of Bayes then let it boyl again a little then let your clothes be but of a reasonable size to dip them in it then you must have two sticks which must be hollow in the middle to strip the clothes through then lay them abroad until they be cold upon a board then rowl them up and keep them and when you use them lay them upon the place grieved and let them lie 12 hours then take it off and wipe it and lay the other side and let that lie as long A Plague Water to be taken three times for the first helpeth not Take a Gallon of White-wine Ale or Beer and to that quantity take a quarter of a pound of each of these Herbs following Rose-water a quarter of a pint Rue Sage Vervain Egrimony Bettony Celendine Carduus Angelica Pimpernel Scabious Valerian Wormwood Dragons Mugwort all these Herbs must you shred in gross together and steep in the aforesaid liquor the night before you distil it in a Rose-water still and then keep the first water by it self being the weaker and therefore fitter for Children it helpeth all Fevers Agues and Plagues being thus taken seven spoonfuls or thereabout of the strongest blood warm and give it to the party to drink in an Ague or Fever an hour before the fit come and so to sweat either by exercise or in your bed but your stomach must be empty and if it be taken for the Plague then put it into a little Diascordium or Mithridate A Defensive Plaister Take the white of an Egg and Bole Armoniack spread it on leather A Syrrup for a Cold. Take Colts foot Water Hyssop water and Honey put Liquorish Annise seeds and Elecampane put thereto the juice of Fennel and boyl them To stay the bleeding of a wound Take Charcoal red hot out of the fire and beat it to powder A Poultess Take Milk Oatmeal and red Rose leaves and a little Deers suet For the Running of the Reins Take Cups of Acrons and grate them and grate some Nutmeg put this in Beer and drink it For a Poultess Take Linseed and beat it to powder boyl it in Milk with Mallows and Sheeps suet For a Blast Take a good quantity of Vervin and boyl it in Milk and wash the blast therewith very well then bind the herb very close to it some few hours after wash it again the Milk being warmed and so bind it up again the oftner it is done the better and in a day or two it will be well if it be taken before it fester Another Take a good quantity of Vericon being green with as much Dill chop them together and boyl them in Boars grease as much as will cover them and for want thereof so much May butter and when they be boyled together let them stand 2 or 3 days and then boyl it a little and so strain it through a cloth A Balsamum Take in the latter end of September good store of Honey suckle berries and put them in a body of a glass Still stopped and set it in hot horse-dung 8 days distil it in Balneo then when you have drawn the water forth pour the water into the stuff again stop it close and put it into the dung 24 hours then set it in ashes and distil both water and oyl with a great fire as much as will come forth and at last separate the water from the oyl in Balneo To make an excellent oyl of Hypericon Take flowers leaves and seed of Hypericon as much as you list beat them together and infuse them in White-wine that they may be covered therewith and set them in the Sun for ten days then put thereto so much oyl-Olive as all the rest do weigh and let it stand ten days more in the Sun but look that you weigh the Oyl to know how much it is then put thereto for every pound of Oyl two ounces of Turpentine and 1 dram of Saffron and of Nutmegs and Cloves of each half an ounce of Myrrh and Rosin of each 1 ounce and of the root of Briony 2 ounces put them all in a Vessel of glass and mix them well together and set them in a Vessel of hot water and then set thereto a head of glass and Receiver well shut and boyl it so long until no more will distil from it which will be about 24 hours then take it out and strain it whilst it is hot and keep it in a Vessel of Glass and when you first use it heat it well and apply it upon a wound without using any tent at all this is excellent for a green wound especially if there be veins sinews or bones offended or cut it keepeth wounds from putrefaction it cleanseth them and easeth pain and doth incarnate and skin them it helpeth bruises pains aches or swelling in any part and is wonderful good against venom or poyson For the Falling sickness Take the roots of single Pionie grate them drink them and wear some of them about your neck For the kibed Heels Take a Turnip make a hole in the top of it take out some of the pith infuse into that hole oyl of Roses then stop close the hole roast the Turnip under the embers when it is soft apply it plaisterwise warm to the kibe bind it fast Lapis Prunellae A Medicine for sore Eyes Take one pound of Saltpeter boyl it in a Goldsmiths earthen pot with a very hot fire round about it let it boyl till it be very black and melted then take a quarter of an ounce or 6 pennyweight of Roch-allum and a quarter of an ounce of Brimstone break them and put them in the Saltpeter by little at once as it boyleth and let it burn till the flame go out of it self then pour it in a brass Ladle or into a Chafer and so let it stand till it be cold and when you will use it scrape it very fine with a knife and put a little of it to the sore eyes hold down the eye-lids till the pain be gone then let the water drop out of the eye This Medicine taketh away the Pearl Pin and Web in the eye and all sores and blood-shed it also helpeth the Toothach being put into the hollow Tooth with a little lint if the Tooth be not hollow rub it outward Finally it helpeth a stinking breath being eaten in the morning fasting For a Scald-head Take a handful of Grovers shreds and a handful of Dock-roots the pith taken out and boyl them in strong Ale until they be reasonable thick and annoint the head therewith For a Bloody Flux Take Rubarb and roast it then grind it to powder and take as much as will lie upon a six-pence and keep warm that day the next day eat conserve of Roses mixed with Coral and drink that day if you will posset Ale made of Cammomile For the Itch. Take a pound of Butter unwashed and unsalted 3 good handfuls of red Sage and as much Brimstone beaten into powder as a
drink Take half a pound of Horse-raddish then wash and scrape them very clean and slice them very thin-cross-ways on the root then put them into six quarts of small Ale such as is ready for drinking which being put into a pipkin close covered set on the embers keeping it a little more than blood warm for twelve hours then take it off the fire and let it stand to cool until the next morning then pour the clear liquor into bottles and keep it for your use drinking a good draught thereof in the morning fasting two hours after and the like quantity at four in the afternoon this drink is excellent good against winds as also for the scurvy and dropsie being taken in time An excellent Syrrup against Melancholy Take four quarts of the juice of Pearmains and twice as much of the juice of Bugloss and Borage if they be to be gotten a drachm of the best English Saffron bruise it and put it into the juice then take two drachms of Kermes small beaten to powder mix it also with the juice so being mixt put them into an earthen vessel covered or stopt forty eight hours then strain it and allow a pound of sugar to every quart of juice and so boil it to the ordinary height of a syrrup after it is boiled take one drachm of the spices of Dramber and two drachms of the spices of Diamargariton frigidum and so sew the same slenderly in a linnen bag that you may put the same easily into the bottle of syrrup and so let it hang with a thred out at the mouth of the bottle the spices must be put into the syrrup in the bag so soon as the syrrup is off the fire whilst it is hot then afterwards put it into the bottle and there let it hang put but a spoonful or two of Honey amongst it whilst it is boiling and it will make the scum rise and the syrrup very clear You must add to it the quantity of a quarter of a pint of the juice of Balm An excellent Receipt for the Plague Take one pound of green Walnuts half an ounce of Saffron and half an ounce of London Treacle beaten together in a mortar and with a little Carduus or some such water vapour it over the fire till it come to an Electuary keep this in a pot and take as much as a Walnut it is good to cure a Feaver Plague and any infection An excellent Cordial Take the flowers of Marigolds and lay them in small spirit of wine when the tincture is fully taken out pour it off from the flowers and vapour it away till it come to a consistence as thick as an Electuary For a bruise or stitch under the Ribs Take five or six handfuls of Cabbage stamp it and strain it after it is boiled in a quart of fair water then sweeten it with Sugar and drink it off in a wine-glass in the morning and at four in the afternoon for five or six days together then take a Cabbage leaf and between two dishes stew it being wet first in Canary wine and that lay hot to your side evening and morning An excellent Receipt for an Itch or any foul Scabs Take Fox gloves and boil a handful of them in posset-drink and drink of it a draught at night and in the morning then boil a good quantity of the Fox gloves in fair running water and anoint the places that are sore with the water A Receipt good for the Liver Take Turpentine slice it thin and lay it on a silver or Purslane Plate twice or thrice in the oven with the bread till it be dry and so make it into powder every day take as much as will lie on a six-pence in an Egg. For Flegm and stopping in the throat and stomach D. T. Take oyl of Almonds Linseed oyl buds of Orange flowers boil all these in Milk and anoint the stomach well with it and lay a scarlet cloth next to it For an extream cold and cough Take of Hyssop water 6 ounces of red Poppy water four ounces six Dates ten Figs and slice them small a handful of Raisins of the Sun the weight of a shilling of the powder of Liquorish put these into the aforesaid waters and let them stand 5 or 6 hours upon warm embers close covered and not boil then strain forth the water and put into it as much sugar of Roses as will sweeten it drink of this in the morning and at four of the clock in the afternoon and when you go to bed To distil Treacle water Take one ounce of Harts-horn shaved and boil it in three pints of Carduus water till it come to a quart then take the roots of Elecampane Gentian Cypress Tormentil and of Citron rinds of each one ounce Borage Bugloss Rosemary flowers of each two ounces then take a pound of the best old Treacle and dissolve it in six pints of white-wine and three pints of Rose-water so infuse all together and distil it It is good to restore spirits and speech and good against swooning faintness agues and worms and the small pox Treacle-water Take three ounces of Venice Treacle and mingle it in a quart of spirits of wine set it in Horse-dung 4 or 5 days then still it in ashes or sand twice over after take the bottom which is left in the Still and put to it a pint of spirit of wine and set it in the dung till the tincture be clean out of it and strain the clear tincture out of it and set it on the fire till it come to be a thick consistence it must be kept with a soft fire And so the like with saffron To take away Hoarsness Take a Turnip cut a hole in the top of it and fill it up with brown Sugar-candy and so roast it in the embers and eat it with Butter To take away the Head-ach Take the best Sallet oyl and the glass half full with tops of poppy flowers which grow in the Corn set this in the Sun a fortnight and so keep it all the year and anoint the temples of your head with it For a Cough Take Sallet oyl Aqua vitae and Sack of each an equal quantity beat them all together and before the fire rub the soles of your feet with it To make Jelly of Harts-horn Take a quart of running water and three ounces of Harts-horn scraped very fine then put it into a stone Jug and set the Jug in a kettle of water over the fire and let it boyl 2 or 3 hours until it jelly then put into it 3 or 4 spoonfuls of Rose-water or White-wine then strain it you may put into it Musk or Ambergreece and season it as you please To make a Glister Take half a quart of new Milk or 3 quarters set it on the fire and make it scalding hot then take it off and put it into it the yolk of a new laid Egg beaten two ounces of brown sugar-candy or black
