Chapters before The same day that hee purgeth he shall neither eate much nor any grosse meate nor drinke much at his meales and at the end of his meale you shall giue him a slice of Diacitron for that dooth comfort the stomacke excellentlie and the next daie you shall giue him this drinke Take of the Wood halfe a pound water sixe pound Cicore and Borage of each a handfull this you shall séeth as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof morning and euening sixe ounces at a time purging him euery ninth day once with the aforesaid Purgation and the same day that he purgeth you shall giue him after his dinner one slice of Diacitrō obseruing this he shall vndoubtedlie be cured For the Phlegmatick and the Mellancholick how he is to be cured FIrst you shall make him this drinke to prepare the matter withall Take Sage Isope Margerome Mints of each a handfull Cardus benedictus Sorrell and Endiue of each a handfull and a halfe Polipodij thrée ounces Rhabarbe halfe an ounce this you must séeth as aforesaid with a pint of Wine and a pint of Water giuing the Patient therof euery morning sixe ounces vntill it be drunk vppe Then giue him this Purgation Electuarij Elescoph halfe an ounce Agarici trociscati Rhabarbari of each a dram and a halfe breake and mingle them in two ounces of wine and two ounces of Betonie water This you shall giue him in the morning at foure of the clocke and at noone after his meate you shall giue him a slice of Diacitron and let him not drinke vpon it afterward you shall giue him this drinke following Take of the Wood twelue ounces Minte and Anis séedes of each a handful water foure pounde wine thrée pounde let it seeth as aforesaid béeing close stopped and giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him once euery day with the aforesaid Purgation and he shall be cured of all diseases of the stomack howe ill soeuer they be Capit. 11. Of diseases of the Liuer as obstruction Aposteme and the Dropsie ALl the diseases of the Liuer as stopping hardnesse apostemation and the Dropsie may all be cured with this excellent Medicine if so be the disease be not ioyned with a hote Ague for then it should not be profitable but verie hurtfull to vse it and therefore in such a case you must vse cooling Medicines vntill the Ague be cleane gone and then you shall giue him this drinke Take Agrimonie Liuerwort Cicorea Endiue Acetosa or Sorrell of each a handfull Lettice one ounce Mellon seede Gowrde seedes of each halfe an ounce Polipodij two ounces Agarici trociscati and Rhabarbari of each thrée drams this you shall séeth in a pynt of water the space of sixe houres in the aforesaid order then take it out and straine it through a cloth putting in so much Suger that it may be very swéet then put in a little good Wine Vineger Héereof you shall giue the Patient to drinke euerie morning sixe ounces vntil it be drunke out You shall not need to giue the Patient any other Purgation for this shall giue him euery day two or thrée stooles and more then that is not good for him by reason of the tendernes of the Liuer and vppon his Liuer you shall lay a cloth made wette in Agrimonie water and Cicorey water taking dilligent heede in keeping the said cloth alike warme and moist least the cold doo encrease the disease for cold is very hurtfull in Apostemations and therefore you must keepe the cloth alwaies warme when hee hath thus continued foureteene daies he shall then take the drink béeing made in this order Take of the Wood eyght ounces of water tenne pound Cicorey Endiue Agrimonie Cuscuta of each a handfull Reupontice Rubarbe of each an ounce this must be sodden as aforesaid close stopped and giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening sixe ounces at a time continuing the same vntill he be cured But if he chaunce to be so harde bound that hee cannot goe to the stoole then you shall euerie ninth day giue him this Purgation Take Electuarij de succo rosarum halfe an ounce put therto Rhabarbari electi two drams make this in forme of a Potion with Agrimonie water and giue it him in the morning at foure of the clocke to drinke vsing such order therein as I haue prescribed in other Purgations But if his drinke doo purge him then you shall not néede any other Purgation for it dooth purge sufficiently in many Patients All this aforesaid is to be vnderstood of the Chollerick and the Sanguine complexions To cure the diseases of the Liuer in Phlegmatick and Mellancholike Patients FIrst you shall lay vppon the Liuer of the Patient Emplastrum de Melilote spread vpon white Lether which shall continue vpon it the spare of eyght dayes in the meane while he shall vse this drinke Take Maiden hayre Wormwood Betonie Agrimonie Cypres Fumiterre Red Coleworts of each a handfull Cuscuta Camomill flowres of each halfe a handfull Licoris two ounces Polipodij thrée ounces Senne leaues two ounces Agarici trociscati halfe an ounce wine one pound water one pound this must be sodden in a pot stopped very close as a foresaid make it sweet with Suger and giue the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning sixe ounces vntill it be drunke out Then giue him this drinke following taking away the aforesaide Plaister in the place wherof you must lay an Oxicrociū playster which shal there continue vntill such time as you perceiue the Patient to be cured The drinke is this take of the Wood one pound of water fiue pound and of Wine fiue pounde put thereto of Fumiterre Agrimonie Cypris of each one handfull Polipodij Senne leaues of each three ounces Rhabarbari halfe an ounce all this put together must be sodden as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time vntill he be cured the Patient shall not neede any other Purgation for the drink shal purge him sufficientlie his diet shall be young Hennes fleshe and such other things as are light of digestion and doo giue much nourishment and he shall also not eate much but shall be so spare in his diet that he shall rise frō his meales with great hunger which shall helpe greatlie in the curing of thys dysease This foresaid cure obserued in all points as is heere described shall not faile you for I haue had often experience thereof and haue alwaies had good successe but one thing I must warne you of that is if there be great heate in the Dropsie and that the disease doo originally spring of heate that then you take not in hand to cure it with this drinke of Lignum Guaiacum vnlesse he be before sufficientlie cooled because it will rather increase then diminish the disease obseruing the aforesaid order you cannot be deceiued for it is perfect in all the aforenamed diseases of
