A right profitable booke for all diseases: called, The pathway to health. Wherein are to be founde most excellent & approued medicines of great vertue: as also notable potions and drinks, and for the distilling of diuers precious waters, and making of oyles, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body, neuer before imprinted. First gathered by Peter Leuens, master of art of Oxford, and student in phisicke and surgery: and now newly corrected and augmented.

To make Gratia dei minor.

¶ Take Betony, Veruaine, Pimpernell that beareth the white flower, of each thrée handfuls, and bray them, séeth them in white Wine till it be halfe sodden, then poure out the Wine through a cloth, and set it ouer the fire: put thereto Perrosin a pound, Mastick a pound, Virgin wax, and take womans milk that nourisheth a man child a quantity, mingle them together boyling with a slice till it be well melt: then take it off the fire, put in halfe a pound of Turpentine, stir it well together till it be cold, then kéepe it till ye néede: it is good for all new wounds and olde, for the Webbe in the eye, it suffereth no dead flesh

to remaine within the wounde. Also for stinging of venimous beasts, and also for all maner of impostumes, and for all sores.