breathing The second Oxymel is called at the Apothecaries Compositum or Diureticum It is made in this manner Take Fennell rootes and rootes of Smallage of each two ounces the seedes of Parsley of Butchers broome of Sparage of Smallage and of Fennell of each an ounce take out the core of the rootes chop them and séeth them in a quart of water vntill they be mellow afterwards wring them out thorow a cloth and adde to the decoction sixe ounces of sharp vineger twelue ounces of cleansed honie let them séeth together vnto a sirupe This is much stronger for all vses then the former it doth attenuate all tough slimes it driueth them out of the members openeth the obstruction of the liuer of the milt and of the kidneys it expelleth the vrine and sweate The third Oxymel is made of Squils called Scyllinum or at the Apothecaries Squilliticum for this take vineger of Squils which is described before in the second Chapter § 1. against the cold paine of the head foure ounces clarified hony sixe ounces and séeth it al together vnto a sirupe The fourth is Oxymel Scyllinum compositum the which is thus made Take the roots of Smallage of Fennel of each two ounces the rootes of Parsley of Butchers broome of Sparage the seedes of Smallage and of Fennell of each halfe an ounce séeth them together in a quart of water vntill the roots be mellow vnto this decoction adde twelue ounces of vineger of Squils clarified hony 18. ounces and then séeth it to a sirupe They are both very good to attenuate the tough slimes to strengthen the stomacke and to prouoke vrine but the first is stronger to open all obstructions and is speciall good against all quotidian and quartaine agues Purging sirupe of Roses §. 7. TAke a pound of red or damaske Rose leaues put them into a pot with a narrowe necke powre thereon about thrée times so much of hote cleare water let it stand so 8. or 12. howers couered very close afterwards wring it hard out with thy hand straine the liquor cleare thorow a cloth then take againe fresh Roses as before and powre the strained liquor séething hote vpon it let it stand as before wring it out againe and do this afterwards 8. or 12. times together the oftener the better and it will be the stronger in purging Lastly wey all that strained iuice of Roses and put halfe so much Sugar vnto it and clarifie it with the white of an egge vntill it be very cleare afterwards let it seeth to a sirupe Some do stampe the Roses that the vertue might come out the better Others do make it after this manner as followeth Take red or damaske Rose leaues two pound and a halfe powre thereon ten quarts of May deaw or cleare raine water made méetly hote let them infuse together in a warme place a whole day and a night stopt very close The next day wring it out hard make the broth not séething but onely meetely hote then powre it againe vpon two pound of fresh Rose leaues let them stand and stéepe as before The third time take one pound and a halfe of Roses the fourth time one pound and so the fift and sixt time last of all after the foure last times take each time halfe a pound of Roses afterwards the liquor being strained put vnto thrée parts of it one part of Sugar seeth it well clarifying it vnto a sirupe Of one of these sirupes may be giuen to a full growne person three foure or fiue ounces at one time vnto a young child one ounce vnto one of eight or nine yeares old two ounces and further after the same rate according to the greatnesse or smalnesse This sirupe doth quench the thirst and heate in all hote agues it doth strengthen the stomacke and the hote liuer defendeth the heart from all venime and stinch therefore it is also good for the plague and looseth very gently It is also prepared with Rubarbe and other things according to the opinion of euery Phisition Barley water §. 8. IT is ordained before for the hote paine of the head to giue vnto the sicke body Barley water for his daily drinke the which is prepared after diuers maners but is commonly prepared thus Take vnto a good deale of water one ounce of péeled Barley let it séeth vntill it breake Some do steepe it two or thrée houres before in cleare water And albeit that such Barly water haue small force yet it is better than bare water when the patient is forbidden to drinke wine There are also other things moe according to the importance of the sicke person put vnto it as Masticke Barberies that do colour it like vnto wine In like manner are also hearbes rootes and all that one will decocted therein Manus Christi with Pearles §. 9. THis cordiall Sugar is very common and is made thus Take 12. ounces of the whitest Sugar seeth it with Rose water like as is taught in our introduction afterwards when it beginneth to be cold stir an ounce of prepared Pearles amongst it and make Tabulates or Manus Christi of it It is good for all faintnesse hote agues heauie fantasies and imaginations The Apothecaries do commonly not take more then a dragme of Pearles vpon a pound of Sugar because men will not go to the cost thereof Without Pearles the Apothecaries do call it Manus Christi simplex they decoct the Sugar with Rose water without putting any thing else vnto it It is made also with violet water Cinnamom water and howsoeuer that one will haue them The third Chapter The Haire of the Head EVen as we haue discoursed of all kind of paines of the head so we wâ—l now begin certaine other things of the same in particular and of that which maketh shew outwardly in the top of the head to wit the haâ—â—e the which groweth there of it selfe garnisheth the head decketh and â—ouereth it And although the same haire like as the nailes also hath no other gouernment but onely the growing and garnishing by nature neuerthelesse it hath that secret in it that thorow his colour his hardnes softnesse finenesse curling euennesse and other marks it doth sufficiently giue knowledge how the braines which lye vnder it are inclined to wit the cold warmth drith moisture as also their mixed complexions as cold and drith warmth and moisture whereby it may be knowne what humor or moisture doth most abound or whether ones haire also wil quickly fall off or not These weightie and other causes haue planted by nature in all men specially in women a carefulnesse to looke vnto and maintaine it the one with making it grow more or thicker than the other to change the colour to make it fall away to keepe it cleane from all vermine and to frée and cleare it from all defaults Because therefore that this is so greatly estéemed it is requisite to prosecute our attempted method and to write also somewhat thereof And first of all
begin of womens termes and flowers Of the Termes or Flowers of women in generall §. 1. THat these Termes of women be called the Flowers is for this cause viz. when it is séene that a trée bloweth then is it esteemed meete and conuenient to beare fruite and contrariwise the trée vnfruitfull which bloweth not except the Fig trée So is it likewise with women that all they that haue their Termes are fit and commodious to conceiue and beare children the which they that haue not their flowers or termes can neuer more accomplish Secondly the Latinists do cal these flowers Menstrua of the moneth and thus for they euery moneth or thirty dayes returne and come againe or for that they according to the course of the Moone that is because they appeare the first quarter of the Moone in young girles the second quarter in them that be somewhat bigger the third quarter in the middle sort the last quarter in aged women Whereby all expert Phisitions do obserue in each time that each age is to haue them to wit the yong people in the new and increasing Moone the old folkes in the decrease of the Moone in fine the health of all women dependeth especially in this necessary menstruall fluxe yea all her chastitie fruitfulnesse and welfare To the contrary if they do not at all auoid do flow too much vnorderly or be lothsome of colour then do they cause all miseries inclination to venery and many kind of sicknesses like as hereafter shall be taught Wherewith it is to be estéemed for no smal work of wonder that amongst all creatures that do liue and are of the female kind except certaine Apes only women are subiect vnto this fluxe and therefore haue the Philosophers many kinds of disputations which be here too long and néedlesse to be rehearsed But of the fountaine and matter of this blood it is with one consent concluded that it is a cold vndigested and grosse matter and the blood of the whole bodie the which through the foresaid veines is gathered together in the womb and is afterwards expelled in due time as a matter hurtfull and of no vse That this matter is also cold is by this perceiued that when it passeth away the woman féeleth a great cold ouer the whole bodie this happeneth after many fashions Of the Termes that be auoided ouer and aboue their naturall custome shall be hereafter spoken of with all their appertenances The women whose Termes auoide in two or thrée dayes are ridde of them with small trouble but if they endure long then will they be thereby very féeble The first auoidance of their Termes is commonly about the fouretéenth yéere the which signifieth that then their naturall séede beginneth to ripen that the haire and breasts beginneth to grow and they that be hote of nature do then get desire of the man for that the womans Termes be none other but a naturall séede which is not yet throughly ripe and that through his superfluitie of nature desireth to be expelled This course of the Termes or Flowers abateth about the age of fortie or two and fortie yeares or endureth sometimes vntill the fiftith yéere but very seldome vntill the sixtith yéere in which time women be still méete and fit for generation yet do these Flowers or Termes of women come sometimes sooner and sometimes later according to that the nature and complexion of the bodie is full of blood strong suffereth much labour is quiet and feeble It is also a common rule with all them that haue experience in naturall things that a woman which getteth not her flowers like as some which be hot drie by nature is barren and vnfruitfull and that for those causes that are discouered in the seuenth Chapter of the barrennesse of men and women although that it chanceth neuerthelesse but very seldome that such women do conceiue and beare This is also the natural custome that when a woman hath conceiued that then her termes do tary away for this blood is prepared for a sustenance vnto the child in the mothers womb like as also after childbirth the same to that end is turned into milke notwithstanding that it oftentimes happeneth that women with child auoide their Flowers or Termes after the old custome vntil the very day of birth as we shall hereafter somewhat intreate thereof but these women do bring small spare weake and not liuing children into the world because they haue bene depriued of the most part of their nourishment It is also contrary to the opinion of many women that she shall open a veine when she is halfe gone with child in case she be not full of blood and the veines not great therefore is not the same very vnaduisedly to be done Item in this flowing or course of womens termes there is another wonderfull nature and propertie to wit that so harmefull and venimous a matter in mans bodie without any hinderance yea for a great preferment of health may be retained and expelled The common experience bringeth with it and all learned do testifie the same that these womens termes do bring innumerable sicknesses with them and haue many infectious properties namely where the same happeneth to fall there groweth no fruite spoileth the vines the Must will be vineger the herbes wither the trées drie away iron rusteth and all mettals do darken and waxe dim the same being taken make a man madde and chiefly the dogges the Bées leaue their hiues if they be annointed therewith women when they haue the same then do they darken through their breath all bright looking glasses the aire wil be poisoned with them and children as it is said bewitched Now doest thou sée thou stout high minded man what a precious matter it is that thou hast in the beginning of thy birth and what the matter is that hath thee nourished This hath caused the auncient Poets to assimulate this fluxe vnto the warres saying that Mars is no son of the god Iupiter but of Iuno onely meaning by Iuno this menstruall fluxe And truly if this hurtfull propertie be likened to the warres then is it an expert and true similitude for what doth more spoile fruites vineyards Must herbes and trées than the warres what is there which taketh away and wasteth more iron how many bright harnesses be thereby darkened where beareth madnes more mastery where are men more like to mad dogs than in the wars how can the aire be more venimed than through the stinking dead bodies Here is now sufficiently spoken of this matter now we will procéede with our medicines How to preferre and moue the Termes or Flowers in women §. 2. FOr the first we will speake of the causes whereby the termes be detained the which be outward and inward The outward causes be sore labour hunger care great satnesse agues dropsies consumptions and some disease of the wombe The inward causes be a bad complexion of heate cold dryth or of moisture whereby the vertue expulsiue
