The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre

¶Here beginneth he Regiment of life, and first of the nature of mannes bodye.

¶The humours which be in na∣ture, and howe they are deuyded,

THe bodye of man is cōpact of foure hu∣mors, that is to say: Bloude, Phlegme, Choler, & Melan∣cholye, whych hu∣mours are called y^e sonnes of the Ele∣mentes, because they be complexioned lyke the four elementes. For lyke as the ayre is hote and moyste: so is the bloud hote and moyst. And as fyer is hote and dry: so is choler hote & drye. And as water is colde and moist: so is phlegme colde and moiste. And as the yearth is colde and dry: so melācholy is colde and dry. Whereby it apereth

that there be nyne complexions. Whereof .iiii, be symple, y^t is to wete hote, colde, moyst, and dry: and .iiii. cō∣plexions compounde: that is, hote and moyst, which is the complexion of the ayre and of blood. Hote & dry, whiche is the complexion of the fyre, and of cholere. Colde and moist, which is the cōplexcion of the water & of phlegme: and colde and dry, that is the comple∣xion of earth and of melancholie. The nynth complexion is temperate, ney∣ther to hote nor to colde, nor to moyst nor to drye, whych yet is a thing very seldome sene amonge men. After the phisicions, the sayde foure humours gouerne & rule euery one in his place and enduce mē to be of the complexi∣ons folowyng.

¶The complexion of the phlegma∣tyke.

• Phlegme enclyneth a man to be
  • well fourmed.
  • a sleper.
  • dul of vnderstandyng.
  • full of spattle.
  • full of coloure.

¶The cōplexcions of the sanguyne.

• Blood causeth one to be
  • full of fleshe.
  • liberall.
  • amyable.
  • curtyse.
  • merye.
  • inuentyue.
  • bolde.
  • lecherous.
  • of red coloure

¶The cōplexcions of the cholerike.

• Cholere cau∣seth a mā to be
  • hastye.
  • enuyous.
  • couetous.
  • subtyle.
  • cruell.
  • a watcher.
  • prodigall.
  • leane, and of yelowe coloure.

¶The complexions of the me∣lancholyke.

• Melancholy maketh one,
  • Solytarye.
  • Soft spirited.
  • Fearfull.
  • Heauye.
  • Curyous.
  • Enuious.
  • Couetous.
  • Blacke of coloure.

¶These be the foure humours wher∣of the bodyes are compounded, & eue∣ry one of them hath a special dominiō in respect of al the other, according to the age, that is to say, from a mannes natiuitie, til he come to .xxv. yeres, the bloud hath most power, and from that time to the yeare of his age .xxxv. ray∣gneth the Choler, for then commethe heate into the vaynes, and the choler begynneth to aryse and be strong. Then cōmeth myddle age, and bryn∣geth forthe melancholye, an humoure colde and dry, and hath his enduraūce tyl fyfty yeres, or ther about, at which

tyme all the humours of the body be∣gynne to diminyshe, and the naturall heate by lytle and lytle dothe abate. And thē succedeth olde age vnto deth, in the which age phlegme hath y^e prī∣cipal power and dominion. Wherfore it shalbe necessarye for al that be of y^e age, to cōfort their bodyes with some natural heate and meates of good no∣ryshyng, as yolkes of egges potched, good and yonge fleshe, wheate bread, & good wyne, and all suche thynges as engendre good bloud and spirites, whereof we entende (by the suffe∣raunce of God) to declare more aboundauntly hereafter.

¶Here followeth the descripcion of inwarde and outwarde diseases, wyth the moste holsome and expert reme∣dies for the cure therof, appro∣priat to euery membre tho∣roughout the body.

The fyrste chapter, of the sickenesse and remedyes of the heed.

HEad ache chaunceth often times of diuers and sondry causes, as of bloud, cholere, fle••••e or melancholy, or of ventositye, and sometimes of heat of the sunne, or of to great cold of y^e aire.

Ye maye knowe heade ache when it commeth of bloude, for in the face and eyes there appeareth a darke redenes, prickyng, and heauines with heat.

Remedye. Ye must let hym bloude on the head veine, on that side that the peine is on, then laye vpon the place oyle of roses, vineger, and rose water, or a bag with roses sprinkeled with rose water. And here is to be noted, as wel ī this cause as all other, that yf his belly be harde and bounde, fyrst ye must geue him an easye glister, or elles halfe an ounce of Cassia newly drawen out of the cane, or some other easye laxatyue to pro∣uoke the duety of the womb, els al ap∣plicacions

of medicines, wyll bee no∣thyng worth at all.

One maie know heade ache that pro∣cedeth of cholere, when in the face ther is a clere rednes, enclining somewhat towarde yelowe, holownesse of y^e iyes, & the mouth drye and hote: And some∣tymes bytternesse, small reste, greate heate with sharpe paine, chief••y on the ryght syde of the head.

¶Remedye. Ye muste geue hym morne and euen to drinke, sirupe of violettes, or pome∣granades with a meane draught of en∣diue water in a glasse, or of comin wa∣ter sodden and cooled agayne. And in stead of these sirupes ye maye drynke water of endiue, succorye, purcelane & nenuphar myngled together, or one of them by them self, two or .iii. daies at euenyng and morning. Then geue a drāme of pillule sine quibus, at night to bedwarde, or about midnight, & the day folowing kepe you ī your chāber. In stede of those pilles, it is good eue∣ry

mornīg to take an houre afore sūne a medicine to drynke, y^t shall be made of halfe an ounce of Succo rosarum, mixt with two ounces of water of en∣diue. In steade of the saied succo rosa∣rum, ye may take halfe an ounce of di∣aprunis laxatiue, & ye must take hede in gyuyng suche purgacions, that the pacient be strōg, for if he be weake, ye may gyue hym but the halfe of y^e sayd pylles or of the other laxatyues. And yf in diminishyng the quantitie of the sayde medicines, it worketh not with the pacient as it shuld, it is conueniēt to gyue hym a common glister.

¶An other remedy for the same peyne. Ye must laye theron a lynnen clothe moysted in rose water, plantayne wa∣ter, morel water, and vinegre, or elles take the iuyce of lettuce and roses, & a litle vineger, and warme it together, and dippe therin a linnen clothe, and laye it to the payne.

An other.

Ye must take the whytes of .ii. egges, wyth rose water, and beate it well to∣gyther: and wyth towe or flaxe, lay it to y^e greued place. Also ye must shaue his heed, and mylke thereon womans mylke, that nourysheth a wenche, or wasshe hys heed wyth warme water, wherein haue bene sodde vine leaues, sage, floures of water lilies, & roses. Also it is necessary to wash his feete & legges wyth the sayde water, so that the pacient haue no reume: for if there be reumatike matters, ye oughte ne∣ther to shaue his heed, wash his legges nor to lay any colde thing or moist to his heed. Ye maye knowe that fleume is cause of the peine in the heed, when ye fele coldnesse with great heuinesse: speciallye in the hyndre parte: when one spytteth often, and hath his face lyke sunne brent.

¶Remedye. Ye must drynke .iii. or .iiii. morninges sirupe of sticados with water of fenel, or sirupe of wormewood, with a decoc∣tion

of sauge and maiorym. Then ye must pourge the heade from the sayde fleume, wyth pillule cochie, and wyth pilles of agarici, or pillule auree made with one of the sayde sirupes, fyue in a dramme, and take .iiii. or .v. at nyght to bedwardes, or about midnight. Or in stead of those pylles ye maye take a pocion in the morning .v houres afore meat, made of half an ounce of diacar∣tami dissolued i.ii. or iii. ounces of be∣tonye. After that ye ought to comfort the head, by wering of a coife, made of double linnen cloth, and sowed lyke a cotten quilt, wherin ye must put flou∣res of camomil, maiorim, cloues, nut∣mygges, maces, graines of Paradyse and synamome in pouder, for suche thinges digest y^e fleume, so that a pur∣gacion be geuen of the sayde pilles, or of pilles assagareth, or pilles of hiera∣picra, which are not so laxatyue as the other are.

After the saide purgacion, ye muste put in the nose of the paciente, pouder

of pellitorye of Spayne or other, to make hī to nese Also it is good to gar∣garise his mouthe, with water where∣in sage hathe bene sodden, and then to annoynte his head with oyle of lilies, camomil, or of rue.

Beside this, it is good to geue the pa∣cient euerye morning to drinke, sage-wine with water, to cōsume y^e fleume and to coumfort the braine and the sy∣nowes. The sayd wine is thus made.

Put a litle bagge full of good sage brused, in a quart of newe wyne, & let it stande so a nyght, then wring it out and vse it. Suche wyne of sage the in∣habiters of Parise and Fraunce, vse to drinke after harueste all the winter longe.

When peine of the head procedeth of melancholie, the paciēt feleth heuines of y^e heed, and hath terrible dreames, with great care & thoughte, or feare, & his peine is specially vpon y^e left side.

¶Remedye. Take sirupe of borage, heartes toūge

or fumytorye, with water of buglosse, and hartestonge, or with the decocciō of sage or time, for by these sirupes ye shal digest and correct the said melan∣cholyke humours, and within a while the peyne wyll be released. And yf it ceasse not for these medicines, after ye haue vsed .ii. or .iii. dayes one of y^e said sirupes, or two or thre of thē togither, take a dramme of pylles, halfe auree: & halfe sine quibus: or elles halfe of hiera, & halfe of pilles of fumytory: or in stede of pylles, ye may take in y^e morning fyue houres afore meate .iii drammes and an half of diasene, tem∣pered in water of borage or hoppes, or in the decoccion of sage, licorice, great reysins, and cordiall floures & frutes. Heed ache cōmeth of winde or vento∣sitie, when the paciente thinketh that he heareth sound or noyse in his heed, and the peyne is flytteryng from one place to an other, wythout heuynesse or descendyng humoure.

¶Remedye.

Lay vnto his head hote lynnen clo∣thes, & make a bagge of Gromel sedes & bay salte dryed togyther in a panne: so procede wyth stronger thynges, yf nede require, as is bagges made of maiorym, rosemarye, rue, barberies, & iuniper beries, laid to y^e pained place: or wyth the decoccion of the foresayd thinges, make fomentaciō or embro∣cacion vpon his heed.

¶An other remedy. Ye must take oile of Camomil, oyle of Dyll or Lylies, and annoynte the hed wyth one of thē, or wyth .ii. or .iii. or all togyther. Yf that helpe not, take oile of Rue, Spike, and of Castor, & a∣noynt it therwyth: and adde therto a∣lytle Pepper, and mustard seede, yf ye would haue it sore chafed or hette. Al∣so it is good to drawe vp by the nose, water of Hony, the iuice of Maiorim, and of Fenell, aromatised wyth a Nutmygge and lignum aloes.

Rasis a great practicioner among phisicions saythe: y^t whosoeuer often

tymes putteth into hys nose the iuice of maiorim, shal neuer be diseased in y^e head. I thinke he meaneth of the great maiorim.

Yf peyne of the heade come of heat of the sunne, ye must applie to the places diseased, as it is saide in the remedyes of cholere.

But yf the saide paine procede of coldenesse of the ayre, then vse as it is said afore in the remedies of fleume.

¶Here foloweth a regimente a∣gainste all dyseases of the head. THe pacient that is diseased ī y^e head, whether it be of bloud or of cholere, may not drīke wine nor eat much flesh, whitmetes, nor thinges that geue anye great nou∣rishement. But must bee contented to drinke p••isane, barly water, or iulep o•• roses, & to eate rosted apples, damaske prunes, almon mylke, hulled barely, and pottage made with lettuse, sorell purcelane, in broth of peason, or with

a chicken, or veale, yf the paciente bee feble,

When payne procedeth of a colde hu∣mour, the pacient ought to drynke no wyne in thre of the fyrst dayes, but to drinke onelye peniale, or suche smale drinke, for although the wyne bee ve∣ry comfortable, as concerning natural heate, yet it is contrarye and hurteful vnto the spirites animal of the brain, and also of the sinnowes.

And the paciente ought what payne soeuer it be of the head, to forbeare all vaporous meates, as garlyke, onions, leekes, pease, beanes, nuttes milke-meates, spyces, mustard, greate cole∣wortes, salt meates, and meates of yll dygestion. Also he must abstayne from slepe of the daye, and after supper by the space of two houres.

Trauayle of the minde is very cōtra∣ry, because of y^e cōmocion that happe∣neth vnto y^e liuely spirites, whiche are instrumētes of vnderstāding, as Auicē that noble phisicien sayth, in the cha∣piter

de soda temporali. Nihil est adeo conueniēs sode temporali, sicut tran∣quilitas et dimissio totius quod com∣mouet sicut sūt fortes cogitatiōes. &c. Ther is nothyng that is so conueniēt for the meygrym, as tranquillitie and rest, & let all thynges passe that moue the vertue animal, as great musinges and all laboure of the spyrites. And chefely one ought after dinner to kepe him from al thynges that trouble the memorie, as studyinge, readyng, wry∣tyng, and other lyke.

And for the better vnderstanding of the sicknesse chauncing in the heed, ye shall knowe, that sometyme it chaun∣ceth because of other diseased mēbres, as of the stomacke, or of the mother of the reines, of the liuer, or of the splene & not of any cause in the heed it selfe. Therefore ye ought to cure such sick∣nesse by helpyng of thesame mēbres, as it shall be shewed in the chapiters folowynge.

And ye maye knowe, that the head

ache cōmeth of diseases of y^e stomake, when the pacient hath greate paine at the stomake. Of the mother, when the woman feleth great payne in her bel∣ly. Of the reynes, whē their is a great paine in the backe. Of the splene, whē he feleth paine & heuinesse therabout, vnder the lyfte syde. Of the liuer, whē the payne is in the ryght syde, aboute the lyuer which is beneth the rybbes▪

¶Remedies appropriate to the head of what cause soeuer the payne be. TAke an handfull of Betony, an handfull of Camomyle, and a handful of veruayne leaues pi∣ked, stampe them and seeth them in blacke worte, or in ale for lacke of it, and in the later ende of the seethyng, put to it a litle Comyn braied, y^e pou∣der of a hartes horne, & the yolkes of two egges, and safrō a lytle, stirre thē wel about and lay a plaister hote ouer al his forehead and temples. Thys is an excellent remedy also for the mey∣gryme. It shall perce the better yf ye

adde a lytle vineger,

¶An other. Make a plaister of bean floure, line∣seed & oyle of Camomylle, or in lacke of it, goose grece or duckes grece, and rubbe the place with Aqua vite, and after lay the playster hote vpon it.

¶An other. Take a sponeful of mustardseed and another of Bay buryes, make them in pouder and stampe them with a hand∣ful of earth wormes, splitte and skra∣ped from their earthe, and a litle oyle of Roses, or of Camomyll, or capons grece, and lay it on the grefe.

Also it is good to take the iuce of I••ie leaues mixt wyth oyle, and vinegre, & to rubbe therwyth your temples, and your nosethrilles.

Also the chestwormes that are found betwene the barkes of trees, whyche wil turne them selues togyther like a beade whē they be touched, yf they be taken & sodden in oile it maketh a sin∣guler oyntment for the meigryme.

¶The seconde chapter, howe to cure diseases chauncyng in the face.

FYrste as touchynge a disease called Gutta rosacea, or cop∣perface in english, it is an ex∣cessiue rednesse about y^e nose, or other places of the face, commynge of brente humours, or of salte phlegme, whyche can not be hol∣pen, yf it be rooted and olde.

¶Remedye for the same yf it be curable. YE must giue hym a purgacion, as is said in y^e paine of the head, commyng of cholere: thē dippe lynnen clothes in alume water, which shal be made thus. Take a poūd of a∣lumeglasse, y^e iuce of purcelane, of plā∣tain, & vergiouce of grape or crabbes, of eche a pint & a halfe, with y^e whites of .xx. egges & beat them wel together with y^e said iuice, thē mixe all together and distil it in a commune stillatory, & keepe the water for to vse agaynste all pymples, scurses, wheales, chafinges,

and heates that chaunce in the skinne. The clothes dipt as is aforesayd, must be layed to the rednesse, and oftētimes renewed with other fresh cloutes dip∣ped in the same.

¶Another remedy. Take lytarge of syluer, and brym∣stone, of eche like muche, and seeth thē in rose water and vineger, & then with a lynnen clout wette in the said vine∣gre, lay it to the sore.

¶Remedye to pallifye the coppred face that is vncurable. MAke a bath wyth the floures of camomyll, violettes, roses, and floures of water lillies, thē an¦noint y^e place with vnguentum album cāphoratum, and mixt that ointment with a lytle yelowe brymstone, and quycksyluer kylled wyth fastyng spi∣tle, and annoynt the place withal.

