A black almanack or Predictions and astronimonicall observations foreshewing what will happen to the king of Scots this present year, from the aspect and conjunction of the planets on the day and hour of his coronation the first of January 1651. Also some calculations concerning many bloudy fights between the English and Scots and the various success thereof. With a bloudy contention between the buff-coat, the long coat, and the black-coat, and the issne [sic] thereof. Licensed according to order.

Medicines for the Head.

A remedy for the universall pain of the Head.

FIrst, beware of all things which do hurt the Head, as Garlick, Onions, Chi∣boles, Wine, stooping downe with thy Head, extreame labour, and such like; and beware of surfeiting and drunkennesse, and purge thy Head with Gargacies, and sternutations, and purge thy Head and thy stomack twice per week, with pills of Coch, or such like, and be whole.

A remedy for the Head, whatsoever the pain be.

TAke an handfull of Betanie, an handfull of Cammomell, and a handfull of Vervain leaves picked, stamp them and seeth them in black Wort, or in Ale for want of Wort, and in the latter end of the seething, put to it a little Cummin brayed, the powder of a Harts-horn, and the yolks of two Egges, and Saffron a little, and stir them well toge∣ther, and lay a plaister hot over all the forehead and Temples. This is an excellent remedy: also for the Megrim, it shall pierce the better, if you shall add to the medicine, a little Vineger.

For pain in the Head.

TAke Rue, Heyhoad, Camomell flowers, Beta∣ny, Vervain, Mints, Hillwort, red Fennell,

Wormwood and Sothernwood, of each a handfull, and wash them, and shred them small, and seeth them in water, and mingle the herbs with wheat bran, and make a plaister and lay it on thy mold as hot as thou canst suffer it, and bind it on with a Kerchief, and thou shalt be whole in short space.

For all manner of Head-aches.

TAke the greace of a Hart, and mingle it with Oat meal, and Sorrell, and temper them well, then lay it plaisterwise to thy temples. This is proved.

To purge the Head.

TAke the juice of Primrose, and milk of a Cow, and with a quill blow it into thy nostrills, and this will purge the head.

A water for the Rheume in the Head, and how to put away the Palsie.

TAke a red Onyon, and break it small, and seeth it in a little Verjuice, and put thereto a little Honey clarified, and when they be well sod to∣gether, put thereto a great spoonfull of Mustard, and let it seeth long together; then lay the sick up∣right, and he shall find ease: Do this three dayes twice per day, and be whole.

For the Megrim in the Head.

TAke sowr Bread, and Chickweed, and bray them together, and boil it in Vineger, and so bind it to the grieved place, or take and seeth Bar∣ley well in water, and as it seeths, put in Betanie, and other good herbs for the Head, and when they be well sodden, bind them to thy head.

To stop and dry up Rheume.

TAke Cummin-seed, a Nutmeg and a little Bay∣salt, every one beaten to powder alone, and spread the same upon hurds of Flaxe, in a cloth, and hold the same over the perfume of Frankincense, and lay it hot to your Head.

For a scalded Head.

TAke the liver of a Thornback and seeth it by it self, and six Elacampana roots, and seeth them by themselves in water three houres, and put there∣to three handfulls of Houseleek stamped, and strain∣ed through a cloth, and make an ointment thereof, and anoint the Head therewith, and if the hair be gone, take a handfull of Wooll, and bray it hot to powder, then take two spoonfulls of Honey, and anoint thy Head therewith; where it is pilled, and thy hair will soon come again, as thick as in any other place of thy Head.

For the Rheume in the Head.

TAke and seeth Pimpernell in Wine, and drink it in the Evening hot, and in the morning cold; this will help thee: Or take and stew Onions in Wa∣ter, in a close pot, and bath thy Head, thy mouth, and thy nose therewith, and it will help thee.

For the weaknesse of the Brain.

TAke a handfull of Rosemary, Sage, Marjoram, Hysop, Betany, the leaves, and roots, and the seeds and roots of Pyony; wash all these said herbs, and put them into a pottle of fair Water, and let them seeth together untill the one half be wasted; then take out the herbs, and put to the said water almost half a pint of Honey clarified, and let it boil well together with a dram of Stecados, knit in a linnen cloth; and let it boil till the sweetnesse of the Honey be boiled out: then take out the Stecados, and put thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon, three Nutmegs well bruised, and put them to the same liquor, and seeth them together a good while; then strain it through a linnen cloth, and so use to drink it morning and evening, and it shall comfort thy Brain.

For hair that faileth on thy Head.

TAke and bray Lineseed, and mingle it with oyl-Olive, and when it is well beaten together, anoint thy Head therewith three or four times, and

this will heal thee, or take oyl of Tartar and warm it, and then rub your Head with it, or any place that is scald, eight or nine dayes, and the hair will come again.

An excellent medicine.

TAke a farthingworth of Pellitory of Spain, and a quarter of Stavesacre seed, and beat both to∣gether, and then drink a draught of Malmsey, and put a spoonfull of this powder into your mouth, rolling it up and down, till your mouth be hot, and full of flegme, and then spit it all out; then take a stool and set before you, and lay a cushion under your knees, and set a bason under your mouth, and gape as wide as you can, and then the flegme will void from you out of all the members of your Head, and if it come too fast, hold over your Head to the bason, and let it go; use this once in a year, and you shall be the better for it, a long time.

A remedy for the Head.

TAke the juice of Ivy leaves, mixt with Oyl, and Vineger, and rub therewith your temples, and your nosthrills.

For lightnesse in the Head.

TAke small tents of linnen cloth, and dip them in Cinamon water, and put them into thy no∣sthrills, and thou shalt be help't presently.

To purge the Head of evill humors.

TAke the root of Pellitory of Spain, and chew a piece thereof on either side of thy mouth, be∣tween thy Gumms, and close thy mouth fast, till the water cometh down; then let the water go forth, but hold the root still a quarter of an houre.

For pain in the Head.

TAke the juice of Ivy, that groweth upon trees, and oyl of Roses, and mingle them together with Wine, and anoint your Head therewith, and this will make it leave aking. Probatum.

For the Eyes.

FIrst, if it do come of Rheume or corrupt blood, purge Rheume, and blood; if it do come other∣wise, be let blood in a vein called Mediana, and use locall waters as waters, to mundifie the place, and then use Salves sanative.

For a white that doth grow over the black of the Eye.

FIst purge the Rheum with Anacardine, and Ster∣nutations, or Gargarices, and then make a plai∣ster made with the white of two Egs, & beat it well together, and then put to it a little Honey, and after that put to it Flax, or Tow, and to bedward lay it

over the Eyes, and let it lie all night, and in the morning wash thine Eyes with cold water, and a fine cloth; do this three nights one after another, and be whole.

For a bloodshotten Eye.

TAke the white of two new laid Egges and beat them to a watrish spome; then put Tow unto it, and three nights together lay it to thine Eye, and bind it fast, and renew it every night, and wear a green cloth before thine Eye.

For a blast in the Eye.

MEddle not with it with medicines, but wear before thine Eye, a piece of black Sarsenet, and eat neither Garlick, nor Onions, nor drink no Wines, nor strong Ale, and it will away.

A water to clear the sight.

TAke Fennell, Vervain, Roses, Salendine, and Rue, of each two ounces, and distill them, and wash thine Eyes therewith, for it is good for all manner of sore Eyes.

For blear Eyes.

TAke the juice of Wormwoood, and mingle it with water made of the white of an Egg, and put it into thine Eyes, and it shall put the blood and aking away.

A water to clarifie the dimnesse of the sight.

TAke the juice of Fennell, and Salendine, Rue, and Eyebright, of each two ounces, Honey an ounce and a half, Aloes, Tyme, and Sarcocell, of each half an ounce, the caul of a Capon, Chick∣en or Cock, two drams; Nutmegs, Cloves, and Saffron, of each a dram, Sugar Candy six drams, put all into a limbeck of glasse, and distill it, and of this water put into your Eyes, and if you could get the liver of a Hee-Goat, and mix with the said things in the distillation, that water will be of much greater vertue, and almost without comparison.

Another for the same.

TAke the green Walnuts husks and all from the trees, with a few Walnut leaves, and distill thereof a water, to drop into your eyes.

A singer powder that drieth and taketh away the rednesse of the Eyes.

TAke Tutty prepared an ounce, Antimonie half an ounce, Pearles two drams, red Corall a dram and a half, pound all these together very fine, and keep them in a box of Tyn, and use when thou hast need.

A Regiment for them that have sore Eyes.

TAke heed that you alwayes keep your body loose, and abstain from fire, smoke, wind, dust, and o∣ver

hot and cold aire, and from weeping, and long reading of small letters, from over long watching, over much drinking of Wine, and eating late, for all these are noysome to the Eyes; also all vaporous things, as Onions, Leeks, Garlick, Mustard, Pease, and Beans are very dangerous; forbear day sleep, and behold green things, clear, and precious.

To clear the sight, or for rednesse of the Eyes.

TAke Salt and Ginger, and make it in fine powder, and temper it with white Wine, and let it so stand a day and a night, then take off the thinnest ryne, and wet your Eyes with a feather to bed∣ward.

For a Pin and Web in the Eye.

IF there be a Pin and Web in the Eye, or other ble∣mish in the ball of the Eye, take water of Pim∣pernell, Vervain, or Salendine.

To make a good water for sore Eyes.

TAke Fennell, Rue, Eufrace, Vervam, torn Min∣till, Betany, red Roses, Endive, Sowthistles, call'd Chicken meat, Pimpernell, red Salendine, Filago, the leaves of Piony, the leaves of white Vine, March, Egremony, Sinkfoil, called Woodbine, of each a like quantity, bray them well together, and the first day lay them in white Wine, the second day lay them in the Urine of a man-child, the third day, lay them in the Milk of a woman, that feedeth a man-child,

the fourth day, in clean Hony, and then distill them with a clean fire softly, and keep that water well, for it is excellent.

For a hurt in a mans Eye that cometh with a stroke.

TAke Betany two handfulls, and beat it small in a mortar, and put thereto the white of an Egge, and break it with the other in a mortar, and take of the same liquor, and put it into thine Eye, and lay some upon the Eye, and bind it fast, and do so nine dayes, and be whole.

Another for the same.

TAke Egremony and bray it, and temper it with white Wine, and an Egge, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the outside of thine Eye, and if were almost out, it would heal it without doubt.

For the Eyes that run full of water, and be bleared.

TAke of the juice of Rue foure spoonfulls, and two of Honey, and mingle them together, and when you go to bed, put thereof into your Eyes and keep it in together, and use this, and it will help thee. Or take two or three roots of red Fennell, and the leaves also, and a branch of Salendine, and a good race of white Ginger, pared and beaten flat, and if one be not great enough take two races, put all these into half a pint of running water and co∣ver it, and use to put of this water into your Eyes,

when you go to bed, and an houre before you rise in the morning; when you take thereof strain it.

To save a mans sight a long time good

TAke a crop of Rue, and another of Camomile, and eat them fasting, with a fig or two three dayes in a week, and this will save thy sight.

To draw Rheume back that falleth into the Eye.

TAke an Egge, and rost it hard, and slit it into two parts, and lay it hot to the nape of the neck, and thou shalt find ease presently.

A medicine for sore Eyes, and for the Megrim in the head.

TAke the white of a new laid Egge clean taken from the yolk, and a spoonfull of white Gin∣ger, and a spoonfull of strong white Vineger made of Malmsey, or white Wine, and a spoonfull of clean Rose water; but first the white of the Egge must be well beaten, and then to the oyl of the Egge put your other things above written, and beat them all together, then take Flax, as much as will make two plaisters, for either Temple one, with a cloth, and dip it into the medic••ne, and bind upon every Tem∣ple one with a cloth, and take heed the medicine do not touch your Eyes, and do this three or four nights together, and every morning the Eyes will cleave together with the Gumme; but this medicine hath brought to sight them that were eight weeks stark blind.

For a Pearl and Wb in the Eye.

TAke fine white Ginger and grate it upon a whet∣stone, and then beat fine a little white Cope∣ras, and put to it, and when the Patient goeth to bed, put some of it with a quill into his Eyes, and when it hath been there a little while, take ground Ivy beaten, and strained, with womans Milk, and put three or foure drops into your Eyes evening, and morning, after the white Coperas hath been in your Eyes half an hour. Probatum est.

A Medicine to clear the sight

TAke clean Rose water a quantity in a sawcer, and take clean Myrrhe as much as a nut, and break it to powder small, and bind it in a clean linnen cloth, and let it lie in the Rosewater twelve hours, and then the water will wax some∣what red of the Myrrhe, then take of this water, and put it into your Eye, and this will clear the sight very well. Probatum est.

To make a precious water for sore Eyes, that be fair to look on, and yet cannot see with them.

TAke Smallage, and red Fennell, Rue, Betany, Vervain, Pimpernell, Eyebright, Sage, and Sa∣lendine, of every one of these a quartern, and wash them clean, and stamp them in a very fair vessell, and take the powder of fifteen Pepper corns, and a pint of good white Wine, and three spoonfulls of good

live Honey, and fifteen spoonfulls of the water of a man child that is very young, then put all these together, and let it boil over the fire a little, and then strain it through a clean cloth, and keep it in a vessell or glasse well stopped, and when you will oc∣cupie it, put some of it into your Eyes with a fea∣ther, and if it dry away in the glasse, then put a lit∣tle white Wine to it, and this is good for all sore Eyes; if thy Eyes be never so sore, in fifteen dayes it will heal thee. Probatum est.

For a Pearl and Web in the Eye.

TAke fine white Ginger, beaten fine into powder, & searse it, and seeth it a great while in good white Wine, and put it into a faire vessell of Latten well stirred, and let it stand in the vessell till it look green, then put it into a glasse, and when you have need of it, use it with a little white Coperas at the dressing; Or for the Web in the Eye, take the gall of an Hare, and clarified Honey by even portions, and mingle them together, and lay it on the Web, and within three nights the Web shall break and save the sight. Probatum est.

A Medicine for any that have the small Pox fallen into their Eyes.

TAke Pimpernell and stamp it, and strain it, and take the juice thereof and drop it into your Eyes, where the small Pox is, with a feather, morning and

evening, and this is a speciall good Medicine for a Pin, a Web, or a Pearle in the Eye.

For a Pin and a Web.

TAke the Ivy leaves, that grow upon an Ash tree, wipe them clean with a cloth, and stamp them and strain them, with Womans milk, if it be a man that hath a Pearl in the Eye, strain it with the milk of a woman that nurseth a Girl; if a woman have a Pearl, then with the milk of a Boy, and the sorer the Eye is, the more of the juice you must take, and lesse of the milk, and drop this Medicine into thine Eye with a feather, morning and Evening, and twice in the afternoon. This is proved.

For sore Eyes.

TAke the juice of Houseleek, Womans milk, Rose water, or Woodbine water, and the white of a new laid Egge well beaten, the froth taken away, and beat all these together, and dip in Flax, and lay it to your Eyes when you go to bed. Proba∣tum est.

For Eyes that are swoln.

TAke two spoonfulls of Womans milk, one spoon∣full of Rose water, the pap of a rosted Apple, and the yolk of a new laid Egge, and boil all these to∣gether in a sawcer upon a chafing-dish of coals untill it be thick, and spread it upon a little cloth of the bignesse of the Eyes, and lay it to lukewarm, one day and a night, or untill you see them something

asswaged, and then wash them with Womans milk. Probatum est:

I have known a woman heal many blind people with this medecine following.

TAke Daysie roots, Betany flowers, Pimpernell, and red Fennel, stamp them, and strain them, with stale Ale, and drink of this evening and morning, and lay outwardly to thy Eyes, Rose-water, Womans milk, and the white of an Egg with Tow, being well beaten together: the drink will be better, if you pound, and put the juice of Cheslocks, a worm so called, that is between the bark and the body of trees commonly, and then the juice of the said worm, put into the sore Eyes, healeth them.

A medicine wherewith one was holpen that had a prong thrust into the white of his Eye.

TAke the right ground Ivy, Salendin••, the green of a Goose Tird, & Womans milk and put them toge∣ther in a Glasse, then when they be settled, powr out the clearest, and put it into thine Eyes, and this will make thee whole.

A precious medecine for sore and dim Eyes.

TAke a handfull of Tyme, a handfull of Vervain, a handfull of Rose leaves, a handfull of brown Fennell, and when you have washed those herbs clean, put them into a Stillitory, and then put there∣to a pint of white Wine, and eight penniworth of

pure white Coperas, and distill the same, and put it into a glasse, and use to wash your Eyes therewith. Probatum est.

Another for sore Eyes.

TAke red Rue, Smallage, Vervain, Maiden-hair, Ivy, Sengreen, Walwort, and red Fennell, of each a handfull, wash them clean, and lay them in good white Wine a day and a night, and after put them all into a stillitory, and still them; for the first water will be like gold, the second like silver, and the third like Balm, and keep it in a glasse and use it.

A speciall medecine for Eyes, first to clarifie the sight, and curable to all Passions to Eyes, as hath been pro∣ved many times, and if the Eyes be therewith washed, or else one drop of cleer water put therein, it clear∣eth the sight, and is much profitable to strained Eyes, it will destroy a Pearl, overcometh the Megrim, and healeth any Eye that is smitten with a stroke.

TAke red Fennell, Rue, Eufrace, Vervain, Beta∣ny, red Roses, Grape leaves, Appium, Egrimony, ground Ivy, that groweth upon an oak, and of all these take even portions, and it must be put foure dayes and four nights in this manner following: the first day and night in white Wine, the second day and night in Water of a Manchild, a Virgin, the third day and night in Womans milk, the fourth day and night in clean Honey: and this done, take all the herbs, and put them into a stillitory, and the water

that cometh thereof ye shall put into a viall, and use this as aforesaid, and in this water put the fourth part of an ounce of Camphere beaten in a morter, this is an excellent medicine.

To make a precious water for sore eyes, and for all manner of sores, as followeth.

TAke red Roses, Smallage, Rue, Vervain, Maiden∣haire, Eufrasia, Eyebright, Endive, Sengreen, Wal∣wort, red Fennel, and Salendine, of every one of these half a quartern; wash them, and lay them in good white Wine twenty four houres, and then distil them, and the first water will be like gold, the second like silver, and the third like balm; keep it well in a viall or glasse, for it is worth any Balm for any manner of evill, or sore Eye, and this hath been proved many times.

To make a water for sore Eyes, which is excellent,

TAke the filing of Brasse, of Iron, Lead, of Steel, and of Gold, and put it one day in the wa∣ter of a clean Virgin to steep, the second day put it in white Wine, being hot, the third day in the juice of Fennell, the fourth day in the milk of an Ewe, the fifth in red Wine, the sixth day in three whites of Egges, and then put it into a Stilletory, and distill it with a soft fire, and keep the water in a vessell, this water is right excellent and precious for a mans sight, and destroyeth the Leprosie.

A medicine for the Pearl and Flegme grown over the Eye.

TAke the Gall of an Hare, and boil it with as much Honey as the Gall. Probatum est.

Medicines for the Ears.

For an Ear-wig, or Worm in the Ear.

TAke the Juice of Wormwood, Rue, and So∣thernwood, of each a like much, and mingle them together, and put it into the Ear, and that will slay the Worm that is in any mans head within five nights at the furthest, and lay some of the substance of the herbs plaister-wise.

To make one hear that is deaf.

TAke green Elm, and lay it amidst the Fire and take the water that cometh out at the ends thereof a spoonfull, and take a spoonfull of the juice of Sengreen, and a spoonfull of Eels grease, that is a kind of a black Eel, of the gobbin next the navell, and boil them together a little over the fire, and then put the liquor into a glasse, and put there∣of into thine eares when thou art in bed, and with∣in a day thou shalt be whole: but look that the li∣quor be milk-warm: or take the juice of Betany, and let it rest a good while, and then take black

Sope, and the ju ce together, and put it into thine Ears.

Another for the same.

TAke Camomill, Melil ot, Marjoram, Cala∣mint, Hysop, Wormwood, Pennyroyall, Ste∣chados, Mints, of each a handfull, boil them in run∣ning water one houre, and dip a cloth therein, and hold it hot to the Eare that the heat may enter into ••hy head, and after stop thy Ears with cotton or black wooll, that no cold may enter, and this will help the hearing.

A water to help the hearing.

TAke and distill Sorrell, or Wormwood in a common stilletory, and take foure drops of ei∣ther of the same waters, whether you will, and put ••nto the ear lukewarm.

For pain in the Ears, or for default of hearing.

TAke the oyl of sweet Almonds, and drop it in∣to thine ear, and it helpeth the pain speedily; also milk sodden, and put into a stone pot with a nar∣row mouth, and the sore ear holden over the pot, that the vapor of the milk may ascend into the eare; this taketh away the pain, and breaketh the impo∣sthume of the head, this is proved trrue.

Another for the same.

TAke the oil of a silver Eel, with black woo•…•… of a Ram, betwixt the hinder legs, and the flank, it helpeth presently the pain, and will cause the Ear to run. Also the oyl of a Weasle or Mole help∣eth the hearing very well, but you must make it in this sort, when the Weasle or Mole is stripped of his skin, then put the said Weasle or Mole into an earther Jug, and stop the Jug very close, and put the pot into seething water, and let it stand there three houres, and then take it out, and put the clear sub∣stance into a Glasse.

To draw an Ear-wig out of the Ear.

TAke a piece of an old Apple; and put it into the Ear of the Patient, and lie down all night upon the same side, and in the Morning pluck away the Apple quickly, and the Worm will come forth. [This helpt a Woman in Oxfordshire] Also another Woman had one of the said Worms in her Ear, and she took Aqua vitae, and dropped it in∣to her Ear, and stopped her Ear with Bumbast, and laid her down on the same side, and was holpen pre∣sently; but if once will not serve, do it two or three times.

Medicines for the Nose.

For a fleshy humor growing in the Nose, or for a bottle Nose.

TAke of the Powder of Dragagant with a little Honey, and make a Tent thereof, and introduce it into your Nose, or Nostrills, or take the Juice of Black Ivy, with a little Cotton, and make a Tent, and put it in your Nostrills.

For bleeding at Nose.

TO restrict the Blood which doth flow out of a mans Nose, let him smell to a Hogs Tird, and lay his Stones, and Cods in Vineger. If it be a Woman, let her lay her breasts in Vineger, or else exhaust an Ounce or more of Blood out of a Vein called Cephalica.

For stinking of the Nose.

TAke Cloves, Ginger, and Calamints, of each alike, and seeth them in white Wine, and therewith wash thy Nose, and after put in Powder of Pierimonie to provoke sneesing: Also if the cause of thy stinking come from thy Sto∣mach, first help thy Stomach, as shall be said in the Remedies for the Stomach.

A singular Medicine to stop blood.

