euening and it wil stay any fluxe of blood natural or vnnatural but if you cannot get the distilled water then boyle a handful of the hearb with Cinamon and a little Sugar in Claret wine and boyle it from a quart to a pint and drinke it as oft as you please also if you but rubbe the hearbe betweene your hands you shal see it wil soone make the blood returne For the yellow iâ—undisâ—â— For the Yellow Iaundisse take two peny worth of the best English Saffron drye it and grind it to an exceeding fine pouder then mixe it with the pap of a rosted apple and giue it the diseased party to swallow down in the manner of a Pill and doe thus diuers mornings together and without doubt it is the most present cure that can be for the same as hath been often times prooued For the yellow 〈◊〉 For the Yellow Iaundisse take Pimpernell and Chickeweed stampe them and straine them into posset ale and let the party drink thereof morning and euening For a desperate yeâ—low iaunâ—isse For the Yellow Iaundisse which is desperate and almost past cure Take sheepes dung new made and put it into a cup of Beare or Ale and close the cup fast and let it stand so al night and in the morning take a draught of the clearest of the drinke and giue it vnto the sicke party For the blacke Iaundisse For the blacke Iaundisse take the hearbe called Penyryall and eyther boyle it in white Wine or drinke the iuyce thereof simply by it selfe to the quantity of three or foure spooneful at a time and it wil cure the blacke Iaundisse Additions To the diâ—eases of the liuer For wasting of the Liuer Take of Hyssop Parsley and Harts-tongue of each a like quantity and seeth them in wort til they be soft then let it stand til it be cold and then drinke thereof first and last morning and euening A restoratiue for the Liuer Take Fenel roots and Parsley roots of each a like wash them cleane and pil off the vpper barke and cast away the pith within then mince them smal then put them to three pints of water and set them ouer the fire then take figges and shred them smal Lyeoras and breake it smal and put them to the hearbs and let al boile very wel then take Sorrel and stamp it and put it to the rest and let it boile til some part be wasted then take a good quantity of honey and put to it and boile a while then take it from the fire and clarifie it through a strayner into a glasse vessel and stop it very close then giue the sick to drinke thereof morning and euening To heale a ring worme coÌ„ming of the heate from the liuer Take the stalke of Saint Mary Garcicke and burne it or lay it vpon a hot tyle stone vntil it be very drye and then beate it into pouder and rub the sore therewith til it be whole To staunch blood Take Wooll in the Walkmil that commeth from the cloath and flyeth about like Doune and beate it into pouder then take thereof and mixe it with the white of an egge and wheate flower and stampe them together then lay it on a linnen cloath or Lint and apply it to the bleeding place and it wil stanch it For gâ—eat danger in bleeding If a man bleed and haue no present helpe if the wound be on the foot bind him about the ankle if in the legges bind him about the knee if it be on the hand bind him about the wrist if it be on the arme bind him about the brawne of the arme with a good list and the blood wil presently staunch For a stitch Take good store of Cynamon grated and put it into posset Ale very hot and drink it and it is a present cure A bath for the Dropsie Take a gallond of running water and put to it as much salt as wil make the water salt as the Sea water then boyle it a good while and bath the Legs therein as hot as may be suffered For the dropsy For the Dropsie take Agnus castus Fennel Affodill darke Wal-wort Lupins and Wormwood of each a handful and boyle them in a gallon of white Wine vntil a fourth part be consumed ☞ then strayne it and drinke it morning and euening halfe a pinte thereof and it wil cure the Dropsie but you must be careful that you take not Daffodil for Affodil Paine in the Spleene For paine in the Spleene take Agnus castus Agrimony Aniseeds Centuary the great and Wormwood of each a handful boile them in a gallon of white wine then straine it and let the patient drinke diuers mornings together halfe a pint thereof and at his vsual meales let him neyther drinke Ale Beere nor Wine but such as hath had the hearbe Tamoriske steeped in the same or for want of the hearbe let him drink out of a cup made of Tamoriske wood and he shal surely find remedy For paine in the side For any pain in the side take Mugwort and red Sage dry them betweene two tile stones and then put it in a bag and lay it to your side as hot as can be indured For fatnes and short breath To helpe him that is exceeding fat pursie and short breathed take hony clarified and bread vnleauened make toasts of it and dippe the toasts into the clarified hony and eate this diuers times with your meate Additions To the diseases of the Spleene Take a lump of yron or steele and heat it red hot and quench it in Wine then giue the wine to the sicke party to drinke For the Spleen For the stopping of the Spleene Take Fenel seeds and the roots boile them in water and after it is cleansed put to it hony and giue it the party to drinke then seeth the hearbe in oyle and wine together and playster wise apply it to the side For the hardneâ— of the Spleene Make a playster of Worme-wood boyled in oyle or make an oyntment of the iuyce of Worme wood of Vinegar Armoniacke Waxe and Oyle mixt and melted together and annoynt the side therewith eyther in the Sunne or before the fire Diseases of the heart Take the pouder of Galingal and mixe it with the iuyce of Burrage and let the offended party drinke it with sweet wine For the passion of the heart 〈◊〉 heart sickenesse Take Rosemary and Sage of each an handful and seeth them in white wine or strong Ale and then let the patient drinke it lukewarme For fatnes aâ— about the hart Take the iuice of Fenell mixt with hony and seeth them together til it be hard and then eate it Euening and Morning and it wil consume away the fatnesse For the wind Collicke For the wind Collicke which is a disease both general and cruel there be a world of remedies yet none more approued then this which I wil repeate you shal take a Nutmeg sound and large and diuide it equally into foure
horne or Iuorie and red Pympernell and bruise them well together then put it into a linnen cloath and lay it to the teeth it will fasten them For any venom in the eare Take the iuyce of Louage and drop it into the eare and it will cure any venome and kill any worme earewigge or other vermine For a stinking breath which commeth from the stomacke Take two ounces of comine and beate in a morter to fine pouder then boile it in wine from a pottell to a quart then drinke therof morning and euening as hot as you can suffer it or otherwise take an ounce of wild time and being cleane washed cut it small and then pouder it then put to it halfe an ounce of peper in fine pouder and as much comyne mixe them all well together and boile them in a pottell of white wine till halfe be consumed and after meate but not before vse to drinke thereof hot also once in the afternoone and at your going to bed and it will purge the breath for stinking 〈…〉 Take red nettles and burne them to a pouder then adde as much of the pouder of pepper and mixe them well together and snuffe thereof vp into the nose and thus do diuers times a day For a canker in the nose Take old ale and hauing boyld it on the fire clens'd it adde thereto a pretty quantity of lyfe hony and as much allom then with a setrindge or such like wash the sores therewith very warme A red water for any canker Take a gallond of running water and boile it to a pottell then put to it a handfull of red sage a handfull of Cellandine a handful of Honysuckles a handful of woodbine leaues flowers then take a penniworth of graynes made into fine pouder and boile all very well together then put to it a quart of the best life hony of a yeare old and a pound of Roch allom let al boyle together till it come to a pottell then straine it and put it into a close vessell and therewith dresse and annoint the sores as occasion serues it will heale any canker or vlcer and cleanse any wound It is best to be made at Midsomer To cleare the eyes Take the flowers and rootes of Primrose cleane washt in running water then boile them in faire running water the space of an houre then put thereto a pretty quantity of white copperas and then straine all through a linnen cloath and so let it stand a while and there will an Oyle appeare vpon the water with that oyle annoynt the lids and the browes of your eies and the temples of your head and with the water wash your eyes and it is most soueraigne Another for the sight Take Fâ—fteene seeds of Gyneper and as many Gromell seeds fine branches of Fenell beate them all together then boyle them in a pint of old ale till three parts be wasted then straine it into a glasse and drop thereof three drops into each eye at night and wash your eyes euery morning for the space of fifteene daies with your owne water and it will cleare any decayed sight whatsoeuer For sore eyes Take red Snayles and seeth them in faire water and then gather the oyle that ariseth thereof and therewith annoint your eyes morning and euening For sicke eyes Take a gallond or two of the dregges of strong ale put thereto a handfull or two of Comyne and as much salt and then distill it in a Lymbecke and the water is most pretious to wash eyes with Fâ—r 〈◊〉 eyes Take Cellandine Rue Chervile Plantaine and anyse of each alike and as much fenell as of all the rest stamp them all well together then let it stand two daies and two nights then straine it very well and annoynt your eyes morning and euening therewith For the pin and webb in the eye Take an egge and rost extreame hard then take the white being very hot and lapp in it as much white copperas as a pease and then violently straine it through a fine cloath then put a good drop thereof into the eye and it is most soueraigne A poudâ—r for the pin and webb in the eye Take two drams of prepard Tussia of Sandragon one dram of Sugar a dram bray them all very well together till they be exceeding small then take of the pouder blow a little thereof into the eye and it is soueraigne A pretious water for the eyes Take of Red rose leaues of Smalladge of Maiden haire Eusaace endiue succory red fenell hill-wort and cellandine of each halfe a quarter of a pound wash them cleane and lay them in steepe in white wine a whole day then still them in an ordinary still the first water will be like gold the second like siluer and the third like balme any of these is most pretious for sore eyes and hath recouered sight lost for the space of Ten yeares hauing been vsed but foure dayes To make haire to grow Take the leaues of willow and boile them well in oyle and therwith annoint the place where you would haue any haire to grow whether vpon head or beard Another Take Treakle water and hony boyle them together and wet a cloath therein and lay it where you would haue haire to grow and it will come speedily For a pimpled or red saucy face Take nine or ten egges and rost them very hard then put away the yolkes bray the whites very small with three or foure ounces of white Copporas till it be come to perfect oyntment then with it annoint the face moring and euening for the space of a weeke and more For the rhume Take the rynde of Issop and boile it or burne it and let the fume or smoke goe into the mouth and it it will stay any rhume falling from the head For hoarsenes in the throate Take a pint of running water and three spoonefulls of hony and boile them together and skime off the filth then put thereto on ounce of small Raysons and straine it well through a cloath and so drinke it morning and euening For a dangerous cough Take Aquauitae and salt and mixe it with strong old ale and then heate it on the fire and therewith wash the soules of the feete when you goe to bed For the dry cough Take of cleane Wheate and of cleane Barly of each a like quantity and put them into a gallond and a halfe of faire water and boyle them till they burst then straine it into a cleane vessell and adde thereto a quarterne of fine Lycoras pouder and two penyworth of gumme-Arabecke then boyle it ouer againe and straine it and keepe it in a sweete vessell and drinke thereof morning and euening For the tisicke Take the best wort and let it stand till it be yellow then boyle it and after let it coole then put to it a little quantity of barme and saffron and so drinke of it euery morning and euening while it lasteth otherwise take
