Here begynneth a newe boke of medecynes intytulyd or callyd the Treasure of pore men whiche sheweth many dyuerse good medecines for dyuerse certayn dysseases as in the table of this present boke more playnly shall appere. The boke of medecines.
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Here begynneth a newe boke of medecynes intytulyd or callyd the Treasure of pore men whiche sheweth many dyuerse good medecines for dyuerse certayn dysseases as in the table of this present boke more playnly shall appere. The boke of medecines.
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[Imprynted at London :: In the pultre at the longe shoppe by saynt Myldredys church dore by [J. Rastell for] me Rycherd Bankes,
[1526?]]
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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynneth a newe boke of medecynes intytulyd or callyd the Treasure of pore men whiche sheweth many dyuerse good medecines for dyuerse certayn dysseases as in the table of this present boke more playnly shall appere. The boke of medecines." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13897.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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¶Here foloweth good medicines for them yt haue stynk¦ynge brethe.
NOw for them that haue stynk¦ynge brethe / take the ioyce of Hylworte / or els take butter & the ioyce of Horshoue and ye ioyce of Fetherfoy / & temper them with Hony / & euery day gyue to ye pacyēt a spone full.
¶Another for ye same.
¶Take two handes full of Comyn & stampe it to powder & boyle it in wyne & drynke the syrop .xv. day¦es & thou shall amende.
¶Another for the same.
¶Take Pulyoll & Mynt & drynke the ioyce and vse Gynger Canell & Nutmegges / & loke well & be sure that there be no roten tothe.
¶For stynkyng brethe ye cometh of ye stomake.
¶Take two handes full of Comyn made in pow∣der
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and sethe it in good wyne fro a potel to a quarte & drynke it at euen a lytell hote / but in the mornynge as hote as thou may drynke it / & thou muste drynke a pynte in the euenynge & in the mornynge / & within ix dayes thou shalbe hole on warantyse.
¶Another for the same.
¶Take Pulyoll of the mountayne yt is called Hyl∣worte a good hande full & wasshe it & sh••ede it small & grynde it in a morter small / & putte therto halfe an vnce of Peper in powder & asmoche of Comyn in powder & sethe thē in a potell of wyne vnto a quarte & vse it after meet & not before / ones at after noone & last at euen / alway hote / yet & you take it fastynge it is good.
¶For stynkynge brethe yt cometh fro ye brayne out of the nose.
¶Take reed Myntes and Rewe / of yche lyke moch / take the ioyce therof / and at euen whan thou goes to hedde put it into thy nose thrylles / & ly so that it may renne into the brayne.
¶For good brethe.
¶who that vseth to ete Ueruē it maketh good breth & dothe a waye the stynke of the mouthe.
¶For stynkynge brethe or stynkynge nose.
¶Take ye ioyce of blacke Myntes & ye ioye of Rewe of yche lyke moche & do it in his nose.
¶Another for the same.
¶Take thre hādes full of Comyn & bete it smal in a morter / & put therto a potell of wyne & sethe it to the halfe be wasted & strayne it through a cloth & drynke therof euery daye fyrste and laste / at euē & at morow
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as hote as thou maye suffer it / and thou shalbe hole within .xv. dayes on warantyse.
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