them groselie and put them in a glasse vessell powring thereto of white wine i. measure and a half macerate them in a soft heate ii daies The dose is one spoonefull in the morning and as much at night The force of this potion is so great that it cannot be sufficiently commended Take of the flowres of Uinca Peruinca Lilium Coââalium ana p. i. Galanga Zedoariae ana ii dams Mumia and Bole Armenia ana i. dram Sperma Ceââ halfe a dram white wine i. measures digest and circulate them in Balneo 4. daies the dose is one spoonefull morning and euening A potion vulnerary where the bone is broken with gunshot Take of Aristolochi Sowbread Adders grasse both conferies Geranii ana M. i Sauin M. ss maces Zedoariae the eyes of Crabbes ana halfe a ounce Mumia Galingale the lesse ana i. dram and a halfe being cut smal and brused and the other things brought into a grose pouder boyle all in a double vessell foure houres with one measure of wine vse it morning and euening This medicine is much better then so manie splents wherewith many are tormented R. of flowres of Lilium Conualium Betonie ana p. i. Galingale Macis ana iii. drams Persicaâia Selandine Vinca Peruinca Veronica Centauri ana M. âs macerate themas before and referue them to your vse A potion for wounds of the breast Take of the ãâ¦ã ice of Veruen Betonie Veronica ana ii ounces cinamon water i. pound macerate them Take of Bole armeniae half an ounce of both the Comferies ana M. i. Galingale ii drams temper them with wine as aforesaid reserue them to vse Diuers discriptions of âotions may be made of the foresaid simples which I haue to the iudgement of the expert phisition notwithstaÌding this one thing I wil adde that the vse of them hath many oportunities to cure wounds by gunshot as also the Canker and al maligne desperate and eating vlcers of al which the Phisition shal take very great profit if he prepare the potions with the essence of the vulnerarie simples spagetically extract as wee haue taught in another A briefe declaration of Spagericall medicines FOr as much as nowe remaineth to declare the Spagerick preparation of those simples which pertaine to the cure of wounds by gunne shot wee will vse the same method we haue before vsed whereby this our treatise may be the plainer Superantia sunt igitur Anodyna Oleum ouorum Oleum butyri Oleum refinae Ol. visci pomorum compos Oleum hyperisi simpl Olea omnium axung Detergentia Oleum myrrhae Oleum mastiches Oleum terebinthinae Oleum mellis Viscus centaurij Viscus vincoe petuincoe Viscus aristolochioe Sal foecum aceti Balsamus martis Crocus veneris Mercur. praecipitat vulgaris Mercur praecipit dulcific Oleum guaiaci Balsamus veneris Balsamus Saturni Balsamus tartari Sarcotica Balsamus hyperici Oleum thuris Oleum sarcocollae Ol mannae Viscus consolidae vtriusque Viscus cynoglossi Epulâtica Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Bolus armena praeparata AlumeÌ adustum praepar Crocus Martis Creta vitrioli flaua Ol. salis tartari Ol. talci quae etiaÌ cicatrices decorant Repellentia sangui ãâ¦ã cohibentia Ol. visci pomorum simplex Oleum Martis Crocus Veneris Colcothar simplex Colcothar dulcisicarum Bolus armena praeparata Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Ad venena Butyrum arsenici fixum Praecipitatus dulcificatus Balsamus tartari Ol. Mercur. corporale Oleum antimonij Oleum sulphuris vitriolatuÌ Ad ambusta Oleum ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua florum papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiusque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attrahentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus Sunt rursus illorum simplicium singula quae singulis partibus vulneratis conducunt vt Ossibus corruptis Oleum myrrhae Oleum caryophyllorum Oleum tartari foetens Oleum vitrioli Oleum sulphuris simplex Oleum sulph vitriolatum Oleum antimonij Sulphur rubjcuÌdum antim Oleum salis Oleum Mercur sublimati Neruis vulneratis Oleum cerae Oleum iuneperi Oleum euphorbij Oleum ouorum Oleum terebinthinae Oleum sulphuris terebinth Carni putridae ac corrupta Sal fuliginis Sal vrinae Sal tartari Sal mellis Oleum frumenti Oleum mellis Oleum sulph acidunt Phlegma vitrioli acidum Phlegma aluminis acidum Balsamus Martis Balsamus Veneris Balsamus Mercurij Balsamus tartari But because regarde is alwaies to be had of the noble part in whose action the life doth consist there bee certaine medicines which being giuen can defend them Roborant enim Cârebrum Oleum succini Oleum saluiae Oleum caryophyllorum Spiritus vitrioli Cor. Aurum vitae Tinctura auri Essentia margaritarum Hepar Tinctura Bals. natural Tinctura corallorum Oleum Martis The Spagericall preparation of medicines before rehearsed THe dregges of wine or crude Tartar brought into pouder put into a Retort of glasse or earth with his recipient make fire by degrees as is doone to the making of strong water there will rise great plentie of white spirits which wil turne into water and thicke stinking oile separate the oyle by a funnel and keepe it to your vse But the salt of Tartar you shall draw out of the Pheces which they call the dead head which are left in the Retort Those you shall dissolue in warme water and after filter that which is dissolued twise or thrise coagulate it at the fire by vaporing