blew flower de Luce 2 ounces mix them all together and drink it Pills for the same Take the Root of Laureola one scruple steep it 5. dayes in Vinegar Sulpher Vive 4 grains burnt Copper 2 grains Licoris Annis and Dragagant of each 4 grains make pills thereof with Juyce of Roses and take them all at once To provoke Urine in this case is requisite for which use these things following To move Urine TAke red Pease 6 ounces 2 Fennel Roots boyl them well together and take 5 ounces of this Decoction at a time For the same Take smallage-Smallage-water and melilot-Melilot-water of each 2 ounces and a half sweeten it with Sugar and drink hereof a week together Or for the same drink broom-Broom-water about 5 ounces at a time To strengthen the Liver use this Confection Take Trochiscos Diarhodon Species Diacynamomi of each 1 dragme burnt Ivory one scruple 4 ounces of white Sugar seeth it in fennel-Fennel-water and make Tabulats of it and take of these a quarter of an ounce before meat A Fomentation for the Rupture Take Seseli Cumin Camomile and Melilot of each one ounce seeth these together in a quart of Water until the third part be spent and therewith bathe and foment the Rupture and then lay this Plaister following upon it binding it on warm A Plaister for the watery Rupture Take Roots of blew flower de Luce and Roots of wild Cucumers of each 3 ounces Pease-meal and beane-meal of each 2 ounces Oil of Rue and Juyce of Bay-leaves of each 2 ounces seeth this together to the thickness of a Plaister and then spread it on a Cloth and bind it warm upon the Rupture Another Plaister for the same Take Mastick one ounce Cypres-Nuts half an ounce Dragagant Gum of each one dragme temper these together with Oil of Roses unto a Plaister and so apply it If the Rupture be caused of Phlegmatick humours then use these Purgations which follow A Purge for a Rupture caused through blood or Phlegme TAke Turbith 1 quarter of an ounce Ginger one dragme white Sugar 3 dragmes temper them together Let the Patient take a dram hereof every fourth day with Worm-wood-water and the other mornings between them take this Potion following A Drink for the same Take Water of Balme Betony and Worm-wood of each one ounce and a half Sugar half an ounce Vinegar of Squills one ounce mix them together and so drink them A Plaister for the same to take away the Phlegmatick matter Take Sandaracha two ounces Sarcocolla one ounce Ashes of Bean-straw or Vine-stocks 6 ounces Vinegar of Squills 2 ounces Water as much as is needfull to seeth them all together till they come to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it upon the place binding it on warm as before is directed If the Rupture be fleshy that is a fleshy excresence growing in the Cods which may be caused through overmuch heat and moisture in the Cods whereby the blood turneth into flesh which much weakneth and infeebleth this member in this case such meats and drinks must be refrained which do over-much heat or moisten such as sweet Wines Sugar delicate meats and the like and on the contrary the Patient must eat such meats as are cooling and drying The Hemorrhoids in the fundament must be opened together with the Liver or Median Veyne and outwardly apply these Plaisters following A Plaister for a fleshy Rupture Take Leutil Night-Shade Roses Plantayn of each 6 ounces Barley-meal 12 ounces Boyl these together in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar and thrice as much water adding thereto 3 whites of Egges boyl it to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it all over the Cod renewing it every day 5 or 6 dayes one after another Of the Melancholy blood putrifying in the Cods which is called Buris THis is the falling of Melancholy blood down into the Cod which causeth great swelling there and sometimes if the Cod be full of matter and corruption and it remain long it putrifyeth the Stones and spoileth them therefore care is to be taken speedily to purge away and draw out the Melancholy humours to effect which it is necessary that the Liver-Vein be opened and the next day afterwards give the Patient this purging Potion viz. Catharticum Imperiale with violet-Violet-Water or lilly-Lilly-water and take 6 or 8 dayes following after these Potions following Take violet-Violet-water lettice-Lettice-water and hop-Hop-water of each one ounce Syrrup of Cytron-Pills one ounce and a half drink it warm in the morning And outwardly to asswage the swelling take these Medicines following viz. Take Bean-meal 3 ounces Muscilage of Holly-hocks Camomile Annis Seeds Fenegreek Seed Raisins stoned of each half an ounce Temper them with yolks of Egges and apply it to the grieved place A Pultis for the same Take Cow-dung Crums of Rye-bread Cumin Night-shade Bean-meal Melilot Camomile and Oil of Lillies pound and seeth them all together and lay them on the place grieved For the same Take Bean-meal Lilley-Roots Colewort-Leaves Figges and Fenegreek-meal of each a like quantity and seeth them together being bruised into the form of a Pultis and so apply it Of the falling of the Bowels or Guts into the Cod. THE first thing in this case as before is generally directed is diligently to endeavour the putting up of the Bowels again into their due place by taking hold of the lower part of the Cods gently thrusting them up the Patient lying on his back with his buttocks somthing higher then the other part of his Body that thereby the Bowels may the easier be reduced to their due place Then foment and bath the whole Cods and parts about it with such Lotions as before are directed then lay this Plaister following thereupon and bind it on with a good Trusse Take Cypres-Roots 2 ounces Mil-dust 3 ounces Comphrey-Roots Daisy-Rootes of each 1 ounce Isinglas 1 ounce and a half Dragagant Gum Mumey Burnt Ivory of each half an ounce Dragons blood Sagapenum Sealed-earth Fine Bolus of each 5 dragmes Pound the Roots and seeth them with the meal in 2 parts of Water and 1 part of red Vinegar until it be thick enough then mix molten Wax amongst it as much as is needful stir it well together with dissolved Gum till it be cold so spread it and apply it as before is directed To asswage the pain of the falling down of the Bowels Clysters are very commodious to be used for which these following are very good Take white Sesamum Seeds grosly beaten Linseed and Fenegreek make a decoction thereof and mix therewith Butter and Oil of Violets and administer it warm For the same Take broth made of a Hen or Cock and Oil of Sesamum of each 6 ounces Salgem half an ounce temper them together for a Clyster Another Take sweet Wine 12 ounces fresh butter and Oil of sweet Almonds of each 2 ounces Benedicta Lax half an ounce temper them all together for a Clyster To strengthen the broken place where the Bowels come
of each one dragme rose-Rose-water 3 ounces temper them together and use them as the other before But to conclude Take Album Graecum Anglicè a white Doggs Turd beat it to powder and mix it with Syrrup of Mulberryes Black-berryes or Honey and give it to the Patient to swallow by little and little Probatum To strengthen the Memory an Experiment of Johannes Coletus taught him by a Jew A Gargarisme to cleanse the Head for the Memory TAke Pieretrum Marjoram Galingale Ginger Caraway Broad Planten-Seed and Mustard-Seed beat them grosse together and put two ounces of this powder to one quart of Water into a Vessel close stopt and boyl it in Balneo then when it hath well sodden put a quart of strong Wine to it and an ounce of cleer Honey and let it seeth again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted herewith gargarize the mouth well and many times together every morning holding it hot a good while in the mouth that the fume may ascend up into the Head but use it only when the Moon is increasing Then use this Drink for the Memory to draw superfluous Moisture out of the Head Take Ginger long Pepper of each one dragme Galingale one scruple Cloves Cubebs of each one dragme and a half beat them all together to powder and ty them up in a linen Cloth and boyl them in Balneo in a pot close stopt with 2 quarts of Wine then let it stand covered till it be cleer then drink a good draught thereof morning and going to bed Kemb your Head a good while together in the Sun or by the fire as the season of the year is to open the pores then wash your Head with rue-Rue-Water and drink a draught of Wine after it and eat a bit of bread steeped in the Wine eat light suppers be moderate in your sleep and dyet And continue this use many dayes together And then anoynt the Head and Temples with this Oyntment following Take white Lillyes Colewort-Leaves Balm of each one dragme pound them together and put them in a pot pour therein 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil fresh Butter as much as all the rest Spirit of Wine 4 times rectified 3 spoonfuls of water of Rue Sage and Celendine of each 2 spoonfulls white-Wine 5 spoonfuls incorporate and mix them all well together then set them 6 or 8 hours in a warm place strain it and seeth the liquour till it be