TAke Swines Dung, as hot as you may have it from the Swine, & when you have cleansed the congeal'd Blood out of the Nose, wring it through a Cloth, and let that juice pierce into the side, from whence the Blood cometh, and by the Grace of God it shall stanch anon. Moreover it is good to bind the Feet and Arms, as hard as can be suf∣fered with a Cord or Lace, the stronger the bet∣ter: Or take strong Vineger, and put it into the side of the Nostrill that bleedeth; and if they bleed both, put it into both, and it shall stop straight: Or take and bear about thee the herb Appium, o∣therwise called March Smallage, that groweth by the Waters side, and whilest thou bearest the same about thee, thou shalt not bleed, if thou haddest many Wounds.

To kill a Canker in the Nose.

TAke and boil Strong Ale untill it rope, and be like a Salve, then lay it on a plaister of Leather, and lay it on the Nose, and it will heal it: and for stinking Flesh that groweth on the Nose, take and distill Serpentine, called Adders-tongue, and then put of the same Water with Cotton into the Nostrills where the stinking Flesh is: And against the Imposthumation of the Nose, take and distill Flower de Luce, and lay wet Clothes thereon: also Water of Sowthistles,

called Carduus Benedictus, doth heal the Noli me tangere in the Nose, wet Clothes being laid thereon, and some of the Powder of the same will heal the Nose.

For Pushes and Pimples in the Nose.

TAke the Yolk of an Egge, and bray it with Ceruse, and so anoint your Nose there∣with, and be whole within four or five dayes at the most: or take the Juice of Plantane, and the roots of Burres, and Salt, and Verjuice, and stamp them all together, and strain out the Juice, and therewith wash thy Nose, and it will be whole.

To stop Bleeding at the Nose.

TAke Amber, and burn it in a Chafingdish of Coals, and let the Smoak of it go up into thy Nose, and it will stop Bleeding. A Tailor Bleeding twenty four houres without ceasing, and no Medicine could stay him, at last he took a Skain of black Threed, and put the one end thereof in at the Nostrills, and the other was set on Fire, and when he had received the Smoke in∣to his Nostrills, the great Flux ceased immediately, and he bled no more in a long time after.

Another for the same.

TAke the Root of the great Romane Nettle, and let the Patient chew it in his mouth, and so refresh it with another Root, for this in great need hath been found very saving for staying of the Flux of Blood. And when I could stop the Blood with no manner of Medicine, then I o∣pened a Vein in the Ear, and so let out a good quantity of blood: this is the last Refuge for Bleeding at the Nose.

Medicines for the Mouth.

WHosoever would have help for the Mouth or for the Tongue, or for the Ears, or for the Eyes, or for the Nose, or for the Teeth, or for any dolour, or pain which may be in any of those parts or places; let them use other∣whiles Sternutations, and Pills of Cochy, and once or twice a Moneth, let them use Gargarizes to exhaust and draw out the Rheume out of the Head, the which Rheume is cause of many infir∣mities in mans body, as doth more largely appear as followeth.

For spitting of Blood.

TAke the Juice of Betany, and temper it with Goats Milk, and let the sick drink thereof three dayes, and he shall be whole: Or take Smallage, Mints, Rue, and Betany, and boil all these together in good Milk, and sup it warm.

For stinking of the Mouth.

TAke the Juice of black Mints, and of Rue a like much, and put it into thy Nostrills and this will help thee. This is proved.

For a stinking Breath.

TAke an Ounce of Sage, and make thereof Powder, one Ounce of Rosemary Flowers, half an Ounce of Cloves, two Drams of Cina∣mon, two Nutmegs, and two Grains of Musk, and make them all into Powder, then take as much purified Honey as will cover all them, put it in a Box, and set it in the Sun five dayes, and it will be perfect. then take every Morning fasting half an Ounce, and so at Night to comfort the Meat that it putrifie not, or corrupt the Sto∣mach; and be whole.

To recover a Mans Speech.

TAke the Juice of Sage and Primrose, and put into the Patients Mouth, and he shal speak straight, or within a while after.

For a Mouth that is staid with heat.

TAke Ribwort, and seeth it in Red Wine, and hold it in your Mouth hot, and do this of∣ten, and be whole.

For the Canker in the Mouth.

TAke nine Leaves of Sage, and stamp them with a little Salt and Verjuice, and make thereof a Plaister, and lay it thereto, and it will be whole, but you must dresse it twice a day.

Against the inward eating sore of the Mouth.

TAke and distill Perwinckle, and with the Water thereof wash thy Mouth, also Wa∣ter of Lavender and Fumitory doth kill all sores in the Mouth: and for Blains in the Mouth, take and distill Burnet in a common Still, and with the Water thereof wash the Blains in thy Mouth.

For a Canker in the Mouth.

TAke rusty Bacon, wheaten Bran, and the Roots of a Vine, and seeth all these together in Brine, wherein Flesh hath been laid to Salt, and let the hot Vapor thereof ascend to the sore place through an instrument like a Funnel, made of Wood, and this done, wash this sore place with this Water following. Take the inner Bark of the Roots of black Thorn, and seeth it in a Pint of white Wine Vineger, and a Pint of Wa∣ter; of the Bark twelve Ounces, of Roch Alum two Ounces, seeth these together in a stone Cruse, in a Kettle of water closely stopped, till half be wasted, then strain them, and put of this Liquor into the Sore. This helped a child of twelve years old, that the Canker had eaten through the Roof of his Mouth, into his Nose: But if the Canker be not very corrosive, take Wood∣bine, Sage, Lavender, Rosemary and Salendine, and seeth these in running water, and white Wine, till half be wasted, and then strain them,

and put to this stained Liquor, a little Alum, and Myrrhe, Honey, and Sarcacoll, when these be a little sodden, then strain them again, and rub thy Mouth therewith often in a day.

For the falling of the Evola.

TAke a little Pepper, and Salt, and put it up therewith: or else take and seeth a little Pepper in Ale, ad dip a Linnen Cloth therein, and put it up therewith also take a handfull of Fe∣therfew, and rub it between your hands, then lay it to the Crown of the Head, and it will draw up the Evola.

For a Canker in the Mouth.

TAke Rosemary, Sage, and running Water, and seeth them well together, and put to them Roch Alum, and wash thy Mouth therewith: or take Woodbine leaves, and stamp them, and put thereto a little running Water, and strain out the Juice thereof, then put to the same a little white Coperas, and wash thy Mouth therewith, and it will be whole.

For a Canker in the Mouth.

TAke a sawcer full of Wodbine-water, and put thereto as much Alum as a Hasell Nut, and then take of Mell-Roset as much again as the Alum is, and put to it a spoonfull of good

Vineger, and boil all these together upon a Cha∣fingdish, and wash the Canker therewith.

Medicines for Teeth.

To make Teeth white.

TAke Vineger of Quinces, and dip a little piece of Cloth in it, and rub thy Teeth, and Gums therewith: the said Vineger fa∣steneth the Teeth and Gums, comforteth the Roots of the Teeth, and maketh sweet Breath.

To keep the Teeth sweet, clean, and from danger of Worms, or a Regiment Ach

TAke a Pint of White Wine, two Ounces of Alum, and a quarter of an Ounce of Honey, boil them together, and wash your Mouth there∣with every Morning.

A Regiment for the Tooth-ach.

YOu must wash your Mouth before and after Meat with warm Water to cleanse the Mouth and purge the Humors from the Gums, which descend out of the Head, it is good every Mor∣ning to wash the Mouth, and to rub the Teeth with a Sage Leaf, or with Powder made of Cloves, and Nutmegs. You must forbear Lettice, and

raw fruits, all tart things, and the chewing of hard things: also all Meats of evill digestion, and vomiting, and straining of your self.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the Root of Henbane, and seeth it in Vi∣neger, and hold in thy Mouth the Deco∣ction thereof, and the pain of the Teeth will a∣way straight: or take Hysope, and make a deco∣ction with Vineger, and wash your Mouth, and Teeth therewith being hot, and the pain will away.

Another for the same.

TAke Wheat Bran, and good stale Ale, and make it thick like Mustard, and let it soke therein a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and put thereto the Powder of Pepper a good quan∣tity, and some of the Juice of Rue, and make it somewhat thick, and put it into a little bag of linnen cloth, and lay it between thy Cheek and thy Teeth, and lie down on that side, and let the Water run out of thy Mouth, and use it three or four times, and thou shalt never have the Tooth∣ach more: or take Hounds tongue, and stamp it, and frie it with Butter, and make a Plaister thereof, and bind it to thy Cheek on that side that the pain is, and thou shalt be whole. Proved.

An approved Medicine for the Tooth-ach.

TAke Berries of Ivy, and the scraping of a Harts Horn, and boil it in white Wine, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay it to thy Check, and hold the Liquor thereof in thy Mouth, and thou shalt be whole. Or take Pepper, Salt, and the Roots of Primrose, and dry them all toge∣ther, and make Powder thereof, and rub thy Teeth therewith.

To take away the Tooth-ach in half an hour.

TAke Henbane Seed, Smallage Seed, and Pop∣py Seed, of each the weight of a Penny, and make Pellets thereof as big as a Vache, with a quantity of Aqua vitae, and lay it unto thy Teeth that ake, and the pain shall cease straight.

A notable Medicine for the Tooth-ach.

TAke Pellitory of Spain, both of the Leaf, and of the Root, wash it and stamp it, and thereof make three Balls, every Ball as big as a Plumb, and lay the first Ball between the Teeth and the Gummes, the space of a miles ri∣ding, and even as the water ingendreth in thy Mouth spit it out whole, and put in another Ball, as thou diddest at the first, and likewise the third, and so let the Water run out of thy Mouth still, and be whole straight.

To make Teeth white.

TAke Flower of Rie, Salt, and Honey, and mingle them well together, and therewith∣all rub thy Teeth every day twice or thrice, and then wash them clean with Water, and they will be clean. Or take green Branches of Broom and burn them, and make thereof a Powder, and burn Alum, and mix them together, and then temper them with fair Water, and rub thy Teeth therewith, and it will do away the blacknesse of them.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the green part of the Eldar Rine, not the uttermost, nor the innermost, but the green in the middle between both, and Sage, Rue, and Ginger, and a good deal of Salt, then grind them all together in a mortar, and seeth it in white Wine, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay to the Cheek, and be whole.

Another for the same.

TAke a Pint of the strongest Vineger thou canst get, and a handfull of Sage, the Root of a red Nettle the quantity of a Fingers length, and as much of the Rine of an Oke, and cut them in little pieces, and so let the Vineger and all the rest seeth together from a Pint, then let the Pa∣tient chew it on the sore Tooth, and so dresse 〈…〉〈…〉

Evening, and Morning, half of it at each time, and this shall help him for ever. Probatum est.

For to remove a Tooth.

TAke the Root of a Mulberry Tree, and lay it in Vineger, three dayes and three Nights, and then dry it in the Sun, and make Pow∣der thereof, and rub thy Teeth therewith, and it will fall out.

A Water for the Teeth.

TAke and distill the Water of Mother wort and hold it in thy Mouth a good while, and it will kill the Pain of the Teeth, and the stink∣ing thereof. Also Water of Vervain, or Hysope Water will do the like.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke Henbane-seed, and the Powder of Am∣ber, of each a like much, and lay them on a glowing tile, and make a Pipe that thy Breath may go through to the sore Tooth, and this will kill the Worms, and put away the Tooth-ach.

For a Canker, and Tooth-ach.

TAke Smalladge, and Sorrell Leaves, Alum, and Glasse, and make thereof a Powder, and lay it to the Sore, wheresoever it be, and for the

Tooth that is hollow and aketh, take the Flow∣ers and Leavos of Pellitory, and stamp it with Salt, and fill the hollow Tooth therewith, and be whole.

For the Tooth-ach.

Take Ivy Berries, and seeth them well in Vi∣neger, and when they be well sodden, sip some of the liquor as hot as you may suffer it, and hold it in your Mouth till it be cold, and then cast it out, and take new, and do so three or four times, and it will ease you.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke and rost an Egge hard, and put there∣in a Spoonfull of Salt, and two Spoon∣fulls of Vineger, or good Aleger, and temper them well together, till they be a Pap, then strain it, and with a little fine Cloth put some thereof into your Mouth, and when you have spit out the corruption, refresh the same with more, and it will take away the Pain shortly.

To make Childrens Teeth come.

TAke the Brains of a Hare, and seeth them, and anoint the Gummes therewith; and take the Brains of a Hen likewise, and rub the Gummes therewith, and this shall make the Teeth grow without akng.

To fasten the Teeth.

TAke and seeth the Roots of Vervain in old Wine, and wash thy Teeth therewith, and this will make them fast.

For Worms in the Teeth.

TAke Henbane seed, and lay it upon a flat Stone, and set it upon a Chafingdish of Coals, and let the smoke go into your Mouth, and this will will kill the Worm shortly.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the inner Rine of an Eldar Tree, and bruise it a little, and put thereto a little Pepper, and make it in Balls, and lay it to your Teeth, and be whole.

THe cause of these impediments may come, either by an humor descending out of the Head to the Teeth, or Gummes, or by cor∣••oding or eating of Worms, or corruption of Blood, lying and being upon, and betwixt the Teeth: or it may come by drinking of hot Wines, eating of hot Spices, or hot Apples, Pears, Cher∣ries, and such like; and it may come of a hot Li∣ver or Stomach: and ever beware of pulling out of thy Teeth, for pull out one, and pull out more, but if it be hollow pull it out, for it will rot still, more and more, do what thou canst.

Medicines for the Gummes.

For the Gummes that be gnawn and fretted with Humors.

TAke Cloves, and seeth them in Rose water, then dry them, and make Pow∣der thereof, with Rose water, or Roses, for that is best, then dry it again in the Sun, do this three or four times, and then tem∣per the Powder again with Rose water, or with the Juice of Roses, and anoint thy Gummes therewith.

A Water for a Canker in the Gumms.

TAke half a Pint of white Wine, and a quar∣ter of a Pint of Water, and put thereto an Ounce of burnt Alum, and take a quanti∣ty of five leaved Grasse, otherwise called Cinque-Foyl, and put all these into a clean earthen Pot, and set it over the Fire, and let it seeth to the half, and scum it clean, then strain the Liquor into some Vessell, and keep it in a Glasse till thou have need to occupy it.

Another for the same.

TAke Herb Grasse, and wash it clean, and dry it with a Linnen Cloth, and stamp it in a Mor∣ter,

and put thereto strong red Vineger, then strain it through a clean Linnen Cloth three times folded, of an Ell broad, wet it in the same Me∣dicine, and lay it to the Sore within the Mouth, and if it be a very great Canker, take Alum, and beat it very small in a Morter, and put it to the said Medicine, to the value of a handfull of Herb Grasse, and this will heal thee.

To make a Gumme hard to hold the Teeth.

TAke clean Rose water, and daily wash thy Gummes and Teeth therewith, and it will fa∣sten thy Gummes to thy Teeth.

For rotting of thy Gummes.

TAke the Water of great Sage, and wash thy Mouth, and Gummes therewith, and it will help the rotting of thy Teeth, and the shaking of them, if thou use it often in a day, and hold it in thy Mouth.

Medicines for the Face.

For a sawcy stain'd Face like a Leper.

YOU must give him a Purgation, as is said in the pain of the Head, coming of Chol∣ler, then dip Cloths in Alum water, which must be made as followeth: take a pound of Alum Glasse, the juice of Purslain, of Plantine, and Verjuice, of Grapes, or Crabs, of each a Pint, with the whites twenty one Egges well beaten together, then mingle them altogether, and distill it in a Stillitory: this Water is for the Pimples, Scurfes, Chafings, Wheals, and Heats, dip your Cloth therein often, and lay to the rednesse.

THe cause of these Impediments doth come of a venemous matter ascending out of the Stomach, meeting with Rheum that would de∣scend from the Head, and meeting both together, do cause the Vapors to break out in the Face.

For a Copper Face

TAke Litarge of Silver, and Brimstone, of each a like much, and seeth them in Vineger, and then wet a Linnen Cloth therein, and lay it to the Sore, putting a little Rose water to it.

A Diet for a Copper Face.

ABstain from all Salt things, Spices, Fried Meats, and Rosted Meats; from drinking of Wine, for it is very ill: also Onyons, Mustard, and Garlick be very bad, instead of which you must take Purslain, Sorrell, Lettice, and Hops, Borage, otherwise Succory, or Endive in your pottage. Also it is necessary to be laxative, and sleeping to lay your head high.

For a red Face.

TAke Sowthistles, Borage, Purslain, Sorrell, Barley, Parsly Roots, and Licoras, and boil all together in running Water, and drink it first and last.

For Worms in the Face.

TAke of Rosine three parts, and the fourth of unwrought VVax, one spoonfull of Honey, half a spoonfull of May Butter; try them all to∣gether on the fire, then strain it through a fair Cloth into a dish of fair Water, and when it is so cold that you may stir it with your hand, work it well against the Fire, as you do an Electua∣ry, and in working thereof, put in as much white Coperas as a Nut, as you do occupy it made into Powder, then strike it on a Cloth, as you do other plaisters, and lay it to the Face, and with∣in three dayes you shall know whether there be

Worms, they will rise white like Wheals, under the plaister: then cast more Coperas on your said plaister, and so dresse him, and he shall be whole.

To make the Face fair.

TAke the Flowers of Rosemary, and boil them in white Wine, then wash thy Face therewith, and use to drink of the same: Or take Burnet wa∣ter, and Wash thy Face therewith, and let it dry by it self: also Water of Bean Flowers doth better.

A Medicine for a white Scurf in the Face.

TAke of Vineger a Pinte, and dissolve in it one Ounce of Champhire, and let it stand there in fourteen dayes, being very well stopped, and then wash the diseased place. This holp a Gentle∣woman which had a long time a Scurf rising in her Face, as though she had been a Leper.

For Chapped Lips.

TAke and anoint them with Ʋnguentum album consecratum, and if there be any corrupt blood or matter, you must wash the place with Water of Plantain wherein hath been sod a little A∣lum, before you put in the same ointment: also it is good to wash the place with Plantain Wa∣ter, and Barley Water together.

To put away Freckles in the Face.

Take and anoint thy Face with the Blood of a Hare, or of a Bull, and this shall destroy the Freckles within five nights dressing, if you use it.

A singular Medicine for Worms in the Face.

TAke the Leaves and Roots of Leeks, and the Juice of them all together, and take thereof a Pint and a half, and put it into a glasse, with an Ounce of Powder of Pellitory, and a scruple of Verdigreace, and stir them all toge∣ther, and every day bath the Worm and Whelks With Cotton moistened in the said Juice, and stir it often in the said glasse: also it is good for Worms in any other Members, and breeding in the sicknesse, called in France the Kings Evil.

To put away Freckles in the Face.

TAke and lay a raw Egge (that is new laid) in white Wine Vineger all night, and on the morrow stamp the Egg small, and then put there∣to as much Powder of Mustard-seed as the Egge was, and mingle it with the Egge, and when thou goest to bed anoint thy Face therewith, and on the morrow mingle Barley Meal, and hot Wa∣ter together, then cast away the VVater, and wash thy Face therewith, nine dayes: or take Salen∣dine, stamp it, and temper it with white Wine, and

lay it to the Face: or take a good quantity of Pellitory of Spain, and white VVine, and let it stand a while, and then wash thy Face therewith, and it will heal thee.

For Blains in the Face.

TAke Salt, and the Roots of Plantain, and Verjuice, and stamp them well together, and wash the Face therewith, and this will heal thee.

For a foul Blast in the Face.

TAke red Honey-Suckle for the Man, and white for the VVoman, and take the juice thereof, and annoint therewith thy Face, and it will heal thee.

For a sawcy Flegme Face.

TAke the Roots of Enula Campana, and seeth it in a pot of Vineger, untill the Vineger be well sod away, then stamp it in a Mortar, and put thereto Quick-silver, and Brimstone, and Swines Greace, and make therewith a plaister ointment and anoint thy Face therewith: and if you make, a plaister, lay thereto the some stuffe. This is pro∣ved. Or toke Oil of Tartar, and anoint thy Face therewith, or any Canker or Ringworm or Tet∣ter Leprosie, for this will make it whole.

For a red Face full of Pimples.

TAke and distill Water of Salendine, and dissolve Camphire in it, as is afore written. with Vineger, and with this wash thy Face; this did make a maid whole in twenty dayes, that had a marvellous great heat in her Face. Also there was a Farmers Wife in Berk-shire, which had her Face full of white Scales, and was cured with this that followeth: she took Honey Suckle Leaves, and distilled them, and washed her Face often with the Water, and it never came again. Al∣so there was a Woman which had such a grief in her Face, that if she had been by the Fire but a little while, and then gone abroad into the Aire, her Face would have risen full of red spotts, as though she had been drunk, which was helpt with this which followeth: She took Frankincense, and Saffron, and then made them to Powder, and then cast this Powder upon a Chafingdish of Coals, and received the Smoke with open Mouth, and using it often, was helped.

To take away Freckles in the Face.

TAke Pellitory, and seeth it with Wine, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the Freck∣les, and this will take it away: or take the Gall of a Cock, and mingle it with the Flower of Co∣cle, of each a like quantity, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the Freckles: or take when

you kill a Bull, and save the Blood thereof, anoint the place therewith that hath the Freckles, and it will take them away.

To take away the small Pox, that they shall not be seen.

TAke the Juice of Fennell, and heat it luke∣warm, and anoint the place therewith three or four dayes divers times, for this is an approved Medicine for the small Pox.

To make the Face fair.

TAke white Lillies, green Cocle, and green honey Suckles, of every one a like much, and then distill them in a Stilletory, and take the Water thereof, and wash therewith thy Face, and within fifteen dayes thou shalt be fair.

Medicines for the Throat.

THE Causes of these Impediments do come of Rheume descending from the Head, or by Opilation, or such like; therefore first purge Flegme, and Rheume.

For a sore Throat that is inflamed.

TAke two spoonfulls and a half of Honey, two good spoonfulls of Treacle, of Alum as much as a Pullets Egge, of sweet Butter two good spoonfulls, five Sprigges of Rosemary, a quarter of a spoonfull of Pepper, and for an old body the more Pepper.

For dry Hoarsenesse in the Throat.

TAke the Root of Parslie and the Root of Fennell, a like much, and three penny weight of Enula Campana, and one pound of Figges, and a quarter of a pound of Licoras; seeth all these together in a Gallon of running Wa∣ter to three quarts, and put therein a little Hysop, and strain it, then boil it, and take the white of ten or twelve Egges and put therein, and let it boil together till it turn clear, then take Su∣g r, Roset, and put thereto as much as a Hens Egge, then take it from the Fire, and cleanse it

through a fair Cloth, and drink thereof Morn and Evening.

For a Canker in the Throat.

TAke a Pint of good stale Ale, and a good handfull of Sage, and a good stone of Alum as much as an Egge, and boil them together well, and then with a Cloth wash thy Throat, and garle it in thy Throat, and be whole: Or take Sage, Woodbine, Rue, Hysop, or Penyryall, of each a quarter of a handfull, and boil them in good Wine Vineger, or strong Ale, with a little Roch Alum and a spoonfull of Honey, and then strain these through a Cloth, and with Liquor scour the Canker with a fair Cloth on a sticks end, and wet a cloth double, and lay it plaisterwise to your Throat and be whole.

