first is that by it goeth forth the Urine or else it should bee shed throughout all the Vulva The second is that when a woman doth set her Thighs abroad it altereth the ayre that commeth to the Matrix for to temper the heate Furthermore the Necke that is betweene these two aforesaid mouthes in her concavity hath many involusions and pleates joyned together in the manner of Rose-leaves before they be fully spread or ripe and so they be shut together as a purse mouth so that nothing may passe forth but urine untill the time of Childing Also about the middle of this necke be certaine Veynes in Maydens the which in time of deflowring be corrupted and broken Furthermore in the sides of the outer mouth are two Testicles or Stones and also two vessels of Sperme shorter then mans vessels and in time of Coyt the Womans sperme is shead downe in the bottome of the Matrix Also from the Liver there commeth to the Matrix many Veynes bringing to the Child nourishing at the time of a womans being with Child and those Veynes at such time as the Matrix is voyd bring thereto superfluities from certaine members of the Body whereof are engendred womans Flowers c. And forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to give the knowledge of these his Misteries and Workes unto his Creatures in this present World Heere J suppose to declare what thing Embreon is and his Creation The noble Philosophers as Galen Avicen Bartholmeus and divers others writing upon this matter say That Embreon is a thing engendred in the Mothers wombe the origin all whereof is the Sperme of the Man and of the Woman of the which is made by the might and power of GOD in the mothers wombe a Child as hereafter more at large shall bee declared First the field of Generation called the Matrix or the Mother is knowne in the Anatomy whose place is properly betwixt the Bladder and Longaon in the Woman in which place is sowne by the Tillage of man a covenable matter of kindly heate For kindly heate is cause efficient both of doing and working and Spirit that giveth vertue to the Body and governeth and ruleth that vertue the which Seed of generation commeth from all the parts of the Body both of the Man and Woman with consent and will of all Members and is shead in the place of Conceiving where thorow the vertue of Nature it is gathered together in the Celles of the Matrix or the Mother in whom by the way of the working of mans Seede and by the way of suffering of the Womans Seed mixt together so that each of them worketh in other and suffereth in other there is engendred Embreon And further it is to bee noted that this Sperme that commeth both to man and woman is made and gathered of the most best and purest drops of Blood in all the body and by the labour and chafing of the Testikles or Stones this Blood is turned into another kind and is made Sperme And in man it is hot white and thicke wherefore it may not spread nor runne abroad of it selfe but runneth and taketh temperance of the Womans sperme which hath contrary qualities For the womans sperme is thinner colder and feebler And as some Authors hold opinion when this matter is gathered into the right side of the Matrix then it happeneth a Male-kind and likewise on the left the Female and where the vertue is most there it favoureth most And further it is to bee noted that like as the Renet of the Cheese hath by himselfe the way or vertue of working so hath the Milke by way of suffering and as the Renet and milke make the Cheese so doth the sperme of Man and Woman make the generation of Embreon of the which thing springeth by the vertue of kindly heate a certaine Skin or Caule into the which it lappeth it selfe in wherewith afterwards it is tyed to the Mothers wombe the which covering commeth forth with the byrth of the Childe and if it happen that any of the Skinne remaine after the byrth of the Child then is the Woman in perill of her life Furthermore it is said that of this Embreon is ingendred the Heart the Liver the Braynes Nerves Veynes Arteirs Chords Lygaments Skins Gristles and Bones receiving to them by kindly vertue the menstruall blood of which is engendred both flesh and fatnesse And as Writers say the first thing that is shapen be the principals as is the Heart Liver and Braine For of the Heart springeth the Artiers of the Liver the Veines and of the Brain the Nerves and when these are made Nature maketh and shapeth both Bones and Gristles to keepe and save them as the bones of the head for the Brain the Breast Bones and the Ribbes for the Heart and the Liver And after these springeth all other members one after another and thus is the Child bred forth in foure degrees as thus The first is when the said Sperme or Seed is at the first as it were Milke The second is when it is turned from that kind into another kind is yet but as a lumpe of Blood and this is called of Hypocrates Fettus The third degree is when the principals be shapen as the Heart Liver and Braine The fourth and last as when all the other members bee perfectly shapen then it receiveth the Soule with Life and Breath and then it beginneth to move it selfe alone Now in these foure degrees aforesaid in the first as Milke it continueth seven dayes in the second as Fettus nine dayes in the third as a lumpe of Flesh engendring the principals the space of nine dayes and in the fourth unto the time of full perfection of all the whole members is the space of eighteene dayes So is there fixe and forty dayes from the day of Conception unto the day of full perfection and receiving of the Soule as God best knoweth Now to come againe to the Anatomy of the Haunches Then come wee to Longaon otherwise called the Taile-gut whose