The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.

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The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.

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Bahia (Brazil : State). Secretaria das Minas e Energia. Diretoria de Distribuição.

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London :: Printed by Tho. Maxey for Nath. Ekins ...,

1656.

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Contents

• title page
• The PREFACE.
• The DIRECTIONS for the Preservation of HEALTH.
  • I. Of DIET.
    • part - 1
    • part - 2
    • part - 3
    • part - 4
      • cautions - 1
      • cautions - 2
      • cautions - 3
      • cautions - 4
    • part - 5
    • part - 6
    • part - 7
    • part - 8
    • part - 9
    • part - 10
  • Of Sleep and Watching.
  • Of Exercise.
  • Of Excrements.
  • Of Passions of the Mind.
  • Of the Choice of Aire.
• to the reader
• The Names of the most E∣minent Persons, whose Skil hath contributed a∣ny thing to this Book.
• THE SKILFUL PHYSICIAN.
  • ACHES.
    • A Soveraign Medicine for any Ache.
    • A Receipt for all cold and raw Humors; and Aches in mens bones. Pro∣ved by Doctor Powel.
    • For all manner of Aches, and the Sci∣atica.
    • For any Ache whatsoever,
    • A precious Remedy for any extreme Ache.
    • For all manner of Aches in Bones, Joints, or Sciatica.
    • A very good Plaister for any Ache or swel∣ling in the Joints.
    • For an old Ache or Sciatica.
    • For an Ache.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For an Ache or the Sciatica.
    • Another.
    • Another.
  • AGUES.
    • For a Quartain Ague.
    • For an Ague.
    • For the Feaver Cake.
    • For a hot Burning Ague.
    • An excellent Medicine for an Ague.
    • A good Medicine to remove or avoid a Burning Fever.
    • For the Ague.
    • Another.
    • For all Feavers and Agues of sucking Children.
    • For an Ague.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • An approved Medicine for an Ague.
  • AQUA COMPOSITA.
    • How to make a Special Aqua Composita to take for a Surfet or cold stomack.
    • A Receipt of G. K. to make Aqua composita.
    • The order of drawing this Aqua Compo∣sita.
    • The best way to make Mrs. Bells Aqua∣composita.
    • To make another Aqua-composita.
    • Another way.
  • AQUA VITAE.
    • To make Aqua Vita for a cold sto∣mack.
    • To make Aqua-vitae to avoid Flegme.
  • AQUA MIRABILIS.
    • How to make a precious Water, called, A∣qua Mirabilis.
  • BACK.
    • A good Medicine to strengthen the Back.
    • Another.
    • For the Rains of the Back and Stomack.
    • To strengthen the Back.
    • For the Raines of the Back.
    • For the pain of the Back, and heat of the Back.
    • To cleanse the Back, and purge the Raines.
    • A good Medicine to strengthen a weak Back.
    • For the Back.
    • To cleanse and comfort the Back and Reins.
    • A Conserve to strengthen the Back.
    • A good Drink against the heat of the Back.
    • For paine and heat in the Back.
    • Of the pain in the Back.
  • BALM.
    • To make an excellent Balm.
  • BELLY.
    • For a swelling in the Belly.
    • Another.
    • An Oyntment for a great belly, whe∣ther it be by reason of an Ague, or Wormes, or the Spleen.
    • For a pain in the Bowels through hot Choler.
  • BITING.
    • For the Biting of a Mad Dog.
    • Another.
    • Another.
  • BLEEDING.
    • To stanch the bleeding of a Cut.
    • To stanch the Bleeding, and to heal.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another.
    • To stanch bleeding at the Nose, Vein, or Wound.
    • Another.
    • Another to stop bleeding at the Nose, mouth, wound or bloudy flux.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another for a Wound.
    • For bleeding at the Nose.
    • To stanch Blood.
    • To stop Bleeding:
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For spitting of Blood.
    • Another.
    • To stanch blood.
    • For pissing of Blood.
    • Of letting Bloud.
  • BONES.
    • How to use Fractured Bones: four kinds of Factures.
    • Four Directions in the Cure of Fractures, according to the place fractured.
    • How the Bones out of joint ought to be put together.
    • How Bones may be conserved after they be set in their natural place.
    • How the Rollers must be used.
    • A defensive Medicine.
    • If the place appear blistered.
    • For the Wound of Broken Bones.
    • A Defensive against Boyning of a broken Bone in the Leg.
    • A Poultice for any Boyning inward.
    • To asswage the swelling upon any broken Bone or out of joint.
    • For the Bone ache.
