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.

EYES.

A good Medicine to preserve the Eye∣sight.

TAke green Barly before it be eared, and distil it, and use daily now and then, to lay a little on your eyes of that Water, and it will continue the sight.

A special good Poultice for sore Eyes, that be much swelled and cometh by the Rheume.

Take a quantity of Bean flower, some of an Apple finely scraped, a little wo∣mans milk, of Sorrel Water, red Role-Water, Plantane Water, of each a little quantity, mix all these together, and make a Poultice thereof, then spread it upon a fine linnen cloth somewhat thick, and put it to the Patients Eyes cold.

A Plaister for sore eyes.

Take of the pap of a roasted Apple two spoonfuls, the like quantity of new laid eggs, of Saffron thirteen chives dryed and made into fine powder; work these to∣gether to one substance, and put thereto of Womans milk of a maiden child one spoonful, of Rose water the like quan∣tity; of these make your Plaister, and lay it to your eyes morning and evening, and have in a readiness the powders of these stones following, Lapis Calamina∣ris quenched nine times in White Wine, Aloes Hepatica, white Sugar candied, Tucia prepared, Camphire, of each of these half a dram, made fine to powder, sow these in a fine cloth or fine silk, and put it in a glasse of water, and of this Water drop into your eyes morning and evening and lye upon your back when you drop it into your eyes. Make your Water as followeth, Take Roses, Mari∣golds, Plantane, brown Fennel, Eyebright, Cellendine, Tormentil, Betony, Scabious Fumetory, Oaken buds, of each of these two ounces, mix all these in a glasse, and put in the powders above said.

A very good Medicine for Eyes that be troubled with Pin or Web, or other dimnesse.

Take the yolk of a new laid egg or two, and beat it well until it cometh unto a great froth, then let it stand so a little while, and let the Oyl run into a sawcer, and put the juice of Daisies, with the blossomes, leaves and roots being stam∣ped and strained, into the Oyl of Eggs, and put a little clarified honey unto it, and mix all these well together, and let the Patient take every morning and e∣vening into the ey that is grieved, a drop put in with a feather, let this be used so long as the pain lasteth.

Another for sore Eyes.

Take a little Rosewater and womans milk, and mix them together, whereof the Patient may use a drop at a time as above said. And if the Patient be a man the womans milk must be of her that hath a daughter; and if the Patient be a wo∣man she must have the milk of her that hath a son sucking upon her.

For a Pearle, Pin or Web in the Eyes.

Take a little Hony clarified as it com∣eth from the Hive, and so drop it into your eye evening and morning, and it will help. Probatum.

A very good Medicine for sore eyes that cometh of the Megrim.

Take the white of an egg, and beat it well, then skim it, and put to the Oyle some case Ginger finely beaten, and some White Wine Vineger, then take flax and dip it in the Oyl, and lay it on your Temples, and take heed that no part thereof come into your eyes. Do this four or five nights or more, when you go to bed, and every time wash your eyes with the water that cometh of cutting of Vines. Probatum.

A Water very comfortable for the Eye∣sight.

Take of Rose leaves, red Fennel, Ver∣vain, Rew, Cellendine, and Eyebright, of each a handful, and so still them all

together, and you shall have a good Wa∣ter for the eye sight. Probatum.

To recover the Eye sight.

Take Smallage, Rew, Fennel, Ver∣vain, Egrimony, Betony, Scabious, Avens, Houndstongue, Eyebright, Pimpernel and Sage, of each a like quan∣tity and distil all these together with a little Urine of a man-child, and five grains of Frankinsence, and drop of this water every night into the eyes, and the sight will recover by Gods grace. Pro∣batum by Mr. Whaley.

For sore eyes and blind.

Take the white of a new laid egge, strained from the yolk, beat it well to an Oyl, and take off the froth, and put to the Oyle a spoonful of good White Wine Vineger, and a spoonful of Rose water, beat them all well together, and with a little flax, lay to each temple a Plaister, but take heed it touch not the eyes; use this three or four times to bedward, it hath brought them to sight that were seven weeks blind. Probatum.

For red Eyes.

Take a new laid egg or two, and roast them very hard, then without taking a∣way the shels cut them in sunder, and take out the yolks, and scrape a little white Copperas, and put it where the yolks were, as much Copperas as a lit∣tle pease is enough for one egg, then strain the whites with the shels through a cloth into a sawcer, and with this Oyl annoint your eyes when you go to bed.

For Eyes that be Bloodshed, or have Push∣es in them.

Make a toast of fine leven bread, and lay it in Wine till it be soft, then put it in a cloth, and to bedward lay it in the cloth to the eyes, and it will heal them.

For an Eye that hath been hurt, so that the Ball was ready to fall out, being swolne as big as an egge.

