seeth all these in a pint of white Wine strain it and drink thereof foure spoonfulls morning and evening warm 〈…〉 Medicines for the Side For Wind in the Side TAke the leaves of Holly and dry them and make powder thereof but do not burn them and give the Patient thereof to drink in Beer or Ale and it will ease immediatly Proved by my Lady Coplin For a Stich in the Side TAke the urine of him that is sick Wormwood and Cummin and seeth them well together and by the fire therewith anoint thy side and after with the oil of Bay Also Endive Water water of Divells-bit water of Mallows and water of Carduus benedictus are all good for the Stitch. For a Stich in the left Side TAke a quantity of Cummin and steep it in a pottle of Malmsey then take and fry them together in a Pan and put it into a linnen bag and lay it hot to your side and it will help you Another for the same TAke and stamp Wormwood Mints and Camomill Mallows red Roses Sage Cummin and white Bread Crums and boil all these in red Wine or in stale Ale and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the side This is proved To know when one hath a Stitch whether it be of the Wind or the Plurisie TAke Wormwood and lay it on a tile-stone before the fire and when it is neare hot sprinkle it with good Malmsey and put it in a linnen cloth and lay it to when you feel the Stitch if it be but a Wind it will take it away in two hours but if it be the Plurisie it will augment the pain and then seek other remedy For a Stitch at the Hart. TAke and distill Endive Water and when the fire is out of it drink thereof one ounce at a time for this will help all Stitches of the Heart if you will use it Medicines for the Pleurisie TAke Broom Flowers Scabias and Carduus Benedictus of every one a like portion mingle them together and let the Patient every morning and evening take a good draught and annoint the ribs with oyl of Broom Flowers for this is good Another singular remedy for the same TAke three ounces of the water of Lady-thistle called Carduus Benedictus one spoonfull of white Wine and fix inner whites of Eggs well braid mingle them together and lay them plaister-wise upon the ribs as hot as you may suffer it Another for the same TAke two good handfulls of Horse-dung two races of Ginger in powder then wrap the dung and the Ginger together in a linnen cloth then put them in a pot to boyle with a quart of white Wine untill the third part be consumed and drink thereof evening and morning and after you have drunk the said Wine cover you well and sweat A Regiment for the Pleurisie THe Patient ought not to drink wine nor eat flesh but must be content to drink Tysants Barley water and weak drink and to eat Barley hulked and milk of Almonds clarified rosted Apples and great Raisins as long as the Fever doth last And to help him to spit it is good to use often white pills of Diadragaganton Sugar Candy and other things mentioned in the Remedies of the Cough For the Pleuresie THe common practice is to let the Patient blood and to administer to him Tysants and to give the syrup of Violets in the which is dissolved Cassia newly drawn half an ounce of Manna elect 1.3 give this to the Patient after he is let blood this hath holpen many Also this is very good for the Pleurisie Take a hollow Apple and put therein a good quantity of Olybanum and put the Apple in the hot embers and so let it stand till it be rosted and then give it to the Patient this hath helpt many without letting blood A Pleurisie cometh of cold humors and if it be not far past give the Patient Malmsey wherin hath been sodden Camomil to drink this hath helpt many without letting blood Medicines for the Lungs An excellent Medicine for the Cough of the Lungs TAke the Lungs of a Fox and wash them clean in fair water and lay them in Vineger two daies and then hang them up to dry the shortest way is to dry them in an Oven and then take a few crops of Hysope Elecampana roots and a few crops of Hoarhound and a good quantity of Anniseeds and a good quantity of Licoras and one ounce of Sugar-Candy and bray all together and searse it and then you may chuse whether you will eat the Powder in apples in pottage or in meat To make a Water that is restorative for a man that if his Lungs be wasted will restore them again and gather Nature again TAke Fennell roots and Parsley roots and wash them clean and pill of the utter bark of the roots and the hard roots that is within them and cast it away and make them small then take a brazen pot and put therein three quarts of water and put the roots therein and seeth it over the fire then take Figs and mince them small and Licoras small and put them together and make them boil well then take Sorrell and stamp it and put it thereto and let it boil well and then take it down and strain it through a cloth into some Vessell of earth and stop it well and fast that the breath go not out and let the sick drink thereof hot evening and morning cold For the Cough of the Lungs TAke a handfull of Figs and seeth them in Ale or Beer untill they be somewhat tender then slit them asunder and put them in a linnen bag and so lay them on your Stomach warm and when they be cold warm them again in the same liquor To comfort the Lungs TAke and distill our Lady Thistle and drink the water thereof twice a day and it will comfort the Lungs Also the Water of Chervell doth the like To open the Lungs TAke Hysope VVater and drink thereof twice a day evening and morning at each time one ounce and a half or two ounces and it will help you For the Impostumation of the Lungs TAke and drink VVater of Camomill twice a day at each time an ounce and it will help thee Fennell water will do the like Approved For heat or drought in the Lungs DRink water of great Plantain twice a day and it will kill the heat of the Lungs Water of blue Violets doth the like Medicines for the Heart For trembling of the Heart without a Fever TAke the maw of an old Cock drie it and make powder thereof and drink the same powder in red Wine or sweet Wine for it is very good put a little Saffron thereto For the Heart that beateth or trembleth in mans body and cometh of thought BRay Corall in a mortar of brasse as small as you can then searse it and mingle it with Sugar very fine beaten use to take of this powder first in the morning and last
the other is not ready take a little of the Lard of a Barrow For one that is burned with a Match TAke the same Match and burn it to powder and strew the same powder upon the place and this will heal it in short space For burning with Gun-powder TAke Sheeps sewet and Sheeps dung and fry them both together and so annoynt the place that is burned therewith twice every day and do not wash the sore with any thing for the medicine vvil fall away of it self as it doth heale and do not change the medicine in any wise For burning with Wild-fire TAke the dregs of Wine and Vineger and an Egg both the white and yolk by even portions and mingle them well together and lay it to the sore untill it be whole To get out the fire of burning or scalding TAke the whites of new laid Eggs after the quantity of the sore and put them in a peuter dish and with a stone of Roch Allum labour it about till it come all to a froth then take a fine linnen cloth and wet it in Oyl Olive or for lack of it in fresh grease or butter and lay it next the sore and then lay the froth upon the same a good thicknesse and so bind it with a cloth foure times dresse it evening and morning and the fire will be out Medicines to stop Bloud To stop Bloud in a Veine TAke a handfull of Leaves of the little Burrs that stick upon a mans Coat and are called Strachantes and bray these Leaves and lay them to the wound and it will stop the bloud To stop bloud in a wound suddainly TAke Paper Flax or Linnen cloth which is next thy hand and burn it and put it into the wound the ashes thereof hot and the bloud shall stop straight Or if you will stamp nettle roots and lay them to the wound it shall be no more To stop bloud if the Master-Veine be cut or the wound very large TAke red nettles or red Colwort Leafs stamp them with Hogs dung well tempered together and lay it on the wound and this will stench the bleeding quickly Or take dried Vervain made in Powder and put the Powder into the wound and it will help For a wound that is full of Bloud TAke red Nettles and stamp them with Vineger and lay them upon the wound and it will cleanse the wound and do away the bloud To stop bleeding at the Nose or in any other place upon the suddain IF it be a man that bleedeth take a Leather point and tye about his stones very hard and this wil stop the bleeding straight Or if his Arm or Leg be cut bind the other Arm or Leg very hard and the bloud will run to the other side that is most pained Medicines for the Morphew TAke Mustard made of white Vineger and let the Patient annoynt himself withall where the Morphew is nine nights and this will help him Or take and bray Sorrell and strain it clear then put to it as much sugar and honey as you do juice and boil them well together over the fire and then let them seeth till the sugar have the tast then put to it one ounce of Vineger and so dresse it and keep the medicine to eat Another for the same TAke an ounce of very good sope and a penyworth of Aqua vitae and put them both into a Morter and grind them well together then take a handfull of Eglantine and stamp it and strain it and put some of the juice to the sope and Aqua vitae and then take a course Canvas cloth and rub where the Morphew is and after annoynt the place with this medicine and be whole For the black Morphew THere be two kind of Morphews the white and the black the white is named Alborus and for remedy for the black Morphew take this rule that if the place be pricked and will not bleed then it is not cureable but if it will bleed take of Rapes and Rocket of each an ounce and an half and stamp it with Vineger and after that wash the place Or take of the earth of Africk and mix it with Vineger and wash the place oft therewith and it will heal thee A most excellent Water to comfort the Vitalls and preserve other parts of the body made by Doctor Stephens TAke a gallon of good Gascoygne Wine Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Graines Cloves Anniseeds Fennell seed a Dram Sage Mints red Roses Time Pellitory Rosemary wild Time Camomile Lavender of each one handfull then bruise the spices and the herbs small and put all into the Wine and let it stand twelve hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Lymbeck according to the art and the first water is of more strength then the second and both be the better by the standing in the Sun The vertues hereof Be to comfort the spirits vitall helps to the inward diseases of cold the Palsey the contraction of Sinews the conception of Women killeth the Worms within the body cureth the Cough Toothach cold Dropsie comforteth the Stomach helpeth the stone in the Bladder and in the reins of the Back slackneth a stinking breath Whosoever useth this water ever anon and not toe after it preserveth him in good likeing and maketh him seem young very long with this Doctor Stephens preserved his own life untill such extreme Age that he could neither go nor ride and kept him five years when other Phisitians judged it impossible for him to live one year To make Cinamon Water TAke Rhenish Wine a quart and Spanish wine a pint Rosewater a pint and a half Cinamon bruised a pound and a half let these stand infused the space of four and twenty hours then distill it and being close stopped and luted then with a soft fire distill the same softly in a Limbeck of Glasse and receive the first Water by it self Also if ye be so disposed to make the same Water weaker take three pints of Rosewater and a pint and a half of Rhenish Wine and so distill the same and you shall have to the quality of the stuffe the quantity of the Water which is three pints but the first Water is the best and so reserve it to your use both morning and evening To make Cinamon Water another way TAke three quarts of Muskadine and a pound of Cinamon and half a pint of good rose-Rose-water and so let them lie infused the space of four and twenty hours and distill it as aforesaid and you shall receive to the quantity as to the quality but the first pint is the best and the chiefest of all the other as is manifest by practise Medicines for the Palsie that take away the Speech TAke Sage leaves and Primrose leaves and if it be in winter take leaves and roots and all of each a like quantity beat them together and strain them with Ale and give it the sick to drink a spoonful or two at a time and it
