Honey two pound Oyle two pound Turpentine foure Ounces Verdigrease and Ceruse foure Ounces and so according to Art worke it To make Vnguentum Dunsinnitive TAke two Ounces of Litarge of Gold two drams of Lapis Calaminaris and foure ounces of Terra sigillata and powder them small then take a pinte of Oyle and put thereto halfe a pound of Waxe and melt it with your Oyle and then take it off the fire and put in your powders and when it is cold almost put in foure drams of Camphere in fine powder To make an Vnguent for the Skerby TAke a Gallon of red Vineger and one pound of the roote of Briony and seeth therein till it bee consumed then take the roote thereof and beate it with Oxsingie and beat it very fine then take one ounce of Arguentum vivum well killed and labour them altogether very fine and so annoint therewith To make an Vnguent for Vlcers in Childrens faces TAke Litarge and Ceruse of each five ounces the leaves of Ashe and Vine leaves of each three ounces oyle of Roses one ounce Waxe halfe an ounce relent your Oyle and Waxe together and beate your Litarge and Ceruse and mingle them with two yolkes of rosted Egges and so use it To make the Sinnitive Oyntment TAke Turpentine foure Ounces Hartsgreace or the Marrow of a Heart two ounces oyle of Roses one ounce white Frankensence halfe an ounce oyle of Spike two drams and halfe a dram of Mynium and so worke it To make an Vnguent for the Itch. TAke three handfuls of Allecompanerootes seethe them in three Gallons of water till they be soft then take the Roots and scrape them and take the white of them to the quantity of a pound and beate them with one pound of Barrow-hogges greace and a quantity of Salt and a little Saffron and so bring them to an Oyntment To make an Oyntment for the Morbus TAke two ounces of Vermillion two ounces of Quick-silver two ounces of Oyle of Bay two ounces of Bores-greace halfe an ounce of Vineger foure yolkes of Egges and let them all be wrought very well together before you use them To make the Dunsymitive Vuguent TAke Oyle Olive one pound Rozen one pound Lapis Calaminaris one pound Waxe halfe a pound Turpentine and Sheepes suet of each a quarter of a pound and 〈◊〉 use it To make Vnguentum Dulsum TAke Sheepes suet five pound Rozen in powder one pound roch Allom in powder one pound and a quart of white Wine boyle them altogether And if you will make it red you may put into it one ounce of Vermilion in powder To make Vngnentum Basilicon TAke Waxe one pound the best Pitch one pound Rozen halfe a pound Colophonie one pound Cowes suet one pound Oyle two pound May-butter halfe a pound Turpentine foure ounces the yolkes of foure Egges make all these in an Unguent and so use it To make a Mundifigitive TAke Smalledge a little bagge full one pouad of Oxingie three pound of Rozen a quarter of a pound of Waxe Stampe your Smalledge and Oxingie together in a stone Morter then put it into a Panne and set them upon the fire till it be hot then straine them through a cloth into a faire panne till they begin to waxe cold then fleete it off with a slice till you come to the water then put in the Rose-water and Waxe all together upon the fire and let them boyle altogether then straine them through a Linnen cloth and so make your Mundifigitive To make Vnguentum Rosine TAke Honey two pound Rozen one pound and a quarter Turpentine two pound Frankensence one ounce Fenecrike Semminis ben of each two ounces Myrrhe and Seacole of each two ounces in fine powder To make Gibsons Incarnative TAke greene Broome two pound Waxe and Rozen of each halfe a pound Deere suet foure ounces Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two ounces Turpentine and the yolkes of Egges as much as neecs To make a yellow Incarnative TAke one pound of Rozen halfe a pound of Frankensence a quarter of a pound of Waxe halfe a pound of sheepes suet halfe a pinte of oyle Olive halfe a pound of Turpentine and so make your Unguent To make another Inearnative TAke oyle of Roses twelve drams Rosen two ounces Turpentine eight ounces Waxe sixe ounces melt the Waxe Rosen and Oyle together and in the boyling put in your Turpentine and the Juyce of Valerian and so let it bee cold and as you occupy it put in oyle of Turpentine and so keepe it To make an Vnguent for the Piles TAke Barrowes grease halfe a pound burnt Allome one ounce and the yolke of an Egge hard rosted put these together and make an oyntment and annoynt your sore as hot as you can abide it Another fumetive Vnguent TAke halfe a poond of Deere suet a pound of Waxe one pound of oyle of Roses halfe a pound of oyle Olive of Lapis Calaminaris and Camphere two ounces and so make your Vnguent according to Art To make Vnguentum Foscovem TAke oyle Olive one pound Saffron foure drams Colophonie Pitch Naviles Gum and Seropine of each two ounces Mastick Olibanon and Turpentine of each one ounce Wax a quarter of a pound melt your Oyle and then your Wax and then put in the Colophonie and after stirre your Pitch Naviles and your Gum and Serapine together and last of all your Turpentine Masticke and Olibanon every thing being bruised except your Pitch and Turpentine when you put in your Powders bee ever stirring it with your spittle till it be full dissolved and so use it An Oyntment for the Stone and Collick to bee made in May. TAke the buds of Broome-flowers neare the shutting half a pound of them picked from the stalkes and beat them in a morter very small that done mingle them with clarified May-butter as much as you shall thinke fit and so keepe it close in a vessell eight dayes then seeth it and straine it and therewith annoynt the Patients griefe very warme Evening and morning OF WATERS PART VII Here followeth the making of divers precious Waters but more especially of tenne and their vertues I. And first of the Philosophers water TAke Hysop Penny-riall Avence and Centurie and breake them in a morter then put them under the cap of a Stillatory and distill them and that water hath many vertues as hath beene proved by experience As first take Pimpernell Rew Valerian Sedwall Alloes and the Stone called Lapis Calaminaris and breake them and lay them in the water of Philosophers and let them be boyled together untill the third part of the Water be wasted and after let the said water be strained thorow a linnen cloath then shutit up close in a Vyoll of glasse the space of nine dayes This is a precious water to drinke foure dayes together with a fasting stomacke for him that hath the Falling sicknesse but let him bee fasting six houres after and this Medicine is in our judgement the truest medicine
est Remedies to provoke Menstruum Mulieris TAke powder of Peeter Bittony Yarrowseed in white Wine and drinke it Another Take Mugwort Selondine Marigold Verven Nippe of each nine crops three dayes before the change and three dayes before the full of the Moone Another Take Germander and the rootes of red Madder and seethe it in Ale and give it her to drinke or else take Radishes Et semen pionae red Sanders and Suger and use it as aforesaid Another Take Cotula Fetuda the which is like Camomill but it stinketh and make a fomentation thereof Another Take the Juyce of Mercury and Honey and flower of Cockle as much as will incorporate it and make thereof little balls and give her one or two of them and she shall have Menstruum also it shall after dispose her to conceive for it hath seldome failed and is well proved Another Take the blacke seed of Pionie and bruise them one by one to the number of nine and picke of the blacke huskes and in a Morter breake them to powder eate and drink the said powder at times afore said in the second Medicine Pro eadem Another Take the rootes of Gladion and Arsmart and seethe them in good white Wine or Vineger and when they be well sodden take them from the fire and let the woman sit over it so that the ayre may strike up and none goe away for this is proved Another Take Bittonie Puliall Royall Centory of each a handfull seethe them with Wine or water till the two parts be wasted and then clense it thorow a cloth and drinke it Another Take Balme Margerom Isope and Marigolds a handfull seethe them from a pottle to a quart upon a soft fire and so take it and drinke it every morning fasting and if it be bitter put thereto Suger and use it Remedies to stop Menstruum Mulieris TAke the blackest holly-hocks that yee can get and take the flowers thereof and make them in powder and drinke them and wash the place with the water of Lovage Another Take the water of Oake leaves distilled halfe a pinte of Rose-water and Syrrupe of Quinces sixe ounces and let her drinke thereof first and last Another Take Horse-dung and seethe it in good Vineger and put it into little bagges of linnen cloth and lay the one upon the Reines of the backe and the other betweene the Navill and the privie place as warme as shee may suffer it and let her drinke it every Morning and Evening with a little Synamon till shee be whole Another Take the rootes of Gladium and seeth them well in Wine or water and receive the fume thereof It never failed To stop white Menstruum and red TAke the Juyce of Planten and of Bursa Pastoris and two whites of Egges well beaten among the Juyce and put thereto Bole-armoniack one ounce and of Terra sigillata one ounce and a portion of Beane flower and make it thicke upon the fire and draw thereof a Plaister upon thin cloth and lay it to her Backe and Navill Another for the white TAke the inner rinde of the Sloe tree Sumatch Balestianes the rinde of the Pomegranate Planten Knot-grasse the inner rinde of the red Bryer and a little French-Bolearmoniack and boyle all these in red Wine till halfe be consumed and let her drinke it fasting Et restringet fluxum Menstruum Another Take the foote