  • BODY.
    • To distil a Cock, good for any weak Person.
    • To preserve the Body.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For avoiding gravel in the Body.
    • A Medicine for a weak Body.
    • To comfort the Spirits of one that is weak.
    • A very good Glister for a weak body that is troubled with the Cholick.
  • BRAINES.
    • A Gargarism to purge the Braines. By Dr. Deodate.
  • BREST.
    • To heal a sore Brest when it is broken.
    • For a womans Brest not broken.
    • A Drink for a sore Brest or Wound.
    • For an Ague in the Brest.
    • A Drink to purifie the Brests from Rheume.
    • For a sore Brest, or to dry up a womans milk, or to asswage the hard swelling, if it lye not too long.
    • For stopping in the Brest.
    • For a heat and swelling in a Womans Brest.
    • If a woman want milk in her Brests.
  • BRUISE.
    • For a Bruise.
    • A soveraign Medicine for bruised blood congevled in the body.
    • An excellent Balme to cure any bruise, though Bones be broken therein, and it is very good to cure wounds.
    • For any Bruises, Aches, or any such like pain.
    • For a Bruise, or Strain, or Green Wound.
    • An excellent Remedy for Bruises and A∣ches which come of cold.
    • Another.
    • For a Bruise or Strain.
    • For a Bruise or Sore unripened.
  • BREATH.
    • A good Medicine for a stinking Breath.
    • Of a stinking Breath, how it cometh.
  • BURNING.
    • An excellent Medicine for Burning or Scalding.
    • For a scalding or burning with fire.
    • For Burning or Scalding.
    • To heal a Burning or Scalding.
    • For Burning in the fire.
    • To make Oyle of Cream for Burning or Scalding.
    • For Burning with Fire, Gun-powder, Scalding or the like.
    • For a Burning.
    • For a Burning or Scalding.
    • Another.
    • Another.
  • CANKER.
    • To kill the Canker.
    • For a Canker in a womans brest.
    • For a black Canker in a womans brest.
    • For a Canker in the Nose, Mouth, or Throat.
    • For a Canker in the mouth.
    • For a Canker or Itch over the Body.
  • CAUDLE.
    • To make a Caudle of great vertue.
  • CHILDREN.
    • For a child that is Jaw fallen, or Roof fallen.
    • For scowring of a Child that will take no∣thing inwardly.
    • An approved Medicine to cure Children that are weak limbed, and cannot go. By Dr. Deodate.
    • To loosen the Belly of young Children.
    • For the Lask of young Children.
  • COLICK.
    • For the Collick. and Stone.
    • A good Medicine for the Wind Collick.
    • Another.
    • For the Collick in the stomack.
    • For the Collick and Stone.
    • A Preservative against the Collick and Stone.
    • Another.
    • For the wind Collick.
    • Another for the same.
    • To break the Wind Collick.
    • For the Collick, and Stone, and burning Fever.
    • An approved good Medicine for the Col∣lick and Stone.
    • Another.
    • For the Stone Collick.
    • For the wind Collick.
    • Another.
    • An excellent Medicine for the Collick or Sone.
  • CONSUMPTION.
    • For a Consumption.
    • A Soveraign Medicine for man or woman in a Consumption.
    • A very excellent Water for a Consump∣tion.
    • For a Consumption.
    • Another.
    • To restore one that is in a Consump∣tion.
    • To nourish one in a Consumption.
    • For a Consumption.
    • For a Consumption or Cough of the Lungs.
    • A precious Water for a Consumption.
    • A Water good for a Consumption or weak∣nesse.
  • COUGH.
    • For the Cough, be it never so ex∣treme.
    • For the Cough.
    • A Tisan for the Cough.
    • For the Cough, if it be of the Lungs.
    • For the Cough or Cold.
    • For the Cough.
    • Another.
  • CORNES.
    • For to take away Cornes.
  • CRAMP.
    • For the Cramp.
    • Another.
  • DEAFNESSE.
    • For Deafnesse an excellent Medi∣cine.
    • For the Hearing.
  • DROPSIE.
    • A very good Drink to cure the Dropsie.
    • An excellent Medicine for the Dropsie.
    • For the Dropsie.
    • A Dyet Drink for a Dropsie, Timpany, or other Swelling.
  • DRINK.
    • Dr. Deodates Scurbuttical Drink.
    • An excellent Drink for the Stomack and Brest, grief of the heart, the Palsie, Jaundies, the Rhume, the sorenesse of the Throat, the Pti∣sick, all faintnesse about the Heart and Stomack, and to make a good digestion, and to be of a good co∣lour.
