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.

Here followeth the making and description of divers Waters, Bal∣soms, or Balms and other rare and excellent Medicines with their use and wonder¦ful operations and vertues.

To make the precious Quintessence of the learned Mathiolus as followeth.

TAke of Cinnamon two ounces, of Ginger four drams, of each sort of Saunders six drams, of Cloves, Galingale, Nutmeggs, of each two drams and a half, of Mace and of of Cubebs of each one dram, of both kinds of Cardamomum and of the seed of Nigella Ko∣mana of each three drams, of zedoarie half o••e ounce, of the seeds of Annis, sweet F••nnel, wilde Carrets and Basil, of each two d••ams, of the roots of Angelica, Liquerice, great Valerian called setwall, Calamus odoratus, of each two drams, of the Leaves of Setarie or clary time, Neppe, and pennyrial, min••es, wilde time, sweet Marioram, of each two dram••, of red roses, of Flowers of Sage, Betony, Rosemary, Ste∣chados, Buglos, Borrage of each one half an ounce, of the rinds of Citrons three drams, of the powder of Amber, Aromaticus rosatus, Diamos••hi dulcis, Diamargariton, Diarh••don Abbatis, Electuarium de gemmis, of each of these three drams. Beat all these together to powder that

are to beaten; And steep them together in 12. pound of the best Aqua vitae made of excel∣lent wine in a glass vessel, but Doctor Stephens water is better then Aqua vitae, letting all these things so steep there 15. dayes together, keep∣ing all the while the mouth of the glass v••ry close stopped, continually▪ Afterward put on your Limbeck of glas••, & still this there, a balm o•• water temperately making very close the head of the still that no breath may get out; And keep the stilled water in another fair glass v••ss••l▪ and put thereto of sweet Saunders cut small, two ounces, and put into it of the best Musk and Amber grease, both knit in a fair thin cloth, of each half one scruple, of pure clear Syrup rosat▪ one pound, then shake all these together in the glasse, till the Syrup and water in the glass be well tempered toge∣ther, then shut the glass very close with wax and pa••chment and so let it rest in some close place 15. dayes together, and after 15. dayes clear it into another glass, and keep this for a noble Medicine and right excellent, whose singular vertues are as followeth.

The use and vertues of the Quintessence devised by the famous Mathiolu••.

This Quintessence if your use to drink of it, and especially if ••hey which have cold bodies pestered with cold moist humours do daily drink one spoonful or two of this water, It taketh away inward rottenness, it preserveth, nourisheth, and repaireth and defendeth, en∣creaseth and prolongeth li••e, And doth not only nourish natural heat and keep it in his strength, but also doth quicken and regenerate

the vital spirit, it warmeth the stomack and and the brain, and sharpeneth the wit, It purifieth the eye-sight and refresheth the memorie, It healeth the rawn••ss of the sto∣mack and swelling that cometh of winde, swimming of the head, the falling sicknes, faint∣ness, Melancholy passions, beating and trem∣bling ••f the heart, sounding, slumbring and the pain of the belly and sides above the Navil, about which the Liver and the spleen lyeth, also one ounce weight hereof, with a conveni∣ent quantity of fine Triacle or Mithrida••um mingled with it and put into a Clyster for those which have the colick which cometh of cold and winde and ministred, presen••ly healeth it; And to be short it is, being used, of a m••st excellent remedy ••gainst all cold di∣seases or griefes. And marvellously pre∣serveth the life and lustie estate of man, known and approved a true and present remedy to restore the speech lost, & good for the mother wh••rewith women be often grieviously vexed, and being given to a person that is even now ready to passe from this life, it so long re∣taineth him in life, that it shall seem miracu∣lous to the beholders,

To make a precious oil, w••erewith to cure the ob∣structions of the Liver and the sp••een, which is of force to help the same, when the said grief can∣not be cured by any other mean•• or Med••cine.