and Legge of a Hare and bake it to powder haire and all and drinke it and it restraineth the same The vertue of Fearne THe Root is good to be drunke and laid to Plaister-wise for the Wounds that are made with Reedes and in like manner the roote of the Reede drunke and laid Plaister-wise to the sore where Fearne sticketh The Powder is good to be strowed upon moyst Sores which are hard to be covered with skin and ill to be healed the Juyce pressed out of the Fearne roote laid to with Rose-water or other cold water is good for all manner of burning or scalding perfectly and sure To take away heate and inflamation of a Member TAke the waters of Planten and Purslaine of each two ounces and the water of a little hearbe called Verniculaâ—is two ounces Litarge and Ceruse in fine powder of each foure drams and Camphere three graines mixe all these together and so use them A Locion for a sore Mouth TAke running water a pinte Vineger halfe a pinte Honey foure ounces Bay leaves one ounce Galingale one dram Let all these be decocted to the forme of a Syrope A preparative TAke Syrope of Violets Endiffe and of Femitory of each two ounces and of common Decoction foure ounces To make Vergent milke by D. Yaxley TAke Litarge of Leade one pound with Vineger a pinte laid in fuse three dayes and then drawne with woollen shreds and so keepe it in a Viall by it selfe close then take foure ounces of conduit-Conduit-water and one ounce of Allome and one dram of Camphere and melt all over the Fire and keepe the water by it selfe in another Viall and when you will use it put both these waters together of each a like quantity and it will be like milke It taketh away the spottes and Freckles in the Face if it be often applyed thereto A comfortable Powder for the Heart TAke Synamon Ginger of each three ounces graines of Paradice long Pepper of each two drams Saffron one dram Suger foure ounces and so make your Powder A Remedy that breaketh the Stone TAke a pound of Grâ—mmell a pound of Saxifrage seed and a pound of Coriander with a quarter of a pound of Soras white and red and grinde all these in a Morter very small and so keepe it using to eate thereof in your Pottage every day a spoonefull Another Take Time Damsons Beane-Cods Pellitory of the wall Saxifrage a like quantities and sleepe them one night in white Wine then distill them and use to drinke thereof Another remedy for the Stone and to cause the voydance of Vrine TAke Pellitorie of the Wall Sothernwood and seeth them in Water or white Wine with a quantity of Sheepes Suet till it bee tender then put the hearbes and tallow in a linnen bag and lay it warme to the bottome of the belly using this you shall finde remedy A proved Medicine to avoid the Vrine that hath beene long stopped TAke Radish rootes one if it be of bignesse and strong is sufficient and scrape it very cleane and lay it in white Wine a night in steepe then straine the Wine and give the Patient to drinke and he shall voyd water A very good water for the stone proved THe water of Strawberries with the leaves distilled and so used by draughts as other drinke To breake the Stone DRy the stones of a Cock a yeare old and â—eate them into fine powder and give the diseased thereof to drinke in white Wine but if he have the Charward then give it to drink with good water Doctor Argentines Medicine for the Stone TAke the
so you boyle them a good while and so drink the Broth or Milke as you like best they are exceeding strengthning and will do you great good if it please God to give blessing to it A Medicinâ— for one that is broken TAke a quantity of Comfrey a quantity of Knee-home a quantity of Knotted grasse a quantity of Ribervorum and a quantity of Polipody stampe them altogether and straine them in Ale and then give the patient the same to drinke cold and trusse him up with some bolster and let his dyet be but competent eschewing all slippery meats as Butter and such like provided alwayes that the pâ—tient keepe his bed sixe or seven dayes lying upon his Backe and sometimes hold his belly with his hand For the shrinking of the Sineâ—â—s TAke the marrowe of a Horse-bone and the crops of Elders and as much of Sage and chop them together and boyle them in the Marrow and then straine out the Hearbes and put to the liquor one spoonfull of Honey two spoonefuls of Aquâ— Compositâ— and a quantity of Pepper and boyle it againe and keepe it for your use For the staying of the fluxâ— TAke a new layd Egge and take off a little of the top of it and powre out a little of the white and fill up the Egge with Aqua-composita and stirre it together and rost it and sup up the Egge in the morning fasting till you be well use this A Medicine for a sore Thrâ—at TAke a pinte of Milke halfe a handfull of Collumbine leaves halfe a handfull of Gasell a dozen leaves of Sinkefoyle and two Jewes-eares and boyle them and so the partie must use it Evening and morning and gargale it in his throate For weakenesse in the Backâ— TAke Clary and Dates and the pith of an Oxe and put them together and then put to them Creame and Egges and grated bread and fry them together and strew Suger on it and eate it in the Morning fasting and you must put some white Sanders in it also when you temper it together For the Carbunckle or Impostume in the Head TAke Worme-wood Origanum Mayron by even portions and seeth them in sweet Wine and after that wring out the juyce and lay it to the Eares of the sicke with two spunges as hot as hee may suffer it use this two oâ— three times and he shall be whole To take away Pock-holes or any spot in the face TAke white Rose-water and wet a fine cloth therein and set it all night to freeze and then lay it upon your face till it be dry also take three Puppies the reddest you can get and quarter them take out the Garbage then distill them in quart of new milke of a red Cow and with this water wash your face For faintnesse in the Stomacke or the Morphew TAke a quantity of Amber beaten to powder and a quantitie of English Saffron in powder likewise and put it into white Wine and drinke it seaven or eight times A good Fumigation for the French Poxe confirmed TAke Synaper two ounces of Frankensence of Liquid Storax a dram and a halfe and mingle them the manner how to minister this suffumigation is this You must set your Patient naked under a straight Canopie and you must lay upon the Coales the first part of your aforesaid Receipt and the Patient must enforce himselfe to receivâ— the smoake keeping the fire betweene hiâ— Legges till he begin to sweate and so doing the space of foure dayes till his Teeth begâ—n to ake Pilles against Morbo TAke of all the Mirabulines three drams of Troskes of Colloquintida of Masticke of Digredium two drams of Nigula of Organy of Cummin two drams of blacke Elibore one dram of Spike of Euphorium of Hâ—rts-horne burnt of Sall-gemme halfe a dram of Mayden haire of the Coddes of Sâ—ney of Pollytricon of Galitricon of the flowers of Rosemary of Harts-horne of Epithiam one dram of Coryanders of Anniseed of Polipodium sixe drams of good Treacle sixe drams of Agaricke in Traskes and of washed Aloes tennâ— drams of the Spices of Hierâ— De octo Râ—bijs of the spices of Diarodam Albatis eight drams Make a paste of Pilles with the juyce of Femitory and honey of Roses one drâ—m To make your Drinke TAkâ— twenty ounces of Pock-wood being turned of a Turner very small which put into an Earthen Pot of two Gallons and put thereto eight pound of Running water the best you can get and let it stand in soake foure and twenty houres the Pot being covered then take and stop the Pot with Paste so close that no ayre may goe out you must keepe the â—treâ—gth in it and that is your chiefest helpe â—nd with the point of your Knife make a hole in the Paste and therein put a peg of wood which is to give it ayre at times in the boyling for breaking of the pot and thus let it boyle on a soft fire of Coales the space of sixe houres in which time it will be consumed to a pottle and that will serve you for your Drinke to take Morning and Evening for foure dayes against which time you must make more After the first seething seeth the same Wood againe with the like quantity of water and time likewise and that is for your common Drinke to serve at all times till you make new To make your Bisket TAke foure and twenty pound of the purest Wheat-flower which you can get and put thereto one pound of fine Sugar and so make your Bisket which will serve for your turne all the time of your Dyet A Receipt and a Soveraigne Dyet for the French Poxâ— Proved FIrst prepare a Chamber which make so close that no ayre â—â—ter into it and defend all ill savours out of it and therein to bee twelve dayes together before you doe begin your Dyet every day forbearing of eating of Flesh and drinking leese On the thirteenth day you must begin your Dyet and then to take a Purgation of Gassia Fistula or of Scamonia to make your Body empty keeping your Bed sweating temperately without any provoking which sweating is your greatest Remedy in the which your Sweate you shall drinke of your second drinke as often and as much as you list and of your first drinke you must drinke every Morning at five a clocke and Evening at eight a clocke eight ounces at a gulpe warme saving on the daye you take your Pugation On which dayes drinke all of your second Drinke desiring alwayes to be merry and light-harted in using often to smell to dryed Orenges hot Bread Vinâ—ger of Roses Mustard and Apples and after this manner you must keepe your Chamber thirty dayes together and never to take Ayre and at fifteene dayes you must take another Purgation like to the first and that day to drinke all of your second Drinke and in like manner another Purgation the thirtieth day on which day you may take Broth of a Chicken or of Mutton and by little and little take the Ayre
