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 13, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• ¶Here begynneth the table of this present boke.
• The boke of Medycynes. ¶How thou shall make aqua vite.
  • ¶For to make Claret and Payment.
• ¶For to tell of .i precyous waters that ypo∣cras made & sende them to a quene that som∣tyme was in Englande.
  • ¶The seconde water.
  • ¶The thyrde water.
  • ¶The fourth water.
  • ¶The fyfte water.
  • ¶The syxte water.
  • ¶For the clerenesse and the syght of the eyes.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another to claryfy the syght of the eyes.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶To make a water called maydens mylke.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶For the peyne in a mannes ye.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶A good water for mannes syght.
  • ¶water of Coporas.
  • ¶water of Betayne.
  • ¶Another water.
  • ¶A good water & a precyous for to clere a mā¦nes syght & to destroy the peyne in the eye.
  • ¶Another water for seke eyes.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Sall gemme.
  • ¶For all cuyls of eyes that ben reed of blode.
  • ¶For the Tey of the eyes.
  • ¶Another medycyne for sore eyes.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the hawe in the eye.
  • ¶For them that may not se / or them that haue blered eyes.
  • ¶For sore eyes an oyntment proued.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For blered eyee.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For a Pynne or a webbe in the eye.
  • ¶For eyes that be almost blynde.
  • ¶For eyes that ben blasted.
  • ¶For eyes that be full of ache & reed.
  • ¶For eyes that do renne.
  • ¶For the eyes.
  • ¶For the perle in the eye at the fyrste.
  • ¶A precyous water for eyes.
  • ¶For ache in the eyes.
  • ¶The resolucyon of humydytes of eyes.
  • The powder of mayster Peter de villa noua.
  • ¶Of the powder called Bonauenture.
  • ¶For reednesse of eyes & teeres.
  • ¶A precyous powder for a webbe in the eye.
  • ¶Another souerayne medycyne for the eyes.
  • ¶Another for the eyes.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶Another yf the eye be hurte with thorne or stubbe or other thynge.
  • ¶For the webbe in the ye.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶Another for sore eyes.
  • ¶Another for maladyes in the yes.
  • ¶Another for the ordre of the yes.
  • ¶A souerayne medycyne that helpeth a ma∣nes syght / & purgeth and claryfyeth his eyes be they neuer so blered.
  • ¶For lettyng of blode to saue a mānes syght
  • ¶For lettynge of blode there be .iii. peryllous dayes in the yere.
  • ¶Thre good dayes.
• ¶Here foloweth all the dyseases of the heed that be within / as aches / my∣graymes / with many other necessary & pro∣fytable.
  • ¶For the same.
  • ¶For all maner of heed ache.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to clense the heed.
  • ¶To clense the heed / the brest / ye stomake / & to make one to haue good appetyte.
  • ¶For the vanyte in the heed.
  • ¶For to cease the ache & swellynge of woūdes that beore in the heed or in ony other place / so that the bones be not broken.
  • ¶How thou shall knowe yf the brayne panne be broken.
  • ¶For the mygrayme in the heed & fo the po∣stume in the heed / for ye dropsy in the heed / for ye feuour in the heed / & for all aches in the heed.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For all maner of euyll aches in the heed.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another medycyne for the same.
  • ¶To purge the heed.
  • ¶For the ache in the heed.
  • ¶For the worme in the heed.
  • ¶For ache in the heed.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the mygrayine.
  • ¶Here foloweth a water to breke the rewme in the heed & to put away the pose.
  • ¶For the Mygrayme a true medycyne.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶A souerayne medycyne for the Mygrayine.
  • ¶For to restore the brayne.
• Here after shall folow ye beste remedyes that be for defnesse of the eeres / or for rennynge of the eeres to euery man ryght pro¦fyta∣ble.
  • ¶A treue medycyne for defnesse of eeres.
  • ¶For renynge ceres.
  • ¶For a man that may not here.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here after foloweth good medycynes for bledynge at the nose / or in any other place.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to staunche blode of a wounde.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Anothr for the same.
  • ¶For bledynge agaynst kynde.
  • ¶To staunche bledynge at the nose.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶To knowe yf a woūded mā shal lyue or dye
  • ¶Another for bledynge at the nose.
• ¶Here foloweth medycynes for ache in the tethe / al so how thou shall make tethe for to fall by theyr owne acorde / & to make tethe whyte / and fyrste for ye tothe ache.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the tothe ache tat cometh of wormes.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the tothe ache.
  • ¶For the tothe ache or for wormes in ye tethe.
  • ¶Another to make tethe faste.
  • ¶To make wormes to come out of the tethe.
