An antidotarie chyrurgicall containing great varietie and choice of all sorts of medicines that commonly fal into the chyrurgions vse: partlie taken out of authors, olde and new, printed or written: partlie obtained by free gifte of sundrie worthie men of this profession within this land. By Iohn Banester master of chirurgerie.

Oyles.

An Oyle for greene wounds.

Rec. Olei communis in quo fuerint ex∣tincti lateres recentes lib.ss. olei amygdala∣rum amararū ℥.ij. olei papaueris albi ℥.j.ss. thuris, masticis, ana.℥.j. ammoniaci, galbani in aceto dissolutorum ana.ʒ.ij. resinae ℥.ss. terebint.℥.ij. AEruginis rasilis ℈.ij. When the gummes bee dissolued, put them to the Oyle, Thus, and Masticke, & let them boile after a little, then adde too the resina, and af∣ter them the aerugo, at the last straine it, and kéepe it to your vse: wherewith you shall dresse the wound, and applie vpon it an ag∣glutinatiue plaister.

Another oyle for greene wounds.

Rec. Olei com. lib.j. florum hyperici lib. ss. conijciantur in oleum, & aliquot dies sub dio macerentur, postea flores expriman∣tur, & alij in idem oleum inijciantur. Thus vse it foure or fiue times, then adde thereto, gummi elemi, ℥.iij. Then let it stand cer∣taine daies in the Sunne and vse it.

An Oleum Magistrale for wounds.

Rec. Olei vitellorum ouorum ʒ.vj. olei rosarum, omphacini, ʒ.ij. croci ℈.j. vini odo∣riferi ℥.j.ss. terebinthinae clarae ʒ.ij. seminis hypericonis, florum anthos, ana.m.j. masti∣cis ʒ.ij.ss. succi plantag.℥.j. lactis mulieris ℥.ss. seui vituli ʒ.x. olei sambuci ℥.ss. olei ro∣sacei completi ℥.j.ss. vermium terrestrium lotorum in vino ʒ.x. Boyle them all toge∣ther at a gentle fire till the consumption of the wine and iuyce, then straine them and vse it in the wound.

A yellowe oyle which doth wonderfullie cause flesh in wounds, and doth mitigate paine, and causeth good matter.

Rec. Olei com. lib.ij.ss. olei rosarum lib. ss. amygdalarum dulcium, olei liliorum, ana.℥.iiij. vini albi lib.ij. aquae vitae lib.ss. terebinthinae venetae lib.ij. sarcocollae lib.ss. myrrhae ℥.iiij. gummi elemi, ℥.vj. olibani, ℥.iij. masticis ℥.ij.ss. aloes epaticae, benioini, styracis calamitae, gummi hederae, ana.ʒ.iij. resinae pini ʒ.ij. nucis moscat.ʒ.ij. spicae ʒ.j. galangae ʒ.ss. croci ℥.ss. ammoniaci ℥.j. op∣poponacis ℥.ss. Powder which are to bee

powdred, and dissolue the gummes in wine, and put them together, letting them stand in the Sunne xx. daies, then boyle them at a gentle fire in a pot close stopped the space of xiiii. houres, and let it stand in the Sunne other twentie daies, and at the last straine it and keepe it as a secrete.

An oyle for hollowe wounds and fistulaes.

Rec. Olei communis lib.ij. galbani ℥.j. ammoniaci ℥.ss. terebinthinae ℥.vj. vini albi ℥.viij. succi apij & plantaginis, ana.℥.j. fellis bouis ℥.ij. aquae vitae ℥.ij.ss. resinae pini ℥.ss. masticis, sarcocollae, ana.ʒ.ij. aluminis vsti, ʒ.iij. Mixe them, and let them boyle to the consumption of the iuyces and wine, but first dissolue your gummes in aqua vitae, and boyle them in another vessell twelue houres, adding thereto in the end viridis ae∣ris ℥.ij. and make it according to Art.

An oyle for greene wounds, much commended.