Take a rotten Apple that is throughly

rotten, and take it from the core, then bear the white of an egg well, and drop the juice of the Apple therein, and bind it with a cloth to the eye, and so dresse it twice a day till it be whole.

The gall of a Hart and clarified Hony well mingled together is very good for the Web in the eye; it must be laid on with a feather.

For a Pin or Web in the eye.

Take White Wine and put it in a Ba∣son that is bright; and put Bay salt unto it, and let it stand for nine dayes, two of the dayes shake the Bason, and at the ninth dayes end put it into a glasse and keep it for your use; it is also good for red eyes.

An excellent Water for sore Eyes, by Pearle, Pin and Web, Lash or Prick.

Take of Cellendine, Herb-grace, Betony, brown Fennel, Eyebright, red Rose flowers, Maidenhair, or as ma∣ny of those as you can get, distil of

each alike much apart by themselves, and not altogether, then take of each water a like quantity, and put them to∣gether in a glasse, and let the party grieved lye upright one half quarter of an hour in the morning at noon and at night, and drop into his eyes at each time one or two drops, and close the eys afterwards.

For sore Eyes.

Take a rotten Apple that is throughly rotten, and cut out the core, and then strain it through a fine cloth into some fair thing, and of the juice of that Ap∣ple drop into your eye that is sore morn∣ing and evening.

A precious Water to clarifie the Eyes, and to take away the Pearle in the Eye.

Take red Roses, Smallage, Rew, Vervain, Maidenhair, Ewfrace, Endive, Seagreen, red Fennel, Hillwort, and Cellendine, of each like quantity, then wash them clean, and lay them in good White Wine the space of a day, and

then distil them, the first water will be like Gold, the second like silver, and the third like Balme for any sore, and it is precious for Ladies in stead of Balm water.

For heat in the Eyes.

Take a new laid egg, open the top, and let out all that is in the shell, and divide the yolk from the white, and then put in the white again into the shell, and put thereto as much of the juice of Houseleek strained, as there is of the white of the egge, and so much Roach Allome as a hasel nut; then set the egg shall with the things aforesaid in it, up∣on some embers, and so let it boil, and when it is boiled, the white will be sme∣what hard; then take it off, and let all the water run from it, and that water drop into eyes that be sore morning and evening.

The juice of Slowes, being dropped into the eyes, is as good a Medicine as may be, and so is the juice of Cellendine; but they must be severally used.

A very good Water for a Blast or Rheume in the Eyes.

Take Callaminaris stones, and burne them well in the fire, and when they be very hot, quench them six or seven times in pure White Wine and Rosewater, then leave the stones in the liquor two or three dayes, and after apply it to your eyes. Mrs. Meggs Receipt.

An Oyntment for sore eyes, and such as be blasted.

Take the powder of Callaminaris, and put thereunto the grease of a fat Pullet that never laid egg, and some White Su∣gar candied finely beaten to powder, and some Oyl of Almonds, mix all these well together, and use it as occasion is offered. Mrs. Meggs.

For a Pearle in the Eye.

Take a quantity of Pearlwort, as much Heyhowd, and a less quantity of Ground Ivy, and stamp them, thereto put a spoonful of life Honey, and about

two or three drops of Rosewater, strain these, and drop the juice often in the eye.

Another for the same.

Take white Hemlock, and Ground Ivy a little quantity, sowre leaven and a lit∣tle Bay salt, and stamp them, then put thereto a little Vineger, and thereof make a Plaister upon Sheeps leather, and lay it to the wrist of the contrary side.

To stay the hot Rheume in the Eye.

Take Bole Armoniack powdered, the white of an egge well beaten, and there∣of make a Plaister, and lay it to the temples.

Another for the same.

Wet a Cloth in the juice of House∣leek, and lay it upon the brow.

For heat in the Eyes.

Take White Wine, wherein Lapis Callaminaris hath been seven times

quenched, and drop it into the eyes when you go to bed, with a feather.

For the black or white Pearle in the Eye.

Take a handful of Ground Ivy, and stamp it, and strain it with some fasting spettle, and temper it with a little clari∣fied Honey, and drop it in your eye. Take Sugar candied, and beat it small, and searese it fine, and blow it with a quill into your eye. Take Coperas, and beat it very fine, and blow it in the eye. Take Wormwood and beat it, then take the white of an egg and beat it, and take off the froth, then make a pellet of flow∣er, and wet it, and warm it, and lay it to the eye,

For sore Eyes.

