The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.

Miscellanea. CHAP. XLVII.

To make Ielly of Flesh.

1 TAke a red Cocke, and a knuckle of Mutton, or the sinewes, and knuckle of Veale, and a little Mutton, Raisons of the Sun stoned: boile all these to pieces; then take it from the fire, and stampe the meate and all together in a Mortar, and let it run through a woollen strainer; and when it hath stood all night, skumme off the top, and season the rest with Sugar, and a little Nutmeg sliced, and a sticke of Cina∣mon, and a blade of Mace: boile it up, and straine it through a Ielly bagge.

To make Harts-horne Ielly.

2 Put to foure ounces of Harts-horne, a quarte, or three pintes of Water, and infuse it twelve houres in a Pipkin very close, and when it is almost enough, put to it a few Cowslip flowers, Borage, and Violet flowers, and a blade of Mace; then let it run through the strainer, and season it with Sugar; put to it the Iuice of a Lem∣mon, and a little Nutmeg sliced, and boile it untill it will Ielly in a spoone; then put a sprig of Rosemary a little while into it, and so run it through your Ielly bag.

To make the Court Ielly.

3 Take three Calves feete, water them all one night, then scald them as you would doe a Pig, and slit them, and take out the long bones; then take a young Cocke∣rell, and dresse him, and after he hath layen one night in water, boile him and the feete together in foure pintes of white Wine, and as much faire Water, untill it be enough; then let it run through a faire strainer into a Bason, letting it stand untill it be through cold; and then take a Knife, or a Spoone, and cut or skumme off the purest from the drosse in the bottome, and put the same into a cleare Pot with three quarters of a pound of Su∣gar, two ounces of Cinamon scrapt, and a little bruised, one ounce of Ginger pared, and sliced, two Nutmegs sliced, and ten Cloves cut, all these being put together, set them on the fire, and boile them untill it be almost enough; then take the whites of sixe Egges, and beate them well together, and put them into your Ielly on the fire, stirring them altogether, letting them boile a good walme, and so take it off the fire, letting it stand untill the heate be well off it, and then take off the uppermost cleane, and let the rest run through a Ielly bag, with a branch of Rosemary twice or thrice, untill it be very cleare.

A remedy for the Fluxe.

4 R. The inward Rinde of an Oake sapling, boile it in the milke of a red Cow, herewith make Rice pottage, and season it with Cinamon, and some Sugar, and use to eate of it.

For an old Cough, or Ptisicke.

5 R. Auripigmentum made into fine Powder ʒ i. mixe it with Wort, or the Yolke of an Egge, to the thicknesse of a Plaister, and spread it upon Coltsfoote leaves, or new Canvasse cut into small pieces, and burne them one after another upon a Chafingdish, and Coals, and receive the fume into your mouth with a Funnell.

For a Consumption.

6 Boile in running Water a legge of Veale, or Beefe, or a Capon cut in small pieces; skumme away the fat, and froth as fast as it riseth, boile it the space of an houre: then R. Parseley rootes, Fennell rootes, Tama∣risse rootes, Rosemary brances, Hartstongue leaves, ana, nu. v. Borage m. ii. Spearemints, Sowthistle, Sorrell, Dandelion, Violet leaves, Hyssop, ana, m. i. cut the rootes, and stuffe your Capon with the hearbes, the re∣sidue of you hearbes binde in a bundle, and boile with your rootes in the same Earthen vessell: adde thereto a few crusts of Manchet, Raisons of the Sun lib. ss. Cur∣rans ℥ iii. whole Mace ʒ i. bound in a Cloth, Dates quartered nu. viii. boile all these together with the flesh, untill the Broth be thick, and clammy: adde more Wa∣ter in the boiling, that the flesh boile not drie; then run it through a Ielly bag, after that put it on the fire againe to clarifie: hereof let the Patient take foure, or five spoonfulls at a time.

To make a good Searecloth to skin, and heale.

