it a good while close in thy mouth and it will take away the stench For a stinking breath Cap. xvii Take oile Doret Turpentine hony oyle Oliue Virgin wax as much of one as of another and boile them al togither make an oynment thereof vse it euery day in the patients nosethrils and let it be put into the nose euery day in the morning with tentes made of lynt scraped of fyne linnen cloth and he shall be hole For ache and wormes in the eares Cap. xviii Take the iuice of henbane put it in to thyne eares and it wil take away the ach and slea the worms in them A precious water for poyson and specially agaynst y e pestilence ca. xix Take Turmētil Scabious Golds betayne Pimpernel of euerich alike much and distil therof a water and drink it fasting euery day in the morning fyrst next your heart for it shall do much good For running eyen Cap. xx Take black snayles and seeth them in fair water thē take the grece that is on the water therewith anoynt thy eien that be watry and runneth For red bleared eyen Cap. xxi Take the iuice of Rue and pouder of commen medle them togither then take coten dip it well therein lay it thereto and anoynt the temples the browes and the lids of the eyen therewith and they shall be hole For eyen that bene dasuned or dark Capitulo xxii Take the roote of red Fenel in wynter in sōmer the leaues or else both rotes leaues and stamp them and wring out the ioyce and temper the ioice with fine clarified hony make therof an ointment anoint the eien therwith and it shall put away the darkenes it shall cleare thy syght A precious water for the sighte of the eyen Capitulo xxiii Take Smalage red Fenell Iue Veruain Betain Egrimony Pimpernel Enfrage Sauge Salēdine of euerich a lyke much in quantitye and wash them well and cleane and stamp them and put them in a fayre brasen panne and take the pouder of fifteene peper Corns fayre sareid into a pynte of good whyte wyne and put it into the hearbs with iii. sponeful of liuely honey and fyue sponeful of the water of a manchylde that is an Infante and medle them altogither and boyle them ouer the fyre when it is soden strain it through a clean linnen cloth put it in a glasse and stop it well and close til you wil occupye it when neede is do thereof into the sore eyen with a fether if it be waxen drye temper it wyth good whyte wine for it is very good for the sight of the eyen For a pinne and a webbe in the eyes Capitulo xxiiii Take a curtesye of cleane claryfyed hony and as much of womans mylk that norisheth a mayde chylde and for the woman the man chylde and seeth them togyther and when it is colde put it in a Glasse and close it from the ayre and thus doe two or three days .ii. or .iii. tymes euery daye and he shall be hole For all the euils in the eyen cap. xxv Take clene clarified hony one part and more then of halfe the hony of the gal of a Hare meddle them togither in a vessel ouer y e fire but make it but luke warm kepe it in a glas but beware that y u take not to much therof in thine eyen for the quantity of a small pinnes head is ynough at once when thou goest to bed that is sufficient for .vii. yeares if a man haue a pearle or a web in his eyen be it not drye put therto some deale more of the gall then of the hony For boyling in the eyen Cap. xxvi Take May butter and pouder of comin stamp them togither and lay it on a linnen cloath to the eyen and often times renew it when the boyling is swaged take safron and womans milke and grynd them togither and drop thereof in the sore eyen and then thou shalt be hole For a stinking breath Cap. xxvii Take .ii. handful of pouder of comin seeth it in good whyte wyne from a quart till a pinte and drinke thys first and last always hote he shall be hole within .ix dayes drinking For the stomack that is hote and swollen Cap. xxviii For the stomacke that is hote and swolen take the rote of smalage and stāp it or put it in sweete wyne or in other good wine all a day a night and then let it bee passed through a a fayre linnen cloth and put it in a clene vessell and vse to drink a curtsy therof euery day fasting .viii. or .ix dayes and he shall be hole For the stomack that aketh that commeth of colde cap. xxix For the stomack that aketh that cōmeth of cold take an herb that is caled Poleo and dry benes an handful of singrin as much of this poleo put it in a vessell with fayre water let it seeth there on the fyre till the thyrde parte of the water be soden away and put therto suger of Ston and a curtesy of hony drinke it sixe dayes fasting and he shalbe hole For to force the stomack Cap. xxx To force the stomack take Canell three poys and one pois of Mastick and one poys of the paringes of Pomegarnades and half a poys of Galingale and stamp all these togyther and temper it with honey that hath ben boyled of the fyre and wel scommed vse of this as much as a Nut euery day during ten dayes fasting and he shall be whole For the stomacke and the Bellye that aketh Capitulo xxxi For the stomack and the belly that aketh take the flower of a herbe that is called Nemaham that is lyke to Mynt it hath a good sauoure take foure poys of Cosmer and seuē poys of water and seeth altogither to the thyrd part and with suger drink this fyue dayes fasting in the morning and he shall be whole And if a man be sick at the stomack or in the belly or at the heart or head or were bitten with any euill venemous beast or poysoned Cap. xxxii And a man were by the waye trauayling or in house and he had all these sicknesses and he had with him a Lectuary y t is made of fyue things to eate therof or drink therof in water three poys or foure he shoulde bee hole and he vse it fyfteene dayes fasting and when he goeth to bed least he shold not be hole of all the sicknes in his body and he drinke euery time two poys and these thinges they be Scorlogio Morre Genciana Grādorer and Zataont as much of one as of another and stamp them and strayne them and medle them with hony that hath bin wel boiled on the fyre and scummed fayre and cleane for this is called the lectuary of lyfe A good medicine for risyng vnder the stomacke Cap. xxxiii Take pepper long pepper graynes saffron ginger annyes licoris
