An excellent treatise teaching howe to cure the French-pockes with all other diseases arising and growing thereof, and in a manner all other sicknesses. Dravvne out of the bookes of that learned doctor and prince of phisitians, Theophrastus Paracelsus. Compiled by the learned Phillippus Hermanus, phisition and chirurgion. And now put into English by Iohn Hester in the spagiricall arte, practitioner.

To cure the Cancer in colde com∣plexions.

FIrst you must purge the Patient with an ounce of Con∣fectio Hamech, mingled with Agrimonie water, this shal be giuen him in such order as is vsed in other Purgations. And then you shall giue him this drinke following. Take of the wood a pound and a halfe, Water and Wine, of each fiue pound, Agrimonie & Cinoglossa of each a handfull, this must be sodden as aforesaid, béeing verie close stopped at the least tenne howres, giuing the Patient therof euery morning and euening, eyght ounces at a time, keeping him verie warme that he may sweat, not forgetting to purge him euery ninth day, with sixe drams of Confectio Hamech, so dooing, he shall by Gods helpe be cured, although hée had had it ten yeeres.