dissolved strain it and put to it four ounces of Damask Prunes eight Cloves a branch of Rosemary let all these stew together while they be very tender then eat a dozen of them with a little of the liquor an hour before dinner or supper then take a draught of broth and dine To make the China Broth for a Consumption Take China roots thin sliced two ounces steep it 24 hours in eight pints of fair water letting it stand warm all the time being close covered in an earthen Pipkin or Iron pot then put to it a good Cockrel or two Chickens clean dressed and scum it well then put in five leaved Grass two handfuls Maiden-hair Hearts-tongue of either half a handful 20 Dates sliced 2 or 3 Mace and the bottom of a Manchet let all these stew together until not above one quart remains then strain it and take all the flesh and sweet bones beat them in a stone Mortar and strain out all the juice with the broth then sweeten it with two ounces of white Sugar-candy in powder and take thereof half a pint at once early in the morning warm and sleep after it if you can and 2 hours before supper at your pleasure when you steep the root slice two drachms of white Sanders and as much red Sanders and let them boyl in the broth A Gentle Purge Take an ounce of Damask Roses eat it all at one time fast three quarters of an hour after then take a draught of Broth and dine Another Purge Take the weight of 4 or 5 pence of Rubarb cut it in little pieces and take a spoonful or two of good Currans washt very clean so mingle them together and so eat them fast an hour after and begin that meal with broth you may take it an hour before if you will. Broth for a Consumption Take a coarse Pullet and sow up the belly and an ounce of the conserves of red Roses of the conserves of Borage and Bugloss flowers of each of them half an ounce Pine Apple kernels and Pistachs of each half an ounce bruised in a Mortar 2 drachms of Amber powder all mixed together and put in the belly then boil it in 3 quarts of water with Agrimony Endive and Succory of each one handful Sparrow-grass roots Fennel-roots Caper-roots and one handful of Raisins of the Sun stoned when it is almost boyled take out the Pullet and beat it in a stone Mortar then put it into the liquor again and give it three or four walmes more then strain it and put to a little red Rose-water and half a pint of White-wine and so drink it in a morning and sleep after it To prevent miscarrying Take Venice Turpentine spread it on black brown paper the breadth and length of a hand lay it to the small of her back then give her to drink a caudle made of Muscadine and put into it the husks of twenty three sweet Almonds dried and finely powdered For Boils or Kibes or to draw a Sore Take strong Ale and boyl it from a pint to four spoonfuls and to keep it it will be an Ointment To make Cammomil Oyl Shred a pound of Cammomil and knead it into a pound of sweet Butter melt it and strain it A Receipt for the Pleurisie Take three round Balls of Horse-dung boyl them in a pint of white wine till half be consumed then strain it out and sweeten it with a little Sugar and let the Patient go to bed and drink this then lay him warm For an Ague Take a pint of Milk and set it on the fire and when it boyls put in a pint of Ale then take off the curd and put in 9 heads of Carduus let it boyl till half be wasted then to every quarter of a pint put a good spoonful of Wheat-flower and a quarter of a spoonful of gross Pepper and an hour before the fit let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint and be sure to lye in a sweat before the fit An excellent Balm for a green Wound Take two good handfuls of English Tobacco shred it small and put it in a pint of Sallet Oyl and seeth it on a soft fire to simper till the oyl change green then strain it and in the cooling put in two ounces of Venice Turpentine For an Ach. Take of the best Gall white-wine Vinegar and Aqua vitae of each a like quantity and boyl it gently on the fire till it grow clammy then put it in a glass or pot and when you use any of it warm it against the fire rub some of it with your hand on the aking place and lay a linnen cloth on it do this mornings and evenings To make a Sear-cloth Virgins Wax Sperma Ceti Venice Turpentine oyl of white Poppy oyl of Ben oyl of sweet Almonds For Wind in the stomach and for the Spleen Take a handful of broom and boyl it in a pint of Beer or Ale till it be half consumed and drink it for the wind and the stomach and for the Spleen A most excellent water for a Consumption and Cough of the Lungs Take a running Cock pull him alive then kill him when he is almost cold cut him abroad by the back and take out the Intrails and wipe him clean then cut him in quarters and break the bones put him into such a Still as you still Rose-water in and with a pottle of Sack a pound of Currans a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned a quarter of a pound of Dates the stones taken out and the Dates cut small two handfuls of wild Thyme two handfuls of Orgares two handfuls of Pimpernel and two handfuls of Rosemary two handfuls of Bugloss and Borage flowers a pottle of new milk of a red Cow still this with a soft fire put into the glass that the water doth drop into half a pound of Sugar candy beaten very small one Book of leaf Gold cut small among the sugar 4 grains of Ambergreece 12 grains of prepared Pearl you must mingle the strong water with the small and drink 4 spoonfuls at a time in the morning fasting and an hour before supper you must shake about the glass when you drink it For a Bruise Take six spoonfuls of Honey a great handful of Linseed bruise these in a Mortar and boyl them in a pint of Milk an hour then strain it very hard and anoint your breast and stomach with it every morning and evening and lay a red cloth upon it The Eye water for the infirmities and diseases of the Eye Take of the distilled water of the white wild Rose half a pound of the distilled water of Celandine Fennel Eye-bright and Rue of each two ounces of Cloves an ounce and a half of white Sugar-candy one drachm of Tutia prepared these ounces pulverize all these ingredients each by themselves saving that you must bruise the Camphire with your Sugar-candy for so it breaks best then mix all the powders together in a Paper put
of each of them a like quantity and seeth them in White-wine and make a Plaister thereof and let it be laid as hot as may be suffered to the place grieved and this will ease a pain and asswage the swelling An approved Medicine for a stinking Breath Take a good quantity of Rosemary leaves and flowers and boyl them in White-wine and with a little Cinnamon and Benjamin beaten in powder being put thereto let the Patient use to wash his mouth very often therewith and this will presently help him A good Broth for one that is weak Take part of a Neck of Lamb and a pretty running Fowl and set them on the fire in fair spring water and when it boyleth scum it well so done put in two large Mace and a few Raisins of the Sun stoned and a little Fennel root and a Parsly root and let them boyl if the party be grieved with heat or cold in the stomach if heat put in two handful of barley boyled before in two waters and some Violet leaves Sorrel Succory and a little Egrimony if cold put in Rosemary Thyme a little Marrigold leaves Borrage and Bugloss and boyl this from 4 pints to less than one A Receipt for Purging D. T. Take the leaves of new Sene 6 ounces of chosen Rubarb one ounce and half leaves of Sage and Dock roots of each one ounce of Barberries half an ounce Cinnamon and Nutmeg of each an ounce Annise-seeds and Fennel seeds of each six drachms of Tamarisk half an ounce Cloves and Mace of each half a drachm beat them into a gross powder and hang them in a linnen bag in six gallons of new Ale so drink it fasting in the morning and at night To comfort the stomach and help windiness and Rheum Take of Ginger one penny-worth Cloves 4 penny-worth Mace seven penny-worth Nutmeg 4 penny-worth Cinnamon 4 penny-worth and Galingal two penni-worth of each an ounce of Cubebs Corral and Amber of each 2 drachms of Fennel seeds Dill seed and Carraway seed of each one ounce of Liquorish and Annise seeds of each an ounce all beaten into fine powder 1 pound and a half of fine beaten Sugar which must be set on a soft sire and being dissolved the powders being well mixed therewith till it be stiff then put thereunto half a pint of red rose-Rose-water and mix them well together and put it into a gally pot and take thereof first in the morning and last in the evening as much as a good Hasel Nut with a spoonful or two of red Wine To make a Callice for a weak person Take a good Chicken and a piece of the neck end of Lamb or Veal not so much as the Chicken and set them on the fire and when they boil and are well scummed cast in a large mace and the pieces of the bottom of a manchet and half a handful of French barly boiled in 3 waters before and put it to the Broth and take such herbs as the party requireth and put them in when the broth hath boiled half an hour so boil it from 3 and a half to 1 then cast it through a strainer and scum off all the fat so let it cool then take 20 good Jordan almonds or more if they be small and grind them in a mortar with some of the broth or if you think your broth too strong grind them with some fair water and strain them with the broth then set it upon a few coals and season it with some Sugar not too much and when it is almost boiled take out the thickest and beat it all to pieces in the mortar and put it in again and it will do well so there be not too much of the others flesh For the Gout Take 6 drams of Ciriacostine fasting in the morning and fast 2 hours after it you may roul it up in a Wafer and take it as Pills or in Sack as you conceive is most agreeable for the stomach this proportion is sufficient for a Woman take 8 drams for a man and take it every second day until you find remedy for it it is a gentle purge that works only upon winds and water The Poultess for the Gout Take a penny loaf of whitebread and slice it and put it in fair water 2 Eggs beaten together a handful of red Rose leaves 2 pennyworth of Saffron dryed to powder then take the bread out of the water and boyl it in a quantity of good milk with the rest of the ingredients and apply it to the place grieved as warm as you can well endure For them that cannot hear Put into their ears good dried Suet. A Soveraign water good for many Cures and the health of bodies Take a gallon of good Gascoign Wine White or Claret then take Ginger Galingal Cardomon Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Cloves Annise seeds Fennel seeds Carraway seeds of each of them 3 drams then take Sage Mint red Rose leaves Thyme Pellitory Rosemary wild Thyme wild Marjoram Organy Pennymountain Pennyroyal Cammomil Lavendar Avens of each of them a handful then beat the spices small and the herbs and put all into the Wine and let it stand for the space of 12 hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Limbeck and keep the first water by it self for it is best then will there come a second water which is good but not so good as the first the Virtues of this Water be these It comforteth the Spirit Vital and preserveth greatly the Spirit Vital and preserves the youth of man and helpeth all inward diseases coming of cold and against shaking of the Palsie It cureth the contract of sinews and helpeth the conception of the barren it killeth the worms in the belly it killeth the Gout it helpeth the tooth-ach it comforteth the stomach very much it cureth the cold Dropsie it breaketh the stone in the back and in the reins of the back it cureth the Canker it helpeth shortly the stinking breath and whosoever useth this water oft it preserveth them in good liking this water will be better if it stand in the Sun all the Summer and you must draw of the first water but a pint and of the second as far as it will run until the whole gallon of wine and herbs be all done out but the last water is very small and not half so good as the first if you do draw above a pint of the best water you must have all things more as is aforesaid To stench the bleeding of a wound Take a Hounds turd and lay it on a hot coal and bind it thereto and that shall stench bleeding or else bruise a long worm and make powder of it and cast it on the wound or take the ear of a Hare and make powder thereof and cast that on the wound and that will stench bleeding For spitting of blood after a fall or bruise Take Bettany Vervain Nose-bleed and 5 leaved grass of each alike and stamp them in a mortar and wring out
of Bayes then let it boyl again a little then let your clothes be but of a reasonable size to dip them in it then you must have two sticks which must be hollow in the middle to strip the clothes through then lay them abroad until they be cold upon a board then rowl them up and keep them and when you use them lay them upon the place grieved and let them lie 12 hours then take it off and wipe it and lay the other side and let that lie as long A Plague Water to be taken three times for the first helpeth not Take a Gallon of White-wine Ale or Beer and to that quantity take a quarter of a pound of each of these Herbs following Rose-water a quarter of a pint Rue Sage Vervain Egrimony Bettony Celendine Carduus Angelica Pimpernel Scabious Valerian Wormwood Dragons Mugwort all these Herbs must you shred in gross together and steep in the aforesaid liquor the night before you distil it in a Rose-water still and then keep the first water by it self being the weaker and therefore fitter for Children it helpeth all Fevers Agues and Plagues being thus taken seven spoonfuls or thereabout of the strongest blood warm and give it to the party to drink in an Ague or Fever an hour before the fit come and so to sweat either by exercise or in your bed but your stomach must be empty and if it be taken for the Plague then put it into a little Diascordium or Mithridate A Defensive Plaister Take the white of an Egg and Bole Armoniack spread it on leather A Syrrup for a Cold. Take Colts foot Water Hyssop water and Honey put Liquorish Annise seeds and Elecampane put thereto the juice of Fennel and boyl them To stay the bleeding of a wound Take Charcoal red hot out of the fire and beat it to powder A Poultess Take Milk Oatmeal and red Rose leaves and a little Deers suet For the Running of the Reins Take Cups of Acrons and grate them and grate some Nutmeg put this in Beer and drink it For a Poultess Take Linseed and beat it to powder boyl it in Milk with Mallows and Sheeps suet For a Blast Take a good quantity of Vervin and boyl it in Milk and wash the blast therewith very well then bind the herb very close to it some few hours after wash it again the Milk being warmed and so bind it up again the oftner it is done the better and in a day or two it will be well if it be taken before it fester Another Take a good quantity of Vericon being green with as much Dill chop them together and boyl them in Boars grease as much as will cover them and for want thereof so much May butter and when they be boyled together let them stand 2 or 3 days and then boyl it a little and so strain it through a cloth A Balsamum Take in the latter end of September good store of Honey suckle berries and put them in a body of a glass Still stopped and set it in hot horse-dung 8 days distil it in Balneo then when you have drawn the water forth pour the water into the stuff again stop it close and put it into the dung 24 hours then set it in ashes and distil both water and oyl with a great fire as much as will come forth and at last separate the water from the oyl in Balneo To make an excellent