Rams little Dodeon [sic] A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or histoy of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.

For a sore brest, where peeces fall out so broad as the bot∣tome of a sawcer.

TAke the slip of Elder trée, scrape off y^e russet vtterm off bark, and take the middle gréene barke from the white next the stick, stamp it with Night shade, 4. or 5. leaues of it: but if the brest burne sore, take the more Night shade to coole it: then strayne it thorow a cloth, and put to it the yeelke of a new layd Egge, take away the scom of it, & put thereto pure hony combs of the biue, faire strayned so soone as they are taken out of the hiue: then take faire wheat flower, and beat all together. The yong Elder buds that spring out of the ioynts of the Elder trée is bet∣ter then the rinde: temper all these together like a salue: if it bee well made, i•• ••il looke gréene: it must be made sa thicke as may lye on a linnen cloth plaister wise, and dresse the brest: then take a linnen cloth as big as the sore and some what bigger, that it fall not in on any side: lay the same vpon the plaster of lynnen cloth, and so lay it to the sore brest, not comming neere the fire.

If there bee dead flesh in it, see the running water, Allom, and Sage, till the strength of the Allome and Sage bee in the liquor.

When the brest is to be dressed, wash it first with this water: clense the sore, drse out the water, but take some fine lint scraped, and lay it on the sore.

Let it be dressed morne and euen.

This medicine is to bee regarded, for it will heale any other sore, as hath bene often proued.

If the brest bee stiffe, anoynt it with Neates foote oyle.

If the hole of the sore goe in farre, lay of the salue about mentioned vpon the one side of the lynt, and couer the sore withall.

And if there be dead flesh in it, then must you wash it with the said water before you lay on the plaister.

You may put in Mallows to the Elder and Night shades, and it will be the better.