blew flower de Luce 2 ounces mix them all together and drink it Pills for the same Take the Root of Laureola one scruple steep it 5. dayes in Vinegar Sulpher Vive 4 grains burnt Copper 2 grains Licoris Annis and Dragagant of each 4 grains make pills thereof with Juyce of Roses and take them all at once To provoke Urine in this case is requisite for which use these things following To move Urine TAke red Pease 6 ounces 2 Fennel Roots boyl them well together and take 5 ounces of this Decoction at a time For the same Take Smallage-water and Melilot-water of each 2 ounces and a half sweeten it with Sugar and drink hereof a week together Or for the same drink Broom-water about 5 ounces at a time To strengthen the Liver use this Confection Take Trochiscos Diarhodon Species Diacynamomi of each 1 dragme burnt Ivory one scruple 4 ounces of white Sugar seeth it in Fennel-water and make Tabulats of it and take of these a quarter of an ounce before meat A Fomentation for the Rupture Take Seseli Cumin Camomile and Melilot of each one ounce seeth these together in a quart of Water until the third part be spent and therewith bathe and foment the Rupture and then lay this Plaister following upon it binding it on warm A Plaister for the watery Rupture Take Roots of blew flower de Luce and Roots of wild Cucumers of each 3 ounces Pease-meal and beane-meal of each 2 ounces Oil of Rue and Juyce of Bay-leaves of each 2 ounces seeth this together to the thickness of a Plaister and then spread it on a Cloth and bind it warm upon the Rupture Another Plaister for the same Take Mastick one ounce Cypres-Nuts half an ounce Dragagant Gum of each one dragme temper these together with Oil of Roses unto a Plaister and so apply it If the Rupture be caused of Phlegmatick humours then use these Purgations which follow A Purge for a Rupture caused through blood or Phlegme TAke Turbith 1 quarter of an ounce Ginger one dragme white Sugar 3 dragmes temper them together Let the Patient take a dram hereof every fourth day with Worm-wood-water and the other mornings between them take this Potion following A Drink for the same Take Water of Balme Betony and Worm-wood of each one ounce and a half Sugar half an ounce Vinegar of Squills one ounce mix them together and so drink them A Plaister for the same to take away the Phlegmatick matter Take Sandaracha two ounces Sarcocolla one ounce Ashes of Bean-straw or Vine-stocks 6 ounces Vinegar of Squills 2 ounces Water as much as is needfull to seeth them all together till they come to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it upon the place binding it on warm as before is directed If the Rupture be fleshy that is a fleshy excresence growing in the Cods which may be caused through overmuch heat and moisture in the Cods whereby the blood turneth into flesh which much weakneth and infeebleth this member in this case such meats and drinks must be refrained which do over-much heat or moisten such as sweet Wines Sugar delicate meats and the like and on the contrary the Patient must eat such meats as are cooling and drying The Hemorrhoids in the fundament must be opened together with the Liver or Median Veyne and outwardly apply these Plaisters following A Plaister for a fleshy Rupture Take Leutil Night-Shade Roses Plantayn of each 6 ounces Barley-meal 12 ounces Boyl these together in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar and thrice as much water adding thereto 3 whites of Egges boyl it to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it all over the Cod renewing it every day 5 or 6 dayes one after another Of the Melancholy blood putrifying in the Cods which is called Buris THis is the falling of Melancholy blood down into the Cod which causeth great swelling there and sometimes if the Cod be full of matter and corruption and it remain long it putrifyeth the Stones and spoileth them therefore care is to be taken speedily to purge away and draw out the Melancholy humours to effect which it is necessary that the Liver-Vein be opened and the next day afterwards give the Patient this purging Potion viz. Catharticum Imperiale with violet-Violet-Water or lilly-Lilly-water and take 6 or 8 dayes following after these Potions following Take violet-Violet-water lettice-Lettice-water and hop-Hop-water of each one ounce Syrrup of Cytron-Pills one ounce and a half drink it warm in the morning And outwardly to asswage the swelling take these Medicines following viz. Take Bean-meal 3 ounces Muscilage of Holly-hocks Camomile Annis Seeds Fenegreek Seed Raisins stoned of each half an ounce Temper them with yolks of Egges and apply it to the grieved place A Pultis for the same Take Cow-dung Crums of Rye-bread Cumin Night-shade Bean-meal Melilot Camomile and Oil of Lillies pound and seeth them all together and lay them on the place grieved For the same Take Bean-meal Lilley-Roots Colewort-Leaves Figges and Fenegreek-meal of each a like quantity and seeth them together being bruised into the form of a Pultis and so apply it Of the falling of the Bowels or Guts into the Cod. THE first thing in this case as before is generally directed is diligently to endeavour the putting up of the Bowels again into their due place by taking hold of the lower part of the Cods gently thrusting them up the Patient lying on his back with his buttocks somthing higher then the other part of his Body that thereby the Bowels may the easier be reduced to their due place Then foment and bath the whole Cods and parts about it with such Lotions as before are directed then lay this Plaister following thereupon and bind it on with a good Trusse Take Cypres-Roots 2 ounces Mil-dust 3 ounces Comphrey-Roots Daisy-Rootes of each 1 ounce Isinglas 1 ounce and a half Dragagant Gum Mumey Burnt Ivory of each half an ounce Dragons blood Sagapenum Sealed-earth Fine Bolus of each 5 dragmes Pound the Roots and seeth them with the meal in 2 parts of Water and 1 part of red Vinegar until it be thick enough then mix molten Wax amongst it as much as is needful stir it well together with dissolved Gum till it be cold so spread it and apply it as before is directed To asswage the pain of the falling down of the Bowels Clysters are very commodious to be used for which these following are very good Take white Sesamum Seeds grosly beaten Linseed and Fenegreek make a decoction thereof and mix therewith Butter and Oil of Violets and administer it warm For the same Take broth made of a Hen or Cock and Oil of Sesamum of each 6 ounces Salgem half an ounce temper them together for a Clyster Another Take sweet Wine 12 ounces fresh butter and Oil of sweet Almonds of each 2 ounces Benedicta Lax half an ounce temper them all together for a Clyster To strengthen the broken place where the Bowels come
of each one dragme rose-Rose-water 3 ounces temper them together and use them as the other before But to conclude Take Album Graecum Anglicè a white Doggs Turd beat it to powder and mix it with Syrrup of Mulberryes Black-berryes or Honey and give it to the Patient to swallow by little and little Probatum To strengthen the Memory an Experiment of Johannes Coletus taught him by a Jew A Gargarisme to cleanse the Head for the Memory TAke Pieretrum Marjoram Galingale Ginger Caraway Broad Planten-Seed and Mustard-Seed beat them grosse together and put two ounces of this powder to one quart of Water into a Vessel close stopt and boyl it in Balneo then when it hath well sodden put a quart of strong Wine to it and an ounce of cleer Honey and let it seeth again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted herewith gargarize the mouth well and many times together every morning holding it hot a good while in the mouth that the fume may ascend up into the Head but use it only when the Moon is increasing Then use this Drink for the Memory to draw superfluous Moisture out of the Head Take Ginger long Pepper of each one dragme Galingale one scruple Cloves Cubebs of each one dragme and a half beat them all together to powder and ty them up in a linen Cloth and boyl them in Balneo in a pot close stopt with 2 quarts of Wine then let it stand covered till it be cleer then drink a good draught thereof morning and going to