substance is Pannicular as of all the other Bowels the length of it is of a span long stretching nigh to the Reynes his nether part is called Annis that is to say the Towell and about him is found two Muscles the one to open the other to shut Also there is found in him five Veâ—nes or Branches of Veynes called Venae Emoraidales and they have Colliganes with the Bladder whereof they are partners in their grieves And when this Longaon is raised up then ye may see the Veynes and Artiers and Sinewes how they bee branched and bound down to the nether parts the parts proceeding outwardly are Didimus Peritoneum the Yard the Testikles and Buttocks And first it shall be spoken of the Yard or of mans generative members the which dureth unto that part that is called Peritoneum the which place is from the Coddes unto the Fundament whereupon is a seame Wherefore saith the Philosopher mans Yard is
Falling sicknesse For Remedy if the Disease be of salt Flegme give things sweet hot and dry thus saith Soramis And thus much for Remedies against the distemperance of each humour Notwithstanding where there is abundance of cold Flegme not mixt with Choller there things very sharpe and hot bee most convenient as tart Vineger with hot Roses and seeds or Wines strong and rough Honey being boyled in the one and in the other Or where Choller is mixt with Flegme sirrop made with Vineger and Suger boyled sometimes with Seeds Herbes and Rootes which may dissolve Flegme and digest it is very good Certaine Observations for Women WHen Womens brests diminish being with Child is a token the child is dead If a woman with Child bee sodainly taken with any grievous sicknesse her life is in great danger If a woman with Child be let Blood it killeth the child the nearer the birth the greater is the danger It is perilous for a Woman with Child to have a great Lax or loosenesse A woman having a Convultion in temperate times of her termes is perilous The Câ—alx of Egge-shels ministred in broth asswageth the paine and griping in a woman after her deliverance of child OF URINES A briefe Treatise of Urines aswell of Mans urine as of Womans to judge by the Colour which betokeneth Health and which betokeneth Weaknesse and also Death PART III. Of Bubbles resident in Vrine IT is shewed that in the fore-parts of the Body dwelleth Sicknesse and Health That is in the Wombe in the Head in the Liver and in the Bladder in what manner thou maist know their properties and thereof mayest learne to judge the better When Bubbles doe swim on the top of Urine they proceed of windy matter included in viscous humidity and signifie rawnesse and indigestion in the Head Belly Sides Reynes and parts thereabouts for in these especially huâ—ours are multiplied and doe ascend to make paine in the Head Reâ—ident Bubbles doth signifie ventositie in the Body or else a Sicknesse that hath continued long and will continue unlesse remedy be found but Bubbles not Resident but doth breake quickly signifieth Debility or Weaknesse Bubbles cleaving to the Urinall signifieth the body to be repleat with evill humours Bubbles doth also signifie the Stone in the Reynes of the Backe A Circle which is greene of colour of Urine doth signifie wavering in the Head and burning in the stomacke This colour in a Feaver doth signifie paine in the Head comming of Choller And if it continue it will cause an Impostume the which will ingender the Frenziâ— A blacke circle in Urine signifieth Mortification If any filthy matter doe appeare in the Urine it commeth from the Lungs and sometimes from the Liver and it may come from breaking of some Impostume but for the most part it commeth from the Vlcers of the Bladder or the Reynes or from the passages of the Urine then the urine is troubled in the bottome and stinketh he hath a paine in his lower parts and especially in the parts aforesaid when he maketh water and chiefly in the end of the yard and commonly there is with this the Strangurie which is hardly to be cured unlesse it be in the beginning If it come from the Reynes there is paine in the Loynes the Backe and the Flanke If from the Liver the paine is onely in the right side If in the Lungs the paine is from the Brest with a cough and the breath stinketh If from the Bladder the paine is about the share If a mans urine be white at morning and red before meate and white after meate he is whole and if it be fat and thicke it is not good And if the Vrine be meanly thicke it is not good to like and if it be thicke as spice it betokeneth Head ache Vrine that is two dayes red and at the tenth day white betokeneth very good health Vrine that is fat white and moyst betokeneth the Fever Quartaine Vrine that is bloody betokeneth that the Bladder is hurt by some rotting that is within A little Vrine all Fleshie betokeneth wasting of the Reynes and who pisseth Bloud without sicknesse he hath some Veyne broken in his Reynes Urine that is ponderous betokeneth that the bladder is hurt Urine that is bloody in sicknesse betokeneth great evill in the Body and namely in the bladder Urine that falleth by drops above as it were great boules betokeneth great sicknesse and long If white gravell doth issue forth with Vrine it doth signifie that the Patient hath or shall have the Stone ingendred in the Bladder and there is paine about those parts If the gravell be red the Stone is ingendred in the Reynes of the Backe and Kidneyes and there is great paine in the small of the Backe If the gravell be blacke it is ingendred of a Melancholly humour Note that if the gravell goe away and the Patient find no ease it sheweth that the Stone is confirmed Also know yee that if the gravell goe away and the paine goe away