place of thy Head For the Rheume in the Head TAke and seeth Pimpernell in Wine and drink it in the Evening hot and in the morning cold this will help thee Or take and stew Onions in Water in a close pot and bath thy Head thy mouth and thy nose therewith and it will help thee For the weaknesse of the Brain TAke a handfull of Rosemary Sage Marjoram Hysop Betany the leaves and roots and the seeds and roots of Pyony wash all these said herbs and put them into a pottle of fair Water and let them seeth together untill the one half be wasted then take out the herbs and put to the said water almost half a pint of Honey clarified and let it boil well together with a dram of Stecados knit in a linnen cloth and let it boil till the sweetnesse of the Honey be boiled out then take out the Stecados and put thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon three Nutmegs well bruised and put them to the same liquor and seeth them together a good while then strain it through a linnen cloth and so use to drink it morning and evening and it shall comfort thy Brain For hair that faileth on thy Head TAke and bray Lineseed and mingle it with oyl-Olive and when it is well beaten together anoint thy Head therewith three or four times and this will heal thee or take oyl of Tartar and warm it and then rub your Head with it or any place that is scald eight or nine dayes and the hair will come again An excellent medicine TAke a farthing worth of Pellitory of Spain and a quarter of Stavesacre seed and beat both together and then drink a draught of Malmsey and put a spoonfull of this powder into your mouth rolling it up and down till your mouth be hot and full of flegme and then spit it all out then take a stool and set before you and lay a cushion under your knees and set a bason under your mouth and gape as wide as you can and then the flegme will void from you out of all the members of your Head and if it come too fast hold over your Head to the bason and let it go use this once in a year and you shall be the better for it a long time A remedy for the Head TAke the juice of Ivy leaves mixt with Oyl and Vineger and rub therewith your temples and your nosthrills For lightnesse in the Head TAke small tents of linnen cloth and dip them in Cinamon water and put them into thy nosthrills and thou shalt be help't presently To purge the Head of evill humors TAke the root of Pellitory of Spain and chew a piece thereof on either side of thy mouth between thy Gumms and close thy mouth fast till the water cometh down then let the water go forth but hold the root still a quarter of an houre For pain in the Head TAke the juice of Ivy that groweth upon trees and oyl of Roses and mingle them together with Wine and anoint your Head therewith and this will make it leave aking Probatum For the Eyes FIrst if it do come of Rheume or corrupt blood purge Rheume and blood if it do come otherwise be let blood in a vein called Mediana and use locall waters as waters to mundifie the place and then use Salves sanative For a white that doth grow over the black of the Eye FIst purge the Rheum with Anacardine and Sternutations or Gargarices and then make a plaister made with the white of two Egs beat it well together and then put to it a little Honey and after that put to it Flax or Tow and to bedward lay it over the Eyes and let it lie all night and in the morning wash thine Eyes with cold water and a fine cloth do this three nights one after another and be whole For a bloodshotten Eye TAke the white of two new laid Egges and beat them to a watrish spome then put Tow unto it and three nights together lay it to thine Eye and bind it fast and renew it every night and wear a green cloth before thine Eye For a blast in the Eye MEddle not with it with medicines but wear before thine Eye a piece of black Sarsenet and eat neither Garlick nor Onions nor drink no Wines nor strong Ale and it will away A water to clear the sight TAke Fennell Vervain Roses Salendine and Rue of each two ounces and distill them and wash thine Eyes therewith for it is good for all manner of sore Eyes For blear Eyes TAke the juice of Wormwood and mingle it with water made of the white of an Egg and put it into thine Eyes and it shall put the blood and aking away A water to clarifie the dimnesse of the sight TAke the juice of Fennell and Salendine Rue and Eyebright of each two ounces Honey an ounce and a half Aloes Tyme and Sarcocell of each half an ounce the caul of a Capon Chicken or Cock two drams Nutmegs Cloves and Saffron of each a dram Sugar Candy six drams put all into a limbeck of glasse and distill it and of this water put into your Eyes and if you could get the liver of a Hee-Goat and mix with the said things in the distillation that water will be of much greater vertue and almost without comparison Another for the same TAke the green Walnuts husks and all from the trees with a few Walnut leaves and distill thereof a water to drop into your eyes A singer powder that drieth and taketh away the rednesse of the Eyes TAke Tutty prepared an ounce Antimonie half an ounce Pearles two drams red Corall a dram and a half pound all these together very fine and keep them in a box of Tyn and use when thou hast need A Regiment for them that have sore Eyes TAke heed that you alwayes keep your body loose and abstain from fire smoke wind dust and over hot and cold aire and from weeping and long reading of small letters from over long watching over much drinking of Wine and eating late for all these are noysome to the Eyes also all vaporous things as Onions Leeks Garlick Mustard Pease and Beans are very dangerous forbear day sleep and behold green things clear and precious To clear the sight or for rednesse of the Eyes TAke Salt and Ginger and make it in fine powder and temper it with white Wine and let it so stand a day and a night then take off the thinnest ryne and wet your Eyes with a feather to bedward For a Pin and Web in the Eye IF there be a Pin and Web in the Eye or other blemish in the ball of the Eye take water of Pimpernell Vervain or Salendine To make a good water for sore Eyes TAke Fennell Rue Eufrace Vervain torn Mintill Betany red Roses Endive Sowthistles call'd Chicken meat Pimpernell red Salendine Filago the leaves of Piony the leaves of white Vine March Egremony Sinkfoil called Woodbine
Bacon wheaten Bran and the Roots of a Vine and seeth all these together in Brine wherein Flesh hath been laid to Salt and let the hot Vapor thereof ascend to the sore place through an instrument like a Funnel made of Wood and this done wash this sore place with this Water following Take the inner Bark of the Roots of black Thorn and seeth it in a Pint of white Wine Vineger and a Pint of Water of the Bark twelve Ounces of Roch Alum two Ounces seeth these together in a stone Cruse in a Kettle of water closely stopped till half be wasted then strain them and put of this Liquor into the Sore This helped a child of twelve years old that the Canker had eaten through the Roof of his Mouth into his Nose But if the Canker be not very corrosive take Woodbine Sage Lavender Rosemary and Salendine and seeth these in running water and white Wine till half be wasted and then strain them and put to this strained Liquor a little Alum and Myrrhe Honey and Sarcacoll when these be a little sodden then strain them again and rub thy Mouth therewith often in a day For the falling of the Evola TAke a little Pepper and Salt and put it up therewith or else take and seeth a little Pepper in Ale ad dip a Linnen Cloth therein and put it up therewith also take a handfull of Fetherfew and rub it between your hands then lay it to the Crown of the Head and it will draw up the Evola For a Canker in the Mouth TAke Rosemary Sage and running Water and seeth them well together and put to them Roch Alum and wash thy Mouth therewith or take Woodbine leaves and stamp them and put thereto a little running Water and strain out the Juice thereof then put to the same a little white Coperas and wash thy Mouth therewith and it will be whole For a Canker in the Mouth TAke a sawcer full of Wodbine-water and put thereto as much Alum as a Hasell Nut and then take of Mell-Roset as much again as the Alum is and put to it a spoonfull of good Vineger and boil all these together upon a Chafingdish and wash the Canker therewith Medicines for Teeth To make Teeth white TAke Vineger of Quinces and dip a little piece of Cloth in it and rub thy Teeth and Gums therewith the said Vineger fasteneth the Teeth and Gums comforteth the Roots of the Teeth and maketh sweet Breath To keep the Teeth sweet clean and from danger of Worms or a Regiment Ach TAke a Pint of White Wine two Ounces of Alum and a quarter of an Ounce of Honey boil them together and wash your Mouth therewith every Morning A Regiment for the Tooth-ach YOu must wash your Mouth before and after Meat with warm Water to cleanse the Mouth and purge the Humors from the Gums which descend out of the Head it is good every Morning to wash the Mouth and to rub the Teeth with a Sage Leaf or with Powder made of Cloves and Nutmegs You must forbear Lettice and raw fruits all tart things and the chewing of hard things also all Meats of evill digestion and vomiting and straining of your self For the Tooth-ach TAke the Root of Henbane and seeth it in Vineger and hold in thy Mouth the Decoction thereof and the pain of the Teeth will away straight or take Hysope and make a decoction with Vineger and wash your Mouth and Teeth therewith being hot and the pain will away Another for the same TAke Wheat Bran and good stale Ale and make it thick like Mustard and let it soke therein a quarter of an hour then strain it and put thereto the Powder of Pepper a good quantity and some of the Juice of Rue and make it somewhat thick and put it into a little bag of linnen cloth and lay it between thy Cheek and thy Teeth and lie down on that side and let the Water run out of thy Mouth and use it three or four times and thou shalt never have the Tooth-ach more or take Hounds tongue and stamp it and frie it with Butter and make a Plaister thereof and bind it to thy Cheek on that side that the pain is and thou shalt be whole Proved An approved Medicine for the Tooth-ach TAke Berries of Ivy and the scraping of a Harts Horn and boil it in white Wine and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to thy Cheek and hold the Liquor thereof in thy Mouth and thou shalt be whole Or take Pepper Salt and the Roots of Primrose and dry them all together and make Powder thereof and rub thy Teeth therewith To take away the Tooth-ach in half an hour TAke Henbane Seed Smallage Seed and Poppy Seed of each the weight of a Penny and make Pellets thereof as big as a Vache with a quantity of Aqua vitae and lay it unto thy Teeth that ake and the pain shall cease straight A notable Medicine for the Tooth-ach TAke Pellitory of Spain both of the Leaf and of the Root wash it and stamp it and there of make three Balls every Ball as big as a Plumb and lay the first Ball between the Teeth and the Gummes the space of a miles riding and even as the water ingendreth in thy Mouth spit it out whole and put in another Ball as thou diddest at the first and likewise the third and so let the Water run out of thy Mouth still and be whole straight To make Teeth white TAke Flower of Rie Salt and Honey and mingle them well together and therewithall rub thy Teeth every day twice or thrice and then wash them clean with Water and they will be clean Or take green Branches of Broom and burn them and make thereof a Powder and burn Alum and mix them together and then temper them with fair Water and rub thy Teeth therewith and it will do away the blacknesse of them For the Tooth-ach TAke the green part of the Eldar Rine not the uttermost nor the innermost but the green in the middle between both and Sage Rue and Ginger and a good deal of Salt then grind them all together in a mortar and seeth it in white Wine and make a Plaister thereof and lay to the Cheek and be whole Another for the same TAke a Pint of the strongest Vineger thou canst get and a handfull of Sage the Root of a red Nettle the quantity of a Fingers length and as much of the Rine of an Oke and cut them in little pieces and so let the Vineger and all the rest seeth together from a Pint then let the Patient chew it on the sore Tooth and so dresse Evening and Morning half of it at each time and this shall help him for ever Probatum est For to remove a Tooth TAke the Root of a Mulberry Tree and lay it in Vineger three dayes and three Nights and then dry it in the Sun and make Powder thereof and rub thy Teeth therewith and
spoonfull of Honey and then strain these through a Cloth and with Liquor scour the Canker with a fair Cloth on a sticks end and wet a cloth double and lay it plaisterwise to your Throat and be whole For Hoarsenesse in the Throat TAke Penyryall and seeth it in running water and then take of it at night a dish full somewhat hot with a little Sugar melted in it and within two or three times dressing you shall be clean again For Hoarsenesse of a long continuance TAke Raisins Figs Sugar Cinamon Cloves of every one a little and seeth them in good VVine of the which you shall give the Patient Ounces at a time Morning and Evening except she have a Feaver or for a Child that hath the Cough Take Oyl of Roses and chafe well his Stomach when he goeth to bed and then lay a warm Cloth to his Stomach and he shall be whole To heal a Quinsie in the Throat TAke one pound of the Water of Scabias and one ounce of Aqua vitae and mingle them together and wet Cloths therein and so lay it it to the sore and this will kill it in three or four dayes For the dry Cough TAke half a pound of Licoras and scrape it clean and bruise it well and put it into an earrhen Pot and put thereto three quarts of fine Wort and one Ounce of Sugar of Ginger beaten two drams and a Pint of Clarified Honey and seeth all these hogether till half be wasted and then strain it through a Cloth into a clean Vessell and let the sick drink thereof first and last at Evening hot and Morning cold For stopping of the Pipes TAke two drams of Methridatum and a spoonfull of Claret Wine stirred together and so drink it fasting and by and by drink a Pint of Claret Wine after it and then fast two hours after without Meat or Drink and take this twice a week for two or three weeks together and use in all your Meats and Broths white Pepper grossely beaten For the Cough a good Medicine TAke a half penny worth of Licoras a spoonfull of Aniseed a sawcer full of the Juice of Fennell and one ounce of Sugar Candy seeth all these in white Wine or Sack from a quart to a pint then strain it and give the Patient thereof to drink For the Cough and Pursinesse TAke of the Powder of the Lungs of a Fox and Sugar Candy and temper it in Rose water and drink thereof Or take white Sugar Candy and Rose water and drink it for it is very good for the Cough if it come of the Inflammation of the Lungs For the Chyne Cough TAke the Root of Horse Hoof and the Root of Cumfrie of each a like much and wash them in fair Water then stamp them and seeth them in fair water till half be consumed then take two parts of that Liquor and a third part of Honey and boil them and scum them clean and when it is well sodden put it into some Boxes and let the sick use three spoonfulls at a time every day fasting and to bed ward A very good Medicine for the Cough TAke a brown Loaf before you put it in the Oven and make a hole in the top of it and put therein a good handfull of Rosemary and cover it again with the same Paste and being baked take it out of the Oven and mingle it with half an Ounce of the Powder of Enula Campana Roots of Licoras three parts of Sugar Candy as much