of each of them a like quantity and seeth them in White-wine and make a Plaister thereof and let it be laid as hot as may be suffered to the place grieved and this will ease a pain and asswage the swelling An approved Medicine for a stinking Breath Take a good quantity of Rosemary leaves and flowers and boyl them in White-wine and with a little Cinnamon and Benjamin beaten in powder being put thereto let the Patient use to wash his mouth very often therewith and this will presently help him A good Broth for one that is weak Take part of a Neck of Lamb and a pretty running Fowl and set them on the fire in fair spring water and when it boyleth scum it well so done put in two large Mace and a few Raisins of the Sun stoned and a little Fennel root and a Parsly root and let them boyl if the party be grieved with heat or cold in the stomach if heat put in two handful of barley boyled before in two waters and some Violet leaves Sorrel Succory and a little Egrimony if cold put in Rosemary Thyme a little Marrigold leaves Borrage and Bugloss and boyl this from 4 pints to less than one A Receipt for Purging D. T. Take the leaves of new Sene 6 ounces of chosen Rubarb one ounce and half leaves of Sage and Dock roots of each one ounce of Barberries half an ounce Cinnamon and Nutmeg of each an ounce Annise-seeds and Fennel seeds of each six drachms of Tamarisk half an ounce Cloves and Mace of each half a drachm beat them into a gross powder and hang them in a linnen bag in six gallons of new Ale so drink it fasting in the morning and at night To comfort the stomach and help windiness and Rheum Take of Ginger one penny-worth Cloves 4 penny-worth Mace seven penny-worth Nutmeg 4 penny-worth Cinnamon 4 penny-worth and Galingal two penni-worth of each an ounce of Cubebs Corral and Amber of each 2 drachms of Fennel seeds Dill seed and Carraway seed of each one ounce of Liquorish and Annise seeds of each an ounce all beaten into fine powder 1 pound and a half of fine beaten Sugar which must be set on a soft sire and being dissolved the powders being well mixed therewith till it be stiff then put thereunto half a pint of red Rose-water and mix them well together and put it into a gally pot and take thereof first in the morning and last in the evening as much as a good Hasel Nut with a spoonful or two of red Wine To make a Callice for a weak person Take a good Chicken and a piece of the neck end of Lamb or Veal not so much as the Chicken and set them on the fire and when they boil and are well scummed cast in a large mace and the pieces of the bottom of a manchet and half a handful of French barly boiled in 3 waters before and put it to the Broth and take such herbs as the party requireth and put them in when the broth hath boiled half an hour so boil it from 3 and a half to 1 then cast it through a strainer and scum off all the fat so let it cool then take 20 good Jordan almonds or more if they be small and grind them in a mortar with some of the broth or if you think your broth too strong grind them with some fair water and strain them with the broth then set it upon a few coals and season it with some Sugar not too much and when it is almost boiled take out the thickest and beat it all to pieces in the mortar and put it in again and it will do well so there be not too much of the others flesh For the Gout Take 6 drams of Ciriacostine fasting in the morning and fast 2 hours after it you may roul it up in a Wafer and take it as Pills or in Sack as you conceive is most agreeable for the stomach this proportion is sufficient for a Woman take 8 drams for a man and take it every second day until you find remedy for it it is a gentle purge that works only upon winds and water The Poultess for the Gout Take a penny loaf of whitebread and slice it and put it in fair water 2 Eggs beaten together a handful of red Rose leaves 2 pennyworth of Saffron dryed to powder then take the bread out of the water and boyl it in a quantity of good milk with the rest of the ingredients and apply it to the place grieved as warm as you can well endure For them that cannot hear Put into their ears good dried Suet. A Soveraign water good for many Cures and the health of bodies Take a gallon of good Gascoign Wine White or Claret then take Ginger Galingal Cardomon Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Cloves Annise seeds Fennel seeds Carraway seeds of each of them 3 drams then take Sage Mint red Rose leaves Thyme Pellitory Rosemary wild Thyme wild Marjoram Organy Pennymountain Pennyroyal Cammomil Lavendar Avens of each of them a handful then beat the spices small and the herbs and put all into the Wine and let it stand for the space of 12 hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Limbeck and keep the first water by it self for it is best then will there come a second water which is good but not so good as the first the Virtues of this Water be these It comforteth the Spirit Vital and preserveth greatly the Spirit Vital and preserves the youth of man and helpeth all inward diseases coming of cold and against shaking of the Palsie It cureth the contract of sinews and helpeth the conception of the barren it killeth the worms in the belly it killeth the Gout it helpeth the tooth-ach it comforteth the stomach very much it cureth the cold Dropsie it breaketh the stone in the back and in the reins of the back it cureth the Canker it helpeth shortly the stinking breath and whosoever useth this water oft it preserveth them in good liking this water will be better if it stand in the Sun all the Summer and you must draw of the first water but a pint and of the second as far as it will run until the whole gallon of wine and herbs be all done out but the last water is very small and not half so good as the first if you do draw above a pint of the best water you must have all things more as is aforesaid To stench the bleeding of a wound Take a Hounds turd and lay it on a hot coal and bind it thereto and that shall stench bleeding or else bruise a long worm and make powder of it and cast it on the wound or take the ear of a Hare and make powder thereof and cast that on the wound and that will stench bleeding For spitting of blood after a fall or bruise Take Bettany Vervain Nose-bleed and 5 leaved grass of each alike and stamp them in a mortar and wring out
a most excellent Medicine A Medicine for a Wen. Take black Soap and unquencht Lime of each a like quantity beat them very small together and spread in on a woollen cloth and lay it on the Wen and it will consume it away For breaking out of Childrens heads Take of White-wine and sweet Butter alike and boyl them together till it come to a Salve and so anoint the head therewith For to mundifie and gently to cleanse Vlcers and breed new flesh Take Rosin eight ounces Colophonia four ounces Era Oliva Ana one pound Adipis ovini Gum Ammoniaci Opoponaci Ana one ounce fine Aeruginis aeris boyl your Wax Colophoni and Rosin with the Oyl together then strain the Gums being first dissolved in Vinegar and boyl it with a gentle fire then take it off and put in your Verdigreece and fine powder and use it according to Art. A Fomentation Take the liquor wherein Neats-feet have been boyled with Butter and new Milk and use it in manner of a Fomentation For the Falling-sickness or Convulsions Take the dung of a Peacock make it into powder and give sâ— much of it to the Patient as wilâ— lie upon a shilling in Succory-water fasting For a Tetter proceeding of a salt-humour in the Breast and Paps Annoint the sore place with Tanners Owse For the bloody Flux Take the bone of a Gammon oâ— Bacon and set it up on end in the middle or a Charcoal fire and let it burn till it look like Chalk and that it will burn no longer then powder it and give the powder thereof unto the sick A Plaister for all manner of bruises Take one pound of mede wax and a quartern of Pitch half a quartern of Galbanum and one pound of Sheeps tallow shred them and seeth them softly and put to them a little White-wine or good Vinegar and take of Frankincense and Mastick of each half an ounce in powder and put it to and boyl them together and still them till it be well relented and spread this salve upon a mighty Canvas that will overspread the sore and lay it thereon hot till it be whole To make Flos Unguentorum Take Rosin Perrosin and half a pound of Virgin wax Frankincense a quarter of a pound of Mastick half an ounce of Sheeps tallow a quarter of a pound of Camphire two drams melt that that is to melt and powder that that is to powder and boil it over the fire and strain it through a cloth into a bottle of White-wine and boyl it altogether and then let it cool a little and then put thereto a quartern of Turpentine and stir all well together till it be cold and keep it well this Ointment is good for sores old and new it suffereth no corruption in the Wound nor no evil flesh to be gendered in it and it is good for head-ach and for all manner of Imposthumes in the head and for wind in the brain and for Imposthumes in the body and for boyling ears and cheeks and for sauce flegm in the face and for Sinews that be knit or stiff or sprung with travel it doth draw out a thorn or iron in what place soever it be and it is good for biting or stinging of venemous beasts it rotteth and healeth all manner of Botches without and it is good for a Fester and Canker and Noli me Tangere and it draweth out all manner of a king of the Liver and of the Spleen and of the Mervis and it is good for a king and swelling of many members and for all members and it ceaseth the flux of Menstrua and of Emeroids and it is a special thing to make a fumed cloth to heal all manner of sores and it searcheth farthest inward of any Ointment An Ointment for all sorts of Aches Take Bettony Cammomile Celendine Rosemary and Rue of each of them a handful wash the herbs and press out the water and then chop or stamp them very small and then take fresh Butter unwashed and unsalted a quart and seeth it until half be wasted and clarified them scum it clean and put in of oyl of Olives 1 ounce a piece of Virgins Wax for to harden the Oyntment in the summer time and if you make it in the winter put into your Ointment a little quantity of foot-fennel instead of the Virgins Wax An excellent Syrrup to purge Take of Sena Alexandria one pound Polipodium of the Oak 4 ounces Sarsaparilla two ounces Damask Prunes 4 ounces Ginger seven drams Annise seeds one ounce Cummin-seed half an ounce Carraway seeds half an ounce Cinnamon 10 drams Aristolochia rotunda Peonia of each 5 drams Rubarb one ounce Garlick six drams Tamarisk two handfuls boyl all these in a gallon of fair water unto a pottle and when the liquor is boyled half away strain it forth and then put in your Rubarb and Agarick in a thin clean handkerchief and tie it up close and put into the said liquor and then put in two pound of fine Sugar and boyl it to the height of a syrrup and take of it the quantity of six spoonfuls or more or less as you find it worketh in you To make drink for all kind of Surfeits Take a quart of Aqua or small Aqua vitae and put in that a good handful of Cowslip flowers Sage-flowers a good handful and of Rosemary flowers a handful sweet Marjorum a little Pellitory of the wall a little Bettony and Balm of each a pretty handful Cinnamon half an ounce Nutmegs a quarter of an ounce Fennel seed Annise seed Coriander seed Carraway seed Grumwel seed Juniper berries of each a dram bruise your spices and seeds and put them into your aqua or aqua vitae with your herbs together and put to that 3 quarters of a pound of very fine Sugar stir them together and put them in a glass and let it stand nine days in the Sun and let it be stirred every day it is to be made in May steeped in a wide mouthed glass and strain'd out into a narrow mouth'd glass A Medicine for the Reins of the back Take Housleek and stamp and strain it then dip a fine linnen cloth into it and lay it to the reins of the back and that will heal it A Medicine for the Ach in the back Take Egrimony and Mugwort both leaves and roots and stamp it with old Bores grease and temper it with Honey and Eysell and lay it to the back For a Stitch. Take Roses and Cammomile of each a handful and oyl of Roses and oyl of Cammomile of both together a saucer full and a quantity of Barly flower boyl all these together in Milk and then take a linnen bag and put it therein and lay the plaister as hot as may be suffered where the stitch is To make a salve for wounds that be cankered and do burn Take the juice of Smallage of Morrel of Waberb of each alike then take the white of Eggs and mingle them together
it and if the Wound bleed wipe it and make it clean washing it with White-wine or water then lay the said juice upon the wound and the herb whereof you take the juice upon it then make your band and let it abide on a whole day and you shall see a wonderful effect A Bag to smell unto for Melancholy or to cause one to sleep Take dry Rose leaves keep them close in a glass which will keep them sweet then take powder of Mints powder of Cloves in a gross powder and put the same to the Rose leaves then put all these together in a bag and take that to bed with you and it will cause you to sleep and it is good to smell unto at other times For spitting of Blood. Take the juice of Bettony tempered with Goats Milk and drink thereof three or four mornings together An Ointment for all sores cuts swellings and heat Take a good quantity of Smallage and Mallows and put thereto 2 pounds of Bores grease 1 pound of Butter and Oyl of Neats foot a quantity stamp them well together then fry them and strain them into an earthen pot and keep it for your use Salve for a new Hurt Take the whitest Virgins wax you can get and melt it in a pan then put in a quantity of Butter and Honey and seeth them together then strain them into a dish of fair water and work it in your hands and make it in a round Ball and so keep it and when you will use it work some of it between your hands and strike it upon a cloth and lay it upon the sore and it will draw and heal it Against the biting of a mad Dog and the rage or madness that followeth a man after he is bitten Take the blossoms or flowers of wild Thistles dried in the shade and beaten to powder give him to drink of that powder in White-wine half a Walnut shell full and in thrice taking it he shall be healed Against the grief in the Lungs and spitting of blood Take the Herb called of the Apothecary Vngula Caballina in English Colts foot incorporated well with the lard of a Hog chopped and a new laid Egg boyl it together in a pan and give it to the patient to eat doing this nine mornings you shall see a marvellous thing this is also good to make a man fat Against spitting of Blood by reason of some vein broken in the breast Take Mice dung beaten into powder as much as will lie upon a groat and put it in a half a glassful of the juice of Plantane with a little sugar and so give the patient to drink thereof in the morning before breakfast and at nighâ— before he go to bed continuinâ— the same it will make him wholâ— and sound For to cleanse the Head. Take Pellitory of Spain and chew the roots three days a good quantity and it will purge the head and do away the Ach and fasten the teeth in the gums A good remedy against the Pleurisie Open a white loaf in the middle new baked and spread it will with Treacle on both the halfs on the crum side and heat it at the fire then lay one of the halfs on the place of the disease and the other half on the other side of the body directly against it and so bind them that they loose not nor stir leaving them so a day and a night or until the Imposthume break which I have sometimes seen in two hours or less then