of those things which cause the haire to growe afterwards to take that away which hindereth or to draw or plucke it out To cause the haire to grow and to colour it §. 1. ALl they that desire to haue their haire grow thicke and apace are to annoint the place oftentimes with honie where they will haue it growe also to make a ley of herbes to wit for young maydens and women who beare the name thereof Gallitrichon faire haired Politrichon much haire Capillus Veneris Venus haire And if any bodie haue a bald patch then take garden snails pluckt out of their houses Horsleaches Bées Waspes Salt of each a like quantitie powne them not too hard one amongst another put them into a glassed pot that is pitched beneath and hauing a smal hole burie it the space of eight dayes in warme horse dung and receiue the moisture that droppeth out in another glasse bound vnder it and annoynt therewith the baldnesse rubbing well the place first wash the head with the decoction of vrine Wormwood Southernwood and of Lineseede well parched goates milke doth likewise make the haire growe faire You shall also find moe things hereafter in the description of the eye browes and of the beard Of the dying of the haire in generall §. 2. IF any desire to dy the haire otherwise than it is grown by nature then is this generally to be obserued that he alwaies before wash the haire with ley made of vine stockes wherein a peece of Allum is dissolued for the Allum maketh a preparatiue for to receiue all colours as is well knowne to all Dyers Here do now follow certaine sorts of colours Amongst Dutchmen there is no colour more highly commended then the gold colour or yellow like as it was much esteemed of the Romaines so that sometimes they dyed their beards and haire with gold but these things following are also meet for this purpose Yellow haire Take ashes of the Vine stickes eight ounces of Barley straw two handfuls of Licorice two ounces seeth them together in a great quart of water afterwards let it settle and wash the head with this ley and let it drie of it selfe Item take shauen Beechen wood Gold flowre Venus or maiden haire of each one handfull Licorice halfe an ounce Saffron one scrup let this mollifie in ley wash the head and let it drie of it selfe also as often as one combeth him he must wet the combe therein Item take Willow leaues white beaten Mustard seede Consolida Saracenica broad Plantain Water Cresses Radishes white Hellebore Bryonie Onions of each halfe an ounce cut them all in péeces and let them seeth al together a while in ley temper one ounce of Honie amongst it and then let it stand vntill the hearbes do putrifie afterwards put more fresh herbs therein and seeth them with as much honie as there is of the decoction vntill it be thicke and annoynt the place where you desire to haue the haire grow but looke well to it that you touch no other haire with it for it would be disordered thereby but I aduise no man to vse much of this salue for it is hurtfull for the head Item in March take Poplar buds and séeth them with ley take also powned Colewoort seede temper it with the oyle of Walnuts like to a salue and annoynt the head therewith Or take nettle rootes horse Radish the gumme of the Birch make it hote vpon the fire with the ley and wash the head therwith Iuniper oyle annointed thereupon after washing will easily make yellow haire to grow but note that this oyle is hote This should also the fruite of the Béechen tree do being laid in ley Black haire Blacke haire Some that by nature haue blacke haire do diligently seeke to augment that colour others will cloke therewith the mishapen haire many will dy gray haires therewith which to effect they annoint it with the iuice of Sage Burne Hasell nuts as many as you please in a luted potte stampe them to powder then make them vnto a salue with the tallow of a Beare or Goate this doth not onely dy black but maketh also the haire to grow Item take beaten Gal nuts sixe ounces seeth them in nine ounces of Sallet oyle as long as one would seeth an egge hard afterwards wring them out mixe amongst it pounded Priuet burnt Vitriol Salt gem of each one quarter of an ounce let it seeth a good while together hauing washed the haire with the decoction of Blites and Elderne flowers then make it fat with the foresaid oyle Item take the green shales of Walnuts stampe them and seeth them annoint the haire with it and it will be as blacke as Pitch For this also helpeth Cipers nuts Beane straw burnt shales of Hasell nuts peeles of Pomegranates vnsleckt Lime Priuet and oyle of Nuts For to make curled haire take Mallowes layd in ley if one would dy his haire gray Curled haire then make ashes of the innermost barke of Iuie and wash you oftentimes therwith or annoint your haire with Badgers grease To hinder Gray Haires §. 3. TO be gray is onely proper to mans head which commeth thorow the abatement of the naturall warmth or thorough the ryoting life whereby Flegma is increased and it is sometimes also caused as well thorough vnnaturall heate as cold but if any be gray before his time that commeth by vse of much fruite and fish but to vtter the truth the gray haires are none other then an Ensigne or banner for vs that death planteth vpon our heads signifying that it will shortly haue victorie ouer vs. But as there be many that would hide their age and would rather be thought young men them old fooles So hath it bene also found out not how to turne away gray haires but how to preuent the same whereof we will here write somewhat The chiefest is the daily purging of flegme and specially with vomits and clisters for which are fit Pilulae Cochiae Trifera Saracenica these pils following Take Coloquint Turbith Aloe of each a dragme Fennell seede Annis séedes Persley seede blacke prepared Hellebore and Pepper of each halfe a dragme Diagridion two scrup make thereof a masse with the iuice of Wormwood take a dragme therof at the most at one time for they be strong good héed is to be taken in this purging that age for gray haires be not thereby taken away The auncient Phisitions do describe many things for preuenting gray haires what is to be eaten drunke and refrained also what is to be vsed a whole yeare in youth and that one must eate snailes so that it grieueth me to enter into so néedlesse a matter when one would stay and preuent the course of nature I will therfore be briefe Annoint thy head with the oyle of Beuer cod with the oyle of a Beare fresh oile of Roses or oile of Mustard séede all which are méet to preuent gray haire or take the spleene of an
old dog and rub the haire therewith Also the oile of Priuet doth preuent gray haire Item take Tassell séeth it in ley and vse it daily stéepe in the ley Mirtle leaues Cipers nuts Iuniper wood cut the barke of Fir-wood with the leaues Gall nuts and such like To take away haire §. 4. TAke a pint of wine drowne twentie gréene frogs therein or as many as can be drowned therein then set the pot forty dayes in the warme Sun afterwards straine it hard thorow a cloth annoint the place therewith where you wil take away the haire Make the place oftentimes moist with the iuice of yellow Lillies which is wild Flower deluce Take Ants egs and rub the place therewith wherein you would haue the haire taken away it will fall off and grow no more againe Item annoint the haire place with the iuice of Sloes and it will make the hairie place bald and smooth Will you plucke out haire without breaking the skin To plucke out haire Then take six ounces of Turpentine set it on the fire in a new pot and let it séeth somewhat then powre it into a panne full of cold water and stir it continually about with a woodden sticke vntill it run together Then powre therein other fresh water and plucke it with your fingers well from another whereby it may be well washed and do this so long vntill it waxe faire and white afterwards temper amongst it one ounce of beaten Masticke in the foresaid pot séeth it all together as before and wash it also afterwards as before is done and kéepe it alwaies couered with water and when you will vse it powre out the water let it melt with the fire spread it on a cloth and lay it no where but on the place whence you would haue the haire drawne out and when it is cold as it will be quickly pull off the plaister with violence Then will the skin remaine very white and bare of haire then haue a péece of fresh larde readie and therewith annoynt the place and then wipe it by and by away with a cloth then will the skin be bald and smooth Of diuerse defaults of the haire §. 5. THe cunning expert Phisitions do reckon nine kinds of defaults of the haire Contorsio Decoloratio Quassatio Fractio Atrophia Canities Alopecia De fluxio and Ophiasis The first Contorsio is called a curling or intangling of the haire The second Decoloratio a deformitie of the colour The third Quassatio which is a splitting or cleauing asunder of the haire The fourth Fractio a short breaking away of the haire that it snappeth asunder The fift is Atrophia that is as much as a drying away or consuming of the haire for lacke of foode The sixt is Canities when the haire before his due time becomes gray or white The seuenth is Alopecia or Arca which is baldnesse or falling off of the haire The eight is Defluxio which is also a falling away of the haire like as in them who lost their naturall heate or recouer after a long continued sicknesse The last is Ophiasis which hath her name of the snake it is also a changing of colour not vnlike to the other for it is parti-colouring like to a snake Of baldnesse and falling off of the haire §. 6. BAldnes and falling away of the haire is thrée fold as the falling off of the haire of the head of the eye browes of the beard Of the two last we wil discourse in their place here we will onely speake of the first falling away of the haire The causes of the same are inflamed moistures whereby the haire before was fed which thorough inflammation thereof is taken away as alreadie hath bin rehearsed for whensoeuer that it wanteth sustenance the haire must of necessitie drie away and fall off with his rootes as may be séene in them that haue hote braines and become bald betimes and contrariwise women children and they that be gelded very seldome Thus to speake of the meanes the first proofe is whether the haires may be restored or not to rub the bald place and if it be not foorthwith red then is there no hope at hand but if it wax red then it is a signe that there is still some good bloud and therfore good hope also And to come vnto it first must good order of diet be obserued to refraine strong wine Borage reare egs all that is light of digesture is commodious for him and to drinke white cleare and small wine that is swéetish Bathing and rubbing is very méete for this disease if the person be full of bloud open the head veine or that on the nose or the veine behind the eares and also purge if it be néedfull of whatsoeuer occasion it be that the falling away of the haire happeneth These means following are alwaies conuenient for it Take Euphorbium burnt Hasill nut shels burnt Chesnut shels Cresses séedes Indie Spica Verbascum of each one drag bitter almonds with their pils burnt one quarter of an ounce make salue thereof with vine â—uict oyle of Radishes or Barberies Item take Euphorbium wild Rue Boreas Mustard séed Mugwoort of each a like much beate them all together and make therof a salue with the iuice of Onions let the head be rubbed vntill it be red and then annointed therewith Of such like remedies are many more described by the auncient Phisitions but omitting them ye haue some here that are certaine and common Take Pigeons dung burne it to ashes then powre ley vpon it and let him be washed therwith Or Hasell nuts with the shels beaten small and tempered with Beares grease is very good Oile of egs doth defend and kéepe the falling out and maketh the haire for to grow againe where it is fallen away Forasmuch as the oile of egges is so good for this and for many other things more it is needfull to teach here how to make the same The oile of Egs and his vertue Take hard sodden yolkes of egs as many as you will Oile of Egâ— breake them in peeces and parch them in a pan vntill they waxe ruddy then shall you sée oile run out then without ceasing must you stir them about and when they be throughly parched presse them hard through a woollen cloth It is many times approoued and found that this oile doth not onely cause the haire that is fallen off to grow againe but doth preuent and stay the haire from falling It also healeth and causeth all other itches and sores to heale Further Take wel salted Barly bread burne it to powder and temper it with Beares grease and annoint your head therewith Item slake a glowing steele in the ly wherewith you will wash you vse it often without any thing else therein Take Mirtle séeds and the leaues séeth them in water and wash the head therewith All that is taught hereafter against the falling off of the haire in the eybrowes and the beard is also méete for