Take the whites of two eggs, and beat them with a spoon till they be as thin as water, then take away the skum with a feather, then take a piece of rough can∣vass, as broad as ones forehead, and put upon your canvass Tow or Flax, then powre your egge upon it, then take

Bole Armoniack with Terra Sigillata, and so bind it fast to your Temples when you go to bed, but lye not upon the sore eye side, and in the morning when you rise take it off suddenly, but soak it first with fair water, lest it grieve you when you take it off. Do this three nights together.

Another.

Take the Oyle of a Goose wing, a lit∣tle English Honey, and beat them well together in a sawcer, then strain it through a clean cloth, and drop it in∣to the eye with a feather. Proba∣tum.

For heat in the Eyes.

Take a piece of a new white loaf, and put it into running water, and wrap it in a linnen cloth, and lay it to the Eyes.

For a Pin or Web in the Eyes.

Boil in egg-shell water, the stones of Raisons of the Sun, and Goose dung

new taken and strained therein is very good.

Capons grease washed in Plantane wa∣ter, and Tutia prepared mixt in it is very good for a sore eye.

For Bleare Eyes.

Take the juice of Wormwood and mingle it with the water aforesaid, and put into your eye will take away the blood and aking.

For Blood-shotten Eyes.

Take the blood of a stock Dove, or for want of it, of a Pigeon, and drop a little into your eyes, and wet a cloth therein, and lay it on the Eye, helpeth the blood shotten eye, whether by stroak or otherwise. Sometimes the paine cometh of Choler, and then the pa∣tient feeleth great heat, sharp prick∣ings, much paine, and commonly there appeareth no gumme in the Eye; if there do, it is yellow: there∣fore the Patient ought to be pur∣ged, as hath been said in the Re∣medies of the head proceeding of

the cause of Choler: And in the be∣ginning of the redness, lay Tow or Flax dipped in the white of an egg well beaten with Rose-water and Plantane water.

To recover the sight.

Take three drams of Tuttie made in∣to very fine powder, as much of Alge Epatum, or Epaline in powder, two drames of fine Sugar, six ounces of Rose-water, as much of pure White Wine mixt all together, and put it into some clean Vessel of Glasse; and be∣ing well closed and stopped, set it in the Sun a month together, stirring it once every day; then take four or five drops of the same water, and put it into the Eyes morning and evening; this in short space will cause the sight to come againe as faire as ever be∣fore.

For swelling of the Eyes.

Take a Quince, and seeth it in water til it be soft, then pare it, bruise it, and mingle it with the yolk of an egg and the

crumbs of white bread dipped in the fame Water, and put thereto a little wo∣mans milk, and two penny worth of Saffron, bray them together, and lay it over your forehead and the eyes. Some∣time such pain chanceth because of phlegme, and then the Patient feeleth great pain and heavinesse in the eyes, and in this case you must purge the phlegme, as hath been said in the Reme∣dies of the head grieved with the excess of phlegme.

To clarifie the sight, or for redness of the eyes.

Take Salt and Ginger, and make it in fine powder, and temper it in White Wine, and set it so stand a day and a night, then take of the thinnest, and wet your eyes with a feather, when you go to bed: to resolve the Gum, you must wash your eyes with houselee; sometimes the pain cometh because of ventosity or wind, and then the Patiene feeleth such pain as it were beating between the ears with a Hammer, for which it is good to make a Decoction of Camomile flowers, Mellilote and Fennel seeds in water and

White Wine, and therein wet a four∣fold linnen cloth well pressed down and lay it upon the eyes often. Other∣whiles there chanceth pain in the eyes by outward accidents, as wind, dust or heat; milk well beaten with the white of an egge is good: and sometimes the same pain cometh of striking, and then drop in your eye the blood of a Pige∣ons wing, which blood will take a∣way spotted marks and rednesse of the face.

For a great pain in the Eye.

Take half an ounce of Oyl of Roses, the yolk of an egge, and a quarter of an ounce of Barley flower, and a little Saf∣fron mixt together, and put it be∣tween two linnen cloths, and lay it to the pain; or else take the crumb; of white bread one ounce, and seeth it with Nightshade, and Morral water, then mix with the same bread yolks of eggs, Oyl of Roses and Camomile of each an ounce and a half, of Linseed one ounce, and use it as aforesaid.

A very good Water to strengthen the sight and to prevent a Catherick.

Take Eyebright, Vervain, Tormentill of each two pound, Cellendine, E∣grimony, Wood Betony, Honey suckle flowers, White or Red Roses, Vine leaves, Pimpernel, Fennel, Rue, Ocu∣lus Christi, Chickweed, Smallage and Clover, of each a pound, beat them small, and steep them in a gallon of White Wine twelve hours, then fill your Still reasonable full, and put to it three great spoonfuls of Honey, a pint of new milk, and half a pint of Urine of a man child, then still it, and draw about a pint and a half of a Still.