7 R. Of Deare suet, and May butter ana lib. ss. Waxe ℥ iii. when these are molten, put to them of Lapis Cala∣minaris beaten, and searsed; when it hath boiled a little while, take it off the fire, and let it run through a thinne Cloth; then dip your Clothes into it, and stroake them smooth; when they be cold sleeke them.

A Medicine for the Spleene.

8 R. White Wine Vinegar, and the Gall of an Oxe ana, mingle them together, and set them on the Embers all night to infuse: on the morrow take a blew Cloth well woaded, and wet it in the Liquor, and apply it rea∣sonable warme to the Spleene, and in few daies you shall have helpe.

For an Apostume in the Head.

9 R. Barley flower, and Cummin seeds beaten ana, make thereof a Cake with a little Water, and bake it; then whiles it is hot, make a hole in the top, and fill it with Treakle, and hold it to your eare that the breath may goe into your head.

For a weake Backe.

10 R. The pith of an Oxe back ℥ iii. Dates sliced ℥ ii. boile these in a pinte of Muscadine, and eate thereof in a morning.

For the small Poxe.

11 When you perceive the Poxe comming out ei∣ther on the Patients Breast or Face, make this Posset: R. Of Ale or Beere, which the Patient likes best, make a Posset with new Milke, and take off the Curde, and boile in the drinke one spoonfull of raspt Harts horne, and as many Marigold flowers, sixe or eight leaves of Sorrell, a little Licoras sliced, and scraped, a few Figs cut in pieces: take this blood-warme, and drinke no other drinke for two or three daies untill they come out; then have a great care to keepe the Chamber warme, but not too hot in any case; let them eat no fresh meat (if a Feaver accompany the Poxe, untill it be past) nor any broth with Spice, but thinne thicken'd broth boiled with a white Crust; when the Feaver is past, and the Poxe begin to fall, let them eate Bread, and Butter, or a potcht Egge; in all this time let their Beere be warmed with a Toste, and sweetned with Sugar, and when they have drunke, let them eate the Toste to cleanse their mouth, and throate: if the Poxe be in the Eyes, then take red Rosewater, and womans Milke ana, and a little loafe Sugar finely beaten, everyday fresh, and with a feather dresse them often in a day; or you may tye a lit∣tle bruised Quince seed in a cloth, and soake it in white Rose water, and wash the Eyes, but not above thrice a day, lest you feed the Poxe, neither wash the Eyes ex∣cept the Poxe be in them; deny them not drinke at any time: when the Poxe begin to look black on the heads, then minge Parmacetae and Oyle of sweet Almonds together to an Ointment, and with a feather anoint the Face at night therewith being a little warmed: this will cause them to scale; then anoint the Face every night

with the Ointment of Bacon described before in the Vnguents, and in the morning wash your Face with wa∣ter of Beane flowers; when they are quite well, it is good to give them an ounce or two of Cassia newly drawne, in some Posset drinke, to purge them: if the Poxe come not out kindly at first, you shall give the Pa∣tient of Bezoar powdered small in Posset drinke, accord∣ing to the strength and age of the Patient, from three to eight graines.

For a Fellon.

12 R. Fine Malt flower m. i. Sope as much as a Wallnut, boile them together in some Beere untill it be thicke; lay this to the place, and change it twice, or thrice in a day.

For buzzing in the Eares.

13 R. A clove of Garlick, pill it, and pricke three or foure holes in the midst of it, and dip it in fine English Honey, and put it into your Eare, and stop your Eare with a little blacke Wooll, and lie upon the contrary side; thus let it rest seven or eight daies.

To stay a Laske.

14 R. A good quantity of Burre rootes, and wash them cleane with running Water; then seethe them in faire Water till halfe the Water be consumed; when you goe to bed wash the soales of you Feete herewith, and if that stay not enough, then wash higher, and it will stay it.

For the Goute.