oyl of Hypericon Take flowers leaves and seed of Hypericon as much as you list beat them together and infuse them in White-wine that they may be covered therewith and set them in the Sun for ten days then put thereto so much oyl-Olive as all the rest do weigh and let it stand ten days more in the Sun but look that you weigh the Oyl to know how much it is then put thereto for every pound of Oyl two ounces of Turpentine and 1 dram of Saffron and of Nutmegs and Cloves of each half an ounce of Myrrh and Rosin of each 1 ounce and of the root of Briony 2 ounces put them all in a Vessel of glass and mix them well together and set them in a Vessel of hot water and then set thereto a head of glass and Receiver well shut and boyl it so long until no more will distil from it which will be about 24 hours then take it out and strain it whilst it is hot and keep it in a Vessel of Glass and when you first use it heat it well and apply it upon a wound without using any tent at all this is excellent for a green wound especially if there be veins sinews or bones offended or cut it keepeth wounds from putrefaction it cleanseth them and easeth pain and doth incarnate and skin them it helpeth bruises pains aches or swelling in any part and is wonderful good against venom or poyson For the Falling sickness Take the roots of single Pionie grate them drink them and wear some of them about your neck For the kibed Heels Take a Turnip make a hole in the top of it take out some of the pith infuse into that hole oyl of Roses then stop close the hole roast the Turnip under the embers when it is soft apply it plaisterwise warm to the kibe bind it fast Lapis Prunellae A Medicine for sore Eyes Take one pound of Saltpeter boyl it in a Goldsmiths earthen pot with a very hot fire round about it let it boyl till it be very black and melted then take a quarter of an ounce or 6 pennyweight of Roch-allum and a quarter of an ounce of Brimstone break them and put them in the Saltpeter by little at once as it boyleth and let it burn till the flame go out of it self then pour it in a brass Ladle or into a Chafer and so let it stand till it be cold and when you will use it scrape it very fine with a knife and put a little of it to the sore eyes hold down the eye-lids till the pain be gone then let the water drop out of the eye This Medicine taketh away the Pearl Pin and Web in the eye and all sores and blood-shed it also helpeth the Toothach being put into the hollow Tooth with a little lint if the Tooth be not hollow rub it outward Finally it helpeth a stinking breath being eaten in the morning fasting For a Scald-head Take a handful of Grovers shreds and a handful of Dock-roots the pith taken out and boyl them in strong Ale until they be reasonable thick and annoint the head therewith For a Bloody Flux Take Rubarb and roast it then grind it to powder and take as much as will lie upon a six-pence and keep warm that day the next day eat conserve of Roses mixed with Coral and drink that day if you will posset Ale made of Cammomile For the Itch. Take a pound of Butter unwashed and unsalted 3 good handfuls of red Sage and as much Brimstone beaten into powder as a
drink Take half a pound of Horse-raddish then wash and scrape them very clean and slice them very thin-cross-ways on the root then put them into six quarts of small Ale such as is ready for drinking which being put into a pipkin close covered set on the embers keeping it a little more than blood warm for twelve hours then take it off the fire and let it stand to cool until the next morning then pour the clear liquor into bottles and keep it for your use drinking a good draught thereof in the morning fasting two hours after and the like quantity at four in the afternoon this drink is excellent good against winds as also for the scurvy and dropsie being taken in time An excellent Syrrup against Melancholy Take four quarts of the juice of Pearmains and twice as much of the juice of Bugloss and Borage if they be to be gotten a drachm of the best English Saffron bruise it and put it into the juice then take two drachms of Kermes small beaten to powder mix it also with the juice so being mixt put them into an earthen vessel covered or stopt forty eight hours then strain it and allow a pound of sugar to every quart of juice and so boil it to the ordinary height of a syrrup after it is boiled take one drachm of the spices of Dramber and two drachms of the spices of Diamargariton frigidum and so sew the same slenderly in a linnen bag that you may put the same easily into the bottle of syrrup and so let it hang with a thred out at the mouth of the bottle the spices must be put into the syrrup in the bag so soon as the syrrup is off the fire whilst it is hot then afterwards put it into the bottle and there let it hang put but a spoonful or two of Honey amongst it whilst it is boiling and it will make the scum rise and the syrrup very clear You must add to it the quantity of a quarter of a pint of the juice of Balm An excellent Receipt for the Plague Take one pound of green Walnuts half an ounce of Saffron and half an ounce of London Treacle beaten together in a mortar and with a little Carduus or some such water vapour it over the fire till it come to an Electuary keep this in a pot and take as much as a Walnut it is good to cure a Feaver Plague and any infection An excellent Cordial Take the flowers of Marigolds and lay them in small spirit of wine when the tincture is fully taken out pour it off from the flowers and vapour it away till it come to a consistence as thick as an Electuary For a bruise or stitch under the Ribs Take five or six handfuls of Cabbage stamp it and strain it after it is boiled in a quart of fair water then sweeten it with Sugar and drink it off in a wine-glass in the morning and at four in the afternoon for five or six days together then take a Cabbage leaf and between two dishes stew it being wet first in Canary wine and that lay hot to your side evening and morning An excellent Receipt for an Itch or any foul Scabs Take Fox gloves and boil a handful of them in posset-drink and drink of it a draught at night and in the morning then boil a good quantity of the Fox gloves in fair running water and anoint the places that are sore with the water A Receipt good for the Liver Take Turpentine slice it thin and lay it on a silver or Purslane Plate twice or thrice in the oven with the bread till it be dry and so make it into powder every day take as much as will lie on a six-pence in an Egg. For Flegm and stopping in the throat and stomach D. T. Take oyl of Almonds Linseed oyl buds of Orange flowers boil all these in Milk and anoint the stomach well with it and lay a scarlet cloth next to it For an extream cold and cough Take of Hyssop water 6 ounces of red Poppy water four ounces six Dates ten Figs and slice them small a handful of Raisins of the Sun the weight of a shilling of the powder of Liquorish put these into the aforesaid waters and let them stand 5 or 6 hours upon warm embers close covered and not boil then strain forth the water and put into it as much sugar of Roses as will sweeten it drink of this in the morning and at four of the clock in the afternoon and when you go to bed To distil Treacle water Take one ounce of Harts-horn shaved and boil it in three pints of Carduus water till it come to a quart then take the roots of Elecampane Gentian Cypress Tormentil and of Citron rinds of each one ounce Borage Bugloss Rosemary flowers of each two ounces then take a pound of the best old Treacle and dissolve it in six pints of white-wine and three pints of Rose-water so infuse all together and distil it It is good to restore spirits and speech and good against swooning faintness agues and worms and the small pox Treacle-water Take three ounces of Venice Treacle and mingle it in a quart of spirits of wine set it in Horse-dung 4 or 5 days then still it in ashes or sand twice over after take the bottom which is left in the Still and put to it a pint of spirit of wine and set it in the dung till the tincture be clean out of it and strain the clear tincture out of it and set it on the fire till it come to be a thick consistence it must be kept with a soft fire And so the like with saffron To take away Hoarsness Take a Turnip cut a hole in the top of it and fill it up with brown Sugar-candy and so roast it in the embers and eat it with Butter To take away the Head-ach Take the best Sallet oyl and the glass half full with tops of poppy flowers which grow in the Corn set this in the Sun a fortnight and so keep it all the year and anoint the temples of your head with it For a Cough Take Sallet oyl Aqua vitae and Sack of each an equal quantity beat them all together and before the fire rub the soles of your feet with it To make Jelly of Harts-horn Take a quart of running water and three ounces of Harts-horn scraped very fine then put it into a stone Jug and set the Jug in a kettle of water over the fire and let it boyl 2 or 3 hours until it jelly then put into it 3 or 4 spoonfuls of Rose-water or White-wine then strain it you may put into it Musk or Ambergreece and season it as you please To make a Glister Take half a quart of new Milk or 3 quarters set it on the fire and make it scalding hot then take it off and put it into it the yolk of a new laid Egg beaten two ounces of brown sugar-candy or black
the juice of them and put to the juice as much Goats milk and let them seeth together and let him that is hurt drink of it 7 days together till the waxing of the Moon and let him drink also Osmory and Comfry with stale Ale and he shall be whole For to heal him that spitteth Blood. Take the juice of Bettony and temper that with good milk and give the sick to drink four days and he shall be whole For to know whether one that hath the Flux shall live or die Take a penny weight of Tresoile seed and give him to drink in Wine or water and do this 3 days and if it cease he shall live with the help of Medicine if not he shall die For to stench the bleeding of a Vein Take Rue and seeth it in water and after stamp it in a Mortar and lay it on the Vein then take Lambs wooll that was never washed and lay that thereon and that shall stench bleeding For a Vein that is evil smitten Take Beans and peel away the lack and seeth them well in Vinegar and lay them on the Vein hot in manner of a Plaister For one that pisseth Blood. Take and seeth Garlick in water till the third part be wasted away let him drink of the water and he shall be whole For a woman travailing with Child Take and give her Tittany to drink in the morning and she shall be delivered without peril or else give her Hysop with water that is hot and she shall be delivered of the child although the child be dead and rotten and anon when she is delivered give her the same without Wine or bind the herb Argentine to her nostrils and she shall be soon delivered or else Polipody and stamp it and lay that on the womans foot in manner of a Plaister and she shall be delivered quick or dead or else give her Savory with hot water and she shall be delivered Against surfeiting and digesting Take the bottom of a wheat loaf and toste it at the fire till it be brown and hard and then take a good quantity of Aqua vitae and put upon the same roasted and put it in a single linnen cloth and lay it at the breast of the Patient all night and with the help of God he shall recover and he shall vomit or purge soon after A water to comfort weak Eyes and to preserve the sight Take a gallon and a half of old wheat fair and clean picked from all manner of soil and then still it in an ordinary Still with a soft fire and the water that comes of it must be put in a glass then take half a pound of white Sugar-candy and bruise it in a mortar to powder and after 3 days when the water hath been in a glass then put in the powdered Candy then take an ounce of Lapis Tutia prepared and put it into the glass to the rest of the stuff then take an ounce of Camphire and break it between your fingers small and put it into the glass then stop the glass close and the longer it stands the better it will be For tender Eyes or for Children Take a little piece of white Sugar-candy as much as a Chesnut and put it into 3 or 4 spoonfuls of White-wine to steep then take it out again and dry it and when it is dry bruise it in a clean Mortar that tastes of no spice then put it upon a white Paper and so hold it to the fire that it may be thorow dry and then search it thorow a little sieve For hot and red Eyes Take slugs such as when you touch them will turn like the pummel of swords 12 or 16 shake them first in a clean cloth and then in another and not wash them then stamp them and put 3 or 4 spoonfuls of Ale to them and strain it through a dry cloth and give it the party morning and evening first and last For Corns Take fair water half a pint Mercury sublimate a pennyworth Allum as much as a Bean boil all these together in a glass Still till a spoonful be wasted and always warm it when you use it this water is also good for any Itch Tetter Ring-worm or Wart Searcloth for a Sore or Sprane or any swelling Take Vervain 7 ounces of Sires 7 ounces of Camphire 3 drams of oyl of Roses ten ounces let the Wax and this Oyl boyl till the Wax be melted then put in your Sires finely beaten stirring it on the fire till it look brown then put in the Camphire finely beaten and let it boyl 2 or 3 walms and then dip in your clothes A Poultess for a Swelling Take a good handful of Violet leaves and as much Grundsel of Chickweed and Mallows half a handful cut all these with a knife and so seeth them well in Conduit water and thicken it with Barly meal being finely sifted and so roul it sure and lay it to the swel'd place and shift it twice a day To make a strong water good for a Canker or any old Sore or to eat any lump of flesh that groweth Take of Celendine a handful of red Sage a handful and of Wood-bind leaves a handful shred all these together very small and steep them in a quart of White-wine and a pint of water letting it stand all night and on the morrow strain it and put therein of Borax and Camphire of each nine penny-worth and of Mercury four penâ—yworth and set them on a soft fire boyling softly for the space of an hour and when you will use it warm a little of it dip in it a cloth and lay it on the Sore or dip it in any Cotton To heal any Bruise Sore or Swelling Take two pound of Wax and two pound of Rosin and two pound and a half of butter and four spoonfuls of Flower and two good spoonfuls of Honey put in your Wax Rosin and your Butter altogether boyl all these together and clarifie it then put in two ounces of Carmerick and when it hath thus boyled a quarter of an hour put a little water in a dish and put it in and let it stand till it be cold and when you will use it you may melt it on a soft fire and put in your clothes and make a Searcloth and you may spread it Plaister-wise to heal any wound A Medicine for any wound old or new Take a pint of Sallet Oyl and 4 ounces of Bees Wax and two ounces of Stone pitch and two ounces of Rosin and two ounces of Venice Turpentine and one pennyworth of Frankincense and a handful of Rosemary tops and a handful of Tutsan leaves and a handful of Plantain leaves these herbs must be stamped and the juice of them put to the things aforesaid and let them boyl together about a quarter of an hour or thereabouts this being done put it into an earthen pot and when it is cold you may use it as you have occasion and keep it a year
