Myrtle berries bruised and sprinkled with astringent wine lb i. Juice of the leaves lb ss Oyle of unripe Olives lb iij. Steep the Berries in the Oyle for the space of eight dayes then boyle them and straine them and put in more berries do thus three times in a double vessell after the third straining adde the juice and boyle it to the consumption of that juice and put it up Oyle of Origanum THis Oyle of Origanum cureth melancholly helpeth the dropsie and cureth the Cough the quartane Feaver and the tooch-ach and is made as the rest of the Oyles of Vegetables Of Waters And first of Mint Water MInt-Water doth warme and stengthen the Stomack Liver Spleene or Milt helpeth concoction stayeth vomit and is very cordiall and is distilled of speare mintes and white wine adding if you please a Clove or two and a blade of Mace Sassafras Water THis water openeth all obstructions or stoppings of the body namely of Liver Lungs kidneys and Spleen and thereby it is found by many experiences excellent against the Scurvy the French Disease and the Yellow-Jaundise it is an approved remedy against all cold Feavers and the Dropsie or for those that are inclining thereunto for it provoketh Urine and sweat in a very mild and naturall manner and driveth out many diseases by the pores of the skin it hath infinite more vertues ascribed to it for which I refer the Artist to Doctour MONARDUS his Booke and will only set down the making of it according to his description â„ž Of the bows of Sassafras halfe an ounce cut as swall as may be Water twelve pounds Put them into a new earthen pot and let them steep together two houres then seeth it until two parts be consumed and after it is cold let it be strained and kept in a glasse vessel and powre to the wood three pottles more of water and let it seeth untill halfe a pottle be consumed straine it cold and keep it as the former let the best water be taken in the morning fasting halfe a pint hot and then keep your self warme and procure sweat then change your self into hot clothing and rub off the sweat and eate of a Hen roasted and drink of the second Water at dinner and supper and in the day time eat no flesh at night but dry fruits and conserves and thus you may do so long as you find your selfe grieved Water of Cardus benedictus THis water easeth the paine of the head confirmeth the memory cureth a quartane provoketh sweat and comforteth the vitall spirits and is made by distillation Triacle Water Triacle Water is good in the Plague or Pestilentiall Feaver the French disease killeth Wormes helpeth the trembling of the heart and is good to be mingled in Diaphoreticks the manner of making it is as followeth â„ž Succi putaminis viridis nucum juglandium foure pound Succâ—rulae three pounds Succorum Cardui benedictae of each two pounds Calendulae of each two pounds Mellislae of each two pounds Rad. Petassitae recentium one pound and half Rad. Baâ—danae one pound Rad. Angelicae recentium of each six ounces Imperatoriae recentium of each six ounces Fol. Scordii foure handfull Theriacae Andromachi veteris probatae of each eight ounces Mithridatis of each eight ounces Vini canarini generosissimi twelve pounds Aceti vini albi accerrimi six pounds Succi limonum two pounds Digest them two dayes in horse dung or Balneo in a vessell well closed then distill it in sand Water of Damask Roses DAmask Rose water doth refrigerate and comfort the heart is good against swouning and causeth sleep Red Rose Water DOth refrigerate bind and corroborate the vitall and animall faculties benefiteth the head easeth the pained ears and eyes and doth good in inflammations and is profitable in medicines against Disentery White Rose water THe Water of White Roses is good to put in Colliries for the eyes Plantaine Water IS astringent and sanative good for them that are in a Consumption of the Lungs in a Dropsie or that have the bloudy flux good also against the quartane ague it cureth the Ulcers of the veines bladder and excoriations of the passage of the yard and being drunk helpeth against ardent urine or the sharpnesse of the water Balme Water THis water hath a great respect to the heart a great cordiall and of a good smell and tast it is more proper to women then men for it much respecteth the infirmities of the mother and is in the times of their paines very profitable to take a little of it for the safer provoking of a speedy delivery distill it with spirit of wine Angelica Water ANgelica Water may serve instead of Triacle and Mithridate for a preservative against the Plague or any infectious ayre for there is no one thing more commended by ancient and moderne Writers in that kind then angelica is whereof there is good experience it is also very stomachicall and cordiall and being truly made will retain his strength and virtue forty yeares and more it is made as the former Wormwood-water THis water is very grateful in the stomach for it is a balsome thereunto it consumeth and breaketh wind mightily and killeth worms hindreth vomiting provoketh appetite is very good against pains in the head proceeding of a cold cause and is very cordial It is made as the former Anniseed-water IS very excellent against wind in the stomach or elsewhere in the body and against Asthma Ptisick and shortness of breath it also breaketh phlegme and warmeth the stomach and is distilled from Anniseeds well macerated in Spirit of wine Cynamon-water CYnamon water doth comfort and strengthen the stomach the liver the milt the lungs the heart the brain and the sinews sharpneth the sight is good against venome as also the stingings and bitings of venemous beasts helpeth a bad or evill savouring breath is good against loathing of the stomach and where you desire to warm to open to attenuate digest or corroborate in all such cases this precious liquor excelleth and is made as the former Aqua-Coelestis THe Heavenly water is a principal antidote or preservative in all poysons or poysoned and infectious airs whatsoever for that either received into the body or but onely smelled unto it helpeth much against infection and doth very admirably restore again one faln either of the Dead-palsey or Falling-sickness and is also good either in the Collick or any gripings of the guts as also in any the weaknesses of the stomach and against any cold fluxes of the guts or belly two spoonfuls thereof given in a Clyster and hath many more special good uses and vertues It is made as followeth â„ž Cinamoni one ounce Zinziberis half an ounce Santalorum omnium of each six drams Caryophyllorum of each two drams and half Galangae of each two drams and half Nucis Moschatae of each two drams and half Macis cubebarum of each one dram Cardamomi utriusque of each three drams Sem. Melanthii of each three
