An exact collection of the choicest and more rare experiments and secrets in physick and chyrurgery (both cymick and Galenick) viz. of Leonard Phioravant, Knight and doctour in physick and chyrurgery, his Rational secrets and chyrurgery &c. : whereunto is annexed Paracelsus's One hundred and fourteen experiments : with certain excellent works of G.B. áa ortu Aquitano ; also Isaac Holandus, his secrets concerning his vegetal and animal work : with Quercetanus his Spagyrick antidotary for gun-shot : also certain collections out of some manuscripts of Dr. Edwards and other physitians of note ...

A Water to make a man see within 40. dayes, though he have been blind seven years before, if he be under fiftie years of age.

TAke Smallage, Fennel, Rue, Betonie, Vervain, Egrimonie, Cinquefoil, Pimpernel, Eyebright, Celydonie, Sage, ana a quartern, and wash them clean and stamp them, doe them in a fair mashing pan, put thereto a quart of good white wine, and the pouder of thirty Pepper cornes, six spoonfuls of life Honie, and ten spoonfulls of a man childs urine that is inno∣cent, and mingle them well together, and seeth them till the half be wasted, and then take it down and strein it, and after∣ward clarifie it, and put it in a glasse Vessell well stopt, and put thereof with a feather into the eyes of the blind, and let the Patient use this Medicine at night when he goeth to bed, and within forty dayes he shall see. It is good for all man∣ner of sore eyes. Wilde Tansey water is good for the eye-sight; and eating of Fennell seed is good for the same.

For the Web in the Eye.

The Leaves of white Honie-suckles, and ground Ivie, ana, ground together, and put every day into the eye, cureth the Web.

Salt burnt in a flaxen cloth, and tempered with Honey, and with a Feather annointed on the eye-lids, killeth wormes that annoy the eye-lids.

For Wind in the Side, that maketh the Head swim.

Take of Cammomil three ounces, a penniworth of pouder of Cummin sewed in a Poke like a stomacher, boil it well in stale Ale, lay it to the side hot, and when it is cold renew it again hot.

Contra Surditatem.

1. Betonica saepe injecta tepide, mire proficit contra aurium dolo∣rem

& surditatem, & alia vitia, & sonos extraneos non sinit ma∣nere.

2. Rost an Onion as hot as you may suffer it, lay it upon the ear with a linnen cloth laid between. Probatum est.

Contra lupum, venit saepe super oculum aut pedem.

If it be incurable, it stinketh, fretteth, and the wound wax∣eth black.

Take Salt, and Honey, and Barley, ana, burn them in an Oven, wash the wound with Vinegar, and dry it with linnen clothes, and then lay on the pouder, and doe so till it amend,

Pro Canero & Lupo.

Take half a pint of Juyce of Mollein, and half a pint of Honey, sodden to the thickness of honey, and mingle with these pouders, and lay on the sore. Take Orpiment and Ver∣di-grease, of either a drachm and a half, juyce of Walwort a pound and a half, honey a quartern, Vinegar, boil them altoge∣ther till it be as thick as honey, lay thereof on the hole of the sore twice every day, with juyce of Ribwort, and drinke juyce of Avence.

Ribwort stamped and laid on the sore will kill it.

Pro Oculis.

1. Lac mulieris quae masculum genuit, sed praecipue quae geminos masculos genuit, mixtum cum albumine ovi, & in lana composi∣tum passiones & lachrymas oculorum mitigat, et desiccat, fi fronti la∣crymantis imponatur: & proficit, etiam ad oculum ictu percus∣sum, & sanguinem emittentem, vel epiphoras habentem, vel in do∣lore constitutum.

2. Si quis duarum faeminarum, matris & filiae lacte perunctus fu∣erit, qui uno & eodem tempore masculos habent, in omni vita suae dolorem oculorum non habebit.

3. Eyebright juyce, or water, is excellent good for the eyes.

4. Annoint a red cole leaf cum albumine ovi, & quando is cubitum oculo applica.

For Bleared Eyes.

Take the juyce Peritory, temper it with the white of an Egg, and lay it all night to your eyes, & quando removes, lava cum succo.

Cornes.

Annoint thy cornes often with fasting spittle: Or cleave a black Snail to it.

Take Woodsoure and lay to the corn, and that shall gather out the Callum thereof, and be whole, but you must first cut it about with a knife.

Apostema.

1. Gentian used twice or thrice in a week ad quantitatem pili destruit Apostema.

2. Drinke water of Endive, Petty Morrell, with the pulp of Cassia Fistula.

3. Take Scabios, red Pimpernel, Solsickle and Fumitorie, make these into pouder, and use a spoonful thereof in the mor∣ning, especially in May. Probatum est.

Pro stomacho frigido.

1. Oates parched and laid in a Satchell upon a cold stomack, is an approved cure.

2. The crust of a brown loaf made hot and sprinkled with vinegar, and laid on a cold stomack, Salvabit. 3. A tile stone made hot and sprinkled with Vinegar, Eysell or Ale, wrapt in a clout, and laid to the stomack, is good.

Pro dolore stomachi.

1. Stamp Fennell, and temper it with stale ale, & bibat tria coclearia simul. Seeth Penniroyall and binde it to his Na∣vel as hot as he may suffer it.

For winde or gnawing in the Belly.

Take Calamus Aromaticus, Galingale, and a little Fennel seed, Cloves, and Cinnamon, grate or beat them together, and take them in pouder, or drink them with ale.

For the Small Pox.

Take Almonds, and make Almond milk, and take the cream

thereof, and bath the face twice or thrice, though all the Pocks be pulled away, it shall not be Pock fret.

Annoint oft the Patients eyes with a linnen cloth wet in the juyce of Sengreen, and it will save them from the Pox.

For a stroke in the eye.

Juyce of Smallage and Fennel, and the white of an Egg, mingled together, and put into the eye.

Bloudshed in the eye.

Five leaved grasse, stampt with Swines grease, and with a little salt bound to the eye.

Pro Oculo & Aure.

Sint calida quae aure imponuntur, & frigida quae in oculo.

For a Venomed sore.

Take Lavender, Marigolds, Sengreen and Betonie, and stamp them together, and lay them to the sore.

To make a swelling break.

Take pisse and Vinegar, and Sage M. i. stamped, and flour, and boil them together, and lay it hot on a cloth to the sore.

For the Squinsie.

Bray Sage, Rue, and Parsely Roots, and lay them hot to the throat.

For Biting of a mad Dog.