the Liuer Capit. 12. Of the diseases of the Mother as the superfluous issue of menstrums and to stay them and of barrennesse FIrst for those women that are of Chollericke and Sanguine cōplexion you shall giue them this drinke Take Fennell Betonie of each a handfull Polipodij Senne leaues of each three ounces this must be sodden as afore in a pynt of water giue the Patient thereof euery morning fiue ounces vntill it be drunke out then giue her thys drinke following Take of the Wood one pound Wine and Water of each sixe pounds this must be sodden very close stopped as aforesaid giuing the Patient thereof euery morning and euening sixe ounces at a time purging her euery ninth day with this Purgation Diacobicum turbit halfe an ounce Mirabolanorum Citrinorum et Indorum of each two dramnes this giue her with Fumiterre water dooing as is aforesaide the issue shall cease but if it doo lacke issue it shall heereby obtaine issue in due time for by this order of curing the Mother is wholly renewed by meanes whereof all her accidents doe cease And if by meanes héereof the secrete part be infected with any open sore or otherwise she shall with this said drinke wash the place often and shee shall in short space be cured perfectly both within and without Let this suffise for the Chollerick and the Sanguine To cure the diseases of the Mother in the Phlegmatick and Mellancholick women THese Patients must first be purged with this Purgation Diapheniconis halfe an ounce Mirabolanorum Kebulorum and Embelicorum of each two drams then you shal seeth her this drinke Take of the Wood a pound and a halfe of Water sixe pound of Wine fiue pound séeth this as afore sayde giuing the Patient thereof to drinke euery day morning and euening at the least sixe ounces at a time purging her euery ninth day with the aforesaid Purgation continuing this order the space of fortie dayes she shall vndoubtedly be cured and shall be more healthfull then euer shee was before Capit. 13. To cure the Cancer in any place of the bodie wheresoeuer THis lothsome and fearefull disease béeing once setled is not cured with any Medicine and therefore you must in time haue recourse to this excellent remedie for there haue manie beene cured by meanes of this which coulde not find helpe by any other The Patient must first be purged with thys drinke Take Houndes tongue called in Latine Cinoglossa and Agrimonie of each two handfuls Wine halfe a pound water one pound Polipodii Senne leaues of each one dram Agarici trociscati halfe an ounce Elebori nigri two drammes thys altogether shal be sodden as aforesayd and then make it sweete with Suger giue the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning sixe ounces vntill it bee drunke out then giue him this drinke following Take of the Wood halfe a pounde water tenne pounde Ciuoglossa and Agrimonie of each a handfull seeth thys as aforesaide and giue the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him euery nynth day vntill he be cured with Confectio Hamech halfe an ounce and if the Patient be strong of bodie you shall gyue him sixe drammes with Fumiterre water his meate that hée shall eate shall be sodden in such order as is aforesaide putting thereto Lettice and Buglosse and hee shall be sober in his diet but if it chaunce the Patient not to be cured in fortie daies yet he shall not leaue of the cure vntill such time as hee be whole for that this is the surest remedie that can be found against this lothsome disease and therefore I woulde wish you not to leaue it vntill you be perfectly cured To cure the Cancer in colde complexions FIrst you must purge the Patient with an ounce of Confectio Hamech mingled with Agrimonie water this shal be giuen him in such order as is vsed in other Purgations And then you shall giue him this drinke following Take of the wood a pound and a halfe Water and Wine of each fiue pound Agrimonie Cinoglossa of each a handfull this must be sodden as aforesaid béeing verie close stopped at the least tenne howres giuing the Patient therof euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time keeping him verie warme that he may sweat not forgetting to purge him euery ninth day with sixe drams of Confectio Hamech so dooing he shall by Gods helpe be cured although hée had had it ten yeeres Capit. 