The vertuose boke of distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of herbes with the fygures of the styllatoryes, fyrst made and compyled by the thyrte yeres study and labour of the moste co[n]nynge and famous mayster of phisyke, Master Iherom bruynswyke. And now newly translate[d] out of Duyche into Englysshe Nat only to the synguler helpe and profyte of the surgyens, phisycyens, and pothecaryes, but also of all maner of people, parfytely and in dewe tyme and ordre to lerne to dystyll all maner of herbes, to the profyte, cure, and remedy of all maner dysseases and infirmytees apparant and nat apparant. And ye shall vnderstande that the waters be better than the herbes, as Auicenna testefyeth in his fourthe conon saynge that all maner medicynes vsed with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke. Cum gratia et preuilegio regali.
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512., Andrew, Laurence, fl. 1510-1537.
¶Water of Nightshade Capitulum .c.xciii
S Olatrum vel vua vulpis in latyn. The beste parte and tyme of his dystyllacyon is / whan it berethe grene beryes / than the leues Page [unnumbered]
[illustration]
stroped frome the stalkes & dystylled
A The same is good agaynste the
hynder {per}re of the necke / cloutes wet
in the same and layde on the necke in
the mornyng at none and nyght eue¦ry
daye cōtynuynge than it heleth
B The same is good for
payne in the hede comynge of hete /
whan the hede is often enounted ther
with / and let it drye agayne by hym
selfe C Clowtes wet in the same
water and layd vpon the goute and
paralisis / in the mornynge / at none
and at nyght two or thre dayes con∣tynuynge
ceaseth the payne D
Vsed in the forsayde maner is good
agaynste the sore named the shoyne.
E The same water coleth and sla¦keth
all yll hete and sores / It with
dryueth also all hete of the bodye / in¦warde
and outwarde / dronke of the
same in the forsayde maner and clou¦tes
wet therin / and thre or foure ty∣mes
layde theron betwene daye and
nyght F It is also good agaynst
payne in the trees / twyse or thryse in
a daye cloutes wet therin & layd ther¦on
G It is pryncypally good
for the hote impostumes / cloutes wet
therin & layde thee vpon H It is
also good agaynste the payne in the
breste / clowtes wet therin / and luke
warme layde vpon the breste I
The same is good agaynst the payne
in the hyppes / clowtes wet therin &
layde ther vpon in the mornynge / at
none and at nyght K It is good
for the throte / in the mornynge / & at
nyght gorguled therwith / and clow∣tes
wet therein layde ther vpō heleth
the throte L The same water is
good agaynste all hote swellynges /
Dronke of the same / in the mornyng
at none / and at nyght / at eche tyme
an ounce and a halfe / & clowtes wet
therin & layde ther vpon / slaketh the
hete and swellynge M The
same water coleth and slaketh the he¦te
of the lyuer very well / whan clow¦tes
or hempe row is wet therin and
layde theron / in the mornynge at no¦ne
and at neght N It is al∣so
good for them that be rente / clow∣tes
wet therein and layd theron twy¦se
or thryse in a daye O Thre ty¦mes
in a daye dronke of the same at
eche time an oūce is good for thē that
do stret by night in theyr slepe it doth
nor hurt nor hynder P In the
mornynge & at nyghte dronke of the
same / at eche tyme an ounce & a halfe
xiiii. dayes cōtynuyng is good for the
stone Q A body whiche can not
swete shall drynke of the same water
& of water of wormwode / of 〈◊〉 ly¦ke /
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mured to gyder almost thee oun¦ces /
than he shall swete R whan
the brestes of women be swolen / thā
cloutes wet in the same layd warme
ther vpō .ii. or thre dayes cōtynuyng
& it shall au••ed s The same s
good reperuustium / for it withdcy∣ueth
all hote maters & flodes whiche
sholde become to an impostume / clou¦tes
wet therin / and layd ther vpon
twyse in a daye