then searse it and mingle the same with Sope and Tobacco Ashes and so make an Ointment thereof use this often and it
will speedily destroy them all A singular approved Medicine for one that is burst in the Belly or Cods TAke a handfull of Camphire a handfull of Polypodium otherwise called Oak-Fern a handfull of Knot-worth a pottle of White-wine Knot-gras and Solomons-seal of each a handfull half a pound of Raisins of the Sun Mace 3 drachms Dates 4 drachms Put all these together in an Earthen-Pot and stop it close then take a Kettle of five or six Gallons and fill it with Water and set it on the fire then take the said Earthen-pot and stop it very close with a little Paste and put it into the Kettle of Water aforesaid and let the Water boil continually the space of 5 or 6 hours at the least with the Earthen-Pot therein and keep another Kettle still boiling with Water to supply the want of that which boyleth away then take the Earthen pot out of it and take out all the things that are therein and beat them in a Mortar then strain them and give the patient of this Liquor to drink both first and last and it will cure him A marvelous good Medicine for those that cannot void Water TAke Wood-Betony both the Roots and Leaves of it wash them very clean and dry them in an Oven then beat them into fine powder and drink the same in White-wine Posset-Ale or any ordinary drink and it will cause you immediately to void water with ease although you were much troubled therewith before Another for the same purpose TAke Ivie-berries and beat them to powder and let the Patient drink it in White-wint or in stale Ale somewhat hot and it will cause him forthwith to make Water that often could not A singular good Medicine to cure the Strangury TAke red Bramble-berries but take them before they become black and likewise Ivie-berries and Acorns put these into two severall pots and let them stand in an Oven to dry untill they be fit to be beaten into powder Then take Sitia Alexandrina Persley-seeds Grommelseeds Broom-seeds Coriander-seeds and of the inward part or pith of Ashen-keyes of each of these a like quantity add thereunto twice as much Licorish finely scraped as the weight or substance of all these cometh to Afterward beat them all into powder and mix them all together and use to drink hereof both morning and evening in Posset-drink made with White-wine or else with Renish wine Use this drink twice or thrice a week at the least and you will find great ease and comfort thereby An approved Remedy for a Bruise TAke Wall-wort Smalledge and Balm of each a handfull stamp them altogether well in a Mortar then add thereunto a pound of May-butter and mix them all well together afterward make them into round Balls and let them lie by you for the space of 7 or 8 dayes then stamp them again as you did before and after you have done so take it and fry it and strain it and put it into an earthen Pot and souce it and this will cure the bruise be it never so black A singular good Receipt for all manner of Bruises and sprainings of the Sinews TAke a pottle of Neats-foot-Oyl and a quart of Ox-gall a pint of Aquavitae and a pint of Rose-water likewise Bay-leaves Rosemary stripped from the stalk Strawberry-leaves roots and strings Lavender-cotten of each a handfull beat them very small and put thereunto the aforesaid stuff and let it boil on the fire in a Pot or Pipkin that holdeth two Gallons and at your perill see that the flame touch not the stuff Let it boyl very well then take it off and let it stand untill it be almost cold then strain it through a course linnen cloth but not the grounds or botom of the said Liquor then put it into a Glasse and so keep it and when occasion serveth anoint the place grieved therewith and it will help you A very good Medicine for young Children that are bound in the Belly and troubled with Wormes TAke one scruple of the pulp of Colloquintida Infuse it in pure Sallet-Oyl for the space of 24 hours or else infuse 2 scruples of Aloes-Cicatrina pounded in warm Sallet-Oyl Anoint the Childs Navill when he goeth to bed with either of these and it will give him 2 or 3 stools and destroy the Worms in the Body A singular good Receipt to cure a Canker upon a mans Yard TAke Roch-Allom one ounce and half an ounce of Verdigrease Mingle them well in Smiths-water and put altogether into some Glasse or other Vessell close stopped and when they are well soaked boil them for the space of 2 hours then strain them and put it in again into the Glass or Vessell aforesaid and stop it very close Anoint your Yard often therewith and it will speedily destroy the Canker A marvellous good Remedy to cure the Sciatica TAke the Oyl of Neats-foot Aqua-Composita Mingle and incorporate both well together when you have done so annoint the place grieved well therewith then take Wooll that is newly plucked off from the Sheeps back and lay it thereupon and keep it close wrapped in with warm clothes and this will afford present ease and comfort A wonderfull good Medicine to cleanse the Mouth and fasten the Teeth TAke Woodbine-leaves and Sage of each a good handfull and a spoonful or more of pure English Honey and a piece of