dram Roots of Tormentil two drams Syrup of Purslan as much as suffices to make an Electuary Take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg twice a day Drink after it a Draught of the following Decoction Take Succory Roots six drams Leaves of Lettuce Purslan and Horse-tail an Herb Shepherds purse of each a handful the four greater cold Seeds Purslan Seeds Sorrel Seeds of each a dram red Roses dried a handful bruise the Seeds and shred the Herbs and boil them all in a sufficient quantity of Water to a pint and a half then strain it and dissolve in it Gum Tragant and Arabick of each two scruples then add two ounces of Syrup of Purslan The Dose is a quarter of a pint Let the Patient wear about the Neck a little Bag with the Powder of a dried Toad Calcin'd which alone many times is said to Cure this Disease CHAP. XXXI Select Remedies to procure CONCEPTION Of choice and experimented Remedies to procure and forward Conception prescribed by several learned Doctors An excellent Remedy to procure Conception TAke of Syrup of Motherwort of Syrup of Mugwort of each half an ounce of Spirit of Clary two drams of the Root of English Snakeweed in fine powder one dram Purslain-seed Nettle-seed Rocket-seed all in subtil powder of each two drams candid Nutmegs Eringo-Roots Satirion-Roots preserved Dates Pistaches Conserve of Succory of each three drams stamp and work all these Ingredients in a Mortar to an Electuary then put it up into Gally-pots and keep it for use Take of this Electuary the quantity of a large Nutmeg in a little glassful of white Wine in the Morning fasting and at four in the Afternoon and as much at Night going to Bed but be sure not to do any violent exercise Another experienced by the Countess of Arundel Make a Syrup of Eringo-Roots and take thereof three times a day in the Morning fasting and in the Afternoon and at Night having first prepared the Body with some gentle Purge The foregoing Remedy is more effectual Another approved Remedy to procure Conception Take of Clarified Honey 3 drams of Linseed and shavings of Ivory of each an ounce Borage three ounces beat it into an Electuary with four ounces of fine Sugar Musk and Amber of each one scruple and a half Oil of Cinamon two grains Oil of Cloves and Mace of each one grain Take of it Morning and Evening Dr. Scroderus his Cordial Drink to cleanse and strengthen the Womb and procure Conception Take Bawm Penyroyal Maidenhair Sage Calaminth Mugwort of each half a handful Shenath half a dram Marygolds Wall-flowers of each two pugils that is as much as you can hold betwixt two Fingers and the Thumb Nutmegs Mace Cubebes Cardamoms grains of Paradice Zedoary of each one dram prepare them all and infuse them in two quarts of Canary Wine for some days in a Bottle close stopp'd then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste drink thereof three times a day This I know an approved Remedy Dr. Mynsight his Bath against Barrenness much approved Take Roots of Madder of Parsley of Polipode of the Oak Valerian of each three ounces Seeds of wild Rue and Darnel of each two ounces green Juniper-berries of each one ounce and a half Leaves of Motherwort Mother of Thyme Bawm Mugwort Fumitory Marjoram Lavender Agrimony Mellilot Mullin Camomil Calamint Organy of each one ounce shred and bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of water for a Bath Let the person sit therein in a bathing Tub as hot as can be endured repeating it every day for fifteen or twenty days abstaining all the while from Venery The Author says it is an approved thing for the intention She may also at the same time use either the Electuary with the white Wine or Dr. Scroderus his Drink By using the said Remedies and abstaining all the while from Venery she will be very apt afterwards to conceive for the parts will be very well disposed It is much observed also that Women after long absence from their Husbands when they come again usually soon conceive Note That the greater the womans desire of Copulation is the more subject she is to conceive Women are most subject to conceive a day or two after their monthly Terms are stayed It is good to eat Crabs Lobsters Prawns and Shrimps for they are fruitful Creatures and very nutritive as also Pigeons and Sparrows half a dram of Castor being taken in powder or a scruple in Malmsey Wine in the Morning is good to procure Conception As also the stones of a Fox dryed and beaten to powder and a dram taken in milk in the Morning As also the stones of a Boar taken in the like manner A Plaister of Labdanum spread upon Leather and applied to the Region of the Womb mightily disposes it to Conception Dr. Farrar his great Venereal to procure Conception Take Conserve of Rosemary-flowers of Borage-flowers and of Conserve of Clove-gilly-flowers of each half a dram of the Electuary of Diasatirion one ounce candid Eringo-Roots six drams old London or Venice Treacle two drams Seeds of Rocket and of Nettles of each half a dram Species Diamoth dulcis two scruples make it up into an Electuary with Syrup of Stechados as much as will suffice Take the quantity of a Nutmeg of this Electuary Morning and Night or when you will and drink a little of the following Decoction after it Take Leaves of Sage of Organy Rosemary Calamint Nettles of each a handful Chamedee Chamepit and Stechados of each half a handful of Nettle-seeds Rocket-seeds and sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an ounce boil all these in a quart of Fountain-water then strain it and put to it a pint of Malago Sack I could tell some great Secret to Women which for several Reasons I omit to publish here but if any Lady desires it of me I shall very freely communicate it to her CHAP. XXXII Rules and Signs of CONCEPTION Certain Signs whereby Women may know when they have Conceived AUthors have left many Ways for Women to know whether they be with Child or not which proves true indeed in many Women but not in all Some of them I shall relate here 1. A Coldness and Chilliness of the outward parts after Conception for the Heat retires inwardly to make the Conception 2. The Belly groweth very flat first of all because the Womb closeth it self together to nourish and cherish the Seed 3. The Breasts begin to swell and grow hard not without Pain and Soreness 4. The Tops of the Nipples look redder than formerly 5. Wringing or griping pains like Cramps happen in the Belly about the Navil 6. Loss of Appetice to Meat and illness after Meat and weakness of the Stomack 7. The Veins of the Breasts are more clearly seen than they were wont to be 8. It is a good Sign when the Veins in the Eyes are clearly seen and the Eyes seem
