The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent authours, and newly translated out of Frenche into Englishe, with a generall table, of all the matters conteined in the saied boke. By William Warde.

To heale the Skurfe.

TAke the roote of the herbe callid in latin Panis porcinus, and skrape or grate it, and putte it in a little pot, and put to it sixe vnces of oile of roses and let it seeth well, and whan it beginneth to boile put in sixe vnces of litarge of Gold, and a dragme of Precipitatum prepared, and lette it remaine a little on the fire, mixyng & sturring it still, and also afterward vntill it be cold: then anoint the skuruy head with it and strowe vpō it like spice a little floure of the graine called Lupines, and some beane floure mixt togither, and so put a coife vpon his head, and that shall suffice ones a daie in doyng it three daies togither. And if the heares fall not of them selues, pull theim out by little and little, and within twelue or thirtene daies he shall be cured. Also another waie, take Sage, Ro∣semarie, our Ladies glooues, Camomille, and Panis Porcinus, cut this very smal, of eche of them a handful, boile them vntill they be sodden inough and that the vertue and strength bee remained in the wine, than straine it and presse well the herbes, and washe the skabby head with the saide wine and drie it well, this done make a fine pouder of a piece of fleshe of a yong Bulle, and strowe it vpon the head like spices, and binde the coife vpon his head, doyng this ones a daie, and plucke euerie daie some of the heares awaie, for they will die awaie by little and little of themselues. And do thus so often vntill you see his head nete and ••leane, and than shall he be thorowly whole. There is yet another secreat wherof menne make little or none

accompt, and yet neuertheles if you proue it you shall finde a meruelous effect of it. Take three pound of old larde of a barrow hogge, and laie it to stepe two daies in strong Vinaigre, and lette it be couered ouer with the said vinaigre: this don wrappe it in three or foure sheetes of paper, and vpon that two or three leaues of Cabbedge, and laie it vnder the hote embers or ashes whan you couer your fire, & there let it lie two houres or more or lesse, according as the fire was great, or as long vntill you thinke it be roste inough: then take it out of the fire, and make it cleane, and straine out the grease of it, passing it thorow a linē cloth, and by and by put into it a quarter of an vnce or more or lesse of Verdegrise braied very small, according as the infir∣mite shal be great or small, and incorporate it well togither with a sticke the space of an houre, vntill it beginneth to waxe colde, to the intent that the Ver∣degrise descende not al to the bottome, and keepe this grease as a precious thing: and the older it is, the bet∣ter operation it maketh. And annoint the head of the patient with it, euery second night, and wash also his head twise or thrise a weeke with sweete lie, with a handfull of leane bran boiled and drie it well againe, and anoint his head againe, putting the coife vpō his head and none other, and whan you haue annointed it three or four times, the roote of the heare wilbe ripe, and you maie plucke alwaies some out in washing, and they will come of easely and without paine. And if in cace they would not come of easely neither with force, care not for that: for the disease hath not perced thither and therfore let them alone: for some time thei bee not dangerous: but if they were infected or hurt with the disease they woulde be lose and fall of or els ••asy to bee pluckt of, bicause that the ointment doth ••ipe the roote, and whan the head is all bare, without heare and made cleane, feare not: for all the heare wil ••ome againe fairer than euer they were, and he shall

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be cured and sound. This hath bene oftentimes pro∣ued, and hath wrought well almost in all menne: for you must know that there are foure kindes of skurfes, the one is more grosse and fleshy than the other, and therfore marueile not, if you finde so many diuers re∣ceiptes: for there be many menne that heale the skurfe whiche know it not: but if it be the skurfe looke vpon his naile, & if there be a blacke circle about the white at the roote of the naile, and the greater the circle is, the worse kinde of skurfe it is, and therefore you shall vse the remedies aforesaid, and lette him not eate any hogges fleshe nor eigre or sharpe thinges, and with the helpe of God he shalbe healed. Take also a great lisard or two, and drowne theim in comon oile, and than seeth them vntill they cōsume, and with this oile anoint his head oftentimes, and the heare will come so faste and suche great quantite, that he shall not tell what to do with theim. There is also another remedy for to heale the simple skurfe. Take of the grease of a male hogge as muche as you will, and some stronge vinaigre for a third part, and half an vnce of salt bea∣ten and stampt, and boile it with a small fire vntill all the vinaigre be consumed: then take it from the fire, and put into it all these pouders folowing: verdegris, alome of the rocke burned, of eche of them two dram∣mes, brimstone and suet of eche one a dramme, and pi∣geons dong, and let al be well incorporated togither, and anoint his head with it ones a daie, and washe it twise or thrise a weeke, and boile in the lie the roote of Lapathum or Rumex, in english Sorrell, and straine it, and then washe him with it, and whan it is drie a∣gain, anoint him a fresh. Of the foure kindes of skurfe the firste is called Porrig•• farinosa, flowery or white skurfe, the other Furfurea or Furfurosa, bicause it hath the colour of bran and skales like vnto bran, the third Viscosa, clāmy or cleauing like bird lime, and the fourth Lupinosa, bicause it is like the graine called lupin••s.

And in the forme and matter the one is drie, the other moist, the one vlcerous, & the other without vlcers, & here of it followeth that the one is more sharpe and smarting than the other, for the causes of the skurfe are grosse humors corrupt & clammy, whiche somtime is brought with vs euen from our mothers wombe, & some by euill gouerning of our selues in our life, the moist skurfe is with brode sores, & the drie w^t crustes.