water in a vessell of gold or siluer the vertues of this water are these first it expelleth all rhumes and doth away all manner of sicknes from the eies and weares away the pearle pin and webbe it draweth againe into his owne kinde the eie-lids that haue been bleared it easeth the ache of the head and if a man drinke it maketh him looke young euen in old age besides a world of ohter most excellent vertues 6 Take the Gold-smiths stone and put it into the fier till it bee red-hot and quench it in a pint of white wine and doe so nine times and after grind it and beat it small and clense it as cleane as you may and after set it in the sunne with the water of Fennell distilled and Veâ—uine Roses Celladine and Rew and a little Aquauite and when you haue sprinkled it in the water nine times put it then in a vessell of glasse and yet vpon a reuersion of the water distill it till it passe ouer the touch foure or fiue inches and when you will vse it then stirre it all together and then take vp a drop with a feather and put it on your naile if it abyde it is fine and good then put it in the eie that runneth or annoynt the head with it if it ake and the temples and beleeue it that of all waters this is the most pretious and helpeth the sight or any paine in the head The water of Cheruyle is good for a sore mouth The water of Callamynt is good for the stomacke The water of Planten is good for the fluxe and the hot dropsy Water of Fennell is good to make a fat body small and also for the eies Water of Violets is good for a man that is sore within his body and for the raynes and for the liuer Water of endiue is good for the dropsy and for the iaundyse and the stomacke Water of Borage is good for the stomacke and for the illica passio and many other sicknesses in the body Water of both Sages is good for the palsey Water of Bettony is good for the heary ago and all inward sicknesses Water of Radish drunke twice a day at each time an ounce or an ounce and a halfe doth multiply and prouoke lust and also it prouoketh the tearmes in women Rosemary water the face washed therein both morning and night causeth a faire and cleere countenance also the head washed therewith and let dry of it selfe preserueth the falling of the haiâ—e and causeth more to growe also two ounces of the same drunke driueth venome out of the body in the same sort as Methridate doth the same twice or thrice drunke at each time halfe an ounce rectifieth the motherâ— and it causeth womeÌ„ to be fruitful when one maketh a Bath of this decoction it is called the Bathe of life the same drunke comforteth the heart the brayne and the whole body and clenseth away the spots of the face it maketh a man looke young and causeth women to conceiue quickly and hath all the vertues of Balme Water of Rew drunke in a morning foure or fiue daies together at each time an ounce purifieth the flowers in women the same water drunke in the morning fasting is good against the gryping of the bowels and drunke at morning and at night at each time an ounce it prouoketh the termes in women The water of Sorrell drunke is good for al burning pestilent feuers and all other hot sicknesses being mixt with beere ale or wine it â—laketh thirst it is also good for the yellow Iaundise being taken sixe or eight daies together it also expelleth heate from the liuer if it be drunke and a clothe wet in the same and a little wrong out and so applied to the right side ouer against the liuer and when it is drie then wet another and apply it and thus doe three or foure times together Lastly the water of Angelica is good for the head for inward infection either of the plague or pestilence it is very soueraigne for sore breasts also the same water being drunke of twelue or thirteene daies together is good to vnlade the stomacke of grosse humors and superfluities and it strengthneth and comforteth all the vniuersall parts of the body and lastly it is a most soueraine medicine for the gout by bathing the diseased member much therein Now to conclude and knit vp this chapter it is meete that our huswife know that from the eight of the kallends of the moneth of aprill vnto the eight of the Callends of Iuly all manner of hearbes leaues are in that time most in strength and of the greatest vertue to be vsed and put in all manner of medicines also from the eight of the Callends of Iuly vnto the eight of the Callends of October the stalks stems and hard braunches of euery hearbe and plant is most in strength to be vsed in medicines and from the eight of the callends of October vnto the eight of the Callends of Aprill all manner of roots of hearbs and plants are the most of strength and vertue to be vsed in all manner of medicines To make an excellent sweet water for perfume you shall take of Basill mints Mariorum Corne flagge roots Isop Sauory Sage Balme Lauender and Rosemary of each one a handfull of Cloues Cinamon and Nutmegges of each halfe an ounce then three or foure Pome-citrous cut into slices infuse all these into Damaske-rose water the space of three daies then distill it with a gentle fire of Charcole then when you haue put it into a very clean glasse take of fat Muske Ciuet and Ambergreece of each the quantity of a scruple and put into a ragge of fine Lawne and then hang it within the water This being either burnt vpon a hot pan or else boiled in perfuming pannes with Cloues Bâ—y leaues and Lemmon pils will make the most delicatest perfume that may be without any offence and will last the longest of all oâ—her sweet perfumes as hath been found by experience To perfume gloues excellently take the oyle of sweet Almonds oyle of Almonds oyle of Nutmegs oyle of Beniamin of each a dramme of Ambergreece one graine fat Muske two graines mixe them altogether and grind them vpon a painters stone and then annoint the gloues therewith yet before you annoint them let them be dampishly moistned with Damaske Rose water To perfume a Ierkin well take the oyle of Beniamin a penny-worth oyle of Spike and oyle of Oliues half peny-worths of each and take two spunges and warme one of them against the fire and rubbe your Ierkin therewith and when the oyle is dryed take the other spunge and dippe it in the oyle and rub your Ierkin therewith til it bee dry then lay on the perfume before prescribed for gloues To make very good washing balls take Storax of both kindes Beniamin Calamus Aromaticus Labdanum of each a like and bray them two powder with Cloues
peniworth of graynes made into fine pouder and boyle all very well together then put to a quart of the best life hony of a yeare old and a pound of roch allom let all boyle together till it come to a pottell then straine it and put it into a close vessell and therewith dresse and anoynt the sores as occasion serues it will heale any canker or vlcer and cleanse any wound It is best to be made at Midsomer Take the flowers and roots of primrose cleane washt in running water then boyle them in faire running water the space of an houre then put thereto a pretty quantitie of white copperas and then straine all through a linnin cloath so let it stand a while there will an Oyle appeare vpon the water wirh that oyle anoynt the lids the browes of your eyes and the temples of your head and with the water wash â—our eyes and it is most soueraigne Take Fifteene seedes of Gyneper as many Gromell seeds â—â—ue braâ—ches of Fenell beate them all together then boyle â—â—em in a pint of old ale til three parts be wasted then straine â—t into a glasse and drop thereof three drops into each eye â—t night and wash your eyes euery morning for the space of â—ifteene dayes with your owne water and it will cleare any â—ecayed sight whatsoeuer Take red Snayles and seeth them in faire water and then gather the oyle that aryseth thereof therwith anoynt your eyes morning and euening Take a gallond or two of the dregges of strong ale put thereto a handfull or two of Comyne and as much salt and â—â—en distill in a Lymbeck and the water is most pretious to â—ash eyes with Take Cellondine Rue Chervyle Plantine and anyse of each â—ike and as much fenell as of all the rest stampe them al well together then let it stand two dayes two nights theÌ„ straine â—â—and annoynt your eyes morning and euening therewith Take an egge and rost it extreame hard then take the whit â—â—eing very hot lapp in it as much white copperas as a pease then violently straine it through a fine cloath then put a good drop thereof into the eye and it is most soueraigne Take two drams of prâ—pard Tulia of Sandragon one dram of Sugar a dram bray them all very well together till they be â—xceeding small then take of the pouder and blow a littell â—hereof into the eye and it is soueraigne Take of Red rose leaues of Smalladge of Mayden hayre â—â—saace endyue succory red fenell hill-wort and cellendyne of each halfe a quarter of a pound wash them cleane lay theÌ„â—n steepe in white wine a whole day then still them in an ordinary still the first water will be like gold the second like siluer the third like balme any of these is most pretious for sore eyes and hath recouered sight lost fer the space ef Ten yeares hauing been vsed but foure dayes Take the leaues of wyllowe boyle them well in oyle therewith annoynt the place where you would haue any hayre to grow whether vpon head or beard Take Treakle water and hony boyle them together and wet a cloth therein and lay it where you would haue hayre to grow and it will come speedily Take nine or ten egges and rost them very hard then put away the yolkes and bray the whites very small with three or foure ounces of white Copporas till it bee come to perfect oyntment then with it anoynt the face morning and euening for the space of a weeke and more Take the rynde of Issop and boyle it or burne it and let the fume or smoke go into the mouth and it will stay any rhume falling from the head Take a pint of running water and three spoonefulls of hony and boyle them together and slyme off the filth then put thereto an ounce of small Raysons and straine it well through a cloath and so drinke it morning and euneing Take Aquauiae and salt and mixe it with strong old ale and then heate it on the fire and therewith wash the soales of the feete when you goe to bed Take of cleane Wheate and of cleane Barly of each a like quantitie and put them into a gallond and a halfe of faire water and boyle them till they burst then straine it into a cleane vessell and ad thereto a quarterne of fine Lycoras pouder and two penyworth of gumme arabicke then boyle it ouer againe and straine it and keepe it in a sweete vessell and drinke thereof morning and euening Take the best wort and let it stand till it bee yellow then boye it after let it coole then put to it a quantitie of barme saffron and so drinke of it morning and eâ—ening while it lasteth otherwise take hore-hound violet leaues and Isop of each a handfull seeth them in water and put thereto a littell Saffron Lychoras and Sugar-candy after they haue boyled a good while then straine it into an earthen vessel let the sick drink â—hereof Sixe spoonefull at a time morning and euening or â—astly take the lungs of a Foxe and lay it in rosewater or boyle it in rosewater then take it out and dry it in some hot place without the sunne then beate it to pouder with Sugar-candy â—nd eate of this pouder morning and euening To ease paine in the stomacke take Endiue Mints of each â— like quantitie and steepe them in white Wine a dayes space then strayning it and adding thereto a little Cinamo and Pepâ—er giue it the sicke person to drinke and if you add thereto â— litle of the pouder of Horse-mint and Calamint it will comâ—ort the stomacke exceedingly and occasion swift and good â—igestion For spitting of blood whether it proceede of inward â—ruises ouerstrayning or suck like you shall take some pitch â—nd a little Sperma Caeti and mixe it with old ale and drinke â—t and it will stay the flux of blood but if by meanes of the â—ruise any outward griefe remaine then you shall take the herbe Brâ—ckell hempe and frying it with sheepes tallow lay it hot to the grieued place and it will take away the anguish To stay the fluxe of vomiting take Worme-wood and sowre bread toasted of each like quantitie beate them well in a morter then adde to them as much of the iuice of mints and the iuice of Planâ—ane as well bring it to a thicke salue then fry them all together in a frying pan when it is hot lay it plaister wise to the mouth of the stomacke then let the party drinke a little white wine and cheruile water mixt together and then steepe sower toasted bread in very strong Vinegar wrapt it in a fine cloath and let the sicke party smell thereto and it will stay the excesse of vomiting and both comfort strengthen the stomacke If you would compell