therein Hipericon Mill-foyle Viticella and Bitony and then let it stand certaine dayes close stopped and when ye will use it wet a cloth therein and lay it round about the Wound and thou shalt have thy intent to the great satisfaction of the Patient A secret Powder for wounds TAke Hipericon flowers and leaves Millfoyle and Viticella and stampe them well together and so strew it upon the Wound and round about the wound when it is dressed and that doth defend it from accidents A Composition of great vertue against all Vlcers and Sores TAke the Oyle of Vitrioll that is perfect as much as you will and put it into a Glasse with as much Oyle of Tartar made by dissolution and so let it stand ten dayes Then take one scruple of that and one ounce of pure Aqua vitae and mixe them together and therewith wash the hollow Ulcers and they will heale in short time It helpeth any crude kind of Scab or sore that is caused of the evill quality or nature A Note of a certaine Spanyard wounded in the head at Naples There was a certaine Spanyard called Samora of the age of 34. yeares of complexion Cholericke and Sanguine the which was wounded in the left side of the head with incision of the Bone Now yee must understand that in Naples the ayre is most ill for wounds in the Head by reason that it is so subtill and for that cause the Doctors did feare the Cure Neverthelesse J dressed him with our Magno Licore and Balsamo Artificio keeping the wound as close as was possible annoynting it onely upon the wound and so in 14. dayes he was perfectly whole to the great wonder of 2 number of Chyrurgions in that City For to heale Hurts and VVounds TAke Mallowes and seeth them well and when they be boyled take and stampe them and take old Barrowes grease and clean Barley meale and mingle the Juyce the Meale and the Grease all together and make a salve thereof it is a ready healer To stanch the Blood of a Cut. TAke a good handful of Nettles and bruise them and then lay them upon the wound hard bound with a cloth and it will stanch it presently Another for the same TAke Hogs-dung hot from the Hog mingle it with Suger and lay it to the wound will stay the bleeding For to staunch the blood of a VVound TAke a Linnen-cloth and burne it to powder and bind it to the Wound or Veyne that is hurt and it helpeth A healing Salve for any greene VVound TAke two yolkes of Egges halfe a pound of Turpentine half a quarter of an ounce of Mastick half a quarter of an ounce of Nitre and halfe a quarter of an ounce of Wearick two ounces of Bucks-tallow halfe a gille of rose-Rose-water and half a quarter of an ounce of Saffron mixe all these together and make of them a Salve and keepe it for your use The Lord Capels salve for Cuts or Rancklings comming of Rubbings It is also a very good Lip-salve TAke a pound of May-butter and clarifie it then take the purest thereof also take three ounces of English wax and two ounces of Rozine and clarifie them by themselves then boyle them all together and when it is well boyled coole it and after keepe it in the Cake or otherwise as your Salve For to draw and heale a Cut. TAke the Juyce of Smalledge the Juyce of Bugle of each a like quantity take also Waxe Rozen unwrought Sheepes Suet Deeres suet of each a like quantity of Sallet oyle and Turpentine but a little Fry them all and scrape a little Lint and lay a little salve upon the Lint and put it in the Cut and then lay a Plaister over it A Salve for fresh Wounds TAke Harts-grease and Turpentine of each foure Ounces oyle of Roses Frankensence and Masticke of each one ounce and so make your Salve and lay it to the sore A Salve that cleanseth a Wound and healâ—th it TAke white Turpentine unwashed foure ounces the yolke of an Egge and a little Barley meale and so make a Salve To kill dead Flesh TAke the Juyce of Smalledge and the yolke of an Egge Wheaten flower a spoonfull of Honey and mingle all these together and drop it into the Sore or otherwise make a Plaister Fine Suger scraped into powder will doe the same A Playster for old Sores TAke Litarge of Gold one pound oyle of Roses two pound white Wine a pinte Urine a pinte Vineger halfe a pinte Waxe Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two Drams and so make your Plaister according For a Canker Fistula Warts or Wounds new or old TAke a Gallon and a halfe of running Water and a pecke of Ashen ashes and seeth them and make thereof a Gallon of Lie and put thereto a gallon of Tanners woose and powder of roch Allome and Madder a pound and seeth all these and let your panne be so great that it be little more then halfe full and when it riseth in the seething stirre it downe with a ladle that it runne not over and let it stand three or foure houres till it be cleere and all that is cleere straine it through a good thicke Canvasse and then wet therein a ragged cloth and long Lint and lay it on the sore and this is good for all the Diseases aforesaid A Salvâ— for any Wound TAke Housleeke Marigold leaves Sage Betonie and garden Mallowes of each one handfull stampe them and straine them then take the juyce and half a pound of fresh Butter one penny worth of fine Turpentine â—ery well washed one penny worth of Aqua Composita and an Oxe-gall mixe them all together and boyle them moderately upon the Imbers and so make a Plaister To hâ—lpâ— the Ach of a Wound FOr Ache of a Wound stampe Fennell with old Swines Greace and heate it and binde it thereto Râ—cip the juyce of Smallage Honey old Swines greace and Rye meale and apply it Plasterwise To heale Wounds without Plaister Tent or Oyntment except it â—e in the Head STampe Fennell Yarrow Buglosse anâ— white Wine and drinke it 2. or 3. times a day till you be well Mixe Swines greace with Honey Rye meale and Wine and boyle it and use it but if it heale too fast put in the juyce of Bryonie a little or bruise Jsop and put in while the wound is raw is very good To heale a Wound that no scarre or print thereof shall be seene ROst Lilly roots and grinde them with Swines greace and when the wound is healed anoynt it therewith often Thus much for VVounds Of Plaisters PART V. To make a resolutive Plaister of great vertue This Plaister is to resolve Tumours and hardnesse if it be laid thereon very hot and when it cold to lay on another and this you shall doe till the hardnesse be resolved and it is made in this order TAke common wood Ashes that are well burnt and white and finely searced one pound Clay beaten in fine powder
To make Vnguentum Apostolorum TAke Yellow Rozen two pound Verdigrease three ounces Wax one pound Oyle a pint you must set the Oyle Wax and Rozen over the fire then put to your Verdigreace made into fine powder and stirre it till it be cold and so it is finished Vnguentum Basilicum TAke Oyle halfe a pound Waxe Colophonie of each two ounces Turpentine Pitch Perosine and Cowes suet of each two pound and a half Frankensence and Myrrhe of each halfe an ounce and so make your Unguent The golden Vnguent called Vnguentum Aureum TAke yellow Waxe foure ounces Oyle one pound Turpentine Colophonie and Rozen of each one ounce Frankensence and Masticke of each halfe an ounce Saffron a dram and so make an Unguent To make a drying Vnguent called Vnguentum Calaminaris TAke the Stone called Lapis Calaminaris Deeres Suet and Waxe of each foure ounces oyle of Roses halfe a pound Camphere two drams and so make your Unguent according to Art To make the white Oyntment called Vnguentum Album Rasis TAke oyle of Roses halfe a pound Waxe two ounces Ceruse sixe ounces the whites of three Egges and Camphere a dram and after these things be melted and commixed together you must wash it with rose-Rose-water To make Vnguentum Lytargerii TAke oyle of Roses one pound Litarge of Lead one pound Vineger halfe a pound Camphere two drams and so make your Unguent To make Vnguentum Lypeione TAke the juyce of Honey-suckles a quart Honey a pinte white Copperas halfe a pound and so make your Unguent To make the Incarnative Vnguent TAke oyle of greene Balme two pound Waxe and Perosine of each halfe a pound Deeres suet foure ounces Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two ounces of Turpentine foure ounces the yolkes of foure Egges and so make your Unguent Another Incarnative Vnguent TAke Deeres suet oyle of Roses Rozen Pitch Litarge of Gold Frankensence and Myrrhe of each foure ounces and so make your Unguent To make Vnguentum Viride TAke Ossingie Porsine one pound Verdigreace two ounces Sall gemme halfe an ounce and so make your Unguent Another Vnguent TAke burnt Allom and Vineger of each two ounces Ossingie Porsine sixe ounces and so make an Unguent A drying Vnguent TAke oyle of Roses one pound Waxe sixe ounces Litarge of Gold and Silver Bdelium gum Armoniack red Corall Dragons bloud Deeres suet Masticke of each two ounces Camphere halfe an ounce and so make your Unguent An Vnguent against the Morphew TAke quicke Brimstone sixe drams oyle of Tartary foure drams Ceruse Unguentum Cytrium of each two drams oyle of Roses sixe drams the white of an Egge as much Vineger as needs and so make your Unguent An Vnguent called Rosye TAke Rozen Turpentine and Honey of each halfe a pound Linseed and Fenecrick of each one ounce Myrrhe one ounce Sercoll one ounce let them all be made in fine powder and so make an Unguent thereof An Vnguent for Vlcers in the Arme. TAke Litarge of Gold and silver Ceruse of each two ounces Bole-armoniac half an ounce Lapis Calaminaris Dragons blood of each one ounce Frankensence and Mastick of each halfe an ounce Tartarie Sall-gemme and Camphere of each two drams Turpentine washed in rose-Rose-water and Waxe of each two ounces