bed Kemb your Head a good while together in the Sun or by the fire as the season of the year is to open the pores then wash your Head with Rue-Water and drink a draught of Wine after it and eat a bit of bread steeped in the Wine eat light suppers be moderate in your sleep and dyet And continue this use many dayes together And then anoynt the Head and Temples with this Oyntment following Take white Lillyes Colewort-Leaves Balm of each one dragme pound them together and put them in a pot pour therein 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil fresh Butter as much as all the rest Spirit of Wine 4 times rectified 3 spoonfuls of water of Rue Sage and Celendine of each 2 spoonfulls white-Wine 5 spoonfuls incorporate and mix them all well together then set them 6 or 8 hours in a warm place strain it and seeth the liquour till it be as thick as Honey and set it in the Sun afterwards till it look red as Copper This Salve will keep two years The best time to make it is about June And after the Head is purged as before is directed anoynt the hinder parts of the Head Temples with this Salve and keep the Head warm with a leather Cap that it may have the better operation wash the Head with warm Wine at night let your meat be easy of digestion and especially forbear excessive drinking use this at first four dayes together and then two or three dayes together every eight weeks for a year every three months the second year and once every year afterwards as long as you live Let the Moon be increasing when you use it A Potion to procure steep in Frantick people Take white Poppey-seeds half an ounce Roots of Mandragora Henbane-seeds of each half a dragme Saffron 4 grains bruise them all together and bind them up in a Cloth then steep them 6 hours in 5 ounces of Water-Lilleys then strain it and give to the Patient of this water from one ounce to three according to the quality of the Disease and strength of the party Another for the same Take 12 ounces of Water-Lilleys Opium one dragme steep them together in 3 pints of Malmsey 24 hours then cast therein one quarter of an ounce of Salt as much Henbane-seeds Lettice-seed 3 dragms and distill it in Balneo and give hereof from half a dragme to a dragme at night when the Patient goes to bed An Oyntment or Salve to cause sleep Take one ounce of Poplar Salve That is the Oyntment which the Apothecary calls Unguentum Populeon half an ounce of Oil of Violets Henbane-seeds and Mandragora Roots of each half a dragme Saffron Cassia-wood of each one scruple mix them together and apply it to the privityes of Men and the Breasts of Women For the same Take Willow-leaves Water-Lilleys Vine-leaves and Lettise boyl them in water and with the Decoction bath and wash the privy Members hands and feet A Clyster against the shaking Palsey Take Centaury Sage Rue Cowslips St. Johns-wort Mercury of each half a handful Saffron-seed Rue-seed Silver Mountain-seed Basil-seed of each half an ounce Agarick 5 dragmes Stechas Amaranthus of each half an ounce Seeth them together in sufficient water then take 12 or 16 ounces of this Decoction Honey and Oil of Lilleys of each one ounce and a half Salgem and Pill Cochiae of each half a dragm temper them well and administer it for a Clyster A Powder for the Head against the shaking Palsey Take Field-Cypres Cowslips Lignum Aloes Ireos Hermodactils Stechas Marjoram Mints of each half adragme Spica Indie Grains Rue of each one scruple Beat every one by himself to a subtil Powder then temper them together and bestrew the Head with it when it is new shorn An excellent Confection which resisteth Poyson and defendeth the Heart against all Contagion and Infection comforteth the Stomack helpeth the Palsey or the trembling of the Joynts Take Cynamon Lignum Aloes Cloves Spica Indie Galingale Licorice Trochis de Vialis sive Scammonio Diarrhodon Abbatis of each 5 dragmes Nutmegs Aliptae Muscatae Sedoary Spikenard Mace Rhabarbe Red Storax of each half an ounce Pearles prepared Burnt Ivory Harts Bones Ginger Blatia by Zantia of each 2 dragms and a half Muske Amber Cardamom Lovage-seed Basil-seed of each one dragme and a half Camphire one dragme Make them all into a Confection with 3 ounces of clarifyed Honey take thereof every morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg You may if you please for your better conveniency make Lozenges thereof by adding 12 ounces of Sugar boyled in Buglosse-water to one ounce of the fore-mentioned ingredients For the dead Palsy Take Nutmegs sliced Licorice and Annis-seeds of each one ounce Piony Roots one dragme Elecampane Roots half an ounce Spirit of VVine 16 ounc Honey 8 ounces mix these all together and make a Conserve thereof and if you use it in VVinter put thereto a quarter of an ounce of long Pepper and give the Patient about a spoonful thereof every morning Pills to purge for the dead Palsy Take Agarick one scruple Assa-Faetida half a scruple Ginger 13 grains Diagrydion 1 grain make Pills thereof with the Juyce of Hysop and after the Patient is purged let him take this Drink following for eight dayes together Take egrimony-Egrimony-water and southern-wood-Southern-wood-water of each 2 ounces and sweeten it with Sugar Drink it in the morning and fast four hours after it A Syrrup for
the dead Palsy Take Calmus half an ounce Cowslips 3 handfuls St. Johns-wort Sage Betony Balm Rue Bayleaves of each one handful Silver Mountain Balsam-wood Balsam fruit Bazil-seed of each 2 dragms Licorice Currans Lavender Flowers Amaranthus of each one ounce Boyl all these together into a Syrrup with six ounces of clarifyed Honey and a pint of Rain-water clarifyed with the white of an Egge A Clyster for the dead Palsey Take Sage Rue Stechas Mallows Centory Mercury Bran of each half a handful Seeth them all together then take 12 ounces of this Decoction of mix therewith Hyera Logodion half an ounce Salt one quarter of an ounce Sallet-Oil 3 ounces minister it warm A Powder to strew on the Patients meat in stead of spice that hath the dead Palsey Take Cynamon 1 ounce and a half Coriander Cloves Galingale Pepper Cubebs Mace Nutmegs Saffron of each one ounce Calmus 2 ounces Coutchenel half an ounce Temper them all to a fine powder with 6 ounces of fine Sugar A bath for the dead Palsey Take Bay-berryes Juniper-berryes and Pepper of each as much as you will beat them to powder and set the Patient in a dry bath and poure of this powder on hot Irons tempered with Lavender-Water and let him sweat well with the vapour thereof then rub all the infected Members with Venice Soap till the Soap be drye And after the Patient cometh out of the bath keep him in a warm place and rub the lame Joynts hard with Deers-suet An Oyntment for the dead Palsey Cramp and cold Gout Take Squills Rue Calmus Nettle-Roots Egrimony Cowslips of each one handful Pound them all together and put to it Oil of Nuts and old Sallet-Oil of each 12 ounc Wine as much seeth these all together till the moisture be evaporated away then strain it and temper amongst it Salt-Peter Euphorbium Pepper Oil of Bayes of each one ounce and a half Galbanum Turpentine of each 2 ounces VVax as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof and keep it for the use aforesaid A Powder against the falling sickness Take Pearls prepared Harts-bones of each 1 dragm Red Coral Piony-seeds and Roots of each half a dragm Misleden one dragme and a half Amber prepared 2 scruples White Sugar one ounce Six Leaves of Gold Make them all into fine powder and take hereof a dragme once a week in Piony-water or Broth. A Clyster for the falling sickness Take Swines-bread black Hellebore Centory Daffadil of each one dragme Saffron-seed half an ounce seeth this in a quart of water till half be consumed take 13 ounces of this Decoction temper therein Hyera Logodion one ounce Oil of Euphorbium 10 dragmes Salgem one drame and a half mix them all together for a Clyster A Confection for the same Take Diapenidium 3 dragmes Pliris Arcoticon 1 dragm Diambra half a dragm Cynamon 1 dragme and a half Nutmegs Cubebs of each 2 scruples Ginger one dragm Sugar 8 ounces Make a Confection thereof with Piony VVater Lozenges for the Cough and Rheume Take white Poppey-seeds Lettice-seeds