¶A water for the same. A water called lac virginis, is very good, & rose water mixt with sulphur, oile of tartare, and oile of wheate. Al∣so

these thynges are good for tetter•• & other ruggednesse of the skinne. The sayd lac virginis claryfieth the face, & dryethe vp moyste pymples, & takethe awaye frekels of the vysage, & is thus made. Take .iii. oūces of litarg of sil∣uer fine poudred, halfe a pinte of good whyte vinegre, mixt them togyther, & distylle them by a fyltre, or through a litle bagge, or by a pece of cloth. Then take of the same water, and myngle it wyth water of salte, made wyth one ounce of salte poudred, & halfe a poūd of rayne water, or wel water, & min∣gle these waters togyther, and it wyll be whyte lyke mylke, and wyth thys rubbe the corrupt place. Some adde a lytle ceruse wyth the litarge which is good for all rednesse of the face.

¶Here foloweth a general diete for al copperous faces. ABstayne from all salte thinges, spices, fried meates, and rosted meates. Also from drinking of wyne, for it is verye euill. Also onions, mu∣starde,

& garlycke, are very noughte. In stede of whyche, ye muste take pur∣celane, sorel, lettuce, hoppes, & borage, with succory or endiue, in porrige or o∣therwise. Also it is necessary to be lax∣atiue, & in slepīg, to lay your head hye.

For rednesse of the face that is not copperosed. TAke a pynt of goates mylke, the cromes of one whyt lofe hote, the white of sixe egges, camfere two drā∣mes, and the iuyce of syxe cytrons, mixte all these togyther wyth the said mylke, then take al the thre kindes of plantayne, and put them in the stylle vnder the sayde drugges, and after it an other bedde of the same .iii. sortes of plantayne, and distylle them with an easy fyre as ye wolde distille rose∣water, and kepe it in a glasse vessel. And after .xv. daies take a white lyn∣nen cloth, and dippe in the said water, and lay it to the rednesse.

An other for the same. Water of lylyes stylled, wyth the

blood of an oxe, and a litle camphere, is very good.

¶For chopped or skabbye lyppes. ¶Annoynte them wyth vugentū al∣bum cāphoratum, and yf there be any corrupt blood, or matter, ye must wash the place wyth water of Plantayne, wherin hath bene sodde a lytle alume afore ye put on the sayde oyntment.

For the same. ¶Vnguentum de tutia and oyle of yolkes of egges, be verye good for it. Also it is good to wash y^e place wyth plātain water, & barly water togither

¶For cankers, vlcers, and Noli me tangere. FOrasmuch as Noli me tāge∣re chaunceth often in the n••se or aboute the face, begynnyng of a lytle harde and roūd kir∣nel, or knobbe, and ful of paine, decly∣ning toward a pale and leady colour, ye may iudge that disease verye peri∣lous, notwithstāding it is good to an∣noynte it as hereafter foloweth, and

also to applye therto other remedies, as thus.

¶Take Vnguentum album two or thre ounces, the iuce of plantayne and nightshade, of eche halfe an ounce, Tutie the weyght of halfe a crowne, mingle them togyther, and make an oyntment whyche is good for y^e same disease.

¶For wormes in the face. ALthough that wormes in y^e face maye not be had out, but wyth great difficultie: and by long processe, bycause of the colde humour whereof they come, neuertheles, forasmuch as oftentymes they happen vnto poore folkes, here shall bee recited a receipt proued for the same disease, whiche is an oyntment of a singuler operacion: and is thus made.

¶Take the leaues & rootes of lekes, & iuce them all togyther, & take ther∣of a pint & a half, and put it in a glasse wyth an ounce of pouder of pellitory, and a scruple of verdegrece, and stirre

them all togyther, and euery day bath the sayde wormes and wheles, wyth cotten moisted in the said iuce, & stirre it often in the glasse: thys is good also for wormes in any other mēbres, and breedynge in the syckenesse called in Fraunce the kynges euyl.

¶A purgacion whiche ye oughte to take before the sayd bathyng. ¶Take halfe a dramme of good tur∣byth, and a scruple of gynger, halfe an ounce of suger, & a lytle whyte wyne, mixt all together, and drynke it in the mornyng twyse a weeke warme, and renewe it euery thre wekes.

¶For an vlcered face through wormes. Ye must fyrste mundifie the deade fleshe wyth Vnguentum egyptiacum, or the pouder called precipitatus, and for the perfecte curacion ye muste dry it well, wherfore it is good to wasshe the place often wyth alume water, & put therin lynte, and yf there be great moistnes at the time of desiccation, ye

must dippe the same lynte in vnguen∣tum apostolorū or ceraseos, with a li∣tle of the oyntmēt y^t foloweth, which ye maye safely applie from the begin∣ning to the ende of y^e cure, for it hath vertue to clense and incarnate, with a gentle mundificacion and dryeng.

¶A singuler oyntment for wor∣mes that matter. Take oyle of lyllyes, oile of lin∣seed, ana. ounces .iii. oyle of roses, oile of myrtylles, ana. ounces .ii. litarge of golde and syluer, and redde lead, ana, i. ounce, diaquilon white with gum∣mes, iiii. ounces, goates tallowe, hog∣ges grece, of eche two oūces & a halfe, blacke pytche, and colophonye, of eche ii. ounces, of the iuce of hoūdestonge▪ iiii. ounces. Seeth al togyther til they be blacke and the iuyce be cleane con∣sumed, then streyne it thorow a thycke canua••e, and after seeth it againe til it be exceding blacke in colour, and then adde to it cleare turpētine .iii. ounces, gūme oppoponax .ii. oūces & an halfe,

white waxe as much as shal suffice to make a plaister not ouer hard, & put the turpētine & oppoponax in when ye take it frō y^e fyre. This is an excellēt plaister also both for woūdes & vlcers.

For the same. It is very good to lay vpon them the herbe called houndstong stāped with a litle hony.

¶Regyment or diete for the same sicknes. ¶The pacient in al diseases of y^e face must endure hūger as much as is pos∣sible, and eate not much at ones. Also he muste holde his head vpryghte, and slepe not on his knees nor elbowes, nor wyth hys face bowed downe. Al∣so he must forbeare much laughynge, speakynge, and great anger.

¶For the eyes. Hereafter foloweth diuers medici∣nes for the eyes, whyche are the win∣dowes of the mynde, for both ioy and anger, and the moost of our affectiōs, are seene & knowen openlie throughe them, and they are ordeined and made

to lyghten al the body, wher vnto na∣ture hath geuen browes and eye lyd∣des, to defend them and kepe them in safetye, and the better to resist thīges contrarye and hurtfull vnto them.

Yet notwythstandyng, besyde ma∣ny other chaūces, there happeneth sō∣tymes a debilitye in the syght, which must be holpen as herafter foloweth. Take fenell, verueyne, celydone, rue, eyebryght, and roses, of euery one of them a lyke muche, and distylle them as ye wold distille rosewater, and vse a litle therof in your eyes, both in the mornynge, & when ye go to bedde.

¶A water proued to clarifye the dymnes of the syght. ¶Take the iuyce of fenell, of celydo∣nye, rue and eyebryght, of eche .ii. oū∣ces, hony an ounce and a halfe, aloes, tutye, and sarcocolle, of eche halfe an ounce, the galle of a capon, cheken or cocke two drammes, nutmygges, clo∣ues, and safron, of eche a dramme, su∣ger candy .vi. drammes, put al in a lē∣bike

of glasse & distille it. And of this water put in your eies ones ī the day. And if ye could gette the liuer of a he goate, and mixt wyth the said thinges in the distyllacion, the water wil be of muche greater vertue, and all moste wyth out comparison.

For the same. Ye must vse euery daye to eate nut∣mygges, and to take ones in a weke a mirabolane condyte.

For the same. Take a pie and burne her, and beat her to pouder, and mingle it with fe∣nel water, and put it in your eies. Al∣so water of younge pyes stilled, is ve∣rye good. Lykewise water of rotten apples, put .ii. or .iii. droppes in y^e eies helpeth very muche.

A singuler water for diseases in the eyes, and to clari∣fye the syght. Take the grene walnuttes, huskes and al from the tre, with a feawe wal∣nut leaues and distylle therof a water

to droppe within your eyes.

Pylles good for the syght. The pylles sine quibus, assagareth, with trosciskes of agaryk, and pillule lucis, are excellente good to purge the brayne and comfort the syght.

For payne of the eyes. Somtymes payne of the eyes com∣meth of bloud, and then the vaines of the eyes are redde and swollen, wher∣fore it is conuenient to be let bloud of the heade veine on the syde where the payne is.

For bloodeshoten eyes. The bloode of a stockedoue or in lacke of it an other doue or pigeon drop∣ped a litle in the eie, and a wete cloute thereof layde vpon the same, healeth bloodshotē eies whether it be of stroke or any other cause.

Sometime the said peyne commeth of cholere, & then the paciēt feleth great heate, sharpe prycking, & much peine, & commonly ther appeareth no gumme in the eyes, and yf it do, it is yelowe.

Therfore ye ought to giue him a pur∣gacion purgyng cholere, as hath bene sayde in the remedye of the head pro∣cedyng of the cause of cholere.

¶For swellynge of the eyes. Take a quynce and seeth it in water tyl it be softe, then pare it and bruse it & myxe it wythe the yolke of an egge and the cromes of wheaten or white bread steped in the said water, and put therto a litle womans milke, and two peny weyght of safron, braye them all togyther and lay it ouer the forehead and the eies. Sometimes such paines chaunce because of fleume, and thē the pacyente feleth greate heuynes in hys eyes, wyth abundaunce of gummye matter, or water descendyng into the eyes. And in thys case, ye must purge the fleume, as it hathe bene said in the remedye of the heade greued by the excesse of fleume.

¶To resolue the gumme ye shall vse to washe your eyes often tymes wyth the iuyce of housleke, otherwyse called

senegrene.

And some tymes the same peyne cō∣meth because of ventositye or winde, and then the pacient feleth suche pey∣nes as if one beat on his eare with an hammer, for whych it is good to make a decocciō of camomille floures, mel∣lilote, & fenell seed, in water & whyte wyne, & therein wette a foure double linē cloth & the licour wel pressed out, laye it often vpon the eye.

Otherwhyles there chaūceth peine of the eyes because of exterior thīges, as of wynd, duste, or heate of the sūne, and then it is mete to lay therto wo∣mannes mylke, wel beaten with the whyte of an egge.

And sometyme the saide peyne cō∣meth by percussion or strykynge, and then ye muste droppe into the eie, of y^e bloud of a pigeons winge, or of a par∣tryche, whyche bloud hath like vertue to take awaye spottes, markes, and rednes of the eyes.

For very great payne

of the eyes. Take an ounce and a halfe of oyle of roses, the yolke of an egge, and a quarter of an ounce of barly floure, & a litle saffron, mixe all together & put it betwene two linnen clothes, and lay it to the peyne.

An other. Take of crōmes of wheaten breade whyte, an ounce, and seeth it in nyght shade or morel water, then myxe with the said bread .ii, yolkes of egges, oile of roses, and camomil, of eche an oūce and an halfe, muscilage of lineseede an ounce, and vse it as is aforesayd.

An other. Take syxe leaues of henbane, & roste them, then beate them verye wel in a morter, and laye them to the peyne.

For rednes of the eyes. In the begynnyng of the rednes laye vpō the eyes towe dypped in y^e white of egges, but let y^e whites be wel bea∣ten fyrste wyth rosewater, or with plā∣tayne water.

An other. Take redde roses, and seeth them, and let them be set warme to your eie. Thys taketh awaye spottes of bloud, that sometyme chaunceth in the eyes. Also it is good for al diseases of the eyes. And it is good for rednes of the eies, that commeth by stryking or any suche vyolence. If at any time there happen a spot or blemishe in the eye by a stroke, ye muste lay to it by & by towe wet in rosewater and in whytes of egges, and after that the peine be mitigate, ye muste lay a playstre vpon the eye, made of a rawe egge, barlye floure, and the iuyce or muscilage of mallowes, and then yf the eye be not holpen of the sayd bloud, ye must laye to it a plaster both dissolutiue, defen∣siue, and partlye appeysyng the peine, which must be made of whete floure, y^e iuice of mallowes, mintes, & smalach, and the yolke of an egge,

Of hardenesse that hath bene long in the eye.

Take a scruple of aloes succotrine & melt it in water of celydony at y^e fyre, then receyue the fume of it, and after∣warde wash the eie with fenel water.

An other. Take poudre of cumyne myxt wyth waxe lyke a plaistre, and laye it vpon the eye.

An other. Take red roses, sage, rue, celedonie, of eche a lyke muche, with a lytle salte, and distill a water, and putte therof a drop or two in your eye, euenyng and mornynge. In steade of that water, it is good to take iuyce of verueine, rue, and a lytle rosewater.

For all rednesse of the eyes. Take the bygnesse of a nut of white copperose and a scruple of yeros, and poudre it, and mixt it with a glasse ful of well water, then putte two or thre droppes in your eyes.

For the same. Water of strawburies made and put

in the eye is good.

A singuler poudre that dryeth and taketh a∣waye rednesse of the eyes. TAke tutie preparat an oūce, and timonie halfe an ounce, perles, two drammes, red coral a dram and an halfe, pouldre al these thinges verye fyne, and kepe them in a box of tynne, and vse it.

For to stoppe wateryng of the eyes. MAke a plaister of poudre of mastike, fyne frankensence, boole armoniake, and gūme dragagante, with whites of egges myxte together, & layde to the foreheade & tēples. Also it is good to set ventoses on the nape of the necke. Also it is good to make a co••rie to put into the eyes, as foloweth. Take tutie preparat & the stone called lapis hematites, of ech a drāme, aloes halfe a drām, perles and camphore, of eche

a scruple, pouder them all very fine, and myxe them in thre oūces of water distilled of the knoppes of rooses, and thereof make a collirie.

Also for to stoppe al humoures des∣cendyng to the eyes, these thynges a∣foresayde are verye good myxte wyth rayne water, wherin olibanum or frā∣kenscence hath bene sodden.

¶For webbes of the eye. IT maye bee casylye holpen in younge folkes, but in aged per∣sons it is veraye harde. And in the begynnyng ye muste molli∣fye them with a decoction of the flou∣res of camomyl, mellilote, & cole lea∣ues, receiuyng the fume of the said de∣coction within the eyes, and then put therin a litle pouder made with suger∣candye, sall gemme, and egges shelles burnt, and afterward distyl into them womans mylke with the decoction of fenugreke.

¶An other singuler receate for webbes in the eyes

Take snayles with the shelles on, and wash them eyght tymes, and distil them ī a commune stillatory, then take hares galles, redde corall, and suger∣candye, with the saide water, dystylle them agayne, and put euery mornyng and euenyng a droppe in your eye.

¶An other water. This water is made of white cope∣rose, suger candy, and rosewater, with whites of egges that are sodden hard, all streyned through a linnen cloth, & put into your eye, after diner and all nyght to bedwarde.

Regiment for them that haue any sore eyes. Ye must alwaye kepe youre belly lose and abstayne from fyre, smoke, wynde dust, and ouer hote or colde ayre, & frō wepyng, and longe readyng of a small letter, from ouer long watchyng, ouer muche drinkyng of wyne, and eatinge late, for al these are very noisome to y^e eyes and syghte. Also all euaporatiue thinges, as onions lekes, garlike mu∣stard,

pease, and beanes, are very daū∣gerous. Ye must kepe your fete cleane and forbeare the daye sleape. Beholde grene thynges, cleare water, precious stones: and to kepe you from lōg hol∣dyng downe youre face, socoureth the syghte very muche, and is verye good for the eyes.

Likewise vse meates of good & quicke digestion, as to eat senel often, and af∣ter meat take coriander comfites pre∣pa••ated, and drinke not after them. But aboue al kepe awai your handes, for the rubbing of them maketh them worse and worse.

¶Remedie for dyseases of the eares. TAke oyle of roses & a litle vine∣ger, and put it into the eare, thē make a bagge of camomill and mellilote, and laye it thereunto.

¶For noyse and soundyng of the eares. Take pullule cochie▪ or fetide, be∣cause the sounde procedeth of ventosi∣tye,

or of phlegme, and before ye take the sayde pylles, it is good to drynke thre ounces of fenell water .ii. houres before meat .iiii. or .v. dayes. After the operacion of the sayd pylles, ye muste dippe a tente in oyle of rue castor or of salte, with the iuice of lekes, and often in the mornyng fastynge to holde hys eare ouer the warme decoction of ma∣iorim, rue, wormewood, camomil, and mellilote.

¶For peyne in the eares. Gose grece wyth a lytle honye swa∣geth the paynes of the eares.

¶Also the chestwormes sodden in oyle of roses vpon hoate asshes in the rynde of a pomegranate, and dropped in the eares.

¶Item oyle of almondes, specially of the bitter almondes, hoate.

¶Item if there be water in the eares it shall bee hadde out with a litle gose grece and the iuyce of onyons

¶Also earth wormes with gose grece soden is good for payne in the eares.

Item an adders haine sodden in wine and y^e eare bathed in it, & a litle there∣of put into the payne is good to take a waye the gryefe, and it helpeth also to the eares that are rennynge with stin∣king matter and corrupciō, but in that case ye muste haue boyled in the wine a lytle myrre.