oyle of Elders half an ounce oyle of Bayes two drams oyle of Violets and of Poppie of each foure drams and so make your Unguent it is an excellent oyntment An Vnguent against Cabes TAke Storax liquide two ounces Bay-salt in fine powder and oyle of Roses of each one ounce the juyce of Orenges as much as shall need and so make your Unguent according to Art An Vnguent called the gift of God TAke Orras powder Sall-gemme Sall-Nitrie of each one ounce a Stone called Lapis Magnates two ounces Lapis Calaminaris two ounces Waxe one pound Oyle three pound and so make your Unguent according to Art A precious Vnguent TAke Ceruse washed one ounce in an ounce of Vineger burnt Lead foure ounces Litarge two ounces Myrrhe one ounce Honey of Roses two ounces oyle of Roses sixe ounces the Yolkes of sixe Egges and Waxe as much as needs and so make your Unguent Another Vnguent against Cabes TAke the juyce of Sallendine Femitary Borage Scabious and Dockes of each three ounces Litarge of gold washed Ceruse burnt Brasse Brimstone Bay salt burnt Allom of each halfe an ounce oyle of Roses two ounces Storax liquide Turpentine of each one ounce Vineger foure ounces Ossingie Perosine one pound and a halfe and so make your oyntment To make the greene Oyntment called Vnguentum Viride TAke Waxe one pound Perosine one pound Frankensence halfe a pound gum Arabic halfe a pound Verdigrease two ounces Honey foure ounces oyle Olive two pound and so make your Unguent An Vnguent to increase Flesh TAke the gum Dragagant and dissolve it in Rose-water and make an Unguent An Vnguent to heale the Serpigo TAke Pepper Bay-salt Tartary Verdigreace Allumines ynke of each halfe an ounce Ceruse Litarge and Quicksilver well killed of each two drams of Ossingie Perosine as much as needs An Vnguent for Fistulaes TAke Myrrhe Masticke Alloes and Epatick of each two ounces the juyce of Salendine Planten Honey of Roses and Vineger of each a like quantity and make it an Unguent An oyntment for a greene Wound TAke oyle of Turpentine one ounce the oyle of Vulpinum one ounce oyle of Camomill two ounces and make thereof an Unguent A cold Vnguent TAke oyle of Roses and Waxe of each two ounces the juyce of red Gowrd leaves Night-shade leaves of each two ounces Ceruse washed burnt Lead washed in Rose-water or Planten water of each halfe an ounce Frankensence two drams melt all together and decoct it a little and then take it from the fire and put it into a Leaden Morter wherein you must labour it a good while and so make your Unguent An Vnguent for a sawse-fleame Face TAke May butter one pound Hony-suckle flowers three handfuls stampe the flowers and the Butter together and lay it in fuse for sixe dayes space then melt it and straine it and put thereto quicke Brimstone the weight of twelve pence finely powdered and so reserve it for your use An Vnguent for the Piles TAke Mollene Archangell red Fennell stamped small of each a like quantity and as much Ossingie as of the Hearbes Mixe all these together and lay it â— rotting a weeke space then straine it and keepe it for that use Another Vnguent for the Piles TAke Yarrow and May butter and stampe them together and apply them as hot as may be suffered To make Vnguentum Lipcium TAke a quart of Juyce of Honey suckles and a pinte of Hony and halfe a pound of white Coperas and seethe them on the fire and let them boyle till it waxe blacke then put in your Copperas in fine powder To make Vnguentum Fanscome TAke Waxe one pound Rozen Colophonie of each two pound Pitch one pound Cowes suet one pound May-butter halfe a pound
of the sand or gravell in the bladder for it will breake the Stone within him Jtem this water being drunke sustaineth and lightneth all the members of man of what Disease soever he be grieved with 10. To make water of Sage the tenth Water TAke Sage and Pollyon of each a like quantity and breake them in a morter and put them in a Stillatorie and distill Water sthereof this waterdrunke fasting eateth away all manner of sicknesse Item this wate r sodden with Castory and drunke fasting of all Medicines in the world it prolongeth most a mans life Item if a man be fore-spoken doe this nine dayes and he shall be whole but it must be taken with warme water Item this water being drunke fasting draweth away all evill in the stomacke or wombe Item it is good against the Scabbes and causeth a man to have good blood and good colour in the face Item this water being drunke hote in the morning or in the day healeth any manner oâ— evill in a man within three dayes if the Patient be in any wise curable To make Aqua Vitae TAke Isope Rosemary Violet Verven Bitony Hearbe-Iohn Mouseare Planten Avence Sage and Fetherfoy of each a handfull and washing them put them in a gallon of white Wine and so let it stand all night cleane covered and then on the morrow distill it and keepe the water well This water is good for the Megrim in the Head and for the Impostume in the head and for the Dropsie in the Head and for the Fever in the head and for all manner of Aches and sicknesse in the Head To make Aqua Magistralis TAke the rootes of Pyonie the rootes of Turpentine the crops of Fennell of Egrimonie Honysuccle Celondine Rewe Chickweed Pimpernell Phillippendula the tender leaves of the Vine Eufraâ—e Sowthistle Red-roses Strawbery leaves and Verven of each alike quantity and bray them in a Morter and put them in good white Wine nine dayes and then put thereto a pinte of womans milke that doth nurse a Man-child and as much Urine of a man-child of a yeare old and as much pured Hony and put them all together and let them stand three dayes so and then distill them in a Stillatorie and keepe well this water in a Glasse vessell that no Ayre come thereto and if you will occupie this water wash thine eyes therewith and use it and if ever man be holpen of the disease of the Eyes this will helpe him in short time A precious Water for Eyes that seeme faire and yet be blind TAke Smalledge red Fennell Rew Verven Byttony Egrimony Sinck-â—oile Eufrase Sage Pimpernell and Selondine of each a quarterne and wash them cleane and stampe them small and put them in a brasse Pan and powder of Tuttie of Pepper of Ceruse and a pinte of white wine and put it to the Hearbes and two or three spoonfuls of Hony and seven spoonfuls of the water of a Man-child and temper them together and boyle them over the fire a little and straine it thorow a cloth and put it into a Glasse and stop it well till you will occupy it and when you will use it put it into thine eyes with a Feather and if it waxe thicke temper it with white wine and then use it often A Water that will helpe onâ— that is troubled with sore eyes being debarred of sight TAke of Rosemary Smalledge Rewe Verven Mather Eufrase Endive Houseleeke Fulwort red Fennell and Selandine of each a like half a quarterne and wash them cleane and lay them in white Wine a day and a Night and then distill them in a Stillatorie the first water will be like Gold the second like Silver and the third will be like Balme and that is good for all sores of the eyes To make another Aqua Vitae TAke Nutmegs Gallingale Spikenard of Spaine of each two penny-worth and of Cloves Graines Ginger of each one penny-worth two penny worth of Annys take and bray them all in a brasse Morter and then take a handfull of wild Sage and of the other Sage Rosemary Isope Savery puliall royal puliall of the Mountaine Sothernwood Hore-hound Worme-wood and Egrimony Bettony Jvie leaves of each a like handfull and two pennyworth of Quibebes and bruise all these in a Morter then take three Gallons of good red Wine and put it into a brazen pot and then put the Spices and Hearbes therein and set the Stillatory above and close it well and take faire Paste and put it about the brinkes hard with thy hand and make it cleave well and sadly thereto and when it doth begin to waxe hot put cold water above in the Stillatorie and when it doth waxe hot let the water runne out at the Conduite and put in new cold water and so doe as oft as yee shall thinke good but looke that the fire be not too great for if it be then will the water come up and if there come up smoake of the Stillatorie with the Water then is the fire too much and if it be not then it is well tempered The making of Waters in colours and first of greene Waters TAke white Wine a pinte the water of Roses and Planten of each sixe ounces Orpiment one ounce Verdigrease halfe an ounce c. Another greene Water TAke the waters of Honey-suckles Planten and Roses of each halfe a pinte Orpiment Allome Ceruse and Verdigrease of each two drams white Wine Juyce of Planten of each halfe an ounce and it is done Waters for old Vlcers TAke white Wine and running Water of each a pinte Frankensence and Allome of each one ounce Decocted in Balme for three houres space and it is done A good Drinke for the Gummorium Passio TAke Bursa Pastoris Planten of each two handfuls take the Juyce thereof in a pinte of good Ale and drinke it three times in a day for three dayes A Water for old Vlcers in the Armes TAke Smiths water a quart burnt Allome one pound Salarmoniac one ounce Galls two ounces Tartary Copperas of each one ounce distill all these with shreds so keepe the water to your use A Water for a Canker TAke Bugle Fennell and Rosa-Solis of each a like and take as much in quantity of Honey suckle flowers as of all the other hearbes and let them be cleane picked and so distilled in a Stillatorie and keepe it close for it is a precious water A Femitorie Water IS to be drunke in the Morning at Noone and at night it is much worth against Dropsies and Sweating sicknesse it purgeth Fleame and Choller and Melancholy and it bringeth forth heate and dry Sicknesse and it is good for the paine of the Head to wash it and drinke it A Water of Rosemariâ— IT hath more vertues in it then a man can tell one is if a man have an Arrow or Jron within him wet a tent and put into the wound and drinke the same water and it shall avoyd out and it helpeth all Wounds inward and
