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An Oyle for any Gout, Siatica or Ache.

Take a pottle of Sallet Oyle, and put it into a gallon glasse, then take one pound of Rosemary flowers, and bruise them in a Mortar, and so put them into the Oyl, and stop the glasse very close with Wax, and let it stand in the Sun til Midsomer, that you may have the rest of the Herbs belonging to it; and then take one pound of the buds of red Roses before they be much blowne, cutting away all the white and yellow tops, and refuse, having a full pound of them in weight: Then take half a pound of Dil, and half a pound of Saint Johns wort, only the flowers, half a pound of Vervain; bruise all these Herbs in a stone Mortar, and put them into that glasse of Oyle, and stop the glasse close againe, and then let it stand nine or ten dayes, or longer if need be, until there cometh a showre of raine, whereby you may gather Earth-wormes; then take a quart of those Wormes, the largest you can get, wash them, and scoure them with White∣wine, and afterwards let them crawle up and downe a cloth or two, whereby they may become very clean from all their slime, this done, take those wormes with half a pound of Lavender Spike, and ten young Swallowes out of the nest, the fattest you can get, and beat them very small in a stone Mortar, till you cannot discern any fea∣thers or guts at all, then put them into your glasse of Oyle, and stir them all together, and so let them stand a night or two; then take your Oyle and your Herbs, and all that is in your glasse, and put them into a fair pan or kettle, with a pint of the best Malmesey and half a pint of Aqua vitae, and set it over a soft fire of coals till the Aqua vitae and Malmesey be well wasted and consumed; then take it from the fire, and straine it through a strong linnen cloth

that is new, and put that which you have strained into another faire pan, or if you will, some earthen Vessel or glasse; and so set it on the fire again, and when it boileth, put into it of Mastick fine∣ly beaten to powder two ounces, with as many Cloves bruised, and a little quantity of Mace somewhat pounded and bruised together, and then let them boil all together with a so••t fire neer half an hour, and then take it off, and when it hath stood a while, and is something cool, put it into some close Vessel of glasse, somewhat thick, and so stop it very close againe with Wax, and so let it stand about nine or ten weeks; and after this you may take and use of it, but still to keep it close stopped with Wax. The herbs aforesaid must bee well squeezed and mingled together with the hand, and so to be used as a∣foresaid.

This is to be made in the Spring when Rosemary flowers are full blowne.