put into it of crude ambergreese cut small half an ounce and when it is well melted cast in these following finely powdered Cinamomi electi Ligni aloes optimi Lapidis lazuli usti in crucibulo Then powdered and washed first in fair water then in rose-Rose-water or burrage-Burrage-water four or five times letting it dry between every washing untill the water come from it clear of each six drams Margaritarum pellucidarum Praeparatarum three drams Fol. auri Moschi optimi of each one dram Make it up according to Art The electuary of the Egge THis electuary is excellent above all other Antidotes in preventing and curing the plague and all pestilent disease in expelling the infection from the heart and is compounded after this manner â„ž A new laid Egge Draw out the white at a little hole in the top and stuffe the Egge full of the best saffron then cover it close with another Eggeshell then put it into an oven after bread is drawn out and let it lye so long untill the shel begin to look all over black but take heed the saffron burn not for then all that Egg is spoyled then take it out of the shel powder it very small and put to it as much white mustard seed in powder at it weigheth then Pulv. rad dictamni albi sive Fraxinellae Tormentillae of each two drams Myrrhae Cornu Cervini Rad. Petasitae of each one dram Rad. Angelicae Pimpinellae Gravorum Juniperi Zedoariae Camphorae of each one ounce Mingle them altogether in a mortar and adde to them of the best Triacle the weight of all the other and then mingle them well with the Pestle for at least three hours powring in now and then a little syrup of Lymons untill it come to the forme of an Electuary Mithridate MIthridate is in quality and vertue like unto Triacle but more hot and forcible against the poyson of Serpents mad Dogs wild Beasts creeping things being used as a plaister or drunk it cureth all the cold affections of the head helpeth the melancholick or those that are fearfull of waters them also that have the falling sicknesse Megrim pain in the bowels ears tooth-ach and weeping eyes helpeth the evils of the mouth and jaws being plaisterwise layed to the temples by discussion giveth ease to the troubled with the Squinancy Apoplexy Cough spitting of bloud Impostumes or inflammations of the Lungs or any griefs within the body and is good against the bloudy-flux flux of the stomach obstructions of the guts and against wringing and tortions in them being taken with Aqua vitae and the decoction of Baulastians it remedieth Convulsions and Palsey helpeth the Midriffe winde in the hypocondria the pains of the reins and bladder breaketh the stone provoketh Urine and monthly flowers expelleth other vices of the matrix yieldeth a singular benefit for the Gout profiteth not a little in quotidians and quartanes a quantity drunk in wine being first warmed and then taken an hour before the fit it is made as followeth â„ž Myrrhae Arabicae Croci Agarici Ziâ—ziberis Cinamomi Spicae nardi Thuris Sem. Thlaspeos of each ten drams Sescleos Opobalsami seu ol Nucis Moschat per express Junci odorati Staechados Costi veri Galbani Terebinthinae Piperis longi Castorei pontici Succi hypocystydos Styracis optimae Oppoponacis Fol. malabathri recentium vel in ejus defectu Macis of each one ounce Cassiae ligneae verae Polii Piperis albi Scordii Sem. dauci cretici Carpobalsami vel Cubebarum Trochisci Cypheos Bdellii of each 7 drams Nardi celticae purgatae Gummi Arabici Sem. Petroselinae Macedon Opii Cardamomi minoris Sem. Faeniculi Gentianae Fol. Rosar rubrar Dictamni cretensis of each five drams Sem. Anisi Asari Acori seu calami Aromatici Ireos Phu majoris Sagapeni of each three drams Mei Athamantici Acatiae Ventrum Scincorum Summitat Hyperici of each two drams and halfe Vini quantum sufficit ad solutionem gummi succoruÌ„ mellis deinde triplum ad omnia praeter vinuÌ„ Mingle them according to Art as before Diaphaenicon THis Electuary is most used in Clysters in long and sharpe Feavers purging Choler and phlegme it is good in the Cholick belly-ach and griefs of the ventricle that arise from crudities the dose is six drams and is thus made â„ž Pulpae Palmularum mundatarum ex hydromelitae coctae cribro cretae Penudiorum recentium of each hafe a pound Amigdalarum duleime expurgatarum three ounces and a halfe Bruise them and mix them with two pounds of clarified hony and boyle them a little then sprinkle in Zinziberis Piperis Macis Cynamoni Fol. rutae siccorum Sem. Faeniculi Dauci of each two drams Turpeti tenuissime triti foure ounces Diagredii one ounce and halfe Mingle them according to Art Diacatholicon DIacatholicon purgeth gently all humoure it is conveniently used in Clysters in Feavers and other diseases which arise from a certain evill disposition of the Spleene and Liver the dose is as the former the composition is as followeth â„ž Pulpae Cassiae Tamarindorum Fol. Sennae of each two ounces Polipodii Violarum Rhabarbari Sem. Anisi Pejudiorum Sacchari candi of each one ounce Glycirrhicae rasae Sem. Cucurbitae Citruli Cucumeris Melonum of each two drams Pound those that are to be pounded then take Polipodii recentis three ounces Sem. Faeniculi six drams Boyle them in foure pounds of raine water or ordinary water to the wasting of a third part strain them and put to the Liquor two pounds of the best sugar boyle them again with the Pulps and when it is almost enough adde the rest finely powdred and make it into an Electuary Of Opiats Of Diascordium DIascordium is helpfull in Feavers as well contagious as otherwise it is good for the head-ach and for the plague avaylet in fluxes of the belly and tertian Agues and is made after this manner â„ž Cinamomi Cassiae ligneae of each half an ounce Scordu veri of each one ounce Dictamni Cretici Tormentillae Bistortae Galbani Gummi arrabici of each half an ounce Opii one dram and half Styâ—acis calamitae four drams and half Sâ—m acetosae one dram and half Gentianae half an ounce Boli Armeni one ounce and half Terrae sigilatae lemniae half an ounce Piperis longi Zinziberis of each two drams Mellis aibi dispumati two pounds and half Conservae rosaâ—um one pound Vinii canaâ—ini aromatici half a pound Disolve the gums in the wine and then mingle the rest according to Art to the forme of an electuary Laudanum Paracelsi THis worthy Medicine I have often used as it hâ—â—h been commended by the Author himself and â—lso by Osnaldus Crollius and lately by that learned man Mr. John Wooddal who hath set down the vertues thereof at large in his Chyrurgeons Mate whose method I follow in this book as I have before shewed and because the aforsaid Authors are too great a price for every one and in such
