glasse and so drinke it of beyng warmed before then laye you downe and sweate if you can An other for the same Take an handfull of hearbe Grace a quarter of a pounde of Cummyn well brused then take a pottle or a quart of the dregges of good ale boyle all these together puttyng into it crūmes of leauened breade sufficient to make the rest very thicke thē put it into a very strong lynnen bag and so lay it to the griefe yf the paine remoue remoue also your bag euer with the payne refreshing it with warmth and it shall helpe An other for the same proued Annoynt your syde with the Oyle of Melilote then make a playster of the same Melilote vpon a peece of Leather and lay it to your syde and change it not but once in a weeke A proued medicine to cause sleepe Take foure spoonefuls of good vineger and as much Rose water of oyle of Roses two sponfuls and of crummes of coorse leauened breade made of cleane Wheat with an handfull of Rose leaues dryed as you shal thynke wyll make the licour thicke to lay vpon a lynnen cloth these beyng boyled together vpon a chafyndish of coales When it is enough lay it vpon the foreheade and temples from the one eare to the other and so let hym lye vpon a bed making no noyse and by the grace of God he shall sleepe within one quarter of an houre An other for the same Stampe Lettise seed and Smallage seede together in a morter then temper it with the white of an egge and so bynd it to the forehead and he shal sleepe For the head ach and clensing therof Chawe Pellitorye of Spayne in thy mouth and it wyll clense the head also take away the ache or payne An other for the head ache Take the iuise of Byttanie Veruin Wormwood Colodine greene Mallowes and Sage claryfyed Hony and fine Pepper corne beaten in poulder and seth al these wel in fayre water as much as by your indgement shall be sufficient for to drink the other compounds before which must be in equal quantities vse this drinke fasting as you fynd paine it shall helpe An other medicine to cause sleepe Take a spoonfull of oyle of Roses a sponful of Rose water and halfe a sponful of red Vyneger and temper them all together then with a fine lynnen clothe annoynt the pacients head To purge and clense the head Take a pint of white vineger .i. d. of the poulder of Spemial and .i. d. of the polder of Pellitorye which is lyke to small styckes .ii. d. of good stone Honnye then seeth them altogether and whē it hath soden something take it of the fyre and put to it a sponful of good Mustard styrring it wel together and in that maner preserue it as before ye be taught in the others Vse one or two houres after dinner to put of thys water or medicine into your mouth roulyng it vp and down with your tongue keepyng close your lippes and beware that none go downe your throate In lyke maner vse therof to the number of .ix. spoonefuls one after an other alwayes puttyng them out into a peauter bason or such lyke vessel the better to peruse that whiche wyll come out of your head by the operation therof And in vsyng thys medicine three dayes together you shal fynd remedy An other for al maner diseases in the head Take .iiii. peny worth of the roote of Pellitory of Spayne which is the same in the other before mentioned with half a peny worth of Spilonard beat them into poulder then boyle them as the other with good red vineger if you haue not whyte and beyng boyled and colde put to it a sauser full of clarifyed hony an other of good mustard with styrryng as you dyd the other Also let hym vse it in iyke maner quantitie as the other eyther after dynner or supper whether he lyst and in few tymes vsyng thys you shal perceyue the disease to weare a way mary he must vse euery spoonfull a good whyle in hys mouth though some what to hys payne A proued medicine for paine in the head Seeth Alehofe in fayre water and beyng sodden bind the hearbes to the noddle of the head hot and it shal helpe A prooued medicine for the coughe and ach in the brest by reason thereof Boyle Stabies in fayre water with the water bathe or washe the brest then laye the hearbes thereto in manner of a playster as hot as you can suffer it This must be done at your goyng to bed in once or twise so doyng you shal recouer For payne in the stomacke Take Woormewoode Fetherfewe Mynts crummes of browne bread and Frankinsence or Cummyn beatē to fine poulder by equal portions and boile thē al in Malmesey very thicke as you are taught before puttyng it when it is sodden into a thicke lynnen bag and verye warme lay it to thy stomacke An other for the cough Take a handfull of good Fygges and seeth them in Ale or Beere tyll they be somewhat tender then slyt them a sunder and in a lynnen bag for the purpose laye them as hot as ye can suffer vpō the stomake when it is cold warme them with the bag in the licor that before they were boyled in and thus doyng you shal by Gods helpe be healed An other for the same Take like quantitie of great Raysons as you dyd of the Figges or twise as many and boyle them in Claret wyne the stones beyng fyrst taken out of them