The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus.

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The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus.
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"The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04527.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2025.

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☞For the fallyng of the Heare.

¶ The Causes.

THe fallynge of the Heare is of two kyndes, of the whyche the one is called a∣lopecya whiche is caused thru∣ghe the malig∣nite of vytiouse and noughty Hu∣mores whiche rote and corrupte the rotes of the Heares wherby they fal away. The other is called Defluni∣um capillo{rum} & cometh of ye rarytie of the skyne & lacke of the Humore by the whych ye heare be come furth and nourished for the relaxatyon & losnesse of the Skynne is the cause why they be not stedfast and want of theyr humour doth extenuat the same wherby they doo fall away.

¶The Sygnes.

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¶ The signes or tokens be playne ynoughe for in the first, the heare is more lose in one place then in an o∣ther, and in the seconde they fall in all places lyke.

☞Remedyes.

* 1.1YF thy heares fal, make lye of ye Asshes of Culuer, dounge and washe thy head, it is prouyd.

So do walnut leaues beaten wyth Beares sewet, restore ye heares that be plucked away.

Seth the leaues of an Oke and the mydle rynd therof in waer and washe thy head, it is proued.

The ashes of lytle Frogs burnt Doo cure the fallynge of the heare.

The asshes of Gootes dounge, myngled wyth oyle,* 1.2 doth engender heare.

The Decoctyone of a Mallowe Rote in water maketh the scurffe of

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the head fal of, yf thy heade be wa∣shed in that water, it is proued.

The water of the decoction of ye myddle rynde of an elme thy head beynge oten wasshed therin,* 1.3 dothe the same.

Wormewoode stamped and laid to the temples doth quickely reme∣dy the payne in the heade.* 1.4

Stampe Parsly wyth the bloud of an Hogge, let them sethe in white wine and afterwarde let it be strey∣ned through a cloth ouer colde wa∣ter, and let the Fatte that flyteth or swimmith aboue be gathred toge∣ther and mengld with the yolke of of a sodden egge and Mastike and Cummin and let the bare place be annoynted there wyth and there wil heare growe quyckely, it hath bene prouyd.

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ouer with the Ashes of a grene La∣certe burnt, it engēdreth much heare it is prouyd.

* 1.5The bloud of a Tortois, yf ye bare place be anoynted there wyth engē∣dreth muche heare and curethe the Leprye.

The same doth the Shell of the Snayle beinge brent.

* 1.6The Milke of an Asse doth make blacke the heare after a wounder∣full maner.

Burne Barly bread wyth Salt, and mengle it wyth Beares sewet, & anoynt on what place so euer thou wilt and the heares wil growe ther.

The Ioyce of Sloes and Ynke the vtter rinde or shale of a Nutte brayde and tempered wyth vinegar so that they be moyst, let them be ap¦plyed for an oyntment and they do make the pacientes heare blacke.

The Asshes of a Goates clawe, menglid and beaten wyth Pytche,

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remedieth the fallyng of the heare.

Let thy head be washed wt Dog¦ges pisse, and thou shalt not be bald

Make lye of the asshes of the wod of Iuye, ye rind first pulled of wash an old mās head therwyth and his heares shalbe yelow two monthes space after.

These thynges folowyng make heare to growe after Auicenius o∣pinion fyrst Oyle wherin a kind of flies called Cantharides be sod and boyld doth greatly drye the fleme & afterward let these be applyed whi∣che folowe. Oyle of Egges,* 1.7 bea∣res sewet, Asshes of the herbe called Condise or Lanary and of the pin∣tle and splene of an Asse, the asshes of the eares and bellye of an Hare burnt, ye ashes of Laudatiū or Cist sage of sothernwod, of Teintworte and the asshes of burned filberts & also of waluttes, oyle of Radyshe and Bayberys.

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A Lacert and horse leches, ming∣lyd together wyth the Oyle called Laudanum and let the place be a∣noynted therwyth, and for a suerty the heare wil growe, it is prouyd.

* 1.8Burne the heade, of a Fox toge∣ther with the skyne vnto asshes, and boyle a Lacert (the head beinge cut o) in oyle mightilye a hole day, & anoynte and sprinkle that place wyth ye asshes where you wyl haue heare growe. The same thyng wor∣kithe the asshes of Gotes doung, or of the clawe of a Gote.

Burne a quycke Snayle vpon a Tile and crushe it to asshes with .ʒ ʒ. of alume and asmuche Mary of a Dere, sethe these in Wine & a noint the baldnes. ¶ The same thynge doth the asshes of Bees myxte with oyle.

Euphorbiū myngled wyth oyle is wonderfull good.

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☞To take awaye Heare.

¶ The Causes.

IT is a comin saying that if the one contrary be knowen the other is playne and eui∣dent.* 1.9 So lyke wise he that knoweth whye the heare fallethe or is litle in quantytie, is not ignoraunt whye the Heare is muche in quantytye and stedfaste, whyche commeth of the multitude of incorrupt humors and thycknesse of the Skine of the head wyth streytnesse of the ho∣les throughe the whyche the heare groweth.

¶The Sygnes.

❧ Ther is no declaracyon of the tokens necessarye yf a man doo ey∣ther se or feele the head.

❧ Remydes.

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IF thou wilt yt the heare shulde neuer grow vp again, plucke them vp by the rotes, & anoint the place wyth the bloud of a backe or with the bloud of a litle Frogge, it is proued.

Put also to the place horse leches taken out of the standynge water & dressed wyth stronge Uineger.

The asshes of a Colewortes stal∣ke made in a plaister letteth the gro¦wynge vp of heares, it is prouyd.

The milke of a Bitche if the place be anoynted therwt wil not suffer ye heare to growe.* 1.10 The same affirmith Galene also, of ye bloud of a bitche.

Let the ioyce of a Gourde, well & delygently mengled wyth water be put on the bare place.

Lapdanū the gumme of an Iuy tree Emetes Egges Arsenicke and Uineger boūde to the place wherto ye wil apply thē and ther wil neuer heare growe.

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Put the asshes of a grene frogge brent in a bathe and al the heares y be washed of ye bathe wyl fal away it is prouyd.

The Branne of Lupines or pen∣ny beane layd on the hearye place,* 1.11 wyl make the heare to fall, and wyl not suffer other to growe.

The Ioyce of Fumitorie myxte wyth gumme of Arabyke and laid on the place the hears fyrst plucked oute by the rotes wyl not parmytte the heares to growe.* 1.12

Bene floure laid to the preuye mē¦bres of a chylde, wyll not suffer the heare to growe.

The thinges that let the growing vp of heare after Auicē be these opi¦m, Henbane,* 1.13 the roughnes or cot∣on yt is foūd in Fleworte the bloud f water Frogges, of a water snaile of a Rere mouse, and the oyle of he Decoccyon of a litle grene la∣ert and the erth called Cymolea

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Let the rote of Rape Uyolet or Sowbread be soddē in water wher in let the nape of the necke be wa∣shed and afterward anoynted wyth the oyle of the Decoction of Rape Uielet or Sowbread for it healeth myghtly.

Let the breakynge out of the ring worme of the head be washed with stronge Uineger, and sprinkle ther¦on afterward the asshes of the rind of wodbinde and wythout dout it wil heale al ye scabbines and filthy Ringe wormes.

* 1.14Take Uineger wherin wine lyes hath boylid a litle and anoynted it al ouer the scurfe fyrst clensed, and it myghtily healeth and dryeth it, or take the braūches of a grene Figge tre and the leaues also and stampe them in water mightily, yf the scurf be new, let them be vside daly wyth Uineger, tyll it be lyke mary & then apply it to anoynt the place.

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Clense bytter Almondes and ther¦of,* 1.15 wyth the colde water of Fystyke Nuttes make an oyntmēt, it is ve∣ry good if thy head beynge shauen be annoynted therwyth.

Stampe the rote of Helena Com¦pana, the Braunchys and Leaues of the Fygge tree, and bytter Almō¦des, mengle them well wyth oyle & stronge Uyneger, afterwarde putte therin the ashes, of the rote of Cole worte and Litarge & Quicke Sil∣uer, whyte Lead and Common salt and blynne them well together and afterwarde washe clene the place wt Uyniger or Urinne & then annoint t, it is proued.

Wyne Lyes called Tartarum made in pouder and put vppon the Scurffe beynge clensyd,* 1.16 menglid n oyle and Ueniger is verye good herto.

The Ashes of an wylde Coucū∣er roote mengled with cold water* 1.17

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dothe clense the place wounderfull well.

Sethe beatē Oke Aples and the Gall of a Bull and bytter Almon∣des together tyll they be thycke and annoynte the place.

Make a confeceon of the floure of Fenell Seede in a Glasse with wy∣e and annoynt the head therwyth and it will lyghly heale it, it is pro∣ued.

* 1.18Wormewood stamped and layd to the head healeth lyghtlye.

Let the Seede of Staphisagre boyle in water,* 1.19 and temper with the same water a good quantitie of cho¦sen wyne Lyese, and let the head be washed wythe thys water twyse or thryse.

Of greate Ualoure and efficacie thereunto is this, let Shyp Pytche Be dyssolued one whole nyghte in stronge Uyneger in the mornynge lette the Oyle of Nuttes be adde

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mixte ther vnto and Arsenike and he rotes of an oke and let it be well eaten and put there vnto a lytle quicke syluer and let the heade be a¦noynted therwith, but fyrst let it be hauen, it is proued.

Let the Rote of Helena Cam∣ana, boile wt breade in strong Ui∣eger and afterwarde strayne it, & et the head be washed wt the stray∣inge therof, and beate the Rootes hat are not sodden wyth Bores Grease, and let a litle Quicke Sil∣er and Wyne Lyes be put ther∣o and anoynt the place. It is roued.

Stampe the leaues of radyshe Hogges grease, or mingle quick ••••me quenchyd in water wyth olde reise.

Thys is good for all Scabbes nd Ringewormes,* 1.20 take and make confeccyon of wine lies & litarge,

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wyth Ueneger and let it stand all a nyght together, in the mornynge set it ouer the Fyre wyth oyle of Nut∣tes put therunto, and when it is dō¦ne take it of and annoynt the place.

Take the drye doung of an Asse, of an Hogge, and of an Oxe, and wyne Lyese well punnyd, and stirre them together, but yet wasshe the place and dry it, fyrst rubbe it with Ueniger or Urynne that it blede a∣gayne, it is proued.

Pouder of Amptes, myxte with Oyle, and therewyth annoynte the Scabbe agaynst the same it is ve∣rye good.

Sethe the Leaues of anoke, and the myddill Rynde therof in water and washe thy head, it is proued.

Beate olde Greace, Brymstone, Salendinne, and salt together and annoynte the bare place therwyth. Ten tymes, it is excellent.

Take of Alūme .ʒ.8. of salt .ʒ.ii.

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dyssolue it in stronge Uineger and anoynt the place and it wyl heale it

Water of the decoction of nut lea¦ues cureth the disease in the head or berd wher the heare fal way.* 1.21 And o¦ther deseases of the heare.

For the wormes in the head,* 1.22 laye ouer all the heade Ellebore stampt wyth hogges grese.

Lay ouer the head in maner of a playster the raw lyuer of an hog, the space of .ix. dayes, washe it after¦ward with old water, & it wil heale.

The pouder that is fylyd of from a hartes horne geuen in wyne to be dronke,* 1.23 doth not suffre nether nitts nor lyce in the body, much more be¦ing made in an oyntment.

Al bitter thynges that clense and consume, and kyll Nyttes.

Stauysagre salt peter, Arsemion, menglid and tempered wyth vyne∣ger and oyle kyll lyce.

The same worketh salt water wt

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brymstone in it.

Burne gume, and a horsleche to∣gether, and mingle it wyth hogges bloud and anoynte the head therwt and ther wyl nether Nittes neyther any kynd of wormes, Lyce nor fles lyue in the head.

* 1.24The sede of Staphisagre, myxte wyth oyle, kylleth Nittes.

* 1.25If Quicke Siluer and Staphi∣sager, be myngled wyth oyle and Uyneger, and be anoynted on, they kyll the lyce.

Burne the heade of a great Ratte and myngle it wyth the droppynge of a Beare or of a hogge & anointe the head, it heleth the desease called Allopcia.

Agaynst forgetfulnes or drou∣synes.

☞The Causes.

THis disease is called in Greke of the effect Lethargus and in latin veternus and is caused of cold and

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putrified flegme whiche hath made cold, and fylled the brayne.

¶ The Sygnes.

The Lythargye cometh wt greate sluggishnes and such desire of slepe as cannot be eschued, wt great obly¦uion, and forgetfulnes so that they can skant tel what they haue done, nor make answer when they be spo¦ken vnto.

Remedies. Capi. iiii.

AGaynst thys disease of for∣getfulnes apply Rewe and red myntes wt oyle and very strōge Uineger vnto thy nosthrilles.* 1.26

Burne thyne owne heate and min¦gle it wt Uineger and a litle pytche and applie it to thy nosethrilles,* 1.27 for it woūderfully stirreth & quickneth yt persons diseased wt forgetfulnes. The ligthes of an hogge layd vnto the head being shauen is veri good

The bloud of a Tortoys anoyn∣ted on ye forehed is of much valour

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The gal of a Crayne being made warme in a leaden vessl doth tho∣roughly and lyghtlye stirre vp the deseased body yf y nape of hys nec∣ke be anoynted therwyth.

Fume made of Roes lether, doth myghtyly sterre hym vp.

Fume of Kyds skinnes doth quic¦ken forgetfull persons and those yt be infected wyth the fallyng syknes and wemē also that haue their flou¦res stopte.

The sent or smell of Dogge fen∣nell, taketh away slepe.

Grynd Mustard sede wyth Uine∣ger, and rub it myghtyly on the plā¦tes of the feete, and it doth quicken forgetful persons.

Sauery beaten and sodden in Uineger & layd in forme of a plais∣ter to the hynder parte of the heade doth merily awaken those yt are he∣uy wyth sleape.

Nothyng doth better quicken for¦getful persons then the smoke of a

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mans heare.

A drynke made of Anacardiū is a peculiare remedye is thys desease.* 1.28

The smoke of Galbanum or of an hrtes horne is best of al things

The skinne of an Hare burnt and the asshes therof droncke wyth ca∣lament heale the lytargie.

For the Frensye.

¶ The Causes.

THe Phrenisye commeth of greate abundance of bloud or choler fyllyng vp the braynes or paunicules therof. Which choler if it be adust engendreth a most peryl¦louse & peruiciouse phrenesy.

¶ The Sygnes.

☞They whyche haue the frenesye be troubled with a contynual feuer and madnesse with great watchin∣ges and lytel sleape, and when they wake they roar and cry and cannot tell what they saye or doo, and yf it come of bloud they laughe, of cho∣ler

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they fyght and braule and skāt be ruled wythout Cordes or Chai∣nes.

❧ Remedyes. Ca. v.

FYrst let ye matter be put back with the ioyce of Playntayne or morel and Uyneger anoin¦tyng the tēples therwith, then make a coife or cappe of waxe terebintine and womās milke and put it vpon the head, for it wyll ease the paynes & prouoke the pacyent to sleape.

* 1.29Let the fume of the matter be dra¦wen downward with a suppository or clister, & with moderate rubbyng of the handes and feete, then put a sponge dipt in the decoction of Hen¦bane or a whelpe or a cocke rypt o∣uer ye bely vpon the head, or ye lygh¦tes of a swyne, also bynd the armes and legges of the pacyent, and let him smel Opium, camphory, Hen∣bane, Basyl, Saffru or waxe ming¦led wyth Rose water, afterwarde a∣noynte

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the eares, eyes and nodle wt myrth, storax, Castoreum, or wash, the head, wyth Henbane or Sma∣lage that haue bē sod in swete wine

Make an oyntmēt of Dogfenel de¦taine and oyle of Roses, and anoint his head therwyth and it shal cause hym to sleape.

Also take of Opium .ʒ ii. of leuen ʒ.ii. wel beatyn wyth honye and vi∣neger and anoynte the Pulses ther wyth.

Make a playster of Opium, hen∣bane sede, and Suger, myngled in the ioyce of lettys and lay it to hys forehead.

Make a suppositori of Opium and oyle of Uyolettes.

White Popie, and Henbane seed distempred wyth the whyte of an Egge and layd to the forhead pro∣uoketh sleape.

It is very good to let bloude of ye vayne which is in the myddel of the forhead.

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Take .ʒ.i. of opium .ʒ.ii. of blacke popy & distempre them wt populeon and the milke of a woman that ge∣ueth sucke to a wenche and lay it to the foreheade.

The waxe of the pacyentes eare, giuen him in drinke causeth him to sleape.

Seth Henbane in swete wine and washe therwith thy eares temples & nose thrilles, & it prouoketh sleape. The hote lightes of a goate clapt to the head taketh away the frenesy so doth a Spōge dipt in warme wine and put to the left Pappe,

It is very good to anoynt ye for∣head wyth oyl of Roses, and to put a horsleche to the forhead.

* 1.30Safron in all meates prouoketh sleape.

Lay to the pacyents head Saffrō Mandrage and Opium & he shall sleape.

* 1.31If the head be anointed with oyle

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of Roses, Dogfenell, and Castorū, it swageth the paynes and causeth the pacyent to sleape. Galene.

Sprinckle the pouder of Man∣drage and Arsenike vpon a shauen head, and the man shal slepe.

If the face be washed wyth hote water of the Decoctyon of Popy ye pacyent shall oute of hande eyther sleape or dye,

Lay ye rote of Neproyal boyled to the heade and it wyl draw furth the matter of the madnesse,* 1.32 it hath ben prouyd.

Yf the pacyent be very sad,* 1.33 let the ioyce of Iuye be put in hys nose, & Myntes sod in Uineger be layd to hys hed.

If the Frātyke mā haue is head a∣noynted with Castoreum, without dout he shal slepe.

If thou wold, cause a man to slepe take Opium, Henbane, Plantayn Popy, and the leaues of mandrage

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and yue leaues and beryes, mulbe∣rie leaues, and the ioyce of hemloke and lettyse, of euery one of them .ʒ i. stampe them al in a morter, then let a sponge dryncke them vp and put it in the Sonne to drye, afterwarde lay the sponge to hys nose & he shal sleape, and when thou wylte awake hym, depe another sponge in Uine∣ger and hold it to hys nose.

For the head ache.

¶ The Causes.

THis disease callyd in Greke cephalalgia and in arabike Soda cometh somtymes of greate multytude of humours conteyned, in the head and somtimes of an out¦ward cause as of heate of the sonne of cold, of dronkennesse, and of a stri¦pe, whych be also dyuerse and sun∣day, but because the aucthore is so short in his remedyes (and I enten∣de to wryte nothynge here but that

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shall be necessary for the vnderstan¦dyng of hym) I wyll passe thē our at thys tyme.

¶The Sygnes.

Greate paynes in the head.

Remedies. Cap. vi.

THe ioyce of ground yuie cast into the nosethrilles purgeth the head and taketh away the payne.

Thys doth purge the head wonder¦ful wel in euery kynd of head ache. take wax, Masticke Pellitory, mu∣stard seed, town cresses, Nigella ro∣mana, Stauisager, Cynamon, & of blacke and whyte, hellebore, of ey∣ther .ii. ounces let these be wel pūned and put in a bagge of lynen clothe, then let ye pacyēt fastyng hold this bage ī his mouth & chaw it betwixt hys teeth,* 1.34 & after washe his mouth

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wyth warme wyne and Hony.

When al remedyes fayl a cantery in the hynder parte the head helpeth

¶Agaynst the Rewme.

¶ The Causes.

A Great multitude of cold hu∣mors in the brayne wych fal downe to the nose and throte.

¶ The Sygnes.

❧ Thys disease is sone knowen & especyally in cold weder.

❧ Remedes. Capi. vii.

IF the Rewme come of a could cause lay hote Calamēt or run¦nynge Tyme bruysed to the head.

* 1.35An emplayster made of Garlike, cloues & leaues stoppeth ye humore causynge the rewme.

Ysope bruiled in ye embres and so layde to ye head, stoppeth ye Rewme. A lytell bagge ful Darnel salt and anyse layd to the head is very good

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A pomander made of the pouder of Cubbes, mays, Laudanum, & Grke pitche doth remoue from the brayne al superfluouse humoures.

Maces and Cubebes chewed in the mouth do the same.

The ioyce of colwortes cast in the ose thrilles doth purge the heade.* 1.36

Sorel punned with oyle of Roses is good for the head ache.

¶Agaynst the turne or daselyng in the head.

The Causes.

A Grosse & thycke humore in ye brayne, frō the whych ryse va∣porouse spirites and moue disordi∣natly about the brayne and sumti∣mes these spirites or exhalatyons come from the stomake.

The Sygnes.

❧ The pacyent thynketh that all thynges whyche he seeth moue and turne rounde, and oftentymes fal∣leth downe.

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Annoynt thy forhead with opium, Mandrage hēbane and Popy sede myngled wyth the ioyce of night∣shade and oyle of Uyolettes.

* 1.37If it come of old paines in ye head dissolue Opium and Camphory in oyle of Wylow, and poure it into ye eares & nosethryls, or put oyle of v¦olettes & mylke into the nosethriles

Ther is no medycine to be compa¦red to tamaryndes for thys disease

* 1.38Mustard seed, or leaues bruised & layd hote to the head taketh awaye the paynes & ther is no better medi∣cyne,

The vapoure of celydone sodde in wyne and receyued at the mouth asswagith the grefe.

Ther is nothynge better then to blowe to ye nosthrilles nesynge po¦der wyth pouder of Peper and Ca∣storeum.

* 1.39The ioyce of Sowbread myng∣led wyth Honye, and spouted vnto

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the nosethrilles doth purge ye head.

Oyle of tystikes healeth the hemi¦crane and watchynges.* 1.40

Make a playster of the rote of a wyld Cucumer and wormwod boy¦led in oyle, and lay it to the heade.

The seed of mandrage healeth al paynes in the heade.* 1.41

Thys emplastre is wonderful good, take Gume, wylde Rue, the vtter rynde of the rote of Cappares French Garlycke and euphorbium or clary, of al like quantitie, stampe them wyth odoriferouse wyne, and lay it to the heade.

Siler Montayne is good for ye head ache.* 1.42

It is good to distempre pouder of aloes wyth oyle of roses.

He that vseth to receyue thre pil∣les made of Aloes and the ioyce of colwortes of the bignes of a beane, shall neuer be troubled wyth pay∣nes in the head.

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Let thy head be oft washed wyth lye made of the asshes of Colworte rootes, and nettle rotes, with the ro∣te of bryonie, for it is of great effica¦cy agaynst all paynes in the head.

* 1.43If yu haue the hemicrane, anointe thy browes and nosethrilles wyth the ioyce of Iuye leaues myngled wyth oyle and Uineger.

* 1.44Anoynte thy head with the asshes of a hertes horne, myxt wyth oyle of Ross.

The suffumigacion of ye oyle of ker¦ua is good for al diseases in ye head

The ioyce of Popy mingled with oyle of roses prouoketh ye pacyēt to slepe if his head be therwt anoynted

* 1.45Theodoricon empericon taketh a∣way all paynes of ye head, so do the leaues of ground Iuye stamped wt the white of an egge & layd to ye hed

* 1.46Anoynt thy bely wyth thys oynt∣ment folowyng, & it aseth the head ache, purgeth the stemake, comfor∣eth

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the appetite & clarifieth ye eyes, ake of the ioyce of smallage .℥ ii. of mercury .℥ iiii. of gosgrese and hn∣es grese of eyther a poūd, of rosyn ii. of masticke and frankēsence of yther .ʒ v. of casiafistula .ʒii. make f all these an oyntmente and vse it ut yf you adde therto the ioyce of alwort and the rynde of an elder t shalbe much stronger.

Galbanum emplastred to the hed s of great efficacye.

☞ For the fallyng Euyll.

The Causes.

GRosse and slymye humores, which stoppe the ventricles f the braynes, and wayes of the ly¦ely spiries.

¶ The Sygnes.

❧The pacyent to fall as deade o some at the mouth, and lose hys ences.

Remedies.

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Capi. x.

* 1.47THe Pouder of hertes horne dronke wyth wyne healthe the falling Euyl.

The brayne of a Foxe geuen to in¦fantes cureth this disease.

Also the stones o a bore dronke with wyne be good therfore, so is gall of a Bre dronke wyth warme watr.

The mylke of a mare drōke doth preserue from falling, so do the sto∣ns of a Cocke dronke wyth watr but the pacient must absteyne from wyne .x. dayes after.

This is a souraigne remedy for thys disease,* 1.48 make pouder of casto∣reum, Oppoponax, Antimonium & Dragons bloude and vse this.

* 1.49A lyke vertue hath Antimonium, with castoreū alone, or antimoniū receyuyd wyth waer.

The egges of a Rauē dronke b very good, o is the ioyce of wylde

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Rue.

The asshes of the skull of a deade man dronke is woundrful good.* 1.50

Fyue leaued grass dronke .xxxiii. days doth perfectly heale.* 1.51

The red stone found in a swallow healeth the fallyng euil.* 1.52

Aristologye caryed vpon a man ureth hym, so doth the dunge of a ••••rlewe if it be dronke.

The fleshe of an wolfe eaten and especially the hert therof is of great efficacye.

It hath ben proud that Miscel∣tow dronke cureth the disease.

The asshes of a want, welel, frog or swallowe, brennyd in an erthen pot, and dronke it is very good.

It is good to drinke thre sponful of the ioyce of Horhounde myngled wyth thre sponful of hony.

Ther is nothing better then wyne wherin hemlocke hath ben sodden Pouder of the lyuer of a Kyte or ye* 1.53

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ioyce of Cowslope dronke .ix dais together healeth wythout doubte.

The bloud of a wesell dronke, or the ioyce of sparow tonge do cure ye fallyng euyl.

* 1.54A pye made of the bloude of an hare, gromel seede, and othr spyces doth heale perfectlye, so doth ye liur of an asse sod and eaten.

* 1.55The galle of a bere, or of a dogge, aten is very good.

Make pouder of the hert, liuer lō∣ges and all the entraylles of a dog, & geue it him that is seke, for it hea∣leth wonderfully, likewyse doth the pouder of the bloud of a dogge.

* 1.56The remnet of an hare geuen thir∣ty daye together early, in the fashi¦on or bygnes of a fetche healith the faulyng Euell.

Pyony tyed about the Pacients necke kepith him safe from the fal∣lyng euyll.

The sande of a walle made in

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powder wyth dogges toorde, and ye ioyce of slos dronke wyth warme water as the dysease beginneth to come on the sycke pars on wyl heale him for euer.

Geue the sicke party the hert of an ••••art to drinke with warme water, ••••d he shalbe healed.

Geue ye pacyent to drinke the hart of a Gripe, with warme water and he shalbe whole.

Let the hart the lyuer and lights of a Grype, or vulture be dryed well agaynst the fyre, and let the pa¦cient drynke the pouder therof with oximel, and the fallyng sicknes wil go from hym.

The stons of a Bere, be verye good eatē, and so ar the stones of a Rāme, of a Boore, & a boore bigge. In Tuscia ther was acertayne mā deliuered & healed of thys diseass, of a certayne husband man, by onli orderyng or dressīg of wild rue & af¦terwarde were manye healed, after

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the same maner.

The ioyce of Coryander geuen to the pacient to drynke, will not suf∣fre the humore to ascēd into ye head and it worketh also great halpe to the pacientes.

Take a Frogge and cut her throu¦gh the myddes of the backe wyth a knyefe and take the lyuer and fold it in a coole worte leafe and burne it in a newe earthen potte wel closid & geue the asshes therof vnto the sik person in hys siknes to drynke wt good wyne and yf he be not healyd at ons do so by another frogge and so do styll, and wythout dout it wil heale hym.

Pouder made of ye stone of a swa¦lowe healeth without doubte those whych haue the faulling Euill, for it is a sure experymente.

¶Agaynst madnesse callyd mani.

¶ The Causes.

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GReat quantitie of incorrupte bloud flowynge to the brayne.

¶ The Sygnes.

❧ It is lyke to the Phrenesy sa∣uyng that the frenesy cometh wyth a feuer and thys wythout

❧ Remedies. Capi. i.

CErtein men say that a rostd Mous eaten doth heale Frā¦ticke persons▪* 1.57

A redde stone founde in a swal∣lowe caryed about the pacient and tyed in a clothe of lynō and put vn¦der the lyfte arme doth heale Fran∣tyke and lunatike persons,

A Radysshe stāpt, and bound to ye brayne wil heale one of ye faullinge sicknes by and by.

¶ Agaynst al deseases in the eyes

¶ The Causes.

❧ Seing that therbe many disa∣ses in the eyes & therfore haue sn∣dry

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causes, and that ye remedyes be not digestyd to order for euery cau∣se, it were but vayne to recyte ye cau¦ses in thys place wherfore I wyll passe them ouer.

The Sygnes.

¶ The sygnes do euer folowe the causes.

☞ Remedyes. Capi. xii.

GEue vnto a daselled person Sothernwod to drinke, and lay on hys head being shauen,* 1.58 the∣odoricon emperion, & ana cardium, for it draweth and sucketh out the venomous vapours.

Baume beaten with oyle layd vn∣to the brayne and forehead, is good therfore.

Lyons fleshe doth heale fantasti∣c••••l persons.* 1.59

One dram of Armoniacke is good therfore mynystred wyth honye.

* 1.60When as the pacient faulleth fyrst

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in to his sicknes, geue him the ioyce of Columbyne to dryncke, or make hym potage of Ualeriā or of Sage or of Rue & he shalbe hole for euer.

The brayne of a Camelle beinge dried and taken driueth awaye the aulyng sicknes.* 1.61

Of the same operacion is hys ••••oud beinge dronke.

The bloud of a Lambe dronke wt wyne, taketh away the fallynge sic∣kenes.

The herbe that is called sparows tonge healeth, yf it be dronke.

The stone that is found in a har∣tes head stamped and geuen to the sicke person healeth hym.

Seeth the hert of a storke in water and geue the broth theof to drinke and the hert to be eaten of the paci∣ent,* 1.62 but let the bloud be drawn out of the harte fyrst, and he shall neuer haue the fallyng euyl agayne.

The asshes of Rue snuft vp, in∣to

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the nosetrelles doth purge it incō¦tinente.

* 1.63The splene of an asse eaten ofte doth remedy.

The brayne of a camel myxt with oyle of roses anoynted on the paci∣ent behynd and before through out al his bodye doth throughlye heal which is not so wonderfull an exp¦ryent as it is true.

The bloud or gaul of a lābe doth heale the sicke of the faulling Euil

The donge of a Pecoke taken in drynke healeth them also.

Swallowes yf thy be eaten are good therfore,

The ltle stones that are founde in swallowes bellyes boūd to theyr right armes doth perfectli heale thē

Cauteries applied to the head ar good for this disease, yf it haue reyg¦ned long vpon hym.

The byrde that maketh her neste in the bankes vnder the grounde yt

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hath anecke that is of a changeable colour blacke & blewe, and is much lyke to ye clere elemēt, wt hyr wings burnte and beaten & so after dronke healeth those that are taken.

Put the leese of wyne & the bran∣ne of wheate in wyne a daye and a yght,* 1.64 and afterwarde make pilles whych pylles minystre to melācho∣lyke persons fastynge.

The whyte of an Egge beaten to¦gither and scummed and put into ye eye,* 1.65 taketh away the heate and pric∣king therof.