For Hoarsenesse in the Throat

TAke Penyryall and seeth it in running water, and then take of it at night a dish full, some∣what hot, with a little Sugar melted in it, and within two or three times dressing you shall be clean again.

For Hoarsenesse of a long continuance.

TAke Raisins, Figs, Sugar, Cinamon, Cloves, of every one a little, and seeth them in good VVine, of the which you shall give the Patient 〈…〉〈…〉

Ounces at a time, Morning and Evening, ex∣cept she have a Feaver: or for a Child that hath the Cough. Take Oyl of Roses, and chafe well his Stomach when he goeth to bed, and then lay a warm Cloth to his Stomach, and he shall be whole.

To heal a Quinsie in the Throat.

TAke one pound of the Water of Scabias, and one ounce of Aqua vitae, and mingle them together, and wet Cloths therein, and so lay it it to the sore, and this will kill it in three or four dayes.

For the dry Cough.

TAke half a pound of Licoras, and scrape it clean, and bruise it well, and put it into an earrhen Pot, and put thereto three quarts of fine Wort, and one Ounce of Sugar, of Gin∣ger beaten two drams, and a Pint of Clarified Honey, and seeth all these hogether, till half be wasted, and then strain it through a Cloth into a clean Vessell, and let the sick drink thereof first, and last, at Evening hot, and Morning cold.

For stopping of the Pipes.

TAke two drams of Methridatum, and a spoon∣full of Claret Wine stirred together, and so drink it fasting, and by and by drink a Pint of

Claret Wine after it, and then fast two hours af∣ter, without Meat or Drink, and take this twice a week for two or three weeks together, and use in all your Meats and Broths, white Pepper grosse∣ly beaten.

For the Cough a good Medicine.

TAke a half penny worth of Licoras, a spoon∣full of Aniseed, a sawcer full of the Juice of Fennell, and one ounce of Sugar Candy, seeth all these in white Wine, or Sack, from a quart to a pint, then strain it, and give the Patient there∣of to drink.

For the Cough, and Pursinesse.

TAke of the Powder of the Lungs of a Fox, and Sugar Candy, and temper it in Rose wa∣ter, and drink thereof: Or take white Sugar Can∣dy, and Rose water, and drink it, for it is very good for the Cough, if it come of the Inflam∣mation of the Lungs.

For the Chyne Cough.

TAke the Root of Horse Hoof, and the Root of Cumfrie, of each a like much, and wash them in fair Water, then stamp them, and seeth them in fair water, till half be consumed; then take two parts of that Liquor, and a third part of Honey, and boil them, and scum them clean,

and when it is well sodden, put it into some Box∣es, and let the sick use three spoonfulls at a time every day fasting and to bedward.

A very good Medicine for the Cough

TAke a brown Loaf, before you put it in the Oven, and make a hole in the top of it, and put therein a good handfull of Rosemary, and cover it again with the same Paste, and being ba∣ked, take it out of the Oven, and mingle it with half an Ounce of the Powder of Enula Campa∣na Roots, of Licoras three parts, of Sugar Can∣dy as much as of the Rosemary, of round Pep∣per, and long Pepper, of each half on Ounce, take of this Evening, and Morning, and in your Pottage, and will help the Cough with great successe, for it hath been well tried.

Medicines for the Breast.

For sore Breasts when they be broken.

TAke Wheat Flower, and two Yolks of Egges, and the Juice of Plantain, and mingle them all together till they be thick like a sawce, and if there be holes in the Breasts, make Tents that will suffice the holes, and dip them in the same, and put them in the holes, and lay a plaister thereupon.

For sore Breasts

TAke a handfull of Figgs, and stamp them untill the Kernells be broken, then take a little fresh greace, and temper it with the Figgs, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it as hot as the Patient can suffer it unto the Breast, and it will take away the anguish, and if it be apt to break, then it will break, or els not.

An healing Salve for sore Breasts that be broken.

TAake Sorrell, the Boyes call it Wood sowre, and lap it in Wort Leaves, and rost them in the Embers half a quarter of an houre, then stamp them, and put thereto Honey and Vineger, and put them in a Box, but first lay to the sore Breasts a plaister of Garlick and Meal, boiled together in Vineger two or three times, and lay it thereto.

For swelling of Womens Breasts.

TAke Line-seed bruised, and the white of an Egge, or the Juice of Smallage, and mingle them well together, and lay them plaister∣wise to the swelling of the Breast, and if she lose her milk, give her to drink the Juice of Ver∣vain, and she shall have Milk enough, and this will also heal your Breast.

For abundance of Milk in a Womans Breasts.

TAke Popilion, and Lineseed Oyl, and seeth them together, and dip cloaths therein, and so lay them to the Breast, taketh away the a∣bundance of Milk, and the hardnesse of the Breast presently, also Chickweed sodden in Plan∣tain Water, and laid Plaisterwise to the Breast, drieth up the Milk, and taketh away the hardnesse thereof: green Wheat being stamped and strain∣ed with Oyl, bringeth to Women Milk abundant∣ly without measure.

For all manner stopping of the Breasts.

TAke the Gum of a Cherrie tree, and dissolve it with old VVine, and let the sick sup there∣of, and it will void all hoarseness and straight∣nesse of the Breast and Lungs: Also take Figgs, and slit them on the outside, and stop them full of Mustard, and seeth them in white VVine, and eat of the Figges, for this is very good.

For all Diseases of the Breast, and to clear the Voice.

TAke a good quantity of VVoodstonne, and grind them not too small, and then put them into an earthen Pot, and put thereto new Ale, as it is cleansed, and mingle them so, that the Ale be a good deal above the Slonne, and bury it in the Earth, and cover it well with the

same earth, and so let it stand nine daies, then give to him that needeth a little cupfull hot at night, and cold in the morning.

To clear the Breasts.

TAke Sentory, Pilliall, Rew, Hysope, and red Morrell in stale Ale, and strain it, then put in∣to the clear liquor Cinamon and Cloves, and seeth them well, and drink thereof nine daies, at evening hot, and at morning cold, and be whole. Also take Angelica Water, and drink it at evening and morning an ounce at a time, and it will great∣ly help thee.

For sore Breasts.

TAke the yolk of an Egg, and fair fresh grease, and sovre fresh dough, and mingle them well together, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore, and when it is broken do away the dough, and lay it to your Eggs and grease, and it will be whole quickly. Or make a plaister of Smallage, Linseeds, and whites of Eggs, and lay it to the sore Breasts, and this will heal them; or take Claret Wine and Barley Flower, and boil them together thick, and make a plaister thereof and lay it to the Breast: this hath been proved.

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To make the Breasts shrink, and to heal them.

TAke Hemlock, stamp it and temper it with Verjuice, and lay it on the sore Breasts, and use this and thy Paps will be lesse, and to make them whole, annoint them with it, and it will make them hard.

For a woman that lacketh Milk in her Breasts.

TAke of Chrystall ten penniweight, and make fine powder thereof, and drink it with Ba∣stard or Muskadell five or six times, or els take of Fennell, of Mallows, of Anniseeds, of March, of each two handfulls, and seeth it in Bastard or Mus∣cadell, and strain it, and drink it oft. If the Breast be long, and big, and great, make a plaister with Hemlocks sodden in white Wine and lay it to the Breasts. If there be any Inflammations in the Brests, take the Whites of two Eggs and two handfulls of houseleek, compound both together and lay it to the Breast. If thy Milk be crudded in the Brests, take Dragagant, and Gumm Ara∣bick, and compound them with whites of raw Eggs, and the oil of Violets, and make a plaister thereof: Or take pitch and liquefie it in the oil of Roses, and put thereto a little Goats dung, and dregs of Wine, and make a plaister thereof.

Medicines for the Spleen.

An expert Medicine for all diseases of the Spleen.

TAke the leaves and cods of Seny, the bark of an Ash tree scraped and cut, Maiden-hair, Hartstongue and Licorish, and seeth them all together in clear Wine, and then strain it, and drink thereof twice or thrice a day till it be amended. Or seeth the Rine of an Ash in white Wine, and drink thereof, and it will help thee. Or take your own Water in the mor∣ning and wash your side, and a little the Stomach downward, and it will help you.

Another for the Spleen.

TAke the roots of Nettles, and stamp them well together with Vineger, and lay it un∣to the Spleen when it swelleth. Also the lungs of a Fox dried and made in powder, and eat in a Fig in the morning, is very good.

For the wasting of the Spleen, and for the Dropsie, for the Water passage, and for the stopping of the Liver, and for the Flower, and Emeroides.

TAke Gromell, Saxifrage, Parsly, and Sage, and boil it all together in strong Ale that is

stale, and use to drink hereof in the morning, at noon, and at night, and use these herbs in your pottage and this will help you, or the powder of them in your pottage.

The Spleen is a spungeous substance, lying under the short ribs in the left side, and it doth make a man to be merry and to laugh; and if a man he Spleentick, let him use merry company, and let him be let bloud in a vein called Salvatella on the left side, some do use to let bloud in a vein called Basilica on the left side. But I say, that every thing that hurteth the Liver, hurteth the Spleen, and every thi••g which is good for the Liver, is good for the Spleen. And who∣soever will make the hardnesse of the Spleen whole, first take the marrow of a Calf, and the marrow of a Hart, and the fatnesse of a Hog, of a Capon, of a Duck, and the oil of sweet Almonds, of each a like much, mix these together and annoint the Spleen, and dry the Lungs of a Fox, and make Powder there∣of, and eat it with figs.

Medicines for the Stomach.

THe cause of these impediments may come by anger or fear, or by great studying upon many matters, or by extreme heat or surfeiting, or such like.

For belching.

USe for this disease Dietrion, Poperion, drun∣ken in Wine.

For pain in the Stomach.

TAke a spoonfull of hot ashes, and dew them with good Wine, and cover them with a linnen cloth that it go round about the spoon, and lay it to the Stomach, or take a slice of bread meekly thick, tost it, and wet it in hot oil of Camonile, as hot as it cometh from the oven, or in oil of Spike, and wrap it in a linnen cloth and lay it to the pain.

Another for the same.

TAke a dram of Galingal in powder, and give it to drink with a little hot Wine, and above all things for pain of ventosity, a singular re∣medy is to drink a little Caster with good Wine.

For a stinking breath that cometh out of the Stomach.

TAke three ounces of Comin in powder, and seeth in Wine from a gallon to a pottle, and give the sick to drink thereof as hot as he may suffer it, first and last, and without doubt he shall be whole within fifteen daies.

To Vomit or cleanse the Stomach.

TAke three roots of Daffadills, and wash them clean, and cut them small, and seeth them in a cup of Ale or Beer till it be half consumed, and put thereto half a penniworth of Saffron, and boil them together, then strain and drink it after you have broken your fast.

For Wormes in the Stomach.

TAke three or four Cloves of Garlick every day fasting with Salt, and abstain from meat and drink after it half an hour, and you shall be whole.

For him that cannot keep his Meat in his Stomach without Vomiting.

TAke Quinces and make them clean, within and without, and seeth them in strong Vineger, then stamp them in a Mortar, and put into them a lit∣tle Mustardseed beaten into powder, and so in∣corporate them together, and lay it hot upon

a linnen cloth, putting to it some powder of Cloves, and lay this upon his brest, and within three or four times doing he shall be whole.

For Flegme in the Stomach.

TAke Beer and seeth it, and scum it clean, and put thereto a good quantity of Sugar, then take a race of Ginger and grate it into thy Beer, and so drink it warm.

For Wind in the Stomach.

TAke a pottle of white Wine, two penniworth of Sugar Candy, and two spoonfulls of Ani∣seeds, and two or three roots of Parsly, and as ma∣ny of Fennell, and seeth them all together untill they be half wasted, and then drink it warm as of∣ten as you will. Or take and drink Powder of Comin in red Wine to bedward three nights to∣gether, and thou shalt be whole.

To stay Vomiting.

TAke and make a tost, and remper it with Vine∣ger and Mints, and so hold it to your Nose, this stayeth Vomiting.

For an ill breath coming out of the Stomach.

TAke the uppermost leaves of Rosemary, and eat two or three in the morning fasting.

For the Stomach that hath the Pipes stopped, and so the Dropsie breedeth.

TAke two parts of Cinamon, and the third part of Galingall, and the same quantity of Ginger, and put that Powder into a spoonfull of Hysope Water, and drink it fasting, and be whole.

Things evill for the Stomach.

ALl sweet things, for they make the Stomach well, old cheese, honey, marrow of bones not well sodden, to eat e're thou art hungry, to eat many sorts of meat at one sitting, to drink e're thou be athirst, to eat bread not well, baked, heavinesse, anger, dread, thought, raw flesh, over∣great travell, all fried meats, much bathing after meat, too much casting, to eat when thou art over∣hot, and all milk is naught, save Goats milk.

For burning in the Stomach.

TAke Sorrell, Cinque-foil, Borage, and Violet Leaves, and stamp them together, and strain them into Ale, and make a posset thereof, and drink it next your hart when you feel your self grieved, and when the heat is gone, make posset Ale of M……, and that will restore you to heat again, and bring you to good temper.

To make one Vomit.

TAke an Oken Leaf, and lay it upon your tongue, the rough side downward, and hold close your mouth, and this will make you Vomit. Probatum est.

A precious Medicine for all Winds in the body, the Strangullion and the Stone.

TAke the Root of a white Lilly that never bare flower, and bruise it, and seeth it in a pint of white Wine, and put into it two spoon∣fulls of Anniseeds and Sugar, and let it seeth, till it be more then half sodden away, and give it to the sick that is in pain, and it shall soon ease him of the great pains.

A precious Powder for Digestion.

TAke Ginger, Cinamon, and Galingale, of each one ounce, of Anniseeds, Caraway seeds, and Fennell seeds half an ounce, long Pep∣per Grains, Maces, Nutmegs, of each two ounces, of Set well one ounce, make all these in fine Pow∣der, and put to them two pound and a half of fine Sugar, and use this Powder before meat and after at your pleasure, it is good to comfort the Sto∣mach, and against Wind.

For the Stomach that cannot Digest, nor have Appetite to Meat.

TAke and drink often Sorrell Water, or Ange∣lica Water, or Betany Water, or ground Ivy Water, for all these are good for the same.

Medicines for the Liver.

An Ointment for the Liver that mak••th good Digestion, and keepeth the body from Putrifying.

TAke Oil of Roses, and Oil of VVormwood, of each two ounces, and set them over the fire, and when they begin to boil, put there∣to an ounce and a half of fine Mastick, and when the Mastick is dissolved, strain it while it is warm in the morning, and make a plaister there∣of, and lay it to your side, and be whole.

A Restorative for the Liver and the Lungs, if they be rotten it will restore it again, and do away the Gleme from the Heart, and comfort the same.

TAke Fennell Roots and Parsly roots, and pill away the Bark, and pull out the pith, and

cast it away, then mince them small, and put into a brazen pot three quarts of water, and set it on the fire, and put the roots therein, then take Figs and cut them small and pound them, and put a quantity of Honey to it, and let it boil a while, then take it down and clarifie it through a cloth into a vessell of glasse, and stop it fast that no air go out, and let the sick drink of it hot in the mor∣ning, and cold at night a good draught.

For one that hath his Liver cloven to his ribs.

TAke a shelfull of the juice of Betany, and a quarter of a pint of white Wine, and a spoon∣full of honey, and Pepper corns, temper these to∣gether, and drink thereof, and it will help you.

For the heat of the Liver.

TAke Liver-Wort, and five-leaved Grasse, Suc∣cory, Endive, Buglosse, and Borage, and seeth all these in Whey, and drink of this as often as you will, and this will help you.

For one that is Liver brent.

TAke Sowthistle, Dadelion, and Rib-Wort, and seeth them in water with Licorish, untill the one half be wasted, and drink of this at all times, saving at meat.

For the stopping of the Liver.

TAke Ivy Berries, and Egrimony, Harts Tongue, Liver-Wort, and the bark of an Ash, of all these a little quantity, and put them to dou∣ble as much Polypodion, as of any one of the rest, and make thereof pottage, broth, or syrupe. If the Liver be opilated, the face will swell, and pain will be in the right side.

To preserve a man from stopping of the Liver.

TAke a Fig and grosse Pepp r, with the crops of Time, if it be eaten two hours before din∣ner, and two hours before supper, it preserveth a man from op lations of the Liver. Also the Liver of a Hare dried and made into powder is good for all diseases of the Liver.

For the Liver.

TAke a good handfull of Liver-Wort that groweth upon the stones, and another of Fu∣mitory, and as much of Harts Tongue, and seeth them in Whey clarified, and drink it every day twice. If the Liver be hot, because of too much bloud, the Patient hath red urid hasty Pulse, his Veins great & full, he feeleth his spittle, mouth, & tongue sweeter then it was wont to be; where∣fore it is good to be let bloud of the Liver Veine, on the right arm, and to use Lettice or Sorrel, Pur∣slain and Hops in pottage, and sometime to drink of the water.

Medicines for the Jaundise.

TAke Cows milk and white Wine, of each a pint, and distill them, and keep the wa∣ter that cometh thereof, and give the sick to drink thereof two ounces in the mor∣ning, two hours before meat, and likewise after supper, when he goeth to bed,

For the black Jaundise.

TAke Enula Cumpana roots, and seeth them in milk, then take the milk and strain it through a piece of cotton, and give the sick to drink thereof. This did help a gentlewoman that was sixteen years troubled with the Jaundise, and could not be holpen.

For children take Turmerick and Ivory, of each two Drams, of Saffron two scruples, seeth these in milk, and give it to the children that have the black or yellow Jaundise.

Another for the Jaundise.

TAke Hempseed and bruise it, and then boil it in good strong Ale or Beer, and scum it very clean, and let the sick drink of this drink, and eat the sodden seed.

For the black Iaundise.

SEeth the inner bark of a Walnut tree in Ale or Beer, and in the same drink quench steel, be∣ing made red hot at least forty times, and drink of this five or six ounces at a time hot evening and morning; this is proved excellent good. Also Goats dung or Fallow Deers dung strained into milk and given to the sick, hath holpen the black Jaundise.

For the yellow Jaundise.

TAke Elecampane roots, and the inner bark of a Barberie, of each six ounces, of Salendine roots eight ounces, of English Saffron the weight of a groat, seeth all these in a pint of white Wine, strain it, and drink thereof foure spoonfulls mor∣ning and evening warm.

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Medicines for the Side.

For Wind in the Side.

TAke the leaves of Holly, and dry them, and make powder thereof (but do not burn them) and give the Patient thereof to drink in Beer or Ale, and it will ease immediatly. Proved by my Lady Coplin.

For a Stich in the Side.

TAke the urine of him that is sick, Wormwood, and Cummin, and seeth them well together, and by the fire therewith anoint thy side, and af∣ter with the oil of Bay. Also Endive Water, wa∣ter of Divells-bit, water of Mallows, and water of Carduus benedictus, are all good for the Stitch.

For a Stich in the left Side.

TAke a quantity of Cummin, and steep it in a pottle of Malmsey, then take and fry them together in a Pan, and put it into a lin∣nen bag, and lay it hot to your side, and it will help you.

Another for the same.

TAke and stamp Wormwood, Mints, and Ca∣momill, Mallows, red Roses, Sage, Cummin,

and white Bread Crums, and boil all these in red Wine, or in stale Ale, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the side. This is proved.

To know when one hath a Stitch, whether it be of the Wind or the Plurisie.

TAke Wormwood, and lay it on a tile-stone before the fire, and when it is neare hot, sprinkle it with good Malmsey, and put it in a lin∣nen cloth, and lay it to when you feel the Stitch, if it be but a Wind, it will take it away in two hours, but if it be the Plurisie it will augment the pain, and then seek other remedy.

For a Stitch at the Hart.

TAke and distill Endive Water, and when the fire is out of it drink thereof one ounce at a time; for this will help all Stitches of the Heart if you will use it.

Medicines for the Pleurisie.

TAke Broom Flowers, Scabias, and Car∣duus Benedictus, of every one a like por∣tion, mingle them together, and let the Patient every morning and evening take a good draught, and annoint the ribs with oyl of Broom Flowers, for this is good.

Another singular remedy for the same.

TAke three ounces of the water of Lady-thistle called Carduus Benedictus, one spoonfull of white Wine, and fix inner whites of Eggs well braid, mingle them together and lay them plai∣ster-wise upon the ribs as hot as you may suffer it.

Another for the same.

TAke two good handfulls of Horse-dung, two races of Ginger in powder, then wrap the dung and the Ginger together in a linnen cloth, then put them in a pot to boyle with a quart of white Wine untill the third part be consumed, and drink thereof evening and morning, and after you have drunk the said Wine, cover you well and sweat.

A Regiment for the Pleurisie.

THe Patient ought not to drink wine, nor eat flesh, but must be content to drink Tysants, Barley water, and weak drink, and to eat Bar∣ley hulked, and milk of Almonds clarified, rosted Apples and great Raisins, as long as the Fever doth last. And to help him to spit, it is good to use often white pills of Diadragaganton, Sugar Candy, and other things mentioned in the Reme∣dies of the Cough.

For the Pleuresie.

THe common practice is to let the Patient blood, and to administer to him Tysants, and to give the syrup of Violets in the which is dis∣solved Cassia newly drawn, half an ounce of Manna elect 1.3. give this to the Patient after he is let blood, this hath holpen many. Also this is very good for the Pleurisie. Take a hollow Ap∣ple, and put therein a good quantity of Olyba∣num, and put the Apple in the hot embers, and so let it stand till it be rosted, and then give it to the Patient: this hath helpt many without letting blood. A Pleurisie cometh of cold humors, and if it be not far past, give the Patient Malmsey wher∣in hath been sodden Camomil to drink; this hath helpt many without letting blood.

Medicines for the Lungs.

An excellent Medicine for the Cough of the Lungs.

TAke the Lungs of a Fox and wash them clean in fair water, and lay them in Vineger two daies, and then hang them up to dry, the shortest way is to dry them in an Oven, and then take a few crops of Hysope, Elecampana roots, and a few crops of Hoarhound, and a good quantity of Anniseeds, and a good quantity of Licoras, and one ounce of Sugar-Candy, and bray all together, and searse it, and then you may chuse whether you will eat the Powder in apples, in pottage, or in meat.

To make a Water that is restorative for a man, that if his Lungs be wasted, will restore them again, and gather Nature again.

TAke Fennell roots, and Parsley roots, and wash them clean, and pill of the utter bark of the roots, and the hard roots that is within them, and cast it away, and make them small; then take a brazen pot, and put therein three quarts of water, and put the roots therein, and seeth it o∣ver the fire: then take Figs and mince them small, and Licoras small, and put them together, and make them boil well, then take Sorrell and stamp it, and put it thereto, and let it boil well, and then

take it down and strain it through a cloth into some Vessell of earth, and stop it well and fast that the breath go not out, and let the sick drink thereof hot evening, and morning cold.

For the Cough of the Lungs.

