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THese remedies folowinge ar against the Frenche Pokes lepry and suche lyke.
Make anoyntment agaynst the Scabbe that is ingend••rid of salte fleagme, of Aloes and vnquenchyd lime wyth comon oyle.
* 1.1Frenche garlicke fryed wyth oyle, killeth the ilscabbe and the breking out th••rof & applied vpon the apos∣tem,
so yt it touche no other flesh by, & it brekith the same Immedyatly.
To heale an old Leprye.* 1.2 Take a serpent of a drye hyl, and cut of the head therof quickly, and the tayle, & let hyr blede & sture about the blod tyl the bleding cease, and afterward let the Serpent be mundified from his inwardes, and let it be sodden & cause the pacient to eate therof eue∣ry day .ʒ i. and drynke ye wyne wher in the serpent hath ben sodden, tyll the leprouse person be swollen and puffed vp and be gynne throughe Anguyshe to be in a manner beside hym selfe, then put the pacient in a stewe or hote house, and let the hole bodye of the pacient be anointyd wt the liquor wherin the adder or ser∣pent was sodden, for the hole fleshe and skynne is therby renuid, and so shal the pacient be perfytly healid. Take a blacke serpent the head be∣inge cut of, bury her til she be ful of
wormes & then let hyr be dryed, and giue therof vnto the leporouse .ʒ i. wyth a syrope of hony euery day.
Put corne in water of the decoc∣tion of serpentes, and fede hens wt the same corne, and let them drinke ye same water, and ther fethers shall fal of, and when they be vnfetherid let them be sod, and let the leprowse person eate them, and drinke the wa¦ter wher in thei were sodden and let him wash his hands, face, and berd therwith.
This same experiment is sayd to heale the pockes for a certayntye in one day, take of mollen, pytche .℥ iii of qui••ke brimstone, of salte Peter, Frākencēse ana. ℥ ii. as much oyle as shalbe thought sufficient, make it and worke it vp well & reserue it as ye shal ocupy it.
* 1.3The backe of our ladys Thystell stampt wyth vineger and applyed, takyth vtterly awaye al scabbynes 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉
curffe.
Take nesynge pouder, louage, fen¦nyll, and seeth them all to gether in wyne, washe the pacient that hath a deformytie of the skynne enclyning to a leprye, and it wil cleare hym.
A precyous oyntment agaynst ye scabbe, which is wounderful, in ef∣fecte and hath ben of•• prouyd.
Take of quycke syluer .℥ ii. of eu∣phorbium .℥ i. of stauisagre .℥ ii. of litarge .℥ iii. of suet a pound & half make an oyntment & let ye paci••nte be anoyntid therwyth, al the armes, shulders, and back bone, and about the knees, eyther agaynst the son or agaynst the fier, and if you perceue by anointing the pacient wyth thys vnctyon, that he be inclyned to vo∣miting, or els any swellynge of the vpper partes in the bodye, anoynte hym no more yf not, cease not to an∣oynt hym tyl ye seuēth day be past, & if thē he breke not out, make a somē¦tacion
agaynste the stomake wyth water of the decoct••on of Rosema∣ry, and Sage, and after thre dayes let make a bathe with water of the decoctyon of enula cāpana & docke and lay a white lynnen clothe vpon the anoyntyd place, that the oynt∣ment touche not the other partes of the body, by this maner of ordering haue many Leprouse persons bene healid.
* 1.4Against the Frenche Pokes, take of brimstone .ʒ ii. of nesyng pouder quicke syluer, & Cumin, Ana. ʒ i. of Staphisagre ʒ. & a half and incor∣porate thē wt .ʒ vi. of stale hogges grease, by thys meanes euery euyll disease or sicknes is for a surety hea¦led▪ excep•• it be of glandules or ker∣nels whiche must be cured after an other meane.
••eape a cocke fastinge thre days, and then tye hym to a stake wyth some Corde, and tye a tode by hym
wyth a corde also, so that the cocke may eate hym, within two days af∣ter the eatynge of the Tode, kill the Cocke, and sethe hym in pure good wyne a good while, put rawe honye therin, let the pacient vse the same e∣uery daye, a henne were better. But thus hath it ben prouyd.
The leaues of Lilly stampte and plasterid vpō ye grefes, healeth thē.* 1.5
Uitriolum citrine dri••d & mixt wt vineger, & burned vpō a tyle shard and do so by it thryse, lastely make it to pouder beinge applyed, it hea∣lith the sycknes.
The rotes of Lekes, made in a pla∣ster and applyed vpon the glandu∣les or kernels (wherof the syknes co¦meth) healeth it and anoynt the vl∣cers with this oyntment.
Take the ioyce of leke blades oyle and waxe and incorporate thē, and so anoynt the places yt be cancrous it healeth them wounderfully.
Melt talowe and dryppe therin a linen clothe, and so bind it to the leg¦ges it doth excedynglye wel heale ye pustules of the legges & els where.
Take the pythe of leauened bread stampe it and tempre it wyth wyne and hony, & make them boyle toge∣ther & myngle therto talowe & spr••d it vpon a lynen clothe, and apply it hote to ye bruyses & greuous pultu∣les of the legges.
The cuttynge of the vayne that is nyghe the bigger ioynte dothe myghtylye heale the scabbe and the euyll pustules on that syde.
* 1.6Drye figges stampte wyth ye flou¦res of Iuy, & so applyed do mighty lye helpe the paynefull pustules of of the legges.
Stampe red myntes, Rue, blacke bery or bramble leaues, and morell together wyth the rotes of lilly mixt them with the whytes of egges, vy∣neger & oyle, strayne them all toge∣ther
and anoynte the therwith, it is wounderful good.
Sethe the rotes of docke,* 1.7 and stāpe them mightely with hogges grese & put therto quycke syluer quenchid with Sage and ashes, incorropora¦te it & anoynt the therwyth, it wyll yelde wounderful effecte.
Sethe the floures of wertworte mightyly in vineger & put oyle th••r¦to, anoynt the therwith, it wyl heale the lepry, the scab, and al itchinges.
Apply to the vlcers beinge fyrst mundyfyed, tryacle and in ye spring folowing, or thē (yf it be then sprīg) thou shalbe hole.
Take staphisagre & litarge make a pouder, and a bathe, and a••ter wa¦she thy self it is good against ye mor fewe.
The smoke of henbane sede (ye gre¦ued member being fumigatyd ther∣wyth) healeth.
Anoyntment therwith experte and
Cunnyng men saye that thoughe ye paulmes of the handes and sooles of the feete (being nothyng greued) be anoynted therwith yet al scabby¦nes is taken cleane away from al ye body. Take of oyle of bayes .℥ iiii. of white Frankencense, and cleare whyte Waxe .℥ ii. of quicke syluer quenchyd wyth spettell .ʒ i. of hog∣ges fat wel fryed, ℥ v. of baye salte well stampte .℥ viii. of the ioyce of plantayne, and fumytory as muche as you will, myngle them all toge∣ther, and yf your conf••cion be iuste and good, it is a wounderfull expe∣riment.
* 1.8Take a snake and roste hyr with salte, and afterwarde burne hyr in a potte well closed vnto pouder, and geue the same agaynst al Leprye: & al other desperate grefes.
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