Allom of the quantity of a big Wallnut Boil all these together in a quart of fair Running-water and boil them untill the one half be consumed or boiled away then strain it through a fine Linen-cloth and wash your mouth and teeth well therewith luke-warm it wil both cleanse your Mouth of all corruption and filth and fasten your Teeth A marvelous good Remedy for the Gowt which never faileth TAke half a pound of unwrought Wax half a pound of Rosin and one ounce of Libanum a quarter of a pound of Lettargie of Gold and 3 quarters of a pound of White-Lead beaten to powder searse it through a Searser then take a pint of Neatsfoot-Oyl and set it over the fire in some small Vessel and mingle it with the Wax and Rosin and when it is melted put all the other powders therin then stir it as fast as ever you can with a stick and put a litle of it into a Pewter sawcer and if it be hard being so tried in the Sawcer then take it from the fire and anoint some fair even board with some of the Neatsfoot-Oyl and as soon as you are able to handle it by reason of the heat work it as it were Shoemakers wax and so make it into great Rolls or Balls Make plaisters hereof with a Chafindish of Coles spread it upon a piece of Leather apply it warm to the place where the pain or Grief is and renew it so every morning and evening untill the pain be clean gone or untill it be drawn into some other joint and then apply your plaisters in like sort where the grief is
and beware of cold or hot Wines and questionles this will help you It hath cured many whom Doctors and Surgeans have given over as incurable An approved Receipt for the Swelling of the Yard or Cods TAke Agrimonie-water distilled and add thereunto a pretty quantity of Roch-Allom Set them over the fire to soak and let them remain there untill they be ready to boyl then take it off from the fire and with a fine Linnen-cloth anoint the Yard well under the skin with the same Water but let it be warm when you use it and it will asswage the extreme Heat of the Yard and also of the Cods if they be washed with the same and take away the Swelling thereof Another excellent Remedy or Medicine to heal the hot Swelling in the Yard TAke Wax Oyl and the Juice of Purslane of each a pretty quantity Mingle them all together and apply them to the Yard that is swollen and you shall find present help A speciall Receipt to incarnate the skin of the Yard within TAke Fumitary-water and steep therein a good quantity of Licorish pared for the space of one night then put of the same Water into the Yard with a Spunge or with a Tent made of Linnen-cloth and it will do the deed A soveraign Remedy for one that Bleedeth inwardly TAke a pretty quantity of the juice of Neep and likewise of the juice or powder of Shepherds-purse mingle both together and let the party grieved drink thereof and it will cause the blood to be cast up immediately To stanch Bleeding at the Nose TAke of the powder of Bole-Armoniack and with a Quill or some other Instrument blow some of the same powder into the Nose of the party that is given to much bleeding and it will stanch the Blood immediately Another approved Receipt to stanch the bleeding of the Nose TAke Inckle and bind the patient about the Temples of the head very hard therewith and let the knot be in his Neck and this will stanch bleeding without any more ado An excellent Receipt to cure the Heart-burning TAke 5 or 6 Corns of the best Pepper bruise or chaw them in your mouth and then let them down your throat and it will ease the Heart-burning A very good Medicine to cure the Hemorhoids TAke the Leaves of Mullet and likewise the Leaves of an Elder-tree stamp or beat them both very well together and mingle them with fresh Butter Anoint the place grieved often therewith before a good fire and it will cure you without all doubt A speciall good Salve or Ointment to cure any Wound or Sore whether new or old TAke half a pint of Sallet-Oyl 4 ounces of unwrought Wax 1 ounce of Turpentine 4 ounces of Rosin and 1 ounce of Mastick Item of Smalledge Woodbine-leaves Plantane and Marigold-leaves of each one handfull and of the tops of Hysop half an handfull wash them all very well and then dry them in the Sun for the space of half a day together then stamp them in a Mortar and strain them and take the juice thereof and boil it with all the other things before mentioned except only Turpentine and stir it continually untill you find all the juice to be dried up then put in your Turpentine and let it boil a walm or two then take it off from the fire and when it hath stood a while strain it through a course Linen-cloth and keep it in Boxes or Gally-pots untill you have occasion to use it This salve cureth all manner of Sores both new and old A speciall and approved Medicine for the Palpitations or Beatings of the Heart TAke a pottle of the best Claret-Wine that is to be had for money and add thereunto an handfull of Balm an handfull of Burrage 6 tops of Rosemary half a quarter of an ounce of English-Saffron whole and a quarter of a pound of the best fine Sugar mingle all these well together and put them into some close Vessel well stopped and let it so stand for the space