when you haue occasion to vse it make it as hot as the party can suffer it and lay it to the place grieued then with a trusse trusse him vp close let him be carefull for straining of himselfe and in a few dayes it will knit during which cure giue him to drinke a draught of red wine and put therein a good quantity of the flower of fetches finely boulted stirring it well together and then fast an houre after For the stone For the violent paine of the stone make a posset of milke and sacke then take off the curd and put a handfull of Camomâ—ll flowers into the drinke then put it into a pewter pot and let it stand vpon hot imbers so that it may dissolue and then drinke it as occasion shall serue Other for this griefe take the stone of an Oxe gall and dry it in an ouen then beate it to pouder and take of it the quantity of a hasill-nut with a draught of good old ale or white wine The collicke and stone For the Collicke and stone take hawthorne berries the berries of sweete briars and ashen keyes and dry them euery one seuerally vntil you make them into pouder then put a little quantity of euery one of them together then if you thinke good put to it the pouder of Licoras and Annâ—seeds to the intent that the party may the better take it then put in a quantity of this pouder in a draught of white wine and drinke it fasting Otherwise you may take Smallage-seede Parsey Lâ—uage Saxifrage and broome seede of each one of them a little quantity beate them into a pouder and when you feele a sit of eiâ—her of the diseases eate of this pouder a spoonfull at a time either in pottage or else in the broth of a chicken and so fast two or three houres after A pouder for the collicke and stone To make a pouder for the collicke and stone take fenell parsley-seede anâ—seed and carraway seede of each the waight of sixe pence of gromel seede sax-frage seede the roots of Filapendula and licoras of each the waight of twelue-pence of gallingall spikenard and Cinamon of each the waight of eight pence of Seena the waight of 17. shillings good waight beaâ—e them aâ—l to pouder and searce it which will waigh in all 25. shillings 6 pence This pouder is to be giuen in white wine and sugar in the morning fasting so to continue fasting two houres after and to take of it at one time the waight of tenne pâ—nce or twelue pence Another Other Physitians for the stone take a quart of renish or white wine and two limons and pare the vpper rinde thinne and slice them into the wine and as much white soâ—pe as the waight of a groate and boyle them to a pint and put thereto sugar according to your discretion and so drinke it keeping your selfe warme in your bed and lying vpon your backe For the stone in the reynes For the stone in the râ—ynes take Ameos Camomill Maiden-haire Sparrow-tongue and Filapendula of each a like quantity dry it in an ouen and then beate it to pouder and euery morning drinke halfe a spoonefull thereof with a good draught of white wine and it will helpe For the stone in the bladder For the stone in the bladder take a Radish-roote and slit it crosse twice then put it into a pint of white wine and stoppe the vessell exceeding close then let it stand all one night and the next morning drinke it off fasting and thus doe diuers mornings together it will helpe A pouder foâ— the stone in the bladder For the stone in the bladder take the kernells of sloâ—s and dry them on a tile-stone then beate them to pouder then take the rootes of Alexanders parsly pellitory and holâ—hocke of euery of their roots a like quantity and seeth them all in white wine or else in the broath of a young chicken then straine them into a cleane vessell and when you drinke of it put into it halfe a spoonefull of the pouder of slow kernels Also if you take the oyle of Scorpion it is very good to annoint the members and the tender part of the belly against the bladder A bath for the stone To make a bath for the stone take mallowes holihocke and lilly roots and linseed pellitory of the wall and seeth them in the broth of a sheepes head and bath the reynes of the backe therewith oftentimes for it will open the straightnes of the water conduits that the stone may haue issue and asswage the paine and bring out the grauell with the vrine but yet in more effect when a plaister is made and laid vnto the reines and belly immediately after the bathing A water for the stone To make a water for the stone take a gallond of new milke of a red Cow and put therein a handfull or Pellitory of the wall and a handfull of wild time and a handfull of Saxifrage a handfull of Parsly two or three radish roots sliced and a quantity of Philipendula roots let them lie in the milke a night and in the morning put the milke with the hearbs into a still and distill them with a moderate fire of char cole or such like then when you are to vse the water take a draught of renish wine or white wine and put into it fiue spoonefull of the distilled water and a little sugar and nutmeg sliced and then drinke of it the next day meddle not with it but the third day doe as you did the first day and so euery other day for a weekes space Difficulty of Vrine For the difficulty of vrin or hardnesse to make water take Smallage Dill any-Any-seeds and Burnet of each a like quantity and dry them and beate them to fine pouder and drinke halfe a spooefull thereof with a good draught of white wine For hot vrine If the Vrine be hot and burning the party shall vse euery morning to drinke a good draught of new milke and sugar mixt together and by all meanes to abstaine from beere that is old hard and tart from all meates and sawces which are sowre and sharpe For the strangullion For the strangullion take Saxifrage Polipody of the Oake the roots of beanes and a quantity of Raysins of euery one three handfull or more and then two gallonds of good wine or else wine lees and put it into a slerpentary and make thereof a good quantity giue the sicke to drinke morning and euening a spoonefull at once For pissing in bed For them that cannot hold their water in the night time take Kidds hoofe and dry it and beate it into pouder and giue it to the patient to drinke either in beeâ—â— or ale foure or fiue times For the rupture For the rupture or bursnesse in men take Comphry and Fâ—rnâ—osmund and beate them together with yellow waxe and Deares suet vntil it come vnto a salue and then apply
it vnto the broken place and it wil knit it also it shal good for the party to take Comphry roots and rost them in hot imbers as you rost Wardens and let the party eate them for they are very soueraine for the rupture especially beeing eaten in a morning fasting and by al meanes let him weare a strong trusse til he be whole Additions To the diseases of the reines bladder Take Goates clawes and burne them in a new earthen pot to pouder then put of the pouder into broth or pottage and eate it therein or otherwise take Rue Parsley and gromel and stampe them together and mixe it with wine and drinke it For he that can not hold his water Take Agnus castus and Castoreum and seeth them together in wine and drinke thereof also seeth them in vinegar and hot lap it about the priuy parts and it wil helpe For the Gonorea or sâ—eâ—ding of seed Take Malmsey and Butter and warme it and wash the reines of the backe whereupon you find paine then take oyle of mace and annoynt the backe therewith For weakenesse in the backe First wash the reines of the backe with warme white wine then annoynt al the backe with the ointment called Perstuaneto For heat in the Râ—ines For comforting and strengthning of the backe Take a leg of Beefe a handful of Fenel roots a handful of parsley roots two roots of comphry one pound of raisins of the Sunne a pound of damaske prunes and a quarter of a pound of dates put al these together and boile them very soft with sixe leaues of nâ—p sixe leaues of clary twelue leaues of bittany of the wood and a little harts tongue when they are sod very soft take them into the same broth againe with a quart of sacke and a penny-worth of large mace and of this drinke at your pleasure For the Hemeroides For the Hemeroides which is a troublesome and a sore griefe take of Dâ—ll Dogge-fennell and Pellitory of Spaine of each halfe a handfull and beaâ—e it in a morter with sheepes suet and blacke sope till it come to a salue and then lay it plasterwise to the sore and it will giue the griefe ease For the piles or Hemeroids For the piles or Hemerods take halfe a pinte of ale and a good quantity or pepper and as much allome as a walnut boyle all this together till it be as thicke as birdlime or thicker this done take the iuyce of white violets and the iuyce of housleeke and when it is almost cold put in the iuice and straine them all together and with this oyntment annoynt the sore place twice a day Otherwise for this griefe take lead and grate it small and lay it vpon the sores or else take muskles dried and beate to pouder and lay it on the sores For the falling of the fundament If a mans fundament fall downe through some cold taken or other cause let it be forthwith put vp againe then take the pounder of Towne cresses dried and strew it gently vpon the fundament and annoynt the reines of the backe with hony and then about it strew the pouder of Cummin and Calasine mixt together and ease will come thereby For the Hemeroids Take a great handfull of orpyns and bruise them betweene your hands till they be like a salue and then lay them vpon a cloth bind them fast to the fundament For the greene sicknesse To helpe the greene sicknesse take a pottle of white wine and a handfull of Rosemary a handfull of wormewood an ounce of cardus benedictus seed a dramme of Clâ—â—es all these must be put into the white wine in a iugge and couered very close and let it steepe a day and a night before the party drinke of it then let her drinke of it euery morning and two houres before supper and to take it for a fortnight and let her stirre as much as she can the more the better and as earely as she can Otherwise for this sicknesse take Isop Fennell and Peny-royall of these three one good handfull take two ounces of Currants seeth these in a pint of faire water to the halfe then straine the hearbs from the liquor and put thereto two ounces of fine sugar two spoonefulls of white wine vinegar let the party drinke euery morning foure spoonefulls thereof and walke vppon it To increase a womans milke To increase a womans milke you shall boyle in strong posset-ale good store of Colworts and cause her to drink euery meale of the same also if she vse to eate boyled Colworts with her meate it will wonderfully increase her milke also To dry vp milke To dry vp womans milke take red sage and hauing stampt it and strayned the iuyce from the same adde thereunto as much wine vinegar and stirre them well together then warming it on a flat dish ouer a few coales steepe therein a sheete of browne paper then making a hole in the midst thereof for the nipple of the breast to goe through couer all the breast ouer with the paper and remoue it as occasion shall serue but be very carefull it be laid very hot to Some are of opinion that for a woman to milke to her breasts vpon the earth will cause her milke to dry but I referre it to triall A pultus for sore breasts in women To helpe womens sore breasts when they are swelled or else inflamed Take violet leaues and cut them small and seeth them in milke or running water with wheate bran or wheate bread crummes then lay it to the sore as hot as the party can indure it For ease in child bearing If a woman haue a strong and hard labour Take foure spoonefull of another womans milke and giue it the woman to drinke in her Labour and she shal be deliuered presently Child dead in the woâ—be If a woman by mischance haue her child dead within her she shal take vitander Felwort and Penyroyall and stampe them and take of each a spoonful of the iuyce and mixe it with old wine and giue it her to drinke and she shal soone be deliuered without danger Apurâ—sle to conceiâ—e To make a woman to conceiue let her either drinke Mugwort steeped in wine or else the pouder thereof mixâ—â— with wine as shall best please her tast Additions To 〈…〉 Take the pouder of Corrall finely ground and eate it in a â—earâ— egge and it will stâ—y the flux To 〈◊〉 women â—â—owers Against the flowers Against womens Tâ—â—mes make a pessary of the iuyce of Mugwort oâ— the water that it is â—â—dden in and apply it but if it be for the fluxâ— of the fâ—owers take the iuyce of plantaine and drinke iâ—â—ed wine For the matrix Take a Fomentation made of the water wherein the Leaues and flowers of Tuâ—son is sodden to drinke vp the superflâ—tâ—es of the Matrixe it cleanseth the entrance but this hearbe would be gathered in haruest if a woman haue paine in the Matrixe set on the fire water