drag Agaricus one drag and a half Mastick one drag Aloe half an ounce make pils thereof with the iuce of Smallage and giue thereof one dragme at one time But if the scall be moist then purge with these pils following Take Cochiae one drag a half Epithymum halfe a drag make pils thereof for to vse at two times or take Agaricus Coloquint and Mastick of each one drag Aloe halfe an ounce temper them all together with the iuice of Garlick take one drag at once Mirobalans Chebuli tempered with Epithymū and Sene leaues are also méet for this Take of these remedies of which we shall write against both sorts of these scals and begin first with the least Fumitory after what sort soeuer it be taken doth much clense the blood therefore it is to be vsed for this disease Also wash the head with wormwood wine for that it drieth the moisture and specially healeth the scals with the white scall or scurfe Annoint the scals with oile of white Lillies mixed together with the oile of Cammomill Take the yolks of egs fry them well in swines grease and put vnto it as much Tupentine let them melt together they dry very gently Take oile of Roses Iuniper oile of each half an ounce quick brimstone Pigeons dung Verdigrease of each 3. drag a litle wax melt them together it is very certain and healing all scals Take stamped Lupins temper them in vineger with Barrowes grease Take oile of Bay and Oatmeale of each a like much Basil séed one quarter of either of them annoint the head and lay leaues of this herbe vpon it But it is too mild for the scall and besides the Basill séed is hurtfull to the head Take two handfuls of Sage beate them smal temper them with salt hogs grease vineger let it séeth well and annoint therewith the scald head euery other day Vpon the day betweene both it is very good to wash the head with the decoction of Mallowes and Dock roots This salue is certaine and approoued many times Take butter which is burnt black Soote out of the chimney and salt of each a like much stir them both well amongst the butter vntill the butter be stiffe and therewith annoint the scals And if it be not needfull euery day then about the third day wash the head with a small ley and do this as often as is néedfull when the scurfe falleth away annoint the red place with this salue Also this remedy following is much in vse take pure turpentine two ounces and wash it well with cléere water fresh butter one ounce washt well half an ounce of small bruised salt one Orenge beaten all to péeces and wroong out hard the yolkes of thrée new layd egs oile of Roses halfe an ounce temper them all together by a small fire This is a certaine salue it may be vsed for all itches and scabs This salue following is excéeding sharpe and therefore it is not to be vsed but at great néed and for the most venemous scabs of the head Take two ounces and a halfe of Barrowes grease oile of Bay Wax powned Frankinsence of each an ounce salt one quarter of an ounce Quicksiluer mortified three dragmes first melt the wax oile of Bay and grease by a small fire and put one ounce of the iuice of Plantaine and Fumitory with it let them boile till the iuices be consumed then take it from the fire and temper with it the Frankinsence and Quicksiluer and stir it so long vntil you sée no more Quicksiluer it is then prepared and you are to annoint this salue onely vpon the scall and if you mixe halfe an ounce of Mastix with it it would make it the better Some haue another manner to heale the scall of the head and do first thus first they cause the head to be shauen bald afterwards they annoint it the space of three daies with oile of nuts oile of Palma Christi seeds and oile of Cammomill tempered together The fourth day do they let the head to be pricked in diuers places that it may bléed afterwards they let it be washed with the decoction of Fumitory Dock roots and of Cammomill and afterwards they put into the same decoction Argall Squils or Garlick they seeth it all together and forthwith do rub the head therwith and dry it with hot clothes and this do they twice or thrice a day for the space of thrée dayes The fourth day they wash it againe with the former decoction and then shaue off al the haire if the skin be not yet cleane vse rubbing again with the Argal continue it so long vntil the skin be through clean then annoint the head with the salue following If you haue a woman to cure then take a womans haire if you haue a man then take a mans haire burne it in a pot of ashes take thereof an ounce burnt hazle nuts one ounce and a halfe the dregs of sallet oile foure ounces clarified hony thrée ounces Myrrhe one ounce and a halfe Aloe halfe an ounce Saffron thrée dragmes temper them together vnto a salue This preserueth the skin and permitteth not the moisture to putrifie vnder it but maketh the haire to grow But if it happen that through this or any other salues the skin is distempered then must it be vsed no further but with these decoctions following which are much commended it is to be washed to wit with the decoction of Willow leaues and Woodbind for which these also are more requisite Blites Fumitory wild Time Dock roots Sorell Storks bill all together or which one can get decocted or bathed therewith This following is a very good salue not only for the scals of the head but also for al other scabs and scurfs itch falling off of the haire nits and lice Take Gals red Arsnick Aristology of each 3. drag Hemlock séeds one quarter of an ounce foot of a chimny brimstone bitter Almonds Coloquint Caper roots fig leaues Elmtree leaues Verdigrease Plume Allume Sieff memithae plaine Coegal Myrrhe Aloe frankinsence and pitch of each one drag and a halfe stampe all that is to be stamped and temper it with vineger set it eight dayes or more in the sunne vntill it be well tempered and then vse it In like manner is this highly commended although the scall had continued many yeares The black and white Hellebore Brimstone viue Vitrioll Gold litharge vnslekt Lime Shoomakers blacking Aloe Gals soot of the chimny Woad ashes of each halfe an ounce mortified Quicksiluer Verdigrease of each one quarter of an ounce stamp all that is to be stamped Further take the iuice of Borage Scabiose Fumitory Dock roots of each two ounces mixe them all together with three ounces of old dregs of sallet oile and as much vineger let this seeth vpon a mild fire half an hower and then temper the other things amongst it and put an ounce of molten Turpentine amongst it Wax as much as is néedful for to make a salue
some whitenesse be séene vpon the blacke then is there an impostume growing and indéede such accidents do verily require an expert Chirurgion for as the common prouerbe is there is no iesting with the eyes Therfore to this end and intent shall hereafter be presented and deliuered many good medicines and we will first begin with things which are caused through inward sharp Rheumes It is to be noted that the Impostume that commeth in the white of the eye is not so much to be feared as they that come vpon the star or blacke for that they are the most dangerous Amongst which one is called the Canker which commeth of melancholicke humours and the signes be that this Impostume doth shew it selfe with heate and heauinesse of the minde the face and the eyes are of a leaden colour It maketh great pricking paine in the eyes and in the temples of the head on the side whereas the disease is And if there be applied thereto any hote things then doth the paine increase manifestly the appetite to meate is lost and all the face getteth another colour Therefore when that is seene and perceiued then must it be with all spéede preuented And first to begin with a necessarie letting of bloud and purging The patient must be forbidden wine and flesh and specially swéete wines His meate must be cooling hearbes as Spinage Lettice Purcelane Gourds Endiue water must be his best drinke much letting of bloud if the partie may suffer it is good And if so be that the impostume do appeare very great then is the patient to be let bloud the more in the Median or in the Saphea on the same side afterwards in the liuer veine alwayes regarding the time of the yeare and the patients abilitie But if the Impostume be not so great you may be content with the opening of the liuer veine or Median onely hereby will the Rheume be cut off that it cannot fall any more into the eyes For this are méete also boxing cups set vpon the shoulders and higher with picking But if the matter be sharpe and bitting one must purge with Mirobalans Manna laxatiue iuices of fruits and such like Afterwards the patient must be caused to néese and to gargarise whereof you haue before in the second Chapter and § 2. good instruction shall haue hereafter in other more places When as this is effected and done you may vse of these medicines which you will First there is Sief album not long since described in the 7. § tempered with womans milke If it leaue beating then it is a good token and hope that the sorenesse or paine wil weare away without impostumation but if it come to impostumate then must it be clensed with Hydromel or honie of Roses tempered with raine water making a linnen cloth wet therein and so layd on it Secondly with astringent things as the Sief de Thure which is forcible for all humours and defluxions of the eyes Thirdly with drying medicines as with well prepared Tutia and chiefly with the plaister de Muscilaginibus which is described in the sixt Chapter and in the end of the 7. § Will you then haue some part of the Catarre repelled Then put thereto the Muscilage of Fleawoorte or of Quince kernels the which must thrée or foure times a day be layd vpon the eyes mixed alwayes with Sief de Thure to wit as long as the matter cleaueth to the apple of the eye and no longer A good salue Take Tutia prepared in Rosewater halfe an ounce fresh Swines grease one ounce Starch thrée quarters of an ounce bruse it long in a morter one amongst another afterwards wash it thrée times in the water of Nightshade and annoint the forehead the temples of the head the eyelids with it without and within This salue is maruellous good for all impostumate and running eyes as also for al paines of the eyes bloudshots scabs and wounds of the eyes Some do vse also the maiden milk or Lac Virginis which is described in the fift Chapter and the 1. § but it is somewhat sharpe in the eyes If there be any sharpe Catarre that falleth into the eyes take warme white bread stéepe it in womens or any other milke and lay it vpon the eyes Item take a white loafe cut slices thereof a finger thicke lay them to stéepe in Well water and lay them on the eyes Oyle of burnt linnen is also very good for the impostumate eyes which is to be made as hereafter followeth Lay cleane and washed linnen clothes in a glassen helme strew powned glasse vpon it againe afterwards another lay of clothes and glasse againe vntill the helme be halfe full afterward distill it in sand Some do burne it in gilt boules and giue it for the plague Item set the clothes on fire with a candle lay them vpon an euen péece of iron tinne or siluer and put them