away the water and the salt wil remaine in the bottome of the vessell which if you againe dissolue and coagulate diuerse times you shall purge it cleare like Cristall This Cristaline salt if you put it into a glasse and set it in a wine seller or other moist place within few dayes it wil resolue into a cleare oyle verie excellent to clense the spots and vlcers of the face Take crude Tartar ii pounde salt Peter Salt of Soote of the Pheces of vineger ana iiii ounces Calcis Vâuae vi ounces all broken verie small put into a vessel not glased but wel stopped Calcine it xii houres dissolue that is calcined in warme water distil it by filter after coagulate it and clenâe it againe repeating three times your calcinations dissolutions and coagulations then put all into a Limbecke and put on distilled vinegar that it be ââuered iiii fingers Distil the vinegar in balneo M. and there wil come forth a sweete liquor then poure on the vinegar againe to distill this do so long vntil it be no more sweete but sower as when you poured it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarcely be declared After the same maner if you will you may distil al the salt of
another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great âeede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâtrioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to ãâã the ãâã which ãâã ãâã into that ãâ¦ã Put Viââioll beaâen into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the âleame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The âleame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the âleame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâici fixo to cure al vânâmonâ and maligne vlceâs it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourââ first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war ãâ¦ã water ãâ¦ã may draw the A ãâ¦ã ly from it And the pouder which âemaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is ãâã like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe ãâ¦ã ii ounces spirit of ãâã i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou ãâ¦ã then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâces ãâã this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag ãâ¦ã But because âs wee haue saide the noblest ãâã are to be strengthened and the heart the principal ââgan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio ãâ¦ã following are to be vsed Take of Theâincae of Alex ãâ¦ã ãâã ounces and a halfe the best Mârre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba ãâ¦ã o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she ãâ¦ã ed the ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es ãâ¦ã ence of Pâârle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for ãâã to speake of the gold of life which ãâã âhall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme ãâã in curing ãâ¦ã do but consider ãâ¦ã excellencie ãâ¦ã Deuteron 22. ãâã Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl ãâã 453. 466. Another of ãâã discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot ãâã potion fâr the wounds of the heâd For wounds of the ãâ¦ã macke Oleum Tartarâ ãâã The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgââ Salt of Vinegar Salâ and oyle of S ãâ¦ã The preparation of Bâls Arm ãâ¦ã Oyles of spices ãâã ãâã and ãâã Oyle of wheatâ The sââple Balâe of Hipericon Bals ãâ¦ã vised pomorum The compound bâlâe of hypââicon The ãâã balme of ãâã pomorum How the flime or âuslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of ââine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter ãâã larde âyle of yâlks of Egges Water of ãâ¦ã âeses Water of the sperme of frogâ âalâ of âgsâelâând sââiles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâlciâied most profitable for the ââre of ãâ¦ã ds oile of Mercurie corpo ãâ¦ã Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie ãâã martis Oyle of Mars âroâus martiâ The balme oile Crocus Viârioâium Venââis âalt of saturn ãâã ãâã Balsamuâ Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph ãâ¦ã vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ Sowre oile of Sulphur The ãâã of V ãâ¦ã ioll ãâã of Vitrioll Another ãâã ãâã dulcifi ãâ¦ã ãâã ãâã of ãâã Spirit of Viââiâll Tled ãâ¦ã of al ãâ¦ã and the preparation ãâã of salt ãâ¦ã oile of ãâã The ãâã ãâã of Mag ãâ¦ã Cordiall ãâ¦ã The ãâã on of ãâã câll ãâã ãâã
that these kinde of medicines doe not onely require long difficâlâ preparation but also that they are so deare that euerie one cannot easily vse them I haue thought good therfore first to set downe common medicines and then to come to those which I doe farre more esteeme as indeede they are farre more excellent then the other as by their preparation you may know Albeit also I haue determined to haue consideration of the poore and common souldiour and to set downe them apart that shall helpe the rich THerefore the Surgeons are to bee admonished that when they goe into the warres that they take with them these things readie prepared which are to bee had at most Pothecaries Suppârantia ãâã ââsiliâum of âoth sârtââ ãâã ãâã Tetraphramacâm Galenâ ãâã Resumptiuum The emplaster of Mucilages which may bee dissolued with oyle Oliue if neede be Detergântiâ Uâguentum diapâmpholygâs Nicolal