and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
an ounce Cyclaminis of each halfe an ounce Boyle them to the consumption of the juices and then adde these things following Ammoniaci aceto soluti two drams and halfe Pinguedinis gallinae of each halfe an ounce Medullae cruris vituli of each halfe an ounce Oesypi of each halfe an ounce Corticum rad tamarisci of each one dram capparum of each one dram Ceterach of each one dram Rad. filicis of each one dram Pulv sem Agnicasti of each one scruple Genistae of each one scruple Cerae as much as will serve to make them up in the forme of an Unguent These are all Unguents very necessary for a Surgeon to have continually in store for with these he may be able through his owne practice to dresse any wound from the first to the last Next wee wil looke what Oyles are fitting to be had and those I conceive may be such as follow that is Oyle of Roses THis Oyle is avodine and doth refrigerate and corroborate and therefore is good against hot diseases as Erysepilas c. also with Mel Rosarum it is a good balme for wounds in the head and elsewhere and hath divers other worthy uses in Chyrurgery and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound In the which you shal infuse foure ounces of red Roses gathered blowne and stamped in a mortar in a glasse vessel and set them in the Sun for seven or eight dayes then boyle it a little and straine it and adde as many more Roses and Sunne and straine them as you did the former shaking them every day do thus three severall times but let the last infusion stand forty dayes in the Sunne and then you may either set them up so or straine them out which you will Oyle of Dill IS avoydine and comforting it concocteth crude tumours causeth sleep mitigateth the head-ach refresheth the wearied members strengthneth the sinewes discusseth winde is profitable for Convulsions and asswageth aches easeth paines and hath many other good uses and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound Flowers and leaves of Dill foure ounces Make three severall infusions as you did your Roses to the last infusion you shall put foure ounces of the juice of Dill and boyle the Oyle gently until the juice be consumed Oyle of Camomile OYle of Camomile resolveth moderately and calefieth by annoynting the parts grieved it is good for the Collick Stone wearinesse and for Aches Feavers and for all other things with the former it is also very convenient in Clysters for all gripings and torsions of the guts and yieldeth grtat comfort to the intrayles by the good odour and warmth thereof It is made by infusion forty dayes with the flowers and oyle olive as before you did your Dill. Oyle of Wormes THis oyle of Earth-wormes helpeth the aches of the joints in any part of the body and doth strengthen and comfort well the sinewes weakned and pained and is good against convulsions and cramps and is also a good balme for wounded sinewes and is made as followeth â„ž Vermium terrestâ—ium halfe a pound wash them well in white wine and then put to them Olei communis two pounds Vini eight ounces Boyle them in a well gâ—afed vessell untill the wine be consumed then strain it and put it up Oyle of Lillies THis oyle doth moderately warme and resolve asswageth paine mollifieth hard tumors doth much mitigate the violence of diseases and is very effectuall against paines of the breast and stomacke and allayeth all the inordinate heat of the reins and bladder and is good with other unctious things to be used to anoint the lower parts of women in travell it is made as your former oyles of Lillie flowers and oyle but the yellow spikes in the middest of the flowers must be throwne away Oyle of Rue IS good for the paine in the knees and greines for the gowt paine of the head and midriffe sprung from a hot and dry cause It warmes and comforts the bladder matrice and sides and helps their griefes and is made of rue bruised and oyle olive as oyle of roses is made Oyle of Pepper OYle of pepper is good in any cold griefe of the nerves as the palsie cramp convulsion trembling and luxation it helpeth the falling sicknesse hip-gowt and paines in the joints it easeth the paines of rhe backe and cholicke opens obstructions and wonderfully helpes the matrice by calefying it and drying up the humidity therof it helpeth the cold griefes of the fundament the diseases of the kidneyes and bladder and breakes the stone and is made as followeth â„ž Piperis longi of each three drammes Nigri of each three drammes Albi of each three drammes Myrobal Chebularum of each five drammes Belliricarum of each five drammes Emblicarum of each five drammes Indarum of each five drammes Rad. Apii of each three drammes and halfe Faeniculi of each three drammes and halfe Sagapeni of each two drammes and halfe Opoponacis of each two drammes and halfe Ammoniaci of each two drammes and halfe Hyosciami of each two drammes and halfe Turpeti two drammes Zinziberis th ee drammes Surculorum Thymi recencium of each one handfull Rutae viridis of each one handfull steepe them according to Art in sufficient quantity of Aquavitae and oyle of walflowers two pound then boyle them to the consumption of the Aqua vitae Oyle of Fox THis Oyle is good for paine in the joints gowt sciatica and cureth the ache of the kidneyes and backe and is compounded after this maner â„ž The fattest Fox you can get of a middle age and well hunted and newly kild and garbish him quickly and fley him and cut him in small pieces and break all his bones well then boyle him in White wine and Spring water six pound Let him boyle thus untill halfe the liquor bee wasted very well scumming it at the first boyling then put into the vessell Olei antiqui dulcissimi four pounds Salis communis three ounces Florum salviae Thymi of each one pound Then boyle it againe untill almost all the water be consumed and then powre into it eight pound of water wherein hath beene well boyled one good handful of Dill and another of Time then boyle them altogether her with an easie fire untill all the water be wasted then straine it and separate the oyle from the moysture and keep it for thy use Oyle of Castoreum THE oyle of Castoreum or Beaver-cod is good in all cold affects of the braine and nerves if you anoint the backe bone with it it will cure the extreame shaking of Agues it avayleth much in the palsie cramp convulsions and all joint ache the composition is as followeth â„ž Castorei Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Of each three drams Galbani Of each three drams Euphorbii Of each three drams Cassiae ligneae Of each three drams Croci Of each three drams Opoponacis Of each three drams Carpobalsami sive cubebara Of each three drams Spicae nardi Of each