of a day or more before you use it Drink hereof a good draught at a time both first and last and continue so doing for 7 or 8 dayes together or more it will not be amiss and you shall find comfort and help thereby To take away Warts out of the hands or any part of the Body TAke the Heart or Pith of a Red Colewoort stamp it well and temper it well with a little Honey and rub the Wart oftentimes well therewith and it will take it away Another excellent Remedy to take away Warts TAke 3 or 4 handfuls of wild Tansie 2 peny-worth of May-butter unsalted and 2 peny-worth of Quick-silver Mince the Tansie small and then put it into the Butter and set it on the fire and let them boyl well together afterward take it off from the fire again and strain it through a fine linnen-cloth but put in your Quick-silver first before you strain it and let it be well mingled and incorporated with the rest and then anoit the place therewith where the Warts are and this will take them clean away A speciall Receit to heal a Whitflaw or Fellon TAke a little Bay Salt stamp it very small and also a little Leven or sower Bread mingle these well together with the Yolk of an Egg and apply it to the Sore twice a day and it will draw pain from the Arm cease the swelling if there be any heal it presently and with speed A very good Remedy for the Swelling of the Legs occasion'd by cold or otherwise TAke 2 White Herrings out of the Pickle open them and lay the insides of them to the soles of your feet when you go to bed and so let them remain all night and in the morning apply new ones again use this five or six times and it will help you A very good Receipt to heal the Itch. TAke eleven or twelve Dock-roots of the yellowest that can be gotten scrape them very clean then cut them very small and stamp them well in a Mortar then set them over a Chafingdish of Coles and put a pound of sweet Butter therein and let them boil untill the Roots be ready to strain and when they are sufficiently boild strain them and put into the juice a spoonfull of Brimstone finely beaten to powder and stir it well together then let it stand till it be quite cold and it will be a pure Salve Anoint your body therewith before a good fire and let it soake into the Skin Use this Medicine morning and evening for 6 or 7 dayes together and it will quite take away the Itch be it never so great An approved Remedy for the Morphew TAke of the juice of Selandine mingle it with powder of Brimstone and lay it to the place where the Morphew is all cold use this 4 or 5 times and it will assuredly help you Another for the same purpose TAke Mustard-seed and Salt and stamp them well together in a Mortar with
and morning at every time 1. ounce and a half or 2. ounces and you will find help A soverain Medicine for Fatness about the Heart TAke the Juice of Fenel and Honey seeth them all together until they be hard then eat thereof evening and morning and you shall be whole A marvelous good Remedie for the French Pox TAke 6. Gallons or more of the purest White-wine that may be gotten and the like quantity of stale Ale 1. pound and a half of Salsaperilla Licorish and Sena of each 1. l. of the Bark of Guairarum 2. l. Colloquintida 1. ounce Boil all together for the space of 24. hours over a soft fire in Balneo Mariae and when it 's well boiled put therein 1. ounce of Mithridatum then take it off and put it into some earthen pot and stop it up close and when you will use it take a good quantity thereof at a time twice or thrice a day and this will cleanse both the inward and outward parts of your body and make you very sound ever after A speciall Receipt for a Consumption TAke a pottle of Rose-water and the like quantity of Goats or Asses Milk if it may be had or else of the Milk of a Cow that is all of one colour put therein 50. or 60. Yolks of new-sayd Hen-Egs Temper the yolks the milk and the Rose-waters all well together but let none of the Whites remain among them Distill a water hereof and give it the Patient that is in a Consumption to drink first and last warm with a Cake or two of Manus Christi which is made of Gold or Pearls let him use this and he shall find great comfort and ease by it A precious and wonderful good Drink to be used by one that is troubled with a Consumption TAke Longwort Liverwort Harts-tongue and red Sage of each a handfull Parsley half a handfull Licorish one handfull Anise-seeds one ounce Cynamon finely beaten to pouder one ounce two penyworth of white Ginger two penyworth of white Sugar-Candy two Nutmegs and a penyworth of Cloves and if the Patient be bound in the body then put a little Sena and a dram of Rhubarb therein if not leave these two things out Boil all these together in a pottle or somewhat more of the best new Wort that can be gotten but it must be brewed without any Hops at all and let it boyl untill it come to three pintes But if you put any Sena therein then put the quantity of three quarts of the same Wort and boil it to a pottle then put it to stand and strain it and so use it A speciall Remedy for the Plague and how to make any kind of Swelling or Plague-sore to break TAke a pint of strong Beer and crums of Rye Bread one