Rec. Olei lumbricorum, olei masticis, olei hypericonis, ana.℥.iiij. olei communis lib.j.ss. sarcocollae lib.j. aquae vitae lib.ss. olei terebinthinae lib. j. florum anthos lib.ss.

Powder that is to bee powdred, and boyle them together in balneo mariae xii. houres, then set them in the Sunne fortie daies: af∣ter boyle them againe, and reserue the oyle to your vse.

Another.

Rec. Olei communis lib. ij. vini cretici, lib.j. radicum helenij ℥.iiij. in puluerem re∣dact. saluiae, hypericonis, ana m.j. masticis ℥.iiij. cariophyllorum ℥.iij. Mixe them, and boyle them in a vessell stronglie bound, to the consumption of the wine and iuyces, and after the straining kéepe it to your vse.

Another.

Rec. Olei lumbricorum, olei hyperico∣nis, ana.℥.xij. olei masticis ℥.iiij. olei com.℥.vj. aquae vitae lib.ss. vini maluatici ℥.iiij. sarcocollae lib.ss. mastic.℥.iij. myrrhae ℥.iij. florum chamaemeli ℥.ss. cariophyllorū ℥.ij. terebinthinae venetae ℥.iiij. Bruse what is to bee brused, and boyle them to the consump∣tion of the wine and water, and reserue the oyle strained out to your vse.

An oyle to agglutinate wounds with speede.

Rec. Boracis ℥.vij. sarcocollae ℥.vj. mastic.℥.iiij. cariophyllorū ℥.j. olibani ℥.ij. myrrhae ℥.ij.ss. Make them al in powder, & infuse thē

in aquae vitae ℥.xx. and adde thereto after the infusion olei hyperici, vel communis lib iiij. terebinthinae venetae lib.j.ss. succi sym∣phiti minoris lib.ss. vini nigri lib.j. ••huris ℥.j Boyle them at an easie fire twentie houres, then put in the infused gummes, and boyle them in a brasen vessell close stopped other xxiiii. houres, then as you remoue it from the fire, stirre it till it be cold, and put it into a glasse, adding thereto olei terebinthinae, lib.ss. masticis, sarcocollae, florum hyperico∣nis puluerizat. ana.℥.ij. Then let them stand in the Sunne, and reserue it to your vse.

Another.

Rec. Olei nardini ℥.iiij. olei hyperici ℥.vij olei com. lib.j. vini cretici lib.j. sarcocollae, ℥.vj. mastic.℥.ij. olibani ℥.iij.ss. myrrhae ℥.ss. terebinthinae purae ℥.vij. florum saluiae ℥.iiij florum rosmarini ℥.iij. florum hyperici ℥.vj cariophyllorum ℥.iiij. Powder what is to be powdred, and boyle the oyle, wine, flow∣ers and cloues in a vessell close stopped xii. houres; after that let them steepe in the same vessell xii. daies, which being done, adde to the rest, and boyle them together twentie houres, and last of al, let them stand in the Sunne twelue daies, and straine it to your vse.

An oyle of S. Iohns wort for wounds.

Rec. Summitatum hyperici contusi lib. j.ss. vini maluat. lib.℥.iij.ss. olei oliuarum lib.iij. Mixe them, and set them in the sunne tenne daies, then boyle them in balneo ma∣riae twelue houres, and straine them, adding thereto florum hyperici lib.j. Infuse them other tenne daies, and last of all add to them terebinthinae venetae lib.ss. masticis ℥.j.ss. sarcocollae, cariophyllorū, ana.℥.ij. myrrhae ℥.j. macis ʒ.vj. vermium terrestrium ℥.iij. Powder what is to bee powdred, and boyle them to the consumption of the wine and iuyce of the herbes, and after the straining reserue it to your vse.

Another very excellent.