may rectifie it in a retort without tiles by adding water Your fire shall bee made above the retort untill it leave hissing then make it under your retort Oyle of St. Johns wort compound THis is an admirable balme for wounds being used as hot as it can be indured and at the first dressing hotter it is a sure medicine for all venemous wounds all bitings of mad dogges or of venemous wormes very hot applied and the parts about anointed therewith warme and a good cordiall given inwardly it is good in wounds eyther incised contused or stabbed and is indeed so excellent that you need use no other oyle it is a comfortable medicine against all paines aches and witherings of the outward limbes proceeding of cold causes using it warme with good friction and a playster of Burgundy pitch spread on leather and applied thereon or rather the stiptict plaister of Paracelsus the composition is as followeth â„ž Vini albi potentis three pounds Summitatum Hyperici maturarum foure handsfull Bruise them and macerate them in the wine in a glasse vessell well stopped for two dayes then boil it in a double vessell and straine it hard and put to the liquor mote flowers and tops of S. Johns wort as you did before doe this three times and then straine it and put to the liquor for every pound Olei veteris foure pound Tereb nthmae six ounces Olei absinthii three ounces Dictamni of each two drammes Gentianae of each two drammes Cardui benedicti of each two drammes Tormentillae of each two drammes Carlinae vel cardui Mariae of each two drammes Calami aromatici of each two drammes Lumbricorum pluries in vino lotorum two ounces Bruise them all and put them to the rest and stop them close and scumme them forty daies then put them up Oyle of Elders THE Oyle of Elder flowers doeth lenifie and purge the skin ia good for the obstructions of the liver helpful for the joynts and nerves pained the parts grieved being anointed therewith given in Clysters it provoketh stools healeth the yellow-jaundise amendeth belly-ache and easeth the pains thereof and is made as followeth R. Elder-flowers and Oyle-olive infused as you do oyle of Roses Linseed-oyle LInseed-oyle or oyle of Flax-seed is avodine cureth convulsions mitigateth the hardness of the arteries muscles and nerves asswageth the pain of the piles or hemorroides and helpeth the unnatural clefts chaps and fussures of the fundament it is used with good success to anoint the secret parts in child-birth and in poultisses for womens sore breasts it is made by expression brusing your seeds and putting them in Balneo four or five houres and then straine them with a Scruepress Oyle of Eggs. THis Oyle cleanseth the skin and taketh away the filthiness and all the sears thereof occasioned by cuts and bitings or at the least much diminisheth them so that they can hardly be seen it cureth burnings killeth ring-worms healeth excoriations and is prevalent against any ulcer chaps or ill matter arising our of the flesh either in the hands feet armes or legges or in any other part of the body and is made as followeth R. Yolks of Eggs sodden hard put them into a glased vessel and heat them well at the fire but so as they burn not then hot as can be put them into a canvas bag and press out the oyl Note that whilst you heat them it will make your oyl the better if you sprinckle them with a little aromatick wine warm Oyl-olive is made of ripe olives by pressing them Oyle of Whelps THiS Oyl is of wonderful force to asswage pain to bring shot wounds to suppuration and cause the falling away of the escar it is thus made Olei lilliorum vel violarum four pound Boyl in it two Whelps newly whelped untill the flesh part from the bones then put into them of Vermium terestium praparat one pound Boyl them again and strain them hard and put to the oyl Terahinthinae veneta four ounces Spiritus vini one ounce Mingle them according to Art Oyle of Bayes OYle of Bayes is a Medicine callifying mollifying opening and discussing and doth much mitigate the Collick delivered into the body by Clister It is a present remedy against cold griefs of the brain nerves arteries and loins the parties anointed therewith It is good for the palsey sciatiea the hardness and pains of the spleen and is much used as well to cure the scab and ring-worm as the scurvie and is thus made R. Bay-berries ripe and fresh gathered q s Beat them and boyl them with sufficient water until the fat swimmeth on the top ten press them and seperate the oyle from the water according to Art Oyle of Sweet-Almonds DOth lenifie the roughness of the breast and throat as also the haroness and driness of the joynts It is good against the consumption of the lungs it is also of good use to be drunk in the hectick-feavers it stayeth the cough and asswageth the heat of urine healeth ulcers by injection is very good in collica or illica passio to be drunk and administred in Clisters and is thus made R. Sweet-Almonds dry not mouldy and well rubbed q. s Beat them well and put them in a Press and press out the oyle without heat Oyle of Bitter-Almonds THis Oyle doth open obstructions discusseth wind and vapours but chiefly it healeth deafness the hissing and pain of the ears lenifieth the hardness of the sinews and maketh the face and hands fair and is made as the oyle of Sweet-Almonds Oyle of Vitriol THis Oyle comforteth the stomach after a wonderful manner and stirreth up the appetite it defendeth the whole body from apostumes and inflammations and therefore it is used with good success in the plurisie and also in vulnerary drinks it is approved good It helpeth the infirmities of the lights taken with the water of fennel or fumetory it cutteth away the melancholy humors from the stomach being taken with balm-water It consumeth phlegm cures the cholick and the loosness of the belly It quencheth the thirst in feavers cures the hickock and loathing of meat It attenuateth the blood defendeth wounded parts grieved from fear of gangrene or putrefaction of the blood It conglutinateth ruptures as well of bones as veins and doth exceedingly comfort and corroborate all the parts of mans body and may well be numbred as a principal amongst cordial medicines It is also a very good medicine not only in preventing the scurvie taken inwardly but also in the cure of the scurvie many wayes both inwardly taken with any comfortable wine or with beer for need or to make a beverage therewith and daily to use is in small quantity namely four drops for a dose In the calenture it excelleth all other Medicines taken in plantain sorrel or any other water or onely in fair water It is good to rub foul black teeth to make them clean and white but use it not often for then it will consume them In ulcerations