Take the rust of an Anchor, or Anchors of ships craped of which file asm••ch quantity as you list and this ru•••• being ground or beaten into very fine powder, steep it in very sh••r••

white vineger▪ in a balm of warm water in a glasse vessel so as long until you see the vine∣gar be tur••ed very red with the rust aforesaid, Then pour the said vinegar the clearest from the grounds into another vessel and keep it diligently, then pour more vinegar upon the said ground or residens & steep it as before in your balm of warm water until it be red also, then clear it as you did the first and likewise keep it. And yet again steep more vineger up∣on the same grounds again and again, steeping and in all such things continuing as you did be∣fore until you see that the vinegar will be no more stained red; Then pour all your said red steeped vinegar into a glasse still, and put your still into a furnace, and cover it with hot ashes and still it until all the vinegar be stilled out as other stilled water will be, and keep it, then take the glass or still out of the furnace and break it, and take the substance which lieth in the bottom and pound it small and put it into another glass vessel, and put to it the com∣mon water fresh distilled and let that steep again in warm balm as before, the space of two dayes, then take all out and let it drop tho∣••ow a Jelly bag, and save all that Liquor in a pure vessel and keep it until it be grown unto a salt, which salt again beaten into pow∣d••r and put the same into a glass with a crook∣ed neck which the common distillers called a Retort & st••ll it as you do a balsamis, and with a very strong fir•• you shall out of the same still an oil, which oil will be in colour red; which receiving keep diligently, for you shall have hereof a rare and excellent Medicine.

The use and vertues of the said oil follow¦eth

This oil prevaileth against all manner of obstructions of the Liver and spleen. And when these obstructions cannot be healed nor cured by any other means then will this oil heal and cure the same.

The manner how to administer the same to the patient.

First the grieved must be purged by the ad∣vice of a learned Physician with such a pur∣gation as hath a propertie to attenuate the humours and draw down the belly, which done you shall give the patient that is obstructed in the Liver, of this oil the weight of one dram, first mingling it with a prettie quantity of the water of Endive, or Succory or Egrimony, and if you seek to help the spleen, take the like quantity of this oil and give it as before to drink with the water of Maiden hair, ••r of Wal-fearn, or of Tamariss, which is an Herb so called, this Medicine is of an approved truth.

An Antidote or confection called Theodoret•• Anacardies taken out of Nicoia••s Myrepsus a Greek Author.

Take of spici nardi fol. which is a leaf of India, Cloves, Saffron, Cinnam••n, Epi••hymi, which is a Herb like a round Lace growing in some Countries upon time, the flowers of Mucus odora••us which the Apoth••caries call Squinantum, Myrabolanorum, which is a little hard fruit and somewhat long, of each of these

three drams, of Aloes flavae twelve drams, of Chestnuts, Ginger, Mastickes of each one dram, of Ir••••s the best, six drams, Anacardij, Agarici, of each one dram, of the roots of Asarabacca half a dram, of the seeds of parcely one dram, of Costus half a dram, of pepper three drams, of Fennel seed one ounce▪ of the juice of Fennel one ounce, pound ••he green Fen∣nel in a mortar and then soak or infuse the same in vineger three dayes, then seethe it well and strain it handsomly. And let all the other things be well pounded and made in a powder and finely searced, to the which add or put asmuch clarified hony or sugar as shall suffice, and seethe all together unto a reason∣able thickness that is until the Medicine be brought unto the thickness of hony or Tria∣cle.

The effects of this medicine followeth.

This medicine is good for any strong disease, as for the falling evil, for those that be vexed with an evil spirit, for the headach, for the diseases of the brest, for the plurifie, shortness of winde, the inflammation ••r Apostumation of the ••••ngs, And those that have sowre bel∣••hing and also for ••hose that have an evil disease about their stomack or belly, It is pro∣fitable also to those that have a languish∣ing after a long disease, and that have an ill colour, It helpeth those that have the yellow Jaundise, and that have the drop∣sie proceeding from the Lungs, It helpeth the tissick and pain of the reins of the back, And the continual grief of the colick, it strengthneth them that be troubled in all

their body, it helpeth also the inordinate strange and long diseases and agues that cometh by course, and with order, if it be given between the courses, It eas••th the gout of the feet if it be given before the accidents come••, and in especial it profi••eth much for womens diseases, in which number are ac∣c••unted the Strangury or the purching that happeneth throug•• the mother, or the suffo∣cation of the mother or troubles of the same, And it profiteth also those women with childe that are in danger of abortion, It looseth also the belly, It healeth the stirring or rising of the mother, the inflammation also and raging of it; And to speak a••solutely and in ••ew words it is the gift of God, for whos••ever shall use it to eat of it shall finde good successe. And any shall use it once or twice in the spring time and harvest, so he offend not over much in diet, he shall not be subiect to diseases, for taking fasting the quantity of a filberd nut, it will soon dissolve all evil humours.