as thick as Honey and set it in the Sun afterwards till it look red as Copper This Salve will keep two years The best time to make it is about June And after the Head is purged as before is directed anoynt the hinder parts of the Head Temples with this Salve and keep the Head warm with a leather Cap that it may have the better operation wash the Head with warm Wine at night let your meat be easy of digestion and especially forbear excessive drinking use this at first four dayes together and then two or three dayes together every eight weeks for a year every three months the second year and once every year afterwards as long as you live Let the Moon be increasing when you use it A Potion to procure steep in Frantick people Take white Poppey-seeds half an ounce Roots of Mandragora Henbane-seeds of each half a dragme Saffron 4 grains bruise them all together and bind them up in a Cloth then steep them 6 hours in 5 ounces of Water-Lilleys then strain it and give to the Patient of this water from one ounce to three according to the quality of the Disease and strength of the party Another for the same Take 12 ounces of Water-Lilleys Opium one dragme steep them together in 3 pints of Malmsey 24 hours then cast therein one quarter of an ounce of Salt as much Henbane-seeds Lettice-seed 3 dragms and distill it in Balneo and give hereof from half a dragme to a dragme at night when the Patient goes to bed An Oyntment or Salve to cause sleep Take one ounce of Poplar Salve That is the Oyntment which the Apothecary calls Unguentum Populeon half an ounce of Oil of Violets Henbane-seeds and Mandragora Roots of each half a dragme Saffron Cassia-wood of each one scruple mix them together and apply it to the privityes of Men and the Breasts of Women For the same Take Willow-leaves Water-Lilleys Vine-leaves and Lettise boyl them in water and with the Decoction bath and wash the privy Members hands and feet A Clyster against the shaking Palsey Take Centaury Sage Rue Cowslips St. Johns-wort Mercury of each half a handful Saffron-seed Rue-seed Silver Mountain-seed Basil-seed of each half an ounce Agarick 5 dragmes Stechas Amaranthus of each half an ounce Seeth them together in sufficient water then take 12 or 16 ounces of this Decoction Honey and Oil of Lilleys of each one ounce and a half Salgem and Pill Cochiae of each half a dragm temper them well and administer it for a Clyster A Powder for the Head against the shaking Palsey Take Field-Cypres Cowslips Lignum Aloes Ireos Hermodactils Stechas Marjoram Mints of each half adragme Spica Indie Grains Rue of each one scruple Beat every one by himself to a subtil Powder then temper them together and bestrew the Head with it when it is new shorn An excellent Confection which resisteth Poyson and defendeth the Heart against all Contagion and Infection comforteth the Stomack helpeth the Palsey or the trembling of the Joynts Take Cynamon Lignum Aloes Cloves Spica Indie Galingale Licorice Trochis de Vialis sive Scammonio Diarrhodon Abbatis of each 5 dragmes Nutmegs Aliptae Muscatae Sedoary Spikenard Mace Rhabarbe Red Storax of each half an ounce Pearles prepared Burnt Ivory Harts Bones Ginger Blatia by Zantia of each 2 dragms and a half Muske Amber Cardamom Lovage-seed Basil-seed of each one dragme and a half Camphire one dragme Make them all into a Confection with 3 ounces of clarifyed Honey take thereof every morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg You may if you please for your better conveniency make Lozenges thereof by adding 12 ounces of Sugar boyled in Buglosse-water to one ounce of the fore-mentioned ingredients For the dead Palsy Take Nutmegs sliced Licorice and Annis-seeds of each one ounce Piony Roots one dragme Elecampane Roots half an ounce Spirit of VVine 16 ounc Honey 8 ounces mix these all together and make a Conserve thereof and if you use it in VVinter put thereto a quarter of an ounce of long Pepper and give the Patient about a spoonful thereof every morning Pills to purge for the dead Palsy Take Agarick one scruple Assa-Faetida half a scruple Ginger 13 grains Diagrydion 1 grain make Pills thereof with the Juyce of Hysop and after the Patient is purged let him take this Drink following for eight dayes together Take egrimony-Egrimony-water and southern-wood-Southern-wood-water of each 2 ounces and sweeten it with Sugar Drink it in the morning and fast four hours after it A Syrrup for
the dead Palsy Take Calmus half an ounce Cowslips 3 handfuls St. Johns-wort Sage Betony Balm Rue Bayleaves of each one handful Silver Mountain Balsam-wood Balsam fruit Bazil-seed of each 2 dragms Licorice Currans Lavender Flowers Amaranthus of each one ounce Boyl all these together into a Syrrup with six ounces of clarifyed Honey and a pint of Rain-water clarifyed with the white of an Egge A Clyster for the dead Palsey Take Sage Rue Stechas Mallows Centory Mercury Bran of each half a handful Seeth them all together then take 12 ounces of this Decoction of mix therewith Hyera Logodion half an ounce Salt one quarter of an ounce Sallet-Oil 3 ounces minister it warm A Powder to strew on the Patients meat in stead of spice that hath the dead Palsey Take Cynamon 1 ounce and a half Coriander Cloves Galingale Pepper Cubebs Mace Nutmegs Saffron of each one ounce Calmus 2 ounces Coutchenel half an ounce Temper them all to a fine powder with 6 ounces of fine Sugar A bath for the dead Palsey Take Bay-berryes Juniper-berryes and Pepper of each as much as you will beat them to powder and set the Patient in a dry bath and poure of this powder on hot Irons tempered with Lavender-Water and let him sweat well with the vapour thereof then rub all the infected Members with Venice Soap till the Soap be drye And after the Patient cometh out of the bath keep him in a warm place and rub the lame Joynts hard with Deers-suet An Oyntment for the dead Palsey Cramp and cold Gout Take Squills Rue Calmus Nettle-Roots Egrimony Cowslips of each one handful Pound them all together and put to it Oil of Nuts and old Sallet-Oil of each 12 ounc Wine as much seeth these all together till the moisture be evaporated away then strain it and temper amongst it Salt-Peter Euphorbium Pepper Oil of Bayes of each one ounce and a half Galbanum Turpentine of each 2 ounces VVax as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof and keep it for the use aforesaid A Powder against the falling sickness Take Pearls prepared Harts-bones of each 1 dragm Red Coral Piony-seeds and Roots of each half a dragm Misleden one dragme and a half Amber prepared 2 scruples White Sugar one ounce Six Leaves of Gold Make them all into fine powder and take hereof a dragme once a week in Piony-water or Broth. A Clyster for the falling sickness Take Swines-bread black Hellebore Centory Daffadil of each one dragme Saffron-seed half an ounce seeth this in a quart of water till half be consumed take 13 ounces of this Decoction temper therein Hyera Logodion one ounce Oil of Euphorbium 10 dragmes Salgem one drame and a half mix them all together for a Clyster A Confection for the same Take Diapenidium 3 dragmes Pliris Arcoticon 1 dragm Diambra half a dragm Cynamon 1 dragme and a half Nutmegs Cubebs of each 2 scruples Ginger one dragm Sugar 8 ounces Make a Confection thereof with Piony VVater Lozenges for the Cough and Rheume Take white Poppey-seeds Lettice-seeds and Purslain-seeds of each one dragme Dragagant Gum-Arabick and Saffron of each half a dragme Opium 5 grains pound all that is to be pounded and make it to a dough with Syrrup of Poppey make Lozenges therof as big as small Beanes and let one of these at a time dissolve in thy mouth this is for hot Rheumes Other Lozenges for a Cough Take Pine-apple Kernels steeped a night in Rose-water and bitter Almonds blanched of each 3 quarters of an ounce Juyce of Licoris 2 ounces powder of Licoris 3 dragmes make Lozenges thereof with Rose-water they are good against the Cough and rawness of the Throat that proceedeth thereof An Oyntment for pain in the back Take Oil of Spike and Oil of Lilleys of each half an ounce Oil of Camomile and Dill of each one ounce Saffron Lavender Madder and Egrimony of each one dragme Mastick and Squinant of each one scruple VVax as much as is needful to make it a Salve herewith anoynt the back-bone A Clyster for a pleurisy of heat and blood Take 16 ounces of broth made of a Calves-Foot or Lambs-Head put therein one ounce of brown Sugar the yolk of an Egge 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil Salt one dragme and a half temper them together for a Clyster An Oyntment for Scabs and breaking out in the Legges Take the red Dock-Root the Roots of Celendine and Worm-wood and the Leaves of Laurel of each a like quantity stamp them and seeth them in May-Butter unto an Oyntment strain it and keep it in a box for use How the Body is to be Governed against Pestilential and infectious Ayres The first and principal preservation is to avoyd all that may ingender any Feaver or Ague and forbear all manner of excesse either of meat or drink eat no grosse meat no Onyons Leeks Garlick nor