into fine powder mingle them well together put in as much Barly flower as will make it thick for a Plaister spread it on leather lay it to the small of the back letting it lie nine hours use four plaisters one after another you must slit the plaister in the midst so as it may not lie on the back bone A present remedy for a woman with Child that hath taken harm by a fall or fright or any mischance To stay the Child and strengthen it take one ounce of Pickerel jaws fine beaten and searced of Date stones and Bole Armoniack of each one ounce of Sanguis Draconis half an ounce give of these being well searced and mingled together a French Crown weight in Muskadine or Malmsey and let the woman keep her self very warm For a weak Back Take of red lead half a pound of white lead half a pound boyl these in three pints of Sallet Oyl in a pipkin stirring them continually with a piece of Iron until it be of a gray colour then rowl it up in rowls and keep it for your use Oyl of Saint John's Wort. Take a quart of Sallet Oyl put thereto a quart of the flowers of St. Johns Wort well picked let them lie therein all the year till the seeds be ripe the glass must be kept warm either in the Sun or in water all the Summer untill the seeds be ripe then put in a quarter of St. Johns Wort seeds whole and so let it stand 12 hours then you must seeth the oyl 8 hours the glass being kept open and the water in the pot full as high as the oyl is of height in the glass then when it is cold strain it that the seeds may not remain in the oyl then put up the oyl for your use A green Salve for an old Sore Take a handful of Groundsel as much Housleek of Marigold leaves a handful pick and wipe these Herbs clean but wash them not then beat all these herbs in a wooden bowl as small as is possible then strain out all the juice and put in a quantity of Hogs grease as much as two Eggs beat all these together again then put in the juice again and put in 10 Eggs yolks and whites 5 spoonfuls of English Honey and as much wheat flower as will make all this as thick as a salve and so stir it very well together and put it close up in a pot that it take no air and so keep it for your use A most excellent Powder for the Cholick and Stone You must take morning and evening before you go to bed Sperma Ceti one ounce and a half Cloves and Mace 1 quarter of an ounce Annise seeds and Perstone of each 2 ounces Cinnamon and small Pepper of each 1 quarter of an ounce Date stones a quarter of an ounce Liquorish Fennel and Sage Bay-berries of each three quarters of an ounce Acorns one quarter and half of an ounce Lilly roots two drachms the white of Oyster-shells burned in the fire one quarter of an ounce beat all these into fine powder and drink as much thereof in Ale or Beer as will lie on a six-pence and fast one hour or two after it if the party be sore grieved take one handful of Parsly and seeth it in Ale till half be sod away with 20 or 30 Prunes therein strained and put thereto two spoonfuls of this powder and drink it mornings and evenings somewhat warm A present Remedy for the Running of the Reins Take an ounce of Nutmegs half an ounce of Mastick then slice the Nutmegs and put them in steep in Rose Vinegar all one night then lay them in a dish to dry before the fire then take the Mastick and lay it in Papers and beat it with a hammer very small and put a little Coral well beaten unto it and as much Ambergrease then mingle these things together with Sugar and make it pleasant to eat and so take a good quantity morning and evening A Salve for a green wound Take 2 handfuls of water-Dittany 2 handfuls of Rosemary shred very small a quarter of a pint of Turpentine half a pound of yellow Wax a quart of Sallet Oyl half a pint of White-wine boyl all these together while the White-wine be quite consumed then it will be green and come to the height of a Salve A proved Medicine for a burning or scalding by lightning or otherwise Take Hogs grease or sheeps treacles and Alehoof beat these very well together then take more Hogs grease and boyl it to a Salve To use it Annoint the place grieved with this ointment and then lay upon the sore so annointed Colewort-leaves which must be boyled very soft in water and the strings made smooth with beating them with a Pestle A Powder for the Green Sickness approved with very good success upon many Take of Cloves Mace Nutmegs of each one quarter of an ounce beat them severally and then altogether very well fine sugar very small beaten one quarter of a pound and then mix and beat them all four together Pearl the sixth part of half an ounce finely beaten mingle it with the rest and beat them altogether again the filing of Steel or Iron an ounce and a quarter sift it very fine and mingle it with the rest but if so small a quantity will not serve add a quarter more of the mettle let it be sifted before you weigh it but if all this will not serve the turn put in a little Rubarb or a little Aloe succatrina The manner of using this Powder In the morning when you rise take half a spoonful of it as much at four a clock in the afternoon and as much when you go to bed walk or stir much after the first taking of it I mean every morning and evening fast one hour after the taking of it or more and then eat some Sugarsops or thin broth The Patients Diet. She must forbear Oatmeal in broth or any other thing Cheese Eggs Custards or any stopping meat take care that this be not given to any woman that hath conceived or is with Child A Drink to stench Blood inwardly Take the juice of one handful of Shepherds purse of Parsly and Five-finger of each as much take five slips of Egrimony strain all these juices into the milk of a red Cow and drink thereof early and late warm A Powder to keep the Teeth clean and from being worm eaten Take Rosemary burned to ashes Cuttles bone Harts-horn burned to powder Sal Gemmae 12 penny weight the flowers of Pomegranates white Coral of each a six-penny weight make all these into powder and with a little Rosewater and a Sage leaf rub the teeth A Salve to heal all manner of Sores and Cuts Take one pint of Turpentine one pint of oyl of Olives a quarter of a pint of running Water nine branches of Rosemary one ounce of unwrought Wax 2 ounces of Roses seeth all these together in a little pan over the
Walnut boyl these well together and strain it and put in half an ounce of Ginger beaten small For sore Eyes Take new Hens-dung out of the nest and put it into an Oven almost cold let it lie there all night and take the white of it and beat it being dried and take as much of the powder of Ginger finely beaten and put to that half in like quantity of Sugar-candy all which all which must be beaten very well and searced then put it into the sore eyes every night and in the morning and wash it out with water A Water for sore Eyes Take a pint of fair running water of wild Dasies and 3 leaved grace of each a good handful wash the herbs very clean in a Cullender and put them into a clean skillet of water let them boyl very well over the fire until the water look green then take a little piece of Allum and put into the water and when it is boyling then tast of the water and when it sticks to the mouth take as much honey as will make it very sweet then after it hath boyled a little while take it off the fire strain it and drop a little every night into the eyes An approved application against any Surfeit Take the bottom of a Muncornloaf cut it about an inch thick and as broad as the palm of your hand toast it very well then take of Sallade Oyl and Claret-wine of each a like quantity as much as will wet the toast well throughly warm it hot then put the toast into it when the toast is well soaked strew the powder of Cloves and Mace hereupon thick then apply it to the stomach of the Patient as warm as he can endure it it will purge upwards and downwards as often as you apply a fresh toast made as aforesaid that may be applied so often as any one findeth their stomach ill at ease although then it will not purge except in case of surfeit A Medicine against the Plague Take of the root called Set-well the quantity of half a Walnut and grate it of Treacle green one good spoonful of fair water 3 spoonfuls make all these more than lukewarm and so drink them off in bed and sweat six or seven hours and in your sweat drink small Posset Ale made of small drink as you need but not till an hour and half after the taking of the Potion and it will bring forth the Plague sore If you cast the Medicine you may take it the second third or fourth time by the whole half or less measure as your stomach will bear it if any do take it and thereupon happen presently amendment or a rising or sore you may think it to be the sickness for the nature of the Medicine is to prevent the Plague and in others to expell the Sore if it be not taken too late in which case the stomch will not brook it easily and after two or 3 times taking if you minister it to any let it be at their first sickness lest if their disease be other they may receive 〈◊〉 thereby Jelly of Frogs Take the Jelly of Frogs in March and still it in a Glass-still it is a good medicine to stop blood and for the heat and redness of the face and good to cure green wounds For the Tooth-ach Take Spearmints and ground-Ivy of each a handful and a good spoonful of Bay-salt stamp all these very well together and boyl them in a pint of the strongest Vinegar that you can get let these boyl all together until they come to a quarter of a pint then strain it and put it into a glass and stop it very close when your teeth do ake take a spoonful of it blood warm and hold it in your mouth on that side the pain is To make the Teeth stand fast Take Roots of Vervain in cold wine and wash the Teeth therewith For the perillous Cough Take white Hore-hound stamp it wring out the juice and mingle it with honey and seeth it and give it to the sick to drink or else Sack and Garlick seed and roast it in the fire and take away the peelings and eat the rest with Honey or else take Sage Rue Cummin and powder of Pepper and seeth all these together in honey and make thereof an Electuary and take thereof a spoonful in the morning and another at night For a man that hath no tast in Meat or Drink Take a pottle of clear water and a good handful of Dandilion and put it in an earthen pot and seeth it till it come to a quart and then take out the herbs and put in a good quantity of white Sugar till you think it be somewhat pleasant and then put it into a Vessel wherein it may cool and then take 20 or 30 Almonds blanch them and beat them in a mortar and when the water is cold put it to the Almonds and strain it through a clean Cipris bag without compulsion and if it be thick let it run through again and so keep it in a vessel and drink of it often at all times as you please To preserve a man from the Plague Take Aloe Apaticum and Aloe Succatrine fine Cinnamon and Myrth of each of them 3 drams Cloves Mace Lignum Aloe Mastick Bole Armoniack of each of them half a dram let all these things be well stamped in a Mortar then mingle them together and after keep them in some close vessel and take of it every morning 2 penny weight in half a glass full of White-wine with a little water and drink it in the morning at the dawning of the day and so may you by the grace of God go safely into all infection of the air and Plague For a Tetter or Ring-worm Take Mercury a quarter of an ounce Camphire 1 penny weight make them into powder and rub them in a fair Porrenger then take and mix them with the water of the Wine 4 or 5 spoonfuls stir them well together then put as much more water to that then strain it through a cloth and take Poppey seeds one quarter of an ounce beat that in a stone Mortar with a spoonful of water of the wine putting a little and a little till you have spent the quantity of a pint then put to it half an ounce of the Milk of Cokernut so mix them well together with your Receipt and strain them as you make Almond Milk through a fair cloth then keep it in a glass for your use To keep ones body loose whensoever you need Take two ounces of syrrup of Roses 1 ounces of Sene one penny-worth of Annise seeds one stick of Liquorish one pint of Posternwater seeth them all together till it seeth to half a pint then strain them forth then boyl the two ounces of syrrup of Roses and drink it warm For a red Face Take Brimstone that is whole and Cinnamon of either of them an even proportion by weight beat them into small powder searce
31 To strengthen the stomach 33. 150 For Sun-burn 35 For a Swelling 39. 51. 52. 53. 72. 115 For Spitting of blood 46. 71 Against Surfeiting 60. 111. 175 For Sinews that are shrunk 93 Dr. Stevens Water 65. 144 To cause one to sleep 71. 103. 119. 122 For pain in the Stomach 75 A Cordial for the Sea 78 For the Stone 81. 88. 94. 112. 134. 135 For an old Sore 89. 90. 101. 109. 128. 145 To make oil of Sage 87 For a Scald 97. 123. 152 To make oil of Swallows 116 A water for the Sight 121 For the stiffness of Sinews 138 For the Spleen 151 Vertues of spirit of Saffron 103 Vertues of spirit of Strawberries 195 T For stopping in the Throat 11 To distil Treacle Water 12 For a Tetter 97. 181 To keep Teeth clean 86 To cure the Gargee in the Throat 90 To quench thirst 120 For the Tooth-ach 88. 170 To fasten the Teeth ibid. To make one take their meat 179 The Vertues of Aqua Theriacalis 193 V How to stay Vomiting 33 How to stop the bleeding of a Vein 47 For a Vein ill smitten 48 For Vlcers 55 Flos Unguentorum 57 Against biting of venemous beasts 70 Against falling of the Vvula 183 W A Cordial for wind in the stomach 147. 156 Restoratives for the same 16. 17. 18 For a green Wound 27. 54. 69. 70. 83. 109. 128. 132 For one that is Weak 42 To stanch bleeding of a Wound 46. 96. 168 For a Woman travelling with Child 48. 79 For a Wen 54 For cankered Wounds 62 Dr. Willoughbies Water 66 To draw an Arrow-head or any Iron out of a Wound 69 For a Woman that hath her Flowers too much 91 To cause a Woman to have her sickness 94 To kill Worms 94. 154 For the Wind-Cholick 102 For one that cannot make Water 114. 