Rec. Olei oliuarum lib.iij. vini albi lib.ij. florum, foliorum & sem. hyperici, lib.j. va∣lerianae graecae, saniculae guttatae, diapensiae, solidaginis saracenicae, prunellae, ana.m.ss. Stampe the herbes and infuse them in the wine and oyle xxiiii. houres, then boile them at a soft fire to the consumption of a great part of the wine and iuyce, then straine it, and put thereto terebinthinae venetae lib.j.ss

olei terebinthinae ℥.vj. olibani ℥.v. myrrhae ℥.iij. masticis ℥.j. sanguinis draconis ℥.j. rootes of Alkanet ℥.ss. (being first brused and infused in a little oyle ii. houres) When all is boyled together gently and sufficient∣ly, put it vp to your vse. It is the best that euer I found.

Note.

Wheras others put hereto earth wormes to amend the same, I haue found it by expe∣rience, that it will not worke so well with wormes as without them.

An oyle for greene wounds.

Rec. Olei communis lib.iiij. vini rubri, aquae vitae, ana. lib.j. terebinthinae lib.j. sar∣cocollae lib.ss. masticis ℥.j. olibani ℥.ij. con∣solidae maioris m.iiij. Bruse the herbes and mixe them with the oyle, wine, and aqua vi∣tae, and infuse them together twelue daies, then boyle them in balneo mariae sixtéene houres, and after they be cold put too conso∣lidae maioris recentis m.iij. letting them in∣fuse other tenne daies, then adde too the tur∣pentine, and boyle them together twentie daies, and when they be strained put too the sarcocolla and the rest made in fine pow∣der.

Another.

Rec. Aquae vitae optimae lib.ij. sacchari albiss. lib.ss. olei com. puri lib.iiij. terebin∣thinae purae ℥.xx. sarcocollae ℥.viij. masticis, myrrhae, ana.℥j. Powder which are to bee powdred, mixe them, and put them in a pot with a narrowe mouth, letting them stand in balneo mariae xxiiij. houres, then set it in the Sunne tenne daies, which being done let them boyle againe twelue houres, and when it is colde and strained, reserue it to your vse.

Oleum Hyperici with Gumines.

Rec. Vini albi lib.ij. olei veteris lib.iiij. olei terebinthinae lib.ij. florum hyperici re∣centium cum semine q.s. The flowers be∣ing brused, put them into a glasse with the oyles and wine, and set the glasse in the Sunne seauen daies, then boyle it sixe or seauen houres in balneo mariae, after straine it, and put too againe fresh flowers and seedes: sunne it seauen daies, and boyle them as before. Repeate this course so of∣ten till the oyle bee red and the wine consu∣med, then straine it, and put thereto aloes

hepaticae, myrrhae, masticis, mummiae, oli∣bani, ana.℥.j. gariophyllorum, macis, nucis moscatae, cinamomi, ana.℥.ss. croci ʒ.j. gra∣norum tinctorum ℥.ss. vermium terrestriū ℥.iiij. Let the wormes bee purely purged in white wine, then put all these together with the oyle into a double glasse, and set it in the Sunne a moneth. Last of all, boyle them a∣gaine in balneo twelue houres, the glasse being close stopped, then take it from the fire, and when it is almost colde, straine it, and put it vp to your vse.

An oyle excellent for wounds and vlcers, espe∣ciallie when the vlcers be well mundified: it doth also incarnate, asswage paine, com∣fort, and speedilie conglutinate.

Rec. Olei com. lib.iiij. vini albi lib.ij. aquae vitae lib.j.ss. saluiae m.ij. cardui benedicti, m.j.ss. valer. m.j. hyperici m.j.ss. melisso∣phylli m.ss. meliloti m.j. betonicae, centaurij, scabiosae, dictami, sambuci, ana.p.iij. Bruse the herbes and infuse them twentie daies, then straine them stronglie, and boyle them to the consumption of the wine and iuyce of the herbes, adding thereto terebinthinae purgatae lib.j.ss. masticis ℥.j. olibani ℥.ij. myrrhae, ℥.j. sarcocollae ℥.ij. euphorbij.ʒ.iij.