one to vomit take halfe a spoonefull of Stonecrop and mixe it with three spoonefull of white wine and giue it to the party to drinke and it will make him vomite presently but doe this seldome and to strong bodies for otherwise it is dangerous For the Iliaca passio take of Polipody an ounce stampe it then boyle it with prunes and violets in fennell water or Anniseeds water take thereof a good quantatitie then straine it and let the party euery morning and euening drinke a good draught thereof If the stomacke bee troubled with wind or other paine take Comyne and beate it to pouder and mixe with it red wine and drinke it at night when you goe to bed dyuers nights together Take Brokelyme roots and leaues and was them cleane drye them in the sunne so dry till you may make pouder thereof then take of the pouder a good quantatitie and the like of Treakle and put them in a cup with a pretty quantatie of strong old ale stirre them well together drink therof first and last morning and euening for the space of three or foure dayes and if need doe require vse the same in thy brothes you do eate for it is very soueraine Take Harts-horne or Iuorye beaten to fine pouder and as much Cynamon in pouder mixe them with vinegar drink thereof to the quantitie of seauen or eight spoonefulls Take the water of Mouseare and drinke thereof the quantitie of an ounce and a halfe or two ounces twice or thrice a day or otherwise â—ake a little Nutmegge a little Cynamond a little Cloues a little Mace a very little Ginger the flowers of Lauendar beate all to a fine pouder and when the passion of the mother cometh take a chaffingdish of good quicke coales and bend the patyent forward and cast of the pouder into the chaffingdish so as she may receiue the smoake both in at her nose and mouth and it it is a present cure Against obstructions in the liuer take Anyseeds Amees Burnet Camomile and the greater Centuarie and boyle them in white wine with a little hony and drinke it euere morning it will cure the obstructions and cleanse the liuer from all imperfection Against the heate and inflamation of the liuer take Endiue dried to pouder and the meale of Lupin-seeds and mixe it with hony and the iuice of Wormewood make a cake thereof and eate it and it will asswage the great heate inflamation of the liuer and take away the pimples and rednesse of the â—â—ce which proceedeth from the same To preuent a plurisie a good while before it come there â—s no better way then to vse much the exercise of ringing or â—o stretch your armes vpward so as they may beare the waight of your body so to swing your body vp downe â— good space but hauing caught a plurisie and feeling the gripes stitches and pangs thereof you shall presently cause â—he party to be let bloud then take the herb Althea or Holâ—yhocke and boyle it with vinegar and linseed till it be thicke plaisterwise and then spread it vpon a peece of Allom leather and lay it to the side that is grieued and it will helpe it To helpe a stitch in the side or else where take Doues dung red rose leaues and put them into a bagge quilt it then throughly heate it vpon a chaffingdish of coales with vinegar in a platter Then lay it to the pained place as hot as may bee suffered when it cooleth heate it againe For any extraordinary heate or inflamation in the liuer take Barbaries boyle them in clarified whay and drinke them and they will cure it If you will make a cordiall for a Consumption or any other weakenesse take a quart of running water a peece of Mutton and a peece of Veale and put them with the water into a pot then take of Sorrell Violet leaues Spynage Endiuâ— Succory Sage Isop of each a good quantitie then take Prunes Raysons and put them all to the broth and seeth them from a quart to a pinte then straine the yolke of an egge and a little Saffron thereinto putting in Sugar whole Mace and a little white wine so seeth them a while together and let the party drinke it as warme as may be To stanch blood take the hearbe Shepheards-purse if it may be gotten distilled at the Apoticaries and drinke an ounce thereof at a time Morning and Euening and it will stay any fluxe of blood naturall or vnnaturall but if you cannot get the distilled water then boyle a handfull of the hearbe with Cinamon and a little Sugar in Claret wine and boyle it from a quart to a pint drinke it as oft as you please also if you but rubbe the hearbe betweene your hands you shall see it will soone make the blood returne For the yellow Iaundisse take two peniwoth of the best English Saffron drie it and grind it to an exceeding fine pouder then mixe it with the pap of a rosted apple and giue it the diseased party to swallow downe in the manner of a pill and doe thus diuers mornings together and without doubt it is the most present cure that can be for the same as hath beene often times proued For the yellow Iaundisse take pimpernell and chickweede stampe them and straine them into posset ale and let the party drinke thereof morning and euening For the yellow Iaundisse which is desperat and almost past cure Take sheepes dung new made put it into a cup of Beare or Ale and close the cuppe fast and let it stand so all night and in the morning take a draught of the clearest of the drinke and giue it to the sicke party For the blacke Iaundisse take the hearbe called Pemyryâ—all either boyle it in white wine or drinke the iuice thereof simply by it selfe to the quantitie of three or foure spoonefull at a time and it will cure the blacke Iaundisse Take of Isop Parseley Harts tongue of each a like quantitie and seeth them in worte till they be soft then let it stand till it be cold and then drinke thereof first and last morning and euening Take Fenell roots and Parseley roots of each a like wash â—hem cleane and peele off the ouer barke and cast away the pyth within then mynce them small then put them to three pynts of water and set them ouer the fire then take figges â—nd shred them small Lycoras and breake it small and put â—heÌ„m to the hearbs and let all boyle vere well then take sorâ—ell stampe it and put it to the rest and let it boyle till some â—art be wasted then take a good quantitie of hony and put to 〈◊〉 and boyle a while then take it from the fire and clarifie it â—hrough a strayner into a glasse vessell
and stop it very close â—hen giue the sicke to drinke thereof morning and euening Take the stalke of of Saint Mary Garbycke and burne it or â—â—y it vpon a hot tyle stone vntill it bee very drye and then â—eate it into pouder and rub the sore therewith till a bee â—hole Take wooll in the walkmyll that commeth from the cloth and flyeth about like downe and beate it into pouder then â—ake thereof the white of an egge and wheate flower and â—tampe them together then lay it on a linen cloath or lynt â—pply it to the bleeding place and it will stanch it If a man bleed and haue no present helpe if the wound be â—n the foote bind him about the ankle if in the legges bind â—im about the knee if it be on the hand bind him about the wrist if it be on the arme bind him about the brawne of the arme with a good lyst two or three and the blood will presently stanch Take good store of Cynamon grated and put it into posset ale very hot and drinke it and it is a present cure Take a gallond of running water and put to it as much salt as will make the water salt as the sea water then boyle it a good while and bath the legges therein as hot as may bee suffered For the dropsie take Agnus castus Fenell Affodill darkâ— wall woort Lupins and worme wood of each a handfull and boyle them in a gallon of white wine till a fourth part bee cosumed then straine it and drinke it morning and euening halfe a pinte thereof and it will cure the dropsie but you must be carefull that you take not Daffodill for Affodill For paine in the spleene take Agnus Castus Agrymony Anyseeds Centuary the great and Worme-wood of each a handfull and boyle them in a gallon of white wine then straine it and let the patient drinke diuers mornings together halfe a pint thereof and at his vsuall meales let him neither drinke Ale Beere nor wine but such as hath had the hearbe Tamoriske steeped in the same or for want of the hearbe let him drinke out of a cup made of Tamoriske wood he shall surely finde remedie For any paine in the side take Mugwort and red Sage and drie them betweene two tile stones then put it in a bagge and lay it to your side as hot as can be indured To helpe him that is exceeding fat pursie and short breathed take hony clarified bread vnleauened and make toasts of it and dippe the toasts into the clarified hony and eate this diuers times with your meate Take a lumpe of yron or steele and heate it red hot and quench it in Wine then giue the Wine to the sicke party to drinke Take Fenell seeds and the roots boyle them in water and after it is cleansed put to it hony giue it the party to drinke then seeth the hearbe in oyle and wine together and plaister wise apply it to the side Make a plaister of worme-wood boyled in oyle or make an oyntment of the Iuice of Worme-word of Vinegar armonyake waxe and oyle myxt and melted together and annoynt the side therewith either in the sun or before the fire Take the pouder of Galingall and mixe it with the iuice of Borage and let the offended party drinke therein sweete wine Take Rosemary and Sage of each an handfull and seeth them in white wine or strong ale and then let the patient drinke it luke warme Take the iuice of Fenell myxt with hony