The making of a precious water called for the ver∣tue Aqua mirabilis and Pre••iosa, otherwise the admirable water of England.

Take Galingale, Cloves, Cubebs, Ginger, Meli••ote, Cardamomum, Macis, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, of each of these a dram, then take of the juice of Celendine half a pinte. Mix all the spices being beaten together into the powder with the said juice of Celendine, Then take a pint•• of good Aqua vitae and three pintes of good white wine or sack, and put all together into a stillatory of glass & let it stand in••used a night, and in the morrow distill it with a very sober

fire, the first pint that cometh is best, the rest that runneth i•• good but not so good as the first.

The vertue of this water.

This water hath a secret nature, it dissolveth the swelling o•• the Lungs without any grief, and the Lungs being perished it presently cure••h it, and it comforteth and suffereth not the Lungs to putrifie, he shall not need to be let blood that useth it, and suffereth not the heart to ••e hot, neither melancholy or Flegm to be about it, nor to have domination above nature. It also expelleth the rheum and p••r∣fecteth the stomack and comforteth youth in its own estat••, engend••eth a good colour and keepeth and comforteth the visage and memo∣rie, helpeth the palsie of the Limbs and tongue. And this water to be given to any person in extremity one spoonful delivereth them. Of all waters artificial it is the best, in summer use fasting once a week the quantity of a spoonful and in the winter you may take two spoonful to prevent the diseases and sick∣nesses aforesaid.

A marvellous water to heal the leprosie and all spots of the face or elsewhere and to make one look young and to have a good colour.

Take the filing of gold, silver, iron, brasse, lead and the powder of Storax and put all to∣gether to sleep a whole day in the urine of a maid male child•• being warm, and as long in pure white wine, and the third day in the juice of Fennel, the fourth day in whi••es of Eggs, then take all the liquour with the fi∣lings and powder and still it with a slow fire,

and keep the water in a glass and it shall have all the vertues before specified. By a day is meant xxiiii. hours.

A comfortable water or medicine for these diseases as followeth, that is to say, it cureth the sto•••• in the bladder and the reins of the back, It helpeth a stinking breath, it comforteth and helpeth the spirits and inward diseases that cometh of cold. It is good for the stomack and shaking palsie, and cureth the contracti∣on of the ••••ewe•• and helpeth the conception of women that are barren, It killeth worms in the body, it helpeth the cold Cough, it com∣forteth the stomack much, it cureth the cold Dropsie; whoso useth this Medicine every moneth and not too often it will make him seem young again.

Take a gallon of good and pure gascoin wine of the best you can get,

• Ginger Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Galingale Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Cinnamon Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Nutmegs Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Grains Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Cloves Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Maces Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Anniseeds Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.
• Carrawayseeds Of every of them a like quantity, that is to say a dram weight of each of them.

Then take Sage, Mintes roses, pellitory, rose∣mary, of every of them gather an handful and most of the roses, rosemary, wilde time, Camo∣mil Lavender p••nyroyal,

Then break the spice small and bruise the Herbs and put all the wine, and let it stand twelve hours and stir it divers times together in the wine and still it by a Limbeck and keep

the first water by it s••lf, for it is the best, and keep the s••cond by it self, but not s•• good as the first, and use this as you have need thereof.

A water called the mother of the bawme.