Unguenââââiride Andr ãâ¦ã Empla ãâ¦ã disolued with oyle of Roses Vâgueââum Apoââolicum A ãâ¦ã Uâguââtum Egypâiacum of the same Sarcotica Unguentum Aureum Ung ãâ¦ã cârâseos Mesââ vtrunque Empla ãâ¦ã Gratiâ Deâ de Ia ãâ¦ã Câcatricem inducentia U ãâ¦ã de Minio Desiccatiuum rubrum Emplastrum de cerusa ãâ¦ã res extranâââ ãâ¦ã ntum ãâã Nicolai Vnguenta Magistralia of the Phisitions of Florence described by ãâã Vnguentum de calce viua Repâllentia aringentia Vuguentum de bolo co ãâ¦ã e. Vuguentum âosatum Mesuâ OR for the saide intentions medicines may bee made which neede no other then common preparations Suppurantia Take of new Butter and oyle Oliue anna ii ounces wheare meale clensed from his bran halfe an ounce faire water iiii ounces boyle all together Or take the leaues of Tussilage Mallowes ana M. ii âost them vnder ashes and mingle them with butter Or take of the iuice of the rootes of Lillies first rosted vnder aââes iiii ounces of the grease of a henââ goose or swine ii ounces with oyle of Linseed or oliues the yolke of an egge and a little wax make an ointment Detergentia Take of hony iii. ounces of beane meale and barley meale ana ii drams boyle them with wine to the height of an ointment Or take of Plantaine leaues and Smalege ana M. i. red Roses p. ii red wine ãâ¦ã ces boyle it to halfe straine ãâ¦ã solue ãâã ii ounces Turpentine i. ounce Meale of ãâã and Oâobus ana i. dram Alloes and Mirre ana halfe a dram boyle it againe putting to so much waxe as shall suffice to bring it into the forme of an ointment Or take of the iuice of plantaine and Agrimonie ana ii ounces Rose hoââ iiii ounces of the roote of âââos and Beane meale ana halfe an ounce mingle them towarde the ende with Turpentine i. ounce make thereof an ointment Sarcotica Take of Manna of Frankinsens ana ij drammes of Meale of Fenegreke and Orobus ana âj dram let them be wrought with honie and the yolke of an egge Or take of Sarcocollae dissolued in milke iii drammââ Mastick Olibanum ana i dram Liquid pitch and Turpentine ana i. ounce ãâ¦ã le them and make an ointment Epo ãâ¦ã Take of white chalke ij ounces of ashes of burned leather iij. drammes worke them with oyle of Roses Or take of quicke Lime so often washed in water vntill it haue lost all his ãâ¦ã nesse ij ounces of Terâae Armeniae i. ounce boyle them with oyle of Mirtilles Of ãâã Lead burnt Stibium ãâã Pompholyge may also be made medicines most fit for that purpose Ad venânata vulnera Take of the iuice of Aâagallidis pârpureâ of Cyclaminis ana i. ãâã ãâã Viâe mingled with mans spitle halfe a ounce ãâ¦ã em Or take of ãâ¦ã ge ii ounces Ga ãâ¦ã um halfe a ounce G ãâ¦ã h and Turpentine ana âi ounces oyle as much as shall suââice Or take of oyle iiii ounces of Sagapenum Mumiae and Amber ana ââi draâs Frankinsens Mastick ana ii drams of thâ best Terrae Sigillatae and red Corall ana i. dram pitch ii ounces wax as much as shall suffice to make an ãâ¦ã ment Or take ii onions of the leaues of Unicae peruince scabiosae Risini of each a handful rost them vnder the ashes and put thereto of Treacle halfe an ounce and with Turpentine make an ointment Ad ambusta Take of the iuice of Onions rosted vnder ashes ii ounces oyle of Nuttes i. ounce mingle them together Or take of the leaues of black iuice stamped with planâine water M. ii of oile i. pound boile them together with iiii ounces of white wine vntil the wine be consumed theÌ put to wax as much as shall suffice to make it a salue Or take of Larde molten in the flame ii ounces and poure it into the iuice of Beetes and Rue the creame of milke i. ounce Mucilege of the seede of condonioruâ and Tragacanthae ana halfe a ounce mingle them Repellentia sanguinem cohibentia Take of the iuice of the leaues of Woodbine and of Oken leaues ana i. ounce red Roses i. dram Boli Armenae Sanguis Draconis ana ii drams oyle of Roses iii. ounces waxe as much as shall suffice Or take of the Pulpe of Apples boyled in milke iii. ounces of Mucilage of the seedes of Psillij and Cydones ana halfe a ounce of the iuice of Bursae Pastoris and Poligonum ana i. ounce of Acaciae and Sanguinis Drâconis ana iii. drams of Terra Sigillate halfe an ounce oyle of Mirtils iiii ounces white wax as much as shall suffice to make an ointment BVt these medicines following are not so much vsed among the Apothecaries neither knowne vnto the Surons yet most profitable for wounds by shot and all other whose fit preparation the Spagericke arte doth partlie declare Suppurantia Take of the roote of holy Oke and Lillies ana iiii ounces Beetes with the rootes M i. fresh Butter halfe a pound wormes prepared in wine iii. ounces yolkes of egges 12. the marie of a Calfe of Turpentine ana v. ounces oyle Oliue clensed from the Pheââs i. pounde stampe those that are to be stamped mingle al well together and digest them in warme doung one moneth after presse it out and with a fire on ashes boile it to the substance of a salue Or take of the iuice of the hearb Tusâilage and Oxalidis ana iij. ounces fat drie figges 20. Frankasence ii ounces Rosen of the Laâixtre i. ounce and a halfe grease of a Goose and a henne ana ii ounces fresh Butter halfe a pound Olei visci pomârum compos i. pound al mingled toge ther let them boyle in a double vessel luted with Luto Sapientiae for the space of sixe houres and straine it warme set againe in the sunne or boyle it to a fit substance these medicines doe quickly mooue matter and are anodina verie commodious for wounds by shot Detârgentia Take of the Iuice of Centariâ and Selandine ana iiii ounces of honie iii. ounces of flowers of Uerbascum p. ii