of your hand and as round and prick it full of holes with a point of a knife and lay it to the nape of your neck just upon the bone that sticketh out most and as long as it will ly on let it but in two or three days it helpeth some You may let it ly on as long as you please a quarter of a yeer and if it falleth off before your eyes be well you may wipe off the moisture of it and apply others as you shall see occasion Probatum To Cure a Catarack A Catarack is curable by making an Issue in the Nape of the Neck This is the manner how you shall discern a Catarack it will seem to be like many motes or little Flyes between them and the light and in the beginning beginneth to take away the true sight of the Eye and then it groweth into a Film which is counted uncurable when it covers the whole sight or bale of the Ey though at first it is curable although there is nothing to be seen on the out-side of the Ey as a purl or such like so that it is not to be helped being within the Ey though many books write of it without the handy Operation of some skilful Chyrurgion puting some silver Needle into one corner of the Ey and twisting the film about the Needle coucheth it under the sight of the Eye where it will afterward waste but it requires an Artist that is well skill'd in the couching a Catarack For a Consumption TAke the heart and lungs of a Calf new killed a Capon let these be bruised in a stone morter and boyled with an hundred Snails till the broth be as thick as pottage then put to it Harts tongue Maiden hair Hysope Scabias Sage of each an handful with China roots sliced and beaten two ounces of the juyce of Coltsfoot roots ten ounces the blood of a Pig newly killed and Conserve of red Roses one pound these being well mixed let them be distilled in Balneo with a very gentle fire and reserve it Another TAke a young Cock pull him alive and then slit him in the middle then wipe him with a clean cloth then take sops of white bread soaked in a quart of Burrage water put the sops in a common Still and lay the Cock with his bones broken upon the sopping putting thereto raisins of the Sun stoned and unwashed with a quantity of Dates this being distilled take thereof constantly a pretty quantity A Julip of D. Trench for the Mother fits Proved IN the time of yeer distil black Cherry water Pyon flower water Couslip water Rue or Herbgrace water then take of the waters of Couslip and black Cherry of each an ounce Aqua Histericae half an ounce Cinamon water one dram Sirup of Clove Gillyflowers three drams Take of these two spoonfuls at a time as often as you please Histerica is Castor To make the Salt of Coral TAke of the broken pieces of the reddest Coral you can get at the Druggist half a pound or as much as you please then put upon it of good wine Vineger distilled a gallon and presently you shall see it work up and down upon the Coral then set it in a great glass on the top of a warm Stove and let it stand three or four dayes then if you taste of the Vineger although it were sharp before it will have no strength but taste sweetish which is a signe it hath taken into the Vineger as much as it can then you may pour that off from the Coral and put on more Vineger and do as before till all your Coral be dissolved then put all your Vineger together and put it into a large flat pan well glased and lay into the Vineger in the pan two or three white lists half a yard long and let one half of them ly in the Vineger in the pan and the other half hang out and you shall see those lists which must first be very clean washed before you lay them into the Vineger by drops draw out all the Vineger in the pan which you must receive with setting an other large pan or pot under the ends of the Lists that hang out of the pan that they ly in And when you have so filtred your foresaid Vineger very clear from the dross of the Coral which you shall see remain at the bottom of the first pan you put your Vinegar into then you must set your clear Vinegar into the Oven being a little hotter then when Houshold bread is drawn but it must be put into a large clean Tinne Bason or Silver for it will pierce through any earthen vessel and so it must be breathed away gently till all the Vineger be gone and leave the Salt of Coral in the bottom being very gently dryed Then must you have in a readiness a pottle or two of plain distilled water and upon your formerly dryed salt of Coral if there be a quarter of a pound put a quart of distilled water and set it in warmth till it be melted like Sugar in it then lay in your clean washed lists of cloth into it being put into a flat Pan as formerly and let it run through those lists by drops to purify the salt and when all the water is come from the dross which will remain in the Pan the lists were put into then put your clear water into the Oven and let it breath away gently till it leave the salt of Coral dry and then disolve it in distilled water again and proceed with it as before and then it will be pure and prepared for your use whose vertues are many and some approved by practise as followeth The vertues of the salt of Coral IT is to be given to children of any age in Fevers the weight of twenty grains and gently covered to move sweat Also to women in child-bed that are in any Fever the weight of thirty grains Also in apparision of any small Pâ—x or the Measels it is never taken without good success It strengtheneth the Liver and helpeth it to make good blood being taken twice in a week in a little Posset-ale and continued so for the space of a moneth Also it helpeth children of Convulsions For Convulsion Fits TAke white Coperas dissolve it in a little warm distilled water and then with clean lists layed into it fylter it from his dross dand gently vapor away the water till it be ry then dissolve it again fylter it and lay it again in a Oven as before and it is prepared Hereof you may give unto a sucking child three grains in a spoonful of Posset-drink once or twice and it seldom or never faileth but cureth An excellent Vomit TAke the leaves of Assara-bacca being gathered in the beginning of June and run a threed through the leaves and let them hang thereon till thâ—y be dry in the shade so that you may powder them to fine Powder in a Morter and then searse them and keep the Powder
of thy Head For the Rheume in the Head TAke and seeth Pimpernell in Wine and drink it in the Evening hot and in the morning cold this will help thee Or take and stew Onions in Water in a close pot and bath thy Head thy mouth and thy nose therewith and it will help thee For the weaknesse of the Brain TAke a handfull of Rosemary Sage Marjoram Hysop Betany the leaves and roots and the seeds and roots of Pyony wash all these said herbs and put them into a pottle of fair Water and let them seeth together untill the one half be wasted then take out the herbs and put to the said water almost half a pint of Honey clarified and let it boil well together with a dram of Stecados knit in a linnen cloth and let it boil till the sweetnesse of the Honey be boiled out then take out the Stecados and put thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon three Nutmegs well bruised and put them to the same liquor and seeth them together a good while then strain it through a linnen cloth and so use to drink it morning and evening and it shall comfort thy Brain For hair that faileth on thy Head TAke and bray Lineseed and mingle it with oyl-Olive and when it is well beaten together anoint thy Head therewith three or four times and this will heal thee or take oyl of Tartar and warm it and then rub your Head with it or any place that is scald eight or nine dayes and the hair will come again An excellent medicine TAke a farthingworth of Pellitory of Spain and a quarter of Stavesacre seed and beat both together and then drink a draught of Malmsey and put a spoonfull of this powder into your mouth rolling it up and down till your mouth be hot and full of flegme and then spit it all out then take a stool and set before you and lay a cushion under your knees and set a bason under your mouth and gape as wide as you can and then the flegme will void from you out of all the members of your Head and if it come too fast hold over your Head to the bason and let it go use this once in a year and you shall be the better for it a long time A remedy for the Head TAke the juice of Ivy leaves mixt with Oyl and Vineger and rub therewith your temples and your nosthrills For lightnesse in the Head TAke small tents of linnen cloth and dip them in Cinamon water and put them into thy nosthrills and thou shalt be help't presently To purge the Head of evill humors TAke the root of Pellitory of Spain and chew a piece thereof on either side of thy mouth between thy Gumms and close thy mouth fast till the water cometh down then let the water go forth but hold the root still a quarter of an houre For pain in the Head TAke the juice of Ivy that groweth upon trees and oyl of Roses and mingle them together with Wine and anoint your Head therewith and this will make it leave aking Probatum For the Eyes FIrst if it do come of Rheume or corrupt blood purge Rheume and blood if it do come otherwise be let blood in a vein called Mediana and use locall waters as waters to mundifie the place and then use Salves sanative For a white that doth grow over the black of the Eye FIst purge the Rheum with Anacardine and Sternutations or Gargarices and then make a plaister made with the white of two Egs beat it well together and then put to it a little Honey and after that put to it Flax or Tow and to bedward lay it over the Eyes and let it lie all night and in the morning wash thine Eyes with cold water and a fine cloth do this three nights one after another and be whole For a bloodshotten Eye TAke the white of two new laid Egges and beat them to a watrish spome then put Tow unto it and three nights together lay it to thine Eye and bind it fast and renew it every night and wear a green cloth before thine Eye For a blast in the Eye MEddle not with it with medicines but wear before thine Eye a piece of black Sarsenet and eat neither Garlick nor Onions nor drink no Wines nor strong Ale and it will away A water to clear the sight TAke Fennell Vervain Roses Salendine and Rue of each two ounces and distill them and wash thine Eyes therewith for it is good for all manner of sore Eyes For blear Eyes TAke the juice of Wormwoood and mingle it with water made of the white of an Egg and put it into thine Eyes and it shall put the blood and aking away A water to clarifie the dimnesse of the sight TAke the juice of Fennell and Salendine Rue and Eyebright of each two ounces Honey an ounce and a half Aloes Tyme and Sarcocell of each half an ounce the caul of a Capon Chicken or Cock two drams Nutmegs Cloves and Saffron of each a dram Sugar Candy six drams put all into a limbeck of glasse and distill it and of this water put into your Eyes and if you could get the liver of a Hee-Goat and mix with the said things in the distillation that water will be of much greater vertue and almost without comparison Another for the same TAke the green Walnuts husks and all from the trees with a few Walnut leaves and distill thereof a water to drop into your eyes A singer powder that drieth and taketh away the rednesse of the Eyes TAke Tutty prepared an ounce Antimonie half an ounce Pearles two drams red Corall a dram and a half pound all these together very fine and keep them in a box of Tyn and use when thou hast need A Regiment for them that have sore Eyes TAke heed that you alwayes keep your body loose and abstain from fire smoke wind dust and over hot and cold aire and from weeping and long reading of small letters from over long watching over much drinking of Wine and eating late for all these are noysome to the Eyes also all vaporous things as Onions Leeks Garlick Mustard Pease and Beans are very dangerous forbear day sleep and behold green things clear and precious To clear the sight or for rednesse of the Eyes TAke Salt and Ginger and make it in fine powder and temper it with white Wine and let it so stand a day and a night then take off the thinnest ryne and wet your Eyes with a feather to bedward For a Pin and Web in the Eye IF there be a Pin and Web in the Eye or other blemish in the ball of the Eye take water of Pimpernell Vervain or Salendine To make a good water for sore Eyes TAke Fennell Rue Eufrace Vervam torn Mintill Betany red Roses Endive Sowthistles call'd Chicken meat Pimpernell red Salendine Filago the leaves of Piony the leaves of white Vine March Egremony Sinkfoil called Woodbine of each
Bacon wheaten Bran and the Roots of a Vine and seeth all these together in Brine wherein Flesh hath been laid to Salt and let the hot Vapor thereof ascend to the sore place through an instrument like a Funnel made of Wood and this done wash this sore place with this Water following Take the inner Bark of the Roots of black Thorn and seeth it in a Pint of white Wine Vineger and a Pint of Water of the Bark twelve Ounces of Roch Alum two Ounces seeth these together in a stone Cruse in a Kettle of water closely stopped till half be wasted then strain them and put of this Liquor into the Sore This helped a child of twelve years old that the Canker had eaten through the Roof of his Mouth into his Nose But if the Canker be not very corrosive take Woodbine Sage Lavender Rosemary and Salendine and seeth these in running water and white Wine till half be wasted and then strain them and put to this stained Liquor a little Alum and Myrrhe Honey and Sarcacoll when these be a little sodden then strain them again and rub thy Mouth therewith often in a day For the falling of the Evola TAke a little Pepper and Salt and put it up therewith or else take and seeth a little Pepper in Ale ad dip a Linnen Cloth therein and put it up therewith also take a handfull of Fetherfew and rub it between your hands then lay it to the Crown of the Head and it will draw up the Evola For a Canker in the Mouth TAke Rosemary Sage and running Water and seeth them well together and put to them Roch Alum and wash thy Mouth therewith or take Woodbine leaves and stamp them and put thereto a little running Water and strain out the Juice thereof then put to the same a little white Coperas and wash thy Mouth therewith and it will be whole For a Canker in the Mouth TAke a sawcer full of wodbine-Wodbine-water and put thereto as much Alum as a Hasell Nut and then take of Mell-Roset as much again as the Alum is and put to it a spoonfull of good Vineger and boil all these together upon a Chafingdish and wash the Canker therewith Medicines for Teeth To make Teeth white TAke Vineger of Quinces and dip a little piece of Cloth in it and rub thy Teeth and Gums therewith the said Vineger fasteneth the Teeth and Gums comforteth the Roots of the Teeth and maketh sweet Breath To keep the Teeth sweet clean and from danger of Worms or a Regiment Ach TAke a Pint of White Wine two Ounces of Alum and a quarter of an Ounce of Honey boil them together and wash your Mouth therewith every Morning A Regiment for the Tooth-ach YOu must wash your Mouth before and after Meat with warm Water to cleanse the Mouth and purge the Humors from the Gums which descend out of the Head it is good every Morning to wash the Mouth and to rub the Teeth with a Sage Leaf or with Powder made of Cloves and Nutmegs You must forbear Lettice and raw fruits all tart things and the chewing of hard things also all Meats of evill digestion and vomiting and straining of your self For the Tooth-ach TAke the Root of Henbane and seeth it in Vineger and hold in thy Mouth the Decoction thereof and the pain of the Teeth will away