for a sick body whose stomack is not good TAke the yeolks of two egges put them in a little pipkin for that purpose squeese therein the juice of a lemon or two then take a good ladlefull of some broth out of another pot that boyls first beat the egges and lemon well together and put in the said broth make it not salt by no means then stirre altogether upon a soft fire at the first boyl take it off and when it is cool enough give it the Patient To staunch Blood TAke Sanguis Draconis bole armonick Vermillion of each a like quantity compound them with the white of egges beat it to the form of a plaister this hath staied the blood of a womans breast that was cut off To purge the Back and Brain TAke the powder of Bettony and English honey and make a dose of pils and take two pils thereof when you go to bed as big as a smal nut next morning you shall see the effect thereof For a pain in the Back TAke a plaister of Paracelsus and lay thereon warm and it cureth To scale a mortified Bone TAke honey of Roses and dip spledgets of lint therein and lay it on the bone till you finde the bone loose dress it every night for three nights if it do not then loosen by the sides in feeling then apply this unguent or ointment Take pure hogs-grease half a pound argentum vivum two ounces well mortified and brayed together warm the Unguent in a sawcer or porringer and with a feather anoint the bone morning and evening and lay thereon lint and rowl it up just let him keep his bed and take no cold and you shall see the bone arise then heal it up as you see occasion The Black plaister that mundifieth all sores and taketh away all pain TAke Sallet-oyl and white-wine Vineger twelve ounces white lead and red lead of each two ounces wax three ounces boyl them altogether till they be black and when you have taken it from the fire adde two drams of camphire prepared and mix it well A powder which scaleth Bones and stoppeth the watering of sinews TAke burned Copras one ounce auri pigmentum fine combust one ounce Verdigrease sinely searced one ounce burned Allum fine powdered and searced three ounces mix them together so use them it is excellent in operation Another for the same and to abate spungy flesh TAke fine Allum Verdigrease of each two ounces Bole four ounces finely powdered mix altogether and so use it A good Medicine to cure any Disease which proceeds from the Breast TAke Parsly roots Fennell roots and Succory roots of each a like quantity take out the piths clean and wash away the dirt and sand from them and then seeth them in white-wine till they be soft and then when it is well boyled strain them and adde thereto a little Pellitory of Spain and let the Patient drink hereof morning and evening for the space of eight or nine daies together this hath holpen those which could not fetch their breath at all hardly A Remedy for a Chin chough TAke Bores-grease and warm the feet of the Patient against the fire and chafe and rub in the said grease well and then let the Patient go to bed and be kept very warm specially his feet This may be done to little Children Prob. est Another for the same TAke a Mouse and flay it and dry it in an oven and beat it to powder and give it the Patient to drink in a quantity of Ale and it will help him and it is also good for those that cannot hold their water Prob. est Another for the same and for the straitness of the Pipes TAke dry Figges and Hysope and stamp them well together and boyl them well with Honey and let the Patient take it fasting and it will help Prob. est Another for the same a Syrup TAke Horehound and Hysope of each a like quantity and a little water and sugar and boyl these together till they come to be a Syrup let the Patient eat this morning and evening and at other convenient times Prob. est Another for the same a pure one TAke Ellecampany and Reddish roots a like quantity and shred them small and pears or wardens twice the quantity as of the other then put them together into an earthen pot and put as much clarified Honey thereto as will make it ready to overflow the said ingredients then cover it close that no breath issue out then set it in an oven bake it with a batch of bread and then when it is baked give of this morning and evening a spoonfull and at noon to the Patient Prob. est A perfect Syrup for the same TAke half a pound of white Sugar-candy and half a pint of Rosewater and a good quantity of Licorish clean pared and bruised boyl all these together untill you see it come to a Syrup then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and put it in a glass and keep it for your use Prob. est A Medicine to take away Corns TAke black Sope and Snails of each of them a like quantity and stamp them together and make a plaister thereof and spread it upon a piece of white leather and lay it to the Corn and it will take it away within seven or eight daies Prob. est A good Medicine to avoid Choller TAke half an ounce of Cassia which is new drawn and a dram of Rubarb and let them be infused for the space of a night with water of indive and a little Spiknard and one ounce of Syrup of Violets and mingle them together with the quantity of three or four ounces of whey and let the Patient drink it warm Prob. est A proved Medicine for the Strangury Chollick and Stone TAke Gromell seed Parsly and red Nettle seed Violet leaves Smalledge Cherry stones Philopendula Eli sanders Saxifrage Cummin seed and Fennell seed Anniseed and Coriander seed Sowthistle and Dill seed of each of them a like quantity beat them very small in a mortar and searce them fine then take the Gum of Ivy or else the Berries of Ivy dried and beaten to powder and mingle with the powder aforesaid and let the Patient drink this powder in white-wine or stale Ale or in his pottage morning and evening for eight or nine daies Prob. est A Clyster for the same TAke Mallows Pellitory of the wall and Carduus Benedictus Colworts Setrach and Oak-fearn and Alkabergi seeds of each a like quantity and make thereof a Decoction then adde oyl of Dill and Camomili and oyl of Lillies of each one dram and of Hiera simplex and salt and so apply it An approved Medicine against the grief of the Flank and the Chollick passion TAke half a glass or less of the juice of Barberies when they be very ripe and red and put into it as much red Corall in powder as will lie upon a groat and give the Patient to drink Another perfect