something discoloured 9. Divers Longings and Appetites are ingendred 10. If under the lower Eye-lid the Vein be swelled and the Veins in the Eyes appear clearly and the Eye something discoloured if the Woman have not her Terms at that time nor watched the Night before you may certainly conclude her to be with Child and this appears most plainly just upon her Conception and the first two Months This Mr. Culpepper says he hath known to be true and never to fail 11. Put the Urine of the Woman in a Glass and stop it and let it stand three days and then strain it through a fine Linnen Cloth if you find small living Creatures in it she is most assuredly conceived with Child 12. Take a green Nettle top and put it into her Urin and stop it close and let it stand all Night the next Morning take it out and if it is full of red Spots she is with Child if not the Nettle will be blackish And thus much for Prognosticks whether a Woman be with Child or not CHAP. XXXIII Other Rules and Signs of Conception Rules to know whether a Woman beareth a Male or a Female AUthors give these to be Signs of Conception of Males 1 The Woman when she rises up from a Chair or the like doth sooner stay her self upon her right hand than on the left 2. The Belly lieth rounder and higher than when it is a Female 3. The Child is first felt on the right side because according to Hypocrates the Male-Children lie on the right side of the Womb. 4. The Woman breeds Boys easier and with less Trouble and Pain than Girls and carries her Burthen not so heavily but is more nimble in moving 5. The right Breast is more plump and harder than the left and the right Nipple redder 6. The Womans Complexion is more clear and not so dull and swarthy as when she beareth a Girl 7. Let a drop of her Milk fall into a Bason of fair Water if it sinks to the Bottom she bears a Girl but if it swims and spreads abroad it is a Boy CHAP. XXXIV Select Remedies to prevent Miscarriage Containing Approved Remedies to prevent Miscarriage in Women as also certain Experiments relating to Women especially Child-bearing Practised by that skilful Midwife Mrs. Partridge alias Covet Directions how to govern a Woman in her first Conception that she may know how to foster it and hold it fast till the time of Maturity and then how with ease and good speed to bring it into the World and after the great Work of Labour to reduce her self to her wonted Health First To preserve her Infant and to prevent Miscarriage the following Remedy is commended to be taken TAke Coriander Seeds two drams Roots of Bistort Shavings of Ivory and Red Coral prepared of each a dram of white Amber and Christal of each a scruple reduce all to a fine Powder and made it up into Tablets or Lozenges with four ounces of Rosewater and half a scruple of Confection of Alkermes make them of a dram apiece take one of these Tablets every other Morning they are very cordial and strengthening of the Womb. Also take every other Morning between a rear Egg new laid putting in it some fine powder of Pearls or Coral Signs of Miscarriage If her Breast after filling should begin to lessen and fall which is a Sign of future Miscarriage let her apply the following Cere-cloth Take Roots of Bistort and Coriander seeds of each two drams of unripen'd Galls red Saunders and Hypocistides of each a dram Labdanum and Mastick of each half an ounce Frankincense and Bdellium of each two drams Powder what is to be powdered and with Oyl of Mastick Turpentine and Wax make two or three Cere-cloaths and apply them sometimes to her Loyns and Sedes and sometimes to the Region of the Womb under the Navil She must avoid all sudden and violent Motions both of Mind and Body as Sneezing Coughs Frights Anger and Passion If a Woman with Child fears Miscarriage by being frightned let her have by her some of Dr. Scroderus's Cordial Water against Frights the Description whereof you have among the Cordial Waters and take a little of it Another Remedy to prevent Miscarriage Take a Sprig of Rosemary and Bawm a few Cloves and a little Nutmeg put them into a pint of Claret Wine and burn it then beat the Yolks of three new laid Eggs and having taken the Wine from the Fire brew them with the Wine then take the Cock-treadles of six Eggs and the White of one and beat them to an Oyl then take off the Froth from it and mix the Oyl with the Wine and brew all together then sweeten it with fine Sugar and let the Woman drink of it four Spoonfuls whensoever she beginneth to feel any Pain in her Back or Belly Dr. Goff's Remedy to prevent Miscarriage Take a Fillet of Beef let it be half roasted then take half a pint of Muskadine Sugar Cinamon Ginger Cloves Mace Grains of Paradise and Nutmegs of each a dram bruise them and make a Sauce then take the Beef from the Fire and being hot divide it into two pieces and wet the insides of them in the Sauce then apply the one to the Region of the Womb under the Navil and the other to the Reins of the Back as hot as can be endured tie them on fast and keep them on at least twenty four hours or longer if she can In France whensoever they fear that a Woman is in danger to miscarry they presently give her the following Remedy to prevent it Take a penniworth of stitching Silk of a red crimson Colour double the Threds as often and as short as you can then clip it as short as you can with Scissers so that it be as short as Shavings then mix this with a new-laid Egg boild but a little so that the White of it may be but curdled let the Woman take this This they hold as a present and infallible Remedy which I have seen used many times it is used by rich and poor Of the Causes of Miscarriage The ordinary Causes of Abortion are the following 1. A weakness or foulness of the Womb when it is weakned or offended by viscous slimy or slippery phlegmatick or watery Humors so that it cannot retain the Fruit received 2. Being extreamly bound in Body and forcing to stool forces the Child down Hypocrates says the Disease Tenesmus coming upon a woman with Child causes Abortion Tenesmus is a Disease when people have a great provocation to stool yet can do nothing 3. The Emroids or Piles many times cause Miscarriage for which I have given you several excellent and approved Remedies which see in their places 4. Hunger starves the Child in the Womb and Surfeiting by much eating and drinking strangles it Fat women are subject to miscarry because of the slipperiness of their wombs Forbear strong Purges or Vomits but if you are subject to be costive use gentle means
Megrim Vertigo loss of Memory dimness of sight Melancholy swounding Fits and Barroness in Women You may take half a spoonful to one whole spoonful of it in Ganary or in black Cherry-water or Syrup Note That in every Distillation you must distill to dryness because thn Spirit of Wine is rectified The flowers are to be put into the Spirit of Wine when they are in their prime and that infusion kept till the other things are ripe and fit to be put in Another great Cordial Water of great vertue Take great Ants that are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in May or June two handfuls put them into a glass-bottel and powr upon them so much Spirit of Wine as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in the Sun until they turn to water by putrefaction into one pound of this water put flowers of Rosemary Borage Bugloss Roses Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pound bruised Cinamon one ounce digest them together forty days then distill it in Balneo Mariae If you burn the remaining Feces to ashes and extract the Salt out of it and put it to the distilled Spirit it will be more efficacious It is both Cephalick and Pectoral cureth Consumption and by reason of the Ana Cardimus wonderfully strengthens the Memory fortifies the Brain and strengthens Nature and is much recommended to beget courage It attenuates expelleth Wind and is vulnerary It revives the heart warmeth and comforts a weak and cold Stomach Dose two or three spoonfuls in Sack or any other fit vehicle A rare Cordial Water against Frights excellent for Women with Child to prevent miscarrying