nucis moscatae ℥.ss. cariophyllorum, ʒ.vj. iridis ℥.j. resinae pini ℥.iij. oppoponacis ʒ.iij. croci, camphorae ana.ʒ.j. vermium terrestr.℥.ss. theriacae optimae ℥.j. florum hyperici ℥.iiij. rosarum rubr.℥.ij.ss. rubiae tinctorum ℥.ss. Powder what is to bee powdred, and boyle them together one houre, & put them in a vessell close stopped twentie daies, and put thereto the gummes dissolued in malm∣sey, then let them boyle at an easie fire alto∣gether foure or fiue houres, and in the ende straine them, and reserue it to your vse.

An oyle to heale both greene wounds and old vlcers very well.

Rec. Olei communis lib.j. vini cretici lib.j. terebint.℥.iiij.ss. bdellij ʒ.iij. myrrhae ʒ.iij.ss. sarcocollae ℥.j. thuris ʒ.iij.ss. masticis ℥.ss. Powder what is to bee powdred, mixe them, and boyle them vpon a cleere fire till the wine be consumed.

Another of like nature.

Rec. Olei mastichini lib.ss. olei com.lib.j. aquae vitae lib.ss. sarcocollae ℥.vj. sanguinis draconis ℥.ij. mastic.℥.iij. myrrhae ℥.ij. cina∣momi ℥.ss. nucis moscatae ℥.j. boracis ℥.ij. a∣loes epaticae ℥.ss. aquae caprifolij ℥.vj. succi

symphiti vtriusque, ana.℥.iij. aquae mellis ℥.iiij. Make it to your vse.

An oyle for greene wounds.

Rec. Olei communis lib.iiij. vini albi lib. ij. aquae vitae lib.j. succi absynthij, valerianae, pimpinellae, hyperici, cardui benedicti, sal∣uiae, apij, consolidae maioris, minoris & mediae, plantaginis, millefolij, ana.℥.ij.ss. Bruse the herbes, mixe them, and stéepe them twelue houres, then boyle them in a vessell close stopped, till the wine and iuyces bee wasted, adding thereto terebinthinae purgatae lib.j.ss. myrrhae ℥.iiij. sarcocollae, ℥.iiij.ss. olibani ℥.ij. masticis ℥.ij.ss. sangui∣nis draconis, thuris, ana.℥.iij. gummi elemi ℥.iij.ss. cariophyllorum ℥.j. nucis moscatae ℥.j.ss. cinamomi ℥.j.ss. galangae••℥.ss. carpo∣balsami ʒ.j.ss. croci ℈.ss. Powder which are to bée powdered, and bruse what is to bee brused, boile them together foure and twen∣tie houres, and after it is strained kéepe it to your vse.

An oyle to mollifie hardnesse in or about wounds.

Rec. Terebinthinae lib. j.ss. styracis li∣quidae ℥.ss. styracis calamitae, benioini, ana.

ʒ.ij. thuris ʒ.j. nucis moscat.ʒ.ij. laudani ʒ.ss. galbani ʒ.ij. gummi elemi ℥.ss. ammoniaci ℥.ij•• oppoponacis, gummi hederae, sagapeni, ana.ʒ.ss. olei laurini ℥.iiij. resinae pini ℥.ij. aquae vitae lib.ss. Mixe them, and make an oyle in good forme.

An oyle for wounds.

Rec. Olei laurini ℥.ij. olei communis ℥.iij. olei lumbricorum ℥.ij.ss. olei hyperi∣conis ℥.ij. olei benedicti ℥.j. olei rosacei ℥.iij. terebinthinae lib. j. euphorbij ʒ.j. styracis calamitae ʒ.j.ss. resinae pini lib.ss. galbani ʒ.iij. sarcocollae ʒ.j. gummi ammoniaci, bdellij, oppoponacis gum. hederae, ana.ʒ.j.ss. laudani ʒ.ss. masticis ʒ.ij. olibani ʒ.iij. thuris ʒ.ij. nucis moscatae ℥.ij. mummiae ʒ.ss. ca∣riophyllorum ℥.ss. Powder what is to b••e powdered, and make an oyle in good forme.