straight or take Hysope and make a decoction with Vineger and wash your Mouth and Teeth therewith being hot and the pain will away Another for the same TAke Wheat Bran and good stale Ale and make it thick like Mustard and let it soke therein a quarter of an hour then strain it and put thereto the Powder of Pepper a good quantity and some of the Juice of Rue and make it somewhat thick and put it into a little bag of linnen cloth and lay it between thy Cheek and thy Teeth and lie down on that side and let the Water run out of thy Mouth and use it three or four times and thou shalt never have the Tooth-ach more or take Hounds tongue and stamp it and frie it with Butter and make a Plaister thereof and bind it to thy Cheek on that side that the pain is and thou shalt be whole Proved An approved Medicine for the Tooth-ach TAke Berries of Ivy and the scraping of a Harts Horn and boil it in white Wine and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to thy Check and hold the Liquor thereof in thy Mouth and thou shalt be whole Or take Pepper Salt and the Roots of Primrose and dry them all together and make Powder thereof and rub thy Teeth therewith To take away the Tooth-ach in half an hour TAke Henbane Seed Smallage Seed and Poppy Seed of each the weight of a Penny and make Pellets thereof as big as a Vache with a quantity of Aqua vitae and lay it unto thy Teeth that ake and the pain shall cease straight A notable Medicine for the Tooth-ach TAke Pellitory of Spain both of the Leaf and of the Root wash it and stamp it and thereof make three Balls every Ball as big as a Plumb and lay the first Ball between the Teeth and the Gummes the space of a miles riding and even as the water ingendreth in thy Mouth spit it out whole and put in another Ball as thou diddest at the first and likewise the third and so let the Water run out of thy Mouth still and be whole straight To make Teeth white TAke Flower of Rie Salt and Honey and mingle them well together and therewithall rub thy Teeth every day twice or thrice and then wash them clean with Water and they will be clean Or take green Branches of Broom and burn them and make thereof a Powder and burn Alum and mix them together and then temper them with fair Water and rub thy Teeth therewith and it will do away the blacknesse of them For the Tooth-ach TAke the green part of the Eldar Rine not the uttermost nor the innermost but the green in the middle between both and Sage Rue and Ginger and a good deal of Salt then grind them all together in a mortar and seeth it in white Wine and make a Plaister thereof and lay to the Cheek and be whole Another for the same TAke a Pint of the strongest Vineger thou canst get and a handfull of Sage the Root of a red Nettle the quantity of a Fingers length and as much of the Rine of an Oke and cut them in little pieces and so let the Vineger and all the rest seeth together from a Pint then let the Patient chew it on the sore Tooth and so dresse 〈…〉 Evening and Morning half of it at each time and this shall help him for ever Probatum est For to remove a Tooth TAke the Root of a Mulberry Tree and lay it in Vineger three dayes and three Nights and then dry it in the Sun and make Powder thereof and rub thy Teeth therewith and
Worms they will rise white like Wheals under the plaister then cast more Coperas on your said plaister and so dresse him and he shall be whole To make the Face fair TAke the Flowers of Rosemary and boil them in white Wine then wash thy Face therewith and use to drink of the same Or take Burnet water and Wash thy Face therewith and let it dry by it self also Water of Bean Flowers doth better A Medicine for a white Scurf in the Face TAke of Vineger a Pinte and dissolve in it one Ounce of Champhire and let it stand there in fourteen dayes being very well stopped and then wash the diseased place This holp a Gentlewoman which had a long time a Scurf rising in her Face as though she had been a Leper For Chapped Lips TAke and anoint them with Vnguentum album consecratum and if there be any corrupt blood or matter you must wash the place with Water of Plantain wherein hath been sod a little Alum before you put in the same ointment also it is good to wash the place with Plantain Water and Barley Water together To put away Freckles in the Face Take and anoint thy Face with the Blood of a Hare or of a Bull and this shall destroy the Freckles within five nights dressing if you use it A singular Medicine for Worms in the Face TAke the Leaves and Roots of Leeks and the Juice of them all together and take thereof a Pint and a half and put it into a glasse with an Ounce of Powder of Pellitory and a scruple of Verdigreace and stir them all together and every day bath the Worm and Whelks With Cotton moistened in the said Juice and stir it often in the said glasse also it is good for Worms in any other Members and breeding in the sicknesse called in France the Kings Evil. To put away Freckles in the Face TAke and lay a raw Egge that is new laid in white Wine Vineger all night and on the morrow stamp the Egg small and then put thereto as much Powder of Mustard-seed as the Egge was and mingle it with the Egge and when thou goest to bed anoint thy Face therewith and on the morrow mingle Barley Meal and hot Water together then cast away the VVater and wash thy Face therewith nine dayes or take Salendine stamp it and temper it with white Wine and lay it to the Face or take a good quantity of Pellitory of Spain and white VVine and let it stand a while and then wash thy Face therewith and it will heal thee For Blains in the Face TAke Salt and the Roots of Plantain and Verjuice and stamp them well together and wash the Face therewith and this will heal thee For a foul Blast in the Face TAke red Honey-Suckle for the Man and white for the VVoman and take the juice thereof and annoint therewith thy Face and it will heal thee For a sawcy Flegme Face TAke the Roots of Enula Campana and seeth it in a pot of Vineger untill the Vineger be well sod away then stamp it in a Mortar and put thereto Quick-silver and Brimstone and Swines Greace and make therewith a plaister ointment and anoint thy Face therewith and if you make a plaister lay thereto the some stuffe This is proved Or toke Oil of Tartar and anoint thy Face therewith or any Canker or Ringworm or Tetter Leprosie for this will make it whole For a red Face full of Pimples TAke and distill Water of Salendine and dissolve Camphire in it as is afore written with Vineger and with this wash thy Face this did make a maid whole in twenty dayes that had a marvellous great heat in her Face Also there was a Farmers Wife in Berk-shire which had her Face full of white Scales and was cured with this that followeth she took Honey Suckle Leaves and distilled them and washed her Face often with the Water and it never came again Also there was a Woman which had such a grief in her Face that if she had been by the Fire but a little while and then gone abroad into the Aire her Face would have risen full of red spotts as though she had been drunk which was helpt with this which followeth She took Frankincense and Saffron and then made them to Powder and then cast this Powder upon a Chafingdish of Coals and received the Smoke with open Mouth and using it often was helped To take away Freckles in the Face TAke Pellitory and seeth it with Wine and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the Freckles and this will take it away or take the Gall of a Cock and mingle it with the Flower of Cocle of each a like quantity and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the Freckles or take when you kill a Bull and save the Blood thereof anoint the place therewith that hath the Freckles and it will take them away To take away the small Pox that they shall not be seen TAke the Juice of Fennell and heat it luke-warm and anoint the place therewith three or four dayes divers times for this is an approved Medicine for the small Pox. To make the Face fair TAke white Lillies green Cocle and green honey Suckles of every one a like much and then distill them in a Stilletory and take the Water thereof and wash therewith thy Face and within fifteen dayes thou shalt be fair Medicines for the Throat THE Causes of these Impediments do come of Rheume descending from the Head or by Opilation or such like therefore first purge Flegme and Rheume For a sore Throat that is inflamed TAke two spoonfulls and a half of Honey two good spoonfulls of Treacle of Alum as much as a Pullets Egge of sweet Butter two good spoonfulls five Sprigges of Rosemary a quarter of a spoonfull of Pepper and for an old body the more Pepper For dry Hoarsenesse in the Throat TAke the Root of Parslie and the Root of Fennell a like much and three penny weight of Enula Campana and one pound of Figges and a quarter of a pound of Licoras seeth all these together in a Gallon of running Water to three quarts and put therein a little Hysop and strain it then boil it and take the white of ten or twelve Egges and put therein and let it boil together till it turn clear then take Sug r Roset and put thereto as much as a Hens Egge then take it from the Fire and cleanse it through a fair Cloth and drink thereof Morn and Evening For a Canker in the Throat TAke a Pint of good stale Ale and a good handfull of Sage and a good stone of Alum as much as an Egge and boil them together well and then with a Cloth wash thy Throat and garle it in thy Throat and be whole Or take Sage Woodbine Rue Hysop or Penyryall of each a quarter of a handfull and boil them in good Wine Vineger or strong Ale with a little Roch Alum and a
at night and it will help you A good Medicine for the Heart and Swowning TAke the powder of Cloves with the juyce of Borage a spoonfull at a time and it will help you Also the powder of Ginger and powder of Cummin put in meats is good for the same A comfortable Medicine to restore the spirits of the Heart and to mend the disposition of the Etick or Consumption as followeth TAke a quarter of an ounce of Gold foyle and half an ounce of Manus Christi beat them in a mortar together untill none of the Gold be seen and keep it till you have need to use it which must be in manner following Take a quart of pure Rose water and boyl it with a quantity of Penidos keep it in a faire glasse and when you will use it take in the morning the weight of the foresaid powder and put in your mouth and drink it down with five or six spoonfulls of the foresaid water For swelling or rising about the Heart SEeth Oyl Olive by it self then take as much Honey and seeth it by it self then seeth them together a little while and when it is cool put it in a box and this is very good for the Heart 〈…〉 For fatnesse about the Heart TAke the juice of Fennell and Honey and seeth them all together untill they be hard and then eat thereof evening and morning and thou shalt be whole To put away venom from the heart TAke Bolearmoniack and Sanguis Draconis of each three ounces and of the best Cinamon four ounces and mingle them altogether in powder and so receive it and it will put away Venom from the Heart For Gnawing about the Heart TAke Sage leaves and as much yarrow and grind them together and temper them with Ale and then strain and drink thereof Things good for the Heart SAffron Borage Hearts horn Mustard Cloves Galingale Nutmegs red Roses Violets Maces Sugar good Wine moderately taken Mirth and good ayre that day you eat of Piony or drink thereof you shall not swound Against Swounding BOrage eaten with flesh or in pottage is good for them that fall in their Swounding or be faint at the Heart or have Cardiack Passion at the Heart Against Swounding TAke water that Roses hath been sodden in and the powder of the same with a raw Egge Or take Rose VVater that Sweet VVater hath been sodden in this is very good Medicines for the Belly To dissolve a hard Belly TAke and stamp Mallows and Mercury together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to thy Navell and it shall dissolve the matter in the womb in short time Or take the juice of Rue and drink it with stale Ale or Wine or fair Water and use to drink of this and it will help thee in short time For any hard Belly that is sore MIngle Pennyroyall and Ginger together and bind them plaisterwise to thy Belly and be whole For Diseases of the Belly whatsoever they be TAke Wormwood Rew Motherwort Lavender Cotton and the gall of an Oxe Cow or Calf stamp the herbs and put the Gall thereto and lay it to the bottom of thy Belly and be whole A Drink to destroy all evills in the Belly or Body within fifteen dayes TAke Scabias Mugwort Smallage Devills-bit Herb-Ivy Wormwood Fumitory Fetherfew and Spiknard stamp all these and seeth them in white Wine and clarifie it with whites of Eggs drink of this nine dayes and be whole Medicines for the Collick For the Wind-Collick TAke Winter-Savory stamp it and strain it with strong Ale drink this warm and immediately the pain will cease as if it were sweep'd away There have been divers helpt with this which have had such pain with the Wind-Collick that they have swowned severall times in a day Also a cupping-glasse set upon the top of the Navell is a present remedy Also Camomill Rosemary Sage and Salt rosted under the embers and laid to the Navell is a present Remedy Emmets eggs dried in an oven made in powder and drank helpeth the Wind-Collick immediately For the Collick of the Stomach see after For the Strangullion CUt off the top of an Onyon and take out the core then put into the place a pretty quantity of this powder following Take Betany and Centory of each a like quantity and make powder thereof putting in a little Butter then put on the top again and put it in hot embers and rost it then lay it to your Navell as hot as you may suffer it and be whole To make a precious Water for the Strangullion TAke a peck of Hawes when they be ripe and half a peck of Hips and beat them in a mortar to powder then take two gallons of Lees of Malmsey or Sack a penniworth of long Pepper and a half-penniworth of graines put all these together and distill them in a Stilletory or Limbeck take the water thereof and drink it luke-warm first and last For the Collick a precious Medicine proved TAke Saxifrage Maidenhaire unset Time and Parsley seed and seeth all these together in Malmsey strain it and drink it warm Or take Time Mints Woodroof Vilipendula and Setwall make pottage herewith and you shall find great ease For all evills within the Bladder TAke Fennell seeds Parsley seeds and Smalladge seeds bruise them and temper them with faire running Water and drink this first and last at your pleasure For one that hath much wind in his Belly TAke Juniper berries ere they wax black and drie them in the ayre and keep them all the year and use the powder thereof in your drink and pottage Or take the roots of Elecampane the roots of Pellitory of the garden and Fennell roots of each a like quantity and as much of Sothernwood wash them and bray them a little and seeth them all together in a gallon of Wort and drink thereof For the Collick TAke Flower and Ale and drink it unsod with a little Sugar and this will make you go to the stool and ease your Collick and Strangullion Or take Hempseed and drie it and make powder thereof and let the Patient drink it with Ale or Wine Or take Dill seed Anniseed and Cummin of each a like quantity beaten into fine powder eat it in your pottage it will help you A soveraine Medicine for the Collick and Stone TAke Parsley seed Fennell seed Anniseed Cummin seed Plantain seed of each of them a quarter of an ounce an ounce of Nutmeg foure ounces of fine Sugar beat all these seeds into powder and searse them and let the Sugar be beaten with Ale then take of the powder as much as an Hasell nut and let the Patient use to drink thereof morning and evening four times a week warm with Wine or Beer but Wine is best and when the pain cometh drink it with Malmsey Another FRie Pellitory and Butter together and bind them to thy Navell and this will suddenly cease the pain Or take a Lapwing and burn her in the fire