and Purslain-seeds of each one dragme Dragagant Gum-Arabick and Saffron of each half a dragme Opium 5 grains pound all that is to be pounded and make it to a dough with Syrrup of Poppey make Lozenges therof as big as small Beanes and let one of these at a time dissolve in thy mouth this is for hot Rheumes Other Lozenges for a Cough Take Pine-apple Kernels steeped a night in Rose-water and bitter Almonds blanched of each 3 quarters of an ounce Juyce of Licoris 2 ounces powder of Licoris 3 dragmes make Lozenges thereof with Rose-water they are good against the Cough and rawness of the Throat that proceedeth thereof An Oyntment for pain in the back Take Oil of Spike and Oil of Lilleys of each half an ounce Oil of Camomile and Dill of each one ounce Saffron Lavender Madder and Egrimony of each one dragme Mastick and Squinant of each one scruple VVax as much as is needful to make it a Salve herewith anoynt the back-bone A Clyster for a pleurisy of heat and blood Take 16 ounces of broth made of a Calves-Foot or Lambs-Head put therein one ounce of brown Sugar the yolk of an Egge 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil Salt one dragme and a half temper them together for a Clyster An Oyntment for Scabs and breaking out in the Legges Take the red Dock-Root the Roots of Celendine and Worm-wood and the Leaves of Laurel of each a like quantity stamp them and seeth them in May-Butter unto an Oyntment strain it and keep it in a box for use How the Body is to be Governed against Pestilential and infectious Ayres The first and principal preservation is to avoyd all that may ingender any Feaver or Ague and forbear all manner of excesse either of meat or drink eat no grosse meat no Onyons Leeks Garlick nor fruit Abstain from venereous actions for that both openeth the Pores and destroyeth the kind natural and infeebleth the Spiritual Members and the Spirits of Man Also in time of Pestilence suffer no great thirst and drink but measurably only to slacken thy thirst and drink such drinks as will abate heat as Water of Borage Endive Lettice Violets Roses Scabious Tormentil Dittany either mingled or else severally alone by themselves For if the Pestilence reigne in the heat of the Summer these Drinks be profitable especially for those that be of a Cholerick Complexion Also when you sleep either in the afternoons or at night a-bed shut your Chamber-doors and Windowes close and cast on a Pan of Coles this Powder following Take of Laurel-Leaves and Rosemary dryed and Frankincense of each a like quantity make them into powder and strow about half a spoonful hereof upon the Coales Use also to burn in thy Chamber Juniper-wood or for want thereof Ash-wood and use to cast on the fire Frankincense Storax Calamint If one be infected with the Pestilence and a sore begin to arise between the thigh and the privy Members it is a sign that the Liver purgeth out the infection in that place then bleed on the Foot in the same side the swelling appears the Vein betwixt thy great Toe And if the botch be more outward to the side and further from the privy Members bleed then on the Vein between the Ankle and the Foot If the matter appear in the cleansing place of the Head then consider well in what side it appears and bleed on the Medium Vein of the Arm or the Vein of the Hand between the Thumb and the next finger of the same side but take good heed that you sleep not in 12 hours after bleeding It is good alwayes to have in your hand to smell to this Pomander following which comforteth the Vital Spirits Take Lapdanum purified an ounce Storax Calamita dissolved Roses Cloves Mace of each three half penny weight and make them into powder add thereto 5 spoonfulls of Oil de Bay an ounce of Virgins Wax mingle them well all
ounce Fennel-water an ounce Camphire half a dragme the Gall of a great Pickerel temper and stir it all together and use it as the other An Oyntment for red Eyes Take Tutia half an ounce Oil of Bay 1 quarter of an ounce Honey and Vinegar of each one spoonful Camphire 1 dragme make a Salve thereof and therewith anoynt the Eye-lids this is also good for inverted Eye-lids Nutmegs confected in Honey do help the redness of the Eyes and defend the sight being eaten For hot Eyes Take water of Eye-bright Fennel Celandine of each 1 ounce Tutia prepared 3 scruples Sarcocolla and Pearles prepared of each half a dragm temper it together and therewith anoynt the Eyes Another for the same Take Rue Fennel Vervain of each equal parts stamp them and put to them Rose-water and white-Wine as much as will cover them quite over Let it infuse a night and then distil it in a glasse body in balneo and reserve the water for the use aforesaid For pricking and hot Blysters in the Eyes This is oftentimes caused through over-much moisture setling it self in the white or apple of the Eyes These are dangerous to be cured The Patient must be let blood in the Head-Vein and purged to divert and carry away the humours And first take for it this Medicine following A Water for blystered and pricking Eyes Take Lycium and Saffron of each half a dragme Juyce of sloes 1 scruple mix this with rose-Rose-water and drop a little into the Eyes with the white of an Egge Another for the same to ripen and draw out the corruption and asswage the pain Take Fenegreek and Linseed of each one quarter of an ounce Melilot one quarter of an ounce seeth it in fair water and wash the Eyes oftentimes therewith and somtimes drop a drop thereof into the Eyes Another for the same Take Crums of white-bread and steep it in Womans milk and lay it on the Eyes and when it grows dry renew it and lay on fresh A Confection good for all heat pricking and swelling in the Eyes Take Eye-bright Fennel Cinamon of each 3 dragms long Pepper Mynts Mace Marjoram Vervain Calamus Rosemary of each one dragme and a half Sugar Pennets 3 ounces white Sugar 5 ounces with the Sugar seeth these Juyces following of Roses and Vervain of each 2 dragmes Juyce of Fennel clarifyed five ounces Juyce of Celendine and Rue of each one ounce and an half let them seeth almost as thick as a Syrrup afterwards temper amongst it the rest well beaten Another Oyntment to asswage the pain and heat in the Eyes Take young Endive and stamp it with Oil of Roses or Oil of Violets and therewith anoynt the corners of the Eyes and Eye-lids Against itching Eyes This commonly proceeds from a defluxion of salt humour that falls down to the Eyes and causeth great itching and pricking in them which maketh the Patient alwayes very apt to rubbe them but that he must by all means refrain for that hurteth the sight and maketh the eyes more red hot and angry he must be moderate in eating and forbear strong drink purge the Body of choler and open the Head-vein wash the Eyes well in Rose-water and afterwards foment and bath them with the Decoction of Mallows Violet-Leaves Vervain and Celandine For running Watry Eyes This infirmity somtimes flowes from the weakness of the faculty retentive And is also often occasioned through superfluous moist Rheumes falling down from the brain upon the Eyes and likewise it may be caused through mirth but oftner through its opposite sorrow for that alwayes follows that kinde of deceitful pleasure under which excessive drinking seems to mask it self sharpe windes smoke Coughs stinking Savours do perish the Eyes For help of this defluxion use these remedies following Purge the Body with Pill Cochiae Aureae with succo Rosarum or with Pills of the 5 kindes of Mirobalaus Forbear all moist sharp meats and drinks Salt Fish and Flesh Milk Cheese Onions Garlick and all that fumes into the head Outwardly beat the white of an Egge and temper it with Womans milk and drop a drop thereof into the eye For the same Also take unripe Grapes and burn the same to ashes and make it into a fine powder and blow thereof into the Eyes it dryeth up the Rheume and taketh away the redness Another for Watery Eyes Take Rose-Leaves fresh half an ounc Saffron Spica Indie Gum Arabick of each 1 quarter of an ounce beat them small and make Cakes thereof with rain-water And when you will use it take 1 dragme thereof and lay it to steep in the beaten white of an Egge and herewith anoynt the Eyes This