  • ¶Another to slee wormes in the tethe.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the tothe ache & the gomes do swell.
  • ¶Another medycyne for the same.
  • ¶Another medycyne for the same.
  • ¶For to fasten tethe that be lose.
  • ¶To make tethe to fall by themselfe.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For stynkynge tethe.
  • ¶For to make tethe whyte.
• ¶Here foloweth good Medycynes for the peynes in the mouthe / & fyrste for thē that haue lost theyr speche.
  • ¶For them that speke in theyr slepe.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For them that dreme in theyr slepe.
  • ¶For them that may not slepe.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶To kepe one fro slepe.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For them that spytte blode.
  • ¶For hym that may not ete.
  • ¶For the great hete in the mouthe.
  • ¶For the Canker in the mouthe.
  • ¶For euyll in the throte or mouthe.
  • ¶For a man that hase lost his speche.
  • ¶For the Canker in the mouthe.
  • ¶For the Canker in a mannes mouthe / in his chekes / or in his lyppes.
• ¶Here foloweth good medicines for them yt haue stynk¦ynge brethe.
  • ¶Another for ye same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For stynkyng brethe ye cometh of ye stomake.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For stynkynge brethe yt cometh fro ye brayne out of the nose.
  • ¶For good brethe.
  • ¶For stynkynge brethe or stynkynge nose.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth good medicines for to make a mā to cast or to perbrake.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For them that may not hold theyr meet.
• ¶Here foloweth good medycy∣nes for for the colde & the coughe.
  • ¶For the colde.
  • ¶For the Coughe.
  • ¶Another medycyne for the same.
  • ¶For a man or woman that hathe great seke∣nesse in the sydes & maye not well drawe theyr wynde nor coughe for peyne.
  • For the Coughe.
  • ¶For the dry Coughe.
  • ¶For the Coughe a good medycyne.
  • ¶A good medycyne for the dry Coughe.
  • ¶Another medycyne for the same.
  • ¶For ye perylleous Coughe a good medycyne.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth good medycynes for swellynge vn¦der the chynne / for streytnesse in the pypes / for them that haue moche sekenesse / for ye pey¦nes aboute the harte / & fyrst for swel∣lynge vnder the chynne.
  • ¶For streytnesse in the pypes.
  • ¶For a mā or woman yt hathe moche sekenes.
  • ¶For sekenesse aboute the harte.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For sekenesse in the wombe & rysynge at the harte.
  • ¶For stoppyege of the pypes of the harte / and for flewme a medycyne proued.
  • ¶For to conforte the stomake & for swellynge at the harte.
• ¶Here foloweth good medicynes for ye sekenesse in ye brest and sydes / & fyrst for the great hete in ye brest yt causeth great drynes comynge into ye mouthe & stoppyng in ye heed.
  • ¶For ye clensynge of any pacyent yt is encom∣bred with Glete & for the Harte & for the Ly∣uer and for the Longes & for to open the Brest & the Pypes of the harte that be full stopped.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For stoppynge of the brest.
  • For euyll in the brest.
  • ¶For the brest that is combust.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • &A medycyne for stoppynge at the brest.
  • ¶Another for euyll in the brest.
  • ¶For the Canker in a womans pappe / & let no mā drede it for this medycyne is best therfore.
  • ¶For a Canker on the pappe.
  • ¶For the Fester.
  • ¶To make a woman to haue a softe brest.
  • ¶For swellynge of the brest.
  • ¶For peyne of the brest.
  • ¶For streytnesse of the brest.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to purge the brest.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the brest that is combred.
  • ¶For the stomake that is colde.
  • ¶For the swellynge of the stomake.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For pappes that be broken & do renne easly to helpe them.
  • ¶For hete in the brest that causeth great dry∣nesse comynge into the mouthe & shoppynge in the heed.
  • ¶For to breke flewme in the brest
  • ¶For a feuer in the stomake.
  • ¶For to make a drynke for womans pappes yt are rancled and be full of ache.
  • ¶For the Canker in a womans pappes.
  • ¶ A good lectuary for all maner of gnawyn∣ges & other euyls in the brest & for ratlynge in a mannes throte & for a byle & sore in the sydes & for the myst & for the stomake.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth good medicynes for ye dyseases in ye syde.
  • ¶For ache vnder the syde.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For a woman that hathe great sorowe in ye body vnder the sydes.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth good medycynes for the lyuer the longes the splenne & the mylte & a restoratyue for them that he wasted / & fyrst for the lyuer yt lōges and ye mylte.
  • ¶For the splenne.