Cap. liiij Take the iuice of foure apples and swete apples of ech a pound or more as much as you thinke best and two pound of suger meddle these things togither and let them boyle on a symple fyre till it be thicke as syrope and vse a curtesy therof euery day fasting with luke warme water For the heate in the lyuer of man that his colloure is yellow Cap. lv Take the water of Sicore and water of Letuse and water of the leues and small braunches of a wylde morger tree or else take the hearbes and stampe al these togither and as much one as of another and take the iuice of these thinges and as much as all this of Suger and boyle all togither till it bee as thicke as a Syrope and then put thereto a poys and a halfe of Rubard and vse a quantitie of this syrope and colde water euery day fasting and at night and he shalbe hole For the brest that is incombred Capitulo lvi Take drink this eyght dayes or .x. of the Fumer that commeth of sylke wormes euery day a poys in syrope of Isope and if a man maye not haue this drinke take the pure harte Daulignam also in syrope of Isope x. days and he shall be hole For a man that hath wormes in his belly and his body be leane Cap. lvii Take the Gall of a Cowe and flower of lupious a curtesy and medle them togyther and make a playster of wool and lay it on his bely where the greefe is and doe this foure or fyue dayes and he shall be hole For the brest and the lungues Capitulo .lviij. Take a quarte of claryfyed honye and boyle it and when it is boyled put therto half a pound of Pere wardens mynsed and boyle them well togither and then put thereto an ounce of powder made of the rotes of Elenacampana a ounce of pouder of lycores and let them boyle till it be somwhat stiffe then take it from the fyre and when it is nigh colde put thereto an ounce of pouder of Ginger stir it wel togyther vse this fyrst and last For to auoyde and destroye flume Capitulo .lix. Take persly rotes fenell rotes Perytory and Isop seeth them in good ale with licore and a quantitie of claryfyed Honye and vse to drinke it and thou shalt behole For the stoâ—e Cap. lx Take the rotes of Thornebacke and drye them fayre make powder therof then take therof .i. pence weight and put therto two sponeful of water of Ramsyns and drinke it euery daye and euery night and than thou shalte be hole And if it bee a greate stone take a sponeful of water or stoâ—erop two sponefull of water of Ramsyns and two peny waight of the aforesaid pouder medled togither and vse this medicine .iii. times and thou shalte be holpen be the stone neuer so great Also for the stone Cap. lxi Take the blood of a male Kid and drye it in an ouen and make pouder of it then take gromelseede ground Iue beries stanmarch seede the roote or the sede of Saxfrage rotes of turmeÌ„till and of Phylipenâ—ula by euen portion and bete it all tâ— small powder then take as muchâ— of the powder of kiddes blood as of the seedes rootes abouesayd vse this in powder whaÌ„â—â—eede is in sauce or in Potage a peny weight at once and no more For the Collick stranguary and the stone Cap. lxii Take Careaway Fenell seede spicknarde annes Comin Cynamon and Galingale of euerich halfe an ounce gromell seede and lycores of euerych of them an ounce seeth weight of all them and bete them al to pouder and put halfe a sponefull of the same pouder in ale luke warm and drinke it walke therafter an hower or thou eat or drinke any manner of thing For a man that is a Lepper and it take in his legges and go vpward Cap. lxiii For a man that is a Lepper and it take fyrst in his legs and go vpwarde into his body he may be soone hole if he will take Charobote that is to saye a Bettill and brenne it to ashes and bete it all to powder small then take barrowes grece and melt it well on the fire and temper it togither and as much as halfe that of Blanchet and make Oyntmente thereof and vse it on the sore and vppon the oyntment looke that ye put a plate of lead full of small holes in manye places and chaunge it both in the morning and at night the Oyntmente but not the leade and he shall bee hole of that sicknesse For a derte in a mans flesh Cap. lxiiii Take a worme that is called Pieacher that is as great as a bene and is clene blewe or sender and it hath many smal feete and white vnder the bely And when a man toucheth it he waxeth round as a Butten take the worme rub it wel agaynst the derte that it bee all broken and doe this euery day thre or foure tymes and at euery tyme rub three or foure wormes and anon it shall be hole For a sauce flume vysage Ca. lxv Take Elenacampana and seeth it in a pot with Vineger tyll it bee sodden in than stamp it small and than put therto quicke siluer and Brimstone giltes grece and bray it togither and make thereof a playster and laye it to thy vysage all night and on the morrow wash it oft For him that maye not hold his water Cap. lxvi Take goates talow and bren it and make therof powder and put it into the Patients Potage and let him vse this and he shall pisse measurablye ynough Another for the same Cap. lxvii Take Synshone and sheepes talow and seeth them well togither and as hote as maye be suffred lay it to the member and he shall make water anone For to destroy flume Cap. lxviii Take Betayne and drye it and make therof powder kepe it till thou haue neede and when thou wilt ocupye thereof take a quantitie of honye and of the powder and make thereof two or three pellets and swallowe them downe all hole last when thou goest to bed and that shall doe thee muche good For a wombe that is harde Cap. lxix Drinke the iuyce of weybred with old wyne and he shall be hole Also another for the same Take Cinkfoyle that is to say fyue leaued grasse and stamp it drink it with hote mylke and he shal be eased For the blody manyson place ca. lxx Take Mylfoyle and Plantyne of euerich a like much stampe them well togither and keepe it and whan thou wilt take thereof and temper it with wyne and let the pacient drink it and he shalbe hole For a mans stones that be swolen Cap. lxxi Take an herbe that is called Mare clee in french and frye it well in oyle Olife and lay it to the stones that is so swolen as hote as it may be suffred eyghte dayes or more and neede bee for this will heale