repelleth the matter and consumeth the pain Another for the same Take Juyce of Fennel well clarifyed 1 ounce and a half Aloe two dragmes and a half a leaf of beaten Gold mix them well together then add to it 7. grains of Frankincense dissolve them in good white-Wine and mix them all together with Fennel and rose-Rose-water and drop of this water into the Eyes twice a day Another for running and over-moist Eyes Take Myrrhe half a dragme Blood-stone one dragme Rose-leaves one ounce seeth them in a glasse in Balneo to the consumption of half then strain it through a cloth and drop thereof 4 times a day a drop into the Eyes A Salve for watery Eyes to ease the pain and stay the defluxion Take Juyce of Rue Oil of Mirtle of each 2 ounces Let it boyl untill the Juyce be sodden away then strain it and set it again upon the fire and mix amongst it Saphire prepared half a dragme Jacynt one scruple Antimony one dragme burnt Copper 1 scruple Tutia prepared 3 dragmes let it seeth gently on the fire adding thereto two or three dragmes of Wax more or lesse accordingly as you desire to have it hard when you will use it melt a little and anoynt the Eye-lids therewith If the Rheume in the Eyes cometh of cold then at the first beginning of it take inwardly this Confection following A Confection for Watery Eyes that come of taking cold Take Spica Indie 5 dragmes Agarick 1 dragme and a half Cynamon 1 ounc Mastick as much as the weight of them all make a Confection thereof with clarifyed Honey and take thereof every morning Muske and Pomanders are good for the Patient to smell to in this case and to chew Betony in his mouth every morning An outward Oyntment for the same Take Bloud-stone prepared 1 quarter of an ounce Roses burnt Ivory white and red Coral Amber yellow Mirobalaus of each one dragme Juyce of Housleek 4 ounces temper them together and so keep it well stopped anoynt the Eye-lids every day herewith and put of the same a drop into the Eye Another Water for the Eyes to dry Catarrhes and cold Rheumes Take Gummi the Muscilage of Fenegreek-Seeds of each one quarter of an ounce of prepared Sarcocol Spikenard Myrrhe Cynamon Aloes Bever-cod of each half a scruple powder
them all together then steep them in Womans milk and drop thereof into the Eye A Salve for running Eyes and for all Imposthumes and Pains Scabs Wounds and Bloud-shots in the Eyes Take Tutia prepared in Rose-water half an ounce fresh Hogges-grease one ounce Starch 3 quarters of an ounce bruise and temper them well together in a Morter then wash it three times in the Water of Night-shade and with this anoynt the fore-head the Temples and the Eye-lids both within and without A precious Water to strengthen the sight Take Rue Roses Endive Betony Vervain Maydenhair Egrimony Clevers Yarrow Eyebright Pimpernel Sage of each two handfuls Cut the Herbs small and steep them a day and a night in good white-Wine then strain them out and let the Moisture run from them then bruise them grosly in a Morter then distil them in Balneo and keep the water for your use close stopt For spots in the Eye Take Prepared Blood-stone 3 dragmes Burne Copper a quarter of an ounce Perles Red Coral of each 1 dragm Gummi Tragacant of each 3 dragmes Pepper 30 grains Washed Ceruse 1 dragme Dragons blood Saffron Amber of each half a dragme Make it into the form of trochises of a dragme apiece and when you have occasion to use it bruise one of them and infuse it in Womans milk and drop a drop thereof into the Eye Another for spots in the Eyes Take Frankincense 5 dragmes Saffron one dragm Ammoniacum Sarcocolla of each two dragmes and a half beat them all into very fine powder and make it into Trochises with Muscilage of Fenegreek then when you will use it bruise it into Womans milk and therewith wash the Eyes this doth mundify and deer the sight For mists and clouds before the Eyes It oftentimes happens in them that have the small Pox afterwards some clouds or white spots remain in the Eyes endangering the sight thereof for which take the Juyce of Corn-roses the Juyce of Centory each apart or mixt together and therewith anoynt the Eye A powder for the same Take the dryed Juyce of Celendine 3 dragmes Ameos one quarter of an ounce as much white Sugar-Candy make a fine powder thereof and blow a little into the Eye when you go to bed Probatum With this Medicine I cured my self of a spot of whiteness that grew over the sight of my left Eye immediately after my recovery of a grievous sickness of the small Pox in October 1646. by putting a little thereof into my Eye going to bed with a piece of clean Paper rolled in form of a quill which in a short time took the spot clean away not putting the Eye to any pain Gloria Deo in excelsis Turner Another Powder much commended for the same Taste Pumice-stones Cuttle-bones prepared Sarcocolla Aristolochia red Coral Boras of each one dragme white Sugar-Candy 6 dragmes make them all into a fine subtil powder A Honey to be prepared for the mists before the Eyes Take clarifyed Honey 2 ounces the Juyce of Fennel the Juyce of Centory of each 1 ounce and a half seeth it a little and scumme it till it be cleer and drop thereof on the cloud or white spot in the Eye A Plaister for swollen and extuberated Eyes as if they would fall out Take Shepherds Purse Planten Housleek make a Plaister thereof and apply it to the Eye but if it proceed of weakness of the sinews then it is needfull to purge the Head with Hiera or pill Cochie use Gargarismes wherewith foment the mouth and lay to the Eyes this Plaister Take Juyce of Sloes Frankincense Mastick Cypres-Nuts and the Leaves of each if you can get them of each a like quantity beat them very small and mix them with the Oil of Camomil and lay it on the Eyes A Pomander for to strengthen and help a feeble and dim sight Take Rosemary Nep Marjoram Penny-royal of each 1 dragme Lignum Aloes Marjoram Gentle Mace of each 2 dragmes Muske Amber of each 2 grains Make thereof a powder and bind it in a piece of red Silk and smell often to it All odoriferous Herbs as Rosemary Lavender Gillo-flowers Roses and all sweet smelling Fruits are good for the Eyes so also doth the sight of green Fields green Trees the precious stone Smaragdus green Glasse green Linen set before the Eyes strengthen and quicken the sight on the contrary lechery and unmeasurable Venery Drunkenness sleeping on a full stomack much reading small prints or writing vaporous Meats moist Fruits dark misty weather Smoke Wind Dust Idleness and grosse Meat weakens and diminisheth the sight A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Tutia prepared 10 dragmes make it into Past with the Juyce of Marjoram Gentle when it hath stood a night and be well setled Let it drye well then beat it again and add to it Ginger long and black Pepper and Celendine of each 1 dragme sal Armoniack half a dragme all beaten small and made Moist with the Juyce of Fennel let it dry again and so preserve it when you will use it beat it into a very fine powder and put thereof into the Eye A Powder to be strewed upon the Head to strengthen and preserve the sight Take Cloves Lignum-Aloes Betony Sandarac burnt Ivory Styrax Calaminta of each half a dragme make them into powder and strew all the Head therewith and when you will renew it kemb the Head that the first may come off afterwards use twice a month before you go to sleep one quarter of an ounce of Trochises of Diambra and hold them in your mouth till they be dissolved A Water to preserve and strengthen the sight used by the Emperour Frederick the third Take green Betony Rue Vervain Celendine Eye-bright Roses of each 6 handfulls Long Pepper Cloves of each half a dragme Aloe one ounce Wood-bind and the flowers 3 handfulls Chop all the Herbs small and distill it through a glasse body drop of this Water into the Eyes and anoynt the Face therewith Another to preserve the sight Take Fenegreek Holly-hock Roots of each 2 ounces cleanse them well and boyl them in fair water by a mild fire till half be consumed then strain them out and add thereto Aloes 2 dragmes Sugar-Candy or Sugar of Roses 1 ounce strain it with rose-Rose-water through a Cloth and let it seeth unto a Syrrup keep it in a glasse close stopt And when you have occasion use it as other Eye-waters Another for the same Take Rose-water and white Sugar-Candy of each what quantity you please And infuse them in a glasse together and let them stand in the Sun two or three dayes or more before you use it The Galls of all Ravening Birds as also of partridges of Bulls Hares Wolves Foxes and especially the Gall of a Bucke doth cleer the Eyes and sharpen the sight if any one of them be decocted with Juyce of Fennel and clarifyed Honey and dropt into the Eyes A Confection for a bad sight called Electuarium Oculiste or the Oculists