as of the Rosemary of round Pepper and long Pepper of each half on Ounce take of this Evening and Morning and in your Pottage and will help the Cough with great successe for it hath been well tried Medicines for the Breast For sore Breasts when they be broken TAke Wheat Flower and two Yolks of Egges and the Juice of Plantain and mingle them all together till they be thick like a sawce and if there be holes in the Breasts make Tents that will suffice the holes and dip them in the same and put them in the holes and lay a plasster thereupon For sore Breasts TAke a handfull of Figgs and stamp them untill the Kernells be broken then take a little fresh greace and temper it with the Figgs and make a plaister thereof and lay it as hot as the Patient can suffer it unto the Breast and it will take away the anguish and if it be apt to break then it will break or els not An healing Salve for sore Breasts that be broken TAake Sorrell the Boyes call it Wood sowre and lap it in Wort Leaves and rost them in the Embers half a quarter of an houre then stamp them and put thereto Honey and Vineger and put them in a Box but first lay to the sore Breasts a plaister of Garlick and Meal boiled together in Vineger two or three times and lay it thereto For swelling of Womens Breasts TAke Line-seed bruised and the white of an Egge or the Juice of Smallage and mingle them well together and lay them plaister-wise to the swelling of the Breast and if she lose her milk give het to drink the Juice of Vervain and she shall have Milk enough and this will also heal your Breast For abundance of Milk in a Womans Breasts TAke Popilion and Lineseed Oyl and seeth them together and dip cloaths therein and so lay them to the Breast taketh away the abundance of Milk and the hardnesse of the Breast presently also Chickweed sodden in Plantain Water and laid Plaisterwise to the Breast drieth up the Milk and taketh away the hardnesse thereof green Wheat being stamped and strained with Oyl bringeth to Women Milk abundantly without measure For all manner stopping of the Breasts TAke the Gum of a Cherrie tree and dissolve it with old VVine and let the sick sup thereof and it will void all hoarseness and straightnesse of the Breast and Lungs Also take Figgs and slit them on the outside and stop them full of Mustard and seeth them in white VVine and eat of the Figges for this is very good For all Diseases of the Breast and to clear the Voice TAke a good quantity of VVoodstonne and grind them not too small and then put them into an earthen Pot and put thereto new Ale as it is cleansed and mingle them so that the Ale be a good deal above the Slonne and bury it in the Earth and cover it well with the same earth and so let it stand nine daies then give to him that needeth a little cupfull hot at night and cold in the morning To clear the Breasts TAke Sentory Pilliall Rew Hysope and red Morrell in stale Ale and strain it then put into the clear liquor Cinamon and Cloves and seeth them well and drink thereof nine daies at evening hot and at morning cold and be whole Also take Angelica Water and drink it at evening and morning an ounce at a time and it will greatly help thee For sore Breasts TAke
in a pint of white Wine strain it and drink thereof foure spoonfulls morning and evening warm Medicines for the Side For Wind in the Side TAke the leaves of Holly and dry them and make powder thereof but do not burn them and give the Patient thereof to drink in Beer or Ale and it will ease immediatly Proved by my Lady Coplin For a Stich in the Side TAke the urine of him that is sick Wormwood and Cummin and seeth them well together and by the fire therewith anoint thy side and after with the oil of Bay Also Endive Water water of Divells-bit water of Mallows and water of Carduus benedictus are all good for the Stitch. For a Stich in the left Side TAke a quantity of Cummin and steep it in a pottle of Malmsey then take and fry them together in a Pan and put it into a linnen bag and lay it hot to your side and it will help you Another for the same TAke and stamp Wormwood Mints and Camomill Mallows red Roses Sage Cummin and white Bread Crums and boil all these in red Wine or in stale Ale and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the side This is proved To know when one hath a Stitch whether it be of the Wind or the Plurisie TAke Wormwood and lay it on a tile-stone before the fire and when it is neare hot sprinkle it with good Malmsey and put it in a linnen cloth and lay it to when you feel the Stitch if it be but a Wind it will take it away in two hours but if it be the Plurisie it will augment the pain and then seek other remedy For a Stitch at the Hart. TAke and distill Endive Water and when the fire is out of it drink thereof one ounce at a time for this will help all Stitches of the Heart if you will use it Medicines for the Pleurisie TAke Broom Flowers Scabias and Carduus Benedictus of every one a like portion mingle them together and let the Patient every morning and evening take a good draught and annoint the ribs with oyl of Broom Flowers for this is good Another singular remedy for the same TAke three ounces of the water of Lady-thistle called Carduus Benedictus one spoonfull of white Wine and fix inner whites of Eggs well braid mingle them together and lay them plaister-wise upon the ribs as hot as you may suffer it Another for the same TAke two good handfulls of Horse-dung two races of Ginger in powder then wrap the dung and the Ginger together in a linnen cloth then put them in a pot to boyle with a quart of white Wine untill the third part be consumed and drink thereof evening and morning and after you have drunk the said Wine cover you well and sweat A Regiment for the Pleurisie THe Patient ought not to drink wine nor eat flesh but must be content to drink Tysants Barley water and weak drink and to eat Barley hulked and milk of Almonds clarified rosted Apples and great Raisins as long as the Fever doth last And to help him to spit it is good to use often white pills of Diadragaganton Sugar Candy and other things mentioned in the Remedies of the Cough For the Pleuresie THe common practice is to let the Patient blood and to administer to him Tysants and to give the syrup of Violets in the which is dissolved Cassia newly drawn half an ounce of Manna elect 1.3 give this to the Patient after he is let blood this hath holpen many Also this is very good for the Pleurisie Take a hollow Apple and put therein a good quantity of Olybanum and put the Apple in the hot embers and so let it stand till it be rosted and then give it to the Patient this hath helpt many without letting blood A Pleurisie cometh of cold humors and if it be not far past give the Patient Malmsey wherin hath been sodden Camomil to drink this hath helpt many without letting blood Medicines for the Lungs An excellent Medicine for the Cough of the Lungs TAke the Lungs of a Fox and wash them clean in fair water and lay them in Vineger two daies and then hang them up to dry the shortest way is to dry them in an Oven and then take a few crops of Hysope Elecampana roots and a few crops of Hoarhound and a good quantity of Anniseeds and a good quantity of Licoras and one ounce of Sugar-Candy and bray all together and searse it and then you may chuse whether you will eat the Powder in apples in pottage or in meat To make a Water that is restorative for a man that if his Lungs be wasted will restore them again and gather Nature again TAke Fennell roots and Parsley roots and wash them clean and pill of the utter bark of the roots and the hard roots that is within them and cast it away and make them small then take a brazen pot and put therein three quarts of water and put the roots therein and seeth it over the fire then take Figs and mince them small and Licoras small and put them together and make them boil well then take Sorrell and stamp it and put it thereto and let it boil well and then take it down and strain it through a cloth into some Vessell of earth and stop it well and fast that the breath go not out and let the sick drink thereof hot evening and morning cold For the Cough of the Lungs TAke a handfull of Figs and seeth them in Ale or Beer untill they be somewhat tender then slit them asunder and put them in a linnen bag and so lay them on your Stomach warm and when they be cold warm them again in the same liquor To comfort the Lungs TAke and distill our Lady Thistle and drink the water thereof twice a day and it will comfort the Lungs Also the Water of Chervell doth the like To open the Lungs TAke Hysope VVater and drink thereof twice a day evening and morning at each time one ounce and a half or two ounces and it will help you For the Impostumation of the Lungs TAke and drink VVater of Camomill twice a day at each time an ounce and it will help thee Fennell water will do the like Approved For heat or drought in the Lungs DRink water of great Plantain twice a day and it will kill the heat of the Lungs Water of blue Violets doth the like Medicines for the Heart For trembling of the Heart without a Fever TAke the maw of an old Cock drie it and make powder thereof and drink the same powder in red Wine or sweet Wine for it is very good put a little Saffron thereto For the Heart that beateth or trembleth in mans body and cometh of thought BRay Corall in a mortar of brasse as small as you can then searse it and mingle it with Sugar very fine beaten use to take of this powder first in the morning and last at night and it will
bean and let the sick drink thereof with vineger and he shall be whole Or take his own urine and scum it cleane then take the juyce of Camomil the juyce of sage or the powder of them both and the powder of Galingale and Licoras and let them boyl together a little while and drink thereof often fasting For the ague Mr Willoughbies Medicine TAke a handfull of the herbs called Shephards purle and halfe a handfull of Houseleeke and as much sinkfoyl and the like of Groundsel and beat them with two spoonfuls of bay-salt then divide it into four parts and lay two parts to the wrists of the hands one halfe hour before the fit doth come and when you feel it come take knot grass and stamp it and straine it with a pint of stale Ale and let the sick drink it luke-warm he must ly down as soone as the herbs be bound to his arm For the byting of a mad Dog TAke mints and a clove of garlick and salt and stamp them together and make a plaster thereof and lay to the bitten place and this will heal it Another for the same TAke Egremony Plantane and the white of an egg and beat them well together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore place and this will heal it For the biting of all kind of venemous beasts and other things TAke the juyce of Vervaine and drink it and with this many have been holpen Also the black that is of the Crabs feet well beaten into powder do very well help the same being drunk For the biting of a mad Dog TAke a quantity of Vervaine as much of Rue and as much of Plantane with Treacle and stamp it and strain it with good wine or stale Ale and give it unto the Patient Also take any of those herbs and stamp them with Bay-salt and bind it fast to the wound and it will draw out the venome Dr Wood and Dr Nichols are of this opinion To kill a Tetter or Ring-worm TAke Fetherfew and stamp it and strain it with Vinegar and rub the Tetter therewith and this will kill it in short time For a Ring-worm TAke Juniper berries 〈◊〉 ounces and stamp them and seeth them in a sufficient quantity of water until half be consumed then strain it and put to the said water swines grease clean tryed three ounces of Turpentine half an ounce seeth all these over the fire again a little time then take it off and when it is cold put the said water away and to the rest put of Brimstone finely powdered one ounce and so make an oyntment this is very good Medicines to take away Wens TAke Snails to the number of forty and seeth them in a pint of running water as you do Perywinckles and let them rest in the water until they be cold and then scum off the fat with wool or with a linnen cloth and lay it to the Wen and in short time it will be whole and gone Or take a stone or two of fine Jet and make the same in powder and put it in Ale or Pottage and give him to drink that hath a Wen and this will asswage it in short time For stinging of an Adder TAke Garlick pill it and fry it in oyl Olive or in May butter or in any other thing without salt but May butter is best and lay it unto the place that was stung and change it twice a day and this will kill the Venome and make the place whole For an Adder that is crept into a Mans Body TAke green Rue and temper it with mans urine be it man or beast that hath the worm crept into him and give it him to drink For him that hath Eaten or Drunken Poyson TAke the bark of a Walnut Tree and put away the innermost Rind and stamp it in a Morter as small as you can and lay it in Ale and in the morning strain it and give the Patient to drink thereof fasting and this will make him cast out all the Venome in short time To avoid poysoning with wicked meats and to keep thee from Drunkenness TAke the seed of Lettice and drink it fasting with clear runing water or take Betony and dry it and make Powder thereof and use this every morning fasting in a little stale Ale and this will keep thee from Drunkenness and save thee from poysoning For biting or stinging of any venemous Beast TAke one handful of Plantane and one handful of Rosemary and stamp them together then mingle it with a little sower Leaven and fry it with a little Butter sweet and when it is a little through warm then lay it plaister-wise unto the sore place but first you must bath the place well with warm Vineger Probatum For Man or Woman that is poysoned TAke Rue and Worm-wood and stamp it and drink the juyce thereof and eat Hasel-nuts for they be very good for the same Or take Goats-milk and mince and seeth them together with Treacle and drink it hot three dayes and be whole For the wind in the Stomack TAke Cummin-seed Fennel-seeds and Anniseeds and make them in Powder seeth them in white Wine and drink thereof first and last five dayes and you shall find great ease therein Medicines for the Plague or Pestilence Against the Plague TAke three ounces of the liquor of the inner rind of an Ash-tree and styll it with three ounces of white Wine and give the Patient to drink of it every three hours and within four and twenty hours he shall be whole by the Grace of God A Medicine that was sent by the Queens Majesty to my Lord Major of London for the Plague TAke a handful of Sage vertue a handful of Herb grace a handful of Elder-leaves and a handful of red Bramble-leaves and stamp them together and strain them in a cloth with a quart of white Wine and a quantity of white Vinegar and take a quantity of Ginger and mingle them together and drink thereof evening and morning a spoonful nine dayes together after the first spoonful they shall be made safe for four and twenty dayes and after the ninth spoonful for a whole year by the grace of God And if it happen one to be sick of the Plague before he hath drunk of this Medicine Then take the water of Scabias a spoonful of Betony water a quantity of Treacle put it altogether and it will put out the venome And if it fortune the Botch to appear then take Bramble-leaves Elder-leaves and Mustard-seed and stamp them together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and it will draw out the venome and heal the Patient Another for the same AMong the excellent and approved Medicines for the Pestilence there is none more worthy or available When the sore appeareth then take a Cock-pullet and pluck off the feathers of the tayle or hinder part till the rump be bare then hold the bare of the said Pullet to the sore and the