TAke a handfull of Figs, and seeth them in Ale or Beer untill they be somewhat tender, then slit them asunder, and put them in a linnen bag, and so lay them on your Stomach warm, and when they be cold, warm them again in the same liquor.

To comfort the Lungs.

TAke and distill our Lady Thistle, and drink the water thereof twice a day, and it will comfort the Lungs. Also the Water of Chervell doth the like.

To open the Lungs.

TAke Hysope VVater and drink thereof twice a day evening and morning, at each time one ounce and a half, or two ounces, and it will help you.

For the Impostumation of the Lungs.

TAke and drink VVater of Camomill, twice a day, at each time an ounce, and it will help

thee: Fennell water will do the like. Approved.

For heat or drought in the Lungs.

DRink water of great Plantain twice a day, and it will kill the heat of the Lungs. Water of blue Violets doth the like.

Medicines for the Heart.

For trembling of the Heart without a Fever.

TAke the maw of an old Cock, drie it, and make powder thereof; and drink the same powder in red Wine or sweet Wine, for it is very good; put a little Saffron thereto.

For the Heart that beateth or trembleth in mans bo∣dy, and cometh of thought.

BRay Corall in a mortar of brasse as small as you can, then searse it, and mingle it with Su∣gar very fine beaten, use to take of this powder first in the morning and last at night, and it will help you.

A good Medicine for the Heart, and Swowning.

TAke the powder of Cloves, with the juyce of Borage, a spoonfull at a time, and it will help you. Also the powder of Ginger and pow∣der of Cummin put in meats is good for the same.

A comfortable Medicine to restore the spirits of the Heart, and to mend the disposition of the Etick or Consumption, as followeth.

TAke a quarter of an ounce of Gold foyle, and half an ounce of Manus Christi, beat them in a mortar together untill none of the Gold be seen, and keep it till you have need to use it, which must be in manner following. Take a quart of pure Rose water, and boyl it with a quantity of Penidos, keep it in a faire glasse, and when you will use it, take in the morning the weight of the foresaid powder and put in your mouth, and drink it down with five or six spoon∣fulls of the foresaid water.

For swelling or rising about the Heart.

SEeth Oyl Olive by it self, then take as much Honey, and seeth it by it self, then seeth them together a little while, and when it is cool put it in a box, and this is very good for the Heart.

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For fatnesse about the Heart.

TAke the juice of Fennell and Honey, and seeth them all together, untill they be hard, and then eat thereof evening and morning, and thou shalt be whole.

To put away venom from the heart.

TAke Bolearmoniack and Sanguis Draconis, of each three ounces, and of the best Cinamon four ounces, and mingle them altogether in pow∣der, and so receive it, and it will put away Venom from the Heart.

For Gnawing about the Heart.

TAke Sage leaves, and as much yarrow, and grind them together, and temper them with Ale, and then strain and drink thereof.

Things good for the Heart,

SAffron, Borage, Hearts horn, Mustard, Cloves, Galingale, Nutmegs, red Roses, Violets, Ma∣ces, Sugar, good Wine moderately taken, Mirth and good ayre, that day you eat of Piony, or drink thereof, you shall not swound.

Against Swounding.

BOrage eaten with flesh, or in pottage, is good for them that fall in their Swounding, or be

faint at the Heart, or have Cardiack Passion at the Heart.

Against Swounding.

TAke water that Roses hath been sodden in, and the powder of the same, with a raw Egge. Or take Rose VVater, that Sweet VVater hath been sodden in; this is very good.

Medicines for the Belly.

To dissolve a hard Belly.

TAke and stamp Mallows and Mercury to∣gether, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to thy Navell, and it shall dissolve the matter in the womb in short time. Or take the juice of Rue and drink it, with stale Ale, or Wine, or fair Water, and use to drink of this, and it will help thee in short time.

For any hard Belly that is sore.

MIngle Pennyroyall and Ginger together, and bind them plaisterwise to thy Belly, and be whole.

For Diseases of the Belly whatsoever they be.

TAke Wormwood, Rew, Motherwort, Laven∣der Cotton, and the gall of an Oxe, Cow, or Calf, stamp the herbs, and put the Gall thereto, and lay it to the bottom of thy Belly, and be whole.

A Drink to destroy all evills in the Belly or Body within fifteen dayes.

TAke Scabias, Mugwort, Smallage, Devills-bit, Herb-Ivy, Wormwood, Fumitory, Fetherfew, and Spiknard, stamp all these, and seeth them in white Wine, and clarifie it with whites of Eggs; drink of this nine dayes and be whole.

Medicines for the Collick.

For the Wind-Collick.

TAke Winter-Savory, stamp it and strain it with strong Ale; drink this warm, and immediately the pain will cease, as if it were sweep'd away. There have been divers helpt with this which have had such pain with the Wind-Collick, that they have swowned severall times in a day. Also a cup∣ping-glasse set upon the top of the Navell is a present remedy. Also Camomill, Rosemary, Sage

and Salt rosted under the embers and laid to the Navell is a present Remedy. Emmets eggs dried in an oven, made in powder and drank, helpeth the Wind-Collick immediately. For the Collick of the Stomach see after.

For the Strangullion.

CUt off the top of an Onyon and take out the core, then put into the place a pretty quantity of this powder following. Take Beta∣ny and Centory of each a like quantity, and make powder thereof, putting in a little Butter, then put on the top again, and put it in hot embers and rost it, then lay it to your Navell as hot as you may suffer it, and be whole.

To make a precious Water for the Strangullion.

TAke a peck of Hawes when they be ripe, and half a peck of Hips, and beat them in a mortar to powder, then take two gallons of Lees of Malmsey or Sack, a penniworth of long Pepper, and a half-penniworth of graines, put all these together and distill them in a Stilletory or Lim∣beck, take the water thereof and drink it luke∣warm first and last.

For the Collick, a precious Medicine, proved.

TAke Saxifrage, Maidenhaire, unset Time, and Parsley seed, and seeth all these together in Malmsey, strain it and drink it warm. Or take Time, Mints, Woodroof, Vilipendula and Setwall, make pottage herewith, and you shall find great ease.

For all evills within the Bladder.

TAke Fennell seeds, Parsley seeds, and Smalladge seeds; bruise them and temper them with faire running Water, and drink this first and last at your pleasure.

For one that hath much wind in his Belly.

TAke Juniper berries ere they wax black, and drie them in the ayre, and keep them all the year, and use the powder thereof in your drink and pottage. Or take the roots of Elecampane, the roots of Pellitory of the garden, and Fennell roots, of each a like quantity, and as much of So∣thernwood, wash them, and bray them a little, and seeth them all together in a gallon of Wort, and drink thereof.

For the Collick.

TAke Flower and Ale, and drink it unsod, with a little Sugar, and this will make you go to the stool and ease your Collick and Stran∣gullion.

Or take Hempseed and drie it, and make pow∣der thereof and let the Patient drink it with Ale or Wine. Or take Dill seed, Anniseed and Cum∣min, of each a like quantity, beaten into fine powder, eat it in your pottage & it will help you.

A soveraine Medicine for the Collick and Stone.

TAke Parsley seed, Fennell seed, Anniseed, Cummin seed, Plantain seed, of each of them a quarter of an ounce, an ounce of Nutmeg, foure ounces of fine Sugar, beat all these seeds in∣to powder and searse them, and let the Sugar be beaten with Ale, then take of the powder as much as an Hasell nut, and let the Patient use to drink thereof morning and evening four times a week warm with Wine or Beer (but Wine is best) and when the pain cometh drink it with Malmsey.

Another.

FRie Pellitory and Butter together, and bind them to thy Navell, and this will suddenly cease the pain. Or take a Lapwing and burn her in the fire feathers and all, then take the ashes of her, and give it the Patient to drink with Wine somwhat warm, and this will ease the Collick.

For the Collick of the stomach.

TAke of Broom seeds a spoonfull and a half, so many Barberries with the hulls off, and

half a spoonfull of Anniseeds, and a quarter of a spoonfull of Licoras, and as much white Sugar Candy, of all these beaten together into powder take a quantity first in a morning, and last in an evening.

Medicines for the Wormes.

TAke and eat Garlick, and it will kill all Worms in mans Belly. Or take of the juyce of Lavender-Cotton, and put to it the powder of Wormseed, and drink it three times every morning fasting, but drink not in an houre or two after, and this will destroy the Wormes.

For Worms in young children.

TAke Setwell (you must buy it at the Apothe∣caries) and make it into fine powder, and give the child to drink as much as a small Walnut in a cup of Malmsey, and it will destroy all Worms. Or, Take Garlick, Wormwood, Mints, Fetherfew, Tansey, and stamp them all together with the gall of an Oxe, then fry them together and put them in a linnen cloth, and lay them to the Navell as hot as may be suffered, or seeth them in Vineger and lay them to likewise. Or take the

gall of a Bull, and dip some Wool therein, and lay it upon the Navel of the child, and it will make the worms come forth. Or take Honey, and spread it on a tost of bread, and cast good Worm-seed thereon, and give it the childe fasting.

Worms in the Belly.

TAke the pils of Oranges, and dry them, and make them in powder, and drink it in Malmsey or stale Ale, there is nothing better.

A Medicine for the Guts.

For the Guts that fret.

TAke twelve leaves of Rue, nine Pepper corns, and as much Dill-seed as thou may'st take up with thy two fingers; stamp them and temper them together with fair water, and it will help thee.

For wind in the Guts.

TAke Honey pitch, and Butter, and seeth them together, and anoint thy belly there∣with against the fire.

For pain of the Guts.

TAke Tansey Rue, and Sothern-wood; and eat it with salt fasting, and be whole.

For the cough in the Guts.

TAke the water of Flower-de-luce, and drink it luke-warm twice or thrice a day, an ounce at a time. Also water of Camomil doth the same drunk as aforesaid: The water of Vine leaves is good against stitches, and also against Impostumes in the Guts.

A Medicine for the Navel.

A plaister for swelling of the Navel

TAke Cowes dung and dry it to pow∣der, Barly flower, and Bean flower, of each a portion; the juyce of Knot-grass a good quantity, and of Cum∣min a little; make a Plaister of Ale, and lay it to thy Navel, and it will heal thee. Or take Cowes dung and seeth it in the Milk of the same Cow, and lay it on the grief; this is also marvellous good for a suddain Ach, and swel∣ling in the Bagg.

For a Childs Navel sore with crying.

TAke a little Bean-flower, and the ashes of fine linnen clouts burned; and temper it with red Wine and Honey, and so lay it to the sore.

Medicines for the Back.

For the weakness of the Back

TAke flower of Barley, and Beans, and oyl of Roses, the yolk of an Egg; and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to thy back in the day time, and it will do you much good. Or take flower of fine Rice, and Wheat flower, and temper it with Claret wine and Sugar, and put thereto a little of the powder of Clare, and Nut-megs; and make a Cake thereof, and bake it well, and eat thereof; this is good.

For pain of the Back.

TAke fresh Cow dung, and fry it in Vinegar, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay it to thy Back; and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole.

For pain in the reins of the Back.

TAke and seeth the leaves of red Willow, and as hot as the sick may suffer it; lay it to the reins of thy Back, and within four or five times dressing thou shalt be whole.

Medicines for the Flux of the Belly.

To restrain the Flux, whatsoever the cause be.

TAke the pisle of an Hare, and dry it, and make powder thereof, and drink it: Also ……e water of Oken-buds or the very Acorns dryed and made in Powder, and drunk with red Wine, is very good: Also the maw of a young Leveret is very good, drunk with the juyce of Plantane.

A good Medicine for the bloody Flux.

TAke a pennyworth of Honey, and a penny∣worth of Wheat flower, and three spoon∣fuls of Chalk, and the yorks of five Egs, and half a pennyworth of Saffron and make a Cake

thereof, and eat thereof four dayes, and be whole. Or take the root of the red Nettle, and stamp it, and delay it with water or Ale, then strain it and drink, thereof, and be whole for over.

For all manner of Fluxes that be curable.

TAke the seed of Plantane, and the blossoms of red Roses in Powder, of each alike much, and give the sick half a spoonful at once with warm Whey, first and last three days to∣gether, and it will heal him. Or take and drink the water that stone hath been scalded in first and last, and be whole.

To stop a Lask in Children.

TAke the seeds of Plantane, and make pow∣der thereof, and give it to the Child to drink in red Wine, or in Ale, and it will stop the Flux: Proved true. Or take Almonds and blaunch them, and fry them in a Pan, and eat them divers times in a day. Also the dung of a stoned Horse that goeth to house, fryed in Malmsey, and laid to the Navel, will stop a Lask.

To stop the bleeding of the Fundament.

TAke Aloes and Mirrhe, of each a like much, and make them into Powder, and with a little Pile of Almonds anoint the sore, and then cast the Powder thereon, and put upon the Fundament with a hot Scarlet cloth, and this will help thee.

To make a man have a Lask.

TAke Salt and Soap, and lay it to thy belly, plaister-wise; and it will make the have a Lask straight. Or take the gall of an Ox, and anoint thy belly and stomack therewith, and it will make thee Laxative.

To keep a man Laxative.

TAke Mallows and Mercury a good quanti∣ty, and stamp them together, and fry them with May butter, or fresh butter; and then strain it and keep it in a Box, and anoint your belly therewith evening and morning, and it will keep you soluble.

For the Bloody-flux.

TAke the jaw-bones of a Pike, and make powder of them, and eat of this powder

dry, or take it with red Wine first and last, and it will stop the Flux; for it hath holpen, when nothing else could help.

Another for the same.

TAke red Beans and boyl them in red Wine, till it wax thick, but first dissolve a little Allom in the Wine; then let the Patient eat of this evening and morning, and drink nothing but red Wine after it; this did help a man that had the Flux a great while on him. Or take an old Apple, and pull out the Core, then put into the Apple a ball of Virgin-wax; then roast it in the Embers and eat it; this will stop the Fux: Probatum.

To avoid bruised Blood.

TAke Nepp, and drink the juyce thereof with Wine or Ale, eight or nine times, and that will cause it to avoid downwards, al∣though he had it twenty times.

A gentle Purgation to be taken at all times without fear.

TAke two ounces of Syrrp of De radibus, Manna one ounce, mingle these with five ounces of the water of Bugloss, and he shall

have a Lask without peril. Or take a little clarify'd Butter, and put it in Ale luke-warm, and give the Patient to drink thereof; and it will make him go to stool.

Medicines for the Stone.

A Medicine for the Stone, tryed by Master Hide of Narbury.

TAke four handfuls of Prosper, six handful of Parsley, and Parsley-roots, two handful of Grommel, or for want of that, some Grommel-seed, the quantity of an Egg-shel full; two handful of Philipendula, three handful of Be∣tony, four handful Mousear, one handful Cen∣tuary with Mast, begotten between the two Lady-days; two handful of Cherry-stones, three handful of Brierheps, threescore inner-skins of Pigeons gissarens; let them be washed and hanged upon a thred till they be dry, so as they may be knocked to powder, as also the Heps, and Cherry-stones must be dryed in an Oven or before the fire the other herbs in the Summer, the Heps, Cherry-stones, and Gis∣sarens must be knocked to powder every one

severally by themselves, the other herbs must be rubbed to powder, then blend them altoge∣ther, and sift them through a fine sive; and take every morning and evening a quantity of half a Nutmeg of the same powder, and put it in a spoon, and blend a little Beer or Ale, and sup it, and drink after it; and use this till you find ease.

An excellent Medicine for them that have the Stone

THere grows in the Gall of some Oxen a certain yellow stone somtimes in bigness of a Walnut, somwhat long and brittle; if you take that Stone and make it to powder, and eat of it in your pottage the weight of a scruple or more at a time, according to your strength, it is a singular thing for them that cannot make water, and for stopping of the Conduits.

For the Stone and Strangullion.

TAke a handful of Chickweed and as much fresh Butter as a Walnut, and half so much black soap, and stamp them altogether in a morter, and then fry them, and lay them plaisterwise to thy Navel, and this will make

thee void the Stone without any pain. And for the Strangullion, take the bone that is in the pistle of a Weasel, and dry it and make powder thereof and use to drink it with Ale or Beer, and be whole.

For the Stone, that never faileth.

TAke Barley Malt, and pick it very clean, and then grind it and make thereof good Wort, and put into the said Wort a good quan∣tity of Cherry stone kernels, and Gum that groweth on Cherry trees, and boyl the Wort and the Gum together, until half the Wort be consumed, then strain it, and put it in a fair Vessel, and use to drink thereof morning and evening, and be whole on warrant.

Another for the same.

TAke the Urine of a Boar, and give it the pa∣tient to drink, and it shall drive out the Stone wheresoever it be. This medicine did a Lady use for the best medicine that ever she knew.

Another for the same.

TAke the blood of a Fox, and anosnt the side that is sore, and the Stone will break to powder, and go away if you use it. Or take the blood of a Fox with white Wine, and it will break the stone hastily.

To break the Stone in the Bladder.

TAke a great Flint stone, and lay it in the fire until it be as hot as fire, and then put it in∣to stale Ale, and drink thereof at evening and at morning, and it will break.

A soveraine Medicine for the Stone.

TAke the blood of a Fox, and anoint thy Yard therewith, and this will break the Stone in the Bladder; and to try the goodness thereof, put some small stone into the Fox bloud, and it will break it. Or take a great root of Radish, and pare him, and cut him in∣to fifty round pieces, and put them into a dish, and put thereto honey enough, and let it stand all night; and on the morrow eat nine pieces, and the next day eight, and then seven, and so abating one every day till all be eaten; and this will break the Stone.

A proved Medicine for the Stone.

TAke true black Jet, and beat it to powder, and searse it, then take Bees (stings and all) and dry them in an Oven, and make powder thereof, and drink it and the Jet together; and if you put the seed of Burrows made into pow∣der to it, it will be the better: And for lack of Bees, and Bur-seed, you may use to drink the Jet alone. This medicine is well proved, and if you use it, it will help you.

A Medicine for the Stone, oftentimes proved.

TAke green Samphire as it groweth, and make powder thereof, and let him that is troubled with the Stone drink every week of it, whether he feel pain or no, and in short time it will rid him clean of the Stone; this powder is best to be drunk with white Wine.

For the Stone.

TAke the Acorns that grow on an Oak, and dry them, and make powder there∣of, and drink it in the morning fasting with Rhenish wine and sugar; and this will break the Stone.

A most approved Medicine for the Collick and Stone, by the most learned Phisitian Doctor Gynello.

TAke a quantity of wood Betony, and dry it to powder, and a quantity of the roots of Elicampana, and dry them into pow∣der, and boyl them with a little sugar plate in a quart of red wine unto a pint, and drink it hot in the morning fasting, before the sun be up, and in the evening after the sun is down; use this three times, and it will help thee God wil∣ling.

A special Medicine for the Stone of Doctor Le••ckner, his Experiment as followeth.

TAke the green weed that cometh from the Sea amongst the Oysters, and wash it very clean, and dry it as dry as you can, and make it into fine powder, and drink it fasting with Malmsey, and it will break the greatest Stone that is.

For the Stone.

THe best thing that is to dissolve the Stone in man or womans body, is the oyl of Christal, being dulcified and given to the Pa∣tient, a Dram at once in white Wine or Re••ish Wine a good draught; for if you lay a stone in the Vrine which the Patient voided, afterwards it will dissolve him in twelve hours; and the same oyl will also heal any green wound or sore with great expedition. There was a man the which was sore grieved with the Stone, who was holpen with this drink following. Take the blossoms of Haws, and distyl them; then take the water thereof and seeth it, and put therein Grommel-seed, Saxifrage-seed, and Parsly-seed, of each an ounce, of Goats blood, Hares blood, and Fox blood, of each of them seven Drams; seeth all these in a quart of the water, in a close pot of Pewter or earth, in a Kettle of water the space of six hours; then strain it and drink thereof every day. This is an excellen thing.

To deliver the Stone, a Medicine that never fails.

TAke the roots of red Nettles, and wash them clean in many waters, and then bray

them small, and lay them in red Wine twelve hours; then give else sick thereof to drink six spoonfuls of the liquor and let him rest on a bed 3 hours; and then give him twelue spoon∣fuls, and 3 hours after give him twenty spoon∣fuls, and anon he shall make water and deliver the Stone. Or take white Thorn buds in May and distyl them, and take a pinte of the same water, and half a pinte of Malmsey, and boyl it a little at the fire, (but if you put in a little Honey withal it will be the better) and then drink it to bed-ward: Proved by Master GAGE.

To break the Stone.

TAke a quantity of a Jet-stone, and two races of Ginger, and the shells of Egs, hatched under a Hen when the Chic∣kens be out; (but first take away the filme of the shels) and put them altogether in a Morter, with the piece of a stone that cometh out of an Ox gall, or with Parsley-seed if you cannot get the stone; and make Powder of all these toge∣ther, and drink of it with warm. Ale in a spoon as often as you shall think good, and it will break the Stone, and ease you of the Col∣lick, and cause you to make water easily.

An excellent Medicine for the Stone.

TAke Selgreen, Planten, Fetherfew, and Tansey; and pound them all a∣part, and keep every Liquor by it self in a Glass; then take of each of them a like quantity, and boyl it with Bean-flower and Honey to make it Plaister-wise; and then take a double swadling-band of linnen cloth, and spread the Plaister thereupon, and so lay it to the pain, and round about the back, and use it so a fortnight or three weeks; for this is a special good Medicine and well approved.

Another for the same.

TAke a Goat, and keep him three dayes fasting, then put him in a Tub full of holes; and the fourth day give him no∣thing but Grommel, Parsley, Alexander, Sa∣lendine, Saxifrage, Hawberries, and Water-cresses; and make him to lick prepared Salt, and give it him with Wine to drink; and so keep him with that food a whole week in the foresaid Tub; and all the water he maketh you must through the holes of the Tub receive it

into some vessel; then take this water, and put thereto Holly Berries, Ivy Berries, and Haw∣thorn Berries, of each half a handful; of Juni∣per Berries, of flowers of Starewort, of Cras-foot, of each half a handful; of the seeds of Parsley, Saxifrage, Elysander, Radish, Phili∣pendula, Nettles, the Berries of Kneeholm, As∣paragus, Fennel-seed, and Anni-seed, of each half an ounce; of the roots of Kneeholm, of Asparagus, and Water-cresses, of each of them four ounces; of Grommel-seed and Smal∣lage-seed eight ounces. Bruise all these seeds small, and chop the herbs, and put them into the foresaid Goats water the space of twelve dayes into some warm place, stirring them every day two or three times; then put them toge∣ther into a Styll, and hang in the mouth of the Styll a little Musk Cynamon and Cloves, be∣cause of the loathsomness of the Goats wa∣ter; and so distyl the water, and give the Patient that hath the Stone three ounces at a time: this is the most Soverain water can be found, for it melteth and voideth the Stone without pain: This holp a Scholler at Eaton-Colledge, whom all the Physitians gave over as one incurable.

Of the Stone.