¶Regiment. The pacjent muste eate and drinke litle, and sweate in bathes, or whote houses, and sometimes to prouoke ne∣synge. He muste forbeare garlicke, o∣nions, leekes, pease, beanes, and nut∣tes, nor drinke wyne wythout water.

¶For deafenes. Sometime there chaunceth deafnes by wynde, whyche is in the eare, the whiche causeth tinklynge in the head, and then one muste put a litle aloes in hote water, or in white wine, and dis∣tyll into the eare. Then put a litle eu∣phorbium in pouder into his nose, to make hym to nese, and auoyd asmuche humours as ye can.

Sometyme deaffenesse commeth of fleume, which when it is old is vncu∣rable. But when it beginneth, it must be purged as hath bene said ī y^e reme∣dy of y^e sounde of the eares. Thē take pouder of bay beries, & seeth it in oile of lilies, and put it warme into youre eare, and a litle blacke wolle to stoppe the eare with, that no aire entre.

¶Remedye for stinkyng of the nose, TAke cloues, ginger, and cala∣mynte, of eche a lyke, & seeth thē in white wyne, and there∣with wash thy nose. After put in pouder of piretrum to prouoke you to nese, & if ther be repleciō of fleume in the head, first ye must purge it with pilles of cochie or of hirea picra. Also yf the cause of stinkyng come frō the stomake, firste helpe the stomake, as shalbe saide hereafter in the reme∣dies of the stomake.

¶Medicines for bledynge of the nose.

Take a dramme of boole armoniake washed, and myxe it in rose water or plantayne water, and drynke it. Then binde the extreme partes, as harde as ye maye, & after make a tente of greke nettels, and put into his nose.

Moreouer, it is good for the paciente to holde in his hande egremony, with the roote and all, and drinke the iuyce of knotgrasse, and withoute doubt the bloud shall staunche anon.

¶For the same. Set a boxyng glasse vpon his liuer, yf the bloud come from the right side, or on the splene yf he blede on the left syde, and laye vnto the stones a good quantitye of towe or linnen dipped in vinegre, and for a woman laye it vpon her brestes.

¶An other singuler medicine for to staunche bloude, and it is a thing expert of al the good prac∣ticioners.

Take swynes dounge, euen as hote as ye can haue it from the swyne, and when yee haue cleansed the congeled bloud out of y^e nose, wring it through a cloute and let the iuyce perce into the syde from whence the bloud com∣meth, and by the grace of God ye shal see it stanche anone.

Moreouer it is good to bynde the fete and armes as hard as can be suffered, with a cord or a lace, the stronger they be bounde the better.

¶Remedy for the tothe ache. PAyne of the tethe (as Galene sayth) amongeste other paines that are not mortall is y^e most cruel and grieuous of them al. It maye come diuers wayes, of a cold or hote cause. If it come of a hote cause hys gomes are redde, and verye hote, wherfore it is very good to hold in his mouthe water of camphore or to seeth a lytle camphore in vinegre, and holde it in his mouth.

¶An other synguler remedye that

taketh awaye al kyndes of tothe ache, specially yf it come of a hote cause.

Take henbane rootes, and seeth them in venegre, and rosewater, and put the decoction in your mouth.

Remedie for the toth ache that commeth of colde causes.

Forasmuch as in suche cases often∣times there distelleth aboundaunce of water into the mouth, pourge it with pillule cochie, and afterwardes kepe ī your mouth warme wine, wherī hath bene sodden pellitorie, mintes & rew.

✚An other remedye for thesame. Take sage, pellitorye, and seth them in vineger, and kepe it in your mouth as hoate as ye maye suffer.

✚An other for thesame. Take pellitorie, staue sacre, and the thre kindes of pepper of eche one part, macis, galingale, halfe part of y^e other, make a pouder, and with a litle whyte wyne rub the teeth and then laie on y^e foresayde pouder where the payne is.

¶An other. Take the middle barke of an elder, salte, and pepper, of eche a like muche: and stampe them together, and laye it to the sore teeth.

¶An other remedye. Take a litle cotten, and dyp it in oyle of spike, then put it on the sore tothe. If the tothe bee hollowe, it is good to drawe it oute, for it wyll eueryedaye waste whatsoeuer ye doe vnto it.

¶To make the teeth white. Take white marble, cuttle bone, white coral, sal gemme, bay salt, mas∣tike, and pilles of a citron, of eche like much, make them in very fine pouder, and rub the teth therwith, euery mor∣nynge▪ And afterwarde wasshe youre mouth with white wyne, wherin hath bene sodden a litle camomil and dyll.

¶For the same. Take vineger of squilles and dippe a litle pece of cloth in it, and rub the teeth and gummes withall. The saide vineger fasteneth the gummes, coum∣forteth

the rotes of the teeth, and ma∣keth a swete breath.

An other remedye to make the teeth white. Distille a water in a lembik, of two partes of sal gemme, and y^e third part of alume, and rub the teth with a lin∣nen cloute dipped in thesame.

To take awaye stinking of the mouth. Ye must washe his mouth with wa∣ter and vineger, and chewe mastike a good while, and then wash thy mouth wyth the decoction of anysesedes, mintes, and cloues sodden in wine. If the stinking of the mouth commeth of a rotten tooth, the beste is to haue it drawen out.

Regyment for toth ache, and stinkyng of the mouth. Ye muste washe your mouth before and after meat with warme water, for to clense the mouthe, and to purge the humours from y^e gummes, which dis∣cend out of the head. It is good euerye

morning fasting, to washe your mouth and to rub the teeth wyth a sage lefe, pilles of citron, or wyth pouder made of cloues and nutmigges. Ye must for∣bere lettuce, raw fruit, al tarte meates and the chewing of hard thinges. Also al meates of euyll digestion, and vomityng.

✚The thyrde chapter treateth of remedyes for dyseases of the breaste.

FYrst for hoarcenesse of the voyce, that maketh a manne to speake lowe, & with great paine, ye must auoyde al egre, salt, and sharpe thinges, & sleping by daye, to much watching, great cold, much spea∣kinge, and to loude cryinge. All swete thinges are very good as apples soddē wyth suger, greate raysins, figges, al∣mond mylke, hulled barlye, pignolate, penedies, white pilles, suger candye,

and the iuice of licorice

Remedy for a hoarce voyce. Take the broth of redde colewrote and mingle with it .vii. or .viii. peni∣dies, and an ounce of sirupe of maiden heare, and geue vnto the pacient, whē he goeth to bedde.

An other medicine. Take diayris symple, & eat a lozeng of thesame at morne and also at night.

An other remedye for horcenesse of a long continuaunce. Take raysons, fygges, suger, cinamome, and cloues, of euery one a litle. Seeth them in good wine, of the which ye shal geue to drinke morning and eueninge .ii. ounces at a tyme, ex∣cept he hath a feuer.

For the same. It is good to take morning and eue∣nyng, a sponeful of the syrupe of iu••∣bes myxte with a roote of liquirice, in maner of aloc. If with the sayd horce∣nes, there descend aboundaūce of wa∣ter to y^e mouth, it is good to make an

electuarye of halfe diayris, and halfe diadragantum, and to vse it firste and last, after perfumyng wyth stoupes of flaxe, fumed with frankinsēce, mastike, sandrake, and storax calamite, laide v∣pon the head warme.

Remedye for the cough. Take ysope, great raysins, and fyg∣ges, of eche a litle handefull, licorice one ounce, boyle them in water til the thyrd part be wasted, then geue it him for to drinke twyse a day, in the mor∣ning two houres before meate, and at nyghte one houre beefore supper, and immediatlye after, it is good to eate a lozenge of diayris, or diapenidion. If ye wil haue it stronger, put to them in the decoction a lytle coole woortes, a∣nyse, and fenell, with the sedes of net∣telles, of eche two drammes.

An other remedie. Take sugercandy, white pilles dy∣ayris, & diadragagant, of euerye one .i. ounce, licorice .ii. drāmes, make a pou∣••er, and let hym eate therof a sponful,

mornyng and euening, and drinke af∣ter it three ounces of water of Isope, or of scabious, with suger or without suger.

In stede of those waters, ye may take the broth of redde colewoortes wyth∣out salte.

An other remedye. Take sirupe of liquirice, and of ysope, and drinke it euen and morne, wyth a ptisane or one of y^e same sirupes, with a sponefull of ptisane is good.

An other. Take pouder of diayris simple, and liquirice of eche a dramme weighte, & with foure ounces of suger make an e∣lectuarye, to be eaten fyrste and laste, and after meate.

An other. It is good to take loc sanum, with a stycke of liquirice, at the coughynge, and after meate. And there is an other loc called loc de pino, as good at all times as y^e other is. And it is good to annoynt the breast mornyng and eue∣nynge,

wyth oyle of lylyes, swete al∣mons, and maye butter without salt.

Here is to be noted, that commonly y^e coughe procedeth of colde humours that greueth the longes, and for that cause all thynges the whiche be hote, swete, and do poruoke spittel, are very good and holsome, for thesame as bee the thynges afore rehearsed.

And sometyme it procedeth of heat, & thē it is knowē by the great alterati∣on or feuer, & then ye must forbyd the pacient drinkyng of all wines, and to vse the thinges y^t hereafter foloweth.

Remedy against the coughe comming of a hote cause. Take syrupe of violettes, and of iu∣iubes, and drynke thereof morninge & eueninge, with a litle ptisane sodden.

For thesame. It is good to take fyrste and laste, a lozenge of diadragagant, & afterward to drynke a draught of good ptisane.

A good receite agaynst the coughe.

Take the rote of Enula campana, horehounde, holihock, of eche a lyke moch, seeth them altogyther in white wyne wyth a dosen of fatte fygges, & a litle liquirice, drinke of it a draught, euerye daye twyse,

¶Regiment or dyet for them that haue the cough. Ye must abstaine frō vinegre, veriuce, all salte meates, frutes, and rawe herbes, fyshe, lymons, grosse meates, and to muche repletion. Also ye maye drinke no wyne betwene meales, and beware of daye slepe, and specially af∣ter meate.

The wynde, the colde, and much talkynge, are verye vnnaturall for y^e coughe, and so is all laboure aswell of the bodye as of the mynde, and some tyme it is good to holde your wynde•• lytle, and let it go agayne.

¶Remedyes agaynste shortnes of the wynde.

SHortnes of the winde procedeth often tymes of fleume, that is coughe and clāmishe, hangyng v∣pon y^e longes or stopping the condites of y^e same, being in the holowenes of the breste, or of catarrous humours y^t droppeth downe into the longes, and therby cōmeth straitnesse in drawing of the breth, which is called of phisici∣ons, dispnoca, or asthma, & when y^e pa∣cient can not bend his necke down for drede of suffocaciō, it is called orthop∣noca. For euery one of these diseases ther be very holsome medicines decla∣red here afore.

¶The receyte for Asthma. Take an ounce of great raisins pic∣ked frō the kernelles, two figges, the meat of a date, dry isope, maydenhere, licorice, and the longes of a foxe was∣shed in wyne, water of scabiouse, of e∣uery one a dramme, penidies .ii. oūces with sirup of licorice, let al be ī corpo∣rated, & make a loc, to eat a good while after meate, wyth a sticke of lycorice.

¶An other receyte. Take horehounde, maydenhere, and ysope, of euery one a hādful, liquirice, dates, fygges, seed of smalache, and of fenel of euery one half an ounce: boile them in a pinte of water and an halfe tyl the thyrde parte be consumed. Af∣ter gyue hym the sayde decoccion to drinke a good draught euery morning two houres afore meat. And before it, or incōtinently after it, it is good to take asmoche as a chesnut of conserue of colewortes, or a lozeng of diaysopi or diairis Salomōis. Also loc de pul∣mone vulpis, is excedynge good for the sayde disease,

¶An ointmēt for shortnes of breath. Take .ii. ounces of oile of swete almō∣des, one of maye butter vnsalted, a ly∣tle saffron, and of newe waxe, & make an oyntment, wherewyth ye shall an∣noynte the brest morne and euen.

¶Regiment. Considering y^e sayde disease commeth of to greate aboundaunce of fleume

in the lōges, it is good to obserue the thinges that are shewed in y^e remedy∣es of the cough. And to dwell in a dry place farre from water pooles, or ma∣rishes, and to slepe in a moyste chābre, in the whyche ye muste haue a fyre of wood without smoke. The bread must be light and pleasaunt, for sour bread, browne bread, and crustes, are to be a∣uoided. Also ye may eate no pease, be∣nes, nuttes, chestnuttes, nor any thing that stoppeth or engendreth wynde. Fysshe rosted vpon the grydyron may well be suffred, for they be not so euil. Hulled barly, ryse, broth of colewoor∣tes, and broth of an old cocke with I∣sope & saffron, are speciall good meate for the longes, and so are fatte figges, raysins of alican, dates, graynes of y^e pyne, pignolate, and swete almondes. Greate mouinges and chafynges, and sodaine laboure is verye euyl, yet mo∣derat exercise afore meate is good and profytable.

Rennynge, anger, and such other pas∣sions

that enflame y^e hert, are in thys case vtterly to be auoyded.

¶Remedyes for the pthisycke. PThisis is an vlceration of the longes, by the which al the body falleth into consūption, in suche wyse that it wasteth al saue the skyn Ye maye knowe him that hath a pthisicke, for from day to day he wax∣eth euer leaner and drier, and his hear falleth, and hath euer a cough, and spit¦teth somtime matter and bloody strī∣ges wythall. And yf y^e whych he spyt∣teth be put into a basī of water it fal∣leth to the bottome, for it is so heauye

Galene speaking of thys disease, sayeth it is vncurable. But when he was in Rome, he gaue coūsaile to thē that had the pthisickes, to dwel in the mountaynes and hye places, far from waters, & watry groūdes, and so theyr life shulde be prolonged, but at the last they dyed of the same disease. Neuer∣thelesse, it is good to release the paine and to helpe thē as much as it is pos∣sible.

And the thyng that is most hol∣some for the same, is to drynke euerye mornyng a draught of asses milke .iii•• houres afore meat, in the place whe•• of one maie take the milke of a goate, newlye milked, and mixe them euery tyme wyth a sponeful of poudre, made of sugre of roses. And it is good euery tyme to vse cōserue of roses, pignolat, diadragagantum, and annoīt the brest before and behind, wyth oile of swete almondes, maye butter, and salte.

An other remedy proued by a religious man. Take two ounces of pimpernell in poudre, and therof make an electuary with sugre, & vse it euery morning .ii. drammes with pimpernell water .iii. ounces. Water of snailes distilled is proued good to them that be pthisike, euerye morning in drinke, & for all thē that are drye and leane.

An other. Take the .iiii. colde seedes, seede of ••uinces, of eche .iii. drāmes & a halfe▪

whyte popye seed .v. drāmes, the iuce of liquirise, ysope, amidum, gūme ara∣bike, and dragante, of eche a dramme and an halfe, penidies, the weyghte of them all, make a poudre, and vse euery morninge .ii. drammes, and after take two sponefulles of syrupe of iuiubes or ī stede of it drinke y^e ptisan of water of vngula caballina, otherwise called horsehofe. The poudre wherof is good for y^e pthisike, wherwith Haly saith, y^t he healed a mōke, of y^e same sicknesse.

Regiment for pthisyke. Ye oughte to doe as hath ben sayde in regimente of Asthma, and to abstayne from all spices, saue saffron. Ye muste likewise abstayne from al sowre thin∣ges, sharpe thinges, & tarte, nor be not hungry, nor drye: but cherysh you wel with meates of easie digestion, & good norishment, suche as is coleys of ca∣pons, hulled barlye, almon mylke, eg∣ges yolkes, veale, kidde, lambe, shepes fete, and small birdes liuing in wodes and bushes, creauises & fyshe of swete

runnyng water, hauing scales. Snay∣les in the shelles sodde with fenel and ysope, is very good. Ye must lyue me∣rilie, & playe at some pastime for plea∣sure, wythout labouringe. He oughte to abstayne from laxatiue medicines, bycause that it is sayd. Cum ••uor ex∣cedit, mors intrat, vita recedit, whiche is contrarye to asthma, for therin it is good euer to be lose bellyed.

¶For the pleuresye. Hereafter shalbe spoken of medicy∣nes for diseases of the ribbes. And for plainer knowledge of the same, ye shal vnderstande that somtime in the skin∣nes that couer the rybbes, ther gathe∣reth to gether bloud and cholerike hu∣mours, which engēdre apostemes cal∣led pleuresie, & it maye be knowen by iiii. maner of signes. Fyrst the pacient hath a great burnyng feuer. Secondly the ribbes are so sore within, as if thei wer pricked cōtinually with nedilles. Thyrdly, the pacient hath a short bre∣athe. The .iiii. signe is a strong cough,

wherewyth the sycke is vexed, and by these sygnes maye ye surelye knowe a right pleuresie, that is ī the skin vnder the rybbes within the bodye.