Let the white of an egge & the ioy¦ce of Perritory of ye waul be beaten well togither and scummed and let one droppe of the licore remeyninge be put into the eye and it shal heale the webbe in the eye. This is true & proued.

The ioyce of Scala, Celi or Sa∣lomons seale, strayned and put into the nosethrilles is very good for ma¦nye

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diseases of the eyes.

The ioyce of wormewod, womās mylke and Rose water myngled to¦gether, if thei be ordered in forme of a playster they wil asswadge ye gre∣effe and take away the bloud and o¦ther spottes in the eyes.

The sede of the herbe called dra¦gons being taken in drinke helpith the syghte.

Wormewod newe stampte with ye white of an egge and layd ouer the eyes, taketh a wai the bloud and red¦nesse therof, of what humor so euer it come.

Yf the eyes before with bloude or whote teares put in them the ioyce of the toppes of a blacke beary tree with the white of an egge and fyne Flax, and they wylbe whole, thys is proued.

The ioyce of chickenweed with the ioyce of the toppe of the blacke bry busshe put into the eye taketh awai

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he blood & the white spote in ye eye.

New made cheese washed oft in water and mengled with the whyte f an egge and rose water, & so layd o the bloude shoten eye, or that is ull of hote humoures doth quikley elpe and remedy.* 1.66

It is also of the same operacion be¦ng onli put in skalding hote licour The yolke of an egge soddē in rose water or myxt with oyle of Roses & pplied to the eyes doth asswadge ye grefe of them, this hath ben proued Roses put in a bagge and beinge ell boyled & layde to the eyes, take way the payne and swelling from he eyes.

Agaynste a greate payne take the sshes of the leaues of Colwortes, the yolke of an egge rosted in the ier and womans mylke and myn∣le with al a litle hony and bynd it nto the eyes tyl they be hole.

If thy eyes be burning hot ming¦gle* 1.67

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the mylke of a Bitche wyth th ioyce of an herbe called, Scala cel and anoynt them therwyth.

* 1.68The lightes of a Ramme or we∣der being hot bound ouer the eys doth lightly take away the bloud, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is proued.

Another experyment is this th gaul of a Partitche put or drop∣pd into the eye taketh away ye dym¦nes of th eyes.

The same operacion hath ye gaul of a Turtle Doue, that hath ben proued.

The ioyce of Rue mixt with hony that hath ben scūmed and put into the eye a lytle atons, riddeth the pa∣cinte of an auncient dimnes of the syghte.

Yf thou put into thyne eye .ix. gray¦nes of the seed of Oculus Christi, thou shalt not fle thē, yet they will purge the eyes.

I haue oftentymes sene that lytle

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stones like vnto the nauil of a man which be found growing togeder li¦ke bedes by the sea syde, put into ye eyes purge thē and yet are not felt. The water of the decoction of wilde tyme doth drye vp the teares or wa∣trynes of the eyes yf thei be oft was¦shed therwythall, this is true.

Take and seeth the leaues of be∣tonye, and the roote of Fennell and washe thyne eyes with ye water ther¦of and the teares wilbe dried vp.

The ioyce of the leaues of wood∣bynde stampte and strayned wyth womans mylke and put or squyr∣ted into the eye doth put awaye the blemysshes of the same.

The ioyce of chyckweed doth clea¦re the eyes of blemysshe or spotte yf it be puryfyed.

The ioyce of knotgrasse putteth a way the spot of the eye.

The ioyce of plantayn or ribwort applyed to the eye with a lytle silke* 1.69

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it healeth the sore and hollowe vl∣cers of the corner of the eye wythin ten dayes.

Of the same operacion is the pou¦der of horsehoofe that growethe by the ground, put into the eye.

* 1.70A saphix & a smaradge heale ye eyes of thm whome they touche.

* 1.71The ioyce of ye rote of great gall¦ga beīg put īto ye eys doth clear thē.

The water wherin flewort hath bē stept all a night put eyther ino the eye, or wasshed ouer the eye liddes doth incontynent drye & heale ye ta¦res wt the heate and ytchyng.

The same doth a fumygation wher¦in the flouers of pomegranates or ye leaues of an oke or plaintaine haue ben sodden in, this is proued.

Let Tutia be wasshed in rose wa∣ter tyll the water chaunge the col∣lour & put the same water into the eye, it taketh away ye bloud, ye heate the aboundaunce and humydity of the teares.

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Burne sower grapes vpon a tyle∣shard & the dust therof being syfted through a fyne cloeth and put into thyne eyes,* 1.72 it taketh awaye the red∣nes and also the humydity therof.

The yolke of an egge, mengled wt Rose water, brāne, & womās milke, is by asswadging the payne a very good repercussyne medycyne.

Tuty doth dry and clear the eyes, more then all medycynes & restray∣neth and kepth backe sharpe mater frō flowynge vp the eyes.* 1.73

Stampe rue with comyn & myn∣gle thervnto the yolke of an egge,* 1.74 it healith wonderfully well and clea∣rith the eyes of congealed bloud.

Anoint the eyes that are blearid wt the ioyce of gandergose or lady tra∣ces yt groweth on montaines or in∣medowes and they shalbe hole incō¦tynent and the grefe taken awaye. For ye dimnes & bloudshotting of ye eyes stāpe aloes wt ye white of an eg∣ge 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

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it is wonderful good.

* 1.75Gallens collyry is exceding good to heale the dymnes of the sight in one day take of Antimonium, and the ioyce of slowys of eiche, ʒ v, of Endyue, ʒ i. and of burnt brasse wa¦shed .ʒ ii. of whyte lead .ʒ i. of myrh half .ʒ i. of castoreū, of opium, of g¦me Arabicke, of the ioyce of whete of eche .ʒ i. temper them togither wt rose water and the white of an egge and cast it into thy eye,

Agaynst fistules, make pouder of Frankensens, Aloes, Sarcocolle, Dragons bloud, flowers of Pome¦granates, Anise, the flower of brasse and when need is presse the holowe vlcere, so that the rottennes may be queashed or crusshed out, then let ye pacient lye on that syde yt is whole & distell a lytle of this pouder wyth the claryfyed ioyce of plantayne, & let it be droppyd into the sore corner of the eye, & so let hym lie .iii. or .iiii.

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houres.

Put the asshes of a burnt snayle vpon the spotte in the eye,* 1.76 and with in thre dayes it wyl take it away.

All kinde of mylke doth asswage the payne in the eyes, but chyefelye when it is made in fourme of a plai¦••••••r with the yolke of an Egge and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Roses.

Betony stampt & made in a play∣stre,* 1.77 healeth a stripe in the eye.

If thy eyes be wasshed with the water wherin Betoney, or the roote therof, hath ben sodden, they shalbe whole wythout Dymnes, or other blemysshe.

Yf you drynke a drame of Betony with water,* 1.78 it wyll brynge downe & heale the cloudynes and bloudines of the eyes.

The same beinge eaten dryeth vp the teares of the eyes.

Item the ofte eating of great Col¦wortes cleareth the dimmnes of the

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eyes.

Stampte Comin dried agaynst ye fier (& not burnt) wt the white of an egge & mingle it wt cromes of bread and put it on your eyes and yt shalt cleare the bloud from them, this is proued

Ueruen stampt with ye white of an egge and bound vnto the eyes at ye euening, taketh away the watrynes of the eyes.

Resolue aloes in a good quan∣tity of the ioyce of Fennell put into a latyn basen .xv. dayes, and after put it into the eyes that ar ful of it∣chyng and it is very good for them.

* 1.79Item Beanes, the rynde or ouer skinne beinge pulled of, brused and menglid with the whyte of an egge and applied in forme of a plaster to the temples, or menglid with mas∣tycke kepe backe and restrayne humors flowing vp to the eyes.

The same beinge plasterid with

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wyne healith the eyes that haue had some strype.

Acacia made in a playster is won¦derfull helping agaynst swellinges or other humoures of the eyes.

Lykwyse thys precyous pouder is of greate effycacy to extinquishe the spot of the eye by remouing the bloud and restraynyng the teares.

Take of Tutia .ʒ ii. of Dragons bloud .ʒ i. of uger .ʒ i. stampe them and sifte them fynely and put into thyne eye a verey litle, it is safe and without daunger in warantise & ofte approued.

Item let the spot be ryped before you vse dissoluing medycines with oyle made of filberies sodden in wa¦ter stampte and crusshed.

Make pouder of Roses suger and salgem of eiche like quantetye and put it vpon the spot in the eye and it wyl destroy it incontynent.* 1.80

Take cerusse & tutia .iiii. times quē¦chid

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in Uineger and Suger & stāp a litle marchasit, and let the poude be put vpon the spot, this hath ben prouyd.

Let the roote of Fennell boyle wt water in a pot, of the same water ta¦ke one drop & put it into thyne eyes

One drop of the pacientes own vryne doth mightly heale the wa∣trynes of the eyes.

Stamp burnt Almondes, Cerusse Sarcocol, Tutia, of eych lyke quā¦titye with cleare wyne and let them be dried againe and Stampe them and put a litle therof into thyne eye and so shall it be whole.

Put Camphorye bruysed and strayned with the ioyce of Fennell vpon a litle blemysshe in the eye. The asshes of Hartes horne burnt on a tyleshard healeth the blemysh or stripe in the eye.

Fyne wheate flower mingled with water & strayned,* 1.81 put into the eyes

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restrayneth and purgeth the teares and humores that els would flowe vnto the eyes.

The greene leaues of the Plane tree soddē in wyne & vsed as a plai∣ster cure the Rewme and wattines of the eyes.

The mylke of the rinde of a Sal∣owe tree whan it bereth floues being cast into the eyes, health and claryfyeth them and beynge tender comforteth them.

The ioyce of the seed of Playn∣tayne cast into the eye, taketh away the soornes therof.

A pumyse made hote, and thrysse quenched in wyne & beaten to pou∣der yf it be put into the eyes it hea∣leth those that haue payn therof.

The whyte of an egge clapt whot to ye sore eyes restoreth and healeth* 1.82

Cleare Commō oyle dropte into ye eyes putteth awaye incontinent the spottes and whitenes therof.* 1.83

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The ioyce of Thistell of malowes and wild Endiue put away the ble¦myshe out of the eye.

Item take of the asshes of a swal∣lowes head burnt .ʒ ii of chosen ho¦ney .℥ ii. of the ioyce of fennell .℥ i. mengle thm togither and put thē in a vyol of glasse, and stop ye mou∣the therof clos, afterward it boyle ī a skellt ful of water sething stil il the one halfe be mynysshed and let the other halfe remayne, and anoint the eye earlye in the mornyng▪ and a litle before the paciēt go to supper: and also when he goeth to bed put one litle drop therof into the eyes & it shal appeas the grefe. This hath ben proued of diuerse autors.

The pouder of Succory put into the eyes sharpneth the sight.* 1.84

Morel also put into e eye healeth the hollowe vlcers of the eye.

The leaues of wild malowes che∣wed in the mouth and a litle salte

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applied as a playster to ye eyes, ma∣ke cleare the hollowe vlcers of ye eye and make the fleshe to growe.

Myngle the asshes of Coluers dounge burnt with vineger and af¦terward let it be dried & brayed fine ye and temperid wyth the ioyce of fennel,* 1.85 and drop the ioyce into the e¦yes vpon the blemysshe, it is a prin¦cipal medysyne.

Wine of the decoction of tormen∣tile dronke daylye wtout any other drinke and the hearbe therof sodden & euery euenynge emplaysteryd o∣uer the eyes ye space of .iii. or .iiii. mo¦nethes or more restoreth the syght, Yea to those that haue ther eyes as though they dyd se, & yet se not at al

The leaues of veruene stampt wt wyne and salte and bound ouer the eyes as a playster daye and night hath a wonderfull efficacye against the blearynesse of the eyes.

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Stampe Rue and strayne it with Uyneger & Hony, & put of yt whych is stryned out a litle in ye eye, it dry∣eth vp the teares wonderfully.

Tempre ynke with the whyte of an egge and sterre them well togy∣ther tyl a froeth ryse ouer it and th, let it stande, & put that into the eye which fletyth aboue euery night till it be whole.

* 1.86Stāpe the rinde of blacke thorne beyng grene with a litle wine & put into thyne eyes one drop of y licour and thine eye wilbe hole within thre dayes.

Agayne, temper hony & ynke and strayne it throughe a cloth and cast a drope therof into thine eye, within iii. dayes it wil heale it and clear a∣way the blemysshe.

Take a bruised cocle and presse out the ioyce, put it hastly into thine eye for it putteth away the blemisshe in the eye wonderfully.

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Item yf .ʒ ii. of Alowes and .ʒ i. of mastike be mynistred vnto the paci¦ent temperid with Fennell water, it s amedycyne of great efficacy and often proued to clear the syght.

Take of the wood of Aloes, of ey¦••••ight, of runnyng tyme, of sauery, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Isop, of spyke, of eiche .ʒ i. of ma∣••••s .ʒ vi. of Uiolettes half .ʒ i. let thē al be made in pouder by them selfes then myngle them togither, and of this pouder sprinkle the quantiti of i. scruple euery euenyng two houres after supper on the foreparte of the head by the ioynte Sagit, from the ioynte yt cometh vp to the crown of the head, ful vnto the poynte of the crowne, called zenithe, the breadthe of foure fingers, yet so that the first pouder be taken away, for the secōd pouder must be layd vpō ye place, & this were good to be vsed .iii. or .iiii days and is a great helpe in apt cō∣plexions.

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Item take of the vttermost parte of the Iuy tree, of the seed or leaues of Oculus Christi of amysticados of eche .ʒ i. of Cala mynte of wylde Margeram ana. ʒ i. of the rootes of condisi or lanary .℥ i. of the rotes of holyhocke .℥. & a half seth thē all in two pottels of water vntill ye wa¦sting of the third part, then after let the asshes of ye same be shed ouer it finly sifted, & wyth the water of the asshes let thy head be wasshed ons or twyse in a weke gently rubbing it with white sope, for it drieth vp the spottes and vapours in the eye, by sokyng them to the hinderpart & strēgthing the substance of the braī and eyes.

The ioyce of smalege and ye white of an egge mengle them together & put into the pacientes eyes goinge to slepe.

Of the same operaion is the ashes made of a sallow tree dried & burnt

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and put into the eye.

Itm the fat of freshe ryuer fys∣hes molten and mingld with oyle and honey at of great excellēcye for he clearnes of the eyes. And they ar good agaynst the watrines when it ••••rst beginneth in the eye.

The ioyce of wild put flane drop∣ed in the eye, putteth awai the web of the eyes without doubte.

The ioyce of ground Iuy put in∣o the corner of the eye where the white is turning the head asyde ta∣keth the freatting of the eye and re∣moueth the litle whitenes that is be inde.

Agaynst the cloudynes of the sight ake mornyng dewe & he ioyce of ue, and the flowers of Bytone, and ut them into thyne eyes.

Put a good quantity of Salte Pter burnt into thine eye it is very soueraygne.

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The gaul of a Grype or Ramm mixt with mans ordure and wyne, & well strayned is very good to cle∣ar the sight.

Agaynst the ytchyng & hawe in y eye, mengle soute & the ioyce of sm¦lag with good white wyne, then le it stand al a day afterward, anoyn & washe the eyes▪ it is very good.

To take away the payne & bloud in the eyes, mengle Alowes and o∣pium with ye mylke of a womā tha geueth a man child sucke it is very good therfore.

Cut a whot lofe of barley in two in the myddes & lay the dust or pou¦der of wild Parsnep vpon the rawe flesh about the eye, and hold the ho lofe hade to thyne eyes, it clearethe thy sight very muche.

The selfe same thyng doth ye pou∣der of ye mulberey leaues, this haue I proued.

Take Tyme & eate it, it putteth a¦way

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the dymnes of the eyes.

Cerusse dropped into thyne eyes taketh away the paine and cleareth the eyes. Of the same operacion is camphorye.

Unguntum preciosum dropt in∣to the eye with a fether drieth ye wa∣trynes and put away the spotte in ye eyes, and sharpneth the syght.

Quenche the stone called Calami∣naris beinge first burnyng hote in roe water thre times, after the same maner do by Tutye, and with that water wash the eyes.

Furthermore take of thys Cala∣minaris stone dryed & wel dressed .℥ ii. of Tutia preparyd after the same maner .ʒ vi. of the wood Aloes, half a .℥. of Roses .ʒ ii. let them be beaten and made in pouder & wraped in a sylke cloeth double folded, & therof make an oyntment, with .ii. pound of swines bloud that was pigged ye yere, & a pound of Rose water & let

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them seth together til the rose water be consumed, then cole it, and wyth the same bloud mengle the pouders aboue specified, & they shalbe kepte in their lyuely strength. This hath ben proued.

The wyne of the decoction of rue vnto ye thrid part dropt into ye eyes clearith them frō all filthey bloude.

Of the same operacion is the dust of the coles of a drye sallow tre put into the eye.

* 1.87This water folowīg is meruelous good agaynst al spottes in the eye, and to comforte the syght.

Take of fennel of Rue, of eybright of Ueruen, of Endiue, Tormentill, Betone, of Siler mountayn, of the rote of Galingal, of iche like quan¦titie the first daye after they be stāpt let them be put in wyne, the seconde in ye vrine of a maydē child, then af¦ter let them be distelled in a Lēbike ye first water yt cometh out is as pre¦cious as siluer, the second as golde

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the third as bawme.

Take the seedes of fennell, of per∣seley, of smalage, of anise of oculus cristi, & clary, ye rotes of salēdyne, of fēnel, of betone, of galīgal, ye leaues of agrimoney, of eybright, of tormē¦til, of rue, of veruē of tche like quā¦tytie, let them be stampt al together, & let thē be put ye fyrst day in the v∣ryne of a mayden child, ye second in wine, ye third in ye milke of a she asse on the fourth day let them be distel¦lid & kepe it, as bawme it sharpneth the sight, it clarifieth the eyes it put¦teth away the pynne and webbe.

Camphorye & water betony haue ben greatly proued to clear ye sight, stampe of eyche together like quan¦tity & that myghtly wel, and strayn the ioyce out therof through a cloth and disill or drope it into the eyes through a quyl.

The ioyce of the Lyly rote put in∣to thy eye taketh awaye the hawe.

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The asshes of mans ordure cast into thyne eye doth mightlye put a∣way al spottes of the ye.

* 1.88For the webbe and cloudines in ye eyes, take & stampe indisshe Peper, and put to it y ioyce of a Fenel rote & let it be put for .xv. dayes in a ba∣sen of brasse, & so put it into the eye, it is very good.

* 1.89A bathe of warme water doth get¦ly supresse the burnyng or fyery yt∣chynge and the greefe of the eyes.

The lightes of an Hare cutt in small peces taketh away the swel∣lyng of the eyes.

Take the gaull of a Cocke mixte the ioyce of Salendyne and honye and anoynt thyne eyes therwith, it restoreth thy syght perfectly.

The asshes of a great swallowe might wyth honey & put into thine eyes, taketh awaye the dimmnes of the eyes.

❧ Of the payne of the Eares.

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The Causes.

GOynge or rydynge in colde wynds, or bathing in colde watr and sum times it cometh of a hot inflamation.

¶ The Sygnes.

❧ Great paynes in the eares ether wyth hete or cold.

❧ Remedies. Capi. xiii.

THe ioyce of wild Cucūmere leaues,* 1.90 taketh away ye grefe of the eares.

Take and put the grene wood of an Asshe in the fyere, and saue the licour that cometh out at the end of the same & put it into thyne eares it causeth the payne of ye eares to cea∣se and amendeth the hearinge.

Stampe earth wormes, the egges of Emetes & ye leaues of Rue toge∣ther and being sodden in oyle stray¦ne them & let faull one drop of that oyle being warme into thyne eare it

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restoreth agayn the hearing, beinge ons loste.

Put oyle & scalion seed together, and mēgle therto the ioyce of lekes, and wormewod, and womās milke seeth them ouer the coles & strayne it, and put one drop into thyne eare and stop it fast with silke in the mor¦ning, after six howers, take it out, & tourne the sore eare downward and washe it gently, it is a goodly expe∣rymente.

Item in a hote cause, lettis made in a playster is much worth. Hemp tow dipt in the white of an egge is very good it is proued.

Item wormes of the earth stāpte with Rose water and applied to the eare are very good also.

Item hote water with womans mylke only, applied for a plaster is of much efficacy.

* 1.91Item yf a litle stone or a grayne or anye suche like thinge faull into a

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mans eare, let one person or other put hys mouth to the eare & let him blowe into it strongely and a good while, and after set to hys mouth a¦gayn and sucke.

Yf a worme haue crepte into a mans eare, drop therunto of ye ioyce of the ryndes of nuttes or of the lea¦ues of a peache tre.

Arype aple yt hath a good sauour is to be applied vnto the eare being warme somewhat openyd on the lo¦wer parte that fasteyneth to the tree & in the mornyng yu shalt find ther a worme al to peces through the sa∣uour of the apple.

The oyle of bitter almondes, and the curnel of a peache doth open the eares very much.

Against the wormes of the eares let the ioyce of wormewod be dropt into the eares.

Put the ioyce of Sengrene, oyle o¦liue, the ioyce of a leeke, the milke of

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of a woman yt geueth a man childe sucke into a vyole of glasse thre dai¦es & thre nightes setting the mouth open, it is said to restore the hearing wounderful well.

The gall of a Gote put into the eare with ioyce of a Leeke, taketh a∣way the paine in the eare and resto∣ryng the hearynge.

The gal of a Goate and womās mylke temperid wyth honye, and a litle mirhe is a principall medicyne.

Boyle the ioyce of sengrene put in a holowe scallyon in the fyer, & put the ioyce that is strayned therout in to thyne eare, & lay the Onyon ouer the same, in maner of a plaister it is very muche worth in both causes.

* 1.92The ioyce of wilde Margeram mixt with womans milke & put in∣to thyne eare takethe awaye payne therof.

The ioyce of Iuy myxt witg com¦mon oyle & put into the eare taketh

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away the grefe.

Item Betelles that ar found in ye dounge of beastes grynded & myxt with oyle Roses and the rynde of a Pomegranate, yf the oyle be put in to the eares, and the rest beinge the dreggs be plasterd on, they wil take away the payne of the ears.

Item of a stone,* 1.93 or a corne fall in to the eare, put into it thynges that wil soften or make easy, & let the pa¦cient alwayes lye on that eare, that if it decline or be coming forthward be euer readi to receaue it, yf not, let him stop his nostrelles and mouth and prouoke himselfe to snees, yf it wyl not be so nether, apply ventose vnto the eare with fyre, then agayn put into ye eare Turbentine or byrd lyue vpon the ende of a stycke, and let it stycke to the eare, yet put it in, and pul it out agayne.

The ioyce of an onyon, with wo∣mans mylke doth wonderfully as∣swadge* 1.94

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the grefe,

* 1.95The ioyce of Betone cast into the eare luke warme, is very profitabl agaynst the payne, deafnes and o∣ther impedymentes of the eares.

Item the fat of a Fox doth great∣ly cure the payne of the eares.

The ioyce of bay leaues distellid in to the eares doth not permyt deaf∣nes, nor other straunge soundes to abyde in the eares.

* 1.96Oyle myngled with cinamon is ye most soueraignest thinge of al that delayeth grefe of the eares.

Oyle wherin bitter almondes ha∣ue bē stampt, or oyle of Iuniper, or oyle of ye decoctiō of onyons, or of a radyshe, al & euery of these ar good for eares that haue their grfe of a cold water.

These ioycs kill the wormes of ye eares, the ioyce of wormewood, and the eoyce of peache eaues, or ye ioy∣ce of wyld cucuminer,

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Distell into the eare the fat of an Eele with the ioyce of an onyon & f singrene yt groweth on tyles, put t in luke warme and it taketh awai he deafnes,

Likewise the ioyce of Isop mixt with oyle,* 1.97 and bloud warme put in∣o the eares taketh awaye the pain∣ul ache of the eares.

Item a perfume of whote Uyne∣ger doth greatli open the eares and oth much good to the hearing for he sharpnes of it.* 1.98

Item stampe Amptes egges and train them thorough a clothe and ut ther vnto the ioyce of Swines rasse or Knotgrasse and dystell it nto the eares it helpeth longe conti¦ued deafnes.* 1.99

The vryne of a boye poured in o the eare drieth vp the humour of he dyseas and healeth it quicklye. Stamp onyons & comyn wt oyle

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and rub the eares & laye it to hote, it wyl take away ye grefe of ye eares

* 1.100The fat of frogges instilled 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dropte into the eares taketh away tynkling or sound in them.

* 1.101The fat of a Lyon or of a Fo i of much valour agaynst the payn of the eares & all paynes besides.

* 1.102The ioyce of creuises myghtly healpeth the grefe of the eares.

The ioice of a willow tre leaues pu into the eares helpeth the hurte.

The fat of a Dormous put into the eares helpeth the grefe therof.

* 1.103Take of Alume .ʒ i. Castoreum .ʒ i of salt Peter .ʒ i. & a half, let thē seth in the best wine that may be gotten, then straine it & let the same wine be put into the eares luke warme.

It wold much healpe to anoynte the out syde of the eares & to laye it there in fourme of a playster.

The gaul of an hare made hot with the sewet of a Fox and spick∣arde

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healeth deafnes.

Drinke a whole mouse stampt and yxte with wine and Spiknarde, wonderfully healeth an old con∣inued payne of the eares.

For the morphew.

¶ The Causes.

☞ Grosse and slymy bloud chāged 〈◊〉〈◊〉 whyte flegme, or to melancholye.

The Sygnes.

❧ The skynne to be spotted like 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a Snake.

Remedies. Capi. xiiii.

TO expell or take awaye the Morphewe or Ringworme ixe milke with ye water of ye inuere ernelles of pine apples and wyth ••••e creame yt fliteth aboue ye warme ylke anoynt the ryngworme and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wyll heale, it wythout dout. bathe made of the chaffe of barly rotes of the leaues of Mallowes* 1.104

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and wormewod, and after annoyn it wyth thys oyntmēt. Take bath meale and flower of Fenigreke and Borace, make dust or pouder of th eyche in lyke quantitie, and myngl it with the ioyce of an onion & hon scummed and clarified and anoynt the place therwith.

Agaynst the Ringwormes or mor¦phewe that hath long reygned vpō one, take of Camphoyre .ʒ i. of Bo∣race .ʒ ii. of the meale of Ciche pea∣se beynge tedde .ʒ iiii. mengle them with ioyce and honey.

The fat of Lions, smerde ouer the face wyth Rose oyle kepeth the whytnes.* 1.105

Agaynst the morphew in the face seeth a Lacert being grene together wyth whyte wyne in oyle vnto the thryd parte,* 1.106 strayne it, and put ther∣vnto whyte waxe and an noint the place therwyth, this is proued.

The rote of a litle burre sodden in

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Uineger and dryed ouer the ringe∣worme healeth the same.

The same doth the rote of a plan∣tayne stampt wyth Uyneger & salt & strayned and after the place wyth warme Uyneger must be anoynted

To put away the wrinkles out of the face and all other greefe, stampe the drye rote of a wildecucummer, sifte it and myngle it wyth water, & washe thy face, & washe it agayne with other colde water, do thys for iii. dayes space, and it shal haue wō¦derfull effecte.

To make al the face fayre, smere thy face all ouer with bulles bloud it taketh awaye the blmyshe in the face, and maketh the face fayre.

Coluer dounge ground in vyne∣ger and smeared ouer thy face put∣teth away al morphewe & tawnines this hath ben proued.

A sheepes lyuer freshe kylled & warme layde to thy face, it makethe

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a fayre coloured, and amorous face,

¶ For the toth ake.

¶ The Causes.

¶ The ynowes being very hote or cold or great quātity of humors, fallynge from the head to the gum∣mes.

¶ The Sygnes.

¶ The payne is knowen well ynoughe

Remedies. Cap. xv.

YF you washe your mouth ons a moneth with the wyne of the decoction of the roote of Wer∣tworte,* 1.107 thou shalt be healed of the toothe ache

Salt myxte with dowe & baked a∣geynst the fyre, and so layde on the toothe healeth the ache perfectly.

In a vehement ache put a lytle of the ioyce of groūde Iuy, in thine

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eare on ye syde as thy ache is, it wyll a lytle greue the, but incontynent thy toth ache shall ceas.

The ioyce of yellowe flagge put in to thine eare is of the same operaciō

Put henbane sede vpon the coles and receue the smoke therof into thi teathe by gapyng and and holding thy mouth ouer it, it kylleth ye wor∣me and asswagiche the payne, thys hath ben proued.

Anoynt thy toth wyth mary of an horse it hath ben tried yt it doth hele.

The flower or meale of wylde po∣pyseed put into the hollowe toothe doth quickly heale.

Item let the mouth be wasshed wt the decoction of our ladys Thistel, it taketh away the payne.

Fyll the tooth wyth a pece of Ra∣dyshe rote,* 1.108 or let thy gummes or thi teethe be rubbed therwith it takethe away thy ache.

That thy teeth neuer ake, take the

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pouder that cometh of fylyng of an hartes horne, and let it seth in water in a newe earthen pot and so put it into thy mouth wheare thy grefe is

* 1.109Wyne or water after (as the cause is) of the decoction of wild Cucum¦mer holden in thy mouthe dryuethe away the payne.

The ioyce of Succorye put into the eare or nostrel that is on the con¦trary syde to the grefe taketh away vtterly the tooth ache, the stone of a Date taketh away the paynes,

* 1.110Sethe the rinde of a mulbery tree rote, in the ioyce of a clufter of gra∣pes vnto half, and washe thy mou¦the therwith, and thy teeth shall ne∣uer ake.

Rubbe thy teeth often wyth a Persenepe roote,* 1.111 and it shal take a∣wai the wormes in them and aking for euer.

Agaynst a strong payne sethe vio∣lets in wine & hold thē in thi mouth

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Uyneger wherin the roote of Hen¦bane is sodden taketh the ache in ye teeth away,* 1.112 if thy mouth be washed therwt and holdē a good while ther¦in. Hartes horne burned till it waxe whyte,* 1.113 and beaten fyne maketh the teeth cleane & the gumes & ceassethe the burnyng payne in them.

Stampe two cloues of garlyk & tye it aboute thy arme on that syde that ye tooth aketh,* 1.114 nere to the hand it draueth away al the payne.

Put into the eare of the same side that the teeth ake,* 1.115 the ioyce of Bleit and of the leaues of wyld cucūmer, it taketh away the tooth ache.

Let thy teeth be washed wyth the decoction of wylde Margeram,* 1.116 or put into thy toothe a burnyng stic∣ke, for aboue all hearbes, or more then all hearbes the same helpethe the teeth.

Serapine stampte and put into the hollow tooth taketh awai yt paines* 1.117

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therof.

* 1.118Uineger of the decoction of Collo∣quintida, held a good whyle in the mouth, is a principall remedy, or yf it be sodden in the rinde therof.

* 1.119The mylke of wertwort baked wt the branne of Corne and put into ye hoole of the tooth breaketh the toth.

Fyl the hollowe tooth wt the gum of Iuy it will take away the toothe ache.

* 1.120Touche the tooth that aketh wt the rote of water crowfote, incontinent it taketh the payne away & breketh the tooth.

* 1.121Washe thy teeth with the water of the decoction of pomegranates flo∣wers and put the pouder of the said flowers into thy toeth, it doth make the teeth fast and taketh away the a¦che therof bi restraining the rewme.

Make a gargarysme of the decoc∣tion of sage, Rue, Pelletory, Isop, blacke Ellobor of the rot of wylde

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cucummer, the roote of Calamyne & of the stalke of Organ, & parte of it beside, put into the eare on ye syde as the ache is of, wyth oyle.