the swelling For to mak one slender Cap. lxxii Take and seeth fenell in water and drink the water last at euen and fyrst at morrow and it shall swage him or her shortly For him that lacketh wynde Capitulo lxxiii Take mallowes Mercury and Borage and seeth them togither wyth a peece of pork and make therof Potage and eate it and drinke the broth with whyte wyne or with whey that is made of mylke For him that is costyfe Cap. lxxiiii Take the iuice of walwoorte and medle it with hony and giue it to the pacient to drinke For a wicked blaste and wynde in the vysage Cap. lxxv Take a hen egge and roast it harde then take the whyte thereof and an ounce of coperas and bete it togither small in a brasen morter till it be lyke an oyntmente and therewith anoynt thy face that is blasted and when it is hole then anoynte it with Populyon and that wil souple the skyn and make it whole For the Shingles Cap. lxxvi Take Doues dongue and Barlye meale and stamp them togither and temper them with aysell and laye it therto For the cough Cap. lxxvii Take Nettles and gather them betweene saynt Mary days in Haruest of them that beareth seede and drye them in the sunne rub out the seede and grynd it and drink it withal and thou shalt be hole For him that hath the perrillous cough cap. lxxviii Take sage rue comin and powder of peper and seeth them in hony make thereof a lectuary vse therof a sponfull at euen and another in the morning The cough that is called the Chicough cap. lxxix Take the rootes of Horsheele and Camfyre as much of one as of another and stamp them small in a morter seeth them in a fayre water till the halfe be wasted and then take the thyrd part of hony boyled and scummed and put them togither make therof a Lectuary and do it in a box and let the sick vse therof fyue dayes or vi a good quantitie at once fyrste and last and he shall be hole For the Ich. Capitulo .lxxx. Take frankensence and bray it smal and meddle it with Oyle of bay and then anoynt whereas it itcheth For to draw a byle from one place to another Capitulo .lxxxi. Take a herbe that is called Oculus christi and veruain and make a playster of it and lay it from the byle two fingers brode when it hath lyne a good whyle remoue it and do so still til it be there as thou would haue it and there let it breake For them that pisseth blood ca. lxxxii Take Persely Ambrose and Bursapastories of euerich a like much and stampe them and temper them with a quarte of gotes milk and straine it and let him drink it iii. dayes at eâ—en and at morrow and this wil staunch him shortely For him that hath lost his mind ca. lxxxiii Take the iuice of golds of sage and of wormwood of euirich of them a sponefull and take as much of white wyne and put therto let him drink it at euen and as much at morrowe colde and serue him thus fyue dayes during and he shall be hole Another for the same ca. lxxxiiii Take and shâ—ue of the heire of the molde of his hed then take Archaungell and stamp it and bynde it to his head where it is shauen and let him take a sleepe therewith and when he waketh he shall be right weake and sober ynough c. For him that hath the frensye Capitulo .lxxxv. Take oyle of roses oyle of vyâ—lets of euerich of them .xx. poys and as much of water of Concorde and put it in a new vessell of earth and boyle it till all the water be fayled then put out that and put in other in the same vessell as much of that water boyle it thus .vii. times and then put therto half of the .iiii. part of the poys of caÌ„fere medle it well togither and vse it on his hed when it is new shauen For a person that vomiteth to much cap. lxxxvi Take Roses and boyle them wel in good strong vineger make a playster thereof and lay it to the persons stomack For a man that hath a disease in his eares cap. lxxxvii Take fayre oyle olyfe and let it be blowen out of a mans mouth that is clene and fasting into the eares of the sick man let this be done .iii. or .iiii. times and let that side of the head be turned downward that the odure of the heade may run out and vse this viij or ten dayes and he shall amend For a man that his eares swones within Cap. lxxxviii Take Almondes and the Carnels of Peaches and let them be clean pilled in hote water and make oile of them and let that oile be put into the eares of the sicke body with tentes made of fyne linnen cloth and vse this .viii. or ten dayes and he shall be hole For synowes that shrinke after that they haue bene hurte and healed cap. lxxxix Take ensence calasome mastik hantit turpentine galbenon visque the mary of an Asse shepes suet old swines grece and butter and of eueriche of them halfe an ounce than take an ounce and an half of wax an ounce of oyle Olife and stamp them boile all these thinges togither and make it in manner of an oyntment hard to make playsters and then make therof a playster and lay it on the hurt senowes and let this lye .xv. dayes or more and they shall stretch out For to staunch blood Cap. xc Take an herbe that is called Lunenahaf and stamp it and laye it on the wound or take the grene leues therof and lay it on the wounde and it shall staunch and if a man maye not haue this herb let him bren the feathers of a Cockes neck and take the ashes of them and lay on the wound and the blood shall soone be staunched Also to staunch blood Cap. xci Take a peece of salt befe that is well salted or else a peece of salt beefe that hangeth in the rofe couer it in hote embers till it be through hote take as much as wil stop the hole bind it fast to as hot as the patient may suffer it and it shall staunch anone but let the befe be fat and leane togither For an Empostume cap. xcii Take barlie and drie benes and licores and let boyle theÌ„ with fayre water altogither of euerich a like much and drinke thereof with suger euery day fasting at night when he goeth to bed and vse this .vi. dayes or more and he shall cast out that postume For spitting of blood cap. xciii Take ache mintes rue and betain seeth them well in good milke giue it him to drinke fyrst in the morning and laste at nighte and he shall bee hole For wylde fyre that is called fyre of Hell cap. xciiii Take red wormes of the earth and the rote of Valerian stampe them