But there is an other kynde of pleu∣resie wythout vpon the rybbes aposte¦ined, but in that is nothyng so greatte daunger nor the fyeuer is not so strōg as is the other afore rehearsed.

Remedye. The pacient oughte to be let bloud on the liuer veyne, in y^e contrary arme from y^e syde that is diseased. After the begynnyng of the sore, tyll the thyrde daye, and after that if the pacyente be not feble, let hym bloud agayne vpō y^e same syde, that the sore is. Moreouer, the pacient ought to laye vpon y^e sore syde, euery daye an earthen bottel ful of warme water, and to annoynte his ribbes with oile of camomyl warme. And he ought to take a glister of chic∣kynes brothe, milke, cassia, oile of vio∣lettes, and hony of roses, yf his bellye be harde. And in stede of that glister, it

is good to take an ounce of cassia .i. houre before diner, in a lozenge, or de∣stempered with a ptisane, or els wyth water of scabiouse.

An other remedy. Take of brome floures, of scabiouse and the great thistle called cardo bene∣dictus, of euery one a like porciō, med∣dle them togyther, and let him euerye morning and euening, receyue a good draught, and annoynt the ribbes with oile of bromfloures, & it shal be good.

An other singuler remedye. Take .iii. ounces of water of our ladye thystle, one sponefull of whyte wyne, and sixe inner whytes of egges well brayed, myngle all togither, and laye them playsterwyse vpon the rib∣bes, as hote as ye maye suffre,

An other experte. remedye. Take .ii. good hādfulles of horsedong, two racis of ginger in pouder, and thē wrappe wel the donge & the ginger to¦gither in a clene linnen cloth, thē putte

them in a newe potte to boyle with .i•• pintes of whyte wyne, vntyl y^e thyrde parte be consumed, & drinke a draught of the sayde drynke euery mornyng, & after ye haue dronke the said wine, co∣uer ye aswel as is possible and sweate.

Regyment for the pleuresy. The paciēt ought not to drinke wyne▪ nor eate flesshe, but muste be cōtent to drinke ptisane, barly water, & weake drynke, & to eate barly hulled, & milke of almons clarified, rosted apples and great raisins as long as y^e feuer dothe last. And for to helpe hym to spit, it is good to vse often white pilles, diadra∣gagantū, suger candye, and other thin∣ges sayde in the remedy of the cough.

For diseases in the ribbes whiche is not pleuresie. There chaunceth often tymes a dys∣ease in the rybbes, whyche they call a bunch, whych commeth of ventositie, wherefore it is good to apply thereto hote thīges, as a tost of bread very hot & a litle bagge of otes, & baye salt fri∣ed

togyther, or of hony whyche is bet¦ter. Also it shall be good to put there a sponeful of hote asshes and herbes of horehounde, rue, wormewode, mar¦gerym, ysope, bayes, and camomylle

Another remedy for the same. Take the rotes of colewort & hop¦pes of eche an ounce, verueyne, mug¦worte, sage, myntes wormewood, tā¦say, and motherworte, of eche a hand∣ful, put al in a commen styll and disti•• them.

Kepe that water to drinke, euery•• morninge .ii. or .iii. ounces, whyle th•• peyne doth laste.

Another remedye. Take the sayd herbes and rootes, & beate thē wyth whyte wyne, & str••ine them thorow a linnen clothe, and giue vnto the pacient a smalle draught .ii, or .iii. houres afore meate.

The fourth Chapiter of the weakenes of the harte.

WEakenesse or feblenes of harte is caused when the bodye fayleth his vertue vital, wythout anye eui∣dēt cause▪ or whē the bo∣dye is consumed, & wax∣eth out of coloure, and that the ope∣racions vitall are weake, wythoute sensible hurtynge of any other mēbre, but the harte. And it maye chaunce of an aposteme, for the whyche there is no maner remedy, for al apostemacion ••f the harte is mortal. And debilitye ••f the hart may come of heat acceden∣tal, which one may knowe when there is great heat in the breast, & vehemēte thirst, & is quēched better in drawing cold ayre, thē in drinking cold water.

Remedye. Geue hym y^t hath a feble hert, & redy to faint, ether for feuer or for extreme heate, the weyght of a frenche crowne of trosciske of cāphore, with wyne of pomegranades, & laye vpon his breast towarde the lefte syde a sendal or lin∣nen

water of roses, purcelane, succorye, & sorelle. Moreouer the paciēt ought to smel thynges colde and swete, as dry∣ed roses, water lilies, violettes and vinegre of roses.

Also it is good to take an infusion or laxe of rubarbe, ordeyned of som good phisicion, after the whyche it shall be good, to applye vpon the lefte pappe, a lynnen cloth dipped in plātaine wa∣ter, roses, sorell, and a lytle vinegre.

For tremblyng of the hart wyth∣out a feuer, a remedye. The paciente muste take .ii. drammes of the electuary of diamargariton ca∣lidum, and the thyrde part of electua∣rium de gemmis, then drinke .ii. or .iii ounces of water of buglosse & bawme mixt togyther.

An other remedye. Take mastyke, lignum aloes, clo∣ues, cinamome, nutmigges, and cube∣bes of eche a scruple, pilles of citrons halfe a dramme, doronici romani, and perles, of ech .xv. graynes, basile seede,

ten graynes, amber grece, and muske, of ech two graines, with cōserued bu∣glosse or colewoorts and sucket of ci∣trons, of eche halfe an ounce, make an electuarye wyth .iiii. ounces of suger dissolued in white wyne, and buglosse water, and vse of thesame euery mor∣nyng .ii. drammes, and drynke a lytle good wyne after it.

¶Another remedy. Take water of buglosse, bawme, and borage, of all three together a pounde, of white wine halfe a pounde, pouder of cinamome, cloues and nutmigges, of eche two drammes, mingle them al wel together, and then heate it a litle, and dippe a linnen cloth in it, or elles a scarlet, and laye it to the left pappe.

¶Another remedye. Ye muste make a bagge of sendalle, of the sayde swete spices, or other cor∣dyall pouders and laye it hoote vpon the left pappe.

¶Another remedye. Take pomaunders made of lapda∣num,

lignum atoes, and citron pilles, maces, cloues, borage floures, storax calamite, amber of grece, and a lytle waxe, and lette the pacient beare that and smell it often.

¶An other medicine. The mawe of an olde cocke dried and made in pouder, is excedyng good to drinke in red wyne, or swete wine with a litle saffron.

For thesame. It is good to drinke euery mor∣ning thre oūces of water of buglosse, wherin hath bene sodden cloues. And it is good to drynke in a mornyng .iii. oūces of iulep, made of halfe a pounde of bawme water, and thre oūces of su∣ger. The confection of diaiacincthi, is singuler and excellent for tremblinge of the hearte, but it is for noble men, not for poore folke,

¶For swownyng. SWownyng is a takyng awaye of the feelyng and mouing of the bo∣dy, by weakenes of the heart, tho∣rough

to much auoidans of y^e spirites.

¶Remedye. In somer for sownyng, sodainelye ye oughte to caste into hys face colde water myngled with rosewater or vi∣negre. And yf ye stoppe hys mouthe, and nose, and bowe hys face vnto hys knees, so long as ye stoppe your wynd your selfe, ye shall foorthwith recouer hym. But yf the sayde swownynge come of the mother, ye muste laye to the nose all stynkyng thynges, and ab∣hominable sauours, as partriches fe∣thers brente, castor, and assafetida, or the snuffes of candelles. Moreouer ye ought to geue the pacient a litle good wyne, whiche is the chiefe thyng that quicklyest restoreth hym, as sayeth A∣uerrois in his seuenth colliget. After∣warde rubbe hys armes and legges, and bynde them harde, then prouoke hym to nese, puttynge a litle pouder of longe pepper, euphorbium, or castor, into hys nose. And yf by the saide medicines the pacient dothe not

amende, this disease is vncurable. And here ye maye note that yf swow∣ning come by great resoluciō of spiri∣tes, as after great euacuaciō, other by swette, fluxe of bloud, or laxe, ye ought not to caste cold water on his face, nor to bind his mēbers, for y^t shoulde do hī hurt, but kepe him in a place withoute mouing, and geue him to drinke a litle good wyne, & nourishe him with good light metes, as pullettes, chickins, ca∣pons partriches, veale, mutton, & kid. Whereof ye may make him good por∣rege, coleyses or restoratiues, distilled or otherwise as ye shal thīke cōueniēt.

¶The .v. Chapter of remedies for dyseases of the stomake.

THe cheste of the body doth re∣ceiue the meate necessarye for all the mēbers in the stomake whiche is situate in the myd∣des of the bodye for to digeste thesame meat into al y^e members, to the which chaūceth debilitie, or hīderaūce of ap∣petite, sometimes by error of y^e eater

in qualitie or quantitye, & sometimes by reasō of the fleume that descendeth from the heade like a reume.

¶Remedye. Keepe abstinence, and eate soberlye light meates, and drinke good wine, and but litle. Purge the stomake, ī ta∣kynge pylles of symple hyera beefore meate .iii. or foure of the said pilles at foure of the clocke in the mornyng. If the repletion be greate, slepyng in the nyght he muste laye hys hande on hys stomake, or els laye a litle pillowe of fethers on it, or a bagge of wormwod & margerim. Sometimes ther chaun∣ceth suche debilitye, not for reume, or meate or drinke, but by viscouse & sly∣my fleume, ī the mouth of y^e stomake, which causeth to engender aboūdaūce of ventositye, and maketh the meat to swymme with litle thirste. And some∣times with sour belchinges, and infla∣tions, such debilitye maye not perfect∣lye bee cured, but for a tyme mended wyth the remedies that folowe.

¶Remedyes for weakenes of the stomake. Fyrst ye must take pillule stomatice ii. or .iii. houres afore meate, more or lesse accordyng to y^e quantitye of the fulnes of the stomake, & after geue him euery mornyng .ii. houres afore meat, and one houre after supper, at euerye tyme a lozenge of a lectuary called di∣agalāga, or an other called diaciminō whiche lectuaries do consume vento∣sities, and with theyr cōfortable heat, driue away the colde and the windye complexion of the stomake.

¶For the same. Grene ginger is verye good taken as is sayd afore of electuaries. And it is holesome to eate afore your meate, anyse sedes and fenel, and when ye be∣gin to eate, take a tost dipped in sod∣den wine, or good maluesye withoute drinking of thesame wine, except it be a verye lytle after meate.

An other. Take mastike and lapdanum, of eue∣rye

one an ounce, mintes, and worme∣wood poudred, of eche a dramme, tur∣bentine, as muche as shall nede to en∣corporate them together, make a plai∣ster and spred it vpon lether, and laye it to the stomake. In stede of the sayde plaister, it is good to annointe the sto∣make with oile of spikenard, and mas∣tike, or to laye on it hoote breade ste∣ped in good wyne, on the which bread strowe pouder of cloues & nutmigges.

Sometimes suche debilitye of sto∣make cōmeth of hote causes, & thē it is knowen by the litle appetite to meat, and great thyrst, and heade ache before meate, and after, it commeth stinkyng belchyng, whereof sometime foloweth vomiting, and is holpen on this wise.

Remedye. In suche debilitye if ther be great quantitie of spittle, and muche desyre to vomite, it is good to take .x. dram∣mes of hiera picra, with the decoction of cicers, or with two or thre oūces of water of wormewood, and after your

meat vse coriander seed prepared, and beware ye drinke not thereafter, nor slepe in the day time,

To thesame. Mirabolanes condite are very good for the same purpose, to be geuen once in the weke, at four of the clocke ī the morning, half an ounce, or a hole oūce euerye tyme, and take awaye the stone that is within. If in the saide debilitie of stomake of hote cause, there be not aboundaunce of spittle, but drinesse of mouth, with thrist and vomiting, stin∣king & fumishe, it is good to take eue∣ry mornyng syrupe of sorell, syrupe of roses, or sirupe of quinces with endiue and succorrye water, or water sodden and cooled again, and then drinke hie∣ra picra, as afore is said, or take a pur∣gacion as is declared in the payne of the head, comming of cholere. It is to be noted, that for such debilitie of the stomake, ye maie not weare any cerote plaister, nor bagge, wherin is hote me∣dicines lest ye should augmēte y^e cause▪

but it is conueniente to annoynte the stomake with colde oyles, as be oyles of roses, and quinces, and yf ye wyll haue a plaister, make it of redde roses and saunders.

For abhorryng of meate. SOmetime there chaunceth in the stomake, a dysease called fastidium, or abhorrynge of meate, wherby the persone a∣gaynst his wyl taketh in hate and ab∣hominacion all maner of meates, that is offered vnto him: likewise as a hole man taketh pleasure and delite in hys meat. The cause of this disease, is re∣pleciō of cholericke humors or phleg∣matike, grosse and viscouse, whiche are in the stomake, & the paciēt hath great thriste, a drye tonge, the mouth bitter, & sometime doth vomit yelow cholere

Remedye. Ye muste purge the cholere as hath bene saide afore, and yf the veines bee great and ful of bloud, ye ought to let him bloud on the right arme, & on that

veine which appeareth moste: and to quicken the appetite it is good to geue him to eate or drinke, such as the paci∣ent demaūdeth, although it bee not al∣wayes of the beste, And also it is good to geue him y^e iuce of pomegranades.

¶For belchyng. Belchyng is a vētositye instatiue ex∣pulsed oute of the stomake to the mouth, and commeth by feblenes, and litle heat of the stomake, which engen∣dreth winde, wherefore it signifieth a colde complexion, whiche is cause of suche ventositie after meate. And for this disease ye shall do as foloweth.

¶Remedy for windinesse of the stomake. Abstaine from al fruites, and rawe herbes, pease, beanes, garlike, onions, leekes, chesnuttes, course meates, great repaste, and slepe on the daye. Ye ought to take fastinge, comfites made of aneys, fenel, cummine, and carre∣way seedes, or els pouder of the sayde thynges myxte wyth suger. Also it is

good to take in a morning two houres before meat, a lozenge of aromaticum rosatum, & if ye haue an aking stomak and cold, it is good to take euery mor∣ning a lozenge of dianisi, or diaciminū or some other cōfortable lozenge, & to drinke after it a sponful of good wine.

¶Another remedy. Ye maye take a litle galingale, with a litle wine, or pouder of cumine with some good wyne.

¶Another remedye. Drinke euery morning fastyng, two oūces of wine wherin hath bene sod∣den baye beries, anyse, & carraway se∣des, of eche a litle. And if ye put to it a litle pure frankensence, it would be y^e better. And withoute, it is good to laye a bagge full of camomyl floures, rue, wormewood, and maiorim made in pouder, or for to annoynte the sto∣make with oyle of wormewoode, rue, spikenard, or bayes.

Sometimes suche belching and vē∣tositie cōmeth before meate, and it is

caused of fleume viscouse, or watrish, that is in the stomake.

Remedye. Ye must purge the fleume with pil∣lule cochie, or electuariū of diacarta∣my as hath bene said in the remedy of peine of the heed caused of fleume. And ere ye geue the purgacion, ye ought .iii or .iiii. morninges two houres afore meate, to take two litle sponefulles of sirupe of wormewood or of mintes. After the which purgacion, it is good to annointe the stomake with oyle of mastike, nardine, wormewod or lilies & for to weare vpon the stomake a ce∣rote beyng made lyke a plaster, which ye may bye at the Apotecaris, called cerotum Galeni, or a bagge made of maiorim, and camomil floures, & take euery mornyng a lozenge of the elec∣tuary aboue named, or of diagalanga.

Item ye shal note, that yf the persō can not take a purgaciō, to auoyd suf∣ficiently the fulnes of the stomake, which hyndreth the digestion of meat,

he muste take a glister, and afterwarde pilles of elephangine, or of hiera sim∣plicis, before diner or supper. More∣ouer, yf before dynner ye fele an heui∣nes in the stomake, ye oughte to take one of the sayde pilles, halfe an houre before meate.

For the hicket. Hicket or yeaskyng, is an euill mo∣uing of the vertue expulsiue of the sto∣make prouoked by the vertue sēsible, to expulse that that dothe anoye. The said hicket doth sometimes happen by reason of emtines, by debilitie of the stomake after lōg sickenes, or by fluxe of blud or laxe, or by some other strāge euacuacion, which is very perillous & oftentymes mortall. Therefore it is good to geue restoratiues to the paci∣ent, and to geue hym soft egges, almō mylke, hulled barlye, culleyes of ca∣pons, or other thinges of good norish∣mente, and of easye digestion.

Also ye ought to stoppe the laxe, & to make the pacient to slepe long and an∣nointe

the stomake with oyle of swete almons. Sometimes hicket procedeth of repletiō of matter humorous, or of drinke and meat which engēder grosse ventositie, & not very easy to consume. Yf y^e stomak be ouercharged with mea¦tes, kepe a lōg abstinēce til digestiō be done, or els vomit and annoint thi sto∣make with oile of dil, mastike, worm∣wood & castor. If humors conteined in y^e stomak be cause of y^e said hicket, take an ounce of hierapicra with water of wormwod or els pilles āte cibū .3. or 4 houres before meat, & eueri mornīg fo¦lowīg y^e operaciō of y^e said hierapicra, take a lozenge of dianisi or diaciminū▪ or els a few anise sedes & carawaies.