Grains Cloues Aniseeds Fennell seeds Caâ—away seeds of each one dramme then take Sage Mints Red roses Time Pellitory Rosemary Wild-time Camomile and Lauender of each a handfull then bray the spices small and the hearbs also and put all together into the wine and let it stand so twelue houres stirring it diuers times then distill it with a limbecke and keepe the first water for it is best of a gallond of wine you must not take aboue a quart of water this water comforteth the vitall spirits and helpeth inward diseases that commeth of cold as the palsey the contraction of sinewes also it killeth wormes and comforts the stomacke it cureth the cold dropsie helpes the stone the stinking breath maketh one seeme yong To make Cinamon water Take a pottell of the best Sack and halfe a pint of Rose water a quarter and halfe of a pound of good Cinamon well bruised but not small beaten distill all these together in a glasse-still but you must carefully looke to it that it boyle not ouer hastily and attend it with cold wet cloathes to coole the top of the still if the water should offer to boyle too hastily This water is very soueraigne for the stomacke the head and all the inward parts it helps digestion and comforteth the vitall spirits Sixe most pretious waters whâ—ch Hepocrates made and sent to a Queene sometimes liuing in England 1 Take Fennell Rew Veruine Endiue Betony Germander Red rose Capillus Veneris of each an ounce stampe them and keepe them in white wine a day and a night and distill water of them which water will diuide in three parts the first water you shall put in a glasse by it selfe for it is more pretious then gold the second as siluer and the third as Balme and keepe these three parts in glasses this water you shall giue the rich for gold to meaner for siluer to poore men for Balme this water keepeth the sight in clearenesse and purgeth all grosse humors 2 Take Salgemma a pound and lappe it in a greene docke leafe and lay it in the fire till it be will rosted and waxe white and put it in a glasse against the ayre a night and on the morrow it shall bee turned to a white water like vnto Christall keepe this water well in a glasse and put a drop into the eie and it shall clense and sharpe the sight it is good for any euill at the heart for the morphew and the canker in the mouth and for diuers other euills in the body 3 Take the roots of Fennell Parseley Endiue Betonyâ— of each an ounce and first wash them well in luke-warme water and bray them well with white wine a day and a night and then distill them into water this water is more worthy then Balme it preserueth the sight much and clenseth it of all filth it restrayneth teares and comforteth the head and auoideth the water that commeth through the payne in the head 4 Take the seed of Parsley Achannes Veruine Carawaies and Cenâ—â—â—ry of each ten drams beate all these together and put it in warme water a day and a night and put it in a vessell to distill this water is a pretious water for all sore eies and very good for the health of man or womans body 5 Take limmell of gold siluer lattin copper iron steele and lead and take lethurgy of gold and siluer take Calamint and Columbine and steepe all together the first day in the vrine of a man-child that is between a day a night the second day in white wine the third day in the iuice of fenell the fourth day in the whites of egs the fift day in the womans milke that nourisheth a man-child the sixt day in red wine the seuenth day in the whites of egges and vpon the eight day bind all these together and distill the water of them and keepe this water in a vessell of gold or siluer the vertues of this water are these first it expelleth all rhumes and doth away all manner of sicknesse from the eyes and weares away the pearle pin and webbe it draweth againe into his owne kinde the eye-lidds that haue beene bleaâ—ed it easeth the ache of the head and if a man drinke it maketh him looke young euen in old age besides a world of other most excellent vertues 6 Take the Gold-smiths stone and put it into the fire till it be red-hot and quench it in a pint of white wine and doe so nine times and after grind it and beate it small and cleanse it as cleane as you may and after set it in the Sunne with the water of Fennell distilled and Veruine Roses Celladine and Rew and a little Aquauite and when you haue sprinkled it in the water nine times put it then in a vessell of glasse and yet vpon a reuersion of the water distill it till it passe ouer the touch foure or fiue inches and when you will vse it then stirre it all together and then take vp a drop with a feather and put it on your naile if it abide it is fine and good then put it in the eye that runneth or annoint the head with it if it ake and the temples and beleeue it that of all waters this is the most pretious and helpeth the sight or any paine in the head The water of Cheruyle is good for a sore mouth The vertues of seuerall waters The water of Callamint is good for the stomacke The water of Planten is good for the fluxe and the hot dropsie Water of Fennell is good to make a fat body small and also for the eyes Water of Violâ—ts is good for a man that is sore within his body and for the raynes and for the liuer Water of Endiue is good for the dropsy and for the iaundise and the stomacke Water of Borage is good for the stomacke and for the Iliaca passio and many other sicknesses in the body Water of both Sages is good for the palsey Water of Bettony is good for old age and all inward sicknesses Water of Radish drunke twice a day at each time an ounce or an ounce and a halfe doth multiply and prouoke lust and also prouoketh the tearmes in women Rosemary water the face washed therein both morning and night causeth a faire and cleere countenance also the head washed therewith and let dry of it selfe preserueth the falling of the haire and causeth more to grow also two onunces of the same drunke driueth venome out of the body in the same sort as Methridate doth the same twice or thrice drunke at each time halfe an ounce rectifieth the mother and it causeth women to bee fruitfull when one maketh a Bath of this decoction it is called the Bath of life the same drunke comforteth the heart the brayne and the whole body and cleanseth away the spots of the face it maketh a man looke young and causeth women to conceiue quickely and hath all the vertues of Balme Water of
make a pultis to cure any ague-sore take elder leaues and seeth them in milke till they be soft then take them vp and straine them and then boyle it againe till it be thicke and so vse it to the sore as occasion shall serue For the quartaine Feuer For the Quartaine Eeuer or third day ague which is which is of all feuers the longest lasting many times dangerous consumptions blacke iaundies and such like mortall sicknesses follow it you shall take Methridate and spread it vpon a lymon slice cut of a reasonable thicknes and so as the lymon be couered with the Methridate then bind it to the pulse of the sicke mans wrist of his arme about an houre before his fit doth beginne and then let him goe to his bed made warme and with hot cloathes laid vpon him let him try if he can force himselfe to sweat which if he doe then halfe an houre after he hath sweate he shall take hot posset ale brewed with a little Methridate and drinke a good draught thereof and rest till his fit be passed ouer but if he bee hâ—â—d to sweate then with the sayd posset Ale also you shall mixe a few bruised Anny-seeds and that will bring sweate vppon him and thus you shall doe euery fit till they beginne to cease or that sweate come naturally of it owne accorde which is a true and manifest signe that the sicknesse decreaseth Of the pestilent Feuer For the pestilent Feuer which is a continuall sicknesse full of infection and mortality you shall cause the party first to bee let blood if his strength will beare it then you shall giue him coole Iulyps made of Endife or Succorie water the sirrop of Violets conserue of Barberries and the iuyce of Lymons well mixed and simboliz'd together Also you shall giue him to drink Almond milke made with the decoction of coole hearbes as violet leaues strawberry leaues french mallowes puâ—sline and such like and if the parties mouth shall through the heate of his stomacke or liuer Inflame oâ— grow sore you shall wash it with the sirrop of mulberâ—ies and that will not onely heale it but also strengthen his stomacke If as it is most common in this sicknesse the party shall grow costiue you shall giue him a suppositary made of hony boyld to the height of hardnesse which you shall know by cooling a drop thereof and so if you find it hard you shall then know that the hony is boyled sufficiently then put salt to it and so put it in water and worke it into a roule in the manner of a suppositary administer it and it most assuredly bringeth no hurt but ease to the party of what age or strength soeuer he be during his sicknesse you shall keepe him from all manner of strong drinkes or hot spices and then there is no doubt of his recouery A preserâ—atiue against the plague To preserue your body from the infection of the plague you shal take a quart of old ale after it hath risen vpon the fire and hath been scummed you shall put therinto of Aristolochia longa of Angelica of Cellandine of each halfe an handfull boile them wel therin then strain the drink through a cleane cloath dissolue therein a dramme of the best Methridate as much Iuory finely powdred and searst and sixe spoonful of Dragon water then put it vp in a closse glasse and euery morniâ—g fasting take fiue spoonful thereof and after bite and chaw in your mouth the dried root of Angelica or smel on a nose-gay made of the tasseld end of a shippe rope and they wil surely preserue you from infection Fâ—r infection of the plaguâ— But if you be infected with the plague and feele the assured signes thereof as paine in the head drought burning weaknesse of stomacke and such like Then you shal take a dram of the best Methridate and dissolue it in three or foure spooneful of dragon water and immediately drink it off and then with hot cloathes or bricks made extreame hot and layd to the soales of your feet after you haue beene wrapt in woollen cloathes compel your selfe to sweat which if you do keep yourselfe moderately therein till the sore begin to rise then to the same apply a liue Pidgeon cut in two parts or else a plaister made of the yolke of an Egge Hony hearbe of grace chopt exceeding small and wheate flower which in very shoâ—t space will not onely ripen but also breake the same without any other incision then after it hath runne a day or two you shall apply a plaister of Melilot vnto it vntil it be whoâ—e For the Pestileâ— Take Fetherfew Malâ—selon Scabious and Mugwort of each a like bruise them and mixe them with old ale and let the sicke drinke thereof sixe spooneful and it wil expel the corruption Another Take Yarâ—ow Tansie Fetherfew of each a handful and bruise them wel together then let the sicke party make water into the hearbs then straine them and giue it the sicke to drinke A preseruation â—g first the â—eâ—ce Take of Sage Rue Brieâ— leaues or Elderleaues of each an handful stampe them and straine them with a quart of white wine and put thereto a little Ginger and a good spooneful of the best Treackle and drinke thereof morning and euening How to draw a plague botch to any place you will Take Smalledge Mallowes Wormewood and Rue stamp them wel together and fry them in oyle Oliue til they be thicke plaisterwise apply it to the place where you would haue it rise and let it lye vntil it breake then to heale it vp take the iuyce of Smallage Wheateflower milke and boile them to a pultis and apply iâ— morning and euening til it be whole A Cordiall for any infection at the heart ☜ Take of Burrage Langdebeefe and Callamint of each a good handful of Hartstongue Red mâ—nt Violets and Marigolds of each halfe a handful boyle them in white wine or faire running water then adde a penny woorth of the best Saffron and as much Sugar and boyle them ouer againe wel then straine it into an earthen pot and drinke thereof morning and euening to the quantity of seauen spoonfuls Against too violâ—nt sweating Take Linseed and Lettice and bruise it wel then apply it to the stomacke and remooue it once in foure houres For the Head-ache ☜ For the Head-ach you shal take of rose-rosewater of the iuyce of Cammomil of womans milke of strong wine venegar of each two spooneful mixe them together wel vpon a chafing-dish of coales then take of a peece of a dry rose cake and steepe it therein and as soone as it hath dâ—anke vp the lyquor and is throughly hot take a couple of sound Nutmegs grated to powder and strew them vppon the rose cake then breaking it into two parts binde it on each side vppon the temples of the head so let the party lye downe to rest and the paine wil in a short