mention It is thus made â„ž Of good white Claret Wine or Sack which is not sowre nor musty nor otherwise corrupt that quantity which may serve to fill the vessell wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the nose or pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pintes out of foure and twenty then distill it againe in B. M drawing another third part which is two pintes so that the oftener you distill it the lesse Liquor you have but the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times Of Syrups And first Of Syrup of Wormwood THis Syrup corroborates the stomach helpeth concoction causeth an appetite discusseth wind openeth the veins moves urine and killeth worms and is thus made â„ž Absinthii romani sive pontici half a pound Rosarum rubratum two ounces Spicae Indicae three drams Vini albi antiqui generosi of each two pounds and half succi cydoniorum of each two pounds and half Macerate them in an earthen vessel four and twenty hours then boyl them until half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a syrup Syrup of Lymons THe Syrup of Lymons is cordial and refrigerating it doth please and profit the appetite and comforteth all that are sick of the pestilence or continual and contagious Feavers as also all diseases on which exceeding great heat attendeth it cheareth up the heavy heart and dispelleth sorrow therefrom and against all obstructions of the spleen it is a good help and also well approved in the cure of the Scurvy It is made as followeth â„ž Juice of Lymons purified by going through a wollen strayner without crushing 7 pounds White-sugar five pound Boyl them with a soft fire to a syrup Syrup of Poppies SYrup of White-poppies hath an astringent quality it procureth sleep helpeth the cough hindreth the humors which distill from the head into the throat causing a tickling and is of precious use against the palsey if it be used in the beginning thereof It is made thus â„ž Capitum cum seminibus of each fifty drams papaveris albi nigri of each fifty drams Capillorum veneris fifteen drams Glycyrhicae five drams Jujubarum in number thirty Sem. lactucae forty drams Sem. malvae cydoniorum in linteo raro ligatorum of each one dram and half Boyl them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pounds of liquor put of Penidiorum sacchari of each one pound Boyl them to a syrup Syrup of Roses solutine THis Syrup is used as a gentle safe purge both to old young when they are molested either with burning or pestilent Feavers or any ho distemper of the body and is thus made â„ž Of Damask-roses one pound Fair water four pound Infuse them together then strain them and adde as many fresh Roses do this nine times then take of the last infusion six pound Sugar four pound Boyl it according to Art to a syrup Syrup of Violets THis Syrup doth break the acrimonie of melancho y tempereth the heat of the bowels bringeth down the belly by purging it helpeth the diseases of the throat as hoarsness and the dry cough and is a chief aid to the curing inflammations of the breast it helpeth the plurifie and quencheth the thirst in Feavers being put in cooling Juleps and is cordial It is thus made â„ž Violet flowers picked one pound Spring water hot one pound and half Or a sufficient quantity Put them in an earthen vessel glazed and close covered and let them infuse four and twenty hours then strain them hard take of this liquor one pound White-sugar two pound Mingle them and dissolve the Sugar with a continual equal heat and put it up for your use Oxymel simple OXymel simple is of great use for the cure of inflammations of the lungs and throat helpeth expectoration and difficult breathing cutteth and attenuateth thick and slimy humors purgeth the entrails without trouble and is good both in cold and hot affections and is made as followeth â„ž Of the best Aromatick-honey dispumed four pound Clear spring-water and of the best vinegar of each two pound Boyl them according to Art untill they come to a liquid syrup but take heed you boyl it not too much lest you spoil the taste Diamoron THis syrup is profitable in gargarismes against the eating ulcers of the mouth it cutteth away phlegme and cleanseth the mouth and throat and by reason of the pleasant taste thereof it is the more comfortable to the diseased It is made after this maner â„ž Succi mororum celsi rubri immaturorum of each one pound and half Mellis two pound Boyl them with an easie fire to the thickness of honey Syrup of Sloes SYrup of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the stomach stoppeth Fluxes healeth the excoriations of the intrails and is made with the Pulpe of sloes and sugar Hony of Roses HOny of Roses strengtheneth and cleanseth the stomack purgeth clammy humours helpeth concoction with the temperate heat thereof allayeth and stoppeth hot fluxes the phlegmone of the mouth gums and jaws it is singular good with Oyle of Roses for wounds in the head and putting to them some Aqua vitae makes them good to heal wounds in the joynts where the joynt water gleereth out It is made as followeth â„ž pure white Honey dispumed ten pounds Fresh juice of red Roses one pound Put them into a skillet and when they begin to boyle throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked foure pounds and boyle them until the juice be wasted alwayes stirring it then straine it and put it up in an earthen pot Conserves And first of Conserve of red Roses THe Conserve of red Roses is good for the heart and head strengthneth and comforteth both as also the bowels mitigating their heat and stoppeth fluxions and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few drops of Oyle of Vitrioll be mixed therewith but beware of too much and is thus made â„ž Of red Rose leaves not fully blowed all the withered and corrupt leaves clipped away two pounds White sugar six pounds Put your leaves and halfe your sugar into a stone mortar and beat them til they be almost enough then put in the rest of the sugar and beat it up to a Conserve Conserve of Rosemary flowers OR Conserve of Anthos hath great force in comforting the brain and coroborating the sinnews and it is given with good successe in the falling sicknesse Apoplexy Lethargy dead and shaking palsey and is made as the Conserve of Roses is Conserve of Borage flowers THis Conserve is a great cordiall comforting the heart and all the vitalls it makes a man merry glad and chearfull and chaseth away all heavy sadnesse and dull melancholly and is made of Borage flowers picked and sugar as the former Conserve