of Frankensence Myrre and Masticke ana halfe an ounce oyle of Turpentine vi ounces good white wine i. pound putrifie them al in warme dongue and boyle them as before with a fire of ashes vntill the wine and iuice be consumed and it bee brought to the forme of an ointment then put to i. ounce of this ointment i. dram of mercurie precipitate dulcified If there be need of greater clensing Or take Visci herbarum sâniculae Pirolae Aristoloch and Vincae peruincae ana ii ounces of turpentine washed iiii ounces Crocus Veneris halfe a ounce Balsami Taertari ii drams Sulphuris Antimoni i. dram and a halfe set them vpon a fire of ashes vntill it haue the substance of a salue Saercotica Take of the Mucilage of the seedâ of Fârnigreeke ii ounces of the iuice of hounds tongue Perscicaria and the great Comferie ana i. ounce and a halfe oyle of Frankinsence and mirre ana iii. drams oyle of Hipericon simple ii ounces Turpentine washed with white wine ii ounces let them stand in the sunne or at a soft fire vntil they wax thicke Unguentum depaetâ Take of the iuice of Pââum i pound Turpentine v. ounces of common oyle of Hipericon viii ounces good white wine halfe ãâã pound digest all viii dayes after seeth them vntill the wine be consumed then put to Colophoâiae and waxe ana iii. cânces Muniâ and Amber ana ii drammes melt them againe at the fire and make an ointment according to art Take of the iuice of the Petum and Comferie ana iiii ounces oyle of Turpentine i. pounde flowers of Hipericon and Verbascus ana M. ii apples of an elme tree iii. ounces the buds of the Poplaâtrec iiii ounces the spirit of wine i. pound a halfe digest al these in horse dongue or in a warme bath in a glasse vessell well stopped one whole moneth then wring it out and straine it and put to it of Frankensence Masticke and Mirre ana iâ ounces Sanguis Draconis halfe a ounce Muniae vi drams Turpentine halfe a pound Benioini j. ounce circulate them together in a Pellicane viii daies after with a moderate heat distill away the spirit of wine and there wil remaine in the bottome a most pretious balme Cicatricem inducentia Take of burnt Allum i. ounce Crete Vitrioli iii. drams Crocus martis Crocus Uâncris ana ii drams mingle them and make a pouder which you may vse by it self or mingled with hony Or take of Bole Aâmenae prepared after our maner ii drams câlex of egshels halfe an ounce the iuice of vnripe Damascens iii. ounces boile them with a soft fire to a perfect substance Ad Vââenâ Take of oyle of Amber and Turpentine ana i. ouncâ oile of Iuniper ii drams âettle seed and the root of Gentian ana ii drams oyle of Sulphur Vitriolat i. dram and a halfe red Corall i. dram mingle them togither Or take of the iuice of Pentaphillon Scabious and Ruâ ana ii ounces Olei sulphuris Rubei i. ounce oyle of miâre ãâã drams Colophoni and gum of iuice ana vi drammes mingle them Adambusta Take of lard molten and washed in water of nightshad ii ounces Olei Saturni halfe an ounce mingle th ãâ¦ã Or take the iuice of the rootes of Henbane and flowers of red popie ana i. ounce Salt Peter i. dram Mucilage of Seminis Cidoniorum iii. drams and with oyle of Champhire make an ointment Repellentiâ sanguinem cohibentiâ Take of Bole Armenae prepared after the Spag ãâ¦ã manner ii ounces Crocus Martis and Crocus Veneris ana i. ounce mixe them with oyle of Roses Or take of Colcotharis Dulsifieati ashes of frogges burned ana halfe a ounce mingle them with the white of an egge There bee made other remedies for the fore saide intents the making whereof wee haue described in their proper places which I commit to the iudgement of the skilful Surgeons to vse wisely as the disease and partie affected dotis require Now there remaineth to speake of drinks for wounds before wee teach the preparations of medicines De potionibus vulnerarijs THese potions for wounds although they driue not out the humors downwards yet preuaile they very much to clense woundes because they clense superfluous humors and the blood from all filth and by a certaine marâeious qualitie where with they excel they knit the broken bones and help the sinowes that are hurt by wounds helping nature they at the last fil the wound with flesh and close them vp without vsing any other remedie when as I sawe in Germanie the maruelous and almost incredible effect which came by the vse of these potioÌs euen in curing desperate Vlcers I thought it not meete to passe ouer the mention of them and that so much the rather because I knew the vse of them in time past was alowed but nowe through the necligence of Phisitions to be almost growne out of vse Also I haue experieÌced those potions to be taken not only as medicins but also as norrishments and to helpe all the passions and incommodities whereunto wounds are subiect The simples whereof the medicines are made are these Cyclaminus Consolida maior Consolida mediae quam Sophiam nonnulli vocant Sabinae Galangae Vinca peruincâ Centaurâum Ophioglosson Betonica Aristolochia Ueronica Agrimoniae