15 R. A gallon of thy owne Vrine, and a pound of Virginwaxe, and of houseleeke lib. v. set those on the fire together, and let them scald untill the Houseleeke be tender; then bathe thy legs and feete therein thus; take a dishfull of this decoction, and by the fire wash thy feete with this Liquor very hot, and let the remnant of the Liquor stand on the fire to keepe hot; when that dishfull is cold, put it into the hot Liquor, and take ano∣ther dishfull, and bathe as you did before; doe this for halfe an houre alwaies with hot broth; then take the residence in the bottome of the Pot, and lay it upon a blew Cloth that is well Woaded, either Woollen, or Linnen, and lay it to the soare place, and wrap it well up, and let it lie a day and a night: doe thus untill it bee whole this will drive the paine downewards, and when it is in thy foote, lay the Plaister all over the Foote and Toes; if the disease be in the Hands, doe as you did to the Feete.

For Earewigges, or any Worme crept into the Head.

16 R. Of the Garlicke that is called S. Mary Gar∣licke, three or foure Cloves, stampe in a Mortar, and lay them in a little cleane Water a good while; then wring out the Iuice with a Cloth very hard, then put of that Liquor into the Eare, and hold that Eare upwards, and it will kill the Worme, or else cause him to come out at the Nose.

For a Fellon.

17 R. Smallage pu. i. wheaten Leaven, black Sope, and the white of an Egge, and wheate Flower; stampe them together, and lay them on a Cloth to the Fellon.

For the stinging of a Waspe, or Bee.

18 If the Sting sticke in the flesh, pull it out, and then take an Almond, and cut it over-thwart, and lay the one halfe upon the Soare, and it will cease the swel∣ling, and ease the paine.

For a Stitch in the Side.

19 R. A pretty big Dish, fill it full of Embers, and lay the reon a handfull of Rosemary leaves; and then lay a Cloth on the Rosemary to keepe it close, and so lay it to the grieved place as hot as can be suffered.

To stay the immoderate Fluxe of Women.

20 R. A good piece of Allome, and seethe it in faire Water till it be dissolved; then take sodden Milke, and with the said decoction make a Posset, presse the Curde from the Whey, and lay the Curde to the secret place, and it will stay it.

A speciall Medicine for the Goute.

21 R. A spoonfull of bay Salt, and as much g••ay Sope, and the quantity of a Wallnut of Boares grease, Rue, and the hearbe called Rage ana m.ss. beate all these in a Mortar untill they come to a Salve; then lay it on a Cloth to the griefe, and renew it once a day.

For the Megrim.

22 R. Of the Iuice of Seagreene, Aquavitae, and the Gall of a Steere ana, put together on the fire to warme; then take a linen Cloth, and bathe your forehead there∣with, and your Temples at night when you are going to bed; then dip a double linnen Cloth therein, as much as will cover the Forehead, and binde it to the Patients head all night for two, or three nights together.

To stay the bloody Fluxe.

23 R. A great red Onyon, take out the coare, and fill the hole full of Frankincense, and English Saffron ana: then put on the top, and set the Onyon in the Embers, and when it is tender, spread it on a linnen Cloth, and lay the one halfe to the Navill, and the other to the Fun∣dament as hot as may be.

To cleare the Eyes when they are blood-shotten, or sore.

24 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris ℥ ss. Sugar Candy ℥ ss. white Wine ℥ i. heate the Stone almost red hot in a cleare fire, then beate it very fine in a cleane Mortar, and mingle it with the Wine, and straine it through a linnen

Cloth; then put in the Sugar Candy very finely bea∣ten: put this Water in a Glasse, and when you would use it, shake the Glasse that it may mingle, and so drop a drop or two into the Eye, lying upwards, Evening, and Morning, and lie so a while after. Note that this Stone must bee cleare without red spots, or else it is hurtfull.

For wilde Fire.

25 R. Olde hard Cheese, grate it, and with Honey make an Oyntment, and anoint the place till it bee whole.

For to stay the humour that flowes to the Teeth, and Eyes through the Temples.

26 R. Of Masticke, and Frankincense powdered ana, make a Plaister with sufficient white Wine, and the white of an Egge, and lay it to the Temples.

To give present ease to the goute.