Bran 2 handfulls as much Lavender seeth them all together in a sufficient quantity of Water and bath the Feet in it every night very hot holding them in it about half an hour and every three dayes cast away the old bath and make fresh For Deafness Take Betony and Horehound and stamp them in a Morter and strain out the Juyce and drop thereof into the Patients Ear when he is going to bed Another for the same Take a round piece of an Ash-Tree with the bark on and lay the midst thereof in the fire and keep the Water that droppeth out at both ends and take the Juyce of Monks Rhabarbe white-Wine and the fat of fresh Eel of each a like quantity mingle them all together and put a drop or two thereof into the Patients Ears when he goes to bed use it every night Another for the same Take the Gall of a Weather and Honey of each a like portion and mingle them together and put it into the Patients Ears For Pain in the Ears Purge the Head with Syrrup of Roses Cassia and Electuary de Succo Rosarum Then oftentimes take Oil of Roses Oil of Water-Lillies and Womans Milk and drop thereof into the Ears Another for pains in the Ears Take the Juyce of Strawberry-leaves of Pauls Betony Sage and Housleek of each one ounce Mastick and Frankincense a dragm and a half of the Decoction of Cole-worts two ounces temper them all together and drop thereof into the Ear. Against Noise and Hissing or Singing in the Ears Deafness usually follows after this if not timely prevented which to do it is necessary to purge the Brains with Pills de Hyera Mastichine Cochie or Hyera cum Agarico either or all of which you may have at the Apothecaries take of one of these Pills a dragme at a time If you take of the Pill Mastichine you may take a dragme thereof and form it into six little Pills more or lesse according as you can swallow them and take them at night going to bed if you take of any of the other Pills take a dragme thereof in the morning Afterwards take this Decoction which follows and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears A Fumigation for Noise in the Ears Take Marjoram Mints Wormwood Rosemary Sage Betony and Camomile of each half a handful boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water till half be consumed and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears To stanch bleeding at the Nose Take the Seeds of the Hazel-Tree and burn them to powder and let the Patient have some of it blown into his Nose through a quill and let him drink the Juyce of Planten The Juyce of Planten or Planten-Water and Milk made into a posset stanch and heal any bleeding inwardly To Ripen an Imposthume in the Ear. Take fine wheat Flower one ounce and a half the Muscilage of Linseed and Fenegreek Seed Eels-Grease Litharge of Gold Ceruse and Frankincense of each one dragme mix them all together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it all over the Ear and rub it into the Ear. Another for the same Take fresh Holly-hock Roots beaten small two ounces Linseed and Fenegreek Seeds beaten of each one ounce Dill-Seed and Camomile of each half an ounce boyl them in Butter to the consistence of a soft Plaister and lay it to the Ear. To draw out the matter cleanse and heal an Imposthume in the Ear. When the Imposthume is ripe and begins to break then to cleanse and heal the same use this Unguent following Take Sarcocolla Aloes Dragons-blood Myrrhe and Frankincense Iron Drosse and Verdigrease of each half a dragme incorporate them all well together with Vinegar and dip a taint therein and put it into the Ear. Another for all kinds of Imposthumes in the Ears Take Honey 5 dragmes Vinegar half an ounce Verdigrease 1 dragme bruised small seeth them together then dip Wool therein and lay it into the imposthumated Ear. The Oyntment called Unguentum Apostolorum which is to be had at the Apothecaries is also good for Imposthumes in the Ears to be used as the former For the Tooth-ach Take Allum and Brimstone of each what quantity you please thereof burn them on a Tyle-stone and make powder thereof and add thereto powder of Pepper a like quantity stamp them all together with a Clove of Garlick then ty them up in a little piece of linen and lay it between the Teeth where the pain is Another for the same Take Honey and seeth it and take off the scum as it ariseth and put thereto powder of Pepper and seeth it till it be black then put some of it on a Sage leaf lay it to the aking Teeth Another for the same Take Vinegar Mustard powder of Pepper and Pellitory of Spain of each what quantity you please the Kernel of a Gal-nut boyl them all together and if the Teeth be hollow put thereof into the Teeth or else lay it hot to the Gums Of the Tooth-ach that cometh of Worms If there be Worms in the Gums as it often happens there are which cause much pain in the Teeth and do imposthumate and perish them to kill them Take Pepper and beat it to powder and temper it with good Wine and sup thereof warm and hold it in thy mouth till it be cold and then spit it out use this often and thou shalt be delivered of all anguish in the Teeth Another to fasten loose Teeth Take Harts-horn and burn it and put the ashes that come thereof in a linen cloth and lay it to the Teeth and it will make them fast To make a Tooth fall out of it self Take the tallow of a Ram and Planten and stamp them together and anoynt the Teeth therewith and it will fall out of its own accord Turner So says my Author Verbatim I do not deviate from him the Medicine is easy to be made if it do no good I am sure it can do no hurt if you have occasion you may soon try it Here follows another receipt for the same purpose which you may use as you like it it will not cost you much Take a water-Frogge and a green Frogge and seeth them together gather the Grease that ariseth and therewith anoynt thy Gum and the aking Teeth I do not like this so well as the former For stinking Teeth Take two handfulls of Cumin-seed and seeth it in white-Wine and let them wash their Teeth therewith To make Teeth white Take Honey Salt and Rye-meal of each what quantity you please and therewith rub thy Teeth and Gums For an Imposthume in the Gums Take Honey of Roses one ounce and a half Vinegar half an ounce mix them together and therewith gargle the mouth when you spit it out take in fresh again using it often Likewise it is good to open the Gums if there be any sores and wash it three times a day with water wherein Allom Myrrhe and Salt have