If the grefe be exceding paynful put therto Opium temperyd wyth the yolke of an egge half sod. Ther be also which make of ye dregges of oyle, the lyknes of silke thriedes the take the dregges of oyle that hath no groundes of Durt or sande and sethe it in a caudrō of brasse till it be thicke and then they put it vpon ye teeth yt ake, for it quēcheth the payn and he that doth the same with the ioyce of sower grapes till it be lyke hony & put therof vpon the teeth yt be eaten hollow, it pulleth them out by the rote, or elles maketh a waye to the easier pulling out of them.

If the hollow toth be filled wyth crowes doung it breaketh the tothe and taketh awaye the payne.

Boyle fyue cornes of the seed of I¦uy

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in the rind of a pomegranate wt oyle of roses & put it to the eare one the ryght side, and it wil take away the paine of thy teeth on the lift side and so of the contrary part.

The rote of blacke Henbane might¦ly heate, & it be applyed to thy tooth that aketh and the rootes therof, it wyll faull out by it selfe inconty∣nent, but beware lest it touche other teeth also, for then they wil faul out as many as ar touched therwith.

Of the same operacyon is the hearbe being rubbed vpon the toth

* 1.122Mengle the pouder of pelletory callid in Latyn Pirethrū wyth the mylke of wertwort and wyth Gal∣banum, and lay it on the tooth and it wyll breake, and the paine shalbe taken away therby.

Rubbe thy toothe wyth a roote of walwort, it takeh away ye payne therof.

* 1.123Put the ioyce of affodyll into the

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eares, it taketh awaye the payne of thy teeth on the contrary syde, of the same operacion is the ioyce of succo¦rye,

Sethe the roote of henbane in vy∣neger, which vyneger holde a good whyle in thy mouth it taketh away the ache of ye teeth.

The ioyce of towne cresses put in to the eare on yt syde yt aketh, taketh away the ache therof.

Let Isop boyle in vineger & let the toothe be washed therwyth, it ta¦ke away the payne therof quikly.

The roote of cynkfoyle or the wa¦ter of the decoction therof, put into the mouth and as it were gargary∣sed,* 1.124 taketh away the ache of ye teeth. A decoction of the leaues of the tree yt is called of the apothecaries, Ta∣mariscus, helpeth the toth ache.

Pouder made of doggs teth put in to thi toth doth put away ye tothach The brayne of a partriche put into* 1.125

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the hollow tooth breaketh the same taketh away the akyng.

Water or wine wherin ye leaues of the damasyne tree or the rynde of ye rote therof haue be soddē, the mou∣the being often wasshed therwtal, it fastyneth the teeth and gumes and kepeth all the whole mouth from al kinde of payne.

The ioyce of ye rote of dogge fēnel or of the hearbe therof put into the hole of the tooth wyll not permyte any worme to lyue therin.

Rue sod in wyne, & layed in four¦me of a playster vpon the payne in the gumes by drieng vp the humor it taketh awaye the payne.

* 1.126The rote of Sperage stampt and layde vnto the toothe yt aketh wyth wol draweth out the same, without payne.

The leaues of Sage layde vnto the toothe yt aketh aketh away the ache and comforteth the teeth yt are

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hurt through colde, that they be no more put in grefe therby.

Yf thou, fyll thy teeth that ar hol∣low wt pytch of a Cedre tree, it wyll make them to breake: & if you hold it longe in your mouth it wyll take the payne away quyte.

Mastike somwhat mollyfyed wt the white of an egge raw & applied to the gumes closeth ye choppes of ye gume & lippes, this hath bē proued

The lyuer of a slelly on layed vn∣to the tooth yt doth ake wyl appease the ache incontinent.

Take of Sumache, of okaples, of the berys of the Myrhe tree, of acorns huskes, the seed of myrhe tre the seed of plaintayn of etche .ʒ i. of white vitriol of alume broken in pe¦ces of eche .ʒ i. and a half. of floures of Gilofer and of the seed of Roses of eiche .ʒ ii. & a half, let them all be stamped togither after a grosse ma∣ner, and let them sethe in a pot wyth

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water, wherin let .xl. yonge buddes of a bramble that beareth beryes be put contynually to boyle, til half ye water be consumed, whyche beyng strayned and cooled, let the pacyent washe his mouth wyth the same ve¦ry oft, whych done let hym applye it to the Iawes and teethe.

Itē take of Camphorie & let it sethe in vineger, a litle afterward let the sicke persō holde his mouth ouer it and it shal make the ache to cease.

Myngle mans heare beyng brēt wyth oyle roses,* 1.127 and put it into thy eare, the greefe of thy toothe shall cease.

Put the pouder of redde Coral in the hole of thy tothe and it wyl faul out by the rote.

Smalladge rote hanged aboute thy necke doth alay the tooth ache. Put the ioyce of groūd Iuy into ye eare of that syde that the tooth doth ake,* 1.128 it is of wonderful effecte.

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If thy teeth be oft washed wyth the decoction of the rinde of our la∣des thistel roote, thy teeth shalbe fa¦stynned therby, and thy gumes gra¦uen about wilbe made whole.

The Decoction of Pomegranate floures or the pouder of them, being layd theron doth the same.

The pouder of corall being layd theron also is mooste pryncypall in comfortyng the gumes.* 1.129

Masticke chewed with wine in a mans mouth,* 1.130 taketh awai the tooth ache.

The roote of Horehound dronke or chewed of a man fastynge dothe quickly heale the ache of the teeth.

Strawbery leaues chewed, in con¦tinent takethe away the tooth ache, is is a sure and tryed experynt.

Light a sharpe sticke of ashe and whyle it burneth put into the hol∣low toothe first filled with triacle it is much proued.

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The body and fatnesse of a Frog applied, doth make an easie meanes to pul out the teeth, & therfore do y teeth of lyuing beastes that take eate them, quickly faul.

* 1.131Let the gumes be rubbed wt the ashes of a Delphin tooth, the teeth are ther by greatly holpen, or if they be touched only wt the tooth it self.

The rote of mouse eare, put in ye hollownes of the tooth taketh awai the tooth ache, this hath bē proued.

Stāp the inner rotes of nut trees & mixe it wt oyle, & put the ioice into ye eare on ye cōtrari part yt ye teth ak & he shalbe deliuered out of paines. Let the skynne of a serpēt be sod in Uineger & holde the same Uyneger a good whyle in your mouthe.* 1.132

* 1.133Sup vp (so that ther be nothyng therof swallowed but gargarased) a cuppe ful (at tymes one vpon an∣other) of the ioyce of yarow fasting thou shalt be ryd of thy toothe ache

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there by.

Seeth the scrapinges of ye rote of a mulbery tree in wyne, whiche wyne old in thy mouth it ceaseth ye grefe ncontynent.

Of the same operacion is wyne of he decoction of yuy rotes.* 1.134

Yf you take one corne of Salte & wrap it in fayre whyt cobweb & put t into thy hollow tooth it wil heale t.* 1.135

¶For bledynge at the nose.

☞The Causes.

¶ A vayne or arteri opened or bro¦en within the nose wyth great abū¦ance of blod, or to much labourīg.

¶The Sygnes.

☞To blede at the nose.

Remedies. Cap. xvi.

THe ioyce of hogges dounge cast into the nostrelles doth estrayne the bloud.* 1.136

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Beware that nothynge bynde the bodye harde, as thy girdle or suche lyke, and hold thy hādful of shepa¦ders purse and stdfastli loke vp to the sōne, it stauncheth bledyng, thys is proued.

Lyke is sayd of veruen.

Lay the ioyce of night shade a∣gaynst the lyuer yf it runne oute of the ryghte nostrell, yf not vpon the splene, it stauncheth the bloud.

* 1.137The flower of a beane the ouer skīne pulled of, put into ye nostriles stauncheth bloud, if it be a wound.

The half of a beane layde vpon a wound closeth vp the wounde and restrayneth ye bloud, especially wher horesleches hau ben, this hath ben proud.

Cold stones layd vpon the vay∣nes of the temples and hard holden theron, restrayne the bloud.

The ioyce of Re put into the no∣strelles restrayneth the bloud.* 1.138

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The ioyce of a nettle put into the nostrelles maketh ye bloud to flowe,* 1.139 but beinge anoynted on the forehed maketh the same to stoppe.

Yarowe smelled vnto, or beinge rōk restraineth bloud, yet put into he nostrelles, maketh it to bleed.

Item the stone Iaspis burnyd nd applyed, stauncheth bloud.* 1.140

The ashes of the rote of rue, blo∣wen into the nostrelles doth won∣erfully staunche the bloud.

The very bloud it selfe burnt and made to pouder, & blowē vp into ye ose, doth wonderfully staunche ye loud, and close vp woundes: if the loud runne from the lefte nostrell ut a ventose vpō the splene, if frō he ryght vpon the lyuer.

If it be a woman after the same aner lay it on hyr teate.

If a womā blede put flax in ye white f an egge & apply it to her teate, on

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that parte as the nose bledyth, or wt the ioyce of nyght shaede.

Item make a playster of potters clay, vineger & the white of an egg and apply it to thy codds it is good and hath ben proued,

* 1.141Let the person whych bledyth ly vp ryght & let hys owne water be∣ing cold be dropped on hys face wt vyneger.

Yf the heares of an Hare be put into the Uyneger and water, and be put into it, is wonderful good.

The bloud of a Cowe layd vpon the wounde doth staunche the blod incontenent, but I say it is of more valour beyng burned.

The ashes of a Cowes horne, cast into the wound doth quyckelye re∣streyne it.

Pouder made of ynke, and layd vpon the wounde wyth ashes of a Ferne rote, stāchth the bloud and healeth the wounde.

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The ashes of a Frogge burned in a wel closyd pot,* 1.142 stancheth all ble∣ding thoughe it be of woūds, it clo¦seth vp the veynes and arteries and healyth burninges,

The bloude of a Thrushe, a par∣trige, a doue, and a turtle doue,* 1.143 put into the wound stoppeth the bloud wounderfully.

The vrine of a man made in forme of a plaster, and aplied wt the ashes of a vyne, stanchyth bledinge.

Chawe the rote of a nettle vntyll you may swallowe it,* 1.144 and wythout doubte the bloud wyll stanche.

Chawe the same tyll you maye swallowe it, but in no wyse swal∣low it, & than wil it stanche, for yf a mā kep it in hys mouth he can lese no bloude.

The pouder of the scrapynge of a caudron or a fryeng pan Stam∣ped and mengld with the ioyce of a netle, & put into the nostrelles dothe

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stanche the bloud incontynent, this hath ben prouyd.

* 1.145Plaster burnte and stampt wyth hares heares and made in a plaster wyth the whyte of an egge stācheth bloud yf it be in an artery or vayne

A certayne herbe that hys comon∣lye called Torche or moleyne stāpt and layd vpon the branches of the teates, doth stoppe the bledynge of any place.

* 1.146The ashes of a burnte Frogge aplyed to ye place that bledith, dothe staunche it in continent.

The Freshe dounge of a bore is a chefe Remedy agaynste bledynge at the nose as I finde in the boke of natures of thinges.

The ioyce of an assys dounge dropt into the nostrels or into woū∣des, stancheth the bloude thoughe it be of a veine or artery that is woun¦dyde of the same.

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Fyue leaued Grasse dronke, and anoynted in the nostrels,* 1.147 stancheth bloud▪

The ashes of Hennes Fethers snouft vp into the nostrelles, stan∣ceth bloud.

The ioyce of vyolet rootes, garga∣rised in your mouthe, & throte,* 1.148 and swallowed stancheth oft tymes ble¦dynge at the nose incontynent.

The pouder of a nettle snuft into the nostrils,* 1.149 wil stanche bloud incō¦tinent.

Item stampe erth wormes with whyte frankencense and the whyte of an egge it is good.

Prymrose leaues stampt and laid in the place that bledeth, stanchithe the bloude.

Put into thy nostrils ye rind of wod¦binde, and the scrapynges of a Ra∣dyshe, it is good. An onyon onlye put into the nose is good also.

If a veyne be broken wythin let

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the pacient drinke Peper & the sede of Towne Cresses. Take one pate of Terrasygyllata, and an other of the gūme called Saasenicum, an other parte of Draganc, stampe it with wine that is old, & make pilles and geue the pacient to drynke.

Here vnto sethe Goates mylk. wt dragance and vse it one day for an electuarye.

Mengle potters claye wyth Rose water and vineger and make a pla¦ster and aplye it, the bloude therby shalbe stanched.

Take Confery and Terra Si∣gillata of eche lyke muche, make a pouder and minister it wt raine wa∣ter thre days, this hath ben prouid.

* 1.150The heares of an Hare chopte smale & myxt wyth the whyte of an Egge, and laid vpon the place that bledyth takth away al flowyng of bloud.

¶For the Palsey.

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¶ The Causes.

☞ Grosse humours flowyng to the synowes.

¶ The Sygnes.

❧ That the mēbr hath lost both snce and mocyon.

❧ Remedies. Capi. xvii.

PAraliis is a sicknes called the Palsey: wherein ether al the body or one member or many mēbres be mortyfyed and be depryued of feling and mouing, it happenith ether of an impostume stopping the rotes of the sinowes, yt they being depriued of y lyuely spi∣rites whych serue for them be come dead, or els of the Fleumatyke hu∣mor gross and vndigested whyche stoppith the sayd places some tyme of a stroke or faul, wherby the ioyn¦tes of the backe bone ar loused and the synowes whiche come from the

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necke or nape of the hed, ar stopped other whyle the synowes and the ro¦tes of them hute wyth a bruyse en∣gendreth the palsey, & specially in a olde man.

* 1.151¶ Yf the tonge be sodēly wrythed through cold, make a whote garga¦rysme of the wyne of Decoction of Sage, Rue & pellytory, it is verye good.

Put these pylles in thy mouth, and vnder thy tonge.

Take of Castoreum, of Pellyto¦ry, of Pyonye rootes, of eche lyke muche make pylles wyth Triakell it is very good.

Anoynte the pacient wythout with oyle benedicte or the oyntmēt called Martiaton, wt castoreū these be ve¦ry good in al palsis of a cold cause.

Rue, Pellitory, Sage▪ Cinamon, Mustard, salt, let them all boyle to gether in oyle to haf, and anoynt ye pacient therwyth it is very good.

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Take a dead earth worme, make a ster and lay it vpon the hinder par of the head where it ryseth wt pyche waxe olde oyle, Beares suet, coluer dounge, quicke lyme mans, ordure Castoreum, Pellitory.

Yf thou stampe a sylke worme, & make a plaster and laye it in the na¦pe of the necke, because lyghtlye the disease riseth ther, & if it rise in ano∣ther place put it ther, and not vpon the hurte member.

Yf the tounge or throte be in fla∣md draw theron a Saphyre, vpon the grefe for it taketh away ye swel∣lynge.

Agaynst al grefes in the flap beinge in the mouth whyche couereth the wind pipe.

¶ The Causes.

☞ The recourse of humors from the head to that place,

¶ The Sgnes.

Great difficultie in swalowyng his meate rednesse and swellynge.

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Remedies. Capi. xviii.

FOr dyseases in the mouthe & especialy in the lytle flap whi∣couerith the wyndpipe called Uvula, some call it Coumella that is a lytle flap, it is ryghtlye a lytle pece of fleshe hangyng in the roufe of ons mouth whych somtime swel¦leth and greuyth one very mouche.

Yf the piece of fleshe be to longe hangyng, make a oyntment if it be so requesite, and afterward make a gargarisme wyth the water of ye de∣coction of Pomgranate flowers, & Uineger, the huskes of acornes and such lyke, make a pouder of peper, and the ioyce of flowes and put it to the pece of fleshe wt thy thumbe.

Fyll a shell an ynche thicke wyth piche, Galbanū, Opoponaxe, Cala¦minte, and aplye it to the nape of ye necke beneth the no, it greatly hel∣peth the grefe, of Unula by drawe∣ng

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it, and better it were yf a nother part lyke wyse were put in the crow¦ne of the heade beyng shauen, thee i▪ haue I proued. Lay a hoole egge wel sodden and the shel pylled of & sumwhat brused vnto ye crow∣ne of the heade.

Mengle Gume, Rue, Musterd∣sede, Frankencens, Pyche Oppopo¦naxe, Galbanum and Calamente, let them be aplyed in a greuous sic∣knes.

A cautery wyth Golde is the best remedy.

The ashes of Coleworte Rotes burnt,* 1.152 put wyth ons fynger to the flape, doth ease it by drieng vp y hu¦mors.

Pulioll royall warmed in Uyne∣ger geuen to drynke and aplyed to the nostrels dothe quicklye Restore speache sodaynly lost.* 1.153

¶Of the Squinancy.

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lyght wheate somewhat moyst with Uinegr wherin fyst Rue hath bi sodden, the open thi mouth to su thē it restoreth wonderfully ye spea∣che beyng lost.

* 1.154The ashes of anyse rote dryeth vp & helpeth the dyseas of the mou∣the and the flap if it be swollen.

Let the rote of Saledyne stampte sethe in wyne, wherof a Gargary∣sme made healith the swellyng in ye mouth and purgeth the heade.

* 1.155A plastr made of dogges turde & mans ordure and the gall of a bull is very good.

Make a gargarisene wyth the de∣coction of dryed Fygges, and dog∣gs turde it doth quickely open ye a¦postume.

I haue harde many expert men sa yt Ueruē stampt and layd to whote as a plaster, hath healed oftentimes the squinanci.

Dioscorydes sayeth that Ueruen

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onde to the swellinges dothe open hem, heale them, and sparse them.

The flower of Oxe eye conty∣nuallye eaten,* 1.156 neuer wyll suffer the quinanci to ryse or growe.

The earth of a Swallowes nest ade in a plaster taketh awaye the wellyng of the Iawes and tares.* 1.157

The flowres of Pomegranate & Camphore made to pouder is a lessed medecyne to heale the swel∣ing in the throte.

Gaules wyth salt Ammoniake are good therefore.

Thys hath ben proued, take of the eed of Roses a pound & a half, of ye oyce of goates beard .ʒ iii. sethe thē n wyne and make a Gargarisme.

Agaynst a daungerouse squinācy urne olde swallowes in a new ear∣hen pot,* 1.158 & mengle the pouder ther∣of wyth hony, and wyth a quyl put t doune into thy hrote.

In the daunger heof tke away ye

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bloud wt ventosis aplyed betwyne y shoders of ye paciēt, it doth much dymynishe the matter and drawyth it to the contrary part.

* 1.159Wrap al the throte on the vtter part, wyth wolle depte in the decoc∣tion of Isop and oyle olyue.

* 1.160Dyp a sylken threde in a mouse blou, & so let that threde dipt in ye mouse bloude be swallowed of the pacient, it is ery good.

The ordur of an infant, & of a mā in lke ase beinge dryed & mengled with hony, healyth the squinanci.

Let thee be made a plaster of the fresh ordure of a man, & aplyed out¦warde, wt leuen, gume of trees, and the ashes of burnt Time▪ the fat of a hedgehogge, this doth rypen and draw out yt mater, & warely breketh the aposteme: beware yt you vse out wardly no epercussyes, but dyssol¦uyng, drawynge & yping medicēs.

Scabiouse gargarised and

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dronke, or made in forme of a pla∣ster, healith the squinanci yt is past hope of healing, this is of certeyne

Item in the mouth of the paciente beyng open, put a sticke, as a gag∣ge and marke well the place of the aposteme and prycke it wyth a shar¦pe stycke, ther is nothing of lyke ef∣ficacie, for manye Authores haue oftentymes proued the same.

To heale the disease of the mouth in the Unula, put fyne Salt in a cloth and binde it to the kerneles of the necke it is very good.

☞Agaynst horsnesse and coughe

The Causes

¶The coughe cometh of superflu¦ouse humors comyng from the hed or of colde, dust, smoke, and suche lyke horsnesse is when the humoure falleth into the wynd pype.

¶The Sygnes.

❧To coughe or to be horse.

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Remedies. Capi. xx.

THe gume that is of the che•••• trees dyssoluyd wyth olde wyne, and geuē to sup vp, doth ve∣ry wel ease the sharpe Arteries of ye brest.

* 1.161Rostyd Fylberdes or hasel nuttes stampt and ministred with honi hea¦leth the grefe of a longe contynued coughe.

Agaynst a contynued and daun¦gerous dropping of the rewme, and agaynst the vlceracion of the liuer, apply vnto the head beyng shauē: mustarde seed, & the skynne shalbe exasperate and the rewme dryed.

Seeth Baye beryes in water and the smoke therof receyuid at ye nos∣tylles and eares, wil throughly dri vp the rewme.

Take ye fume of Laudanum and Frankensence, cast vpon whoe co∣les, nothinge dryeth better ye rewme

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and conforteth the brayne.

Assafetida taken with a reere eg∣ge in the euenyng openeth the stop∣pynges of the leuer that comethe of grosse and fleymy humors,* 1.162 and hel∣pyth them that be shorte brethed.

Item lye made of the ashes of a great oke openeth mightely the stop¦pynge of the leuer,* 1.163 chefely that why¦che cometh or engendreth of any ve¦nemouse matter, by dyssoluing and cōsuming the superfluous humors The lyghtes of a foxe is very good for shorte and paynful drawyng of breathe and to all strayghtnes of lyuer.* 1.164

The tounge of a Rāme eaten oft∣tymes is good & holsome therfore.* 1.165

The pouder of a dogges tord sprē¦kled on a felte of heare or cloth dipt in honye,* 1.166 and olde greace made and applyed to the breaste or necke of the diseased healeth the squināci.

Put mustersed in dry Figges, and

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geue th pacient them to eate in the euenyng it doh di••••olue the grosse humor and opnyth the stoppynge of the lightes, and also the condites of breathyng.

The Smoke of Arsenicke receiuid by the mouth helpeth them that haue great paynes to take ther breth.

¶ Agaynst spyttynge of bloud.

The Causes

❧ A Strype, greate cryenge, hote rewme, repletyon, or great dry∣nsse.

¶ The Sygnes be playne ynough.

❧Remedis. Capi. xxi.

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WHen a man spitteth or vo¦myttith bloud,* 1.167 geue hym to drinke ye ioyce of Knot¦grasse and it shal cease in continent, it was prouyd.

The grease of a Henne, a Gose a Pygge, and a Ducke, the Mary of an Oxe, freshe butter, Oyle of Uyolettes, of eche a lyke muche, mengle them all to gether and mel∣te theym, and putte there vnto whte Waxe, Gumme Arabycke Dragons so that it be lyke an oint¦ment but fyrst laye Towe vpon the breaste of the pacyent, dypte in the Decoctyion of great Mallowes, and kepe it ther vnyll he sweate, than let the breast he anoyntid with thys oyntment, and laye aboue the same a Foxe skynne, or els another lyke thinge warme nothynge hel¦peth more outwardly than ths.

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Sethe dry Fygges in white wine or in claret,* 1.168 but first fil the figges wt musterd seede, and let hym drynke the wyne euery nyght when he hath eaten the figges, it openeth all stop¦pynges of the leuer so that he maye breth at hys wyll.

Gume of a Peache tre geuē to hym that rechit or spitteth bloud, helpeth greatly and openeth the inward cla¦wesures of the breste and purgethe the inwards of the longes.

The pouder of dry mulberyes is ye chefest remedi, for them ye spit bloud A Sirupe for them that can scantli take ther breth, take the ioyce of the rote of swete br••••r, yong Time, boe Armyniacke, ye ioyce of flows white corall, and the pouder of Rue, fole∣fote, or mynts, the ryndes of pome∣granates, okeaples, gume of Ara∣bicke▪ Dragance, Camfery, Knot∣grasse of the seed of Rybwort, of Manna, Sumach, dragōs bloud,

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of bloud wort, of eche of these .ʒ. ix. and of Suger take foure pounde, then make a syrupe of ribwort and geue it with the decoctyon of quin∣ces, lentyles, and medlers this is ve∣ry good against the body fluxe, vo∣mytinge and such lyke.

Englyshe tyme, and venician ti∣me stampt them to gether and boile them in sethynge water,* 1.169 let it be set asyde a day & a nyght in a pot well closyd that the smoke may not brea¦the out, let it be strayned & put mel∣roset therunto and beyng scommed of, let it be geuen to the pacient in ye goyng to bed it healyth the stoppin¦ges of the coundytes of them whi∣che be shorte breathed.

Almondes geuen to them that spyt bloud is a singuler helpe.

The rote of dragance or serpentine wt claryfyed hony clenseth humors out of the brest,* 1.170 so that yt shall neuer returne or engendure agayne.

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☞Of the sodeyne losing of strēgh and debilitie of the vytall spiites.

¶ The Causes.

☞It commeth of all great euacua¦tyons, as losynge of bloud, great laxes, vehement mocyon, sweinge ouermuch, sorowe, feare and of the intemperance of the herte, but the author toucheth that alonly whych cometh of euacuacyons.

The Sygnes.

¶ To lose all the strength sodenly with colde of the extreame partes, & swetinge in the face, wyth despayre and great paynes.

Remedies. Capi. xxii.

SEthe a Hēne in a pot wel clo¦sed on euery syde tyl you per¦ceiue ye towe partes ar cōsu∣med thē take it forth & apply ye hen cut in peces to the pacientes nostrel¦les & geue hym the broth to drynke

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therof, & adde to the same Hēne, ma¦stike, cubebes, Basyll. Anhos and suche whych comforteth the herte, The mylke of a bitch is very god.* 1.171

Geue the pacyent thys pastr folowing, take the scraping of gold ʒi. magarites of both ortes .ʒ i. of mastike .ʒ ii. of cubebes of spodiū of the scrapinge of Iuory, the bone of an hartes herte, of burnt Sylke, of ross of eche .ʒ ii, of white and redde coral of eche .ʒ i. of cloues ʒi of suger two pound of muske of abr of e∣che .i ʒ. make a plaster or a pouder therof it doth wonderfully comfort in all kynde syncop, yf it be of to much swette or heat, geue vnto the pacient Suger of rosys wyth cold water & sprynkle on hym some rose water, oral doth greatly comforte the harte* 1.172

th wod of aloes, muske, amber, ma¦stike, & such lyke doo cōfort ye heart renewyng ye liuelines of ye spirites,

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and naturall heate.

Margarites, coral, the scrapinge of Iuory, the bone in the harts her Gold, Syluer, Helebore and other suche lyke do strengthen the vytall spirytes by puryfyeng the bloud in the body and by alterynge the vn∣naturall heate.

Treakel in al causes, & the roote of affodile hauynge in it the vertue to quicken and to strengthen, doth che¦ryshe the hart by defending it from poyson and kepyng it in strengthe.

¶Of yeskyng and lothynge,

¶ The Causes.

¶ Yelking cometh eyther by lacke of meate and great euacuatyon, or of corruptyon of the meate & greate quantitie of sharp humors, lothing cometh of muche corrupte meate or sum grosse and sharp humor.

❧The signes be euydent.

Remedies. Capi. xxiii.

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ANyse seed dried & smelled vn¦to taketh away yeskyng and lothyng.* 1.173

Betony myxte wyth hony and af∣ter a sort mynystred,* 1.174 maketh good digestion & afterward it is good to purge,* 1.175 the same also taken taketh a way vomyttyng.

Endyue made in a plastar and a∣plyed to the stomake,* 1.176 doth comforte the same wonderfully, the same ta∣keth away the paine of the stomake and the coughe, & also short breath.* 1.177

Wylde Margeram dronke wyth warme water taketh away the gna¦wyng of the stomake incontenētly.

Gume of a chery tree dyssolued wt wyne and geuen to drynke takethe awaye the lothesomnes of a weake bealkyng stomake,

Water of the decotion of Opium, wyth water and hony taketh away the belkyng of the stomake.

Watercrowefote stamped wyth* 1.178

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cremmes of bread & a plaster made therof taketh awaye the heate of the somake.

* 1.179Corall stamped and dronke wyth water, apeith for euer the grefe of ye stomake and bel.

* 1.180Stampe pomgranates ole with the rynd, and tak a pound of honi let them boyle togther tyll the be thecke, geue therof a quantite vn∣to the pacyent fastynge with colde water, it restorith the appetite verye well.

* 1.181The ioyce of pomgranates taken and made in a plaster wyth barlye bran, and applyed on the mouth ta∣keth away the gnawinge about ye harte and stomake.

Ueuen bynge eaten doth wonder¦fully styre vp the apptyte it hathe ben prouyd.

* 1.182Th ioyce of wlworte ministred ix. dayes wyth hony, takth way the swellinge of the stomake and losith

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the bely.

The rotes of mugworte, and Fe∣nel, and the leues of Wormod stāpe to gether geue to ye pacyent to drīke wyth warme water and honye, pro∣uoke vomyting incontynent.

Masticke baterid with whyte of an egge, and vineger applyed vnto the spone of the stomake,* 1.183 it comfortethe the stomake immediatly, and restrei¦neth vomyttynge▪ zedwary, chawed of the pacient fastyng and swallo∣wed downe taketh a waye the grefe of the bely.

Aloes helpeth the stomake aboue all other medicins.* 1.184

Agaynst ye payne of ye stomake of a cold cause, stampt englishe Galen∣gal, and let it boyle in oile and so be plastred on the mouthe of the sto∣make, it is a pryncypall remedy.

Make a plaster of .iiii. ℥ or Oly∣banum and .iii. ℥ of wa, and ℥. & a half of cloues. Calaminte takn &

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Neppe with wyne taketh away the payne of the stomake.

Water Roses, stampt and dronke wyth wyne, do greatly restreine vo¦myttyng.

Agaynst ouer much vomyttynge and flux of the belly,* 1.185 boyle comin∣in Uyneger & let the pacyent drynk the vyneger or eate the comyn.

Boyle Frankensence and ioyce of myntes and a lytle Uyneger to ge∣ther and make a plaster therof and bynd it to the spone of the stomake.

Stampe of masticke of Comin, of Bay beries of eche .℥ i. mynglid wt ioyce of rue, aplye the same wt towe vpon the the stomake it hath a won¦derfully operation.

¶Of the paynes in the lyghtes.

¶ The Causes.

❧ Great heate or drynesse, muche drynkyng of wyne, eatynge of salte meates, or rewme.

¶ The Sygnes.

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Paynes in the lyft syde wt coug∣inge and difficultie of brethinge.

Remedies. Capi. xxiiii.

THe grefe therof that cometh by crying, by smoke, bi dust and by heate, is easely curyed, yf yu geue the pacyent when he goeth to bed cold water to drynke wherin li∣coris hath byn sodden, and therin put suger candye, in the mornynge when he ryseth geue hym a litel mor¦sel of bread dypt in the same water it shall slake his thyrste of the same operation is clere water.

These pylles are verye good for ye same take of Gume Arabicke, dra∣gance of euery one .ʒ ii. of Frankē∣sēce .ʒ i & a half make thm vp with honye.

Agaynst the Pleurysy.

☞ The Causes.

☞Great qantitie of hote bloud ha¦uyng recourse to ye thine skin which

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is about the rybbes.

¶ The Sygne.

❧ Difficultye of breathynge, the coughe, great paynes and prycking in the syde wyth a sore feuer.

☞Rmedies. Capi. xxv.