take away the bread and immediately the Patient will begin to spit and void the putrefaction of the Imposthume and after he hath slept a â—ittle you shall give him meat and with the help of God he shall shortly heal For a Pin or Web in the Eye Take two or three Lice out of ones head and put them alive into the eye that is grieved and so close it up and most assuredly the Lice will suck out the Web in the eye and will cure it and come forth without any hurt A Remedy to be used in a fit of the Stone when the water stops Take the fresh shells of Snails the newest will look of a reddish colour and are best take out the Snails and dry the shells with a moderate heat in an oven after the bread is drawn likewise take Bees and dry them so and beat them severally into powder then take twice so much of the Bees powder as the Snails and mix them well together keep it close covered in a glass and when you use it take as much of this powder as will lie upon a six-pence and put into a quarter of a pint of the distilled water of Bean flowers and drink it fasting or upon an empty stomach and eat nor drink nothing for 2 or 3 hours after This is good to cause the party to make urine bring away the gravel or stone that causeth the stopping hath done very much good A Syrrup for the pain in the Stomach Take 2 good handfuls of young Rue boyl it in a quart of good White-wine Vinegar till it be half consumed so soon as it is through cold strain it and put to every pint of the liquor a pound and a quarter of loaf-sugar and boil it till it come to a Syrrup when you use it take a good spoonful of this in the morning fasting and eat nor drink nothing for 2 or 3 hours after It is good for pain in the stomach that proceeds of windy vapours and is excellent good for the Lungs and obstructions of the Breast Receipts for bruises approved by the Lady of Arundel Take black Jet beat it to powder and let the Patient drink it every morning in beer till it be well Another for the same Take the sprigs of Oak trees and put them in paper roast them and break them and drink as much of the powder as will lie upon a six-pence every morning untill the Patient be well To cause easie labour Take 10 or 12 days before her looking 6 ounces of brown sugar-candy beaten to powder a quarter of a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned 2 ounces of Dates unstoned sliced half an ounce of Annise seeds bruised a quarter of an ounce of Cowslip flowers one dram of Rosemary flowers put them in a fine lawn bag with a flint stone that it may sink into a pottle of White-wine let it steep 24 hours and after take of it in the morning and at 4 in the afternoon and in the evening the quantity of a wine glass full A Cordial for the Sea. Take 1 ounce of syrrup of Clove-Gilliflowers 1 dram of Confectio Alchermes an ounce and a half of Borrage water and the like of mint-Mint-water 1 ounce of Mr. Mountfords water and as much of Cinnamon water temper all these together in a Cordial and take a spoonful at a time when you are at Sea. A Plaister to strengthen the Back Take 8 yolks of Eggs new laid 1 ounce of Frankincense beaten
close and with a quick fire roast him and the Oyl that droppeth out is a most singular Oyl for all Palsies or numness Approved To comfort the brain and procure sleep Take brown bread crums the quantity of one Walnut one Nutmeg beaten to powder one dram of Cinnamon put these into a Napkin with two spoonfuls of Vinegar 4 spoonfuls of Rosewater and one of Womans Milk. For the weakness in the Back Take the pith of an Ox back put it into a pottle of water then seeth it to a quart then take a handful of Comfrey one handful of knotted grass one handful of Shepherds purse put these into a quart of water boyl them unto a pint with 6 Dates boyled therein For a Canker in any part of the Body Take Fil-bird Nut-leaves Lavender cotten Southernwood Wormwood Sage Woodbind leaves sweet Brier leaves of each a like quantity of Allum and Honey a good quantity seeth all these till they be half sodden wash the Sore with it For an old bruise Take one spoonful of the juice of Tansie and as much Nip two pennyworth of Sperma Ceti put it into a little Ale and drink it Oyl of Foxes or Badgers for Ach in the joints the Sciatica diseases of the Sinews and pains of the Reins and Back Take a live Fox or Badger of a middle age of a full body well fed and fat kill him bowel and skin him some take not out his bowels but only his Excrements in his guts because his guts have much grease about them break his bones small that you may have all the marrow this done set him a boyling in salt Brine and sea water and salt water of each a pint and a half of oyl three pints of salt 3 ounces in the end of the decoction put thereto the leaves of Sage Rosemary Dill Organy Marjorum and Juniper berries and when he is so sodden that his bones and flesh do depart in sunder strain all through a strainer and keep it in a vessel to make Linaments for the Ach in the joynts the Sciatica diseases of the sinews and pains of the reins and back To make the Leaden Plaister Take 2 pound and 4 ouuces of oyl Olive of the best of good red Lead one pound white lead one pound well beaten to dust twelve ounces of Spanish sope and incorporate all these well together in an earthen pot well glazed before you put them to boyl and when they are well incorporated that the sope cometh upward put it upon a small fire of coals continuing upon the fire the space of an hour and a half still stirring it with an Iron Ball upon the end of a stick then make the fire somewhat bigger until the redness be turned into a gray colour but you must not leave stirring till the matter be turned into the colour of oyl or somewhat darker then drop of it upon a wooden trencher and if it cleave not to the finger it is enough then make it up into rowls it will keep twenty years the older the better The virtue of the Plaister The same being laid upon the stomach provoketh appetite it taketh away any grief in the stomach being laid on the belly is a present remedy for the Cholick and laid unto the reins of the back it is good for the bloody Flux running of the Reins the heat of the Kidneys and weakness of the back the same healeth all swellings bruises and taketh away ach it breaks Fellons pushes and other Imposthumes and healeth them the same draweth out any running humours without breaking the skin and being applied to the fundament it healeth any disease there growing being laid on the head is good for the Uvula it healeth the head-ach and is good for the eyes For a pricking of a Thorn. Take fine Wheat-flower bolted temper it with Wine and seeth it thick lay it hot to the sore A Medicine for the Plague Take a pint of Malmsey and burn it well then take about six spoonfuls thereof and put to the quantity of a Nutmeg of good Treacle and so much spice grains beaten as you can take up with the tops of your 2 fingers mix it together and let the party sick drink it blood-warm if he be infected it will procure him to cast which if he do give him as much more and so still again and again observing still some quantity till the party leave casting and so after he will be well if he cast not at all once taken it is enough and probably it is not the sickness after the party hath left casting it is good to take a competent draught of burnt Malmsie alone with Treacle and Grains it will comfort much Another Medicine for the Plague Take of Setwel grated one root of Jane Treacle two spoonfuls of Wine Vinegar 3 spoonfuls of fair water 3 spoonfuls make all these more than luke-warm and drink them off at once well steeped together sweat after this six or seven hours and it will bring forth the Plague sore To break the Plague sore Lay a roasted Onion also seeth a white Lilly root in milk till it be as thick as a Poultess and lay it to the same if these fail launce the sore and so draw it and heal it with salves for Botches or Biles To make a Salve to dress any wound Take Rosin and Wax of each half a pound of Deer suet and Frankincense of each one quarter of a pound of Mastick in powder one ounce boyl all these in a pint of White-wine half an hour with a soft fire and stir it in the boyling that it run not over then take it from the fire and put thereto half an ounce of Camphire in powder when it is almost cold put thereto one quarter of a pound of Turpentine after all these be mingled together then put it into White-wine and wash it as you wash Butter and then as it cools make it up in rowls A most excellent Water for sore Eyes Take a quart of Spring water set it upon the fire in an earthen Pipkin then put into it 3 spoonfuls of white salt and one spoonful of white Coperas then boyl them a quarter of an hour scum it as it doth boyl then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and keep it for your use When you take it you must lie down upon the bed and drop two drops of it into your eye so rest one quarter of an hour not wiping your eyes and use it as often as need shall require If the eye have any pearl or film growing upon it then take a handful of red double Dasie leaves and stamp them and strain them through a linnen cloth and drop thereof one drop into your eye using it three times A Plaister for one that is bruised Take half a pint of Sallet Oyl or Neats-foot Oyl half a pint of English Honey 2 or 3 pennyworth of Turpentine a good quantity of Hogs grease 2 or 3 pennyworth of Bole Armoniack half a pint of
as other Aqua vitae For an Ach in the Joynts Take clarified Butter a quarter of a pound of Cummin 1 pound black sope a quarter of a pound 1 handful of Rue sheep suet 2 ounces Bay-salt 1 spoonful bray these together then fry them with the gall of an Ox spread it on a plaister and lay it on as hot as you can and let it lie seven days A Plaister to lay to the Head for a Rheum which runneth at the Eyes Take the power of Rose leaves Rose-water and Bettony-water of each a like quantity and a little Vinegar put your powders into the Water and Vinegar still them and temper them and make them in a Plaister and put to it a little powder of Terra sigillata A Water to be used with the Plaister above said for the same purpose Take one quart of new Milk two pound of green Fennel a quarter of a pound of Eyebrightâ— put the herbs and milk into a Stilâ—latory cast half an ounce of Camâ—phire thereon and with this waâ—ter wash your eyes and temples For the Emeroides approved Take a piece of tawny clothâ— burn it in a Frying-pan to powder then beat it in a Mortar a fine as may be searce it then laâ— it on a brown paper and witâ— spittle make it plaisterwise and lay it to the place and truss it up with clothes To break any Sore Take hot bread to the quantity of a farthing loaf grate it puâ— thereto sallet oyl 3 or 4 spoonfuls and a pint of Milk and seeth then together to a good thicknessâ— spread it on a cloath and lay it to the sore instead of sallet oyl yoâ— may use Deer suet A Bath for an Ach in the Back and Limbs Take Mugwort Vervain Fetherâ—few Dill Rosemary Burnet Tunhoof Horehound and white Mints Senkel and sage of each 1 handful seeth all these in 4 gallons of running water and let it seeth till 1 gallon be wasted then bath your legs 5 nights together A Medicine for any Joynt that is numb with any Ach approved Take Virgin Wax 1 ounce Verdigreece half a quarter of an ounce Brimstone Sope oyl of Eggs of Allum of Honey of each a like quantity temper them all together and lay it upon the place grieved somewhat warm A Medicine for a Fellon of any Finger Take as much bay-salt as an Egg wind it in gray paper lay it in the embers a quarter of an hour then beat it in a Mortar very fine then take the yolk of a new laid Egg beat it with this powder until it be very stiff spread it upon a cloth lay it upon the joynt grieved 24 hours and so dress it 3 times For a Boil or Push Take the yolk of a new laid Eggâ— a little English Honey put it into the shell to the yolk put in as much Wheat meal as will make it to spread then take 1 branch of Rue and one of Fetherfew shred them very fine and put it to the same medicine stir them very well together spread it upon a piece of leather and lay it to the place grieved An Electuary to cause good digestion and to comfort the stomach Take Setwel and Gallingal of each three slices Nutmegs Ginger and Cinnamon of each two slices three Bay-berries sliced fine and husked three slices of Liquorish half a spoonful of Annise-seeds clean dusted one long pepper cut small white pepper six grains as much black pepper beat them all into a gross powder then put thereto two grains of musk one grain of Ambergreece then take Mint-water and Sugar boyl them together and when they are come to the right perfection of thickness put in those powders above mentioned in the cooling with a little Conserve of Rosemary flowers of this take the quantity of a Nutmeg half an hour before you eat or drink at meals A Powder for the Rheum or sore Eyes Boyl one pint of Hop-water made when the Hop is in the flour till it be scalding hot then put into it half a pound of Liquorish in very fine powder the water being taken from the fire for the Liquorish must not boyl in the water stir them together till the water be clean consumed then add to them of Annise seeds and Fennel seeds of each half a pound made into very fine powder through a searce Angelica roots Elicampane root and leaves add flowers of Eyebright made into very fine powder of each one ounce and a half mingle these together and so keep it close and when you eat of this powder weigh out of the whole quantity two ounces whereunto add as much good Aqua vitae as will moisten it or Angelica water or Rosa solis to keep it from being musty set it near the fire eat of these powders at any time as much as you may take up with a groat and it is special good for the Rheum for cold or for sore eyes Mr. Bendlow A Salve for any Wound Take Rosin Perosin Wax of each eight ounces of sheeps suet and Frankincense of each four ounces one ounce of Mastick made in powder boyl all these in a pint of White-wine half an hour then take it from the fire and put thereto half an ounce of Camphire in powder when it is almost cold put thereto 4 ounces of Turpentine and make it up in rowls but before it be rowled you must wash it up in running water A. T. How to deliver a Child in danger Take a Date stone beat it into powder let the woman drink it with Wine then take Polipody and emplaister it to her feet and the Child will come whether it be quick or dead then take Centory green or dry give it the Woman to drink in Wine give also the Milk of another Woman A most singular Syrrup for the Lungs and to prevent a Consumption Take Egrimony Scabious Borrage Bugloss of each twenty leaves Fole-foot Lungwort Maiden-hair of each half a handful Succory and Endive of each six leaves of Carduus Benedictus Horehound Nip of each four crops unset Hop half a handful Fennel roots Parsley roots Smallage root of each 3 roots sliced and the piths taken out Elecampane 4 roots sliced Iris roots half an ounce sliced Quince seeds one ounce Liquorish three good sticks scraped and sliced small twenty Figs sliced Raisins of the Sun 1 good handful sliced and the stones taken out Boyl all these in a gallon of running water till half be consumed then take it from the fire and let it settle then strain it and boyl it again with as much white Sugar as will make it thick as Syrrup that it may last all the year A Powder for the Stone Take Haws and Hips of each a good handful Ashen keys half a handful 3 or 4 Acrons the shells of three new laid Eggs Grumwell seeds Parsley seeds of each half an ounce Perstone a good handful Camock roots half a handful make all these in fine powder then put thereto two ounces of Sugar-candy beaten something small take