Ague TAke a spoonfull of mustard and as much Treacle as a bean and let the sick drink thereof with vineger and he shall be whole Or take his own urine and scum it cleane then take the juyce of Camomil the juyce of sage or the powder of them both and the powder of Galingale and Licoras and let them boyl together a little while and drink thereof often fasting For the ague Mr Willoughbies Medicine TAke a handfull of the herbs called Shephards purle and halfe a handfull of Houseleeke and as much sinkfoyl and the like of Groundsel and beat them with two spoonfuls of bay-salt then divide it into four parts and lay two parts to the wrists of the hands one halfe hour before the fit doth come and when you feel it come take knot grass and stamp it and straine it with a pint of stale Ale and let the sick drink it luke-warm he must ly down as soone as the herbs be bound to his arm For the byting of a mad Dog TAke mints and a clove of garlick and salt and stamp them together and make a plaster thereof and lay to the bitten place and this will heal it Another for the same TAke Egremony Plantane and the white of an egg and bean them well together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore place and this will heal it For the biting of all kind of venemous beasts and other things TAke the juyce of Vervaine and drink it and with this many have been holpen Also the black that is of the Crabs feet well beaten into powder do very well help the same being drunk For the biting of a mad Dog TAke a quantity of Vervaine as much of Rue and as much of Plantane with Treacle and stamp it and strain it with good wine or stale Ale and give it unto the Patient Also take any of those herbs and stamp them with Bay-salt and bind it fast to the wound and it will draw out the venome Dr Wood and Dr Nichols are of this opinion To kill a Tetter or Ring-worm TAke Fetherfew and stamp it and strain it with Vinegar and rub the Tetter therewith and this will kill it in short time For a Ring-worm TAke Juniper berries _____ ounces and stamp them and seeth them in a sufficient quantity of water until half be consumed then strain it and put to the said water swines grease clean tryed three ounces of Turpentine half an ounce seeth all these over the fire again a little time then take it off and when it is cold put the said water away and to the rest put of Brimstone finely powdered one ounce and so make an oyntment this is very good Medicines to take away Wens TAke Snails to the number of forty and seeth them in a pint of running water as you do Perywinckles and let them rest in the water until they be cold and then scum off the fat with wool or with a linnen cloth and lay it to the Wen and in short time it will be whole and gone Or take a stone or two of fine Jet and make the same in powder and put it in Ale or Pottage and give him to drink that hath a Wen and this will asswage it in short time For stinging of an Adder TAke Garlick pill it and fry it in oyl Olive or in May butter or in any other thing without salt but May butter is best and lay it unto the place that was stung and change it twice a day and this will kill the Venome and make the place whole For an Adder that is crept into a Mans Body TAke green Rue and temper it with mans urine be it man or beast that hath the worm crept into him and give it him to drink For him that hath Eaten or Drunken Poyson TAke the bark of a Walnut Tree and put away the innermost Rind and stamp it in a Morter as small as you can and lay it in Ale and in the morning strain it and give the Patient to drink thereof fasting and this will make him cast out all the Venome in short time To avoid poysoning with wicked meats and to keep thee from Drunkenness TAke the seed of Lettice and drink it fasting with clear runing water or take Betony and dry it and make Powder thereof and use this every morning fasting in a little stale Ale and this will keep thee from Drunkenness and save thee from poysoning For biting or stinging of any venemous Beast TAke one handful of Plantane and one handful of Rosemary and stamp them together then mingle it with a little sower Leaven and fry it with a little Butter sweet and when it is a little through warm then lay it plaister-wise unto the sore place but first you must bath the place well with warm Vineger Probatum For Man or Woman that is poysoned TAke Rue and Worm-wood and stamp it and drink the juyce thereof and eat Hasel-nuts for they be very good for the same Or take Goats-milk and mince and seeth them together with Treacle and drink it hot three dayes and be whole For the wind in the Stomack TAke Cummin-seed Fennel-seeds and Anniseeds and make them in Powder seeth them in white Wine and drink thereof first and last five dayes and you shall find great ease therein Medicines for the Plague or Pestilence Against the Plague TAke three ounces of the liquor of the inner rind of an Ash-tree and styll it with three ounces of white Wine and give the Patient to drink of it every three hours and within four and twenty hours he shall be whole by the Grace of God A Medicine that was sent by the Queens Majesty to my Lord Major of London for the Plague TAke a handful of Sage vertue a handful of Herb grace a handful of Elder-leaves and a handful of red Bramble-leaves and stamp them together and strain them in a cloth with a quart of white Wine and a quantity of white Vinegar and take a quantity of Ginger and mingle them together and drink thereof evening and morning a spoonful nine dayes together after the first spoonful they shall be made safe for four and twenty dayes and after the ninth spoonful for a whole year by the grace of God And if it happen one to be sick of the Plague before he hath drunk of this Medicine Then take the water of Scabias a spoonful of Betony water a quantity of Treacle put it altogether and it will put out the venome And if it fortune the Botch to appear then take Bramble-leaves Elder-leaves and Mustard-seed and stamp them together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and it will draw out the venome and heal the Patient Another for the same AMong the excellent and approved Medicines for the Pestilence there is none more worthy or available When the sore appeareth then take a Cock-pullet and pluck oft the feathers of the tayle or hinder part till the rump be bare
170 Râ—hume in the head 179 Another for the same 179 For the Ring-worm 208 S MEdicines for Sciaticae 105 Another approved 193 Another 193 Sciatica in the hips 105. Stone and Strangury 99. For all manner of Gouts and the Sciatica and Consumption of the members Strangullion 76. A water for the Strangullion 76. Swage and cool a swoln sore Leg 121. For a swelling in any place 121. For a scald or burn and chicfly for the Emerods 190. For a swelling in a mans body 137 For to get out the fire by a scalding 148. To stop bloud in a vein 148. To stop bloud suddainly in a wound 148. To stop bloud if the Master-Vein be cut 14â— Salt of Corall to make it and excellent vertues thereof as to cure the fevers in Children and women in Child-bed 197. For the Wind in the Side 66 Stich in the side 66 Stich in the left side 66 Another for the same ibid. To know when one hath a stitch whether it be of Wind or Plurifie ibid Stich at the heart ibid Asswage a swelling 157 For a scab in man or woman 161 For the itch in the hands that come of Worms 161 To destroy all manner of scabs dry or moyst 162 For the dry scab 162 To make one sleep 166 Pain in the Stomach by cold 181 Medicines for the stone c. 88 89 90. For the Spleen 54 For the wasting of the Spleen and for the Dropsie 54 Medicines for the Stomach 56 57 58 59 60 61. T TO make Teeth white 29 To keep teeth from wormes 29 A regiment for the teeth 30 31. Another 32. To take away the tooth-ach in half an hour 32 A noteable medicine for the tooth-ach 32 To make teeth white 32 For the tooth-ach 32 To remove teeth 33 Water for the teeth 33 For a Canker and tooth-ach 33 To make childrens teeth come 34 To fasten teeth 35 For wormes in teeth 35 For tooth ach 35 For a sore throat that 's inflam'd 45 46 For hoarsenesse in the throat 45 46 Canker in the throat 46 For Quinsie in the throat 46 Canker in the throat 46 For stopping of pipes 47 To kill a Tetter or ring-worm 192 Medicines for the thighes that be stiffe 113 For the aking bones of the thigh 113 To knit the sinews and veins in the thigh 114 To make an oyntment to asswage the swelling and to keep sinews from shrinking 114 For thighes that be swollen 114 For sinews shrunk in the thighes 114 V FOr an Vncom 13 An excellent vomit 199 W MEdicines for the Wormes 80 The Wormes in young children 80 Medicines for all sorts of wounds and sores 153 A good water for every sore 153 To heal a wound 158 A water to heal all manner of wounds in a short space 159 To heal a wound in ten daies 160 To make that flesh shall not grow in a wound 160 Diet for him that is wounded 160 For warts to take away 165 Medicines to take away Wens 171 Against wind in the Stomach 174 Against the wormes in children 18 206 Felon and Whitlow 183 Another 205. For the whites to cleanse and stay them 191 214 For a wound that 's full of blood 141 Water to comfort the Vitalls most excellent 143 Y REmedy for a mans Yard 99 Against the erection of the yard 100 To heal a mans yard that is sore 100 For the swelling in any yard 100 For the pain in a mans yard thorough gravell 101 A water for a sore yard 101 For being burnt with a harlot 102 For a mans stones that hang down long 102 For him that cannot make water 102 103 104 Medicines for the Head A remedy for the universall pain of the Head FIrst beware of all things which do hurt the Head as Garlick Onions Chiboles Wine stooping downe with thy Head extreame labour and such like and beware of surfeiting and drunkennesse and purge thy Head with Gargacies and sternutations and purge thy Head and thy stomack twice per week with pills of Coch or such like and be whole A remedy for the Head whatsoever the pain be TAke an handfull of Betanie an handfull of Cammomell and a handfull of Vervain leaves picked stamp them and seeth them in black Wort or in Ale for want of Wort and in the latter end of the seething put to it a little Cummin brayed the powder of a Harts-horn and the yolks of two Egges and Saffron a little and stir them well together and lay a plaister hot over all the forehead and Temples This is an excellent remedy also for the Megrim it shall pierce the better if you shall add to the medicine a little Vineger For pain in the Head TAke Rue Heyhoad Camomell flowers Betany Vervain Mints Hillwort red Fennell Wormwood and Sothernwood of each a handfull and wash them and shred them small and seeth them in water and mingle the herbs with wheat bran and make a plaister and lay it on thy mold as hot as thou canst suffer it and bind it on with a Kerchief and thou shalt be whole in short space For all manner of Head-aches TAke the greace of a Hart and mingle it with Oat meal and Sorrell and temper them well then lay it plaisterwise to thy temples This is proved To purge the Head TAke the juice of Primrose and milk of a Cow and with a quill blow it into thy nostrills and this will purge the head A water for the Rheume in the Head and how to put away the Palsie TAke a red Onyon and break it small and seeth it in a little Verjuice and put thereto a little Honey clarified and when they be well sod together put thereto a great spoonfull of Mustard and let it seeth long together then lay the sick upright and he shall find ease Do this three dayes twice per day and be whole For the Megrim in the Head TAke sowr Bread and Chickweed and bray them together and boil it in Vineger and so bind it to the grieved place or take and seeth Barley well in water and as it seeths put in Betanie and other good herbs for the Head and when they be well sodden bind them to thy head To stop and dry up Rheume TAke Cummin-seed a Nutmeg and a little Bay-salt every one beaten to powder alone and spread the same upon hurds of Flaxe in a cloth and hold the same over the perfume of Frankincense and lay it hot to your Head For a scalded Head TAke the liver of a Thornback and seeth it by it self and six Elacampana roots and seeth them by themselves in water three houres and put thereto three handfulls of Houseleek stamped and strained through a cloth and make an ointment thereof and anoint the Head therewith and if the hair be gone take a handfull of Wooll and bray it hot to powder then take two spoonfulls of Honey and anoint thy Head therewith where it is pilled and thy hair will soon come again as thick as in any other place