182 To take away Warts 121 Y Yellow Jaundice 37 A Choice Manual OR RARE and SELECT SECRETS IN PHYSICK By the Right Honourable the Countess of KENT A very good Medicine for a Consumption and Cough of the Lungs TAke a pound of the best Honey as you can get and dissolve it in a Pipkin then take it off the fire and put in two penny worth of flower of brimstone and a pennyworth of powder of Elecampane and 2 pennyworth of the flower of Liquorice and 2 pennyworth of red Rose-water and so stir them together till they be all compounded together and put it into a gally-pot and when you use it take a Liquorish-stick beaten at one end and take up with it as much almost as half a Walnut at night when you go to bed and in the morning fasting or at any time in the night when you are troubled with the Cough and so let it melt down in your mouth by degrees Sir John Digbies Medicine for the Stone in the Kidneys Take a pound of the finest Honey and take 7 quarts of Conduit-water set them on the fire and when it is ready to seeth scum it and still as the froth rises scum it and put in 20 whole Cloves and let them seeth softly for the space of half an hour and so bottle it up for your use and drink it morning and evening and at your meat and use no other drink until you are well A Medicine for the falling sickness Take a penyweight of the powder of Gold six pennyweight of Pearl 6 pennyweight of Amber 6 pennyweight of Coral 8 grains of Bezoar half an ounce of Piony seed also you must put some powder of a dead mans Skull that hath been an Anatomy for a woman and the powder of a woman for a man compound all these together and take as much of the powder of all these as will lie upon a two-pence for 9 mornings together in Endive water and drink a good draught of Endive water after it For Cordials and Restoratives use these things following In any faintness take 3 drops of Oil of Cinnamon mixed with a spoonful of sirrup of Gilliflowers and as much cinnamon-Cinnamon-water drink this for a Cordial Against Melancholy Take 1 spoonful of Gilliflowers the weight of 7 Barly corns of Bever-stone bruise it as fine as flower and so put into 2 spoonfuls of syrrup of Gilliflowers and take it four hours after Supper or else four hours after dinner this will cheer the heart If you be sick after meat use this Take of the best green Ginger that is preserved in syrrup shred it into small pieces put it into a gally-pot and put Cinnamon water to it then after dinner or supper eat the quantity of two Nutmegs upon a knifes point Aqua Mirabilis Take three pints of White-wine one pint of Aqua vitae one pint of juice of Celendine one dram of Cardamer a drachm of Mellilot-flowers Cubebs a dram Galingal Nutmeg Mace Ginger and Cloves of each a dram mingle all these together over-night the next morning set them a stilling in a glass Limbeck The Vertues This water dissolveth swelling of the Lungs and being perished doth help and comfort them it suffereth not the blood to putrifie he shall not need to be let blood that useth this water it suffereth not the heart-burning nor Melancholy or â—egm to have dominion it expelâ—eth Urine and profiteth the stomach it preserveth a good colour the visage memory and youth it destroyeth the Palsie Take some 3 spoonfuls of it once or twice a week or oftner morning and evening first and last Another way to make Aqua Mirabilis Take Galingal Cloves Quibs Ginger Mellilip Cardimomie Mace Nutmegs of each a dram and of the juice of Celendine half a pint adding the juice of Mints and Balm of each half a pint more and mingle all the said spices being beaten into a powder with the juice with a pint of good Aqua vitae and 3 pints of good White-wine put all these together in a pot and let it stand all night being close stopt and in the morning distil it with as soft fire as can be the still being close pasted and a cold still A Medicine for the Stone in the Kidneys Take a good handful of Pellitory of the Wall a handful of Meâ—d Parsley Saxifrage a handful of wild Thyme a handful of garden-Parsley three spoonfuls of Fennel seed six Horse-Radish-Roots sliced then shred all these together put them in a gallon of new Milk and let them stand steep in a close pot 1 whole night and then still them milk and all together this must be done in May or June for then herbs are in their best state when it is taken you must put two or three spoonfuls of this water as much White-wine as Rhenish and if you please a little sugar and so take it two days before the change and two days after and two days before the full and two days after continuing taking the same all the year and the patient undoubtedly shall find great ease and void many stones and much gravel with little pain To make Horse-raddish
sugar give it to the party blood-warm Another Take the bone of a neck of Mutton or Veal clean washed set it on the fire to boyl in 3 pints of fair water and when it is clean scummed then put in the roots of Fennel and Parsley clean washed and scraped of either of them the roots bruised a handful of Cammomil and Mallows a handful let all these boyl together till half be wasted then strain it take 3 quarters of a pint of this broth brown sugar-candy two ounces of oyl of Flax seed two ounces mingle all these together and take it for a glister blood-warm when it is in your bodâ— keep it half an hour or three quarters of an hour or an hour if you can A comfortable Cordial to chear the Heart Take one ounce of Conserve of Gilliflowers four grains of the best Musk bruised as fine as flower then put it into a little tin pot and keep it till you have need to make this Cordial following viz. Take the quantity of one Nutmeg out of your tin pot put to it one spoonful of Cinamon-water and 1 spoonful of the syrrup of Gilliflowers Ambergreece mix all these together and drink them in the morning fasting 3 or 4 hours this is most comfortable A Cordial for Wind in the stomach or any part Take six or eight spoonfuls of penniroyal-Penniroyal-water put into it four drops of oyl of Cinamon so drink it any time of the day so you fast two hours after Restorative Take a well flesht Capon from the barn door and pluck out his Intrails then wash it within with a little White-wine then flea off all the skin and take out his bones and take the flesh only cut it in little pieces and put it into a little stone bottle and put to it one ounce of white Sugar-candy six Dates slit with the stones and piths taken out one large Mace then stop the bottle up fast and set it in a Chafer of water and let it boyl three hours then take it out and pour the juice from the meat and put to it one spoonful of red Rose-water and take the better part for your break-fast four hours before dinner and the other part at three a clock in the afternoon being blood-warm Another Restorative Take half a pint of Claret wine and half a pint of Ale and make a Caudle with a new-laid Egg put in half a Nutmeg cut into two pieces then take it off the fire and put in seven grains of Ambergreece drink this for two break-fasts for it will increase blood and strength Another Restorative Take two new laid Eggs and take the whites clean from them and put the yolks both in one shell then put in two spoonfuls of Claret wine seven grains of Ambergreece small bruised and a little Sugar-candy stir all these together and make them blood-warm and sup them up for a breakfast three or four hours before dinner Another Restorative Take a young leg of Mutton cut off the skin and the fat take the flesh being cut into small pieces and put it into a stone bottle then put to it two ounces of raisins of the Sun stoned a large Mace an ounce and half of Sugar-candy and stop the bottle very close and â—et it boyl in a Chafer three hours and so put the juice from the meat and keep it in a clean glass it will serve for three breakfasts or if he will he may take some at three a clock in the afternoon being made warm A Restoring Broth. Take 2 ounces of China-roots first slit very thin then put it in a New Pipkin with five pints of running water being close covered and set it upon embers all night long where it may be very hot but not seeth then put to that water a great Cock Chicken and when it is clean scummed put into it two spoonfuls of French Barly six dates slit with the piths and stones taken out two ounces of raisins of the Sun ston'd a large Mace let all these boyl together till half be consumed then take out the Cock and beat the flesh of it in a clean Mortar and a little of the broth then strain it all together throughout a hair Cullender then put in two spoonfuls of red Rose-water and sweeten it with white Sugar-candy drink of this broth being made warm half a pint in the morning early fasting and sleep after it if you can drink a good draught at three of the clock in the afternoon this broth is very good for a Consumption and the longer they take it it is the better A strengthening Meat Take Potato roots roast them or bake them then pill them and slice them into a dish put to it lumps of raw Marrow and a few Currans a little whole Mace and sweeten it with sugar to your tast and so eat it instead of buttered Parsnips Broth for a Consumption Take 3 Marrow bones break them in pieces and boyl them in a gallon of water till half be consumed then strain the liquor through a Cullender and let it stand while it be cold then take off all the fat clean and put the broth into a pipkin and put to it a good Cock-Chicken and a knuckle of Veal then put into it the bottom of a white loaf a whole Mace two ounces of Raisins of the Sun stoned six Dates slit let all these boyl together till half be consumed then strain it instead of Almonds take a few Pistachs kernels and beat them and strain with your broths as you do Almond milk and so sweeten it with white sugar and drink half a pint early in the morning and at three a clock in the afternoon and so continue a good while together or else it will do you no good Another Cordial Take a preserved Nutmeg cut it in four quarters eat a quarter at a breakfast and another in the afternoon this is good for the head and stomach A Cordial for a breakfast fasting Eat a good piece of Pomecitron preserved as big as your two fingers in length and breadth and so at 3 of the clock in the afternoon A Restoring break-fast Take the brawn of a Capon or Pullet 12 Jordan Almonds blanched beat them together and strain out the juice with a draught of strong broth and take for a breakfast or to bedward A Medicine for any griping of the Belly Take a pint of Claret wine put to it a spoonful of Parsley-seed and a spoonful of sweet Fennel-seed half a dozen cloves a branch of Rosemary a wild Mallow root clean washt and scrapt and the pith taken out with a good piece of Sugar set this on the fire and burn the Claret very well with all these things in it then drink a good draught of it in the morning fasting and at 3 a clock in the afternoon To keep the Body Laxative Take half a pint of running water put it in a new Pipkin with a cover then put into the water two ounces of Manna and when it is
them in a strong glass pour the distilled waters upon them and three pints of the best French white wine that can be had shake it every day 3 or 4 times long together for a month and then you may use it remember to keep it very close stopt This is verbatim as it was had from the Lord Kelley A Medicine very good for the Dropsie or the Scurvy and to clear the Blood. Take 4 gallons of Ale drawn from the tap into an earthen Stand when the Ale is two days old then you must put in of Brooklime of Water-cresses of Water-mints with red stalks of each four handfuls half a peck of Scurvy-grass let all these be clean picked and washed and dried with a cloth and shred with a knife and then put into a bag then put in the Ale and stop it close so that it have no vent stop it with Riâ— Paste the best Scurvy-grass groweth by the water side it must be 7 days after the things be in before you drink it Take two quarts of water and put in 4 ounces of Guiacum two ounces of Sarsaparilla one ounce of Saxifrage put it into a pipkin and infuse it upon the embers for 12 hours and then strain it and put it into the Ale assoon as it hath done working this being added makes the more Caudle For sore Eyes Take half a pint of red Rose-water put therein 4 penny-worth of Aloe succotrina as much Bolearmoniack in quantity let this lie 24 hours in steep then wash your eyes with it evenings and mornings with a Feather and it will help them A Sirrup to strengthen the stomach and the brain and to make a sweet breath Take Rinds while they be new one pound of running water the value of 5 wine pints then seeth it unto 3 pints then strain it and with one pound of Sugar seeth it to a syrrup and when you take it from the fire put to it four grains of Musk. For the burning in the back Take the juice of Plantain and Womans milk being of a Woman with Child put thereto a spoonful of rose-Rose-water and wet a fine cloth in the same and so lay it to your Back where the heat is A very good Medicine to stay the Vomiting Take of Spear-Mints Worm-wood and red Rose leaves dried of each half a handful of Rye-bread grated a good handful boyl all these in red Rose-water and Vinegar till they be somewhat tender then put it into a linnen cloth and lay it to the stomach as hot as you can endure it heating it 2 or 3 times a day with such as it was boyled in For weakness in the Back Take Nep and Clary and the Marrow of an Oxes back chop them very small then take the yolks of 2 or 3 Eggs and strain them all together then fry them use this 6 or 7 times together and after it drink a good draught of Bastard or Muscadine To make a Cap for the pain and coldness of the Head. Take of Storax and Benjamine of both some 12 penny-worth and bruise it then quilt it in a brown paper and wear it behind on your head To make pectoral Rouls for a Cold. Take 4 ounces of Sugar finely beaten and half an ounce of fearced Liquorish 2 grains of Musk and the weight of two pence of the syrrup of Liquorish and so beat it up to a perfect paste with a little syrrup of Hore-hound and a little Gum-dragon being steeped in Rose-water then roul them in small Rouls and dry them and so you may keep them all the year For the Running of the Reins Take the pith of an Oxe that goeth down the back a pint of red Wine and strain them together through a cloth then boyl them a little with a good quantity of Cinnamon and a Nutmeg and a large Mace a quantity of Ambergreece drink this first and last daily For Sun-burn Take the juice of a Lemmon and a little Bay-salt and wash your hands with it and let them dry of themselves wash them again and you shall find all the spots and stains gone For a Pin and Web and redness in the Eye Take a pint of white Roseâ—water half a pint of White-winâ— as much of Lapis Calaminaris as Walnut bruised put all these in glass and set them in the Sun oâ— week and shake the glass everâ— day then take it out of the Sun and use it as you shall need A special Medicine to preserve the Sight Take of brown Fennel Honey suckles of the hedge of wild Dalâ— sie-roots picked and washed anâ— dried of Peal-wort of Eye-brighâ— of red Roses the white clippeâ— away of each of these a handfuâ— dry gathered then steep all thesâ— herbs in a quart or 3 pints of thâ— best White-wine in an earthenâ—pot and so let it lie in steep 2 or â— days close covered stirring it â— times a day and so still it with â— gentle fire making two distilâ—lings and so keep it for your useâ— A proved Medicine for the Yellow Jaundies Take a pint of Muscadine a pretty quantity of the inner bark of a Barbery tree 3 spoonfuls of the greenest goose dung you can get and take away all the white spots of it lay them in steep all night on the morrow strain it and put to it one grated Nutmeg one penny-worth of Saffron dried and very finely beaten and give it to drink in the morning To make Pectoral Rouls Take one pound of fine Sugar of Liquorish and Annise seed two spoonfuls Elecampane 1 spoonful of Amber and Coral of each a quarter of a spoonful all this must be very finely beaten and searced and then the quantity that is set down must be taken mix all these powders together well then take the white of an Egg and beat it with a pretty quantity of Musk then take a brazen mortar very well scoureâ— and a spoonful or two of the Powâ—ders and drop some of the Egg 〈◊〉 it so beat them to a paste the make them in little rouls and laâ— them on a place to dry A plaister for a sore Breast Take crums of white bread thâ— tops of Mint chopped small anâ— boyl them in strong Ale and makâ— it like a poultess and when it 〈◊〉 almost boyled put in the powdeâ— or Ginger and oyl of Tyme so spread it upon a cloth it wilâ— both draw and heal A Medicine for the dead Palsie and for them that have lost their speech Take Borage leaves Marrigold leaves or flowers of each a good handful boyl it in a good Ale Posset the Patient must drink a good draught of it in the morning and sweat if it be in the arms or legs they must be chafed for an hour or two when they be grieved and at meals they must drink of no other drink till their speech come to them again and in winter if the herbs be not to be had the seeds will serve An approved Medicine for an Ach or Swelling Take the flowers of Cammomil and Rose leaves
