afflicted with these griefs was in this manner comforted Take Aquae balsami one ounce aquae preserv two ounces oleum piperis six grains mix them well with a good spoonfull of the sirrup of Quinces and so she drunk it at the beginning of the heat CHAP. LXXIII Plurisie with spatting of bloud cured by M. R. FIrst there was made this purging preparative Take Senae six drams Carduus Benedictus half a handfull Sugar half an ounce Ginger half an ounce lay them to infuse one night in warm whay made of Goats milk one pound and a half whereof ye shall give morning and evening four ounces warm this purgeth gently and causeth to spat easily Then thrée days after they must bleed well on the liver vein and their drink at meals was the decoction of hysop violets liquorice and raisins with sugar A great and sore Plurisie cured by M. R. A Certain man of twenty four years old was vexed with a most grievous plurisie with pricking and shooting and a cough with a continuall feaver and inflamation of the tongue First there was good store of bloud taken from the liver vein on that side where the pain was Then were these syrrups that do decoâ—â— and and purge ministred unto him Take Sirupi de liquericia de Hysopo acetole of each one ounce Oxâ—mmellitis squillitici acetisquillitici of each thrée ounces make thereof a loch whereof in the morning he licked with a liquorice stick which caused him to spat easily and took away the heat or burning of the tongue being used with this decoction Take French Barley thrée ounces Carduus Benedictus one handfull Roses Violets of each one pound Liquorice scraped thrée drams Figs three Raisins of the sun stoned one ounce and a half Sugar Candy two ounces boil them in sixteen pound of water till two pound be wasted and so drink it cold Also his diet was light and thinne as broth and drink c. Plurisie with inflamation of the tongue and costiveness of the body cured by M. R. First they were purged with Aromatico and then used this gargarism Take Sempervive or Howsléek two handfulls boil them in a quart of water till a third be wasted Then strain it and put thereto two ounces of wine vinegar wherewith they gargarised warm oftentimes Then they used Mel-rosarum which took away the blacknesse of the tongue Their diet was moist and cooling as followeth Take French Barly half an ounce Figs seven Raisins of the sun stoned four ounces boil and strain them and put thereto oleum vitrioli so much as will make it tart and so drink thereof Plurisie in a woman cured First she was purged with Aromatico Leonardo then unto her side there was applied this unguentâ— seven or eight times a day which took away her pain Take unguenti de Althen two ounces oil of sweet Almonds half an ounce mixe them together the next morning she was let bloud in the basilike â—ein on that side where her pain was Her diet was the same that was spoken of before After meat she used a Lochsanum before prescribed for this purpose and so in short time she was cured Another woman cured of the same disease by M. R. First there was ministred unto her this potion Take the water of Carduus benedictus half a pound oleum vitrioli enough to make it tart like a Pomegranate The next day she was let bloud in manner aforesaid about ten ounces After she had bled she took this potion folllowing five days together morning and evening which caused her to sweat well and there upon she was quickly cured The Diaphoreticall decoction Take Cardui benedicti two handfull Liquorice scraped three ounces Figs five Raisins two ounces Sugar candy one ounce and a half voil them in a sufficient quantity of water and strain them to drink A Plurisie broken with a potion For the breaking of his Aposteme there was ministred unto him Aromatico Leon with honied water The next day the basilick vein on the Pleuriticall side was opened His drink at dinner and supper was this decoction Take Isop dried one small handfull violets two handfuls six Figs Liquorice scraped half an ounce Raisins four ounces boil them in nine pound of water till one pound be wasted then strain this pectoral decoction and use it Another cured in this manner First he took Aromatico Leonardo and thereupon drank the water of Carduus Benedictus The next day they let him bloud on the same side where the pain was His diet was moist and cooling and he drank Barley-water mixed with syrup of Roses and oleum vitrioli and shortly after was cured CHAP. LXXIV An inward impostume or bastard Plurisie cured by M. R. A Man having an Impostume in his side which would have turned to the Plurisie was thus cured Take a good sweet Apple and cut off the crown take out the core and fill it with powder of Olibanum bind on the crown again and rost it under the embers till it be soft Then mixe with it thrée or four drops of oleum vitrioli and let the patient eat it and sweat thereon Also with the same medicine at the same time there was a boy helped that had a plague sore on his neck Pain in the side with a cough cured by W. T. after this manner Take Floris Sulphuris two drams the extract of Enula Campana one dram Ireos and Liquorice of each one ounce Honey so much as will make it in form of an slectuary Before it be made up put thereto half a scruple of Oleum sulfuris and use it morning and evening CHAP. LXXV Pain and wind in the body cured by I. H. A Certain woman twenty eight years of age being often troubled with a griping pain and wind in her body was presently eased by taking four or five grains of Laudanum nostrum in Malmsey with two or thrée drops of oil of Aniséeds After this manner divers persons have béen cured Provided always that the body be loose else must it be moved either with some gentle glister or suppositary The expelling of wind out of the body by L. F. THis course following hath been divers times proved most effectuall against the wind in the stomack and other parts of the body First let them take a dose of Aromatico Leonardo Then let them take morning and evening half a dramme of this composition thrée or four dayes together either in potions or pills Take the essence of Gentian three drams the essence of Ginger oil of Aniséed Fennellseed of each half a scruple make thereof a masse and kéep it to your use CHAP. LXXVI An excellent Electuary to expell wind revive the spirits it also purgeth melancholly and choller and comforteth the stomack with a most excellent and soveraign Plaister to be made by the Apothecary and applied outwardly to the stomack Administred and Applied by D. E. TAke Aq. melis menth of each sixe drams theriacal still cap. ceru of each three
drams e se aurant two Dropsie Diasco half a dram conf. de hyamith one scruple fyr veton rubr half an ounce cubi Paei two drams clyss citâ—i one scruple fiat Electar The Plaister Admovaet regirin ventriculi Emplast Stomachicum CHAP. LXXVII The Signs and Tokens whereby you may know whether you have a Dropsie or nor THere be these three symptomes or signs of a confirmed Dropsie First the tongue is white and cold 2. The yard is shrunk into the belly 3. The veins on the belly are apparent and visibly to be seen And where these things are found they are infallible declarations of a grounded Dropsie CHAP. LXXVIII The cure of the Dropsie performed by W. T. A Man of three and forty years old troubled with the Dropsie was in this manner cured Take the roofs of blew Flower de Luce sliced and stéeped in vinegar three or four hours and then dried half an ounce of the bark of Lawrell roote so prepared as much the leaves of Sena in powder one spoonfull Aniseed and Ginger of each one dram mixe them and take of that powder every morning from the weight of four pence till it give you four stools a day continue herein so long as you shall think it good CHAP. LXXIX The killing and expelling of Worms in the stomack by I H. AN infinite number of people both young and old have been cured thereof with this composition following Take the séed of Carduus Sanctus Wormséed Dittany Semen Caulium cornucerui usâ—i corralline vermium terrestrium of each half a dram mixe them in fiue powder and give thereof half a dram either with honey or sweet milk in the morning and evening Anoint also the stomack and belly downward with this unguent following and apply a little unto the navill with brown paper and no doubt of it within two or thrée days the patient shall be cured For it doth not onely kill the worms but causeth them to come forth by siege making the belly soluble so that they shall have two or thrée stools