a like quantity bray them well together and the first day lay them in white Wine the second day lay them in the Urine of a man-child the third day lay them in the Milk of a woman that feedeth a man-child the fourth day in clean Hony and then distill them with a clean fire softly and keep that water well for it is excellent For a hurt in a mans Eye that cometh with a stroke TAke Betany two handfulls and beat it small in a mortar and put thereto the white of an Egge and break it with the other in a mortar and take of the same liquor and put it into thine Eye and lay some upon the Eye and bind it fast and do so nine dayes and be whole Another for the same TAke Egremony and bray it and temper it with white Wine and an Egge and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the outside of thine Eye and if were almost out it would heal it without doubt For the Eyes that run full of water and be bleared TAke of the juice of Rue foure spoonfulls and two of Honey and mingle them together and when you go to bed put thereof into your Eyes and keep it in together and use this and it will help thee Or take two or three roots of red Fennell and the leaves also and a branch of Salendine and a good race of white Ginger pared and beaten flat and if one be not great enough take two races put all these into half a pint of running water and cover it and use to put of this water into your Eyes when you go to bed and an houre before you rise in the morning when you take thereof strain it To save a mans sight a long time good TAke a crop of Rue and another of Camomile and eat them fasting with a fig or two three dayes in a week and this will save thy sight To draw Rheume back that falleth into the Eye TAke an Egge and rost it hard and slit it into two parts and lay it hot to the nape of the neck and thou shalt find ease presently A medicine for sore Eyes and for the Megrim in the head TAke the white of a new laid Egge clean taken from the yolk and a spoonfull of white Ginger and a spoonfull of strong white Vineger made of Malmsey or white Wine and a spoonfull of clean Rose water but first the white of the Egge must be well beaten and then to the oyl of the Egge put your other things above written and beat them all together then take Flax as much as will make two plaisters for either Temple one with a cloth and dip it into the medicâ—ne and bind upon every Temple one with a cloth and take heed the medicine do not touch your Eyes and do this three or four nights together and every morning the Eyes will cleave together with the Gumme but this medicine hath brought to sight them that were eight weeks stark blind For a Pearl and Wb in the Eye TAke fine white Ginger and grate it upon a whetstone and then beat fine a little white Coperas and put to it and when the Patient goeth to bed put some of it with a quill into his Eyes and when it hath been there a little while take ground Ivy beaten and strained with womans Milk and put three or foure drops into your Eyes evening and morning after the white Coperas hath been in your Eyes half an hour Probatum est A Medicine to clear the sight TAke clean Rose water a quantity in a sawcer and take clean Myrrhe as much as a nut and break it to powder small and bind it in a clean linnen cloth and let it lie in the Rosewater twelve hours and then the water will wax somewhat red of the Myrrhe then take of this water and put it into your Eye and this will clear the sight very well Probatum est To make a precious water for sore Eyes that be fair to look on and yet cannot see with them TAke Smallage and red Fennell Rue Betany Vervain Pimpernell Eyebright Sage and Salendine of every one of these a quartern and wash them clean and stamp them in a very fair vessell and take the powder of fifteen Pepper corns and a pint of good white Wine and three spoonfulls of good live Honey and fifteen spoonfulls of the water of a man child that is very young then put all these together and let it boil over the fire a little and then strain it through a clean cloth and keep it in a vessell or glasse well stopped and when you will occupie it put some of it into your Eyes with a feather and if it dry away in the glasse then put a little white Wine to it and this is good for all sore Eyes if thy Eyes be never so sore in fifteen dayes it will heal thee Probatum est For a Pearl and Web in the Eye TAke fine white Ginger beaten fine into powder searse it and seeth it a great while in good white Wine and put it into a faire vessell of Latten well stirred and let it stand in the vessell till it look green then put it into a glasse and when you have need of it use it with a little white Coperas at the dressing Or for the Web in the Eye take the gall of an Hare and clarified Honey by even portions and mingle them together and lay it on the Web and within three nights the Web shall break and save the sight Probatum est A Medicine for any that have the small Pox fallen into their Eyes TAke Pimpernell and stamp it and strain it and take the juice thereof and drop it into your Eyes where the small Pox is with a feather morning and evening and this is a speciall good Medicine for a Pin a Web or a Pearle in the Eye For a Pin and a Web. TAke the Ivy leaves that grow upon an Ash tree wipe them clean with a cloth and stamp them and strain them with Womans milk if it be a man that hath a Pearl in the Eye strain it with the milk of a woman that nurseth a Girl if a woman have a Pearl then with the milk of a Boy and the sorer the Eye is the more of the juice you must take and lesse of the milk and drop this Medicine into thine Eye with a feather morning and Evening and twice in the afternoon This is proved For sore Eyes TAke the juice of Houseleek Womans milk Rose water or Woodbine water and the white of a new laid Egge well beaten the froth taken away and beat all these together and dip in Flax and lay it to your Eyes when you go to bed Probatum est For Eyes that are swoln TAke two spoonfulls of Womans milk one spoonfull of Rose water the pap of a rosted Apple and the yolk of a new laid Egge and boil all these together in a sawcer upon a chafing-dish of coals untill it
the yolk of an Egg and fair fresh grease and sovre fresh dough and mingle them well together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and when it is broken do away the dough and lay it to your Eggs and grease and it will be whole quickly Or make a plaister of Smallage Linseeds and whites of Eggs and lay it to the sore Breasts and this will heal them or take Claret Wine and Barley Flower and boil them together thick and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the Breast this hath been proved 〈…〉 To make the Breasts shrink and to heal them TAke Hemlock stamp it and temper it with Verjuice and lay it on the sore Breasts and use this and thy Paps will be lesse and to make them whole annoint them with it and it will make them hard For a woman that lacketh Milk in her Breasts TAke of Chrystall ten penniweight and make fine powder thereof and drink it with Bastard or Muskadell five or six times or els take of Fennell of Mallows of Anniseeds of March of each two handfulls and seeth it in Bastard or Muscadell and strain it and drink it oft If the Breast be long and big and great make a plaister with Hemlocks sodden in white Wine and lay it to the Breasts If there be any Inflammations in the Brests take the Whites of two Eggs and two handfulls of houseleek compound both together and lay it to the Breast If thy Milk be crudded in the Brests take Dragagant and Gumm Arabick and compound them with whites of raw Eggs and the oil of Violets and make a plaister thereof Or take pitch and liquefie it in the oil of Roses and put thereto a little Goats dung and dregs of Wine and make a plaister thereof Medicines for the Spleen An expert Medicine for all diseases of the Spleen TAke the leaves and cods of Seny the bark of an Ash tree scraped and cut Maiden-hair Hartstongue and Licorish and seeth them all together in clear Wine and then strain it and drink thereof twice or thrice a day till it be amended Or seeth the Rine of an Ash in white Wine and drink thereof and it will help thee Or take your own Water in the morning and wash your side and a little the Stomach downward and it will help you Another for the Spleen TAke the roots of Nettles and stamp them well together with Vineger and lay it unto the Spleen when it swelleth Also the lungs of a Fox dried and made in powder and eat in a Fig in the morning is very good For the wasting of the Spleen and for the Dropsie for the Water passage and for the stopping of the Liver and for the Flower and Emeroides TAke Gromell Saxifrage Parsly and Sage and boil it all together in strong Ale that is stale and use to drink hereof in the morning at noon and at night and use these herbs in your pottage and this will help you or the powder of them in your pottage The Spleen is a spungeous substance lying under the short ribs in the left side and it doth make a man to be merry and to laugh and if a man he Spleentick let him use merry company and let him be let bloud in a vein called Salvatella on the left side some do use to let bloud in a vein called Basilica on the left side But I say that every thing that hurteth the Liver hurteth the Spleen and every thiâ—g which is good for the Liver is good for the Spleen And whosoever will make the hardnesse of the Spleen whole first take the marrow of a Calf and the marrow of a Hart and the fatnesse of a Hog of a Capon of a Duck and the oil of sweet Almonds of each a like much mix these together and annoint the Spleen and dry the Lungs of a Fox and make Powder thereof and eat it with figs. Medicines for the Stomach THe cause of these impediments may come by anger or fear or by great studying upon many matters or by extreme heat or surfeiting or such like For belching USe for this disease Dietrion Poperion drunken in Wine For pain in the Stomach TAke a spoonfull of hot ashes and dew them with good Wine and cover them with a linnen cloth that it go round about the spoon and lay it to the Stomach or take a slice of bread meekly thick tost it and wet it in hot oil of Camonile as hot as it cometh from the oven or in oil of Spike and wrap it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the pain Another for the same TAke a dram of Galingal in powder and give it to drink with a little hot Wine and above all things for pain of ventosity a singular remedy is to drink a little Caster with good Wine For a stinking breath that cometh out of the Stomach TAke three ounces of Comin in powder and seeth in Wine from a gallon to a pottle and give the sick to drink thereof as hot as he may suffer it first and last and without doubt he shall be whole within fifteen daies To Vomit or cleanse the Stomach TAke three roots of Daffadills and wash them clean and cut them small and seeth them in a cup of Ale or Beer till it be half consumed and put thereto half a penniworth of Saffron and boil them together then strain and drink it after you have broken your fast For Wormes in the Stomach TAke three or four Cloves of Garlick every day fasting with Salt and abstain from meat and drink after it half an hour and you shall be whole For him that cannot keep his Meat in his Stomach without Vomiting TAke Quinces and make them clean within and without and seeth them in strong Vineger then stamp them in a Mortar and put into them a little Mustardseed beaten into powder and so incorporate them together and lay it hot upon a linnen cloth putting to it some powder of Cloves and lay this upon his brest and within three or four times doing he shall be whole For Flegme in the Stomach TAke Beer and seeth it and scum it clean and put thereto a good quantity of Sugar then take a race of Ginger and grate it into thy Beer and so drink it warm For Wind in the Stomach TAke a pottle of white Wine two penniworth of Sugar Candy and two spoonfulls of Aniseeds and two or three roots of Parsly and as many of Fennell and seeth them all together untill they be half wasted and then drink it warm as often as you will Or take and drink Powder of Comin in red Wine to bedward three nights together and thou shalt be whole To stay Vomiting TAke and make a tost and remper it with Vineger and Mints and so hold it to your Nose this stayeth Vomiting For an ill breath coming out of the Stomach TAke the uppermost leaves of Rosemary and eat two or three in the morning fasting For the Stomach that