as big as a Walnut and so use it For the Gonorrhea or Running of the Reins FIrst purge the humor with new drawn Cassia one ounce extracted mix therewith two drams of washt Turpentine and one scruple of pulvis athriticus into bole then next day saving one dissolve six drams of Confecti humach in fumitory-Fumitory-water adding two scruples of pulvis Sanctus and half a dram of Cream tartar mix them and after the body is thus purged use restringing Medicines For a Gunshot if there be a Flux of blood TAke Bolearmoniack one ounce and terra sigalatum one dram and myrrh one dram pulverized fine and a dram of Vitriolum album or white Copras and this will be a stringum powder mix with this the white of egges and make it as it were an ungent and so use it two daies and then undress And then secondly take spirit revini or spirit of wine one ounce and Melle rosarum half an ounce and one dram of Aegyptiacum mix them together and put them into a poringer and heat them hot and dip in a pleget of lint and so lay it to the wound till you see the wound digested or that the wound be cleared and after it is digested use to incarnate or breed flesh Vnguentum Basilicon warm upon a pleget of lint and that is sigitrising of the wound For a Fracture in the Scull or wound in the Head TAke spirit Revinum and Melle rosarum heal and dip a pleget of lint and so lay on the wound but if the perecranium ly bare mix in some mire aloes of each about a scruple among the other medicines or if the wound be on any part of the body use the same intention if the bone lie bare do the same as aforesaid A good Medicine to destroy Heat in the Face or any other place although is be St Anthonies fire TAke a pottle of Smiths water and a handfull of Sage Elder leaves two handfuls or the green bark thereof Allum two pennyworth seeth all these together from a pottle to a pint then take it and put it into a Gallypot and let the Patient when he goes to bed anoint his face therewith and the next morning he will finde ease it will help him five or six daies Headach or Megrim the cure or a good cool water to be used for the Head if it be over hot or for any such distemper TAke Violet leaves red Rose leaves Letice and Willow leaves of each two handfuls and a little Henbane Vinegar white Poppey and a little Mandrake and distill them together in a Stillitory and so keep this water close stopped in a glass untill you have occasion to wash your head An excellent hot water for the Head if it be over-cold or any such distemper TAke Bettony Camomill Rue Savery Pennyroyall Marjerum Origanum Fennell and Elnacampana of each a like quantity and distill them also and use it as the former For a pain in the Head TAke a Rose-cake and cut it fit to lay to your forehead and wet it well in Vinegar and put thereto a good quantity of the powder of Nutmegs and the powder of Cloves and let the same be bound very hard to the temples of the Patient and this will speedily help him Another for the same TAke the juice of Rue and put into the nosthrils of the Patient and it will expell fleam cleanse the brains and mitigate the pain of the head and this hearb sodden in Wine will do the same Another to purge the Head TAke Pellitory of Spain and chew the root thereof in your mouth four or five daies at several times and this will take away the pain of the head and fasten your teeth and gums For winde in the Head TAke a good handfull of the flowers of Camomill and half a handfull of the powder of Cinamon mingle them together and make two little bags of the breadth of your ears and put both the powder and the flowers therein and bind it close to both your ears This Prob. est For Heart-burning TAke five or six corns of good Pepper and bruise them in your mouth and let them go down your throat This will help forthwith Hoarsness the cure TAke three or four Figs and cut them in the middle asunder and then put into every one of them a pritty quantity of Ginger fine beaten to powder and then rost them upon a clean hearth or upon a tilestone and let the Patient eat them as hot as he can endure them This hath cured some which have been troubled with hoarsness four or five years Headach of rheume the cure TAke one Nutmeg Cubebs Piony seed Setwell roots Marjerum Angellica roots of each two drams dry them and powder them fine and make them up with Honey into a mase for Pils take thereof five small ones every morning for fourteen daies For the same Approved TAke four ounces of gray sope and bray therein the whites of two egges and put it in a box and when you have use for it spread it on a cloth double and lay it to the forehead even to the ears dress it so twice a day for five daies you will finde ease at twice dressing Megrime pain or winde in the Head the cure TAke a piece of Methridate as big as a good hazel nut and put it in your mouth and let it there melt without chawing holding your breath as much as you can and as it melts receive it into your stomack This will be present help Another for the same or for any Imposthume or Feaver in the Head TAke the roots of Pellitory of Spain one dram Spicknard half a dram beat them together and boyl them in good Vinegar then let them cool put thereto honey and mustard of each a sawcer full mix them together and let the Patient put half a spoonfull thereof in his mouth and hold it there a while then spit it forth renew it so twelve times when you go to bed drink a little down use it three daies and you will be well Lice or Scabs in childrens Heads the cure TAke red Sage chop it small and boyl it in fresh butter with Pepper powdered when it is so boyled together strain it and keep it for your use A good Medicine for the black Jaundies TAke the Gall of a Raven and dry it well and beat it to powder then take a pritty quantity thereof and temper it either with Ale or Beer and let the Patient drink thereof every morning fasting for six or seven daies together and it will presently help him Prob. est Another for the same TAke of the roots and leaves of Strawberries and eat them every morning fasting for the space of eighteen daies together Prob. est The same made into pottage or broth and taken fasting will do the same either for black or yellow especially for yellow Another for the yellow Jaundies TAke a good handfull of red Nettle crops seeth them well in a pint of Ale and