27 R. Milke, and boile it, and with Vinegar make a Posset, and binde the Curde hot to the part.

For the Palsey.

28 R. A new Earthen pot, and fill it full of Camo∣mill, and stop it well, and set it in another pot under ground for forty dayes; then take it up, and you shall finde Oyle there in, and anoint the place with that Oyle; if it be in thy Head, anoint thy Forehead, if the Hands, anoint thy Wrists.

To stop a Laske.

29 R. Wheaten Meale, and with the juice of Yar∣row, make little Cakes, and bake them, and eate them.

Another.

30 R. Rubarbe ℥ i. grate it, and mingle it with as much Conserve of Roses as will make it up, hereof R. every morning ʒ ss. and presently after it drinke a good draught of warme Milk well boiled, and fast two houres after it, doe thus for three daies, then R. every night be∣fore you goe to bed halfe a dram of Diascordium.

For one that is blasted.

31 R. A Hens Egge, and roast it hard, and put the white only into a brasse Mortar, and put to it of Coppe∣ras ʒ ii. and grinde them well together to an Ointment, and anoint the Face, and it will coole it, and allay the swelling, and when it is almost whole, anoint it with Oyntment of Popular buds described before.

To stop womens immoderate Fluxe.

33 R. A Hares foote, and burne it to Powder, and drinke it first, and last in stale Ale, till you be whole.

To provoke the monthly Visits.

33 R. A piece of fresh Beefe, boile it in faire Water, and skumme it cleane; when it is enough take it up, and boile in the Broth these hearbes following, being

shred small, untill they be soft; Hartstongue, Maiden∣haire, Borage, red Mints, Languebeufe, Alisander, and Water cresses, ana, eate these hearbes next your heart in a morning for nine daies, and lie not long in bed.

For them that cannot hold their Water.

34 R. The Pissle of a red Deare that is fallen from him, as it doth every yeare; dry the same in an Oven af∣ter the Bread is drawne; then beate it to powder, and give the Patient a little thereof in a draught of drinke blood-warme last at night, and first in the morning, and fast for three houres after it.

To stay a Laske.

35 R. A Nutmeg made in Powder, mixe it with a Yolke of an Egge in the shell, the White done away; then heate a Stone hot, and drop a little hereof upon the Stone like little Cakes, and let it bake, and eate of them morning, and evening the quantity of one Egge, and a Nutmeg at a time.

For a Cough, or Cold.

36 R. Aniseeds ℥ i. Licoras ℥ ss. of the best dry Figs nu. x. Raisons of the Sun nu. xx. bruise them small, and boile them in a quart of running Water till halfe be consumed, and give it the sicke to drinke warme morn∣ing, and evening, and fast two houres after, and it will remove the Cold from the Stomack.

For the running of the Reines.

37 R. Parsnips sliced thinne, and boiled in red Cowes Milke till they be all Pap, taken cold, morning, and evening; if you adde in the boiling the water of Oaken buds, it will be much better.

For any Carbuncle, Plague Sore, Botch, Boile, or Imposthume.

38 R. Bay Salt well beaten to powder, sifted, and incorporated well with the yolke of an Egge, and ap∣plyed, and it will draw to it selfe all the Venome of the Sore, and breake any Boile, and heale it.

A singular Medicine for Bone ache, in what place soever.

39 R. Of Aquavitae, and Oyle of Bay ana, mixe them well together, and warme it in a Saucer, and anoint the grieved place from the fire, and keepe it warme.

For all old Aches, and Paines in the Ioynts.

40 R. The whole Horne that a Bucke casts off, the later the better; cast away the Scalpe, and take nothing but the Horne: then cut it in pieces, and boile it in a Gallon of faire water untill it come to a pinte, or some∣thing more; then straine it, and let it stand untill it bee cold; when you use it, warme some of it in a Saucer, and anoint the grieved place by the fire, and it will cure in nine, or ten dressings.

To cause one to voide Winde.

41 R. The cleare Iuice of red Fennell, and make Posset Ale therewith, and drink it.

A good Purge.