Dr. Scroderus Take Lillies of the Valley two handfuls infuse them in three quarts of strong white Wine for a fortnight then distil it in Balneo Mariae into the distilled water put Cinamon one ounce and half Cubebes half an ounce Cloves three drams Mace Calingal Ginger Zedoary Safron of each two drams bruise them all grosly and let them infuse in a Vessel close stopped for some days in the Sun then put into each Lavender-flowers of each one handful let them digest for some days longer then distil it in Balneo Mariae If you calcine the Feces and attract the Salt out of them and put it to the water it will be more effectual It is very proper for Women with Child being frighted It prevents Miscarrying and strengthens the Womb and the Child It is a great Cordial Child-bearing Women ought never to be without it The Alexitery Milk-water Take of Carduus Benedictus six handfuls Wormwood four handfuls Speremint two handfuls shred them small and stamp them a little then powr upon them two gallons of new Milk let them infuse for six hours and distill it in a cold Still or in an Alembeck taking off the head sometimes and stir the matter well with a stick else the milk will grow in a Cake at the top and hinder the water from rising My Lady Newports Excellent cooling Stomachal Alexitery Milk-water Take Angelica one part Mint and Carduus Benedictus of each four parts Wormwood two parts shred them small and bruise them a little and put them in an ordinary Still and powr upon them enough new Milk to soak them but not to have the Milk swim much over them Distill this as you do Rose-water stirring it some times with a stick to keep the Milk from growing to a Cake When you will drink this water alone sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste You may drink a Wine-glass-ful at a time Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Cordial Water fall Women which is esteemed as a Panacea among or the Noble Ladies of the Palatinate Take Cinamon Nutmeg Mace Ginger Cloves Grains of Paradise Cubebes Cardamom of each one ounce and a half long Pepper half an ounce Galingal Zedoary of each one ounce pulverise them every one by themselves then mix them together then take leaves of Sage Mint and Bawm of each one handful shred them small and mix them with the other Ingredients and powr upon them three quarts of good white Wine let it stand to infuse for fourteen days close stopped then distill it in a Balneo or in an Alembick well tinned within It strengthens the Womb cureth the Suffocation thereof expelleth Wind out of the Stomach and Bowels It also strengthens and warms the Stomach and a cold Womb and that so successfully that all the Noble Ladies of the Pallatinate esteem it as a Panacea or Alheal Dr. Scroderus his second Cordial Water of great Vertues Take Tops of Rosemary sweet Marjoram Sage Bawm of each one handful Cinamon grains of Paradice of each one ounce Mace Galingal of each two ounces Nutmeg Cloves Ginger of half an ounce Juniper-berries two ounces bruise the Spices and Seeds and shred the herbs small and infuse them all in three quarts of Rhenish Wine for a month then distill it This Water cures the Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Melancholy illness of the Stomach stinking Breath It causes fruitfulness facilitates Delivery It strengthens the Stomach and the Womb and 't is good against the Palsie and Apoplexy Dr. Horstius his most excellent Cordial Water for the Head and for the Womb. Take Nutmegs Mace Ginger grains of Paradice Cloves half an ounce Rhubarb one ounce Castor Spicknard of each half an ounce Oyl of Bays let the Spices be whole and infuse them in the best Canary or French Wine seaven quarts digest them in a glass close stopped for ten days then strain it and beat the Spices to a Pulp then digest them together again for three days then distill it in Balneo This Water is as good for the Head as for the Womb It cures most Diseases of both It is exceeding good against the Epilepsie and Fits of the Mother obstructions of the Spleen and Liver It is good against Melancholy ann gross vapors ascending to the Head Aâ—other great Cordial Water of very great vertues which causeth fruitfulness and procures Conception Take of the great Ants or Pismires which are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in the month of May or June two handfuls Spirit of Wine rectified so much as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in a close Vessel till the next full of the Moon or until they turn to water by putrefaction Then to a quart of this water take flowers of Rosemary Roses Bugloss Borage Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces â— Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce bruised Cinamon one dram waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pint digest them for forty days then distill in Balneo Mariae This is a great Cordial and Pectoral it is Cephalick and vulnerary and wonderfully strengthens the Memory and fortifies the Brain it strengthens Nature and some
to keep the Body open Abortion also is caused either by Blows Anger Sorrow and Grief Running Leapings Liftings immoderate Exercise c. The surest way is to prevent Miscarriage before the Child is conceived by cleansing and strengthening the womb by such Medecines as procure and forward Conception afterwards And to those which I have given you before for that intention I will add these following Drink Wine wherein the Mother of Thyme hath been boiled which is excellent for that Intention The Seeds of Mandrake are said to cleanse and purge a foul womb cool a hot womb and moisten a dry womb you may take half a dram of them bruised in a little white Wine To Women with Child to prevent Miscarriage Culpepper recommends to drink a Draught of Sage Ale every Morning he says it will do her more good than she is aware of if you desire to know more of it you may read his Book He also recommends Tansie-Ale as you make Sage-Ale a Draught being drunk in the Morning to be a Sovereign Remedy for such Women as are subject to miscarry he doth not teach how to make it but it is done by stamping the Sage or Tansie and putting it in a Bag of loose Bolter-cloth and hang it in a Rundlet of Ale He advises also Midwives to keep a Syrup by them made with the Juice of Garden-Tansie clarified and boiled to a Syrup with double weight of Sugar and to give a spoonful of it whensoever any Signs of Abortion appear as also to stamp Garden-Tansie and sprinkle it with Muskadel and apply it to the Navil It is a most excellent Remedy CHAP. XXXV Of Womens Longings and of Marking their Children Being it comes fittest in this Place I will insert here what Sir Kenelm Digby relates in his Discourse made in a Solemn Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpelier in France touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy He says thus I Cannot forbear but I must make some Digression here to unfold some other Effects of Nature which we see often and are not less curious than the most principal which we treat of and will seem to be derived from obscure Causes notwithstanding in many Circumstances they depend on the same Principles and in many much differing it is touching Moles and Marks which happen to Infants when their Mothers during the time of their Pregnancy have longed after some particular things To proceed after my accustomed manner I will fall to exemplifie A