and seeth them both together till it be hard and then eate it Euening and Morning and it will consume away the fatnesse For the wind Collicke which is a disease both generall and â—ruell there be a world of remidies yet none more approâ—ed then this which I will repeate you shall take Nutmegs sound and large and diuide them equally into foure quarters the first morning as soone as you rise eate a quarâ—er thereof the second morning eate two quarters and the third eate three quarters and the fourth morning eate a whole Nutmegge and so hauing made your stomacke and â—ast familiar therewith eate euery morning whilst the Colâ—icke offendeth you a whole Nutmegge drie without any composition and fast euer an howre at least after it and you shall find a most vnspeakeable profit which will arise from the same For the wind Collicke take a handfull of cleane wheate meale as it commeth from the mill and two egges and a little wine-vinegar and a little Aquauitae and mingle them all together colde and make a cake of it and bake it on a gridyron with a soft fire and turne it often and tend it with basting of aquauitae with a feather then lay it somewhat higher then the paine is rather then lower For the Lask or extreame scowring of the belly take the seeds of the wood-rose or bryar-rose beate it to pouder and mixe a dramme thereof with an ounce of the conserue of sloes and eate it and it will in short space bind and make the belly hard For the bloody-flux take a quart of Red wine and boyle therein a handfull of Shepheards-purse till the hearb bee very soft then straine it and ad thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cynamon and as much of dryed Tanners barke taken from the ouze and both beaten to fine pouder then giue the party halfe a pinte thereof to drinke morning and euening it being made very warme and tt will cure him To stay a sore laske take Plantane water and cinamon finely beaten and the flowers of Pomgranats and boyle them well together then take Sugar and the yolke of an egge make a caudle of it and giue it the grieued party For the flixe take a Stags pizzell dried and grated and giue it in any drinke either in beere ale or wine and it is most soueraigne for any flixe whatsoeuer To rule the worst bloody Flix that may be take a quart of red-wine and a spoonefull of Commin-seede boyle them together vntill halfe bee consumed then take knot-grasse and Sepheards purse and plantane and stampe them seuerall and then straine them take of the iuice of each of them a good spooneful and put theÌ„ to the wine and so seeth theÌ„ againe a little Then drinke it luke-warme halfe ouer-night and halfe the next morning and if it fall out to be in winter so that you cannot get the hearbes then take the water of theÌ„ distilled of each three spoonefuls and vse it as before For extreame costiuenesse or binding in the body so as a man cannot auoid his excrements take Anniseeds Fenâ—â— crâ—ete Linseed and the powder of Pyonie of each halfe an ounce and boyle them in a quart of white wine and drinke â— good draught thereof and it will make a man goe to the stoole orderly and at great ease For wormes in
one night and the next morning drinke it off fasting thus do diuers mornings together and it will helpe For the stone in the bladder take the kernels of sloes drie them on a tile stone then beate them to pouder then take the roots of Alexanders parsly pellitorie holihocke of euery of their roots a like quantitie seeth them all in white wine or else in the broth of a yong chicken then straine them into a cleane vessell when you drinke of it put into it halfe a spoonefull of the pouder of slow kernels Also if you take the oyle of Scorpion it is very good to annoynt the members the tender part of the belly against the bladder To make a bath for the stone take mallowes holihocke and lilly roots linseed pellitory of the wall and seeth them in the broth of a sheepes head and bath the reines of the backe therewith oftentimes for it will open the straitnes of the water conduits that the stone may haue issue and asswage the paine and bring out the grauell with the vrine but yet in more effect when a plaister is made and laid vnto the reines and belly immediately after the bathing To make a water for the stone take a gallon of new milke of a red Cow and put therein a handfull of Pellitory of the wall and a handfull of wild time and a handfull of Saxifrage and a handfull of parsly and two or three radish roots sliced and a quantitie of Philipendula roots let them lie in the milke a night and in the morning put the milke with the hearbs into a still distill them with a moderate fire of charrcole or such like then when you are to vse the water take a draught of renish wine or whit wine and put into it fiue spoonfull of the distilled water and a little sugar and nutmeg sliced then drinke of it the next day meddle not with it but the third day do as you did the first day and so euery other day for a weekes space For the difficulty of vrine or hardnesse to make water take Smallage Dill Any-seedes and Burnet of each a like quantitie and drie them and beate them to fine pouder and drink halfe a spoonefull thereof with a good draught of white wine If the Vrine be hot and burning the party shall vse euery morning to drinke a good draught of new milke and sugar well mixt together and by all meanes to abstaine from beere that is old hard and tart and from all meates and sawces which are sower or sharpe For the strangullion take Saxifrage Polipody of the Oake the roots of beanes and a quantitie or Raysins of euery one three handfull or more and then two gallonds of good wine or else wine lees and put it into a slerpentary and make therof a good quantitie and giue the sicke therof to drinke morning and euening a spoonefull at once For them that cannot hold their water in the night time take Kiddes hoofe and drie it and beete it into powder and giue it to the patient to drinke either in beare or ale foure or fiue times For the rupture or bursnesse in men take Comphrie and Ferneosmund and beate them together with yellow waxe and Deares suet till it come to a salue then apply it to the broken place and it will knit it also it shall be good for the party to take Comphry roots and rost them in hot imbers at you rost wardens and let the diseased party eate them for they are very soueraine for the rupture especially being eaten fasting and by all meanes let him weare a strong trufle till he be whole Take Goates clawes burne them in a new earthen pot to powder then put of the pouder into broth or pottage eate therein or otherwise take Rew Gromell and Parsly and stampe them together mixe it with wine and drinke it Taka Agnus castus and Castoreum and seeth them together in wine and drinke thereof also seeth them in Vineger and hot lappe it about the priuie parts and it will helpe Take Malmesey and Butter and warme it and wash the reynes of the backe whereupon you find paine then take oyle of mace and annoynt the backe therewith First wash the reynes of the backe with warme white wine then annoynt all the backe with the oyntment called Perstuaneto Take a legge of beefe a handfull of Fenell roots a handfull of parsly roots two roots of comfrey one pound of raysons of the sun a pound of damaske prumes and a quarter oâ— a pound of dates put all these together and boyle them very lost with sixe leaues of nip sixe leaues of clary twelue leaues of bittany of the wood and a little haras-tongue when they are sod very soft take them and stampe them very small and and straine them into the same broth againe with a quart of sacke and a penyworth of large mace and of this drink at your pleasure For the Hemeroides which is a troublesome and a sore griefe take of Dill Dogge-fennell and Pellitory of Spaine of each hafe a handfull and beate it in a morter with sheepes suet and blacke sope til it coâ—e to a salue then lay it plasterwise to the sore and it will giue the griefe ease For the piles or Hemerods take halfe a pint of ale and a good quantity of pepper and as much allom as a walenut boyle all this together till it be as thicke as bâ—â—dlime or thicker this done take the iuice of white violets the iuice of housleeke and when it is almost cold put in the iuice and straine them all together and with this oyntment annoynt the sore place twice a day Otherwise for this griefe take lead and grate it small lay it vpon the sores or else take muskles dried and beate to pouder and lay it on the sores If a mans fundament fall downe through som cold taken or other cause let it be forthwith put vp againe then take the powder or Towne cresses dried and strew it gently vpon the fundament and annoynt the reines of the backe with hony and then about it strew the powder of Cummin and calafine mixt together and ease will come thereby Take a great handfull of orpyns bruise them betweene your hands till they be like a salue and then lay them vpon a cloth and bind them fast to the fundament To helpe the greene sicknesse take a pottle of white wine a handfull of Rosemary a handfull of worme-wood an ounce of cardus benedictus seed and a dramme of Cloue all these must be put into the white-wine in a iugge and couered very close and in steepe a day a night before the party drinke of it then let her drinke of it euery morning and two houres before supper so take for a fortnight and let her stirre as much
as she can the more the better as earely as she can Otherwise for this sicknesse take Isop Fennell and Peny-royall of these three one good handfull take two ounces of Currants seeth these in a pint of faire water to the halfe then straine the hearbs from the liquor put therto two ounces of fine sugar and two spoonefuls of white wine vinegar and let the party drinke euery morning foure spoonefuls thereof and walke vpon it To increase a womans milke you shall boyle in strong posset ale good store of Colworts cause her to drinke euery meale of the same also if shee vse to eate boyled Colworts with her meate it will wonderfully increase her milke also To drie vp womans milke take red sage hauing stampt it and strayned the iuice from the same adde thereunto as much wine vinegar and stirre them well together then warming it on a flat dish ouer a few coales steepe therein a sheete of browne paper then making a hole in the midst therof for the nipple of the brest to goe through couer all the brest ouer with the paper and remoue it as occasion shall serue but be very carefull it be laid very hot to Some are of opinion that for a woman to milke her brests vpon the earth will cause the milke to dry but I referre it to triall To helpe womens sore breasts when they are swelled or else inflamed Take violet leaues and cut them small and seeth them in milke or running water with wheate bran or wheate bread crummes then lay it to the sore as hot as the party can indure it If a woman haue a strong and hard labour Take foure spoonefull of another womans milke giue it the woman to drinke in her labour and shee shall be deliuered presently If a woman by mischance haue her child dead within her shee shall take Vitander Felwort and Penyroyall