black and thick then make your tents of one inch long and no longer although the Fistula be never so deep and roul the tents well in the Medicine and tent your wound therewith twice in a day and it will work out in small pushes and wheals from the bottom cover the sore with a red Colwort leaf and when it is well digested heal it up with plaisters fir for it A vulnary potion for the Fistula TAke a quart of spring water and boyl therein Cloves bruised Pimpernell Egrimony red Colwort Valerian Mousear Dovefoot and wilde Tanzy washed and chopped of each one handfull boyl all in a pipkin close covered till half be wasted then adde to it two spoonfuls of Honey and one quart of white-wine then let it boyl one walm or two and strain it hard forth and keep it in a close Viall and drink of it morning and evening and at three in the afternoon in Summer cold and in Winter hot untill the Potion cometh out of the orefice of the Fistula which must be alway kept open with a Gentian tent A plaister to cure the Fistula TAke Latherage of Gold one pound oyl of Roses two pound white-wine Vinegar and old Urine of each half a pound boyl these till the Vinegar and Urine be consumed adde thereto in the boyling Wax two ounces Frankincense one ounce mix it and so use it A Lotion to wash or seering into the Fistula TAke Bolearmoniack four ounces Camphire one ounce white Vitrioll four ounces powder all these boil the Copras and Camphire in a close stopped pipkin till they be melted still stirring them till they grow hard then powder them and the Bolearmoniack together very fine and when you use it take a pottle of running water put it to the fire till it begin to boyl then take it from the fire and put therein three spoonfuls of the powder as much as the spoon will hold put all into a double Viall and shake it twice every day for fourteen daies before you use it let it stand and settle very clear and apply it as hot as the Patient can endure it if it be for a sore wet a double cloth four times double and apply it if for a Fistula use the searing morning and evening till you be well if you would have it stronger put into it one ounce of burned allum powdered This is approved either for Fistula or Pustels Cankers Scabs in the head or body and also green wounds Unto your Lotion for Fistula you may adde Strawberries Plantine red mader sharp dock of each one handfull let your Cloves be twelve in number and if you will six ounces of honey if the Patient vomit up his Lotion three daies together at the first taking there is fear of his cure but if he vomit not no fear of the cure let him drink it fourteen daies in his drinking thereof put in some Ginger to allay the winde of the hearbs An Implaister of Tapsus Barbatus which cureth all Cankers Fistulas Plague-sores hot Bruises Botches or Fellones TAke the juice of Smallidge and Cardus young Wormwood Mullin Walwort Pimpernell Dovefoot Plantine Egrimony Mugwort Sage Daises Night-shade and Fluellin of each one dram Woodbine four handfuls stamp them and strain them put to as much Honey in measure as you have in juices then boyl them together in a new red pipkin close covered let them boyl softly still stirring it till it come to the thickness of Honey then take it from the fire and keep it in a new earthen pot close covered And when you make a Plaister for any the things aforesaid Take of this Honey four ounces wheat-meal two ounces boyl altogether one walm or two still stirring it for fear of burning then take it from the fire and put to it presently Venice Turpentine two ounces mix it well with the rest and when it is almost cold pour the whites of two egges well beaten thereto mix them together till it be cold and so it is made The Plaister is called Diaflosmos A Lotion to wash or seringe the grief withall before you apply the Plaister dress it twice a day either by bathe or searing hot TAke Night-shade Smallidge Egrimony Fluelline Sage Cardus of each one handfull Honey two ounces Plantine water and white-wine of each one pint boyl all these hearbs small cut till their substance be forth with the Honey Allum Wine and water and so strain it for your use A perfect Remedy for the Flux TAke a good handfull of Beans dry them in an oven or upon a tilestone and let them be so hard as the huls will skale off them and then bray them to fine powder and searce them then take a plot of good red wine and set it upon the fire and put the powder into the wine and stirre it well least it should grow to the pan wherein you boyl it and so do till it be so thick that you may cut it in slices when it is cold and let the Patient take two or three slices thereof blood warm every morning and evening for a certain space and this will cure Prob. est Falling sickness the cure FIrst every full Moon and change purge one day and vomit another then kill a Jay and dress him fill his body full of Commin and Anniseeds bruised then put the Jay so dressed into an oven after bread is drawn forth untill he be so dry that you must beat his body and sides and all into fine powder then take of this powder one dram in any thing what you please morning and evening till you be well as in broth or such like only with it make two plaisters as you do of Mastick of Sanguis Draconis spread it with a hot knife and lay them to the temple veins Fistula the cure TAke Vervine and dry it upon a tile and make powder thereof and make clean the sore with a linnen cloth and fill the wound full with the powder For the Gout TAke Arsmart and wet it in fair running water and lay it to the place grieved and when you take it away then bury it in a moist place in the ground and as that wasts the grief will wast also Another for the same TAke Mallows and Sengreen beat them and boyl them in water then strain them put oatmeal grots soked in Vinegar and sheeps-suet untried then boyl it to a poultess Proved Another for the same TAke Archangell red stamp it in a mortar with Vinegar and bind it to the place grieved and if it go not away mix a little Opium with it and it will not fail A good cooling Clyster to apply where it needs TAke a pottle of running water and Succory leaves and Sorrill and Strawberry leaves and Violet leaves and Mallows of each one handfull one pennyworth of French-barley sweet Fennell seed and the four cold seeds of each one pennyworth boyl all these to a pint and strain it and adde one ounce of Syrup of Roses and a piece of butter