Stamp Mint, and clear Leeks, and lay it to the sore.

To breake a Botch.

Make a Plaister of Woodbine leaves, and lay to the sore.

For gnawings.

Take Hearb Bennet, and Sheeps tallow, and oyle Olive, frie them together, and lay it to the sore place.

To increase Milk.

Pouder of Annise, and the juice of the bark of Fennell root drunke.

If milk be thick.

Eat mints, and boil mints in wine and oyle, and lay on the breasts.

For Botches, Wounds, and Sores, a salve.

Boil black Rosin, red Lead, and oyle Olive together; & fiat emplastrum.

Qui bibit novem dies simul propriam urinam, nec habebit epilep∣siam, paralysin, nec colicam.

Venenum.

1. Qui bibit propriam urinam, sanabitur a sumpto veneno.

2. Garlick, Rue, Centaury, graines of Juniper, valent contra venenum.

3. Pouder Hempseed, and mingle it with Goats milk, and let them boyle a little, and use this drink three dayes, valet contra inflationem, venenum, Bubonem, Felon, & squinanciam.

Pro Auribus.

Green Ash leaves burnt, and the liquor that drops out of them impositum valet.

Euphorbium pounded with Oil Citron, and laid hot on the eares, cureth sounding of the eares, tingling, and Fistulaes.

Caput-purgium.

Take the juyce of Ivy, and powder of Pepper, mingle them, together, and drink it.

For the bloudy Flix.

The yellow that groweth in red Roses put into pottage, and so eaten, is good for the bloudy Flix.

Vermes Stomachi.

The same yellow drunk in Ale. valet contra Vermes.

For a Felon.

Scabious stamped small, a good quantity of Tar, and greace ana temper them together, and all raw, lay them to the sore place.

For the Reines of the back.

Boyl your own water well, scum it, then take a quart of that water, oyle of bayes one ounce, oyle of Roses one ounce, boyle all in a pot, and therewith annoint well the reines in the hot sunne, or against the fire.

Ʋnge renes, cum nasturtio & propria urina jejunus saepe, & ju∣vatrenes.

Coque mel & butyrum simul & unge renes coram igne.

Seeth Smallage, and temper it with Wine, and drink it fa∣sting, and you shall be healed.

For them that cannot goe upright for pain in their back and reines.

Take a fat Hen, and scald her, and draw her, and fill her with Sena coddes 1^d weight, and Polipody of an Oak, and of Annis, I^d weight, boyl her well, and strain her into a vessell, and take two spoonfuls thereof, and give it the sick first and last.

For the Stitch.

Take three handfuls of Mallowes, seeth them in a litte raw Milk, and put thereto a handfull of wheat bran, and let them boyle together, and then wring out the Milk, and lay it hot to the Stitch, apply it often.

Take a few leaves of Rue, and Yarrow, stamp them toge∣ther, and wring out the juyce, and drink it with a little Ale.

For the Stitch in the side.

Make Balls of red Wortes sodden, and burne them in a new pot, and then grind them to powder, and mingle them with Honey and old Greace, and make a plaister, and lay it thereto when it is well sodden.

To heal Wounds.

Take Ribwort, Plantain, Smallage, ana. take well nigh as much May Butter as of the juyce, mingle it together, that it be standing, and put it in a Box that no air come thereto, and make an Ointment, and this is the securest Medicine for healing Wounds.

For swelling of Joynts.

Bray Mallowes, and boyle them in new Milk, and make it into an emplaister, and apply it to the place.

To knit Sinews or Veins that are kickt or broke.

Take two Onions in summer, when thou findest two Wormes knit together, cut off the knots, and lay them to dry against the Sun, and make thereof powder, and cast it in the Wounds, and it will doe as aforesaid.

Ut virga hominis nunquam erigatur.

Formicas istas pulverisabis, misce cum vaccinio lacte & da cuivis in potu &c.

Verrucae, Porri, ficus.

Cortix salicis combustus & temperatus cum aceto, & appositus, verrucas, porros & ficus tollit. Portulaca fricata tollit verrucas, Agrimonia trita & emplastrata cum aceto verrucas tollit

Sterous ovis si misceatur cum aceto, & fiat emplaistrum, tollit varielas & verrucas.

For Cornes.

Take Beanes and chew them in thy mouth, and lay them to the Corn, doe this at night.

For Warts.

1. Purslane rubbed on the Warts maketh them fall away.

2. The juyce of the roots of Rushes applied, healeth them.

For a Wound that bleedeth inwardly.

Take Filago, and temper it with Ale or Wine, and give it him, and anon the bloud shall goe out by his mouth; and if the Patient cannot open his mouth, open it with a key, and put it in, and he shall receive his speech, this hath been proved.

If men have any blood within them of any hurt.

Let them drink Eufrase sodden with water, and anon they shall cast it out by vomit.

Aqua proscabie, tumore, & prurita.

Ashes made of green Ashen wood sifted clean, and min∣gled with clean water, and often stirred, all a whole day, the water thereof, that is clear gathered, and mingled with a little Vinegar, and a little Allome, and sodden together, is a pretious water to wash with, sores of swellings, and for itchings, and cleansing of divers sores.

An vulneratus vivat, vel non.

The juyce of Pimpernell drunk with water, if it come out at the Wound of a wounded man he shall dye, if it come not he shall live.

Also give him Trefoile to drink, if he cast it out he shall die

To destroy an Imposthume, in what place soever it be.

Take the roots of marsh-mallowes, wash them and boyle them, afterwards take the same water, and boyle it with the

seed of Fenugreek, and Line, then bake it with the bran of Barly, afterwards fry it with Bores greace, make thereof an emplaister, and apply it hot, and within a short time the Pati∣ent will be cured.

For Warts.

1. Agrimony stampt with Salt, and tempered with Vinegar, and laid on the Warts, within four dayes doth take them away.

2. Take the yolk of an Egg well roasted, stamp it with oyle of Olive, or oyle of Violets, and make it in manner of a plaister, and this will doe away the Warts in a night.

3. Rub them oft with oaken Apples, and bind a plaister there∣of on them, and bray blossomes of Golds, and Agrimony with Salt, and lay them to as a plaister.

4. Burn Willow tree rind, and temper the Ashes with Vi∣negar, & utere.

Oleum Nucum.

Take Nuts whole, seeth them in water, and then break them, and take out the kernels and stamp them, and then wring them through a cloth, and that Oyle is noble and mollifi∣cative.

Ʋnguentum Dialaehaeae optimum pro podagra.