    • A Dyet Drink to be taken in the Spring.
    • A most excellent Diet Drink for the French Disease.
    • An Excellent Drink to prevent Phy∣sick, being taken and used in the Spring and Fall, and approved by many who have found the successe to be accord∣ingly.
    • A Dyet Drink to heal Wounds.
  • EYES.
    • A good Medicine to preserve the Eye∣sight.
    • A special good Poultice for sore Eyes, that be much swelled and cometh by the Rheume.
    • A Plaister for sore eyes.
    • A very good Medicine for Eyes that be troubled with Pin or Web, or other dimnesse.
    • Another for sore Eyes.
    • For a Pearle, Pin or Web in the Eyes.
    • A very good Medicine for sore eyes that cometh of the Megrim.
    • A Water very comfortable for the Eye∣sight.
    • To recover the Eye sight.
    • For sore eyes and blind.
    • For red Eyes.
    • For Eyes that be Bloodshed, or have Push∣es in them.
    • For an Eye that hath been hurt, so that the Ball was ready to fall out, being swolne as big as an egge.
    • For a Pin or Web in the eye.
    • An excellent Water for sore Eyes, by Pearle, Pin and Web, Lash or Prick.
    • For sore Eyes.
    • A precious Water to clarifie the Eyes, and to take away the Pearle in the Eye.
    • For heat in the Eyes.
    • A very good Water for a Blast or Rheume in the Eyes.
    • An Oyntment for sore eyes, and such as be blasted.
    • For a Pearle in the Eye.
    • Another for the same.
    • To stay the hot Rheume in the Eye.
    • Another for the same.
    • For heat in the Eyes.
    • For the black or white Pearle in the Eye.
    • For sore Eyes.
    • Another.
    • For heat in the Eyes.
    • For a Pin or Web in the Eyes.
    • For Bleare Eyes.
    • For Blood-shotten Eyes.
    • To recover the sight.
    • For swelling of the Eyes.
    • To clarifie the sight, or for redness of the eyes.
    • For a great pain in the Eye.
    • A very good Water to strengthen the sight and to prevent a Catherick.
    • For an Eye that is very full of pain.
    • For Blood-shotten Eyes.
    • For a very great Pearle in the Eye.
    • For a Rheume in the Eyes.
    • To stay the Rheume in the Eyes.
    • For a Pin or Web in the Eye.
    • To bring away the Rheume from the Eye.
    • For any spot in the Eye.
    • For a Pin and Web.
    • To stay the Rheume in the Eyes.
    • For a prick in the Eye, with a thorne, and to drive out the thorne or stubble.
    • For a Bi in the Eye.
    • For an Ague in the Eye.
    • For a Pin and Web.
    • A very good Powder for a spot in the Eye.
    • For red or yellow Eyes.
    • For Eyes that be blasted.
    • To clear the sight.
    • For red Eyes, and for the Pearle.
    • To take away the Web in the Eye.
    • A Water for the Eyes.
    • For sore Eyes.
    • For Blood shotten Eyes, Rheume or sore Eyes.
    • For a spot or itching in the Eyes.
    • For sore eyes, or for any part inwardly dis∣quieted by any Ache, Swelling, Wound or Stroke.
    • Another.
    • For Eyes blasted or swoln.
    • For Ache, Strain or pain in the Head by sore Eyes.
    • A Purge for Choller, when there is Pain in the Head, or Rheume in the Eyes.
    • For Eys that be troubled with sorenesse and rednesse.
    • To take away spots of Blood in the Eye.
    • For hardnesse that hath been long in the Eye.
    • For the Pin or Web.
    • For a hurt in the Eye, that cometh by a stroke.
    • For a Pearl at the beginning.
    • For eyes that are full of Rheume, and bleared.
    • To preserve the sight long.
    • To clear the sight.
    • For sore Eyes, and Megrim in the Head.
    • For the Megrim in the eyes.
    • For a Pearl and Web.
    • Another.
    • For Eyes that be fair to look on, and naught to see with.
    • For the Small Pocks in the Eyes.
    • For a Pin and Web.
    • For sore Eyes that cometh of a hot cause, at of a Rheume.
    • For Bloodshotten Eyes.
    • For Watering Eyes, and darknesse sight.
    • For an excessive pain in the Eyes, when the Flux of Humors be sharp in them.
    • For sore Eyes that be in the morning, full of pain and water, so that they will not open without great wash∣ing.
    • For Eyes that have skins over them, or great pain in them.
    • A Medicine that helped one that had a thrust in the Eye.