languages which divers understand not and my desire being to fit my book as near as I can to the title of Vade mecum I will out of the said Authors and mine own practise set down both the vertues and composition of this truly Laudanum And first in all sharp pains whatsoever hot or cold within or without the body yea even when through extremity of pain the parties are at deaths door or almost mad with the vehemency of the same this precious Medicine giveth ease presently yea and quiet sleep and that safely but much better the body being first soluble either by nature or art I mean by suppository or clyster which is better In the Cholick with Mint-water it easeth the griping pains thereof In the pains and gravel of the Kidnies it giveth present ease and likewise in the Plurisie In pains of the joynts it is very good It is good to stay umes as tooth-ache and other like defluxions in the beginnings as namely in the tooth-ache dissolve four grains thereof in Plantine-water and put it into the ear of the aking side and take three grains into the body and lye to rest it is a sure help In all fluxes of the belly whether they proceed of sharp and slippery humors or whatsoever else offending cause taken with Mastick terra sagillata fine bole or with any other appropriate good medicine it is exceeding sure for it fortifieth the other medicine and doubleth their forces adding his own also thereto In extream watchings and want of rest either inwardly or outwardly taken it is profitable if outwardly you would use it take four or six grains with three drops of oyl of Nutmegs made by expression mix them together and binde them in two little clouts and put it into the nostrils it will marvailously asswage pains in the head and cause quiet rest In the extream bleeding of the nose called haemorragis it is an approved secret that sixteen grains thereof divided into two pills and thrust up into the nostrils into each nostrill one part helpeth the same In all kinde of Feavers it is good to be given with water of Wormwood or pill-wise alone and if the heat remain after six hours you may give it the second time and after that again in like time safely not exceeding the dose yet let your own experience lead you that where you see three grains will not cause rest in the next potion you may give one grain more and so encrease paulatim but encrease not but upon good deliberation In burning Feavers it asswageth thirst and provoketh sleep chiefly in those Feavers in which the party seemeth to have some shew of rest with tedious dreams and slumbers mixed In the disease called Asthma and in the Ptisick if it be used in water of hysop it will preserve the diseased Patient a long time It conserveth the naturall heat strengthneth the spirits repaireth strength lost It is also effectuall to be given to melancholy people which are void of reason and are troubled with the passions of the heart It is likewise used with good effect against vomiting and the hickeck proceeding of wind faintness or debility of the ventricle In the superfluous defluxions of the excremental or menstrual blood it is an excellent remedy with crocus martis or red corral In phrensies and madness both inwardly and outwardly it is good mixed with Aqua vitae and the temples anointed therewith In the falling-sickness with Spirit of Vitriol or the quintessence of Camphire with alo oyl of Almond it is usually taken but beware you use not this medicine to any which are feeble through a great cough being oppressed with tough phlegme and shortness of breath for there it is not good The dose is two three or four grains if there be loosness of the belly as is rehearsed it worketh much better It is best given in any occasion accompanied with waters or other medicines which are most appropriate to the diseases and parts diseased and yet may very well be given alone in a Pill which I willingly do for that the Patient then is least troubled with the taste thereof the composition is as followeth â„ž Opii Thebaici Succi Hyoscyami debito tempore one ounce and half Collecti in sole prius inspissati one ounce and half Spec. diambrae diamoschi fideliter Dispensatorum of each two ounces and half Mummiae transmarinae selectae half an ounce Salis perlarum Corallorum of each three drams Liquoris succini albi per alcohol vini Extracti Ossis de corde cervi of each one dram Lapidis bezoartici Unicorni animalis vel mineralis of each one dram Moschi Ambrae of each one scruple In want want of right potable gold not sophisticated you shall adde these things Oleorum Anisi Carvi Arautiorum Citriorum Muistae Caryophillorum Cinamomi Succini of each twelve drops Make of all these a masse or extract according to Chymistry out of which you may form your pils as hereafter shall be shewn As first â„ž The roots and rinds of the younger hemlock casting away the inward woody part thereof the time of the gathering thereof is in Summer the Moon being in the sign Aries or Libra and before the full of the Moon and if it might be done it were best to be gathered in the very hour the Moon enters into one of the said signs this observed let the juice thereof be pressed out and filtred and coagulated then set in the Sun to harden which done extract the tincture thereof with Spirit of wine the opium must be purged in some distilled water as of hysop or the like as you would wash aloes and then extract the tincture thereof with Spirit of wine as also the tincture of the species of Diambrae must be extracted with Spirit of wine The juyce of henbane with the extract of opium mingled together with the Spirit of wine whereinto they are extract before is to be evaporated from them ere that they be mixed with the rest of the ingredients also the opium and juyce of henbane must be digested in chymical manner for a month at least that thereby their sulphurous venemous and dangerous vapours they have may be well corrected which vapours have a yellowish froth or scum seen in the superficiall parts of them and are very obnoxious and dangerous which I thought not amisse to advise the studious and industrious Chymist of let all the extractions be done in the true spirit of wine well rectified and then the longer the extract remaineth in the digestion the better will by your medicine He that intendeth any part of this composition for women must forbeare the Musk and Ambergreece and use with it rather foure grains of good Casterâ—um I mean in that one dose he intends to give the women the Faeces of the Opium Henbane species of Amber c. after their tinctures are extracted from them are to be calcined and brought into salt namely by infusion in some fitting Liquor after