handfull of Mallows white Lillie-roots a great lump or knob Beat all these together with some quantity of Linseed until it become a Cataplasm or thick pap and spread it upon a linnencloth and lay it on the Bile or sore If the Swelling or Sore be ripe and continue a long while before it break then lay some Corrasive upon it especially upon Plague-sores When the Bile or Sore is broken through or the Corrasive hath wrought and produced a Core then lay thereon this Tent-salve or Oyntment as followeth Take Honey and Turpentine but let the Turpentin be set on the fire in a little Pipkin and stir it continually and mingle with it a small quantity of Honey and when it 's melted take it off from the fire and stir it still untill it beginneth to wax somewhat stiff and then mingle therewith the yolk of an Egg with a little flower then spread it upon a flat tent very thick as broad as the hole or wound is then lay upon it the aforesaid Cataplasm or Pap untill all the corruption or filthy matter be quite drawn out then heal it with the hard Salve of which we shall treat anon if there be any heat in or about the sore anoynt it round about with a white ointment called in the shops Vnguentum Nutritum of which also we shall give directions anon how to make it If any Plague-blains or sores do appear you must lay the aforesaid Tent-Salve thereon and anoint it round about with Vnguentum Nutritum Afterward take Sorrel roste or boil it in a pan in the Embers with a little butter wrapped up in a Cabbage-leaf lay it a little warm thereon But when you at first feel the said dangerous disease coming upon you use Mithridatum with the Water of Carduus Benedictus or take of Bezoar-stone the quantity of 6. or 7. grains mingled with Beer or Wine and sweat upon it This is a wonderfull excellent Remedie for the Plague Directions how to make the hard Salve which is a soverain Medicine to cure all manner of Sores or Wounds TAke Rosin Turpentine Bees-wax Muttonsue of each a quarter of a pound Boyl them together in a Pipkin with 3. handfuls of Lyn-seed Oyl and stir it continually til it 's quite melted and if it should chance to run over set the Pipkin in water and when it 's quite melted take it off from the fire and put into it of Frankincense the weight of a groat then strain it through a cloth and when it begins to be cold put therein Lapis Calaminaris very small beaten to pouder and stir it till it be quite cold How to make the White Ointment called in the shops Vnguentum Nutritum TAke Letargie of Gold about a thimble-full put it into a Mortar and add thereunto as much Oyle as will quite wet or moisten the same then pour into it 2. or 3. drops of Vineger and stir it well round about then pour in Oyl again and twice Vineger to once Oyl and stir it so continually till it be quite white that no red spaecks any more appear This is wonderfull good to anoint round about any sores or swellings where any heat appeareth A special Receipt to put away Venome from the Heart TAke Bole Armoniack and Sanguis Draconis of each 3. ounces and of the best Cynamon 4. ounces Mingle them all together in powder and so receive it it will expell and remove Venom from the heart A Soverain Remedie for the Gnawing about the Heart TAke Sage-leaves a pretty quantity and as much Yarrow grind them together and temper them with Ale then strain them and drink thereof and you will find present aeliefe To make a very cooling and pleasant Water to drink in Summer TAke a Gallon of Spring-water or as much as you will a pint of Strawberries two ounces of Cynamon 3. or 4. Cloves one gram of Musk Still these with a soft fire and it is a very cooling and pleasant drink and very fit to be used in Summer A wonderfull good Remedie for young Children that are exceeding weak in their Limbs and can neither go nor stand TAke Sage Sweet Marjoram of each a like quantity beat them a long
time together and strain out the Juice and put it into a double Viall Glass fill the Glass as full as it can hold then stop it with Paste very close and cover it with thick Paste all over then set it in an Oven and there let it stand so long as a great Loaf requires time to be thorowly baked then take it out and let it be cold then break the Paste round about it and if the Juice be grown thick break the Glass and take it in a dish and keep it in a Gally-pot When you will use it take the quantity of two spoonfuls at a time and as much Marrow of an Ox-Leg melt them together and mingle them well and both morning and evening anoint therewith as warm as can be endured the tender parts of the Childs thighs and legs and also the knees chafing them well with your warm hands and so in a short time through Gods blessing it will be able to stand and go This hath been truly proved An approved Remedie for those that cannot hold their Water ROst a slain Mouse or make it in pouder and drink it off at one draught and it will presently help you especially if you use it 3. mornings together A soverain and approved Receipt for those that cannot void Water TAke Sassafrass Persley and Archangel of each a like quantity boyl them in stale Ale from a quart to a pint then strain them and let the Patient drink