likewise it signifieth that the Stone is broken and voydeth away Womens Vrine that is cleare and shyning in the Vrinall like silver if shee cast oft and if she have no talent to meate it betokeneth she is with Child Womens Urine that is strong and white and also stinking betokeneth sicknesse in the Reynes in her secret receipts and her chambers is full of evill humours and sicknesse of her selfe Womens Vrine that is bloody and cleere as water underneath betokeneth Head-ache Womens urine that is like to Gold cleere and mighty betokeneth that she hath lust to man Womens urine that hath colour of stable cleansing betokeneth her to have the Fever Quartaine and shee to be in danger of death Womens urine that appeareth as colour of Lead if shee bee with Child betokeneth that it is dead within her To know a Mans urine from a Womans and a womans or mans from a Beast urine First a Mans water the nearer you hold it to the eye the thicker it doth shew and when you hold it further off the thinner it doth appeare but in beasts Urines it is not so for the nearer you hold it to the sight the thinner it is and the further the sight the thicker also beast water is more salter and of a stronger savour and of a more simple Complection and smelleth more raw then the urine of a man also mixe the water of a Beast with wine and they will part a sunder Hereafter followeth all the Vrines that betokeneth Death as well the Vrine of Man as of Woman IN a hot Axes one part red another blacke another greene another blew betokeneth Death Urine in hot axes blacke and little in quantity betokeneth Death Urine coloured all over aâ— Leade betokeneth the prolonging of death Urine that shineth raw and right bright if the Skin in the bottome shine not it betokeneth death Urine that in substance having fleeting above as it were a darke Sky signifieth death Urine darkly shyning
against all manner of Gouts and against Palsies as long as it is not dead in the limbes or members of a man Item this water drunke in the Morning is much helping to Wounds that is festered so that they be washed therewith Item this water drunke fasting will destroy all manner of Feavers or Aches of what kind soever they come to a man Therefore trust to this medicine verily for it hath been oftentimes approved of for a very good Water for these diseases aforesaid by many who have made experience of it 2. The second Water is called Poetalis et aqua Dulcedimus Occulorum and is made in this manner following TAke Egrimonie Saturion Selendine and Tuttie and the stone called Lapis Calaminaris and beat it all to powder and then put them under the cap of a Stillatorie and distill thereof water by an easie fire and this Water hath many vertues in it for be the Eyes never so sore this water will cure and heale them Item this water drunke with a fasting stomacke destroyeth all manner of Venome or poyson and casteth it out at the mouth Item this water quencheth the holly Fire so that there bee linnen cloathes wet therein and layd on the sore but you must also note that this water in fire is of blacke disposition 3. The vertue of the third Water TAke Mustard-seed Pimpernell Crow-foot and the clote of Masticke and let all these be well bruised and mingled together with the blood of a Goat and put thereto good Vineger a little and so let them stand three dayes and then put them under the cap of a Stillatorie and still it and this water will helpe a man of the Stone if he drinke thereof and if he drinke thereof every day fasting the stone shall voyd from him as it were sand Jtem this water drunke fasting maketh good blood and good colour both in man and woman Jtem this Water drunke with Castorie destroyeth all manner of Palsies if it be not dead in the Sinewes or members Jtem it will heale a Scald-head and make the haire to grow if it be washt therewith Jtem if a man be scalded wash him with this water and in nine dayes he shall be whole and of all other Medicines it comforteth best the Sinewes for the Palsie 4. The vertue of the fourth Water TAke young Pigeons and make them in powder and meddle them well with Castorie in powder and a little Aysell and lay it under the Cap of the Stillatorie and distill water thereof this water drunke with a fasting stomack helpeth the Frensie and the Tysicke within nine dayes it will make them whole Jtem this water drunke fasting is a very good medicine against the falling Evill if the Sicke have had it but few yeares it shall helpe it on warrantise Give it him to drinke three dayes in the morning fasting as is aforesaid and he shall be whole by Gods grace of what manner of kinde soever it come Jtem this water drunke fasting maketh a good colour in the face of man or woman and it clenseth the wombe the stomacke and the breast of all evils that is congealed within them and comforteth all the veynes and draweth the roote of the Palsie out of the sinewes and out of the joynts and nourisheth nature in him Jtem if a man or woman before failed in a sinew or joynt it healeth them againe Jtem this water being drunke fasting healeth any man or woman of the continuall Fever but take heed that no woman with child drinke of this Water Jtem this water drunke with Isope putteth away all sorrow from thy heart and causeth a man or woman well to sleepe well to digest his meate well to make water and well to doe his â—ege Jtem if a man will wash himselfe with this Water it will draw away the haire from any place of man and destroy it 5. The vertue of the fift Water called Aqua Lasta TAke Isope Gladion Avence Sothernwood of each a like quantity and stampe them in a Morter and put them in a Stillatorie and still them to water and this water drunke in morning