and put thereto a little Wheat flower and stir them together till it be thick but let it come near no fire but all cold let it be laid on raw to the sore and it shall cleanse the wound A Medicine for a Bone-ach Take Brook-lime and Smallage and Dasies with fresh Sheeps tallow and fry them together and make thereof a plaister and lay it to the sore hot For Sinews that are shrunk Take young Swallows out of the nest a dozen or 16 and Rosemary Lavender and rotten Straw-berry leaves strings and all of each a handful after the quantity of the Swallows the feathers guts and all bray them in a mortar and fry all them together with May Butter not too much then put it into an earthen pot and stop it close 9 days then fry it again with May Butter and fry it well and strain it well when you shall use it chafe it against the fire A water for the biting of a mad Dog. Take Scabius Matfiline Yarrow Nightshade wild Sage the leaves of white Lillies of each a like quantity and still them in a common Still and give the quantity of 3 or 4 spoonfuls of the Water mingled with half a handful of Treacle to any man or beast that is bitten within 3 days after the biting and for lack of the water take the juices of those herbs mingled with Treacle it will keep therefore from rankling take Bittany Egrimony and rusty Bacon and beat them fine together and lay it unto the wound and it will keep it from rankling A proved Medicine for any one that have an Ague in their breast Take the Patients own water or any others that is very young and set it on the fire put therein a good handful of Rosemary and let it boyl then take 2 red clothes and dip them in the water then nip it hard and lay it on the breast as hot as it may be endured and apply it till you see the breast asswaged then keep it very warm To kill a Fellon Take red Sage white Sope and bruise them and lay it to the Fellon and that will kill it To break a Fellon Take the grounds of Ale and as much Vinegar the crums of leavened bread and a little Honey and boyl them altogether till they be thick and lay that hot to the joynt where the Fellon is and that will heal it Doctor Stevens Soveraign water Take a gallon of good Gascoign wine then take Ginger Galingal Cancel Nutmeg Grains Cloves Annise seeds Carraway seeds of each a dram then take Sage Mints red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary wild Thyme Cammomile Lavender of each an handful then bray both Spices and Herbs and put them all into the Wine and let them stand for 12 hours divers times stirring them then still that in a Limbeck but keep that which you still first by it self for that is the best but the other is good also but not so good as the first The Vertues of this water are these It comforteth the Spirits Vital and helpeth the inward diseases which come of cold and the shaking of the Palsie it cureth the contraction of Sinews and helpeth the conception of Women that be barren it killeth worms in the boyd it cureth the cold Cough it helpeth the tooth-ach it comforteth the stomach it cureth the cold Dropsie it helpeth the Stone it cureth shortly a stinking breath and whoso useth this water enough but not too much it preserveth him in good liking making him young Doctor Willoughbies Water Take Galingal Cloves Cubebs Ginger Mellilot Cardaniome Mace Nutmegs of each a dram and of the juice of Celendine half a pint and mingle all these made in powder with the said juice and with a pint of good Aqua vitae and three pints of good White-wine and put all these together in a Still of glass and let it stand so all night and on the morrow still it with an easie fire as may be The Vertue is of secret nature it dissolveth the swelling of the Lungs without any grievance and the same Lungs being wounded or perished it helpeth and comforteth and it suffereth not the blood to putrifie he shall never need to be let blood that useth this Water and it suffers not the heart to be burnt nor Melancholy or flegm to have dominion above nature it also expelleth the Rheum and purifieth the stomach it preserveth the visage or memory and destroyeth the Palsie and if this water be given to a man or woman labouring towards death one spoonful relieveth In the Summer time use once a week fasting the quantity of a spoonful and in winter two spoonfuls A Medicine for them that have a pain after their child-bed Take Tar and fresh Barrows grease and boyl it together then take Pigeons Dung and fry it in fresh grease and put it in a bag For the drink Take a pint of Malmsey and boyl it and put Bay-berries and Sugar in it the Bay-berries must be of the whitest and put therein some Sanders Take some fair water and set it over the fire and put some ground Malt to it when they use these things they must keep their bed For the running of the Reins Take Venice turpentine rolled in Sugar and Rose-water swallow it in pretty rolls and put a piece of scarlet warm to your back For Cods that be swollen Stamp Rue and lay thereto To draw an Arrow-head or other Iron out of a wound Take the juice of Valerian in the which you shall wet a Tent and put it into the wound and lay the same Herb stamped upon it then your band or binding as appertaineth and by this means you shall draw out the Iron and after heal the wound as it requireth A Plaister for a green wound Take Flower and Milk and seeth them together till it be thick then take the white of an Egg and beat them together and lay it to the wound and that will keep it from ranckling For a Lask Take an Egg and Aqua vitae and boyl it with the Egg till it be dry then take Cinnamon and sugar and eat it with the Egg. For him that hath a bunch or knot in his head or that hath his head swollen with a fall Take one ounce of Bay salt raw Honey 3 ounces Turpentine two ounces intermingle all this well upon the fire then lay it abroad upon a linnen cloth and thereof make a plaister the which you shall lay hot to the head and it will altogether asswage the swelling and heal it perfectly Against the biting of any venemous Beast Assoon as the person feeleth himself bit with any venemous beast or at least so soon as it is possible let him take green leaves of a Fig-tree and press the milk of them 3 or 4 times into the wound And for this also serveth Mustard seed mingled with Vinegar A perfect Remedy for him that is sore wounded with any Sword or Staff. Take Taxas barbatas and stamp it and take the juice of
it and if the Wound bleed wipe it and make it clean washing it with White-wine or water then lay the said juice upon the wound and the herb whereof you take the juice upon it then make your band and let it abide on a whole day and you shall see a wonderful effect A Bag to smell unto for Melancholy or to cause one to sleep Take dry Rose leaves keep them close in a glass which will keep them sweet then take powder of Mints powder of Cloves in a gross powder and put the same to the Rose leaves then put all these together in a bag and take that to bed with you and it will cause you to sleep and it is good to smell unto at other times For spitting of Blood. Take the juice of Bettony tempered with Goats Milk and drink thereof three or four mornings together An Ointment for all sores cuts swellings and heat Take a good quantity of Smallage and Mallows and put thereto 2 pounds of Bores grease 1 pound of Butter and Oyl of Neats foot a quantity stamp them well together then fry them and strain them into an earthen pot and keep it for your use Salve for a new Hurt Take the whitest Virgins wax you can get and melt it in a pan then put in a quantity of Butter and Honey and seeth them together then strain them into a dish of fair water and work it in your hands and make it in a round Ball and so keep it and when you will use it work some of it between your hands and strike it upon a cloth and lay it upon the sore and it will draw and heal it Against the biting of a mad Dog and the rage or madness that followeth a man after he is bitten Take the blossoms or flowers of wild Thistles dried in the shade and beaten to powder give him to drink of that powder in White-wine half a Walnut shell full and in thrice taking it he shall be healed Against the grief in the Lungs and spitting of blood Take the Herb called of the Apothecary Vngula Caballina in English Colts foot incorporated well with the lard of a Hog chopped and a new laid Egg boyl it together in a pan and give it to the patient to eat doing this nine mornings you shall see a marvellous thing this is also good to make a man fat Against spitting of Blood by reason of some vein broken in the breast Take Mice dung beaten into powder as much as will lie upon a groat and put it in a half a glassful of the juice of Plantane with a little sugar and so give the patient to drink thereof in the morning before breakfast and at nighâ— before he go to bed continuinâ— the same it will make him wholâ— and sound For to cleanse the Head. Take Pellitory of Spain and chew the roots three days a good quantity and it will purge the head and do away the Ach and fasten the teeth in the gums A good remedy against the Pleurisie Open a white loaf in the middle new baked and spread it will with Treacle on both the halfs on the crum side and heat it at the fire then lay one of the halfs on the place of the disease and the other half on the other side of the body directly against it and so bind them that they loose not nor stir leaving them so a day and a night or until the Imposthume break which I have sometimes seen in two hours or less then take away the bread and immediately the Patient will begin to spit and void the putrefaction of the Imposthume and after he hath slept a â—ittle you shall give him meat and with the help of God he shall shortly heal For a Pin or Web in the Eye Take two or three Lice out of ones head and put them alive into the eye that is grieved and so close it up and most assuredly the Lice will suck out the Web in the eye and will cure it and come forth without any hurt A Remedy to be used in a fit of the Stone when the water stops Take the fresh shells of Snails the newest will look of a reddish colour and are best take out the Snails and dry the shells with a moderate heat in an oven after the bread is drawn likewise take Bees and dry them so and beat them severally into powder then take twice so much of the Bees powder as the Snails and mix them well together keep it close covered in a glass and when you use it take as much of this powder as will lie upon a six-pence and put into a quarter of a pint of the distilled water of Bean flowers and drink it fasting or upon an empty stomach and eat nor drink nothing for 2 or 3 hours after This is good to cause the party to make urine bring away the gravel or stone that causeth the stopping hath done very much good A Syrrup for the pain in the Stomach Take 2 good handfuls of young Rue boyl it in a quart of good White-wine Vinegar till it be half consumed so soon as it is through cold strain it and put to every pint of the liquor a pound and a quarter of loaf-sugar and boil it till it come to a Syrrup when you use it take a good spoonful of this in the morning fasting and eat nor drink nothing for 2 or 3 hours after It is good for pain in the stomach that proceeds of windy vapours and is excellent good for the Lungs and obstructions of the Breast Receipts for bruises approved by the Lady of Arundel Take black Jet beat it to powder and let the Patient drink it every morning in beer till it be well Another for the same Take the sprigs of Oak trees and put them in paper roast them and break them and drink as much of the powder as will lie upon a six-pence every morning untill the Patient be well To cause easie labour Take 10 or 12 days before her looking 6 ounces of brown sugar-candy beaten to powder a quarter of a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned 2 ounces of Dates unstoned sliced half an ounce of Annise seeds bruised a quarter of an ounce of Cowslip flowers one dram of Rosemary flowers put them in a fine lawn bag with a flint stone that it may sink into a pottle of White-wine let it steep 24 hours and after take of it in the morning and at 4 in the afternoon and in the evening the quantity of a wine glass full A Cordial for the Sea. Take 1 ounce of syrrup of Clove-Gilliflowers 1 dram of Confectio Alchermes an ounce and a half of Borrage water and the like of Mint-water 1 ounce of Mr. Mountfords water and as much of Cinnamon water temper all these together in a Cordial and take a spoonful at a time when you are at Sea. A Plaister to strengthen the Back Take 8 yolks of Eggs new laid 1 ounce of Frankincense beaten
To kill worms Take Aloe succatrina 2 ounces let it stand in a quart of Malmsey eight hours drink it morning and evening For a hot Rheum in the Head. Take Rose-water Vinegar and sallet-oyl mix them well together and lay it to the head warm For a Lask Take the nether jaw of a Pike beat it to powder and drink it For an Itch or any scurf of the body Take Elecampane roots or leaves stamp them and fry them with fresh Grease strain it into a dish and annoint the Patient For one that is bruised with a fall Take Horse-dung and sheeps-suet boyl them together and apply it to the same place being laid upon a cloth For the Emeroides Take Hops and Vinegar fry them together and put it into a little bag and lay it as hot as it may be endured to the Fundament divers bags one after another and let one continue at it For one that is burned with Gun-powder or otherwise Take one handful of Groundsel twelve heads of Housleek one pint of Goose dung as much Chickens dung of the newest that may be gotten stamp the Herbs as small as you can then put the dung into a mortar temper them together with a pottle of Bores grease labour them together half an hour and strain it through a Canvas bag with a cleft stick into an earthen pan and use it when need requireth it will last two year To heal a prick with a Nail or Thorn. Take two handfuls of Celendine as much Orpen cut it small and boyl it with oyl Olive and unwrought Wax then strain it and use it To stop the bleeding of a cut or wound Take Hop stamp it and put it into the wound if Hop will not do it then put to it Vinegar with the Hop For a Scald Take the leaves of ground Ivy three handful Housleek one handful wash them and stamp them in a stone Mortar very small and as you stamp them put in a pint of cream by little and little then strain it and put it in a pot with a feather take of this and annoint the scalded place and then wet a linnen cloth in the same ointment and lay it on the place and over that rowl other clothes An Ointment for a Tetter Take Sal armoniack one ounce beat it into fine powder then mix it with sope and fresh grease of each two ounces make an ointment and annoint the place For the singing in the Head. Take one Onion cut out the core and fill that place with the powder of Cummin and the juice of Rue set on the top again and roast the Onion in embers then put away the outside and put it in a cloth wring out the juice take black wooll and dip it in put this into thine ear where the singing is and if it be on both sides then serve one after another A Drink for one that is weak and misdoubting a Consumption Take 3 handfuls of Rosemary bruise it a little and close it in paste bake it in an Oven until it be well dried then cut the paste and take forth the Rosemary infuse it in 2 quarts of Claret wine with two ounces of good Treacle 1 ounce of Nutmegs of Cinnamon and Ginger of each half an ounce bruised let them stand infused 2 nights and one day then distil it in a Limbeck drink hereof one spoonful or two next your heart A Drink for the Plague Take red Sage Herb-grace Elder leaves red Brier leaves of each one handful stamp them and strain them with a quart of White-wine and then put to it Aqua vitae and Ginger drink hereof every morning one spoonful nine mornings together and it