in a day The cataplasm or unguent is this Take Farinae lupinorum Aloes centauriae myrrha theriacae optâ—mae of each half an ounce beat them into fine powder and make thereof an unguent with the juyce of peach leaves and keep it to your use Also two or three drops of oleum vitrioli being drunk with water of gramen or such like for three or four days killeth worms Also two drams of Quinta essencia solutivo Phioravante drunk with one ounce of syrrup of Roses killeth the worms and expelleth them by siege CHAP. LXXX A Quartain of long continuance cured by L. F. FIrst he was purged with twelve grains of Lapetra Philosophale Leonardo Fiorayante mixed with half a dram of good Mithridate the next day he took of this decoction warm six ounces and so continued fourteen days morning and evening Take Chamepiteos one pound white wine eight pound white honey one pound distill them with a gentle fire till five pound be come forth Then let it cool and filter that which remained in the Vessel and mixe it with that which was distilled before keep it in a glasse close stopped and use it Also the reins of the back was anointed every night with Balsamum artificiale Leonardo Phiorayante and so he was well cured CHAP. LXXXI An approved remedy against the Pestilence Plurisie and Quartain DIvers people have been cured of these foresaid diseases by taking a dose of Turpetum Diaphoreticum Paraceli either with Amuletum Palmarij or with some excellent good Mithridate in the morning fasting and sweating thereupon Sometime it is given with other potions or compositions according to the disease CHAP. LXXXII The swelling of the spleen in a melanchollick perion cured by W. T. A Certain melancholly man was much grieved in his milt heart and head but he was thus cured First he was purged with one scruple of Panchimagogon and one scruple of the extract of Sena mixed with syrrup of Roses and two or thrée drops of oil of vitrioll That done he took a quart of posset ale made of white Wine and Burnet and drank there of morning noon and night a good draught with half a spoonfull of Aqua Balsami Fioravante Also now and then he took morning and evening a tost of white bread stéeped in Aquam Preservans and within ten days after he purged again and so remained in good health CHAP. LXXXIII Frantick feavers for want of sleep often cured by I. P. MAny that were so griebâ—usly vexed with a burning feaver that they could not sléep and were in manner frantick have taken five or six grains of Laudanum with conserve of succory flowers and therewith were spéedily delivered out of their extremities Pestilent feavers with great thirst cured by I. H. First they were purged once or twice with Aromatico Leonardo then was the stomack comforted with some pectorall petion That being donâ— there was Barley-water made with raisins liquorice and cool herbs Then strain it clean and put therein as much oleum vitrioli as will make it tart like a Pomgranate Drink thereof when you are a dry for it comforteth nature asswageth heat and thirst wonderfully openeth al obstructions and defendeth the body from putrified feavers If they be grieved with the head-ach you shall cause them to be let blond under the tongue cutting those veins overthwart and they shall presently be cured CHAP. LXXXV Against Poison or the Pestilence a diaphoreticall potion by W. T. TAke Mirrhae croci of each two ounces Amuleti Palmatij one ounce Spiritus Vini one pound oleum piperis oleum Gingâ—beris of eace one dram mir them in a glasse and give thereof half an ounce in old Sack at once against the pestilence or poison CHAP. LXXXVI Signs of death in the Plague by W. K. TAke a live Frog and lay it next the sore if the party will escape the Frog will burst in a quarter of an hour Then lay on another and this you shall do till no more do burst for they draw forth the venome I have been told that a dried toad wil in better sort do the same If none of the Frogs do burst the party will not escape this hath been often proved CHAP. LXXXVII Antidotes and preservatives against infectious airâ— on the water or land by W. T. You shall use to chew or hold in your mouth a little of Essencia Angelicae Also it would be very profitable to drink three or four drops of the same fasting Also Oleum Camphorae being drunk effecteth the same In like manner Aqua Balsami Fioravante if it be drunk in the morning with wine or Allome preserveth a man from ull poison and pestilent airs and is a most singular remedy against surfeits or the pestilence Also if you be in any infected ship or house it were necessary to wear a bag of Saffron under your arme-pits to defend the heart Also it were very necessary to drink two or
then lay a big piece of sear-cloth over them all but let not the great piece be bigger then to cover the sores except the sores have much swelling about it and in that case let it be bigger the wound must be dressed morning and evening with the same sear-cloath onely every time it is dressed wipe the corruption off from the sear-cloath which it hath drawn from the sore and so lay it one again if the wound be rotten and stinking you may change the lesser plaisters which are next the sores once a week but otherwise you may continue to use the same a fortnight or better but stil at every dressing cleanse the filth off from them it wil take away the â—ottennesse and draw out the filth and heal it but it wil not heal it till it have fully cleansed and drawn out the corruption neither will it suffer any proud flesh to grow therein The rare effects which have been wrought by this plaister is hardly to be expressed and after good proof thereof Mr. Cradock of Cambridge gave 8 pounds for the Receipt Thus much briefly is expressed and declared concerning wounds and ulcers wheresoever they be or howsoever they arise by which examples the juditious practioner may undertake other things which are not here mentioned It followeth now in manner asoresaid to set down the observed practises of those that have cured internall diseases which have taken effect and brought forth syntoms outwardly or inwardly CHAP. XLV Of the cure of grievous aches and pains performed by W. H. A Certain man was greatly afflicted with divers wofull aches and pains in his shoulders who was cured by receiving a dose of Aromatico and by application of emplastrum faeâ—idum unto the grieved part CHAP. XLVI The healing of aches coming of the Pocks by W. H. ONe of a very dark and melancholly complexion to whâ—msome men in London had given the fume and the unction three or four times and yet left him possessed with most pitifull aches and pains in his joints who for want of mâ—intenance was inforced to go into the country where he was born and was there pities of an honest Gentleman which cured him in this sort First he 〈…〉 ged him twice or thrice with Aromatico Leonardo which done he took for three or four days together half a dr 〈…〉 of the extract of Hormodactiles with white wine Thâ—â—Soanâ—â— unto the particular parts that were grieved apply emplastrum faeâ—idum and thus in short time he was healed throughly CHAP. XLVII A notable experience of a medicine that hath brought great ease to any great ach or pain as of the gout or otherwise TAke one or two of the formost sucking whelps of a mastiffe or bear bitch kill them and take forth the guts fill them with black â—nailes rost them and â—ast them with 12 ounces of oil of spike coloured with saâ—fron Reserve that which droppeth from them and miâ— it with as much oil of wax and therewith anoint any acâ— or grief Another remedy against an ach Take a pound of Sage-leaves a pound of Rue hall a pound of Wormwood as much Bay-leaves boil all these in Smithâ—-water and apply them hot to the place CHAP. XLVIII A particular way whereby the pain of the gout is soon eased and prevented TAke minium the yolk of an egge oil of tartar oil of roses as much of each as you think sufficient and with a little saffron make it in form of a plaister and lay it on cold There was a Gentleman grievously veâ—ed with the gout who was in this sort soon eased First when he supposed that the pain would come he took a dose of Aromatico Leonardo then the next day unto those â—rieved parts he applied this plaister Take a pickle â—erring and cut forth the bone stamp it very small with â— litle Bolealmoniack and rose water and apply it cold to the grief from place to place as it goeth Many men after they have been well purged have had great ease by anointing the place three or