42 R. Of Sene ℥ i. Coriander seed ℥ ss. Cinamon, Licoras, Aniseeds, Ginger, ana ʒ ii. Sugar ℥ ii. beate them into powder, and steepe them in a quart of Ale the space of foure and twenty houres; then straine it, and drinke the one halfe at a time: if you will you may take the other halfe the next day.

To stay bleeding at the Nose.

43 R. A linnen Cloth, and wet it in cold water, and wrap it about the Patients Cods, and it will stay.

For the bloody Fluxe.

44 R. As much linnen Cloth as will make a Suppo∣sitary, make it up into the forme of a Suppositary, and soake it well in Aqua composita, and put it up into the Fundament.

To stay womens immoderate Fluxe.

45 R. A pinte of Milke hot from the Cow, put in as much Rennet as will serve to turne it to Cheese, and im∣mediatly drinke it up: doe thus for three mornings if need be, and it will stay.

For too much Vomiting.

46 R. Of Speare Mint water ℥ iiii. put thereto of the Sirrup of Quinces ℥ ss. and ʒ ii. of Cinamon Water, and take two or three spoonfulls at a time.

For Freckles in the Face.

48 R. The blood of a Hare warme from the body, and anoint the Face therewith, and it will doe them away.

For an old Ioint sicknesse.

49 R. Ants with their Egges, stampe them, and boile them in faire Water, and bathe the member therein.

For a Botch, Boile, or Fellon.

50 R. The curde of a Posset, and lay to it to gather the corruption together; remove it not in twelve houres: and if once laying will not serve, then doe so three, or foure times; then take quicke Lime, and quench it with faire Spring water, and mixe with it as much blacke Sope, and lay a little thereof to the Sore: when it is broken, wash it with white Wine a little warmed, and then heale it with Butter, and powder of Sugar mixed together.

To make a Iuice of Licoras to stay the Cough comming of Rheume, to be made in the beginning of May.

51 R. Of Licoras ℥ iiii. beate it small, and searce it; then R. of Hyssop m. v. or vi. of Foales foote m. iiii. Rosemary flowers m. i. stampe all these together in a Stone Mortar, and straine them into a faire Bason, with halfe a pinte of faire running Water, or Hyssope water, put in your Powder of Licoras, and boile it, and stirre it untill it be as thicke as good Creame; then straine it through a fine Strainer, and set it againe on the fire, and let it seethe a good space after, ever stirring it untill it be very thicke; then put in of red Sugar Candy ℥ iii. or iiii. and boile them untill they puffe up from the bottome of the Bason.

For a Fellon.

52 R. Raggewort, Rue, Hyssop, ana pu. i. one clove of Garlicke, a little pieces of sowre Leaven, a spoonfull of Bay salt, and a piece of rusty Bacon, beate all these together, and lay it to very thicke for foure and twenty houres space.

For those that are troubled with Rheume distilling downe their Throate in the night.

53 Of Cumminseeds ℥ ii. bruised, Nutmegs sliced, nu. ii. Cloves bruised, the same quantity, the yolkes of two Egges, or two Egges hard roasted, mingle these to∣gether, and quilt them in a linnen bagge, and sprinkle the said bagge with very good Aquavitae, and lay the said bagge every night to the nape of your Necke.

For a Bruise.

54 R. Of the blood of a Pigge ℥ iiii. of Vinegar ℥ ii. a few crummes of browne Bread, boile all these toge∣ther untill they be something thicke, and so warme, lay it to the place for the space of foure and twenty houres; doe thus twice, or thrice if need be.

To take away the Morphew, and other filth from the Face, and Hands, and to make a new skin.

55 R. Of white Mercury sublimated ʒ i. Camphire ʒ ii. Lemons nu. ii. white Sugar ℥ i. faire water one pinte and a halfe, put all these into a Glasse, and so let it stand eight or ten daies, and then straine it, and keepe it in a cleane Violl; and when you will use it, wet a cleane linnen Cloth therein, and then put it softly upon the Face, or Hands where the Morphew, or Filth is, and will take it off in short time.