is the ayre corrupt and in part cause of this pestilēce But than thou mayst meue against me say that if so were that the venemous ayre and the corruption thereof should be cause of pestilence or else man woman and child shuld be infect therby that it semeth euery man woman and child should be infect corrupt by the pestilence In the countrey there y ◠ayre corrupt is reigning sythen the ayre in such a place is cōmon to al manner of men To this answered Auicen in his Canon in the part there he treateth De cura februm that if all the pestilence ayre be reygning in a countrey if it be common to all the inhabitantes of that countrey yet there shall none be infect therewith but they that be repleat and ful of corrupt humours the which corrupte humoures haue their respect and acording to receiue the corruption and the venime of the ayre else in what countrey or Cittye that such ayre were corrupt or venomed in al manner of men that receiueth that ayre in the same countrey or in the same cittye should be venomed and dead therby ye see wel and know well that the Element of the fyre hath no predomination nor will not bren but matter that is combustible and according to receiue fyre On the same wyse the Elemente of the ayre that is pestilence corrupt in fecteth neyther man woman nor chylde but such as haue such venomyd corupt humours within them selfe disposed to the same the Pestylence thereof in such tyme that such pestilence ayre raignech in After dyuersity of venemous humours and corruption in men reigning And through the working of that venemous pestilence ayre or diuers sicknes and perillous gendred in man woman and chylde And this alteracion in kynd is wrought by the malice influence of the coniuction aforesayd the which malice of coniunctiō is likewise to be cause of many other wonderfull alteracions betwixt King and King Lord and Lorde man and man woman and woman father sonne brother and brother and many other Also it is lykely to bee cause of deposing of Lordes out of Lorshippes and inhaunsing and inhighing of knaues And Emperoures of mighty men spoyling and destroying of Kyngdoms and Lordships And also it is lyke to be cause of great fyres great mists and great water by land And cause of many great perils by y e sea Also it is lykely to be cause of many wonderful tokenings of great winds many other wonderful things Also destroying of many citties and principally of the Sarisins sect and of many other wonderfull sicknesse Also the Sismy of holye Churche is lykely to cease and dyuers states to ende and therwith many things is lykely to fall by the iudgement of Astronomy y e which I will not wryte for dyuers causes But knowe it well all manner of menne that these thinges I rehearse not as thinges told by prophesy but as conclusions following and showing by Astronomy and also by Astrology for as declareth Ipocras in his Booke that he made De Epidimia there shall neuer Phisytion be true in working ne sure Practisor of Phisicke but he work and practise by rules of Astronomy for Ipocras sayeth that it is impossible y t a man shall cure a sicknesse but if he know the cause of hys sicknesse there is some sycknesse that is caused by mouing and working of the bodyes aboue the which a man may not know without Astronomy and Astrology than it seemeth well that it is impossible to a man to cure sicknesse generally but he can of Astromye and of Astrology For as I fynde in Lybro Interprecationem all the fower Elements and al other things beneath that bene compound of them are gendred by the course of the planets aboue and all the lyuely bodyes beneath haue in parte there being their heale the sicknesse by the mouing of the bodyes aboue ¶ Thus endeth the fyrst part of this Pestilence Treatise ¶ Here followeth the seconde parte that sheweth how man shuld preserue and keep him from the Pestylence Cap. ij THe second parte of this Treatyse is howe thou shalte gouerne and preserue thy selfe from the mallice of the Pestilence ayre and from the venime corruption that is gendred thereby the which partye is principall cause of this pestilence that now is reigning The fyrst and the principall preseruation there agaynst is this To gouerne thee wel and wiselye and for to flie al that may gender anye Feuer or Ague Fyrst thou needeth to keepe thee seuerally from all manner of excesse and outrage of meate and drinke and namely from all manner of Feuores meates as Gose Doue Byrds Malards Venison Lampray Scate and Eeles And also other Feuores meats eate no great meate no Onyons nor leekes nor garlike nor no fruite For all these gathereth and ingendreth vnkyndlye heates and so bringeth a man to an ague he be in any wyse of nigh disposytion thereto and vse no Bathes nor Stues sweat not to much for all openeth the pores of a mans bodye and maketh the venomous ayre to enter and for to infect the blood the spiritual members of man for to destroy al lyuely spirits in man Also keepe thee from haunting of lechery for that both openeth the pores and destroyeth the kynde naturall and also enfeebleth the spirituall members and the liuely spyrytes of man Also in the tyme of pestilence in no wyse suffer to greate thirst and if thou thirst looke thou drink but mesurably and not but for to slaken thy thirst and namely such drinkes as wil abate thy heate as is Tisan water mingled with vyneger or water of Borage water of let use water of Roses water of Scabious water of Turmentill water of Diten mingled in euen portions or else by them selfe For these drinkes if the Pestylence reigne in the heate of the sommer bene profytable and soueraynly to them that bene colorike of complection for they be hoater and dryer thē other also to slepe on afternones and when thou shalt go to bed shut thy dores and thy wyndowes close and in an earthen pan full of Charcole fyre cast this powder made of these things of Lorell leaues dryed Rosemary and dried Frankensence of ech of them a like much cast half a sponeful of this powred in the fyre Also vse fyre in thy chamber all the tymes of the day and of the night of these things as fyre of Ienoper and if y u may not get this Ienoper make the fyre of cleane dry Ashe wood and vse to cast in the fyre alwaye Frankensēce Storax Calamint Lapdanum and the fumosities of these and the smoke if the aire be corrupt of the vertue actractiue of y e liuely spirites and the spiritual members outward by the vaynes of the hearte and so inuenomes it these hasteth a man to his death But if the nature of the Pestilence be gendred betwixte the thigh and the body it is a tokening that it commeth