will preserve you For a bruise or stitch Take the kernels of Walnuts and small Nuts Figs Rue of each one handful white Salt the quantity of one Walnut one race of Ginger one spoonful of Honey beat them all together very fine and eat of it three or four times every day make a plaister of it and lay it to the place grieved A Drink for one that hath a Rupture Take Comfrey one good handful wild Daisie roots as much and the like of knotted grass stamp all these together and strain it with Malmsey and give it to the Patient to drink morning and evening 9 days blood warm if it be a man that hath been long so he must lie nine days upon his back and stir as little as he can If he be a child he must be kept so much lying as you may for nine days if you think the drink too strong for the child give it him but 5 days in Malmsey and the rest in stale Ale have care that the party have a good Truss and keep him trussed one whole year at the least A Plaister for a Rupture Take the juice of Comfrey wild Daisie-roots and knotted grass of each a like quantity fresh butter and unwrought Wax of each a like quantity clarifie them severally then take of the roots of Comfrey dry it and make powder of it take the powder of Annise-seed and Cummin-seed but twice as much Cummin-seed as Annise boyl these powders in the Butter and unwrought Wax on a soft fire a good while then put in your juice let it boyl a walm or two so take it from the fire stir it altogether till it be cold take hereof and spread it and lay it to his Cods as hot as he can suffer it and use this till he be whole this plaister is most excellent for a Child that is burst at the Navel GRATIOSA CURA A Water for a Cut or a Sore Take Honey-suckles the knots nipt off flowers of Celendine flowers of red Sage of each three spoonfuls Five-finger Comfrey such as is to knit bones Daisies with the roots thereon Ladder of Heaven blossoms of Rosemary Setwel Herb-grace Smallage red Roses with the knots on or else red Rose cakes Adders-tongue of each of these one handful seeth all together in six gallons of water that runneth towards the East until two gallons be sod in then strain them and put to the water 3 quarts of English Honey one pound of Roch-allum one pennyworth of madder one penny-worth of long Pepper seeth all together until one gallon be consumed then cleanse the water For the Wind Colick Take the flowers of Walnuts and dry them to powder and take of them in your Ale or Beer or in your broth as you like best and it will help you To make a soveraign Oyl of a Fox for the nummed Palsie Take a Fox new killed cased and bowelled then put into the body of Dill Mugwort Cammomil Camepites Southernwood red Sage Oliganum Hop Staecad Rosemary Costmary Cowslip flowers Balm Bettony sweet Marjorum of each a good handful chop them small and put thereto of the best Oyl of Castor Dill and Cammomil of each 4 ounces mix the herbs and oyls together and strow over them Aphronium a good handful put them all into the Fox and sew up his belly
a six-penny weight of this powder at a time in the morning fasting and drink not after it one hour For the Cholick and Stone Take 1 handful of Fili Pendula of Rosemary of Saxifrage of Ivy growing on the wall of Harts-tongue of Thyme of Parsley of Scabious of each 4 handfuls of Marigolds one handful of Marjorum 3 handfuls of brown Fennel of Londebeese of Spernits of Borrage of each 2 handfuls of Maiden-hair 3 handfuls still all these in May keep it in a Glass till you have need of it then take of it five spoonfuls and three of White-wine and of clean powder of Ginger half a spoonful put these together and warm it lukewarm and let the Patient drink it in the morning 2 hours before he rise out of his bed let him lay more clothes upon him for it will provoke him to sweat after the sweat is gone let him rise and walk whither he will. A good water to drink with wine or without to cool Choler Take Borrage roots and Succory roots of each two wash and scrape them fair and clean and take out their cores then take an earthen pot of two gallons fill it with fair spring water set it on a fire of Charcoal put the roots in it and 8 pennyworth of Cinnamon when it beginneth to seeth put into it 4 ounces of fine sugar and let it seeth half an hour then take it off let it cool and drink thereof at your pleasure How to make Aqua Composita for the Cholick and Stone Take strong Ale one month old as many gallons as your pot will hold and for every gallon take two ounces of Liquorish and as much Annise seeds and of these Herbs following two handfuls of each to every gallon of Birch leaves Burnet Pasphere Pellitory of the wall Watercresses Saxifrage Grumwell seeds Filipendula Pennyroyal Fennel half a root of Elecampane of Haws of Hips of Berries of Brambles and Barberries of each half a pint still them as you do other Aqua vitae A Medicine for the Cholick passion Take the smooth leaves of Holly dry them and make them into powder of Grumwell seed and Box seed of each a little quantity let the Patient drink thereof How to take away the servent shaking and burning of an Ague Take of the rind of the Wilding-tree with the leaves in Summer of each half a handful as much Bettony 3 crops of Rosemary seeth them in a quart of posset-Ale to a pint and let the sick drink of this as hot as he can and so within 3 times it will ease him For the hardness and stiffness of the Sinews Take 12 fledg'd Swallows out of the nest kill them beat them feathers and all in a Mortar with Thyme Rosemary and Hop then seeth them with May butter a good while then strain them through a strainer as hard as you can and it will be an Ointment take the strings that grow out of the Strawberries and beat them amongst the rest How to stay the Flux Take white Starch made of wheat 2 or 3 spoonfuls and take also new Milk from the Cow stir these together and let them be warmed a little and give it to the party grieved in manner of a Glister a present remedy An approved Medicine for the Plague called the Philosophers Egg It is a most excellent preservative against all poysons or dangerous Diseases that draw towards the Heart Take a new laid Egg and break a hole so broad as you may take out the white clean from the yolk then take one ounce of Saffron and mingle it with the yolk but be careful you break not the shell then cover it with another piece of shell so close as is possible then take an earthen pot with a close cover with warm embers so that it shall not be buried and as those embers do cool so put in more hot and do so for the space of two days until you think it be dry for proof whereof you shall put in a pen and if it come out dry it is well then take the Egg and wipe it very clean then pare the shell from the Saffron and set it before the fire and let it be warm then beat it in a Mortar very fine and put it by it self then take as much white Mustard-seed as the Egg and Saffron and grind it as small as meal then searce it through a fine Boulter that you may save the quantity of the Egg so searced then take a quarter of an ounce of Dittany roots as much Tormentil of Nuces Vomicae one dram let them be dried by the fire as aforesaid then stamp these 3 last severally very fine in a Mortar then mix them 3 well together after that take as a thing most needful the root of Angelica and Pimpernel of each the weight of six-pence make them to powder and mix them with the rest then compound therewith five or six scruples of Unicorns horn or for want thereof Harts horn and take as much weight as all these fine powders come to of fine Treacle and stamp it with the powders in a Mortar until it be well mixt and hang to the pestle and then it is perfectly made then put the Electuary in a stone pot well nealed and so it will continue 20 or 30 years and the longer the better How to use this Electuary First when one is infected with the pestilence let him take so soon as he can or ever the disease infect the heart one crown weight in Gold of this Electuary and so much of fine Treacle if it be for a man but if it shall be for a woman or child take less and let them be well mixed together and if the disease come with cold give him the Electuary with half a pint of White-wine warm well mixed together but if it come with heat then give it him with Plantain Water or Well water and Vinegar mixt together and when he hath drunk the same let him go to his naked bed and put off his shirt and cover him warm but let his bed be well warmed first a hot double sheet wrapped about him and so let him sweat 7 8 or 10 hours as he is able to endure for the more he doth sweat the better because the disease fadeth away with the sweat but if he cannot sweat then heat 2 or 3 Bricks or Tiles and wrap them in moist clothes wet with water and salt and lay them by his sides in the bed and they will cause him to sweat and as he sweateth let it be wiped from his body with dry hot clothes being conveyed into the bed and his sweat being ended shift him into a warm bed with a warm shift all fresh new clothes using him very warily for taking of cold and let his clothes that he did sweat in be well aired and washed for they be infectious and let the keepers of the sick beware of the breath or air of the party in the time of his
sweating therefore let her muffle her self with double old cloth wherein is Wormwood Rue Fetherfew crums of sowr Bread and Vinegar and a little Rose-water beat all these together and put it into the muffler made new every day while you do keep him and let the sick party have of it bound in a cloth to smell on while he is in a sweat then after do it away and take a new and because he shall be faint and distempered after his sickness he shall eat no flesh nor drink wine the space of nine days but let him use these Conservatives for his health as Conserve of Bugloss Borrage and red Roses and especially he shall drink 3 or 4 days after he hath sweat morning and evening 3 ounces of the juice of Sorrel mixed with an ounce of Conserve of Sorrel and so use to eat and drink whatsoever is comfortable for the heart also if one take the quantity of a Pea of the said Electuary with some good Wine it shall keep him from the infection therefore when one is sick in the house of the plague then so soon as you can give all the whole houshould some of this Receipt to drink and his keeper also and it shall preserve them from the infection yet keep the whole from the sick as much as you can beware of the clothes and bed that the sick party did sweat in To make Balm Water Take 4 gallons of strong Ale stale half a pound of Liquorish two pound of Balm two ounces of Figs half a pound of Annise seeds 1 ounce of Nutmegs shred the Balm and Figs very small and let them stand steeping 4 and 20 hours and then put it in a still as you use Aqua vitae To make Doctor Stevens Water Take one gallon of good Gascoign Wine of Ginger Galingals Nutmegs Grains Annise seeds Fennel seeds Carraway seeds Sage Mints red Roses garden-Thyme Pellitory Rosemary wild Thyme Pennyroyal Cammomil Lavender of each one handful bray your spices small and chop the herbs before named and put them with the spices into the Wine and let it stand 12 hours stirring it very often then still it in a Limbeck closed up with coarse paste so that no air enter keep the first water by it self it is good so long as it will burn An Ointment for any strain in the Joynts or any Sore Take 3 pound of fresh Butter unwashed and set it in an Oven after the bread be drawn out and let it stand 2 or 3 hours then take the clearest of the Butter and put it into a Posnet then take the tops of red Nettles as much as will be moistned with the Butter and chop them very small and put them into the Butter set it on the fire and boyl it softly 5 or 6 hours and when it is so boyled put thereto half a pint of pure oyl Olive and then boyl it very little and take it off and strain it into an earthen pot and keep it for your use If you think good instead of Nettles only you may take these herbs Cammomil Rosemary Lavender Tunhoof otherwise Alehoof Five-finger Vervain and Nettle tops For an Ague Take the inner bark of a Walnut tree a good quantity boyl it in Beer until the Beer look black and then take a good draught and put it into a pot then take six spoonfuls of sallet Oyl for an extream Ague brew it to and fro in two pots then drink it and let the party labour at any exercise until he sweat then let him lie down upon a bed very warm until he hath done sweating this do three times when the Ague cometh upon him A Powder against the wind in the Stomach Take Ginger Cinnamon and Gallingal of each 2 ounces Annise seeds Carraway and Fennel seeds of each 1 ounce long Pepper Grains Mace and Nutmegs of each half an ounce setwel half a dram make all in powder and put thereto 1 pound of white Sugar and use this after your meat or before at your pleasure at all times it comforteth the stomach marvellously carrieth away wind and causeth a good digestion For a Pin and a Web in the Eye Take the white of an Egg beat it to oyl put thereto a quarter of a spoonful of English Honey half a handful of Daisie leaves and in winter the roots half a handful of the inner rind of a young Hazle not above one years growth beat them together in a Mortar and put thereto 1 spoonful of Womans Milk and let it stand infused two or three hours and strain alâ— through a cloth and with a featheâ— drop it into the eye thrice a day For blood shotten and sore Eyes coming of heat Take Tutty of Alexandria oâ— Lapis Tutty 1 ounce beat it unto fine powder and temper it with a quart of White-wine put thereto 1 ounce of dried Rose leaves and boyl them all together with a soft fire until one half be consumed then strain it through a fine linnen cloth and keep it in a glass and use it evening and morning and put it into the sore eyes with a feather or your finger If the Tutty be prepared it is the better which is thus done steep the Tutty in Rosewater and let it lie half an hour then take it forth and lay it on a white paper to dry then take it when it is dry steep it and dry it again as before twice or thrice and then use it as before For an Ach in the Bones Take Southernwood Wormwood and Bay leaves of each one handful one Ox gall one pint of Neats foot oyl put all these together and let them stand 2 or 3 days and let them boyl upon a very soft fire then put in of Deers suet a good quantity strain them and put them into a pot and so annoint the Patient put to this a good quantity of Tar and as much Pitch as the bigness of a Walnut and of the juice of Pimpernel a good quantity For Children that are troubled with an extream Cough Take Hyssop water and Fennel water of each half a pint of sliced Liquorish and sugar of each a pretty quantity seeth them easily over a good fire strain it and let them take a little hereof an ounce and often you may dissolve pellets therein and you may annoint their chest with oyl of Almonds and a little Wax A Medicine for sore Eyes Take red Fennel and Celendine of each one handful stamp and strain them that done take five spoonfuls of Honey and white Copperas the quantity of 1 Pea Rose-water five spoonfuls boyl all these together in an earthen pot skim it well and clarifie it with the white of an Egg this is an excellent Medicine to clear the sight of the Eye if there be any thing in the Eye superfluous to hinder the sight but if there be nothing but heat it is nothing so good To help one that is inwardly bruised Take of Borrage and red Sage of each a handful stamp these together