  • ¶For stoppynge of the splenne.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the splenne a souerayne medycyne.
• ¶Here foloweth good medycynes for the dyseases in the wombe / for costyfnesse / for the flyx / for them that be brusten / for the wor∣mes in the wombe / for the fūdymēt / & fyrst for ye seke∣nesse in the wombe.
  • ¶For the encostyfnes:
  • ¶For the costyfnesse of the sowkynge chylde.
  • ¶For a woman than hase many flowres.
  • ¶For a woman that is swollen in the bely as she were with chylde.
  • ¶To stoppe a great flyx.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to hele man or woman yt is broken with out cuttynge.
  • ¶For an olde man that is brusten.
  • ¶For the costyfnesse.
  • ¶For wormes in the bely a good medycyne.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the Flyx a medycyne.
  • ¶For a manys fundament yt goth oute.
  • ¶For wormes in the wombe
  • ¶Medicynes for the Emerodes
  • ¶A nother for the same
  • ¶A nother for the same
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶Another for the Emerodes prouyd.
  • ¶For an impostume in the bodye
  • ¶For to dystroye an Impostume or a styche in what place it be of man or woman
  • ¶A playster for an impostume.
  • ¶A nother playster for an Impostume on the pappe or on any other lymme.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶For a Impostume with in a mannes body
• ¶Here foloweth diuers good me∣dycynes for the morphewe
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the Morfewe be it whyte or blacke.
• ¶Medycynes For paynes in the backe
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Medycynes for a Mormall.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to hele a Mermole or a Canker
  • ¶Medicynes for the Menason
  • ¶Another for the same
  • Another for the same.
  • ¶A medycine for the Iaūdyce.
  • Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶Medicynes for a Teter.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth dyuers good medy∣cynes for the feuers & for the hote Euyll and fyrste for the Feuer quarteyn.
  • ¶A medycyne for the hote Euyll.
  • ¶For to make a drynke for all feuers Postumes or any other sekenes in a mannes body.
  • ¶For the feuer quarteyne.
  • ¶For the Feuer cotidian.
  • ¶For the feuer Teran.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For a feuer Tercian.
  • ¶For a Feuer cotydian.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Now it is for to tell of dyuers medycynes for the Canker and Fester.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶For a canker in a womans pappe
  • ¶A Plaster for the Canker
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶For a Canker on the pappe.
  • ¶For the Canker.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶To sle the canker within a mannes body.
  • ¶For vaynes broken within a manes body.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For bolnynge of a vayne.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶For a vayne that is broken in too.
  • ¶For Uaynes and senowes broken.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶To stanche blode wha a master vayne is cut
  • ¶For to make a playster of herbes for ioyn∣tys that ar senowe spreynte
• ¶Here foloweth dyuerce good medycy∣nes for the Ache or swellynge in the legges fete or armes and fyrste for ye Legges or fete.
  • ¶For all maner of Ache.
  • ¶For ache in legges or armes.
  • ¶A salue that is bothe a clenser and a heler of woūdes & it wyl sece the akynge therof also
  • ¶For a open wounde that wyl not sece akyng
  • Another for the same.
  • For akynge or swellynge in the theyes.
  • ¶For akynge or swellynge in the knees.
  • ¶For all maner of akynges of strokes of woū¦des or of any other maner of sore.
  • ¶For akynge in the wrestes.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶Another for the same
• ¶Here foloweth dyners good medy∣cynes for the Pestylence.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth dyuers good medyey∣nes for botches byles and olde so∣res and fyrste for botches & olde sores
  • ¶To brynge a botche out of one place in to another.
  • ¶A plaster for byles.
  • ¶For a boche.
  • For to make a byle breke and rotte also.
  • ¶For a byle that is rotyn & not brokyn.
  • ¶A playster for to rotte a byle.
  • ¶For to breke a byle or Felō with out laūcynge.
  • ¶For a botche
  • ¶For to brynge out a botche.
• ¶Here foloweth diuers good medicynes for Scabbede legges or any other place of mannes body and fyrste of a mannes body.
  • ¶To do awaye scabbes.
  • ¶For scabbyd legges yt akethe & brenne.
  • ¶For all maer of scabbes or yechynge.
  • ¶For a drye scabbe.
  • ¶For pusshes byles and yechynge.
  • ¶For legges that be broken out.
  • ¶Another for the same
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
• ¶Here foloweth dyuers good medycy∣nes for Scalles & to haue a waye vermyne and fyrste for scalles.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For to do a waye Lyce or Nyttes.
  • ¶A nother for the same.
  • ¶For the Plsey.
  • ¶Another for the same.
  • ¶For the Dropsye.