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••••ke five drams of Diaphaenicon, three ounces Wormwood water, and make a drink, the ••••ch received fasting four or five hours afore ••t is very profitable.
••ake half a pound of brown Sugar candy,
and one pint of Endive water, and anothe•• pint of red rose water, boil all th••se togethe•• from a quart to a pint, and until it come to thick Syrup, which then put into a fair g••as•• and keep it to thy use.
This Syrup cleanseth the Reins and cook•••• the heat th••reof, It must be taken fasti•••• chiefly and last towa••ds bed, yet it may be use as occasion s••rveth.
Take a quart of w••ite wine, and a quar•• of running water, Then take of the cr••p, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 R••semary asmuch as both the ha••ds can cla•••• seethe them till half be consu••ed, t••en tak•• Sugar g••ains, as ye think good, and drink 〈◊〉〈◊〉 first and last.
Take a good onion or two and rost the•• in the Embers, then stamp them and stra•••• out the juice, and mix it with asmuch Malme•• as juice, and drink th••reof blood warm fir•••• and last, Probat.
Take Egrimony, and Mugwort both leav•••• and roots, and stamp them small, then ming•• them with good Dears su••t, then smear 〈◊〉〈◊〉 anoint the place therewith very warm, and ••••∣ter binde it up.
Take the mosel of a Hart or Stagge, and make powder of it, and boil it in white wine with Bursa Pastoris, knot grasse, plantain and Comphry, and when its well boiled, strain it and let it cool, and it will be a Jelly, And if you will eat of it, put to it Sugar, Cinnamon and Saffron, for its a great restorative so eaten, also with the Jelly aforesaid, anoint a weak back on either side the back bone, and chafe it well in, but do not anoint the back bone with the hand, use it thrice a week to bed∣ward till you be well, Probat.
Take one handful of Baulme, one handful of Clarie, wash them not, they must be ga∣thered in the heat of the day, dry them in an oven and make them into power, the powder will be green, if it be done right, then lay a new layed egg into the fire, Let it be not half rosted, then put into it asmuch of the powder as will lie upon the point of a broad knife, and so eat it.
Take the roots of Tormentil, the best of them are red when they are broken, take of the pow∣der of these roots two parts and the third par•• of fine Galingale in powder, and of the powder of red mintes asmuch as of the Galingale, and
mingle them, and use of this powder in your broths, and meats, and Sawces.
Take Aqu. Calendulae extractae ex foljis florum, et bibe singulis diebus Cochlearia tria & sanus evades.
Take sperma caeti and powder of mints and use to drink this with a spoonful of red rose•• water and make it luke warm, the sperma caeti, will relent anon, for this is a soveraign Medi∣c••ne.
Take the white of an Egg, a little red rose water, and a little Nutmeg, beat it well to∣gether and drink it mornings. Its an admi∣rable thing to cool it.
Take Burre roots and stamp them, and boil th••m in stale Ale, and drink thereof at even∣ing hot, and at morning cold.
Take acorns and steep them three dayes in wi••e vin••ger, and dry them, and let him drink the powder; the cup is as good, if not better
then the Acorn its self, so they may be both together.
Take an handful of Cumphry, a handful of Clary, and so much of Mousear, boil them in a quart of red wine, with powder of Cinna∣••on, Saund••rs and Sugar, and drink a good ••raught of thi•• fasting.
Take white wine, rosewater, Plantain ••ater of each alike much in Quantitie one ••••arter of a pint, two Nutmegs grated, two ••enny worth of Cinnamon pounded, and as∣••uch of Bolearmony as a Nut beaten ••inal, the ••hite of an Egg beaten to oil and put toge∣••••er, and for three dayes use it not, but every 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shake it together in a glass, and then take •• morning and evening, provided that you 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a Syring now and then, either with white ••ne or else rose water, together or several, ••nd this is a special remedy for the running of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 reins often times proved.
One Master Atkinson having a broken vein his back could not be cured by any Doctor, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 home to die; having a continued issue of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 The Person of the parish advised him take a spoonful of the juice of Pla••tain ••ing, which he did three or four times and
was cured and is well, and verifies this in J••∣ly, 1652.
Take two peny worth of white wine and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 peny worth of honey, one peny worth o•• Ro••h a••lame, these three sorts to be boiled to••••∣ther, and the same to be placed where 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gri••f doth lie or most offend.
Take seven gallons of spring water in ••rom p••t, and put into it Sar••aparilla flic•• and bruised three ounce••, set it on the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and let it infuse or boil very gently two hou•••• th••n p••t into it f••ur ounces of chosen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 leaves and cods, and half an ounce of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 beaten to powder and half an ounce Stychad••s, and asmuch of Epithymum, of cho∣•••••• liqu••rice scraped, sliced and bruised flat t•• ou••ces, of Camomile flowers one o••nce, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them into a pot and let them boil all together one hour or more, then take it from the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••d strain it into an earthen pot, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and till it be cold then pure it and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 bottles and drink thereof morning and e••••∣ing, a reasonable good draught.
Acci, e vini albi pounds 96 alias gallons▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉, lib. ss gy••yrrhiz. iib. 2. Sea•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉, ••ib. ••. Cert••ci•• guiaci lib. 2. Colo••••••
one ounce, coque in balneo Mariae per 24. horas, i•• non ••••aporet, & exprime, Colaturae ad Mit••ri∣datum optimum, one ounce, per du••s dies, bibat ••••antum potest & nihil comedat per quatu••r 〈◊〉〈◊〉, postea comedat semel in die & postea comedat 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in die. Perficitur cura in duodecem diebus.