of each a like quantity bray them well together and the first day lay them in white Wine the second day lay them in the Urine of a man-child the third day lay them in the Milk of a woman that feedeth a man-child the fourth day in clean Hony and then distill them with a clean fire softly and keep that water well for it is excellent For a hurt in a mans Eye that cometh with a stroke TAke Betany two handfulls and beat it small in a mortar and put thereto the white of an Egge and break it with the other in a mortar and take of the same liquor and put it into thine Eye and lay some upon the Eye and bindit fast and do so nine dayes and be whole Another for the same TAke Egremony and bray it and temper it with white Wine and an Egge and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the outside of thine Eye and if were almost out it would heal it without doubt For the Eyes that run full of water and be bleared TAke of the juice of Rue foure spoonfulls and two of Honey and mingle them together and when you go to bed put thereof into your Eyes and keep it in together and use this and it will help thee Or take two or three roots of red Fennell and the leaves also and a branch of Salendine and a good race of white Ginger pared and beaten flat and if one be not great enough take two races put all these into half a pint of running water and cover it and use to put of this water into your Eyes when you go to bed and an houre before you rise in the morning when you take thereof strain it To save a mans sight a long time good TAke a crop of Rue and another of Camomile and eat them fasting with a fig or two three dayes in a week and this will save thy sight To draw Rheume back that falleth into the Eye TAke an Egge and rost it hard and slit it into two parts and lay it hot to the nape of the neck and thou shalt find ease presently A medicine for sore Eyes and for the Megrim in the head TAke the white of a new laid Egge clean taken from the yolk and a spoonfull of white Ginger and a spoonfull of strong white Vineger made of Malmsey or white Wine and a spoonfull of clean Rose water but first the white of the Egge must be well beaten and then to the oyl of the Egge put your other things above written and beat them all together then take Flax as much as will make two plaisters for either Temple one with a cloth and dip it into the medicine and bind upon every Temple one with a cloth and take heed the medicine do not touch your Eyes and do this three or four nights together and every morning the Eyes will cleave together with the Gumme but this medicine hath brought to sight them that were eight weeks stark blind For a Pearl and Wb in the Eye TAke fine white Ginger and grate it upon a whetstone and then beat fine a little white Coperas and put to it and when the Patient goeth to bed put some of it with a quill into his Eyes and when it hath been there a little while take ground Ivy beaten and strained with womans Milk and put three or foure drops into your Eyes evening and morning after the white Coperas hath been in your Eyes half an hour Probatum est A Medicine to clear the sight TAke clean Rose water a quantity in a sawcer and take clean Myrrhe as much as a nut and break it to powder small and bind it in a clean linnen cloth and let it lie in the Rosewater twelve hours and then the water will wax somewhat red of the Myrrhe then take of this water and put it into your Eye and this will clear the sight very well Probatum est To make a precious water for sore Eyes that be fair to look on and yet cannot see with them TAke Smallage and red Fennell Rue Betany Vervain Pimpernell Eyebright Sage and Salendine of every one of these a quartern and wash them clean and stamp them in a very fair vessell and take the powder of fifteen Pepper corns and a pint of good white Wine and three spoonfulls of good live Honey and fifteen spoonfulls of the water of a man child that is very young then put all these together and let it boil over the fire a little and then strain it through a clean cloth and keep it in a vessell or glasse well stopped and when you will occupie it put some of it into your Eyes with a feather and if it dry away in the glasse then put a little white Wine to it and this is good for all sore Eyes if thy Eyes be never so sore in fifteen dayes it will heal thee Probatum est For a Pearl and Web in the Eye TAke fine white Ginger beaten fine into powder searse it and seeth it a great while in good white Wine and put it into a faire vessell of Latten well stirred and let it stand in the vessell till it look green then put it into a glasse and when you have need of it use it with a little white Coperas at the dressing Or for the Web in the Eye take the gall of an Hare and clarified Honey by even portions and mingle them together and lay it on the Web and within three nights the Web shall break and save the sight Probatum est A Medicine for any that have the small Pox fallen into their Eyes TAke Pimpernell and stamp it and strain it and take the juice thereof and drop it into your Eyes where the small Pox is with a feather morning and evening and this is a speciall good Medicine for a Pin a Web or a Pearle in the Eye For a Pin and a Web. TAke the Ivy leaves that grow upon an Ash tree wipe them clean with a cloth and stamp them and strain them with Womans milk if it be a man that hath a Pearl in the Eye strain it with the milk of a woman that nurseth a Girl if a woman have a Pearl then with the milk of a Boy and the sorer the Eye is the more of the juice you must take and lesse of the milk and drop this Medicine into thine Eye with a feather morning and Evening and twice in the afternoon This is proved For sore Eyes TAke the juice of Houseleek Womans milk Rose water or Woodbine water and the white of a new laid Egge well beaten the froth taken away and beat all these together and dip in Flax and say it to your Eyes when you go to bed Probatum est For Eyes that are swoln TAke two spoonfulls of Womans milk one spoonfull of Rose water the pap of a rosted Apple and the yolk of a new laid Egge and boil all these together in a sawcer upon a chafing-dish of coals
untill it be thick and spread it upon a little cloth of the bignesse of the Eyes and lay it to lukewarm one day and a night or untill you see them something asswaged and then wash them with Womans milk Probatum est I have known a woman heal many blind people with this medecine following TAke Daysie roots Betany flowers Pimpernell and red Fennel stamp them and strain them with stale Ase and drink of this evening and morning and lay outwardly to thy Eyes rose-Rose-water Womans milk and the white of an Egg with Tow being well beaten together the drink will be better if you pound and put the juice of Cheslocks a worm so called that is between the bark and the body of trees commonly and then the juice of the said worm put into the sore Eyes healeth them A medicine wherewith one was holpen that had a prong thrust into the white of his Eye TAke the right ground Ivy Salendine the green of a Goose Tird Womans milk and put them together in a Glasse then when they be settled powr out the clearest and put it into thine Eyes and this will make thee whole A precions medecine for sore and dim Eyes TAke a handfull of Tyme a handfull of Vervain a handfull of Rose leaves a handfull of brown Fennell and when you have washed those herbs clean put them into a Stillitory and then put thereto a pint of white Wine and eight ponniworth of pure white Coperas and distill the same and put it into a glasse and use to wash your Eyes therewith Probatum est Another for sore Eyes TAke red Rue Smallage Vervain Maiden-hair Ivy Sengreen Walwort and red Fennell of each a handfull wash them clean and lay them in good white Wine a day and a night and after put them all into a stillitory and still them for the first water will be like gold the second like silver and the third like Balm and keep it in a glasse and use it A speciall medecine for Eyes first to clarifie the sight and curable to all Passions to Eyes as hath been proved many times and if the Eyes be therewith washed or else one drop of cleer water put therein it cleareth the sight and is much profitable to strained Eyes it will destroy a Pearl overcometh the Megrim and healeth any Eye that is smitten with a stroke TAke red Fennell Rue Eufrace Vervain Betany red Roses Grape leaves Appium Egrimony ground Ivy that groweth upon an oak and of all these take even portions and it must be put foure dayes and four nights in this manner following the first day and night in white Wine the second day and night in Water of a Manchild a Virgin the third day and night in Womans milk the fourth day and night in clean Honey and this done take all the herbs and put them into a stillitory and the water that cometh thereof ye shall put into a viall and use this as aforesaid and in this water put the fourth part of an ounce of Camphere beaten in a morter this is an excellent medicine To make a precious water for sore eyes and for all manner of sores as followeth TAke red Roses Smallage Rue Vervain Maidenhaire Eufrasia Eyebright Endive Sengreen Walwort red Fennel and Salendine of every one of these half a quartern wash them and lay them in good white Wine twenty four houres and then distil them and the first water will be like gold the second like silver and the third like balm keep it well in a viall or glasse for it is worth any Balm for any manner of evill or sore Eye and this hath been proved many times To make a water for sore Eyes which is excellent TAke the filing of Brasse of Iron Lead of Steel and of Gold and put it one day in the water of a clean Virgin to steep the second day put it in white Wine being hot the third day in the juice of Fennell the fourth day in the milk of an Ewe the fifth in red Wine the sixth day in three whites of Egges and then put it into a Stilletory and distill it with a soft fire and keep the water in a vessell this water is right excellent and precious for a mans sight and destroyeth the Leprosie A medicine for the Pearl and Flegme grown over the Eye TAke the Gall of an Hare and boil it with as much Honey as the Gall. Probatum est Medicines for the Ears For an Ear-wig or Worm in the Ear. TAke the Juice of Wormwood Rue and Sothernwood of each a like much and mingle them together and put it into the Ear and that will slay the Worm that is in any mans head within five nights at the furthest and lay some of the substance of the herbs plaister-wise To make one hear that is deaf TAke green Elm and lay it amidst the Fire and take the water that cometh out at the ends thereof a spoonfull and take a spoonfull of the juice of Sengreen and a spoonfull of Eels grease that is a kind of a black Eel of the gobbin next the navell and boil them together a little over the fire and then put the liquor into a glasse and put thereof into thine eares when thou art in bed and within a day thou shalt be whole but look that the liquor be milk-warm or take the juice of Betany and let it rest a good while and then take black Sope and the juice together and put it into thine Ears Another for the same TAke Camomill Melil ot Marjoram Calamint Hysop Wormwood Pennyroyall Stethados Mints of each a handfull boil them in running water one houre and dip a cloth therein and hold it hot to the Eare that the heat may enter into thy head and after stop thy Ears with cotton or black wooll that no cold may enter and this will help the hearing A water to help the hearing TAke and distill Sorrell or Wormwood in a common stilletory and take foure drops of either of the same waters whether you will and put into the ear lukewarm For pain in the Ears or for default of hearing TAke the oyl of sweet Almonds and drop it into thine ear and it helpeth the pain speedily also milk sodden and put into a stone pot with a narrow mouth and the sore ear holden over the pot that the vapor of the milk may ascend into the care this taketh away the pain and breaketh the imposthume of the head this is proved trrue Another for the same TAke the oil of a silver Eel with black wool of a Ram betwixt the hinder legs and the flank it helpeth presently the pain and will cause the Ear to run Also the oyl of a Weasle or Mole helpeth the hearing very well but you must make it in this sort when the Weasle or Mole is stripped of his skin then put the said Weasle or Mole into an earthen Jug and stop the Jug very close and put the pot into seething water and let
help you A good Medicine for the Heart and Swowning TAke the powder of Cloves with the juyce of Borage a spoonfull at a time and it will help you Also the powder of Ginger and powder of Cummin put in meats is good for the same A comfortable Medicine to restore the spirits of the Heart and to mend the disposition of the Etick or Consumption as followeth TAke a quarter of an ounce of Gold foyle and half an ounce of Manus Christi beat them in a mortar together untill none of the Gold be seen and keep it till you have need to use it which must be in manner following Take a quart of pure Rose water and boyl it with a quantity of Penidos keep it in a faire glasse and when you will use it take in the morning the weight of the foresaid powder and put in your mouth and drink it down with five or six spoonfulls of the foresaid water For swelling or rising about the Heart SEeth Oyl Olive by it self then take as much Honey and seeth it by it self then seeth them together a little while and when it is cool put it in a box and this is very good for the Heart For fatnesse about the Heart TAke the juice of Fennell and Honey and seeth them all together untill they be hard and then eat thereof evening and morning and thou shalt be whole To put away venom from the heart TAke Bolearmoniack and Sanguis Draconis of each three ounces and of the best Cinamon four ounces and mingle them altogether in powder and so receive it and it will put away Venom from the Heart For Gnawing about the Heart TAke Sage leaves and as much yarrow and grind them together and temper them with Ale and then strain and drink thereof Things good for the Heart SAffron Borage Hearts horn Mustard Cloves Galingale Nutmegs red Roses Violets Maces Sugar good Wine moderately taken Mirth and good ayre that day you eat of Piony or drink thereof you shall not swound Against Swounding BOrage eaten with flesh or in pottage is good for them that fall in their Swounding or be faint at the Heart or have Cardiack Passion at the Heart Against Swounding TAke water that Roses hath been sodden in and the powder of the same with a raw Egge Or take Rose VVater that Sweet VVater hath been sodden in this is very good Medicines for the Belly To dissolve a hard Belly TAke and stamp Mallows and Mercury together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to thy Navell and it shall dissolve the matter in the womb in short time Or take the juice of Rue and drink it with stale Ale or Wine or fair Water and use to drink of this and it will help thee in short time For any hard Belly that is sore MIngle Pennyroyall and Ginger together and bind them plaisterwise to thy Belly and be whole For Diseases of the Belly whatsoever they be TAke Wormwood Rew Motherwort Lavender Cotton and the gall of an Oxe Cow or Calf stamp the herbs and put the Gall thereto and lay it to the bottom of thy Belly and be whole A Drink to destroy all evills in the Belly or Body within fifteen dayes TAke Scabias Mugwort Smallage Devills-bit Herb-Ivy Wormwood Fumitory Fetherfew and Spiknard stamp all these and seeth them in white Wine and clarifie it with whites of Eggs drink of this nine dayes and be whole Medicines for the Collick For the Wind-Collick