Lady of great Quality which many of this Assembly know at least by Reputation hath upon her Neck the Figure of a Mulberry as exactly as any Painter or Carver can possibly represent one for it bears not only the Colour but the fit proportion of a Mulberry and is as it were embossed in her Flesh The Mother of this Lady being with Child she had a great mind to eat Mulberries and her Imagination being satisfied she being under the Tree one of them casually fell upon her Neck the sanguine Juice whereof was soon wiped off and she felt nothing at that time The Child being born the perfect Figure of a Mulberry was seen upon her Neck in the same place where it fell upon the Mothers and every year in Mulberry Season this Impression or rather Excrescence of Flesh did swell grow big and itch Another Maid which had the like Mark of a Strawberry was more incommodated therewith for it not only inflamed and itched in Strawberry Season but it broke like an Impostume whence issued forth a sharp corrosive Humor To know the Causes and Reason of these marvellous Effects I refer the Reader to the Reading of the said Sir K. Digby's Book wherein he relates also the following Permit me my Lords says he to enlarge my Digression a little further in one word to re-account unto you a marvellous Accident known all over the Court of England in confirmation of the Activity and impression which the Imagination of the Mother makes upon the Body of the Infant whereof she was big A Lady that was my Kinswoman she was the Neece of Fortescu the Daughter of Count Arundel came to give me Visits sometimes in London she was fair and of a good Feature add she knew it well taking great complacency and not only to keep her self so but to add what she could further thereupon she was perswaded that the Patches and Flies which she put upon her Face gave her a great deal of Ornament therefore she was careful to wear the most curious sort but as it is very hard to keep a moderation in things which depend more upon Opinion than Nature she wore them in excess an patched most of her Face with them although that did not much add to her Beauty and that I took the Liberty to tell her so accordingly yet I thought it no opportunity then to do any thing that should give her the least distaste since with so much civility and sweetness she came to visit me Nevertheless one day I thought good in a kind of drolling way so that she might not apprehend any Discontentment to tell her of it so that I let fall my Discourse upon her great Belly advising her to have a care of her Health whereof she was somewhat negligent and according to the Custom of young vigorous women which know not yet what it is to be subject to Indispositions she kindly thanked me for my care herein saying That she could do no more to preserve her health than she did though she was in that case you should at least I replied have a care of your Child O for that said she there is nothing that can be contributed more Yet I told her See how many Patches you wear upon your Face are you not afraid that the Infant in your Womb may haply be born with such Marks on its Face But said she what danger is there that my Child should bear such Marks though I put them on artificially Then you have not heard I replied again the marvellous Effects that the Imaginations of Mothers work upon the Bodies of their Children while they are yet big with them therefore I will reaccount unto you some of them so I related unto her sundry Stories upon this Subject as that of the Black Queen of Aethiopia who was delivered of a white Boy which was attributed to a Picture of the Virgin Mary with our Saviour Christ which she had near the teaster of her bed whereunto she bore great devotion I urg'd another of a woman who was brought to bed of a Child all hairy because of the Picture of St. John the Baptist in the wilderness when he wore a coat of Camels hair I re-accounted unto her also the strange Antipathy which the late King James had to a naked Sword whereof the Cause was ascribed in regard some Scotch Lords entred violently into the Bed-chamber of the Queen his Mother whilst she was with Child of him where her Secretary an Italian
was dispatching some Letters for her whom they hack'd and kill'd with naked Swords before her face and threw him at her feet and they grew so barbarous that there wanted but little but that they had hurt the Queen her self at least her Skin was rais'd in divers places Bucanan makes mention of this Tragedy Hence it came that her Son King James had such an Aversion all his Life time to a naked Sword that he could not see one without a great emotion of the Spirits although otherwise couragious enough yet he could not overmaster his Passion in that particular I remember when he dubb'd me Knight in the Ceremony of putting the point of a naked Sword upon my Shoulder he could not endure to look upon it but turned his face another way insomuch that instead of touching my shoulder he had almost thrust the point into my eyes had not the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright I alledged her divers such Stories to make her apprehend that a strong Imagination of the Mother might cause some notable impression upon the Body of her Child to its prejudice Moreover I pray consider how attentive you are to your Patches and that you have them continually in your imagination for I observed that you have looked upon them ten times since you came to this Room in the Looking-Glass Have you therefore no apprehension that your Child may be born with half Moons upon its Face or rather that all the Black which you wear up and down in small portions may assemble in one and appear in the middle of its Forehead the most apparent and remarkable part of the Visage and may be as broad as a Jacobus and then what a Grace would it be to the Child O me said she rather than that should happen I will wear no more Patches while I am with Child thereupon at that instant she pull'd them off and hurl'd them away When her Friends saw her afterwards without Patches they demanded how it came to pass that she who was esteemed to be one of the most curious Beauties of the Court in point of Patches should so suddenly give over the wearing of them She answered that her Unkle in whom she had a great deal of Belief assured her that if she wore them during the time she was with child the Infant would have a large black Patch in the midst of its Forehead Now this Conceit was so lively engraven in her Imagination that she could not be delivered of it and so this poor Lady that was so fearful that her Child might bear some black Mark in its Forehead and so it happened that it was born into the World with a spot as large as a ten Shilling piece of Gold in its Forehead it was a Daughter she brought forth very beautiful throughout this excepted I need not tell you of your Neighbour of Carcassona who lately was brought to bed of a prodigious Monster exactly resembling an Ape which she took pleasure to look upon during the time she was with Child for I conceive you know the Story better than I. Nor that of the Woman of St. Maxent who could not forbear going to see an infortunate Child which was born without Arms and she her self was delivered afterwards of such a Monster Another dreadful Example Sir Kenelm relates which happened to a Woman with Child who was so curious as to go and see the Execution