Take Tu••pen••ine six pounds, olibanum two ounce, Aloes citrine, cub••bs, Mastick, Cloves, galingale, Cinnamon, Nutmegs of everich one ounce, gum of the fig-••ree and of the juice, of each three ounces, then make the drugs in powder and put all into a Limbeck of glas••, w••ich you must joyn to the capitel with hot flower ashes and whites of eggs, so that no breath come out, and let it still with a slow fire, ••nd the first water will be white and clear, the second like hony and the third like bawm, which you shal receive into three receptories. These be of vertue as they be in order, they will burn in fire and a drop will turn a vessel of milk as Bawm it self will, two drops thereof powred into the ears will take away the great noise that some have in their head••, likewise in the eyes will heal all watrie and red eyes and other diseases of the face, it c••reth any im∣postume, green wounds and ulcers, scabs and all other superfluous humours and the tooth∣ach, ye any fis••ula or canker in nine dayes, also the no••i me tangerea, the small pox if you wash the places therewith, it is good for all old hurts and for dry blowes of staves or stones, It heal••th, strengtheneth, and all other things, re∣ctifieth the ••i••ewes, it is so hot and penetrative that it will run through your head without grief to you, It healeth all pain•• of the Leggs and joints, with all other diseases that come of cold and it is as precious as bawm it self.

To make the water of life.

Take Balm leaves and stalkes, Burnet leaves and flowers, a handful, of Rose∣mary, tormentil Leaves and roots, rosa solis, a handful, red roses a handful. Carnations a handful, Hyssop a handful and ••smuch of time, red stringes t••at grow upon saverie one hand∣ful, red Fennel Leaves and roots, red mintes a handful, p••t all these Herbs in a great pot of earth glassed, And put thereto asmuch white wine as will cover the herbs, and let them soak therein eight or nine dayes; Then take an ounce of Cinnamon, asmuch ginger, asmuch of Nu••meggs, Cloves and sa••iron a little, a quantity of Anniseeds, of great raisins one pound, half a pound of dates, the hinder part of a good old Conny, a good fleshie running Capon, the red flesh with the sinewes of a legg of mutton, four young pigeons, a dozen of Larkes, the yelks of twelve Eggs, a loafe of white bread, cut in sops in Muskadel or bastard ••s much as sufficeth to distill all these things at once in a Limbeck, and put thereto Mithri∣date two or three ounces or else asmuch per∣fect Triacle and distill it with a moderate fire. And keep the first water by it self, and the se∣cond alone, and where there cometh no more water with strings, then take away the Lim∣beck and put into the more wine upon the same stuff, and still it again, and you shall have another good water and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shall remain good in the first ingredience of this water.

You must keep this wa••er in a double glass warily, for it is restorative of principal Mem∣bers, and defendeth against all pestilential

diseases and against the palsie, dropsie, spleen yellow or black Jaundise, worms agues and sweatings and pestilential sorrowes, melan∣choly, and streng••hneth and forti••ieth the spi∣rits and strings of the brain, the heart and Sto∣mack and the Liver, taking a spoonful or two or three at a time, by it self or with Ale or wine and Sugar, it helpeth digestion and breaketh winde, stoppeth lask and bindeth not▪

To make water of Rosemary.

Take Rosemary flowers and in the midst of May ere the sun arise in the morning, take the Rosemary and strip the Leaves from the stalks and take four or five great roots of Elecam∣pane and an handful or two of Sage and beat the Rosemary the roots and Sage together in a stone mortar till they be very small, ••h••n take it up and take three ounces of Cubebs and half a pound of Anniseeds and beat the spices in a mortar of brasse every spice by it self, then take all the Herbs and all the spices and put them in four or six gallons of white wine, then put all these spices herbs and wine in an earthen pot and stop the pot close so that no air come thereto with a cover, made of earth, and set the same pot in the ground by the space of fifteen dayes, then take it and still it in a stillatory of tin otherwise called a Limbeck with a soft fire.

A notable water of great vertue.

Take Fennel, Eyebright, Endive, Betony Silermontain, Rosemary, rue, Maidenhair of each an handful and let all these steep in good

white wine xxiiii. hours, and afterward distill all together and keep the first water as silver, the second as gold, and the third as bawm, This will heal all swelling and running of the ears and falling of the hairs off the head and browes, it healeth all diseases of the eyes, and killeth the worms in the teeth and maketh the breath sweet, It breaketh the impostume in the head, if it be put into the ears with bumbast, a cloth steeped therein and laid up∣on the stomack easeth the pains of the same, and likewise mollifieth the hardness of the spleen. Also it taketh away all spots of the face, if you mingle a little thereof with white wine, and put thereto a little Roch Allom.

An excellent water against the Colick the mother and all pains in the belly.