Germander and Neep of each a good quantity and boyl them in a pottle of fair running water and let it boyl till half be consumed and then strain it and adde two spoonfuls of good wine Vinegar and three or four ounces of fine white Sugar to sweeten it and let the Patient drink every morning and evening three daies together a good draught Prob. est For the Palsie TAke Sage leaves and Primrose leaves of each of them a like quantity if it be in winter Primrose roots beat them both together and strain them with Ale and give it to the Patient to drink a good quantity at a time and this will cure Prob. est For lameness in the side coming by the Palsie TAke Sage and Hysope and boyl a good quantity together in fair running water and bathe the side that is grieved well therewith then take the hearbs and binde them as hot as may be suffered to the place grieved and this will help Prob. est A soveraign drink if it be taken in time to preserve against the Plague TAke a dram and half of the powder called Imperial one dram of Treakle and Dragon water and Sorrell water of each a dram drink it with Ale in the morning fasting although the party have been infected with the plague twenty four hours before yet by Gods grace he shall escape This hath been truly proved Another for the same TAke a good handfull of winter Savory and boyl it in a quart of good wine Vinegar with a spoonfull of grains being beaten and put to it and adde also a good quantity of fine Sugar and take a good draught thereof morning and evening and if you must of necessity come into the place where any infectious persons are it is good to smell to the roots of Angellica Gentian or Valerian and likewise a piece of Arras root kept in your mouth as you walk any of these are very good and cordial Prob. est Another for the same TAke an Onion and make a hole in it and take out the inner core then take Dragon-water Treakle and Pepper bruised and put them altogether into the Onion and rost it in the embers and then bruise it and strain it into pure Malmsie and give it to the Patient to drink this is a present remedy if it be given before the heart be infected Prob. est A good plaister to draw the Plague-sore to a head and to break it TAke a good handfull or two of Mallows one handfull of Linseed one handfull of sower dow and two or three Lilly roots and stamp all these together very smal and boyl them in a quart of white-wine lees untill it be thick then lay it one inch thick or more upon a piece of leather that is somewhat broader then the sore and let the borders of the leather be plaistered with Shoemakers wax and that will cause it to cleave fast this will break it in a short space Prob. est A soveraign Medicine to cure the Plurisie TAke Brooklime Sheeps suet and a little fair water and fry them together in a frying pan and make a plaister thereof and lay to the side of the Patient and this will draw forth all the corruption Prob. est Another for the same TAke Aqua vitae and Capons grease of each a pritty quantity and boyl them together then take a little black wool and dip it therein and lay it as hot as may be suffered to the grief and this will give ease speedily Prob. est For the French Pox an Oyntment good TAke Allum Verdigrease English Honey that is good and wine Vinegar that is both strong and sharp of each a like quantity mix them well together to an Oyntment anoint the grief therewith often and it will both dry and heal Prob. est An excellent Receipt called Moses water very good for the French Pox or any other disease growing out in sores or scurfs TAke six gallons or more of the purest white-wine that may be gotten and as much stale Ale and a pound and half of Sarsaprila of Licorish and Scena of each of them two pound and two pound of the bark of Guyacum Coloquintida four ounces let all these be boyled together for the space of twenty four hours over a soft fire and put therein with the rest a little Backma maria and when it is well boyled put therein one ounce of Methridatum then take it off and put it into some earthen pot and stop it up close and when you will use it take a good quantity thereof at a time three times a day fasting at three a clock and going to bed and this will cleanse both inward and outward parts of the body and cause the body to be sound after it when that is done make more and use it often Prob. est For the small Pox. TAke Milk Saffron and English honey and seeth them together and give it to the Patient and let him be kept warm and this will bring out the disease Prob. est An excellent good Purge for any manner of disease TAke half an ounce of Senna one spoonfull of Anniseeds half a dram of Licorish one spoonfull of Fennell seeds a few Raisins of the Sun the stones picked out boyl them together in a quart of fair running water and let it boyl till the one half be consumed then strain it and adde thereto one dram and half of Diaphenicon and shake the same well together and let the party which desireth to purge drink a pritty quantity thereof every morning fasting blood-warm and it will purge him well without causing any sickness Prob. est Another Purge for the stomack TAke young Mallows and Mercury of each of them a good handfull or somewhat more Senna one dram and three spoonfuls of Anni-seeds and put them into one pint of white-wine and as much strong Ale and let them stand one night the next day seeth them together again untill the one half be consumed then strain it and give the Patient a good draught thereof in the morning fasting and if he sleep a little after it it will be never the worse Another Purge for all parts of the body TAke two drams of pure Turpentine and wash it very well in Fennell water and bruise it and dissolve it in a mortar with a pestill and put thereto half the yeolk of a new laid egge and one dram of Smallidge water and beat them altogether till it be like Milk and let the Patient sip it off and this will work effectually in all parts of the body For the Pestilence TAke the water of Bettony and Pimpernell and Turmentill or Scabions mix it together and drink it nine daies fasting and fear no Pestilence Doctor âurgess his Receipt against the Plague and for any symptome of it or the small Pox or Measels or for the beginning of the Ague or Feaver TAke three pints of Malmsie Sage and Herb-grace of each one handfull boyl them altogether till the third part be