presently out againe Then shall you alwayes find a drop of oyle the which take vp with a feather and so gather it This healeth maruellous well the impostumation of the eyes taketh away the paine and is good for the fistula and wounds in the eyes Clarified hony annointed in the corners of the eyes doth heale all diseases This Collyrium following is aboue all measure much commended a little of it being dropped often in the eye for it healeth and strengtheneth the sight mightily A precious water for the eyes Take Rue Roses Endiue Betonie Veruein Venus haire Agrimonie Cleuers Milfoile Eybright Chamedris Pimpernell Sage of each two M. cut them small stéepe them a day and a night in good Wine afterwards wring them out and spread them on a boord that the moisture may runne off ten houres afterwards beate them grosse and distill them in water and kéepe it stopt close Item take the iuice of Celendine one ounce the iuice of Fennell one ounce and a halfe Oxe gall fiue drag and one scrup Wolfes gall thrée quarters of an ounce prepared Tutia halfe an ounce temper them all together this dryeth much the impostumate eyes Item take Poppy leaues one M. Verueine Eyebright Fennell Mallowes Hollihockes Cammomill of each halfe a M. chop it and stampe it to pap mixe it with oyle of Roses make a cloth wet therein and lay it ouer the eyes It is a generall commaundement that where one vseth water for the eyes you must bind it hard with twice double linnen whereby the medicins applyed fall not off through néesing coughing or any other stirring or motion of the head Impostumes of the eyes through outward occasions IF so be that the impostumes of the eyes be caused through any outward occasion as through thrusts strokes and such like then are the déepe thrusts or pricks dangerous and most to be feared lest blindnesse do insue But these meanes following are to be vsed for the same Take vnpared Quinces the kernels being taken out beate them small and temper meale of Lentils amongst them and a little honie
as De succo Endiuiae de Cydonijs de Rosis siccis Rosatus solutiuus and Mirtinus It hath béene also said before that for this disease no purgations are fit But if such were most needfull then is there to be giuen him one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of fine Cassia with Purslaine water Another which is stronger Take Cassia one ounce and De succo Rosarum one quarter of an ounce beaten séeds of Agnus castus one scruple Water-lillies thrée ounces temper them all together Also there is to be giuen him one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of Cassia with hony or milke Afterwards take euery morning a draught of well decocted barly water and temper therewith according as the heate is great a spoonful or twaine of the iuice of Housléeke or Purslaine for it cooleth much Item take one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of Cassia strew it with the powder of Licorice and swallow it downe in the morning fasting Item vse fourtéene dayes continually in the morning early a little Cassia out of the pipes and spet out the kernels A Confection that is very fit for this Take prepared Coriander one quarter of an ounce powder of Mints thrée dragmes Lettice Purslaine and pilled Cucumber séed of each two dragmes and a halfe Gum Comin both parched of each one dragme parched Dragagant one dragme and a halfe Waterlillies one quarter of an ounce all these beaten small together Sugar fiftéene ounces and séeth the Sugar in Purslaine water and then make Tabulates of it Hereafter follow Potions Take Comfrey rootes and seeth them in water drinke thereof thrée or foure ounces with Sugar it is very fit for this disease Item steeled water wherein Mirtle seede hath bene decocted being drunken is also very good For this is also meete Plantaine water Sorrell water Purslaine water and Cicorie water Or take Mallowes and Hollihocke rootes boyle them in water and drinke of it Or take of the Trocisci de Carabe de terra Sigillata de Spodio which you will or of each halfe a dragme for the whole Dose mixe it with whay and so drinke it What ought to be vsed outwardly IF so be that this infirmitie haue long continued then make Smiths Sinders glowing hot and slake them in wine and bath therwithall You must fill the Nauel with Stags suet which stayeth the affluxion of the heate and sharpnesse of the matter If the patient then desire to make water thē must the patient hang his priuities in Plātaine water or Nightshade water Item take old oyle of Roses two ounces oyle of Quinces and Mirtles of each two ounces and a halfe Burnt Lead white Lead Bloudstone both washt in Lettice water of each halfe an ounce Starch one ounce and a halfe Willow leaues and water Lillie flowers of each fiue dragmes Camfere one quarter of an ounce mixe one with another in a leaden mortar with the iuice of Plantaine and make also a salue thereof For this disease shall you finde many remedies both in the auncient and later Phisitions The cooling salue is also very commodious for this like as is the oyntment of Saunders Vnguentum Sandalinum Vnguentum Sandalinum which is made in this manner Take Roses three dragmes red Saunders two dragmes and a halfe yellow Saunders one dragme and a half fine Bolus one quarter of an ounce burnt Iuorie one drag Camfere halfe a dragme white Waxe one ounce oyle of Rose buds three ounces the Waxe and the oyle are to be molten togither and then temper the other things amongst them This is not onely good for this disease but also for inflamed Kidneies and to coole the liuer the stomacke and all other parts With any of both these oyntments annoynt the patients Kidneies and the Cods euen to the end of his Yard Item take oyle of Mirtles Roses Masticke of each halfe a dragme shauen Iuorie one scruple Camfere two graines powne all that is to be powned and with a little Waxe make thereof a salue wherwith annoynt the Kidneies This salue is also good for the whites in women Womens whites It is also much commended to weare vpon the Kidneies a peece of thin beaten Lead Of the Fluxe of Sperme or the running of Reynes through cold §. 2. IN this infirmitie is felt with the paine in the head a distemperance also of the braines a vexation af the whole body with cold euē as in Mania For this be especially Mints very méete Rue also and the seede thereof be highly commended for the same mountaine Mints Agnus Castus Artichockes with the rootes parched Comin Caruway Annis Frankinsence and their barkes Masticke and Marierom This patient must then prouidently as is sayd and mildly purge afterwards euery morning take a dragme of Treacle with Betonie water You may giue him also stued Peares or Quinces to eate Likewise rere sodden egges wherein is a little Masticke powder strewed and red Corall powder Also the Reynes and bladder are to be annointed round about with oyle of Masticke and oyle of Roses Of the Fluxe of the Sperme or seede in the sleepe §. 3. ABoue the afore mentioned fluxe of the seede this yet is to be annexed vnto it when as the seede also passeth away in the sleepe a nights and very seldome by day The cause of this is daily riotting and surfetting and specially meates which are drest with spice and be easie of digestion Secondly the thoughts vpon a faire woman whom one loueth Thirdly to sléepe sound and to lye vpon the backe abundance of bloud abstinence from women haile youth whence all other signes are to be had and taken these are also to be remedied like the former If it be caused of fulnesse it is to be cured by abstinence if through lust after women then will it be eased with a godly Matrimonie as also by the vse of cold and dry things as is already sayd of the running of the Raynes of that which procéedeth not of abundance but maketh a man vnfit to get children as shall be hereafter spoken of Of what and whereby naturall Sperme or seede will be most augmented §. 4. THe cause of the diminishing or increasing of naturall séede may as well procéede of intollerable heate as cold also of inward and outward causes The cold is repercussiue and kéepeth backe the heate consumeth Likewise it may grow by fals and such like other things moe whereby the braines are weakened Item of some kind of lesion of the stones and other parts also of inward as a bad concoction of the séede cutting of the stone or the Piles wherby the generation of the séede is hindred of sore precedent diseases of sorrow heauinesse temptation smalnesse of the humaine member and amongst diuers other causes of age also Now for to helpe this disease euen as is before sayd not to increase lecherie or fleshly lust but in fauour and preferment of Matrimonie For this therefore is good warme and dry weather and also
all such dwellings yellow Rape séede baked in bread as much that there be put one scruple in halfe a penyworth of white bread is very requisite yong fat flesh not salted too much a sauce with Saffron long Pepper and tayles of Stincus prepared with good Wine all sowre sharpe doughy slimy meates must be forborne long sléepe and especially after meate doth annoy for the long sleepe immediatly after meate doth no lesse hinder venerie then surfetting with meate and drinke He is also to eschue all vexation sorrow and care But in generall these things are good for the increase of humaine séede and to recouer the losse thereof againe to wit Egs Milks Rise drest in Milke Sparrowes braines yea the whole birds Also the stones of these Beasts following viz. as of Buls Cockes Bucks Rams Bores and all their pissels Of pottages are very good that of Beanes Ciches Lupins the first bitter brothes of them cast away and the rest sugred Pease Turky or French Beanes and Wheate sodden in fresh broth and drest with Spice Annis Fennell seedes white and red Mustard séede Colewort seed and yellow Rape séede the seedes of white Sesamum Fenegreeke séede sodden with Hony in fat flesh broth Linséede tempered with Sugar and other meate and also Nettle séede Of Rootes these following are highly commended as stued Onions Garlick Léekes yellow Rapes fresh Ragwort rootes and confected Sugar or the powder thereof dronken with the water wherein Mustard seede is sodden confected rootes of Eringus confected Ginger Costus rootes Sperage Thistle rootes Radish Zeduary Squils rosted confected Asarabacca Pieretrum and Cypers nuts Of Herbes are the garden Cressis and braunches of Sperage Of Fruits hasell Nuts Pistacia Almonds and aboue all Marchpane made thereof All Spices are very commodious for this vse as Cinnamom Cardamome Galingall long Pepper Cloues Ginger Saffron For this is also very highly praysed Assa foetida the waight of one dragme and a halfe dronken in good Wine in like manner also Dragagant the pissell of a Bull or of a Hart the waight of one scruple taken also in Wine likewise the tayles of Stincus the waight of a dragme taken before meate with Wine Of things compounded you haue these confections Diamoschu Pliris Aromaticum Rosatum Diambra Dianthos Diagalanga Trionpipereon and Diamargaritan Calidum also Mithridate in like manner And aboue all other things is the confection Diasatyrion commended for it strengtheneth the stomacke This following is much vsed at Augusta Take Ginger one dragme and a halfe Almonds Pingles and Pisticia of each one ounce the kernels of an Indy Nut and Sisarum of each halfe an ounce the pissell of a Hart fiue dragmes Cynqfoyle Palma Christi one dragme and a halfe Galingall Cloues Cinnamom white Mustard séede long Pepper wild yellow Rape séede white Behen of each one dragme Onion séede Radish séed Rape seede and Ashen keyes of each two scruples the sides and tayles of Stincus thrée drag Borrage one quarter of an ounce Sugar two pound seeth it in Wine as you would make Tabulats or a confection of it This also following may be prepared Take yellow and other Rapes Onions Sperage rootes wild Mustard seede Radish seede Pingles Ash keyes rootes of Eringu◠of Satyrion swéete Costus rootes Ginger long Pepper and Cresses séedes of each a like much Also take clarified Hony three ounces to one ounce of the powder then make thereof a confection Of the same may three dragmes be taken at once tempered with Sugar pennets and new Milke One may vse outwardly Waxe made to an Oyntment with oyle of Beuercod Or take Beuercod Marierom gentle oyle of Costus of each a like much put thereto a little Muske or Zibeta and therwith annoynt the yarde with other places adioyning vnto it If you will haue a slighter then take the gall of a Beare An especiall oyntmēt Take of the great