space be taken from him For th Frenzy For Frenzie or inflamation of the calles of the braine you shal cause the iuyce of Beets to be with a Serrindge squirted vp into the patients nostrils which will purge and cleanse his head exceedingly and then giue him to drinke posset ale in which Violet leaues and Lettice hath been boyled and it will sodainely bring him to a very temperate mildnesse and make the passion of Frenzie forsake him Fâ—â— the lethargy For the Lethargie or extreame drowsines you shall-by all violent meanes either by noyse or other disturbances force perforce keepe the party from sleeping and whensoeuer he calleth for drink you shal giue him white wine and Isop water of each a little quantity mixt together and not suffer him to sleepe aboue foure houres in foure twenty till he come to his former wakefulnes which as soone as he haue recouered you shall then forthwith purge his head with the iuyce of Beets squirted vp into his nostrils as is before shewed To prouoke sleepe But if any of the family be troubled with too much watchfulnesse so that they cannot by any meanes take rest then to prouoke the party to sleepe you shall take of Saffron a dramme dryed and beaten to pouder and as much Lettice seed also dryed and beaten to pouder and twice as much white Poppy seed beaten also to pouder and mixe these with womans milke till it be a thick salue and then binde it to the temples of the head and it will soone cause the party to sleepe and let it lye on not aboue foure houres For the swimming of the head For the swimming or dizzing in the head you shall take of Agnus casâ—us of Broome wort and of Camomile dryed of each two drammes mixt with the iuyce of Iuâ—e oyle of Roses and white wine of each like quantity tiâ—l it come to a thicke salue and then binde it to the temples of the head and it will in short space take away the griefe For the palsie For the Apoplexie or palsie the strong sent or smell of a Foxe is exceeding soueraigne or to drinke euery morning halfe a pint of the decoction of Lauendar and to rub the head euery morning and euening exceeding hard with a very cleane course cloath whereby the humours may be dissolued and disperst into the outward parts of the body by all meanes for this infirmity keepe your feet safe from cold or wet and also the nape of your necke for from those parts it first getteth the strength of euill and vnauoidable paynes For a new cough For a cough or cold but lately taken you shall take a spoonfull of Sugar finely beaten and searst and drop into it of the best Aquauitae vntill all the sugar be wet to through and can receiue no more moysture Then being ready to lye downe to rest take and swallow the spoonefull of sugar downe and so couer you warme in your bed and it will soone breake and dissolue the cold For an old cough But if the cough be more old inueterate more inwardly fixt to the lungs take of the pouder of Bettonie of the pouder of Carraway seeds of the pouder of Sheruit dryed of the pouder of Hounds tongue and of Pepper finely beaten of each two drams and mingling them well with clarified hony make an electuary therof and drink it morning euening for nine daies together then take of Sugar candy coursly beaten an ounce of Licoras finely peared trimmed and cut into very little small slices as much of Anniseeds and Coriander seeds halfe an ounce mixe all these together and keepe them in a paper in your pocket and euer in the day time when the cough offendeth you take as much of this dredge as you can hold betweene your thumbe and fingers eate it and it will giue ease to your griefe And in the night when the cough taketh you take of the iuice of Licoras as two good Barly cornes and let it melt in your mouth and it wil giue you ease For the falling sicknesse Although the falling sicknes be seldome or neuer to be cured yet if the party which is troubled with the same wil but morning and euening during the wane of the moone or when she is in the signe Virgo eate the berries of the hearbe Asterion or beare the hearbs about him next to his bare skin it is likely he shall finde much ease and fal very seldome though this medicine be somewhat doubtful For the falling euill For the falling euill take if it be a man a female mole if a woman a male mole and take them in March or else April when they go to the Bucke Then dry it in an ouen and make powder of it whole as you take it out of the earth then giue the sick person of the powder to drink euening morning for nine or ten daies together OF An Oyle to helpe hearing To take away deafnes take a gray Eele with a white belly and put her into a sweet earthen pot quick stop the pot very close with an earthen couer or some such hard substance then digge a deep hole in a horse dunghill and set it therein and couer it with the dung and so let it remaine a fortnight and then take it out and cleare out the oile which will come of it and drop it into the imperfect eare or both if both be imperfect For the Rhum To stay the flux of the Rhume take Sage and dry it before the fire and rub it to powder Then take bay salt and dry it and beare it to powder and take a Nutmeg and grate it and mixe them all together and put them in a long linnen bag then heate it vpon a tile stone and lay it to the nape of the necke For a stinking breath For a stinking breath take Oake buds when they are new budded ouâ— and distil them then let the party grieued nine mornings and nine euenings drinke of it then forbeare a while and after take it againe A vomit for an ill breath To make a vomit for a strong stinking breath you must take of Antimonium the waight of three Barley cornes and beate it very small and mixe it with conserue of Roses and giue the Patient to eate in the morning then let him take nine dayes together the iuyce of Mints and Sage then giue him a gentle purgation and let him vse the iuâ—ce of Mint and Sage longer This medicine must be giuen in the spring of the yeare but if the infirmity come for want of digestion in the stomacke then take Mints Maioraâ—â— â—nd Worme-wood and chop them small and boile the 〈◊〉 Malmsie till it be thicke and make a pâ—â—ister of it and it to the stomacke For the Tooth-ache For the Tooth ach take a handful of Dasie rootes and waâ—â— them very cleane and drie them with a cloath and then stamp them and when you haue stamped them a good while take the quantity of
halfe a nutshel full of Bay-salt and strew it amongst the roots and then when they are very wel beaten straine them through a cleane cloath then grate some Cattham Aromaticus mixe it good and sâ—ffie with the iuyce of the roots and when you haue done so put it into a quil and snuffe it vp into your nose and you shall find ease Another Another for the Tooth-ake take smal Sage Rue Smallage Fetherfew Wormewood and Mints of each of them halfe a handful then stampe them wel all together putting thereto foure drams of vinegar and one dram of Bay salt with a penny-worth of good Aquavitae stir them well together then put it betweene two linnen clouts of the bignesse of your cheeke temples and iawe and quilt it in manner of a course imbrodery then set it vpon a chafing-dish of coales and as hot as you may abide it lay it ouer that side where the paine is and lay you downe vpon that side and as it cooles warme it againe or else haue another ready warme to lay on A driâ—â—e for a â—â—â—â—le in the eye To make a drinke to destroy any pearle or filme in the eye take a good handfull of Marigold plants a handfull of Fennell as much of May-weed beate them together then straine them with a pint of beere then put it into a pot stop it close that the strength may not goe out then let the offended party drinke thereof when he is in bed lie of that side on which the pearle is likewise drinke of it in the morning next his heart when he is risen Fâ—r pâ—â—â—e in 〈…〉 For payne in the eies take Milke when it comes new from the Cowe and hauing syled it into a cleane vessell couer it with a pewter dish and the next morning take off the dish and you shall see a dew vpon the same and with that dew wash the pained eies it will ease them 〈…〉 For dimme eyes take Wormewood beaten with the gall of a Bull and then strane it and annoynt the eyes therewith and it will cleare them exceedingly Foâ— sore eyes For sore eyes or blood shotten eyes take the white of an egge beaten to oyle as much Rosewater as much of the iuyce of House-leeke mixe them well together then dippe flat pleageants therein and lay them vppon the sore eyes and as they drye so renew them againe and wet them and thus doe till the eyes be well For waterie eyes For watery eyes take the iuice of Affodill Mirrhe and Saffron of each a little and mixe it with twice so much white wine then boyle it ouer the fire then straine it and wash the eyes therewith and it is a present helpe For a 〈◊〉 For a Canker or any sore mouth take Choruile and beate it to a salue with old ale and Allum water and annoynt the sore therewith and it will cure it A swelled mouth For any swelling in the mouth take the iuice of wormwood Cammomill and Shirwitt and mixe them with hony and bath the swelling therewith it will cure it For the Quinsie For the Quinsie or Quinacy giue the party to drinke the hearbe Mouseare steept in ale or beere and looke where you see a swine rub himselfe and there vpon the same place rubbe a sleight stone and then with it sleight all the swelling and it will cure it Against drunkennes If you would not be drunke take the pouder of Betany and Coleworts mixt together and eate it euery morning fasting as much as will lie vpon a sixpence and it will preserue a man from drunkennesse To quicken the wit To quicken a mans wits spirit and memory let him take Langdebeefe which is gathered in Iune or Iuly and beating it in a cleane morter Let him drinke the iuyce thereof with warme water and he shall finde the benefit For the Kings euill If a man be troubled with the Kings euill let him take the red docke and seeth it in wine till it be very tender then straine it and so drinke a good draught thereof and he shall finde great ease from the same especially if he doe continue the vse thereof Addition to the particular sicknesses and first of the head and the parts thereof the lungs Take Frankinsence Doues-dung and Wheate-flower of each an ounce and mixe them well with the white of an egge then plasterwise apply it where the paine is The oyle of Lyllyes if the head be annointed therewith is good for any payne therein Another Take Rowe and steepe it in Vinegar a day and a night the Rowe being first well bruised then with the same annoynt the head twice or thrice a day For the head â—ke and to slay bleeding at the nose Take the white of an egge and beate it to oyle then put to it Rosewater and the pouder Alablaster then take flaxe and dippe it therein and lay it to the temples and renâ—we it two or three times a day To draw out bones broken in the head Take Agrymonâ—e and bruise it and plasterwise apply it to the wound and let the party drinke the iuyce of Bettanie and it will expell the bones and heale the wound For the falling of the mould of the head Take the leaues of Agrymonie and boile them in hony till it be thicke like a plaister and then apply it to the wound of the head warme For the Squynancy Take a table napkin or any linnen cloath and wet it in cold water and when you goe to bed apply it to the swelling and lie vpright thus doe three or of foure times in a night till the swelling waste For the tooth-ake Take two or three dock roots as many daysy roots and boyle them in water till they be soft then take them out of the water and boyle them well ouer againe in oylâ— Oliue then straine them through a cleane cloath and anoynt the pained tooth therewith and keepe your mouâ—h close and it will not onely take away the payne but also ease any megrem or griefe in the head To make teeth white Take a sawcer of strong vinegar and two spoonefulls of the pouder of Roch allom a spooneful of white salt and a spoonefull of hony seeth all these till it be as thinne as water then put it into a close viol and keepe it and when occasion serues wash your teeth therewith with a rough cloath and rub them soundly but not to bleed To draw teeth wiâ—â—t yroâ— Take some of the greene of the elder tree or the apples of oake trees and with either of these rub the teeth and gummes and it will loosen them so as you may take them out For teeth thâ—t are yellow Take Sage and salt of each a like and stampe them well together then bake it till it be hard and make a fine pouder thereof then therewith rub the teeth euening and morning and it will take away all yellownesse For teeth that are loose First let them bloud then take Harts