    • An Oyle for burning of the Eyes.
    • Dr. Cademans Water for the Eyes.
    • An excellent good Eye Salve.
    • For, and of the Eyes in general.
    • Of the Ʋthalmia of the Eyes.
    • For the rednesse of the Eyes.
    • Of Watry and running Eyes.
    • A Plaister for the Temples, or sore Eyes.
  • FACE.
    • To take away the Scars, or Pockholes, or redness in the Face.
    • For a sawcie Face.
    • An approved good Medicine to cool and repel the redness of the face that pro∣ceedeth of heat.
    • For Spots in the Face.
    • To make the Face fair.
    • For heat in the face.
    • A Drink for the Heat or Rednesse in the Face.
    • An excellent Water for the same.
    • An excellent Lac Virginis to make the Face, Neck or any part of the Body fair and white.
    • For the Pimples in the Face.
    • To dry up any Pimples or heat in the Face.
  • FELLON.
    • To ripen a Fellon or Boil.
    • Another.
    • To kill a Fellon.
    • A Soveraign Salve to heal the Fellon.
    • An excellent Poultice to take away the anguish of a Fellon, and to break it speedily.
    • For a Fellon.
    • For a Fellon in the Joint.
    • Another for a Fellon.
    • Another.
  • FISTULA.
    • Against a Fistula or hollow Ʋlcer.
    • For a Fistula.
    • To heal a Fistula or Ʋlcer.
  • FLESH.
    • To kill dead flesh.
    • To try whether there be dead flesh in a Wound or no.
    • A Water to abate proud flesh, and to clear a corrupted wound.
    • To clear a Sore or Wound of dead flesh.
    • To take out dead Flesh.
  • FLUX.
    • For the white Flux.
    • For the red Flux.
    • To stop the Flux.
    • For the Bloody Flux.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For the Bloody Flux or Scouring.
  • PHLEGME.
    • To loose Phlegme.
    • A Drink to avoid Phlegme.
    • A Powder to break Phlegme.
  • FORGETFULNESSE.
    • Against Forgetfulnesse.
  • GOUT.
    • For the Gout.
    • Sundry Medicines for the Gout.
    • Another Oyntment of great force for the Gout.
    • For the Gout.
    • Another.
    • For the Gout and the Palsie.
    • For the Gout.
    • For the Gout and Palsie.
  • GUMMES.
    • For Ʋlcers or any Infection of the Gums.
  • HEART.
    • For Faintnesse at the Heart.
    • A very Soveraigne Medicine for one that hath taken cold at the Heart.
  • HEAD.
    • A Medicine for the Headache.
    • For pain in the Head.
    • For Head Ache.
    • For the Head Ache sundry Medicines.
    • For the Head Ache.
    • Another.
    • Of giddinesse in the Head.
    • Of the pain in the Head.
    • Of heat in the Head through Melan∣choly.
    • Of the paine in the Head caused by cold.
    • A very good Medicine for Paine or Wind in the Head, which much hindreth the Hearing.
    • For a White Scurf, or Scabbed Head.
    • To heal a Scald Head.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For a sore Head.
  • HOARSNESSE.
    • Against Hoarsnesse.
  • JAUNDIES.
    • A good Medicine for the Black Jaun∣dies.
    • Another for the Black Jaundies.
    • A Medicine for the yellow Jaundies.
    • Another.
  • IMPOSTHUMES.
    • For an Imposthume.
  • JULIP.
    • A most excellent Julip to refresh and cool any body distempered with heat or drougth in Agues or hot Diseases.
  • ITCH.
    • To take away, or kill the hot Itch.
    • For an Itch.
  • KIDNEYES.
    • Of the Kidneyes.
  • KNEES.
    • For pain in the Knees.
    • For ache in the Knees.
    • For swelling in the Knees and Legs.
    • For Aches and Swelling in the Knees.
  • LAMENESSE.
    • For such as be stiff in their Limbs, or Lame.
    • A Soveraigne Medicine for Lamenesse in the Joints, to supple any sore, and to bring it into Joint, which hath been long out; and for aches.
  • LEPROSIE.
    • For curing the Leprosie.
    • A Drink belonging to the same Medicine.
  • LASK.
    • For a Lask.
    • To stay a Lask or Bloody Flux.
    • Another.
    • To stay a Scouring.
    • Another.
    • For a Lask or Flux.
    • To procure Looseness.
  • LIVER.
    • For cooling of the Liver.
    • For the heat of the Liver.
    • Doctor Hills counsel for cooling the Liver.
    • A Drink to cleanse the Liver.