And cometh of some stone or gravel, and it is most like unto the Colick in cu••e, but in ••ourses they be clean contrary, ••or the Colick beginneth of the lower pa••ts on the right s••de and goeth up to the higher parts on the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 side o•• the belly, and it lieth rather more ••••r∣ward then backward, but Ne••h••etica Passio be∣ginneth contrariwise above descending down∣ward, and ever lieth more toward the back; A••so Nephretica is pain••uller a sore meat, and the Colick is more grievous after. And ofte•• the Colick chanceth suddenly but Neph••••tica contrary, for commonly it cometh by little and little, and evermore before one shall fe••l pain of the back with difficultie of urine, Item there is more difference, for the Colick sheweth dry∣••ess as it were coloured, but Nephretica is clear and white like water, afterward waxeth thick and then appeareth in the bottom of the v••ssel, like red sand or gravel.
You must use things aperitive to cause you to make water, but afore ye ought to loose the belly in taking an ounce of Cassia, an hour before meat: but if your belly be hard or bou••d you must take a Clyster before you take the
said Cassia. In stead thereof you may take Cowes milk, with two yelks of Eggs in man¦ner of a Clyster, the Clyster must be great in quantitie.
Drink water of Pellitory, of Cresses or of roots aperitive, the which waters are good to purge the gravel and stone.
Likewise a very good Electuary, for the ••••me Philantropos, or Lithontripon, if one take •• dram or two after operation of a Clyster of Ca••sia, or a pill of ante Cibum and after to drink one of the s••id waters or else a little white wine warmed.
If ye will make a Julep, take water o•• ••intes and of Ba••m of each half a pound, Sugar a quartern and make a Julep of the which one may drink evening and morning after mea•• a dra••ght. Every morning is good to take a Lozenge of the Elect. that follow∣eth.
Take powder of Diagalanga a dram and a half, of red corall and Masticke, of each a scruple, Tr••chiskes of Terra s••gillata half a d••am the barkes of Citrons confite and quin∣ces, of each one three drames, sugar dissol∣ved in water of Mintes four ounces, make an Electuary.
O••ls of Wormewood, Mint and of Narde and Masticke are very holsom to anoynt with∣all the belly and the stomack for the said flux, And the things declared of the flux Liente∣ria be very good in this case taking ever after meat a morsel of Marmalade. Red wine is very
good in this flux to drink at meat with the wa∣ter of a smith, and likewise all spices are good in this case.
Take the Peisel of an hart and dry it into powder, and drink it, the water of Oakbuds, or the very acorns dryed and made in powder, and drunk in ••ed wine, is very good▪
The said flux ought not to be restrained a sore the fourteenth day, i•• nature be not v••ry much infe••••led, And sometime it cometh of hot causes, as of color, and then the patient must drink be••ore his meat Syrup of Ribes, Syrup of roses or syrup of Quinces, and very smithes water.
After ye have purged the principal matter o•• the disease the second Intention shall be by and by to stop the said Issue.
Take trochiskes of white Amber and make them in powder, and give a dram every morn∣ing, and anon after drink an ounce or two o•• plantain water.
Instead of those Trochi••kes he may make a powder of Sanguis draconis, Bole armony, white amber, and red coral, drinking one dram with plantain water, as is aforesaid.
Take two ounces of old conserve of Roses, of the seed of plantain two drams, Sanguis draconis, Bole armony, of every one a dram and a half, white Cortal and red one dram, make a confection with Syrup of Mirtles and give it to drink morning and evening two houres afore meat at every time ••he quantity •••• a mean chesnut.
Take a handful of Sage, chop it small and put thereto the yelks of eggs, and fry them with as little butter as may be, and eat them as hot as you can, and drink not of 4 hours, and in four dayes after it helpeth.
Take ••owder of Comphry, and make tosts of wheat bread, and put them in red wine, a••d powder of Cinnamon therewith, and also eat it alone.
Take of Rubard grated one ounce, harts∣horn burnt and made into powder half a dram, mix them with Conserves of red Roses, of the last year and make thereof two or three boles, and let him take it at once, this scoureth away the cause of the flux and bindeth him pre∣sently after.
Take fine wheat flour boulted finely, and tye it in a linnen cloath of the bigness of two eggs; and boyl it in a pottle of running water, with a handful of mother of time, wh••n it is half boyled away, then take up the flour whhich will be hard, and in looking upon the flour you must take of a skim which will be on it, then take some of the said flour and thicken a quantity of new milk, boyled as a thin flour meat, and drink it as ye see cause until you have recovered strength. This will recover a man of the bloody flux, even when he is t••ought past help, and also to rost an egge stone hard, and ••lit it and lay it hot to the fundament, stayeth any monstrous flux, and to wear napkins hot, and to keep them as hot as one can well en∣dure to the navel and fundament, shi••ting them as they grow cold, is excellent in th••s case.
Womans milk drunk nine dayes togethe•• ••••sting, cureth the bloody flux in any:
Note that the powder of Misselden of the oak given in red wine, helpeth that Flux, ••••hatum.
Take Cumphry, Knotgrass, sheppards purse, Cinqufoil, Plantain, Ribwort, strawberry leaves, one handful, the middle rinde of a black thorn, & of cinramon one half ounce broken in small pieces, boyl all these in a pot of spring water, with a wheat bread crust unto a quart, and clarifie it, and put nine spoonfuls of wine vi∣negar unto it with sugar, and make a Iulep, drink thereof morning and evening, not drink∣ing after of two hours. Probatum.