To make the Skin soft, and white after the said Medicine.

56 R. A black Sheepes head or two, and cut off the Hornes, and Skin, and throw them away with the Brain, and eyes; then seeth the Heads in faire water, and skum off the Oyle very cleane, put to this Oyle a little Rose-water, and anoint the Face therewith, and it will make a smooth Skin soft, white, and faire.

To breed Blood, and bring a good fresh Colour in the Face.

57 R. A new Pipkin with a Cover that will hold a pinte, fill it with good olde Muscadine, and halfe a pound of great blew Currans, and the weight of a Shil∣ling of the best Rubarbe cut in slices, and three slices of Ginger: let these stand all night upon the hot Embers, and eate every morning a spoonefull or two of the Cur∣rans, and Sirrup.

For the Spleene.

58 R. Ashen keyes, and the Greenewood, burne them, & make Lye of the Ashes: after it hath stood three dayes cleare it; then take Barrowes grease, and wash it in white Wine, and dry it, and beate it with a rowling pin: and when it is well beaten, put it into the Lye, and seethe the Lye, and it to an Oyle: then put into it a spoonefull of Doctor Stephens water, and and as much Rose-water; beate it well together, and so put it up to anoint the Side downewards: if you use to drinke Bed∣ward Posset drinke wherein the greene barke of Ashe is boiled, it will much profit: it is also good to use Oyle of Tamariske, and Oyle of Capers to anoint the Side with it.

An approved laxative Whey for the Spleene.

59 R. Of the inner barke of the Ashe tree, Maiden∣haire, Hartstongue, Licoras, Aniseeds, Parceley rootes, Sene leaves, and coddes, ana m. i. boile them in a pottle of cleane Whey, untill almost the halfe be consumed; then straine it, and use it first, and last, every day untill you finde health, forbearing to eate or drinke the space of two or three houres after; all the while you doe this, you shall anoint your Side with the aforesaid Oint∣ment.

To stanch Blood in Veine, or Artery.

60 R. Olibanum ℥ ii. Aloes Hepaticke ℥ i. haires of a Hare a little cut, whites of Egges as much as will serve to incorporate them; make a Stuphe of Flax, and dip it in the Medicine, and apply it cold; let it lye three, or foure dayes: then if it sticke fast, apply the white of an Egge, and Oyle of Roses untill the next day.

To provoke Vomit, and to purge the Belly.

61 R. The rinde of the roote of Elder tree chopped in small pieces, steepe it in Wine the space of a night, and drinke the Wine in the morning.

For the Dropsie.

62 R. Raisons of the Sun stoned lib. i. put them into a pinte of good white Wine, and so let them stand cove∣red nine, or ten dayes; then eate thereof three or foure times a day, eight or nine at a time.

For the Ptisicke.

63 R. The tender crops of Mallows, boile them, and butter them as a Sallet with Butter, and Vinegar, and eate them with your meate.

For women with Childe that are subject to Miscarrying.

64 R. The whites of two Egges, beate them well with cleane Water, and sup them up, when you feele any fright, or sudden alteration.

For the Cholicke.

65 R. Of the Oyle of sweete Almonds drawne with∣out fire ℥ iii. mixe it with a little white Wine, and Pel∣litary water, and drinke it; then swallow a Leaden Bul∣let besmeated with Quicksilver, and the Bullet com∣ming presently forth at his Fundament, will cure him.

For the Sciatica.

66 First, raise a Blister, and let out the Water in it, then R. ground Ivy, and stampe it, and apply it to the Blister with a cloth sufficiently doubled, then R. a Cat, and flea it, and put into the Belly (the garbage being taken out) twenty Snailes, shels and all, and so roast it, and to the dripping, put of Oyle of Spike one penny∣worth, halfe an Oxe gall, Neats-foote Oyle two spoone∣fulls. Badgers grease one spoonefull, Oyle of Turpen∣tine two penniworth, A quavitae one penniworth; mixe them, and therewith anoint the griefe, and keepe it warme.