    • A good Medicine for the Liver.
    • A Drink to mitigate all heat of the Liver and Spleen.
    • A Broth to cool the heat of the Liver.
    • For the heat of the Liver.
    • Against the stopping of the Liver, Lungs and Spleen, and to comfort the Stomack.
    • For all Griefs of the Liver.
    • For the Liver, and to comfort the Sto∣mack.
  • LIPS.
    • For chopt Lips.
  • LUNGS.
    • A Preservation for the Lungs
  • LEGGS.
    • For a sore Legge, or old vlcer.
    • For a sore Leg.
    • To kill the Itch of the same, and to skin it.
    • Another.
    • A Plaister for festered Legs, being long sore.
    • A Plaister for sore Eyes, broken or not.
  • MEGRIM.
    • For the Megrim.
    • Another.
    • A Plaister for the Megrim.
  • MOTHER.
    • For the Mother and green Sickness.
  • MOUTH.
    • For a sore Mouth.
    • Another.
    • For a sore Mouth or Throat.
  • NOSE.
    • For stinking Nostrils.
  • NAVEL.
    • For the Navel coming out.
  • NIPPLE.
    • For a chopt Nipple.
  • OYLES.
    • To make Oyle of Mallowes for Impo∣sthumes, and Ripenings, and to miti∣gate Aches.
    • To make Oyle of Poplar buds.
    • To make Saint Johns Oyle.
    • A very good Oyle or Balsom for any green Wound.
    • To make Oyl of Hypericon.
    • How to cure with this Oyl.
    • To make Oyle of Adderstongue.
  • OYNTMEMTS.
    • An Oyntment for a Bruise.
    • A very good Oyntment.
    • To make the green Oyntment.
    • To make another green Oyntment.
    • An Oyntment for the heat of the Raines, or elsewhere in the Body.
    • An Oyntment for a Bruise or Ach.
    • A very good Oyntment for all Aches and shrinking of Sinewes, for blast∣ing of the Face, and for greene Wounds.
    • An Oyntment for any Swelling or Sore. It is good for many things.
    • A very good Oyntment for any Ache.
    • An Oyntment for a Wrench or Strain.
    • An excellent green Oyntment for a strain or Bruise.
    • An Oyntment for Legs that itch with heat, or to cool or heal any Sore running of a hot humour.
    • A Soveraign Oyntment to strengthen Si∣newes, and good for Lameness.
    • An Oyntment for all Aches, Lamenesse of Sinewes, Stitches, Bruises, Plurisies, or Gout.
    • An Oyntment for any Ache or Bruise.
    • An Oyntment for a Strain.
    • A greene Oyntment to be made in May, an approved good one for di∣vers things.
    • An Oyntment for an Ache.
    • To make Flos Unguentorum, the flower of all other Oyntments.
    • The Effects of this Oyntment.
  • PALSIE.
    • For the Palsie.
    • Another.
    • Against the Palsie.
    • Of the Palsie.
  • PLAGUE or PESTILENCE.
    • For the Pestilence.
    • A Medicine against the Plague.
    • A precious Water good against all Poi∣sons and Pestilences.
    • An approved Medicine for the Plague.
    • An excellent Drink against the Plague, Small Pox or Meazels, and for the cure and prevention thereof.
    • A good Drink against the Plague.
    • An excellent thing to defend the Plague.
    • A good Preservation against the Plague.
    • A Water for the Plague.
    • A Water to be made in May, good against the Plague or Surset.
    • An approved Medicine for the Plague.
    • A Preservative against the Plague.
    • For the Party Infected.
    • To break the Botch.
    • A Medicine for the Plague.
    • A Drink against the Plague.
    • Another.
    • Another.
  • PILES.
    • A good Medicine for the Piles or Emrods.
    • A Plaister to mitigate the pains of the Piles and Emrods.
    • A Medicine for the Piles.
    • For the Piles.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • To heal the Piles and Emrods.
    • For the Piles or Emrods. Mrs. Wing.
  • PLAISTER.
    • To make the Black Plaister.
    • An excellent Plaister.
    • A drying Plaister.
    • An excellent Plaister for any Sore old or new.
    • A Plaister for all manner of Swellings in any place.
    • To make Parracelsus Plaister.
  • PLURISIE.
    • A good Medicine to ripen a Plurisie.
    • An approved Medicine for the Plu∣risie.
    • A Plaister for the same. Probatum.
    • For the Plurisie.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • For the Plurisie.
    • To know whether one have the Plurisie or no.
    • For the cure of the Plurisie.