being applyed upon Lint it is given in pills against the French pox but not without great danger unlesse it be done with good advise Quicksilver IT corrodeth killeth Lice and Nits and also the itch woundeth the intestines suppresseth urine swelleth the body hurteth the stomach and belly resolveth penetrateth and purgeth Lapis medicamentosus THis stone being dissolved one ounce of it in a pint of Rain-water or River-water not Well-water and filtered from the dregs so as it remain cleare and so wash any old sore with it morning and night and a linnen cloth wet in it and layed upon it and it will heale it in what part soever it be it stayes all defluxions cleanseth and comforteth the part affected it fastens the teeth and keeps the gums from putrifaction it is good for rednesse and heat in the eyes or humours if the corners of the eyes be moystened with a feather it taketh away St. Anthonies fire Shingles c. if a cloth wet in it be layd upon them and renewed as soone as it is dry it heals the scabs of the hands or body it they be washed at night it is good against the Cancer in the breast or mouth or any ulcers of the mouth or throat being gargarised it dryes Blisters or wheales on the feet it heals all sorts of burninqs if a cloth wet in it be layd upon them it is thus made â„ž Vitrioli virid one pound Vitrioli albi halfe a pound Alumnis one pound and halfe Salis nitri of each three ounces Salis communis of each three ounces Salis Tartari Absinthii Artimesiae Chicoriae Persicariae Plantaginis of each halfe an ounce Put the mall into a new earthen pot and put to them a little Rose Vinegar and boyle them on a gentle coale fire ever stirring them untill they begin to grow thick then adde Venice Cerusse halfe a pound Bole armeny foure ounces Mingle them well together until it grows to the hardnesse of a stone then let it coole and break the pot and take it out and keep it to your use If you will put in gummes as Myrrh and Frankinscense you must boyle them very gently lest they burn and the strength vanish away Burnt Coperas IS made as burnt Alom is of any sort of Coperas and is used to abate spungy flesh in ulcers and also in all restrictive powders for staying of fluxes and it helpeth well with other fitting Simples to cicatrize and also in lotions and gargarismes it is of good use Honey ENglish Honey being yellow the favour and odour pleasant sharp pure sincere cleare fast or stiffe yielding little scum in decoction is good and very profitable for those that are coctive as also for the stomack if one drinke it with water it helpeth the bladder and reines it is good for the eyes it mundifieth openeth and healeth as for burnings and scaldings it cureth them without scar and is very good to heale ulcers of the eares Beane meale IS cold and moyst dissolveth all swellings is very good for ulcers evils and blastings of the genitors and taketh away inflammation of womens paps made into a poult is with beer and vinegar it helpeth the swelling of the legs Barley meale IT is cold and dry in the first degree dissolveth hot and cold tumors digesteth softeneth and ripeneth hard swellings stoppeth the lask and humours falling into the joynts discusseth wind is good against the scurfe and leprosie and allayeth the inflammations of the Gout Wheat flowre IS hot in the first degree stoppeth spitting of bloud distillations of subtil humours helpeth the cough and roughnesse of the sharp artery dissolveth tumors and cleanseth the face from Lentils and spots appeaseth hunger and thirst and is the principall naturall upholder of the life and health of man Mill-dust MIll-dust is used in compositions to stay fluxes of bleeding wounds Wheat-bran IS good against the scurfe itch and spreading scab dissolveth the beginnings of hot swellings doth swage and slake the hard swellings of womens breasts and the decoction thereof is singular good to cure the painful exulcerations in the intrails given by Clysters Of the Crows-bills Catch-bullets and Terebellum THese Instruments are used severally to draw out bullets arrow-heads broken bones pieces of Armour or Mail or whatsoever else of unnatural things gotten into any part of mans body In the use of them great care and respect must be had not to use extreme violence on the sudden to draw out the offending thing for it is not alwayes necessary to draw it out by the way of the first wound but perhaps it may with far lesse danger be thrust quite through the member and taken out on the other side Sometimes a bullet or arrow-head may be fixed in a bone or between bones and then it is far better not to move it then to offend the part wherein it is lodged or setled for in such cases oftentimes nature doth better cast it forth then the Artist can devise to do Incision-sheers THis Instrument is to dilate and inlarge the orifice of a wound for divers respects though many instead thereof do use the Incision-knife yet upon several occasions you shall finde the Incision-sheers to be needful and necessary The Scrue-probe IS an Instrument as long again as an ordinary probe made to unscrue in the middle and is used where the small probe is too short to make sufficient probation Dismembring-knife THis Instrument is used in dismembring as namely to amputate or cut any offensive part or member in mans body I mean the fleshy parts or whatsoever else may be incised close to the bone or between the bones the better to make way for the same having alwayes in a readinesse an Incision-knife to cut asunder in all places as the knife cannot come at Of the Trafine THis Instrument was first devised by Mr. John Woodal a very learned man whom I do chiefly follow in the method of this Book as I have declared in my Preface and is of more use then the Trapan as I have divers times experienced and I use it according to the said Mr. Woodals direction in his book which because it is not in every place therefore I shall rehearse his own words whereby the Artist may finde the use of it and by practise come to gain more knowledge of it It is first to be considered that the pinne thereunto belonging which is in the middest of the head being placed truly in the Center be artificially made of good steel and that it be triangular also that it be sharp each way well pointed and stand fast in the instrument and also that it stand no lower but alwayes somewhat higher then the circumferent teeth of the head of that instrument do for because the said pinne in the center guideth the circumferent tooth-headed-saw to the beginning of the work and in the agitating and moving the Trafine with the hand to and fro in this work the said pin may first take hold ere the teeth of