through Take Iron Drosse sodden in Vinegar and Myrrhe of each half an ounce Dragons blood fine Bolus Frankincense Mastick Sealed Earth and Juyce of Sloes of each one quarter of an ounce Cypres Nuts and Mumey of each 3 quarters of an ounce Isinglas 2 ounces make them all together into a Salve with Wax and Rosin as much as is needful with this anoynt the Cods thrice a day and knit it up alwayes with a Trusse A good Drink for a Rupture Take Rosemary half an ounce Cynamon half a dragme Balme-Flowers Ginger Borage Nutmegs of each half a dragme seeth these together in 7 quarts of Water till the 4 part be consumed then add thereto 16 ounces of Honey then boyl it again till the third part be consumed and use it A Confection for the same Take Frankincense Mastick Juyce of Sloes Hypocistis of each 1 dragme and a half Roses burnt Ivory parched Cummin Dill-Seed of each one drag Cypres Nuts half an ounce Steel filed small Iron Drosse decocted together in red Vinegar of each one quarter of an ounce dryed Seeds of Pomgranates one ounce beat them all small together then take Honey of Roses 18 ounces white Sugar 12 ounces Granado Wine 6 ounces Dragagant-Gum of each half an ounce seeth both of these Gums with Honey Sugar and this Juyce till it be thick when it beginneth to be cold put it into a Morter and temper the other things amongst it stirring it well together give the Patient 2 dragmes thereof in the morning and let him fast 2 hours after it and one dragme at night 2 hours after Supper Let the Patient keep himself as quiet as possible forbear much stirring and carnal Copulation and all excesse either of meat or drink and forbear binding meat strong drink and new Wine So far of Ruptures The perfect OCULIST THE Author first beginneth with 6 precious Waters profitable both for the Eyes and other things which he thus sets down For to tell of 6 precious Waters made and sent to a Queen that somtime was in England The first Water is this Take Fennel Rue Vervaine Endive Betony Germander Red roses Maydenhaire of each 1 ounce Stamp them and steep them in white-Wine a day and a night and distil a Water of them This Water shall depart in three that is you shall draw 3 several Waters the first part ye shall do in a glasse by it self and know ye of a truth that this Water is as precious as Gold The second as Silver The third part as precious as Balme and keep these 3 parts in glasses This Water shall ye give to the Rich for Gold to mean men for Silver and to the Poor for Balme This Water keepeth the Eyes in cleerness and avoydeth the Quitery and gounde and cleereth and sharpneth the sight The second Water TO the second Water take Salgema pound and wrap it in a green Dock-leaf and lay it in the fire till it be well rosted and wax white and put it in a glasse against the air at night and at the morrow it shall be turned to white Water like unto Chrystal keep this VVater well in a glasse and do a drop into thy Eye and it shall cleanse and sharp thy sight And it is good for the evil at the heart and for the Morphew and for Sance-fleam and for the Canker in the Mouth and for other evills in the Body The third Water THE 3 Water is as followeth Take the Root of Parsly Endive Monache Fennel Betony an ounce wash them well in Water and bray them well and then steep them well in white-Wine a day and a night and then distil them This Water is more worth then Balme It keepeth a good sight and cleanseth it of all filth it refraineth tears and comforteth the head and avoideth the Water that causeth headach The fourth Water THE 4 Water is this Take Parsly-Seed Annis Caraway Vervaine of each 2 dragmes Centory 10 dragmes beat all these to powder and do it in warm water a day and a night then distil it This water is a precious water for all sore Eyes and very good for the health of a mans body or Womans The fifth Water THE fifth Water is such that with it you may do many marveylous things Take Lymel of Gold Silver Latyn Copper Iron Steel and Lead And take Litharge of Gold and Silver and take Camomile and Columbyne and steep all together in the Urine of a man-child a day and a night The second day in white-Wine the third day in the Juyce of Fennel the fourth day in the whites of Egges the fifth day in a Womans milk that nourisheth a man-child the 6 day in red Wine the 7 day in whites of Egges and upon the eighth day blend and mix all these together and distil a water of them and keep this water in a vessel of Gold or Silver The Virtues of this water is this it doth away all manner of sickness of the Eyes the Perle the Sckome of the tears and the * T is an old English word if Geofry Chaucer were here he could tell you the meaning of it T is too old for me Quiters and draweth again into their due form the Eye-lids that are bleared it slayeth the ach of the head And if a man drink of it it keepeth his visage long to be young There is no man can tell half the Virtues of this VVater The sixth Water TAKE Lapis Caluminaris and do it in the fire till it be red as a Rose and slack it in a pinte of white-VVine and do so 9 times and after grinde it and beat it small and searse it very clean then Infuse it in the Sun in Fennel-water Vervain Roses Celendine Rue and three-leaved Grasse the distilled water of them not the Herbs of each a like quantity in a Vial of glasse so that the VVater may settle cleer about 5 inches above the stone in the bottom and when you will use it stir it together and take up a drop of it with a feather and if it abide then it is fine and good then drop of it in an Eye that is watry or running or an Eye that hath a dimme sight and for the head-ach anoynt the Temples herewith it is precious for helping the sight and for ache in the head To cleer the sight of the Eyes a good Water and for itching thereof TAKE Fennel Roses Vervain Celendine and Rue of each 2 ounces and distil water of them which is good to clarify the sight of the Eyes being washed therewith according to this verse Feniculus Rosa Vervens Celedonia Ruta Ex istis fit aqua quis lumina reddit acuta Of Fennel Vervain and the Rose Herb Celendine and Rue A pure VVater is Compose That doth the sight renew Another for the same Take red Snailes and seeth them in fair water and there will arise an Oyl or fat which separate clean by it self and reserve it in a glasse and therewith anoynt thy Eyes morning and
evening To Clarify the sight of the Eyes Take red Roses Smallage Rue Vervain Mayden-hair Eye-bright Endive Sengreen red Fennel Celendine of each a quarter of a pound wash them clean and infuse them in white-wine a day and a night and then distill them the first VVater will be like Gold the second like Silver and the third like balme And this water is very good for all manner of sore Eyes for a webbe perle or haw Another for sore Eyes TAKE Smallage Fennel Rue Vervain Egrimony Betony Scabious Avens Hounds-tongue Eye-bright Pimpernel red Roses and Sage Distil all these together with a little Urine of a Man-child and five grains of Frankincense And of this distilled water drop a drop or two into the Eyes at night when you go to bed For pain in the Eyes TAKE Egrimony Vervain Fennel Rue and Roses and put them in a Scillatory and spring on them good white-VVine and distil it This water is good for swelling of a mans Eyes that cometh of Cold and for bleared Eyes and Eyes that be red with anguish and easeth the pain of them Another for the pain in the Eye TAke a little Allom and powder of Mint and mix them together draw thereof a VVater and put thereof a drop into the Eye going to bed and in the morning Another for sore Eyes TAke Flowers of Hawthorn and the Flowers of Withy and distil it make thereof a VVater and this VVater is good for the sight in the Eye and for the redness in the Eye and for burning and heat in the Eye and for Eyes that do lightly VVater and for webbs in the Eye of a Man or VVoman A good Water for the sight TAke Sage Fennel Rue Vervain Betony Egrimony Sanacle Pimpernel Eye-bright Cinquefoil and Rue of all these like much and grinde them in a Morter then take powder of Alom and a little Camphire and mingle them together and distil it And know you of a truth that this VVater is profitable for all evills of the Eyes And restoreth the sight that hath been almost lost by the space of 3 years Water of Copporas to make good for the Eyes TAke Copporas and grinde it to powder and put a little water to it and let it stand a day and a night and strain it through a Cloth This VVater is good for the Eyes and for the Canker in the mouth and for noli me tangere and to make a deer complexion Another Water for sore Eyes and pain in the Head TAke red Roses Maydenhair Rue Vervain Eye-bright Betony Calamynt of each one handful steep them in white-VVine 24 hours The second day distill it in a Distillatory The first water that thou dost distill it shall be like colour of Gold The second of Silver The third of Balme And this is called the precious water for Ladyes Another Water for sore Eyes TAke good red VVine and Cumin and Salt and put it in a pot and set upon the pot an Alembick and stop it fast about with good paste and make a slow fire of Cole The first VVater that is distilled is good for all cold sickness in the Eyes of Man or VVoman The second VVater is good for all manner of hot maladies in the eyes Another for the same Take and fill a pot of thick Dregs of good Ale and put thereto