four nights together with aqua balsami Fioravante Also oleum cerae is very profitable in that case Another for the same Take two quarts of pure live honey and two pound of Sage-flowers and distill them in a rose-water Still with a soft fire and drink every morning ten or twelve spoonfuls fasting and fast an hour after and it will marvellously abate the humour and give ease unto the party grieved Another for the Gout Take a red woollen cloath lay pitch upon it melt it against the fire and make â— Plaister of it and lay it to the place as hot as you can suffer it and when that hath lain all night make another plaister as aforesaid and lay to the place CHAP. XLIX The cure of gouts and all other aches coming of heat by L. F. FIrst the party is to be purged with Aromatico then this plaister appllied which is attractive resiecative resolutive as being intentions far better fitting that purpose then any other Take the marrow of the bones of a calf now killed â— pound vitâ—ioll in manner rubified I pound and a half Gantarides in fine powder I ounce the ashes of the vine 6 ounces mixe them all on a small fire untill they be incorporated then with oil of w 〈…〉 make it in a liquid ointment and spread it on a cloath and lay it on cold And when it waxeth dry chafe it till the pain be ceased this hath eased many in a short time CHAP. L. The remedy against the Scorbute or Scurvy and the gout by W. T. A Young man of 26 years of age mightily troubled with the gout and scurvy was after this sort cured First he was purged with Aromatico Leonardo Then he used the purging drink every morning that he might have each day three or four stools At night he took two ounces of the distilled water of lignum vitae with I ounce of the sirrup of Couslips Also he used to eat these câ—â—serves following mixed together Take conserve of Couslips 4 ounces of sage of rosemary flowers of each â— ounces of red roses 1 ounce the quantity which he took at once was as much as a walnut Also he anointed the grieved parts with this unguent Take auxungiae humanae distilled two ounces oil of Turpentine two ounces of wax half a dram mixe them together Also in his usuall drink which he drank with his meat was mixed Chamepiteos Sage Rosemary Betony this was the purging drink take the strong decoction of lignum virae put therein of the leaves of seva four ounces Epithimum two ounces Hermodactiles four ounces Turbith one ounce Coloquintida half an ounce let them stand in warm sand 24 hours and strain it this he drank in the morning fasting CHAP. LI. Tumors in all parts of the body taken away by R. A. THis medicine hath been so well approved that it were infinite to recite the number of those that have found comfort by it The party
made more easie but also she shall bring forth her child without pain Take of the great Treacle one sccuple which is the weight of twenty four barley corns the powder of Liquorice and the powder of Sinamon of either three grains of good white wine one ounce and a half mixed altogether and make thereof a drink and let it be given to the woman with child in such manner as is before sayed CHAP. CLXXV An excellent Drink to purge Melancholly and choller to cleanse the bloud and to comfort the heart TAke of Salsaparilla four ounces of Sena munda four ounces of China roots two ounces of Rubarb thrée drams of Epithamum half an ounce of Polipodium roots three ounces of Madder roots one handfull of red-Dock roots the pith taken out and sliced one handfull of swéet Fennell-roots and Annis-séeds of each half an ounce of Sinamon Mace and Nutmegs of each thrée drams of Scabius and Egrimony of each one handfull Then take your Salsaparilla China Rubarb Polipodium and Madder and scrape and slice them and beat them into grosse powder and powder the Fennell and Annis-séeds Nutmegs Mace and Sinamon And put the Epithamum Dock-roots Sena Egrimony and Scabions whole into a bag of course Boulter or Loomwork incompassing the powder in the hearbs in putting them into the bay And put the bag into an empty barrel and after put six gallons of Beer to it but let nâ—t the barrell be full lest it work over and stop it close and after it hath stood seven dayes drink thereof every morning a wine pint and the like quantity about four of the clock in the afternoon But put the bag first empty into the empty barrell and after put in the ingredients thereto CHAP. CLXXVI Doctor Deodats Scurbubical Drinke TAke Cardus Benedictus Roman-wormwood Brooklime Scurvey-grass Water-cresses Water Trefoil of each one handful of Doder Cetrach Scolopendria Burrage Bugalos Sorrel Spéedwel of each one handful of Elicompain roots one ounce to these hearbs clean picked and washed put thrée ounces of Reasons of the sun stoned fiftéen slices of Lemons and as many of Drenges Boil all these in as much white-wine as will well boil the hearbs and let it boil till it comes to a pint and a half A Scurbutical Sirrup to take with the former Drinke TAake juice of Scurvey grass Watercresses and Brooklime of each six ounces of the juice of Dranges and Lemons of each foure ounces First clarifie the juices then put to it a pound and thrée quarters of Suger let it boil to a sirrup then take two spoonfuls of it in foure spoonfuls of the Drinke at the houres of six in the morning and four in the afternoon CHAP. CLXXVII A Diet-Drinke for any disease that is curable prescribed by three Dutch Doctors TAke of Hermodactiâ—is two ounces of Salsaperilla four ounces of Séene Alexandr. four ounces of Saxafras wood two ounces of Liquorice one ounce of Annis-séeds one ounce of long Pepper half an ounce of the leaves of Scabius one handful of Egrimony half a handfull of Water-cresses and Brook-lime of each one great handfull of Sea Scurvey-grasse two great handfuls of good Nutmegs one ounce let all the woods be slit and cut small and the hearbs shred and put into a bag and hang it in a barrell with six gallons of new ale and let it stand and settle eight days then drink continually of it and no other drink while it lasteth and eat bakers bread with Corâ—ander-séeds and keep a good diet use this six weeks CHAP. CLXXVIII A Purging Ale TAke of the juyce of Scurvey-grasse four pound of Water-cresses two pound of Brooklime one pound of Water mints half a pound of the hearb of dry Wormwood four handfulls of the roots of Madder four ounces the roots of Muncks Rubarb three ounces Roots of Horse-radish one ounce and a half the roots of Saxafras one ounce of Sena four ounces Juniper-berries half an ounce of Anni-séeds Earni-seeds and Ginger of each six drams Another To a pint of the whay of Goats-milk put of Sena half an ounce of Ginger clean scraped and thin sliced of Anni-séeds and sweet Fennel-seeds well dusted and lightly bruised of each the weight of four pence let them stand so an hour or an hour and a half on warm embers in infusing the next morning to a draught hereof put a spoonfull of sirrup of Roses and as this agreeth with you take it two or three days together or every other day CHAP. CLXXIX An excellent Diet-drink TAke the roots of Monks Rubarb and red Madder of each half a pound Sena four ounces Anni-seed and Liquorice of each two ounces Scabius and Egrimony of each one handfull slice the roots of the Rubarb bruise the Anni-séed and Liquorice break the herbs with your hand and put them into a stone pot called a stean with four gallons of strong ale to stéep or infuse the space of three days and then drink this liquor as your ordinary drink for three weeks together at the least though the longer you take it the better providing in a readinesse another stean so prepared that you may have one under another being always carefull to keep a good diet It cureth the dropsie the yellow Jaundies all manner of itches scabs or breakings out of whole bodies it purifieth the bloud from all corruption prevaileth against the green sicknesse very greatly and all obstructions or stopping it makes young maids to look fresh and fair helpeth the stoppage of their monethly sicknesse CHAP. CLXXX The making of a very precious water TAke a gallon of good gascoin wine the roots of Galingal Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anni-séeds Fennell-seeds Caraway-seeds of each a dram then take Sage Mint red-red-Roses garden Time Pellicory Rosemary Wild-time Camomil Penny-royal Margerome then beat the spices small and beat the hearbs and put all into the Wine and let it stand for twelve hours stirring it divers times theÌ„ distil it in a limbeck and keep the first water by it self for it is the best then keep the second water for it is very good but not so good as the first The virtues of this Water It comforteth the spirits or vitall parts it healeth any inward disease that cometh of cold it is good against the shaking Palsie and cureth the contraction of sinews and helpeth the conception of women that be barren it killeth worms in children or elder persons it helpeth the cold gout it cureth the cold Dropsie it helpeth the stone in the bladder and in the reins of the back and whosoever useth this water now and then and not too often it preserveth him in good liking and shall make him look exceeding young and youthfull CHAP. CLXXXI A most excellent water for the Stomack and for a Surfeâ— TAke of the best purest Aqua-vitae you can get and put thereto thrée dozen of Reasons of the sun stoned thrée Figs sliced two Dates quartered and the white taken out a quarter of an ounce of Cloves a quarter of an