Take Brocks greace, Swines greace, Ducks groace, Capons greace, Ganders greace, suet of a Deer, Sheeps tallow, ana. p. ae. melt them in an earthen pan, then take the juyce of Rubarb, marsh-Mallowes, Morrel, Comfrey, Daysie, Rue, Plantain, Mace, Heyrif. Matfelon, and Dragons, ana. p. ae. fry them in a pan with the foresaid greace, secretum pro podagra.

For the Collick and Stone.

℞. Cepas Rubras, pista commixta cum mulvasceto, & bibe ealide.

Aqua propter ulcera & malum mortuum.

℞. Aquam fabri potell. i. salviae, cuprifolii nasturtii & mo∣dicum mellis, coque ad medium, & lava locum.

Aqua pro alceribus.

℞. Apii. Salviae, Sempervivae, ana. M. i. pista & coque in una lb. 8. aquae currentis, postea cola & adde, ℥. iiii. Aluminis, Mellis, lb. ss. Bulliet alumen medicum, adde ℥. iiii. Camphorae & reserva.

Capitis dolor.

Coque Cumi•• in malvazeto, & lava caput.

Pista rorum, cum sale, & fiat emplastrum.

For Bones broken in a mans Head.

℞ Agrimoniae Contisam fiat emplastrum. Item bibe Betonicam p. i. & resurgant essa & sanatis pro acto vulnera.

Capitis dolor.

℞. Rutae, ••oderae terrestris, folia lauri, coque in aqua vel vino & fiat emplastrum super caput.

℞. Celidoniam, pista & coque cum butyro versus dolorem capi∣tis etsi cranium cecidit de loco, &c. & lava cum decoctione ejusdem herba.

Corvi albi.

Attende eum eorvus habet ova, & unge ter vel quater cum melle, & pulli eorum erum albi.

Ebrii.

Qui prius biberit erocum quam ad potationem inierit, crapulam vel ebrietatem non incurret.

Acetum.

Ʋt acetum redeat in vinum semen porri imunitte per duas noctes.

Ova rotunda producunt gallinas, longa vero gallos.

Pistula.

Hebba Roberti Fistulae emplastrata, vel succu•• ejus in eam post∣ta eam curat.

Succus caprifolii naribus impositus, polypum recentem & ca••••rum, & fistulam curat.

Pro virga virili combusta cum muliere.

℞. Sume morellae & sedi & axungiae porcinae, p. ae. frixa & sup pou••.

Contra exitum ani.

℞. Ʋrticus, rubras pista, & in olla terrea coque in vin•• albo

ad medium, postea bibe mane & sero calide, & faeces superpone.

Contra fluxum.

1. ℞, Cornu cervi, & conchas ostrei, combuxe & da pulverem ma∣ne & sero 9 dies.

Plaister of Paris.

2. ℞ Pulverem alabastri misce cum albumine ovi, pone super tempora & alia loca.

An virgo corrupta.

Pulveriza fortiter flores lilii crocei quae sunt inter albos flores, da ei comedere de illo pulvere, & si est corrupta statim minget.

Ut dens cadat.

Pulvis stercoris caprae positus supra dentem, facit cadere: cave alia.

Pro combusto cum muliere.

Take pouder of a linnen cloth when it is well burnt, and take the yolks of eggs, and mingle them well together, and therewith annoint the sore, and put the pouder into the hole.

A Drink that healeth all Wounds without any Plaister or Ointment, or without any taint most perfectly.

Take Sanicle, Milfoil, and Bugle, ana, p. ae. stamp them in a morter, and temper them with wine, and give the sick that is wounded to drinke twice or thrice in a day till he be whole. Bugle holdeth open the wound, Millfoil cleanseth the wound. Sanicle healeth it, but Sanicle may not be given to him that is hurt in the head, if the brain-pan be broken, for it will slay him, and therefore it is better in another place: This is a good and tryed Medicine.

Ʋnguentum genistae.

Take Flores genistae, floures and leaves of Woodbind, ana, p. ae. stamp them with May Butter, and let them stand so together all night, and in the morning make thereof an ointment, and melt it, and scum it well: This Medicine is good for all cold evils, and for sleeping of hand and foot.

Unguentum Augustinum is good for all sore legs that be red and hot.

Take Groundsell and Petty Morrell, and stamp them, and

temper them with May Butter, and put them in a pot fast closed, and let them stand so nine dayes, and then frie it over an easie fire, and strein it through a cloth, and put it in a box for your use.

Unguentum viride is good pro erectione virgae, and for the mormale; no ointment worketh stronger then this.

Take a pound of Swines grease, one ounce of Verdigrease, half a scruple of Sal gemmae, this ointment may be kept 40. winters: Valet contra cancros, and for running holes, it fretteth away dead flesh, and bringeth new, and healeth old wounds; put it within the wound that it fester not: Put to this oint∣ment, Pitch, rosin, and waxe, and it will be a fine heat for old bruises, swellings, and Mormales.

Unguentum nigrum, for wounds, heating and burning.

Take a quart of oyle of Olive, and boil it well, then cast in a quart of red lead, and stir it well with a slice, and boil it till it be black, and then let it cool; and keep it for drawing and healing.

Ʋnguentum Rubrum.

Take a pint of honey, half a pint of Vinegar, and a porti∣on of Verdigrease, boil them together, and it is good for all manner of sores.

Contra vemitum.

1. ℞. Rosewater, pouder of Cloves, and Mastick, and drinke it hot.

2. Take Mints thre ounces, Roses half an ounce, Mastick one ounce, Barlie meal, and a crust of bread tosted, and this man∣ner of Plaister apply to the stomack.

3. Rutae cochleare i. bibe cum vino vel cerevisia, multum valet.

4. Pouder of Gilliflowers strewed on his meats, stancheth immediately.

Note, He must eat no meat whilst he casteth (ut virtus maneat.

Fluxus sanguinis narium.

1. Hens feathers burnt, and the smoke thereof applyed to the nostrils stinteth it.

2. A pigs turd burnt, and made into pouder, blown into the nostrils.

3. The juyce of Smallage drunk restraineth bleeding. Probat.

4. Succus menthae & rutae mixtus curat fluxum narium.

Contra Sciaticam.

Stercora leporis temperata et calido vino applica forma empla∣stri dolori.

Freckens of the face.

1. Grease your face with oyle of Almonds, & bibe succum plan∣taginis.

2. Annoint your visage well and often with Hares bloud.

To know if a man be a Leper or no.