a six-penny weight of this powder at a time in the morning fasting and drink not after it one hour For the Cholick and Stone Take 1 handful of Fili Pendula of Rosemary of Saxifrage of Ivy growing on the wall of Harts-tongue of Thyme of Parsley of Scabious of each 4 handfuls of Marigolds one handful of Marjorum 3 handfuls of brown Fennel of Londebeese of Spernits of Borrage of each 2 handfuls of Maiden-hair 3 handfuls still all these in May keep it in a Glass till you have need of it then take of it five spoonfuls and three of White-wine and of clean powder of Ginger half a spoonful put these together and warm it lukewarm and let the Patient drink it in the morning 2 hours before he rise out of his bed let him lay more clothes upon him for it will provoke him to sweat after the sweat is gone let him rise and walk whither he will. A good water to drink with wine or without to cool Choler Take Borrage roots and Succory roots of each two wash and scrape them fair and clean and take out their cores then take an earthen pot of two gallons fill it with fair spring water set it on a fire of Charcoal put the roots in it and 8 pennyworth of Cinnamon when it beginneth to seeth put into it 4 ounces of fine sugar and let it seeth half an hour then take it off let it cool and drink thereof at your pleasure How to make Aqua Composita for the Cholick and Stone Take strong Ale one month old as many gallons as your pot will hold and for every gallon take two ounces of Liquorish and as much Annise seeds and of these Herbs following two handfuls of each to every gallon of Birch leaves Burnet Pasphere Pellitory of the wall Watercresses Saxifrage Grumwell seeds Filipendula Pennyroyal Fennel half a root of Elecampane of Haws of Hips of Berries of Brambles and Barberries of each half a pint still them as you do other Aqua vitae A Medicine for the Cholick passion Take the smooth leaves of Holly dry them and make them into powder of Grumwell seed and Box seed of each a little quantity let the Patient drink thereof How to take away the servent shaking and burning of an Ague Take of the rind of the Wilding-tree with the leaves in Summer of each half a handful as much Bettony 3 crops of Rosemary seeth them in a quart of posset-Ale to a pint and let the sick drink of this as hot as he can and so within 3 times it will ease him For the hardness and stiffness of the Sinews Take 12 fledg'd Swallows out of the nest kill them beat them feathers and all in a Mortar with Thyme Rosemary and Hop then seeth them with May butter a good while then strain them through a strainer as hard as you can and it will be an Ointment take the strings that grow out of the Strawberries and beat them amongst the rest How to stay the Flux Take white Starch made of wheat 2 or 3 spoonfuls and take also new Milk from the Cow stir these together and let them be warmed a little and give it to the party grieved in manner of a Glister a present remedy An approved Medicine for the Plague called the Philosophers Egg It is a most excellent preservative against all poysons or dangerous Diseases that draw towards the Heart Take a new laid Egg and break a hole so broad as you may take out the white clean from the yolk then take one ounce of Saffron and mingle it with the yolk but be careful you break not the shell then cover it with another piece of shell so close as is possible then take an earthen pot with a close cover with warm embers so that it shall not be buried and as those embers do cool so put in more hot and do so for the space of two days until you think it be dry for proof whereof you shall put in a pen and if it come out dry it is well then take the Egg and wipe it very clean then pare the shell from the Saffron and set it before the fire and let it be warm then beat it in a Mortar very fine and put it by it self then take as much white Mustard-seed as the Egg and Saffron and grind it as small as meal then searce it through a fine Boulter that you may save the quantity of the Egg so searced then take a quarter of an ounce of Dittany roots as much Tormentil of Nuces Vomicae one dram let them be dried by the fire as aforesaid then stamp these 3 last severally very fine in a Mortar then mix them 3 well together after that take as a thing most needful the root of Angelica and Pimpernel of each the weight of six-pence make them to powder and mix them with the rest then compound therewith five or six scruples of Unicorns horn or for want thereof Harts horn and take as much weight as all these fine powders come to of fine Treacle and stamp it with the powders in a Mortar until it be well mixt and hang to the pestle and then it is perfectly made then put the Electuary in a stone pot well nealed and so it will continue 20 or 30 years and the longer the better How to use this Electuary First when one is infected with the pestilence let him take so soon as he can or ever the disease infect the heart one crown weight in Gold of this Electuary and so much of fine Treacle if it be for a man but if it shall be for a woman or child take less and let them be well mixed together and if the disease come with cold give him the Electuary with half a pint of White-wine warm well mixed together but if it come with heat then give it him with Plantain Water or Well water and Vinegar mixt together and when he hath drunk the same let him go to his naked bed and put off his shirt and cover him warm but let his bed be well warmed first a hot double sheet wrapped about him and so let him sweat 7 8 or 10 hours as he is able to endure for the more he doth sweat the better because the disease fadeth away with the sweat but if he cannot sweat then heat 2 or 3 Bricks or Tiles and wrap them in moist clothes wet with water and salt and lay them by his sides in the bed and they will cause him to sweat and as he sweateth let it be wiped from his body with dry hot clothes being conveyed into the bed and his sweat being ended shift him into a warm bed with a warm shift all fresh new clothes using him very warily for taking of cold and let his clothes that he did sweat in be well aired and washed for they be infectious and let the keepers of the sick beware of the breath or air of the party in the time of his
and strain them and put thereto as much Claret Wine as the juice thereof and let the party drink it warm and if it keep within him 24 hours after he will recover if he be bound in the body let him take 3 spoonfuls of Syrrup of Damask Roses and two spoonfuls of Sallet oyl and drink it fasting and an hour after let the party take some warm broth For the Spleen Take of Lavender Fennel Parsley Cammomil Thyme Wormwood Angelica of each one handful of Sage and Rue one handful of Annise seeds and Fennel seeds of each one handful of Cummin seeds two handfuls of Cloves four spoonfuls and of Mace two spoonfuls gather these herbs in the heat of the day and dry them in the Sun two days laying them very thin on a sheet and bruise the seed grosly and steep them in as much Sallet oyl as will cover all these things and somewhat more and set them in the Sun ten days which being done strain your oyl from your Herbs and your spices and then infuse once again as before with Herbs and Spices in like manner add to this oyl that infused or strained and bitter Almonds and oyl of Capers half a pint then take a quarter of a spoonful of the said oyl and put in your hands your hands being warm rub them together and annoint and rub the Patient grieved with both your hands the one on the right side the other on the left from the loyns down to the bottom of the belly drawing your hands as hard as you can and make them to meet at the bottom of the belly and continue in continual rubbing about a quarter of an hour For a Burning or Scald Take a quantity of sheeps suet the white of Hen dung and fresh grease boyl all these together strain it and annoint the party with a feather For the Emeroids and Piles Take juice of Elder May-butter and Deer-suet melt them letting the juice and the butter simper and then put the suet to them make them into Pills and if you make a Suppository you must put in more Deers suet For the Canker in the Mouth or Nose Take the ashes of green leaves of Holly with half so much of the burnt powder of Allum blow with a quil into the place grieved and it will help man child or beast A Remedy for the Mother When the Fit beginneth to take them take the powder of white Amber and burn it in a Chafindish of coals and let them hold their mouthes over it and suck in the smoke and annoint their nostrils with the oyl of Amber and if they be not with child take 2 or 3 drops of the oyl of Amber in White-wine warm or cold but the oyl of Amber must be taken inward but once a day and outward as often as the fit taketh them A Medicine for the Worms Take one pennyworth of Alloes with the like quantity of Ox-gall and Mithridate mix them together and lay them on the Childs Navel upon a Plaister A Preservation against the Plague Take one dry Walnut take off the shell and peel cut it small and with a branch of Rue shred fine and a little wine-vinegar and salt put all into a sliced Fig take it up fasting and then you may drink a little wormwood after it and go where you list A Pill for those that are infected Taker of Aloes-succatrina half an ounce of Myrrh and English Saffron of each a quarter of an ounce beat them into small powder with Malmsey or a little Sack or Dioscoridon make two or three small pills thereof and take them fasting A Poultess to break a Plague-sore Take a white Lilly-root and seeth it in a pennyworth of Linseed and a pretty quantity of Barrows grease beat the Linseed first very soft afterwards beat all together in a Mortar make thereof a Plaister An Electuary for the Plague Take the weight of ten grains of Saffron 2 ounces of the kernels of Walnuts 2 or 3 Figs 1 dram of Mithridate and a few Sage leaves stampt together with a sufficient quantity of Pimpernel Water make up all these together in a mass or lump and keep it in a glass or pot for your use take the quantity of 12 grains fasting in the morning and it will not only preserve from the pestilence but expel it from the infected Against a Tertian Ague Take Dandillion clean washed stamp it and put it in Beer and let it stand all night in the Beer in the morning strain it and put half a spoonful of Treacle into it make it lukewarm and let the patient drink of it fasting upon his well day and walk upon it as long as he is able this hath been approved good for an Ague that cometh every second day Against the Wind. Take Cummin seed and steep them in a Sack 24 hours dry them by the fire and hull them then take Fennel seed Carraway seed and Annise seed beat all these together and take every morning half a spoonful in Broth or Beer fasting Another Take Enula Campana grate it and drink half a spoonful fasting For the sting of an Adder Take a head of Garlick and bruise it with some Rue add some Honey thereto and if you will some Treacle and apply it to the place For the biting of a Dog. Take Ragwort chop it and boyl it with unwasht butter to an Ointment A Medicine for a woman that hath a dead Child or for the after-birth after deliverance Take Date-stones dry them and beat them to powder then take Cummin seed Grain and English Saffron make them in powder and put them all together in like quantity saving less of the Saffron than of the rest then searce them very finely and when need is to drink it take a spoonful at once with a little Malmsie and drink it Milk-warm it is good to bring forth a dead Child or for the after birth or if the woman have any rising in her stomach or flushing in her face during her child-birth the Date-stones with round holes in the side are the best if you put a quantity of white Amber beaten amongst the powder it will be better To make the best Paracelsus Salve Take of Litharge of Gold and Silver of each 3 ounces and put to it one pound and half of good Sallet oyl and as much of Linseed oyl put it in a large earthen vessel well leaded of the fashion of a milk bowl or a great Bason set it over a gentle fire and keep it stirring till it begin to boyl then put to it of red lead and of Lapis Calaminaris of each half a pound keep it with continual stirring and let it boyl 2 hours or so long till it be something thick which you may know by dropping a little of it upon a cold board or stone then take a Skillet and put into it a pound of yellow Wax as much black Rosin half a pound of Gum-sandrach of yellow Amber Olibanum Myrâ—h of Aloes Hepatica of both