and stampe them and take of each a spoonefull of the iuice and mixe it with old wine and giue it her to drinke and shee shall soone be deliuered without danger To make a woman apt to conceiue let her either drinke Mugwort steeped in her wine or else the pouder thereof mixed with her wine as shall best please her tast Take the pouder of Corrall finely ground and eate it in a reare egge and it will stay the flux Against the flowers with-holden in women make a pessary of the iuyce of Mugwort or the water that it is sodden in and apply it but if it be for the fluxe of the flowers take the iuice of plantane and drinke it in red wine Take a Fomentation made of the water wherein the leaues and flowers of Tutson is sodden drinke the superfluities of the matryx it clenseth the entrance but this hearb would be gathered in haruest if a woman haue paine in the matrix set on the fire water that Amomum hath been sodden in and the dewition make a pessarye and it will giue ease Take two or three egges and they must bee neither rost nor raw but betweene both and then take butter that salt neuer came in and put it into the egges and supp them off eate a peece of browne bread to them drinke a draught of small ale Take the root of Aristoloâ—hia rotunda and boyle it in wine and oyle and make a fomentation thereof and it helpe Take the budds and tender crops of Bryonye and boyle them in broth or pottage and let the woman eate thereof it is soueraine Take Mugwort motherwort and mynts the quantitie of a handfull in all seeth them together in a pint of Malmsey and giue her to drinke thereof two or three spoonefull at a time and it will appease her swounding Take henbane stamped and mixt with vinegar and apply it plaister wise ouer all the forehead and it will cause sleepe Take Sage Smallage Mallowes and plantane of each an handfull beate them all well in a morter then put to them oatemeale and milke and spread it on a fine linnen cloth an inch thicke and lay it to the brest or brests or otherwise take white bread leauen and straine it with creame put thereto two or three yolkes of egges salt oyle or oyle of Roses and put it vpon a soft fire till it bee luke warme and so apply it to the brest For morphew whether it be white or blacke take of the Lethargie of gold a dram of vnwrought brimston two drams beate them into fine powder then take of the oyle of Roses and swines grease of each a like quantitie and grind them all together with halfe a dramme of camphyre and a little vinegar and annoynt the same therewith morning and euening To breede hayre take Southerne-wood and burne it to ashes and mixe it well with common oyle then annoynt the balde place therwith morning aud euening it will breede hayre exceedingly For the gout take Aristolochia rotunda Althea Bettâ—nie and the roots of wild Neepe and the roots of the wild Docke cut in peeces after the vpper rind is taken away of each a like quantitie boyle then all in running water till they be soft and thicke then stampe them in a morter as small as may be and put thereto a little quantitie of chymney soot and a pint or better of new milke of a Cow which is all of one entire colour as much of the vrine of a man that is fasting and hauing stirred them all well together boyle them once againe on the fire then as hot as the party can suffer it apply it to the grieued place and it will giue him ease For the Syatica take of mustard seede a good handfull and as much in waight of hony and as much in waight of figges and crummes of white bread halfe so much then with strong vinegar beate in a morter till it come to a salue then apply it to the grieued place and it will giue the grieued party ease so will also a plaister of Oxicrotium if it be continually warme vpon the same To helpe all manner of swellings or aches in what part of the body soeuer it be or the stinging of any venomous beasâ— as Adder Snake or such like take horehound smallage porrets small mallowes and wild tansey of each a like quantitie and bruise them or cut them small Then seeth them altogether in a pan with milke oatemeale and as much Sheepes suet or Deares suet as an hens egge and let it boyle till it bee a thicke plaister then lay it vpon a blew woolen cloath and lay it to the griefe as hot as one can suffer it For any swelling in the legges or feete take a good handfull of water cresses and shread them small and put them in an earthen pot and put thereto thicke wine lees and wheate branne and sheepes suet of each of them a like quantitie and let them
mint calamint and horshow of each of them a like quantity and beware they differ not the waight of a dram vnder or aboue then put all the pouders abouesaid into the wine and after put them into the distilling pot and distill it with a soft fyre looke that it bee well luted about with rye paste so that no fume or breath goe forth and looke that the fire be temperate also receiue the water out of the Lymbecke into a glassevyall This water is called the water of life it may be likned to Balme for it hath all the vertues and properties which Balme hath this water is cleere and lighter then rosewater for it will fleete aboue all liquors for if oyle be put aboue this water it sinketh to the bottome This water keepeth flesh fish both raw sodden in his own kinde state it is good against aches in the bones the poxe and such like neither can any thing kept in this water rot or putrifie it doth draw out the sweetnesse fauor and vertues of all manner of spices rootes and hearbes that are wet or layd therein it giues sweetnes to all manner of water that is myxt with it it is good for all manner of cold sicknesses and namely for the palsy or trembling Ioynts stretching of the sinews it is good against the cold gout and it maketh an old man seeme young vsing to drinke it fasting and lastly it fretteth away dead flesh in wounds and killeth the canker Take rosemary Time Issop sage fenell nip roots of elicompane of ech an handfull of marierum and penyroyall of ech halfe a handfull eight slippes of red mynt halfe a pound of Licoras halfe a pound of aniâ—eeds and two gallands of the best Ale that can be brewed wash all these hearbes cleane put into the Ale licoras aniseeds and hearbes into a cleane brasse pot and set your limbecke thereon and paste it round about that no ayre come out then distill the water with a gentle fire and keepe the lymbecke coole aboue not suffering it to runne too fast and take heede when your water changeth collour to put another glasse vnder and keepe the first water for it is most precious and the latter water keepe by it selfe and put it into your next pot and that shall make it much better Take of balme of rosemary Flowers tops and all of dried red rose leaues of penny-royall of each of these a handfull of Issop halfe a handfull one roote of elycompane the whitest that can be got three quarters of a pound of Licoras two ounces of Cinamond two drams of great mace two drams of gallendgall three drams of coliander seed three drammes of carraway seeds two or three Nutmegs cut in foure quarters an ounce of aniseeds a handfull of Borage you must chuse a faire sunny day to gather the hearbes in you must not wash them but cut them in sunder and not too small then lay all your hearbes in souse all night and a day with the spices grosly beaten or bruised then distill it in order aforesaid this was made for a learned Phisitians owne drinking Take a galland of Gascoin wine ginger gallengall nutmegs grains Cloues aniseeds fenell seedes carraway seeds of ech one dram theÌ„ take sage mints red-roses time pellitory Rose-mary wild time camomile and Lauender of ech a handfull then bray the spices smallâ— and the hearbs also put al together into the wine and let it stand so twelue houres stirring it diuers times then distill it with a limbecke and keepe the first water for it is best of a gallon of wine you must not take aboue a quart of water this water comforteth the vitall spirits and helpeth inward diseases that commeth of cold as the palsey the contraction of sinewes also it killeth wormes and comforts the stomacke it cureth the cold dropsy helps the stone the stinking breath and maketh one seem yong Take a pottell of the best Sacke halfe a pint of Rose-water a quarter half of a pound of good Cinamon well bruised but not small beaten distill all these together in a glasse-still but you must carefully looke to it that it boyle not ouer hastily attend it with cold wet cloathes â—o coole the top of the still if the water should offer to boyle too hastily This water is very soueraigne for the stomacke the head and all the inward parts it helps digestion comforteth the vitall spirits 1 Take Fennell Rew Veruine Endiue Betony Germander Redrose Capillus veneris of each an ounce stampe them and steepe them in white wine a day and a night and distill water of them which water will diuide in three parts the first water you shall put in a glasse by it selfe for it is more pretious then gold the second as siluer and the third as Balme and keepe these three parts in Glasses this water you shall giue the rich for gold to meaner for siluer to poore men for Balme this water keepeth the sight in cleernes and purgeth all grosse humors 2 Take Salgemma a pound and lay it in a green docke leafe and lay it in the fier till it bee well rosted and waxe white and put it in a glasse against the aire a night and on the morrow it shal be turned to a white water like vnto Christall keepe this water well in a glasse and put a drop into the eie and it shall clense and sharpe the sight it is good for any euill at the heart for the morphew and the canker in the mouth and for diuers other euils in the body 3 Take the roots of Fenell Parseley Endiue Betony of each an ounce and first wash them well in luke-warme water and bray them well with white wine a day and a night and then distill them into water this water is more worthy then Balme it preserueth the sight much and clenseth it of all filth it restraineth teares and comforteth the head and auoideth the water that commeth through the payne in the head 4 Take the seed of Parseley Achannes Veruine Carawaies and centuary of each ten drams beat all these together and put it in warme water a day and a night and put it in a vessell to distill this water is a pretious water for all sore eies and very good for the health of man or womans bodie 5 Take limmel of gold siluer lattin copper iron steele leade take lethurgy of gold siluer take callamint columbine steep al together the first day in the vrine of a man-childe that is between a day a night the second day in white wine the third day in the iuyce of fennel the fourth day in the whites of egges the fift day in the womans milke that nourisheth a man-child the sixt day in red wine the seuenth day in the whites of egges and vpon the eight day bind all these together and distill the water of them and keepe this
