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An excellent Sear-cloth for an Ach in the Back, Side, or any limbe of the Body.

TAke a quart of Oile of Roses, one pound of yellow Wax the newest you can get, three quarters of a pound of white lead three quarters of an ounce of Camphir, of Frankensence halfe a pound, of Gum Mastick halfe an ounce, o•• Turpentine halfe a pound, one ounce and a halfe of Nut Balsom, the white lead, Camphir Frankinsence, and Gum Mastick must be ground very small, every sort by it selfe, on a Painters stone. Take a Skil∣let of cast mettall, or a pan, and set it very safe on the fire, and put in first the Oile of Roses, and let it boile up one walme, and then take it off▪ and be very carefull you let it not run over, for feare of firing the house, then take the Wax and cut it in small peeces, and put it into the Oile, and stir it still. Then put it on the fire againe, and let it boile up till the Wax be melted stirring it stil, and then take it off, and strew in the white Lead by little and little, stirring it still. Then put it on the fire againe, and let it boile againe three or foure walmes, stir it still then take the Gum Mastick when you have taken it of againe, and mingle it with a little Oyle of Roses, and stir it still, and let it boile a walme or two, then take it of againe, and put in the Frankinsence, and stirr it still, and let it boile a walme or two, then take it of againe. And take the Camphir, and put it in, and let it boile altogether the space of five houres in all up∣on a soft fire of Charcole from the beginning to the end. Then take it off the fire and mingle the Turpentine, and the Balsome together and put it in, and stir it a quarter of an houre, but let it boile no more. Then take an Ell of Dowless, and dip it in,▪ and make the Searcloth. And when the rest is almost cold rowle it in one peece together, and it will be as good at twentie years end as at the first, it heals all manner of Aches, Bruises, Spraines, and Cuts, and also it will draw the Scurvy out of the flesh, your gum will not be ground very small, but in boyling it will melt. Be carefull in the boiling for if it take fire it is unquenchable.