hore-hound violet leaues and Isop of each a good handfull seeth them in water and put thereto a little Saffron Lycoras and Sugar-candy after they haue boiled a good while then straine it into an earthen vessell and let the sicke drinke thereof sixe spoonefull at a time morning and euening or lastly take the lunges of a Fox and lay it in rose-water or boyle it in rose-water then take it out and dry it in some hot place without the sunne then then beate it to pouder with Sugar-candy and eate of this pouder morning and euening For griefes in the stomacke To ease paine in the stomacke take Endiue Mints of each a like quantity and steepe them in white Wine a dayes space then straining it and adding thereunto a little Cinamon and Pepper giue it to the sicke person to drinke and if you adde thereto a little of the pouder of Horse-mint and Calamint it will comfort the stomacke exceedingly and occasion swift and good digestion For spitting of blood For spitting of blood whether it proceede of inward bruises ouerstraining or such like you shall take some pitch and a little Sperma Caeti and mixe it with old ale and drinke it and it will stay the the flux of blood but if by meanes of the bruise any outward griefe remayne then you shall take the hearbe Brockellhempe and frying it with sheepes tallow lay it hot to the grieued place and it will take away the anguish For vomiting To stay the fluxe of vomiting take Worme-wood and sowre bread toasted of each like quantity beat them well in a morter then ad to them as much of the iuyce of mints and the iuyce of Plantaine as well bring it to a thick salue then fry them all together in a fryingpan when it is hot lay it plaister wise to the mouth of the stomacke then let the party drinke a little white wine and cheruile water mixt together and then steepe sower toasted bread in very strong Vinegar wrapt it in a fine cloath and let the sicke party smell thereto and it will stay the excesse of vomiting and both comfort and strengthen the stomacke To force one to vomite If you would compell one to vomit take halfe a spoonefull of Stonecrop and mixe it with three spoonefull of white wine and giue it to the party to drinke and it will make him vomit presently but do this seldome and to strong bodyes for otherwise it is dangerous For the Iliaca passio For the Iliaca passio take of Polipody an ounce and stampe it then boyle it with prunes violets in sennell-sennell-water or Anni-seeds-water take thereof a good quantity then strayne it and let the partie euery morning and euening drinke a good draught thereof Additions to the diseases of the stomack For the stomacke If the stomacke be troubled with winde or other paine take Commine and beate it to pouder and mixe with it red wine and drinke it at night when you goe to bed diuers nights together For the Illica passio Take Brokelime roots and leaues wash them cleane and dry them in the Sunne so dry that you may make pouder thereof then take of the pouder a good quantity and the like of Treakle and put them in a cup with a pretty quantity of strong oâ—d ale and stirre them well together and drinke thereof first and last morning and euening for the space of three or foure dayes and if need doe require vse the same in the brothes you doe eate for it is very soueraigne For paine in the breast Take Hartshorne or Iuory beaten to fine pouder and as much Cynamon in pouder mixe them with Vinegar and drinke thereof to the quantity of seauen or eight spoonefuls For the Mother Take the water of Mouseare and drinke thereof the quantity of an ounce and a halfe or two ounces twice or thrice a day or otherwise take a little Nutmeg a little Cinamond a little Cloues a little Mace and a very little Ginger and the flowers of Lauender beate all vnto a fine powder and when the passion of the mother commeth take a chaffingdish of good hot coales and bend the Patient forward and cast of the pouder into the Chaffingdish so as she may receiue the smoake both in at her nose and mouth and it is a present cure Obstructions of the liuer Against obstructions in the Liuer take Aniseeds Ameos Burnet Camomile and the greater Centuary and boyle them in white wine with a little hony and drinke it euery morning and it wil cure the obstructions and cleanse the Liuer from all imperfection Against the heat of the Liuer Agaynst the heate and inflammation of the Liuer take Endiue dryed to pouder and the meale of Lupin seedes and mixe it with hony and the iuyce of Worme-wood make a cake thereof and eate it and it wil asswage the great heate and inflammation of the Liuer and take away the pimples and rednesse of the face which proceedeth from the same For the Plurisy To preuent a Plurisie a good while before it come there is no better way then to vse much the exercise of ringing or to stretch your armes vpward so as they may beare the weight of your body and so to swing your body vp and downe a good space but hauing caught a Plurisie and feeling the gripes stitches and pangs thereof you shal presently cause the party to be let blood then take the hearb Althea or Hollyhocke and boyle it with vinegar and Linseede til it be thicke plaister-wise and then spread it vpon a peece of Allom Leather and lay it to the side that is grieued and it wil helpe it A playster for a stitch To help a stitch in the side or else where take Doues dung red Rose leaues and put them into a bag and quilt it then throughly heat it vpon a Chaffingdish of coales with vinegar in a platter then lay it vnto the pained place as hot as may be suffered and when it cooleth heat it againe Heate in the Liuer For any extraordinary heate or inflammation in the Liuer take Barbaries and boyle them in clarified whay and drinke them and they wil cure it For the Consumption If you wil make a Cordial for a Consumption or any other weaknes take a quart of running water a peece of Mutton and a peece of Veale and put them with the water into a pot then take of Sorrel violet leaues Spinage Endiue Succory Sage Hissop of each a good quantity then take prunes and raisins and put them all to the broth and seeth them from a quart to a pint then straine the yolke of an egge and a little Saffron thereinto putting in Sugar whole Mace and a little white wine so seeth them a while together and let the party drinke it as warme as may be To staunch bâ—oâ—d To staunch blood take the hearb Shepheards-purse if it may be gotten distilled at the Apothecaries and drinke an ounce thereof at a time morning and
quarters the first morning as soone as you rise eate a quarter thereof the second morning eate two quarters and the third eate three quarters and the fourth morning eate a whole Nutmegge and so hauing made your stomacke and tast familiar therewith eate euery morning whilst the Collicke offendeth you a whole Nutmeg dry without any composition and fast euer an houre at least after it and you shal find a most vnspeakable profit which wil arise from the same The Wind Collicke For the winde Collick take a good handful of cleane wheat meale as it commeth from the Mil and two egs and a little wine-vinegar and a little Aquauitae and mingle them altogether cold and make a cake of it and bake it on a gridyron with a soft fire and turne it often and tend it with basting of Aquavitae with a feather then lay it somewhat higher then the paine is rather then lower For the Laske For the Laske or extreame scouring of the belly take the seeds of the Wood-rose or Bryer-rose beate it to pouded and mixe a dramme thereof with an ounce of the conserue of Sloes and eate it and it will in a short space bind and make the belly hard For the bloody fluxe For the bloody-fluxe take a quart of Red-wine and boile therein a handful of Shepheards purse til the hearb be very soft then straine it and adde thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cynamon and as much of dryed Tanners barke taken from the ouze and both beaten to fine pouder then giue the party halfe a pint thereof to drinke morning and euening it being made very warm and it will cure him To stay a laske To stay a sore Laske take Plantaine water and Cynamon finely beaten and the flowers of Pomgranats and boile them wel together then take Sugar and the yolke of an egge and make a candle of it and giue it the grieued party For the Fluxe For the Flixe take a Stags pizzel dryed and grated and giue it in any drinke either in Beere Ale or Wine and it is most soueraigne for any Flixe whatsoeuer So is the iawe bones of a Pike the teeth and all dried and beaten to pouder and so giuen the party diseased in any drinke whatsoeuer For the worst Fluxe To cure the worst bloody Flix that may be take a quart of red-wine and a spooneful of Commin-seede boile them together vntil halfe be consumed then take Knot-grasse and Shepheards purse and Plantaine and stampe them seueral and then straine them and take of the iuyce of each of them a good spoonful and put them to the wine and so seeth them againe a little then drinke it luke-warme halfe ouer-night and halfe the next morning and if iâ— fal out to be in Winter so that you cannot get the hearbs then take the water of them hearbs distil'd of each 3 spoonfuls and vse it as before For costiuents For extreame costiuenesse or binding in the body so as a man cannot auoid his excrements take Anniseedes Fennicreet â—â—nseeds and the powder of Pyonie of each halfe an ounce and boile them in a quart of white wine and drinke a good draught thereof and it wil make a man goe to the stoole orderly and at great ease For wormes For wormes in the belly either of child or man take Aloes Cikatrine as much as halfe a hazel Nut and wrap it in the pap of a roasted apple and so let the offended party swallow it in manner of a pil fasting in the morning or else mixe it with three or foure spoonful of Muskadine and so let the party drinke it and it is a present cure But if the child be either so young or the man so weake with sicknesse that you dare not administer any thing inwardly then you shal dissolue your Alces in the oyle of Sauine making it salue-like thick then plaister-wise spread it vpon Sheepes Leather and lay it vpon the nauil and mouth of the stomacke of the grieued party and it wil giue him ease so wil also vnset Leekes chopt smal and fryde with sweet butter and then in a linnen bag apply it hot to the nauil of the grieued party Additions 〈◊〉 the diseases 〈…〉 Take a quart of red wâ—ne and put to it three yolkes of egges and a peny worth of long pepper and graines and boyle it wel and drinke it as hot as can be suffered or otherwise take an ounce of the inner barke of an Oake and a peny-woorth of long Pepper and boile them in â— pint and better of new Milke and drinke it hot first and last morning and euening 〈…〉 Take an egge and make a little hole in the top and put out the white the fiâ—â—t vp againe with Aquavitae stirring the egge and Aquavitae til it be hard then let the party eate the egge and it wil cure him or otherwise take a pint of red wine and nine yolkes of egges and twenty pepper cornes smal beaten let them seeth vntil they be thicke then take it off and giue the diseased party to eate nine spoonful morning and euening 〈◊〉 â—asie 〈◊〉 Take of Rue and Beets a like quantity bruise them take the iuyce mixe it with clarified hony and boyle it in red wine and drinke it warme first and last morning and euening 〈◊〉 two 〈…〉 Take Mercury Sinkefoile and Mallowes and when you make pottage or broth with other hearbes let these hearbs before named haue most strength in the pottage and eating thereon it wil giue you two stooles and no more 〈…〉 Take two spooneful of the iuyce of Iuye Leaues and drinke it three times a day and it wil dissolue the hardnesse Against 〈…〉 Take the barkes of the rootes of the Elder tree and stampe it and mixe it with old Ale and drinke thereof a good harty draught 〈◊〉 the winde 〈◊〉 Take the crummes of white bread and steepe it in Milke with Allom and adde Sugar vnto it and eate it â— it wil open the belly For the 〈…〉 Take the kirnels of three Peach stones and bruise them seauen cornes of case pepper and of sliced ginger a greater quantity then of the pepper pound all together grosly and put it into a spoonfull of Sacke which is the best or else white wine or strong ale and drinke it off in a great spoone then fast two houres after and walke vp and downe if you can if otherwise keepe your selfe warme and beware of melancholy It may be an enemy at all times For the Rupture Take of Dasies comfrey Polpodi of the oake and Auens of each halfe a handful two roots of Osmund boile them in strong Ale and hony and drinke thereof morning noone and night and it will heale any reasonable rupture Or otherwise take of Smallage Comfrey setwell polypody that growes on the ground like fearne daisies and mores of each a like stampe them very smalâ— boyle them well in Barme vntill it be thick like a pultis and so keepe it in a close vessell