fasting is good against all manner of Fevers hote or cold Jtem this water being drunke fasting is the best medicine against the Fluxe of the wombe and clenseth the belly of all ill humors and keepeth a man in health and helpeth the Palsie but it must be drunke fasting and as hot as may be suffered 6. To make the sixt water called Dealbantium TAke Molewarpes and make them in a powder with Brimstone and take the Juyce of Selondine and so let them stand certaine dayes and after lay it in a Stillatory and still water of the water of it and this water will make any black Beast white that is washed therewith nine times in nine dayes or any place in him that a man will have white Also this water medled with Waxe and Aloes it healeth all manner of Gouts if the Patient be annoynted therewith Also this water helpeth the sicknesse called Noli me tangere but a plaister thereof must be laide to the sore Also it helpeth a man of the Strangle if a plaister thereof be laid to the sore Jtem it healeth scald Heads if they apply a plaister thereof to the sore Jtem a plaister thereof healeth burning with fire Jtem this with Lapis Calamniaris helpeth perfectly a â—icknesse called the Wolfe but the plaister must be changed two times in a day but let no man nor woman drinke any of this Water 7. This Water is called Aqua Consuitivae TAke Pimpernell and stampe it in a Morter and lay it in a Stillatory and still water thereof Jtem this Water washeth away all Wounds in a mans body Jtem this water drunke fasting with Ginger is a good Medicine against the Tysicke and will cleanse the Breast from all evill Humours 8. The eight Water called Aqua Huplaciam the double Water TAke Mustard-seed Pepper and Sinamon of each a like and beat them in a Morter and put therto Aqua Consuetudo and lay them under the Cap of the Stillatorie and distill Water thereof and these be the vertues therof and if it be drunke fasting it is the best Medicine against the Tysicke and all diseases of the brest and it must be drunke in the morning cold and at Evening hot as yee may suffer it and it will make one to sleepe and take good rest that night Jtem this water being drunke with Castorie is good against the Sicknesse called Epilentiâ— viz. the Morbus Galicus Jtem this water being drunke fasting comforteth all the Members that be strucken with the Palsie and comforteth the sinewes of the Head and the braine 9. Water of Pimpernell the ninth water TAke the seed of Pimpernell and put it in red wine and then after put it in the Sunne and then breake it in a Morter and then presse out the Oyle through a cleane cloth this water or oyle being drunke fasting healeth a man
Folio ibid. To heale a Wound that no scarre or print thereof shall be seene Folio ibid. Part 5. Emplaisters Folio 60 Of severall Emplaisters From folio 147 to 169. Part 6. Vnguents Folio 50. Of severall Vnguents From folio 169. to 185. Part. 7. Waters Folio 40. Of severall Waters From folio 185 to folio 206. Part 8. THe vertue and Excellency of our English Bathes written by D. Turner Doctor of Physicke c. From folio 207 to folio 228. Part 9. OF Herbes and Drugs c. Folio 229 The vertue of certaine Herbes and Drugs c. Folio 230 The excellent vertues of Cardus Benedictus Folio 241 A good Drinke to strengthen the heart and all the members of a man to drinke halfe an Egge shell full of it Morning and evening with as much good wine Folio 243 A speciall Medicine to cause sleepe Folio ibid. A discourse concerning Cornes in the feet or elsewhere with their remedies Folio 144 Part 10. Medicines OF Medicines Remedies and Cures c. Folio 145 The cause of our Sciatica and how to help it Folio ibid For Hoarsnesse Folio 146 If a man stand in feare of the Palsie Folio ibid. A Medicine for the Goute Folio ibid. Stubbes Medicine for the Goute Folio 147 Another Plaister for the Goute Folio ibid. Another for the same Folio ibid. For a pricke of a Thorne or any other thing Folio 248 A Remedy for burning and Scalding Folio ibid. To kill a Tetter or Ringâ—worme Folio ibid. For a winde or a Collicke in the belly Folio 249 Against the Shingles Folio ibid. To heale a wound in ten dayes c. Folio ibid. For ache in the Backe Folio ibid. To heale scalding with water or other liquor c. Folio 250 To heale the Itch Folio ibid To heale Sores or Tetters Folio ibid. For the hardnesse of Hearing Folio 251 An easie Remedy for the Tooth-ache Folio ibid. For the swelling in the Throat Folio ibid. To cause a Womans speedy deliverance Folio 252 To make a womans Milke increase Folio ibid. For the Rickets and weakneâ—se of Children c. Folio ibid. To fasten the Gums or loose Teeth Folio ibid. For one that cannot hold his Water Folio 253 For the Dropsie by D. Adryan c. Folio ibid. For the stinging of Waspes and Bees Folio ibid. For the falling downe of the Tull Folio ibid. For the swelling of the Legges Folio 254 For the Canker in the mouth Folio ibid. To make the Face faire and cleare c. Folio ibid. A Remedy to qualifie the coppered Face Folio 254 A speciall good dyet for all fiery Faces Folio ibid. An easie Remedy to make the Teeth white Folio ibid. To take away the stinking of the mouth Folio 254 A Remedy for sore Eyes Folio ibid A Medicine for the bleeding at the nose c. Folio ibid. Against a stinking Breath Folio 255 For an evill breath Folio ibid. For the Head ache and clensing of the fame Folio ibid. To heale a swolne Face c. Folio ibid. To make an aking Tooth fall out of himselfe Folio 256 To kill Lice and Nits in the Head Folio 257 To helpe Blood shotten eyes c. Folio ibid. To take away the Tooth-ache Folio 258 A Medicine to purge the Head Folio ibid. A Medicine for a scald Head Folio 259 For the Head ache Folio ibid. For