TAke Winter-Savory stamp it and strain it with strong Ale drink this warm and immediately the pain will cease as if it were sweep'd away There have been divers helpt with this which have had such pain with the Wind-Collick that they have swowned severall times in a day Also a cupping-glasse set upon the top of the Navell is a present remedy Also Camomill Rosemary Sage and Salt rosted under the embers and laid to the Navell is a present Remedy Emmets eggs dried in an oven made in powder and drank helpeth the Wind-Collick immediately For the Collick of the Stomach see after For the Strangullion CUt off the top of an Onyon and take out the core then put into the place a pretty quantity of this powder following Take Betany and Centory of each a like quantity and make powder thereof putting in a little Butter then put on the top again and put it in hot embers and rost it then lay it to your Navell as hot as you may-suffer it and be whole To make a precious Water for the Strangullion TAke a peck of Hawes when they be ripe and half a peck of Hips and beat them in a mortar to powder then take two gallons of Lees of Malmsey or Sack a penniworth of long Pepper and a half-penniworth of graines put all these together and distill them in a Stilletory or Limbeck take the water thereof and drink it luke-warm first and last For the Collick a precious Medicine proved TAke Saxifrage Maidenhaire unset Time and Parsley seed and seeth all these together in Malmsey strain it and drink it warm Or take Time Mints Woodroof Vilipendula and Setwall make pottage herewith and you shall find great ease For all evills within the Bladder TAke Fennell seeds Parsley seeds and Smalladge seeds bruise them and temper them with faire running Water and drink this first and last at your pleasure For one that hath much wind in his Belly TAke Juniper berries ere they wax black and drie them in the ayre and keep them all the year and use the powder thereof in your drink and pottage Or take the roots of Elecampane the roots of Pellitory of the garden and Fennell roots of each a like quantity and as much of Sothernwood wash them and bray them a little and seeth them all together in a gallon of Wort and drink thereof For the Collick TAke Flower and Ale and drink it unsod with a little Sugar and this will make you go to the stool and ease your Collick and Strangullion Or take Hempseed and drie it and make powder thereof and let the Patient drink it with Ale or Wine Or take Dill seed Anniseed and Cummin of each a like quantity beaten into fine powder eat it in your pottage it will help you A soveraine Medicine for the Collick and Stone TAke Parsley seed Fennell seed Anniseed Cummin seed Plantain seed of each of them a quarter of an ounce an ounce of Nutmeg foure ounces of fine Sugar beat all these seeds into powder and searse them and let the Sugar be beaten with Ale then take of the powder as much as an Hafell nut and let the Patient use to drink thereof morning and evening four times a week warm with Wine or Beer but Wine is best and when the pain cometh drink it with Malmsey Another FRie Pellitory and Butter together and bind them to thy Navell and this will suddenly cease the pain Or take a Lapwing and burn her in the fire feathers and all then take the
ashes of her and give it the Patient to drink with Wine somwhat warm and this will ease the Collick For the Collick of the stomach TAke of Broom feeds a spoonfull and a half so many Barberries with the hulls off and half a spoonfull of Anniseeds and a quarter of a spoonfull of Licoras and as much white Sugar Candy of all these beaten together into powder take a quantity first in a morning and last in an evening Medicines for the Wormes TAke and eat Garlick and it will kill all Worms in mans Belly Or take of the juyce of Lavender-Cotton and put to it the powder of Wormseed and drink it three times every morning fasting but drink not in an houre or two after and this will destroy the Wormes For Worms in young children TAke Setwell you must buy it at the Apothecaries and make it into fine powder and give the child to drink as much as a small Walnut in a cup of Malmsey and it will destroy all Worms Or Take Garlick Wormwood Mints Fetherfew Tansey and stamp them all together with the gall of an Oxe then fry them together and put them in a linnen cloth and lay them to the Navell as hot as may be suffered or seeth them in Vineger and lay them to likewise Or take the gall of a Bull and dip some Wool therein and lay it upon the Navel of the child and it will make the worms come forth Or take Honey and spread it on a tost of bread and cast good Worm-seed thereon and give it the childe fasting Worms in the Belly TAke the pils of Oranges and dry them and make them in powder and drink it in Malmsey or stale Alc there is nothing better A Medicine for the Guts For the Guts that fret TAke twelve leaves of Rue nine Pepper corns and as much Dill-seed as thou may'st take up with thy two fingers stamp them and temper them together with fair water and it will help thee For wind in the Guts TAke Honey pitch and Butter and seeth them together and anoint thy belly therewith against the fire For pain of the Guts TAke Tansey Rue and Sothern-wood and eat it with salt fasting and be whole For the cough in the Gnts. TAke the water of Flower-de-luce and drink it luke-warm twiceor thrice a day an ounce at a time Also water of Camomil doth the same drunk as aforesaid The water of Vine leaves is good against stitches and also against Impostumes in the Guts A Medicine for the Navel A plaister for swelling of the Navel TAke Cowes dung and dry it to powder Barly flower and Bean flower of each a portion the juyce of Knot-grass a good quantity and of Cummin a little make a Plaister of Ale and lay it to thy Navel and it will heal thee Or take Cowes dung and seeth it in the Milk of the same Cow and lay it on the grief this is also marvellous good for a suddain Ach and swelling in the Bagg For a Childs Navel sore with crying TAke a little Bean-flower and the ashes of fine linnen clouts burned and temper it with red Wine and Honey and so lay it to the sore Medicines for the Back For the weakness of the Back TAke flower of Barley and Beans and oyl of Roses the yolk of an Egg and make a plaister thereof and lay it to thy back in the day time and it will do you much good Or take slower of fine Rice and Wheat flower and temper it with Claret wine and Sugar and put thereto a little of the powder of Clare and Nut-megs and make a Cake thereof and bake it well and eat thereof this is good For pain of the Back TAke fresh Cow dung and fry it in Vinegar and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to thy Back and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole For pain in the reins of the Back TAke and seeth the leaves of red Willow and as hot as the sick may suffer it lay it to the reins of thy Back and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole Medicines for the Flux of the Belly To restrain the Flux whatsoever the cause be TAke the pisle of an Hare and dry it and make powder thereof and drink it Also â—…e water of Oken-buds or the very Acorns dryed and made in Powder and drunk with red Wine is very good Also the maw of a young Leveret is very good drunk with the juyce of Plantano A good Medicine for the bloody Flux TAke a pennyworth of Honey and a penny-worth of Wheat flower and three spoonfuls of Chalk and the yolks of five Pgs and half a pennyworth of Saffron and make a Cake thereof and eat thereof four dayes and be whole Or take the root of the red Nettle and stamp it and delay it with water or Ale then strain it and drink thereof and be whole for over For all manner of Fluxes that be curable TAke the seed of Plantane and the blossoms of red Roses in Powder of each alike much and give the sick half a spoonful at once with warm Whey first and last three days together and it will heal him Or take and drink the water that stone hath been scalded in first and last and be whole To stop a Lask in Children TAke the seeds of Plantane and make powder thereof and give it to the Child to drink in red Wine or in Ale and it will stop the Flux Proved true Or take Almonds and blaunch them and fry them in a Pan and cat them divers times in a day Also the durg of a stoned Horse that goeth to house fryed in Malmsey and laid to the Navel will stop a Lask To stop the bleeding of the Fundament TAke Aloes and Mirrhe of each a like much and make them into Powder and with a little Pile of Almonds anoint the sore and then cast the Powder thereon and put upon the Fundament with a hot Scarlet cloth and this will help thee To make a man have a Lask TAke Salt and Soap and lay it to thy belly plaister-wise and it will make the have a Lask straight Or take the gall of an Ox and anoint thy belly and stomack therewith and it will make thee Laxative To keep a man Laxative TAke Mallows and Mercury a good quantity and stamp them together and fry them with May-butter or fresh butter and then strain it and keep it in a Box and anoint your belly therewith evening and morning and it will keep you soluble For the Bloody-flux TAke the jaw-bones of a Pike and make powder of them and eat of this powder dry or take it with red Wine first and last and it will stop the Flux for it hath holpen when nothing else could help Another for the same TAke red Beans and boyl them in red Wine till it wax thick but first dissolve a little Allom in the Wine then let the Patient eat of this evening and morning and drink nothing
which was sore grieved with the Stone who was holpen with this drink following Take the blossoms of Haws and distyl them then take the water thereof and seeth it and put therein Grommel-seed Saxifrage-seed and Parsly-seed of each an ounce of Goats blood Hares blood and Fox blood of each of them seven Drams seeth all these in a quart of the water in a close pot of Pewter or earth in a Kettle of water the space of six hours then strain it and drink thereof every day This is an excellent hing To deliver the Stone a Medicine that never fails TAke the roots of red Nettles and wash them clean in many waters and then bray them small and lay them in red Wine twelve hours then give the sick thereof to drink six spoonfuls of the liquor and let him rest on a bed 3 hours and then give him twelue spoonfuls and 3 hours after give him twenty spoonfuls and anon he shall make water and deliver the Stone Or take white Thorn buds in May and distyl them and take a pinte of the same water and half a pinte of Malmsey and boyl it a little at the fire but if you put in a little Honey withal it will be the better and then drink it to bed-ward Proved by Master GAGE To break the Stone TAke a quantity of a Jet-stone and two races of Ginger and the shells of Egs hatched under a Hen when the Chickens be out but first take away the filme of the shels and put them altogether in a Morter with the piece of a stone that cometh out of an Ox gall or with Parsley-seed if you cannot get the stone and make Powder of all these together and drink of it with warm Ale in a spoon as often as you shall think good and it will break the Stone and ease you of the Collick and cause you to make water easily An excellent Medicine for the Stone TAke Selgreen Planten Fetherfew and Tansey and pound them all apart and keep every Liquor by it self in a Glass then take of each of them a like quantity and boyl it with Bean-flower and Honey to make it Plaister-wise and then take a double swadling-band of linnen cloth and spread the Plaister thereupon and so lay it to the pain and round about the back and use it so a fortnight or three weeks for this is a special good Medicine and well approved Another for the same TAke a Goat and keep him three dayes fasting then put him in a Tub full of holes and the fourth day give him nothing but Grommel Parsley Alexander Salendine Saxifrage Hawberries and Watereresses and make him to lick prepared Salt and give it him with Wine to drink and so keep him with that food a whole week in the foresaid Tub and all the water he maketh you must through the holes of the Tub receive it into some vessel then take this water and put thereto Holly Berries Ivy Berries and Hawthorn Berries of each half a handful of Juniper Berries of flowers of Starewort of Cras-foot of each half a handful of the seeds of Parsley Saxifrage Elysander Radish Philipendula Nettles the Berries of Kneeholm Asparagus Fennel-seed and Anni-seed of each half an ounce of the roots of Kneeholm of Asparagus and Water-cresses of each of them four ounces of Grommel-seed and Smallage-seed eight ounces Bruise all these feeds small and chop the herbs and put them into the foresaid Goats water the space of twelve dayes into some warm place stirring them every day two or three times then put them together into a Styll and hang in the mouth of the Styll a little Musk Cynamon and Cloves because of the loathsomness of the Goats water and so distyl the water and give the Patient that hath the Stone three ounces at a time this is the most Soverain water can be found for it melteth and voideth the Stone without pain This holp a Scholler at Eaton-Colledge whom all the Physitians gave over as one incurable Of the Stone THe Stone is engendered by reason of a great heat that is about the Reins straightness of the Conduit and abundance of gross and slimy humors or Brentcholer which by the said excess of heat is as one would say baked or dryed as Clay in the Furnace and so at last becometh a hard stone Therefore it is chiefly to be noted that without the mending of the foresaid causes all that you do minister to break the Stone is either hurtful to the Patient or else small effect therefore it is good to keep a sober diet And note that alwaies whatsoever they be are nought in this case All kind of Pulses as Pease Beanes and such like all gross flesh and water-fowls and fowls of great bodies and all Fruits except ripe Prunes are might and all Shell-fish except Grevise and Shrimps also all Pepper and hot spices and all meats salt or sower but especially boware of hard Cheese for that is oftentimes the onely cause of the Stone and you must not lie on your back and you must keep your Reins cold and let your back be untrussed in summer An approved Medicine for the Stone and Strangury TAke most of Licoras then Anniseeds Colianedr Grommel Fennel Parsley and Alicander-seeds then dry all these seeds and pound them severally by themselves and note that Licoras Anni-seeds and Grommel-seeds be Restoratives and when they are all in Powder mix thereto powder of Syre to the quantity of one half of one parcel of the scowrers also mix thereto white Sugar-candy to the quantity of your Licoras with a Nutmeg or two use this powder fasting in clear Ale in your Broths and all suspected meats Remedies for a Mans Yard IF this Impediment be of any interial cause use to drink Milk or else drink oft a good portion of the water of Hawes and inject into the Yard the water of Comphry if the Impediment be betwivt the head and skin of the Yard wash the head of the Yard divers times with white Wine and after that use the powder of a rotten Post or any siceative Medicines is good or else Populion or Vnguentum ei Epsiacon is good For the Erection of the Yard above Nature TAke first and anoint the Yard and Godds with oyl of Juniper and the oyl of Campheret is good and so is Agnus Castus braid and made in a Plaister and laid upon the Stones This Impediment doth come of the inflamation of the Reins of the back or of inflamations of the Veines of the Yard and Stones or of too much use of Venerious acts To heal a mans Yard that is sore TAke Turpentine and the yolk of an Egg of each a like much well beaten together with Saffron and anoint the sore Yard therewith Or take and seeth the powder of Lynseed in sweet Milk till it be thick and lay it to the Yard Plaister-wise and anoint it with the juyce of Morrel and Plantane and be whole For the swellings in a mans Yard TAke
