A rich store-house or treasury for the diseased Wherein, are many approued medicines for diuers and sundry diseases, which haue been long hidden, and not come to light before this time. Now set foorth for the great benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people that are not of abilitie to go to the physitions. By A.T.

Cap. 12. ¶An Excellent good and approued Oyntement, for all maner of Aches, Agues, Bruses, Goutes, Cankers, Lamenes, Stitches, or hardenes of the Spleene, and for all maner of paine in the Heade and Eares.

TAKE Sage & Rue, of ech of them one pound, Worm∣wood, and Bay leaues, of ech of them halfe a pound, of Sheepes suet cleane picked from the skinne, the quan∣titie of three pound, and a pottle of Oyle oliffe, & choppe the hearbes very smalle, and then stampe them as small as may be, then shredde the suet very fine, and put them alltogether, and then stampe the hearbes and the suet, vntill such time, as the suet cannot be perceiued, then take it foorth, and put it, into a faire panne, and put the Oyle therein, and couer it close, and soe let it stand for the space of twelue daies: then take it foorth and breake it with your handes into a brasse panne, and set it vpon a soft fire, and you must be alwaies stirring of it, vntill such time as the hearbes be cracklinge, then take it of and straine it thorough a canues cloth, into an earthen pot, and so keepe it. For those vehement aches, whē you shall lay any of this oyntement vpon the place greeued, you must take Wooll that groweth between the sheeps legs, or else of the longest of the Wooll, & let it be carded in broad flakes, and basted vpon a linnen cloth, and soe keepe that al∣waies to it.