fruit Abstain from venereous actions for that both openeth the Pores and destroyeth the kind natural and infeebleth the Spiritual Members and the Spirits of Man Also in time of Pestilence suffer no great thirst and drink but measurably only to slacken thy thirst and drink such drinks as will abate heat as Water of Borage Endive Lettice Violets Roses Scabious Tormentil Dittany either mingled or else severally alone by themselves For if the Pestilence reigne in the heat of the Summer these Drinks be profitable especially for those that be of a Cholerick Complexion Also when you sleep either in the afternoons or at night a-bed shut your Chamber-doors and Windowes close and cast on a Pan of Coles this Powder following Take of Laurel-Leaves and Rosemary dryed and Frankincense of each a like quantity make them into powder and strow about half a spoonful hereof upon the Coales Use also to burn in thy Chamber Juniper-wood or for want thereof Ash-wood and use to cast on the fire Frankincense Storax Calamint If one be infected with the Pestilence and a sore begin to arise between the thigh and the privy Members it is a sign that the Liver purgeth out the infection in that place then bleed on the Foot in the same side the swelling appears the Vein betwixt thy great Toe And if the botch be more outward to the side and further from the privy Members bleed then on the Vein between the Ankle and the Foot If the matter appear in the cleansing place of the Head then consider well in what side it appears and bleed on the Medium Vein of the Arm or the Vein of the Hand between the Thumb and the next finger of the same side but take good heed that you sleep not in 12 hours after bleeding It is good alwayes to have in your hand to smell to this Pomander following which comforteth the Vital Spirits Take Lapdanum purified an ounce Storax Calamita dissolved Roses Cloves Mace of each three half penny weight and make them into powder add thereto 5 spoonfulls of Oil de Bay an ounce of Virgins Wax mingle them well all
be to Cure Let the Patient be laid on his back and put up the bowels gently again till they come into their due place then lay thereon this Plaister following spred upon a piece of Leather and bind it hard on and apply thereto a convenient trusse A Plaister for one that is broken in the Belly Take Pitch Mastick of each 3 dragmes Frankincense 1 quarter of an ounce Hypocistis Sarcocolla Juyce of Sloes of each 1 dram and a half Blood-stone Dragons blood Aloe of each 2 dragmes and a half Birdlyme 1 dragm and a half Comphrey Galls Pomgranate Pills Fine Bolus of each 3 dragmes Aristolochia 1 quarter of an ounce Sumach Pomgranate Flowers of each 1 drag Deers suet 2 ounces Turpentine and Wax a quantity sufficient Dissolve the Gums and Juyces in hot Vinegar or Wine the rest beat small and make thereof a Plaister and apply it as before is directed Another of the same Take Pitch half an ounce White and Red Wax Litharge of Gold Ammoniacum Galbanum Mumy of each 2 dragmes and a half Bridlyme Myrrhe Cypres Nuts Frankincense of each one dragm Gypsum or Plaister of a wall Bolus Aloe of each half an ounce Mastick Comphrey Daisie Roots of each 3 dragms and a half Turpentine 1 ounce Aristolochia Galnuts of each 1 ounce Dragons blood 1 quarter of an ounce Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar and melt the Pitch Wax and Turpentine and beat to powder all that is to be powdered then make them all together into a Plaister you may increase or diminish the quantity of the Wax as the cause requires Another Plaister for a Rupture Take Cypres Nuts 2 ounces Myrrhe Cypres Roots Marjoram Gentle Galls Juyce of Sloes Frankincense Gum of each 1 ounce Dissolve the Gum in Wine then temper the rest amongst it and make thereof a Plaister and lay it upon the Rupture For the same Take Daisy Roots and flowers Wild Tansy flowers and roots Comphrey of each half an ounce Mastick 1 quarter of an ounce Pomgranate flowers Juyce of sloes of each half a dragm Hares Hair chopt small 1 dragm Birdlyme 1 ounce Pitch 2 ounces Wax five dragms Oil of Roses a sufficient quantity to make thereof a Plaister and apply it as before is directed you need not take off the trusse but once in 4. or 5. dayes and then renew the Plaister Another excellent Plaister for the same Take Dragons blood half a dragm Myrrhe Sarcocolla Opopanacum Brimstone Amber Mastick Comphrey of each 2 dragmes and a half Myrtle Seed Yellow Myrobalaus of each 2 drag Barke of Pine-apples Cypres Nuts of each 4 scruples Dragagant 1 dragm Garden-Snayls 4. or 5. Dissolve the Gum in Vinegar and add thereto as much fish-lyme dissolve in Vinegar as is sufficient to make the rest into a Plaister mix them all together and dry away the moisture by a small fire A Drinke to be used after this Plaister Take Comphrey Tormentil of each 1 quarter of an ounce Codwort Sengreen Cinquefoil Mugwort Herb Trinity of each 2 handfulls Gariofilata Verbascum Broad planten of each 2 dragms and a half Roses Horse-tail of each half a handful Cut and bruise the Herbs grosse and put to them Aquavitae and red seething Wine of each six ounces or so much as will cover it let it so stand 14 hours afterwards strain it through and wring it out and sweeten it with Syrupe of Myrtles And give hereof from one ounce to three according to the strength of the Patient about 6 hours after the applying of the Plaister last before mentioned A Pultiss for young Children Take meal of Lupins and burnt Linnen of each a like quantity and make a Pap or Pultiss thereof with Wine and spread it between two fine Cloaths and lay it upon the Rupture A milde Plaister for Children Take Beans what quantity you please steep them in warm water peel them and let them dry again then beat them to powder take 2 ounces thereof Oaken-wood filed smal 1 oun Comphrey sodden in Wine and then beat to Pap 3 ounces Let all these be boyled together till it be thick then spread it on a Cloth and lay it on the Rupture changing it three times a day and once in the night fasten it well on with a trusse continue it 4. or 5. Weeks together till the Rupture be cured and the Skin grown strong A Drink for a Rupture Take Sengreen Consolida Saracenica red Beets Herb Bennet Fennel Knot-grass and Pauls Betony of each one handful boyl them all in Wine and drink of it twice a day morning and in the afternoon but not at night let a Child continue taking it 6 Weeks and an old body 12 Weeks Shepherds purse Sanacle and Valerian and Harts-tongue decocted in Wine and drunken are very good An Oyntment for a Rupture Take Womans Milk 16 ounces Badgers-grease Capons-grease Deers-suet and Comphrey of each two ounces the innermost rynde of a Cherry-tree cut small one ounce and a half boyl them all a little together and strain it hard through a Cloth and therewith anoynt the Rupture morning and evening Of a Rupture through Wind. In this case the Patient must eschew all such meats and drinks as cause wind as Milk sweet Wine and the like moist fruits and all moist meats And use means to expell the wind for which this Clyster following is good A Clyster for a windy Rupture Take Cumin Annis Caraway Fennel Ameos of each one dragm Rue one handful and a half Seeth these together in a quart of water till the half be consumed Then take 12 ounces of this decoction Oil of Rue and Oil of Bayes of each one ounce and a half Jndia-Salt and Salgem of each half a dragm Sugar 1 ounce and a half make a Clyster thereof and give it once a day and every morning let the Patient take a dram of Mithridate with 2 ounces of Rue-water 7 hours before meat this expels wind marvelously An outward Losion for the same Take Sulpher vive beaten 2 ounces Grains half an ounce grosly beaten seeth this together till the third part be sodden away dip a Spunge in this water being warm and lay it on the Privities renewing it 5. or 6. times a day Hernia aquosa or the watry Rupture This is an Hydropical watry humor in the Liver Veynes and pores that doth at last fall down into the Cods and is known by the swelling of the Cods and Navel for a Remedy hereof the Patient must be purged and keep an orderly dyet that thereby the water may be expelled out of the body to purge those humours take this Drink following A Drink to purge for the watry Rupture Take Agarit and Hermodactyls of each one dragme and a half Ginger one scruple Ireos a dragme Hony-Water 4 ounces then make the hony-Hony-Water warm and steep the other things therein 24 hours strain it and drink it warm and fast 6. hours after it Another for the same Take Electuarium Indium 3 dragms burnt Copper 8 grains Water of