For an Eye that is very full of pain.

Take of Violet leaves a quarter of a handful, of Daisies roots and all, half as many, wash them and dry them very well in a cloth, then stamp them, and put to it a spoonful of red Rose water, and strain it, then take the white of a new laid egg well beaten, and take away the froth, then put that to the things

aforesaid with half a quarter of a spoon∣ful of Honey, and drop this in the eye morning and evening, and twice or thrice a day; and at night lay on the eye the pap of a roasted Apple, or of a rotten Apple, and put a little juice of Houseleek amongst it, and a little fine Sugar candied, lay it upon the Eye two or three nights; if the pain be great, lap upon it a piece of fresh Bief, two or three hours, and so again as you see cause. Lay to your neck behind, Elder leaves and Woodbetony dryed between two tiles sprinkled with a little Vinegar, and strew on good store of beaten Pep∣per; when it is hot, lay it on a thin cloth, and so lay it to the neck night and morning four or five times. Also make blisters behind the ears if you see cause. If there grow a skin upon the eye, put in Allome Water with the juice of Cellendine in it, or if it be much, the juice of Ground Ivy; drop this in twice a day, and the white powder once a day.

For Blood-shotten Eyes.

If the Violet Water will not help take

five or six cornes of Cummin seeds brui∣sed, as many blades of Saffron put in a fine rag, let it soak in a spoonful of red Rose water, strain it, and put to it a spoonful of Womans milk, and drop this often into the eye.

For a very great Pearle in the Eye.

Put in the Eye a little clarified Honey, and a little fine Ginger in it, and some∣times the powder of white Sugar candied: half an hour before you put in either, put in a little fresh grease.

For a Rheume in the Eyes.

Make Eggshell Water, with the juice of Houseleek, as much white Copperas as a pease, twice as much Honey; this is good if you perceive the Humour to be very hot; also it is good with Snow water: and if the Humour be cold, make it with half stilled water, and half Eyebright Water; if between both, make it with fair water.

To stay the Rheume in the Eyes.

Take Woodbind bruised, and lay it to your Temples.

For a Pin or Web in the Eye.

Take Herb Christopher, stamp it, and strain it, and put in a little honey, drop it in twice a day; also lay on his eye white bread, milk and Violets made in a Poultice; also take Cellendine, Dai∣sies, roots and all, brown Fennel, Cli∣ver, Betony, Plantane, Sorrel twice as much as the rest, there must be of each a handful, a pint of new milk, a dram of white Coperas in powder, two great spoonfuls of Honey, do not draw it dry: drop it in the eye three or four times in two hours, and lay a wet cloth upon the eye.

To bring away the Rheume from the Eye.

Set the feet in Camomile sod in water two houres if you can, then lap them in a blanket two houres,

keeping it warme with warm clothes.

For any spot in the Eye.

Take the scraping of a whetstone and Bay salt made very fine, and put thereof twice a day into your Eye.

For a Pin and Web.

Roast an egg, and put in a piece of Copperas as big as a Pease, and nine Cummin seeds, strain it, and put in a little Honey; Alloes Sicatrina made in powder, and strained with a little Rose water, is very good for any sore eyes. Capons grease washed with Plantane water, and Tutia prepared and mixt to∣gether is very good for sore eyes to an∣noint them with it.

To stay the Rheume in the Eyes.

Make water seething hot, and wet a good big cloth in it, and lay it all over the forehead, when it beginneth to wax cool, wet another, and lay to it hot, and do so half an hour together against the fire.

For a prick in the Eye, with a thorne, and to drive out the thorne or stubble.

Take he treddle of an egg, and put it in your eye and biod it in.

For a B••••i•••• in the Eye.

Lay to the Temples a piece of raw fresh B••ef, and to the eye put in Violet water, and lay on the Eye the pap of a•• Apple, with some of that water, a lit∣tle Sugar, and the yolk of an egg boile a together.

For an Ague in the Eye.

Lay on the eye a piece of fresh Bi•••• two hours, and drop on the Eye Allo•••• water, and lay in the Temples leaver•• Rosewater, Vineger and Nutmeg to st•••• the Rheume.

For a Pin and Web.

Take Ground Ivy, stamp and stra•• with red Rose water, and drop it o•• in the eye.

A very good Powder for a spot in the Eye.

Take of Alloes Sicatrina, Sugar can∣died, or very good Sugar, of each a like quantity, make it into fine powder, and put it often into your eyes when you go to bed, and Eyebright water in the mor∣ning, and once more in a day.

For red or yellow Eyes.

Take the juice of Parsley and the white of an egge mingled together, and a little Rosewater, dip flax there∣in, and lay it over your eye, and it will help you.

For Eyes that be blasted.