whē they be tender vse them as you dyd the Fygges to your brest warmyng thē as they coole in theyr hot licour A very good drinke for the said cough Take a quart of white wyne boyle it with Licoras Anise seedes and Suger Candy of ech like quantitie putting therin ten Fygs of the best tyl it be halfe consumed so preserue it to drink therof euenyng and mornyng three or foure spoonefuls warme For the Murre or pose Take Sticcadose or for wante hereof halfe a handful of Spyke of Nigella Romana halfe a handefull of Rose leaues halfe an handful of Masticke as much with a quarter of an handful of Cloues these beyng beaten into fyne poulder make a fyne quilte of Syndale and puttyng them into it lay it to the moulde of your head For the Migrue Take halfe a pint of Knit Maddē an ounce of Cummyn seede a handfull of Sengrue then braye them all together smal in a morter then boyle them in the mylke of a cowe of one colour thicknyng it with Wheate meale and being very thicke lay it playster wise to your forehead and temples An other medicine for the headache Take the iuise of Walworte Salt Hony Waxe and Incense of as equall portions as you can gesse them boyle them together being boyled preserue it as you doe other oyntments and as you fynde paine annoynte your head therwith it shal help you also
so keepe it takyng at once as much of the broth flesh and hearbes as shal suffice to bath the lame place withal vsyng it euenyng and mornyng as hot as it may be suffered keping the place warme with a linnen cloth betwixt the bathyngs To breake any sicknesse sore or felon TAke the grease leaues of a barow hog and pyl of the skyn beate the grease in a morter tyll it be enough whiche ye shal know by the whytenes therof then put it into a fayre stone pot not an earthen pot and so keepe it close tyll Maye when ye shall gather Stabies stampe it and strayne it and to one quart of the grease colde put a pottell of the iuise of Stabies in lyke sort more or lesse that done worke the grease tyl it haue drunk vp the iuise with your handes then couer it and let it stand tenne dayes then presse the water out of it with your handes and after with as much of the same iuise worke it agayne tyl it hath drunke it vp so let it stande ten dayes In lyke maner vse it at the end of euery .x. dayes duryng May and Iune In the end preserue it tyl need require and as you need take therof as much as wyl make a thick playster to the bygnes of the sore laye it therto .xxiiii. houres and it wyl breake it and beyng broken heale it with a drawyng playster A soueraigne proued medicine for the pin and web in the eye to be made in May. TAke the toppes or crops of the hearbe Christopher with the stalks leaues thereon of a fynger length yf they be so farre tender a good quantitie stampe theÌ„ very smal that done myngle it with a good quantitie of Maye butter and in a fayre platter or such lyke vessel stampe them together and vse to set it in the hot sun euery day when the sunne shyneth clearly the space of .ii. or .iii. monethes tyll it be rotten yf it be sooner rotten then strayne it through a cleane lynnen cloth when as it hath molten in the sun the space of a whole day that whiche is strayned out is the medicine whiche ye must keepe taking as much as a meane pynnes head put it into the eye of the pacieÌ„t lying vpright the space of a quarter of an houre Thys medicine may neuer be made nor myngled but in May. It may be strayned in Iune Iuly or August A speciall good salue for any old sore also good for a greene wound called Salue Robert. TAke a pound of weathers suet beyng fyrst molten and clarified into a cake scrape it into a brasse Pan or Postnet then take a pound of virgin waxe in lyke maner scrape it into the pan or other vessell that done strayne a pound of Rosen beyng beaten into fyne polder so with styrryng boyle them vpon a fyre of coales vntyl it be molteÌ„ al into one likenes then put to it two ounces of blacke sope styrre it a while after then wheÌ„ it begynneth to ryse take it of set it aside tyl it be through colde then cut it in peeces and so worke it vp into smal roules so as ther be no knots in the roules that ye may the better worke it anoynt your handes with soft greace or oyle it shall not cleaue to your fyngers hauing thus done keepe them in a close boxe A water to be vsed with this salue to wash the sore before ye lay to the playster as often as ye dresse it good to clense the sore and to abate proud fleshe TAke a good handful of Sage wash it cleane and seeth it in a quart of stale ale or strong beere and in the seethyng scum it and put therto a peece of Roche Alam as byg as a Walnut and so let it seeth halfe away that done keepe it in a stone pot close and as ye need take a saucer ful thereof with some of the leaues luke warme bath the wouÌ„d or sore therwith then wype the sore dry with a soft lynnen cloth afterwarde lay to a playster of the sayd salue Robert and if neede be put in a tent made of Lint the salue together before ye lay on the plaister In thys maner dresse the sore twise a day til