them all together then steep them in Womans milk and drop thereof into the Eye A Salve for running Eyes and for all Imposthumes and Pains Scabs Wounds and Bloud-shots in the Eyes Take Tutia prepared in Rose-water half an ounce fresh Hogges-grease one ounce Starch 3 quarters of an ounce bruise and temper them well together in a Morter then wash it three times in the Water of Night-shade and with this anoynt the fore-head the Temples and the Eye-lids both within and without A precious Water to strengthen the sight Take Rue Roses Endive Betony Vervain Maydenhair Egrimony Clevers Yarrow Eyebright Pimpernel Sage of each two handfuls Cut the Herbs small and steep them a day and a night in good white-Wine then strain them out and let the Moisture run from them then bruise them grosly in a Morter then distil them in Balneo and keep the water for your use close stopt For spots in the Eye Take Prepared Blood-stone 3 dragmes Burne Copper a quarter of an ounce Perles Red Coral of each 1 dragm Gummi Tragacant of each 3 dragmes Pepper 30 grains Washed Ceruse 1 dragme Dragons blood Saffron Amber of each half a dragme Make it into the form of trochises of a dragme apiece and when you have occasion to use it bruise one of them and infuse it in Womans milk and drop a drop thereof into the Eye Another for spots in the Eyes Take Frankincense 5 dragmes Saffron one dragm Ammoniacum Sarcocolla of each two dragmes and a half beat them all into very fine powder and make it into Trochises with Muscilage of Fenegreek then when you will use it bruise it into Womans milk and therewith wash the Eyes this doth mundify and deer the sight For mists and clouds before the Eyes It oftentimes happens in them that have the small Pox afterwards some clouds or white spots remain in the Eyes endangering the sight thereof for which take the Juyce of Corn-roses the Juyce of Centory each apart or mixt together and therewith anoynt the Eye A powder for the same Take the dryed Juyce of Celendine 3 dragmes Ameos one quarter of an ounce as much white Sugar-Candy make a fine powder thereof and blow a little into the Eye when you go to bed Probatum With this Medicine I cured my self of a spot of whiteness that grew over the sight of my left Eye immediately after my recovery of a grievous sickness of the small Pox in October 1646. by putting a little thereof into my Eye going to bed with a piece of clean Paper rolled in form of a quill which in a short time took the spot clean away not putting the Eye to any pain Gloria Deo in excelsis Turner Another Powder much commended for the same Taste Pumice-stones Cuttle-bones prepared Sarcocolla Aristolochia red Coral Boras of each one dragme white Sugar-Candy 6 dragmes make them all into a fine subtil powder A Honey to be prepared for the mists before the Eyes Take clarifyed Honey 2 ounces the Juyce of Fennel the Juyce of Centory of each 1 ounce and a half seeth it a little and scumme it till it be cleer and drop thereof on the cloud or white spot in the Eye A Plaister for swollen and extuberated Eyes as if they would fall out Take Shepherds Purse Planten Housleek make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Eye but if it proceed of weakness of the sinews then it is needfull to purge the Head with Hiera or pill Cochie use Gargarismes wherewith foment the mouth and lay to the Eyes this Plaister Take Juyce of Sloes Frankincense Mastick Cypres-Nuts and the Leaves of each if you can get them of each a like quantity beat them very small and mix them with the Oil of Camomil and lay it on the Eyes A Pomander for to strengthen and help a feeble and dim sight Take Rosemary Nep Marjoram Penny-royal of each 1 dragme Lignum Aloes Marjoram Gentle Mace of each 2 dragmes Muske Amber of each 2 grains Make thereof a powder and bind it in a piece of red Silk and smell often to it All odoriferous Herbs as Rosemary Lavender Gillo-flowers Roses and all sweet smelling Fruits are good for the Eyes so also doth the sight of green Fields green Trees the precious stone Smaragdus green Glasse green Linen set before the Eyes strengthen and quicken the sight on the contrary lechery and unmeasurable Venery Drunkenness sleeping on a full stomack much reading small prints or writing vaporous Meats moist Fruits dark misty weather Smoke Wind Dust Idleness and grosse Meat weakens and diminisheth the sight A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Tutia prepared 10 dragmes make it into Past with the Juyce of Marjoram Gentle when it hath stood a night and be well setled Let it drye well then beat it again and add to it Ginger long and black Pepper and Celendine of each 1 dragme sal Armoniack half a dragme all beaten small and made Moist with the Juyce of Fennel let it dry again and so preserve it when you will use it beat it into a very fine powder and put thereof into the Eye A Powder to be strewed upon the Head to strengthen and preserve the sight Take Cloves Lignum-Aloes Betony Sandarac burnt Ivory Styrax Calaminta of each half a dragme make them into powder and strew all the Head therewith and when you will renew it kemb the Head that the first may come off afterwards use twice a month before you go to sleep one quarter of an ounce of Trochises of Diambra and hold them in your mouth till they be dissolved A Water to preserve and strengthen the sight used by the Emperour Frederick the third Take green Betony Rue Vervain Celendine Eye-bright Roses of each 6 handfulls Long Pepper Cloves of each half a dragme Aloe one ounce Wood-bind and the flowers 3 handfulls Chop all the Herbs small and distill it through a glasse body drop of this Water into the Eyes and anoynt the Face therewith Another to preserve the sight Take Fenegreek Holly-hock Roots of each 2 ounces cleanse them well and boyl them in fair water by a mild fire till half be consumed then strain them out and add thereto Aloes 2 dragmes Sugar-Candy or Sugar of Roses 1 ounce strain it with rose-Rose-water through a Cloth and let it seeth unto a Syrrup keep it in a glasse close stopt And when you have occasion use it as other Eye-waters Another for the same Take Rose-water and white Sugar-Candy of each what quantity you please And infuse them in a glasse together and let them stand in the Sun two or three dayes or more before you use it The Galls of all Ravening Birds as also of partridges of Bulls Hares Wolves Foxes and especially the Gall of a Bucke doth cleer the Eyes and sharpen the sight if any one of them be decocted with Juyce of Fennel and clarifyed Honey and dropt into the Eyes A Confection for a bad sight called Electuarium Oculiste or the Oculists
Electuary Take Silver Mountain-Seed Eye-bright Fennel and Cinabes of each one dragme Cardamome and Mace of each one dragme and a half Seeds of Rue and Celendine of each one quarter of an ounce Rosemary one ounce Annis-Seed Lignum Aloes Caraway Consolida Saracenica of each half an ounce make a Confection thereof with Sugar or Honey This also strengtheneth the brain restoreth lost sight and maketh the Spirits of the sight subtiller and stronger Another Confection to preserve and strengthen the sight Take dryed Betony Celendine Eye-bright Hysop Penny Royal of each 1 dragme Fennel Silver Mountain Coriander prepared Marjoram Seeds Basil Seeds Cardamom Cynamon Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cloves Long Pepper Lignum Aloes Mastick Spikenard of each half a dragme Preserved Citron Pills 3 dragms Conserves of Borage and Rosemary of each 6 dragms make them all into a Confection with Sugar Decocted in Fennel and Rose-water and take hereof as you have occasion Tabulats to strengthen the sight Take Species Diambrae a dragme and a half Eye-bright Celendine Fennel Vervain of each one scruple Seeds of Rue and Silver Mountain of each half a dragme Sugar 5 ounces boyl them all in Eye-bright water and make Tabulats thereof whereof take one every night after supper An excellent Water for the Eyes Take the Waters of Rue Celendine and Eye-bright of each 2 ounces Fennel and the Juyce of Vervain of each 1 ounce the Gall of a Pickerel three dragms Lignum-Aloes beaten small half a dragme The Seeds of Rue of Celendine and Marjoram Gentle of each one dragme put them together in a glasse close stopt and luted with Dough Let it stand a day in an Oven after the Bread is taken out the next day take of the past and set it 12 dayes in the Sun strain it and keep it in a glasse close stopt for your use when you will use it put a drop thereof into the Eyes morning and evening lying on your back A Potion to purge for a weak sight Take Treacle half a dragme mix it with white-Wine Water of Rue or Fennel take it once a week A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Eye-bright half an ounce Caraway sodden in Vinegar and dryed and Marjoram Gentle 3. quarters of an ounce Lignum Aloes Spica Indiae of each 1 ounce Sorrel Seeds 5 scruples Coriander prepared Cinamon Fennel of each 2 dragms Make thereof a Powder with Sugar as much as you please And hereof you may take a dragme after Supper with a little Julip of Roses A Medicine to strengthen the sight and for those that be purblind Take the Liver of a Buck take out the Gall and cut the Liver in pieces laying thereon whole long Pepper cover it with another piece of Liver and Pepper as before thus continuing till all the pieces be layd one upon another and above and beneath be nothing but Liver put this in an Oven and dry it well then take off the Pepper beat it small and mix some Musk amongst it And with the moisture that droppeth from the Liver moisten the Powder and make Lozenges thereof