of a Malefactor Several others he relates which for Brevity sake I omit to relate here What I have set down is by way of Caution and Divertisement CHAP. XXXVI Select Remedys to cause a good Delivery A most Soverain and often approved Remedy to be used before Labour to cause a good Delivery with ease security and very little pain c. TAke a good large onion or two lesser peel and slice them and in a frying-pan fry it with two or three spoonfuls of the best sallet oyl til it be tender then put all into a pipkin with a glassfull of water and boyl it well together then strain it out and drink that warm in the morning fasting without any salt in it Continue this for a fortnight or three weeks beginning immediately before the time expected for Delivery This course will so dispose the parts of the woman with Child that she shall be brought to bed with security with ease and with very little pain and if the Child should be turn'd in the mothers womb it will bring it to rights before labour Sr. Kenelme Digby relates that women that have had most dangerous labours till they took this have had no difficult but very easie and speedy labours what woman with Child would neglect to take the said remedy being so easie and of so good effects and what Midwife would not perswade a woman she is to deliver to take it before the time of her Labour to prevent a dangerous and difficult Labour A Drink before Labour to cause a good Delivery Take Wood Bettony one handfull blew figs sliced four ounces and Liquorice bruised one ounce boyl them all in a pinte of running water and white wine of each one pinte to the consumption of a third part then strain it and press it a little drink thereof a good draught warm every morning fasting for a fortnight or three weeks before the time of Labour It is an approved remedy for the Intention A safe Remedy to facilitate the Birth in Labour Take of Chosen Cynnamon one ounce white amber six drams myrrh one scruple reduce them all to a subtil powder and in the time of Labour the Child being nigh pitch'd give her thereof as much as will lie upon a six pence in a little Canary Sack Another to Cause a speedy Labour Take three or four drops of the Chymmical oyl of nutmeg in a spoonfull of Clarret burnt only with Cynnamon also in hard Labour let her drink a spoonfull or two of another womans milk it will cause her speedy Delivery The Labour Powder to facilitate the Birth Take Date stones Amber Saffron and Cummin seeds beat and searse them all severally into very fine powder take of each as much as will lie upon a groat but double so much of the Cummin seeds mingle them all together and when the woman is in her greatest extremity give her a spoonfull of it in Mace Ale This is also an effectual remedy to bring away the After-Burthen These remedies are approved to be safe sure and effectual I was once with Sr. Kenelm Digby in his Chamber when a Midwife came to him and told him that a woman had been in labour three days and that she could not be delivered though the Child was nigh pitch'd and having heard that Sr. Kenelm had a powder that would facilitate the Birth she prayed him to give her a little of it Sr. Kenelm went into his closet and brought out a little powder in a paper and gave it her desiring her to give it to the woman in a
to draw Rheum from it 105 For Dizziness and Swimming in the Head a Cordial Water 154. I. Juleps to comfort and cool 161 162 Jaundies black and yellow to cure 233 236 Itch to cure 253 For the Itch a Purge 273. K. Kings Evil to cure 188 189 Kibes and Chilblains to cure 263. L. A Drink to cool and temper a hot Liver 191. M. Megrim and Head-Ach 99 106 Melancholy to help 107 till 117 Diseases in the Mouth to cure 118 Miscarriage to prevent 301 306. P. Pluresie to cure 221 Piles and Hemorrhoids 225 228 Palsie to cure 247 249 Plague-water See the Chapter of Cordial Waters 128 Preservatives against the Plague 68 Plaisters for several Vses with their Virtues 226 A Plaister for the Stomack that hath done notable Cures 114 Plaister for the Back by Sir K. D. 326 Pill of Elixir Proprietatis 164 Sir Kenelm Digby's Pills for the Head Stomack and Joints 165 Dr. Floid's Stomack-Pill 166 Dr. Die's Excellent Pill ibid. Pectoral Pills 168 Purges of several sorts 272 273 275 Perfumes for Chambers and Rooms of Entertainment 349 Perfume for Tobacco taken in a Pipe 348. Q. Quinsie and sore Throat to cure 122. R. Rickets to cure 1 Rupture to cure 235 A Cere-cloth for Ruptures 259. S. Scurvey to cure 33 Stone and Gravel 36 46 56 Scurvey-Grass Ales 173 182 184 Distemper and Weakness of the Stomach to help 112 116 Scurvey in the Mouth to cure 122 Sciatica to cure 214. T. Tooth-Ach to help 121 125 Tetters and Ring-worms to cure 237 255 To fasten loose Teeth and preserve and strengthen the Teeth and Gums and cure the Scurvey in the Mouth 122 Terms to provoke 181 Childrens Teeth to make them come without pain 327 For the Teeth and Gums 118. W. Warts to take away from any part of the Body 239 240 Womens Distempers to cure 281 291 Whites to stop 287 Womens Longings and marking of their Children 305 318 Women lying in 318 322 Hard and sore Breasts to cure 321 322 Cordial Waters distilled and their Virtues 128 Wounds to cure by Sir Kenelm Digby's Sympathetical Powder 234 Its Preparation ibid. Waters to beautifie the Face and Skin and to preserve the Complexion of Ladies 337 Sweet Waters to make 351. An INDEX of the Second Part. A. Apples to stew 44 B. Beef to stew the French Way 16 Beef a-la-mode ibid. To bake Pigeons Teals or Wild-Duck that will keep a quarter of an year 17 Broth as it was made for the Queen 37 To boil Beef short and tender 61. C. Cakes to make 47 A nourishing and strengthning Cawdle ibid. To pickle Capons 23 Capon in white Broth 26 A nourishing boiled Capon 18 A nourishing Almond Cawdle for weak persons 41 Collops of Veal 29 Conserves of Roses to make 74 75 Cheese-Cakes 50 Small Cakes excellent 50 Carp in Short Broth 60. E. An Estuvee of Veal the French way 15 Eels to stew the French way 59. F. Fricasie of Pigeons 12 Fricasie of Chickens 13 Flummery to make 43 Fricasie of Veal 52. G. To keep Goosberries green and fresh all the year 78 Grapes to keep green and fresh all the Winter 78 Gelly of red Currans 72 Gelly of Quinces 67 H. To make a Hutchpot 15 16 To stew a Hare the French Way 17 Hare-Pies excellent 29 Harts-horn Gelly 57 58. M. Metheglin to make 1 till 32 Mutton to bake like Venison 19 Minc'd Pies to make 27 To roast fine Meat 28 Marmelade to make 73 79 To bake a Shoulder of Mutton like Venison 32 Oatmeal Pap 42 43 Mustard to make 55 Marmelade of Pippins 66 Marmelade of red Currans 71. P. A plain wholsom Posset 39 English Potage 36 A good Potage for Dinner 35 Potage de Sante 34 A Sack Posset ibid. S. Sweet-meats of all sorts to make 79 80 Spinage-Broth 32 Syrup of Apples 69 Scotch Collops 51. T. To sowce a Turkey like Brawn or Sturgeon 22 A Tansie 55. V. To stew a Breast of Veal 30. W. Green Walnuts to preserve 77 Wardens to stew or Pears 44. Of the Vsefulness and Conveniency of this ENGINE 1. IT is very convenient for Distilling all Sorts of Waters whether strong or weak yeaâ— the choicest Sort of them it is far beyond any Limbeck or cold Still 2. You may Distill by it either in Balneo Mariae or in Sand. 3. It requireth so little Fire that you may Distill a whole Day with two pennyworth of Charcoal and may draw about four or five quarts of