THe Stone is engendered by reason of a great heat that is about the Reins, straightness of the Conduit, and abun∣dance of gross and slimy humors; or Brent∣choler, which by the said excess of heat, is (as one would say) baked or dryed as Clay in the Furnace, and so at last becometh a hard stone. Therefore it is chiefly to be noted, that without the mending of the foresaid causes, all that you do minister to break the Stone, is ei∣ther hurtful to the Patient, or else small effect; therefore it is good to keep a sober diet. And note that alwaies whatsoever they be are nought in this case: All kind of Pulses, as Pease, Beanes, and such like; all gross flesh and wa∣ter-fowls, and fowls of great bodies, and all Fruits (except ripe Prunes) are nought; and all Shell-fish except Grevise and Shrimps; also all Pepper and hot spices, and all meats salt or sower; but especially beware of hard Cheese, for that is oftentimes the onely cause of the Stone; and you must not lie on your back, and you must keep your Reins cold, and let your back be untrussed in summer.

An approved Medicine for the Stone and Strangury.

TAke most of Licoras, then Anniseeds, Colianedr, Grommel, Fennel Par∣sley and Alicander-seeds; then dry all these seeds and pound them seve∣rally by themselves; and note that Licoras, An∣ni-seeds, and Grommel-seeds be Restoratives; and when they are all in Powder, mix thereto powder of Syne, to the quantity of one half of one parcel of the scowrers, also mix thereto white Sugar-candy, to the quantity of your Li∣coras, with a Nutmeg or two; use this powder fasting in clear Ale, in your Broths, and all suspected meats.

Remedies for a Mans Yard.

IF this Impediment be of any interial cause, use to drink Milk, or else drink oft a good portion of the water of Hawes, and inject into the Yard the water of Comphry, if the Impe∣diment be betwivt the head and skin of the Yard, wash the head of the Yard divers times

with white Wine, and after that use the pow∣der of a rotten Post, or any siccative Medicines is good; or else Populion or Ʋnguentum ei Ep∣siacon is good.

For the Erection of the Yard above Nature.

TAke first and anoint the Yard and Codds with oyl of Juniper, and the oyl of Cam∣pheret is good, and so is Agnus Castus braid and made in a Plaister, and laid upon the Stones.

This Impediment doth come of the inflama∣tion of the Reins of the back; or of inflamati∣ons of the Veines of the Yard and Stones, or of too much use of Venerious acts.

To heal a mans Yard that is sore.

TAke Turpentine, and the yolk of an Egg, of each a like much; well beaten together with Saffron, and anoint the sore Yard there∣with. Or take and seeth the powder of Lynseed in sweet Milk till it be thick, and lay it to the Yard Plaister-wise, and anoint it with the juyce of Morrel and Plantane, and be whole.

For the swellings in a mans Yard.

TAke Leeks, with the tails, and wash them clean, and stamp them, and fry them in Barrows-grease, and make a Plaister, and lay it all about the yard, and be whole. Or take Betony, and seeth it in Wine, and stamp it, and make a Plaister, and lay it to the Cods, and it will asswage the swelling of them; this is well proved.

For pain in ae mans Yard through Gravel or Champise as followeth.

TAke Pellitory, and Boares-grease, and fry them together well, and make two Plai∣sters thereof, and lay one between the Navel and the Yard, and the other on the Reines of the back, and anon thou shalt deliver water and gravel, which before thou mightst not do but by drops; this will help thee without doubt.

To make a water for a sore Yard.

TAke and put Allom in fair water, and seeth it till it wax tough; then put it in a pewter Box this will cleanse a sore, and make it fair.

For burnign with a Harlot.

IF a man be burnt with a Harlot, and do meddle with another woman within one day, she shal be burned: If one be burned, let him wash his secrets two or three times with white Wine, or Sack and water; but if the matter have continued long, go to some expert Chy∣rurgion to have help, or else thy Guts will burn and fall out of thy belly.

For a mans Stones that hang down long.

TAke the fatness of a Conney, and anoynt thy Cods and Stones therewith, and then wrap thy Sones in a Conny-skin; do this nine times, and labour not in nine dayes, and be whole.

For him that cannot make water.

TAke Rue, Grommel, and Parsley; and stamp them, and mingle them with white Wine, and give the sick thereof to drink warm. Or take the juyce of Cinquefoil, and drink it with Posset ale, and it will make you make water anon.

For one that cannot make water.

TAke the stones and Kernels of Peches and Medlers, as much of the one as of the o∣ther; and make them into Powder, very fine, and scarse them; this done, take fine Sugar, the weight of all this; and mingle all this toge∣ther, and let the Patient drink thereof with good white Wine, and he shall be whole in∣continent.

To make one make water.

TAke six or seven Berries of Ivy, and stamp them, and strain them with Ale, and give the sick to drink therof, and he shall make wa∣ter straight.

To make one make water.

TAke a pinte of good Ale, and put therein of Honey, even as it cometh out of the Hive with Bees, wax and all; and strain it with the Ale, then give it the Patient to drink, and with∣in one quarter of an hour he shall make wa∣ter; with this was one holpen that lay three dayes, and never made water.

To make one make water.

TAke a pinte of white Wine, and a good spooonful of Sivil Soap, finely scraped, and the yolks of two Eggs well put from the whites; beat all these together, with the Wine, and then strain it, and warm it luke-warm, and drink hereof as often as you shall feel pain, and this will help you; for it is well proved.

A Medicine for the Scyatica.

THis Infirmity cometh of hard lying on the Huckle-bones, or lying upon the ground, or upon a forme, or such like: it may come by a stripe, or by a fall, and it will run from the Huckle-bone to the knee, and from the knee to the anckle, and from the anckle to the little toe, and then it is past cure; and otherwhiles this Gowt will have a reflexion ro the Reines of the back, and to the Flank; and it may come of a gross Flegme∣tique humour.

The chiefest remedy is, to anoint the place with oyl of Turpentine, and Aqua vitae com∣pounded together, and use to anoint the place often against the fire, and a scarcloth of pitch is good.

For the Scyatica.

TAke oyl of Olive, May butter gall of a Bul, and red Onyons, and boyle these together and lay it to the hips where the paine is; this is a good Medicine: Or take a red cloth, and A∣noynt it with Clarified Honey and thereupon strew the powder of Cummyn, and as hot as you may, Bind it to the sore, and be whole.

For the Scyatica in the Hip.

TAke a Pottle of wine Lees, and wine dregs and sower bread, and Cow-dung, and boyl these well together, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the paine as hot as you may suffer it, and this will heal you.

For the Scyatica Passion.

TAke a Gallon of Urine, and seeth it well, and scum it well, untill it be cleer, and then take it downe, and let it stand untill it be cold and then put the cleer therof into a faire Pot, and put away the dregs, and then take the same cleer Urine, and put it over the fire, and put therein a quart of black dew Snails, and boyl them together until the Snails be wa∣sted,

then strain it through a hair sive, and keep the same liquor in an earthen pot, and aniont the hipp and the legg therwith before a hot fire, and let the liquor be warm.

For all manner of Gouts, and consumed mem∣bers, and for the Scyatica passion.

TAke a pound of Riote of red docks that men make brogys of, and wash them clean and dry them in the sun, untill the water be away, then cut them small, and bray them in a morter, and boyl them in a quart of strong vineger, untill half be wasted; and then with the same anoint the aking place, and it will a∣mend: then keep it in a vial of glass, or els it will dry away. This Medicine is very excellent for the diseases abovewritten, for it hath been very well proved.

Medicines for the fundament

A Remedy for falling out of the Fundament.

FIrst beware of taking cold in that place, and beware of costiveness, and keep your arse and buttocks warm, and sit not upon the cold earth nor upon stones, nor upon no hard thing but take something under the buttocks, not only for falling out of the Longation, or arsgut; for all other infirmities that may be engendred in the Longation.

For the figge in the fundament,

THis Impediment is a Impostumation or lump of flesh growing in the Longation, and it doth come of melancholy humors, the which doth descend to the Longation, or funda∣ment, and for remedy, purge the matter with confection of hamock, or with the pills of La∣pides Lazule, or with Vera Rufini, then take of the powder of a dogs head burned, and mix it with the juyce of pimpernel, and make tents, and put into the fundament.

For him that his fundament goeth out.

TAke bay leaves, and boyl them in a pot of water and as hot as you can suffer it, you must sit over it, to the intent the fume of the water may go up into the body, and with your finger put it up by little and little, and when it is hot, heat an Oaken board, and sit on it as hot as you can suffer it, and it wil help you,

For the falling out of the fundament.

TAke a red Nettle and bray it well, and put it in an earthen pot, and put thereto a good portion of white wine, and seeth it until it be half wasted, and of the liquor give the patient to drink first and last warm, and lay the herbs to the fundament as hot as he may suffer it, and use this and be whole.

Medicines for the Piles and Emeroids.

THe Emerods or the Piles the which be the vains in the extreame parts of the Longation, to whom doth hap∣pen divers times 2 sundry passions, the first is like paps and tetts, and they will bleed, and they be the very Emerods, the other be like wartes, and they will itch, water, and smart, and they be called the Piles; and in the same place, doth breede other infirmities, as is aforesaid. The cause of this Impediment doth ••ome of malicious, humours in the Maw and Entrails, or it may come of a cholerick humor.

For the Piles or Hemeroids.

TAke a pint or a quart of Linseed-Oyl, and put into it as many Cray-fish alive as it will hold, then boyl them a quarter of an hour, then strain the oyl from them, and let them be very well beaten in their shells in a Mortar, and then put them into the oyl again, and let them boyl as formerly, then strain them hard from the oyl, and cast them away; then fill

the oyl with as many of the young tops or ten∣der buds of Elder, or the young fresh leaves, and let them boyl in them till they begin to be crips like fryed Parsly, then strain that very hard from the Elder, and reserve that for an excellent medicine to anoint the Piles; or moistning a little Cotton, keep it close trussed up, and it will quickly help them. It is also a soverain medi∣cine for any Burning or Scalding.

For the Emrods,

TAke an onyon, and cut off the top thereof, and take out the hart of the onyon, and fill up the place with the juyce of unset leeks, and then rift it in the fire, and with the juyce thereof anoint the sore, and lay all hot thereto. Or take bran of wheat, and fry it in sheeps tallow and put it in a bagg or pocket, and lay it to the sore, or let the sick sit thereon, and this will help you.

For the Piles.

TAke Scabias, and boyl it in water until the water be consumed almost, and let him that is sore, hold his fundament over the fume of the said water as hot as he can suffer it, and be whole.

For the Piles.

TAke aqua vitae cold, and wash the piles therewith, and take cotton linnen and burn it, and lay the powder thereof to the piles upon a linnen cotton cloth as often as you be greived. Or take wormwood and grind it in a morter small, and then fry it in Oyl Olive, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore as hot as you can suffer it, and this will cease the bleed∣ing and aking.

For the Emeraoids that have pappes,

TAke and bind about the Pap a red silk thred, and cut away the pap above the head, and leave the thred fast, and lay a plaister of Wormwood upon the same, and this will heal it. Probatum est.

For the Piles.

TAke a quart of White Wine, and the tops of Elder buds, and Honey, and boyl them well together, then strain them, and wash the place therewith, and this will heal you in short space.

For the Hemeroids.

TAke the juyce of red Nettle leaves, and a little Deer suet, and heat them together in a Sawcer till it be somwhat green, and anoint the place with it.

For the Hemeroids, an approved Medicine.

TAke a gray Cat, and cut her Throat, and save her blood, then flea her, and rost her, and save the grease, then fry the grease and the blood together, and lay it to the sore thrice as hot as the Patient may suffer it, and it will help him.

An excellent Medicine for the Hemeroids or Piles.

TAke and stamp Dandelion and Daysies to∣gether, and strain out the juyce thereof into good Ale, and drink thereof, and it will help thee.

A Glister,

TAke of Endive, of Succory, of Violet Leafs, of each a handfull, of Cummin seeds, and An∣niseeds being bruised small, of each a little, boyl them in sufficient water as will boyl them tender, then strain the herbs from the liquor, and take three parts of the water, and one part of milk, putting into it a little salt, a spoonfull of Honey, and as much Oyl Olive, if you wil make it strong∣er, you may put in an ounce of Cassia Fistula ex∣tract.

Medicines for the Thighes that be stiffe.

THe Brooklime, Horehound herb, John Sheeps Tallow, Swines Grease, and a Horse turd that is new made, beat it all together, and lay it to the sore.

For aking of the Bones of the Thighes.

TAke a pint of white Wine, and the Gaul of an Oxe, and boyl them well, and scum them clean, then take crums of white Bread and put thereto, and make it in a plaister, and lay to the sore two or three times, and be whole.

To knit the synews and veins of the Thighes, or elswhere, when they be broke.

TAke great worms of the earth, and put them in sallet oyl, and with a little Spodonesos that Pedlers have to sell, work them together, and lay them to the wound, and let it lie nine daies, and remove it not, and it will knit both Sinews and Veins together. This is proved.

To make an ointment to asswage the swelling, and to keep Synews from shrinking.

TAke clean Barrows Grease, and a good quantity of Sage, and boyl them together up∣on a chafingdish of coals, and when the Sage is dry, strain it through a cloth, and annoint the place therewith.

For Thighes that be swollen.

TAke Hens dung, or Pigeons dung, and Sheeps, tallow, and Chickweed, and Smal∣ladge, and beat all together and fry it with lees of Malmsey, and so lay it as hot as you can suffer it to the swelling.

For Synews that be shrunk in the Thighes, or elswhere.

TAke young Swallows out of the nest, to the number of twelve, then take Rosemary, La∣vender-Cotton,

and Strawbery leaves, strings and all, of each a handfull, and bray the Swallows in a Morter, guts feathers and all, with the herbs, till they be small, and then fry it again in a Fry∣ing Pan, with May butter, and then strain it, and when you will occupie it, chafe it against the fire.

Medecines for an ach or swel∣ling in the Knee.

TAke Rew and Lovage, and stamp them together, and put thereto honey, and lay it to the sore. Or take Lovage, Smal∣ladge, and Sheeps tallow, and lees of white Wine, and boyl all together, and lay it to the sore on a cloth. Or take Milk and Oatmeal, and dry Rose leaves, and seeth them together, and lay them to the sore hot, and be whole.

For an Ach that doth come of an old bruise.

TAke a pottle of Running Water, and a pint of Bay Salt, and boil them till half be wasted, then thick it up with Bran, and lay it to the sore. Or take and seeth the juice of Nightshade in But∣ter and Oil, and scum off the froth, and keep the same for a precious Jewell to use when you have need. Or take and seeth Oatmeal in white Wine, and lay it plaisterwise to the sore Knee, and it wil help thee shortly.

For the Gout in the Knee.

TAke the milk of a Cow of one colour, and wheaten flower, and seeth it untill it be thick like a plaister, and put thereto the juice of Smallage, and lay it to the Gout, and be whole.

Medicines for Legs.

Medicines for the Legs that be swollen.

TAke Wormwood Sothernwood, and Rue, of each a like much, and stamp them together; and fry them with fair Honey, till it llegin to wax dry; and as hot as you may suffer it lay it to the Legs or Hands, and this will asswage the swel∣ling.

A Psaister for swollen Legs, or when you have no feeling in them.

TAke a pound of Pitch, and half a pound of Wax, and half a pound of Dears sewet, or Sheep sewet, and boil all these together, then strain them through a linnen cloth, and so make a plaister of white Leather, of the bignesse of the fore place, and let it lie to the sore three or four daies, and then if it be not whole make ano∣ther plaister, and lay it again, and so dresse

it till it be whole, for this will bring the feeling again, and mollifie the humor, and asswage the swelling.

For a sore Leg.

TAke unwrought Wax, and a little sheeps Tal∣low, and seeth them together with a little white Coperas, and strike it on a cloth, and so lay it to the sore. Or take Elder Leaves, those that grow one side the leaf longer then the other on the stalk, then the other doth, these be very good for a sore Leg, both to heal, and these be leafs best for mankind.

A Pultis for a sore Leg which is swollen red, and doth prick and ake.

TAke Housleek, Maslows, Lilly roots, and Smal∣lage, dry red Rose Leafs, of each a good handfull, Oatmeal two handfulls, Lineseed, Vine∣creet seed, of each a handfull, good Ale dregs, and Vineger, of each a pint or more, white Wine a pottle, more or lesse, seeth the foresaid stuffe very softly, and make thereof a Pultis, and lay it to the Leg.

A Medicine for a Leg that is swollen, and is not red but will pit after ones finger.

TAke Chickweed and Pellitory, of each an handfull, and instead of Vineger take

dregs of Wine, and put thereto Sheeps tallow, a pound chopped, and Cows milk at your pleasure, and seeth them as before written, untill it be soft, and bind it to the swollen Leg.

Another for the same.

TAke a quart of red Wine, and crums of Rie bread, and seeth them together till it be like a plaister, as hot as you can suffer it lay it to the sore Leg, upon a fair cloth, and when that is done, take another; and so till you have taken four, and this will help you.

To heal a sore Leg coming of an old cause.

TAke flowers of Camomill, or Camomill, and a good handfull of Mallows, of Wormwood, of Grunsell and Sage, of every one half a hand∣full, and beat all small in a Morter, and seeth it in Milk, and put thereto in the seething Vincreeck seed in powder, half a handfull of Anniseeds, and Fennell seeds one ounce, a little May-but∣ter, four or five yolks of Eggs, and seeth all to∣gether, and the same Eggs in the latter end of the seething, and so let it seeth till you come to a thicknesse: You may in the latter end of the seething put in a pint of red Wine to comfort the Synews: take the Camomill and Mallows of each a handfull beaten in a Morter, with Oatmeal and Milk sodden together, and let it boil to a thick∣nesse.

For a Veine or Synew sprung in the Leg, or elswhere.

TAke Dill, Vervain, Mallows, and the crops of red Nettles, and seeth all these in running Water, and after chop them small, and lay them hot to the Leg, as he can suffer it.

The best Medecine for aking of bones in the Legs, or Joynts, or elswhere.

TAke a quarter of a pound of Dill, and beat it to powder, and put thereto a quart of good white Wine, and let it seeth till half be wasted a∣way, then put thereto a pint of Oyl Olive, and let them seeth together, and then strain it, and keep it to annoint the sore place withall, and this will cease the pain anon: this is called Oleum Vnamico; keep it well in a glasse, for this is proved.

For a swollen Leg.

TAke Oatmeal and seeth it in Milk, as you would make pottage therewith, and put thereto a handfull of Mallows chopped small, and the juice of Sengreen, and sheeps sewet, and let it boyl together till it be thick, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore Leg, and be whole.

For a red swelling in the Foot.

TAke and seeth Beane meal and Barley meal with water, right thick and well, and make a

plaister, and lay it to the swelling. Or take Tur∣pentine and Vineger, Honey, white Wine and Bran, and seeth all these together well untill they be thick, and then lay it to the swelling: Or take else Parsley, Sage, and Rue, and stamp with Lard of fat Bacon, and gray snails, and lay it to the sore, and it will gather to a head. Or take Rose leafs, and Lineseed, Milk, and Oatmeal, and fry all these together, and lay it to the sore.

For an ach in the Feet, or if his limbs were taken from him.

TAke wool Oyl, or rather other Oyl, and put thereto a good quantity of Aqua vitae, and beat it together, and chafe it against the fire, and all to rub the sore and dead place, and in short time it wil be whole.

For great aking of Bones in the Feet, or els∣where, the best Medicine.

TAke Baldare one ounce, and put it in your pot∣tage, and eat thereof, for this is very good for aking of Bones, and also to restore a man that is in a Consumption in short time, if you will use it.

To cool a hot sore Leg, and to abate the swelling.

TAke red Coal Leaves, Sage and Smallage, well stamped & medled together with sowre dough, and Honey, and lay it to the sore. Or take horse Dung newly made, and wring out the juice there∣of, and annoint the sore therewith a good while, and then take Violet Leafes and Housleek, and stamp them, and strain them, and put to that juice sweet Cream, and annoint the sore therewith, and it will destroy the great heat.

For a swelling in any place.

TAke Hogs Dung, Pigeons Dung, and Sheeps Tallow, Chickweed and Smallage, and put all these together in Lees of Malmsey, or in Malmsey, or for lack of this in his own water, and when it is wel boyled lay it hot to the sore swelling, and this will abate the swelling, and ease the pain.

For a Corn on the Toe.

TAke a black Snail, and rost him in a white cloth, and when he is rosted lay him to the corn hot, and it will heale thee in short time. Or take a sharp knife, and cut the Corne cleane away, and pick out the little

white pith that is within him, and when you have so done, lay a little Turpentine unto it, and be whole.

Another for the same.

FIrst pare the Agnails or Corns with a sharp knife to the quick flesh, that it bleed, then wipe away the bloud, and drop into the place red Wax, and let it lie till it be consumed, this wil heal your Corn within twice or thrice serving so.

To make a Nail.

TAke Cinquefoil and bray it with any grease, and lay it unto the Nail, and this will bring the Nail again.

For aches in the Armes.

TAke Searcloaths that be atractive, or take the Oyl of Turpentine, and mix it with Aqua vitae, and annoint the place therewith.

For aking of the Wrests.

TAke and stamp Mugworth with Swines grease, and put verjuice thereto, and lay it to the grief, and this will help the akings. Or take Planten leaves, and stamp them with a little salt, and this is good if it be swollen. Or take the Bran,

and the Powder of Lyne, of each a like much, and and seeth them in Wine, and put a little Oyl thereto, and make it thick, and lay it to the sore, and this will heal thee.

For chapped hands.

TAke Mastick, Frankincense, new Wax, and Oyl of Roses, and make thereof an oyntment, and annoint thy chapped hands, and this will make thee whole.

Another for the same.

TAke Rose Water, and Oyl of Almonds, and a little Wax, and melt them together, and make an oyntment thereof, and annoint thy chapt hands, and within four times annointing, they shall be whole.

For the prick of a Thorne.

TAke Sothernwood and stamp it, and mingle it with fair Barrows grease, and lay it to the Thorn, or pricking of any venemous Beast. Or take Brooklime, Smalladge, Sheeps Tallow, Bay Salt, and your own urine well sod together, and lay it to the sore place where the Thorn is.

To draw out a Prick or Thorn.

TAke Dittany and grind it, and make a plaister, and lay it to the sore, and also eat or drink

Dittany, and it will do the same: Or take black Sope and lay it to the sore, and it will draw out either prick or thorne, being well tempered with Birdlime, and so will Violets boiled in water and laid to the sore. Or take stone crop and stamp it, and lay it to the point of a thorn, and this vvill draw it out without fail.

To draw out a Thorn and heal the place, being red swollen, my Lady Audelies medicine.

TAke Smallage perfectly beaten in a Morter and put it to black Sope and Boars Grease and beat all together very wel, and make an oint∣ment thereof, and spread ir on a linnen cloth, and lay it vvarm to the sore place vvhere the Thorn is, and bind it.

For a prick of a Thorn or Nail.