And keep them till you have occasion for to use it then temper it with Eye-bright water and eat thereof two or three mornings together In all diseases infirmities of the eyes whatsoever have a special respect unto your dyet avoyd Salt and grosse meats strong drinks and venery especially excesse in either use temperance and moderation in all things for in mediocritate salus The Mirrour of HEALTH Of Aches Meagrims and other Diseases in the Head A Drink for the Head-ach TAKE Betony Vervain Worm-wood Celendine Walwort Rue Bark of an Elder Tree Honey and Pepper of each equal parts stamp them together and seeth them in Water and drink thereof morning and evening Another for the same Take Rue Vervain Worm-wood Sage Walwort Alehoof red Fennel Planten inner rinde of Elder of each a handful stamp them small and put them in a new earthen pot with a quarter of an ounce of Pepper in Powder put thereto a Pottle of red Wine and another of Stale Ale and seeth it till half be consumed strain it and drink thereof 8 spoonfulls at a time 9 mornings together And wash thy Head with this liquour following A Water for the Head-ach Take Rue Alehoof Betony Vervain Mints red Fennel Worm-wood Southern-wood of each a handful wash them and shred them small and seeth them in Water in an earthen pot and wash thy Head with some of the Water and mix the Herbs with wheat-bran and apply it to the mold of the Head as hot as may be suffered binding it on with a Cloth To cleanse the Head Breast and Stomack and cause a good appetite Take 3 handfulls of Centaury and seeth it in a Gallon of Water till half be consumed then strain it and put to it a pinte of clarifyed Honey then seeth it softly to a quart and drink thereof two spoonfulls morning and night first and last To cease Aches and swellings causâ—d of Sores and Wounds in the Head Take Mallows Worm-wood Mugwort Betony and Egrimony of each a handful wash them and stamp them put thereto 3 ounces of fine wheat-Flower as much Honey and as much barrows Grease stamp them together and put thereto red Wine a little quantity and fry them and lay them warm to the sore but lay a Colewort-leaf between the Plaister and the wound and it will cease the ach and put away the swelling For the Meagrim in the Head Imposthume Dropsie Feaver and all Aches in the Head Take 4 penny weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain a half penny weight of Spikenard and grinde them and boyl them in good Vinegar and when it is cold put thereto a spoonful of Honey a Sawcer full of Mustard and mingle them well together and hold thereof in thy mouth a spoonful at once as long as a man may be saying 2 Creeds if you have not forgot how to say the Creed then spit it out into a Vessel and take more and do so 9 or 10 times together Take it after Dinner and going to bed and wash thy mouth after it and use this Medicine 3 dayes together Probatum For the Meagrim Take Galingale half a dragme Ginger one dragme Nutmegs half a dragm Cloves two dragmes Elecampane two dragmes Annis a dragme Licoris and Sugar of each half a dragme make them all into fine powder and take thereof a dragme first and last in some Betony Water For the Head-ach that proceedeth from hot and Cholerick causes If heat be the cause of the Head-ach it is known by the swiftness of the Patients pulse redness of the Urine much thirst dry'th of the Mouth Tongue and Nostrils no sleep little appetite to meat heat over all the Body Outward Applications for the Head-ach proceeding from hot causes Take Oil of Roses Rose-water and Vinegar of Roses of each a like quantity dip double linen Cloths herein and lay them to the temples and the fore-head refreshing
and changing them again as often as it dryeth Another for the same more strong If the heat be very extream take the Water of Nymphea called in English white water Lilleys water of Endive of each 3 ounces Saunders red white and yellow of each one dragme or else 3 dragmes of one of them if you cannot get them all three Rose leaves beaten half a dragme beaten Camphire half a dragm mix them all together and use them as the other If there be any flux of the Belly or ague that causeth the Head-ach then for young or weak persons you may use these Medicines following with good effect Such as are Cassia Manna Syrrup of Roses or Sene-Leaves boyled with some cooling Herbs more stronger Bodyes may purge with Pill Cochiae or the like strong purge if they have no looseness with it If there be any great flux or looseness of the Body then let the Patient avoyd light and loosening meats but boyl his meat in steeled water which is thus made Take as much fair water as you intend to use set it on the fire then take a good peece of Steel heat it red hot in the fire then quench it in the Water repeating it over three or four times So likewise may you Steel Milk or Wine and prepare Gold Silver or flints for the same purpose but if the Patient hath no looseness then you may soon prepare for him this Decoction following Drink for the Head-ach Take Sene-Leaves 1 ounce Cinamon Anniseeds Fennel-Seeds and Currans of each one dragme Licoris two dragmes sweet Marjoram and Rosemary of both half a handful two or three Figges boyl them all in a quart of water with one ounce of Sugar till half be consumed then strain it And for the Dose give hereof to a Child 2 ounces at a time or weak Persons to stronger Bodyes 4 ounces If there be pain in the Head and the Body bound endeavour the first thing you do to open and make it soluble otherwise the ascention of vapours unto the brain will so distemper the Head with heat and pain that phrensies raging and madness will ensue to do this use Clysters Purgations and some purging Potions and Suppositories A Clyster to provoke the Body to go to Stool Take Mallows 3 handfulls Beets and Herb Mercury of each two handfulls boyl them well together in fair water then strain them Then take 12 ounces of this Decoction three yolks of Egges Oil of Sesamum or Linseed 4 ounces Salgem half a dragme temper them together and minister it warm Another Take Mutton-broth Veal-broth or Hen-broth of either of them 16 ounces melt therein fresh Butter and Ducks-Grease of each one ounce Saffron half a dragme Oil of Lilleys and Oil of Dill of each one ounce and a half Indie-Salt one dragme then temper them together and administer it A Decoction to open the Body for the same Take 12 Prunes Licorice Currans Annis-seeds and Fennel of each half an ounce Flowers of Burrage and Buglosse of each one dragme and a half boyl them in a quart of water till a third part be wasted strain it and drink thereof Another for the same and to coole the Body Take Currans Licorice Prunes Injubes Violets Barley Melon-seed Pompeon-seed Gourd-seed and Cucumber-seed of each one quarter of an ounce boyl them as the other Pills for the Head-ach Take Rhabarb 2 drames Mastick one scruple Scammony half a dragm make them into Pills with Juyce of Rue one dragme of them at a time A sweet Ball or perfume for the Head-ach Take Violets Water Lilleys Willow Leaves Roses of each one ounce Camphire 2 grains beat them all together and bind them up in a piece of fine Silk and wet it often in Rose-water and smell often to it If the Head-ach proceed from a cold cause it is good to use Gargarismes to draw forth the Rheume out of the Head for which this following is effectual A Gargarisme for the Head-ach Take Mastick Calamus Licorice Currans of each half an ounce Hysop Ireos of each 2 drams Pellitoty of Spain Ginger Saxifrage Mustard-Seeds of each one dram beat them all together and boyl them in fresh Water and gargle the mouth therewith three or four times a day warm A Clyster for the same Take Mallows Herb Mercury Dill Rue Bran of each one handfull boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water take of thiâ— Collature 12 or 16 ounces mix with it Hyera Picra and white Sugar of each half an ounce Salt two dragmes Oil of Dill and Rue of each one ounce and a half and give it warm A Conserve for the Head-ach Take Conserve of Roses 2 ounces and a half Conserve of Betony one ounce and a half Cinamon Cloves Annis-seeds of each one dragm green Ginger half an ounce Syrrup of Citrons a sufficient quantity to make it into an Electuary and take thereof every morning the quantity of a Nut. Another for the same called Electuarium Vitis Take Currans 6 ounces Licorice 2 dragmes boyl these in the Waters of Buglosse Scabious and Betony of each 12 ounces then strain it out hard and steep in the liquour warm 1 dragme of Rhabarbe Lavender 5 grains bound up together in a Cloth stop it close and boyl it a good while in Balneo then strain it out and add to it as much Rhabarbe and Spike as before and let it steep therein a night strain it again and then put therein one ounce of the Barks of yellow Mirobalaus then boyl it a little more and strain it and add to the Collature 6 ounces of Sugar and two ounces of Manna and boyl it to a Syrrup when it is almost cold mingle in it half an ounce of Cinamon Cloves Galingale and Nutmegs of each one dragme Seeds of Fennel and Annis of each half an ounce boyl them up to an Electuary and keep it for your use for the purposes before recited A good Drink for a Head-ach of cold Take Buglosse Roots 1 handful Chicory Roots Harts-Tongue Flowers of Buglosse Borage Roses of each half a handful Boyl them all in 4 quarts of white-Wine a quarter of an hour when it is cold strain it and add to it 4 quarts of white-Wine more and steep in it Sage-Leaves and Rosemary of each half a handful long Pepper Galingale Cloves Cubebs of each half an ounce Currans Cinamon and Coriander-Seeds prepared of each one ounce grosly beaten and tyed up all together in a Cloth boyl the Wine 3 or 4 walms and put up the Wine in a Rundlet and drink thereof as you please A Powder for a cold pain and Rheume in the Head Take Nutmegs Mace Rosemary Cloves Frankincense Mastick Lavender Myrrhe Marjoram and Stechas of each a like quantity beat them all to powder and rub the Head well therewith then cover and keep the Head warm with a Cap. A Lotion or Water to Bath and Wash the feet for the Head-ach Take Betony Roses Elder Flowers Sage Camomile and Marjoram of each 4 handfulls