ounce of Mace and as much Sinamon two races of Ginger sliced two ounces of Annis-séeds picked and rubbed of Angelica-séeds two Drams and of Cardus-seed two Drams of Turnsole one ounce and of fine Suger a quarter of an ounce Stéep all these in the Aqua-vitae for the space of sixtéen days shaking of it twice every day then take an Hipocras bagg and let it run through and so put it up for your use and put thereto an ounce of Annis-seed Comfits and an ounce of Amber Comfits an ounce of Manus-Christi and one grain of Musk and take foure spoonfuls thereof fasting or at night when you go to bed CHAP. CLXXXII For heat and pricking in the eyes FIll an Egg-shell newly emptied with the juyce of Seengreen and set it in hot embers take off the green scum that riseth to the top then it will be a water strain it and keep it in a glasse and put some of it into the hot eys four or five nights together and it will ease the pricking and burning CHAP. CLXXXIII An excellent Water THe water of Marigolds doth help all diseases of the eyes and taketh away all pains of the eyes and takes away all pains of the head and the juyce of Bay-leaves dropped into the ears takes away deafnesse or other strange sounds CHAP. CLXXXIIII To break the Stone TAke Hawthâ—rn flowers or for lack of them Haws and distill them the flowers in May and the berries when they be ripe take of this water three spoonfulls with three spoonfulls of Malmsey a quantity of Ginger and drink it warm CHAP. CLXXXV A Water to be made when Couslips are in their prime TAke six handfuls of Couslip flowers one handfull of Rosemary-flowers half a pound of Reasons of the sun stoned half a pound of Liquorice bruised a quarter of a pound of Aniseeds grossely beaten put all these into thrée gallons of good ale or lées of Wine over night the next morning distil them in a limbeck and when you have a quart of water kéep it by it self two or thrée spoonfuls of this water is good for an ill stomack that is weak of digestion and for the spléen and other infirmities of the stomack CHAP. CLXXXVI To make Barley-water for a Fever or an Agueâ— TAke a little handfull of Barley and stéep it in a porrenger of fair running water the space of two or three hours then pour away the water from the Barley and take a pottle of the like water and boil the Barley in it then take it from the fire and put the water from the Barley then put the Barley in three pints of fresh water with a Parsley root and a Fennel root the pith taken out then being boyled to a pint strain it and use it thus Take thrée or four spoonfulls thereof mixed with two spoonfulls of sirrup of Vinegar and use to drink thereof every five hours upon your good day and keep your body soluble with a suppositary once a day if nature do not this office Drink also of it in your sick days also the day after your fit at six of the clock in the morning Take half an ounce of Liquorice and a good handfull of Annis-séeds grossely bruised and boiled with a wine pint of the broth of a Chicken let it lie so till it come to a full good draught then strain it hard out and make it sweet and so bloud-warm let him drink it up at one draught and neither eat sleep nor sweat five or six hours after and so the Fever will away CHAP. CLXXXVII A most excellent Water for the Stone IN the moneth of May â—hen Oxen go to grasse take of their Dung neither too new nor too dry then distil it fair and softly into some vessel or glasse of which you shall have a water without any ill savour which will take out any spot or blemish in the face if you wash therewith dayly Keep the same Water in a vial or glasse close stopped then take three or four Radish-roots cut them in pieces and fill the vial with good Muskadel they being put into it let it stand so in the sun one day and a night then take one part of the Wine two parts of the Water of the Dung a pint of Strawberry-water three or four drops of the juyce of Lemons or Citrons and let there be of these waters distilled and preportioned together half a glasse full or somewhat more into the which you shall put a piece of Sugar or a little Honey and so give it the Patient to drink and you shall sée a wonderfull effect and present remedy Probatum est CHAP. CLXXXVIII This Water is very pretious for frantick and mad-men very often proved TAke of the flowers of Rosemary of Burrage and of the roots of Fuglesse of each half a pound of Saffron two drams of Quinces four ounces of the best White-wine two pints mix them altogether and let them stand so for the space of a natural day after that bury the glasse wherein all the same is in Horse dung for fifteene dayes and then take it out and distil a water thereof according to Art two or thrée times over kéep this Water as the apple of your eye for it is very piecious and well proved in all melancholy sicknesses very effectually and the pain and trembling of the heart The quantity to be given at one time is a dram which is the weight of seventy two Barley-corns if you will prove it you will praise it And this in the new Jewel of Health with many more excellent things CHAP. CLXXXIX An excellent approved water for the Stone TAke a gallon of new-milk from a red Cow and put thereto one handfull of Pelitory of the Wall one handfull of wild-Time one handfull of Saxafrage one handfull of Parsley and two or thrée Radish roots sliced steep all these in the milk one night the next morning distill the milk with the hearbs with a moderate fire the best time to distill this water is in the end of May or beginning of June use it in this manner take of the water eight spoonfulls and of Rheâ—ish or White-wine five or six spoonfuls a little Suger Nutmeg sliced make it luke-warm and drink it fasting and fast three hours after it using temperate exercise take this two mornings and two nights together to bedward every fourteen dayes at the full of the Moon and at the decrease or as often as need requireth CHAP. CXC A Water for the falling sicknesse TAke the water of garden Lillies and give a child to drink a spoonfull thereof at the appearing of the sicknesse and when it is therewith visited but to an older person thrée or four spoonfuls Probatum est CHAP. CXCI. An excellent water good for the stomack and head TAke a pottle of white-Wine a handfull of Balm a handfull of Bittony a handfull of Couslip-flowers and a handfull of Rosemary flowers clean picked put all these into an earthen dessell with the wine close covered