¶Regiment for al maner hicket. It is good to kepe longe and often hys breath, to nese, to trauayle muche, to endure greate thyrste and also to sleape longe. And it is good to caste cold water in the face of him that hath the hicket, and to threaten him, and so

put him in feare, and to anger hym, or els to prouoke hym to heauynesse, for by these thinges the naturall heat is reuoked and fortified within, and causeth the hicket to cease.

For vomityng. Vomiting commeth sometimes with∣out great violence, & thereby one get∣teth health, wherfore ye nede not geue him any remedy, for it is a good acciō of the naturall vertue of the stomake. Sometime vometinge commeth by a great violēt mouinge of the vertue ex∣pulsiue of the stomake, for the euyll thynges conteined in thesame.

¶Remedye. One maye well helpe a man to vo∣mite, geuyng hym warme water with a litle oyle to drinke, or els to put the finger in his mouth very lowe, or a fe∣ther wetre in oile, the better to vomit and mundifye the stomake, yf so be the persone haue a wide throte, and that vomityng do not hurte him muche, as be they that haue but smal and strayte

throtes, and long neckes and leane, & he that hath an euyl syght, for al these it is euyll to vomite,

Sometymes vometing commeth by weakenes of the stomake, caused of a hote and euil complexion, ye shal heale it after this maner.

Remedy. Take sirupe of roses, quynces, myr∣tylles, wyth water sodden, and colde againe, or elles water of purcelane for to refresshe and quench the thirst that chaunceth commonly in suche a case. And it is good to anoynt the stomake before dynner & supper, with an oint∣ment made of oyle of roses, and quin∣ces, wyth iuce of myntes▪ and a lytle waxe, or els to make a plaistre of min∣tes, roses, wormewood, & oile of roses and laye it to the stomake

An other. Take frakensence, mastike, of eche half an ounce made ī pouder, and mē∣gle them togyther, with the whyte of an egge, and a lytle barlye floure, then

sprede it on a lytle towe, and laye it to the mouth of the stomake. At y^e latter ende of diner, it is good to take a mor∣sell of marmalade wythout drynke.

Somtyme vometyng procedeth of eiul & colde complexion of y^e stomake.

¶Remedye. Anoint the stomake with oyle of spike¦narde & mastike, or els make an oint∣mente of the sayde oyles, wyth a lytle mastyke, corall, and waxe, and anoynt the stomake morning and euenynge.

¶An other medicine. Make a bagge of wormewood, ma∣iorym, and drye myntes, of eche a litle handful, cloues, galingale, and nutmi∣ges, of eche halfe a dramme, the sayde thynges poudred, and put betwyxt .ii. linen clothes with cotten enterbasted and applied vpon the stomake, are of wonderful operacion. In stede of this ye maye take the sayd herbes dried on an hote tilestone, and put them in two linnen cloutes vpon the stomake.

¶An other maner.

Ye maye take a toste of breed & stepe it in the iuce of myntes, and cast vpon it pouder of mastyke, then lay it vpon the stomacke, and from thre houres to thre houres let it be renewed,

Otherwyse. Take two handfulles of myntes, and a handfull of roses sodde in wyne, thā take two ounces of tosted breed, and moyste it in wyne, and incorporate it wyth pouder of mastike, and the sayde roses & myntes, and make a playster wherof one parte must be layed to the stomake when the pacient would eate any meate. The sayde playster is also good in all hote causes, yf for the said wyne, ye seeth the myntes and roses, and stepe the toste in vinegre.

¶To comforte the stomake af∣ter vomytynge. It is good to gyue vnto the pacient euery mornynge an ounce of sirupe of wormewood, or myntes, in steade of whych it is cōuenient to take a lozēge of aromaticū rosatum, or diagalanga.

For the same. Take euening and mornyng .iii. hou∣res before meate .ii. cloues in pouder, with a sponefull of the iuce of mintes, or halfe a sponefull of rue, dryed, with a lytle wyne,

Also it is good to take poudre of clo∣ues, and lignum aloes the weyght of a crowne, wyth wyne .ii. houres before meate.

¶A glystre for the same. And here ye muste note, that in all vomiting, yf the pacient be harde bel∣lied, it is good to take a lēitiue glistre made of the decoccion of marche mal∣lowes, mallowes, violettes, and, barly wyth oile of violettes, home of roses, and a litle cassia. And yf the vomiting come of coldnes of the stomake, or of cold water cōteined in it, adde vnto y^e saide glister, wormwood, ysope, rue, & cammomylle in the sethyng. And for oile of violettes, take oile of camomil or of lylyes, and geue the pacient a pil of mastyke before meate. And ye shall

vnderstande, that myntes brayed, and myngled wyth oyle of roses, and ap∣plyed vpon the stomake, is verie good for all vomiting.

¶For peyne of the stomake. Ache or peyne of the stomake com∣meth somtymes of wynde, & it is cal∣led dolour extensiue, the which is hol∣pen with applyīg therto a sponge wet ī wine, wherin hath ben soddē worm∣wood, rue and camomyll.

Also ye maye helpe it as hath ben said in the remedy of hycket or yeaskynge, and as shalbe sayd hereafter in the re∣medy for all peynes of the stomake.

Sometymes the sayde payne com∣meth of repletiō of humours, and it is called dolor aggrauatiuus. Whyche ought to be cured by purgacion, in gi∣uing of cassia newly drawen out, hiera picra, or pylles stomaticas, or of hiera simple, takyng some syrupe before the purgaciō, as is shewed in the remedy of debilitie of stomake.

Somtymes payne of the stomake cō∣meth

of cholere, or salte fleume verye sharpe, and y^e pacient hath bytter taste or salt with great thirst, and he fealeth heate and mordycatiō. Wherfore it is good to drynke sirupe of roses, or occi¦saccarū simple with soddē water and coled. In stede whereof ye maye take endiue water, succory and purcelane with one part of wormwood water, & then take an euacuatyue that purgeth cholere, as is sayd in the remedies for peyne of the head cōmyng of cholere, or let the pacient vomite, in geuing a sharpe syrupe of sorelle, wyth warme water, thā put his finger in his mouth so that he maye vomyt.

Sicke folkes often diseased in the sto∣make, demaunde nothing elles, but to take awaye the peyne, not regardinge y^e time while the matter may be pur∣ged by vomitīg, glister or other laxes.

Also there caunceth sometyme so greate payne & sharpe, that for debily¦tie of vertu it is good to leaue y^e cause and sticke to the swaging of the paine▪

wherefore it behoueth to procede in maner folowyng.

¶Remedye for all paynes of the stomake. TAke camomil, melilote, worm∣woode, mallowes with theyr rootes, leaues of bayes, par∣ietary and peyryalle, of eche a handful, lineseed a pounde, fenugreke halfe a pound, anees, and fenel seed, of eche halfe an ounce.

The sayde thynges brused and well sodden in water, wet therin▪ sponges, and the licour wel pressed out, and ap∣plied vnto y^e stomake, one after an o∣ther, and warmyng them againe, whē they begynne to cole, swage all maner paynes of y^e stomacke, And afterward ye must annoīt the stomake with oyle of dylle and camomylle.

¶An other remedye. Take an hogges bladder, and fyl it of the sayde decoction, and lappe it in a linnen cloth, and lay it to the stomake and warme it agayne when it is cold.

But after ye haue made dyuerse suche applicacions. Ye muste annoynte the stomake wyth the oyle aforesayde. Yf the payne be remouing from place to place, it signifieth it commeth of ventositi. Therfore lay vnto it a bag∣full of meale, salte, and commin dried togyther.

¶An other remedye. Take a sponeful of hote asshes, dewe them wyth good wyne, and couer thē wyth a linnen cloth: that it goe round aboute the spoone, and laye it to the stomake.

¶An other remedye. Take a sheue of breed metely thycke, toste it, and wete it in hote oyle of ca∣momyl, as hote as it commeth from y^e ouen, or in oyle of spyke, and wrappe it in a linnen, and lay it vpon y^e paine.

¶An other remedye. Put a great boxyng glasse vpon the nauyll, and let it be there .i. houre.

¶An other remedye for payne of the stomake.

Take two drammes of diaciminon, of dianisi, of diagalanga, & drynke it with a litle good wyne, an houre or .ii before meat. To drinke two oūces of maluesye, with a litle of one of y^e sayd electuaries, is very good for such pai∣nes as procede of coldnesse or vētosite

¶An other remedye. Take, a drāme of galingale in pouder, and giue it to drinke with a litle hote wyne, and aboue al thynges for paine of ventositie, a singuler remedye is to drinke a litle Castor, with good wine.

¶An other. Lykewise to drynke two houres be∣fore meate thre or foure ounces of the decoction of mītes, anneis seedes, co∣myne and fyne frankensence.

Also it is good to drynke an electu∣arye called aromaticum, whereof ye maye receiue one lozenge euery mor∣nyng fastyng.

¶An other speciall medicyne. Take halfe an ounce of iuce of min∣tes,

& two drāmes of y^e iuice of worm∣woode, lignum aloes, and cloues and xilo balsamum, of eche in poudre half a scruple, all myxt togyther, & dronke warme .ii. or thre houres before meat, are excedyng profytable.

¶The syxt Chapter, of re∣medyes for diseases, of the liuer.

THe liuer is one of y^e principall mēbres & chefe instrumente of generacion of blood & of other mēbres, it lyeth on the ryght syde vnder the short rybbes, y^e whyche is ordeined to digest the meate the secōd tyme, and thereof to make humours that nourysheth al y^e membres of mā∣nes body, by his natural heat, cōforted by heat of the hert. But somtymes it is greued by blood in to much aboun∣daūce, or by cholerik humours, which cause to greate heate, or els by fleume

that doth diminysh the same▪

A remedie for an hote lyuer. Yf the lyuer be to hote, bycause of to moch blood, the person hath red vrine, hasty pulse, his veines great & ful, and he feleth his spattle, mouth and tonge sweter then it was wont to be, wher∣fore it is good to be let blood of the liuer veine on the right arme, and to vse letuse, sorelle, purcelane, & hoppes in pottage, and sometymes to drynke of y^e waters of the said herbes fasting, or els endiue water to refreshe y^e liuer.

Regiment for disease of the liuer comming of blood. YE muste abstaine frō drin∣kyng wine, and eatynge of flesh, and yf at meat or drīk ye muste otherwyse, y^e wine ought to be watred, and the fleshe boi∣led with lettuse and sorel. It is better to drinke ptysan, or stale cydre, & eate brothe of peason, almon mylke, hulled barlye, or rosted apples, and damaske

prunes, whiles y^e heat be diminysshed. And ye ought euery daye to prouoke the duty of y^e womb, either by meanes of suppositorie, or els other wyse.

Yf the liuer be ouer hote by cholere, the pacient hath hys vryne cleare and yelowe, wythout measure, great thirst wythout appetyte, & feleth great bur∣nyng in hys bodye, and cōmonly hath his bellye bounde, and hath the face yelowe.

This disease of the liuer chaunceth mooste in somer, & for it ye muste take twyse a daie an ounce of syrupe of en∣diue, or violettes, with a good draught of ptisane, drynke it two or thre hou∣res before meate, and also at nyght to bedwarde, and so continue thre or foure dayes.

In stede of the sayd syrupes ye may take thre oūces of ptisane, or thre oū∣ces of water of endiue, cicorye and so∣rell meddled togyther, for eche tyme. Then the fyfth daye in the morninge early, it is good to drynke a purgaciō

that pourgeth cholere, whiche shal be made as foloweth.

An excellente purgacion for to auoyde cholere, and may be gyuen to men of al ages. TAke half an oūce of cassia new∣ly drawen, a drāme of good ru∣barbe infused a night in water of endiue wyth a lytle spikenard, and an ounce of syrupe of violettes, mixe all the sayd thynges with thre ounces of ptisane or whaye, and drynke it warme as afore is said in the other.

Boles for the same. In stede of the said medicine (which is to costlye for poore folkes) ye maye make boles of halfe an ounce of cassia, and thre drammes of electuarium de succo rosarum, and eate them thre hou∣res after mydnyght, and slepe after it, but al the day ye must kepe y^e chāber, & yf ye had rather drynke it thā eate it, mixt the said boles with whay, or en∣diue water, & drīke it at v. of the clock in y^e mornyng, but sleape not after it.

Other medicines laxatyue. Take halfe an ounce of diaprunis laxatyue, mixt with .iii. ounces of de∣cocciō of french prunes, water of suc∣corie, and drinke it warme at fiue of y^e clocke in the mornyng, or els sixe hou∣res afore meate. In steade of the sayde diaprunis, ye maye take halfe an oūce of electuarium de succo rosarum, and make a laxe as afore is sayde.

And it is to be noted, yf the pacyente be very weake or easye to worke vpō, ye maye take away a drāme both of y^e diaprunis, & also of succo rosarū. Af∣ter the sayd purgaciō, it is good to re∣fresh the liuer with laying to without on the right side, vnder the nether rib∣bes, a playster of cerotum scandalinū, spred vpon a linnen clothe of the byg∣nesse of .iiii. fyngers, or bath the sayde place with a lynnen cloth wet ī water of endyue, plantayne and roses, war∣med togyther. Moreouer it is good to take euery morning before meat, a lo∣zenge

of triasandaly, and to drinke af∣ter it endiue water .iii ounces.

Regiment for heate in the liuer. The pacient must abstayne frō flesh & salt fish, strong wine, garlike, onyons, mustarde, and such other hote meates. It is good to vse broth of pease and veriuce, lettuce, popie, spinage, and borage, and sometyme a litle vinegre yf he be not greued in the stomacke. This regimente is good also in tyme of pestilence, and of to great heate.

A Iulep for the heate of the liuer. TAke halfe a .li. of rosewater, one quarter of water of endiue, and v. ounces of sugre, make a iulep, of which ye shal drynke fasting a good draught. And yf ye wyl nedes drynke for thyrst betwene meales, let it be myngled wyth .ii. partes of water of the well. And yf ye wyll haue it more colynge, adde vnto it two ounces of vinegre or the iuce of a pomegranade.

Yf the lyuer be colde, for the phleg∣matike

matter that is in it, the person hath his water white, & out of colour, the face pale, and his mouth watry, li∣tle bloode, and feleth heuynesse about hys lyuer.

¶Remedye. He oughte to drynke in the mornynge earlye .iii. or .iiii. times a sirupe called oximell diureticum, wyth the decocciō of smalache and perselye, or with wa∣ters of smalache, and fenell, and after he must take to purg the fleume a me∣dicine made as foloweth. Take syxe drammes of diafinicon, if the persō be strōg, or halfe an ounce if he be weake, and distemper it in .iiii. ounces of the decoccion of the rootes of smalache, percely, fenell, & drinke it luke warme v. or .vi. houres afore meate.

In steade of the sayde medicine one maye gyue .ii. drammes of agaryke in trosciskes wyth water of smalache, or els good fenel.

An other medicine laxatiue. Take halfe an ounce of diacarthami,

or halfe an oūce of diaprunis laxatiue or asmuche of electuarium dulce, with thre oūces of percely water, smallach ysope, or fenell, take it fyue houres a∣fore meate.

Regiment. The pacient must drinke good wyne, and vse ginger, cinamome, graynes of paradyse, anyse and fenelle, and hote herbes in pottage, as sage, ysope, time maiorym, and auoide all rawe frutes, and also rawe herbes.

Moreouer it is verye good to make a playster of smallache, wormewoode, spikenarde in pouder, with oile of dil myngle it, and laye it vpon the lyuer.

Agaynst stoppyng of the lyuer called oppilacion. OPpilation or stopping commeth sometyme in the holownesse of the lyuer, and it is knowē by cō∣passion and payne of the stomake, and is healed by medicines laxatiue, as it is declared before.

And sometyme the oppilacion is in

the veines of the holowe parte of the lyuer, and is perceiued thē by y^e griefe which the pacient feleth in his backe, and in his reines. And it is healed by thynges that opē, as by sirupes of the three rootes, sirupes of bisantius, sy∣rupes of maydenheere, and by dryn∣king y^e decoction of raysins, fenel, per∣cely, smallache, cicory, or waters stil∣led of thesame herbes. Also rootes of alisaunder is good for the same. &c. Sometimes the said oppilacion com∣meth of grosse bloude, earthy, and me∣lancholike, whiche the members send vnto the liuer, and beecause that suche engendred bloud can haue no issue, nor hath any way to departe to any other mēbers, therfore be y^e veines of the li∣uer stopped vp by the grossenes of the saide bloude. And it is knowen by the water, y^t is very hie coloured, & cleare.