The Compleat BONE-SETTER Wherein The Method of curing broken Bones and Strains and Dislocated Joynts together with Ruptures vulgarly called Broken Bellyes is fully demonstrated Whereunto is added The Perfect Oculist and The Mirrour of Health Treating of the Pestilence and all other Diseases incident to Men Women and Children Also The Acute Judgement of URINES Written originally by Friar Monlton of the Order of St. Augustine Now Revised Englished and Enlarged by ROBERT TURNER 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by J. C. for Martha Harison at the Lamb at the East-end of Pauls 1656. To the truly worthy and Religious Gentlewoman Mrs ELIZABETH CRESWEL Widow Wife to the Worshipfull Thomas Creswel late of Heckfield in Hampshire Esq Deceased and to his Honorable Memory Robert Turner humbly dedicates these his studies Mrs CRESVVELL AS the Lord hath abundantly blessed you with internal graces so hath he likewise honoured you with external blessings whereby you are instrumental in relieving the wants and binding up the Wounds of your poor Sick and Lame Neighbours my experience of your affections and endeavours thereunto if I were not otherwise obliged is no small cause of this assay But large courtesies require large acknowledgements from all that would not willingly lye under the Ignominious brand of ingratitude And many have endeavoured and sought by this means to render satisfaction for benefits received but no such construction must be made of my present intention that is not my end and scope but only to shew a thankful acknowledgement for your former favours Then that I have thus chosen you out by a single Dedication to be the Patroness of these my Lucubrations I hope you will account it but a venial transgression If therefore you shall please to accept of these my poor presented pains there shall my Ambition Anchor And I doubt not but your reading and practise of this small Treatise will gain you the poors Prayers and plead my excuse London July 23 1656. Your humble Servant alwayes to be commanded Robert Turner To the Readers THis is not the first time that I have bestowed my pains for the publick good having already translated four Treatises in print and as many more are in the Presse of Physick and Occult Philosophy my only aime in them all is to learn men if once they would learn to admire and glorify the great power of God who hath commanded such weak means as the Herb or Grass of the field that grows and flourishes to day and to morrow is cast into the Oven to preserve the life and cure the infirmities that the sin of man hath originally subjected himself and all his posterity unto and to see and contemplate the power of the great Creator in the influence of those superiour Bodies the Stars if they are duly observed and well regarded in their operations it is a great Book so full of uncontrollable Arguments as are enough to stop the mouths of all Gainsayers and Raylers against Astrology and the Professors thereof calling them Wizards and the art unlawful but rather to cover their Faces with shame that they are ignorant therein and of the wonderful dispensations of God by them This treatise indeed tends not thereunto only but is chiefly composed and made plain in the English tongue not to make Coblers cast away their Lasts and Auls and such fellows straightway turn Doctors I would never write an English line on that account Neither do I write any thing in derogation of the honor due to the learned but for the use of those Godly Ladies and Gentlewomen who are industrious for the improvement of their Talent God has given them in helping their poor sick Neighbours expecting the recompence of the reward of Come ye blessed c. when I was sick ye visited me which Christ the righteous judge shall give them accounting what they do for the poor members of his as done to himself and not for those who think they were created for no other end and had estates given them to bestow spend in painting their Faces deforming themselves with ugly black patches minding nothing but their crisping-pins and curling Irons powders and perfumes going with stretched-out Necks like those in Isaiah but never remembring the afflictions of Joseph not regarding the answer of Abraham to Dives when he cryed for a drop of water to cool his Tongue Remember That in thy life-time thou hast had thy good things c. nor fearing that dreadful sentence of ITE MALEDICTI I have made this plain to every Vulgar capacity putting all the Physical terms in words at length and plain English that so people who are able may easily make Medicines for themselves and reap the harvest of the sown Spring Of Robert Turner 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 London 23 July 1656. from my study at Christs-Church in Carpenters-yard The Contents A. Aches 100 101. Against infected Airs 146 154 155. B. Broken bones 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. Bones putrified 16 17. To keep a broken Bone being set from falling out again 6 7. To stanch bloud 15. Broken Bellyes 30 31 32 33. Bowells to strengthen 50. Bleared Eyes 64 66. Breast 123 Spitting Bloud 126. Stinking Breath 127. C. Callus to ingender 45. Pultis for Childrens Cods that are broken 36 37. Clysters 38 49 50 106. Lotions for the Cod. 39. Cods putrified 46 47. Confection for a Rupure 51 52. Clysters for the Head-ach 106 109. Consumption 123. Dry Cough 123 144 145. Tough Cough 124 125. Cold and Cough 128 129 130. Cramp 142. Confections against the Plague 154 155. D. A Drink for a Rupture 57. Drink for the Eyes 68. Drink for the Head 105. Decoction for the same 107. Drink for the Head-ach 110. Deafeness 112 113. E. Waters for Eyes 53 54 55 56 57 58 92 93. Sore Eyes 59. 60. Pain in the Eyes 60 67 74. Oyntment for Eyes 64 65 73 80. Pin and Web in the Eye 6â—… 71. Blasted Eyes 67. Hurt or thorne in the Eye 71. Rheumatick Eyes 73 74. Redness of the Eyes 74 75 76. Hot Eyes 77. Blisters in the Eyes 78 79. Itching Eyes 80. Spots in the Eyes 87. Electuary for the Head 110. Pain in the Ears 113. Noise in the Ears 113 114. F. Fomentations 42. Frantick persons to cause sleep 134 135. Falling sickness 143 144. G. Guts falling into the Cod. 48 49. Gargarisme for the Head 108 131. Gums imposthumated 120 121. Gout 142. H. Head-ach 62 99 100 101 103. 104 107. Haw in the Eye 64. Honey to prepare for the Eyes 89. Hoarseness 123. Head to cleanse 131. To draw moistures out of the Head 132. 133. To stâ—â—â—gthen the Heart 137. J. To set a Joynt 5. Joynts luxated 20 21. Imposthumes in the Head 101. Imposthumes in the ear 115 116 117. Against Infection 151 152. L. Lotions 39 112. Liver to strengthen 42. Lungs infected to help 123. Lozenges for hot Rheumes 144. Legges scabbed 146. M. Withered Members 25. Mirrour of Health 99. Meagrim