AGaynst the Pleurisy the best counsell is to cut a vayne of the contrary syde to the dyssease, af∣ter full rypyng it ought to be on the same syde, for in the begynning the influence of the matter is to be tur∣ned on the cōtraripart after the first phelebothomy thou muste vse hote rpercussiue medicenes that the out warde patyes of the bodye may be comfortyd and the matter goo a∣waye, yf in dede there be any sus∣pition of cold mater, vse partly re∣rpercussyue medicenes partly eua∣poratine cōfortatiue maturatiue a∣monge all whyche the best is a ble∣der

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full of the decoction of Camo∣myll, Honye, and Fenegreke and suche lyk.

In a hote Pleurysye neuer ma∣ke euaporations, for then aftr muste you make the sorer attracti∣ons because that layeng to of thin∣ges euaporatynge, woketh onlye the increase of payne, for all me∣decynes euaporatynge and dra∣we frome the inwarde parte by subtyllynge the humore and in∣creasyth Rewme by openinge the wayes, vse therefore Maturatiues Ingrossatyues, and Diuisiues, as these followyng, Roote of Ho∣lyhoke, drye Lyquyrys, ryse, the Mylke or ioyce of Wheate stey∣ped in water a certayne days, & Lynesede, Fenigreke, Fleworte, Pease, Barlye, and suche lyke the seede of Mayden heare, Endyue wt Popisd myxt with warme thinges I haue receuyd thys knowledge of

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a certayne man & worthy credyte, yt this is a most sure remedy and with out daunger because it maketh the cause and humor of the pleurify to come forthe.

Stamp the rote of Scabiouse & halfe a pound of red corall .ii. oun∣ces of suger, and make a syroup, & when the decoction shalbe gynne to be almost enoughe put into ye same a pound & a half, of the ioyce of sca¦biouse of ye pouder of coral asmoch let it be straygned, and geue therof a good draught to the pacyēt it bre∣keth and openethe the aposteme in∣contenent and clēsith it by spitting.

Stampe a cluster of drye fygges, wyth suet or oyle of gume, & make a plaster therof, is of a wounderful efficacy.

Make a plaster of the roote of ho∣lyhoke and fenigreke, wyth bran of Hempsede and butter.

Make a good plaster of the bran

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of Fenigreke and linesede, and whe¦te, and of leuin, make bread wt but∣ter and aplye the same hote.

Boyle the bran of fenigreke & lyne∣seed in oyle of violetes and butter & myngle them wyth mallowes dys∣solued,* 1.186 and wyth fresh hogges gre∣se hete al to gether, and make a pla∣sture of it beyng hote, and renew it often.

Dyp wol in the decoction of holy∣hoke and butter, and let thy syde be wrapped often therwyth.

Mengle well leuenyd bread wt butter, and wt the decoction of holy¦hoke, and oyle of baies geuen to the pacient part therof to eate, and after make a plaster and laye it vnto the apostume behynde and before, and thou shalt fynde a wonderful cure.

Rue dronke healyth the pleurysie quickely.* 1.187

The dounge of a bore wyth wa∣ter is a synguler helpe to those that

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spytte bloude.

❧ To be laxatyue, or agaynst costyuenesse.

¶ The Causes.

❧ Immoderate excercyse, or lacke therof, wyth vsynge of restryctyue meates.

¶ The Sygnes.

¶ To be costiue and haue no seg,

Remedies. Capi xxvi.

* 1.188TO louse the belye, mengle ye gaul of a Bul▪ Aloe, Salt∣gme, and oyle together, & anoynte foūomēt, within a momēt it prouo¦kth a man to the stoole, sowebrede rote stampte and layde to the nauil and te bely of the pacient moueth Fluxe.

* 1.189The ioyce herof layd to wyth sylke very well purgeth the bely.

Swete Cheries eaten in a morning fasting wt the kernelles do prouoke the bely so myghtely,* 1.190 that the fete b¦ynge

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sore by some infirmitie, shalbe healed therby.

Collyquintida myxt with honye & bulles gaul, and applyed to the be∣ly doth lose the same.

One pyll here of taken and eaten doth in contenent moue the bely, it hath byn prouid.

Take wolle or sylke dypte in the ioyce of sowbread rote, and in wine vse it for a subpositorye.

Mallowe roote stampte fyrst and sod & mengled wt old hogges greas & a litle brā put ther vnto & applied to the stomake mouyth the bely.

Walworte rote or the ioyce of the midell rynde of an elder tree myxte wt fat of a mouse and layd vnder ye nauil, moueth ye bely to be laxatiue. a suppositori mad of hard sope anī¦ted wt butter & a lytle salgeme sprin¦kled therō or els gume, loseth ye beli. Malows & mercuri sodē wt hoggs suete & eaten, cause a holsome stole.

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Take of nesyng pouder, of blacke hellebor, hermodactile, brioni, spour¦ge, of Henbane, of the great Galin∣gal, of singrene, ye ioyce of coliquin∣tida, of Aloe of eche lyke portion, & when you wyl haue a laxe, anoynte the plantes of your fete: and if thou wyll vomyt, anoynte the palme of thy handes, and whan thou wilt bynde thy self agayne washe thy hā¦des, or anoynte them wyth Marti∣aton.

One corne of Comonbaysalt, be∣ynge put into the fondment, dothe incontenent moue the to the stoole.

Stampe Sauyne well sodden fyrst, wyth hogges suet, and stampe them bothe in the water therof, and make an oyntment and anoynt the nauyll.

Mengle bulles gaul, Aloe, sal∣geme and oile together, and anoint therwyth within the mouthe of the fundament it prouoketh fluxe of ye

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belly in contenent:

After the same maner the gaul of a bull bound to the nauil wyth towe prouoketh to the stole. Of the same operacion is oyle of bayes.

The whaye of mylke doth worke after lyke sorte.* 1.191

The ioyce of walwort rote, and of the myddel inde therof, of an elder tree roote, of wyld cucummer, of the roote of both ellebores, of the ioyce of Wertwort, of spurge rote, of ma¦low rote, of Mercury, of the rote of suche Ferne as growethe vpon the wall let them boyle together, wyth butter and oyle, after put therinto Waxe, therewyth anoynte thy na∣uyll and it shal lose quickly thi bel∣lye, specially if thou adde therto sca¦mony, the herbe called spurge & an∣oxe gaul, this hath ben prouyd, ne∣ther is ther any other medicyne lyke vnto thys.

Yf also thou make herof a suppo¦sitorye

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it wyll lose the quickly,

Take butter, Alume, plume & sal∣geme, make a oyntment, & anoynte the undament, depely it lousith in∣continent.

* 1.192Mengle the ioyce of helebore wyth course bran or meale from the myl∣stone, and put a lytle butter therto, and yf you would purge vpward, put it vpon the stomake, if downe∣ward, vpon the nauell.

The water of the decotion of an old Cocke loseth the bely.

¶Agaynst the fluxe.

☞The Causes.

¶Eatynge of frute, great colde or heate, and chiefly of vlcers in the bowels with receyuing of laxatiue medecynes.

The Sygnes.

To go to the stole veri oft or to haue to many seges.

Remedies. Cap. xxvii.

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A Dogges tord, that only ea∣tith bones doth bynd y bely myghtyly.* 1.193

Cryakle is verye good for all fluxes..* 1.194

Roste Popy, and Myllt and lt them afterwarde bestāpt and make a broth therof wyth cows milke, or gotes mylke well soden, and wyth the fat of the reynes of a Goate, for the fleshe therof is a great bynder.

Almondes blaunchid and sodden wyth honye, till they be blacke, and let them be eaten fastyng it restray∣nith the fluxe of ye bely wondrfully but yet muche more yf they be not blaunchyd.

Make breade of the fyrst groun∣ded meale, after the peckynge of the mill & eate it it is named for a prin∣cipall remedy.

Abath of ye decoction of ye midel rīd of an oke, doth greatly bind bely.* 1.195

Take & eate. S. Ihons herbe it

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is a very stronge helpe agaynst the flux of the belly.

* 1.196Opium vsyd in suppositories doth restrayne the fluxe.

Ther is a wounderfull propertye in rewebarbe in restraining the sof∣tenes of the belly.

* 1.197Mylke wherin a goates mydryfe hath bē soddē, doth greatli restraine the bely.

The decoction of the rote of the herbe called in Englyshe Ueruen, mallow, yf it be dronke, doth sodēly helpe the softenes of the bely.

* 1.198Old chese muche tosted and dryed yf the pacyent take therof .ʒ i. it is stronger then any thynge els.

* 1.199Water of the decoctyon therof is very good.

The matter ought to be remoued and clensed wt myrabolanes, some∣what dryed and myxt wyth rose wa¦ter after as the matter requyreth af∣ter the workynge of the medicyne,

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geue the pacyent fastynge suche an electuary, wyth rose water or with ye decoctyon of sumach.

Take of Cassiafistula and of ma¦sticke of eche .ʒ i. ypoquistidos, Aca¦tia, spodium, Cubebes, Ana. ʒ i. of Smalage .ʒ. and a half, ye scrapyng of olde chese sod in Uineger .ʒ ii. let them be made vp in a lectuary with water of Sumache, & of Suger a pounde, let the pacient eate Barlye bread, or millet, or els Turki wheat minglid with water.

Beanes sodde in Ueniger and ea∣ten,* 1.200 or vsed as a playster, do great∣lye withold Laxatyon.

Lykewyse Peres and Cheris sod∣den in vineger, and geuen to drin∣ke with mastike doth greatly bind.

Styll water of the leaues of an oke as you do of Rose leaues, the same water dronke doth bynd also.

A pine apple wythout kernels if it be dipt and suppled in Scamonye

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and afterward parte therof layd on hote burning coles, and be receyued v throughe a close stoule, it dothe wounderfully bynde and taketh a∣way the dysease called Tenasmus, which is a desyre to go to the stole and yet may do nothyng, with bur∣nyng and some time a bloudy sege, it conforteth also those members, & restrayneth the humoures.

The pouder of the pitche called Colophonia or greca,* 1.201 and the flou∣ers of Pomgranates, & Acacia, let thē be vsid in susfumigacions they binde myghtily.

Fleworte sede rosted with an egge and stampt and so geuen to drinke wyth wyne, doth bind harde.

* 1.202The sede of Corāder dronke doth greatly binde the belly.

Resolue coluerdounge in water of the decoctione of Fleworte or sa∣lowe tree, and let thy fete be washed therwyth it is wonderful in opera∣cyon,

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and true.

The decoction of Acorne rindes myghtyly bindeth the bely of a mā,

Wyne or water of the decoctyon of Saynct Iohns herbe, is a most mightye helpe agaynst the laxe and all Fluxe of the Bellye, and of bloud, or yf the herbe it selfe be dronke.

Take of Opium, Frankencēce Myrhe of eche like muche, mengle them together, and butter them wyth the whyte of an Egge and make a supposytorye, and tye it wt a threade that it maye the more ea∣sylye come forth, it mightylye re∣straynethe the Fluxe of the bely and bryngethe sleape on the par∣tye immediatly.

Make a suppository of Acacia, Ipoquistides ioyce of blacke Po∣py myxt wyth pytche of grece, it bin¦deth mightly.

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A great ventose sayd vpon the be∣lye and remayning there .iiii. hours taketh away al losenes of the bely.* 1.203

Water wherin peares hath be sod¦den, is very good agaynst ye flux of the bely.

* 1.204The ashes of a figge tree braun∣chis temperid wyth water, causeth ye laxe to stoppe.

Fyl a pot with water of roses, & put eyght cloues & therin mastike, & let the pot boyle wyth scaldyng lycour and let the water be takē for drynke it is excedyng good to scoure the fil∣thy of the inner partes engendered of sharpe matter cheiflye of Scam¦monye.

Gume of the Peache tree is good to bynd.

A catia giuen to drinke or put in∣to the foundamēt & especiallye vsyd in a suppositorye wyth opium byn∣deth vehemently.

The ioyce of sanicle the lesse bin∣deth

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all losenes of the belly.

The stalke of a Coleworte rosted in embers,* 1.205 and eaten restranyth mu¦che fluxe of the bely.

The flouers of Colewortes geuē twise a daye with old wyne, healeth the laxatyne lowsnes.

Sethe Horehounde in wyne and oyle, and beinge stampt make a pla¦ster therof, and applye it vpon the share.

The Rennet of a Kyd or a Leue∣rete is after one maner auayleable tempered and giuen with the ioyce of Plātyne it bindth incontinent.* 1.206 Itē for a fluxe of matter cleanynge to the inner partes or stomake of a man, make thinne fyne cakes, bake them and let the pacyent eate them, myxte therto Terebētine it draweth with it slymy matter.

The leuer of any best sodden in vi∣neger and eaten doth myghtyly re∣straine bloud and bind the bely.* 1.207

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The pouder of a marbul myng∣led wyth the whyte of an Egge and sodden in wyne and so eaten, is a myghty binder.

Item pouder made of the mawe of an Oxe geuen in drinke or meat doth wonderfully bynd the losenes of the bely.

A certayne Physician healid al his pacyentes with the same one me¦dicine.

Myngle branne made of dryed ser¦uyse or quikē berys with hony and the white of an egge, let it be sodden on the coles, and gyue it the paciēte fastinge, or els rawe put it in by a clister, it mightylye byndeth.

Fil a henne wyth sumache and ypoquistidos and such like, and let hyr sethe wel, and drinke the potage and eate the fleshe & f it be a longe contynued dysease, it doth comfort and bind muche.

* 1.208Item sodden mylke dronke or v∣syd

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for a clyster, doth bynd the bely, and heleth merulously wel the cor∣rosyons of he inner partes, and specially gotes mylke or asses milke

Aboue al thinges the best is cows mylke sodden wt an yron or a stone, and aboue al suetes beares suete is best worth in this cause.

Item take Bramble berys, and sethe them in the water of the decoc∣tyon of gladin, which beinge admi¦nistried is a good remedye and hel∣pe, for hym yt hath the Flux, yf it be wyth out an agewe but if it be wih an agewe let hym be bathyd in the water of the decotion of gladin, or wypt ouer with a clothe wet therin.

Item pouder of roses doth bynde the lousenes of the bely.* 1.209

Tryfera the greate, mynystred wyth an onyon▪ healeth vtterlye al Laxes and rstraynythe vomyt∣tynge.

For the flux when the mete cometh* 1.210

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forthe as it was eaten & ouermuche solublenes, make this throughli ap¦proued plaster, take sower and wild apples roste them, make a plaster & lay vpon the reynes and nauel, and when it is cold renewe it and put a hoote one in the place, do this often tyl you be healed, it quickly helpeth those that are past helpe.

Mengle the ioyce of a Pigges head wyth Rosyn, and laye it vpon a hote Tile, and let the pacient take the smoke therof fro beneth, three or fouer tymes, thys hath ben appro∣uyd, and it is true.

Seth Quynces made clene with in and without and Okeaples, and Cinamon together, and put to the decoctyon suger, and geue of ye thre in thre nightes and the pacient shal be healyd.

Sauery tempered with the ioyce of Plantayne leaues is very hole∣some herefore.

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Take the flowers and ryndes of pomegranates, okaples, Acacia su∣mache, Saffron cubibes, opium, make pils therof wyth the ioyce of Rue, as you wyll and geue, v. or se∣uen of them to the pacyent goynge to bed.

Take of myrhe, of opium, Acacia of Prunes storax of eche .ʒ i. of frā∣kencense, of masticke of eche .ʒ ii. of lauender gentle .ʒ. & a half, mengle it wyth the ioyce of the Toppes of brambles or of Rybwort, make pil∣les and geue the pacyent .v or .vii. it hath wonderful effectes wythal.

One knot of Mollen rote geuen to drynke, doth bynd the lousnes of the bely.

The roote of Fiue leaued grasse is very profitable agaynst the flux of the belly.* 1.211

Let the pacient receiue from vn∣der a close stoule or suche like, the smoke of a rusti yron burning, hote

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quenchid in veniger.

Item fyne cakes fryed with larde and waxe, and so eaten do greatlye binde the bellye.

Geue to the pacient wyne wyth a soft egge and salt to drynke fas∣tynge and let hym tarye fastynge a good while after, and on the morow geue hym the second tyme likewise, and he shalbe healed.

Item mylke sodden, wt myxt Sta∣phisagre and dronke is a sure tryed medycyne.

Beanes sodden in vinegr and eatē be a singular remedy for those why¦che haue the laxe.

Almondes bind ye lousnes of ye bely

Make lytle pies of the substaunce of Colewortes stāpt & wll wronge & of chese brokē in peces stāped & di¦ssolued in water & wel wrong, & of & hogge luer and whytes of eg∣ges fyrst sodden & moltē shpes ta∣lowe, & whyte wax, let them be layd

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〈◊〉〈◊〉 a urnace or fryed in a pan, & let him eate them to hys breakefaste, it byndeth myghtyly.

Coluer dounge stampt and vsed for a plaster wyth stronge veniger and applied to the nauell,* 1.212 bindethe incontynent al flux of the bely.

The dounge of a camel dried and dronke is of the same operacion.* 1.213

¶Of the colyke and the payne called yliaca.

The Causes

❧The Colyeke cometh of grosse▪ and slimy humors or of wynd con∣teyned in the gut colone, and yliaca is engēdred of raw and corupt mea¦tes specially fat, and by drynkynge cold drinke after great heate.

¶The Sygnes

☞Grypynges and payne in the vtter parte of the bely wt restriction therof, and belchynge and lothynge of meate do signifye the Colycke,

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and yliaca is when the paynes and swellyng is in the smal guttes with belchynge and murmurynge in the bely.

Remedies. Capi. xxviii.

DOunge of beastes yt are kepte vp in stables veri ranke euen from the place wher they pisse dryed and layd to the grefe wt fry∣enge oyle, doth apease the grefe wō∣derfullye.

Wolues dounge bound to the thighes, or to ye bone aboue ye preuie membres taketh the grefe away in∣continent.

Make a pouder of wolues turde dogges berde, coluer doūge & quik lyme & mengle with moltē, pitche, & suete meltid, lay it to whote, it is ve∣ry good.

Make a bath wherin put all the sundry tordes as may be found, the same resoluith wyndines and slmy

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humors thys haue I prouyd.

Geue Treakle in warme wyne wherin dissolue cloues.* 1.214

Sethe the fleshe of an old cocke or an Henne with a good deale of sale, and geue the brothe therof vnto the pacyent at euen and at morne.

The herbe called Seaholme be∣ing stampt together wyth the rote, and dronke wyth honye and water, asswageth the Colyke.

The ashes of the branches of col∣wortes burnt,* 1.215 mixt wyth stale grece and vsyd for a plaster, takith a way the ache of the bely, the sides, and of the reynes, for it dryeth and wastith myghtily.

Sethe olde oyle and butter and stronge Ueniger,* 1.216 and sethe of them equall porcyons tyll they be thicke, afterward dippe thrin most woll & applye it to thy bely, and haung it as often as it coleth, it is good in a hard and vntollerable colyke.

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Parytorye dronke wyth wyne, or vsed in a plaster or after y maner of fomentacion, taketh away the pain of the colyke.

Coluer dounge, brayd fynely & dronke wyth wyne and vsed for a plaster, is aboue al for the colicke,

Item take a hote shepes turde wt gots alowe stampt wel, & put ther on pitche all to baten in fyne pou∣der and well menglid to gether ap∣ply it warme as a cerote, it hath wt out doubt wonderfull efficacy.

The dounge of a Wolf, if it be newly made, and so applyd there, is nothing better then it for to heale ye Colycke, yf it be stale dissolue it in old oyle.

Horehound stampte and soddē in oyle oliue and applied to ye grefe doth asswage the paine wōderfully A yong whelpe not nyne days old killed & clene odered,* 1.217 healyth ye gre¦fe or payne in the guttes for euer.

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The rynde of the pyne apple tre sodden wyth wyne & the same wyne dronke,* 1.218 doth myghtyly take awaye the wrynging of the bely.

The roote of Affodyl dronke wt wyne, taketh awaye the paynes of the sydes.

Take of Agaricke .ʒ i. & drynke the same, it allayeth the gypynges of the bely, by ••••myshing rawe hu∣mours.

The ashes of scorpions guen in drynke is very good.* 1.219

Hartes horne burnt and geuen in drinke, takethe awaye the Colycke incontinent.

The pouder of the bowelles of a Wolfe, is of great efficacie to helpe those that be paynd wyth the Co∣lycke.

The dounge of a wolfe guen in drynke, helpth hym that hath the colicke streygth way.

The rote of a Lily gyuen to drinke

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in the decoctyon of Horehound, ap∣peethe the colike it hath bē proued.

Giue the pacient Garlicke with a litle bread, for it breketh wyndynes more then all other medicines, and ingrenderith no thryst, and therfore it is very good in thys cause.

Geue Trynkle vnto the pacyente with thinges that induce slepe,* 1.220 they asswage quycklye the grefe.

Make a suppository of Casto∣reum and Opium, it is verye good to asswage the payne of the eares y eys and of the Agewe.

Marche Mallowes sodden in wa∣ter heale the payne in the bowells within thre dayes, we haue prouyd it, and also Dioscorides.

* 1.221The pouder of Corall dronke wt warme water doth a pease the grefe of the stomake and of the belye.

Water of the decoctyon of Holy∣hoke takinge the smoke therof from binth, thris in a day, heleth ye payn

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of the bely.

Heate the ioyce Plantayne & put it into a close stoule,* 1.222 sit theron and receyu the ayer therof vpwarde, it taketh awaye the payne of the bely incontinent.

Mengle the ioyce of Myntes, or of the leaues of Christes thorne cal¦led Rhammis with eyght cornes of Pepper and a litle Hony, and gyue the pacyent to drynke, the effect ther¦of is wonderful.

Take the flour of Lyne sede and of Barlye,* 1.223 sethe them wyth oyle of Cāmamell, and lay it to the nauyll hoote.

Make a plaster of y bigger Docke leaues, and of Mallow leaues sod¦den in water and stampt, it is won∣derfull good,

Hydroleon and Allegant drōke is wonderful good also.

Hydroleon is made of .ii. partes of water and the thyrd of oyle sod∣den

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togther to the consumption of the water.

* 1.224Take an old cocke filled with oke ferne or walferne, & saffrō sede of ye east parte, and wilde cowortes, let them all seth together tyll the fleshe fall from the bones,* 1.225 the decoctyon is vrye holesome for those that be payned with the colycke.

Use Rue sod in oyle and butter, informe of a clister, it taketh awaye the payne incontinente.

The rote of Tormentyll stampt and dronke, taketh a waye the pin∣chynges and paynes of the bely.

* 1.226Take of Bay leaues, of Rue, A∣na .ʒ ii. of Comin one parte, heate it vppon the fyre in a fryenge panne, and applye it to the place where the grefe is, it healith mightily and dis∣soluyth windines and taketh away the payne.

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same operacion.

The scrapynge of a hartes horne geuen vno hym that is sicke of the collicke with water and hony being soo together and vsyd .ix. dayes he∣lyth the Colicke parfytlye.

¶ For the wormes in the bely.

¶ The Causes.

¶Flegme putrified in the stomake or bowels.

¶The Sygnes.

❧Great paynes in the belye wyth much desire of meate.

Remedies. Capi. xxix.

TO kyl wormes giue vnto ye pacient fastyng clene milke to drynke .iii. or .iiii. dayes together the .v. daye giue him garlycke stāpt wyth warme venigr to drynke.

Make a plaster of the peache lea∣ues or leke blades wt veniger, bīd it to ye stomake of the paciēt & let hym syt in hys warme bed, the wormes

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wil not a byde the bitternes therof.

* 1.227The sede of Colewortes dronke, killeth al the wormes of the bely.

Smallage sede dronke, kylleth y wormes, & is myghty in operacion.

Ribwort stampt and bound to ye nauell as a plaster or dronke especi∣ally with Uineger,* 1.228 of his owne pro¦prty kylleth wormes.

Sethe the rindes of Pomgra∣nates, and the roote of an Ashe in wyne, and drinke the same wyne fa¦stynge, it sleeth the wormes wonder¦fully.

The ioyce of Basyll or Myntes, myngled with Goates mylke,* 1.229 kyl∣the wormes.

Yf the nauell be anoynted wyth bytter Almondes and the oyle of Peache kyrnels, it mightily distroy¦eth the wormes.

* 1.230The scrapynge of hartes horne dronke killeth wormes.

* 1.231Yf the fundament be deely anoin¦ted

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within and without, with milke and hony minglid together, or els if sylke beynge dypt therin be vsid as a suppositorye, the wormes wil des∣cend to the swet place incontinent.

If the wormes hurt the mouth of the stomake put honi combes in the mouth fastynge, they wil draw vn∣to the hony, & so voyed bi ye mouth, it hath ben proued.

Agarike gyuen fasting to the pa∣cyent killeth al the wormes.

Sumache dissoluid in water and dronke, is wonderful agaynst wor∣mes.* 1.232

Pursland sede in good quantitye, dronke, kylleth the wormes.

Acacia dronke in water of the decoctyon of Pomgranates, or sod n venyger kylleth them.

The decoctyon of grene myrhe dronke doth sleye the wormes mer∣uelouslye.* 1.233

Pyls made of Galbanum and

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sugereandy stampt together, & geuē to the pacient, do greatly helpe

Take of the ioyce of mynte, ryb¦wort, of orpyn, of singrene, of pach leaues, stronge vniger, and an oxs gaul, oyle of peachis, flours of Lu∣pines, smalage sede, of eche like quā¦titie, make an oyntment and anoint the nauel and there about and they shal al dye.

Leke seades kill the wormes, also radishe myxt with water and hony.

For the Hemorrhoydes.

The Causes.

¶ Much melancholyke bloud con¦teynyd in the lyuer.

The Sygnes.

The vaynes in the fundamente brekyng furth and bledynge.

❧Remedies. Capi. xxx.

* 1.234YArowe dronke restranyth the flux of the hemorrhoydes, and aswageth the payne of them ye

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flowe not, being dronke, or informe of a plaster.

Make a bath of mollē sod in wine vsyb in a plaster helith.

Item the leues of henbane, & Pur¦sland, the yolke of a rostyd egge, the pyth of bread, oyle of Roses, ming∣led together, and made in a plaster, apply them to the grefe, the same in contynent healeth.

If the hemorroydes flowe ouer muche, make a supposytory of Ce∣ruse alone, or of Ipoquistidos, or els myxt burnt lede, Ceruse, Ipo∣quistidos, & Acasia with pitch cal∣led Collofonia, and order thm as a suppository.

Agaynst the payne of hemorroydes make a plaster of ceruse, of burnte lede, the yolkes of rosted egges▪ oyle of roses, minglid together, put thr vnto Sumache it helith all the he∣morhoydes and al vlcers about ye fundament.

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Anyse sede brunt and layd vnto ye grefe wt hony, helith hemorrhoydes

The dust of rosty yron, or the sea∣les of yron mingled wyth the ioyce of Mollen, is very good.

* 1.235Dyp old sylke in the water of the decoctiō of Dill, and afterward dry it, and there wyth wype the he∣morrhoyde, and make a supposy∣tory of the same.

* 1.236A plaster of Rosemary leaues, helithe the hemorhoydes.

Comon clay restranyth the flux of the hemorrhoydes.

Ashes of egges shels that chy∣kyns were hatchid in, gyuen wyth whyte wyne fastyng, hele th hemor¦rhoydes incontinnt,

Agaynst the hemorrhoides being swllen & not runnyng, sethe hore∣hounde in water wine and salt put it in a close stoule, sit ouer the same to take the ayre therof vpward be∣inge hote, and lay ye herbe therto for

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a plaster.

If the hemorrhoydes be much hā¦ging and paynful,* 1.237 make a playster of lynnen coth and hard pitche, and vpon the plaster cast pouder of sma¦lage rote and mastycke, applye it to the gref it helpeth incontinent.

Myngle Antimonium wyth the ioyce of Mollen, wete sylke therin & aplye it to the hemeroydes, it hea∣leth the paynes therof.

The pouder of Agaricke menglid wt the ioyce of Sowbred & warme oyle, is bery good.

The heares of an hare made in pouder and caste vpon the Heme∣rhoydes doth incontinent restraine there bledyng.

The yolke of a rosted egge myxte wyth oyle of Rosys and layd to the grefe in forme of a plaster,* 1.238 healethe the payne of the hemeroydes.

¶Agaynst desyre to the stole wythout any sege.

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☞The Causes.

☞Aprykyng humor, or dry doūge in the smale guttes.

The Sygnes.

Great desire to the stole wythout a¦uoydyng of any thyng at all.

Remedies. Capi. xxxi.

* 1.239STampe rue first sodden, and vse it for a plaster, it hlethe vry well.

Sethe mollen and stampe it, and mke a fume therof, or vse the herbe for a plaster, it healeth also.

Aum gotō made of Teribenthine cast on the coles healeth.

Sethe the rynde of a pomegranat, and the rote of an ashe in swet wine and geue the same wine vnto ye pa∣cient to drynke, it is very good.

Take of whyte Frankēsence .ʒ i. of Ameos .ʒ i. of Opii. ʒ. & a halfe, of Safron .ʒ .x. myngle them wyth ho¦ny and make a suppository. for this is very good.

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Put Comyn, Anyse, dyl, and greke pytche vpon hote oles, and when it burneth let the pacient receyue ye smoke therof clo••••ly from beneth.

Dyp olde Sylke in the decoctyon of Dill, and afterward dry the silke let the pacient wype hys fundamēte ther wyth.

Afumigacion made of sarcocoll vpon hote Coles, haleth the paciēt of thys desease.

Annoynte th Raynes and al per∣tes downe warde to the ende of the backe bone wyth hony,* 1.240 and sprēkle theron pouder of Greke Pitch, and of towne cresses, & the sede of Peny¦ryall, Isope▪ and Organ, and let it be bownde wyth a towlar.

Peritory made in a plaster helyhe the hard sege and the swellyng of ye fundament.

Agaynst chynes and rupti∣ous in the fundament.

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☞ The Causes.

❧Sharpe humors, or goyng mu¦che in cold wynd.

The sygnes be euydent ynough.

Remedies. Cap. xxxii.

* 1.241A Prouyd medicine ggaynste Hemorroydes and attryci∣ous in the fundamēt, take of plan∣tayne .iii. handfulls of yarowe, and Fenel, whyte myntes of eche fouer handfulles, stampe them and presse out the ioyce therof, and put therto viii. graynes of Peper, & .vii. gray∣nes of masticke, & drynke it fasting renewe the dryncke as nede shalbe, tyll nyne dayes be past.

Sethe Cinksoyle in gotes mylke, and drinke it, iii. dayes, it is good if the fygge blede.

Myngle .ii. yolkes of Egges wyth oyle of Roses and whyte wyne▪ and distill it vpon the grefe throughe a quyll, it helpeth myghtyly and that

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incontinent, for it hath ben prouyd.

Comyn eaten maketh the hemor∣rhoydes to flowe.

Cast brymstone beaten into pou∣der vpon Coles, and incontynente apon the smoke let ther be cast in an herbe called Blinde nettle, and let the smoke therof be receyuyd vp∣warde closely, and do so thryse it ta∣keth away the grefe incontinet and so after it dryeth vp the hemorrhoy∣des it hath ben prouid, for I mi self haue tryed it.

Take and stampe the stalkes of Rue, and the freshe ordure of a mā. together, and blende them wyth the yolke of an egge and make aplaster it is very good.

Here vnto take Sage, rue, Fran∣kensence, Wax, oyle,* 1.242 and gotes mil¦ke mingle them together, and anoin¦te the place.

Marigoldes put to the fundamēt do lyghtly heale the figges and he∣morrhoydes.