worme-wood and comfrey of each a handful and boile all these together in the lye a good while and when it is luke warme bath the broken member therewith and take the buds of Elder gathered in March and stripped downeward and a little boyle them in water then eate them in oyle and very little wine Vinegar a good quantity at a time in the morning euer before meat or an houre before the Patient go to dinner and it much auailes to the knitting of bones ☜ A general bath for clearing the skin and comforting the body Take rosemary fetherfew orgaine Pellitory of the wall fennell mallowes violet leaues and Nettles boyle all these together and when it is wel sodden put to it two or three gallonds of milke then let the party stand or sit in it an houre or two the bath reaching vp to the stomacke and when they come out they must go to bed and sweat beware taking of cold A soueraine help for broken boneâ— Make a plaister of wheat flower and the whits of egges and spread it on a double linnen cloth and lay the plaister on an euen board and lay the broken limbe thereon and set it euen according to nature and lap the plaister about it and splint it and giue him to drinke Knitwort the iuyce thereof twice and no more for the third time it wil vnknit but giue him to drinke nine dayes each day twice the iuyce of comfrey daisies and osmund in stale Ale and it shal knit it and let the fore-said playster lye to ten dayes at the least and when you take it away do thus take hore-hound red fennel Hounds tong Wal-wort and Pelitory and seeth them then vnroule the member and take away the splints and then bath the linnen and the plaister about the member in this bath vntil it haue soaâ—t so long that it come gently away of it â—eâ—fe then take the afore sayd plaister and lay thereto fiue or sixe daies very hot and let each plaister lye a day and a night and alwayes splint it wel and after cherish it with the oyntments before Rehearsed for broken bones and keep the party from vnwholsome meats and drinks til he be whoâ—e and if the hurt be on his arme let him beare a bal of greene hearbs in his hand to preuent the shrinking of the hand and sinewes For any Feuer Take Sage Ragwort Yarrow vnset Leâ—kes of each a like quantity stamp them with Bay salt and appâ—y them to the wrests of the hands To expel heate in a Feuer Blanch Almonds in the cold water and make milke of them but it must not seeth then put to it sugar and in the extremity of heat see that you drinke thereof The royall medicine for Feuers Take three spooneful of Ale and a little Saffron and bruise and straine it thereto then adde a quarter of a spoonful of fine Treacle and mixt altogether and drinke it when the fit comes Another Take two roots of Crow-foot that growes in a marsh ground which haue no little rootes about them to the number of twenty or more and a little of the Earth that is about them and do not wash them and adde a little quantity of Salt and mixe all wel together and lay it on linnen cloathes and bind it about your thumbs betwixt the first and the neather ioynt and let it lie nine daies vnremooued and it wil expel the Feuer An approoued Medicine for the greatest Laske or Flixe ☞ Take a right Pomwater the greatest you can get or else two little ones roast them very tender to pap then take away the skinne and the core and vse only the pap and the like quantity of Chalke finely scraped mix them both together vppon a Trencher before the fire and worke them wel to a plaister then spread it vppon a linnen cloth warmed very hot as may be suffered and so bind it vnto the nauill for twenty foure houres vse this medicine twice or thrice or more vntil the Laske bee stayed OF Oyle of Swallowes To make the oyle of Swallowes take Lauendar cotton Spâ—ke Knot grasse Râ—bwort Balme Valerian Rosemary tops Woodbine tops Vine strings French mallows the tops of Alecost Strawberry strings Tuâ—san Plantain Walnut tree leaues the tops of young Baies Isop violet leaues Sage of vertue fine Roman Wormwood of each of them a handful Cammomile and Red roses of each two handful twenty quicke Swallowes and beate them altogether in a great morter and put to them a quart of Neats foot oile or May butter and grind them all well together with two ounces of Cloues wel beaten then put them altogether in an earthen pot and stop it very close that no ayre come into it and set it nine dayes in a Seller or cold place then open your pot and put into it halfe a pound of white or yellow waxe cut very smal a pint of oyle or butter then set your pot close stopped into a pan of water and let it boile sixe or eight houres and then straine it this oyle is exceeding soueraine for any broken bones bones out of ioynt or any paine or griefe eyther in the bones or sinewes To make oyle of Camomile To make oyle of Camomile take a quart of Sallet oyle and put it into a glasse then take a handful of Camomile and bruise it and put it into the oyle and let them stand in the same twelue daies onely you must shift it euery three dayes that is to straine it from the old Camomile and put in as much of new and that oile is very soueraine for any griefe proceeding from cold causes To make oyle of Lauender To make oyle of Lauender take a pint of Sallet oyle and put it into a glasse then put to it a handfull of Lauender and let it stand in the same twelue dayes and vse it in all respects as you did your oyle of cammomile To make smooth hands To make an oyle which shall make the skinne of the hands very smooth take Almonds and beate them to oyle then take whole cloues and put them both together into a glasse set it in the Sunne fiue or sixe dayes then strayne it and with the same annoynt your hands euery night when you goe to bed otherwise as you haue conuenient leasure To make Dr. Steuens water To make that soueraigne water which was first inuented by Doctor Steuens in the same forme as he deliuered the Receite to the Arch-bishop of Canturbury a little before the death of the sayd Doctor Take a gallond of good Gascoyne wine then take Ginger Galingale cinamon Nutmegs Graines cloues bruised fennell-Fennell-seeds carraway-seeds Origanum of euery of them a like quantity that is to say a dramme Then take Sage wild Marioram Pâ—ny-royall Mints red roses Time Pellitory rosemary wild time commomill Lauender of each of them a handfull then bray the spices smal bruise the hearbs put all into the wine and let it stand so twelue houres only stirre it diuers
times then distill it by a Lymbecke and keepe the first water by it selfe for that is the best then keepe the second water for that is good for the last neglect it not for it is very wholesome though the worst of the three Now for the vertue of this water it is this it comforteth the spirits vitall parts helpeth all inward diseases that commeth of coâ—d it is good against the shaking of the palsie cureth the contraction of sinews helpeth the conception of women that be barraine it killeth the wormes in the body it cureth the cold Cough it helpeth the tooth-ach it comforteth the stomack and cureth the old dropsy it helpeth the stone in the bladder and in the reines it helpeth a stinking breath And whosoeuer vseth this water moderately not too often preserueth him in good liking and will make him seeme young in old age With this water Docter Steuens preserued his owne life vntill such extreame age that he could neither goe nor ride he continued his life being bed rid fiue yeeres when other Physitions did iudge he could not liue one yeere when he did confesse a little before his death saying that if he were sicke at any time he neuer vsed any thing but this water only And also the Archbishop of Canterbury vsed it and found such goodnes in it that he liued till he was not able to drinke of a cup but sucked his drinke through a hollow pipe of siluer This water will bee much the better if it be set in the Sunne A restoratiue of Rosasolis To make a cordial rosasolis take rosasolis in any wise touch not the leaues thereof in the gathering nor wash it take thereof foure good handfuls then take two good pints of Aquauitae and put them both in a glasse or pewter pot of three or foure pints and then stop the same hard and iust and so let it stand three dayes and three nights and the third day straine it through a clean cloth into another glasse or pewter pot and put thereto halfe a pound of Sugar beaten small foure ounces of fine Licoras beaten into powder halfe a pound of sound Dates the stones being taken out and cut them make them cleane and then mince them small and mixe all these together and stop the glasse or pot close iust and after distill it through a lymbecke then drink of it at night to bedward halfe a spoonefull with ale or beere but Ale is the better as much in the morning fasting for there is not the weakest body in the world that wanteth nature or strength or that is in a consumption but it will restore him againe and cause him to be strong lusty and to haue maruailous hungry stomacke prouided alwaies that this rosasolis be gathered as you possibly you can at the full of the Moone when the Sun shineth before noone and let the roots of them be cut away Additions to the Oyles To make oyle of Roâ—es or Violâ—ts Take the flowers of roses or violets and breake them small and put them into sallet oyle and let them stand in the same tenne or twelue daies and then presse it Or otherwise take a quart of oyle Olyue and put thereto Sixe spoonefuls of cleane water and stirre it well with a slice till it waxe as white as milke then take two pound of red rose leaues and cut the white of the ends of the leaues away and put the roses into the oyle and then put it into a double glasse and set it in the Sunne all the summer time and it is soueraine for any scalding or burning with water or oyle Or els take red roses new plucked a pound or two and câ—t the white ends of the leaues away then take May Butter and melt it ouer the fire with two pound of oyle olyue and when it is clarified put in your roses and put it all in a vessell of glasse or of earth and stop it well aout that no ayre enter in nor out and set it in another vessell with water and let it boyle halfe a day or more and then take it forth and straine or presse it through a cloth and put it into glasse bottells this is good for all manner of vnkind heates To make oyle of Nutmegges Take two or three pound of Nutmegs and cut them small and bruise them well then put them into a pan and beate them and stirre them about which done put them into a canuasse oâ— strong linnen bagge and close them in a presse and presse them and get out al the Lyquor of them which wil be like manna then scrape it from the canuas bagge as much as you can with a knife then put it into some vessel of glasse and stoppe it wel but set it not in the Sun for it wil waxe cleane of it selfe within ten or fifteene dayes and it is woorth thrice so much as the Nutmegges themselues and the oyle hath very great vertue in comforting the stomack and inward parts and asswaging the paine of the mother Cyatica To make perfect oyle of Spike Take the flowers of Spike and wash them only in oile oliue and then stamp them wel then put them in a Canuasse bagge and presse them in a presse as hard as you can and take that which commeth out carefully and put it into a strong vessel of glasse and set it not in the Sun for it wil cleare of it selfe and waxe faire and bright and wil haue a very sharpe odor of the Spike and thus you may make oyle of other hearbs of like nature as Lauender camomile and such like To make oyle of Masticke Take an ounce of Mastick and an ounce of Olibanum pounded as smal as is possible and boyle them in oyle Oliue a quart to a third part then presse it and put it into a glasse and after ten or twelue dayes it wil be perfect it is exceeding good for any cold griefe Thus hauing in a summary manner passed ouer al the most Physical and Chyrurgical notes which burtheneth the mind of our English House-wife being as much as is needful for the preseruation of the health of her family and hauing in this Chapter shewed al the inward vertues wherewith she should be adorned I wil now returne vnto her more outward and actiue Knowledges wherein albeit the mind be as much occupied as before yet is the body a great deale more in vse neyther can the worke be wel affected by Rule or direction The English Houswifes Skill in Cookery CHAP. 2. Of the outward and actiue Knowledge of the Housewife and of her skill in Cookery as Sallets of all sorts with Flesh Fish Sauces Pastry Banquetting-stuffe and ordering of great feasts TO speake then of the outward and actiue Knowledges which belong vnto our English Hous-wife I hold the first and most principal to be a perfect skill and Knowledge in Cookery together with al the secrets belonging to the same because it is