31 To strengthen the stomach 33. 150 For Sun-burn 35 For a Swelling 39. 51. 52. 53. 72. 115 For Spitting of blood 46. 71 Against Surfeiting 60. 111. 175 For Sinews that are shrunk 93 Dr. Stevens Water 65. 144 To cause one to sleep 71. 103. 119. 122 For pain in the Stomach 75 A Cordial for the Sea 78 For the Stone 81. 88. 94. 112. 134. 135 For an old Sore 89. 90. 101. 109. 128. 145 To make oil of Sage 87 For a Scald 97. 123. 152 To make oil of Swallows 116 A water for the Sight 121 For the stiffness of Sinews 138 For the Spleen 151 Vertues of spirit of Saffron 103 Vertues of spirit of Strawberries 195 T For stopping in the Throat 11 To distil Treacle Water 12 For a Tetter 97. 181 To keep Teeth clean 86 To cure the Gargee in the Throat 90 To quench thirst 120 For the Tooth-ach 88. 170 To fasten the Teeth ibid. To make one take their meat 179 The Vertues of Aqua Theriacalis 193 V How to stay Vomiting 33 How to stop the bleeding of a Vein 47 For a Vein ill smitten 48 For Vlcers 55 Flos Unguentorum 57 Against biting of venemous beasts 70 Against falling of the Vvula 183 W A Cordial for wind in the stomach 147. 156 Restoratives for the same 16. 17. 18 For a green Wound 27. 54. 69. 70. 83. 109. 128. 132 For one that is Weak 42 To stanch bleeding of a Wound 46. 96. 168 For a Woman travelling with Child 48. 79 For a Wen 54 For cankered Wounds 62 Dr. Willoughbies Water 66 To draw an Arrow-head or any Iron out of a Wound 69 For a Woman that hath her Flowers too much 91 To cause a Woman to have her sickness 94 To kill Worms 94. 154 For the Wind-Cholick 102 For one that cannot make Water 114. 182 To take away Warts 121 Y Yellow Jaundice 37 A Choice Manual OR RARE and SELECT SECRETS IN PHYSICK By the Right Honourable the Countess of KENT A very good Medicine for a Consumption and Cough of the Lungs TAke a pound of the best Honey as you can get and dissolve it in a Pipkin then take it off the fire and put in two penny worth of flower of brimstone and a pennyworth of powder of Elecampane and 2 pennyworth of the flower of Liquorice and 2 pennyworth of red Rose-water and so stir them together till they be all compounded together and put it into a gally-pot and when you use it take a Liquorish-stick beaten at one end and take up with it as much almost as half a Walnut at night when you go to bed and in the morning fasting or at any time in the night when you are troubled with the Cough and so let it melt down in your mouth by degrees Sir John Digbies Medicine for the Stone in the Kidneys Take a pound of the finest Honey and take 7 quarts of Conduit-water set them on the fire and when it is ready to seeth scum it and still as the froth rises scum it and put in 20 whole Cloves and let them seeth softly for the space of half an hour and so bottle it up for your use and drink it morning and evening and at your meat and use no other drink until you are well A Medicine for the falling sickness Take a penyweight of the powder of Gold six pennyweight of Pearl 6 pennyweight of Amber 6 pennyweight of Coral 8 grains of Bezoar half an ounce of Piony seed also you must put some powder of a dead mans Skull that hath been an Anatomy for a woman and the powder of a woman for a man compound all these together and take as much of the powder of all these as will lie upon a two-pence for 9 mornings together in Endive water and drink a good draught of Endive water after it For Cordials and Restoratives use these things following In any faintness take 3 drops of Oil of Cinnamon mixed with a spoonful of sirrup of Gilliflowers and as much Cinnamon-water drink this for a Cordial Against Melancholy Take 1 spoonful of Gilliflowers the weight of 7 Barly corns of Bever-stone bruise it as fine as flower and so put into 2 spoonfuls of syrrup of Gilliflowers and take it four hours after Supper or else four hours after dinner this will cheer the heart If you be sick after meat use this Take of the best green Ginger that is preserved in syrrup shred it into small pieces put it into a gally-pot and put Cinnamon water to it then after dinner or supper eat the quantity of two Nutmegs upon a knifes point Aqua Mirabilis Take three pints of White-wine one pint of Aqua vitae one pint of juice of Celendine one dram of Cardamer a drachm of Mellilot-flowers Cubebs a dram Galingal Nutmeg Mace Ginger and Cloves of each a dram mingle all these together over-night the next morning set them a stilling in a glass Limbeck The Vertues This water dissolveth swelling of the Lungs and being perished doth help and comfort them it suffereth not the blood to putrifie he shall not need to be let blood that useth this water it suffereth not the heart-burning nor Melancholy or â—egm to have dominion it expelâ—eth Urine and profiteth the stomach it preserveth a good colour the visage memory and youth it destroyeth the Palsie Take some 3 spoonfuls of it once or twice a week or oftner morning and evening first and last Another way to make Aqua Mirabilis Take Galingal Cloves Quibs Ginger Mellilip Cardimomie Mace Nutmegs of each a dram and of the juice of Celendine half a pint adding the juice of Mints and Balm of each half a pint more and mingle all the said spices being beaten into a powder with the juice with a pint of good Aqua vitae and 3 pints of good White-wine put all these together in a pot and let it stand all night being close stopt and in the morning distil it with as soft fire as can be the still being close pasted and a cold still A Medicine for the Stone in the Kidneys Take a good handful of Pellitory of the Wall a handful of Meâ—d Parsley Saxifrage a handful of wild Thyme a handful of garden-Parsley three spoonfuls of Fennel seed six Horse-Radish-Roots sliced then shred all these together put them in a gallon of new Milk and let them stand steep in a close pot 1 whole night and then still them milk and all together this must be done in May or June for then herbs are in their best state when it is taken you must put two or three spoonfuls of this water as much White-wine as Rhenish and if you please a little sugar and so take it two days before the change and two days after and two days before the full and two days after continuing taking the same all the year and the patient undoubtedly shall find great ease and void many stones and much gravel with little pain To make Horse-raddish
sugar give it to the party blood-warm Another Take the bone of a neck of Mutton or Veal clean washed set it on the fire to boyl in 3 pints of fair water and when it is clean scummed then put in the roots of Fennel and Parsley clean washed and scraped of either of them the roots bruised a handful of Cammomil and Mallows a handful let all these boyl together till half be wasted then strain it take 3 quarters of a pint of this broth brown sugar-candy two ounces of oyl of Flax seed two ounces mingle all these together and take it for a glister blood-warm when it is in your bodâ— keep it half an hour or three quarters of an hour or an hour if you can A comfortable Cordial to chear the Heart Take one ounce of Conserve of Gilliflowers four grains of the best Musk bruised as fine as flower then put it into a little tin pot and keep it till you have need to make this Cordial following viz. Take the quantity of one Nutmeg out of your tin pot put to it one spoonful of Cinamon-water and 1 spoonful of the syrrup of Gilliflowers Ambergreece mix all these together and drink them in the morning fasting 3 or 4 hours this is most comfortable A Cordial for Wind in the stomach or any part Take six or eight spoonfuls of Penniroyal-water put into it four drops of oyl of Cinamon so drink it any time of the day so you fast two hours after Restorative Take a well flesht Capon from the barn door and pluck out his Intrails then wash it within with a little White-wine then flea off all the skin and take out his bones and take the flesh only cut it in little pieces and put it into a little stone bottle and put to it one ounce of white Sugar-candy six Dates slit with the stones and piths taken out one large Mace then stop the bottle up fast and set it in a Chafer of water and let it boyl three hours then take it out and pour the juice from the meat and put to it one spoonful of red Rose-water and take the better part for your break-fast four hours before dinner and the other part at three a clock in the afternoon being blood-warm Another Restorative Take half a pint of Claret wine and half a pint of Ale and make a Caudle with a new-laid Egg put in half a Nutmeg cut into two pieces then take it off the fire and put in seven grains of Ambergreece drink this for two break-fasts for it will increase blood and strength Another Restorative Take two new laid Eggs and take the whites clean from them and put the yolks both in one shell then put in two spoonfuls of Claret wine seven grains of Ambergreece small bruised and a little Sugar-candy stir all these together and make them blood-warm and sup them up for a breakfast three or four hours before dinner Another Restorative Take a young leg of Mutton cut off the skin and the fat take the flesh being cut into small pieces and put it into a stone bottle then put to it two ounces of raisins of the Sun stoned a large Mace an ounce and half of Sugar-candy and stop the bottle very close and â—et it boyl in a Chafer three hours and so put the juice from the meat and keep it in a clean glass it will serve for three breakfasts or if he will he may take some at three a clock in the afternoon being made warm A Restoring Broth. Take 2 ounces of China-roots first slit very thin then put it in a New Pipkin with five pints of running water being close covered and set it upon embers all night long where it may be very hot but not seeth then put to that water a great Cock Chicken and when it is clean scummed put into it two spoonfuls of French Barly six dates slit with the piths and stones taken out two ounces of raisins of the Sun ston'd a large Mace let all these boyl together till half be consumed then take out the Cock and beat the flesh of it in a clean Mortar and a little of the broth then strain it all together throughout a hair Cullender then put in two spoonfuls of red Rose-water and sweeten it with white Sugar-candy drink of this broth being made warm half a pint in the morning early fasting and sleep after it if you can drink a good draught at three of the clock in the afternoon this broth is very good for a Consumption and the longer they take it it is the better A strengthening Meat Take Potato roots roast them or bake them then pill them and slice them into a dish put to it lumps of raw Marrow and a few Currans a little whole Mace and sweeten it with sugar to your tast and so eat it instead of buttered Parsnips Broth for a Consumption Take 3 Marrow bones break them in pieces and boyl them in a gallon of water till half be consumed then strain the liquor through a Cullender and let it stand while it be cold then take off all the fat clean and put the broth into a pipkin and put to it a good Cock-Chicken and a knuckle of Veal then put into it the bottom of a white loaf a whole Mace two ounces of Raisins of the Sun stoned six Dates slit let all these boyl together till half be consumed then strain it instead of Almonds take a few Pistachs kernels and beat them and strain with your broths as you do Almond milk and so sweeten it with white sugar and drink half a pint early in the morning and at three a clock in the afternoon and so continue a good while together or else it will do you no good Another Cordial Take a preserved Nutmeg cut it in four quarters eat a quarter at a breakfast and another in the afternoon this is good for the head and stomach A Cordial for a breakfast fasting Eat a good piece of Pomecitron preserved as big as your two fingers in length and breadth and so at 3 of the clock in the afternoon A Restoring break-fast Take the brawn of a Capon or Pullet 12 Jordan Almonds blanched beat them together and strain out the juice with a draught of strong broth and take for a breakfast or to bedward A Medicine for any griping of the Belly Take a pint of Claret wine put to it a spoonful of Parsley-seed and a spoonful of sweet Fennel-seed half a dozen cloves a branch of Rosemary a wild Mallow root clean washt and scrapt and the pith taken out with a good piece of Sugar set this on the fire and burn the Claret very well with all these things in it then drink a good draught of it in the morning fasting and at 3 a clock in the afternoon To keep the Body Laxative Take half a pint of running water put it in a new Pipkin with a cover then put into the water two ounces of Manna and when it is