TAke Chickvveed, and seeth it in fair running Water, til it be tender, and then strain it from the water, and bray it in a Morter, and put it in a bottle of milk, and put thereto Deers Sevvet, or sheeps Tallovv, and Oatmeal, and seeth it all to∣gether till it come to a Pultis, then vvash the sore place vvith the vvater that the Chickvveed vvas sodden in, and then lay this Pultis on a linnen cloth, and lay it to the sore. Or take the dung of a Gander nevv laid, and lay it upon the place vvhere the Thorn is upon a linnen cloth, and this vvill dravv him out.

For a prick of a a Thorn.

TAke of the seed of Flax half a handfull, and a quarter so much of Oatmeal, of Cummin an ounce, beat all these into fine powder in a brazen Morter, and seeth them in Vineger or lees of red Wine, or Claret Wine, or white Wine, and put thereto half so much milk, and let it seeth untill it be thick like Past, and then lay it hot to the sore, and if it be rotten, it will draw it out, and if not, it will dissolve it.

Another for the same.

TAke the black vvorm called a Shromp, vvhich is commonly in horse dung, and make a slit in his belly, but kill him not, and lay it round upon the place vvhere the Thorn is, or went in, it vvill be painfull for a time, but it vvill bring out the Thorn vvithout fail.

Medicines for the Gout.

An approved Medicine for the Gout.

TAke Wormwood, Smallage, Camomill, holy-Oak leaves, Horehound, of each a handfull, then take a pint of Neatsfoot Oyl, and half a pint of the Oyl of Shomakers patches, and boyl the Oyls together a little while, and scum it, and the herbs being well chopped, then put them into the Oyls, and let them all boyl together a quarter of an hour, and strain it through a cloth, and keep it for your use: to this must be added Deers sewet, and two spoonfulls of Aqua vitae.

There be four kinds of Gouts, named in Latin, Chira∣gra, Podagra, Scyatica and Artetica: the one is in the hands, fingers, and armes, the which is called Chira∣gra: The other is named Podagra, and that is the feet, toes and legs: The third doth keep the huckle bone, and doth run to the knee, and in processe of time descendeth to the ancle, and to the toe, and is called Scyatica: The fourth kind of the Gout, is named the Gout Artetick, the which doth run over all the joynts and parts of a mans body, and the Medicines of every one follow.

For the Gout in the hand called Chyragra.

THe cause of this impediment doth come of rheume, and evill dirt, and there be two kinds of Gout in the hands, the one is confirmed and cannot be made whole, for if it do come by kind, and the joynts be broken, the sicknesse is incurable, the other which is not confirmed, may be made whole, as followeth.

TAke of Colworts three handfulls, and seeth them, with a little Lie, with three spoonfulls of Vineger, and a little salt, stamp all these toge∣ther with the said little, and make a plaister there∣of. Or take and eat Treacle, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the place, and mark if the matter do come of a hot cause, you may minister hot Medicines, and if of a cold cause, no hot me∣decines but cold, and let the Patient beware of eating those things that be over hot or cold.

For the Gout, and all manner of Aches.

TAke of Clot roots two pound, and seeth them in pisse till they be tender, and then bray them and strain them through a cloth, and then take six Oxen galls, or Neats, and look that you have a pottle of urine or more well strained, and then put thereto a quart of Oyl Olive, and seeth this together till it do come to the quantity of the Oyl, for this will work wonders in the Gout.

To comfort the joynts and Synews.

TAke five or six handfulls of Walworts, and seeth them well in Wine, then strain them with a little wax, oyl of Spike, and Aqua vitae, make an ointment wherewith you must annoint the place morning and evening every day.

Medicines for the Gout appropriate in all causes.

TAste cow dung, and seeth it in sweet Milk, and lay a plaister thereof to the Gout: Also the yolks of Eggs, womans Milk, Lynseed, and Saffron all together in a plaister asswageth the dis∣eases of the Gout, and if you be disposed to break the skin, and to let the humor issue out (as by such means many a one is eased) you shall make a little plaister of black Sope, and Aqua vitae, which will blister it without pain: Also very hare old cheese cut and sodden in the broth of a gammon of Bacon, and afterwards stamped with a little of the broth, and made in manner of a plaister, is a singular remedy for the diseases of the Gout, and was first practised by Galen the Prince of all Phi∣sitians.

For the Gout in the Feet.

TAke and stamp nettles, and lay them to the Podagra Feet or Legs, and this will joyn flesh to the bone that is risen; but you must mingle it with salt, for that drieth up evill humors in short time.

For the Gout cold.

TAke as much black sope as a Walnut, and as much herb grace made in juice to the quan∣tity of the Sope, and as much of the juice of Sa∣lendine, and mingle them all together, then take sheeps Leather, and on the fleshy side lay on the plaister, and so lay it to the Gout three daies, and it will help thee.

For the Gout.

TAke a pint and a half of good Ale, and half a pound of black Sope, and a handfull of bay Salt beaten small, then mingle them all together till half be consumed, then put four spoonfulls of Aqua vitae, and let it boyl a little more, then take a cloth and dip it in it, and lay it to the griefe as hot as he can suffer it, and be whole. Or take a pint of good Ale, and clarifie it on the fire, and put therein a handfull of Bay Salt, and stir it well a good while, put thereto two spoonfuls of black Sope, and before you lay on the medicine, take a linnen cloth, and rub it well a good while, and then lay on the medicine.

To take away pain of the Gout.

TAke the fattest Brach you can get, and scald him like a Pig, and take out the guts and garbadge at one of the sides, then take nettles and stamp them with

two ounces of Brimstone, four yolks of Eggs, four ounces of Turpentine, incorporate all toge∣ther, and put it in the whelps belly surely sowed up, that no composition come out, then rost him with a soft fire, and keep the dripping that doth come from him, and annoint the sore place therewith, for this is excellent; and will cease all manner of Convulsions of the Sinews or joynts, and pain of the Cramp that may be felt in any man: This medicine hath been tryed not only to heal the Gout, but to drive it away for ever.

Another for the same.

TAke half a pint of strong Vineger, and three Yolks of Eggs, and put them to the Vineger with a quantity of black Sope, and so let it stand three daies and three nights, and then mingle them together like a plaister, and lay it to the sore. Or take and stamp Walwort small, and seeth it with the lees of red Wine as thick as pap, and lay it to the sore wheresoever it be, if it be hot lay it on hot, if it be cold lay it on cold, and then annoynt it two daies after with Nerve Oyl upon the Si∣news:

For the festring Gout that maketh holes.

TAke the juice of rib grasse, and as much of the white of an Egg, and Rie meal, and mingle them together, and stamp them, and make a thick plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore, and let it

lie still untill it fall away. Or take Rie flower, and mingle it with the juice of Walwort roots, and make thereof two cakes, and bake them, and then take one and do away the crust, and bind it to the sore as hot as you may suffer it, and when that cake is cold then take the other, and lay it to the pain, and this wil heal it.

For the Gout.

TAke Castle sope, and scrape it into the barm of Ale, but the Ale must not be sowre, and stir the sope and the barm together, and then lay it upon the ach, and with a little cloth rowl it on, and when it swells take red Fennell and seeth it, and put to it butter, and lay it to the swelling: it must be butter unsalted, and use this, for it is very good.

An approved medicine for the Gout.

TAke a quantity of unwrought Wax, and four times so much Boars Grease, and as much black Sope as the Boars Grease, then take the Boars Grease first, and seeth it in a skillet, and then clarifie it, and melt the Wax by it self, and put it to the grease, and then put them together with the sope, then take it from the fire and stir it a great while till it be like a salve, then make a plai∣ster of sheeps Leather, and when your pain doth come lay on this plaister somewhat broader then the grief is, and let it lie on twenty four hours be∣fore it be removed, and you shall find great case

in it. This salve wil be good a whole year, if it be kept close.

A speciall medicine for the Gout.

YOu shall buy at the Apothecaries Cantarides, which is a great fly, take of this a quantity, and twice so much sowre bread, the crums thereof stamped in a Morter with a little Vineger, so that you may make thereof a plaister, then stroke it upon a cloth, and cut it the bredth of a penny, and lay it to the place where the pain is for the space of six or seven hours, then lift up the plaister with a knife, and let it lie half an hour, then again pull it off, and a blister wil rise there, then let out the water with a needle, in the lowest place of the blister, and softly thrust it with your finger, and if the water be cold, it will be somewhat yellow, if the pain be new, it will be white like the gelly of a Pig, then take the leaf of an Oak tree, and cut a∣way the hardnesse thereof, and prick it full of holes, and lay it on untill it be whole, as soon as the blister is broken the pain is gone, but you must make the blister beneath the joynt.

For the Gout.

TAke six new laid Eggs, and rost them hard, and cut them asunder, take out the yolks, and where the yolks were, while the Eggs be very hot, put in myrrhe of Alexandria, it is to be

bought at the Apothecaries, and lay one side of the Eggs upon another as you cut them, and lay them in a row between two dishes, and thereof will come a water and be in the dish, then take it out, and put it in a glasse, and then dresse new, till you have some quantity of the Water, for six Eggs will not make above a spoonfull at once. This is a proved medicine to drive away the pain of the Gout when it cometh.

For the Gout.

TAke the milk of a Cow of one color, and small Planten Leaves, and flower of clean Wheat∣meal, and boyl them together, and make a plai∣ster, and lay it to the sore, and this will help thee in short space.

A speciall medicine for the Gout.

TAke a young Whelp in the moneth of May, and strip him out of his skin, and dresse him clean, then take a quantity of Water-frogs, and put them in his belly when his guts be out, and sow up his belly, then rost him, and take the drip∣ping in an Iron Vessell, and when it is cold put it in a glasse, and therewithall annoynt the disease, and you shall be whole, by Gods grace.

For the Gout a proved medicine.

TAke Civill sope, and two penniworth of Camphire, a sawcer full of womans Milk,

of a man child, then put the Sope and Camphire into the milk til it be thick, then put it into a clean box or vessell, and let it stand twenty four hours, and then annoynt the Patient therewith cold, and ever lay the medicine above the sore to draw it downwards. This was proved upon Sir John Wilton and many others.

For the Gout.

TAke Cows horn coming of a red or brinded Cow, a good quantity, and make it warm in a frying pan, and put thereunto half a spoonfull of the powder of a rotten post, or pole of Older wood, and stir them together, and bind them on the place aggrieved hot or bloud-warm, and lap it with a woollen cloth next to the medicine, and a linnen cloth over all to keep in the me∣dicine: wash off this medicine when you take it off with Farrow Cow milk warmed.

Another for the Gout.

TAke four ounces of the Oyl of Lineseed, four ounces of Oyl of Worms, and the like quanti∣ty of the best Treacle, and mix them well toge∣ther, and annoynt the place aggrieved, and also spread it on a linnen cloth, and bind it on all night.

For the Gout.

VAlerian, Coltsfoot, Oyl of Shomakers patches, Deers sewet, and as much of Neats foot Oyle as the other two, melt the Oyls and Deers sewet, and then put in the two herbs, being chopped small, and boil them all together with a gentle fire half an hour, and then strain them through a course cloth, and keep this oyntment in a box. Annoynt the place aggrieved with this oyntment and lay it on a plaister of the Oyl of Shomakers patches only spread upon thin brown paper war∣med.

Medicines for the Dropsie.

TAke a portion of water Cresses, and Sage, the greatest part of Mugwort, Hysope, red Fen∣nel; of every one of these a like portion, wash all these clean, and let the water run from them, then take the same herbs and put them in Past of a great pie, and the same Pie to be baked in an o∣ven, and when it is baked take it out, and all hot put it into a pot of ale clear drawn after the por∣tion of your herbs: Also you must cover your pot, to the intent the strength of the herbs come

not out, but remain in your pot still, and work in the Ale, to make it so much the stronger, then draw off the said Ale daily, and let the sick drink thereof at all times, when you will day or night, when he desireth to drink, and wit bin nine daies he shall be whole.

An excellent medicine for the Dropsie, made for Queen Elizabeth, by Doctor Adrian and Doctor Lasye.

TAke Polypodium, Spicknard, Squant, Ginger, Marjoram, Galingall, Setwell, of every one, one penny weight, Seeny, the leaves and cods, so much as all the rest, grosly broken into powder, and so put them into a bag, and hang it with a packthread in an earthen pot of two gal∣lons of Ale, and every four daies cover the Ale with new Barm, and drink no other drink the space of a whole week, and this shall purge all ill humors in the body: this drink will not let the bloud putrifie, neither flegme to have domination, nor choler to burn, nor melancholy to have exal∣tation, it doth multiply bloud, and helpeth all e∣vill, it purgeth the rheume, and mightily helpeth it, it defendeth the Stomach, and nourisheth it, profiteth and preserveth youth; and engendreth good colour, comforteth the sight, and nourish∣eth the mind.

For the Dropsie that swelleth.

TAke and eat water Cresses, and Raysons, and this shal make the malady come down to the Legs and Toes, then when it is in the Legs or Feet, take the green bark of Older in Winter, and the Crops in Summer, and Oatmeal, and lay it to thy Legs being sodden in fair water, and this will heal thee.

For a swelling in a mans body.

TAke Betany and Sentory, of each a like much, and make Powder of them, and put of the powder in your drink, and in your pottage, and it will bring the swelling out of your body into Legs and Feet, then take Salendine and bruise him in a Morter, and lay him to the soles of your feet, and it will take away all the swellings of the Body through the soles of your Feet, by water running; and it is called a Dropsie.

Medicnes for a Canker.

TAke Walwort and Waybred, Self-green Housleek, and Smallage, of each a like much, stamp them together in a leaden Morter, and strain them through a cloth, and mingle the juice with wheat flower, and ho∣ney, and the white of an Egg, and stir all these, and lay it to the sore.

For a Canker, Fistula, Wart, new sores, old sores, or wounds.

TAke a gal••••n and an half of running Water, and a peck of ashes made of green ashen wood, and sift them clean, and make thereof a gallon of Lie, and put thereto a gallon of Tanwoose, and a pound of Madder, and seeth all these to a gallon, and let your Pan be so great, that it be little more then half full, and when it riseth in the seething, stir it with a ladle, that it run not over, then let it stand three or four hours till it be clear, and then let all that is clear strain through a good clean cloth, and then wet a ragged cloth, and with a long Lint lay it to the sore, and this will heal the diseases aforesaid.

Medicines for burning or scalding.

TAke unslaked Lime, as much as you think good, and slake it in common Oyle, and then take it out as dry as you can, and in∣corporate it with Oyl of Roses, and it will be as it were an oyntment, which you shal an∣noynt the place with, and in eight or ten daies it will be whole, and not leave any mark or scarr upon the skin, and when the party is first burned or scalded, because the other is not ready, take a little of the Lard of a Barrow.

For one that is burned with a Match.

TAke the same Match and burn it to powder, and strew the same powder upon the place, and this will heal it in short space.

For burning with Gun-powder.

TAke Sheeps sewet, and Sheeps dung, and fry them both together, and so annoynt the place that is burned therewith, twice every day, and do not wash the sore with any thing, for the me∣dicine vvil fall away of it self as it doth heale, and do not change the medicine in any wise.

For burning with Wild-fire.

TAke the dregs of Wine and Vineger, and an Egg, both the white and yolk by even porti∣ons, and mingle them well together, and lay it to the sore, untill it be whole.

To get out the fire of burning or scalding.

TAke the whites of new laid Eggs, after the quantity of the sore, and put them in a peu∣ter dish, and with a stone of Roch Allum, labour it about till it come all to a froth, then take a fine linnen cloth and wet it in Oyl Olive; or for lack of it in fresh grease or butter, and lay it next the sore, and then lay the froth upon the same a good thicknesse, and so bind it with a cloth, foure times dresse it, evening and morning, and the fire will be out.

Medicines to stop Bloud.

To stop Bloud in a Veine.

TAke a handfull of Leaves of the little Burrs that stick upon a mans Coat, and are called Strachantes, and bray these Leaves, and lay them to the wound, and it will stop the bloud.

To stop bloud in a wound suddainly.

TAke Paper, Flax, or Linnen cloth, which is next thy hand, and burn it, and put it into the wound, the ashes thereof hot, and the bloud shall stop straight: Or if you will stamp nettle roots, and lay them to the wound, it shall be no more.

To stop bloud, if the Master-Veine be cut, or the wound very large.

TAke red nettles or red Colwort Leafs, stamp them with Hogs dung well tempered toge∣ther, and lay it on the wound, and this will stench the bleeding quickly. Or take dried Vervain made in Powder, and put the Powder into the wound, and it will help.

For a wound that is full of Bloud.

TAke red Nettles and stamp them with Vine∣ger, and lay them upon the wound, and it will cleanse the wound, and do away the bloud.

To stop bleeding at the Nose, or in any other place upon the suddain.

IF it be a man that bleedeth take a Leather point and tye about his stones very hard, and this wil stop the bleeding straight. Or if his Arm or Leg be cut, bind the other Arm or Leg very hard, and the bloud will run to the other side that is most pained.

Medicines for the Morphew.

TAke Mustard made of white Vineger, and let the Patient annoynt himself withall where the Morphew is nine nights, and this will help

him. Or take and bray Sorrell, and strain it clear, then put to it as much sugar and honey as you do juice, and boil them well together over the fire, and then let them seeth till the sugar have the tast, then put to it one ounce of Vineger, and so dresse it, and keep the medicine to eat.

Another for the same.

TAke an ounce of very good sope, and a peny∣worth of Aqua vitae, and put them both into a Morter, and grind them well together, then take a handfull of Eglantine, and stamp it, and strain it, and put some of the juice to the sope and Aqua vitae, and then take a course Canvas cloth, and rub where the Morphew is, and after annoynt the place with this medicine, and be whole.

For the black Morphew.

THere be two kind of Morphews, the white and the black, the white is named Alborus; and for remedy for the black Morphew take this rule, that if the place be pricked and will not bleed, then it is not cureable, but if it will bleed, take of Rapes and Rocket, of each an ounce and an half, and stamp it with Vineger, and after that wash the place. Or take of the earth of Africk, and mix it with Vineger, and wash the place oft therewith, and it will heal thee.

A most excellent Water to comfort the Vitalls, and preserve other parts of the body, made by Doctor Stephens.

TAke a gallon of good Gascoygne Wine, Gin∣ger, Galingale, Cinamon, Nutmegs, Graines, Cloves, Anniseeds, Fennell seed, a Dram, Sage, Mints, red Roses, Time, Pellitory, Rosema∣ry, wild Time, Camomile, Lavender, of each one handfull, then bruise the spices and the herbs small, and put all into the Wine, and let it stand twelve hours, stirring it divers times, then still it in a Lymbeck according to the art, and the first water is of more strength then the second, and both be the better by the standing in the Sun.

The vertues hereof,

Be to comfort the spirits vitall, helps to the in∣ward diseases of cold, the Palsey, the contraction of Sinews, the conception of Women, killeth the Worms within the body, cureth the Cough, Toothach, cold Dropsie, comforteth the Stomach, helpeth the stone in the Bladder, and in the reins of the Back, slackneth a stinking breath. Whosoever useth this water ever anon, and not toe after, it preserveth him in good likeing, and maketh him seem young very long: with this Doctor Stephens preserved his own life, untill such extreme Age, that he could neither go nor ride, and kept him five years, when other Phisitians judg∣ed it impossible for him to live one year.

To make Cinamon Water.

TAke Rhenish Wine a quart, and Spanish wine a pint, Rosewater a pint and a half, Cinamon bruised a pound and a half let these stand infused the space of four and twenty hours, then distill it, and being close stopped and luted, then with a soft fire distill the same softly in a Limbeck of Glasse, and receive the first Water by it self.

Also, if ye be so disposed to make the same Wa∣ter weaker, take three pints of Rosewater, and a pint and a half of Rhenish Wine, and so distill the same, and you shall have to the quality of the stuffe the quantity of the Water, which is three pints; but the first Water is the best, and so reserve it to your use, both morning and evening.

To make Cinamon Water another way.

TAke three quarts of Muskadine, and a pound of Cinamon, and half a pint of good Rose∣water, and so let them lie infused the space of four and twenty hours, and distill it as aforesaid, and you shall receive to the quantity, as to the quality, but the first pint is the best, and the chief∣est of all the other, as is manifest by practise.

Medicines for the Palsie that take away the Speech.

TAke Sage leaves and Primrose leaves, and if it be in winter, take leaves, and roots and all, of each a like quantity, beat them together, and strain them with Ale, and give it the sick to drink, a spoon∣ful or two at a time, and it will bring the speech again.

For the Palsie.

TAke and stamp a handful of Sage, as small as may be, and put thereto two penyworth of Treacle, and a penyworth of Aqua-vitae; temper them well together, and lay a plaister thereof to the Wrist of the hand, and in the Nape of the Neck; and thus thou may'st heal him that is lame of the Palsie in short time.

For the Palsie that maketh a man bed-ridden.

TAke both the crops and blossoms of broom, and seeth them in good red wine till it be thick as Oyntment, and then anoynt all thy body with it, and use this, and it will make thee whole.

An excellent Drink for the Palsie. Proved divers times.

TAke the flesh of a Fox new killed, and lay it all night in new Milk, and the buds of Rosemary leaves and flowers, and that a great quantity, and half a handful of Harts tongue, and take away the string that goeth along the back of the leaves, and a good quantity of Bu∣gle, and a few small raisins; styll all these toge∣ther with a gentle fire, and when it is forty days old, drink it fasting; it destroyeth the Pal∣sie, and maketh good bloud.

Medicines for a Fellon.

TAke Groundsel and stamp it small, then temper it with oyl of Roses, and make it like a salve, and lay it to the sore, and this will heal thee.

To break a Fellon hastily.

TAke the yolk of an Egg, and Bay salt, and powder of Coperas, and lay it to the sore, and it will break it.

To destroy a Fellon.

TAke Scabias a good handful or two, then take Sheeps suet and brown bread and chop all these together small, then fry them in a pan, and lay it hot to the Fellon, and it shall de∣stroy it.

Medicines for the Impostume within a mans Body.

TAke young Walnuts, and stamp them Rindes and all, and lay a plaister thereof upon the Navel; and this will destroy an Impostume; as Isaac saith. Or take two handfuls of Clot roots made clean, and seeth them well in half a gal∣lon of good Ale or more, until the fourth part be wasted away, and let it run through a cloth, but wring it not; and let the sick drink there∣of three days, and then other three days; and if thou wilt, thou may'st put thereto Licoras. This is proved.

To break an Impostume.

TAke the kernels of Wall-nuts, and stamp them with Rue, and lay a plaister thereof morning and evening upon the Navel, and with∣out all doubt it will help thee of all other swel∣lings.

To put out an Impostume without peril.

TAke and drink the juyce of Mary-golds with red horehound, and thou shalt be whole.

Medicines for the Measels or Shingles.

TAke the juyce of Arch-angel, and dip a linnen cloth in it, and lay it to the sore morning and evening, untill it be whole, Probatum est.

To take away the Scarres of the small Pox or the Measels.