from infection of the liuer than if the matter appere in y e scher beside the priuy members bleede on the foote in the same side on the vaine that is betwixt thy great toe and the nexte toe for if the botch be drawing thether And thou blede on the arme the matter theÌ„ wil draw vp agayne to the lyuer and so to the hart that is perrillous And if the botch be more outward to the syde and farther froÌ„ the preuy members blede theÌ„ on the vayn betwene the anckle and the foote the heele or else on the vayne that is vnder the ankle that is called the Sophem or else loke y t thou be soone ventused w t a veÌ„tosing best beneth the botch but that is very paynful Neuertheles in case that the vayn may not be taken or else that the vayne may not bleed it must needs be suffred in such perrill may thou be If the matter appeare in the clensing part of the head consyder wel on what syde it appeareth and bleede on the vayne or on the arme the which vayne lieth next the Cardiacle the which Cardiacle lyeth in the midst of the arme righte in the bouth of the arme or else blede on the vayne that is on the hande that is betwixt the thombe and the nexte finger or else be ventosed betwixt the shoulders But take good heede that when so euer thou haste bled of anye of these vaynes take good heede that thou sleepe not after thy blood letting of .xiii. howers If thou be riche and may well spende then it were good to haue this Pomamber euermore in thy hand hold it to thy nose that thou may receyue the sauour and smel therof for coÌ„forting of the brayne and of all other Spiritual members the which thou shalte make thus take Lapdanum pured one ounce storax calamint disolued Roses Cloues Maces of ech one three halfepeny wayght make theÌ„ in pouder that ought to be made in pouder fyue sponeful of oyle de-bay an ounce of Virgin waxe and dissolue them and when they be dissolued put all together and myngle them well vnto they be cold make thereof a ball the quantitie of a walnutte and that is called the Pomeamber the sent or the smell thereof will comforte the lyuely spyrites in man and if thou rule thee thus as I haue taught thee thou may by the grace of god and by his gouernance preserue thy selfe from the Pestylence ¶ Thus endeth the second parte of the Pestilence treatise And here followeth the thyrd parte that sheweth a man be taken with the pestilence what remedy and medicine is best therfore Cap. iij. HEre the thyrd parte of this treatise telleth what is agaynst this sicknesse of the pestylence that reigneth among the people and what medicine is best therefore Auicen in his Canon on the parte there hee treateth De dura februm there is no sicknes that falleth in kind but there is medicine in kynde for it Therfore if so be it be taken in due tyme than if thou shalte fall into this sicknesse looke that thou be letten blood as I haue told And if there be any feuer or any ague annexed thereto and the corrupt blood be drawne awaye on this bleeding as I haue tolde And the princypall members ventused the heart ought then to be comforted with good Letwers or with colde water stilled the which Letwers be these that wil withdraw vnkindlye heates as conserue of Vyolets conserue of Borage conserue of Buglos drawn with suger decoct with water of Turmentill water of Endiue Water of Roses water of Borage mingled by euen portion And then take these euery daye euery houre of the day with water of Turmentil water of Scabious water of Vyolets or else water of Endiue Also it were needefull to haue this water distilled of these herbs of Detan of Scabious of Turmentill of Vyolets of Endiue and Letise and for to drinke these mingled w t whyte wytte of Gascan or else of Rochell witte and namely the whilst that vnkindly heate reigneth Also it were needefull to haue water of Roses and Byttayne to washe thy temples withall and thy pulse withal of thy Arme and thy hands And also it were needeful to take of the last that is to say of Rose and of 〈◊〉 and put thereof in a saucer of pewter or in a siluer pece chause it of little and â—â—p a linnen Cloth .iiij. wide and were it therein And the 〈◊〉 thou arte in thy great heate of the agrie lay the linnen cloth were in the water vpon thy temples vpon thy forehead and another vpon thy lyuer Take also two other clothes lapped and were on the same wyse and laye in euerie armehole one and thys practysyng shall doe thee great ease whether thou bee curable shal lyue or vncurable and shall die But the moste nedeefull thyng of all if so he that this were in any wise aforesayde is for to drawe the botch by craft away froÌ„ the clensyng place a great space from the hart And that shall I tell the how in all my practisyng in Phisicke this .xviij. yeare I wyft it neuer fall but twyse and that was not long of the medicine And one other tyme but of other defautes the which I will not wryte at thys tyme though it will expell and vorde it And looke in the tyme of pestilence that thy codmares be alway freshlye washen and after the washing loke that they be dipped in the fyne water of Roses and on the same wyse the kerchefe that thou lappest thy heade in on nightes and let it drye by the fyre and not by the pestylence ayre And when thou layest thee downe to sleepe lay vnder thy head and vnder the ende of thy pillow that is toward thy vysage Rosemary Isope Souerayn mynts Perial Rial Lorel leaues put in thy mouth Maces and Cloues or else Nutmegges looke euery day y t thou take of fyne Treacle proued the quantity of a beane and a half Also bere in thy purse these maner of spyces Maces Cloues Duybybes Canel or else Cynamon and chewe thereof and eate therof all the tymes of the day ¶ And if thou be a poore man and maye not intende to the costes of these thinges Take then euerye daye fastinge myne syppes in fyne vyneger of whyte wyne or else of read wyne and drinke to them a saucer full of Vyneger or thou passe out of thy house or place Also one of the best gouernaunce of all is in blood letting for thou shalts vnderstand that a man is in spirytuall members principall that is for to say the hart the liuer and the brayn and euery one of these hath his place geuen him by kynde by the which he may auoyde al such superfluities and cleare himselfe The heart hath his clensing place in the arme hole The cleansing place of the lyuer is betwixt the thigh and the body The cleansing place of the brayn is vnder the eares