goe to his bed made warme and with hot cloathes laid to the soales of his feete and store of clothes laid vpon him let him trie if he can force himselfe to sweat which if he do then halfe an houre after he hath sweate hee shall take hot posset ale brewed with a little Methridate and drinke a good draught thereof and rest till his fit bee passed ouer but if he be hard to sweate then with the said posset ale also you shall mix a few bruised any-seeds and that will bring sweate vpon him and thus you shall doe euery fit till they begin to cease or that sweate come naturally of it owne accord which is a true signe that the sicknesse decreaseth For the pestilent Feuer which is a continuall sicknesse full of infection and mortality you shall cause the party first to bee let blood if his strength will beare it then you shall giue him coole Iulyps made of endife or succorie water the sirrop of Violets conserue of Barberries and the iuice of Lymons well mixed simboliz'd together Also you shall giue him to drink Almond milke made with the dewition coole hearbs as violet leaues strawberrie leaues french mallowes pursline and such like and if the parties mouth shall through the heate of his stomacke or liuer inflame or grow sore you shall wash it with the syrop of mulberries and that will not onely heale it but also strengthen his stomacke If as it is most common in this sicknesse the party shall grow costiue you shall giue him a suppositary made of honie boild to the height of hardnesse which you shall know by cooling a drop thereof and so if you find it hard you shall then know that the hony is boiled sufficiently then put salt to it and so pouder it in water and worke it into a roule in the manner of a suppositary so administer it and it most assuredly bringeth no hurt but ease to the party of what age or strength soeuer he be during his sicknesse you shall keepe him from all manner of strong drinkes or hot spices and then there is no doubt of his recouery To preserâ—e your body from the infection of the plague you shall take a quart of old ale and after it hath risen vpon â—he fire and hath been scummed you shall put there into of Aristolochia longa of Angelica and of Cellandine of each halfe â—n handfull and boyle them well therein then straine the drinke through a cleane cloath and dissolue therein a dram of the best Methridate as much Iuory finely powdred and â—earst and sixe spoonefull of Dragon water then put it vp in a close glasse and euery morning fasting take fiue spoonefull â—hereof and after bite and chaw in your mouth the dryed â—oot of Angelica or smell on a nose-gay to the â—aâ—â—eld end of â— ship rope and they will surely preserue you from infection But if you be infected with the plague and feele the asâ—ured signes thereof as paine in the head drought burning weakenesse of stomack and such like Then you shall take â— dramme of the best Methridate and dissolue it in three or foure spoonefull of Dragon water and immediately drinke â—t off and then with hot cloathes or brickes made extreame hot and laid to the foales of your feet after you haue been wrapt in woollen cloathes coÌ„pell the sicke person to sweat which if he do keepe him moderately therein till the sore begin to rise then to the same apply a little Pigeon cut in two parts or else a plaister made of the yolke of an egge hony herbe of grace chopt exceeding small and wheate flower which in very short space will not onely ripen but also breake the same without any other incision then after it hath runne a day or two you shall apply a plaister of Melilot vnto it vntill it be whole Take Fetherfew Maleselon Scabyous and Mugwort of each alike bruise them and mixe them with old ale and let the sicke drinke thereof sixe spoonefull at once and it will expell the corruption Take Yarlow Tansey Fetherfue of each a handfull and bruise them well together then let the sicke party make water into the hearbs then straine them and giue it the sicke to drinke Take of Sage of Rue Bryer leaues of Elder leaues of each an handfull stampe them straine them with a quart of white wine and put thereto a little Ginger and a good spoonefull of the best Treakle drinke thereof morning and euening Take Smalledge Mallowes Wormewood and Rue stampe them well together and fry them in Oyle Olyue till they bee thicke plaisterwise them apply it to the place where you would haue it rise and let it lie till it breake then to heale it vpp take the iuyce of Smallage Wheate flower and Milke and boyle them to a pultis and apply it morning and euening till it be whole Take of Burrage Langdebease and Callamynt of each a good handfull of Harts tonge Red mynt Violetts and Marygolds of each halfe a handfull boyle them in white wine or faire running water then add a penyworth of the best Saffrone and as much Sugar boyle them ouer againe well then straine it into an earthen pott and drinke thereof morning and euening to the quantitie of seauen spoonefuls Take Lyntseed and Lettune and bruise it well then apply it to the stomacke and remoue it once in foure howers For the Head-ach you shall take of Rosewater of the iuice of Cammomil of worme milke of strong wine vinegar of each two spoonefull mixe them together well vpon a chafing-dish of coales then take a peece of drie rose cake and steepe it therein and as soone as it hath drunke vp the liquor and is throughly hot take a couple of sound Nutmegs grated to powder and strew them vpon the rose cake then breaking it into two parts binde it on each side vpon the temples of the head so let the party lye downe to rest and the paine will in a short space be taken from him For Frenzie or inflamation of the calles of the braine you â—hall cause the iuice of Beets to be with a surridge squirted vp â—nto the patients nostrils which will purge and cleanse his head exceedingly and then giue him to drinke posset ale in which Violet leaue and Lettice hath been boyled it will â—uddainly bring him to a very temperate mildnesse and make the passion of Frenzie forsake him For the Lethargie or extreame drowsinesse you shall by all violent meanes either by noyse or other disturbances force â—erforce keepe the party from sleeping and whensoeuer he â—alleth for drinke you shall giue him white wine and Isop water of each a little quantitie mixt together and not suffer him to sleepe aboue foure houres in foure and twenty till he come to his owne former wakefulnesse which as soone as hee hath recouered you shall then forthwith purge his
in the eye â—ake a good handfull of Marigold plants a handfull of Fennell as much of May-weed beate them together then straine â—hem with a pint of beere then put it into a pot and stop it â—lose that the strength may not goe out then let the offended party drinke thereof when he is in bed and lie of that side on which the pearle is and drinke of it likewise in the morning next his heart when he is risen For paine in the eyes take Milke when it comes new from â—he Cowe and hauing fill'd it into a cleane vessell couer it with a pewter dish and the next morning take off the dish and you shall see a dew vpon the same and with that dew wash the pained eyes and it will ease them For dimme eyes take Wormewood beaten with the gall of â— Bull and then straine it and annoynt the eyes therewith â—nd it will cleare them exceedingly For sore eyes or blood-shotten eyes take the white of an â—gge beaten to oyle as much Rose-water and as much of the â—â—ice of House-leeke mixe them well together then dippe â—at pleageants of flaxe therein lay them vpoÌ„ the sore eyes â—nd as they drye so renew them againe and wet them and â—hus doe till the eyes be well For watery eyes take the iuice of Affodill Mirrhe and Saffron of each a little mixe it with twice so much white wine then boyle it ouer the fire then straine it and wash the eyes therewith and it is a present helpe For a Canker or any sore mouth take Cheruile and beate it â—o a salue with old ale and Allum water annoint the sore â—herewith and it will cure it For any swelling in the mouth Take the iuice of Wormewood Cammomill and Shirwitt and mixe them with hony â—nd bath the swelling therewith and it will cure it For the Quinsie or Quinarie giue the party to drinke the hearbe Mouseare steept in ale or beere looke where you see a Swine rubbe himselfe and there vpon the same place rubbe a slate stone and then with it slate all the swelling and it will cure it If you would not be drunke take the pouder of Betany Coleworts mixt together and eate it euery morning fasting as much as will lie vpon a sixpence and it will preserue a man from drunkennes To quicken a mans wits spirit and memory let him take Langdebeefe which is gathered in Iune or Iuly and beating it in a cleane morter Let him drinke the iuyce thereof with warme water and he shall finde the benefit If a man be troubled with the Kings euill let him take the red docke seeth it in wine till it be very tender then straine it and so drinke a good draught thereof and he shall finde great ease from the same especially if he doe continue the vse thereof Take Frankinsence Doues dung and Wheate flower of each an ounce and mixe them well with the white of an egge then plasterwise apply it where the paine is The oyle of Lyllyes if the head bee annoynted therewith is good for any payne therein Take Rewe and steepe it in Vynegar a day and a night the Rewe being first well bruised then with the same annoynt the head twice or thrice a day Take the white of an egge and beate it to oyle then put to it Rosewater and the pouder of Alablaster then take flaxe and dippe it therein and lay it to the temples and renewe it two or three times a day Take Agrymonie and bruise it and plasterwise apply it to the wound and let the party drinke the iuyce of Bettanie and it will expell the bones and heale the wound Take the leaues of Agrymonie boyle theÌ„ in hony till it be â—hicke like a plaister and then apply it to the wound of the â—ead warme Take a table napkin or any lynnen cloath and wet it in â—old water and when you goe to bed apply it to the swelâ—â—ng and lie vpright thus doe three or foure times in a night â—nd the swelling wasts Take two or three docke roots and as many daysie roots â—nd boyle them in water till they be soft then take them out of the water and boyle them well ouer againe in oyle Olyue â—â—en strayne them through a cleane cloath and anoynt the â—ayned tooth therewith and keepe your mouth close and â—t will not onely take away the payne but also ease any meâ—rem or griefe in in the head Take a sawcer of strong vinegar and two spoonefulls of â—he pouder of Roch allem a spoonefull of white salt and a â—poonefull of hony seeth all these till it be as thinne as water â—hen put it into a close viall and keepe it and when occasion â—erues wash your teeth therewith with a rough cloath and â—ub them soundly but not to bleed Take summe of the elder tree or the aples of oake trees â—nd with either of these rub the teeth gummes and it will â—oosen them so as you may take them out Take Sage and salt of each alike and stampe them well â—ogether then take it till it be hard and make a fine pouder â—â—ereof then therewith rub the teeth euening and morning â—nd it will take away all yellownes First let them blood then take Harts horne or Iuorie and â—ed Pympernell and bruise them well together then put it inâ—o a linnen cloath and lay it to the teeth it wil fasten them Take the iuyce of Louage and drop it inâ—o the eare and it cure any venome and kill any worme earewigge or other vermine Take two ounces of comine and beate it a morter to fine pouder then boyle it in wine from a pottell to a quart then drinke thereof morning and euening as hot as you caâ— suffer it or otherwise take an ounce of wild time and being cleane washed cut it small and then pouder it then put to it halfe an ounce of peper in fine pouder and as much comyne myxe them all well together and boyle them in a pottell of white wine till halfe be consumed and after meate but not before vse to drinke thereof hot also once in the afternoone and at your going to bed and it will purge the breath Take red nettles and burne them to pouder then add as much of the pouder of pepper and myxe them well together and snuffe thereof vp into the nose and thus do diuers times a day Take old ale and hauing boyld it on the fire and clensd it ad thereto a pretie quantitie of lyfe hony and as much allom then with a serryndge of such like wash the sores therewith very warme Take a gallond of running water and boyle it to a pottell then put to it a handfull of red sage a handfull of Cellodyne a handfull of honysuckles a handfull of woodbine leaues and flowers then take a