An oyle very good for wounds in any part of the bodie.

Rec. Olei communis lib.j.ss. olei rosa∣rum lib.ss. vermium terrestrium ℥.iiij. flo∣rum hyperici ℥.iij. rosmarini ℥.j. terebin∣thinae venetae lib. ss. vini albi lib.ss. myr∣rhae, sarcocollae, ana.℥.ij. masticis ℥.j.ss.

euphorbij ʒ.j. iridis ʒ.j. Powder what is to be powdred, and boile them to the consump∣tion of the wine, then straine it to your vse.

The true making of Oleum Aparitij, com∣monly called Oleum Magistrale, which hath been vntruly published heretofor•• by G. B.

Rec. Olei rosarum lib. iij. terebinthinae abietinae, lib.ij. myrrhae, thuris, ana.℥.iiij. ••ritici viridis m.ss. radicum vel foliorum valerianae, cardui benedicti, ana.℥.iiij. hy∣perici ℥.vj. vini albi (vnderstand) hispanici, lib.ij. Let the herbes and wheate be a little brused and put into a glasse with a narrowe mouth, powring vpon them your wine: so infuse them for foure houres, after that put too your oyle, and boile al together in a dou∣ble vessell till the wine be consumed. Lastly, adde your turpentine, myrrhe and incense, and so boyle and straine them.

An oyle called Oleum Magistrale, to be vsed in wounds of the necke or throate.

Rec. Olei rosarum omphacini ℥.j. olei terebinthinae ℥.ss. terebinthinae clariss.ʒ.x. vermium terrestrium lotorum cum vino ℥.j.ss. masticis ʒ.iij. florum anthos m.ij. sem.

hypericonis m.j. centaurij vtriusque, mille∣folij, cynoglossae, ana. tertiam partem m.j. plantag.m.ss. croci ʒ.ss. vini odoriferi cya∣thum vnum. Boyle all together to the con∣sumption of the wine, then straine them through a thicke cloath, and adde thereto olei hypericonis ℥.j.ss.

An oyle to be vsed in the wounds of the ankles and feete.

Rec. Olei terebinthinae, olei rosati om∣phac. ana.℥.ij. terebint. clarissimae ʒ.x. ver∣mium terrestrium ℥.j.ss. mastic.ʒ.vj. gum. elemi ʒ.iij. ammoniaci cum vino dissoluti ʒ.j.ss•• croci ℈.j. florum hypericonis m.j.ss. centaurij maioris m.j. olei seminis lini ʒ.vj. Boyle them all together a little, and straine them through a thicke canuas cloath, then let them stand in the Sunne one moneth, adding vnto them a little of the flowers of Hypericon, chaunging it from wéeke to wéeke.

An oyle for conuulsion of nerues.

Rec. Olei amygdalarum dulcium, olei liliorum, violarum, chamaemeli, ana.℥.vj. oppoponacis ℥.iij. ammoniaci ℥.iiij. myrrhae ʒ.ij. oesypi ℥.iij. olei pedum vaccarum ℥.v.

fellis bouis ʒ.iij. pingued. capi, anatis, an••eris & cygni, medullae cruris aequini, ana.ʒ.j.ss. succi hyosciami ℥.ss. aqua vitae ℥.vj. butyri recentis, succi maluarum, brancae vrsinae, ana.℥.ij.ss. succi althaeae, sambuci, ana.ʒ.iij. Dissolue the gummes in aqua vitae, and boyle them all to the consumption of the iuyces, and reserue it to your vse.

An oyle for pricking of sinewes.

Rec. Olei hypericonis, sambuci, euphor∣bij, ana.℥.iij.ss. sulphuris ʒ.x. gummi am∣moniaci, bdellij, serapini, ana.ʒ.ij. aceti albi, cyathi medium, vermium terrestrium ℥.j.ss Make it according to Art.