Cordial Water in a Day 4. You may set it upon a Table or in the window so that you need not stoop to it and you need not fear burning of any thing whereon it stands 5. It serves also for Digesting and Extractg of Tinctures and Extracts c. 6. The Furnace marked B will serve you better than a Chasingdish for boyling your Syrups upon it and for preserving and candying and making of Gellies c. 7. This Engine also very convenient for boyling and stewing all Sorts of meats and Fricasies c. It is the neatest and cleanliest way of dressing Meats and will be sooner done and the meat dressed in it is more tender and savoury than that which is dressed the ordinary way 8. You may use it with its Furnace with Char-Coal or with its Lamp with Rectifyed English Spirit such as the Distillers fell for 1. s. 6 d. the quart which burneth all away and for two pennyworth of Spirit you may dress a Dish of meat 9. By means of the Lamp you may boyl Coffee Tea and Choccolet setting the Pot upon a Trefoot and the Lamp under it 10. It is a very convenient thing for Masters and Commanders at Sea to dress Meat in it in their Cabin 11. It is also very necessary for a small Family or for Lodgers to boyl or stew Meat in it chiefly in the Summer-time This ENGINE finding a general Acceptance because of its Usefulness and conveniency since I Printed my Book and since I devised the Furnace to it I thought it convenient to make a new Draught of it and to give a full Description of it And whereas some persons may be desirous to know whether the thing will do what I speak of it I thought it necessary to set down here the Names of those Persons which have lately had the said Engin of whom they may be informed The Names of those Persons that had it before I made the Furnace to it when it was only used with the Lamp My Lady Oxenden Captain Warren Commander of a Barbadoes Ship in Wappin Captain Travany Commander of the Queens Frigot Mr. Rush Distiller in Wappin Mr. Devereux Mrs. Pellet Mrs. Purse at St. Jameses Mr. Nealer Master of a Ship A Catalogue of the Names of those persons that have had this Engine made by my directions since it was used with the Furnase within this three Months The honourable Esq Boyl Dr. Faber in three Crain Court Dr. Weidenfield in Moor fields Mr. Casâ—ire in Gracious-street Cap. Paldin in great
thinks begets Courage causes fruitfulness and procures Conception A rare Water against Hectich-Fever Take Hysop Ground-Ivy Rosa solis Centory Maidenhair Sorrel Cinkfoyl Scabious Succory Burnet Dandikeon Yarrow Agrimony Hauls bittony Watercresses of each half a handful of the four greater cold Seeds of each half a dram flowers of Borage of Bugloss Roses Poppies two pugils Roots of Elecampane Succory Burnet of each thirty six Crayfish-shells Snails bruised of each twenty in number of a Calves Lung half a pound water of Liverwort one pint or instead thereof water of Dandy Leon being all prepared powr upon them so much of Goats Milk as will soak them well let them stand to infuse for five or six hours then distill it in an ordinary Still This water is very powerful against Hectick Fevers and most Diseases of the Lungs as Phthisick shortness of breath Asthma it destroies Accidities It nourishes and restores in Consumption being taken Morning Noon and at Night before Supper the Dose is about two ounces The Lady Elizabeth Gilfords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Nants-Brandy put therein Borage-water and Poppy-water of each a pint Sugarcandy two pound Figs shred and Raisins stoned of each one pound red Roses clipt and dryed two handfuls red Mint one handful Rosemary-flowers half a handful and as much Hysop a few Cloves bruised put all these in a large double Glass with a narrow mouth such as Apoticaries have in their Shops stop it close and set in the Sun for two or three months It is an excellent Cordial and Pectoral Water good for the Head and Stomach Breast Lungs The Lady Bagnals Cordial Water much Approved Take Angelica leaves two handful Carduus six handful Baum and Sage of each five handful Angelica seeds and sweet Fennel seeds of each five ounces Liquoras bruised two ounces shred three Herbs and bruise the Seeds and put them to steep in two Gallons of the best Canary with the Cordial powder of Aromaticum Rosatum Diamuscus dulcis of each one ounce let them stand four and twenty hours then distil it with a gentle Fire then put to the distilled Water Sugar dissolved in Rose-water Dr. Stephens's great Cordial Water for Women Take Cinamon Cloves Galingal Ginger Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Aniseeds sweet Fennel-seeds and Caraway seeds of each one dram Thyme Mother of Thyme Mint Sage Penniroyal Pelitory of the wall Rosemary red Roses dried Flowers of Camomil Origany of Lavender of each a handful shred the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and Spices and infuse them for twelve hours in a Gallon of French wine then distil it and save the first second and third Running by themselves It is Cordial strengthens the Heart comforts and revives the Spirits being given to a Woman in Labour it facilitates the Birth and causes a good Delivery and after Delivery it brings away the After birth cleanses the Womb of Impurity and restores Strength it comforts the Stomach and is good against Swooning and fainting Fits and Fits of the Mother It is good against the Stone and Gravel and preserveth Youth Dr. Mountford's Cordial Water Take Angelica leaves half a pound Angelica seeds and Carduus Benedictus of each six ounces Leaves of Baum and Sage dried of each four ounces sweet Fennel-Seeds nine ounces Liquoras half a pound Species of Aromaticum Rosatum dulce and Diamocum dulce of each one ounce infuse them in thirty two quarts of Sack for five or six days then distil it in an Alembick and draw off ten quarts of the strong to which add white Sugar candy half a pound and half a pint of Rose-water tie it up close and keep it for Use Aqua Mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digby 's Way Take Cubebs Galingale Cardamoms Melilot flowers Cloves Mace Ginger Cinamon of each half a dram Juice of Celandine one pint Juice of Speremint and Juice of Baum of each half a pint Flowers of Cowslips Rosemary of Borage Bugloss and Marigold of each two drams bruise the Spices and infuse all with the Juices in three pints of Sack one pint of strong Angelica water and half a pint of red-Rose water let it infuse twelve hours then distil it in a Glass Still and first lay Harts-tonge leaves in the bottom of the Still Keep the first second and third Runnings by themselves This is a great Cordial it comforts the Heart Stomach and Vital Spirits it strengthens the Head and Memory preserveth Youth and procureth a good Colour It is Cephalick and Pectoral it expels Wind and is of great force against the Cholick pains in the Side and Stomack it comforts and warms a cold Stomack and strengthens it it is good against Coughs Shortness of Breath and Asthma's as also for most Diseases of the Head and Brain It revives the Spirits and helpeth swooning Fits It is a counter-poyson and Antidote against the Plague and all malignant Fevers and pestilential Distempers and preserves from the Apoplexy The Dose is one ounce in Rosemary Water Sack or any other Cordial Water Dr. Augustine's Excellent Rosemary-Water Take the Tops and Flowers of Rosemary in the midst of May gathered before