14. Of all other Vlcerations whether they come of the Pockes or otherwise ALl other Vlcerations whether they procéed of the Pockes or otherwise as Fistoles in the Mother and other open sores in the secrete parts both of man and woman which cannot with any other Medicine be healed and all open sores wheresoeuer also all paine and greefe in the armes and legges and all pushes or byles in any place of the bodie may altogether be cured with the drinke made of this excellent Wood aforesaid after this manner First you shal purge the Patient with Pillulae Iudae giuing him in the euening thrée houres after his supper foure scruples of the said Pilles in the night when he awaketh feeling great paine and rumbling in his bellie he shall prepare himselfe to the stoole and hauing begunne to purge he shall not sleepe vntill hee haue doone purging and that he féele no more griping or rumbling in his bellie and then he shall eate some good meat as Mutton or Veale which must be sodden as heeretofore I haue taught you then you shall giue him this drinke following Take of the Wood one pound water twelue pounde thys must be sodden as aforesaide giue the Patient thereof twise euery day eyght ounces at a time causing him to sweat wel for that dooth helpe very much in the curing of his disease and euery ninth day you shall purge him with the said Pils but in the euening when you giue him the Pilles you shall not suffer him to drinke but at his supper this order he must obserue fortie daies But if it come to passe as oftentimes it dooth that the Patient is sooner cured as sometimes in twentie or fiue and twentie daies yet I coūsaile you not to leaue of the cure vntill the fortie daies be expired that you may be the more assured that it shall not returne againe for oftentimes it seemeth to be cured when the roote remaineth still within which in the ende breaketh out againe and so is worse then at the first and therefore I counsaile you to continue the same fortie dayes that the roote beeing taken away you need not feare the returne of the disease For the Phlegmaticke and the Mellancholicke YOu shall purge the Patient with Pillulae cochiae and Pillulę Aggregatiuę of each two scruples this must bee giuen him in the euening vsing him in all respects as is said of the other then you shall giue him this drinke Take of the Wood a pound and a
to passe by the strength of the drink and it is a very good signe therefore let not the Patient be discomfited but let him reioyce because it is a certaine signe of health Capit. vj. Of madnesse or idlenesse of the head called Insania THis idlenes or madnesse in the head called in Latine Insania proceedeth of a certaine venimous humour or dampe ascending from the stomacke and the Liuer into the braines and because the braines through the infection of the Pockes or some such like cause is become weake and tender they are not able to repell or driue backe the sayde dampe or humour but remaine vanquished and ouercome of the same in such sort that they forget to doo their office going quite out of order so that the Patient hath no rule of him selfe but dooth and speaketh he knoweth not what To cure this disease as well that which proceedeth of the Pockes as otherwise excepting onelie when it commeth of or with a hote sharpe Ague because therein is great danger of death you may doo it with the drinke made of thys Wood without any impediment which must be prepared after this manner for such as are hote of complexion as the Chollericke and Sanguine are Take of this Wood beeing made very small one pounde fayre water eyght poundes which you must seeth as is aforesaide and giue him thereof euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time cause him to sweat well and you must dry the sweat frō his head verie well because the disense lyeth altogether in the heade His diet and his drinke shall be as is mencioned in the former Chapter notwithstanding as litle as may be for in this disease much meate is very hurtfull and therfore he must be content with a little hee must drinke no Wine for that it is contrarie both to his disease and complexion because it ascendeth vp into the head he must drinke of his drinke alone as much as he will it must alwaies be a little warme Thus dooing he shall without doubt be cured by Gods helpe The Phlegmatick and the Mellancholicke must be thus cured TAke of this Wood one pound of Water foure pound of Wine two pounde this you must seeth as is aforesaide and giue him thereof euery day to drinke morning and euening eyght ounces at a time continuing the same vntill hee be cured And although in the beginning the Wine doe him no good yet you shall not leaue to vse the same still in hys drinke for that it is a notable Medicine for his complexion béeing measurablie vsed and therefore you shall seeth him his drinke as aforesaid and it shall in the end perfectly help him You may giue these Patients lesse meate then the Cholericke or Sanguine yet you shal not famish them and that principallie the Mellancholicke and hee shall also not sweat so long as those that are moist of complexion because hee is drie yet he must sweat at the least an howre and a halfe because the Phlegmaticke to sweat much more if he be able to endure it because that of his owne complexion hee is verie moyst and yet much more moist by reason of his disease Therefore it is verie good for him to sweats because it dryeth vp all such ouerplus moistnes and in the ende restoreth him to his health and his vnderstanding and driueth awais all nodes or tumors vpon his heade if he haue any and all open fores in any place of the bodie shall by vertue of thys drink be healed within the fortie daies and therefore let him not refuse to vse it Héere is to be obserued that such Patients as are idle headed shall not in any wise goe abroade till such time as they are perfectlie cured but shall remaine at home in their Chamber keeping them as quiet as is possible for rest is very good and profitable for them If you obserue this order before shewed the Patient shall vndoubtedlie be cured if God will Capit. 