Take Plantane Water and the white of an egg, mix them well together, and wash your eyes therewith, and lay it on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 our eyes.

To clear the sight.

Take Cellendine, Eyebright, red Fen∣nel,

Roses, Seagreene, Maidenhair and Rue, of each two ounces, then put thereto half an ounce of Alloes, stilling all these in a Stillatory, then wash your eyes therewith.

For red Eyes, and for the Pearle.

Take white Ginger, and rub it on a whetstone into a dish; then take as much salt as you have powder, and put them in White Wine, and let them stand a day and a night, then take the juice and liquor thereof with a feather, and annoint your eyes.

To take away the Web in the Eye.

Take the gall of a Hare, and a little quantity of purified honey, tem∣per them well together, then take a feather, and annoint your eyes there∣with.

A Water for the Eyes.

Take of Tutty and Alloes Sicatrina, of each six ounces made in fine powder, four drams of fine Sugar in powder, of

white Rosewater, and of the best white Wine unchanged, twelve ounces mixt all together in a glasse, stop it close, and let it stand in the Sun a month, let not your glass be ful shake it once a day, tur∣ning the bottom upwards, then strain it through a fine cloth from the dregs, and when you use it, one drop is suffici∣ent at a time use it morning and even∣ing, and if one drop be too little, take two.

For sore Eyes.

Take the whites of two eggs; and beat them with a spoon till they be as thin as water, then strike away the froth with a feather, then take a piece of rough canvass tow or flax, then powr your whites on it, then take Bole Armoniack with Terra Sigillatum, and scrape them both upon it and with a knife spread it Plaister wise, as much of the one as of the other, and so fast bind it to your forehead, and in the morning when you rise take it not off suddenly, but take it off with fair water. Do this three nights together.

For Blood shotten Eyes, Rheume or sore Eyes.

Take four spoonfuls of Rose water, of white Copperas as much as a pease, and of Allome and Sugar candied, of each as much as a pease all in powder, some∣times drop of this in the eye, and some∣times wash the eye with it, and lay Herbs to the wrists. Also Rosewater, Sugar, and Saffron is very good, Sugar candied is the best.

For a spot or itching in the Eyes.

Take Ground Ivy, Cellendine and Daisies, stamp them and strain out the juice, then put to it a little Sugar and Damask Rose water, and drop in the eye twice a day.

For sore eyes, or for any part inwardly dis∣quieted by any Ache, Swelling, Wound or Stroke.

Take the leaves of Woodbind and Plantane, of each one handful, also three or four Dittony leaves, of Roach Allom

well washed, the quantity of an egg, as much Verdigrease, three spoonfuls of pure honey, put all this into a vessel to be kept only for that purpose, put to it a pottle of fair running water, and af∣ter it hath boiled one quarter of an hour let it stand four or five hours; powre out the clear, and bury the grounds; if it be too sharp, put in some white Rose water. If the lids be sore with Rheume, or the eyes be red or burning, drop in, and wash the lids often with the white of an egge; if it be for a horse, put in more Verdigrease and Honey.

Another.

Take the Water of Roses, Saxifrage and Fennel, of each alike, and put to them a small quantity of Verdigrease, and boil it a little on the fire, and when it hath setled, take the clear, and see you wash. Auxungium Poecati seven or eight times, and of that put in to your eye a little when you go to bed.

For Eyes blasted or swoln.

Annoint them with rape Oyle, and lay to a Plaister of Flower, Cream, Hogs grease, Rose water and Violet leaves bruised small, and boil all to a Poultice, and lay it to warm, change it as waxeth dry. Capons grease washed, and Tutia prepared and mixed with it is very good to annoint sore eyes.

For Ache, Strain or pain in the Head by sore Eyes.

Take of Plantane, Wood Betony and Ragweed, of each one handful, put as much flower to it as will make it a paste, the Herbs being first beaten small, make it in a Cake, and make it through warm on a Gridiron, and lay it to the nape of the neck, and let it lye twelve houres, and lay fresh as you see cause.

A Purge for Choller, when there is Pain in the Head, or Rheume in the Eyes.

Take of Cene and of Ginger sliced

one ounce, two ounces of Cassia, and six ounces of Sugar, stamp them all to∣gether, and boil them in a pint of Rose water till half be consumed, then put in two ounces more of Sugar, beat it well, and keep it close: Take of this Confecti∣on a quarter of an ounce in the morning and fast three hours after, putting it into a draught of White Wine warmed, strain it, and so drink it, and use it in the Spring and Fall once in ten days for two months or six weeks. If you make but for one, you need make but half this quantity. It purgeth very gently.

For Eys that be troubled with sorenesse and rednesse.