a Barrow For one that is burned with a Match TAke the same Match and burn it to powder and strew the same powder upon the place and this will heal it in short space For burning with Gun-powder TAke Sheeps sewet and Sheeps dung and fry them both together and so annoynt the place that is burned therewith twice every day and do not wash the sore with any thing for the meditine vvil fall away of it self as it doth heale and do not change the medicine in any wise For burning with Wild-fire TAke the dregs of Wine and Vineger and an Egg both the white and yolk by even portions and mingle them well together and lay it to the sore untill it be whole To get out the fire of burning or scalding TAke the whites of new laid Eggs after the quantity of the sore and put them in a peuter dish and with a stone of Roch Allum labour it about till it come all to a froth then take a fine linnen cloth and wet it in Oyl Olive or for lack of it in fresh grease or butter and lay it next the sore and then lay the froth upon the same a good thicknesse and so bind it with a cloth foure times dresse it evening and morning and the fire will be out Medicines to stop Bloud To stop Bloud in a Veine TAke a handfull of Leaves of the little Burrs that stick upon a mans Coat and are called Strachantes and bray these Leaves and lay them to the wound and it will stop the bloud To stop bloud in a wound suddainly TAke Paper Flax or Linnen cloth which is next thy hand and burn it and put it into the wound the ashes thereof hot and the bloud shall stop straight Or if you will stamp nettle roots and lay them to the wound it shall be no more To stop bloud if the Master-Veine be cut or the wound very large TAke red nettles or red Colwort Leafs stamp them with Hogs dung well tempered together and lay it on the wound and this will stench the bleeding quickly Or take dried Vervain made in Powder and put the Powder into the wound and it will help For a wound that is full of Bloud TAke red Nettles and stamp them with Vineger and lay them upon the wound and it will cleanse the wound and do away the bloud To stop bleeding at the Nose or in any other place upon the suddain IF it be a man that bleedeth take a Leather point and tye about his stones very hard and this wil stop the bleeding straight Or if his Arm or Leg be cut bind the other Arm or Leg very hard and the bloud will run to the other side that is most pained Medicines for the Morphew TAke Mustard made of white Vineger and let the Patient annoynt himself withall where the Morphew is nine nights and this will help him Or take and bray Sorrell and strain it clear then put to it as much sugar and honey as you do juice and boil them well together over the fire and then let them seeth till the sugar have the tast then put to it one ounce of Vineger and so dresse it and keep the medicine to eat Another for the same TAke an ounce of very good sope and a penyworth of Aqua vitae and put them both into a Morter and grind them well together then take a handfull of Eglantine and stamp it and strain it and put some of the juice to the soâ—e and Aqua vita and then take a course Canvas cloth and rub where the Morphew is and after annoynt the place with this medicine and be whole For the black Morphew THere be two kind of Morphews the white and the black the white is named Alborus and for remedy for the black Morphew take this rule that if the place be pricked and will not bleed then it is not cureable but if it will bleed take of Rapes and Rocket of each an ounce and an half and stamp it with Vineger and after that wash the place Or take of the earth of Africk and mix it with Vineger and wash the place oft therewith and it will heal thee A most excellent Water to comfort the Vitalls and preserve other parts of the body made by Doctor Stephens TAke a gallon of good Gascoygne Wine Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Graines Cloves Anniseeds Fennell seed a Dram Sage Mints red Roses Time Pellitory Rosemary wild Time Camomile Lavender of each one handfull then bruise the spices and the herbs small and put all into the Wine and let it stand twelve hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Lymbeck according to the art and the first water is of more strength then the second and both be the better by the standing in the Sun The vertues hereof Be to comfort the spirits vitall helps to the inward diseases of cold the Palsey the contraction of Sinews the conception of Women killeth the Wormâ— within the body cureth the Cough Toothach cold Dropfie comforteth the Stomach helpeth the stone in the Bladder and in the reins of the Back slackneth a stinking breath Whosoever useth this water ever anon and not too aften it preserveth him in good likeing and maketh him seem young very long with this Doctor Stephens preserved his own life untill such extreme Age that he could neither go nor ride and kept him five years when other Phisitians judged it impossible for him to live one year To make Cinamon Water TAke Rhenish Wine a quart and Spanish wine a pint Rosewater a pint and a half Cinamon bruised a pound and a half let these stand infused the space of four and twenty hours then distill it and being close stopped and luted then with a soft fire distill the same softly in a Limbeck of Glasse and receive the first Water by it self Also if ye be so disposed to make the same Water weaker take three pints of Rosewater and a pint and a half of Rhenish Wine and so distill the same and you shall have to the quality of the stuffe the quantity of the Water which is three pints but the first Water is the best and so reserve it to your use both morning and evening To make Cinamon Water another way TAke three quarts of Muskadine and a pound of Cinamon and half a pint of good Rose-water and so let them lie infused the space of four and twenty hours and distill it as aforesaid and you shall receive to the quantity as to the quality but the first pint is the best and the chiefest of all the other as is manifest by practise Medicines for the Palsie that take away the Speech TAke Sage leaves and Primrose leaves and if it be in winter take leaves and roots and all of each a like quantity beat them together and strain them with Ale and give it the sick to drink a spoonful or two at a time and it will bring the speech again For the Palsie TAke and stamp a
a point of a knife and lay it to the nape of your neck just upon the bone that sticketh out most and as long as it will ly on let it but in two or three days it helpeth some You may let it ly on as long as you please a quarter of a yeer and if it falleth off before your eyes be well you may wipe off the moisture of it and apply others as you shall see occasion Probatum To Cure a Catarack A Catarack is curable by making an Issue in the Nape of the Neck This is the manner how you shall discern a Catarack it will seem to be like many motes or little Flyes between them and the light and in the beginning beginneth to take away the true sight of the Eye and then it groweth into a Film which is counted uncurable when it covers the whole sight or bale of the Ey though at first it is curable although there is nothing to be seen on the out-side of the Ey as a purl or such like so that it is not to be helped being within the Ey though many books write of it without the handy Operation of some skilful Chyrurgion puting some filver Needle into one corner of the Ey and twisting the film about the Needle coucheth it under the sight of the Eye where it will afterward waste but it requires an Artist that is well skill'd in the couching a Catarack For a Consumption TAke the heart and lungs of a Calf new killed a Capon let these be bruised in a stone morter and boyled with an hundred Snails till the broth be as thick as pottage then put to it Harts tongue Maiden hair Hysope Scabias Sage of each an handful with China roots sliced and beaten two ounces of the juyce of Coltsfoot roots ten ounces the blood of a Pig newly killed and Conserve of red Roses one pound these being well mixed let them be distilled in Balneo with a very gentle fire and reserve it Another TAke a young Cock pull him alive and then slit him in the middle then wipe him with a clean cloth then take sops of white bread soaked in a quart of Burrage water put the sops in a common Still and lay the Cock with his bones broken upon the sopping putting thereto raisins of the Sun stoned and unwashed with a quantity of Dates this being distilled take thereof constantly a pretty quantity A Julip of D. Trench for the Mother fits Proved IN the time of yeer distil black Cherry water Pyon flower water Couslip water Rue or Herbgrace water then take of the waters of Couslip and black Cherry of each an ounce Aqua Histericae half an ounce Cinamon water one dram Sirup of Clove Gillyflowers three drams Take of these two spoonfuls at a time as often as you please Histerica is Castor To make the Salt of Coral TAke of the broken pieces of the reddest Coral you can get at the Druggist half a pound or as much as you please then put upon it of good wine Vineger distilled a gallon and presently you shall see it work up and down upon the Coral then set it in a great glass on the top of a warm Stove and let it stand three or four dayes then if you taste of the Vineger although it were sharp before it will have no strength but taste sweetish which is a signe it hath taken into the Vineger as much as it can then you may pour that off from the Coral and put on more Vineger and do as before till all your Coral be dissolved then put all your Vineger together and put it into a large flat pan well glased and lay into the Vineger in the pan two or three white lists half a yard long and let one half of them ly in the Vineger in the pan and the other half hang out and you shall see those lists which must first be very clean washed before you lay them into the Vineger by drops draw out all the Vineger in the pan which you must receive with setting an other large pan or pot under the ends of the Lists that hang out of the pan that they ly in And when you have so filtred your foresaid Vineger very clear from the dross of the Coral which you shall see remain at the bottom of the first pan you put your Vinegar into then you must set your clear Vinegar into the Oven being a little hotter then when Houshold bread is drawn but it must be put into a large clean Tinne Bason or Silver for it will pierce through any earthen vessel and so it must be breathed away gently till all the Vineger be gone and leave the Salt of Coral in the bottom being very gently dryed Then must you have in a readiness a pottle or two of plain distilled water and upon your formerly dryed salt of Coral if there be a quarter of a pound put a quart of distilled water and set it in warmth till it be melted like Sugar in it then lay in your clean washed lifts of cloth into it being put into a flat Pan as formerly and let it run through those lists by drops to purify the salt and when all the water is come from the dross which will remain in the Pan the lists were put into then put your clear water into the Oven and let it breath away gently till it leave the salt of Coral dry and then disolve it in distilled water again and proceed with it as before and then it will be pure and prepared for your use whose vertues are many and some approved by practise as followeth The vertues of the salt of Coral IT is to be given to children of any age in Fevers the weight of twenty grains and gently covered to move sweat Also to women in child-bed that are in any Fever the weight of thirty grairs Also in apparision of any small Pox or the Measels it is never taken without good success It strengtheneth the Liver and helpeth it to make good blood being taken twice in a week in a little Posset-ale and continued so for the space of a moneth Also it helpeth children of Convulsions For Convulsion Fits TAke white Coperas dissolve it in a little warm distilled water and then with clean lists layed into it fylter it from his dross and gently vapor away the water till it be â—…ry then dissolve it again fylter it and lay it again in a Oven as before and it is prepared Hereof you may give unto a sucking child three grains in a spoonful of Posset-drink once or twice and it seldom or never faileth but cureth An excellent Vomit TAke the leaves of Assara-bacca being gathered in the beginning of June and run a threed through the leaves and let them hang thereon till they be dry in the shade so that you may powder them to fine Powder in a Morter and then searse them and keep the Powder in a Glass close stopped Hereof you may give to a man
of the eyes 16. Another for the same ibid. For a pin and a web 19. Another for the same 16. An excellent Water for sore eyes 9. For a hurt in a mans eye by a stroke 19. Another for the same 10. For watry or bleer eyes 10. To save a mans sight a long time 11. To draw rheume back from the eyes 11. For a pearle and web in the eyes 11. For the small pocks in the eye 11. For blind eyes 5. For sore eys 14. For a wound in the eye 15. For sore and dim eyes 15. A water for sore eyes 17 Another for the same ibid. For a perle and flem growing over the eye 18. For an Earwig or worm in the Ear 18. To make one hear that 's deaf 18. Another for the same 19. A water to help hearing 19. For the pain in the ears and difficult hearing 19 Another for the same 20. To draw an Earwig out of the Ear 20. F FOr the Tertian Fever 303. For a saucy stain'd face 38. For a copper face 38. A diet for a copper face 39. For a red face 39. For wormes in the face 39. Another 41. To make the face fair 40. For a white scurfe in the face 40. For feavers in children or women in child-bed an excellent medicine call'd salt of Corall 190. To put away freckles in the face 41. Another for the same 43. For blanes in the face 42. For foul blasts in the face 42. For a red face full of pimples 43. To take away small pocks from the face that they shall not be seen 44. To make the face fair 44. For a felon 146. To break a felon hastily 161. To destroy a felon 147. For the falling-sicknesse that doth not foam 164. Another for the same 165. For the flux in the belly 84. Far the bloudy stix 84. For all manner of flixes whatever 85. To stop the bleeding of the fundament 86. For the falling out of the fundanent 107. Another 108. For a fig in the fundament 108. For a red swelling in the foot 119. G TO take away the pain in the Gout 129. Another for the same 130. A Glister 113. An approved medicine for the Gout 126. For the Gout in the hand 127. For the Gout and all manner of aches 127. Another 128. For the Gout in the feet 128. For the cold Gout 129. Another for the same 129. For the festring Gout that maketh holes 130. An especiall medicine for the Gout 133. Another approved for the Gout 133. Another 134 135. For the Gums gnawn and fretted with humors 36. A water for a canker in the gums 36. Another for the same ibid. To make a gum hard to hold the teeth 37. For rotting of the gums 37. For the guts that be fretted 81. For wind in the guts 81. For the pain in the guts 82. H A Remedy for the universall pain in the head 1. Another for the same 1. For the pain in the head 1. For all manner of head aches 2. To purge the head 3. A water for the rheume in the head and how to put away the Palsie 2. For the megrim in the head 3. For to stop and dry rheume up 3. For a scald head 3. For the rheume in the head 4. For the weaknesse in the brain 4. For hair falling from the head 4. An excellent medicine for