winged Ants thrée dragmes oile of white Sasamum and oyle of Lillies of each one ounce powne the Ants and put them into the oyle and so let them stand the space of sixe dayes in the Sunne afterwards wring out the oyle and put thereto Euphorbium one scruple Pepper Rue of each one dragme white Mustard seede half a dragme set this againe into the Sunne awhile and annoynt all ouer the priuities therewith Another Take oyle of Lillies two ounces oyle of Beuercod one ounce Euphorbium Pepper white Mustard séed of each one dragme Muscus halfe a scruple temper it vnto an Oyntment If so be that then the naturall heate be thereby excitated and stirred vp and other kindnesse do come vpon you then do what in you lyeth The seuenth Chapter Of Barrennesse in generall WHen as then neither in the one nor in the other as that neither in the Man nor in the Woman there appeareth any infirmitie in the parts of generation and both parties are mighty inough for the worke notwithstanding cannot come to any generation then must there be a certaine cause of barrennesse whereof there be many kinds First then concerning the Man it may be well caused through outward and inward accidents the outward are the hard meates whereto there commeth then also the vnbeliefe of Withcraft But if so be that the same proceed of inward causes then doth the same procéed of the weaknesse of the most principall parts of mans body as of the Hart the Braines the Liuer the Stomacke the Milt Or he may be too fat or too leane with many moe other infirmities which may be in the priuy mēbers that are not to be here discouered The signes of the Barrennesse of the man are these great heate which may be knowen by féeling him The woman in receiuing féeleth the great heate of the seede he hath great desire to the action and is very hairy ouer al his body and got haire very early about the priuities But if so be that cold be the cause then are these things found to be all contrary Concerning the Women the Barrennesse may be caused by drinking too much cold water by continuall vse of sowre meates by anger by feare by frighting and other motions moe of the minde which may cause all the same Item when a woman after copulation stirreth by and by leapeth runneth or daunceth too much If it proceede of any inward cause then must it be either of the constitution of the whole body or of some other infirmitie of the parts of generation If of the constitution of the whole body then shall some principal part of the body féele the same to wit by reason that the Termes are hindred or flow too much Also a woman may be too old or too yong or too fat which maketh barren If the maladie be in the parts of generation then dependeth it most in the mother or wombe which hath some vlceration or is too wide or too narrow or too much obstructed and such like The signes of Barrennesse in women are these to wit when it procéedeth of the coldnesse of
not only stay the fluxe in women but also expelleth the wind of the stomack and hindereth parbraking Or take Sandaraca one ounce and a halfe pouned Cypers nuts one ounce fine Bolus foure ounces Plantaine seed and Pimpernell rootes of each two ounces and a halfe Starch three ounces then make it with water wherein Akornes were decocted vnto a plaister or salue and vse it as is sayd There may also be made a bathe as héere followeth Seeth the rootes of Curcuma in sufficient water and make thereof a bath for the raynes It is also good to make a bath wherein Allume is decocted or any of these things following which one will as Mirtle séed the rinds and rootes of the Elme trée the rinds of the Oke tree Pomegranat blossomes and the péeles Akornes Medlars Lentils and such like Item it is sayd that if one do burne Ranam Arboream to ashes and the ashes worne on the neck that womens termes will be stopt thereby but it is to be proued In like manner do some aduise that the mosse of the blacke or Slo-thorne worne in ones shoes should also stop the same Item take Shepherds purse and binde it on the soales of a womans féete Others aduise also that boxing cups should be set vnder her breast vnpickt for that they draw the bloud vpwards and it is also a very good remedie for to stop therewith the flowing of the termes Likewise it helpeth also excéedingly to binde the armes hard to the end that thereby the bloud might be drawne vpwards Further this setting of cups binding and all these things that are to be put into the places admonished before be especially to be vsed if it be perceiued that through such superfluous courses women be impotent and were afraid of present falling into a swoune In like manner also it is very requisite that she smell oftentimes to cold things and vse other moe binding things which be described in the first part the eight Chapter and the 7. § For a conclusion it is to be noted whether there be heate or cold in this woman that the medicine may be ordained accordingly These be all warming things and they also which stop bloud which do héere follow viz. Frankinsence Mastick Cypers nuts Sandaraca Laudanum Mirrha Storax Annis and such like Cold stopping things be these as Camfer the iuice of Sloes burnt Iuorie Coriander Dragon bloud Saunders bloud stone Hypocistis fine Bolus Ruscus seed Mirtle séed Gals Pomgranat blossoms the seed of Plantaine the seed of Melon of Cucumbers of Gourds of Pompeons and Pimpernell rootes c. whereby all tempered medicines may be adiudged Of the whites or white fluxe in women §. 4. THe disease which women do call the whites and the Phisitions Menstrua alba hath a great acquaintance or fellowship with the auoidance of humane séed or the running of the raynes whereof we haue written at large before in the sixt Chapter and it is also very euidently declared that such kind of fluxes be caused through hot and through cold causes which is héere also to be noted But aboue all that which is there discoursed do all famous Phisitions commend that if it procéed of heate women be first of all to be purged for which Cassie is passing good afterwards giue her euery other day one drag of Trociscos de Carabe tempered in Plantaine water or a quarter of an ounce of Triphera ex parte Phenonis tempered with a little fine Bolus The raines are to be annointed with the salue of Roses and with other things moe which be prescribed in the spermaticall fluxe There is also to be giuen her euerie second or third day one dragme of the filing of Iuorie to drinke with Plantaine water and the cold loosings of Diamargariton is she also to vse oftentimes Item Take Camphora ten graines bruse it small beaten Amber one scruple drinke them togither with Plantaine water it is a very good medicine For this is also estéemed to be a sure remedy the first buds of the Blackberrie bush and the berries thereof dried pouned drunken euery day one dragme with red wine or twise a day There may also be made a confection of the said berries when they be ripe seething the same with hony or Sugar and to vse thereof daily But in case that this disease procéede of cold whereto some do make sixe kindes of bathes which are to be vsed one vpon the other which me thinketh to be much too strong for that they take Sulphure Allum stéeled water and strong Menageges as Feuerfew Mugwoort and baiberries afterwards againe all things which be contrarie as Oken buds Knotgrasse Squinant c. Therefore will we leaue the same vnmentioned but for this must be taken the flowers of dead Nettles poudered the waight of a dragme with wine Confected Annis seed is also very commodious for this But in case that the issue be very sharpe then beate whites of egs with Rose water and make clothes wet in it and put it vp into womens secrets Of the suffocation or ascension of the Matrix §. 5. THis terrible sicknes is in many things most like to the falling euill Epilepsiae and the great swouning Syncopi because the Matrix hath great sympathie with the heart the arteries braines and with the two membranes which do couer the braines This maladie commeth to women through diuers causes and especially when there is retention of their termes or flowers yea also through the retention of their naturall seed especially to them that be accustomed to haue the company of a man and must then forbeare it as widowes and aged maidens for that in case the foresaid séed be retained then causeth it many kinds of winds in the Matrix which do compell it so to ascend that otherwhiles it oppresseth euen the Diaphragma This is then the opinion of diuers learned men in this case but Galen doth dispute against it with strong reasons that the foresaid naturall séed doth much rather cause this sicknes than the retention of the tearmes chiefly in women which also are burthened with many bad humours be full of blood and brought vp in idlenes haue accustomed to accompany with a man like as is expressed and now suddenly are constrained to want it Therefore is commonly séene saith he that this suffocation for the most part troubleth widowes He maintaineth also and that by good reason that the mother doth not ascend euen to the Diaphragma which is the midriffe and there doth abridge the breath Thus may be caused through the retention and putrifaction of the seed all manner of troublesome accidents as giddines and paines of the head madnes short breath and panting of the hart their natural colour doth alter into a yellow pale yea somtimes into rednes of the face of the eies they gnash with their téeth draw their hands féet away they do also feele that there ascendeth somewhat vpwards out of the belly and commonly then do they presse downe their belly
disease First of all take thrée boxing cups and set the one vpon the nauell or vnder the breasts and the other two aboue the priuities vnpickt these may draw the Matrix againe into her accustomed place The Midwife may also annoint the bodie within with oyle of Masticke and do whatsoeuer is possible by manuall operation to set the same againe into her naturall place Secondly take a glowing brick and strew thereon this powder following Take Tormentil the iuice of Sloes and Bistorta of each thrée dragmes the péeles and blossoms of Pomegranats of each one quarter of an ounce Assa foetida one ounce Mastick Frankinsence Galbanum of each two dragmes and a halfe Cipers nuts Gals Mirtle séed of each fiue dragmes stampe them together and mixe them well together this fume is she to receiue from beneath but héed must be had that it come not into the nose for to hold to her nose serue none other but well sauouring and sweete smelling things Ambra Muscus and Violets and all sauours which are most acceptable vnto her These bad sauours as is said before cause the Mother to ascend againe This same is also to be vsed whilest that the boxing cups are fastened Item take a stinking egge from a brood hen and dip cotten in it and then lay it vpon the dependant necke of the Matrix then will it forthwith be drawne vp againe Or take Cammomil Marierom and Caruway of each one handful Linséed one handful and a halfe seeth it in water and receiue the vapor thereof If so be that there be heate with it then are you to vse this vapor following Take Housléeke as much as you please beate it grosse and afterwards lay it vpon a hote stone and let the woman receiue the vapor thereof Thirdly then is this fomentation to be made Take thrée ounces of Roses Mirtle séed Violet leaues Marigolds and Feuerfew of each one handful Assa foetida fiue dragmes breake them all together then put them in a bag and seeth them in red wine and lay it after the vapor receiued vpon the foresaid place Or take the blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Cipers nuts the rinds of Medlars and of the Seruice trée of each one ounce Allume one ounce and a halfe seeth them all together in red wine and foment therewith the places and the parts adiacent of the Matrix Some do also aduise to take Oxe dung tempered with red wine and to receiue the vapor of it from beneath Fourthly let euery day the necke of the Mother and al parts about the Mother be annointed with the salue Althea but temper amongst it some marrow of any beasts the fat of fowles and oyle as much as you please do this in the euening when she goeth to bed You may also of such like things make a plaister and apply it all the whole night as before Or take the oyle of Mirtles of Lillies and of Masticke of each two ounces and a halfe Assa foetida Bistorta and Tormentill of each thrée dragmes the gum is to be molten then powne all that is to be powned and make a salue