a handful of Cumin and Salt and put a Lembeck on thy pot and stop it about with paste and distill it a precious VVater for the Eyes Salgem THE VVater of Salgem is good to cleer the filth of a mans Eyes and it is good for the scurffe and Morphew and for the stink of the hammes and Arme-pits Take a pound of Salgem and wrap it up in Colewort-Leaves and do it in the hot Ashes And there let it seeth in his own kinde till it be turned to whiteness after that lay it on a marble-stone a day and a night and that which goeth over thereof will be a Silver Colour Then take that and keep it in a glasse and when need is put a drop thereof into the sore Eye For the haw in the Eye Take Pepper and stamp it to powder then take the marrow of an old Gooses wing and mingle it together and do it in a Cloth and burne it to powder and put thereof into the Eye For dim sight and bleared Eyes Take Ginger and rub it on a whetstone into a fair Bason and put thereto as much Salt and temper it in VVine with the juyce of Eye-bright and let it stand infusing a night and a day And then take the cleerness that ascendeth above and put in a glasse for use and with a feather when thou goest to bed or as often as thou lyest down to sleep therewith annoynt thy eye-lyds within and without and it will heal them An oyntment for sore Eyes approved Take Vinegar and put it in a clean Bason then take the flowers of plumbs and mingle all together and let it stand three dayes and three nights covered then put it in a box and reserve it for your use to anoynt the Eyes when need requires Another for the same Take Raw Cream made of Ewes milk and spread it on the bottome of a fair scowred Bason then take a vessel that hath stood with Ale in it 6. or 7. dayes and pour out the Ale and whelm the pot or vessel over the Bason so letting it remain a whole night then take the Cream and keep the Cream in a box till you need it for an oyntment for sore Eyes Another for the same Take red Snayles that be without houses and seeth them in water and after that burne them on a hot tilestone to powder and mix the powder with the fat that will arise above the water they are boyled in And anoynt the Eye-lyds therewith at night going to bed For bleared Eyes Take the Juyce of VVorm-wood and mingle it with water made of the white of an Egge and therewith anoynt the Eyes and it will put away the bloodiness and aking thereof Another for the same Take Celendine Rue Planten Annis of each a handful and as much Fennel as of all the rest and stamp them in a new earthen pot and let it stand two days and two nights then strain it and therewith anoynt the Eyes evening and morning For a pin and Webbe in the Eye Take an Egge and rost it hard and take the white all hot and put in as much white Copporis as a pease and while it is hot strain it through a Cloth and let it drop into the Eye a good drop And this for young and old is proved a good Medicine For Eyes that be blasted Take Tutty and Calamint and wash them in white-Wine 9 times and then grinde them upon a stone with some of the white-Wine and white Goose-Grease and Capons Grease and put thereof in the eye morning and at night approved For Eyes that be red and full of pain Take white Ginger and rubbe it
Electuary Take Silver Mountain-Seed Eye-bright Fennel and Cinabes of each one dragme Cardamome and Mace of each one dragme and a half Seeds of Rue and Celendine of each one quarter of an ounce Rosemary one ounce Annis-Seed Lignum Aloes Caraway Consolida Saracenica of each half an ounce make a Confection thereof with Sugar or Honey This also strengtheneth the brain restoreth lost sight and maketh the Spirits of the sight subtiller and stronger Another Confection to preserve and strengthen the sight Take dryed Betony Celendine Eye-bright Hysop Penny Royal of each 1 dragme Fennel Silver Mountain Coriander prepared Marjoram Seeds Basil Seeds Cardamom Cynamon Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cloves Long Pepper Lignum Aloes Mastick Spikenard of each half a dragme Preserved Citron Pills 3 dragms Conserves of Borage and Rosemary of each 6 dragms make them all into a Confection with Sugar Decocted in Fennel and Rose-water and take hereof as you have occasion Tabulats to strengthen the sight Take Species Diambrae a dragme and a half Eye-bright Celendine Fennel Vervain of each one scruple Seeds of Rue and Silver Mountain of each half a dragme Sugar 5 ounces boyl them all in Eye-bright water and make Tabulats thereof whereof take one every night after supper An excellent Water for the Eyes Take the Waters of Rue Celendine and Eye-bright of each 2 ounces Fennel and the Juyce of Vervain of each 1 ounce the Gall of a Pickerel three dragms Lignum-Aloes beaten small half a dragme The Seeds of Rue of Celendine and Marjoram Gentle of each one dragme put them together in a glasse close stopt and luted with Dough Let it stand a day in an Oven after the Bread is taken out the next day take of the past and set it 12 dayes in the Sun strain it and keep it in a glasse close stopt for your use when you will use it put a drop thereof into the Eyes morning and evening lying on your back A Potion to purge for a weak sight Take Treacle half a dragme mix it with white-Wine Water of Rue or Fennel take it once a week A Powder to strengthen the sight Take Eye-bright half an ounce Caraway sodden in Vinegar and dryed and Marjoram Gentle 3. quarters of an ounce Lignum Aloes Spica Indiae of each 1 ounce Sorrel Seeds 5 scruples Coriander prepared Cinamon Fennel of each 2 dragms Make thereof a Powder with Sugar as much as you please And hereof you may take a dragme after Supper with a little Julip of Roses A Medicine to strengthen the sight and for those that be purblind Take the Liver of a Buck take out the Gall and cut the Liver in pieces laying thereon whole long Pepper cover it with another piece of Liver and Pepper as before thus continuing till all the pieces be layd one upon another and above and beneath be nothing but Liver put this in an Oven and dry it well then take off the Pepper beat it small and mix some Musk amongst it And with the moisture that droppeth from the Liver moisten the Powder and make Lozenges thereof And keep them till you have occasion for to use it then temper it with Eye-bright water and eat thereof two or three mornings together In all diseases infirmities of the eyes whatsoever have a special respect unto your dyet avoyd Salt and grosse meats strong drinks and venery especially excesse in either use temperance and moderation in all things for in mediocritate salus The Mirrour of HEALTH Of Aches Meagrims and other Diseases in the Head A Drink for the Head-ach TAKE Betony Vervain Worm-wood Celendine Walwort Rue Bark of an Elder Tree Honey and Pepper of each equal parts stamp them together and seeth them in Water and drink thereof morning and evening Another for the same Take Rue Vervain Worm-wood Sage Walwort Alehoof red Fennel Planten inner rinde of Elder of each a handful stamp them small and put them in a new earthen pot with a quarter of an ounce of Pepper in Powder put thereto a Pottle of red Wine and another of Stale Ale and seeth it till half be consumed strain it and drink thereof 8 spoonfulls at a time 9 mornings together And wash thy Head with this liquour following A Water for the Head-ach Take Rue Alehoof Betony Vervain Mints red Fennel Worm-wood Southern-wood of each a handful wash them and shred them small and seeth them in Water in an earthen pot and wash thy Head with some of the Water and mix the Herbs with wheat-bran and apply it to the mold of the Head as hot as may be suffered binding it on with a Cloth To cleanse the Head Breast and Stomack and cause a good appetite Take 3 handfulls of Centaury and seeth it in a Gallon of Water till half be consumed then strain it and put to it a pinte of clarifyed Honey then seeth it softly to a quart and drink thereof two spoonfulls morning and night first and last To cease Aches and swellings causâ—d of Sores and Wounds in the Head Take Mallows Worm-wood Mugwort Betony and Egrimony of each a handful wash them and stamp them put thereto 3 ounces of fine wheat-Flower as much Honey and as much barrows Grease stamp them