7. Of the Falling-sicknesse called in Latine Epileptia THis disease springeth of ouermuch moysture in the braine wherethrough at certain times the braines béeing troubled there chaunceth vnto them a certaine obstruction by meanes whereof the Patient is bereft of the strength of his sinnewes and so falleth to the ground And according to the scituation of the place which the disease occupieth so the accidents doo manifest themselues as sometimes wyth contraction that is in plucking of the ioynts and somtimes in foming at the mouth with barking and other such vnséemlie gestures But peraduenture it will cause some to meruaile greatly that I should teach the curing of such a hard disease with a Drinke made of this Lignum Guaiacum yet notwithstanding because I haue learned the same by experience haue therewith cured moe then tenne Patients I will therefore publish the same for the commoditie of all that such as are therwith troubled may haue recourse hereto in time of néed and find remedie for the same which by the helpe of GOD they shall vndoubtedlie obtaine though they had had the saide disease tenne yeeres together following the order héere sette downe which is this You shall vse nothing but onelie this drinke following purging the Patient in such order as I shall teache you First for the Chollericke and Sanguine complexion you shall take of the said Wood halfe a pound fayre water eyght poundes this you must seeth in such order as is shewed in the thirde Chapter before and you shall giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time and shal cause him to sweat verie wel for it is excellent good for him hauing drunke therof eyght dayes you shall purge him with this Purgation Take of Hiera picra galeni halfe an ounce Diacarthami three drams and beate amongst it of Epirimi and Agarici trocistati of each two drammes this you must mingle with Betoni water and Cuscuta Water putting thereto so much water that it may be a Potion this the Patient must drink at foure of the clocke in the morning he must neither sleepe eate nor drinke vntill the Medicine haue doone working and that he feele no more pain or rumbling in his bellie Then you shall giue him his diet and the same day he shall not drinke but at his meales according as he is wont to doo the next morning he shall beginne againe with his drinke dooing in all respects as hee did the eyght daies before with sweating and otherwise This order you shall in all points obserue vntill fortie dayes be expired purging the Patient euery eyght or ninth day once But this is alwaies to be noted as well in thys Chapter as in all the other that when you begin your cure the first day the Patient must be purged with the Purgation mencioned in the said Chapter and then to procéed in such sort as is there specified continuing the cure as I said before the space of fortie dayes For though in this
maner aforesaid I once cured a Woman of this greeuous disease within fiue and twentie daies yet I would wish the cure to be continued fortie daies that you may be the more assured that it should not returne againe In this foresaide order you may cure all kindes of lamenes in hote and dry complexions and also all lamenesse proceeding of the Palsie though it procéeded not of the Pockes but of the influence of the starres or the constellation of Saturne and the Moone in his birth as Astronomie teacheth These and all other lamenesse whatsoeuer may in Chollericke persons be cured in the aforesaid manner without all imperfection of howe long continuaunce soeuer they haue beene In his diet he must behaue himselfe mesurablie least any Ague or other accident doo happen vnto him for thē his health would be farre to seeke for which cause sobrietie in his diet is very requisit This is sufficient concerning Cholerick and Sanguine complexions The curing of the falling sickenesse in Phlegmaticke and Mellancholie persons FOr these the Drinke must be made more warming and drying then in other cōplexions the making of it is thus Take one pound of this Woode with fiue pounds of water and three pound of good Wine this must be sodden as is aforesaid being stopped verie close and you must giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening seauen or eyght ounces at a time obseruing the same the space of eight daies vpon the ninth day you shall purge him with the aforesaide Purgation vsing him in all points as is aforesaid of the cholerick persons excepting onely in his drinke which must be made as is aboue said to be more warming and drying then the other Thus much concerning such diseases as spring vp in the braines Capit. 8. Of Polipus an ill disease in the nose whereof commeth the Cancer POlipus is a certaine fleshie Apostemation growing in the nose conuerting it selfe at last to a Cancer the cure thereof is not long to be protracted for if it be let runne to a Cancer it is so much the harder to be cured Therefore the Patient must thus be purged foure daies together you must giue him this Iulep or Sirop Take of Sirope De fumo terre one ounce Sirope De cicorea two ounces Burrage water Endiue water Cicore water Fumiterre water of each two ounces this hee must drinke at foure times vppon the fift day you shall giue him this Purgation You shall take Confectionis Hamech and Electuarij De suco rosarum of each three drams this you shall giue him with Burrage water and Fumiterre water vsing so much of the said water that it may be a drink which you shall giue him to drinke at fiue of the clocke in the morning suffering him neither to sleepe to eate nor to drink til the Purgation haue doone working and that the Patient do not feele any more rumbling or paine in his bellie and then let him eate measurablie Then for the Chollericke persons you shall make this drinke following giuing him thereof euery day morning and euening eyght ounces at a time and whyle he is drinking of it you shall with an Instrument cut away the superfluous flesh out of his nose as much as shal be requisite causing him once euery houre to clense his nose with a little sticke wet in Honie of Roses and hauing drunk of his drinke eyght dayes together you shall purge him againe with the aforesaid Purgation This is the Drinke Take of the Wood halfe a pound and of water eyght pound this you must séeth as aforesaid and giue it to the Chollerick person to drinke as aforesaid For the Phlegmatick and the Mellancholicke it must