Uerbenae Serpânâariae Persicariae Arthemisiae Lilium conuallium Zedoariae Pyrola Sperma ceti Cancri fluniatiles Nux vomica Astaci Mumiae Macis Bolus Armena You shall much better drawe out the strength of those simples then the common sort if you put them into a tun of white must and digest them there ii moneths or if you cut the greene bearbes verie small and wring out the iuice of them into a Pelicane or blinde Limbeck or circulate them three or foure daies in Balneâ Mariae This last way is most conuenient for them that are forbidden the vse of wine specially if they be wounded in the head The distilled waters of theÌ be also good if they be taken driely by themselues morning and euening with dose and manner conuenient Or if white wine be delaied with them if it bee graunted to the wounded heere foloweth the composition of the vulnerarie potions A Vulnerarie potion to be giuen the first seauen dais Take of both Conferies Veronica Sâwbread ana M. i. Astacos purged num iiii white wine two measures circulate them in Balneo three daies straine it and giue euery morning one spoonefull Or take of the eies of Crabs in pouder halfe a ounce Mumia ii drams Bole Armenae i. dram and a halfe the herbs of Agrimoni Ophioglosson Ueronica Sowbread ana M. ãâã Sperma Ceti i. dram infuse them in white wine ãâã a night in Balneo take of this ii spoonefulles morning and euening if neede be it putteth away the inflamations verie much and helpeth the burning Take of Macis the eyes of Crabbes Zedoarie ana iii drams Mumia Ga'ingale the lesse ana ii drammes Nucis vomicae i. dram and a halfe beate
beate iâ finely and wash it with faire distilled water vntill it haue lost his sharpenesse and that thou shalt do diuers times till it be well purged then drie it and put it into a glasse and put thereunto the spirite of wine that it may be couered three fingers hie and set it on fire and thus thou shalt do three times and th ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã t thou without any doubt a greater secret to heale his proper disease so that within six daâes he shall be quite whole The dose is about fiue graines in conserue of roses drunke with wine or Saccâro Rosâto as well in the morning as at night when hee goeth to bed and let the patient sweate thereon two houres at each time It is a most soueraigne medicine against all contractions and you vse it as afore according to the nature of the disease But the patient must vse it six daies If there appeare any pustules ye shal cure them by touching them with oyle of Sulphure Moreouer those that haue the dropsie or such like moist diseases in the body are cured by giuing them six graines in water of Cardus Benedictus letting them sweate thereon as is aforesaid and keeping the order afore set downe Against the Pluâisie yee shall giue foure graines in the said water And against the plague in rose vinegar Against the falling sicknes with water of blacke cheâies or Pionie Furthermore if anie haue had the same disease by nature yee shall giue them euerie day a little pill in Aqua Pionia putting theron six droppes of the spirit of Vitrioll If I would shew or expresse all the vertues I should write a booke there of but that which remaineth I will shewe more at large in my booke called Portus Gâsconicus with the order to draw the spirit of wine The third particular called Laudanum Anodinum the which is most excellent of all other secrets in as ãâ¦ã ging griefes and paines in diuerse diseaseâ TAke Liquor is aquae inexpertâ inspissati ⥠ij put therto the spirit of wine and set it in Balneo to digest vntil it haue drawen awaie the Tincture then powre it forth into a cleaâe vessell and put on more and so set it to digest againe so long as it will giue any Tincture or colour Then take the gumme of Henbane dried in the âunnâ ⥠j. and draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine as thou didst out of the liquor aforesaide then take Diâmber ⥠ij and likewise draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and keepe it verie close vntill such time as I shall shew thee then take momia ⥠ss and drawe away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and when thou hast done mixe it with the other then take Crocus OrientalisÊ iij. and drawe foorth his tincture and mixe it with the rest and euerie day stiâre it and keepe it in a warme place close stopped fifteene daies that being done distil it in Balneo and there will remaine a little matter in the bottome then put thereto a little of the Tincture of Diâmbrae the which ye reserued afore and so let it stand in digestion vntill it be thicke stirring it 3. or 4. times a day vntill the smell of the licour be in a manner consumed the which will be in sixe weekes Then take these that follow the licour of Currall cleare Ambre oâ Succinum of each Êj Unicornes horne 6. graines Magisterium Perlarum one scrâple Ossis de Corde Cârui halfe a scrupple Aurum Potabile or his Tincture Ê ss All these being finely beaten and mixed in a stone or glasse morter with the spirit of Diamber put in with the residue being thicke and so stirring it sundrie dayes afterward distill al the spirit of wine away then put thereon the residue of the spirit of Diambrae and when it is almost dry put therto Olei succini olei masi Cinamoni of each about