against the stone and stopping of the flowers A good Drinke to strengthen the heart and all the members if a man drinke halfe an Egge shell full of it morning and evening with as much good wine TAke the best Aqua Vitae that you can get and take a piece of fine Gold and make it glowing hot ten times and squench it again the more you squench it the stronger waxeth the water and better Then put it into the same Aqua Vitae and halfe a quarter of an ounce of Saffron and a quarter of an ounce of Cynamon both beaten let them stand foure dayes well stopped and stirre it every day once but when you will take it then let it stand still unstirred that it may be cleare This water warmeth a cold stomacke giveth strength to all the members specially to aged folkes that have beene over long sicke whose strength is consumed for it comforteth and strengthneth the heart out of measure A speciall Medicine to cause sleepe TAke a spoonefull of Oyle of Roses a spoonefull of Rose-water and halfe a spoonefull of red Vineger and temper them all together then with a fine linnen cloth annoynt the Patients head A discourse as concerning Cornes in the feet or else-where with their remedies THis Callowes matter is a certaine hot humour the which nature would discharge her selfe of and when that humour is driven forth of nature it goeth into the lower parts into the end of the Toes for in that part of the Toes that skin is called Epidarma is hard and will not suffer it to passe or exalate and there many times it engendreth a Tumor in the skin with great hardnesse and many times that Tumor doth increase and cause such paine that it doth not onely hinder their going but hinder them from their sleepe in the Night and this kind of Tumor is called commonly Callo or Cornes in English and J thought it good to call them Crest because they are alwayes growing and is of great importance among Chirurgions for an infinite number of persons are troubled therewith and therefore J will shew thee our secret to helpe them quickly and with great ease which secret was never knowne of any First ye shall pare them with a sharpe Knife unto the bottome and there ye shall find a certaine thing like matter ye shall pare it untill bloud doth appeare then touch it with the Oyle of Sulphure and then dresse it with Balsamo Artificio once a day untill it be whole Keepe this as a secret Of Medicines Remedies and Cures of divers Diseases of severall kinds As also the making of Powders and Plaisters c. PART X. The cause of our Sciatica and how yee helpe it SCiatica is a Disease so called because it commeth in that place of the Body called Scio and it is caused of an evill quality and grosse Humors that are strayed in that place because they cannot passe downe And this is seene by experience dayly for where that paine is there is alteration and the cure thereof is with Glysters Vomits Purgations and Unctions because the Glysters doth evacuate those places next unto it and so easeth the Humour the Vomit cleanseth the stomacke the Purgation doth evacuate the body downwards the Unctions dissolve the winde and by these meanes thou mayest helpe the Sciatica as J have done many times to my great credit and satisfaction of my Patient For Hoarsnesse AGainst Hoarsnesse goe into the Hot-house and when thou hast halfe Bathed drinke a good draught of warme water this is often proved Another Garlick sodden and eaten maketh a cleare voyce and driveth away Hoarsenesse and the old Cough If a man stand in feare of the Palsie LEt him eat every Morning two or three graines of Mustar-seedes and two Pepper cornes the same is assured for the same disâ—ase by many A Medicine for the Goute TAke a pinte of white Wine a quart of running water a quantity of Barley flower and let them boyle together then put thereto halfe a pound of blacke Soape and let all seethe till it be thicke then put thereto the yolkes of foure Egges and when yee will use it spred it on a cloth Plaister-wise hot Stubbes Medicine for the Goute TAke a quart of red Wine Lees a quarter of a pound of Beane flower half aquarter of a pound of Commine fine beaten a spoonefull of Bole-Armoniacke halfe an ounce of Camphere which must be put in at twice and boyle them all together till they be somewhat thicke then make it Plaister-wise and lay it to the paine Another Plaister for the Goute TAke Occy cronium Galbanum and Melitonum of each one a penny-worth and distill them take a pound of stone Pitch and another pound of fine Rozen one halfe ounce of Camphere one quarterne of Deeres Suet halfe a quater of a pound of Commin and boyle them on a soft fire together and thereof make a Plaister upon a piece of Leather using it as the other Another for the same TAke the Gall of an Oxe and Aqua Composita of each a like quantity as much of Oyle of Exeter as of both the other and labour them all together in a pot with a sticke the space of halfe an houre When you have so done annoynt your palme therewith then wet a linnen cloth therein and as hot as you can suffer it bind it to the sore For a pricke of a Thorne or any other thing TAke Honey and a good quantity of Chalke and of the Gall of a Beast and boyle them together and make a Plaister of it and as hot as you can suffer it lay it thereunto Let the Chalke be scraped very small Approved A Remedy for burning and Scalding TAke the white Wooll of the belly of an Hare and if it be raw lay it thereto and it will never away till such time it be whole Another Take a Thistle called St. Mary Thistle stampe it and strain it and take thereof two spoonfuls and put to this three spoonfuls of Creame mixe them together and annoynt the Patient therewith To kill a Tetter or Ring-worme TAke the root of a red Dock the roote is very red and slice it and lay it in Vineger a Night and after lay it upon the Tetter and tye it with a cloth hard and it will kill the Tetter Approved For a winde or a Collicke in the belly TAke a Rose Cake and toast it at the fire with Vineger throwen upon it and lay it as hot to your belly as you may suffer it Another Take Mustard Figges and Vineger stamped together and lay it to the belly of the diseased cold in manner of a Plaister and it shall helpe Against the Shingles ANnoynt the Shingles with the juyce of Mynts and it will heale them To heale a wound in ten dayes as by proofe hath beene seene STampe Camphere with Barrowes greace and put it into the wound and it will heale it Approved For ache in the Backe TAke Egremont and Mugwort both
and drinke good drinke The order of your Fare EVery day take a quantity of a Chicken and seethe it in water and put thereto Borage leaves or Borage Flowers without other Spices or Salt or any other thing which Chicken eate to thy Dinner and every day eate three ounces of Bisket and no more that which yâ—u leave of your Bisket eate at night with a few Raisins of the Sun and your Dinner must be at tenne a clock before noone and your Supper at five a clock at afternoon and at your Dinner you may dip your Bisket in your Broth if you will and so drinke your Drinke as aforesaid and this is your Fare and Dyet for the space of thirty dayes and no other A marvailous Secret to preserve a man from the Plague and hath bin proved in England of all the Physitians in that great and vehemâ—nt Plague in the yeare 1â—48 which â—rept through all the World and the other in the yeere 1625. and there was never any which used this secret but hee was perserved from the Plague TAke Aloe Epaticum or Sicotrine fine Sinamon and Myrrhe of each of them three drams Cloves Mace Lignum Aloes Masticke Bole-armoniack of each of them halfe a dram let all these things be well stamped in a cleane Morter then mingle them together and after keepe them in some close vessell and take of it every Morning two penny weight in halfe a glasse of white Wine with a little water and drinke it in the Morning at the dawning of the Day and so may you by the grace of God goe boldly into all infection of the ayre and Plague A soveraigne Drinke to preserve one against the Plague or Pestilence TAke the quantity of a Dram and an halfe of Powder Imperiall a dram of Triakle and of Dragon water and Sorrell water of each of them an ounce and drinke it with Ale in the Morning fasting and if one have the Infection within 24. houres before yet by Gods grace he shall escape it This hath beene truely proved in the last great Visitation Another Take a dram of Methridatuâ— and give it the Patient with Dragon water white Wine or some other liquor to drinke when he supposeth himself to be first infected Another Preservative against the Plague TAke seven or eight leaves of Sorrell and wash them in faire Water and Vineger and steepe them in the said Water and Vineger a good while and eate them Fasting The Lady Gath her Medicine against the Plague TAke Abaunce Turmintell Sage Speremint and Violet leaves of each one handfull and stampe them in a Morter very small when you have so done straine them through a strainer with red Wine Claret or white whether you can most easily get and luke-warme and give of this water to the dito drinke seased An excellent Antidote against the Plague or Poyson TAke two Walnuts two Figs twenty leaves of Rew and one graine of Salt stampe them and mixe them all together eate it in the morning fasting and you shall be safe from the Plague or poyson that day An excellent Preservative against the Plaguâ— TAke Sage Hearbe grace Elder leaves and Bramble leaves of each a handfull take also a quart of white