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For the Hemorrhoydes that ap∣peare hangynge in the fundament, myngle the donge of a colte, frenche sope, the stalkes of mollen together, and put it into the fundament the thyrd day thou shalt fynde thy selfe hole thrby.

The pouder of mollen myxt with the ioyce of horehound, brketh the swelling hemorrhods of the same operation is the roote of hole worte plasterd wyth Organ.

¶Of the comynge furth of the fundament.

¶ The Causes.

❧Resolutyon or imbecillitie of ye muscles whych be about the funde∣ment not beynge able to drawe in ye gutte.

The sygnes be manyfest.

Remedies. Capi. xxxiii.

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HEeate aposcolicon agaynst ye fyre, and touche the fūdamēt ther wt, it shal go in agayne incōtinent, do this .iii, or .iiii. times as it shal com out, & afteward let ye paciēt bath him selfe in the water of Perytorye, and Fygge leaues, and Peare tre leaues, or only Peritory.

The leaues of Rosmary applyed informe of a plaster, take away the swellyng of the fundament.

Item make a fume of Grke pit∣che cast vpon the hote coles, it hathe ben prouyd.

Also cast vpon the fundment pou¦der of harts horne burn, t is good.

Thys is a suer experymnt aboue all make fumes closlye beneth with the warme ioyce of Garlike be∣ynge cleare,* 1.243 and afterwarde let it be sharpened wyth the pouder of a Harts horne burnte, and pi∣che burnte, wyth Fraknsence and masticke, it is veye good,

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not only for the goyng forth of the foundament, but also agaynst the goyng forth of the matrixe.

* 1.244Make a warme suppositorye of woll that is moyst & dipt in y ioyce of Lkes wythout the blades, and when it is colde heate it agayne, & when it is drye renewe it agayne .iii or .iiii. tymes, it is a sure remedy for those whose fūdamēt cometh forth, or els put the water of the decoetien of whyte frankensence alone into ye fundament.

¶ Of the oppilatyon of the lyuer.

¶ The Causes.

☞ In Apostem, or grosse humors therin conteyned.

The Sygnes.

❧ To be euell coloured in the face and great paynes in the right syde.

Remedies. Capi. xxxiiii.

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IF thou wilt open the stopping of the lyuer anoynt the place a¦gaynst the liuer wt thys oynt∣mēt, take comon oyle, butter, Gose grese, Hensgrease, and Hedghoges grese, and myngle thē together and let them be meltid, but first let them boile in a pot mingled wyth the sede of gromell and Saxfragge, of eche like muche, of Fenell, of Carowes, of sauery, of Calament Ana. ʒ. and a half of fenell rootes, Percely .ʒ i. straine these same and vse them, and after thou hast anoynted the place, apply therevnto a plaster of Wax, Pitche and butter lyke muche, then caste vpon the grefe thys pouder. Take of Sage dryed of Sauerye of Anyse, of Fenell, Gotes dounge, of al lyke much let thē be myngled & make a pouder therof, afterward gyue a litle quantyty of sene, and a garicke, wyth Uermilyon it is ve∣ry good agaynst the stoppyng of ye

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lyuer and healeth them that haue ye dropsye of a cold cause.

Suche alike drinke as this doth very well opn the stoppynges in the lyuer of a hote cause.

Take of Hartes tonge, of ryb∣wort, of Betonye, of Litarge & as muche water as shall sufice, let the same boyle therin suffycyentlye and strayne them, and let the straynyng therof be dronke earlye in the mor∣nynge wyth Endyue stampte, and myxt wyth oyle of Uyoletts, and Ueniger.

* 1.245Ribwort sod healith those yt haue the dropsye.

Of the Hydropsye.

¶ The Causes.

❧ Water conteynd betwyxt the bowels and thy thyne skynne that goeth about thē & cometh of it cold¦nesse in the lyueer.

¶ The Synes.

Swellynge in the bely euil co∣loure and lothynge of meate.

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Remedies. Cap. xxxv.

THe hidropsye y is ingēdred of a h••••e cause, when it is not much con¦fyrmyd is easly healid with ote ea∣tynge of endyue and drynkynge of the decoctyon of the same thys haue I prouyd.

A plaster made of both the plan∣taynes applied against ye liuer wt vi¦neger & barly meale is much worth among al hote thynges, & immode∣rate exercyse, also make anoyntmēt of ye oile of al sortes of sanders and Rosis & of ye sede of plantayne & let it vsid in such lyke electuaries. Ta¦ke of al sortes of sāders, Ana. ʒ i. & a halfe of vasyl, of cubbes ʒ i. of the fower cold sees which be melons, citrous, cucumer and goourdes of e¦che .ʒ i. & a half of endiue of purslā, Ana, a poūd let it be made with the Decoctyon of endyue▪ vse it euerye mornyng yf the substance of the li∣uer be not alredye, disolued wtou

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doubt it shal shortlye be cleane and helthful.

* 1.246Fill a pot almost ful to the brinke wyth the ioyce of plantayn, & binde a bout the potte a lynen cloth & vpō the cloth put ashes, and let it sethe so vpon the fyer vnto the half, and gyue therof euery morning to those that be sycke in the splene, and thar are infectyd wyth the dropsy it is a pryncypall remedye.

* 1.247Gotes bloude heate on the fyer, & geuē to drynke, doth perfectly heale those which haue the dropsy.

* 1.248Wyne of the decoctyon of wylde cucūmer rote, quyckly healeth those who haue the dropsye ingendryd in them of a cold cause.

* 1.249Mingle of the pouder of oxe doūge vi℥. of brāke vrsyn, ℥ iiii. thre rawe egges, apoūd of brimstone & make a plaster therof and wyth the same plaster, thou shal hele those that be sicke of the gout, of the dropsye and

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of suche lyke.

Giue vnto hym that is diseased wyth the dropsie the ioyce of briony wyth honye,* 1.250 it shal heale hym with∣out daunger.

Water of the decoction of ye sayd bryony helith the dropsye.

The rote of an Elder sod & dronke giuith perfit remedy vnto ye dropsi.* 1.251

Wyne of the decoctyon of cucu∣mers rote beinge dronke,* 1.252 purgeth ye swellynge from those that haue the dropsye.

Mustard sede dronke, or the wine of the decoctyon therof, doth lyght∣ly heale the dropsye by dryuyng vp the humour and takynge away the heate of the lyuer.

The kernels of Peares ••••ampt and dronke with hony, taketh away the grefe of the liuer,

Water or wyne of the decoctyon of walwort yf it be dronke is a present remedy for those yt haue the dropsy.

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Wyne that Isope hath sodden in being dronke, burneth ye hydropical humors so that it can not ingender agayne.

Water of the decoctyon of staues∣agre beyng dronke, doth greatly he¦le the dropsy it hath ben prouyd.

* 1.253Goates pss healeth the dropsy.

If those that haue the dropsye be anoynted wyth comon dur that is found in the carte wayes or vpon ye cartes they shalbe hole.

* 1.254A certayne man healed the colde dropsye by gyuyng euery morning a sponefull of a blacke goates pisse or of a blacke shepe in the water of the decoctyon of spicknard.

Amans owne vrine being dronke is very good.

* 1.255The fat of a Delphyn meltid & dronke wyth wyne, healeth the syck man of the dropsy.

* 1.256The pouder of the stone magnes dronke wt milke, resolueth ye dropsy

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Hares pisse dronke healyth ye drop¦sye▪ for if the pacient drynk .ii. spone fulles therof,* 1.257 it wyll perfitlye heale hym.

For them that be splenetike

¶ The Causes.

☞ Great abundance of bloud or choler in the splene.

The Sygnes.

¶ Swellyng and great paynes in the lyft syde.

Remedies. Capi. xxxvi

WYne wherin the rynde of Ashe hath ben sodden drōke fasting is a most certayne remedy for those which be sicke in the splene as saith Cōstātine & after the vse herof,* 1.258 thre days space vse to anoint ye splene wt dialtea and oyle of Bayes the space of .vii. dayes, and after make a pla∣ster of Goates dounge baked wyth stronge veniger, and let it be often renewyd tyl the pacyent be hole.

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Hartes tonge dronke wyth wyn xxx. days doh dry vp the splene & dymyshth i.* 1.259

Wyne of the decoctyon of the rinde of a willowe tre, mollifyeth the swel¦lynge and hardenes of the splene.

* 1.260Egrymoyne taken wyth meate, wastyth the splene.

* 1.261The leaues of a willow tree stampt wyth a lytle salte▪ and applyed vn∣to the splene, appease the ache and grefe therof.

* 1.262Stmpe uye leues sod in vine¦ger and make a plaster, for it was∣tth he splene.

* 1.263The rinde of a Sallow tree sod wyth water and hoy, and geuen to the pacient to drinke, loseth and mo¦lyfieth the spene.

* 1.264Sehe the rote of an elder in wa∣ter vnto the thyrde parte therof, it wonderfully helpith the splene.

* 1.265The roote of docke sod in stronge vineger, & stampt, and applied vn∣to

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the Splene informe of a plaster, doth vtterly take away the swellīg of the splene.

The leaues of docke,* 1.266 sod in Ueni∣ger and plasteryd vpon the splene, lose the swellynge therof.

A plaster of Goats dounge min∣gled wyth the pouder of horehound leaues, and Rue, and Elder,* 1.267 and ye ashes of the stalke of a Uyne, wyth wine, and a litle veniger, is of great efficacie to dissolue the hardnes of the splene.

The pouder of a Foxe dried vpon the hote coles,* 1.268 if it be giuē in drinke doth vtterly wast the splene.

Sethe the twigges of a Wylowe in water. and gyue the same water vnto the pacient to drinke, it vtterli consumyth the splene.

Goates dounge losith the stop∣pynges and al hardenes of ye splene or of the stone.* 1.269

Peniryall sod wyth salte, and ap¦plyed

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to the grefe, losyth yl humors of the splene and takith awaye the swllynge.

Coral stampt and dronke wt wa∣ter, dryeth vp the splene.

Rawe Colewortes eaten with ve∣nyger, is a helpe for the splene.

Against the stopping of the splene the rote of hartes tōge is very good made to pouder,* 1.270 and put in wyne, & at the wane of the moone the sayde wyne is to be geuen to the pacyente to drinke.

* 1.271Grasse sod and bound to the grefe bryngeth great helpe to the splene.

The leaues of Tamariscus sod in veniger, and stampt, applyed vnto the splene, are very good.

Take a drye coutord, the ioyce of a nettle, oyle of egges and of brim∣stone make a plaster therof, it is ve∣ry good for those that be diseasid wt the payne in the splene, the fallynge Euyll, and dropsie, for it is a preci∣ous

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medycyne.

Binde the splene of a dogge to the splene of the pacient, & it shall heale hym.

¶ For the yelow iaundes.

☞ The Causes.

☞ An opilacion in the gaull or spleue, wyth great heate in the liuer or debylitie of attraction in ye milte.

¶ The Sygnes·

❧Wnne and yelow coloure of the skynne and white of the eyes wt sume grefe in the splene or lyuer.

Remedies. Capi. xxxvii

THys is a good experiment,* 1.272 to heale the Iaundys, take of ye scrapynge, of Iuory of the ioy¦ce of Lyuerworte, of Saffron, as muche as shal seme to be sufficient, of Frenche Sope to the quantitye of a Chesse Nutte, and bynd them all in the Corner of a Clothe,

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and swynge them vp and downe in the water tyl the vertue of al ye sayd thynges be in the waer, and geue ye same to the pacyent to drynke, thys is wonderful good.

The vryne of the pacient dronke wyth the ioyce of Horehounde hea∣lith the Iaundis.

The scrapyng of Iuory wyth the water wherin it was washed, dothe myghtyly heale.

A certayne old woman healyd mē which were almost full of the drop∣sye, with the ioyce of planten soddē to half, it myght also be made in a syrope.

Make a bathe of the water of the decoctyon of Gladyn,* 1.273 and of ye rote of Cilanim, or stampe them & dron¦ke it with water, it hleth the Iaun∣dis, yf the Pores be open that the pacient may swete, for in the swete yu shalt perceyue choler to procede.

Saffron dissoluid in water and

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dronk, healith incontinent.

The ioice of Camomil geuē to drīk vnto the pacient dyseayd wyth the Iaundis or feuer, with warme wa∣ter is a present remedie.

The ioyce of morell dronke is a helpe therfore.

Water of the decoctiō of mouseare or wyne healith incontynent.

The donge of wild goates bet to poudere, and dronke .iii. dayes,* 1.274 hea∣lith those that haue the Iaundys.

¶Of the stone in the ray∣nes or bladder.

¶ The Causes.

❧Greate heate, ryeng vp grosse and putrified humors conteyned in eythr of them.

¶The Sygnes.

¶Grauel in the vryne wyth great paynes in the dyseasyd place.

❧Remedies. Capi. xxxviii.

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TAke of Cloues, of Iua non mukata, of bttels, of Ga∣lingale, of dryed grasshoppers, of Gromel, of longe Peper, of saxfrag of the ashes of a scorpyon, of gotes bloud dryed, of ye stones of a man, of eche, ʒ ii. make pouder therof, & geue it the secke (beynge in a bathe made of the decoctyon of Bochers brome Sperage, Smallage, Fe∣nell) with white wyne, wherin great Galingal, and Englyshe Galanga¦le, and the rote of Radyshe haue bē sodden, this is wonderfull good.

Item take Goates bloud, the a∣shes of a Scorpyon, the pouder of Grashoppers, of Spodium, of spik¦nard, of the bloud and heares of an hare, of Galingale, Dragōs bloud, of Gromell, make pouder therof, & myngle it wyth Syrope of gromel, and Saxfrage, and gyue it to the pacient in the mornyng that he may slepe vppon it, it helpith very much

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Seth all those symples yt breakē the stone, put them to gether in a go¦rde that is olde, and stopt it incon∣tinent wyth the pacientes yarde, so the hole ayer therof may entre throu¦ghe the hole of ye yarde, and let hym vse the same ofte times a good whi∣le, after the same maner, for it bre∣kith the stone, enlargeth the wayes loseth the humors of the bladr, and consumith, dryeth and also expellith the stone inespecially yf many flees called cimyces be sodden, afterward make a plastere o the dregges, and applye it to the yarde and to ye bone aboue the yarde.

Item put the Pouder of the Wormes called Cimices,* 1.275 in the con¦dute of the yarde, they performe a synguler remedy.

Item yf the yarde be anoyntid ouer wyth Foxe bloude,* 1.276 the stone wyll breake incontynent, for put

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a stone into the bloud of a Fox, & it wyll breke in thre dayes.

Item .ix. Iuy bertes gyuen wyth warme wyne to drinke, purgth the stone & prouokith vryne myghtily.

Burne hares bloud and the hole skinne of an hare, in a newe pot wel closyd, and of the same ashes giue ye pacient a sponefull in warme wyne in a bath, and fastynge, it brekith & driueth out the stone.

Item the stone of a man, giuen in drinke vnto the pacient fasting, bre¦keth the stone and bryngeth it oute myghtily wyth hys vrine.

Before al thynges the pacient must be purged, and nourished with such thinges as open the pips and vay¦nes, and clense slimy humors, or els al the medicines that shalbe geuen wil litle auayle hym.

In the head of a great Tode ther is a stone, which stone being stāpt, and geuen to the pacyent to drinke

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in warme wyne, maketh him to pise the stone out incontinent, but if the stone be to harde and to great, take the pouder of Snayles for it is a good experiment.

Womas flowes dried and beatē to pouder and giuen to drynke, bre∣keth the stone more then ought els.

Take a good deale of mugworte, stampe it and wrynge out the ioyce therof, drynke a good draught ther¦of euery day to the quantite of half a cupful, it breaketh the stone woū∣derfully, and causeth the grauell to ysse forth, it hath ben prouyd.

Item yf the stone wil be droken by no meanes,* 1.277 put in a spoute of brasse softely throughe the hole of ye yarde tyl it touche the stone, then punch it tyl thou torne the stone out of hys place, and it be setlyd in some other place of the bladder, there it may re∣mayne forty yeres wtout daunger.

The gume of Cheryes doth migh¦tyly* 1.278

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breke ye stone & lose the grauil.

* 1.279Item the herbe and rote of seaol∣me sodden and dronke with wyne & Honye, earlye in the bed, helyth the stone yf it be vsyd syxtene dayes.

* 1.280Stampe goates bloud thy ly∣uer, ye lyghtes, raynes, yard bowels & stones altogether. make a puddīg therof in the great gut of the same goate sethe it and giue it to the pa∣cient to eate, and thou shalt se won∣derfull operacyon therby, in taking away the stone.

* 1.281Betony giuen to the pacient to drīk wyth wyne▪ hony and peper▪ myng∣led to gether, taketh awaye ye payne of the raynes, and expelleth ye stone out of the raynes and blader.

* 1.282If thou doubte whether the stone be in the blader, make a plaster of ye herbe that is called checkwede sod in water and boōd to ye yard and to the bone aboue the yarde and yf the grefe encrease it is in the bladder, yf 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

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it do not encrease it is not ther but in the the raynes.

The gume of a damasyn tree bre∣keth the stone,* 1.283 and causeth it to issue

The rynde and beryes of a baye tree dronke, brekyth the stone.

Goates pysse dronke expellith and breakyth the stone.

Ameos or in the sted therof the sed of charuyll,* 1.284 losith the difficultye of makyng water and dryueth forth ye stone broken.

Item the ashes of grashoppers giuen wyth the syrupe of spiknard.* 1.285 is of wonderful operacyon.

Sethe seuen heades of garlyke in water a good while,* 1.286 and giue the same water vnto ye pacyent .iii. day¦es, it a prouyd medicene agaynste y stone.

Take .ii. or .iii. yonge leuerettes, drowne thē in vineger, that they dye there, and afterward boyle them in a pot well closyd wythoute anye

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thynge els, and gyue the ashes ther∣of to hym that hath the stone, it bre∣keth the stone.

Goats bloud, and Gose bloud, myngled wyth veniger, and sod to∣gether wyth a slowe fyer, doth mol∣lyfye the stone.

* 1.287The leaues of Enula, Campana, sod in wine and vsid for a plaster, is a great helpe to them that be fran∣tye throughe the paine of the stone

* 1.288Item Englishe galingale stampt and sod wt oyle, & plasteryd warme vpon the bone aboue the yarde, pro¦uoketh vrine wythout doubt.

Fox bloud fresh dronke brekith the stone, for it is knowen that yf a stone be put into it, it wyl breke.

The pouder of a hare burnt quicke in a new pot, and ye pouder of a har¦tes horne yf it be taken, is greatly to be cōmendyd, for it breketh ye stone.

A Foxe eaten, and the suet therof anoyntyd on the pacyent is a great

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helpe.

A special remedy after Auicen,* 1.289 is a wagrayle.

Make pouder of grasse Hoppers takyng awaye the fte head & wyn∣ges myngle it wyth Gillofloures,* 1.290 and Sixfrag made also in pouder.

The stone of a man the stone in a sponge, the stone that is found in ye bladder of a hogge be very good.

Oyle wherin Betels and Paper∣wormes be sodden, anoyntid or put into the holownes of the yarde with a spout is very good.

Stampe the rotes of Olyue,* 1.291 co∣min, and Chibols, thē seh them in oyle▪ and applye them hote vpon y share, it moueth him to pysse incon∣tinent.

Stampe Peritorye▪ and apply it warme vnto the same place,* 1.292 it is of wonderful effect.

The bloud of an old Gote made to pouder, and myxt wyth ye decoc∣tyon

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of spiknard and cinamon, and dry grosshoppers beton to pouder, and giuen to drynke causeth the sto¦ne to gushe out wonderfully.

The feete of a Cocke giuen to the paciēt to eate, at very good but not the rest of the fleshe,

To cause the stone to breke and issewe forth, make ten or more tou∣les of Radyshes rotes, put them in white wine al a hole night in ye mor¦nynge drynke the wine fasting, vse it euerye daye tyll the stone go from the.

* 1.293The raynes doung, bloud, ashes & heares of an hare breke the stone.

❧ Of the Strangury.

¶ The Causes.

☞Ulcers in the blader or an A∣postem in the lyuer or reynes, why∣che causeth the vryne to be sharpe & prickyng.

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The Sygnes.

¶The vrine euer dropping at the yarde wyth great desyre to pysse.

Remedies. Cap. xxxix.

OXe dounge myxt wyth honie,* 1.294 and wame applied to ye bone aboue the yard, is very good.

Item .iii. flyes callyd cantharydes (there heades and wynges taken a∣way) myxt wyth goates mylke, and dronke, do lose the stranguryon.

Paper wormes stampt wyth oyle, and wyth the fot of a hedghogge a∣noynt the yard and the place there a¦boute therewythall, it prouoketh v∣ryne myghtily.

Water of the decoctyon of galin∣gale prouoketh the vryne.

Make a plaster of hensgrese gose grese, and the grease of a hedghoge of the sead of gromell, & Saxfrage and goates blud.

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Applye Galbanum vpon the bel∣ly vnder the nauyl, it causeth the pa¦cient to make vryne incontinent.

Pyls made of Rye mele, and ap∣plyed vpon the yard (it being anoin¦ted wyth vnguentum, Populeon) helyth lyghtly.

* 1.295Ther is nothyng that prouokithe vrine more mightly then a radyshe rote.

Item the rote of a Docke sod with wyne and oyle and plasterid aboue the yard, prouoketh vryne in great quantytye.

The pouder of the beryes of brio∣ny doth greatly heale ye strāgurion.

The rind of a Hasl nut tree or the leaues helpe greatly the strāgurion* 1.296

* 1.297The leaues of Plantayn whyche growe nere the rote, beynge dronke healith al difficultys of the blader.

Radyshe rote sd in whyt wyne and a litle pouder made of hares he¦res mynglid therto, causith ye paciēt

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to make water incōtinēt it hath ben prouyd.

Warme egges applyed aboue the yard, heale the grete of blader and raynes wonderful.

Item Filbertes stāpt and drōke wyth water or wyne heale the pay∣nes of the blader and raynes.

¶Of vlcers or pustules in the yarde.

The Causes

☞Sharpe and bytter humors.

❧ The sygnes be manyfest.

Remedies. Capi. xl.

WAshe thy yard often wyth win of the decoctyon of sage.* 1.298

The ashes of a drye gourd he∣lith quickly the rotten vlcers of the yarde.* 1.299

Item a fomentacion made wyth wine of the decoctyon of olyue lea∣ues, is very good.

If it be swellen about the yearde, take dry figges and flouer of whte* 1.300

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myngle it wyth oyle, and applye it to the yarde.

The ioyce of planten sodden and put into the holownes of the yarde, healeth the vlcers therof.

* 1.301Litarge dissoluid wyth oyle of ro¦sys, is very good.

* 1.302Sethe the mylke of an Asse, or of a gote, wyth the ioyce of plantyn it healeth if it be dronke, the vlcers of the raynes bladar and yard. Isac spekyth only of the very mylke.

Of them that cannot holde ther water.

¶The Causes.

The weaknesse of the retractiō and great strengthe of attractyon in the reynes.

The Sygnes.

Great thurst, and inuoluntarye makyng of water.

Remedies. Capi. xli.

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AGaynst this dysease gyue y pacient the blader of a gote or of a black shepe,* 1.303 or els of a Bull made to pouder, giue it hym to drīk wt vyneger & water when he goeth to bed.

Giue hym for .iii. dayes at the wa¦ne of the moone,* 1.304 ye blader of a fresh water fyshe.

The brayne of an hare giuen in wyne to drinke, causeth the pacyent to with hold his vryne.

Filberdes rostyd are holesome a∣gaynst the distillacion of vrine.

Stampe to pouder a drye blader of a sowe Pygge,* 1.305 giue it in drinke for it is very god and holesome.

Item gallingale withholdeth the flowing of the vryne,* 1.306 ingenderyd of the coldnes of the reines and blader

Itē the blader of a bore rostyd,* 1.307 re∣straynyth ye incōtinency of ye vrine. The ligthes of a Kid eaten & boūde vnder the nauyll wyth holdyth the

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distillacion of the vryne.

¶ Of inflatyon and swellinge of the codds.

¶The Causes.

Abundance of hote or cold hu∣mors falling to the coddes.

¶The Sygnes.

Great inflatyon and swellyng in the coddes.

Remedies. Capi xlii.

* 1.308IF the coddes be swollen, take bene flouer and temper it with the ioyce of walworte, and co∣mon oyle bind it vnto the coddes i loseth the swellyng therof inconty∣nent.

Of the same operacion ar the ioy∣ces of Elder and walwort.

Goates dounge dissoluid wt wine takth away al the swellyng of the Coddes.* 1.309

The seed and leaues of Henbane stampt* 1.310 & bound to the coddes take

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away the payne and swellynge thee of. This cure is wrought manye wayes, fyrst let the plac and funda¦ment be mollifid wyth dcoctyon of Margeram, and aftrwarde the thynges mencioned before myxte to¦gether and made in a plaster, suppli the same tyl he be hole of ye swelling Another forme of plaster is this, ta∣ke of Marciaton, waxe, pitche, ship rosen, and Terebentine, of Frankē¦sence, Mastycke, Dragons bloud, bole Amonike new, of eche like quā¦titi: aftr that let hym vse suche a lyke syrupe as this folowynge .xx. or .xl. dayes.

Take o veruen, Styche wore, Calament, wyld Margram, Plā∣tayne, Starewort, Scbose, & of the rote of restharowe, let thē boyle well togther, afterward ake Frā∣kensence, Dragons bloud bole Ac∣mynyke, Fenegreke, of mastycke, of che lyke much stampe them and

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blend them wyth whytes of egges, and put therinto a good quantitie of the foresayd decoction, and giue it vnto the pacient early and late, so shal he be healid.

Coluer dounge, dogges turdes, Gotes doūge wyth the ioyce of wal¦worte and common oyle, is muche worthe.

Of the inflatyon of the yarde.

The Causes.

Uaporouse wynde therin con∣teyned or ye arterys being very opē.

The Sygnes.

Swellynge and paynes in the yarde.

Remedies. Capi. xliii.

* 1.311IF the yard do swell, and be gre∣uously payned, mingle Waxe & oyl and ye ioyce of purslande toge∣there, and applye it vnto the yarde it is a prouyd remedy.

Put Betony sod in wyne vnto the yarde.

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Barly branne sod in wyne & ho∣ny, and bound vnto the yarde as a plaster taketh awaye the ache and swellyng therof.

Olyue leaues stampt wyth hony helyth the Cancer in the yard or els where, also let the place be washed wyth warme vineger and dryed wt a lynen cloth, sprynkle theron pou∣of gaules, do thys thryse a day and it shall heale it perfitlye in shorte space.

Item the ioyce of water lentyls anoyntyd vpon the yarde,* 1.312 healythe the yard, Cods, stones, and taynes and raynes, and suppressith ye fleshe¦ly lust.

The ioyce of lenttyls layd vpon ye ranker of the yard killeth the same.

❧Agaynst great desyre to fleshly lust.

☞The Causes.

¶Use of hote meates and such as do encrease much seed.

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❧The sygnes nede not to be de∣claryd.

❧Remedies. Capi. xliiii.

* 1.313HEmlockes bound to a mans stones, take vtterly away all desyre of copulacion.

If Opium, Henbane sede, & mā∣drage be mynglid wyth wax & oyle, in the whyche they haue soden, and the members therwith be anoynted and a plaster therof beyng made, & bound vnto the coddes, it taketh a∣waye the desyer of copulacion.

Anoynte oftentymes the mem∣bres, with the ioyce of Nyght shade Singrene, and vyneger.

Al men and inespecially Diosco∣rides sayeth that Pper, Rue, Tut∣sayne, Calamint, Castoreum, waste the sde of generacyon, (by driuing it vp) of there popretie and stronge heate.

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Item let the yarde be anoyntyd wt oyle,* 1.314 wherin Camfore hath ben re∣solued, and he shall haue no feruent desyre to it.

I a man eate the flowers of a sal∣low or wyllowe tree, or of a Poplet tree, they wyl make cold al the heate of carnall lust in hym.

Bene flouer made in forme of a plaster and bound vnto the pryuye members of a boy,* 1.315 quenchith al con¦cupiscence and sufferth not heares to growe ther.

Lettys sede dryethe vp the seede, & quenchith the desyer of copulacon.* 1.316 Anonte the priuie members wyth he ioyce of Hēbane, and the carnal concupiscence shalbe quenchid ther¦by.

¶Agaynst an aposlem or harde swellynge in ye matrix.

¶ The Causes.

¶Wythholdyng of the floures, or paynes in child byrth, or of an olde

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vlcer or in flamacyon.

The Sygnes.

¶ Sodayne losyng of strengthe, paynes in the head and necke, hard¦nesse and grefe aboutes the share, wt wyth holdyng of vryne.

Remedies. Cap. xlv.

THe rote of lilly sodden wyth comon oyle molletieth hard¦nis of the matryx and openithe the same.* 1.317

A fomtatiō of ye water wherin mal¦lowes or holi hoke haue ben sodden in, taketh away the hardenes of the matryx and openith the mouth ther¦of. Mingle gose grese wyth ye ioyce of lekes and anoint the necke of the matrix, it vnbīdeth the same drawē together after ye issuing of ye flouers

Item cokle, myrhe, white frankē∣cence▪ & safron▪ let them all sethe to∣gethere in wyne or water, and yf a woman be anoynted ther wt it ope∣nyth

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the narrones of ye matrix, and maketh hyr apt to conceptyon.

The rote of walwote soden,* 1.318 and a fomentatyon made therof, helpith all the hardenes and clausures of y matrix.

☞To prouoke the floures.

¶The Causes.

❧ Oppilatyons in the matrix, a∣bundance of grosse bloud, or after greate euacuation, or fatnesse in the wombe.

¶The Sygnes.

☞Paynes in the lower partes of the belye, desire to slepe in the same, the intemperance of all the bodye, wytholdyng of water lacke of dys∣gestyon and no desire to meate.

Remedies. Capi. xlvi.

THe wine wherin wylde marge∣ram hath ben sod in, dothe prouoke

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the flouers, lykewyse the herbe layd to the matrix in a plaster, or y suffu¦mygacion of the same.

A supposytory or pessarie of coton dypt in Citbyntyne, doth clense the matrice.

The dregges of oyle put into the matri doth clense the same, & bring furth a deade chylde.

The roe of madder made in a pessary hath no lsse strēgthe. Wine of the decoction of Calaminte or pu¦lyoll dronke▪ doth quickly prouoke the flouers, but mugwort is much better for the same purpose.

The rote of a Lilye rostid vnder th Embres and stampt wyth oyle, beynge layd to th matrix doth won̄¦derfullye open the same, so doth the sede therof & also bing furth a dead chyld wyth out pryl.

Purflane doth vttrly dissolue all swellinges in th matrix whether it e dronke emplasterd or the place

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be washyd wyth ye decoction ther of

Sethe sage and dinke it, eyther stampe it and lay to the matrix, for both ways it prouoketh the flouers and after burthens.

Holworte dronke and layd to the matrix clensyth the matrix and ta∣keth away the after burthens after chyld byrthe, neuerthelesse it is cory¦siue and therfore perilouse.

The flouer of nigella, Romana, put to the marx wyth hony, dra∣weth out al contnts wyth greate vyolence, wherfore it is perelouse.

Let the roote of gadyt, be made lyke a pessarie and anoynt the same wyth oyle debay or common ole, thē cast theron pouder of walwort and put it into the matrix all a night tyl it prouoke it to blede.

It is very good to make a bath of such herbes as do prouoke the flou¦res and to washe the membres ther wyth, and to receyue the fume ther∣of

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standyng ouer a close stole, suche herbes be those.