Let him bleed, and put the bloud into water, and if the bloud swim above, he is a Leper, and if it descend, he is clean.

For ache in the loins.

Take Waybread, and Sanicle, stamp them, and put thereto Bores grease, & forma ••mplastri calide dolori applica.

For a scald Head.

1. Wash thy head with Vinegar, and Cammomil stampt and mingled together, there is no better thing for the Scall. Probat.

2. Grinde white Hellebor, grinde it with Swines grease, ap∣plica capiti.

3. Take Culver dung, with Salt, and a little Vinegar, and stirre them well together, and therewith wash thy head, & sanabit capitis faeditates.

Ad ornatum faciei.

Take fresh Bores grease, and the white of an Egg, and stamp them together, with a little pouder of Bayes, and there∣with annoint the visage, and it shall clear the skin, and make it white.

If the Liver rot.

Eat raw Parsely 9. dayes, and 6. dayes after eat Sage, and that will cleanse that the Parsely hath wrought.

Note, All Hearbs whose roots be medicinable, are best in Aprill.

For stopping of the Pipes.

℞. Leaves and tender stocks of Horehound, stamp them and

seeth them well in Butter, then wring it through a cloth, cool it, and adde to that pouder of Liquorice, and of Hysop, mixe them together, and keep it in a Box, and when thou wilt, take a spoonfull, and temper it with hot wine, and use it when thou goest to bed.

Aliud.

℞. A good quantity of Hysop, seeth it in half a gallon of good wine, till half bee sodden away, and let the sick use it first and last, at evening hot, and at morning cold. Probat.

Aliud.

℞. The juyce of Cinquefoil stamped, and drinke a sup there∣of with wine or ale, and it shall clear thee of much flegm, a∣bove and beneath.

The Plague Water.

TAke a handfull of Sage and a handful of rue, and boil them in three pints of Maimsie, or Muscadine, untill one pint be wasted, then take it off the fire, and strain the wine from the hearbs, then put into the wine two penniworth of long Pepper, half an ounce of Ginger, and a quarter of an ounce of Nutmeg, all grosly bruised, and let it boil a little again: This done, take it off the fire, and dissolve it in half an ounce of good Venice Triacle, and a quarter of an ounce of Mithri∣date, and put to it a quarter of a pint of strong Angelica wa∣ter; so keep it in a glasse close stopped for your use: For pre∣servation you shall take every morning a spoonfull warm, and lay you down to sweat upon it, and so continue to take it twice a day untill you perfectly recover. This water likewise cureth the small Pox, the Measels, Surfets, and Pestilentiall Fevers.

A Cordiall Water good for the Plague, Pox, Measels, all kind of Convulsions, Fevers, and all pain of the Stomack.

Take Sage, Rosemary, Rue, Celandine, Scabios, Agrimonie, Mugwort, Woormwood, Pimpernel, Dragon, Carduus bene∣dictus, Rosa solis, Betonie, Marigold leaves and flowers, Cen∣turie,

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Polipodium, Scurvie grasse, of each a handfull, wash them and swing them in a clean cloth till they be dry, then shred them small, and take the roots of Zedoarie, Tormentill, Enula campana, Angelica, Licorice, of each half an ounce scraped, and sliced, then take of the best white wine eight pints; put them all into an earthen pot well leaded, let them stand two dayes close covered, and stirre them once in the day, then still them in a Limbeck, with a temperate fire; it will be two dayes and a night in the still: keep the first pint by it self; of which you may take a spoonful at a time; of the next quart take twice so much; of the next pint you may give to little children a spoonful at a time: Lute the still well, that no aire come forth, and keep it in close glasses.

For a Child that hath the Ague.

Take the Hearb called Hartshorn, stamp it, then mingle it with bay Salt, and three or four houres before the fit come apply it, spread upon a linnen cloth, to the Childs wrists, and when the fit is past, apply a fresh one before the next fit, and in a few fits, God willing, she shall be cured.

For a burning Fever.

Take red mints two handfull, boyle them in a quart of run∣ning water, to the consumption of half, strain it, and put thereto four or five spoonfuls of white Wine Vinegar, and as much Honey, boyle it to the height of a Sirrup.

Take of Endive two handfuls, boyle it in a quart of wa∣ter, to the consumption of half, take two spoonfulls of this, and one of the Sirrup, in the morning fasting, and at any other time you please.

For the Jaundies black or yellow.

Take of White Wine one pint, steep therein of the root of Caelidon, the weight of twelve pence, of Saffron one penny∣worth, a rase of Turmatick; bruise all, and bind them in a fine peece of Laun, and let it infuse in the Wine a night, drink

a part thereof in the morning, one other part at noon, and the rest at night.

To bring down the Flowers.

Take of Alligant, or Muskadine, or Clarret, a pint, burn it, and sweeten it well with Sugar, put thereto two spoon∣fulls of Sallet oyle, then take a good Bead of Amber in pou∣der in a spoon with some of the wine after it, take it evening and morning.

To stay the Flowers.

Take Amber, Corrall, Pearl, Jeat, of each alike, grind them to a fine pouder, and searse them; take thereof as much as will lye upon six pence with conserve of Quinces, and drink after it a draught of new milk, use it every morning.

For the Mother.

Take a brown tost of sour bread of the nether crust, and wash it with Vinegar, and put thereto black Sope, like as you would butter a tost, and lay it under the Navill.

For the Stone.

Take Saxifrage, Pellitorie, Parslie, Eyebright, wild Thime, of each two handfuls; of Raddish roots two or three, steep all in a pottle of red cowes milk a night, then still it, make of this quantity two stillings.

You must take at a time nine spoonfuls, as much Renish or White wine, and the juice of a Lemon, sweeten all with Su∣gar, and take it fasting, if your stomack be cold, slice a little Ginger, and put into it.

For a cold, cough, Ptissick, or any defect of the Lungs.

Take Horehound, Maiden hair, Liver-wort, Harts tongue, Germander, Hysope, Agrimonie, of each a handfull, wash them and boil them in six pints of running water in a pipkin, till four pints be consumed at least, strain it, and put the li∣quor into another clean Pipkin, put thereto of the root of Enula campana in pouder and searsed one ounce, of Licorice so used two ounces, of pure honie eight or nine spoonfulls;

boyl it till it wax somewhat thick, then set it to cool: Take the quantity of half a nut at a time, as often as you please.

The best time to make it is in May.

For a Stitch.