through Take Iron Drosse sodden in Vinegar and Myrrhe of each half an ounce Dragons blood fine Bolus Frankincense Mastick Sealed Earth and Juyce of Sloes of each one quarter of an ounce Cypres Nuts and Mumey of each 3 quarters of an ounce Isinglas 2 ounces make them all together into a Salve with Wax and Rosin as much as is needful with this anoynt the Cods thrice a day and knit it up alwayes with a Trusse A good Drink for a Rupture Take Rosemary half an ounce Cynamon half a dragme Balme-Flowers Ginger Borage Nutmegs of each half a dragme seeth these together in 7 quarts of Water till the 4 part be consumed then add thereto 16 ounces of Honey then boyl it again till the third part be consumed and use it A Confection for the same Take Frankincense Mastick Juyce of Sloes Hypocistis of each 1 dragme and a half Roses burnt Ivory parched Cummin Dill-Seed of each one drag Cypres Nuts half an ounce Steel filed small Iron Drosse decocted together in red Vinegar of each one quarter of an ounce dryed Seeds of Pomgranates one ounce beat them all small together then take Honey of Roses 18 ounces white Sugar 12 ounces Granado Wine 6 ounces Dragagant-Gum of each half an ounce seeth both of these Gums with Honey Sugar and this Juyce till it be thick when it beginneth to be cold put it into a Morter and temper the other things amongst it stirring it well together give the Patient 2 dragmes thereof in the morning and let him fast 2 hours after it and one dragme at night 2 hours after Supper Let the Patient keep himself as quiet as possible forbear much stirring and carnal Copulation and all excesse either of meat or drink and forbear binding meat strong drink and new Wine So far of Ruptures The perfect OCULIST THE Author first beginneth with 6 precious Waters profitable both for the Eyes and other things which he thus sets down For to tell of 6 precious Waters made and sent to a Queen that somtime was in England The first Water is this Take Fennel Rue Vervaine Endive Betony Germander Red roses Maydenhaire of each 1 ounce Stamp them and steep them in white-Wine a day and a night and distil a Water of them This Water shall depart in three that is you shall draw 3 several Waters the first part ye shall do in a glasse by it self and know ye of a truth that this Water is as precious as Gold The second as Silver The third part as precious as Balme and keep these 3 parts in glasses This Water shall ye give to the Rich for Gold to mean men for Silver and to the Poor for Balme This Water keepeth the Eyes in cleerness and avoydeth the Quitery and gounde and cleereth and sharpneth the sight The second Water TO the second Water take Salgema pound and wrap it in a green Dock-leaf and lay it in the fire till it be well rosted and wax white and put it in a glasse against the air at night and at the morrow it shall be turned to white Water like unto Chrystal keep this VVater well in a glasse and do a drop into thy Eye and it shall cleanse and sharp thy sight And it is good for the evil at the heart and for the Morphew and for Sance-fleam and for the Canker in the Mouth and for other evills in the Body The third Water THE 3 Water is as followeth Take the Root of Parsly Endive Monache Fennel Betony an ounce wash them well in Water and bray them well and then steep them well in white-Wine a day and a night and then distil them This Water is more worth then Balme It keepeth a good sight and cleanseth it of all filth it refraineth tears and comforteth the head and avoideth the Water that causeth headach The fourth Water THE 4 Water is this Take Parsly-Seed Annis Caraway Vervaine of each 2 dragmes Centory 10 dragmes beat all these to powder and do it in warm water a day and a night then distil it This water is a precious water for all sore Eyes and very good for the health of a mans body or Womans The fifth Water THE fifth Water is such that with it you may do many marveylous things Take Lymel of Gold Silver Latyn Copper Iron Steel and Lead And take Litharge of Gold and Silver and take Camomile and Columbyne and steep all together in the Urine of a man-child a day and a night The second day in white-Wine the third day in the Juyce of Fennel the fourth day in the whites of Egges the fifth day in a Womans milk that nourisheth a man-child the 6 day in red Wine the 7 day in whites of Egges and upon the eighth day blend and mix all these together and distil a water of them and keep this water in a vessel of Gold or Silver The Virtues of this water is this it doth away all manner of sickness of the Eyes the Perle the Sckome of the tears and the * T is an old English word if Geofry Chaucer were here he could tell you the meaning of it T is too old for me Quiters and draweth again into their due form the Eye-lids that are bleared it slayeth the ach of the head And if a man drink of it it keepeth his visage long to be young There is no man can tell half the Virtues of this VVater The sixth Water TAKE Lapis Caluminaris and do it in the fire till it be red as a Rose and slack it in a pinte of white-VVine and do so 9 times and after grinde it and beat it small and searse it very clean then Infuse it in the Sun in Fennel-water Vervain Roses Celendine Rue and three-leaved Grasse the distilled water of them not the Herbs of each a like quantity in a Vial of glasse so that the VVater may settle cleer about 5 inches above the stone in the bottom and when you will use it stir it together and take up a drop of it with a feather and if it abide then it is fine and good then drop of it in an Eye that is watry or running or an Eye that hath a dimme sight and for the head-ach anoynt the Temples herewith it is precious for helping the sight and for ache in the head To cleer the sight of the Eyes a good Water and for itching thereof TAKE Fennel Roses Vervain Celendine and Rue of each 2 ounces and distil water of them which is good to clarify the sight of the Eyes being washed therewith according to this verse Feniculus Rosa Vervens Celedonia Ruta Ex istis fit aqua quis lumina reddit acuta Of Fennel Vervain and the Rose Herb Celendine and Rue A pure VVater is Compose That doth the sight renew Another for the same Take red Snailes and seeth them in fair water and there will arise an Oyl or fat which separate clean by it self and reserve it in a glasse and therewith anoynt thy Eyes morning and
Bran 2 handfulls as much Lavender seeth them all together in a sufficient quantity of Water and bath the Feet in it every night very hot holding them in it about half an hour and every three dayes cast away the old bath and make fresh For Deafness Take Betony and Horehound and stamp them in a Morter and strain out the Juyce and drop thereof into the Patients Ear when he is going to bed Another for the same Take a round piece of an Ash-Tree with the bark on and lay the midst thereof in the fire and keep the Water that droppeth out at both ends and take the Juyce of Monks Rhabarbe white-Wine and the fat of fresh Eel of each a like quantity mingle them all together and put a drop or two thereof into the Patients Ears when he goes to bed use it every night Another for the same Take the Gall of a Weather and Honey of each a like portion and mingle them together and put it into the Patients Ears For Pain in the Ears Purge the Head with Syrrup of Roses Cassia and Electuary de Succo Rosarum Then oftentimes take Oil of Roses Oil of Water-Lillies and Womans Milk and drop thereof into the Ears Another for pains in the Ears Take the Juyce of Strawberry-leaves of Pauls Betony Sage and Housleek of each one ounce Mastick and Frankincense a dragm and a half of the Decoction of Cole-worts two ounces temper them all together and drop thereof into the Ear. Against Noise and Hissing or Singing in the Ears Deafness usually follows after this if not timely prevented which to do it is necessary to purge the Brains with Pills de Hyera Mastichine Cochie or Hyera cum Agarico either or all of which you may have at the Apothecaries take of one of these Pills a dragme at a time If you take of the Pill Mastichine you may take a dragme thereof and form it into six little Pills more or lesse according as you can swallow them and take them at night going to bed if you take of any of the other Pills take a dragme thereof in the morning Afterwards take this Decoction which follows and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears A Fumigation for Noise in the Ears Take Marjoram Mints Wormwood Rosemary Sage Betony and Camomile of each half a handful boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water till half be consumed and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears To stanch bleeding at the Nose Take the Seeds of the Hazel-Tree and burn them to powder and let the Patient have some of it blown into his Nose through a quill and let him drink the Juyce of Planten The Juyce of Planten or planten-Planten-Water and Milk made into a posset stanch and heal any bleeding inwardly To Ripen an Imposthume in the Ear. Take fine wheat Flower one ounce and a half the Muscilage of Linseed and Fenegreek Seed Eels-Grease Litharge of Gold Ceruse and Frankincense of each one dragme mix them all together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it all over the Ear and rub it into the Ear. Another for the same Take fresh Holly-hock Roots beaten small two ounces Linseed and Fenegreek Seeds beaten of each one ounce Dill-Seed and Camomile of each half an ounce boyl them in Butter to the consistence of a soft Plaister and lay it to the Ear. To draw out the matter cleanse and heal an Imposthume in the Ear. When the Imposthume is ripe and begins to break then to cleanse and heal the same use this Unguent following Take Sarcocolla Aloes Dragons-blood Myrrhe and Frankincense Iron Drosse and Verdigrease of each half a dragme incorporate them all well together with Vinegar and dip a taint therein and put it into the Ear. Another for all kinds of Imposthumes in the Ears Take Honey 5 dragmes Vinegar half an ounce Verdigrease 1 dragme bruised small seeth them together then dip Wool therein and lay it into the imposthumated Ear. The Oyntment called Unguentum Apostolorum which is to be had at the Apothecaries is also good for Imposthumes in the Ears to be used as the former For the Tooth-ach Take Allum and Brimstone of each what