Wylde margeram, clamint, saue¦ry, Mynte, Mugwort, Cynamon, Cardamomum .ʒ i. Galingale, Cap¦pares, the rinds of Cassia fistula, et Cassia liguea, fenell sede, sage, puly¦oll, afterward make a pessary or sup¦pository of blacke helebor, nigella, Romana Scamonie, wrappid in a lynin cloth, put that into the matrix & wtout doubt it wyll prouoke the floures wonderfully.

A pessary of cotton dypt in oyle wherin coloquintida hat ben soddē is very effectuouse.

The floures longe stoppid are brought furthe wyth a bathe of the decoction of ye herbe called bawme.

A pessary of lynen cloth ful of sod garlike heades stampyd with oyle, is very good.

Also one Cloue of pillid garlyke put into ye matrix doth open ye same

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Bitter Almōdes blaūchid & stāpid put to the matrix like a pessari or o∣ther wyse, do drawe forth al fylthe & corrupt humors conteyned in ye ma¦trix or els where.

Cinamon (hauyng greate vertue to prouoke vrne) doth clense the af¦ter burthēs of a womā, and yt much better if it be mynglyd wyth myrte. Chickwed rosted vnder the embres and stampid & layde to the matryx, prouoketh the floures.

Ther is no medicine lyke vnto oyle of lyllyes, yf the membres be anoin¦tyd therwyth, it helythe all dyseases of the matrix.

Pouder of scamony cast vppon a pessary of the rote of malowe dothe bringe forth the flouers, thys haue I prouyd.

A bathe made of the decoctyon of Maydē heare and reynworte dothe wounderfullye purge the matryx.

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Mugworte stampid and put to y nauyll or the ioyce therof mynglid wyth myrre and made in a pssarye doth prouoke the floures.

Sauery dronke or emplaysterid to the matrix doth cast out a deade chylde.

A pessarye made of Galbanum doth myghtily prouoke floures.

To stoppe the flours

¶ The Causes

The vaynes broken or openyd, erosyons in the matrix or losinge of a chylde.

¶ The Sygnes.

Change of colour, swellyng in the feet and lacke of appetyte.

Remedies. Capi. xlvii.

YF the Floures wil not cease in ther natural tyme, make a pes∣sarie of goates doūge, and the ioyce of shepherds purse or ribwort or Plātayne, and put it into the ma¦trix.

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Yarowe stampid wyth the water of the decoctyon of ypoquistidos, & the flouers of pomgranate, stoppeth wonderfulli.

Make abath of these herbes Plā¦tayne, Shepherds purse, wild Ta∣sill, and the middel rind of an Oke, and afterward vse this pessary. Ta¦ke the pouder of a hartes horne, I∣poquistidos, Acacia, bole armenia∣ke, newe plaster, waxe, Talowe of a Gote, and of ye whyche remaynethe make a plaster to the raynes & share and it stoppeth Floures on warrin∣sise. Lykewyse make a bathe of the rinde of an Oke, quicken beres or seruice, and plaster, thys is of great efficacy.

As many graynes as a womā doth drinke of Coryander sede, so manye dayes shal the Floures be stoppid.

Apessary or pouder of ceruse or white lead minglid wyth pouder of smallage, doth meruelousli stop the

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Floures.

The ioyce of Lekes stoppeth both the floures and after burthen,

Corall dronke stoppeth the floures, so dothe the ashes of brent acornes cast into the matrix drye and heale al fylthy and nociue hummours.

Acatia made in a pessarye is very good for the same, lykewyse agreat ventose layd to the papes and kept a hole houre.

Rybwort dronke or made in a pes∣sary stoppithe al flux of matrix and there is no medicine comparable vn¦to thys.

The sede or rote of water lylly hath a peculiar vertue.

The water founde in an holowe Oke is god wyth Rayne water for the same rso is water of Pulyol dronke.

A decoctyon of Akorne shales doth meuelously inclose the matrix, and so doth a pessary of morell.

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Sanct Iohns herbe dronke, doth stoppe vtterlye both whyt and Red flux Cynabarys of some men callid dragons bloud hath a maruelouse strengthe to stop the matrix.

¶For the moder.

☞ The Causes.

❧ Muche a bundance of humors wt stopping of the floures, or the cō¦tencyon and putrefaction of sede in the matrix, or great cold in the tyme of the floures.

The Sygnes.

Sadnesse, pal colour sluggish∣nesse, weaknsse in the legges, and in the fytte, desyer to slepe, dotage, losynge of all the senses and voyce, wyth crampes in the leggs.

Remedies. Capi. xlviii.

IF a woman be greuid with the moder▪ stāpe netle leaues & put thē to ye matrix, and let hyr also

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drinke parsnepsede with wyne for it is very good and losith the suffoca∣tions and clenseth the sede contenid in the matrix.

A pessary of oyle of bitter almon∣des, doth asswage the grefe vtterly.

This is a principal medicine, let the woman smell to enphorbiū that she may nese or blowe it to hyr nos∣thrilles then shal she drinke Casto∣reum cloues and assofetida.

Also louage, Isope, wormewode & Ferne leaues, sod and made in a plaster and layde from the nauyl to the share doo wounderfullye helpe the moder.

Sethe wormewod and Ferne or ether by it self and stampe them for a plaster therof doth breke the pay∣nes of the moder.

A lynen cloth sod in the lye of the ashes of colewortes doth take awai the ventositie of the matrix.

Triakle cloues and garlicke dys∣soluyd

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in stronge hote wyne, is pre∣sent medicine for the Moder, thys haue I prouyd.

Lykewyse dothe a great ventose wyth much fyre vpon the share: al∣so let hyr receyue stynkyng and fil∣thy sauoures at hyr mouth & a suf∣fumigacion or diuerse swete and o∣doriserous thynges beneth.

Rue sod and stamped in oyle with hens grese and gose grese hote layd betwyxte the nauyl and the share, is an excellent medycyne.

Nettle sede dronke in wyne dothe a swage all paynes in the matrix, & take awaye the ventositi therof.

A suffumigacion of myrhe doth o∣pen the Matrix beinge inclosyd: so dothe the fume of Terebentine recei¦uid by the mouth.

Make a pessary of minte, calamint Sauery, hilwort and muske wyth castoreum put this into the matrix, and let hyr smel assafetida, and rue

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thys haue I prouyd to be wounder¦full god.

Also Rue sod in water and put in∣to the matrix asswagith the paynes euen so doth the suffumygacyon of galbanum.

Rayne water minglyd wyth strōge vineger and spoutd into the nose∣thrilles doth soddenly dryue doune the moder, and like vertue haue .xv graynes of Peonye dronke wyth wyne.

¶To helpe conceptyon.

The Causes.

❧ Immoderate heat or coldnesse in matrix or much fatness, with di∣uerse other.

The sygnes be playne.

Remedies. Capi. xlix.

THe suffumigacion of cocle & frankensēce is very good therfore. An implayster of laudanū layd to the matrix or the same sufu∣mygated doth dispose the matri to

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conceyue yf the let come of cold.

A pessary or suffmigacion of nep doth drye and heale the moyste and cold matrix, but chefly a pessari ma∣de of Theodoricō & scammony and put into ye matrix: after the natural stoppyng of the floures yf she vse ye company of a mā it wil make a bar¦rā woman conceyue.

Herbe Bawme suffumygatyd doh wounderfully comfort the matrix.

Let a woman eate the matix or Rennet of an Hare and she shall conceyue.

This is a present medicine take y dounge of an Hare and the Rennet therof and mingle them with hony, and afterwarde make pouder ter∣of and let the woman drinke ye same thre dayes and thre nigthes wyth ye shauynges of Iuory, and wythot doubt she shall conceue.

The pouder of the stones of a bore made in pouder & dronk doth mar¦uelously

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helpe conception, lykewyse doth a bathe made of the decoctyon of rosemary, and of more efficaci is garlyke sod in oyle of Roses & woll made in a pessary, thys is a presente medicine.

If a woman do vse to anoynt her members wyth thys oyle she shall conceyue without fayle, take of da∣tes a pound, of Fistikes a poūde, of Nutmigges, and Cinamoum Ana ʒ i. of longe Peper, of nuttes of E∣gypt ana ʒ i. of gaules .ʒ ii, of Gyn¦ger .ʒ i. of Suger a pounde & min∣gle thē with hony and make anoint¦ment therof.

Also let an egge shell be filled wt .ʒ i of greke pitche .ʒ ii. of Castoreum & binde it vpon the nauill for it is ve¦ry good, so is the suffumigacion of Aloes.

Here foloweth a pessary of greate vertue and efficacie for y after bur∣thens and al paines in the matrix, &

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besyde thys doth meruelously helpe cōceptyon, take ye braynes of a hart or calfe of grene Ysope, & butter of gotes mylke or cowes milke almon¦des, storax claryfyed hony of euery of them .ʒ i. of oyle of spike .ʒ.ii. then stampe those whyche be to be stam∣pid and melt the rest afterward min¦gle them together and wt wol make a pessarye therof and if the woman vse it thre dayes and ther vpon vse the company of man althoughe she hath ben barraine of longe time yet she shal conceiue.

Also thys hath ben often prouid veri good for the purpose take com¦fery, the rynde Pomgranattes, the skynne of a medler, the rynd of an ¦ke the leaues of swete breare ana. ʒ i of nut curneles cloues and nutmig¦ges ana. ʒ i. make pouder of al these and of the same wyth rose water ma¦ke litle balles and drye them in the shadowe, and when you be dyspo∣syd

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to vse them dissoluyd one in rose water and wyth the same bath the matrix, and you shall conceyue wt¦out doubte.

¶Of the swellyng in the pappes.

¶ The Causes.

☞Much abundāce of hote bloud, or the milke therin cōteyned waxed hard lyke to chese.

The Sygnes.

☞ Great paynes and swellyng in the Pappes.

Remedies. Cap. l.

IF the tetes be swollē vp through superfluitie of mylke, fyrst of all put it backe wyth potters clay and vineger or els wyth a beane broken and stampt and minglyd wyth the white of an egge or wich lentils sod in veniger apply it vnto the tetes in all increase of the same, & wyth oyle of rosys it taketh away al swellyng and hardenes of the tetes.

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Bynde vnto the brest cromes of breade myxt wt ye ioyce of smallag.* 1.319

The rote of Colewortes, mynes, bene flouer all & euerye of these loe and dry vp the mylke.

If there be any holowe vlcer or cā¦kar in the brest, gots dounge tem∣pered wyth hony killeth the same, & taketh away al fylthe.

If the head of the tete be anoyn∣tyd wyth bawme, it taketh away the payne therof.

Item the orure of a man burnt & applied vnto the tetes, helyth the cā¦kernes and mueterate vlces.

The leaues of an olyue tre stampt kyll the Canker and worme in the brest.

Agaynst the swellyng of the te∣tes applye malloes stāpt and made hote wyth common oyle and bynde them to the same.* 1.320

Henbane sede stampt and put in* 1.321

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wyne and applyed to the Tetes ta∣kethe away the payne therof and of the kyrnels also.

* 1.322Gotes dounge minglid with ve∣niger and branne and applied for a plaster, losith wounderfully al swel¦lyng of the brestes.

* 1.323Ashes made of a dogges head spar∣syd vpon y holownes of the breste, that is ingenderyd of a kankar kil∣leth and brekith away al filthe ther¦of: Coluer dounge wyth honye and wax is muche worthe and of great efficacy hereto.

Knot grasse beinge caryed aboute the person taketh awai the swelling of the Tetes incontinent.

The grese or fat of a Hedghogge anoynted vpon the Pappes, sletthe the milke therin by opening of y po¦res and losyng therof.

Mouse turdes anoyntyd vpon the brestes wyth water losyth the hard¦nes payne and swellyng therof.

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Brimstone stampte wyth wyne & plasterid ouer the Tetes,* 1.324 brekith the hardnes of the same.

The shels of partrigis egges stāpt and minglid wyth wax and Terra Sigillata▪ do heale the tetes beinge redy to fall of wyth ache.

¶ Agaynst the paynes in child byrth.

¶ The Causes.

❧The fayntnesse or grosse fatnes or weaknesse of the woman, or the innaturall comynge furthe of the chylde.

¶The signes be knowen by ye womans tellynge.

❧ Remedies. Capi. li.

AGaynst daungerous chylde byrth many say that the scra∣pinges of Dates stones giuē wyth yne doth wonderfully ease womē f ther trauaylinges in child byrth. Dippe a lynnen clothe in the ioyce* 1.325

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of slone Perstie or of Comon persty and put the same into the mouth of the matrix, and it shall cause ye dead chyldes delyurance and the after burdens also, and the same beinge dronke in any kinde of drinke clen∣syth the matrix and the child of all grosse humors.

Oke ferne stampt and plasteryd vpon the feete of the traualinge wo¦man, causeth the chyld byrthe ether a lyue or dead.

If a woman drinke mayden heare in wine,* 1.326 it causeth spedy deliuerāce.

Item drinke made of Castoreum is very good in such causes.

* 1.327Also if the priuityes of a woman be anoyntd wyth y ashes of an as∣ses houfe, it is a veri good and easy remedy.

Also geue vnto a woman in ths case an other womās mylke to drīk it causeth spedy delyuerance.

* 1.328Stamp Ueruen and giue it to a

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traualinge woman to drynke wyth water it causeth delyuerance also.

Item myrhe geuen to drynke in warme wyne the quantyty of a big nut, causeth deliuerance of ye chylde eyther quicke or deade.

Dragance bound to the priuities of a woman in labor, causeth her to be delyuered incontinent but there must heade be takē that it be quick¦ly remouyd, least it drawe forth the matrix wyth all.

Sethe Mugwort in water & pla¦ster it hote vpon the nauyl and thig¦hes of a woman laboring wt child,* 1.329 it causeth both child byrth and y af∣ter burden also, if it tary longe ther it wil cause the matr to folow vpō

The ioyce of Lekes hath a migh¦ty operacion in thys case, if it be drō¦ke wyth warme water.

The ioyce of Figges or pouder of Dyttanye gyuen to a woman

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that laborynge in chyld hath the A∣gue, with water, yf she haue not the Ague, with wyne, it causeth ye deade chylde in hyr wombe to issue forthe. A horse curde dronke and suffumy∣gated causeth delyuerance, as well of the secondines as of the chyld.

* 1.330Item take pyony sede, when it is blacke, stampe it and blend it wyth oyle and anoynt the loynes and pri¦uyties of a woman traualinge with chyld, it maketh delyuerance of the chyld in hyr wombe wythout paine

A suffumigacion made of the hornes and houfes of Goates mo∣ueth myghtily the matrix to deliue∣rance.

* 1.331Take of Betony sodden wt water and hony ʒ i. it hasteneth the dely∣uerance, and delyueryth y laboring woman out of her daunger, but in any case beware that there be no pe∣res in the house wherin the woman traualeth for they ar very hurtfull

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and do not suffer the matrix easylye to open.

If the woman cannot easylye be ryd of the after burden, take borage and leke blades, and the ioice of par¦sl ro••••s giue the same wyth oyle & it shalbe delyuerid incontinent.

The leaues of Iunipr dronke wyth water and hony causeth the de¦lyuerance of the child and of the se∣condynes,* 1.332 and after burden.

Dissolue a swalowes nst wyth water, straine it and drinke it, it cau¦seth the byrthe of the chylde to be ve¦rye easy.

The paynes after childe byrthe.

¶The Causes.

❧Colde takyn in the berynge of the child, wyth dyuers other.

The sygnes be manifest.

Remedies. Capi. lii.

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FOr ye payne after child byrth, take y yolkes of egges migh∣tyly soddē in water, breke thē to peces & mingle them wt suet and the ioyce of mugwort and Cumyn and make a plaster therof.

Sethe onyons in water and after stampe them with oyle and Cumin and yolkes of egges, it is veri good applied in like forme as the other.

Sethe in wyne or water the ro∣tes of maryshe mallowe and wal∣worte and stampe them well & min∣gle them with Comon oyle warme, and a make a plaster.

* 1.333Let Baye berys beinge beten to pouder, be put vpon hote Coles, & let the woman receyue vp the fume therof, closely, it helpith muche the payne of the matrix, and concepciō, and wastethe the superfluytyes of the Matrix, also it causethe dely∣uerance.

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¶For the Goute.

☞ The Causes.

❧Much surfettinge and dronke∣nesse, to much accompaingin wyth women, imoderat excercice, long stā¦dynge, and suche lyke,

The Sygnes.

❧Great paynes and swellinge in the ioyntes chyeflye in spryngtyme and heruest.

Remedies. Capi. liii.

THe iointe sicknes is thus de¦uidid, into sciatica, which is in ye huckle bone. Podagra, ye gou of the legges and feete, and Chira∣gra, the goute of the fingers & Ar∣thritica which is in euery other part of the body.

Towne cresses stampt & made in a plaster wyth suete, taketh away the ioynte sycknes longe hanging vpō a man afore, yf it be vsyd.

Asphaltuum made in a plaster wt* 1.334

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salte Peter heleth the ioynte sicknes and the goute.

* 1.335Water of the decoctyon of rape, throughe the working therof, helith the payne of the Iointe sycknes & goute of his owne property.

* 1.336Cost or detin plasterid vpon the goute, and disese called sciatica, hea¦lyth the same, by drawynge oute the humors from the bottom: and after the same sorte it is good for them yt haue the palsy, and ioynte syckns.

The roote of holy hoke or marishe mallowe, stampt and myxte wyth y grease of an olde hogge, healith the goute within thre dayes.

Playntayne leaues plasteryd wt freshe greace, is a good rmedye to take away the payne and swellyng of the goute. The sede therof also vsed in plaster is a great helpe a∣gaynst the goute.

* 1.337The leaues of Cresses myxth wt branne and vineger and emplaste∣ryd

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vpon y grefe ar of much effect.

Itē take musterd sede a litle bread dry Fygges, hony and as much vi∣neger as you wyll, put them all to gether, and bind it to the grefe.

Take the fleshe of a fat Cat, the grease of a Gose,* 1.338 of a graye and of a Fox, & the mary of a hartes horne Iuy▪ Sage, Rue▪ Uyrgius Waxe, Frankensence, the yolkes of rostyd egges, Snayles, put them all in an earthen pot that hathe a hole made in the botome for the nones, and let it be close aboue wyth paste that no ayre may issewe forth at al and put vnder the same pot, another whole pot & close thē together and put the nethermost in ground. & as it were burye it in earthe, and compasse it about wyth fyere aboue, & ther wyl distill a wonderfull good oyntmēt out of the vpper moost pot whyche wylbe good for the cold goute.

Agaynst the cold swellynge

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Goute, take stale grese, and the whi¦tes of egges, beate them togethere a good while & mingle together brim¦stone, the rote of red Dockes, quicke siluer without ani fyer, vse the same plastered vpon some lether, early & late let it be renued, it shall cause it to ytche greatlye, but yet doubt no∣thynge of it, for it wyl heale the.

Also thys plaster folowinge hath ben proued of thys Gylbert & is an wounderfull inuencion. Take of ye bare earthe of Emetes .ʒ iiii. of bar∣ly branne ▪ʒ i. of Rose .℥ & a half, of bene floure .℥ & a half malowes mā¦drage ana ℥ vi. sethe the mallowes and mandrage in thre pound of wa¦ter vnto halfe, and make therwyth the other medycines beaten to pou∣der in a mortare, and myngle ther∣wyth Wax▪ and yolkes of egges, of Safron .ʒ iii. kneade them all well together and it shal nede none other plaster or medicine.

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An other plaster whyche is to be vsed when the grefe is moost vehe∣ment. Take of honi combe .℥ i. and of the mylke of Barlye styepen in Rose water and Rayne water ming¦lid together .ʒ i. and a halfe, mingle them together in a mortare, and bly¦ende them well wyth the whyte of an egge, make a cerupe, and applye it, is very good.

Item sethe syxe Backes or Rere¦myse in Rayne water, & afterwarde streyne it, and put therto of oyle of Roses, and bowes of Wyllowes, & sethe them vnto the consumpcyon of the Oyle, it is much worth both in a hote and cold cause, for it hathe an vnknowen vertue.

Sshippe Pitche and salt Ammo¦niake mixte together is a syngu∣lar helpe for them whiche haue the Crampe.* 1.339

Item Betony stampte and pla∣stered

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vpon the grefe of the goute, easeth the same, and the decoctyon therof beinge dronke doth the same sonr.

Womans floures anoyntyd vp∣pon the grefe of the goute taketh a∣way the payne.

Item a bathe made of decoction of flewort taketh away al goute.

Tyme stampte with the white of an egge and applied for a plaster is a good and helthful medicine for ye ioynte sycknes, & especially the scia∣tica.

Take Bay berys and the leaues of Rue, Tyme, Organe, Pennyri∣al, old sope, myngle them together and frye them and apply them vpō the hote goute, wyth towe, the place beinge fyrst annoyntyd wt honye it taketh away the goute and al other grefes.

Thys is a precyouse oyntment a¦gaynst al goute and ioynte syknes,

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take the thre sortes of Snayles ga∣thered in maye, and put them in a frying panne, vse it for an oyntmēt

Thys folowynge is approud re¦medye, in all cases, wythout purga∣cion, anoynt the place wyth y ioyce of Galyngale and of artychokes, or lay a spoūge vpon the grefe dipt in warme wyne of the dcoction of comin, it wyl drawe out the hurtful humores▪ it hath ben prouyd.

Hares dounge discomperd wt war¦me wine and plastered heleth vtter∣ly those yt haue the sciatica,* 1.340 thoughe they be past hope.

Anoynmēt made of hartes horne is good for the same disease also.

This is a most assurid oyntment agaynst al old goutes and iont sic¦knes and agaynst the palye.* 1.341 Take Fox flesh and sethe it in good wine tyll it faule from the bones, after∣ward stampe the fleshe myghtylye, beinge hote and wringe out ye ioyce

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therof and sethe the same ioyce tyll it be as thicke as an oyntmen, after¦warde put a lytle red wax thervnto and litle of pouder of Masticke of Castoreum, bdelii, myrre Bayberis a quantitie of euforbium and a litle of muske, and let them be incorpora¦tyd all together as anoyntment.

Another most certayne approuyd oyntment. Take a byge roote of Bryonye, & make it hollowe & put into the holownes therof ye ioyce of Hellebor, Calamint, Tyme, or Rue, vnto two hollow partes and let the thyrde parte remayne emptye, and put the pouders therin mencyoned in the formare oyntemēt, Pyretory the roote of Gētian, and hermodac∣tilys, and put therto Petroleum or sume olde oyle and Waxe, and let it be stopped wyth Potters claye or paste, and let it be put in the embrs there let it boyle a good whyle and

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afterwarde stampe it and wrynge out the ioyce, vse for anoyntment.

Another oyntment of efficacye, thervnto, take the ioyce of a wylde Cucummer rote, grene Grapes, par¦ritorye, the leaues and beryes of I∣uye, Iuniper berys, euforbium, Ca¦storū, the fat of a Gripe, of a gose, of a Heron, of a Fox, and of a bere then take a fat Cat and pull of the skynne and fyll hyr wyth all these foresayd thinges, and let it rost wel vpon a spyt against the fyre and let the drippyng that cometh of her be kepte and resolue a lytle Wax ther∣in, and annoynte the grefe there∣wyth.

Item kyl a whelpe of .xxx. dayes olde and anoynt the payneful grefe wyth the bloude of the sayd welpe, it is very good.

Item sethe the fleshe of the sayde whelpe in wyne, wyth Rue Betany

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Fenigreke, Egrymony, and Sage, afterward stampe them al to gether and put to a litle mary of a Hartes bone, & a fewe ashes sethe it in ma∣ner of anoyntment, and anoynt the place, it is very good.

In a great and extreme payne of the ioynt sycknes, take a whelpe of the age aforesayd and rost him, and cut him in the middes alongyst the backe, and applye it hote it is verye good and much worthe.

* 1.342Item seth Rue and Sage in oyle together and beinge hote stamped, apply it to the grefe, it wyl alay the payne incontinent.

Boyle the ioyce of Henbane in ye grese of hogge,* 1.343 and put thervnto a litle wax and anoynt the grefe ther¦with: ye herbe it selfe also sod in wine and bound vnto the grefe appesith it immediatly.

A plaster made of the rote of wal∣wort and Hermodactiles stampte

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wyth Hogges grese, and bound vn¦to the colde goute, helpeth the same.

A plaster made of Oxe, and hog∣ges dounge sodden in veniger, and Rauens grese, cattes grese, or Hea∣rons grese, is very good against an immoderate payn. Make to pouder ʒ i. of Opiū minglid wyth Saffrō and yolkes of Egges, and oyle of Rosys, this myghtylye asswagithe and restraneth the matter.

Item take Emetes and the egges of them, and a litle of ye earth wher∣in they dyd a bide, and comon salte, mengle them wt the grese of an olde Hogge, and beinge put betwyne a clothe of lynnen applye it vnto the grefe.

Misselto boylid in water and the grefe beinge bathid wyth the sayde water hath great helpe therby.

Item ashes of burnt Tyme myn∣gled wyth the whyte of egge & pla∣sterid vpon the place, brekith goute

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and draweth out the hurtfulnes.

A bathe wherin emetes and there egges beinge stampte haue ben sod¦den, dothe quyckly heale an old and almost incurable ioynt syknes.

Gotes dounge takith away the hardenes & swellyng of ye ioyntes.* 1.344

Grene Rue plasterid wyth salte and Honye takethe away the payne

Thys confectyon is most pro∣per and certayne medycine for those that haue the ioynte sycknes.

* 1.345Take of Sauayne .ʒ ii. of Pe∣per, of Iuy, and Rue leues, Ana. ʒ vi. of Germander .ʒ ii. gyue the sam to the pacyent wyth wyne.

Item boyle Mules pysse wyth wax▪ oyle, and litarge, make a pla∣ster therof and it wyll remedy.

If the grefe be myxte wyth swel∣ling, take of beanes .℥ iiii.v. yolkes of Egges, blend them togethere, and plaster them vpon the grefe.

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Item Baye leaues sodde in wa¦ter and myxte wyth water of Pur∣seland, yf the grefe be washed there wyth it muche helpythe.

Take of Lyons grese, ii, pounde of Wax, a pound, of Masticke, oile ʒ iiii. it vtterly taketh awai al grefe of the ioyntes.

Item anoyntement of a Catte helythe the pacyent in one day, yf it be made after thys fashyon, it is very good.

Take a fat slayde Catte hyr bo¦nes beynge pullyd from the fleshe, stampe it myghtylye and put it in the belly of a fat Gose, and put salt grese thervnto wyth Peper, & mu∣sterdsede, of Dragons, of Pellyto∣rye, of warmewoode, Garlicke and beres suet, Ana. ℥ i. of wax .℥ ii. rost it and kepe the drippynge.

Myngle the ashes of colewortes burnt with freshe hogges grese an∣oynte the Goute there wyth,* 1.346 it wyll

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heale it in thre dayes.

* 1.347The dounge of a storke mixt with hogges grece, helith alonge conty∣nuyd Goute.

Temper persly and oyle of Rosys wyth womans mylke, and anoynte the grefe therwyth.

Thys potion folowinge is woun¦derful good for the goute and ioint sicknes take of hermodactill .ʒ iiii. of Cummin and Ginger ana ʒ i▪ ge¦ue therof at once vnto ye paciēt .ʒ ii.

Hermodactil made in a plaster wt veniger is very good.

Peper plasterid vpon the grefe warmeth the Ioyntes and sinowes so that ther is no medicine like vn∣to it.

Flebothomy or the cuttinge of a vayne next the gretest ioynt,* 1.348 is ve∣rye good.

The rote of wyld Mallowe stāped with stale grese, and plasterid helith the goute in thre dayes.

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Take of Armoniacke and pitche lyke quantytie,* 1.349 mingle it and make it in a plaster it is a singular medi∣cyne for the goute,

Oyle sod in water & honye plaste∣ryd wyth cokle (after that the paciēt hath bathid the grefe wyth water) healith the disease.

Take a good deale of worme∣wode of the rotes of Walworte, of whete branne, of dunge and salt, let them sethe together in vyneger tyll the Uineger be cōsumyd, afterward stampe it and applye it hote.

Rattes turdes stampt and ming¦lyd wyth olde grese losyth all swel∣lynges of a cold cause.

Item coluer dounge sodden in wyne, tyll the wyne be consumyd & plasteryd, helyth the goute.

Take halfe a pound of Wax, of oyle olyue .v pound. of good wyne a pound, let them sethe together tyll the wyne be consumyd, afterwarde

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mynge therto .℥ ii. of Euphorbium made to pouder, make an oyntment therof it hath ben prouyd in y gout and ioynte sycknes.

Take a drame of y ioyce of popler rind, drinke it, for it is very good.

Sethe a deade Wesyll tyll the fleshe faul from the bones, strayne it wyth oyle, and mingle wax ther∣vnto and anoynte the ioynte grefe therwyth, and the great wyn po∣kes, it mightyly healeth all corrup∣cion of the sinowes and Ioyntes.

Sethe nettels that growe in hote and drye ground in lye made of the ashes of a Uine, and wyth the same lye binge hote washe the grefe and plaster the nettels vpon it, it is veri good in al aches of the goute.

Sethe salte and syfted Whete branne▪ hony, and red wyne tyl they be thycke, and so applye it vnto the grefe.

Be sure of thys one thynge that

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in some cause medicines yt are made (except they be purgyng, or breking or at the lest except some sufficiente euacuaciō of ye matter go before) do not gretly hlpe, therfore let the hote humour be purgyd wyth an electu∣ary made of the ioyce of rosys.

Let those pacientes be wel ordred and warely and let the matter be bi lytle, and lytle purged, that the nou¦ryshynge vertue be not dystroyd, for in Pilles, many thynges are re∣ceyued that drawe wyth vyolence, as euphorbium, harmodactill, Col∣loquitia, Turbith, scamony, why∣che all are as it were poyson, & ther∣fore vndiscretly mynystred causeth fayntnesse throughe the debilitie of vitall sperites, in that nature can∣not wyth stand the mattre, and such thynges are neuer mynystred ex∣cepte they haue stonde setteled a good whyle after commixtion, and

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full ordrynge, so that the strengthe & violent operacion of them is my¦nyshed, by longe taryaunce & set∣lynge. And yet is not theyr whole vertue distroyd, but theyr operaciō is better and helthuller.

* 1.350Item wylde myntes yt growe in holes, made in an oyntment delyue¦rithe hym yt hath the Sciatica and goute of his grefe, by heating & dra¦winge furthe the matter.

* 1.351Yf the grefe be two out ragyous take of Opium .ʒ i. of Saffron .ʒ iii. mingle them wyth .iiii. yolkes of Egges, or .v. and plaster the same vpon the grefe, for it myghtyly as∣s wagythe the paynes and restray∣neth the corruptyon.

Item Gotes dounge sodden with cattes grese, or the fat of a rauen or vulture, is much worth in this case

The dounge of a storke myxte wt hogges suet, is very good also.

Aboue and more force then all

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thynges els is to kepe the belly low¦se at al tymes.

The ioyce of sallowe or willowe rote myxt wt oyle of rosys is woun∣derful good for the hote goute.* 1.352

❧Agaynst the chopping or ruptures.

¶The Causes

¶Muche goynge in cold wyndes and drynesse.

¶The signes nede no declaracyō.

☞Remedies. Capi. liiii.

HEmlocke leaues stampt and oryed & so made in a plaster, heale all ruptures or chop∣pynges within .ix or .x. dayes.