¶Remedie. Geue the paciēt medicines that perce, & subtile, as is wine of pomegranat••s, syrupe of endiue, wyth the decoctiō of

cicers. Thē let him bloud on the liuer veine, and eueri morning eat a lozenge of triasandaly. Sometime y^e said oppi∣lacion cōmeth of aboundaūce of some humoure viscouse, cold and flegmatike, stoppyng the veines of the liuer, and thē y^e vrine is as clere, as clere water.

Remedy. The pacient must drynke euery mor∣nyng the sirupe of oximel squilityke, with half a draught or more of the de∣coctyon of rootes of smallache, fenel & percely. Sometimes vnto women cō∣meth oppilacions of y^e lyuer, by retey∣nyng of their pu••gaciōs. Wherfore it is good to let them bloud on the veine called saphe••, whiche is aboue on the hyer syde of the ••steppe.

And let them take after the chaunge of the ••one, seuen or eight morninges any p••ate called Trifera magna: eueri tyme an ounce. And after drynke thre oūces of waters of mugwort, hysope and fenell, or the decoction of these ••erbes, or elles the rootes aperityue,

which be smallache, percely, fenel, ali∣saunder and asperage, boyled in water wyth the thirde parte of odoryferous whyte wyne.

¶Medicines for the lyuer that may be easely had at al times. Take a good handeful of liuerworte that groweth vpon the stones, and an other of fumetorye, wyth as muche of hartestonge, and seeth them in whaye clarefyed, and drinke them euery daye twyse.

The liuer of an hare dried and made in pouder, is good for all diseases of y^e liuer, as affirmeth Auicenne and other of the Arabians.

Also for heate in the liuer seeth bar∣beries in whey, and drinke them.

¶The .vij chapter, againste the dyseases of the gall.

THe gal is placed in the holow∣nesse of the lyuer, to receyue the superfluitye of cholere, and to sende it to the bowels to be auoided with the grosser excrementes,

to thintente to clense the bloud of the saide cholere.

To the which there commeth often∣tymes oppilacions in the parties a∣bout by the liuer, or beneth in it selfe next the bowels, causyng great paine, by reason whereof the cholere turneth agayn vnto the lyuer, and there is mē∣gled with y^e bloud, and spred abrod in∣to all the veines of the body, and bre∣deth a dysease named iaundis (icteri∣cia in latin) wherof be thre kyndes▪ y^t is to saye, yelowe iaundis that proce∣deth of cholere called citrine or yelow, grene iaūdis which procedeth of grene cholere, and blacke iaundis that pro∣ceth of blacke choler, whiche is called melancholy, and commonly commeth of the oppilacion of the splene.

Remedye for iaundis. Yf the iaundis happen in an ague, before the seuenth daye, the pacient is in great daunger of his lyfe, as Hipo∣crates sayth. But yf it appeare in the sixth daye, being a day iudicial or cre∣tike

of the ague, or after, it is a verye good sygne.

And then ye must succoure nature, in refreshyng and digesting the choler, with sirupe of violettes, geuen in the morning wyth water of morel, or sy∣rupe of endiue, with water of cicorye.

After this purge the cholere as is sayd in remedies of the liuer. And thā geue him a lozenge of triasādali, with reubarbe, euerye morning two houres before meat, and drinke a litle waters of endiue, and cicorye, afore the sayde lozenge.

Moreuer, it is good to bathe the liuer as it is saide afore, and washe the pacientes eyes with vinegre, and wo∣mans mylke, & drinke a ptisane made of barly, liquirice, prunes, and y^e roo∣tes of fenel. And yf (when the feuer is paste) the iaundis tarieth styll, the pa∣ciente must drynke water of fenel, and morelle, with the syrupe of occisacca∣rum compost, and it is good to laye a quicke tenche vpon the liuer.

Iaundis sometime commeth with∣out feuer, and maye bee healed by the thinges that I declared here beefore, or thus.

¶An other Remedie for the Iaundis. Take foure ounces of radisshe, and geue it the sicke to drynke fyue mor∣ninges .iii. houres afore meat. In stede wherof it is good to drinke eueri mor∣nyng foure ounces of the decoction of horehounde, made in white wine, or as muche of the decoction of celidonie and barberies, with a litle honye and saffron.

An other remedy. Take wormes of the earth called an∣gle twitches, and washe them in white wine, then drye them and drinke them a sponful at a time, with white wine.

An other. Ye maye let hym drynke .vii. or viii. dayes together in the mornynges, a good draught of the decoccion of poli∣trichon, or of maydenheare. The de∣coction

also of woodbynd, or y^e wa••es of it distelled in a commune styll, is a soueraine medicine for y^e saide disease.

An other synguler remedye. Take cowes milke and white wine of eche a pinte, and distil them in a stil▪ kepe that water a monethe, and then geue it to the paciente three ounces in the morning two houres afore meate, and lykewyse after supper▪ when he goeth to bedde.

The eyght Chapter, for diseases of the splene.

THe splene is a mēberlōg•• soft, and spongy, being in the left side ioyned vnto the holownesse of the sto∣make, and to the thycke endes of the ribbes, & to y^e backe, y^e which is ordeined for to re∣ceiue the melancholy humours, and to cleanse the bloud of thesame, for by y^e meane y^e bloud remaneth pure & nette. Wherfore it is good nourishyng for al

the membres, and is y^e cause that ma∣keth a bodye merye, but oftentymes there happeneth oppilaciō or debilitie wherof commeth the blacke iaundys.

And sometymes it is greater, fuller, or grosser then it ought to be, by ouer∣much melancholie that is not natural, caused of the dregges of the bloud en∣gendred in the liuer, & doth hindre ge∣neracion of good bloud, wherthrough the members become drye for defaute of good nourishyng. And therefore the pacient is called splenetike, whiche ye maye knowe by that, that after meate they haue payne in theyr left syde, and are alwayes heauy, and hath theyr fa∣ces somwhat enclining vnto blaknes.

¶Remedye. In oppilacions and apostemes of the splene, whether it be of hote humours or of colde, he ought to be let bloud on y^e splene veine called saluatella, which is in thee left hande, betwene the litle finger, and the next fynger which they call medicus. And ye muste drawe out

but a litle bloude.

And if the pacient fele a burning on the left syde, and hath a drye tonge without appetite, it signifieth that suche disease of the splene, is caused of an hote humoure. Wherefore ye must geue the pacient four or .v. morninges fastinge, syrupe of endiue water, and hartestong, then a purgacion made as foloweth, thus.

¶A goodlye purgacion to auoyde melancholy. Talke halfe an ounce of succorosarū and thre ounces of the decoctiō of the rootes of capparus, and hartestonge, & make a drinke the whiche ye may my∣nister in a good daye to take purgacy∣ons, syxe houres afore meate.

An other. In stede of that drynke ye may tem∣per halfe an ounce of cassia, and three drammes of diaseny, in thre ounces of whey, or hartestong water, and drynke it as is aforesaide. After the sayd pur∣gacion, ye ought to annoynt the splene

with oyle of violettes, or oyle of lyne∣seed, or to make a playster of the s••de oyle and lineseede, and the rootes of capparis, and laye vpon the splene.

Also after the saide purgacion, it shall be good to laye vpon the splene, nyghtshade, purcelane seede, and pou∣der of plantaine, myxte with vineger lyke a plaister, and if the pacient haue more appetite then he can digeste, and that he haue belchinges of the stomak sometimes sowre in the mouth, it sig∣nifieth y^t the passion splenetike com∣meth by a colde humor melancholike.

¶Remedie. Ye must drinke sirupe of sticados, or hartestong, or oximel diureticum, with water of the decoction of hartestonge, epithime, smallache rootes, percelye rotes, tameriscus, and mintes, or els only with the decoction of hartestong, and rootes of cappars. And then after purge it frō suche melancholy humor, with an ounce of diacatholicon, & two drammes of dia••ene, dissolued in thre

ounces of the sayd decoction, or water of wormewood, or hartestonge.

And after this ye must annoynte the syde of the splene, with oyle of lilies, oyle of dyll, freshe butter, marye of an oxe, and hennes grece, or of a dogge, medled together, or annoynt the sayde syde with dialthea.

And the paciēt ought to drinke whyte wine, and the decoction of hartestong, euening and morninge, takynge twoo fygges, with pouder of ysope, peppe•• or ginger, but he may put no water in his wyne, and oftentimes he must ea•• cap••ars, with a litle oyle and vineger.

If for the oppilacions of the splene, the paciēt hath a pale coloure, or leady in the face, and a whitenes of eies, ta∣kyng awaye of appetite, payne in the left syde with hardnesse, and hathe his excrementes blacke, it is a signe of the blacke iaundys,

An expert medicine for all diseases of the splene. Take the leaues and coddes of ••eny••

the barke of an ashe tre skraped & cut, maydenheere, hartstong and liquirice, seth them all in clere whaye, and after they be strayned, drynke of it twyse or thrise a daye tyl ye be amended.

¶Remedye for the blacke iaundis. Ye must geue sirupes and purgacions as afore is sayd, and to be let bloud of the veine saluatella, and afterwarde dyuers tymes euening and mornyng, to applie vētoses vpon the splene with out scaryfyinge. Afterwarde ye muste lay on it a lyst, wette in good veniger, and kepe it there so longe as the heate remaineth in the sayd liste, and warme it thre or foure times.

Afterward annoynt the splene with dialthea, & so continue fower or fyue dayes, and other foure or fyue dayes laye vpon it a playster made of twoo ounces of gumme armoniake, dyssol∣ued in veniger, and spred vpon lether.

And yf by the foresayde thynges the paciente bee not eased, the doctours of

phisicke saye, that he muste receiue the medicines agayne, at the least once in euery moneth, for half a yere togither.

¶Regiment for all oppilacions. The pacient oughte to vse thynges of easye digestion, and in smal quanty∣ty, and ought to absteine from breade to litle leuened, cakes, tartes pasties, pies, hogges fleshe, beafe, and poudred meates, and fumishe. Fishe, limmons, peason, beanes milke, chese, ryse, and firmentie, all fryed meates, drinke af∣ter supper, wyne and apples, whiche with al other lyke trouble the bodye. Also ye must absteine from much mo∣uyng or exercise by and by after meat.

It is good to vse capars, asparage, hoppes, brothe of dryed peason, wyth perselye, or his rootes, smal byrdes of the fielde, kyddes fleshe, yong mutton lambe, chickins, feysauntes, snytes, partriches, scaled fyshe, of swete run∣nyng water, with percelye, and vyne∣gre. Newe layd egges potched in wa∣ter,

are very holsome, & ye may drynke white wine or claret, onely at meales.

Also it is good to vse cresses, sage, i∣sope, mintes, fenell, and percelye, suc∣corry, scariole, and beetes, and singu∣lerly, to take fastyng halfe a sponefull of redde colewortes sodden, and to eat often anyse seedes, and fenel.

The nynth Chapter, for diseases of the bowelles.

IN a persō be sixe guttes, three small, whiche are situate ouer y^e nauil, and three greate, whiche are placed vnder the nauil.

The fyrst is called du∣denum, because it is .xii. inches long.

The seconde is called iei••num, for that nothing remaineth in it.

The thyrde is called ylis, because it is longe and small.

The fourth which is the fyrst of the greate ones, is called monoculus, bee∣cause it is like a sacke, & hathe but one mouth & in that same sometymes are

wormes engendred or ventositye, that causeth peyne of the belly on the right syde, whiche is not the very colicke. The .v. thei cal colon, because it hath many holowe places, and it procedeth from the right syde vnder the lyuer, & it maketh his reuolucion vnto the left syde, wherein is engendred the colyke whiche is despersed by all the bellye more then any other dysease.

The .vi. is called rectum, because it is nye vnto the left kydney, and goeth euen right doun into the foundament.

Hipocrates calleth the thre bowels that are nexte the stomake, ilia, that is to say smal guttes, and the peyn of one of them is called yliaca passio, a verye sharpe peyne. Rasis calleth it domine miserere. Lykewyse also colica passio, is called of the gutte colon, whiche .ii. dyseases are sisters, forasmuch as they come oftentimes bothe of one cause, y^t is to say of y^e oppilacion of y^e bowels.

Remedye for the collike and of yliaca passio.

FOrasmuche as those diseases are exc••dynge egre, sharp, and almoste importable of peyne, whereof many times foloweth defeccion of the strength, with varietie of medicines, ye ought in continently for to helpe them.

Fyrste when the sayde peynes come by the stoppyng of the belly, ye muste geue hym a glister mollificatiue, made of the decoctiō of mallowes, violetes, beetes, anyse seed and fenugreke, with cassia, and common hony, & oyle oliue, and afterwarde, the herbes of the sayd glister brused and fried, & laid hote be∣twixt .ii. linins, & applied to the belly.

And yf by this meanes the peine cease not, let the pacient sit vnto the buttockes, in the sayd decoction, and after with dialthea▪ & butter annoint the nauyl.

And if the said glister do not worke sufficiently, make another of thesame, or els geue hym a suppositorie which is long ynough, made of pure hony,

and ••al gemme.

¶For the wyndy collyke. Thorow wyndines oftentymes, cō∣meth the colica passio, or iliaca, & then it appereth that the peyne is chaūge∣able, and mouyng from place to place, and is knowen also by the romblynge which is a noise in the bowelles, with grypynges, and great peyne.

Remedye. Take mallowes, beetes, & mercury of eche a good handful, margerim, rue, bayes, and camomyll, of eche a lytle handeful, anyse seedes, comyn▪ of eche an ounce, make a decoccion, and take therof a pynt and a halfe, and dissolue in it an ounce of cassia, halfe an oūce of triacle, and .iii. ounces of oile oliue or of camomyl, and make a glister, the which must be gyuen warme vnto the pacient, long before or after meate. In stede of the sayde glyster, ye maye giue him a poūde of oyle of lineseede, whych is a synguler thynge to take a∣way al diseases of the belly. Also it is

good to make a myxture with oile of hempe seed.

¶For to appease the peyne caused of wynde. Fyrste make a glyster of maiuesaye, oile of camomyl, or dyl. If for the said glysters the peyne cease not, or els the pacient wyl not take thē, take a great spong or els a felt of a hatte, and stepe it in wine of y^e decoccion of rue, camo∣myl, maiorym, anyse seedes, and com∣myn. And afterwarde laye it vpon the peyne, as hote as y^e pacient can suffre, and .iiii. tymes in y^e daye, it is good to let him drynke wyne wherin hath ben sodden rue seedes, careawayes, & co∣myne. Drynke at euery tyme a lytle draught, & eche daye kepe abstinence from eatynge and drynkyng moch of other thynges til ye be perfectly hole.

¶A supppsitorye for the wyndye colyke. Take a dramme of rue, in fyne pou∣der, and halfe a drāme of comyne dried and poudred, and with honye skūmed,

make a suppository.

¶A playster for wyn∣dye colycke. Take two handfulles of rue, in fyne pouder, myrre, and comine poudred of eche half an oūce, foure egges yolkes, and make two playsters with honye, and lay on the one at night, and the o∣ther in the mornyng, vpon the belly. Water of camomyl, or a decoccion of the same dronken, is good for them that haue suche diseases. Also a dryed acorne in pouder, and gyuen to drinke wyth whyte wyne, is very good.

If ye knowe that the peyne of the bellye commeth thorough wynde, ap∣plye vpon it a greate ventose without incisyon, for by that meanes the sayd peyne wyl surely go awaye, or dymy∣nyshe. If not, it sheweth that there is some humours that causeth the sayde peyne, as fleume or cholere.

If by fleume it commeth, ye muste make a glister of a pint of the decoctiō of camomyll, rue, wormwood, maio∣rim,

mellilote, centaurie, anise seedes▪ and fenell, and in the same decoccion put halfe an ounce of hiera picra, or halfe an ounce of diafinicon, and .iii. ounces of oyle of dil, or of lillies.

Also ye ought to giue to the pacient sirupe of wormwood, and to make ap∣plicacion vpon his bellie as hath bene sayde afore, or to laye vnto it gromyll seed & baye salt dryed togither, which laied vpon the bellie, is likewyse good for the wyndye collicke.

If after the sayde thinges the sayde peine continueth, ye must make a pur∣gacion as foloweth.

¶A purgacion for colike com∣mynge of fleume. Take .v. drammes of diafinicon .iii. ounces of wormewood wat••r, & make a drynke, the whych receyued fasting, iiii. or .v. houres afore meate, is verye profitable.

For peyne of the colicke com∣mynge of choler. If the sayde peyne cometh of cho∣ler,

which is knowen when by the ap∣plicacion of hote thynges y^e peine en∣creaseth, ye must make a glister of vio∣lets, or giue him halfe an oūce of succo¦rosarum with ptisan, endiue water or wine. And the next mornyng let hym drynke a ptisane of the decoction of prunes, and violet floures, and anoint y^e belly with oile of violettes, or wete a lynnen cloth in colde water, and lay it therupon. If it do continew stil, the patient must be sette in warme water vp to y^e hanches, & yf the peyne come of cold, ye must annoīt his belly with oyle of bayes, and gosegrese.