An oyle of Earth-wormes, which is good for wounds in the sinewes, or other places.

Rec. Vermium terrestrium praeparat. lib.j olei communis lib.ij.ss. vini ℥.viij. eu∣phorbij ʒ.iij. terebinthinae venetae ℥.j. Make an oyle according to Art.

An oyle to incarnate wounds, and to com∣fort the sinewes.

Rec. Olei terebinthinae, rosarum, ana.℥.iiij.ss. olei lumbricorum, masticis, ana.℥.iij. olei seminis lini ℥.iij.ss. vermium ter∣restrium

ʒ.j. terebinthinae clarae ℥.iiij. masti∣cis, myrrhae, ana.℥.ss. gummi elemi, ammo∣niaci, ana.ʒ.ij.ss. sarcocollae ʒ.j. croci ℈.j. Dissolue the gummes in vineger, and adde thereto centaurij maioris m.j. Bruse the herbes and boyle all together in a double vessell, and when it is strained set it in the Sunne.

An oyle very good for wounds in the sinewie parts or ioynts.

Rec. Olei communis lib.ij. vini odori∣feri lib.j. rosmarini, m.ij. symphiti maioris, plantaginis, ana.m.j. aquae vitae ℥.vj. Bruse them small and straine it, and adde thereto terebinthinae venetae lib.j. sarcocollae lib.ss. masticis ℥.iiij. Let them boyle till the gummes bee well dissolued and the iuyces wasted, then straine it, and set it in the sunne twentie daies.

An oyle of secret operation in vlcers, Cankers and Fistulaes.

Rec. Apij, marrubij, millefolij, planta∣ginis, absynthij, saluiae, tapfibarbati, cheli∣doniae, valerianae, hyperici, ana. m.j. olei communis lib.ij. terebinthinae ℥.viij. gal∣bani ℥.ij. aluminis rochae ℥.j.ss. theriacae ℥.j.

viridis aeris ℥.ij. thuris ℥.j. gentianae, aristo∣lochiae rotundae, ana.℥.j. resinae pini ℥.xij. Powder what is to bée powdred, and boyle them together till the consumption of the iuyces of the herbes, and in the cooling adde thereto the viride aeris in fi••e powder, stir∣ring it stronglie.

An oyle for hollowe vlcers.

Rec. Olei oliuarum lib.ij. olei laurini lib. ss. galbani ℥.iiij. aquae vitae lib.j. myrrhae ℥.j. viridis aeris ℥.iiij. in puluerem subtiliss. re∣dact. Dissolue the galbanum in aqua vitae, and boyle it with the oyles tenne houres at an easie fire, and in the ende put too the vi∣ride aeris, incorporate them well together, and stirre them thrée houres, in the ende strai••e it, and reserue it to your vse.

An excellent good oyle for hollow vlcers.

Rec. Olei magis••ralis ℥.ij. olei lumbri∣corum ℥.j.ss. olei benedicti ℥.ss. olei tere∣binthinae ℥.iiij. olei rosarum ʒ.ij. terebinthi∣nae purgatae ℥.ij. masticis ʒ.ij. sarcocollae ʒ.iij myrrhae ℥.j. ammoniaci, galbani, ana.ʒ.j.ss. gummi elemi ʒ.iij.ss. resinae pini ℥.ss. succi plantag. solatri, apij, ana.℥.j. vini albi ℥.iij. Boyle them in a double vessell, well stop∣ped,

till the consumption of the wine and iuyces, then straine them stronglie, and re∣serue it to your vse.

A greene oyle to mundifie vlcers.

Rec. Olei magistralis ℥.ii.ss. olei com∣munis ℥.iij. succi plantag. apij, solani, ana.℥.j. olei lumbricorum ℥.j. olei benedicti ℥.ss. Boyle them to the consumption of the iuy∣ces, and adde thereto terebinthinae purgatae ℥.j.ss. sarcocollae ℥.ij. masticis ʒ.j. olibani ʒ.ij.ss. thuris ʒ.j. resinae pini ℥.ss. myrrhae, ʒ.j. gummi elemi ʒ.ij. croci ℈.ss. viridis aeris ℥.j. Mixe them together.