ye thinke it waxeth almost whole afterward if ye list once a day wil be enough because it may els heale too fast A soueraigne medicine for a burnyng or scalding called Mother Cammockes medicine to be made in May. TAke Daysy leaues rootes flowers and the inner barke of Elder of eche an handful of the leaues of Bryers such as beare the beryes a quarter of a handful bruse them wel together in a morter then put therto a pound of clarifyed Maye butter myngle them together and so boyle them vntyll the strength be out of the hearbes then strayne it thorow a fayre lynnen cloth into the vessell wherin ye meane to keepe it as before When you wyll occupye this oyntment ye must after ye haue annointed the pacient lay ouer the place anointed a peece of the skyn of hogges greace or the filme of sheepes suet to keepe the clothe from cleauyng to the sore For a neede thys oyntment maye be made in any other moneth wherin the Daysies may be gathered For a Canker TAke hearbs Robert red Sage hearb Grace of ech lyke much stampe them in a morter with good ale WheÌ„ ye haue so done put the hearbes in a lynneÌ„ cloth and wet your cloth wel in the iuise then laye the cloth with the hearbes to your tooth at nyght in the mornyng in lyke maner and by the grace of God it wyll draw out the Canker A playster for all maner of sores and specially for greene sores Take of fyne Suger and Burnet of ech lyke much and bruse them in a morter and wash the wound with the iuise of the same then take the hearbes fynly-beaten myngle with them the iuise a quaÌ„titie of english hony vnwrought waxe so boyle them together tyl it be all of one colour then take them from the fyre and let them stand a while theÌ„ put it into a bason of fayre water so worke it out into roules as before is taught in ordring the wound Prob. per T. Colby An other medicine for a Canker Take Sage Rue Woodbine leaues Peneryall of Filbert leaues or buddes of ech an handfull if neyther can be gotten then take of the inner barke of the yongest boughes one handful and seeth it with the rest in a quart of good ale ouer a soft fyre til halfe be consumed whaÌ„ it is halfe soden put thereto three sponefuls of hony and as much Roche Alam â—â— threâ— Walnuts When it is consumed take it of and keepe it as your other waters if you neede hereof take a saucer ful and warme it then wet a lynnen clothe therein and so washe the sore after that lay the cloth to the
a wounde within ten dayes as by proofe hath beene seene Stampe Camphere with Barrowes greace and put it into the wound and it wil heale it To ripe and breake botches Dip Dragon leaues in oyle and laye it vpon the botch and it wil breake it To cleare the syght of eyes Take as many red Snayls as ye can get which in raine or hayle crepe about seeth them throughly in well water in the seething gather or skym of the fat that wil come out of them and preserue it as the other oyntments and when ye need take anoynt your eyes therwith An other remedye for sore eyes Take the iuise of Fenell and drop therof into the sore eyes euenyng and mornyng it shall heale the griefe payne To asswage the swelling of the gignitors Take coorse meale and melte yt with hony that don stamp it with Cummin tyll it be well myngled then make therof a playster and lay it to the sore and it wil take a waye the swelling An other medicine to breake a byle Take branne and womans mylke put them together when it is throughly soken laye of it to the sore and it will breake To make oyle of Exiter Take one poounde of Cowslips in the moneth of May and steepe them in oyle Oliue in as much quantity as they may easily be steeped in and let them lye tyll Iune when you muste gather of Calamint hearbe Iohn Sage Ambrose wylde Sage Egremont Sothernwod Penerial Lauender Peritory Rosemary Camamil Hearif called Sliuers Peritory of Spaine Laurel leaues floures of Lylly of ech of these an handfull then grynde thē in a morter as smal as Grensing that don take the Cowslip floures aboue sayd wring them out of the oyle put them into a morter with the oher hearbes grynd them all into one lykenes when ye haue so done put it into as muche whyte wyne as may easyly steepe it in a daye and a nyght then take the hearbes with the wyne and boyle them together with the oyle Oliue wherein the Cowslyps were steeped fyrste and so let them seeth together tyl the wyne and water be wasted away To knowe if it be enough take out of the neathermost of it a spoonefull and yf there be no water in the spoone it is enough If it be enough take it of put it into a strong lynnen bag and strayne it betwixt two staues and so keepe it in a vessel either of Tynne or Glasse for no other wil hold it Thys oyntment or oyle is very good agaynst all maner of maladyes that be in the synues or other place taken thorow cold as goutes Palsies and olde bruises of the bones and ioyntes and must be vsed in thys maner In the Sommer tyme the place so greued shal be annoynted agaynst the sunne and in Wynter against the fyre and after the annointing the sore muste be ouer layde with blacke