Take of stale Ale, two pints, clarifie it, and boyl therein of the tops of green broom a handful, then sweeten it with Sugar, and give thereof to the sick warm to drink.

Also take Beer, make it very Salt, put a little Nutmeg there∣to, and drinke thereof bloud-warm.

Apply upon the grief outward, Fennel seed, and Cammomile made wet with Malmsie, as hot as can be suffered, three or four dayes together.

Or take a tost of Rie bread tosted on a gridiron, and spread Tar thick thereon, lay it hot next the skin, and let it lye 9, or 10 houres, and if the pain be not gone at first, apply it again.

For a Consumption.

Take a Leg of ••eal, cut away the fat, and take a red Cock, scald him, and wash him clean, then let the Cock and Veal lye in water the space of three houres, seeth them with two pot∣tles of fair water, and scum it clean: as the fat riseth, take it off, and seeth it till half be consumed, then put in a pottle of the best Claret wine, and let it seeth together till it come to a quart, clarifie it with three or four whites of Eggs; let it run through a Jelly bag; then set it on the fire again, and put to it of Sugar a pound, let it seeth a little, then drinke of it warm three or four spoonfuls at a time, as often as you please.

For the Green sickness.

Take an Orange, cut off the top, and pick out some of the meat, then put therein a little Saffron, rost it gently, when it is rosted, put it presently into a pint of white Wine, keep it covered, and drink thereof fasting.

A speciall Water for all Sores.

Take of running water four pints, of Sage, Smallage, of

each three handfulls, of Housleek a handfull and a half, seeth them together to the consumption of half, then strain it, take of Allum two ounces, of white Copperis an ounce and a half, of Camphire two drachms, beat all severally into fine pouder, put all into the water, and let it boyle a little, then put there∣to of clarified Honie half a pint, and let it simper a while, then reserve it in a glasse close stopped.

Wash the sore therewith, and wet a cloth therein, and lay thereto; if it heal too fast, lay dry lint therein.

For the trembling of the Heart.

Take a spoonfull of the spirit of Tartar when you find your self troubled.

Or take Lignum aloes, Riponticum, Eupatorium, red Sanders, of each two ounces, beat them, and boyle them in six pints of fair water till two pints be consumed; of the four pints that remain, being strained, make a Sirrup with Sugar, and while it is hot, put thereto of Saffron one scruple, of Ginger one drachm, of Musk two carets, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each a scru∣ple and a half, keep it in a glasse close shut, take thereof a drachm at a time in a little Broth, or Burrage water, fasting.

For a Flux of the Womb.

Take Chalke finely scraped, stir thereof in whites of Eggs till it be thick, spread thereof on brown paper, and lay it on a Gridiron on the fire untill it stiffen a little, bind it hot upon the Navill.

Take Milk and set it on the fire, when it seeths, throw in a peice of Allum, which will turn it to a Posset, of the thin thereof, give a Glister in the morning, and at four in the afternoon.

A purging drink for superfluous humours, for Aches in the joynts, sinewes, and for Agues.

Take Sarsaperilla, Sasafrass, Polipodium, of each a handfull,

Hermodactiles the third part of an ounce, Licorice one ounce, cut and slice the abovenamed, and put them into a new Pip∣kin glassed, and having a cover, and put thereto five quarts of spring water, let all infuse four and twenty houres, then put thereto of Fennell seed two ounces, Raisins of the Sun stoned and picked four ounces, Carduus benedictus, red Sage, Agri∣mony, Maiden-hair, of each a handfull, put all into the Pipkin, and close it with paste, set it within a pan of warm water on the fire, and let it boyle two houres, then put thereto of Sena one ounce, let it boyle again half a quarter of an hour, and take it out, letting it stand covered two houres, then strain it with∣out wringing, and keep it in a glasse or stone bottle.

You must take at a time half a pint in the morning, and fast one hour after, it will not purge in five or six houres, you may use it at any time in the year, but in extream heat, and in frosts.

A pretious Eye-water for any disease of the Eyes, often proved.

Take of the best white Wine two little glasse fulls, of white Rose water half a pint, of the water of Selendine, Fennell, Eyebright, and Rue, of each two ounces, of prepared Tutia six ounces, of Cloves as much, Sugar rosate a drachm, of Cam∣phire, and Aloes, each half a drachm.

The Tutia is thus prepared.

In a Crusible (such as the Goldsmiths use) put your Tutia and with a charcoale fire let it be made red hot six severall times, and every time quenched in Rose-water and Wine mixt together; the last time cast the water away, and grinde the Tutia to very fine powder.

You must mix the Aloes with the water after this manner

Put the Aloes in a clean Morter, and pour upon it of the mixt waters, with the Pestill grinde it too and fro, and as it mixeth with the water pour it off, putting more water to it, till it be all dissolved.

To bring the Camphire to powder.

In a clean Morter beat one Almond, then put in the Cam∣phire, and beat it to a fine powder, without which it will not come to a powder.

Likewise beat all the Cloves to a fine powder, then mix all together in a strong glasse, stop it close and lute it, that no air enter, and let it stand forty dayes and nights abroad in the hot∣test time of summer, and shake it well thrice a day.

The use.

Drop a drop of the water into the eye thrice a day with a black Hens Feather, the infirm lying on their back, and stirring the eye up and down.

If there be any thing grow upon the eye.

Take four drops of oyle of Amber rectified, and mix with half an ounce of the water, dresse the eye as before.

For any Ague.

Take a quarter of a pint of Canary Sack, put into it a penny∣worth of oyle of Spike, a pennyworth of Sirrup of Poppyes, and one grain of Bezar, mingle these together, and let them stand infused all night, and exhibite it next morning to the Patient fasting.

For an Ague.

Boyle two ounces of Roch in a Pipkin, in a pint of Ale, about a quarter of an hour or better, then give the party grieved to drink of it pretty warm, some two houres before the fit cometh, about half of it, and what the party cannot drink at the first draught, let it be warmed against the second fit, and give it as before, after two houres be past, let the party drink as much posset drink as he can.

Another.

Take the quantity of a Wallnut of black Sope, and three times as much crown Sope, mix them together, then shred a pretty quantity of Rue, and half a spoonfull of Pepper finely beaten, and a quarter of a spoonfull of fine wheat flour; min∣gle

all these together, then take as much strong Beer as will make it spread upon a linnen cloth, whereof make two plai∣sters, and lay to each wrist one, and sow them fast on for nine dayes; this must be applied as the cold fitt beginneth to come upon them.

