A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physik booke, for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye. Translated out the Almaine speche into English by Ihon Hollybush

A medecin awaking a man sore, and withstandeth slepe greatly.

* 1.1SEth or boyle Rew or Herbe grace and vinegre of lyke quantite in a coue¦red vessel / and when it is sodden / put a litle more vinegre to it / and put y^e Rew into a litle cloth / & put it then agayn into the vessel wher y^e vinegre is: & when thou wilt awake hym / then take the cloth / holde it to his nose / and browes / & to his temples / thesame awaketh hym contin••ntlye / & causeth to slepe nomore. Stronge vinegre holden to his nose / so that he holdeth in hys breth / doth lykewyse: for he awaketh / and specially a fether dipped in strōg vinegre / and thrust into the nose so far that he be constrayned to nyse.

Penyreal dipped in vinegre / and holden to the nose / doth likewyse.

Two thinges hinder a man of his slepe / the one is natural / the other vn¦natural.* 1.2 The vnnatural hindrance of slepe weryeth a man / and coleth him inwardely.

But he that hath payne in the heade by reason of exhalation or vpbray∣thinge oute of the stomak into the head / let the same eate ripe quinces after breakfast / that are well rosted / thesame refrayne the vpbraythinge into the head / and driue dounward to the siege.

But if the vpbraythinge come by reason of a colde stomacke / then were it good to eate Coriander ••ede / after breakfast / the whych is stiped in vine∣gre a daye and a night / and dryed agayne / thys withstandeth the vpbray∣tynge of the stomack.

Or els gyue him to drinke the iuyce of Wormewoode / so muche as con∣teyne an egges shell / with as much wyne: this same is good for the euil eua¦poracion or risinge vp into the head.

They whyche are inclined to this disease of the heade / oughte to be litle sturringe / and beware of meates that be of euell digestion / as Martimasse beefe / salt fishes / or moulberries: for they cause euel euaporacions to rise into the head.

Him also that hath headake / and woteth not whereof it is / mayest thou heale of thys wyse:* 1.3 Take a penyworth of pepper / & as much beatē mustard sede that is not steped / mixe these two together / let him take there of in hys mouth so great as a small beane / and remoue it wyth his tonge hyther and thyther / let him kepe it thus in hys mouth a whyle / and it shall drawe the euell humors out of the head into the mouth. Thys must be done fastinge / and thre houres in the daye.

Notes

• * 1.1

  To driue slype a∣vvay and to avvak a man.
• * 1.2

  ij. Thin∣ges hin∣deringe slepe.
• * 1.3

  Headake vvhose cause is not kno∣vven.