paine of the Head Folio ibid. For deafenesse in the Eares Folio 260 To make Honey of Roses c. Folio ibid. For the Pockes Folio ibid. A true Medicine for the Iaundies Folio ibid. For the Liver that is corrupted and wasted Folio 261 For heate in the Liver Folio ibid. Remedies for the Collicke Folio 262 Another for the same Folio ibid A most excellent Medicine for the Colick c. Folio 263 For the Collicke and Stone Folio 264 For the Collicke and Stone Folio ibid Remedy for the Stone Folio ibid A Powder for the Stone Folio 265 To make the Stone slip downe c. Folio ibid A Posset drinke against the Stone Folio 266 To make haire gâ—ow Folio 267 For to take away Haire Folio ibid To make a barren woman beare Children Folio ibid To make a woman have a quicke Birth Folio ibid For all manner of Lameneâ—â—e of swellings Folio 268 For to stay the Laxe or Fluxe Folio ibid For the sweating of Sicknesse Folio 269 For him that piâ—â—eth Blood Folio ibid For the Canker in the Mouth Folio ibid A powder for the same Folio ibid To know the Fester and Canker Folio 272 For Canker in the body Folio ibid For a Canker in a womans Pappes Folio ibid A good powder â—or the Canker Folio 271 To kill the Canker or Marmoâ—e Folio ibid For the Canker in the Mouth Folio 272 To make red Water to kill the Canker Folio 273 To take away the Canker Folio ibid A powder for the Canker Folio ibid A good Medicine for the Canker and Sores Folio 274 For a Canker old or new or Marmole Folio ibid For the Canker Folio 275 For a Canker in a mans body c. Folio 275 For the Head-ache Folio ibid For the Head ache and Tooth-ache Folio 267 A Dâ—inke for the Head-ache Folio ibid For the Heâ—â—-ache Folio ibid For the Head-ache Folio 276 To cleanse the Head Folio 277 For the Head-ache comming of the stomacke Folio 280 For Ache in the hinder part of the Head Folio ibid A principall Medicine for the Head Folio ibid For a man that is diseased in the Liver c. Folio 281 A Drinke to be used after this Oyntment Folio ibid A Plaister for the Spleene Folio ibid A Drinke for the Spleene Folio 282 To dissolve the hardnesse of the Spleene Folio 283 A soveraigne Medicine for the Spleene c. Folio ibid For Ache in the Backe Folio ibid To stay the Backe and helpe a Consumption c. Folio 284 To take away the paine of the Reynes c. Folio 285 For Ache in the Backe and Legges Folio ibid For the Bladder and the Reynes Folio 286 A Plaister for the Reynes Folio ibid For all Diseases in the Backe Folio ibid For paine in the bladder c. Folio 287 Against running of the Reynes Folio ibid A Syrope for the Backe Folio 288 Remedies to provoke Menstruum Mulieris Folio 289 To stop white Menstruum and red Folio 291 Another for the white Folio ibid The vertue of Fearne Folio 292 To take away heate and inflamation c. Folio ibid A Locion for a sore Mouth Folio 293 A preparative Folio ibid To make Vergent milke by D. Yâ—xley Folio ibid A comfortable Powder for the Heart Folio 294 A Remedy that breaketh the Stone Folio ibid Another remedy for the Stone c. Folio ibd A proved Medicine to avoid the Vrine c. Folio 29â— A very good water for the stone proved Folio ibâ—â— To breake the Stone Folio ibid Doctor Argentines Medicine for the Stone Folio ibid Divers Medicines for the Stone c. Folio 296 Excellent Remedies for the Stone c. Folio 297
outward the Canker the Fester and it killeth the Wormes in man or Child and all manner of Impostumes inward and outward it helpeth the Tysicke and Fluxe white or bloody it is a great helpe for a woman with Child to drinke thereof also it maketh cleane the Face or any where if yee wash it therewith Water of Verven IF if it be distilled in the later end of May it hath vertue to spring Choller and to heale Wounds and to cleere the Eye-sight it is a principall thing to compound Medicines A Locion for a sore Mouth YOu must take of Honey-suckle-water halfe a pinte Planten and Rose-water of each foure ounces Honey of Roses two ounces Alloes one ounce white Copperas and Vineger of each halfe an ounce and so use it A Water for a sore mouth TAke Lapis Calaminaris beaten into fine powder and put in a pinte of white Wine then take a pottle of water and Rosemary boyle it in the water till it be halfe sodden away then straine the water from the Rosemary and put it into the white Wine and so it is done A compound Water TAke first Pimpernell Rew Valerian or Sedwall Alocelipis cap and breake them and lay them in this said water following Take Isop Pulyall Royall Anniseedes and Centorie and beate them in a morter and after put them in a Stillatory and distill water of them which is very vertuous and let them boyle together and after that straine them that the water may goe from them and close this water in Vials of glasse the space of nine dayes and give it to him that hath the Falling-evill foure dayes fasting after it six houres and this is the truest medicine for this Disease that wee can sinde except the mercy of God and this Water drinking is good for the Palsie if it be drunke fasting also it is good for all Gowtes likewise in the time that they be mortified in the members and limbes of a man it is very helping to Wounds that are festered if they be washed therewith it destroyeth all manner of Fevers Behly Water TAke Water a pottle Suger-Candy foure ounces let them seethe then put in foure ounces of Verdigrease in fine powder and let it seethe A good Barley water for all Diseases of the Lungs or Lights TAke half a pound of faire Barly a gallon of Water half an ounce of Licorice Fennell-seed Violets and Parsley-seed of each a quarter of an ounce red Roses a quarter of an ounce dry Hysop and Sage of each a penny-weight sixe leaves of Harts-tongue a quarter of an