Englishe Galangale healethe the choppynges & depe woundes.

Lyuerworte stampte and dronke wyth wyne, euery day is helthfull & good.

Yonge Hares dressed & orderid wt hony in maner of Pylles, and so mi¦nistrid,

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do close vp and make hole choppes and ruptues.

Item hares dounge myxt wyth Hony and geuen often vnto the pa¦cyent to drynke, in the bignes of a beane closeth vp the ruptures migh¦tylye.

Let the heade of a gote be sodden heare and al, y in water of a gourd, and eate the meate therof, or drinke the water, it maketh all the inwarde partes of a man hole and sound.

❧ Of the Agew callyd ephime∣ra which endureth but one daye.

¶ The Causes.

❧ The vital spirites in a wonder∣full vnnaturall heate wythout pu∣tretactyon, whych cometh of muche watching, sadnesse, angre, hōger, or dronkenesse.

The Sygnes.

¶ Great heate in the body wt a fe∣uer & ending in a sweat or vapour.

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Remedies. Capi. lv.

FYrst make a syrupe of the de∣coction of saunders, and the floures of water Lylyes, then let the pacyent auoyde and eschewe all thynges that burne the harte▪ & al that are grosse and hote, and if ye vitall spirites be in flamid cheflye a¦boue all thynges bringe the pacient in a softe slepe, and let hym smell to Camfore wyth rose water, and vio∣lettes and suche lyke, and minister thynges that cause coldns and cō∣fort the hart, as Margarites, & san∣ders, and the scrapynge of Iuorye, or let him be anoyntid wyth oyle of Rosis and Nenufar, vpon the brest and plasture theron cold thinges tē¦perid wyth Uenyger, and it is very good against the heate: if ye natural spirits be inflamid, take cold syrops

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and electuaryes that cause coldnes, as are suger, Rosys, and Uiolet∣tes and plaster the rosys & saūders vpon the lyuer, but if it be of a cold cause beware of letting of bloud, to ingender more cold theby & specy∣ally if it be wyth a rewme.

Gyue vnto the pacyent rose wa∣ter newlye made myxt wyth suger or violettes, and let hym smel to ba¦syl, yet let him not smel to other swe¦te sauoures, yt be hote, and in a hote rewmatike cause, let hym vse a cold fomentatyon and oyntment, but chefelye if it come of ouer muche la∣bor, or copulacion or heate of ye ayre and suche lyke, let the holownes of the hādes and the soules of the fete be anoyntid with oyle of Uyolettes rosys womans mylke, also anoynte the backe bone, the forehead and tē∣ples wyth oyle of rosys, Populion, womans mylke that gyueth a wo∣man chyld sucke, and let hys meate

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and drynke be of lyght dygestyon, and cold, but if it be of ouer muche labor or of ouer muche emptines he must be nouryshed wyth resumpti∣ues and confortatyues, yf he cānot swete, this wyl heate him incontinēt and mynister occasion vnto the pa∣cient to swete.

Let the leaues of Sallowe tre & Holyhoke, Uiolettes and rosis, and suche lyke boyle together in water, wherin put a great clothe, and lt ye pacyent be wrappyd in the same be¦inge warme and coueryd therwyth tyl he swete, and afterwarde let hym washe his feete armes legges in the same decoctyon.

Item the ioyce of Cucumers wt oyle of rosys anoyntid vpon ye pul∣sys and vpon the harte,* 1.353 asswagethe the heate of the Ague.

Platearius had a certayne paciēt destytute of strengthe, and put hym in a bathe of water, wherin sodden

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Egges were resoluid and after the bathynge he departyd stronge.

Put a grene Gourde in paste, and bake it in an ouen, and after∣wrynge out the ioyce and put it in∣to a pot and sethe therin Hens fleshe or of some other byrde (fyrste well washte wyth wyne and salt) and a fewe graynes of whete and Barlye Lycorice, gume, of Arabike, dragōs Rosys, floures of water Lylys, fle∣worte, Almondes, of the gume of ye Almound tree, Basil▪ Reasons, my∣rabolans, Sebesten sede, the sedes of a gourd, Mellon and Cucumer being al clene drest put thē in a pot well closyd wyth claye, and let them boyle tyl the thyrde parte be washid afterwarde strayne it and put suger to the strayner and make a syrupe therof and giue it vnto the pacient, it restoreth very wel, & temperatelye colythe and helthfullye comfortithe fayntinge persons.

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☞Of a contynual Agew.

¶ The Causes.

¶Abūdance of putrefyed humors conteyned within the vaynes.

¶The Sygnes.

¶ Contynuall heate and paynes vnto the ende of the Feuer,

❧ Remedies. Capi. lvi.

TO mytigate the ouer much heate in a continual Agew,* 1.354 sethe Coleworte leaues with oyle of Rosys, and plaster it vpon the sto∣make.

The same thyng may be done of Willow leaues, Morel and flewort

A certayne curious practicionar shewed me for a certaynte, ye Pym∣pernell dronke wyth warme water, taketh away the contynual Feuer.

Put the sede of Flewort hole in water all a nyghte,* 1.355 then let it be strayned and put therto Suger, & gyue it vnto the pacient it colethe,

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and intollerable heate of sharpe a¦gewes.

Syrup of nenufur dothe mighti∣ly heale sharpe Agewes.* 1.356

* 1.357Item yf the Agewe be not verye sharpe, let the pacyent drynke colde wyne myxt wyth water it openythe the stoppynges wythin, & bringithe furth corruptyon throughe ye vrine and confortith weake members.

Diosco▪ saythe that yf the pacient drynke a great deale of colde water the intollerable heate wylbe extyn∣guyshed therby.

In this cause apples that are cal∣lyd bytter swetes are very good.

❧ Of the tertian Feuer.

¶ The Causes.

¶ Much cholericke humor putre∣fyeng in the sensible partes of the bodye.

The Sygnes.

☞ To haue a fyt euery other daye and not to endure aboue .xii. hours.

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Remedies. Capi. lvii.

IF it be the right Tertian giue vnto the pacyent to drynke, ye ioyce of Dendelyon before cō∣ming of the fit .iii. or .iiii. tymes and the Agewe shall go from hym thys am I sure of.

The matter being digestyd cause thy self to be let bloud in the fourth or fyft houres before the coming of the fit, and if it so be ther go before any tokens of digestiō, he shal haue the Agewe no more.

The matter beinge digestid make a plaster vpon the pulses of ye armes of the lesser nettel that groweth in a very drye and warme place stampt with much salt, for shortly after the Feuer shall cease.

Myngle Radyshe rote beynge stampt, with Wheate branne, and make a plaster▪ apply it betwene the nauyl and the share that the matter

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beynge fyrst digestid he shulde not perceue the payne and wringinges thys remedye hath ben prouyd a∣gaynst al kynde of Tertian feuers.

The ioyce of Ribwort geuē before the fyt do com, takith away ye same.

Of the same operacion are .iii. plā¦tayn rotes stampt and dronke with water before the fyt come.* 1.358

Thre graynes of Coryander put in a rere egge and geuen to the pa∣cyent to sup of after the .iii. or .iiii. fyt wyll delyuer hym of the Agew.

The ioyce of sower grapes vsid .ii dayes in the mornyng, taketh away the Tertian Feuer.

To take away al tertiā feuers▪ take mellilot. Cellydone, whyte & blacke Pepper, netels, and salte Peter wl bound vnto the pulsis of the armes this was tryed by a practionar.

The ioyce of pympernell dronke as the fit comith doth vtterli take it awaye.

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Of the same operacion is cychory, the same thynge workithe the ioyce of Parselly dronke after ye sam fa∣shyon.

Item stampt Ueruen leaues and iii. rotes therof dissoluyd in water, take it before the fyt come, & it wyll dryue it awaye.

Take vyne leaues and put them in wyne,* 1.359 & giue the same wyne .ii. or iii. tymes to drynke, & it wil rid him of the tertian or quartan Feuer.

Rewponticke is a singular reme¦dye agaynst Feuers.

Take, iii. slyppes of, iii. leuyd grase stampt it and put the ioyce in water and drynke the same water, it is ve∣ry good for the Feuer.

Take Rye branne, the ioyce of Ueruen, Syngrene,* 1.360 Nettelles and Plantayne, myngle them together with .iiii. Egges and plaster it ouer the bellye before the comyng of the fyt,

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The ioyce of mollen put into the nosthrils of the pacient in the com∣mynge of the yt, taketh awaye the dysease.

* 1.361The pouder of Chrystall gyuen in wyne and Dendelyon, before the commynge of the Agewe, takith a∣way the fyt therof.

The pouder of Christall gyuen to drinke to a nurse, taketh awaye ye Agewe from the childrē that she ge¦ueth sucke vnto.

Item the lyquor that cometh frō the sodden lyghtes of a Rāme, hea∣lyth the tertian feuer, and ye disease of the raynes.

Garlyke bound to the outwarde membres of a man, taketh awaye ye quodyane and tertian Feuer, but it must be applyed as I vnderstond before the fyt come, for by that mea¦nes the matter is drawen to the ex∣tremities, that is to say to the han∣des & fete so that ye principal mem∣bers

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are holpen.

Of the Quotidian Feuer.

The Causes.

Putrefyed flegme dryuen by na¦ture to all the sensible partes of the body.

¶ The Sygnes.

To haue a fyt euery day about xviii, houres longe.

Remedies. Capi. lviii.

YF thou wylt spedylye heale the quotidian Feuer,* 1.362 take these ap∣proued medicines, geue to pa∣cyent .ʒ ii. of Betonye .ʒ i. of Plan∣tayne, with the straynynge of them, before the commyng of the fyt, and the pacyent shalbe hole therby.

Geue vnto the pacint thys syrupe, take the leaues of Betonye, the ro∣tes of Persly, of Fenell, of Filipen∣dula, of Mayden heare, of Hartes tounge, of the middel rinde of an el∣der, Ana. M.i. of Agaryke .℥ i. of oke ferne .℥ ii. of wylde Tyme .℥ i.

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and much hony as discrecyon will geue to be sufficient, it is of muche and great efficacy.

Item stampe crummes of bread and gall, of eche lyke quantytye mingle it wyth a softe rosted egge, & oyle of Bayes or oyle of Cipresse and wete a clothe therin and applye it ouer the stomake & bellye, it hath ben prouid to be verye good.

Prouoke vomyt vnto the pacient wt an electuary of cassia, and a lytle Cinamound wyth the decoctyon of wild cucummer rote: & radyshe rote & vineger made in a sirupe with ho¦nye is very good.

Take the rote of Galingale & the sedes of Radishe, and the sede of Orenche, the rote of blacke hellebor and as muche Honye and Uineger as shalbe thoughte sufficient men∣gle them together and let them seth to halfe, and let the pacyent dryke

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therof .ii. houres before the fyt com∣ethe, and afterwarde let hym eate nothyng in fyue houres, or at lest in a good space after.

Item geue vnto the pacient be¦fore the fyt come vpon two pennye wightes of bay beris made to pou¦der wyth a soft Egge, or pults & wt out doubt the pncyent shalbe made hole.

Mustard eaten before the coming of the fyt expellith ye cold & Feuers yt come by course as in quotidiās and Quartaynes.* 1.363

Item Isope geuen wyth water & hny purgeth slymy humors.

After purgacyon of the hole body apply vnto the vaynes of both the Armes, this plaster folowynge. Take foure leaues of Nettelles,* 1.364 of Morel & of Sengrene Ana. m.i. of Cobwebes .ʒ ii. as muche Comon Sate as shalbe thought suffyci∣ent stampe them all together and

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make a plaster.

One saythe in his boke of practy∣ses that he hath helid manye of the Quotydyan Feuer, wyth ye middell rynd of an elder giuen with warme water, or with the rinde of a nut tre giue after the same maner, & with .ix graines of leasse spurge or of Pioni but these thinges ar to be ministrid vnto stronge men and laboriouse.

Gyue vnto the pacyent, womans mylke yt gyueth aman chyld sucke,* 1.365 wyth water, eyther before the fyt or in the fyt it shal so heale him.

Take .ix. rotes of waulwort, of ye bignese of a mans fynger, cut them in peces and stampe them & strayne them wyth Ale or wt white wyne, & giue therof vnto the pacyent before ye hour of his fit, & let him not slepe in any case.

The lyuer of a Hare dryed and gy¦uen to drynke wyth water, takethe away the Fener.

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Take of agarycke .ʒ i. giue it vn∣to the pacient to drinke wyth wyne and hony, it taketh away all feuers Quoidians, tertians, and quartay¦nes, through purginge slimy & cor∣ruptiue humors.

Take wyne and myngle it wt as∣ses bloud,* 1.366 drinke the same for it hea¦lith the quotidian Feuer.

Of a Quartane Feuer.

¶ The Causes.

Melancholy putrefyed hauing recourse to diuerse partes of man.

The Sygnes.

To haue two good dayes and the thryd a sore fyt.

Remedies. Capi. lix.

TO take away the quartane Agewe giue vnto the paciēt thre or foure pilles as folowe, take of opium, of brimstone, myrhe Aga¦ricke, Rue leaues, cassia Fistula, A∣na. ℥ i. mingle them wyth the ioyce

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of Wormewoode, and make pylles in the bignes of a beane, gyue vnto the pacyent before the fyt do come on hym.

Item Trochiskes are of certay¦ne prouyd where wyth manye haue ben healyd of the Agewe at once drynckynge, but they ar best in quo¦tydyan Feuers. Take of Rue, of a¦lū, Myrhe, Opiū, ana. ℥. & a half of safron .ʒ ii. cassia fistula .ʒ ii. of quic¦ke Brymstone .℥ ii. of Henbane .℥.vi. make Trochiskes and gyue thē wyth water.

Also Beres fleshe eaten healeth the Quartayne Feuer.

Item stronge wyne wherin Egri¦monye hath ben sodden healeth the quartayne Feuer.

Make a hole in a beane and put therinto the smale stynkynge wor∣mes that brede in paper or wod cal∣led Cimices, they take away ye feuer

Item cynksoyle stampte with a

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lytle Peper and dronke before ye fit come, is good against ye quartayne.

The ioyce of Mollen dronke be∣fore the fyt, sleeth the same.

Item yarow giuen to drinke be∣fore ye fit cometh wyth wyne, taketh a way the quartayne.

Item the ioyce of Camomill be∣inge dronke before the fyt, takyth a way the Feuer.

Take Assa fetida, Rue leaues▪ pe¦per ana. ʒ ii. mingle them wyth ho∣nye giue them vnto the pacient .ii. houres before the commynge of the fyt as bygge as a Chest nut, it hath ben prouyd.

A swallowes donge dronke taketh away the Feuer Quartayne.

The ioyce of horse houfe dronke & vsyd .x. dayes takyth a waye bothe the Tertian and quartayne feuer, The ioyce of mugworte myxt wyth oyle & gyuē vnto the paciēt warme

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iii. dayes, taketh away the feuer.

Take of dragons bloud and wild Tyme of eche in lyke quantitie, as muche as shall suffice sethe them in water til it be thycke, and afterward mingle, ther vnto of the stone called Lazulus .ʒ ii. giue vnto the pacient therof the space of .iii. days one .℥ a∣dye▪ the fyrst day it taketh away yt the rigorousnes the seconde the fit the thyrd day it healeth all together perfitly, this same hath ben prouid

Item Briony stampt and plaste∣steryd vnto the pulses of the tem∣ples and armes before the fyt com, taketh away the quartayne agewe.

* 1.367Item Assafetida sodden in wyne put it in a holowe rote of soubread and put therinto suger giuen vnto ye pacient before the fyt (& a purga∣cion ministred before it), it helith.

Giue vnto the pacyent to drynke before his fit the sedes of Henbane. Mandrage, ana. ʒ ii. Assafetida .ʒ i

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and a half, and it wyl heale hym.

Let the pacient fast all a hole day before his fit come on hym, and let him watche all the nyght after, in ye mornyng rost him a Partriche and let him eate therof, & let hym drinke good wyne & stronge, & let him eate no other thyng al y daye, and after∣warde let him slepe his fyl.

Thys same also is namyd to be a helthful medycine, Azarabacca yf it be freshe gathered stampt it & ethe it a litle while in wyne & let ye wyne be geuen vnto the paciēt .ii. houes before his fyt yf the matter lye in ye stomake it causith vometynge, if o∣ther wher it wastyth it.

The matter beinge digestyd giue vnto the pacient before his fyt a li∣tle oyle of Ienoper, (a purgacion presupposid) it is of muche strength in the quartayne agewe.

Giue vnto the pacient .iii. gray∣nes of Iuy gume.

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Take the rote of sperage let them seth a good while in water and giue therof vnto the pacyent that hathe Feuer quartayne .vii. days, and th is a wounderfull helpe therin.

The ioyce of rybworte, dronke wt warme water and hony two houres before hys fit come vpon hym, ta∣keth away the quartayne agewe.

Of ye sam operaciō ar fower rotes of plātayne stāpt & drōke wt water.

Fyll a henne yt is but a yere old wt percely and Basil as much as shal∣be thought sufficient, & put into her al the hole substance of a rawe egge beside the shell, and salt sufficiente and put hyr in past and bake it vp∣on the herthe vnder some vessll & giue vnto the pacient one part ther of one daye and somuche another daye, & let him eate no other thynge it is good also for the tertiā & quoti¦diā feuer it prouoketh vryne & disie¦stith ye matter & takith awai ye feuer.

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The bloud of an Asse anoyntyd ouer the backe bone while it is fresh and warme,* 1.368 takith away the quar∣tayne Agewe.

Wyne of the decoctyon of the rote of Gensian is good, for let the paci∣ent drinke therof, and it shall take ye Feuer away.

Take holworte & hensdonge and stampe them together, distemper thē wyth whyte wyne strayne it & giue it vnto the paciente before the com∣mynge of his fyt.

Certayne practitionars say yt tur∣mentil dronke before the fyt losythe the quartayne.

But a skorpion in oyle & let ye so∣les of the fete & palmes of ye hāde be anoyntid therwith & the forhed and backe bone before ye fit comith,* 1.369 it ex∣pellith both the quartaine, quoridiā and tertian Feuer

The fat of a vulture myxt wt oyle if the pacient be anoyntid therwyth* 1.370

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it dryueth away the quartaine.

* 1.371Take .iiii. leaues and .iiii. rotes of Ueruen seth them in wyne and let ye pacyēt drynke ye same before his fit.

* 1.372Calamint giuen before the fyt, ta∣kith awaye quartayne. Wyld mar¦geram doth extenuat & wast ye fits.

* 1.373Calamint, wilde Margeram Pe∣niryall, Buglosse, Borage, Hartes tonge, sene, the rindes of the ote of tamarike, & of ashe, betony, iarman¦der, Time and wild Time Ana. ℥ ii of Betony .m.i. of Mugwort of e∣grimony, of Sperage .m.i, let them seth all to gether in whyt wyne and put a litle hony therto, let the paciēt drinke therof, mornyng and euenīg it mightylye wasteth choler adust & melancholy.

Take of Uiolettes, of Borage Flours, of sene, tyme, and wild time ana▪ ℥ i. & a half, Myrabolans Cy∣tryn, rewebarbe ana. ʒ i. sethe them vnto the .iiii. parte, then streyne it & 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

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sethe it agayne tyll it be brought to the ful poynte of .℥ ii. or .i. and in y end of ye decoctyon put to rewbarb and let it be sharpnyd wyth .℥ i. of spurge or of the ioyce of scamonte, and giue it an houre before hys fyt come on hym, and without doubt it will heale al quartaines.

A cure prouyd of one often tymes, before the fyt gyue all the sortes of myrabolans & sene with cynabarys made to pouder, put ther into a litle of spurge wyth creame of euenning mylke, and if the paciēt be a womā & ful of choler put therto rewbarbe

Take nepe stampe it and wringe out the ioyce and drynke it wt wine it losith al ye hole matter into swette and so takith away hys disease.* 1.374

The ioyce of Mugwort that hathe one stalke, mixt wyth oyle of Rosis & anoynted on the backbone & pul∣sys, taketh away the feuer and hea∣lyth the pacient soundly.

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Orenche seade stampte & sodden in drinke takith away ye quartayn.

Take ye ioyce of Pellytory & myn¦gle it wt the pouder of Mirabolās of India, gyue it before the fit .iii. houres, & before the very fit geue .i. penny weyght of wyld Margerā & it shal heale wythout doubte.

* 1.375Take .ʒ iiii. of Betony with wine hony & water before the fit, it takith away the Feuer.

* 1.376The decoctyon of blacke helebur passith all medycynes in operacion agaynst a longe contynuyd quar∣tayne Feuer.

* 1.377Take of white and blacke Hele∣bur Ana. ʒ i. of the stones called La¦zulus and Calaminaris & Armenia¦cus of eche .℥ i. of oke ferne .℥ i. & a half of Borage flouers .℥ i. of Go∣tes bloud dried .ʒ ii. make a pouder therof and giue the pacient in drīke iii. houres before his fyt, the matter being fyrst digestyd and extenut by

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purgacion.

Stampe persly & all the hole sub∣stance of an egge and half a pound of hogges bloud, incorporate them well together sesond wyth salt, & ta∣ke a henne & stufe hyr ther wyth, thē make a pye and backe hyr therin, & let the pacient eate therof, it taketh a way the quartaine feuer by a litle & litle▪ it conforteth the hart, stomake, and noryshinge vertue, and prouo∣kith apetit.

Take .xl graynes of Peper wyth warme water and drinke it, it is ve∣ry good to take a way the quartayn and intermyssiue feuers.

The cuttinge of a vayne before comynge of the fit distroythe great∣ly the feuer, let it be vsyd often and litle at once,

The rynde and leaues of a nut¦tre dronke in vineger, taketh awaye the Feuer and rygorousnes therof.

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Coste or Detyn stampt & mixt wt oyle,* 1.378 and anoyntyd vpon the backe bone and pulsys of the pacient, hea¦leth the intermyssyue rygorousnes of the fittes.

Item fyl a capon wyth oke ferne, & floures of Borage, sene, & wyth ye ioyce of Garlyke, make potage ther of, it purgeth the rawe humors, and birnt choler, if you put therto a litle Penyryal for it wasteth more better the ill humours and maketh the po¦tage of better operacion.

Musterd sede stampt and dronke before the fyt, dryuyth it a way.

Penyryal, both kindes of Tyme, Sene, Calamint, wilde Margeā, mingle them al together wyth hony sethe it & let it be scoumid clene, & let the pacyent take therof, it is verye good for the quartayne Agew, and agaynst the stoppyng in the splene and lyuer.

The ordur of a man dryed and

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dronke with wyne or honye testra∣nyth the fittes.

A sea Crabbe eatē is good in the quartayne feuer.* 1.379

Camamyll dronke is good for all feuers.

Mingle the ioyce therof wt oyle & anoynte the rigge of the backe and the pulsys of the pacient before the tyme of the fit, & he shal haue no fit.

Stampe rosemarye and giue the ioyce therof vnto the paciēt to drīke before hys fyt, and he shalbe hole in contynent.

Sethe .ix. handfuls of Rue in suf∣fycient wyne.* 1.380 and geue the same vn¦to the pacient to drinke in the houre suspectid of the feuers approching.

Stampe the rote of holworte and sethe it with water and hony & giue the paciente therof to drynke before his fit,* 1.381 it wil take awaye a longe cō∣tynuinge feuer if it be oft vsyd.

Take the inward skynne of nutte

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curnelles and stāpe the same & sethe it wyth good wyne, and drinke the same when it is claryfied a litle be∣fore the fit, and it wil cause the same to cease.

A grene frogge sodden in oyle of myrhe, if ye pacient be anoyntid ther¦wyth before his fit, it shal clere him of hys Agewe,

The ioyce of Hempe, afore the fyt taketh away the feuer.

Wyne of the decoction of sage, rose¦mary, & Lauāder dronke before the comynge of the fit, healith the quar¦tayne Agewe.

Rewpontike is a singular helpe vnto intermissiue and cold feuers.

Centory stampt wyth wyne and dronke before the fit, causith it to be no fit, this experiment is knowen to be of most certantie.

The rote of wild cucumer giuē to drinke before ye fit, taketh away the Feuer.

Make lye of fine wyne, oke ashes

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of y rote of rede coleworts & of rusti¦nes of yron burnt and stāpt to pou¦der, & geue it to drinke longe before the cōminge of the fyt, it mightylye lowsyth the bowels and taketh a∣way the quartayne feuer.

For a Carbuncle and venemous bytyng.

¶ The Causes

Grosse and hote bloud hauyng recourse to any one place.

The Sygnes.

A sore & paynfull vlcer or byle with a foule scabbe as it were bren∣nyd wt fyre wt a great heat & feuer.

☞Remedies. Capi. lx.

THe brayne of a henne or po∣tage made therof, eatē or ap¦plyed to the place of the greefe is of more better operacion thē ani thing els.

A pacientes owne spittle is verye good agaynst venemous bitinges,

A scorpion stampt and applied to

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the greuous place, is contrari to hir owne stinging, and other of hyr kīd and therfore it is a wounderfull re∣medy.

* 1.382A figge leafe or the rind of a figge tre stampt and applyed, is very apt & good agaīst venemous stingīges

Gotes bloud warmyd ouer the fyere & dronke, is of myghtlye ope∣racion agaynst al drynkinge of poy¦sones.

Gotes dounge temperid wyth ho∣ny and put vnto the stinged place, heleth the same.

Oxe houfes sodden and eaten wt mustard, withstand al poyson, so yt nothing is able to hurte.

* 1.383Agrymony dronke wyth wyne, is wonderfull good agaynst the vene¦mouse bytinge of a serpent, a dogge or a man, and a carbuncle.

Take houndes tongue grene or dried and lay it to the Carbuncle & stinged or venemous place, and it

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wil rype it.

Mollen stampte and plasteryd, is of great efficacye agaynst the stin∣ginge of a serpent, or when a mēber is wounded put the ioyce therof in∣to the wound, and it wyll cause the venom to issewe out.

Cressys stampte and mynglid wt branne healyth the carbuncle pla∣steryd theron.

The ordure of a man is very good oft tymes before brekyng forth and after.* 1.384

Iuniper berys are medicinable a¦gaynst poysons for ther is none of lyke operacion vnto it. Dioscorids also affyrmith that they do helpe a∣gaynst poysons and stinginges of serpentes.

Cheruill and coluer fote are very good agaynst the carbuncle:* 1.385 & in ye danger of dethe giue vnto the paci¦ent milke mingled wt wine & water

The rote of brome put into a ves∣el

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of wine, preserueth the drinkars therof from all poyson it hath ben prouyd.

* 1.386The rotes of Affodyls expellih al poyson incontinent, and it preser¦uyth from euell & venemous meate and plasterid helthfully helpeth ve∣nomous bithinges.

* 1.387Rue, nuttes and hony, stampt to∣gether and plasterid, breke woūder∣fullye a melancolike or flegmatike aposteme.

* 1.388Nuttes stampt and applyed to ye grefe, to gether wt the rīdes, disstroy al apostemes within the body.

The sede of a palme tre dronke wt wyne helith al venemouse bitinges

Fill an egge shell full of the ioyce of egrymony, giue it vnto the paci∣ent to drynke it purgeth mightylye al poison vpward & wt a wounder∣ful faciliti helith the biting of serpē¦tes & other vene mouse bestes.

Bees, and flyes, bound & knit with

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hony & wyne in a clothe, drawe out al venom, also apply stamped gar∣licke ther into til it breke.

Dytany stampte & plasterid and ye ioyce therof dronke,* 1.389 is very good a∣gaynst all poyson, and vnemouse bytynges.

The same expellith and drawethe out of the body an arowe or shafte.* 1.390 Take a kernel of a great nut,* 1.391 stāpt it with the leaues of Rue, & plaster it on the grefe early and late, wtout doubte it will breke the apostem or any kind of swelling els in ye body. An ox gaull brekyth a felon, or the sore yt is called a cartes heare & bre∣kinge out in the fingers.

Mulberies verye ripe bronken & applyed to the grefe, breke woūder∣fully the apostems.

The sede and herbe of cressys min∣glid together and plasterd, healethe the Carbuncle.

Yf a man eate of garlicke, and thē

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drinke the bloud of a cocke wt war∣me wyne, he shalbe hurt with no ve¦mous beast.

The blud of a Ducke dronke with wyne preserueth the drynkar frō all poyson.

Saynct Ihons herbe stampte & plasteryd immediatly vpon the by∣tynge, doth permyt no operacion of the poyson in hym.

¶ Of the measels.

The Causes.

¶ Nature purgyng all corrupcion from the inward partes of ye body.

❧ The signes be euident to the syght.

Remedies. Capi. lxi.

HE that wyl heale the measels ought fyrst to labor and be∣stowe hys endeuor that they fyrst come al furthe, therto take dry fygges & floure of lentyls munified & made cleane ana. ʒ x. of the gume 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

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Dragāce ana. ʒ vi. let thē be sod¦den in fyue poundes of water vnto iiii ℥. strayne, it and put therinto .℥ of Saffron and gyue the pacyent therof to drink before meate, & whē he goeth to slepe, till all come forth.

Salt peter myxt wyth terebentine openeth the Carbuncles▪* 1.392 & draweth out the fylthye corruption.

Take of the leaues of Basyl, and fill the place of ye vlcer that makithe the carbuncle, ther is nothyng more stronger then thys.

Agaynst felons in the fingers, ma¦ke a plaster of brimstone, Rosen, te∣rebentyne, put a litle saffron there∣vnto and the Tallow of a calfe.

Leuen of whete breketh the vene∣mouse humors and apostumes.* 1.393

Any clothe dyed purple hath ver∣tue of attraction.

¶ Agaynst a hollow vlcer or fistula.

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The Causes.

¶ A corrupt and sharpe humor in any membre.

¶ The Sygnes.

¶ A depe holow vlcer narow and harde wyth al.

Remedies. Capi. lxii.

AGaynst ye disease called fistu¦la mingle the mylke of wert∣wort, wt the freshe grese of a hogge let them boyle a litle together and incorporate thē afterward put ther∣to pouder of myrhe and anoynte ye tente with all and put into the hole.

Wyne of the decoction of spurge put into the holownes of the vlcer, healethe, and of the same operacion & working is ye ioyce of coluerfote. Take of both kyndes of plantaine, of coluerfote, coryandre, marygold yarow, Primrose, daysy that groeth in medowes, ye tender stalkes of doc¦ke, and Betony make thē al to pou¦der or to a ioyce and gyue it to the

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pacient dyseasyd with the fistule, at mornynge nountide and night, it is souerayne and healeth al kindes of fistules and holow vlcers if they be curable if not the pacient shall vo∣myt it vp agayne.

Pouder made of a bogges heade healith the fistule, the cancre, and al fylthynes in holow vlcers.

If the Fistule haue many holes & be not strayght yet,* 1.394 if a medycyne may perce into thē ther is nothynge better thē to put into the holownes of them gotes dounge with warme hony myxt wythall, for it losyth all swlling, draweth out rottennes & purgyth foule and defylid senowes & healith vp the fistule & asswagith the Cancre and grefe therof.

Yf the Fistule be outwarde put therinto ye ioyce of coluerfote it hea¦lyth, if it be inward drinke it, and it healith also.

Tyme stampt with salte & plastrid

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vpon the fistule helith the same.

Mans dounge burnt hauynge myxt therwyth peper beaten to pou¦der, killeth the fistule & cācre aboue al thynges.

