The English house-vvife Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banqueting-stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preseruing of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth, and dying, the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oates, their excellent vses in a family, of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A worke generally approued, and now the fourth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this kingdome. By G.M.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.

☞ A playster for any paine in the ioynts.

Take halfe a pound of vnwrought wax, as much Ro∣sin, one ounce of galbanum, a quarter of a pound of Le∣thargy of gold, three quarters of white Leade, beaten to pouder and earst, then take a pint of Neates foot oile, and set it on the fire in a smal vessel which may containe the rest, and when it is all moulten, then put in the pouders and stirre it fast with a flice, and trye it vppon the bottome of a saucer, when it beginneth to be some∣what hard, then take it from the fire, and annoynt a faire boord with Neates foote oyle, and as you may handle it for heate, worke it vp in roules, and it wil keepe fiue or sixe yeares, being wrapped vp close in papers, and when you wil vse it, spread of it thin vpon new lockram or lea∣ther somewhat bigger then the griefe, and so if the griefe remooue follow it, renewing it morning and eue∣ning, and let it be somewhat warme when it is layd on, and beware of taking cold, and drinking hot wines.