Choice and rare experiments in physick and chirurgery, or, A discovery of most approved medicines for the curing of most diseases incident to the body of men, women, and of children together with an antidotary of experiments never before published / found out by the studie and experience of Thomas Collins, student in physick neer the city of Gloucester.

A medicine for all manner of ulcers and sores, very pleasant, called Lycion.

The making of virkin lycion is the juice of Capri foli. Lycion cureth the canker in the Ma∣trice and in the skin and bones. Lycion is a principal medicine boiled with ho••y unto the thickness of hony, It may be made thus. Take the juice and set it in the sun for to dry that it may be powder, and this powder of Lycion serveth dark eyes, for it is called Luci••um ocu'o. It profiteth also Chirurgery & that is thus,

Take the juice of Caprisolij by it self and put thereto asmuch clarfied hony and seerhe it un∣to the wasting of the hony, let it be kept unto the time of your use, and this availeth unto all fraudulent ulcers of the Leggs, in such time of the year▪ if the herb be so dried that the juice will not be pressed out, th••n may the Leaves be infused in good white wine, or red, and then may the juiee be pressed our, for to know that Caprifolii ought not to be washed with water, but with this white wine and especially when there ought to be made Licium for the c••re of the eyes. Also Leaves of Caprifoli bruised by themselves with all his substance without medling of any other thing put it upon an ul∣cer of a Legg d••sperate and sti••king and put¦ing out foul blood, it cureth them marvellous∣ly, and this was proved in the Legg of a great man, having a pustule▪ in cu••ing of which all Medicines failed and with this onely was cured.