hayre into the oyle make it as thicke as you may spread it vpon a fine linnen cloth and so lay it vpon the soret and remoue it no vntill it be whole and if any rise vp of it selfe clippe it away with your sheares and if it be not perfectly whole then take a little of the oyntment and lay it to the same place againe ortherwise take halfe a bushell of glouers shreads of all sorts so much of running water as shall be thought conuenient to seeth them and put thereto a quarter of a pound of Barrowes grease and then take halfe a bushell of the downe of catts tayles and boyle them all together continually stirring them till they bee sodden that they may be strayned into an earthen pot or glasse and with it annoynt the sore Or else take of Caprefollij Mouseare ground Iuye and hens dung of the reddest or of the yellowest and fry them with may butter al together vntill it be browne then strayne it through a cleane cloth and annoynt the sore therewith Take the middle rind of the Elme tree and lay it two or three houres in faire running water till it waxe ropye like glew and then annoynt the sore therewith Or otherwise take sheeps tallow and sheeps dung and mixe them together till they come to a salue and then apply it to the sore Take Plantane leaues Dasie leaues the greene barke of elders and greene Germaunders dyrte stampe them all together with fresh butter or with oyle then strayne it through a linnen cloth and with a feather annoynt the sore till it be whole Take of Oyle olyue a pint Terpentyne a pound vnwrought waxe halfe a pound Rosen a quarter of a pound sheepes suet two pound then take of orpens Smallage Ragwort Plantane and sicke-wort of each a good handfull chop all the hearbs very small and boyle them in a pan altogether vpon a soakeing fire and stirry them exceeding much till they bee well incorporate together then take it from the fire and strayne al through a strong canuasse cloth into cleane potts or glasses and vse it as occasion shall serue eyther to annoynt tent or plaister Otherwise take popler budds and elder budds stampe and straine them then put thereto a little venyce turpentime waxe and rosin and so boyle them together and therwith dresse the sore or else take two handfull of plantane leaues bray them small and sâ—rayne out the iuyce then put to it as much womans milke a spoonefull of hony a yolke of an egge and as much wheate flower as you thinke will bring it to a salue then make a plaister thereof and lay it vnto the sore renewing it once in foure and twenty houres Take an oune of Vnguentum apostolorum and an ounce of Vnguentum Aegiptiacum and put them together in a port being first well wrought together in a bladder and if the flesh be weake put to it a little fine white sugar and therewith dresse the sore or otherwise take onely Precypitate in fine pouder and strew it on the sore Take a gallon of Smithes sleacke water two handfuls of sage a pint of hony a quart of ale two ounces of Allom and a littell white copporas seeth them all together till halfe be consumed then strayne it and put it into a cleane vessell and therewith wash the sore Or otherwise take cleane running water and put therein roch allom and madder and let them boyle till the allom and the madder be consumed then take the clearest of the water and therewith wash the sore Or else take Sage Fenell sinquefoyle of each a good handfull boyle them in a gallond of running water till they bee tender then strayne the liquor from the hearbs and put to it a quarter of a pound of roch allom and let it seeth againe a little till the allom be melted then take it from the fire and vse it thus dip lint in it warme and lay it to the sore and if it be hollow apply more lynt then make a little bolster of linnen cloth and wett it well in the water then wring out the water and so bind on the bolster close Take a pint of â—allet oyle and put into it sixe ounces of red lead and a little ceruse or white lead then set it ouer a gentle fire and let it boyle a long season stirring it well till it bee stiffe which you shall trie in this order let it drop from your sticke or slice vpon the bottome of a saucer and so stand vntill it be cold and then if it be well boyled it will be stiffe very blacke then take it off and let it stand a little and after straine iâ— through a cloth into a bason but first annoynt the bason with sallet oyle and also your fingars and so make it vp into roules plaisterwise and spread it and apply it as occasion shall serue Take Mallowes and Bâ—ets and seeth them in water then drie away the water from them and beate the hearbs well with old Boares grease and so apply it to the appostume hott Take a handfull of Rue and stampe it with rustie Bacon till it come to a perfect salue and therewith dresse the sore till it be whole If the party be outwardly venomed take Sage and bruise it well apply it to the sore renewing it at least twice a day but if it be inwardly then let the party drink the iuice of Sage either in wine or ale morning and euening Take Sellodyne early in the morning and bruise it well then apply it to the sore and renewing it twice or thrice a day Take of Campheare one dramme of quicksiluer four penyworth killed well with vinegar then mixe it with two penyworth of oylede bay and therewith annoynt the body Or otherwise take red Onyons and seeth them in running water a good while then bruise the Onyons small and with the water they were sodden in strayne them in then wash the infected place with the same Take a greate quantitie of the hearbe Bennet and as much of red nettâ—es pound them well strayne them and with the iuyce wash the patyent naked before the fire and so let it drinke in and wash him againe and doe so diuers dayes till he be whole Take a penyworth of white copperas and as much greene copporas a quarter of an ounce of white Mercury a halpenyworth of Allom burne it and set al ouer the fire with a pint of fayre water and a quarter of a pint of wine vinegar boyle all these together till they come to halfe a pint and then annoynt the sore therewith Take Barrowes grease a prettie quantitie and take an apple and pare it and take the chore cleane out then chop your apple and your Barrowes grease together and set it ouer the fire that it may melt but not boyle then take it from the fire and put thereto a
the skinne of the hands very smooth take Almonds and beate them to oyle then take whole Cloues and put them both together into a glasse and set it in the sunne fiue or sixe dayes then strayne it and with the same annoynt your hands euerie night when you goe to bed and otherwise as you haue conuenient leasure To make that soueraine water which was first inuented by Doctor Steuens in the same forme as he deliuered the Receite to the Arch-bishop of Canturbury a little before the death of the said Doctor Take a gallon of good Gascoyne wine then take Ginger Galingale Synamon Nutmegges Graines Cloues brused Fennell seeds Carrawaie seeds Origanum of euery of them a like quantitie that is to say a dramme Then take Sage wild Margerom Peny-royaell Mints Red-roses Time Pellitory Rosemary wild-time Cammomill Lauender of each of them a handfull then bray the spices small and bruise the hearbs and put al into the wine let it stand so twelue houres only stirre it diuers times then distill it by a Lymbecke and keepe the first water by it selfe for that is the best then keepe the second water for that is good and for the last neglect it not for it is very wholesome though the worst of the three Now for the vertue of this water it is this it comforteth the spirits and vitall parts and helpeth all inward diseases that commeth of cold it is good against the shaking of the palsie cureth the contraction of sinnewes and helpeth the conception of women that be barraine it killeth the wormes in the body it cureth the cold cough it helpeth the tooth-ache it comforteth the stomacke and cureth the old dropsie it helpeth the stone in bladder and in the reines it helpeth a stinking breath And whosoeuer vseth this water moderately and not too often preserueth him in good liking will make him seeme young in old age With this water Docter Steuens preserued his owne life vntill such extreame age that he could neither goe nor ride and he continued his life being bed-rid fiue yeares when other Physicions did iudge he could not liue one yeare which he did coufesse a little before his death saying that if he were sicke at any time he neuer vsed any thing but this water only And also the Archbishop of Canterbury vsed it and found such goodnesse in it that hee liued till he was not able to drinke of a cup but sucked his drinke throug a hollow pipe of siluer This water will be much the better if it be set in the Sunne all Summer To make a cordiall Rosasolis take Rosasolis and in any wise touch not the leaues thereof in the gathering nor wash it take thereof foure good handfuls then take two good pints of Aquaâ—itae and put them both in a glasse or pewter pot of three or foure pints and then stop the same hard and iust and so let it hand three dayes and three nights and the third day straine it through a cleane cloth into another glasse or pewter pot and put thereto halfe a pound of Sugar beaten small fowre ounces of fine Licoras beaten into powder halfe a pound of sonud Dates the stones being taken out cut them and make them cleane and then mince them small and mixe all these together and stop the glasse or pot close and iust and drinke of it at night to bedward halfe a spoonefull with Ale or Beere but Ale is the better as much in the morning fasting for there is not the weakest body in the world that wanteth nature or strength or that is in a consumption but it will restore him againe and cause him to be strong and lustie and to haue a maruailous hungrie stomacke prouided alwaies