thereof annoint therewith the body outwardly and also vpon the kidneyes Lesser Take the yolkes of two well brayed egges put vnto them one ounce and a halfe of the oyle of Roses fresh butter halfe an ounce make a salue thereof and vse it as before The dependant Matrix is to be washed often with wine which is stéeled Also the oyle of swéete Almonds may be vsed for this purpose Fiftly Take Assa foetida one ounce Masticke Frankinsence Mirtle séede Galingall and Cipers nuts of each one dragme stamped together very small mixe it with the oyle of Mirtles and annoint therewith a pessarie afterwards put it into the places Sixtly Take Rosin two ounces Frankinsence Masticke and Cypers gum of each halfe an ounce temper it together and let it melt make it then with the oyle of Masticke to a plaister and weare it vpon the priuities it will stay and let that the Mother or Matrix cannot fall any further out of the body Or take Masticke one ounce Frankinsence halfe a dragme Cipers nuts Galles and Mirtle seede of each one dragme pilles and blossomes of Pomegranates and Turpentine of each one quarter of an ounce powne all that is to be powned and temper it all together with Turpentine and oyle of Masticke as much as will suffice for to make a mild plaister spread it on a cloth of a quarter long and halfe a quarter broade weare this plaister continually betweene the nauell and the priuities The common people do much commend to sit vpon Oaken boords and to receiue the fume of dried Caruway from beneath cakes baked with the dried séeds of Verbascum and to eate them to eate Annis seeds to annoint the dependant Matrix oftentimes with the iuice of Sloes and aboue all vomiting and parbraking thereby to draw the Matrix vpwards are very good Aboue all these which be before discouered against the descension of the Matrix are these things ensuing also very good Take burnt Date stones beaten small and strew of this powder vpon the dependant member A stronger Take Mumia Licium Hypocistis powned Galles of each two scruples burnt and small beaten Oyster shels two dragmes and a halfe then make a powder thereof and vse it as is before said Item take a wax candle of the length of sixe fingers breadth and one finger thick annoint it with oyle of Lillies and put it vp into the place Item take Cipers nuts vnwormeaten Oken leaues Squinant and Cammomill of each halfe an ounce Roses one quarter of an ounce Hares haire cut small halfe a dragme stamp all to powder and put it in a bag of the length and breadth of a finger then stéepe it in warme wine wherein Cammomill hath bene decocted and so put it vp into the body This woman is also to sit vp to the nauell in a bath wherein Allume and other astringent things haue bene decocted and let her sit therein about an houre Other do counsel to vse this bag following Take Oken buds Medlar leaues Seruice leaues the vppermost sprigs of Ladies thistles Cipers leaues of each one handfull the sprigs of Mirtles Valerian wild mints of each two handfuls chop them all smal afterwards put them into a bag let it séeth well and sit thereon when you are in the bath For a conclusion there serueth for this intent all that is prescribed before in the tenth chapter and second § of the falling out of the Arsegut for that both these diseases haue one kind of cause Likewise also there are many things specified in the third part the third chapter second § of the tumerous breasts which are méet for this purpose like as also hereafter of women in child-bed shall be said So much be then spoken of this suffocation and descension of the mother now we will proceede of other accidents which also concerne the Matrix or mother Of the paine in
ensuing Take Cow dung and Goates dung make a plaister of it with the oyle of Earthwormes and so lay it warme vnto it by this meanes do the shrunken sinewes waxe loose But looke in the fourth part the seuenth chap. and 2. § what is written of the lamenesse and extenuation of the members The like also in the 3. chap. of the Pocks where you shal find good direction of this matter To cause the flesh to grow in wounds §. 13. THe Grecians and the Phisitions do call the things which cause the flesh to grow Sarcotica which be for the most part drie in the first degrée for if they be ouermuch drying then will they not onely drie the humors which do fall into the wounds but the bloud also and the whole substance of the part This salue following is very requisite for it Take Hony sixe ounces seeth and skum the same vntill it be a litle thicke afterwards temper therein Myrrhe Sarcocolla and Aloe of each one dragme and a halfe powned all together to powder Item take the Lytharge of siluer refuse of Iron Centorie Aloe Frankinsence and Masticke of each a like quantitie make a subtill powder of it For this is also méete the plaister Album coctum Triapharmacon and Apostolicon which all together ingender flesh and are prescribed for the same intent For this also be these plaisters following to be vsed viz. Emplastrum griseum or de lapide Calaminari which is thus made Take prepared Calaminari half an ounce Lytharge of gold one ounce Ceruse one quarter of an ounce Tuty halfe a dragm Masticke one dragme and a half Myrrhe one dragme Camfer two scruples make thereof a plaister if it be too hard put more Turpentine vnto it this plaister drieth causeth flesh to grow healeth and cicatriseth all wounds The other Take prepared Calaminari foure ounces Masticke Frankinsence and Dragagant of each one dragme the Lytharge of siluer halfe an ounce Waxe thrée quarters of an ounce Rosin halfe an ounce prepared Tuty two scruples and oyle of Roses as much as is néedfull this is somewhat weaker than the other The salue of Tuty Diapampholigos is very meete for this vse so is also the salue Apostolorum Of that which causeth the Skin to grow §. 14. AT last if you perceiue that the flesh is growne so high that there wanteth only cicatrisation then are things to be vsed which haue an astringent vertue and which do drie excéedingly without corrosion For which be most fit all the salues of lime which be described in the fift Chapter and first § In like manner also the fiue white salues which be discouered in the ninth Chapter and first § and the last mentioned Diapampholigos This powder following is excéeding good for it Take Lytharge of siluer burnt Allume washed Lyme burnt Lead Gals and Pomgranate peeles of each a like quantitie strew it vpon the wound for this also it is very fit that the wounds be washed with Wormwood wine or Rosemarie wine Concerning the wounds of the head we haue written somewhat in the description of the skull in the first part the fourth chapter and 1. § The eight Chapter Of the Cicatrices and spots of the Skin WHen there hath bene any bodie wounded or hath had some other exulceration healed then will there remain on the same place some cicatrice or mark For as hath bene admonished at the first the skin doth neuer more heale of it selfe but there must grow a new skin Also it happeneth otherwhiles that newborne children do bring spots into the world And because that the same are placed in the face they do make a great deformitie therefore we will also discourse of them Amongst the Grecians be those spots that be white called Leuce and by the Latinists Vitiligines which be white spots of the bodie Item there be also blacke spots of the Leprosie Of the spots which appeare in the face we haue written in the first part the fift Chapter and first § which remedies may also be vsed ouer the whole bodie But because there be so many kind of sorts we are to write the more at large of them Of the moles or markes that children are borne withall §. 1. IT hapneth also many times that newborne children do bring with them into the world certaine spots or moles which are caused by some frighting strange lusts and such like which women being with Child may get as by experience hath oftentimes bene séene Chew in the morning fasting Mustard séede and annoint therewith the spots do this oftentimes then will the spots weare away but looke diligently vnto it that it come not into the childs eyes also breath not into his eyes There come also otherwhiles certaine markes and other red spots on the skin for which the Basilica is first to be opened and afterwards some cooling sirupes and other cooling potions but we will write and discourse seuerally thereof Of red spots through heate §. 2. OF these spots we haue before admonished in the first Chapter and 4. § that all that may be vsed for it which is ordained for the Rose or Erisipelas But if so be that this be caused through some vncleannes of the bloud as it commonly hapneth and that notwithstanding there be no speciall heate instant then can no better thing be vsed for it than the sirupe of Fumitorie and al that may be made of that herbe for that herbe hath an especiall vertue to cleanse the bloud and to take away all itch of the skin Afterwards are you to vse this salue following Take vnsleckt lyme and prepared Tuly of each one drag oyle of S. Iohns woort two ounces and a litle wax temper them all together Or take Camfere bruse it with an Almond then temper the same with Rose water and annoint the spots therewith Take oyle of Egs as much as you please and temper amongst it a good part of brused lytharge of siluer then annoint therewith the spots this driueth them away how lothsome soeuer they be For this is also very fit the oyle of Iuniper and the oyle of bitter Almonds and of each alike or each apart Also you may vse for this maydens milke Lac virginis which is described in the first part the fifth Chapter and 1. § Item take Hellebore two ounces stampe it to pap and put thereto as much of the iuice of Agrimonie and a litle Rosewater then rubbe the spots with it Or take lytharge of siluer burnt Allume burnt Lead washed Lyme Gals and Pomgranate blossomes of each one dragme and make a powder thereof Of spots which come by fals §. 3. BEfore in the first Chapter and 6. § is a salue described beginning thus Take the caules of Goats c. which is especiall good for all spots and very safe Of spots by stripes or falles §. 4. FOr this you haue in the first part the fifth Chapter and 5. § two good remedies without which you may vse these ensuing which may be rather vsed
that are ordained against the venome of the Spanish flies but in the stead of Sallad oyle the oyle of Quinces is much better Snakes and Adders are of diuers sorts throughout the world and Africa Media Echatana and Troglodytis are maruellous much plagued therewith euen as now a dayes Italy is in some places Wherefore may Dutch men and English men account it for a blessing of God that they cannot say as men do of Africa that there are moe men slaine by venome than by the sword And because this seuenth part discourseth only of poyson of venemous beasts we wil adde here to the rest al the principallest things that are set forth by the learned against the biting of snakes and such like venemous beasts Wherefore we will speake first of the roote of Aron that is Cuckopit when Snakes are smoked therewith then will they be all as if they were drunken and remaine stiffe In like maner when this roote is beaten to powder mingled with oyle of Bayes annointing the place therewith where they do vse then will they be hunted away This roote is also to be drunken in red wine against all venome If the fruite of the tree Platanus be taken with wine then doth it withstand all stingings of Snakes and Scorpions Elecampane rootes drunken in Wine are also good against the stinging of venemous beasts The â—ooâ—e of Mandrâ—gera is also good for it principally if any must be cut or adusted for these venemous beasts bitings for it bringeth the patient into a déepe sleepe and maketh him wholy insensible euen as before we haue taught If â—bâ—lus be set on fire then doth the smell of the same driue away all manner of Snakes The leaues thereof layed in Wine and drunken thereof are also good against all kindes of poysons The leaues of the Ash trée wroong out and the iuice thereof drunken and laid vpon the biting withstandeth the poison of Snakes as vehemently as any thing in the world For this tree hath such an antipathy with the venom of snakes that the snakes shun the shadow of this trée Plinus writeth also that if one compasse them in one place with fire and in another place with Ashen wood that they had rather run into the fire than be touched with that wood This bad worme doth also not créepe out of his winter hole before vntil that the Ash