To make Pills to cleanse the backe.

Boyle Venice Turpentine in Plantain water, then take the Turpentine, and bray it in a Morter to very fine powder, take the powder and mingle it with powder of white Amber, powder of Oculorum cancrorum, and powder of Nutmeg, of each half a drachm: mix them up into Pills, and take three of them in a morning.

A Bath.

Take Mallow leaves, Violet leaves, Endive, Motherwort, Mugwort, Rose leaves, Lettice, Cammomill, Bay leaves; boyle of all these one handfull, in a sufficient quantity of pure running water, and set in the Bath about an hour, then goe into a warm bed and sweat awhile, and when you come out of your sweat, and are pretty cool, eat Strawberries and Su∣gar, this will clear the body and purifie the blood.

For the Cough of the Lungs, and defluxions.

You may take sometimes of Sirrup magistrall, of Scabious and of Oxymell Jutianizans, of each one ounce, and of Dia∣codium half an ounce, and of Sirrup of Diasereos half an ounce: Mingle these all well together, and mingle with it also a drachm of pure flower of Sulphur finely searced; and take of this the quantity of a large Nutmeg three or four times in a day, at morning, an hour before dinner, an hour before supper, and last at night; it will cut the flegm, and carry it gently away, without any perturbation or violent trouble of cough∣ing, and cause quiet rest.

To cause a woman to have her Flowers.

Take of Gladwin Roots about a handful, boyle them in Vi∣negar, or in white Wine till they be very tender, and after put this into a Vessel on the ground in a close stool, so that the woman may sit over it very close stopped, so that the heat may strike up into her body: This Medicine is reported never to fail, but to bring them down: But you must have a speciall care that no woman being with child have this Medicine ad∣ministred to her.

For the Cough of the Lungs.

Take of Coltsfoot two handfuls, of Hysop, and the tops of red Nettles, of each one handful, of Horehound, and Maiden-hair, of each half a handfull, of Raisins of the sun, having their stones taken out three ounces, of Liquorice sliced half an ounce, and of Elecampane roots sliced one ounce, of Annise-seeds half an ounce grosly bruised, boil all these together in a gallon of water in an earthen Pipkin with a gentle fire, till the third part be boyled away, then strein it, and take a quart of the decoction, and put to it two ounces of Sugar-Candie beaten, and let it boil a little over the fire again, till the Sugar Candie be melted, then take it off the fire, and put it up into a glasse close stopped, and drinke of it three or four spoonfuls morning and evening so long as it lasteth, a little warmed.

For Cramp or Numnesse.

Take a penniworth of Saffron, put it into a little bag, then put it into three ounces of Rosewater, and stir it well in the Rosewater, then take four penniworth of Camphire, and in∣fuse that in the Rosewater, and being so infused and mixed; chafe the place with it warm, and smell to it, as he bathes the place.

For a Cough, Winde, and a cold Stomack.

Take four ounces of good Annise-seed water, mingle it with one ounce of spirit of Mint, and dissolve it with two ounces of pure white Sugar candie, beaten into very fine pouder; set it upon a chafingdish of coals in a peuter dish, and when it beginneth to walm, burn it with a paper as you doe wine, stir∣ring it well together with a spoon, then take it off the fire, and evening and morning, take a good spoonful of it first and last. It will comfort the stomack, and is good against cough and winde.

For a Cough and Consumption.

Take of Lungwort, Liverwort, Hysop, Violet, and Straw∣brrie leaves of each one handful, Licorice sliced, and scraped, Annise-seeds, and Fennel-seeds, of each one penniworth a little bruised, a Parsly and a Fennel root clean scraped, pithed, and cut into small peeces, twelve figs sliced, four ounces of good great Raisins having their stones taken out; boyl all these together in a pottle of clear running water, till it come to three pints, then put into it two ounces of pure white hard Sugar, dissolve it upon the fire with the other decoction, then take it off, strein it, and drink thrice a day of it, that is in the morning, about four in the afternoon, and last at night, three or four ounces of it at a time, and it will asswage the driness and thirst, and open the obstructions and stoppings of the Liver and Spleen, and cause your Flegm to com away with more ease.

For a Cold Dropsie.

Take Olibanum, and rost it in a Fig, and apply it to their great Toe: But if they be swelled in their face or head; then take a new layd Egg roasted hard, take out the yolk, aend put into the hole so much Cummin Seed as will fill it, and ap∣ply it as hot as it may be endured to the nape of the neck.

For the Dropsie.

Take a pottle of White or Rhenish Wine, an ounce of Cin∣namon, and a pint of green Broom ashes, put them together in an earthen pot eight and forty houres, the Cinnamon being first bruised; stirre them all often, and then put them up into a white Cotten bag, and let the liquor drain out of them, put it up again twice upon the lees, and then use four times a day of it, drink it cold, in the morning, one hour before dinner, one hour before supper, and when you goe to bed, at each time drink a quarter of a pint; if the greif be not fully re∣moved, use a second or third pottle so made up, but with most persons one pottle sufficeth.

For an Ague.

Take as much black Sope as a Wallnut, and three times as much crown Sope, and mingle them together, then shred a∣bout a pugill of Rue, and put thereto half a spoonfull of Pepper very finely beaten, and with a quarter of a spoonfull of fine wheat flour, or as much as shall suffice; mingle all these toge∣ther, then take as much strong Beer as will make it spread upon a linnen cloth, and make it up into two plaisters, and apply to each wrist one, and keep them fast on for nine dayes together; you must apply the plaisters just as the cold fit be∣ginneth to come upon them.

Sweat is held by all experienced Phisitians, to be very good to cure an Ague, but they must be put into their sweat before the cold fit come upon them; you must use this twice or thrice before the Ague will be quite cured; and let them drink no other drink during their sweat but Aqua vitae and small Beer mingled together, but you must not make it too strong of the Aqua vitae.

To comfort and strengthen the Joynts and Sinewes.

℞. Of the flowers and seeeds of Saint Johns Wort three

ounces, steep them three dayes in sufficient Wine, and then seeth them in a brazen Vessell till the Wine be consumed, then strain them, and put to the straining as much of fresh Saint Johns Wort stamped, and steep it again three dayes, and af∣terward add thereunto, of Turpentine three ounces, of old Oyle eight ounces, of Saffron one scruple, of Mastick ʒ. ss. of Myrrh, of Frankincense, ana. ʒ. ii. ss, afterward put in the straining the space of a moneth, of the flowers and seed of Saint Johns Wort one handfull and half, of Madder brayed, of fine grain wherewith Scarlet is died, ana. three drachms, of the Juyce of Yarrow two ounces, seeth them to the consumpti∣on of the Juyce, with earth Wormes washed with Wine two ounces, and a little Wine odoriferous.