Sethe the ioyce of Mollen wyth hony, skume the same tyll the ioyc be consumed, then put therto of the rindes of Pomegranates and of ye stones of myrabosanes, applye it to the cancre, it helpeth in continent.

Take the ioyce of a cowe turde (in a woman) and of an oxe (in a man) washe the fistula with the ioice and apply the residewe therto plasteryd, it helpeth quicklye.

* 1.395Put leauen in stronge lye & so ap∣plye it to the fistule, and so it shalbe lyghtlye, healyd, for it draweth the rottynes euen from the bottome of vlcer, and dioscorides affyrmyth ye same of the lye & Isaac of the leuē.

This potion is wonderful & very often prouid of me, for it killeth the

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Fistule in what place soeuer it be & draweth out the corrupt and bro∣ken bones.

Take the rotes and leaues of plā¦tan, strawbery leaues, the leaues or seade of Hēpe, the leaues or sede of mustard, ye toppes of sharpe docke, red colewort leaues, tansey, let them al sethe in good quantitie, in whyte wyne, afterward strayne al the hole and put into the straining as much honye as shalbe thought mete, giue it vnto the pacient early and late, til such time as the cleare potyon come furth by the mouth of the Fistule, whiche must alwayes be kept open wyth a syluer pype put into it, and kepe vpō it alwayes a red colewort leafe, it is of a woūderful operaciō.

The bloud of a sea Tortoys ta∣kith awaye often tymes the holow∣nes of scrophules.* 1.396

Plantayne stampt and the ioyce wrong out,* 1.397 and put into the holow

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A drinke most certaynly approuid of wounderful and incredible effica¦cye, which being giuen to be dronke of woundid men so that the wound be not mortale wypyth out within xiii. days al filthines frō the woūd, and drawith ther out al broken bo∣nes & healeth vp the wounde.

Take of red colewortes, fengreke Percely, sothernewod, tansey, straw¦bery leaues, and suet, brere leaues, plantayn leaues, hempe, redmadder smallage, cransebill, Alam, nuttes, before al thynges let them be soddē together in pure whyte wyne, & put therto a lytle hony, giue it vnto the pacient early & late, and anoynte ye wound wtout when he hath dronke of ye sayd potion, & lay theron a lefe of red colewortes & keape the same cōtynually ouer it, it openeth it and hath ben often prouyd.

A wounderful good and approuyd pouder, take, of Egimoney, of pim¦pernell,

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and plantayn .ʒ ii. a. C. grat¦nes of ryshe sede, verdegrece, & the place being mūdified, put this pou¦der in.

Take as much pouder of holworte as you can take vp in thre fingers. and vse it at none and at night, for it purgeth downward the hole fisti∣ke and helyth it wounderfully.

Auance dronke with wine and in plasterid often vnto the vlcer helith the Fistula.* 1.398

The water of nightshade healith the holow vlcers thoughe thei be in the eyes.

Poly dronke wyth wyne and benet thistell, hathe a wounderful effect in drawinge the holowe vlcers called fistules but whē it is dronk the pou¦der of egrimony most be pourid vp on the Fistule.

Agrimony is of wounderful pro¦fit in midicines and inespecially a∣gaynst holow woundes and vlcers

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¶ Of the Scab, Pockes, and Leprousy.

¶ The Causes.

❧ Grosse and fylthy humors min¦gled wyth thynne & sharpe matter,

The Sygnes

¶Scabbes in the outward partes wyth great paynes and ytchyng, & if he haue the lepre mystempre and paynes throughe al the bodye wyth fylthy scabbes and fallinge of the heare.

❧ Remedies. Capi. lxiii.

THese remedies folowinge ar against the Frenche Pokes lepry and suche lyke.

Make anoyntment agaynst the Scabbe that is ingendrid of salte fleagme, of Aloes and vnquenchyd lime wyth comon oyle.

* 1.399Frenche garlicke fryed wyth oyle, killeth the ilscabbe and the breking out throf & applied vpon the apos∣tem,

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so yt it touche no other flesh by, & it brekith the same Immedyatly.

To heale an old Leprye.* 1.400 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

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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 quike 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.

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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 pacinte 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

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agaynste the stomake wyth water of the decocton 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.

* 1.402Against 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

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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.* 1.403

Uitriolum citrine drid & 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.

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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 & sprd 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.

* 1.404Drye 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

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and anoynte the therwith, it is wounderful good.

Sethe the rotes of docke,* 1.405 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 thr¦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 ater 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

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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 confcion be iuste and good, it is a wounderfull expe∣riment.

* 1.406Take 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.

☞Of Glaudules or cur∣nelles,

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¶The Causes.

❧Grosse and thicke flegme gade∣ryo to one place.

The Sygnes.

¶ A curnel in the fleshe not verye harde.

Remedies. Capi. lxiiii.

TO take away the glandules,* 1.407 in¦coporate brimstone and whete brā wt Cerpentine, & make a plaster of. Darnel,* 1.408 quicke brimstone lyne sede and coluer dounge, take them and sethe them in wyne and applye it to the scruphules and weles, it kylleth and brekyth them.

Lentil sede geuen with wyne that is fyued, doth expel and dryue forth the glandules.

The rote of wilde Cucumer stāpt with barly mele,* 1.409 and made in a pla∣ster takith away old swellinges fil∣thy and hard.

The rote of betony incoropora∣tyd wyth grefe and couer dounge,

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the strophules mightyly.

* 1.410Wylo Poppy, quicke brimstone, coluer dounge, and Lin sede, let thē be all sodden with pure wyne fyrste stampt together & so plasterid it hea¦lyth al the scrophules.

* 1.411Take and sethe an egge well and breake it in ye mylke or ioyce of spur¦ge, & giue it ye pacient to drinke thre dayes early & late, and let hym eate no supper and so shal he be delyue∣red therof.

Take of coluer, Gotes and Oxe doung dryed, of litarge of the ashes of coleworte rote, of serapine, of bit∣ter almoundes Ana. ʒ i. incorporat them all wyth pytche & a litle stale oyle or stale grese, and so apply it, y same helpith and lowsethe quickly, specially yf they fyrst take a purga¦cion of turbythe.

* 1.412Mustard sede stampte and pun∣ned with old grese and so plasterid, clensyth the scrophules cleane.

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Make dowe of beane flouer wyth he ioyce of coryander, bake it, and plaster it hote, it helith perfytlye the crophules.

Snayles boylid stampt & so layd o, mollyfy & dissolue. ye scrophules. The pouder of blacke peper dried & mixt with hard pitche,* 1.413 doth disperse & put awaye, scrophules infantes.

A sodden figge plastered theron helith them.

Lycoryse, stampt & plasterid taketh away the swelling of ye scrophules.

In the wane of the mone, let ye pa¦ciente vse to drinke .ix. dayes toge∣ther the ioyce of Agrimonie & whay fastynge, & so shall he be hole of the glanduls.

Melt pytche and hogges grece, & put therto quicke brimstone & whet branne, and so make a plaster, it he∣ithe the pustules of ye necke & throt applyed ther.

Goes dounge is good to resolue the glandules.

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Mengle the ashes of the fethers of coluers wynges, and burnt hen∣bane, wt breade, and so applye them to the scrophules of ye necke for ther¦by they shalbe resolued & consumid

Take the ioyce of wylde Lylly & euforbium, temper them together & giue the paciente seuen pilles made therof in the morning for .xxx. dais contynually, for it expellith the scro¦phules, so yt one shal not remayne.

Take the rote of a lylly and lyne∣sede & stampe them & myngle them with vineger, and put therto coluer dounge and plaster it on ye scrophu¦les for it is woūderful in operaciō.

Ribwort freshe gatherid myxt wt cleare grease & plasteryd losithe all swellynges.

The bloud of a Wesyl dropt vpō the scrophules, is very good and me¦dicinable.

* 1.414A plaster made of walworte dothe asswage mytigate and extinguyshe

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he scrophules.

Radyshe taken of the pacient in a¦ny forme ether of meate or drinke, is wounderful good agaynst the scro¦phules.

Peache leaues stampte with salte and plasteryd, are much worth.* 1.415

Apply the rote of bryony stampte and myxt wyth hogges greace, and yf the scrophules beharde, take go∣es dounge and vineger, mollyfy ye gotes dounge therwith, and put in o a lynnen clothe, and so applye it.

¶ Of Wartes.

¶ The Causes.

☞Grosse and colde melancholy or Flegme.

¶ The Signes.

Euery man knoweth a wart.

Remedies. Capi. lxv.

TO take a way Wartes make this experiment put the feele of Hennes in the hote Em∣bres

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tyll the scales or skynne therof be seperatid, and shronke from ther legges and the same skyne warme rubbe the wartes thre or .iiii. tymes, or more, and it wil dryue thē a way.

The Rind of a sallow tre burnt & temperid with veniger and so pla∣sterid, taketh away the wartes and scabbes that be in any place.

* 1.416Egrimony myxte and stampt wt veniger & so plasterid, puttith out the wartes.

Pursland rubbed vpon the war∣tes, pulleth them vp by the rotes by his owne propertie.

* 1.417Burne the grene vine that berithe grapes of the the inner syde, and wt the same water that comyth therout anoynt the wartes, bunchis, & Fig∣ges about, or giue it the paciente to drinke it shal cause them al to faul out by the rotes.

An egles turde anoyntyd or boūd on the wartes, taketh them away.

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Take a red snayle & cut hyr ouer thwart the backe,* 1.418 and reserue the li∣quor that cometh therof, blende it wyth salte and applye it, for it shall kyll al the wartes.

The mylke of fygges anoyntyd,* 1.419 pullth them out by the rotes wyth out any bytinge.

Arsenicke myxt wyth vineger & applyed on the wartes, taketh them awaye.

The gume of Iuye applyed after the same maner is of the same effect

Pul vp the markes on euery syde and lay about the sydes vnquēchid lyme and then anoynt thē with oyle of lylyes.

Of brennynge with fyre.

The Causes and Sygnes be e∣uydent.

Remedies. Cap. lxvi.

TO heale the burning of fire skauld a Hare and take the heares cute veri smale and fine, and

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sprinkle it vpon the place.

Mingle the oyle of Nuttes and waxe to gether, and anoint the place it is very good.

* 1.420Washe quicke lime in seueral wa∣ters .ix. times, and that which remai¦nyth in the last water myngle with comō oyle, mighteli stiing it about and anoynte the place, this xperi∣ment hath ben prouyd.

A certayne practitionar sayth for a suretie,* 1.421 yt if streyght vpon the bur∣nynge. Inke menglid with water & comon oyle be boūd vnto the place, it wil shortly heale it.

The rote of Lyllye rostid vpon ye coles and resoluid with oyle of ro∣sis,* 1.422 doth mightily heale the burnin∣ges with fyre.

Applye vnto woundes yt be moist & old .v. partts of the ioyce of Lylly leaues and one of vineger, & in espe¦cially vnto the heade.

Take a moue skynne and applye

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it hote vnto the burnynge & take i not away till it be hole.

Take the ashes of a dry Cucu∣mer, and sprynkle it vpon the bur∣nynge it hath great efficacy to heale the same.

Sope anoynted vpon the place is very good.

Ashes made of a drye snayles shel healyth the burninges.* 1.423

Burne Doues dounge in a lyn∣nen cloth and myngle it wyth oyle of Rosys, and anoynt the place, for it is very good and mdicinable.

Sethe lekes, then stampe them and apply them they are also verye good.

The leaues of holihoke sod in oile and plasteryd, healith burninges.

Take the whit of an egge rawe and oyle Olife, sture them about so longe to gether till it be come into a thick oyntmēt, & anoynte it vpō the place, & ther shal apere no scarre.

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The leaues of a pere tre stampt & applyed, heale the burnyng of fyer.

¶For the wyld fyre or creapinge vlcers.

The Causes.

A fluxyon myngled wyth hote bloude and choler.

The Sygnes.

A certayne rednesse in the skinne and not very paynful.

☞Remedies. Capi. lxvii.

THe bodye beinge fyrst pur∣gid of burnt humors, apply vnto the place rawe egges and laye theron a blete leafe, and thou shalte wounder at the healyng therof.

Take the horne of a gote and burne it in the flame of the fyre and ye rind that ryseth therof at that tyme take and stampe it wyth vineger & ouer noynt the burned place therwt, for it healeth wounderfullye.

* 1.424Barly meale frid or coluers doūge dissoluyd wyth oyle and put a lyn∣nen

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clothe & bound vnto the burnte is wounderfull in efficacie for thou shalt fynde no stronger medicine a∣gaynst thys disease called wyld fire and al other burninges.

The Grene leaues of a plaine tre stampt and myxte with grese helith often tymes the burninges.* 1.425

The leaues of rybworte stampt & plasterid ar a singular helpe.

The yolke of an egge temperyd wyth oyle and so applied assagithe al burnynges.

The ashes of the rynde of an elme sprinklid vppon the burnyng, hea∣lith myghtlye the burnynges wyth out scarres.

Salt stampt & myxt wyth oyle & applyed doth quenche this disease.

Uineger is of valure aboue all thynge for burninges.* 1.426 And diosco∣rides sayth yt it healith thys dysease called ignis sacer.

The pouder of hares heares burnt* 1.427

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and sprinklid vpō the burning hea∣leth the same quickly and causeth y heare to growe.

¶ To draw out any thynge fyxed in he body.

❧ As for the causes of this cha∣piter & of the rest vnto the end of the boke, because that eyther they be ma¦nyfest, or els before touched, I wyl wryt nothynge at al.

Remedies. Capi. lxviii.

* 1.428SOthernewood & freshe grece of there owne propertye do drawe oute spriges, thornes, and other thinges yt fastē in ye bodi.

Holeworte stampt and applied is of the same operacion.

The same operacion hath the sede of roket.

* 1.429Gose turdes plasterid vpon the grefe, drawith out y stickes and I∣ron that be fastenid in the fleshe. Of the same operacion is the ioyce of* 1.430 Dytanye myngled wyth Gose

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dounge.

The ashes of a burnt Swalowe myxt with vineger and applied, is like in operacion.

Okeferne stampt wyth hogges grese and bounde vnto the grefe, is very good also.

The roote of gladen stampt and applied to the grefe,* 1.431 is good in ope∣racion for it draweth out the broken bones and if it be dronke it healeth bruysynges.

The braunchis of wild poppye & vnripe figges,* 1.432 drawe broken bones out from vlcers.

Bytony drawith bones out of bre¦kinges wounderful wel.* 1.433

Dogge Fenel rote expellith the broken bones.* 1.434

Ashes made of Fumitorie stampt & mixt with rawe hony, and applied vpon the woūdes, draweth oute the peces of broken bones.

Stampe a rote of Enula and

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of a reade wyth hedghogges grease and hony, and appli them for it dra¦weth out ye thorne or such like thing fastenyd in a mans body.

* 1.435The ashes of earthe wormes with hony sodden and applyed, draweth out broken bones.

¶ A drynke for them that be hurt and bruysed. Remedies. Ca. lxix.

* 1.436FOr them that be bruysid, take Betonye, Egrimony, Straw¦bery leaues, Azarabacca or fo¦le fote, malowes▪ buglosse, tāsy, mar¦geram, Fiue leaued grasse, Saynct Iohns grasse, & Pimpernell gather of eche .M.i. stampe them and sethe them wt .iii. pound of wyne and the same wyne yt remanith strayne, and put therto an hundreth cornes of pe¦per, and the oftener that the pacient drinketh therof, the soner shall he be whole, but let hym beware from all poysoned and hurtful thynges.

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Incorporate the pouder of fragrā¦tcense and whet branne with perce∣ly ioyce that they may be good and thicke, & so apply the same to ye sore.

Take a gober of larde, & take hony branne and Fenigreke and wyne sethe them all together, and applye it vpon ye sore of the strippe, it woū∣derfully helpith and healith.

A drynke that is wounderfull a∣gaynst bruysing.

Take Egrimony, betony, Sage, Plantayne, Iuy leaues, rospercely poune them together and myxte wyne therto, geue the pacient it oftē to drinke tyl he be whole.

❧ To cure beastes that are sycke or hurte.

THe bloud of a graye myxt wt salt and instilled into the hor¦nes of beastes preserueth thē from the moren this is wel knowen and prouyd

Pulyal royall applied to there no∣thrils* 1.437

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wt vineger, taketh awaye the hurte of them.

* 1.438Cut the beast & put into the woūd pouder of blacke Hellebore whiche wyth his propertie draweth out poy¦soned humors, and so the beast shal be delyuered from the moren.

If the beast drinke a good harty draught of ynke it wyl heale it.

Agaynst dronkennes. Cap. lxxi.

GEue vnto that man that is geuen to dronkennes the lig¦htes of a shepe, and he shal feele no dronkennes.

Geue vnto a dronken man the as∣shes of burnt swalows, and he shal not be dronke while he lyueth.

❧Of them that take werynes by Iourneinge. Capi. lxxii.

GEue vnto the weryed persō to drynke at nighte,* 1.439 the rote of mugwort, and so shall his wery∣nes

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departe from hym.

Water of the decoction of lyne sede it selfe being hote applied to the sto¦make, prouoketh swet, and causethe werynes to yssue out.

Calamus Aromaticus, Pelliter, Calament, Carobes the lesse, detin Maioram, any of these that I haue mencioned, eyther symple or compō¦dred sodden with oyle, & the pacient therwith anointid, prouoketh swete

The ashes of an old wilde figge tree, dronke prouoketh sweate thys same hath ben prouyd.

¶ A good drinke for woun∣ded men. Capi. lxxiii.

THys a good drinke for woū¦ded men. Take mouse eare, betony, Sanamūd, sage, of eche .m i. as much red madder as of al ye rest afore, make a pouder therof & boile

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the premisses in wine, and geue ther¦of to the woundyd partye asmuche therof thryse a daye, as wil into an egges shell.

A good oyntmente for wounded men, take of good vermilion .℥ i. of cynomond .ʒ i. of cardamomum .℥ i cloues, in number .xx long peper .ʒ i and a halfe, blacke Peper .xx. gray∣nes, of Saffron .ʒ i. make an oynt∣ment wt the foresayde pouders and good whit wyne and hony, and thē make a plaster and applye it vnto the wounde as thus. Take of Lille Malowes yonge that growe harde by the rote .m.i. wyld Gellefloures .M.iii. boyle them to gether wt strō∣ge wyne and make a plaster, applye the oyntment and lay to the plaster.

A drinke agaynst the Fistule. Capi. lxxiiii.

MAke cloues Pympernell, vale∣rian, mouse eare, herbe Robert, tan∣sey

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sethe thē al in whyte wyne, geue vnto the paciēt twyse a day therof.

Pilles to heale al sores. Take the sede of red colewortes, the sede of tā¦sye and Cabage, of yche lyke much, of the greater madder, make of the hole as muche as shall suffyse for ye hole yere, geue therof twyse a day, & kepe alwayes a Colewort leafe vp¦pon the fistule.

Take of dragōs bloud, seagyrdel of Cinamon, of Cardamonium, A∣na. ʒ i. of Alume .℥ i. of Gentiane .ʒ & a half, of Saffron .ʒ .i. make an∣oyntment, then after you haue geuē the potion twyse a daye, haue thys respecte whether ye woundid so doth preserue and kepe the said potion, if he cast out the potion thrise, then is it to be doubted of his helth.

To pourge the cholericke humour downe ward. Capi. lxxv.

TO purge Colericke humours

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downeward by the bellye, and that in helthful men: fyrst let the matter be digestid, wyth Oxizaccharum, or els with sirupus Acetosus, the mat∣ter being digestid, pourge it wt this medicine. Take of ye electuari desuc¦corosatū oximel, resoluid wt the ioy¦ce of rosis ana. ʒ ii. of ye ioyce of sca¦moni ʒ. & a half mingle thē together & yf you wil you may giue ye paciēt therof tempered wyth wyne or youe may make therof pilles.

Yf it so chaunce that the matter be conteyned from the nauell downe∣ward or in any other parte of the bo¦dye, then myngle with the fore reher¦syd medicines .ʒ ii. of the pouder of mirabolanes citrines, of al this ma∣ke pilles, and let them be geuen to ye pacient.

¶Of Melanchollie natural. Capi. lxxvi.

TO purge natural melācho∣lie in helthful men, fallen in

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the nether partes of ye body, fyrst di¦gest ye matter wt squillitike oximel, or els with some syroupe made ther¦fore, ye matter beinge digestid purge it with this medicine.

Take of Hierologodion .ʒ ii. of hie¦ra rufi .ʒ i. of theodoricon emp .ʒ i. of honye Anacardine .ʒ. mengle them together and make pilles, and giue it in the euenning & let them be shar¦penyd with .ʒ i. of spurge.

Yf the matter which ought to be purged, be in the middell partes of the bodi, as in the stomake, or in the inward of man therunto must be a¦plyed laxatiues, as Cassia fistula. &.c. or as the medicine aboue menci¦onid.

But if it be inseueral partes of the body as in the goute in suche a case must strong medicines be ministrid as is rehersal of before, & thei ought to be doubled.

☞Of purging burnt coller. Capi. lxxvii.

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TO purge burnt coller or salte flegme, let the matter be preparid wt oxisaccharum in thre partes therof & the fourth part of a syrupe, of diu¦retike thynges or of syrupes made of the ioyce of Fumitori, and purge it with this medicine. Take Catar: Imperial, oximel laxatiue, of eche .ʒ ii. of Hierologodian .ʒ i. of spurge .ʒ i. mengle them together and make pilles geue them in the euenyng.

Of the Quotydyan feuer. Capi. lxxviii.

AGaynst the Quotidian feuer after the fourth comming of the fyt, take of the ioyce of German¦dre .℥ i. of the ioyce of Cynksoyle & violettes ana. ℥ iii. of wine of pome¦granates .℥ ii. suger a poūd & a half and the same is good agaynste the quartaine after the .vii. fit, the ioyce of Germandre being doubled these medicines are ministrid to: helthful grutched & not greatlye vexed wih fittes of the Agewe.

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❧ To pourge flegme in quo∣tidian Feuers. Capi. lxxix.

TO purge natural flegme in quotidiās, take of electuariū ducis .℥ i. temper it wyth warme water & geue it vnto the pacient to drinke in the morninge.

¶Of a quotidian feuer through swette Flegme. Capi. lxxx.

AGaynst a quotidiā of swete flegme, make this decoction and giue it vnto the pacient, take of Uiolettes .℥. and a half of pruines. oke ferne .℥ i. mirabolans kebules ℥ i. make a decoction and mynister it vnto halfe a pound.

Of a quotidian of sharpe flegme.

AGaynste the quotidian that is of shrape flegme, take this or∣dre, digest fyrst the matter with oxi∣mell simplex, or oxizacharum or wt

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syroupe composiue, and being diges¦ted, purge it with this medicine, ta∣k of violettes .℥ ii. of Sene, tyme, wild tyme, & oke or wal ferne ana. ℥ of cassa fistula, of tamarindes, ana ℥. & a half, mirabolans kebules, ℥ ii make a decoctyon, yf it be a stronge pacient geue hym al, if weake, geue him but halfe, and marke that thys medicine that is ministred agaynst a quotidian of sharpe flegme maye be mynystred agaynste the same of slimy flegme and agaynst a quar∣tayne of melancholye natural.

Of purgynge of choler in Tertian Feuers, Capi. lxxxii.

TO purge choler in Terci∣ans mak this recepcion. Take of violettes .℥ ii. of Cassia fistula .℥ i. of tamarindes .℥, giue them vnto ye pacient in the mornynge, but fyrst make a preparatiue of the decoction of prunes a poūd, fyrst strayne it & resolue the foresayde thinges in the

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strayning. A syrupe against a tertiā of red choler, take maydē heare .m ii of violetts .ʒ iiii. of these .iiii. melōs gourdes, cucumers, Pepons, of the seads of pursland, o Sandarache whyte and red of eche .℥. & a half of whyte poppy .ʒ i. o ashes of spodiū ℥. & a halfe, of wyne of pomegrana¦tes .℥ i. of prunes .v. of cleare cassa fistula .ʒ i, of manna .℥. & a half mi¦rabolanes, citrin .℥. Rewbarbe .ʒ i. make a decoctyon.

Of tertian of yellow choler. Capi. lxxxiii.

AGaynst the Tertian of yellowe choler, or glassie, or els like salt, take ye rotes of fennel, parcely, teyntwort mayden heare, endyue, cychory, har¦tes tounge, ana. m.i. violettes .℥ iii of iniubes of these .iiii. melōs gour∣des cucumers pepōs, of lettys and pursland sede ana. ℥. of dil. ℥. of wi∣ne of pomgranats of suger .ii. poūd make a syrupe & clarify y straining

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therunto take of Uiolettes .℥ iii. of iniubes, and of the .iiii. cold sedes be¦fore namyd, mayden here, cassia fi∣stula, clered tamarindes, anise, fenel ana, ℥. & a halfe, of citryn mirabola¦nes, Rewbarbe ana. ℥ iii. of prunes xx. make a decoction.

¶Of a symple or double tertian. Capi. lxxxiiii.

AGaynst a double or simple fe¦uer Tertian, after the thyrde fit proue this experiment. Take of the ioyce of Endiue, of Cychory, of southistell .℥ i, of the ioyce of plain∣taine, of hartes tongue .℥ i. & a half of wine of pomegranates, poundes ii. suger a poūd, & a half make a sy∣roupe, and let a yonge man drynke .v. sponefull therof, and an old man iiii. wyth water, of both the endiues ana. m.i. of these .iiii. melons gour∣des cucumers, pepons, of purselāde ana. ℥ i. violettes .℥ iii. of ye floures of Borage .℥ i. of suger a pound of

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wyne of pomegranates make a sy∣rupe. A decoctyon for the same, take of violettes .℥. of Borage floures ʒ i. mirabolās citrins, kebules, ana. ℥ i. prunes .v, oke or walferne .℥. & a half, turbith .℥ ii. of Anise, fenil sede Ana. ℥. & a half. make a decoctyon.

☞Of a Tertian feuer of red choler, Capi, lxxxv.

AGaynst a tertian of red choler, take of Mayden heare, Teynt¦worte, sowthistell, lyuerwort, of wynter Gelefloures Ana. m iii. of violettes .℥ iii. of ye floures of wa¦ter Lyllyes .℥ i. of these .iiii. cold se∣des, Lettyse, Purslayne, white pop∣pye and sanders, ana. ℥ i. Prunes xx. of suger .ii. pound, make a syrup and let it be clarifyed.

And if it end not eyther by swette or seege, or els bi some good successe in ye declinatiō of ye feuer, geue vnto pacient this decoctiō. Take of vio∣lets

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.℥ iiii. of ye .iiii cold sedes. ana. ℥ ii. of Casia fistula .℥ ii. of myrabo∣lās citrin .℥. & a half, of rewbarbe ℥ i. & so make the decoctyon.

AGaynst the fiuer tertian or quar¦tayne take of Nettell .m ii. of a cob∣web, & salt .℥ i. & make .iiii. plasters therof, & let thē be put in the .iiii. ex∣tremities on the aines pulsatiues, after the thyrd fit .ii. houres and be∣fore the fit .i. houre, & giue vnto the pacient .ʒ. & a halfe, of camphory wt Rose water.

¶Of the quartayne feuer that comyth of burnt choler. Cap. lxxxvi.

AGaynst the quartayne of a burnt choler in somer, take of Endiue, cychory, Hartes tounge, citterache, maydē here, teint wort, ana. m i. of violettes .℥ iiii. of borage floues .℥ ii. of the .iiii. colde seades melons Gourdes, cucumers Pepons, ana. ℥ i. prunes .x. tyme, &

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wild Tyme ana. ℥ iiii. sene, dodder, ana. ℥. & a half, suger .ii. pound, ma∣ke a syrupe and claryfy it. A decoc∣tyon therunto, take of violettes, se∣besten, of Borage floures, ana. ℥. & a half, of mirabolas citrin, kebulis Indi. ana. ℥ iii. of rewbarbe .ʒ i mak a decoction.

¶Of a Quartayne in haruest. Capi. lxxxvii.

AGaīst a quartaine of burnt coler in haruest, take ye rote of fennel, parcely, of bochers brome sperage, cinksoyle▪ of grasse, of En∣diue, cychory, cyterach, mayden here tentworte, Hartes tounge▪ Lange∣befe, Lentils, Acasia. ana. ℥ & a half prunes .xx. wine of pomegranates, a pound & a halfe, of suger .iii.l. ma¦ke a syrupe. A decoctiō herevnto ta¦ke of violets .℥ iiii of borage flours

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sebestene, cassia fistula, tamarindes ana. ℥ i. o time, and wild Time, of both ortes of sticados mirabolans citrinia Indi, the foure cold seades, Mlons, Gourdes, cucumers Pe∣pons, ana. ℥. of Prunes .xx. make a decoctyon.

¶ Of a quartayne bredde of naturall melancholy Ca, lxxxviii.

AGaynst the Feuer Quartayne bre of melancholy natural. Take the rote of Fennell, of Perselye, of buchers brome, of sperage, of cinke∣soyle, of Hartes tounge, of the rote of langedubefe, of hogges tounge the rote of an elder, walwor, germā¦der, ground Iuye, of both sortes of stychados, Calament, Organe, of the cold herbes, Melons, gourdes, Cucumers, Pepōs ana. m.i. of vio¦lettes, of Borage floures, Ana. ℥ ii of Spikenarde .℥ iii. of the ioyce of borage .℥ i. of whit veniger, a poūd

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of suger .iiii. pound, make a syrupe wt the decoctyon of .iii. poūd of ger¦mander, let the pacient Receiue the syrup with this decoction early and late.

AGaynst a quartayne Agewe. Take violettes, borage flou∣res▪ sene, time, & epithime, ana. ℥ ii. Mirabolanes, citrin, Kebuls Indi, Ana. ℥. make a decoction and geue it to the pacient (yf he be strōg of nature) before the fyt.

A potion for a quartayne. Capi. lxxxix.

FOr a quartayne this potiō is good to pourge by litle & litle & is giuen frō thre days to .iii or frō iiii. to .iiii. as is nedful▪ for it purgith and disgestithe speciallye if it be wyth a coughe.

Take wylde tyme, calamint, blacke helebour, Sene, violettes, hysope, & oke or wall ferne. Ana. ʒ i. & a halfe

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of fenell, Lequoryse, of the rotes of Fennell, and smallage, ana. ʒ and a halfe, let them be sodden and stande to settill that it maye clarifye, and take of the decoctyon .v. pound: and let it be made in a syrup giue ther∣of in a receptyon vnto the pacient .℥ ii. in the mornynge.

¶ A confectyon of pylles to purge all corupt humores. Capi. lxxxx.

A Confectyon of pils wherwt humors are dissoluid, take the inner parte of coloquintida .ʒ i. of agaricke ʒ. & a half, of Baurach ʒ i. of Liquoryse .ʒ i. of Nettels sede roket royal, ana. ʒ. and a half, stāp them and make pilles.

❧Of heuynes or drousy∣nes of the heade. Capi. lxxxxi.

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A Certayne experiment agayns the heuines of the heade. Take of Agaricke .ʒ v. of the ioyce of wild Sage, Rewbarbe, Holworte, ana ʒ i. whit suger .ʒ ii. and a halfe, make pilles lyke to cyche Pese, and drynke one therof thryse in a weke, or els euery day till you haue made an end of al, it helpith in the middes but specyally in the ende without a¦ny daunger.

Take of cloues, macys, Nut∣migges, Galingale, Dra∣gons bloud anyse, comin ana. ʒ i. as muche of spurge as of thē al and make a pouder.

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