hath the Pipes stopped and so the Dropsie breedeth TAke two parts of Cinamon and the third part of Galingall and the same quantity of Ginger and put that Powder into a spoonfull of Hysope Water and drink it fasting and be whole Things evill for the Stomach ALl sweet things for they make the Stomach well old cheese honey marrow of bones not well sodden to eat e're thou art hungry to eat many sorts of meat at one sitting to drink e're thou be athirst to eat bread not well baked heavinesse anger dread thought raw flesh over-great travell all fried meats much bathing after meat too much casting to eat when thou art over-hot and all milk is naught save Goats milk For burning in the Stomach TAke Sorrell Cinque-foil Borage and Violet Leaves and stamp them together and strain them into Ale and make a posset thereof and drink it next your hart when you feel your self grieved and when the heat is gone make posset Ale of M … and that will restore you to heat again and bring you to good temper To make one Vomit TAke an Oken Leaf and lay it upon your tongue the rough side downward and hold close your mouth and this will make you Vomit Probatum est A precious Medicine for all Winds in the body the Strangullion and the Stone TAke the Root of a white Lilly that never bare flower and bruise it and seeth it in a pint of white Wine and put into it two spoonfulls of Anniseeds and Sugar and let it seeth till it be more then half sodden away and give it to the sick that is in pain and it shall soon ease him of the great pains A precious Powder for Digestion TAke Ginger Cinamon and Galingale of each one ounce of Anniseeds Caraway seeds and Fennell seeds half an ounce long Pepper Grains Maces Nutmegs of each two ounces of Set well one ounce make all these in fine Powder and put to them two pound and a half of fine Sugar and use this Powder before meat and after at your pleasure it is good to comfort the Stomach and against Wind. For the Stomach that cannot Digest nor have Appetite to Meat TAke and drink often Sorrell Water or Angelica Water or Betany Water or ground Ivy Water for all these are good for the same Medicines for the Liver An Ointment for the Liver that makâ—th good Digestion and keepeth the body from Putrifying TAke Oil of Roses and Oil of VVormwood of each two ounces and set them over the fire and when they begin to boil put thereto an ounce and a half of fine Mastick and when the Mastick is dissolved strain it while it is warm in the morning and make a plaister thereof and lay it to your side and be whole A Restorative for the Liver and the Lungs if they be rotten it will restore it again and do away the Gleme from the Heart and comfort the same TAke Fennell Roots and Parsly roots and pill away the Bark and pull out the pith and cast it away then mince them small and put into a brazen pot three quarts of water and set it on the fire and put the roots therein then take Figs and cut them small and pound them and put a quantity of Honey to it and let it boil a while then take it down and clarifie it through a cloth into a vessell of glasse and stop it fast that no air go out and let the sick drink of it hot in the morning and cold at night a good draught For one that hath his Liver cloven to his ribs TAke a shelfull of the juice of Betany and a quarter of a pint of white Wine and a spoonfull of honey and Pepper corns temper these together and drink thereof and it will help you For the heat of the Liver TAke Liver-Wort and five-leaved Grasse Succory Endive Buglosse and Borage and seeth all these in Whey and drink of this as often as you will and this will help you For one that is Liver brent TAke Sowthistle Dadelion and Rib-Wort and seeth them in water with Licorish untill the one half be wasted and drink of this at all times saving at meat For the stopping of the Liver TAke Ivy Berries and Egrimony Harts Tongue Liver-Wort and the bark of an Ash of all these a little quantity and put them to double as much Polypodion as of any one of the rest and make thereof pottage broth or syrupe If the Liver be opilated the face will swell and pain will be in the right side To preserve a man from stopping of the Liver TAke a Fig and grosse Pepp r with the crops of Time if it be eaten two hours before dinner and two hours before supper it preserveth a man from op lations of the Liver Also the Liver of a Hare dried and made into powder is good for all diseases of the Liver For the Liver TAke a good handfull of Liver-Wort that groweth upon the stones and another of Fumitory and as much of Harts Tongue and seeth them in Whey clarified and drink it every day twice If the Liver be hot because of too much bloud the Patient hath red urid hasty Pulse his Veins great full he feeleth his spittle mouth tongue sweeter then it was wont to be wherefore it is good to be let bloud of the Liver Veine on the right arm and to use Lettice or Sorrel Purslain and Hops in pottage and sometime to drink of the water Medicines for the Jaundise TAke Cows milk and white Wine of each a pint and distill them and keep the water that cometh thereof and give the sick to drink thereof two ounces in the morning two hours before meat and likewise after supper when he goeth to bed For the black Jaundise TAke Enula Cumpana roots and seeth them in milk then take the milk and strain it through a piece of cotton and give the sick to drink thereof This did help a gentlewoman that was sixteen years troubled with the Jaundise and could not be holpen For children take Turmerick and Ivory of each two Drams of Saffron two scruples seeth these in milk and give it to the children that have the black or yellow Jaundise Another for the Jaundise TAke Hempseed and bruise it and then boil it in good strong Ale or Beer and scum it very clean and let the sick drink of this drink and eat the sodden seed For the black Iaundise SEeth the inner bark of a Walnut tree in Ale or Beer and in the same drink quench steel being made red hot at least forty times and drink of this five or six ounces at a time hot evening and morning this is proved excellent good Also Goats dung or Fallow Deers dung strained into milk and given to the sick hath holpen the black Jaundise For the yellow Jaundise TAke Elecampane roots and the inner bark of a Barberie of each six ounces of Salendine roots eight ounces of English Saffron the weight of a groat
feathers and all then take the ashes of her and give it the Patient to drink with Wine somwhat warm and this will ease the Collick For the Collick of the stomach TAke of Broom seeds a spoonfull and a half so many Barberries with the hulls off and half a spoonfull of Anniseeds and a quarter of a spoonfull of Licoras and as much white Sugar Candy of all these beaten together into powder take a quantity first in a morning and last in an evening Medicines for the Wormes TAke and eat Garlick and it will kill all Worms in mans Belly Or take of the juyce of Lavender-Cotton and put to it the powder of Wormseed and drink it three times every morning fasting but drink not in an houre or two after and this will destroy the Wormes For Worms in young children TAke Setwell you must buy it at the Apothecaries and make it into fine powder and give the child to drink as much as a small Walnut in a cup of Malmsey and it will destroy all Worms Or Take Garlick Wormwood Mints Fetherfew Tansey and stamp them all together with the gall of an Oxe then fry them together and put them in a linnen cloth and lay them to the Navell as hot as may be suffered or seeth them in Vineger and lay them to likewise Or take the gall of a Bull and dip some Wool therein and lay it upon the Navel of the child and it will make the worms come forth Or take Honey and spread it on a tost of bread and cast good Worm-seed thereon and give it the childe fasting Worms in the Belly TAke the pils of Oranges and dry them and make them in powder and drink it in Malmsey or stale Ale there is nothing better A Medicine for the Guts For the Guts that fret TAke twelve leaves of Rue nine Pepper corns and as much Dill-seed as thou may'st take up with thy two fingers stamp them and temper them together with fair water and it will help thee For wind in the Guts TAke Honey pitch and Butter and seeth them together and anoint thy belly therewith against the fire For pain of the Guts TAke Tansey Rue and Sothern-wood and eat it with salt fasting and be whole For the cough in the Guts TAke the water of Flower-de-luce and drink it luke-warm twice or thrice a day an ounce at a time Also water of Camomil doth the same drunk as aforesaid The water of Vine leaves is good against stitches and also against Impostumes in the Guts A Medicine for the Navel A plaister for swelling of the Navel TAke Cowes dung and dry it to powder Barly flower and Bean flower of each a portion the juyce of Knot-grass a good quantity and of Cummin a little make a Plaister of Ale and lay it to thy Navel and it will heal thee Or take Cowes dung and seeth it in the Milk of the same Cow and lay it on the grief this is also marvellous good for a suddain Ach and swelling in the Bagg For a Childs Navel sore with crying TAke a little Bean-flower and the ashes of fine linnen clouts burned and temper it with red Wine and Honey and so lay it to the sore Medicines for the Back For the weakness of the Back TAke flower of Barley and Beans and oyl of Roses the yolk of an Egg and make a plaister thereof and lay it to thy back in the day time and it will do you much good Or take flower of fine Rice and Wheat flower and temper it with Claret wine and Sugar and put thereto a little of the powder of Clare and Nut-megs and make a Cake thereof and bake it well and eat thereof this is good For pain of the Back TAke fresh Cow dung and fry it in Vinegar and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to thy Back and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole For pain in the reins of the Back TAke and seeth the leaves of red Willow and as hot as the sick may suffer it lay it to the reins of thy Back and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole Medicines for the Flux of the Belly To restrain the Flux whatsoever the cause be TAke the pisle of an Hare and dry it and make powder thereof and drink it Also … e water of Oken-buds or the very Acorns dryed and made in Powder and drunk with red Wine is very good Also the maw of a young Leveret is very good drunk with the juyce of Plantane A good Medicine for the bloody Flux TAke a pennyworth of Honey and a penny-worth of Wheat flower and three spoonfuls of Chalk and the yorks of five Egs and half a pennyworth of Saffron and make a Cake thereof and eat thereof four dayes and be whole Or take the root of the red Nettle and stamp it and delay it with water or Ale then strain it and drink thereof and be whole for over For all manner of Fluxes that be curable TAke the seed of Plantane and the blossoms of red Roses in Powder of each alike much and give the sick half a spoonful at once with warm Whey first and last three days together and it will heal him Or take and drink the water that stone hath been scalded in first and last and be whole To stop a Lask in Children TAke the seeds of Plantane and make powder thereof and give it to the Child to drink in red Wine or in Ale and it will stop the Flux Proved true Or take Almonds and blaunch them and fry them in a Pan and eat them divers times in a day Also the dung of a stoned Horse that goeth to house fryed in Malmsey and laid to the Navel will stop a Lask To stop the bleeding of the Fundament TAke Aloes and Mirrhe of each a like much and make them into Powder and with a little Pile of Almonds anoint the sore and then cast the Powder thereon and put upon the Fundament with a hot Scarlet cloth and this will help thee To make a man have a Lask TAke Salt and Soap and lay it to thy belly plaister-wise and it will make the have a Lask straight Or take the gall of an Ox and anoint thy belly and stomack therewith and it will make thee Laxative To keep a man Laxative TAke Mallows and Mercury a good quantity and stamp them together and fry them with May butter or fresh butter and then strain it and keep it in a Box and anoint your belly therewith evening and morning and it will keep you soluble For the Bloody-flux TAke the jaw-bones of a Pike and make powder of them and eat of this powder dry or take it with red Wine first and last and it will stop the Flux for it hath holpen when nothing else could help Another for the same TAke red Beans and boyl them in red Wine till it wax thick but first dissolve a little Allom in the Wine then let the Patient eat
whole For the swellings in a mans Yard TAke Leeks with the tails and wash them clean and stamp them and fry them in Barrows-grease and make a Plaister and lay it all about the yard and be whole Or take Betony and seeth it in Wine and stamp it and make a Plaister and lay it to the Cods and it will asswage the swelling of them this is well proved For pain in ae mans Yard through Gravel or Champise as followeth TAke Pellitory and Boares-grease and fry them together well and make two Plaisters thereof and lay one between the Navel and the Yard and the other on the Reines of the back and anon thou shalt deliver water and gravel which before thou mightst not do but by drops this will help thee without doubt To make a water for a sore Yard TAke and put Allom in fair water and seeth it till it wax tough then put it in a pewter Box this will cleanse a sore and make it fair For burnign with a Harlot IF a man be burnt with a Harlot and do meddle with another woman within one day she shal be burned If one be burned let him wash his secrets two or three times with white Wine or Sack and water but if the matter have continued long go to some expert Chyrurgion to have help or else thy Guts will burn and fall out of thy belly For a mans Stones that hang down long TAke the fatness of a Conney and anoynt thy Cods and Stones therewith and then wrap thy Sones in a Conny-skin do this nine times and labour not in nine dayes and be whole For him that cannot make water TAke Rue Grommel and Parsley and stamp them and mingle them with white Wine and give the sick thereof to drink warm Or take the juyce of Cinquefoil and drink it with Posset ale and it will make you make water anon For one that cannot make water TAke the stones and Kernels of Peches and Medlers as much of the one as of the other and make them into Powder very fine and scarse them this done take fine Sugar the weight of all this and mingle all this together and let the Patient drink thereof with good white Wine and he shall be whole incontinent To make one make water TAke six or seven Berries of Ivy and stamp them and strain them with Ale and give the sick to drink therof and he shall make water straight To make one make water TAke a pinte of good Ale and put therein of Honey even as it cometh out of the Hive with Bees wax and all and strain it with the Ale then give it the Patient to drink and within one quarter of an hour he shall make water with this was one holpen that lay three dayes and never made water To make one make water TAke a pinte of white Wine and a good spooonful of Sivil Soap finely scraped and the yolks of two Eggs well put from the whites beat all these together with the Wine and then strain it and warm it luke-warm and drink hereof as often as you shall feel pain and this will help you for it is well proved A Medicine for the Scyatica THis Infirmity cometh of hard lying on the Huckle-bones or lying upon the ground or upon a forme or