one for the same TAke fine powder of Virga aurea and put one spoonfull of it into a new laid egge soft rosted and give it the Patient in a morning fasting and let him fast four hours after it and he will suddenly make water use this for ten or twelve daies and the Patient will void the Stone without any pain Prob. est To cure a Cough that comes by cold suddenly TAke aqua vitae and Sallet-oyl and loaf Sugar mingle them together when you go to bed take a quantity of it and in the morning when you arise also it will take away your cough and ease your lungs Proved To cure the Wind chollick TAke Sea-horse pisfle Harts horn and enula campana of each one dram finely powdered take as much of this in a morning fasting as will lie on a groat or somewhat more in a cup of Anniseed water Prob. est Consumption a noted Cure TAke a quarter of a pound of Jordan Almonds blanched and beat small adding thereto in the beating some Rosewater one or two spoonfuls then take the thigh of a rosted Capon flay off the skin beat it in a mortar alone then take fourteen Dates stoned skinned and picked and beat them alone then put them all in a pint of Rosewater with some Sugar and boyl them three walms then take Sinamon two drams Lignum and Aloes both powdered one dram put them in your Decoction and stirre them well together and put it up into some Viall and take the quantity of a Walnut at once in the morning fasting the first three mornings adde to it every time two grains of Bezor A Diet-drink for the same THe first week in May infuse in your usual drink Succory Devils bit Scabions water cresses Lungwort Polipodium Coltsfoot Pennyroyal Liverwort of each two handfuls bruised and put in a fine linnen cloth bag and so put it in your drink when it is new tunned to work therein and this you will finde very good drink no other drink for fourteen daies To make an Incision to take out a corrupt Coar TAke Rose alger and powder it fine and mix it with Hogs-grease and lay it on so broad as you will have the Coar come out A perfect cure for a Canker TAke a pint of white-wine Vinegar and take Strawbery leaves Colibine leaves red Sage leaves Woodbine Violet and red briar leaves of each a handfull and set your Vinegar upon a soft fire and put in your herbs and let them boyl till they be soft then strain your leaves hard out and keep it in a Viall for your use Another for the same TAke running water a pint Woodbine Bramble Colibine leaves of each a handfull and a little Rosemary boyl all these together till half the water be wasted then strain it and adde thereto two or three spoonfuls of Honey and a little of Roach-allum three or four spoonfuls of white-wine Vinegar and so wash the mouth with the herbs three or four times a day Chollick the cure TAke Gum hederue warm it that it may spread and spread it upon a piece of Scarlet as big as a shilling or broader and apply it to the navil Your best Gum is sweet clear and soft Prob. est For the Consumption Proved TAke Diascordium Flower of brimstone Conserve of red Roses and make this into little bals and lay one of them under your tongue when you go to bed and let it dissolve in your mouth also take Coltsfoot and white amber and Anniseeds altogether in a pipe mornings and evenings A good Remedy for the biting of a mad Dog TAke Nightshed Bettony and wilde Sage each of them a handfull and one pint of fair running water and stamp the herbs and strain them with the water and then put thereto a pennyworth of good Treakle and give it the Patient to drink three or four mornings together fasting and this will help him speedily Prob. est An excellent Diet-drink for any disease TAke a new earthen pot and fill it full of fair running water only wanting about a quart of being full and then adde thereto about a quart of white-wine and set the pot over a soft fire of coales and put into the pot a pound of good Licorish scraped clean and sliced and half a pound of Anniseeds bruised half a pound of Lignum vitae which you may have at the Turners and one ounce of the bark which is of the same tree which you may have at the Apothecaries adde thereto a small quantity of China and Saxifrage and a little Centory let all these boyl on the fire about two hours or untill you see a good part of the liquor consumed then strain it into another clean earthen vessell and stop it close and drink a good draught thereof morning and evening and at noon a while after dinner Prob. est A most excellent Wine made of Sage for to be drunk at all times if you wash your mouth therewith it will help the Tooth-ach and pains of the gums it is good for the Palsie and for the Cramp and for Lunatick persons it restoreth sinews shrunk it expelleth ill humors out of the body it is also good against the Plague and Pistilence TAke a good quantity of Sage both white and red and boyl it very well in Muskedine and then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and with a tunnell put it into a glass and stop it close and when the Patient will use it let him drink a good draught thereof morning and evening for a certain space and according to the grief wherewith he is troubled and this will perfectly heal all the diseases aforesaid Prob. est An excellent Medicine for the Dropsie TAke roots of kneeholm and Parsly roots and Fennell roots of each of them finely scraped and sliced a good handfull of Juniper Berries half a handfull and of Anniseed and Alexander seed each of them a spoonfull boyl all these together in three pints of clear posset-ale boyling to a quart then take a handfull of dead Bees and stamp them in a wooden dish and strain them into this posset-ale and so let the Patient drink every five hours a good draught thereof and this will help him in a short space A Medicine for a deaf and pained Ear. TAke earth-worms and fry them with Goose-grease and drop a little thereof warm into the ear grieved this used nine or ten times will cure Prob. est Another for the same and hath cured some which could not hear almost at all and were troubled therewith twenty years TAke a Hedgehog and flay him and rost him and let the Patient put some of the grease or fat that comes from him into his ear and he will recover his hearing in a short space Prob. est A comfortable powder to cause one to Digest his meat TAke Pellitory of Spain Centory Anniseeds Licorish grains of Paradise Ginger Cinomon of each of them a like quantity and beat them and searce them into fine powder and