quantity you please thereof burn them on a Tyle-stone and make powder thereof and add thereto powder of Pepper a like quantity stamp them all together with a Clove of Garlick then ty them up in a little piece of linen and lay it between the Teeth where the pain is Another for the same Take Honey and seeth it and take off the scum as it ariseth and put thereto powder of Pepper and seeth it till it be black then put some of it on a Sage leaf lay it to the aking Teeth Another for the same Take Vinegar Mustard powder of Pepper and Pellitory of Spain of each what quantity you please the Kernel of a Gal-nut boyl them all together and if the Teeth be hollow put thereof into the Teeth or else lay it hot to the Gums Of the Tooth-ach that cometh of Worms If there be Worms in the Gums as it often happens there are which cause much pain in the Teeth and do imposthumate and perish them to kill them Take Pepper and beat it to powder and temper it with good Wine and sup thereof warm and hold it in thy mouth till it be cold and then spit it out use this often and thou shalt be delivered of all anguish in the Teeth Another to fasten loose Teeth Take Harts-horn and burn it and put the ashes that come thereof in a linen cloth and lay it to the Teeth and it will make them fast To make a Tooth fall out of it self Take the tallow of a Ram and Planten and stamp them together and anoynt the Teeth therewith and it will fall out of its own accord Turner So says my Author Verbatim I do not deviate from him the Medicine is easy to be made if it do no good I am sure it can do no hurt if you have occasion you may soon try it Here follows another receipt for the same purpose which you may use as you like it it will not cost you much Take a water-Frogge and a green Frogge and seeth them together gather the Grease that ariseth and therewith anoynt thy Gum and the aking Teeth I do not like this so well as the former For stinking Teeth Take two handfulls of Cumin-seed and seeth it in white-Wine and let them wash their Teeth therewith To make Teeth white Take Honey Salt and Rye-meal of each what quantity you please and therewith rub thy Teeth and Gums For an Imposthume in the Gums Take Honey of Roses one ounce and a half Vinegar half an ounce mix them together and therewith gargle the mouth when you spit it out take in fresh again using it often Likewise it is good to open the Gums if there be any sores and wash it three times a day with water wherein Allom Myrrhe and Salt have
been sodden Another for the same Take half a pinte of the Water of Knot-grasse and half an ounce of Allom dissolve the Allom in the Water and therewith wash the Teeth and Gums For losse of Speech Take the Juyce of Southern-wood Sage and Pimpernel and put it under thy Tongue or take the Juyce of Wormwood and temper it with Honey and let the Patient hold it in his mouth The voyce is oftentimes spoiled and corrupted by hoarseness or weakened by long sickness for which this Electuary which follows is very good An Electuary for losse of Speech Take Ireos half an ounce Penny-Royal Hysop Licoris of each 3 drag Dragagant bitter Almonds Kernels of Pine-apples Cinamon Ginger and Pepper of each one dragme and a half Figges Dates Currans of each one scruple red Styrax 3 scruples and a half cut the fruits small beat all the rest to powder and to every ounce of this powder add 12 ounces of Sugar make it into an Electuary with Honey or Syrrup of Hysop or if you please you may make Lozengs thereof Another for the same Take Ireos half an ounce Sugar-Candy a dragm Cinamon Ginger and Pepper one dragme Sugar 12 ounces boyl it in Hysop-Water to the thickness of an Electuary then make Lozengs thereof these are good for a Cough a cold Rheume and a wheezing breath Against Hoarseness a dry Cough and all infections of the Lungs and Breast proceeding of heat and dry'th from whence a Consumption follows Take Dragagant 1 ounce Gum Arabick 5 dragms Starch 2 dragmes Licoris Melon-Seeds Gourd-Seeds Pompeon-Seeds Cucumber-Seeds of each 1 drag Camphire 5 dragmes Sugar Pennets one ounce and a half Beat all these to powder and add to an ounce of this powder 12 ounces of fine Sugar and boyl it in Violet water unto a Confection or make Lozenges of it if you please A hot Confection for a tough flegmatick and slymy Cough so that the Patient cannot get up any thing for a wheezing and short Breath Take Dragagant Hysop of each 2 ounces Kernells of Pine-Apples Sweet Almonds Linseed of each 3 dragmes Fenegreek Cinamon of each 2 dragmes Juyce of Licoris Ginger of each one dragme Boyl them all into an Electuary or Confection as the other or if you will you may make Lozengs thereof and every night when you go to bed dissolve one of them in sweet-Wine and add half a scruple of Saffron unto it this comforts the Heart and vital Spirits A Drink for the same Take five pints of fair Water half a pinte of Honey six Figges one ounce of Currans 2 dragmes of Licorice boyl it till one pinte be wasted and drink thereof every morning fasting a good Cup full warm To make the voyce cleer an Electuary Take Cabbage-Seeds Hysop Elecampane Roots Colts-foot Roots of Flower De luce Horehound of each half an ounce Annis-Seeds Fennel-Seeds Ameos Cubebs Aristolochy of each one dragme and a half Sugar Pennets 3 dragmes Oxymel Compositum Syrrup of Horehound of each 3 ounc Pine-apple Kernells 4 ounces Saffron 1 dragme Make them all together into a Confection or Electuary with 12 ounces of Honey clarifyed take hereof about 2 dragmes morning and night in a little of the Decoction of Nettle-Roots mixing a little Sugar with it For them that speak in their sleep Take the Juyce of Southern-wood 1 spoonfull and temper it in Wine and drink it going to bed Another for the same Take the Tops of Rue and Vervain of each a like quantity drink the Juyce thereof in Wine going to bed For them that spit Bloud Take Smallage Rue Betony Mynts and Planten of each a like quantity boyl them in good new Milk and drink thereof warm For a stinking Breath Take Butter the Juyce of Moonwort and the Juyce of Fetherfew of each a like quantity temper them with Honey and give the Patient every morning a spoonfull thereof Another for the same Take two handfulls of Cumin-Seeds and beat it to powder and boyl it well in white-Wine and drink of this decocted Wine 15 dayes together every morning sweetned with a little Sugar Another for the same Take three handfulls of Cumin Vervain Mynts and Rue of each three handfulls Licoris 1 dragme Ginger and Nutmegs of each half an ounce bruise them all in a Morter then boyl them in a Gallon of white-Wine till half be wasted Drink thereof morning and evening first and last for 15 dayes together as hot as you can suffer it Probatum For a cold and Cough Take Hysop Rosemary Planten and Radish Roots of each a like quantity and boyl them in white-Wine from a Pottle to a quart then poer out the Liquor and put the Herbs into a Morter and mingle them well together bruising them and strain them into the Liquor again then take a pinte of Life-Honey and boyl it and scum it and put thereto a quarter of a pound of May-Butter that is clarified and let it seeth together by the space that one may say the Psalm of Miserere mei Deus that is the 51 Psalme in English called in those dayes one of the 7 Penitential Psalms but now penitency is out of fashion The Psalm will not hurt you if you think it not too much superstition to read it neither will your Reading it do the Psalm any hurt at all nor your letting it alone will not alter its Religion Then strain it through a linen Cloth and take the Collature that is the Liquor or Medicine thus compounded and reserve it in a glasse Vessel close stopt And let the Patient take a little thereof first and last in a draught of stale Ale warm till it be whole for this is a proved Medicine saith my Author in Haec Verba For a Man or Woman that hath great sickness in the sides and cannot well draw their wind nor Cough for pain Take Hill-wort Alexander Parsly Lovage Smallage red Fennel Burnet Grommel of each a like quantity seeth them in sufficient quantity of white-Wine till half be wasted And let the Patient Drink thereof hot first and last For a Cough Take the Juyce of Sage and Rue and Hysop of each a like quantity of Cumin Pepper Licorice and sweet Fennel Seeds in powder of each a like quantity seeth them all in clarified Honey sufficient to make an Electuary thereof and let the Patient take thereof morning and evening Of the Tumor or swelling in the Throat called the Squinancy This is a dangerous Disease that cometh about the Troat-Boll and shutteth up the inward parts of the Throat so that thereby the breath is stopt which commonly proceedeth of grosse humours that fall from the Head into the Throat which is also increased by sleeping immediately after meals The Patient if he feel this infirmity approching ought to purge his Head well with Pill Elephanginae eat and drink but little and to eat light meats and Gargarize his mouth with Wine of Pomgranates and Barley-Water mingled together Also take Syrrup of Poppeys and Syrrup of Mulberryes