trée beginneth to blow the which is a maruellous worke of nature Moreouer the Ash trée shal not let his leaues fall before and vntill that the Snakes be cropen againe into their holes Right Balsam is commended against all venome of Snakes but by reason that we haue not the same there are many kinds thereof distilled wherein euery one is to vse all diligence that he can to attaine to the right Balsam as néere as he can possibly whereof you shall find diuers descriptions in the last part where you shall also haue liuing and golden waters which are very commodious for it And for that England and Dutchland as is already said are almost frée from these bad beasts we rest contented with the easiest and best knowne things in like maner leaue the Balsamum artificiale to the charge of the Chirurgians Teuâ—rium do the auncient Phisitions say to be the most precious remedie against the venome of Snakes whether it be taken in drinke or layd vpon the bite In like sort the great Teucrium whether the same be taken greene drie decocted or the iuice thereof Mugwort is also taken to be very good for the biting of Snakes if the same be layd in wine and some thereof drunken and layed vpon the wound Betony and all herbes of that vertue as Gilloflowers c. the auncient Phisitions do write to haue such power against the biting of a snake that if this herbe be layd round about her she had rather be killed than créepe ouer the same herbe for which cause the wine and conserue of this herbe are highly estéemed so is also the powder and seedes of the same Beuercod is good for many things as is sufficiently before declared in the description of other sicknesses And amongst other it is also good against the biting of snakes and biting of other venemous beast if the same be mingled with other things according to the importance of the beast that hath fo bitten This if it be vsed in time of néed you may take thereof halfe an ounce with wine Buckes and Goates haire set on fire driueth away all snakes Penniroyall withstandeth all snakes by nature by reason of the sauour or smell wherefore it is to be strewed vpon the place where as the snakes haue bitten one and be drunken with Wine Purslaine eaten and applied also vpon the sore draweth out the venome It is also good for al other kindes of poison if one drinke the sap thereof with Wine or Hony but the wild purslaine is the best The iuice of the flowers of Selfeheale drunken with Wine should be good for all the venom of beasts The nuts of the great and small Cipers trées which may be had at euery Apothecaries stamped and drunken with Wine are also good for this In like manner the same Cipers herbe which is to be found in many gardens is very highly commended for that it withstandeth all poison of snakes if it be drunken with wine Nardus séede is renowmed to driue away snakes by his smell and sauor Dill mingled with Rue and Swines bread with pepper and so giuen to eate is good against the biting of Snakes Acornes are also good to be drunken against this venome Hens egges hard sodden and tempered with Cresses are good being layed vpon the biting of Snakes Verueine stéeped in wine and drunken is very good likewise if it be layed thereupon The roote of Gentian is in diuers maners good against venom as before hath bene declared but chiefly against biting of snakes it is commended aboue all others if one take a quarter of an ounce thereof with wine Pease meale tempered with vineger drunken and laid vpon it is also very good The smoke or fume of Asses lights will also driue away venemous beasts Venemous beasts cannot abide the smoke of Ferne wherefore it is good that it be strewed vpon the places where they haunt Fennell and specially the seede of wild Fennell drunken with wine is much commended for it Haire of womens heads burnt hath a maruellous power to driue away Snakes and Spiders Galbanum is a gum that driueth away all venemous wormes The herbe Cuckowbread the waight of a dragme drunken with wine hath many times bene approoued Barly meale layd on with vineger withstandeth venome Some do giue the roote of Celandine the waight of thrée dragmes with wine or make therof a salue and lay it on the venemous biting of a Snake The braines of a Cocke or Capon are also good for this being vsed in meate The séedes of Mew is amongst other séedes most commended if the same be drunke with
Céeres Peason cerres petie Ciche Cichla Turdus a Blackbird or Ousell Cici Ricinus Palma Christi  Cicla officinarum Beta Béetes Cichorea officinarum Cichorium Cicory Cichorium the same Ciconia a Storke Cicuta Hemlocke Cicutaria Myrrhis wild Cheruill Câ—x Kex Asse parsley or mocke Cheruill Cidonium a Quince Cilia the eielids Cimex a stinking worme bréeding in wood Cinara or Cynara or Cinarus or Cynarus an Artichocke Cinamomum Cinnamome Cine Ruscus the Boxe trée Cinis Ashes Cinnabaris Indica Sanguis Draconis a liquor or gum brought out of Africa Cinnabaris metallica Cinoper Cinnabaris metallica natiua a certaine red mine or Cinoper Cinnabaris metallica factitia common or counterfaited Cinoper Cinnabaris fossilis Cinoper of the mine Cinnabaris artificialis counterfaited Cinoper Cinnabrium Cinnabaris Cinoper Cinnabrium natiuum siue fossile Cinoper of the mine Cinnamomum siue  Cinnamum Cinnamome Circinalis Maiden haire Cission Aclepias Swallowwoort Cissus Hedera Iuy Citrea siue Citrus a Citron or Orenge Citreum malum the same Citrago Citraria Citronella Baulme Citrullus a Citrull Citrus Citrea a Citron or Orenge trée Citta Pica malacia the affection of longing in women with childe Clareta or Claretum Claret or spice wine Claua Herculis Nymphaea water Lilly or water Rose or Nenuphar Clauuâ— Veneris Apuleij Nymphaea the same Clema Palmes the branch of a Vine Clema Pityusa Spurge Clematis herba and Clematis Daphnoides Perwinckle Clibodium Parietaria Pellitory of the wall Climia officinarum Cadmia Tuttie Clinophodiontes Apuleij Polygonum Knotgras Clibodium Helxine Pellitory of the wall Clibatis Nicandri or Clibetis Nicandri the same Cnicus Cartamus Saffron Cnecus Cartamus wilde Saffron Cnicus syluestris and Cnecus campestris wilde Saffron Cneoron Séeke Cassia coronaria Cnopodium Polygonum Knotgras Coagulum the rennet of a beast that turneth milkâ— Coagulum capreoli a Kids mawe Coagulum Leporis a Hares mawe Cobaltum meâ—allicorum Cadmia Tutty Colius Spurge Coâ—celi Hippocratis Nuces Pineae Pingles Cocâ—ognidium Granum Thymelaeae In this booke you must not take it for Mezereon that is Lorell but for Lathyris which is Spurge Coccum infectorium Graine wherewith cloth is grained Coccus Theophrasti Paralius sea Spurge Coccus Baphica GranuÌ„ tinctorum Graine wherwith cloth is grained Coccimela a Plum trée Coccimelon Prunum a Plum Diphilo taketh Coccimelon for a Citron Coccimelea agria Sloes Cochlearia Brassica marina sea Folefoote Cochlearia palustris Plantago aquatica water Plantaine Codia Papaueris caput Poppy huskes Coclidonium chymistarum Chelidonium Celandine Coete Cicuta Hemlocke Colatypus auis a Stare Colchicum Dogs bane Dogs stones or meadowe Saffron Colica the Colick Colla Gluten Glew Collum draconis Dragons Colon or Colum or intestinum colon a great gut so called Colocynthis a kinde of wilde Gourd purging phlegme Colophonia radix Scammony Colophonium Scammonium the same Colostra or Colostrum Béestings Columbaris Veruena Verueine Colubrina officinarum Britannica Harts toong Colubrina vera Dragons Colubrina magna great Dragons Colubrina minor the lesser Dragons Colubrina palustris water Cuckoe pit Columbrina Verbena Verueine Columbrina Dracuntium Dragons Coluthea Theophrasti Sene. Colus rustica Attractylis wilde Saffron Colycea Theophrasti a kinde of nuts called also Pistacium Columbas Oliua conditanea preserued Oliues Coma aurea Chrysocome Gold knaps Cometes Cataputia syluestris wilde Spurge Comitialis morbus Epilepsia the falling sicknesse Concha marina sea Mussels Conchylij Indici operculum or TegumentuÌ„ Mussel shels of India Séeke Blacca Byzantia Condiloma a swelling of the fundament Conion Cicuta Hemlocke Confectio laetificans Almansoris a certaine confection so called Confectio laetificans Galeni such another confection as that afore Confectio Anacardina a confection so termed Confectio Aromatica rosata called also Aromaticum rosatum Confectio de gemmis the confection of Gems or precious stones Confectio Hamech a certaine purge so called Confection Iustina a confection so named Confectio de Xyloaloë a confection made of Lignum Aloes Conserua maior Symphytum alterum Comfrey Confirma maior Comfrey Congelatio Stupor benumbling vnsensiblenes Conila Apuleij Origanum Marioram Coniugulum Catonis Bindwéede Conserua Buglossae the conserue of Buglosse Conserua Hyssopi Conserue of Hyssope Conserua Melissae Conserue of Baulme Conserua Nenupharis Conserue of water Lillyes Conserua florum paralysis Conserue of Cowslips Conserua Paeoniae Conserue of Pyony Conserua Rosarum Conserue of Roses Conserua Anthos Conserue of Rosemary Conserua primulae veris conserue of Primroses Conserua Saluiae Conserue of Sage Conserua Spicanardi Conserue of Spikenard Conserua Trifolij acetosi Conserue of wood Sorrell Conserua Violarum Conserue of Violets Consiligo Plinij Longwoort Consolida Symphytum Comfrey Consolida lactaria Mouseare Consolida media HerbarioruÌ„ Setwall or Bugle Consolida media vulnerariorum the same Consolida minor Bellis minor Daysies Consolida media Bugle or Setwall Consolida petraea Comfrey Consolida pyrifâ—lia wilde Béetes Consolida regalis Larkes spur Consolida Saracenica  Conuoluolus Cissampelos Bindwéede Conuoluolus marinus sea windwéede Conuulsio Spasmus a conuulsion or Crampe Conysa wild Mints Corago Burrage or Buglosse Corallia CoralliuÌ„ Anagallis mas he Pimpernel Corallium Corall Corchorus Theophrasti Anagallis mas red or hée Pimpernell Cordis palpitatio Cordis saltus panting or beating of the hart Corda Barbarorum Neruus a Sinewe Cordumenum Arabum Cardamomum Graecorum Cardamome Coriandrum the herbe Coriander Corianon or Corion the same Corona regia Melilotus Melilot Corona terrae Alehoofe or High Corona virginea Clematis daphnoides Perwinckle Cornu cerui Harts horne Cornus Dog trée or Gad rise Corna the fruit of the same Cornu Monocerotis the horne of an Vnicorne Corsaluium Apuleij Saluia Sage Corrigiola Knotgras Corrigiola minor Knotgras the lesser Corruda Asparagus syluestris wilde Sperage Corruda Gazae Asparagus Regius Sperage Corrudago Gazae Asparagus syluestris wilde Sperage Corylus an Hasell or Filberd trée Cortex thuris the barke or rinde of Frankinsence Coryza the pose Corymbites a kind of Spurge Costa Asinina Plantaine the lesser Ribwoort Costa equina Plantago acuta the same Costum or Costus coÌ„monly called herba Mariae Corinus Oleaster a wilde Oliue trée Cotonea malus a Quince trée Cotoneum a Quince Cotoneum maius the greater Quince Cotula foetida wilde Cammomils Cotum officinarum Cotton Crambe Brassica Cole or Colewoorts Crambe cephalote Brassica capitata the headed Colewoorts or Cabbage Crambion Pityusa Spurge Cranium the scull or braine pan Crassamen or Crassamentum vini wine lées Crassula minor Prickemadam Crassula maior Housléeke Crataea Chelidonium maius Celandine the greater or Swallowes herbe Cridion Cicuta Hemlocke Cremor lactis Creame of milke Crespinus a Barberry trée or bush Cressio Barbarorum Cresses Creta Chalke Crinanthemum Lilium a Lilly Crinis vitis haires of the Vine Crinon Lilium a Lilly Crite Hordeum Barley Crocum or Crocus Saffron Crocus fatuus Cartamus wilde Saffron Crocus hortulanus tame or garden Saffron Crocus Saracenicus Cartamus wilde Saffron Crocus