put them in then rub your Bisket-pans with coâ—d sweet butter as thin as you can and so put it in and bake it in an ouen But if you would haue thinne Cakes then take fruit dishes and rub them in like sort with butter and so bake your Cakes on them and whâ—n they are almost back't turne them and thrust them downe close with your hand Some to this Bisket-bread will adde a little Creame and it is not amisse but excellent good also To make finâ— Iumbals To make Iumbals more fine and curious then the former and neerer to the taste of the Macaroone take a pound of sugar beate it fine then take as much fine wheat flower and mixe them together then take two whites and one yolke of an egge halfe a quarter of a pound of blaunched Almonds then beate them very fine altogether with halfe a dish of sweet butter and a spoonefull of Rose water and so worke it with a little Creame till it come to a very stiffe paste then rouâ—e them forth as you please And hereto you shall also if you please adde a few dried Aniseeds finely rubbed and strewed into the paste and also Coriander seed To make drye sugar leach To make drie sugar Leache blaunch your Almonds and beate them with a little rose water and the white of one egge and you must beate it with a great deale of sugar and worke it as you would worke a peece of paste then roule it and print it as you did other things onely be sure to strew sugar in the print for feare of cleaning too To make leach Lumbard To make Leache Lumbard take halfe a pound of blaunched Almonds two ounces of Cinamon beaten and searsed halfe a pound of sugar then beate your Almonds and strewe in your sugar and cynamon till it come to a paste then roule it and print it as aforesayd To make fresh cheese To make an excelleâ—t fresh cheese take a pâ—tâ—le of Milke as it comes from the Cow and a pint of creame then take a spoonefull of runnet or earning and put it vnto it and let it stand two houres then stirre it vp and put it into a fine cloth and let the whay draine from it then put it into a bowle and take the yelke of an egge a spoonefull of Rose-water and bray them together with a very little salt with Sugar and Nutmegs and when all these are brayed together and searst mâ—xe it with the curd and then put it into a cheese fat with a very fine cloth How to make course Ginger bread To make course Ginger bread take a quart of Hony and set it on the coales and refine it then take a penny-worth of Ginger as much Pepper as much Licoras and a quarter of a pound of Aniseeds and a peny worth of Saunders All these must be beaten and searsed and so put into the hony then put in a quarter of a pint of Claret wine or old ale then take three peny Manchets finely grated and strow it amongst the rest and stirre it till it come to a stiffe paste and then make it into cakes and dry them gently How to make quince cakes ordinary ☜ To make ordinary Quince cakes take a good peece of a preserued Quince and beate in a morter and worke it vp into a very stiffe paste wiâ—h fine searst Sugar then print it and drie them gently How to make Cinamon stickes ☜ To make most Artificiall Cinamon stickes take an ounce of Cinamon and pound it and halfe a pound of Sugar then take some gumme Dragon and put it in steepe in Rosewater then take thereof to the quantity of a hasell nut and worke it out and print it and roule it in forme of a Cinamon sticke How to make Cinamon water To make Cinamon water take a pottle of the best Ale and a pottâ—e of sack-lees a pound of Cinamon sliced fine and put them together and let them stand two daies then distill them in a limbecke or glasse Still How to make Wâ—rme-wood water To make Wormewood water take two gallons of good Ale a pound of Aniseedes halfe a pound of Licoras and beate them very fine And then take two good handfuls of the crops of wormewood and put them into the Ale and let them stand all night and then distill them in a limbeck with a moderate fire To make swâ—ete water To make sweete water of the best kind take a thousand damaske roses two good handfuls of Lauendar tops a three peny waight of mace two ounces of cloues bruised a quart of running water put a little water into the bottome of an earthen pot and then put in your Roses and Lauender with the spices by little and little and in the putting in alwaies knead them downe with your fist and so continue it vntill you haue wrought vp all your Roses and Lauender and in the working betweene put in alwaies a little of your water then stop your pot close and let it stand foure daies in which time euery morning and euening put in your hand and pull from the bottome of your pot the saide Roses working it for a time and then distill it and hang in the glasse of water a graine or two of Muske wrapt in a peâ—ce of Sarcenet or fine cloath Another way Others to make sweete water take of Ireos two ounces of Calamus halfe an ounce of Cipresse rootes halfe an ounce of yellow Saunders nine drams of Cloues bruised one ounce of Beniamin one ounce of Storax and Calamint one ounce and of Muske twelfe graines and infusing all these in Rose-water distill it To make date Leach To mâ—ke an exceâ—lent Date-Leach take Dates and take out the stoneâ— and the whâ—te rinde and beate them with Sugaâ— Cinamon and Ginger very finely then work it as you would worke a peece of paste and then print them as you please To make sugar plate To mâ—ke a â—ind of Sugar plate take Gumme Dragon and lay it in Rose-water â—wo daies then take the powder of faire Hepps and Sugar and the iuyce of an Oreng beate all these together in a Morter then take it out and worke it with your hand and print it at your pleasure To make spice Cakes To make excellent spice Cakes take halfe a pecke of very fine Wheat-flower take almost one pound of sweet butter and some good milke and creame mixt together set it on the fire and put in your butter and a good deale of sugar and let it melt together then straine Saffron into your milke a good quantity then take seuen or eight spoonefulls of good Ale-baâ—me and eight egges with two yelkes and mixe them together then put your milke to it when it is somewhat cold and into your flower put salt Aniseedes bruised Cloues and Mace and a good deale of Cinamon then worke all together good and stiffe that you need not worke in any flower after then put in a little rosewater cold then rub it well in the thing
Rew drunke in a morning foure or fiue daies together at each time an ounce purifieth the flowers in women the same water drunke in the morning fasting is good against the gryping of the bowels and drunke at morning and at night at each time an ounce it prouoketh the tearmes in women The water of Sorrell drunke is good for all burning and pestilent feuers and all other hot sicknesses being mixt with beere ale or wine it slacketh the thirst it is also good for the yellow Iaundise being taken sixe or eight dayes together it also expelleth from the liuer if it be drunke and a cloth wet in the same and a little wrong out and so applied to the right side ouer against the liuer and when it is dry then wet another and apply it and thus doe three or foure times together Lastly the water of Angelica is good for the head for inward infection either of the plague or pestilence it is very soueraigne for sore breasts also the same water being drunke of twelue or thirteene daies together is good to vnlade the stomack of grosse humours and superfluities and it strengthneth and comforteth all the vniuersall parts of the body and lastly it is a most soueraigne medicine for the gout by bathing the diseased members much therein Now to conclude and knit vp this chapter it is meere that our hous-wife know that from the eight of the Kalends of the moneth of Aprill vnto the eight of the Kalends of Iuly all manner of hearbes and leaues are in that time most in strength and of the greatest vertue to be vsed and put in all manner of medicines also from the eight of the Kalends of Iuly vnto the eight of the Kalends of October the stalks stems and hard branches of euery hearbe and plant is most in strength to be vsed in medicines and from the eight of the Kalends of October vnto the eight of the Kalends of Aprill all manner of roots of hearbs and plants are the most of strength and vertue to be vsed in all manner of medicines ☜ An excellent water for perfume To make an excellent sweet water for perfume you shall take of Basill Mints Marierum Corne-slaggerootes Isâ—op Sauory Sage Balme Lauender Rosemary of each one handfull of Cloues Cinamon and Nutmegs of each halfe an ounce then three or foure Pome-citrons cut into slices infuse all these into Damaske-rose water the space of three dayes and then distill it with a gentle fire of Char-coale then when you haue put it into a very cleane glasse take of fat Muske Ciuet and Ambergreece of each the quantity of a scruple and put into a ragge of fiâ—e Lawne and then hang it within the water This being either burnt vpon a hot pan or else boyled in perfuming pans with Cloues Bay-leaues and Lemmon-pils will make the most delicatest perfume that may be without any offence and will last the longest of all other sweet perfumes as hath been found by experience To perfume Gloues To perfume gloues excellently take the oyle of sweet Almonds oyle of Nutmegs oyle of Beniamin of each a dramme of Ambergreece one graine fat Muske two graines mixe them all together and grind them vpon a painters stone and then annoint the gloues therâ—wiâ—h yet before you annoint them let them be dampishly moistned with Damaske Rose-water To perfume a Ierkin To perfume a Ierkin well take the oyle of Beniamin a penny-worth oyle of Spike and oyle of Oliues halfe penny-worths of each and take two spunges and warme one of them against the fire and rub your Ierkin therewith and when the oyle is dried take the other spunge and dip it in the oyle and rub your Ierkin therewith till it be dry then lay on the perfume before prescribed for gloues ☞ To makâ— washing Balls To make very good washing bals take Storax of both kindes Beniamin Calamus Aromaticus Labdanum of each a like and bray them to pouder with Cloues and Arras then beate them all with a sufficient quantity of Sope till it bee stiffe then with your hand you shall worke it like paste and make round balls thereof To make a mâ—ske Ball. To make Muske balls take Nutmegs Mace Cloues Saffron and Cinamon of each the waight of two-pence beate it to fine pouder of Masticke the waight of two pence halfe penny of Storax the waight of six-pence of Labdanum the waight of tâ—nne-pence of Ambergreece the waight of six-pence and of Muske foureâ—graines dissolue and worke all these in hard sweete sope till it come to a stiffe paste and then make balls thereof ☜ A perfume to burne To make a good perfume to burne take Beniamin one ounce Storaxe Calamint two ounces of Mastick white Ambergreece of each one ounce Ireos Calamus Aromaticus Cypresse-wood of each halfe an ounce of Camphire one scruple Labdanum one ounce beate all these to pouder then take of Sallow Charcole sixe ounces of liquid Storax two ounces beate them all with Aquauita and then shall you role them into long round rolles To make Pomanders To make Pomanders take to penny-worth of Labdanum two penny-worth of Storax liquid one penny-worth of Calamus Aromaticus as much Balme halfe a quarter a pound of fine waxe of Cloues and Maâ—e two penny-worth of liquid Aloes three penny-worth of Nutmegs eight peny-worth and of Muske foure grains beate all these exceedingly together till they come to a perfect substance then mould it in any fashion you please and dry it To make Vinegar To make excellent strong Vinegar you shall brew the strongest Ale that may be and hauing tunned it in a very strong vessell you shall set it either in your garden or some other safe place abroad where it may haue the whole Summers day Sun to shine vpon it and there let it lie till it be extreame sowre then into a Hogshead of this Vinegar put the leaues of foure or fiue hundred Damaske Roses and after they haue layen for the space of a moneth therein house the Vinegar and draw it as you neede it To make dry vinegar To make drie Vinegar which you may carry in your pocket you shall take the blades of greene corne either Wheat or Rie and beate it in a morter with the strongest Vinegar you can get till it come to a paste then role it into little balls and dry it in the Sunne till it be very hard then when you haue any occasion to vse it cut a little peece thereof and dissolue it in wine and it will make a strong Vinegar To make veriuyce To make Veâ—iuyce you shall gather your Crabbs as soone as the kernels turne blacke and hauing layd them a whâ—le in a heape to sweate together take them and picke them from stalkes blackes and rottennesse then in long troughs with beetles for the purpose crush and breake them all to mash then make a bagge of course haire cloth as square as the presse and fill it with the crusht Crabs then put it into the