Colewort leaves boiled in White Wine and Plaisters made of them, and laid one the eyes, is good for sore eyes that water much.

To wash them with the Water of Plantane is very good.

Also skivers or pricks of any kind boil∣ed in fair water with red Roses amongst them, save the fat and drop it in your eyes morning and evening is very good.

To take away spots of Blood in the Eye.

Take red Roses and seeth them, and let them be set warm to your Eye, it ta∣keth away spots of blood; it is good al∣so for all Diseases in the Eye; for red∣ness in the eye that cometh with a blow or any other violence; you must lay to it by and by Towe wet in Rosewater and white of eggs, juice of Wood-be∣tony and Egrimony, and after the pain is mitigated you must lay a Plaister upon it made of a raw egg, Barly flower and the juice of Mallowes. If that do not help it, take wheat flowers, the juice of Mallowes, Mints, Smallage, and the Oyl of an egg, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay it to.

For hardnesse that hath been long in the Eye.

Take a Scruple of Alloes, and melt it in Water of Cellendine at the fire, then put of it in the eye.

Or take powder of Cummin mixt with Wax like a Plaister, and lay it upon

the eye: Or take Roses, Sage, Rew and Cellendine, of each alike, mixt with a little salt, and distil it, and thereof put a drop or two evening and morning in your eye. In stead of that water, it is good to take the juice of Vervain, Rue, and a little Rose water.

For the Pin or Web.

Take tops and crops of Herb Christo∣pher, stalks and leaves a good quantity in the beginning of May, stamp them very small, then take a good quantity of May Butter, and stamp them together in a vessel, and strain it out, and set it in the Sun, and put of these into your eyes, it must stand a month in the Sun.

For a hurt in the Eye, that cometh by a stroke.

Take Pimpernel Cellendine and Plan∣tane, and put thereto the white of an egg, and womans milk of a male child, and Oyle of Roses, and put it in your eye going to bed; use this three or four times in a day.

Or take Egrimony and bray it, and temper it with White Wine and an egg, and make a Plaister, and lay to the out∣side of the eye.

For a Pearl at the beginning.

Take a Race of good Ginger, pare it clean, and rub it on a Whetstone, and make powder of it, and put the same powder into some Gascoin Wine, then strain it through a fair cloth, and put it into a glasse or Viol, and after nine daies you may use it, when you go to bed, ly∣ing upright, and likewise in the morning: Do this six or seven times.

For eyes that are full of Rheume, and bleared.

Take the juice of Rue four spoonfuls, and two of honey, mix them together, and when you go to bed put some in your eye.

Or take two or three roots and leaves of red Fennel, a branch of Cel∣lendine, and a good race of white Gin∣ger pared and beaten; if one serve not, take two, put all these into half a pint of

water, cover it; and put of it in your eye when you go to bed, and an hour be∣fore you rise, strayning it when you use it.

To preserve the sight long.

Take a crop of Rue, and another of Camomile, and eat them fasting with a Figg two or three dayes in a week.

To clear the sight.

Take the white of an egg made as clear as water, and a spoonful of clarifi∣ed Honey, and some fine Sugar; and mix them together, and keep it in a close vessel seven or eight weeks, then take Cotton and dip it in the liquor, and rub the eye-lids therewith within and with∣out.

For sore Eyes, and Megrim in the Head.

Take the whites of new laid eggs, and beat them to Oyl, then take a spoonful of Rose water, as much fine Sugar, and as much strong Vineger made of Malme∣sey

or White Wine, put them to the Oyl and beat them together; then take Flax as much as will make a Plaister, dip it in the Medicine, and bind on each Temple one with a cloth, but take heed the Medicine do not touch the eyes. Do this three or four nights, and every mor∣ning the eyes will cleave together with Gum.

For the Megrim in the eyes.

Take new milk, and seeth it, and put it into a bason, and cover it with a plat∣ter, and with the dew that cometh wash your eyes and browes.

Or take three drams of the juice of Rue, and put in your eyes and ears, and stop your ears, and lye down on that side.

For a Pearl and Web.

Take Veinfrage, Ivie, Daisies, Sick∣wort, red Fennel, Seagreene, Pimper∣nel, May butter, bruise them in a Mor∣tar, and let them lye in the froth five ••ayes, then make an easie fire, and set 〈◊〉〈◊〉 over till it be melted, then straine it

through a fair cloth, and put is into a Vial, and put thereof into your eye the quantity of a wheat corn. It will de∣stroy the Web, and when your eye clea∣veth together, wash it with Rose wa∣ter.

Another.

Take the leaves of Sage, Hysop o∣culus Christ•• puiled downward, drink the juice of this with Monks pease otherwise called Wood-lice, stamped with the Herbs, and straine it in some Bee••, and let the Patient drink it first and last three or four dayes together.