friend of mine told me that the juyce of Marigold leaves or the leaves boiled to an unguent will heal all ulcers and wounds CHAP. XXIX The healing of Ulcers in most parts of the body but chiefly in the head by W. H. A Certain maÌ„ being ful of ulcers coming of the pocks in most part of his body shewing themselves but chiefly in the head was cured in this manner First he was purged twice or thrice with Panchimagogon after that he kept his chamber that had a good fire in it and took six grains of Turpetum diaphoreticum mixed with 1 dram of Amuletum Palmarij Half an hour before he took a draught of fat broth and kept his bed and always as he vomited he washed his mouth with a convenient gargarism and sweat thereon one hour or two and then was dried with warm clothes that done he reposed a day or two and took the foresaid Turpetum again in manner aforesaid this he did thrée or four times In the mean while he anointed his fingers with oleum guaiaci which did both cleanse and heal Also divers times he used this potion in the morning which caused him to sweat Take 2 ouÌ„ces of the water of lignum vitae made by distillation and as much of the syrrup of fumitory and 1 scruple of the salt of lignum vitae mixe them warm and drink it fasting Thus in very short time he was cured This one thing must not be forgotten that when there shall come any inflamation or sorenesse in the mouth you do use this gargarism following Take plantain water hony suckle water of each 4 ounces barly water 6 ounces mel rosarum 2 ounces and a half Diamorum 2 ounces oleum vitrioli as much as will make it tart this will heal any sore in the mouth Remember also that if the ulcers be very corrosive and foul you shall touch them once or twice with oleum vitrioli or oleum tartari faetens whereby they willheal the sooner this hath been often proved CHAP. XXX The healing of scabs like the leprosie by G. M. A Young man which was thought to be infected we a leprosie had on his head and most parts of his body hard and dry scabs but he was cured in this manner first he was purged with Aromatico Leonardo once or twice Then every morning till he was cured he took 1 scruple of the extract of Camepiteos either in a pill or in drink as he thought good After that his sores were dressed with this unguent Take succi sempermui 2 ounces succi plantaginis 4 ounces and a half succi solani 3 ounces sacchari Saturni 2 ounces and a half mix them and stir them wel together over a gentle fire til all the saccharumâ—e dissolved and therewith dresse the sores twice a day CHAP. XXXI The healing of a Child that was full of vlcers coming of the pocks A Young child four years old that was grievously tormented with the French disease having extream pain in his body and being full of sores was thus cured Take the distilled water of lignum vitae 1 ounce salis ejusdem 1 dram mix them and thereof the child drank with syrrup of fumitory or hops morning and evening and sometime the child sweat thereon Also the sores were anointed with this unguent Take oleum guaiaci half an ounce balsamum sulfuris half a dram saccarum plumbi half a dram oleum camphorae five or six drops the caput mortuum of aqua fortis 1 scruple mix them wel and grind them one a stone with May butter and therewith the sores were anointed morning and evening CHAP. XXXII A Cancer cured by an old Emperick A Certain Emperick did help many cancers in divers people that were troubled with them after this manner He took certain worms called in latine Centumpedes in english sows they are such as lie under old timber or betwéen the bark and the tres These he stamped and strained with ale and gave the patient to drink thereof morning and evening This medicine caused many times a certain black bug or worm to come forth which had many legs and was quick and after that the cancer would heal quickly with any convenient medicine CHAP. XXXIII The healing of pocky pustules with Serpigo by W H. A Certain man having a number of sores all over his body and a serpigo in the palm of his hand so grievous thata man might have laid great straws therein was healed in this manner first he was purged thrée times with six grains of Turpetum minerale Phaedâ—onis mixed with half a dram of Amuletum Palmarij That done he anointed all his sores twice or thrice with oleum Tartari faetens afterward with unguentum ex Lithargirio Fioravante Now touching his hands that had the serpigo he held theÌ„ morning and evening over a bath of oats and other warm herbs that they might sweat and then anointed them with balsamum sulsuris and in a short time they were holpen An unguent made with saccarum Saturni and oil of roses will do the like effect CHAP. XXXIV A tetter or ringworm cured by W. K. THere is a certain worm or tetter which many times cometh on the back of the hand or arm and doth corrode like a serpigo but it is none which after the use of many other medicines hath béen cured in this manner The place was anointed five or six times a day with the syrrup of sugar that the worm might come to the upper place or skin then within thrée or four days after he anointed the place with oleum Tartari faetens and in short time he was cured though his disease had continued thrée years coming and going Some have killed the worm with oleum vitrioli CHAP. XXXV A man cured that was full of tetters THis was the manner of his cure He took the rennet of a calf and drank it in milk three or four times and sweat thereupon then he onointed the parts affected with saccarum Saturni mixed with oil of roses warm CHAP. XXXVI Tetters in womens brests oftentimes cured as followeth THey took five spoonfuls of Madder and boiled it in ale and then strained it clear without pressing it at all and drank thereof thrée or four mornings Then with the foresaid ointment they used to anoint the parts grieved and thereupon with Gods help were quickly healed CHAP. XXXVII The healing of Shingles THey took for them Doves dung newly made and barâ—ly meal stamped them well and mixed them with half a pint of vinegar they used it cold to the place grieved and applied vine leaves to kéep in the liquor round about it then they bound it up with clothes and suffered it to lie thrée days and then if need were refreshed it again with a new plaister and at the most with the use of thrée applications it was perfectly holpen CHAP. XXXVIII The healing of a plague sore by W. K. HE took of elder-leaves as much as was sufficient he stamped them
yet iâ— it a thing greatly to be regarded For many great personages that liâ—e easily and are tormented with the gout have also this grief in those parts but the order to cure them is this First you shall cut the nail on that part where it most grieveth them then take it away which you may do easily without any great pain to the patient for the nail is already separated from the grieved place Thus when the nail is taken away touch it with our Caustick whereof mention is made in our treatise of the plague Let it so remain thrée days together then dresse it every day with Magno licore untill it be whole which will be in a very short time CHAP. CXIX Of Eriâ—ipcla or tumour in the face or any other part of the body and the cure thereof THis disease as experience sheweth is caused of an hot and fiery moisture arising in the face arms and legs for where it is the pores are stopped yâ— the said moisture cannot have expiration whereupon cometh tumor as also a shutting and closing up of those pores by means of the ordinary anointing them with fats oils c. or other cold things a common course of common Chyrurgians Against this there cannot be found a more present remedy then the spirit of wine or Aqua ardens or bathing it with hot water and if you wash the parts afflicted with our Quintaessence the pores will be opened and it penetrateth and assubtilateth that humidity causing it to come forth Also you shall find that by drinking our Quintaessence and anointing the stomack with oleum cerae divers are cured of a certain heat retained in the stomack CHAP. CXX The cure of Warts THere is an herb called Herba di vento in the juyce whereof if you wet a cloath and bind it upon the warts they will wear away in short time after CHAP. CXXI For giddinesse in the head TAke the juyce of Prim-rose leaves or the flowers in the Summer or of the juyce of roots in Winter and put into your ear and stop it with black Wooll and lie down upon it CHAP. CXXII To help one that is deaf TAke the inner bark of an elder bough stamp it and strain it and put the juyce into your Ears stop your Ears with Wooll and keep you warm with it CHAP. CXXIII For Ears that run and are full of water TAke two parts of the Gall of a barrow hog half as much of the best honey boil these together in thick glasses in hot ashes till half be consumed and so use it prescribed by Dr. Nicholas for Henry Medlex CHAP. CXXIIII For sore Ears TAke the juyce of Knot grasse and seeth it with honey and wine and pour a quantity thereof into the patients ear and stop the ear with cotten and lie down on the contrary side In the next place I shall shew you many rare and hidden secrets for the making and use of our Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome often mentioned before and severall other excellent Balsomes Oyles and Ointments with the rare effects thereof CHAP. CXXV The making of Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome with a declaration of the effects and virtues thereof TAke of Uenice Turpentine one pound of perfect oil of Bays four ounces oil Galbanum three ounces of Gum Arabeck four ounces