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AS often as I was anoyn∣ted / to kepe these euylles from my mouthe, that cu∣stomably came, I vsed only alam, whiche I kept in my mouthe rollynge it frome one syde to an other, vntyll it melted. And whan I went aboute to wrappe vp my so∣res, and comforte my membres, I vsed these herbes, absinthio, camomilla, hys∣soppe, pulegio, arthemisia, sage, & other suche boyled in wyne and water.
¶And ones for my sores I made an oynt∣ment
by the counsell of Eytelvolfe, of alam vardegrese, purist hony / and vinegre by equall portions.
¶And afterwarde I lerned of a souldiour in Italy an other oyntement, made of lyme and water / after this maner. I put well wa¦ter or ryuer water into a newe potte, neuer seasonned before with any lyquor / and sod it therin•• and whan it boyled feruently, I powred it vppon vnsleyt lyme (that is it / that no water hath touched) in a bason or a clene vessell of wodde, before not occupied with any lycour. And whan the lyme was dissolued, and after a lyttell reste laye in the botom: I toke awaye the skome that swom aboue, and mouinge not the lyme / powred oute the clerest water / and kepte that for my pourpose / whan I wolde occupie it: I toke a sponge or a lynnen clothe / and dep∣ped hit in the water, somme tyme rolled, as I moughte, and often tymes war∣med and moysted my sores therwith, was∣shynge and wypynge away all the fylthy∣nesse. Thanne I toke a peece of clothe, so moysted, and lapte it aboute my sores. And with this water my peynes were eased. and the swellynge swaged, the sores were clen∣sid, and the heate and enflamations dryuen
awaye. whiche thynge is to be meruaylled at, seing the nature of lyme otherwise is to kendle. I founde nothynge lyke this: And me thought I was well holpen therwith, and had auoyded the distruction / that was at hande. In so cruel assautes of this disese I vsed also cassia, if I wolde be laxatiue, and dyd often tymes sweat / & let go bloode drawen oute with gourdes. And whan I was in Italy monysshed, that to eate in the mornynge the quantite of a walnutte of ra∣sins terebinthia, shuld be of great efficacite to amende the fautes of the bloode, what maner of thyng it is I knowe not / and to make the bely lanke, and helpe the stomak, whiche bothe thynges I founde trewe, I vsed the same. They sayde also, that it dyd helpe no lyttell thynge the synowes, and strengthed the ioyntes and membres. And by this meanes and abstinence of meate and drynke, and good dyete, I auoyded many thynges / whiche moughte haue vtterly di∣stroyd me in so longe & iniurious seson, for the mooste parte wandrynge abrode in the worlde, and through pouerte dryuen to mo¦che aduersite, neuer at rest and quietnes, but alwayes vexed and troubled. And haue so preserued my selfe, that all thoughe my
legges were eaten with so many depe and greuous soores, yet was there not one sy∣newe hurte / nor one bone perysshed. And if at any tyme the disease toke my face, no euylle happened in my mouthe and tongue, so that the inwarde partes were preserued: For I voyded awaye those thynges, that myghte hurte my stomake, and with a rare helpe defended my lyghtes and lounges: and by these helpes I moughte suffer and dryue forthe this dysease, but clerely putte hit awaye I coude not: whiche thynge was the easynge of peyne, and nat the cuttynge away of the cause of payne, the differryng of euyll, and not the takynge away therof. A better remedy came of Guaiacus, ye of that onely came helthe, which I do intend nowe to dis∣cribe.