TAke the blood of a Bull or of a Hart, and this is much commended of Authors, to be

good to anoint hot the scarres, and also the li∣quor that issueth out of the sheeps clawes, hot in the fire, or the dripping of a Signet or Swan, upon the place oftentimes hot.

For the Shingles or Measeles.

TAke a Cat, and with a stick beat her ear a good while, and when you have wel bea∣ten her ear, cut off that ear first, and with a sawcer save the blood, and then cut of the o∣ther ear as you shall need, and with that bleod anoint the place where the Shingles be, and use this three times, and be whole.

Medecines for the small Pox.

FIrst let all Physitians beware, not onely in this infirmity▪ but in many others: not to minister Medicines External which should be repercussive; which is to say, to drive in the infirmity into the body: And beware in this matter of ointments and baths, and of cold and open ayers, or of picking or touching any of the pushes, or skabs; keep the Pa••ie•…•…

warm, and let him be of a good diet to comfort blood, although some that be expert Physitians in this matter, would that a man should ex∣haust blood out of a vain named Mediana.

For Pock-holes.

TAke for a man the grease of a Capon, and for a woman the grease of a Hen, and a∣noint the place where the Pock-holes be, and it shal cleanse them, and make them appear as it were no Pock there.

To drive out the Pox.

TAke Malmsey, Ginger, and Treacle, and mingle them well together; and when thou goest to bed, drink a good draught, and it will drive out the Pox.

For the French POX.

OF this there be many kinds, some be moist, some be watrish, some be dry, and some be scurvy; some be like Scabs, some like Ring-worms; some be fistuled, some be fester∣ed; some be Cankers, some be like Wens; some like Biles, some like Knobs or Kernels; and some be Ulcerous having a little dry Scab

in the midst of the ulcerous Scab; some have ach in the joynts, and no sign of the Pox, and yet it may be the Pox.

The cause of this infirmity doth come many wayes, it may come by lying in the sheets or bed wherein a Pockie person hath lyen the night before, it may come by lying with a Poc∣kie person, it may come by sitting on a Jakes, where Pockie persons did lately sit, it may come by drinking with a Pockie person; but specially it is taken, when one Pockie person doth sin in Lechery with another; all the kinds of Pox be infectious, and therefore beware of them.

A Remedy.

TAke the grease of a Boar, the skin clean ta∣ken away; the weight of a pound of the powder of Brimstone, three ounces of the pow∣der of Oyster-shels, two ounces of Verdigrease, the weight of twelve pence, of the inner bark of the branches of a Vine; two ounces of Quicksilver, mortifyed with fasting-spittle; then stamp all these together in a Morter and anoint thy body, specially as near as you can to the sores, and then lay the person in a bed, and lay clothes enough over him, and let him sweat twenty or four and twenty hours, do this three times in nine dayes, and after that take an easie

purgation, and take of the water of planten, half a pint of Mercury sublimated, the weight of eight pence, of Roch allom half an ounce, make powder of it, and mix it altogether, and with the feather anoint the place. Or take of Turpentine well washed, one ounce of Lytarge and burnt Allom,, of each an ounce, and mix these together, then take seven ounces of the fat of a Goat or Kid, and anoint the place. Or take of fresh Butter an ounce and an half, of Barrowes grease half a pound of old Treacle an ounce, of Mithridatum half an ounce, of Quicksilver mortifyed, the weight of six groats, of Lytarge and salt of each half an ounce, mix this together, and make an ointment thereof, and anoint the sores therewith, and this will heal thee if thou wilt use it as is afore-said.

For the Cramp.

TAke the stifle bone of a Hare, and as long as you have the same about you next to your skin, you shall not have the Cramp.

Another for the Cramp

TAke two spoonfuls of May-butter, and two spoonfuls of Ruejuyce, and temper them together till they be a salve, and anoint the place therewith.

Medicines for all kind of sores and wounds,

and first to draw a sore.

TAke and beat Oatmeal in a Morter, small, and then put it into milk, and seeth it well together, with a handful of Rose-flowers unstild, if you may have them; or else of them that are stilled, and not burned, and seeth them till they be like Pap together, and then lay them warm to the sore as the Patient may suffer it, evening and morning, and this will dry it.

A good water for every sore.

TAke a quart of ashes made of an Ash, and a pottle of vineger, and a pound of Madder,

half a pound of Allom-glass, and seeth all these together until they be half wasted, then take it from the fire and let it stand and spurge, then take the water that is clear above, and put it into a Vial, and put that water into a sore, and this will heal it without any more cost.

A Plaister for that swelling which is called an Ʋncome.

TAke Rue and Smalledge, of each an hand∣ful, a good gobet of fat Bacon, such as is ve∣ry much smoaked, or resty as they call it, and dress the said Bacon in squares as big as your finger, and beat all these together, till it be dis∣solved, and meet to spread upon leather or cloth, and lay it to the sore, and it will both draw it and heal it when it is broken.

A soveraine plaister for any Ach.

TAke a quart of Malmsey, and a spoonful of Sallet-oyl, a good handful of Onyons pil∣led, broken, and bruised, and an ounce of pep∣per, finely beaten, then seeth all these together,

till they be thick, and spread it upon a cloth, and lay it to the place where the pain is, and this will take away the Ach.

A Medicine or Oyntment cal∣led Flos Unguentorum.

TAke Rosin, and per Rosin, of each half a pound, Virgin wax, and Frankincense, of each a quarter of a pound, Mastick an ounce, Harts tallow a quarter of a pound, and Cam∣phire two drams; melt that which is to be molten, and powder that which is to be made in powder, and searce them fine, and boyl them over the fire, and then strain them through a Canvas cloth into a pottle of white wine, then boyl the wine with all the other ingredients to∣gether till the wine be consumed, then let it cool till it be but bloud-warm, then put thereto a quarter of a pound of Turpentine, evermore stir∣ing it till it be thorow cold, but ever beware your stuff be no hotter then bloud when you put in your Turpentine and Camphire, for if it be it marreth all your stuff; then when it is cold, make it up in rolls, and keep it for your use, for the best medicine and precious salve that ever was or can be made.

To make Salus Populi, which is good for Blanes, and to skin all sores in three days, and is good for him that feareth the Hemeroids.

TAke of Salendine two handfuls, Allom one handful, and grind them together like sauce, then take Weathers tallow, or Harts tallow a pound, of oyl of Roses half a pound, and melt them together and boyl the herbs therein until it sink down to the bottom, and it wax somwhat black, then strain it, and keep it to your use. This Oyntment is hard, and therefore when you will use of it, put it in a spoon, and melt it over the fire; and understand, it must not be put in old sores but there as it scaldeth the skin off, and when there riseth any pimples, white, black, blew, or red, this Salus Populi dryeth well, and healeth well, and destroyeth the wild fire.

A special Medicine for a Bruise.

TAke a great handful of Rue, the white and Yolks of five Eggs, half a pint of Honey and a handful of wheat flower, temper all these to∣gether, and make it thick, and so lay it to the place that is bruised upon a fair cloth heated hot against the fire, and let it ly twenty four hours, and then lay on a fresh.

To asswage any Swelling where-ever it be.

TAke two handfuls of Penyrial, and set it in the strongest Ale you can get til it be tender, then take it and press it from the herbs, and lay it unto the swelling as hot as he can suffer it, and so use it two or three days, and it will be good.

A marvellous Salve to heal and draw.

TAke Betony, Plantane, and Smallage, the juyce of them one pound, then take four ounces of Wax that cometh of the honey, two ounces of incense white and clean, two ounces of pitch, two ounces of Rosin, melt these by themselves upon a soft fire; that done, put the juyce of the herbs to it, and boyl it together until the juyce be wasted, and alwaies stir it; then take it from the fire and strain it through a clean cloth, then take two ounces of Turpentine, and temper it with the rest, and when it is cold, keep it as gold.

To heal a wound.

TAke the flowers of herb John, and put them in a glass, and put thereto as much oyl Olive as will cover the herbs, and then stop the glass close, and put it in the Sun for the space of twenty days or more, then it will be a fine co∣loured oyntment, and very good for green wounds, and when you will use it, warm it a little at the fire, and then wet your Lint therein, and lay it to the wound, and it will be whole.

A water to heal all manner of wounds in short space, which is a thing that every man ought to have in his house, seeing it is of so great vertue.

TAke a pound of new yellow wax, or as much as you will, and melt it in a clean pan, and then pour it out into some other ves∣sel, wherein must be Malmsey, Muscadel, or good Claret-wine; and then take the wax out, and pour it again upon the wine, and do so seven times, then take the said wax and melt it on the fire, and put into it a handful of Brick beaten into fine powder, and stir it well toge∣ther, and then put it into a crook't-neckt glass, such as Stillers call the Bag-pipe-glass; you must clay it well about the midst of the glasses neck, and let it distil first with a little fire, and then more and last with a good great fire, and then when all the things be cold, put it out of your recipient, and pour it into a Viol well stoped with wax and searcloth, so that in no

case the ayre go out, no sun nor fire come to it, for it is so fine of himself, that it will vanish away straight; and when you will occupy it, you must wet and moyst the wound with a fine linnen cloth, and so bind it to the wound.

To heal a wound in ten days.

TAke Camphire and stamp it with Boars∣grease, put it into the wound, and this will heal it in ten days without fail.

To make that flesh shall not grow too much in a wound.

TAke the Lightes or Lungs of a Sheep hot, and lay it upon the wound, and the flesh shall rise equal with the skin.

A Diet for him that is wounded.

TAke heed you eat no Cheese, Butter, Eggs, nor Fish of the Sea, nor Fruit, but fine and light meats, as Capons, Chickens Rabbets, Pheasants, and Partridge, Lamb, Lark, and such like.

Medicines for the Itch in man or woman.

THis I do advise every man for this matter, to ordain and prepare a sharp pair of nailes to scratch, claw, rent, and tear the skin and the flesh, that the corrupt blood may run out; and then use purgations, stoves, and sweats; and beware you reverberate not the cause inward with any oyntment, nor claw not thy skin with filthy fingers, but wash thy hands to bed-ward.

For a Scab on man or woman.

TAke Mallows and Wormwood, and boyl them well together, and with the said wa∣ter and herbs (warm as thou mayst suffer it) all to wash thy Body, and this will heal thee in short time.

For the Itch in the hands that come of worms.

TAke the seed of Henbane, and cast it on a Chafing-dish of coals, but first wash thy

hands, and then hold them over the fire as hot as you may suffer it a good while; and then put thy hands into a Bason of cold water, and thou shalt see the wormes creep out into the water; do this three or four times and be whole.

To destroy all manner of Scabs dry or moyst.

TAke the juyce of Scabias and Vineger, and one part of Garlick, and seeth altoge∣ther till it do turn to an oyntment, and anoint the Scabs therewith, and be whole.

For the dry Scab.

THis infirmity commeth to man after his complexion, by superabundant humors, or by lying with an infectious person having the said infirmity, or by aridity or dryness of chol∣ler, or melancholy, the which doth engender a dry Scab, which is the worst among all the kind of Scabs.

The Remedy.

TAke Mercury mortifyed, with Fasting-spit∣tle three ounces, incorporate it with the oyl of Bayes, and anoint thy body therewith: Or

take Mercury mortifyed three ounces, of the powder of Brimstone two ounces, of the pow∣der of Elicampana two ounces; Confect it together with Barrows-grease, and anoint thy body oft.

Medicines for the Falling-sickness that doth not foam in the mouth, but by Ʋrine and Egestion, or both at once defileth himself.

THe cause of this infirmity, many Au∣thors in divers matters be of sundry opinions; but for this matter I do say, that forasmuch as it is one of the kinds of the Falling-sickness, it doth take his Original of a Rheumetick humour, opilating the cels of the Brain; the Brain so opilated and stopped, the Patient lyeth pittifully, unto the time that Nature hath removed the Cause.

A Remedy.

FOr this matter, a great circumspection must be had, first in the diet of the Patient, for the Patient (not onely in this kind of Falling-sickness, but in all other kinds) must abstain from white meats, Beef, Hares-flesh, and Ve∣nison; also they must beware of climbing up to high places, they must eat no Sallets, Ony∣ons, nor Garlick, Raisons, Gibboles, or Sca∣lions, or such like things: The Patient must beware of eating of Water-fowles, and fatness of fish; as Eels, Conger, and Salmon and such like; and then use the seeds and roots of Pio∣ny, as well in meats as drinks; and so wear the seeds about thy neck, and purge thy head, and do as it is specifyed in the Chapter named Epilepsia next following.

THere be three kinds of Falling-sickness which men be infected with; to wit, Epi∣lepsia, who in their falling foam at the mouth; and this is the common kind of the Falling-sickness: They which have the Analepsia, shall (when they fall) defile themselves, and not foam at the mouth: They which have Tatalepsia, whether they be taken open-ey'd, or half closed, for the time they shall see no∣thing.

For the Falling Sickness.

TAke Rue, and Wormwood, of each of them a handful, and make it powder, and blow some of it into his nose that doth fall, and he shall presently rise.

Medicines for Warts.

THis Infirmity doth come of gross evil humors; to remedy which, Take a pair of Cissers, and cut off the heads of the Warts, and then rub them with Garlick and Bay salt, and stamp both to∣gether; do this six or seven times, and lay over them a plaister of lead.

To take away Warts.

TAke the juyce of red cole-stocks, and lay it on the Warts, and this will heal them. Or take a white Snail without a house, and anoint thy Warts withal, and they will go away. Or take Egrimony, and Verjuyce, and put them together, and lay it to the Warts three nights, being stamped, and it shall drive them away and heal them.

Medicines to make one sleep.

TAke of the Oyl of Violets an ounce, of Opium half an ounce, incorporate these to∣gether with womans milk, and with a fine lin∣nen cloth lay it upon thy Temples. Or take leaves of Henbane, stamp it, and lay it to thy Temples. Or else use to eat Lettice seeds, white Poppy seeds, of Mandragon seeds, and of San∣der, of each three drams; but above all things, mirth is best to bedward.

To make one sleep.

TAke ground Ivy, and Sengreen, of each a like quantity, and stamp them, and temper them with womans milk, and lay it to thy Temples, and this will make thee sleep well.

Medicines for an Ague; for a Fever Tertian.

TAke the buds or leaves of Willows, red Sage, and Fetherfew, of each an handful; seeth them in a quart of Milk, till the herbs be well sodden; then crush the herbs, and wring them in a cloth, and lay them to your pulse as warme as you can suffer it, and this will help the Ague.

Another for the same.

THe Medicines which do help a Fever cau∣son, will help a fever tertian; first purge choler, and three or four hours before the fit doth come I do thus; I cause a man to ly in his doublet, and a woman in her wastcoat, then do I cause them to put on a pair of gloves, and with two garters I do bind the wrists of their arms, and do lay their arms and hands into the bed, and do cast on clothes, and do bring them into a sweat before the fit doth come three or four hours, and out of a goose quill one put in∣to another, they do take their drink, because they shall take no aire into the bed; then do I

give them first an Altery, and suffer them to drink as much possit Ale as they will, and when the burning doth begin, I do withdraw the clothes; and this I do three courses and have made many hundreds whole so, and on their good daies I do not suffer them to go into the Aire.

For the quartane Ague.

TAke a spoonfull of mustard, and as much Treacle as a bean, and let the sick drink thereof with vineger, and he shall be whole. Or take his own urine, and scum it cleane, then take the juyce of Camomil, the juyce of sage, or the powder of them both, and the powder of Galingale, and Licoras, and let them boyl together a little while, and drink thereof often fasting.

For the ague Mr Willoughbies Medicine.

TAke a handfull of the herbs called Shep∣hards purle, and halfe a handfull of House∣leeke, and as much sinkfoyl, and the like of Groundsel, and beat them with two spoonfuls of bay-salt; then divide it into four parts, and lay two parts to the wrists of the hands, one halfe hour before the fit doth come, and when

you feel it come, take knot grass, and stamp it, and straine it with a pint of stale Ale, and let the sick drink it luke-warm; he must ly down as soone as the herbs be bound to his arm.

For the byting of a mad Dog.

TAke mints, and a clove of garlick, and salt, and stamp them together, and make a plaster thereof, and lay to the bitten place, and this will heal it.

Another for the same,

TAke Egremony, Plantane, and the white of an egg, and bean them well together, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore place, and this will heal it.

For the biting of all kind of venemous beasts, and other things.

TAke the juyce of Vervaine, and drink it, and with this many have been holpen. Also the black that is of the Crabs feet well beaten into powder do very well help the same being drunk.

For the biting of a mad Dog.

TAke a quantity of Vervaine, as much of Rue, and as much of Plantane, with Treacle, and stamp it, and strain it with good wine, or stale Ale, and give it unto the Patient. Also take any of those herbs, and stamp them with Bay-salt, and bind it fast to the wound, and it will draw out the venome. Dr Wood, and Dr Nichols are of this opinion.

To kill a Tetter or Ring-worm.

TAke Fetherfew, and stamp it, and strain it with Vinegar, and rub the Tetter therewith, and this will kill it in short time.

For a Ring-worm.

TAke Juniper berries _____ _____ ounces, and stamp them, and seeth them in a suffici∣ent quantity of water, until half be consumed, then strain it, and put to the said water swines grease clean tryed, three ounces, of Turpentine

half an ounce; seeth all these over the fire again a little time, then take it off, and when it is cold, put the said water away, and to the rest, put of Brimstone finely powdered one ounce, and so make an oyntment; this is very good.

Medicines to take away Wens.

TAke Snails, to the number of forty, and seeth them in a pint of running water, as you do Perywinckles, and let them rest in the water until they be cold, and then scum off the fat with wool, or with a linnen cloth, and lay it to the Wen, and in short time it will be whole and gone. Or take a stone or two of fine Jet, and make the same in powder, and put it in Ale or Pottage, and give him to drink that hath a Wen, and this will asswage it in short time.

For stinging of an Adder.

TAke Garlick, pill it, and fry it in oyl Olive, or in May butter, or in any other thing with∣out salt, (but May butter is best) and lay it un∣to the place that was stung, and change it twice a day, and this will kill the Venome, and make the place whole.

For an Adder that is crept into a Mans Body.

TAke green Rue, and temper it with mans urine, be it man or beast that hath the worm crept into him, and give it him to drink.

For him that hath Eaten or Drunken Poyson.

TAke the bark of a Walnut Tree, and put away the innermost Rind, and stamp it in a Morter as small as you can, and lay it in Ale, and in the morning strain it, and give the Pati∣ent to drink thereof fasting, and this will make him cast out all the Venome in short time.

To avoid poysoning with wic∣ked meats, and to keep thee from Drunkenness.

TAke the seed of Lettice, and drink it fasting, with clear runing water; or take Betony and dry it, and make Powder thereof, and use this every morning fasting in a little stale Ale, and this will keep thee from Drunkenness, and save thee from poysoning.

For biting or stinging of any venemous Beast.

TAke one handful of Plantane, and one handful of Rosemary, and stamp them to∣gether, then mingle it with a little sower Lea∣ven, and fry it with a little Butter, sweet; and when it is a little through warm, then lay it plaister-wise unto the sore place; but first you must bath the place well with warm Vineger, Probatum.

For Man or Woman that is poysoned.

TAke Rue and Worm-wood, and stamp it, and drink the juyce thereof, and eat Ha∣sel-nuts, for they be very good for the same: Or take Goats-milk, and mince and seeth them together with Treacle, and drink it hot three dayes, and be whole.

For the wind in the Stomack.

TAke Cummin-seed, Fennel-seeds, and An∣niseeds, and make them in Powder; seeth them in white Wine, and drink thereof first and last five dayes, and you shall find great ease therein.

Medicines for the Plague or Pestilence.

Against the Plague.

TAke three ounces of the liquor of the inner rind of an Ash-tree, and styll it with three ounces of white Wine, and give the Patient to drink of it every three hours, and within four and twenty hours he shall be whole by the Grace of God.

A Medicine that was sent by the Queens Ma∣jesty to my Lord Major of London for the Plague.

TAke a handful of Sage vertue, a handful of Herb grace, a handful of Elder-leaves, and a handful of red Bramble-leaves, and stamp them together, and strain them in a cloth with a quart of white Wine, and a quantity of white Vinegar, and take a quantity of Gin∣ger and mingle them together, and drink there∣of evening and morning a spoonful nine dayes together, after the first spoonful they shall be made safe for four and twenty dayes, and after the ninth spoonful for a whole year, by the

grace of God: And if it happen one to be sick of the Plague before he hath drunk of this Medicine; Then take the water of Scabias, a spoonful of Betony water, a quantity of Trea∣cle; put it altogether, and it will put out the venome: And if it fortune the Botch to appear, then take Bramble-leaves, Elder-leaves, and Mustard-seed, and stamp them together, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore, and it will draw out the venome, and heal the Patient.

Another for the same.

AMong the excellent and approved Medi∣cines for the Pestilence, there is none more worthy or available: When the sore appeareth, then take a Cock-pullet, and pluck oft the fea∣thers of the tayle or hinder part, till the rump be bare, then hold the bare of the said Pullet to the sore, and the chicken will gape and la∣bour for life, and in the end he will dy; then take another Pullet and do the like, and so a∣nother, as the Pullets do dy; for when the poy∣son is drawn out, the last chicken that is offered thereto will live; the sore presently is asswa∣ged, and the party recovereth; it is necessary to use the Medicine to drive away venome from the heart: This is proved very true.

To make Plague water.

TAke a pound of Rosemary, a pound of Sa∣lendine, a pound of Sage, and a pound of Balm, a pound of Mugwort, one pound of Rue, one pound of Wormwood, one pound of Dragon one pound of Scabias, one pound of Pimpernel that grows among the corne, one pound of Angelica, and one pound of Betony; put all these herbs together in a great pot with a narrow mouth, and let them soak in white Wine three dayes and three nights closely stop∣ped, and then take the herbs out and styll them, and keep the water in a fair glass, and if any be sick of the Plague, give him the value of ten spoonfuls blood-warm, so soon as he doth feel himself sick; and then let him walk if he be able, if not, lead him by the armes; and keep him from eating and drinking one hour after; and then let him go to bed, and if he vo∣mit it is the better for him; and if it be possible that he take it before he sleep, he shall escape by Gods grace; and the elder the water is, the better it is: This water is good for the quar∣tane Ague, or any disease lying in the stomack, taking it before the fit doth come; and this water must be stylled in the month of May

Contra vim mortis non est Medicamen in hortis.

To make Doctor Josephus Water.

TAke a pint of Water, and a spoonful of French Barley, half a handful of red Rose leaves, two or three drops of the Oyl of Brimstone, and a quarter of a pound of the finest refined Sugar; the water and Barley to seeth together, and then the scum to be ta∣ken off, and so the other to be let cool, so with the Rose leaves to stand all night, and then to be well brewed all together; but first the leaves and Barley strained from the Water.

For the Convulsion.

TAke one ounce of an Elke-hoof, and half an ounce of English Liqueris, two piana small roots, two or three Fenel roots, as many Parsly roots, three or four roots of unset Hys∣sop, a little quantity Herbegrass which is Rue, a quart of small beer, but boyl it till it come to a pinte, then strain it, and sweeten it with Syrop of Hyssop, and give it the Party before and after the Fit.

