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For the Gout.

Take any Brine that is very salt, boil it, and when it is very hot, put it into a kettle, or something that will continue the heat, then put some sticks over the Brine, upon which the diseased part may lye over the brine, as over a Bath, and cover the legs so lying with some cloathes, that the Bath may work the better upon the part affect∣ed: and after an hour or two you may leave the Bath, but keep the part warm.

Adde to this a drink made of Ale of indifferent strength, in which you must put when the Ale is first barrelled up, this that followeth, Bake some red Sage in a Pye, and when it is well baked, pound it all together; then put it in a bag, and hang it in the Ale; until the Ale be ready to drink, then drink it as oft as you please.