Sun-rising of each one handful four or five good Elecampane Roots of Red Sage two handfuls stamp them in a stone-Mortar then take Cloves Mace and Cubebs of each three ounces Aniseeds half a pound bruise them all severally then mix all together with the Herbs and put all into a large stone Bottle or Jugg and powr upon them six Gallons of good white wine stop it very close and set it in the ground fifteen days then distil with a gentle Fire and sweeten it with fine Sugar This is a most precious Cordial Water it rectifies all Distempers of the Head and Stomack comforts the Heart revives the Spirits and is excellent against the Palsie and Apoplexy all fainting and swooning Fits and Fits of the Mother Falling Sickness Convulsions Megrim Vertigo Lethargy and other Diseases of the Head Vse it both outwardly and inwardly An Excellent Approved Water against all Infections all cold Diseases of the Head and Stomack for the Dropsie Palsie preserving Health expelling all Tumors Devised by the King's Physician Take what quantity you please of Bawm-water and to every pint thereof take Aniseeds Liquoras of each two ounces bruise them and infuse them in the water four and twenty hours then put into the Still Treacle four ounces Sage and Celandine of each a good quantity powr the rest upon them then sprinkle over them one ounce of Bole-armenick in fine Powder distil it with a moderate Fire Dr. Butler's Admirable Cordial Treacle-Water Take one ounce of raspt Hartshorn boil it in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then take Roots of Gentian Elecampane Cypress and Tormentil of each one ounce of the Flowers of Borage Bugloss Rosemary and Marigolds of each two ounces Citron-peels one ounce then take one pound of the best Venice-Treacle and dissolve it six quarts of good strong white wine and three pints of red-Rose water infuse all
Use of it till they appear Another Approved Remedy for the same I was assured by a Gentlewoman of Credit that a Daughter of hers at twenty years of Age having never had her Purgations was cured by the following Remedy Take a pound of the smallest new Nails put them in a quart of white Wine let it stand four and twenty hours then drink thereof warm a quarter of a pint in the Morning fasting when you have taken three Doses of it put into it a pint of Wine more and let it stand for some time upon the Nails then take of it till you have taken it all this hath been approved upon many others you may put in with the Wine a few Orange Peels and Cloves An Experimented Remedy for the immoderate Flux of the Terms Take a dram of the Scrapings or Filings of the Skull of a man put it into a glass of white Wine let it infuse all Night in and in the Morning take it fasting In two or three times taking it every Morning it will cure it It is an Approved Remedy A Physical Course to prouoke the Terms prescribed by a Learned Physician to a Lady of great Quality Take the Roots of white Ditany Madder and round Birthwort of each half an ounce Orrice and Asaribecca Roots and sweet Flag Roots of each three drams Orange peels and Cinamon of each two drams Juniper Berries six drams Fennel and Commin seed of each one dram Tops of Wormwood Mugwort Horse-mint and Germander of each half a handful Flowers of Elder Savin and Rue of each a handful Saffron half a dram Filings of Steel an ounce tie the Steel up in a Rag and shred and bruise all the Ingredients infuse them in four pints of strong white Wine for twelve hours then strain it and drink thereof three times a day and after five or six days taking of it use the following Purge Take Sena a dram a half Cassia two drams Rhubarb half a dram sweet Fennel seeds and Cinamon of each a dram and a half Savin one pugil This is for two Potions to be taken for two Mornings together After Purging take the following Electuary Take Conserves of Wormwood and Mint of each half an ounce Conserve of Rue an ounce Candied Elecampane Root half an ounce Cinamon finely Powdered and Crocus Martis aperitive of each a dram of Oyl of Mace and Cinamon each six drops mix it and make an Electuary whereof take the quantity of a large Nutmeg three times a day An approved Remedy to stop the Abundance of the Terms Take a handful of red Dock Roots the yelllowest and best slit them and boil them in a Gallon of Conduit-water scum it and put in it Raisins of the Sun stoned two handful Liquoras bruised two ounces boil it until a third part be consumed then strain it and make Almond Milk thereof with Blanched Almonds A good Remedy for the Whites much Approved If the Woman wanteth her Monthly Terms when she hath the Whites they must by no means be stopp'd till the Terms are brought down for it is very dangerous Let all the Means then be used to provoke and bring them down first and then to stop the Whites take the following after some fit Purgation once or twice before Take the Ceruse of Antimony that is diaphoretick Antimony about fifteen grains for a Dose in a little white Wine in the Morning fasting two or three times a day Another for the same Take Garden-Tansie a handful great Dock Roots that are young and without Buds two ounces shred the Herb and bruise the Roots and boil them in a quart of Milk drink a Draught thereof warm sweetned with Sugar of Roses and Nutmeg grated in it You may also take the following Pills and drink a Draught of the said Milk after them Take Venice-Turpentine an ounce Dragons-Blood Nutmegs grated and Bolearmenick of each a dram mix them and make a Mass for Pills Take thereof a dram for a Dose The following Electuary is also very good the Body being Purged first Take Conserve of red Roses four ounces Conserve of Succory two ounces red Coral in subtil Powder Snakeweed Tormentil Roots and Shavings of Ivory of each two drams with Syrup of Mirtles make an Electuary and take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg every Morning Another Approved Remedy for the Whites and so the Heat in the Back and Kidneys Take four good sound Nutmegs put them in the middle of a Houshold Loaf of Bread then let the Loaf be baked and take out the Nutmegs then beat the white of a new laid Egg to an Oyl let it settle and take off the Froth and mix the White with four spoonfuls of Rose-water and as much Plantane-water then sweeten it with fine Sugar and grate into it half of one of the Nutmegs and drink it in the Morning fasting for seven days together This cured a Woman that had taken many Remedies in vain for the said Distempers It strengthens and cools the Reins and is good against the Stone and Gravel An Approved Remedy for the Fits of the Mother and for the Vapors Take Roots of round and long Birth-wort Piony and lesser Valerian of each two ounces Castor one ounce Tops of dried Wormwood Mugwort Fetherfew Tansie Elder and Camomil Flowers of each a handful having bruised and cut them all together infuse them in two quarts of rectified Spirit of Wine then distill them according to Art and keep the Spirit for Use This Spirit is very effectual to open the Obstructions of the Matrix and to suppress the Vapors and Fits that arise from it you may take of it from one to two or three drams at a time in some distilled Waters it may also be put into the Nostrils applied to the Temples or upon the Navil I have an incomparable Essence or Spirit of a Chymical preparation which is so effectual beyond all compare for the Vapors and Fits of the Mother c that several Women which could have no Children live by reason of their Vapors and Fits till they took of it had their Children live afterwards and were perfectly Cured of that Distemper A Remedy for a Bloody Vrine whether in Man or Woman also for a Bloody Flux or Spitting of Blood Take Shepherds Purse and Plantane shred them and boil them in fair water then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar drink thereof Morning and Evening Another for the same Take the Earth of Swallows Nest steep it in hot Water then strain it and let the Patient drink thereof two or three times a day A Remedy for one that cannot retain Vrin Take a Mouse newly kill'd burn it to Ashes with the Skin and Hair give a pretty quantity of it in Ale or dry the Mouse in an Oven so that you may reduce it to Powder which give to drink in the same manner Another for one that cannot keep his Water Take Conserve of Hips three ounces of red Roses an ounce Crabs Eyes a