one scruple Then take one part and reserue it for women without muske for it hurteth them But to the other parte for men put in halfe a scruple of the extraction of muske made with the spirit of wine and set it in a warme place that it may drie and so keepe it to thy vse Ye may giue it in forme of pilles or dissolue it in some conuenient licour inconuenient Dose as iij. graines or fixe graines for those that are of strong nature It comforteth much against the chollicke the frensie hote Feuers Arthritide Pâdagra the weakenesse of the stomacke the yex and comforteth against vomiting prouoketh sleepe Against the falling ficknes yee shall giue iij. graines with the spirit of Vitrioll and Essentia Camphora that is drawen with oyle of sweete Almondes the which is made in this order The order to draw the Essence of Campher Take Campher ãâã oyle of sweete Almondes ⥠ss macerate them in the sunne or in Balneo or in a drie warme furnace foure and twentie houres then draw foorth his Tincture or essence with the spirit of wine and put thereto Ê j of Laudanum and Ê ii of the spirit of vitrioll and ⥠sixe of the water of pionie floures and stirre them together and giue therof one spoonful at the time of the fit It is a most excellent remedie against all vncurable diseases The fourth specificum called Panchimagogon the which doth purge in small dose all noisome spirits that are mingled with the humours Take Specierum Diârhodon abbatis ⥠ii and drawe forth the tincture with the spirit of wine and keep it by it selfe Afterward take the Pulpe of ColocinthidesÊ vii TurbitÊ v. Agariei ⥠i ss HeleborinigriÊ vii DyagrediÊ vi Foliorum sene ⥠iiii Rhabarbari ⥠ii Elâteri ⥠ss beate them and mixe them together and put thereon Sinamon water the which is made in this order The Sinamond âi and stamp it grosly then infuse it in white wine foure and twentie houres close stopped then distil it with a gentle fire being close luted for with this sinamond water or spirit of wine thou maist drawe foorth the tincture of all the aforesaide drugges Alwayes prouided that ye keepe them a month in a warme place to macerate stirring them three or foure times in a day and at the end of the moneth powre foorth the licour and put the pheses into a Retort and distill foorth the oile and water the oile ye shal rectifie and reserue The pheses that remaine ye shall calcine and make thereof a salt the which ye shall put to the oile that ye rectified Then take that licour which ye reserued first and distill it in Balneo and in the bottome there will remaine a matter thicke like honie Then take the tincture of Diâtrodiou Abbatis and powre it vppon that thicke matter and stop well thy glasse and set it in a warme place eight days stirring it euery day That being done draw it away the spirit in Balneâ vntil it remaine thicke like honie vnto the which ye shal put his oile that ye
Tartar by a Limbecke whereof you shall make a most excellent and wholesome oyle Vinegar being distilled by a Limbecke the pheces remaine in the bottome of the vessell which first dried afterward with a violent fire if they be driuen out by a Retort there come foorth a very red and sharpe oile Then if you dooe againe dissolue the dead head or Pheces in warme water filter and coagulate it the salt of Vinegar will rest in the bottome the which is verie profitable for all eating vlcers Soote brought into fine pouder dissolue it in distilled Vinegar in Balneo and separating all the mensture that which remaineth in the bottome dissolue and coagulate againe so long till it come to white salt which in a moyst place wil dissolue into oyle verie apt to cure the Gangraenam and all maligne vlcers Bole Armonack made into fine pouder dissolue it in the sower fleame of Alum then separate the fleame by Balneum and poure on other Doe this three times and then the Bole will be turned into a very fat oyle which with a verie soft fire is dryed and brought into pouder most apt to staunch bloud wheresoeuer it breake out Take of Cloues beaten in pouder one pound simple water or Aqua Vitae which is better vi pounde infuse them to digest in Balneo or dung foure dayes then put them in Limbecke with his refrigatorie distill it according to arte and seperate the oyle from the water by a funnel and keepe it for your vse After the same manner shall you draw the oyles of Sage Iuniper Amber Turpentine Mirre Frankinsens Sarcocolla Masticke and Euphorbium We haue written another better way to draw oyles out of the foresaide things in the Spagericke preparation of medicines Wheate being put into a retort with the spirit of wine digest it viii daies then distill it with a violent fire that which is distilled powre againe vpon the dead head digest it againe and distill it againe if you reiterate this iii. times there will come forth a most excellent oyle of the Gangraena and Carcinomatâ Take of the flowers of Hipericon small âutij pounde oyle of Turpentine i. pound yolkes of egges 20. Aqua Vitae halfe a pound mingle them all together and let it putrifie in hot dung one whole moneth then wring it out and set it in the sunne two moneths After the same maner is the Balme of Visci pomorum made or with oile Oliue first purified in Balneo Take of the flowres of Hipericon i. pound of the Muslage of the roote of the