thereof morning and evening and fast one hour after it An excellent Remedy for a Woman that hath great Brests IF a VVoman anoint often her Paps with the Juice of Succory it will make them round and hard if they be hanging or bagging it will draw them together whereby they shall seem like the Paps of a Maid A singular good Medicine for a Womans sore Brest occasioned by cold or otherwise TAke a Cole-wort-leaf and cut away the veins of it and then anoint the leafe it self with May-Butter first boiled with rose-Rose-water and then lay it to the Womans sore brest and it will asswage both the swelling and pain in a short time How to increase Milk in a Womans Brest TAke Crystall and beat it into fine pouder and mingle it with as much Fennel-seed likewise beaten into fine pouder and a little fine Sugar let the woman use to drink hereof often somewhat warm with a little White-wine and this will cause great store of Milk to increase in her Brests yea it will restore her Milk again although it be clean gone away from her An excellent Remedy to take away Freckles in the Face TAke the Blood of a VVhite Hen anoint your Face therewith and after three or four times dressing it will take away all the Spots and Freckles A most precious and approved Medicine to make the Face both fair and clear even as white as Milk TAke Blossoms of VVhite-Thorn and of Violets Blossoms of Beans and Blossoms of an Elder-Tree of each a like quantity and a Lemon thin sliced distill them and put the water into a Glass and stop it close and when you will use it take two spoonfulls thereof and wash your face with it twice or thrice a day for 4. or 5. dayes together and your skin will be exceeding clear and fair An excellent Gargle for a furred Mouth or Throat TAke Barley-water Strawbury-leaves Cinquefoile a stick of Licorish and half a pinte of VVhite-wine-Vineger let it run through a double Linen cloth twice or thrice after 〈◊〉 hath been well steeped the rein take this and you will find present help A solid form of Nasals TAke dry VVormwood Marjoram Morsu◠Galinae Betony Sage Dictamne of each two drams and the seed of Nigella Mustard Rue 1. dram trochishes of Athandall 4 scruples with the Juice of Beetes and Mercury Boyl them till the Juices be consumed then Incorporate them with a little Turpentine and make Tents of a finger long covering them with red silk and a threed at them So put it into the Nose and it will cause a snotty Nose and Sneesing and cleanse the brain very well An approved Receipt to heal a Fellon TAke the grounds of Ale and a handfull of Groundsel with a peece of soure Leven Boil them together to a Salve and apply it and it healeth the Sore A speciall Receit to preserve one from the Plague TAke of Aloes Hepatica and of pure Cynamon and Myrrhe of each 3 drachms of Cloves Mace and Wood of Aloes usually called Lignum Aloes Mastick and Bole Oriental of each 1 ounce mingle them and make thereof a fine powder and drink thereof every morning fasting either in White-wine allayed with water or in Ale and this by Gods help will preserve you from being infected with the Plague Another excellent Remedie to preserve one from being infected with the Plague TAke of the Powder Imperial one drachm and an half and one drachm of Treacle of Dragon-water and Sorrel-water of each 1 ounce Drink it with Ale in the morning fasting and by Gods grace you shall escape the danger of the Plague A speciall good Medicine to heal and cure the Canker in a Womans Brest TAke the Juice of Selandine and Goose-dung of each an equal proportion then take Pellitory of the Wall Garlick and Rie-meal stamp them in a Mortar fry or boil them all together in good pure Wine vineger and let it boil untill it be thick like a Salve then make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Sore and so let it continue untill you perceive that it be white then take a good quantity of Pimpernel and grinde it very small and adde thereunto a good quantitie of English honey and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Sore and it will heal it in a very short time A speciall Remedy to destroy a Canker in any part of the body TAke a good quantity of the Bark of a Slowe-Tree chop it very small and boil it in some fair running Water and let it boil till it be black then temper it with a little Rie-meal a little burnt Allom powdered and a little Honey Make a plaister thereof and lay it to the place grieved and it will speedily heal it A wonderfull good Medicine for a Canker in the Mouth TAke Penny-royall red Fennell red-Sage Rosemary-tops and Maiden-hair of each a good handful and a little Hysop Boil them together in a quart of White-wine and put thereto the quantity of 2 Wallnuts of Roch-Allom and as much Honey as will make it sweet then take it and strain it through a fine linen-cloth and wash the parties mouth well therewith and it will cure him Another approved Receipt for a Canker in the Mouth TAke a good quantity of White-wine-Vineger and as much Honey set them over the fire to boil with a little Allom and when you think it is well boiled take it off and wash your mouth often well therewith and it will help you For the Kings-Evill TAke of pure Yellow