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
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
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
mans body the brest and the stomack the spleene and the ribbes when the moone is in this sign it is good to begin a way by water and is meetely good to take medycines but beware to wed any mayd when the signe is in Cancer And if anye man taketh sicknesse in anye time whyle the Moone is in the sygne of Cancer it is great fortune if he dye not For it is perrilous both in the beginning and in the ende this sygne is septentryonall that is of the north partye also it is euill to build houses or to set trees or to begin anye thing that shall last long The man that is borne while that the Moone entreth in this sygne he shalbe feminine of face melancholyous faint harted and whyte of skin and he shall loue a womā which shal greeue him his destiny shalbe hard in his youth but when he is past xxx yeare he shall haue a maladye in the raynes and he escape he shal lyue by kynde a hundred yeare The Sunne entreth in the signe of Cancer the .xv. Kalen. of June and dwelleth therein to the .xvj. Kalen. of Iuly And in this month of Iune is two daungerous dayes to take sicknesse vpon that is to say the .iiij. the .vij. Iuly hath the signe of the Lyon is euill to take purgation and verye euill to let blood FOr Leo is a signe stedfast Orientall hote and drye chollorick nature of Fyre Masculyne kinde and hath of mans body the sydes and the back sinowes bones and gristles beware while the mone reigneth there of ventosing or cutting or harm catching in those places for it is ful dangerous in y e end of Leo to take sicknesse more then in the beginning for then he may releeue by good gouernaunce and it is euill to geue medycine to the heart or stomack and the vaynes touch with yron A man that is borne whyle the Moone entreth in the sign of Leo by kinde he shall be holden easy he shall take a wife a heady strong womā he shalbe loued as the Lyon among the beastes he shall haue great power among strong men The sunne entreth in this signe the .xv. Kalen. of Iuly dwelleth therein till the .xvi. Kalen. of August And in this month of Iuly is two daungerous dayes to take any sycknes vpon that is to say the fifteene and the twenty August hath the signe of a Virgin and is euil to take purgation and indifferent to let blood VIrgo is a sign double bodyed meridionall that is of the South parte cold and drye Melancholly of complection nature of the earth and of Femine kynde and hath of mans body the wombe middrife guttes the lyuer Gall and mylt But chiefelye in the lims beneath the middrife then beware of breaking or cutting in the belly of priuye places within Also it is perrillous for a manne to take anye sicknesse in the beginnyng thereof but not so perrillous in the ende but rather token of health it is not good to wed a mayde for she wil be barrayne but it is good to wed a widdow The man that is borne vnder this signe he shal be wel loued and a man of great pitty and wise liue muche in ease his name shal be good among all maner of men he shall haue worship in his age he shall haue a signe in the head The Sun entreth in the sign of Virgo the .xv. Kalen. of August dwelleth therin vnto the .xvi. Kalen. of September And in the month of August is two perrillous dayes to take any sicknes on that is to say the .xix. and the .xx. September hath the sygne of the Ballaunce and is good to take purgacion and is very good to let blood LYbra is a sygne moueable hote and moyst Sanguinaryus and hath the ouer parte of a man and the neyther end of a woman that is to say the nauill the raynes and the low parties of y e wombe the share when the Moone is in Lybra it is good to let blood and is best to make medycines for the nauell and to doe al thing y t thou would haue brought to end and this sign is Occidentall Sanguine of complection of masculine kinde And it is good to begin that shall long last And knowe well from the degree of Lybra to the degree of Scorpyo it is euill to begin diuers thinges for the moone is that tyme in the worst The man that is borne vnder thys signe hee shalbe wel beloued good shall neuer fayle him he shall haue a signe in the necke or in the shoulder bone he shalbe in great peril till that he be thyrty yeare old and then shall he come to great worship The sunne entreth in the sign of Lybra the .xv. Kalender of September and dwelleth therein till the .xvi. Kalender of October And in the month of September is two perrillous dayes to take any manner of sicknes on that is to say the sixt and the seuenth October hath the signe of a Scorpion is good for to take purgaciōs and is indifferent to let bloud SCorpio is a sygne of a Serpente cold moyst flumaticke nature of water Septentrional that is of the North party and hath of a mans bodye the priuy members and the bladder and when the Moone is in this signe it is good to geue medicines to the members of man and woman and to take laxatyues to make all thinges that shall last long and it is good to make a way by water The man that is borne vnder this shall loue wel the company of womē and haue other mens heritages he shall be Melancholyus his words shall tourne well in age he shall be in trauaile and in the head he shal haue a token or in the face he may liue by kynde .xl. yeare The sunne entreth in the sign of Scorpio the .xv. Kalen. of October and dwelleth therein til the xvi Kalen. of Nouember And in the Moneth of October is one perrillous day that is to say the sixte day ¶ Nouember hath the sign of y e Archer and it is good to take purgacion and also it is good to let blood I Doe you to wit that Sagittarius is a sygne of an Archer and double bodyed hote and drye nature of the fyre and coloricke of complexion and of masculyne kynde Orientall that is of the east partye this sign reigneth in the thighes and loddoges of man and then beware of cutting of two places and then is good to lette blood and to treate of peace and to wed a wyfe and to make all medycynes that is made with fyre The man that is borne vnder this sygne shall be hastye and bolde to doe folly and he shall haue a signe in the cheeke or in the shoulders he shall be bitten of a dogge he shall haue tribulations he shall haue sicknesse in his eyen he shall haue two wiues the second shall beguyle him and he shall wax sick at .xl. winter and he
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