Wine and a good race of Ginger beaten small or grated stampe the Hearbs with the Wine and the Ginger then strain it through a cloth take a spoonfull of this Medicine every morning fasting for nine dayes together after the first spoonfull you shall be safe for twenty foure dayes and after the ninth spoonfull you shall be safe for two moneths But if it shall happen that you be stricken ere you drinke of this then take a spoonefull of the water of Bittony with a spoonfull of it mingled altogether and drink it it will expell the venome and if the sore dore appeare then take Bramble leaves and Elder leaves of each a like quantity stampe them and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and it will heale it with Gods helpe A good Drinke to be used to those that are infected with the Plague TAke Berries of Ivie that are ripe gathered on the North side of the Tree and dry them in the shadow then stampe them to powder then take a dram of the same Powder and temper it well with two ounces of planten-Planten-water or white Wine and let the sicke person drinke a good draught thereof and remaine in his Bed and sweate as much and as often as he can after hee hath taken it then warme a cleane shirt for him to put on and if his shirts may be shifted often it will bee the better after his sweating and likewise his sheets and Bed-cloathes if it may be if not at the least his sheets and shirt and in using of this for the space of three dayes together he will dye or mend without all doubt by Gods helpe This hath beene often and truely proved To provoke sleepe to the sicke person Take a good quantity of Womans brest Milke and put thereto a little quantity of Aqua-Vitae stirre them well together and moysten the Temples of the Head of the Patient and the Nostrils well therewith and let it be laid on with some Feather or some â—ine linnen cloth and this will doe much good It hath bin often proved And if it happen that the sicke person find himselfe greatly grieved and that any Swelling begin in any place to grow sore then take Elder leaves red Bramble leaves and Mustard seed and stampe them all together and make a Plaister thereof and lay the same to the Sore and this will both draw and heale Or take two handâ—uls of Scabious and stampe it in a Morter then temper it well with two ounces of Swines greace that is salted and the yolke of an Egge then stampe them all together and laid thereto Plaister-wise will draw exceeding well How to breake a Plague sore TAke blacke Snayles and leavened Bread stampe them very well together make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Sore and it will brâ—ake sodainly by Gods helpe When Medicines effect give all the glory to GOD. A Prayer O Eternall God and most sure comfort and consolation in all Afflictions which heâ—lest the sicke Soules oppressed with Sin which ministrest mercifull Medicines to the repentant Heart and doest refresh the sinfull sinnâ—rs that thirst after thy precious goodnesse most humbly we beseech thee have respect to our deadly Diseases and purge them with that spilling of thy most precious Blood that we may be made cleane and found in thy sight to receive the healthfull salvation of our Soules â—â—d to rest with thy holy Congregation and heavenly Fellowship in thy glorious and everlâ—sting Kingdome already purchased for us by thy onely Sonne CHRIST JESUS our onely Lord and Saviour Amen
each halfe a pound Cloves and Mace foure ounces Saffron to the weight of twelve pence red Wine and water of each two pintes boyle all these things together till the liquor be wasted away and so make a Plaister thereof it is very good for to breake an Impostume The white Musilage Plaister TAke pure good Oyle eight pound Litarge of Lead five pound and a halfe Musilage of March mallow rootes of Fennicrick and Linseed two pound boyle all these together to the forme of a Plaister with a soft fire ever stirring it well then take and wash it in three or foure waters and it will be very white it is good to ripen and draw A Spiced Plaister for the same TAke Wax and Perosine of each one pound Cressine halfe a pound Colophonie two ounces Frankinsence and Goats suet of each foure ounces Cloves and Mace Oyle of Turpentine and Oyle of Spike of each one ounce Saffron halfe an ounce red Wine two pound dissolve them over a soft fire and so make your Plaister An excellent Plaister for old Sores TAke Litarge of Gold one pound Oyle of Roses two pound white Wine a pint Urine a pint Vineger half a pint Waxe Frankensence and Myrrhe of each two drams set them on the fire to boyle and so make your Plaister according to art A Sparadrope for the same TAke oyle of Roses a pound white Waxe three ounces Litarge of Gold foure ounces boyle all these in forme of a Plaister A very good drying Plaister TAke of Jacobs Plaister halfe a pound of Vnguentum Lapis Caluminaris one pound mixe them and so make a Plaister Oliver Wilsons Plaister TAke a pottle of Oyle Wax two pound and a quarter white Lead in powder 2. pound of Storax callamitick one ounce Bengawin one ounce Labdanum one ounce Mastick one ounce of Camphere foure drams dissolve them and so make a Plaister To make another Sparadrope TAke Oyle a quart white Lead one pound the grounds of Urine foure ounces of white Copperas two ounces white Wax three ounces Vineger a pint Camphere three penny-worth boyle all these together and so make a plaister To make the Mellilote Plaister TAke Rozin eight pound Wax two pound Sheepes suet one pound the juyce of Mellilote a gallon cleane strained let your Rozen and Sheepes suet be molten and cleane strained into a faire panne and then put to your juyce of Mellilote and set it over the fire and stirre it well together till it be like a plaister then take it off the fire and put unto it a pottle of red Wine by a little and a little ever stirring it till it bee almost cold and then labour it well in your â—ands for feare of heaving out the Wine and so make it up in rolles and keepe it for your use To make a Seare-cloath TAke Waxe one ounce and a dram of Euforbium and temper it with oyle Olive at the fire and make thereof a Seare-cloath to comfort the Sinewes To make a Plaister called Flowesse TAke Rozen and Perosine of each halfe â— pound Virgin-wax and Frankensence of each a quarter of a pound Mastick one ounce Harts-tallow a quarter of a pound Camphere two drams beat all these to a powder and boyle them together and straine it thorow a faire cloth into a pottle of white Wine and boyle them all againe together and letting it coole a little then put to it foure ounces of Turpentine and stirre them all together till it be cold and so make it in rowles according to Art Another Plaister for the same TAke two pound of Waxe two pound of Rozen foure pound of Perosine a quarter of a pound of Deeres suet two ounces of Cloves two ounces of Mace a quarter of an ounce of Saffron one pound and a halfe of Olibanon and a Gallon of red Wine and put all these into a faire Panne and set it over the fire foure or five houres till yee suppose that the Wine be sodden away and then take it off the fire and stirre it till it be cold and rowle it in balls and keepe itto use To make the Playster Occinicione TAke a quarter of a pound of Comin as much Waxe as much Pitch as much Rozen and of Saffron one ounce and a halfe of Masticke one quarterne Galbanum halfe a quarterne Turpentine one ounce Incense halfe an ounce Myrrhe but a quarter Sal-armoniac a little first take the Salt and let it lye in good Vineger and stamped in a Morter till it be well moystned all Night and more then take the Vineger and the Gums therein and set it on the fire till the Gummes be well melted then straine it and set it on the fire againe and let it seeth untill the Vineger the second part thereof be wasted and so that there be but the third part left then melt the Pitch and scumme it and put thereto the liquour that is left then melt the Waxe and put it to the Rozen and the Turpentine and then take the Masticke Incense and Myrrhe but looke that all the Gums be beaten into powder before that you cast it in and see that you stirre it apace when that they be well molten and medled looke that you have a faire Bason of hot water and sodainely cast it in then wring it out of the water then chafe it against the fire as if it were Waxe and annoynt your hands with oyle of Bay and looke yee have the Saffron in fine powder and the other that was not put in before and when you have put in all the eight Powders make it up in Rowles this is an excellent Plaister for divers occasions To make a Plaister Inplumhie TAke Oyle one pound Litarge halfe a pound and looke that the Litarge bee fine then set it on the fire and let it boyle untill it waxe browne but not so long that it waxe blacke then take it from the fire and make it in Balles and so keepe it A Plaister of Camphere TAke Camomill oyle halfe a pound white Waxe foure ounces Ceruse one pound Camphere halfe an ounce and so make your Plaister To make a noble Plaister that as soone as thâ— Plaister is warme and laid to the place thâ— paine will be gone and it is called a Spicâ— Plaister TAke Waxe two pound Deere Suet one pound Perosine foure pound Cloves and Mace two Ounces Saffron one ounce Rozen two pound Pitch foure ounces now melt that which is to be molten and powder and serse that which is to be powdered and sersed and melted altogether over a soft fire except your Cloves and Saffron and then take a quart of red Wine and by a little and a little poure it to the salve stirring it well together and when it is cleane molton straine it into a cleane Pan and then put to it your powder of Cloves Mace and Saffron casting it abroad upon the said Ingredience and stirring it well till it be cold then make it into rolles This is a very comfortable Plaister To