    • For a hot Plurisie.
  • PRICKING.
    • For the pricking of a thorn, Swelling or Ancomb.
    • Another for the pricking of a thorn or nee∣dle in any joint.
  • POULTICE.
    • To make a Poultice for Wounds or Swel∣lings.
    • Another Poultice to mollifie and dis∣solve.
    • An approved good Poultice to lay to an Ache or Pain.
    • A very good Poultice for Wind gotten into joints.
    • A Poultice for a Bruise or Strain.
    • A Water to wash the place before you apply the Poultice.
    • An excellent Poultice for the Ague in a Womans brest or Legs.
    • A Poultice for any Swelling.
  • PURGE.
    • The Manna Purge.
    • To Purge, the Moon being in Scorpio, Cancer or Pisces.
    • Another to purge Phlegme.
    • Another.
    • A Dyet Drink to Purge withal.
    • A Purging Ale.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • A very easie Purgation.
    • Another.
    • To procure Looseness.
    • A Purge.
    • To purge Phlegme and Melancholy.
    • To cleanse the Stomack from rotten Phlegm and Melancholy.
    • To purge Phlegme and Choler.
    • A Purging Drink.
  • PAINE.
    • For pain in the Joints.
    • For the pain under the side.
    • For paine in the side that cometh of Wind.
  • POISON.
    • For the Poison of a Toad, or other Poi∣son.
  • PISSING.
    • For pissing a bed.
  • POCKS.
    • A Medicine for the Small Pocks.
    • Another to take away the Redness.
    • For the Small Pocks in the Eyes.
    • For the Small Pocks or Meazels.
    • A Drink to put out the Small Pocks.
  • QUINZIE.
    • For the Quinzy.
    • Another.
  • RAINS.
    • An excellent Medicine for the running of the Rains.
    • For the Raines of the Back.
  • RHEUME.
    • A good Medicine for the Rheume distil∣ling down the throat, and causing pain in the Teeth.
    • For the Rheume distilling into the Eyes or Lungs.
    • An approved Receipt to be Drunk first and last for a Months space, good for Rheums and Aches.
    • For a Rheume in the Head.
    • Of Rheume.
  • RICKETS.
    • For the Rickets in Children.
    • Another.
    • Another.
  • RUPTURE.
    • A Plaister to keep up the Rupture,
    • A Drink for the Rupture.
    • Another.
    • For the Rupture in Children.
  • RESTORATIVE.
    • A Restorative.
    • Another.
    • A restoring Medicine for any decay of the inner parts.
    • A Restorative made of an Herb called Rossolis.
  • RULES for Health.
    • A very good Rule for Mans Health, to be used in every Month of the Year, written 1607.
  • SALVE.
    • To make an especial good Salve.
    • To make a very good Balsom.
    • An approved Salve for any Greene Wound.
    • A white Salve to heal a cut or green Wound.
    • To make an excellent Salve.
    • To make a Salve for all manner of Wounds.
    • A good Salve for greene Wounds or old Sores.
  • SCIATICA.
    • For the Sciatica.
    • For the cold Sciatica orbenumnesse of the Thighs or Legs.
    • A Soveraigne Medicine for the Sci∣atica.
  • CERECLOTH.
    • To make a Cerecloth.
    • A singular Cereeloth for all Bruises, Aches and Wounds whatsoever.
    • To make a Cerecloth for an Ache.
    • A Cerecloth for all Members that be out of Joint-or any consuming member and grieved with cold moistness that consu∣meth, it bringeth the Member again to his natural place.
    • To make a good Cerecloth.
  • SORE.
    • For a new cut or Sore.
    • To dry up and to heal a Sore.
    • To break a Sore that is swoln.
  • STONE.
    • A Water for the Stone.
    • A present Remedy to avoid the Stone.
    • When the Stone is avoided and the pain ceased, to preserve you from the like a∣gain, make a Broth, and break fast three dayes every week thus.
    • For the Stone, and to provoke Ʋrine.
    • An approved Medicine for the Stone.
    • For the Stone.
    • A present Remedy for the Stone in the back or Bladder.
    • A Medicine for the Stone.
    • For the Stone.
    • To make a Glister for the Stone.
    • For the Stone.
    • A very good drink for the Stone.
    • For the Stone or strongurion.
    • A Plaister to apply to the side for the Stone.
    • For the Stone.
    • More belonging to the former Medicine.
    • For the Stone in the Kidneyes.
    • To restrain the growing of the Stone or Gravel.
  • SIRRUP.
    • To make a Sirrup for one that is short winded.