escape he shal liue by way of kynd a. C yere The Sunne entereth into his sygne of Sagittaryus the .xv. Kal. of Nouember and dwelleth therein til the xvi Kalen. of December And in the month of Nouember is two perrillous dayes to take anye manner of sicknesse on that is to say the .xv. and the .xix. December hath the sygne of the Gote and is euill to take purgacion and is euill to let blood CApricornus is a signe moueable and vnstedfaste of the South partye endly colde and drie Mellancholly nature of the earth and of feminine kinde hath of mans body the knees when the moone is in this sign it is good to make medicins to the knees but beware of cutting or hurting therof for dread of touching of the senowes and vaynes for it is perrillous while the moone reigneth there and greater perrill in the ende then in the beginning The man that is borne vnder thys sygne shall be wyse fayre hasty he shall haue a token in the head or in the knee he shalbe Mellancholye and he shall lyue by kynd a C. yeare as Astronomers sayth y e sun entreth in the sign of Capricornus the .xv. ka of Decēber dwelleth therin till the xvi Kal. of the month of Ianuarye And in the Moneth of December is sixe perrillous dayes to take sicknesse or any disease on that is the iii.vi.vii.ix.xv and .xvi. Ianuary hath the signe of a man sheding water and is good to take purgation indifferent to let blood AQuarius is a signe stedfast Occidental that is of the west partie hote and moyst after the kind of the ayre and sanguine of complexiō and hath of mans body the shankes vnto the ende of the ancles and when the moone is in that signe it is good to set trees and build and to wed and is euill to take sycknesse in all tymes whyle the moone reigneth there The man that is borne vnder this sign of Aquarius shalbe worshipped he shal be good and true and wel beloued haue often headach he shall haue a fall from riches but he shal be happy in the weast countrey and he shall be in perrill of water The Sunne entreth in the sygne of Aquarius the .xv. Kalen. of Ianuary and dwelleth therein till the .xvi. Kalen. of February And in the Month of Ianuarye is eyghte perrillous dayes to take sicknes that is to say the first the secōd the iiii.v.x.xv.xvii and the .xix. February hath the sign of three Fyshes and is good for to take purgacions and is indifferent to let blood PIsces is a signe common double bodied Septemtryonal cold and moyst watry flumatick of complection and of feminine kynde and hath of mans body the feete than is it perrilous to let blood or open anye vayne in that place and if a man take sicknes in any tyme of that sign it is not right great perrill but it is good to go to counsaile to accord and to make all thyng that maye goe by water and to make a thing that shal last long The man that is borne vnder this sign of pisces shalbe a great leachour and go farre a pylgrymage he shall haue an euill hurt in his head in his youth he shall haue many maladyes he shall fal in water and escape wel he may lyue by kinde a. C. yeare and if he will haue good he must dwel in the North. The sunne entreth in this sygn of pisces the .xv. Kalē of February and dwelleth therin till the .xvi. kalen of the moneth of March. And in the moneth of February is iij. perrillous dayes to take any maner of sicknesse on that is to say the eyght the tenth and the .xvii. Thus endeth the natures and expositions of the .xii. sygnes deuyded by the .xii. monthes of the yeare vppon blood letting with y e most daungerous days for to do any thing touching Phisick And hereafter followeth the remedies for many diuers infyrmities and diseases that greeueth and hurteth the body of man For the headach Capitulo .vij. TAke Hemlock and seeth them till they be softe as pappe then laye them to the head where the paine is and let them lye all night and on the morning lay another hote playster of the same and doe so two or three tymes and he shall be whole For aking of the head Capitulo .viii. Take and make lye of Veruayn or else of Betayne of Wormewood and therewith wash thy head thrise in the weeke and it shal do thee good and take away the ach For to spourge the head Capitulo .ix. Take the Seede Stauisacre and beate it smal to powder when it is beten smal take a fine linnen cloath and put the powder therein make thereof a little ball the quantitie of a great hasell Nutte and put it to thy mouth and rol to fro betwixte thy teeth chawing holding downe thy head the space of an hower it wyll spurge thy head and thy gums and keepe thy teeth from aking Also for to spurge the head Cap. x. Take the rote of pelater of spayne and chew it betwixt thy teth to and fro a good while and it will spurge well thy head also fasten thy teeth and spurge thy gummes For the toothach Cap. xi Take Betany and wylde gordes and seth them in wyne or else in Vyneger and then put it in thy mouth as hote as thou mayst suffer holde it a good whyle in thy mouth and it will take away thy payne For the ach of a hollow tooth Capitulo xii Take Assa fetida put it in thy toth that is hollow and it will appease and take away the ach Also for the toothach Cap. xiii Take Henbane bruse it and holde it betweene thy teeth a good whyle and lay it also vpon the tooth that aketh and it will swage the payne anone Also for the toothach Cap. xiiii Take the seede of Henbane caste it vpon a Chafing dishe of Charcole fyre hold thy mouth ouer the fyre that the smoke maye enter into thy mouth and then holde thy mouth ouer a Basen of fayre cleane water thou shalte see vpon the water as it were small wormes that shall come dropping out of thy mouth also take the seede of Henbane and beate it to small powder meddle it with wax and make a litle pellet that it may be ful of powder without forth and put it in the hole of the hollow tooth that aketh and it will lightly slea the ache of the tooth Also for the Toothach Cap. xv Take the rote of Hēban seeth it in vineger til the third part be soden away with y e same wash thy mouth holde thy mouth ful a good whyle and it wil slea the tothach Also take the rote of henban hold it betwene thy aking toth and it will doe away the payne For the stench in the mouth Cap. xvi Take the iuice of Veruayn bruse it and put it in thy mouth holde