outward the Canker the Fester and it killeth the Wormes in man or Child and all manner of Impostumes inward and outward it helpeth the Tysicke and Fluxe white or bloody it is a great helpe for a woman with Child to drinke thereof also it maketh cleane the Face or any where if yee wash it therewith Water of Verven IF if it be distilled in the later end of May it hath vertue to spring Choller and to heale Wounds and to cleere the Eye-sight it is a principall thing to compound Medicines A Locion for a sore Mouth YOu must take of Honey-suckle-water halfe a pinte Planten and Rose-water of each foure ounces Honey of Roses two ounces Alloes one ounce white Copperas and Vineger of each halfe an ounce and so use it A Water for a sore mouth TAke Lapis Calaminaris beaten into fine powder and put in a pinte of white Wine then take a pottle of water and Rosemary boyle it in the water till it be halfe sodden away then straine the water from the Rosemary and put it into the white Wine and so it is done A compound Water TAke first Pimpernell Rew Valerian or Sedwall Alocelipis cap and breake them and lay them in this said water following Take Isop Pulyall Royall Anniseedes and Centorie and beate them in a morter and after put them in a Stillatory and distill water of them which is very vertuous and let them boyle together and after that straine them that the water may goe from them and close this water in Vials of glasse the space of nine dayes and give it to him that hath the Falling-evill foure dayes fasting after it six houres and this is the truest medicine for this Disease that wee can sinde except the mercy of God and this Water drinking is good for the Palsie if it be drunke fasting also it is good for all Gowtes likewise in the time that they be mortified in the members and limbes of a man it is very helping to Wounds that are festered if they be washed therewith it destroyeth all manner of Fevers Behly Water TAke Water a pottle Suger-Candy foure ounces let them seethe then put in foure ounces of Verdigrease in fine powder and let it seethe A good Barley water for all Diseases of the Lungs or Lights TAke half a pound of faire Barly a gallon of Water half an ounce of Licorice Fennell-seed Violets and Parsley-seed of each a quarter of an ounce red Roses a quarter of an ounce dry Hysop and Sage of each a penny-weight sixe leaves of Harts-tongue a quarter of an ounce of Figs and Raysins boyle all these in a new pot of cold Water and then straine them cleare from it and drinke it The same cooleth the Liver and all the members driveth away all evill heat slaketh thirst is the cause of much evacuation it purgeth the Lights and Spleene the Kidneyes and Bladder and it causeth to make water well and more especially it is good for all Agues that come of heat A good Drinke for the Pox. TAke Selendine and English Saffron the weight of a halfe-penny and a farthing-worth of Graines a quarterne of long Pepper a penny-weight of Mace and a little stale Ale then stampe your Herbe and pound your Saffron and mingle them well together and so drinke it next your heart A very good Drinke for the Cough TAke a quart of white Wine and boyle it with Lycorice Anniseeds and Suger-candy of each a like quantity putting therein tenne Figs of the best and boyle it untill it be halfe consumed and so preserve thereof to drinke Evening and morning three or foure spoonefuls warmed A restorative made of the Herbe Rosa Solis with other things but they must bee gathered in June or July THis herbe Rosa Solis groweth in Marish ground and in no other place and it is of a hoary colour and groweth very lowe and flat to the ground and it hath a meane long stalke growing in the middest of it and seaven branches springeth out of the roote round about the stalke with leaves coloured and of a meane length and breadth and in no wise when this Hearbe should be gathered touch not the Hearbe it selfe with your hands for then the vertue thereof is gone yee must gather and plucke it out of the ground by the stalke yee must lay it in a cleane basket the Leaves of it is full of strength and nature and gather so much of this hearbe as will fill a pottle pot or glasse but wash it not in any wise then take a pottle of Aqua Composita and put them both in a large pot or vessell and let it stand hard and fast stopped three dayes and three nights and on the fourth day open it and straine it through a faire linnen-cloath into a cleane glasse or pewter pot and put thereto a pound of Sugar small beaten one pound of Licorice beaten to powder and one pound of Dates the stones taken out and they cut in small pieces then mingle them altogether and stop the glasse or pewter pot well so that no ayre come into it in any wise Thus done yee may drinke of it at night when yee goe to bed one spoonefull mixt with Aqua Vitae or stale Ale and as much in the morning fasting and there is not the weakest body in the worlâ— that is wasted by Consumption or otherwise but it will restore him againe and make him to be strong and lusty and to have a good stomacke and that shortly and hee or shee that useth this three times together shall finde great remedy or comfort thereby and as the patient doth feele himselfe so he may use it How to make Doctor Stevens precious Water which Dr. Chambers and others made tryall of and did approve the vertue of it TAke a gallon of Gascoigne wine then take Ginger Galingall Cinamon Nutmegs graines of Paradise Cloves Mace Anniseeds Fennell-seed and Carraway-seed of every of them a dram then take Sage red Mints Rose leaves Tyme Pellitory of Spaine Rosemary Peny-mountaine otherwise wild Tyme Camomill and Lavender of every of them a handfull then beat the Spices small and bruise the hearbes and put all into the Wine and let it stand the space of twelve dayes stirring it divers times then distill it in a Limbeck and keepe the first pinte of the water for it is the best and then will come a second kind of water keepe that close in a violl of glasse and set it in the Sun a certaine space The vertues of this Water be these It comforteth the spirits and preserveth the youth of a man and helpeth the inward Diseases commeth of cold and against the shaking of the Palsie It cureth the contraction of Sinewes and helpeth the Conception of women that be barren It killeth the Wormes in the belly It helpeth cold Gouts It helpeth the Tooth-ache It comforteth the Stomack very much It cureth the cold Dropsie It helpeth the stone in the Bladder and the Reynes in the back It
suffice make thereof a Plaister for the Spleene Another Take the tops of Acornes Rose leaves Coriander seed and Commin seed prepared of each one ounce Strado Arabiae Galanga of each two ounces Salinter I. Saltpeeter one ounce terrified mixe them and put them in a bagge quilted or basted quadrantwise and lay it to the place grieved Another Take Camomill flowers wheat bran and a pint of white Wine boyle them all together and put them in a bag then take oyles of Violets of Linseed and of Lillies of each a penniworth annoynt therewith and put your bagge hot thereto A Drinke for the Spleene TAke the juyce of Licorice one ounce Fennell-seed Anniseed and Juniper of each an ounce pound them all in a Morter together and so drinke it in your drinke Another Take three spoonfuls of the juyce of Ivie leaves in white Wine or else of the Juyce of Egrimony and drinke of it three or foure mornings fasting and it will helpe you To dissolve the hardnesse of the Spleene AMoniacum dissolved in very sharpe Vineger and spred upon leather Plaister-wise and applyed to the Spleene will mollifie the hardnesse thereof and it may lye thereto seven weekes and never be removed A soveraigne Medicine for the Spleene and to clense the body TAke Harts-tongue wilde Hoppes Lettice and Borage with the flowers of Fumitory and Parcely rootes seethe all these in Whay and clarifie it with whites of Egges straine it and drinke it first in the morning and last at night during the space of a Moneth and by Gods helpe it will cure your Spleene and clense your blood and comfort you many wayes for your health For Ache in the Backe TAke a great Onyon or two and roast them in the embers then stampe them and straine them out of the Ju yce and mix it with as much Malmesie as Juyce and drinke thereof blood warme first and last Probatum To stay the Backe and helpe him that consumeth TAke the rootes of Parcely Fennell Camphere and of Borage Planten Bursa Pastoris and Knotgrasse and make broth with them of young Hennes Capon Mutton Rabbets and Veale and put thereto a Date or two and yee may seethe them in posset Ale made of white Wine Another Take white Archangell Cumfrey flowers white Lillies white Roses white Holly hockes Knot-grasse and Clary stampe them and take a pottle of Muskadine and a pint of Ale with the pith of an Oxe backe and three capped Dates the stones taken out and beating them in a morter small then put in some of your Muskadine and grind it with some of your Ale and stirre it and boyle the rest thereof take also the yolkes of three new layd Egges the strings taken out and beat them well together and put thereto of Sinamon two penniworth and of whole Mace one penniworth and seethe all these to a quart and so use it Another Take the pith of an Oxe backe and scald it then straine it out of the skin and shred Nippe and beat it in a Morter very small putting thereto a quart of Milke and straine it and then seethe it with five or sixe Dates and a graine of Amber-greece and the powder of Ginger and let the Patient use it very often It is proved To take away the paine of the Reynes of one that is low brought TAke three quarts of white Wine and boyl therein a