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.

SALVE.

To make an especial good Salve.

TAke Sallet Oyl one ounce, fresh and unwasht Butter one ounce, Sheeps Suet one ounce. Virgin Wax one ounce, Rosen beaten to very fine powder four ounces; Mastick four drams beaten very fine, Olibanum one ounce beaten to ve∣ry fine powder, honey half an ounce, boil them all together till they come to six ounces, and then put it into a Gally pot, and put thereto some reasonable quantity of Venice Turpentine.

To make a very good Balsom.

Take bal fa pint of the best Aqua vitae, a quart of the best Wine Vineger foure, ounces of Storax, Mirrh one ounce, Gal∣banum one ounce, Gum Dragon one pound, eight graines of Musk, as much of Ambergreece, three pound of the

best Sallet O••le old and sweet, half a pound of Oy••e of Lawrel of the best, Oyl of Sp••ke one ounce, Oyle of Hypericon and Oyl of Juniper berries, of each two ounces, Oyl of Peter one ounce, half a pound of Virgin Wax, four ounces of red Saunders, and a quarter of an ounce of Saffron.

An approved Salve for any Greene Wound.

Take a pound of Butter, half a pound of Sheeps Suet, a penny worth of Rosen of Frankinsence and Turpentine, of each two penny worth, boil all together a good while except the Turpentine, for that must be put in afterwards, and boil but little, then strain it into a Bason of fair water, and then strain it out for your use.

A white Salve to heal a cut or green Wound.

Take a quantity of Mutton Suet, and almost half as much Rosen, shred the Su∣et very small, and melt it on a soft fire, and when it is well melted, beat the Rosen, and put it in, and let it boil to∣gether,

stirring it continually till it be cold.

To make an excellent Salve.

Take the roots of Marsh Mallowes, wash and pick them clean, then slit them and take out the inner part of the pith, and cast it away, and take the outer part that is faire and white, and cut them into small pieces, bruise them in a Mor∣tar, and take of them half a pound, and put it in a new earthen pan, and then put thereto Linseed and Fenicreek of each two ounces a little bruised in a Mortar, then take Malmesey and White Wine of each a pint, and stir all these to∣gether, and let them infuse two or three dayes, then set them on a soft fire, and stir it well till it wax thick and like a skum, then take it off, and straine it through a new canvass: and thus have you ready the Mustellage for Plaister; T••en take fine Oyl of Roses a quart, and wash it well with White Wine and Rose water, then take the Oyl clean from the water and Wine, and set it on the fire in a brasse pan alwayes stirring it, and put thereto Littarge of Gold and

Silver, of each eight ounces, Cerus six ounces, red Coral, Bole Armoniack, and Sanguis Draconis, of each two oun∣ces, and let them be finely powdered and searsed, then put them into the Oyl over the fire alwayes stirring it, and let not the fire be too big for burning of the stuff, and when it begins to wax thick, put in ten ounces of the aforesaid Mu∣stellage by a little at ounce, or else it will boil over the pan, and when it is boiled enough you shall perceive by the hardnesse or softnesse of it, dropping a little of it on a sawcer or cold stone; then take it off, and when it is cold, make them in Rolls, and lap them in parch∣ment, and keep them for your use. This Plainter resolveth humors in swolne legs.

To make a Salve for all manner of Wounds.

Take the juice of Smallage and Plan∣tane, of each alike, honey and the white of an egge alike, put Wheat flower to them, and stir them till they be thick, and let it come to no fire at all, and so lay

it to the Sore, and by Gods grace it will heal it.

A good Salve for greene Wounds or old Sores.

Take half a pound of Sheeps Suet, as much Barrowes grease, as much Wax, as much Rosen, and a pint of Sallet Oyl, set them all on a soft fire and when they be melted, put in the Rosen finely beat∣en, boil them all together and skim them, then put in two pennyworth of Verdi∣grease, and last of all two ounces of Turpentine, and so let them boil a walm or two more, then take it up and keep it for your use; if it be an old Sore, put four pennyworth of Verdigrease, and three ounces of Turpentine,