can be sent or flow unto the wounded place Therefore by these signes which shall appeare it may be declared that he was wounded dead or alive The like question may come in judgement when a man is found hanged whether he were hanged dead or alive Therefore if he were hanged alive the impression or print of the rope will appear red pale or black and the skin round about it will be contracted or wrinkled by reason of the compression which the cord hath made also oftentimes the head of the Aspera arteria is rent and torne and the second spondile and the neck luxated or moved out of his place also the legs and armes will be pale by reason of the violent and sudden suffocation of the spirits moreover there wil be a foam about his mouth and a foamy and filthy matter hanging out at his nosthrils being sent thither both by reason that the Lungs are suddenly heated and suffocated as also by the convulsive concussion of the brain like as it were in the falling sicknesse Contrariwise if he be hanged dead none of these signes appeare for neither the print of the rope appears red or pale but of the same colour as the other parts of the body are because in dead men the bloud and spirits doe not slew to the grieved parts Whosoever is found dead in the waters you shall know whether they wore thrown into the water alive or dead by these following signes All the belly of him that was thrown in alive will be swoln and puffed up by reason of the water that is câ—ntained therein certain clammy excrements come out at his mouth and nosthrils the ends of his fingers will be worne and excoriated because that he dyed striving and scraping in the bottome of the River seâ—king some what whereon he might take hold to save himselfe from drowning Contrariwise if he be thrown into the waters being dead before his belly will not be swoln because that in a dead man all the passages and conduits of the body do fall together and are stopped and closed and for that a dead man breaths not there appeareth no foame nor filthy matter about his mouth and nose and much lesse can the skin of the tops of his fingers be rubbed off for man is already dead he cannot strive against death But as concerning the bodies of those that are drowned those that swim on the upper part of the water being swoln or puffed up they are not so by reason of the water that is contained in the belly but by reason of a certain vapor into which a great portion of the humors of the body are converted by the efficacy of the putrifying heat Therfore this swelling appeareth not in all men which do perish or else are cast out into the waters but in them which are corrupted with the filthinesse or muddinesse of the water long time after they were drowned and are cast on the shore Many are stifled and suffocated by burning Charcoals in a close roome and sometimes recovered if taken in time else quite smothered These you shall perceive their faces wan and pale no pulse beating all the extream parts cold speech and motion cease so that there is little hopes of recovering onely as thus put your hand to the region of the heart and if you finde any heat and pulsation then there is life remaining else not therefore if your judgement be required concerning any persons found dead in any close roome you shall enquire whether there were any Charcoals burned there or observe whether the walls or flours be new whitelimed and the cause of their deaths will appear You shall know that a person is poysoned when as he complains of a great heavinesse of his whole body so that he is weary of himself when as some horrid and loathsome taste sweats out from the orifice of the stomack to the mouth and tongue wholly different from that taste that meat howsoever corrupted can send up when as the colour of the face changeth suddenly sometimes to black sometimes to yellow or any other colour much differing from the common custome of man when nauseousnesse with frequent vomiting troubleth the Patient and that he is molested with so great unquietnesse that all things may seem to be turned upside down when the Patient swounds often and with cold sweats Those poysons which exceed in heat cause a burning in the tongue mouth throat stomack guts and all the inner parts with great thirsts unquietnesse and perpetuall sweats but if to their excesse of heat they be accompanied with a corroding and putrifying quality as Arsnick Sublimate Roseager or Ratsbane Verdigrease Orpiment and the like they then cause in the stomack and guts intollerable pricking pains rumblings in the belly and continuall and intollerable thirst These are succeeded by vomitings with sweats sometimes hot sometimes cold with swoundings whence sudden death ensues Poysons that kill by too great coldnesse induce a dull and heavy sleep or drowsinesse from which you cannot easily rouze or waken them some imes they so trouble the brain that the Patients perform many undecent gestures and antick tricks with their mouths and eyes arms and legs like as such as are frantick they are troubled with cold sweats their faces become blackish or yellowish alwayes gastly all their bodies are benummed and they dye in a short time unlesse they be helped poysons of this kinde are Hemlock Poppy Nightshade Henbane Mandrake c. Dry poysons are usually accompanied by heat with moisture for although sulphur be hot and dry yet hath it moisture to hold the parts together as all things which have a consistence have yet are they called dry by reason that drinesse is predominant in them such things make the tongue and throat dry and rough with unquenchable thirst the belly is so bound that so much as the urine cannot have free passage forth all the members grow squallid by drinesse the Patients cannot sleep poysons of this kinde are Litharge Cerusse Lime Scales of brasse Filings of lead prepared Antimony c. Poysons that are moyst induce a perpertual sleep a fluxe or scouring the resolution of all the nerves and joynts so that not so much as their eyes may be faithfully contained in their orbes but will hang as ready to fall out the extream parts as the hands feet nose ears corrupt and putrifie and at which time they are also troubled with thirst by reason of their strong heat alwayes the companion of putrifaction and oft-times the authour thereof now when this commeth to passe death is at hand of this kinde are the bitings of Serpents the venenate and putrifying humidity of the ayre the Lues venereae and the like Being to make report of a child killed with the mother have a care that you make a discreet report whether the childe were perfect in all the parts and members thereof that the Judge may equally punish the authour thereof for he meriteth far greater punishment who