together and put thereto red Wine a little quantity and fry them and lay them warm to the sore but lay a Colewort-leaf between the Plaister and the wound and it will cease the ach and put away the swelling For the Meagrim in the Head Imposthume Dropsie Feaver and all Aches in the Head Take 4 penny weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain a half penny weight of Spikenard and grinde them and boyl them in good Vinegar and when it is cold put thereto a spoonful of Honey a Sawcer full of Mustard and mingle them well together and hold thereof in thy mouth a spoonful at once as long as a man may be saying 2 Creeds if you have not forgot how to say the Creed then spit it out into a Vessel and take more and do so 9 or 10 times together Take it after Dinner and going to bed and wash thy mouth after it and use this Medicine 3 dayes together Probatum For the Meagrim Take Galingale half a dragme Ginger one dragme Nutmegs half a dragm Cloves two dragmes Elecampane two dragmes Annis a dragme Licoris and Sugar of each half a dragme make them all into fine powder and take thereof a dragme first and last in some Betony Water For the Head-ach that proceedeth from hot and Cholerick causes If heat be the cause of the Head-ach it is known by the swiftness of the Patients pulse redness of the Urine much thirst dry'th of the Mouth Tongue and Nostrils no sleep little appetite to meat heat over all the Body Outward Applications for the Head-ach proceeding from hot causes Take Oil of Roses Rose-water and Vinegar of Roses of each a like quantity dip double linen Cloths herein and lay them to the temples and the fore-head refreshing
provoke sweat and expel the Venome of the Plague Take a glasse Bottle as big as you will fill it halffull of Elder flowers a third part of Holly-hock Flowers and uppermost a third part of the Flowers of St. Johns-wort filling herewith the glasse then put thereon old Sallad-Oil as much as the glasse will hold stop it very close and let it stand a sunning a whole Summer with this Oil rub the Body very warm 3 or 4 times a day it provoketh sweat abundantly Anoynt the sick Persons Breast or Heart with this Medicine following Take of the best Treacle one ounce Juyce of Lemmons and Vinegar of each half an ounce Saffron and Camphire of each one scruple mingle them together and spread them on a piece of Scarlet and apply it If a Plague-soar begin to appear with any redness and will not imposthumate then take a young Pullet pull off the feathers off her Belly then cut her open and hold it upon the swelling then shortly after take another and do as before Another to draw out the Plague-sore Take a great Onyon and roast it with Treacle therein and lay it upon the soar with a plaister of Oxicroceum and Diachilon cum Gummis Also take the common Plaister of Diachilor 3 dragmes and the Juyce of Celendine and make a Salve thereof with a little Wax or seeth Cole-worts with a little Bacon and lay it on the swelling and when you see it begin to imposthumate then use this following Take Holly-hock Roots Scabious and Mallows of each a like quantity seeth them and beat them to a Pap and make thereof a Plaister with Barrows-Grease And apply it to the swelling To kill the Plague-soar Take 2 or 3 yolks of new laid Egges and temper therewith about half an ounce of Salt pounded small and lay it on the place renewing it every quarter of an hour If the sore Corrode further take fine Bolus Dragons-blood Vinegar Rose-water and whites of Egges as much as you please lay the same Plaister-wise upon the sore When the Plague-sore is throughly killed take Scabious 4 handfuls Treacle one ounce Barrows-Grease one ounce and a half stamp the Herbs and make a Plaister thereof and refresh it often To clense the Ulcer and ingender new flesh when other accidents are past Take Turpentine washed in Scabious water 4 ounces Barly-meal one ounce two yolks of Egges Saffron Sarcocolla Mastick and Frankincense of each half a dragme mix them all together for a Plaister Lastly take Beaten half an ounce Honey of Roses a sufficient quantity to make thereof a Salve use it till the sore be perfectly whole Et Laudate Dominum A fulgure tempestate A Pestilentia fame a bello Caedibus A subitanea improvisa morte Abira tua a morte perpetua libera nos Domine Amen OF URINES IN the Judgment of Urines you must have regard to the Substance Colours Regions and Contents And these be the Colours of Waters that follow Urine white as Clay-water of a Well this Colour signifies ill Digestion a bad Stomack and a bad Liver if you see in this Colour many shining beams it denotes an Imposthume in the Milt Medicine Take Gromel Saxifrage Parsly and Sage boyl them in stale Ale and drink it Also use powder of them in thy Pottage If the Urine be white as Whey thick and little in quantity it betokeneth the flux Medicine Make Drink with white Poppy-Seeds and Lettice and use it A white Russet if it be thick in substance it betokeneth the Cholica Passio Medicine Take Water-Cresses and grinde them small and boyl them in white-Wine and drink thereof evening and morning Urine of the Colour as it were broth of flesh half sodden If it be little in quantity and fat as Oil and frothy above it betokeneth wasting Medicine Take the powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them with clarifyed Honey and make a Confection thereof and so use it Urine of the Colour of broth of flesh well sodden and thick in substance it denotes a quotidian Fever that comes of Flegme And this and all the other 5 colours are signs of bad Digestion Medicine Take Vinegar and Mustard and boyl them together and then take Treacle as much as a bean or two wash it with white-Wine and mix therewith and use it when the sickness taketh thee Urine of a yellow Colour as a yellow Apple with a thin substance and a salt savour betokeneth a double Tertian that comes of Melancholy Medicine Take Figges Licorice Hyssop Hore-hound and Elecampane and boyl them in water till half be wasted and drink thereof morning and night Colour of Urine red as Saffron if any yellow froth above it betokens the Jaundice Medicine Take Mirobalans Aloes Epatick Sene Sugar and Annis make them into powder and use thereof at night and morning Urine as pale Gold and thin in substance in a Child denotes a quotidian in a young Man a tertian in an old Man a double tertian and in a Woman a quartain Medicine Take Powder of Gete the seed of Cresses and seeds of Broom and use it in thy Pottage Of the Colour of red Gold thick in substance and shaddowing above betokens a lasting quotidian Medicine Take Satyrion-Roots Mustard-seed Pepper Annis and Cinamon and mix them with Honey to an Electuary and so use it Urine as red as a Rose and thick denotes a burning Fever Medicine Let him blood under the Ancle or on the Vein of the Arm And take Aloes Epatick 1 dragme and boyl it in a pinte of white-Wine and drink thereof a spoonful at evening and in the morning Urine as black Wine or rotten blood This in a lasting Fever betokeneth death if it be troubled fatty and stinking it betokens bursting of a Vein in the Reyns Medicine Take Osmond Savin and Gromel and boyl them with white-Wine and clarifyed Honey and use it first and last Urine green as worts and little in quantity betokens death Urine black as a Coal fatty and stinking betokens death Subrufus is like Gold Silver medly This Colour betokens a Fever and Imposthume If there be a Circle with small Bells in it as it were of rain-water it is a wind in th Head that riseth out of the Stomack Medicine Take powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them to a Confection with Honey and use it Albus like a cleer water it denotes wasting of the Spleen the Dropsie Madness pissing against ones will heat of the Liver Emrods and stopping of the Flowers Medicine Make a Drink of Gromel Saxifrage Pellitory Sage and Hemp seeth them in stale Ale and drink it When the Urine hath great contents and stink it betokeneth pain in the Reyns and the Spleen If it be bloudy and cleer and pure it denotes a Vein broke in the Liver if it be little with a strong savour and ly in Gobbets in the Bottome it cometh from the bladder If it be spotted as bloud and red the pain is in