ounce of Figs and Raysins boyle all these in a new pot of cold Water and then straine them cleare from it and drinke it The same cooleth the Liver and all the members driveth away all evill heat slaketh thirst is the cause of much evacuation it purgeth the Lights and Spleene the Kidneyes and Bladder and it causeth to make water well and more especially it is good for all Agues that come of heat A good Drinke for the Pox. TAke Selendine and English Saffron the weight of a halfe-penny and a farthing-worth of Graines a quarterne of long Pepper a penny-weight of Mace and a little stale Ale then stampe your Herbe and pound your Saffron and mingle them well together and so drinke it next your heart A very good Drinke for the Cough TAke a quart of white Wine and boyle it with Lycorice Anniseeds and Suger-candy of each a like quantity putting therein tenne Figs of the best and boyle it untill it be halfe consumed and so preserve thereof to drinke Evening and morning three or foure spoonefuls warmed A restorative made of the Herbe Rosa Solis with other things but they must bee gathered in June or July THis herbe Rosa Solis groweth in Marish ground and in no other place and it is of a hoary colour and groweth very lowe and flat to the ground and it hath a meane long stalke growing in the middest of it and seaven branches springeth out of the roote round about the stalke with leaves coloured and of a meane length and breadth and in no wise when this Hearbe should be gathered touch not the Hearbe it selfe with your hands for then the vertue thereof is gone yee must gather and plucke it out of the ground by the stalke yee must lay it in a cleane basket the Leaves of it is full of strength and nature and gather so much of this hearbe as will fill a pottle pot or glasse but wash it not in any wise then take a pottle of Aqua Composita and put them both in a large pot or vessell and let it stand hard and fast stopped three dayes and three nights and on the fourth day open it and straine it through a faire linnen-cloath into a cleane glasse or pewter pot and put thereto a pound of Sugar small beaten one pound of Licorice beaten to powder and one pound of Dates the stones taken out and they cut in small pieces then mingle them altogether and stop the glasse or pewter pot well so that no ayre come into it in any wise Thus done yee may drinke of it at night when yee goe to bed one spoonefull mixt with Aqua Vitae or stale Ale and as much in the morning fasting and there is not the weakest body in the worlâ— that is wasted by Consumption or otherwise but it will restore him againe and make him to be strong and lusty and to have a good stomacke and that shortly and hee or shee that useth this three times together shall finde great remedy or comfort thereby and as the patient doth feele himselfe so he may use it How to make Doctor Stevens precious Water which Dr. Chambers and others made tryall of and did approve the vertue of it TAke a gallon of Gascoigne wine then take Ginger Galingall Cinamon Nutmegs graines of Paradise Cloves Mace Anniseeds Fennell-seed and Carraway-seed of every of them a dram then take Sage red Mints Rose leaves Tyme Pellitory of Spaine Rosemary Peny-mountaine otherwise wild Tyme Camomill and Lavender of every of them a handfull then beat the Spices small and bruise the hearbes and put all into the Wine and let it stand the space of twelve dayes stirring it divers times then distill it in a Limbeck and keepe the first pinte of the water for it is the best and then will come a second kind of water keepe that close in a violl of glasse and set it in the Sun a certaine space The vertues of this Water be these It comforteth the spirits and preserveth the youth of a man and helpeth the inward Diseases commeth of cold and against the shaking of the Palsie It cureth the contraction of Sinewes and helpeth the Conception of women that be barren It killeth the Wormes in the belly It helpeth cold Gouts It helpeth the Tooth-ache It comforteth the Stomack very much It cureth the cold Dropsie It helpeth the stone in the Bladder and the Reynes in the back It
foure times together Another for the same TAke a quantity of Broome-seed Grouncel-seed Parcely-seed Alexander-seed Ashenkey-seed Lepthorne-seed or Berries Phillipendula dryed Saxifrage dryed Mouseare dryed Growobicke dryed mixe all these together in your drinke and drinke it Morning and Evening fasting Another Take Civet and rub your Navill therewith and champe Rosemary in your mouth and it easeth the Collick incontinently A most excellent Medicine for the Collicke and Stone with other vertues TAke Pimpernell Mustard Crowfoot Gauriophe Mastick and bruise them all well together and then mingle them with the blood of a Goat and put thereto good Vineger or a little Alligre and let them stand certaine dayes after your discretion and put them into a Stillatory and distill a water thereof this water is good for the Stone or gravell whether that it be red or white plaine or sharpe or if it be hardened If the Patient doe drinke thereof every day fasting the Stone will breake and goe away like sand Also if Scald heads bee washed therewith it will heale them and there shall grow new haire and if the Scabs be washt therewith of what nature soever it bee hee shall be whole with three dayes or nine at the furthest Also this Water drunke fasting makes a man to have a good colour and good blood Also this water drunke with Castorie twice in one day destroyeth all Palsies which is not dead in the sinewes and members before for it comforteth the sinewes principally This water is very much approved For the Collicke and Stone TAke halfe a pint of white Wine and a good quantity