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
them of the Clockes for the howers of the Clocks he egal always of .lx. minuts but they of the planets when the day and the night bene egal that y t sunne is in one of the Equinocts they be â—gall but as soone as the dayes longeth or shorteth so doth the naturall howers by this it is conuenyent alway for the day to haue twelue temporal houres and the night .xii. temporall howers and when the dayes be loÌ„g and the howers long and the dayes short and the howers short in likewyse the night and neuertheles an houre of the day an houre of the night both togither hath .lx. minuts as for two howers artificyals that the one leaueth and the other taketh And then take we out Planets from the sun rysyng not before vpon the sun going downe then all the remnaunt is night and about the month of DeceÌ„ber the days haue but eight houres artificials of the Clocke and they haue twelue temporals then let the eyghte howers Artificials be deuyded in twelue egall partes and it shall be twelue tymes .lx. minuts and euery part shal be a temporall houre that shall be of a fortye minutes and no mo thus in December the temporal howers of the day haue but forty minuts But the houres of the night haue .lxxx. minutes For that time the nights haue but sixteene howers artificials if they be deuided in the twelue parts be .lxxx. minuts for euery temporall hower of the night in December haue .lxxx. minuts and .xl. For an hower of the day bene six score mynutes in two temporall houres as many in twelue howers artificials that bene ech of forty minutes in the month of Iune is the contrarye in March and in September all hours be equall as is the dayes in other monthes by equall portion Thus endeth the .vij. Planettes vpon the .vij. dayes in the weeke ¶ And hereafter followeth the natures and expositions of the .xij. signs deuyded by the .xij. monthes in the yeare ¶ March hath the sign of the Ram. And is indifferent for taking of purgacion and is very good to let blood ARies is a sygn moueable hote and drye colorike nature of fyre and hath Lordship in mans head and the face and the parties longing to the head when the moone is in that sign beware of cutting in the head or in the face or in any vayn that longeth to the head Also it is perrillous in the begynning of Aryes to take any headache or any hurting in the head for it were â—â—ken of long during or else of death but it is not so perrillous in the end of it and this signe is moueable Oriental of masculyne kynde then is good to worke all thinges that is wrought with fyre and it is good to take vyages towardes the east and it is good to let blood on the arme and to bath thee and to sow seedes and to make matrymonies and to begin all good works that would soone haue ende and is euyll to doe thinges whyche thou wouldst should last long for as much as the Ramme is a beast that raungeth and casteth vp agayne the meat that he eateth tofore Therfore there then shoulde no medecyne nor passyon be taken inward whyle the Moone is in that sygne for all naturall medicines and passyons receyued in that tyme men shoulde caste them vp agayne and so it falleth in all the sygnes that bene raunging as Aries Taurus and Caprycorne and the last partie of Sagittarie In all these there shoulde no passions be geuen for dreade of casting vp agayne For this Sygne ryseth out of the Orient causeth the time to be hote and drye The man that is borne vnder the sign of Aries by kind of complexyon is Chollorick shalbe witty and wyse and deceyueable small of bones yellow of collour and kynd of heart The Sunne entreth into the sign of Aries the .xv. Kal. of March and dwelleth therein vnto the .xvj. Kalen. of Aprill And in the Month of March is .iij. perrillous dayes to take any sicknes vpon that is to say the xv.xvii and the .xix. ¶ Aprill hath a signe of the Bul and is euill for to take purgation And also euill to let blood THe Moone being in Taurus that is the signe of the Bull the which sygne reigneth in the neck the throte it is then perrillous to be ventused in the neck or catch sicknes in y e throt and much more perrilous in the beginning than in the ende this sygne is stedfaste Merydyonall that is of the South party he is cold and dry earthly and of feminine kynd and melancholy of complection it is then good to sowe seedes to plante trees and vynes for they shal redily grow and it is good to builde houses and to wed a wyfe and euery thing to do that thou wouldest haue long to indure and stably to abyde It is euill to begin battayle or to fyghte For it causeth the tyme to be colde and drye and the wynde to haue his course nigh the earth and the skyes to flye abroade by the earth The man that is borne vnder thys sygne is by kynd of complection melancholy vnstable and vntrue white lyuered and scarce of his purse The sun entreth in the sygne of Taurus the .xv. Kalen. of Aprill and dwelleth therin vnto the .xvi. Kalen. of May. And in this month of Aprill is two perrillous dayes to take any manner of sicknesse on that is to say the .xvi. and the .xxi. ¶ May hath the signe of two twins and is indifferent to take purgacion and is euill to let blood WHen the Moone is in Gemini that is the sign of two twinnes or two children of one byrthe the which Signe reigneth in the armes and the hands of a man This signe is double bodied and occidental that is the West party and is Sanguine of complexion hote and moyst after the ayre In that time beware of cutting in the shoulders armes hands nor in that tyme vppon no vayne in those places It is good that time to treate of friendship and when the moone is in the signe of Gemini beware of letting of blood for it is euill and specially in the blumes for Gemini gouerneth them and if one take the sicknes in a house and dye all the other be in great dauÌ„ger to die of the same The man that is borne whyle the moone is vnder the Lordship of this signe he shal by way of kinde be very wise priuy and true he shal haue .iij. wiues and he shall trauayle mightye fast to purchase worshippes the Sunne entreth the signe of Gemini the .xv. kalen of May and dwelleth therin till the .xvi. Kalen. of Iune And in the month of May is three daungerous dayes that is for to saye the .vij. the xv and the .xx. Iune hath the signe of the Creuis And is good for to take purgacion and is indifferente to let blood ¶ Cancer is a signe moueable colde moyst flumatick and watrye and hath of