such like it may come by a stripe or by a fall and it will run from the Huckle-bone to the knee and from the knee to the anckle and from the anckle to the little toe and then it is past cure and otherwhiles this Gowt will have a reflexion ro the Reines of the back and to the Flank and it may come of a gross Flegmetique humour The chiefest remedy is to anoint the place with oyl of Turpentine and Aqua vitae compounded together and use to anoint the place often against the fire and a scarcloth of pitch is good For the Scyatica TAke oyl of Olive May butter gall of a Bul and red Onyons and boyle these together and lay it to the hips where the paine is this is a good Medicine Or take a red cloth and Anoynt it with Clarified Honey and thereupon strew the powder of Cummyn and as hot as you may Bind it to the sore and be whole For the Scyatica in the Hip. TAke a Pottle of wine Lees and wine dregs and sower bread and Cow-dung and boyl these well together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the paine as hot as you may suffer it and this will heal you For the Scyatica Passion TAke a Gallon of Urine and seeth it well and scum it well untill it be cleer and then take it downe and let it stand untill it be cold and then put the cleer therof into a faire Pot and put away the dregs and then take the same cleer Urine and put it over the fire and put therein a quart of black dew Snails and boyl them together until the Snails be wasted then strain it through a hair sive and keep the same liquor in an earthen pot and aniont the hipp and the legg therwith before a hot fire and let the liquor be warm For all manner of Gouts and consumed members and for the Scyatica passion TAke a pound of Riote of red docks that men make brogys of and wash them clean and dry them in the sun untill the water be away then cut them small and bray them in a morter and boyl them in a quart of strong vineger untill half be wasted and then with the same anoint the aking place and it will amend then keep it in a vial of glass or els it will dry away This Medicine is very excellent for the diseases abovewritten for it hath been very well proved Medicines for the fundament A Remedy for falling out of the Fundament FIrst beware of taking cold in that place and beware of costiveness and keep your arse and buttocks warm and sit not upon the cold earth nor upon stones nor upon no hard thing but take something under the buttocks not only for falling out of the Longation or arsgut for all other infirmities that may be engendred in the Longation For the figge in the fundament THis Impediment is a Impostumation or lump of flesh growing in the Longation and it doth come of melancholy humors the which doth descend to the Longation or fundament and for remedy purge the matter with confection of hamock or with the pills of Lapides Lazule or with Vera Rufini then take of the powder of a dogs head burned and mix it with the juyce of pimpernel and make tents and put into the fundament For him that his fundament goeth out TAke bay leaves and boyl them in a pot of water and as hot as you can suffer it you must sit over it to the intent the fume of the water may go up into the body and with your finger put it up by little and little and when it is hot heat an Oaken board and sit on it as hot
Running Water and a pint of Bay Salt and boil them till half be wasted then thick it up with Bran and lay it to the sore Or take and seeth the juice of Nightshade in Butter and Oil and scum off the froth and keep the same for a precious Jewell to use when you have need Or take and seeth Oatmeal in white Wine and lay it plaisterwise to the sore Knee and it wil help thee shortly For the Gout in the Knee TAke the milk of a Cow of one colour and wheaten flower and seeth it untill it be thick like a plaister and put thereto the juice of Smallage and lay it to the Gout and be whole Medicines for Legs Medicines for the Legs that be swollen TAke Wormwood Sothernwood and Rue of each a like much and stamp them together and fry them with fair Honey till it llegin to wax dry and as hot as you may suffer it lay it to the Legs or Hands and this will asswage the swelling A Psaister for swollen Legs or when you have no feeling in them TAke a pound of Pitch and half a pound of Wax and half a pound of Dears sewet or Sheep sewet and boil all these together then strain them through a linnen cloth and so make a plaister of white Leather of the bignesse of the fore place and let it lie to the sore three or four daies and then if it be not whole make another plaister and lay it again and so dresse it till it be whole for this will bring the feeling again and mollifie the humor and asswage the swelling For a sore Leg. TAke unwrought Wax and a little sheeps Tallow and seeth them together with a little white Coperas and strike it on a cloth and so lay it to the sore Or take Elder Leaves those that grow one side the leaf longer then the other on the stalk then the other doth these be very good for a sore Leg both to heal and these be leafs best for mankind A Pultis for a sore Leg which is swollen red and doth prick and ake TAke Housleek Maslows Lilly roots and Smallage dry red Rose Leafs of each a good handfull Oatmeal two handfulls Lineseed Vinecreet seed of each a handfull good Ale dregs and Vineger of each a pint or more white Wine a pottle more or lesse seeth the foresaid stuffe very softly and make thereof a Pultis and lay it to the Leg. A Medicine for a Leg that is swollen and is not red but will pit after ones finger TAke Chickweed and Pellitory of each an handfull and instead of Vineger take dregs of Wine and put thereto Sheeps tallow a pound chopped and Cows milk at your pleasure and seeth them as before written untill it be soft and bind it to the swollen Leg. Another for the same TAke a quart of red Wine and crums of Rie bread and seeth them together till it be like a plaister as hot as you can suffer it lay it to the sore Leg upon a fair cloth and when that is done take another and so till you have taken four and this will help you To heal a sore Leg coming of an old cause TAke flowers of Camomill or Camomill and a good handfull of Mallows of Wormwood of Grunsell and Sage of every one half a handfull and beat all small in a Morter and seeth it in Milk and put thereto in the seething Vincreeck seed in powder half a handfull of Anniseeds and Fennell seeds one ounce a little May-butter four or five yolks of Eggs and seeth all together and the same Eggs in the latter end of the seething and so let it seeth till you come to a thicknesse You may in the latter end of the seething put in a pint of red Wine to comfort the Synews take the Camomill and Mallows of each a handfull beaten in a Morter with Oatmeal and Milk sodden together and let it boil to a thicknesse For a Veine or Synew sprung in the Leg or elswhere TAke Dill Vervain Mallows and the crops of red Nettles and seeth all these in running Water and after chop them small and lay them hot to the Leg as he can suffer it The best Medecine for aking of bones in the Legs or Joynts or elswhere TAke a quarter of a pound of Dill and beat it to powder and put thereto a quart of good white Wine and let it seeth till half be wasted away then put thereto a pint of Oyl Olive and let them seeth together and then strain it and keep it to annoint the sore place withall and this will cease the pain anon this is called Oleum Vnamico keep it well in a glasse for this is proved For a swollen Leg. TAke Oatmeal and seeth it in Milk as you would make pottage therewith and put thereto a handfull of Mallows chopped small and the juice of Sengreen and sheeps sewet and let it boyl together till it be thick and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore Leg and be whole For a red swelling in the Foot TAke and seeth Beane meal and Barley meal with water right thick and well and make a plaister and lay it to the swelling Or take Turpentine and Vineger Honey white Wine and Bran and seeth all these together well untill they be thick and then lay it to the swelling Or take else Parsley Sage and Rue and stamp with Lard of fat Bacon and gray snails and lay it to the sore and it will gather to a head Or take Rose leafs and Lineseed Milk and Oatmeal and fry all these together and lay it to the sore For an ach in the Feet or if his limbs were taken from him TAke wool Oyl or rather other Oyl and put thereto a good quantity of Aqua vitae and beat it together and chafe it against the fire and all to rub the sore and dead place and in short time it wil be whole For great aking of Bones in the Feet or elswhere the best Medicine TAke Baldare one ounce and put it in your pottage and eat thereof for this is very good for aking of Bones and also to restore a man that is in a Consumption in short time if you will use it To cool a hot sore Leg and to abate the swelling TAke red Coal Leaves Sage and Smallage well stamped medled together with sowre dough and Honey and lay it to the sore Or take horse Dung newly made and wring out the juice thereof and annoint the sore therewith a good while and then take Violet Leafes and Housleek and stamp them and strain them and put to that juice sweet Cream and annoint the sore therewith and it will destroy the great heat For a swelling in any place TAke Hogs Dung Pigeons Dung and Sheeps Tallow Chickweed and Smallage and put all these together in Lees of Malmsey or in Malmsey or for lack of this in his own water and when it is wel boyled lay it hot to the sore swelling and this
another as you cut them and lay them in a row between two dishes and thereof will come a water and be in the dish then take it out and put it in a glasse and then dresse new till you have some quantity of the Water for six Eggs will not make above a spoonfull at once This is a proved medicine to drive away the pain of the Gout when it cometh For the Gout TAke the milk of a Cow of one color and small Planten Leaves and flower of clean Wheat-meal and boyl them together and make a plaister and lay it to the sore and this will help thee in short space A speciall medicine for the Gout TAke a young Whelp in the moneth of May and strip him out of his skin and dresse him clean then take a quantity of Water-frogs and put them in his belly when his guts be out and sow up his belly then rost him and take the dripping in an Iron Vessell and when it is cold put it in a glasse and therewithall annoynt the disease and you shall be whole by Gods grace For the Gout a proved medicine TAke Civill sope and two penniworth of Camphire a sawcer full of womans Milk of a man child then put the Sope and Camphire into the milk til it be thick then put it into a clean box or vessell and let it stand twenty four hours and then annoynt the Patient therewith cold and ever lay the medicine above the sore to draw it downwards This was proved upon Sir John Wilton and many others For the Gout TAke Cows horn coming of a red or brinded Cow a good quantity and make it warm in a frying pan and put thereunto half a spoonfull of the powder of a rotten post or pole of Older wood and stir them together and bind them on the place aggrieved hot or bloud-warm and lap it with a woollen cloth next to the medicine and a linnen cloth over all to keep in the medicine wash off this medicine when you take it off with Farrow Cow milk warmed Another for the Gout TAke four ounces of the Oyl of Lineseed four ounces of Oyl of Worms and the like quantity of the best Treacle and mix them well together and annoynt the place aggrieved and also spread it on a linnen cloth and bind it on all night For the Gout VAlerian Coltsfoot Oyl of Shomakers patches Deers sewet and as much of Neats foot Oyle as the other two melt the Oyls and Deers sewet and then put in the two herbs being chopped small and boil them all together with a gentle fire half an hour and then strain them through a course cloth and keep this oyntment in a box Annoynt the place aggrieved with this oyntment and lay it on a plaister of the Oyl of Shomakers patches only spread upon thin brown paper warmed Medicines for the Dropsie TAke a portion of water Cresses and Sage the greatest part of Mugwort Hysope red Fennel of every one of these a like portion wash all these clean and let the water run from them then take the same herbs and put them in Past of a great pie and the same Pie to be baked in an oven and when it is baked take it out and all hot put it into a pot of ale clear drawn after the portion of your herbs Also you must cover your pot to the intent the strength of the herbs come not out but remain in your pot still and work in the Ale to make it so much the stronger then draw off the said Ale daily and let the sick drink thereof at all times when you will day or night when he desireth to drink and wit bin nine daies he shall be whole An excellent medicine for the Dropsie made for Queen Elizabeth by Doctor Adrian and Doctor Lasye TAke Polypodium Spicknard Squant Ginger Marjoram Galingall Setwell of every one one penny weight Seeny the leaves and cods so much as all the rest grosly broken into powder and so put them into a bag and hang it with a packthread in an earthen pot of two gallons of Ale and every four daies cover the Ale with new Barm and drink no other drink the space of a whole week and this shall purge all ill humors in the body this drink will not let the bloud putrifie neither flegme to have domination nor choler to burn nor melancholy to have exaltation it doth multiply bloud and helpeth all evill it purgeth the rheume and mightily helpeth it it defendeth the Stomach and nourisheth it profiteth and preserveth youth and engendreth good colour comforteth the sight and nourisheth the mind For the Dropsie that swelleth TAke and eat water Cresses and Raysons and this shal make the malady come down to the Legs and Toes then when it is in the Legs or Feet take the green bark of Older in Winter and the Crops in Summer and Oatmeal and lay it to thy Legs being sodden in fair water and this will heal thee For a swelling in a mans body TAke Betany and Sentory of each a like much and make Powder of them and put of the powder in your drink and in your pottage and it will bring the swelling out of your body into Legs and Feet then take Salendine and bruise him in a Morter and lay him to the soles of your feet and it will take away all the swellings of the Body through the soles of your Feet by water running and it is called a Dropsie Medicnes for a Canker TAke Walwort and Waybred Self-green Housleek and Smallage of each a like much stamp them together in a leaden Morter and strain them through a cloth and mingle the juice with wheat flower and honey and the white of an Egg and stir all these and lay it to the sore For a Canker Fistula Wart new sores old sores or wounds TAke a galâ—â—n and an half of running Water and a peck of ashes made of green ashen wood and sift them clean and make thereof a gallon of Lie and put thereto a gallon of Tanwoose and a pound of Madder and seeth all these to a gallon and let your Pan be so great that it be little more then half full and when it riseth in the seething stir it with a ladle that it run not over then let it stand three or four hours till it be clear and then let all that is clear strain through a good clean cloth and then wet a ragged cloth and with a long Lint lay it to the sore and this will heal the diseases aforesaid Medicines for burning or scalding TAke unslaked Lime as much as you think good and slake it in common Oyle and then take it out as dry as you can and incorporate it with Oyl of Roses and it will be as it were an oyntment which you shal annoynt the place with and in eight or ten daies it will be whole and not leave any mark or scarr upon the skin and when the party is first burned or scalded because