    • To make Sirrup of Roses.
    • To make a comfortable Sirrup.
    • Sirrup of Sugar candied.
    • Doctor Deodates Scorbuttical Sirrup.
  • STRAINE.
    • For a Strain.
  • SUPPOSITORY.
    • To make Suppositories for such as be bound and costive.
    • Another.
  • SINEWES.
    • A good Medicine for Sinewes that be shortned or shrunk.
    • For shrinking of Sinewes.
    • The Composition of a Cerot to mollifie Si∣newes an Joints that have been long displaced.
    • For a Sinew that is strained.
    • For Sinewes that be shrunken or grown to∣gether.
  • STOMACK.
    • For the pain in the Stomack.
    • For heat in the Stomack.
    • To make one have a stomack to his meat.
    • A good Powder to digest well.
    • To make Hipocras for a weak Stomack.
    • To cleanse the Stomack from rotten Flegm and Melancholy.
    • For a cold and stopping in the Stomack.
  • SHINGLES.
    • For the Shingles.
  • SPOTS.
    • To cleanse the skin from allscars and spots.
  • SWELLING.
    • For a Swelling.
    • For Swelling in the Legs.
    • For all Swellings and Wrenchings, &c.
    • For swelling in the Legs.
    • For swelling of Sinewes.
    • For Swellings or Bruises.
    • For swelling in the Joints.
    • For any Swelling that lookth red, or for the Ague fallen into any part of the Body.
    • For a Swelling.
    • Another.
    • For a white Swelling.
  • FALLING SICKNES.
    • Divers and sundry Remedies for the Fal∣ling Sicknesse.
    • A good Medicine for the Falling Sick∣nesse.
  • STITCH.
    • For the Stitch in the side.
    • For the Stitch of the Stomack or Heart.
    • For all manner of Stitches in any part of the Body.
    • Another.
  • SWEAT.
    • To cool a Sweat withal.
    • To abate too much sweating.
  • SLEEP.
    • To make one sleep.
    • Another.
    • A good Medicine to make one sleep.
    • A Medicine of Doctor Cranmers to bring sleep.
    • For one that cannot sleep in sicknesse, but raves.
    • Another to make one steep.
    • Another for one that cannot sleep.
  • TASTE.
    • Losse of Taste.
  • TEETH.
    • For Tooth ache.
    • For a swelling in the cheek or Tooth ache, and good for the Stomack.
    • A Powder to keep Teeth clean and with∣out Ache.
    • A Medicine for the Tooth ache.
    • To make a Tooth fall out.
    • For any Swelling that cometh by Tooth ache.
    • For the Tooth ache.
    • A hollow Tooth cured for ever.
    • To keep Teeth from rotting.
    • To make the Teeth white.
    • Of the Teeth.
    • For loose Teeth.
  • TYMPANY.
    • For the Tympany in a Woman.
    • An Oyntment for the same.
    • A Plaister for the same.
    • The like for a Man.
  • TETTER.
    • A good Medicine to kill a Tetter.
  • TONGUE.
    • For a sore Tongue.
    • Of the Tongue.
  • THIRST.
    • To abate excessive thirst.
  • VEYNES.
    • To knit Veines.
    • To mollifie Veines that be dry and stiff.
    • For straining of a Vein.
    • For a broken Vaine in the Stomack to knit it, or for any inward bleeding and casting of bloud, &c.
  • VOMIT.
    • A Vomit for the Green Sicknesse.
    • To stay Vomiting.
    • Another.
    • A Vomit.
  • UFULA.
    • For falling of the Ʋfula.
    • For a child that is Jaw fallen and Roof fallen. See before in Chil∣dren, A Water for a sore Mouth, or the falling of the Ʋfula.
    • For the falling of the Palate of the Mouth.
  • URINE.
    • To make a mans or womans water run strong from them.
    • For one that cannot hold his Water.
    • An excellent approved Medicine for the hard and slow passage of Ʋrine in man or woman.
  • WATER.
    • A Water to cure all manner of Wounds and Sores be they never so stinking; and all manner of Cankers in the nose, , throat or elsewhere.
    • To make Barley Water.
    • To make Doctor Stephens Water.
    • The Vertue of this Water.
    • A Water for a green Wound.
    • A Water to heal a Wound.
    • An excellent Water to wash any Sore with∣al, and will be a means to gather skin. Doctor Wheads Water.
    • To make a cordial Water.
    • A very precious Water made of Cinna∣mon.
  • WEN.
    • A Medicine to put away a Wen or Cur∣nel.
    • A Medicine for an unbroken Wen.
