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For the Dropsye.

TAke of Red Sage a quarter of a peck clean washed and dri∣ed in a cloth▪ then chop it, and beat it small; make a Pye of Rye paste, and put into it the herbs aforesaid, with halfe a quarter of a pound of Lignum vitae small shred beaten, or in chips, upon the top of the Sage in the Pye, with a cover of the same paste, and then put it into the Oven, untill the next morning, being thorowly baked.

Then take two Gallons of Ale, or Beer, which the Patient liketh best, but Ale is much the better; for that it provoketh Urine most. Then take the Pye as hott as may be out of the Oven, and hastely put the Pye down to the bottom of the Tub, wherein the Ale▪ is, that rhe Pye be all covered over, and so keep it down, and stop the Barrell or Tub close, and let the Pye lye in it twenty four hours, then straine what you drink, and drink so much as you haue an appetite to, it may be drunk at all times, day and night; but not any other drink. They need not ob∣serve any dyet, but eat what they like best, but I advise from gross meats, as salt meats, and Baked: This Pye will serve twice but fresh is better.