and suger seeth al these in good ale till it be thick and geue it the sick to drink and he shall be whole Also a good playster for the rysing vnder the stomack Cap. xxxiiii Take yeâ—ow otherwyse called milfoly red Fenel red Mints Borage Rue fetherfoy clotes leues Peritorie egrimony of euerich a like much and the grece of a barrow Hog for a man and for a womaÌ„ of a yelk Hog that is of a Sow kind and seth theÌ„ altogither in good ale and make a playster thereof and lay it to the stomack as hote as it may be suffred .ii. or three times and he shall be hole For to destroy the heate in the stomack Cap. xxxv Take fayre clere water and boyle it well and scum it and put therin shiuers of browne bread and let theÌ„ lie therin an houre till the water be almost cold and theÌ„ drink therof two or three dayes by dyuers times and he shall amend in shorte time For breÌ„ning in the stomack ca. xxxvi Take and eate greene percely and galingale without any other thing For to auoyd flume out of thy stomack and the head Cap. xxxvii Take pouder of Pelatory of spayn and pouder of comin pouder of long peper pouder of ginger mustard vineger and medle them togither and chaufe them on the fire til they wax thicke then as hote as ye may suffer put parte thereof in your mouth galking in your throte vp and down but let none enter to your stomack doe this diuers tymes spitting oute by the space of an hower and this is gargarisme For al euils in y e stomack ca. xxxviii Take ashe seede linne seede Commin of euery a lyke much geue it to the sick body to drinke wyth hote worte or else with fayre hote water For the disease at the harte ca. xxxix Take â—â—â—uary and seeth it in stale ale and when it is wel soden stamp it in a morter seeth it agayne with the same lycour and then cleanse it through a cloath and proporcion the ioice put therto three sponeful of clarifyed honey and boyle it well togyther agayn and put it in a boxe and giue it to the pacient euery day a .iij. sponefull fasting till he be hole and this shal doe away the glut from his hart make him to sauour his mete For weaknesse of the hearte Cap. xl Take Rose water Pearles beaten smal to powder and medle it with suger and drinke it two or three dayes For faintnesse of the heart Cap. xli Take the fyling of Gold and the pouder of the bone of a Harts heart medled with the iuice of Borage suger made in syrrope for that is very good forswoning For the brest that is incombred Capitulo xlii Take Isope and seeth it in a pottle of wyne till that it come to a quarre let the sick vse thereof fyrst in the morning and last at euen hote and at morow colde till he be hole For a man woman or chylde that is broken in the belly ca. xliii Take in May the tender croppes of herbe Osmonde and drie them with the wynde and not in the sunne and make powder therof and sacre it and keepe it drye in a bladder let the pacient drynke of y e pouder with whyte wyne euen and morrow wynter and soÌ„mer sauing in May in May drink of the teÌ„dring of the said Osmond for this drinke wil make the broken belly greene as it were new broken and the Patient must be well and easilye trussed that he or she may goe with it all day and lye with it all night till he be hole and that will be within foureteene dayes if he be well ruled for he must lye vpright as much as he may both day and night and not strayne his bellye but as little as he can And he must keepe him lax as long as he is sick and lye in his bed two howers in the morning after he hath drunk this medicine must eate no white meate till he be whole nor walke but easilye for strayning The playster to knit him Capitulo xliiii Take Polipodye that groweth on an oke the rotes thereof and pare the cleane and the rotes of Elenacampana and pare them cleane and then bete them in a morter as smal as thou canst temper it with Oyle of Bay and make it a playster thicke and lay it on a thicke cloath a good quantitie and lay it there the sick is greeued vnder the trusse from the euen tyll the morrow and on the morrow change it agayne this is for all the yeare saue in May then the leaues be better For the playster in May. Cap. xlv Take Polipone leues and the leues of Elenacampana and daysye leaues and bete them smal and temper them with oyle of bay as thou seemest best to make a plaister and lay it there the sore is euen and morrow and he shall by the grace of God be whole For to breake wynde in the bellye Cap. xlvi Take Commin Fenell seede and annis beaten in powder then seeth it in wyne and drinke it fyrst and last For a swolen wombe Cap. xlvii Take the iuice of Rue and let the pacient drinke it with wyne or ale and he shalbe hole on warrantise For aking of the wombe Cap. xlvii Take Tansye Rue Sothernwood eate them with salte he shalbe hole For the harte brenning Cap. xlix Take the crop of Fenel and chew it in thy mouth and suck the iuice therof and spet out the other parte and hee shall be hole For the sore sydes within forth Cap. l. Take Alesanders Persly Louage red fenell Smalage Burnet Gromell and seeth them in whyte wyne tyll halfe be consumed then strayne it and let the sick drynk it fyrst and last at euen hote and at morrow colde Contra telamet masculam in oculo Capitulo li. Take fenel vnset Goldes Veruayne and Betaine Aum and stampe them and temper them wyth Ale or whyte wyne and strayn it and then stampe nyne lowpes otherwyse called Cheflocks and put them in the sayd lycour and gyue it to the Pacyent to drynke nyne dayes followyng and he shall be hole For a womans Pappe that is sore Cap. lii Take the roote of Bryan that is to saye wylde Neppe and make bare al the ouer part of the sayd rote that is to say the top of the rote and make an hole therein and couer it wyth the tyle stone and put it in the earth and laye earth vpon it and let it stande so foure or fyue dayes then open it and take the iuice that ye fynde in the hole and keepe it in a Glasse and therwith anoynt the brest and it shall be hole For the lyuer that is corrupte and wasted Capitulo liii Take a good quantitie of Lyuer-worte and bruse it a little and then seeth it in good strong worte with a quantitie of Rubard and vse this medicine and thou shalte be whole For the heate in the Lyuer