dissolved strain it and put to it four ounces of Damask Prunes eight Cloves a branch of Rosemary let all these stew together while they be very tender then eat a dozen of them with a little of the liquor an hour before dinner or supper then take a draught of broth and dine To make the China Broth for a Consumption Take China roots thin sliced two ounces steep it 24 hours in eight pints of fair water letting it stand warm all the time being close covered in an earthen Pipkin or Iron pot then put to it a good Cockrel or two Chickens clean dressed and scum it well then put in five leaved Grass two handfuls Maiden-hair Hearts-tongue of either half a handful 20 Dates sliced 2 or 3 Mace and the bottom of a Manchet let all these stew together until not above one quart remains then strain it and take all the flesh and sweet bones beat them in a stone Mortar and strain out all the juice with the broth then sweeten it with two ounces of white Sugar-candy in powder and take thereof half a pint at once early in the morning warm and sleep after it if you can and 2 hours before supper at your pleasure when you steep the root slice two drachms of white Sanders and as much red Sanders and let them boyl in the broth A Gentle Purge Take an ounce of Damask Roses eat it all at one time fast three quarters of an hour after then take a draught of Broth and dine Another Purge Take the weight of 4 or 5 pence of Rubarb cut it in little pieces and take a spoonful or two of good Currans washt very clean so mingle them together and so eat them fast an hour after and begin that meal with broth you may take it an hour before if you will. Broth for a Consumption Take a coarse Pullet and sow up the belly and an ounce of the conserves of red Roses of the conserves of Borage and Bugloss flowers of each of them half an ounce Pine Apple kernels and Pistachs of each half an ounce bruised in a Mortar 2 drachms of Amber powder all mixed together and put in the belly then boil it in 3 quarts of water with Agrimony Endive and Succory of each one handful Sparrow-grass roots Fennel-roots Caper-roots and one handful of Raisins of the Sun stoned when it is almost boyled take out the Pullet and beat it in a stone Mortar then put it into the liquor again and give it three or four walmes more then strain it and put to a little red Rose-water and half a pint of White-wine and so drink it in a morning and sleep after it To prevent miscarrying Take Venice Turpentine spread it on black brown paper the breadth and length of a hand lay it to the small of her back then give her to drink a caudle made of Muscadine and put into it the husks of twenty three sweet Almonds dried and finely powdered For Boils or Kibes or to draw a Sore Take strong Ale and boyl it from a pint to four spoonfuls and to keep it it will be an Ointment To make Cammomil Oyl Shred a pound of Cammomil and knead it into a pound of sweet Butter melt it and strain it A Receipt for the Pleurisie Take three round Balls of Horse-dung boyl them in a pint of white wine till half be consumed then strain it out and sweeten it with a little Sugar and let the Patient go to bed and drink this then lay him warm For an Ague Take a pint of Milk and set it on the fire and when it boyls put in a pint of Ale then take off the curd and put in 9 heads of Carduus let it boyl till half be wasted then to every quarter of a pint put a good spoonful of Wheat-flower and a quarter of a spoonful of gross Pepper and an hour before the fit let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint and be sure to lye in a sweat before the fit An excellent Balm for a green Wound Take two good handfuls of English Tobacco shred it small and put it in a pint of Sallet Oyl and seeth it on a soft fire to simper till the oyl change green then strain it and in the cooling put in two ounces of Venice Turpentine For an Ach. Take of the best Gall white-wine Vinegar and Aqua vitae of each a like quantity and boyl it gently on the fire till it grow clammy then put it in a glass or pot and when you use any of it warm it against the fire rub some of it with your hand on the aking place and lay a linnen cloth on it do this mornings and evenings To make a Sear-cloth Virgins Wax Sperma Ceti Venice Turpentine oyl of white Poppy oyl of Ben oyl of sweet Almonds For Wind in the stomach and for the Spleen Take a handful of broom and boyl it in a pint of Beer or Ale till it be half consumed and drink it for the wind and the stomach and for the Spleen A most excellent water for a Consumption and Cough of the Lungs Take a running Cock pull him alive then kill him when he is almost cold cut him abroad by the back and take out the Intrails and wipe him clean then cut him in quarters and break the bones put him into such a Still as you still Rose-water in and with a pottle of Sack a pound of Currans a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned a quarter of a pound of Dates the stones taken out and the Dates cut small two handfuls of wild Thyme two handfuls of Orgares two handfuls of Pimpernel and two handfuls of Rosemary two handfuls of Bugloss and Borage flowers a pottle of new milk of a red Cow still this with a soft fire put into the glass that the water doth drop into half a pound of Sugar candy beaten very small one Book of leaf Gold cut small among the sugar 4 grains of Ambergreece 12 grains of prepared Pearl you must mingle the strong water with the small and drink 4 spoonfuls at a time in the morning fasting and an hour before supper you must shake about the glass when you drink it For a Bruise Take six spoonfuls of Honey a great handful of Linseed bruise these in a Mortar and boyl them in a pint of Milk an hour then strain it very hard and anoint your breast and stomach with it every morning and evening and lay a red cloth upon it The Eye water for the infirmities and diseases of the Eye Take of the distilled water of the white wild Rose half a pound of the distilled water of Celandine Fennel Eye-bright and Rue of each two ounces of Cloves an ounce and a half of white Sugar-candy one drachm of Tutia prepared these ounces pulverize all these ingredients each by themselves saving that you must bruise the Camphire with your Sugar-candy for so it breaks best then mix all the powders together in a Paper put
sire let it seeth until there arise a little white scum upon it then stir it with a stick suffering it to boyl until one quarter be consumed then take it from the fire strain it through a coarse cloth but it must be done quickly after it be taken from the fire for cooling after you have strained it in an earthen pot let it cool and keep it for your use To make Oyl of Sage good for the grief in any joynt or for any ach Take Sage and Parsley seeth them in the oyl Olive till it be thick and green A Medicine to purge and amend the Heart Stomach Spleen Liver Lungs and Brain Take Alexander Water-cresses young Mallows Borrage and Fennel roots pared Mercury Harts-tongue and Clare and make of these Pottage To drive infectious diseases from the heart Take Mithridate and Centory of each 2 ounces 8 spoonfuls of Dragon water one pint of White-wine 7 spoonfuls of Aqua vitae boyl altogether a little strain it then set it on the fire again a little while and drink of it morning and evening For the Tooth-ach Take Pepper and Grains of each one ounce bruise them and compound them with the water of the diseased and make it of a good thickness and lay it outward on the cheek against the place grieved and it will help it for ever after Another Take dried Sage make powder of it burnt Allum Bay salt dried make all in fine powder and lay it to the tooth where the pain is and also rub the gums with it For the Strangullion or the Stone Take the inner rind of a young ash between 2 or 3 years of growth dry it to powder and drink of it as much at once as will lie on a six-pence in Ale or White-wine and it will bring a present remedy the party must be kept warm two hours after it For the Stone Take the stone that groweth within the gall of an Ox grate it and drink of it in White-wine as much as will lie upon a six-pence at once for want of White-wine make a posset of Ale and clarifie the Ale from the curd then boyl one handful of Pellitory therein and drink of the powder with it For the black Jaundies Take Earth-worms wash them in White-wine then dry them and beat them into powder and put to a little Saffron and drink it in beer A drawing Salve for an old Sore Take Rosin half a pound beaten to powder Sheeps tallow a quarter of a pound melt them together and pour them into a Bason of water and when they begin to cool a little work them well with your hands in the water and out of the water drawing it up and down the space of one hour till it be very white then make it up in rowls and reserve it to strike thin plaisters upon old Sores A Water to wash Sores withal Take Wormwood Sage Plantain leaves of each one handful Allum 2 ounces Honey 2 saucers full boyl all these together in 3 pints of water till half be consumed then strain it and reserve that liquor to wash the sore withal A Medicine to cure the Garget in the throat Take a pint of May butter and put it on the fire in a posnet and put into it of the inner bark of Elder one good handful and some Dasie roots seeth it to half the quantity and strain it and so keep it cool take this ointment and annoint your throat then take the ointment and strike a long plaister with it very thick of the ointment then strike upon the ointment the best Jane treacle and upon that strew gross pepper very thick strike it on with a knife warm the plaister and bind it round your throat to your ears renew it once a day with the ointment and the treacle and pepper and lay it on again before you use this ointment scour your mouth and throat with the powder of Roch Allum burned mix it with the powder of Madder or Pepper For the Hearing Take an Onion take the core out of it fill it with Pepper slice it in the midst being first wrapt in a paper and roasted in the embers lay it to each ear For a dead Child in a womans Body Take the juice of Hysop temper it in warm water and give it the woman to drink For a Woman that hath her Flowers too much Take a Hares foot and burn it make powder of it and let her drink it with stale Ale. A Medicine for the Gout Take Tetberry roots and wash and scrape them clean and slice them thin then take the grease of a Barrow hog the quantity of either alike then take an earthen pot then lay a lane of grease at the bottom then a lane of roots then the grease again and so roots and grease till the pot be full then stop the pot very close and set it in a dunghil 21 days then beat it altogether in a bowl then boyl it a good while then strain it and put in a pennyworth of Aqua vitae then annoint the place grieved very warm against the fire A diet drink for the running Gout Ach in the Joynts and for all infections Set 7 quarts of water on the fire and when it boyleth put therein four ounces of Sarsaparilla bruised and let it boyl 2 hours very softly close stopped or covered then put in 4 ounces of Sene 3 ounces of Liquorish bruised of Staecados Hermodactyl Epithymum and of Cammomil flowers of every one half an ounce and so boyl all these two hours very softly then strain it and keep it in a close vessel close stopped when it is cold then boyl again all the aforesaid ingredients in 7 quarts of water 4 hours with a soft fire close covered then strain it and keep it as the other by it self and take of the first a good draught one hour before you rise in the morning and a draught at the beginning of dinner and another at supper and going to bed and at all other times drink of the latter when you list and eat no meat but dry roasted Mutton Capon Rabbet without salt and not basted but to your breakfast a poached Egg no bread but Bisket or dried crust and at night Raisins of the Sun and Bisket bread drink no other drink but this A Plaister to heal any Sore Take of Sage Herb-grace of each like quantity Ribwort Plantain and Dasie roots more than half so much of each of them with Wax fresh Grease and Rosin make it a Salve if the flesh grow proud then put always upon the Plaister before you lay it to the sore burnt Allum and it will correct the flesh To cause a woman to have her sickness Take Egrimony Motherwort Avens and Parsly shred them small with oatmeal make Pottage of them with Pork let her eat the Pottage but not the Pork For the Stone Take the green weed of the Sea which is brought with Oysters wash it and dry it to powder drink it with Malmsey fasting
To kill worms Take Aloe succatrina 2 ounces let it stand in a quart of Malmsey eight hours drink it morning and evening For a hot Rheum in the Head. Take rose-Rose-water Vinegar and sallet-oyl mix them well together and lay it to the head warm For a Lask Take the nether jaw of a Pike beat it to powder and drink it For an Itch or any scurf of the body Take Elecampane roots or leaves stamp them and fry them with fresh Grease strain it into a dish and annoint the Patient For one that is bruised with a fall Take Horse-dung and sheeps-suet boyl them together and apply it to the same place being laid upon a cloth For the Emeroides Take Hops and Vinegar fry them together and put it into a little bag and lay it as hot as it may be endured to the Fundament divers bags one after another and let one continue at it For one that is burned with Gun-powder or otherwise Take one handful of Groundsel twelve heads of Housleek one pint of Goose dung as much Chickens dung of the newest that may be gotten stamp the Herbs as small as you can then put the dung into a mortar temper them together with a pottle of Bores grease labour them together half an hour and strain it through a Canvas bag with a cleft stick into an earthen pan and use it when need requireth it will last two year To heal a prick with a Nail or Thorn. Take two handfuls of Celendine as much Orpen cut it small and boyl it with oyl Olive and unwrought Wax then strain it and use it To stop the bleeding of a cut or wound Take Hop stamp it and put it into the wound if Hop will not do it then put to it Vinegar with the Hop For a Scald Take the leaves of ground Ivy three handful Housleek one handful wash them and stamp them in a stone Mortar very small and as you stamp them put in a pint of cream by little and little then strain it and put it in a pot with a feather take of this and annoint the scalded place and then wet a linnen cloth in the same ointment and lay it on the place and over that rowl other clothes An Ointment for a Tetter Take Sal armoniack one ounce beat it into fine powder then mix it with sope and fresh grease of each two ounces make an ointment and annoint the place For the singing in the Head. Take one Onion cut out the core and fill that place with the powder of Cummin and the juice of Rue set on the top again and roast the Onion in embers then put away the outside and put it in a cloth wring out the juice take black wooll and dip it in put this into thine ear where the singing is and if it be on both sides then serve one after another A Drink for one that is weak and misdoubting a Consumption Take 3 handfuls of Rosemary bruise it a little and close it in paste bake it in an Oven until it be well dried then cut the paste and take forth the Rosemary infuse it in 2 quarts of Claret wine with two ounces of good Treacle 1 ounce of Nutmegs of Cinnamon and Ginger of each half an ounce bruised let them stand infused 2 nights and one day