the head 5. Another for the same 5. Lightnesse of the head 5. To purge the head of ill humors 6 For trembling of the heart 72 Another 72 For the swounding of the heart 73 A comfortable medicine to restore the spirits of the heart in Consumption 74 For a swelling or rising about the heart 74 For the fatnesse about the heart 74 To put away venom from the heart ibid For gnawing about the heart 74 Things good for the heart 74 Against swounding 75 For hands that be chapped 123 Another 123 I JAundies 64 Black Jaundies 64 Another for the same 64 Yellow Jaundies 65 Imposthhumes in a mans body 147 To break an Imposthume 148 To put out an Imposthume without perill 148 For the Itch in a man 161 K MEdicines for the swelling in the knee 115 For the knee Gout 116 L AN oyntment for the Liver to make a good digestion 60 A restorative for the Liver and Lungs 61 For the liver grown 62 For the heat of the liver 62 For one liver-burnt 62 For the stopping of the liver 63 To preserve a man from stopping of the Liver 63 For the liver 63 An excellent medicine for the Cough of the lungs 70 Another for the same 71 To make a Water that is restorative that if a mans Lungs be wasted therewith it will restore them again 71 To comfort the Lungs 71 To open the Lungs 71 To help a woman of Lask in child bed by stoppage 85 To cause a Lask 86 To keep one Laxative 86 For Legs that be swollen 116 Another 119 Legs that be swollen a plaister 117 For Legs that be sore 117 For Legs that be sore a Pultis 117 A medicine for a Leg that is swollen and is not red 117 Another 117 To heal a sore Leg coming of an old cause 117 M For spitting bloud 25 For a stinking Mouth 25 For a stinking breath 26 To recover a mans speech 26 For the mouth that 's flaid with heat 26 For the Canker in the mouth 26 Another 27 Another 28 Against the inward eating sore in the mouth 27 The falling of the Evola 28 For the Canker in the mouth 28 For the measles 148 To take away the scarrs of the small pocks or measles 148 For the measles or Shingles 149 Against the biting of a mad dog 169 Another ibid Another ibid For the Morphew 141 Another 142 For the black Morphew 142 For the mother fits excellent 196 N FOr the Nose For the fleshy humor in the Nose 21 For the bleeding of the Nose 21 Stop the bleeding at the Nose 23 For stinking in the Nose 21 A singular medicine to stop bloud 22 To kill a Canker in the Nose 22 For pushes and pimples in the Nose 24 A plaister for the swelling of the Navell 82 For a childs Navell that is sore with crying 83 To cause an Nail to come 122 For Nipples that be sore 203 P FOr the Plurisie 68 Another ibid Another ibid. 〈…〉 ibid A regiment for the Plurifie 69 For the Palsie that sometimes takes a mans speech away 145 Another ibid An excellent drink for the Palsie 146 Medicines for the small pox 149 For the pock holes 150 To drive out the pox 151 For the French pox 152 Against poyson 173 Against the plague 175 Plague water 177 For the Piles or Emerods 169 For the Emerods or Piles 110 Piles 111 Another ibid For Emerods that have paps 111 Piles or Emerods 112 For a prick with a thorn 123 Another for the same 124 To draw out a prick or thorn 123 Another for the same 124 For the pain in the Stomach by cold 181 R For a
it will fall out A Water for the Teeth TAke and distill the Water of Mother wort and hold it in thy Mouth a good while and it will kill the Pain of the Teeth and the stinking thereof Also Water of Vervain or Hysope Water will do the like For the Tooth-ach TAke Henbane-seed and the Powder of Amber of each a like much and lay them on a glowing tile and make a Pipe that thy Breath may go through to the sore Tooth and this will kill the Worms and put away the Tooth-ach For a Canker and Tooth ach TAke Smalladge and Sorrell Leaves Alum and Glasse and make thereof a Powder and lay it to the Sore wheresoever it be and for the Tooth that is hollow and aketh take the Flowers and Leavos of Pellitory and stamp it with Salt and fill the hollow Tooth therewith and be whole For the Tooth-ach Take Ivy Berries and seeth them well in Vineger and when they be well sodden sip some of the liquor as hot as you may suffer it and hold it in your Mouth till it be cold and then cast it out and take new and do so three or fout times and it will ease you For the Tooth-ach TAke and rost an Egge hard and put therein a Spoonfull of Salt and two Spoonfulls of Vineger or good Aleger and temper them well together till they be a Pap then strain it and with a little fine Cloth put some thereof into your Mouth and when you have spit out the corruption refresh the same with more and it will take away the Pain shortly To make Childrens Teeth come TAke the Brains of a Hare and seeth them and anoint the Gummes therewith and take the Brains of a Hen likewise and rub the Gummes therewith and this shall make the Teeth grow without akng To fasten the Teeth TAke and seeth the Roots of Vervain in old Wine and wash thy Teeth therewith and this will make them fast For Worms in the Teeth TAke Henbane seed and lay it upon a flat Stone and set it upon a Chafingdish of Coals and let the smoke go into your Mouth and this will will kill the Worm shortly For the Tooth-ach TAke the inner Rine of an Eldar Tree and bruise it a little and put thereto a little Pepper and make it in Balls and lay it to your Teeth and be whole THe cause of these impediments may come either by an humor descending out of the Head to the Teeth or Gummes or by corroding or eatiâ—g of Worms or corruption of Blood lying and being upon and betwixt the Teeth or it may come by drinking of hot Wines eating of hot Spices or hot Apples Pears Cherries and such like and it may come of a hot Liver or Stomach and ever beware of pulling out of thy Teeth for pull out one and pull out more but if it be hollow pull it out for it will rot still more and more do what thou canst Medicines for the Gummes For the Gummes that be gnawn and fretted with Humors TAke Cloves and seeth them in Rose water then dry them and make Powder thereof with Rose water or Roses for that is best then dry it again in the Sun do this three or four times and then temper the Powder again with Rose water or with the Juice of Roses and anoint thy Gummes therewith A Water for a Canker in the Gumms TAke half a Pint of white Wine and a quarter of a Pint of Water and put thereto an Ounce of burnt Alum and take a quantity of five leaved Grasse otherwise called Cinque-Foyl and put all these into a clean earthen Pot and set it over the Fire and let it seeth to the half and scum it clean then strain the Liquor into some Vessell and keep it in a Glasse till thou have need to occupy it Another for the same TAke Herb Grasse and wash it clean and dry it with a Linnen Cloth and stamp it in a Morter and put thereto strong red Vineger then strain it through a clean Linnen Cloth three times folded of an Ell broad wet it in the same Medicine and lay it to the Sore within the Mouth and if it be a very great Canker take Alum and beat it very small in a Morter and put it to the said Medicine to the value of a handfull of Herb Grasse and this will heal thee To make a Gumme hard to hold the Teeth TAke clean Rose water and daily wash thy Gummes and Teeth therewith and it will fasten thy Gummes to thy Teeth For rotting of thy Gummes TAke the Water of great Sage and wash thy Mouth and Gummes therewith and it will help the rotting of thy Teeth and the shaking of them if thou use it often in a day and hold it in thy Mouth Medicines for the Face For asawcy stain'd Face like a Leper YOU must give him a Purgation as is said in the pain of the Head coming of Choller then dip Cloths in Alum water which must be made as followeth take a pound of Alum Glasse the juice of Purslain of Plantine and Verjuice of Grapes or Crabs of each a Pint with the whites twenty one Egges well beaten together then mingle them altogether and distill it in a Stillitory this Water is for the Pimples Scurfes Chafings Wheals and Heats dip your Cloth therein often and lay to the rednesse THe cause of these Impediments doth come of a venemous matter ascending out of the Stomach meeting with Rheum that would descend from the Head and meeting both together do cause the Vapors to break out in the Face For a Copper Face TAke Litarge of Silver and Brimstone of each a like much and seeth them in Vineger and then wet a Linnen Cloth therein and lay it to the Sore putting a little Rose water to it A Diet for a Copper Face ABstain from all Salt things Spices Fried Meats and Rosted Meats from drinking of Wine for it is very ill also Onyons Mustard and Garlick be very bad instead of which you must take Purslain Sorrell Lettice and Hops Borage otherwise Succory or Endive in your pottage Also it is necessary to be laxative and sleeping to lay your head high For a red Face TAke Sowthistles Borage Purslain Sorrell Barley Parsly Roots and Licoras and boil all together in running Water and drink it first and last For Worms in the Face TAke of Rosine three parts and the fourth of unwrought VVax one spoonfull of Honey half a spoonfull of May Butter try them all together on the fire then strain it through a fair Cloth into a dish of fair Water and when it is so cold that you may stir it with your hand work it well against the Fire as you do an Electuary and in working thereof put in as much white Coperas as a Nut as you do occupy it made into Powder then strike it on a Cloth as you do other plaisters and lay it to the Face and within three dayes you shall know whether there be
the yolk of an Egg and fair fresh grease and sovre fresh dough and mingle them well together and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the sore and when it is broken do away the dough and lay it to your Eggs and grease and it will be whole quickly Or make a plaister of Smallage Linseeds and whites of Eggs and lay it to the sore Breasts and this will heal them or take Claret Wine and Barley Flower and boil them together thick and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the Breast this hath been proved To make the Breasts shrink and to heal them TAke Hemlock stamp it and temper it with Verjuice and lay it on the sore Breasts and use this and thy Paps will be lesse and to make them whole annoint them with it and it will make them hard For a woman that lacketh Milk in her Breasts TAke of Chrystall ten penniweight and make fine powder thereof and drink it with Bastard or Muskadell five or six times or els take of Fennell of Mallows of Anniseeds of March of each two handfulls and seeth it in Bastard or Muscadell and strain it and drink it oft If the Breast be long and big and great make a plaister with Hemlocks sodden in white Wine and lay it to the Breasts If there be any Inflammations in the Brests take the Whites of two Eggs and two handfulls of houseleek compound both together and lay it to the Breast If thy Milk be crudded in the Brests take Dragagant and Gumm Arabick and compound them with whites of raw Eggs and the oil of Violets and make a plaister thereof Or take pitch and liquefie it in the oil of Roses and put thereto a little Goats dung and dregs of Wine and make a plaister thereof Medicines for the Spleen An expert Medicine for all diseases of the Spleen TAke the leaves and cods of Seny the bark of an Ash tree scraped and cut Maiden-hair Hartstongue and Licorish and seeth them all together in clear Wine and then strain it and drink thereof twice or thrice a day till it be amended Or seeth the Rine of an Ash in white Wine and drink thereof and it will help thee Or take your own Water in the morning and wash your side and a little the Stomach downward and it will help you Another for the Spleen TAke the roots of Nettles and stamp them well together with Vineger and lay it unto the Spleen when it swelleth Also the lungs of a Fox dried and made in powder and eat in a Fig in the morning is very good For the wasting of the Spleen and for the Dropsie for the Water passage and for the stopping of the Liver and for the Flower and Emeroides TAke Gromell Saxifrage Parsly and Sage and boil it all together in strong Are that is stale and use to drink hereof in the morning at noon and at night and use these herbs in your pottage and this will help you or the powder of them in your pottage The Spleen is a spungeous substance lying under the short ribs in the left side and it doth make a man to be merry and to laugh and if a man he Spleentick let him use merry company and let him be let bloud in a vein called Salvatella on the left side some do use to let bloud in a vein called Basilica on the left side But I say that every thing that hurteth the Liver hurteth the Spleen and every thiâ—g which is good for the Liver is good for the Spleen And whosoever will make the hardnesse of the Spleen whole first take the marrow of a Calf and the marrow of a Hart and the fatnesse of a Hog of a Capan of a Duck and the oil of sweet Almonds of each a like much mix these together and annoint the Spleen and dry the Lungs of a Fox and make Powder thereof and eat it with figs. Medicines for the Stomach THe cause of these impediments may come by anger or fear or by great studying upon many matters or by extreme heat or surfeiting or such like For belching USe for this disease Dietrion Poperion drunken in Wine For pain in the Stomach TAke a spoonfull of hot ashes and dew them with good Wine and cover them with a linnen cloth that it go round about the spoon and lay it to the Stomach or take a slice of bread meekly thick tost it and wet it in hot oil of Camonile as hot as it cometh from the oven or in oil of Spike and wrap it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the pain Another for the same TAke a dram of Galingal in powder and give it to drink with a little hot Wine and above all things for pain of ventosity a singular remedy is to drink a little Caster with good Wine For a stinking breath that cometh out of the Stomach TAke three ounces of Comin in powder and seeth in Wine from a gallon to a pottle and give the sick to drink thereof as hot as he may suffer it first and last and without doubt-he shall be whole within fifteen daies To Vomit or cleanse the Stomach TAke three roots of Daffadills and wash them clean and cut them small and seeth them in a cup of Ale or Beer till it be half consumed and put thereto half a penniworth of Saffron and boil them together then strain and drink it after you have broken your fast For Wormes in the Stomach TAke three or four Cloves of Garlick every day fasting with Salt and abstain from meat and drink after it half an hour and you shall be whole For him that cannot keep his Meat in his Stomach without Vomiting TAke Quinces and make them clean within and without and seeth them in strong Vineger then stamp them in a Mortar and put into them a little Mustard seed beaten into powder and so incorporate them together and lay it hot upon a linnen cloth putting to it some powder of Cloves and lay this upon his brest and within three or four times doing he shall be whole For Flegme in the Stomach TAke Beer and seeth it and scum it clean and put thereto a good quantity of Sugar then take a race of Ginger and grate it into thy Beer and so drink it warm For Wind in the Stomach TAke a pottle of white Wine two penniworth of Sugar Candy and two spoonfulls of Aniseeds and two or three roots of Parsly and as many of Fennell and seeth them all together untill they be half wasted and then drink it warm as often as you will Or take and drink Powder of Comin in red Wine to bedward three nights together and thou shalt be whole To stay Vomiting TAke and make a tost and remper it with Vineger and Mints and so hold it to your Nose this stayeth Vomiting For an ill breath coming out of the Stomach TAke the uppermost leaves of Rosemary and eat two or three in the morning fasting For the Stomach that hath the