be prepared thus TAke of the Wood a pound and a halfe Angelica and Gallingale of each one ounce of water seauen pounde of Wine three pound This must be stopped verie close and sodden as aforesaid giuing thereof to the colde and moyste of complexion euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him euery ninth day with the aforesaid Purgation he shall also washe his nose with the Drinke for it digesteth clenseth and healeth aboue measure and therefore he shall often wash and clense his nose therewith and in so dooing he shall vndoubtedly in short time be healed Capit. ix Of shortnes of vvinde coughes and stuffinges in the breast FOr the Chollericke and the Sanguine you shall make this drinke following Take of the Woode three quarters of a pound Isope a handfull Dates a quarter of a pound Lyroris two ounces this must be sodden in tenne pounds of water as in the third Chapter and the day before he beginne to drinke thereof you shall giue him this Purgation Take Electuarij inde maioris halfe an ounce put there to Agarici trociscati three drammes giue it him to drinke with Buglosse water the next day giue him of the aforesaid drink morning and euening sixe ounces at a time vsing him with sweating dyet and drinke as is aforesayd and purging him with the said Purgation euery ninth day and he shal be healed in a short space and shall be as long winded as euer he was in his life The drinke for the Phlegmatick and the Mellancholick TAke of the Woode one pound Isope and Dates of each a handfull Agarici trociscati two drammes water fiue pounde sweete Wine fiue pounde seeth it as is aforesaide beeing very close stopped and giue the Patient thereof to drinke morning and euening eyght ounces at a time dooing as is aforesayd But for his ordinarie drinke at his meales you shall make him this that followeth for he may not vse other at his meales because of the Agaricke Take of the Wood one pound Isope Dates of each a handfull Lycoris two ounces water sixe pound sweete Wine three pounde this shall he drinke at meales in all other respects as in diet sweating purging and such like you shall vse him as is aforesaid and he shall by Gods helpe be cured Although this disease sometimes be somewhat long in curing yet you néede not feare for in the ende it shall vndoubtedly by Gods helpe be cured though the Patient haue had it neuer so long time Capit. 10. Of the diseases in the stomacke as paines quesines vomiting c. THese diseases doo arise of aboundaunce of cold phlegmaticke and moist humors and sometimes of blacke choller or mellancholie to cure these diseases you must first prepare the matter with this Drinke and after purge the Patient Take of Mintes Wormewood Isope Betonie Buglosse Cicorey Lettice of each a handful Senne leaues and Polipodium of each two ounces thys must be sodden as aforesaid with a pint of water giuing the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning sixe ounces till it be drunke out then you shall purge him with Benedicta laxatiua and Stomaticom luxatium of each thrée drams putting thereto thrée ounces of Wormewood water and giue it the Patient warme to drinke kéeping himselfe as I haue shewed in other
halfe wine sixe pound Water seauen pound this you must seeth as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him euery ninth day once with the aforesaid Pilles causing him to sweat verie well The sores he shall wash euery day sixe or seauen times with the aforesaid drinke for it is the best salue that can be vsed héerein for it clenseth mollifieth more then any other Oyntment that is vsed and to conclude I say if you doo according to the contents of this Chapter there is no Malladie so ill procéeding of the Pockes nor other open sores how ill soeuer but may by this meanes be cured Capit. 15. Hovv to cure the Rupture SOmetimes it happeneth a man first to bée broken and after to gette the Pockes and somtime it chaunceth him to breake while he hath them these cannot any other way be cured but with the Drinke made of this excellent Woode the order of it is thus You shall first purge him with Pilles De fumiterrę and béeing purged you shall giue him this drinke following Take of the Woode one pound of Water twelue pounde this you must seeth as aforesaide and giue the Patient thereof twise euery day eyght ounces at a time purging him euery ninth day once with the aforesaid Purgation This he shal obserue fortie daies and hee shall vndoubtedly be cured though hee were fiftie yeeres olde and had had it twentie yeeres and if he haue the Pockes they shall also herewithall be cured and he shall be made whole and sound in all his members To cure the same in Phlegmatick and Mellancholicke persons THese must first be purged with Pillulis fetidis whereof you shal giue the Patient foure scruples making therof nine Pilles which he shall take in the euening as aforesaid the next day you shal giue him of this drink Take of the wood one pound Wine and water of each foure pounde this you must seeth as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof euerie morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him once euery ninth day with the aforesaid Pilles His meate shall be sodden as aforesaid with Sanikell Consolida Maior whereto you shall adde Wine and Cinamon to amende the taste In this sort I cured one in the space of a month which was seauentie yeeres old making him whole and sound frō all such greefes as he had besides Therfore you shall not vse any other meanes for those that haue the Pocks and are also troubled with the rupture but onely this aforesaide for without this nothing els can helpe Capit. xvj Of Podagra or the Goute THis disease is of a wonderfull strange nature as experience teacheth vs comming to man first by the influence of the stars in his birth that is when the Moone is infortuned wyth Mars and Saturne which causeth