For the wyndy colyke. If it be winde, make a glister of new milke wyth a lytle oyle, and the yolke of an egge, for it is very good. Also it is good to lette him drynke a dramme of hiera picra simplex, wyth .ii. ounces of water of cardo benedictus, or pur∣celane or wormewood, and to make a plaister of leeke leaues fryed in oile & vinegre, and layed vpon the bellye. Lyke

warde the backe.

Also nephretica is paynefuller afore meat, & the colicke is euer more gre∣uous after. And often y^e colicke chaū∣ceth sodenlie, but nephretica cōtrarie, for commonlye it commeth by litle & litle, for euermore before, one shal fele paine of the backe with difficultie of vrine. Item there is more difference, for the colicke sheweth vrynes as it were coloured, but nephretica in the begynning is cleare, and whyte like water, and after waxeth thycke, and then appeareth in the botome of the vessel lyke red sande or grauel.

Remedie for peyne of the reynes. YE muste vse thynges aperitiue to cause you make water, but a∣fore ye ought to loce y^e belly in taking an ounce of cassia, an houre be∣fore meate▪ but yf your bellie he hard bound, ye must take a glister made as hereafter foloweth▪ before ye take th•• sayde c••ssi••.

A glister for nephre∣tica passio. Take of march mallowe rootes two ounces, mallowes, violettes, beetes, & march mallowe leaues, floures of ca∣momylle and mellilote, of eche a hād∣full, melon seede and anyse seede, of eche halfe an ounce, wheat branne an handful, and decocte it, and take ther∣of halfe a pounde, and distemper in it an ounce of cassia, & an ounce of course suger .ii. ounces of oyle of violettes, & an ounce of oyle of lilies, make a gly∣ster. In stede thereof ye maye take cowes mylke, wyth two egge yolkes, in maner of a glyster.

And it is to be noted, that in suche a disease, the glystre muste be greate in quantitie, or els ye shulde make wre∣stynge and roumblyng in the bellye, whiche shulde be an occasion of more ••aine. After this operaciō, if the paine be not apeased, ye must gyue another glister, after the operaciō of which, the patiēt ought to go into some bath, vp••

to the nauyl, wherein muste be sodden mallowes, marche mallowes, beetes, pellitary, lyneseed, fenugreke, & flou∣res of camomil, with mellilote, al put in a bagge in the sayd water, & ••ubbe hym wyth it: and at hys goyng out of the sayd bath, ye must take two oūces of sirupe of mayden heare, & radishe, with iii. ounces of the decoccion of lyquirice. Moreouer after the sayde bath, ye muste ••aye vpon the paine, a ••ultes made of herbes, and floures, with one of almondes, being in y^e said bagge, & .ii or iii. mornīges take▪ v. or ••i. ounces of y^e broth of cicers, sodden wyth lycorice, or els drinke water of ••itory, of ••esses, or of rotes aperi∣••, the which waters are very good for to purge the grauel and the stone▪ 〈…〉〈…〉 a verye good electuary for the skins▪ ••alled electuarium ducis, or iustinum, philantropos, or liontripon, yf one take a drāme or two after ope∣ra••ion of a glister, or o•• cassia, or a pille 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ante cib••, and after to drinke o••e of

the sayde waters, or elles a litle white wyne warmed.

¶Regiment aswel for the colyke, as for the rey∣nes of the backe. HE muste flye frō al euil qualities of the ayre, as wynde, raine, great heate, and greate colde, speciallye to kepe him from warming the r••nes a∣gaynst the fyre, nor to heate it by any other meanes. Also he muste abstaine from great repletion at one meale, and to long abstinence from meate, for all these ••ille the body ful of yl humours. Also sleape not on the daye, specially after meate, nor lye not on the romes, when ye are aslepe.

And ye ought to eate no ••alt••ysh, no•• no b••efe, nor other grosse meates. Lik•• wise one ought for to beware 〈…〉〈…〉 ••o••les bredde vp in the water, spice•• •• pa∣strye, and bread not very wel leuen••d▪ specially tartes, cakes, & other pasti•• made of floure. But aboue al, ye muste bewar of white meates, as milke, chese

rawe frutes, hard egges, & as moch as is possible, kepe your selfe frō yre, en∣uye, melancoly, & other lyke affecciōs.

For the fluxe of the wombe. IN al fluxes of the ••elly, cause y^e excremētes to be dulye serched, for yf the disease be suche, that the meat commeth out, euen as it was receiued, or not half digested, y^e sayde fluxe is called lienteria. Yf great aboundaūce of watery humours haue theyr issue by lowe, the sayde fluxe is named diarthea, which is as moch to saye as fluxe humorall. And yf bloode or matter appeare with the excremen∣tes in the syckenesse, then they call it dissenteria, which is a gret disease and a daungerous for to cure.

Remedy for the fluxe lienteria▪ FOorasmuch as this flux com∣meth for y^e most part of great debilitie of vertue retētiue of y^e stomacke, for y^e great moist∣nes of y^e same, it is good to gyue y^e si∣rupe of wormwood, & honye of roses,

takīg of it with a spone, or drynke th•• wyth the water of betonye, fenel, and wormewood, and yf it so be the paci∣ente doe desyre to vomyte, it wold be good for hym, or let him take halfe an ounce of hiera simple, wyth two oun∣ces of water of wormwood, and yf the pacient be strong ynough, adde therto two drammes of diafinicon.

And after thys ye muste comforte the stomake wyth oyle of mastyke, spike, mynt, wormwood, or nardine, or with a playster called cerotū Galeni, spred vpon lether, and after layed vpon the stomake, or make a bagge of worme∣wood, myntes, and maiorim dried, & laye it vpon the stomake.

In the mornyng take a lozenge of a∣romaticum rosatum, and a lytle rinde of citron cōfit, and before euery meale take a morsel of conserua quynces.

Remedy for the fluxe hu∣moral called diarthea. THe sayde fluxe oughte not to be re∣strayned afore the .xiiii. daie, yf na∣ture

be not very moch enfebled. And somtyme it cōmeth of hote causes, as of cholere, and then one ought to giue vnto the pacient to drynke afore hys meate syrupe of ribes, syrupe of roses, or syrupe of quinces, wyth smythes water, and in y^e stede of those sirupes▪ ye maye make a iulep thus.

A iulep for the fluxe humorall. Take rosewater, buglosse, and plan∣tayne, euerye one halfe a pounde, of al the saunders two drammes, and with a quartrō and an halfe of sugre, make a iulep. In the mornīg two houres a∣fore meat, it is good to giue the paciēt olde conserue of roses, or a dramme of trociskes of roses, after he hath dronke one of the sayde syrupes, or of iulep of roses wyth a lytle of smythes water, wherof the pacient ought to drynke at euery tyme when he is a thyrst.

Yf in the sayd fluxe ther be egre mat∣ter, and the strength of the paciēt any thyng constaunt, ye maye minister the

••a••atorie that hereafter ensueth.

Take redde roses, barly, plantayne, of euery one a handful, seth them, and in the streynyng adde .ii. ounces of oyle of roses, one ounce of honey of roses, and the yolke of an egge, and giue it in the maner of a glister.

Sometyme it is expedient to take a medicine by the mouth, and it is made as thus,

A medicine for the fluxe Take the ryndes of myrabolane ci∣trine bakē, one dramme, reubarbe a li∣tle dryed vpon a tile, halfe a dramme, syrupe of quinces one ounce, water of plantaine .iii. ounces, myngle al togy∣ther, and lette the pacient drynke thē foure houres before meate, & thā giue him a glister retentiue made as thus.

A glyster for the fluxe. Take oyle of roses, of quinces, of ma∣stike, of euerye one thre ounces, bo••e armoniak in pouder .ii. drāmes, med∣dle al togither & giue it as a glyster.

Another.

Take the iuce of plantayne, of popye, of bursa pastoris, and oyle of quinces, of euery one .iii. ounces, myngle them togyther, and giue it for a glister. And if the bowels be excoriat, ye shal giue thys peculiar remedy. Take halfe one pounde of mylke, the water wherein gaddes of steale hath ben quenched, y^e iuce of plantaine, and oile of quinces, of euery one .ii. ounces, bole armenye one drāme, goates tallowe one oūce, and make them in a glister, but with∣out vpon the stomake, ye muste laye thys oyntmente that here foloweth.

An oyntment for the fluxe. Take oyles of roses, quinces, & mir∣tilles, of eche an ounce, oyle of mastik, halfe an ounce, pouder of coral, & nut∣tes of cipresse, of euery one a dramme, myngle all wyth waxe, and make an oyntmēt. Here is to be noted, that the glisters that are gyuen for to stoppe a fluxe, must be very litle in quantitie. Ye maye heale the fluxe of dis••enteria wyth gyuyng thynges before declared

for the fluxe humorall, and take afore your repast .ii. drammes of cōserue of quinces, or of marmelade of quinces. And he ought to drinke water, wherin hath bene quenched gaddes of stele, & ye must auoyde diuersitie of meates, and geue your selfe to ease, and to qui∣et, and sleape a greate while. And it is good to vse grewel, clene barlye, & al∣mon mylke, with a litle amidum▪ and set ventoses vpon the bellye withoute cutting, whiche thynge is also good in al fluxes of the body. If the saide fluxe humorall procedeth of fleume, it shall appeare of the excrementes y^t are wa∣try and flegmatike, and than ye ought to geue .iii. or .iiii. morninges, sirupe of wormewood, or of mint, after purga∣cion as is here folowyng.

A purgacion for the fluxe humoral. Take .ii. drāmes of mirabolanes dri∣ed on a tile, halfe a scrupule of agarike in trociske, halfe an ounce of sirupe of mynt, or .ii. oūces of water of bawme,

and make a pocion that shal be recey∣ued .iii. or foure dayes, afore meate.

If ye wyll make a iulep, take water of mynte, and of bawme, of euery one halfe a pounde, suger a quarterne, and make a iulep, of the whiche one maye drynke euenynge and mornynge after meat euerye tyme a draughte. Euerye mornyng it is good to take a lozenge of the electuary that foloweth.

¶A noble electuary for the fluxe, Take pouder of diagalanga a dramme and a halfe, of redde coral and mastik, of euery one a scruple, trociskes of ter∣ra sigiliata halfe a dramme, the barkes of citrons comfit, and quinces, of eue∣ry one thre drammes, suger dissolued in water of mintes .iiii. ounces, make an electuarye.

Oyles of wormewood, minte and of narde, and mastike, are verye holsome to annoynt withal the bellye, and the stomake, for the saide fluxe.

And the thynges declared of the flux

lienteria, be very good in this case, t••∣king euer after meat, a morsel of mar∣malade. Redde wyne is verye good in this fluxe, to drinke at meate with the water of a smyth, and likewyse a•• spyces are good for thesame purpose.

¶Medicines to restraine the fluxe, of whatsoeuer cause it be. TAke the peysil of an harte, and drie it into pouder, & drinke it. The water of oken buddes, or the verye acornes dried and made in pouder, and dronken in redde wine, is very good.

Item the mawe of a yonge leue∣rette, with the iuyce of plantaine, is exce∣dinge profy∣table.

¶The tenth chapter of diseases of the matrice.

FYrst againste super∣fluous flux of y^e mo∣ther, in the which ye must consyder whe∣ther it do come of to greate quantitye of bloud, and then it is good for to open the veine saphena, & ab∣staine from al thinges that multiplye the bloude, as egges, wine and fleshe. Or whether it commeth of cholere, & then ye muste receiue a litle sirupe of roses, pomegranates, or ribes with water of plantain. Than purge y^e cho∣ler y^t geueth such sharpnes to y^e bloud, by .x. drammes of trifera sarracenica, wyth two ounces of plantayn water, or the medicine of reubarbe, wrytten in the treatise of the fluxe humorall.

After purgacion ye maye geue euery morning a lozenge of triasandaly, or a dramme of trosciskes of roses, in pou∣der, after drinke twoo ounces of plan∣tayne water. And yf suche fluxe of the

matrice, happen of the watrinesse of bloude, geue her to drinke foure or .v. morninges, hony of roses with a litle water of wormwod, afterward purge her with a dramme and a half of aga∣rike in trosciskes, and halfe an ounce of trifera sarasenica, myxte with wa∣ter of minte, and of wormewood.

Ye may know the causes of the sayd fluxe, by annointing a threde or cloute in the saide bloud, for if it hath the co∣loure of vermilon, it sygnifyeth that the flux commeth of to much bloud. If it appere a litle yelowe, it sygnyfyeth that the disease commeth of y^e subtily∣tye and sharpenes of the bloude, ouer∣come with choler. And if it hath a co∣loure like the water in whiche newe flesshe is wasshed, it betokeneth the bloude is much watrye.

And after ye haue purged the princi∣pal cause of the dysease, youre seconde intencion shalbe, by and by to staunche the saide issue. Wherin also one thyng is to be noted, y^t yf nature be accusto∣med

to auoid any superfluites, by con∣tinual course of the saide flux, it would perchaūce be inconuenient for to stop it, wherefore yf ye see no ieopardye, ye maye restrayne the said flux this wise.

¶Remedy for to stoppe the sayde flux. Take trociskes of white amber, and make them in pouder, & geue a drāme euery morning, and anon after, drinke an ounce, or .ii. of water of plantayne.

In stedde of these trociskes, ye maye make a pouder of sanguis draconis, bole armeni, white amber, and red co∣rall, drinkynge one dramme thereof, with plantaine water as is aforesaid.

¶An other medicine to staunche the sayde fluxe. Take two ounces of olde conserue of roses, of the seede of plantaine, twoo drammes, sāguinis draconis, bole ar∣meny, of euerye one a dramme and a•• halfe, white corall and redde, ana one dramme, make a confeccion with sy∣rupe of myrtilles, & geue it to drinke,

mornyng and euenyng two houres a∣fore meate, at euery tyme the quanti∣ty of a meane chesnutte.

¶For thesame. Applye ventoses vnder the breastes twyse a daye, beefore dinner and sup∣per, and vse to beare about your necke or hold alwaies in your hande, red co∣ral, ••aspis, or a stone called hematites, which is a singuler remedy for to stop euery kynde of bloudy fluxes, yf it bee borne, or tempered in wyne & dronke, or make thereof a pouder, and vse of it euery mornyng with a litle wyne.

¶For reteyning of the floures. Sometimes ther chaunceth vnto wo∣men when they can not haue their due purgacions, to fall in greuous kindes of sickenesses, for y^e auoydaunce wher∣of, it is good to helpe thē and prouoke the saide purgacions by suche thynges as open, whiche must be geuen at such time of the moone, as the sayd women were wont to haue thesame.

And yf ye see the womans bloud to

bee to grosse and thicke, so that she can not haue any suche purgacion, ye must euerye monethe geue her the syrupe of fumetorye, with the decoction of bo∣rage, and buglosse, and lette her bathe her selfe, with freshe water hoat.

And when she goeth out of the bath in to the bedde, she must receiue the fore∣sayd syrupe and decoction of the herbe called rubea tinctorū or madder, sod∣den in cleare water. In steade of sy∣rupes ye maye take the verye iuyce or decoction of the herbes.

And if the womans bloud be slimye, colde, and flegmatike, then she muste drinke sirupe of sticados, and of oxy∣niel diuretike, and afterward take the pilles called setide, and of agarik. And euery mornynge after that, she muste take a drāme of trosciskes de mir••ha▪ with two ounces of y^e decoction of Iu∣niper beries, or two drammes of tri∣fera magna, and thervpon drynke two ounces of water of Mugworte.

And yf perchaunce ye can not haue

these thinges at nede, ye maye take .iii ounces of the decoction of alisaunders, the roote of smallache, cinamome, and a litle saffron, and let her drinke ther∣of two tymes a daye, and eat no meate thereafter duryng foure houres.

Moreouer it is a proued and expert medicine, to geue the first day of y^e new mone a dramme of pouder made of bo∣rax, which the goldsmithes do occupy, wyth asmuche cinamome, and a lytle water of smallache. Also it is verye good to haue the veine opened, whych is called saphena, that lyeth outwarde betwene the insteppe and the heele. And yf case so be, that the saide reten∣tion come of superfluitye, or to muche aboundaunce of fat, then the chiefe re∣medye is to suffer much hunger, and to eate verye litle, muche exercise and la∣bour to prouoke sweate, and to sleape as litle as maye be possible.

But if it come of great debility and weakenes of the body, when the natu∣ral strengthe is ouercome by reason of

some sickenes, or after a longe ague, in this case ye maye not go about to pro∣uoke the sayde purgacion, but with al your endeuoure seke to restore nature, and geue the pacient thynges of much nourishmente, as potched egges, good fleshe, and good wyne, with other lyke.

Sometime the saide retencion com∣meth of the excessiue heate of nature, in some women, specially suche as bee valiaunt and strong as men, and those that are wont to much labour, by rea∣son wherof the heate of theyr bodyes is so strong, that they nede none of the sayde purgacions, for the superfluities of theyr bodyes, are sufficientelye con∣sumed of the heate alone, therfore thei haue no nede of the saide remedyes.