Or take the juice of Avens, Southern∣wood, and put this juice into Fen•••••• water, and put it in your eye.

For Eyes that be fair to look on, and naught to see with.

Take Smallage Fennel, Rue, Vervai•• Betony, Pimpernel, Eyebright, Sag•• and Cellendine, of each alike, wash the•••• clean and stamp them, then take th•• powder of fifteen Pepper cornes, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pint of good White Wine, three spoon∣fuls

of good Honey, and fifteen spoon∣fuls of the Urine of a man child that is young; then put all these together, and let it boil over the fire a little, then strain it, and keep it in a vessel or glasse, and put of it into your Eyes; and if it dry up in the glasse, put to it a little White Wine. This is good for all kind of sore eyes, in fifteen daies it helpeth.

For the Small Pocks in the Eyes.

Take the strained juice of Pimpernel, and drop into your Eye morning and e∣vening. This is good also for the Pin and Web, or Pearle in the eye.

For a Pin and Web.

Take Ivy leaves that groweth upon Ash trees, wipe them clean with a cloth, ••hen stamp and strain them with womans ••ilk, of a Girle for a man, of a boy for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 woman; the sorer the eyes be, take the ••ore juice, and the less milk. Drop this ••••to your eye with a feather evening and ••orning, and twice in the afternoon.

For sore Eyes that cometh of a hot cause, at of a Rheume.

Take Elder leaves, and chase them be∣tween your hands, and lay them to the nape of the neck.

For Bloodshotten Eyes.

Take a toast of leavened Bread, House∣leek and womans milk, a spoonful o•• Rosewater, the pap of an Apple roaste•• the yolk of a new layd egg, and boil•• them, take the toast, and lay it in re•• Wine not mingled, and let it ly•• halfe an hour, till it be soaked, they put it into a fine cloth of two pieces, for each eye one, and the cloth must be between the eye and the toa•• and dresse it thus when you go t•• bed.

For Watering Eyes, and darknesse sight.

Take May Butter and Honey, of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 alike, and boil them together, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the white of an egge, and when it 〈◊〉〈◊〉

cold, put it into your eye, and it will cleer up your fight.

Or take the leaves of red Roses, and temper it with the whites of eggs, and lay it to your eye when you go to bed.

For an excessive pain in the Eyes, when the Flux of Humors be sharp in them.

Take milk hot as it cometh from the Cow, cover it with a Bason, then take the dew from the Bason with a feather, and put it in a glasse, and therewith dresse your Eyes.

For sore Eyes that be in the morning, full of pain and water, so that they will not open without great wash∣ing.

Take a new laid egg and roast it hard, then take a little white Copperas, and a little roach Allome, and a little Sandifer, then strain the juice, and drop thereof into your eye evening and morning, and wet a linnen cloth, and lay over your eyes.

For Eyes that have skins over them, or great pain in them.

Take black Snailes, and make an Oyl, and put thereto White Sugar candied, and Lapis Calaminaris, being first burn∣ed five or six times, and thus prepared, put in your eyes evening and morning with a feather.

Or take Daisie roots, Betony, flow∣ers of Pimpernel, red Fennel, stamp and strain them with stale Ale, and drink thereof evening and morning; and lay outwardly to your eyes Rose water, wo∣mans milk, and the white of an egg, wet Tow or Flax therein, and lay it to your eyes; the Drink will be the better, if you put in the juice of Clestocks, a worm so called.

A Medicine that helped one that had a thrust in the Eye.

Take the right ground Ivy and Cel∣lendine, and the green of a Goose turd, and womans milk, put them all together in a glasse, and when it is setled, put the clearest in your eyes.

An Oyle for burning of the Eyes.

Take the white of an egg well beaten together with the juice of Daisie roots and Houseleek, put them into an egg∣shell and roast it hard, and thereof will come an Oyl, wherewith annoint the place pained.

Dr. Cademans Water for the Eyes.

Lapis Tutiae prepared half an ounce, white Vitriol half a scruple, red Rose wa∣ter, Plantane water, of each one ounce, Egrimony water half an ounce, mingle them together, and let them boil gently, then clear it very well.

An excellent good Eye Salve.

Take a pound of May Butter, and set it in the Sun, to clarifie; and alwayes when it is melted powre the clear butter from the curds and whey that will be in the bottome; thus do from day to day, until no more will come out, then put as much of the Herb Christopher, small chopt, as will be steeped in it, then set it

again in the Sun in a glasse for the space of a month, in which time it will be rotten, then strain it through a fine lin∣nen cloth, and so keep it in some Gally pot or Glasse that will not drink it up, and every evening as much as a small Wheat corne being put into the eye, will destroy any speck or Pin and Web, or any scale or thick∣nesse.