red Cocke and put thereto a handfull of red Nip a quantity of Clary and the rootes of red Fennell Harts-tongue a sticke of Synamon bruised Dates great and small Raisins with a few Prunes seeth all these together till the strength of the Cocke be in the broath and put therein one ounce of Manus Christi and use this Morning and Evening luke warme For Ache in the Backe and Legges TAke the marrow of an Oxe and oyle Olive three spoonefuls and the yolkes of Egges and Butter Pepper one ounce then take the milke of a woman and mingle it together and anoynt the sicke therewith For the Bladder and the Reynes TAke the seedes of Planten beaten in a Morter and seeth them in Wine and drinke thereof alone A Plaister for the Reynes TAke Callamint Camomill Wormewood Peritory Holyhockes and bray them in a Morter with Oyle Butter or Deere and Sheeps suet and grease of a Boare or Barrow hogge with a quantity of Commin and lay it on a Plaister both behind and before For all Diseases in the Backe TAke the rootes of Daisies of Planten of Bursa pastoris of Centimodum and the Cups of Acorns a handfull and of Bole-armoniack two ounces and of Harts-horne burnt and also a Bucke Conie that is fat and let all these be sodden together in white Wine and water as much Wine as water till the Cony be consumed from the bones of the flesh then take away the flesh and the bones from the broth and so let the broth stand till it come to a jelly and when you are in your bed cause your Backe to be therewith annoynted by a Chafingdish of coales three nights together and lay thereon a warme linnen cloth and it shall helpe you by Gods grace For paine in the bladder and to make it whole for ever TAke three rootes of Smalledge and wash them faire and cleane and cut them small and seethe them in a quart of faire water till three parts of the water be consumed then straine it and take foure drams of the powder of Bittony and put thereto and drinke the said water Against running of the Reynes TAke one pound of Jordaine Almonds and blanch them and parch them and grind them very small and make Almond milke thereof with a pinte of Rose-water and a pinte of Planten water and then seethe it with Suger and Sina mon and when it is cold put thereto a dramme of Masticke in fine powder and use thereof to eate and be whole Probatum est A Syrope for the Backe TAke the rootes of Ennila Compana cleane scraped and slice them thin and lay them in faire running water three dayes and shift them every day then at three dayes end take them out and put them in a gallon of faire running water with a quart of Honey of Lycorice one ounce scraped cleane and sliced and of Anniseeds one ounce cleane rubbed from the dust let all these be boyled with a soft fire and take out the rootes out of the liquour washing them one by one and when they be cut lay them on a faire dish and so let them lye 24. houres and then take the rootes and weigh them and for every pound of your rootes take a pottle of Muskadine or white Bastard and put your rootes therein and put thereto two pound of fine white Suger two or three whole Maces boyle all these to a Syrope with your rootes and then put it into a Pot and when you will use it let the Patient eate of the rootes and drinke a spoonfull of the Syrope with your rootes after it Morning and Evening Probatum
Brimstone two ounces boyle these in a pottle of white wine Vineger and wash your body therewith three or foure times Or take a quantity of Brimstone and a quantity of Allome and burne them on a fire-shovell over the fire beat them very small and boyle them with Bores-greace and so annoint the Itch. To kill Lice or Itch. TAke Quicksilver two penniworth and kill it with fasting-spittle in a dish beating it well together and put thereto foure penny-worth of Oyle of Bayes and so annoint the place this receipt will kill both Itch and Lice in the head or body To cure the Crampe MAke a Ring of an Oxe or Cowes horn or of a Sea-horse tooth or of the Pizle of a Sea-horse and weare it It is proved For a paine or swelling in the Privie parts TAke white wine Vineger and Cow-dung boyle them to a Poultis and when it is ready put thereto oyle of Roses and if the griefe proceed of a cold cause put thereto some Camomill flowers applyed very hot Another Take Commin-seeds beaten into to powder Barly-meale and Honey of each a like quantity then fry them together with a little Sheeps suet heat it and bind it as a plaister to the Cods Remedies for Burning or Scalding TAke five or sixe spoonefuls of Sallet oyle and as much of Running water beat them together till they bee well incorporated then anoynt the place therewith and lay thereon a Doek leafe it will both coole and heale Another Take of the herbe Periwinckle fry it in a pan with fresh Butter fresh Greace and Sheepes dung newly made when it is well fryed straine it through a cloath and it will be like Salve then spred it on a Linnen cloth as broad as the sore is and apply it thereto It will cure it though it were scalded and burnt to the bone if it be taken in time renewing the plaister Morning and evening Remedies for the Piles TAke Martlemasse beefe dry it and beat it to powder then put it into a chafingdish of coales and set it in a chaire and sit over it Another Burne two or three Brickes red hote put them into a Pan in a close Stove and sprinckle Vineger upon them letting the party sit close over it that hee may receive the fume thereof into his fundament doing this three or foure times if need require will helpe it A Remedy for the Cappes TAke the oyle of sweet Almonds one ounce and anoynt the place therewith or any of these things following is good the powder of the rinde of Pomegranets the Marrow of a Calfe or a Hart the fat of a Capon Goose or Ducke and such like To kill a Tettâ—r or Ringworme TRose dâ— Arsmeg is good and if it come of Blood exhaust two or 3. ounces of blood or more if need require and that Age time and strength will permit and if it bee Lupte cut off the heads of them and rub them with Salt and Garlick stampt together and then lay over them a plate of Lead Approved remedies for the Shingles TAke Rose-water Planten-water and white Wine of each of them halfe a pinte put all these together and wash the place often therewith Or else take of red Wormes that come out of the Earth and bray them in a morter and put to them a little Vineger and so make plaisters c. Or else take flowers of Camomill Rose-leaves and Violets the weight of each of them one ounce of Myrtles and Sumack of each of them an ounce and a halfe seethe all these in white Wine and make a plaister and lay it to the place or else make aâ— oyntment of Ceruse J have taken Hous-leâ—k and have stampt it with a little Camphere and put to it white Wine and have layd it to the place and have healed the Patient also the Oyle of Roses or the Oyle of Violets is good for this impediment mixt together with thâ— whites of Egges and the juyce of Planten For the Colliâ—ke and gripings in the Belly GIve the patient Jeane Treacle and powâ—er of Cloves well sodden in good Wine anâ—â—â—t them drinke it very warne Or take the root oâ— Lilly and Horehound and seethe it in Wine and give the patient Probatum est A Plaister for tâ—e same TAke Lynseed and stâ—mp it and Dock leaves and seethe them well in water and make a plaister and lay it to the griefe very warme For a Scurffe in the Body THis Infirmity doth come of a Cholericke and Melancholick humour For this cure J take two ounces of Bores grease then J doe put in one ounce of the powder of Oyster shels burnt and of the powder of Brimstone and three ounces of Mercury mortified with fasting spittle compound all these together and annoynt the body three or foure times and take an easie Purgâ—tion A Remedy for a wild running Scab TAke Mercury mortified with fasting spittle three ounces incorporate it with oyle of Bayes and anoynt the body or else take Mercury mortified three ounceâ— and of the Powder of Brimstone two ounces the powder of Enula Campana two ounces confect these together with Barrowes grease and anoynâ— often therewith For a Timpany TAke a pinte of Broome Ashes eyther of greene or dry and a quarter of an ounce of Sinamon bruised sift the Ashes and let a pinte thereof and the bruised Sinamon lye in steepe all night in a pottle of White Wine then let it run through a gelly bag twice or thrice till it run cleere put in some Sugar and a tost unto it drinke thereof thrice a day in the Morning fasting and an houre before Supper and an houre after Supper For one that is in a Consumption TAke foure ounces of Shavings of Harts-horne one ounce of the Shavings of Ivory put it in a Pipkin with a Gallon of faire water let it stand on the fire twelve houres in fusing and boyling softly close covered then take twenty Egges in their Shells crack their Shells and put them in a dish with Salt and let them stand an houre and purge themselves then pull them from their shells washing them till they be cleane then put them in the Pipkin to the Harts-horne and let it boyle two houres then put in a good handfull of Raisons of the Sun stoned halfe an ounce of â—iquorice scraped and sliced and a blade or two of Mace boyle all these till it come to a quart of Liquor then put in halfe a pinte of white Wine sixe spoonfuls of rose-Rose-water two penny-worth of Saffron powdered boyle all a little while then straine it or run it through a gelly bag if you please you may sweeten it as you like it put a little Salt in it when it is cold it will be a Jelly you may take it cold or warme three or foure spoonfuls at a time in the Morning fasting at foure of the clock in the afternoone and when you go to bed If you doe think this too troublesome you may boyle the Egges in Broth or Milke