Pipes stopped and so the Dropsie breedeth TAke two parts of Cinamon and the third part of Galingall and the same quantity of Ginger and put that Powder into a spoonfull of Hysope Water and drink it fasting and be whole Things evill for the Stomach ALl sweet things for they make the Stomach well old cheese honey marrow of bones not well sodden to ear e're thou art hungry to eat many sorts of meat at one sitting to drink e're thou be athirst to eat bread not well baked heavinesse anger dread thought raw flesh over-great travell all fried meats much bathing after meat too much casting to eat when thou art over-hot and all milk is naught â—ave Goats milk For burning in the Stomach TAke Sorrell Cinque-foil Borage and Violet Leaves and stamp them together and strain them into Ale and make a posset thereof and drink it next your hart when you feel your self grieved and when the heat is gone make posset Ale of Mercury and that will restore you to heat again and bring you to good temper To make one Vomit TAke an Oken Leaf and lay it upon your tongue the rough side downward and hold close your mouth and this will make you Vomit Probatum est A precious Medicine for all Winds in the body the Strangullion and the Stone TAke the Root of a white Lilly that never bare flower and bruise it and seeth it in a pint of white Wine and put into it two spoonfulls of Anniseeds and Sugar and let it seeth till it be more then half sodden away and give it to the sick that is in pain and it shall â—oon ease him of the great pains A precious Powder for Digestion TAke Ginger Cinamon and Galingale of each one ounce of Anniseeds Caraway seeds and Fennell seeds half an ounce long Pepper Grains Maces Nutmegs of each two ounces of Setwell one ounce make all these in fine Powder and put to them two pound and a half of fine Sugar and use this Powder before meat and after at your pleasure it is good to comfort the Stomach and against Wind. For the Stomach that cannot Digest â—or have Appetite to Meat TAke and drink often Sorrell Water or Angelica Water or Betany Water or ground Ivy Water for all these are good for the same Medicines for the Liver An Ointment for the Liver that makâ—th good Digestion and keepeth the body from Putrifying TAke Oil of Roses and Oil of VVormwood of each two ounces and set them over the fire and when they begin to boil put thereto an ounce and a half of fine Mastick and when the Mastick is dissolved strain it while it is warm in the morning and make a plaister thereof and lay it to your side and be whole A Restorative for the Liver and the Lungs if they be rotten it will restore it again and do away the Gleme from the Heart and comfort the same TAke Fennell Roots and Parsly roots and pill away the Bark and pull out the pith and cast it away then mince them small and put into a brazen pot three quarts of water and set it on the fire and put the roots therein then take Figs and cut them small and pound them and put a quantity of Honey to it and let it boil a while then take it down and clarifie it through a cloth into a vessell of glasse and stop it fast that no air go out and let the sick drink of it hot in the morning and cold at night a good draught For one that hath his Liver cloven to his ribs TAke a shelfull of the juice of Betany and a quarter of a pint of white Wine and a spoonfull of honey and Pepper corns temper these together and drink thereof and it will help you For the heat of the Liver TAke Liver-Wort and five-leaved Grasse Succory Endive Buglosse and Borage and seeth all these in Whey and drink of this as often as you will and this will help you For one that is Liver brent TAke Sowthistle Dadelion and Rib-Wort and seeth them in water with Licorish untill the one half be wasted and drink of this at all times saving at meat For the stopping of the Liver TAke Ivy Berries and Egrimony Harts Tongue Liver-Wort and the bark of an Ash of all these a little quantity and put them to double as much Polypodion as of any one of the rest and make thereof pottage broth or syrupe If the Liver be opilated the face will swell and pain will be in the right side To preserve a man from stopping of the Liver TAke a Fig and grosse Peppâ—r with the crops of Time if it be eaten two hours before dinner and two hours before supper it preserveth a man from opâ—lations of the Liver Also the Liver of a Hare dried and made into powder is good for all diseases of the Liver For the Liver TAke a good handrull of Liver-Wort that groweth upon the stones and another of Fumitory and as much of Harts Tongue and seeth them in Whey clarified and drink it every day twice If the Liver be hot because of too much bloud the Patient hath red urid hasty Pulse his Veins great full he feeleth his spittle mouth tongue sweeter then it was wont to be wherefore it is good to be let bloud of the Liver Veine on the right arm and to use Lettice or Sorrel Purslain and Hops in portage and sometime to drink of the water Medicines for the Jaundise TAke Cows milk and white Wine of each a pint and distill them and keep the water that cometh thereof and give the sick to drink thereof two ounces in the morning two hours before meat and likewise after supper when he goeth to bed For the black Jaundise TAke Enula Cumpana roots and seeth them in milk then take the milk and strain it through a piece of cotton and give the sick to drink thereof This did help a gentlewoman that was sixteen years troubled with the Jaundise and could not be holpen For children take Turmerick and Ivory of each two Drams of Saffron two scruples seeth these in milk and give it to the children that have the black or yellow Jaundise Another for the Jaundise TAke Hempseed and bruise it and then boil it in good strong Ale or Beer and scum it very clean and let the sick drink of this drink and eat the sodden seed For the black Iaundise SEeth the inner bark of a Walnut tree in Ale or Beer and in the same drink quench steel being made red hot at least forty times and drink of this five or six ounces at a time hot evening and morning this is proved excellent good Also Goats dung or Fallow Deers dung strained into milk and given to the sick hath holpen the black Jaundise For the yellow Jaundise TAke Elecampane roots and the inner bark of a Barberie of each six ounces of Salendine roots eight ounces of English Saffron the weight of a groat seeth all these
a Corn on the Toe TAke a black Snail and rost him in a white cloth and when he is rosted lay him to the corn hot and it will heale thee in short time Or take a sharp knife and cut the Corne cleane away and pick out the little white pith that is within him and when you have so done lay a little Turpentine unto it and be whole Another for the same FIrst pare the Agnails or Corns with a sharp knife to the quick flesh that it bleed then wipe away the bloud and drop into the place red Wax and let it lie till it be consumed this wil heal your Corn within twice or thrice serving so To make a Nail TAke Cinquefoil and bray it with any grease and lay it unto the Nail and this will bring the Nail again For aches in the Armes TAke Searcloaths that be atractive or take the Oyl of Turpentine and mix it with Aqua vitae and annoint the place therewith For aking of the Wrests TAke and stamp Mugworth with Swines grease and put verjuice thereto and lay it to the grief and this will help the akings Or take Planten leaves and stamp them with a little salt and this is good if it be swollen Or take the Bran and the Powder of Lyne of each a like much and and seeth them in Wine and put a little Oyl thereto and make it thick and lay it to the sore and this will heal thee For chapped hands TAke Mastick Frankincense new Wax and Oyl of Roses and make thereof an oyntment and annoint thy chapped hands and this will make thee whole Another for the same TAke Rose Water and Oyl of Almonds and a little Wax and melt them together and make an oyntment thereof and annoint thy chapt hands and within four times annointing they shall be whole For the prick of a Thorne TAke Sothernwood and stamp it and mingle it with fair Barrows grease and lay it to the Thorn or pricking of any venemous Beast Or take Brooklime Smalladge Sheeps Tallow Bay Salt and your own urine well sod together and lay it to the sore place where the Thorn is To draw out a Prick or Thorn TAke Dittany and grind it and make a plaister and lay it to the sore and also eat or drink Dittany and it will do the same Or take black Sope and lay it to the sore and it will draw out either prick or thorne being well tempered with Birdlime and so will Violets boiled in water and laid to the sore Or take stone crop and stamp it and lay it to the point of a thorn and this vvill draw it out without fail To draw out a Thorn and heal the place being red swollen my Lady Audelies medicine TAke Smallage perfectly beaten in a Morter and put it to black Sope and Boars Grease and beat all together very wel and make an ointment thereof and spread ir on a linnen cloth and lay it vvarm to the sore place vvhere the Thorn is and bind it For a prick of a Thorn or Nail TAke Chickvveed and seeth it in fair running Water til it be tender and then strain it from the water and bray it in a Morter and put it in a bottle of milk and put thereto Deers Sevvet or sheeps Tallovv and Oatmeal and seeth it all together till it come to a Pultis then vvash the sore place vvith the vvater that the Chickvveed vvas sodden in and then lay this Pult is on a linnen cloth and lay it to the sore Or take the dung of a Gander nevv laid and lay it upon the place vvhere the Thorn is upon a linnen cloth and this vvill dravv him out For a prick of a a Thorn TAke of the seed of Flax half a handfull and a quarter so much of Oatmeal of Cummin an ounce beat all these into fine powder in a brazen Morter and seeth them in Vineger or lees of red Wine or Claret Wine or white Wine and put thereto half so much milk and let it seeth untill it be thick like Past and then lay it hot to the sore and if it be rotten it will draw it out and if not it will dissolve it Another for the same TAke the black vvorm called a Shromp vvhich is commonly in horse dung and make a slit in his belly but kill him not and lay it round upon the place vvhere the Thorn is or went in it vvill be painfull for a time but it vvill bring out the Thorn vvithout fail Medicines for the Gout An approved Medicine for the Gout TAke Wormwood Smallage Camomill holy-Oak leaves Horehound of each a handfull then take a pint of Neatsfoot Oyl and half a pint of the Oyl of Shomakers patches and boyl the Oyls together a little while and scum it and the herbs being well chopped then put them into the Oyls and let them all boyl together a quarter of an hour and strain it through a cloth and keep it for your use to this must be added Deers sewet and two spoonfulls of Aqua vitae There be four kinds of Gouts named in Latin Chiragra Podagra Scyatica and Artetica the one is in the hands fingers and armes the which is called Chiragra The other is named Podagra and that is the feet toes and legs The third doth keep the huckle bone and doth run to the knee and in processe of time descendeth to the ancle and to the toe and is called Scyatica The fourth kind of the Gout is named the Gout Artetick the which doth run over all the joynts and parts of a mans body and the Medicines of every one follow For the Gout in the hand called Chyragra THe cause of this impediment doth come of rheume and evill dirt and there be two kinds of Gout in the hands the one is confirmed and cannot be made whole for if it do come by kind and the joynts be broken the sicknesse is incurable the other which is not confirmed may be made whole as followeth TAke of Colworts three handfulls and seeth them with a little Lie with three spoonfulls of Vineger and a little salt stamp all these together with the said little and make a plaister thereof Or take and eat Treacle and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the place and mark if the matter do come of a hot cause you may minister hot Medicines and if of a cold cause no hot medecines but cold and let the Patient beware of eating those things that be over hot or cold For the Gout and all manner of Aches TAke of Clot roots two pound and seeth them in pisse till they be tender and then bray them and strain them through a cloth and then take six Oxen galls or Neats and look that you have a pottle of urine or more well strained and then put thereto a quart of Oyl Olive and seeth this together till it do come to the quantity of the Oyl for this will work wonders in the Gout To comfort
you next to your skin you shall not have the Cramp Another for the Cramp TAke two spoonfuls of May-butter and two spoonfuls of Ruejuyce and temper them together till they be a salve and anoint the place therewith Medicines for all kind of sores and wounds and first to draw a sore TAke and beat Oatmeal in a Morter small and then put it into milk and seeth it well together with a handful of Rose-flowers unstild if you may have them or else of them that are stilled and not burned and seeth them till they be like Pap together and then lay them warm to the sore as the Patient may suffer it evening and morning and this will dry it A good water for every sore TAke a quart of ashes made of an Ash and a pottle of vineger and a pound of Madder half a pound of Allom-glass and seeth all these together until they be half wasted then take it from the fire and let it stand and spurge then take the water that is clear above and put it into a Vial and put that water into a sore and this will heal it without any more cost A Plaister for that swelling which is called an Vncome TAke Rue and Smalledge of each an handful a good gobet of fat Bacon such as is very much smoaked or resty as they call it and dress the said Bacon in squares as big as your finger and beat all these together till it be dissolved and meet to spread upon leather or cloth and lay it to the sore and it will both draw it and heal it when it is broken A soveraine plaister for any Ach. TAke a quart of Malmsey and a spoonful of Sallet-oyl a good handful of Onyons pilled broken and bruised and an-ounce of pepper finely beaten then seeth all these together till they be thick and spread it upon a cloth and lay it to the place where the pain is and this will take away the Ach. A Medicine or Oyntment called Flos Unguentorum TAke Rosin and per Rosin of each half a pound Virgin wax and Frankincense of each a quarter of a pound Mastick an ounce Harts tallow a quarter of a pound and Camphire two drams melt that which is to be molten and powder that which is to be made in powder and searce them fine and boyl them over the fire and then strain them through a Canvas cloth into a pottle of white wine then boyl the wine with all the other ingredients together till the wine be confumed then let it cool till it be but bloud-warm then put thereto a quarter of a pound of Turpentine evermore stiring it till it be thorow cold but ever beware your stuff be no hotter then bloud when you put in your Turpentine and Camphire for if it be it marreth all your stuff then when it is cold make it up in rolls and keep it for your use for the best medicine and precious salve that ever was or can be made To make Salus Populi which is good for Blanes and to skin all sores in three days and is good for him that feareth the Hemeroids TAke of Salendine two handfuls Allom one handful and grind them together like sauce then take Weathers tallow or Harts tallow a pound of oyl of Roses half a pound and melt them together and boyl the herbs therein until it sink down to the bottom and it wax somwhat black then strain it and