of white Sope scrape it and put it into the wine and make it luke warme and then drinke it once twice or thrice or as often as the Patient needs A Powder for the Collicke and Stone TAke Parcely-seed Saxifrage Alisander and Coriander-seeds the kernels of Cherry-stones Smallage-seed Lovage the rootes of Phillipendula of each a dram Bay-berries and Ivie-berries of each a dram put to all these as much Ginger as they all weigh and adde thereto half an ounce of Commin this powder is to be taken in Ale halfe a dram at once thrice a day A speciall Remedy for the Stone TAke the stones of Medlers lay them upon a hot Tyle-stone and after that you have rubbed and dryed them in a faire linnen cloth then being thorowly dryed beat them into a powder and put to it a quantity of Time and Parcely and place it upon the fire with Beere and Butter and throw in halfe a spoonefull of the said powder and hereof you must drinke a good draught fasting in the morning and eate nor drinke nothing else for the space of three houres after Another Take a quantity of Anniseeds Lycorice Fennell-roots and Parcely-rootes Raysins and Currans and let all these be boyled in Whey from a pottle to a quart and so strained and drinke it A Powder for the Stone TAke the Seed of Gromell Broome Saxifrage Alisander Parcely and Fennell of all these seeds a like quantity beat them very well together and so drinke halfe a spoonfull of that Powder or a spoonfull at a time in a draught of good Ale making it luke warme in any wise before you drinke it To make the Stone slip downe the narrow passages betweene the Kidney and the Bladder TAke a great handfull of Pellitory of the wall and the like quantity of Mallowes boyle them in a frying-pan with a good quantity of fresh Butter so that they be not parched nor dry And when you see by the frying that some good part of the vertue of the herbes is gone into the butter take the hearbes so fryed somewhat fat with the butter and lay it the length of halfe a yard or more betweene the fold of a Napkin and in bredth about 6 or 7. Inches then clap the fattie side of the napkin all along from the back-bone to your flanke above the hippe especially on that side where the paine is as hot as may be suffered when it is cold apply a fresh one and in three or foure times doing the passage will bee inlarged whereby the Stone will slip downe and the paine cease A Posset drinke against the Stone TAke Pellitory of the wall three crops of Lavender Cotton three Parcely roots and one Fennell root the pithes taken out and they scraped and washed stampe the hearbes and rootes together then put thereto one pinte of Rhenish or white Wine straine the wine from the herbes and with a pint of new Milke make a posset thereof drinke freely of it Morning and evening first and last at the new and full of the Moone and walke well upon it Also take the hearbe Hartshorne boyled in white Wine and drunke in the morning fasting is good against the Stone and strangurie To make haire grow TAke and seeth Mallowes rootes and all and wash the place where Haire lacketh and it shall grow For to take away Haire TAke Horsleeches and burne them to powder and mingle it with Eysell and touch the place where the Haire groweth and it shall grow no more there Approved To make a barren woman beare Children TAke of these little Sea fishes called in Latine Pollipodes and roste them upon the coales with Oyle and let the woman eate of them and it shall profit and helpe very much having in the meane time the company of a man To make a woman have a quicke Birth TAke leaves of Dictarij and stampe them or else make powder of them and give the woman that laboureth drinke of it with a little water and she shall be delivered incontinent without any great paine or griefe For all manner of Lamenesse or swellings TAke a handfull of Time a handfull of Lav ender cotten and a handfull of running Strawberies that be like to a string and so cut them small then beate them in a Morter with foure or five young Swallowes taken out of the nest very fligge and quicke beat them together untill ye see never a feather of them whole that done take a penny-worth of May butter clarified and mingle it in the Morter with Hearbes and so let it stand foure and twenty houres before they sceth when you ha ve sodden it use it as before you are taught as well in preserving of it as in using of it For to stay the Laxe or Fluxe TAke Plantane otherwise called Weybred-leaves and rootes and wash them in faire water and then stampe them and take a good quantity of the Juyce and put it to old Ale and make a Posset therewith and after take the ale Posset and clarifie it upon the fire perfectly and then let the Patient drinke it blood warme in the morning and evening without taking of othtr drinke the space of two houres either before or after For the sweating Sicknesse YEe must take a good spoonfull of Treacle three spoonfuls of Vineger five spoonfuls of water and two spoonfuls of the juyce of Sinckfoyle swing them together and drinke