little burnt Clarret and an hour after she had taken it to send him word how she did And within less than an hour she sent to thank him and that she was delivered of a lusty boy within half an hour after taking it Upon that I asked Sr. Kenelm whether it was a Chymmical preparation and he told me it was nothing but a dram of myrrh in subtil powder An Infallible and much approved remedy to bring away the After Burthen or any fowlness or a dead Child and to cure the After throws and Gripings after a woman is delivered Take the inward wrinkled skins of Gizards of Hens that are laying of eggs wipe them clean and lay them by to dry when you have need to use them beat them to a fine powder of which give one dram for a dose in a little white wine you will see the effects of it in a short time If it be needfull you may repeat the dose once or twice the same day Women and Midwifes should never be without this remedy An Excellent Powder to asswage the pains after Delivery Take the Roots of Athamantick Spignel and bigger Comfry of each two drams Amber in fine powder Peach kernels cleansed of each one dram and a half Cynnamon Mace and Saffron of each two scruples mingle them and make a powder for use This Powder is highly esteemed to asswage the tormenting pains that happen to most women after delivery it is to be given in broth from one scruple to two In Monsieur Charras's Royal Dispensatory who says also that it is credibly affirm'd that the bloud which Issues from the navil when the Midwife cuts it a spoonfull of it given hot is a soverain remedy to prevent and appease these pains Another Remedy after Labour to take away the pains and pangs which many times attend women newly delivered Let her drink a draught of Beer boyled with a spoonfull of Camomil flowers and in greater pains let her take six ounces of the oyl of sweet Almonds fresh drawn CHAP. XXXVII Select Remedies for Women Lying in An Excellent Cerecloath to be laid upon the Breasts after Chilabearing TAke oyl of Roses six ounces Perriwincle bruised three ounces juice of mint and lesser Sage of each one ounce and a half Boyl them over a soft fire til the juice be consumed then strain and press them out into the strained oyl put yellow wax cut small three ounces when the Ingredients are half cold and half an ounce of choice Mastich finely powdred stir them well together and then dip the cloaths in it This Cerecloath is very proper to prevent the breasts from growing big after Child bearing as also to change the course of the milk and to turn it downward The Cerecloath must be layd hot upon the breasts and wrapt up with warm cloaths and be continually applied til the milk be gone Another Remedy presently made to dry up the milk in Womens breasts Take Aqua vitae and sweet butter melt them and beat them well together and anoynt the breasts therewith laying a brown paper upon them and as often as the paper dries anoynt again til the milk be dryed up This is also good to keep the Ague out of the breasts To encrease womens milk Take fennel seeds bruised and boyl them well in barley water and let the Nurses and Suckling women drink very often in winter warm in Summer cold and let them forbear drinking much strong drink or wine for they are hot and great dryers up of milk Another to increase milk Boyl sweet Fennel seed and Anniseeds bruised in Posset drink and drink thereof Authors write that the hoofs of the forefeet of a Cow dryed and powdred and a dram of the powder taken in the morning in any convenient liquor increases milk The Thistle call'd our Ladies thistle is an excellent thing to increase milk If the Child be much troubled with wind and gripings let the Nurse use Fennel seed or Anniseeds in her broaths or in posset drink A Remedy for a sore breast that comes of curl'd milk in Childbed and to dry up the milk Take half a pound of Hogs grease yellow wax one ounce Burgundy pitch five ounces Venice Turpentine one spoonfull Honey two spoonfuls put all these in a skillet with a little fair water and boyl them over a gentle fire for a while scumming it then pour it into a pan to cool when it is quite cold turn it out of the pan as a cake and scrape off all the soft dregs that are at the bottom then melt it again and dip linnen cloaths in it to make Cerecloaths and apply them For an Ague in a Womans Breast Take the Leaves of Hemlock fry them in unsalted Butter and as hot as can be endured lay it to the Breasts and lay a piece of Flann el warm over it This is good also for any Swelling in any other Part. An Admirable Poultice that hath cured many Women of hard and sore Breasts Take Turneps and boil them well in Water so that they be very tender then squeeze out the water clean from them and stamp them to Mash and mingle with them some fresh Butter unsalted and apply this warm to the Breasts Poultice-wise upon a thick Cloth very large change it Morning and Night In three days it perfectly cures though before the pain and hardness hath been very great The Countess of Dorset 's Remedy for a hard and sore Breast wherewith she was cured her self of a hard and sore breast Take chosen Jollop reduce it to fine powder which keep in a glass stopp'd take half a dram or one dram or four scruples of it in a little white wine and sugar and by this you will increase or diminish the Dose to the need Continue this for a month continually And alwaies keep over the breasts a linnen cloath that hath loose slox of flax stitch'd upon it in such sort that there may be no hardness felt any where let it be very thick and warm A most excellent Cataplasme for cancered breasts to take away and cool and dissolve the swelling and hardness if it be dissolvable and if not to make it break and separate with ease and without sharpness Take an old mellow Pippin cut off a cap at the top of it and take out the Coar leaving the side of the Apple whole then fill it with Hogs grease and cover it again with the cap and roast the apple to pap then take off the skin and mingle the pap and the grease perfectly well together and spread it thick upon linnen and apply it warm to the breast covering it with a bladder Sr. Kenelm Digby relates that a Chyrurgeon cured a Lady of great quality with this of a cancered breast For aches and soreness in womens breasts or in any part of the body an approved Remedy Cause a Dyer to dye you some thick spongy flannel of the blew colour called Coventry-blew when it is dry dye it again dye it thus