of Lignum aloes Galingal Cloves Consolida major Cinamon Nutmegs Zedoana Ginger Diptanum album of each one ounce of Olibanum Mirrha elected Gum Hedera of each thrée drams of the best Musk and Amber of each one dram of rectified Aqua vitae sir pound put all these in a new earthen pot and let them stand seven days close stopped that no air goesin then distill them in a glasse retortive in sand And the first water that cometh is white mingled with oil after you have drawn a sufficient quantity of this increase your fire and there will come a black oil and water which you are to take in another Receiver increasing your fire according to Art til it drop no more then separate the oils from the waters and the black oil is the Artificial Balsame The inventor of this Balsom will never want praise so long as Letters are printed and mens bodies subject to griefs and infirmities for besides the many great and rare virtues you find it hath in the various applying thereof according to the rules set down in the severall places of this Book The first water is excellent good to clear the eyes and preserveth the sight the face also being washed therewith it makes it fresh smooth and young The white oil breaketh and dissolveth the stone or gravel in the kidneys it being drunk it provoketh urine cureth all kind of wounds Sciatica's pains and aches in the joints The black water is called the mother of Balsame and cureth scabs botches scurffs and all sorts of Ulcers in any part of the body in a very short time There is an Artificial Balsomsold by the Apothecaries very good for most of the things before specified CHAP. CXXVI Another most excellent Balsom which cureth all wounds in a very short time it is good for all pains and aches for the Cramp stiff members shrunk sinews c. TAke of swéet oil Olive ten pound white Wine one pound boil these together till the wine be consumed let it cool and put it into a stone pot then adde unto it of the flowers of rosemary one pound and a half of Lignum aloes thrée ounces of Olibanum of Bdellinum of each five ounces then stop your pot well with cork pitch and bladders and bury it in the earth about the begining of August and there let it remain about half a year then take it out and put in these following things Take of Sage Rosemary Betony Rue Yarrow of the roots of Consolida major of leaves of Viâ—icella otherwise called Balsamina of the flowers of Tapsus Barbatus of each thrée handfuls of Galingal Cloves Nutmegs spica nardi Saffron of each half an ounce of Sarcocolla fanguis draconis Mastick of each one ounce of Aloes Epatica rosin of the Pins of each four ounces of Colophoina half a pound of the tops with the séeds of Hypericon of musk half a dram of yellow war of Hogs grease of each nine ounces of oil of wax and mans grease of each three ounces The hearâ—â— yâ— shal cut smal stamp the rest of the things to powder and put them all into the oil mingle them well and set them all the Summer in the Sun then boil them till the hearbs be dry then strain the oil put in some of the Apothecaries Artificiall Balsame the quantity of ten ounces and in the moneth of September put in of the fruit of Balsamina when it is red one pound then kéep it close stopped In defect of Balsamina you may take yâ— tops of the Madelin with the flowers it is not amisse to adde to your Balsame Gum Elemin or the oil of Gum Elemin distilled
cold cause by which means thou art in a good measure enabled to find out the grief or disease and apt to prescribe a proper remedy against iâ— If thou findest it convenient and profitable for the Patient to be let bloud thou must have respâ—ct to the time of the year the age of the party the sign that governeth the strength of the Patient and the disease In purging also thou art to take notice and consider what humour is to be purged and how far it aboundeth and have as speciall regard to suit the medicine to the humour that thou wouldest purge as to the time and the quantity thou givest thereof But chiefly and above all I hold it necessary in all sicknesses or diseases you should observe the time when the Patient falleth ill and what Planet governs and what the aspects are for by that you may judge whether it be a convenient time to minister Physick as for example R. H. findeth himself ill this present day being the first of Aprill 1651 and seeketh unto me for remedy I find at this time Saturn in opposition with the Moon and Mars with a quartille 12 degrées a sextile with Venus 6 degrées by which I adjudge if not a good time to minister Physick and the next day like unto it therefore unlesse I perceive the Patient to be in great necessity I perswade him not to take his Physick untill the third day which I find favoured with better aspects These kind of observations are of great antiquity and were in high esteem among the most learned Philosophers the practise whereof is of that singular use in these times that some in London and other places which soar with the highest on the wings of same give judgements this way rather then by the vrine and therefore I suppose thou wilt not think it losse of time if I am the more large on this point If thou wilt therefore be expert in this art thou must be throughly informed concerning the course of the heavens and the celestial bodies and what the signs and aspects be which thou hast more lively represented by this Figure An Aspect of any of the Planets is a certain distance betwéen the centers of two Planets wherein they notably help or hinder prosper or afflict for by good aspects as the Sextile and Trine they assist and prosper but by a Quartile and opposition they vex hinder and aflict so that by this thou mayest perceive the conjunction is good with good and evill with bad By a Trine you are to understand a third part of the Air a Quarilâ— is the fourth part of the air a Sextile a sixth part of the air An opposition is when one Planet is right against another the half part of the air and a conjunction is when they méet But that which is of the chiefest use in matter of thy study and practiseis the knowledge of the twelve houses which Astronomically are deciphered thus In each house thou findest characterized one of the 12 Signs yet note that they do alter and change according to the Quotidian and course of motions Thrée of these signs be of the nature of fire three of air three of water and three of earth The thrée fiery Signs are Aries Leo Sagitarius the thrée of the ayr be Gemini Libra and Aquarius the three of the water are Cancer Scorpio and Piâ—ces and those of the earth are Taurus Virgo and Capricornus And when 2 Planets are in one sign and one degree of the Zodiack there is a conjunction Therefore as it is necessary that theu shouldest know what the sign is when thy Patient falleth sick so must thou likewise know what Planet is Lord of the house then observe what the Aspects are described in the first Globe or Sphear and it will not a little direct thy iudgment both concerning the disease the remedy and the time of continuance or abatement thereof Also the knowledge of the Planets is the more desirable for that it is the â—udgement of the wise Philosophers that they have not onely influence upon the bodies of men c. but also upon all Hearbs Plants and Vegetables for the Sun hath a speciall influence on the Bay-trée and other trées of that nature and we find by good experience the effects answerable of which more in the virtues of herbs the study whereof will very much enable thée in the right ministring and applying such things as in thy practise thou shalt find requisite to be made use of for Aâ—comes the Phylosopher chose to make his powders whereof he giveth such large commendation when the Sunne entered the first degrée of Aries I shall now therefors procéed to set down certain generall remedies by way of Purgations Vomits Glisters Drinks and Waters with divers other hidden secrets for the curing of any disease or malady of the body either internall or externall CHAP. CLVIII An excellent Purge TAke Diacatholiacon one ounce Confection of Hameck one ounce mixe them very well together and put them into half a pint of White-wine and drink it CHAP. CLIX. Pills to purge Melancholy and Choller TAke half an ounce of Aloes Sackatrina and beat it to powder very small then take a dram of Rubarb and slice it very thin and dry it in a sancer upon embers then beat it to a fine powder and of powder of Steel half as much in measure as the Rubarb and with a little