hedges pales walls backsides of houses or such like where it may haue the full strength or reflection of the Sunne and being throughly dried then house it yet there be some House wâ—ues which assoone as their Hempe comes from the water will not reare it vpright but lay it vpon the ground flat and thinne for the space of a fortnight turning it at the end of euery two daies first on the one side then on the other and then after reare it vpright dry it and so house it and this House wifery is good and orderly Speciall ordeâ—â—ng of Flaxe Now although I haue hitherto ioyned Hempe and Flaxe together yet yâ—u shaâ—l vnderstand that there are some particular differences betweene them for wheras your Hempe may within a night or two after the pulling be caâ—â—ed to the water your flaxe may not but must be reared vp and dried and withered a weeke or more to ripen the seede which done you must take ripple combes and ripple your flâ—xe ouer which is the beating or breaking off from the stalkes the round belles or bobs which containe the seede which you must preserue in some dry vessell or place till the spring of the â—eare and then beate it or thrâ—sh it for your vse and when your flâ—xe or line is ripled then you must send it to the water as aforesayd The brâ—â—king for hempâ— flax After your hempe or Flaxe hath bene watered dried and housed you may then at your pleasure breake it which is in a brake of wood whose proportion is so ordinary that euery one almost knowes them breake and beate out the dâ—y buâ—ne or kexe of the Hempe or Flaxe from the rinde which couers it and when you brake either you shall doe it as neere as you can on a faire dry Sun shine day obseruing to set foorth your hempe and flâ—xe and spâ—ead it thinne before the Sunne that it may be as dry as tinder before it come to the brake for if either in the lying close together it shall giuâ— againe or sweate or through the moystnesse of the ayre or place where it lies receiues any dampishnesse you must necessarily see it dried sufficiently againe or else it will neuer braâ—e well nor the buâ—ne breake and part from the â—nde in order as it should therefore if the weather bee not seasonable and your need much to vse your hempe or flâ—xe you shall then spread it vpon your â—ilne and making a soft fire vnder it dry it vpon the same and then brake it yet for as much as this is oft times dangerous and much hurt hath beene receiued thereby through casualty of fiâ—e I would wish you to stâ—â—ke foure stakes in the earth at least fiue foote aboue ground and laying ouer them small our layers of wood and open fleakes or hurdles vpon the same spread your Hempe and also reare some round about it all but at one open side then with straw small shauings or other â—ight dry wood make a soft fire vnder the same and so dry it and brake it and this without all danger or mistrust of euill and as you brake it you shall open and looke into it euer beginning to brake the roote ends first and when you see the bun is suffiâ—ciently crusht fallen away or at the most hangeth but in very small shiuers within the Hempe or Flaxe then you shall say it is brak't enough and then tearming that which you called a baite or bundle before now a strike you shall lay them together and so house them keeping in your memorie either by score or writing how many strâ—kes of Hempe and how many strikes of flaxe you brake vp euery day Dâ—uâ—rsity oâ— bâ—akâ—s Now that your Hâ—mpe or Flaxe may brake so much the better you must haue for each seuerall sort two seuerall brakes which is an open and wide toothed or nickt brake and a close and straight toothed brake the first being to crush the bun and the latter to beate it forth Now for Flaxe you must take first that which is the straightest for the Hempe and then after one of purpose much straighter and sharper for the bunâ—e of it being more small tough and thinne must necessarily be broken into much lesse peeces Of swingling hempe â—nd flaxe After your Hempe and Flaxe is brak't you shall then swingle it whâ—ch is vpon a swingle tree blocke made of an haâ—fe inch boord about foure foote aboue ground and set vpon a strong foote or stocke that will not easily moue and stirre as you may see in any House-wiues house whatsoeuer better then my words can expresse and with a peece of wood called the swingle tree dagger and made in the shape and proportion of an olde dagger with a reasonable blunt edge you shall beate out all the loose buns and shiuers that haâ—g in the hemp or flaxe opening and turning it from one ende to the other till you haue no bunne or shiuer to be perceiued therein and then strike a twist and fould in the midst which is euer the thickest part of the strike lay them by till you haue swingled all the generall profit where of is not onely the beaâ—ing out of the hard bunne but also an opening and sofâ—â—ing of the teare whereby it is prepared and made ready for the Market 〈…〉 Now after you haue swingled youâ— Hempe and Flax ouer once you shall take and sâ—aâ—e vp the refuse stuffe which you beate from the same seuerally and not onely iâ— but the tops and knots and halfe brack't buns which â—â—ll from the bâ—ake also and drying them againe cause them to be very well thresht with flayles and then mixing them with the refuse which fâ—ll from the swingle tree dresse them all well with threshing and shaking till the bunnes be cleane 〈◊〉 out of them and then lay them in some safe drye place till occasion of vse these are called swingle tree hurds and that which comes from the hempe will make window cloth and such 〈◊〉 course stuffe and that which comes from the flâ—xe beâ—ng a little towed againe in a paire of woollcâ—â—d will make a course haâ—ding The sâ—cond swingliâ—g But 〈◊〉 procâ—ed forward in the making of cloth after you◠〈…〉 oâ— flâ—xâ— hath beene swingled once ouer whâ—câ— is sâ—ffiâ—â—â—nt for the market oâ— for oâ—y â—â—lâ— you shâ—â—l â—â—eâ— for cloth swingle 〈…〉 aâ—d as the first did beate away 〈…〉 the rind so this shall breake and diuide and prepare it fit for the heckle and hurds which are this second time beaten off you shall also saue for that of the hempe being toased in wooll cards will make a good hempen harden and that commeth from the slaxe vsed in that manner a flaxe harden better then the former Of heating hâ—mâ—â— After the second swingling of your Hempe and that the hurds thereof haue bene layd by you shall take the strikes and diuiding them into dozens oâ— halfe dozens make them vp into great thicke roles and then as it were
other House-wifely secrets right profitable and meete for her vse suâ—h as the want thereof may trouble her when need oâ— time requires OF The nature of waters Therefore first I would haue her furnish her selfe of very good Stils for the distulation of all kinds of Waters which stils would either be of Tinne or sweete Earth and in them she shall distill all sorts of waters meete for the health of her Houshold as sage water which is good for all Rhumes and Collickes Radish water which is good for the stone Angelica water good for infection Celadine water for sore eyes Vine water for itchings Rose water and Eye-bright water for dim sights Rosemary water for Fistuloâ—s Treacle water for mouth cankers water of cloues for paine in the stomacke Saxifrage water for grauell and hard vrine Allum water for old Vlcers and a world of others any of which will last a full yeare at the least Then she shall know that the best waters for the smoothing of the skinne and keeping the face delicate and amiable are those which are distilled from Beane-flowers from Strawberries from Vine leaues from Goates-milke from Asses milke from the whites of Egges from the flowers of Lillies from Dragons from calues feete from bran or from yelkes of Egges any of which will last a yeare or better Additions to distillations To distill waâ—er of the colour of of the hearbe oâ— flower you desire First distill your water in a stillatory then put it in a glasse of great strength and fill it with those flowers againe whose colour you desire as full as you can and stop it and set it in the stillatory againe and let it distill and you shall haue the colour you distill To make Aqâ—â—vitae ☜ Take of Rosemary flowers two handfuls of Mariarome Wiâ—ter-sauory Rosemary Rew vnset time Germander Rybworte Harts tongue Mouscare White wormewood Buglosse red sage Liuerâ—worte Hoare-hound fine Lauender Issop-cropps Penny royall Red fennell of each of these one handfull of Elycompane rootes cleane pared and sliced two handfuls Then take all these aforesayd and shred them but not wash them then taâ—e foure gallons and more of strong Ale and one gallon of sacke-lees and put all these aforesayd hearbes shred into it and then put into it one pound of Licoras bruised halfe a pound of Anyseeds cleane sifted and bruised and of Mace and Nutmegs bruised of each one ounce then put altogether into your stilling-pot close couered with Rye paste and make a soft fire vnder your pot and as the head of the Limbecke heateth draw out your hot water and put in cold keeping the head of your Limbecke still with cold water but see your fire be not too rash at the first but let your water come at leasure and take heed vnto your stilling that your water change not white for it is not so strong as the first draught is and when the water is distilled take a gallon glasse with a wide mouth and put therein a pottle of the best water and cleerest and put into it a pottle of Rosa-solis halfe a pound of Dates bruised and one ounce of graines halfe a pound of Sugar halfe an ounce of seed-pearle beaten three leaues of fine gold stirre all these together well then stop your glasse and set it in the sunne the space of one or two moneths and then clarifie it and vse it at your discretion for a spoonfuâ—l or two at a time is sufficient and the vertues are infinite 〈…〉 â—ill a pot with red wine cleare and strong and put therein the powders of Camomile Giâ—i-flowers Ginger Pellitory Nutmeg Gaâ—lengall Spicknard Queâ—â—bits graines of pure long pepper blacke Pepper Commin Fennell seede Smalledge Parsley Sage Râ—w Mint Calamint and Horshow of each of them a like quantity and beware they differ not the weight of a drâ—mme vnder or aboue then put all the pouders aboue sayd into the wine and after put them into the distilling pot and distill it with a soft fire and looke that it be well luted about with Rye paste so that no fume or breath goe foorth and looke that the fire be temperate also receiue the water out of the Lymbecke into a glasse vyall This water is called the water of Life and it may be likened to Balme for it hath all the vertues and properties which Balme hath this water is cleere and lighter then Rose water for it will fleet aboue all liquors for if oyle be put aboue this water it sinketh to the bottome This water keepeth flesh and fish both raw and sodden in his owne kind and state it is good against aches in the bones the poxe and such like neither can any thing kept in this water rot or putrifie it doth draw out the sweetenesse sauour and vertues of all manner of spices rootes and hearbes that are wet or layd therein it giues sweetnesse to all manner of water that is mixt with it it is good for all manner of cold sicknesses and namely for the palsie or trembling ioynts and stretching of the sinewes it is good against the cold goute and it maketh an old man seeme young vsing to drinke it fasting and lastly it fretteth away dead flesh in wounds and killeth the canker To make aquâ— compâ— Take Rosemary Time Issop Sage Fennell Nip rootes of Elicompane of each an handfull of Marierum and Peny-royall of each halfe a handfull eight slips of red Mint halfe a pound of Licoras halfe a pound of Aniseeds and two gallons of the best Ale that can bee brewed wash all these hearbes cleane and put into the Ale Licoras Aniseeds and herbes into a cleane brasse pot and set your limbecke thereon and paste it round about that no ayre come out then distill the water with a gentle fire and keepe the limbecke coole aboue not suffering it to runne too fast and take heede when your water changeth colour to put another glasse vnder and keepe the first water for it is most precious and the latter water keepe by it selfe and put it into your next pot and that shall make it much better ☞ A very principall aqâ—â— comâ— Take of balme of Rosemary Flowers tops and all of dried red Rose leaues of penny-royall of each of these a handfull one roote of Ely compane the whitest that can be got three quarters of a pound of Licoras two ounces of Cinamon two drams of great Mace two drams of Gallendgall three drams of Coliander seeds three drammes of Carraway seeds two or three Nutmegges cut in foure quarters an ounce of Aniseeds a handfull of Borage you must chuse a faire Sunny day to gather the hearbs in you must not wash them but cut them in sunder and not too small then lay all your hearbs in soule all night and a day with the spices grosly beaten or bruised and then distill it in order aforesaid this was made for a learned Phisitians owne drinking To make the emperiall water Take a gallond of Gascoine-wine Ginger Gallendgall Nutmegs