keep it to your use This Oyntment is hard and therefore when you will use of it put it in a spoon and melt it over the fire and understand it must not be put in old sores but there as it scaldeth the skin off and when there riseth any pimples white black blew or red this Salus Populi dryeth well and healeth well and destroyeth the wild stre A special Medicine for a Bruise TAke a great handful of Rue the white and Yolks of five Eggs half a pint of Honey and a handful of wheat flower temper all these together and make it thick and so lay it to the place that is bruised upon a fair cloth heated hot against the fire and let it ly twenty four hours and then lay on a fresh To asswage any Swelling where-ever it be TAke two handfuls of Penyrial and set it in the strongest Ale you can get til it be tender then take it and press it from the herbs and lay it unto the swelling as hot as he can suffer it and so use it two or three days and it will be good A marvellous Salve to heal and draw TAke Betony Plantane and Smallage the juyce of them one pound then take four ounces of Wax that cometh of the honey two ounces of incense white and clean two ounces of pitch two ounces of Rosin melt these by themselves upon a soft fire that done put the juyce of the herbs to it and boyl it together until the juyce be wasted and alwaies stir it then take it from the fire and strain it through a clean cloth then take two ounces of Turpentine and temper it with the rest and when it is cold keep it as gold To heal a wound TAke the flowers of herb John and put them in a glass and put thereto as much oyl Olive as will cover the herbs and then stop the glass close and put it in the Sun for the space of twenty days or more then it will be a fine coloured oyntment and very good for green wounds and when you will use it warm it a little at the fire and then wet your Lint therein and lay it to the wound and it will be whole A water to heal all manner of wounds in short space which is a thing that every man ought to have in his house seeing it is of so great vertue TAke a pound of new yellow wax or as much as you will and melt it in a clean pan and then pour it out into some other vessel wherein must be Malmsey Muscadel or good Claret-wine and then take the wax out and pour it again upon the wine I and do so seven times then take the said wax and melt it on the fire and put into it a handful of Brick beaten into fine powder and stir it well together and then put it into a crook't-neckt glass such as Stillers call the Bag-pipe-glass you must clay it well about the midst of the glasses neck and let it distil first with a little fire and then more and last with a good great fire and then when all the things be cold put it out of your recipient and pour it into a Viol well stoped with wax and searcloth so that in no case the ayre go out no sun nor fire come to it for it is so fine of himself that it will vanish away straight and when you will occupy it you must wet and moyst the wound with a fine linnen cloth and so bind it to the wound To heal a wound in ten days TAke Camphire and
stamp it with Boars-grease put it into the wound and this will heal it in ten days without fail To make that flesh shall not grow too much in a wound TAke the Lightes or Lungs of a Sheep hot and lay it upon the wound and the flesh shall rise equal with the skin A Diet for him that is wounded TAke heed you eat no Cheese Butter Eggs nor Fish of the Sea nor Fruit but fine and light meats as Capons Chickens Rabbets Pheasants and Partridge Lamb Lark and such like Medicines for the Itch in man or woman THis I do advise every man for this matter to ordain and prepare a sharp pair of nailes to scratch claw rent and tear the skin and the flesh that the corrupt blood may run out and then use purgations stoves and sweats and beware you reverberate not the cause inward with any oyntment nor claw not thy skin with filthy fingers but wash thy hands to bed-ward For a Scab on man or woman TAke Mallows and Wormwood and boyl them well together and with the said water and herbs warm as thou mayst suffer it all to wash thy Body and this will heal thee in short time For the Itch in the hands that come of worms TAke the seed of Henbane and cast it on a Chafing-dish of coals but first wash thy hands and then hold them over the fire as hot as you may suffer it a good while and then put thy hands into a Bason of cold water and thou shalt see the wormes creep out into the water do this three or four times and be whole To destroy all manner of Scabs dry or moyst TAke the juyce of Scabias and Vineger and one part of Garlick and seeth altogether till it do turn to an oyntment and anoint the Scabs therewith and be whole For the dry Scab THis infirmity commeth to man after his complexion by superabundant humors or by lying with an infectious person having the said infirmity or by aridity or dryness of choller or melancholy the which doth engender a dry Scab which is the worst among all the kind of Seabs The Remedy TAke Mercury mortifyed with Fasting-spittle three cunces incorporate it with the oyl of Bayes and anoint thy body therewith Or take Mercury mortifyed three ounces of the powder of Brimstone two ounces of the powder of Elicampana two ounces Confect it together with Barrows-grease and anoint thy body oft Medicines for the Falling-sickness that doth not foam in the mouth but by Vrine and Egestion or both at once defileth himself THe cause of this infirmity many Authors in divers matters be of sundry opinions but for this matter I do say that forasmuch as it is one of the kinds of the Falling-sickness it doth take his Original of a Rheumetick humour opilating the cels of the Brain the Brain so opilated and stopped the Patient lyeth pittifully unto the time that Nature hath removed the Cause A Remedy FOr this matter a great circumspection must be had first in the diet of the Patient for the Patient not onely in this kind of Falling-sickness but in all other kinds must abstain from white meats Beef Hares-flesh and Venison also they must beware of climbing up to high places they must eat no Saliets Onyons nor Garlick Raisons Gibboles or Scalions or such like things The Patient must beware of eating of Water-fowles and fatness of fish as Eels Conger and Salmon and such like and then use the seeds and roots of Piony as well in meats as drinks and so wear the seeds about thy neck and purge thy head and do as it is specifyed in the Chapter named Epilepsia next following THere be three kinds of Falling-sickness which men be infected with to wit Epilepsia who in their falling foam at the mouth and this is the common kind of the Falling-sickness They which have the Analepsia shall when they fall defile themselves and not foam at the mouth They which have Tatalepsia whether they be taken open-ey'd or half closed for the time they shall see nothing For the Falling Sickness TAke Rue and Wormwood of each of them a handful and make it powder and blow some of it into his nose that doth fall and he shall presently rise Medicines for Warts THis Infirmity doth come of gross evil humors to remedy which Take a pair of Cissers and cut off the heads of the Warts and then rub them with Garlick and Bay salt and stamp both together do this six or seven times and lay over them a plaister of lead To take away Warts TAke the juyce of red cole-stocks and lay it on the Warts and this will heal them Or take a white Snail without a house and anoint thy Warts withal and they will go away Or take Egrimony and Verjuyce and put them together and lay it to the Warts three nights being stamped and it shall drive them away and heal them Medicines to make one sleep TAke of the Oyl of Violets an ounce of Opium half an ounce incorporate these together with womans milk and with a fine linnen cloth lay it upon thy Temples Or take leaves of Henbane stamp it and lay it to thy Temples Or else use to eat Lettice seeds white Poppy seeds of Mandragon seeds and of Sander of each three drams but above all things mirth is best to bedward To make one sleep TAke ground Ivy and Sengreen of each a like quantity and stamp them and temper them with womans milk and lay it to thy Temples and this will make thee sleep well Medicines for an Ague for a Fever Tertian TAke the buds or leaves of Willows red Sage and Fetherfew of each an handful seeth them in a quart of Milk till the herbs be well sodden then crush the herbs and wring them in a cloth and lay them to your pulse as warme as you can suffer it and this will help the Ague Another for the same THe Medicines which do help a Fever causon will help a fever tertian first purge choler and three or four hours before the fit doth come I do thus I cause a man to ly in his doublet and a woman in her wastcoat then do I cause them to put on a pair of gloves and with two garters I do bind the wrists of their arms and do lay their arms and hands into the bed and do cast on clothes and do bring them into a sweat before the fit doth come three or four hours and out of a goose quill one put into another they do take their drink because they shall take no aire into the bed then do I give them first an Altery and suffer them to drink as much possit Ale as they will and when the burning doth begin I do withdraw the clothes and this I do three courses and have made many hundreds whole so and on their good daies I do not suffer them to go into the Aire For the quartane Ague TAke a spoonfull of mustard and as much Treacle as a
chicken will gape and labour for life and in the end he will dy then take another Pullet and do the like and so another as the Pullets do dy for when the poyson is drawn out the last chicken that is offered thereto will live the sore presently is asswaged and the party recovereth it is necessary to use the Medicine to drive away venome from the heart This is proved very true To make Plague water TAke a pound of Rosemary a pound of Salerdine a pound of Sage and a pound of Balm a pound of Mugwort one pound of Rue one pound of Wormwood one pound of Dragon one pound of Scabias one pound of Pimpernel that grows among the corne one pound of Angelica and one pound of Betony put all these herbs together in a great pot with a narrow mouth and let them soak in white Wine three dayes and three nights closely stopped and then take the herbs out and styll them and keep the water in a fair glass and if any be sick of the Plague give him the value of ten spoonfuls blood-warm so soon as he doth feel himself sick and then let him walk if he be able if not lead him by the armes and keep him from eating and drinking one hour after and then let him go to bed and if he vomit it is the better for him and if it be possible that he take it before he sleep he shall escape by Gods grace and the elder the water is the better it is This water is good for the quartane Ague or any disease lying in the stomack taking it before the fit doth come and this water must be stylled in the month of May Contra vim mortis non est Medicamen in hortis To make Doctor Josephus Water TAke a pint of Water and a spoonfnl of French Barley half a handful of red Rose leaves two or three drops of the Oyl of Brimstone and a quarter of a pound of the finest refined Sugar the water and Barley to seeth together and then the scum to be taken off and so the other to be let cool so with the Rose leaves to stand all night and then to be well brewed all together but first the leaves and Barley strained from the Water For the Convulsion TAke one ounce of an Elke-hoof and half an ounce of English Liqueris two piana small roots two or three Fenel roots as many Parsly roots three or four roots of unset Hyssop a little quantity Herbegrass which is Rue a quart of small beer but boyl it till it come to a pinte then strain it and sweeten it with Syrop of Hyssop and give it the Party before and after the Fit For the moist Rhume in the Head TAke conserve of Roses two ounces Metridate two drams Bolearminak one dram of Olibinum one dram and an half Mastick half a dram beat these together with Syrop of Violets into the form electuary whereof take twice going to bed and in the morning the quantity of a Nutmeg Another for the same ROsemary flowers Elder flowers Bittony flowers Sage flowers of each two good handfuls Scurvy grass three handfuls China-roots three ounces an ounce of sweet Fennel-seeds two ounces of Coriander-seeds half a pound Fumitur three handfuls Epithimum Agramony Hartstongue of each two handfuls Harts-horn-shaving one ounce of Stringoroots four ounces Citron-seeds Musked half an ounce let these be boyled in a gallon and an half of Whey and let them first be infused two dayes in a gallon of white Wine then put the ingredience with the Wine to the Whey and let them be boyled gently the space of two hours and so next day drink thereof half a pint in the morning and so in the afternoon as long as it lasteth An approved Medicine for sore Eyes TAke six ounces of Lapis Callimnaris and heat that in a wooden fire and blow it red hot and then quench it in a pinte of pure white Wine in a Bowl or any other clean vessel nine times and then strain it out by it self through a fine linnen cloth and then take a handful of Houslick unwashed and stamp it in a clean Morter and strain it through a fine cloth then put the quench'd Wine and that both together and strain them again through a fine cloth and then take a feather and drop it in your eyes three or four drops at a time every morning and evening and by the grace of God you will find help in a very short time Probatum est A Medicine for Children that have the wormes approved by Mistris Isabel Dee in Moscoe TAke Wormseed and boyl it in Beer and then sweeten it with clarifyed Honey and let them drink of it every morning fasting For a pain in the stomack by a Cold. TAke two or three Turnips and wrap them in brown Paper weted and put them in Ember-ashes for two hours as ready for to eat and then scruze the juyce out of them betwixt two Trenchers and then mix it with Loaf-sugar with Cynamon and Nutmeg powdered and made like a Syrop and then drink four ounces of it at night when you go to bed Probatum est Mistris Fâ—…yerirs medicine for sore Eyes TAke a pine of white Wine two drams of Camphire cut as small as may be half an ounce Omphacium that is pure oyl of green Grapes or for want of that your purest Sallet-oyl put the Camphire and the Oyl into a Basin let them stand covered two hours then put in your white Wine to them then take the stones called Lapides Culumanaris and heat three of them fire hot then put them so hot into the Wine covering your Basin very close while they are a cooling in the water heat three more fire hot take the other out and put in the hot ones and so heat them by course five or six times till the Wine is very hot and the Camphire well dessolved then take the clcarest of it and the top when it is cold and reserve it in glasses For your use put two or three drops into the sore ey three times a day For a Fellon or a Whitlow FIrst take a quarter of a pinte of Milk and as much Leaven as an egg and let it boyl till it commeth to be as thick as a Poultess then take a penny-worth of oyl of Roses and mix with it and which is above half a spoonful and so apply it to the grieved place as hot as you can twice a day lay it too as you do a Poultess This is proved For one that is Bursten or a Child that hath been Bursten six years TAke oyl of Nip or Nep and anoynt the Party therewith and morning and evening take of the herbs and bind one boyl'd in Butter or dip Wool in the aforesaid Oyl this use six weeks until you be whole This proved For to keep a Child from having Convulsion fits TAke oyl of sweet Almonds new drawn beaten up with white Sugar-candy and give the Child so soon as it