see arise and when it is half cold strain it through a fine linnen cloth and put it into a Viall glass and stop it close and anoint the eyes with this when occasion serves and it will cure Prob. est A rare secret for a pearl or web in the Eye TAke nine worms which you shall finde in an old hollow tree or timber with many legs called Hogs-lice stamp them with the juice of Solendine or Bettony then strain it and drink it warm fasting eat not in two hours after it use this three mornings together Prob. est For sore Eyes TAke Wood bettony and beat it to powder and take as much as will lie on a six pence each morning till they be well An admirable and perfect cure for the Falling Sickness which I have proved often with good success TAke the dung of a Peacock and dry it in an oven and make it into fine powder and into one ounce and a half of it adde half a quarter of an ounce of Amber peretah known by the name of Scuchenelle at the Apothecaries and adde also three leaves of pure gold of leaf-gold your Amber peretah will easily dissolve and your way to dissolve the gold is thus Do not touch it with your hand but lay your powder aforesaid upon the gold and still with your fore-finger and your thumb be stirring it about till your gold doth dissolve under the powder mix about half a spoonfull of this powder with a little black-berry water when the fit is coming and it will cure the force thereof give it the Patient for a time first and last and it will for ever cure it although it have reigned twenty years provided first you administer this drink following Take a good handfull of Camamill another of Wood-bettony half a handfull of Yarrow a few Marrygold flowers half a handfull of red Sage leaves green Elder leaves half a handfull of Licorish one ounce of Anniseeds one ounce Figges half a pound Raisins stoned half a pound boyl all these together in a pottle of fair running water to a pint and then put in two ounces of Sugar candy of the best after it is boyled and let it stand unstrained twelve hours then strain it and let the Patient drink thereof first and last a quarter of a pint at a time about one moneth and at times some of the former powder and with Gods blessing it will cure Prob. est This I have kept as a secret Another for the same TAke the brains of a Weezel and dry it to powder put it into some pure white-wine Vinegar and temper them well together with a knife and give it the Patient to drink first and last and it will help him Prob. est Also Galen saith that he knew many men in his time cured by drinking the powder of dead mens bones and in another place he saith that the skull of a dead man taken from the earth and washed very clean and dried in an oven and beaten to powder will also taken in their drink cure them although it have reigned many years but he saith it must be the skull of one that hath been slain or hanged and not of one that died by any sickness because maladies in the head in time of sickness will take away the vertue thereof Another for the same TAke Germander in May when it is blossom'd dry it in the shadow and make it into powder and when you will use it take the yeolk of an egge or two and stirre and break it with a spoonfull of the said powder then seeth it and give it the Patient to eat morning and evening eight daies let the Patient abstain from wine and carnall company of women and from all pulce beans or pease or any tares and from sallets and salt fish and from all other things that be hard of concoction and digestion This is a very pretious Receipt Another for the same TAke the blood liver and heart of a Mole and dry them to powder and let the Patient take one dram in a little pine water fasting and fast two hours after it use it six mornings together and it will cure For a woman that hath too much of her Flowers TAke the foot of a Hare burn it to powder and drink of it in red wine and Cinamon first and last nine daies and it will cure her A good drink to cause Fleam to be avoided TAke a good quantity of Hysope water a quart of good Muskedine three or four rases of good case Ginger pared clean and cut in small slices and twice as much Licorish scraped also then put thereto a good handfull of fine Sugar-candy bruised put them altogether in a big glass to stand and soak well and so let it stand for the space of twenty four hours together but shake it often in that time let the glass be well stopped and let the Patient drink this at his pleasure this hath cured such as could hardly speak for Fleam Pils good to stop the bloody Flux TAke Marmalet of Quinces two ounces and of Corall Cinamon Amber Shepherds purse Alchemet Acatia of each two drams powder them and searce them and mix them together into a mase for Pils take four of these Pils morning and evening Prob. est Another for the same TAke a quart of milk and set it on the fire and when it seethes put in a piece of Roch-allum then will arise a curd which when you have taken off drink the whey as hot as you can and if your stomack will bear it eat the curd also A pretious Medicine to cleanse the breast of Fleam TAke of white-wine and water of each one pint wine Vinegar ten spoonfuls English honey clarified with whites of egges six ounces Fennell Parsly roots and Licorish all mundified and then sliced of each one ounce Elââ Campana powdred two drams Egrimony one ounce and a half and twelve figs cut in pieces Annise and Commine seed Hysope Thyme and Peniroyall of each one ounce and a half boyl all these together close covered till the one half be wasted or a third part and then strain it and drink thereof morning and evening till you be well For a Fistula the whole cure FIrst purge the humour offending then take the soles of old shoes dried burnt in a clean harth with oaken wood to a bright coal then lay it where it may consume to ashes alone then adde to the weight of the ashes of the sole and half so much weight of the powder of burnt Allum then grinde all these together on a Painters stone or in a mortar to fine subtill powder so put it close up for your use To tent the Fistula TAke of the Cream of morning milk of one Cow and set it by it self all night the next day cast away the greenish water from the bottom of that Cream then lay a spoonfull of the Cream on a trencher then mix so much of the powders therewith as will make the Cream