quantity boyle all these together and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the griefe Another Take a lapfull of Nettles another of Neppe seethe them in Chamber-lye and put therein a handfull of Bay-salt and a quantity of blacke Soape and let them boyle well together and lay it to the griefe For Sore Eyes TAke Fennell rootes white Daisie rootes and leaves and lay it in white Wine and wash your Eyes with it To stoppe a great Laske TAke a pottle of faire water and put therein a Cony fleyed well washed and quartered and let it be well skimmed when it doth seethe then take a good handfull of Almondâ— unblanched and the stones of great Raisins and beat them in a Morter with some of the broth in the Pot and unâ—trained put them in then take halfe an ounce of whole Cinamon a handfull of Blackberry leaves a handfull of Planten with the rootes thereof the Pot being cleane skimmed put the aforesaid gredience therein and let all boyle till it come to a quart then straine the broth and let the Patient drinke thereof Morning and Evening or at other convenient times in the day Analliter if the aforesaid Broth be warmed with a gad of Steele when it is cold it is so much the better To cause one to make Water TAke Parceley and seethe it in white Wine and drinke it Morning and Evening For the Wind Collicke TAke Commin-seede or fine Cod seede and beat them to Powder and put it into Ale Beere or white Wine and drinke it and it will make one Laxative For to make a Water for the same TAke Broomeseed and beate it to Powder and drinke it with Muskadine or any other Wine For to bind on from the Laske TAke a penny-worth of Roch Allome and seeth it in a pinte of white Wine and drinke it For to skinne a sore Finger TAke Nervall Oyle or Rose Oyle or Camomill Oyle or Pompilion and annoynt your Finger or shinne with it and it will be whole For a vehement Cough in young Children TAke the Juyce of Parcely powder of Commin Womens milke and mixe them together then give the Child to drinke thereof and afterward make this Oyntment following Take the seed of Hempe or Flaxe and Fennycrick and seethe them in common water then presse out with your hands the substance of the Hearbs which you shall mingle with Butter and so annoynt the Childes brest with it as hot as may be For a broken Head TAke unwrought Waxe and a little Sugar and running Water and boyle it in a Sawcer and make a Plaister and be w ho le For Chilblaines in the Feet or Hands TAke Sheeps Suet and unwrought Wax and Rozen and boyle it in a Sawcer and make a a Salve and it will heale them To kill the Tooth-ache or a Ring worme or a Tetter TAke Oyle of Broome and annoynt the Gums at the roote of the Tooth where the paine is It must bee used after this manner Take a piece of old Broomesticke the older the better and light it and hold it downeward and it will drop that which is yellow and annoynt your Gummes with it or put it in the hollow Tooth For a Stitch. TAke Groundsill and dry it and put sweet Butter into it and put it where the paine is as hot as may be suffered Or take Oates the blackest that you can get and fry them with red Vineger and lay it as hot as may be suffered where the paine is For an Ache or a Bruise TAke oyle of Peeter it must be used after this manner Take a stoole and when that you are Rising or going to Bed sit with your Backe towards the fire you must have a great fire and where the paine is you must rub it with some of the Oyle all downewards and they that doe dresse you must dry their hands well against the fire and chafe it To make white Teeth TAke Lemmons and make stild water of them and wash your Teeth with it for it is a soveraigne thing Or if you will not make the water take the Liquor of them which is also good for the same purpose but the water is better because it is finer so that in the Stilling it lose not his force A Medicine for a swelling in the Cheekâ— TAke a pinte of white Wine and halfe a handfull of Camomill flowers and seethe them in the white Wine and wash your cheeke both within and without as hote as you can suffer it To make a Perfume suddenly in a Chamber where a sicke man lyeth TAke a little Earthen Pot and put into it a Nutmeg two scruples of the sticke of Cloves and two of the sticke of Cinamon and foure of storax Calamint Rose-water or water of Spike or some other sweet water and seethe it then put it into a pot-shard with a few hot Ashes and coales under it and set it in the Chamber and the smoake thereof shall give a sweet amiable and hearty savour To make a cleere voyce TAke Elder-berries and dry them in the Sunne but take heed they take no moysture then make powder of them and drinke it every Morning fasting with white Wine A Medicine for the Mother TAke a pinte of Malmsie a little quantity of Commin-seede and Coriander-seed and a Nutmegge beate these together and then seethe them to halfe a piâ—te with a little white Suger-candie you must take a spoonefull at a time A Medicine for a Stitch or Bruise TAke three quarts of small Ale and one penny-worth of Figs and one pennyworth of great Reisons and cut the stones out of them and one penny-worth of Licorice of Isope of Violet leaves and of Lettice of each one handfull and seethe them from three quarts to three pints and straine it and so let the person drinke it and after make this Plaister following Take a quantity of horse dung and a quantity of Tarre fry it and put a little Butter and Vineger into it and make a Plaister and lay it to the side For the bloody Fluxe TAke of Suger rosset made of dry Roses of Trissendall of each one ounce and a half mixe these together and eate it with meat or drinke it with drinkes but the best remedy J could find is to take three handfuls of St. Johns woort as much Planten and as much Cressis and seethe these in a gallon of Raine water or red Wine to a pottle and straine it then put to it two ounces of Sinamon beaten and drinke thereof often Also take a Spunge and seethe it in a pint of Muskadine and wring it and let the Patient sit over it close as hot as they can suffer it and cover them warme Remedies for the Itch. TAke of Salt-water a gallon and seethe it with three handfuls of wheaten bread crums that is leavened and wash your body with the water Or wash your body in the Sea two or three times Or else take the bran made of Cockle-seeds three handfuls and of the powder of