For obstructions of Liver and Spleen.

℞. Flowers of Burrage, Buglosse, Marigolds, Violets, En∣dive, of each a handfull, Dates stoned three ounces, of the best blew Currans two ounces, sweet Fennell-seed half an ounce, Graines and Coriander, of each one drachm, whole brown Watercresses nine leaves, Hysop stripped downwards nine little branches, of french Barly three ounces; boyl all these together in a pottle of spring water till a third part be consu∣med, then strain it, and when it is strained adde of the con∣serve of Barberries three ounces, Sirrup of Lemons and of Quinces, of each three ounces, this is to be taken morning and evening, nine spoonfuls at a time.

The Flowers are to be had at the Apothecaries, dry all the year.

For the Palsie in the head.

For the Palsie in the head, take of the oyles, of Amber, Fox, and Beaver, and mingle them together, and annoint the nape of the neck with them evening and morning, chafe it in with a warm hand, and chafingdish of hot coales.

And take of the oyle of Amber alone, and with your finger

put some of it every morning into your nose, and take two or three drops of it, and rub it into your head upon the mould thereof.

And take two or three drops of the same Oyle, and put it into your Beer or Ale for your mornings draught, especially at the change or full of the Moon, for four or five dayes together.

Be sure to keep warm, and avoid going abroad in rain, misty, or moist weather.

Oyle of Saint Johns Wort for ache and pain.

Take a quart of Sallet oyle, put thereto a quart of flowers of Saint Johns Wort well picked, let them lie therein all the summer, untill the seeds of that hearb be ripe, the glasse must be kept warm, either in the Sun or in water, all the sum∣mer untill the seeds be ripe, then put in a quart of Saint Johns Wort seeds whole, and so let it stand twelve houres, the glasse being kept open, then you must seeth the oyle eight houres, the water in the pot full as high as the oyle in the glasse, when it is cold strain it, that the seed remain not in it, and so keep it for your use.

For the knitting together and strenthening of bones.

Give inwardly Knotgrasse, Plantain, or Ribwort water, with Sirrup of the greater Comfrey, to three spoonfuls of the water exhibit one of the sirrup, so often as they use it: There are also vulnerary Potions prescribed for this purpose in the Dispensatories.

For the Courses.

When you give Oculos cancrorum (truly called Lapides canor••••••••) to provoke a womans Courses, you must give her almost a spoonfull of it, mixed with some water of Mother∣wort, called Artemisia, causing her to drink a good glass-full

of the water immediately after it; the best time to exhibite it, is to give it hot in the morning by four of the clock, and let her sleep after it, you must give it about those times she ordinarily expecteth her Courses; if you cannot get Morher∣wort water, you may use in stead of it Penniroyall water.

You may dissolve your powder of Lapidum cancrorum, either with juyce of Lemons, or with distilled Vinegar, and spirit of Vitrioll; If you put a greater proportion of Vitrioll, then of the other, it will sooner dissolve, you need but cover it with the juyce or spirits, and after some few houres poure off the spirits from the powder.

A Cordiall excellen••t good for melancholy, panting and trembling of the heart, swounding, fainting, coldnesse, and rawnesse of the stomack, and also for many other greifs arising from a cold and moist complexion, often proved with happy successe.

Take of Saffron half an ounce, of Angelica roots finely sliced one ounce, of Cloves six drachms, Balm two handfuls, Rosemary tops four handfuls, shread the hearbs and roots, and beat the spices grosly, then put them, with half a pound of Sugar, into three pints of small ••innamon water, or of small Aqua vitae, and let them stand infused three or four dayes together, after boyle them, and let the Aqua vitae burn, stir∣ring them well together, till near a pint thereof be consumed away, then strain it, and when it is settled poure off the clear from the bottome; keep the clear for your own use, and re∣serve the bottome, which you may give away unto poor peo∣ple, for it will be good and comfortable, though not so strong: The way to use it, is to take every morning fasting a spoonfull, and after every meal, at each severall time, a spoonfull.

A sudden way to make up this excellent Cordiall.

• Take of the best of Doctor Mountfords water, ana. ℥. iiii.
• Of very good Angelica water ana. ℥. iiii.
• ...

• Of Clove water, ana. ℥. iiii.
• Of Rosemary water, ana. ℥. iiii.
• Of Balm water, ana. ℥. iiii.
• Of spirit of Saffron ℥. ii.

Mingle all these together, and with as much sirrup of pure Sugar as shall suffice mingled, make it up, and put into either of these two Medicines, of Musk and Ambergrease, of each a grain. Both these are excellent Cordials for all the greifes before rehearsed.

Pills to purge flegm and Wind.

Take of the best Aloes succotrina nine drachms, of Ru∣barb, Jallop, and Agarick, of each six drachms, of Mastick four drachms, of red Rose leaves three drachms, let all these be beaten severally into very fine powder, and scarced, then mix them well, and beat them up into a paste, with sirrup of da∣mask Roses as much as shall suffice, at the end add unto it twenty drops of oyle of Anniseeds: when you have occasion to use these Pills, take about two scruples thereof for one dose made up into three Pills.

For the Gout.

Take of new extracted Honey two spoonfuls, a pennyworth of red Nettle seeds finely bruised, mingle them well together, and apply it to the Gout: Let the party drink every third day for a sevennight in the morning in his bed half a pint of new Milk, of a red or black Cow.

For the Gout, My Lord Denni's Medicine.

Take Burdocks leaves and stalks, cut them small, and stamp them very small, then strain them, and cleanse them, and when you have so done put them into glasses, and put pure oyle of Olives a top of them, and stop it close from the air, and when you would use it for the Gout, poure it into a porrenger and

warm it, and wet linnen clothes in it, and apply it warm to the greived place, warming your clothes one after another, as they grow cold that are on.

Another, very good for the Gout.

Take the Yest of Ale, and spread it upon brown paper, and apply it upon the greived place pretty warm, the space of twelve houres: some first warm the pickle of Olives, and then bath the greived place therewith, putting their feet into it, and after use the former Medicine.

My Lord Denni's Medicine must not be taken till three dayes after the change of the Moon, then after it must be ta∣ken six dayes together, then six dayes before the full it must be taken twice a day.