Take Cinnamon two drams, Cloves two drams, galls one dram, grains two drams, Nut∣meggs one dram, beat all these to grosse pow∣••er and put them in a stillatory covered over ••ith Muscadel or good Malmesy and let it ••tand so xxiiii. hours, then still it with a slow f••re and you shall have a very sweet and whol∣some water which you shall use thus. Take •• cup of pleasant and strong wine and pour five or six drops of this water into it and let the patient drink it up, also four or five drops thereof poured into a great quantity of warm water will make it have a pleasant smell to wash hands or other things.

To make a special Aqua composita to drink for a cold or su••fet in the stomack, well proved.

Take a handful of Rosemary and a good

root of Elecampana and an handful of Hysso•• half an handful of time, half a handful of Sag•• six good crops of red Mints and as many 〈◊〉〈◊〉 penyrial, half a handful of Hore••ound, six crop of Marjerom, two ounces of Liquerice we•••• bruised, asmuch Anniseed, and take three ga∣lons of good strong Ale and take all the sai•• Herbs wringing asunder, and put them into th•• Ale in a brasse pot well covered and close an•• let them stand till they begin to boil, the•• take them from the fire and set upon it you Limbeck and stop it just with paste that ther•• cometh no air out and so keep it forth with soft fire as Aqua vitae is made, put more ther••∣to, half an handful of red Fennel, half handful of Hartstongue and half an ounce 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Maces.

A marvellous Ba'm made by art most laudable.

Take fine turpentine one pound, of oil of bay four ounces, o•• galbanum four ounces, of gu•••• arabick four ounces, of pure Frankincense, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mi••rh, of gum Jvy and of Lignum aloes, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 each four ounces, of Gal••••gale, zedoary, o•• Ginge•• of the white Dittany of leaves of Conjoli•••• minor, of Nutmeggs, of Cinnamon of each on dram, of Musk and Ambergrease of each on•• dram▪ all these b••at together, pour upon 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pints of the best Aqua vitae distill it secundu•• ar••em.

The vertues are th••se, it breaketh and di••∣solve ••n the st••ne in the kidneys, causeth th•• patient to pisse, which otherwise is letted 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a piece of flesh, it helpeth consumption, sci••∣tica, or ach in the head, fowl scurse, wounds i•• the head, It helpeth the plurifie. Give on

dram with water at a time helpeth any swel∣••ng in any part of the body, the coldness in ••••e head, it helpeth hot sickness aswell as cold.

Take a Borrage more, and boil him in half pinte of wine▪ and half a pint of rosewater, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 drunk fasting in the morning. It com∣〈◊〉〈◊〉, the heart and brain, it healeth the ••emorie and wit, it purgeth the evil blood, ••••covereth Phrensiness.

〈◊〉〈◊〉 making of Venice Balsam and the vertues thereof.

Take a handful of the flowers of Dogs∣••••ngue, of St. Iohn Wor••t the flowers, a hand∣••••l, white wine somewhat more then a quarter 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a pint, of gum Elemie one ounce, five peny∣••orth of saffron, one penyworth of venice ••urp••ntine, one ounce of Candied oil, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 oil half a pinte.

If the flowers of the Herbs are not infused 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the oil, then boil it in the white wine by ••••emselves, and then boil the gum Elemie in ••••e oil by it self, and then clarifie it and cast ••way the dreggs, and then boil it again all to∣••ether, and last of all put in the saffron and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Turpentine when you are ready to take 〈◊〉〈◊〉 boiling a little, and so clarifie it again, ••nd when it is almost cold put it into a glass to ••••e: The best way is to infuse the flowers of the Herbs with red roses or Damask in sallet ••••il for a year or less. The gum Elemie will ••••il in the oil a quarter of an hour, and after 〈◊〉〈◊〉 boiling it together it will be a quarter of a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hour, the flowers are to be strained out, ••odden in wine or the oil.

The vertues of it are as followeth.