then distil it in a Limbeck drink hereof one spoonful or two next your heart A Drink for the Plague Take red Sage Herb-grace Elder leaves red Brier leaves of each one handful stamp them and strain them with a quart of White-wine and then put to it Aqua vitae and Ginger drink hereof every morning one spoonful nine mornings together and it will preserve you For a bruise or stitch Take the kernels of Walnuts and small Nuts Figs Rue of each one handful white Salt the quantity of one Walnut one race of Ginger one spoonful of Honey beat them all together very fine and eat of it three or four times every day make a plaister of it and lay it to the place grieved A Drink for one that hath a Rupture Take Comfrey one good handful wild Daisie roots as much and the like of knotted grass stamp all these together and strain it with Malmsey and give it to the Patient to drink morning and evening 9 days blood warm if it be a man that hath been long so he must lie nine days upon his back and stir as little as he can If he be a child he must be kept so much lying as you may for nine days if you think the drink too strong for the child give it him but 5 days in Malmsey and the rest in stale Ale have care that the party have a good Truss and keep him trussed one whole year at the least A Plaister for a Rupture Take the juice of Comfrey wild Daisie-roots and knotted grass of each a like quantity fresh butter and unwrought Wax of each a like quantity clarifie them severally then take of the roots of Comfrey dry it and make powder of it take the powder of Annise-seed and Cummin-seed but twice as much Cummin-seed as Annise boyl these powders in the Butter and unwrought Wax on a soft fire a good while then put in your juice let it boyl a walm or two so take it from the fire stir it altogether till it be cold take hereof and spread it and lay it to his Cods as hot as he can suffer it and use this till he be whole this plaister is most excellent for a Child that is burst at the Navel GRATIOSA CURA A Water for a Cut or a Sore Take Honey-suckles the knots nipt off flowers of Celendine flowers of red Sage of each three spoonfuls Five-finger Comfrey such as is to knit bones Daisies with the roots thereon Ladder of Heaven blossoms of Rosemary Setwel Herb-grace Smallage red Roses with the knots on or else red Rose cakes Adders-tongue of each of these one handful seeth all together in six gallons of water that runneth towards the East until two gallons be sod in then strain them and put to the water 3 quarts of English Honey one pound of Roch-allum one pennyworth of madder one penny-worth of long Pepper seeth all together until one gallon be consumed then cleanse the water For the Wind Colick Take the flowers of Walnuts and dry them to powder and take of them in your Ale or Beer or in your broth as you like best and it will help you To make a soveraign Oyl of a Fox for the nummed Palsie Take a Fox new killed cased and bowelled then put into the body of Dill Mugwort Cammomil Camepites Southernwood red Sage Oliganum Hop Staecad Rosemary Costmary Cowslip flowers Balm Bettony sweet Marjorum of each a good handful chop them small and put thereto of the best Oyl of Castor Dill and Cammomil of each 4 ounces mix the herbs and oyls together and strow over them Aphronium a good handful put them all into the Fox and sew up his belly
strong Wine-vinegar half a dozen of Egg-shells and all beaten very small one handful of white Salt put all these together into an earthen pot stir and mingle them together exceeding well then as much Bean-flower or wheat-flower as will thicken it plaister-wise then with your hand strike it on the grieved place once a day and by Gods help it will ease any sore that cometh by means of striking wrinching bruising or other kind of swelling that proceedeth of evil humours Balm water for a Surfeit Take two gallons of strong Ale and 1 quart of Sack take 4 pound of young Balm leaves and shred them then take 1 pound of Annise-seeds and as much Liquorish beaten to powder put them all into the Ale and Sack to steep 12 hours put it into a Limbeck and so still it it is good for a surfeit of choler for to comfort the heart and for an Ague A Restorative Water in sickness the Patient being weak Take 3 pints of very good new milk and put thereto one pint of very good red Wine the yolks of 21 Eggs and beat them together that done put in as much fine Manchet as shall suck up the Milk and Wine then put the same into a fair Stillory and still it with a soaking fire and take a spoonful of this water in your Pottage or drink and this in 1 or 2 Months will prevent the Consumption To make a Caudle to prevent the Lask Take half a pound of unblanched Almonds stamp them and strain it in a quart of Ale and set it on the fire then take the yolks of four Eggs and make it for a Caudle and so season it with a good quantity of Cinnamon and Sugar and eat it every morning at breakfast For one that cannot make water and to break the Stone Pare a Reddish root and slice it thin put it into a pint of White-wine and let it infuse 6 or 7 hours then strain it and set it on the fire and put thereto 1 Parsley root and one spoonful of Parsley seed and half a handful of Pellitory of the wall and seeth it until half be wasted and give it luke-warm to drink A Diet against Melancholy Take Sene 8 ounces Rubarb six drams Polipody of the Oak Sâ—rsaparilla and Madder roots of each four ounces Annife-seeds Fennel seeds Epithymum of each 1 ounce Mace Cloves and Nutmegs of each 2 ounces Egrimony Scabious and red Dock roots of each 1 handful make them all small and put it into a long narrow bag or boulter hang it in a vessel of Ale that containeth 6 gallons when it is a week old drink it morning and evening for the space of one fortnight keep you all that time warm and a good diet A Syrrup to open the Liver Take Lungwort Maidenhair Egrimony Scabious of each one handful Chamepitis Hysop of each a dozen drops Endive and Succory of each 3 or 4 leaves of young Fennel and Parsley of each one root one stick of Liquorish one spoonful of Barberries clean washed one spoonful of Annise seeds 20 Raisins of the Sun stoned boyl all these in a pottle of Water to a quart then strain it and put thereto of the best Sugar one quarter of a pound Conserve of violets one ounce and so boyl it as long as any scum arise then strain it again and use this very warm For one that cannot make water Take the seeds of Parsley of red Fennel of Saxifrage of Carraways of the kernel of Hip berries of each a like quantity put in some powder of Jet mingle these being beaten to powder well together and drink it in stale Ale lukewarm To make Aqua Composita Take of Annise-seeds and Liquorish bruised of each half a pound Thyme and Fennel of each half a handful Calamint 2 handfuls Coriander and Carraway seeds bruised of each two ounces Rosemary and Sage of each half a handful infuse these a whole night in 3 gallons of red Wine or strong Ale then still it in a Limbeck with a soft fire An Ointment for a Swelling Take of Marsh Mallows of wormwood of Smallage of each one handful boyl it with one pound of the grease of a barrow Hog until it be very green then strain it and keep it very close Lady Pawlet A Plaister for the Back Take half a pint of Oyl of Roses four ounces of white Lead ground into fine powder put your oyl into a clean Posnet and set it on the fire and when it is warm put in your white Lead ever stiring it then put into it of your Wax one quart stir it until it be black then take it from the fire and in the cooling put thereto two pennyworth of Camphire of white sanders and yellow sanders of each the weight of four pence fine Bole Terra sigillata of each 2 penniweight in fine powder all still stirring it till it be almost cold and so make it up in rouls use it as need requires for all weakness wasting or heat in the Kidneys Cranash To make Oyl of Swallows Take one handful of Mother-Thyme of Lavender-cotten and Strawberry leaves of each alike four Swallows feathers and all together well bruised 3 ounces of Sallet oyl beat the herbs and the Swallows feathers all together until they be so small that you can see no feathers then put in the oyl stir them well together and seeth them in a posnet and strain them through a Canvas cloth and so keep it for your use For a Thorn Fellon or Prick Take the juice of Fetherfew of Smallage of each one saucer full put to it as much of Wheat flower as will make it somewhat thick and put to it of good black sope the quantity of a Walnut mingle them together and lay them to the sore A Drink for one that hath a Rupture Take the Comfit otherwise called Bonesel a pretty handful of Woodbitten as much Bread Plantain and leaves of Cammock somewhat more than a handful of Vervain as much as of the Cammock of Dasie roots a small quantity of Elder tops or young buds the least quantity stamp all these together and put unto them being stamped one pint of pure White-wine then strain it and drink of it morning and evening one hour or more before breakfast or supper a good draught blood-warm If it be a sucking Child let the Nurse drink posset Ale of the aforesaid drink and let the Child suck immediately if he be an old body let him take it lying in his bed 9 days if it may be conveniently or otherwise to use no straining For a Lask or Flux Take one quart of red Wine as much running water one ounce of Cinnamon seeth these half away and give the Patient six spoonfuls to drink morning and evening if you think it be too harsh put in a piece of Sugar A Lotion Water for the Canker Take one gallon of pure Water four handfuls of Woodbine of Marigolds and Tetful of each two handfuls of Celendine Rue Sage
Walnut boyl these well together and strain it and put in half an ounce of Ginger beaten small For sore Eyes Take new Hens-dung out of the nest and put it into an Oven almost cold let it lie there all night and take the white of it and beat it being dried and take as much of the powder of Ginger finely beaten and put to that half in like quantity of Sugar-candy all which all which must be beaten very well and searced then put it into the sore eyes every night and in the morning and wash it out with water A Water for sore Eyes Take a pint of fair running water of wild Dasies and 3 leaved grace of each a good handful wash the herbs very clean in a Cullender and put them into a clean skillet of water let them boyl very well over the fire until the water look green then take a little piece of Allum and put into the water and when it is boyling then tast of the water and when it sticks to the mouth take as much honey as will make it very sweet then after it hath boyled a little while take it off the fire strain it and drop a little every night into the eyes An approved application against any Surfeit Take the bottom of a Muncornloaf cut it about an inch thick and as broad as the palm of your hand toast it very well then take of Sallade Oyl and Claret-wine of each a like quantity as much as will wet the toast well throughly warm it hot then put the toast into it when the toast is well soaked strew the powder of Cloves and Mace hereupon thick then apply it to the stomach of the Patient as warm as he can endure it it will purge upwards and downwards as often as you apply a fresh toast made as aforesaid that may be applied so often as any one findeth their stomach ill at ease although then it will not purge except in case of surfeit A Medicine against the Plague Take of the root called Set-well the quantity of half a Walnut and grate it of Treacle green one good spoonful of fair water 3 spoonfuls make all these more than lukewarm and so drink them off in bed and sweat six or seven hours and in your sweat drink small Posset Ale made of small drink as you need but not till an hour and half after the taking of the Potion and it will bring forth the Plague sore If you cast the Medicine you may take it the second third or fourth time by the whole half or less measure as your stomach will bear it if any do take it and thereupon happen presently amendment or a rising or sore you may think it to be the sickness for the nature of the Medicine is to prevent the Plague and in others to expell the Sore if it be not taken too late in which case the stomch will not brook it easily and after two or 3 times taking if you minister it to any let it be at their first sickness lest if their disease be other they may receive 〈◊〉 thereby Jelly of Frogs Take the Jelly of Frogs in March and still it in a Glass-still it is a good medicine to stop blood and for the heat and redness of the face and good to cure green wounds For the Tooth-ach Take Spearmints and ground-Ivy of each a handful and a good spoonful of Bay-salt stamp all these very well together and boyl them in a pint of the strongest Vinegar that you can get let these boyl all together until they come to a quarter of a pint then strain it and put it into a glass and stop it very close when your teeth do ake take a spoonful of it blood warm and hold it in your mouth on that side the pain is To make the Teeth stand fast Take Roots of Vervain in cold wine and wash the Teeth therewith For the perillous Cough Take white Hore-hound stamp it wring out the juice and mingle it with honey and seeth it and give it to the sick to drink or else Sack and Garlick seed and roast it in the fire and take away the peelings and eat the rest with Honey or else take Sage Rue Cummin and powder of Pepper and seeth all these together in honey and make thereof an Electuary and take thereof a spoonful in the morning and another at night For a man that hath no tast in Meat or Drink Take a pottle of clear water and a good handful of Dandilion and put it in an earthen pot and seeth it till it come to a quart and then take out the herbs and put in a good quantity of white Sugar till you think it be somewhat pleasant and then put it into a Vessel wherein it may cool and then take 20 or 30 Almonds blanch them and beat them in a mortar and when the water is cold put it to the Almonds and strain it through a clean Cipris bag without compulsion and if it be thick let it run through again and so keep it in a vessel and drink of it often at all times as you please To preserve a man from the Plague Take Aloe Apaticum and Aloe Succatrine fine Cinnamon and Myrth of each of them 3 drams Cloves Mace Lignum Aloe Mastick Bole Armoniack of each of them half a dram let all these things be well stamped in a Mortar then mingle them together and after keep them in some close vessel and take of it every morning 2 penny weight in half a glass full of White-wine with a little water and drink it in the morning at the dawning of the day and so may you by the grace of God go safely into all infection of the air and Plague For a Tetter or Ring-worm Take Mercury a quarter of an ounce Camphire 1 penny weight make them into powder and rub them in a fair Porrenger then take and mix them with the water of the Wine 4 or 5 spoonfuls stir them well together then put as much more water to that then strain it through a cloth and take Poppey seeds one quarter of an ounce beat that in a stone Mortar with a spoonful of water of the wine putting a little and a little till you have spent the quantity of a pint then put to it half an ounce of the Milk of Cokernut so mix them well together with your Receipt and strain them as you make Almond Milk through a fair cloth then keep it in a glass for your use To keep ones body loose whensoever you need Take two ounces of syrrup of Roses 1 ounces of Sene one penny-worth of Annise seeds one stick of Liquorish one pint of Posternwater seeth them all together till it seeth to half a pint then strain them forth then boyl the two ounces of syrrup of Roses and drink it warm For a red Face Take Brimstone that is whole and Cinnamon of either of them an even proportion by weight beat them into small powder searce