the person then borne to be more inclined to the said disease thē others are and then withall leading his life disorderly in lecherie surfeiting and drunkennesse is by and by attached with this said disease The opinion of many men is that this disease cannot be cured but that is not so for there are very manie that are cured of it which by their disordered liuing doo fall into it againe which if they would leade their liues well and in good order they should remaine whole being once cured especiallie those that are healed in this sort notwithstanding I graunt it will verie hardlie be cured if it runne so farre that it haue hardened the knockles of the hands and the ioynts of the foote for then the matter is become so dry that it is almost impossible to resolue it but if it be taken in any resonable time it may in this sort be cured First you must purge the Patient with Pillule de hermo dactilis whereof you shall take one dramme making thereof seauen Pilles which you shall giue the Patient at midnight letting him sleepe thereon three howres and then you shall awake him if he awake not of himselfe keeping him awake that the Purgation may the better worke vppon him not suffering him to sleepe vntill it haue doone working and then he shall eate his meate the next day you shall giue him the drinke mencioned in the former Chapter for the Chollericke but in the séething of it you shall put into it a handfull of Cipres which is an Hearbe so called purging him euerie ninth day once with the aforesaid Pilles dooing in all respects as is mentioned in the Chapter going before but you shall cause him to sweat verie much for that is verie good and also to dry the sweat very well from him with warme clothes that it goe not in againe for if it goe in againe it were as good for him not to sweat at all Thus much for the Chollericke and the Sanguine For the Phlegmaticke and the Mellancholick YOu shall also purge him with the aforesaide Pilles and then you shall giue him of the drinke mentioned in the former Chapter for the Phlegmaticke and the Mellancholicke remembring in the seething to put in a handfull of Cypres purging him euerie ninth day with the aforesaide Pilles which you shall continue vntill he be healed This suffiseth for the Goute shewing the order howe it is to be cured We haue also entreated sufficiently of all accidents which chaunce by meanes of the Pocks with diuers other diseases springing not of the Pockes but of other causes howe all such diseases are to be cured by meanes of this excellent wood is before sufficientlie made manifest I haue also in the first part of this Booke for their sakes that haue any vnderstanding opened many noble secrets of Mercurie but because the most part are not enstructed in the Arte of preparing the Mercurie I haue for theyr sakes written this seconde part for the helpe of the Patient because I woulde not haue them remaine vncured wishing the health of all men Yet notwithstanding Mercurie beeing rightly prepared dooth seeme to worke miracles so short and so excellent hee is in his operation whereof heereafter God wylling wee will wryte more Thus I conclude this treatise desiring God to spare me vntill I haue performed my purposed intent in writing to his glory and to the profit of my neighbour Thus louing Reader I commit thee to GOD almightie to whom bée all prayse honour and glorie both nowe and for euermore Amen FINIS Printed by Iohn Charlwood ⧠Faultes escaped in the Printing PAge 2. line 3. put out the first and. Page 7 line 2 read Mercurie and Lignum vitae Page 7 line 9 for Ciuober read Cinober Page 8 line 25 for Bernagie read Borrage Page 18 line 31 for dissolue it reade dissolue them Page 21 line 3 reade Emunctorij line 4. read places Page 21 line 30 for in read on Page 26 line 4 reade feniculi and for endinie read endiuię Page 26 line 13 for Iudum read Indum and for Hermodactilus read Hermodactiles Page 26 line 15 read Arthriticae and for aree read aurae Page 26 line 16 for siue read sine Page 51 line 7 read stomaticum laxatiuum Page 51 line 13 read Dicitonion and for Diacitron line 21. read Diacitonion Page 52 line 5 read Diacitonion Page 55 line 18 for Diacobicū turbit read Diacatholicon Page 58 line 5 read Indae Also I admonish the freendlie Reader to take héed howe he doe minister any purgatiue receit according as it is heere in this Booke sette foorth without the good aduise and counsell of the learned Phisition
middle age and that as greene as is possible with the barke vpon it there is yet one thing more to be obserued and that is this the place where it groweth this and such like a man must know of thē which bring it ouer For that which groweth in S. Dominicus Iland is not good for this purpose for in hote and dry complexions it is very hurtfull because of the heate and dryth of the Country where it groweth which maketh it much hoter and dryer then that which groweth els where as in S. Iohns Iland for the Iland of S. Dominicus lieth right vnder the Equinoctiall line by reason whereof the inhabitants are greatlie troubled with heate and also the fruites of it are much hoter then in other Countries but the best Woode is found in the Ilande of S. Iohn béeing not so hote and dry as that of S. Dominicus and may therefore be vsed with lesser daunger in hote and drie diseases as hoarsenesse of the voice with shortnes of breath called Asthma and in a consumption called Ptisis these may well be cured with the woode of S. Iohns Iland which were not good to be attempted wyth that of S. Dominicus Ilande because the Patient might therby be brought to a greater drith and in the end to death For though there be some kind of men so colde and moist of complexion that they might better be cured with the woode of S. Dominicus Iland then with that of S. Iohns yet notwithstanding there are verie fewe of them and of those that are