wooll vn washed beyng warmed very hot and so bound to with roulers Also thys oyntment otherwise called oyle Oliue keepeth hys vertue or strength three yeares and is not to be made but as before is sayd in May and Iune A proued medicine for the bleeding at the nose called the L. Maryes medicine Take the shel of an egge the meate being very cleane out and put it in the fyre vntyl it be burnt very blacke and ready to breake then take it out make therof fyne poulder whereof ye shal blowe thorow a quyl part therof into the nose that bleedeth and it shall staunch For the Migrue in the eyes Seeth new mylke and when it is soden poure it into a Bason and couer the bason with a peauter platter and with the water that commeth of the Bason washe the sore eyes and browes and in fewe dressynges of them in thys maner you shal be holpen To kyll the Palsie Drynke the roote of Valerion in polder and it wyl destroy the Palsie so that ye eate no hogges flesh A remedye for the Dropsie Scrape an Elder roote very cleane breake it in many peeces or shred it into white wine and let it steepe therin then drynke the wyne and it wyll heale your disease An other for the same Take the hearbe called Arnoglosa and seeth it in white wine and vse to drinke therof fasting and it wyll helpe you of the dropsye An other for the same disease Take the poulder of Smallage and Fenel roots and the iuise of Fenitory clense it with suger then make a Sicop therof and geue the pacient to drinke and with Gods helpe he shall recouer For ache in the backe Take Egremont and Mugwort both leaues and roots and stampe them smal then myngle them wel with old Deeres suet then smere or annoynt thy greeued place therwith very warme after roul it vp hard An other for the Palsye called Esbe pater Take and styll the Primeroses with their leaues and drinke thereof fasting and within thryse drinking it wil helpe you also it is good agaynst the head ach or other aches Agaynst the Crampe Take and beate Brymston and Veruin together so bynde it to your arme or other place greeued and it shall kyll it for hauing the payne agayne An other medicine to breake any sore vpon the brest Take of Mallowes one handful and of Wormewood as much and seth them in runnyng water vpon a soft fire tyll they be tender then take them cleane from the water and chop them vpon a bord with Barrows grease to the quantitie of halfe the hearbes and therof laye to the sore as much as you thinke meete for it as hot as ye may suffer it and once in .xxiiii. houres chaunge it when it is broken dresse it with a drawing plaister For the bloody Flixe Seeth mylke and in the seething put in a peece of Roche Allam whiche will cause a curd which curd being cleane taken from the whay you must drynke the sayd whay as hot as is possible also yf your stomacke can possible beare it you must eate the curd and with Gods help you shal recouer An other to stoppe the bloody Flixe Take of the purest redde Rose leaues dryed make them in fine polder then take halfe as much fyne Sinamone that done take fyne whyte bread and make tostes of them and being tosted soke them in good red wyne and when they are soked take them out strayne the polders vpon thē one or two of these tostes be sufficient at one tyme vse them fasting and also at your going to bedde beyng new made but ye may not drinke in two or three houres after yf you haue not Roses ready dryed drye some in an Ouen or before the fyre and thys by the helpe of God shal helpe you within fewe eatynges A proued medicine for a Stiche Grate a good quantitie of Setwell halfe as muche Gynger then take .vi. or vii spoonefuls of water Ascabies put them together shakyng them well together in the pot or
it is writtē that if ye weare the hearbe Bittanye about your necke then it will asswage the ache An other drynke for the coughe Take a handful of Rew and of Sothernwood as much with lyke quātitie of Rosemary a quart of claryfied Hony and a quart of whyte wyne then seethe as these together and being sod put out the licour and stampe the hearbes in a morter that done put them againe into the licour so let it boyle a while when ye haue so done straine your licour thorow a fine strayner or cloth into a vessel wherin you shall kepe it close and vse to drinke therof in the morning colde and at night hot such quantitie as ye thinke good An other drinke for the same Take Hysope Rosemary Cerfloure Plantine Elrentaure Redish roote of eche lyke quantitie and seethe them in white wyne from a pottle to a quarte being sodden put out the licour from the hearbes and beate them in a morter thē put them together and myngle it with styrryng then strayne them into an other pot puttyng thereto halfe a pounde of clarifyed hony and a prety deale of clarifyed Maye butter then seeth them the space of a quarter of an houre thē strayn it and when it is cold put it into a fayre glasse and so keepe it close geuyng therout so often as the diseased shall drynke thereof .vi. spoonefulles beyng warmed with as much stale ale For boyling of the stomacke Take of Fennell