To stay the Courses when they come down too violently.

Take half a drachm or a drachm of Diascordium, dissolve it in a drachm of posset Ale, wherein formerly hath been boyled half a handfull of Shepherds purse, and as much knotgrasse, and of the greater Comfrey, and drink thereof a good draught at a time morning and evening.

For the Whites.

Take a quarter of a handfull of white Archangell, Plantain, Sheaphards purse, and of the greater Comfrey, of each half a handfull, of the hearbs Horse-taile, and Cats-taile, of each half a handfull, boyle all these in two quarts of Milk till half be con∣sumed away, then strain it, and sweeten it with good white Su∣gar Candy finely beaten, and drink of it twice a day for ten or fifteen dayes together.

To keep the body soluble, and to purifie the bloud.

Take Maydenhair, wild Germander, wood-Sorrell, and

Balm, of each a pugill, of wild Mercury half a handfull, of da∣mask Roses two handfuls, of clarified Whey six pints, let it stand scalding hot for an houre stirring it sometimes, after an hour is past strain it, and drink it twice or thrice a day a good draught of it; and if you wash your hands in Beef broth after your taking it, it will take away all roughnesse and haires of the hands, it may be taken safe of a woman with child

For the green Sicknesse, or yellow Jaundies.

For cure hereof first purge universally with this or the like purgation. ℞. of Hiera picra four scruples, of Rubarb, and Trochisces of Agarick, of each half a drachm, of rasped Ivory, and Hartshorn, of each half a scruple, of Cinnamon six graines, of Saffron four graines, of Diacatholicon half an ounce; in∣fuse these things in the Whey of Cows Milk, or in the distilled water of Alkakengie, or in Dodder water, or Endive water, you may adde Oxymell thereto.

An Electuary for the green Sicknesse.

Take of Diatrion santalon, and Diarrhodon abbatis, of each one drachm, of Diacurcuma, and confection of Alkermes, of each half an ounce, of Diamargariton frigidum, and Calidum, of each two drachms, of rasped Ivory, and Hartshorn, of each one drachm, of all these make an Electuary, and give it evening and morning by it self, or with Dodder or Endive water, the dose is one drachm, pro tempore uno.

An excellent Powder for the green Sicknesse.

℞. four scruple of Gentian made into fine powder, of rasped Ivory, and Hartshorn, of each two scruples; make these into a fine powder, and give a spoonfull thereof with white Wine, or the like, at once.

Another Medicine.

℞. Three or four spoonfuls of flemish Madder, boyle it in two quarts of white Wine, with a peice of Sugar, to the con∣sumption of half of it, strain it, and let the Maiden drink there∣of morning and evening a good draught warm, and walk, or use some exercise to heat the body, but take no cold; use this for eleven or twelve dayes together.

A singular purging Potion against the green Sicknesse, and all opilations of the Liver, and causeth young Maids to look fresh, and fair, and cherry-cheek'd, and will bring down their Courses, the stopping whereof causeth this greif, and it is good against all manner of itch, scabs, breaking out, and manga∣nesse of the body, purifying the blood from all corruption.

℞. Of the roots of Monkes Rubarb, that is red Dock, and of red Madder, ana. half a pound, of Sena four ounces, of An∣niseseed, and Licorice, of each two ounces, of Scabious, and Agrimony, of each one handfull; slice the roots of Rubarb, and bruise the Anniseseed and Licorice, break the hearbs small, and put them all into a pot with four gallons of strong Ale, and infuse them all the space of three dayes, then drink of this drink, for your ordinary drink, for three weeks at the least, the longer the better, and make new as need requireth; it cureth the Dropsie, and yellow Jaundies also, if you put in of Cammomill one handfull.

For the green Sicknesse, or Jaundies.

℞. Of white Briony root sliced half an ounce, boyle it in a pint of Ale gently a quarter of an hour, and drink a good draught thereof, and sweat, and in your sweat drink it all, or as much as you can, the next day make new and drink again, but without sweating, and use some exercise to keep the body warm; use this last order twelve dayes together, use

good Cordials and Restoratives, with sirrup and conserve of Fumitory.

For the green Sicknesse, and Jaundies.

Boyle of Rue, and Sage, of each a bundle, in a quart or three pints of Ale, with one scruple of Saffron.

To cure this disease, the Electuary of Steel is excellent, if the body be first purged, for it doth open all obstructions: but the Patient must use some exercise after the taking it, to stirre up naturall heat the better; the dose is half an ounce at a time to take of it.

The Steel for the Electuary is thus prepared.

℞. Of the filings of the best Iron, or Steel, as much as you please, grinde it subtilly and finely, upon a Porphiry, or red Marble stone, with Vinegar, then dry it at the Sun, or at the fire, and grinde it again with Vinegar as at the first, and doe thus seven times one after another, and thus you have the Steel prepared fit for you.

The Electuary of Steel is made up thus.

℞. Of the filings of Steel so prepared half an ounce, Cinna∣mon, Nutmegs condited, of each three drachms, of chosen Rubarb two drachms, of the species of Aromaticum rosatum half a drachm, of chosen Honey, and of fine white Sugar, of each one pound and one ounce; mingle these all together over a soft fire, and make it up into an Electuary. After the taking of this Electuary, let the Patient in all cases use some bodily exercises, being first universally purged, for this Electuary is most excellent against all obstructions of the Liver, Spleen, or other disease, and for the green Sicknesse.

For the green Sicknesse, or green Jaundies.

The green Sicknesse, or Jaundies cometh of yellow choller,

mixed with corrupt or putrified flegm, and corruption of bloud, deb••lity of nature, and faintnesse of heart; it happen∣eth also when the Liver is weakened that it cannot convert the nourishment into bloud, but the digestion is raw and crude, so that the whole body is filled with water and flegm instead of good bloud; it is cheifly found in young Maidens, who de∣sire to abate their flesh colours, and, as they conceive, to be fine, and fair, and foolishly feed upon trash (which altereth the colour and state of their bodies) as of unripe Apples, Peares, Plums, Cherries, and raw Fruits, and Hearbs, or Meale, Wheat, Barly, raw Milk, Chalk, Lime, and the like, and they that have this disease are very pale and greenish; if they chance to cut their finger, no bloud, but water, will follow; they feele great pain in their head, with continuall beating, are faint, short-breathed, and their naturall Flowers are stopped and stayed, to the prevention and cure whereof, the body must first be well and orderly purged, as by the Medicines before pre∣scribed.

FINIS.