hote and drie or at the least wise hote and moist there are manie moe for that those which are most troubled with this disease are for the most part young women and young men and are for the most part not so colde of nature as they should neede such hote Medicines and cheefely such dry Medicines for by reason of the great heate they drie vp the naturall moisture and thereby shorten the life of the Patient but the wood of S. Iohns Iland a man may vse without feare in hote and drie diseases béeing prepared accordinglie in the seething and also in colde and moist diseases béeing prepared thereafter for it is not so much drying as the other and is notwithstanding as excellent in colde diseases as any other can be For the Iland of S. Iohn lieth different from the Equinoctiall line almost eyght degrees béeing in such sorte moistened with springs and Riuers that the fruites therof are much more excellent more natural then are the fruites of the other Iland In what manner this wood must be prepared shall heereafter be shewed Capit. 3. Howe to prepare the Drinke SEeing we haue alreadie shewed you what wood is to be vsed in this Drinke we will nowe shewe you the making or seething of it I haue seene the Phisitians vse thys drinke almost in all diseases and towards all men after one kind of order but in so dooing whether they did well or not I leaue to your consideration For how can a Shoomaker make euery mans shooes vppon one last euen so is it with this drinke which hath caused me greatlie to wonder so see that it hath been so doone by almost all Phisitians For howe is it possible for a man to finde any one thing which being ministred after one kinde of order shoulde cure all kinde of diseases considering how contrarie one disease is to another But in that we haue héeretofore said of this wood that it may be vsed in colde and hote moist and dry complexions that is thus to be vnderstoode It may be so prepared in the séething that in hote diseases it may be a cooling Medicine and it may also be prepared to be a hote Medicine in colde and Melancholicke diseases and to cure them all perfectlie Therefore when it is to be ministred in hote and dry diseases and complexions it must be sodden with greater quantitie of water then when it is to be vsed in cold and moist diseases and the disease by reason of the moisture and coldnesse of the water shall be made temperate and by the wonderfull vertue which secretlie lieth hidden in the woode it shall be perfectlie cured For in this wood is contained a certaine secrete or hidden vertue in curing diseases not alonelie the Pocks but in maner all diseases expelling by the vrine and the sweat whatsoeuer is hurtfull or contrarie to nature therefore you must dilligently consider the nature of the disease whether it be hote or cold that you may make your drinke accordinglie for in cold diseases you must vse more wood and lesse water thē in hote diseases and sometimes you must vse wine and somtimes not and sometimes the drinke must be made of the woode alone and sometimes with other additions as you shall heare more at large héereafter Nowe I will teach you howe to séeth or prepare your drinke after a better and more perfect order then of manie hath hetherto béene vsed which is after this manner You shall take of the woode béeing made as small as is possible and put it into a stone Pot which must be so bigge that it may not be more then halfe full when your woode with the other receipts appertinēt to the disease are put into it your receipts therefore beeing put into the Pot you shall set it vppon the fire to seeth in a Kettle with water and because it shall not in séething loose anie of his vertue you shall therefore stoppe the Pottes mouth so close that no ayre doo issue out for if it get vent that the ayre come foorth it doth lose of his vertue and is so much the worse Therefore you must vse great dilligence in the stopping of it for that is principallie heerein required and being close stopped you shall sette it to seeth in a Kettle of water binding it so in the Kettle that it fall not and then make it séeth keeping the Kettle continuallie so full of water that it may alwaies be higher then that which is in the Pot. In this order you shall keepe it séething at the least tenne howres but peraduenture you will thinke that it cannot séeth because it is so close stopped and hath no vent but that is not materiall for our desire is that it should boile or séeth without walloping for seething in this manner it retaineth all his vertue whereby it shall performe his operation in better order then he hath doone heretofore béeing simplie set vpō the fire to séeth with a couer of wood or stone Moreouer it may bée you will thinke that if it be stopped as aforesaide it may as well be sette vppon the fire to séeth as in a Kettle of water but heerein you should be deceiued for béeing set vppon the fire to seeth in that order it will rather burst in peeces then seeth and therefore the best way is to sette it in water as is aforesaide For as the water seetheth in the the Kittle so shall that also