For the moist Rhume in the Head.

TAke conserve of Roses two ounces, Metri∣date two drams, Bolearminak one dram, of Olibinum one dram and an half, Mastick half a dram, beat these together with Syrop of Violets into the form electuary; whereof take twice going to bed, and in the morning the quantity of a Nutmeg.

Another for the same.

ROsemary flowers, Elder flowers, Bittony flowers, Sage flowers, of each two good handfuls, Scurvy grass three handfuls, China∣roots three ounces, an ounce of sweet Fennel-seeds, two ounces of Coriander-seeds, half a pound Fumitur, three handfuls Epithimum, A∣gramony, Hartstongue, of each two handfuls; Harts-horn-shaving one ounce, of Stringo∣roots four ounces, Citron-seeds Musked, half an ounce; let these be boyled in a gallon and an half of Whey, and let them first be infused two dayes in a gallon of white Wine, then put the ingredience with the Wine to the Whey,

and let them be boyled gently the space of two hours, and so next day drink thereof half a pint in the morning, and so in the afternoon as long as it lasteth.

An approved Medicine for sore Eyes.

TAke six ounces of Lapis Callimnaris, and heat that in a wooden fire, and blow it red hot, and then quench it in a pinte of pure white Wine in a Bowl, or any other clean vessel nine times; and then strain it out by it self through a fine linnen cloth; and then take a handful of Houslick unwashed, and stamp it in a clean Morter, and strain it through a fine cloth; then put the quench'd Wine and that both toge∣ther, and strain them again through a fine cloth; and then take a feather and drop it in your eyes three or four drops at a time every morning and evening, and by the grace of God you will find help in a very short time.

Probatum est.

A Medicine for Children that have the wormes, ap∣proved by Mistris Isabel Dee in Moscoe.

TAke Wormseed and boyl it in Beer, and then sweeten it with clarifyed Ho∣ney, and let them drink of it every morning fasting.

For a pain in the stomack by a Cold.

TAke two or three Turnips and wrap them in brown Paper, weted; and put them in Ember-ashes for two hours as ready for to eat, and then scruze the juyce out of them be∣twixt two Trenchers, and then mix it with Loaf-sugar, with Cynamon, and Nutmeg pow∣dered and made like a Syrop; and then drink four ounces of it at night when you go to bed: Probatum est.

Mistris Fryerirs medicine for sore Eyes.

TAke a pine of white Wine, two drams of Camphire out as small as may be, half an ounce Omphacium, that is, pure oyl of green Grapes, or for want of that, your purest Sal∣let-oyl; put the Camphire and the Oyl into a Basin, let them stand covered two hours, then put in your white Wine to them, then take the stones called Lapides Culumanaris, and heat three of them fire hot; then put them so hot into the Wine, covering your Basin very close, while they are a cooling in the water heat three more fire hot, take the other out, and put in the hot ones, and so heat them by course five or six times, till the Wine is very hot, and the Camphire well dessolved; then take the clearest of it, and the top, (when it is cold) and reserve it in glasses: For your use put two or three drops into the sore ey three times a day.

For a Fellon or a Whitlow.

FIrst take a quarter of a pinte of Milk, and as much Leaven as an egg, and let it boyl till it commeth to be as thick as a Poultess then take a penny-worth of oyl of Roses and mix with it, (and which is above half a spoon∣ful,) and so apply it to the grieved place as hot as you can; twice a day lay it too as you do a Poultess: This is proved.

For one that is Bursten, or a Child that hath been Bur∣sten six years.

TAke oyl of Nip or Nep, and anoynt the Party therewith, and morning and even∣ing take of the herbs, and bind one boyl'd in Butter; or dip Wool in the aforesaid Oyl; this use six weeks until you be whole: This proved.

For to keep a Child from ha∣ving Convulsion fits

TAke oyl of sweet Almonds new drawn, bea∣ten up with white Sugar-candy, and give the Child so soon as it is born, as much as a good big Pea or Nut: This proved.

For a Child still born, that was not long dead in the womb; or if there be any life in it, though not in ap∣pearance.

TAke of the blood of the String, and sueeze out a drop (as you cut the Navel string) into a spoon, and give it the Child in a little fair water, and if life be in it, it recovers in an hour or less: Proved.

For to bring them down on a Woman in Child-bed, though never so weak.

TAke half a Dosin of Piana seeds, and beat them a little till the black hull come off, and then beat this small, and give her in a spoonful of Cardus-posset-drink, sweeten it with a little sugar, then give her a good draught of the Posset to drink, as hot as she can; and let her lie close, and it will cause her to sweat, and it will be a meanes to bring them, and to drive an Ague away, if she take it but three times every two hours: Proved.

To make a Cordial to give one in a burning Fever or A∣gue, in the time of their burning, when it is at the height.

TAke some gross Mace oyl, a quarter of a pint, and sweeten it with an ounce or two penny-worth of the Syrop of Clove-gilli-flowers, and give it him to drink: And you may make another on this wise. Take the juyce of an Orange, and as much red Rose-water, and sweeten it with white Sugar-candy; it will refresh the Spirits, and cool and alay their drought.

Probotum est.

To make a Glister for one that is troubled with a sharp humour that causeth blood to proceed instead of Ordour.

TAke a pint and an half of Milk, and boyl it into a pint, with a handful of red Rose leaves, and sweeten it with powdered Sugar, and give it him, and let him keep it as long as he can: Probatum.

For an Itch that is vehement.

TAke of your Soap and Brimstone a like quantity, and as much English honey, and boyl these together till it be like an oyntment, and then anoynt your wrists with it warm by the fire, and lap clouts about them warm, and anoint under your Arm-holes, and under your Hams, and in the bent of your Arms; and do

not shift you in a month, nor pull off your clouts from off your wrists all the while, and you shall be whole without any purge, though your hands were all scabby: Probatum.

For a Consumption.

TAke as much flour of Brimstone as you can take upon a Sixpence, and pour three drops of Blood-warm Milk into a Spoon, and mix it by degrees; and till it be like Batter; and your Spoon being full, put to it good store of Sugar, then drink the rest of the pinte of Milk blood-warm also, sweetned with Sugar well; this you may use as long as you please, and at any time in the year; for them that find a wheasing and shortness of breath, it is very good; you must fast an hour after it: Proved.

A Medicine to ripen any Boyl or sore, or a Push.

TAke a Spoonful of Molish-honey clarified. Wheat-flower a Spoonful, a yolk of an Egg-mix these altogether, and apply it warm (as blood) morning and evening as thick as

your finger, till it break apply it: It is very good to ripen a Plague-sore.

For the Spleen.

LEt the Party purge twice in a week, with a Dram or the weight of Six pence of Pulvis Sanctus, and the next week cause the Leeches to be applyed to the Emerod veins in the Fun∣dament, afterward use this Drink following for the space of seven or eight days.

TAke the inward bark of an Ash-tree, two ounces of Polopodi-root, or Fern that groweth on the sides of watry ditches, one ounce Tamartock, two good handfuls, Lico∣nish half an ounce, Anniseed an ounce: Let these be boyled in three quarts of small Beer till it come to two quarts; whereof let the Party drink every morning, and at night go∣ing to bed-ward a quarter of a pinte very warm.

And for Diet,

LEt them generally forbear Fish, Bak'd-meats, smoak'd-meats, and new Beer; use to eat good store of Broom-buds, Capers for Sallets; and after this course, you shall cause the Leeches to be applyed to the Emerod veins in the Fundament.

An excellent Medicine for a Scald or Burn, and chiefly for the Emerods.

TAke a pinte or a quart of Linced-oyl, and put into it as many Crafish alive as it will hold, then boyl them a quarter of an hour, then strain the oyl from them, and let them be very well bea∣ten in their shels in a Morter, then put them into the oyl again and let them boyl as former∣ly, then strain them from the oyl as you can, then fill your oyl as full of tops of Elder, or young buds of Elder, or the young fresh leaves; and let it boyl in them till they be crisp'd like fry'd Parsly; then strain it very hard from the Elder, and reserve it for an excellent Me∣dicine

For the Whites, to cleanse and stay them.

TAke of Purits Rossin, or Gum, of Lignum vita, otherwise called of gum Guaicom; rub it gently in a Morter, so as it may be in a fine powder, and thereof mingle as much as the weight of six pence in a draught of Milk and Sugar, and take it cold; so use it twice in a week for two weeks together, and it will give you two stools or three, cleanse and knit the weakness of the back.

For a Whitlow.

TAke a Snail out of his Shell, and chop it ve∣ry small, and bind it to it, and dress it twice in a day, and it will quickly heal it.

For a cut of a finger or hand.

TAke some green Hysop and stamp it well in a Morter, with some Sugar, and so bind it on the hand.

For a Tetter or Ring-worm.

TAke ordinary white Coperas, four ounces powdered fine, and put to it a pinte of sharp white Wine vineger, and shake them well to∣gether, till the Coperas be well dissolved; so weting linnen cloths in it, and apply it to the place grieved.

For one that is costive in Child-bed, there is no sa∣fer thing nor better.

TAke two ounces oyl of sweet Almonds, or if the Party cannot take it, you may make a Supository of Castle-soap cut with a wyre.

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For the Scyatica, an approved Medicine.

TAke red seeded Nettles, and whip the grieved party so far as his pain goeth, till it be all over bubbled, and so let him ly to sleep, and the next day he shall be whole by the help of God, though he were so bad he could not stir off the bed in five or six weeks out of your bed; you must lash them gently, not too hard; and if it should come again, use it again; and if it come again, use it again, and be whole alwaies after.

For an extraordinary flux of Rheum in the Eys that hath been.

TAke stone pitch and spread it upon leather, as broad as the palm of your hand, and as round, and prick it full of holes with a point of a knife, and lay it to the nape of your neck, just upon the bone that sticketh out most, and as long as it will ly on, let it: but in two or three

days it helpeth some: You may let it ly on as long as you please, a quarter of a yeer, and if it falleth off before your eyes be well, you may wipe off the moisture of it, and apply others, as you shall see occasion. Probatum.

To Cure a Catarack.

A Catarack is curable by making an Issue in the Nape of the Neck.

This is the manner how you shall discern a Catarack it will seem to be like many motes or little Flyes between them and the light, and in the beginning, beginneth to take away the true sight of the Eye, and then it groweth into a Film, which is counted uncurable when it covers the whole sight or bale of the Ey, though at first it is curable, although there is nothing to be seen on the out-side of the Ey, as a purl, or such like; so that it is not to be helped being within the Ey (though many books write of it) without the handy Operation of some skilful Chyrurgion, puting some silver Needle into one corner of the Ey, and twisting the film about the Needle, coucheth it under the sight of the Eye, where it will afterward waste; but it re∣quires an Artist that is well skill'd, in the couching a Catarack.

For a Consumption.

TAke the heart and lungs of a Calf new killed, a Capon, let these be bruised in a stone morter, and boyled with an hundred Snails, till the broth be as thick as pottage; then put to it Harts tongue, Maiden hair, Hysope, Scabias, Sage, of each an handful, with China roots sliced and beaten two ounces, of the juyce of Coltsfoot roots ten ounces, the blood of a Pig newly killed, and Conserve of red Roses one pound; these being well mixed, let them be distilled in Balneo with a very gentle fire, and reserve it.

Another.

TAke a young Cock, pull him alive, and then slit him in the middle, then wipe him with a clean cloth, then take sops of white bread, soaked in a quart of Burrage water, put the sops in a common Still, and lay the Cock with his bones broken upon the sopping, putting thereto raisins of the Sun stoned and unwashed, with a quantity of Dates, this being distilled, take thereof constantly a pretty quantity.

A Julip of D. Trench, for the Mother fits, Proved.

IN the time of yeer distil black Cherry water, Pyon flower water, Couslip water, Rue or Herbgrace water, then take of the waters of Couslip, and black Cherry, of each an ounce, Aqua Histericae half an ounce, Cinamon water one dram, Sirup of Clove Gillyflowers three drams; Take of these two spoonfuls at a time, as often as you please. Histerica is Castor.

To make the Salt of Coral.

TAke of the broken pieces of the reddest Coral you can get at the Druggist, half a pound, or as much as you please, then put upon it of good wine Vineger distilled a gallon, and presently you shall see it work up and down up∣on the Coral, then set it in a great glass on the top of a warm Stove, and let it stand three or four dayes, then if you taste of the Vineger, al∣though it were sharp before, it will have no strength, but taste sweetish, which is a signe it hath taken into the Vineger as much as it can;

then you may pour that off from the Coral, and put on more Vineger, and do as before, till all your Coral be dissolved; then put all your Vi∣neger together, and put it into a large flat pan well glased, and lay into the Vineger in the pan two or three white lists half a yard long, and let one half of them ly in the Vineger in the pan, and the other half hang out, and you shall see those lists (which must first be very clean washed before you lay them into the Vineger) by drops draw out all the Vineger in the pan, which you must receive with setting an other large pan or pot under the ends of the Lists that hang out of the pan that they ly in. And when you have so filtred your foresaid Vineger very clear from the dross of the Coral which you shall see remain at the bottom of the first pan you put your Vinegar into, then you must set your clear Vinegar into the Oven, being a little hotter then when Houshold bread is drawn; but it must be put into a large clean Tinne Ba∣son, or Silver, for it will pierce through any earthen vessel; and so it must be breathed away gently, till all the Vineger be gone, and leave the Salt of Coral in the bottom, being very gently dryed. Then must you have in a readiness a pottle or two of plain distilled water, and upon your formerly dryed salt of Coral, if there be a

quarter of a pound, put a quart of distilled wa∣ter, and set it in warmth till it be melted, like Sugar in it; then lay in your clean washed lists of cloth into it, being put into a flat Pan as for∣merly, and let it run through those lists by drops, to purify the salt, and when all the wa∣ter is come from the dross, which will remain in the Pan the lists were put into, then put your clear water into the Oven, and let it breath away gently, till it leave the salt of Co∣ral dry, and then disolve it in distilled water a∣gain, and proceed with it as before, and then it will be pure and prepared for your use; whose vertues are many, and some approved by pra∣ctise as followeth.

The vertues of the salt of Coral.

IT is to be given to children of any age in Fevers, the weight of twenty grains, and gently covered to move sweat. Also to women in child-bed that are in any Fever, the weight of thirty grains. Also in apparision of any small P••x, or the Measels, it is never taken without good success. It strengtheneth the Liver, and helpeth it to make good blood, being taken

twice in a week in a little Posset-ale, and con∣tinued so for the space of a moneth. Also it helpeth children of Convulsions.

For Convulsion Fits.

TAke white Coperas, dissolve it in a little warm distilled water, and then with clean lists layed into it, fylter it from his dross, dand gently vapor away the water till it be ry; then dissolve it again, fylter it, and lay it again in a Oven as before, and it is prepared: Hereof you may give unto a sucking child three grains in a spoonful of Posset-drink once or twice and it seldom or never faileth, but cureth.

An excellent Vomit.

TAke the leaves of Assara-bacca, being ga∣thered in the beginning of June, and run a threed through the leaves; and let them hang thereon till th••y be dry, in the shade, so that you may powder them to fine Powder in a Morter; and then searse them, and keep the Powder in a Glass close stopped: Hereof you may give to a man or woman ten grains, and temper it well with conserve of Barberries, or any other conserve; and after it doth work, let them drink still between times, a good draaught of Posset-drink.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the green Bark of the Elder-tree, after you have scraped off the upper gray Bark, being gathered in the Spring; let it be gently dryed in the shade, so as it may be powdered, whereof take a quarter of an ounce; Bay-salt well dryed, Pellitory of Spain, and Euphorbi∣um, of each the weight of six-pence; let all of them be beaten together into very fine Pow∣der, and thereof ty up so much in a little thin Lawn, Tiffine, or Sarcenet, as will make the quantity of an ordinary Button; which you must let the Party hold between his teeth, lay∣ing it on the pained Tooth, and so hanging down the head, let the Rhume run out of the mouth till the pain cease. With this onely Me∣dicine, M. Clark in Sheer-lane got forty pound in a year, having many coming to him in the mornings, and paying ten groats each of them, and so departing holpen. Or take the Powder of Spanish-flies and lay them on a piece of sower Leven, well moystened with sharp Vine∣gar, and press them well into the Leven, (being the bigness of a Shilling, and so lay them un∣der each ear, and when they are fast bound, let them lie still the space of six or eight hours, in which time it must raise a Blister, which when

you take it off, you must dip and let it run as long as you can, laying on it a Colewort-leaf, until it be whole; and this will also help.

For the Mother.

TAke Sneesing-powder, the weight of six-pence, Castorium, the weight of two-pence; mingle them together, then moysten the Powder well with oyl of Amber, and taking a little on the end of ones little finger, stroak it into the nose when the Party hath her Fit, and it will cause her sneese, and cease the Fit.

Also for the preventing the Fit.

THe Party should use twice in a week at her going to bed, to take two good Pills of Assa-fetida: Or else, Take of the Briony root, dry, the weight of six-pence, and boyl it in a pinte of white Wine; and then strain it, and put some sugar to it, and make three draughts of it, taking it three times in a week, each other morning, and you shall find it a singular Remedy.

For the Spleen.

LEt the Party purge twice in a week with a Dram or the weight of six-pence of Pul∣vis Sanct……, and the next week let them cause the Leeches to be applyed to the Hemeroid-veins in the fundament, and afterward use this drink following for the space of seven or eight dayes.

Take the Inner Bark of the Ash-tree, two ounces; the Polipody-root, or Fearn-root, that groweth on the sides of watery ditches, one ounce; Tamerickt, wo good handfuls; Liqueor∣ish, half an ounce; Anniseeed, one ounce: Let these be boyled in three quarts of small Beer, till it come to a pottle, whereof let then Party drink morning and at night going to bed a quarter of a pinte very warm.

And for Diet, let them generally forbear Fish, Baked-meats, Smoak-dryed-meats, and new Beer; use to eat good store of Capers, and Broom-buds for Sallets.

And after this course, you should cause the Leeches to be applyed to the Veins in the Fun∣dament, called the Hemeroid veins.

For a Tertian Fever.

TAke young Plantane, with the root, young Vervane with the root, Cinke∣foyl with the root; of each of them three roots; with the herb of red Fennel, red Sage, Rosemary, of each three slips: Let these be boyled in a pinte and a half of Posset-ale, or whey, till that come to a pint, and in the latter end of the boyling, put into that a dram of the salte of wormewod, and then let that be strained.

Whereof the patient must make three good drafts three howers before the fit be exspected, each hower a draft as hot as he can drink it, and at the second day of taking that, the cure is done. This cureth the fever that cometh every other day.

To dry up milk in the brests

USe nothing but the plaister of Diachilon, spread upon thin leather, and let it ly on three or four days, and it faileth not.

For sore Nipples.

TAke of the rosin of the Firre tree, and when that is finely powdered, strew that upon the sore nipples, and then cover them with little cups fitted hollow for to cover the

nipples like a thimble, with a little brim unto it, and it will skin it. This powder also being finely beaten, and with a quill blowen into the eye will take away the pin and web, or any excrescens on the surface of the eye.

For one that is Costive in Childbed.

THere is nothing safer nor better, then to give the party two ounces of the oyle of sweet almondes. Or if the party cannot take that, you may give her a suppositer of Cassel sope, which is alway to be had; for the manner of the cutting the sope, you may do that by the holding a Cytern wyer fast at both ends, and then sawing it through it without break∣ing out of the sides, as it will do if you cut with a knife.

For to Clense and stay the whites.

TAke of the purest rosin, or gum of Lignum vitae, otherwise called the gum of Guai∣cum: rub it gently in a Morter, so as it may be in a fine powder, and thereof mingle as much as the weight of six pence in a draught of milk and sugar, taking that cold, and so use that twice in a week for two weekes together, and that will give two or three stooles, clense and knit the weakness of the back perfectly.

For a Whitelow on the finger.

TAke a snaile out of his shell, and chop it very small, and bind that to it, and dress it twice in a day, and that will quickly help it.

For a cut hand or finger,

TAke some green hysop, and stamp that well in a morter with some sugar, and so binde that to the wound.

To stay the bleeding of the nose.

TAke nettles, stamp them and juice them, which you may take cold a good spoone∣ful or two, holding that in your mouth as long as you can, and then take some more fresh, and also stamp them, and lay them al over your forehead, being a little moistned or sprinkled with vineger.

Also thus

YOu should in the moneth of March take two or three cloths as big as handkerchiefs, and wet them very well in the spawn of froggs, and hang them up to dry in a stove, and then dip them very well again, and dry them, and do so three or four times, and when at last they

be wel dryed reserve them. And when you have occasion to use them, you may tear off a peece, and spriknle it with a little vineger, and lay it on cold upon the forehaed, and if that do not stay it, the party must presently be let blood before he grow too weak.

For a Cough.

TAke Turnips, and put them into an Earthen glased pot, and cover it with a cover of the same, or a peuter dish and paste that close together, then set them into the bakers oven with the houshold bread, and then they wil be wel stewed. And then press out the juyce, and make it into a syrup with sugar, and take of it often in a day, a spoonful at once, letting it melt down your throat by de∣grees, and that wil recover you from your cough.

For the wormes in Children.

TAke gum Dragaint a dram, put to it a quarter of a pint of Rosewater, let it stand twenty four howers, stirring of it often, and with this muscilage moisten some fine powdered sugar, working them together into a paste, of which paste, take the quantity of twenty grains, and mix with it nine or ten graines of the

powder of Mercurius dulcis and make that into a little cake, and let it dry in a Stove, and give it to children of five, six, or seven, and to elder you may give twelve graines.

The Composition of the Emplastrum Diachilon, to dry up milke in the brests.

TAke Linseed oyl two pintes and a half, Litharge of Lead in fine powder, two pound, mix the oyl and the Litarge toge∣ther, and let them boyl til they be knit and com to a reasonable stifnes, then put in twelve ounces of the muscilage made with Marshmallow roots, Fennigreek seed, and Linseed, then boyle it til al the muscilages moisture be boyled away, then put in half a pound of wax, rosin one pound, melt them with the rest; which being done, put into the same in the cooling cerufe one pound, stir them up together, and then make them up into roules and reserve them.

When you put in your muscilage, put it in a spoonful at once, til you have put it al in, lest it make the medicine run over.

For any red inflammation, or that which is called saint Anthonies fire, which usually doth come in the Legs, and somtime in other Places.

TAke one ounce of the Lapis Medi∣camentosus, and boyle it in a quart of fair water, til half a pint be wast∣ed, and then let it stand together all night, next morning you should dip a linnen cloth in it warm, and lay it on the place til it be dry, and then lay on another, and you shall keep wet clothes to it til it be wel, which usualy is two or three dayes.

For a Tetter or Ringworm.

TAke ordinary white copperas four ounces, powder it fine, and put to it a pinte of the sharpest wine vineger, and shake them wel to∣gether til the copperas be dissolved: and so wetting linnen cloths in it apply it, to the place.

FINIS.