Annise Fennell séede Pyonie seedes pilled of each one ounce Siluer mountaine Basâ—â—l séede of each halfe an ounce Licorice Raisins and Stechas of each one ounce the iuice of Fumitorie or the water two ounces clarified honie sixe ounces Sugar nine ounces seeth the herbes séedes and roots all together afterwards wring it out hard and with the decoction the Honie and Sugar make a cleare sirupe giue thereof to the patient the space of certaine dayes together one ounce and a halfe or two ounces with any of the waters méete for it And because that the foresaid Hiera is gentle in purging and this sicknesse doth require strong things therfore take Hiera Picra two drag and a halfe prepared Coloquint and Bdellium of each halfe a scrup Masticke thrée graines make pils thereof with the iuice of Wormwood and giue the patient one drag at night going to bed In like sort when he goeth to bed then is this salue following the quantity of a Hemp séed to be wiped at the least thrice a wéeke in the patients nose Take Oxe gall one quarter of an ounce Starch halfe a drag Nigella séed halfe a scrup Marioram gentle sixe graines white Hellebore 5. graines Euphorbium 3. grains powne all reasonable small temper it well together After Purging AFter purging is the sicke person to vse a comfortatiue as hereafter followeth Take prepared Pearles halfe a drag Galingall and Cinnamom of each two scrup Seduarie half a scrup prepared Coriander red Coral of each one drag Nutmegs Cloues Cucubes Coutchenell Annise and Fennel of each fiftéene graines yellow Saunders and Masticke of each fiue graines Diptamus Misselden pilled Pyonie séedes of each two scrup confected Citron pilles halfe an ounce Sugar Candie halfe an ounce conserue of Roses and of Stechados of each thrée dragm but if the Conserue of Stechas cannot be had take powned Stechas one dragme sixe ounces of Sugar decocted to a sirupe in Rose water and then temper the rest amongst it In like manner are other stomachicall things to be vsed for which Masticke is highly commended For strengthening of the stomacke is this shield worne Take Mastick thrée ounces Spikenard Roses Frankinsence of each one drag stampe them all together and make it to a plaister with odoriferous wine spred vpon leather lay it vpon the stomacke if it will not cleaue fast adde waxe and oyle of Masticke as much as is néedfull vnto it Another TAke Laudanum and Masticke of each one ounce and a halfe Frankinsence one quarter of an ounce Galingall Seduarie and Annise séeds of each one drag and a halfe Roses red and white Saunders of each one drag garden Mints and Bloodstone of each one quarter of an ounce Turpentine one ounce melt the Laudanum in the Tuipentine in a warme mortar with a little of the iuice of wormwood temper the rest beaten small amongst it and make a plaister or shield of it you shall haue moe of these shields for the stomacke in the third part After the vse of the purgation the patient is to take once a wéeke at least early in the morning one drag of Mithridate tempered with Balme water and thereupon to remaine lying the space of foure howers and to sléepe if he can without vsing any thing else the same day A Bagge TAke Species Electuarij de gemmis Laetificantis Almansoris of each one quarter of an ounce Mace one drag Marioram Indy Spica Lignum Aloes and red Stirax of each halfe a dra each stamped alone make a silke bagge and weare it on the left breast when it is besweat then let it drie againe Here followeth yet many a good remedie TAke Pieretrum Masticke of each a like quantitie temper them with molten Waxe and make small bals or pellets thereof of the bignes of a Hasel nut chew them and spet out the slime kembe your head oftentimes and annoint it with the oyle of Masticke and Spikenard the Gargarismes which follow hereafter are very méete for this sicknesse Take Ireos prepared Squils of each one ounce and a halfe Hyssope wild Thyme of each one M. Pieretrum one quarter of an ounce Licebane Masticke of each one drag white Hellebore one quarter of an ounce Pyonie séede pilled and Ginger of each fiue drag Raisins the stones taken out two ounces Vineger halfe an ounce clarified Hony thrée ounces seeth all that is to be sodden afterwards temper the vineger and hony amongst it Neesing THe Néesing like as it is oftentimes said alreadie is very speciall good thereby to purge the braine But for this sicknesse are Pyonie rootes beaten commended aboue measure and blowne into the nose If you temper this powder with the iuice of Rue and drop it into the nose then will it be more forcible for the Rue hath a maruellous operation against the falling sicknesse like as hath also Spikanardus these foresaid things are also good beaten and smelled to the other as this small bag following Take wild Rue beaten halfe an ounce Siluer mountaine one quarter of an ounce red Stirax one drag and a halfe Pyonie rootes fiue drag temper them well together and bind them in a little bag or cloth and smell vnto it Of things that may be hanged about the necke IN this falling sicknesse are some things highly commended of all the famous Phisitions to be hanged about the necke and they alleage thereto also certaine reasons and experiences wherewith they do proue and shew that they that weare them about the necke do not fall and omitting it their disease presently returneth This is also no misbelief like as the common people thinketh but it is the smell or sauour which doth most vehemently withstand this euill and therefore is the same at no hand to be omitted Some write also that the red Corall and the Emerald hath the same vertue which experience must teach vs. This happily hath bin as hath bene sayd a cause of some superstition as commonly it befalleth that good things are abused for euery one can tell that the Gospell of Saint Iohn péeces of the crosse and other such like fantasticall reliques also sentences of the holy Scripture haue bene vsed to vnwitch and blesse those that haue bene forespoken It hath also bene faithfully credited that thereby great maruels might be wrought if they were onely either spoken ouer the patient or hanged about his necke for the which this péece of Iugling might also be vsed wherein it is counselled that a girdle be cut out of a Woolfes skinne euen from the head therof to the very taile and so weare it about the body But because it is not easie for euery man to catch a Woolf the same is also ascribed to the skinne of an Asse These things for the most part are accounted as gospel of old doting women like as it is also with the gut of a VVoolfe that is of many women applyed to the naules of young children against the Collicke and gripings of the belly but these remedies following are
of better estimation and of a more secret or hidden vertue to wit Bryonie worne about the necke also Thyme Hyssope Rue and Southernwood worne likewise in the bosome for by reason of their smell they may haue some effect A capitall Vnguent TAke Marioram gentle Rosemarie flowers of each halfe an ounce Lignum Aloes one ounce beate them together and rub them well with strong wine in a mortar temper one ounce of Barly meale Starch two ounces amongst it apply this to the head being shauen it easeth the falling euill maruellously Item take oyle of Rue oyle of Pepper of each one ounce swéet Costus rootes Pieretrum Ginger Galingall Rue séeds of each one drag and a halfe mixe them all together and so apply them warme ouer both the shoulders Item take Beuercod cut small foure ounces oyle of Oliues sixe ounces Iuniper berries beaten grosly thrée ounces put a pint of strong wine vpon them couer it well and let it boyle a while with this is the patient to be annointed in the hammes in the armepits and on the pulses of his hands Also it is very good in this infirmitie to annoint the forehead with the sewet of a Stagge Indian Baulme is in like sort good for all kind of falling euils being annointed on the roofe of the mouth and albeit that it cureth not the sicknesse wholy yet will it greatly hinder his returne Vngula Alcis IT is a common error to weare a ring of this beasts hoofe on his finger against the falling sicknes I haue proued it oftentimes but with no ease vnto the patient A Confection or Electuarie for the falling euill TAke Pieretrum Costus rootes Stechas of each ten drag Agaricke fiue drag Dill séede Assafoetida Aristologie of each two drag and a halfe iuice of Squils clarified Honie of each 14. ounces boile the iuice and the honie with a gentle fire vntill it waxe méetely thicke afterwards when it beginneth to coole mixe the other ingredients with it take of this euery morning three drag and fast foure houres after it Montegnana taketh God to record that he hath knowne a thousand cured thereby This following is not much vnlike the former take Pieretrum Siluer mountaine Stechados of each ten drag Agaricke fiue drag Cardamome Assafoetida Aristologie of each one drag and a halfe iuice of Squils and Honie twice as much as of all the rest or as much as is néedefull let them boyle sufficiently and temper the other things being powdered amongst them The patient shall vse euery day of this confection one quarter of an ounce and beware of grosse meates These two Electuaries following are very good for all manner of falling euils except that which is caused of bloud take prepared Pearles one dragme Cloues Galingall Nutmegs Cucubes of each half a dragme Cinnamom one scruple Couchenell Lignum Aloes red Stirax of each halfe a scruple red Saunders Calamus Doronicum of each fiue graines Piony seedes péeled Mistleto Diptamer of each one drag Currans one ounce conserue of Roses conserue of Stechados conserue of Burrage of each two dragmes white Sugar clarified in Rose water twelue ounces make a confection of them Another Take Piony rootes one ounce Mace Indian Spike Saffron red Corall prepared Pearles of each half a dragme Cinnamom Cloues Nutmegs Ginger Pepper long Pepper Cardamome Graines of each two dragmes Licorice fiue dragmes Anacardium one ounce and a halfe Muske Amber of each seuen graines clarified Hony or Sugar twelue ounces make an electuary of them take of this the bignesse of a Nutmeg and drinke a little Meade after it It is very good against the falling sicknes the Palsey and such like other infirmities more it comforteth the braine maketh a good memory and expelleth the lethargie and al obliuiousnesse One may vse either of these prescribed medicines or this powder following take Cinnamō Cloues Galingall Nutmegs Mace Cucubes of each two dragmes blacke white and long Pepper Cardamome Annis séeds Fennell séedes péeled Piony seeds Hissope Diptamer Mistleto of each one dragme Saffron two dragms Sugar candy fiue dragmes make a powder of them kéepe it in a leather sacke and vse it in all thy meates Item take the seedes of Maiden haire halfe an ounce Mistleto one ounce Tormentill one ounce and a half make them into powder and minister two dragmes of it at once with the decoction of Piony rootes when you feare the accesse of the disease For this purpose serueth also white Mustard séedes prepared conserue of Betony the iuice the water the herbe and the flowers in fine all that is made of Betony is very good for the falling sicknesse of the head and for all other infirmities of the same So is also the conserue of Piony rootes séedes water wine of Piony and all what may be prepared thereof as may euidently be seene by the former receipts the preserued Eringus rootes are also very profitably vsed therein In like sort also Lauander Rosemary Spikenard their leaues flowers wine and whatsoeuer else is made of them we haue also mentioned of the taking of Mithridate and Treacle likewise Guaiacum is very commodiously vsed for this infirmitie After due euacuation of the body this is also much commended in the falling sicknesse take the iuice of Rue two ounces Assafoetida halfe a dragme mixe them togither and so take them Item take the skull of a sound man calcined or burnt pilled Piony seedes of each halfe an ounce Tormentill Mistleto of each two dragmes giue it to the patient as before the same doth also burnt Harts horne taken with wine as also the liuer of a Kite and dried bloud of a Shéepe the bladder of a Boare with the vrine dried in an ouen and euery day the bignes of a beane taken with Oxymel Item Rauens egs Swallowes flesh Wolfs Harts Foxe flesh either boyled or otherwise the bloud and flesh of a Wesell tempered with the vrine of a man-child Item Buckes bloud taken the hoofe of an Asse burnt and mixed with strong Vineger and so annointed about the head The liuer of an Asse taken fasting the gall of a Beare powdred the fume of Peacoks dung or otherwise vsed Partridges liuers dried and one dragme and a halfe dronken the braines of Camels or of Wesels vsed with vineger the bones of a man calcined the bloud of a Tortoise that liueth in fresh water a Cuckow put into a pipkin close stopped and burnt to ashes the stones of a Boare of a wild Boare of a Ramme and of a Beare dronken with water the braines of Sparrowes with many strange things more that are highly commended of diuers famous Phisitions but aboue all other things is the reuming of a Leueret much commended as hath béene sayd before Euery one may vse of the premisses those that he hath approued to be good but if this falling euill which very seldome befalleth be caused of bloud then appeareth it with rednesse of the face red eyes and with large veines In this case is the Saphaea to be