Claret-Wine temper them together till they be like past and then make them into pills whereof take one every night 2 hours after supper and in the morning drink some broth CHAP. CLX To purge the head of grosse Choller and Phlegm TAke Pillule Masticka Fermely I dram and a half of oyl Teijme Chymicall seven drops of the spices of Aromatica seven grains mix these well and make them into ten pills an hour before dinner and an hour before supper and use them as you have need CHAP. CLXI A Speciall powder for the Memory and to purge the Brain TAke thrée ounces of Senae leaves Sednarij Commiâ— Parsley and Dill séed of each an ounce Ginger one ounce and a half Cloves Nutmegs Calimus Galingal Pimpernill Roots Sage Rue Valerian Annis-seeds of each one quarter of an ounce Sagar three ounces pound all these small and temper them together and take thereof morning and evening one dram at one time CHAP. CLXII Another excellent Purgation Take the flowers of the Peach-tree infused in warme water for the space of ten or twelve hours then strain them and put thereto more of the flowers and put to the said liquor to infuse after the same manner six or seven times then put thereto as much Suger as it will require and boil it to the thicknes of a sirrup whereof take two spoonfuls in the morning and it purgeth the belly better then Rubarb or Agrick for it worketh exceedingly upon moist and waterish humors without pain or gripings CHAP. CLXIII To make Pills of Liquoris to be taken
eat of the root he shall in short space be helpen of that disease The virtues of Elder TAke the roots of Elder wash them clean and scrape them till you come to the wood stamp that sul stance and take the juyce and strain it boil it and scum it wel and for every ounce of the juyce take one ounce of Mel rosarum and drink it for it will cool the stomack help hot feavers quickly and purge the bloud The virtues of sweet Margerome TAke sweet Margerome and stamp it and take of the juyce one ounce oyl of bitter almonds one dram and one scruple of Mastich and snuffe it up at the nose thrée or four mornings together and anoint the head with oyl of egs This purgeth the head of all pains dissolveth tumorsrquickeneth the sight and provoketh sléep The use and vertues of Persicaria YOu shall understand that this herb doth work in a manner against all infirmities most strangely to behold For if you take the powder thereof and put it upon Copper molten it will in the projection become like gold and will draw if to a small quantity and make it malleable and soft like gold except the colour Also if you make a strong lie of the ashes of Perficaria and therein boil yellow brunstone it will draw out of it quick-silver which is the Phylosophers Mercury This herb doth also most notably preserve a man from many infirmities if one part thereof be taken whiles it is dry and one other part of Specia venetiane being both of them well incorporate together and used in your meats Of man and the Medicines that are made of him MAn is a rational or reasonable creature whereof we have written at large in our book called Phifica del Fioravante But here we will onely write of certain medicines that may be made or derived from him which are for the ease help and remedy of divers infirmities which are in men and women The reason whereof is very good for every like rejoiceth with and helpeth his like and therefore man serveth for man The fat of a man is as every man knoweth hot and penetrative and mollifying if you anoint the parts therewith where the sinews be hard and drawn together or contracted therefore it will quickl resolve them I have made the Quintaessence of mans bloud rectified and circulated with the which I have done most wonderfull cures for if you give thereof one dram it will â—estore those that lie at the point of death It is most profitable against the infirmities that are in the bloud for it correcteth the malignity of the bloud and preserveth it as well as the spirit of wine If you put a little of it into an hogs head of Wine it will purifie it and preserve it along time more then any other thing whatsoever So that this Quintaessence worketh more effects for the cure of great and dangerous infirmities then any other Also from the liver of a man will be drawn by distillation a water and an oyl If the water be drunk every morning together by the space of a moneth in the quantity of one dram with two ounces of Liver-wort it will recover such as are half â—otten through diseases of the liver and hath divers other properties whereof I will not speak at this time From the flesh of man distilled there will come forth a stinking water and an oyl which is most excellent to anoint wounds withall when they are badly healed and that there remain any hurt in these parts that they are not so sensible pliant as they were wont to be before this dissolveth them And it mollifieth and softeneth all hardnesse of tumor of what originall soever it shall come From the forepart of a mans scull there is drawn by distillation a water an oyl and a salt which is most profitably used against the falling sicknesse Of Bees and their medicinal use BEes are of nature hot moist having a generative property For it they be given to any barren creature they shall conceive in short time after Also if you lay dead Bees in a dry place to putrifie wetting them sometime wt wine they wil revive again though not as they were before but they will be much bigger and of another form These Bées if you bring into powder with as much Cantarides boil them a little with oyl of Camomil and anoint any part where the hair is fallen away and it shall quickly come again and in a short space a most strange thing to behold The use of Frogs THe skins of Frogs being boiled and made into the form of a plaister with wax and frankincense is very profitable for such as have any maligne or troublesome accident about their legs through heat The fat of Frogs is a wonderfull medicine against Fueco sacro or St. Anthonies fire a disease happening unto children and others through the great heâ—t that is in their bloud The use and vertues of the resine or gum called Tacca Mahacca TAke thereof as much as you will distil it in a reâ—ort of glasse and from it there will come both oyl and water Of which I have séen divers medicines made against sundry diseases Anoint the belly with this oyl cold when you go to bed and it helpeth against the crudity of the Matrix If the genitel part of the man be anointed therewith before the act of generation the woman shall be the more fit for conception for by this means some kind of sterility is taken away It helpeth and easeth pain in the head procéeding of a cold stomack It helpeth digestion and resolveth pain throughout the body in what part soever they shall come especially when they have their beginning of cold The water hereof dissolveth wind in the stomack helpeth digestion provoketh vrine mitigateth all feavers that come of cold The virtues of the gum Caranna and the medicinall properties of it TAke it and distill it in a retort with the yolks and whites of eggs and there will come forth oyl and water the oyl whereof will be black and the water red The water of Carrana helpeth Chilblains and all chopps or clifts in the lipps arising of cold in the winter It is a great ease for the sore breasts of women that give suck The oyl worketh wonderfull effects in wounds of the head arm or legs Anoint a simple wound therewith once or twice and it will very spéedily be healed Take a quantity of this gum and mix it with as much of the seed of Water-cresses and the white of an egge and make thereof a cerot to apply unto a rupture wherewith it wil in short time be healed all other circumstances being also observed Of liquid Amber and the medicinall vertues thereof TAke liquid Amber and distill it in a retort and from thence there will come a red oyl This oyl is used against all indispositions of cold and moisture or wind The same healeth scabs and is good for wounds If you anoint