For, and of the Eyes in general.

In all causes of the eyes, observe the Nature of the person, his age, the time of the year, the sicknesse he hath had before, &c. It is alwayes good in all pains of the Eyes, that the Patient keep in a dark place, free from aire, lye high in bed, that the Rheume tarry not in the Eyes, but may fall down to the cheeks, seasonable sleep doth digest and congeal the matter; all vexatio is to be avoided, as sorrow, anger, ill favors, &c. Also all vaporous meats. And this is a general rule, that so long as the pain lasteth, you shall lay upon the Eye the white of an egg, brayed with Oyl of Ro∣ses, for it stayeth the course of the hu∣mours,

and asswageth all pain: or the white of an egge braied with womans milk, if the eye be red.

Of the Ʋthalmia of the Eyes.

This Disease is caused from the Flux of certain humours be they mixt or not, as from Choler, Phlegme, Blood or Me∣lancholy, the signes whereof are these:

If it proceed of bloud, then are the Eyes and their veines puff'd up red, the Temples of the Head do beat, the up∣permost Eye-lids do swell, the Eyes are moist, yet with little pain, but so moist, that in the sleep the Eyes do bake up.

If it proceed of Choler, then is there much pricking, burning with great pain and swelling, and not so red as the for∣mer, but moist and burning, that there∣by sometimes the Apple of the eye is pe∣rished:

If it proceed of phlegme, then is there a compression and ponderosity in the Eyes with great pain, without heat or rednesse. and by reason of the great moistness, some soreness and swelling.

If of Melancholy, then is there also great ponderosity with a sallow colour,

with rednesse or compression: they do not bake together in their sleep, for that the Catarrhe or Rheum is too dry.

For the rednesse of the Eyes.

Take half an ounce of Tutia, make it glowing hot, and quench it fifteen times in Rose water, then bruise it small, and put into it a quarter of an ounce of Callamint stones, three cloves, and half a pint of Malmesey, and mix them toge∣ther.

This Collyria is for all redness of the Eyes.

Of Watry and running Eyes.

If the Cause be inward from any dis∣ease of the brain, and not through heat, you may perceive by this, viz. The Pa∣tient alwayes feels some heavy puffing up of the vains in the forehead and Tem∣ples of the head, and this reflux is for the most part augmented by neesing, fal∣ling both into the Eyes, and sharpnesse in the throat.

But if this humour be through heat, it bites the eyelids, and makes the hair to

fall off; but if through cold, then con∣trary. In case it be through heat, the party must be purged with Pills of Co∣chi•• A•••••• with Succo Rosarum, or with Pills of the five kinds of Mirabilans, and keep a good Diet.

If his grief come of a cold Cause its very convenient to eat a good deal of Fennel seed every morning, and chew Rew and Valerian in the mouth, and an∣noint the eyes with the spittle.

Also if it proceed from the brains, this is excellent, Take prepared Bloodstone, one quarter of an ounce, Roses, burnt I∣vory, red and white Curral, Amber, yellow Mirabilans, of each one dram, the juice of the Spirits of Frombois four ounces, temper them together, and keep them close stopped, put thereof daily into your eyes, and annoint your Eye∣lids therewith. This dries the Rheume marvellously, and strengthneth the eyes from taking any moisture.

Also take the juice of Fennel and of Rue, of each one ounce, and of a childs Urine halfe an ounce, Alloes three drams, let it seeth a little, then strain it, and put a drop thereof into your eye. It cleanseth, drieth, and sharpneth the sight.

Also roast three Apples, take away the skin and cores, then temper them with the yolks of three new laid eggs, and lay it warm to the eyes.

Also if deflux cause much pain, take unwashed sheeps wool, burn it to ashes in a close stopped pot, bruise it as small as may be, and mix it with the white of an egge, and lay it on your forehead and temples. This asswageth the Ca∣tarrhe very quickly, and abateth the pain.

A Plaister for the Temples, or sore Eyes.

Take Alloes, Mirrhe, Mirtle leaves, Acatia, of each one dram, Mastick and Frankinsence, of each half a dram bea∣ten small together, and make it to a Plai∣ster with the white of an egg.

Likewise he ought to purge with Pills of Cochia, which be sharpned with the Trocisies of Alhandaly.

Also with the Confection of Hier••, and such like. Oyle of linnen being made thus, is very good for sore Eyes; viz. set it a fire with a candle, and lay the linnen upon an even piece of iron, tin

or silver, and put it out quickly, and you shall find a drop of Oyle, the which take up with a feather. This healeth marvellously well the Imposthume of the eyes, taketh away the pain, and is good for a Fistula and Wounds in the Eyes.