    • For the drawing and healing of a Wen when it is broken,
  • WOMAN.
    • To make a Woman to be soon delivered, the child being dead or alive.
    • To make a Womans Disease to come to its right course.
    • For the green Sickness.
    • An approved Medicine for the green Sick∣ness or the yellow Jaundies.
    • A Medicine for the Green Sicknesse, and also to scowre the body.
    • A Medicine for a woman that is in travel.
    • For the after Burthen.
    • A good Medicine to provoke the Termes in a Woman.
    • A Medicine for the Green Sickness.
    • To procure the red Menstrues.
    • To stop the White Menstrues.
    • To stop the red Menstrues.
    • For the Green Sicknesse.
  • WOUNDS.
    • For great Wounds in the head.
    • A Medicine for any Cut, Wound or Sore.
  • WIND.
    • To make one long winded.
    • For the avoiding of Wind.
    • Another to expel Wind.
    • For the Wind of the Stomack.
  • VVORMES.
    • For a Ring-worm.
    • For the running Worm that eateth the flesh.
    • To kill the Canker and Worm that eateth the Teeth.
    • For Wormes in a Child, to rid them away, if they be almost past Remedy.
    • For the Ring-worm.
    • For the Wormes.
    • For the Ring worm.
  • WHITES.
    • For the Whites.
  • WOOD BETONY.
    • The Vertues of Wood Betony.
• THE KNOWLEDGE AND ORDERING OF WINES.
  • A true Receipt to fine any piece of Wine Spanish or French.
  • To fine any piece of Browne Wine that is quailish and brown, be it Spanish or French.
  • For French Wine that comes the Lees, that is brown and .
  • How to make any piece of quailish: Spanish Wine fine.
  • To make Wine sweet that stinketh or is savory or Musty.
  • If Clatt or .
  • For Wine of any sort that groweth lang.
  • If White Wine or Sack hath lost its colour.
  • To keep Wine frish and sound all the year.
  • For Sack that hath Flying Lees in it.
  • A Note of all kind of Wines that prick with their perfect Remedies.
  • How to make Sack white, being otherwise coloured.
  • To help Claret that is tawny.
  • For Sack that to be long.
  • For Malaga that pricketh.
  • To give your Muskadine, Malmsey, Sack or Bastard a pleasant sweet taste, and sent, although it be very faulty.
  • To make good Hyppolgas.
  • The use and preparative of Hyppocras.
  • The Knowledge and Choice of Wines, with their Marks of their Gountries.
    • Muskadine.
    • and Bastard.
    • White Wine.
    • Clarret.
    • Red Wine.
    • Shrry Sacks.
    • Graves Wine.
    • Spain.
    • Gascoyne Wine.
    • Wines of ,
    • Wines of
    • Rave Wines.
    • Wines Gatierel.
    • Boynin Wines the best for all the year.
    • Wines of Steave.
    • The Countries of Rhenish Wines.
    • Wines of Krab .
    • Rhenish Wine.
    • To shift Wines, and rid away your Lugs.
    • Batew Wines.
    • Wines of Angway.
    • Wines of Orbious and .
    • Wines.
    • A Remedy for shifted Wines.
    • How is make or divide Malmsey
    • To ke Muskaine.
    • For Allegant that growes hard and faint.
    • If Bastard prick.
    • A Parrel to the same Basturd.
    • To make Tyre that is excellent.
    • To make Muskadine of Jane.
    • A Parrel for the Muskadine.
    • A Parrel for Malmsey.
    • For
    • For Bastard that drinketh hard.
    • To make a Pipe of Ossey.
    • To shift Wines and Malmseyes, and put off your ill Wines.
    • A pleasant Sent for Red Wine.
    • For to make Match.
    • For Bastard that pricketh.
• PERFUMES.
  • The Kings Perfume boiled.
  • The Queens Perfume.
  • To keep your house apt to take Perfumes, and to take away grosse Aies.
  • King Edwards Perfume to make your house smell like Rsemary.
  • Such Herbs as are good for Perfumes.
  • A sweet Perfume to burn.
  • Another Perfume to boil and burn.
  • A fine and sweet Oyl.
  • A Perfume for Gloves.
  • Another Perfume for Gloves.
  • A Perfume in Powder.
  • To make an Oyl Perfume for Gloves that shall never out.
  • Perfumes sweet and good.
  • A Receipt to make a Perfume to preserve mankind from the Infection of the Plague and also to burn in Chambers, Chests, and Presses for preserving of clothes, bed∣ding and hangings.
  • A Receipt for a Perfume.