consumed then strain it and put into it one pennyworth of long Pepper Ginger half an ounce a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs boyl them altogether a little while beat your Ginger and Nutmegs to fine powder adde thereto also two penny-worth of Treakle four pennyworth of Methridatum and a quarter of a pint of good Angellica water keep this secret as your life If the party be infected take two spoonfuls warm and let him sweat well upon it if not one spoonfull every day is sufficient half in the morning the other at night this never failed any that took it For the Plurisie TAke a fair Pippin cut off the top and take out the core and fill it half full of the powder of Olibanum and then lay on the top again and roast it leisurely upon the embers see it do not burn and when it is enough roasted cut it in four parts with the Olibanum in it and give it to the Patient to eat and it will suddenly cause the Imposthume to break and it will cleanse it To make Oyl of Puppy which is good for any strain or bruise TAke a fat Spannell puppy if you can get one but let it be what puppy it will it must be fat and dress him as you dress a pig then take half a dose of yeolks of egges and two handfuls of Roman nettles cut very small three ounces of Venice Turpentine and three penny-worth of Saffron and beat them altogether and put them into the belly of the Puppy and sow it up and roast it and what droppeth from it save and it will become perfect oyl for the former uses A Poultis that will break a sore in twenty four hours TAke black-berry leaves and Mustard seed and beat them together till it be a Poultis Prob. est A Preparative to take before a Purgation the night before it is taken the dose is one dram in Diaprunis or posset-ale TAke Senna Turbith Diagredii of each three drams Epithimum Galingal of each one dram Salt gem six grains all fine searced and mixed and taken as aforesaid A Purgation which purgeth all aqueous humours TAke Rewbard Turbith Hermodactils Diagredii Senna Agarick Mechoacan Sugar of each two drams Cloves Fennell Ginger Anniseed Mastick of each one dram Saffron and Cinamon of each two scruples searce all these the dose is one dram in Succory water or Posset-ale To make Pils that purge the four humours TAke Mirabolaus and Rewbard of each four drams the juice of Egrimony and Worm-wood of each two ounces Hermodactils Agrick Coloquintida Aloes of each six drams Mastick red Rose leaves Salt gem Epithimum Annis and Ginger of each one dram searce them and mix them and compound them in a mortar with syrup of Roses to a mase for Pils the dose is one dram in five Pils taken in the pap of a roasted apple Pils of excellent vertue to purge all Flegmatick Feavers or Agues TAke Agarick Aloes Acorus Turbith of each one dram Esula half a dram Coloquintida one grain Salt gem Mastick Ginger Wormwood Lettice Raisins mundified Bdellium of each three drams let syrup of Roses be made up with these Pils the dose is two drams more or less according to the strength of the Patient if you adde these following they are good in tertian Agues Rubard two drams Spicknard half a dram Diagredii Mastick of each one dram mix these with those aforesaid the dose is half a dram more or less according to the strength of the Patient and the vehemency of the Feaver A Purgation that cleanseth the head brain and all the body of Melancholly TAke Senna six drams Ginger one ounce Bugloss one dram flowers thereof two drams infuse all in a close stopped ale-bottle of stone with a pint of whey of Goats milk boyl them in Balnea one hour and let it cool when it is boyled warm it in the morning and give it the Patient and it preserveth against all passions of the brain it also helps hearing smelling and seeing and strengtheneth all the body and doth unburthen the body of all humours that abound as choller fleam and melancholly this was the practice of Mathiolus Riolanus and Achaius For the Palsie TAke Rosemary Sage Herbmandlin of each a handfull Camomil-flowers three handfuls and with Sallet-oyl make oyl thereof as you make oyl of Roses and anoint the grieved parts therewith Purgations with Senna TAke Senna in some quantity with some Ginger in your broath for the pain of the head four drams may be given to children and to women with childe An Vnguent for the Piles BOyl in fresh butter Pilewort and Elder leaves or buds till it be a Salve make it yellow with Saffron and use it An excellent healing and cooling Plaister TAke Wax and Deer suet of each four ounces Lapis Caluminaris two ounces May butter two ounces Camphire one dram Oyl of Roses eight ounces mix them and melt them together and make your liquid Plaister A Plaister of Adders-tongue and sweet Maudline all green which cureth green wounds and old ulcers TAke Linseed oyl one pint Adders-tongue and sweet Maudline both green in May and June of each three handfuls strip forth their stalks and bruise them then boyl them in the Oyl adde thereto white-wine let them all boyl till the herbs be very soft then strain them out and put the liquor to the fire again adde thereto Rosin and Wax bruised eight ounces boyl them till all be melted still stirring it then take it off presently mix therewith Venice Turpentine six ounces liquid Storax one ounce and so it is made A gentle Purge for Melancholly and to comfort the spirits TAke the juice of old Pippins and Burradge water of each as much as will make a draught heat it seething hot then infuse therein all night Senna four drams Manna and syrup of Roses of each one ounce Anniseed bruised four drams next morning strain it and drink it warm For the Rickets a disease common to Children TAke Egremony Scabions Coltsfoot Charnill Tamaris of each one handfull one pennyworth of Maidenhair a smal handfull of unset Hysop six tops of Spermint six leaves of Harts-tongue a little Liverwort and opening roots as Fennell Parsley Succory Spergrace scrape them clean and take the pith out of them sprinkle them with wine Vinegar when you have so done slice them and about half an hour after put them to the rest of the herbs and adde licorish half an ounce Anniseed a quarter of an ounce Raisins of the sun stoned and Currants and Figs of each two ounces boyl all these in a pottle of running water untill it come to a quart and let the childe drink thereof twice a day morning and evening constant and for a time at four a clock in the afternoon if the child be hot you may boyl in it two ounces of French barley A Beer for the same TAke Tamaris two handfuls Brooklime and Scurvy-grass and Watercresses of each four handfuls Egrimony Scabions Bettony of the