great Conferie iiii ounces floures of Camomil Verbascum ana pug ii oile of egges and turpentine ana half a pound Aqua Vitae one pound Mirre Frankensence Mastick Muâiae ana ii ounces red sugar vi ounces putrifâe all in dung one moneth in a vessel diligently stopped then wring it out and circulate it in Balneo three dayes afterward with a soft fire boyle it to the substance of a Balme Take of the leaues of the Mysselto of the Apple tree cut smal ii pound put them into a vessel of glaâle putting thereto buds of the Popler tree halfe a pound oyle of the grease of a Badger and of Butter ana iiii ounces turpentine vi ounces oyle of wormes ii pound and a halfe good white wine ii pound digest all well stopped in verie hot dung ii moneths then presse it and circulate it and with a soft fire boile it vntil the liquors be consumed there can not be found a more excellent medicine to asswage acheâ and paines The iuice of the leaues and rootes of hearbes you shall purifie vntill it bee cleare powring to it so much Aqua Vitae and digest it in Balneo in a glasse xv daies then separate that water by distillation and there remaineth in the bottome the slyme or muslage of the hearbes Steepe the leaues and rootes of hearbes in common water filtred or that which is better in white wine eight daies then let them boyle iii. daies with a soft fire vnder them Then wâing them out and purifie it then boyle them with a softfire vntill they come to the thicknes of honie which we cal the slime of muslage By this rule you shal draw out of both Comferies Cynoglosso Centaurie Vinca peiuinca Aristolochie the roote of henbane the middle barke of Tillia their muslage verie profitable for the foresaid medicines Out of the flowres of red Poppie or their iuice you shal draw a water by a Limbeck very profitable to coole The salt of mans vrine hath an excellent qualitie to clense It is made thus First the vrine is to be filtred then coagulated after with distilled vinegar dissolued againe coagulated these must be reiterated 3. or 4. times Melt waxe at the fire and boyle it with wine till it bee consumed doe it so long vntill it cracke no more Take i. pound of wax thus prepared Alum calcined half a pound Sage leaues M. i. put al into a Limbeck with his receauer and distill it with a meane fire First there will come forth a grose oyle thick hard white which must be distilled againe as afore and iii. times reiterated and so you shall make an excellent oyle of waxe for all griefes of the synowes In like maner is the oyle of Rosen and pitch made Out of honie you shall first drawe an excellent water by Balneum afterward you shall put vnto the dead head or pheces that are left sand or flint stones calcined that the matter boyle not vp which you shall driue out by a ãâã of glasse giuing fire by degrees and so you shal distil a yellowish cleare oile togither with a grosse impure oyle Let all digest againe 4. or 5. dayes after distill it againe by a Limbecke in sande and there will come out a pure red oyle swimming vpon the water This water is sower almost like vinegar distilled and is very good against the Gangrena but the oyle which burneth like Aqua Vitae hath maruaiâous qualities specially if it be circulated certaine daies with the spirit of wine for the spirit being after separated there remaineth a sweete oyle of pleasant sauour good for wounds by gunshot and eating vlcers Out of the pheces which remaines is drawen a salt first being calcined with a fire of reuerberation dissoluing it with his proper menstrua or common water distilled filtering and coagulating it three times It is good for al rotten vlcers This salt you shal mingle with his proper burning oyle according to arte and you shall reape greater commoditie thereof then is lawfull to be spoken Take of honie not separated from his waxe ii pounde Tartar made into pouder i pound let them putrifie together in dung xv dayes and distill it by a retort and there will first come a cleare water then a yellowish Put these againe vpon the dead head and putrifie it againe other xv dayes
after distill it againe and this doe three times and you shall haue an excellent oyle of honie Take butter first molten in white wine and then distil it with a meane fire and there wil distil out a oyle greatly swaging paines and supplying So shall you make oyle of Larde and all greases Take 100 yolkes of egges first sodden hard put them into a Cucurbite and make fire by degrees first there wil come out a water after a yellowish oyle swimming vpon the water last a thicke oile The water is good for al spots in the face the oyle to appease all griefes and aches Boyle Câeueâes in water of Orphine in a double vessell wel stopped one whole day After distil it powring the water 3. times vpon the pheces then let it be kept it is veâie good for inflamations burnings the Carcynomata The sperme of eede of frogges is gathered in the moneth of March and iâ distilled by a glasse Limbecke and therof is drawen a water very commodious for inflamations and burnings Eggeshels or the shels of snailes are reuerberated in a sharpe fire three daies vntill they be brought into a veâie white Calce But if they be sprinckled with vineger whilest they are calcined the Calce wil be the lighter and apter to worke his force Mercurie