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Diosoe THe ioyce of wilde curūmet leaues, taketh awai ye grefe of the eares.
Take and put the grene woode of an Asshe in the fyere, and saue the lycoure that cometh out at the ende of the same, & put it into thin eates it cause the payne of ye Eares to cease and a mendeth the hearinge.
Stamp earth wormes, the Egges of Emetes & ye leaues of Rut toge∣ther and being sodden in oyle stray∣ne them & let faul one drop of that oyle beyng warme into thyne ear it
restoreth agayn the hearing, being ons lost.
Put oyle & scalion seed together, and mēgle therto the ioyce of lekes and wormewod, and womāsmilke seeth them ouer the coles & strayne it, and put one drop into thyne eare and stop it fast with silke in ye mor∣ning, after six howers. take it out, & tourn the sore eace downward and washe it gently, it is a goodly expe∣ryment.
Item in a hote cause, Lettis mad in a playster is much worth, Hemp tow dipt in the white of an egge is very good it is proued.
Item wormes of the earth stampt with Rose water and aplied to the eare are very good also.
Item hote water with womans mylke only, applied for a plaster is of much effecacy.
Rogeri. Item it a litle stone or a grayne or anye suche lyke thynge saull into a
mans eare, let one person or other put his mouth to the eare let hym blowe into it stronglye and a good while, and after set to his mouth a gayne and sucke.
If a worme haue crepte into a mans eare, drop therunto of ye ioyce of the rinds of nuts or of the leaues of a peach tree.
A ripe apple ye hath a good sauour is to be applied vnto the ear bring warme some what opened on the lo¦wer part that fasteneth to the tree & in the morning ye chalt find there a worme all to peeces throngh the sauour of the apple.
The oyle of bitter almondes, and the cutnell of a peach doth open the eares very much.
Against the worms of the eares let the ioyce of wormwod be dropt into the eares.
Put the ioyce of Sengrene, oyle o∣liue, the ioyce of a leke, the milk us
of a woman y• geueth a man chylde sacke into a viole of glasse thre day¦es & thre nights setting the mouth open it is sayd to restore the hevrig wonderfull well.
The gall of a Goate put into the eare with ioyce of a Leky, taketh a¦way the payne in the eare and resto¦ring the hearing.
The gal of a Goat and womans milke tempered with Honye, and a litle Mirhe is a principal medicine Boile the ioyce of Sengrene put in a holow Scailiō in the fyre, & put the ioice that is strained therout in to thine eare, & lay the Onion ouer the same, in maner of a plaster, it is very much worth in both causes.
Const. The ioyce of wilde Margeram, mixt with womans milke & put in to thine eare taketh awaye payne therof.
The ioyce of Iuy mixt with com∣men oyle & put into the eare taketh
away the griefe.
Item Betels that are found in ye doung of beastes grinded and mixte with oyle of Roses & th•• rinde of a Pomegranate, if the oyle be put in∣to the eares, and the reste b••ing the dregges be plastered on, they wyll take away the payne of the eares.
Plats. Item of a stone, or a corne fall in to the eare, put into it thinges that will soften or make easye, & let the pacient alwayes lye on that eare, y• if it decline or be coraing foreward be euer ready to receiue it, it not, set hym stop bys nostrelles and mouth and prouoke himself to Nees, yf it will not be so nether, apply ventose vnto the eare with fire, then againe put into y• eare Turbentine or bird lime vpon the ende of a stycke, and let it sticke to the eare, yet put it in and pull it out agayne.
Isas The ioyce of an Onion, with wo¦mans milke doth wonderfully as∣swage
the greese.
Dioscor. The ioyce of Betony cast into the eare luke warm, is very profitable against the payne, deafenes and o∣ther impediments of the eares.
Item the fat of a fox doth greatly cure the payne of the eares.
The loice of bay leaues distilled in to the eares doth not permit deafe∣nes, nor other straunge soundes, to abide in the eares.
Galen. Oyle mingled with Cinamon is ye most soueraygnest thing of all that delayeth grete of the eares.
Oyle wherin bitter almonds haue bene stampte, or oyle of Iuniper, or oyle of ye decoctiō of onyons, or of a radish, all & euery of these are good for eates that haue their griefe of a cold matter.
The ioyces kill the worms of the eares, the ioyce of wormwood, and the ioyce of peache leaues, or the ioyce of wild cucummer.
Distell into the eare the fact of an Ecle wyth the ioyce of an Onion & of singrene ye groweth on tyles, put it in luke warm and it takth away the deafnes.
Macer. Like wise the ioyce of I sop mixt with oyle, and bloud warme put in to the eares taketh away the payn¦full ache of the eares.
Gilbert. Item a perfume of whote Vyne∣ger doth greatli open the eares and both much good to the hearing for the sharpnes of it.
Galen. Diosca. Item stampe Ampies egges and strayne them through a clothe and put ther vnto the ioyce of Swines grasse or Knottgrasse and dystell it into the eares it helpeth long conty¦nued deafnes.
These dryne of a boye poured in to the eare drieth vp the humour of the dysease, and healest it quickly.
Stampe, onions & comin with oil
and rub the eates & laye it to hote & it wyl take away ye grefe of ye eares
Plint. The fat of frogges instilled or dropt into the eares taketh awaye the tinkling or found in them.
Esfula. The fat of a Lyon or of a Fox is of much valour againste the payne of the eares and al paynes besides.
Plini. The ioyce of creuises mightelye helpeth the grief of the eares.
The ioyce of a Willow tre leaues put into the eares helpeth the hurt
Conff. Macer. The fat of a Dormous put into the eares helpeth the griefe therof. Take of Alume .ʒ. s. Castoreum .ʒ .i. of salt Peter, ʒ .i. & a half, let thē seth in the best wine that may be gotten then strayne it & let the same Wine be put into the earts luke warme.
It would much helpe to annoint the out syde of the eares and I aye it there in fourme of a plaster.
The gaul of an Hare made hote with the sewet of a For and spick∣nard
healeth the deafnes.
Drinke a whole Mouse stampte & myxce with wine and Spiknard. it wonderfully healeth an old conti¦nued payne of the eares.