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The vertues of aqua Balsamie.
IT preserueth all things from putrifaction that is put therein or annointed therewith, as the naturall balme doth in all respectes.
If any bee touched with the pestilence, so that the hart or braine be not infected, geue them ʒ 2. thereof to drinke, and annoint his stomacke with the same, & lay him downe to sweat, and in once or twise vsing it, by the grace of God they shall be holpe, for it will suffer no venome to remaine within the body. Being taken in the aforesaid order, it helpeth those that haue surfeted by any meanes.
Being anointed on the stomacke morning & euening, it cau∣seth an apetite, and consumeth cold humors: also if you drinke thereof euery morning ʒ i. fasting, it will purge the head and stomacke of all superfluous moisture and sharpeneth the sight, if ye drop now and then one drop into the eie.
Being drunke as is aforesaid, it helpeth those that are trou∣bled with the Rume, Catarre, cough and stitch in the side cau¦sed of winde.
Being put into the eare, it comforteth the sight and hearing meruellously and all impediments in the head, and consumeth all euill humors by his proper qualitie and nature, so that if ye vse it, ye shall wonder at the operation. It helpeth all manner of woundes, in what place of the bodie soeuer they bee, if yee wash them therewith, and lay thereon a cloth wet in the same twise a day.
If yee wash the Sciatica therewith, and lay thereon a cloth wet in the same, it taketh away the paine in very short time.
It prouoketh vrine, and expelleth grauell in the raines, being drunk with parslie water, or some conuenient licour: it is good against the Feuer Quartane, if ye drinke thereof 10 or 12. daies together euerie morning ʒ 1. or ʒ 2. after that the stomacke hath bene euacuated. It resolueth all aches and swellinges, comming of cold, if ye bathe the place therwith. It helpeth the tooth ach, if ye hold it in your mouth so long as ye may suffer it. It helpeth those that are troubled with the Cramp, or that haue their mouthes drawen awrie by that meanes▪ if they drinke a smal quantity and hold the same in their mouth, & annoint the partes therewith morning and euening.