togither and lay it thereto and take valerian the rote and the leaues and stamp it temper it with water and giue it him to drink he shalbe hole For byting of a mad dog ca. xcv Take the seede of Box and stamp it and temper it with holy water and giue it him to drinke For to doe away a wen. Cap. xcvi Take and bynde fast the Wenne then take verdigrece sulphur Sope oyle of egges alam and hony temper them togither and lay it thereto and it shall doe away the wenne and heale it without doubt For to breake a felon in the night Cap. xcvii Take pouder made of Cantarides and temper it with sheepes tallow make a plaister therof and lay it therto and it shall breake For the Megrim Cap. xcviii Take foure handfull of red rose flowers fresh in sommer and in wynter welked and three handfull of Camomill and as much of Veruayne and breake them small with thy handes and boyle them in a pottle of whyte wyne of Gascoyn if it may be had or else in Rochell wyne till it come to a quart and put them in thre bags broched flat like a plaister lay it where the ach is as hote as the sick may suffer and chaunge them hote and hote during a daye and a night and longer if neede be For the Morfew Cap. xcix Take the water of elder and drink it iii. sponeful in the morning ii or thre tymes and when ye receiue it walke after and catch a good heate than take a pynt of white vyneger and .ix. oke apples and cut them and lay theÌ„ iii. days and three nights in the same vineger and after take a fayre linnen cloath and put the apples in the same cloath and strain them and with the licour therof anoynt thy body fower dayes it wil do away the morfew For to stop the flyx Cap. C. Take an onyon and roast it till it be teÌ„der then bruse it and lap it in a linnen cloth and put it betwixt the clift of the buttockes euen ioyning to the foundament and set him down theron as hote as hee may suffer a long tyme and take another onyon and pluck out the core and fyll the hole ful of frankensence and english saffron and take the couering of y e onyon and couer the hole and put in the embers and let it boyle till it be somwhat tender then put away the couering and lay the onyon as hote as it may be suffred vpon his nauill hole and binde it fast that it fal not away and he shall be hole For the Cancre wyld fyre and Ignis sancti Antoni ca. Ci. Take and roste Sorell in a wet linnen cloth the space of an halfe hower vnder the hote embers then stamp it with fyne clarified hony and laye that to the sore and without doubt it will do away the brenning blacknes and stinck and heale it perfectly For to make heire to grow cap. Cii Take and seeth malowes rotes and al wash the place thereas the heire lacketh and it shall grow For to doe away heire cap. Ciii Take horseleeches and burn them to pouder and medle with eysell and touch the place where the heire groweth it shall growe no more there For a scald head cap. Ciiij Take a penniworth of lamp oyle halfe a pynte of fayre water boyle it well togither and when it is colde put thereto half a peniworth of quick siluer temper it well togither and anoynt thy head For the yellow Iaundes Ca. Cv. Take a quantitie of Turmeryke and as much of Iuery beaten to pouder as much of the inner bark of a berberye tree and a quantitie of english saffron in pouder and medle them all togither and drinke it three or foure dayes fasting For the blacke Iaundes Ca. cvi Take genciana long pepper Calamus aromaticus auencis licores resyns of coraunce white sope of spayn of euerich three .i. and .ii. sponefull of mustard boyle all these in a quarte of wyne till the thyrde parte be wasted and let the pacient drink it For wormes and heate in the hands Capitulo Cvii Take chickweed and bruse it a little and then seeth it in running water till the water be wasted halfe away then take and wash the sore handes therein as hote as the paciente may suffer it and doe thus .iii. or .iiii. days and he shall be hole For the gowte cap. Cviii. Take red mintes and cressons and vnset leekes and let thâ—â—e herbs seeth wel togither and washe there as the sicknesse is euery day .ii. times a day and if he cannot haue these hearbes let the sicke body bee washed with hote water and anoynte him before the fyre or in the Sunne with thys ointment and rub him wel therwith take Virgin waxe turpentyne Saffron the yolke of an egge oyle olyfe oyle of Almonds may butter oyle of nuttes oyle doret the grece of a male hogge oyle of camamil sheepe suet with good claryfyed honye and let all these be medled togither and boyled fayre and easily by the fyre For sore knees that doth swell and ake Cap. Cix Take rue louage and stamp them togither and put therto hony make therof a playster and lay it to the sore knees and that shall fetche away the swelling and the ach For the falling euill Cap. Cx. Take the blood of his little fynger that is sick write these three verses following and hang them about his neck Iasper fert Mirram thus Melchi or Baltazarum Hec quicumque secum portat tria nomina regum Soluitur a morbo domini pietate Caduce For brenning and scalding Cap. cxi Take fresh Geese dong and frye it with fresh butter and sheepes suet and strayne it through a cloath lay it on the sore and it wil heale it anon For brenning with fyre cap. Cxii Take the rynde of a clyne tree and seeth it halfe a day in fayre water let it keele and gather of the thicke that thou fyndeste vppon the water with a feather and euery day anoynt with the feather euen and morrowe For to heale hurtes and woundes Capitulo Cxiii Take mallowes and seeth them wel and when they be well soden take stampe them and then take olde Barowes grece and clene Barly mele mingle the iuice the meale and the grece altogither and make a salue thereof for it is a ready healer Also to make a salue to draw and to heale cap. cxiiii Take a quarter of a pound of Vyrgin wax and .ii. ounces of sheepe suet and melt them togither a little and then take them from the fyre put therto an ounce of frankensence and stere it wel togither and do it in a box and this will both draw and heale For stinging of Adders and Snakes Ca. Cxv. Take dragons and drynke it also stampe Dragons and laye it to the place there the stinging is and that shal suck out the venime and ease the smarting