it through a fine cloth upon a sheet of white paper to the quantity of an ounce or more and so by even proportions in weight mingle them together in clean clarified Capons grease and temper them well together until they be well mollified and then put in them a little Camphire to the quantity of a bean and so put the whole confection in a glass For a young Child to make Water Boyl Organy in fair water and lay it warm to the childs Navel A Medicine for the falling of the Vvula into the throat Take a red Colwort leaf whereof cut away the middle rind then put the leaf into a paper and let it be burnt in hot Embers or Ashes then take the leaf out and lay it hot on the crown of the bare head and it will draw it up into his place and rid you of your pain A Medicine for the heat of the soles of the feet that cometh by them or blood Take a quantity of Snails of the Garden and boyl them in stale Urine then let the Patient bathe and set his feet therein and using that often he shall be cured Gascon's own Powder Take of powder of Pearl of red Corral of Crabs eyes of Harts horn and white Amber of each one ounce beat them into fine powder and searce them then take so much of the black toes of the Crabs claws as of all the rest of the powders for that is the chief worker beat them and searce them finely as you do the rest then weigh them severally and take as much of the toes as you do of all the rest of the five powders and mingle them well together and make them up in balls with jelly of Harts-horn whereinto put or infuse a small quantity of Saffron to give them colour then let them lie till they be dry and fully hard and keep them for your use The Crabs are to be gotten in May or September before they be boyled The dose is 10 or 12 grains in Dragon-water Carduus water or some other cordial water The Apothecaries in their composition of it use to put in a dram of good Oriental Bezar to the other powders as you may see in the prescription following This is thought to be the true composition invented by Gascon and that the Bezar Musk and Ambergreece were added after by some for curiosity and that the former will work without them as effectually as with them The Apothecaries Gascon Powder with the use Take of Pearls white Amber Harts-horn eyes of Crabs and white Corral of each half an ounce of black thighs of Crabs calcined two ounces to every ounce of this powder put in a dram of Oriental Bezar reduce them all into very fine powder and searce them and with Harts-horn jelly with a little Saffron put therein make it up into a paste and make therewith Lozenges or Trochisces for your use You must get your Crabs for this powder about May or in September before they shall be boyled when you have made them let them dry and grow hard in a dry air neither by fire nor Sun. Their dose is ten or twelve grains as before prescribed in the former page The Powder prescribed by the Doctors in their last London Dispensatory 1650. called the Powder of Crabs claws Take the prepared Pearls eyes or stones of Crabs of red Coral or white Amber of Harts-horn of Oriental Bezar-stone of each half an ounce of the power of the black tops of the Crabs claws to the weight of all the former make them all into powder according to Art and with jelly made with the skin or casting of our Vipers make it up into small Tablets or Trochisces which you must warily â—ry as before prescribed and reserve for your use The Countess of Kents Powder good against all malignant and Pestilent Diseases French Pox Small Pox Measels Plague Pestilence malignant or scarlet Fevers good against Melancholy decoction of Spirits twenty or thirty grains thereof being exhibited in a little warm Sack or Harts-horn Jelly to a man and half as much or twelve grains to a child Take of the Magistery of Pearls of Crabs eyes prepared of white Amber prepared Harts-horn Magistery of white Coral of Lapis Contra Yarvam of each a like quantity to these powders infused put of the black tops of the great claws of Crabs the full weight of the rest beat these all into very fine powder and searce them through a fine Lawn searce to every ounce of this powder add a dram of true Oriental Bezar make all these up into a lump or mass with the jelly of Harts-horn and colour it with Saffron putting thereto a scruple of Ambergreece and a little Musk also finely powdered and dry them made up into small Trochisces neither by fire nor Sun but by a dry air and you may give to a man twenty grains of it and to a child twelve grains The Virtue of a Root called Contra Yerva being made into a fine Powder 1. It withstands the Plague being taken in Treacle-water 2. It is good in all Pestilent diseases taken in posset drink with Saffron 3. It is good against a Fever taken in Carduus water 4. It is a great Antidote against all Poysons taken in Sallet oyl 5. It doth cure the bitting of a mad Dog drunk in Rose Vinegar and then drink nothing else but spring water during the cure 6. It causeth a speedy delivery given in Balm-water Bettony water or in burnt wine 7. It doth take away the after-throws given in the same liquors 8. It is good Cordial in all fits of the Mother given in Rue-water 9. It is very soveraign in swouning fits given in Sack or Borrage water 10. It is very powerful to withstand all melancholy given in Sack. 11. It doth help Convulsions in Children given in spring water 12. It helpeth the Worms given in Goats milk 13. It is good for a short breath given in Rue-water 14. It helpeth the Head-pain given in Rue-water or Rosemary-water 15. It helpeth the yellow Jaundise given in Celendine water 16. It is very powerful in the Palsie given in Sage-water 17. It is a good Antidote against the Gout given in Sage-water 18. It withstandeth the growing of the Stone in the Reins given in Rhenish wine 19. It causeth a good and quiet sleep taken in White-wine 20. It is a great preserver of Health and means of long life taken sometimes in Mede 21. It may be used as a Treacle or Bezar against Surfeits 22. It is a general good upon all occasions and may be given at all times when you do not know what the disease is in any of the aforesaid liquors The Dose for a man or woman is from one scruple to two scruples and to a boy or girl twelve or fourteen grains in convenient liquors THE EPISTLE Friend BEing given to understand that you were Reprinting the Countess of Kents Manual I thought good to communicate unto you for the more accomplishment of your
grains of this powder exhibited in a specifical vehicle to the proportion of 1 spoonful about 7 of the clock at night with the like Dose exhibited the next morning was within 3 days space perfectly recovered and went abroad 2. A Child aged about fourteen years being suddenly surprized with dangerous Fits and trembling of the heart with 12 grains of this Powder exhibited in a spoonful of Aqua Theriacalis was that very day recovered 3. A Stationers Child aged about five years being suddenly taken so ill that the Parents feared the life of their Child with ten grains of this Powder exhibited in a spoonful of Cordial spirit being laid down and well covered we suspected it would prove to be the small Pox became within 2 or 3 hours somewhat chearful and with this medicine continued once a day the Pox broke forth and the Child mended 4. A Boy aged about sixteen being taken with sudden qualms about his stomach and heart with ten grains of this Powder exhibited in a spoonful of Doctor Mountfords water upon his fit and the like quantity exhibited again when he went to bed was the next day recovered 5. A Child about three years old being troubled with grievous torments and gripings in the belly with wind with 9 grains of this Powder exhibited with ten drops of special Oyl against the Cholick in a spoonful of stomach Water was eased in few hours 6. A Child about 7 years old being troubled with Convulsion-Fits with ten grains of this powder mixed with spirit of Castor in a few spoonfuls of black Cherry water annointing the two neck veins near the ears with a few drops of oyl of Amber and Cloves was suddenly recovered of his Fit. 7. A Gentlewoman near forty years old being oppressed with crude and flatuous humours so that her friends thought her departing was with twelve grains of this powder and two drops of a Cordial Oyl exhibited in a spoonful of Cordial water being had to bed within three days recovered and followed her Domestick business 8. A Youth about twenty years old much oppressed with wind and crudities of the stomach with 12 grains of this powder exhibited in 2 drops of specifical Cholick oyl as in the fifth experiment with a Cordial water was speedily recovered 9. A young Maid about Eighteen years old troubled with fits of the Mother and Convulsive fits with twelve grains of this powder given her in a few spoonfuls of Piony water gathered and distilled in due season with a drop of oyl of Cinnamon and two of Amber mingled together being held upright before a warm fire within four hours recovered out of her fit and went up to her chamber though her teeth were set in her head and small appearance of life but that only her feet were warm was discovered in her 10. A Gentlewoman aged about fifty being very much troubled with flatuous and crude humours oppressing the stomach with sixteen grains of Gascon powder and with 3 drops of oyl of Oranges duly prepared exhibited in an ounce of Aqua Theriacalis being well shaken and mingled together being exhibited at two several times that is at night when she went to bed disposing for rest and betimes the next morning found much ease and comfort and gained some quiet rest that night and shortly recovered 11. A young Woman aged about four and twenty not without some suspicion of the Plague having a rumor long while arising on her groin with 3 several Doses of Gascons Powder exhibited at 3 evenings when she disposed for rest by 12 grains for every dose in a spoonful of Treacle water drinking every morning a spoonful of spirit of Saffron for those 3 days together was perfectly recovered and followed her domestick business These and many other Experiments have I with good success tried and with Gods blessing recovered divers several Patients This Powder is good against small Pox Measles spotted or purple Fever exhibited in specifical waters fit for their several diseases It is good in swoonings and passions of the heart arising from malignant vapours or old causes as also in the Plague or Pestilent Fevers always observing to keep the persons upright warm and well covered after their taking it The Dose of this powder in Children is from eight to twelve grains in persons more aged from twelve to fourteen grains but exhibit the Dose twice or thrice if need require In the Plague you may use a greater quantity with such medicines as are prescribed in the Child-bearers Cabinet and it will not be amiss to mingle it with some Aqua Theriacalis The Composition of the Oyl called Oleum Magistrale said to be invented by one named Aparithus a Spaniard being special good to cleanse and consolidate wounds especially in the Head. Take a quart of the best White-wine you can get of pure Oyl of Olives three pound then put thereto these flowers and herbs following of the flowers and leaves of Hypericon half a pound of Carduus Benedictus of Valerian of the leaf Sage of each a quarter of a pound if it be possible take the leaves and flowers of every one of these then let them all steep 24 hours in the aforesaid Wine and Oyl the next day boyl them in a pot well nealed or in a copper vessel over a soft fire until such time as the Wine be all consumed stirring it always with a spattle after you have thus done take it from the fire and strain it and put to the straining a pound and a half of good Venice Turpentine then boyl it again upon a soft fire the space of a quarter of an hour then put thereunto of Olibanum five ounces of Myrrh 3 ounces of Sanguis Draconis one ounce and so let it boyl till the Incense and Myrrh be melted then take it off and let it stand until it be cold then put it into a glass bottle and set it 8 or 10 days in the Sun and keep it for your use This Oyl the older it is the better it is it must be applied to the Patient wounded as hot as may be endured first washing the wound with White-wine boyled with a handful of Incense to comfort and wiping it clean with a linnen cloth before you dress it which must be if it come by any bruisings or bitings twice a day that is about eight of the clock in the morning in winter and at summer about nine in the morning and about four in the afternoon but if they be green wounds you shall not need to change it again until the next day neither need the Patient to observe any precise diet ADDITIONS A rare Searcloth with the Virtues TAke of oyl Olive one pound and a half red Lead one pound and a half of white Lead one pound Castle-soap 4 ounces put your oyl Olive in a Pipkin and put thereto your Oyl of Bays and your Castle soap seeth these over a gentle fire of embers till it be well mingled and melted together then strew a little
Potatoes and put them in your Pie then take the marrow of three bones rouled in yolks of Eggs and sliced Lemon and large mace and half a pound of butter six Dates quartered put this into your Pie and let it stand an hour in the Oven then make a sharp caudle of Butter Sugar Verjuice and White-wine put it in when you take your Pie out of the Oven A Pigeon or Rabbet Pie. Take one ounce of Pepper 〈◊〉 more salt than season your Pigeons or Rabbet and take two Nutmegs grated with your seasoning then lay your Rabbet in the Pie and one pound of Butter if you heat the Pie hot then put in two or three slices of Lemon and 2 or 3 blades of Mace and as many branches of Barberries and a good piece of fresh butter melted then take it and let it stand an hour and half but put not in the fresh butter till it comes out of the Oven To make Puff-Paste Break 2 Eggs in three pints of flower make it with cold water then roul it out pretty thick and square then take so much butter as past and lay it in a rank and divide your butter in five pieces that you may lay it on at 5 several times roul your paste very broad then rake one part of the same butter in little pieces all over your paste then throw a â—â—â—â—dful of flower slightly on â—â—en fold up your paste and beat â—t with a rouling-pin so roul it out again thus do five times and make it up A Pudding Take a quart of Cream and two Eggs beat them and strain them into the Cream and grate in a Nutmeg and half take 6 spoonfuls of flower beat half a pound of Almonds with some Cream and put it into the cream and mix this together boil your Pudding an hour and no more first flower the Bag you put it in then melt fresh butter and take sugar rose-Rose-water beat it thick and pour it on the pudding you may put to it a little Milk and stick blanched Almonds and Wafers in it add to the same pudding if you will a penny-loaf grated a quartern of Sugar 2 Marrow-bones 1 Glass of Maligo-sack six Dates minced a grain of Ambergreece a grain of Musk 2 or 3 spoonfuls of Rose-water bake the Pudding in little wood-dishes but first butter them your Marrow must be stuck to and again then bake it half an hour five or seven at a time and so set them in order in the dish and garnish them with a sprig in the middle and wafers about it strew Sugar about the branch and sliced Lemon set four round and one in the top Frigasie of Veal Cut your meat in thin slices beat it well with a rouling-pin season it with Nutmeg Lemon and Tyme fry it slightly in a pan beat 2 Eggs and 1 spoonful of Verjuice and put it into the pan and stir it together and dish it Frigasie of Lamb. Cut your Lamb in thin slices season it with Nutmeg Pepper Salt mince some Thyme and Lemon throw it upon your meat then fry it slightly in a pan then throw in 2 Eggs beaten in Verjuice sugar into the pan also a hanâ—ful of Goosberries shake it together and dish it