Pannus Linteus Crocatus, or a Linen Cloth prepared with Saffron.
Take a coarse Linen hempen Cloth, wash it five or six times in Frog Spawn gathered in March and filtred, so that the little black things like Eyes may be separated, and dry this Cloth by it self in the shade, not in the Sun, or by any other heat. Then take Vinegar of Elder-flowers and Oriental Saffron a sufficient quantity, and make a Tincture, in which boil that coarse hempen Cloth, till it hath imbibed a deep Saffron-colour: this being done, remove them from the fire, and let them cool together, then take the Linen Cloth thus saffronized, dry it in the shade, and keep it for use.
Virtue and Use. It hath been often experienced in the Gout and Erysipelas (yet general Medicines and Evacuations ought not to be omitted) for this Cloth being laid to the part affected, that being first anoin∣ted with Venice Sope, stops and allays all pain, and in the most racking pains of the Gout is really a Divine Remedy.