and Ashe rootes lyke quantitie beaten into fyne poulder and drynke therof in white wyne and it wyl helpe you To cleare the pypes Take the rootes of Elena Campana two handfuls of Hysope and one handful of Lycoras fyne beaten in a morter then seeth thē in a pottle of white wine to a pynt then keepe it in a close vessell drynke therof in the mornyng colde and at euenyng warme Against the stopping of the pypes Take Hysope Myntes Rosemarye Daysies and Consond of ech like quantitie and seeth them in ale with Licoras and vse it as the other before Agaynst horsenesse Take a good quātitie of Veruine and seeth it with Licoras in fayre water thē strayne the water vse no other drynke with your meate vntyll ye fynd remedy A broth to coole the stomacke and Lyuer and to make one sollible Take a Capon or a leg of Veale or a shoulder whether be easiest to be gotten and seeth it in an earthē pot with skimmyng then take a handfull of Endiffe a handfull of Violet leaues a handfull of Dandeliō of white Beets halfe a handfull and halfe a handfull of Mallowes with three Succory rootes the pyth being taken out of them also halfe a handfull of Burrage and as muche Borage halfe a poūd of great Raisons the stones taken out a pound of Prunes and halfe a dosen slyps of wyld Margerome with a fewe whole Maces and a litle Salt then boyle all these together to a Gellye and after straine it through a fayre cloth into an earthen pot without any compulsion then keepe it as your others warmyng thereof so often as ye lyst to drynke A soueraigne and prooued medicine for heate in the stomacke commyng by an ague or otherwise Take a peece of Scarlet in Grayne cut after the proportion of the knotte of the stomacke and seeth it in a lytle vineger and Saunders vntyll the lycour be consumed and so lay the Scarlet as hot as can be endured to the stomacke then couer it close with lynnen very thicke of foldes to keepe in the heate and when it is cold heate it in lyke licour as before twise or thrise together Vse thys as oft as ye fynd payne and it shal helpe you Two proued medicines to stop vomiting Geue the pacient to drynke a draught of warme ale or beere a quantitie of fine Synamome and it shall staye the vomityng yf it do not then take three spoonfuls of the water of Mynts and geue it the pacient to drynke with a draught of ale or beere as the other Both haue ben wel proued To cause good tasting of meate Drinke wine sodden with Sentorye and Plantine euening and morning it shall soone helpe thee A very wholsome water to be drunke all the moneth of May. Take Ribwort Endiffe Violet leaues Buglas Synkfoyle and Mercurye of eche of these hearbes a greate handful seeth them in a pottle of morning whay halfe an houre so keepe it being strayned or rather drayned through a fayre clothe into a vessell wherein it shall remayne and geue a draught hereof luke warme to drynk euery morning during that moneth to as many as ye wyll as wel in health as otherwyse and it shal preserue their healthe The more that ye make if your number be greate the better it is for the age therof vsing the quātitie after this rate To auoyde fleame Seeth Slose in fayre water a good quantitie and being sodden draine out the water cleane and put the Slose into a vessel of .iii. gallons of good ale letting them stand so .iiii. or .v. dayes close as ye vse to kepe Ale after the standing let the diseased drinke therof euening and morning An other to driue fleame downewarde and to clense one Take the root of floure de Bawte otherwyse Lyllye clades and stampe it then wring out as much iuise as wil fyl an eg shell then take in any other vessell as much fine Suger as wil fil the lyke shel first straine halfe the Suger in a boule or such lyke cup after put into it the licour or iuise and then straine the other halfe of Suger vpon the licour and so let hym or her drink it of at one draught and it shall helpe by Gods grace To prouoke a good stomacke or appetite Take a handful of hearbe Grace and as much Hysope and seeth them in a potel of Vineger and a pottell of runnyng water vntyl it be al but one quart then strayne it and keepe it as the others vsyng as oft as neede requireth fastyng to drinke therof foure spoonfuls To cause one to perbrake Take two spoonfuls of red vineger one of Mustarde and boyle them together with a litle Triacle and when it is boiled coole it and ere it be altogether cold drinke it of and it shal helpe you To make laxatiue pottage Pare the rootes of Eladine and wash them cleane and seeth thē in fayre water tyll they be tender then chop them with Borage Parsely Violets Mercury Mallowes and suche other hearbes as be good for pottage and make thereof pottage with other freshe broth geue the diseased as much of the same pottage as he can wel eate it shal helpe hym For one that is costiffe Stampe Maleworth and straine the iuise into a pretye quantitie of Honye of ech lyke muche then melt or heate them together and beying molten drynke it ye shal haue ease An other for the same Steepe Line seede in water when it is well steeped seeth