Frigasie of Chickens Kill your Chickens pull skin and feathers off together cut them in thin slices season them with Thyme and Lemons minced Nutmeg and Salt a handful of Sorrel minced then fry it well with six spoonfuls of Verjuice one spoonful of Sugar beat it together so dish it with sippets about Another Frigasie of Chickens Take the former ingredients and add to it boil'd Artichoak bottoms with the meat of the leaves and a handful of scalded Goosberries and boiled Skirrets Lettice tossed in butter and when they are boiled and 2 spoonfuls of Sugar 2 Eggs and Verjuice beaten together and lay your Lettice upon your Chickens as before and sliced Lemon upon it and sippets upon the Dish A Frigasie of Rabbets Cut your Rabbets in small pieces and mince a handful of Thyme and Parsly together and a Nutmeg pepper and salt season your Rabbets then take two Eggs and Verjuice beaten together and throw it in the pan stick it and dish it up in sippets To hash a Shoulder of Mutton Half roast your Mutton at a quick fire cut it in thin slices stew it with gravy sweet Marjoram and Capers and Onions 3 Anchovies Oysters half a Nutmeg half a sliced Lemon stir this altogether with the Meat let it stew till it be tender in a dish then break 3 or four yolks of Eggs and throw it in the dish with some butter toste it well together and dish it with sippets To make a Cake Take half a peck of flower two pound and a half of Currans 3 or 4 Nutmegs one pound of Almond paste 2 pound of Butter and one pint of Cream three spoonfuls of Rose-water 3 quarters of a pound of Sugar half a pint of Sack a quarter of a pint of Yest and six Eggs so make it and bake it To make a Leg of Mutton three or four Dishes Take a Leg of Mutton cut out the flesh and the bone but save the skin whole divide the meat in three pieces and take the tenderest and cut in thin slices and beat it with a rouling-pin season it with Nutmeg pepper and salt mince Thyme and Lemon-peel fry it till it be tender then beat 2 Eggs with a spoonful of Verjuice throw 2 Anchovies into the pan shake it all together and put it into the dish with sippets round the Dish being drest with Barberries scalded parsley and hard Eggs minced Another part of the same meat stew in a dish with a little White-wine a little butter and sliced Lemon one Anchovy two Oysters two baldes of Mace a little Thyme on a branch and one whole Onion take out the Thyme and the Onion when it is stewed do it all together on a Chafing-dish of coals till it be tender then dish it garnish your dish with hard Eggs and Barberries and sliced Lemons and sippets round the dish Take another part of the same meat mince it small with Beef suet and a handful of Sage to 3 quarters of a pound of suet add one pound of meat you may use a spoonful of peper and salt mix this all together stuff the skin of the leg of Mutton hard skuer it close and spit it at a quick fire and well roast it in an hour Take another part of the same meat then put in the pepper and salt with a grated Nutmeg some sweet Herbs and a Lemon-peel minced a penny-loaf grated one spoonful of Sugar a quarter of a pound of Raifins and a quarter of Currans minced all together with the meat and the suet and the rest of the ingredients put to 2 spoonfuls of Rose-water and as much salt as spice then make it up in little long boles or roules and butter your dish and lay them in with a
Mortar then lay a row of Suet a row of Beef strow your spices between every lane then your Vinegar so do till you have laid in all then make it up but first beat it close with a rowling pin then press it a day before you put it in your paste To roast a Shoulder of Mutton with Thyme Draw your Shoulder of Mutton and when it is half roasted save the gravy and cut a good deal of the inside of it and mince it gross and boyl it in a dish with the gravy and Thyme Clarret-wine and sliced Nutmeg and when your shoulder is roasted lay it in the dish with sliced Lemon but remember to scotch your Mutton in roasting as you do when you boyl it To roast a Shoulder of Mutton with Oysters When you open the Oysters save the liquor then season them with Pepper and a little Cloves and Mace and herbs finely chopped and the yolks of 2 or 3 Eggs chopped small and some Currans parboyled a little then stuff your Shoulder of Mutton thick with your Oysters then season it and lay it to the fire and roast it then take the rest of your Oysters boyl them with a little White-wine and some Butter this is sauce for your shoulder of Mutton when your Oysters are opened you may parboyl them in their own liquor then take them out and season them To make Angellets Take a quart of new Milk and a pint of Cream and put them together with a little Runnet when it is come well take it up with a spoon put it into the Vate softly and let it stand 2 days till it is pretty stiff then slip it out and salt it a little at both ends and when you think it is salt enough set it a draying and wipe them and within a quarter of a year they will be ready to eat To make black Puddings Take your blood when it is warm put in some salt and when it is throughly cold put in your groats well pickt and let it stand soaking a night put in the herbs which must be Rosemary large Savory Pennyroyal Thyme and Fennel then make it soft with putting of good Cream hot until the blood look pale then beat 4 or 5 Eggs whites and all and mingle it then season it with Cloves Mace Pepper Fennelseeds then put good store of Beef-suet in your stuff and mince your fat not too small To make white Puddings After the Humbles be very tender boyled take some of the lights with the hearts and all the flesh and fat about them pricking from them all the sinews and skin then chop the meat small as can be then put to it a little of the Liver vâ—ry finely searced some grated bread searced four or five yolks of Eggs a pint of very good Cream a spoonful or two of Sack a little Sugar Cinnamon Cloves and Mace a little Nutmeg a few Carraway-seeds a little Rose-water mingled with a god deal of swines fat a little salt roul it in rouls two hours before you go about it let the fat side of the skin be turned and steeped in Rose-water till you fill them To make Almond Puddings Take a pound of Almonds blanched and beat them very small with a little Rose-water boyl good Milk with a flake of Mace and a little sliced Nutmeg when it is boyled take it clean from the spice then take the quantity of a penny loaf grate it and searce it through a Cullender and then put it into the Milk and let it stand till it be pretty cool then put in the Almonds and 5 or 6 yolks of Eggs and a little Salt Sugar what you think fit and good store of Beef-suet and marrow very finely shred To make a Pudding to bake Take a penny loaf pare it slice it in a quart of Cream with a little Rose-water break it very small take 3 ounces of Jordan Almonds blanch'd and beaten small with a little Sugar put in some 8 Eggs beaten a Marrow-bone and 2 or 3 Pippins sliced thin or any way mingle these together and put in a little Ambergreece if you please To make a boyled Pudding Take a pint of Cream or Milk boyl it with a stick of Cinnamon a little while and take it off let it stand till it be cold put in 6 Eggs take out 3 whites beat your Eggs a little before you put them into the Milk then stir them together then take a penny Roul and slice it very thin and let it lie and soak and then bray it very small then put in some Sugar and butter your cloth before you put it in it will take but a little while seething and when you take it up melt a little fresh Butter and a little Sack and Sugar beat all these together and put it into the dish with your Pudding to be served in To make a Cream Pudding to be boyled Take a pint and a half of thick Cream and boyl it with Mace Ginger and Nutmeg quartered then put to it 8 Eggs with four whites beaten and Almonds blanch'd a pound and strained in with the Cream a little Rose-water and sugar and a spoonful of flower searced very fine then take a thick napkin wet it and rub it with flower and tie the pudding up in it boyl it where Mutton is boyled or in the Beef-pot remember to take out the whole spice out of the Cream when it is boyled the sauce for this Pudding is a little Sack Sugar and a pretty piece of butter you must blanch some Almonds when they are blanched cut every Almond in 3 or 4 pieces the long way and stick them up an end upon the Pudding very thick To make a White-pot Take a pint and a half of Cream a quarter of a pound of Sugar a little Rose-water a few Dates sliced a few Raisins of the Sun six or 7 Eggs and a little large Mace a sliced Pippin or Lemon cut sippet fashion for your dishes you bake in and dip them in Sack or Rose-water To make a forced dish of any cold Meat Take any cold meat and shred it small a little Cloves and Mace and Nutmeg and 2 yolks of Eggs a spoonful or two of Rose-water a little grated bread a little Beef-suet shred small make it up in Balls or any fashion yoâ— please and boyl them in tried suet between two earthen Dishes your suet must boyl before you put in your meat for sauce a little Butter Verjuice and Sugar To make a forced dish of a Leg of Mutton or Lamb. Take a Leg of Mutton or Lamb cut out the flesh and take heed you break not the skin of it then parboyl it and mince it with a little Beef-suet put into it a little sweet Herbs shred 3 or 4 Dates sliced a little beaten Nutmeg Cloves and Mace a few Currans a little Sugar a little Verjuice 3 or 4 Eggs mix them together and put them in the skin and set it in a dish and bake it
To boyl a Calves-Head with Oysters Take the head and boyl it with water and salt a little White-wine or Verjuice and when it is almost enough then cut some Oysters and mingle them together and a blade or two of Mace a little Pepper and Salt and a little liquor of the Oysters then put it together and put it to the Calves-head and the largest Oysters upon it a slit Lemon and Barberries so serve it in To fry a Coast of Lamb. Take a Coast of Lamb and parboyl it take out all the bones as near as you can and take 4 or 5 yolks of Eggs beaten a little Thyme and sweet Marjoram and Parsly minced very small and beat it with the Eggs and cut your Lamb into square pieces and dip them into the Eggs and Herbs and fry them with butter then take a little butter White-wine and Sugar for sauce To stew Sausages Boyl them in fair Water and Salt a little for sauce boyl some Currans alone when they be almost tender then pour out the water and put in a little White-wine Butter and Sugar To boyl Ducks When they be half boyled take a quart of the liquor and strain it and put a quart of White-wine and some whole Mace Cloves and Nutmegs sliced and Cinnamon and a few Onions shred a bundle of sweet Herbs a few Capers and a little Camphire when it is boyled put some Sugar to season it withal To make White-broth with a Capon Truss your Capons and boyl them in fair water and when they are half boyled take out 3 pints of the liquor and put it into a quart of Sack and as much White-wine and slice 2 ounces of Dates half or quarterwise as you please a little whole Mace Cloves and Cinnamon a Nutmeg sliced of each a little quantity boyl the broth in a Pipkin by it self until the Dates begin to be tender then put in the Marrow of two bones and let it boyl a little not too much then when your Capons be near ready break twenty Eggs save the yolks from the whites and beat the yolks until you may take up a spoonful and it will not run beside the spoon then you must put a little cold broth to him and so strain them through a cloth then take up some of the hot broth to beat your Eggs because else it will turn let it have a walm or 2 after the Eggs be in but not seeth too much for fear it turns then dish your Capons and pour your broth on them and garnish your dish as your please To make stewed Broth. Take a neck of Mutton or a rump of Beef let it boyl and scum your pot clean thicken your pot with grated bread and put in some beaten spice as Mace Nutmegs Cinnamon and a little Pepper put in a pound of Currans a pound and a half of Raisins of the Sun 2 pound of Prunes last of all then when it is stewed so season it with a quart of Claret and a pint of Sack and some Sanders to colour it and a pound of Sugar to sweeten it or more if need be you must seeth some whole spice to garnish your dish withal and a few whole Prunes out of your pot To make Gallendine sauce for a Turkie Tâ—ke some Claret-wine and some grated bread and a sprig of Rosemary a little beaten Cloves a little beaten Cinnamon and some Sugar An exceeding good way to stew Chickens Take Chickens fley them and cut them in pieces corss-way then put them in a Pipkin or Skillet and cover them almost with Pepper and Mace and water so let them stew softly with a whole Onion in it till part of the liquor be consumed then put in as much White-wine as will cover them again take Parsley sweet Marjoram Winter-savory with a little Thyme and shred them very small and put them in and let them boyl till they are almost enough then put in a good piece of Butter To boyl a Leg of Mutton Take a Leg of Mutton and stuff it for the stuffing take a little Beef suet and a few sweet herbs chop them small and stuff it then boyl it and put in a handful of sweet herbs cut them small mingle a hard Egg amongst the herbs and stew it upon the Mutton melt a little Butter and Vinegar and put into a dish and send it in To keep Quinces all the Year First you must core them and take out the kernels clean and keep the cores and kernels and set over some water to boyl them then put them in when you set over the water then let them boyl till they be a little soft and then take them up and set them down till they be cold then take the kernels and stamp them and put them into the same water they were boyled in and let them boyl till they be thick see you have as much liquor as will cover the Quinces and if you have not enough take of the smallest Quinces and stamp them to make more liquor and when it is boyled good and thick you must strain it through a coarse cloth and when the Quinces be cold then put them into a pot and the liquor also and be sure the liquor cover them you must lay some weight upon them to keep them under so cover them close let them stand 14 days and they will work of their own accord and they will have a thick rind upon them and when they wax hoary or thick then take it from the liquor for it will have a skin on it within a month or six weeks To pickle Cucumbers Take the Cucumbers and wash them clean and dry them clean in a cloth then take some water vinegar salt Fennel-tops and some Dill-tops and a little Mace make it fast enough and sharp enough to the tast then boyl it a while and then take it off and let it stand and be cold then put in the Cucumbers and lay a board on the top to keep them down and tye them close and within a week they wilâ— be fit to eat To pickle purslain Take the Purslain and pick it iâ— little pieces and put it into a poâ— or barrel then take a little water vinegar and salt to your tast it muâ—â— be pretty strong of the Vinegaâ— and Salt and a little Mace anâ— boyl all these together and poâ—â— this liquor in seething hot into the Purslain and when it is cold tie it close but lay a little board on the top to keep it down and within a week or 2 it is fit to eat To do Clove-Gilliflowers up for Salletting all the year Take as many Clove-Gilliflowerâ— as you please slip off the leaves then strow some Sugar in the bottom of the Gally-pot that you do them in and then a lane of Gilliflowers and then a lane of Sugar and so do till all the Gilliflowers be done then pour some Claret-wine into them as much as will cover them then cut a piece of a thin board and