An oyle for fistulated and can∣kered vlcers.

Rec. Olei com. lib.ij. terebinthinae lib.ss. myrrhae ℥.iiij. sarcocollae ℥.iij. aquae vitae, a∣ceti op••. ana.℥.iij. aluminis crud•• pulueri∣zat.℥.j.ss. vitrioli ℥.ss. boracis ℥.ss. Boyle them to the consumption of the vineger and aqua vitae, adding thereto viridis aeris in pulu.℥.j. Boyle it againe, straine it, and re∣serue it in a glasse vessell.

An oyle for the morphew and spots of the face.

Rec. Olei abietis ℥.j.ss. thuris masculi ℥.j. succi limonum lib. j. Bruse the Incense, and mixe them with the rest, and let them infuse in balneo mariae twelue houres with an easie fire, then distill it, and kéepe the wa∣ter to wash the face, and the oyle to annoynt the same.

A proued oyle against the Crampe, hap∣pening in a wound, or otherwise.

Rec. Olei nardini ℥.ss. olei rutacei ℥.j.ss. olei masticis ℥.ij. olei terebinthinae ℥.j.ss. vini cretici, cochlear.iiij. aquae vitae, coch.ij. Mixe them, and boyle them to the consump∣••ion of the liquors.

An excellent good oyle for paine in the gowt.

Rec. Olei communis lib.j.ss. olei rosati, chamaemeli, ana. lib.j. olei spicae, vulpini, hypericonis, ana.℥.ij. olei anethi ℥.j.ss. cha∣maemeli, absynthij, anthos, matricariae, ca∣laminthae, ana.m.j. squinanthi m.ss. seminis hypericonis m.j.ss. pingued. anatis & anse∣ris, ana.℥.iij. medullae crurium vituli, et vac∣carum, ana.ʒ.x. radicum ebuli & helenij, ana.℥.iiij. ranarumnu.viij. vermiū terrestr.

lotorum cum vino ℥.iiij. Bruse them all, and mixe them together with white wine, and infuse them xxiiii. houres, then boyle them at an easie fire till the wine be wasted, and after it is strained, adde thereto terebin∣thinae ℥.ij.ss. croci ℈.ij. cerae nouae ℥.ss. Mixe them according to Art.

An oyle of great efficacie for paines in the ioynts of lues Venerea.

Rec. xl. ouorum vitellos coctione indu∣ratos et dissipatos, cum ℥.vj. pyrethri in pul∣uerem redacti, Mixe them, and distill them by a Retort, first with a gentle fire, and af∣terward with a stronger; the liquor that you so receiue mixe againe cum castorei ℥.j. and thuris albi ℥.ss. hermodactylorum ʒ.vj. and distill them. When you haue receiued that liquor, mingle it with the feces againe, put∣ting too lauri-baccas, and draw it out. This course if you repeate yet oftner, you shall make an oyle that shall bee incomparable in this case.

An oyle to cure shrinking of the sinewes.

Rec. Olei ex pedibus bouinis lib.ij. fel∣lis

bouini, lib.j. aquae vitae, aquae rosac. ana. lib.ss. Put them in a brasse pan, with cam∣phoratae (wée call it lauender cotton) fol. lauri, ana.m.j. rosmarini, spicae lauendulae, fol. fragariae cum filamentis: the herbes be∣ing brused, boyle with the rest, and after straine it as Art requireth.

A most proued oyle for the itch, and moyst or mattrie scabbe.

Rec. Succi oleandri lib.j. olei rosac. lib.ss. Mingle and boyle them gentlie, vntill the oyle only remaine, then straine it, and adde to it (if you will make it most effectuall) sul∣phuris puluerizati ℥.j.