of each of them and put a row of Sugar oâ— a silver dish or bason and then lay in a row of plumbs and then cover it with Sugar and so lay it in tilâ— they be all in and then take two spoonfuls of clear wheat and make a hole in the middle of them and set it over a soft fire and look to 〈◊〉 carefully for fear the Sugar should burn and when the Sugar is all dissolved shake them together and stir them gently and then set theâ— down and cover them till they be cold and when they be cold sâ—â— them upon the coals again and then let them boil gently till they be ready and when they are ready take them down and take them every one by its stem and cover them with the skin as welâ— as you can and then put them alâ— one by one in a dish and if the syrrup be not boiled enough set it over and let it boil a little longer and when the plumbs be cold put them in a gally-pot or glass and pour the syrrup to them while it is a little warm you must not forget to take away the skin of the plumbs as it riseth How to make Pap of Barley Take Barley and boil it in fair water softly until it begin to break then put that liquor out then put as much hot liquor to it as you put forth and so let it boil till it be very soft then put it into a Cullender and strain it then take a handful of Almonds and grind them very well with your Barley and some of the liquor so season it with Sugar and a little Rose-water a little whole Mace and Cinnamon and boil them well together How to candy Oranges and Lemons Take the peels of your Oranges and Lemons the white cut away and lay them in water 5 or 6 days shifting them twice every day then seeth them till they be very tender then take them out of the water and let them lie until they be cold then cut them in small pieces square the bigness of a penny or less then take to every 3 two ounces of Sugar put to it a quantity of fair water and a less quantity of Rose-water and make a syrrup thereof then scum it very clean and put in your peels and let them boil for the space of an hour or longer if you find your liquor wanting you may put in more water at your pleasure then boil them a little space after with a little sharp fire stirring it always for burning then take it off the fire 3 or 4 times stirring them all the while and set them off again until they be candied How to make Cakes of Almonds Take 1 pound and a half of fine flower of Sugar 12 ounces beaten very fine mingle them well together then take half a pound of Almonds blanch them and grind them fine in a mortar then strain them with as much Sack as will mingle the flower Sugar and Almonds together make a paste bake them in an Oven not too hot How to make white Lemon-Cakes Take half a dozen of white Lemons the best you can get then cut and pare them leave none of the yellow behind then take away the sowre meat of it and reserve all the white and lay it in water 2 days then seeth it in fair water till it be soft then take it out and set it by till the water be gone from it then weigh it and take twice the weight in Sugar mince the white stuff very fine then take an earthen Pipkin and put therein some fair water and some Rose-water if you have a pound of Sugar you must have half a pint of water of both sorts alike let your water and sugar boil together then scum it and put in the stuff and so let them boil together always stirring it till it be thick it will shew very thin and when it is cold it will be thick enough To make Oyl of Violets Set the Violets in Sallet-oil and strain them then put in other fresh Violets and let them lie 20 daies then strain them again and put in other fresh Violets and let them stand all the Year To preserve Pomecitrons Take Pomecitrons and grate off the upper skin then slightly cut them in pieces as you think good lay them in water 24 hours then set over a posnet with fair water and when it boils put them in and so shift till you find the water not to be bitter then take them up and weigh them and to every pound of Pomecitron put a pound and a quarter of Sugar then take of your last water a pint and quarter set your water and sugar over the fire then take two whites of Eggs and beat them with a little fair water and when your sirrup begins to boil cast in the same that riseth from the Eggs and so let it boil then let it run through a clean fine cloth then put in a clean posnet and when your sirrup begins to boil put in your Pomecitron and let it boil softly 3 or 4 hours until you find your sirrup thick enough be sure you keep them alwaies under sirrup and never turn them take them up and put them into your glass and when they be cold cover them To Candy Ringus Roots Take your Ringus roots and boil them reasonable tender then pill them and pith them then lay them together then take so much sugar as they weigh and put it into a posnet with as much rose-Rose-water as will melt it then put in your roots and so let it boil very softly until the Sugar be consumed into the roots then take them and turn them and shake them till the Sugar be dried up and then lay them a drying upon a lattice of wyer until they be cold in like sort you may candy any other Roots what you please To candy all kind of Fruitages as Oranges Lemons Citrons Lettice-stocks Sugar-candy such as the Comfit makers do candy the Fruits with Take 1 pound of refined sugar and put it into a posnet with as much water as will wet it and so boil it till it come to a candyâ— height then take all your fruit being preserved and dried then draw them through your hot sugar and then lay them on your hurdle and in 1 quarter of an hour they will be finely candied To candy all kind of Flowers in ways of Spanish Candy Take double refined Sugar put it into a posnet with as much Rose-water as will melt it and put into it the pap of half a roasted Apple and a grain 〈…〉 let it boil till it come to a candy height then put in your flowers being pick'd and so let it boil then cast them on a fine plate and cut it in waves with your Knife then you may spot it with gold and keep it To make Essings Take 1 peck of Oatmeal-grout the greatest you can get and the whitest pick it clean from the black and searce out all the smallest
then take as much evening-milk as will cover it and something more boil it and cool it again till it be blood-warm then put it to the Oatmeal and let it soak all night the next morning strain it from your Milk as dry as you can through a cloth then take three pints of good Cream boil it with a Mace and the yolks of 8 Eggs when it is boiled put it into your stuff then put in six Eggs more whites and yolks season it with a 〈◊〉 quantity of Cinamon Nutmeg and Ginger and a less quantity of Cloves and Mace put in as much sugar as you think will sweeten it have good store of Suet shred small and forget not Salt so boil them To make Sugar-Cakes Take one pound of fine flower one pound of sugar finely beaten and mingle them well together then take 7 or 8 yolks of Eggs and if your flower be good take one white or two as you shall think good take 2 Cloves and a pretty piece of Cinnamon and lay it in a spoonful of Rose-water all night and heat it almost blood-warm temper it with the rest of the stuff when the paste is made make it up with as much hast as you can bake them in a soft oven To make a Calves-foot Pye. Take your Calves feet boll them and blanch them then boil them again till they be tender then take out all the bonâ—◠〈…〉 with Cloves Mace Ginger aâ—â— Cinnamon as much as you shall think good then put in a good quantity of Currans and Butter bake your Pie in a soft Oven and when it is baked take half a pint of White-wine Vinegar beat 3 yolks of Eggs and put to the coals season it with sugar and a little Rose-water alwaies stirring it then put it into your Pie and let it stand half a quarter of an hour How to make a very good Pie. Take the backs of four white Herrings watered the bones and skin taken away then take so much Wardens in quantity pared and cored half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned mince all these together and season it with Cinnamon and Ginger and when the Pie is baked put in a little Rose-water and scrape sugar on it if you put in Butter then put in a handful of grated bread 〈…〉 Cimbals â—ake fine flower dried and as much sugar as Flower then take as much whites of Eggs as will make it paste and put in a little rose-Rose-water then put in a quantity of Coriander-seed and Annise seed then mold it up in that fashion you will bake it in How to preserve Angelica Roots Take the Roots and wash them then slice them very thin and lay them in water 3 or 4 daies change the water every day then put the roots into a pot of water and set them in the embers all night in the morning put away the water then take a pound of roots 4 pints of water and two pound of sugar let it boil and scum it clean then put in the roots it will be boiled before the sirrup then take them up and boil the sirrup after they will ask you a whole daies work for they must boil very softly at St. Andrew's time it is the best time to do them in all the Year To boyl a Capon with Brewis Take a Capon and truss him to boil then set on the fire a good quantity of water scum it very clean before you set on your Capon put a little water Savory and Thyme into the belly of it and a little salt and gross pepper when you have scummed it clean cover it close to boil then take a good handful of herbs as Marigolds Violet-leaves or any such green herbs as you shall think fit wash them and set them on the fire with some of the uppermost of the broth that boils the Capon then put into it good store of Mace and boil it with the Capon when the herbs be boiled and the broth very green and almost consumed away take the uppermost of your Capon and strain it together and scald your Brewis and put it into a dish and lay the Capon on them To make a Spice Cake Take one bushel of Flower six pound of Butter eight pound of Currans two pints of Cream a pottle of Milk half a pint of good Sack 2 pound of Sugar 2 ounces of Mace 1 ounce of Nutmegs 1 ounce of Ginger twelve yolks 2 whites take the Milk and Cream and stir it all the time that it boils put your hot seething milk to it and melt all the Butter in it and when it is blood warm temper the Cake put not your Currans in till you have made the paste you must have some Ale-yeast and forget not salt To make Broth of a Neats-tongue Take Claret-wine grated bread Currans sweet Butter Sugar Cinnamon Ginger boil them altogether then take the Neats-tongue and slice it and lay it on a dish upon sippets and so serve it To souce a Carp or Gurnet Take fair Water and Vinegar so that it may be sharp then take Parsly Time Fennel and boil them in the broth a good while then put in a good quantity of Salt and then put in your Fish and when it is well boiled put the broth into a vessel and let it stand To make a fine Pudding Take Crums of white bread and so much fine flower then take the yolks of four Eggs and one white a good quantity of Sugar take so much good Cream as will temper it as thick as you would make pancake-batter then butter your pan and bake it so serve it casting some Sugar upon it you must shred suet very small and put it into it To make a broth to drink Take a Chicken and a little of the neck of Mutton and set them on and scum it well then put in a large mace and so let it boil while the Chicken be tender then take the Chicken out and beat it all to pieces in a stone Mortar and put it in again and so let it boil from four pints to a little more than half a pint then cast it through a strainer and season it To boil a Chicken or Partridge Take your Chicken and set it a boiling with a little of the neck of Mutton and scum it well then put in a Mace and so let it boil down and when it is almost boiled have some few herbs parboiled as Lettice Endive Spinage Marigold-leaves for note these herbs are usually used to be boiled which by course will hold their colour in boiling and put some of these aforesaid herbs to the Chicken and Mutton if you think your broth strong enough take out your Mutton then you may put a little piece of sweet butter and a little Verjuice and a very little Sugar and Salt so serve it in with sippets A Broth to drink Take a Chicken and set it on and when it boils scum it then put in a Mace and a very little Oatmeal and such herbs as the