that this Rosasolis be gathered as neare as you possibly can at the full of the moone when the sunne shineth before noone and let the roots of them be cut away Take the flowers of roses or violets breake them small and put them into sallet oyle and let them stand in the same ten or twelue dayes and then presse it Or otherwise take a quart of oyle Olyue and put thereto Sixe spoonefuls of cleane water and stirre it well with a slice till it waxe as white as milke then take two pound of red rose leaues and cut the white of the ends of the leaues away and put the roses into the oyle then put it into a double glasse and set it in the sun all the summer time and it is soueraine for any scalding or burning with water or oyle Or else take red roses new plucked a pound or two and cut the white ends of the leaues away then take may Butter and melt it ouer the fire wâ—th 2. pound of oyle olyue when it is clarified put in your roses and put it all in a vessell of glasse or of earthen and stop it well about that no ayre enter in nor out and set it in another vessell with water and let it boyle halfe a day or more and then take if forth and straine or presse it through a cloth and put it into glasse bottellsâ— this is good for al manner of vnkind heates Take two or three pound of Nutmegges cut them small and bruse them well then put them into a pan and beate them and stirâ—e them about which done put them into a canuasse or strong linnen bagge and close them in a presse and presse them get out all the liquor of them which will be like manna then scrape it from the canuasse bagge as much as you can with a knife then put it into some vessell of glasse and stoppe it well but set it not in the sun for it will waxe cleane of it selfe within 10. or 15. dayes and it is worth thrice so much as the Nutmeggs themselues and the oyle hath very great vertue in comforting the stomacke and inward parts and asswaging the paine of the Mother and Cyatica Take the flowers of Spyke and wash them only in Oyle olyue and then stampe them well then put them in a canuasse bagge presse them in a presse as hard as you can take that which commeth out carefully and put it into a strong vessell of glasse and set it not in the sun for it will cleare of it selfe waxe fayre and bright and will haue a very sharpe odor of the Spike and thus you may make oyle of other hearbs of like nature as Lauender Camomile and such like Take an ounce of Masticke and an ounce of Olibanum pounded as small as is possible boyle them in oyle Olyue a quart to a third part then presse it and put it into a glasse after 10. or 12. dayes it will be perfect it is exceeding good for any cold griefe Thus hauing in a summary manner passed ouer all the most Phisicall chirurgicall notes which burtheneth the mind of our English House-wife beeing as much as needfull for the
Ginger bread take a quart of hony and set it on the coales and refine it then take a penny worth of Ginger as much pepper as much Licoras and a quarter of a pound of Aniseeds and a penny worth of Saunders All these must be beaten and sâ—arsed and so put into the hony then put in a quarter of a pint of Clarret wine or old Ale then take three penny Manchets finely grated and strow it amongst the rest and stirre it till it come to a stiffe Past and then make it into Cakes and drie them gently To make ordinary Quince Cakes take a good peece of a preserued Quince and beate it in a morter and worke it vp into a very stiffe past with fine searst Sugar then print it and drie them gently To make most Artificiall Cinamon stickes take an ounce of Cinamon pound it and half a pound of suger then take some gumme Dragon and put it in steepe in Rosewater then take thereof to the quantity of a hasell nut and worke it out and print it and roule it in forme of a Cinamon sticke To make Cinamon water take a pottle of the best Ale and a pottle of sacke lees a pound of Cinamon sliced fine and put them together and let them stand two daies Then distill them in a limbecke or glasse Still To make Wormewood water take two gallons of good Ale a pound of Aniseeds halfe a pound of Licoras and beate them very fine And then take two good handfuls of the crops of worme wood and put them into the Ale and let them stand all night and then distill them in a limbeck with a moderate fire To make sweet water of the best kind take a thousand damaske roses two good handfuls of Lauendar knops a three peny waight of mace two ounces of cloues btuised a quart of running water put a little water into the bottome of an earthen pot and then put in your Roses and Lauender with the spices by little and little and in the putting in alwaies knead them downe with your fist and so continue it vntill yon haue wrought vp all your Roses and Lauender and in the working betweene put in alwaies a little of your water then stop your pot close and let it stand foure daies in which time euery morning and euening put in your hand and pull from the bottome of your pot the said Roses working it for a time and then distill it and hang in the glasse of water a graine or two of Muske wrapt in a peece of Sarcenet or fine cloth Others to make sweet water take of Ireos two ounces of Calamus halfe an ounce of Cipresse rootes halfe an ounce of yellow Saunders nine drams of Cloues bruised one ounce of Beniamin one ounce of Storax Calamint one ounce and of Muske twelue graines and infusing all these in Rose-water distill it To make an excellent Date-Leach take Dates and take out the stones and the white rinde and beate them with Suger Cinamon and Ginger very finely then work it as you would worke a peece of Paste and then print them as you please To make a kind of Suger plate take Gumme Dragon and lay it in Rose-water two daies then take the powder of faire Heapps and Suger and the iuyce of an Orange beate all these together in a Morter then take it out and worke it with your hand and print it at your pleasure To make excellent spice Cakes take halfe a pecke of very fine Wheat-flower take almost one pound of sweet butter and some good milke and creame mixt together set it on the fire and put in your butter and a good deale of sugar and let it melt together then straine Saffron into your milke a good quantity then take seuen or eight spoonefull of good Ale barme and eight egges with two yelkes and mix them together then put your milke to it when it is somewhat cold and into your flower put salt Aniseedes bruised Cloues and Mace and a good deale of Cinamon then worke all together good and stiffe that you need not worke in any flower after then put in a little rosewater cold then rub it well in the thing you knead it in and worke it throughly if it be not sweet enough scrape in a little more suger and pull it all in peeces and hurle in a good quantity of Currants and so worke all together againe and bake your Cake as you see cause in a gentle warme ouen To make a very good Banbury Cake take 4. pounds of Currants and wash and picke them very cleane and drie them in a cloth then take three egges and put away one yelke and beate them and straine them with good barme putting thereto Cloues Mace Cinamon and Nutmegges then take a pint of creame and as much mornings milke and set it one the fire till the cold bee taken away then take flower and put in good store of cold butter and suger then put in your egges barme and meale and worke them all together an houre or more then saue a part of the Past and the rest breake in peeces and worke in your Currants which done mould your Cake of what quantity you please And then with that past which hath not any Currants couer it very thinne both vnderneath and a loft And so bake it according to the bignesse To make the best March-pane take the best Iordan almonds blaunch them in warm water then put them into a stone morter and with a wooden pestell beate them to pappe then take of the finest refined sugar well searst and to pappe then take of the finest refined suger well searst and with it Damaske rosewater beate it to a good stiffe paste allowing almost to euery Iordan almond three spoonful of suger then when it is brought thus to a paste lay it vpon a faire table strowing searst suger vnder it mould it like leauen then with a roling-pin role it forth and lay it vpon wafers washt with rosewater then pinch it about the sides and put it into what forme you please then strow searst suger all ouer it which done wash it ouer with rosewater and suger mixt together for that will make the Ice then adorne it with Cumfets guilding or whatsoeuer deuices you please and so set it into a hot stoue and there bake it crispie and so serue it forth Some vse to mixe with the paste cinamon and ginger finely searst but I referre that to your particular taste To make paste of Genoa you shall take Quinces after they haue been boiled soft and beate them in a morter with refined suger cinamon and ginger finely searst aâ—d Damaske rosewater till it come to a stiffe paste and role it forth and print it and so bake it in a stoue and in this sort you may make paste of Peares Apples Wardens Plummes of all kinds Cherries Barberies or what other fruit you please
together as a lesser wild-fowle and a lesser land-fowle a great wild-fowle and a great land-fowle a hot bak't meate and a cold and for made dishes and Quelquechoses which relie on the inuention of the Cooke they are to bee thrust in into euery place that is emptie and so sprinckled ouer all the table and this is the best method for the extraordinarie great feasts of Princes But in case it bee for much more humble meanes then lesse care and fewer dishes may discharge it yee before I proceed to that lower rate you shall vnderstand that in these great Feasts of Princes though I haue mentioned nothing but Flesh yet is not fish to be exempted for it is a beautie and an honour vnto euery Feast and is to be placed amongst all the seuerall seruices as thus as amongst your Sallets all sorts of â—ouse-fish that liues in the fresh water amongst your Fricases all manner of fride-fish amongst your boyld-meates all fish in broaths amongst your rost-meates all fish serued hot but drie amongst the bak't-meates all fish bak't and sea-fish that is soust as sturgion and the like and amongst your Carbonados fish that is broild As for your second course to it belongeth all manner of shell-fish either in the shell or without the hot to goe vp with the hot meate and the cold with the cold And thus shall the Feast be royall and the seruice worthie Now for a more humble Feast or an ordinary proportion which any good man may keepe in his family for the entertainment of his true and worthie friends it must hold limitation with his prouision and the season of the yeere for summer affords what winter wants and winter is master of that which summer can but with difficultie haue it is good then for him that intends to feast to set downe the full number of his full dishes that is dishes of meate that are of substance and not emptie or for shew and of these sixteene is a good proportion for one course vnto one messe as thus for example first a sheild of Brawne with Mustard secondly a boyld