first washed and prepared according to Gebers prescription dissolue with the duble weight of common strong water then distill it ãâã times and poure it so often againe vpon the pheces and so it is brought into a verie red pouder cut of the which being âeueâberate at the fire and drawne away the spirits of the strong water which otherwise woulde mooue geeat paine But it were better if it were washed with the sleame of Allum and vinegar distilled and the water of Egges for by that meane the sharpnesse is taken away But it is better to prepare Mercurie with often sublimations and to fixe it being quickened againe and purged from his filthy earth and superfluous humiditie with the water which wee haue described in the booke by me published of the Spâgerick preparation But if al men do not vnderstand that discââption for the darke wordes of Art it shall not be incommodious to fixe the Mercurie with common strong water three times powred on and drawne away and to bring it into a red pouder and that with a sufficient violent fire that al the sharpnes and venome of the menstrew may be drawne away which shal much the better be done of this water following be min ãâ¦ã led with it and by often distillation sepââated Take of distilled vinegar ãâã pound a half the fleam ãâã Allum i. pound and a halfe calce of eggeshels vi oun ãâ¦ã es distill al til it be drie Take of this water ãâã pound of Mercurie precipitate as âfore i. pound mingle all wel according to art distil it by a Limbeck powring the water againe vnto the pâeces three times Last of al driue al out vntill it bee d ãâ¦ã and there will remaine a pouder in the bottome which grinde vppon a marble and put it into a Limbeck pouring on the water aforesaid which you shal three times distill from the pheces as afore Lastly the Mercurie precipitate must be circulated with a alcool of wine 24. houres Then distill away the spirit of wine that the matter may drie then poure on new againe and circulate it and distill as afore and that do 4. or 5. times and then you haue attained the perfect preparation of Mercurie whose qualities cannot be sufficiently commended in curing of sundrie diseases specially of the Pox whether it be takeÌ by mouth or applied to the place grieued Make Amalgama with iiii ounces of Mercurie câude and i. ounce of the best tinne Spread this vpon a plate of Iron and set it in a moyst place and all will dissolue into oyle it is also made with Mercurie alone and a plate of Tynne Mercurie as the maner is three times sublimed with Salt of Vitrioll at the last is mingled with the like portion of salâ Armoniack againe subblimed three or foure times al that subblimat is dissolued into oile out of which the spirit of the salt Armoniack is to be drawen away circulate all with the essence of wine and distil it so long vntil the oyle haue lost his heate and sharpnesse and the Armoniacke be separated It is also reduced by it selfe into an oyle with a very soft heate of an Athanor by long distance of time Sublime Mercurie so often with the simple Calce of egges well prepared vntill it be vtterly extinct To this mixture powre vinegar distilled alcoole sated that it may couer it 4 fingers distil the liquor from the pheces 4. or 5 times vntil the Mercurie be come into a very red pouder which you shall circulate with a alcoole of wine in a pellican 8. days separate the alcool by a limbeck there wil remaine in the bottome the most pretious sweet balme of Mercury It healeth al desperate vlcers also âârâuculaÌ iâââsica greatly helpeth these wounds by gunshot Al other preparations of Mercurie and the maner of vsing it you shal gather out of the book which we lately set forth Vpon the filings of Iron often washed with salt water poure sharpe vinegar that it may couer it foure fingers set it vpon warme ashes 8. daies euerie day moouing the matter and separating the vinegar which wil be colored pouring on againe new and that so long till the vinegar be no more coloured which being vapoured away take the pouder that remaineth in the bottome and subblime it with like portion of Armoniacke the same sublimate you shall returne againe so often vppon his pheces and subblime again vntil there appeare the color of a Rubin then cast al into scalding water that the salt may dissolue them by by put to cold water the balme of Mars wil rest in the bottome like the calx of gold Poure away the water and put to fresh again that the balme may be made sweete Of this with the spirit a wine alcolizat by circulations you shall make a red oyle most excellent for all inwarde Hemerodes or issues of bloud and to strengthen the bowels if one drop be mixed with conserue of Roses or Conferie or giuen with wine The filings of Iron first well washed you shall calciââ with the flowre of Sulphur or dissolue with strong water then poure on very sharpe vinegar and set it in a warme place certaine days then reuerberate it with an open fire as Arte commandeth one wholeâ day gathering alwayes the flowres which remaine aboue vntill all be conuerted into a verâe red and light pouder After the same maner you shal make the balme oile Crocus of copper out of the which with the sowre flame of Vitrioll circulating all artificially you shall drawe a bleweshing Vitriol whose qualities we haue discribed in