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 a treat called Emanuell.

¶ Take Veruaine, Bittany, Pimpernell, Centorie the more, Gratia dei, of each one handfull, hearbe Iohn, Auence, Celondine, Acus muscata alaluia, Plantaine, Spurge, Egri∣monie, of each one handfull, grinde all in a morter, and put thē in a gallon of Wine, and boyle them in a pan till the third part be wasted, then straine it through a Canuas cloth, and set it o∣ner the fire, and put thereto Waxe foure ounces, Pitch asmuch, Rozen as much, Olibanum two ounces, Mastick two ounces, Mirrhe two ounces, Aloes two ounces, Turpentine two oun∣ces, Sheepes sewet halfe a pound, boate them all in powder, and boyle them all together saue the Turpentine, the which must be put in last of all, then straine the same through a cloth, and keepe it till you haue neede thereof: and this is a speciall healer of all wounds and sores, bruses and broken bones, and Apostumes that be broken, also it hath a special vertue to draw, clense, and reengender good flesh, it healeth and doth away all kinde of aches whatsoeuer, all Cankers and Festers, it hea∣leth Morimals, it passeth all other oyntments: and if you will haue it soft, put thereto a quantitie of oyle of Roses, so much as you thinke good. Proued.