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.

BODY.

To distil a Cock, good for any weak Person.

Take a red or black Cock, and pluck him quick, and whip him alive with small twigs a pretty while, then cut off his head and gut him, and cut him in quarters, and wipe him very dry with a fair cloth; then take an earthen pot and lay four or five splints to keep it from the bottom of the pot; then lay in the four quarters upon the splints, and lay between every quarter some of these Roots and Fruit following, Fen∣nel roots, Parsley roots, Succory roots of each two or three, two or three slips of Rosemary, two or three Dates quar∣tered, half a handful of Raisons of the Sun the stones taken out, six spoonfuls of Rhenish Wine, Malmesey or Muska∣dine, three or four whole Mace, cover the pot, and stop it close with paste, and set it in a pot or kittle of hot water, and let it boil softly with a temperate fire sour hours, then take it up and let it

run through a fair cloth without any forcing, then put it in a fair glasse or pot, and keep it close covered, and give to the Patient two or three spoonfuls at once, or in quantity as the stomack is a∣ble to take it, in some broth made of Mut∣ton or Veal, first in the morning, and as often in the day besides as he hath a sto∣mack to take it.

To preserve the Body.

Take a pottle of fair water and six Calves feet, and put therein Betony, Long-wort, Liver-wort, Knot-grasse, Clary, Balm, with a quantity of Mace, Cinnamon and Ginger, and six Dates; let all these be sodden together till it come to a Jelly; and then take a quart of White-wine, or very pure claret, and put therein, and eat it at your plea∣sure.

Another.

Take the marrow of Venison, a pint of running water, three leaves of Cla∣ry, three leaves of Comfrey, one hand∣ful of Archange, a handful of Charnel,

theree Dates, a handful of smal Raisons, seeth altogether till it come to half a pint, then strain it, and put thereto a pint of white Bastard, and a quantity of Manus Christi.

Another.

Take a pint of Muskadine, and put thereto Hemp-seed and blanched Al∣monds, and Cap Dates, two or three whole Mace, and a Nutmeg, and three crops of Rosemary, and a little Saffron and red Rose-water, and boil them all together till half be boiled away, and af∣ter they be boiled, put thereto Mithrida∣tum about the quantity of a hasel Nut, but let it not seethe after, and let the party drink thereof at his going to bed at night.

Another.

Take a pottle of water, and a Chick∣ken, and two Fennel roots, two Parsley roots, three Dates, a handful of Cur∣rants, and boile them altogether, from a pottle to a pint, then take two spoonfuls of Hasel Nut kernels,

and eight blanched Almonds, stamp∣ed together with the Nuts, and strain them into the broth, and so drink it morning and evening.

For avoiding gravel in the Body.

Take a couple of eggs, and boil them hard, then take the shels only, and stamp them very small, then take six Dates stones, and one Nutmeg, and stamp them likewise, then take of Cene as much as the two former things do weigh, then searse it through a very fine Searse, then take the weight of four pence or six pence and drink it in a quantity of White Wine, Ale or Beere, in the morning as long as the things do last, and it will break it a∣way, with hot broth within one hour after.

A Medicine for a weak Body.

Take a Legg of Veal, and wash it ve∣ry clean, and put it into a gallon of fair spring water, set it over the fire, and skumme it very cleane,

and then put in a quarter of a pound of the best red Currants you can get, and half a handful of the Roots of Orpine, the skin being clean pick'd off, and some grated bread to thicken; let it boil soft∣ly over the fire till it cometh to a pottle, and then put in half an ounce of Coral very finely beaten, and half an ounce of Cinnamon finely beaten, and let it be stirred when the Spices be put in; and this you must drink three times a day, being boiled three or four walmes after the Spices be put in. You must drink it in the morning fasting, and an hour be∣fore Dinner, and an hour before Sup∣per. It must be very warm when you drink it, and in the morning fast two hours after you have taken it. This is good for a weak back, for the Mother, and for the Whites, and for the running of the Rains.

To comfort the Spirits of one that is weak.

Every two or three hours give the Pa∣tient a spoonful of Syrrup De Corticibus Citri, and therein three or four drops of Aqua Coelestis.

A very good Glister for a weak body that is troubled with the Cholick.

Take a piece of a knuckle of Veal, set it on the fire in a convenient quantity of water, one Fennel root scraped, and the pith taken out, one Parsley root scraped the pith taken out, Camomile, Penni∣royal, Burrage and Bugloss, of each a handful, Raisons of the Sun stoned, three pieces of large Mace, and a piece of Cin∣namon bruised a little, one Nutmeg quartered: Let these boil till it hath a good taste of the meat, then strain out a pint of this Broth in a Bason, and put to it four spoonfuls of Oyle of Rew, the yolk of one new laid egge, three penny worth of Sugar candied; stir all these well, and give it with a Glister-pipe blood warm, about eight of the Clock in the morning and four in the after∣noon.