Oleum Hyosciami magistrale, of notable vse, both for wounds, vlcers, gowtes and other paines.

Rec. Olei communis lib.viij. vini albi lib.ij. summitatum hyosciami & seminum eius viridium lib.iij.ss. vermium terrestr. gariophyllorum, ana.℥.iiij. croci ℥.j. opij ℥.ss Choppe and stampe the herbe very small: then mixe all the rest with it, and set them in the Sunne twelue daies: after boyle them to the consumption of the wine and iuyce, then straine it and kéepe it to your vse. For

painfull wounds or bruses vse it thus. Rec. olei hyosciami magistrale, ℥.iiij. olei hype∣rici ℥.j. olei lumbricorum ℥.ss. gummi ele∣mi ʒ.vj. terebinthinae lotae in lacte mulie∣ris ʒ.vij. Mixe them. If you would haue it in the forme of an Unguent, and vse it to painfull vlcers, Rec. olei hyosciami magi∣stralis ℥.iiij. resinae pini, resinae ana.ʒ.iij. vn∣guenti ros.ʒ.vj. cerae albae ℥.ss. Héereto also may bée added a little Myrrhe and a fewe droppes of oyle of Sulphur, or Antimonie, as the malignitie requireth. To make a soft plaister or sparadrap of it, do thus. Rec. olei hyosciami magistr.℥.vj. vnguenti hy∣osciami ℥.iiij. resinae ℥.ij. cerae citrinae ℥.iij. Mixe them.

Oleum Antimonij, or sanguis Stibij, most excellent for creeping and maligne vlcers.

Rec. Regulum antimonij (the manner of making whereof also followeth) grinde it most finely vpon a marble, powring still vn∣to it a little distilled vineger. When it is perfectly grinded, put it into a Felt, and powre of your viniger vpon it, vntill it haue dissolued and carried through all the Anti∣monie into the vessell that standeth vnder to

receiue it: then put all that liquor into a Limbecke, and distill it out; the feces re∣maining in the bottome will bee red, which take and put in a cloath, hang the same in some moyst place, with a receiuer vnder it to droppe into, and that which so resolueth and droppeth downe is oleum antimonij: and because it is red, is called sanguis anti∣monij.

Your Regulus is thus made.

Take your stibium, and melt it, let it coole againe, then melt it and coole it againe, and being so done fiue or ••ixe times, it is cal∣led Regulus.

An oyle intituled (of secret operation) for vl∣cers, and namely Cankers and Fistulaes.

Rec. apij, marrubij, millefolij, plantagi∣nis, absynthij, saluiae, tapsibarbati, chelido∣nij, valerianae, hyperici, ana.m.j. olei com∣munis lib.ij. terebinthinae lib.viij. galbani ℥.ij. aluminis ℥.j.ss. theriacae ℥.j. viridis aeris ʒ.ij. thuris ℥.j. gentianae, aristol. rotundae, ana.℥.j. vitrioli, tartari, ana.ʒ.ij. myrrhae, sar∣cocollae, ana.℥.j. resinae pini ℥.xij. Powder that which is to be powdred, and boyle them

together to the wa••ting of the iuyces; put too your viride aeris in the cooling.

An oyle to stay the stench of a Canker.

Rec. Myrrhae, carpobalsami, nucis miri∣sticae, ana.℥.ss. olei hyperici, olei de terebin∣thinae, ana.℥.iij. mosc. gra.iiij. ambrae tan∣tundem, olei de lateribus ℥.vij. Boyle them in a double vessell, and therewith annoynt the place; if it bite, alay it cum olei rauino vel lacte.

Notes

• Calmeteus.
• Calmeteus.
• Vigo.
• Iohn I••••∣re••.
• Clowes.
• Ex libro Hispanico.
• Vigo.
• Vigo.
• Banester.
• Valeriola.
• Augerius Ferrerius.
• Ex manu∣scripto.
• Arnaldu••.
• Banester.
• Fallopiu••.
• Incerto au∣cthore.
• Antonius Montagua∣na.