a pint of water boyl them altogether six or seven walms adde to them in the boyling white Ginger powdered two drams Elna Campana one dram a little Saffron powdered drink thereof first and last at meals infuse therein Saxifrage For the green Sickness TAke a handfull of Cowslip-flowers dry them and beat them to powder and let the Patient drink one spoonfull of this powder in six or seven spoonfuls of Malmsie fourteen mornings fasting A Swelling the cure TAke May butter and wax a like quantity boyl them together with a little Aqua vitae dip double clothes therein and lay it to the grief very hot and it will draw out the water and presently swage the swelling Proved A Dianthos which will help all feebleness of the body the tisick the grief of the heart and of the Liver after long Sickness TAke Cloves Gallingall Ginger Spike Nut-megs of each two drams and a half Cara-way Anniseed Cardamonium of each two drams Licorish red Roses Violets and Rosemary-flowers of each four drams Honey cleansed and rose-Rose-water a pritty quantity let those things which be to be powdered be beaten very fine and searced then mix them with the Honey and Rosewater and let it simper on the fire to a Confection the dose is three drams use this as a secret Prob. est A powder for Winde and Spleen TAke the rind of an Orenge Coliander seed Caraway seed Anniseed Fennell seed and Parsley seed of each one spoonfull dry all these and beat them to powder and searce it then mix them with fine Sugar take thereof in the morning fasting at noon before dinner and after dinner and before supper and after supper going to bed in a little Anniseed water and you will finde much good A rare Sear-cloth or Plaister for a sore breast or any other sore or sprain or ach which I have often had experience of TAke half a pound of Virgins wax and half a pint of Oyl of Roses and half a pint of Oyl-olive melt them altogether upon a soft fire of Char-coal then let it cool in a pan till it be half cold then take half a pound of white-lead and beat it fine and put it into the Oyl abovesaid and to the wax and stirre them together on the fire and cause them softly to boyl half an hour then take two ounces of Frankincense and two ounces of Myrrh and two ounces of Gum Olibanum and two ounces of Mastick beat them to powder very fine and put them into the abovesaid Oyl and Wax and cause them to boyl another half hour stil stirring it till it be black then adde a quarter of an ounce of Camphire when you have taken it from the fire so dip in your clothes for sear-cloths or work it up for plaisters for your use Proved often for what is abovesaid A white tost steeped in white-wine Vinegar applied to a strain is a speedy remedy for that grief For the Tooth-ach TAke a piece of the root of Crowfoot and put it into the hollow tooth if there be any if none be hollow apply it often to the tooth that aketh and that will cure Again take the powder of red Corall put it into the tooth that akes and it will soon fall out Again Take Organy that grows close to the ground and tastes like Aqua vitae bruise it and lay it to the tooth Also bruise bursa pastoris and do the same To make Teeth white and to fasten the Gums and to comfort the roots and to make the breath sweet TAke Vinegar of Squils and dip a piece of linnen cloth into it and rub the teeth and gums therewith For Lues Venera or French-Pox FIrst prepare the body with purgations as this Pulvis Arthreticus the dose is one dram augment as you see good not exceeding above a dram and half but a dram and a quarter is a good dose or a dram of that and half a dram of Jallop And then use this Diet-drink with Lignum vitae for every pint of water an ounce of Lignum vitae and put in some Carduus Benedictus let them drink half a pint at a time morning and evening let their diet be chicken or such meat And then next use Turbith Mellerares begin at three grains use it to a dram but no further till you make a Salavation or Flux at the mouth And then make a lotion for the mouth to wash that daily let the Salavation continue three weeks or a moneth till you be sure the ulcer be clean To stay Vomiting TAke Mints Shepheards purse Plantine and Knotgrass and Comfry of each one handfull shred them small and boyl them in a quart of red Wine or Claret drink of this Wine and plaister the herbs to the stomack in a double cloth A Vomit for any disease TAke and Elder bough and scrape off all the outmost rind clean then take some of the inside rind and stamp it and strain it into strong Ale which is old and drink it lukewarm this will soon cause the Patient to vomit To stay Vomiting TAke Mints Shepheards-purse and Comfry of each one handfull chopped small boyl them in a quart of red Wine or Claret drink of the Wine and lay the herbs plaister-wise to the stomack in a double cloth Prob. est To force one to make Water which is stept in Sickness INfuse and mix ten drops of oyl of Juniper in two ounces of Parsley water and drink it blood-warm it will cure at once or twice taking A Water to inject or serindge into the secrets of men or women TAke water and white-wine of each one quart Woodbine leaves and flowers of each two handfuls Sage Rosemary and Water-cresses of each half a handfull cut small boyl all these together half an hour then put in Allum powdered four drams and two small spoonfuls of honey and boyl them about two walms and keep it for your use To cause one to make Water TAke Saffron in powder and pure ball sope as much of one as another mingle it together spread it upon the fleshy side of white leather make thereof plaisters and lay upon the navill of the Patient and give him to drink as much of the powder of the herb golden rod as will lie on a six pence in a glassfull of Renish wine or white-wine An excellent salve for a deep Wound or cut which requireth tenting TAke the yeolk of a new laid egge and honey the quantity of a Wallnut the same quantity of pure Turpentine beat them altogether and lay them to the wound with fine lint and this will cure it in a short space Another for a green Wound TAke wheat-flower and milk and temper them well together seeth them till they be thick then take the white of a new laid egge and beat it well with the aforesaid stuff and it will keep it from rankling and heal it An excellent Medicine for a green Wound being applied plaister-wise or to make a sear-cloth for any Ach and it is