It will cure all diseases coming of cold, ei•• pains or achs in the head, or the dea••ness i•• the eare; the same Ballam 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wa••med and anointing the place g••ieved and a warm cloath applied thereunto, And for t••e ears to lip •• little black wool in the same Balsom and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 then th••rewith. This is good for the g••av•• and pain in making of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and the Co•• lick, to take the same in a little Mut••o•• broath to the quantity of a great b••an and drink it every mor••ing fasting and an•• in th•• place grieved. Moreover for all cold Ague drink but half an ounce in broath before the fit comes. Again for pain or swelling of the Spleen or Milt, and for the mother, Anoin•• the le••t side therewith well war••••d and i•• will dissolve all hardness, cast out all slime and sand and open the stopping in the Kidneye•• and bladder, It c••reth all aches in what par•• of the body soever, rubbing the place grieve•• with a Cloath first well warmed and then a∣noint it with the same Balsam, being made warm▪ and binde the place with a warm Cloath afterward: It cureth all Lameness and shrink∣ing of the sinews and all green wounds sud∣denly, It hath more vertues then I have here written.

To make the most e••dellent water of Treacle or Mi∣thridate, which is a most precious remedie a∣gainst all outward and inward poysons or pe∣stilence.

Take of excellent venice Triacle or Mi∣thridate one pound, which put into three

pounds of Ardent water rectified to be there digested in a furnace of Circula••ion, And in a circulating v••ss••l, the fire all that while be ve∣r•• soft and slender, which done pour it into a Cucurbite and put on the Alembick, and di∣still the same so long in a balneo Mariae as ye may see the Liquor issue out clear and bright, but when ye see the colour thereof become clear and yellowish then take away the re∣ceiver and keep that clear water by it self to be drank in such times of need as is asore∣said.

To draw out another Liquor from the s••••is whence this Liquor was distilled, super••••ctum.

Take the Cucurbite with the saecis from whence this liquor was distilled and lute the said still over, then set it upon Ashes and make a hot fire and draw from it such liquor as will distill, And receive the said liquor into a bladder, which set under the nose o•• the Ale••∣bick and keep it and therewith anoint the skin or outward parts, and they shall be preser∣ved from the Contagion, as aforesaid.

To make Cinnamon milk or liquor, after another sort most precious for a restorative.

Take the waters of Bugloss, Borrage, Balme, and of the lesser Cen••aury, of each a pound and an half, into the which put of Cinnamon wel•• choyce of the best sort two pound well beaten to powder first, which then steep in the said waters together in one glass vessel 15. dayes: And after that distill it upon hot ashes first with a lent fire so long as any Liquor will is∣sue clear and fair, which clear liquor keep a∣part,

but when ye see certain drops issue like unto whey or milk, then change the receiver and reserve therewith all that milk liquor by it sel••, for it is most excellent, of which if ye give unto any aged or weak person or to a woman in childbed thereof a spoonful, or a spoonful and a half, it doth wonderfully strengthen them.

A ba'm for a wound.

Take good white wine one pinte, oil olive half a pinte, St. Iohns Wort, Hypericon of every one half a handful, shred them small and boil in the oil and wine to the consumption of the wine, and then strain it and set it over the fire again, putting Frankincense and Mir••he in fine powder, alwayes stir••ing in putting in the powder. And in the end put to it Turpen∣tine and then strain it again into some glasse, alwayes remembring for every pound of of oil one ounce of Turpentine. This cureth wounds without tenting at all.

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.

For to make Mermale.

Take Camomile, Betony, Sage, hey how, so∣thernweed, Mugwort, wormwood, water cres∣ses, Mallowes, Holihock, Hor••ound, red nettle, Laurel leaves of each a good handful and half, and wash them and pick them clean and st••••p them small, and put there to May butter and temper them well together, then put thereto a pint of oil ol••ffe and m••ddle them well toge∣ther, and then put them in an ea••then pot, and cover it well and set it in a moist place the space o•• seven dayes then put it in a clean pan and set it over the fire and let it fry well and

stir it well with a slice that it cleave not to the bottom and then strain it and set it over the fire again and put thereto two ounce of virgin wax and four of weathers tallow melted, and boil them a little, then put thereto four ounces of fine Frankincense fine powdred and stir it well together till it, be well medled and take it down▪ and strain it and let it cool, then karn and let the water and turn and cleanse it on the oth••r side, and warm it, and a little skumme it with a feather and do it in boxes, this ointment is precious for joints or for sinewes and for many other diseases