must be in all respects as the other which béeing performed they may goe about their busines although it were better and more sure for them to tarrie within doores and that cheefelie in foule rainie or blustering wether for although the wine doo resist the contagion of the ayre yet it cannot resist all especiallie when the wether is so vntemperate notwithstanding I haue in this maner aforesaid cured many that went abroad but yet I counsaile you to cause your Patient to tarrie at home in his Chamber by the fire in fouls wether The best time to take in hand to cure the Patient is the Haruest and the spring time and next to that is the winter but the Sommer is not good principallie for hote Chollericke persons for in it selfe it is contrarie vnto them by reason of the great heate and drith which it increaseth so much the more in them but to colde moiste and flegmaticke bodies the Sommer is not so hurtfull as to the chollerick and therefore in time of neede such Patients may be cured in the Sommer Thus much concerning sweating with the time and the ordering of the diet nowe followeth the order of curing and first of the great intollerable paine in the heade which happeneth often in this disease suffering the Patient not to take any rest Capit. 5. Of the great paine in the head which taketh away the sleepe THis intollerable paine is called Cephalea or Hemicrauea and is so great and so vehement aboue the eyes that oftentimes the Patient is like to runne madde therewith although many meanes be vsed yet the paine decreaseth not To cure this and such like paines in the heade you must first consider the complexion of the Patient whether be be chollerick phlegmatick melancholick or sanguine which you shall know in this sort If the Patient be chollericke his vrine is verie yellowe coloured and the paine is sharper vpon the right side of the head then in other places he is leane of bodie and his mouth is commonlie bitter If he be sanguine he is somewhat fatter of bodie but not much and hath a sweete mouth his vrine is also verie much coloured and thicke The phlegmaticke is commonlie fat and grosse of bodie and slow his water is white and thicke The mellancholicke are leane and withered or dry and beauie spirited enuious and angrie wishing well to no man his vrine is bleake and thin in maner like water and he is alwaies sad Hauing taught you to knowe the complexion of the Patient we will teach you the preparing of each of their Medicines seuerallie And first of the Chollericke and the Sanguine because in this they doo agree to wit in heat although the Chollericke man be much dryer then the Sanguine yet because they are both hote we will conclude them bothe vnder one cure which shall be in this order First you shall take Diacarthami and Diaphenicon of each three drammes this you shall breake and mingle together with Fewmetorie water that it may be a drink which you shall giue the Patient to drinke at foure of the clocke in the morning warme and suffer him not to sleepe to eate nor to drinke till such time as it haue doone working for the shall expell part of the matter whereof the disease groweth by siege the same day you shal cherish him wel with good meates such as are before shewed for his diet béeing dressed after the aforesaid order The next day you shal giue him of this drink following eyght ounces the drinke is this You shall take of the best wood that you can gette being broken as smal as is possible halfe a pound of cléere spring water eight pound this you must seeth as is taught in the thirde Chapter and giue the Patient thereof to drinke morning and euening at each time eyght ounces causing him to sweate in such order as before is shewed But if so be that the Patient cannot keepe within doores but must goe abroade about his busines you shall then make his drinke of halfe wine halfe water taking foure poundes of vach but in séething your drinke with wine yee must see that the Pot be very closelie stopped because the wine is of such a subtile and piercing nature so that if it once get anie vent the vertue of it flieth away Your drinke béeing thus prepared with Wine may well be ministred to such Patients as cannot keepe at home but must goe abroade but yet in verie foule wether they must tarrie at home and in faire wether they may goe abroade about their busines after such time as they haue sweat and taken their diet as aforesaide In this sort are all such Patients to be vsed for the paine in the head as are hote of complexion the space of eight daies vntill the ninth day earlie in the morning at which time you shall giue him the aforesaide Purgation kéeping him from sleepe from meate and drink till the Purgation haue doone working and that the Patient feele no more paine or gréefe in his bellie and then you shall giue him his diet the same day neither in the morning nor the euening shall hee drinke any drinke but onelie the Purgation except at his meales you may giue him of his drinke mingling the same wyth wine halfe one halfe another In the morning he shall againe drinke of his drinke and doe in all respects as I haue taught you before vntill eyght dayes more be expired and vpon the ninth day you shal purge him againe and then he shall drinke againe as is aforesaid in this order he shal continue vntill he be whole and that the paine haue cleane forsaken him This aforesaid drinke dooth excellentlie helpe hote and dry complexions by cooling them and is contrarie to such diseases as are of nature colde drye expelling them The curing of the paines in the head of those that are Phlegmatick and Mellancholick THe drinke for the Phlegmatick or Mellancholick persons must in operation be warmer and dryer then that aforesaid and must therfore be made in this maner Take of the wood three quarters of a pounde béeing broken as small as is possible with sixe pound of water and as much Wine and put it in a stone Pot and béeing verie close stopped sette it to seeth tenne howres in a Kettle of water as is aforesaid whereof the Patient shall drink morning and euening eyght ounces at a time and at the ende of eyght daies you shall purge him with the aforesaid Purgation vsing him in all points as is aforesaid with sweating and otherwise and he shall vndoubtedly be cured But you must haue great regard in sweating that you dry his heade well for that shall much further his health And heere you shall vnderstand that the paine doth commonlie increase til it be at the strongest and then it euery day decreaseth till at the last he feele it no more therefore you shall not be dismaid though the paine increase in the cure for that commeth