the stomack therewith it will exceedingly comfort the same for it is a thing uncorruptible and like unto Balsamum The vertues of Oak-Apples THe Oak-apples are good against all Flures of blend and lasks in what manner soever it be taken but she best way into boil them in red-wine and so prepared it is good against the excessive moisture and swillings of the Jaws and almonds or kernels in the threat The decoction of Oak-apples stays womens sicknesse and causeth the mother that is fallen down to return again to his naturall place if they do sit over the said decoction being very hot The same steeped in strong white-Wine vinegar with a little powder of brimstone and the roots of Frocus mingled together and set in the sun by the space of a moneth maketh the hair black consumeth proud and superfluous flesh it taketh away any sun-burning freckles spots the morphew and all deformities of the face being washed therewith The vertues of Crabs THe juyce of Crabs taketh away the heat of burning or scalding and all inflamation and being laid on in short time after it is scalded it kéepeth it from blisstring The juyce or verjuyce is astringent or binding and hath withal an abstersive quality being mixed with hard yeest of Ale or Beer and applied in manner of a cold oyntment that is spread upon a cloathfirst wet in verjuyce and wrung out and then laid to taketh away the heat of St. Anthonies fire allinflamations whatsoever it healeth scabbed legs burning and scalding whatsoever it be The virtues of Adders-tongue THe leaves of Adders-tongue stamped in a stone morter and boiled in oyl of Ovide unto the consumption of the juyce untill the herbs be dry and parched then strained will yield a most excellent green oyl or rather a Baisome for gréen wounds comparable unto oyl of St. Johns Wort if not far surpassing it by many degrées whose beauty is such that very many Artists have thought the same to have been mixed with Uerdigrease To make Salt of any Plant or Herb. TAke a good quantity of what Plant you please that is full of juyce beat it in a Stone morter and put running-running-water thereto then boil it to the consumption of the one half strain it very hard and boil this decoction to the thicknesse of a sirrup and set it in a glasse eight days and on the top you will find a kind of Salt like Sal Gem take that and wash it in the water of the herb whereof it was made and dry it In this manner you may make Salt of Wormwood Balm c. The vertues of Sow-bread THe root maketh the skin fair and clear and cureth all scabs and scurffs and the falling of the hair and taketh away the marks and spots that remain after the small pocks and meazels and all other blemishes of the face the root hanged upon women in travell causeth them to be delivered incontinently The virtues of Saxifrage THe root of Saâ—afrage drunk with Wine and Uinegar cureth the Pestilence holden in the mouth preserveth a man from the said disease and purifieth the corrupt air the same being chewed in the mouth maketh one to avoid much phiegm draweth from the brain all grosse and clammy superfluities asswageth Tooth-ach and bringeth speech again to them that are taken with the Apoplexie the juyce of the leaves doth take and cleanse away all spots and freckles and beautifieth the face and leaveth a good colour it is of excellent use against the Stone The vertue of Maiden hair MAiden-hair being green and stamped and layed upon a place that wanteth hair causeth it to grow The vertue of the Ash-tree THe Ash-tree for such as are too fat or grosse men use to take dayly thrée or four ashen-leaves to drink in wine to the intent to make them lean The vertues of Violets VIolets stamped and laied to the head alone or mingled with oyl removeth the extream heat asswageth head-ach provoketh sléep and moisteneth the brain it is good therefore against the drinesse of the head against melancholy and dullnesse or heavinesse of spirit The vertues of Hysop HYsop sod in vinegar and holden in the mouth asswageth tooth-ach the decoction thereof doth scatter congealed and clotted bloud and all black marks that come of stripes or beating and also cureth the itch scratch and foul manginesse if it be washed therewithall Gillow-stowers or Wall-flowers the juyce thereof dropped into the eye doth wast and scatter all dimnesse in the same The vertues of Oak-leaves OAk-leaves stamped very small do heal and close up green wounds and doth stop the bloud being layed thereupon The vertues of Hoar hound HOar-hound boiled in water cleanseth the breast and lungs helpeth the pain in the side is good against the Tysick and the ulceration of the lungs Of the Barbil and to what use she serveth in medicine IN the moneth of May the Barbil hath egs which are of a soluble quality and of some those eggs be eaten they shall be provoked to vomite They have a quality contrary to other purgers they must be dried in the sun mixed with a little Sena and then ministred in wine or water that is sodden When it hath wel wrought the patients must eat good meat to nourish them and may drink wine and when they are disposed thereto suffer them to sleep Of Centumpedees called in English Sows IF you minister the powder of these creatures in-wine it hath many excellent properties but chiefly it hath béen experienced greatly to prevail againss the stitch in the side for it will help that grief presently If you burn the little créeking creature called a cricket and minister the power thereof in some Diuretick liquor it provoketh urine Mallows Alkakengi Centum nodi Centum grava and the roots of Rapes are of like property being handled and used according to art There are oftentimes found in standing pools and putrified waters certain small creatures which are round like a cherry having a tail and two feet which are in Lombardy called Comazzi Take these and distill thereof a water or liquor wherewith you may very soon consume or break iron a very great secret observed in nature How to make a Plaister for the Rheum TAke of Dears-Suet Uirgin-War Rosen perâ—-osen a quarter of a pound of each Obliganum Benjamin Mastick take of each a quarter of an ounce two drams of Camphire beat these small take thrée pennyworth of Turpentine boil all these together in a pint of white-Wine except the Turpentine which must be put in after it is taken off the fire and stir it till it be cold then temper it in your hands and so role it up in roles and keep it close from fire CHAP. CCV The natures and temperatures of Herbs in generall THese herbs be of their own nature hot and very cordiall and comfortable for the heart and good against melancholy viz. Angelica Balm The flowers of Rosemary Cardus Benedictus Roman Wormwood Margerom Mints Winter Savory These herbs be in like manner hot but of a contrary quality that is they tend to the comsorting of the stomack and to help digestion Common Wormwood Lavender Camomilll Basell These herbs be in like manner hot but tend to the opening of the lungs Isop Elecampane roots Fennel Hoar-hound These herbs be in like manner hot but tendeth to the comforting of the brain and drying up of Rheum Bittony Pennyâ—riall Germander Time Sage Costmary Valerian These herbs be also hot and they be good for the obstructions of the liver and spleea and good against the Gout Camapitus Saxafrage Parsley Mugwort Motherwort Mother of Time Fennel Sallandine They are to be used in broth or to be distilled These be also hot and tend to the expelling of wind Alexanders Smallage Rue Maudline Fetherfew Saint Johns Wort. Ladies Mantel Lavender Cotten These roots be also hot and comfortable and likewise good to strengthen nature Sateions Orenges Parsnep These herbs of their own nature be hot and of a mean temperature good to cause solublenesse Mercury Beets Violet-leaves Mallows Dill. Holly-hock Dandelion These herbs be of mean temperature as the rest but good for to strengthen the back Comfery Knot-grasse Shepheards-pouch Plantain Arch-angel These be of a mean temperature and good against the Stone Saxafrage Pellitory on the wall Water-cresses Cammock-roots Wake Robin These are of a mean temperature good against all obstructions of the liver Centory Hops Cowslips Mugwort Harts-tongue Scabius Avens Doder Dandelion Liverwort Spoon-wort These be as the rest good to cleanse the throat Wood-bines Collombines Sinkfoyl These be of the same nature but tendeth to the opening of the lungs Colts-foot Setrack Maiden-hair These be of a cold property and tendeth altogether to the cooling of the bloud and quallifiing of the heat of the stomack Garden-sorrell Wood-sorrel Endiffe Succory These be in like manner cold of their own nature and to be used inwardly they provoke rest Lettice Purslay Field-Poppy These are as the rest but rather colder and are to be applied outwardly and not inwardly Night-shade Hen-bane Man-drake Penny-wort Great-Poppies These hearbs and oyl of Roses is good to be applied with cloths to the temples of the head FINIS Note Note