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The Countesses Oyntment, in Latin, Unguen∣tum Comitissae.
Take of the middle bark of Acorns, Chesnuts, ••••d of Oak of small black Beans, Myrtle berries, ••orse-tail, of green Galls without holes, of Grape∣••nes, and unripe Services dryed, unripe Medlars, ••e leaves of wild prunes, the roots of Bistort, and ••ormentile, each an ounce and an half, powder •• grosly, and boil them in five quarts of Plantain ••ater, till half is consumed, then take of new yel∣••w Wax eight ounces and an half, of simple Oyl of ••yrtles two pound and an half, of the juice of ••ypocistis half an ounce, melt all these, and wash ••m nine times in the decoction above mentioned, ••ided into so many parts; when they are wash∣and dissolved, sprinkle into them the fine powders the middle barks of the Acorns, Chesnuts, and Oak, of the Galls without holes, of the ashes of the ••es of Ox legs, of Myrtle berries, of Grape∣••es unripe, of unripe Services dryed, each half ounce, of the Troches of Ambar two ounces, ••gle them, and with a sufficient quantity of ••l of Mastich unwashed, make an Oynt∣••t.
Virtues. It is very astringent, and strengthen∣good for Luxations, Ruptures, and prevents the ••ng of the fundament and miscarriage, the Belly Reins being anointed with it; it also stops all •• of Fluxes.