¶For chokyng or suffocacion of the matrice THe matrice or mother in a woman, oftentimes mounteth vp, towarde the midrefe and the stomake, with in∣tollerable paines, and is called, suffoca¦••ion, because that it is choked, or ouer∣charged

with some euyll and superflu∣ous matter, as by stoppyng of the due purgacions, or to muche abstinence of Venus, whereby is often chaunced shortnes of breath, payne of the head, swownynge, tremblinge of the hearte contraccion of members, and other∣whyles death without remedy.

¶A medicine for the sayde dysease. Ye must rubbe the legges and wrestes of the armes vehementlye, and bynde them with cordes or with garters, tyl thei waxe sore, then set ventoses vpon the legges, and al to chafe the stomak•• specially beneth round about y^e nauill.

And then ye muste constraine her to smell stinkyng thynges as assa fetida, galbanum, pertriche fethers brent, and the quenchyng out of candels, with o∣ther suche, but beneth ye muste applye thinges of swet odour, as gylofloures maiorim, lignum aloes, amber, ciue••, and a trociske of gallia muscata, and let her drinke a draught of this receyt,

that foloweth.

¶A drynke for payne of the mother. Take one dramme of mithridatum, and dissolue it in an ounce and an half of water of wormewod, and geue it to her to drinke, afore she go to meat .iiii houres,

Diuers goodly medicines for diseases of the mother what∣soeuer be the cause. Take the rasing of iuery, and the ra∣sing of an hartes horne, with the heare of an hare, dryed and made in pouder, and asmuche of goates clawes brente and poudred yf they may be gotten, or in stede of it shepes clawes, take all these and vse to eate them in your po∣tage or otherwyse, to stoppe the fluxes of the matrice.

An other to prouoke them. Seeth marigoldes, nept and sauyne in good ale, and drinke it with a good quaintitye of saffron, and a lytle honie or suger.

Item .xv. blacke seedes of pionie, dronken in wine with saffron, purgeth the matrice of humors, and other .xv. of the red seedes, stauncheth it agayn, or any other fluxe of the mother.

An other. These herbes are good to purge the matrice, Rue, peony, sauyne, betonye, nept, vale••ian, maidenheere, hore∣hounde, sauery, percely, gro∣mel, alisaunder, mary∣goldes, smallache and tyme.

¶The .xi. Chapter of the cure of the stone in the reines, and in the bladder.

PAine of y^e stone is one of y^e most enormous paines that the bodye of man is vexed with, for by it ma∣ny times y^e natural ver∣tues are distroied, womē lose their fruit afore y^e time, cruel & pe∣rillous accidentes cōmōly do encrease, yea & oftētimes death without remedy.

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Wherfore it shalbe expedient to the comfort of the poore folkes, and other that be greued, to write some good and holsome medicines for auoydynge of the stone,

¶And seeyng that all authours doe affyrme the stone to bee engendred by reason of the great heat that is about the reines, streitnes of the condites, & aboundaunce of grosse & slimy fleume, or of brent choler, whiche by the sayde excesse of heate, is as one woulde saye, baken or dryed as claye is in the fur∣neis, and so at last becommeth an hard stone, therefore it is chiefly to be noted that without amendyng of the forsaid causes, all that ye dooe minister for to breake the stone is eyther hurtefull to the pacient, or els of smal effecte. For the whiche cause it is very necessarye that the pacient kepe a sober dyet.

And for the better vnderstandyng, ye shal know, that all wynes (whether they be swete or sharpe, grosse or sub∣tyl, white or redde) are in this case vt∣terly

re••ected.

Pulses also of what kinde soeuer they be, as pease beanes, and such, and al grosse fleshe, and water foules, and foules of greate bodies, as bustardes, cranes, and suche lyke, are in this case very daungerous and noysome.

Also ye may eat no kynd of fruites, except it be a few melons, ripe prunes in smal quantitie, and pomegranades, with a litle suger and coriandres.

Of herbes, ye maye eat borage, bu∣glosse, percely, lettuse, mintes▪ spinach and succorye in broth of veale, or of a yonge chicken. Nepes also and rapes and radyshe, in a smal quantitye, maye be wel inough permitted.

Potched egges are verye good in this case, with a litle vergeous, but in anye wyse beware of hard chese for that is oftentimes the onely cause of the sayd stone. All shell fishes are to be auoided excepte it be a creuyshe, or a shrympe, measurably taken.

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pepper nor hote spices▪ nor no meates that are salte, soure or heauye of dy∣gestion, and that ye lye not on youre backe on nightes when ye are aslepe. And ye ought to kepe your raines cold and moyst, and to let youre backe bee vntrussed in the sommer.

After ye haue vsed this regiment or dyet by a certain season, it shalbe good for you to take an ounce of cassia new∣lye drawen out of the cane, and eate it with a litle suger in the morning.

This ye muste vse euery seconde weke, til in time your reines be mete∣ly wel cleansed of the same, and euerie daye eate a litle cassia, vpon a knifes poynte, to kepe your bellye moyst: for that is one of the thynges that are moste required in the sayd cure.

And at diuers other times when ye be disposed, ye may take a litle of this receite hereafter, whiche hathe greate vertue to mundifye the raines, and to bring the humours to equalitye, with releasyng of the payne, and bringynge

out the grauell.

¶A goodly sirupe to mundi∣fie the reynes. Take the broth of a yonge chicken sodden tyl the bones fal a sondre, thre pounde, melon seedes a litle brused an ounce, percelye rootes, and alisaundre rotes .iii. ounces, damaske prunes, sepesten, of eche .vi. in nombre, greate raysyns halfe an ounce, cleane licorice x. drāmes, waters of borage, endiue, and hoppes, of eche .iii. drammes, and wyth sufficient white suger, boyle thē al vnto the consumpcion of the halfe and more, and afterwarde streine thē, and make a goodly sirupe.

This is a thyng of excellent opera∣tion, and an hye secrete in mundifying of the reines, if ye kepe the diete as is afore described. The dose of it is one cyath or a lytle cupful in the morning earlye, and slepe after it a lytle. If ye wold haue the forsayd sirupe to purge more choler, then put in it a dramme of fyne reubarbe, with a lytle cassia.

¶Hereafter foloweth a pouder of excellent operacion in brea∣kynge of the stone▪ TAke the kernels that are within sloes, & drye thē on a tyle stone, then make of them a pouder by it selfe: after that take the rotes of alisāder, percely, parietarie, and holli∣hocke, of euerye one a like moch, and seeth thē al in whyte wyne or els in y^e broth of a yonge chicken, then streine them out into a cleane vessel, and whē ye drynke of it, adde as moch of the said pouder as ye thynke conuenyent, halfe a syluer spoonefull or more, for wythout doute it hath great effecte in bryngyng out the grauell.

¶An other experte medicine for them that haue the stone. There groweth in the galles of some oxen, a certayne yelowe stone, some tymes in bygnesse of a walnut, some∣what longe & bryttle. Yf ye take that stone & make of it a pouder, & eate it in your pottage, the weyght of one scru∣pule

or more accordīg to your strēgth, it is a singuler medicine to them y^t can not pisse for stopping of y^e conduites.

¶An other singuler medicine. for the stone. Take the seedes of smallache, percely, louage, and saxifrage, the rotes of phi∣lipendula, chery stones, gromell seede, and brome seede, of euerye one a lyke moche, make them in fine pouder, and when ye be diseased with y^e stone, eate of this pouder a sponefull at ones in pottage, or in brothe of a chycken, and eate nothyng after .ii. or .iii. houres.

¶The .xii. chapter of reme∣dyes for the goute.

THe paine in y^e ioītes of a mans body, as in y^e handes & feete, is generally called ar∣thritis, or goute, which procedeth som time of debility of y^e synowes being lasshe & vnable, to cō∣sume the humours, that continually

do flowe vnto them.

And for the mooste parte they are all deriued from the membre mandant, y^t is to saye the brayne, for he is verye grosse, and engendreth euer humours in him selfe, by reason wherof, moche of the sayde humours are deriued into the nuke and muscles of the backe, & fro thence they descende into y^e feete, and then it is called podagra, or to the huckle boone, and thē it is sciatica, or els into y^e hādes, & ther it is chiragra.

¶Remedy. Forasmuch as all the sayd kyndes commeth of one begynnyng, as is she∣wed afore, and for the better expediciō in that we wyll be brefe, ye shal fyrste take awaye the superfluous moysture of the brayne, whiche is the roote and fountayne of al the sayd diseases, and that ye may do foure maner of waies. The fyrst is obseruaunce of dyete in∣clynyng towarde drynesse, & to auoide all fulnesse of meate and drynke, and not to slepe in any wyse shortlye after

meate. And ye muste beware y^t ye eate no vaporous meates, nor thyn wyne, nor drynke moch after supper. And yf perchaunce y^e peyne be very sharpe, it shalbe moche holsome to the pacient, to abstaine from all kyndes of wine, & to vse hym selfe to smal drinke, which thyng yf he can not do, then let hym drinke claret wine mixed with a good quantitye of water.

The second is to purge the brayne ones a moneth, wyth the one halfe of pilles of cochies, and an other halfe of pylles assagareth. And in tyme of har∣uest, & of somer, with pilles sine qui∣bus, and pilles imperiall, whereof ye shal gyue one dramme y^e night before the full moone, and the daye folowing ye may gyue hym to eate a litle broth of cicers, with a litle quantitie of rai∣sins of the sunne.

The thyrde is to represse the fumes that ascend into y^e brayne after meate, which thyng may wel be done by ea∣tynge of a lyttle dredge▪ made of anis

seed and coriander.

The fourth is to perfume the braine with certeyne thynges confortatyue, as for example thus.

¶A good perfume agaynst mois∣tures of the brayne. Take fyne frankensence, sandrake and mastike, of euery one an ounce, li∣gnum aloes, a dramme, make them all in grosse pouder, and perfume there∣with stoupes made of flaxe or of cottē, and laye vpon the head.

And when ye haue by thys meanes well and duly comforted the braine, & de••ended of, the original cause of the sayde disease, ye shall procede to take away the matter conioynt, that is de∣scended vnto the synowes, and ye shal begynne thus.

Fyrst ye must preserue the body from engendring of humours, in takīg eue∣ry mornīg next your heart a conserue made of akornes, & of floures of rose∣mary, mengled with a litle nutmigge and mastike, and yf ye be of power, ye

may drīke a good draught of ypocras or other spyced drynke, after meate at dynner and at supper.

Secondarily, ye shall vnderstande, y^t whosoeuer doth entend to be hol∣pen of the gout, he must euery yere be purged two tymes, preparing fyrste y^e matter to digestion with sirupe of sti∣cados, and duabus radicibus, with the one halfe of waters of sage, prym∣roses and margerim, in maner of a spiced iulep with cinamon, taken .v. continual mornynges .ii. houres afore ye eate any other meate. And after y^t, ye muste receyue a dramme of pylles called arthretikes, or hermodactiles, or of both togyther egal porcions. Or take halfe an ounce of diacartami two houres after night, and of diaturbith, of euerye one two drammes, with a lytle syrupe of hisop.

The reste of the sayde curacion shall be accōplished with the applyinge of diuers local remedies, wherof ther be sondry kindes & sortes here declared.

Ye ought to rubbe the place that is sore wyth oyle of roses and a litle vi∣negre, & after sprinkle vpon the same, fyne pouder of myrtylles. Another playster also as hereafter foloweth.

¶A playster for the goute. Take of the emplayster called melli∣lote .ii. ounces, populeō an ounce and a halfe, redde roses, mirtilles, and flou∣res of camomyl, of euery one a dram∣me, make a playster and laye vpon the goutye ioynte.

¶An other. Take the iuyce of colewortes and of walworte, and wyth beane floure, and pouder of redde roses, and the floures of camomyl, make a playster and laye it to the sore.

¶An other. Take oyle of roses, crūmes of bread, yolkes of egges, & cowes mylke, with a litle saffron, seeth thē togyther a ly∣tle as ye wold make a pudding, after∣warde sprede them vpon cloutes & lay vpon the sore.

¶An other. Make lye of the ashes of rosemarye, or of oke, or of beane stalkes, & boyle in it, sauge, moleyne, prymrose, camo∣mil, and mellilote, and receiue y^e fume vpon y^e sore place, or wette cloutes in y^e sayde decoccion, presse them and lay them vpon the payne.

Al the sayd remedies are verye good to swage the payne of the goute, after the which done, it is necessary to go a∣bout the comforting of iointes and si∣nowes, and to that intent ye may ap∣ply the grese of pyes, oyle of camomil & of althea or holihocke, oile of a foxe, oyle of earthwormes, oyle of prymro∣ses, turbentine, oile of gromel brayde, wherwythall, or with one or two of them ye may annoynte the sore place, and comforte both the synowes and y^e ioyntes marueylously. Also thys oint∣mente that foloweth is synguler good for the same purpose.

Take fyue or syxe handfulles of wal∣worte, and seeth them well in wyne:

then strayne them, and with a lyttle waxe, oyle of spike and aqua vite, make an oyntment wherwith ye must annoynte the place mornynge and euenyng euery daye.

An other oyntment for the goute. Take a fatte goose, and plucke her, and trymme her as yf she shuld be ea∣ten, then stuffe the belly within with two or thre yonge cattes, wel chopped in smal gobbettes, with an handful of baye salte, then sowe her vp agayne, & let her roste at a small fyre, and kepe the dryppyng for a precious ointment agaynst all kyndes of goutes, and other diseases of the iointes.

Medicines for the gout ap∣propriate in al cases. Take cowes donge, and seeth it in swete mylke, and lay a playster to the goute hote.

Also the yolkes of egges, womans mylke, lyneseede, and saffron al toge∣ther

in a plaister, swageth the diseases of the goute.

And yf ye be disposed to brake thee skinne, and to let y^e humours issue (as by suche manye one is eased) ye shall make a lytle playster of blacke sope, & aqua vite, which wil blister it with∣out any greate payne.

Also very olde harde chese cutte and soddē in the broth of a gambon of ba∣kon, and afterward stamped with a ly∣tle of the broth, and made in maner of a playster, is a singuler remedye for diseases of the goute, and was fyrst practised of Galene the prince of all phisicians,

A prayer to God for helpe, a∣gaynst the perturbacions of the mynde. O Lord my God almightye father, & ruler of my life, my health, my strēgth, my redemer, and protectoure, sēde vnto me the heauenly

beames of thy holy spirit, to illumine the darkenesse of my synfull hert, and to guide me to thy holy place. Shewe me y^e light of thyne aboundaūt mercy (O Lorde) that I may no lōger sleape in deedly synne. O only father of light which in very dede dost lighten euery mā that commeth into this world, for thy great mercies sake it maye please thee, to lyghten the eies of myne hert, and to endue me with the spyrite of grace, that I maye loke vpon myne owne sinne, the great offences where∣with I haue offēded thee, and to know y^t in my self ther is no maner strēgth, for to wythstande▪ the death, but only throughe thee. And I beseche thee, o lord, to couer these my carnall eyes, y^t they se no vanitie, and gyue me thy grace, y^t I fal not into cōcupiscence, to thend I may eschewe al euil thinges, and gyue my mynde hollye to the ob∣seruacion of thy commaundementes. Lord God I beseche the, that syn may neyther raygne nor tarye in me, and

that I be not subiecte to myne owne fleshly appetytes, but y^t I may expel out of my thoughtes as vnlawfull lu∣stes, so that my soule and al my mind, maye be set holy vpon the. Lord God suffre not my soule to be oppressed▪ but receyue me into the proteccion of thy holy hand, and despise not me thy simple creature, whom thou haste re∣demed with y^e preciouse blood of thine onely sōne Iesu Christ. Thy mercy O lord is aboue al y^t thou haste made, for thou doest differ the punyshmēt of the wycked, yf perchaunce they would a∣mende at last, thou louest al that thou haste made, & hatest none but for their owne iniquities. And whē the wicked turne agayne to the, and crye vnto thy holye name with all theyr hertes, by & by thy mercye is ready to receiue thē, euē as I moost detestable sīner come with hert cōtrite vnto thy mercy this day: that I may obtayne remission of my synnes. To the I cry out of y^e ve∣ri depth & botome of mine hert, go not

awaye from me my maker & redemer, but heare the supplicaciō of my praier. For thou arte mine onelye hope and myne enheritaunce in the lande of liuers. I haue sinned, I haue sinned (O Lorde) and heaped vp iniquitie euen agaynste heauen, and afore the. But I knowledge myne offences, and desyre mercye according to thy good∣nesse. Destroy me not (O Lord) among siners, nor let me not descend into the lake of deathe, that I vnworthy crea∣ture being made worthy onely by the bounteousnesse of thy grace, may from henceforth lyue in thy commaunde∣mentes, loue, honour, and praise thee. For al heauenly powers, angels, thrones, and dominacions, laude and praise thy holy name▪ world without ende. Amen.

Thus endeth the Regiment of lyfe.