Capon thirdlie a boyld peece of Beefe fourthlie a Chine of Beefe rosted fifthlie a Neates Tongue rosted sixthlie a Pigge rosted seuenthlie Chewets bak't eighthlie a Goose rosted ninthlie a Swan rosted tenthly a Turkey rosted the eleuenth a Haunch of Venyson rosted the twelfth a Pastie of Venyson the thirteenth a Kid with a pudding in the belly the fourteenth an Oliue pie the fifteenth a couple of Capons the sixteenth a Custard of Dousets Now to these full dishes may bee added in Sallets Fricases quelquechoses and deuised paste as many dishes more which make the full seruice no lesse then two and thirtie dishes which is as much as can conueniently stand on one table and in one messe and after this manner you may proportion both your second and third course holding fulnesse in one halfe of the dishes and shew the other which will be both frugall in the spender contentment to the guest and much pleasure and delight to the beholders And thus much touching the ordering of great Feasts and ordinarie entertainements When our English Hous-wife is exact in these rules before rehearsed and that she is able to adorne and beaâ—tifie her table with all the vertuous illustrations meet for her knowledge shee shall then sort her mind to the vnderstanding of other House-wifely secrets right profitable and meet for her vse such as the want thereof may trouble her when need or the time requires them Therefore first I would haue her furnish her self of very good Stils for the distillation of all kindes of Waters which Stils would either bee of Tinne or sweet Earth in them shee shall distill all sorts of waters meete for the health of her Houshold as Sagewater which is good for all Rhumes and Collickes Radish water which is good for the stone Angelcia water good for infection Celadine water for sore eyes Vine water for itchings rose water and Eye-bright water for dimme sights Rosemary water for Fistuloes Treacle water for mouth cankers water of Gloues for paine in the stomacke Saxâ—â—age water for grauell and hard Vrine Allum water for old Vlcers and a world of others any of which will last a â—ull yeere at the least Then shee shall know that the best waters for the smoothing of the skinne and keeping the face delicate and amiâ—ble are those which are distilled from Beane flowers from Strawberies from Vine 〈◊〉 â—rom Goats milke from Asses milke from the whites of Eggs from the Flowers of Lillies from Dragons from Calues feete from branne or from yelkes of egges any of which will last a yeere or better First distill your water in a 〈◊〉 then put it in a glasse of great strength and fill it with those flowers again whose colour you desire as full as you can stop it and set it in the styllatorie againe and let it distill you shall haue the collour you distill Take of Rosemary flowers two handfuls of mariarome winter-sauory rosemary rewe vnset Time Germander Rybworte Harts tong Mouseare White wormwood Buglosse Red sage Liuer-worte Hoare-hound fine Lauender Issop-cropps Penny-royall Red-fenellâ— of each of these one handfull of Elycompane roots cleane pared and sliced two handfulls Then take all these afore-said and shred them but not wash them then take foure gallons and more of stronge Ale one gallon of Sack-lees and put all these aforesaid hearbeâ— shred into it and then put into it one pound of Licoras bruised halfe a pound of any seedes cleane sifted and bruised and of Mace Nutmeggs bruised of each one ounce then put altogether into your stillyng pot close couered with Rye paste and make a soft fire vnder your pot and as the head of the Limbecke heateth draw out your hot water and put in cold keeping the head of your Limbeck still with cold water but see your fire be not two rash at the first but let your water come at leasure and take heed vnto your stilling that your water change not white for it is not so strong as the first draught is and when the water is distilled take a gallon glasse with a wide mouth and put therein a pottell of the best water and cleerest and put to it a pottell of Rosa-â—olis halfe a pound of Dates bruised and one once of graynes halfe a pound of Sugar halfe an ounce of seed-pearle beaten three leaues of fine gold stirre all these together well then stop your glasse and set it in the sunne the space of one or two moneths and then clarifie it and vse it at your discretion for a spoonefull or two at a time is sufficient and the vertues are infinite Fill a pot with red wine cleane and strong and put therein the pouders of camomyle gylly flowers ginger pellytory Nutmegg Gallengall Spicknard quenebits graines of pure long pepper blacke pepper commin fenell seede smalledge parsley Sage Rew
and Arras then beate them all with a sufficient quantity of Sope till it bee stiffe then with your hand you shall worke it like paste and make round balls thereof To make Muske balls take Nutmegs Mace Cloues Saffron and Cinamon of each the waight of jj d and beat to fine powder of Masticke the weight of two-pence halfe peny of Storax the weight of six-pence of Labdanum the weight ten-pence of Ambergreece the weight of sixe-pence and of Muske foure graines dissolue and worke all these in hard sweet sope till it come to a stiffe paste and then make balls thereof To make a good perfume to burne take Beniamin one ounce Storax Calamint two ounces of Masticke white Ambergreece of each one ounce Ireos Calamus aromaticus Cypesse wood of each halfe an ounce of Camphire one scruple Labdanum one ounce beate all these to powder then take of Sallow Charcole â—ixe ounces of liquid Storax two ounces beate them all with Aquauita and then shall you role them into long round roules To make Pomanders take two peniworth of Labdanum two peniworth of Storax liquid one peniworth of Calamus aromaticus as much Balme halfe a quarter of a pound of fine waxe of Cloues Mace two peny-worth of liquid Aloes three peniworth of Nutmegges eight peniworth and of Muske foure graines beat all these exceedingly together till they come to a perfect substance then mould it in any fashion you please and drie it To make excellent strong Vinegar you shall brew the strongest Ale that may be and hauing tunned it in a very strong vessell you shal set it either in your garden or some other safe place abroad where it may haue the whole summer daies sunne to shine vpon it and there let it lie till it be extreame sowre then into a Hogshead of this Vinegar put the leaues of foure or fiue hundred Damaske Roses and after they haue layen for the space of a moneth therein house the Vinegar and draw it as you neede it To make drie Vinegar which you may carry in your pocket you â—hall take the blades of greene corne either Wheat or Rie and beat it in a morter with the strongest Vinegar you can get till it come to a paste then role it into little balls and dry it in the sunne till it be very hard then when you haue any occasion to vse it cut a little peece thereof and dissolue it in wine and it will make a strong Vinegar To make Veriuice you shall gather your Crabbs as soone as the kernels turne blacke and hauing laid them a while in a heape to sweat together take them and picke them from stalkes blacks and rottennesse then in long troughs with beetles for the purpose crush and breake them all to mash then make a bagge of course haire-cloth as square as the presse and fill it with the crusht Crabs then put it into the presse and presse it while any moysture will drop forth hauing a cleane vessell vnderneath to receiue the liquor this done tun it vp into sweet Hogsheads and to euery Hogshead put halfe a dozen handfuls of Damaske Rose leaues and then bâ—â—ng it vp and spend it as you shall haue occasion Many other pretty secrets there are belonging vnto curious Hous-wiues but none more necessary then these already rehearsed except such as shall hereafter follow in their proper places Take of Arras sixe ounces of Damaske rose-leaues as much of Margerom and sweete Basill of each an ounce of Cloues two ounces yellow Saunders two ounces of Citron pills seuen drams of Lignâ—m-aloes one ounce of Beniamine one ounce of Storaxe one ounce of Muske one dram bruise all these and put them into a bagge of silke or linnen but silke is the best Take of Arras foure ounces of Gallaminis one ounce of Ciris halfe an ounce of Rose leaues dried two handfuls of dried Marierom one handfull of spike one handfull Cloues one ounce of Beniamine Storaxe of each two ounces of white Saunders and yellow of each one ounce beate all these into a grosse powder then put to it Muske a dram of Ciuet halfe a dram and of Ambergreece halfe a dram then put then into a Taffata bag and vse it Take of Bay leaues one handfull of red Roses two handfuls of Damaske Roses three handfull of Lauender foure handfuls of Basill one handfuls Mariorum two handfulls of Camomile one handfull the young tops of sweete Bâ—iaâ— two handfulls of Mandelionâ—tansey two handfuls of Orange pils sixe or seuen ounces of Cloues and Mace a groats worth put all these together in a pottle of new Ale in comes for the space of three daies shaking it euery day three or foure times then distill it the fourth day in a still with a continuall soft fire and after it is distilled put into it a graine or to of Muske Take a quart of Malmsey lees or a quart of Malmsey simply one handfull of Margerome of Bassill as much of Lauender foure handfulls Bay leaues one good handfull Damask-Rose leaues foure handfuls and as many of red the pils of sixe Oranges or for want of them one handfull of the tender leaues of Walnut-trees of Beniamine halfe an ounce of Callamus Aramaticus as much of Camphyr foure 〈◊〉 of Cloues one ounce of Baldamum halfe an ounceâ— then take a pottle of running water and put in all these spices bruised into your Water and Malmsey together in a close stopped pot with a good handfull of Rosemarie and let them stand for the space of sixe dayes then distill it with a soft fire then set it in the Sunne sixteene dayes with foure graines of Muske bruised This quantitie will make three quarts of water Probatum Take and brew very strong Ale then take halfe a dozen gallons of the first running set it abroad to coole and when it is cold put Yest vnto it and head it very strongly then put it vp in a Firkin and distill it in the Sunne then take foure or fiue handfull of Beanes and parch them in a pan till they burstâ— then put them in as hot as you can into the firkin and stop it with a little clay about the bung-hole then take a handfull of cleane Riâ— leauen and put in the firkin then take a quantitie of Barberries and bruise and straine them into the firkin and a good handfull of salt and let them lie and worke in the Sun from May till August then hauing the full strength take Rose-leaues and clip the white ends off and let them drie in the Sunne then take Elder-flowers and picke them and dry them in the Sunne and when they are dry put them in bags and keepe them all the Winter then take a pottle-pot and draw forth a pottle out of the firkin into the bottle and put a handfull of the red rose-leaues and another of the Elder-flowers and put into the bottle and hang it in the Sunne where