bone of a Hare and as long as you have the same about you next to your skin you shall not have the Cramp Another for the Cramp TAke two spoonfuls of May-butter and two spoonfuls of Ruejuyce and temper them together till they be a salve and anoint the place therewith Medicines for all kind of sores and wounds and first to draw a sore TAke and beat Oatmeal in a Morter small and then put it into milk and seeth it well together with a handful of Rose-flowers unstild if you may have them or else of them that are stilled and not burned and seeth them till they be like Pap together and then lay them warm to the sore as the Patient may suffer it evening and morning and this will dry it A good water for every sore TAke a quart of ashes made of an Ash and a pottle of vineger and a pound of Madder half a pound of Allom-glass and seeth all these together until they be half wasted then take it from the fire and let it stand and spurge then take the water that is clear above and put it into a Vial and put that water into a sore and this will heal it without any more cost A Plaister for that swelling which is called an Vncome TAke Rue and Smalledge of each an handful a good gobet of fat Bacon such as is very much smoaked or resty as they call it and dress the said Bacon in squares as big as your finger and beat all these together till it be dissolved and meet to spread upon leather or cloth and lay it to the sore and it will both draw it and heal it when it is broken A soveraine plaister for any Ach. TAke a quart of Malmsey and a spoonful of Sallet-oyl a good handful of Onyons pilled broken and bruised and an ounce of pepper finely beaten then seeth all these together till they be thick and spread it upon a cloth and lay it to the place where the pain is and this will take away the Ach. A Medicine or Oyntment called Flos Unguentorum TAke Rosin and per Rosin of each half a pound Virgin wax and Frankincense of each a quarter of a pound Mastick an ounce Harts tallow a quarter of a pound and Camphire two drams melt that which is to be molten and powder that which is to be made in powder and searce them fine and boyl them over the fire and then strain them through a Canvas cloth into a pottle of white wine then boyl the wine with all the other ingredients together till the wine be consumed then let it cool till it be but bloud-warm then put thereto a quarter of a pound of Turpentine evermore stiring it till it be thorow cold but ever beware your stuff be no hotter then bloud when you put in your Turpentine and Camphire for if it be it marreth all your stuff then when it is cold make it up in rolls and keep it for your use for the best medicine and precious salve that ever was or can be made To make Salus Populi which is good for Blanes and to skin all sores in three days and is good for him that feareth the Hemeroids TAke of Salendine two handfuls Allom one handful and grind them together like sauce then take Weathers tallow or Harts tallow a pound of oyl of Roses half a pound and melt them together and boyl the herbs therein until it sink down to the bottom and it wax somwhat black then strain it and keep it to your use This Oyntment is hard and therefore when you will use of it put it in a spoon and melt it over the fire and understand it must not be put in old sores but there as it scaldeth the skin off and when there riseth any pimples white black blew or red this Salus Populi dryeth well and healeth well and destroyeth the wild fire A special Medicine for a Bruise TAke a great handful of Rue the white and Yolks of five Eggs half a pint of Honey and a handful of wheat flower temper all these together and make it thick and so lay it to the place that is bruised upon a fair cloth heated hot against the fire and let it ly twenty four hours and then lay on a fresh To asswage any Swelling where-ever it be TAke two handfuls of Penyrial and set it in the strongest Ale you can get til it be tender then take it and press it from the herbs and lay it unto the swelling as hot as he can suffer it and so use it two or three days and it will be good A marvellous Salve to heal and draw TAke Betony Plantane and Smallage the juyce of them one pound then take four ounces of Wax that cometh of the honey two ounces of incense white and clean two ounces of pitch two ounces of Rosin melt these by themselves upon a soft fire that done put the juyce of the herbs to it and boyl it together until the juyce be wasted and alwaies stir it then take it from the fire and strain it through a clean cloth then take two ounces of Turpentine and temper it with the rest and when it is cold keep it as gold To heal a wound TAke the flowers of herb John and put them in a glass and put thereto as much oyl Olive as will cover the herbs and then stop the glass close and put it in the Sun for the space of twenty days or more then it will be a fine coloured oyntment and very good for green wounds and when you will use it warm it a little at the fire and then wet your Lint therein and lay it to the wound and it will be whole A water to heal all manner of wounds in short space which is a thing that every man ought to have in his house seeing it is of so great vertue TAke a pound of new yellow wax or as much as you will and melt it in a clean pan and then pour it out into some other vessel wherein must be Malmsey Muscadel or good Claret-wine and then take the wax out and pour it again upon the wine and do so seven times then take the said wax and melt it on the fire and put into it a handful of Brick beaten into fine powder and stir it well together and then put it into a crook't-neckt glass such as Stillers call the Bag-pipe-glass you must clay it well about the midst of the glasses neck and let it distil first with a little fire and then more and last with a good great fire and then when all the things be cold put it out of your recipient and pour it into a Viol well stoped with wax and searcloth so that in no case the ayre go out no sun nor fire come to it for it is so fine of himself that it will vanish away straight and when you will occupy it you must wet and moyst the wound with a fine linnen cloth and so bind it to
the wound To heal a wound in ten days TAke Camphire and stamp it with Boars-grease put it into the wound and this will heal it in ten days without fail To make that flesh shall not grow too much in a wound TAke the Lightes or Lungs of a Sheep hot and lay it upon the wound and the flesh shall rise equal with the skin A Diet for him that is wounded TAke heed you eat no Cheese Butter Eggs nor Fish of the Sea nor Fruit but fine and light meats as Capons Chickens Rabbets Pheasants and Partridge Lamb Lark and such like Medicines for the Itch in man or woman THis I do advise every man for this matter to ordain and prepare a sharp pair of nailes to scratch claw rent and tear the skin and the flesh that the corrupt blood may run out and then use purgations stoves and sweats and beware you reverberate not the cause inward with any oyntment nor claw not thy skin with filthy fingers but wash thy hands to bed-ward For a Scab on man or woman TAke Mallows and Wormwood and boyl them well together and with the said water and herbs warm as thou mayst suffer it all to wash thy Body and this will heal thee in short time For the Itch in the hands that come of worms TAke the seed of Henbane and cast it on a Chafing-dish of coals but first wash thy hands and then hold them over the fire as hot as you may suffer it a good while and then put thy hands into a Bason of cold water and thou shalt see the wormes creep out into the water do this three or four times and be whole To destroy all manner of Scabs dry or moyst TAke the juyce of Scabias and Vineger and one part of Garlick and seeth altogether till it do turn to an oyntment and anoint the Scabs therewith and be whole For the dry Scab THis infirmity commeth to man after his complexion by superabundant humors or by lying with an infectious person having the said infirmity or by aridity or dryness of choller or melancholy the which doth engender a dry Scab which is the worst among all the kind of Scabs The Remedy TAke Mercury mortifyed with Fasting-spittle three ounces incorporate it with the oyl of Bayes and anoint thy body therewith Or take Mercury mortifyed three ounces of the powder of Brimstone two ounces of the powder of Elicampana two ounces Confect it together with Barrows-grease and anoint thy body oft Medicines for the Falling-sickness that doth not foam in the mouth but by Vrine and Egestion or both at once defileth himself THe cause of this infirmity many Authors in divers matters be of sundry opinions but for this matter I do say that forasmuch as it is one of the kinds of the Falling-sickness it doth take his Original of a Rheumetick humour opilating the cels of the Brain the Brain so opilated and stopped the Patient lyeth pittifully unto the time that Nature hath removed the Cause A Remedy FOr this matter a great circumspection must be had first in the diet of the Patient for the Patient not onely in this kind of Falling-sickness but in all other kinds must abstain from white meats Beef Hares-flesh and Venison also they must beware of climbing up to high places they must eat no Sallets Onyons nor Garlick Raisons Gibboles or Scalions or such like things The Patient must beware of eating of Water-fowles and fatness of fish as Eels Conger and Salmon and such like and then use the seeds and roots of Piony as well in meats as drinks and so wear the seeds about thy neck and purge thy head and do as it is specifyed in the Chapter named Epilepsia next following THere be three kinds of Falling-sickness which men be infected with to wit Epilepsia who in their falling foam at the mouth and this is the common kind of the Falling-sickness They which have the Analepsia shall when they fall defile themselves and not foam at the mouth They which have Tatalepsia whether they be taken open-ey'd or half closed for the time they shall see nothing For the Falling Sickness TAke Rue and Wormwood of each of them a handful and make it powder and blow some of it into his nose that doth fall and he shall presently rise Medicines for Warts THis Infirmity doth come of gross evil humors to remedy which Take a pair of Cissers and cut off the heads of the Warts and then rub them with Garlick and Bay salt and stamp both together do this six or seven times and lay over them a plaister of lead To take away Warts TAke the juyce of red cole-stocks and lay it on the Warts and this will heal them Or take a white Snail without a house and anoint thy Warts withal and they will go away Or take Egrimony and Verjuyce and put them together and lay it to the Warts three nights being stamped and it shall drive them away and heal them Medicines to make one sleep TAke of the Oyl of Violets an ounce of Opium half an ounce incorporate these together with womans milk and with a fine linnen cloth lay it upon thy Temples Or take leaves of Henbane stamp it and lay it to thy Temples Or else use to eat Lettice seeds white Poppy seeds of Mandragon seeds and of Sander of each three drams but above all things mirth is best to bedward To make one sleep TAke ground Ivy and Sengreen of each a like quantity and stamp them and temper them with womans milk and lay it to thy Temples and this will make thee sleep well Medicines for an Ague for a Fever Tertian TAke the buds or leaves of Willows red Sage and Fetherfew of each an handful seeth them in a quart of Milk till the herbs be well sodden then crush the herbs and wring them in a cloth and lay them to your pulse as warme as you can suffer it and this will help the Ague Another for the same THe Medicines which do help a Fever causon will help a fever tertian first purge choler and three or four hours before the fit doth come I do thus I cause a man to ly in his doublet and a woman in her wastcoat then do I cause them to put on a pair of gloves and with two garters I do bind the wrists of their arms and do lay their arms and hands into the bed and do cast on clothes and do bring them into a sweat before the fit doth come three or four hours and out of a goose quill one put into another they do take their drink because they shall take no aire into the bed then do I give them first an Altery and suffer them to drink as much possit Ale as they will and when the burning doth begin I do withdraw the clothes and this I do three courses and have made many hundreds whole so and on their good daies I do not suffer them to go into the Aire For the quartane